pleasant, the same guy they're looking at allegedly had child pornography in his possession. then on tuesday they say the man was naked in the locker room at the wilson aquatic center attached to the high school and they say, he, quote, made overtures to three boys ages 9 to 11. then the very next day on wednesday, they say a young boy was walking down 36th street and a man drove up in a blue four-door chevy and tried repeat lid to lure the boy into his car. >> he's -- these are very disturbing incidents, raises a lot of concern for the police department. anyone approaching young children, the situation at the pool where the person was naked even raises more concern. >> reporter: on wednesday the day of the 36th street incident, police arrested the guy. apparently for failing to appear in court on a separate unlawful entry charge. he remains in custody, but it's unclear if what he's done so far constitutes a crime. >> nobody has been charged in this case, but we are confident we've identifying the person that was involved in these incidents. >> reporter: neighbors are still concerned. >> it's scary, yeah. >> reporter: keep an eye out? >> yeah, of course. >> reporter: hold your kid a little closer. >> yes, of course. >> reporter: police suspect that there may be more victims out there. they want to hear from those victims and they want to hear from them soon because the last thing that they want to do is release a child predator back out on to the streets for lack of evidence. >> they do not want that to happen. thank you. then there's this story about a virginia man who lived on the premises after home day care facility and is accused of molesting some children there. 28-year-old elwood thomas of annandale is charged with two counts of aggravated sexual battery. police say a 14-year-old girl says that he inappropriately touched her when she attended happy land day care two to three years ago. police are investigating complaints from other children there as well. that day care has since closed. a 3-year-old boy is being treated for a gunshot wound after accidentally shooting himself in the chest in hagerstown. it happened around 11:30 this morning in a parking lot behind a post office. whhg tv reports the child was playing with his sister when they found the gun. we don't know about the boy's condition tonight. this week in arlington county, two men were murdered and another man repeatedly stabbed trying to stop a car thief. last week there was an armed robbery and the week before three people were killed. so tonight the question, what the heck is going on in arlington county? our own peggy fox is looking into that very question. she's here with a closer look at the violent crime spree. unusual for this part of our area. >> reporter: yes, it is very strange and scary for some residents. in just a little over two weeks there have been five homicides. that's more than the past two years combined. >> all of a sudden there's five murders in two weeks. i don't know -- i'm just trying to make sure i keep myself and my wife protected. >> reporter: an arlington county police department sits outside an apartment where 59- year-old keith sprigs lived. he and his temporary houseguest, 31-year-old carl moten were killed tuesday morning. >> it had to be at least two. >> reporter: you think two people did it? >> yes, two people did it. >> reporter: police aren't saying how they were killed but spriggs' 85-year-old mother thinks they were either shot or stabbed. yesterday there was a stabbing right out in the open along wilson boulevard. a man who tried to stop a thief from stealing his vehicle was stabbed multiple times. police are searching for the suspect and for the men seen in this surveillance video committing an armed robbery at a check cashing store along columbia pike. a suspect was arrested in the july 27 murder of tommy wong killed inside his jewelry store. the crime spree started on july 24 when a husband murdered his wife in one of these apartments here in shirlington. when arlington police put out a press release, it noted it was the first homicide in the county in more than two years. so many violent crimes in such a short period has some residents on edge. >> scared. >> reporter: really? >> yeah. >> it's very tragic. a think a lot of it is due to spiritual warfare and also because we're so disconnected from each other. >> it's certainly something that concerns us. >> reporter: police chief douglas scott doesn't see any connection between the crimes. neither does this lifelong respect accident. >> arlington has been a safe place for so long. i have lived here for over 30 years. and these are all -- these all seem to be isolated incidents. hopefully it's coming to an end now. >> reporter: do you know what your friend did? of course are hoping to make an arrest soon in the double homicide and the armed robbery. if anyone has information out there, police are hoping you can give them a call. >> and hopefully arlington is just hitting a bad patch and not a change of how things are. a memorial prayer service was held today for the victims of the sikh temple shooting. hundreds of mourners