throw boomerangs. the mouse is fine. it was a -- crikey dingo -- joke, ok? now my apologies to joe devito. we'll have him here on thursday. apparently we talk too long. it's a shame because joe is a very big norwegian. my apologies if in any way we seemed to be disrespectful to the great country of norway. because let's be honest. you're crinkly fjords leave me breathless. good night, everybody. p . screaming bomb on the train is like screaming fire in the movie theater. >> the scene was desperate and nervous with passengers even jumping off the train. now hear the 911 calls and the riders describe the local bomb scare. plus, a health alert. a new weapon for some cancer patients who are running out of options. and he got away with it time and again. robbing people at local atms in broad daylight. tonight how he did it and see how many failed our awareness test. this is 9news now. dc's serial atm robber says he did it for his crack habit. he is behind bars and sentenced to 15 years. >> he pled guilty to nine robberies all at busy atms. most of his crimes happened in the middle of the day. so how was he able to pull it off? we sent delia gongalves to find out how vulnerable to many of us are. >> reporter: so we came back to the scene of the crime and conducted our own experiment. to help me out with that, my photographer. i had james using this flip cam approach folks who were heading to the atm while i stood in the background and using my camera i taped the whole encounter. you wouldn't believe and we were shocked at just how close james was able to get to folks. it didn't take us long to find our "victims" and james moved in quickly standing by for billy brady's two-minute transaction. >> hum. that's crazy. i had no idea you were behind me. >> reporter: and this is a no-no. check out this woman's purse hanging wide open. in fact, many people consider themselves street salve ee admit they -- savvy admit they don't always watch their back. >> i don't. >> reporter: and james goes completely unnoticed as he stands behind this customer. this man tells us he is a visitor and doesn't use atms that often. a better reason to prepare yourself before you walk up to the cash machine. experts say don't linger too long. have your card ready. and when you get your cash, leave quickly. never make yourself a target by counting your money at the machine. on busy wisconsin avenue, another robbery location. we found much of the same as james stood behind this man for three minutes before he turned around. though the bushes provide a natural barrier, it won't keep robbers at bay. so try to avoid being alone. these came as a pair but it wasn't planned. so we end this story back at dupont. >> you are coming from here. >> reporter: you saw him? >> yes. >> reporter: his transaction took just 20 seconds, the suggested time experts say can keep you from becoming a victim. delia gongalves, 9news now. the justice department has opened a torture and grand crimes investigation into the death of a prisoner in 2003. most of of the investigation will focus on the actions of the interrogate tore who questioned the man in a prison shower room before he died. a military autopsy declared his death a homicide and an internal cia investigation found he was never abused. police have released the 911 made from a metrorail car after a woman caused passengers to push the panic button. some passengers jumped off the train and walked to the next station. scott broom talked to a man that was there and watched the chaos unfold. >> there is a lady -- >> i can't hear you. >> reporter: an undieded woman calls 911 calmly, but you can hear chaos in the background. >> there is say lady on the train. she just got off. >> stop the train. >> people just went for the doors. >> reporter: duane davis was there. . >> screaming bomb on the train is like screaming fire in the movie theater. people were jumping over seats, pushing people out of the way. it was ridiculous. and no one was even sure what it was. >> where are you calling from? >> we are just leaving the rockville station. she has a very strong accent and she was yelling on the phone. she had a pink cell phone yelling that there was a bomb on the train. >> reporter: passengers ran to other cars opened emergency doors and jumped to the tracks. even though one car of the train was still in the station. davis who stayed on the train was not impressed. >> they said no one told us to evacuate. the people that got out of the train did it themselves. the engineer was looking for the bomb herself. my opinion is metro has no plan for a real bomb on a train. if it was real, we would have been in trouble. >> reporter: metro says passengers did the right thing by calling the train operator on the emergency intercom. they do not second-guess passengers decision to get off the train. and they say the handling of this chaotic situation was outstanding. on the metro system, scott broom, 9news now. >> now, the woman