hours. >> space shuttle "endeavour" is set to lift off in just about an hour. but will it get off the ground this time? live at the kennedy space center. looking for a bargain. we will tell you the five things you can get a great deal on right now. good evening. welcome to "news4 at 5:00." i'm wendy reer. >> i'm craig melvin. >> we will begin at 5:00 with the chilling calls for help from an elderly woman after a man breaks into her house and terrifies her and her husband. you heard the calls first on news4. chris gordon joins us with details. >> mr. and mrs. belote are 82 and 83 years old and emotionally exhausted by their ordeal. they were held hostage by a gunman in their leesburg home last friday. it was the emergency call that frances made last friday that summoned heavily armed police and led to the apprehension of their captor. today they allowed me into their home as they heard for the first time the emergency call for help. >> he said he was going to take

the car and get away. that was -- it was a risk for me and i knew i had cell phones. >> reporter: francis was able to make the emergency call on her cell phone. after untying her hands, her husband, robert, was still bound. she had shut the bathroom door and turned the lock hoping that their captor left the house. only to realize he was still there. >> does he have a gun? >> yes. >> all right. what did he look like? >> i don't want him to hear me. >> just talk softly. i can hear you, okay. was he wearing dark clothes? >> white t-shirt. >> white t-shirt.

>> reporter: i asked how she managed to remain so calm and clear-headed during the emergency call. >> i was at peace, even though i knew what i had to do. because god was there. he was going to take care of me one way or the other. i was going to be in heaven shortly or i was going to be free a little later. >> reporter: it happened on this quiet leesburg cul-de-sac where the belotes felt so safe at home they left the garage door unlocked and that's how the suspect got in. the emergency call resulted in the neighborhood being evacuated as heavily armed emergency response teams surrounded the house. the suspect released frances belote and then sat face to face with his hostage, discussing his options. >> he sat there and reminisced -- said how am i going to get out of here? i said, i don't think you can get out of here. >> reporter: the suspect, 49-year-old william spencer, surrendered to police after the

eight-hour stand-off. the belotes talked to news4, they say, because they hope the community might learn from their experience. they urge people to lock their doors and they hope that there is a lesson as well about the power of faith. craig, wendy. >> chris gordon. thank you. now to the latest in fairfax county where a possible shooting suspect has been holding police at bay for nearly 24ou hrs now.h he has been holed up inside of a house on lyle avenue in falls church since early last night. tracee wilkins is live on if scene for us tonight with the latest. >> reporter: little has changed since this all started at 6:30 pfshg m. yesterday. one thing that has changed is that now police are is saying they are communicating with someone inside of the home although they won't say who. meanwhile, the neighborhood has been turned upside down. nearly 24 hours later, neighbors are making other plans and there are more police shift changes at this falls church neighborhood as it remains the center of a police stand-off.

>> we have invaded this community for over 20 hours and has been pretty tough work for all of the negotiators and people involved. we have not reached a successful conclusion yet. our mission, of course, is to get everyone out of that house alive. >> reporter: it all began last night around 6:30 p.m. when police say a 36-year-old woman was shot on fisher drive. witnesses reported seeing man run from the scene and into a nearby home and in the 7600 block of lyle avenue. that led to a stand-off and that's lasted nearly a day. numbers of fairfax county and state police are on the scene along with s.w.a.t., armored vehicles, and robots. streets have been closed throughout the ordeal. >> basically they told us last night at about 7:00, you know, just -- you know, we are not letting anybody out right now. we are trying to resolve this. and that if you did get out you would not be able to come back in until absolutely it was resolved. >> it has been a really labor intensive event for us but i

