in dc, they do. >> thank you, gary. this story certainly has a lot of folks talking tonight and you can join the conversation. head over to our 9news now facebook page. >>> police in maryland is trying to figure out what is behind a stabbing in a park full of people. two men who knew each other got into a fight. one man was stabbed twice to his chest and back. we caught up with a good samaritan who was able to help the victim and flag down an ambulance. >> at first he was saying take me here and take me there and we said no we're going to take you to the hospital because that's what we wanted to do and then he was saying don't let me die. we wanted to transport him to get help. >> the victim suffered nonlife threatening injuries. the suspect took off on foot and caught in a nearby creek by a k-9. charges are pending. >>> police have made an arrest in last night's deadly shooting at the southern avenue metro station. 32-year-old norman bonds is charged with first degree murder in the death of 43-year-old harold debtor. d

search for dc weather. you can also find it on our website. >>> to another developing story, this one in prince georges county. after an afternoon of fun, it ended with a serious accident and four young children in the hospital. a driver lost control and slammed into a kiddie pool in the front yard of a home in river dale. audrey barns is live on the scene with an update tonight. audrey? [ no audio ] >> reporter: -- our cameras were rolling when a distraught father arrived at the scene, after learning that his child was one of four kids that were hit while playing in a kiddie pool in their front yard. >> i was at my job and my wife called me, on her way to the hospital. >> reporter: jose fuentes says his 9-year-old daughter was playing in a kiddie pool when an out of control slammed into them. >> my daughter is fine, just a little scratched on the legs. >> reporter: police say one of the other kids in the pool was more seriously hurt. at one point, he was unresponsive. after getting hit by an suv that tried

in dc, vermin shut down mehak. and they suspended china american inn not only for operating without hot water but because of rats. the report cites a live rat that ran down the stairs during the inspection. in temple hills, officials closed the evergreen supermarket on iverson street. we snapped photos of what a store employee agreed appeared to be mouse droppings and a chewed up bag. finally in bethesda, more white table clothes that has been rated as one of washington's best. they suspended divino's citing a severe cockroach infestation. officials shut down five road vendors. except for those all got reinspected and are now back in business. if you want to be first to know about closures, follow me on twit er. i'm russ ptacek, 9news now. >> so whether you know of health dangers, corruption, government waste, 9 wants to know too. send us an e-mail. >>> so as we reported earlier in this newscast, the problem of distracted driving is getting so bad the government is trying to figure out ways to crack down on people

other activity, very heavy stuff around the dc area, affecting annapolis, all of dc region, college park cell moving toward bolt more region. in the next hour i expect more stuff to be moving particularly south of the city and a lot also by the frederick area where they have had flooding reported in the region. this is not a good situation. we have lots of storms to deal with. we'll be talking about this all night long. >> thank you very much, bob. we'll be back in a moment with eyewitness news at 5:00. stay with us for first warning weather continuing coverage. weather continuing coverage. we will be [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all medicare supplement insurance plans, they could save you up to thousands in out-of-pocket costs. call today to request a free decision guide. with these types of plans, you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital

we will talk to him live when we come back, a little bit more about dc skating style.re watching fox 5 morning news [ crows cawing ] [ male announcer ] strange things happen in the black forest. [ metallic bell toll ] [ car speeding down the road, lightning strikes ] where things aren't always what they seem. [ wolves howling ] because thrills hide in the shadows just waiting at every turn. [ coaster whoosh ] brave the black forest on verbolten. the all-new multi-launch coaster. only at busch gardens. >> supreme court has yet to announce if it will up hold the president's health care reform law. united health care expected to formally announce it will allow children to stay on their parent's plan until the age of 26. it will up hold the ban on lifetime limits, and continue to offer birth control and other preventative services without a copay however, members can opt out of that coverage for religious or other objections. >>> some good news for those of you, filling up your gas tanks gas prices continue to drop according to the lindberg survey of fuel prices gasoline h

