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WUSA Wusa 9 News At 5pm March 12, 2015

Caps blog russian machine never breaks found out this little boy was a big caps fan, prayers exploded on social media with pray4bman. Tweets from professional players rolled in. Hey, benston, were also thinking about you. Reporter the caps announcer and the team produced videos for the little boy. Im coming home. He is home today. The boys uncle says they are beyond excited for this next chapter of the Recovery Process at home. B man will require a controlled environment at home away from the hospital. He will continue regular therapy sessions on a weekly basis. The family cant thank the community enough. They say this is a Beautiful Day. It really is. Thanks so much. Caps player tom wilson tweeted out this afternoon way to go, buddy. Youre as tough as they come. Welcome home. Welcome home. Yet another scandal is rocking the agency in charge of protecting the president and first family. Tonight the department of Homeland Security is again investigating the secret service. Andrea mccarren is at the white house to tell us what is going on. Reporter three secret Service Employees are under investigation tonight, two high ranking agents, for allegedly drinking and driving and a supervisor for his role letting them go home without arrest. The agents have been identified as mark connolly, the second in command for president obamas security detail, and field office is every george ogilvy. Their government car allegedly plowed through security tape and rammed into a barrier theyre the white house the night of march 4th. The two had reportedly been drinking at a Retirement Party for Outgoing Secret Service spokesman ed donovan. Office parties involving alcohol often lead to bad experiences. Definitely want the secret service sober when theyre protecting our country, but very 100 faith in the organization. Reporter according to the washington post, officers on duty who witnessed the incident wanted to arrest the agents and conduct field sobriety tests, but they were overruled by a supervisor who sent the agents home. People make mistakes, but you have to treat their staff have to be treated like a regular citizen. So they should have been arrested. Reporter the secret service has become anything but secret in recent years. In september a fence jumper made it through an unlocked front door well into the executive mansion before being apprehended. Later that month a report revealed that in 2011 it took the agency four days to realize the white house had been hit by gunfire. Agents were disciplined for hiring prostitutes before a president ial trip to colombia in 2012. I think theyre probably for the most part unbelievably professionally and qualified to do what they do. Reporter both agents have been assigned to desk jobs, no word on the fate of the supervisor. Reporting live from the white house Andrea Mccarren, wusa9. And a report by an independent Commission Last december called for new leadership at the troubled agency and suggested hiring someone from the outside, but president obama selected clancy bringing the 27 Year Secret Service veteran out of retirement. About 20 members of a College Bowling team were hurt when their bus crashed in Southern Indiana this morning. Authorities say the students from indiana tech were heading to a tournament in tennessee when the crash happened. Its believed the bus driver had a medical emergency and lost control of the bus sending it into a ditch. None of the students injuries are believed to be serious. Two Police Officers shot overnight in ferguson, missouri, have been released from the hospital. Police are chasing down leads in connection with the shooting which a top Police Official call an ambush. Craig boswell reports from ferguson. Reporter s. W. A. T. Team members smashed through a roof of a home in ferguson, missouri, blocks from where two Police Officers were shot. Theyre going in the house searching the house yelling come out with your hands up. We know youre in there. Reporter police questioned several people budit d not make any arrests. Cell phone video captured the shooting outside Police Headquarters just after midnight as a protest started to break up. We saw the muzzle fire from the gun on top of the street, so we kind of looked down. Reporter the chief calls it an ambush. Sha were lucky we didnt were lucky we didnt lose two officers last night. Reporter one officer was shot in the shoulder, the other in the face. Right here at the high point of your cheek right urge the right eye and the bullet lodges right behind his ear. Reporter the officers were called into ferguson from neighboring departments to help with demonstrations after the announcement that fergusons police chief was stepping down. Tom jacksons resignation comes a week after the Justice Department issued a scathing report on racial bias within fergusons police department. The family of Michael Brown whose Fatal Shooting by a White Ferguson Police Officer sparked months of unrest condemned the violence against the governor officers. Craig boswell, cbs against the two officers. Craig boswell, cbs news. Both officers are not expected to have long term injuries. The hunt is on to find the suspect behind a late night murder in riverdale. Prince georges county police found a man severely injured at carters lane and ken worth kenilworth avenue. Police in alexandria are trying to figure out how a 17 yearold found in the 2800 block of Park Center Drive died. They do not know what happened and they do not have a suspect or they dont suspect i should say foul play at this point. A Prince Georges County Police Officer who was killed early saturday