saw in my life. >> my father deserves better than that. he was a great man to a lot of people. to have this happen to him on this day of all days was just unexcusable. >> reporter: fairfax county police now say they are investigating this incident. timmy hall's family and friends want a public apology. >> reporter: a fairfax county spokesperson says that the incident -- she calls it a misunderstanding. she says it began when the funeral procession left the funeral home earlier than anticipated. they were pulled over because police escorts did not have time to get in position. coming up tonight at 6 p.m., what virginia law says about funeral processions. until then, we are live in fairfax county, andrea mccarren, 9news now. >> live from the very spot where mr. hall lost his life in a crash a week ago. >> reporter: that's right. >> thank you, andrea. >> you bet. a massive motorcycle rally to remember 9/11 but it also had washington's commute in northern virginia in a near impossible tangle for much of the afternoon. here's the view from sky 9 at this hour as more than 2000 motorcycle riders are converging on pentagon city after a day-long ride in from shanksville, pennsylvania. major road closures in what turned into a patriotic spectacle. a long section of u.s. 15 outside of leesburg. scott broom is live from crystal city where the 9/11 memorial riders are still coming in. look at the line behind you. scott? >> reporter: yeah, this is huge. the vast majority of the bikers are in now. i counted. it took exactly 28 minutes to get all of these thousands of motorcycles here into the parking area where they are ending this ride tonight. this is the upcoming 10th anniversary of 9/11 adding a lot of emotion to this event. it is a line of motorcycles that snake unbroken for up to 20 miles. a rider or passenger for each and every victim of 9/11. adding up to 2,996 people on about 2000 motorcycles. >> u.s.a. >> reporter: and at every overpass near every small town along the way between shanksville, pennsylvania, and the pentagon people came out to wave and frequently emotions spilled over. >> i used to work outside the pentagon. so this is really unbelieve. >> reporter: patriotic spectacle it is it came with traffic tieups so big that many government reporters were asked to treat it like a snow day and work from home. the ride stopped midway between shanksville and the pentagon in hagerstown, maryland, where the outlet mall was the only place with a parking lot big enough in all of western maryland to handle what looked like an ocean of bikes. for many riders this event is deeply personal. >> reporter: a firefighter from long island, a rescuer who was called to the collapsed twin towers the day they came down. >> it is time for the country to see that no matter what they did to us we all band together. >> reporter: there are no apologies here for delaying computers. >> you're stuck in traffic. 20 minutes. maybe this year a little longer. take that time to reflect on what you have to be thankful for and what those people sacrificed so that you can continue to live your life. >> reporter: oh, and by the way, every single rider at this event pace a 120-dollar entry fee that goes to america's 9/11 foundation that supports active first responders all across the country with skoal scholarships. if they came from shanksville to the pentagon yesterday they will go from the pentagon to manhattan tomorrow starting at 6:45. expect the same kind of emotion and traffic ties up as they move up 95 towards baltimore in the morning tomorrow. reporting live in crystal city, scott broom, 9news now. >> thank you, scott. monika samtani is here now. let's talk about the backups right now around the ride. >> around the ride as scott said, everyone has arrived into crystal city. started arriving about quarter to 5. no major road closures. right now, let's go around town. first of all, here is what it looks like southbound on i-95. delays beginning down to triangle. that's over an hour this afternoon with the lanes open. now let's go to a map on the northbound side of the v.w. parkway. delays once again this evening beginning down at route 50 and that's pretty much continuous all the way north to route 175 and a last look at the inner loop of the beltway. delays at the 270 spur continuing over to new hampshire avenue with the lanes open. off and on delays there. back to you, guys. >> thank you. more storms popping up on the radar. right now a flash flood watch in part of our areas. talk about troubled spots. >> right now, anita, flash flood in montgomery county, prince george and baltimore and anne arundel county. storms setting up right now just right along the northern tier here. hagerstown 6 p.m. morgan county west virginia and berkeley county west virginia as well. setting up right in this area and will have very heavy rains and possibly ones like again yesterday. perhaps some small hail. we will zoom into this storm which is hitting hagerstown. there is definitely some hail in this storm just to the west of 9. this is route 9. there is hedgesville, just south of 70 here. and this is headed right toward clear spring and right toward williamsport and i guarantee there's some hail right in there. there's also a good deal of hail right here just to the northeast of martinsburg up 11 and