manner? no. the dna evidence did not come up today, but last week a dna expert testified that a profile found on one of the girl's underpants had a probability of one in 20 quadrillion. that's 20 with 16 zeros. it's unclear what impact that might have had on the jury, but a defense attorney today told me he thought they turned the dna expert into their witness. tomorrow we'll have closing arguments and then the jury will get the case. i'm peggy fox in arlington, back to you. tonight police in adelphi are searching for three men who broke into the home of five university maryland student in the middle of the day. this happened in the 8300 block of curry place in adelphi. the three men burst in wearing masks, two with guns drawn. one pointed a gun demanding keys to a car. a 2002 silver honda crv, some laptops, cell phones and cash were stolen and according to 911 tapes drugs were taken, too. >> yeah. she took money and drugs. did the city get it? >> he took my weed and my rent money. >> police are classifying the break-in as drug related. so far no arrests. did one of montgomery county's most advaired schools cheat to win the county's -- admired schools cheat to win the county's top education award? that is what an investigation by the atlanta constitution journal claims and now the school is striking back. >> reporter: i'm bruce leshan in silver spring where there is angry reaction and denials tonight from the school superintendent and the principal here at highland elementary school to reports in an atlanta newspaper that this blue ribbon school might be cheating on standardized tests. >> was there any cheating here in highland? >> never, never. >> reporter: school officials are blasting the reporter who wrote the story saying he ignored the massive influx of resources that turned the school around. >> when the reporter came into the school, he saw all that, yet he still decided to take an angle that somehow any changes in scores have to be the result of cheating and that black kids and latino kids and poor kids can't achieve at high levels. >> reporter: at highland elementary the big banner claiming the school is a blue ribbon award winner flies outside and inside, but the atlanta journal constitution questions whether dramatic gains in student test scores at the school are statistically possible. >> this is exactly, exactly how the atlanta scandal began. >> reporter: bruce leshan, 9 news now. in virginia alexandria public schools lost state funding for the adult education program over a cheating scandal. according to the washington examiner, virginia's investigating possible cheating by school officials on exams designed to prepare students for their ged tests. a spokeswoman for the alexandria public schools says the adult education program will continue the rest of this year as scheduled. wednesday marks the one year anniversary of the death of osama bin laden and now it's become an issue on the presidential campaign trail. today mitt romney was a bit on the defensive over comments he made back in 2007. this began last week when president obama's campaign released a brand-new web video violating comments made by romney about the war and questioning whether or not he would have given the order to kill bin laden. today the gop candidate fired back while campaigning in new hampshire. >> reporter: you would have given the order, governor? >> of course. even jimmy carter would have given that order. >> romney's advisors say the ad is a sign of a desperate campaign and has cheapened what should be a unifying moment. however, the president addressed that this afternoon at the white house and he said he hardly thinks you're seeing excessive celebrations about the anniversary. instead he called it a mark of excellence for the u.s. military and intelligence agencies and the president then again referred to romney's comments in '07 that it wasn't worth the cost to try to catch just person. >> i just recommend that everybody take a look at people's previous statements in terms of whether they thought it was appropriate to go into pack tan and take out bin laud -- pakistan and take out bin laden. i assumed that people meant what they said when they said it. >> romney has yet to respond directly to the president's statement today. the epa official who suggested that the agency was out to crucify law breaking oil and gas companies is now out of a job. al armedares resewned his post. he once headed open the agency's sixth region and made headlines last week when oklahoma senator james imhoff showed a video from one of his speeches from 2010. in it he compared his enforcement methods to the romans when conquering villages saying they would crucify the first five men they saw as an example. in his resignation letter he said he regretted using those words and does not want to be a distraction for the epa. less than half an hour from now the puck drops in game two of the eastern conference semifinals of the stanley cup playoffs and the capitals finding themselves in a hole. they dropped game 1 to the rangers just like they did to the bruins in the quarterfinals, but we know they know how to come back. right? >> they sure do, derek. we saw in their series with the bruins that home ice had no advantage, but the team's demeanor after saturday's loss was a lot different than what we've seen against boston. things were a lot more somber. they knew they played poorly and blew a big opportunity and if washington wants to get past the top seed, they need to cut back on dumb penalties and mistakes among many other things. the caps say saturday's game was an eye opener. you can expect a better team on the ice tonight. >> the two teams had a pretty tight checking, don't want to give anything up and see wharf else has to bring. i think you'll -- what everybody else has to bring. i think you'll see a little better game tonight. >> never have two bad games in a row, the key to consistency and that's what we're