florida couple gunned down in their home. good thursday to you. i'm craig melvin in for jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. topping our news this afternoon, the billings were killed a week ago today. eight people have now been charged and the physical evidence against them appears to be mounting. >> investigators say they have found the safe zwroenl from the couple's home, a vehicle used in the getaway, several guns, including one that could be the murder weapon. >> reporter: the arrest overnightle love real estate agent pamela long wiggins and finding the safe that was stolen from the billings' home led authorities to say this thursday. >> we believe that this concludes the major part of our investigation. >> reporter: other evidence includes an suv impounded overnight believed to be the same one seen in the video of the home invasion murder a week ago. and maybe the murder weapon. >> we have located several guns

in various locations. one of which we believe is the murder weapon. we believe. it has not been processed yet. >> did you know the bill wrgs going to die? >> reporter: pamela wigens has been charged with accessory after the fact. the eighth person charged in the murders of the billings, a couple with 17 children, and most of them adopted, many with special needs. the other seven to include the one wigens was landlord to are behind bars charged with murder. the sheriff reiterated again robbery was the motive. and that other info will come out at trials. >> it is what it is. we will follow any legitimate investigative lead until it is concluded because we have the legal and ethical requirement to do that. >> reporter: this while funeral services for the billings will be held friday. >> the mother of the woman accused of killing her four children took the stand in d.c.

superior court today. banita jacks started toxri rub her eyes when prosecutors questioned her. a departmentsy u.s. marshal testified today. marshals found the decomposing bodies of jacks' four girls while serving an eviction notice at her southeast washington home last january. in the first day of the trial, judge frederick weisberg decided to allow a videotape of jacks police interrogation to be used as evidence. jack jacks said her daughters were possessed by demons. police have released the identity of the man they say opened fire on police. just blocks from the capitol yesterday. 27-year-old kellen anthony white, brandywine, maryland, shot to death after a traffic stop went bad. it started just after 5:00 yesterday afternoon near union staying. police say white refused to pull over and then nearly ran over two officers before crashing into a capitol police cruiser and opening fire on the

officers. today house speaker pelosi and minority leader john boehner commended the officers for their bravery. the takoma metro rail station on the red line was closed several hours today. authorities continue looking at what caused last month's fatal crash. the station was closed between ten o'clock this morning and 3:00 this afternoon. during that time, investigators performed more tests on the stretch between the fort totten and silver spring stations. that's when the crash happened. shuttle buses took riders to other stops. >> this is ridiculous. happened between fort totten and takoma. >> understand why they would have to in order to investigate the accident properly but it is a big inconvenience to the commuters and the users of the system. >> i'm glad that they are closing it down so it won't happen again. the fact they are putting this much time into it, i appreciate it. >> metro says the takoma station will be closed again saturday between 7:00 in the morning

until 7:00 at night and will do that so they can perform more tests. a water main break caused a traffic mess in fairfax county today. the 12-inch main broke overnight in annandale. as you can see, gushing water flooded parts of little river turnpike between cornwall drive and pinecrest parkway. that caused backups. do dozen customers lost water service as well. a spokesperson with the fairfax water authority says the broken pipe has been fixed and water service has been restored. another big lane shifts near the wilson bridge. >> if you are interested, you can put in your bid to buy the water gate hotel. >> here are four other stories making headlines in the washington area today. prince george's county police are investigating the death of a man found in capitol heights. police found the victim's body early this morning. a resident told police she heard gunshots and then a man lying on the ground. a mother is fighting for her

life following a shooting that triggered a 24-hour stand-off with police. it started tuesday when a man shot the mother of his 8-year-old son in an apparent argument. police say he then took the by and another woman hostage. inside a home on fisher drive in falls church. police got them out safely but the 36-year-old woman he is accused of shooting remains in critical condition. police say that the suspect took his own life. the wilson bridge project will create major shift in traffic starting today. the right lane of the beltway's outer loop will be diverted to the right and traffic will use the eisenhower connector ramps as the third outer loop travel lane. this configuration will remain rough september. until then, drivers won't able to turn on to the connector or stop on those ramps. one of washington's most famous landmarks goes on the auction block next tuesday. the watergate hotel will be auctioned off.

