abortion clinics like hospitals instead of like doctor's offices. one abortion rights' advocate cursed the health board after the vote. it will force them to have five foot wide hallways and cover entrances. opponents say it is a back door way to shut down many of the state's 22 abortion clinics. >> this is about -- >> what the hell? i mean, you should know better -- you should know better. i don't care about their privacy, they're not going to be any more clinics to protect people in. >> they're going to have to make the decision about whether or not they want to spend their profits on health and safety standards or not. >> i'm very concerned. i find that the regulations will have consequences for these clinics that will affect me personally as a patient. as a woman who's unanywhered and for my family, we are both uninsured. >> reporter: now, these emergency rules on virginia abortion clinics will take effect in december. when texas passed similar rules, the number of abortion clinics there dropped from 20 to just four. derek? >> wow. bruce leshan, thank you for that. this just in to 9news now, a possible tornado in ocean city. topper in the weather center with details on that. >> they still have warm enough air. we have warm cool air here. ocean city a different story. check the picture out. i just tweeted this a minute ago. we have a picture. i'd rather see that if i could. no reports of injuries, we have reports of it occurring between 74th and 77th street on the median strip coming across the bay. two pictures there, that actually looks like a tornado to me that reached the ground. a funnel cloud. somewhere between 74th and 77th street and we will get more on this if we can. now to the computer and show you the radar and these were the storms that moved through. even they now are back into more what we call you know air that's not exactly conducive to tornadoes. not unstable. very stable air has replaced that and so they're okay now. that area of showers and storms you can see offshore. that is what produced the tornado. for us we just have some run of the mill showers rolling through. we will come back and talk about when those will end and we'll have more information on the ocean city tornado as soon as it becomes available. back to you guys. all right topper, only only 9, a public school controversy is brewing tonight in fairfax county over the proposal to put surveillance cameras in high school cafeterias and common areas. our peggy fox has been all over the story. why? >> reporter: you see a couple of huge food fights in high school cafeterias gave principals the idea that cameras would prevent such barbaric behavior but at least one parents' group says cameras only perpetuate a culture of gotcha. this is cell phone video from the food fight last may. someone pulled the fire alarm and the mayhem began. while some students thought it was fun, others were frightened and several students were injured. a few days later two more broke out at centreville and west field high schools. now fairfax high school principals want permission to install cameras in cafeterias and common areas to help prevent food fights and other bad behaviors such as bullying. >> i don't have any security in the building after 3:00 between the hours of 4:00 and -- 3:00 and 11:00 and the building is open for community and public use. i think the cameras would provide additional security. >> reporter: most of the kids i talked to hate the idea of having cameras put up in the cafeteria. but administrators say more than anything, cameras would be a deterrent. >> when we had rumors of a food fight, kids will let us know ahead of time. we'll bring in cameras and set them up because we're allowed to do that but we'll set up a camera if it doesn't happen. >> reporter: but the group, zero tolerance reform says an an unnecessary -- it's an unnecessary overreaction. >> you prevent things from occurring, this seeks to punish kids after the fact and there's no data that says it will deter -- there's no data that says that it will keep students safer. >> certainly from the school board's perspective. i don't want to do any of the gotcha. but if there's truly a concern for safety. i think we have the listen. >> reporter: now the zero tolerance reform people say cameras don't prevent bank robberies or convenience store robberies and they won't stop students from misbehaving either. cameras are all about prosecution, not prevention lesli. >> when are they going to make a decision. >> reporter: the school board needs to give them permission to do this and they won't do it before the elections in november. they have to do some public hearings and they have the listen and who knows? there's a chance it could be a makeup after the november election. >> thanks peg. back to you in the studio. well, we have new information on the man suspected of a sexual assault of a woman in fairfax county. michelle lindsay was washing her car outside her springfield home