Capitol lawn. 61yearold doug hughes of ploard is due in florida is due in court in about an hour and a half. He made the 80mile flight from gettysburg yesterday and surprised nearly everyone by landing on the south lawn of the capitol. Craig boswell has more. Reporter tourists are still talking about wednesdays brazen stunt. A gyrocopter flying across the National Mall and landing on the u. S. Capitols west lawn. What happened to our security . This is crazy. He was in for a joke or big crazy man. What if someone was seriously wanting to do some damage, it would be questionable. Reporter postal worker doug hughes was carrying 535 letters to congress to draw attention to what he believes is an urgent need for Campaign Finance reform. Now a number of federal agencies are trying to figure out how he was able to fly some 80 miles at low altitude from gettysburg, pennsylvania through heavily restricted air space to the capitol lawn. Hes lucky he wasnt shot glrt federal Aviation Administration says hughes was not in contact with air Traffic Controller and his flight was not authorized. The agency did not say if it had detected his aircraft. He planned his flight for more than three years and spoke with it withed eowe with the tampa with the tampa bay times. Terrorists dont broadcast their flight path. Reporter on his website hughes said he wanted to bring attention to Campaign Finance reform, not himself saying i am just delivering the mail. Case boswell, craig boswell, cbs news, capitol hill. They did conduct an investigation before he took flight but some members of congress are still calling for hearings on this. A Fairfax Police officer will remain behind bars at least till tomorrow facing child pornography charges. Bud walker was arrested yesterday for to counts of child pornography. He appeared in court where his bond was continued. Lefile a motion for bond hearing tomorrow morning. Walker joined the force in 1999 and has served as both a School Resource officer and a Public Information officer. A fire at an assisted living home in Prince Georges County is now being called accidental. Sky 89 was other the scene on sky 9 was over the scene in lanham. Crews reu6d about 6 15 arrived about 6 15 and found heavy fire coming from the Single Family house. All five people in the homemade it out safely. The damages are estimated at about 10,000. Investigators say the fire was sparked by an electrical malfunction. There was a serious accident this morning not far from that fire. Sky 9 was over the scene where a box truck and a taxi collided on cipriano road and 3rd street in lanham. Officials with Prince Georges CountyFire Department say two people were injured in the crash. Hazmat crews had to be called in to clean up a spill of diesel fuel. Subway trains are running normally once again on the green line through greenbelt. Crews worked throughout the night to make repairs after parts of a pedestrian bridge collapsed on to the tracks in berwin heights after a police of Construction Equipment hit the span. Things again are back to normal. A third suspect is now under arrest in connection with a reported spring break gang rape. This was in panama city beach, florida. That suspect has since been identified as George Kennedy from tennessee. Two other suspects ryan calhoun and Delonte Martistee were already under arrest and charged with sexual battery. Bystanders on the crowded beach watched the attack happen and did nothing to stop it. Today marks the eighth anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre. A moment of silence was observed on the blacksburg campus this morning. A lunch time cookout is under way on campus right now. Virginia senator tim kaine will use the anniversary to call for stricter gun safety. Hell deliver a speech on gun safety from the senate floor this afternoon. The shooting back in 2007 by a deranged gunman killed 32 students and faculty members. In their honor, a 3. 2mile remembrance run is set for this saturday. This is emancipation day here in the district. There are a number of events in the city observing the measure that ended slavery in washington back in 162. After a Prayer Breakfast this morning, there was a parade down pennsylvania avenue. And at 4 30 this afternoon, eric benet and doug e. Fresh will gather as well as others for an emancipation day concert on freedom plaza. The evening wraps up with fireworks tonight at 8 45. A former maryland state delegate conducted of a drunken boating accident is being ordered to help one of his victims. Don dwyer was ordered to pay Earl Mitchell nearly 92,000 for his pain and suffering and medical bills. Mitchell was one after handful of people hurt in a 2012 accident on the the monocacy river. The republican lawmaker served his sentence in jail on weekends. Comedian Ricky Gervais has set off another firestorm of threats and outrage after posting on twitter a photo of a hunter smiling next to a giraffe she had killed. We show you the controversial world of big game hunting. The photo shows big game hunt era Becca Francis lying next to a giraffe she had just killed. The comedian Ricky Gervais tweeted out the image on monday, what must have happened to you in your life to make you want to kill a beautiful animal and lie next to it smiling. That post set off an online assault of outrage directed towards francis. One comment said hope one day someone shoots rebecca. Another saying she should be hunted down. Many more calling it disgusting. Francis who appears on the series eye of the hunter says this particular animal was already close to death n. A statement she wrote, he could either be wasted or utilized by the local people. I chose to honor his life and i do not regret it for one second. In africa when we go to go hunt there, were paying a certain number of dollars for each animal. Part of that money is being used to actually provide the conservation of the particular animals. Reporter but gervais dismissed the notion of equating hunters with conservationists in this 2014 radio interview. Why not lets put this in connection. Imagine someone saying theres a guy. Hes going to give a Million