am -- i'm hopeful that we will have a suspect -- satisfactory conclusion and turn the lovely counity back to its residents with our sincere appreciation for its use. >> reporter: police had communication with someone inside the home but will not say with whom. >> spent a lot of time developing a relationship with the person that they are talking to. it does not happen in five minutes. sometimes it takes five hours and that's ys it has been take sewing long. >> reporter: the stand-off is continuing. at this point police are not confirming the ages nor the numb of people who are inside of the home. they say that the safety of those inside and the residents around the home are top priority. >> what we want is to save everybody involved in it. >> reporter: this incident has happened down the street from where we are. but about 100 feet away from me on the left-hand side there are groups of people who have been going throughout the day. folks that are somehow related

to the people involved in this situation. now, police have been updating them and talking with them throughout the morning, bringing them the latest information but also closely guarding those folks so that members of the media won't be able to interview them or ask them any questions. now, at this point police are not giving us ages or names or even a number for how many people are held up inside of that house. they are saying that they want to keep all of this information close to them because theyon't want anything to happen that could possibly jeopardize what they are trying to do here. they are not giving the media a lot of information. they are not giving us an update for the condition of the woman shot here in the neighborhood yesterday. tracee wilkins live in falls church. craig, back to you. >> thank you. a loudoun county woman has been indicted in a $50 million mortgage fraud scheme. the loudoun sheriff's office said diane frederick took advantage of more than 100 home buyers in northern virginia. they say that she fraudulently inflated her clients' income, putting them into homes they

couldn't afford. the authorities say the losses from this will affect all homeowners. >> case unfortunately that there are a lot of victims involved here. homeowners, those who may have put everything they had into a home and ended up getting foreclosed on because there was no way they could afford tonight the first place. of course, t mortgage companies that are out possibly $50 million as well. that's something that gets pass order to anybody that owns a home. >> investigators belief atari fled the country and working with interpol to find her. the federal government and two dozen states are going after companies accused of taking advantage of homeowners in financial trouble. prosecutors are filing nearly 200 lawsuits and cease and desist orders today. those suits target 21 people and 14 firms who allegedly bilked homeowners trying to refinance their mortgages so they could avoid foreclosure. the lawsuits seek millions of dollars in civil penalties ands are tietution for the victims. judge sotomayor is back on

capitol hill today for her confirmation hearings. she underwent a second day of tough questioning. some members of the senate judiciary comttee quizzed the supreme court nominee on a number of topics, including the right to bear arms. during one exchange with republican senator tom coburn from oklahoma, sotomayor brought up the recent d.c. gun control case involving plaintiff richard he h heller. >> we recognize that heller held and it is -- the law of the land right now in the sense of precedence that there is an individual right to bear arms. and as it applies to government federal government regulations. >> senator coburn also tried to press sotomayor on abortion and asked whether roe versus wade is still valid. >> the technologies advanced so far that we can now save children i born prematurely.

should that have bearing as we look at the law? >> the law has answered a different question. it talked about the constitutional right of women in certain circumstances. and -- as i indicated the issue becomes one of what is the state regulation in any particular zblishg i understand. but all i'm asking is should it have any bearing? >> i can't answer that in the abstract because the question as it would come before me wouldn't be in -- in the way that you form it. >> there were lighter moments duri today's hearing. sotomayor talked about how the tv show "perry mason" influenced her to become a lawyer. another round of hearings scheduled for tomorrow. that's when 30 witnesses both for and against judge sotomayor are scheduled to begin speaking. we continue to follow that

developing story out of iran today where investigators remain on the scene after deadly plane crash. the airlines jet left tehran this morning and heading to the capital of armenia and crashed 15 minutesfter takeoff. witnesses say that the plane's tail was on fire moments before it nose dived into a field. the fuselage was scattered over a wide area. 168 passengers and crew were onboard and were killed. this is iran's worst air disaster in six years. closer to home, investigors e trying to figure out what caused that hole in the southwest airlines jet. the piece of metal that came off of the plane will undergo analysis. experts will be looking for cracks or corrosion. they will study the plane's maintenance and manufacturing records. that plane was en route from nashville to baltimore on monday when the skin of the plane peeled back just in front of the tail. pilot made an emergency landing in charleston, west virginia, and there were no injuries. good evening. bob ryan, storm center 4. we have the sky but not that