when a man lifted her dress over her head and groped her and then blew her a kiss as he ran away. 26-year-old caesar rodriguez of woodbridge was arrested yesterday and charged with sexual battery. police were able to catch him thanks to lindsay's description of rodriguez and his work truck. we have all seen the video a few times by now but you know what? it never really gets old. a group of strangers banding together to save a man's life after an accident trapped him underneath a burning car. well, tonight the man they saved is telling his side of the story from the hospital bed where he's now recovering. >> oh my gosh. >> oh my gosh. >> it is incredible video to watch especially for motorcyclist brandon wright. >> i see my -- my body and i look dead. that's unreal to see yourself like that. >> the 21-year-old college student remembers quite a bit from monday's accident on a highway in logan, utah. >> i remember swerving to try and avoid the car and then at the -- the last second, i laid the bike down. >> next thing wright knew, he was under the car. screaming and throwing up blood unaware of the amazing rescue coming together on the street right above him. a small army of bystanders rushed in, lifting the car that could have exploded at any time. >> i just -- just wanted to thank all the heroes that put their lives on the line to save mine. >> it was a race against time that paid off for wright who only suffered some broken bones, burns and what he calls some pretty gnarly road rash. that despite not wearing a helmet. >> i think if he'd have stayed there any period of time longer, his injuries would have been more severe and perhaps even lethal. >> i should have died when i hit the pavement. i should have died when i hit the car. i should have died when the car burst into flames but i didn't. for some reason and i mean that just makes life that much more precious to me. >> good luck. thanks a lot. >> he says he plans to live every day like it's his last because it very well could be he knows now. wright says since he can never pay back the folks who saved his life. he wants to pay it forward and also plans to be an advocate for wearing a helmet. lesli. you thought horse thieves would outwit the taming of the wild west, you're necessary taken. tonight -- mistaken. tonight. montgomery county police are trying to serve a horse napping. >> reporter: at tailor made stables, there is a mystery to solve. what happened to the 12-year- old thoroughbred mix named addy? >> the gate was lifted off of the hinges. the horse was in here. >> reporter: that's kathy taylor at the locked paddock whered ady was discovered missing early september 2nd. tracking dogs traced a trail down the road where scuff marks indicated a trailer may have been hid. >> as soon as the dogs stopped. the lady looked over and said your horse was taken. >> reporter: now the horse that was stolen is worth maybe about $8,000 and when you consider a lot of the owners out in this part of the country have horses that are purebred and worth $30,000 and upwards of $50,000, it doesn't appear that money was the motive. now they double check locks while other owners are mystified. >> i just think this whole thing is a crying shame and no fault of theirs. i don't understand why someone would want to do something like that. it doesn't make any sense. >> reporter: the tailors are so mystified by this they have even consulted a psychic who told them she thinks the horse has been taken to florida where it will be sold. not enough information for the police to make a case. in damascus, scott broom, 9news now. >> auctions and traders in at least three states have been alerted to be on the lookout, but so far no sightings. we'll be right back. how a marine's bravery earned him the nation's highest military honor. i'm danielle nottingham at the white house. i'll have his story coming up. also ahead, from his now dropped lawsuit against the city paper to the choice for the team's starting qb, we go one-on-one with redskins' owner dan snyder. but up next, investigators look into an alleged drowning of a maryland woman who went missing in aruba. they say they're going to reenact the suspect's story. we have new information on the disappearance of a frederick, maryland woman in aruba. the aruban prosecutors' office says they're going to reenact the reported drowning of robyn gardner. her companion, gary giordano claims she disappeared when the two of them went snorkeling there last month. now the solicitor general isn't saying when that reenactment is going to happen. he doesn't really want spectators there. he is the prime suspect in the presumed death of robyn gardner. casey anthony's murder trial may be over but her legal troubles, uh-huh. today a florida judge ruled that the 25-year-old has to pay nearly $100,000 worth of costs into the investigation in her daughter's disappearance and death. those costs were racked up in two and a half months as police searched for the daughter