five years after a developer bought it with hopes that restoring it to its glory days. the current watergate owner was given a foreclosure notice last month. the "endeavour" astronauts have begun inspecting their ship for signs of damage from last night's liftoff. they are using a 100-foot laser to look at the shuttle's exteri exterior. eight or nine pieces of foam insulation came off the external tank. the crew will inspect "endeavour" again tomorrow and when they arrive at the international space station. the shuttle will remain at the space station for t weeks. there are five planned space walks. hey, it is starting to feel like summer in the d.c. area. chuck bell has the fast forecast from storm center 4. chuck, humidity showed up today, man. >> yeah. no kidding. we all noticed it first thing on your way out to get your day started. walked out the door, it was 73 degrees. warmest morning start since the middle of september last year. there's only literally one

shower available to see on the radar right now. this is down into spotsylvania county and central virginia. right in and around the chancellorville area. when i say that's it, there is a look at the broader view. that is it. no one else is getting even p so much as a drop out there the rest of the afternoon. so it is hot and dry. current temperature in washington, 95 degrees. yes, indeed. far and away the warmest day of the year so far. 87 in sals burry, maryland. satellit picture around the mid atlantic, showers are few and far between. there are showers and thunderstorms across central and eastern north carolina. those are moving away from us. we are just going to be hot and dry as we go through the rest of the evening. temperatures in the low to mid 90s here for the next hour or two. back down to the low 80s by 11:00 tonit. feels like summertime. very summerlike evening for sure. another 90-degree day coming up tomorrow. we will detail that coming up in the forecast. the weekend more w than dry or more dry than wet.

we will give thank you details plus beach and boating coming up later. let's go back to the stio. >> thank you, chuck. gunfight left five police officers wounded in jersey city today. this afternoon two of the officers are fighting for their lives. it all started around 5:00 this morning after police spott a vehicle that was connected to an armed robbery. when police approached the suspect they fired on the officers. one suffered a shotgun blast to the face and the other was hit in the neck. they are both in critical condition. the other three officers were treated and released. the two suspects were killed. police have not yet released their identity. a california man and his wife got into an argument on a cruise ship. she's dead. he's the suspect. the fbi is not releasing the man's name but say they are questioning a man in his 50s and have not arrested him yet. carnival cruise lines say the man and his wife good got into a dispute in their cabin tuesday evening. they say they put the man in the big aboard the ship.

20 agents made their way out to sea to question the man. when "news4 at 4:00" continues, the michael jackson video that everybody is talking out. it is finally released. find out why it could be key to figuring out how he died. first time in years a man moves his hands into the process and takes apot in the medical history books. when it comes to eating crabs, are you one of the folks who loves the meat but can't stand to pick it yourself? some expert advice. >> that sounds like you. fios guy! where ya headed? ah, just installed fios in the whole building. now everyone has the fastest upload speeds. and we're giving them a mini netbook. well, i'm sticking with cable. so's ted. (voice) no i'm not!

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supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor has finished answering questions before the u.s. senate. today lawmakers also heard from witnesses including two firefighters at the center of one of e judges most disputed rulings. steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: new haven, connecticut, firefighters, frank richie, and ben vargas were denied promotions and testified today to the senate judiciary committee. federal appeals judge sonia sotomayor failed to protect their rights by throwing out their case. they sued the city of new haven for disregarding the promotion exams they passed and after no black firefighters passed them. we saw basic fairness and even-handed enforcement of the laws. >> i expected lady justice with the blindfold on. >> reporter: this year the u.s. supreme court overruled sotomayor in the new haven case but this week, in her effort to win a promotion to the high court, sotomayor's been making the case that in 17 years on the

bench, she's been fair. >> look at my record. and understand that my record talks about as person, what i believe in, and my judgment and my opinion, following the rule of law is the foundation of our system of justice. >> sotomayor might be winning over committee republicans. >> judicial record strikes me in the mainstream. >> reporter: coburn of oklahoma. >> you have very high esteem in my eyes and broad minded enough to understand that america is bigger than the -- >> reporter: republican lindsey graham says he might vote for sotomayor because of her record of fairness. >> that's what makes you to me acceptable as dge. >> reporter: democrats are already celebrating. >> you are going to be a great supreme court justice. >> reporter: the committee vote