looking for tonight is a solid performance as a group. >> braden holtby looking to rebound for his worst performance this postseason as well. the puck drops at 7:30 and we'll have full coverage for you at 11:00. >> go caps. so started off chilly in the morning but all in all the day turned out pretty well and we know for the rest of the week it's going to keep on getting better, top. >> we're going to spring into june again. we can't seem to keep on track with the calendar, but that's okay. first current temps are in the 60s, a little bit below average, 65 downtown, low 60s in gaithersburg and frederick and 70 in fredericksburg, 64 in manassas. now satellite picture radar combined we do find showers and thunderstorms pushing through ohio actually moving through pennsylvania already. there's a warm front that will roll through tomorrow. good news, bad news, as the warm front goes through, it will generate showers and maybe a thunderstorm. for tonight just a lot of clouds, mostly cloudy and mild, a shower possible after midnight, low temps in the 50s, winds southeast 10 to 15. we'll come back and talk about that warm front. it won't stay north of us all week. that means temps will go up and down. we'll explain. coming up a theft on the georgetown campus has police calling it a serious crime, but student say hey, it's just a prank -- students say hey, it's just a prank. who's right? >> but first a high school teenager leading his field hockey team in scoring but has been booted for next season. he's in no trouble, though. it's because he's too good. we'll explain that one, too. a teenager in long island is off of his high school's field hockey team after the school district told him he's just too good. 13-year-old keeling palaro played two seasons for the south hampton valley varsity's girls team because there was no boys team for him to join in suffolk county, but now the school district is telling him he cannot play next season. palaro leads south hampton in scoring and administrators claim that's creating an adverse impact on the female players. the spokesman says the rules would allow him to play if he was not the dominant player. his family is appealing. >> it just means everything. like i play a lot of sports, but none of them compare to how i like field hockey. it's just so much phone. >> his family points out he's -- public. >> his family points out he's not a big guy, 4' 8 and weighs 82 pounds. his first appeal was denied. the second is scheduled for next month. let me get thi it's okay for a buy to play on girl -- get this straight. it's okay for a boy to play on girl's teams if he's not better than the girls or is it paving the way for the boys to come in and take over what had been a sport and team reserved for girls? you can take over mcginty's mailbag any time you like. drop us a line, mailbag at wusa9.com. >> looks like spring is returning. we think it's for good. topper has a toasty start to the month in his forecast. >> but first the world trade center is not back, but where it used to be, another building has joined the ranks. the freedom tower will be the tallest in lower manhattan. it took almost 11 years, but now a building in lower manhattan once again stands alone above the new york skyline. today 1 world trade center officially surpassed the empire state building and reclaimed the title of new york's tallest building. manuel gallegos was there for the momentous event. >> reporter: the recovery in lower manhattan reached new heights with the placement of this steel beam, the first column of the 100th floor of 1 world trade center now stands at 1,271 feet high, 21 feet taller than the empire state building. >> it's inspirational and it's going to make a lot of people happy. >> reporter: it took a while after september 11th for construction to get started, but eventually at a rate of a new floor every week the tower started to alter manhattan's skyline. locals and tourists marveled at the structure. the milestone comes close to the one year anniversary of the death of osama bin laden. >> you're not going to stop america. we're going to rebuild and keep going. >> it sends chills up and down your spine when you think about what happened. >> reporter: from here on the 71st floor of the building you get a real sense just how massive this structure is and how tall it is. take a look at this panoramic view of all of new york. something that's noticeably different from the original twin towers is that the building is all glass, windows, floor to ceiling all the way around. the tower is one of several buildings under construction at the site which is also home to the national september 11th memorial and museum. >> it's been an act of passion and an act of patriotic duty. >> reporter: the skyscraper isn't expected to reach its full height for at leaster in year when the needle is added -- at least another year when the needle is added. the tower will top out at 7,676 feet making it the tallest building in the united states. >> the building will also have three observation decks for visitors in addition to the office and retail space and the world trade center will soon hire than outside firm to design, operate and market those decks to new york tourists. the healey clock tower in georgetown university, now that is just a few stories high, still somebody managed to get up there and snatch the hands off that clock. now the university is calling this a serious offense, but students say come on, it's just prang and it's one that date back to the '-- prank and it's one that dates back to the '60s. >> it's a big offense to do it. >> it's a big tradition and i think everyone tries to do it by their senior year. >> the last time the hands vanished, 2005 and the two students who took them posed with them on facebook. the school gave them one year of probation and beefed up clock tower security. obviously it was not quite beefy enough. they worship jack daniels, saturday night and