caylee. today a former marine received the nation's highest military honor at the white house for ignoring his commander. that's right. he ran straight into a fire fight in afghanistan five different times and saved three dozen lives that day. danielle nottingham has more on this amazing war hero. >> reporter: anita, sergeant dakota meyer doesn't feel like a hero. he says he lost some of his best friends that day two years ago. sergeant dakota meyer stood proudly as president obama awarded him the medal of honor for his heroism in afghanistan. [ applause ] on the morning of september 8th. 2009, insurgents ambushed the 21-year-old marine's security team and the patrol it was protecting in afghanistan. >> so many rounds coming everywhere. just sounded like static over your head. >> reporter: meyer called for help and then asked the commanders to let him help his team. the commanders denied his request four times. but meyer went anyway. he made five trips to rescue his comrades. >> you know i needed to be in the fight with him. >> reporter: meyer saved 36 lives that day. four men died, three marines and a navy corpsman. he wears bracelets every day engraved with the flames of the american. he's only the third living recipient and first marine to be honored with it. before the formal ceremony at the white house, meyer had a more casual meeting with the president. the two shared a beer on a patio outside the oval office wednesday. today, meyer works construction back in his native kentucky and raises money to help children of wounded marines. and as a tribute to his fallen comrades, he asked that they be memorialized in their hometowns at the same time he accepted the nation's highst military honor. meyer rescued 13 americans and 23 afghan soldiers that day during a six hour battle. live at the white house, danielle nottingham, now back to you anita. >> truly a hero. danielle, thank you for that. let's head back to the studio. >> all right, thanks anita and overnight an apartment fire sent one firefighter to the hospital and two others suffered some minor injuries. the fire broke out just after midnight on december way. that's in the white oaks section of silver spring. the fire apparently started by some food left on a stove and somebody just let it sit there without watching it. two dozen people who live in the building are now displaced. well, lightning from last night's storms sparked some fires, these in loudoun county homes. this one on summer breeze court in sterling was the worst of the two. fortunately though everybody was out safely. however they will have to find another place to live for a while. and a bolt of lightning struck this home on wild rose court in ashburn sparking a fire in the attic and that spread to the second floor before firefighters could put out the flames. no one though was hurt. which is i guess pretty amazing. top, what's up with all the lightning man? striking houses? all the fires? >> i know, we had a ton of lightning with the storms yesterday. different here but we have brand new video in from ocean city. like summer there today in a big way. this is just in now. this is a tornado that i understand touched down around 82nd street and coastal highway. >> any reports of damage? >> damage yes, no injuries. that's good. we don't know how the damage is. you can see the debris there in the bottom of the funnel cloud and that's what caused all the injuries. you want to get out of that. probably sucking up a little bit of water and a little bit of the earth so -- >> we sure hope the folks got enough warning about that. >> i hope so. that was just a little while ago. again, 82nd street around the coastal highway. no injuries, some damage. we have pictures that we sent in. i tweeted one of the pictures out. this is from patrick davis. that is clear as day a tornado. no doubt about that because that is reaching the ground. again a funnel cloud stays above the ground, tornadoes reach the ground. another picture from kyle and this is across some homes, you can see that's pretty well defined and has you know pretty good rotation to it and you can see this one too is definitely a tornadoes that reaching the ground. ocean city, 82nd street and no damages. these were the -- no injuries. damages. these with the storms that spawned the tornado and they had just enough you know unstable air and enough warm air leftover as the cold air moves in that it created the tornado. again you need air moving in different texts at different speeds and different levels of the atmosphere to create a spin and they got that there. for us, we have stable air. in fact it's kind of getting cool. we have run of the mill showers stretching essentially up 270 just south of frederick, up and down 95 if you're going either direction on 95 it's going to be a wet commute. along 66 and all the way back down into fredericks burke. nothing severe and nothing crazy heavy. in fact, yearing skies back in the mountains and they will work their way eastward quickly tonight. we will end up with clear skies and the coldest night of the season. look at the temperatures falling like a stone. 