Dollars to Cancer Research or he wants [ inaudible ] reporter francis has been attacked in the past for posting images of her kills, but her supporters insist this hunt had a meaningful purpose. With this particular giraffe, she knows shes providing enough need to almost feed that village for a month. And so shes accomplished something and its something to be proud of. Reporter while the number of african giraffes in the child has dwindled, the species as a whole has remained off the endangered list. Cbs news, new york. More than 140,000 giraffes romeed africa back in 1999 according to the Giraffe Conservation fund. That number is now less than 80,000. Still ahead here on the news at noon on wusa9, after a sixmonth suspension, Michael Phelps is diving back into the water. Well hear from the pride of baltimore coming up. Plus, after an amazing career, jiz Prince Georges County executive Rushern Baker made his case for increasing property taxes this morning. He made the pitch at his state of the economy speech at a breakfast for top business leaders. It is why we must do what our neighbors have done, the district, arlington, fairfax, Montgomery County have all attracted, have all done to attract people and commerce to the area. They have demonstrated their commitment by investing in our education, in their schools and their students. County executive baker is proposing a 15 property tax increase. That would mean paying an additional 450 per year on a house thats 300,000 in value. Gisele bundchen, rich super model celebrating her retirement from the runway this afternoon. The legendary model who is also of course married to tom brady says her stole down the runway in brazil last night would be her last. Bundchen retires as the hire oas paid model in the world as the highest paid molgtdz in the world. She model in the world. She earned 47 mill last year which is twice of what brady made. Shes definitely retiring from the catwalk. Michael phelps says hes ready to get back in the water. He serve add sixmonth suspension after a drunk driving arrest and will compete once again this weekend after a stint in rehab, phelps says hes the happiest hes ever been and is now setting his sights on the olympics again. Something that i love is being a part of the National Team and especially eltraving overseas. I look forward to hopefully having that opportunity next year. Does that mean youre definitely going to try to go to rio . How did i know that was going to be the first question. His mom wants him to go to rio, too, so that will be fun. If he makes the olympic team, he would be looking to build on of course 18 record medals. Wow. Washington capitals will be looking to even their series with the new York Islanders tomorrow. The home team doug themselves into an 01 hole by losing at Verizon Center last night. It was a lopsided score. Finished up 41. The game was tied for about four minutes. The islanders scored three unanswered goals. Caps home ice advantage disappeared with the loss. Its going to be like game by game. Well have to focus on the second game. Lack of execution. We need to think quicker and move our feet and move the puck quicker. Game two of the playoff series against the islanders is tomorrow night at Verizon Center. Coming up on wusa9, swept away. A monster wave nearly takes the life of a tourist in ireland. Details coming up. Im first alert meteorologist erica grow. It is a gorgeous day in the d. C. Metro area. Lots of sunshine, a light breeze but there are some showers on the way. Well time them for you with 9 futurecast. Ill let you know if it will affect your morning commute tomorrow in the dear old dear. For shirley rookie, it was not so endearing when herds of them devoured her garden. There are some things you can plant so the deer wont eat them and they will still bloom. There are plants that repel deer because of their odor or could be poisonous or plants that arent as appetizing because of the texture of their leaves. You planted some that the deer will not touch. Thats right. This past winter was a test because they came through. I saw the foot prints in the snow. They did not eat my plants. There are lots of cedars, junipers, plants that are not appetizing. Where can you find out to research which plants . Many nurseries online. You can find lots of information about deer resistant plants. Shirley says you can buy a certain kind of deer fencing. Whats the name . Deer mesh. Thank you. For more information on the call for action page and if you want to volunteer or send a complaint, go to wusa9. Com and click on call for action. A tourist is lucky shell be able to head home after a wave swept her into the sea. Bystanders captured the horrifying moment on cell phone video. The student gupta was visiting the acran vielands when a giant aran islands when a giant wave swept her off the rocks. Strangers stepped in to save her. We did what anyone would do in that situation. The water cushioned my fall. When i fell, the impact wasnt as great as it could have been. Next to me was a boulder and i held on to it. Wow. She just shattered her left ankle. Other than that she just has scratches and bruises. She and her family were able to meet and then thank her rescuers. She is very fortunate. She is a very fortunate lady. Water is the most powerful Natural Force on earth. You cannot underestimate the power of moving water. Got to respect it. Absolutely. Stunning day so far. Beautiful. Were already into the upper 60s. Some areas will get into the low 70s this afternoon before temperatures start to fall as some rain starts to fall as well. Lets take a look outside right now. With the michael complain son weather cam and the day planner for the rest of the afternoon and evening. That cloud deck is going to Start Building back in but not before we reach 70 degrees at 3 00 here in the immediate metro area. Winds out of the southeast at about 10 Miles Per Hour so just a light breeze. And that of course is going to keep things cooler closer to the water. That water influence this time of year is still awfully chilly. Lots of clouds in place. We dont have a chance for a sprinkle till about 9 00. Most of us wont see any rain whatsoever until after midnight. But during the day today, just seasonable temperatures, dry, a sprinkle or shower. As i just mentioned, possible late at night but extending through the friday morning commute. Still a green alert for tomorrow. Doesnt look like well see a lot of rain, just a few swipes of the windshield wipers and youll be in good shame. Saturday looks ten knoll natural, clear skies and phenomenal, clear skies and mild temperatures. A temperature right now of 69 in downtown washington. 