lindsey mastis live at the national mall. i have to know did you see any of the stared to? >> we did. we soom this the main stars that are the transformers themselves. we saw bumblebee, optimist crime which is a semi truck that morphs in to the real good guy of the transformer and we were able to see the human stars. we saw them at the american red cross building. look at that video. the two people walking is mom and dad with wiki. mom's in pink. they are the main character's parents in the movie. and often times they are left in the dark. we saw the director michael bay. we would hear him yell action and quiet on the set. a lot of people stood across the street all day to catch a glimpse. >> it's pretty cool. i mean this is a huge, huge production. not just like a commercial shooting. >> it is really cool because the first two films i saw them and now i know these characters are coming and i can say, oh, look. i know that play. >> many people spent hours outside watching. some are trying to figure where the crew is going next because they want to follow it around the city.

i'm lindsey mastis in the chesapeake bay. i'm going to introduce you to a couple that is doing just that. >>> and facing off. we'll tell you where you can see the latest gubinatorial debate coming up. woman 1 sync: but i didn't know what he's done since he got fired as governor. man 2: ehrlich's raked in millions. man 3: he worked for a wall street bank that took 10 billion dollars from the bailout. woman 3: 10 billion of our money. woman 4: our money. woman 5 sync: and he worked for another bank that collapsed. man 4: costing tax payers 17 million. anncr: tell bob ehrlich big banks don't need help. middle class marylanders do. >>> 9 news now is pleased to be able to bring you the second televised debate between maryland's gubinatorial candidates and i'll be a questioner. and you can e-mail me any questions for the candidates at mail bag at wusa9.com. >>> well we've all got questions about our past. where we come from and what are our family ties. but now jeanneologists have found a connection that will surprise you. accordin

lindsey mastis live at the scene. we understand the girl will survive, thanks to a stranger,

but as lindsey mastis learned it may not be so simple. >> reporter: it's called secure communities and links law enforcement databases with that of the fbi and the department of homeland security. it will allow immigration and customs enforcement to search fingerprints and identify people that are in the country illegally. >> this has been imposed. >> reporter: arlington county council member says it is something many people in arlington are against. >> one of the most important things a stake here is the trust between our community, especially immigrant community and the police officers, law enforcement. >> reporter: the board passed a resolution asking to withdrawal from the program. he cites aer will written by department of homeland security director january janet napolitano. >> we have evidence there is an option to opt out. >> reporter: according to a source in the federal government, we learned local jurisdictions may only be able to opt out of a portion of the program. >>> he says arlington doesn't want that. >> is there a process to opt out, yes or no. >> reporter: the definit

in alexandria, i'm lindsey mastis. 9 news now. >> that's scary stuff. now donaldson recommends to check your bank statement online every few days. heed is some thieves will use technology so advanced they don't even have to come back to the atm to get your information. it just gets e-mailed or texted directly to them. >>> let's get outside for the evening rush hour. patranya is in the traffic center. how are things on the 95? >> north bound we were talking about the accident earlier, all lanes reopened. southbound tracking delays, but it should be smooth sailing down to triangle. over to the capital beltway, the slowest stretch home right now will be from 66 to the 270 spur. no surprise there. but otherwise pretty quiet. throughout 495 in virginia and maryland, we do have a little problem on the rail for you. redline delays at adams morgan station in both directions right now due to a malfunctioning train earlier in the afternoon. right now delays in both directions so watch out for that but things looking very good on vre and marc. >>> part of georgia

lindsey mastis, thank you. >>> meantime, a popular chain of day care centers is under investigation toht. last night we told you -- tonight. last night we told you about a man that is charged with sodomizing four and 5-year-old girls at the private day care school in centreville. they issued dozens of violations earlier this week. the 22-year-old ryan murray pleaded gill too he to given two six -- guilty for given two 6-year-old boys candy for a sexual act. parents say they never knew. >> it surprises me they didn't know the parents. the teachers are good, but that doesn't excuse the fact that nothing was said. the virginia department of social services which oversees day cares is now investigating the facility in centreville. the company's coo issued a statement saying "mini land regrets this has occurred. we have met with all of the parents and staff and is continuing to offer support at this time". >>> new york has always had bits bulls out on wall street, but never in times square. >> they were there today. new yorkers got a big treat with a rodeo right in the heart of time square.

