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wars. not everyone thinks changing the guidelines now is a good idea. lamar smith of texas argued against the change saying reducing the penalties for crack cocaine could expose our neighborhoods to the same violence and addition that caused -- addiction that caused congress to act in the first place. >> illegal drugs drive bad behavior. >> reporter: former federal prosecutor and heritage foundation scholar says the new law evens the sentences for crack and cocaine use it does not mean anyone already in jail under the old guidelines get their sentences reduced. >> no, you don't. you got sentenced under a lawful sentence passed by congress, signed by the president. this law does not apply retroactively. >> reporter: the bill was signed into law today in the oval office without television cameras and the president made no remarks the change in sentence was a promise that senator obama made when he ran for president in 2008. high-ranking city official caught breaking the rules and it's costing you money. d.c.'s inspector general said the woman in charge of the 911 system broke the law. tisha thompson has the details. >> reporter: fox 5 has been investigating the office of unified communication for more than a year now. we found problems with calls getting dropped, dispatchers behave be badly and giving -- behaving badly and giving out wrong addresses. but now things have gotten worse for the director. >> we e-mailed you, called you, talked to the mayor's office. you run away. >> reporter: fox 5 has been trying to get answers from janice quentin no about alleged problems inside the 911 system. during that time, we caught her driving two and from work in this government-owned chevy impala. a new d.c. inspector general's report says she has been breaking the law by driving that car. >> i was the one who asked the inspector general to look at this. this confirms the worst of what our suspicions were. >> reporter: phil mendelson said he ordered the investigation after receiving a tip that quintanno was in an accident driving the vehicle. according to the report, the government vehicle struck another vehicle on december 29th. when quintana was stopping at a shopping mall on the way home. in the report, quintana says she is allude to drive the city car equipped with emergency lights and sirens because she is an essential emergency district employee on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. she told an investigator that she was on her way home and is allowed to make common sense pit stops. but according to the report, under district laws, the director is not permitted to use a district vehicle for commuting much less for personal use. >> the law is very clear that only the mayor, chairman of the council, police and fire are allowed to drive cars home. >> reporter: what really bothers meant letter son, she works and lives in d.c. but the accident happened in arlington, virginia. >> the agency needs new leadership. >> reporter: quintana refused our request for a comment as did the mayor who ultimately gets to decide if quintanno gets to stay or go. >> do you have any indication what the mayor will decide. >> reporter: we talked to the mayor over the last year in the things we found in the investigation. he has stood by her. we are waiting to hear. i think mendelson was right when he said he didn't expect much change to happen. >> thanks very much. now to a developing story out of connecticut. nine people are dead after an employee went on a shooting rampage. it happened at a beer distribution company in manchester. officials say omar thornton was asked to resign this morning. he was caught on camera stealing beer. he later opened fire killing eight employees and wounding two others. he reportedly then called his mother after the shooting to say good-bye then killed himself. officers responded. they found a victim when they first entered the building. we treated it as an active shooter. there was a full response, mutual aid from surrounding towns and police. the building was searched and the suspect was found shot. >> the girlfriend's mother claimed that he claimed racial harassment on the job. now to the economy, a bit of good and bad news. general motors and ford reported profits but tim geithner said unemployment numbers might rise again before they drop as the white house announces a plan to boost manufacturing jobs. matt ackland is following it live in the newsroom with the latest. >> reporter: the treasury secretary said americans should prepare for unemployment to rise a bit before it comes down. he pointed out overall the economy is slowly improving. meanwhile, the obama administration announced plans to create more jobs. today we spoke with two d.c. residents who really need them. >> pretty much a struggle. the economy doesn't have a lot of job offerings. >> reporter: she is a single mother of two and hasn't been able to find a job in over six months. trying to better herself, she enrolled in a trade school to become a medical administrative assistant. >> i thought maybe because i went back to school that i would graduate and get a job as soon as possible. wasn't happening. >> reporter: you might remember charles drummond. we profiled him in a story last june. he told us by phone today he still hasn't found a job. >> i am a man with -- i don't have much education but i am a hard worker. >> reporter: talk to most economists and they will tell you the key to turning the economy around is getting people like them back to work. for the most part, major u.s. companies are posting profits but most are sitting on the cash, still too worried about the future and