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virginia says there will be no rest for the weary on the interstate. 18 rest stops in virginia will close for good in less than an hour. the latest of belt tighten frlg rich mopd monday but there's concerns the millions of savings will come at the cost of safety. darcy has the latest. >> reporter: virginia transportation officials say it costs about $500,000 a year to run each one of these rest stops. and in these tight budget times something has got to be cut. but many are truly concerned this will cost lives. at the i-95 rest stop in de city, the barrels are in place to block off the entrance starting at midnight, even the vending machines have been taken out. this is among the 18 rest stops in virginia that are closing as of tuesday morning. >> it's really sad, especially if you're traveling with a family, it's going to make it more of a challenge and more difficult for travelers. >> many travelers are against

the closures. they say when you've been on the road for long periods of time, you need a safe convenient place to pull over. >> you may have a situation where, you know, if you're going to cut these rest stops down, that you may have some more accidents on the roads. >> new york isn't doing things like that and we have enough budget problem, you know? terrible to be doing that down here. we want to come visit. is virginia closed to tourists? >> virginia is closing the stops to help seal a multi-million dollar budget gaps, but could cost live, forcing drivers to stay on the road. >> this is a safety issue for the state of virginia. if you get a major accident with a truck, a tan drem truck, you could have a lot of people killed. >> virginia governor kim taken supports commercializing the rest stops to allow businesses to come in. >> you come up to a rest stop and see it's that well taken care of and attract people, not just rest at the rest stop but

to hang out, then yeah, that would be great. >> aaa has come out against the closings. officials there say come tuesday the high ways could become even more dangerous. v-dot officials tell me right around midnight, they'll begin putting barrels out blocking all right entrances right around 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning, all of the 18 rest stops will be closed for good. reporting live from dale city, virginia, darcy spencer, back to you, wendy. police are furious about new allegations of corrupt officers in the d.c. area. the fbi is now investigating whether or not a handful of officers provided security for a high stakes gambling ring and that participated in drug distribution and transported stolen goods. five of the officers work in prince georges county. a former d.c. housing authority have also been accused. the police department in prince georges county frdstea h of the allegations in 2007 and turned the case over to the fbi

this year. >> it makes all of us in law enforcement very angry. i mean we wear the same badge as officers that commit misconduct, one bad cop tarn oishs the badge we all wear and it also takes away from public confidence in the entire criminal justice system in. >> may of 2007, police raided a warehouse in waldorf as part of the investigation into that illegal gambling ring. "the washington post" reported at witnesses told authorities they seen marked cruisers and officers in police uniforms at different gatherings. while his hometown prays for his safety, the pentagon is sparing no expense in its search for an american soldier being held captive by the taliban. private first class bowe bergdahl was kidnapped on june 30th. in a video released, the 23-year-old talks about how much he misses his family. while in his hometown of hailey, i'd hoax, yellow ribbons line

the streets. his family spoke through the sheriff. >> we want to remind all of you that our sole focus is seeing our beloved son bowe safely home. >> we are sparing no effort to find this soldier and i would say my personal reaction is one of disgust at the exploitation of this young man. >> mitary forces tell nbc news that bergdahl was captured after he walked out of his base without his weapon. the army is looking to temporarily add 22,000 soldiers to the ranks. secretary gates says the extra troops are needed to quell the rising violence in afghanistan and iraq. injury, redeployment delays and the decisions not to keep soldiers past their enlistment dates were also given for the reasons for expansion. the army currently has about 5750,000 soldiers enlisted. health care is dominating the conversation at the white house. on the hill and in many state capitals. tonight, that debate took center

