of his two childre hello. >> more on that in just a moment. but first, we have breaking news about a serious crash on i-95. >> here's a live picture from chopper 4. again, this is on i-95 in laurel, maryland, between routes 198 and 216. we're told a van rolled over in the northbound lanes and that there are people trapped inside that van. there's no word on what led to this wreck. we're told eight people have been taken to the hospital. there are new developments today involving the death of michael jackson. while the city of los angeles gets ready for tomorrow's public memorial service honoring the music legend, his ex-wife apparently won't be there. >> she planned to attend but backed out saying her attendance would be a distraction. >> jackson's mother has lost a bid to take control of the singer's estate. jay gray is live with more. >> reporter: today a los angeles judge has ruled that for now, michael jackson's long-time attorney and family friend will have temporary control of his

estate. >> we believe the judge did the appropriate thing. >> reporter: his mother, katherine, had applied to oversee the estate, but that was before a will was revealed that lists johnaranka and john mcclain as administrators. >> it's yoour duty and our desi to do everything we can do to carry out michael jackson's wishes. >> reporter: hanging in the balance is a fortune worth at least $500 million. >> no agreements can be fully entered into without presenting them to the court and without mrs. jackson's involvement. >> reporter: the legal fight is not over. a judge has scheduled another hearing for august 3rd to discuss permanent control of the estate. another nasty legal battle between jackson's family and his ex-wife, debbie rowe, could brewing over custody. >> are you ready to fight for your children? >> are you ready to get your

butt kicked? don't touch me. >> reporter: rowe says she may try to get custody. jackson's will calls for his mother to take care of the kids. a hearing is set for next monday. a threafleet of satellite news s is proof that the world is watching as they prepare to say good-bye. fans who will be part of a public memorial tuesday began picking up tickets and wristbands today. >> i got the e-mail yesterday from staples center. i was just blown away. i was so blown away. >> reporter: more than 17,000 free tickets will be given to winners on an online lottery. >> it's very important to me to be there. >> reporter: a concern for police is that tens of thousands of fans who don't have tickets feel the same way. now, we still don't have any solid details about the program tomorrow nor do we have

information about a private family service that many believe will take place before the public memorial. in los angeles, jay gray, news4. people lucky enough to score tickets to the jackson memorial service are not supposed to sell them, but listing started appearing on ebay and craigslist as soon as the winners were notified. robin sulva is trying to sell his two tickets for $15,000. during an appearance on the "today" show this morning, he explained he's unemployed and needs the money. >> i'm doing something for my family and trying to look out for our kids. my daughter needs heart surgery. she was born with a heart condition and she's six months old. i'm just looking at things that have happened in my life and look at what i've been given as a gift that i'm not going to be able to use. i'd rather do something good for my family. >> people are supposed to show ids when they pick up their tickets. if he sells his ticket and the buyers can't redeem them, he

will give them a refund. tomorrow here on news4, we will be covering the michael jackson memorial live with brian williams. some of the artists scheduled to make appearances include mariah carey, stevie wonder and smokey robinson. now to the latest on marion bar we was arrested over the weekend. it's a story we brought you first on 4. today barry made his first public appearance since saturday. donna watts flagged down a u.s. park police officer in anacostia park. she told the officer barry had been stalking her. the former mayor was taken into custody and charged with misdemeanor stalking. barry's lawyers spoke today on his behalf. >> we believe that the charge is baseless. we believe that the charge stems from a personal relationship that has gone horribly wrong in a lot of ways and has resulted

in one party to that relationship striking out at mr. barry. >> watts told news4 she did not intend for things to go this far. tom sherwood will have the latest on barry's arrest and other charges he may face at 5:00. firefighters came to the rescue when a man went into seizure durgn a independence day parade in fairfax city. the firefighters were wavin tno the crowds along the parade route as they were turning on to main street and university boulevard, a man watching the parade began keeling over. firefighters jumped into action. they brought out their defibrillators. emts arrived on their bikes and loaded him into the ambulance. he remains in the hospital, but his condition is improving. investigators believe a natural gas leak could be to blame for a house explosion in northwest washington. it happened saturday night near the intersection of oregon and nebraska avenues. inblast caused more than a million dollars in damage to the home. the residents were not there at the time and no one was hurt. a guilty plea in the murder

