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.god eve jim and enredo are off tonight. the suspect was shot. triple shooting across the street from nasa-goddard space center. derek ward at the scene. derek? >> for the second time in as many days a shooting involving capitol police officers. this shooting involved another police officer from nother department who himself was off duty. a literal gunfight. when it was over. three people in all were wounded. among them a 12-year-old girl who had nothing to do with the gun play that took place in the apartment parking lot here in greenbelt. residents heard what they thought were firecrackers at first. one man quickly realized it was gunfire. >> probably, 15, 20 gunshots. two different sounding shots. >> shellasin littering the parking lot show there was some exchange of gunfire. started with an argument between an off duty fort meyer police officer and his roommate.

>> the offduty officer left the apartment in an attempt to call for assistance. at that point, the roommate was able to locate the officers offduty weapon and ran out into the parking lot and began firing the weapon. >> then an offduty capital police officer happened on the scene. >> at that point the offduty capitol police officer engaged the suspect in an exchange of gunfire. >> the suspect and capitol police officer were both hit. so was an innocent victim in her apartment nearby. >> # 12-year-old girl was also, it appears, was grazed -- by an errant round. all three are expected to survive. a serious blow to neighbor's sense of safety. >> they are here. occurred during broad day light. >> again both police officers involved were offduty out of

uniform. one service weapon was involved. the 12-year-old girl is suffering what is described as a graze wound. not too serious. however we understand that the roommates of the fort meyer police officer his wound are more serious. this is still under investigation. among the things they're trying to sort out now is which gunfire the round that struck the 12-year-old girl. we are live in greenbelt. back few you. >> derek ward. thank you. capitol police officer taken to prince george's hospital center. chris gordon spoke to the injured officer's sister. he continues tonight. chris? >> here, u.s. capitol police cruiser standing guard. the occupant inside. one of their own has been wounded. prince george's county medic 12 arrived at the hospital just before 8:00. followed closely by two county police cruisers. at the emergency entrance, the trauma team moved with a sense of urgency at this point they

didn't know the extent of the injuries. capitol police cruisers arrived followed by unmarked federal cars and family members. his sister identified him as u.s. capitol police ficer, eddie thornton jr. who was offduty and had gone to visit his mother who runs a day-care center for children at the apartment complex where the shooting occurred. >> they told us he is lucid, talking, we just arrived. it was a mess over at the gates of cipriano. we tried to hurry and find out what his condition is. his wife is here. we're all just trying to get in there see what his condition is. >> do they have children? >> no. they just got married, june 13th. >> if they waited for word on officer thornton's condition. got a call. and there was gunshots. he would be getting out of the car. i guess he got shot as well. >> hours later, word came from the trauma center.

officer thornton's injuries are not life threatening. >> what cam up, told me that my brother-in-law was going to be fine. said the bullet, exited through the side of his back. and came out, i guess through the side of his stomach. >> he celebrates his 31st birthday. and he and his wife maria worked for the u.s. capitol police. live, prince george's hospital center. back few you. >> chris gordon. thank you, chris. yesterday capitol police offirs shot and capitol. tonight learning more, 27-year-old kellen anthony white of brandywine, maryland hec. he wouldn't drop a gun. white had been previously arrested on weapons assault and drug charges. white's family told news 4 this afternonthey can't believe he meant to hurt anyone. say he just became a father four weeks ago. >> hottest day of the year so

far took its toll on children in frederick, maryland. two children watching the frederick keys baseball game were taken to the hospital suffering from heat exhaustion this afternoon. three others were evaluated at the stadium. all expected to be fine. still pret steamy out there right now. and we could be having some storms tomorrow. bob has that for us. bob. >> windy it is very warm. 83 degrees. we have been blessed this summer by not having many nights like this. and de wcw point into the 70s. downtown, 81 degrees. see 80s. because of the rash of thunderstorms and little area of storminess moving our way. we are under a slight risk especially southern maryland tomorrow. i think there is going to be some thunderstorms. it's been dry. the good news. don't need any severe weather. we may be seeing nasty storms outlook into the weekend too. >> and empassioned speech before the naacp, and mr. obama walking

on addressing the 100th conventio convention, recognizing the work of early civil right activists. >> because of their efforts, i made a little trip to springfield, illinois, a couple of years ago, where lincoln once lived and race riots once raged and began the journey that h led me to be here tonight as the 44th president of the united states of america. >> the president brought the audience to its feet during his call for americans to come together to tackle challenges of our times. the supreme court nominee, sonia sotomayor finished her testimony before the senate judiciary committee today and appears she may beeated within a few weeks. today's confirmation hearings saw a loon of witnessine of wit including fire fighters from the appellate judge's controversial case. among the judges that ruled for the city of new haven after the city threw out a test that would have qualified white fire fighters for promotion but not

minorities. >> i think we all had the expectation when we took the test that the test would be fair, job related, and that it was going to be dictated by one's merit on how well you did on the exam, not by the color of your skin. republicans on the panel expect a senate floor vote to come before the august recess. still ahead. a crash at disney. involving two buss. a dozen people are injured. and swimmers attacked. this time, cull pretties are giant squid. we'll show you where this happened. later what women will do for a shopping spree. and, dan, what happened in sports? >> some of the older gentlemen atop the leader board at the british open. plus the nationals trying to start things off on the right foot for mr. wriggleman as they begin the second half of the ño zóçó

