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outside was a missing air conditioning unit. so he went outside to check it out. >> when i went downstairs i was looking in the boiler room and i noticed the ducts weren't in place. and as i started to look around at the vents that the ducts weren't attached to, there was a bag hanging from one of the vents. >> reporter: he pulled on the bag. >> in my hand were two pipe bombs and a bag. >> reporter: mark brady says they have no idea if this bomb was real or fake, but it looked like it had all of the real components to be true. they were able to use a portable disrupter to set off the...

oh, my, this is a pipe bomb. >> new information on explosions that rocked a local neighborhood. she says she is stuck in the middle of a three-year gang feud. what she says it's like living in fear. the grocery price tag. we'll save you some cash by comparing identical items from stores all over town. this is 9news now. >> real or just a hoax. that is what prince george's county investigators are trying to figure out tonight about two suspicious pajz found in a basement. >> -- packages found in a basement. >> a substance from those devices has been sent off for analysis. britt...

supplied a cell phone to the girlfriend. detectives successfully subpoenaed cell phone records and discovered that he and kaitlin exchanged text message. -- text messages. according to chargeing documents, they planned to kill her parents and everyone else in the house. the plot included the time of the attack, sunday night at 9:20. the police records indicate the emergency call came in at 9:21. kaitlin kershaw said that they confessed to the spot plot and said she does did things she didn't mean to. both were charged with two counts of attempted first- degree murder and five counts ...

forecast. wait until you see the weekend forecast. those details coming up. tony and allison, back to you downstairs. our top story this hour, protestors have already gather the at the -- gathered at the u.s. supreme court where the justices are about to take up a case about first amendment rights. >> on the docket, those protesting at military funerals, versus a father who claims that caused him emotional distress. sarah simmons is live. >> reporter: arguments are set to get underway in just about an hour. but the supreme court has taken up freedom of speech rights cases across th...

millions, only to be reversed on first amendment grounds by a higher court. so for an hour, the justices asked tough questions to both sides. what makes a public figure. should funerals be treated differently and why should the first amendment protect expectations. the issue that has drawn such high emotion now in the hands of the nation's highest court. >> reporter: inside th courtroom there was no clear indication of which way the justices might rule. the court's decision is expected sometime early next year. news4. d.c. police kept a watchful eye of a man who was shot and killed...