and the madman with broom, madman in his night shirt with a broom, he, too, returns. he thinks to roust the crows from the mulberry boughs by jabing and swirling his broom, by crazily twirling his broom in the wet summer air and hurling curses skyward beyond the boughs and the crows toward the fading gods beyond the fading stars. but the realist crows know it is only a man in a nightshirt after dawn; that the broom is a broom and that his cries are nothing more than words and half words the heavy air will swallow. they rise anyway from the tree, as best to quiet him and let morning be morning. soon enough they will return again by twos and threes, settling among the spreading limbs, their laughter the same before and after. catherine case is the next reader. . >> one is called the mountain by hashim hafik and it's translated by sadi samoi. i have washed the mountain, i have washed the stones and the pebbles that clings to the trees. i have washed the mountain. i have lit the paths and the back ways around the mountain. i have lit the caves and the stairs and the hidou

i broke the broom. >> you broke the broom? why?i just told you. >> no reason to break the broom. the whole situation started because you broke the broom. >> i needed to clean up. >> okay, but you could have waited until somebody came back tomorrow. you asked to see me this morning. you could have asked to see me yesterday morning in your cell and told me the same thing that you told me. and even if the broom wasn't working properly, if it was the sorry broom, they gave you the sorry broom, that's still no reason for you to break the broom. yes or no? >> a few minutes later, the conversation turns to broadhead's disciplinary record at holman. >> i ain't got but 35 disciplinary. i did all of them. >> but 39 disciplinary. >> all in all, just another monday morning for a warden who's always walking the line between friend and foe. >> next on "lockup: raw" -- >> me and another guy was frustrated one morning. >> when the bridge between inmate and officer collapses. >> they had me pinned at that time inside this corner. three of them were

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>> i'm scott broom in baltimore. is it a megahoax or the megamillions real deal? today the woman who says she's a lottery winner got herself a lawyer, but still couldn't get her story straight. >> you have it yourself. >> okay. >> are you sure you have it? >> i was so shocked. i said why i have 23 two times? >> it's a megamess, especially at this mcdonald's outside baltimore. where coworkers tell the new york post they are in financial limbo because they claim they were in a pool with wilson and believe they may be winners, too. >> are they fighting with you over the ticket? >> but again today, wilson cleared nothing up and officials at maryland's lottery headquarters said wilson nor anyone else has stepped forward with a winning ticket so they can verify nothing. in baltimore, scott broom, 9news now. >> public works crews in l.a. were busy this morning. five water main breaks flooded scores of streets and basements. service was knocked out to thousands as crews rushed to fix the busted pipes. >>> foggy skies in sidney harbor made for a difficult community there.

reporting live in baltimore, scott broom, 9news now. >> wait a second, scott. if she hired a lawyer and hasn't shown the lawyer the ticket, what is she doing? >> i don't know what she's doing and the lawyer seemed confused today about exactly what's going on. at the end of the day, he said why don't you media people, he was talking to all of us from washington to new york. why don't you pack up and go home? we'll tell you when we know. but you know, part of the anxiety in maryland is that the winner can remain unanimous and naturally, everybody is curious about who it is. >> all right, scott broom, we thank you, sir. see you tomorrow. >>> more money, more confusion. the maryland county that was hardest hit by hurricane irene is getting a federal grant to help in the recovery. we're talking about st. mary's county. the federal emergency management agency awarded st. mary's $1.8 million. maryland's two senators say the aide should allow for the recovery up to 75% of the cleanup costs. the hurricane tore through southern maryland last august. >>> the white house w

at deep creek lake in western maryland, scott broom, 9news now. >> better watch out. scott broom has been known to strap on the skis. take a look at this video from earlier today. this is from rochester, new york. in addition to all that snow, rochester had gusts of wind up to 40 miles an hour. all of which we are so glad is there and not here. >> true. good news for us, we had a soaking rain. we needed that rain. we came out ahead. let me show you this picture. this is a fantastic picture. this is not too far from us. this is northeast of hagerstown. bill wolfe sent us these pictures. he had 10 inches of snow on halloween, he had a few inches today, not much inbetween. could see a couple snow flakes tonight. here's a look at the radar. we see some showers pushing through. everything that moves through now will be spotty and light, but it will be unsettled now for the next 36 hours. live doppler 9,000. showers up 270 as we get past gaithersburg, some showers out route 7 into loudoun county and also a few showers out 66. everything is generally on the light side. bad n

