Remembering alone. Hundreds of people flocked to the Vietnam Memorial to pay their respects and remember the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice. I know its a cliche to say freedom isnt free. Everybody says it all the time and you say it without thinking because its a cliche. When you sit in front thereafter wall and see all those names front of that wall and see all those names, you realize what the cost of freedom is. That was ellison barber reporting. At the ceremony denise reed represented the group sons and daughters in touch. It brings together children who lost their parents during the vietnam war. This fathers day they will celebrate the 25th anniversary with a ceremony at the memorial. This memorial day weekend wrapped up with a crowd favorite, the National Memorial day parade. Andrea mccarren was there and joins us from 17th and constitution where the parade wrapped up. Reporter this parade is always the highlight of the memorial day weekend and for one family who spent years at walter reed, it was a day to remember. The parade kicked off under bright skies with Service Members, marching bands and dancers. No one ever anticipated little a. J. Causey would be here to witness it. I had pretty much been told by the doctors due to my injuries probably never center a child naturally. Reporter a. J. s father aaron was on a military bomb squad in afghanistan in 2011. He was searching for an ied he planned to disarm. I was looking for it when i stepped on it. Reporter aaron lost both legs and recently completed three years of treatment at walter reed. Doctors said he and his wifes only realistic chance of getting pregnant was through ivf, in vitro fertilization. I was speechless. Reporter speechless because just days later before they could even get to their first ivf appointment cat was pregnant. A. J. Is now a happy, healthy 16 monthold who is obviously keeping her parents very busy. After their three years at walter reed the couple recently moved home to alabama. Reporting live from northwest washington, andrea mccarren, wusa9 news. Also special today were the grand marshals of the parade. Get this. Dozens of surviving world war ii veterans are here to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of that war. What a sight. The unofficial start of summer is here complete with some summerlike temperatures. Thats right. Air conditioners definitely getting a workout today. Meteorologist Howard Bernstein even tracking some 90s in the forecast. Well potentially be in that 90degree range, but it all depends how much sun well get. Today was the icing on the cake after a great weekend weatherwise. Temperatures now are in the 80s, still after hitting 85 for the high at Reagan National airport. Right now weve got High Pressure protecting us, but all those showers from alabama headed in from the ohio and tennessee valleys. Our chances for thunderstorms will increase. Theres the high. It will slowly pull off toward the east. Lets show you whats happening temperaturewise if my weather computer wants to cooperate. Low to mid80s. It looks pretty nice out there. Well fall to the 70s. Tonight were in the 60s, thunderstorm stances beginning to increase tomorrow afternoon. Ill let you know when i think were going to need the umbrella in the metro coming up. A young rockville boy is recovering this evening after he nearly drowned in a neighborhood pool today. Montgomery county fess fire and rescue says the boy is 5 or 6 years old and went underwater and did not come back. Doug pierce, the father at the pool with his three children, noticed that boy, jumped in and pulled him out. Pierce and a nurse there with her two kids, performed cpr until that boy regained consciousness and was taken to the hospital. There were two lifeguards on duty, but pierce says its the parents that have to watch the kids anyway. You got to have your eyes on your kids and there was a lot of family that was around this child, but its got to be personal like one person has to be responsible for one child. The boy is doing better tonight but still has a tough journey ahead. Thats one lucky child. The hunt continues for accomplishes in the stabbing and accomplices in the stabbing and murders of the savopoulos home in woodland park. Any other idea on who these suspects might be . Reporter it seems like we know who they are not. Apparently they are not the four other people horn traveling with daron wint when u. S. Marshals captured him last thursday. Those four people were released uncharged and without any kind of public explanation unless police are still trying to make a case against them, but the Court Documents make it clear its thought daron wint must have had help before beating and stabbing the adults and stabbing and burning to death 10yearold phillip savopoulos. Detective opponents wrote the crimes required the presence and assistance of more than one person. Former fbi criminal profiler Mary Ellen Otoole says investigators may need to look for someone who has invaded homes before. Most people if theyre inside a strangers home would be upset. Theyd be nervous, scared. You dont see that in this case. You see offenders who stayed in that home for multiple hours, 10 or 12 hours, and during that period of time theyre involved with inflicting extreme damage to these victims. Reporter there is one new detail out today. Wint may have fled d. C. For new york by bus, but when marshals tracked him there to new york, the New York Daily News said he apparently hided out one step ahead headed out one step ahead of them by cab headed back toward d. C. For the ride, the tolls and a hefty tip he paid the new york cabby 1,000 in cash, allegedly some of the money he killed the savopoulos family and Vera Figueroa to get his hands on. Thank you. Former fbi assistant director Steve Pomerantz says investigators now have a ton of evidence