up 81 between martinsburg and williamsport. everything heading off to the east-northeast. so right now the main threat seems to be in the northern tier. nats got lucky last night. think they will tonight again and get their ballgame in. we will keep you posted. bedford county, pennsylvania, under a flash flood warning until 6:45. remember, do not cross any streets by foot or by car if you come across a flooded street or flooded road. that's going to be one of the big dangers with these storms. heavy, heavy rain. lesli? >> all right, thanks top. harsh criticism from d.c.'s mayor of some of the comments you saw exclusively on 9news now last night. the mayor saying there is no execution for the flash mob robbery in the northeast yesterday. some people suggested the food was stolen because people were hungry. >> really. >> some people said it on tape. it has really provoked a huge debate. if the young women were hungry and unable to afford food -- and there is no way of telling from looking at the videotape. could this be acceptable? the mayor says no way. >> reporter: 10 young women as brazen as can be strolling into a bedding road northeast convenience store grabbing candy, pops, chips, soda and ice cream and running out and some residents are suggesting stealing in this case may somehow be justified. >> in the state of the economy somebody's hungry, who's to say what's right and what's wrong? >> they ain't going in there and getting no money. so it must be just going to get something to eat. >> reporter: the mayor responded directly to our reporting. some news coverage he said of this incident has reported residents questioning whether the robbery could have been morally justified. actually, he said, morality and the law are quite clear. it is wrong to steal from others. and, he said, if people do not obey the law they will be appended, arrested and prosecuted. there is no excuse for this sort of incident. but some residents apparently think there is an excuse. >> americans are starving. they are out of work, losing their homes. so teenagers need to flash to get food... >> reporter: law enforcement not buying it. >> you may think you are getting away with something but you're really not. we are going to bring you into custody. >> staffers say the mayor is so mad about this he has been stewing on it all day. sent out more comments after his initial press release actually. some of the youths he said might have been subjects of peer pressure. he said that doesn't matter. they will be prosecuted just like the others. >> to be clear. the issue of hunger is legitimate. the question here is about whether flash mob robbery is legitimate and facebook fans have been really sounding off about this on our page. >> the web folks it will me they have gotten 150 comments and the vast majority of them saying there is no way that this is in any way excusable. emily moon says all the people condoning this are just as guilty as those who committed the crime. economy aside, it is still considered stealing. linda shiplet bleven says how bizarre. i can't believe people can can done this behavior. the teens flash to get candy, chips, soft drinks. not bread, milk, sandwich meat, fruit and veggy. they weren't hungry. they were up to mischief. i hope they get caught and prosecuted. police say they think from this videotape they will be able to figure out at least who a few are and then when they get the few they will catch the others. they said they are going to catch them and prosecute them. >> prince george's county investigators are trying to find the cause of the house fire that put one firefighter in the hospital. the fire broke out overnight near queen avenue in beltsville. it took firefighters nearly an hour to put out the flames. damage estimated at about $150,000. the good news is no one was inside when the fire started. tonight there is outrage brewing after three convicted murders known as the west memphis three were set free. they spent nearly two decades locked up for a shocking crime. the killings of three young boys. we find out why prosecutors decided to let them out. >> reporter: convicted murders were stunned at their sudden freedom from an arkansas prison after 17 years. >> still very much in shock. still overwhelmed. you kind of have to take into consideration that i spent almost a decade in absolute solitary confinement. >> reporter: the men known as the west memphis three were teenagers in 1993 when they were convicted in the gruesome killings of three 8-year-old boys. the bodies of the three 8-year- old boys were found mutilated in a ditch. prosecutors decided to cut an unusual deal with the men because new d.n.a. surfaced in the last few years and they didn't think they could win a new trial. the three agreed to plead guilty to the murders in exchange for their freedom. >> the only thing was we will let you go if you admit to guilt. that's not justice anyway you look at it. >> reporter: movie stars brought the case to attention. they thought the boys were being targeted for being social outcasts. even some of the victims' parents are now on their side. >> they are innocent. they did not kill my son. >> reporter: as part of the plea damien ekhles was released from death row. jason baldwin said the only reason he agreed was to save his friend. cbs news. >> the