74 at 3:00, text it's 64 now. 63 in bethesda and already 57 in gaithersburg. sweaters required. chilling and chilly tonight. a chilly start tomorrow. you need a sweat earl tomorrow morning. some clouds friday. it will be dry friday but clouds will come back and the weekend still looks cool. maybe not quite shower-free but cool. for tonight, showers ending early then clearing, breezy and cooler. in fact, even a bit chilly really. 44 to 54. winds northwesterly at about 10 to 15. the winds will subside though after midnight. look at the lows though, 47 in rockville and 48 in fairfax and even downtown, we're talking 53 degrees tonight. all right, next seven days. again, clouds come back tomorrow in the afternoon. we won't put any showers in but upper 60s. still a shower or sprinkle only on saturday. if you're going to go to the terps game, it is not a big deal if you're going tailgates or watch the game, upper 60s. sunday. clouds again but creep into the low 70s and it will get warmer again. back in the low 0s by -- 80s by next wednesday and thursday michelle obama is calling it a breakthrough for the restaurant industry. but up next, a car comes crashing through the window of a bicycle store missing the people inside by just inches. we'll be back. what's the one best thing about vacation on the gulf? the great outdoors in mississippi. our seafood in louisiana. our beaches in florida. alabama beauty. choosing between them might be tough. but everyone agrees, the gulf is vacation at it's best. and we've gone all out to make this year the best ever. so come on down to mississippi. louisiana. florida. alabama. the gulf is the world's goodtime headquarters, and we're 100% open for business. a close call for some people in california. all caught on tape. a full sized cadillac deville driven by an 85-year-old woman flew into a bike shop. she was going about 30 miles per hour. the vehicle careened into the front of the store missing two customers by just inches. the driver was actually trying to park and she it is the gas instead of -- hit the gas instead of the brakes. police suspect an explosion is responsible for a deadly fire in norway. norwegian police say two people are dead and nine others are hurt after the fire ripped through the luxury ship. all of the 207 passengers and most of the 55 crew members are accounted for and officials say they have the fire under control. but that vessel is taking on water. well, h street in northwest could be trying out and that's a good or bad thing, but starting next tuesday. a committee is going to hold some hearings to determine whether or not the corridor right near verizon center has too many liquor licenses. other historic d. c. neighborhoods have taken some actions to limit the number of alcohol distributors they allow. that includes dupont circle and adams morgan and georgetown. meantime downtown silver spring is going to be rocking tonight. the newest fillmore potentially opening and i'll have -- officially opening and it will have the inaugural concert. the mid size music venue is plagued with development problems, that is until county executive ike leggett stepped in four years ago and helped find funding for the venture. in vermont. the rock band phish gave a benefit concert for the victims of hurricane irene's flood. they drew about 12,000 fans and each of them shelled out about $75 for a ticket. even the state's governor made an appearance. he addressed the crowd just before the concert. the rains the irene killed four people and damaged hundreds of roads and bridges and homes in vermont. coming up, the company behind some popular restaurant chains says it promises to offer healthier stuff for kids and adults. and also ahead, a religious broadcaster says divorce is okay but it's the why of pat robertson saying this it's really causing a stir. dan snyder, it's his stadium and i'm going one-on- one with him. everything from mike shanahan to why he decided to drop the lawsuit against the city paper. i'm dave owens and i'll have that story. brad, where we going? 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[ male announcer ] the epa estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. for wherever life takes you. the redskins unveiled their new solar power initiative today at fedex field. 