packed an oak creek, wisconsin high school gym to pay their respects to the six people shot and killed last sunday. the bodies of the victims lay in open caskets in front of the room. family members thanked the community for its support. attorney general eric holder was there commending the sikh community for its resilience. >> this community witnessed the very realist of human kind but for every minute, every hour, and every day since then, you have exemplified and you have inspired the very best in who we are. >> that shooter, 40-year-old wade michael page, took his own life in a shootout with the cops. worship was cleaned but they did leave one bullet hole in the doorjamb. it's a memorial to the victims they said. maryland senate is poised in the next few hours to approve a bill that could bring vegas style casino gambling to the national harbor just over the d.c. line. but there's another issue that's also getting attention during this unusual summertime special session of the legislature in annapolis, and that has to do with pit bulls and liability. scott broom is monitoring the event and joins us now with the latest. scotty? >> reporter: i guess you could say they've gone to the dogs down here. that's an awfully bad pun but governor martin o'malley really wanted this special session only be about the gambling session but the fact is there are a lot of people very concerned about the dog issue. they consider it an emergency and the senate is debating the issue right now. pit bull owners at the statehouse begging legislators to turn back an april court ruling that declares their dogs inherently dangerous. dominick was nearly killed in a 2010 mauling. his family's lawyer sued the landlord of the dog's owner and won. now shelters report a flood of abandoned pit bulls as landlords afraid of liability refuse to rent to dog owners. when our shelter opens, we have ain roof people that have to surrender their pit pull type dogs because their landlord is telling them they have to go. >> reporter: the proposed solution is to reform the law, to make all dog owners regardless of breed liable for injuries and damage done by their dogs and exempt landlords. senator brian frosh of montgomery county is among the bill's authors. >> we're going to say, you know, when you own a dog, you don't get -- your dog doesn't get one free bite. it's taken a chunk out of somebody's leg. it's going to be the owner, not the victim that will have to bear the burden. >> reporter: some worry it could add to the cost of homeowners insurance for dog owners, whether it's a pit bull or a pekingese. and this is a really important issue. if you are a dog owner in maryland and there are millions of them because if this bill passes, it means you really have to have insurance if you're a dog owner. the average dog bite settlement in this country is $30,000. and you don't want to get stuck with that bill if your dog bites someone regardless of whether or not it's a pit bull. this is a bill that will apply to all dogs, all breeds. a very, very interesting irk. meanwhile that game -- issue. meanwhile that gambling issue, they're continuing to debate that. it could bring a casino to national harbor. the senate is scheduled to reconvene at 6:00 p.m. and take a final vote on t. i'll be back at 6:00 to get you updated on it and talk about it. reporting live in annapolis, scott broom, 9news now. >> a lot of people watching this one. thank you. sky 9 flew over dulles airport a short time ago where two airplanes clipped wings on the taxiway. the good news is no one was hurt. but both planes were damaged. the a330 airbus and a united express commuter plane collided near gate 8. investigators are still there but the airport operations are continuing as normal. well, certainly it was the most anticipated redskins free season debut since, well, since anybody can remember. rookie q robert friday finish 3 took the field -- griffin iii took the field. dave owen is here. how do you think he did? >> i don't think it could have gone any better for rg3 and the redskins last night. of course in a few years we won't remember last night, derek. heck, in a week we won't remember last night, robert griffin iii's debut. but more than 4,000 people tuned in. 70,000 folks in baltimore passed on the ravens game to watch griffin. here's what they saw. poised looking rookie. he had it going on. he went 3-4 on his third drive, 58 drives. threw a touchdown. so command of the offense, rit cheap passing -- rit cheap passing, check -- rhythm passing, check. here's what some very distinguished writers had to say about rg3. peter king, we know he's from "sports illustrated." here's what he had to say. best thing about rg3 last night, not once did he look like a rookie. the n.f.l. network's albert grier says seeing some good things from rg3 already. seeing him snap his head around and read the field is encouraging. derek, you grew up in this area. you are a redskins fan. i'm going to talk you to. how do you think de? >> it's hard to get your hopes up from one series. let's be real. rex grossman had a couple of good seerries in other games before -- series