neighborhood. surae chinn has more. >> reporter: witnesses initially told police this was a shooting but that was not the case. that wrong information put the community and nearby school on high alert. because this was happening at a time when kids were heading to school and it was in the middle of rush hour traffic. nearby blair high school ordered to shelter in place with fears a shooter and robbery suspect was on the loose. traffic was at a standstill as police investigated at the corner of university boulevard and colesville road in silver spring. police say a man whose face was covered robbed the shell gas station around 6:30 this morning, pistol whipped the clerk, and left with cash on foot. >> we've never had anything like this happen. and at least in the last 13 years i've been here. >> reporter: the victim ran across the street to a sub shop for help. he was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by the suspect's handgun. >> he's going to be a whit or hispanic male, about 5'8" or nine. black jacket and black pants and article of clothing to -- for some article to conceal his face. >> you never ever expect anything like this to happen. we don't even have that kind of problem in our shopping center really. it's a very, very safe neighborhood. >> reporter: police say they have surveillance video showing the suspect leaving the gas station and heading up colesville road. in silver spring, surae chinn, wusa9. >> and the gas station clerk is expected to be okay. all restrictions at blair high school have been lifted now. we are following breaking news out of montgomery county. a crash that' instructor is facing child porn charges there. police issued a warrant for 26- year-old alexander zumbaze of bethesda. there's also evidence that he had inappropriate cot ntacwith at lisente -- adolescent males. he worked at on mat in chevy chase. police believe he pled the country and maybe heading to the country of georgia. that is where he was born. in virginia fairfax county police officer william bud walker is a free man again. walker had been jailed for several days after being accused of possessing child pornography as well. but he is released today after posting $15,000 bail. walker is a spokesperson who has worked for the force for 15 years and under the terms of his superviseesed release now, walker is under orders not to have contact with minors or acuter. homicide detectives are investigating a woman's death in arlington. police were called to the 1100 block of south 18 street this morning. that is where they found the body of an adult female inside a home. police say a neighbor noticed that her 3 and 5-year-old children were just wandering outside the house. arlington police say the woman had a protective order against the father of the two children. according to the police the two had a history of domestic violence. it is still early in the investigation and police are still gathering clues. we will have more throughout the day on the mobile app. and of course during our evening newscasts on television. an american citizen in columbus, ohio is now charged in the alleged terrorist plot. abdirahman sheik mohamud is accused of training with islamic militants in syria and planning to kill other americans here at home. craig boswell has more. >> reporter: prosecutors say abdirahman sheik mohamud trained with islamic militants in syria and wanted to kill fellow americans. especially members of the armed forces. according to the federal indictment, mohammed talked about going to a military base in texas and killing three or four soldiers execution style. his backup plan was to allegedly attack a prison. prosecutors say he traveled to syria a year ago flying to turkey and then crossing the border to join his brother who was already fighting with militants. in syria, he was trained to use weapons and explosives. but before he could get to the front lines, mohamud was recreted to return to the -- recruited to return to the u.s. to carry out an attack. >> a concern you have to have in this case is not only that somebody came home again after traveling overseas to fight, but what kind of sophistication or training might people like this have received overseas? >> reporter: the indictment does not indicate that mohamud started to plan a specific attack. but he was arrested in february on state terrorism charges and held on $1 million bond while federal charges were prepared. craig boswell, cbs news, washington. >> the florida man who flew his gyrocopter onto the south lawn of the capitol has been ordered to stay out of the sky and away from washington. 