college park back in 2001 where he was found guilty of indecent exposure for similar crimes. police credit montgomery repeat offender section for tracking down the suspect. >> thank you. a jeep stolen from a university professor has a lengthy juvenile record we learned. he is currently listed as an escapee from dc youth rehabilitation services. a woman was found murdered inside her bethesda home yesterday. bruce johnson has the story. >> reporter: this is a long way interest the a.u. campus in bethesda where the woman lived. however parts of her jeep cherokee are still on ground. the 18 year old is under juvenile authorities' supervision. he has a record in the district. police investigating sue markham's murder have interviewed hamlin. >> we have trying to determine how he came into possession of sue markhams vehicle and what role, if any, he had at the montgomery county scene at her home. >> reporter: last night at about 10:30 p.m. these cameras which read license plates picked up the tag yxe 1456 virginia. it is markham's tag. dc police went to the area. >> after the crash the 18-year- old driver attempted to flee but he was appended. >> reporter: he is hospitalized at the washington hospital center. dc police charged him with unauthorized use of a vehicle and fleeing police. the body of 52-year-old sue ann markham was discovered monday morning in the lower level of her bethesda home on massachusetts avenue. there was a smashed window in the house and a struggle inside. the a.u. professor had lived alone. again, another part of sue ann markham's vehicle, the jeep cherokee, that crashed last night with the 18 year old at the wheel, we should emphasize that d. andrew hamlin has not been charged with the murder. >> bruce, tell me more about that license plate reading camera that helped find sue markham's car. >> reporter: right. get a lot of attention. as a matter of fact, i talked to the chief kathy lenier. she said the cameras have helped catch felons. let's say the cameras are right here. they would take pictures of every vehicle coming by and if that vehicle was on the data. vehicles they are looking for, stolen cars, convicted felons. whatever. those tags would be kicked out and dc police would have that information. that's what happened in the case of sue ann markham. those tags were kicked out once they were identified on the car. police were notified and they were able to give pursuit. she doesn't want to say how many cameras they have got out here but she will say they are scattered throughout the city. it is a big tool in helping catch criminals. >> all right. bruce johnson. thank you. day 2 of the shandr levi murder trial. there was and almost perfect witness. a 35-year-old lawyer testified the accused grabbed her from behind and held a knife to her face and that's the kind of attack another jogger described. we go live from the superior court on day 2 of the trial. >> reporter: yes, anita. the accused stared straight at the witness as she described how he grabbed her, held this knife to her cheek and push and dragged her into a ravine. she was somehow able to fight the accused off. she is one of three women who say they were able to get away from the accused in rock creek park within weeks of shandra levi's murder. i was trying to scream no and help she told the packed courtroom. i was going to struggle until i died if i couldn't get away from him. >> at one point i looked over at susan levi, shandra's mother, and i felt her because she was thinking this is the story that happened it my daughter although my daughter wasn't able to fight him away. >> reporter: the sergeant in charge of the initial investigation was on the stand describing how top police commanders were fascinated by the possibility that a sitting congressman might have murdered shandra. he also described how he went to levi's apartment, looked at her laptop which had critical clues to her whereabouts and how he somehow shut it off and destroyed the operating system. >> and so for a month they didn't have any clues about where she last was on her computer which we now know she was searching for rock creek park and hiking trail. >> reporter: he blurted out he felt the congressman was guilty before we learned to this character here pointing his chin at the accused. now, on cross-examination, the accused's lawyers did force robert levi to admit that he had once told the police that shandra levi hated jogging, that she liked to exercise indoors and she wouldn't go wondering around in the hills. they are trying to plant a seed of doubt in the minds of the jurors that it was the accused. this is quite a cold front that spans almost the entire width of the country now. let's take you out to indiana. indianapolis. cold front went through there causing all kinds of problems. 