act and non stafford act scenarios and, of course, stafford act assumes you something called the disaster has occurred in, what but i give you in this is why the president may need to get into this, this occurred very early in the swine flu in the administration. i don't know for the life of me to bureaucratically should be in charge but i know this much, they put the cdc up there because nobody wanted to hear from everybody else except someone with expertise in the flu. now, your scenario might well apply, logistics, who does what and so forth. as one of the things we are looking at not only the stafford act where for that matter hamas security act. remember cdc comes it under hhs and timing play if it were a stafford act matter fema has a huge coordinating role, but when you get into subsections of with that matter whole cabinet agencies that is where you get into who should be stepping up to do something. ultimately of course, if you get an up bureaucracy you go to the man in the white house and he will straighten out. we would like to have a someone at stafford act on out depending up

stafford has a man open but overthrows adam jennings. stafford 5-13 for 35 yards and that one pick.s tim hasselbeck on how stafford looked on saturday night. >> matthew stafford's first start for the detroit lions did not go well. he turned the football over. he was inaccurate. and at times, he looked confused. i would have to see drastic improvement in his game to feel comfortable starting him in the season opener. >> the football giants, big blue against jay cutler and the bears, cutler 5-10 with a pick in his first preseason game. against jay cutler and the much better from the get-go this time around, that's earl bennett, 27 yards and a first down, his first pass of the game, bennett, cutler's former vandy teammate, the first drive ended with a field goal. second bears drive, matt forte. that capped an 80-yard drive. 32-yard t.d., forte nine rushes, 58 yards. cutler can't find anybody, runs for the first down himself, a 12-yard scamper keeps the drive going. later, cutler to desmond clark capping a 92-yard drive, cutler 8-13, 121 yards and a touchdown in a bears win. >> usain bo

stafford and disaster relief and emergency assistance act where stafford act which was signed into law november 23rd, 1988 but is not clear and that congress contemplated gargantuan disasters with recovering proceeding for years. they -- authorized by our committee is the federal government's primary authority for addressing major disasters from all hazards and dividends and for the most part of this authority has proven sufficient to address all types of disasters and emergencies, but it is an open question whether the stafford act is sufficient when measured against the background hurricane katrina now provides. the stafford and denominations rich as a management system are grounded in our federal system of government that recognizes how that the primary responsibility to address the sasser's an emergency use resides with states and communities, not the federal government. as a result, the assistance provided after a disaster is as the stafford act provides to and i am quoting here, supplement, supplemented their efforts and a valuable resources of states, local governments and dis

espn's tim hasselbeck on how stafford looked on saturday night. >> matthew stafford's first start foretroit lions did not go well. he turned the football over. he was inaccurate. and at times, he looked confused. i would have to see drastic improvement in his game to feel comfortable starting him in the season opener. >> the football giants, big blue against jay cutler and the bears, much better from the get-go this time around, that's earl bennett, 27 yards and a first down, his first pass of the game, bennett, cutler's former vandy teammate, the first drive ended with a field goal. second bears drive, matt forte. that capped an 80-yard drive. 32-yard t.d., forte nine rushes, 55 yards. cutler can't find anybody, runs for the first down himself, a 12-yard scamper keeps the drive going. later, cutler to desmond clark capping a 92-yard drive, cutler 8-13, 121 yards and a touchdown in a bears win. >> usain bolt has singlehandedly raised the bar for human physical achievement. incredibly, the world's fastest man has emerged from the world championships even faster. he shattered his own wo

it is not stafford. that is something especially in the aftermath of a major catastrophe somebody has to give the authority . . >> fooling around the lead agency of fema, you're not going to tell secretary of xyz what to do. that presents problems. that's why we are looking to see how far should we go? mindful of what mr. becker said, we are very reluctant to broaden or full it in. we don't want to be sitting here and nobody jumps up and acts line he knows what he's talking about. for that matter, dunbar complicated some matters for us, but rightly so. because you point out -- you point out that if you -- now if we are dealing with the national guard, that's already under the governor. you point out that the defense department wanted authority to call up the reserve forces on the circumstances to assist. i don't know what you do, but let's go down your scenario. i guess if we enact a statute, we enact a statute. because you are concerned in something parallel to our pfo or cfo, whatever the officers are,