scoot broom can give us all the details. >> reporter: the three wirchers want to remain -- winners want to remain anonymous before after taxes each walks away with nearly $35 million and none will quit their jobs according to lottery director steven martino. >> if it can't be you, these are precisely the people you would want to see win the lottery. >> reporter: after a week of wild speculation and claims by imposters, the real winners presented their ticket yesterday. >> one of the winners is an elementary schoolteacher. another winner is a special education teacher. and the third winner provides administrative support all in the public school system of maryland. >> reporter: martino would not say what jurisdiction the two women and one man work in but did say they pooled $60 together and bought tickets from three different locations including a 7-eleven in milford mill, maryland where the winner was sold as a random quick pick. >> they all planned at this point in time to remain public school teachers, not just to complete this school year but going forward. >> reporter: martino said

scott broom, 9news now. >> the general assembly did address other key bills. they passed a flush tax. that's going to add $30 to your annual sewer bill and helps fight pollution. lawmakers also made it illegal for employers to ask you for your user names and passwords to sites like facebook from their current or potential employees. and they passed a bill in memory of felicia barnes. she's the teenager that disappeared while visiting baltimore two years ago. that bill required state officials to publish a list of missing children and annual statistics. anita. >> we have breaking news tonight coming out of baltimore. after a week of madness surrounding the winning jackpot. a maryland lottery spokesperson confirmed to 9news now the person who purchased the winning megamillions ticket in maryland has stepped forward to claim that prize. the lottery commission will hold a press conference tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. to announce the winning ticket, but the winner wants to remain unanimous. the ticket was purchased at a 7- eleven on liberty road. that was on march

. >> i'm scott broom at the state house in annapolis where the clock is running out on getting a budget passed this 2012 session because the legislature is hung up on gambling in prince georges county. >> not gambling in a shopping center. >> the issue, a late proposal to put a gambling casino in prince georges county. with the legislative session at its end game, some senators are refusing to prom mize compromise on budget. >> if the budget in the state of maryland goes down and the senators or more concerned about the obsession with gaming than school funding, hospitals, higher education money, then let them wear that why they had to spend extra time in annapolis. >> i would have to raise property taxes 10% in order to meet the type of revenue that we'll get from the casino bill. >> if legislators can't come to a compromise by midnight tonight, maryland's governor will be forced to call a special session to get the budget business done. in annapolis, scott broom, 9news now. >> maryland's general assembly did pass two bills that made headlines. the first would limit where new septic sy

that's exactly the way they want it. >> in baltimore, scott broom, 9news now. >>> wow. still ahead tonight, that's a canine crime fighter and he cracked a major local case. to get people to try on these new depend silhouette briefs, and today we are rocking the red carpet. look it's lisa rinna! lisa hiii,i know you don't need one but will you try on these new depend silhouette briefs for charity and prove just how great the fit is even under a fantastic dress? are you serious? i am serious... sure why not! she's doing it! the best protection now looks, fits and feels just like underwear. hey lisa, who ya wearing? she's wearing the new depend silhouette. (growl) we invite you to get a free sample and try one on too. >>> a vigil is just getting underway in reston tonight. calling for justice in the trayvon martin case. an hour ago, george zimmerman's lawyers are withdrawing from the case. the client admitted he shot and killed the unarmed teenager, but he contacted the special prosecutor in the case against their advice. >>> last month, montgomery county police officers w

in charles county, scott broom, 9news now. >> did i hear scott say they taste really good? >> i don't think i would eat a snakehead. >> i'd give it a shot. >> of course i've had bugs. i guess we would try that. >> that would be quite tasty. nice today, 77, but cooler tomorrow. the coolest day of the week, no doubt, and a little bit reminiscent of last wednesday, minus the wind and snow showers. let's start with a live look outside. this is brought to you by michael and son. looking northeast up nebraska avenue. you look far enough, just under the r there and right now you'll see fort reno, nebraska, and also chesapeake. we are looking at a few clouds. nothing is going to happen tonight. 70 downtown. looking at pressure on this still steady. winds beginning to calm down northwest at 10. it will calm down after midnight. here's a look at the satellite picture. showers in the mountains all day. most of the showers are waning. they will increase tomorrow, especially about this time tomorrow night. i think we'll have a dry commute. cooler air starting to move in. see the green,

