people love kathy lanier when it comes to their candidates. david catania has not said he would but sources say he would and carol schwartz and bowser said they would. we have kaya henderson who took over for michelle reed in 2010 and much less confrontational. her approval rate, 52% doing a good job. 22% saying, no, 26% unsure. the fact is she has a very tough job and these are good numbers for the chancellor. >> thanks. >> for more information on the nbc "washington post" maris poll we invite you to our website. the results are on our home page there. >> can i say it now? >> say it now. >> awe! the kids are calling it clenched mith. october is shaping up to be a fun month around here. team coverage and at the park and we will start with dianna russini. these guys have another game today, huh? >> they must be excited. good news starters will get rest and not play a lot and you will see a lot of backups out there. that said, historic one for nationals and orioles. there was champagne everywhere, all the party gear to celebrate winning the divi

council chairman, says that the gun permits will be issued on a basis and give police chief, kathy lanier great discretion who will be allowed to carry a weapon. scheduled to vote on the new gun bill next week. >>> in arlington, the con si gentlemen of sierge is accused of stealing their booze. brooke chan was caught on surveillance video to enter an apartment and consuming the alcohol. residents at the meridian had been complaining of mising their booze. charged with burglary and released on bond. police say she admitted to the break in. >> that is one you don't hear every day. more stuff you don't hear every day is still ahead on wusa9. the house approving a bill to authorize the u.s. military to train syrian rebels. we have more on that. top. >> all right, a beautiful evening, but you've been sneezing more, you may be sensitive to weeds. here's the pollen for you. and it's high for weeds, low for grasses and moderate for trees and mold. we are in weed season now and until we get that first frost, you have to get ready for weeds. we will talk about the prospect of a couple showers both

they blame the school for not reporting the child missing, and police chief, kathy lanier said the investigation is on going. nothing new to report. >> something new in the lives of those parents. you say they are leaving the shelter. >> we just happen to see them as they were getting the keys toe their new apartment, which they got on their own and hoping with that apartment, they established they will get back the three sons that the city took custody of. >> questions about that, after what happened to relisha. >> no indication about they are about to let the three boys go back to the family. >> a three-year-old girl in prince georges county is expected to survive. unfortunately, her mom didn't make it. police did confirm little isaband her mom, 31-year- old, thelma were working in the crosswalk when an suv hit them. she was just running back from the store when tragedy happened. >> the first one is to -- better life for her daughter. to take care of her daughter. fernando: as -- waits for her when she recovers. she was supposed to start preschool today. flores leaves behind a 14-year- old dau

>> i think they like to collect revenue from people passing through. >> reporter: police chief kathy lanier rejected that notion in the inspector general's scathing reports on speed cameras and parking tickets. >> i should point out we get no financial benefit from the fines from traffic violations. >> reporter: and responded to criticism the cameras can't always pinpoint which driver is speeding. >> we have new technology that has replaced our speed enforcement equipment that clearly marks the vehicle being captured by the radar. >> reporter: the other topic of discussion was parking tickets. the city collects $83 million a year from those violations. to prevent mistakes, public works employees will be required to enter license plate numbers twice and police officers required to take photos when using handheld ticketing devices. >> among those changes we agree requiring officers to take photographs when using the digital handheld ticketing device is reasonable and will be required by our department policy. >> reporter: they want to know what should people do when trying to park and the sig

chief kathy lanier calls the report sensational and says the tickets issued improve public safety. but according to that report, speed cameras often issue tickets without conclusive evidence. it also suggests that the city values its $172 million revenue from tickets, over accuracy. one city is official is quoted in the report saying, quote, one of the beauties of parking, it's like the irs. if you get a parking ticket, you are guilty until you have proven yourself innocent, and that has worked well for us. >>> a decrease in stolen bicycles, just one of the reasons why metro says its crime rate is at a five-year low. this is undercover video showing how thieves steal bikes. now metro says crime is down. 31.6% in the first six months of this year. the reason, significant drops in thefts of mobile devices, bikes, and other robberies. transit police say educating riders and handing out free locks and using plain-clothes officers have all helped. >> next at 11:00. >> thousands of montgomery county students could be forced to stay out of school on monday if they don't make a trip to the

