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Have signed on to use the live safe app. It lets students text directly to law enforcement. It has a gps walking feature which lets students ask others to watch them to make sure they reach their destination. At 36th and o right now and now hes going to come back. All right. We can chat back and forth while hes walking. Reporter so if we didnt know where chi was and were concerned about him, we could watch our phone and make sure he gets to his destination on time. Absolutely. And if we had any concerns, we could dial 911 directly or text back and forth to make sure that he was getting here safely. Georgetown University Police chief says the live safe app has generated dozens of tips and led to the arrest of a man who exposed himself. A former Prince Georges County Police Lieutenant facing Sexual Assault charges is dead. Authorities say John Warhurst died of a selfinflicted gunshot wound, his body found at a park in anne arundel county. The 21yearold police veteran was charged last year with 16 charges including sexually abusing a minor. Residents in one ft. Washington neighborhood have wondered for months now are we going to keep our homes or possibly lose them . That was until last night when Prince Georges County emailed residents telling them their fate. Surae chinn reports from ft. Washingtons piscataway drive. We knew it could go either way. Reporter up until the countys email miles cullen held out hope he would be able to stay in their dream home. He and his family have been partially living in a camper parked out front so they could have access to running water. We know were going to have to move on here. Reporter his is one of six homes to be condemned. 22 other houses down the hill will be able to stay. Since may an active mudslide has turn. These familys lives upside down. The slope has moved roughly an inch since the disaster. Construction on piscataway drive wont happen until the county buys the homes on the hill and condemns them and that might not happen until the spring. The countys email warns residents they may have to find another place to live for about half a year. We love this community. Reporter sue holland is trying to put her frustrations in perspective. Im trying to keep the eyes on i will get to keep any home and that is the end gain. The my home and that is the end gain. Its just our little slice of paradise. Theres a lot of history here. Its a very special place that i did not want to leave. Reporter for cullen he worries Prince Georges County wont be able to pay him as much as the house is worth. We just want a chance to break even and be able to start a new home. Reporter in ft. Washington, surae chinn, wusa9. We reached out to Prince Georges County. They say the state applied for federal grants and the federal Emergency Management agency wont decide whether they get it until next year. However, if they get the money, we are told the county would be able to pay market value for those condemned homes. This mornings gas leak that prompted the national zoo to shut down a few hours has been fixed. Construction crews working in one of the zoos parking lots struck a gas main. No people or animals were hurt, but todays incident appears to be human error, although the situation underscores the vulnerable state of our underground pipeline system. There is a Major Development tonight in our investigation into potential danger below the streets of d. C. We identified a list detailing failing Gas Pipelines all over town, but the district is refusing to release it. Now Investigative Reporter russ ptacek has documents identifying the top three high risk locations. Reporter this is the document that lists washingtons top three high risk natural gas sites. Were in ward 6 along s street which is one of the sites listed. It doesnt give a specific address, but when we got out of our car here, we very quickly got a pretty good idea were in the right spot because we can smell it. Yeah. You can really smell it. Reporter your mom live right here. Yes. Thats dangerous. Oh, my goodness, you can smell it right now. Reporter i just got a whiff. I did, too, a strong whiff of it. Its strong. Its strong. Reporter you smell it. Yeah, i smell it now. Reporter parking restriction signs list a Washington Gas line repair along s street northwest near fifth. Documents we reviewed dont say precisely where but list s street in ward 6 as topping the list of needed high risk natural gas repairs followed by a site along bladensburg road northeast in ward 5 and along 13th street northeast in ward 4. Washington gas prioritizes the sites saying they represent the top three projects ranked solely by main risk. In d. C. A usa today wusa9 review identified 418 miles of aging cast iron Gas Pipelines. D. C. And many of the nations gas systems are over 100 years old. Accident investigators and federal regulators consider the aging cast iron pipes more likely to fail and have linked them to destructive and deadly accidents across the country. Washington gas issued a statement saying Washington Gas is a highly regulated regional utility. The welfare of our customers, the public and their property is fundamental to the proper management and repair of leaks. The top three d. C. Risky projects are identified on a list approved for repair that our investigation on washingtons aging underground natural gas time lines obtained a much larger list under the freedom of information act. That list remains secret, most of the document blacked out including the addresses of washingtons top 100 high risk neighborhoods. I think thats sad because we need to know. As the public we really need to know. It does bother me because of time i come over here i smell it. Reporter there are hundreds of high risk natural gas sites in d. C. , virginia and maryland that remain secret. Were continuing our open records fight to get those documents. So if you live near one of these sites, youll know. Im Investigative Reporter russ ptacek, wusa9. Russ and the crew reported in gas smell to 311. An operator said they would send emergency crews