in northwest washington, andrea mccarren, 9 news now. >>> if we had a machine at home that controlled the weather, this week is pretty much what we would have come up with. so now that the weekend is here, will our magic machine keep working? top? >> we can keep it on cruise control. we do have a cold front pushing through tonight and a few clouds. we've not seen cloud really all week. here's a -- clouds really all week. here's a look at temperatures in the 70s. our high of 82, 80 downtown, 75 in gaithersburg, 77 in leesburg, 79 in frederick, 78 out towards fredericksburg. satellite and radar, see showers in through pennsylvania, month of those showers north of us. we'll come back and talk about the prospects of a late shower and yes, take you through the weekend forecast. >>> coming up we'll tell you how one community center is trying to make things better for some young people in the neighborhood. >> but up next the royal family in england is not amused at some racy shots of kate middleton that ended up in a french magazine. we'll tell you what that's all about. and allow employers

kristin fisher reports the bloomingdale neighborhood of northwest washington was hit the hardest. >> reporter: a d.c. driver rescued by firefighters after he drove into several feet of standing water on rhode island avenue. at least two other cars were partially submerged sunday night in the bloomingdale neighborhood. a neighborhood that's become known for major flooding during relatively minor summer storms. >> it's a valley. it's where all the rain comes and it floods out all the basement apartments. >> reporter: forest wilson spent the morning cleaning up his mud caked sidewalk. >> in the 52 years you've been here, how many times would you say it's flooded your basement? >> i can't count them. >> reporter: recently it's gotten much worse. this is the fourth time this year that his basement has flooded. >> a whole lot of water down there. >> reporter: it's the same story at every single home up and down this street. mayor gray has actually started a task force to try and tackle all of the flooding in this neighborhood. in fact, the task force held its first meeting last tuesday. so

. >> reporter: i'm andrea mccarren in northwest washington with an interesting story about what happened to this car. >> it was a tremendous crash. >> reporter: the gunthers thought it was a thunder clap. >> i said gee, what a terrible storm with the thunder. it's so loud. >> reporter: look at what he saw. the elderly couple's honda was totaled by a colossal tree that had toppled from across the street. >> we just couldn't believe it. >> reporter: the fallen tree smashed a nearby picket fence. its branches ripped shingles off a roof, but the car took the brunt of its impact. >> i took the optimistic view well, maybe we can salvage the car until we looked at it. >> reporter: but the gunthers' story doesn't end there. neighbors say the residents of this house called the d.c. deposit at least five times to share -- government at least five times to share their concern about the health of this tree and five times they say a city tree inspector came out and deemed this tree healthy, but d.c.'s department of transportation whose urban forestry administration has oversight of the city's trees i

we are live in northwest washington abc 7 news. >> still ahead on abc 7 news at 5:00 a big change coming to one of the fast-food restaurants. >> i am horace holmes. this will captioned by the national captioning institute >> a theft ring was busted at a beauty salon. >> they sold goods out of a salon. horace holmes is live with what kind of stuff she was allegedly selling. >> police said undercover officers actually cracked this case and they waited this hair salon behind me and found a lucrative fencing business and tens of thousands of dollars in stolen goods. police uncovered handbags, shoes, jewelry perfume, even liquor. all were on display at the la- shane beauty supply. you did not know what was going on in the back of this corporate >> no. >> one woman claimed no knowledge of the illegal operation police say was going on in the back. are you surprised? but police say they knew exactly what had been going on here for at least the last six months. they hired professional thieves who would steal the items to be resold in the back of the hair salon. >> she was just buying stolen produ

we still have a problem in northwest washington. closing be to drive both ways near joyce road. a tree came down on the road. hopefully not much longer for that is cleared. connecticutt to use whatever works best rather than beach drive trying to get to rock creek parkway. back to you. >> consider heading out the door morning.his you will see some gridlock on the roads. is in bethesda to explain what's behind the terrible traffic tuesday. >> it could be a rude awakening of commuters this morning. people are no longer on vacation. getting back to the class room and people are getting back to work. 2.8 million of your closest friends could be hitting highway. heading out on the highway could crowded today as everyone gets back to school and back to work. people will be going in the morning. >> driving is expected to be so aaa is calling this terrible traffic. g to the transportation agency, congestion on the road up 26% from will be used toers have been over the past couple months. and means time battling the will jump from 20 minutes 26ing the summer to minutes. mike conneen has

in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> my flood -- my car is flooded. >> another summer storm leads to flooding and more clean up for residents in northwest d.c. >> plus, we are talking with our partners at political about the expectations on president obama at this week's democratic national convention. good morning washington. i'm chris van cleve in for steve today. >> i am cynnÉ simpson. let's check in with adam caskey. >> we are in the belfort furniture weather center. no active rainshowers to speak of. but the rain -- the radar screen should fill in with some isolated downpours this afternoon and evening possibly causing flash flooding. there is a live look at the federal city. significant cloud cover all across our region. a little bit of thinning of the clouds periodically, but overall more clouds and sunshine in the off and on areas of rain. then the this afternoon and evening. 70 in martinsburg in hagerstown. on our way to 84. the heavier rains will be later today. >> on the roads right now -- before we get to the roads, a quick metro update on the blue line between foggy bottom and arlington. we are resuming services for you the