beautiful azure blue we have seen. the dew points just up into the 60s. our temperatures well into the 80s. and the dew points, that's the real measure of how much moisture, humidity in the air. that's surged by 10 to 20 degrees since yesterday. so here is our wednesday weather question about heat. >> thanks, bob. >> got your guess? >> yes. >> all right. still ahead on "news4 at 5:00," we are following the latest developments in the death of michael jackson. talk today that this could back homicide investigation. >> the latest from nasa. will the space shuttle "endeavour" lift off? >> caught speeding but the judge tears up the ticket. we will tell you why.

police say their investigation is far from over of the murder couple. seven people are charged with murdering the billings. during what investigators say was a home invasion and robbery. investigators located a person of interest, pamela long. one of the suspects says long was a pivotal person in this

operation. >> we know that she was associated with patrick gonzalez jr. up until the day of the murders. so, again, we would like to get information from her about his activities, whereabouts, movements, those sorts of things. again, she is a person of interest because of her close association with him. >> investigators say it was almost a perfect crime. except that the home surveillance system was working but there are indications that it was supposed to have been turned off. the surveillance tapes helped lead police to those suspects. we also found another developing story here right now,ing the sixth attempt could be a go for the space shuttle. spe shuttle "endeavour" may lift off. the astronauts are in their seats and hoping to blast off about an hour from now. kristen dahlgren has been on standby in florida for what seems like two weeks. how confident are they this time? >> reporter: it has gotten to the point you almost don't want to say that they are confident

that things are looking better. this is how superstitious people have gotten. some of the astronauts were seen getting or to the shuttle with rally caps on. so, you know, they know what is at stake here. this is their sixth attempt. the record for launch delays is only seven so they are approaching it and had problem was the fuel lines back in june. that's been fixed and this week, the weather just has not been cooperating. every day storms moving into the area. right now, though, it looks like things are a go. there are no launch constraints. no anvil clouds in the area, big thunderstorm clouds. no lightning in the area. but this is really just going to come down to the wire in florida, summer. and it is the late afternoon and so meteorologists watching closely and they are going to be watching it second by second to make sure it is safe for "endeavour" to lift off. but right now things looking good. that launch scheduled for 6:03 tonight. looking good. let's keep our fingers cross. >> once the astronauts get there

it will be 13 people in space and the largest number ever. what will they be doing up there in space? >> reporter: they have a lot of work to do on the international space station. trying to get it completed before the shuttle program is retired next year. they are going to be bringing up the last part of the japanese laboratory, billion dollar lab from the japanese. including a front porch. it is not going to be a front porch they can sit on and relax and enjoy a glass of iced tea while they are looking at the earth. this is for space experiment and going to be where they can put things they want to be exposed to the space environment and so that's lab is very important to some of the pierments they are doing up there and they have five space walks that will be a 16-day mission so really busy. a lot do with 13 people the most that have ever lived together in space. that should be interesting to see how things work as well. first big hurdle getting "endeavour" off the ground. >> kristen dahlgren, cape canaveral, florida. when we check back in with you next time hopefullies is for a

pleasant report about how successful the launch was. thanks so much. a number of developments in the michael jackson death investigation. the entertainment website tmz.com is reporting police in los angeles are now treating jackson's death as a homicide. and new concerns about the custody of jackson's three children. a friend of jackson's ex-wife, debbie rowe, told the syndicated show "extra" roe did not want custody of the children. rebecca white read from e-mails she claims she received from rowe. >> i'm not going after custody. these kids are not mine. they were never mine. they were always michael's. my lawyer is telling me i have to take responsibility about the welfare of the children. do i want the kids? hell, no. does it look good for me to ask them for? absolutely. >> lawyers for rowe disputed white's zpamts dwlent her with legal action. are you surprised by reportses that the police are treating michael jackson's death ci a ?mide at's our question of the day.