lindsey mastis joins us live from the second district police headquarters. do we know if anyone is charged in connection to the accident? >> well, police, they are working to get a warrant. until then, they are not able to arrest the suspects. but they did say that they are looking to charge the driver and leaving the scene of a collision. and now, around 1:30 this morning. she was getting out of the car, parked in front of the restaurant at the circle. she dieded just a few hours later, thanks to a witness, police in montgomery county, they were able to track down the suspects and her vehicles. >> a bicyclist saw the striking vehicle, noticing the tag numbers, calling police. now, the 30-year-old, davidson, was charged with dui in montgomery county. and police say that they found her sitting inside her lexus suv. she was released, but we are expecting to see some charges coming out of washington, d.c. reporting live in northwest washington, i'm lindsey mastis, 9news now. >> all right, lindsey. >>> and the prospect for peace in afghanistan, they seem to be g

reporting live, i'm lindsey mastis, 9news now. >> quite the climb.hank you. >> oil companies can start drilling again in the u.s. the obama administration, listed that deep water drilling today. after the disastrous oil spill for the gulf. it was scheduled to expire on november 30. but the interior secretary says it was lifted because new rules after the spill have strengthens the safety measures. >>> topper shutt is in the weather center with your out and object forecast. a nice night to be out. >> yes, indeed. temperatures are still above average. start with your out and about forecast. temperatures by 6:00, they are still going to be right around 80 degrees. we'll fall, a little quicker tonight. about 68 by 10:00 with the temperatures, eventually falling into the 40s. let's talk fall colors around the metro area. and oakland, petersburg, we're talking about the near peek colors right there. and the western divide. but your time is coming up. to the 16th to the 20th is your average peak. we don't see anything that will change that actually. the sub

lindsey mastis joins us live from prince george's county police headquarters with the latest on the search for the killer. what can you tell us? >> reporter: police are trying to figure out exactly why this woman was killed. they want to know whether she was targeted. >> it was just crazy. because i knew she was a nice lady. >> reporter: it's hard to miss the spot where a woman lost her life. >> i came home and i seen a woman's body laying in front of her car. >> reporter: john recognized the woman, it was her neighbor. >> she lived next door. >> reporter: he said she was a mother and lived in the condominiums with her child. >> one little girl. >> we'll see each other. >> just walking her dog and we say hi and talk. >> reporter: when we arrived on scene the officers found an adult female suffering from gunshot wounds and was pronounced deceased a short time later. >> that is not a problem neighborhood for us. it's a relatively quiet community. >> reporter: as for martin. >> we have neighborhood watch, that's all we can do. >> reporter: police say the woman's daughter is safe. they are not

in fairfax, i'm lindsey mastis, 9news now. >> they can't believe that it is the national league. president o ma'am is trying hard -- obama is trying hard to fire up the elections. and this goes for another county time off the vote. i'll explain why many students with a chance of the president. >> talking to some of the most needed supporters years ago. 18 to 29-year-olds, the so- called surge voters. and it is an extra convention to get into the polls. >> senior jared spinier voted for president obama. he now has his doubts. >> this are certainly more reservations now as opposed to in that. i think that young people for the most part, they are with him. >> reporter: the obama campaign focused on mobilizing the vote two years ago. now with the control of congress at stake. president obama is trying to bring him back to the voting booth. he held a town hall meeting on mtv on thursday, tackling everything from don't ask, don't tell. to the climate on capitol hill. >> how are you going to improve the dialogues acing among two party -- among two parties? >> people started saying thing

lindsey mastis has the story of this woman in arlington who just became a millionaire. >> that day somethingad. >> reporter: cora valdez says she wasn't sure what megamillions was but decided to go ahead an buy her first virginia lotto ticket. >> she said do you want to get megaplyer and i said what is that and she explainedly double my money and i said sure why not and let the machine pick my number. >> this is the first time i cried. i lost five pounds. i haven't slept or ate. >> she bought the ticket in articling toking on the. than ' store is getting ten thousand and will likely donate the money. she and her husband will use their money to go to school. >> go back to college. >> we will stretch it until we retire. >> reporter: she says both will keep their jobs in bad bridge, virginia, lindsey mastis 9 news now. >>> talk about beginners luck really disease said at first she thought she won $20 not a million dollars. a nice wind fall. >> thank you for watching us at 6:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. before we go to howard and the rest of the forecast, we just learned that saint mary's county pu

lindsey mastis live at the scene. we understand the girl will survive, thanks to a stranger, is that right? >> reporter: that's correct. this little girl is going to survive. this is the intersection where mom was walking her daughter across and after it happened the little girl wasn't breathing, but thanks to two quick-thinking good samaritans this little girl is alive. >> i just saw the baby lying down on the pavement without moving and the mom was crying. >> reporter: without hesitation this registered nurse rushed to the little girl's side. >> i checked the breathing on the baby and started to give cpr to her. >> soon officer arrived. >> she informed me the baby wasn't breathing and she didn't have a pulse. >> reporter: he said he thought of his two children as he took over cpr. >> after a few seconds we got a pulse back and it became stronger as we continued cpr. >> the girl was rushed to the hospital. officer johnston went, too. >> you automatically think of your kids and what if that was one of your children an