of a child. >> another black eye for d.c.'s new detention center. >> here are four other stories making headlines today. a woman charged with killing her 13-year-old adopted daughter pleaded guilty in prince william county court today. alfreedia gregg-glover faces 51 years in jail. she found her daughter ill and unconscious in jp. she took her to a hospital but didn't go in. instead, dumping her body in an a freezing creek and reporting the girl missing. neighbors, teachers and others reported to police that the girl was being abused and neglected. she was never taken from the glover home. investigators in maryland are looking into the cause of a deadly fire from the weekend. two people died in a house fire in the marlton section of upper marlboro on saturday. they have not yet been identified. the district's bill to recognize gay marriages from

other states could take effect at midnight. congress has had 30 days to object to the law and has not done so. six juveniles were recaptured after escaping from the new detension center in laurel. the teens escaped from the new beginnings youth center yesterday. they were found hiding in a drnage pipe along the parkway in a nearby neighbor. this is the second escape by inmates in the past month. is it really summer? what happened to the humidity? not that we're trying to rush it along. veronica johnson has our fast forecast. >> don't want to rush it along in any way, but, you know, we're going to have ait of humidity coming our way before long. not today, though. annapolis, malryla, at 95 degrees. right near the water, just a little higher than some of the other locations. fredericksburg, virginia, the dew point temperature at 50 degrees. relative humidity at just 26%.

today we've had light winds generally out of the west and northwest. meanwhile, temperatures all through the area running in the low to mid-80s across the area. and you can see where all the clouds are down south. we'll have clouds of our own, more coming through tomorrow with a weak weather front. during the overnight period here we'll have a few clouds hanging around. 75 degrees by 11:00 p.m. and midnight. so temperatures for this evening, easing down through the low 80s. your fast forecast, another gorgeous evening coming up with, again, very low humidity. for us, it's really a dry week. meanwhile, what about some hot weather? well, it's coming. we'll talk about that in just a few minutes. back to you. >> thank you. an update on breaking news we brought you at the top of the show. >> that's right. we'll get to that when we come back from the break. when "news4 at 4" continues, a dramatic end to a high-speed chase after the suspect ditches his van in a parking garage. and it's free exercise you can do anywhere, anytime.

walking has incredible health benefits. many companies are beginning to realize it and they're signing on to a national program. our healthy for life report. we'll take a look. a new benefit is discovered in that morning cup of coffee. and the latest in the search for a serial killer. why police think tay my b m close to crackin

an hour-long police chase is now over in houston. a driver in a white minivan weaved in and out of traffic on a busy freeway, leading police cruisers through several side streets and parking lots, even traveling the wrong way down an

entrance ramp to get off the highway at one point. the suspect eventually pulled into a parking garage of a shopping mall. police blocked the garage exits and ended up arresting that driver. it's still not clear what prompted this chase in the first place. a manhunt is under way in south carolina for a man authorities believe has killed five people in a week. this is a sketch of the man officials in cherokee county are looking for. all five victims were found in the town of gaffney, south carolina. on friday, a vigil was held to remember the victims. just yesterday, one of those victims was laid to rest. leads continue to pour in and the shootings happen to be linked through evidence. >> the investigators or the task force is building a case on him. we're just hoping we're inching closer to him each day. >> gaffney is no stranger to mass murder. in the late '60s, the gaffney strangler killed four women in just ten days. al franken is in washington

today. he says he's ready to do work. he's going to be sworn into the senate tomorrow after an eight-month recount. franken says he wants to be know as minnesota' second senator, not the 60th democrat. the democratic senator-elect plans to dive ineducation, health care and energy issues. in today's "get healthy for life" a look at walking. more companies are wrapping their arms around a national program that encourages employees to improve their health one step at a time. scott friedman walks us through the trend. >> reporter: at the corporate headquarters of snack foodmaker frito lay, walking is part of the program. >> we share a lot of common goals. we help each other. >> rorter: managers actually encourage workers to get out from behind their desks and get outside. the company has trails outside