another absolutely gorgeous day. the humidity is back now. this morning, blue sky. got the hazy, milky sky. temperatures up in the 80s. it wouldn't be july without 90egree days. this is the number of choices. so far we have had one 90-degree day in the month of july. what's the fewest number of 90-degree days we er had in july? one, three, or five? >> d. >> five >> five. >> i think there has been at least one month where there has been no 90-degree day. >> zero? >> zero. >> my goodness. quite correct. >> i get the prize? >> good guess. do you remember it, though? >> i remember it individually. it was as if it was 1891. >> 1891. even i don't remember that one. we have been having a few years with not many 90-degree days. 2004 we only had four 90-degree

days. 86 degrees. 90s and 100. dallas-ft. worth, the heat, terrible drought. texas. dallas-ft. worth. 101. early this morning down to 51 degrees in binghamton. there's where the dewoints are still in the 50s. ours are creeping up now. look at the changes. 15 to 20-degree rise in the dew point. thatru t thee measure of humidity. this morning, yes yesterday, we were well below 60. tomorrow near 70 for the humidity. and the jet stream has move ad bit to our north. that's allowing the general area of high pressure to move off and as that happened our winds turned into the south and southwest. allowing the humidity 20 come in. radar down cape canaveral, there are showers and thundershowers. right now, they are staying away. there is coco florida. things look good.

to the south, showers. thundershowers. daytona beach, that stays. probably all right for the launch. about an hour. there you can see everything looks right now meanwhile there have been other showers. we have been so dry, we could use some of these few showers up in parts of georgia. here is the batch that moved through kentucky earlier, louisville. showers. and some of those may make their way into us later on tonight. not any general range. ocean city, another great vacation day out there. look at alexandria. folks in alexandria, you notice humidity beginning to increase. overnight tonight we will see that with south to southwesterly winds. slight risk of a morning shower, afternoon thundershower. but i think as we get into friday, that's when we have our own chances of getting afternoon thundershowers. tomorrow the risk is a bit more to our north. for the remainder of the evening, partly cloudy. and it is more humid than what we have this morning. last couple of days with the sparkly blue skies. see a lot of high clouds and

lower clouds, too. tomorrow morning, early in the morning, 5:00, 6:00, there may be a brief t passing shower. rrmo werr will see it partly to mostly sunny. near 90 grdeees. de we may have our second 90-degree day tomorrow. rhe t weekend,he cooler weather coming in. and with more showers on saturday. temperatures over the weekend right mao when we look like they will in the low 80s. >> perfect for baseball. >> i think so. >> we would like a prize if we win. we would like a little candy bar. >> give us motivation. >> coming up next, battle of reforming the health care system took a major step forward. >> also, how much is too much? some education groups are weighing in on the right amount of homework. >> playmate of the year hits the streets of d.c. she comes with a message about food.

president obama making another pitch for health care reform. the president met with a group murss and said the health care plan will protect americans, especially people that suddenly lose their jobs. >> not be only -- >> if you lose your job, change your job, start a new business, you will still be able to find quality health insurance you can afford. if you have a pre-existing

medical condition, no insurance company will be able to deny you coverage. >> the president spoke on the same day the key senate committee voted along party lines to support health care legislation. republicans that oppose the bill say the administration is hiding the true cost and say the country cannot afford this massive overhaul at a time when deficits are spiraling out of control. nbc news medical correspondent dr. nancy snyderman sat down with president obama to talk about his health care reform package today and is live from the white house now to tal about this. is the system with the republicans saying that this is expensive and is the syste broke and really needs to be fixed right now? >> reporter: i think one of the real concerns right now is we have a patchwork quilt of health care in this country. and is it broken? i never met a fistnition the last three years that hasn't said yes, it is. but if you have a patchwork quilt, how do you fix it, you don't just sort of rip it all out and i think that's the problem. we have people who have stakes in the game.