stage in northern virginia in front of a huge crowd, jackie benson joins us live. >> wendy, it was a capacity crowd for a discussion of urgent need. more than 1,00 people packed the auditorium at tc williams high school in zrand dry ya, most part of an interfaith coalition. they urged virginia governor tim kaine to fund a program to provide dental care for uninsured residents of prince william county. recently cut from the budget. >> as you can tell, i have lost some teeth. i have seven loose teeth, i experience pain but i never know when it's going to come. >>s governor tried to find the funding need. >> this is a huge and important issue, it's one that we work together on a good bit over the last few years as i approached my last six months as governor but where there is still a very, very significant gap. >> the forum comes as the obama

administration continues its push towards health care reform. at children's hospital in the district, the president said our current health care system is not focuseded on patients and now is the time to fix it. >> we talked this problem to death. year after year. but unless we act and act now, none of this will change. >> republicans are escalating their efforts to derail the president's attempt to overhaul the health care system. >> 260 million americans currently have health insurance coverage, the great majority through private insurance and policy continually show th are overwhelmingly pleased with their current coverage. >> tonight's forum says it it has not taken a position on the president's health care plan. wendy, back to you. >> jackie, thanks. still ahead, the watergate on the auction block. a horrific crash sends nine people to the hospital. before you take out the next frozen diner, the hidden dangers lurk inside. chris brown breaks his

silence in a new apology to rihanna and his fans. we got some rain. >> a little bit. other place said what rain? a drop or two. i'll tell you what's next. always entertaining. terrell owens really goes hollywood with the premiere of his show. and another nationals pitcher makes his match league debut, was there are moments in time when the paths we take do determine our future. today we are communicating with each other as never before - and that requires a seamless network that is constantly growing better, smarter, and more secure. that's why our scientists and engineers in our labs, are taking the fastest technology in the world

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a moving van that ran a stop sign crashed sending four victims to the hospital in critical condition. five others were taken to the hospital by ambulance. a group of horrified witnesses risked their lives to save a woman and her two young children from a burning car. the car burnt into flames after crashing in milwaukee, wisconsin, yesterday, two off-duty firefighters and an off-duty police officer were among the rescuers who freed

4-year-old boy. he suffered burns on a third of his body but is expected to survive. the watergate hotel hits the auction block tomorrow. alex cooper auctioneers will start accepting bids for the hotel. it's been closed since 2004 after being purchased from d.c. based monument realty. there were plans to develop into condos or redevelop into a luxury hotel. but all that fell through. it is one of the several buildings in the watergate complex. it was made famous of course by the burglary that led to president nixon's resignation. the markets continue declto climb for the sixth strght day. it's closed at the highest close since january 6th. the dow is also on the longest winning streak since april of '70 when it made gaines of seven straight days. still to come, the hidden dangers of frozen food.

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many consume evers think frozen prepared food is as simple as heat and eat, but tonight a warning for anyone who has tossed meal in the oven and eaten it worry-free. >> there is an uncomfortable truth when it comes to prepared frozen food. it may look good and taste good but may not be good because when it comes to frozen food safety, it's up to you. >> how about some of this parmesan and ravioli. >> reporter: the american frozen od aisle is an amazing place

containing virtually everything you may want to eat from breakfast food to andre items to pizza to pot pie. >> the biggest concern is that consumers don't realize it may not be fully cooked. it lacks like it is because the front of theackage has a beautiful fully cooked meal but unfortunately that may be partly raw. >> and sarah klein from the center of science in the public interest says partly raw food can harbor dangerous bacteria such as e. coli, salmonella or listeria. it's sick and tens of thousands of americans. >>s difference of simply heating a product makes it taste good. cooking it makes it safe. >> reporter: to fully understand, our producer and i took a trip to the frozen food section. what consumers need to know is that frozen food cooking instructions are followed, the food is safe to ea but the problem is many people don't