s headquarters. and if it's too hot, there's a company gym inside. >> i feel like i'm in a country club, but i don't tell my boss that. >> reporter: the bosses don't mind. they think feeling good is good business. >> as an employer, what we get is the employees come back to work, they have this renewed sense of energy, this new focus on their work. >> reporter: this is more than just a way to break up the work day. studies show that walking 30 minutes every day will probably extend your life. eight years of research on 13,000 people showed that a daily half hour walk significantly reduces the chance of premature death. that's why the american heart association and the american council on exercise kicked off a program called start walking to get people moving at work. they've found the program is paying off in healthier, more productive employees. >> we have four floors on these building. there were people that couldn't walk from the bottle floor to

the top floor. now they can. >> it keeps me positive and energized. >> reporter: the daily walks cut her cholesterol and she didn't even have to leave work to do it. >> it's only a few steps away. it's flexibility. >> i'm sold. well, that was scott friedman reporting. for more information, everything from sun safety to treating allergies, just visit our website, nbcwashington.com, and search "healthy for life." a sweet syrup may be able to limit the risk of tooth decay in children. in a new study, researchers gave 100 young children different doses of this sweetener in syrup form. they found 24% of the children who received the syrup twice a day suffered tooth decay. it supports earlier studies that show that the sweetener attacks organisms that cause cavities. the caffeine that perks you also could also perk up your memory. drinking coffee reverses memory impairment in lab mice.

the mice in the study were given five cups of coffee a day. the caffeine decreased the levels of protein that is linked to alzheimer's. a new record for metro. july 4th was the busiest day ever for ridership in the system. 631,206 riders used metro on the holiday. about 32,000 more than last year's record number. trains were running at full speed to handle all the crowds. and the smithsonian metro station was open, a major change from past years. we have an update now on breaking news we brought you at the top of the show. a serious crash on i-95 in laurel, maryland, has put eight people in the hospital. this is an i-95 between routes 198 and 216. we're told a v hit a median and flipped over in the northbound lane, landing on the side of the roadway. three people were ejected from the van. there's no word on what led to this wreck. eight people, all adults, have

been taken to the hospital. no one with life-threatening injuries. let's find out how it's affecting the rush hour ride home, however. >> ashley is in the news4 traffic center with details. >> hey, guys. well, it is impacting traffic. now, the good news is the accident activity has been cleared from the roadway. all travel lanes are reopened. it already did its damage. travelers on 95 are going to encounter delays. northbound, a line forms around powder mill road. southbound, around 216. so an exit in both directions, you'll encounter these delays. it's back to whatever you were trying to do, we've got a lot of people on the roadways right now as far as volume is concerned. really do watch your speeds out there because things like this can certainly happen. so the travel portion of the roadway has reopened, so we're in good shape. but volume does still remain to be a big factor. back to you guys. >> thank you,ing a ing ashley. people are talking when it comes to travel troubles.

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struggle with a lowest tax revenues they've seen in years, a popular alternative is taxing tourists who visit the area. hawaii has increased its room tax from 7.25% to 8.25%. another percentage point increase is expected next year. hotel room taxes are going up 3% in nevada. you'll be paying a 12% tax in las vegas. and in new york, taxes went up to 14% last quarter. car rental taxes are also increasing. the tax hikes couldn't come at a worse time when consumers are already strapped for cash sglrchl. if you have a frustrating ex wriceenhile you're eling, tweet about it. consumers are using twitter to ke complaints, and companies are listening. the social networklltrows users to broadcast short messages about anything. companies respond quickly when

usersak ecriticisms. for example, jet blue has more than 770,000 followers. they say responding to complaints on twitter is one of the best ways to make disgruntled customers happy. no disgruntled customers this weekend. do you remember a july 4th this cool? >> i can't. not only that, can real low humidi humidity. gorgeous conditions. even the fol ks in new england with the rain, it cleared out. here's how i spent my fourth of july. this is hershey opark, pennsylvania, folks. ts sweetest place on eah, tt?ghri othurf thjuly, itas wreas gat these gmu amemu park. ghri over thegh stm,iuad lots o color. so i hope that you guys had a great fourth of july this weekend. could not have been better. we are taking it right into the beginning of this week with the low humidity. the dew point temperature, 53 degrees to go with a temperature currently at 84 degrees. relative humidity at 35%.

