wusa 9 news. >>> new concerns in the school system. there are allegations leaders aren't doing enough to promote a hot line for whistleblowers. during an investigation into whether or not the schools were fixing grades time prove the graduation rate. here is john henry. >> reporter: maryland audit of prince george public school and they rolled out a hot line for anonymous tips about practices. we are three weeks out from the final report. and a few school board members are concerned there is a major problem. >> employees with information about wrong doing have no idea on how to contact the investigators. >> reporter: he says teachers come to him with atips un-- with tips unaware of thhot line -- unaware the hot line exists. >> if the superintendent doesn't send out the e-mails, the window will close. >> reporter: they have been made aware of the hot line through e-mails. the state auditor learned about this through the schools. >> some employees not reading the newspaper but every employee ha address. >> the teachers union believes the

stephanie ramirez, wusa 9. jamie watts from arlington. she's known for running 5 and 10ks all over town with her smile, tenacity, and her cane. she has cerebral palsy and she's ready to take on a brand new challenge. here's debra alfarone. >> reporter: lots of people train for marathons. but lots of people aren't jamie watts. >> i have cerebral palsy. but for me, primarily my legs are impacted so i walk with a cane, i run with a cane. but other than that, i do everything else. >> reporter: jamie started running 5ks a couple years ago. she just wanted to prove she could do it. she's run more than 100 now but she's never taken on a task like this. >> i'm training for the new jersey marathon. >> reporter: she trains twice a week at fitness together in alexandria and runs the yet? >> he's no mercy, this one. >> jamie has no "i can't" in her. zero "i can't." she wants to do it, we figure out a way to do it and get it done. >> i'm just living the best life that i can. >> with jamie watts leaving it all on the floor, debra alfarone, wusa 9. >>>

that's wusa 9news at 5. the news at 5:30 starts right now. >>> high profile police shootings have led a lot of cities to put body cameras on their police officers but if you thought the camera would change an officer's behavior think again. a brand new study shows when it comes to d.c. police officers behave the same way whether they are the study was conducted by a research team within the mayor's administration. it involves more than 2200 officers. they were randomly assigned to wear a camera or not. the study found no significant difference when it came to factors such as use of force or whether citizens complained about their actions. d.c.'s police chief says a lot of people were surprised by the results. chief news room suggests maybe officers have been doing the right thing all along. the chief says he remains committed to the use of body cameras for a training tool for use of evidence and to boost transparency and accountability. >>> a montgomery county guidance counselor is behind bars accused of com

only wusa 9 has from the u.s.ce saying a 37- year-old just pled guilty on monday to sex trafficking children. i'm talking about at least four minors, ages 14 to 17, according to these charging documents that say the 37-year- old marshall and another person, 29-year-old, ran a prostitution business out of an apartment in this south capitol street apartment building. hey. over here. so if you think this only ha arlington, virginia right now right off of the 395. this best western is where prosecutors say a security guard saved a 16-year-old girl from sex trafficking. that security guard has seen multiple men go in and out of the hotel rooms and called police. i can show you his photo. andrew lee thompson pled guilty today. it is happening all around us. stephanie ramirez, wusa 9. >>> what controversy might be brewing with the nfl tonight? you heard about athletes losing endorsement deals for taking a knee during the anthem. have you heard about sponsors pulling ads from nfl broadcasts? two businesses in tennessee an

stephanie gelhart, wusa 9. . >>> so it was a little bit chilly today. let's get right over to melissa nord on the weather terrace. you're wearing a coat? >> i'm wearing a coat. i couldn't quite bear it. i did for the tease, but that was two minutes. you can feel it if you didn't this afternoon. nice, but breezy at times today. winds gusting 25, 30 miles an hour. in d.c. down to 58 degrees. here's the deal, it is going to be turning chilly. e us since mid-may. don to 50 in frederick -- down to 50 in frederick. la ray at 46. we've got the perfect recipe for a perfect fall cold night. here's the deal. light winds, clear skies, you can see the waxing moon out there and the winds this overnight period not going to be as breezy as yesterday. watch these temperatures by morning. 45 in gaithersburg. down to 40 in winchester. believe it or not, there is a frost advisory as well out. but that's for garrett county, maryland. not in d.c. yet temperature your plans are -- yet, your plans are safe. tomorrow sunshine. temperatures are going to be cool once again. when