could come next week. the senate floor vote, confirmation vote that counts, could come before the august recess. steve handelsman, news4, capitol hill. >> judge sotomayor's confirmation hearings are generating a lot of buzz on our homepage, nbcwashington.com. one viewer writing in to say sotomayor knows her job and she knows the law. and goes by the book. another viewer says she goes around and around in circles saying the same words over and over with no substance similar to a typical politician. another person writing the job of a judge is to shun personal biases and experiences and to see the important facts on which the case depends. sotomayor does not shun her personal biases, she embraces them. another person says she's bright, educated and from what she's said during the hearings, she obviously knows how to handle reactionary.

she admitted her statement was mott something she would have said but as a woman i understand the frustration with the good old boy network. for the last ten years, a georgia man has relied on his wife to help him with simple every day tasks. he's hoping his historic surgery will change that. on may 4th, jeff kepner underwent a double hand transplant. the doctors spent nine hours attaching bones, tendons, nerves and veins to the new hand. the hope now is that the nerves in his hands continue to grow. >> we expect he will have movement in his hands to be able to do grip and grasp. >> he says he looks forward to holding his wife and teenage daughter's hands. he wants to take a shower without help. doctors say he is recovering well but will be in pittsburgh for some time while undergoing therapy. we all know that obesity can cause heart trouble. now a new study shows that it

can also be hard on your knees. researchers at boston university looked at more than 300 older adults. they found a higher body mass index was associated with rapid loss of cartilage in the knees and they say losing weight may be the best with you to slow the progression of the condition known as knee osteo-arthritis. one othe favorite foods in our region, crabmeat. eating a whole one can be intimidating. where do you start? the owner of a popular crab market in virginia shows us how. >> i'm here to show you how to eat a crab. there are a coupl of different variations. a couple of things still stay the same. first, got to grab your crabs. turn it over and grab the key, pull it out. turn it back over. and use it as leverage to pop it open. put the shell off to the side.

one quick snap. okay. this is where there's a couple different variations. i'm going to show you my personal preference. i like to just squeeze the body. that's just going to release some of the not so good stuff from the good stuff. and this portion is called the back, where most of the meat is. jumbo lump, this is where it is coming from. start pulling away. the white stuff is the meat. that's what you want to go after. nice, sweet white meat is what you want. there are a couple of different ways you can eat if you don't like it. i have your butter, vinegar, spice, and cocktail sauce. there's a little spicy. after eating all the meat in the back, you want to go ahead and go for the claw. at's where a lot of other good meat is, too. there are two portions that have all the meat in it. right here, the base. and actual claw part. we just snap in two. start working with your handy-dandy tools. then just start breaking away.

if you can't get into it because it is tough, if you have a crab knife or just a regular butter knife, it will work. ease it out. you have to get your hands in there and you will get dirty. now for the base of the claw. you want to try and snap it and as close to the hinges right here as possible. you start breaking away. and there you go. the good stuff. hope you enjoy your crab as ch as i do. >> there you go. now that you know how to eat crabs, there's also a video on how to cook them, both of those videos are on our website. go to nbcwashington.com. and search key word monkey see. >> you do all that. >> i cannot. i can't do half of that. >> okay. >> can you? >> some of us pick and eat. yes. >> wow. all right. when "news4 at 4:00" continues, incredible video when a horse has to be rescued after falling into a well. this year's emmy nominations including something we haven't

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nasa released stored video of man's first trip to the moon. nasa showed some of the progress it maiden hancing the black and white video shot 40 years ago. among the footage were a before and after armstrong stepping on the moon on july 20th, 1969. the two people responsible for getting lye television from the moon to tv stations around the country were pt of today's press conference. the final version is expected to be released in september. pretty cool. >> it is pretty cool. we could, obviously, use rain in our area. >> rain. >> nothing like this. >> this is getting very serious across the lone star state of texas. this is lake travis which is the main water supply for much of the hill country of texas. you know it has been a long time if your sailboat is sitting on rocks and you are walking the great dane over the sandhills because there's no lake. in fact, looks like they have more water out of the lake than in the lake at this point in time. they had a drought going on for