stafford disaster relief and emergency assistance act, or stafford act, was signed into law on november 23, 1988, but it is not clear that congress contemplated gargantuan disasters with recovery proceeding for years. the act authorized by our committee is the federal government's primary authority for addressing major disasters from all hazards and events. for the most part, this authority has proven sufficient to address all types of disasters and emergencies, but it is an open question whether the stafford act is sufficient when measured against the background hurricane katrina now provides. the stafford act and our nation's emergency management system are grounded in our federal system of government that recognizes that the primary responsibility to address disasters and emergencies resides with states and communities, not the federal government. as a result, the assistance provided after a disaster is, as the stafford act provides to -- and i'm quoting here -- supplement, supplement the efforts and available resources of states, local governments and disaster relief organizations,

matthew stafford the starting nod against the browns.ht, looking good, the i-n-t returns it to the lions five. stafford did not look as sharp as he did a week ago. second quarter. lions down 20. off the play action, stafford rolling out, has adam jennings but he overthrows him, jennings wide open, stafford 5-13 for 35 yards and one i-n-t -- browns win 27-10. >> the football giants facing the bears. cutler with his first pass on saturday. to earl bennett, his former vanderbilt teammate. that drive would lead to a field goal. second bears drive, matt forte had a fine rookie season, breaks free, 32 yards for a score, that capped an 80-yard drive. 10-0 bears. third drive for cutler, sometimes you've got to do it on your own, 12-yard scamper good for a first down. that keeps the drive alive. later in the drive cutler to desmond clark, cutler 8-13, 121 yards and a touchdown, bears win 17-3. >> usain bolt has singlehandedly raised the bar for human physical achievement. incredibly, the world's fastest man will emerge from the world championship

the lions took matthew stafford with the number one overall pick but he might not even be detroit's number quarterback, and the world's fastest man looks forward to slowing down but not before grabbing another gold for the road. espnews, now. ♪

. >> on the same field, stafford, and quinn, starting for the bro browns.hey iwnn line to win the js at this point? bs >> well, culpepper is having aad really good training-camp forns, the lions, with stafford. t, when but, when it is close, and it's been close with stafford, you go with the rookie. c as long as it doesn't overwhelmm him. so far it hasn't. qun quinn, i think he's always beene the favorite for f that.derson, anderson, has not distinguishede himself and some people thinkthc the deck may be stacked against. anderson.y and i would say yes, the coach says no.no. but, i believe quinn will be tha guy. >> speaking of quarterbacks,mi, they might have the most interesting situation there is. arterbac two chads and they drafted the catimate wildcat in pat white. d do you have any idea what we cae expect have them? is it tonight, they want to see pennington and henne play aclear cleaner game. but, pat white is interesting,ds he played well last week, andgae they like the way they handledte the "final four" minutes, and e deep they like the way he playe

then provide those forces to the state coordinating officer which is lined up perfectly under the stafford act. >> i'm going to ask staff and i'm going to ask any of you to look at what happens here at the inauguration. the state to state, the guard to guard does not present a separation of powers problem. it's state to state and we lend across state lines all the this time but the armed forces of the upstairs constitutionally is under the commander in chief and that constitutional barrier bears some interest to us. there's certain things you can't weigh very easily. >> yes, ma'am. >> during the inauguration -- and here i do not have all the way facts in mind but i represent the district but i was concerned the inauguration is so big this time that there was at first the notion that the reserves should be on to some dual command. we were able to -- apparently, it had always been under the dc national guard, the commander of the dc national guard and there was some kind of swearing-in, i'm not sure what it was -- but there was some kind of swearing-in that everybody else who came in so that

that it is a stafford act event and we have a es c.e.o. coordinating the activity, and not -- and have an f zco coordinating the activity. >> are you confident that you would want to be able to categorize it as a disaster? are you satisfied that that will happen instantly? >> we have not seen anything like that in our lifetime. everyone tells us it is coming. but some think this is the finding the catastrophe and that is the hardest part of this. the impact on the rest of the country is going to be what defines it as whether or not it is a catastrophe. >> my governor probably would not like that. of thing that the definition of catastrophe has to bid what the major impact on our nation is. >> dr. moss? >> i want to point out that there is a legislative mandate already and mr. mccarthy pointed this out. it is to create a national recovery from work and i think that the mayor has done this with a planning framework i think you have -- for an art. i think you might want to direct them to do it. >> if that happens, then what? >> unit to start

