we're in montgomery county with the driver in another deadly crash in court today. and fairfax county, with a school board taking a closer look the at how they are handling discipline. >> reporter: i'm peggy fox in falls church where the fairfax county school board receives the expanded proposal to fix the discipline process. >> and i would be called. as a parent, i want to be called. >> reporter: the parents applauded when the school board members sandy evans said that parents need to be notified first when their child is suspected of having drugs or committing some other offenses in schools. now, that didn't happen for steve. and he was called after his son confessed to buying a drug that was illegal from another student at woodson high school. >> when your child is being suspended effective tomorrow. we want to see the criminal neatfew -- notification earlier. >> that part of the policy should not be changed. >> if you wait, then memories fade, people decide that they won't talk. then you jeopardize the safety. >> reporter: many other changes are in the works like letting principals handle smaller infractions for students caught with illegal drugs. the new policy will also include a five-day drug and alcohol abuse program. >> i'm matt jablo in rockville where a court hearing was held for a young driver of the car involved in yesterday's triple fatal accident. it was just after 3:00 sunday morning when prosecutors say the 20-year-old kevin coffay crashed a 2007 toyota corolla killing three of its passengers. >> i know to of the families who lost someone. >> reporter: according to prosecutors, coffay was injured, but took off from the scene. >> he fled instantly from the car. >> reporter: john mccarthy says after a three-hour chase that police finally arrested coffay and noticed that he smelled of alcohol. >> the occupants in that car had attended a party and the defendant had been drinking prior to the collision. >> reporter: coffay's lawyer, although he would not address the the issue of alcohol, said he panicked after the accident and had no real intention of avoiding arrest. >> it is a breathtaking tragedy. >> reporter: i'm bruce leshan in adams morgan three years and four months in prison for the woman who drove her dodge down 18th street and ran into an entire group of international graduate students. the mother says that no picture could convey how devastating it was to fly from austria and find her broken daughter on life support. and she flew back from austria a second time to tell the judge no sentence will let her look again at her daughter's bright shining eyes, no sentence will give julia's twin back the other half of her life. >> i'm her mother and no one can expect my child to be like that. i have lost a child and there is nothing that we could do. >> is she remorseful? >> the grief that she has about the death of that girl has affected her own sanity. she has had that occur. >> well in virginia, a 19-year- old man is dead after being hit when the car stalled and he was just trying to move it. it happened at 10:30 last night. kyle raleigh just trying to push his car off the side of the road when police say another driver hit him and the car. the other driver in the hospital expected to recover. >> the musicians -- he was a musician, he played soccer with so many interests. he was just so young. >> and he loved his friends and family. he loved sports, he loved music. >> reporter: police are asking witnesses to come forward. they are still trying to figure out if anybody was at fault in that oval accident. keeping the government running for the next few months means stopping investments in two federal pension funds. that's the word today from the treasury secretary. and he says that all the creative bookkeeping and unexpected revenue will delay an unprecedented default on the national debt until august 2. of course, he says that money could be restored a lot sooner if congress votes to raise the debt ceiling. now, that's the limit on the amount of money that they could borrow right now. and the u.s. has hit the $14.3 trillion mark, which happened today, meaning we can borrow no more money until congress raises that limit. >> and they will raise that debt ceiling without dealing with the underlining problems is totally irresponsible. >> you're playing with fire. and if we don't do this then we could have a financial reaction that makes the last one look mild by comparison. >> right now the united states government borrows about $0.40 per every dollar they spend adding up to $46,513 for every u.s. citizen. and the head of the international monetary fund, they were heavily involved in trying to solve the debt crisis in portugal and greece. tonight. one prime minister is down playing the arrest and what it will have on the economy. he was arraigned on attempted rape charges in new york city and right now he is being held without bail. the white house taking aim at programs to retrain american workers who move their jobs to outsourcing. the obama administration is threatening not to send congress three coveted fair tradagreements and unless they expand that trade adjustment assistance program, expanded two years ago a part of the stimulus deal, but that expired back in february. and maryland senator calling for an end to the $4 billion annual tax break for the oil companies, especially after they posted nearly $35 billion in profit and in just the first quarter of this year. >> we need the revenues to come from the petroleum industry and the tax