reporter matt jablow live in the bloomingdale neighborhood with the latest. >> reporter: bruce, a river runs through it again. that was the headline again tonight in this waterlogged section of the district. for a few hours tonight, a two- block section of rhode island avenue northwest could easily have passed for parts of the hurricane-battered gulf coast. >> within this one block, it's a valley. it's where all the rain comes and floods out all the basement apartments. >> reporter: the intense downpours, the deluge of northern parts of the district earlier this afternoon had an especially damage effect between first and third streets on rhode island avenue where several cars were stranded in several feet of water and where one driver had to be he's skewed by the fire department -- rescued by the fire department. >> resident eric miller said major flooding here is nothing new. in fact, he said it's becoming

they shouldn't have refs deciding outcomes of games. >> go, refs, go, that was matt jablow. now the names for the officials for sunday's redskins/tampa bay bucs game won't be announced until sometime sunday. >>> in other sports news, a big win for nats fans today. a local company is stepping up paying the tab to keep the metro open an additional hour during the late night playoff games. living social says they'll fork t the nearly 30,000 bucks to keep metro open an extra hour. this will allow riders to get home even if the late night playoff games go past metro's normal hours of operation. so while it is awfully nice of living social to step up, why didn't the nats fork over the dough? the city paid for their stadium. fans paid for their bills and it's their game. on the other hand, you could argue they provide the game, do they have to give you a ride home, do? the ride to mcginty's mailbag begins with our address, mailbag@wusa9.com. we'd love to hear from you on that. >>> a d.c. judge has ordered three young men held without bail in the near fatal beating of a young father

this is pretty much the best thing that ever happened to me, yeah. >> reporter: in alexandria, matt jablow9 news now. >> and that owner of the painting told matt she intends to take her mom to paris with some of the money she gets. she says among other things she wants to put a bouquet at the artist's grave. >> i always thought it was frank renoir. [laughter]. >> who else is happy? phrase -- flea markets. >>> 81 and 60 today. let's start with a live look outside. temperatures are not falling that fast downtown. but we will show temperatures in the bushes in a minute. 67 -- busches in a minute -- burbs in a minute. pressure kind of rising and kind of high for this time of year. 30.35 inches of mercury. it is in the 50s already in gaithersburg. 57 manassas. 55 up in frederick. you get outside the beltway and temperatures falling pretty fast. i don't think we will have any 40s tomorrow morning but we are going to have some low 50s overnight. grab a sweater for the morning and see if you can get the kids to pick a sweater or sweatshirt to the bus stop. grab your shades. pure sun again tomorrow

and matt jablow joins us now from police headquarters with the latest on both. matt. >> reporter: at this point police say they simply don't know who killed marckel ross, and marckel's friends say they simply don't know who could possibly have wanted him killed. >> i'm getting emotional about it. >> reporter: two days after 18-year-old marckel ross was shot to death on the way to school in capitol heights, police say they still have no suspects or possible motives in the case. >> the investigation is really early. >> reporter: while marckel's grieving friends say they still can't believe he's gone. >> i love him to death. >> reporter: a junior at central high school, marckel was fondly remembered this evening at a candlelight vigil. >> thank you for the right of brother marckel. >> reporter: at the scene of his murder where friends described him as a wonderful person bursting with love and life. >> he just had a great personality that you loved. he always joked around. danced. he always had a smile on his face. >> he was so sweet. he didn't want to hurt anybody.

. >> matt jablow was there. he has details. >> reporter: nearly ten years after ten people were shot to death during one of the most terrifying killing sprees in the nation's history. >> our thoughts and prayers should go to these victims. >> reporter: some of the people whose lives were most directly affected by the d.c. snipers came together tonight to reflect on those unforgettable 22 days of october 2002. >> i don't really have any regr. >> reporter: charles moose was chief of the montgomery county police department then and head of the task force that led the wide ranging sniper investigation. >> people participated. people called in. >> reporter: now retired and living in florida, moose said for him the worst of the many terrible sniper attacks was the shooting of a 13-year-old boy on his way to school in bowie. >> such a low, low blow. >> reporter: mob meyers -- bob meyers worst nightmare came two days later when his brother dean, a 53-year-old civil engineer was shot to death while pumping gas near manas