follow or understand the nsre arch w aiochhire m y un orifandim setomesorfiif dlt cu >>hieve. shi t produ musbet hikeoo cd to an internal temperature greater than 1150 prior to eating. who ever worries about that? >> microwave 6 to 8 minutes or until hot in the center. what does that mean? >> can you tell from this on the front whether this is cooked or not? >> no. >> no. >> so we're 4 1/2 minutes -- >> frozen food cook instructions often ask you to let the food sit after microwaving. this is not so the food can cool down to eat, this is so the food can continue cooking. take this pot pie which read 132 degrees after cooking. it did reach a safe 160 degrees but only after we let it sit more than five minutes. would you do that? and when is the last time you stuck a thermometer into your frozen food? sarah klein says there a

surefire way to make frozen food safe. >> you know the best solution for this kind of problem is for the manufacturers to ensure that the food is safe before it reaches consumers. >> until then, if you want to be perfectly safe with frozen food, know your microwave, its wattage and power. use an instant read thermometer before consuming your frozen food and follow package directions exactly because if you don't -- >> you can get very ill from a frozen product just like any other undercooked product. >> the american froenz food institute told us the industry works diligently to ensure product safety but for frozen food products that are not ready to eat, consumers need to follow specific cooking instructions for safety including standing time, stir directions and they were mom at the use. we read a lotf instructions and they're very different and some extremely detailed an complicated. >> you're the only one reading them though. none of us are. we rip it out, throw it in and walk away. put your pinger in, do you think

cities cooked? now we know. >> thanks, liz. loudon county supervisors heard some public input tonight on a measure to allow alcoholic beverages at afterhours library fund raisers. supporters say it could bring in more money to cash strapped libraries. others say it could open up the county to lawsuits. >> the primary mission for like sbraers meant for children and not meant to be a facility tos if sill tate a commercial enterprise and to shift liability for accidents and for things that occur that we're actually spending many millions of dollars on. >> library spokesman says the afterhour events would be strictly for fund-raising with the proceeds going to library funds. a vote is expected tomorrow. >> so do we get more rain? >> where are you? >> right here. >> i'm out in annapolis. >> did annapolis get any rain?

>> they did, but i didn't right here around washington, a couple of drops. boy, it has been dry, we really need some rain. downtown, it was a great night for the screen on the green. >> was that tonight? >> yes, close encounters but we had close encounters with rain drops, too that was about t outside, here in washington. no rain, and even with a few showers, a few days ago, our rainfall now, we're having the driest july ever, a quarter of an inch of rain. look at the temperatures right now. 74 here, lot of 60s and what month is this. 68 degrees in chicago. 72 in atlanta. they had a record low this morning and it's because of the crazy patterns and remember how wet june was. well, there's many studies that indicate that as we get into global changes, global warmings, we're going to be seeing more of these extremes. unusual wet periods and dry periods. alas after all of that wet weather, we were saying day

after day, it's raining, it's rain, it's raining. look at the dry pattern we have here in washington. there are a few showers out to our west still in the mountains of west virginia, that were few earlier today, up into pennsylvania. what's left of anything that came around washington out to the east and that's it now. they're all gone. fall church, no rain. less than a quarter of an inch of rain for you at fall church. you've got to water the garden, but on the other hands there calvert, luzby, half inch of rain for the nth. look at fredericksburg, folks said fine, had three quartz of an inch of rain. here in northwest washington, nada, nothing. so overnight, louds will move ought, but out to our east, as we go through tomorrow, maybe another scattered shower, eventually we're going to see some more humidity come in so as we get on into late wednesday and thursday. then there's another chance for more needed rain showers.

our friend down in hollywood, over an inch of rain in st. mary's county today while here in washington, nothing. so for the remainder of the night, what's left of it, just cloudy skies. it will be cloudy, warm tomorrow. when you get up, temperatures in the mid to high 60s, a bit of humidity, nothing oppressive because of all the clouds, even though temperatures will get up into the 80s, woents feel too bad, just a chance, slight chance of a few showers. the air quality tomorrow, code yellow. a lot of clouds tomorrow evening, anything for showers will be hit and miss variety, just no sign of a good steady soaking rain coming n 75 to 80 degrees. who would have imagined a month ago, we would be saying 2 would be nice to get a nice cool steady soaking rain after all of the wet weather we had up until june 23 is when that pattern changed. hit and miss variety scattered showers. temperatures remaining for the most part below average as we

head into the weekend. weekend right now looks good with sunshine. >> excelle. all right. still ahead, a sweet offer from starbucks. singer chris brown paul jazzes to his fans for the attack on rihanna. an