lyders from northwest washington, sam ford, abc 7 news. >> last night's heavy rains did not just blood out roads but it caused big issues for the metro system. there was the closure of the howard university station causing a writer there to take shuttle buses or find a different way to get where they were going. they may prepare for more rain tonight. >> metro inspectors and the sea water inspectors have an underground trying to figure out how comehis metro station flooded last night and had to be closed. so far, there was so much rain in such a short amount of time. whatever the reason, the result is a lot of unhappy customers. the signs of last night's flooding was still apparent that the metro station this morning. a layer of mud is still on the track and the smell of water lenders. they shut their doors around 8:00 class night. offer shuttle buses between mount vernon and georgia avenue but many people had to find other ways home. >> it's inconvenient to go find another stop that works. >> for others, just another frustration. >> do i need to come out early to go to work? it always

the day planner, we have clear skies here, this is northwest washington, d.c. it is a good- looking morning. the temperatures by noon in e mid-80s. 90 to 91 this afternoon. a 20% chance of a stray thunderstorm and 86 at 6:00. i will be back in a few minutes. right now, here is time-saver traffic. >>> traffic is moving at at -- or above the speed limit right now. i will be back with more. >> thank you. >>> here's what making news now. an illinois jury found drew peterson guilty of murdering his third wife, kathleen savio. his fourth wife stacy disappeared three years later and never been found. now, drew peterson is facing up to 60 years in prison. >>> colorado -- california is not the only state plagued with wildfire. in oregon, there is a wildfire threating homes. there is not evacuation orders yet. >>> if you cannot drive 55, 65 or 75, then head to texas. there is a stretch of road on i- 35, between osesen -- austin and san antonio. that you can drive 85 miles per hour. some drivers are happy. others have safety concerns. ♪ [ music ] >> getting out on the hig

recording live in northwest washington, jackie bensen, news4. >>> we continue to following the breaking news out of the illinois this afternoon, about 90 minutes ago a jury found former policeman drew peterson guilty in the murder of his third wife. peterson was charged three years after it happened. peterson's fourth wife disappeared. peterson had denied wrongdoing in both case also. he's facing a max mum of 60 years in prison. >>> d.c. police officers shot a stray pitbull wandering the streets. officers say when they showed up, the dog was on someone's front porch. wub enable we talked to says the dog tried to go after a young girl. she was not hurt. the dog survived the shooting, and it was taken away. >>> president obama is getting ready to make his case for a second term. tonight at the democratic national convention, the president will delivers thinks nomination acceptance speech. last night the president surprised the crowd by walking on the stage after bill clinton's rousing address to delegates. the former president said people had a clear choice for the path forward in america

live from northwest washington, sam ford, abc 7 news. >> stick with abc 74 storm watch news. you can click on the weather talibab on wjla.com. you can download are storm watch app for iphone or android. >> president obama is in a louisiana touring the areas where hurricane is it hit. 0---- isaac hit. more than 100,000 households are still without power. the heat index is well above 100 degrees. the democratic national convention is getting underway in less than 24 hours. one of the biggest issues taking center stage is the issue of whether americans are better off now than they were four years ago. jay korff has more on the convention countdown. >> keep in mind, president obama won north carolina by less than 0.5% and now has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country at 9.6%. delegates are streaming in to charlotte, n.c., on the eve of the democratic national convention expected to showcase politicians and entertainers alike. on tuesday, the first lady. on wednesday bill clinton. the president takes the stage thursday. they blasted the paul ryan, mitt romney plan.

then an hour later, there was another power problem,his one occurring in northwest washington. a packed eight-car train was stuck in a tunnel for almost an hour. all red line trains were slowed so that they would not use very much power, and this affected tens of thousands of riders. a metro speaks person told bruce johnson -- spokesperson told bruce johnson why this happened. >> we're looking at our own systems, but we're also investigating whether commercial power might have had an influence. there were pepco outages reported. we're not sure that's related but that's something we'll be looking at as well. >> to make things worse, metro says its crews were sent to fix the problem and they got stuck in the morning rush hour traffic. >>> very soon you will be able to take me on the go. you'll be able to watch this newscast and all your other favorite programming here at channel 9 live on your mobile device. our 9news anchor derek mcginty is on capitol hill where he is emceeing the unveiling of some very exciting technology. derek? >> reporter: jc, this is the next big thing. you