51-year-old doug hughes appeared in federal court yesterday. where he was given home detention. he's charged with knowingly operating an unlicensed aircraft and violating national defense air space. hughes was delivering letters urging congress to take up campaign finance reform. meanwhile, capitol hill lawmakers want to know how hawks flew through -- hughes flew there. >> it's a stunning thing to think of that we have to have visibility and we're very interested in getting answers to that. >> now hughes is allowed to return to washington only to see his lawyer. and none of the 535 letters to congress reached lawmakers because they are now evidence in the case. there are some new developments in the accidental shooting death of an oklahoma man during an arrest ream. questions -- recently. questions now revolve around the training record of the reserves officer who pulled the trigger, don champion has more. >> reporter: tulsa reserve deputy robert bates already faces a second degree manslaughter charge in the shooting death of 44-year-old eric harris. now there are questions about his training, long before the shooting. cbs news has obtained bates' training record dating back to 2008. it shows he had more than 400 hours of law enforcement training. but sources close to the sheriff's office confirm to cbs that some of those documents were falsified. they claimed at least three ourselves were pressured by their supervisor to change bates' record to show he underwent training he never had taken. two officers were even allegedly transferred to less desirable positions when they refused. claims the sheriff's office refused to comment on. >> i shot him. i'm sorry. >> reporter: investigators say bates mistakenly pulled out a gun rather than a taser during harris' arrest. the records obtained by us do not show any law enforcement certification to carry the 357 revolver used in the shooting. during an interview in week the tulsa county sheriff's department admitted to having recordkeeping problems. >> 's certified -- he's certified with his own firearm and the standard issue firearm. but the problem that we have that we're trying to verify is he qualified -- we can't find the records. >> reporter: a state lawmaker calling for an independent review of tulsa's reserve deputy program. don champion, cbs news, new york. >> and the tulsa county sheriff's office says it will conduct its own internal review of the program. bates is going to be arraigned coming up next week. funeral services will be held today for the census bureau security guard lawrence buckner, police say buckner was shot and killed when he was checking on a domestic dispute he heard not far from the headquarters in suitlands. he had been working with the master security for four years. he was married to his wife linda for 36 years and he had one son. three drivers have filed a class action lawsuit now against the company that acts as agents for a virginia express lanes. wusa9 news has been reporting about the complaints issue transurban. the new lawsuit claims the company is not following the law and owes millions in damages to the public. one of the plaintiffs claims transurban charged them $17,000 for $36 in unpaid tolls. the semi truck carrying hundreds of bees overturned in washington state this morning. crews and protective suits were called in to try to recover as much of the flying cargo as they possibly could. the truck was carrying 458 beehives each of them contained about 5,000 honey bees. the driver says his rig overturned when it blew a tire and he was not hurt in the accident. straight ahead on the news at noon, we are now hearing the 911 tapes from that frightened baggage handler who was stuck in a cargo hold of an air alaska flight. you're hearing that for the first time, that's coming up. >> plus, going ape. we'll tell you what happens when this gorilla got very agitated. it was pretty scary. you're watching wusa9 news at noon. if you know someone who snores listen to this story. a snoring passenger got a woman thrown off a southwest airlines flight in chicago. flight attendants say she used a pen to jab a fellow passenger repeatedly who had fallen asleep next to her. her passenger posted a picture to twitter that showed the pen marks all over the man's arms. >> she just went nuts and started stabbing her with this pen. he screamed really loud. almost like a little girl. and -- >> only way to get attention. >> did it hurt? >> scream like a little girl. >> oh, yeah absolutely. well -- imagine being asleep and then being stung by bees. and waking up and going ow. >> ow. the plane returned tot gate and the pen poker was escorted off the plane immediately. the pokeee didn't intend to press any charges. hello? i'm stuck in this plane. and i called my -- i'm in the plane. >> you're where? >> i'm inside the plane. >> oops. that was a desperate call from a baggage handler who was trapped inside the cargo hold of an air alaska flight earlier this week. he'd fallen asleep and the plane took off. 14 minutes into the flight the pilot figured out what was happening and turned around and landed. the baggage handler was uninjured and was taken off the plane. officials say he's now back on the job as a contracted employee though he is banned from working for alaska airlines ever again. hunger continues to be a real problem here in the united states. and tonight, you can help make a difference. it's very