reporting live from northwest washington, andrea mccarren, 9 news now. bruce. >> andrea, if you know the answer to this, what prompted them to move tonight? i know yesterday you were talking to the deputy mayor, but also it was a week or two ago we went to one of abra's meetings. we talked to them. they said they tried to put somebody in to buy liquor. it seemed like that was the end of it. has something happened within the past 24 hours since you talked to the deputy mayor? >> reporter: i think the deputy mayor promised a thorough investigation. they called us. went in for a variety of attempted buys tonight. police and abra were on the scene simply observing a short time ago, observed a carload of three young men, also 17 and 18- year-old high school students from arlington. there's a telephone pole behind me. officers observed from that point, could see the counter of town square market. they watched the young man go in, buy alcohol, and come out. they stopped him out here in the parking lot. asked him for identification. he was carrying identificatio

explaining more. >> it certainly doesn't keep us from keeping the spotlight on them until they do. >> andrea mccarren and now a whole team are on it. >> absolutely. thank you, scott and andrea. >>> well, of course, liquor stores aren't the only ones at fault here. andrea's reports have shown in some cases parents are seeming less angry with their kids when they're caught drinking and more with the cameras there to witness it, much of the reaction from others on our facebook page blaming parents who either condone, turn a blind eye or sometimes fail to punish teenagers who drink. bob ginn says where i come from parents who facilitate underage drinking are very likely to spend some time incarcerated and held liable in civil actions. there was a lot more of these comments, but what exactly should a parent do to keep their kids on the straight and narrow. matt jablow, give us some answers. >> for starters parents need to address the problem head on, that underage drinking is a serious problem that needs to be dealt with in a serious way. emily and greg who asked not to be identified thought everything wa

that is the only way to describe the continued response to andrea mccarren's theories of teen drinking stories, but derek says that's not entirely a good thing. >> last week i said i understood why some teenagers might be upset to find their good times threatened by andrea mccarren's series on underage drinking. but andrea says she's been stunned and heart broken to find herself subjected to online name calling to foul to spell out on tv and threats that the cops took so seriously they posted a police car in front of her home all weekend long. and now the pressure on her family has become so intense, andrea has decided she will no longer be the face on camera for some of the more sensitive stories. don't worry, our reports are going to continue despite dozens of facebook posts like this one. it says you can't try to take away something the teens love without retaliation. haven't you heard of teenage rebellion. teens love to drink and i'm sure they'll be laughing it up when they party tonight. we never thought we could stop teenagers from drinking. we just wasn't to wake up the folks wh

our andrea mccarren shows us some troubled lives that began with early alcohol abuse. >> i'm trying to make myself feel better. that was my medication. >> reporter: on a cold december night at a montgomery county police station, we met jim shackled to a table. he'd been picked up on his fourth dui. >> yes, i could hurt somebody. >> reporter: he confessed that some day he will probably kill someone, not with a gun or knife but by getting behind the wheel loaded with alcohol. >> i might do the same thing and go out and kill somebody. i don't want that. but i know it's in me. it's in me because i'm sick. >> reporter: the self-described worthless loser agreed to share his story because he doesn't want young people to make the same mistakes he has. >> i almost died two weeks ago. >> reporter: how? >> i drank a fifth of vodka and i was puking in my own puke and it was going down my esophagus. >> reporter: worst of all it was witnessed by his own son. >> my wife said, he's all right. he's just drunk. my son said no, mommy, he's really in bad shape. >> reporter: jim is 55 years old though he l

andrea mccarren just shows us how dr. alan goodwin is trying to keep his students safe. >> if i tell you to call your mom or dad, you're going to call your mom and dad, understood? >> there's definitely a peer pressure. there's definitely a need to try to fit in. there's some students that rationalize that they deserve to relax because they're under so much academics and family stress. >> we're dealing with 70, 80, 90 juveniles who decided to get high and drink. reporter: when walt whitman high school principal alan goodman learned from social media and student chatter that three dozen of his students had been arrested and given alcohol citations at an off campus party, he didn't hesitate to act. >> i have a standard practice that if students are cited that i give them some sort of consequence at school. athletes miss a couple games. student leaders and musicians and others, we negotiate with the coaches and sponsors to figure out the right punishment. reporter: the montgomery county school system lets individual principa