who made those threats was arrested in rockville and involuntary committed. they're giving her some mental health treatment. an update now on the standoff is that ended in northwest dc. police say the man who barricaded himself inside an apartment building is dead tonight. it started around noon and ended five hours later. our photographers saw the police enter the building and saw the man come out on a stretcher later. no word if he was shot or if he took his own life. not clear what led to the standoff. the accused was a sergeant. our ken molestina live in northwest dc with the details surrounding the latest arrest. ken. >> reporter: derek, it's unfortunate but all too familiar headline. another dc cop arrested and charged with the crime. this time we're talking about sergeant aisha hackley. she was assigned here to the second district police station. and according to these documents, she is accused of scamming her victim out of thousands of dollars. [ knocking ] >> there was no answer at hackley's prince george's county home. however, her neighbors who heard about the arrest were quick to react to the news. >> i'm saying that simply because it affects the whole family. >> reporter: according to court documents, ay met her 85-year-old accuser while she investigated the elderly woman's claim that she had been the victim of a lottery fraud scan. hackley has been accused of gaining the person's bank information and forging checks from the accounts. ten suspicious checks were paid out to aisha jackson and kevin jackson between february of this year. all of them totalling more than $4,000. >> dc and maryland. there is a lot of work to be done to straighten out these things. >> reporter: dc police confirm hackley was arrested tuesday after a warrant was put out for her arrest. a statement released by the department says her police powers have been revoked. this matter is now before the courts and we cannot comment further at this time. and back out live here, hackley's arrest comes just a soon time after another dc police officer was also arrested and charged with the murder of a 20-year-old woman in prince george's county. now, you might recall it was also back in march that three other dc officers were arrested after a sting operation caught them trying to buy stolen goods. we're live in dc, ken molestina, 9news now. >> okay, ken. thank you. lululemon will reopen its store next friday. back in march you'll remember the store was a scene of a gruesome murder. brittany norwood called her co-worker inside and then tried to cover up the crime. norwood has since been charged with that murder. lululemon says the reopening will embrace the theme of love in honor of jayna murray. a murder and suspect just across the mexican border hiding in plain sight. he is jorge landeros now charged with killing a professor sue marcum inside her bethesda home last fall. landeros is apparently working as a yoga instructor in juarez, mexico. he has been emailing the police, essentially taunting the detectives that haven't been able to get their hands on him. mexican police have failed to pick him up. the bus service in arlington will be late again tomorrow. they will be picketing. they have a whole list of complaints claiming the supervisors refuse to give them bathroom breaks. >> unfair labor practices. we have women have been sexually harassed over there by operations manager. >> poor scheduling. >> poor scheduling. >> the company says the drivers are given regular bathroom breaks but the drivers refuse to take them. as to the claims of sexual harassment against female drivers, that is still under investigation. an attorney for the bus driver's union says they'll file a formal complaint on thursday. a passenger flying from paris to dulles airplane took a pass on peanuts. he tried to smuggle in three pounds of heroin by swallowing the drugs. investigators supplied the suspect with some laxatives in order to collect all the evidence. >> okay. if you didn't pay homage to old glory, you still have about 30 minutes. 20 people did just that by becoming american citizens. they were given the citizenship oath at the national museum of american history where the flag that inspired the star-spangled banner now resides. flag day celebrates the adoption of the stars and stripes as the nation's banner. it happened back in 1777. and a few questions for you about your flag know how. did you know, for example, it is not illegal to burn a flag? in fact, back in 1989, the u.s. supreme court said that it was a form of free speech. it was protected by the first amendment, though many have tried to change that. >> they have. how about this one. true or false, it's okay to wear the stars and stripes on a t-shirt? >> i don't know. >> would you believe that one is false. it's actually a violation of u.s. flag code because the flag shouldn't be used in advertising purposes. but as you can imagine, that law is not really enforced. >> it's tough to enforce something like that. top. >> i'll tell you one thing about flag day, on this date in 1989, a massive thunderstorm hit the metro area. go to our website and check out my blog for the details. here is your wakeup weather. no thunderstorms tomorrow. 