right now at 11:00 we have learned that a woman pregnant with twins who was shot in northeast d.c. last week has lost both babies. the shooter is still on the loose. glad you are with us at 11:00 on wusa9. johnson was recovering at medstar washington hospital center when she went into labor unexpectedly over the weekend. wusa9's garrett haake joins us live from outside the hospital where he spoke to the mother still recovering tonight. garrett, what

>> reporter: johnson and i exchanged messages tonight. she is still recovering tonight. she says she has so much on her mind. last tuesday she was shot in the belly in northeast d.c. on saturday her twin daughters were born nearly four months pre mature. they died the same day. d.c. police discovered 21-year- old johnson inside this take- out restaurant last tuesday night awake and breathing but bleeding from a gunshot wound. another man lay critically injured on the sidewalk. johnson had stopped for a sandwich around 10:00 p.m. when the shooting started. the pregnant mother of two was not the shooter's target, police told the washington post. surveillance video captured two men police called persons of interest approaching the scene, then appearing to shoot and run. a regular at the take-out spot on brentwood road northeast asked us about the wounded

young mom today. >> just need to stop. violence, stop it. >> reporter: still hottized on saturday johnson suddenly went into labor at about 21 weeks pregnant, delivering her twin girls. johnson's mother told wusa9 they lived only a short time, but long enough to be given their poignant names. heaven and neveah. that's heaven spelled backwards. johnson has a few more days of recovery. things won't get any easier when she goes home. that's when she has to tell her two other children they won't be getting little sisters after all. garrett haake, wusa9. >> garrett, thank you. d.c. police are also investigating a fatal shooting in southeast, this one in broad daylight. shortly before 2:00 police found a man what had been shot in the 2500 block of vi

the victim is 35-year-old joe cook. there is adds 25,000 reward for anyone who has information that leads to an arrest. maryland police continue to search for an armed robbery suspect that left an unarmed security guard in critical condition after being shot. >> the incident happened overnight on the campus of the university of maryland. wusa9's mola lenghi live in the newsroom. >> reporter: debora, i'm told the security guard had surgery this afternoon. he is still in the hospital and is still in critical condition. meanwhile one suspect from the robbery remains on the loose, and police consider him armed and dangerous. >> the fact that it actually happened here is really scary. >> reporter: students were understandably a little railingsed on the campus of the university of maryland today after an unarmed security guard was shot during an overnight robbery attempt that happened at the college park marriott hotel on university boulevard. the security guard who remains in critical condition was employed by the hotel but university of maryland police chief david mi

guards work closely with his officers. >> this security officer is just a tremendous fellow. tragically, he was shot in the arm, and the projectile penetrated, and he is now in critical condition. >> reporter: police now have one suspect in custody and are searching for at suspect, the person seen in this surveillance image. the chief says the suspect broke into in after midnight and stole three saves inside but dropped them outside as they tried to flee the scene. one safe and a handgun were found near the loading dock. two other saves and a loaded magazine were found in some nearby woods. none of the saves had been cracked. >> i was a little shocked. again, you've just got to get up and do what you have to do every day. you can't let that kind of stuff stop you. senate's like, it's a little scary. i'm walking to close right by where tint happened. >> reporter: police searched the woods for the suspect but

last seen with yellow gloves, brown hiking boots, and dark pants. >> we consider this man to be armed and dangerous. >> reporter: now, police are hoping the suspect that they have in custody helps lead them to the suspect what remains on the loose. if you have any information you are asked to contact authorities. deborah. >> thank you, mola. we have new information on a pedestrian accident that killed a five-month-old baby in a stroller and injured his mother. this happened last month in loudoun county. a witness reported seeing the driver speed up just before hitting mother and child. the witness also says that the driver might have been looking at his phone. the loudoun county sheriff's office says the case remains under investigation. out of our prince george's county bureau tonight investigators are trying to nail down the cause of a big fire that happened at the usda research center in beltsville. flames gutted an old workshop and storage facility. now, was it an accident or was it arson? just last week someone made

