been on the booze cruise here?amian queen i. we didn't want to do it but our tour was contractually obligated to go on the booze cruise. we went. >> we did. >> there were a lot of loving couples, a lot of people on their honeymoon. hoda and i are a loving couple. there was one particular lady that was alone. she was from oklahoma, and we were a little concerned about her. >> she had on a blue hat and she was totally -- >> over her straw hat. >> she was smashed. i mean, she was gone. but there she is. anyway, we want to show her because she was fun. she was dancing and letting it go. it just shows you, you know what, when you want to go have fun, there is a place to have fun and this is the spot. >> we just hope she made it back to her cruise ship okay. >> we do. i, hoda, get to pick a song every thursday. >> even in the bahamas? >> this is an island song. it puts me in a good mood instantly when i start hearing the words. it's laid back. it's by my good friend in my heart -- i don't even know him -- jimmy buffett.

there is just as much boozing in pg-13 movies as there are in r-rated movies. all of which leads to a question. will the plot lines become the r-rated guidelines? does night kitty hate it when the lights are on? >> thanks for proving my poimt, night kitty. paul, are you a lonely drunk. we have proven that. a lot of times i will leave and you will still be drinking. does this happen from watching movies? >> i have a kid. what i do is i get my -- >> that's a bottle. you can't call it a kid. even if you put underpants on it it is still a bottle of rye. >> i don't know why i talk. you know -- you are such a jerk. it is not the movie industry's job to police kids. parents should police kids. george clooney is busy saving the world. he can't watch your kids. if kids are influenced by movies, if we believe that, movie makers should be making movies of kids watching movies so the kids stay in movie theaters all the type. see if you can follow that logic, small brain. >> i like the message of self-responsibility. but when you were a kid you saw the pictures of the sexy

>>> but first undercover sting, a teenager tells why she works with police to catch stores selling booze to underage kids. that's up next. >>> 9 wants you to know every year thousands of young people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking. 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: je

from 9 news now we are trying once again to find out why the city has not cited the store for selling booze to underage customers and we reported on many of them. that's where scott broom picks up the investigation. >> reporter: 9 news now first exposed montgomery county teens crossing the city line to buy booze at town square market on macarthur boulevard in northwest on february 1st. since then washington alcohol regulators, the agency called abra, claimed it's tried and failed to do a similar sting. tonight the store remains open and montgomery county police tell us just last friday they busted two more teens crossing the city line with alcohol from town square market. 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 possessi

now as for the 21-year-old who allegedly provided the booze, hope he has some deep pockets. he could be fined as much as $12,500 because in addition to that 16-year-old, we profiled there were two other juveniles that were drinking. and anita, we talked to the officer today, he made the point of emphasizing just how seriously that 16-year-old parents took this incident. they were very upset. in fact, he said it was nice to see parents who were prepared to crack down and make sure this didn't happen again. >> great report. you can just see her distress, even with the blurring and all that. >> it broke your heart to watch her in bad shape. but they can't have any mercy on these kids because like you said. >> there is someone 21 giving these young kids to the alcohol to the point way past intoxication. >> okay, let's talk about claiming your cash. thousands of people in our area are owed millions of dollars in unclaimed cash and property. are you one of them? the money is kept in state treasuries and comes from enactive bank accounts, utility deposits, insurance payments, even

booze day tuesday.sday. >> booze day tuesday, everybody. >> i decided i needed to accessorize a little bit because when in rome, or punxsutawney. just how famous is punxsutawney phil? i asked around. do you know who kathie lee gifford is? do you know who hoda kotb is? >> no. >> so you don't know kathie lee or hoda but you know punxsutawney phil? >> yeah. >> and before i left, one last order of business. rehearsal. i understand that there has yet to be a woman in the inner circle, although they're welcome. but i would love it if you could show me what it would be like to be a part of your inner circle today. >> just wear the top hat. >> no. i've got more. i am coming dressed. so i guess the big question is, come groundhog day, will phil see his shadow? >> love it with the uggs. >> that's a fashion statement. i didn't know all that stuff. >> i didn't either. a very educational segment for me. >> looked good in your little tux and tails. >> i felt it was like a modern-day prom. >> usually i care what happe

store and market the store had allegedly become a place where underage high school students could buy booze with little scrutiny of the ids they were using. kim denied these allegations during the original 9news now piece. mr. kim? >> not here. >> reporter: sunday family members said kim wasn't home whether we tried to get his explanation about last night's arrest. the store will be back in business monday and liquor will continue to be on sale. >> i'll tell you, once the sting operation gets you, if you continue, you continue at your own peril. because they are back and they don't stop. >> reporter: the town area market brought convenience to the neighborhood through the sale of wine, beer and other items. but an investigation revealed it was too convenient for minors to buy liquor here. the store will lose its liquor license. >>> montgomery count thank you police have been watching town scare market as well. -- square market as well. >>> we are learning more about the body pulled from the canal in georgetown over the weekend. it is the body of an elderly woman. she had a hospital band on