not willing to hire new employees. that's bad news for the economy and bad for people desperately needing work. >> the economy is hard. some of the jobs that you apply for has already been taken. >> reporter: we learned today that people are actually saving a lot of money in the month of june. that might sound good but when people don't spend, companies worry and that isn't good when it comes to moving forward. she was interviewing for jobs but nothing yet. charles drummond told me he's keeping his finger's crossed. he has an interview in falls church. >> there was talk on the hill about the national debt and a stern warning to lawmakers. >> reporter: you are right. at a senate budget committee, senators were warned to not run up the debt any more than it has been run up. one expert testified that debt reduction has to happen soon and congress should address the problem right away before it's too late. >> vicious sickle. thank you. if you are looking for work, check out the fox 5 job shop. the job of the day is at the examiner.com. they are looking for freelance writers to check out bars and clubs and right about what the restaurants and clubs have to offer. for more information on this job and many others, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the job shop tab at the top of the home page. the redskins released colt brennan. today the quarterback who will take brennan's place on the roster took the field for the first time with the redskins. dave feldman is live with the latest. >> reporter: good afternoon, laura. john beck's arrival was the big story on a day 6 of training camp. he had to go from where the ravens train to ashburn, virginia. he arrived in camp today and did practice with the team. he will get a big opportunity to play. he was at the morning practice, admitted he will need to learn the new terminology after coming from the ravens. he played in five nfl games with the dolphins in 2007 but the byu grad has been on the shanahan radar and now he is part of their team. >> it was a shock. i was on the practice field in baltimore. practice was done. i was throwing balls when i found out. but i'm excited to come to a team via trade. as soon as i found out, called the wife, grab the kids, have lunch i have to drive to washington. >> he hasn't shown he can't do it yet. >> he was a guy that i targeted for a while. i want to give him a chance. it was between colt and bar tell. beck is 28 years old. both shanahans say he has a chance to do the back up role. albert haynesworth didn't try the test. he is not going through the walk through now and malcolm kelly is expected to miss more time with his hamstring injury. and brett favre, they are reporting that he told the vikings he will retire and not return for a second season but no word officially from brett favre or the vikings but multiple reports say he will call it quits. laura, back to you. >> we will see how that goes. we have seen that before. >> many times. >> what is the prognosis on albert haynesworth. will he try tomorrow or wait until next week if the knee heals. >> we will wait and see. shanahan softened his stance when someone said is there any scenario possible where albert gets on the field where he doesn't pass the test and shanahan said maybe, wait and see. i think he realizes at some point we have to get him on the field whether he passes or not. no word if he will take it tomorrow. >> he has a contender in you since you passed it yesterday. how are you feeling? >> feeling okay. the nausea is gone. the hospital gave me a clean bill of health. we are good. >> i need you there saturday to route me on. >> i will be there. >> thanks. bp's plan to stop the oil gushing in the gulf was stalled for most of the day today. right now things are finally moving forward. what it will take to choke off the leak for good. the latest developments from louisiana. also ahead, how safe is your ride. find out why vehicle tops the list of the country's most stolen vehicles and find out if your car is on the list ahead at 5:30.  we are following heart- breaking tragedy out of louisiana. sixteen teens from two different families drown in a river. they waded into the water yesterday but none could swim. one teen slipped and fell into deeper water. the others tried to help but fell in the deeper water. a 13, 14 and 15-year-old from one family. a 15, 17 and 18-year-old from the other family died. the first teen that fell in the water was eventually pulled out and survived. preparations are under way for an event the district has never seen before. hundreds of people, maybe a couple thousand will be able to visit a free health clinic all day long. karen gray houston is live at the convention center which is the scene of what is being called the nation's largest doctor's office. >> reporter: it will be an extraordinary event. they are expecting huge crowds, anywhere from 1200 to 2,000 patients from d.c., maryland and virginia. it is a clinic for the uninsured who will see doctors, nurses and get tests and treatment that won't cost them a dime. preparations are well under way, setting up screening and examining rooms, getting supplies ready. >> you got hemoglobin meters then you have the cholesterol meters. >> every patient that walks in the door can meet with a doctor or nurse practitioner and get a physical exam. >> we will be offering hiv testing on site and counseling, making eye glasses on sight for the patients and doing prostate testing for prostate cancer. >> reporter: this is the 7th free clinic sponsored. the third one this year. a recent one was in new orleans, hundreds of doctors, nurses ant support staff are volunteering their services. >> i retired two