8,000 solar panels installed in the roof and the new covered parking areas and will provide enough energy for 20% of the stadium on game day and all of its power on non-game days. >> nice. sports, no professional sports owner in town comes under scrutiny as much as dan snyder. >> no, in fact he's often criticized for moo crow managing among other things but this season he's been pretty quiet until dave owens caught up with him. he's in a good mood? >> you can imagine i had a laundry list of questions for mr. snyder including the lawsuit of the washington city paper. but first i wanted to know was there a lengthy conversation between he and mike shanahan when the coach decided on starting rex grossman? >> it doesn't work that way. he makes a decision and you just respect that decision just like joe gibbs made a decision and you respect that decision. and when you're in good hands you're in good hand. and that's really where we are. >> lawsuit with the city paper has been dropped. you announced that before the game. outside of this statement, what inspired you as the owner to say enough is enough? let's move on now? >> i think we said enough about it and we feel like -- i think we made our point and now we're just focused on this sunday playing the arizona cardinals. >> what could have been done by your side that could have made this thing do you think not so public? not so pr negative? not so media unfriendly? because you guys took a lot of hits if that are. >> it's time for us to move on and we're just kited about this sunday -- excited about this sunday and looking forward to hosting the arizona cardinals and -- you know, we hope that the fans do what they did last sunday and i think the fans deserve so much credit for the victory over the giants. >> you've got less fans in here now because of the party deck. devil's advocate. you're not selling as many tickets as you used to. what's your response? >> the reality is we've been soldout since 1966 and be soldout for another 50 years. so we're -- we're doing well from that perspective. what we're trying to do though is make sure that we keep our stadium as modern as possible. just doing the right thing. you're trying to create an experience for the fans. and sometimes it takes time to do that. >> all right, much more coming up. what about the team's new indoor facility? is it still on track to be completed in november and why did it take so long to get construction started? dan snyder's answers to those questions in our 6:00 sports cast. guys? well, in tonight's health alert, a popular restaurant chain is following the first lady's lead in cutting back on fat, salt, calories, all in an effort to fight childhood obesity. today in maryland, the door den group unveiled new healthy menu changes. over the next five years they're cutting calories and sodium of all the meals by 10% and in 10 years 20%. healthier kids' stuff will be available and the first lady was on hand to support the changes herself today. >> i want to congratulation darden on a terrific commitment. we are thrilled and excited to see how the country responds. and how your industry responds as well. >> again, they're going to be reformulating some things and resizing the portions. that's a big deal and taking some stuff off the menus al together. and speaking of that, what do you think is the toughest thing for parents to talk to teens about? would you believe it's not necessarily drugs or sex? it can actually be their weight. one in three kids in america these days is overweight. so this conversation needs to happen say experts. get the pediatrician or family doctor involved for a body mass index or bmi measurement. anything from the 85th to 95% percentile is overweight. 95 to 99. that's considered clinically obese. pediatrician told the cbs "early show" that this is a health issue, not a looks issue and bring up portion control as a first step. >> it's not only making sure they eat the right food. have an open discussion with your child and model healthy behaviors. >> there's actually a move innymy to track the bmi -- michigan to track the bmis at the state level. others say this tracking system, this is an invasion of privacy. we'll have more on that tonight at 7:00. derek? well, anita, the debate over imposing a curfew on the kids in montgomery county is heating up tonight and ike leggett conducted a live chat online this afternoon answering questions from his constituents and today, council members spent hoursics employering all kids -- exploring all sides of the idea and as brittany morehouse tells us, several business groups are lobbying for the curfew as well. >> reporter: kids and teens afterschool hours, so when i meet michael coles of cole's martial arts in bethesda, i assume he opposes a curfew. but i am wrong. >> young teenagers should definitely be in the house by 11:00. >> reporter: his argument for a curfew has nothing to do with business, it's about the kids' health. >> kids are going to be successful in school, he needs to get rest. >> reporter: mile more arguments are focused on youth stirring up trouble, the tide is turning in montgomery county with more supporting a cur fie. >> at least their parents know where they are. >> reporter: now the chevy chase chamber of commerce is on board. it's such a hot topic that here you see nine county council members attending a discussion. spotters say there would be exceptions. for example, extracurricular school activities and up to the individual police