missing. this happened south of old angler's inn. a witness told officials the person was trying to swim across the river from the virginia side and to the maryland shore. fire rescue boats are now searching for that missing person. we will bring you more on the breaking news as we get it. other top story tonight, congress digging deeper into the deadly collision between those two metro trains and as the transit agey gets much-needed funding to fix its aging infrastructure. chris gordon joins us from outside the navy memorial metro station in northwest. chris? >> reporter: good evening. this revelation came out of today's congressional hearings. the problem with track sensors may have been reported to metro a number of times before p june accident that killed nine people. federal investigators have notified metro that sensors in a track circuit may have failed to recognize the stopped train. causing the automatic operating system in the striking train to fail to apply the brakes.

and at this congressional oversight hearing, the president of the union representing local transit operators testified that similar problems had been reported in the past. >> we had received information from different operators that there had been other instances where even though a crash had not taken place, that the train did not respond to the commands or the wayside equipment that did not command the train as it should have. >> reporter: ntsb is recommending that metro develop a system to continuously evaluate the track sensors and alert the operation's control center of any problems. >> we have meetings scheduled tomorrow morning in my building to begin the process of developing the system that's been recommended by the ntsb. so when -- we are not delaying. we have begun the process of figuring out how we develop the system they want us to install. >> reporter: metro failed to renovate or replace the older

ceaseies 1,000 cars when the ntsb recommended they do so a few years ago. questioning their crash worthiness. metro has now moved those older cars to the middle of the trains but d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton criticized the delay. >> why did the transportation board not at least recommend this rather -- i call it low-tech, low-cost step? >> reporter: metro is desperately short of funds but appears congress is coming up with money to help it out. >> it is -- we believe that the -- transportation appropriate yags subcommittee included the full $150 million in funding to metro to match the local commitment. it was mott in the budget. that's really good news. >> reporter: metro riders have doubts about their safety million metro's systems are

upgraded. >> the new sensor system. talking about putting it in place. as soon as they do that, the more comfortable it is. >> reporter: this congressional hearing is meant to reenforce confidence in metro and make sure that it is taking all steps necessary to make sure that no tragic accident like this one ever will happen again. we are live tonight in northwest washington. back to yoin the studio. >> chris gordon. thank you, chris. ntsb investigators are trying to figure out what caused a foot-long hole to n cabin mid flight. it happen order a southwest airlines last night. the plane was forced to make an emergency landing in west virginia. julie carey has our report. >> i look up and there's -- the sun coming through the kraelg. >> reporter: this is why passengers aboard a southwest flight headed from nashville to baltimore could suddenly see a skylight in the cabin. a football-sized hole torn open in the fuselage mid flight.

sharm bryant was flying with her children. >> heard this loud rush and your ears popped. and then we looked back and you could tell that part of the inside was trying to pull out. and it was really -- crazy. then oxygen masks dropped. >> reporter: the plane had taken off around 4:00 p.m. and the hole blew out part way through the flight causing the cabin to lose pressure and passenger michael cunningham took this photo of his emergency oxygen mask and he had high praise for the crew. >> the flight crew, they were great. the flight attendants -- how they were able to do this, walking around without their masks on and going from person to person panicking a little more than the rest. >> reporter: the plane made a safe emergency landing in charleston, west virginia. none of the 131 aboard was injured. soon a much landing, though, staff could be seen inspecting the hole. southwest airlines also began an immediate visual inspection of nearly 200 other spim 737s and its fleet but found no problem. >> we will work vigorously with

the proper authorities to examine all of the aircraft safety records and to try to determine the cause of this. >> reporter: this incident comes just fou months after southwest airlines agreed to pay a $7.5 million civil penalty. the charge it flew planes and permitsequire safety for cracks in the fuselage. former national transportation safety board member says this fuselage tear suggests even more inspection oversight is need. >> the first thing that should be going on from the faa's point of view is they need to get back in there and find out who was doing these inspections. is it southwest airlines personnel doing them? is it repair stations personnel doing them? >> reporter: at bwi southwest terminal today, few passengers had even heard of the mishap. woman found the news unsettling. >> it does concern me. of course, it concerns me. you know. i don't -- it -- how did it happen? why didn't they catch it? >> reporter: most passengers say they are confident that their plane will be safe. >> i'm still going to fly on my plane. i mean, the airlines are safe.