. >> as matt jablow tells us, police aren't the only ones hoping for a break in the case. amber stanley'mother is pleading with the public to come forward with more information. >> reporter: it was an incredible show of love and support and concern. >> we need help. >> reporter: nearly three weeks after 17-year-old amber stanley. >> she was beautiful, she was smart. >> reporter: was found shot to death in her prince george's county home, residents fill the kettering community center to hear police talk about their efforts to solve the case. >> we're talking to everybody we can in the shopping centers. >> reporter: efforts that now include a significant outreach to the public for information that could lead to an arrest. >> we need the community to pull together. >> reporter: irma is stanley's mother. she says she has no idea who killed her daughter. >> i'm at a loss. >> reporter: a young whom whom she described as -- woman whom she described as talented and loving. >> i miss her. my baby. i'm just waiting to wake up from a horrible dream. i'm just walking around waiting to

matt jablow, 9news now. >>> it's 4:35. here's a look at some other stories making news now. a wildfire in san diego county, california has turned deadly. fire officials found the body of an elderly man inside a house destroyed by the fire. the man was originally reported missing. officials believe he simply refused to leave his home when the evacuation order was put in place. so far the fire has destroyed 20 homes in a rural area near the mexican border and threatens several hundred more. >>> the late neil armstrong is being honored by the navy. a new class of research vessels will be named in his honor. they'll be 238 feet long with on board laboratories on t. he flew never 80 combat missions in the korean war for the navy. the honor for armstrong also serves as a reminder to never stop discovering. >>> the problem of the n.f.l. 's replacement eves is about to boil -- replacement refs is about to boil over. the saddle seahawks hosted the green bay packers. >> take a look at this video. less than five seconds left, the quarterback threw a hail mary. the receiver pate comes d

matt jablow, 9news now. >> scott pelley spoke with the author. the interview will be the whole episode of "60 minutes." >>> he's accused of shooting a classmate on the first day of school and now a 15-year-old is formally charged in the case. robert gladden, jr. is facing nine counts of attempted murder, first degree assault fa charges. he fired to rounds from a shotgun at perry hall high school last monday. a 17-yard was critically -- 17- year-old was critically injured in this. >>> an afghan refugee struggled for years to make a living as a small businessman in america. now he's in a fight with his landlord over art. bruce leshan has the story. >> i think it's pretty. >> i wouldn't want that mural on my business. >> reporter: on an eclectic block of south 23rd street. >> i think it's nice to have an outlet in public for people to look at. >> reporter: a battle rages over a mural pointed on the side of this smoke shop. >> i think it doesn't fit in this neighborhood. >> it's beautiful and has culture. >> the whole building was in bad shape. >> re

matt jablow is live in the studio. matt, what is going on with the celebration. >> reporter: anita, as you can well imagine, there were thousands of extremely excited nats fans. just about an hour ago, 10:01 p.m. when the game actually ended. here is a fan's reaction. >> their first ever playoff. >> this is awesome. >> wonderful. >> 79 years. >> absolutely fantastic. this is awesome. >> bigger and better things are coming in the next coming weeks here for the nationals. >> my first game. nats game. it was terrific. >> reporter: you're the good luck charm, i guess. >> i hope so. i have to come back. >> it beats the current campaign, by far. >> reporter: a nicer version. >> it sure is. >> i don't remember it, but i'm glad i was here for the next one. >> reporter: the first playoff since 1933. >> even before i was born. [ laughing ]. >> reporter: the playoffs begin in about two weeks. that's when the fun should really start here at nats park. derek. >> all right. thanks a lot, matt. the trip to the major league baseball p

