testing. that's the system that' actually designed to prevent the kind of rear end collision that happen order june 22, the crash claimed nine lives and left dozens injured. the metro is confirming to news4 that the failure may be sp.dre that anomalies were ciuiixrctsnd a circuits and reed no-called dark stretchesf o ndesmaoue wnd fon aallima er w ree len ginnde greenbelt, red line i igrovener and orae fy and ueblin at foggy bottom. the trains continued to operate in manual mode since the crash and they are also operating at lower speeds during the investigation. but again, metro reporting circuit malfunctioning and happening across the system. as we get more information we will bring it to you. >> darcy spencer live in the newsroom. thank you. students from area -- our area, i should say, quarantined in china after contracting the swine flu. there's a number of them. ene udstts are from five ud schools in our area. lte.cuheyra t tdyveole traveled

china to see the great wall. the forbidey heeeav sn i ts l aley have seen is the inside of the hospital and hotel room. from the minute the students landed, they wereant ar anea tianne at a a in a pho interview with news4, walter johnson high school explained as they got off the plane, a boy in theup gro . istered the fever registered the fever andft aer and after that, that,e mor more edd more students s and more students started getting sent to the hospital for fevers. including me. >> reporter: this is video of another d.c. area student who wound up hospitalized. 15-year-old natalie cheney attends national cathedral school and spoke to reporters for british television. >> i'm not really scared. i think they will take good care of us. i just spoke with some of my

friends in the hospital. they said they have been treated real well and said they -- received american food and they have a tv. >> reporter: but soon after that interview, natalie developed symptoms and was hospitalized. and today her parents learned she has a confirmed case of h1n1. >> we were surprised. initially she really didn't feel bad. but now i'm starting to hear it the phone, she is coughing and has a fever. so she was very disappointed because that means another five days of quarantine. she thought she was going to get out soon. so it is -- it is a blow to her ee mowingly. >> reporter: natalie's parents say the positive test results bring transfer to a rcipeed s specind a in ed infectioiseaseusnd a puts her back in touch with other sick students from her group. at the first hospital she was isolated. >> it is hard because we talk to her on the phone and, you know, at this point she is getting a little emotional. she's not had a lot of contact. and, you know, you are -- a world away.

there's not much you can do except give verbal comfort. >> reporter: noreen says all of well by their y b theirsts. >> theyat thore s. atre g ho ial ryll nice. we -- you know, lots of food. >> reporter: the 22 students from maryland and district of columbia were selected through a program based at the university of maryland called the con unusual us institute. ksitor w with a ornot-for-profi exchange. the american high schoolers pay only their airfare. the institute's director says even though the students have been quarantined, they will be able to extend their stay and finish their trip in china if they choose. >> very hopeful talking with their parents, they say i know my child, he or she -- >> reporter: now the parents tell us by their account as many as eight of the students had to be hospitalized. some of them have recovered and been released from the hospital. the chinese group that is sponsoring the trip is paying

for the hospital bills and extended stay if the students decide to take them up on that. that chinese group has provided laptops to all the students quarantined in the hotel to keep them occupied. back to you. >> julie carey in the newsroom. thank you. one person is dead and two are fighting for their lives after a collision near damascus, maryland. it involved a truck truck and stran. happened in the 2800 block of kemp town road near the montgomery county/frederick county line. it is closed at route 27. no word on what caused this. d.c. firefighters had to use the jaws of life to free a man from an overturned jeep today that flipped over around noon. just south of military road northwest. the driver suffers serious injuries and was flown to the hospital by a u.s. park police helicopter. two dogs were in the car but were not injured. firefighters fed them biscuits to keep them calm during the rescue. no word on the cause of that crash. investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a blaze at a town home in lorton this afternoon. it is in the 9600 block of hagel