easy. watch tonight on wusa9 and other gannett owned stations and we will air the fourth annual "out number hunger" concert. it features concert acts and they are coming together to make a difference and they're trying to help an estimated 49 million americans who struggle with hunger. >> years and years ago i got to work with bob hope and bob told me he said -- of all the things you'll get to do in the entertainment business, giving back is the most important. so i had a good person to teach me how to do it right and he was a giver. >> help out number hunger and watch the concert tonight at 10:00 p.m. right here on wusa9. quite a scare for zoo visitors in omaha, nebraska. a gorilla charged the partition so fast that when the separates haim from the public. he cracked the glass. zoo officials say they're not sure why the animal got agitated. they do say there was a small girl near the barrier beating her chest. and gorillas beat their chests as a sign of dominance. still ahead on wusa9, it's a dilemma for many parents, how do you hold down job and pay for day care? we're going to talk to the so imagine being a working parent and not being able to find affordable day care for your child. many montgomery county parents are facing that very problem and council member nancy navarro is here to talk about a solution she thinks really can help. thank you for joining us, she said you were talking earlier, you havetwo bills you think can really make a difference, how? >> absolutely. you know, i really believe that we need to make structural changes in local governments. we cannot just leave this up to chance. and in the state of maryland it costs you about $13,000 a year for child care. montgomery county specifically, we know already we have about 50,000 students in the school system that receive free and reduced meals so we know that we have some challenges when it comes to low income parents. this bill creates a high level position and it mandates that we have an advisory council that looks at issues of child care across the continuum. and it also provides training, mentoring, technical assistance to family child care providers. this is a care of choice for many families especially low income families and immigrant community. so that's really important. because we need to ensure quality, we need to ensure affordability as well. and we cannot just you know -- leave it to chance. we need to make sure that these are codified in our local governments so that this particular type of initiative lives on and we can implement best pack practices -- practices. >> the family child care situation, describe that specifically. someone in the neighborhood who would care for children? or is it -- instead of one of the chain sort of -- >> exactly. so family child care in the state of maryland is regulated. you have to be licensed. you can care for up to eight children and only two can be under the age of 2. that tends to be the choice of child care for many low income families but there are many, many children who are for example being cared of by the neighbor. who may not have a license. for example, 70% of all east field children in montgomery county schools are u.s. born. that tells me in many of the neighborhoods you have what we call a neighbor who's watching the children but not have the training, the licensing, to really impart very high quality early education for those children. we need to make sure we address those issues. because we're paying for it later on. we're paying for it by remediating our children and kindergarten children show up already with an achievement gap. this is really about not just helping working parents, but also ensuring that we are preparing our children to enter school ready to learn. and preparing the future work force. and i mean it really should be an issue that should really be of interest for everybody. >> all right thank you nancy. pleasure to meet you. good luck with the bills. let's talk weather. the weekend is here. erica? that's rightment. the weekend the -- rightt. weekend is upon us. before -- the weekend is upon us. but before we get there we have a few showers and maybe a thunderstorm by the time the day is done. 77 degrees by 3:00 with the potential for spotty showers, by 6:00 we're going to increase the chance for showers and the temperature 74 degrees maybe even as i mentioned before a thunderstorm. by the time we get into the evening hours, the clouds are still with us, but it's dry again. 69 degrees at 9:00. right now it's 72 in leesburg and manassas. 