insurance companies. doctors. hospitals. pharmaceutical companies. and the one thing i talked to the president about today is that they haven't really taken his case to the american public. they say that access is a lot different than saying you can have everything up want. i think that idea we can order a la cart but want to pay important the blue plate special, i think that's going to be something that he will have to sell. >> exactly. tell us, what would this look like ideally to the american people? >> reporter: i think in a -- i think in a perfect world, it is going to mean that a -- you can get medications, less expensive from the companies. i think it means that an insurance company would not be able to bar you from getting insurance saying is have a pre-existing condition. hospitals will be reimbursed less. doctors will be reimbursed less. but -- i ce back to we the american public. we are not going to be able to go in and say i want that body ct scan and if you find something wrong, just bill it to

my insurance company. we are going to have to be very prudent consumers. and i think the real concern right now is that the president having come back from africa really feels the need to push this forward fast over the next three weeks. some people in congress are saying not so fast for a piece of legislation that's so huge and then after the august recess we have to get into the nitty-gritty of the details and i think that's where a lot of the rancor will be. >> dr. nancy snyderman, thanks so much. capitol hill staffers got a lunchtime treat today from a lettuce-clad "playboy" playmate. there she is. helped peta market veggie day. handing out vegetarian hot dogs. nicole, the 2008 playmate of the year, said that eating vegetarian gives her more energy and helps her maintain her figure as well. >> i tell you, veggie dogs -- i'm a vegetarian. veggie dogs are good.

amazing what they have done with fake meat these day. >> i had veggie burgers. >> i will bring one to you. how about that? >> how about you bring me one with meat? >> i will be dressed differently but i will bring one to you. much more still ahead. a woman sexually assaulted while jogging in our area. we are going to tell you where this happened. >> also ahead, 5:30, local cops caught speeding on camera. why did the judge give them pass? >> major announcement to develop one of the most underutilized parts of our area. we will tell you where it is. ñ?ño

welcome back to our second half hour of "news4 at 5:00." i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm kraeg melvin in for jim handly. vaurnlg toddler survives a harrowing experience. also, how one man ended up with a quadrillion dollar credit card bill and we are live as the nationals and -- live at nationals park as the nats try to turn the season around with a new manager and will hear from the new manager coming up. a major decision today in the trial against a d.c. mother accused of killing her own kids. >> the judge in the banita jacks trial will allow the police interrogation tape into evidence. jacks is on trial for killing her four daughters. today the prosecution laid out its case. they say that it began with abuse and ended up in murder. pat collins outside the courthouse. >> reporter: the prosecutor says banita jacks didn't want people to know what was going on inside of her house. they say that she tried to make it look like no one was living there. closing the blinds. not picking up the mail.

not paying the utility bill. but now they say that her sret a secret no more. banita jack has a secret she was trying to keep. and that secret was on the second floor of her house. the rotting bodies of her four daughters. the words of deborah, top gun prosecutor who systematically outlined the government's case against banita jacks. a story that she says begins in abuse and ends in a case of quadruple murder. signs say we will prove banita jacks the girls by denying food and we will prove jacks took away all the girls' comfort items, pill oh furniture, clothes. we will prove that banita jacks killed every one of her girls. there is no evidence banita

jacks suffers from any mental illness. there's no manifestation of any mental illness. so says the judge, the judge who will press over jacks' criminal tria banita jacks charged first-degree murder in the deaths of her four daughters. after her arrest, jacks gave an eight-hour statement to police. that statement played in superior court this week. january 9, 2008, that marshals came to evict jacks from her home on sixth street southeast. inside they found the bodies of her daughters, ages 5, 6, 11 and 17. they say that the bodies had been there for months and were in advanced stages of decomposition. jacks told police the girls were possessed by demons and died in their sleep. but the medical examiner says that three of the girls were strangled and one had been

stabbed to death. defense torney lloyd nolan says what happened was tragic. but he said it was tragic for banita jacks as well. he says that the cause of death of the children is still unknown and he says that banita jacks is innocent of all the charges against her. now this is not a jury trial. it is a trial by judge. they are expected to have about 30 witnesses and including four medical examiners. it could take about two weeks. wendy, back to you. >> pat collins, thank you. we have breaking news now from capitol hill. there has been a shooting reported at new jersey and c street northwest. we have one person shot. that's near the capitol. here is a live picture for you. new jersey and c street northwest. we have a crew heading to the scene and we will gett to you. more information as we get it. again, that's a shooting there

