up into frederick county, maryland. remember, we will be seeing more thunderstorms tomorrow when you hear the rumble of thunder, don't take any chances. seek a safe, secure spot. move inside. and the 30/30 rule, if you can hear thunder, you are in danger and once you don't hear any thunder for about 30 minutes you can go back outside. we are going to continue to see some heavy rains although, unfortunately, right around much of the washington area, haven't seen much. here is what has been going on. you can see this area of rain moving up into new england. that's going to be a nasty storm there. so still a few more heavy rains and at months pier is saturated. we are going to be seeing for the most part, i think, a lot of shine this weekend. still cannot rule out a few thunderstorms. i will tell you more about that when i join you downstairs. lightning in the area. speaking of lightning we begin tonight with the breaking news from bethesda where a man is hehospitalized after being bruy lightng. 0 3 h:0nestthpejud after:0th0s

afternoon at the congressional country club. that's where jackie bensen is at suburban hospital with more on this. jackie? >> reporter: for reasons that have not bn made clear to us the patient has been transferred from suburban hospital here in bethesda to the washington hospital center i northwest washington. the helicopter took off just a few minutes ago for the medevac. again, we don't know why the patient was transferred. we can tell you washington hospital center does have a burn center. the patient appeared to be alert and conscious when he was medevaced. montgomery county fire and rescue units were called to congressional country club just before 3:00 for a report of a person struck by lightning. fire officials tell us that the first responders arrived and found a 42-year-old man struck by lightning on the golf course. we understand that this man may have been trying to leave the golf course and get inside a shelter in advance of the coming storm. he was taken here to suburban hospital by ambulance and officials will not tell us his condition at this point.

there was a response of no comb from the folks at congressional country club. but what we can tell you is that the patient was transferred from suburban hospital to washington hospital center's med star you don't know tonight northwest washington by helicopter. a short time ago. wendy, back to you. >> jackie bensen, thanks. this same system that caused the lightning also dropped buckets of rain on parts of our area. this was the scene on route 110 in arlington after an early afternoon downpour. some cars, as you see, had their -- were up to their lights in high water. new developments tonight in the investigation into the cause of that deadly crash involving two metr istrai. the crash investigators have released some new details about the possible causef ane roln i acde.nt. meanwhile, metro is announcing plans for a backupys t stg s it has taken to prevent further problems. keith garvin joins us from the

tenly metro station. >> reporter: an update from the ntsb into the cause of the investigation into the cause of the crash. now they stressed that while new information about one of the rcuits near the site of the crash is shshedding important light on the investigation, they say they have a long way to go before they can determine the cause. a month after the deadly train cole thags killed nine people, investigators with the national transportation safety board have increased the focus on the circuit at the accident site. metro general manager john catoe addressed a releas just this morning. >> we would like to make sure that there's no confusion as to what was released today. >> reporter: investigators a looking at two parts of the circuit. one was replaced just five days before the collision. the ntsb announced the circuit's other replaced in 2007 showed power plucksuations over an 18-month period. the fluctuations apparently were

not enough to prevent the circuit from detecting an approaching train. >> we have not found any failures. we are going through the wreckage to ensure there were no failures during that period of time. if we find that there were any cases where we failed to detect the train, you will hear this. >> reporter: the ntsb asked metro to produce records from the past 18 months to see if the fluctuations were reported by operators. in the meantime, metro says it has taken extensive safety measures since the collision. they increased the frequency of their circuit data review from once every 30 days to twice daily. three hours of computerized ports are reviewed after each rush hour and every anomaly that's found is thoroughly investigated. metro riders say even though the increased measures led to delays, they would rather be safe than dealing with another tragedy. >> i think everyone is in a

state of heightened alert and i suspect this is a safer time to ride because everybody is being ultra careful than two months ago. >> reporter: metro announced those delays will likely continue until the cause of the collision is determined. and they plan to launch a website tomorrow that will help riders determine when and where those delays will take place. reporting live from northwest, keith garvin, news4. back to you. >> thank you, keith. metro officials also say th are working with the transportation and communications engineering firm in annapolis to build a backup train control system to help prevent accidents. the company called arinc is involved in existing -- already haxis et sting contracts to upgrade metro's operations control center. banita jacks remains on trial. charged with killing her four children in a washington, d.c., home. her trial continues today with the prosecution wrapping up its case. pat collins joins us from outside the d.c. superior courthouse with more on this.