circle. flames were seen shooting up from the roof before fire crews got there at 2:00 this afternoon. the fire was put out but there was extensive damage to that home and three others but there were no injuries. the u.s. military officials say they are, quote, sparing no effort to find the soldier captured three weeks ago in afghanistan. the taliban is holding army private bo bergdahl in his hometown of haley, idaho. his parents are asking for privacy but say the support for thr son has been overwhelming. leanne gregg has that report tonight. >> reporter: the ribbons are up as they rally around their hometown soldier now a prisoner of war. >> the community is always together and also a there for all of our people. always have been. always will be. >> reporter: president obama told nbc's meredith vieira the u.s. is working for the release of 23-year-old army private bowe bergdahl. >> we are doing everything we can. >> reporter: have you spoken to his family? >> i have not. at this point simply because we want to make sure that before we

do, we have something to tell th. >> reporter: bergdahl's family remains in seclusion, refusing to discuss bowe's capture publicly. >> that's very important for them to not talk about the specific incidents and anything that can put their son in harm's way. >> reporter: through the sheriff the family expressed gratitude for the support of their son. >> we like to ask that your concern for our love -- for our son, bowe, also be shared with all of our american service members in harm's way. aroundtle world. we are very grateful to all of them. the bergdahl family. >> my fellow americans. >> reporter: bergdahl remains in taliban custody after being taken hostage earlier this month in afghanistan. this propaganda video surfaced over the weekend showing the soldier appearing unharmed but under duress. >> i'm afraid that i might never see them again and that -- i

will never be able to tell them that i love them again. >> reporter: unexpected capture and the grueling wait for what's neck as this community vows to remain positive. a positive vigil is held wednesday night in honor of bowe who never owned a car and loves to rid his bike. the sheriff suggested people show up to the vigil on a bike. in a separate development in afghanistan, taliban militants carried out a series of attacks in two cities in eastern afghanistan today. the militants targeted three government buildings in the city of gardez. some of the attackers were suicide vests. eight militants and six afghan security officers were killed in the fighting. the attack on u.s. base u.s. and afghan forces were able to capture one of the militants, two others were killed. today the senate agreed to cut off new spending for the f-22 fighter jet programs. there are 187 of the stealth

fighters in the pipeline. 1.75 billion had been set aside for more. today's vote removes that money from the defense policy bill. defense secretary robert gates says the pentagon has enough of the jets. president obama threatened to veto the defense bill if congress ignored the request to terminate that program. resistance has been fierce and because the f-22 has provided thousands of jobs in some lawmakers districts. federal reserve chairman bernanke updated congress on the economy telling lawmakers that recovery efforts are working, slowly. and he predicted the economy are start pulling out next year but it is going to be two years before we see sustained growth. he says at some point the fed will have to raise interest rates to avoid inflation. the watergate hotel part of the complex made famous by presidential scandal in 1972 failed to attract new buyers at an auction today. the hotel property was taken back by tlender that holds $40 million note on it. residents andusinesses hope

the hotel one day will be back in business. tom sherwood joins with us that story tonight. >> the hotel is one part of the watergate complex. an important part and people want it to reopen. at the water gate flower shop, joe has been the manager for 25 years. selling to visitors, residents and before he closed two years ago, theatergate hotel. >> we used to get a lot of business from the hotel. not only the hotel itself but also the guests staying and the events they have there. >> reporter: inside the walls of the watergate complex, a unique washington community of high-end co-op apartments and multilevel shopping plaza residents and business owners look past the obvious political history that made watergate famous. >> self-contained and we have 55% garden space plus a grocery, drugstore, and all kinds of shopping. it was totally designed to be community for the residents. >> reporter: gigi, whose father henry for 20 years was the first general manager of the

watergate, said in the original 1970s brochure touted the upscale complex where penthouses originally sold for about $200,000. the watergate complex was made famous by the 1972 burglary that led to president nixon's resignation. in recent years a once busy watergate hotel fell silent as ambitious plans to remold it or turned it into more high end co-ops failed. >> it helped the community that lived here and the people that worked here have a place to go and have dinner, to meet, relax and put their guests up. so really became part of a whole entity. >> $25 million. $25 million. we thank you for your attenda e attendance. >> reporter: a crowded auction tuesday that took only about five minutes, the watergate hotel was sold back to the new york lender. the only bidder that holds a $40 million mortgage on the property. >> prime location right by the river. i mean the views are