we'll have that answer tonight on wusa 9 news at 11:00. >>> but first, we went almost a month without rain and i know, it seems like it's not going to stop. let's get to howard bernstein. >> this is what's left of nate. the hurricane center no longer issuing advisories but certainly plenty of moisture. a little hint of circulation down here through eastern kentucky and a lot of water is headed our way overnight and for the first half of the we're already seeing some of the showers. if you've been outside at all today, you know how gross it is. it's tropically, very humid out there with the tropical moisture in place. we've got showers lifting to the north northeast. they can be briefly moderate to heavy but moving fairly quickly. up north through frederick, charlestown, myersville. in to carroll county. we've got the showers there. there's another batch of showers coming up from the south. almost in to prince george's county. right along the river. up toward fairfax right up 95. prince william. culpeper. this is all lifting up toward loudoun county. if you've got any travel, watch out

wusa 9 news. >> what a debacle.utrene thaw amount of improper aid fema handed out was $1.4 billion. fema told congress it has brought the numbers since then. >>> time to check win the chief for d.c.'s most accurate forecast. an update on tropical storm nate. >> great tomorrow for high school football. but tropical storm nate, it will get into the open waters of the gulf of mexico and become a hurricane. a category 1 before making land fall. close to new orleans. this is 1230 sunday morning. midnight, sunday. an hour and a half earlier as a category 1. because of that hurricane watch in effect. now after that it then goes to the west of birmingham. east of nashville and west of us which will open the door for severe weather for us. here are the possible impacts. a lot up in the air. but the time frame, monday to tuesday morning for the lion's share of the precipitation and also the possibility of h possible. strong to severe storms and gusty winds. winds 40 miles per hour. and that will knockout power to some folks.

in hanover maryland, wusa 9. >> now musk's company is funding this project and state officials say the cost to maryland taxpayers will be very little if anything at all. >>> more military families are sharing their stories of how they were contacted by presidents following the deaths of their loved ones. this after another day of controversy involving president trump his chief of staff and condolence calls. >> i am so sorry to hear about the whole situation. >> that's president trump speaking to natasha carr whose husband had just been killed in >> he's an unbelievable hero and you know all of the people who served with him are saying how incredible he was. >> the video was recorded back in april but she just released it to the washington post as controversy swirls over president trump's recent calls to gold star families. florida congress woman fredericka wilson says during the president's call to the pregnant wife of army sergeant johnson couldn't remember the sergeant's name and said he knew what he was getting into. the half-sister say they heard the entire conversation. >> every d

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we have much more information on our website and on our wusa 9 in northwest d.c., hilary lane, wusa 9lary. >>> two full days and counting and the wildfires in california continue to burn. the death toll is now at 17 and at least 180 people have been injured. more than 2,000 homes and businesses have been torched by these flames. now, the fires are primarily in northern california's wine country. it's already being billed as among the deadliest fires in state history. greg mills is in santa rosa with the latest. >>reporter: it's been more than 48 hours and wildfires still continue to burn out of control in northern california. >> this is no where near over. it is still very dangerous. >>reporter: first responders and elected officials held a public community meeting at santa rosa high school. residents eager to return to their houses were asked to remain patient. >> we want you back in your homes sooner than later, but we gotta keep everybody alive first and everybody safe first and all of our resources are on that, evacuation, moving people out. >>reporter: those were able to return h