scot broom has more on the spring storm. >> well, what a wild day of weather it's been here in garrett county near deep creek lake in maryland. look at all the snow. a winter weather warning is out right now, potentially 6 to 10 inches of snow before this is all over. and what a weird reversal of fortune for this area. a lot of people here intiesed by temperatures, have launched their boats on to deep creek lake in anticipation of the summer season. this while the ski resort over at wisp, the chair lifts, they sit idol with nearly a foot of snow on the ground after a really difficult, warm winter here for the ski resort, which has not been open since st. patrick's day. >> i'll get my skis on now. >> this year, i should have swapped march for april. it can happen. thank goodness there's no leaves on the tree to break the power lines down. >> you never know what you're going to get. >> focus like to remind us that while we're in maryland, really the climate here because of the altitude nearly a half mile high is a lot more like michigan than the mid atlantic. even so, schools were closed

malitol. >> this sentence sends a message that the lives of our three children meaningless. >> scott broom, 9news now. >> britain's phone hacking scandal is putting murdoch's family empire back in the spotlight again. this is the third time the younger murdock has been interrogated about what he no knew. he stepped down as the head last year. murdoch blames so blames others. >> given repeated assurances that these practices, that the newsroom had been investigated. that there was no evidence. >> the phone hacking scandal led to three police investigations and more than 100 lawsuits. >>> all right, i'm getting ready to head out to our party tonight. anita, you're going to be joining us, raising money and we hope you'll come out and join us. >> big grand opening party. >>> and coming up tonight at 7:00, a first and fourth grader scolded in the principal's office over t-shirts they wore to support their dad who had been paralyzed in iraq. we'll tell you why the school says those girls violated school policy. >>> and still to come, you can call it a big bad attack as a customer goes crazy insi

. >> reporter: i'm scott broom in adelphi. the house that was attacked by three masked men carrying guns was occupied by three university of maryland students and two alumni. the victims stood outside the home being debriefed by detectives as crime scene technicians scoured the suburban split level home on a cul-de-sac in adelphi. >> one of the suspects pointed the weapon at one of the students in the home and demanded that they find keys to a vehicle. >> reporter: police say a silver 2002 hyundai crv was stolen along with cash, laptop computers, cell phones and according to 911 tapes drugs. >> yeah. she stole money and drugs and did the city get it? >> he took my weed and took my rent money. >> the motive in this case is drug-related. >> reporter: scott broom, 9 news now. >>> a man accused of killing his pregnant girl friend was ordered held without bond today in importantly. bruce johnson reports prosecutors have not yet established a motive and they won't say if nathan rogers had help in disposing of the body of jasmine nic

scott broom is in college park. >> reporter: 25,000 students woke up this morning here at the university of maryland to the completely unexpected news, that they might face a tuition increase next year of 10 to 13%. >> it really, really sucks. >> reporter: it could be an extra $900 next year for most. >> i might not be here. >> reporter: the blame is all directed at maryland's legislature which let the clock run out on its legislative session monday night fighting over gambling without passing a tax passage needed to fund proposed spending reverting instead to a doomsday budget with steep cuts across government. the university suspect's share is 63 million. today governor martin o'malley fumed about it to 9 news now mike hydek. >> for crying out loud, there's more important things at stake here than whether or not we have a sixth site for gambling in the state of maryland, five, six, i mean none of that matters as much to me as making sure that our children are given the best education they can. >> reporter: the student government immediately passed a resolution. >> i would ask him to ca

. >> i'm scott broom on missouri avenue. northwest. one of two places we found this morning where somebody has clearly decided a big orange x should mark the spot where speed enforcement cameras lurk behind. the trees and poles. it's a camera motorists do not see until it's too late. >> i come up missouri avenue and it is hiding behind that free. >> well, not anymore. the big x now marks the spot. in fact, two big xs. xs you can see from a good long distance away. as you approach the notorious hidden missouri avenue speed trap is he a van doll or is he providing a public service? >> he's robin hood. he's stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. >> here's another set of xs at south dakota avenue and taylor avenue northeast that have just appeared. this time on utility poles which in similar fashion hide a drivers' view of a speed enforcement camera that lurks behind. d.c. police react to this today by saying they would prefer people slow down rather than vandalize government property. in northwest washington, scott broom, 9news no

scott broom brings us some of the sights and sounds. reporter: if you ever wanted to be a tv weathercaster. >> two, one. reporter: this was the place to be today. >> and with us is artha glover. winds northwest 10 to 20 knots. reporter: that's arthur glover and his granddaughter bree ann norris. this is the film journal at the university of maryland where they get a taste of the tv business and the magic green screen where we do weather. >> and that's maryland day. [ cheers breablght >> i think you did a britt good job for a beginner. reporter: it is the 14th maryland day, an open house at the university that attracts tens of thousands and comes off something like a big state fair run by phds. we've learned about the science of suppressing fire. [ explosion ] reporter: a research tool to hair-raising thrill rides. physics students helped kids make cryogenic ice cream with liquid nitrogen at minus 350 degrees >> it tastes really good. >> it's all about the future. reporter: dr. wallace lowe is the university's president. >> the universit