pat? >> reporter: there are no eyewitnesses to what happened inside banita jacks' house. but experts say that insects, insects, inside banita jacks' house provide importances inside this case. the doctors, one wrote a book entitled fly to the prosecution. one worked on a documentary called "the witness was the fly." two doctors, experts studying insects of the dead. important witnesses today in the murder trial of banita jacks. jacks charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of her four daughters, ages 5 to 16, it was january, 2008, marshals came to evict jacks from her home on sixth street southeast. inside, they found the bodies of her daughters decomposing, mummified. jacks told police the girls were possessed by demons and died one by one in their sleep.

the police called it a case of murder. because of the decomposition, there was some uncertainty about the exact cause of death. but today dr. william rodriguez, forensic anthropologist, says he absolutely certain that brittney, teenager had three stab wounds to her stomach. he said he found ligature mark indicating the other three girls were strangled. because of the decomposition of the bodies, there had a someac uncertainty abo of atdeh. today in court dr. lee,de forenc entomologist, said based on the study of theecns its in thens jacks house,d at least twoeea d e they two monthsoref b were discovered. maybe even longer. banita jack was living in that home with the dead girls for some time.

the trial is coming close to the end. the prosecution is expected to rest its case tomorrow. >> pat collins. thanks, pat. it is being called one of the worst corruption cases in the history of new jersey. federal prosecutors unveiled details of their investigation this afternoon. 44 people are now in custody. they incde the mayors of three new jersey cities. two state legislators and a handful of ran ice from new york and iew njersey. seri c lledewmeri c ri include money laundering and the selling of human org answer. the case is wide ranges and far reaching. prosecutors initially focused on a money laundering network between brooklyn, new jersey, and israel. the network allegedly laundered tens of millions of dollars through charities controlled by ran ice in new york and new jersey. then the investigation widened when the feds say elected leaders began taking bribes. >> the politicians willingly put themselves up for sale. hundreds of thousands in bribes were paid in those places.

the complaints show for these defendants corruption was a way of life. they existed in an ethics-free zone. >> among the 44 arrested today include the mayors of show becken, see caucus and ridgefield, new jersey. a member of governor jon corzine's cabinet may be ensnared as well. authorities will not say whether dorea is facing criminal charges. the wife after former prince george's county police corporate, keith washington, is asking for a new trial for her husband, washington is in jail serving time for a shooting. two furniture deliverymen, killing one. the other was wounded and testified against washington. chris gordon has this exclusive report. chris? >> reporter: mrs. washington told me she absolutely believes that her husband shot in self defense. today she met an hour and half with prince george's county

state's attorney glen ivey whose office put her husband on trial. she's asking them to reconsider the case. stacy washington is asking for a new trial for her husband. former prince george's county police corporal keith washington who is serving a 45-year prison sentence for fatally shooting a marlo furniture delivery man, brandon clark, wounding delivery helper robert white. it happened at washington's home during a confrontation. washington argued this he shot in self-defense but the jury convicted him of involuntary manslaughter and first-degree assault in part on the testimony of the wounded man, robert white. now stacy washington argues that new evidence came out of the civil trial that the two brought againster husband which ended in a hung jury. mrs. washington says it cast doubt on the credibility of robert white. >> what i was presenting to the state today is all of the numerous instances of perjury

that mr. white has committed in this case, in the criminal trial, grand jury, and even in the civil trial, he admits himself much of his testimony in the criminal trial, statements he made in the criminal trial, were not true. i and my daughter are both downstairs and my husband is upstair was them and sees one of the men coming out of my daughter's bedroom and asked them to leave the house. they did not. instead they attacked him. >> reporter: mrs. washington met with glen ivey, the prince george's county state's attorney, whose office prosecuted keith washington. d asked him to join in a motion for a new trial. ivey referred the case to a retired judge to review the evidence. >> he reviewed the criminal case, civil ca, and the information they wanted to get to him and his conclusion was that a new trial was not appropriate under these circumstances. that was his recommendation to me. >> reporter: keith washington's appeal of his conviction and