matt jablow, 9news now. >> the original national zoo pandas werelingling and -- were ling-ling and sing sing and they were a gift to our country from china following a visit there by president richard nixon. in exchange, we gave china a pair of ox from alaska. the original ox died in 1983 and they were replaced five years later with new ox at the beijing zoo. >>> from that lovely picture to this beautiful picture at 6:13. it is the people's house. there you see the capital building. pretty dark and it's also telling us we are getting into fall. usually we might see a pretty sky and a little pink or red. producer dan was at the baseball game last night. he said it's okay to say that and what a beautiful sky and seeing that. that's one of the nicest things about being in the washington area. >> we get great views. >> the vistas you have and at the ballpark they're really great. >> especially when they're winning and closing in on their division championship. >> we love winners, don't we? >> the umpires there, nobody is screaming at them these days. >> they're doing a good job. >> they're

trying to figure out where those remains could have possibly come from, and that is where we find matt jablow. matt, are there any answers yet? >> reporter: derek, it's a mystery that police are hoping to solve very quickly. how a bag filled with human body parts ended up on the train tracks here in manassas park. >> we were on the train. >> reporter: it was a pretty typical commute home for cassandra ramirez. making her way on the 615 train. typical until right around 6:00 when the train came to a complete stop and then stayed stop for about two hours. >> quite a day. >> it has been, yes. >> reporter: ramirez was on one of four trains that was stranded tonight because of reports of a suspicious black bag on the tracks in manassas park. >> i mean, i live not that far from manassas park. >> reporter: when it was finally determined the bag contained human body parts. >> one of the people on the train reported that. >> reporter: the stranded trains were sent to the nearest station where buses took the trains weary and somewhat unsettled passengers to their intended destinations. >> what about th

the best thing that ever happened to me, yeah. >> reporter: in alexandria, mattjablow, 9news -- matt jablow9news now. >> the owner of the painting says she intends to take her mother to paris with some of the money she gets from the sale and she wants to put a bouquet of flowers on renoir's grave. what a nice return on that. >>> you're watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. good morning. i'm andrea roane. >>> i'm mike hydeck. good morning, monika, howard. >>> a touch of fog in one or two areas. it's been such a nice week today. our forecast going into the weekend looks good. just a little glow

always. >> in la plata, matt jablow, 9news now. >> an estimated 1700 american soldiers are considered missing in action from the vietnam war. >>> first, it was the fbi, then police, and now tomorrow the military will make arlington county the home of a third straight day of some kind of drill or another. if you live near the joint base meyer henderson hall, don't be surprised if you hear simulated emergency announcements between 8:00 in the morning and 3:00 in the afternoon. just remember, it's all a drill. >> the u.s. army corps of engineers is not to blame for all that flooding around new orleans and hurricane katrina. that is the ruling from a federal appeals court this morning. the case was looking at billions of dollars in damage in the lower 9th ward. and today's ruling by that appeals court reverses the decision the same court made in march and now the corps is immuned from damages. >> today, d.c. council member held a public round table addressing the problem in the neighborhood. you'll recall it flooded several times already this year. residents were allowed to testify about

matt jablow has the details from charles county. >> i'm matt jablow in la plata where charles county became the first county in maryland that will fly the missing in action flag year round. in attendance for the historic event where dozens of veterans and their families -- >> blessed memories. >> and one family's loved one, private first class, francis wills, never returned to vietnam. making him the only soldier from charles county still considered missing in action. >> he was my hero. >> private will's younger brother. >> he was just everything to me. >> francis wills would have been 67 years old where he is still alive. >> my uncle was bigger than life. >> even though private mills is listed as missing in action, they know they'll never see him again. >> do you think there's any chance he's ever coming back? >> the family also knows perhaps with more certainty that he'll be in their hearts for ever. >> he's always with us. always. >> it's believed that about 1700 american soldiers who served in vietnam are still missing in action. >> what a lovely day for such an important ceremon