you have those -- accidents, things that happen. they handled it well and landed fine. everybody was okay. i have confidence in the airlines is that they will get me from point a to point b. >> julie carey reporting. another problem on the southwest plane. this one had to make an emergency landing today in orlando. flight 3238 from st. louis was about ten minutes from landing in orlando when a sensor showed there was a possible fire in an auxiliary power unit. it was a boeing 737 that landed safely. nobody injured. the fire rescue team immediately got onboard and they found no smoke and nor did they find fire. the plane's 129 passengers got off on the runway. rather than at the gate. today police announced they have now asked seven people in custody for the murder after prominent couple in florida. investigators released mug shots of six of the suspects with seven of the 16-year-olds expected to be charged as ain't dult. with murder. and they all are accused of a

home invasion that resulted in the deaths of byrd and melanie billings last thursday. police say the robbers arrived in two vehicles and entered the builtings' home from two different enadvance trances and inside for less than five minutes. >> information that indicates that there was -- an amount of practice that was involved. and there are a couple of individuals that had prior military backgrounds in this group. >> police say that the primary motive was robbery but that there were other possible motives that -- they are not ready to disclose. the murdered couple had 16 children and many of whom were adopted and have special needs. supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor spent this day being questioned by the senate judiciary committee. so far, her confirmation hearing is focused on less on her decisions on the bench and more on a controversial remark she made about her ethnicity. steve handelsman has our report.

>> reporter: the first to be nominated to the supreme court, and on the second day of sonia sotomayor's confirmation hearing most senator was agree she is smart. but it is what sotomayor said aboutise latinas that is her problem. >> no words i have ever spoken or written have received so much tanks. >> reporter: eight years ago in a series of speeches sotomayor said a wise latina would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male. today calling that a play on words, she backtracked. >> my play was -- fell flat. it was bad. >> reporter: and earlier -- >> i do not believe that any ethnic, racial or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. >> reporter: republican jeff sessions was skeptical. >> i guess i'm asking today what do you really believe. >> life experiences have to influence you. we are not robots to listen to evidence and don't have

feelings. we have to recognize those feelings. and put them aside. >> reporter: sotomayor said in her speeches that judges' sympathies and prejudices could be appropriate. >> that's exactly opposite of what you are saying, is it not? >> i don't believe so, senator. i do not permit my sympathies, personal views, or prejudices, to influence the outcome of my -- >> reporter: sotomayor has not ruled on abortion cases but anti-abortion rights activists pro-tested her hearing. that could grind on through thursday. senate yishy committee chairman democrat patrick lahey predicted today that sotomayor will be confirmed and predicted that she will get voepts. steve handelsman, news4, capitol hill. >> if judge sotomayor is confirmed, she would replace justice david suter. he frequently sided with the core's more liberal justices on controversial issues. such as abortion. and affirmative action.

and as a result, sotomayor's confirmation would be unlikely to alter the court's balance of power on those issues. homeland security secretary janet nolitano ordered a review of the threat level system that was put in a place after september 11. the color coded system was created to increase public awareness of terror warnings and standardized the procedures aacross government agencies. and the 60-day review will address whether this system is effective. it will be conducted by a task force coached by fran town send, former homeland security aide to president george w. bush. the other co-chair, judge william wester, former director of both the fbi and the cia. there was major disaster recovery drill at rfk stadium today but it was not staged by any of our areas, police or fire departments and this role nducted by at&t and attest of how the communications company responded and to a catastrophic disaster. at&t officials say that they want to ensure that their