. >>> a menlo park man seriously hurt in a drunk driving accident after boozing it up on a party bus has filed a lawsuit against the company. gregory hinman claimed that hobo limousine is at fault. he alleges that the bus company, against its own policies, allowed minors to drink during the four-hour booze cruise. afterwards, hinman got into a car with 19-year-old brett stude studebaker, who was driving and they crashed. studebaker died and hinman suffered brain damage and broken bones. hobo claims the partygoers drank before they got on the bus and not during it. >>> instead of landing on the dinner table, three pacific octopus -- they had turned up in the fisherman's crab trap. they say the real winner is the public. >> people can go to different places and see fish, but to be able to see an act pussoctober- octopus is memorable. >> they'll live out the remainder of their lives in the aquarium, dining on dung nus crab and sardines. >> special treat for visitors. >>> the clouds are looming, saw an outdoor shot and it looks like rain. let's find out if it's going to, jeff ranieri. >>

leading public health problems in our country. 9 wants us to know how and where kids are getting the booze. our reporter andrea mccaron and photographer dave satchel started working this story two months ago. andrea is here now to tell us more about what she found. >> reporter: jc, a mom tipped us off to a northwest washington liquor store where teenagers have allegedly been buying alcohol for years. she told us that her daughter bought beer and vodka at this one particular liquor store every week, and our undercover investigation backs her up. place like this, you even need a fake i.d.? >> usually no. >> for several weeks we watched and videotaped dozens of teenagers buying alcohol at town square market in northwest washington, without being asked for identification. >> i'm 18. it's very easy, and we have been buying here for like almost two years. >> in those two years, have you ever been asked for i.d.? >> like once. >> hey, what's up? >> night after night, with the help of a 23-year-old 9news now staff member, we interviewed the young buyers using a hidden microphone. >> i heard this i

national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> 9 wants you to know where underage kids are buying boozeh ease. >> you've been selling to underage children. >> tonight, after weeks of investigation, we reveal the supplier. >> sir, we are with channel 9 news. we've been watching your store for weeks and weeks. >> selling to kids as young as 14. >>> this is 9news now. >> it is 11:00. do you know where your children are? well, you should. 9 wants you to know that underage drinking has become an epidemic. >> our reporter and photographer sat out two months ago to get a rare inside look at what many children in our area are doing out with friends. andrea joins us live from northwest washington to show us a place teenagers have allegedly been buying alcohol for years. >> reporter: anita, i'm on macarthur boulevard in front of town square market. the mother of a 16-year-old tipped us off to this liquor store after she learned her daughter was buying vodka and beer here every week. a place like this do you even need a fake id? >> usually no. >> reporter: for several weeks we watched and videotap

. >>> americans are addicted to drugs, booze, or prescription medication more than ever before nur on history. it's an epidemic we can on no longer ignore. i'm not going to ignore it. if you are not the one in trouble, you can be sure it's a parent, a brother, sister, a friend, a co-worker. you may have seen the signs, and you are unsure what to do. well, today we're going to help you. this morning an in depth look at addiction. how to get help before it's too late. also, the very latest medicine that science has to offer us. we'll have all that in a second, but, first, news i want to share about the shortage of critically important cancer medicine. as a doctor, you never want to deny your patients any sort of treatment, but last year alone doctors here in the united states had to tell more than a half a million cancer patients that one of those medicine was used to treat patients with ovarian cancer like this woman, i met her last november. >> you feel like you are in a fight with one hand tied behind your back. we said let's go with what we have and see what happens. the cancer rapi

. >> reporter: 9 news now first exposed montgomery county teens crossing the city line to buy booze at town square market on macarthur boulevard in northwest on february 1st. since then washington alcohol regulators, the agency called abra has claimed it's tried and failed to do a similar sting. tonight the store remains open and montgomery county police tell us just last friday they busted two more teens crossing the city line with alcohol from town square market, 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 in it back into maryland. they were two 19-year-olds who 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 communicate to metropolitan police department who was

sale of high end booze increased in some -- and some experts say this is a sign we are slowly returning to prerecession days. >>> if you are look for great shopping deal -- looking for great shopping deals, j.c. penney is rolling out a new strategy to lure shoppers and they are doingate away with the concept of a sale. they will start by perm innocently marking down most of the items by 40% -- permanently marking down most of the items by 40%. there will be an every day low price and monthly discounts on select items and clearance deals called best price during the first and third friday of every glongt some people near chicago felt rock and rolling 2.4 magnitude outside 57 miles northwest of chicago. the quake toppled trash cans and shook a few things out of place. there was no significant reported dang. -- damage. >>> upstate new york it's known for the brutal winners. lake ontario is getting serious snow. look at this. that storm brought 29 inches there by midday. now the snow is still coming and one man had to shovel a path to get to the snow blower.the town declared a snow emergenc