scott broom investigates in a story you will see only on 9. >> my neighbor's house was surrounded by police so i walked out in the street to record what was happening. >> reporter: kim is a retired journal whist took to the street in front of her college park house yesterday. >> yeah, they came with guns drawn. >> reporter: when police add neighbor in handcuffs. this is the video of the incident kim took with her iphone showing at least eight officers from prince george's county at the scene. we've agreed not to identify the neighbor because he was not charged. it's video as lucy and hear that police objected to. >> i need you to stop recording. >> it's perfectly legal to record. >> reporter: moments later the female prince george's county police officer approaches kim. there is absolutely nothing. >> but you're violating a police officer's right because they asked you. i'm asking you not to record. >> reporter: as kim showed me where she stood she explained why she wanted it on video. >> there was a mistaken police report about him, and he's the sweetist guy on earth and i couldn't

. >> reporter: i'm scott broom where officials are concerned there mite be a winner out there who doesn't know it because there have been so many crazy unconfirmed reports of people claiming that they are the ones who won. it's been five days with no confirmed winner, lots of rumors. a haitian immigrant who claims that she won, but can't get her story straight. >> it is the real deal, okay? >> reporter: a man with a criminal record of falsifying documents, he showed off what looked like a winning ticket and then retracted and claimed that it was all a practical joke. the maryland lottery director is not amused. >> it will be important to us that all the information that's out there in the media that they would have them discard their tickets. >> since no one has even approached us, we would encourage the people to look at their tickets, very closely for you. >> there are in baltimore, scott broom, 9news now. >>> it turns out that they will not be alone in waiting for the true winner to show up. they were sold in kansas and in illinois and still, no one has come forward in either one of th

. >> reporter: i'm scott broom at university of maryland where 25,000 students woke up this morning to the completely unexpected news they might be facing a tuition increase of 10 to 13% because of what's being called maryland's doomsday budget. >> it really, really sucks. >> reporter: it could be an extra $900 next year for most. >> i might not be here. >> reporter: the blame is all directed at maryland's legislature which let the clock run out on its legislative session monday night fighting over gambling without passing a tax package needed to fund proposed spending reverting instead to a doomsday budget with steep cuts across government. the university suspect's share is 63 million. at the university of maryland, scott broom, 9 news now. >> here's more unwelcome news for maryland students. a new report by a consumer credit management company finds maryland college students are carrying more student honey debt than any other student says in the -- loan debt than any other students in the country. in virginia the average debt is $31,704 those are well above the national average of $2

. >> reporter: i'm scott broom in washington where local tax master linda demalore is weighing in on whacky tax returns. linda has seen it all like clients who have deducted everything from lady's certain unmentionables from vet bills. >> do people really try to deduct things like throngs and veterinary bills? >> we could call her an entertainer. however, she does most of her entertaining at very private parties. >> reporter: according to planet bunny, the most common questionable deducts are gym memberships, country -- deductions are gym memberships, country club dues and cosmetic surgery. >> having a child in college, there's several different deductions you can take and credits you're allowed to claim. you're self-employed, you must get professional help. >> reporter: scott broom, 9 news now. >> you know what my weirdest deduction is? makeup. >> yes. >> i spent hundreds a year on makeup and i bet you do, too. >> yes, i do. >> most guys can't say that. >> you can only deduct it if you just wear it here. wear it outside here, can't do it. >> so the amount you wear outside you don't

on the eastern shores scott broom, 9 news now. >> hot and dry. >> and i wish, you know, we had betterout this cold front. it's going to go through tonight, probably nothing here, maybe showers in the mountains. we are pinning our hopes on another cold front over the weekend. we'll talk about that in a weekend. first let's grasp the temps. this is pretty unusual. it's just hot, flat out hot. saturday 75, gorgeous, yesterday 83, today 89 officially at national, 88 dulles. tomorrow will be 75 and then wednesday will be the cool day. so when the front goes through late tonight, it will end up making wednesday the coolest day. then temps rebound thursday and friday, but put things in perspective our average high is 67, 89 today. that's pretty crazy. a live look outside brought to you by michael and son, wisconsin avenue, lots of sunshine, very few clouds, 87 downtown, winds out of the south at 16 gusting over 25. the winds will stay south, southwest until midnight. cold front goes through. they'll turn northwesterly about 10 to 20 after midnight. temps haven't changed much, 89 college park