. >>> this is wake up washington on wusa 9. >>> well, good tuesday morning, everybody, thanks for joiningt. >> hey, now, tuesday is a good thing. let's talk weather. it is still soupy. it feels like we are moving backwards. >> i know. eventually we're going to have a cold front come in and knock some of this warm, muggy air out. today, you may want patchy fog as you head out this morning. clouds to start the day. looks like most of the showers are held up out to the west until later on this afternoon and then once we get to the afternoon, that's when pop up in the forecast. i think any time after 4 p.m. is a good time to see those showers regenerate. we can see those scattered showers making their way into the area, and by 8:00 tonight, we'll likely still have showers pouring. high today, 80 to 83 degrees. this is how it looks in terms of what we'll be seeing. so patchy fog until 7:00 this morning. rain chances again after 4 p.m.. we'll have rain chances between now and wednesday, thursday, and friday, as well, and then on top of that, the weekend looks mostly dry with highs in the 80s. g

mike valero, wusa the. >> the fbi is part of this investigation. a spokesperson from their field office in richmond told us no arrests have been made. >>> schools in charlottesville, individual individual were on a modified lock down all day after a social media post specifically threatened the city schools there. the fbi alerted police of the comments. police says the person who wrote the post expressed angry over recent event in charlottesville, and referenced the mass shooting in las vegas. in response to the threat, police were stationed at every city school. no incidents were reported. charlottesville police and the fbi is investigating. >>> the boy scouts will no longer not just for boys. the boy scouts of america announced plans to admit girls. and the program for older girl will allow them to rank eagle scouts. it's something one girl i was 4. >> it's amazing to see the boy scouts make this change because it shows they really care about the future of this country which includes young women now. >> the plan was unanimously approved by the bo

. >>> we introduce you to the veterans whose life is easier thanks to wusa the service dog bunce. everybody is -- you got to see -- how bunce responded when he ran into his former trainer, his dog mom, our andrea mack karen. >> hi. >>[laughter] >> i >> we could show you the face licking and dog hugging reunion all day, but we wouldn't have time to tell you who bunce calls family. he lost his -- while serving in afghanistan. bunce makes his life easier. >> he can do all kinds of awesome things and he can pick stuff up off the ground for me. i tripped and he's there and i can put a hand on his back and brace myself and bounce after him. >> before bunce came to dan, wusa9 reporter andrea trained him to be a service dog. she hasn't seen bunce since last winter. you're witnessing -- they trade stories about their fuzzy connection they know well. >> when he's vocal with you, he makes noises. he'll let out a big sigh. >> andrea is raising a new pup named nigel who will help another pup one day. >> do you want to meet nigel. >> get ready for cute times two. >> if i could pick the perfect

. >>> the news at 4:30 >>> this is wake up washington on wusa 9. >>> so cold.not too far from us right now. good morning. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> i'm lair ir -- larry miller. the fact that there's snow two and a half hours from us is not comforting. >>> mary marshall has a look at the forecast. mary, it was a mess last night. >> it was. i'll tell you, law larry -- larry, is s word is not in my vocabulary yet. i don't say that word until december. as you step outside slick streets, debris on the roads from trees and leaves. all of that out there with scatter showers. we have another two hours of the rain and that will begin to clear from west to east. it's chilly out there. these are the temperatures . 46 degrees in washington with the wind chill it feels more like 40 some areas obviously feeling like the 30s out there. this is how your day will begin to pan out. 47 by 9:00 a.m., 52 by noon and around 56 degrees by 5:00 this afternoon. so highs today in the mid to upper 50s. it will feel very chilly out there. even though you see a little bit of sun by the afternoo

for all the information you need on road closures surrounding the marathon tomorrow, go to our wusa 9 app. we have it all there for you. >>> okay, so the question, is the weather going to cooperate tomorrow for all the runners including watching? >> the weather looks fantastic tomorrow actually. it's going to be very comfortable in the morning. light winds for the runners, early in the 50s. 61 by 11:00,no, that's by 9:00, and 67 by 11:00. high clouds moving in this afternoon. tonight we could see a few of the orionid meteors in the meteor shower that's going on. we have the high clouds here. rain way west of us. that's going to get here though by the time we get to late monday night and early tuesday morning. so we have a little while to watch that. temperatures tonight, big difference from inside the beltway, actually inside the city, we're at 62 in national, and then the upper 40s right now in manasses. certainly jacket weather away from town but the 60s at national. tomorrow another pretty nice day with a mix of clouds. high temperatures in the mid- 70s, and winds going southeast,

