. >> that's where nikki burdine is live this morning. nikki run us through what we know so far about the suspect. >> reporter: well this is clearly a huge break in the case but what we know about this suspect so far is that she's 21 years old and she is from southeast d.c. the woman's name straight of juan de fuca gal and she was arrested yesterday charged in david messerschmitt's murder. he was found stabbed to death in a hotel room at the donovan hotel back in february and since then police really haven't had any movement on this case until yesterday. now still though there are big questions like why was david messerschmitt a local attorney who lived here in d.c. with his wife in isth hotel room in the first place? police say condoms, lubricant and credit cards were all found in the hotel room. we also don't know what the relationship was if any between david messerschmitt and the suspect. now gallmon was working for a private security company in maryland up until december and her former employer told us she worked part time for them.

nikki burdine is live in fairfax county -- outside the courthouse this morning, nikki. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, that's right i was in the courtroom yesterday when a judge continued bud walker's initial bond hearing and i was talking to his attorney and i said what's next? and he said well this is all happened so fast. but we will absolutely be filing another motion for a bond hearing and that's what they did and that's what a judge will hear today at 8:30 here at the fairfax county courthouse. now a little bit of background. william bud walker bud as he is known was arrested and charged with possession after the center for missing and exploited children received a tip that child porn was uploaded in fairfax county. detectives say they were then able to determine the upload came from walker's home. and walker has been relieved of his duties but the public information officer with fairfax county police. before that believe it or not he was a school resource officer at south county high school as well as on patrol duty. today again the pond hearing will tak

burdine -- to nikki burdine who's live outside that hotel and you were saying there's a craigslist connection in this case. >> reporter: yeah, d.c. police say it all started on craigslist. they say the day david messerschmitt went missing, he posted an ad on craigslist looking for a male sexual encountehere that is when it all got really bad. and later of course we know that david messerschmitt was found dead. now we know that jamyra gallmon the suspect in his murder responded to the e-mail or the ad rather that david messerschmitt posted on craigslist. and the e-mail address she used was chrissanchez0609 and that's important e-mail address. but the two communicated for hours and eventually agreeing to meet up here at the donovan hotel. cameras of course as you saw captured gallmon leaving the hotel and then messerschmitt is found stabbed to death. seven times his handcuffed by zip ties. gallmon was in court yesterday. where a judge denied her bail as you can see in this video her family too distraught and did not -- decided not to talk to us. now police are going back to the e-mail address.

nikki burdine live at the capitol with more. we're talking about some of the most restricted air space in the country. >> reporter: that's the big question. it was really chaotic yesterday. how was this man able to fly this gyrocopter through highly restricted air space and land right on the lawn here at the capitol. take a look at some of the video. we have witness video to show you of when this man landed right here at the u.s. capitol. on board hughes had a special delivery. he's a mailman from tampa, florida, and he had letters that were addressed to every single member of congress that he planned to deliver himself. these letters address his frustration by campaign finance reform and corruption. he causes quickly arrested. how in the world demanage to get through that supposedly secure area? turns out hughes had been planning this for a couple of years. he wasn't trying to hide his plans. even the secret service knew about it and interviewed hughes last year. iews also tipped off several -- hughes also tipped off several ne

nikki burdine reporting live for us. it will definitely be interesting to see how this is received. >>> a display of bipartisanship. how about this. the senate passed a bill that will change how medicare pays doctors. the law will create a new payment system for doctors and block the 21% pay cut for doctors that treat medicare patients. the house approved the legislation last month. president obama says he will sign the bill. meanwhile two robbers who held up a bank of america branch in bowie are on the run this morning. it happened on laurel road. the f.b.i. says both robbers were arpd and wearing full -- armed and wearing full protective suits and masks. investigators say they threatened employees and demanded money but no one was hurt. >>> the man police called the beer pong rapist is expected to be sentenced today. joey poindexter faces up to 200 years in prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting five men. prosecutors say he met them at beer pong tournaments and later assaulted them at his house in gaithers

