the satellite. it's already formed and we'll talk more about the potential of accumulation in a bit. it seems like the suburban affluent kids have simply never been told no. they have an inflated sense of entitlement. they feel entitled to cell phones, computers, cars and in this case they appear to feel entitled to do something illegal, which is drink under the age of 21. >> that's our andrea mccarren today on cbs this morning talking about the firestorm her series on underage drinking had sparked with teens and parents a cross our area. she started receiving threats after her first weeks of investigation which uncovered a d.c. store selling alcohol to suburban kids as young as 14, but most of the reaction has been overwhelmingly positive and now people from across the country are calling and e- mailing and facebooking us and expressing their support and even demanding accountability. pam brown told us on our facebook page, "i am shocked

that the liquor store is still open and that nothing more has been done by authorities to correct your problem there. i mean really is it going to take some teen deaths to get some more action? " pam, we hope not, but tonight 9 wants you to know that we've uncovered some rather stunning new information about that liquor store in question. scott broom is here now with what we have learned. >> this place is called town square market. >> yup. >> we're familiar looking at all of andrea's video. montgomery county police told us today that even after town square market was exposed by 9 news now the sales to underagers are continuing. the store remains open tonight, all this while regulators in washington insist they have an investigation going. they're telling us very little about it. a 9 news now hidden camera investigates exposed town square market on macarthur boulevard in northwest washington blatantly selling to

underagers. andrea mccarren's report and followups began airing february 1st. did the illegal selling stop? no, it did not. the store sits near the montgomery county line and according to montgomery county police, as late as last friday they busted two 19-year-olds crossing into the county after buying at town square market. this is nine days after the store was exposed on 9 news now. montgomery county police sources also tell us that back in december they wrote at least 36 citations to minors who purchased booze at town square market and crossed into the county. montgomery county police say they alerted d.c. police about the citation and that mpd shared that information with abra, d.c.'s alcohol control board. this was weeks before andrea mccarren's confrontation with the store's owner and weeks before our report aired in february. so why is the store still open? abra says they're conducting their own investigation.

in an e-mail exchange today spokesman cynthia sims said at this time there's a pending investigation and the board cannot discuss pending matters. earlier she wrote that 9news must allow abra's investigators to do their job without a spotlight on them. we asked why and what exactly was abra doing about all this when first notified by police about underage buying at the store way back in december? our questions sent in writing six days ago have still not been specifically answered. although sims did tell our bruce johnson last week the agency has unsuccessfully attempted underage stings in the wake of our reports. council member jim graham told us that's not a surprise because the store is now on alert. if that's the case, it didn't stop montgomery county police from busting two more underagers crossing the d.c. line with booze from town square market just last weekend. so we continue up until this afternoon to ask abra for more

details. we know they tried and failed to do their underage sting, but aren't 36 violations written by montgomery county police in december enough evidence for immediate action? if not, why not? at our last contact the agency continues to say due process prohibits them from explaining more. >> it certainly doesn't keep us from keeping the spotlight on them until they do. >> andrea mccarren and now a whole team are on it. >> absolutely. thank you, scott and andrea. well, of course, liquor stores aren't the only ones at fault here. andrea's reports have shown in some cases parents are seeming less angry with their kids when they're caught drinking and more with the cameras there to witness it, much of the reaction from others on our facebook page blaming parents who either condone, turn a blind eye or sometimes fail to punish teenagers who drink. bob ginn says where i come from parents who facilitate underage drinking are very likely to

spend some time incarcerated and held liable in civil actions. there was a lot more of these comments, but what exactly should a parent do to keep their kids on the straight and narrow. matt jablow, give us some answers. >> for starters parents need to address the problem head on, that underage drinking is a serious problem that needs to be dealt with in a serious way. emily and greg who asked not to be identified thought everything was fine with their teenage daughter. in fact, better than fine. she was a straight a student at a local school and a good athlete. >> we want to trust our children. >> reporter: then they found out the hard way that their daughter had major problems, a major drinking problem to be precise, which they discovered only when they found their daughter so drunk one day she was barely conscious. >> it's probably the saddest moment of my whole life was when i found her. >> reporter: emily and greg now hope their story serves as a cautionary tale for other parents.

