Meteorologist topper shutt. This is the storm right now over the bay pushing into the delmarva across easton and cambridge that brought you all the lightning and at one time did produce enough criteria to where a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Charles County and st. Marys county and more showers back towards the west. I think these showers in romney will peel across winchester, frederick in the overnight hours, early tomorrow morning. The heaviest rain now is over the bay headed towards st. Michaels and lightning has dissipated, so the storm has also dissipated. Futurecast, 7 00 tomorrow morning, you could have a wet commute coming down southbound 270, wet roads, temperatures upper 60s to around 70, 75 downtown. Well come back, track the storms and have the evening commute and your 3degree guarantee. Right now at 11 00 a 1 monthold boy from northeast d. C. Is home safe with his family tonight thanks to some quick thinking firefighters. The firefighters raced the boy to Childrens NationalMedical Center in the back of their truck when an ambulance wasnt immediately available. This latest scare is but the second such incident in the past week and its raising some troubling questions tonight about the d. C. s overburdened emergency fleet. Garrett haake spoke to fire officials and the victims mother today and has the latest from northeast. Reporter firefighters from this station, one of the busiest in d. C. , raced to that childs apartment monday night after getting a call that a child had gone into cardiac arrest. Engine 17 made it to the boys apartment first just four minutes after getting the call which dispatched two fire vehicles and the closest available ambulance, 5 miles away at the time. Eight minutes after the dispatched call went out a second fire truck arrived here at the house along with an ems supervisor. They decided that the boys condition was too serious to wait any longer for an ambulance. The firefighters loaded the boy into their engine and sped off to Childrens National. He was awake and breathing by the time they arrived. Department spokesman tim wilson credited the firefighters judgment call. What we do know is that the child is home and well. So with this particular outcome i believe the family is happy with that. Reporter a similar case last week ended in tragedy with a 5monthold dead. The closest ambulance in that case had been 7 miles away. The Fire Department says with just 39 ambulances on the streets of d. C. At any one time theyre overwhelmed by calls for ems service. Now regularly they get more than 500 each day. This isnt just a fire and ems problem. This is a city problem. Reporter dave statter, a former wusa9 reporter who now runs an ems website, says high demand, aging fleets and years of neglect have left First Responders stretched too thin. They have to do this because they didnt learn from the past. The Previous Administration didnt buy ambulances and they didnt think ems is really as important as is and try to fix the system and allowed it to go into a great deal of disrepair of. Reporter at the boys home tonight the grateful mother offered this for the rescue workers who were there when she needed them desperately. Is there anything you want to say to those firefighters . They basically saved your sons life. I wanted to thank them. Reporter mayor bowser wants 10 additional ambulances on the streets of the district every day, but fire and ems Officials Say thats just not possible with the equipment and staff levels they have and until it is their workers will have to continue to adapt and improvise on the streets. In northeast d. C. Garrett haake, wusa9. The investigation into the death of that 5monthold baby is still going on. Well bring you the findings as soon as theyre released. Continuing coverage tonight, a crisis for one of the wealthiest best performing and Largest School districts in the country. Fairfax county Public Schools has to cut up to 100 million from their upcoming budget. Mola lenghi is live at south lakes high school. Clearly no Simple Solutions here. Reporter thats right, jan. These budget cuts are so significant that the superintendent of schools says that they owe the community a say in what important programs have to get cut. Nearly half a billion dollars has been cut from the Fairfax CountyPublic School budget since 2008 and theyre not done cutting. Its impossible to cut year after year after year and not have some appreciable impact. Reporter once again fcps upcoming budget has to slash roughly 80 million, but where . They say eliminate band or elementary band, you just cant recover from that. You cant. Reporter suggestions include raising class sizes for the fourth time in five years, also cutting High School Sports and extracurricular activities, cutting staff from coaches to social workers to assistant principals. None of these options are best for these kids of. Reporter no easy choices. The School District launched an online tool allowing parents to submit their ideas of where to cut. I think theyll see how painful these decisions are. Its really sad this weve gotten ourself in this position. Our tax bill goes up, property taxes go up. It gets more and more expensive to live here, yet here we are with no money for our school. You cant continue to respond to increased needs, increased costs without any new revenue of. Reporter rising costs include enrollment growth, 3,000 new students just this year. Also state mandated increases for retirement plans and growing healthcare costs. Many here put much of the blame on the state and Fairfax County board of supervisors. For years and years