. >>> news edge on dc, it has been a dark week for the dc council. can a new leader move the council away from con to trouveres. on wednesday -- controversy. on wednesday 12 remaining council members will choose a temporary leader voters will pick a permanent leader in november. >> i want to apologize, from the bottom of my heart. >> reporter: it has been a terrible year for dc council, the chairman stepping down last week, and earlier this year, ward 5 councilmember harry thomas junior did the same. both charged with felony. now, the fight is on for new leadership of the council, councilmember phil mendhelson and vincente orange appeared on fox 5 morning news monday. both are considered in the running to lead the council, temporarily. >> now the council needs to pull together, work together, and we've got a lot of work to do to rebuild trust, citizens should have in the government,. >> other things are going to happen. we are in uncertain times. this storm is here. you are in the eye of the storm and there is going to be other shoes that will fall b

up in montgomery county now down through dc.of the action is moving in toward prince george's county, howard county. here's a look at live doppler 9000 hd. we have the showers up north, along and east of interstate 270 in montgomery county. this is the heaviest stuff. also southern carol county we are watching. from dc little a shower right over the potomac, heavier shower with lighter rains. a little bit of rain headed your way. i want to show you the heavier showers we are watching coming out of west virginia in toward the shenandoah valley. from woodstock through new market. temperatures this morning low 60s, even upper 50s. so i think a rain jacket will be a good thing to have. but after this morning's rain, we are taking off heatwise. but today, upper 70s, tonight in the 60s stray showers. then we are just talking about the isolated afternoon storms. 8 tomorrow, 95 wednesday, 97 thursday, friday 94, back into the 80s by sunday so the coolest day of the week for sure. andrea. >>> thank you howard. our time right now is 6:47

the area and particularly north and east of baltimore area and moving to lancaster city and south of dc, another strong line developing and concerned about that. and portions of west virginia and allegany and approaching western washington county, around berkeley springs and martinsville. moving to the north. it may take awhile to get to the mountains, you can see two basic areas of precipitation, southern va to northern virginia, then is this big break and the funnel system out to the west becoming, let's say, between 8 and 11:00 tonight. it will move across the state as we continue to track the storms, right now the strongest activity, once again around the owe denton fort meade and millersville area, northwest aacounty and extreme southeast howard county and northern pg county and that warning in effect until 7:30 tonight. >>> thank you very much, bob, there are reports that there was a possible tornado touch down in hartford, damage that indicates that may have happened. pat ward is in the newsroom and has the latest information. >> that's right, the tornado went through the fallson

that goes both ways i think what the female jennifer dc is a little -- gender in dc is a little guilty of is buying into this idea dc has more eligible women than men. >> mm that is not true. >> well, whether it is true or not i don't thing it is a good idea, to believe the hype and get too focused on that, because then, it can become an excuse to tolerate substandard behaviour. >> to settle. >> yes. >> and dc is full of so many wonderful, smart, motivated, professional, engaging people don't believe the hype about statistics that would be my advice. >> one of those things don't put it out there in the universe or it is a self- fulfilling prophesy. >> it is. >> and unhealthy to do the back and forth, the break up get back together type of thing. >> very unhealthy and that is where technology, impulses are a big problem. get your ex out of your phone. no texting. >> very good. very important advice thanks very much. >> thank you. >> all right here is more advice the fourth of july just two weeks away, fire chiefs from across the region are urging people to leave the fireworks to the pro

we heard about that. >> there is always problems with dc council. >> that is true. >> dc politiciansll come into office with their hand in the front and leave with their hands in the back. one consistent thing of dc politics. >> oh, yeah. >> you guys did something last week people don't know it is very tough to do you were at the chuck brown memorial and you paid tribute to him but also very funny when you got the call, you know we want you to say something did you hesitate? >> well, the first thing i asked, were we being paid. >> and we weren't. >> you know chuck brown would want it that way. chuck brown was about getting that money. there was a cover charge at his funeral as a matter of fact. >> how was it? >> and it is nice just show a shot of the memorial service with chris paul he is wearing the same shirt he is wearing on fox 5. >> well, you know. >> what are you doing to me. >> well, you are still working. >> look at that. >> wait a minute are you wearing huggy's hat y'all just trade off. >> not wear the same hat. no sloppy seconds over here. >> not wearing his sweaty hat. >>