spectacular. you are walk -- walking distance to georgetown and alst tandietce distance to metro and monuments. >> the new york bank that now owns the hotel says they will market the property in hopes of finding a new buyer. craig and wendy, back to you. >> thanks, tom. when "news4 at 6:00" continues, an elderly man uses his gun to fight back a group of suspected scam artists. i wish i had the chance to live those few moments again. but, unfortunately, i can't. >> chris brown publicly apologizing for beating his then girlfriend rihanna. >> a vote today on a proposal to allow some kinds of alcohol in area libraries. >> some newly released findings about cell phone use while driving and just how dangerous it really is. >> how sit looking out ther >> one or two lonesome showers. they really are lonesome. good baseball weather. >> coming up in sports, vernon davis dish bess getting kicked out of a game by his own nfl coach.

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the father of a 4-year-old boy rescued from a burning suv says doctors expect his son to make a full recovery. the boy's mother was driving the suv in milwaukee when she hit a tree and the suv flipped over and burst floos flames.

bystanders pulled the woman and her dautder to safety as the flames spread two off duty firefighter brothers managed to rescue 4-year-old d.j. harper from his melting car seat. today his dad says thank you. >> first i want to thank the firefighters and alltle brave citizens that helped get my son out of the vehicle. especially john and joe, the brothers that got my son out of the vehicle. >> reporter: doctors said today the boy has been upgraded to serious but stable condition. he suffered severe burns on 20% of his body. doctors expect him to recover well. president obama vowed today to in his words get the job done on health care reform but the president and house democrats got slammed by a health care heavyweight. the mayo clinic says the current health care plan would lower the quality of care and raise costs. more now from steve handelsman. >> reporter: out in public on the issue again, president obama admitted winning health care reform is proving tough.

>> make no mistake, we are closer than ever before to the reform the american people need and we are going to get the job done. >> reporter: but in the battle over medical coverage and health care costs, democrats are taking a hit from the mayo clinic that said on its blog that the current house bill would lower quality and raise costs. republican john kkoooo t t tk vantage png it twitter. mayo clinic's ceo denny coretees. >> in the current version we stand by the statement and it is still true. even though they are moving in the ght direction, we don't think they have gone far enough. >> reporter: legendary hospital's expertise has been tout bid the president himself. >> mayo provides care much more cheaply than a lot of other health systems. even though it is better care. >> reporter: now republicans are claiming a new ally as they slam the democrats' machine. >> sit going to help us save money. the mayo clinic yesterday came out with a report that said no.

>> reporter: senate democrats are working on ways to pay for wider coverage. >> we are making headway. >> reporter: the president told meredith vieira on "today" hiking taxes on the wealthy remains an option. >> the package which will probably include some additional revenue from well-to-do people, including me and you. >> reporter: the president wants any bill to include a panel to oversee health spend. >> that's a very good idea. >> reporter: endorsement today by the mayo clinic. as the obama plan evolves. >> i'm steve handelsman, news4. the president is pushing congress to vote this summer. saying that without a deadline in this town, nothing happens. south carolina governor mark sanford is talking again. saying he wants to stop talking about his affair. today sanford was urging federal changes for national standards on state issues' i.d. cards. their reporter asked him how he

expected political leaders to take him seriously after he admitted lying about his argentine mistress. >> i made a mistake in life. i apologized for my mistake and i said all i'm going to say on that one and i'm moving forward and i think the people of south carolina are ready to do the same. >> despite the controversial meeting because of it demand for face time with the governor has grown. it is his practice to hold so-called open door meetings once a month with any constituent who wants to talk to him. a spokesman for the governor says sanford has an average of 15 open door appointments scheduled. this month there are 20 scheduled and 11 others could not be scheduled because there was not enough time. >> i have told her countless times and telling you i'm truly, truly sorry and i was not able to handle the situation differently and better. >> that singer chris brown's

public apology for beating his then girlfriend pop star rihanna in a taped statement on his website, brown begs rihan and fans for forgiveness and brown pled guilty to felony assault for the february incident following a pre-grammy party according to a police affidavit brown repeatedly punched rihanna in the face. ben roethlisberger is facing rape allegations. a woman filed a lawsuit accusing the pittsburgh steelers quarterback of raping her last summer during a celebrity golf tournament in lake tahoe. the suit claims she was sexuall penthouse room. no criminal complaint, however, has ever been filed. the woman is seeking $390,000 in damages. roethlisberger's lawyer says his client has never sexually assaulted anyone andexonerated. still ahead, a day in court for a local doctor at the center of a prescription pain medicine investigation. >> six health behaviors you can adopt to lower the risk of high