officers' discretion whether or not a young person fits the category. another argument? only addressing the symptoms of a problem. this 25-year-old remembers that problem well. >> i'm definitely not making excuses for the kids but at the same time, it's hard to find something productive to do late at night when you're with your friends and you're bored. >> reporter: first council is just going to look and see if a curfew is even needed. perhaps, tweak the loitering law first. brittany morehouse, 9news now. >> now if you will recall, this all became a very hot topic thanks to video catching flash mobs in silver spring and rockville. he says the incidents would have never happened if the curfew had been in place. fairfax police are announcing an arrest in a burglary and robbery in mclean. a couple was awakened by noises yesterday in their house in the 1500 block of path finder lane. a woman in her 70s was struck by one of the intruders who demanded money. the suspects fled with her purse but they didn't get away for long. 30-year-old jasmine and 29-year- old tae won kang were found later. still no comment tonight from the christian broadcasting network after a host made some shocking statements. the 700 club's pat robertson was asked to give a man some advice. he started seeing another woman after his wife started suffering from alzheimer's and his answer? get a divorce and quote start all over again. he also likened the disease to what he called a kind of death. well, still ahead a warning about a popular pro style cooking range. find out why it's making "consumer reports'" don't buy list. but it puts two local processing facilities possibly on the chopping block. and don't forget we're always on at wusa9.com. stay with us. we'll be right back. the u.s. postal service now looking to cut even for costs. it may be forced to close down more than 250 mail processing facilities nationwide just to save money. that includes ones in gaithersburg and waldorf. those could mean pink slips for 35,000 workers. the agency lost $8.5 billion last year as it continues to struggle with the shrinking business because of the internet and the down economy. if you're planning on traveling overseas you don't have a passport? well, better mark this saturday on your calendar. september 17th is designated as passport day. the goal is to take some of the hassle out of getting a new passport. >> most of the post offices and federal offices are opening up this weekend for passport day the make it easier -- to make it easier for american citizens to obtain a valid passport. >> and the thing is getting a passport is more difficult than it used to be. there are tighter regulations. by the way, for this saturday, passport day, you don't need an appointment. lesli. coming up verizon launches the first prepaid unlimited phone plan. plus, "consumer reports" slaps the don't buy label on a popular pro style cooking range. topper? we have some showers rolling through the metro area. live doppler 9000 hd, we may have the heat on tonight. we'll explain. but up next the backlash over netflix's rate hike is starting to hit the popular movie rental service where it hurts. all right, we have breaking news. we showed you pictures and video earlier of a tornado in ocean city somewhere near 82nd street and on the phone now is the mayor from ocean city. mayor, thank you for joining us. first things first new york city injuries, is that correct -- no injuries, is that correct? >> caller: that's the good thing. >> and was it on 82nd street or i've heard reports from 82nd street to 90th street. where was it exactly? >> caller: actually it was in the 76th. 75th street area. seems to have come across 76th street from the bayside and cross coastal highway. did remove a tree from the median strip. came to the ocean side and did some damage, mostly siding damages and some roof damage. there's one small building along the ocean front that had some major roof damage and we've had to remove the people from that building. but nobody was hurt and that's just until they can do a damage assessment. >> all right and mayor, some power outages in that area around the 70s? >> caller: yeah, there were some intermittent power outages in the area. . some of those have been put backen line. there are still some buildings without power but there was flying debris around. there is some debris but really, very, very minor damage and again, the main thing is that nobody was hurt. >> and give us the time frame when this actually was occurring. >> caller: what time did this happen? in the 3:30 area, somewhere around 3:30, quarter to 4:00, sometime in that area. >> okay. >> caller: you know, there was some type of funnel clouds, the national weather service will have to certify whether or not they were actually tornado clouds. but they were funnel clouds which was unusual and unpredictable. no warning of this kind of event. >> actually philadelphia warned you guys, they didn't issue a tornado warning on that. mayor, we appreciate it from ocean city. tornado around 3:30. 