their biggest regret? not being more proactive to make sure their daughter didn't start drinking in the first place. >> i wish i'd taken away her phone more often when she was asleep and read through all the text messages because these kids are text messaging each other constantly about where they're going to drop the alcohol off or the drugs off, you know, are your parents home? >> reporter: beth cain davidson echos those thoughts. >> kids want parents to be parents of. >> reporter: the director of the addiction treatment center in rockville. >> we're treating more 16 and 17-year-olds for alcohol abuse and alcoholism than any other age group. >> reporter: cain davidson said before your teenage children leave the house ask them several questions including where are they going, who are they going with, do they know the people well and who's driving? >> really stay on top of them. >> reporter: she says parents need to talk early and often to their kids about the dangers of alcohol and, if necessary, see for themselves if their kids

are drinking. >> check up on it. go on facebook. do whatever you can to find out what's going on. >> reporter: according to the centers for disease control, people who start drinking before the age of 15 are five times more likely to have alcohol problems later in life than people who start drinking at or after the age of 21. all the more reason experts say to talk to your kids about alcohol as early as elementary school. >> the impact on the adolescent brain just reverberates through life. thank you, matt. the city of alexandria came to a standstill today to honor a fallen paramedic. joshua weissman died responding to a car fire on i-395 last week and this afternoon family, friends, colleagues and what seemed like a whole community came together to pay him a final salute. peggy fox joins us live from alexandria where the streets and the schools were shut down for today's service. >> reporter: hundreds of people came out to pay tribute. seminary road was shut down

between bethel temple behind me for about a mile to the station where he worked. today we learned the young man was a fun loving person who was deeply committed to his family, friends and co-workers and passionate about his life's work. hundreds who never knew joshua weissman stood in the rain and drizzle to honor a man who gave his life rescuing others. 33-year-old joshua weissman lost his life after falling through a 20-inch space between two bridges as he attempted to reach a burning car. it was a 30-foot fall. alexandria fire chief adam field rushed to the scene. >> i'll never forget the moment looking over the side of that bridge and seeing josh. he was a fighter. you've heard that. we had time with josh after

wednesday night that by rights we should not have had. >> reporter: joshua died a few days later. his station's fire truck cared his body from funeral to burial at ivy hill cemetery. joshua's brother gabe said he was born to be an emergency responder. >> josh did a fine thing and he did a lifetime of fine things and he surrounded himself by fine people and i'm lucky to be his brother so i can bask in the glow of the life that he lived. >> reporter: gabe weissman read a eulogy from his brother's wife rebecca. the two met as volunteer firefighters in central new york state eight years ago and married in 2005. >> i'm going to miss the sound of his voice and especially his laugh. >> reporter: a fellow paramedic talked about josh, his quirky sense of humor, commitment to the job of had his life love of life -- his love of life. >> a wonderful storyteller. he is not here to do that now, so it's up to us to pass on his

stories. no worries, josh, what we'll take it from here. >> reporter: entire alexander -- joshua, we'll take it from. here. >> reporter: the entire alexandria fire department was able to attend the funeral today and burial because prince william county and stafford and other departments showed up to backfill two 24 hour shifts until 7 p.m. tomorrow night. peggy fox reporting live. >> thank you. the there was no testimony today in the yeardley love murder trial in charlottesville. one of george huguely's defense attorneys is ill. the trial is expected to resume tomorrow. the prosecution has wrapped up its case. now it is up to the defense. huguely, a former university of virginia lacrosse mayor, is accused of killing his -- player, is accused of killing his former girl friend. huguely has pleaded not guilty. his attorneys argue this is a manslaughter case. it will be life in prison without parole for the underwear bomber. umar farouk abdulmutallab received the sentence in a

detroit courtroom today after pleading guilty four months ago. the nigerian man admits to trying to blow up a detroit airliner on christmas of 2009. the device did not work, but it caused smoke and flames and the nigerian man was badly burned. coming up next andrea mccarren will join us live with the next frightening chapter in her teen drinking series right after the break. hear one local officer describe how he busted an underage drinking party right after a gang rape.

we are going to talk to andrea mccarren about her

series and the strong reaction to it. >> any luck finding a car?