50,000 without power in the indianapolis. and unconfirmed reports of small tornadoes around the indianapolis international airport. they saw delays. duke energy reported 40,000 folks in central and southern indiana without electricity. and indianapolis power and light had outages as well. we will come back and talk about the storm and what it means to us tomorrow morning. i want to show you tornado watches that i have never seen before that spanned pretty much the width of the country. >> quite an active day, topper. thank you. the prince george's county liquor board will move forward with its investigation of a popular college park bar. four people were stabbed outside the liquor store. the maryland police chief urged the board to hold an emergency meeting on yanking that bar's alcohol license. that meeting is scheduled for next wednesday. the options could include suspension of the bar's liquor license. a man is in custody tonight being held without bond. police say the 22-year-old man robbed a supermarket and then led officers on a chase where cody was arrested. there was a baby boy in the car with him. the boy was not hurt. houses in danger around calvert cliff area. a new state government report recommendation condemnation or a buyout. reasonable viable options for houses in immediate danger is relocation or government acquisition. montgomery homeowners can't park their unhitched trailers on neighborhood roads. the county council voted to close a loophole in the law banning people from parking those vehicles on residential streets. vendors have been parking in many neighborhoods. violators would face a $500 fine for each day not in compliance. planning to face off this weekend on the national mall and to get ready for it he moved his show to washington. lindsey mastis has the story from harmon hall. >> reporter: rehearsals and a lot of planing but details are hard to come by. so i asked larry wilmore. >> lots of eating and drinking. a tailgate. >> reporter: you know there is no alcohol allowed on the national mall. >> well, that's what they say. >> reporter: comedy central is trying to secure space between 3rd and 7th street on the national mall. they will need a permit from the national park service and their application is being considered inside the building but it won't be finalized until both sides agree on exactly what will happen saturday. >> reporter: people don't seem to mind the lack of details. instead they are focusing on politics. >> is this political? >> yes, i believe it is political. >> we need to do something about it. >> reporter: people are having to choose between sanity and fear. >> i think fear has been alive long enough now. i think it is time for sanity. >> totally. >> reporter: isn't all this supposed to be a joke? >> as far as i'm concerned, politics. is it serious or is it a joke? i don't know. >> reporter: if she doesn't, we don't know. and what we want to know are details about this weekend. like who will stewart & col & colbert's guests be? >> it might be a whole big fbi thing as far as i'm concerned. >> reporter: and we do know of one special guest that is supposed to be here at stewart's show tomorrow. that's president obama. right now hundreds of people have been lining up. we got here at 1:00 p.m. there was already a line and they let a few hundred people in and there are still people trying to get into the door. we are trying to get more information about this weekend but it seems that nobody knows what is going to go on until that permit is finalized. reporting live in north west washington, i'm lindsey mastis. 9 news now. >> all right. lindsey. thank you. let's get a check on the evening rush hour. tuesday night. richard has your time safer action. >> approaching king street heading down to duke street. all lanes open there. on and off slowing as you head down towards fredericksburg. as you're driving on the maryland side a bit jammed. at least at falls road. also jammed on the beltway outer loop going from the 270 spur back down to the dulles toll road then beyond that some slowing on the outer loop continues by arlington boulevard in a construction zone. how today's water test will help determine if we get to see the national zoo's lion cubs. that is cool. all right. i'm meteorologist topper shutt. sunshine out right now. don't let it fool you. let me show you titan. look at the radar out to the west and look at all of the red. they are tornado watches that extends from upper state new york all the way back to mississippi. we will talk about what that means, your weather overnight and in the morning. a british family is suing a nurse who is filmed switching off a patient's life support machine by mistake. we have that story from london coming up. trying to make his life earlier. he was once a successful plumber and rugby player. today france's senate okayed a bill to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. the good news is oil workers have deserted their picket line. the pension system already has a fallout from retirees. they expects the problem to get worse. the face of saddam hussein's regime has been sentenced to death by hanging. iraq's high criminal court found him guilty of persecuting iraqi shiites. the death toll from a tsunami in western indonesia is now reaching 113. scores more people are still missing. a 7.7 magnitude earthquake triggered a 10-foot wave. rescue crews are having a hard time getting to the area because of strong winds and rough seas. also in indonesia thousands of people were driven from their homes today after a volcano started erupting. hot ash spewed from the most volatile volcano in indonesia. pressure building from the lava dome scientists have warned could trig, one of the most powerful eruptions in years. lots going on around the country with rain. will we see some of that activity. >> i would think so. be ready to leave early tomorrow morning. some will be here before dawn. we will see severe weather. the first three days. showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. 