4. >> yes, dined. severe thunderstorm watch across most of the area earlier today. but national weather service has been turning back the number of counties impact bid that. the only ones left are into southern maryland and prince george's, anne arundel county, calvert, charles, st. mary's counties in maryland also under the severe thunderstorm watch. this goes until 5:00. also, for you folks in fredericksburg, stafford, spotsylvania, down into the northern neck and tide water region, also under the watch until 5:00. as you can see there on live doppler not much in the way of rain and certainly no severe weather around the area just yet. so that's definitely welcomed news. you can see there is a little bit more of a severe weather threat if you are traveling towards virginia beach, down towards richmond and virginia beach areas, be on the lookout. under a tornado watch and goes until 7:00. all is fairly quiet around our area at this point in time. cloudy skies, couple of light sprinkles around most of the light rain now up across the northern portions of frederick and washington county, maryland. up into portions of southern pennsylvania and temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s. we caught a break from the heat

today. as a result of those clouds, not only didn't we make it to degrees but that did help cut back on our risk of seeing anything in the way of severe weather. still can't rule out one two lonely rumbles of thunder during the evening hours. certainly not looking at any widespread severe weather. welcom ns. another delightful weekend coming on the way and we could use a little bit more rain. what about next week? will it happen? we will detail that and give you the 7-day forecast in a few minutes. back to you, pat. >> thanks, chuck. several americans are among those injured in two hotel bombings in indonesia. police now say suicide bombers posing as guests carried out the attacks at american hotels in jakarta and the blast killed at least eight people and wounded dozens more. it was a terrifying scene. ian williams has the latest. >> reporter: picture emerging from the investigation is a chillingly well-planned attack. bombers checked into the hotel perhaps as early as wednesday. they took a room onhe 18th floor of the marriott and it was there they assembled the bomb before taking it down to the

breakfast room for the coffee shop this morning. where it caused such devastating damage. >> it had -- marriott. a lot of people praying. ten minutes after -- building moved a lot. >> there was a very, very loud noise. i looked up and there was white smoke and i left. >> reporter: as important who is responsible, suspicion is falling on a terror group associated with al qaeda that was responsible for the bali bombing in 2002. the marriott bombing in 2003. it has appred to have been dormant. the indonesians have been very successful in arresting and killing its leaders. and they have been very pleased with themselves they have appeared to put this terror behind them. the security of the hotels now have been very, very tight. the president of indonesia today

was visibly shaken by what happened. he really did think with indonesia had turned the corner and now, of course, there is a great deal of concern there. back to you. >> to a high seas murder myery. a california man is due in court this afternoon. hay is accused of killing his wife during their luxury cruise to mexico. robert ma gill of los angeles was arrested. police say that he murdered his 55-year-old wife, shirley, during a domestic dispute. officials believe it happened tuesday. three days into that cruise from san diego to mexico aboard carnival cruise ship. the ship's security found the woman's body in the couple's cabin after a passenger reported a disturbance. the same passenger expressed concern that a woman may be dead. a funeral was held today for the florida couple murdered during a home invasion robbery. eight suspects are now in custody in florida. police say the robbers took a safe from the pensacola home of melanie and byrd billings. what was in that safe, jewelry,

family documents, prescription medication for the ds. the billings were well known for adopting special needs children. we are learning more today about a gunfight in prince george's county that wounded three people and hapned last night outside of an apartment complex in the 8500 block of greenbelt road in greenbelt. among the injured, a 12-year-old girl and an off-duty u.s. capitol police officer who just happened to be visiting his mother when the bullet started flying. he was released from the hospital this afternoon. news4's michael flynn has more. >> i know my son. he wasn't going to let that guy just shoot at everybody in the parking lot. >> reporter: barbara thornton is the mother of the capitol police officer wounded last night during a shoot-out with a suspect. it happened in an apartment building parking lot right across from nasa in greenbelt. 31-year-old officer eddie thornton jr. was visiting his mother who runs a daycare center at the complex and a man ran up to them and said that there was