3:45. some minor damage and no injuries, that's good. >> caller: thank you. okay. >> look at radar, we'll kind of show you the storms that moved off the delmarva that produced these tornadod and severe weather. and in fact, it was still warm enough there and they just had enough instability in through ocean city that they produced some tornadoes, we don't have that here. some showers rolling through kind of straddling 95. they will move out shortly and the coolest air of the season rolls through here. 68 tomorrow on the seven day. clouds come back and it stays dry. 69 on saturday and maybe a sprinkle for the terps' game. not a big disaster though. just on the cool side. skins, clouds come back again. crow 70s. i think it will be dry and then there are some indications we're going to warm up next week back into the low 80s by wednesday and thursday. but really the coldest air of the season tonight's lows in the 40s in the burbs and 50s downtown. ac yesterday, maybe some heat tonight. >> thank you topper. well, prices up, membership down. when netflix hiked its monthly fees, many customers said we're out of here. one million of them bolted earlier this month, netflix ended its $9.99 per month dvd rental and movie streaming plan. now it charges $7.99 per month for each service. verizon gears up to gain even more of the market share. the wireless conglomerate launched the first prepaid unlimited phone plan. for $50 a month the service will offer voice mail, text messaging and web access. verizon will have to compete with other compariers like -- carriers like metro pc and sprint that already offer the plans. for foodies, viking was the first do come out with its pro style ranges for the home kitchen but now one consumer watchdog group says their tests have uncovered a serious problem with the pricey range. "consumer reports" puts all ranges through the same series of tests whether they cost hundred of dollars or thousands. and testers found a problem with this $5,000 30-inch pro style viking. >> it shorted out and stopped working when we ran the self- cleaning feature. >> a second range didn't short out when tested but again there was a problem. >> you can see this connector here, it's turned brown. and it's partially melted. >> as a result, "consumer reports" has designated this range a don't buy performance problem. it's viking model number vgsc 5304 bss. other 30-inch pro style ranges were tested too. and people liked their big knobs and heavy construction. but they cost thousands of dollars and of the 13 now rated. none earned a high enough score to be recommended. many of the 30-inch pro style ranges don't have as much oven capacity as regular 30-inch stoves. >> rather than spending thousands of dollars, you can get better performance from far less from a conventional stove. >> reporter: they do recommend the $800 lg model. it has a bigger oven than most standard sized pro style ranges and it simmers tomato sauce to perfection and bakes cookies. if you have to have stainless steel, lg has another one for $100 more. if you already own the vehicling range and you have a problem, "consumer reports" says to call the company for a repair. well, still ahead, a fire in the sky. find out why some people think they caught this on tape. horses are being used to help treat veterans with ptsd. i'm lindsey mastis at for the myers, that story is coming -- fort myers, that story is coming up. but first, reading, writing, arhett metic and sex. that's getting attention tonight. that's next on 9news now. a new policy implemented at catholic university this fall is at the heart of a passionate debate. in fact, a legal proceeding was held this afternoon at the dc office of human rights to determine whether mandating single sex dorms at the northeast washington college is even legal. andrea mccarren has our report. >> i'm all for it. >> reporter: in our random sampling of a cross section of catholic university students, most seemed in favor of coed dorms. >> no, that's the only way you can do it. >> it's a good environment. everybody just enjoys each other's company. >> someone you know. >> reporter: others said no to coed. yes to single sex. >> i think it promotes responsible judgment and i think they still have a chance to hang out if they want. >> reporter: but george washington university law professor says they are discriminatory. >> you'd never consider having a jewish dorm or a muslim dorm or a dorm for straights and gays. >> reporter: catholics can discriminate only if it is necessary to remain in business. >> for example, shower facilities are that way. >> reporter: catholic university declined our request for an on camera interview but has disputed notion that single sex dorms are illegal under d. c. or federal law. derek? well, d. c. public school officials are defending their decision to introduce a controversial new test. beginning this spring, some