. >> sunday night's downpour was the fourth time a neighborhood in northwest washington has flooded this year. according to the water authority, the storm dumped about 3 inches in 90 minutes and there is little they can do because it some other recent storms have been the biggest in years, and the system simply cannot get the water out quickly enough. >> and it d.c. taxicab devices to streamline the installation of credit card machines accessible from the back seat in addition to other perks. we have more on reasons behind the delay. >> the plan was to have the smart meter program well under way by now. a surcharge to pay for it and the dozens of companies to install the devices in taxicabs but, it seems the opponents started throwing up roadblocks, and for the moment, one is working. the city's new smartrip program for taxicabs is on hold. >> our program is taking a hit. >> weeks ago, mayor vincent gray used a conference to show how they provide gps and even television from a company to be installed in 6500 d.c. taxicabs. the problem, two verifone competitors filed a protest, and on fri

we have a problem in northwest washington.ree came down in the road way on beach drive closing it both ways. nobody is getting by now because of the tree downed. it happened within the last hour. watch out for police direction. avoid it completely, use 16th street, military road or connecticut avenue. that's an early look at traffic. back to you in the studio. >> thanks. it is 4:44 now. >> coming up, a driver who is fed up with the tolles on the delulls way. dulles way. getting out her frustrations through a song. her congress ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] almost nothing can dampen a baby's mood when he wakes up dry in pampers. unlike other diapers, pampers has 3 absorbent layers, for up to 12 hours of protection overnight, and more beautiful mornings. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] pampers. peaceful nights. playful days. >> a local citizens group is installing surveillance cameras in georgetown in an effort to lower crime there. they hope to have 10 up by the end of the year. they are being funded by private donations. they would be pla

kristin fisher begins our coverage this morning live at the national cathedral in northwest washington. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: good morning. as you talked about scaling down, this is actually the very first year since 9/11 that the national cathedral is not going to be holding a big commemorative event. instead they're opting to smaller, more intimate prayer services. that's intentional. the interim dean says part of the church's mission is to help people begin to heal after 9/11. so that's what they're trying to do. plus, you also have to keep in mind last year was of course the big ten-year anniversary of 9/11, and i think for that reason you can expect to see some slightly scaled back commemorative events at the pentagon, new york city and in shanksville, pennsylvania. vice president joe biden will be speaking there today. yesterday defense secretary leon panetta visited the flight 93 national memorial calling it the final resting place of american patriots. >> it's the spirit that was reflected in the heroes here who were willing on a plane to suddenly charge ahead kno

we're live in northwest washington. >> we caught up with n-word four councilmember. her reaction to the red line troubles. >> any time our passengers are affected in that way and their commute is tremendously concerning trade we want to make sure that everyone was safely evacuated. we have reliability and that is what we are dedicated to. >> she said she wants to find out why power was lost in the first place. a former army ranger on trial for the second time has been found guilty of insider -- in voluntary land swapmanslaughter. smith told police at first it was not home and claim that mclain took his life. -- mcqueen. smith was found guilty in 2008. the conviction was tossed out because important information was not given to the jury. >> the republican vice- presidential candidate it was in virginia. paul ryan was talking to voters. stephen sheba tschida was there. >> paul ryan got big applause from party's faithful. he did not address the difficulties of criticism dogging his running mate. dozens of volunteers and staffers cheered when paul ryan talked about how i

a northwest washington is all heard again today. in bloomingdale's and other neighborhood cleaning up basementagging their after sunday night's's storms. many are blaming the district of the drainage system for the backups. a council member has proposed p a relief fund to help those residents. 16 months after the u.s. raid that killed osama authorized -- an unauthorized book is. hitting bookstore is the author never saw the of the pentagon or the cia. brianne carter joins us with what this might mean. this book was originally supposed to be released on september 11. o many details it to the about was moved up to wasy -- their release date moved up. the pentagon decided to take action. in.hat you ordered has come >> the book with so much buzz hits store shelves. the detailed of osama bine rate of osama was written byd" seal.er navy >> its controversial. the defense department was not t the book before hand. >> several people preorders the this bookstore and it is said to be selling quickly on the web. the book could cause problems th

it all started earlier today here at coolidge high school in northwest washington where two students 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 its trains after power problems made thousands of commuters late for work this morning. >> metro doest

in northwest washington, andrea mccarren, 9 news now. >> the vdot spokesman also said a tree with a full canopy of leaves can catch a wind gust and fall while the wind might simply sail through a tree with barren branches and not topple it. as for the gun theres, even if d.c.'s risk -- gunthers, even if d.c.'s risk management decides to compensate them, it would be at blue book value and probably not enough to buy another one. >>> a tsa officer stopped a man from bringing a gun on a plane at reagan national today. this is the weapon it. contained six run ons of ammo in -- rounds of ammo in the man's carry-on bag. airport operations went on unaffected. >>> coming up the outraged royal family takes action after prince william's wife kate is photographed topples while on a private vacation. topples topless while on a private vacation. >> first new polls show one of the candidates starting to pull away in the presidential race. we'll suggest the numbers with face the nation host bob schieffer when we come back. >>> a brand-new cbs news poll shows president barack obama building a slight lead

kristin fisher is live outside pepco headquarters in northwest washington. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: good morning. what we're talking about is an ongoing contract dispute between pepco and its union employees, the linemen, the electricians. today those employees are going to vote on what pepco is calling their last best and final offer. if they vote no which is what their union leaders are urging them to do, then this would be as you said the first strike in 27 years in pepco's history. this could lead to a strike or a lockout. the two sides have been negotiating this contract for five months. in fact, they've already extended the current contract four times. but after 51 meetings, even with the help of a federal mediator, they're still at an impasse. pepco calls the latest offer generous but the local president jim griffin calls it ridiculous. >> i think the mood is angry. the company wants to take over control of our health and welfare benefits. there's no reason for it. they want to eliminate a major portion of our seniority rights. there's no r

