motive for amber's motive. >> we know that the suspect kicked in the door. she was inside her bedroom in bed. and she was the only one who was shot. >> reporter: neighbors said that amber's sister, her son, and a teenage father child all escaped out the window. where amber was in her senior year, friends cannot believe that she is gone. >> i would say out of all people that she would not. >> she is really gone. this really happened to her. this really makes you sad. >> reporter: they were welling up in the eyes of the neighbor as she thinks of the beautiful girl that grew up next door. a bookworm, an honor student with dreams of going to harvard university next year. >> she was just someone that went to school. she was a good kid. you never saw her hanging out in the neighborhood. you would see her going to school and coming home. >> we do not have a lookout right now. believe me the second that we

get any information that you'll be the first to know. >> reporter: they cannot remember any crime as horrible as this in this community. they had a few burglaries a few blocks away a while back, but never, never anything like this murder right here in this home. leslie? >> reporter: it just gets you in the gut, it really does. thanks. the dominican republic haiti is now bracing for isaac, expected to turn into a hurricane as they approach the caribbean nation. after that they might weaken just a bit and head out to florida or the gulf coast. as always, a lot of unternty down the road as to where they may turn. >> we are still talking five days out, right there for you and there are some more influences. we'll show you that right now.

right now it's about 250 miles east. we'll start with the satellite picture and you can see it here though. we have two storms, right here for your screen and then we have isaac. and that is the one we're going to concentrate unnervely. again, not a huge storm. the movement is west of 16 and winds are 40 miles per hour. right now we're looking at hurricane warnings in effect for the coast, the southern coast of the d.r. and also all the coasts of haiti, a watch here for them. notice these lines. remember we had a few to the east of florida? okay now everything is either south florida or miami or points west. so a little more for you. but here is the track, just brand new. at least at 5:00. it does take you on through a commute a little further to the south and the west and then it will take you through the key west, at least through the keys and then off the coast of florida. so let's say that they will take that exact track. it won't be a tremendous deal.

yes, tropical-forced winds at the convention. but right now if you take that track face value, i don't think that it will cause can complete havoc. heavy rain, yes. some winds? yes. >> what about the coast here? >> well that's the good news. it looks like they will weaken just a little bit and then send it into the panhandle of florida or as you mention u the bay. >> okay, thank you. coming up at 5:30, we'll have more on how the national convention are preparing just in case that isaac does strike the site of their gathering next week. >> we all remember it. one year ago today, 1:51 to be exact when the earth moved all across the d.c. region. the magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit. who could forget the images? people inside, 555 feet above

the ground bolted out as soon as it started shaking. the quake left cracks in the monumentnd closed ever since. >> you saw some of the people repelling down the side, doing some of the assessment and the repairs. but through the whole thing, it was in mineral, virginia. the shaking there was so strong that two schools were left damaged beyond repair. >> and that has been demolished and the new building is going up soon. at least at the county airport, they will also be taken down and rebuilt. but today our peggy fox got a firsthand look at the schools in session already, but still in transition. >> here we are one year ago and coincidentally demolition had just started here at the high school. the students have all gotten used to the temporary buildings in front of the school. >> we'll find this exact point where it ends with that. >> it sounds like the beginning of the school, but it does not look like it from the outside.

with the sea of students navigating through a maze of buildings. they are reminded of why they are here every time a train goes by. >> even now if the train goes by, people will look to see if it is a train coming and not the earth shaking. >> reporter: this is what the school building looked hike in the days following the 5.8 magnitude earthquake. >> everyone is running. >> i'm terrified. i didn't know that it was and i didn't think that it was an earthquake. >> and that looks the strangest. >> you need to walk in. >> reporter: the damage to the school building, the various decades of construction going back to 1938 was too great to repair. >> it is really sad about this school being destroyed, especially the oldest part. >> reporter: through it all, they went to the high school, they tried to keep a smile on their face. >> i felt like we needed to keep it there because we had so