prosecutor says he believe the case is closed and there are no other people involved. it was a rough start for one driver in maryland this morning. the person stopped at 7-eleven. the suv was actually in drive and surged forward through the front doors and right into the convenience counter. the good news is no one was hurt but police are investigating. safety investigators are trying to find out why a small plane ran off the runway at the montgomery county air park today. emergency crews rushed to the scene. no one was hurt and no leak of any hazardous fluids. montgomery county firefighters believe there was a tire malfunction. still to come. $300 in parking tickets stacked up on his stolen card. why is this man not still free of the fine. a local college comes up with a new way your smart phone could save you. we are going to show you how it works. first more on the clash in china. the two teams meet up again after the basketball brawl. what was said between the two teams next. international summit between the two basketball teams in china. >> a little more friendly. they put the word "friend" into it again. hoyas and national china team. the two sides met today in order to reconcile to talk about what happened. some of the players involved in the shoving match that started this whole thing met with the rockets coach and a couple players, shook hands, called a truce and even exchanged autographed basketballs. the team is owned by the chinese military. the chinese government banned players from talking about and sensored media reporting on it. last october the head coach and three players were suspended after fighting brazil's team. now, the trip itinerary had the hoyas and rockets playing each other again this sunday in shanghai. that is not the case any more. georgetown officials say, though, that that change was made before thursday's incident. now former wizard gilbert arenas has chimed in on what happened. let's just say the word classy doesn't really come to mind. i'll have those statements for you coming up at 6 p.m. >> all right, kristin. >> if you witnessed a crime or you're the victim imagine being able to transit video right from the scene to the police. our kristin fisher reports. >> it is smarter to have a smartphone to defend yourself than a gun. >> reporter: that's the motto behind the smartphone app his team of researchers spending more than two years working with the university's police department to design this cutting-edge tool to fight crime on campus. using gps it can instantly transmit your location and personal information to dispatchers. but that's not all. >> i think one of the biggest advantages will be that we will get realtime information from the scene of an incident whether a crime or public safety hazard feeding video images directly to our dispatcher. >> reporter: let's say i find myself in some sort of emergency situation on campus late at night. all i do, open up emergency, hit the call button, that connects me directly with the university of maryland police dispatcher and then he can see whatever i'm looking at. >> the videos that are transmitting would all be recorded and it would be producible in a court of law. >> reporter: it is to prevent crime on campus. >> i don't know how many criminals that would come to the campus if they know with the phone it can be transferred to police immediately. >> the emergency app is free available to university of maryland students and staff on september 1st. for now it only works on the college park campus. but the developers say they will be expanding it to other colleges and communities in the coming months. what a great tool. >> a great idea. >> great idea. >> we have got stormy weather coming in. >> mainly hugging the northern border. maryland, p.a., but looking at the flash flood watch for north eastern part of maryland, howard county, prince george's county and anne arundel county. live doppler. on our website wusa9.com. one of the main threats with these storms is going to be heavy rain and flash flooding much like yesterday. so we say it over and over again. we will say it again. if you come across flooded streets or flooded road do not cross it by foot or by car. now, we have the warnings highlighted here. we also now have a flash flood warning for allegheny county up in cumberland until 9:15. that just crossed. going to zoom into the first storm up in hagerstown. this had hail in it, no doubt, just a little while ago. heavy, heavy rain. rainfall rates 1 to 2 inches per hour and not moving particularly fast. this is hail just to the south of 9 and just to the west of hedgesville, all right. everything is pushing off to the east-northeast. williamsport getting heavy rain right now but no hail. a heavy rain headed towards clear spring and heavy rain headed towards hagerstown in the next 30 minutes or so. now, we are going to move to the east a little bit. frederick county. this is not a severe storm but a heavy storm just north of woodsboro. drifting off to the east- southeast slowly producing rainfall rates also of 1 to 2 inches per hour. down to the south, our friends in southern maryland have a pretty good storm right here around st. leonard. another storm also down south of luesby. looking for severe weather in southern maryland. very slow movers. down in this part of the