another man firing a gun nearby. >> when this came out and started shoulding. i just felt like my -- my son ran to his car and he was going to his car and when he went to his car, he -- he got his gun. >> reporter: as barbara thornton called 911 she heard the rapid gunfire. >> mason -- you know, he was just shooting. he was wildly shooting at anything and everything. mason came and said mom, get up. and when i got up, he was -- liked at him and i saw he was shot. that's when i went bonkers. >> reporter: officer thornton was shot in the back. the suspect was also hit. so was a 12-year-old girl who lives in this apartment. she was grazed by a stray bullet that shattered a glass patio door. barbara thornton is proud of her son who she says probably saved her life and the lives of others. >> i'm blessed. i'm just blessed. i thank god that my son was

there. at the time i -- i was hoping that he wasn't -- wouldn't do anything but he did. and i -- i'm glad he's safe. i don't know how many people would have gotten shot if he hadn't been. but the man just kept walking towards us. >> reporter: the suspect was also hospitalized. police say he got the gun from his roommate and who is a military police officer over at nearby fort meyer. investigators say this all started as an argument between the two roommates. police say none of the three people who were shot have life threatening wounds. in prince george's county, michael flynn, news4. pope benedict xvi is out of the hospital. hay had surgery this morning to repair his broken right wrist. the 82-year-old pontiff left the hospital smiling and waving to the crowd. as youan see, his left hand, the vatican says he slipped in his vacation while vacationing in northern italy. the pope is in high spirits and will suffer no long-term effects. he will be in a cast a monchlgts back in this country, if you

want the best health care, you don't have to go far. just head to johns hopkins hospital in baltimore. johns hopkins is once again rated the country's best hospital by "u.s. news and world report." it ranks first out 48,000 hospitals studied in fields like ear, nose and throat and it came in second in geriatric care and gynecology, neurology and unusual row surgery. johns hopkins has been the top hospital according to "u.s. news & world report" for 19 straight years. police in maryland are investigating a deadly accident. they say the driver lost control on walker mill road in capitol heights and hit a pole and the name of the victim has not been released. a driver slams into a house and has to be rescued. another driver slammed into the dmv. >> there are four other stories making headlines in the washington area today. a nasty accident involving a ups truck snarls traffic for much of the day in charles

county. the ups tractor trailer truck and the car collided in the southbound lanes of route 301 in laplata. the truck began leaking diesel fuel. three area businesses had to be evacuated and the road is now reopened. the driver of this car slammed into a house in upper marlboro this morning and had to be rescued from the vehicle. the accident happened just after 9:30. the driver was trapped after the roof of the home's porch came crashing down on the car. he was airlifted to the hospital. just a few minutes later, another car slammed into a mv office in leesburg. fortunately no one was injured. we are hearing that the driver hit the gas instead of the brakes. the office had to be shut down the rest of the day. but will be open in the morning. and crews spent much of the day repairing a 24-inch water main that broke in fairfax county this morning. at the intersection of franconia

and telegraph road. there wasn't much water in the road but it did tie up the morning rush for quite a while. some breaking news to report now out of northwest washington. police are investigating an apparent stabbing in rock creek park. it happened near beech h beech drive. the victim was stabbed in the face and the suspect fled covered in blood. park police and d.c. police set up a perimeter and they are searching for the suspect. that's behind the omni hotel in northwest washington. while the next step in the process of determining who will get permanent custody of michael jackson's three children is playing out today in los angeles. meanwhile, investigators continue to walk a path that seems increasingly close to becoming a criminal investigation. jay gray has a closer look. >> reporte another full week of negotiations over who will raise michael jackson's three children continues today with a

conference call between attorneys for his mom, katherine, ex-wife, debbie rowe, and the judge who is presiding over the matter. >> the three kids have to be kept togeth. the kids are very close to each other. >> reporter: it was after an initial conference call a week ago a custody hearing was postponed until this coming monday. jackson's will clearly states that he wanted his mother to take care of the kids. the spiritual adviser to the pop star says he talked about the situation just a couple of months before he died. >> we discussed it, if anything happens he would -- want his mother to have his children. his mother whom he loves dearly, he cherishes his mother. if anything happened with his mother, then he wanted hjanet t have his children. >> reporter: it was janet that clutched his daughter. >> michael loves his sister and trusts his sister and trusts janet explicitly. >> reporter: along with concerns over custody, there are lingering questions about jackson's death. there are reports investigators have interviewed as many as two

dozen doctors and we now know that they consulted with the district attorney. >> at the very beginning, they could -- they are going to have an eye on what will be provable in court. >> reporter: any victory to a criminal investigation will not likely occur until after the coroner completes an autopsy and there is word now that will take a bit longer. toxicology results aren't expected for another two weeks. jay gray, news4. >> when "news4 at 4:00" continues this afternoon, a police officer springs into action to help save a family from a burning car. starbucks has coffee and tea but how about beer and wine? they could be coming to a cup near you. it is the talk of the town. jon & kate plus eight. hot off the grill. craig is on his way to the front lawn to check out one chef's technique for barbecuing chicken and ribs. we will be back.