many things to be grateful for in the very first day when you had no death or severe injuries. >> reporter: they should be severe, barring any natural disaster and the new building will take about three years to construct. i'm peggy fox, 9news now. >> and not everybody is getting help to rebuild after that quake. coming up at 6:00, we'll be talking to o -- to a very busy building here worldwide. now, they said that they turned their movie back here and announced that they received a generous $5 million to restore the damage sustained there in the quake. and that money will go to repairing the stone work and that either fell, crumbled, or cracked in the central power, which is the highest point in the nation's capitol. and today, they hoisted the first restored piece of something called a stone on top of the cathedral. >> and we're hired than the

washington monument. we're a little higher off the top of the monument right now. so you know, the symbolism of the site and the national cathedral and we're going to put it back together. >> reporter: the $20 million repair is expected to take 10 years and the cathedral has received nearly $8 million so far, which includes today's donations. we talked to some people today and asked them if they remember where they were when the place struck one year ago. >> and i was sitting in my car and i felt somebody jump on the back of the car and shake it. and i looked behind me and i was like where did they go? and about three hours later, i found out that it was an earthquake. >> i was kind of sitting in my bed as i felt things start to rattle. do you really know what it is because you are from massachusetts and we don't have earthquakes there. it took me a little bit to figure out it and i looked across the window and i saw it warping as it occurred to me, maybe i hit an earthquake. >> yeah, we don't have

earthquakes here either. at least we didn't think. and that did hit a glaring message for the local disasters. and that is if anything like this ever happens again, we do need to know what to do when the ground will start to shake. >> a lot of folks chose it at that point to go home at that day. and come to find out like y other event to go back there like this, so does everyone else. >> reporter: hitting the road is just one of the things that we got wrong in the aftermath of last year's rare east coast earthquake. another thing we did wrong. we just stood still. >> the east coast residents, they don't know what to do in an earthquake. >> reporter: when the ground starts to rumble, drop, cover, and hold on. and that is drop to your knees, take cover under a hard surface, and hold on until the shaking stops. >> in fact when i talked to people after the earthquake, people said to me, i didn't know what it was. i thought we were on out here.

or i thought there was a helicopter landing on my building. and so this is the reason why we are supporting the idea of a great shakeout. >> reporter: the great shakeout on october 18 will be the largest earthquake drill in u.s. history, at least 50 states are taking part, including d.c., maryland, and virginia. >> and we have a danger, an earthquake in the mobile hazards as we need to become more and more informed about it. you know, we cannot predict when they occur, we cannot determine the size or the magnitude, but you can at least prepare for them. >> and we can at least prepare for them. keep in mind that october 18 will be the first time for the d.c., maryland, and virginia to take part in one of these shake- out grills, but it's on the west coast part for years. two college students killed in the city train derailment, they died from affixuation. both the teenagers were sitting

in the railroad bridge at the time. now, both the counties and them are looking into ways overtightening security around the tracks. in the meantime, clean up crews are still on the scene of the historic view this evening. and now there will be a moment of silence held at saturday's redskins game for prince george's county police officer. and he died during a high-speed chase on monday and tonight police are still looking for the driver believed to be involved in that pursuit. and he is identified as the 23- year-old. meanwhile funeral arrangements have been announced for them. and a viewing will take place on monday, august 27 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. that's at the funeral home in maryland. the funeral services will be held next tuesday at wood stream church in mitchellville, maryland. sky 9 flew or a terrible accident today involving a teen on a bicycle. the 15-year-old nicole polland

was struck by a car in gaithersburg. investigators say she was wearing a helmet and she was in the crosswalk, but they said that she was crossing against the light. a friend with them were not hurt and they said that they hit that there and stayed at the scene. route 121 was shut down for hours. investigators are trying to find out what caused two boats to go up in flames as it happened in the middle of the night at the south river marina on turkey point road. almost 50 firefighters were called to the scene and it took more than an hour to put out the fires. the good news, no one was hurt. this morning's fire followed last night's collision on the river in pasadena and nine people, including maryland state delegate and five kids were hurt. tonight, that state delegate is being tested for alcohol. scott broom joins us live with the latest on that investigation. scott, what do we know so far

