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send them to mcginty's mail bag. the address is mailbag@wusa9.com. >> we are looking at fog, what else do we have in store? >> 80s by friday. the fog shouldn't be as widespread or as dense as it was this morning. let's start with a live look outside our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. temperature hit 70 today and it's 69. winds are dead calm. and the pressure 30.25 inches of mercury. we have been lucky with winds since the cherry blossoms are in their peek and we'll have light winds for a while, which is kind of nice. all right, let's talk about the satellite picture, radar combined. down into louisiana and also into arkansas now pushing primarily into mississippi and western sections of tennessee. this same system is going to give us a chance for showers and thunderstorms over the weekend, but you see this swirl here, area of low pressure sitting and swirling and not moving in west sections of oklahoma. which by the way is more average or normal for spring. we get upper level lows that sit. so th

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. >>> this send your e-mails to mcginty's mailbag, the address mailbag at wusa9.com. 9 news now will be right back. >>> our mailbag tonight the continuing disturbing saga of trayvon martin. we now add the name of congressman bobby rush to our tale as he wore a hoodie as a sign of protest while speaking out on the house floor yesterday. now this, of course, violated the house rules and he was removed, but not before he sparked a lot of conversation, much of it on our wusa9 facebook passenger. steven calls the protest juvenile and unprofessional conduct. public officials need to listen, observe and take action, not mimic and put on a floor show. get a grip, congressman, but rombai was a tad more charitable. i believe this congressman has the right to stand up for what he believes in. i don't see how that's childish at all. i'll tell you what's childish or unbecoming of an elect owed fish, how about a childlike out- - elected official, how about a child like outburst during a presidential address. it's okay for him, though, right? and then there's ben. such a circus this has become. whe

weigh in on that one mcginty's mail back. >> if you liked it today, just wait until tomorrow. topper has a very summer-like forecast for you. >>> a hero's welcome in rockville this afternoon for a family from germantown just released from the custody of immigration officials but is still under the threat of being deported. the plight of 19-year-old montgomery county college student jorge acuna and his family has captured the attention of the entire county council and has lit a fire under the illegal immigration issue in maryland. that college student has been in the country since he was 8 years old and scott broom was in rockville where people were rallying for his cause. >> reporter: i'm scott broom in rockville where a young college student facing deportation received a hero's welcome this afternoon after being released from detention. 19-year-old jorge steven acuna and his family just released from a maximum security holding facility on maryland's eastern shore pending deportation proceedings late yesterday. and they've come home to a hero's welcome. friends from montgomery

keep your thoughts coming into mcginty's mailbag. the address is mailbag at wusa9.com. >> just another beautiful day in the neighborhood, but could it take a stormy turn for the beginning of spring. >> but first one of a kind procedure to save a one of a kind dog, the effort to keep this four-legged hero pain free, comfortable up next. >>> back now with a heads up for anyone driving out to dulles airport tonight. starting at 9:30vdot will close the entire airport access road starting at interstate 495, the beltway, to crews can work on the express lanes. all the traffic needs to use the dulles toll road. drivers won't have to pay the toll since the airport road is closed. the lanes will reopen by 5 a.m. the same deal is in effect each night through thursday. s. >>> after the attacks on 9/11 -- thursday. >>> after the attacks on 9/11 search and rescue dogs help find victims in new york city, shanksville, pennsylvania and the pentagon. one of the last 9/11 dogs still alive is in annapolis and she received a groundbreaking new treatment

we'd like to see them in mcginty's mailbag. the address is mailbag at wusa9.com or you can post your thoughts on our facebook page. >>> could our weekend end up being a washout? topper shutt has the answer in your full 9 news now forecast, but first talk about a life changing opportunity. d.c. kids can go to any state college and not pay the out of state rates. we'll get the details as to how many are participating. >>> $311 million, that is how much congress has appropriated over the years to help pay using its of d.c. students going to colleges all over the country. it's called the tuition assistance program or tag and it's only available to d.c. residents. advocates call the program a huge success, even though the number who graduate is below the national average. here's bruce johnson. >> it's not just a program about my child, but it's for the city's children. >> reporter: that's michelle seabrook and she's at the district's tuition assistance office because she and her husband are about to send off their second child to co