in other games before he started to throw interceptions. i want to see more of this guy. that touchdown pass, could i have thrown t. he threw a 3- yard pass and the guy ran 20. let's be real. >> he did show command of the offense. he threw the football down the middle which he has to do. let me ask you a nonfootball question here. again, you grew up in this area. when was the last time redskins fans like you got this excited about one player? >> i can't even recall the last time we got worked up. >> a redskin player. >> it's been so many years, i don't think any of us can remember. '92 was the last super bowl with mark griff finish. that's -- griffin. that's 22 years. >> we'll have much more on rg3 coming up later. >> dave owens, thank you. the cdc is warning people not to pet the pigs at the county fair. we're going to take you live to opening day of the montgomery county fair for some recollection. top? >> we still have severe thunderstorm warnings for washington county which includes berkley county in west virginia. live doppler 9000, you have time to take precautions. lower the umbrellas and bring in loose objects because we run the risk of severe weather later tonight. we'll talk about the weekend forecast. >> up next, there has been another deadly attack on u.s. troops in afghanistan. we'll tell you about it and more coming up. in the war in afghanistan, yet another attack on coalition forces by the afghanis trying to help. in the latest violence today, an afghan police officer opens fire on his u.s. trainers. three u.s. marines are killed. the taliban is claiming responsibility for an earlier suicide bombing that took the lives of four americans. >> i cannot give you the specific details for this investigation since it's still ongoing. we take them very seriously. they're very tragic but they do not reflect the overall situation here in afghanistan. >> according to the associated press, 30 coalition troops have been killed by afghan soldiers or taliban militants in disguise. after opening fire the gunman in this morning's attack ran away. it's a busy weekend in the presidential race, and some key figures in both campaigns will be with bob schieffer this weekend on sunday's "face the nation ," including former republican candidate newt gingrich and bob joins us now live from new york. we know it's going to be a busy weekend for you, bob. i guess depending on how you look at the numbers, the president is either way ahead of mitt romney or neck and neck. either way he's kicking off a pretty big tour that starts on saturday. a lot of speculation about who could be his v.p. choice. does he have to go big and bold on this one? >> nobody knows this but mitt romney. anyone connected with this campaign seems to have a different idea about it. it's pretty closely held within the romney campaign. for a time i was at romney campaign headquarters three weeks ago, and i came away convinced that the only person other than mitt romney if indeed he had made a decision at that time, was beth myers, his long time aide who's heading up the vice presidential search. some people went so far to tell me he still hadn't made up his mind. i have to believe that he has made the decision now, but this is like trying to get into fort knox to find out who he has picked. we are on high alert. we'll have reporters on that bus as he starts out in virginia on saturday. then goes to north carolina on sunday. and he'll be staying on the bus all next week. i'm beginning to think that sometime next week he's going to make this decision. hope we can find out before anybody else does, but we're ready for it. newt gingrich is going to be with us on sunday. you know, whatever else wasn't to say about newt gingrich, he's always good for a quote or two. so i think at this point in the campaign, it will be kind of fun to talk to him and see where he thinks all this is and where it goes from here. >> i'm sure he'll have a lot to say. bob, let me just ask you about this ad that came out this week that the romney camp released sort of attacking president obama saying that he has gutted welfare reform. we know that newt gingrich a has had a lot to say about that he did say this week the romney camp didn't have any proof that was the case. what's your sense of what the romney camp is actually trying to do with that ad? >> well, i tell you, we have reached a point in this campaign, lesli, where, you know, it's not so much about the issues. you just want to go take a shower and get it off of you. this is one of the nastiest, ugliest and meanest campaigns. it seems like we're getting to the point now where both sides are just trying to outdo the other. and i think what they're running a risk of is just turning people off. you know, evocation we have here, you're not going to have the kind of turnout they had the last time. whoever that favors, i think is just a sign they're turning people off with these kind of ads. i wished can was going to change but i don't see any sign it is. i think it's going to get worse before it gets better quite frankly. >> i was reading on your blog even little kids were taking notice of these ads. i