nikki? >> reporter: i'm nikki burdine live outside the supreme court. in just a few hours, justices will hear arguments over same- sex age. specifically two questions. one, do same-sex couples have the right to marry and two, do states have to recognize same- sex marriages performed in different states. these arguments are set to start at 10:00 but a decision will not be made until june. back to you in the studio. >>> later today a police officer accused of abusing a student is set to go on trial. prince george's county officer charles picard is charged with assault. prosecutors say pick card was working at suit ltd high school in november -- suitland high school in november 2013 when a student he arrested was injured. the trial is expected to last through the rest of the week. >>> d.c. voters heads to the polls to select new councilmembers in wards 4 and 8. those are the seats once held by mayor muriel bowser and the late marion barry. 11 candidates are vying for the council seats in each of these elections. you can learn pore about the candidates and

nikki burdine joins us live outside the cps office with more. we understand the kids are back with their parents this morning, right? >> reporter: yes, that's the good news. those children ages 6 and 10 are back home with their parents safely this morning. burr they spent hours here at montgomery county child ve services yesterday. it all started when their parents danielle and sasha dropped their kids off at a local park to play by themselves. now, this is nothing new to these parents. it's called free range parenting but not everyone agrees with that practice because someone called police to report children playing alone in a park. the kids were picked up and taken to cps by police but the problem is no one called their parents to say hey, your kids are safe, don't worry. when the thirn didn't come home by 6:00 yesterday, their parents were frantically searching for them. when they were actually at cps the entire time. >> they kempt the kids for hours. it's 10:30 at night. -- kept the kids for hours. it's 10:30 at night. they've been missing s

. >>> i'm nikki burdine live outside the supreme court where today protests and rallies will continue in preparation for the high court to hear arguments both for and against gay marriage. now, i say continued because these protests have been going on for the past couple of days. the march for marriage on the national mall started on saturday and they are the opponents of gay marriage. they say god established marriage between a man and a woman and the government cannot redefine it. while supporters are hoping for what they call marriage equality. it's all in anticipation for tuesday's arguments. the cases will come from michigan, tennessee, kentucky and ohio. the justices will hear arguments for these two questions. one, whether same-sex marriage couples will have the constitutional right to marry. and two, whether states must recognize same-sex marriages from other states. again, today we expect a lot of protesters and a lot of rallies here outside the supreme court but those arguments don't start until tomorrow. some big names will be here testifying and arguing in front of the sup

nikki burdine brings us the latest from the north lawn. >> reporter: here we go again. another person tried to scale the fence here at the white house. this time they were stopped almost immediately. >> it is really cool. >> reporter: for lucas and the rest of his classmates from ohio their first visit to the white house is surreal. but so is the idea that someone would jump the fence here. >> a little weird to think about, that people can jump the fence. >> reporter: but it happens of the a lot. and that is no surprise to tim scanlon who has been leading tours here at the white house for a decade. sunday night secret service officials say 54-year-old jerome hunt jumped the fence on the southlawn at about 10:30. he was carrying a package of some sort that was later deemed harmless. what is the solution? soon metal spikes and other anti climbing measures will be put in place. the changes come after a number of incidents over the past sexual months, including omar gonzalez, who made it all the way through the front door of the white house. to what end? >> i don't want it

nikki burdine is -- has more. >> reporter: this person is in custody. we are still learning exactly what happened. this happened at about 10:30 last night. secret service officials were able to stop a person who was able to get over that a8-foot fence at the white house on the south side, which is the opposite side where we are right now, facing the washington monument. now that person was apparently carrying a suspicious package. after investigation authorities were able to determine that that package cazenave not suspicious and it was harmless. but still, something to be alarmed by. this fence is 8 feet tall, but as we heard nick and andrea say they are talking about putting metal spikes on top of the fence. it is a shame those weren't there last night, we don't know the gender of the person or why they decided to scale the white house fence last night and we don't know how far they got but this is certainly another incident in a long line of embarrassments at the white house for secret service officials. a lot of concerns about the secret service and

on the metro, nikki burdine, wusa9. >> nikki adds the second 7000 series train is already here and going through testing. metro hopes to have it in service as early as next month. from there they will get new trains each month for a total of 528. >>> sky 9 was over the scene in northern virginia. flames broke out in the continuingstown area of alexandria. crew -- kingstown area of alexandria. crews were called out to ridley court. there was significant damage to the roof of a home. investigators are trying for figure out what sparked the fire. >>> and in silver spring, there was a real scare this morning where an explosion sparked a fire in a high-rise. as vanessa herring reports, residents of the building are still reeling. >> reporter: neighbors describe a terrifying explosion. the blast blew this window frame off the building and into the parking lot. >> it was really loud and that's -- it was not only the explosion. it was a rocking building movement, you know. it wasn't just -- it was really, really strong. >> reporter: luis says that's when he went to his balcony and saw flames sho