breaks, which is about $4 billion a year. and we need that in order to balance the federal budget. >> prior of speaking out of the gas station where they are paying about $4.09 a gallon. meanwhile, maryland's attorney general is calling for new price gouging laws to give them a chance to manipulate the market. time now for a check on the evening rush. and with your time saver traffic. monica? >> thank you so much. i've got the yellow light here and that is because we have so much traffic on the beltway. it's been endless all afternoon. and we're going to start off with a live look on the inner loop of the beltway, where it has been heavy and steady with the lanes open all the way from old georgetown road headed over towards new hampshire avenue. believe it or not, that's an improvement to take you about 22 minutes at 25 miles an hour. again, that looks much better right now. we'll take you over to the southbound side of i-95, wet, dreary, and slow through springfield. it will be off and on as you head southbound into newington as well. again with the lanes open, just be careful with the wet road conditions. we also have a commuter alert tonight for people that are driving near the bridge here. starting tonight, the ramp from the eisenhower connector will be closed. that's so crews can work on the bridge project. the ramp will be closed from 9:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. every night this week. also get ready for a lane shift along the beltway in montgomery county. they will be reconstructing the bridge over the northwest branch in silver springs for the next two years. that means that the changing traffic pattern between new hampshire avenue and university boulevard. i'm kristin fisher on capitol hill where this cow is getting some serious star treatment. she is eating the grass just outside of the u.s. capitol building. and so what is she doing here and why? i'll let you know coming up. but first the price of the higher education. look at weather and if it is worth all those thousands of dollars, especially if you need to borrow it. that is a first. at the end of the four years, a lot of them are asking, was it really worth it? a new study finds not so much. in fact, 57% of the more than 2,100 adults say they don't think that the u.s. education system gives students a good value for the money that their families spend. but, you know, an overwhelming majority, 86% say that they do think college was a good investment for them personally. so what do you think? is a four-year education worth all that money? right now the average cost for a private school is $27,293 a year. $7,600 for a public and state tuition. share your thoughts in an e- mail on mailbag@wusa9.com. and still ahead, topper is back with more on those storms that are headed our way and we'll also hear about the rest of the wet week, but coming up, you have seen the space shuttle like this, but up next, the view of the launch that you probably never seen before. i'm curious too. stay with us. 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[ man ] for general electric, here is ronald reagan. ♪ back now with the unique perspective 6 on -- perspective on this morning's space shuttle launch. she was on a flight from new york to west palm beach, florida when the endeavour lifted off for the final time and she recorded this video and posted some still photos to her twitter account. she says seeing the shuttle from the air was amazing and we have to agree. many the meantime mark kelly went into space with his wife's wedding ring this morning and his wife, congresswoman gabrielle giffords kept his ring with her back here on earth. she attended that launch this morning just four months after she was shot in the head and during the assassination attempt in tucson, arizona. >> i think relief is the biggest feeling. >> they will continue the rehabilitation from that shooting. well, the red cross for treatment is often reserved on capitol hill, at least for members of congress. but today, a cow got a taste of what it is like to be a washington power player. confused? here is kristin fisher. >> they made their grand entrance to the senate park. >> this is the first time looking in front of the capitol. it is amazing. >> reporter: her family farm in union bridge, maryland is here to milk this cow and make a statement. >> i would like to be able to sell to my friends and neighbors, the raw milk for my cows, the same kind they want. the kind that right now they need to drive to pennsylvania to buy. >> reporter: that's because they are one of ten states where it is illegal to sell raw unpasteurized milk. >> i'm outraged that our government is too fit to come into my kitchen and tell me what i can and what i cannot eat. >> reporter: and so are these people that turned up on the group and the raw milk rally. they are protesting the fda's lawsuit against the group's supplier who is sued for shipping raw milk to maryland. and today, they got a taste. and plenty of people will try it and i need to try it for myself. can i have a sample of some raw milk? all right, here we go, cheers. it's good. >> reporter: but the fda said that raw milk presents a clear and well documented danger and that they prevent the state lines to save lives and reduce the illness. but don't tell that to leah mack. >> i want old fashion, you know, cow milk. >> reporter: in washington kristin fisher, 9news now. >> now, today's demonstration comes two and a half weeks after the fda raided an amish farm in pennsylvania. they