and the winds are calm across the area. we've still only had three days where the temperature has been 90 degrees or higher. we've got that heat coming. a warming trend toward the end of the work week. right now, 84 degrees the temperature here. dulles, too. manassas at 84 degrees. cooler near the water. 84, annapolis, maryland. that high heat that's been rooted down in the south, the southern plains, that's what's going to be stepping our way toward the end of this week and for the weekend. it's 87 now in dallas. 96 degrees in brownsville, texas. you factor in the humidity, the moisture. feels like 93 in wilmington. 91 in atlanta. not too bad. in fact, all week long i think the humidity is going to stay pretty much in a comfortable level for us. dry conditions with a northwesterly flow. the storms down south, for florida, the sunshine state, louisiana, too. thunderstorms blowing up there, including southern alabama. those are associated with this weak weather front that's down through the south.

but there's another weak front that will be dropping in tomorrow and what we'll get from it, well, a nfew clouds during the afternoon. skies will start off sunny. we'll get clouds during the afternoon. isolated showers for those counties that border pennsylvania. that is about it. by the time we roll through wednesday, a few clouds, too, passing. call it a partly sunny day. two of them coming up. temperatures will be just a few degrees below average all week long. highs tomorrow back into the mid-80s. another comfortable day for us. let's look at that visual forecast. starting with this evening, winds pretty light across the area out of the west at 5 to 10. temperatures dropping from the 80s to the low 80s over the next couple of hours. by tomorrow morning, down into the 60s. 60 to 67, the rafg. clear skies, sunny conditions. delightful weather once again tomorrow from start to finish. so high temperature tomorrow to go with that westerly wind, 83 to 87. the uv index tomorrow, six.

the clouds coming in. low humidity for your tuesday. for wednesday, too. by midweek, temperatures getting up to, again, mid-80s across the area. partly cloudy skies, a few clouds coming in by late tomorrow. we'll look at that seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. >> thanks, veronica. who dishes out the best frozen yogurt? hat's for your and your taste budso decide in our competition rhego t lden cal. th beten businesses ying for the best food, airtent or other services. ai currentlthe vote is between swt greensw and tangy sweet. go to nbcwashington.com and click on the golden local statuette. still to come on "news4 at 4," thousands of michael jackson fans are getting ready for tomorrow's public memorial. we'll talk live with someone who will be an insider inside the staples center. plus, the latest in the death investigation of former football star steve mcnair. and we'll hear the latest out of russia where president obama is pushing for help with fighting iran's nuclear ambitions.

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this hour. marion barry may face stalking charges following what's described as a domestic incident saturday night. he was arrested in anacostia park after a woman named donna watts allegedly accus him of stalking her. barry says he's been in a personal relationship with watts for months and denies any wrongdoing. firefighters jumped into action when a medical emergency broke out during an independence day parade. a man was suffering from a seizure. firefighters jumped out of the truck in the parade to treat him in the crowd. he remape remains in the hospit and a manassas woman has pleaded guilty to killing her 13-year-old adopted daughter. alfreedia gregg-glover faces 51 years in jail. glover lied when she said her daughter had run away in january. her body was found in a creek.