outside the supreme court, i'm nikki burdine, wusa9. >> coming up on wusa9, time is running short for rescuers hoping to find earthquake survivors in >>> we are looking at. owe imam ma speaking. he just had a greeting with prime minister shinzo. >> we'll improve on our flights in space. our new guidelines complement our efforts to align resources across the region. i reaffirmed our commitment to move forward with the relocation of marines from okinawa to guam. i want to reiterate our treaty commitment to japan's security is absolute and that article 5 covers all territories under japan's administration. we share concern about china's land reclamation and construction activities in the south china sea and the united states and japan are united in our commitment to freedom of navigation, respect for international law, and the peaceful resolution of disputes without coercion. we also remain united in pursuit of peaceful -- [indiscernible] -- of the korean peninsula and addressing north korean provocations. we fully support japan's efforts to resolve the abduction of japanese citizens. i

nick giovanni has been -- nikki burdine has been out there all morning and she talked to both sides. >> reporter: arguments over the gay marriage debate inside the supreme court don't start until tomorrow morning, but outside today, protesters on both sides of the issue are already out here making sure their voices are heard. on one side of the scour, the faith to action group here rallying against gay marriage. >> if the supreme court dares to issue a roe vs. wade of marriage, we will not obey it. >> reporter: standing in front of empty boxes that represent what they say are hundreds of thousands of restraining letters sent to judges in congress. >> it's the-- >> that was nikki burdine talking about the debate on same-sex marriage which will be before the u.s. supreme court starting at 10:00 tomorrow. and they're expected to last several hours. we should not have a decision before this summer. >>> coming up on wusa9 news at noon, it's win or stay home for the washington capitals tonight. we have a preview of their game seven matchup against the new york islanders. >>> and it was sup

in rockville, i'm nikki burdine, wusa9. >> and train operators will continue to ride in the cab of each train and will open and close the doors and make the announcements. >>> they say they won't be practicing free-range parenting any more, at least for the time being. you remember, maybe, danielle and sasha meitiv, the local parents at the center of the free-range parenting debate. yesterday the 6 and 10-year-old children were playing at a silver spring park a few blocks from their home unsupervised and that's when police picked them up and took them to child protective services. >> i can't believe they kept the kids for hours. it's 10:30 at ghnit. they've been missing for, you know, since 6:00. somebody called 911. the police called cps and they decided to bring the kids here and they didn't call us. >> in order to take their children home, they had to sign a safety plan prohibiting them from leaving the children unattended again. >>> a philadelphia woman is accused of abandoning her son with severe disabilities in some woods. the 21-year-old who is paralyzed with cerebral palsy was f

that's where we find nikki burdine with the latest. >> reporter: the thick, black smoke could be seen for miles away. >> a spark and then i saw it coming back. >> reporter: jack got close to his office on ashland drive which happens to be less than 200 feet from the fire and he could feel the heat. >> i was scared. i thought our building was on fire when i walked in. >> reporter: it wasn't but his neighbor's warehouse which was used by a roofing and remodeling company was nearly gone. as were two engines from two different fire departments. >> when the wind shifted, it was a heart of a minute or so that the palates and other stuff back there from the one building came a half block across and was on top of them. it happened very quickly. >> reporter: the trucks belong to the kentland volunteer fire department and west listenham hills -- lanham hills. firefighters are back out at the scene tuesday looking for hot spots as investigators try to figure out what happened. the cause is isn't clear but the materials inside the warehouse which included cars, wood palates and propane tanks only

in d.c., i'm nikki burdine. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. for a complete list of the events, check out our wusa9 app. it's all right there. >>> a moment of silence is planned at 2:29 this afternoon to mark the tragedy at the boston marathon finish line. it has been two years sin the bombs went off killing -- years since the bombs went off killing two people and wounding more than 260 others. new street banners were unveiled. a moment of silence will be followed by the church bells at 2:29. the city is also starting something new. april 15 will be known as one boston day. that's when the city's residents are encouraged to show kindness and generosity to one another. >>> secretary of state john kerry is in germany today at the g-7 summit and iran is on the the agenda. kerry is still confident the u.s. and iran can reach a nuclear deal. that statement comes after president obama agreed to sign some legislation giving congress the right to reject an agreement. the seven countries also plan to discuss the conflict of yemeni and isis as well. >>>