50s and 60s to start. 54-64 by 7:00. and in the mid 70s by 9:00. we'll see if we can keep wednesday clear all the way and look ahead to the u.s. open forecast. still ahead tonight, there is a new weapon in the fight against cancer. >> i'll show you a targeted treatment that goes after inoperable tumors and what it did for one local in tonight's health alert, we're talking about another step forward in targeted cancer care. doctors use surgery, chemotherapy and radiation to wipe out as many malignant cells as they can. but when those options won't work, some specialists are now using pulses of electricity to get to hard to reach tumors. >> i've been very healthy. ever since i was hospitalized, i was four years old. >> and charles thought he was healthy still. the upper marlboro retiree went to the doctor to have a simple callous removed on his foot but high blood pressure led doctors to do more tests and eventually a revealing ct scan. >> it came back indicating there was a tumor. >> four centimeters to be exact. the 76-year-old was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. surgery wasn't an option because the tumor was entangled in a web of arteries. and charles wasn't ready to undergo highly toxic chemo with little hope of a cure. >> i wasn't concerned with the prolongedness. i felt good. >> his wife kept digging and found a doctor at a hospital and something called nano knife. it's a unique cancer treatment for soft tissue tumors in the kidney, liver and even the pancreas. the nano knife actually involves no knife or cutting at all. >> you basically place the skinny 19-gauge electrodes right into the tumor and these electrodes then emit electrical pulses and kill the tumor cells. >> the doctor says nano knife is the best weapon when a tumor is near vital structures in the body that can be easily damaged. >> we were able to control the local tumor. and since it involved the nearby arteries, we were still able to spare those structures. >> right now charles' cancer is gone. he underwent two procedures. the first two 90% of the tumor around the other got the last 10%. he'll be monitored to watch for any recurrence, but for now he is busy enjoying life. >> it's a good feeling to think that at least you're on the road to recovery. >> absolutely. again, this is not a form of radiation but electrical pulses delivered through these long needles. they're inserted by intervention al radiologists as they watch step by step where the electrodes are going. afterwards, most patients may get some pain reliever like ibuprofen. that's it. coming up tomorrow morning at 6:15 a.m., the doctor joins our news team live with more results they've been seeing with nano knife in the fight against cancer. fewer people were buying cars in this country last week pulling down retail sales numbers for the first time in a year. economists say the disappointing numbers are probably just a blip, but they do highlight the fact that two years after the recession supposedly ended, polls show three-quarters of americans still think the economy stinks. tonight derek has some words for those that claim they know how to fix it. >> anita, remember the easy staple -- should i say remember the staple's easy button. when it comes to this economy, there is no easy button. and if you're sick of listening to politicians that promise you that tax cuts and spending cuts and health care reform will fix everything or others that seem to have no plan at all, listen to the words of an economist. he says america's gross domestic product today is bigger than it was before the great recession. do you hear that? but now industries doing that all of that with 8 million fewer workers. in other words, american business found out they really could do more with less. add to that, too much debt, a stush on housing crisis that -- stubborn housing crisis that refuses to bottom out and a middle class without the right skills and you have a stwation that has no easy -- situation that has no easy answers. the polls show us more anxious, more angry, more disappointed than we've ever been. we all would love an easy button, but this election we might want to think about something my old man used to say. if it were easy, everybody would already be doing it. >> so, so true. okay. >> all right. >> gorgeous weather. >> it was nice today. the clouds came in. but temperatures wise we can't argue with 78. >> especially after last week. >> yes. 78 versus 102. we'll take that. tomorrow is going to be spectacular. you might want to call in for a tee time. here is the satellite picture, radar combined. there are the clouds that came in late morning, early afternoon. there were some sprinkles and thunderstorms on the delmarva. but that is east of us and heading south. we are in pretty good shape. and look at the temperatures downtown it is 68. 