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and good evening. jim and doreen are off. efforts continue to get the tguannmo enanrrsuder. rr falls chuh ot nar fot from tyson's. near intersection of mile avenue and fisher drive, darcy spencer has the latest. darcy? >> wendy, fairfax county police negotiators are trying to get the man to come out of the house. they have the house surrounded. they have for hours, but so far, he is not coming out. it is a massive police response in the falls church neighborhood. fairfax police were called to a home in the 7700 block of fisher drive around 6:30 for report of a shooting. a woman found lying on the ground suffering from a gunshot wound. >> we do have one female victim who has been shot. she is an in unknown condition at fairfax hospital. don't know her name or identity at this point. >> police say a man they're calling a person of interest is believed to be holed up inside a nearby home in the 76. police have surrounded the house

in an attempt to make contact with the man. so far they have not been able to get him to come out. >> our negotiators are trying to get in touch with that person to -- find out what the situation is. and to talk them into coming out to talk to us. we are -- basically talking to an answering machine. >> police are warning neighbors to stay inside their homes. many were concerned after seeing such a huge police presence on their typically quiet street. more and more police keep on going down the street. and i have lived here 12 years. this is the first time in 12 years i have seen anything. anywhere close to this. >> fairfax county police say they do plan to remain here on the scene as long as it takes to get a peaceful resolution to the situation. the original shooting remains under investigation. the circumstances, the motives, we don't know at this time. police are saying the victim did suffer life threatening

injuries. reporting live from falls church, virginia. darcy spencer, news 4. thank you, darcy. rescuers suspended their search. a 32-year-old man, disappeared this afternoon. he was trying to cross the river with a friend. authorities have not released the identity of the missing swimmer or friend who did make it out of the river. they will continue their search tomorrow morning. friends and colleagues gathered in logan circle to re amember popular d.c. council stwhr rofe downed in t dhe baltimore rbrorve ohe t weekend. police found desi deshea's body this morning. he apparently slipped off a dock at the harbor sunday night after boating with a group of friend. the boat's owner told news 4 that deshea had been drinking before he disappeared. deshea recently worked as press secretary forward 2 council member jack evans. >> he has done a terrific job representing me in the ward as communications director. just an upbeat rshepeonality.

that's wt w lle' remember him for. >> deshane was 30 years old. the ntsb admitted to congress today that signaling equipment on metro tracks continues to fail. in the area of last month's deadly crash. investigators told congress they keep replacing the different parts. but they haven't been able to figure out why the system cannot recognize a stopped train. general manager, john kato said metro will follow ntsb recommendations and put new systems in place to improve track safety. eleanor holmes norton lashed out at metro and ntsb wanted to know why the 1,000 series cars were often used in the front and back of the tins which are the most vulnerable positions. federal safety officials are taking closer look at the southwest jet that had a hole ripped into the fuselage. on board a plane traveling from nashville to baltimore yesterday. the plane lost cabin pressure, passengers had to use oxygen

masks. the plane diverted to west virginia. none of the 126 passengers on board was injured. southwest did inspect all of its boeing 737s overnight. before allowing them back in the air today. the slide at the pump has now lasted for three weeks. experts say summer prices have peaked. but all is not well on our area roadways. and we are joined with the story. jane? >> well, wendy, triple a says the reaction to the spike in gas prices in may and june has resulted in a 3% drop in driving in the dc metro area alone the it is having a huge impact on summer travel. >> he fills up the gas tank. with dreams of an upcoming vacation in his head. >> we planned on going to -- >> may be the exception rather than the rule.

and falling gas prices. many consumers are too worried about their jobs. to make summer vacation plans. and only up 1%. people are still not driving in spite of the fact that gas prices are down. and 7% over this time last year. >> a check of metro area gas prices, shows what a difference a year makes. with the average price of unregular. and despite the cheaper gas prices, motorists at the virginia rest stop say they haven't noticed an increase in traffic just yet. >> the road is a little lighter this summer. no doubt about it. >> less traffic on the road at times. >> triple a says for those who are traveling tight economy changed their vacation habits. according to a survey. more are taking day trips. staying fewer nights in hotels.

booking closer to travel time. comparison shopping on line and spending less overall. but like turner, some are planning to get away. >> i'm going. i haven't been on a vacation in maybe two years. >> triple a says that while gas prices have officially peaked for the summer and they will continue to fall, it may not be enough toen eer jazz a very flat summer travel season. reporting live, in lorton. back to you. >> thank you, jane. >> president obama unveiled a proposal to help shrink the growing unemployment rate today. $12 billion would go to community colleges nationwide. and those fund would give the schools the means to retrain unemployed workers. in a new generation of jobs including the clean energy industry. the president admitted a recovery is going to take some time. he expects unemployment numbers to rise for the next several months before they begin to fall. ahead tonight, marion barry episode bringscrutiny to the

d.c. council. rather large, shark washing ashore on a popular beach in the northeast. a stunt plane spirals to the ground and hits a car. "money" magazine says it is the police to be place to be to find singles. bob, how is the weather? >> we have most eligible low humidity spots in the country here in washiton june lie. what else would you expect in july. in sports. that time of year. serena williams makes her d.c. debut with the wizards start things off right in las vegas. and we will show you president obama's first pitch at the all-star game.ll that makes a delicious, tender, perfect piece of steak. people: oh! it's the steak.

