send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag. the address, mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. >>> wonder what they are saying about avengers2. gsa workers taking home $200,000 a year, most in overtime. is there really a scandal here? can wusa prove there's an overtime cap in place? can they prove any of these workers somehow patted the payroll with fraud? until then, consider that an employee who is willing to work that long and hard is likely doing the work of two or three people, saving the taxpayers benefits. i'm disappointed that a hometown station is reducing anchors to tabloid status by jumping on the let's hate the federal workers sensationalism bandwagon. first of all, federal workers are our friends, too. he points out a couple of things. first of all, while we don't allege anything illegal, these overtime payments are an anomaly that at least deserve some kind of explanation. something gsa failed to provide us. secondly, the salary data should have been in gsa's public reports and it was not. many of the q

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cast your thought into mcginty's mailbag, the address mailbag@wusa9.com. >>> another hot muggy day, a few storms out there. topper has us another yellow alert. top, what are you seeing? >> a front boundary to our south, which is actually nice. if you're north of 66 and north of route 50, you won't have storms tonight. a couple storms that popped up in the last half hour are just southwest of warrenton about to cross over 29. that's about it. you have to go down toward fredericksburg to see more activity. earlier it was heavy around harrisonburg, right right now the only one in the immediate area is southwest of warrenton. temperaturewise 93 today, still 90 downtown, but in the 80s in the burbs, 86 gaithersburg, manassas, 83 andrews, fredericksburg 86 degrees. tonight we'll keep the chance of a thunderstorm, but south of town early, otherwise partly cloudy, mild, 66 to 74, wind i.c.e., southeast at 10. we'll come -- winds east, southeast at 10. we'll come back and talk about another cold front heading our way late in the week. >>> coming up another historic moment for nasa as the lates

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, a little more on congress member, todd aiken. last night, i rejected the idea that vice president biden's recent statements regarding big banks putting people in chains were equally offensive. pete from maryland says show you're right. the vice president's remark was no way offensive. pandering at worst. representative aiken's comment on the other hand, i did find disgusting and ignorant. that's why aiken should drop out of the race, making policy and laws for the whole nation. i thank you for support. and we add this on the case of brandon, that's the former military man arrested for threatening to put on facebook. he is being evaluated for mental issues. is it fair to keep him locked up since he has not been charged with a crime? our good friend, deb, says we don't have a choice. i would say the authorities did the absolute correct thing in taking him. what if we had this information before mc

send your e-mails to mcginty's mail bag. mailbag@wusa9.com. 9news now will be right back. >>> todd aiken says he is not dropping allot out of the race. kim from silver spring says that's too bad. todd aiken needs to resign or drop out of the race. because he is either too gullible, too ignorant, or too knowing to repeat lies. does he believe a woman's body knows when she is being raped or was he willing to repeat anything factual or false supporting his antiabortion position? and todd aiken should remain in the race because his outrageously stupid comments are in keeping with the rhetoric associated with the party. larry says fair is fair. i find it quite two-faced, while all but making apologies for biden's comment regarding putting folks back in change. don't forget who our vp made in front of. bottom line, the congressman should drop out of his race right after the vice president does. and we got similar sentiments from karen. while equally offensive remarks. could it be that racism is alive and well in this country and t

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send your e-mails to mcginty's mailbag, the address mailbag@wusa9.com. 9 news now will be right back. >>> welcome back. you hate to see this sign when you pull up to the pump, 9.89 a gallon at a shell station in green bay, wisconsin. it's been fixed now to a slightly less unpleasant 3.89 a gallon, no word whether somebody bought the full priced petrol. >>> in the mailbag tonight a serving of what i call vice president joe biden is ungaffable. most folks shrug it off when he does it again. peter says that maybe true but it's not a good thing. the romney campaign says it wants to unshackle the banks. biden's response was unshackle the big banks and you will shackle the middle class. a few tweets later it becomes unchain wall street and they're going to put you all back in chains. joe may be less than artful, but his point was well taken. under the prior regime bank practices left many americans tied down if not literally in chain. going back to that regime without consumer protection means chancing the same results. >>> then on the shooting at the family research council from our good f

the address is as always mailbag@wusa9.com -- many mcginty's mailbag. -- in mcginty's mailbag. the address is as always mailbag@wusa9.com. that is our report. we're back here at 11:00. have a great evening. bye bye. >>> now, "entertainment tonight," the worldwide leader in entertainment news. >>> ann romney and the "modern family" controversy today. >> what the romney boys think about a role on abc's "modern family." for their mom. >> i don't think she'll have time to go do sitcoms. >> what do we not know about your father yet that you want to reveal to us? >> mitt romney's favorite rock band and their advice for prince harry. >>> plus, new shots of the royals out in public without harry. are they keeping him under wraps? >>> leann rimes checks into a treatment facility. we'll tell you why. >>> sexy kate hudson. behind the scenes of "glee." >>> olympic darling gabby douglas' new "vanity fair" tell-all, claims that she was bullied by her teammates.

you can have your say in mcginty's mailbag. the address is mailbag@wusa9.com. >>> d.c. police now looking into a number of leads trying to solve a disturbing robbery on capitol hill that nearly killed a 29-year-old husband and father. >> reporter: i'm scott broom at eastern market on capitol hill where police today are following a number of leads in the disturbing attack against 29-year-old thomas maslin. what's so upsetting about what happened to maslin is how long he may have been injured before anyone found him. according to a police report, maslin was discovered by a passer-by on this porch in the 700 block of north carolina avenue at 8:30 in the morning saturday, so badly beaten and incoherent rescuers thought he was having a seizure. he was just a few blocks from home. according to a police report, maslin was last seen at the tune in bar and restaurant on pennsylvania avenue. it was 12:45 a.m. police don't know what happened after that, but clues include a neighbor who reported shouting near where maslin was found between 3:30 and 4 a.m., five hours before he was