9 wants you to know montgomery county police say it is no longer unusual to see breathalyzers used with teenagers blowing more than two times the legal limit driving while intoxicated. andrea mccarren joins us more on this disturbing news and some unsettling figures to say the least. >> that's for sure. today's e-mails are any indication, there are similar problems across the country. as of 3:00 this afternoon we already had received more than 2,700 e-mails and our wusa9 facebook wall has been just exploding with your posts all day long, more than 500 at this hour. we do want to warn you, though, today's story is very difficult to watch, but it is important. it's a look at the realities of destructive teenage behavior from some of the people who know it best.

for many police officers this are images they find hard to forget. for corporal nick augustine it was an underage drinking party on new year's eve. >> i go into the back room. i see a female passed out on a bed in vomit, her clothes mangled and condoms sitting around her. >> reporter: the teenager had been sexually assaulted. police called the homeowners. >> we called the parents, notified them of what happened, that we need them to come and take care of their child and they said we catch the come. we're at a new year's eve -- can't come. we're at a new year's eve party. >> reporter: they told police they could come in a few hours when their party was over. >> they were upset with the police that we were disturbing their new year's plans for that night. >> seven out of 10 teenagers feel it's consensual to have sex with somebody that's passed out. that's rape. >> the girl had to be transported to the hospital because she could not be left alone because she overdosed on alcohol. >> it's bad enough with the date rape drugs, but now all of a sudden you've got people who

are dosing girls to the point where we want you to get to the point where you're about to pass out or pass out and that way we're all going to have sex with you. >> reporter: what it amounts to is gang rape? >> yes, that's it. >> the blood alcohol concentration of the kids we're seeing now is just unbelievable. they should be dead. >> reporter: in recent months he has personally watched as three teenage girls were each transported to the hospital with alcohol poisoning, the oldest was 16. >> it's scary. these parents have forgotten that their kids can die. >> it's hard to get the attention of these parents till they actually have a police officer come to their door one morning and say that their child was killed in an alcohol- related tragedy. >> reporter: he knows firsthand what it's like to make a death notification, what it's like to tell a parent that their child is gone forever. >> i had one woman who this was her second child that had been

killed in a fatal collision and it's just -- she knew right when i was at the front door what i was there to say and she didn't want to let me in the house because she knew what i was there to say. >> reporter: most of these tragedies and much of the heartache are preventable. one of the things we have learned over the course of our reporting on this issue is that good kids can make bad decisions and all it takes is one split second move to change a family forever. >> very profound statement. you've got more for us tonight at 11:00. >> we sure do. we're bringing you a heartbreaking story of a typical suburban teenager whose life ended way too soon and now his parents want every child who thinks using drugs is harmless to think again. for most of us it's impossible to fathom the death of a child. jim and cindy glass help us to understand. >> discovering your child dead

is like finding yourself dead. >> he's the first thing i think about when i wake up, the last thing i think about when you go to bed and i think about him pretty much all of the time and it's ruined our life. >> so how did this young man's life unravel? in a way that has become increasingly common in the suburbs and we will tell you all about it tonight at 11:00. let's get over to topper who is tracking this storm that may make our weekend a little rough ever than expected. >> it's been hit -- rougher than expected. >> it's been hitting on the weekend. >> it loves to snow a lot on presidents day weekend. >> we don't need one of those big storms. >> it may be the biggest so far this year because it's not much of a stretch. let's start with live look outside on our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. we have some clouds, but the rain showers are actually ending quickly, most of which are now across i-95 pushing