mail threats that were serious enough to briefly shut down the beltsville facility and five other agriculture department facilities around the country. now, atf officials say there doesn't appear to be any signs of criminal activity, but they are still investigating. so the heat is back just in time for back to school. >> chief meteorologist topper shutt is tracking the temperatures. topper, we are talking about a heat index near 105? >> oh yeah, by thursday. it's kind of deja vu all over again. we're going to go back to august weather. let's plot the temperatures. in the red that's the forecast temperature. so 93 tomorrow, 96 on thursday, 82 friday, 95 on saturday. are we going to break any records? probably not. record high tomorrow 104. that's safe. 100 on thursday. probably safe. record highs on friday and saturday are both 98. that is probably safe as well. so we're looking at some hot weather but probably no

highs. now let's talk about the heat index. we will stop this at 2:00 tomorrow afternoon. this is the forecast. 96 downtown, 96 in frederick, 96 in manassas. that's what your body feels. let's advance to the thursday. this is going to be the brutal day. 2:00, it is going to feel like 104 downtown, even 97 up in hagerstown. we'll come back and talk about the threat of big storms with these 90s and what that means when the cold front rolls through over the weekend. >> thank you topper. in fairfax county a van crashed into school on the first day of classes. this all happened in reston as parents were pick up their kids. the good news is no one was hurt. the size of the building took a real hit there. would you believe that school just underwent a big renovation. >> and now it will undergo another one. let's cross the river to montgomery county where police are looking for this guy. they say he robbed a suntrust bank this

drive in silver spring. he implied that he had a gun but the clerks didn't actually see one. out of abundance of caution four neighborhood schools had students and staff shelter in place while police investigated. no one was hurt. 35,000 students just had their college plans turned up side down. one of the biggest for-profit colleges just went out of business. itt tech. the new school year was set to start next monday. instead, itt tech has closed all 137 locations nationwide including the campus in chantilly. the school was the subject of several state and federal investigations and lawsuits that alleged fraud and predatory lending. the department of education recently blocked the school from enrolling new students who rely on federal loans and grants. well, tonight nine weeks out from election day. and donald trump and hillary clinton are essentially in a dead heat. that's according to this new cnn orc

take a look. trump topping clinton by just two percentage points right now, 45 to 43% among likely voters. now libertarian candidate gary johnson stands at 7% in this poll, and the green party's jill stein at 2%. but with just 62 days to go until you go to the polls, cbs news projections show clinton winning the battle for electoral votes. the latest national poll gives republican donald trump a two- point lead over his democratic rival hillary clinton. >> that's good psychology. i know that for a fact because people that didn't call me yesterday, they're calling me today. >> reporter: trump rallied a crowd in north carolina saying if elected he would give a simple command to his top generals. >> they will have 30 days to submit to the oval office a plan for sound sel and quickly defeating isis. >> reporter: trump's camp also unveiled a list of 88 retired military brass backing him

president. clinton add comeback. >> i think we're up to 89, but would's counting. >> reporter: trump and clinton again called each other unqualified for the white house. clinton argued in florida that she is the best candidate to protect the country and american troops. >> his whole campaign has been one long insult to all those who have worn the uniform. >> reporter: cbs news projections show clinton has to close an enthusiasm gap with voters, but she has built a lead in many ground states. >> if the election were held today hillary clinton would be in position to get more than the 270 electoral votes. >> both are set to appear together on the same stage tomorrow night. they will appear at a forum on national security in new york city, an event sponsored by a veterans advocacy group. now that the presidential campaigns have kicked into high gear, stay informed by downloading the free wusa9 app. you will get everything you need including candidate