matt jablow was there and he talks about how the shooting unfolded. >> reporter: police have not givenh information so far, but here is what we know. it happened right around 6:00. a police involved shooting that ended with one man, not a police officer, in the hospital. apparently with a gunshot wound. his condition is not known right now. we also don't know exactly what led to the shooting. a neighbor told me what she saw and heard. >> and i was in the house and i heard two gunshots. my husband was already outside and i ran outside to see what happened and i saw like from what he told me it was a police officer firing -- they were firing back and forth and a police car -- another police car came from back up, and i saw three or four police coming out. >> reporter: once again, one man is in the hospital with a gunshot wound after a police involved shooting here in district heights. we do not know the man's condition nor do we know exactly what led to the shooting. just as soon as we have any more information, we will be sure to pass it along. derek and anita. >> thank you, matt. >>> w

as matt jablow tells us, the pentagon is considering all of the options in the course of a former navywrote about the military operation that took out none other than osama bin laden. >> reporter: pre praised the quiet profession alsz -- president obama praised the quiet professionals. >> it was kill or capture. >> reporter: they're criticizing one of the professionals for not being quiet enough. >> it is the height of irresponsibility not to have this kind of material checked for the possible disclosure of classified information. >> reporter: before retiring from the navy a few months ago, matt was a member of a team that shot osama bin laden to death. >> everything happened. i missed this wall hit. >> reporter: he is now a best selling author having co-written no easy day. his account of when bin laden died. >> we banked 90 degrees. >> reporter: in the book, he gives some details about the raid but nothing, he says, that would compromise national security. but the defense department has a much different view saying the book does, in fact, contain sensitive information and he did not

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matt jablow is on panda patrol tonight. >> reporter: i found out a lot of people head over heels in love with pandas, mostly because they said they're cute. but i also found a therapist who delved beneath the surface to help explain the love that pandas inspire. >> we're devastated. >> reporter: one day after the death of a baby panda, that one short week captured the attention and affection of people all across the washington area and beyond. a prosecute preliminary postmortem examination revealed certain physical problems with the baby panda. >> delivered by palpation, by touching, sounds a little bit hard in places. >> reporter: but they still don't know the exact cause of death. >> i don't think we can rule out anything at this point. >> reporter: what also isn't exactly understood is the country's long time fascination. >> i think they're cute. >> reporter: some would say obsession with pandas. >> i think they're a charismatic type of animal. >> reporter: it goes back 40 years when the pandas given to the u.s. by the chinese government first arrived at the national zoo. >> they're v

matt jablow joins us live with details. >> reporter: residents of the bloomingdale neighborhood say they live in fear of heavy rains which with alarming frequency recently have turned the streets and sidewalks here into rivers. >> completely shocked. >> reporter: after a nice long weekend on the eastern shore, jennifer went back to her friend's house on hue street tonight. they had no idea what happened in this neighborhood yesterday and therefore were completely unprepared for what they saw when they walked in the door. >> what was your first thought when you opened the door? >> what a mess. >> reporter: the torrential rains that fell on the northern parts of the district yesterday had an especially damaging effect on the bloomingdale neighborhood. >> it's very frustrating. >> reporter: three drivers were stranded by water several feet deep and one driver had to be rescued by the fire department. >> constantly pump out their basement. >> reporter: what's more, a number of basement apartments here, especially on u street and rhode island avenue were badly flooded as they have been severa

that was matt jablow reporting just a reminder if you're interested in going to something that's actually positive in washington, d.c.? playoff tickets go on sale beginning 10:00 a.m. today. get them online or call 1-888- 632-nats. >>> turning our attention to campaign 2012 if we must. the race for the white house went through florida thursday with both candidates courting hispanic voters. >> there's a new report that shows the president is raising money in a hurry. even more than mitt romney. susan mcginnis has more. >> reporter: president obama shared a plate of fries with young voters while talking about student loans in south florida. >> what's the average tuition? >> $44,000. around that number. >> reporter: and mitt romney talked medicare in sarasota. >> i hope the people in florida understand this -- he cut medicare by $716 billion. >> reporter: two contrasting images in toll parts of the state -- two parts of the state, each with the same goal. florida's 29 electoral votes. but something president obama said during a candidate's forum on spanish language network drew the most atte