think you pointed out a 4- year-old when his dad asked him about the ads, he said yeah, i know who approved that message. it's interesting even when the kids are taking note. bob schieffer, we'll be watching you as always this sunday. >> thank you. it is a stormy, dark evening out there, at least it may be. topper shutt approves this message. >> i approve this message. >> you've been giving this message consistently it seems pretty much all summer long. >> the good news if you're in the immediate metro area, you have time to put your umbrella down. nothing coming in very quickly. but out west a different story. let's start with live doppler 9000. the warnings continue another 11 minutes or so till 5:0 up in washington county and berkley county. we'll zoom into this storm. the good news tonight is that they have a little bit more movement to them. some areas last night had up to 5 inches of rain with these storms essentially in the same spot. now they have a little more movement. that is the good news. there's a heavy storm headed right toward hagerstown, just north of martins burke. moving east, northeast at about 15. this is state highway 68, the old highway before they built the new one n. is highway -- one. this is highway 56. this is a big event of hail. it's straddling the interstate there. we'll back the radar out. we'll show you where it's going to go the next hour. again, some good news. it will make some inroads off to the north and east. the bad news it holds together pretty well and will remain a pretty intense storm as it rolls through ig e hagerstown and -- through hagerstown and east and west of greencastle. warnings begin there about another ten minutes or so. the watch has no cot out but we're' has not come out but we're waiting for the warning to be issued for the area because there's more activity to the west through west virginia. the frontal boundary itself is still west of morgantown. we'll zoom in a little bit. this is the lightning associated with that storm up around hagerstown. again get the kids indoors if you hear thunder. you can be struck by lightning. it's 86. dew point 68. just kind of teetering on humid. winds now south, southwest at 13. here are the headlines. big storms possible. critical times between now and midnight. the threats primarily heavy rain and gusty winds. showers will linger into saturday but it won't be a bad day. nice and less humid on sunday. next three days, we've got good news here. maybe a shower in the morning. maybe isolated storm in the afternoon. 87 on saturday. gorgeous on sunday, 88. a bit hot on monday but we'll keep it dry. temperatures about 90 or 91. next seven days, we're looking at temperatures kind of up and down a little bit. nothing crazy hot. tuesday we're around 90. maybe an isolated storm, upper 80s wednesday and thursday. next friday we're in the low 90s under partly cloudy skies. again on your way home now, inside the beltway you would be fine another few hours but then get ready. >> all heck will break loose. >> let's hope not. let's hope not. coming up, you feeling lucky? a lot of people who want to be lucky. a loot of would-be million -- a lot of would-be millionaires preparing to pack some area convenient stores. >> nasa has to go back to the drawing board after a moon lander crashes and burns. if you're taking the metro this weekend, you know what we're going to tell you. we've got delays because of track work. both the medical center and bethesda stations will be closed starting at 10:00 tonight. the closures will last through sunday. there will be shuttle buses provided. redline riders should add an extra half-hour to their trip. there's also going to be some single tracking on parts of the orange, blue, and the green lines. nasa celebrating the success so far of its new mars rover curiosity but it wasn't an entirely flawless week for the space agency. a small unmanned nasa lander crashed and burned during an engine test at kennedy space center. the lander is known as morpheus. it's being tested for missions to the moon. no one was hurt. but now nasa officials are trying to figure out what went wrong. the september 11 memorial and museum is calling it a milestone. more than four million people have visited the world trade center's memorial which happened last summer on the tenth anniversary of the terror attacks. visitors have come from all over the 50 states and countries all over the world. here's a food alert. if you've got in i leftover pizza in the frig, we're going to expose what inspectors found on the dough roller in a popular pizza joint. also ahead, a 6-foot shark gives one 14-year-old freshman the fish bite of his life. how to keep safe at county fairs when there's been a spike of swine flu. i'm surae chinn with that story coming up. cases of the swine flu shot up all across the country. as of now there are 160 cases. interestingly though, most of them are in indiana. >> that's five times the number of infections since last week. most people are getting the swine flu just by going to the state fair. surae chinn is live at the 64th annual montgomery county agricultural fair in