district police station in southwest with more. >> good morning apparently this one incident illuminated what police say is a problem in the area they are looking at throwing resources at the problem. saturday night, there were two teenagers we are told started out as a robbery attempt some how the motorist pulled away the teens pursued on bicycles and began shooting at this car as far as we know, no one was hurt police believe these teens may be part of a group they have been concerned about they hang out around the sherwood recreation center clearly police are troubled by this they are bringing additional resources to the street a visible presence cruisers on foot to try to discourage any other criminal activity. i think that is great that can only help things. >> it can't hurt i don't know if there is a need for it, but i wouldn't turn it down. >> not everybody is so excited about it one person told fox 5 he was concerned this was becoming a racial issue in an effort by police to protect white patrons of barrestaurants. police plan to continue their presence in the neighbourhood indefinitely. >> thank you very much. >> meanwhile extra patrols are in college park after a brutal beeting of a student -- beating of a student near university of maryland campus. early friday a 21-year-old was leaving the barking dog bar when police say he was kicked and punched until he was unconscious his wallet and cell phone were taken. students on campus received electronic messages alerting them. >> we never walk alone when you are going back any where, never walk by yourself it is not smart. police are still looking for the suspect in friday mornings case. monassis park police officer is recovering after being hit by a car police say the officer was responding to a report of possible drug activity early sunday when 21- year-old robert washington the third ran him over. washington was shot during this incident taken to hospital and faces several charges including attempted capital murder of a police officer. the investigation continues into the murder of a 75-year- old man the victim was found dead in his senior living apartment in wood ridge late thursday night his wife found him on the living room floor with no signs of a forced entry in the apartment. friday, prince william county police officers and detectives handed out flyers talking to people at river run apartments trying to getare following some leads, the cause of death has not been released. a 9-year-old boy is recovering after being injured on a ride a t maryland -- at the maryland state fair this happened saturday at the fair. the boy tried to get off a small swing ride while still moving there is no word on his condition but the injury is said to be the most serious of the year. the annual fair ends today. president obama got a first hand look alison at some of the devastation from hurricane irene. the president toured towns and cities in new jersey, meeting with some people who suffered damage to their homes while walking down the street. >> the last thing that residents here of patterson need is washington politics, getting in the way of us making sure we are doing what we can to help the communities badly effected. the white house is urging congress for an additional $5 billion in disaster relief money. tropical storm lee is down graded to a tropical depression. >> the huge weather system continues to dump heavy rain as it moves slowly across the south. >> reporter: tropical storm lee has finally weakened to a tropical depression the national hurricane center says the massive weather system now has maximum sustained winds of 35 miles per hour. the forecasters say the main threat is lots of rain. it has been pounding much of the gulf coast including louisiana. >> we will see up to 15 inches before this storm moves out. we continue to get wind in some areas of the city that are 30 to 40. >> i think it is a mess no protection,. >> no levee. >> no levee. yeah. >> that is an issue. >> constant issue. that's right. every year we go through this. every time we have a threat. >> reporter: alabama is being hit hard by the weather system as well strong winds damaging many homes and businesses. >> shifted up, blowing, blew my trash cans off one side of the parking lot and blew my signs off the other and blew all the lights out. >> just got louder and louder i woke my wife up and said it's a tornado we just dove into the closet in the bedroom. >> reporter: also in gulf shores alabama the coast guard is searching for a 16-year-old boy swept away in rough water. they expect it to become a low pressure system tuesday. it could produce heavy rains in the east the weather system is heading to the east, northeast 7 miles per hour and expected to move across mississippi monday. and meanwhile hurricane katia has weakened slightly but still a category 2 storm packing sustained winds 100 miles per hour currently it is in the atlantic north of the northern leeward islands experts says the looking less likely katia will hit lands but winds could effect the u.s. east coast. oh, my god. oh. i can't believe what i am seeing. >> scary moments in up state new york, on sunday when a tornado hit the city of amsterdam no reports of serious injuries but the twister did damage several buildings. libyan rebels now preparing for a final attack on one of gadhafi's remaining strong holds the move comes as negotiations of a peaceful surrender of the town failed the town 100 miles southeast of tripoli has no electricity, no water, no fresh food. for me, as chief negotiator i don't have anything to offer right now and i hope those brigades that have been released soon. >> negotiations are finished? >> from my side yes. >> talks continue over gadhafi's hometown of sert. he gave the loyalists until september 10th. 8 minutes after 9:00 a.m. on this labor day. almost 10 years since the 9/11 terror attacks what may now be a threat. >> for many children 9/11 changed their lives when they lost a parent that day up next a young woman who has found comfort in a special place. just days before the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, a new warning from department of homeland security and fbi involving small planes, while there is no credible threat at this time al qaeda and affiliates have maintained interest in obtaining aviation training particularly on small aircraft officials remind people if