council member jim graham is talking and he's here now with andrea mccarren to address the issue. >> councilman graham chairs the human services committee which oversees d.c.'s alcohol control board and council member graham, first thank you so much for being here with us and talking. do you know if town square market has even been on the radar and, if, so why has nothing been done? >> well, i think they have been on the radar, but at this point i suspect without knowing for certain that the owners and operators there are pretty much clued into the fact that they're at risk of losing their license and so i suspect these objectionable practices have been suspended, if not entirely eliminated. >> as a resident of d.c. when you look at the video we've shot, the interviews we've done, what's your reaction? >> i consider this to be very serious. i think abra does as well. we have a very good sales to minor program in d.c. federally funded, but has kids who look like kids going and trying to buy, going and trying to be served, we're actually very proud of the fact in about 10 years of effo

our andrea mccarren met one young man who almost became a statistic. dylan lewis admits that he was driving drunk. andrea spoke with dylan in a maryland trauma center for this "9 wants you to know" report. >> i just remember waking up outside of my truck when the ground was shaking, bleeding, and thinking that was it, and i wasn't okay with that. >> do you have any vital signs? >> yeah. [ sirens ] reporter: we met dylan lewis at the lowest moment of his life. i wanted to fight, i wanted to live and i wanted to stay here, and i did that. >> driving drunk on a cold january night, dylan lost control of his truck, hit a telephone pole and flipped over. >> for some people they don't get this lucky, they don't get this second chance, they don't get to wake up after their drunken car accident. reporter: we met the 21-year- old at university of maryland's shock -- in shock trauma hours after he was brought in by ambulance, minutes before he went into surgery. >> i don't ever want to touch alcohol again. i want to take the responsibilities of a 21-year- old and

. >> reporter: first documented by reporter andrea mccarren earlier this month. >> the whole time we were down think don't think i swan of age person go in that place of -- i saw one of age person go in that place of. >> reporter: in january store owner dan ki kim denied it all and threw mccarren out of the store. he kept on with business as usual. finally saturday night metropolitan police arrested kim after district officers busted a 17-year-old virginia high school student who allegedly bought alcohol and was in possession of someone else's id. today the store was back in business. the angry clerk telling me district police have no problem with town square market. >> if the cops have a problem, then they would have closed us down. >> there's an administrative process. >> reporter: d.c.'s deputy mayor in charge of public safety paul quander told us the question of shutting down the stores will be in the hands of abra, d.c.'s alcohol regulation agency. >> but we have sent a very clear signal with the arrest of an individual who was observed breaking the law and the administrative pr

more underage buying nine days after andrea mccarren's first report. >> we are out there friday night and observed several individuals going to the store and ended up following a car with two people back into maryland and they were two 19- year-olds who had purchased two bottles of liquor. >> reporter: montgomery county sergeant mark white told our ken molestina tonight in december police wrote 36 underage alcohol possession violations to teens who got the booze at town square market and white says montgomery county police reported all those incidents to d.c. police. >> we've communicated to metropolitan police department who was very receptive and helpful. we gave everything we needed. they were going to forward it on to their alcohol commission. >> reporter: abca confirms they received a phone complaint and told 9 news now that they were investigating before andrea's first report. so why does the store remain open? aren't 36 violations written by a neighboring police agency enough to take immediate action? absa says it's launched an investigation but is prohibited from talking about

after covering way too many alcohol-related tragedies our andrea mccarren started investigating where some of these kids are getting all that booze. last night at 11:00 using a hidden camera andrea showed kids buying alcohol illegally at a northwest washington store. obviously that's not the only place selling to minors. so tonight andrea is with an undercover volunteer working with the cops to see just how easy it can be to get underage booze. reporter: this isn't going to stop underage drinking, but this is just going to make it harder for them to get. watch what happens when 19-year- old jen attempts to buy alcohol at this gaithersburg beer and wine store. >> it was way too easy. reporter: she bought a bottle of wine, no questions asked. >> if it was my first time, i would have been like wow, that really just happened? reporter: jen is known as a uv, an undercover volunteer working with montgomery county police and the county's liquor control board, to see if licensed establishments are complying with the law. >> i know some people think it's narcing or, you know, going and ratting

over the last 2 months, our colleague andrea mccarren has that learned first time by working with policetonight she's live in bethesda where they're running one of the dui checkpoints. >> reporter: well, we were riding with police when officers received a report of teenage drinking inside of a bethesda home. and as you're about to see, after word of the party spread on facebook, within hours it had spiraled out of control. >> we took off. >> jump. >> reporter: when we arrived with police , teenagers scatter. running from all sides of the house. >> hold up. >> reporter: and bounding down the stairs of a balcony. >> oh, my god. hey, everybody. pay attention. is everybody clear now? >> yes. >> does everybody understands what happens when you run from me or any other officer? >> yes. >> lie down. relax. you get up again, i'm going to put you down again. >> reporter: what appears to be blood on the stairs is actually a crushed pomegranate. but teenage girls with mini skirts and mass chara stained faces -- mascara stained faces start to cry. this is what an under age party looks like. it happe