>> well, events dc is about bringing sporting entertainment attractions to washington dc we were lookingalternative sport to bring to the city. as you said skate boarding is one of the most popular sports in the world not just the country. we got in touch with folks from aloof skate boarding and they were looking for another stop. >> was it easy to get this done or a little bit of resistance to skate boarding really? >> a little resistance it wasn't that easy to get done in terms of approvals and things like that, but the community was very supportive of this and helps us all along the way there was a little questioning about the kind of crowd that would be attracted to this but we found the kids that have come out here and folks skate boarding have been fantastic and haven't had any issues at all and the communities use it as a great amenity. >> that is one thing we were talking about it is a way that gets kids engaged. your kids want to skate mine want to skate you know, and as a parent you are kind of like, well, is this something i want to let them do. it is an activity, gets them ou

dc united gets back to playing games that matter. will they be antiunion? kevin durant ready to storm south beach. and wizards girls wannabes shaking it fast. sports is next. you may love to hate them but the yankees are the barometer by which baseball is judged. if you beat them it is a big deal. the nats are trying to prove this ain't no fluke. what a better way to stamp your arrival. coming through the gates today. beautiful saturday afternoon. jordan zimmerman man huffing and puffing through the sixth. eric chafes to the wall. eighth inning here comes ian desmond. not a player, just crushes it a lot. so we are tied again later in the eighth. this is a big play guys, adam laroche, base knock, morgan tries to score. the ump says he is out. replays showed he was safe. that was significant because we would play onto the 14th. two runs scored. yanks win it 5-3. manager davey johnson with the explanation afterwards. >> i think in the fourth inning we gave them five outs. can't do that. against a good ball club. other than that, we had our chances, just couldn

stay with fox 5 for continuing coverage of the kwame brown and dc council changes.e will have updates on air and online myfoxdc.com. >>> maryland's largest casino is officially open for business boy is it. take a look at this, this is what it looked like last night at the casino next to the arundel mills mall in hanover. cars were lined up for miles. imagine christmas time when people are shopping at the mall. people crowded the slot games and table gamethe five restaurants. >> this is a world class gaming entertainment attraction, going to attract people from all over the baltimore washington market right? we are going to spend over $1 million today, education trust fund here in maryland,will be number one taxpayer in the state. >> don't ask me i don't know. >> i am going to find out what that is. >> i don't know what that green thing was. >> in addition to bringing in $400 million in tax revenue it is expected to create 4,000 new jobs. >> 8:10 a.m., thursday morning coming up one of the nations largest school districts wants to change the way it disciplines studen

that federal investigation was launched after an audit by dc council, of dc office of campaign finance. brown's election campaign failed to e are port, $200,000 in expenditures and money wound up in the hands of a consulting company, controlled by brown's brother. here is what the council chairman had to say . >>> i have no plans to resign. i have no plans at this time to resign and i apologize for putting residents even in a situation where we are have to stand here and talk about this as opposed to the good work council and my colleagues finished. >>> ward 3, mary che would like dc council to get on with the business of running the city instead of dealing with distraction after distraction, you may remember there were two other federal investigations into the dealings of dc politicians both of those resulted in the suspects -- subjects of those investigations, cutting deals and pleading guilty in federal court. you know i have to say all eyes are here on the wilson building this week wondering, whether we are going to hear something about the case into kwame brown's campaign finances

it was for dc, and it stayed in dc. ♪ music playi >> what an amazing send off for a musician who meanty people. in fact, everybody today, including mayor vince gray, jumped up and boogied. take a look at him. how would you rate his skills? fred estair, carleton from the fresh prince. head on over to wusa9.com and vote. >>> 26 bus operations shut down tonight. they called them eminent hazards. >> one of them, new century travel with a new location in china town. 9news went down to investigate and the business was all locked up. it operates a network of smaller carriers. the idea is to prevent tragedies like this one last spring. 15 people were killed as they returned to new york from a casino trip. the crack down is the largest in department of transportation history. >> by ignoring safety rules, these operators put both passengers and other motorists at serious risk and shutting them down will save lives. >> it also affects i95 coach and apex bus. the companies are accused of using drivers without licenses. and using buses that are not been properly inspected and repaired. >>> still ah