you see something suspicious say something. relatives of september 11 victims are marking the anniversary travelling to kabulafghanistan. families plan to meet with civil and other groups in the war torn company they are visiting to support afghan families that have relative that is are victims of war. the reason i am coming is to have people look at afghanistan not just new york to think about how we can help, and so i have been asking people here in kabul, how can we help. families will meet with afghan families throughout the week. ten years since 9/11 may have gone by quickly for some but for many families who suffered a loss it has been a constant struggle to adjust to life without someone they love. >> children especially have seen their lives change dramatically. beth parker has the story of one young woman finding her way. >> reporter: it was a typical morning at school for 4th grader francesca but what happened on that day would shape all her tomorrows. >> it changed my whole life my perspective i don't think i would be the way i am today if this didn't happen to me i would be a completely different person. >> reporter: what happened was the worst act of terrorism on u.s. soil, apply that to a life of a 9-year-old, meant that dad would not be coming home. >> he was the best dad ever we did everything together, i was his little princess. >> reporter: mathew's little princess is almost 19 years old now she is an adult and for the first time ever she will visit ground zero. >> this year since it was the ten year anniversary, i am actually going to embrace it. >> reporter: her dad worked in the world trade centre he was 44 years old, half italian, half irish and all fun. >> he was really loud, i am very much like him. >> reporter: francesca graduated from high school and will soon start studying dance full time. the kinds of decisions she would have loved to talk to her dad about as she gets older she begins to understand what was lost. >> i was so young i had no clue what was going on and now, that i am older, i cannot appreciate it, but i can actually understand it. and yeah, it is a bit difficult. >> reporter: francesca said she found her greatest comfort in a camp called project common bond campers come from all over the world. >> i am francesca from the united states. >> reporter: each one of the campers lost a close relative to terrorism. >> most amazing friends i have made in my life these people are truly understanding they know how i feel. >> reporter: she doesn't want sympathy or pity just understanding what it is like to be a kid and have your life turned upside down with the whole world watching. beth parker fox 5 news. u.s. defense secretary will kick off a call to compassion this week he will speak friday during a concert to honor at washington national cathedral it honors victims of 9/11 and more than 6,000 troops killed during the wars in iraq and afghanistan. 9:15 a.m. on this labor day. celebrate the holiday by hanging out with julie wright where you can meet julie today. >> holly is checking out some fun rides today hey, holly. >> oh, a lot of fun check out these i am calling these the sherbert cars i like the colors if you are looking to put a little cool into your labor day celebration come cruise the streets of clifton virginia where we are live and the 12th annual car show is already under way. how you can get in on the street side fun live later. first here is today's trivia question for you, who is rumoured to be the subject of carly simon's 1972 record you are so vain? was it jack nicole son, harrison ford, warren beatty or gene hackman? if you want to guess now head to our facebook pages isn't someone missing off that list? >> there are others as well. >> wasn't the main one jt? >> um, i never heard that he was rumoured to be -- they knew each other. >> i thought it was james taylor any way, we will be back if you want to guess. we will be back welcome back 9:20 a.m., city of gaithersburg is celebrating the unofficial end to sum we are its annual labor day -- summer with its annual labor day parade. live in gaithersburg with more, about the parade good morning mistress. >> reporter: good morning. this is a 72nd annual labor day parade i have hosted this for the last three years this is the calm before the parade i have eddie herehow you doing. >> great. >> you are setting up what is going to happen in the next two hours. >> old town will get crowded. around 12:30 p.m. it will be packed right now, we are setting up all the vendorgetting all the set ups getting the people together we have a lot of people we have construction at the other end with that we will have to change the way we do things a little bit. so we will have a little bit more detailed oriented things this year than past couple years but it will be a wonderful thing. >> you are up for the challenge. >> very much so. >> summit avenue is already shut down over 63 paris us the pants in this -- participants in this parade, marching bands, clowns that would be me we hope you will come out and of course the food. the funnel cakes and more how are you? >> good. >> what school do you go to? >> what are you doing here? >> helping my dad with ice cream. >> look what he has got. just for me a nutty buddy and i am not sharing. >> oh,. >> looking good. we are hoping you guys will come out and join us today. 73rd annual parade, fun for everybody see you soon starts 1:00 p.m. that will be fun. always a fun event. >> all right julie thanks a lot. meanwhile a giant crowd turned out national mall for the labor day capitols concert national symphony paid tribute to chuck brown. they also paid tribute to duke ellington and mark myselfer john phillips sousa. the god father of go go put on quite a show. >> just the beat. it is just it is so great i mean it just gets your bones going you know. >> you can't help it with the tambourine, ensembles, drums, chuck with the guitar. >> they recognize chuck has music that not only reaches the inner city but the international outer city. and this was also a big birthday bash for chuck brown he turned 75 years young. happy birthday to chuck brown. unbelievable. looks great. >> i would not have guessed 75 at all. >> 9:22 a.m. on labor day monday a close call during the practice run at the baltimore grand prix. plus coughing, sneezing, itching you are not the only one who may feel fall allergies your pet could suffer as well. emergency vet doctor katie nelson explains what may be bothering or cats and dogs. 