world it can flood very easily with all of the relatively flat terrain. come across a flooded road don't try to cross it. we will widen back out, put this into motion for the next hour where are things going to go? for the most part they are going to slowly sink east and south very, very slowly. see it moving into frederick. moving down i-270. if you go out past leesburg up 15 you may have some problems with heavy rain. not under a severe thunderstorm watch but, again, the main threat will be heavy rain and flash flooding. these are the counties highlighted we talked about before. montgomery county, prince george's county, anne arundel and points north up to baltimore. flash flood watch until 10 p.m. look at the lightening with these storms. if you hear thunder you have to take cover and go indoors, stop whatever you are doing. tremendous amount of lightening just to the south of hagerstown and other warnings are in effect with the storm across the dell marva. get inside. secure loose objects. stay away from the windows. temperatures upper 80s downtown. low 80s in gaithersburg. upper 80s in leesburg. next seven days. weekend showers still in. not a washout. you'll still be able to do so. 90 saturday, 92, sunday. monday. very nice day tuesday. humidity. flirt with 90, wednesday, thursday, friday. storms come back next thursday and friday. so the main threat here heavy, heavy rain. >> thanks. up next. the tragic stage collapse at the indiana state fair ends up claiming another life. the latest on the investigation on why it happened when we come back. ññxt nine people dead after afghan militants used two car bombs and a small team of assailants. among those killed are two police officers and three guards. a sixth person now died after being hurt when a stage epp collapsed at the indiana state fair. a 22-year-old college student. a strong wind gust toppled the metal scaffolding holding lights and other equipment. the scostledding literally came crashing into fans waiting for a concert by the country duo sugarland. an outside firm is still investigating the accident. meantime, people are leaving flowers and signing condolence books. this is in belgium. it happened yesterday evening. about 60,000 people were at this festival when the storm blew in. violent winds uprooted trees, toppled scaffolding and lights again and caused two stages to collapse. 140 people were hurt three still in critical condition. coming up next new at 5:30. >> he got $300 worth of parking tickets after his car was stolen. coming up on 9news now we are following up on one man's fight to right a wrong. violence. aruba authorities are putting off the search for robyn gardner until next week. police have detained gary giordano as a suspect in her presumed death. our martin savage brings us the latest from aruban authorities. >> they say gary giordano is talking to authorities. now that he has been transferred they have been able to interrogate him on a regular basis but he picks and chooses what questions he wants to respond to. authorities say if they ask him a question about something new he generally gives them an answer. but if they try to go back over material they've covered before he doesn't respond or he says, look, i've already told you about that. and authorities here believe that that's a shrewd strategy on his part. probably he's aware that one of the ways that interrogations are done is to recheck your story over and over to see if you vary in the telling at all. he's trying to avoid doing that by simply not responding to their questions. i also asked authorities just what is his attitude like during these q&a q& question and answer sessions. authorities here look upon the accidental death and dismemberment policy he took out. the policy on her alone was 1.5 million. so they continue to question that. we had a conversation with american express. they do say in order to take out a policy like that gary giordano would have gotten robyn gardner to sign off and admit that he would be the beneficiary. meanwhile, a search is expected over the next few days in the area where the couple was last seen to try to find any trace of robyn gardner. lesli? >> all right. thank you. the associated press reported that gary giordano tried to claim an accidental policy he took out on robyn gardner. >> lots of twists and turns. finding redemption in parking tickets. the tickets were issued after a man reported his car stolen and they kept piling up. after 9news now first shared his story he was finally able to reach somebody who can help. now as britany morehouse reports he is expected to get all the tickets canceled. >> they are shocked every time. >> reporter: even though his story has been told over and over he still gets a kick out of repeating it. >> it doesn't make sense. it is really interesting. >> reporter: he talks seriously about the repercussions of getting $300 worth of parking tickets on a vehicle reported stolen. >> i'm really fortunate that this is not my primary mode of transportation. i take mass transit. i ride my bike. for someone who that car is their primary mode of transportation they would be in a lot of trouble right now. >> reporter: trouble because it how it all happened. during the first interviews we learned how his car sat with no ignition in it and the trunk wide