74. best chance for thunderstorms will be wednesday morning. still will be rain and showers wednesday afternoon. but the chance of severe weather will be between about 3:00 a.m. an 9:00 a.m. we get a break on thursday and it is not cold yet. 72. then the cold air moves in. chilly on friday. highs near 60. a cold night for high school football but dry. remember last year it was cold and rainy. wednesday's day planner. severe weather possible in the morning. 66. noon. still maybe a leftover thunderstorm at 70. and then by afternoon some showers and temperatures in the mid-70s if all goes according to plan. so a mild day. tonight, windy and warm. showers and thunderstorms heavy by dawn. winds out of the south at 10 to 20 and rather gusty. almost like a summer night. remember yesterday i commented how it is weirdly warm. when it is weirdly warm you get some crazy weather and we are seeing some crazy weather to the west of us now. 61 now in rockville. everyone holds in the 60s. 62 in college park. and bowie. 60 on the button for leesburg, upperville and also manassas. that's tomorrow morning. showers and thunderstorm. some heavy. going to be a tough commute. 60s and 70s with light winds. we do get a break on the wind. unless you're in a thunderstorm. rain and showers. some heavy in the afternoon. in the afternoon commute it will get wet. light winds. we have a very strong cold front on the way. big cold front. showers and thunderstorms after midnight. big storms are possible early wednesday morning. now we have got leaves on the road so that will make it a little thicker than normal and it will be a tough morning and evening commute. satellite picture, radar combined. this is one of the first storms we have seen that has it all. snow in the high-plains, heavy rain and thunderstorms and severe weather with the cold front pushing eastward. right now the showers and thunderstorms through the ohio value. these are extremely heavy and severe. they will hold off after midnight and our best chance in terms of heavy and severe will be just about the time for your morning commute. next seven days. 74 tomorrow. showers and thunderstorms. 72 on thursday. then chilly. 59 on friday. nice on saturday. but cool. low 60s. we have maryland's homecoming. and then cool on hallowe'en but dry. i think that's the most important thing. highs around 60. trick-or-treat weather between 45 and 55. then cold rain on on tuesday. reflection on the on the pond. great picture. had to do everything. had to kick out a couple of fall pictures. didn't want to but i will. our drop down menu. >> you need to add one more homecoming to saturday because howard's homecoming is on as well. you have double picture to do that. coming up on 9 news now. the lion cubs test their swimming skills here at the zoo. find out why and if they will pass coming up. but up next, fallout from accusations that a candidate used a cell phone to cheat at last night's florida governor's debate. we will be back. woman 1 sync: i knew what bob ehrlich did as governor. man 1 sync: raised my property taxes 60 percent. woman 2 sync: let utilities hike our rates 72 percent. woman 1 sync: but i didn't know what he's done since he got fired as governor. man 2: ehrlich's raked in millions. man 3: he worked for a wall street bank that took 10 billion dollars from the bailout. woman 3: 10 billion of our money. woman 4: our money. woman 5 sync: and he worked for another bank that collapsed. man 4: costing tax payers 17 million. anncr: tell bob ehrlich big banks don't need help. middle class marylanders do. come on in, and i'll give you a free quote. quote and compare in about 8 minutes. now, that's progressive. call or click today. election day is only a week away. by the time the votes are counted house and senate candidates could have raised more than a billion dollars, with a b. democrats are trailing republicans when it comes to financed raising. but senator john mccain is warning not to start the victory party yet. >> i think we will be up late even after election night waiting to see what happens in california and the state of washington. >> outside groups are also spending millions of dollars. mostly on those tough attack ads. a campaign advisor for the democratic candidate for florida governor has been fired for cheating during last night's debate. this video shot during the commercial break shows a makeup artist giving some sort of message on the cell phone. the rules state advisors cannot come up. debate officials were notified that confiscated the phone. it was pointed out after the commercial break and apologized after the debate was over. home prices in the dc area rose a quarter of a percent from july to august but according to the index prices across the u.s. fell 2/10ths of a per cent over the period. housing prices have been on the rise from airplane to july mostly due to government tax credits which have now expired. nissan unveiled its first