poll results all in one place. senate democrats today blocked a bill that would have earmarked more than $1 billion to fight the zika virus. democrats said that they voted down the measure because of riders to the republican attachment. there are now more than 2700 reported cases of zika in the united states. more than 600 are pregnant women. when you've got to go, you've just got to go. >> yeah, and if you are visiting the iconic iwo jima memorial in arlington, now you will have someplace decent to go. today congress passed a bill allowing for construction of permanent restrooms. the bill was sponsored by virginia congressman don bayer. >> this is a very popular destination for veterans. and we know not all of whom are able-bodied. >> according to the congressman there wi

taxpayers. the money to build the facilities will come from a donor. >> reporter: i'm ellison barber. you might not have noticed but books like this are hiding all across the city. coming up, i will tell you exactly why. and apple making a big announcement about the iphone 7 tomorrow. but how many people are ready to ditch that headphone jack? and the big reveal at the capitol dome. after 13 months and $97 million, see what has everyone

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every year people try to take books out of libraries across the country. >> it's something the american library association wants everyone to know about. they call the week of september 25th banned books week. >> no literature ld

banned. so at the d.c. public library we have got our own spin on banned books week, and we call it uncensored. >> they've got original artwork referencing banned books. cocktails. >> uncensored, the cocktail party. >> and a scavenger hunt involving six different books someone has tried to censor. >> this particular back is actually "native son" by richard wright. and at one point it was challenged for being profane and sexually explicit. >> reporter: books like this are hidden in businesses across the city including this place, compass coffee. tonight i plan to find one of those books. this is one of three compass coffees in the city. every day they say they're going to put out one of those books and customers can come in and look for them. some of them could be over here on the community bookshelf. the key, the book has to have that black cover. if you find one of the books, you get ticket to that cocktail party. but that's not really

since 1982, the american library association says over 11,000 books have been challenged by people trying to get them removed or restricted, everything from libraries to back stores to schools. >> there's still a big issue in parts of this country. >> reporter: what would you say to the parent that says rightfully i have concerns about explicit language or such. why would you say that the libraries should restrict that? >> parents are the best guardians of their children but i would never ever decide as a parent what is available for others shouldn't be available to them. >> reporter: his point is to make sure people like this grow up with full access to information. >> do you like reading? >> yes. i love books. it makes you smart, intelligence. >> reporter:

barber, wusa9. >> now, there are six different titles hidden in this scavenger hunt. all of them have to do with diversity. the d.c. library said they hope people will talk about why diversity backs are challenged more frequently than others. this saturday is the first ever white house festival called south by south lawn. it's billed as a festival of ideas and action. it's inspired by the south by southwest festival which president obama participated in earlier this year in austin, texas. you can find all the details on the official white house website. so hurry up and nominate me, please. we're about to get our first official look at the new iphone 7 and maybe even the next version of the apple watch. >> hold on to your hats, folks. images have been leaked but the big unveiling happens tomorrow in san francisco at a media event hosted by apple. il

new features but of course one of them is rumored to be no headphone jack, so you might need these newfangled headphones that would connect, or an adapter. do you remember when they changed the plug from the little plug to a big one? it was like a two-year to-do about replacing that. looks like that's going to happen all over again. >> also, you can get our app. >> i'm surprised you've got the old phone. >> what can i say? nationally, a big storm tomorrow. not a lot but some that develop could be kind of hefty. so that might be worth downloading just for the storms. now, 3-degree guarantee. >> let's talk about it. >> i thought it was going to be a very good number. we went 81 today. that seemed reasonable. well, 94. so we made it. just barely. we are 21 of 22. now, because it was 84 today, i was going 91 tomorrow, i thought to myself, what is going to be different about the

just a few more clouds. so i went 93 tomorrow. all right, 82 right now, dew points in the mid-60s. they have come up a little bit so the atmosphere not quite as dry. winds have calmed down out of the north at about 5. the radar over the last hour, a couple of storms west of cumberland on the west side of the divide just kind of nicking garrett county. but there could be a couple of showers in the morning from winchester to leesburg to warrenton. just a couple of sprinkles. not enough to require an umbrella at the bus stop. 90s are going to set up camp through saturday. isolated storms are possible. and again given this atmosphere the next few days, fairly unstable, so any storms that develop, a few could be heavy to severe. thursday is the hottest day. heat index near 105 on thursday. so here comes the heat. 93 tomorrow, 96 on thursday, 92 on friday, back to 95 on saturday. then a cold front comes through saturday