that seems to be the strongest wind around dc.'re going the see a shift of the wind to the west and southwest. it's going to help usher in some warm air and we will take temperatures into the 80s and near 90s. the way it's playing out is the jet stream is finally starting to lift which is keeping all the shower activity up to our north. the system that we've been under for the last few days is finally starting to push offshore. with that jet lifting up it's going to allow for warm air to move in. high pressure stays in control of our forecast. we're going to be bringing in temperatures into the 80s and near 90 heading on into the weekend. with that, sunset today is at 8:32. wind shifting to the northwest into tonight. down to 56 tonight, showers in spots. up to 84 tomorrow, partly sunny, a very nice friday with our temperatures finally getting over the normal high of about 80. >> and tomorrow is friday. that's nice . >> don't get my ideas. -- any ideas. >> i always have ideas. whether i act on them or not is the question. >>> don'

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a train headed into dc had to hit the brakes.tunately no one was hurt. >>> take a look at this video from tonight. you can see the wind there literally driving the rain diagonal. the wet weather really made a bit of a slow go of it for drivers out in that area. >>> a different kind of perfect storm. conditions that led to a horrific accident. two suvs collided on a street in riverdale, maryland this afternoon on 57th avenue. one suv jumped a fence and ran over kids in a kid ee pool. >> you feel -- kiddy fool. >> you feel like you're safe. >> the children in the pool were run over bit the car. >> yes. >> how fast was the car going? >> speeding fast. >> all four kids went to the hospital. one in critical condition. also treated a child in one of the suvs and both of the drivers. they expect to cite the driver who jumped the curb. >>> a mixed verdict tonight in a groundbreaking trial involving the cover up of sexual abuse in the roman catholic church. a philadelphia jury found the person guilty of child endangerment. that is in resp

and no one was hurt. >>> the occupy dc and k street protests in dc a thing of the past all together. they packed up all of the remaining tents and camping equipment and have moved out of mcpherson square just blocks from the white house. only some garbage and flattened squares of grass are left now. the protesters are now operating out of offices at 16th and l street and plan to hold an official goodbye ceremony at mcpherson square come this weekend. >>> we're monitoring metro for you this morning. one red line station is officially getting a new name today. the new york avenue florida avenue gallaudet university stop is called noma gallaudet u. a ribbon cutting ceremony today. noma, short for north of massachusetts avenue. >> as we mentioned a few minutes ago the race for the u.s. senate in virginia is officially set and charging democratic candidate tim kaine joins us live in a few minutes. >>> also in this half hour, can maryland handle another casino? one that would be right in our own backyard? what a new report says about taking a gamble on the national harbor site. >> and then

dc taxi cab commission says the fuel surcharge will expire at midnight wednesday. it has been in place since march 201 and has been extended -- 2011 and has been extended three times. they are eliminating the surcharge because the cost of gas falling and projections indicate, the cost will continue to go down throughout the summer. >> gas prices meanwhile have dropped 20¢ a gallon in the last month. here is where they stand now national average for regular, $3.50 a gallon in dc a little more expensive at 3.58, maryland 3.40 and drivers in virginia are paying $3.27. >>> travel times for dc area airports are on the rise. new study by national capital region transportation planning board shows driving takes longer than it did 8 years ago. experts blame traffic congestion for the longer trips, in one example it took 44 minutes to travel from tyson's corner to regan national airport 20 minutes longer than 2004. >>> making headlines around the world, lance armstrong with draws from his first triathalon, after he is banned from competitive cycling. organizers of the triat