years ago. this is for a worthwhile cause. a lot of people don't have treatment and don't get treatment for medical. >> reporter: the uninsured can get free doctors, free tests and free treatment but what if they need follow-up care. >> after the patient talks to that doctor, gets the prescription they need, we will give them information where they can go to get the follow- up care that they will need when the care clinic leaves washington, d.c. >> reporter: sometimes uninsured patients haven't seen a doctor in years and the preclinics are lifesavers. >> we stopped seven suicides in our clinics. people walked up and said here are the pills, here are the knife. if you weren't here, we wouldn't be here they are. we had a woman nine months pregnant and she had no idea. >> reporter: sophisticated testing with ekg and mri machines will be available with an ambulance on standby. phone lines are open right now for folks that want to set up an appointment. call 877-233-5159. walk-ins are invited but you will have a shorter wait if you call in advance. the clinic is from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00. karen gray houston, fox 5 news. laura? >> what a wonderful event. are they planning on doing this annually. >> reporter: i don't think so. this is a group sponsoring these kind of events all around the country. wink we mentioned they have done them in about seven different cities. the last was in september in houston. it sounds like a great idea, i don't know that it will happen in d.c. annually. >> anybody can go, right? >> reporter: this is for people who are uninsured. a lot of people that don't have jobs or health insurance. it's for those folks who can come and get the health care. >> karen gray houston, thank you very much. bp's attempts to permanently plug the oil well are under way right now. crews started pumping heavy drilling mud about an hour ago hoping to choke off the flow of oil for good. it's called a static kill. they hope they can then pump in cement and seal off the well. it does not mean the disaster will be over. >> this has been quantified as the largest maritime spill. we need to be mindful that we have long-term impacts. we need to be sobered by the fact that the oil has stopped and we are not dealing with the day to day threat any more. >> bp will go ahead with drilling relief wells. they should be finished by the end of the month. we are staying on top of the latest developments in the gulf at myfoxdc.com. log on for updates. it is getting muggy out there and we hear more changes are on the way. let's check in with gary and find out what is on top for this evening. >> 85 degrees but the heat index is 90. that's how muggy it is. that will not change. it will get more muggy as time goes on the next couple of days. i have made changes to the forecast. first of all, let's go out to radar to give you an idea. there is a little light rain. this is not much. if you were out late this afternoon, perhaps you ran through a light shower moving across. what you see here, it's drifting in our direction. there more back out to the northwest. let's go to true view. this is a dying complex of showers and thunderstorms that came all the way out of illinois this morning. what is left over could come across and bring us a few showers. it won't be much. spotty showers out west at 7:00 and, again, between 9:00 and 11:00 we could have a few more showers coming across. very, very light. overnight tonight a chance for more rain and the possibility of thunderstorms and, again, i made a few changes to the forecast. it looks like it will be hot and muggy. the question is, how hot and how muggy. we will talk about that in the complete forecast. >> we will see you soon, gary, thank you. this field will soon be a haven for dogs and their owners. city officials and pet lovers broke ground on a new dog park on arkansas avenue northwest. this will be the first dog park inward 4. the park is expected to be ready in october. it's definitely a summer staple. cooling off with a tall glass of sweet tea may land you in the er. why it's packing more than sugary goodness.  a health alert to pass along if you get headaches. a study from the new york headache center found you have a greater chance of getting a hike when the temperature outside climbs nine degrees. researchers president bush blood vessels expand in the heat causing the pain. they suggest taking over the counter pain reliever at the first sign of a headache. some doctors warn drinking too much tea can lead to painful kidney stones. the problem is a high concentration of oxilate. it inhibits the bodies absorption of calcium. >> they analyzed the kidney stone and said it was coming from sweet tea, soft drinks, calcium. >> tea leaves are not the only source of the chemical. it's found in high concentrations in black pepper, spinach, chocolate beans, nuts and bear rice. chances are your children are dreading it but back to school time means tax free shopping for you. this year there are more ways to save you cash. it's enough to drive you crazy. the airlines charging you for everything. one local congressman is calling for changes. will a new passenger bill of rights get you flying for less? inside a secret straight from the source. ok. what if i just had a small slice? i was good today, i deserve it! or, i could have a medium slice and some celery sticks and they would cancel each other out, right? or...ok. i could have one large slice and jog in place as i eat it or...ok. how about one large slice while jogging in place followed by eight celery... mmm raspberry cheesecake... i have 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>> the escalade at tainted