. > hello, i'm jc hayward. we just learned that dc's republican committee announced that adrian fenty won the republican primary as a write in. fenty lost tuesday's democratic primary to dc council chairman, vincent gray. while fenty repeatly said that he has no interest in becoming the republican candidate, it appears that the gop really wants him to reconsider. the republican committee released this statement, by mayor fenty running on the republican ballot, more voters will be able to decide who should be elected our next mayor. fenty has until today to decide. >>> we are continuing to follow a developing story from london. right now five men are being held in connection with an alleged threat against the pope. at this point, investigators remained tight lipped. we get the latest information from charlie dagada who is in london. >> reporter: british security teams are on guard after uncovering a suspected terror plot targeting pope benedict. counterterrorism teams got word of the threat overnight and launche

i'm jc hayward. we have breaking news from baltimore topping the newscast. police say a doctor at johns hopkins hospital was shot minutes ago. there's no word on the condition of the doctor, but baltimore radio is reporting that the gunman is barricaded and holed up in the hospital. we have another report that says now that the gunman has been subdued. the hospital in downtown washington of course was evacuated in downtown baltimore, excuse me, johns hopkins in downtown baltimore. we are following the story very closely and we will have more information for you when it becomes available. again, we are receiving word the gunman has been subdued. now we have a commuter alert for you. three people are dead after an ambulance and an suv can lieded ellie this morning -- collided this morning in district heights. it could have been worse had it not been for the actions of the ambulance driver and the accident made for a messy commute. marlboro pike was shut down throughout the morning rush hour. kristin fisher has the latest information from the scene. >> you can

i'm jc hayward. tough talk this morning from president obama at today's annual united nations general assembly. however, the president's sharpest criticism was reserved for iran and its nuclear program. manuel gallegus reports. >> reporter: president obama is urgently requesting world leaders get behind the middle east peace process. >> we can say this time will be different that this time we will not let terror or turbulence or posturing or petty politics stand in the way. >> reporter: as the u.s. leaves two states living side by ' side in peace he says the international community must do its part. >> many count themselves as friends of the palestinians. these pledges of friendship must be supported by deeds. >> reporter: president obama called on arab states to step up political and financial aid to the palestinian authority. he said he wanted to see a secure israel and welcome an independent palestine state to the general assembly next year. in his second address to the united nations, the preside

>>> hello, i'm jc hayward. thanks for being with us. iran's president, mahmoud ahmadinejad is in new york for the annual general is assembly being held at the united nations. this comes as two americans are held in jail in iran. their mothers are asking for a face-to-face meeting with the iranian president. >> reporter: he was smiling for the meeting in new york, but the mothers of two hikers still in prison in iran would like their turn for a meeting. >> we are mothers. we are not politicians. and we are just very, very eager, clearly to have our children returned to us. >> the family members spoke at a news conference with sara shourd, who just returned after a year in custody in iran. shourd said until the two other hikers are leigh -- released, she does not feel relieved. >> this is not the time to celebrate. my disappointment in not sharing this with shane and josh is crushing and i stand before you today only one-third free. >> reporter: a ahmadinej ad is attending conferences until the general assembly opens later in week but hav

i'm jc hayward. thanks for joining us. our 9 news now team called it. our weather team said we were going to have storms and storms we have had. and they have been causing problems because there are pockets in our region dealing with flooding. the driver of a car in annandale, taking a look right now at the picture, he had to be rescued. he was in deep water. the question remaining is, how much longer before it's over. so let's get to our meteorologist howard who has more on the day's storm alert. >> jc, tropical rains have been phenomenal. they are letting schools out and i doubt they will be going again tomorrow down there. the back edge and western sections pull in to west central virginia. in a few hours we will start to see a lull. we are not done with the rain yet. the tropical connection going to the atlantic and looks like another wave may be forming so that more rain could be tonight in to tomorrow. and with all of the rain we have had, the light greene county, the entire metro region, southern maryland, culpeper, up to pennsylvania, the northe

jc hayward is off today. >>> a developing story from prince georges county and the district tops the noon news. the search is underway for a carjacking suspect. police say he was among a group that stole a car. they fled to the district where they exchanged fire with police. no one was hurt. two people are in custody this afternoon. the manhunt continues, though, for a third suspect in southeast dc and prince georges county. >>> howard county police are crediting the immediatey -- media with helping them catch the so-called prepty burglar. a man with a tie was burglarizing a house in the town of highland. someone saw pictures, recognized him afternoon called police. jeremy hall was picked up at his home in silver spring and he is charged with burglary and theft among other things. the tipster will receive a $500 reward. >>> authorities surrounded a bank in coral gables, florida after a man walked in claiming to have a bomb. police say this is a hostage situation. the scene is located at a bank of america. officials shut down both directions of u.s. 1 and students at nearby university

çó derek mcginty anita brikman lesli foster jc hayward vincent gray 9news mumbai >> a hero describescene after a bus barrels over a guard rail and lands 45 feet below. find out if 270 will be open for your commute. >>> plus, that's not the only commuter nightmare looming. tracking overnight rain and flooding. >> also, fear to fear lending. how to borrow money from regular folks instead of the banks. this is 9news now. >>> come tomorrow morning, you may wish you had a boat instead of a car to get to work. major downpours heading our way, and flooding is expected. >> chief meteorologist tom will be here with more. but first, new developments around the deadly bus crash that paralyzed just about everyone. we've got team coverage, from the accident scene to the hospital, where the emergency crews took some of those victims. let's get started with gary newinburg. gary. >> reporter: we're just over the split of 270. drivers know if you want to go on 270, you have to get in the left lanes. the accident took place in the left-hand lanes on the northbound side of i270 just before the lanes me

jc hayward has the day off. >>> it has been raining virtually nonstop and that could pose a problem for low lying areas. let's get right to meteorologist howard bernstein. >> we're doing okay now, jess, but we have had some very heavy downpours. depending on 0 how things shape up today and tonight, it could be a very difficult rush hour. maybe a rumble of thunder coming right up 95 into montgomery and howard county. going to zoom in and show you these are tropical type rains. we're talking rainfall rates a couple of inches per hour while it's raining. that's why we're looking at ponding on the roads. you see it in bethesda, arlington, rockville, gaithersburg, headed to damascus. even on 29 as you are coming out of montgomery into howard county, we are seeing heavy showers lifting off to the north. on the weather computer there's a large area of rain and thunderstorms extending from the northern gulf of mexico through the south right toward us. we've had some breaks, but we're also looking at potentially some of our best rainfall we've seen in months with maybe two, three inches by the t

. >>> i'm jc hayward. thanks for joining us. council chairman vincent gray won the democratic mayoral primary unseating mayor fenty. gray is holding a news conference right now. so let's get right to it. kristin fisher is standing by at the washington hotel in northwest washington. >> reporter: after a wild night of waiting for all the returns to come in, we are moments away from hearing from vince gray. we're expecting him to discuss the next steps for his campaign. he will be on the ballot in the november general election, but keep in mind there is no republican challenger, so gray will almost certainly be dc's next mayor, barring something absolutely crazy from happening from now until then. gray beat fenty by seven points. it was 53% to 48%, which is closer than the polls predicted. we are waiting for 10% of the returns to come in, but the voting broke down geographically. here's how fenty took wards one, two, three and six. that's predominantly northwest, central dc, georgetown, dupont, captiol hill, chinatown and gray took