across into the bay. we'll show you that in a minute on live doppler. temperature 46 at national, been kind of sitting on 46 all afternoon, high was 47. dew point 42, wind south, southwest at 6. they'll switch and become northwesterly later on and the pressure 30.06 inches of mercury and actually beginning to rise. want to go over these snow points again. there will be a coastal storm here sunday. this is not one of the cases where we have to wait for it to magically develop off the north carolina coast. this is going to start in the gulf of mexico. we'll be able to track it as it moves across the southeast and gets to a point off the southeast coast. so it's coming. keep your saturday night plans. it's just going to be light rain maybe after midnight. looks like everybody will start with rain. it should change to snow late morning on sunday or early afternoon, obviously changing first in gaithersburg and d.c. and maybe in la plata late and midafternoon. critical times, try to stay off

the road between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. on sunday. the atmosphere can support snow and it can reduce visibility and make things a mess. just try to stay home sunday evening. satellite picture radar combined, this actually is the energy for the storm and this is good news because it's generating some rain in west texas. that's fantastic. that storm will dive into the gulf of mexico and move northeastward. in the meantime most of this activity is now east of i-95. we'll be in pretty good shape after the next couple hours. in fact, here's live doppler 9000, some showers into southern prince george's county and calvert county. this will move across the bay very quickly and a couple showers across i-70. temps, 44 rockville, 43 bethesda, 43 arlington, 44 reston, 46 college park. temps pretty uniform when you get clouds and showers. the lull before the storm, showers end early tonight, still a wet evening commute, breezy and mild tomorrow and

still mild on saturday with fading sunshine. it's still a pretty nice day, probably see a halo around the sun with those high clouds coming in saturday. we'll put the futurecast into motion tomorrow morning, mainly sunshine, clear skies across the metro area. we get into friday night, a few high clouds. we get into saturday morning early some high clouds start to move in and that's the beginning of the storm. for tonight showers ending early, partial clearing and chilly, a one blanket night, lows 34 to 40. next seven days, great on friday, even saturday okay, just high clouds coming in, then rain saturday night, rain to snow on sunday, temps around 40 but falling in the afternoon. that's going to make accumulations very tricky. we'll keep you posted, nice on presidents day and we're back in the mid-50s tuesday, wednesday and thursday, more showers wednesday, more rain on thursday and speaking of thursday it's your best shot day and i'm dying for snow. i had to pick a shot of snow. this is actually the 2010 blizzard and the caption on

this is where's my car? it's kind of through the trees, but you can barely see it. michelle sent this to us. what a great picture, brings back fond memories. you want to send us a best shot, go to our website www.wusa9.com, click on the weather tab and please include your name, location and description. so that's it. rain showers moving out, a nice finish to the week and then we'll worry about our coastal storm over a holiday weekend. good timing, i guess. >> you just love looking at pictures of snow. >> topper needs that for positive reinforcement, right? >> yes. still ahead the controversial way new jersey's governor plans to honor whitney houston on the day of her funeral. up next caught on tape police need your help looking for a man they want to question about an attempted sexual assault. deal chicken is working hard to find only the best deals in town. here's today's deal just for you. 50% off tickets to wilderness

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caught on tape a man police call a person of interest in an attempted sexual assault. surveillance video captured the hispanic man in the 3200 block of 16th street northwest, a very close-up look at his face.

attack happened around 2:45 monday, january 16th. the victim was not hurt. anyone with information is asked to call d.c. police with a tip. we have some breaking news for you coming out of los angeles. right now l.a. firefighters protected by the cops are battling a blaze in an east hollywood house where several people were reportedly shot. police responded to reports of a shooting after 4 p.m. our time and now we are told there are multiple victims who have been shot. they don't know how the fire started. los angeles police are looking for the shooter and have evacuated the area. obviously this is ongoing. we'll bring you more information as it comes in. to new jersey where a crash involving a school bus and dump truck has killed an elementary school student. as many as 20 other students were hurt. the crash happened in chesterfield this morning. investigators say the bus slammed into a utility pole after colliding with a dump truck. the truck ran off the roadway after the crash. investigators are still trying to find out how this all

happened. the child who died was the daughter of a new jersey state trooper. it is a great car debate. do you buy, lease? we've got some answer says coming up. also -- answers coming up. also ahead dr. phil weighs in on our investigative series on underage drinking. new details about who is expected to attend whitney houston's funeral. i'm randall pinkston in newark, new jersey. i'll have that story. >> 9 news now is brought to you in part by your local toyota dealers.