. >> our derek mcginty says no way. hear from derek in a special edition of his "let's be real." >>> a college education is great for sure, but it's just not worth what it used to be. i'll explain that coming up at 6:07. you are watching 9news now. >>> 5:56 on this thursday morning. mild. temps in the 50s. we have some clouds that will pass over us. not going to rain at all. just muddy up the sky a little bit this morning. 60 degrees though by 9:00. upper 50s in much of the region to 60 in tappahannock. as we go through lunch time, we're looking at sunshine. mid-60s here. winds will pick up, too. if you're going to be outside or run, you'll notice the wind. in southwestern pennsylvania some showers for the afternoon. we'll still be looking at partly sunny conditions at 3:00. more sun south and east. upper 60s to around 70 with drive home temperatures in the upper 60s. here come the showers after dark. andrea and mike, over you to. >> thank you, howard. >>> if you've never seen our colleague derek mcginty's "let's be rea

send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag. the address, mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. >>> in the mail bag tonight, distracted pedestrians. yesterday, i said we don't need any new laws banning walking and texting. how about common sense? john from lorton, virginia, is on my side. unless there's a cop on every street corner enforcing d.c.'s latest round of nonsense is impact impact call at best, if you aren't page attention to iron flying at you at 40 miles an hour, shame on you. well you know what? that's exactly what i said, mark from falls church begs to disagree. these irresponsible people who are not taught to look both ways before they cross the street are a danger. we hear of laws to protect them from the distracted driver. i say share the joy and pass the fines on where they belong. and mary did not like my final remark suggests that if you are looking at your phone and walk into a bus, it's your own fault. derek, what were you thinking? how about the driver of that bus? he or she just injured or kille

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send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag.he address, mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. >>> i said it before, i'll say it before. best tv theme song ever. to the maryland general assembly decision to the bag tax in prince georges county. a senate committee killed the idea saturday and cheryl gregory says thank goodness. spent $200 at a grocery store and i have to buy bags. it's so unfair. the stores are able to pocket the profits, no report has been made about how much and where the bag tax money is. good for maryland. wonderful people will shop in maryland. they have already put in place a bag tax in montgomery county. it's supposed to go for environmental cleanup. kristen says the tax is all for the good. it's a real shame. people are unwilling to see the terrible impact plastic shopping bags have on the environment. a lot of these are the same people that refused to recycle because it's inconvenience. i lived in d.c. when the bag tax was implemented. many stores offered free reusable bags. but joan said there

derek mcginty has more on the debate. >> the violence against women act first passed back in 1994 and congress has since reauthorized it twice in 2000 and then again in 2005 and the funding authorization runs out again this year. a proposal to extend it once again is currently in the u.s. senate. so far, though, the issue has not come up for debate and today women senators from both sides of the aisle took to the floor to demand action now. >> we've got to remember our communities and our families and i think if you're beaten and abused, you should be able to turn to your government to either be rescued and put you on the path and also to have those very important programs. >> it is an important commitment to victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse that they're not alone. this is a promise that resources and expertise are available. >> now here's where it gets interesting. this bill actually started off with bipartisan support. in fact, five republicans cosponsored the bill, but no gop senator voted for it when the judiciary committee approved it last month. turns out leaders fr

send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag. the address, mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. >>> in the mail bag tonight, radio shack's big reaction on the wusa9 facebook page who had a run in at a local radio shack with a clerk that got so mad, he printed out a receipt which sad, ugly itch, get over u.s.a. tattooville, maryland. allen taylor says that clerk needs to go. people that come in to spend their hard earned money and pay that clerk's salary, i work for a retail establishment and i say thank you and have a nice day. yes, we can all have bad days. don't print your ignorant comments on a sales receipt. but joyce wonders if the clerk was really the guilty party. i've worked at several different retail stores and none of us employees could change any of the wording on the receipt. so, i'm not sure the clerk of this store did this. but an investigation is warranted and the guilty party should be fired. and john building says the customer may be partly to blame as well. if they went back and forth over 5 cents f

send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag. mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. >>> greatest tv theme song ever. in the mail bag tonight, afghanistan, an american soldier allegedly goes on a killing spree, gunning down 16 afghan civilians, alfred says it is fine for u.s. officials to offer condolences, however, now where are the expressions of regret and apologies by president karzai for the four enlisted members of the nato forces and the two high ranking officers of the u.s. killed? far more afghans are killed by afghans. why doesn't the karzai government do something about that? alfred, it's a fair point. polls say a will the lot of americans say it's time to get out of afghanistan. over on the wusa9 facebook page, a heated debate over karen murphy, that mother who left her two-year-old to die in the back of her minivan. murphy will serve no jail time and that struck you as insane. lisa writes, so, let's see. a person can go to work, leave a child to die and only get probation and community service. did i get th