networks are equipped for voice and data service during a major emergency. their network disaster recovery team has been activated before they helped restore service after the 9/11 attacks and after hurricane katrina and recent wildfires in southern california. somebody held up a bank in northwest washington this morning. investigators say that the suspect walked into the united bank branch on k street and at about 10:00 this morning. and he pass ad note to the teller and demanding money and suggested that head a weapon. the man walked away with about $2,000 in cash. nobody was injured there. when "news4 at 6:00" continues, a lucky escape for a family after a plane performing tricks at an air show flies into their car. >> president obama unveiled a $12 billion plan to help community colleges prepare millions of people more new jobs. >> we will take a look at how schools in our area rank in a national study on the educational achievement gap. >> a woman's offer. she wants to give away a car to

anybody who will marry her. chuck? >> beautiful clear skies. how long can we keep this beautiful spring weather right here through the heart of summer. we will answer that question. lindsay, over to you. >> coming up in sports, an all-star edition. players give the president advice on throwing out the first pitch. also, a is king of the long ball. nationals third baseman ryan zimmerman hoping to make game. ññçwrwró

a new report highlighting the gap between african-american students and white students. the report release bid the edge indication department was based on test results from nationwide assessments between the early 1990s and 2007. it found that scores on math and reading tests are rising for both white and black students. but white students continue to score consistently higher than black students and not a single state has managed to close that gap. however, no state saw its achievement gap widen. here is a look at h our area scored in some of the categories in the district and virginia. the achievement gap in math narrowed as the gains of black students outpaced the gains of the whites between the years of 1990 and '07. in virginia, the achievement gap in reading narrowed between '05

and '07 as black students scores continued to rise while those of white students were static. and this is the first major report released by the education department since president barack obama took office. young people who are working for the city this summer will get paid tomorrow. today mayor fenty announced that 1 18,350 youngsters in the jobs program will get their first paychecks. city officials are using a new system that deposits payments on to a pay card for each employee every two weeks. right now, those workers are making the city's minimum wage $6.55 an hour. but they will get a raise later this month when the local minimum wage goes up to $7.25. before making the announcement the mayor met with young people working to remove invasive plants from fort dupont park. president obama wants to boost nation's community colleges. he spoke today at mccomb community cole negligent warren, michigan.

he said that auto industry jobs that have been lost there and elsewhere are not coming back. and that new jobs will require greater training and education beyond high school. he unveiled a plan to spend $12 billion over the next ten years to help community colleges teach and train more people for what he called the jobs of the future. and as he made that announcement president obama also challenged his critics and said he welcomes the task of turning around the economy. the president has been under fire from republicans over the pace of the economic recovery and the soaring deficit. michelle franzen has our report. >> reporter: retail sales edged up for the month of june. higher than expected but with a catch. for the sond straight month, energy, gasoline and food prices drove the increase. mott clothing and electronic sales. for giants like del it means lowering second-quarter profit expectations and as consumers curbed spending on big ticket items and left laser-like focus on the basic. necessity spending analysts

predict will rule the rest of the year. >> back-to-school season is going to be sluggish at best. and everything is still going to depend upon price. the consumers only react to discounts these days. >> reporter: for off price and discount chains like filene's basement and sims, it is underscored the new economic mindset of less is more. >> come in for what they want to buy and once they make that purchase, they go directly to the gister. >> reporter: with unemployment at a 26-year high, consumers and businesses are not ready to throw caution to the wind. today president obama warned unemployment will climb for several more months but said there are signs the economy and the credit lines are beginning to thaw. >> small businesses that might have worried just a couple of months ago by closing doors, they are now able to get a little more financing, that means they are less likely to lay off workers. >> reporter: fewer layoffs than possibly the start of highering opportunities. >> we did see an increase and the percentage of our firms with job openings and they are having

some trouble filling. >> reporter: there are reports wall street's financial firms where many say the economic crisis began is showing a pulse following near collapse. goldman sachs is posting big profits one month after paying back $10 billion in federal aid. signs of recovery and hope the rest of the economy could follow. michelle franzen, news4. still ahead on "news4 at 6:00," the latest in the fight over who will control michael jackson's estate. the report sheds light on his death. a young woman's recovery from a unique kind of heart surgery that could lead to major breakthroughs. chuck is up next with a check on our forecast. ñq

a stunt by a plane at an air show over germany went terribly wrong over the weekend. amazing that everybody walke away. the pilot was performing routes when he lost control of the plane. after he he spiraled several planes the plane plowed across a bike path and into a car that was parked on an access road out of sight of the video. a family of three was in the car. they and their daughter suffered injuries that were so minor that they never went to the hospital. the pim pact of the collision tore the bottom off the plane but the pilot also suffered only minor injuries.