president obama is in russia. he has a number of issues to discuss. already, there is some agreement. brian moore has the story. >> reporter: as the presidents of the united states and russia met in moscow, the recent iciness between the cold war allies seemed to be melting a bit. >> the president and i agreed that the relationship between russia and the united states has suffered from a sense of drift. we resolved to reset u.s./russian relations. >> translator: despite of the fact that in several hours we can not remove the burden of all the problems, we have agreed that we will go forward without stopping. >> reporter: they signed an agreement on targets for cutting back nuclear arms. the u.s. military received permission to overfly russia on missions to afghanistan and both agreed to work together for middle east peace. >> we've addressed the top

priorities. these are not second-tier issues. >> reporter: there are still plenty of areas of contention, but there is room for compromise, even on a u.s. missile defense system, a sticking point for the russians. >> i think we can arrive at those kinds of understandings, but it's going to take some hard work because it requires breaking down long-standing suspicions. >> reporter: it could become an incentive for russia to get tougher on the nuclear programs on iran and north korea. >> let's separate a missile defense system so that we can wat work together to make sure none of us are exposed to a renegade or rogue attack or an accidental launch. >> reporter: president obama side-stepped questions about who is in charge of russia. >> my understanding i that president medvedev is the president. prime minister putin is the prime minister. >> reporter: two former rival countries standing toe-to-toe together. president obama's next big meeting is with prime minister putin, the former president many

believe is still running russia. brian moore, news4, washington. presidentanual zelaya is vowing once again to try this week to return to his home country to reclaim his post. zelaya has been in exile since june 25th. he tried to fly back to honduras yesterday, but the military blocked the airport runway making it impossible for the plane to touch down. at least one person, a teenager, was killed when police clashed with a hug crowd of zelaya's supporters who had dpagathered the airport. around 17,000 michael jackson fans will attend tomorrow's memorial service for the pop star. they were chosen from more than 1 million people who entered a lottery to get tickets. courtney will be inside the staples center for tomorrow's service. what do you know so far about that service?

>> it's been really difficult to get solid details about this service. the publicists have been really good about reminding people, this is a memorial, not a concert, not a show. but john mayor will be attending and performing. they're letting details like that out, but we don't know the duration of the service. we don't know what the format is going to be. all in all, it's meant to be a really respectful celebration of his life. in making it like that, the people behind the event are really trying to keep things secretive. >> what about the people behind you? are they there hoping to get a glimpse of the events going on there? do they actually have tickets? tell us about the people gathered there today. >> i haven't met anybody outside the memorial right here. i'm in encino outside the jackson family compound. i haven't met anyone that has a ticket to tomorrow's event, but today is really kind of a celebration. i don't know if you can hear the music behind me, but playing michael jackson songs. everyone wants a sense of

community. when you think back to when everyone was gathered outside the ucla medical center and there was nothing to see, yet people wanted to be with other people who were going through the same thing. michael jackson's definitely an icon. that what you sent when you're out here. >> courtney, do you have insight into the decision regarding tickets? initially we heard 11,000 tickets. now we're hearing 17,000 tickets. why not more? how did those numbers come about? >> well, the staples center only holds about 19,000 tickets. and originally it was 11,000 tickets inside the staples center and then an extra amount in the nokia center, which is very close. but there wouldn't be anything live there. the jackson family was given 9,000 tickets to distribute amonthemselves and their close friends and family. there's nine family members. about 900 tickets per family member, which might be a little bit excessive when you think about the 1.6 million fans. joe think at the end of the day, they wanted to allow as my

people to celebrate in this at the staples center as possible. >> courtney, before you go, what is the situation with the custody battle over the children? >> the custody battle, we'll find out more about it next week where debbie rowe is concerned. that was michael jackson's ex-wife. for right now, the kids are with katherine jackson. she's been very present in the kids' life as the grandmother. in talking to family members, i do believe that the kids will end up staying with their grandmother. they just want the most stable home as possible, especially we can all imagine they're going through a terribly, terribly difficult time. >> courtney, thank you. tomorrow beginning at 1:00, we'll cover the michakchael jac memorial live with brian williams. now to the murder of former nfl star steve mcnair. family members of the woman found shot to death with mcnair

say police told them the woman recently bought a gun. the bodies were discovered saturday in a condo that mcnair owned. he had been shot several times. police say 20-year-old sahel kazemi had been shot once and they found the gun under her body. family members say police believe she was the shooter but they maintain she had no motive. kazemi believed mcnair was divorcing his wife to be with her. still ahead on "news4 at 4," a jobs 4 you report. finding a job that brightens the lives of people going through a difficult time. and the battle of a prehistoric proportion for your movie money when we come back.