back to you. >> nikki burdine with the latest. thank you very much. >>> meanwhile one neighbor called this situation terrifying. investigators in princess anne, maryland have confirmed that carbon monoxide poisoning is what killed a father and his seven kids. the fumes came from a generator brought inside the home after the power was cut off. delmarva power cut the electricity after it discovered an illegal hookup and stolen meter. it disconnected the electricity for safety reasons, not for lack of payment. >>> meanwhile a frederick mother faces up to 40 years behind bars for the death of her young daughter. stephanie williams was convicted tuesday of first degree child abuse. a judge agreed with prosecutors who said the 22-year-old woman failed to protect her daughter from being beaten by the child's father. 21-month-old ania was in foster care but returned to her parents despite a history of abuse in the home. governor larry hogan will sign a bill aimed at preventing similar cases from happening again. gldz members of maryland's

nikki burdine was one of the first riders this morning. >> reporter: there she is, the brand-new 7000 series metro car. she arrived this morning at the franconia springfield station to a line of fans. >> i pulled my phone out and had to stay pictures for instagram. >> reporter: so did i #newtrain. the eight car train has wider seats and more space on board. >> if your knees touch the feet on the space in front of you, chances are in the 7000 series that won't be the case. >> there is a lot more leg room. >> reporter: a brighter more airy feel, colors picked out by riders themselves. >> yes. i think it's totally lived up to my expectations. >> reporter: no more dingy carpet. digital screens tell you exactly where you are. >> it's a nice train. this feature up here showing you where the stops is good. >> reporter: another thing passengers will notice, the announcements are automated and much easier to understand, especially when you compare them to the old one. >> when boarding, please move to the center of the car. >> reporter: wait. was that it? i have no idea what but the biggest and

nikki? >> reporter: i'm nikki burdine live on capitol hill. here's the story we're working on now this morning. later today, a hearing will take place here on the hill to talk about doug hughes, the mailman from florida who flew a gyrocopter to the capitol and landed it on the west lawn. the hearing will discuss how he was able to get through this, through highly restricted air space and land there and no one stopped him. we expect to here from the norad commissioner and secret service testify. >>> also on capitol hill, japanese prime minister shinzo abe will join a joint session of congress. the president hosted a state dinner. he welcomed his guests with a toast and recited a poem as well. bernie sanders, vermont senator, is going to run for president. he is expected to announce his candidacy tomorrow we're told. he's going to release a brief statement and kick off his campaign within the next two weeks. sanders will join hillary clinton as the only two democrats on the ballot so far. >>> here is that seven-day forecast today. get outside an

i'm nikki burdine. back you to in the studio. >> reporter: i'm delia goncalves live in the satellite center with more on the unrest in baltimore city following the death of freddie gray in police custody. five out of the six arresting police officers have now released statements to investigators and for the first time we are hearing there was a second man inside that police van. take at this video first. after several days of peaceful demonstrations, protesters got a little ugly yesterday for a moment spitting on officers, hurling bottles at them after a woman was arrested for standing on the police barricade. 25-year-old freddie gray died of a spinal injury seven days after his arrest but residents say he is just the latest victim of what they describe as police brutality. >> there's an issue of bad policing. we have black police. we have white police. we have lat teen foe police and -- latino police and women police killing black men. the racial component is they know they can kill a black man and be

live in montgomery county, i'm nikki burdine, wusa9. >>> d.c. police are trying to figure out if there's a connection between a pair of armed robberies at two different 7-eleven in northeast. both happened last night and vomple three men wearing masks. the first was in the 300 block of hawaii avenue. the second at the store in the 1900 block of rhode island avenue. the suspects were last seen driving a dark chrysler with dark windows we're told. >>> meanwhile time to rock the red once again. the caps drop the puck tonight on round two of the stanley cup playoffs. washington headses to new york and faces a familiar foe if you will. the rangers. the team sent the caps packing during the 2012 and 2013 playoffs. both were game seven heartbreakers. if you remember, this is the fifth time these teams have met in the post-season in the last seven years. for the first time in three years, the washington redskins are heading to the draft with a first round pick. the first round begins tonight. trading back is a good possibility. the g.m. says he wants to