our 9 news now lindsey mastis on the scene and she has the latest details in this report. >> reporter: jc, it happened right behind me on georgia avenue. a woman was pushing her 17- month-old daughter in a stroller across the street. there are cross walks in this area. we don't know whether they were in a cross walk or not, but basically they were struck by an suv. we just got the good news that the little 17-month-old girl is going to make it, and that is why police, at this point, have cleared the scene. after they were both struck, some passerbiers stop it's and discovered the little girl was not breathing. a police officer and a registered nurse were among those that stopped. they started to perform cpr on the little girl until the ambulance got there. the mother, we're told, is also going to survive. basically, this intersection, we're told by people who are familiar with the area, is extremely dangerous. >> sometimes the drivers they don't stop. and i used to see the lady crossing the street and today i came late and didn't see what happened. >> reporter: police had the road shu

. >> lindsey mastis, 9 news now.hey have a phone and say if they are close enough they will keep in touch via skype. >>> angie will have the traffic in a moment. howard bernstein is here with a look at the forecast. >> grab the rain gear. get ready for a wet day, a very wet day with an inch or more of in

. >> i'm lindsey mastis in the wheaton metro. the escalators are broken and the commuters are having to walk. >> you're getting a good workout. that was a long escalator. >> reporter: this isn't the only metro station affected. an independent audit found serious problems with metro's escalators and elevators. detailing problems that include failure to clean and adjust the switches. they are making their way into the machine room and work areas. mechanics need more training and there is a shortage of supervisors. riders say they just want the problem fixed. >> they need to do better. this is uncalled for. i think they should get these fixed as soon as possible. >> only one is working. maintenance crews are hoping to get the other up and running by tonight or tomorrow morning. >> and we are looking live right now on the flip screen rather at the scene in chile, where those 33 trapped miners will be hoisted to the surface. and the rescue capsule you see right there, they will come up one by one. just keep in mind when we first began

. >> reporter: i'm lindsey mastis in hyattsville. a woman is gunned down in the marking lot -- in the parking lot in front of her home. >> she was a nice lady. >> reporter: it's hard to miss the spot where a woman lost her life. >> i came home and i seen a woman's body laying in front of a car. >> reporter: jonathan martin recognized the woman. it was his neighborhood. >> she lived right next door. >> reporter: he said she's a mother and lived in marcum view condominiums with her child. >> just one little girl. >> we would see each other. >> just walking her dog, we would say hi. >> when we arrived on scene, officers found an adult female suffering from gunshot wounds and pronounced deceased a short time later. >> reporter: evan baxter said a shooting here is unusual. >> that's not a problem neighborhood for us. it's a relatively quiet community, usually. >>> i'm surae chinn in haymarket, virginia in, prince william's county wheres there been 14 attempted or actual break-ins and police are trying to find out if it's related to 90 or

lindsey mastis, 9 news now. >>> today is monday, october 4th. i'm andrea roane. angie goff has the traffic and will have more on what is happeningen on river road an the tree down and howard bernstein is here to talk about the soggy weather that may prompt more trees to come down. >> imagine if it was inbound closed. but the sogginess is around. fortunately the showers will be tapering through the morning and by afternoon we should be in slightly better shape. not a beautiful day by any stretch. show you the big puncture. low pressure coming up the coast has brought in the rain. you travel up to new york or boston, bring the rain gear. pittsburgh they have a break now. they could get showers and notice the swirl over charleston helping to keep the showers going. live doppler 9000 hd, big picture. little picture first. heavier showers down 95 in fairfax county and to the west in shenandoah valley from culpeper westward and sperryville, raining pretty good out there. moving to toe north northwest. not at a big clip and not the torrential rains of last week. tempera