andrea mccarren takes us on a wild ride. >> reporter: on a wind swept evening in damascus, we sent somerns on a mission to attempt a driving course wearing goggles that simulate alcohol intoxication. >> we've had a few drinks. you're ready to go home. >> reporter: julian was up first. >> you realize things aren't quite the same. you dropped the keys on the ground. pick up the keys. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: and now julian will get behind the wheel of a john deere gator. >> it doesn't have the power that a car does, so it's safer. and the gator is actually equipped with a kill switch. >> reporter: desperate ee trying to focus, he knocked over cone after cone after cone. >> you just ran somebody over back there. >> i don't think enough kids recognize how difficult this is and they think they can handle it. i think they should go through this to learn that they can't. >> are you okay to drive? >> i'm not getting in a car that has in the future. >> do you have the keys in? >> yes. >> reporter: next up is sara who is pretty confident about her driving skills. >> i thought i was a fine driv

. >>> for the last few nights, we've been blown away by andrea mccarren's series of reports detailing just how serious the problem of underage drinking in our area can be. but tonight derek finds something else even more shocking. >> it is the reaction to the stories, anita. while many have congratulated andrea on doing powerful journalism, many others have been enraged. did andrea make a mistake? report something untrue? no, they're just mad because andrea mccarren told the truth about their kids boozing it up way too young. and now she's on the bad end of some nasty e-mails and perhaps worst. now, as for the angry teenagers, i get it, you want to drink alcohol and all you can see is some nose ee reporter messing up your fun. honestly, if i was 16, i might feel that way too. but did you see the parent's reaction when the cops broke up the drunken's teenage party and andrea's story when the home was trashed. many seemed more angry with the police when raiding the place. and on facebook i saw the reaction play out. kids are going to drink. i had a few beers in my day and i'm okay. righ

we're going to talk to andrea mccarren about her series and the strong reaction to it. we'll take a closer look at her heart hitting reports, the firestorm they created and how and came's family was even put -- andrea's family was even put at risk. we know she took a break because of the concerns but is now back on the air. >> we'll definitely be watching for that. again, she's done an incredible job trying to save lives and inform parents and their children about the dangers of underage drinking. >> very valuable reporting. >> absolutely. >>> this morning thousands of firefighters will descend on alexandria, virginia. they'll say goodbye to paramedic josh weissman. >> this is going to have a significant impact on the roads and schools in the area. delia goncalves is live in alexandria with the story. delia, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. let's start with the traffic since it's a big issue here in northern virginia. portions of seminary road, surrounding temple beth el will be shut down in just a matter of a few hours beginning at 9:00 a.m. till 4:00 p.m. today

coming up tonight at 11:00, andrea mccarren takes us behind closed doors inside a maryland courtroom.or the first time ever, we were allowed to bring a camera in. >> all right. yet another unseasonally warm day. >> yes, above average. used to it at this point. >> and not mad about it. >> no, we're not. it's a nice break. come on, you have to admit. >> it was a nice break. >> okay. >> a nice break. let's start with a look outside. this is our live weather cam. you can see the sun there on the right. we'll put this into motion the past couple of hours and we'll see high clouds move in. for the most part, we're in good shape tonight. in fact, we start out clear and the clouds will roll in here and we'll see a dry night and a dry early morning it looks like and then we'll see perhaps some rain developing mid to late morning across the metro area. right now, high clouds, not a big deal. temperature wise, we're in the 50s downtown. we're looking at 54 at national. dew point is 22. the winds north, northeast. there are the clouds rolling in, but again, stays dry tonight and early tomorrow. t