>> interesting. >> we need rain now. >> we do. we definitely need rain. you know, everybody has been so happy with the humidity vacation we have been on that, you know, we may have to go a few more days. >> dying plants and trees. >> haven't noticed it too much over the past couple of days. i have been tolto go fly a kite many times. these folks were told to climb a tree today. that's what they did. these are -- students and interns at one of the -- the schools around here. climbing a 07-year-old chinese oak trees, high school students at the urban forestry department. they are paid interns for the summer. today was the day they got out to go out and climb the trees and take a look at around -- looks likes a fun way to spend the afternoon. wow, perfect day for anything you wanted to do. up to and including flying kites and climbing trees. hope y enjoyed it. right now as we look live over the city of washington, crystal clear blue sky in place. temperatures are in the low 80s still. 58 was our high today after a

64-degree start this morning. in the last 24 days, this is wendy's point, only a half an inch of rain in the last 24 days and still, though shall everybody enjoying july and still more than four degrees cooler everyone average. our beautiful city under a mostly clear eye and washington monday many, late afternoon sun gleaming off of and it current temperatures are only in the low 80s. we have only had a couple of days in the 90s so far for the entire summer. get outside and enjoy it. here is to the point weir where we have and not had the rainfall. here isur monthly totals monthly month and yearly departures. early in the spring, january and february and march, by the end of march, we were 4 1/2 inches behind in rainfall for the year. but boy, we started adding in april as a wet month and may was so wet that our deficit was erased and turned into a surplus and june was wet. we ended june with a four-inch rainfall surplus but now have gone again 24 days with only a half an inch of rain. everything is starting to dry out just a bit. 83 here, 79 in beautiful annapolis and 79 degrees.

82 degrees in culpeper, virginia. 84 right here at the friendly peacock. tillman island, 78 degrees with a light onshore breeze and friends that had this week for the week at the beach. ocean city, light onshore breeze and temperature of 80 degrees. no rain anywhere across virginia and west virginia and down into the carolinas. the only places that are seeing any showers now are way down into southern georgia and northern florida and heavier showers and thunderstorms again today not too far away from cape canavel but the shuttle launch delayed yesterday will not have any impact on the weather for the rest of the day. all right. we are in the middle of hurricane season as well. a look at the tropics. look at how wonderfully quiet it is. there is the old weather front laying off the carolina coastline. but no chance of tropical storm development around here for at least the next two to three days. that's welcomed news. the real heat and humidity of summer is in the m part of the country. wichita, kansas, 107 degrees. dew points in the 50s and 60s around there. but for us, high pressure is in charge. last of the cool mornings comes

up tomorrow morning and as we get into tomorrow afternoon, plenty of shine and a hint more humidity coming our way. and then by late wednesday night and into early thursday, a little chance of passing showers coming on by. and friday still looks like a winner. visual forecast then for this evening. clear and delightful. sun does not go until 8:33. even temperatures from the l 80s to mid 70s by 11:00 tonight. for tomorrow morning, you will start off with a clear sky and wake-up temperatures mid 50s in the suburbs to mid 60s around town. 7-day forecast, 89 tomorrow but without the humidity and 89 with humidity making a comeback and result of showers and thunderstorms. and friday looking good. another chance for some needed showers and shows up on saturday. and saturday willote b a washout but there will be a chance for showers. and sunday looks like the drier day this weekend and those 80s into early next week are in the 82, 83 range as opposed to 89 or 90 range. a break will last longer. >> thank you, chuck. coming up tonight, the body of a d.c. council staffer found

in baltimore's inner harbor. >> new insight into the mind of a mother who was charged in the murders of her four daughters. new study that provides a clearer picture into the link between hormone replace many therapy and ovarian cancer. coming up in sports, wizards guard nick young gets an odd request from his coach. also, wimbledon champ serena williams comes to town and march madness at the all-star home run derby in st. louis. "news4 at 6:00" continues. e (bell ringing) woo-hoo!!!! woo-hoo!!!! woo-hoo!!!! woo-hoo!!!! kobak. mr. miller (announcer) everyone's heading to arby's

