in annapolis, john schriffen, news4. in the district of columbia, stray cats areback serious problem. the washington humane societies said one unayed female cat and her offspring can produce over time, 42,000 kittens in seven years. so now they're trying to do something about that in a humne way. megan mcgrath explains. >> reporter: a rai and chilly morning. the trappers aren't discouraged. with can of tuna, they bait the cages. the cats are wild so they're skittish but in the end, hunger gets the best of the black kitten. there are roughly 500 cat company in the district of columbia. that's thousds of stray cats who left to their own devices would continue to multiply. that's where the cat nip program comes in. >> we are going to a colony where there's someone who is caring for a lot of stray cats. >> reporter: once a month, workers fan out to where feral cats are known to hang out. they trap them and bring them here to the national capital spay and neuter center. they are spayed and released back. >> the colonies that

john schriffen takes a look. >> another day at the library. ♪ >> reporter: these are librari n librarians like have you never seen before. >> people have images of librarians that they are not real people. we are. we don't usually dance on the tables but after hours who knows. >> reporter: caroline along with dozens of her co-workers from all eight branch muches of the rappahannock library took tis remake of gloria guy for's "i will survive." >> my friends and family have seen and it like it. they are not surprised i'm -- acting goofy again. ♪ >> reporter: but this goofy rendition has an underlying message. the librarians say in this current economic climate libraries around the country are having to doore with less. >> how are we going to get thrgh this, you know, i -- we had to cut hours, book budget has been slashed, busier than ever. how will we surve? it came to us, i will survive. it. we will survive. so far so good. >> reporter: when the video was first posted on youtube it was intended for other librarians and people here in this fredericksburg community. but in just over a week

reporting here live, john schriffen. back to you in the studio. >> quite a scene behind you there. we've just learned the 24th miner has been pulled up now. >> and the whole world is watching this. >> everywhere. it was wonderful. >>> brace yourselves forsome wind and rain. we cooled off. >> it got nice and crisp and kind of autumnal. >> we saw 83 degrees yestery and today we have struggled to get out of the 60s. right now we're still pretty nice. a very nice fall day. plenty of sunshine and temperature sitting at 70 degrees. a nice afternoon with cal winds. humidity of 36%. it feels quite nice around the area. 64 cool degrees toward hagerstown and in baltimore. 62 in annapolis. down toward culpeper. satellite and radar showing clear skies around our area. a lot of clouds off to the wes back into parts of west virginia, kentucky and tennessee. that's the storm sysm. trying get to its act together and will do so overnight tonight. going to the night tonight. 58 by 9:00. 56 by 11:00. the clouds will be on the increa and it wwill have some rain here by tomorrow around 7:00 a.m. just a

john schriffen, news4. >>> a scary accident in montgomery county today. it happened on great seneca highway in germantown. it's not quite clear how it happened, but when it was ovr, a car was trapped under a school bus. that bus did not have any children aboard. the 61-year-old iver of the car was seriously injured. two adults on the bus were not injured. >>> the white house calls it shocking, and reprehensible. today it apologized for an american experiment that knowingly exposed guatemalan prisoners to syphilis in the 1940s. a story reveals that u.s. scientists injected inmates with syphilis in 1946 under the guise of a public health program. it was apparently to test the effectiveness of penicillin in treating sexually transmitted diseases. today the president called the president of guatemala to issue a personal apology. >>> starting this tuesday you will be able to get tested for hiv at the dmv. d.c. is partnering with a nonprot to provide free testing at the pin branch in southet for one year. city leaders chose that location because they have seen

john schriffen has more on the response. >> reporter: as part of a sex ed program, students were given a controversial test to find t their sexual knowledge. some were basic, others given to students as young as 11 years old were significtly more graphic. in one section first published, how sure are you that you can name all four body fluids that can transmit hiv? another question asked, how sure are you that you can correctly put a condom on yourself or your partner? >> they're much too young to be asked those kinds of questions. i think that if parents were not alerted ahead of time, it was also in error. >> is it appropriate at this age? i woulthink so. but i would prefer me as a parent to discuss it with her first. >> reporter: in a statement to ws 4, d.c. public schools address the controversy saying the opt out letter to parents regarding this unit in the health cls, went home on the same day the assessment was administered. it was not enough time to allow for parental response. the nonprofit organization that conducts the survey says despite the mistake, this information is crit