Im Bruce Johnson. We played basketball in your backyard. Yes, i remember a lot of kids played here. Reporter they raised alley. After he told me he was going to become the champ, i was just overwhelmed when he became the champ. Reporter right. He proved me wrong, and im glad he did. Reporter back in the day, they allowed scores of other neighborhood youth like me to show up in their backyard to shoot hoops every day. The rims in your backyard, the basketball, they were loose. We knew exactly how to put the ball up there to put it in. You are right, absolutely. The store took all that down. Right there. Reporter ali was much older and already on his way to becoming a boxing legend. He was always a confident little fella, you know . He believed at that time, i said theres no way you can be a heavyweight. You have to be big and strong. He said, i know it. Reporter becoming a muslim caused immediate concern for his immediate family and friends. You never know whats going to happen. Reporter he became perhaps the most recognized muslim in the entire world. He was supporting islam, supporting africanamerican people, you know, using his fame for a lot. Reporter you know, one of the big controversies in addition to his turning muslim here in louisville is the fact that he fought being drafted. He considered himself a conscientious objector. He stayed, fought, and would be in the supreme court. A lot of his contemporaries, including my older brother were drafted and did have to go to vietnam and did go to the front lines. Many did not return. Coming up at 6 00, you will hear from some of his muhammad alis contemporaries and how they shifted their position on the position he took. Bruce johnson reporting live from louisville. You can watch the memorial right here on wusa 9 between 2 00 and 4 00 tomorrow afternoon. The final chapter today in the sad case that shattered a high school community. Sam alex is the teen driver who killed two of his friends in a drunk driving crash. Andrea mccarron has been covering the tragic story for nearly a year and joins us now with more. Reporter in gut wrenching tearful testimony, alexs father told the judge all that his family ha lost. A kind, respectful son who loved his family, his dog, and the red sox. Zest sam tears. You have taken away my worth. With ellis nodding, she told him, accept the consequences for your actions for new england your life. Nearly one year ago on june 25th, this was the tangled wreckage that devastated and divided the North Potomac community. Ellis was behind the wheel when his car went airborne slamming into a fence and a tree before flipping over. 18yearold calvin lee and alice merck died. Police say alcohol and speed were factors in the devastating crash. Records revealed speeds of at least 65 Miles Per Hour in the 35 mileperhour zone. A passenger who survived told police that ellis mistakenly believed he could dodge a speed camera by driving faster and switching lanes. Andrea is inside of the courtroom right now. So she will in all of the information. Mike . The first day back at school after a tragedy slams Montgomery County after a Football Player ran his truck up a country road, killing himself and two of his friends. Bruce la slap is live at the school with how the young people are trying to cope. Bruce . Reporter yeah, mike. Grief counselors here. Lots of students consoling each other. One tweeted god was making a Football Team and needed three an announcement greeted students students. We will get through this together. The school struggling with the deaths of three juniors at the end of the year and the passing of 16yearold john dereggie hit by a train at the beginning of the year. I saw him at the Football Game right before he passed. I didnt know until the day i got to school that it happened. Reporter they were best friends. Some teens too shaken to make it to school. I just came here because i felt like it was a place i needed to be to get my head straight. Reporter the memorial for jacob, patrick and kerry just keeps going. The posted speed limit on burn hill road is 40 Miles Per Hour. Were doing about that. At the top of the hill, there is a warning sign for curves ahead. The first curve, a little sharp for 40. The turn where driver jacob dennis lost control even sharper. Investigators know he was speeding but they are still trying to figure out how fast. From the bottom of my heart, i am so, so sorry. Reporter less than 24 hours after his sons apologized. [unintelligible] reporter the teens know it could have been any of them. Teens nowadays like to text and drive, drink and drive and after that, i just know i have to be more careful out on the roads. Reporter parents, police, other teens all hoping that that message gets out. Live at clarksburg high school, bruce leshan, wusa newsp. Parents take note. Bruce by the way was shooting his oncamera portion in the car. Wees in the passengers seat. Snap he was in the passengers seat. Snap chat clips it around so it looks like he was this the drivers seat but i assure you he was in the passengers seat. I know how hard this job can be. Thats why i know hillary will be in fact, i dont believe theres ever been anyone ever so qualified to hold this office. This after the meeting with Bernie Sanders as they talked about the next move for the vermont senator. Sanders is still campaigning for now. He had a rally planned in washington tonight. A handful of billionaires exercise enormous power over our Political Economic and media life. Voters in d. C. Cast ballots in the nations final primary next tuesday. Sheriffs deputies are facing animal cruelty charges for allege lid killing his allegedly killing his own pet dog. During an investigation, it was determined that moon killed his dog and then threw it in the dumpster. He surrendered to authorities today and currently on paid administrative leave case. Fairfax police say a man was attacked in loreton last week. The 20yearold victim was walking when a man approached her from behind, grabbed her dress and sexually assaulted her. She was transported to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. Police were called to a home in Upper Marlboro to check on a man and found that hed been killed. The disturbing discovery was made just north of avis drive. Investigators responded bringing a dog from the home. The victim was pronounced dead at the house. Its very, very shocking. Its scary. Wow. Reporter neighbors say police have been to that house before. Were still waiting for authorities to release the name of that victim. D. C. Marabouser is proposing mayor bowser is proposing a significant increase in the amount of training. The move comes two weeks after two officers were indicted following the death of patient james mcbride. Reporter police are announcing an arrest in a cold case Murder Investigation in alexandria. 