almost pop i con status, a vehicle that a lot of athletes drive, you see beautiful people getting in and out of. it has a high profile, if you will, a lot of flash and chrome. it has become desirable to thieves. >> the escalade has been number one or two on the list since it was introduced in 1999. thieves may target your car but hackers could be after your cell phone calls. aol reports for about 1500 bucks clever criminals can intercept your outbound calls. it will trick cell phones into connecting to what appears to be a legit mall cell tower. if you use 3 or 4 g you are not vulnerable. plans to build an islamic mask has taken a step forward. lauren green reports on why some people are outraged. >> reporter: with today's vote, the nine panel members of the landmark press seven vacation committee -- preservation committee paved the way for the islamic center and mosque. the panel voted that the five story structure two blocks away from ground zero didn't rise to the level of an individual landmark which means it can be demolished. there was no known architect, it's on a side street. there are many like it in the city. here is how the vote went down. >> all in favor, aye? opposed? count that vote to be 9-0 in favor of removing the landmark -- removing this building from the landmark preservation commission calendar and conclude the meeting. thank you all very much. >> reporter: strong reaction from people after the decision came down. someone shouting it's a tragedy. another saying michael bloomberg you should be ashamed of yourself. he has con down on the side of the project organizers. by the way, this fight isn't over yet. one of the firefighters injured on 9-11 says it is poised to mount a legal fight against the landmark preservation decision today. lauren greene, fox news. we have told you in recent days about an incredible find in the rubble there. tonight at 6:00, you will get to see pieces of a 200-year-old ship that suddenly surfaced and why it was there. from laptops to desk stops. is your computer at risk? microsoft is issuing an emergency patch right now. what you need to know is still ahead. fans have been kept out since he died. tonight visitors will get access to michael jackson, crypt. who gets to go inside? 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>> it's coming back, i should say. tomorrow -- a cool down tomorrow a little bit. we will have more clouds and showers out there. interest thursday -- we will probably have a heat advisory simply because the heat index will be running well over 100 degrees. you can see it out there. we have the clouds but it's muggy and even though we don't have a lot of sunshine, we have a heat index that is well up over the actual temperature. there is a little bit of shower activity, perhaps you got into some of that in your commute this afternoon. it's not very heavy but as we look at max hd radar, we look to the west of us. nothing hear in d.c. proper. i have noticed a little shower that is trying to form. this is really light, too. a sprinkle. just west of leesburg. right now the concentration of showers out along i-81, winchester perhaps you get a shower here on and off the next hour or so. raining around front royal now. that extends down 81. i talk about this because it will continue to work in our direction and there is more back to the west. that means perhaps from time to time we will have showers moving through on and on this evening. nothing terribly heavy. 83 degrees, spotty showers. a few showers lingering at 9:00. not much. then a few showers at 11:00 as well. i think we get a better chance overnight tonight and toward the early morning hours. we will show you why in a second. it's 85 in the city. 86 quinn at the could -- quantico. even with the heat index it feels like 90 out there. 91 quantico. feels like 98 for fredricksburg. the heat index is always close to 100 degrees if not above that in fredricksburg. we have chased the extreme heat the last couple of days. wichita, kansas, 108. the highest temperature in the nation was in kansas yesterday. 105 for little rock. this is moving in our direction. looks like we will get the brunt of this on thursday coupled with the humidity. so, it will feel like it's well over 100 degrees thursday. it will feel close to 100 tomorrow, even though temperature gets up to 92. thursday is the real hot day, up to 97. then better into friday and saturday. a little summertime cold front will come through and that will push down the humidity and temperatures. into the weekend, at least for now, it looks like it will be dry. big complex of showers and thunderstorms in chicago this morning. through the day it weakened a bit but we are getting the showers from that right now. you can see into ohio, that still has to come through. that's why we are carrying at least a chance for showers through the evening hours. back out to the west of us, we have high pressure to the northeast. area of low pressure to the south and that continued to bring in the atlantic particular moisture. knows as much as yesterday but brings in the showers and thunderstorms tonight. what about tropical storm colin, winds barely at tropical storm strength, 40 miles per hour. it kins to move to the west and northwest. here is the lesser antilles. there is puerto rico. in the forecast, colin is supposed to just nick, probably across st. thomas there, maybe north of god then move out north of the bahamas. the forecast for tropical storm colin weakening back to a depression the next 24 to 36 hours. another change, look at 6:00 sunday evening. it has more of a line to north carolina and virginia. we will be watching this. this forecast is now starting