nearly two years across that part of texas. so long horn fans and aggie fans alike not appreciating the extreme drought in the great state of texas. right here in the great district of columbia, under a mostly blue sky, and it is a scorcher of a summer day. our first 95-degree day of the summer. the wind out of the west at 20 miles per hour is mixing the air out and drying it out a bit. our low this morning was 73. when weet up this morning the dew point was 68 degrees. because of the heating and westerly wind our dew point is back down to the mid 50s. check out the national drought monitor and exceptional drought conditions now across all of south central and extreme southern texas. this is where lake travis is right about in here. spoke terrible drought conditions around there. for us, we are jus getting a little bit on the dry side. technically we had plenty of rain for the year. over the last 25 days, we only had about a half an inch of rain. so our chances for thunderstorms tomorrow will bring much needed and appreciated raindrops. 95 here.

83 in new york city. 100 in dallas, texas. 94 in brownsville. heat index values over 100 from oklahoma city all the way down into brownsville. heat index values over 100 across much of the florida peninsula as well. so here is the national satellite picture. jet stream moving right along. bringing the impulses further and further along here. as a result, we are seeing summerlike heat around the area for today. looks like tomorrow another day probably at or just above the 90-degree mark. before the -- but after that, we will have showers and thunderstorms developing around here. mid to late afternoon and into the evening hours tomorrow. not everybody is going to get wet. at least we will have a scattering showe arnd. best chances between about 4:00 and 9:00 tomorrow afternoon. then things dry out once again. best risk for severe weather tomorrow, really from the northern neck down into tide water, virginia. here's your forecast then for the rest of the beautiful but oh, so warm evening. partly cloudy. very summery. temperatures low to mid 90s here for the next hour or two. back into the low and mid 80s by

11:00. fair weather clouds during the overnight hours tonight. off to a warm and humid start tomorrow morning. 60s in the outlying suburbs to low and mid 70s in town and by the bay. and then for tomorrow, mix of clouds and sunshine but with thunderstorms bubbling up by later tomorrow afternoon and another warm one upper 80s to low and mid 90s. 50% chance of rain tomorrow. 7-day forecast in a couple more minutes. craig, back to you. >> let's give you a look at the bargain blast w.no noho w about freedessert? aim rop to receive f-mls the poltm ndin a wtg ou yill geu chocolate upon th due. go to the meltingpot.com. tarbucks is giving away oundsaoffinnd ots free ice cream between now a o nday. bo faceok usersig c sann u spor f a ree pint of for a f cream.ckce i coffee chain will be givg away up to 20,000 free coupons every day. search starbucks ice cream on facebook for more details. still to come here on "news4 at 4:00," it may be the most talked about event in michael jackson's

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welcome back to "news4 at 4:00." i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm craig melvin. here are the stories we are working on now. investigators say they have found aafe stolen from a couples home during the deadly break-in last week. they have also found several guns. they believe at least one of those guns was used to kill melanie and byrd billings. eight people have now been charged in that case. the couple adopted more than a dozen children. many of them with special needs. sonia sot meyer completed three days of answering questions before the senate judiciary committee. a floor vote could come before the august recess. approval would make sotomayor the first hispanic justice on

the high court. takoma metro rail station was closed for several hours earlier today. investigators can perform more tests on the tracks. crews are still looking for clues into last month's deadly crash. shuttle buses carried passengers to the the other stops. the station will also be closed this saturday for more mosts between 7:00 in the morning and 7:00 in the evening. when mhael jackson's hair caught fire while filming a pepsi commercial back in the '80s that could have been the turning point in his life. some believe that it is possibly e main reason for his use of prescription drugs. the video of that incident has surfaced. ♪ >> reporter: it was michael jackson's nal take othe pepsi commercial that changed everything. ♪ pepsi >> reporter: the shoot had been going smoothly until take six. there was a flash on stage. pyrotechnic exploded too early and suddenly the king of pop was on fire in this never before

seen video you can see the flames shooting from his hair. >> on fire for about eight seconds before anybody steps in to put it out. he continues dancing, oblivious to the fact his hair is alight. >> reporter: jackson kept performing. he was still smoking as people rushed to help. >> when he suddenly realized there was a fire, he took his white glove and tried to put it out. people crowded around him. >> reporter: he looked shocked. who wouldn't be? if you slow the video down, you can see his scalp, the hair singed off. it was january 1984. michael jackson was at the height of his career. but this would become the watershed moment of his life. >> the fact the pepsi commercial went wrong is almost -- pinpoints really the beginning of the end when everything started to go wrong. this is when he first became