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>> how did the nats do. >> it was a quick game. for the third day in a row, the nationals were done in by a former teammate. the past two days dwa, it was soriano, tonight it was levon hernandez allowing two runs an five hits in seven innings while the nationals new starter martin struggled in his debut.

nationals lose to the mets 6-26789 it was shaky start for martin. first inning. down 1-0. here she facing jeff francoeur, he lines it to left field t goes all the way back off the wall. daniel murphy comes in to score easily. francoeur with the double on the play. martin gives up five run, he lasts just four innings. now we go to the bottom of the fourth, the nationals are now down 57-0. josh bard is up, sends one down the right field line. this is levon hernandez' only mistake. adam dunn comes in to score but watch closely. there would be a play at the plate. austin kearns includings in safely. so there's still hope. we go to the ninth inning. just called up from the nationals, he crushes it to left, a solo home run, the mets sink the nationals 6-2. interim manager jim riggleman

now 0-5. willie harris says it's the same old story. >> i don't think we need to change anything, we just need to did a better job of scoring runs. i guess it's been like whenever they're hitting there the pitching hasn't been there. whenever the pitching is, there the hitting hasn't been there. we try to get on one accord. the season is going by really quick. so fwhed to hurry up and do it. >> he means you've got it get everybody on the same page. that's what they need more than anything. the new yankees stadium is a home run hitter's park and tonight all three runs came on solo homers. unfortunately for the orioles it was the yankees sell brit. kate hudson taking in the game in the bronx. adam jones here with runners on first and third. phil cokoch throws the wild pit, th slide under the tag but he doesn't touch the plate. because of that, roberts is is

called out. look at him fighting. he simply can't believe it. now we go forward to the bottom of the ninth. tied at one. jim johnson facing matsui and see you later. he clobbers the ball to deep right field. a solo home run and the yankees beat the orioles 2-1. so it turns out the thing to do in the offseason is get your own reality show. shaquille o'neal is getting his own show where he'll challenge famous athletes like michael phelps in their sports. but tonight, it was the debut of the t.o shoind show. here's terrell owens after he got signed by the bills. >> buffalo had given me one more year to showcase my skills and i'm going to bring the heat to buffalo. >> buffalo, here we come. >> get out your fur underwear. >> the reality show premiering on vh-1, he also shows out his workout habits in the pool as he

tries to get fit. all that and a lot more for terrell owens. pretty entertaining stuff. i tell you. >> that workout is working out for him. it's okay. coming up nerves, the district sales tax holiday is canceled.

a month after pleading guilty to assaulting his former girlfriend, chris brown is publicly all jazzing. >> i have told rihanna countless times and i'm telling you today that am truly, truly sorry that i wasn't able to handle the situation differently and better. >> the attack in the car happened the night before the grammies. he sought the advice of spiritual advisers an his

mother, herself a victim of domestic violence. he will be sentenced to 100 days of community labor. back to school supplies will cost more because the annual sales tax holiday has been canceled. it generally runs for nine days in august. city officials say they can't afford not to bring in the estimated money shoppers would be saving. maryland has also suspended its tax free holiday. virginia is still scheduled for it

coffee drinkers can get their hands on a free pastry at starbuksz to anyone who buys a drink from 10:30, but that's a catch, you have to have a coupon. guess what? you can find a link on our website. the summer tradition known as screen on the green was back on the mall tonight. "close encounters of the third kind" was perfect for this anniversary. hbo initially pulled the plug this yore but public outcry and two additional sponsors helped save it. that's our broadcast, "the tonight sh