to shift further out to the west. this could have an i effect on the weekend forecast. it's too far to tell right now. scattered showers, maybe a thunderstorm tomorrow morning, 79. muggy with sunshine at noon. up to 88 degrees. temperatures tomorrow lower 90s, really dependent on how much in the way of sunshine we get. another round of showers and thunderstorms late tomorrow afternoon that will cool us off a bit. tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. we could have showers and thunderstorms, sunny breaks at lunchtime then tomorrow evening more showers and thunderstorms around and we continue this trend the next couple of days here. tomorrow 92. it will feel like 96 with the heat index. thursday 97. it will feel like about 105 to 110 with the heat index. drier cooler air coming in toward the weekend. we cool to the lower 90s and upper 80s. a real small brief heat wave if you want to call it that. >> we can take it. >> thanks, a job? another one. >> no, i'm good. >> "american idol" is looking for new talent. >> [ singing ]. >> this is audition day in east rutherford, new jersey. there is plenty of uncertainty especially with the shake up at the judges table. randy says he could be on the chopping block. he claims only ryan seacrest is guaranteed to return for season 10. singers try out in front of producers for the first round f. they make it through, they will perform for the unnamed judges in about a month. bristol palin and levi johnston called it quits again. they announced their engagement saying they reconciled while coparenting inner loop tripp. he said he may have feared another baby but the final straw he went to be on a tv show in hollywood but was on a show mocking the palin family. daxx, what did lindy do with her free time. >> she sat there and journaled away. she had a couple of notebooks and would write down her experiences, anything going through her brain, any dreams she had. she plans to turn it into a novel. 14 days behind bars is not a long time but she has the 90 days in rehab she could be writing and put it into a book and something for her to look back on. it would probably sell well. people want to know what it's like for a celebrity to go through jail. >> maybe she is a scrapbooker in the meantime? maybe not. do people really care? i don't know. maybe. let's move on. i want to ask you about forest lawn cemetery. they are keeping it under lock and key where michael jackson's tomb is but they opened it to yoga enthusiasts. what is that about? >> reporter: so, basically there was a famous indian guru that died almost 60 years ago. i guess his followers have been coming for the last decade to worship him, pray inside the mass so lee yum and they let them come in for that special day. they have never done this with michael jackson fans so they are upset. they said, you know what, they have always been respectful, peaceful an they are actually covering up michael's grave with a big screen so if anyone wants to sneak in and pose as a yoga, they will not be able to see michael jackson's grave. that will continue on and michael jackson fans are not allowed inside. >> so yogis can go but the rest stay out. okay. dax holt, thank you very much. the delay is killing us here. 6:30 on fox 5. look for you on tmz on tv. today a luncheon in d.c. to showcase selections for this year's event, 97 short films from 11 different countries. 11 were made in d.c. the festival runs from december 9th through the 16th at the landmark e street skin that may and burke theater. let's check in with brian for a look at the "news edge at 6:00". >> a driver learns a hard lesson in the district.  there's oil out there we've got to capture. my job is to hunt it down. i'm fred lemond, and i'm in charge of bp's efforts to remove oil from these waters. bp has taken full responsibility for the cleanup and that includes keeping you informed. every morning, over 50 spotter planes and helicopters take off and search for the oil. we use satellite images, infrared and thermal photography to map and target the oil. then, the boats go to work. almost 6,000 vessels. these are thousands of local shrimp and fishing boats organized into task forces and strike teams. plus, specialized skimmers from around the world. we've skimmed over 27 million gallons of oil/water mixture and removed millions more with other methods. we've set out more than 8 million feet of boom to protect the shoreline. i grew up on the gulf coast and i love these waters. we can't keep all the oil from coming ashore, but i'm gonna do everything i can to stop it, and we'll be here as long as it takes to clean up the gulf. an ohio woman was so desperate for a date she called 911. now she has a date to appear in court. police in norwood, ohio, claim bernadette called the emergency line four times in one night. she told the dispatcher she was trying to reach a date line and couldn't seem to get through. [ inaudible ]. >> the dispatcher played along with her. officers claim music was drunk when she was arrested. she is charged with disorderly conduct. the police department described the calls as humorous but said she wasted the time of dispatchers. >> not a good way to get a date. >> definitely not. thank you for joining us at 5:00. >> the "news edge at 6:00" starts right notice. got out of my car, take off all my jewelry. they handcuffed me. a license plate problem ends with that woman spending hours in the city jail. parking or driving with expired license plates is an open invitation for a ticket. but if you do it in d.c., get ready to get arrested. john henrehan has that story. >> reporter: a kensington mom

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