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there's excitement in the skies in the pacific tonight. >> longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century. starts in about two hours. millions and millions of people in china aeks sited. almost seven minutes. >> average is usually what? >> two, three minutes. i have seen some -- 2 1/2, 3 minutes. almost 7 minutes. i will show you the path. the weather is good out there. pretty good outside today if you like sunshine and more day after day. lack of rain for us here in

washington. temperature, high temperature, once again, below average for the year now, our yearly average is a degree cooler than average. rainfall driest ever. we are more than a half inch below what it was previously the driest july ever. outside now, a little bit of a breeze and sailing. our temperature right now outside still on the warm side and into the 80s but dew point temperature is into the high fifth and low 60s. look at the temperatures around the east. right now. our temperatures 71 degrees. this morning. that was the morning low temperature. look at florida. 60s to our south. appalachia cola, 71. this morning was 63 degrees, tallahassee record low 60 degrees. now we are in the 80s. 70 still around chicago. much of the east, unusually cool. here's the pattern there are showers, thundershowers mid part of the country. little waves upper level-waves from the jet stream, to our

north. so all we have been seeing have been one lonesome little shower pop up, around bowie. that's moved off. other ones out in the mountains of west virginia. there's that one that has fallen apart. that's the end of it. made a few raindrops and that was it. little batch down there in madison county. if you are getting rain out there, you are lucky ones. shenandoah valley and up into the mountains of west virginia and few others also, pittsburgh. really nothing much around us. yesterday there were rain showers out in rappahannock county. washington, virginia, had over two inches of rain. and here's what it is doing now in shanghai. they are getting ready for the wonderful eclipse and 82. look at the dew point. it is 77. really very, very tropical air. feels like it is 91 degrees. let me take you around the world. nothing happening in the tropics. there are clouds and there are those thunderstorms in the mid part of the country. here's what's going on in the pacific. pacific rather quiet, too.

monsoon in india. here is the path of totality as it moves down from china on into the northern part of the pacific. so it will be pretty good shape out there for the weather overall. and there's where the path of totality is. here's shanghai here. you can get a idea of that path and great good shape. some areas will be cloudy. but a lot of folks, millions and millions of people will be seeing the longest eclipse of the 21st century. for us, our clouds and our eclipse of rain continues. that's the lack of it. with humidity tomorrow and there is -- always a risk in the mountains especially of showers and thundershowers. and there will be a cold front coming our way and finally, thursday, at least a chance important rain. hir the meantime for this evening, partly cloudy. warm. temperatures near 80 grdeeede and later on tonight, i think skies willole s ware will be able to see the international space station and the seletthu

together. i will show you that in just a ttw minutes. we areoing -- risk of a shower or thundershower. but what rereally need is a soaker. thursday, there may be higheril. 40%, 50% chance. weekend looks good. maybe thunderstorms at the end. we will show you the eclipse pictures tonight at 11:00. it starts in just an hour and a half. >> cool. >> thanks, bob. >> "news4 at 6:00" continues and story of an 89-year-old man that police say pulled a gun on a group of guys trying to rip him off. >> wounded warriors doing battle on the basketball court. >> new documents reveal cell phone use while driving is more dangerous than we initially thought. >> local county decides on plan to allow some kinds of col ho at area libraries. >> coming up in sports, andy roddick answers whether or not he will play here in d.c. also a capitals goaltender skates out of town to play for the archrival. good defense by the nationals. was it enough? "news4 at 6:00" continues.l l

back now with a look at the stories making headlines tonight. >> today metro announced the circuits, faulty circuit, likely to blame for the deadly crash on

the red line last month may be widespread. metro says testing around the system turned up anomalies in circuits along the green oengre 22 high school students from our area were looking forward to a cultural exchange program in china that began a week ago. instead -- quarantined in beijing. some of them have swine flu. the students say they are being treated well and hope to finish the trip when they are healthy again. president obama is pushing congress to vote on a health care bill this summer. the president says his plan improves coverage, choice, and prevenon. the mayo clinic said the current bill would low quality and raise costs. mr. obama will continue his health reform offensive tomorrow with a prime time news conference. >> a vote on a proposal to allow some kind of alcohol at area libraries, six healthy has been thats can lower your risk of heart disease and dangers of some foods behind the wheel. authorities in stafford county say an elderly man turned the table on burglars in his home.