. >> they want to know who gave their little girl that booze.s one over here, he say, pointing him out. confrontation ensues. you can even hear mom yell. what were you thinking? but the reality is, inside that van that night, nobody was thinking. >> it's the stupidest thing i have ever done. i never want to do it again. never want to do it again. >> is there a lesson you can take away from this? >> don't ever do this because you're going to get caught. >> so she says tonight, but she also admits this isn't her first time out drinking. even though there is some compassion, the cops have to practice a tougher sort of love. >> these are good kids. they aren't bad kids. they are good kids making poor decisions. unfortunately, poor decisions can get them killed. >> if found guilty. that 16-year-old faces more than the parental consequences. she faces a maximum $500 fine. if it happened before, it goes up over $1,000. plus, officer morrison recommended to the girl's parents that she attend teen court. now as for the 21-year-old who allegedly provided

a local mother's confrontation with the liquor store owner who was allegedly selling her teenager booze> public masturbation. >> also tonight, sexual harassment on metro and women who have experienced it. >>> but first tonight, new abortion legislation. some call it an unparallel attack on a woman's rights. others call it a step forward. >>> this is 9news now. >> the country's longruning debate over abortion is centered tonight right in our own back yard. yep, it is the state of virginia. >> and that is where two bitterly contested bills are close to being approved by the full legislature. governor mcdonald has committed to signing one of the bills if it hits his desk. matt jablow has the details. >> reporter: two pieces of legislation winding its way through the legislature are getting an awful lot of attention. >> i'm trying to remind the legislators that i have an opinion. >> reporter: not surprisingly, both bills del with abortion. the first bill personhood bill would in effect outlaw abortion by declaring that a person's right to begin at the moment of conception. the second one fo

it had become a place where high school students could buy booze with little scrutiny of the i.d.'ed these allegations during the original 9 news now piece. >> mr. kim? >> no, he's not here. >> reporter: sunday, family members said kim wasn't mom when we tried to get his explanation about last night's arrest. the store will be back in business monday and liquor will continue to be on sale. >> i tell you, once the sting operation gets you, if you continue, you continue at your own peril, because they're back. and they don't stop. >> reporter: the town square market's motto is bring convenience to the neighborhood through the sale of beer and wine and other items. but as the investigation reveals it was too convenient for minors to buy liquor here, the abc board will take away the store's liquor license. armando trull, 9 news now. >>> montgomery county police have also been watching the town square market and issued 38 citations to underage students who bought booze there and crossed the line into maryland. >>> a developing story tonight in the san francisco bay area where a small pl

we'll take you a party, all of stars were there, the booze was apparently flowing and so, too, were theeth rogen hosting it. >>> and later on in show, what are friends for? a puppy dog tries to give a cat a hug or is this a massage, a very cute video in this morning's edition of "fixation." >>> but first, this half hour, the latest twist in that mystery. of the fireman from florida, he's a married father of two who simply vanished 1600 miles away from home, now a group of his buddies from the firehouse in florida, they're on the ground in maine looking for him. was there foul play here? and what about this mystery woman involved? >> reporter: unusual, dan, indeed. some clues that don't add up and there's still no sign of jerry perdomo. a man so beloved by his firefighter buddies, in addition to the two who are currently in maine dozens more are prepared to fly up from florida if they get the green light from investigators. they just want to bring him to his two kids. these two florida firefighters arrived in maine willing to do whatever it takes to find their missing friend and colleagu

course of five nights in december they issued at least 36 alcohol citations to minors who purchased booze at town square market and crossed into montgomery county. d.c. police were informed about the citations according to white who says he was told the information was then passed on to abra. >>> prosecutors reportedly want former prince george's county executive jack johnson to pay his criminal fine upfront rather than installments after he's released from prison n. december johnson was fined $100,000 and sentenced to more than seven years in prison for extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from developers. he's scheduled to turn himself in saturday. prosecutors say johnson does have the money to pay the fine right now. >>> our time right now is 4:36. howard is up next with the weekend forecast. it's interesting. >> and it may be early but there are already major issues on the roads. monika has an explanation on that and jessica doyle is watching your money, too. we will be right back. >>> before she was the fastest woman in the world, wilma rudolph had trouble walking. as

