male dominated industry but today a group of women took over one site down in arlington and as kristin fisherells us, the women are giving those guys a run for their money. >> we feel united and strong. we could do anything. >> we are women. >> susan isn't shy when it comes to recruiting for national women build week. >> come on out and build with the women. >> reporter: but this is actually her first time working on a construction site. >> i work in retail. i have to check my ladder first to make sure it is safe. >> reporter: today susan and 30 other women are helping build affordable housing for low income families as part of habitat for humanities women build programs. >> we are mutting up insulation today. it gets in your face and eyes but at the end of the day it washes away an you've done something really well that you're proud of. >> when this building is complete it will house 12 different families and their pictures are scattered all over this construction site just like this one right here. >> i am happy for this day. many, many women credit me. >> this is really great because the s

. >> i'm kristin fisher at habitat for humanity site in arlington where about 30 women are getting theirands dirty as part of national women build week and we are going to take you inside and let you know how these ladies faired when we come back and by the looks of it i think they are doing fine, right? full story is coming up. >>> coming up new at 6 p.m. >> i'm britany morehouse where a whistle blower lawsuit has been settled against fedex. an employee who used to work here says the company was making money off of 9/11. coming up. ♪ [ female announcer ] if you want to just push messes around, dishcloths are just fine. for a better shot at getting surfaces clean, you'll want bounty extra soft. in this lab test bounty extra soft leaves this surface 3x cleaner than a dishcloth. even with just one sheet. super clean. super soft. bounty extra soft. in the pink pack. and try bounty napkins. rich amador, our capital one commercial banker really rolls up his sleeves to help keep our business growing. he's done hands-on research to better understand our growing cash flow needs. rich, i am very

as kristin fisher reports, the women are giving the men a run for their money. >> you feel united anddo anything. we are women. >> reporter: susan isn't shy when it comes to recruiting for national women build week. >> come on out and build with the women. >> reporter: but this is actually her first time working on a construction site. >> i work in retail. i had to check my ladder first to make sure it was safe. >> reporter: today, susan and 30 other women are helping build affordable housing for low income families as part of habitat for humanity's women build program. >> we're putting up insulation today. so we're cutting it, measuring it, and putting it up. it gets in your face, in your eyes, at the end of the day it washes away and you've done something really well that you're proud of. >> reporter: when this building is complete, it will house 12 different families. and their pictures are scattered all over this construction site, just like this one right here, . >> i am happy for this day, many, many women help -- help me. >> this is really great because the satisfaction that yo

make progress towards solutions. >> in urbana, kristin fisher, 9news now. >> don't we all remember aeacher like that? when michelle shearer first started teaching in 2006, there were 11 teachers enrolled. that is now up to 92. >>> all right. after their storybook wedding and long weekend, prince william and his new wife are settling into their new way of life. they decided to hold off on their honeymoon. prince william is going off to work and william and the former kate middleton, now the duchess of cambridge plan to take a honeymoon at a later date. >>> up next, this isn't the hole you usually find in a donut shop. >>> and coming up new at 6:00. >> i'm scott broom in montgomery county where local politicians are backing off their threats to opt out of a controversial federal immigration enforcement program. the details are coming up. >>> and don't forget, we're always on at wusa9.com. stay with us, we'll be right back. >>> a crash left a gaping home in the middle of a duncan donuts shop. investigators say an suv slammed into a taxi in chicago's loop and that sent the suv crashing.

. >> in urbana, kristin fisher, 9news now. >> when she started teaching in 2006, she had 11 studentsnrolled in ap chemistry. this year there are 92 of them. >>> england's prince charles will take his tour of dc to georgetown university tomorrow. today he visited the u.s. supreme court and then got his hands dirty at the vegetable garden. this garden grows food for low income families living in that same area and people will hope it will draw attention to their urban farm. >> this used to be a baseball diamond and we transformed it into a productive farm that feeds people in the neighborhood. >> prince charles will also visit with the president at the white house tomorrow. >>> the u.s. postal service is struggling financially, but the way the independent postal regulatory commission is going about getting input from customers may have you scratch your head a bit. people can make their case for keeping their local post offices open, but only via e- mail. really? apparently yes. really. >> that's odd, isn't it? >> a little odd. only snail mail. or maybe both. >> or maybe both. >> they p

kristin fisher joins us live now from the arlington national cemetery where she has been chatting withhe families who have loved ones buried there. >> reporter: you're exactly right. i've spoken with several people who had loved ones buried right here at arlington national cemetery and they say they came here today because they wanted to share the news fist hand with that -- firsthand with that loved one. they wanted to go to the grave and tell them that osama bin laden had finally been killed and i've spoken with other people that say they chose to share the moment in a different way. take a look. >> it was just one of those places in history, i knew it just had to be and had to be there with my son. >> reporter: when thomas cowen saw the crowds building outside the white house, he said he knew he had to be there. >> i've got to be there and i've got to take sumner with me. we have got to share this moment. this is for my boy, sumner cowen, he's buried at arlington. we were more than father and son. we were buddies. >> reporter: both father and son were security force officers in the

. >> kristin fisher was there the day it happened and is back there tonight. how does it look night? >> reporter: well, it looks a lot better than it did but there is still a lot of work left to be done here. i mean, remember just 18 days ago right here the water was as high as this table almost and then just behind these posts behind me the water was standing 8 feet high. i'm about 5'6" so you can get a good idea of what water 2.5 higher than my head would look like. but for the most part here the feeling tonight is that things are starting to get back to normal. that is, of course, once you get past a few glaring reminders. a charcoal grill is about as high tech as it gets outside nick's riverside grill. >> we are really basically doing just a simple hamburger. it will be like an outside grill like your barbecue, backyard barbecue. only a little bit nicer and certainly really, really delicious stuff. >> reporter: gregory is one of the owners. >> an enormous amount of work just to get the patios open. never mind the rest of the restaurant. it is even a bigger