news 4's darr sis spencer continues our team coverage from northwest washington. darcy? >> reporter: jim, we told you at 11:00 last night, pepco set a deadline to have 90% restored by tomorrow morning. they said they met this that goal this morning. you can see multiple trucks are here, utility trucks. they have to replacetility poles and there are lines down all over the street, so a lot of work to do before everyone gets back on. >> saturday afternoon, high winds and heavy rain caused scattered damage and a lot of power for thousands of residents in the region. today, the skies are bright as residents clean up and utility crews work to get the lights back on. on fairfield road in bethesda, crews were chopping up large trees that fell. neighbors said three trees had fallen as a result of summer storms. one resident had good things to say about pepco, which has been criticized. >> they've been here since 7:00 thisorning with multiple crews. >> reporter: in northwest d.c., a power pole fell dragging lines on to the street. crews have been here all day working to replace t

ways to prevent another flash flood like the one that destroyed dozens of hopes and cars in northwest washington. >>> jc, sunshine coming out now. that's heating things up. we could make a run toward the upper 80s today and maybe a few storms. we'll check out radar and see what's happening now. let's go to break with a look at the allergy updates. once again not in a good spot. grass and weeds have flip- flopped. mold still high. i'll be back with the seven-day forecast when 9news now at noon returns. >>> i've been combing trying the day's daily deals and retailer websites to find you some deep discounts and here are some of my favorites on this tuesday. know someone in the family way? target.com is running its biggest baby sale of the year. for example, a free mattress with a purchase of a simmons crib. also, up to 20% off things like travel systems and free gifts with some purchases. you don't see dyson vacuums on sale that often but wal- mart.com has one right now. $269.98 for the dyson dc-23 tur pine-head canister vacuum regularly about 400 bucks. you'll also get a bonus mini turbine head fo

story of what's been happening during the severe thunderstorms in the blooming dale section of northwest washington. that's raw sewage bursting from a manhole that lost its cover flooding the area around rhode island and first street with polluted water. >> got to be something done in blooming dale. pretty tough to live. dan casper's basement has been trashed again, the fourth time this summer after this new round of cleaning and disinfecting he'll eventually replace the drywall. >> so much water in the area that it's hard to looking all the spots. but working on it. >> reporter: after july's triple whammy carly christian has work to get the basement she owners and rents out from getting invaded again. >> i live with her a couple of years. the first year having all of this, and i feel like there's got to be some kind of clog or something that's changed in the water system in the sewer system that's causing so many problems this season. >> reporter: , in fact, some who live here have done their own storm-drain inspections and found this one checked with debris. on this parked car, you can see how hi

it happened in northwest washington. the person was pinned under the rear wheels in the 5 a hundred block of 14th street. crews were able to free the person and take him or her to the hospital. this was the scene this morning at about 10:45. crews have not yet talked about the extent of the injuries. >> a man charged with trying to set off a car bomb in chicago expected in court today. the 18-year-old adel daoud was arrested friday. an undercover agent gave him a fake car bomb and watched him pressed the trigger to detonated outside a crowded bar. a court affidavit said that he was an active member of the jihadist web site and if conducted on-line searches for information on making bombs. a developing story anti-u.s. protests spread around the globe. american troops facing threats not just in the milatest attacks have come from people that the troops know well. now more. >> tensions and simmered in the middle east after last week's violent protest, but the unrest has spread to other parts of the globe. a large protests i

several inches of water off the tracks at the now closed shaw-howard university metro station in northwest washington after a flooding at ed he green and t yellow lines. got real dark all s like it and it' went from drizzling to pouring down. brown's friend now has to find another way home. > she's got to be somewhere by 11:00. an make it nk she c now. the e stations along yellow-green lines have been pacted by the storm, shaw-howard, u street and columbia heights are closed and will be until the morning and you can ride into the stations stations, elow the georgia avenue and mount vernon square but you cannot, of course, travel between georgia avenue and mount vernon square. >> all three shuttle bus service being established between those stations. also encouraging customers to use the red line that parallels the green line alternate and is a good avoid the situation entirely or bus service which parallels the green line on eorgia avenue. >> metro officials told me a short time ago they hope to water pumped out and the mess cleaned up. will do tests to make sure everything is safe nd hope to have th

trapped in his car by a flash flood on rhode island avenue in bloomingdale neighborhood in northwest washington. take tine safety on the zodiac on the flooded roadway. >> it is mind-boggling. i got out here and saw the state of the streets. hearing from neighbors, i was just. i can't wrap my brain around what is going on in this moment. >> reporter: heavy rain measured in the inches, fell quickly, shutting down rhode island avenue and surrounding streets. basements were flooded. several submerged cars were also towed away. the fourth flood here in bloomingdale since july. that's when floodwaters pushed sewage into homes and flooded basements. this deja vu its getting hold for flood-worn residents. >> prior times the water would come up and go down within ape shoape -- a short period of time. this was here. wa water was here over an ohour. >> reporter: the mayor gray set up a task force. terry quinn, president of the bloomingdale sieve icivic association -- >> i have to believe we will get to solution and short term remedies for neighbors. >> reporter: what the general manager of d.c. water had