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send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag.he address, mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. >>> in the mail bag tonight, the troubling case of trayvon martin goes on. yesterday, we chatted with a george washington university law professor who says a very close reading of the florida law explains why the sanford police could not arrest george zimmerman for shooting martin. john from virginia says it is about time. finally, glad to hear something other than hysterical one sided rhetoric. you aired via an academic legal expert what's been bubbling about a witness that observed mr. martin on top of mr. zimmerman beating him while mr. zimmerman was calling for help. let's calm down and get to the truth of the matter and prosecute to the fullest extent of the law. and we have similar sentiments from john who feels for the martin family. however, the more details emerge from this tragedy, the less obvious it is that we have an unarmed teenager shot by some gun happy nut. as bad as the florida self- defense law may be, you

send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag. the address, mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. >>> that's our funky prime time music. a massive debate regarding a proposed maryland law that would ban drivers from smoking in the car if a child younger than 8 is along for the ride. rhonda is all for it. a child can't speak their mind nor understand the reprecushions of what cigarettes do for you. this law should be passed. but allen taylor said good intentions aside, the proposed law goes too far. isn't what you do in your car your business? roll down your window. hold your head out the window, that way you won't blow smoke in the kids face. next thing, they're going to try to ban smoking in your own home while your kids are in the house. and cristie admits she's a smoker. she doesn't think much of this law at all. why should the government have any say in what i do in my car with my children? i do everything for my child and just because i smoke in the car with the window down doesn't make me a bad parent. the governm

send your e-mails to mcginty's mailbag, mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. >>> take a kneeeverybody. time for the mailbag. in the mailbag the wusa 9 facebook page fielding many comments regarding council member and alleged beltway danica patrick karen tolls and her no-question news conference. basically she read a written statement saying i'm sorry to cause all this trouble, now leave me alone while my lawyers and the lawyer work this out. patrice matthews was just one of many who were not buying it. what's the attorney for? pay and move on if it's such a distraction. for the record, not all of us have a speeding ticketed nor any type of moving violation. and susie says this. shows a lack of good judgment, a lack of responsibility, and a disregard for the law. a council person ought to be a good example, and law-abiding, no, reading a prepared statement is not good enough. and cassandra roberts, she says, "hell no, she's not sorry. why are we still giving her any attention? if we visit this at election time hopefully she will be out of a job." then there was this about the

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derek mcginty is on a twinement tonight. >>> the fate of president obama -- assignment tonight. >>> thet obama's healthcare law is now on its final third day in court. bruce leshan with more on today's developments from capitol hill. >> reporter: a little reporter's humility, so many moving parts in today's argument that it is tough to predict the final outcome, but the obama administration has to be concerned about the tone of these three days of hearings. >> what do we want? healthcare! >> when do we want it? >> now! >> reporter: an argument that could shape healthcare in america for generations. >> in the name of the lord our god. >> reporter: right at the start one of the court's

derek mcginty says this is another issue of big government intruding in our lives. check out his commentary on wusa9.com, it's in his let's be real section. >> it's interesting when you look back at things, regulations that were in the past. people said it was government intruding on our lives when it was about seat belts. so but it is -- one of those issues so check out his let's be real commentary. >>> let's be real. let's get to weather right now. >> yeah, jackets required this morning. unlike yesterday. gosh 74? >> uh-huh. >> a lot of people very happy out there. a lot of things in bloom. >> still, 50s not awful right now. >> we could be doing a lot worse and we're going to be doing a lot colder by tonight and saturday then. but right now grab the jacket and sweaters, sweatshirts you will need them. we have a chill returning. here's your bus stop forecast. skies are mostly cloudy. they'll become maybe partly sunny here in a little while especially knot and west of town with -- north and west of town with temperatures in the 40s and lower 50s at the bus stop. sun