the 89-year-old pulled a gun from under his mattress and scared the suspect ace way. darcy spencer reports. >> neighbors of an elderly stafford man who pulled a gun on burglary suspects are calling him a hero. >> you think you should have done that? >> yes. should have got them. should have shot him for real, if you ask. i got -- wrong. ep rr:>>fforta c stedorounty sheriff'sep sutdsies an 89eamar-d ol cd onfronted these his house and thwarted a robbery. >> i think it was brave of him to do what he did and could have useddlea dy force. in fear of his lifeea. ep >> rorter: police say the man sealed the victim tim's driveway last thursday and charged him >> $2,000. the next day, they came back and as one suspect talked to the victim outside the three other snuck inside. when the man went back inside his house, he found three of the suspects trying to ransack his home and trying to steal his safe. that's when he pulled his gun from under therettmass.tt police say the man had thrown

the elderly lanly man to the ground and even the gun didn't seem to scare them at first. >> they taunted him for a little while longer. and making comments to him like go ahead and shoot me, old man, that kind of thing. then they eventually left. ep r>>orte r police lorer caught up withhe suspectsn t ieshi red chevy pickup truck and were arrested after a short pursuit. they are facing abduction, burglary, theft and assaults charges. and the victim did not want to talk to reporters on camera but neighbors say he did the right thing. >> to have -- under his mattress, he is smart. have you do what you have to do. nowadays, you cap trust anybody. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news4. a bethesda doctor on trial r audrugharges hesas been found iltyun acouncots. dr. greenberg wastsvi concted mh oncotun c of cocaine possession and two countsparaphernalia. the judge is discussing sentencing. his home are on old georgetown road, raided by federal drug agents in april.

today his wife, who was also facing drug charges, took a stack of letters to court. she says those letters are letters of support for the doctor from his patients. she applied for rehabilitation program today in lieu of a trial. republican bob mcdald says fixing transportation problems in virginia will be his number one priority if elected governor in november. mcdonald unveiled the transportation plan in arlington today. he supports more tools ande mor move lanes and boosting the speed limit on some highways to 70 miles an hour. and selling state-owned liquor stores in using revenue for transportation projects. new idea. and that's going -- there will be opposition to that. letting northern virginia keep up part of the sales tax revenue up here, other parts of the states that will be opposed to that. i'm going to say look, northern virginia has to be taken care of. we have to fund these roads here because the mrosperity here st ro> entnteir state. >opponent,eopponent,

democrat creigh des, hasasi h own transportation plan. deeds wantso bi ring high-speed rail to virginia. expand traditional freight and and reduce rush hour traffic through telecommuting and flex timeax credits. governor kaine has thrown his support behind a push for a high-speed rail system to connect washington to central virginia. the governor and local leaders want federal funding to develop ys smwete raiai bethe ten stem district and richmond andwe terg burs and advocates say it woulden encoagcoure economic growth but a ur a$1 $15g which would beov in vate pd nd funding and e worth it if theyg it if theyveremoremove llrsmicamn ro f 1.4 million cars from4 the oghelf fu. eysth gnns of lofuel. ystemelldikyel reach speeds between 110 and 150 miles an hour. it was a spirited debate at the loudoun county board of superviseors meeting today. the board had to decide whether to allow wine and beer sales at local libraries and otherubc p venues. chris gordon has that story

tonight. >> the library's board of trustees decided to serve beer and wine at an event like fund-raisers, mostly held during the evening. another proposal would allow a one-year trial period for limited alcohol use by groups renting the franklin park visual and performing arts center and the heritage farm museum. and in the evening, and some afternoon events from september 15 to march 15. that led to a heated debate among the loudoun county board of supervisors. >> there's no reason why you go to washington to the kennedy center and have a glass of wine during intermission while watching the ballet they couldn't see the same. >> franklin park is a big -- here the liability is endless. all it takes is once wrongful death from one person. >> aye. >> no.