45-year sentence is still pending. that's the latest from the newsroom. back to you in the studio. >> chris gordon, thanks, chris. when our broadcast continues, this evening a high-profile nfl quarterback accused of rape speaks out. >> never forced myself on a woman. >> find out what else the steelers ben roethlisberger had to say today. >> an attack on a clothing store and t-shirt in the display window may have been the target. >> also, an ivy league college giving away college courses to anybody who wants to take them. if we don't act, medical bills will wipe out their savings. if we don't act, she'll be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. and he won't get the chemotherapy he needs. if we don't act, health care costs will rise 70%. and he'll have to cut benefits for his employees. but we can act. the president and congress have a plan to lower your costs

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president obama is back on the stump pushing theealth care reform during a town hall meeting in ohio. he conceded congress will not make the deadline of voteding to overhaul health care. he wanted the senate to act on the plan before the august recess and says that's okay if members don't make the deadline but wantshem to kraep working. the president is defending his plan saying the current health care system is broken. republicans are criticizing it and say it is too costly. it has been a banner day on wall street. the dow jones average closing above 9000 today. the first time since early january. cnbc's rebecca jarvis joins us from cnbc headquarters in new jersey and rebecca, the dow has been on a winning streak lately. what is fuelling the increase

and do analysts really believe this will continue? >> earnings stories have been positive. take , dow component that ended the day strongest today, they came out with a wonderful earnings report, beat all of the expectations out there and one of the reasons interestingly is that they provide the respiratory devices used to help people with swine flu or to keep people from getting swine flu s they certainly benefited from that. what we are seeing after today's bell, and these are a bunch of earnings reports that came out after the closing bell today, not as good as what we have seen over the course of this earnings season. microsoft posted a steeper than expected drop in its sales. they say business is continuing to get hurt by the week weak global pc and server markets. american express also lower in

the after-hours market. their earnings, beat expectations, but the revenue, the sales they generated for the quarter, they were less than people wanted and amazon, it reported net profits falling by 10%. some foreign currency fluctuations there. a legal settlement with toy s 'r us. what's going into tomorrow's session, there is some negativity because of those earnings reports and where we have seen the positiveness in previous sessions because of the everyonings reports. because had a lot of good one. >> fill us in on that encouraging news about home sales last month. >> absolutely. important numbers coming out today. existing home sales. they rose by just over 3.5% in june. highest level since october. and it marks the third consecutive monthly increase in existing home sales. so that is certainly something economists, analysts are following. they want to see home values go

up and they want to see people become more confident in the housing market because that tells them they are more confident in the market overall. >> cnbc's rebecca jarvis. finding anblffdaoreeom h can be tough these days but a program that seems to be working om in prince william county ll ed home help. the board of assumer advisors hesa tys program has been so successf tanhe w tty to expand it. thevi sterupsors agreed to accet 100 more applications from people that want to buy properties vacant or about to be foreclosed. the applicants have to be employees of the county government or the county school system. >> turning to the weather, bob, we got a little rain in some areas. >> you may have had rain in your house. not sure -- >> i 'm i>>ote nurbo s asutmorning. >>'m not se about my house. >> hour of rain. >> it has been hit or miss. where it has rained it has been torrential rains. outside right now, we have another batch in the a atmosphere saturated. our temperature rht now here in washington and has not rained in national airport is now a