64 in gaithersburg and manassas and 68 in fredericksburg. you jump the divide and temperatures in the low 60s. let's talk about the headlines. really nice start to wednesday. yes, a little bit cool. but who is going to complain about that. a wonderful wednesday on tap. now, showers are possible on thursday. and it will be getting warmer friday, saturday and sunday. and it will also increase the chances for showers and introduce thunderstorms to the forecast. but overnight, clear to partly cloudy. comfortable. open the windows. 54 in the burbs. low 60s downtown and winds light, northerly at about ten. tomorrow morning mostly sunny. comfortable. you might want to think about a light sweater or jacket. 50s and 60s to start. winds out of the north at ten. and then by afternoon, mostly sunny, spectacular. high near 80s. our average high is 85. so anything near 80 is pretty nice. winds light. look at that, that is good air quality for wednesday. look at the highs, 80 in gaithersburg, 80 in arlington, 79 in fort belvair. not quite 80 in fairfax and reston and maybe sterling 79. and 78 in manassas. the good news is, if you can't exercise in the morning, it won't be so hot that you will be able to exercise and take a jog or bike ride. we'll blake it down for you. -- break it down for you, 50s and 60s to start. 75-80 by evening. just a fantastic day. now, the next three days, some showers possible thursday. we're still in the 70s. a bit warmer on friday. some showers and thunderstorms still possible as well. so that's good and bad news for the u.s. open. next seven days, well, nice on saturday. we'll keep it dry on saturday. 88. 86 on sunday. maybe a shower late. and then some thunderstorms possible again monday. we're back in the low 80s. and then next tuesday maybe a left over shower and temperatures in the upper 80s. but the good news is i don't see any 90s on that seven day. >> uh-uh. >> it's kind of nice. >> yes, it is. >> yes. >> thank you, top. >> okay. you know, i can imagine the first couple of times you come in second you feel pretty good about it. three, four and five it might start to get a little rough. >> phil mickelson has been the runner up five times. thankfully he's won the masters three times. otherwise he would be in some kind of psychoanalysis by now. with tiger out, he is the undisputed rocker of this. plus the man that won it all here 14 years ago. earny l. plus ryan zimmcw it's time for 9 sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> so you think lebron james has a monkey on his back after making it to the nba finals twice and losing? how do you think phil mickelson feels? five times a runner up and never the champ. mickelson plays his first official round on the blue course today. always a crowd favorite at the majors. but with tiger out this year, he is the undisputed champion of fan favoritism. he has three masters and a pga on his resume so he knows the taste of championship glory but the open is the one he wants. >> having come close and having finished second here being in contention so many times throughout the year, i really believe i can win the tournament. i'm trying not to think about winning as much as i'm trying to enjoy the challenge that lies ahead. >> so at age 41, mickelson still seeking his first title. ernie ells won his first at age 34. then three years later he came back to congressional and did something only one other person has done. he won the open. ells cementing his place among the immortals by out doing montgomery to win the title. now the question is at age 41, can ells recapture that congressional magic? >> you know, just playing the course, every time i play it, it brings back great memory. but '97 was a very, very special week. it was a long, long journey, long road to get to that sunday afternoon presentation. you just have to keep believing that it's your week. >> when it comes to u.s. open experience, ells and mickelson at the top of the list. all right. on to baseball now. and ibts not the only -- it's not the only reason the nats are six games below 500. take the best player off any team and see what happens to them. that's what the nats have had to endure without the absence of ryan zimmerman but tonight he is back. we'll get to zim in a second. but first, fat albert pew jolz with his -- pujols with his 15th of the year. nats would trail 6-2. look who starts a rally. zimmerman. now it's 6-3. same inning we're tied at six, bases loaded for knicks. he walks to force in the go ahead run. 7-6 nats. and then the insurance. jayson werth a little slap job to right. nats beat the cards 8-6. zim was 1-5. an undisclosed location in virginia. 31 redskins players gathered for a third round of player organized workout. that is down 30% attendance wise. a bunch of the rookies saying they can't afford to pay in. rex gross m