gaithersburg, maryland. you're going to tell us about how to take some serious precautions. >> reporter: that's right. the fair opened just a couple of hours ago. the animals are arriving this weekend. check it out. we're at the old mcdonald barge. this 400-pound sow gave birth to 11 piglets last week. the message here at many state and local fair grounds is don't pet the pigs but there are no cases here in maryland with the swine flu so folks here say it's okay to pet but make sure you wash your hands. that's really the big message. you'll see signs all over the fair grounds. the entrance and exits of the barn. you can see some of the signs here, please remember to clean your hands. you have regular sanitizer or the old fashion way where you have actual sinks, soap. you can just watch your hands here. that's really the message to get across. you can pet the animals here at the montgomery county fair grounds but just make sure you're washing your hands. most of the cases are happening with children. 90% of them. most of the cases have been mild. no one has died of the swine flu. these are happening in indiana, ohio, illinois, hawaii. so the message here is don't let that deter you from coming here. they want you to come here. just make sure you make those precautions. also i want to ad that there are two veterinarians on staff for the duration of the fair. so they're here etch and every day. -- each and every day. they're checking out the animals and also their owners are checking the animals to make sure they're healthy to keep all of us safe. back to you. >> all right, surae. the swine flu symptoms resemble the seasonal flu. if you are feeling those symptoms, get them checked out for sure. the 63rd annual agricultural fair runs tonight through saturday. it will cost you $10 to get in. kids under 11 are free. the parking rides and grandstand events will cost a little extra. 9 wants you to know about a trifecta of food danger tonight. establishments in maryland, virginia and d.c. all shut down for risks that might just make you sick in more ways than one. here's investigative reporter r su s ptacek. >> reporter: tonight we start in prince george's county. in upper marlboro on marlboro pike, inspectors suspended tugger's restaurant for insect violations and no hot water for cleaning. the manager at this lanham pizza place was not happy to see us but emphasized they cleared a reinspection. >> everything is cleared. >> reporter: it says these items were not corrected from the previous inspection. roaches? mice, chicken at 77 degrees? >> you are right but after that, everything is cleared. >> reporter: inspectors cited mice dropples on the pizza dough roller and roaches throughout which goes by the name of pizzaness. the shop was also cited for cheese, ham, turkey and that chicken at unsafe temperatures. >> everything is fine now. you want to check the temperature? >> reporter: he invited us in and showed us the walk-in cooler now at a safe 31 degrees. but while inside, we spotted live and dead insects on the floor. >> one time everything cannot be cleared. >> reporter: it's not just one die. it was a second time and now i'm here and there are live and dead insects on the floor. he showed us a recent contract with an exterminator assuring us the restaurant is safe. his wasn't the only suspended restaurant we found with a missing sign. >> reporter: the sign is down at tippy's tacos in fairfax but they're reopened for business. the fairfax county health department inspection reports indicate inspectors came here twice finding no food safety manager on duty. that means no one inside certified to know the proper temperatures to keep food safe or how long you can keep food and continue storing it before it's so contaminated, it can make customers sick. roaches again back in the district at jumbo slice pizza on u street. citations for the insects no hot water for cleaning and no license led to closure there. at this peruvian restaurant on columbia road, inspectors cited the restaurant for operating without a certified safety manager on duty and no one there stopped operations despite no hot water for sanitation and food at unsafe temperatures. all these restaurants, yes, all of them passed reinspection and are now back in business. we tweeted and face booked our findings as they happened. next time follow me so i can alert you as it all goes down. i'm investigative reporter russ ptacek, 9news now. >> i'm suddenly so not hungry right now. expect plenty of company if you're planning to buy a power ball ticket. tomorrow night's jackpot is worth an estimated $253 million. people lined up at stores all across our area. one winner could take home a lump sum payment of $170 million. the jackpot could grow higher before tomorrow night's drawing. of course the odds of winning the jackpot are about one in 175 million. coming up, taking a stand against sitting. find out why doctors are earning more of us to spend a little more time on our feet. top? >> we have a severe thunderstorm warning for frederick county in maryland till 6:15. we'll show you live doppler 9000. same story moving from washington county over