. >> i'm scott broom on the chesapeake bay, where today, scientists, politicians, and water men, they all teamed up to reveal a dramatic turnaround for the chesapeake blue crab. >> and i am now glad to report that the population of the blue crab is now at a 19-year high. >> reporter: scientists who take them up from the bottom in winter will help figure they are at least three quarters of a billion in bay waters. a stunning rebound, and after virginia stopped allowing the controversial practice of winter dredging for crabs and strict restrictions were imposed elsewhere on taking females ready to lay eggs. >> it's important that scientists work on this and it is important to move it up. >> that's one of the clearest indications for you, that the help for the bay is not a hopeless cause and that it will be the rebound up late of this blue crab population. >> on the bay, scott broom, 9news now. >> and speaking of rebounds, the washington capitals will need to rebound tonight as they will take on the bruins in game four of the first round of the stanley cup playoffs. with a win, they woul

reporting live at national harbor scott broom, 9 news now. >> so until then we wait and we wonder. hang it you. >>> preparations are underway -- thank you. >>> preparations are underwear to remember the worst massacre in u.s. history, the virginia tech shooting. 33 people were killed including the deranged student gunman who took his own life, a mentally disturbed student from fairfax county and that is where five of his victims were also from. our peggy fox covered the events of that tragic day and the events that followed after that. you followed many of these family members who lost a loved 1. how are they coping five years later? >> of course, lesli, they live with this constant painful void in their lives, but many have found ways to remember their loafed ones through scholarships and also many have the continuing support from -- loved ones through scholarships and also many have the continuing support from their communities and churches. memories from that dark day at virginia tech, april 16th, 2007, are seared into the personal tragedy of every family who lost loved ones. >>

scott broom is in baltimore tonight after talking with the haitian immigrant at her home. >> reporterre at her home in baltimore created a huge amount of lottery confusion. wilson, single mother of 7, haitian immigrant, who says she won maryland's share of the mega millions lottery with a ticket she bought with a dollar found on the floor at this mcdonald's where she works in maryland. >> i'm still in shock. >> reporter: meanwhile, coworkers at the mcdonald's told the new york post newspaper they were in a pool with wilson. and they might be winners, too. >> they give me the pool and everybody have the ticket. >> reporter: not so says wilson who showed reporters photocopies of the pool tickets, all losers. >> everybody have their copy. >> reporter: instead she insists the winning ticket, purchased at the 7-11 near her job, is hers and hers alone in safekeeping. she won't show it. but then things get confusing. when she says a coworker bought the ticket for her. >> he got it for me. >> reporter: what is for sure is wilson has not presented herself to lottery officials yet. >> they have

"time" put you on a cover with a broom. >> i took the broom to mean sweeping house. >> and some didn'te house swept. and saying the teachers needed a second chance. >> we had some union teachers just lousy. we need to lift up the low performers and help them do better. >> not justifier them? >> not for you?. >> there is a cost. quality of life. of that person. >> so nobody should be ever fired?. >> well, what we should do is help people improve their skill autos people would say to me if a teacher is not effective talk about spending the time and effort to develop that person, right? i'd say okay but whose children are we going to put in that classroom? >> who are you go owing to practice on. and say it didn't work out, sorry. you only get once chance at first grade. >> i made the decision by quality. and instead of seniority. and this really upset the people who were protesting. >> this is just common sense. >> to you and me. but it was absolute counter to what the district had done. it's the way unions operate. right? seniority. >> the young teachers don't get mad. >> forget young te

got bored from neglect or worn out by time, for it's as long as a giraffe and as meaningly as a dust broom and it provides no shade for lovers. a small boy says, i used to draw it without air. its lines were easy to follow. and a girl says the sky today is lacking because the cypress is in pieces. and a young man says, no, the sky today is complete because the cypress is in pieces. and i say to myself, it's not obscure or clear. the cypress is in pieces. there is only this. the cypress is in pieces. . >> a poem i wrote sholy

scott broom is in front of jerry seafood with more on this. >> reporter: started across the street at the bbnt bank where the driver lost control of his car. the car came screaming across the road right to the parking lot here. if it had been me, he might have hit me. and slammed into jerry seafood right there. >> he came and rode right through our dining room. it's crazy. >> caught on tape inside the restaurant, the impact looked something like an explosion. you can see a waitress leaping out of her seat as the car crashes in. taking tables minutes away from being filled with lunchtime customers. employees rushed outside. >> i told him, put the car in park, turn the vehicle off. he was trying to back out of there. >> police are looking for a cause. >> he was taken to a local hospital to be examined. we don't know if there was a medical condition or not. >> driver competency became a big issue this year, legislators approved extending the license renewal period from 5 to 8 years to save money. for a driver aged 82, that means no renewal test until age 90. >> i don't want them taking m