stafford came in, goes 13-19.d not tip his hand who is going to be the starter for week one? >> welcome into "nfl live." we know mark sanchez is going to start for the jets. matthew stafford, week one against the saints, should he be the quarterback? >> absolutely not. [laughter] >> let me tell you why. >> don't point that thing at me. >> i will. there's no way he's ready to start. i think he gives you the best opportunity to win games right now in the present. you have to understand, this is a franchise that has lost 17 in a row. stafford is going to be the franchise guy. this team has given up over 50 sacks a year. we're seen it ruin other quarterbacks. you don't want to put him in that fire. >> i agree. two main issues here. number 1, detroit is desperate to win. and you have to go with the veteran. very dedicated to rejuvenate his career, to give you that chance of doing it. but, what mark said is true. i experienced it, when you take such a beating, when you play for a bad team, your fundamentals break down,

>> culpepper is having a good training-camp for the lions, with stafford.ut, when it is close, and it's been close, with stafford, you go with the rocky as long as it doesn't overwhelm him. so far it hasn't. and quinn, i think he's always been the favorite for that. anderson, has not distinguished himself, and some people think, that the deck may be stacked against him. i would say yes, the coach says no. but, i believe quinn will be the guy. >> speaking of quarterbacks, you were down there in miami, they might have the most interesting quarterback situation. two chads and they drafted the ultimate wildcat in pat white. what can we expect from them. >> tonight, they want to see pennington, and henne play a cleaner game. and white is interesting. he played well against the jags, and they love the way he throws the deep ball. they haven't fooled a lot with the wildcat. i think they will, starting now, that camp is broken. they like him. but this is clearly pennington's team, and henne is supposed to take over eventually for pennington. >> chris, as the bus-to

the lions, my guess is matthew stafford will be the guy. they haven't announced anything yet. there are a lot of ways to look at it. i get that. there's a lot of successful quarterbacks that have done it both ways. i know what i know. i played right away. was it easy? no, it wasn't easy. he'd have a much better supporting cast certainly than i had at that time. at some point, he'll have to play. it's not going to be easy at any point. i just wouldn't feel good going into year two with a young quarterback that had not played as a rookie. >> joe: time-out taken by tampa bay. we'll step aside, come back. and i'm looking to buy a greatm computer. a mac. oh great, um, i'd go with a pc. but i want one that just works without thousands of viruses and a ton of headaches. that's a pc. really? yep. i thought macs were much more stable and secure than pcs? they're not. you can't believe everything you hear! i'm gonna think about it. just get a pc. man, it never ends. i don't even wanna ask. >> joe: third down and six for josh freemen. we're about to see the third down play. if there's on

the lions, my guess is matthew stafford will be the guy. they haven't announced anything yet. there are a lot of ways to look at it. i get that. there's a lot of successful quarterbacks that have done it both ways. i know wha i know. i played right away. was it easy? no, it wasn't easy. he'd have a much better supporting cast certainly than i had at that time. at some point, he'll have to play. it's not going to be easy at any point. i just wouldn't feel good going into year two with a young quarterback that had not played as a rookie. >> joe: time-out taken by tampa bay. we'll step aside, come back. and i'm looking to buy a greatm computer. a mac. oh great, um, i'd go wh a pc. but i want one that just works without thousands of viruses and a ton of headaches. that's a pc. really? yep. i thought macs were much more stable and secure than pcs? they're not. you can't believe everything you hear! i'm gonna think about it. just get a pc. man, it never ends. i don't even wanna ask. >> joe: third down and six for josh freemen. we're about to see the third down play. if there's one t

matthew stafford, growing pains. 5-13, 35-yard.ly dispeas -- dispose of the lyons. >>> once again, dave feldman all over the big story. the redskins beat the steelers 17-13. jason campbell not a strong outing. one of seven for 10 yards. clinton portis, five carries, 26-yard, chase daniel, of course, the two big touchdowns that you're seeing here. running to a second interception in as many games. hope hopefully cole will get it together. there might be competition at the number-three spot. many thanks to dave feldman at fedex. marco mitchell joined him live. rich dunn and travis ths

stafford, 73. leonardtown, 73. a lot of sunshine today. very similar to yesterday.t willook like yesterday but it will feel different. expect hotter conditions. as we go into tomorrow, we will anticipate a fair amount of sunshine. there is a chance of some rain showers late tomorrow and tomorrow night. time for a look on the commute. >> it is -- what you say so affects the commute. we are on dry pavement and it ll remain that way for the rest of today. northbound 95 in springfield, nothing out of the normal on 66. a nice drive on 270. >> thank you. >>> 5:11, 72 degrees. >> it is barely even breakfast time, but we have a new way for you to order lunch. >> we will have more on the you to order lunch. >> we will have more on the passing of senator tedd come on in. where getting a new vehicle is easy. because the ice e u e pronpayoa niem ng ic u e pryoe pay on remaining '08 and '09 models. you'll find low, straightforward pricing. it's simple. now get an 2009 chevy silverado half-ton for under 00 8,$10 after all offers. go to chevy.com/openhouse for more d ai. ls >> you