. >>> coming up on 9news now, andrea mccarren's campaign against underaged drinking receives national attention. details just ahead! plus, dr. phil weighs in on the latest issue with anita brickman. we'll be right back. >>> it all starts at home. and that's why we want to get in message out. as a reporter and all three of you can understand, i felt like i could not cover one more carload of drunk kids wrapped around a tree and interview one more set of grieving parents without trying to do something with this extraordinary reach of the media, to affect positive change. so we will absolutely be staying on this story. what began as a week's worth of reports quickly extended to a month's, and there's now no intend sight. >> that was andrea mack mccarren on this morning, this morning. only on 9, all this month we've been tackling the subject of underaged drinking. our anita brickman visit the los angeles studios of dr. phil mcgraw, who shared his concerns and advice about this teen epidemic. >> and you drink little less than a quart every night that you're drinking, and you think you don'

tonight, our andrea mccarren shows the harsh reality of troubled lives that began with early alcohol use. >> i'm trying to make myself feel better. that was my medication. >> on a cold december night at a montgomery county police station, we met jim shackled to a table. he had been picked up on his fourth dui. >> yes, i could hurt somebody. >> he confessed some day he would probably kill someone. not with a gun or knife, but by getting behind the wheel loaded with alcohol. >> i might do the same thing. i don't want that. i know it's in me. it's in me. because i'm sick. >> the self-described worthless loser agreed to share his story because he doesn't want young people to make the same mistakes he has. >> i almost died three weeks ago. i drank a fifth of vodka and i was puking in my own puke and going down my esophagus. >> and worst of all, it was witnessed by his own son. >> my wife said, he's just drunk. my son said, mommy, he's really in bad shape. >> jim is 55 years old. though he looks significantly older. he started drinking when he was 14. drinking, he said, for fun. >> how wou

no question. >> ann andrea mccarren, 9news now. >> and police are working with schools and community groups using goggles to demonstrate how dangerous it is with drinks and driving in the same car. for moreinformation, you can go to our website and look at our special coverage section at the top of the page. >>> christians in washington and around the world are celebrating ash wednesday today. in the archdiocese of washington, cardinal donald celebrated the holiday with a mass at the cathedral of st. matthew on rhode island avenue in northwest. ash wednesday marks the start of the lenten season. it is a day of fasting and receiving ashes on their forehead in the sign of the cross. let me take it out to you guys on the weather terrace. it is a lovely wednesday indeed. >> it is. a little bit of a breeze. >> getting the breeze going. my hair is taking a beating. >> you poor thing. it's tough for you. >> it's a warm breeze. when the sun goes down, it's chilly. it's going to pay dividends tomorrow. it's breezy to windy here. check this out. this is unusual. this is an ever green colorado.

andrea mccarren was granted unprecedented access into the county's teen court to show us the trial and sentencing process for juvenile offenders. >> all rise? the montgomery county maryland teen court is now in session. honorable judge savage presiding. >> all right, ladies and gentlemen, please have a seat. >> reporter: in a rare glimpse behind the scenes of a maryland court proceeding, we meet 17- year-old mccale la, a high school senior. >> this is a possession of alcohol case and also a furnishing alcohol. >> reporter: what began as a small alcohol free gathering of friends at michaela's house quickly exploded via facebook, twitter and text. >> i got a text message from a friend that said hey, can i come over. i said sure. he walked in with six other guys, five minutes after that there were about ten more people that showed up. >> did you put it on facebook yourself? >> no. >> reporter: michaela is the first teenager of the evening to face a jury of her peers. >> the biggest thing for me is to see them react and how sad it is to see some kids who really don't care. >> if anything l

tonight on 9news now at 11:00, andrea mccarren takes us to the university of maryland shock trauma center in baltimore. that's where she met a young man just minutes before he went into surgery. andrea joins me now with more information on this young man. that was very profound, wasn't it, that meeting? >> oh, what a story, what a meeting, jc. his name is dillon and he admits he was driving drunk. all he remembers is waking up outside his mangled truck shaking, bleeding and thinking that his short life was about to end. >> i wanted to fight. i wanted to liver. i wanted to stay here -- to live. i wanted to stay here and i did that. >> reporter: driving drunk on a cold january night, dillon lost control of his truck, hit a telephone pole and flipped over. >> for some people they don't get this lucky. they don't get this second chance. >> that's right, you don't get a second chance. that's so important for these young people to know. >> i know. i really hope of all of the stories we've done, this one is the one that appeals to the teenagers that are watching. we have gotten such an overwhelm