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a look at the stories making headlines tonight. >> a search operation under way in the potomac river south of old angler's inn. police looking for a missing swimmer. park police and state police helicopters overhead while montgomery county fire and ems river rescue teams are in the water. >> metro's general manager john catoe says metro will follow the ntsb recommendations and put new systems in place to ensure track safety. ee made the announce thmt afternoon. eleanor holmes norton called the hearing to try to determine what caused the deadly crash last month and what's being done to fix the problem.

nine people were killed when one train slammed into another. ntsb investigators trying to find out what caused the foot-long hole to op up in the cabin of a jet mid flight. this happen order board a southwest airline flight from nashville to baltimore last night. and the plane was forced to make an emergency landing in west virginia. no injuries. southwest sin respecting all of its 737s in the wake of the incident. . coming up in this half hour, police are investigating the death of a d.c. council staffer in baltimore. a link between hormone replacement therapy and ovarian cancer. and wimbledon champs serena williams putting on a clinic for kids in our area. day two in the trial of banita jacks, mother accused of killing her children and leaving the badly decomposed bodies in her home. her defense involves the par a zs normal and her fate is in the hands of one judge. pat collins reports. >> reporter: this is judge frederick weisberg.

ultimately, he will decide the guilt or innocen of banita jacks. jacks is charged with killing her four daughters. inside superior court for the last day and a half, judge weisberg has been viewing a videotaped statement jacks gave to police. eight hours long. and in that interview, banita jack says her daughters were possessed by demons. that demons got into the furniture and into the girls' clothing and she says that she threw out all of the furniture and all the clothes. that her girls were left with only t-shirts to wear. and now it was january 9, 2008, that marshals came to evict jacks from her home on sixth street southeast. inside they found the bodies of her four daughters. ages 5, 6, 11, and 17. and they say that the girls had been dead for months. their bodies decomposed and

mummified. and in her statement jacks says her 17-year-old daughter, brittney, was like jezebel. she says she tried to choke me and push me down. she would scream and holler, jacks says and bang on the walls. it would hurt my ears. ake away d she had to t brittney's cell phone and tv and keep her confined. in that house, jacks says, each one of her daughters passed away in their sleep. and after the first two died, jacks says that brittney called from her room, i know what's going on. i know what you are doing. and we are going to get you for it. in the tape, banita jacks says what happened is what i said happened. she says, i have no reason to lie. i'm pat collins, news4, washington. the opening statements in the jacks trial are expected to begin tomorrow. a manhole explosion today

that knocked out power to hundreds of people. it happened in the 600 block of e street this morning. 600 northwest. a device that transmits power to the different power lines went dead and that left many office buildings and apartments in the area dark. d.c. fire crew space there was no fire and that electricity was restored earlier this evening. there was a water main break today in northwest d.c. and an eight-inch water main broke at the inteection of 23rd and i northwest. it is near the george washington university hospital and the foggy bottom metro stop. traffic was shut down on 23rd street in northwest and from the washington circle tall way down to e street. work on that road is expected to continue until about 7:30 tonight. tonight baltimore police are investigating the death of a staff membe with the d.c. city council who drowned on sunday night in baltimore harbor. and desi deschaine was press secretary to ward 2 council