jesus on sunday morning, welcome to the drunk monkey tavern. it's an oklahoma bar that now live streams church services on sundays. it was all the bar owner's idea. approached a pastor in tulsa who said hey, why not and bar patrons say hey, this actually make perfect sense for all sorts of reasons. >> some people don't have their sunday best. they just have what they have. so they get a chance to come here and don't get judged and get a chance to worship. >> i can understand if people are a little skeptical at a thought of the place called the drunk monkey being a place where you would find the gospel and yet god is just as alive here as he is anywhere. >> you know, if you can't find a sinner to save in a bar, you are just not trying very hard. >> let's be real about that weather forecast, sir. >> all right. a little cool today, a little below average, but tomorrow we'll be right back in the 80- degree range. >> that's where i like it. >> we are looking at a warm front going to roll through tomorrow and it will give us a chance for a shower or thunderstorm. let's start with a live look outside. it's our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. we have clouds, still dry. 65 degrees. the winds out of the southeast at 10 and it probably bears mentioning if the winds have an easterly component, it will stay cooler than it should this time of year. pressure steady in the past hour at 30.16-inch of mercury. satellite and radar picture combined, pretty big thunderstorms through indiana, back into western kentucky, tennessee and little rock. this is the cold front. the warm front is west of us and that will roll through tomorrow. we are looking at the warm sector of air, but once this goes through, all right, we'll be warm, yes, but it will increase our chance for showers and thunderstorms. not going to shower everywhere tomorrow, but if you're not a betting person, bring your umbrella. 64 now in rockville, but 61 in gaithersburg, 64 great falls and springfield. with clouds and a southeast wind, pretty good equalizer. 62 in beltsville, 64 in college park. it sill be with warming up, no doubt -- it will be warming up, no doubt, mild tonight, maybe a shower but not until after midnight. warmer tomorrow, a shower or thunderstorm is possible and mild, not quite as warm wednesday and thursday. the front will slip back to the south of us for a short time. for tonight mostly cloudy, mild, shower possible after midnight, lows in the 50s and notice the wind southeast at 10 to 15. now tomorrow when the warm front goes through look at the winds now, southwest 10 to 15 becoming partly sunny, may take a while, be some low clouds tomorrow morning and a shower or thunderstorm possible with temps in the 50s and 60s and by afternoon we're in the warm sector, partly sunny, warmer, but share or thunderstorm possible, high temps around 80. that's about 10 degrees above average and winds will turn northwesterly at 10 late in the afternoon. so let's break it down. 50s to start, maybe a sprinkle especially north of town and then 73 to 78 by noon, shower or thunderstorm possible and by evening yes, a shower or thunderstorm possible, 77 to 81. so an umbrella a good idea. next three days we're 80 tomorrow. then we go back to 78 wednesday. we can handle that, maybe a shower, 75 thursday, a few more clouds and a couple showers. we can handle that as well because the flow goes easterly for a time again, but then the next seven days, the warm front goes back north. look what happens. we're 84 degrees friday, fantastic day, low 80s on saturday. now the cold front gets through here. that will generate a couple showers and storms and lower temps a little bit, 74 sunday. that's doable and then 70 on monday with sunshine. >> i love it. >> i know you do. we'll be back. >> we want to hear what you think. send your e-mails to mcginty's mailbag, the address mailbag at wusa9.com. 9 news now will be right back. it's time to get going. to put more 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[ hawaii 5-0 song ] in the mailbag tonight vanity license plates in virginia, last week we told you about a man who had been issued the tag that said f .. owe smashings but now the -- f.osama. a man said it has evolved for anyone to say anything anywhere without regard for the audience. i think expressing your opinion without four letter words makes your opinion more valid that. license plate seems to use language best kept behind closed doors. they used to say discretion is the better part of valor. has discretion died? you know what, john? i agree with you. there is no reason for the state to take part in any profane statement, but this particular vanity plate isn't really all that clear cut, is it? there's no actual profanity there, merely the suggestion of it. if it were up to me, he'd probably have his plate. and then there was this from ron on the redskins drafting quarterback robert griffin, iii last week. ron says he actually grew up in baltimore and therefore, he hates the redskins. it's all can i do to wish rg3 best wishes. in any event, he is such a nice young man but doomed to be another casualty of coaching and management ineptness. hopefully in a year or two he can live unscathed so he can really strut his stuff with another team that is managed by someone who is not over the hill and that is not owner centric. you know what, ron? i'm going to bet within those next couple years you'll be wishing rg3 was the ravens quarterback instead of the quite serviceable but unspectacular joe flacco, yeah, i'm talking some trash. hit me back. mailbag at wusa9.com. that is our report. i'll be right back here at 11:00 with anita brikman and don't forget log on any time you like to wusa9.com. we'll see you a bit later. bye bye. ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that's yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol. i got that wrong didn't i? 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