addicted to painkillers. he was prescribed demerol to get over the injury. >> reporter: "us weekly" magazine posted the video online. to this day the jackson family blames the pepsi incident for many of michael's problems. jermaine jackson talked about it at neverland. >> i heard things about the prescription drugs when he had the pepsi burn. >> reporter: 25 years later prescription drugs are at the center of his death investigation. the doctors turned over medical records, including his determ e dermatologist and murray who was with michael jackson at the time of his death. his spokesperson tells nbc news that he met with investigators twice. the final interview on june 27th, two days after jackson died. lasted three hours. they say he hasn't been served with subpoenas or search warrants. and that he turned over all the documents requested.

usc law professor jean rosenbloom says prosecutors have an opportunity send a message when the whole world is watching, you have a high-profile victim, you get more bang for your buck if you go after the people who are criminally responsible in a situation like that. >> investigators found several bottles of an anesthesia in jackson's home. a little michael jackson nostalgia. fans spending quite a bit of money. michael jackson is still number one on the album charts. his number one cd sold 349,000 copies in the last week, number one spot. 2.3 million copies of jackson's albums have been pulled since he died three weeks ago.

wall o wall street stocks managed to remain firm. closing bell there. the dow gained 95 points. nasdaq closed 22 points higher. and the new york stock exchange is up 49. the latest unemployment numbers from the labor department are looking better. the number of americans that signed up for unemployment benefits for the first time plunged last week to the lowest level since january. initial jobless claims dropped 47,000 to 522,000. and the number of people who continued to draw unemployment also went down. however, some analysts do say that despite those decline it is numbers remain high and unemployed americans are still having a hard time finding new jobs. proof of the tough economy could be seen at a d.c. job fair today. job hunters sit in lon lines at the convention center this morning. more than 80 businesses and agencies showed up to meet perspective sploes. eleanor holmes norton held the job fair. the response, huge.

in fact, it was the largest in ten years. >> wide open. something -- something like that. you know, maybe government, you know, civil service. something eye long those lines. >> hospitality area. construction. two fields i have been working in. >> and there are jobs thank to some large-scale construction projects and, of course, millions in stimulus money. uncle sam is hiring one of the largest ever federal job fairs is going on right now at the national building museum. 78 federal agencies are promoting public service careers and internships. the job fair will go on until 7:00 tonight. still to come on "news4 at 4:00," what's in a name? new information concludes what you name your child might influence that child for life. >> controversial singer back on the market. dating market, that is. ♪

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meteorologist chuck bell, bright and sunny and it is hot outside. 95 degrees in downtown washington right now. here is a check of live doppler. just one, just one lonely shower down in spotsylvania county, virginia. southwest of the city of fredericksburg there. no thunderstorms, no real threat for any kind of severe weather for the rest of today. so set your mind at ease and make your summer evening plans. it will be a nice one. by the time you get up tomorrow 60s in the suburbs. for tomorrow, another hot one. with a chance for showers and some thunderstorms around tomorrow afternoon. highs in the mid to upper 80s.

here's your all-important 7-day forecast. 90 degree with the humidity and risk of storms tomorrow. 84 saturday and 82 for sunday. fair amount of clouds around. i don't think much of the rain threat over the weekend. monday partly cloudy and 83. and staying well below average all the way into the early and middle parts of next week with at least a little bit more of an unsettled pattern by wednesday, thursday time frame and could bring us a couple of days in a row with a chance of more needed showers. coming up next, you will see steamy hot front lawn of channel 4, you guys. don't want to miss that. beach and boating forecast. back down to you. >> thanks, chuck. here's an interesting story. can a boy's name determine if he will be a good or bad boy? o e answer is yes, according a group of pennsylvania researchers. wrop ey claim that bo u g w with popular names like michael, joshua, christopher have a pretty good chance of leading lag abins.idveli g unyomen with more unpopular and onunmmcounr o feminine name like kareem, walter, ivan have a greater chance much ending up in