tonight new jersey governor chris christie is suspending his decision to have the flags nine at half staff in honor of legendary singer whitney houston. the republican says he rejects complaints that houston's substance abuse saying-ors should be reserved for members of the mill -- honors should be reserved for members of the military and elected officials. >> tonight we are learning more details about the service and security arrangements outside the church. randall pinkston is in newark. >> reporter: authorities are hoping that whitney houston's fans will remain at home and watch the funeral on the internet or television. earlier today they established a frozen zone setting up barricades 4 blocks north and

south, 2 blocks east and west to restrict the flow of traffic into the area. come saturday the only people allowed in this area are those with anne i have takes to attend what baptists call -- those in the area to attend what baptists call whitney's homecoming. police in newark, new jersey, are putting security measures in place for whitney houston's funeral this saturday. barricades are erected around the new baptist church where the pop star sang in the choir as a girl. a 6 block area will be closed off around the church. fans say they understand. >> i'm actually kind of glad they did it private. i wouldn't want to see a circus affair because they are so spiritual. >> reporter: fans will be able to watch the service live on television and the internet. about 1,500 invited guests will be able to attend the service. kevin costner who co-starred with houston in the hit film the bodyguard will speak at the

service according to people magazine, as will her mentor music executive clive davis. stevie wonder is expected to sing at the service. so is houston's godmother aretha franklin. after the funeral whitney houston's bead is expected to be laid to rest -- body is expected to be laid to rest at fairview cemetery where her father was buried in 2003. the six time grammy winner was found dead saturday in the bathtub of her beverly hills hotel room. officials are deferring the cause of death pending the results of toxicology reports. some fans still find it hard to believe she's gone. >> it's such a loss and we're going to miss her. we're going to miss her desperately. >> i love her to death. i'm going to miss her. >> reporter: but they say they will always have her music. new jersey governor chris christie signed an executive order that flags be lowered to half staff friday and saturday in honor of whitney houston in. his executive order christie

calls houston a gifted singer who is an iconic figure who left an indelible mark on popular music. >> thank you, randall. bobby brown will not be performing with his brown new edition at tonight's concert at the show place arena in upper marlboro. brown was a no show tuesday night at a new addition performance in cincinnati. instead that singer went to los angeles where houston was found dead last saturday. brown is expected to return to the tour, but when that happens, we don't know yet. the payroll tax extension is a done deal. late last night congressional negotiators announced they came to an agreement that would renew a payroll tax cut for 160 million workers plus jobless benefits for millions more. the legislation would continue a 2% cut in the social security payroll tax, renew jobless benefits averaging about $300 a week for people on long term unemployment and protect doctors from a huge cut in

their reimbursement from medicare. both the house and senate are expected to pass the plan tomorrow. all week long we're taking a closer look at money saving strategies you can use that directly impact your bottom line. if you're contemplating whether to get a new car, long term 0 financing helped boost car sales in the last three months, but many people still choose to lease a car rather than buy one. tonight we weigh the options to help you determine the best road to take. patty hidalgo says she can't afford to own a lexus suv, but she can afford to lease one. >> i can drive a luxury car without paying the price tag that you would have to pay if i purchased it. >> reporter: she had leased cars over a decade. she loves trading her old wheels for a new car at end of each contract. >> i just like having a new car every three years because give it back before the problems start happening. >> reporter: but that convenience costs. leasing means always having a car payment. buying means you'll have a higher monthly payment up

front, but once you pay the loan off you own the car and here's how it adds up. you can get 72 months of financing on a brand-new vehicle at 0% and leasing a car comes with mileage restrictions. drive over the limit, you'll pay more. hidalgo stays within her limits and doesn't care that she doesn't own the car. >> at the end of the day it's not worth much because cars depreciate. >> rebates and incentives for new cars are pretty abundant right now. in some cases these offers might make buying significantly less expensive than leasing. make sure to ask some good questions. tomorrow at 5:00 we'll show you some easy way to avoid paying atm fees so you can save more on your bottom line. the museum is show indication its newest exhibit called every four years featuring all kinds of artifacts about presidential campaigns and the press that they generate. they include an 1877 political humor magazine and the bowling shoes and ball barack obama