>> motion will carry. >> reporter: the 7-2 vote clears the way for the pilot program allowing the library, park, and museum to serve alcohol. residents accept the decision with a degree of caution. >> i'm not sure how i feel about serving beer and wine in public libraries only because it is frequented by children age. >> this would be at a fund-raiser. probably at night. >> okay. after hours? >> reporter: preferred that it had been a public refendum we could have voted on as yes or no for the pilot program. but if -- generateding revenue and done in a safe, you know, and controlled environment, as in any, you know, establishment it would certainly be okay by me. >> reporter: there is ample precedent reached. the town of herndon, northern virginia and fairfax county park authorities, all allow alcohol to groups that apply for permission. as far as libraries, prince william county and howard county, sponsor fund-raisers where beer and alcohol are served. this is chris gordon, news4,

loudoun county government center. the battles to bring minor league baseball to loudoun county, that may be over. today the board approvedf a proposal that lets the county become home to a team that would start playing in 2011. the plan would build a large stadium, complex, ashburn, and route 28, route 7. opponents say it will create a traffic nightmare in the area and they want another public hearing on that matter which could delay pans important the team and the stadium. the supporters say the stadium plans won't have a dramatic environmental impact and they insist the team will become a huge source of pride for loudoun county. we still have lots more to come. video up next. popur safari park, developing a new campaign to warn people about. a monkey business going too far. >> six steps you can take to .chrt health. .chrt health. . the pontiac summer closeout is here; hurry to get the pontiac you want before they're gone.

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local week in montgomery county. officials are challenging residents to buy produce from farm stands, stores and restaurants that stock products grown in the county. the goal is to support local agriculture. it coincides with this weekend's 20th annual farm tour and harvest sale. >> the event is free and founded oriented with music, demonstration and other activities on 13 farms across the county. you can find out which farms are open open for the tour by going to the county's website. lewis orchards in dickerson. lewis family has operated the farm for more than a century.

news 4 your health. new study concludes adopting six healthy habits can lower your risk of strong and heart attack. high blood pressure or hypertension is a major cause of stroke and heart disease. researchers in boston studied hypertension risks by tracking the lifestyle habits of nearly 84,000 women. the women all had normal blood pressure at the beginning of the study. over the course of 14 years, many of them lowered their risk of hypertension by a adopting six behavior. >> following just one of the six healthy lifestyle factors does reduce the risk of developing high blood pressure. however, adding on and combining multiple low risk factors leads to greater and greater reductions in the risk of developing high blood pressure. >> here are those six healthy habits. orep a nlma body weight. exercise, eat a healthy diet, moderate your alcohol consumption, avdlr ve othe counter pain relievers, and take followic acidpp suntmeles.ve the scientist space women that did all of those thingss. lower

their hypertension risk by 80%. the single most important factor is maiaining a healthy weight. e study results appear in this week's issue of "the journal of the american medical association." visitors to a safari park in the united kingdom are no longer allowed to drive through the park in vehicles with the rooftop luggage carriers a here is why. park officials evidently got tired of explaining the reason for the rules of visitors so they staged a demonstration. as you can see, the baboons at the safari park learned how to open the rooftop carriers. the largest baboon in the troop bounces on the balk until the lock breaks and the other baboons move in to play with whatever they can get their hands on. how about that? >> teamwork. >> teamwork. >> teamwork. it is teamwork. >> ten fads most likely to cause an accident if eaten behind the wheel. >> lindsay is here. >> a lot going on for the

capitals. brent johnson skating his way out of town. also, tennis star andy roddick uses twiter to tell people whether or not he will play in d.c. former terp vernon davis talks about the memorable exchange he had last year with his head coach. "news4 at 6:00" continues.