how about a nightcap at starbucks? and we are not talking about coffee. starbucks is opening a new store in seattle next week that will stay open late. the new store will be more like a nightclub with live entertainment and a menu that features beer and wine along with the popular starbucks coffee, of course. if this works in seattle starbucks may open more of the cafes around the country. so what do you any about this? the idea of starbucks selling beer and wine along with the coffee. that's our question of the day. if you would like to offer an opinion about it, visit the homepage. so far only 20% of those

responding say yes this is a good idea while 80% say keep alcohol at the bar. all right. we are here on the front lawn. if it is friday that means we are outside and cooking on the frontline. jed's barbecue and prince george's county. lanham, right? >> lanham is right. >> 14 years. >> 14 year, yes. >> you look like you know what you are doing. >> i do know what i'm doing. i have never seen a rib i didn't like. >> this is a good looking rack of rib. >> you get you fresh rib. of course, you are going to cut most of the fat off. >> okay. >> cut the fat off. >> cut the if the off. and what i do is i -- i have to -- after i clean it i score it. the reason i score it is because that way my marinade- my marinade can easily penetrate and not only that but the heat can easily penetrate since -- as you see, this side is larger

than the other. >> what kind of marinade are you using? >> i use seven different herbs and spice. >> are you going to tell us about them or are they secret? >> i use four liquid spices. one being liquid garlic. >> you are not going to tell us all seven, are you? >> vinegar. >> you are not going to tell us all seven, are you? what's the -- what's the secret in terms of the cooking? want to show nokes the finished product. ribs in terms of the barbecue, ribs are my favorite hands down. >> yeah. mine, too. that's why i try to stay away from them because i eat too many. but what -- what i do is -- as far as after it is marinated i try to let it set for about a day before i cook it. >> a day? >> yes. 24 hours. >> at least 24 hours. let that marinade penetrate. and get through it. when i cook it -- i cook it on about 300 for about two hours. >> two hours. 300, two hours. this is a process. >> yes. >> what kind of sauce are we using? >> our own sauce -- this is --

homemade sauce. >> here is the thing. you think a lot of the sauce is -- you call it the sauce. >> the sauce. >> dad's homemade barbecue sauce. >> it is a vinegar-based sauce and sweet. but once y tried it you have to come back for more. >> you are not going to tell us what's in the sauce, are you? >> i can't tell you what's in the sauce because it is a secret. but it is good. believe me. >> but even the ribs -- without the sauce, it is good. and i -- with some people, they don't want sauce on the ribs because the ribs tastes so good without it. they want to taste my meat. they want to taste the meat. >> here is the thing. a lot of the folks come in and they bring a little bit. you brought in enough for the entire newsroom. you made lots of friends inside nbc today. >> well, i hope i didn't make that. >> we are going to come back later and we have the ribs. when we come back, we will take a look at the chicken and talk about the process there as well. >> very good. >> pat, if you are nice to me we

will bring that back inside for. >> did you right. >> you want to do your taste buds afavor. call us. >> hey, come back out after. pat. john, jonas and the judge, three of the people generating talk. let's check in with amy and roxanne roberts. hello, ladies. >> hello. >> listen, this has been a really exciting week in washington. during your wednesday web chat, the talk turned to jon gosselin. what's the problem? >> washington is not quite exciting enough if you folk you can on this poor slum from pen. >> sad. it is sad. >> he is dating a new 22-year-old girl who happens to be the daughter of his ex-wife's plastic surge zblon we should clarify. jon of jon and kate plus eight

which is minus jon. >> he looks really unhappy. and i have been sure -- yeah, miserable. he never planned to have this many kids and have his life exposed on reality tv. people got mad at that. he said another lousy cheating guy. that, too. >> he did -- i don't think he ever expected it all -- this would happen to him and i don't think he likes having cameras stuck in his face. >> as much as we do. >> right. >> let's go to the jonas brothers now. they were hot and happening here in washington this week. they played softball and wowed the young ladies, including the two that live at the white house. >> yes. they are playing a charity softball game at aol. and then they came to the verizon center and had two of the first fans show up. the jonas brothers were part of the obama girls inauguration weekend.