68 leesburg, manassas and frederick. 46 in winchester and front royal. 66 64 in winchester and front royal. 66 in luray. Some of this will evaporate before it hits the ground. Its slowly but surely creeping its way toward the beltway. On 9 futurecast, youll sea the advance here as it makes its way toward us. Its still dry at 11 00 in the beltway itself but the rain is making its approach. It will be here as we head out the door friday morning heading back to work and school. So more showers are possible around lunch time on friday. Then even more additional showers could fire up as youre getting the kids off of the bus. But everything will slide off to the south and east as we head into friday night. Saturday looks like a wonderful day as i mentioned before. I said phenomenal. I was going to say it again. I feel like a broken record but hey, when the weather is this nice, who cares. We have beautiful conditions on the way for you today and another great day on saturday. The forecast for today, 69 degrees in frederick. 71 in downtown washington. 69 in fredricksburg. Just a couple more degrees to go before we top out as high temperatures today. Overnight tonight will only dip down into the 50s. Its not going to get that cold even though we have a few showers following. Its not going to be that big of a deal. 64 degrees for your low at andrews and fredricksburg. 53 degrees in hagerstown as well. So the scattered showers move in on friday but it wont be a bad day. Its still a green alert day. High of 71. On saturday a high of 77 degrees. Lots of sunshine. What a wonderful day its going to be. In the first alert sevenday forecast, sunday is not bad either. Its going to be cooler with a high of 70 but it will still be dry through the daylight hours. Showers arrive at night on sunday. Then monday looks to be the wettest day with a high of 72 degrees. If youre a longtime viewer of wusa, you know that thursday is petline 89 day. Today we have Angela Robinson joining us from oldies but goodies cocker spaniel rescue. Here is gracey lee. What a joy its been to have her in our newsroom and studios so far today. Tell me agent bit about her. She came in from tennessee. She was an owner turn in. She came in with beau and scooter. She does need to be with another dog. She has a gentle, sweet personality as you can see. And shes house broken. She walks on a leash but i can tell that she prefers to walk with another dog. And she rode well today to the tv station. Shes a bit quiet because i think its a little stressful for her in here with the tv cameras. But all in all, this is a really great dog. She seems absolutely wonderful. I guess we cant really stress this enough. If you would like to you would like to see her end up in a home that already has another dog so she has that companionship. Thats correct. Shes very sweet. Earlier mike hydeck was over here during the commercial break and she just kind of rested her head on him on his hand. Very, very sweet. Look at what a sweet disposition she has. So if people want to adopt gracey lee, what can they do . Best thing to do is go to cockerspanielrescue. Com and found out about our adoption shows and where you can visit her and our adoption process and you can find out about the other dogs we have as well. Thank so you much, welcome back. Take a look at these cuddly cubs. Visitors to a zoo in japan received quite a surprise today. Four newborn white tiger cubs were born in january. And that brings the total number of white tigers in japan to about 35. The newest cubs will make their official public debut coming up next wednesday. Veterinarians say they have never seen anything like this in this country. There are now at least a thousand cases of dog flu in the midwest and some of them have turned deadly. Don champion reports. Reporter that cowfer, fever, newingish cough, fever, sluggishness are the first symptoms of dog flu. It has many pet owners in the midz west taking precautions. We try not to interact with people as were walking or other animals we dont know. Reporter more than a thousand cases of h3n2 have been reported in illinois, wisconsin, ohio andeanian and indiana. The new flu strain is usually found in asia and has never been seen in the u. S. Its highly contagious and even can be passed on to cats. In the hard hit chicago area, the staff at this Animal Hospital now suit newspaper protective gear during examinations suited up in protective gear during examinations. On our dogs population is what we call naive. Theyve never seen anything like this so their immune system isnt prime and ready to fight it. Reporter dogs that get the flu are isolated. Some are treated with antibiotics but at least six have died. While theres no specific vaccine for the strain, some vets think the regular seasonal flu vaccine can help protect against it. Theyre also urging pet owntories avoid dog parks and other places dogs congregate until the outbreak dies down. Don champion, cbs news, new york. This flu strain is not a threat to humans but if your hands are or clothe comes in contact with a sick dog, you can transmit it to other dogs. That will do it for the news at noon. Well be back on tv at 5 00. We hope you have a great day. For erica grow, im mike hydeck. Have a great day, everybody. Dylan hey. You doing okay . Are you ready for the arraignment . Hey, no talking. Sharon David Sherman never returned my calls, and the public defender they assigned me, he was useless. I had to fire him. I have no attorney, dylan. No talking. Sharon help me. Find me a lawyer. Avery hi. Joe hi