a line of showers coming right through dc and montgomery county right now. as i show you the futurecast by 9:00 showers a little bit more widespread. temperatures in the 60s, we'll get toward lunch time. late afternoon showers with highs in the upper 70s. jessica and andrea? >> reporter: the heat has pulled away in the nba finals. >> former laker derek fisher made a play in the fourth quarter that gave the thunder a 10 point lead. but the heat reclaimed the lead in the fourth quarter. russell westbrook here, and the heat win and take a two game series lead. >>> good morning, everybody. the first six holes of the olympic club in san francisco is considered some of the hardest. it got the best of tiger woods this weekend. it was playing 950 over par. after three rounds tiger woods donating to some of that over the weekend. tiger struggling to start. bogey, bogey, double bogey. finished at 7 over. not good. here is your winner, webb simpson. the 26-year-old had never even been in contention for a major before. the best he had ever finished was 14th. there he is

now the dc area, that batch there approaching the montgomery county and washington, dc suburbs, and overhe next hour or two. let's take a look at the forecast. tomorrow, much nicer day. we'll see a lot of sunshine, temperatures in the upper 80s, but lower humidity will make you feel a lot more comfortable. look at the temps, still 89 on sunday. maybe a shower or thunderstorm by early monday. 84. 58 monday night. only in the upper 70s tuesday and wednesday. nighttime lows back in the 50s. heading down to the beach, late tonight, into tomorrow, they will have shower and thunderstorm activity till noon time, then clearing out. water temperature up to a more pleasant 71 degrees. kai? >> bob, thank you. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news, baseball fever in baltimore. the orioles are sold out for their first game against the washington nationals. and the players appreciate the support. >> mark has a live report from camden yards, coming up next in sports. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, . >>> mark viviano is down at the ball park. looks like the wind has picked up. >> reporter: the wind has picked up and

former dc united goalie freddy ado. philly up 1-0. great passing by dc united. the ball doesn't even touch the ground. josh wolf ties the game up. second half still tied. the header off the corner kick just goes over the bar. they lose this one 2-1 in overtime. a former first round draft pick won't be joining the capitals this season. he has decided to stay in russia signing a two-year deal to remain in the khl saying he's not ready to go to the nhl quite yet. rondo and the celtics trying to steal game five in miami. one of the best plays you'll see. dwayne wade blocks the shot. celtics down 3. under a minute left in regulation. paul pierce with ice in his veins hits the dagger. celtics win 94-90 take a 3-2 series lead in that one. >> wow. >> so why does suggs care about where it happened? >> if you hurt yourself doing something non-football related, you won't get paid. but the ravens have said they'll probably still pay him. >> okay. >> defensive player of the year. >> we'll be right back. >> now i understand. >> uh-huh. [ male announcer ] it would be easy for

south in virginia, wet weather around chantilly, westin, towards the dc area. temperature wise, we are on the cool side. temperatures now for this time of the year are low temperatures, should be around 63 degrees. see is 50s from buoy, columbia, chestertown, they will pick up throughout the day. also what we have is a coastal flood vivary until 11:00 -- advisory until 11:00. excessive heat watch as we head north and east. the heat moves in as we head in to wednesday through friday. i will have the details coming up. now a check of the traffic with loren cook. >>> so far, so good on the jfx, if you are using that to get in to the city from the beltway, 11 minute trip. no problems through the fort mc henry. if you are headed to the northeast corridor of 95, here is a live look at white marsh, no problems at route 43. for the beltway, here is a look in parkville, harford road, everything up to speed, 11 minutes from 95 to 83. that's a look at your time saver traffic. >>> jurors in the jerry sandusky trial could hear from the former football coach possibly today.