they dont give us the money needed. Reporter now they may also have to cut what theyre used to. Is the quality going to be the same . Reporter after considering the communitys proposals and recommendations from a task force, the superintendent will present her final budget this upcoming january, but it obviously will be a difficult one. Live in fairfax im mola lenghi for wusa9. You can find a link to that new budget cutting app on our new wusa9 app. Check it out. Now a story youll only see on 9, you have children, then you know what the parents of 16 yearold Venetia Hawkins of alexander have been going through tonight. The daughter has been missing for a full 29 days. Debra alfarone talked to those parents. I will enter this gate with thanksgiving in my heart. It has been a nightmare. Now no one knows nothing. No one is saying anything about my baby. Reporter Hannah Daniels can count the number of hours shes slept since her daughter, 16yearold Venetia Hawkins, disappeared. I dont know where my baby is. I havent heard her voice since august 11th. Oh i will revoice. As day goes by, it gets harder and harder. Victory today is mine i got it i got it reporter about 100 people showed up to this Alexandria Church tonight, some who knew venetia and her family, some who didnt, all to join together in the power of prayer. Did he nearby as mom says venetias mom says that and hope is really all she is. This community has passed out flyers before. Tonight at the Harvest AssemblyBaptist Church its about holding up the parents. Thats venetias dad cecil hawkins, and keeping the young girls spirit alive. Venetia is a very beautiful girl. I mean she was gorgeous, can dance, sing. She is a wonderful auntie. She has 10 nieces and nephews and we love her so much. Shes our baby. Reporter one by one they lit candles to end the night. Somebody holler in jesus name. We just miss her so much and we just want her to come home. Baby girl, come home. You know you can always talk to daddy about anything, so just come home. Reporter in alexandria, debra alfarone, wusa9. Debra says if you have any information that might help bring venetia home, please call 911 or 1800the lost. A disgraced georgetown rabbi who secretly videotaped women undressing issued an apology from jail. Prosecutors say Barry Freundel installed hidden cameras at a jewish congregation in georgetown and he may have recorded as many as 200 women. He pleaded guilty to charges of voyeurism and is serving a 6 1 2 year sentence. The public apology reads in part, no matter how many times i attempt to apologize it will never be enough. There are simply no words to assuage the hurt that i caused. We have the complete apology on our new free wusa9 app available right now for you. Tonight Prince Georges County police are looking for the killer who shot two men and a woman in capitol heights, maryland. It happened overnight along the 6800 block of jade court. 25yearold george salas was pronounced dead at the scene. Police dont believe this was a random attack. Its believed the group was targeted. The other man and woman are in the hospital. Two children and three women were killed in a drunk driving crash. Two of those women were sisters who had between them 10 kids now left without a mom. Police say 26yearold Kenneth Kelley was speeding down livingston road at 70 miles an hour when his mercedes plopped into another car. Police skakel plowed into another car. Police say kelleys blood alcohol level was nearly twice the legal limit. The controversial nuclear deal with iran took center stage today in the campaign for president. Two republican candidates ted cruz and donald trump were headliners in the rally against the deal staged on the west lawn of the capitol today. It is my hope and prayer that every one of those Senate Democrats reconsiders. Never ever ever in my life very seen any so in competently negotiated as our any traction so in competently negotiated as our deal with iran. That rally was organized by the Group Tea Party patriots. Across town an event democrats spoke in favor of the iran deal. Hillary clinton said the agreement is not perfect but Going Forward is the best way to keep iran from getting a Nuclear Weapon. You remember president praying ans line about the soviets trust but verify . My approach will be distrust and verify. Congress could vote on this plan by the end of the week. Were all here on earth as an assignment. So asia knew that her assignment would be shorter. Pink balloons and the opportunity for education, how a young girl lost september 11th is living on through Howard University. Apple says the only thing thats changed is everything. So why are so many people saying tonight that the big launch today was a thud . A case of mistaken identity or racism . Tennis star its ford suv season. Now just sign go. With zero down. Zero due at signing. And zero first months payment. Hassle free. Choose from ford escape, edge, explorer and expedition. Every suv. Ford makes it easier for you to be unstoppable, during suv season. Now get a ford escape with zero down, zero due at signing and zero first months payment, during fords suv sign go event. Only at your local ford dealer. The morning team gotye through another start got you through another deadly start to the day on the triple shooting in Prince Georges County. Much needed storms and cooler temperatures, ill tell you when they roll through your neighborhood. Well see you in the morning. Friday will mark 14 years since 9 11. The grief is still sharp and brutal. Parents of 1 young victim found a way to channel their sadness into joy. Bruce leshan had a chance to talk to