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fugate talked about the stafford act and saying child care can be deemed an essential service.e are supportive of this concept. we think that funding is necessary for the establishment of temporary emergency child care and recovery of child care infrastructure. the child care development books are being authorized. we propose during that reauthorization that state child care plans have guidelines for state operating child care after a disaster, and that states also are required to have child care providers with comprehensive all-hazard plans that incorporate shelter in place, evacuation relocation, family reunification, staff training, continuity of services and accommodation of children with special needs. the federal government has the responsibility to put these into place and we encourage to you look into that. i know time is of the essence, so i will just wrap up by saying that a lot of the ideas that you and your staff have been working on and mentioned today are critically important. i would only encourage you as the chair of this commission and as a member of the non-pr

stafford? is it still up? >> currently we've taken the website down as a group, we just -- the amount of time involved in the effort got to be too much for everybody. we did take the website down. we felt like the information and -- we had done our jobs as far as getting the word out about scott, we knew his fate was in good hands with his family and the military and their efforts to find him. >> you believe he could possibly have been alive for all this time, and hearing now about this -- the bed bedouins group that -- >> we knew all along he wasn't accounted for that night, and it left a lot of open questions when the search was made at the crash site, it was controlled. a lot of information came out that we were privy to that indicated he was captured, was alive. still a lot of unanswered questions now to when he was there, or when he ened up where he did. that's where we're at right now. we're heading for the closure. we can't change the circumstances. >> he has two kids? >> right. >> how are the kids doin

fugate talked about the stafford act and saying child care can be deemed an essential service. are supportive of this concept. we think that funding is necessary for the establishment of temporary emergency child care and recovery of child care infrastructure. the child care development books are being authorized. we propose during that reauthorization that state child care plans have guidelines for state operating child care after a disaster, and that states also are required to have chi care providers with comprehensive all-hazard plans that incorporate shelter in place, evacuation relocation, family reunification, staff training, continuity of services and accommodation of children with special needs. the federal government has the responsibility to put these into place and we encourage to you look into that. i know time is of the essence, so i will just wrap up by saying that a lot of the ideas that you and your staff have been working on and mentioned today are critically important. i would only encourage you as the chair of this commission and as a member of the non-profi

so is stafford. but also i think sanchez will end up winning the job in new york. >> he's going to be making a lot of dough in new york. other news in the nfl, this you know, sage rosenfels getting the start tonight for the vikings. what are they hoping to see from him tonight? >> just a consistent somebody who can run the offense, complete the passes and just run a good huddle. in the last week he's really picked up his game. now, in the off season there was some concern because he was slow in picking up brad childress' offense, but it seemed like seven, eight days into camp he started getting comfortable. i caught him right in the middle when he started throwing the ball very well, getting the long passes going. he can run a nice huddle. now he can see when the blitzes come how quickly he can get the ball off and see if he can stay ahead of tarvaris jackson. >> the bears take the field against buffalo tomorrow. jay cult her starting at quarterback, of course. cutler the hottest-selling jersey in th

. >> brandon stafford is a freshman at locke and a few months into school he has been suspended d threees. whaat about outside of the school? what are some of the challlenge that you have faced >> um, fights. like fights. on the way home in the neighborhood. >> how bad are the gangs in your neighborhood? >> they're pretty bad. like you can'n't walk down the street. >> the school has been divided up into six separate academies. for a kid like brandon a little attention and intervention can go a long wa in past years, locke has had abysmal attendance rates. alma flores a junior shows up for school on the first day. from day one, school would be a challenge for alma. she's just left a street gang, her epfather has been arrested and she as -- shshe has arrivedt scho six months pregnant. hard to concentrate o on school when yoyou've got so much stuff gog on? >> yeah. i'm thinking othe problems a at home. >> you have a lot of pressure on you. do you feel veryry stressed out about things? ? >> yeah, because right w i didn't know -- i donon't know h i'll do it with the baby. >> alma has a rough