"time magazine" put you on the cover with a broom. >> i actually took the broom to mean, sweeping househe yoons union said poorly performing teachers need a second chance. >> don't you have some union teachers who are just lousy. >> we need to lift up the low performers and help them do better. >> john: why not just fire them? >> there is a cost to fire teachers. quality of life of that person is deeply affected by that termination. >> john: nobody should ever be fired. >> what we should to do is help people improve their skills. >> people would say to me, if that searcher in s not effective. you should talk about spending the time to develop that person. i would say okay whose children are we going to put into the classroom. >> john: who are you going to practice on? >> right. and it didn't work out, sorry. you only get one chance in first grade. >> john: she changed the policy. >> i made the decision we were lay off by quality instead of seniority. this really upset the apple cart. we were protesting. >> john: why? it's just common sense to do it that way. >> it's common sense to you

at the university of maryland, scott broom, 9 news now. >> for more pictures from maryland over 200 are online. go to wusa9.com to check them out. >>> a wayward dolphin that has spent two days in a narrow channel along the southern california coast was on its way out to the ocean today when it suddenly stopped and swam back to shallow waters. wildlife experts on paddle boards managed to coax the dolphin toward those open waters but it was spooked by a pair of fellow dolphins. rescuers have so far decided to let the healthy dolphin try to find its own way out. >>> just ahead, rg3 dining out in georgetown. where does a young quarterback go? we'll tell you. and what is in store for us tomorrow? anny is back with the forecast. stick around. >> take a look at more photos from our wusa booth at maryland day. thank all of you for stopping by and saying hello. be sure to check out the more than 200 photos and videos now on our website at wusa9.com: leslie out there, derek was there, topper was out there, andrea. >> i was supposed to be out there but i got sick. i'm on antibiotics. >> i hope you

on the bay, scott broom, 9news now. in fact, it resulted in the lowest health grade since 2003. let's go outside where it is nice. it looked like a perfect day for it. we'll start with the live look outside and it is brought to you by michael and son. temperatures in the upper 60s to around 70 essentially at the airport. winds are light that will make you feel more comfortable outside. and pressure is steady over the past hour. so a fantastic evening for you. temperaturewise, again, upper 60s, lower 70s. which is pretty close to average. that is your average high, right around 68 to 69 right now. 75 in rockfield. i don't understand that one. but we're playing stats. we'll throw that on out there. 67 in reston and upper 60s. even 68 in leesburg. we're looking at, well, 72 at college park and 69 in this area. now here is the deal. fantastic friday. comfortably cool tonight. warmer tomorrow. it will be a very mild friday night if you have big plans. you can sit outside and take the meal outside. and then some showers on saturday, but it will be warm and not a washout on saturday. s

scott broom was here to walk us through it in the judge's own words. scott. >> there's no audio or video recording in maryland courts. when this transcript became available, we wanted to get ahold of it to go through it word for word so you could decide for yourself whether this was an outrageous sentencing or not. what the judge did and the way he did it was so cruel to us, the families of these victims. >> it was hard for all of us to watch the anguish and anger of these parents. after the sentence for kevin coffee was reduced from 20 years to 8. >> the lives of our three children virtually meaningless. >> coffee was driving drunk when he went off the road may 16 last year, killing three high school companions and fleeing the scene on foot. so why did the three judge panel reviewing his sentence reduce it? in the transcripts released today, the judge reading from a unanimous opinion, acknowledged the grief of the families. but he went on to point out that the three victims were drunk, too, and said quote, their ability to make good decisions was comp

scott broom investigates in a story you will only see on 9. >> my neighbor's house was surrounded by police so i walked out to record what was happening. >> reporter: this woman is a retired journalist who took to the street in front of her house. >> they came with guns drawn. >> reporter: when police add neighbor in handcuffs. this is the video of the incident kim took with her iphone showing at least eight officers from prince george's county at the scene. we've agreed not to identify the neighbor because he was not charged. it's video as lucy and hear that police objected to. >> i need you to stop recording. >> it's perfectly legal to record. >> reporter: moments later the female prince george's county police officer approaches kim. >> there is absolutely nothing illegal. >> but you are violating a police officer's right. i'm asking you not to record. >> reporter: as kim showed me where she stood she explained why she wanted it on video. >> there was a mistaken police report about him, and he's the sweetest guy on earth and i couldn't imagine that he had done anything that warrant