aim nikki burdine, wusa9. >>> caught on camera, d.c. police are asking you to look at some surveillance video. it could help them solve a violent robbery at newton market in northeast. take a look. the video shows the two men walking inside. one man takes out a gun while the other forces a worker to open the register. >> it can happen anywhere. i'm not that worried because there's usually good police presence here and street lights are on. it feels safe to me. >> the robbery took place more than a week ago. since then police have posted several new videos of robberies, burglaries and thefts around town. >>> a big story we're following from overnight, a dramatic twist on stage of a high school play. >> it sent more than a dozen students to the hospital. as don champion reports, stunned people in the audience caught everything on camera. >> reporter: one minute student performers were dancing and singing. the next in need of help. the accident happened during the performance of "american pie" musical. moments after cast members rushed the

nikki burdine is live with more and what the family wants from this case. good morning, nikki. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. john geer's family will be getting nearly $3 million in this wrongful death lawsuit. they say that's not enough, but it's not more money that they want. it's justice. this lawsuit was settled yesterday with the fairfax county board of supervisors. geer was shot and killed by fairfax county police officer adam torres in august 2013 outside his springfield hope. officer torres at the time said he saw geer reach for his waist band and that's when he fired. his fellow officers who were there for the standoff said they did not see that. it took another hour to get inside geer's home but by then he was dead. his death has prompted a police review board and yesterday we caught up with geer's dad. >> adam torres is still on the police payroll and my money is still paying for his salary. so that's not the most pleasant thing to think about, but that's the way things are. >> reporter: john geer's dad and the rest of his family want t

back to you in the studio. >> nikki burdine live outside the u.s. census bureau in suitland, maryland. >>> a measure that would require charter school teachers to have the same cert caigs as -- certifications as traditional school teachers is one step closer to becoming law in maryland. governor larry hogan says the amended bill, quote, gutted his original bill. the measure would also keep most chartering authority at the local level. >>> plastic bag recycling, it's coming to an end in prince george's county. starting july 1 the bags will no longer be accepted for recycling. the county's environmental department says the problem is the plastic bags pose a hazard to the equipment used in sorting the recycling. residents are being urged to use reusable bags instead. >>> playoff time in chinatown, almost. tickets for the wizardses post- season home games go on sale at 11:00 this morning. you can buy them at any local ticketmaster outlets. dates and times for the wizards first round games will be released at the end of the regular season but they're fig

nikki burdine live at that scene in capitol heights with the latest. nikki? >> reporter: you can see there's still quite a few fire trucks out here now. and there is still a lot of crime scene tape just roping off this area blocking off what's left of that warehouse. you can see there's not much there. we've also seen a couple of firefighters walking around looking for hot spots but it's a very different picture than what our crews saw when they first got here yesterday. this was a massive fire and there were flames shooting from the building. it started at about 5:00 yesterday and the flames went up fast. the winds shifted and that caused those flames to move to the two fire trucks that were parked outside. those trucks caught fire and destroyed. about $1.5 million in damage. the trucks delonged to the kentland fire department and west lanham hills department. thankfully no serious injuries n. is of course something that everyone here -- this is of course something that everyone here is thankful for. >> we never lost two fire engines on a building fire. we h

nikki burdine is live at the white house with a preview of what you should expect if you're one of the lucky families who got a ticket to the white house. nikki, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i can tell you what you cannot expect, you will not be seeing a lot of shue gary eggs and candy and -- sugary eggs and candy. this will be a fun, active day for kids. we have ?oopy, charlie -- snoopy, charlie brown, the washington nationals, all part of michele obama's let's move campaign. charlie brown, drop down and give me five. just kidding. i'm not going to make you do that. how about this. charlie brown, snoopy, the guys will be out here stepping these kids get moving because -- helping these kids get moving because we want them to be healthy. we'll have a lot of celebrities, athletes talking to kids about how they can stay active and healthy. charlie brown is a big baseball player so we'll have some baseball players out here. it will be more about the redskins. we'll have some 49ers, wizards, mystics, olympic fencing team and a few caps players and a few more costume characters o