they were the surprise at the end of a white house scavenger hunt. >> they had lined the youth concert a couple of days before. >> here -- not -- not unexpectedly, michelle obama took sasha and malia to see the jonas brothers at verizon. >> but of course. judge sonia sotomayor has been in the frontline this week. if she is confirmed and moves to washington, the question about her is whether she will become a visible part of the d.c. social scene since she seems to be more extroverted. >> the answer is, you know, that a slug would be more extroverted than souter was. >> never showed up. she likes to dance. once her ankle gets fixed, i think she will -- i said honestly, in the beginning, she will be really serious and work really hard but then i think we will start to see her at parties and she's -- looks like she has a good sense of humor. yeah. >> she will be more social

justice. >> yes. >> thank you, amy. have a great weekend. coming up later on "news4 at 4:00," a love story we don't think you are going to want to miss. how a chance online search leads to marriage plans. we will tell you about it. i'm liz crenshaw. why have post offices removed stamp vending machines. that's the question. the answer is coming up on"ask my husband and i, we love to go to steakhouses i can smile, i can carry on our conversation

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northwest wind at five. morning low only 76 degrees. so a very sticky and steamy start. here's the check of doppler over the last hour. you can sort of set your mind at ease and had the severe thunderstorm watch for much of the area earlier upon the pink shaded counties now they have dropped southern maryland out. now only the northern neck down into tide watt reernlg onlies of virginia even have any real chance of getting anything in the way of showers or thunderstorms. we will zoom in here a bit and show you where the light rain showers are coming down. northern anne arundel county, headed towards the baltimore beltway right now. light showers there. the capital beltway, for the most part, rain-free at this point in tile. can't rule out a few stray light rain showers during the evening rush hour but shouldn't be enough to slow traffic down too much. western, howard shall northern montgomery county, frederick county, maryland, carroll county, marand, getting in on light rain showers. one, two rumbles of thunder have been heard but certainly nothing in the way of severe weather around here. and a couple of showers moving out of the west virginia mountains at this point in time. we will keep an eye on that. temperatures in the rain-cooled

and upper 70s and low 80s. dew points still near the 70-degree mark. it feels very warm and summerlike out here. pattern consistent. there is a weather front that's coming through the state of ohio right now. as that cold front comes through here late this evening, it could still spark off another couple of thunderstorms around here. later on. after 9:00, 10:00, we could see a rumble or two of thunder. most of the thunder chances to be over by 2:00, 3:00 in the morning. i think saturday we will start out dry. and end up a winner with highs only in the mid 80s. here is your forecast then for the rest of the evening. cloudy skies. warm, muggy, humid. evening temperatures drifting into the mid 07s and can't rule out a spray passing shower or thunderstorm. off to a clear start tomorrow. wakeup temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. tomorrow during the day we will start off with plenty of sunshine. end up with some of the fair weather clouds during the day tomorrow. a beauty of a summer day, though. lower humidity. high tomorrow only in the mid to upper 80s but don't forget your

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welcome back to news4 at 4:30. i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm craig melvin. it is believed suicide attackers posing as guests detonated bombs inside of two luxury hotels in indonesia's capital today. eight people are dead. at least eight americans are among the 50 wounded. bombs exploded inside jakarta's marriott hotel first and two minutes later inside the ritz-carlton. >> a cut. capitol police officer was released from the hospital this afternoon. officer eddie thornton and a 12-year-old girl were injured when another man fired shots ouide an apartment building in greenbelt, maryland, last night. thornton was off duty at the time but confronted the suspect. the suspect was also injured in the shoot-out. the investigation into michael jackson's death continues today. there are reports now that investigators interviewed as many as two dozen doctors.

shift to criminal investigation in the case probably won't happen now until after the coroner completes an autopsy. the toxicology results are not expected for another two weeks. update now on the breaking news that we are following out of northwest washington. police are investigating an apparent stabbing in rock creek park. >> it happened near beech drive behind the omni shore hotel. police say the victim was stabbed in the face and that the suspect ran away and that suspect also we are told covered in blood. park police and d.c. police set up a perimeter and they are searching now for the suspect. we will have a live update at the top of the hour. it began as a routine trip to the dentist. a tire blew and set the family's van on fire. >> luckily police officers arrived just in the nick of time. ron mott has that story. >> reporter: the drama is red hot and intense. police roll up to a raging vehicle fire near atlanta.