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vacationers at a long island beach were not expecting to see a 24-foot shark wash ashore. the dead shark attracted quite a crowd. wanting to take pictures of him. state workers think it may have died of illness.

sharks are common in the waters off long island. they're not thought to be dangerous but they are big. d.c. government formally launched an investigation into contracts granted by council members today. marion barry won't be the only target. the council approved a resolution that was meant to look into councilman barry's actions. last week a city contract awarded to barry's then girlfriend came to light during their highly publicized dispute. resolution approved today lets attorney bob bennett look into contracting done by all 13 council members. if the investigation takes him there. the judge presiding over the trial of a mother accused of killing her four daughters heard a lengthy bizarre interview today. prosecutors want to submit an eight-hour-long recording of police interrogating benita jax as evidence. jax told authority her daughters were possessed by demons. the judge wi hear the rest of the tape tomorrow. the four girls' badly decomposed bodies were discovered in jax

southeast d.c. home in january of 2008. opening argue the could begin tomorrow. when we come back, second day of hearings for judge sonia sotomayor. harriet walters stole $50 million from the district. now one of her vacation houses can be yours. >> not in the market for a house, the world's cheapest car? a cool morning ahead. find out wheatthhe e nd ty miomhu cckbae into town. ñ?wrwrqñóñçwóo ba

sonia sotomayor got pressure regarding her wise latina remark. the second day of confirmation hearings. though they're questioning her ability to judge fairly, republicans still expect sotomayor to become the first latina to sit on the high court. steve handelsman has our report. >> no word i have ever spoken or written have received so much

intention. >> the word were wise latina. sonia sotomayor, the first hispic nominated to the u.s. supreme court. and had to answer for them again in her confirmation hearing. >> i guess i'm asking today what do you really believe? >> in a series of speeches, sotomayor had said a wise latina would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male. >> i do not believe that any ethnic, racial, or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. >> some lawyers who argued cases before sotomayor said they came away with bad feelings about her. republican lindsay graham read some feedback. >> she is a terror on the bench. she is temperamental, excitable, she seemsangry. >> do you think you have a temperament problem? >> no, sir, i ask the hard questions. i do it evenly for both side. >> sotomayor has not ruled on abortion cases.

but anti-abortion rights activists protested her hearing. that could grind on through thursday. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, capitol hill. one city in our area apparently the best place to find rich, sexy, smart singles. money magazine ranked arlington as the number two city in the country for the rich and the ngle. editors say the home of the pentagon stand out for its population of brainy bachelors and bachelorettes. since many work in the field of science and government. arlington's neighborhood gets good reviews for bars and entertainment options. an exotic vacation hom belonging to the woman who stole $50 million from the district is on the auction block courtesy of the u.s. marshalls, she forefitted the house in saint thomas. she was convicted of defrauding the city her job as manager of the tax office. serving a 17 year sentence.

pictures of the auction website show sweeping views from the home which appears to be really nice. the winningest man in olympic history joined conan o'brien for taping of the tonight show. michael phelps sat done to discuss his return to competitive swimming and his book how to train with a t-rex and win eight gold medals. phelps set a world record last week. see him interviewed, following the broadcast here on nbc 4. i have trees that are dying, they're just desperate for a drink. >> you know we went through april, may and june -- complaining. >> the whole time. about the rain. i know. now i'm -- rain barrels are dry. >> one of the farmers. >> too much rain. too little rain. too much. we could use a bit of rain. >> yeah. i think before the week is out we will be getting some showers. but at that time of the year now folks when we don't get the semisoaking rains from coastal storms like we had back in may. our rainfall well low average.

as was our temperature. sound like early september. indeed. this morning. 64 degrees. look at the morning low temperatures. elkins, west virginia. 44 degrees. heat may have been on out there. and buffalo is 50. parkersburg, west virginia, 50 degrees. records in rochester. 48 degrees. we made it up into the mid 80s. a lot of 80s. but, here we are in the hottest time of summertime. only -- a few spots around 100. they would love to be seeing some of the dry air. it is not going to rain around washington. indeed, right now on doppler, there is nothing going on. the only spot getting scattered showers.