72 in frederick as well. 69 a little bit closer to the water in waldorf but already 73 degrees in winchester. so the temperatures are soaring. but here comes more rain on satellite and radar, just some very light spotty showers. as this system makes its way toward the immediate metro area. it will continue with that same line. so we aren't looking at a lot of choreic at this time here on 9 futurecast. but it will be enough to dampen that p.m. commute. you can see the rain moving through just in time for that drive. a lingering shower possible this evening. that means if you're heading to the nats game it might be a little bit unsettled for just a few moments. maybe a quick sprinkle or shower just like we had last night. warmer weather moves in on saturday. tomorrow is going to be even warmer than today. high temperatures near 80 degrees but then it's going to feel markedly cooler on sunday. as that wind starts to come off the ocean. and that will bring our temperatures back down to where they should be this time of year. or maybe even a little bit cooler than that. some rain on the approach. but it holds off until after sunset on sunday. so we're going to increase that cloud cover. the rain not moving in until sunday night and early monday morning. looks like it could be unsettled as well. forecast for today look at the warm temperatures. 80 degrees from fredericksburg and 77 in manassas. 75 in hagerstown. 77 in downtown washington as well. and overnight tonight, temperatures really aren't going to flip that far. we're on going to get down to 55 at andrews and 56 in fredericksburg. 56 in pax river as well. so your three day outlook keeping those green alerts with us for the time being. it looks like it's going to be just fine. we do have that chance for a shower or thunderstorm from the mid-afternoon through the early evening today. and then the beautiful sunshine comes back on saturday. a high of 80 degrees. late shower possible sunday. but most of that activity will hold off until after sunset. the first alert seven day forecast the rainiest day is definitely going to be monday. could have some thunderstorms and then cooler weather for most of the workweek. welcome back. if your house is dreary and outdated, this is your chance to get some ideas from the area's top designers. the place to go? the d.c. design house on mccall farms lane in mclean. that's where it is this year. david benton is one of the designers and now this is such a treat for people who love the home improvement shows. they get to see the things up close and personal maybe touch some of the finishes when it's okay. >> right. >> but for people who haven't seen d.c. design house, tell them what it is and you're not the only one ved right? >> there's actually 24 different design firms that are working and each one has taken -- there are about 28 spaces in the house, 24 designers and it awful benefits children -- all benefits children's national health system. it's open every day except mondays through mother's day. may 10th. >> often times in years past we've had houses that have been refurbished. this is a new house right? >> there is a new house. in mclean that's for sale. everything in the house is for sale. including the house. yeah. so -- and it's -- it's a spec house, so it's available. >> right. so that's neat. you have -- you have what section of the house and what are some of the things that we have here? >> so we have the back stair hall. >> oh wait let's take a look at this. we have the pictures -- >> that's in the library. >> oh my. beautiful space. >> with the michael hampton did that area. amazing. >> there's another one. >> that's the back stair hall. >> you guys are working on that one? tell me about it. >> that's the first floor level. i'm going to kind of connect the dining room to the kitchen. as well as kind of the garage to the back mud room. it's the hub of the house kind of. that's kind of the workstation desk area that's you know someone could have kind of a dropping off point from the mud room area. that's down on the lower level. where we -- it's kind of off the bar area. so we kind of had some fun with some local artists michael wilkinson that did some photographic art for us. >> really? super. so what kind of house is it? is it a colonial? it is a -- >> a contemporary farmhouse is what i'd call it and that's what we tried to play up with our -- >> let's talk about yeah some of this things you have. this is a picture that's going to be the artwork that's hung in the home right? >> exactly, this is by charlie gainer a local photographer. we ply -- photographer. we tried the play up the local artists in the house. it kind of exemplify what is we did in the house, it's a traditional picture? of the shingled home. but done in a contemporary way. >> you see the peaks and what about this? is this -- >> wallpaper treatment? exactly. >> this is in part of the hallway as well? >> that leads you out from the third floor up to the second floor. >> see that a little bit there. >> again it kind of plays up that vintage -- look. but kind of contemporary kind of graphic way. >> david we appreciate your time. the d.c. design house, if you'd like to go to mccall farms lane in mclean. don't miss it. you have great ideas for your own home. that's it for the news, we're back for the news at 5:00 dunkin's new vanilla coffee creamer really tastes like it has more vanilla flavor. how is that even possible? boom! 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