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disappeared yesterday afternoon south of the old angler's end. the friends say that they were on a fishing trip when he decided to go for a swim. a judge in montgomery county thrown out speeding tickets issued to four police officers. speed cameras caught the officers driving more than the posted speed limit while on duty. a circuit court judge ruled monday the officers' right to due process had been violated because the police department does not have a written policy that outlines when on-duty officers are exempt from speed camera tickets. the county may appeal that ruling. a vicious proposal to build a rapid bus service around the washington region has been given the green light. the washington council of government's voted today to seek $300 million in federal stimulus money for the project. and the plan is to have a rapid bus service bus system rivaling the metro system in place within two years. high-speed rail service was rejected, too expensive, and takeing to long to complete. the bus plan includes building feeder streets in the city and

in suburban areas. also, money for equipping buses with transmitters that would turn traffic signals as they approach. georgia avenue and north west d.c. is one of the city's major thoroughfares running almost gfr wndotownfro srveil spng. ular and bus cdoriorrri laedmi enoevco dcelop d for tar bus hat'sbu beginning to change. tom sheer wood has that report tonight. >> reporter: along georgia avenue change is in the air and on the ground. 161 units mixed the building risen on a once desolate strip of land at new hampshire avenue. >> represents the revitalization of georgia avenue. >> reporter: ward 4 council member says more than three miles of georgia avenue lies in her ward and stretching towards silver spring. surrounded by many neat rows of neighborhood houses of all types. too many run-down business strips for too long. >> what residents say they want, they want to stop leaving d.c. to goo the cleaners and go to

great restaurants and want to do it right in their own neighborhood. and this is the start. >> reporter: the developer has done similar projects on u street and columbia heights. he says the urban areas inside the district are hot despite the economy. >> this is a catalytic project, hopefully this will lead to other things in georgia aven. urban development in washington, d.c., is really on fire right now. great things going on. >> reporter: many longtime businesses welcome the change taking place and the cafe featuring jerk chicken has been here 21 years. >> lot of new stuff coming in and organics going down the street. neighborhood is great. the metro station. we have the balcony. this is really great community. getting better. and, you know, it is really nice. >> reporter: tom sherwood, news4, washington. mayor fenty prays it is new housing development as long overdue.

the project must approve three years ago when fenty represented the area. another beautiful day. could it be enng? >> well, that depends on how you define beautiful. if we have the low humidity, that's ending. winds turning to the south. arlington, dew point, 64. which is still for july not bad. not like it was in the 40s yesterday. overnight tonight, our temperatures will fall into only around 70 because of the moisture that's in the air and we may see a morning sprinkle and a slight chance, slight risk of an afternoon thundershower. only 30% chance, though. once again, on friday afternoon, right now, friday afternoon, looks like a greater risk of some showers or showers. with the humidity around. clouds will be lingering. maybe a passing shower on saturday. certainly a rainout. then rather cool for sunday with a little pattern with northwesterly winds coming back and again temperatures into next week. remaining below average as we are into the hottest time of the year.