used at a campaign stop in 2008. you can have a look at the suit katie couric wore when she interviewed former vice presidential candidate sarah palin and her notes are included as well, lots of cool stuff. just in time for presidents day the spotlight was on the kitchen today at mount vernon. a new exhibit features more than 100 objects linked to george and martha washington's kitchen. the objects include a heart shaped waffle iron, a 3-foot olive jar and presidential dinner invitations from way back when. visitors can take home modern versions of the recipes prepared during that presidency. there was some startled young visitors today at the white house. first lady michelle obama and bo, the white house dog, surprised some school kids there on a tour. the first lady warned the kids there would be a 50 question test at the end. she was just kidding. there were some hugs and handshakes for those children. mrs. obama talked to students

about fashion, dogs and, of course, eating their vegetablings. still ahead excitement is building over a new medical microchip that can be programmed to deliver a dosage of drugs to patients. >> mostly showers and rain pulled off to the east. now we turn our attention to the developing storm. we'll show you the radar, mostly showers east of 95. we'll come back and talk about a strong finish to the week and what that coastal storm means for your weekend plans. up next a woman is lucky to be alive after being hit twice by the same hit and run driver. it's all caught on tape. don't forget we are always on at www.wusa9.com.

caught on tape a woman run

over by the same hit and run driver not once but twice. donna adams knows she's lucky to be alive after the speeding car mowed her down last weekend. check it out. it threw her off the hood and onto the ground. a surveillance camera in fall river, massachusetts, then shows the driver gets out of the car, looks at donna, then jumps back in and runs her over again. something is wrong with this guy. he did crash about a block away and tried to get out and run away, but a good samaritan chased him down. >> i just grabbed him by the shoulders and held him down and by that time the cops were coming around the corner. >> i seen my life flash by me. i thought i was gone. so i'm thankful to be here. >> you couldn't back up and not run over her again? police arrested the 32-year-old driver. he told officers he had five beers and two shots the night before. tense moments for a kentucky mother after her 2- year-old daughter katelyn

somehow became trapped in a vending machine at a laundromat in lexington. we see this every now and again. emergency crews rescued the toddler. she was trapped more than 20 minutes in the machine filled with toys and so scared. firefighters had to saw off the top to get her out safely. katelyn was a little shaken up but okay and she got to keep a couple of stuffed animals from the vending machine. to another dramatic rescue of a puppy in cleveland. a 1-month-old rottweiler german shepherd mix fell into a 6-foot sewage drainpipe on the front lawn of a home. rescuers worked for two days to save the puppy named king. they were finally able to bring him out. he was covered in mud, eyes barely open. he's recovering now at the vet. still to come the madness of march, can you whatever it? it's almost here, but -- believe it? it's almost here, but this year sneaking in that afternoon game at your desk could cost you. up next it may say organic,

but one popular food additive may bring more arsenic into a child's day yet, what we all need to know ahead in our health alert.

a warning for moms with little ones, researchers at dartmouth university have found arsenic in foods that use brown rice syrup as a sweetener. this has become a popular alternative to high fructose corn syrup and is used in many foods including infant formula. at least one of the formulas tested had arsenic levels six times higher than what is allowed by epa standards. scientists say there's even more need pore government regulation of this carcinogen in our food. all this month we have been tackling the subject of underage drinking. i recently visited the los angeles studios of dr. phil mcgraw who shared concerns and advice about this teen epidemic. >> you drink a little less than a quart every night that you're drinking and you think you don't have a problem? >> no. can i stop whatever i want. >> the -- i can stop whenever i want. >> the stories on dr. phil's most recent show called partying to death are shocking