we have nice skies, some mostly sunny skies. welcome back. veronica johnson here in storm cente center4. it feels so good outside with low humidity throughout the area. now, we will have a weak weather front tomorrow pushing south out of pennsylvania. ahead of that front, slightly higher temrature readings than what we've got today.

isolated shower tomorrow around baltimore, around hartford, maryland. but that is about it. 84 degrees, the temperature now. again, slightly higher temperatures tomorrow. 85 in hagerstown right now. later tonight, we'll see a few clouds across the area. by tomorrow morning, too, mostly sunny with more clouds for the afternoon. 76 degrees by 9:00 p.m. 3 be 11:00 p.m. tomorrow in the upper 50s to low 60s across the area. here's a look at your four-day forecast. the high tomorrow, 87. we've only had three 90-degree days this year. partly sunny skies. thursday, 83. 87 for friday. we've got a run of 90s coming up for saturday, sunday, and monday with a chance of rain the second half of the upcoming weekend. back to you. prehistoric creatures and rebougr robots battled it out this

weekend at the box office. it ended in a rare tie. ♪ that is "ice age." that share the top spot at the ta weekend box office. both movies sold $2.5 million since friday. coming up, the ten things you should buy right now before the recession ends. and it's too precious to wear. what a major jeweller says you won't find in its stores.

many eperts believe it's only a matter of time before the economy turns around and prices for goods and services that have fallen over the last few months will go back up. we have ten things you'll want to buy right now before the recession ends. >> reporter: economists predict the recession will be over by year's end. so will the bargains. >> right now is a great place to if you're buying and you've got money in your pocket. >> reporter: among the top ten deals of this recession, homes are are at the top of the list.

>> we've seen the price of homes decline like they haven't declined since the great depression. >> reporter: the second hottest bargain, cars. brand new cars have been sitting at shipping ports around the country because demand was so low. the country went from selling 17 million cars a year to below 10 million. at toyota of manhattan, cash back and 0% financing are heing to clear the showroom floor. >> one sign that these a insectives are working is that cars are selling again. >> since september 11th, they did not last as long and they didn't go as deep into every model. >> reporter: diamonds are a girl's best friend, but they're more wallet-friendly than ever, costing 14% lesson average. president of graph diamonds says while high-end jewels like this rare yellow diamond that cost $5 millionn't have dropped in price. investing in the finest jewels can be a better bet than putting

your money in stocks. >> the price of diamonds never went down. at worst, it stayed flat or went up. in the past five years, it wept up over 300%. >> reporter: other bargains include vacations, chin's toys, laptops, tvs, furniture, women's clothing and stocks. >> if this is something that you can buy now and use for ten years, it's probably a good time to get in. tiffany's has banned coral from its stores. they sell it to other countries like the u.s., but you will not see rare coral jewelry inside tiffany's the company says it is too precious to wear and wants other jewellers to ban it as well. >> why? a very strong reason why. we care about the ocean. >> it's considered a threat mainly because it removes living corales from reefs where they got to be building a reef system

and producing a habitat. >> recently the white house and congress received a letter from 100 scientists and 44 groups asking for better protection of reefs. an international ban on trade and certain corales will be proposed later this year. >> your wife just called. she says she losts diamonds better anyway. coming up, a daring rescue at sea and one man's adventure to go around the world. ♪

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time now for an update on the weather. veronica johnson is doing something right. she joins us from outside. >> that's right. it's so cold in our building sometimes. i get out here, get a chance to have sun. we're talking about the night sky tonight. in the southern die, the southwestern sky, we take a look up there. show you how few cloud w heeav in the southwestern sky tonight.