matt jablow has more on isaac's impact here in the district. >> reporter: for a few hours the two-blockisland northwest could easily have passed for parts of the hurricane battered gulf coast. >> within the one block, it's a valley. where all the rain comes, it just floods all the basement apartments. >> reporter: the intense downpours that deluged the northern parts of the district had an especially damaging effect on rhode island avenue it 1st and 3rd streets where several cars were stranded in several feet of water and where one driver had to be rescued by the fire department. >> we had a situation with about 3 or 4 feet of water. >> reporter: eric miller says major flooding here is nothing new. in fact, he said it's becoming pretty regularly although an extremely normal part of life. >> every time a storm is coming, people say brace for impact. people get from frustrated because we don't know what's going to happen. >> reporter: the city knows about the problem but has done nothing to fix it. luckily no one was hurt last night. >>> metro also suffered from flooding issues from yeste

. >> reporter: matt jablow, 9news now. >> police have not released the name of the suspect in the alexandria case. he had been recently arrested on an unrelated charge. >>> a man charged with murdering his elderly wife is indeed competent to stand trial. he's accused of beating and strangling his 91-year-old wife last summer in their georgetown home. she was a former journalist and socialite. >>> an elderly woman from fairfax county is recovering at a hospital after she was attacked by a rabid beaver. it happened at lake barkroft tuesday night. witnesses say the beaver attacked the 83-year-old woman near the shore of the private lake. a pair of fishermen who saw the commotion managed to kill the beaver with their paddles before pulling the woman to safety. >> two minutes across the lake she's screaming help me, help me. i said get out of the water. she said, i can't it's got me. >> lillian peterson was taken to fairfax inova hospital for treatment of minor injuries. she's expected to recover but will have to begin a series of rabies shots. >>> last month's deadly train derailment in ellicott

as matt jablow reports, one man was arrested and a number of dogs were seized. >> reporter: over the course of three hours, fairfax county police executed a field search warrant at 4511 tipton lane. male and female adult dogs and puppies. officers also took out various items often used to train fighting dogs. treadmills, harnesses, heavy chains and a device used to force breeding. the suspected ring leader right now faces one charge of being an unfit animal owner, but more charges could be added as the investigation continues. as for the dogs, their fate i

. >> matt jablow joins us from police headquarters with the latest. >> reporter: police aren't the only of love and support and concern. >> we need help. >> reporter: nearly three weeks after 17-year-old amber stanley. >> she was beautiful, she was smart. >> reporter: was found shot to death in her prince george's county home, residents filled the community center to hear police talk about their efforts to solve the case. >> we're talking to everybody that we can in the shopping centers. >> reporter: efforts that now include a significant out reach to the public for information that could lead to an arrest. >> we need the community to pull together. >> reporter: irma gaither is amber stanley's mother. she says she has no idea who killed her daughter. >> i'm at a loss. >> reporter: a young woman whom she described as talented and loving and whose absence has made her life extremely paperful. >> i miss her. that's my baby. i'm just waiting to wake up. i'm hoping it's a horrible dream. i'm walking around waiting to wake up. >> reporter: should you have any information about the person or p

. >> matt jablow joins us live from the scene with more on what we know at this point. ust got there. >> reporter: d.c. police just wrapped up a press conference. it all started earlier today here at coolidge high school in northwest washington where two students got into some type of a fight or argument. one of the students then left the building and came back when school let out for the day at 3:15. he then found, according to police, the student whom he had been fighting with and shot him at least once in the leg just outside the school. not inside the school. outside the school on scoot property. the suspect was quickly arrested. a gun was recovered. the victim was taken to a local hospital with what are described as nonlife threatening injuries. police recovered a weapon and they are not looking for anymore suspects. the school, for a brief time, was on lockdown. once they realized they had everybody in custody who was responsible for the shooting, the students were let out for the day. now back to you guys in the studio. >>> metro meantime keeping a close eye on it