andrea mccarren shows us how dr. alan goodwin is trying to keep his students safe. >> if i tell you to call your mom and dad, you're going to call your ma'am and dood. >> there's definitely peer pressure, a need to fit n. there are some students that rationalize that they deserve to relax because they're under so much academics and family stress. >> we're dealing with 70, 80, 90 juveniles who decided to get high and drink. >> reporter: when walt whitman high school principal goodwin learned about the bust, he didn't hesitate to can't. >> i have a standard practice that if students are cited, that i give them some sort of consequence at school. athletes miss a couple of games. student leaders and musicians and others, we negotiate with the coaches and sponsors to try to figure out what the right punishment will be. >> reporter: the montgomery county school system lets individual principals decide whether illegal activity off campus deserves on campus punishment. >> it's an extra effort and it's -- can be confrontation

that's all i want to say. >> that was andrea mccarren reporting there. all month long andrea is bringing you the stories of the dangers of drinking among young people, showing you where the kids get booze and how police are cracking down on that. check out all of those stories on wusa9.com. they've been some of the most viewed videos on our website. >> very good reporting and something parents and their children need to hear over and over and over again. >> my son is 11 and a half. when we get stories about these unfortunate deaths that occur, i make him read them at this point in his life so he already has an understanding of what's going on. >> they say talk to them even before they become teenagers. >>> howard, talk to us about the forecast. >> great news today. it's going to be another beautiful february day. temperatures are going into the 50s once again. we'll have a lot of sunshine. tomorrow is when things will get a willing more interesting around here. let's get you going with a look at your bus stop forecast where temperatures are running in th

after covering way too many alcohol-related tragedies, our andrea mccarren started investigating where some kids are getting the booze. >> last night at 11:00 using a hidden camera, andrea showed us kids buying alcohol illegally at a northwest washington store. obviously that isn't the only place selling to minors. this morning andrea is with an undercover volunteer working with police just to see how easy it is for them to get booze. >> reporter: this isn't going to stop underage drinking but it's going to make it harder for them to get. >> reporter: watch what happens when 19-yard jen -- 19-year-old jen attempts to buy alcohol at this gaithersburg beer and wine store. >> it would too easy. >> reporter: she bought a bottle of wine no questions asked. >> it was my -- if it was my first time, i would have been wow, did that really just happen? >> reporter: jen is known as a uv, an undercover volunteer working with montgomery county police and the liquor control board to see if licensed establishments are complying with the law. >> i know some people think it's new yorking or -- is narki

thank you. >> you're welcome. >> that was andrea mccarren reporting there.f you have a tip to help put a stop to underage drinking, go to our website wusa9.com. click on 9 wants to know at the top of the page. >>> something unusual happened after this party. in a controversial move, the principal of walt whit p.a.n. high school -- whitman high school punished many of the students that attended this party. he explains why it was so important to take this action. >>> the average american uses three times more of this than people in other countries. is it a, toilet paper, b cell phone minutes or c, gasoline. >> one person says we are all a clean society so he says a, toilet paper. just look at when we buy first when a bad storm is coming. pt, bread and milk. >> log on to our facebook page and leave your response. we'll reveal the answer in the next hour. >>> it is 5:26 on this friday morning. grab a jacket. it's a cold one. the readings are down in the 30s for the most part. might sneak into the upper 20s in a few spots. what you're not going to see, really tha

andrea mccarren will be a live guest talking about the attention her stories on underage drinking have generated. she's scheduled to appear on cbs this morning around 7:30. >>> let's take another look at our question of the day this morning. it is according to a new survey, a woman who goes through a breakup does one of these things for comfort. is it a, have some chocolate, b, a glass of wine or c, some ice cream? >> nancy thinks the answer is a. she says chocolate is the best medicine for anything. >> chris went off the list and says the answer should be d, his best friend. keep your responses coming. we'll reveal the correct answer in about an hour. >>> very few of us are privileged enough to get to go to the white house. >> but coming up in today's school schools, that's -- cool schools, that's exactly what some virginia students got to do to show off their invention to protect u.s. troops. really cool. >>> finally the do nothing congress does something. find out what it means to you and your paycheck. that's coming up at 6:01. you're watching 9news now. >>> james thomas cool papa

made history crossing the final frontier up next. >>> we are going to talk to andrea mccarren about herand the strong reaction to it. >>> it looks like it is go, baby, go all the way. >> monday will mark 50 years since john glenn took his historic trip around the earth and since that first manned flight in orbit we've gone to the moon, even sent robots to mars. jane yamamoto has a look at what the first two americans in orbit have to say about the space program 50 years later. >> reporter: nasa workers cheered 90-year-old john glenn and 86-year-old scott carpenter, the only two left from the original seven astronauts. on february 20th, 1962, glenn became the first american to orbit the earth. >> godspeed, john glenn. >> reporter: glenn lifted off in a converted nuclear missile called friendship 7 and radioed back what he saw. >> i am in a big mass of some very small particles that are brilliantly lit up and they look like little stars. >> reporter: the flakes were frost from the capsule's water exhaust. his three orbits took four hours and 55 minutes and glenn came home to a hero's welc