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take a look at some temperatures out there. 71 in baltimore, 74 in dc. as we head into this afternoon when the temperatures start rising, heat advisories will go into effect it starts at noon for all these counties in orange. take a look at our forecasted highs. today a high of 96. tomorrow 98. the record both afternoons, 100. when you factor in the high humidity it's going to feel like that. >> thanks. >>> sharon gibala is at wjz traffic control monitoring a couple of situations already this morning. >> it's been a very busy morning already. first of all, take a look at the west side of the beltway. we're seeing an improvement because the accident has been moved off to the shoulder. still a major delay there, about 12 minutes back to 795. we have an accident on the east side of the belt -- beltway. accident still working in the city, south cay ton at kingsly, a possible fire there, which means it will take longer to clear up. there's a look at your average speeds. the west side of the beltway slow spot at 31. a delay on 795 southbound as you you approac

buena noche para los dos equipos en las mayores, pero la derrota se dio en el futbol porque dc united en la copa abierta de los estados unidos. el equipo capitalino anoche jugando en el maryland soccer plex 2-1 en timpo extra ante el union de filadelfia. abrio el marcador la visita por medio de brian carroll ex dc united, que vencio al portero bill hamid, el empate transitorio llego minutos despues tras una buena jugada de andy najar por la derecha el centro y la definicion de josh wolff para el 1-1 asi se termino los 90 minutos reglamentarios, iniciando el segundo tiempo extra tras un error defensivo aparecio el juvenil antoine hoppenot para anotar el gol con que union de filadelfia le gana 2-1 al dc united. y cerramos con el basquetbol. con un partidazo. kevin garnett totalizÓ 26 puntos y 11 rebotes, paul pierce encestÓ un triple frente a lebron james a un minuto del final, y los celtics de boston se colocaron a un triunfo de amarrar el ti Ítulo de la conferencia del este, al vencer anoche 94-90 al heat en miami. pierce anoto Ó 19 puntos por los celtics, que han ganado tres encuentr

. >> do you swear or affirm -- >> reporter: former dc attorney general and the two other nominees to the ethics board appeared before the committee on government operations. >> this will be undoubtedly a lot of public scrutiny and a lot of public pressure. >> reporter: all nominees received widespread praise, laura richards and debra latham have been nominated to the board and the most well known, robert spagnoleti he served as dcs attorney general and now a private attorney. mayor grey dominated all three. >> he is someone i have a prior relationship with. >> reporter: there is one issue that seems to be getting the most talk it involves this fence outside mayor grey's home. several years ago, then chairman grey, hired him to represent him, on an issue involving the fence. mayor grey has said in the past, he expects no special treatment, from him but in an effort to ease concerns, of a conflict, he said monday, he would distance himself from issues of ethics when it comes to the mayor. >> given where we are at this minute, in fact i am appointed by mayor grey, the fact that represen

dc 9 took game two last night behind a dominant performance from pitcher strausberg final score 3-2. >>> there could soon be a new college football playoff system in place for the 2014 season. bcs commissioners have to come to a consensus on a 14 seeded playoff teams would be selected by committees that would select criterias such as conference championships and strength by schedule the two games would be played within the existing bcs games on an existing basis. it would be offered to the existing city. they will discuss the plan in dc come next week. >>> 9:18 a.m., prince william turns the big 3-0 and wait until you hear what he is getting for his birthday. we would all like this one. >>> an elderly woman bullied on a school bus, video went viral you can hear her crying the kids just tormenting her now she is getting the gift of a lifetime holly. >> reporter: good morning will my runners are back, they are still active because we are live in georgetown this morning which is one active neighbourhood, and celebrating all that, tonight with the first annual georgetown dash. we will te

according to triple-a the national average now, 3 hasn't 41, -- 3.41, 3.5 2 dc and 3.21 virginia. >> gas isn't the only valuable thing we put in our cars all those personal items you take with you can make you a target for thieves already this year more than 3,000 vehicles have been broken into, in the district more than 7800 were hit last year, gone are the days of thieves just stealing the cars according to triple-a bandits are changing tactics and going after easy pickings. >> what they are looking for iphones electronics, also gps devices, cash, anything of value, including parts to the car and clothing left behind. >> easiest way to avoid becoming a victim roll your windows up all the way lock your doors, keep your valuables out of sight. >>> major theft ring busted in prince georges county, norman stole more than $40,000 worth of merchandise from a nordstrom warehouse in buoy. watches clothing make up all from high end brands. investigators say norman is a former security guard and set up all the merchandise at his waldorf home as if it was on display at the store. >>> changing