trying to make a traffic stop was remembered today for living his dream. Scott broom is live in suitland to report on the legacy of 26yearold officer Brennan Rabain. Reporter we learned today Brennan Rabain wanted to be a Police Officer so badly that once he graduated the academy just last june he never really considered himself off duty which may explain why he died the way he did. Solemn ceremony for 26yearold Brennan Rabain. He was living his dream and most of us live a lot longer than him cant say that. Reporter rabain killed in an accident early sunday on greenbelt road in his takehome Police Cruiser offduty with a companion but deciding to attempt a traffic stop on a vehicle his passenger told us rabain feared was driving so wildly someone could get killed. I worried about him, but i think he worried about me a whole lot more. Reporter rabains father made others laugh recalling a son who never went off duty. Brennan was so concerned about the other officers on his squad i shouldnt say this, but he took his radio in the bathroom with him. [ laughter ] just in case. He lived, dreamed and walked Law Enforcement. Reporter rabain was the father of 1 young daughter. His mother is isabella hogan. I just want to thank you, pg county Police Officers, and everyone for keeping your commitment to brennan because thats what he gave his life for. Reporter police here in Prince Georges County have not found the vehicle they believe rabain was trying to stop early saturday morning. In suitland, scott broom, wusa9. Sounds like he was a model Law Enforcement officer. Even though rabain was off the clock his death is recorded as an in the line of duty because he was in a takehome car and he was taking Police Action at the time of the accident. Anthony brown is hoping to turn his experience as Lieutenant Governor into a run for congress. Brown announced hes running for the congressional seat currently held by Donna Edwards who seeking the senate seat now held by barbara my cull ski and yesterday glenn ivey announced hes also seeking edwards seat. Community a collective sigh of relief after a suspected kidnapper is caught, but who the suspect is leaving many asking why . Coming up later. Reporter you might recognize mike milton, the one who hands out those huge financial awards to great teachers. He came to Prince William county today to surprise one teacher. Im peggy fox. Im have this story coming up. Im meteorologist topper shutt. A very nice evening. When you head out of the wizards game, chilly, nothing crazy, 47 downtown, back in the burbs low 40s. Well come back. We have a yellow alert tomorrow and saturday, doesnt mean all the day is a disaster. Well explain. Reporter a Controversial Program has communities taking sides. Im paula reed in fairfax county, virginia, virginia is the latest state to take up a controversial proposal that is making animal lovers literally choose between birds and cats. As paula reed reports while the program does save feral cats from being put down, more vulnerable animals are now in danger. Reporter patches is a stray cat with a numb and thanks to a group call name and thanks to a group called alley cat allies, hes heading home a Southern Maryland neighborhood. His ear has been clipped and so we know that cat has been sterilized and vaccinated. Reporter grant sizemore is director of the Invasive Species program at american bird conservancy. It purposefully systematically abandons cats back in the environment where they contribute to widespread ecological degradation including the degradation of wild leaf and wildlife and a number of health concerns. Reporter studies show feral cats are responsible for killing more than 1 billion birds in the u. S. Each year. We need to remove these cats from our local neighborhoods and parks and returning them to a shelter where they have a chance of finding a forever home. Reporter while sizemore adopted a feral kitten, many stray cats are not suitable for adoption. Really the only alternative is to bring them to the shelter where theyre killed. Reporter the trap, neuter, return program helped patches and his friends escape a death sentence, but birds may be paying a price for their freedom. In addition to illing can birds to killing birds, scientists estimate stray cats kiorll mane th 12 billion animals a year. Our Pothole Patrol Team paid a visit to the intersection of surratts road. Weve reported this location to the Prince Georges County of public works. They tried to patch potholes within three days of receiving a complaint. If youve got a pothole you want our Pothole Patrol Team to help get fixed, go to tellwusa9. Com or tweet us wusa9 using the potholepatrol9 and please include the city and cross street or block number for that location. Always watching always tracking, wusa9s first alert weather. Better yet why dont you tweet fuss you find a street that does not tweet us if you find a street that does not have a pothole. Good luck with that. Thats impossible. I memorize where the potholes are, but now there are so many you cant do that. Youre looking at me funny, arent you . Its okay. No. She looks at me funny all the time. Live look outside. Its a gorgeous evening, temperatures about average this time of year and sunshine, it was a little breezy, cooler and drier air moved in, but gorgeous now. Lets start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, its still 59, the dew point 22, dew points in the burbs in the teens. I did open up the range a bit tonight. Most of the burbs will go below freezing. A few of the northern and western suburbs could go back in the upper 20s tonight. Weather headlines, burbs fall below freezing tonight. Inside the beltway youre okay. Bus