jail. here are a few other so-called bad boy names on the list. alec ernest, luke, malcolm, preston and tyrone. i don't know if -- there are a couple of those in there -- ernest, that doesn't sound like a name that will get new jail? erny? >> doesn't sound bad? >> no. nor does craig. >> craig does not invoke fear. pat, if i met a man named pat -- >> it could go either way. >> send your e-mails to pat lawson muse. the emmy nominations are out. find out if your favorite show could be up for an award. it has only been in theaters a day. the new harry potter fill silver medal already making film history. >> har ñ?ñññ ç=nonñnñ

the roof of a stage being built for a madonna concert collapsed today. one worker was killed. two workers are seriously injured. and four others suffered broken bones. in a statement madonna said she was devastated by the news. the cause of the roof collapse was not clear. the concert had been canceled. the list is out and we are quite proud to report that nbc's comedy "30 rock" has broken a

record for most nominations. >> after winning the second straight emmy as best comedy last year, nbc's "30 rock" dominated the emmy award nominations in los angeles. leading the way with 22. up for best comedy while series stars tina fey and alec baldwin are in the mix for acting honors. >> it will be hard to beat anybody from "30 rock." that show is powerful, industry loved it. a show about the industry. and has so many nominations. >> reporter: nbc's "the office" is in the hunt for best comedy along with two hbo shows. "entourage". the rest of the field includes cbs' "how i met your mother." fox's "family guy." first animated comedy since the "flintstones." >> as edgy as a -- as family guy

is. this quite -- achievement to get to that nomination. >> they pay me for that. >> reporter: the cable series "mad men" dominated drama films with 16 nominations overall. a chant to repeat as best drama. >> the reason the emmy promoters embrace it so much is that it is a very rich and complex drama and it is a very adult drama. i think that the look of the show is so intoxicatinintoxicat >> reporter: "breaking back." big love from hbo. legal drama "damages." "dexter" and "house" and "lost." this time around she will have to beat out sally field, sedgwick for and holly hunter for "saving grace." >> what do you do here?

>> reporter: one of last year's big surprises in winning best actor in a drama. this year up ainst ham for "mad men." gabriel burn for "in treatment." simon baker. >> if brian cranston does not repeat and ham does not win, it is way overdue for hugh laurie to win. >> reporter: awards handed out september 13th in los angeles. >> i know you are a "house fan." >> and "svu." >> love "entourage." love "30 rock" and "family guy." >> it has only been in theaters a day but already the new "harry potter" flick is shatterg records. fans stood in long lines to be among the first to see "harry potter and the half-blood prince." the movie made $22 million in midnight showings alone. that breaks the midnight opening record set by "the dark knight" last year. when "news4 at 4:00" continues, take a look at this

video. this is pretty amazing video. terrible truck crash sparked a huge fire ball and enclosed an intershwteig hay. good afternoon. headache for some red-line metro riders as part of the red line is shut down for hours for safety tests. bar codes in grocery store are popping up in the doctor's office and hospitals. they are being used to make sure the patient gets the right medication. this summer kids are giving up swimming and softball and soccer so that they can cook. liz crenshaw explains why. those stories are coming up on "news4 at 5:00." fios guy! where ya headed?

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chuck bell traded the cool confines of the studio for d.c.'s sweltering summer heat. hey, chuck. >> yes, indeed. there is one saving grace on the old front lawn today. that is this very nice westerly breeze. west winds right now at 15 to 20 miles per hour. even gusting higher than that at times. there is a little bit of a breeze outere and i have been told by people who have been able to sit in the shade that as long as you can get in the shade and have the breeze, that it is already. we don't -- i don't have any shade here with me now unfortunately. outside, here we go. checof your maps. warm one today. mid 90s. temperatures in thlow 90s between 5:00 and 6:00. back into the upper 80s after

that. down into near 80 degrees by 11:00 p.m. wakeup temperatures upper 60s. another muggy and mild start. another hot one tomorrow. 50% chance of thunderstorms rolling in mid to late afternoon tomorrow. highs upper 80s to 90. time to start thinking of cool places to go. if you are going to annapolis or cambridge cool places indeed. water temperatures in the mid 70s. best chance of rain showers over the weekend will be on saturday and if you are making the trip all the way out to ocean city or rehoboth, great beach weather. i think it will be good beach weather because you won't get burnt to a crisp but there will be a chance of a shower at the beaches especially coming up on saturday. water temperatures in the ocean now, finally getting into the mid 70s. any lower than 70 degrees and i complain about how cold the water is. >> well, you will get some of everything. thanks, chuck. you know, it is said that cats have nine lives. that may also apply to a lucky horse th survived a fall into a well. it happened monday night in west texas.