. >> this is wake up washington on wusa 9. >> ♪ [ music ] ♪ >>> happy halloween, everybody. once a year you have to do something like that. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> i'm larry miller. we are get ing ting your tuesday started off right. a little less spooky this morning. >>> let's check in with mary to see how things will shape up in morning. mary, you're going to take your little boy trick or treating today. >> i am. he will be cookie monster, that's why i have my cookie monster blue on this morning. we have to get through today first. starting off cool. 38 degrees in gaithersburg . we had another weak cool front push through the area. it didn't give us much rain but it will help to reenforce that cooler air. high temperatures today 58 to 62 degrees. a nice mix of sun and clouds with a few more clouds by the afternoon and winds out of the north, northwest at 10 miles per hour. if you're taking the little ones out trick or treating you want to dress them warmly. temperatures are quickly going to drop after sunset. 48 to 55 degrees. that's the range that we'll see. if you're in the

. >> reporter: in pentagon city, marcella robertson, wusa 9. >> so we did reach out to costco today about the stray carts, but they didn't want to talk about it. >>> well, let's cart ourselves over to the chief for a check on d.c.'s most accurate forecast. >> well done. here's our 3-degree guarantee. i was hoping for balls eye today. we were close. we went for a high of 76. it was 75. our average high which is nice. we're going to go 79 tomorrow. a little warmer tomorrow. right now it is 63. dew points have come up a little. earlier they were in the 40s, now in the 50s. so not as cool tonight but certainly comfortable. winds almost neg i will gifnlt satellite picture and radar combined, we're going to drive down into the caribbean, and we see some clouds. now, this could become a tropical system. it's slim to none it's going to develop into nate, but the deal it's going to curve back into the gulf of mexico as we get into the weekend, and that's going to bring us the best chance of some rain and showers as we get into sunday and monday of next week. for the bus stop, 46 to 68. one of thos

in hagerstown, i'm michael quander, wusa the. >> her family is in las vegas after being told their daughter is in the hospital, but they can't find her, so police are getting involved and officers are putting a freeze on organizations -- until they can find out what's going on. there's a lot going on in las vegas and we'll keep you up-to-date. >>> the paddock had 24 guns, all purchased legally. 12 of them had these bump fire stocks. the devices are attached to the back of a rifle, and what it does is it allows squeeze triggers to slide back and forth quickly which simulate automatic fire. and bump stocks are illegal workarounds to turn an illegal we'll on and turn it into machine guns. paddock had been stock piling weapons since 1982. he had nearly 50 guns all again legally purchased. in the last year or so, he bought 33 firearms. many of them rifles. a lot are asking, why wasn't the atf aware of that. federal law requires that authorities are notified if two or more handguns are purchased at one time. rifles are not apart of that law. >>> democrats on capitol hill are using the las vegas m

you said to cross enemy lines and welcome in darren haines, sports director from our sister station wusa and we had this little debate. give me one reason, the biggest reason, why eagles fans should than concerned about this game tonight. >> it is two word: it is chris thompson. you probably don't remember him because he didn't play that much in week one. you guys remember rob kelly, he wars starting running back at this time but this guy thompson lead team in rushing, receiving yard. he is dangerous, people. worry. >> he is an electric player. he averages 18-yard per carry or reception i should say out of the backfield but eagles are number one begins the run. i like their chance is a begins chris thompson. i want to switch gears and talk about the quarterbacks. both of these guys are on fine who is hottest quarterback kirk cousins or carson wentz. >> i already know this guy will go with carson wentz but i will shut him down here and stick with my hometown team, kirk cousins, he is hot. reason y redskins wouldn't be in this position if he wasn't hot. has redskins receivers around him. i