and data to run through to make the case against wint and to hunt down any other suspects in this case. Caught on camera a look at the earthquake that rattled tokyoed to and why the city didnt see much today and why the city didnt see much damage. Reporter im Kristen Berset in philadelphia. The maryland mens every Auto Insurance policy has a number. But not every Insurance Company understands the life behind it. Those who have served our nation have earned the very best service in return. Usaa. We know what it means to serve. Get an Auto Insurance quote and see why 92 of our members plan to stay for life. Even though its a federal holiday the courtroom was open today in cleveland, ohio. 58 people were arraigned on misdemeanor charges. Cleveland Police Arrested them saturday night after a day of mostly peaceful protests turned violent. Earlier that day officer Michael Brelo was found not guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter in the deaths of a man and woman. The couple led police on a high speed chase after officers heard their car backfire and mistook the noise for gunshots. They were killed after officers fired some 137 shots at them. The judge ruled prosecutors failed to prove that brelo fired the fatal shot. Theres no word of damage today in tokyo from a magnitude 5. 5 earthquake. This video shows the moment it happened, a little shaking, but drivers kept making their way down the street. Japan is one of the most quake prone nations in the world. It is also one of the most prepared. Its a picture that has moved some american to tears. After the break the story behind the solemn puerto ricos Healthcare System is on life support. Putting three and a half million Puerto Ricans at risk. Its an outrage. Puerto ricans are us citizens and pay the same medicare taxes, but receive only half the federal healthcare funding as the other 50 states. The headlines tell the story. Unfair treatment from washington. Thousands without medications. Its a crisis that could imperil the whole economy. President obama must act now to protect care for three and a half million u. S. Citizens. Before its too late. The National Weather service says at least eight tornadoes have hit texas on this memorial day and the countrys midsection is bracing for more dangerous weather. Flash flood warnings are in effect for parts of texas, oklahoma, missouri and tennessee. On sunday storms killed at least four people, 12 others missing. Heavy rain led to deadly flooding that swept away hundreds of homes and businesses in texas and oklahoma. Heirloom of boats hit the water a line of boats hit the water today south of miami looking for a missing woman. The search conditions are not ideal because the winds are strong and the surf is rough. Thats how conditions were last night when the woman was on a fast boat with two other people. They told police they thought she was sleeping on the cabin but realized after docking she twasn even on the boat. No one was wearing a life vest. While honoring the nations fallen today president obama pointed out this is the first memorial day since 9 11 in which the u. S. Has not been involved in a major ground war. Still fewer than 10,000 Service Members remain in afghanistan Training Afghan security forces. They took a moment today to honor the 2,300 american soldiers who lost their lives fighting in that country. Today marked a rebel for the Maryland Veterans cemetery in prince georges county. In 2013 wusa9 uncovered a maintenance scandal of open pit dumping prompting a county investigation. Since then crews have worked to overcome the damage done by heavy equipment. Life goes on. We still have a responsibility. I still have a responsibility to continue to serve not only just our living Service Members, but those who have passed away who have left. The cemetery is continuing to regrade and rehabilitate the state run property. It opened in cheltenham in the 70s. Heres something you might have seen on your Facebook Page today, a stunning photo of a bald eagle perched on a military members gravestone. A photographer said he snapped this shot in 2011 at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in minnesota. Since then thousands of people shared it online. The photographer insists its a 100 real photo. He called it a good picture, one that could have been much better he says. Always watching always tracking, wusa9s first alert weather, d. C. s most accurate. Pretty powerful picture. It is moving, stirring, all the things we can think of on this day. Nice, hot, but a little warm. We should be in the upper 70s. Well be in the 80s, maybe near 90 a couple days this week. Keeping the chair warm for top. Hell be back the second half of the week. Show you a beautiful picture, folks out enjoying some of the water front in washington, gorgeous out there now. Temperature is 84. It got up to 85 degrees, south winds at 11. Theyve been gusting 25, even 30, a breezy day and that humidity, the dew point is at 60. Starting to feel it just a little bit. Temperatures in the low to mid 80s in most spots, 70s in the mountains and closer toward the bay and shore water temps are still upper 50s, low 60s offshore, mid to upper 60s in the bay. Its 85 in fredericksburg now, 84 in frederick, Shenandoah Valley a nice evening low to mid80s. About 9 30 or so weve had some great skies the last few nights, jupiter and the moon close to each other, venus as well out there. All sorts of problems, though, down in texas i was checking out some of the observations. Theyre having all sorts of flooding in and around austin, another 6inches of rain in spots there today. This is the wettest month on record, Drought Conditions completely busted. Theyve got problems, more severe storms there 36789 what there. What were going to track, all this moisture coming out of the gulf of mexico. Right now its over kentucky and