tonight? >> reporter: well in fact, he has just admitted to reporters from the hospital where he is hospitalized in baltimore that he was in ct drinking when the boat accident happened last night. he told those reporters that he is sorry for the incident. that he is in fair condition tonight in the hospital at baltimore after this terrible boat accident on the river near pasadena. police said that he was at the helm of the power boat when there was a collision with an 18-foot bay liner with three kids sitting upfront and two being towed in a tube behind. >> and it happened right out here, probably about 250 yards. >> reporter: he was among a small view of the neighbors who immediately headed on out of the water to rescue everyone involved. and there were a lot of injuries. >> yeah, they were pretty shaken up for some of those people that you had to face lacerations with a neck injury. one of them had a fractured skull. >> reporter: in all there were five kids and two adults rescued from the bay liner that

went to three hospitals with injuries ranging from bruises to broken bones. they were rescued from the baja and their boat sank in shallow water with evidence of being crushed near the rear. >> there was some concern that alcohol was involved. >> reporter: today, the police captain said that evidence at the scene lead them to draw blood to test for alcohol. and no one else was tested. >> any time that you have suspicion that alcohol is involved in had the accident, it will be a serious accident. we're actually going to, you know, draw blood. that we're going to have a blood kit done. and that was the case last night. >> reporter: results are pending. he has not been charged. he did not reveal what lead officers to suspect alcohol. >> reporter: now natural sources told me that they have no idea who might have been at fault in this crash and that the blood test results are coming back from 30 to 60 days.

but again, he had just spoken from the hospital and admitted to reporters that he was, in fact, drinking while operating a boat last night and he has apologized. in the meantime police are calling all the bystanders who headed out to rescue people and their heroes that there is no doubt that lives were saved. and they remember that there were kids involved. that all five of them had their life vest on, which is a very important factor in the outcome of this case according to police. reporting live from the chesapeake bay, scott broom, 9news now. >> some tough lessons all the way around, thank you. in the aftermath of the views for you, the d.c. leaders will get together for the first time to discuss the possibility of putting all the city's power lines under the ground. and also ahead for the first time since their arrest. casey anthony, they will soon be able to leave florida. i'm danielle noddingham in washington. coming up, what voters in three key battleground states are saying about the presidential candidates.

it is game on.

that is until the party convention that he is now watching the race tighten up in two very key presidential states. >> still leading in the polls, but they are giving him an edge when it comes to handling the economy. we've got the latest from the campaign trail. >> reporter: mitt romano is closing the gap in two key battleground states according to a new r cbs news university poll. the hopeful has pulled within three points of president obama in florida and it is now a virtual tie-in with wisconsin. they think that he would do a better job with the economy. >> we can do better and we will. pitching an energy plan that he says will lead to be million

new jobs. >> i will set a national goal of america and north america, north american energy of 2010 -- 2020. >> reporter: those surveyed in florida said that mitt romney would do a better job of handling the economy than president obama. the obama campaign is getting some help on that issue from the former president bill clinton. >> the republican plan is to cut more taxes on the upper income people and go back to deregulation. >> reporter: they are also defending the economic record and his energy policy. >> and that is the reason that yohave more coalminers employed in this country than in the past 15 years. >> reporter: ohio is a bright spot. he is still leading by six points if in that stage and hold a 13-point advantage with women voters. >> cbs news, washington. and now voters surveyed in three states gave the republican vice presidential