21yearold rashad at kins is charged with murder and possession of a fame. He is accused of killing are a schaub tubbs who was gunned down last summer in alexandria. A baltimore judge rejected the request to dismiss the charges against the latest office on trial in the death of freddie gray. Officer goodson was the driver transporting gray and prosecutors say that rough ride that gray endured contributed to the injuries that killed him. He chose a bench trial. That means a judge, not a jury, will be deciding his fate. We are just Getting Started on wusa 9 news at 5 00. T . At least it is essentially a perfect evening. 80 degrees at 6 00, mid70s by 8 00 and clear skies by 10 00. Well come back, though. Well tell you what that s mean for your friday evening plans and more importantly the weekend. Plus, we are learning more about a Northern Virginia man back in alexandria after trying to join isis. And a former d. C. Judge facing discipline after suing a dry cleaner over missing pants. And Prince Georges County gets ready to feel the impact. Vo for dominion, part of delivering Affordable Energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. Our Energyshare Program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energysaving upgrades. Its more than helping customers, its helping neighbors. Stand by me we are tracking metro right now. New concerns are cropping up about the next phase of metros major safety overhaul. In just nine days, Prince Georges County will impact. Pete m0. Nteen is here with new detail monteen is here with the new details. Reporter phase two will shut down all stations. Metro is giving out pamphlets but some are asking if its enough. Metro will close doors at two d. C. Stations for two weeks, but metros board fears Prince Georges County will feel it. Its going to be inful. Reporter riders getting on the orange line at New Carrollton will have to get off at minnesota avenue and take a bus. It starts june 16th. I think necessity know that this think they know that this thing is it. Reporter they say the warning should go beyond signs in stationsp. It can get a little better. If you dont really watch the news, you dont read, you dont know. Reporter metro says 61,000 riders will be impacted. Regina walton is skipping the rails and taking a charter bus. I think when we get cl advertisements and things get out there. You hope so . I hope so, yes. Reporter this will not only impact the orange lines, silver line trains should run every ten minutes. Pete monteen, wusa 9. We have everything you need to know on wusa9. Com. Remember the story they lost his pants so the customer who happened to be a d. C. Judge sued his dry cleaner . The law board wants to stop him from practicing law for two years. They wont say why it took more sanctions against him. They are asking that he not bring up more frivolous lawsuits. The suit stretched years. A final decision could take months. We reached out comment. He did not get back to us. An attorney general for the district is applauding the latest ruling for the citys gun laws. They issued a full stay of the Lower Court Ruling that stated part of the law was unconstitutional. Carl ray seen says the now reeling will ensure they can continue to enforce its gun laws in full. Always watching, always tracking. Wusa 9s first alert weather. Look here. Look at you. Gorgeous day. Dont adjust your sets. Am i joining us now . Almost your bedtime, isnt it some. Serious caffeine. Okay. He says hes got peppermint patties waiting for me in the wings. Those are my peppermint patties. I will share. Sharing is great. If you want to go to the beach, check this out. Its going to be fantastic. Tomorrow in maybe a thunderstorm. Primary saturday night, this is ocean city. And near 90 even at the shore on sunday, a chance of a thunderstorm on sunday. Ocean temps now back in the mid 60s. Farther north, bethany rehoboth. Mid80s. I think saturday will be a great beach day with the storms at night. Even sunday i think you will be in good shape. Okay. Three degree guarantee. We went 79 for a high. The problem is it was a dry air mass. It heats up quickly as well. The desert air masses. So right now, its 82. It better not go any higher than that. Relative humidity is 27 . That is very, very low for us for this time of year. Winds northwest at 10. They were much stronger than i thought. I thought it would be breezy. You open the windows. Temperatures are 52 to 70. Friday still looks nice with low humidity, and then, yeah, mike mentioned were turning up the heat. Hot for the weekend with thunderstorms but not a washout by any means. Well walk after dinner. 66 in manassas. 70 downtown. We get into the Early Morning hours just a few clouds but still very nice. No 40s this time but comfortable. 55 in frederick and 57 even down towards la plata. By midmorning, were back in the 60s. By lunchtime, how sweet is this . Low humidity, sunshine, 76 downtown. 76 in manassas. 