live in northwest washington, melissa mollet, news 4. back to you. >>> parts of the region are in recovery mode after the storm. several weather related accidents kept weather crews busy in prince george's county. the heavy wind and rain knocked out electricity to thousands across the area. no power at traffic lights made the drive home pretty difficult at some of the evening rush. >>> shoppers face the heavy downpour in tysons corner but wound up soaked. one outage tied up traffic on route 7 in indiana. commuters got moving again. >>> then there's the bloomingdale section of d.c. there wassed fl eflooding ccern that area. people tried protecting their homes with sandbags. fallen trees were the source of power problems. at the height of the storm, about 25,000 customers across our region have lost power. crews have since restored power to just about everybody. >> time for weather and traffic on the ones. our first look at the forecast. rain all gone. >>> thankfully, it's over. it has moved out. this morning it's gotten chilly. this is wh

steven's church in northwest washington last saturday. you can see the suspect run into the church and then takes off a short time later. victims say he got away with money, iphone, and other items. if you have any information on this robbery, call d.c. police. >>> the search is on this morning for two men behind a smash and grab robbery at a high end jewelry store in alexandria. the suspects walked into kings jewelry on kings street. smashed glass price places and grabbed items and ran off. it's the second time this family run store was hit this summer. the other robbery happened in late july. 50-year-old aerls was arrested just last week in connection with that case. police say he was seen in the surveillance video. he is charged with stealing a $25,000 diamond ring. >>> health officials confirm d.c.'s first west nile death this year. we're told an elderly man in the northeast died from the virus, a week after maryland reported 21 cases and its first death from the infection which is commonly spread by mosquitos. virginia has five confi

. >>> taylor swift fans blocked to northwest washington yesterday. they came to see the new wax figure of the country music star. the unveiling of the figure was timed to coincide with swift's lucky number 13. her new album called "red" launches next month. >>> an emmy winning actress gets busted for drunk driving. >> and two tickets for the new twilight movie are going on sale six weeks early. bigad shaban has those stories and more in this look at entertainment. >> reporter: actress sally strutters smiled for a police department camera as she was booked for drunk driving in maine. the emany winning star of the groundbreaking cbs comedy "all in the family" was released after posting $160 bail. she's in maine starring in a stage production of "9 to 5." emma watson attend add special screening in new york of her movie "the perks of being a wall flower." it's her first major role since the harry potter series. >> it was really good for me to kind of break free and do something very different. >> don't worry, she does it all the time. >> reporter: high

no rain drops made it to the ground here no northwest washington. that's not the case everywhere. have seen light rain this morning out towards washington, vi iashenandoah valley and the mountains of west virginia have all seen at least a little rain this morning and it is thick, muggy outside this morning. there's the live picture over downtown washington from our city camera viewing. temperatures this morning are already in the mid-80s. 84 here in washington. with a little hint of a heat index, thanks to dew points up near 70. it's humid and mild everywhere. upper 70s, low 80s for now. on storm 4 doppler. a lot of the metro rain drops not reaching the ground. out towards the blue ridge, steady, light rain showers there. rain drops near fredericksburg and one or two spritzes and sprinkles in fairfax county. about it for now. the bulk of your saturday albeit cloudy, warm, humid, the bulk of your day will have more dry hours than wet. that's welcome news. scattered shower chance primarily to the west of town. it's going to be hot and humid today. perfect day for football. uva caval

live in northwest washington, jackie bensen, news4. >>> breaking news out of los angeles tonight. actor michael clark duncan has died. duncan's best known for his performance in the 1999 prison drama "the green mile." according to his fiancee, duncan suffered a heart attack last month, never fully recovered. duncan was only 54 years old. >>> back to our decision 2012 could have ran. president obama and vice president biden spoke at labor day events touting the economic progress achieved over the last four years. the president told the crowd in toledo, ohio, his administration's bailout helped save the auto industry. he told supporters the country is better now than it was after the bush administration in detroit. >>> and that's message we are likely to hear throughout this democratic national convention this week. it's the democrats' turn to try to push the record, thisser in charlotte and jim vance joins us live with more on what we can expect this week. hi, vance. >> reporter: hi, doreen. what we can expect is nearly 6,000 delegates who are eager and anxious to advance the presi

a school in northwest washington keep 37owed to classrooms that regulators wanted to remove. -- animals that regulators wanted to remove. they said they were not included in city animal possession laws. they passed emergency legislation to let the schools the animals. mayor gray is expected to sign it. marriagebate over gay soon end up in the u.s. supreme court. ruth bair ginsburg told the colorado that she marriagethe defense of act will come before the high t in the next year. a federal badge in york -- judge in new york declared it unconstitutional, and president has instructed the department to no longer defend that law. controversy around its opposition to gay marriage -- a fil-ago lawmaker says chick- is reevaluating their nations and makes to anti-gay groups. alderman vowed to block the restaurants of new his district, but he says the progress inaking concerns. a judge is putting pressure at the man who shot -- a center holding the man who shot ron reagan. on the putting pressure decide what to do with the man. to spendrently allowed time away from the facility and looking to spe