candidate paul ryan a mostly favorable rating. but the majority opposed his medicare plan. >> and d.c.'s mayor said that our city needs what they call a game changer when it comes to preventing storms from knocking out the power and they are in power lines on the table. today, the top administrators met with the utility owners to talk about this idea. the goal is to prevent the lengthy power outages that many show and suffer from. they show the holding chair here and the co-chairing task force on this. the representatives of the area's hardest hit by the outages will also be on the committee. we'll take you out to derek and topper. >> all right, no rates on out here. >> yes, that will be nice weather. they are not playing tonight. but they wouldn't have a rain delay. >> yes, but it would. >> all right. and let's start with a couple of things that we need to track. i want to track them here as well and to talk about the radar. we'll start with isaac though. we'll go to the website on

wusa9.com as you'll also find me tracking isaac and joyce. we'll put this in motion for you. southeast here. it then forms into a category one for the gulf of mexico on the west side of florida. again if this was set in stone, they would take the exact track. yes, you would have the tropical storm-forced winds. this will keep the center of the storm pretty far on out there. we're talking about a time frame on sunday and monday and tuesday. a live look outside. 85 degrees. dew point is 62. that's a pretty good hair day for you. all right, quiet around town thankfully. only showers to worry about are

right around here. a couple popped over the east side, most on the west side. a new market around here. all light activity as you'll see a little yellow and red. but they are pretty few and far in between. we'll put this into motion. this storm will weaken in intensity so it will be a pretty quiet night. 86 in arlington and 85 in college park. that's right where they should be at this time of the year. isolated showers or storms will be early on. open up the windows as it will be in the 60s tonight. that's bad news for you as they went downhill rapidly. comfortable, lows in the 60s. the winds will be light. green, green, green, why not? just a slight chance of the shower tomorrow, 88.

nothing severe over the weekend. but kind of a great shower on saturday and sunday and 80 on saturday. they will probably be played, not too pleasant to watch them, there you go. we're back in the upper 80s on monday and we're dry. beginning on tuesday and wednesday, maybe a shower. in fact, wednesday and thursday we're back in the mid to upper 80s with sunshine. all right, it is thursday and this just jumped out at me, it's a best shot. it was an early morning fog here in the battlefields of maryland. it this is taken by charles town, maryland. it's just spectacular. and that textbook is what you ought to do to go to our website on wusa9.com. click on the weather tab and be sure to include your name, town, location, and descriptions and we'll put that best shot on air and it is also available for you on the web.

>> go ahead, do not think that we did not notice it on saturday, sunday, and monday. >> yes, now i have a lot of drama. [ laughter ] you knew it was coming. coming up, move over. some new and improved l.e.d. bulbs are lighting up the household. but coming up next, attorneys for the colorado shooting suspect will try to keep their university records private.

the university records of the accused colorado movie theater shooting are at the center of the court fight tonight. whether or not 100 pages of their studies should be turned over to prosecutors. he's charged with killing 12 people and wounding 68 others in front of the aurora theater. his attorney said that the school records are subject to student privacy laws. prosecutors say that the records could help them make their case that a notebook home sent to a university

psychiatrist should be allowed on in for evidence. a new book tells the story of the raid that killed osama bin laden from someone who says that he was there. that is according to fox news that the author is the retired navy seal. it's called no easy day. a first-hand account of what killed osama bin laden. it's set to be released on september 11. well as of midnight, nobody will be able to tell casey annny where to -- anthony where to be or where to go. today is her final day of probation for check fraud. she was acquitted last summer for killing her 2-year-old daughter caylee. afterwards they ordered anthony to serve three years of probation for stealing checks from her best friend, living at least a secret life at a secret location in florida. and still ahead, the latest fall out from this naked photo of prince harry partying in a las vegas hotel room. and also ahead, a girl

nearly escaping a serious injury when she falls under the wheels of the car. next, the republican national convention will prepare for the worst as isaac will be moving closer to florida. we'll be right back.