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"waens child" moved around several times in the past few years and his dream is to find a caring family with parents that love him and wouldn't hurt if they had a dog. here is barbara harrison. >> reporter: hi, tony. >> hi. >> reporter: how are you? >> fine. >> reporter: great to meet you.

you are interested in k-9 policing. smart? >> yes. >> reporter: at 13 tony was excited to get to meet real-life k-9 officers. nays to sigh, paul. i want to you meet tony. >> tony, very nice to meat you. i'm glad you are here. we have a lot to show you today. >> reporter: the officers offered to give tony some lessons in training dogs here at the police academy. >> as a police work dog, sometimes they get rambunctious and more playful than others. you can pet them here. right on the side. >> reporter: tony says he's never had a dog of his own. but one of the foster homes he lived had a dog that he still misses. you like dogs? >> i love dogs. >> reporter: do you have any particular type of dog you like? >> i like all dogs. sit. >> reporter: one of the difficult things for children in foster care is having to leave places, people, and things.

never having a permanent place to call home. >> it is really hard. >> reporter: tell me why. >> pack up the stuff and move to different places. packing, unpacking, packing, unpacking. >> adorable, loving child. very adoptable. he is interested in computers and he love sports, especially hockey. he loves to be outside and remember outgoing and he has a great personality. >> reporter: tony proved he was a good dog handler when shown some of the commands. >> down. >> tony knows what he wants. he is a very articulate child. >> i want to be with a family that has pets, some one that i can play with. >> reporter: he also knows he really wants to be a k-9 police officer some day. the officer said they will be waiting for him. tony got a special plaque. he hopes he doesn't have to wait until he is grown up to have a

dog and a family of his own. barbara harrison, news4, "wednesday's child." homoryou have room in youre n i your heart for tony or any ofur o"wednesday's ilch,"urend uren oll speal o adoption hotline. 1-88-to-adopt-me. up next, we continue to follow breaking news. one person has been shot near the capitol. we will bring you the latest information as we get it. >> coming up in sports, live at nationals park. hear from the new neipr pe.xt ñqp

if we don't act, medical bills will wipe out their savings. if we don't act, she'll be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. and he won't get the chemotherapy he needs. if we don't act, health care costs will rise 70%. and he'll have to cut benefits for his employees. but we can act. the president and congress have a plan to lower your costs and stop denials for pre-existing conditions. it's time to act.

we are heading back to capitol hill where there's breaking news.

one person was shot near the intersection of new jersey and c streets in northwest. that person had been taken to the hospital. details are still coming in. a shooting at new jersey and c street northwest on the senate side of the capitol. the senate side, by the way, is on lockdown. we have virginia -- one of our producers on the hill on the phone mao. virginia, what can you tell us about this? >> virginia, are you there? >> we are going to try to get virginia on the phone to tell us more about this. again the senate is on lockdown. as they try to investigate this shooting. a person shot at new jersey and c streets. they are up on capitol hill. so we will keep you posted. just about six weeks, school will be back in session. some parents are urging teachers to ease up on the homework. over the past few years

grassroots movement calling for less homework. one standard, the so-called ten-minute rule. some education groups are endorsing the rule. children should get ten minutes of homework a night per grade. meaning first grader would get ten minutes of homework and a third grade wore get 30 minutes. not all parents want homework lim limited. >> let's see what's coming up on "news4 at 6:00." >> coming up tonight, a hostage standoff going on. 24th hour now. that's a house in falls church, virginia. we will tell you aut. that or a laloc e shrc f alre estatereagt.en spot.hilice tays t this wom sterminded a scheme that py order more than 100 home buyers. some bandits wearing wigs took over a bank in a violent con froygstation today. those stories and more coming up in a few minutes. let's get back to that breaking news we have been following here near capitol hill. >> one person was shot at new jersey and c streets northwest.