andrea mccarren explains and takes us for a wild ride. >> reporter: on a wind swept evening in damascuswe sent some montgomery county police interns on a mission to attempt a driving course wearing goggles that simulate alcohol intoxication. >> you had a few drinks. you're ready to go home. >> reporter: julian was up first. >> you realize things aren't quite the same and you drop the keys on the ground. so pick up the keys. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: now he'll get behind the wheel of a john deere gator. >> it doesn't have the power the car does so it's safer and the gator is actually equipped with a kill switch. >> reporter: desperately trying to focus, he knocks over cone after cone after cone. >> he just rammed somebody over there. >> i don't think kids recognize how difficult it is and they think they can handle it. i think they should go through this to learn that they can't. >> you okay to drive? >> i'm not getting in the car with someone who has had a few drinks. >> you get the keys in? >> yes, no problem. >> reporter: sarah is pretty confident about her driving skills. >> i cons

andrea mccarren, 9news now. >> tonight at 11:00, how a special pair of goggles is helping teenagers understand the dangers of drinking and driving before it's too late. only at 11:00. >>> jurors are scheduled to begin their deliberations in the yeardley love murder case tomorrow. bruce leshan looks ahead to what may happen. >> the microwave truck frs local affiliates and national networks in place ready to broadcast the verdict when it comes in from the jurors. they are preparing to start deliberating tomorrow morning, 9:00 a.m. in the courthouse. they have plenty to think about, starting with that video tape from george huguely. the video tape interrogation with the police just hours after yeardley love's death. and you almost have to wonder if that is a struggle for prosecutors because the jurors could hear the surprise in george huguely's voice. the prosecutor said that is the surprise of a young man who has just admitted to murder. the defense attorneys say no, it is genuine, shock and horror that this young woman is dead. they say he never did anything violent enough to kill her. they arg

andrea mccarren joins me now live to talk about all that. let's address those implications up front. >> as you know, we are doing anything but backing off of this story. did i step back from fronting two stories for the sake of my family? yes, did i and i don't regret that and you still reported those two stories so they would be on our air. we have never backed down as a news organization from covering underage drinking and drug use and we never will, of course, and we do intend to pursue every aspect of this story hopefully someday to effect positive change. in fact, i have another report at 11:00 tonight. >> we'll talk about that story as well. i tweeted today we're just getting started on this thing. it is not over by a long shot. now talk about some of the positive feedback you've gotten. what stands out? >> obviously we appreciate all of the feedback we're getting, but there is one that really meant a lot. i received it this morning. it is from a 17-year-old local high school student who is brave enough not to drink despite peer pressu

. >> andrea mccarren was granted unprecedented access to the court system and she tells us about teen, which is now in its 15th year. >> all rise, the montgomery county maryland teen court is now in session. honorable judge savage presiding. >> all right, ladies and gentlemen, please have a seat. >> reporter: in a rare glimpse behind the scenes of a maryland court proceeding, we meet 17- year-old michaela, a high school senior. >> this is a possession of alcohol case and also a furnishing alcohol. >> reporter: what began as a small alcohol free gathering of friends at michaela's house quickly exploded via facebook, twitter and texts. >> i got a text message from a friend that said hey, can i come over? i said sure. he walked in with six other guys. five minutes after that there are about 10 more people that showed up. >> reporter: did you put it on facebook yourself, this party? >> no. >> reporter: mckayla is the first teenager of the evening to face a jury of her peers. >> i think that the biggest thing for me is to see the way they react and how sad it is to see some kids who really

we are live in northwest washington, andrea mccarren, 9 news now. >> hey, everybody, pay attention. verybody clear now? everybody understand? >> tomorrow night at 11:00 andrea will he show what you can happen when underage kids get alcohol, drugs, and access to a home that's not supervised by parents. anatomy of a party bust, tomorrow night at 11:00 on 9news now. >>> new at 11:00, police have released a chill 911 call made just minutes before a deadly wrong way crash in anne arundel county. two cars collided head on along route 50 early sunday morning killing four people. maryland state police say the driver, 19-year-old britney ann walker, was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash. >> he just came past me in the left lane. i'm like, oh my god, i don't think they had a clue they're on the wrong side of the road. he's headed towards route 50. if he gets that far there's going to be a real problem. >> walker, along with two 18- year-olds in her car, all died, and the driver of the other car was also killed. state police say he was under the influence of alcohol as wel