now now stafford, 74 degrees gaithersburg pe. the humidity was comfortable. update with danny, it is stronger tonight, the hurricane hunters went back out tonight. 52 m.p.h. sustained wind, a lot of thunderstorm activity, but the circulation is sketchy. they think that will improve the next day or so, getting stronger, to the point where 8:00 friday night it will be a hurricane southeast of the north carolina coast. expected to stay off shore, but how big it gets and close it gets determines the conditions at the beach. on the weather map, fairly impressive, 92 and 71. tomorrow in the 80's, the pollen count similar, with moderate week and a bold spores in the mix. -- moderate weed and mold spores in the mix. i am thinking about 87 degrees for the high temperature. the cold front is on the way, fairly weak, up to the north. it will drift through and may act as a focus for an afternoon shower. beyond that, the low pressure to the west as we had through the day shows up on the map out west. the cool wind will be in place. thingsre starting to come together, scat

sunshine, 75 and warm and 76 in springfield. 77 in stafford. midtown, 70s. 76 tomorrow, partly cloudy, upper 70s tuesday. mostly sunny and quite nice. look at this, 80 on wednesday. low 80s on thursday and friday. a drop in there on saturday. i think that is a big weekend, labor day weekend. 83 on saturday, 84 on sunday. >> lot of people -- >> it is okay. >>> start time for the redskins. it is the final preseason push for the skins but it is game over for five players cut. we will tell you who they are and who is already ruled out. as a player of the future steps on the ground for the nats. traded to l.a., we'll tell you who next. b@ >>> and now 9 sports with sara walsh, the best sports in town. >>> here is how the skins week work. with a game thursday the game treats sunday like a typical wednesday. confusing, right? to simplify there are four days left in the preseason and the coaches need everyone of them to make cut down decisions. five were released today. all eyes however on the quarterback position where the team will need to make an int

. -- stafford feels like 98. there's cooler air off to the west. it will eventually work into the mix. we've been watching for showers and thunderstorms. a few sporadic showers in west virginia, runs off to the west. that is part of a cool front that will eventually bring changes. until then, high pressure off the coast. pumping up the heat and timidity and making for a human mess. the front coming from the west will bring us cooling on the weekend. 85-90 this afternoon. upper 70's tonight. close to the upper 60's in the morning. scattered since thunderstorms possible this evening. another round of foggy weather tomorrow. near 90 with sunshine tomorrow. saturday, clouds and then sunshine. temperatures in the low to mid 80's. low humidity early next week. >> thank you so much. still ahead on this thursday afternoon, ever got something because it had a seal of approval from oprah winfrey? because it had a seal of approval from oprah winfrey? what you might not know is that you can contact geico to see if you could save on homeowner's and renter's ins

. >> family membe of a stafford county couple who died in the 18 eighties are demanding answers after the couple's remains have gone missing. back in 1966, the va department of transportation hired a funeral home to remove the graves of the couple to make way for interstate 95. when archaeologists recently dug under the markers to relocate the couple second time, they found no bodies. >>> large crowds are expected again today at arlington national cemetery to pay respect to senator edward kennedy. for the first day of public feeling yesterday. they brought flowers and cards. kennedy is buried just feet away from his two brothers. >>> as lawmakers more kennedy's death, they are gearing up for a battle over his replacement. massachusetts officials are preparing to hold a special election in january some democrats are pushing for the law to be changed to allow the governor to fill the seat kennedy's would've the key is one possibility being named. -- kennedy's widow vicki is one possibility being named. >>> one in 15 year prison if maryland students are uninsured, but if net -- one in 15

now a few in stafford. we'll have quite a bit of cloudiness around today with afternoon highs climbing to around 90 degrees. we'll see perhaps a passing thundershower and more of the same into saturday. then lower humidity and cooler temperatures sunday into tuesday. i'm back in ten minutes with another update. barbara and joe. >>> thank you, tom. >> now to jerry edwards looking at the early ways on the road. any problems, jerry? >> we have a couple problems on the secondary roads. the interstates south of town, no worries at the moment. either way at the wilson bridge, all lanes are open near the outer loop. we are looking good at the moment. now, in montgomery county, police are dealing with an accident near route 29 and lockwood drive with an overturned vehicle. up to germantown/damascus, 27 and brink for an overturned vehicle. and wrapping up the accident on the outer loop of the beltway, after old georgetown road, that should be t of the roadway if not completely cleared, but the roads will be slick in