open. >> smells awful. >> reporter: we learned how after a neighbor reported it, it still wasn't towed. not until police called bray and he paid for the towing. a cost he will have to swallow now. but thankfully he has been told by a rep with the department of motor vehicles that those parking fines, well, they will be dismissed when he finishes disputing them through a formal process. still, questions swirl about that citation officer. >> if they are getting paid per ticket, i think that's a flawed philosophy on a number of levels. >> reporter: the popular assumption is when you don't pay this, the person that tickets you actually gets incentives so we looked into it. while the department of public works denies the employee is rewarded. the tickets amount to more than 4000 tickets issued each day of the year. this year already enforcement has slapped drivers with 1,400,000 tickets equaling a rate of 6000 per day. a lot of tickets. but at least bray can say a handful of them make for a good story. britany morehouse, 9news now. >> bray still has to mail in a police report and formal description to the d.m.v. before his tickets are gone. meanwhile, the department of public works tells us as of right now they will not be changing their process. so that means the citation officers are not told that a vehicle is stolen for their protection. an arlington cemetery mystery appears to have been solved. take a look. we are talking about the mysterious picture of a figure skater found by a contractor in an urn and they didn't know whose remains were. the skater is a 19-year-old girl. her mother kate came forward after seeing the picture in the washington post. she says rachel's grandmother's ashes are in the urn and the family included this photograph of the young rachel since she was so close to her grandmother. the first recorded sea turtle nesting site in delaware appeared to be doomed until some volunteers appeared to help. a park ranger saw a sea turtle building a nest and laying eggs yesterday morning but volunteers noticed it was below the high tide line and they moved the eggs to a safer spot. >> there are a lot of factors going against that. the fact that this is not a normal nesting location. it is too far north so therefore too cold. it is also later in the season than usual. we will monitor the nest. >> the new nest looks just like the original and the whole area is fenced off. it takes 45 to 90 days for turtle eggs to hatch and park workers will be keeping a close eye every day. >> thank you, anita. consumer alert. thousands of america bank workers will be looking for a job. the company announced it is cutting 3500 jobs this quarter and that number could eventually grow to 10,000. d.o.a. was hit hard when the housing bubble burst. the c.e.o. says this restructuring is trying to engineer a recovery. burger king's royal character is being dethroned. b.k. wants to be known for fresh and healthy food choices. so expect some better foods, more modern stores and updated image. they are all in the works. sales for the burger brand were down 6% in the first quarter and it lags behind others in perceived quality. up next, a scene right out of the flin stones. >> coming up new at 6 p.m. introducing a 10-year-old male elephant here at the national zoo who just may be the smartest elephant in the world. we will explain coming up. don't forget we are always on at wusa9.com. stay with us. we will be right back. jap crickcribbing cribbing caught on tape. in denver, a suspected drunken driver is arrested thanks to some quick-thinking citizens. they spotted a woman driving eratically then they saw her sideswipe a couple cars and keep going. that's when karen and the other citizens sprang into action and boxed her in. >> she went back and forth across all the lanes and people were just kind of dodging her and everything. >> the woman got a little angry when the drivers refused to move and then she called 911 but in the end as you see right there she was arrested. dash cam video the talk of a town in michigan. a pickup truck driver using his feet as brakes while driving down a busy roadway. you can see the door open there on the driver's side. it wasn't long before police were hot on his trail. >> what he was doing, it is so stupid it is funny. he admitted or knew he had no brakes and decided to drive anyway. going down a major highway in the middle of rush hour at 40 miles per hour it is just amazing it wasn't more severe than it turned out to be. >> police say neither alcohol or drugs were a factor. they say there was just a serious lack of common sense. >> do you think? >> we are going to introduce you to a redskins player who is using the sport to keep his minds off a tragedy. top. i'm outside on the weather terrace. no thunder and lightening but there is north of town. big thunderstorms near hagerstown and winchester. up next math class in the summertime doesn't sound like fun but these kids, they love it. we will show you why in this week's cool schools report. don't go away. [ martin luther king jr. ] i still have a dream that one day on the red hills of georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. i have a dream today! [ male announcer ] join us at the walter e. washington convention center on august 26th for a live roundtable discussion inspired by the legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. for a live roundtable discussion . summertime and the math class is easy. doesn't sound right, does it? but it is true. in this special summer addition of cool schools mike hydek takes us. there check it out. >> reporter: plain and simple. put your hands to work and other things start to work too. sometimes you don't even realize it. does it help you learn math if. >> yes, best of the both worlds, man. >> how so? >> measuring. >> reporter: the thought process makes figuring fractions more fun and it sinks in. >> i got it. >> i got it. >> reporter: the alexandria seaport foundation has been teaching at-risk students how to build boats and their math skills for close to 20 years. >> let the community and society know that kids decide to dropout of school in 5th and 6th grade. we know the major academic reasons they say they dropout is math. >> reporter: every student they helped last year at hammond passed their class. and that's cool. >> ever since i have been here we have been working hard and learning math. it has been a fun experience. >> we found that some students are more successful doing math hands on rather than with paper and pencil. so here they can actually see the math and how to apply it. >> reporter: the bottom line is math is pretty important because -- >> if there are measurements are off, this bottom will leak and they will sink. plenty of silicone. some screws. >> up and down. >> reporter: and the bottom secure. >> that goes in the middle. >> reporter: their biggest math moment yet takes place in alexandria, virginia, on the potomac river. fractions don't fail me now. >> three quarters of an inch is how many eights? three fourths is how many eights? >> six eighths. >> you've got it. >> good work, guys. holy. >> reporter: pretty simple. measuring up in math can really float your boat and impress your grandpa too? >> it was a little scary because i never saw a boat ever made go in the water. >> as long as it is floating we are in good shape, right? > up. >> the alexandria seaport foundation is paid by the juvenile justice system to help students with math through boating. if you've got a cool schools idea e-mail mike at coolschools'wusa9.com. come monday students at d.c. public schools will be hitting the books for the new school year. but today was full of fun and games at the back-to-school jamboree. the events put on by the meth poll tan police department. a spelling bee, educational rap contest, free health screening and students had a chance to win free school supplies. the national archives is offering up to a special year- long exhibit to commemorate ronald reagan's 100th birthday. it is called ronald reagan and the west and it explores his presidential activities during a single week. that's october 1st through the 7th, 1988. one of the highlights of the show a washington redskins just say no football jersey. there is also a photo of its presentation by quarterback doug williams to first lady nancy reagan at r.f.k. stadium. >> you have been tracking some severe weather yet again. >> we have. the good news is i think you'll be okay at the nats game. they were okay yesterday somehow. and i think if you're going to go to wolf trap it could be okay all right tonight. most of the storms right now north of town. they are sinking a little bit south. in fact, we are going to start with live doppler 9000. access this on our website at wusa9.com. warnings are highlighted there. we have a warning in effect for clark county in virginia and also frederick county in virginia. and this is because of this storm right here between hagerstown and winchester just a little north of front royal. hail earlier. we pointed it out to you. that's one of the criteria for severe weather. we will start south of town. nothing severe right now but big time rains. plump point down towards st. leonard and luesby. that's what will come for the bay later this weekend. so if you're a boater winds won't be a problem but severe thunderstorms will be your problem both saturday and sunday. just keep an eye out. we will zoom back to the north and west. martinsburg, winchester. monster storm straddling i-81 rights now slowly pushing off to the south and east. charlestown get ready. frederick has a little shower and a thunderstorm right over it now. but that's not the main event. in fact, we will go in a little further. now we do see some hail just to the west of 9 and to the east of i-81. so thus the reason for the severe thunderstorm warnings. you folks in shepardstown get ready. we will move it back and put it into motion. where will the storm go in the next hour? it will sink through charlestown, across 340 then head towards 15. so eventually it will threaten loudoun county. looks like the heaviest activity slides just to the south of middletown and just to the south of frederick. at least for this particular storm. so keep that in mind. have you a little bit of time if you're in charlestown. put the umbrellas down and get ready for rough weather in charlestown. a flood warning for allegheny county and cumberland. the watch is montgomery county, prince george's county, anne arundel and howard county. until midnight tonight. main threat with the storms is hail and heavy, heavy rains. lots of lightening too. again, if