andrea mccarren is here to tell us more. andrea. >> derek, for the first time ever, we were allowed to bring our camera into a montgomery county courtroom where juvenile offenders learned their sentences. punishment handed out by their peers. it's all part of the county's teen court now in its 15th year. >> all rise. the montgomery county maryland teen court is now in session. >> all right, ladies and gentlemen, please have a seat. >> in a rare glimpse behind the scenes of a court proceeding, we meet 17-year-old mikayla, a senior. >> this is a possession of alcohol case and also a furnishing alcohol. >> what began as a small alcohol gathering of friends at mikayla's house exploded via facebook, twitter and text. >> i got a text message that said can i come over. i said sure. he walked in with six other guys. five minutes after that there were about 10 more people that showed up. >> did you put it on facebook yourself? >> no. >> this party. mikayla is the first teenager of the evening to face a jury of her peers. >> i think th

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. >>> we are going to talk to andrea mccarren about the series to it. >>> in afghanistan, anti- american protests will be going from bad to worse. and to deadly. they learned that the afghan soldier gunned down here at the military based. and they have encouraged them to attack that there. they have been in turmoil this week over news that the nato forces, they accidentally burned the copies of the koran and the holy book. the military commanders have apologized and today, president obama, he sent a letter of apology to the president of afghanistan. >>> they are calling for a three-star air force general to be court marshaled after he included the two references to god in their presentation. that is according to our sister publication of the air force times. now, the military rights advocacy group claimed that the lieutenant general, he violated his oath to the constitution. he says that it could be used as the propaganda tool against the u.s. troops. and that issue, well, two slides of that presentation titled ronnie's rule. they stated to always put god first and stay within his will.

andrea mccarren interviewed a maryland man minutes after he was arrested for dui number four. >> i could have hurt somebody. >> some day, he will probably kill someone, not with a gun or knife, but by getting behind the wheel, loaded with alcohol. >> i might do the same thing all the time. go out and kill somebody. i don't want that. i know it's in me. it's in me. because i'm sick. >> the self-described worthless loser agreed to share his story because he doesn't want young people to make the same mistakes he has. >> that report, troubled lives, coming up tonight on 9news at 11:00. >>> cops in virginia may soon have the power to pull you over for texting or e-mails while behind the wheel. the state senate passed a law today making it a primary offense. right now, it's a secondary offense, which means police have to have another reason to stop a driver. a similar bill died in committee this year. >>> donald trump is coming right here to washington, d.c. the federal government selected him to redevelop the old post office pavilion. trump will con convert the building into a hotel and spa a

andrea mccarren did this to deal with some of the fallout.but now she is back refocusing on the issue of underage drinking. >> tonight a gritty look at the realities of destructive teenage behavior. >>> she returned to the air last night after an unusual break that began not long after the veteran reporter from cbs' washington affiliate, w usa began filing a series of reports on underage drinking. >> weep watched and videotaped dozens of teenagers buying alcohol in northwest washington without being asked for identification. >> i'm 18. it is very easy. we've been buying here for like almost two years. >> following that, teens upset mccarren had blown their cover flooded the station's facebook page with angry message. you're now the most hated woman in the d.c. metro area 1 person wrote. the comments only got nastier after another report was delivered about a police raid on an underage party. >> hey, everybody clam. >> that bust took a surprising turn when parents arrived at the scene apparently upset with police and mccarren but not their own

this morning andrea mccarren shows us the harsh reality of some troubled lives which began with early alcohol use. >> i'm trying to make myself feel better. that was my medication. >> reporter: on a cold december night at a montgomery county police station, we met jim shackled to a table. he'd been picked up on his fourth dui. >> yes. i could hurt somebody. >> reporter: he confessed that some day he will probably kill someone, not with a gun or knife but by getting behind the wheel loaded with alcohol. >> i might do the same thing and go out and kill somebody. i don't want that but i know it's in me. it's in me because i'm sick. >> reporter: the self-described worthless loser agreed to share his story because he doesn't want young people to make the same mistakes he has. >> i almost died two weeks ago. >> reporter: how? >> i drank a fifth of vodka and i was puking in my puke and it was going down my esophagus. >> reporter: worst of all, it was witnessed by his own son. >> my wife said, he's all right. he just drunk. my son no, mommy, he's really in bad shape. >> reporter: jim is 55 ye