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landing in west virginia. ntsb investigators took the pictures. the hole is 17 inches by 14 inches. passengers reported hearing a loud boom and then the cabin depressurized. investigators say so far they haven't found sign of corrosion or pre-existing damage to the plane, which is 15 years old. two disney world buses collided in orlando today. sending 12 people to area homes with minor injuries. police say one bus slammed into the back of the other after the bus in front slowed to merge. the driver of the second bus is expected to be ticketed for reless driving. 50 people were on board. the accident happened less than two weeks after two disney world monorail trains collided killing a 21-year-old operator. for the first time, a mother on trial for murdering her four daughters showed some emotion today in the courtroom. benita jax's mother, took the stand as witness for the prosecution. she described her daughter as a good mother to the girls, but

said she had not seen benita or girls since '05. four girls were found dead in january of 2008. jax became emotional during her mother's testimony and the judge called a recess so she could regain composure. >> awe eager, desperate job-seekers headed to two job fairs in the district today. standing in long lines at the convention center for congresswoman eleanor holme norton job fair. largest crowd in ten years tried to impress 80 companies. big crowds turned out for a federal job fair this evening. the national building museum according to the partnership for public service, there are thousand of government job openings right now many for entry level positions. when we come back, hepatitis c scare hits new york. thousand of patients are being warned about exposure potentially. arguably, washington's most famous hotel. in a matter of days sold to the highest bidder. today the hottest day of the year.

will thunderstorms cool us down this weend s b'caboreigfo rftst ahiht ters. if we don't act, medical bills will wipe out their savings. if we don't ac 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.

after a week of new lead and videos surfacing it appears the case may be closed on the murder of a prominent florida couple. according to a police report, a local realtor arrested in the case, had the couple's stolen safe, hidden in h ckbayard. la mepa meggins charged with accessory after the murder of burt and melanie billings. the couple known forgdoinpt 13 special need children were shot to deathnin i their i nine bedr pensacola home last week. six men and a teenager are facing murder charges. police say they have most of the evidence they need in this case. >> we have located several guns in various location fe o o which we believe is the murder weapon. th believe thathis conclude aj meorart m of our

vestigat a>> funeral for the billings will be held tomorrow. thousand of hospital patients may need to be tested for hepatitis c after allegations that a surgery technician switched syringes in three states. 26-year-old christian parker worked at hospitals in texas, new york and colorado an i the past four years.n invest satsoray she would switch dirty syringes filled with saline for ones filled with a powerful painkiller. 9,000 patients may have been exposed to infection. in custody on federal charges. something unusual happening off the coast of southern california. scientists stumped. divers spooked. thousands of giant squid have invated the waters near san diego. they started washing ashore after a small earthquake. in the water they have been roughing up divers. the squid generally live in deep tropical waters off mexico and central america. scientists are not sure why they migrated up to california. here in washington, the

famed watergate hotel on the auction block. monument real tee bought the hotel five years ago with the hope of restork ing it. the watergate fell behind on mortgage payments and now is in foreclosure. the auction will take place tuesday. historians are hoping the highest bidder will keep the hotel as-is and not tear it down. 40 years ago today, apollo 11, blasting off from the kennedy space center. for the first manned mission to the moon. on july 16th, 1969. astronauts kneel armstrong, buzz aldrin and michael collins headed into space. four days later, july 209. man walked on the moon for the first time. today the crew of space shuttle "endeavour" ace, inspecting the shuttle for damn an duri-- g takeoff. eight or nine pieces of home insulation came off the external

fuel tank. and at least two of the pieces hilt the shuttle. the shuttle will dock with the international space station tomorrow. it is exciting. i know. remember where you were four years ago. >> i do. >> i was working in barbados. we had no live tv. had to listen through short wave radio. >> how cool. added to the mystery. >> when i got back. exciting to see it. outside tonight. and next week, see the in the national space station. high in the sky. very, very bright. yeah, outside tonight. beautiful night. key bridge. looking across the river. it is a warm and pretty humid night. our temperature, highest temperature, we have had since way back, more than a year ago. remember june 7, 98 degrees. no record by the way. record, 104. i remember that too. 96 our high temperature. here is where the heat and the

terrible, terrible drought has continued. high temperature in dallas is 103. austin, texas, set a record. 104 degrees. right now in the 90s. through texas. and you can see how that humidity now is all the way up in the new york city area. and boston has same humidity we have here in washington. and the heat index is into the 90s. in parts of the south. there is where the exceptional drought continues. austin, texas. last two years has a deficit now apoaching 30 inches of rainfall. so those are the areas. south texas could use rain. look at, not a cloud in sight. here is where the clouds are. where the storms are. there is a little weak weather front that has been coming through us. along that. there will be an area of low pressure. tomorrow afternoon. i think we have the risk of seeing some -- legitimate, severe thunderstorms. look at the line that moved through -- arkansas right now. heading through pine bluff, arkansas. in and around us.