we are talking hockey. going to play -- zbru know, this is a bitter sweet story. brent johnson has been work sewing hard to get back out on the ice. i'm glad he is able to.

it will not be with the caps. capitals goaltender johnson was rehabbing from a hip injury that kept him sidelined during last year's playoff after a frustrating season off the ice he is so ready to go for the start of training camp but will not be with the capitals. the free agent signed a one-year deal to play for the penguins. back on the ice. johnson spent the last four seasons in d.c. could have been the starter last year but played 21 before suffering the hip you ary. until that point he was 12-6-2 with 2.81 goals against average. with three other goaltenders, fighting for roster spots, johnson knew his time could be limited. he will now fight to back up pittsburgh's mark andres. the biggest move the capitals made this offseasons the addition of 37-year-old right winger mike knubel from the flyers. they need ad scoringing wither and got one in. the capitals are so excited about having him on the team

he's known for creating chaos in front of opposing goaltenders and is in the midst of house hunting to make his home here in d.c. today he stopped by the ice complex. the former flyer says he is looking forward to contributing to what he thinks is an exciting young team. >> i like the makeup of the team. a young core that's come up and taken their lumps and grown together. and i want -- the organization has kept a lot of the guys together. my job is -- i am a complementary type player and, you know, for the last few years, i had the benefit of playing with really good players but, you know, at the same time, i don't consider myself the elite player. i try to make the guys help them do their jobs and help them do them, y know, in a way that can benefit the team. >> knuble ready to get things started. the nationals have not won since the all-star break. nationals best pitcher, john

lannan takes the mound tonight. the players worry they will jinx him and spoil a much needed win. last night it was another starter that struckl l-- struggs debut. it was as struggle for martin. the natiols down 1-0. facing jeff francoeur. francoeur lines the hanger to left field. off the wall. daniel murphy comes home to score easily. francoeur with a double on that play and martin gives up five runs alasted four innings. josh bard is up and sends one down the right-field line. hernandez's only mistake, adam dunn comes around to score. there would be a play. watch this. the throw on home. he's chugging along and there we go. play at the plate. slides in. nationals cut the lead to 5-2. 6 sixth inning. mets leading 5-2. jeremy reed tries to lay down the bunt. heads-up play.

charges in and behrhands the ball. take another look. willie harris, this guy can play. he is filling in for ryan zimmerman at third and makes the barehanded play. fantastic. ninth inning, kensing. francoeur again crushes one to left. solo home run. the mets win 6-0. willie harris says he hopes john lannan can help stop the bleeding tonight. >> i don't want to jinx it. you know. i don't want to talk about that. i mean, lannan is our guy. i mean, he is our ace. and we are -- we expect to go scout do what he has always done. you know, that can be tough at times. at the same time, you know, we look for that from him. >> you said you were at a game last week and harris looked like he was playing center field. the guy can play everywhere. the glorification of the utility player. he really is. moving to football. former maryland star vernon davis is preparing to enter his fourth nfl training cam with the 49ers. his goal, he says, seriously, to

be the very best tight end in all of the nfl. but davis heads into this season with a tighter relationship with his coach, mike singletary. you may remember singletary tossed davis from game last year. after he drew a 15-yard personal foul penalty and then blasted davis after the game. >> i would rather play with ten people and just get penalized all the way until we have to do something else. rather than play with 11 when i know that right now that person is not sold out to be a part of this team. it is more about them than it is about the team. cannot play with them. cannot win with them. cannot coach with them. can't do it. >> he made his point. mike singletary was so mad he screamed at davis and no only benched him but september him to the locker room for the rest of the game. davis was in town recently. he was having some fun with his younger brother and at a football camp they were hosting. i had a chance to sit down with him and find out what it was like going through that

situation that became so public. >> it was very frustrating for me in the beginning. but first thing hit my mind, don't make a fool out yourself. he is the head guy. listen to him. i listened to him and grabbed my helmet and went inside. ne day, w had a meeting. and pretty much -- you know, let everything out. on the table. it is about getting to know one another. you know, i didn't know him as a coach. i didn't know what he wanted. i didn't know -- i didn't know what to expect out of him. you know, he didn't know what to expect out of me. it is something you have to deal with. it takes time. so i mean, now we are like best friends. >> davis a true scar star in the nfl, says things are all patched up and looking forward, obviously, to this season. after an amazing performance and runner-up finish to roger federer at wimbledon, tennis star andy roddick was tired of getting asked when the next tournament was that he would play in. so today he twittered to his