hybrid today in tokyo. the luxury affinity vehicle gets around 45 miles per gallon running on battery power. the infinity m goes on sale in japan next week for about $72,000. it will be available here in the u.s. early next year. coming up next, new at 5:30 p.m. it is sink or swim for the lion cubs here at the zoo. details coming up on 9news now. 9 news now is brought to you in part by your local toyota dealers. toyota, moving forward. this wasn't a terrorist attack it was death by metro, death by mismanagement. i called for an immediate audit, the results were chilling. so i insisted metro actually follow national safety standards for the first time. the brass at metro wasn't happy, but frankly i don't care. i'm not the senator for metro, i'm the senator for maryland. i'm barbara mikulski and i approve this message. man: empty nest? new kitchen, new us? woman: who are we? chic, modern, daring dinner-party hosts. that sounds dangerous, maybe we're more the traditional sunday brunch set? i'll expect slippers and a cocktail to be ready when i get home from work. point taken. how about... peaceful, 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eight-week-old lion cubs made their first splash. a stressful situation. first time away from mom and first time outdoors. >> are you disappointed? you came to see lion cubs. >> i'm glad. >> this isn't their natural habitat. so everybody has to kind of understand it. >> reporter: the lions don't necessarily like the water but the mote does surround their den and it goes down 10 feet. >> they will be running and tumbling and playing. it is likely that at least one will go tumbling into the water. >> reporter: one of by one the 18-pound cubs were carefully placed into the water with lion keepers at bay wearing gloves. after a few strokes many cubs made a quick exit onto dry land. >> they did phenomenally. they did swim. none went under which was a huge plus. >> reporter: when the male cub tried to cut loose a net was nearby just in case. >> we don't want them to have us have to chase them around. >> reporter: although the last cub needed a little help they all passed. and papa lion. at the national zoo, 9news now. >> the lion cubs will be allowed to roam the den after their rabies shots next month. three more cubs born in september are due for their swim test in a few weeks. the publisher of a textbook says they will make changes about the civil war. the press company says it will begin reprinting the textbook next year. it will correct a sentence in it that is essentially unproven. today the district's art commission showed off seven new public art murals that will go up across the community. combating illegal grafitti and sprucing up neighbors that needed help. the murals are installed in the neighborhoods that have been hit hardest. for more stories from where you live just go to wusa9.com. find your community. keep up with what is happening in your neighborhood. and if you've got a story or news tip we want to hear from you. so contact us and be part of the wusa9.com team. so we first told you yesterday that the college students in washington who passed out at an off-campus two weeks ago they weren't drugged with a date rate drug they had just too much alcohol. the alcoholic high energy drink led to the overdose that sent nine of them to the hospital. in tonight's health alert we take a look at just how dangerous these combination drinks can really be. >> reporter: mixing alcohol and caffeine. a popular cocktail of choice on college campuses. whether it is red bull and vodka or one of these two in one drinks like this one. but cbs medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashton says the combination of two is risky. >> you have here two very powerful but legal drugs. you have the stimulant of caffeine and you have the central nervous system depressant of alcohol and when they miss really the concern here is that the caffeine makes you a wide awake drunk. so you don't get that judgment where you say to yourself wow i'm feeling a little drunk here i better stop because the caffeine keeps you so revved up. >> reporter: local college students know all too well about the strong effects of these drinks. >> i only drink them a little bit but i got pretty tipsy off just a couple since of it. >> i blacked out. don't remember much of the night. >> reporter: but the company that distributes it maintains the drink is safe. we sent this "an independent group of scientific experts examined the effect of caffeine when added to alcoholic beverages. combining alcohol and caffeine they concluded is safe. we recently submitted the report to the food and drug administration for its review." how much alcohol are we talking about? this. so one of these equals all of this? >> that's right. five to six beers. that amount of alcohol and 12- ounces of caffeine mixed together. the effect varies per person. if someone weighs 140 pounds. in one hour they drink one of these that person can be stumbling around. that same person if they drink two of these it could put them actually in what looks like a comatose state like some of those kids they saw at washington state. one of those young people almost died. >> and this can be bought pretty much anywhere. >> yes. >> little scary. >> it is. >> it is. thank you for that information. parents need to know about in. >> the other thing i forget to point out. cheap. which again makes it i think 2.99 something like that. which makes it very attractive to underaged drinkers. >> price and accessible. you've got that right. now we are going to send it back to topper. storms are heading our way this evening. what's going on, topper? >> a cold front to the west. will have a big impact late tonight and tomorrow. you can still walk the dog for the next few hours. don't see anything coming our way until probably after midnight. 