to most parents. this young woman is a college dropout who has to stop drinking now because she's pregnant. her mother and dr. phil are convinced she can't without professional help. same goes for experts in the audience. >> you can have the baby and it can have fetal alcohol syndrome where it can be mentally retarded because of you. >> they finally break through victoria's denial and she agrees to go through rehab in. our one on one interview dr. phil tells me kids are growing up faster surrounded by internet images that glamorize binge drinking and parties. parental control and involvement are more critical than ever. >> i've always said we're not going to be the only voice in our child's ear, so we better be the best voice in our child's ear. >> on that note what happens from the parental role where that voice is absent? >> when people come in and say okay, i've got a 15-year-old kid here that is out of control, then i say i want to know what you were doing when the child was 5 and 6 and 7 because that's when they get

this air of entitlement, they get this air of nonaccountability to their parents. you got the tail wagging the dog. if you want a teenager that's making the right decisions and in control, you need to start early and if you're saying well, great, dr. phil, if i would have heard this five years ago, i would have done that, but i didn't. so help me now. help me today. this is where you need to be prepared to do whatever it takes to get that child under control. >> so how can you start? dr. phil said the first step is taking away stuff that's really important to them, smartphones, computers, video games. he calls it consequences of bad behavior, that these are privileges that need to be earned with good conduct and an out of control teen doesn't deserve them until there's change for the better. those suffering from chronic diseases stuck taking daily injections could soon get relief. researchers at mit have developed a pain free way to deliver drugs in this tiny

chip. the implantable microchip is controlled wirelessly and can release drugs into the body at any time. >> you can put many doses of a drug in this implant. as soon as you send the signal, that opens up a well and out comes the drug in that well. >> scientists tested the technology on eight women with osteoporosis and watched them for a month. results show the microchip administered the drug as well as an injection. the device may help those with cancers, multiple sclerosis, heart disease, diabetes. the uses could be endless. >> that's fascinating. i can't keep track of my tv remote. good grief. does it have a beeper on it? okay. i'm sorry. >> you think about weird things. we're looking at mostly showers out of here, a very strong finish to the week and then we'll deal with our coastal storms. >> you're all excited, aren't you? >> just a tiny bit. it's all we've had so far really. a live look outside, gorgeous shot of the white house.

most of the showers are well east of i-95. temperatures not crazy, 46 downtown, dew point 42, pressure steady at 30.06 inches of mercury and the wind out of the south, southwest at 6. that will change as wind goes northwesterly later. let's go over the snow points. i have peeked at new data which actually keeps the storm farther south. that said most of these still hold up. saturday night plans, fine going out. i know some of you are celebrating valentine's day saturday night. everything will start as rain. it should change to snow late morning, early afternoon sunday and the critical times will still be 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on sunday. service temps are going to be above freezing. it will be a tough call in terms of accumulations. we'll zoom into the southwest, they've got rain and snow showers out here and rain and showers in texas, west texas which is great, hasn't rained there for two years and some of that energy and moisture will be our storm getting into saturday night and sunday. in the meantime we get rid of

this storm, mostly showers, clear of 95 and they're pretty much gone. here's a close-in view of the radar, a couple leftover sprinkles towards germantown and the mountains in jefferson county, west virginia, but not much going on. temperatures, 43 bethesda, great falls and arlington, 46 in college park. here's the deal. lull before the storm, yeah. showers end early tonight, still a wet commute home. breezy and mild tomorrow, mild with fading sunshine on saturday, but i want to emphasize saturday will still be a very nice day. showers ending early, partial clearing and chilly, a one blanket night, 34 to 40. tomorrow morning partly cloudy, breezy, chilly, temperatures in the 30s and 40s. by afternoon a very nice day really, mostly sunny, breezy and pleasant. grab your sunglasses, highs 50 to 55, winds northwest 10 to 15. next seven days fading sunshine saturday, rain shatter night changes to snow sunday, presidents day dry and crisp, temperatures in the mid-40s.