that's the stafford loan.loan, there's a need base there, it's $5500 with a cap of $27,500. and if you have a parent plus loan or a student plus loan that is for the entire amount of attendance, minus whatever the financial aid is, so that will basically pay. they're not going to pay you more than the cost of attendance. but that's something to think about. >> another e-mail question -- david? >> there is. but i think here's one thing that we almost never see on this show. you may not need to actually switch to a fixed right now. here's why. a lot of adjustable rate mortgages are adjusting at the lowest rates we've ever seen. because many of the mortgages are tied to a rate called live wire. i have friends mortgages adjusting to 3%, 3.5%. first check and see what does the mortgage adjust to. what's the index, and then go back to your lender and see if they will refinance to a fixed rate. because if you have been making your mortgage payments on time, the fact that you've been bankrupt two years ago doesn't mea

fugate talked about the stafford act and saying child care can be deemed an essential service.we are supportive of this concept. we think that funding is necessary for the establishment of temporary emergency child care and recovery of child care infrastructure. the child care development books are being authorized. we propose during that reauthorization that state child care plans have guidelines for state operating child care after a disaster, and that states also are required to have child care providers with comprehensive all-hazard plans that incorporate shelter in place, evacuation relocation, family reunification, staff training, continuity of services and accommodation of children with special needs. the federal government has the responsibility to put these into place and we encourage to you look into that. i know time is of the essence, so i will just wrap up by saying that a lot of the ideas that you and your staff have been working on and mentioned today are critically important. i would only encourage you as the chair of this commission and as a member of the non-p

. >>> well, stafford county woman is facing a felony county mue th sedor fothe drug overdose of foensay that samant ngcaan stole oxycontin may rln i for. ng a for. during a ne dlgevega hedrug to e y tgahe g 18-year-old jessica lynn ea -y18r-old jessica lynn profi and pr-yit eddi dixtnee . mega she is being held in jail without bond. >>> fairfax county police are investigating an accident that left a pedestrian dead. this happened in centreville around 55:50 this morning. according to police, a woman was struck by a honda accord while she was crossing new braddock road near singleton way. officials say the woman was not walking in the crosswalk. the driver of the car remains on the -- remained on them scene. >>> investigators are searching for the cause of the two-alarm fire in montgomery county the flames broke out in a townhouse in the 2,000 block of featherwood street in burtonsville. investigators believe the fire began in the basement, and quickly spread to the rest of the home. the house next door was also damaged. >>> well, there are a lot of questions surrounding the illnesses of

there is lots of cool stuff to look at at m and m auto parts in stafford, virginia. what you won't see are cars turned into the government's cash for clunker program. >> i haven't seen a cash for clunkers car. >> reporter: they are stacking up on dealer lots while the dealerships work to make sure that they get paid first. >> these are ones that we are working on putting in today. >> reporter: the national highway traffic safety administration has been slow to reimburse them. mike massey says they are owed about $350,000. >> we do have trust but, yes, we are worried. sure you are worried. the u.s. department of transportation said an early cut off date to let payments and paperwork catch up. >> on a normal basis it would behalf of that. >> for dealers the sales are great. >> ford fusion, hot as a firecracker. >> reporter: but changing paperwork has left many frustrated and recyclers fear they are next. >> we will get hit with possibly hundreds of cars at one time. it will be a real challenge. >> reporter: dealers and recyclers have to match payment checks to specific

baltimore city firefighters responded to the 5700 block of stafford road. firefighters are able to get it under control. the fire is still under investigation. >>> and a man faces serious charges for a bomb scare that shut down the main terminal of new york's la guardia airport. scott mccann was acting bizarre. a search turned up materials that looked like a bomb. mccann now faces charges including making terroristic threats and having eight false bombs. >>> the u.s. citizens were hiking in iraq when they crashed into iranian territory. >> reporter: iranian state tv is reporting three american tourists who were hiebing close to the border -- hiking close to the border nier iraq and iran have been detained. reports say that two men and a woman were this a popular hiking area where the border is not clearly marked. the trio may have mistakenly wandered into iran. their last wores to a friend waiting at the hotel were, we are surrounded by armed men. the state department is working as hard as they can to obtain the release of the hikers whose identities have n