them. Look. Thats his face of. Reporter asia cothams parents remember a smart bubbly 11yearold who loved math and science and dreamed of being a pediatrician. Were all here on earth as an assignment. So asia knew her assignment would be shorter. Reporter asia was one of three d. C. Middle schoolers flying to california on 9 11 on a National Geographic scholars program. Her dad had dropped her off at dulles. Yeah. Got my hug, got my kiss. She said ill see you, see you when she gets back, see you soon. Reporter on his way back to work he heard the news about the planes crashing into the World Trade Center and then the jet piercing the pentagon. Pretty much i knew then because i told two of my co workers, i said thats my daughters plane. Reporter asias parents still grieve. Dont get no easier of. Reporter but they remember asia by making the lives of dozens of other young people better. I believe if she was here now, she would be like a big sister figure. Reporter in 14 years her parents asia cotham foundation has given out 85 scholarships worth a total 250,000 to college and graduate students who want to make the world a better place. Including herbert jackson, iii, at the Howard University did i vin divinity school. Its the experience of watching asia graduate over and over and over. Reporter asia cotham would be 25 years old this year. So on september 11th her family will bring 25 pink balloons to a fundraiser here nextdoor to ben s chili bowl and at 9 37, the moment the plane crashed into the pentagon, theyll release those balloons in her memory. In d. C. Bruce leshan, wusa9. Wow. Instead of just a pediatrician asias parents now say they have doctors, lawyers, nurses, ministers and i. T. Experted all studying or graduating with money raised in her memory. Our new show will be live at the fundraiser friday between 9 00 and 10 00 in the morning. Theyre going to have a big surprise for that foundation. Former tennis pro james blake said he was thrown to the ground by Police Officers while being mistakenly arrested in new york city. Tonight the nypd is investigating this incident. Blake said he was tackled and put in handcuffs at a Manhattan Hotel earlier today while police were investigating stolen cell phones. The nypd said he was released as soon as they realized he had no connection to the case. Blake said he only wants one thing now. Reporter were you on the ground . Reporter were you roughed up . Ill talk tomorrow. Blake who is biracial said its a matter of unnecessary police force no matter what his race. What happened to blake has some of you fired up on twitter. Sarah weller tweeted theyre only concerned because blake is famous, notokay. Don rhodes is devastated this could happen to someone thats such a nice guy, rapping actress Holly Robinson peach is concerned Something Like this could happen to her son. Apple announced some new toys today, new iphones, ipads and a revamped apple tv. So far people stju arent that fired up. Apple said the new iphone will be faster, have new shortcuts and a better camera. Thats hard to imagine. Tech reviewers say thats what they always say when they announce new models. Apples new ipad pro measures 12. 9 inches, as large as a laptop even, and the items getting the most jokes on twitter are pressure sensitive stylus called apple pencils. 6. 2million, the nielsen Rating Company said thats how Many Americans stayed up to watch the debut of Stephen Colberts late show last night. Colberts audience topped all of the late night ratings. The host was joined by guests george clooney, jeb bush, his house band led by john bautista. Tonight Stephen Colbert will welcome scarlett johansson, spacex and Tesla Ceo Elon musk and musical performance from kendrick lamar. Always watching always tracking, wusa9s first alert weather, d. C. s most accurate. You guys have been kind off a roll with this 3degree guarantee this week. We have. I was literally sweating this one day and im worried about tomorrow. We went for a high of 91 today which we thought was enough, but you know what . We managed to make it to 94, which is still within three. There you go. So were perfect for september and i think were 28 of the last 29. Now tomorrow im going to go 80 which actually in some respects is safe because its 81 now. It will probably be a midnight High Temperature tomorrow. I think many folks will hold in the 70s because of the extensive cloud cover and showers and storms. Lets start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, still 80 right now. So thats a good number i think for tomorrow. Look at the dew points, low 70s, miserable, winds out of the south at about 9. Heres first alert doppler over the last hour. Thats the storm that produced all the light among and at one time the Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in calvert county, Prince Georges County and into Charles County. Now we turn our attention to the west and we still have some pretty good showers. You see some yellows, a little bit of orange south of romney which indicates heavier rainfall and heavier storms approaching cumberland. I think these will get going over the nighttime hours and head over toward paw paw on our Storm Tracker at 12 35 and maybe up into hancock by 1 53. I think these sets of storms will kind of feel off and ride right around the border tomorrow morning, so a good chance for a wet commute Frederick North up 270. Keep that in mind if youre coming down south bound. Bus stop temperatures 7 knows, a few showers possible north 70s, a few showers possible north of town, yellow alerts on thursdays. Morning and evening commutes will be affected. If you dont g