. >> i'm scott broom in charles county, maryland. coming up, snake hits from the most feared fish in the pow pow potomac. >>> the fish we once feared now has turned into a sought after prize. we're talking about those snake heads. they were once dubbed the frankenfish. they were able to migrate over muddy ground. >> in fact, there's so many of them. there's a popular contest to catch the invader. >> fisherman, it turns out like to catch snake heads. they fight fiercely, bite hard, and taste really good, too. and in maryland now, they are the targets of a big contest that can win you money. >> yeah, i've caught them. i've caught them in here. >> mike wagner is among a growing crowd of recreational fisherman who specifically go after snake heads. >> they are pretty fun to catch. they put up a good fight. >> this is a place named the bumpy oak pond in charles county. there are so many snake heads here, you can actually see them swimming in a roadside ditch. that's snake heads, as in the toothy fish illegally imported from asia that mary

career, comedy has always been like that since i was young, always wanting to entertain, have a comb or broomn my hand. >> what i didn't say for people not aware is that you have entertainment street. it's your comedy, ministry, and you have a vision for that. you left the couch for a ten city tour? ten city tour. >> what made you decide to do that? >> growing up, always wanting to entertain the family, it's been a dream of mine to do comedy. as i was able to do my thing, i was able to present myself with almost a venture, faith walk. i didn't have a sponsor. i said i want to put on this tour. i have a vision of putting a gospel, arsenio hall type of show together. so the tour is pushing that toward my way. i went to fairfield, mow dest m, fresno, different cities, san jose, newark -- is there a great experience? >> i learned a lot about the journey. as far as entertainer street, entertainment and industry, i do clean comedy. being in the cities is funny how you see things in ten different churches. >> is the humor different in different places? >> at the end of the day when you are a ghetto

in baltimore, scott broom, 9news now. >>> thinking about the woman who hired a lawyer, in any case, the winners did pool $60 to buy the tickets. that winning number was a random quick pick. lesli. >>> a potential breakthrough tonight in a nasty and increasingly violent crime epidemic. the cell phone industry just announced a new data base to help turn your stolen smart phone into a brick. a worthless piece of junk. bruce leshan reports, smart phone strong arms now account for 1/3 of all robberies in d.c. >> smart phones these days can run $600 or so. about the price of a pretty darn nice flat screen tv. but a heck of a lot easier to snatch and run off with. >> i'm livid. >> 9news now forecaster, anny hong, among the victims. >> someone went in the live truck and grabbed it. broad daylight on the title basin. >> you can see. >> she was able to track her $650 iphone to a home in silver spring, but she never got it back. >> it's too easy for these thieves to steal a phone, wipe it clean, unlock it, and try to sell it again. >> d.c. police busted one ring and recovered hundreds of stolen ph

at the university of maryland scott broom, 9 news now. >> governor o'malley tells 9 news now he wants a special session and is willing to call for one but not until he knows the house and senate leadership have talked with their members and reached a consensus on what they can accomplish. >>> it is a blast from the past beloved by an entire community, but it will soon go the way of free lunches on an airplane. rising gas prices are causing a virginia service station to pull the plug on a type of service you'd be hard pressed to find anywhere anymore. peggy fox has the story from hall and hall automotive in alexandria. >> reporter: when you think of pumping gas, this is what you think of, except here they do it all for you, at least for three more days. after 51 years in business offering full service including pumping the gas, checking your oil and washing your windshield -- >> we'll never be this clean again. >> reporter: -- it's all coming to an end on monday. >> i think this was the last one that i know of that was full service and -- but everything has to come to an end. >> report

they wanted, the nationals played a lot of extra baseball this weekend and the brooms were ready. plus, the capitals returned home all tied up. sports is next. >>> baseball ticketholders at nationals park this weekend. getting what they paid for and then some. for the third time in four games, they had to play in extra innings. all right, we'll go to today's game as the numbers are retired by all thieves. the bases are loaded in the first. they launch that one over the center field and just like that. they will be up 4-0. slowly dipping in and fresh off here to tie things up. and they go to extra innings. the top of the 11th. earning the big paycheck. they will avoid the four-game sweep. you know, you just couldn't get it done. >> we never put that on out there. we got back up there and it was interesting. >> orioles are wrapping it up. game tied in the 6. adam jones here at the ditch. the birds are up by one, but the blue jays opened it up in the bottom of the 6th. they got it going with a two- run homer. they put up 7 runs in the 6th to win. 9-2. and they avoid being swept by th