the potential landfall of tropical isaac, gearing up to host the republican national convention. >> yeah, bad timing here. as well as convention planners

are monitoring the storm, coming up with contingency plan. should they post a threat? >> even if they do not hit tampa that they could still be the tart, right? >> yeah, no doubt about it. being here at the gulf coast. they are bracing to intensify. it could be disastrous for haiti. in florida the national convention is still at risk. they have a report for us. >> it depends upon the swirling system of wind and rain named isaac. the tropical storm is currently cruising the caribbean south of puerto rico where they will prepare for the worst. although that isaac is not a hurricane yet that they could pack a punch strong enough to postpone the terror trials. here in south florida, the run on the stores have begun. >> i got another lantern, another aa power. >> like store shelves, they are

well stocked with the florida no hows. the governor says that they will be getting ready. >> we have dealt with hurricanes. they are more prepared than anyone else. >> reporter: how ready are the folks headed to tampa for the national convention? expected to start on monday. the tampa bay forum is a mandatory evacuation zone. >> and make no mistake, rain or shine that the rnc valves show a political force that will go on. >> there is no such thing as canceling as i have said to you. i mean, we have the first priority that will always be the safety of the people that will be here in tampa bay and both the visitors. >> reporter: so the stage is set. the security cameras are ready. and it remains to be seen if the world will be watching the convention or an evacuation. 9news now. all right, here is the latest track for you at the hurricane center and there are

warnings for you and all the coasts of haiti. and then it goes across cuba to weaken a little bit and back into the gulf of mexico. but right now just to a category one with winds up to 80 miles an hour. it will not be disastrous that it would bring the tropical storm-forced winds, anywhere above 35 miles an hour is a tropical-forced wind. from sunday to tuesday and we'll keep track of it for you as well. >> thank you for that topper. they will be watching it very closely as well. all right, a lot of consumer news. and that had be more than 250,000 energizer rotating night live. that will be reporting for them. and some minor damage. and for more information on the recall, go to wusa9.com. a new consumer survey finds

nearly 75% of homes use these lightbulbs. only one out of four use l.e.d. they may cost more, but they could be worth the investment. >> reporter: it is a lot tougher choosing which lightbulb to buy these days. >> i have no idea what differences it is between l.e.d. >> i don't really know the difference. >> reporter: they tested both and they said that l.e.d.s will have the real advantages. the lightbulbs were turned off and on every two minutes. some burned out, but all of them were still going strong after 200,000 cycles. unlike this one, some of those could be dimmed as lower than these bulbs. another plus? they come to full brightness instantly. and bold, brightness, and color temperatures were all tested. and the computer analyzed the same result. not all of them are stellar. this will be a miracle thing

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so it is something to think about for sure. >> reporter: we may not love our credit cards, but we certainly do love it too. and that will be the customer satisfaction. and that will be on a bold new level, topper and derek, this is for you. the company has recreated the world's first 84-inch high resolution 3-did tv. this ultra definition high-tech remote will allow you to navigate about 1,400 apps that will come with it. you will pay $22,000 for it. that's more than what it would cost to buy a mid-size sedan, but if you just must have one, then you can get it next month.

that's just crazy. don't get it. but these guys do. the latest scandal has british security experts asking scotland yard how to keep the prince out of trouble. it involves nude pictures of prince harry in a las vegas hotel suite. it was posted on their website. british newspapers are not running the pictures because they warned that it would violate the prince's privacy. but one tabloid got a staff member to recreate his naked post on their front page. >> oh man, wow. i'm still thinking about the tv. >> privacy. >> but we need to move on as they blew up on the louisiana highway. no accident though. we'll tell you what happened. coming up next, a police officer in florida out of a job after being caught on tape using excessive force during an arrest. and don't forget that we are always on wusa9.com. we'll show you that. we'll be right back.