to investigate. At www. Wusa9. Com right now you can enter your zip code to see if there is any information about your area. The only station with weather alert days, wusa9 first alert weather. Women are looking we are looking at a fantastic evening and a great weekend, temperatures 65 to 75 depending on when the game starts, 70 by halftime and 65 in the 4th quarter, pretty much picture perfect. So is the evening planner. Weve government 69 at 8 00 under clear skies and 66 at 10 00 under clear skies. Temps wont fall off quickly tonight if youre out late. I would bring a sweater. If youre in by 10 00, you should be fine. By 8 00 in the morning its 60 downtown but in the burbs and not a cloud or green blob anywhere. Pay attention to temps here. By 10 00 were almost 70 downtown, mid to upper 60s in the burbs. By 1 00 it warms up quickly, upper 70s downtown, 76 in gaithersburg, leesburg, 77 in manassas and down in la plata. Well come back, take you through the rest of saturday and talk about how warm its going to be on sunday. Mickey and minnie were at Reagan National airport today for a very special sendoff. Coming up well tell you why the disney characters invaded the terminal. Theres been a settlement in the case of a homeless woman beaten by a california cop and now that officer could wind up before the judge. In Fairfax County we had to cut a lot of waste. We consolidated offices. Started sharing printers. We can walk a few feet. Replaced computers, but kept the monitors. They still work fine. We even discovered that the phone company overcharged us by three Million Dollars i approve this message because congress doesnt need another right winger. They need someone who can balance a budget. Oh, and we definitely didnt need so many government studies. A Highway Patrol officer delivers punch after punch to a homeless woman along the ground on the california highway. It was caught on video and went viral and now, of course, the fallout. Heres the scene from last july, wow. It looks nasty. A 51yearold lady named ching marlene pinnic. Andrew said shed been darting in and out of traffic when he tried to restrain her and she resisted, but his bosses at the california Highway Patrol saw things differently and after her settlement of 1. 5 million bucks, officer andrew gets booted from the force. I feel good about the settlement. This chapter can be closed in my life and i can move on. The District Attorneys Office is looking at this one. Its going to decide whether or not to file criminal charges against that officer. That is hard to view. It is the first fall weekend of 2014 and topper says it is going to be perfect for anything outdoors. You want to go riding, do you . Absolutely. His forecast is next. Right now two local children and their families are hopefully enjoying a very special and much needed trip to disney world. These kids are critically ill and have to spend a lot of their time in and out of the hospital, but today they got a vacation they need so much. Reporter these kids and their families deal with so much every single day. The hope for them is that theyll be able to relax and enjoy just being regular kids. I dont know what im in for yet. Reporter the 16yearold xavier is from oxon hill diagnosed with sickle cell when he was just a baby, but all hes worried about right now is the weather. Reporter a nice change for him and his family whose days are filled with medicine and hospitals. Its always a pleasure to have a vacation. Reporter 3yearold jackson is from odenton. Jacksons parents are looking forward to a chung of scenery as well. Its going to change of scenery as well. Its going to mean everything. Hell be so excited. It will be great to get away from the hospital, doctor visits and everything. Reporter this brave little boy has a rare disease called xlp that affects only 28 people in the country. Jackson and xavier are part of casey cares, an organization that teamed up with American Airlines kids in need program to help these families focus on something simple for a change. Just having peace of mind for a few minutes. We just hope for him to have a normal week where he can be a normal kid and do everything that normal kids do. Reporter and a little florida sunshine doesnt hurt. At reagan airport, nikki burdine, wusa9. Keeping your family safe with weather call, a custom message sent to your phone when Severe Weather is in your neighborhood, wusa9 first alert weather. Lets start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, simply gorgeous, hardly a cloud in the sky, temperature 76 downtown in d. C. , dew points in the low 50s which translates to 45 humidity which is very comfortable and also an indication how low we can go tonight in term of low temperatures. Headlines, perfect for High School Football, 65 to 75 and we have featured games tonight at 11 00. Great weekend, a touch of summer, yes, more like early september, make plans. 80s will return, certainly by sunday. Warm through next tuesday, even monday and tuesday around 80, some clouds returning monday and tuesday, a couple sprinkles possible but now nothing big ahead. Futurecast 10 00 in the morning just Pay Attention to where you live, thats all you got to worry about are temperatures tomorrow, 69 at 10 00 downtown, upper 60s gaithersburg, leesburg, manassas. By 1 00 it does warm up quickly, upper 70s, mid70s in gaithersburg, leesburg, upper 70s in manassas and down towards la plata and by 4 00 we got low 80s downtown. You get the picture, no clouds, no green blobs, what a fantastic saturday, 74 in gaithersburg by 6 00, 76 in leesburg. The nats are playing again tomorrow. The nats are playing tonight, perfect weather. Temperatures by 8 00 still low 70s downtown. It will fall into the 60s shortly after sunset tomorrow, nothing crazy cool. By 9 30 maybe 62 in gaithersburg and 64 in manassas and mid60s in leesburg. By midnight youre out super late tomorrow 59 in gaithersburg but still mid to upper 60s downtown and low 60s across the board in the burbs. Tonight clear skies and cool, open the windows, low temps in the 50s, upper 50s downtown obviously, low 50s in the burbs. Tomorrow morning mostly sunny, pleasant, 50 to 75. Dont leave home without your sunglasses. By afternoon mostly sunny, warmer, beautiful, high temps around 80 and winds out of the east, northeast at 10. Its going to be great from the mountains to the coast, 70 in oakland, jump the divide, 77 in cumberland, mid70s in hagerstown, martinsburg, maybe 78 in winchester, 81 in culpeper and knocking on the door of 80 in warrenton, manassas, reston and fairfax. 