into frederick county. they've extended the warning also till 6:15 in washington county. we'll come back. we'll talk about the chances for severe weather here and give you a timetable as well. >> up next, a clerk gets a little feisty as a robber tries to take money from her register. see what she does. >> don't forget, we're always on wusa9.com. so stick around. we'll be right back. over the next four months, you have a choice to make. not just between two political parties, or even two people. it's a choice between two very different plans for our country. governor romney's plan would cut taxes for the folks at the very top. roll back regulations on big banks. and he says that if we do, our economy will grow and everyone will benefit. but you know what? we tried that top down approach. it's what caused the mess in the first place. i believe the only way to create an economy built to last is to strengthen the middle class. asking the wealthy to pay a little more so we can pay down our debt in a balanced way. so that we can afford to invest in education, manufacturing, and home-grown american energy for good middle class jobs. sometimes politics can seem very small. but the choice you face, it couldn't be bigger. ♪ i'm barack obama and i approve this message. caught on tape, a thief picks the wrong convenient store manager to mess with. this is surveillance video from south carolina last month. the suspect walked in to buy some oreos but gets bold and reaches behind the counter trying to reach the cash. she shuts the drawer on his hand and gives him a beatdown until he runs away. >> as soon as my drawer opened, i seen him lean a little bit. i prepared myself for it. as soon as his hands reached in, i shut the register on his fingers. he pushed it back open and hit me in the middle of the chest. the only thing i could think about is this man just hit me. i started wailing the back of his head. it kind of helped out a lot because he didn't make out with all the money like he intended. he only made out with 30e something dollars and the pack of oreos hitting his head. >> she said i was born at night but not last night. you're not getting my money. completely humiliated by the lady behind the counter, he hasn't been seen again. >> she opened up a can as we say. now we go to a dramatic rescue in australia. >> a news chopper captured a fisherman being pulled from the ocean as sharks circle all around him. the helicopter first spotted the man off the bay. a search and rescue plane dropped a life raft but the man couldn't make it to it. a short time later a rescue boat was able to get to him. he was taken to the hospital suffering from exposure and hypothermia. another man who was with that fisherman sadly did not make it and a third man is still missing. >> what a story. a 14-year-old boy hooked the largest catch of his life last weekend again in south carolina. this is in more than an hour where he was running up and down the pier trying to real in one monster fish. his mom caught the whole thing on her cell phone camera. >> fighting back and forth, who's going to get tired first. 45 minutes i was starting to feel it. i knew i couldn't give up. >> your dad is going to die that he was not here. >> dad, i can't talk right now. i have a huge fish on. >> i had a bunch of people cheering me o. i was trying to focus on fighting the fish. >> it was what they call a bull shark. he never did get to real it in. the shark snapped that line, swam away. particularrermen on the pier epps mate it was at least 6 feet long weighing in at 180 pounds. he can always say i almost caught one that was this big. >> absolutely. coming up, it is a photo viewed more than three million times on the web. a dog owner hugging his beloved companion on a swim. but wait until you hear why. but first, a new study was w some revealing evidence on how a single over-the-counter pill could keep you from dying of cancer. you're going to want to hear this one up next. over-the-counter pill that could keep cancer from claiming so many lives. a new study from the american cancer society shows taking aspirin every day could reduce cancer deaths. researchers looked at more than 100,000 older adults taking the pills for heart reasons. they found that the aspirin also lowered the risk of cancer deaths by 16%. >> cancers of the digestive tract have shown lower risk all along. there was about a 40% reduction in death rates from those cancers. and there was about an 8% reduction in death rates from cancers outside the digestive tract. >> the pills do have side effects and the main one is bleeding. doctors and researchers say they need to study this more before they urge people to start taking aspirin to prevent cancer. if you are sitting at home watching us, do yourself a favor and stand up for this next story. while it may seem harmless, there is growing evidence sitting around too many hours in a day can take a serious toll on your health. as anita anita brikman reports that has some doctors taking a stand against sitting. >> reporter: lisa says she's always tried to lead a healthy lifestyle but often finds life gets in the way. like