nick nikki nikki burdine has his -- nikki burdine has the story. >> reporter: his story of survival sinkable. >> i was praying to god please protect me. >> reporter: lewis jordan is a master of survival. the 36-year-old was rescued thursday after spending 66 days stranded in the atlantic ocean. his story of survival started in late january. >> it was very bad weather and the waves were huge. >> reporter: jordan who had been living on a docked sailboat left south carolina to go fishing. when somewhere at sea the weather turned bad crippling his boat. >> the whole boat had turned around and i was flying through the air somersaulting and the ceiling was the floor, the floor was the ceiling. >> reporter: a german tanker finally spotted him thursday and called the coastguard. jordan walked off a helicopter after being flown to a virginia hospital. he remembers how he managed to survive for so long. >> i rationed my food and water and i rationed my energy because every little thing i did, every cleaning chore, every sailing chore, every repair took energy. prepare after being treated for a broken

let's go back to nikki burdine who is counting down to the first ride. 7:12 to be precise? >> reporter: 7:12. we are just over 45 minutes away from being one of the first people to ride those new trains. but we got a special preview yesterday. i want to show you some of that video. take a look. these are the new cars that you will be seeing on the blue line leaving franconia-springfield. again they'll be leaving at 7:12 this morning. these cars are very different from the old models. they're of course newer and nicer but they can't run with any of the old cars. in fact, they will have to run as one full eight-train car. they also have stainless steel frames as opposed to aluminum ones, digital screens and a modern blue color scheme as opposed to the outdated disco era scheme. they'll hold 40 more passengers but the biggest improvement is these cars are supposed to be saver. they do better in crash tests than the older models do. these cars have also been about five years in the making. right now there will be eight cars rolled out but there are more ordered and more will be

nikki burdine is here with the latest in this case. nikki? >> reporter: right now police are saying that gray's initial arrest was, quote, straightforward with no undue force required to detain him. but cell phone video tells a different story. take a look. you can see gray being dragged out by police. gray was arrested last week but died on sunday after more than a week in a coma. his family says his spine was 80% severed. the big question is when did that injury initially take place. several things aren't clear at this point. chief among them how and why this apparently healthy 25-year- old man suffered ultimately fatal injuries. the mayor of baltimore and the police commissioner promised a full investigation. protesters have been in the streets and outside the department for days demanding answers. first you'll hear from one of those protesters. then a man who says he heard gray being arrested. >> we have to keep asking for answers. we can't let them sweep this under the rug. >> i heard hollering and screaming, get off of me, you're hurtin

in fairfax county, i am nikki burdine, wusa9 news. >>> a virginia mother is behind bars tonight, accused of killing her 1-day-old son and then hiding his little body. she was arrested seven months ago but yesterday a grand jury decided to move forward with the case. investigators say mungun caught off the baby's air supply. she has been granted bond. prosecutors are not happy about it. >>> we have new information tonight on the so-called free range parents in montgomery county. our radio partners say the co- founder of the group called empower kids maryland says enough is enough. change.org is urging lawmakers to focus on more severe cases of neglect. he lives down the street from the macy's in silver spring and police picked up children while they were playing in a park by themselves on sunday and held them for five hours. a law firm plans to filed a suit to protect the macy's' parental arts. the goal is to get 1,000 signatures. so far he has about # 50. >>> and now on nbc's today show robert bates denied claims he is a wealthy donor that paid his way onto the force. records were pulled

nikki? >>> i'm nikki burdine. outside the courthouse in upper marlboro where dwight jefferson former principal at dwight eisenhower middle school will be in court for day two of his trial where he's facing one count of second degree child abuse and several counsel of second degree assault for allegedly punching one of his students several times at school. that trial starts at 9:00 and we will be there bringing august updates. mike? >>> thank you, nikki . talks continue in switzerland over the fate of iran's nuclear program. leaders from the united states, iran and five other countries are working past the self- imposed deadline trying to hammer out a frame work of a deal cushing iran's nuclear capability. >>> indiana governor mike pence juans lawmakers to come up with a fix for the states religious freedom law by the weekend. critics say it allows businesses to use it as a justification. arkansas lawmakers passed a similar law yesterday and the governor will indeed sign it. >>> metro is suspending its weekend trac