a family member waving frantically and screaming for help. while a mother and daughter struggle to escape the inferno. the mom, disabled, dragged across the pavement to safety. >> oh, god! >> reporter: in all, three of the four occupants suffered burns in the panic effort to get out and away from the engulfed minivan. mother and daughter remain hospitalized. david king, the man in the light colored shirt at the back of the van, tried in vain to fight the fire which quickly grew out of control. apparently sparked by a blown tire. king says he is grateful for the quick response of five police officers who helped his family and their beloved pooch avert disaster. ron mott, nbc news, atlanta. >> incredible pictures. they are still cleaning up after wednesday's incredible tanker

truck explosion and fire thattes destroyed part after bridge near detroit. these are new pictures from the scene and crews spent the past couple of days cleaning up the debris left behind after the i-75 overpass came crashing down. more than 90,000 drivers use the bridge every day. there were only minor injuries reported from the accident. and new video of the entire incident has surfaced. surveillance cameras at a nearby gas station caught the explosion. you will see tonight the upper right corner of your screen there. witnesses say flames shot up nearly 200 pete into the air and that's what melted the overpass. and caused the overpass to collapse. still ahead on "news4 at 4:00," fate plays cupid. find out how one woman's online name game ended up changing the rest of her life. we will check back in on the ribs and chicken that we are barbecui barbecuing. you probably heard about

that circuit with the ability to stop trains malfunctioning on the day of that red line crash. well, it has been replaced. a month later, it is still not working. tracee wilkins. we will have that report coming up at 5:00. what you can expect on the red lis thiweekend. t xxxxc

welcome back to "news4 at 4:00." meteorologist chuck bell. update your rainfall potential as we head into our friday afternoon and friday evening. here is a check of doppler over

the last hour. the good news is that our severe weather risk is starting to dinish. the national weather service dropped all of our metropolitan counties that were under the severe thunderstorm watch until 5:00. now all of that watch area has been trimmed away. but that does not mean we are completely done with the thunderstorm chances. another cell developing here just down towards the franconia-springfield area. southern parts of fairfax county and capitol beltway. we will keep an eye on this over the next hour or so. could expect a couple of rumbles of thunder and brief periods of rainy weather in and around downtown washington. by and large, no widespread severe weather is occurring and we are not expecting any more. but can't rule out the chance of a thundershower here for this evening. really our rain chances don't end completely until sometime just after midnight. sunday mostly sunny with highs in the mid 80s. monday the clouds start to come back with a high of 82. humidity with the rain chance returns for tuesday. wednesday and thursday. so it will feel a lot more like summertime.

we might actually get much more needed rain showers as we get into the middle parts of next week. the weekend is looking great. it looks like it might abgood weekend to throw meat on the grill. we are here with jed dean, jed dean and jed is with the barbecue and carroting out of prince george's county, lanham, maryland. we showed the folks the ribs. now we are looking at the chicken. >> the chicken is just as good as the ribs or better. >> or better? >> or better. >> whole chicken. >> whole chicken. what's unique about this chicken is once you buy a fresh chicken, you -- you split the chicken open. and keep it whole. you marinate it and use herbs and spices. you will be surprised wt creamed italian dressing will be. >> okay. >> in a marinade. >> part of the secret. >> right. >> give me that. >> you just take an old rub. you -- you just take an old texas rub or any kind of --

virginia rub. >> that's all you will tell us? >> yes. you use pepper. paprika. >> keep the bone in. >> keep the bone in. yes. i cook the chicken whole because i cook in volume. it works ertime to have to turn pieces of chicken over. that's why i keep the chicken whole. >> i want to show folks what is turns into because this is the before and this is the after over here. >> yes. this is the after. this is the product here you will be proud of. >> that's a good looking chicken. same sauce it is a ribs? >> same sauce as the ribs. >> when do you sauce the chicken? >> i sauce the chicken with about two minutes before it is done. >> okay. >> if you sauce it too early it will burn. you don't want to sauce it too early. >> quickly, lastly, in terms of the coals you use coals. >> i use charcoal and wood. today i use hickory wood. sometimes i use oak. either one will still give it that flavor, that flavor that makes you come back again and