john gonzalez is at the zoo in northwest washington with the latest. >> a major blow not only to the national zoo but for this endangered species. we understand there are only about 2000 pandas worldwide. this panda died early sunday morning, six days after it was born. there were no obvious signs of trauma or infection. pamela baker with the zoo is here with me now. the zoo has tried for many years to get the appended to become pregnant so this must be difficult there is a large group of people that were from the reproduction issues of this is a devastating loss. >> getting in to check on the little cub must've been a challenge. >> there is a series of protocols that my colleagues put into procedure. first they observe on the pan the camera and have to make a series of decisions and then they have to go into the den to retrieve the cup safely. there are some bars that protect them from the bear. >> how is the mother doing today? >> she slept well overnight and they still look at her on camera. she is a 24-hour watch so we will monitor for closely. >> thank you and we're sorry again.

. >> the future of afghanistan will been the topic of discussion in northwest washington this afternoon as ryan crocker will speak at the carnegie endowment for international peace at 12:30. it's the first time he has spoken publicly since returning from kabul. he stepped down as ambassador and was replaced by his deputy in may. >> the trial begins four men charged in a deadly and run accident in arlington. an oxon hillyear-old last september as he was walking along route 50 in the early morning. he was pronounced dead at the scene. hicks is charged with felony hit and run. >> mitt romney makes a push to win over hispanic voters will speak to the u.s. chamber of commerce in los angeles and tonight an exclusive interview on telemundo. he was spotted saturday attending his grandson's soccer game in massachusetts. he was supposed to attend a rally sunday in colorado but called that off after a small plane crashed at that airport, killing one person. he did not want to distract from the emergency response. president obama taking steps to fight off republican criticism. today he will launch

wtop radio in upper northwest washington d.c., the current temperature 81 degrees. it is 73 in ocean city. i promise you that it was not going to be a good beach day and they have had about half an inch of rain about two tenths of an inch of rain in annandale. 77 at this hour in gaithersburg, 82 in frederick. the heat and the humidity, it is out there. national at 83 atlanta at 88 but the cooler air off to the north and east look at caribou maine. the area of pressure this is what is left of isaac. it will slowly move in our direction over the next few hours. tomorrow lots of cloud cover showers, areas of heavy rain, some thunderstorms. we are not expecting anything to become severe, but some of the downpours have the potential to create localized flooding. st. mary's county looking at a flash flood warning for about another half hour or so. the raids for the most part have stopped for the time being. they move through the late over nine hours into tomorrow morning. -- the reins for the most part have stopped. -- the rains have stopped. we are going to look for the

orders have been called in at the bookstore in northwest washington and in virginia beach, some stores are already sold out. the author is a 36-year-old former navy seal who was there when he was killed. his account offers new details of the raid. he said that the team went up the stairs of the bin laden compound. two shots were fired. by the time he got inside, bin laden was on the floor not standing up, as had been first reported and then they made sure he was dead. >> new information. >> his real name was leaked out. he said he changed his name to protect. he had his name and identity hidden then. >> this does not bad mouth either party. >> it is what they were calling a material breach of nondisclosure items. >> it is quite incredible that someone who is to be protecting this information did not think to have this review. >> in a meantime, his lawyer said he did not violate any agreement or break the law. from the newsroom, natasha barrett, abc 7 news. >> coming up next, what you eat. >> your child's weight and how well they will learn in school. >> coming up and fbi computer conta

. >> a would-be burglar went to some great lengths to get inside a northwest washington home. >> he tried to cut the power with the holdren side. what he got in saidinstead was a loud bang. >> this is a unique story. the fire department came out because they thought there was some sort of explosion. an electrical fire. police came out here and figured out it was someone trying to break in. allen was upstairs working on his computer. >> the power was off and i heard what i took to be an explosion. >> their work science of a break-in. u.s. to worry about what happened to the electric meter. >> i found the meter on the floor. >> it was not until an hour later when police got to the house in northwest d.c. that they figured out what happened. police say someone tried to cut off his power or alarm. the meter was found on the ground. the suspect took off. >> i was there and i did not know what happened. >> the burglar who tried to get in the house did not bet on the homeowner being at home. >> i do not know how he kicked it off or how but he was lucky he did not get himself killed. >> the burgl

it happened at 10:00 this morning in northwest washington. crews were able to free him. a firefighter suffered minor injuries during the rescue. >> we have got to address the elephant in the room. a heartbreaking loss to the st. louis rams. >> what is even worse is we're now hearing about a series injury to a big player on the team. natasha has fan reaction and what is next for the team. what did you learn? >> it is not a good day for redskins fans. mike shanahan just announced two players are officially done for the season. they are brian orakpo because of an injury. the next one is adam carriker, also done because of injuries. the day after a loss is always hard. four redskins fans, it is hard when you thought your team could easily win against st. louis. >> we lost to the rams. are you kidding me? >> the yesterday away game had plenty of symptoms for a huge hangover today. >> we should have been able to do it. >> then there is the penalty for josh morgan for unsportsmanlike behavior on the field. others were upset about the nfl rep. for restrike. keeping their eye on