stop temperatures 28 to about 44, oak . The morning commute is dry, clouds on the increase late morning and early afternoon. Right now i think evening commute will be dry if you get home by 6 00 or 7 00. So the yellow alert is not for the entire day. Most of the rain will fall friday night and it could become heavy at times friday night. Youre going out on the town tomorrow night, take an umbrella and coat. Its going to be a miserable raw rain in the 40s. Tonight 10 00, 40 in manassas, gaithersburg, 39 in frederick, mid40s downtown. Clear skies. By morning 5 30, 6 00 were in the 30s and some of these areas like frederick and hagerstown could dip into the 28, 29 degree range. By 1 00 a few high clouds move in, but still pretty decent. Upper 40s and we get into the evening hours clouds really rolled in, but notice all the rain is still back to the west of us. If youre home by 6 00 or 7 00, youre okay. By 9 00, 10 00, its going to be raining to beat the band across the entire metro area and notice the darker green, thats actually heavy to occasionally moderate rainfall. That will be with us all night tomorrow. By 11 30 were still looking at heavy rain continuing into saturday morning. So saturday is also a yellow alert day. Tonight clear to partly cloudy, colder, 28 to 38. Wind will calm down and switch direction, become easterly at 10. By morning partly cloudy, chilly, late clouds, but you still need your sunglasses, one of those weird days, sunglasses in the morning and an umbrella at night, 30s and 40s. By afternoon clouds roll in, chilly. The day planner, 30s to start downtown temps, 36 at 9 00, 49 at 1 00 with a few clouds but dry. Yellow alert tomorrow for friday night, yellow alert saturday, morning rain, afternoon showers. The Silver Lining 64 on saturday, seasonable sunday, very nice day, mid to upper 50s. Now next season days look like this. Even nicer on monday, low 60, near 60 tuesday, a few clouds. A little front goes through dry, mid50s wednesday, back to 60 thursday, next thursday with rain developing late in the day or by evening. Tonight a 15yearold boy is in custody booked on suspicion of kidnapping a 22 monthold. Surveillance video captured the kidnapping sunday in the town of sprague, washington. A family friend had left the toddler. His 10yearold brother and an 8yearold sister unattended on a playground. Video shows that suspect running away with the toddler as the sister and brother try to race after them and neighbor Dorothy Giddings found the other children desperately looking for help. She was trying to tell somebody and she couldnt get it out and then we saw the little brother drop. Soon after the toddler was found unhurt in an empty lot, police used Surveillance Video to track down the teen and make an arrest. A routine traffic stop in greenfield, wisconsin, turned dangerous when the suspect tried to drive away with a cop in his car. Officer matthew noah was questioning the driver through the open passenger side door. He some offed marijuana and called for backup smelled marijuana and called for backup and another officer arrived. As officer noah reached into the car, the suspect put that car in reverse, rammed into the patrol car and tried to drive off. Officer noah struggled with the suspect, but he was able to stop the car. Weve had people take off from us before, but this was a little bit different because the door was open. The officer could have easily been swept under. Police tell us kevin taylor was arrested on several charges. Officer noah suffered some scrapes and cuts, but is now back to work. Coming up well tell you about a new campaign that encourages parents to never give up until their precious cargo is buckled up. Also ahead. Reporter Lumber Liquidators tells worried others. Now, americans everywhere are discovering that. Spoon after spoon. Dish after dish. Time, after time, after time again. Deliciously creamy galbani ricotta inspires meals, and moments, that are simply better. Mmm, galbani sfx kiss . Italys favorite cheese brand. Now, americas number one ricotta. In one year 5. 6 million hospital workers helped perform 26. 6 million surgeries deliver 3. 7 million babies and treat 133 million e. R. Patients. Now congress is considering cuts which could increase wait times reduce staff, and threaten your communitys health. Keep the heart of americas hospitals strong. For you and your family Tell Congress dont cut hospital care. In tonights consumer alert stocks rose on wall street as the rally in the dollar weakened. The dow gained nearly 260 points. The nasdaq was up 43 points. Lumber liquidators is defending the safety of its products after a 60 minutes investigation earlier this month. It found the companys laminate flooring made in china may contain up safe levels of unsafe levels of formaldehyde which is a known carcinogen. Reporter noah bennett is waiting to find out if the air in his home is safe. Last week he hired an inspector to test it after seeing the 60 minutes story on Lumber Liquidators laminate flooring which he recently installed. The flooring was manufactured in china. Its in the back of your head for sure is the flooring causing us to get sick . Reporter 60 minutes bought 31 boxes of chinese made laminates from Lumber Liquidators stores around the country and all but one failed to meet california formaldehyde emission standards. On a Conference Call today the company defended its product. What matters for our customers and our brand is whether these products contribute any significant formaldehyde to the air in their homes. They do not. We are confident that our flooring is safe. Reporter the company says if customers a

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