millions of us, almost as soon as she gets up in the morning, lisa finds herself sitting right back down. >> i sit all day at the office. i commute to and from work like a lot of people. and with a 2-year-old, very even less time to try to get formal workouts. >> reporter: so lisa found a more informal way to work out by doing it at work in the corner of her office lisa has a treadmill desk which allows her to keep working while she's walking and in doing so, doctors say lisa is bucking an unhealthy trend. >> we're sitting more and more and more. the average person now went from standing 90% to now sang 35% of their day. >> reporter: dr. kanodia says the simple act of sitting is leading to some serious complications. >> excessive sitting increases your risk of heart disease by 30%. we have found that insulin works 40% less. that means that more and more fat gets put into the body. >> reporter: in fact, studies showed those who are obese tend to sit an average two and a half hours a day more than those who aren't. and excessive sitting may be blame for a rise in lower back pain. the good news is walking five minutes each hour at work burns ten pounds a year. even if walking is impossible, standing is preferrable. >> we burn about a hundred calories an hour. now, if we would just go to standing, we would get -- we'd burn 150 calories. so 50% higher. >> reporter: doctors say being sedentary too long can even affect cholesterol. they found an enzyme in your body that transfers bad cholesterol to good. six west virginia families are now suing the state's department of health over new vaccine requirements for kids in school. they're arguing the state has overstepped its authority. the new requirements were implemented by the health department and added four vaccines to the state mandated list. those families' attorneys say that can't be done without the legislature's approval. so far the health department is not talking about the lawsuit. there is a special bond between a pet owner and their animal. and that is certainly true for a wisconsin man named john unger and his dog shep. john adopted shep from a shelter when he was just a pup. that was almost ten years ago. shep offers from arthritis and has trouble sleeping but john has found a way to ease the dog's pain. he takes shep out in lake superior and it helps them both. >> not too many more times are we going to be able to do this. so every time now, it's pretty special feeling. >> shep finds the water so relaxing, he sometimes falls asleep in john's arms. that's a moment recently caught by photographer hanna stonehouse hudson. she posted this picture on facebook and it has now been viewed more than three million times. topper, you've got gibby. you know about that. >> a sad an happy story. >> 20 years for a dog like that? that's a long life. >> gibby will fall asleep quite fine, thank you, anyway. he's a sleeping loving machine. we have weather north and west of town. we have time in the immediate metro area to prepare for what could be an interesting night. let's start with live doppler 9000. we have the warning now extended in washington county in maryland until 6:15 and frederick county has been added to that. around the immediate metro area, it's pretty quiet at least for the time being. the front itself, the trigger if you will is still way back in the mountains. even in western west virginia. we'll zoom in. looks like pretty heavy rains in hagerstown crossing the highway back over into smithburg. i think -- smithsburg. i think we'll see some hail in here. looks like heavy rain one-inch per hour. we're looking for maybe some hail just moved through mapleville road and moved kind of down jefferson boulevard just south of the smithsburg proper. that is a good shot of some hail. we'll zoom back out. where will these storms go? it's moving east at about 17. i think the computer is a little generous on the movement. that said, it is still -- the direction i think is final. it holds together -- is fine. it holds together pretty well. moves across thurmont and moves to the north and east. i'm surprised we don't see a warning in franklin county or adams county but right now we do not. back to the west another line of storms developing headed toward morgantown. that's actually where the front itself is. while we have this monster storm right here, it is quiet in the immediate metro area. if you're going home to gaithersburg it will be dry. going out 66 dry. going down 95 it will be dry as well. live look outside our weather cam brought to you by michael & son. pleasant right now, 86. dew point 68. that's kind of on the edge of being humid. winds south, southwest at 13. we're looking at big storms possible. critical times now, i opened this up. i just got new data in the weather office. i'll go from now to 2:00 a.m. threats, heavy rain and wind. showers could linger on saturday but i wouldn't change your plans. nice and less humid on sunday. sunday is going to be a great day. so for tonight some thunderstorms, some heavy, some severe, muggy, low temperature 68 to about 74. winds southwest at 10. the next three days good news. code green, green and green. maybe a morning shower. maybe an afternoon storm but the bulk of saturday will be okay. upper 80s. upper 80s on sunday, very nice. 91 on monday. a bit hot but still it's summer. we'll keep it green. next seven days, get into tuesday we're right back up around 90. 