are banned in maryland and dc and not illegal to drink it, but you can't buy it, sell it, or transport it. president obama in memphis who delivered a graduation address today, but he also took some time out to meet with the people impacted by the mississippi river flooding. he also met privately with some residents and the city officials, telling them he is grateful for their resilience. that river crested six days ago, just inches below the record levels. and in arkansas, crews are starting to clean up the mess after the white river flooded. the sandbags are still surrounding some homes and businesses, even though that the flood waters have started to recede. and they are just some of the thousands of people impacted by all of the rain and the midwest this spring. over the weekend, the army corp. of engineers opened up the spillway here for the first time in almost 40 years. and they were trying to relieve some pressure. >> they were not too happy when they opened that up. we didn't have a choice. we had to do what they could. >> people know they are coming, they are nervous about it and watching it very closely. and we know that we're going to get the water, it's just a matter of when it will get here. >> reporter: and some 4,000 people in that area, where the water from that spillway, they will flow and they are being urged to evacuate. now, they say that they plan on going back home, provided the water eventually goes back down. and you'll see that there are concerns here at opening up the spillway that will help the river actually change course. >> yes. >> but they are not sure about that. that will remain to be seen. >> yes, it's possible, you know, that's messing with mother nature. rivers and beaches, that is just it. >> they got all that rain just a few weeks ago. now they are paying the price for it. >> yeah, they really are. we have pretty big thunderstorms that have popped up in the last hour or so. let's start with live doppler, you can access this any time on our website at wusa9.com. and we'll zoom in here to the ones that are southeast, southwest of town rather on the west side of 95. and we'll see the pretty big rain fall, especially right in between berk, back here and back over to manassas. this is heavy rainfall. in fact, one to two inches per hour that they would see. it is moving off to the north and the west at about 17 miles an hour. and they will back up the radar out here and you'll see pretty big thunderstorms and also to the north. it's up near here and shepherd's town. just to the west here, pushing off to the northwest. actually, west northwest at about 20 miles an hour. and that has some heavy rains in it, right now, we don't, you know, see any hail thunderstorms or nor do we see any gusty winds. we'll keep you posted on that. we'll back up the radar. you'll see both clumps of the storms to put this into motion where it will go in the next hour. they are moving northwest. this will cross 66 and hold together here through chantilly. again, expect one to two inches of rain for the 45-minute period for that storm. now, temperaturewise, you know, where you see the clouds, we'll see 60s. arlington, you're back to 67. bethesda, you're near 67. and 68 in great falls. and even 70 down in springfield. you too have some showers there. the clouds knocked down temperatures just a little bit, but we hit the 80s today. all right, it stays. you'll need your umbrella. showers and thunderstorms tonight, probably a wet morning commute tomorrow. probably a wet evening commute coming back home. so here is the deal. and 10:30 tonight, the light activity here and there, nothing too heavy, but you'll see the shortages of the green blob, which is just light showers. that's the case, we'll get into tomorrow morning. most of the metro area and manassas, you'll see them up here, down i-95, out 66, just some light occasional moderate showers, enough to slow things down. by lunchtime, heavier activity over manassas and you'll be walking to lunch, well, you know, prepare for a shower, it's a pretty good chance that you'll have one. we'll get into the early afternoon, some showers are off to the west, and then by the evening, well, more showers. that's why we think it will be wet in the morning and in the evening commute and possibly, you know, carrying over into wednesday morning's commute. and with the light activity. now for tonight then, we'll stay partly to mostly cloudy and mild. scattered showers and thunderstorms, lows are around the 60s. now the next seven days. just a little better, slowly, but surely. 72 on wednesday. 75 on thursday, and so we're warming up on thursday and friday with just scattered activity. sunday, we'll keep the shower in, not a big deal. and up to near 80 with the treatment on saturday near baltimore where we got the beltway battle here this weekend up in baltimore. the nats and the orioles. we're talking about 86 degrees on sunday. >> i can live with that. >> yes. >> the weird news for you tonight, for guys who really do not like to shop, they call them man packs, as they dubbed it the netflix of underwear. a website, how does it work? simply sign up, lock in your size. every three months they acceptable you a pack of drawers -- they send you a pack of drawers. maybe you're a tightty whitety man. don't tell anybody, but if that is the case, then they have you covered literally. they also do socks, shaving cream, all sorts of manly unmentionables. prices, $10 to $14 each 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