reporting live in northwest washington, john gonzalez. >> thanks so much. let's get a look at the road with steve hershorn. >> we will start with a look at metro rail problems. the orange line, single-tracking because of a track problem between stadium-armory and cheverly station. additional single-tracking now on the blue line between addison road and stadium armory because of the disabled train at the benning road station. quite a few delays on the orange and blue lines. escalator is out at the foggy bottom station on the blue and orange lines. there's a shuttle bus. the station remains open. we still have a closure of beach drive nw between broad branch road and joyce road because of a tree down. beltway delays are what you would expect. back to you. >> thank you. time for many area kids to rise and shine to get ready for school. for many it is the first day. students in fairfax prince william, and loudoun county. and back to class for students in alexandria, falls church, manassas, manassas park,. d.c. and many maryland school already started . the pati

now they have cleared out now right here in northwest washington. venus off in the distance. 63 at reagan national. you can see breaks in the clouds over the potomac. dewpoint down to 51. a blustery wind coming up out of the north. gusting to 15, 20 miles an hour. increasing sunshine today. temperatures are chilly. we are down into the 50s much of maryland and virginia. out of the mountains, many locations are down into the upper 40s. closer to washington, montgomery, fairfax, arlington, prince george's county, generally upper 50s. as the day goes by here, an autumnal pattern for the weekend. for today, low 60s. by noon, upper 60s. winds will settle down this afternoon. low humidity, lots of sun, highs reaching low 70s. sunrise at 6:54. sunset at 7:09. i'm back with the hometown forecast in just about ten minutes. eun? >> tom, thank you. >>> 6:32. we now know a little more about the problematic proposal that got a pilot assigned to desk duty. school administrators at patriot high school in nokesville, virginia, say they approved the over the top inv

it happened about 3:00 this afternoon at coolidge high school in northwest washington.eenager was shot and is expected to survive, one suspect in custody. shomari stone has what happened on campus. >> reporter: we're hearing there was an argument earlier in the day. when school let out around 3:15, that's when this shooting happened. the yellow tape is down. thene

we have 68 degrees here in northwest washington. howard says another warm day coming your way. >> highs in the 80s with a chance of rain this evening is straight ahead. we'll take a look at the weekend. >> jessica is in the kitchen working on something there. >> any plans for the weekend? how about great beer and great food. i'll tell you where the fun is at. that's coming up next. you are watching 9news now. >>> welcome back. it's 6:42 and 68 degrees. quite a lot of activity to tell you about. really all around town. i'm going to start off first with the north side of town. been telling you about this problem on the north side in four corners here at university boulevard at royalton road where pepco crews remain on the scene of an incident there that happened in the 3:00 hour. so watch out for that eastbound lanes of university boulevard are open. if you're planning to head inside the beltway, you want to know there's also a problem university boulevard at piney branch road. that's a pedestrian struck right here inside the beltway.

in northwest washington, andrea mccarren, 9news now. >> in recent weeks, the same ads have been plastered on san francisco city buses prompting some to deface them and remove words like jihad and holy war. >> 9 wants to know when res rants in arlington, prince georges, and montgomery counties aren't making the grade with food inspections. this week, russ discovered montgomery county restaurants got clobbered with one suspension after another. >> regardless of how nice the store manager is, ignorance of the law is no excuse. when you violate regulations designed to keep diners safe, you risk being shut down. that's what happened inside this quiznos franchise. this is the manager. >> just because we -- >> she didn't know, experts say hot water is a key to preventing food born illness. >> i didn't know about that. i went to the store two months ago. >> order to get a license, you are required to know you have to have hot water. why didn't you know that? why did you keep operating? >> nobody told me about that. >> here in silver spring, inside a complex that includes value village and unique

this is hebrew congregation in northwest washington. yom kippur is the day of atonement, spent fasting and praying. >>> a mural at the center of a legal argument is now gone. it was on the side of a dog grooming business. the county claimed the ad was advertising and violated a sign ordinance. >> i think it's wrong. i think it does add to the dog park. but i guess the owner had no other choice but to comply with what was required. >> the store owner says she'll have a new mural painted that meets county regulations. >>> the university of virginia is the top party school in the country according to playboy magazine. editors say the rankings are based on three categories -- sports, sex, and night life. uva ranked in the top 20 in each of the categories. the school is also known for its academics. last month "forbes" ranked uva the top public school in the country. >> i thought party school had to do with drimnking. sports, sex, and night life. let's do the forecast. for the most part, people feel we have a winning thing going. >>> yesterd

the veterans affairs medical center in northwest washington celebrated mrs.on's birthday today, and she talked about the secret to longevity. >> you have extras, give somebody something else. be kind to people and share. that's why god let me stay here this long. >> reporter: dixon says growing up with eight siblings helped her learn to share. she's the oldest surviving member of her family. >> mrs. dixon, we salute you. >> congratulations. happy birthday. >>> still ahead on news 4 at 5:00 tonight, animal abuse caught in the act. how a security camera led to the arrest of a man who police say brutally beat his own puppy. >>> plus the fascinating lives of a complex creature whose lives mirror mans. meet monkeys fight anncr: this casino's in west virginia. but it makes millions off marylanders every year. now they're running dishonest ads. why? because voting for question seven is a vote to build a... world-class resort casino in maryland. creating thousands of jobs and... ...according to the official department of legislative... services, hundreds of millions