the international space station e ll beeakin igts pashig i hn sky. th it will start out in the west-southwest at 10:43. o e on out for a coupl minutes. by 10:46, it's at 48 degrees. high enough where you'll be aebl to easily see it. and then it fades in the 2 etheastern sky about 1 thgrees. he rninteational space station. it will binyus b all week long. a littleus busyhit wits cudlo ud thugh here tomoowth. wea r heat, too, as ak we tatheesfron t comhroughhe area. temperatures highe datoy.to ahomoow,,8686 .8888 ye,, iknowre we' etting o atth88-degreeatrk. e mfortabl tsttaromorrow th 50s. high temps tomorrow getting up to 87 to 88 degrees across the area. our pattern really, one for this week. a dry pattern, but the heat is coming by the weekend. back to you. >> thank you. coming up, crews battle a huge fire at a meat-packing plant. more residents within a mile have to leave because of toxic fumes. and we'll hear about jobs

available at a local business helping people make the best of the end of their lives.

time now for some of the stories making news on the web. >> 100 firefighters worked

throughout the night to put out a massive fire at a wisconsin meat-packing plant. it was hard for crews to establish the blaze because it -- extinguish the blaze, rather. everyone living within a mile of the plant was given to order to evacuate this morning. a kayaker on a questo circle the world had to be rescued off the coast of alaska. the 28-year-old became too weak to paddle through the currents. he started his mission to circle the globe in january. archeologists in china have uncovered ancient wall paintings inside a royal tomb that dates back 1,400 years. the detailed tomb depicts honor guard officials from the mid-sixth century.

our job 4 you report today focuses on a company that helps those near the end of their lives. there i met up with two sisters inspired to start a business on the last day of their mother's life. >> reporter: she was 77 years old, dying of cancer, and to the grandkids, all 17 of them, she was mia. the first day she was in the hospital, she said, the walls are closing in on me. i can't stay here. >> reporter: the walls like most medical facilities needed cheer. so mia's twin daughters brought home to the hospital. >> it makes all of the difference putting the pictures in. >> reporter: gardens, beaches, even an imagerary cruise. we put the whole theme of hawaii, the big ship, we had pictures of her with my dad and she had her bikeini on and the

stickers and the big flowers. you know, having a sip of a margarita. she just felt like that that was her big trip. >> reporter: it was mia's last big trip. she died the next morning. and the moment here daughters began to dismantle her collage, the concept of caring walls came to them. >> the nurses came in and said, please, do not take this down. we love it. we'll take it down, but we just need it up, you know, for the rest of the day to remember your mom. >> let's take this one. >> reporter: now they create collages for other families. ronald mcdonald houses, the mayo clinic and capital hospice in arlington. we're very interested in the story. that's the other thing about the wall. behind every one of those pictures and names is a story. >> reporter: stories connect families to loved ones. nurses to patients and patients to each other. people have gone through this journey before you. people are going through the journey and people in the future will go through the journey. so then you don't really feel so alone, i think. >> reporter: mia's family knows

these walls don't have to talk to say so much. >> we put a lot of love into it. we're not looking to get a whole bunch back. we just want to spread the joy. >> the average cost of a caring wall is $24. if you want to know more about them or if you've ever considered a career in hospice care, there are job openings. you can find out more by going to capitalhospice.com and caringwalls.com. that's "news4 at 4." "news4 at 5" starts right now. tonight on "news4 at 5," an independce day parade turns into a rescue opration for local firefighters. >> thousands of michael jackson fans are picking up those coveted tickets to his memorial service in l.a. and liz crenshaw puts sweet tea to the test. we'll find out which type tastes best. and evening and welcome to "news4 at 5."

>> our top story tonight,he t arrest of ward 8 d.c. councilman marion barry. the former mayor was taken into u.s. park police custody this weekend. he's now facing charges of stalking. today the councilman and his attorney held a news conference and his accuser is saying more about the incident this evening. tom sherwood joins us to tell us about that. >> barry's attorney says it's a personal and sexual relationship that in his words went horribly wrong and barry denies any wrongdoing. marion barry appeared in public for the first time monday since saturday's incident where he was arrested on charges of stalking a woman with whom barry says he's had a personal some sexual relationship for many months. >> councilman barry specifically and vehemently denies stalking anyone in the district of