humid 82 degrees. the official rainfall in washington, a trace. means less than .01 of an inch. driest ever. look at the rainfall around the east. only a quarter ofn inch in washington. down the road a piece. more than two inches at richmond. new york, lot of places are in good shape compared to us here in washington. look at that surge of moisture. moving up into new england. and behind it we have had enough instability for those nasty thunderstorms. there you can see the lightning which is still moving through montgomery county and there was that warning earlier. so far i haven't seen any report of damage. also, lightning now into prince george's county. this batch up into frederick county right now continues to move towards the northeast. so you folks around frederick and it has been damascus, weather watcher tom kierein reporting over an inch of rain in 25 minutes. that's because the atmosphere is saturated to the top. those thunderstorms that hit you folks into frederick county, maryland, up to about 40,000

feet. almost eight miles high in the atmosphere. there are the other heavier rains around calvert county and chesapeake beach and another one around waldorf. so you can see how scattered these are. again, as we go through the next couple of hours, there's still going to be more leftovers. sew silver spring, on the other hand, for the month, only a little bit over a tenth of an inch. there's national airport. no rain measured today. on the other hand, winchester, over a half inch again and more than two inches. so overnight tonight we are going to continue to see the humidity in honest. here is what's going to be going on. look at that area of storminess off the coast. quite a spin in the atmosphere. not a tropical system. boy, it is moving into new england with some nasty rains. overtonight tonight, during the day tomorrow, behind it tomorrow, we will get into northwesterly winds. so i don't think quite as humid but nonetheless, there may be a few more scattered thunderstorms later on tomorrow afternoon. look at the areas in new england. those areoastal flood watches because of strong winds and a lot of rains moving up into new england.

so for the remainder of the night for us, we are still going to be seeing the showers and still more thundershowers that will be diminishing. sunset now a little earlier than 8:30. temperatures remaining into the muggy 70s. later tonight, as skies begin to clear, tomorrow morning, you will wake up and temperatures 65 to 70 degrees. not quite as oppressively humid as it is now. and a bit of mixture of clouds and sunshine certainly more sunshine than today. and a slight chance, slight chance, for an afternoon thundershower. temperatures high 80s to near 90 degrees. heading out for the beaches doing boating. saturday looks fine with south to south westerly winds. by late sunday there may be a reattering of thunderstorms again and as we heard with that injury in the lightning, you hear thunder. don't take any chances. especially if you are heading for the beaches. look at that water temperature. now into the mid 70s. even the scaredy cats get into the ocean this time of year. temperatures will be in the 80s. looks like a nice weekend at the

beechs, too. >> great. >> thank you, bob. some needed sprucing up at rock creek park. 200 high schoolers from around the country and from loudoun descended on the park for the cleanup as part of a major community service project. the students picked for the program have been heavily involved in community service in their hometowns. during today's cleanup they removed plants that are harmful to the park's native plant population. and they helped restore some of the park's trails. across the river and another group of students spent the day outdoors. they went for a hike in great falls park this morning. and the students had a great tour guide. interior secretary ken salazar joined members of the youth conservation core. the goal of the hike w to help promote healthy outdoor activities. when we come back, former nfl quarterback michael vick is talking about his future on the football field with the league's commissioner. >> i'm liz crenshaw. remember our story on how to keep youcannrur ing for two ru ?o

we are hearing from nfl quarterback ben roethlisberger for the first time since rape allegation against him surfaced. the steelers star called the allegations reckless, false, and

outrageous. during a news conference today. the 31-year-old nevada woman is suing him for $440,000. the suit claims roethlisberger sexually assaulted her last summer at a hotel casino in lake tahoe. roethlisberger said he intends to fight the lawsuit while staying focused on the upcoming. >> saturday first i learned of her accusations. i never forced myself ever on a woman. >> a criminal complaint was never filed against roethlisberger in this case. another developing story we are watching tonight. mike michael vick may soon be meeting wh the until commissioner, roger goodell. espn reports that they will discuss the possible return to the nfl. he was released from federal custody earlier this week after serving a 23-month sentence on dogfighting charges. when we come back, reaction to some strong comments by president obama about the arrest of a harvard educator. >> a store is vandalized and a teacher on display in the window