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mcginty's mailbag is the place to weigh.n the address is mailbag@wusa9.com. >>> a very successful day for team usa across the pond in london. we won't spoil the surprise for any of tonight's events, but we want to show you the medal count. the u.s. has 37 medals overall. china, japan, germany and russia round out the top five. the medals are the only sought after -- or should i say they are not the only sought after item in london. more than 100 years fans, athletes and events workers have bartered, traded and collected olympic pins. bigad shaban takes a look at that tradition. >> reporter: of olympics some fans -- every olympics some fans come not just for the games, but for these pins. 73-year-old al falco has 35,000 of the shiny collectibles. >> pins are a mean as to an end. >> reporter: falco has trade -- means to an end. >> reporter: falco has traded at 12 olympic games and has learned to be picky. rejects 10 times more pins than he accepts. 8-year-old alex hampton walked away empty handed. what did it make you feel? >>

derek mcginty was there to soak up some of that hometown love for the purple and black. >> reporter:e talking about practice, but it's still the baltimore ravens playing up- close and personal for free. you love the ravens? where else would you be? >> we've got to support the players, gotta have fun, show the purple off. >> i'm a ravens fan through and through. >> reporter: but there are fans, and then there are fans. this dude is captain defense. no, seriously. >> initially when we went to the super bowl wade pretty strong defense so is i adopted the name captain defense. >> reporter: you may be wondering why these rows are blocked have off. it's for post-practice autographs, and, get this, no grown-ups allowed. >> we're going make sure that these are mementos these kids can keep on their bedroom wall like i did when i was a kid. >> reporter: and the players were feeling the love. >> having fun being a kid. that's what it's all about. when somebody makes a play, you hear the crowd. that's what fires us up. >> reporter: and you figured the mood had to be light when i went to chat one

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, reaction to last week's interview regarding u.s.a. today's twitter meter, which ranks our presidential candidate based on positive or negative tweets. now as of today, president obama is 36 out of 100. mitt romney is at a 44. it is all a bunch of nonsense. your recent segment on the twitter meter is stupid. if wusa thinks that twitter trends will prove the one will win, go ahead and preach to the choir, since most of your stories are puff choicefor your chosen candidate. i'm confused since the twitter meter is a nonpartisan thing and candidate rankings go up and down based on what millions of you are tweeting out there. is it stupid? i say the jury is out whether it means anything at all, which is what we said on friday. however, i thought it was interesting. meantime, craig said this about romney's new vice presidential pick. mitt romney needed to reach out to those voters between his positions

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send your e-mails to mcginty's mailbag, the address mailbag@wusa9.com. 9 news now will be right back. got the chance to start my own business. i know what it's like to hire people and to make ends meet. from those experiences, i had the chance of running the olympics. the games were in real trouble. there'd been way too much spending. and in massachusetts i found a budget that was badly out of balance. our legislature was 85% democrat. and every one of the four years i was governor, we balanced the budget. i want to use those experiences to help americans have a better future. we believe in our future. we believe in ourselves. we believe the greatest days of america are ahead. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> in the mailbag tonight gabby douglas, the amazing 16- year-old who apparently has another nickname, the flying squirrel, i love that, she also won the gold medal for the individual gymnastics in london but a rather nasty undercurrent of chatter has cropped up on the web criticizing little gabby's hair-do. at 6:00 our lesli foster eloquently applied a verbal slapdow

. >> adam mcginty summarizes the feelings of his classmates. >> it feels pretty relieving, actually because i had a lot of stress going through high- school. i did not know i would make it here this year. i thought it would take another year of english. >> they packed the auditorium to help create memories. >> we had 69 students graduate so they come from all walks of life. some are graduate early. some are doing things i need to do because they did not graduate in may but they meet that milestone and we help them get there. >> 10 earned enough credits to finish school ahead of time. >> i thought why not just graduate in your early? i took classes over the summer. >> it is a wonderful experience. i cannot put it into words. >> graduating was always just a dream, it will happen eventually but now it is like, it happens, you have graduated. >> most coughed are hanging their diplomas on the wall and working toward their college degrees. >> congratulations. >> trouble paying your bill? you might be a target for skimmers. >> someone is making big promises in the name of catholic charities. >> th

we'd like to swish a special happy birthday to derek mcginty. vep birthday if -- happy birthday fits' your day, too. i'll go east coast for the philly cheesesteak omelette. no, let's go to the heartland for the midwestern meat & potatoes sandwich. wait umm, yeah. try the seven regionally inspired dishes of the tour of america menu. only at denny's. >>> good morning. welcome back to 9news now. 5:45. so many people stop all of us on the street and say they have such a good time, they like starting their mornings with us. thanks to charles nelson. he and his wife start their day with us. good to see you. and joe was at the american diabetes kickoff last night to the walk in october. also enjoying starting his morning with us. we thank all of you and you will want to thank olga breese for the great forecast she's getting ready to give you. >> i'll take the credit for this morning but don't look for me later on this evening. >> but then there's tomorrow and the weekend. >> that's right. we take it as it comes, right? good weather is great no matter h