if we had council members name cheech and shawn, shops could be selling medical marijuana in dc in a few weeks. today the district health department approved selling it. one of them right near the metro in northwest. >> it's going to be a very controlled and very well organized distribution that there is no room for abuse. >> three other approved sites for medical marijuana pharmacies are located along north capital street and 8th street southeast down on capitol hill. >>> we still have a few storms moving through our area. this day, after all, remains a code level. chief meteorologist topper shutt in the weather center tracking the cold front. >> we're not done yet. we thought they would be out of here at midnight. let's start with live doppler 9000. this was a yellow code day. they're kind of nuisance day. we're looking at showers and thunderstorms well to the west of us out in the mountains. that prompted a warning earlier in garrett county just to the west of winchester. we're going to focus in on these showers to the north and west of town. some heavy rains from potomac out towa

metro runs trains from virginia, into dc, two ways. the bridge over the potomac river which carries yellow line trains back and forth and tunnel under the potomac river between rossland and foggy bottom. blue line and orange line trains run here. metro managers decided to shift more rail traffic over the bridge, so under metro's rush plus program during rush hours in addition to yellow line trains starting at huntington there will also be yellow line trains at franconia, for many commuters that will mean less switching of trains to get to downtown dc. >> every third blue line train is going to be transformed into a yellow line train and will operate over the bridge providing more direct service into downtown dc for customers in in virginia. >> that will allow metro to add more orange line trains during rush hour that should alleviate crowding. although all orange line trains will continue to go to vienna virginia. some orange line trips will end largo town center. >>> it is very important for customers to check the destination sign on

it was last fall when dc mayor grey signed an executive order saying dc public safety officials will not ask about our send information about immigration status of federal agencies, except when that status is pertinent to a criminal investigation. opponents of the program are concerned it leads to racial profiling and fear in immigrant communities. >> i cannot emphasize enough how mpd and other agencies rely on cooperation of all persons documented and undocumented citizens to achieve public safety and community policing goals therefore the immigrant population must feel comfortable coming forward with information. >>> now the emergency legislation scheduled to be taken up by council today has to do with federal requests for local jails to hold them so they will be picked up by immigration officials. they will limit detainers to 24 hours for nonviolent offenders and require federal government to reimburse the city for the cost of those holds. >>> melanie thank you. >>> dc council also expected to give final approval today on a new budget for the next fiscal year. councilmembers revis

understand, this is the holy grail for dc government.s a hefty tax that you can't really complain about. but leave it to our friends in government to take even a good thing too far. triple a now says the city has already raked in $40 million just this fiscal year in automated ticket finds and in their new budget they have doubled the number of cameras. and keep in mind, the robo cops will hit you up for $125 minimum. that is three times what they charge in montgomery county where speeders are just as deadly. now, police chief cathy lanier says it's all about slowing drivers down, not raking in the money. but when the traffic slows down and the revenues dip, we get more speed cameras and higher fines. let's be real. right now the district has invested interest in two goals. the cops want to slow traffic while the politicians are interested in the easy money from speeders. sooner or later, folks, something has to give. most likely our patients. anita. >> we're talking about the cost of these tickets in the district versus montgomery county

time coming up 7:42 a.m., dcs mayor makes good on his pledge to give you a place to go to honor chuck brown. >>> firefighters make progress out west, summer weather could hinder efforts an update on those unruly wild fires coming up what makes hershey's s'mores special? pure chocolate goodness that brings people together. hershey's makes it a s'more... you make it special. pure hershey's. cheffirefighters are making -- >>> firefighters are making head way in colorado. the fire near fort collins is 55% contained but could be weeks or months before it is finally under control. flames are charred 93 square miles and destroyed, 189 homes. fire was sparked by lightning 11 days ago. >> late god father of go do may soon live on in a dc park. mayor grey may designate the western portion of langdon park as chuck brown park. in a statement the family thanked mayor grey for the honor, they hope it will be a place for people to come together and celebrate things most important to chuck those things being family, life, peace, and love. >>> be careful heading to the park today. water, sun screen,.