80 downtown, gaithersburg and rockville. Great weekend to be on the bay, warm and no small craft advisories. Day planner by 9 00 warm, sunshine, low 70s by 11 00 and 1 00 upper 70s. Beautiful tomorrow, beautiful sunday, 82, maybe a few clouds south and east sunday and yes, i have a drop here, but we can call the day nice, temperatures around 80. Next seven days, 80 on tuesday, back to 70s on wednesday and mid70s thursday and friday, a couple showers possible, not a very organized system and again on sunday ravens home, great weather, more like baseball as the nats finish up their ready for a great career . Devry universitys meritbased career catalyst scholarship can help you get started with up to 20,000 for qualified new students. Apply now and start working toward your career, like devry grad, shelly joseph. As a student at devry, a Business Career was my goal. This was my Career Training ground. My professors, were also my coaches. Their guidance helped me find career success. At microsoft. Find your success with our career catalyst scholarship. Classes start october 27. Get started now. Visit devry. Edu now wusa9 game on sports with dave owens brought to you by xfinity. Big night tonight, High School Football reaching week four and we brought in a few rivals to spruce it up, dematha versus st. Johns, a rematch of last years Catholic League final. Lets get a preview out to the maryland sportsplex where dine roberts standing by. Where Diane Roberts is standing by. Who are we . Who are we . You know reporter the excitement is palpable, dave, right out here in Prince Georges County as you said and you said it. This is a rematch of last years washington athletic Conference Game between dematha and st. Johns. Dematha is an all boys school, so clearly they dont go to dematha. They go to the Sister School at seton and they want to show you how much spirit and pep and excitement is in here for tonights game. Pump it up pump it up pump it up pump it up pump it up. Try to get to the outside. Reporter everybody is here for the cadets versus the stags. They met in last years conference championship game. Dematha outplayed st. Johns 31 10, but st. Johns may have the upper hand this season, 40 so far. Dematha is 22. Both coaches know what theyre in store for. Both teams are going to compete at a high level. Theyre on a roll now undefeated. We come in with a young inexperienced team, so we have our work cut out for us, but well do our best to go out there and play dematha football. Preseason those four games are just in anticipation of this matchup. Conference play is when it matters. The kids have been playing well to this point. They got to stick to what got them to the 40 start. Reporter more game on varsity coverage tonight at 11 00. Back to you, dave. Great stuff. I thought she was one of the cheerleaders there. Im rocking the red in honor of the nats today. Get this. On may 26th washingtons record was one game under. 500, injuries throughout the lineup. Since then 30 games above. 500, 30 games, tr yingto clinch Home Field Advantage thhorougut the nl playoffs today. Doug fister was the lawn mower man mowing down marlon marlins, nine strikeouts. Nats win 4 0. The nl pennant must go through south capitol street. The nats are in the no. 1 seed. Theyll face the winner of the 1 game playoff between San Francisco versus st. Louis or pittsburgh. That is this weekend. The nats first playoff game a week from today, october 3rd. Back to the redskins, the game last night was an unmitigated disaster, an already depleted team taking on more damage. Trent williams left with an injured knee. He might have dislocated it. Its only a contusion. He might be able to play against seattle. Mean while i think the secondary thought the game was on sunday. Dazed and confused is a kind way to put it. It made eli manning look like joe montana. You never want to go out losing like that. Its hard. It hurts, but you got to move on. One day youre on top. The next day you got to grind. Every game were not going to get 10 sacks, but we got to do our best to put them in those situations you can get after them and when its time to get after them, get after them. The seahawks coming to town on monday night in 10 days. Are you saying the redskins defensive backs are likely to be at fedex on sunday lining up because they thought the game was on sunday . They still might not stop anybody. Oh. You all are such fair weather fans. Its not easy. Its called tough love. We love you and the cbs evening news is next. Ill be back with jan jeffcoat with more tough love at 7 00.  m÷q in cases of rape and incest, just like the rightwing republicans in congress. They want to overturn roe v. Wade. So does she. I think roe v. Wade should be overturned. Barbara comstock even voted with rightwing republicans to require women seeking an abortion to undergo transvaginal ultrasounds. Thats all i need to know. Im john foust and i approve this messge. Pelley tonight, flights to nowhere. Im disgusted with it, really. Pelley sabotage at a control center. How did one man halt traffic at some of americas busiest airports . Jeff pegues and Dean Reynolds report. Holly williams reports from the border where thousands of fighters are crossing to join isis. Jim axelrod on the offbroadway smash with a hollywood ending. Derek jeter ends his final game with a walkoff single pelley and steve hartmans on the road with the mighty mites training for a rematch with their toughest opponents. We have to keep on doing it until we break through. Yup, its payback. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news

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