caught on tape, costing them their job. you know what, that's a beautiful woman. you may have gotten a hit. >> reporter: that tape speaks for itself. that woman is a hit-and-run suspect down in pensacola, florida. the motorist repeatedly asked him why are you hitting me? >> he hit me like that. >> you need to sit there and argue. >> well, you don't need to hit me. >> reporter: that's right he

had no right to do that. the officer was fired and now facing criminal battery charges. that motorist is accused of driving under the influence among other things. we've got dramatic video of the other little girl's very close call. >> reporter: it happened in china. they captured the incident after falling from a motorbike as her head appears just inches away from being ushecrfrom the rear wheel of the car. the other people on the bike quickly scoop her up. incredibly she narrowly escaped with cuts and bruises. >> yes. flames lit up the nighttime sky. this isa damaged tanker that was involved in a multi-vehicle accident. and now in addition to what you might imagine was a real traffic nightmare that there was a big oil spill. they went to get rid of the exemely flammable gas. all of this was going on. and still ahead, it's not

big foot, it's not messy, but something is lurking in the california hills. but first, i talked to them about preventing outbreaks like the one here. that's coming up next.

a follow up on the deadly outbreak of the super bug at the clinical center. and that will be an infection for you. and eight people will be trying to come down and a third of them will die. and at the center for the disease control and the super bug. and that will be in our newsroom. that will be here for them last year and no one in the public knew about it until a case of the history of the outbreak was there. >> and that will be the investigation, which will take some time. but i think that the information needs to get out quickly. and i think that the information will also need to be accurate. so some of this is about the time that it requires to pin one of them down. that's the sad thing here for them. and they need to include the yellow that happened all the time.

the challenge is figuring out how that will be related when it is -- when it is spread with a hospital will be job number one. >> is there a move to make these infections like that and all these infections? is there a move to make them reported illnesses? >> yes. so this is an area where there is a lot of progress as we're about to go live with a reporting system to allow the health care facilities to track and report that. those of the first two that will be steadedly adding more to it. they are trying to track it. and they need to publish it yesterday and the stamping out here at the hospital was the key activity. it is something that you want all of them there. and the participation. that will be in the facility. >> will any time you're receiving care, even though it

is very hard that you will need to be comfortable enough to ask your nurse and your doctor, whoever it is that is teaching you. if you have any doubt that will happen. and they will need to get things back. and that will not be on the shoulder of the patient. it will be on the shoulders of the doctors and the nurses, but we can help you remind it. >> it is important to note that the outbreak was not a danger to the community of spreading outside the hospital, only to the compromise of the patiences who are getting critical care. >> all right, thank you for that perspective. the state of florida received a federal grant of $123 million to help operate the health benefit exchange. that will be a marketplace for the people and small businesses, that they could choose among the benefit plans offered by the private insures. it is set up to be running and moving by october of next year. well a musician in aspen, virginia is getting some recognition for their ability to play guitar even though that

they were born with no arms. you'll see it for you're. and he plays guitar with his feet. in fact, he has become an internet sensation thanks to a clip posted on youtube for their performance at the music festival. that will be all obstacles getting in the way of the path. and that will be one thing trying to get in the way of it to find everything else around it. you need to put your mind on it. >> yes, that's what i'm talking about. that will be like a baby. >> yes, or something from them. that will be incredible. too bad that the weather is not going to be incredible soon. >> yes, it was incredible and they need to go downhill over the weekend. >> remember i let you down as they need to drop on saturday or sunday. >> yes, the word nice. it was just a drop for you. >> yeah, you know they will take notes on this show.

>> i didn't know that they did. they have big plans. >> not anymore. [ laughter ] >> yes. to sleep in and eat that three muskateers bar. this is the track from the hurricane center. located about 255 miles southeast. winds are only 30 miles per hour and movement is about 16 miles per hour. it is going to eventually weaken as it goes over cuba and then strengthen again into a category one hurricane late on sunday or monday as it goes past the key west and the gulf ofexico. again, it would not be a devastating track for the convention in tampa. yes, you would have showers and storms, but the bulk will be offshore. the storms are big, so you have some here on that side of the line and this side of the line. but they will still see some pretty good showers and thunderstorms if it will take that particular track and even