alabama. Weve got situation setting up with High Pressure to our east. This bermuda high might push and tropical next week toward the carolinas, but in the short term no problems tonight or tomorrow morning. Tomorrow afternoon well see showers pop near the mountains and the West Virginia border trying to get to us in the afternoon. If youre west of town, better chance youll see a shower or storm. Then on wednesday well have a chance and a better chance for these showers and storms to develop in the afternoon and come toward us. Wednesday and thursday may both have to be yellow alert days. Tonight its going to be clear to partly cloudy, mild, lows into the 60s, 60s and 70s to start tuesday, but a hot, humid afternoon, 85 to 90 with storms mainly west of i95. By wednesday and thursday scattered afternoon storms, mid to upper 80s, potentially yellow alert days. More storms friday into saturday and with a little luck a front pushes through and well be able to dry it out by sun and monday. Could they do it . 40 years for maryland. Well find out next in sports. Denver the pioneers standing in the terp music etta james at last plays throughout sometimes, at last doesnt happen at first. Your dad just kissed my mom. Turning two worlds into one takes love. Helping protect that world takes state farm. Game on sports brought to you by xfinity. Was this finally going to be the year the terps got over that huge hump and won a National Title in lacrosse . In philadelphia for the title game we go, maryland facing a very good denver team and the pioneers got off to a good start. Connor conazaro with the goal and the the hole early 41. Try to cut into it. Matt rambo, a terps goal scorer, he cuts the deficit to two with this sweet goal, but wesley berg, guy from denver, had five goals on the afternoon including this one as the pioneers deny maryland coach john tillman the title, 105. So den wins the championship, another great season for the terps. They walk off without their title. Kristen berset is in philadelphia with more. Reporter in moments of the initial faceoff the maryland terrapins were digging themselves out of a hole. Its a place they found themselves in several time this season, but when it came to the National Championship, the terps couldnt do enough to erase the deficit. Weve been down that road before. Obviously i didnt do a very good job getting them ready mentally and thats on me. I told the kids that. When we win, its theirs. When we lose, obviously i havent done certain things right. Such a phenomenal journey just getting here. Were not satisfied just getting here, but the journey itself was so tremendous in that its not an all or nothing experience. Once everyone kind of gets away from this weekend and takes a couple days, everyone will look back and realize the Senior Leadership we had was incredible and thats something you can never take away from this team. Reporter the loss to denver is the terps eighth straight in the title game extending their National Championship drought to 41 years. In philadelphia, pennsylvania, Kristen Berset, wusa9. Meanwhile congratulations to the maryland womens Lacrosse Team repeating as National Champs after beating North Carolina last night and taylor cummings, superstar helped the terps tied up at 66 after being down at of had time. Then up 87 late. Taylor does it again. Maryland does it he go, National Champions win does it again, National Champions win. I lost my freshman year and youll never forget a triple overtime loss in the championship. To kind of avenge that loss is really sweet right now. Maryland did not win the big 10 tournament in baseball, but it did get an at large bid to the ncaa tournament. This is the second straight season the terps have done that and will head to los angeles to play ole miss on friday. The nationals took two of three from philly, d. C. In chicago today to face the cubs at wrigley field. Love seeing nats fans in chicago rooting on the curly ws, winners of the last 24 coming in. Tanner roark gives up a good solo shot. Not much scoring until the 6th. Wilson ramos goes deep to right, your final. The nats are red hot. Theyve won eight of nine, same two tomorrow in chicago. You say you never won anything in sports . Maybe a 10yearold basketball. I didnt win either. Youll get over it. He has a trophy on the mantle. You can bury your troubles in this nice forecast. 80s now, then 70s, tomorrow chance of storms wes of town, mid to upper 80s. Scattered showers and storms wednesday right through the end of the week. We went from spring to summer in a few days. Thats it for us. The cbs evening news is next. Led back here at 7 00 for your only local news at 7 00. Heres a live look at the bay bridge and drivers making why am i so awake . Did you know your brain has a wake system. And a sleep system . Science suggests when you have insomnia, the neurotransmitters in your wake system may be too strong, which may be preventing you from getting the sleep you need. Talk to your doctor about ways to manage your insomnia. Violent weather, a waterspout in florida takes a bounce house on a fritedening ride with children inside. Also tonight raging flood waters in the southern plains, this is what awaits homeowners forced to evacuate. A traffic jam at the car dealership as worried drivers try to get potentially deadly air bags replaced. And talking the battle to extremists. How the u. S. Is prepping to take the fight to the pound takens on horseback. This is captioning funded by cbs and ford cbs evening news with scott pelley. Good evening, scotts off tonight, im jeff glor. We begin with the dangerous at times dead leweather to close this holiday weekend. Texas and oklahoma dry for so long, have been ravaged by floodwaters. At least four people died 12 are missing, more than 1200 homes have been damaged
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