member jack evans. tom sherwood reports. >> reporter: at the d.c. council tuesday, it was a routine bussion in the chamber. nyt ma staffers were membering desi deschaine. like co-workers sherry kimball. >> he was just a super person to work and bounce ideas off of and always enthusiastic and we kind f had each other's ck s. >> reporter: desi deschaine shown here with mayor fenty most recently worked as press secretary to ward 2 council member jack evans. >> joined our staff a little over a year is ago and dawn terrific job representing me in the ward and as my communication director. he was just an upbeat alonrsity. haan t wdont'sthat wile wlemem w .hifom >> reporter: balance more police tell news4 deschaine apparently slipped off of a baltimore harbor boat dock and drowned late sunday night after daylong group outing on a privatebo . at nerl mbme rseported deschaine miss when he failed to show up for work monday morning. deschaine's body was recovered

his parents d by and baltimore police today said there is no indication of foul play. >> the hallmark of desi deschaine was his smile and always upbeat and big smile and a real strong warm greorin fg f ev ry. eporter: in an interview monday afternoon from>>an bal ce wreh nbc 4, t wheerwnf o o othe boat, jamie, said he and deschaine had been boyfriends. sunday we had party of ten. we were out on the boat all day. the boat later was tied up. he stepped off the boande h a had been drinking. he took a few steps down towards other boats. we have lots of friends at the dock. i didn't think anything of it. police told news4 deschaine's body was found in about 15 feet of water, just a few feet from the dock. tom sherwood, news4, washington. >> desi deschaine was active in the local and circle community of washington. friends are gathering in the circle at 7:30 tonight to remember him. u.s. marshals are auctioning off a vacation home in the virgin islands that belonged to

harriet walters. walters was congress vicked of au dauic theis ottrf nearly $50 million over several years. she was sentenced to 17 years in prison and her luxury home in this area was forfeited to the feds. pictures on the auction website show sweeping views from the st. -- home in st. thomas which appears to have been very recently bill. the minimum accepted bid important the home is listed at $212,000. up next the latest othe toxicology reports that may determine the cause of michael jackson's death. a miracle surgery involving a 16-year-old girl and extra heart grafted on to her own. ( rock music playing )

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good evening. temperatures right now in the low 80s across much of the area. back down into the low to mid 07s by 11:00 tonight. mid 60s in town tomorrow morning. a lot of our outlying suburbs will drop down into the 50s. winchester, front royal, 54. frederick, author monlt, maryland, down to 57. 55 in manassas. 56 in warrenton and 59 in upper marlboro and brandywine. for tomorrow, bright and sunny once again. highs mid to upper 80s and a few spots down towards stafford and fredericksburg. might touch 90 degrees tomorrow. all-important 7-day forecast here. 89 tomorrow. and the humidity comes back on thursday and with a 40 chance of showers and thunderstorms around. and then friday, partly cloudy and a little bit on the humid side with a near 86. other chance after shower coming up on saturday.

sunday looks like the better of the outdoor days for the upcoming week. on the whole, dry pattern with one or two isolated chances for rain. back down to the. >> thanks, chuck. d.c. lost a prominent figure in the tourism industry. tommy mack was the chairman and owner of tourmobile sightseeing for 40 years. he died in his sleep last wednesday. he was an army veteran in 1969 and he moved from california to sh.ain and he helped establish the award winniny c paom known aspa landmark services tourmobile incorporated. the buses are familiar sight all over d.c. and take visitors to dozens of historic sites in the area. tommy mack was 77 years old. toxicology reports of michael jackson could be completed as soon as this week. the l.a. coroner says the reports may determine jackson's cause of death and some of the test results are already in. they are investigating claims the pop star consumed large amounts of prescription meds. and the powerful sedative

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callr toclk y. the best of the best. get the show off and talk about how humble it makes them feel. how they don't play for personal honors like this but they are glad -- yes, i'm an author. >> ryan zimmerman for the nationals is there for his home-grown player that's at the all-star game. for him it is very special and it has to be an interesting experience for ryan zimmerman. face of the nation allals franchise on top of the world. his first all-star game. but in the back of his mind, obviously, thinking about the firing of his manager, mny tack. for now, though, he is trying to put that aside and focus on tonight's game as he tries to help the national league get their first win in the all-star game since 1996. we are back on the field. 24-year-old ryan zimmerman and his fourth season says he's become a much more comfortable leader in the clubhouse.