a horse fell about ten feet after walking on to a metal grate covering the well. the local vet had to sedate the horse, crews, though, were able to hoist him out with fire hoses and oil field truck. this horse was expected to make a full recovery. coming up, see how two washingtonians turned second jobs into profitable businesses. it would be an incredible achievement by any sailor. even more amazing because of the sailor inv tveinstd s hiy.or

let's take a look at the stories making news on the web today. >> a fire so fierce drivers say it looked like armageddon. it was sparked by the collision of two gas tanker trucks on i-75 in detroit. no one was hurt. smoldering overpass, though is still shut down this afternoon. >> 17-year-old southern california sailor coasted into the history books today. the youngest skipper to sail solo around the world. he docked in delray, california, this afternoon. during the trip the teenager had encounters with pirates and storms. sutherland began his trip 13 months ago for the 28,000-mile journey. controversial singer amy winehouse is officially back on the dating market.

shee her divorce was granted today. it has been a rocky road for the couple since they got married in 2007. since the wedding, winehouse has been treated for drug addiction and her ex spent time in prison for assault and conspiracy. in this economy, many people are turninging the second, even third jobs to make a little extra money. in some cases, those side jobs are becoming full-time jobs. julie careys that the story of two entrepreneurial washingtonians. >> she calls herselferup s girl. her t-shirt says it all. >> i like soup. >> reporter: sarah didn't plan on a career in soup. but like so many others in this economy, she had to get creative. >> i was working in the travel business. middle eastern travel. and i was going to make less than half i made the year but worked as hard. >> reporter: when her friends suggest she had put her entrepreneurial spir to it work a new career was born. >> i started thinking, well, i

want to start something new. i want to get involved in this local food movement. it is really popular here in d.c. people are not eating out as much. they are eating at home and want to eat healthy and the wheels started turning. >> reporter: sarah's soups are made fresh from local ingredients and hire friends to make door-to-door delivery. >> our soups are funky. they are not the kind of soups you are going get anywhere else in the city. i mean, this week we have a lentil apricot soup. most of my customers have never had that. last week we had andian spice bean soup. most people didn't know what those beans were. >> reporter: they do now. the small business association says sarah is in gd company. there are 6 million more small businesses than there were six years ago in the united states. neil started one of the businesses last year to make extra money. >> while i was working as an insurance adjustor i started poshbooth part time. just a way to make extra money

so that me and my wife could start a family. buy a house. and, you know, try to live a little better. >> reporter: but when he was laid off in october, his side job became his only job. >> fortunately for me, the business was doing pretty well. even though it was a rough economy at the time. i was able to keep doing poshbooth stuff, photo booth rental, in d.c. and we were able to book a lot more events than we ever would. >> reporr: starting your own business can be intimidating but neil thinks it is a great time to break out of the box. >> there's so much stuff out there between, you know, small business association and the community business develop many centers. that are outside of d.c. and virginia. and that help people and as long as have you the time and energy, and a lot, a lot of belief in yourself, you can do just about anything. >> reporter: julie carey, news4. that's "news4 at 4:00." "news4 at 5:00" starts right

now. tonight on "news4 at 5:00" a mother takes the stand in the murder trial of her daughter. for the first time today, banita jacks gets emotional. metro shuts down part of the red line today causing headaches for hundreds of commuters. >> call eight signf the times. area bridal shops are closing leaving brides-to-be looking for another option. good thursday to you. i'm craig melvin in for jim handly. >> i'm wendy rieger. there are n details about the man that was shot and killed by a police officer just blocks from the u.s. capital yesterday. this happened after police say they tried to pull over kellen anthony weiss. that's when authorities say he sped off driving the wrong way down a one-way street. the man pulled a gun and began firingear the capitol. tracee wilkins just spoke to one of white's f