77 in fredericksburg and by evening, a few clouds start to approach. We had a warm front pushing in from the southwest. Ill tell you what, the Game Tomorrow Night looks perfect. If you cannot make it to the paul park, you can watch 9 00 at 10 30, i have a spring until tomorrow night but do not change your plans. Partly cloudy, a bit breezy. Now its chilly 52 to 62 downtown. Day planner, instead of 50s, we have the low 60s to start. These are downtown temps, and thats still comfortable. The next three days, there are your thunderstorms on saturday. The bulk of the day looks okay but boom. 90 on sunday. A thunderstorm possible but not a washout, either. The next seven days. Monday well keep a few storms in 83 and then nice on tuesday, nice on wednesday. Isolated storm. Back to 90. Upper 80s with quite a few storms next thursday. Straight ahead, new Surveillance Video and that deadly attack in israel. Are smartphones helping or hurting businesses . Well have the details tonight. Spending the day with my niece. That make me smile. I dont use super poligrip for hold, because my dentures fit well. Before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. Even well fitting dentures let in food particles. Just a few dabs of super poligrip free is clinically proven to seal out more food particles so youre more comfortable and confident while you eat. So its not about keeping my dentures in, its about keeping the food particles out. Try super poligrip free. To Prince Georges County now where police are asking for help finding a missing teen. Here is 14yearold raki ya walker. Shes from temple hills and was brinkley road. She is described as 4 9, 14 pounds. Please call police if you have information. We have new images now of the deadly attack inside of a tel aviv restaurant with people running for their lives. Four israelis were killed. Security sources got there accuweather forecastly and were able to capture the gunmen who were reportedly causeps. They are palestinians from the west bank and dressed as Orthodox Jews who carried out the killings. Hundreds of homes are being evacuated because of this tinder foot fire that burned 6 to 700 acres in the town of arizona. 85 firefighters on the scene there. Major roads in the area. Closed the town without power as you can imagine. The power is near an arizona fire where 19 members of an elite fire crew we some companies believe that constant smartphone usage is zapping worker productivity. I cant imagine why. 75 of employers say an average of 2 productivity gets lost every day because employees get big chunks of time texting, ex mailing and of course checking social media. Two hours ago, you could check an email to see what people were up to. They give warnings to workers if they are seen multiple times using phones for personal use that affects productivity. Career builder is owned by tegna which is the Parent Company of wusa. We would never do anything like that. Never. Jimmy johns faces a lawsuit. The sandwich chain imposes highly restrictive noncompete agreements. Delivery drivers and sandwich makers are made to sign a noncompete so you cannot work for another competitor for company. Jimmy johns says they stopped that practice in 2015. Tesla is going to sell two cheaper versions of its model s electric sedan. The price on the model s60 and 60d will range between 66 and 71,000. They will have an updated design with automatic braking and you will be able to use thats super charger for free. It can hit the much cheaper model 3 and also comes out at the end of 2017. New details on who well see on stage this year. This is video of last years event. Tom bergeron will host for the fourth year in a row. Theres kevin degraw and kenny loggins, one of mikes favorites. Whose corner, yes. Straight ahead, what this man allegedly did to a female victim after a road rage incident. A virginia mother is killed after a beach. Right after the break, new details on a Northern Virginia man accused of joining and then leaving facing terror charges and accused of wanting to be a suicide bomber. Muhammad defected from isis from march. Today he made his first appearance in federal court. Peggy fox was there and joins us from the u. S. Courthouse in old muhammad quiese defected into kurdish hands. He told his story publicly saying that he had joined isis and then decided to leave. He was arrested and then pen the last three months in an iraqi prison. How was he treated there . That will be determined. Reporter the attorney general was fired by his father jamal who saw his son in court for the first time as soon as he left last december. To see him today, thats good. You look at him, how was he . Reporter jamal and his other son were angry after the news first broke in march and tried to chase news crews away from their alexandria home in kingstowne. He was arraigned on federal charges of knowingly providing Material Support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Everything is not as it appears in the government di television interview, he says joining isis was a big mistake. An fbi agent who supplied the affidavit in the criminal complaint says an isis member asked queise if he wanted to be a suicide bomber and the defendant said yes. Said he thought they were testing him. Reporter what the agent says his client says, the Attorney Says has no legal value money. You dont think he wanted to be a suicide bomber . I have no reason to think he wanted to end his life for any particular reason. Im done. Reporter two fbi special agents interviewed muhammad while he was still in kurdish custody, and they report that he said he knowingly gave himself to isil and knew that isil wants to destroy and attack the united states. Today in court, he appeared thinner and he did turn to at his parents. Peggy fox, back to you. Muhammad is scheduled to be back in court on tuesday for a detention hearing. Right now, a fair fox man is behind bars. He is in a Fairfax County detention center. It all happened yesterday afternoon on Beverly Drive in annandale. Investigators say it started when van lee got into an argument with the