73 right now. 6:00 p.m. then 73 by 8:00 p.m. those tempts don't go down much. it is almost like a summer night and we get weather like this. it kind of feels wrong. it is kinds of weird. and, well, it is actually. let's take you through then the next three days. and we will look at showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. some could be heavy. a few could be severe. 74. we don't get the cold air right away. still stays mild on thursday. 72. we get the cold air by the end of the week. friday. temperatures will struggle to get to 60 which means friday night could be the coldest night of the season. could have some frost again in our northern and western suburbs. we will come back and break down the times for that front and what that means for your morning commute. anita. up next. a police officer being called a hero for rescuing a woman as a train comes barreling toward her car. and coming up new at 6:00 p.m. danger on the campaign trail. a woman is stomped in the head. you will hear from her and see more of this disturbing video coming up. and don't forget, we are always on at wusa9.com. stay with us. we will be right back. ñúñú caught on tape. dash cam video of a police rescue in magnolia, texas. a woman is lucky to be alive after an officer pulled her off a railroad track just moments before a train slammed into her. investigators say the woman was drunk when she drove her car onto the tracks and got stuck. the officer says the woman had no idea where she was. a chaotic scene in los angeles where at least one person is dead and dozens of others injured after a car crash involving a school bus. police say late yesterday a black bmw ran a red light, struck and killed a pedestrian and then broadsided the school bus flipping it on its side. >> blanked out for a little while. we were crying and we were scared. if you're okay, come on, let's go. >> the bus driver and 18 students suffered minor injuries. the three in the bmw tried to get away but they were arrested a short time later. time safer traffic now. >> once again. as you can clearly see we are stacked up both loops of the beltway. we are jammed up. both loops to the 270 spur. part of the problem, a crash we have not long ago on the inner loop near rover road. it has been cleared up. but both loops of the beltway still jammed at that location. 395. southbound i-95 jammed up as well. below the beltway moving past the bridge. then beyond that point on and off slowing heading down to fredericksburg. no problems by the 3rd street tunnel. back to you. coming up on 9 news now. investigating the safety between partnerships and major u.s. carriers and regional airlines. right now we just have clouds and windy and weirdly warm out. we will show you titan though. look at the showers and thunderstorms in cleveland. places in alabama, mississippi. we will tell you what that means for your morning commute. actor charlie sheen crashes a room at a hotel. i'll have the story from new york. woman 1 sync: i knew what bob ehrlich did as governor. man 1 sync: raised my property taxes 60 percent. woman 2 sync: let utilities hike our rates 72 percent. woman 1 sync: but i didn't know what he's done since he got fired as governor. man 2: ehrlich's raked in millions. man 3: he worked for a wall street bank that took 10 billion dollars from the bailout. woman 3: 10 billion of our money. woman 4: our money. woman 5 sync: and he worked for another bank that collapsed. man 4: costing tax payers 17 million. anncr: tell bob ehrlich big banks don't need help. middle class marylanders do. you need the patch. (announcer) icy hot patches. targeted no-mess relief. icy to dull pain. hot to relax it away. pain's no match for the icy hot patch. a hollywood bad boy is apparently at it again. >> actor charlie sheen is in the hospital after police say he trashed a room at the plaza hotel in new york. >> reporter: actor charlie sheen is at a new york hospital undergoing a psychiatric investigation after an early morning incident at the plaza hotel. police tell the "associated press" paramedics responding to a 911 call found sheen in a hotel room highly intoxicated. an unidentified woman reportedly called the front desk from sheen's room saying he was throwing furniture an yelling. sheen's publicist insists he was having an adverse allergic reaction to medication and is expected to be released from the hospital tomorrow. he is in new york city with his ex-wife denise richards in their two daughters. sheen's ex-wife and kids were staying in a different room at the plaza. richards calmed sheen down and accompanied him to the hospital. this is not the first time sheen has been in