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welcome back to our second half hour of "news4 at 5:00." i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm pat lawson muse. our top story tonight strong comments by president obama about the arrest of a harvard educator. health care was the focus of the

president's prime time news conference but it was the final answer. unrelated. unrelated question that caused the stir. julie carey is here with reaction to the president's blunt words about racial profiling. julie? >> reporter: the white house moved to qualify one of the president's comments. while just minutes ago the cambridge police chief spoke out to defend his officer. right or wrong, the president's remarks triggered plenty of discussion. >> number two, that the cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already practice that they were in their own home. >> reporter: those are the words in particular that revived a firestorm over the recent arrest of a harvard professor, henry lewis gates jr. a presidential friend. and gates was returning to his cambridge home from a trip to discover his front doorjamb with help from the driver tried to push it open but a neighbor called police to report a burglary. when the responding officer demanded gauts show him

identification, heated words wes w chaedat a gasnd arrested. the disorderly conduct charge against him was dropped tuesday. the president says the case spotlights continuing problems with racial profiling. >> there is a long history in this country of african-americans and latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately. >> reporter: today a white house spokesman clarified the president was not calling police stupid but was referring to the situation. alexandria attorney says mr. obama's poor choice of words may have muddied his message. he represented a spanish speaking prince william county woman who was allegedly beaten by an officer and charged with obstruction of justice when he couldn't understand police instructions. she was acquitted. >> words matter. and if you are not careful about your choice of words, you can get miscommunication. i think that's what happened with the president. and it gave his enemies, in

quotes, an opportunity to run off and get away from the message he was trying to convey. >> reporter: georgetown university professor and author of michael dyson, defends the president's blunt assess zblmt finally somebody with a bully pulpit steps up to articulate the growing sentiment and passions of all americans. not just african-americans, something has to done to stem this tide of unfairly targeting black men in particular, la teen moan in particular, for crimes that all people commit. >> reporter: others who watch the news conference or follow the aftermath have mixed views. >> i think the president addressed the situation and needed to be addressed and i'm just -- the wording he used to describe the officer was a little harsh. >> my personal opinion, i don't think that the situation was racially motivated. >> i understand what he meant. i thght was good what he said. good idea. >> reporter: in a news conference wrapped up a few minutes ago the cambridge police chief said he stands behind his officer and does not believe

that his actions were racially motivated. that officer, by the way is a police academy expert who teaches a course about racial profiling. pat, back to you. >> julie carey. thanks, julie. no arrest still stemming from the attack of a jogger in rock creek park yesterday. the alleged assault happened around 7:00 in the morning. the vicasm wginak a jog on a path along beech drive when a man approached. police say they may know who did it. >> united states park police detectives working this case identified a person of interest in this case. i can't go into the specifics of where the investigation is or how this person was identified. it is an ongoing investigation. >> the section of the park where the assault took place is popular with joggers and cyclists. police say park people jogging in the park should know their surroundings and take precautions such as running with a friend. a local retailer is the target of vandalism and threats because of his stand on gay

marriage. a window at his store was shattered and the company says that it is because of a t-shirt that had a pro-gay slogan it. michael flynn has our report. >> reporter: the pro-gay t-shi on display at the american apparel store in silver spring, company officials say it prompted this vandalism with someone smashed out a storefront window. it is a crime that many people who live and shop in this area find hard to believe. >> it is not right. if someone chooses to put that in their shop, it is their choice. they are paying for it. >> i think it is really horrible in this day and age, that shouldn't happen. >> reporter: the t-shirt has the words legalize gay it and in smaller letters the phrase repeal prop 8 now, referring to the california measure banning same-sex marriage. a spokesperson for american apparel says the window was smashed earlier this week by someone upset over the company's support of gay marriage. some shoppers are now upset by the vandalism. >> it is not fair to them.