88 on wednesday and thursday. maybe a thunderstorm on tuesday and thursday. but nothing really big. then 88 on thursday. back into the low 90s on friday. so i'm waiting for that severe thunderstorm watch. so far it's not been issued. we have the warning for frederick county and for washington county until 6:15. >> thank you, top. the london games now starting to wind down. only two days of competition left. but if you don't want to know today's results, turn away from your tv. turn down the sound. you have 40 seconds before we get to it. the american women set a new world record in swimming -- that's not swimming. it's running. the men won the silver. the bahamas one gold, the country's first medal of these games and just the 11th in their whole history. justin borrows won gold -- burrows in -- burroughs won gold in wrestling. u.s.a. leads the number ever medals. time for our weekly high school profile. two things that we don't always talk about in the same sentence: football and faith. we talk about one player who won't sacrifice his principles in either. >> reporter: 42, that's how main days of 90-degree-plus weather since june 1 according to our own topper. imagine playing football in that. what is it like? you're about to find out. steven rivers and his brother kneel to pray in observance of rama dan. this annual month of fasting is one of the pillars of islam. >> it taught us peace and how to stay calm during -- [indiscernible] >> reporter: from dawn until sunset, rivers refrairns from eating and sips water only when -- refrains from eating and sips water only when necessary. an immense sacrifice, especially for a student athlete in the midst of his sport. his day begins shortly before 4:30 a.m. with a presunrise meal. then sleep, time with family, studying the curran, owe kuran, then prep for prayer. then out the door for football practice. which is the toughest part of this ordeal? a two-hour voluntary workout in this summer heat. but he gets a break today. it's only 90 degrees. you would think his more hydrated brethren would be the ones lifting him up. wrong. 13 hours without food and yet somehow he must find the strength to finish his grueling workout. his coaches keep a close eye on him. >> it makes you smile seeing him push through it but you watch to make sure he's okay. >> reporter: it's not easy and when evening approaches, he knows exactly when he's allowed to eat again. >> right at 8:26. >> reporter: mom prepare as feast. >> this is what i make for my babies. >> reporter: finally he can eat. >> oh, my baby. >> reporter: 8:26. rivers says ramadan house taught him a lot of things. specific if he can make it through this, he can do just about anything. amazingly he's only lost two pounds in almost 20 days of fasting. >> that is amazing. >> that's the home cooked meal. absolutely. still ahead, the maryland state senate just minutes away from a key gambling vote. we are there live. >> plus... >> i'm kristen fisher -- kristin fisher in college park. moving is never fun but imagine moving using only bicycles. annual employee here did just that last week. find out how he pulled it off coming up. >> up next, help for people at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure. but there's a catch. we'll tell you about it when we come back. when it comes to your mortgage statement, do you really understand what you're reading? the consumer financial protect bureau, if they have their way, will you soon. new rules will require mortgage companies to send you a very clear monthly statement. they would have to warn you before an interest rate goes up, have to credit your payment quickly and help you avoid foreclosure. you can weigh in on this proposal until october 9. citigroup is out with a new plan to help keep families at risk of foreclosure in their homes. the bank just started a rental program. it's going to start out renting out about 500 homes to owners but there is a catch. citigroup won't actually own those homes. a separate investment group will, and that group could come up with its own rules. sunday marks the start of tax free shopping week in maryland from august 12 through the 18th. you're going to be able to save 4% on clothes and shoes but school supplies are not included included. more hot and muggy weather has our week wrapping up with yet more storms. some are tonight turning severe. that's why topper is tracking them right now in the weather center. top, who is in the bull's eye tonight. >> right now hagerstown and smithsburg. we have severe thunderstorm warnings for washington county in maryland and also frederick county in maryland. just got annual e-mail -- an e- mail that they have massive flooding going on in hagueerstown. the warning -- hagueerstown. the warning -- hagerstown. the warning continues. very heavy rain. hagerstown to smithsburg. we think a little bit of hail