. >> reporter: i'm lindsey mastis. a young woman lost her life.he was celebrating her 24th birthday. police say that she was getting out of the back of the vehicle and another vehicle came up and hit her and then really threw her into the back of this car. >> reporter: she died a short time later. she had been celebrating her 24th birthday. a witness on the bike saw what happened and took off after the suv. >> a bicyclist, followed the striking vehicle. and they noticed the tag number and called police. >> reporter: montgomery county police tracked it down. they say that they found the suv in the parking garage. and a woman behind the wheel. the car was off and there were no keys in the ignition. but police say that the 30-year- old, davidson, is the allege driver. and today, people hesitated, while walking by the area, she lost her life. >> it is a tragedy. >> and sometimes they don't come to the area or the road here. >> reporter: i'm bruce leshan in prince george's county, where president obama remains popular enough that democratic candidates

lindsey mastis has the story of a woman in arlington who just became a millionaire. >> that day somethingered to me that hey, two ahead. >> reporter: she says she wasn't sure what megamillions was, but decided to go ahead and buy her first virginia lotto ticket. >> and he said do you want to get a mega-- and i said what's that she explained i double my money an i said sure, why not. i let the machine pick the number. >> reporter: now she is a millionaire. >> this this morning is the first time i cried. i lost five pounds already. i haven't slept or ate. >> reporter: she bought the ticket on giant on glebe road in arlington. the store is getting $10,000 and will likely donate the money. valdez and her husband will be using their money for school. >> i want to go back to college. >> both will major in best business and whatever is left. >> we are going to stretch this until we are probably going to retire. >> reporter: she says both of them will keep their jobs. in woodbridge, virginia, lynncy mastis, 9 news now. >> talk about beginners luck, valdez said she thought she had won $20. it took

system that will allow police around the country to check on people's immigration status but lindsey mastiscalled security communities and links databases with the fbi and department of homeland security and allows immigration and customs enforcement to search fingerprints and identify people in the country illegally. >> this has been imposed. >> reporter: jay walter the what da says it is something many people are against. >> one the most important things at stake here is the trust between our immigrant community and the police officers in law enforcement. >> reporter: the board passed a resolution asking to withdrawal from the program. he cites a letter written by janet napolitano. >> we have evidence that there is an option to opt out. >> reporter: according to a source in the federal government we learned they may only be able to opt out of a portion of the program. for example arlington doesn't get information from ice but department of homeland security and immigration may get the information from arlington. he says arlington dunn want that. >> is there a process to opt out, yes or no

lindsey mastis has the story of arlington's newest millionaire. >> that day something whispered to me hey go ahead. >> she said she wasn't sure what megamillions was, but decided to go ahead and buy her first virginia lotto ticket. >> she asked do you want to get megaplayer an i said what's that and she explained to me that i double my money and i said sure why not. i let the machine pick the number. >> reporter: now she's a millionaire. >> this morning is the first time i cried. i cried in real life that it is that big. i lost five pounds already. i haven't slept or ate. >> reporter: she bought the ticket 0 at giant on glebe road in arlington. the store is getting $10,000 and will likely donate the money. they will be using their money for school. >> i want to go back to college. >> reporter: both will major in business and whatever is left -- >> invest the money. we will stretch this until we are probably going to retire. >> reporter: he says both will keep their jobs. in woodbridge, virginia, 9 news now. >>> and this was real beginners luck. valdez said she thought she only won $20

reporting live in northwest washington, i'm lindsey mastis, nines in u now. >> all right, thank you. >>> meanwhile, we're learning more about the victims of all of this. continuing our team coverage where she lives, scott? >> reporter: the 24-year-old lived here in the section of columbia with her father. telling me today that he could not bear to be interviewed, saying his daughter was ad good girl. most of what we know about them comes from the police reports in the wake of the tragedy and online profiles. ryan was 24 years old. ryan attended george mason university in fairfax, a school she missed like crazy after leaving in one online posting. spending her high school years in williamsburg, virginia, at jamestown high school. she died from her injuries in a hospital after three hours from being struck in columbia, scott broom, nine nows now. >>> president barack obama praised maryland governor for big investments in education during the tough time. the president appeared at a rally with the governor this afternoon. the rematch with the former governor. joining us live from the uni

lindsey mastis, 9 news now. >> she is featured as a peer champion at the national center for bullyingou can see his film on-line. we have a link to it on our website at wusa9.com. >>> tom sater is in for howard bernstein. weekend looking good with just a little wrinkle. >> yes, a little -- they will be blowing those wrinkles later today. >> smooth it out. >> sunday the better of the two. as mentioned before the break, make plans now because we get weekends in the fall months but we don't get a lot of them when colors are really starting to get near perfect and to have two, with sunshine, you have to jump on top of this one. it will be a really nice weekend. the forecast in a moment. let's run through where we are now and where we will be going the next couple of days. here's the next three. now, there's a chance of a stray shower today. do not change any plans. most of us will be dry. we will all pretty much feel the winds. they will be 10 to 20 miles an hour we will feel windy conditions even in to this evening and tomorrow is breezy. all northwesterly, all of 10 to 20. gusting to 35