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released today that confirmed what many people have been saying for years. cell phone use while driving is dangerous. the document, six years old and were withheld from the public on purpose. chelle franzen explains why. >> talking and texting while driving is a dangerous distraction but a consumer watchdog group says americans have been kept in the dark about just how dangerous cell phone use can be. even when using hands-free device. >> whether you are doing that on hands-free device or hand-held creme phone, the distraction of the conversation causes the increased likelihood of a car crash. >> public citizens say since 2003, the national highway traffic safety administration failed to disclose the research. >> it is a few years backhands-free devices does not eliminate the risk. >> the u.s. transportation department did not comment on claims the agency withheld data but released a statement saying, quote, distracted driving causes

crashes and we want to stress the best way to avoid accidents is for drivers to keep their eyes and their concentration on the road when they get behind the wheel. many drivers, especially those that remember the days before cell phones, agree. >> can't do but one thing at a time. you are driving or talking on the phone. >> reporter: not all states banned the use talking on cell phones while driving. laws vary state from state. some states that driver 18 and younger using handheld and hands-free electronic devices. but there are also recent examples and surveillance video of experienced drivers and operators kiss tracted on the job. texting bus driverses drifting across highways or running red lights. in boston a trolley driver reportedly texting his girlfriend slammed into another trolley. and in los angeles, last september, a commuter rail crashed, killed 25. the eineer had been texting. dangerous distractions on the job and on the road consumer

groups say can be avoided. michelle franzen, news4. >> why wasn't the public told according to the new york the former head says he was urged not to disclose these findings in order to avoid antagonizing members of congress. at the time congress warned them not to use the research results to lobby states. one website says when it comes to distracted driving, food can be justs ll sous a cell phes.on su in rance.com has come up with a list of theost dusanrodsgeoo fos to eat while drivg.in .ee no surprise. t ea.hoand o tsy hot and easy to spill. to t upso. tack owes. boueldin eg ata w be taco while eating. hamburgers, barbecue food, fried chicken. doughnuts with the fillingings also on theist because they are so messy. dropping food on your lap or having your steering wheel covered in grease can create enough of a distraction to cause accidents as well. insurance.com says soft drinks pose a threat if you are not careful and chocolate can get

too messy to eat while dring if it melts, in short, don't eat or drink anything apparently while drive. >> bob is not eating while he forecasts, are you? >> or when you are forecasting because it is distracting and do not drop food on our lap up here in the burn center 4. there are clouds out there that really nothing on doppler. i think those clouds, except in the mountains of west virginia the clouds will dissipate so good chance to see not only the international space station, the shuttle docked witness, 10:3 2shgs north with western sky, gets up about halfway in the sky. 45 degrees high in the sky. 10:35. 10:35. looking towards the north and it will be a very, very bright object and then it moves off. pretty late seeing the space station and space shuttle. temperatures into the 60s. tomorrow once again, slight chance that -- needed showers around our area. there will be isolated and widely scattered. after that, we will be seeing continuation of rather humid weather. but not too hot. not into the weekend.

>> thank you bork. tonight at 11:00, a washington journalist is sentenced to ten years in prison onharges of possession of child bornography. apple introduce as new ad. designed by a teenager and lets you pray. a tuna melt with 1800 calories. entree with 2200 calories. more fat than 40 strips of bacon. a new list of what not to eat. >> today wounded warriors and other wheelchair athletes did some battle on the basketball court. walter reed army medical center hosted its first ever wheelchair basketball tournament. the teams were from walter reed and national naval medical center and rehab hospital, d.c. parks and recreation. these pictures show one of the games between the d.c. parks and recreation team and team that ended up winning it all. national rehabilitation center and in case you are wondering there was more at stake than just bragging rights. each player on the winning team also got a trophy. walter reed telling tuesday toname was so much fun and it may become an annual event.