public and charter school students will be quizzed on what they know about human sexuality. contraception and drug use. the pilot program's 50 question exam will be the nation's first statewide standardized test on health and sex education. lesli foster sat down with two experts today to talk about the pros and the cons. >> reporter: d. c.'s plan to test students on health and sexual education has created quite a stir here in d. c.. so what's the right call? testing students or not? we have a couple of experts here to talk about just that. robert woodson is a civil rights and community activist who has worked for the national urban leer and adam tenor is the executive director of metro teen aides. it helped with health education here in d. c. schools. robert, i want to start with you. what is your problem with this testing plan? >> well, first of all, the school system isn't teaching the kids how to read and write. so what gives them the knowledge to teach them sex education? secondly, there's an assumption when you test something that there's a gap -- an information gap. therefore if that information gap is filled it will change the behavior of children and that's just not the case. >> adam. you say this information gap is important in terms of finding out what these young people know particularly in a city where our rates for just about everything is high. obesity. aids itself. you think it's important for the school system to do this to find out what these young people do know. >> i think there's a question of what do they know and i would agree that knowledge alone is not enough to change anybody's behavior. we know we should be exercising 30 minutes a day five times a week and most of us don't. knowledge alone isn't enough. but right now too many kids are going underinformed into decision making. >> let's talk about some of the questions on the tests and some of them we understand are only going to be asked to high schoolers and tenth graders temperature best way to avoid sexually transmitted diseases is to -- of course you see the answers there. is this appropriate to ask? in school? adam? >> i mean, in some questions you know what good education should do is provide young children with skills and knowledge and does the question get to the knowledge and skill that's in the state health standards these questions need to line up with what we have agreed should be taught in schools. so the question really becomes what's appropriate? and i think -- >> is that appropriate though? >> i think absolutely it's appropriate. >> you disagree? >> i really do. i think one has to distinguish between a test and a survey. this one thing to survey people that they have the option to answer -- you know in the privacy of their home and it's another thing to test them. again, the assumption is that these kids are acting in the way they do because they lack knowledge. >> there are other questions too and i really want to ask you all this one as well. this one is put to an eighth grader and it's really about drugs and the question is -- and again, you can see the answers there. is this a wrong question to and to eighth graders? robert? i'll let you take it first. >> i just think it's irrelevant. it doesn't matter. yeah, some of the kids deal drugs in eighth grade. yeah, they can positively have pro knowledge, the question is so what? it doesn't pass the so what test. >> does this pass the so what test for you? >> it absolutely does. it won't change anybody's behavior as we've agreed but the absence of information leads to uninformed choices. our education system is about providing people with opportunities. >> you think teachers are best qualify today give that information to -- qualified to give that information to children? >> we need improvements in the education system. we've asked parents what they thought. they want to be responsible for talking to kids about the emotional, psychological and moral parts of relationships. but parents said that they wanted strong sex education in schools and that the schools are responsible for delivering the science part. >> this is a debate that's not going to end here for sure. thanks so much for coming in to discuss this. and we'll see how it develops. right now, a gloomy picture being painted for the u.s. economy. today, we learned that the nation's consumer price index rose .4 of a point in august. that was fueled by the biggest jump in food prices since march particularly cereals and dairy products. also the number of people in default on their mortgage went up 33% last month. and unemployment benefits hit a three month high with 11,000 new americans applying for new benefits for the first time. alexis christoforous takes a look at the plan the house speaker announced today to turn all of this around. >> reporter: the proposal calls for tax reforms, spending cuts and easing registrationlations on business -- regulations on business. >> the reality is that employers will hire if they've