you know. they are supporting gay whatever. they should be able to do that. >> reporter: along with the broken window there have been threening phone calls related to the vandalism and the pro-gay t-shirt. someone called both the silver spring and georgetown american apparel stores as recently as yesterday threatening workers for not taking the t-shirt down. >> it shouldn't be happening. >> reporter: an american apparel customer shocked by the length some peopleill go to motivated by intolerance. >> it is like i stepped back in time. i realize i don't believe that. >> reporter: in silver spring, michael flynn, news4. montgomery county police say they are investigating the vandalism that will determine if this was aate crime. the company says it will not be intimidated. plans to keep the t-shirts on display. if you travel overhe chain bridge expect to see some changes in coming days. transportation authorities and the district say drivers will notice a change in the traffic

pattern early next week. change will affect outbound traffic from the city into arlington and work crews will adjust the construction barriers and restripe the roadway to create a separate lane for traffic turning on to route 123. right now traffic turning on to 123 and heading on to glebe road share a single lane. interesting weather moving through parts of the weather. outside we have a few raindrops here. here's digital doppler, the lightning. there is a cell that popped up around the arlington reston area and moved through mclean, heading towards silver spring. some of you folks there will be seeing on the one hand but also some welcomed rain and there you can see what is left of it. look at arlington. it had an inch of rain today. that's pretty much the -- almost

an inch. total for the month. overnight tonight temperatures will be dropping into the high 60s. look for temperatures mid to high 80s to near 90 and a risk, slight risk of more afternoon thunderstorms. not the ones widespread we are seeing right now. month severe warnings butatch out. lightning. thunder, make sure you are inside and back to you. >> all right. thank you, bob. >> up next, we will find out how available doctors expect the swine flu vaccine to be this fall. >> we are deliciously close to the weekend. the weekend scene. new game of intrigue at the spy museum ñññçóñcñc

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that you sort of carry around with you and then you are given a spy mission. you have to run around andry on solve this spy mission. and clues come in through your little gadget, through your device. you get videos messages and you have to decode, you know, hidden messages. and you have to sort of solve this threat to national security. and win. >> how cool. it gets you outside of the museum. that's really clever. >> yes. >> good for them. great. you can find the stories and a relo ntt move es going on this weekend tvehe b.we go to the ouarndown section ofnf nb cwashington.com or visit washingtonpost.com/weekend. and up next, a new way to get an ivy league education on the cheap. >> i'm liz crenshaw. remember a hot dog taste test story. so what happened after our report aired? my story is coming up. in sports tonight,

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players going to be joining us here in a second. mistakes at home tonight against the chicago sky. after starting the years 3-0 for the first time in franchise history, ladies struggled a bit lately. losing four of their last six. a win tonight would give them a winning record heading into the all-star break. speaking of all-stars, we are joined by one of them right now. lane a baird at verizon center. your name in the all-star game. fourth time named an all-star. does this ever get old for you? are you enjoying every second of it? >> i'm enjoying every second. enjoying this because, you know, we at 500 now. we have a great team and brought in new players. to be an all-star with almost a winning record, a lot better than being an all-star with a losing record. >> you could get the winning record tonight heading into the all-star break. sixth in the wnba scoring and 18 points for game. third with 2.6 steals per game. both up from last year. you really struggled.

my question for you is how is the new head coach -- has the new head coach helped your team. >> brought in a great coaching staff. her system that fits like every player with this team. most importantly, i think they brought in great players. lindsey made the game easy. you know, she is coming in and having an amazing season. one of our most consistent players. playing with players like that made the game easy and, you know, makes your game a lot better. >> what did you do to crystal? mean, last year, she had a rocky rookie season. this year she looks like a whirl beater and entirely different player. >> i think it is just a test many how hard she worked in the offseason. lastee she came in as a rookie and came from a great system and coming into an unable system and probably hard for her. but i think julie has come in and made this a very stable system and she is producing it. >> is it that much easier when you guys are on the same page and not struggling quite as much as last year?