you hear thunder go indoors and take cover. don't want to be outside. temperatures upper 80s. although 82 in gaithersburg and then 77 in frederick. a rain cooled 70 in martinsburg. next seven days. showers and thunderstorms saturday and sunday. you'll have enough time between storms to play golf. 90 on saturday, low 90s on sunday. leftover storm on monday. upper 80s monday. mid-80s on tuesday. then wednesday, thursday, friday flirting with 90 again with a couple of afternoon storms. we will keep you posted. go to our website wusa9.com. you guys did a great job yesterday putting photos on our facebook page. do it again. >> all right. >> sounds good. the redskins, they are back in action tonight for preseason game 2 against indianapolis. >> one redskins player has more than just the game on his mind. kristin berset is here to tell bus his aspiration. >> reporter: we have heard athletes say their teammates are like a family you when you're new to a team it takes time to building relationships. a family tragedy reinforced the brotherhood of the redskins. dave owens has the story. >> reporter: skins fans probably hard for you to fathom. being helped by a former cowboy. >> it is like poison when you mention the cowboys. >> reporter: he is here and steven bowen is fitting in nicely, thank you. in his debut a week ago he got his first taste of life in new addition. >> as soon as free agency hit, redskins was the first team to call me and coach hastlett and coach shanahan made it seem that it was important that i switch and i made the switch. >> reporter: his heart is still in dallas. but before you get on him too hard for feeling that way, believe me, he's got a good reason. >> reporter: his wife gave birth to premature twins in june. 10 days later one passed away. >> you never know when something in life is going to change. you think everything is going good. >> reporter: the other is still in the hospital in dallas. bowen thought seriously about remaining in texas but it was his wife who encouraged him to put the pads on and get back to work. >> she has always supported me whatever i wanted to do and that's why i love her. >> reporter: now his new team is rallying around him. >> the rock of our families, our friends, our churches and communities. >> reporter: not trying to pry into his business, they just want him to know the n.f.l. brotherhood extends beyond any one team. dave owens, 9sports new. >> thank you, dave. >> bowen seems to be fitting in quite nicely with the redskins. already picking up the nickname bow-digatty from his teammates. back to you, lesli. >> thank you, kristin. coming up new at 6 p.m. do you clip coupeons? we are going to tell you the extent police think some people are going to try to keep cash in their pockets. tonight at 6 p.m. plus... with summer winding down it is time to fix your skin. after all that fun in the sun. >> do you have to spend hundreds of dollars? >> no, you don't. >> i'll let you in on a three- step beauty solution that won't break the bank. turning back the clock. that's coming up. stocks ending the week on a losing note. dow down 172 points closing at 10,879. nasdaq fell 38 points. s&p 500 down 17. whether we like it or not, summer is in its final days and it is time to focus on renewing our skin. tonight a northern virginia mel aesthetician shares tips. >> medical aesthetician that has several of clients that comes to this plastic surgery practice in mclean. she says a lot can be accomplish at home with a three- step regiment that corrects sun damage, protects the skin from more aging and renews skin cells at night. >> do you have to spend hundreds of dollars >> no, you don't. >> reporter: she is a believer in the power of professional- grade products. she says most of the skin care lines cost the same as department store and even drug store brands but there is one big difference when they are from professionals. they contain active ingredients if sold in a medical setting. >> effectiveness and penetration and absorption. >> reporter: for example, this exfoliating cleanser contains glycolllic acid. a step people don't know about it. >> don't forget the neck area. >> reporter: she follows the cleanser with lightening serum then for daytime a moistururizer r and vitamins and wrinkle fighters called peptides. >> rebuilding collagen throughout the night and into the morning. >> reporter: a three-month supply of all four professional grade products costs under $150. she insists many women spend far more on less potent stuff. and she says these days you can even purchase powerful resurfacing masks or mini peels to use at home. leave them on for 30 minutes and you get spa results without the spa price. >> are you feeling, sharon? great. >> medical-grade products can irritate some skin types. so ask for guidance to make sure they are not too strong for you. thank you for joining us for 9news now at 5 p.m. 9news now at 6 p.m. starts right now. >> this is 9news now. tonight only on 9. the family and friends of a local man laid to rest yesterday say the fairfax county police ruined their loved one's funeral. they threatened to arrest some of the mourners at timmy hall's funeral. we go live to fairfax county where hall lost his live a week ago in a motorcycle crash. >> reporter: tonight the fairfax county police confirm