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[ male announcer ] progresso. 40 soups 100 calories or less. wild action at the inaugural baltimore grand prix see that. check out what happened during a practice run sunday morning here it is tony canaan lost his brakes his car sored over another car at 170 miles per hour luckily everyone was okay. >> unbelievable. that is where the axle race will power took his 7th race of the season. wow. >> how fast is he going? >> 170 miles an hour. >> wow. >> incredible. >> wonder what the speed is eah, hopefully they turned the speed light cameras off. they wouldn't even capture you. >> it is always amazing how those speeds -- race car drivers survive those -- some of course don't but it is amazing they walk away >> they are in me tall cages they are pretty safe. >> still 170 miles an hour. >> that was incredible. yeah. >> okay. >> up in baltimore. >> apparently it was a big success. >> that is what i heard. >> they have been getting rain good thing they had the race today there would be rain back in the forecast and thunderstorms too. i know people want to do the outdoor barbecue it is not going to be a beautiful day. >> pretty nice? >> not even pretty nice but maybe it won't rain all day. >> okay. >> looking for the consolation prize starting to see showers pop up more off to the west let me mention, we just had a shower pop up, just last couple minutes southeast washington, rfk probably down towards gnat stadium crossing the -- nat stadium, crossing the river there, another just towards columbia, parkville, out to the west towards winchester and front royal, you have steadier shower activity and a lot more rain out to the west let's look at it combination of cold front and remnants of tropical depression lee. that tells us winds are no longer tropical storm force but you can see look at all the rain here out to the west the heaviest rain next couple days will be out to the west remember with irene it was washington points south and east this time around it will be washington points west to get the heaviest rain doesn't mean if you are watching southern maryland you don't have a potential for an inch or two of rain but the worst will be out to the west as this will be a slow mover that will be the story you will have rain in the forecast not only today and tomorrow but the possibility of showers wednesday, thursday and maybe even friday, if we move slowly enough here is your flash flood watch, washington, baltimore, front royal all the counties in green under the flash flood watch again the visual forecast calling for 1 to 3 inches of rain starting later this afternoon and tonight that will linger into tomorrow if we get some thunderstorms going locally, areas could see more than 15 inches of rain parts of the area, picked up between 5 and 10 inches east of the city with irene it will not take a lot to cause more flooding as we get into the afternoon and night time hours. >> 76 regan national, 73 gaithersburg, 75 leonard town and 76 annapolis, yesterday upper 80s today cloud cover and rain showers developing, low 80s. get ready for a cool one, low to mid-70s the 70s will stick around all week. we will be in fall like weather starting tomorrow 82, mostly cloudy, showers thunderstorms return. i mention the flash flood watch 12 noon later tonight, showers, thunderstorms continue, overnight lows 60s winds out of the south, here is your 5 day forecast then again, cool temperatures, around all week 73 tomorrow, 72 wednesday, hopefully we will get lee out of here to end the week sunshine back in the forecast and warm things up closer to where they should be around 80 by friday that is a look at the forecast stay dry tony alison back to you. >> thank you. allergies effect not only humans but our four legged friends as well. >> annie yu explains fall allergies. >> many of us can suffer from seasonal allergies and it can be mild for some but miserable for others, well, the same is true for our cats and dogs they too can suffer from a wide array of different allergies joining us now with more information is our dear friend dr. katy nelson. so nice to see you. >> thank you for having me back. so why don't we just jump into it we are getting into fall season here and what are some common allergies that our furry friends experience. >> anything that can really make us sneeze and wheeze or have runny eyes or itch can do it for our pets we really thing about spring being the worst season for allergies it is. you think about the pollen and stuff all over the place but a lot of people and pets really do suffer from fall allergies i brought a few things to give us an example of what really is out there, you know at this time of year, this sort of stuff you know the grasses and stuff any time of year i mean this is going to have little sports all over it, -- spores all over it,. >> i wouldn't think something like this would cause allergic reaction. >> this comes with this. watch this thing think about that that really can cause some irritation. >> get stuck on their fur. >> absolutely get stuck in their fur these little things have seedlings in there, these are all going to come out this fall when this dries up. the same for this these are just black eyed susans we have some of our grass on here as well but these little seeds will come out at this time and the trees all start to die, their leaves start falling off again, this is all stuff that is going to irritate people it will irritate our pets just as much. the other thing about this time of year we will start moving inside more we spent a lot of time outside this summer. so that is when our dust mites come in as well. >> you have to clean. >> i just brought this it is an example what we need to do in our house get all the dust and stuff. but dust mites are one of the primary things pets come back as allergic too chef. >> what are some of the symptoms are they the same as humans. >> very similar a lot of times pets express allergies more in a determine toe logical way rather than sneezing, easing and watt -- wheezing and watery eyes a lot of them will lick their cdogs do that. >> mine as well. >> i always wondered why they do that. >> it is called atopy they lick their feet rub their face get ear infections like i said a lot of that comes