again. >> we appreciate having you on the lawn this evening. pant wants me to bring in some ribs and chicken. she is a small lady but she can eat. >> okay. i will cut some up for you right away. >> already. ing in fact, get my cutting board. >> i will bring you ribs and chicken and toss it back to you. >> thank you, craig. please don't forget the sauce. >> i won't forget the sauce. >> thanks a lot. can you safely get your credit score free off the internet? and what is happening to the vending machines and post offices. some of the questions we will ask liz coming up. former nba great is locked up. wait until you hear what police say he did.

questions about corningware. why have post offices stopped using vendsing machines? why r the free credit score deals on the internet good deals? liz crenshaw is wheeling and dealing herself. she is the answer lady. liz, the first question comes in from bruce in springfield, virginia. bruce wants to know if there is a safe way to get your credit score for free on the internet. >> we took your questions to the federal trade commission. since 2003 consumers have have been able to get their credit report for free once a year. but credit scores are different. unlike credit reports, you have to buy your credit score. credit expert evan hen ricks tells tuesday only credit score worth buying is something called

the fico score. the others are -- he calls fake-o scores. a fico score costs you between $8 and $16. forget about the allegedly free credit scores. the free part is a come-on and they are trying to sell you something else in the fine print. fico score, between $8 and $15 and you don't get them for free. >> only the report for free. our next question comes in from bill in arlington, virginia. bill wants to know why post offices are not using vending stamp vending machines anymore? he has to stand in line behind folks mailing package. >> we did take your question to the u.s. post office. it says the post office began removing stamp vending machines in 2006. the problem simply high maintenance costs and the difficulty of getting replacement parts. i do know that the post office likes you to buy your stamps by mail. it works. >> i do it. >> okay. i will try that.

>> raise the rate and then have you a bunch of stamps. never zblind last question from harvey. his question is about corningware. harvey wants to know if corning's corn flower is still available. >> the blue flower. we went to world kitchen and it is the parent company of corningware to get this answer. it says the corn flower design is still available online in retail stores or by calling an 800 number. you can find it at sh shopworldkitchen.com. you can call world kitchen, 800-999-3436. there you go. you can still get it. if you have a question you would like us to consider for ask liz, send it to liz@nbcwashington.com. call us at 202-885-4422. use the e-mail to contact us about any story idea that you have. coming up on ask liz on "news4

at 5:00," a question about d.c. traffic. when does a bank check expire? what is the best water pillter for your home? those are the questions and answers coming up on "news4 at 5:00." i will see you then. >> i'm looking for new water filter and will be paying attention. thank you, liz. still to come on "news4 at 4:00," don't go near the water. some vacationers are being warned to stay aw fmrohe t beach. we will tell you why. coming up tonight on "news4 at 5:00" -- >> i'm wendy rieger coming up, eight people are dead. dozens others wounded after two blasts at hotels in indonesia. now some u.s. hotels there are stepping up their security. starbucks by another name. would it be the same? the coffee giant says some stores won't be called starbucks anymore. and they may be serving something a little stronger than coffee. a new way to get a helping hand from your neighbor online. those stories are coming up on "n5:s4t t a."00

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let's go ahead and get an update on the weather. chuck bell a crowd has assembled. is that a napkin around -- that's good. that's good. >> no, no, no. i was talking to jet about this earlier. about how many pounds of meat for how many people you are planning on serving. he has 50 pounds of ribs and normally that's enough for 50 people. we have charlie out here. >> he can eat pupd by him zblefl

that cut down the ratio dramatically. this is enough for charlie and about six other people. let's take a check of the radar. there are a couple of showers out there right now. the good news is our severe weather threat is diminishing but you can't rule out a passing shower or rumble of thunder between now and literally about 2:00, 3:00 in the morning. we will have many dry hours in between. wakeup temperatures tomorrow will be in the mid to upper 60s in most locations and highs tomorrow, mid to upper 80s. plenty of sunshine for tomorrow and for sunday as well. a beautiful weekend coming up with highs in the 80s. humidity and our chance for rain do not come back until tuesday, wednesday time frame of next week. back into the studio. >> thanks, chuck. people meet online and they get married all the time. >> what's unusual about a florida couple is that they both have this same name. get this. kelly hilldenbrand is getting married to kelly hilldebrand. that's how she found kelly the boy in texas three weeks after