full story. >> we find alcohol inside the car. >> they want to know who gave their little girl that boozee over here, he says, pointing him out. confrontation ensues. the body language is telling. you can hear mom yell. what were you thinking? but the reality is, inside that van that night, nobody was thinking. >> it's the stupidest thing i've ever done. i never want to do it again. never want to do it again. >> is there a lesson? >> don't ever do this because you're going to get caught and it's so dumb. >> so she says. but she also admits this isn't her first time out drinking, even though there is some compassion, the cops have to practice a tougher sort of love. >> these are good kids. they are not bad kids. they are just good kids making poor decisions. unfortunately, poor decisions can get them killed. >> those poor decisions could get them killed. if found guilty, that girl faces more than the parental consequences. police tell us if this is her first citation, she faces $500 fine. if she has been sited before, it goes up over $1,000. plus, officer morrison recommended she go to tee

government is actually the number two employer in the county booz allen hamilton s.a.i.c. which is of course the science applications international corporation which is a lot of work for the n.s.a. there guys. freddie mac. northrop grumman and lockheed martin so it appears that being part of the surveillance state makes you very wealthy well if i were living in looting virginia and i were looting people for a living whether it's at the airport through the homeland security or the t.s.a. or whether it's. down there on capitol hill where they put together all because of bills to wholesale from people you know i have an above average standard of living in that one mile radius of washington d.c. and this is where all the one percent is now this is all relatively new because it wasn't until nine eleven the most overrated attack in history did you find that the u.s. government needed to create seventeen or eighteen new agencies pay them billions and you know they made jamie diamond look like. restraint of litter in fact luden county now it's not looting but it sounds better as l

that's just booze. when you add drug use to the equation millions more kids are affected. where, again, is the media on this? nowhere. we either completely ignore the situation or glorify the party life. why? because the secular press doesn't like to make judgments about personal behavior. that stems from the 1960's, if it feels good, do it. do your own thing. whitney houston's on thing killed her and her 18-year-old daughter watched her mother's drug-fueled activities for most of her life. did she not? right now the media in america is largely cowardly politically correct and absolutely unconcerned about the nation's children. later on in this broadcast we will show you how the sharp rise in pot among smoking teenagers. why? because they don't believe it's wrong or harmful. well, here is a more straight talk. once children enter the world of intoxication, their childhood is over. they are never the same. whitney houston admitted she smoked pot. so did amy winehouse and most drug addicts start their crimes with a gate way drug. as a country we are now embracing the medical

. >> you need some booze. >> jimmy: oh, some nice booze. >> or listerine, i don't know. >> jimmy: i don'tyou're going to find out in a minute. >> jimmy: some type of thing. >> and then you need some scorsese shades. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: okay. >> or lazar, i'm not sure [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i feel like -- i feel like we should do the next character. that's pretty good. >> go, go, go. >> jimmy: go, go, go! hey! >> i feel like a muppet. >> jimmy: you really pull them off. you look good in it. >> i do, don't i? i look really good. >> jimmy: and then -- and then, what happens? >> so get some booze. >> jimmy: uh-huh. >> put it in your shot glass. i do not promote drinking and driving. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: no, you don't have to keep doing this. >> okay. >> jimmy: no one's paying you. >> i got paid for that, too. >> jimmy: no one -- you didn't have say that. >> so i ask you a question. >> jimmy: uh-huh. >> and we'll see -- and we'll see if the word comes up. >> jimmy: okay. >> who directed "mean streets?" [ laughter ] >> jimmy: john wayne. >> wait a minute. >> jimmy:

he's supposed to be bringing lunch and booze. >> hey, come on in. >> often, perverted justice decoys will ask a man to bring something specific like food or alcohol. >> ask if he brought the lunch and booze. >> did you bring the food? >> yeah. >> okay, great. >> law enforcement says it helps show intent because a potential predator is bringing items that he talked about online in the same conversation he's talking about sex. >> what did you bring? >> double cheeseburgers with no pickles. >> awesome. i made chocolate chip cookies, too, but i actually just got some on my shirt. so i'm just going to change my shirt real quick. >> all right. and i got some fries. but the fries might be cold. it took me a little while to find this place. >> you can just take a seat. i'll be right there. >> okay. >> so no cookies for you? what's going on? >> not much. who are you? >> who are you? >> i'm lee. >> and lee, what are you doing here? >> i come to visit a friend off the net, i thought. >> at first he tells me the friend he came to see was 18 or older. but then changes his story. >> so why don't y