the tropical-storm forced winds. high temperature is 89 today. dew points are still very comfortable in the low 60s. humidity in the 46% range. that's nice, take a walk. that's a good deal. they are live here. i zoomed in a little bit with the showers and storms. primarily on the west side as they are not moving very fast. that's the rainfall rates between half and an inch per hour. temperatures were in great shape. i mean how nice is that? a strong finish for the weekend that will be going downhill

just a little bit. primarily west with the temperatures in the lower 60s and winds are light, really not too much at all. next three days, we're going to stay code green. i mean why not? nothing has altered your plans with this believe it or not. big time showers on saturday and sunday, but not too severe. it might not be the best conditions to watch the little league games, but still they will be played. the next had seven days look like this. we're looking at warming up on monday. if you're going to the redskins game on saturday. be prepared for showers as it will be kind f -- kind of cool. warming up on monday with the showers that will be possible on tuesday. upper 80s. pretty nice on wednesday. temperatures there for you on wednesday as well. >> thank you, top. and he was known not only for his physical play on the field, but the outlandish characters. >> you cannot forget about that and the other ones.

>> he's officially retired today as a washington redskins. >> and we were there for the press conference as she is here now. we want to know. did you see, sheriff, that i'm going to get you with them or any of those guys? >> he said that they are at the beach right now. [ laughter ] >> yes. that's when we asked them when where they were as they were chilling at the beach somewhere. they couldn't get more than two words on out this afternoon before the emotions took over as he will be playing in the nfl in 2010. when it came time to hit that field again, his heart was not in it as it did not feel right for them to play anyone other than the redskins. >> even if i were there to play redskins, i would still need to retire because, you know, that's the way to do it that i needed to leave there for the field. and that i left here. and for the experiences that we needed to go through the organization. and i could never call myself or anything else like that and, you know, beside the redskins. >> i'm glad that people could

relate to me as more than a ballplayer that you can relate to that and have a sense of humor. even the seat that i will get will be emotional as we need to wear my heart on the sleeves. and it will be nice to be able to relate as i hope that people will feel it as they have an opportunity to know me that they have an opportunity to watch me grow on up as they have an opportunity to learn who i was. >> the last season you played was 2010. what was your decision behind that and deciding that it was the right option for you? >> i mean, you know, i was honestly, you know, making up the decision here. but it was the lockout recovering. the desire to play was gone.

i had so many opportunities to move out in life that i would love to do that, the radio, tv, just to help with the washington redskins. i would love that. >> reporter: so i figured that i was a little inspired by them to give you a taste. we'll have more. plus i spoke to his very proud mother who could take me seriously. you'll hear from them as well. cooing up later on in sports. >> now what are we going to call her now? >> hot sames. >> oh. [ laughter ] i liked hot sam better. still ahead on 9news. learning from the east coast earthquake that hit our area one year ago today. plus, where 70 people were shot last month. but first the look of love. why these folks are giving new means to the phrase big sloppy wet kiss. the story is coming up.

they took part in an underwater tunnel here at sea world. the couple that kissed, they walked away with the souvenirs and the passes for the entire

year. >> i wanted to see if they could really see that. [ laughter ] >> yes. >> will so they will have a monster and the pack northwest has big foot. >> or so they say. >> reporter: but out here they will be tracking down theired old view. >> lynn lynn says all the action starts to happen when the sun goes down. >> reporter: people say it happens every here night. >> he looks at you and wiggles his mouth at you. >> reporter: they have never seen anything like it. >> he hooked happy. he was grazing. kind of moving about. so it was just surprising. >> reporter: but it's got everybody in this apartment complex talking. it's a camel and the neighbors have plenty of pictures of this

odd-looking creature. but they learned that the camel does live in his own wooded hut. animal welfare workers said it is unusual, but not illegal as long as the owner has the permission of state fish and game and an exotic animal license. we never saw the camel this night. >> i'm in pure amazement all week last tuesday evening. in pittsburgh, linda eye. >> yes. not so much california or any of north america for that matter.