our andrea mccarren has been investigating this and she has some answers. angela -- andrea. reporter: well, j.c., our colleague, dave satchel and i, a photographer has been looking at this crisis because you and i both over the years have been covering way too many tragedies involving children that are alcohol related. and what we found was alarming. children beginning to drink at a younger age and drinking such large quantities it is no longer unusual for them to be hospitalized with alcohol poisoning. take a look at an excerpt from our story coming up tonight at 11:00 in which we uncover one local store that has been openly selling to children. >> hey, what's up? reporter: night after night with the help of a 23-year-old 9 news now staff member, we interviewed the young buyers using a hidden microphone. >> i heard this is the place to go without an i.d. reporter: without one? >> i'm just looking for a place to buy. >> either way, you can get it in this shop. reporter: really? >> we've been doing it for a couple of years. reporter: most told us they were 16 years old, some

. >>> meantime still getting comments about the andrea mccarren ongoing teenage drinking series especially regarding the northeast liquor store caught selling booze to teenagers. mark wants to know how can that place be in business? the police chief cathy lanier has authority to pull a liquor license for 72 hours, yet she is allowing that behavior to continue. why has the district police department not stepped in? i'm not sure it's their job, but that is a question we're asking and as you may have seen today, a d.c. deputy mayor has stepped in promising to get to the bottom of what's gone wrong. we'll tell you when we know. >>> meantime on the wusa9 facebook page a debate sparked by my commentary last night casting the issue of gay marriage in terms of fairness and equal treatment. carrie writes well said. blacks and whites at one time couldn't marry. why? same reasons gays can't, taboo. who are we to say whether it's wrong or not but carol writes god has something to say about that. you have the right to be fair on earth, but the moral principles of the holy bible, what we do on this eart

now they launch add separate investigation of the town market square liquor store following andrea mccarren's exclusive report last wednesday. >> do you need a fake id? >> usually, no. >> for several weeks we watched and video taped dozens of teenagers buying alcohol in northwest washington. 16-year-olds, 14-year-olds, buying natural life coming out of here with cases of beer. >> we sent a team out. >> the spokesperson says within the past week, they sent their usual under cover team to the town market square to try and make an illegal purchase. >> the team is generally metropolitan police department. a group of youth advocates from the national capital coalition to prevent underage drinking. we went to the store. and we found no violations because he did not sell to the minors. >> we should point out that the undercover team they sent to this liquor store to buy booze didn't reflect the normal customer base. they were all african american. >> our reports show that these are caucasian youth. do you know go look for caucasian young people? how does this work? >> i would say we will continue to

. >> good evening, i'm andrea mccarren in for bruce johnson. we begin with the just released 911 tape from a house fire in prince georges county 24 hours ago. that fire in river dale sent seven firefighters to the hospital. they were battling the blaze when gusting winds swept through the house. neighbors who called 911 mentioned those high winds. >> and the neighbor across the street, the houses next door is burning fast. the wind is blowing hard. >> as armando trull reports, two of the volunteer firefighters suffered critical burns. >> every one of us know that every time we go out the door could be the last time. we also know we are here to serve the citizens. >> this house fire in river dale heights sent seven public servants to washington hospital center last night. after a fire ball nourished by strong winds tore through the home. >> and what firefighters described as a blow torch coming out the front door, the same front door that our firefighters entered. >> nearly 70 firefighters tried to extinguish the blaze. >> 57th avenue. >> two vo

and if you thought that your child could never get hooked, you need to listen closely to andrea mccarren'sort. >> all of a sudden i hear this scream and jim came running down. he slid on his knees with shorts on saying he's dead, he's dead. dead. >> reporter: for most of us, it's impossible to fathom of death of a child. jim and cindy glass help us to understand. >> discovering your child dead is like finding yourself dead. >> he's the first thing i think about when i wake up. the last thing i think about when i go to bed. and i think about him pretty much all of the time. and it's ruined our life. >> reporter: jeremy glass led a charmed childhood. healthy, athletic and handsome. but a few high school sports injuries set him on a path he couldn't reverse. an addiction that began with prescription painkillers. >> he goes, mom, i thought you said drugs were bad. this is the best i've ever felt. >> reporter: in september of 2008, jeremy turned to heroin. he died in his bedroom at the age of 20. >> here is this perfectly healthy 20-year-old handsome, smart, everything to live for, and one time