. >> on the bay, scott broom, 9news now. >> good news there. >> absolutely. >> especially for those of you that like to eat those things. >> yes. what's bester for you? well, that's for me. >> yes, that's tough and easy. >> all right. more tender. it's sweet. it is the best. that's what i will be saying anyway. that's the live weather cam. and 70s downtown. winds are still light falling just a little bit at 32.3 inches of mercury. but you know, really a nice evening. no weather systems are coming our way for a while. however i want to take you out here to the midwest and you can sort of see a little trail of these clouds here and these showers and thunderstorms. that's a front fall system that will get into the ohio valley area tomorrow and roll through the metro area on saturday. and the window we're thinking of showers, maybe a thunderstorm at 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on saturday. it will not be a washout and it will still be rather warm. the clear skies right now. we are in great shape. temperatures, great shape for you too. 68 in bethesda and 69 in had great falls and leesburg. stil

day events took place all over the bay area, here volunteers pulled out an acre's worth of scotch broom. a weed that is overtake thingside. >> it's rewarding when you step back and see the work you have done. it's a nice feeling. >> lisa: earth day is also about education. in el cerrito, people learned how to grow vegetables, and in oakland, students learned a very important lesson about fire prevention. they helped remove tree limbs, real hazards now that fire season is here. >> if we lower the ground fuel and limb up the trees half of the battle is done. >> a fight no one wants to lose. in oakland, lisa amin gulezian, abc-7 news. >> alan: a look at the current temperatures, let's check in with frances dinglasan, in for leigh glaser. >> frances: take a look at these numbers. we are just what you're saying, well above normal in quite a few locations, and just clicked ahead a little too fast for you. here's the numbers. santa rosa, 87 degrees right now. normally we're at 70 this time of year. san francisco, it's 74 degrees, and we're normally at 63. and san jose, at 89 degrees. normal te

. >> i'm scott broom where driver competency is being investigated after a 91-year- old man lost control of his car and slammed into jerry's seafood restaurant before lunchtime. >> he came and rode right through our dining room. >> caught on tape inside the restaurant, the impact looks something like an explosion. >> almost felt like it was an earthquake. >> look carefully and you can see a waitress leaping out of her seat. police are looking for a cause. >> he was taken to a local hospital to be examined. we don't know if there was a medical condition or not. >> driver competency became a big issue. legislators approved extending the license renewal period from 5 to 8 years to save money. for a driver aged 82, that means no renewal test until age 90. the accident here remains under investigation with no conclusions yet about driver and and compedency. >>> it's a prelude of a bigger event over the weekend. so still looks like sunday is going to be -- we're putting a lot of hope on sunday. >> temperatures 54. that's a low so far today. temperatures have done nothing but go down all day, o

got bored from neglect or worn out by time, for it's as long as a giraffe and as meaningly as a dust broom and it provides no shade for lovers. a small boy says, i used to draw it without air. its lines were easy to follow. and a girl says the sky today is lacking because the cypress is in pieces. and a young man says, no, the sky today is complete because the cypress is in pieces. and i say to myself, it's not obscure or clear. the cypress is in pieces. there is only this. the cypress is in pieces. . >> a poem i wrote shortlyafter 9-11. the terrorists for rachel cory and all those who were idealists and who actually believed that they could make an effect and social change. the terrorists who lives amongst us is not you, the terrorist who lurks in the shadows of our crowded city streets isn't me. he's not a demon with bulging eyes, a twisted mouth f

i'll go get the broom. you really should be more careful, henry. maybe if you weren't always telling me to work faster, i would be. "faster" is not another word for "reckless." yeah, yeah. rosa, i'll have a turkey burger, lettuce, tomato, no onions, mayonnaise on the side. - hi, mr. brashov. - hello, katherine. there, that should do it. don't i need stitches ? no. but you must keep it clean. i'll look at it again tomorrow. pretty good for a waitress. you should have been a nurse. i was. wait a minute. you used to be a nurse ? i still am a nurse. - you could have fooled me. - it's a long story. the short version is, i have to be recertified in this country. - sounds like a lot of work. - it is. lucky for you, that's not something you have to worry about. what are you talking about ? you can keep doing your job here at crossroads cafe, and no one will care if you have any education. hey, i'm not going to be here forever. oh, really ? where are you going to go ? what do you mean ? how many opportunities do you think there are... for a busboy with a hi

got bored from neglect or worn out by time, for it's as long as a giraffe and as meaningly as a dust broom and it provides no shade for lovers. a small boy says, i used to draw it without air.