their first online encounter and met in person. it all begs a very simple question. >> sure you aren't related? >> yes. >> we looked back 250 years. since anyby has been over here in america, there's no relation. >> eight months after that innocent facebook message kelly the boy proposed to kelly the girl and this october they will become kelly hilldebrand squared. >> she doesn't have to change her name. >> i have a couple of craig melvins on my facebook, like friends. >> you are not interested? >> no, not at all. not interested at all. coming up, terrified text sent to kids cell phones. we will tell you what's going on. and what parents can do about it. >> we will see the length one angry taxpayer went to to

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mingle. >> out and about, you have to have a wing man. >> he doesn't want it to be her. >> here are other stories making news on the web today. former nba star behind bars accused of passing bad checks. antoine walker was arrested in lake tahoe. poce say he wrote a million dollars worth of bad checks. and failed to pay up on over $800,000 in gambling debt. walker played 12 years in the nba d earned nearly $100 million during his career. a second person has died in the collapse of a stage being built for a madonna concert in france. police have opened the manslaughter investigation because of this. eight other workers are injured. officials believe that a faulty power win much may have caused the collapse and paying tribute to the workers at last night's concert in italy. the singer canceled sunday's concert in france because of the accident. a taxpayer unhappy about how long island schools are spending money and made an expensive

statement. he torched thisture off a new high school football field with a dollar sign and left notes saying that the schools are wasting money. here is the irony. it is going to cost taxpayers $100,000 more to repair the field. thousands of giants invaded the waters near san diego, roughing up unsuspecting divers. they are dangerous because the creatures have tooth rings between the tentacles. the squid generally lives in deep tropical waters off central america. scientists are not sure why they migrated to california. forward in message or you will be killed. unquote. frightening messages just like that one are being sent to your children's cell phones. the message, of course, is meant to scare kids and it is working. amy robach reports. >> petrified. petrified. >> reporter: for christian, a single text message to her 10-year-old son's cell phone was enough to scare him. >> he hasn't slept by himself

since for a few day news. he won't leave my sidewalking through the house. >> reporter: it is all because of what the text message said. >> it was a very graphic violent message about a girl whose father murdered her and that if he didn't help this girl locate her father,he would be waiting at his bedside to slice him in his neck and his parents would find him floating in his bathtub, overflowing with blood and water. >> reporter: kristen's son isn't alone. alair received a similar message on her cell phone. >> hi, my name is jenny. i'm 7-year-old girl. if you don't text this to 15 people, then i will come with a knife and kill you tonight. i told my grandmother who was taking care of me that day. she says, oh, those are just silly things that scare people. >> reporter: the parents of these children told their story to the nbc station in philadelphia, wcau. but experts say that it is happening to children across the

country. yet another example of the dangers especially for kids of living in an increasingly digital world. and once again, it raises the question for parents how saf are cell phones for your kids. >> parents need to be parents and so whether your child has a cell phone or they have access to the internet, they still need to be monitoring their children, we are moving in an unsafe direction because we are giving children things that they don't know what to d with. they are having too much access and too much power, too much openness to things they don't know how to handle. >> that was amy robach reporting. experts agree that even if you do allow your children to have a cell phone you should be careful about the plan that you pick. and think twice before giving them access to text messaging. that's "news4 at 4:00." "news4 at 5:00" starts right now. today on "news4 at 5:00," trouble on the track.

metro riders are in for more headache this weekend as they try to get around. >> a dramatic rescue on a highway with a police officer save as woman from a burning van. and changes could be coming to the starbucks near you. what the coffee giant is adding to the menu at one store and just might surprise you. good friday. welcome to "news4 at 5:00." >> i'm we have breaking news out of northwest washington where a person was stabbed nr rock creek park. thpeap a hdne srtdime ago. it iea nckror creek parkway in calvert street off connecticut. not far from the omni. darcy spencer live at the scene. >> reporter: authorities got the call for a report stabbing around 3:30 this afternoon. the last hour ask a half there has been an intense search behind me and at the walter erce community park. it is at built more and calvert streets in northwest washington. d.c. police and u.s. park police have been working together in this investigation until about ten minutes ago and u.s. park police said that they realized that this was not their jurisdiction so it es