tomorrow --ew have eden watching ercatt thunderstorms pop u live ivle aimo ty thehe t southo f dc., stafford county st south ofdquantico, these showers are goingb o et nhet coupleerexov of hours or so, shouldn't be a whole lot, want expecting anything to become severe. for tonight, isolated showers, partly cloudy skies otherwise, 64-72 degrees for a nighttime low. a rapid warm-up for the day tomorrow with a heat index -- are you ready? around 100 degrees. how long will it last? details in the forecast in just a few minutes. beverly. >> steve, thanks. coming up on abc 7 news at n 6:. eunice kennedy shriver surrounded by family at a massachusetts hospital. we'll have the very latest on her condition. >> and it is still weeks away until the official start of the football season but the fans of the burgundy and gold are out in full force. i'm brianne carter at redskins park. the story coming up. >> the cash for clunkers program is a hit with car buyers but repair shop owners say they're payi p >> car buyers and dealers are cashing in on the cash-for-clunkers program but car repair shops say it's

the stafford couple owns and breeds pit bulls and say the dog's loyalty to people is sometimes abused. >> they are very eager to please. so when you ask them to do something they want to do it for you. if you ask them to fight they will want to do it for you. >> reporter: therein lies a problem, not a dog problem but a dog owner problem. >> many my eyes it is totally a people problem. >> reporter: so owners like chris lock try to reach out whenever they can as ambassadors for their pets. >> you never see the positive stories. you never see the therapy dogs that are pit bulls you never see our dogs or the good people that want to give pit bulls a good rap for the good dogs they are. you have to keep doing the right thing and spreading the word that her they are not bad dogs. they just have a bad rap. >> that was james hash reporting. >>> it is a shocking story of deception. women who were promised the american dream were forced to do some unthinkable things. when we come back, find out how police broke up a sex slavery ring. >>> plus, it is one of the biggest jewel heists in history an

and in many cases, they are traveling to private schools as far away as baltimore and stafford county, virginia. >>> sky nine captures a scene of a town home fire earlier today. one person in the hospital. that house went up around 7 this morning. right now fire officials are on the scene at victoria square searching for what caused the fire. >>> expect some delays next week on interstate 95 in virginia and watch out for overnight road work crews. they will begin a project to add another lane to the highway between woodbridge and springfield. most of the work will happen between the rush hours and the very early morning hours. >>> still to come when 9news now returns, what to do when you can't afford to buy something and you want to rent it instead. we'll tell you more in living smart. >>> plus, the race to trace a killer. see how crews are fighting dry conditions and roaring flames out west. >>> plus, topper? >> this weather is about a month ahead of schedule. i don't anybody is going to complain. you can access this via the web, wusa9.com. 76 and 64 going into the books. the average

the knows their graves had to be moved to make way for the construction of i-95 through stafford countyack in 1966. that family land has since been sold and not long ago crews found grave markers that include the names of her great grandparents. but when archaeologists starte to dig, nobody there. that's right the nine markers were there but no remains were underneath them. >> as soon as they cleared the paths of topsoil, four inches they found virgin, undisturbed soil. >> reporter: the contractor preparing for an office park on the site. he knew there is one family cemetery when he bought the land. >> this is the legitimate family cemetery. >> reporter: he has been in close contact with jackie sanders but neither knows what really happened. >> it is kind of like disregarding of sites. back then we were just colored people. no one would miss us. no big deal. >> reporter: now you can see i- 95 back behind me. this is the area where the nine bodies were said to have been buried. other on the other side by those trees that's the rest of the family cemetery. welden bailey runs bailey funera

joe stafford locally integrated joint operating entity. >> entity.f that doesn't make the black helicopter parent sound true, what does russian ark sue ten boy. let's switch gears to the story that made headlines for decades ago, and is still making them today. forty years ago, a two night murder rampage in los angeles by the followers of an aspiring rock star and cult leader named charles manson, you see him there, terrified the hollywood community, made headlines across the world. how did coverage of the mass-murder's lead to the kind of coverage we see now in immediate russian ark what about a coverage. did it change the way that i've discovered is to mark sue hecht certainly socially and culturally it was a huge moment for present xml ugly retrenchment from the 60s and i would argue the sign at the 60s would lead into a. of disorder or crime became an obsession in our nation and national politics. it didn't really end until the giuliani area in the 90s when we beat it back. >> jon: the 60s were supposed to be about peace and love and that you had