>> it is always easier when have you players coming in committed. we are holding each other accountable for what we do in practice every day. whenever you have teammates coming in to practice and know they are going to work just as hard as you makes it's easier. >> you know, lot of people are talking about the maryland showdown. you know. one of the rookies from the other team. what do you think about that? >> we got the best rookies without a doubt. the rookies from maryland, rookie of the year this year in the wnba. >> we like that. your dog, it is a little yorkie named chloe. we can't wrap up the interview without asking you about chloe. are you still bringing her to the verizon center on occasion? >> no, i'm not bringing her as much as i did before. you know, when your dog is new you want everyone to see her. you know, chloe is not very well socialized. i don't like bringing her around too many people. the only person she knows is me. she can be feisty at times. i like to protect my teammates. >> she is wild. keep chloe under control. last thing. i punched your name into y

youtube. you know the first thing that poped up? >> my rap? >> fresh prince ofel air. do you want to leave us with the theme song? >> ♪ philadelphia born and raised ♪ that's all. >> all righ good luck tonight. congratulations on another all-star appearance. >> thank you very much. guys, thatalana baird. >> she is very multitalented. great dog. can rap. can do ball. everything. >> the dog is not well socialized. i le that. not well socialize. >> all right, guys. toss away that rejection letter. you can still get an ivy league education if you have an iphone or ipod. yale is offering classes. they became partnering up a couple of years ago. only selected lture tours were mid available. now complete courses are being

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they expect to have 160 million doses of the vaccine ready by october but vaccine makers are still facing major hurdles. the chief ingredient in the vaccine has grown in chicken eggs and companies are getting far fewer doses per egg than they usually get with the standard flu vaccine. the government officials hope 160 million doses will be enough. the estimate assumes that a low dose of the vaccine will work. news 4 your health tonight. new stomach surgery helping gastric bypass patients lose the weight they put back on without major risk. eun yang has our story. >> reporter: alfreda lost 162 pounds after surgery. she maintained that weight for more than six years. but last year she noticed her body starting to change. >> i saw my weight creeping up in increments of ten pounds here and ten pounds there.

it was after the death of my husband and after a lot of emotional stress i started picking up bad habits. i started watching my clothes fit tighter and thinking oh, my gosh. >> reporter: gained nearly 40 pounds despite having a surgery that made her stomach the size of a person's thumb. doctors say that's common for patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery. >> patients that will -- next three, four years, just continue to start gaining weight because they have lost the restriction. >> reporter: howard university hospital surgeon dr. terrence fully anch their lifestyle and ant too much, either their stomach will start to expand or the connection between the stomach and intestines will stretch. when patients lose those surgical restrictions it will cause them to gain weight even if they eat less. the only fix is another surgery. >> with the conventional or old way of doing it we have to make incisions. you have increased chance bleeding and you have increased

chance of complications. >> reporter: now doctors are using a minimally invasive procedure to help patients like hill. it is helping avoid the complications. >> we don't have to dissect or operate into previous operative areas so we are not dealing with scar tissue and we are not dealing with stay lines and we are not dealing with areas that potentially could either bleed or could not heal well and potentially leak. >> reporter: doctors insert this long tube down the throat into the stomach and using tools attached to the tube. they are able to tighten the stomach area and fixing any parts that's stretched too much. >> it is a faster recovery and it is less pain for the patient and patient has no incision. >> reporter: it has been two weeks since alfreda wilkerson underwent stomach fix and says she has already lost ten pounds. she has a sore throat and gas pain after the surgery but felt better within a few days. >> it gives you that hope again. it gives you that spirit of like

okay, doyk this. i can conquer this white loss demon. >> reporter: eun yang, news4. coming up, a man hospitalized after being struck by lightning. wendyoins jim handly next for "news4 at 6:00." mayors, state legislators, religious lders in custody tonight in conct up rr coontist meup itor sthiescs.ayme authorities s snletoay isve s t organs, laundered money, thousands of dollars in bribes. >> controversy after president barack obama says that police, quote, acted stupidly when they arrested a black harvard professor trying to get into his own home. >> federal officials have provided an update into the investigation of what caused last month's deadly metro crash. we begin with a developing story out of montgomery county. a man was struck by lightning on the golf course. good evening, everybody. i'm jim handly. >> i wendy deen are off tonightn