trouble. last comose day sheen's second wifebrook muell called aspen colorado police and said her husband was in a rage. >> what's your husband's name? >> it is charlie sheen. my husband had me with a knife and he threatened me. >> reporter: sheen eventually pleaded guilty to third-degree assault, went to anger management and rehab classes. in 1996 sheen was charged with attacking his girlfriend and two years later his own father turned him in for violating parole after a cocaine overdose. this time sheen is not charged with any crimes. police say he voluntarily went to the hospital. cbs news, new york. at this point the plaza is not pressing charges but it is still unclear if police will. in tonight's consumer alert. has this ever happened to you? so you book a flight oon a belying question and answerrier only it find a much smaller plane when you arrive at the airport. co-chairing allows airline to put their coat on a flight. the airplanes are supposed to tell you about the switch but that doesn't always happen. and the ntsb are trying to find out if there are any safety issues from these kind of arrangements. the agency is investigating several accidents involving flights most recently continental connection flight 3407 that went down near buffalo back in february of 2009. and what we learned then is that there are often two sets of standards for crew training, rest and weather whether an aircraft is equipped to fly at higher altitudes. the ntsb just wrapped up a two- day forum on this issue. they are hoping this will lead to stronger, more uniform safety standards regardless of how big or small. if you're concerned about what kind of plane you're going to be on, be sure to ask when you book. and speaking of booking starting next monday november 1st you will have to give up a little more to get a seat. the tsa wants your full name, gender and date of birth 72 hours prior to leaving or you may not be able to fly. some carriers have already adopted the new rule. so before you book a flight make sure to do some things. double check your personal information. make sure the names and dates match your i. d . if you accidentally misspell your name you may not be able to get on the flight. be sure to give yourself some extra time. by now you know that if a turkey day trip is in your plans you need to start looking for a deal now and to avoid paying fees listen to this advice from a travel guru,. >> get up early thanksgiving morning. that's when you fly. 6:00 a.m., 7:00 a.m. flight. >> that way you avoid the crowds and won't be charged what airlines call a surcharge that can add 50 to $60 to your ticket price. if you're traveling less than 400 miles away take a bus trip. many buses are fully stocked with bars and with snacks. madonna is opening up a chain of fitness centers. they will be called hard candy fitness global gyms and the singer's first one is slated to open in mexico city next month. at least ten more locations in the works in russia, brazil, argentina, europe and asia but there are no immediate plans for any of madonna' games here in the u.s. the world's most famous octopus passed away. paul died of natural causes at the sea life aquarium in berlin. this 2.5-year-old octopus gained fame during this past summer's world cup for correctly predicting the outcome of all seven of germany's games. >> been interesting around here trying to get around, trying to drive around. >> drive around. yeah. >> go to work. get back home. >> let me take you to chicago. the same front rolled through chicago and produced 40, 50- mile-an-hour winds much there was a confirmed tornado south of chicago with winds of 111 to 135. this cell has a history of producing severe weather and i don't think we will be out of the woods until noon hour tomorrow. here we go. next three days. showers. thunderstorms, some heavy. all the way through wednesday. at least through the evening hours. heaviest rainfall i think will be wednesday morning. 74. we get a break on thursday. 72. in fact, doesn't get really cool until friday. that's when the cool air wraps behind the system. only 59 on friday. kind of chilly for high school football. here is your wednesday breakdown. wednesday day planner. you may not want to see this. but here it is. 6 the start. 7:00 p.m. 70 by lunchtime. 74 by evening. showers and thomples early 7:00 a.m. and noon and possibly 5 p.m. heaviest activity will be between 7:00 a.m. and noon. just about the peak rush hour. umbrella a pretty good bet and extra time probably another good bet. heavy showers by dawn. winds out of the south at 10 to 20 tomorrow morning. kind of gusy. titan. want to show you the breadth of these storms. it is clipping a little bit of garrett county until 9:00 p.m. for the most part, pittsburgh all the way back to mississippi, there is a tornado watch. so this is a heck of a frontal system. all right. let's go back to the computer. we will talk about tomorrow morning. showers and thunderstorms. some heavy. tough commute. 