when he has done on the field sevened him the trip to st. louis. he is hitting .288, 13 home runs, 52 rbis. in the first half of the season, he was on fire posting that 30-game hitting streak. the longest this season. and making this all-star appearance means everything to the virginia beach native. >> tremendous honor. i think, you know, obviously, the fans make this game and, you know why we play and to be voted in by my peers, i think, makes it even more special. that's the ultimate amount of respect you n get is to be respect bid the guys you play against every day and, you know, tremendous honor and i'm looking forward to it. >> 24-year-old acts like she 30. the game tonight last night was the home run derby. hometown favorital pujols feeling the pressure but got help. look at that. a home run. was it really? take a closer look. the fan actually leans over and grabs it before it hits the wall, pujols got lucky on that

one. and finished the first round in a three-y tie. we go to a swingoff. pujols needed two home runs to knock out pena. albert already has one and here is another one. crushes it out to left. oh, man. a thing of beauty. check out pena's reaction when albert hit and it is having fun. he says yes, no way. i'm done. move it to final round. lson cruz, rangers. grins fielder of the brewers. tied at five. fielders at the plate. deep center. that's it. fielder is the 2009 home run derby champion. ryan zimmerman is joined by another washingtonian in st. louis. president obama will be throwing out the first pitch important tonight's game. he is the only president that has accepted the invite since gerald ford did it in 1976. according to players, there is just one thing he shouldn't do to keep the approval rating. >> don't bounce it. that's it. he will be a little -- little

high. strike zone high. inside, outside. down. as long as he don't bounce. >> it best thing is don't try to do too much. let it go out there and better -- better if it goes over my head than bounce it, you know. itill be fine. looking forward. >> best advice, i think, i can give the president is he should warm up a little bit before h does it. that's the most important thing. throw a couple in the batting cage. nobody will -- nobody will see it. >> i think it is fair to say that i want to loosen up my arm a little bit, you know. high general strategy of the last time i threw a pitch was at the american league championship series. and i just want to keep it high. now, there was no clock on it. i don't know how fast it went. but if it -- exceeded 30 mil per hour, i would be surprised. it did clear the plate.

>> i don't think that was bad. >> it didn't bounce. >> i'm looking for one about 70 miles per hour in the strike zone. what do you think? >> tall order. that's good. doable for him. >> not underhand. >> okay. >> not too good for the president. moving along, wizards opened summer league play against the cavaliers. a great opportunity to regard nick young to practice his new assignment. stop smiling so much. head coach cliff saunders challenged the third year veteran to adopt a chip as in one to put on his shoulder. let me take you back to last year. nick young is always smiling. he loves to have fun and that's why he has a mohawk. he averaged 10.9 points last year with the only player to play in 82 games. but coach saunders wants him to be more serious to come to the court with a killer instinct. so he is not just helping nick on shooting, he's helping him to learn not smile so much. nick said it is easy to be focused but stop grinning. that's tough. >> great set of arms.

going out there and for my game face on. just be ready. have fun, you know. when i have funny a smile a lot. you know, go out there and know -- going out and be more aggressive, you know. that's what i see. you know, going out there with a mean streak, more aggressive. i guess that would help me more. >> saunders told nick young, did you ever see michael jordan smiling? okay. i get your point. got you. a point from the championship. for the kals alstles, seren taking part in world team tennis is a special april opportunity. let's go downtown. wimbledon champ showed up in preparation to play for the capitals. serena took time this afternoon to put on a clinic for some kids from the area. she is having so much fun with this youngster. so is he. >> you are right. >> he gave her a run for her

money. she says that she really enjoys traveling to see her fans. >> one of the reasons i love playing team tennis is because, you know, i have an opportunity to go to cities that don't normally have tennis. and then i have fans here as well, as well as other cities that don't have large tennis tournaments. it is good. i feel like i owe it to go to the cities and kind of play and have a chance to see my fans and have fans have a chance to interact. >> it seems like serena i taking every opportunity to thank billy jean king, who obviously developed this team tennis. so that's someone that serena looked up to when shifa youngster starting out. >> it is a great idea. to take the -- cheerleaders. >> they have a blast. great environment, yes. >> thanks. when we come back, the story that is behind an -- become an internet sensation andow h the woman hopes her jeep wrangler will help her wrangle a husband. >> the unique way that childhood obesity could be linked to the