we're back in the 50s tuesday, wednesday and thursday of next week. so we'll keep you posted. >> we plan on having you keep us posted all weekend long. thanks. if your office is anything like our newsroom, college basketball is king come early march. >> yup. we are lucky enough to have televisions at our desk, but if you don't, you better get ready to pay for play. turner, cbs and the ncaa announced today starting this year there's going to be a charge to watch some of those big march madness games. it will cost you 3.99 to see them online, your mobile device or a tablet. it can be hard for student athletes to juggle a busy sports schedule along with their academic responsibilities. >> that's right. but a select few find ways to manage it all and squeeze a little more into their calendar. >> how do they do it? kristen berset has the story of a local athlete who pulls it all off. >> this season maryland's tiana

hawkins has broken the school's rebounding record, her own personal scoring record and earned three player of the week wards this week. she dreams of playing in the pros after college, but she also has her sights set on another thing. tiana hawkins recently broke maryland's single rebounding record held firm service 1977. >> as a junior she has been a tremendous impact player for us, reason why we're ranked top 10 in the country. >> reporter: but basketball isn't her only passion. >> watching the university of maryland, i was interested in going somewhere. >> reporter: this summer with the encouragement from her coaches and teammates the criminal justice major decided to explore her dream. she got an internship with the united states secret service. >> my best memory would be going through the training facility because i was able to see a hands on first person view of what it's like to

train, to go out and protect the president. >> reporter: the experience proved to be everything she expected and much more. >> it just makes me want to push harder at what i'm doing in class and everything because this is really something that i'm really looking forward to do and it's something i'm really passionate about. >> what a tremendous thing, a bright articulate student, student athlete who can juggle it all and to be able to put on your resume that you have this kind of experience. >> reporter: so i had to ask. what makes tiana hawkins a good candidate for the u.s. secret service? >> i'm passionate about it. it's something that i really want to do and i feel that with their mission i feel that i'm a good occupant for it. >> now tiana would get up at 6 a.m. every morning for her internship, then go to practice, then go to another job until midnight. she'd get up the next day and do it again. she and the terps are on the

court tonight taking on virginia. i'm kristen berset. still ahead tonight imagine if this was your backdrop at work every day, kind of cool. we'll explain why there was some activity outside the oiled international space station today. should flags be flown at half staff for whitney houston's funeral this saturday? one governor is trying to make that happen. i'm kristin fisher in tinley town and just wait until you hear what washingtonians think of this plan coming up. but first they're using their heads to protect others' brains, the work at a local cool school is next.

not one, but two stops for the big yellow bus this week. we're headed to leesburg and the white house. >> that's why our mike hydek caught up with a team of 5th graders who came up with an invention so impressive the president of the united states even noticed. >> reporter: learning about the war in afghanistan could be pretty daunting for a 5th grader. >> get down! >> reporter: the graphic scenes can be scary, but for these 11-year-olds, it was motivation to do something positive. >> our inspiration for this

project was robert warren who lost part of his skull in an ied blast in afghanistan. >> reporter: which spurred virginia 5th graders jack dudley, cindy deani, jack ho and cynthia carter to look for ways to reduce traumatic brain injuries on the battlefield. >> we took ideas from other people and researched on our own. >> reporter: their invention, the heads up helmet, new technology to improve existing headgear for troops. >> we used overlapping polyethylene plates to distribute kinetic forces. >> and a shock absorbing gel. >> reporter: it even has an air bag. >> the collar goes completely around your neck and if it feels the heat or air pressure, then it will just completely inflate. >> reporter: their research and design won the toshiba science fair, but their amazing experience didn't stop there. jack and sidney got to show off their project at 1600 pennsylvania average their heads up helmet made it to the second annual -- pennsylvania

avenue. their heads up helmet made it to the second annual white house science fair. >> you're getting america in shape to win the future of. >> reporter: students from 45 states were there. jack and sidney and their team were the pride of virginia. >> i couldn't believe i'd actually get to meet him in person. >> reporter: their parents couldn't be more excited. >> it has to do with an environment and when you put these kids in a setting, it's amazing. the imagination is just unlimited. there are no boundaries for them. >> reporter: jack dudley's mom was the team mentor. the science teacher was their coach. as specialist warren works on his long road to recovery, his inspiring story created another, young scientists using their brains to make a difference. mike hydek, 9 news now. >> great story, mike. if you've got an idea for cool schools, e-mail mike at mhydeck at wusa9.com.