however, police chief kathy lanier talked about the cameras in after she expressed concerns of several police officers. >>> prince georges counties, keep advising your water. that advisory will not get lifted until sometime tomorrow or friday. a water main break is to blame. with 100,000 people are infected including mount rainier, chillham, landover hills, fairmont heights and brentwood, many others. check to see if this advisory affects you. we have a link to an interactive map where you can plug in your address. >>> it is barbaric horrifying and sadly all too real. that's the word today from us intelligence videos on the video showing the beheading of american journalist steven sotloff. isis says the whole thing is a message to america. tonight, the white house had a message for isis. >> we will not be intimidated. their horrific acts only unite us as a country and stiffen our resolve to take a fight against these terrorists. >> reporter: after two horrific beheadings by isis posted online in two weeks, president obama said america does not forget and its reach is long. >> our objec

mayor gray and kathy lanier will give details at a news conference this morning. >>> a syrian group says.-led forces carried out 13 air strikes in the country can overnight. at least two areas were hit. >>> if you leave work between 5:00 and 8:00 p.m. tonight, you will likely knee an up before la. could be enough to cause flooding tomorrow morning. . >>> slow top of the beltway. colesville road. disabled vehicle. 66 at 50. typical volume there. >> thank you, melissa. thank you for joining us this morning. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes with weather, traffic, and any breaking news. we hope you have a great day. until >>> good morning. breaking news. reports of new air strikes in syria while president obama gets set for a major address on the world stage this morning. can he convince more countries to join the fight against isis? >>> wanted. the last person seen with missing college student hannah graham now formally charged with abduction. an arrest warrant issued. but where is he? >>> double standard in the wake of the nfl scandals. growing questions around a do

police chief kathy lanier said it will provide an unbiased account of what goes down on the streets. and why city leaders decided to join other jurisdictionses already using this new technology. >> reporter: there are 4,000 d.c. police officers. now, some are going to get a pin-on partner. starting next week, 100 officers for six months will test five different body cameras the chief says will document activity and aid investigations and cut down on complaints against the officers themselves. >> four or five different people's opinion on what happened on a scene. now, we'll have a video. this gives us that independent unbiased witness that will, you know, help us sorting through what is normal in a police investigation of a variety of opinions from a variety of different people. >> reporter: with national issues like police activity in ferguson, missouri and everyday policing body cameras are gaining more acceptance. they're used in laurel, maryland as well as other places. >> a lot of the technology we roll out is to make officers safer and more efficient and effective. this is just

police chief, kathy lanier is going to talk about lessons learned from the shooting response. one of those lessons, the cops may need shorter rifles. they found it very hard to ma newscaster through these offices with their long assault rifles. so maybe something smaller will allow them to get in there more quickly and save lives. >> they went in there and they were so heroic, all of them. they didn't know the landscape that well and they had to go in there and try to figure their way out of that huge maze. >> and as the police chief said, he could have hid out for days. there were cubicles everywhere. you can imagine that massive building. it's the biggest building at the navy yard. and everywhere there are desks and cubicles and officer hayat was wearing regular uniform, not even a bullet resistant vest. i take it back p. i think he had a bullet resistant vest, but not the tactical gear. >> without thinking twice about it. all right, bruce, thank you. that is it from here for now. jan and derek, back to you. >> thank you so much. like you said, makes the hair on your neck st

police chief, kathy lanier, say the investigation into her disappearance is continuing. but there's nothing new to report. the city's report came out late this afternoon, six months after her daughter disappeared. >> i believe there's more they could have done. >> shamika young and wheeler, ralisha's parents, six months after their daughter's disappearance and they can no longer stand the judgment of others. >> my issues with the school board is, why didn't you call? that is the requirement. it is required for the automatic system to call the parents. >> the d.c. government reviewed in how the school performed in the case. no justifiable government actions would have prevented relisha's tragic disappearance. the report does include 26 recommendations for improving systems beginning with communications between agencies. >> why are you changing things? doing some things differently if you concluded there was nothing more you could have done? >> the review team looked carefully at all the facts of this case and determined in terms of the policies and procedures of district

if enacted police chief kathy la near would -- á lanier would have a say. >> the law is you either meetthe requirements you don't. >> reporter: chief lanier will have that discretion on who can carry and who an applicant can appeal. there will be a law on government buildings and schools and a 1,000 foot no carry zone around dignitiaries. and the mental health of an applicant would be taken into consideration. >> they cannot argue that the reasonable time and place extended to a total ban. >> reporter: in august, tom palmer accident the original complainant, said the current dc laws didn't pass the muster. they can pass the emergency legislation to allow concealed carry permission to gun owners, and the plaintiffs can go right back to a judge and argue the limitations in the new well unconstitutional. >> i guess we'll find out won't we. >> reporter: we should let you know we reached out to the plaintiffs in the dc gun case and the plaintiff's lawyer and haven't heard back. we also should let you know that the legislation is currently in draft form and it always can change between now an