our own matt jablow continues our team coverage with that part of the story. >> you would have thought from the enormous smiles on the players' faces that the redskins had just won the super bowl. sorry, not yet. instead the smiles, they were beaming because of the return of the regular refs. >> you always say you don't miss something until you go without it. >> it was a jubilant redskins locker room today in ashburn where the return of the referees was all people were talking about. >> they got the deal done, excited to have them back. >> reporter: some were more vocally than others. what was your first reaction when you heard the strike had been settled with the refs? >> i said hallelujah. >> reporter: but all agreeing it was a very good thing. >> they know their positions. they know the rules. >> reporter: for the players in particular. >> thank you, lord. >> reporter: and for the game in general. what was your first reaction when you heard the refs were coming back? >> great. it's awesome. i saw it this morning. >> they keep everything under control. a couple weeks back they had pl

. >> reporter: i'm matt jablow at redskins park in ashburn where the return of the referees was all most people were talking about. >> you always say you don't miss something until you go without it. >> they got the deal done, excited to have them back. >> reporter: some more vocally than others. what was your first reaction when you heard the strike had been settled? >> i said hallelujah. >> reporter: but all agreeing it was a very good thing. >> they know their positions. they know the rules. >> reporter: the players in particular. >> thank you, lord. >> reporter: and for the game in general. what was your first reaction when you heard the refs were coming back? >> great, awesome. i saw it this morning. >> they keep everything under control. a couple week back you had players doing dirty plays against us. those things won't happen when you have the real refs back. in. >> reporter: though they might be the most excited people to have the referees back, the mayors clearly aren't the only ones welcoming the -- the players clearly aren't the only ones welcoming the refs back with open arms

matt jablow joins us with more. >> reporter: another in the hospital with a gun shot wound after shooting just outside the school. just about three hours ago. both students involved in the incident are described by police as being in their late teens. we are told that this all started earlier in the day when the two students got into some type of confrontation. >> our understanding is that there was a verbal altercation earlier in the day and that one student left the building, came back and that is when the shooting happened outside of the building. >> the student who was shot is said to be suffering from nonlife threatening injuries. police have uncovered a gun and not looking for anymore suspects. >>> the board has adopted new ethics policies. this following complaints that board members spent thousands of taxpayer dollars on their travel. the metropolitan washington air force authority board reenstated board member, dennis, and approved an agreement to settle a lawsuit between martir and the state of virginia. the lawsuit includes his decision to take him off the board for his travel

matt jablow has now arrived there so we'll get the story from him. matt. >> reporter: derek, here is what we have right now. it happened just about an hour ago here in the 800-block of southern avenue southeast as you said. a prince george's county police officer shot a suspect just about an hour ago as i said. about 10:10 tonight. the suspect was taken to a local hospital. the extent of his injuries not known at the time. we also don't know what led to the shooting. we're doing our best to gather more information and just as soon as we have any more information we will be sure to pass it along. of course we should know a lot more about exactly what led to the shooting and the condition of the suspect starting tomorrow morning on 9news at 4:25ment for now let's go back to -- 4:25. for now let's go back to the studio. >> wild night. hopefully it's over. >> it's over. the next seven days, we have the nats in town. double header. breeds ee. great on -- owe breezy. great on friday. home opener for the skins on sunday. the ravens are playing that night on

as matt jablow reports, one man was arrested and a number of dogs were seized. >> reporter: over the course of three hours, fairfax county police executed a field search warrant at 4511 tipton lane. male and female adult dogs and puppies. officers also took out various items often used to train fighting dogs. treadmills, harnesses, heavy chains and a device used to force breeding. the suspected ring leader right now faces one charge of being an unfit animal owner, but more charges could be added as the investigation continues. as for the dogs, their fate is now unclear. >> pit bulls unfortunately are filling a lot of the shelters in the area. >> reporter: michelle yu is director of behavior and training at the washington animal rescue league where she occasionally rehabilitates pit bulls. many pit bulls that were trained to fight can be retrained not to. >> they lack a lot of socialization. they're sometimes a little less confident. but they can be placed after some rehabilitation. hand feeding. working with the volunteers. going out for walks. doing the things normal pets do. >> rep