police found the body of 73- year-old john busto in his home in stafford county yesterday. the suspect rented the basement apartment from the victim. right now investigators are not saying what touched off the violence. >>> in what may be his highest profile diplomatic trip since leaving office, former president clinton is in north korea, trying to win the release of two jailed american journalists. drew levinson reports in clinton's office in harlem, new york. >> reporter: former president clinton arrived in north korea top secure the release of two american journalists. he received a warm welcome, and met with reclusive communist dictator kim jong-il. >> it will be a delicate diplomatic dance with president clinton on the ground. >> reporter: they report that clinton conveyed a message from president obama but the white house denies that insisting this is solely a private mission. still, if clinton can convince the north koreans to release euna lee and laura ling i want could clear the way for diplomatic talks. the women were reporting for former vice president al gore's

maybe 77 in stafford. as you get south of hughesville and charles county down to st. mary's county calvert county we will see more in the way of clouds. all in all not a bad day. next seven days. 76 tomorrow. partly sunny. upper 70s on tuesday. mostly sunny. probably the best day of the week then doesn't get too bad. low 80s wednesday, thursday, friday. partly cloudy skies. maybe a shower on saturday. but not bad. 83. then sunday partly cloudy with high temperatures of about 84. no one will call me any more. >> i will call you. >> good. >>> lots of people enjoying a good food fight. take a look at this tom ato throwing event. the proceeds benefited the american cancer society. at coming at ok lo sports plus. sara is up next. b@ hey i'm worried about mrs. lowenberg next door. why? i don't know she's wandering around the lobby, yammering about fios tv, internet and phone all for $79.99 a month. she seems crazy. actually, fios customers get that price for six months. it's like getting three services for the price of two. so am i the one that's crazy? no? (announcer) get

there were down in stafford. after chicago starts in the 50s they barely get to 68, 69 degrees. >> oh, my, get out the sweaters and the fall weather gear up there. >>> we head to nashville though for the country music capital of the world going behind the scenes, sorry, of the cma music festival. all of country music's greatest stars and cameron mathison. >> it's true, diane. it just doesn't get any bigger than the cma music festival when it comes to country music. this morning an all-access behind-the-scenes pass to some of the biggest names in country music. ♪ >> are you all right? ♪ >> reporter: for visitors and artist as like the cma fest is the biggest event of the year. ♪ cowboy ♪ jumping back >> reporter: with more than 200 performers over seven days, the reigning kings and queens of country take the stage in nashville. all in the name of giving back to the fans. ♪ change talking about love ♪ sun was shining >> reporter: everyone was there like reba mcentire and kenny chesney. ♪ feet on the dashboard in an

. >>> a stafford father is behind bars tonight charged with killing his newborn son. investigators say that jason andre shook the 7 week old baby and tried to cover it up. medics were called to his home in june after he called 911 to say the baby was not breathing. doctors say his injuries were consistent with shaken baby syndrome. >>> the baby -- the man that killed three women at a ess club outside of a gym in pittsburgh bought accessories for the gun at the same store as the virginia tech shooter. the dealer is cooperating with investigators. george sodini killed himself after the shooting on tuesday. joe who bought a .22 caliber gun killed 32 people at virginia tech. >>> a boat house goes up in flames. now investigators are searching for survivors. >>> and it is a holiday in virginia this weekend. did you know? but first, tony is out on the terrace with a quick look at the forecast. >> a beautiful friday evening but we will turn up the heat this weekend. we wiltaoulkabatis int th s.te t lolo okat r up70pes nu s.mb uppe 70s w louplow s.80 d owntown. the weather is

controversial since they were first proposed, especially down south in places like prince william and stafford where slugs say it is going to crowd up there lanes. you can bet there is a lot of cheerleading down south for the county inside the beltway that has chosen to file a lawsuit. matt brock, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> two virginia lawmakers want to extend metro. paul nichols and gerry connolly are exposing that expansion and have scheduled a news conference for today. >>> a new theory station may be headed toward spotsylvania -- a new vre station may be headed toward spotsylvania county. they may subsidize it and it would take about three years to build. >>> tre was a water main break yesterday. it happened near duke street. 600 customers without water. service was restored hours later. >>> metro has imposed tougher hiring standards. applicants for bus operators who have had a felony conviction or a conviction for crimes of sex abuse will be disqualified. those caught driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol will have to wait three years to apply. new regulations went in suspec