norah o'donnell from cbs this morning joins us live from northwest washington with more on that.ello, norah. >> good morning, mike and andrea. that's right. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan says he is mad as hell. lara logan is here with a stark warning from general john allen. he'll talk about the threat to america's exit strategy and how the enemy has found a weakness in our war efforts. we'll preview her hard hitting 60 minutes report when we see you right here at 7:00. >> norah, we'll be watching. >>> the man behind an anti- islam movie is in jail this morning. nakoula basseley nakoula was arrested in california. he's accused of violating his probation after he was convicted of check fraud in 2010. he made the movie called "innocence of muslims" the movie which sparked deadly protests against the united states throughout the muslim world. he has been barred ers or the i five years unless it's okayed by his probation officer. >>> has this ever happened? do you remember it ever happening since you've been watching football? we've been watching football a long time. when is

in northwest washington, seth lemon, news 4. >> oh, my gosh, they are so cute. if you'd like to make one of the dogs a part of your family, you can get more information by visiting warl.org. i also just pulled it up online, its at on nbcwashington.com as well. i'll tweet out the link. i want a puppy. >> they said there's going to be fighting for puppy. >> how would you like five or six puppies? >> that would be pushing it with a 2-year-old. >> nicholas the dachshund is not interested in any puppies. that knucklehead will walk in a driving rainstorm as slow as the rest of the time just because. he knows i'm getting wet and i don't like it. mud flap is his name in the rain. >> that's what we expect today, right? >> kind of stormy coming up later today. keep a weather eye to the sky. we're not on the air for the next hour, but we'll be back at 8:00 and 9:00. if you w

. >>> a shooting at coolidge high school in northwest washington lands one student in the hospital and another in handcuffs. d.c. school's chancellor says the two students got into an argument during the school day. one of the students left school and then came back around 3:15 with a gun. the victim was shot in the leg and was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. >>> a montgomery county jury has convicted a former army ranger of killing his roommate. jurors deliberated for 12 hours before finding gary smith guilty of involuntary manslaughter. his roommate michael mcqueen was also a former ranger. he was found shot to death in 2006 after the two had spent a night smoking marijuana, drinking and playing pool. they had served together in afghanistan. the defense contended mcqueen shot himself. smith was retried after his original conviction was overturned. >>> the board that oversees dulles and national airports has adopted new ethics policies, this following complaints that board members spent thousands of taxpayer dollars on expensive travel. the metropolitan washington ai

in northwest washington, richard jordan, news4. >>> the employee who sent out the e-mail said the picture attached was meant to dress up the fact sheet. hispanic heritage month begins tomorrow. >>> there is now advice for the neighbors in the district who are complaining about the standing water around the trees. after our report last night about the mosquito complaints, the city's urban forestry administration investigated the area around tenth and m streets northwest. here's the problem. these are called canopy keepers. it's a slow drip system to water trees. forestry officials tell us that these are part of a tree adoption program. and the district gives out these devices to volunteers. the volunteers are being reminded to clean the basins out at least once a week to avoid creating mosquito breeding grounds. >>> it was supposed to relieve crowding on metro during rush hour, but the rush plus program isn't going as smoothly as hoped. according to wtop, there's been major congestion on the blue line. because morning riders are reluctant to transfer from the blue to the yellow line. they'

whenever it rains residents in the bloomingdale neighborhood of northwest washington cringe. >> all thatater usually winds up flooding their streets and homes like it does sunday night. with more rain enroute they're worried it might happen again. >> jackie bensen joins us live from rhode island and first street with a look at what can be done to keep all the water out. >> the problem is known as runoff. there's no place for the water to go. >> what this will do is stop the water, the stewage and water coming in from the main sewer lines. >> reporter: master plumber jeffrey leaven demonstrates the device that could have prevented messes like this one sunday night. >> water was pouring out. >> reporter: residents of several neighborhoods in lower northwest watched in horror as their bathroom fixtures spewed geysers of dirty water. the pressure from thousands of gallons of storm water runoff forced it up through shower and toilet drains. dc water is urging affected residents to

public memorial service for astronaut neil armstrong will be held next week right here in northwest washington. the national cathedral will host the service next thursday, september 13. arl strong was the first -- armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. he died last month at the age of 82. the service begins at 10:00 a.m. and is open to the public. it will be streamed live on the cathedral's website as well as nasa's website. >>> it's time for the latest your money report of the morning. >> let's talk wall street. the lovely jessica doyle is here to talk about numbers. good morning. >> good morning to both of you. we're coming off sort of the dead of the day for wall street. it was a mixed day. at least the upside is we weren't down across the board. some stocks were able to overcome downbeat reports on construction spending and manufacturing. and investors have a new crop of economic indicators to look over later today. checking the numbers, the dow stands at 13,036 after dropping 55 points. nasdaq up by 8. s&p 500 was down by 2 points. >>> facebook stock touched an all-time low in t