just nothing going on. down to our south earlier. there were a few scattered showers. but, around us, for the rest of the night. i don't think we will be seeing anything. el dorado, arkansas. wind earlier today. gusted to 60 miles an hour. almost an inch of rain. many spots through kansas, into missouri. three, four inches of rain for the month. heading out by the beaches. with the storms tomorrow. i think those will move off. for the most part. the weekend at the beaches will be just great. but tomorrow, we'll see partly cloudy skies in the morning. the area of storminess f up a--d over us. dry air in for the weekend. a bit cooler. tomorrow will be near 90, low 90s. by late in the day. nasty storms possible. warm and humid tomorrow morning when you get up. head out. temperatures in town. because we are in the 80s now. onlybout 72 to 74 degrees. then tomorrow afternoon. by the time we get into 5:00, 6:00, 7:00.

the time the thunderstorm will be developing. you folks towards the blue ridge. start up earlier. under southern maryland. near 90 degrees. begin to move off. saturday, sunday. monday. behind it. our temperatures once again will be a bit below average. a slight chance. risk of shower monday. by and large. biggest risk will be tomorrow afternoon. then again wednesday. thursday. may see more showers and thundershowers. >> use it tomorrow. >> all right. >> still ahead. the top ten bad boy names. several women learn, running in high heels. ooh, that hurts. s

>> i wish it were that easy. >> wriggleman is not a magician. nats manager made his review tonight. the results. 62nd loss of the year for the werest team in baseball. chicago jumped on top early. nationals never caught up. jim wriggleman, anxious before his nationals managerial debut. bottom of the fourth. adam dunn. facing rich harden. and -- done, gets caught looking. down the middle. that pitch was. harden went six innings. gave up one run and struck out seven. top six. pitching a solid game as well. makes the mistake here. derek lee. lee swats a big fly to right field. mets gone. a home run. of the solo variety. 18th of the season. and kind of sound like a home game for the cubs. chicago takes a 2-0 lead. bottom nine now.

nats, 6-1. ryan zimmerman. that is gone. 15th home run of season. classic case of too little too late. nationals fall 6-2. jim wriggleman still thinks there is time to turn things around. >> i feel good about the ball club. i know that's -- you know, with our record that's -- not maybe what some fans want to hear. i feel like we are going to turn this around. and -- those guys in the other room there are going to be the reason. i know they care. and they're going to -- going to, you know get it done. >> we are not in here playing tiddly-winks. we want to win baseball games. there is a sprinkle of guys in the clubhouse that have won games, world series. guys played on playoff teams. so, we know what it is supposed to look like. and when it doesn't match up, the responsibility lies on us. >> tiddly-winks. my favorite sound byte. jeremy jarman out of

kentucky. thought the draft was over. nfl supplemental draft. to select him. gives give up the third round draft pick 2010. an angel or angel atop the leader boardt british open. the real story the man died for second. 59-year-old tom watson. among a trio trailing jimenez. watson last won the open at a tough course 32 years ago. there is being prepared and over the top. >> one-man band. >> i remember the days they're coming back. tom watson. from the bunker on seven. veteran at work. the ball land within a few feet of the cup. watson saves par. shot a bogey free 65. one-shot back. tiger wood. second shot of the par 4, 16th. i don't think he likes it. check out where the ball goes. bounces right into the drink. not a good day for tiger. shot one over 71.

then there was john daly. in his crazy pants. this is, company called loudmouth golf. they're getting their money's worth with john daly. all kind of coverage. second shot, par 5, 7th. john daly all over. hits the pin. almost goes in. daly and technicolor dream pants. pretty good round. and guzman. from the bunker. one leg in. one leg out. he comes out clean. snuggles it up there. nice and tight. saves par. a 3 under 67. that might have been the toughest shot of the day. then, here it is. jimenez. pretty tough. 18. for birdie. the outright lead from distance the i mean deep. draino. jimenez. watson and others. six under par. early start. want to watch golf tomorrow. itish open on. >> enex>>llcet.ll ñ=dñññññññññññññ

breaking news. explosions have killed six and injured 30 in djakarta. at the ritz-carlton and the marriott hotels. it is friday morning there. authority say at least four of the dead are foreigners. we'll have more on the story tomorrow on news 4 today. hard economic times hitting washington area bridal stores. three boutique salons are closing, harriet kazman and lady hamilton in arlington. owners say in this economy. brides are not willing to spend as much on gns as in the past.

>> instead o of finding the dre that is the perfect dress, ey're going to fiend one thnd o is close enough. pretty enough, good enough. it might be half the price. >> one area store says average dress price dropped from $4,500 to $2,500. rexury retailers have seen venues fall ♪

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shopping spree had women running in high heels. didn't do it well. they were in israel. racing for a shopping spree and trip to paris. some runners found their stride. others got a trip to the ground. pretty quickly. boy, in these shoes. i don't think so. when it comes to having a son, the name could be the difference in raising an angel or hellion. a study found children with traditional names are likely to be law-abiding citizens, uncommon, unpopular, feminine act boys are likely ouout out. see you. [ cheers and applause ]