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initially. those taking hormone replacement therapy increased their risk for ovarian cancer for 40%. those that stopped the drugs slowly decreased the risk over time. previous studies showed a link between hrt and breast cancer as well. british researchers found a link between obesity and gender. specifically between mothers and daughters and fathers and sons. the plymouth peninsula medical school studied 226 families finding that obese mothers were ten times more likely to have obese daughters. obese fathers had a sixfold chance of having extremely overweight sons. no link between mothers and sons or fathers and daughters. researchers think the obesity risk is based on behavior and not genetics. doctors all over the world are studying the case of a young girl with a serious problem with her heart. a heart that healed itself after an organ. the patient is hannah clark, 16 years old and suffered heart failure as baby.

when she was 2 years old, ctraor g asedftn infant's r nodo h trtnon oon her own. and the newhart worked well for ten years but then clark developed cancer from the drug she was taking to prevent her body from rejecting the donor heart. during the cancer treatment her body rejectethe donated organ. doctors removed it three years ago but by that time, clark's own heart had healed itself enough to work its own. doctors say that she's also made a complete recovery now from the cancer. clark goes to school and plays sports and works a part-time job. doctors are studying the case to see how it might help other heart failure patients. an update on the forecast from chuck. >> all right. thanks. beautiful weather outside. a wonderful crisp blue sky overhead this evening. just a few fair weather clouds drifting on by. there is a live picture of the u.s. capitol building. dead center in the middle of downtown washington where our current temperature stands at 83 degrees.

real difference between this july and every other july has been how dry the air has been. dew point temperatures in the mid 40s. clear skies and dry air and light winds will allow for another nice cool night tonight. wakeup temperatures tomorrow morning mid 50s in the western and northern suburbs p and mid 60s in town and mid 60s right alongside the chesapeake bay and tomorrow, plenty of sunshine and high temperatures upper 80s and a few slots might touch 90 degrees tomorrow. humidity thursday and needed rain showers and thunderstorms. friday partly cloudy and 86. another chance of a passing shower or thunderstorm coming up on saturday. saturday will not be a washout. and sunday is looking pleasant and dry with highs only in the low 80s. something for everybody to enjoy. >> thanks, chuck. researchers over in australia say that they have found the keys to making marriage last. they published their findings in a study entitled what's love got to do witness. according to the study love has very little to do with it.

age gaps of more than nine years between couples make them twice as likely to break up according to the research. couples who have kids before getting married also are more likely to divorce. and men and women who have divorced parents are about 5% more likely to have failed marriages themselves. unstable finances also contribute to separations and as do relationships wherein one partner smokes but the other one does not. >> in utah a woman there is hoping her jeep wrangler will help her get a husband. kelly post ad classified ad online offering her '92 jeep for a proposal and a ring. she she is did it mostly because of a joke but don't you know, as soon as she had 200 to 300 e-mail. >> i'm trying to weed them out and see if i can find somebody to hook up with. people i spend the most time with are married. they make it look so good. how can you not want that for yourse yourself? >> who are those people, we ask?

if she finds mr. right she will have a great story to tell her children and their children. >> good for her. tonight at 11:00, new evidence of the impact the economy having on summer travel in our area. and it is not good. everyone out of the water, 24-foot shark comes ashore at a popular beach. we are going to find out where one national magazine says that you should go to meet the most eligible singles in the washington area. >> mcdonald corporation wanted to thank employees at the restaurant on new hampshire avenue in the white oak section of silver spring. the company officials say the white oak location has performed especially well since the recent launch of the new mcdonald's coffee bar. as a reward the corporate managers went to the restaurant and held a drawing for a new smart car. five names were drawn from the hat. each person was given a key and a remote. the person with the remote that opened the car door got to keep it. or they could choose $10,000 instead. the worker that won the drawing

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