that is on the senate side of the hill. the senate, by the way, the senate side of the capitol, is now on lockdown. i guess as they try to find the shooter and investigate this. again, that's a lot of police activity, as you can see there. we are following this and we will keep you posted. let's get to sports now. dan hellie joining us now. big night for the nationals. >> yes. i don't know if i want to call eight fresh start because they have the same product on the field. they are hoping to head into the new direction. manny tack was fired and has been replaced by rockville native jim riggleman who was the national bench coach. the players had been off for the all-star break and regrouped today. it was riggleman's first chance to meet the team and the media in his new position. lindsay czarniak is at the park where she got a chance to catch up with the new skipper. what's the feeling down there at nationals park? >> we just came from the

clubhouse. the players don't want to talk about and it we were escorted out of the clubhouse. as we speak jim riggleman is addressing the for the first time as their new manager. this is a unique opportunity for riggleman because he is a hometown buy. went to high school in rockville and frostburg state. he said that this experience is bittersweet just because of how fond he is of manny acta. >> manny did a great job. he is an outstanding manager. many great days ahead for manny. but, you know, we have been in this situation where the losses are mounting up and a change is made. the manager generally pay as price for that and it is unfortunate because he's really good. we are going to miss him. if we have any success here in the future, i think we can attribute it to the equity manny put into this. you know, i miss manny being here and i love my conversations with him. but it is a unique opportunity for me to be here in my hometown

and manage a ball club i grew up watch. >> general manager mike rizzo said you are a fierce disciplinarian. he said you are going to teach these players how difficult this game can really be. do you feel like if they needed more discipline? >> not really. you know, i mean, i think manny -- you know, behind closed doors was an outstanding disciplinarian and manny let them know right from wrong and never neglected that. you know, i -- i think in a lot of ways, you know, i just -- i don't think that discipline is the word. maybe it is more respect, you know, respect for the game and uniform. and the respect for the fans and that type of stuff. you know, i think that -- we all have the same beliefs. but sometimes this may be a different voice with messages of what's needed. again, you know, when i was in chicago i know -- everything that i said, next said the same thing. they listened better because it was a new guy.

you know, i'm going to do what i do and hopefully they zblond lastly, what will that approach be from you and what do you do to help trim the ball club around and maybe exceed expectations in that interim title? >> i i think really, you know, i have given a lot of thought to that. any changes i think i keep coming back manny was doing the right things. he was saying all the right things and we are going the try to get them to respond in -- the waymany wanted them to respond. and sometimes it was just a matter of not getting it done i the bull pen or, you know, have a revolving door down there. we hope they can solidify that situation. tighten things up which manny preached all the time about. but, you know, we weren't getting results and we just -- we have to keep fighting for it. as i said, if we turn it around it will be the things manny preached about all along and we finally did it. >> i asked jim riggleman what

his message would be today when he met with the team first time. he said to refocus and said everybody from parking attendants to players and coaches are upset to see manny go but wants to stress they are not going to leapfrog three, four teams in the standings but certainly can turn this thing around. >> we will see you again at 6:00. jim riggleman saying all the right things. back to breaking news near the capitol. the senate side is on lockdown. >> go to virginia. what do you know from up there? >> reporte we talked to a witness who actually saw a lot of what happened right before the shoong. he saw what he says was as white mercedes said an co sedan come louisiana avenue from union station towards the capitol. and he saw two police cars in pursuit with their sirens on. he saw a turn on to new jersey avenue which is about two blocks away from the capitol going towards the capitol. and then he heard about eight,

ten gunshots right before that you heard what sounded like a big crack and didn't see what happened. and then heard eight, ten gunshots. does not know where they came from. we did one person was taken away in an ambulance. and i can see the white mercedes and i'm told by someone close enough to see the plates before they kicked us back across the street, they are dealer plates. we don't know what state they are from. that's all i know from capitol hill. >> does the mercedes have bullet holes riddled through it? >> reporter: there is a police car in front o it and they will not let us get closer than across the street. unfortunately, i can't see it. we are told that someone from the capitol police will come out shortly and brief us. i am told by the witnesses it seems like there was only one person in the car marngs. he was not able to see his face. and we know the man was taken away. >> the senate side is on lockdown, virginia? >> reporter: as far as i know. i'm outside without contact to nub actually on capitol hill.

>> all right. virginia coyne, our nbc producer on the hill. det collins is heading there and upg n "news4 at ????/óoawqqa#x up

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