hallelujah, 86 on sunday. b if you have a morning tee time on sunday you may have morning showers. 6:00 a.m. tomorrow temperatures in the 70s although there will be a few 60s in the burbs, places like leesburg, sterling maybe 68, 69 in silver spring. by 1:00 just a few clouds. we could see a couple of sprinkles out to the west. by this time 87 downtown. then we get into the evening hours. you see some orange and even a little bit of red. but a couple of thunderstorms will develop. temperatures bi5:30 i think will be closer to 90 than the upper 80s. look at this. more storms by 9:30. futurecast may be a little hog wild here, but i think storms are going to linger tomorrow until about 10:00, 11:00. a little bit more humid tomorrow with temperatures mainly in the 70s for lows. so the day planner, 70s to start, 84 by 11:00, almost 90s by 1:00 p.m. thursday is our hot day 96. no

afternoon storms possible each day. saturday more of the same. and then sunday some morning showers but cooler. and right now, the nats in town until further notice. right now monday night looks pretty sweet in fed ex with temperatures in the 70s. >> nice. >> we'll take it. >> talking baseball. >> some baseball tonight. a great night to be down at the park because there were some late inning heroics. a big one against the braves after a rough start for gio gonzalez. afterwards, the latest

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michael taylor taking advantage of a ben revere bunt to break the tie. 7-6 nats. who else but trea turner. two more runs. that's what the nats needed. they beat the braves. 9-7 the final. the maryland terrapins open with a big win over howard. now their first test of a short work week. the quick turnaround as the terps head to florida to face florida national university. it's the first time the terps have played a regular season game here since 1986. while a short week isn't ideal for a team with a new coach, the players seem more excited than worried. >> we created that mind-set all the way since day one. we don't lay out big counters for them, although i have that. they don't even know that. what's next, let's go attack it. >> we have the same

practices, the same amount of time. it will be kind of cool to have them play on friday since high school, so it should be pretty exciting. >> i think that's what football is about. it's being able to be put into these adverse situations and seeing how you respond as a player. and during those big-time events, that's what we train for. that's being able to respond to the same way as if it was a home game. >> now, ever since he took over the team, most of us have referred to kirk cousins as captain kirk. now he really is captain kirk. cousins was selected as one of five team captains for the burgundy and gold. he and trent williams on offense. in this sunday, of course, the nfl gets started this week so we begin our nfl coverage 11:30 sunday morning, game on before j.b. and the your for nfl today. frank hanrahan will be with me along with gerald green and the sports team. h

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one of the most magnificent indoor views in d.c. is back on display. it looks better than ever. >> the great rotunda of the u.s. capitol reopened today. it underwent a face-lift that lasted 13 months and cost $97 million. the architect welcomed the first group of lucky visitors this morning. >> today we opened it up for you. and we're so excited. congratulations on being the first. >> i don't think they realized how lucky they were. crews were busy. they restored the rotunda's ironwork. they installed more lighting and repainted the fading fresco, and the last part of the scaffolding will be removed by inauguration day in january. >> good. i want to see that gone finally. da think about inauguration

cold. the opposite of would we see today. >> yeah. and you know what i know everybody is tired of the heat, but remember, you will be wishing for the heat after the cold rolls in. so here we go. a little september heatwave. 90s on wednesday, thursday, friday, and saturday. nats in town through next wednesday. isolated thunderstorms. some could be heavy. cold front should snap the heat on sunday, and very nice at fed ex monday night. >> i think we will be fine. >> i think we are all going to be okay. >> we can ham. that. >> at this

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