ocean city maryland. a wonderful day coming up tomorrow. high pressure. dry air. canadian air, our with maker. but as it moves off and as we get later on into tomorrow and especially on into thursday. there may be, may be a few scattered showers. maybe a thundershower, but there will be just that, little weather front comes through. but still no sign of any areas of wet weather. tomorrow, close to average. 89 degrees. tomorrow morning when you get up and head out. because of the dry air. it will be a rather cool morning. temperatures tomorrow morning. in town. in the mid 60s. 50s in the suburbs. beautiful day tomorrow. again, lot of sunshine. and some of those cloud. not quite as the low humidity we had today. the reason things are drying out. and the humidity has been so low. without any rain. moisture, goes right back into the atmosphere. tomorrow, evening, we'll see

partly sunny skies. few high cloud. will be coming in the temperatures tomorrow evening around 80 degrees. that is as we get on into later in the week. humidity does come in and with it a chanc of some afternoon showers. could be a few morning showers too on thursday. d another chancn o saturday. but unfortunately, those will be hit and miss varieties. maybe your oenrdga.rd and your lawn, wendy. temperatures still for the most part. a bit below average. 89 degrees. hottest time of the year. >> great. thank you, bob. >> still ahead, the staggering cost of the health care bill. a plane spirals out of control. hits the car on the ground. up next in sports. defending wimbledon champ comes

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how was the arm. funny to think that last night here in d.c. the president was practicing. in the rose garden. he really was. isn't that funny? yeah, president obama picked up hall of famer willie mays in michigan on the way to saint louis tonight. he got to ride in "air force one." he took last minute advice. mays told president obama to follow through. he did. let's go back few saint louis. the president walked across the field with a bold statement. he wore his white sox jacket, name and the legendary. and took the mound. president obama is a lefty. with the wind-up and the delivery. pujols helps hem oim out. the president with the fist bump. goal to keep it high. a high for him. he had a great time out there. an actually he was trash talking pujols saying he couldn't believe it. he let prince fielder win the home run derby in pujols home

town stadium. plaintiff h the president had a fantastic evening. wizards, want to add depth. reports are that they're in serious conversations with san antonio center, alberto. the starting center for the spurs. 2007 championship team. he was waived after traded to detroit. two weeks ago. meanwhile, tonight the wizards are in las vegas for summer league play. first quarter. wizards in black. nick young has the ball. pulls up. drains the three-pointer. then, wizards in transition. and nick young out front. by himself. throws it down. then again, nick young. look at this. takes it. gets another three. young, playing more aggressive just like coach flip saunders wanted. and 36 points. wizards beat the cavs, 96-93. this time last year, tiger woods could barely make it from his couch to his bed. as he watched the british open from home recovering from knee surgery. now he is in a position that he hasn't been in for a long time. heading into the british open, first time, tiger woods hasn't

been a defending champion in any major since 2004. woods is doing his home work this week. in scotland. he finished the third practice round today. on a course he never played. he knows winning a fourth british open would be special. >> go ahead and hopefully -- get into the majors soon. would be nice. but just one of those things where you can't force it. you have to go ahead and plod your way along. and i have been in position, the first two. this year. and unfortunately things didn't get it done. and, hope i can do it again this week. >> tiger woods excited for play. picks up thursday. >> serena williams had a very big day. this afternoon, before the president flew to st. louis. she met him at the white house where she said the highlight of her afternoon was that he complimented her five-inch heels. seriously. tonight tennis shoes. she took to the court. let me take you downtown. and the team to watch.

jason campbell. sean springs in town on the right. serena williams with le l elander. serena, exchanging ground strokes. look at the long lob. but, the return shot is out. capitals get the point. look at leander. can bust a move. does a dance right there. later, breaker, serve. and serena's shot. right here. too hot to handle. serena, leander win all five games. and 22-12. improve to 5-4. the world team tennis standings. now to the game. the all-star game. tied at 3 in the bottom of the 7th. colorado's and papplebaum. crawford tracking it. leaps. makes the catch. and robbed of a home run. that would be a turning point. it is the top of the eighth inning now. still, knotted at three apiece. baltimore, adam jones is up. with a man on third. jones lifts one deep to right.

that is good enough to score. curtis granderson. all the way from third base. not too attractive. but effective. american league hangs on to beat the national league, 4-3. they have won 12 straight. all star games. the national league has not won since 1996. >> yikes. >> crazy. >> something about the name national. >> ha-ha. >> coming up next, the world's cheapestar hit u ó eçw/ñóo

the house plan to overhaul the health care system would cost more than $1 trillion from

the congressional budget office. the office without an overhaul, 54 million peoe would be without insurance. overhauling the health care system could cut that number to $17 million. half would be illegal immigrants. the trillion dollar price tag is inflated because it doesn't take into account like a surtax on wealthiest americans and medicare reform. showdown between democrats and the president over the f-22 fighter jet. several high ranking senators are pushing for an amendment to purchase a fleet of f-22s. president obama promised to veto any new spending on the jets. engines and parts for the jet are made in the state of several influential democrats, dodd, kerry and kennedy. the vote set for tomorrow. new video released today shows a plane that spiraled out of control in ape german air show. crashing into a car with a

family inside the pilot flew too low during the stunt and went right into the car. a couple and their daughter has minor cuts and bruises. the pilot had minor injuries. no one had to be

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