60s and 70s. winds light. that's good news. then by afternoon, you may see a second round develop. the rain and showers. some of that could be heavy. not so much severe but heavy rain. so the evening commutes will be wet again. high temperatures near 75. and winds will be light. so here is the deal. severe weather possible between 2:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. that's spanning the western part of our viewing area until about all the way across about the bay. all right. that's a big time frame. showers and thunderstorms after semimidnight. leaves on the road. so that will make them a little slick. it will be a tough morning and evening commute. i would allow extra time for both if you can. here is a look at our futurecast. 8:00 p.m. want to walk the dog. a couple sprinkles out towards leesburg. remember the light green is light. that's not the big stuff. here is the big stuff. by 12:45 a line of thunderstorms pushing through the metro area. by by 4:00 p.m. if you're south of town, charles county, that could be a heck of a storm. everybody is going to get a dousing of rain with it. and it rolls through and we get into the early morning hours. still have a pretty good heavy activity through southern maryland, calvert county. then the rest of the day, a second line develops around lunchtime that could produce heavy rain. not so much severe but heavy rain. will take until late tomorrow to get everything out of here. next seven days. 74 tomorrow. showers, rain, thunderstorm. 72 on thursday. night. then chilly. but dry. 59 on friday. we are back up into the low 60s on saturday. we got maryland's homecoming. howard's homecoming. then we have hallowe'en on sunday. only 60 on sunday. 60 on monday. and a cold rain next tuesday. >> tomorrow is a tough day. >> get up early. >> thanks. coming up next on 9news now. starting new statistics on bullying and what can be done about it. i'm sand rue hughes. i whether have that story coming up. and coming up new at 6:00 p.m. why a maryland lawmaker is going after montgomery college and calling for a federal investigation. momslikeme.com. talking about the last bussing mishap. a boy on his own for 40 minutes. then this time he was 5 miles away from home. find out where it happened and how it turned on moms like me.com. take a closer look at keith fimian and his inspection business. fimian's former business partner said fimian lied, his record "built upon a fraud." his business sued more than 40 times. slapped with thousands in liens. its corporate status revoked. now we learn fimian signed a campaign pledge that protected tax breaks for corporations outsourcing jobs. fraud, failed policies. unfortunately, that's keith fimian. right here in this neighborhood, i grew up learning strong families and hard work means opportunity. and that starts with good schools. it's a tradition here in maryland-- and why in these tough times i've put education first. we've made record investments in our classrooms... doubled the number of charter schools... and we've frozen college tuition for four years in a row. and it's working. experts say we now have the number one schools in the nation. when it comes to expanding opportunity in every neighborhood, i know that we must do even better. a conneticut mom is facing charges after allegedly sending her 12-year-old son to school with a bb gun and a knife. she said she wanted to protect her son from bullies. now the boy could get expelled or suspended. sending schools a message today. following the law when it comes to enforcing rules on bullying. >> the warning comes just as a new report finds out the problem may be bigger than ever thought. >> reporter: she was bullied so much she transferred school. >> it was tough. i would come home crying from middle school about this one girl who used to bully me nonstop. >> reporter: the cases of bullying are multiplying and they are horrifying. a rutgers student killed himself after being taped during a gay sexual encounter. tuesday a mother was arrested for sending her son to school with a bb gun to protect himself against bullies. now they are urging schools nationwide to comply with harassment laws. a survey finds almost half of high school students say they were the victims of bullies and half of the 43,000 surveyed said they were bullies. the los angeles school district is holding training sessions on how to deal with the problem. >> if you make me go back i will kill myself. i hate my school that much. >> reporter: an expert explains how bad it can get urging school counselors to not treat it as a rite of passage. >> we are working with our adults to recognize the signs and recognize the fact that although they may not necessarily think it is a significant issue, it is a significant issue to the students. >> reporter: samantha gurson is holding her own now that she is in a school with zero tolerance for bullying. >> the survey out today also found more than half the students had hit someone in anger and almost 30% said it was okay to threaten someone else. thanks for joining us for 9 news now at 5 p.m. 9news now at 6:00 p.m. starts now. this is 9 news now. is a serial shooter taking aim at military buildings in our area? tonight the fbi is now investigating a third military shooting in two weeks. this is sky 9 above the scene. this latest shooting happened at the marine corps recruiting station in virginia. here is a map of the area. investigators tell us the shooting apparently happened overnight. no one was hurt. our gary neurenberg is on the ph