today, house republicans against the new policy will hold a press conference in dc.icy could effect as many as 800,000 undocumented immigrants suspected immediately, deportation will no longer be enforced under the guidelines protecting the immigrants who came to the u.s. before they were 16 and not older than 30, and have lived in the u.s. for 5 years, with no criminal record. for young immigrants who came here with parents, this policy is huge. >> always had to hide my face behind everyone and say i'm not here illegally but hoping something will happen. >> they want to have the ability to work and pursue higher education and not have to pay for the police takes their parents made. >> those who back the policy in maryland say it compliments the dream act, up for referendum in november. it grants in state tuition to immigrants. >>> senator joe lieberman is saying there should be a special counsel called to look in to the allegations that the president's administration leaked information to reporters and encourages staff to come forward. he says special counsel could

starting out the day at 76 in baltimore shths 78 in dc -- baltimore, 78 in dc.hese temperatures rises and we see that humidity continue. we are setting up a very uncomfortable afternoon. it's not just us, it's up and down the entire east coast right now. there is a cold front out there with some relief behind it. the cold front gets closer today. there's that chance for a late day shower or thunderstorm. the chances increase tomorrow as that cold front coming swinging by the state. still going to be a muggy one tomorrow and a warm one. behind that we get a little bit of relief heading into the weekend. the humidity levels are going to back off. another cold front comes through on monday. behind that it really changes things up. we go from way above average to below average. in the tropics there is tropical storm chris out there. it is going to stay away from us, just really far out there. however, closer to home we may see another tropical storm form, tropical storm debby. that could effect the united states. we will keep you up to date on that. today 99, the re

big story this wednesday morning new developments regarding investigation into the chairman of the dc council. talking about the ongoing federal investigation into kwame browns, 2008 campaign. >> melanie alnwick is live with the latest good morning melanie. >> good morning tony. i got to tell you it is just distraction after distraction here at the wilson building, well, the council was supposed to meet yesterday to vote on a budget and passing emergency legislation, regarding immigration enforcement kwame brown was sending off rumors he may be forced to resign soon and shoving a reporter. dcs office of campaign finance found brown's 2011 election campaign failed to report more than $200,000 in contributions and expenditures and $239,000 wound up in the happens of his brother, recent reports indicate the u.s. attorney may be about to release information. here is what brown said happened. >> i began to ask him a question about one of the rumors reported last night he had been in negotiations with u.s. attorneys office i couldn't even finish asking my question before he turned around to

. >>> our big story -- our big local story this morning, dc leaders pushing back against the federal government, once again. >> dc council will take up an emergency bill that would defie a new federal immigration program. melanie alnwick is live at the wilson build being that story. >> reporter: dc officials are trying to do what they can to resist what is called the secure communities and their new regulations. the program is supposed to be focused on identifying and deporting illegal immigrants with criminal records and set to take effect in the district today. there are concerns new rules may lead to more fear and less cooperation, with police among immigrant communities last fall,mayor grey tried to make it clear dc public safety officials would not enchoir about the immigration -- enchoir about the immigration status of the suspect, he signed an executive order but police do still send fingerprints of those arrested, the secure communities program has the fbi sending the prints to department of homeland security so they can check on a suspects immigration status. ice can then re

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today and tomorrow, six public pools in dc will stay open later than usual giving people a great placeo get relief. they will be open until 8:30 p.m. >>> i can almost smell the chlorine and sun tan lotion. >>> metro helping out too. relaxing its rules to help you stay cool. you can bring water on the trains and buses, but metro is saying if you do use containers that close tightly once the heat wave is over metro will go back to enforcing its no drinks or food policy. that has always been a thing with metro they want to keep the trains the stations clean i have walked down with my starbucks forgetting you can't do that and sir, throw that away. >> it is good they are going to let you have water. >> next step will be bathing suits on the train. >> i would thing that wouldn't be a bad idea today. if it is feeling like 100, 102 with humidity outside the station i imagine in some of those stations it will feel even worse. >>> meanwhile our top story, the push to bring a vegas style casino to prince georges county, a move just announced last week looks very unlikely. >> a group assembled by