you can watch it live with us with andrea roane and mike hydek. we're just talking about an amazing event, rock and roll bands all along the course, cheerleaders, excitement and again a lot of fun on a beautiful weekend here throughout washington d.c. lesli, back to you. >> go back and hold up that tutu because you're not getting out of this so well. >> reporter: what do you think? >> we need proof if you run with that thing on. we need pictures. we need some proof. >> reporter: you think i'm going to need to take a picture? >> i do and post it. we want to see this of. >> reporter: challenge has been posted, okay. see what i can do, guys. back to you. >> great running weather for this weekend. >> it will be. probably as we've mentioned earlier, people probably train for colder weather, but it's been warm now a couple weeks. temps will probably be in the 60s when you run. we set the record today. let's start with a live look outside. we have some clouds, leftover showers off to the west, but they're weakening as they move north and eastward. this i

now that's cool, mike hydek, 9 news now. >> nice shot.ou have a cool school or program, we would the to hear from you. e-mail mike at wusa9.com. >>> this is 9 news now. >> i've signed the bill. >>> a historic moment tonight as maryland joins seven other states and the district as being the other other places where same sex couple can legally get married. our matt jablow was right there when governor martin o'malley signed the bill about 45 minutes ago and, matt, talk about the mood in annapolis tonight. >> reporter: it's a day gay rights supporters in maryland have been looking forward to an awfully long time, the day governor o'malley signed into law making maryland the eighth state in the country plus the district of columbia to legalize same sex marriage. the bill barely passed both houses of the general assembly last month. the law goes into effect january 1st. the governor signed the bill into law at 5:14 this afternoon at the statehouse along with senate president mike miller who voted against the bill, house speaker michael bush wh

mike hydek, 9 news now. >> if you've got a cool school, send mike an e-mail. >> this is 9 news now. >ight our top story, we are learning of an alleged prostitution ring targeting high school girls all across northern virginia. >> federal prosecutors say five members of a street gang based in fairfax county were running this prostitution business and according to authorities, they'd recruit the teens either through facebook or by approaching them on the street and the girls were threatened if they refused to participate. kristin fisher has been working this story for us. >> reporter: so far investigators have identified 10 victims in this case between the ages of 16 and 18. two of the girls were even beaten or cut with a knife when they tried to quit or refused to participate. these girls were recruited in school at metro stations and especially on facebook. take a good look at this facebook page. it claims to be the profile of a girl rain smith, but fairfax county police say it's full of fake photographs and that it really belongs to the mastermind of this prostitution ring. >> basica

mike hydek takes us to the classroom. >> reporter: you've heard it called the living, breathing documenthear the u.s. constitution, too, thanks to teenage filmmakers from across the country. >> these pieces of cardboard are still here means the messages written on the cardboards are worth more than the cardboards' value by themselves are immaterial. >> we've sold a lot of these signs. >> reporter: becca and kiernan close the first amendment for their documentary and found a real life example of it. >> we heard about occupy d.c. which is going on and we thought this is current, fresh, young. living in a democracy isn't easy. >> reporter: and a modern lens to explore a 225-year-old document. the two seniors from montgomery blair high school were one of 1,200 teens in cspan's student cam contest titled the constitution and you. they wrote, shot and edited the piece of kiernan even composed music for it. >> people that are 11, 12, 13, 14 years old are actually making five minute documentaries and they really turn your head when you see them. >> reporter: like this one on article 5, the provi

mike hydek introduces us to a cancer survivor who is running so that others can do the same. >> reporterit's one of the greatest sensations in the world, feeling healthy and alive. brian lee once feared he may never feel this good again, the day he learned he had leukemia. >> i was miserable every day. some days i didn't feel like even getting up to go for a walk and i'll be running the rock and roll half marathon one year before my four year diagnosis day. i'll be kicking cancer's butt one more time, can't hold me down. >> go team! >> reporter: brian's friends are joining him in that race to beat blood cancer. their leukemia and lymphoma societies in training is raising cash for cure and treatment. a rare leukemia killed blair mclaughlin's 13-year-old brother and she hasn't missed a fundraiser since. >> in a sense i get to keep my brother alive and we're somewhere in the neighborhood of a half a million dollars raised. i'm not a runner, but the reason i'm able to do that is because i'm surrounded by all these people who are doing that for the same reason. >> reporter: what's a rock and

andrea roane and mike hydek host our coverage starting at 8 a.m. >> this is 9 news now. >>> we need toreat him as a soldier entitled to the rights he's entitled to and go from there. >> the u.s. soldier accused of gunning down 16 afghan villagers including women and children is heading back to the united states to face charges. we've learned that that unidentified soldier had an exemplary record prior to the shootings and suffered traumatic brain injuries on the battlefield during previous tours of duty. >> no matter the outcome of the legal actions against him, more than his military career is finished. >> as bigad shaban reports, efforts to patch up strained u.s./afghanistan relations is only just beginning. >> reporter: the american soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians is reportedly on his way to a u.s. military prison at ft. leavenworth, kansas. a senior defense department official says he