the four-seat robinson r-44 helicopter was barely recognizable after crashing last night on interstate 70, ten miles east of hagerstown. >> witnesses reported that the aircraft was flying very low, that they saw sparks, flying before the aircraft hit the ground. and then there was a post-crash fire that substantially damaged the aircraft, as i said, consumed the cockpit. >> all four people on board were killed. there were no injuries on the ground. investigators believe they've recovered all of the wreckage. and today began moving the wreckage to delaware. as they try to piece together what happened. >> we're just beginning the, to examine the wreckage. that will be the first step once it's taken to delaware. we will also look at all the maintenance records for the aircraft. >> they'll look at maintenance records and the pilot's certification. >> medical certification was recently updated. dated july 13th. he reported at the time of his

application for that medical certificate, that he had 630 hours of total flight experience. he was certified as a commercial pilot for both helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft. >> investigators will also examine the role that weather may have played. visibility was somewhat lilted by fog. and the pilot had delayed his scheduled takeo if hagerstown for two hours, because of the weather. >> the helicopter was flying very low. and we know, at least i was told that the wires that were struck were about 70 feet off the ground. so that gives you a sense of what height the helicopter was flying. >> and the ntsb says the pilot was flying according to visual flht rules. so there was no flight plan. >> this pilot did have instrument rating. the question is whether the aircraft had the kinds of instruments that would have allowed him to fly in, in bad weather. we know that he was, he was flying, we believe he was flying vfr, visual flight.

but whether the helicopter itself was equipped with the kinds of instruments that would have allowed him to fly tea ighm bad weather is something we'll have to look at. >> now, advanced helicopter concepts released a letter that it sent to its employees today. it reads in part, three of our employees and a passenger were aboard a helicopter when it crashed. all four have perished. our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of who is though perished in this tragic accident. stay with news4 and nbcwashington.com as we continue to learn more about this deadly chopper crash. we'll have much more on this throughout the evening, with live reports from derrick ward beginning at 5:00. there was a deadly crash today in calvert county, maryland, involving a sheriffs deputy, a teenager was killed. it happened around 11:00 a.m. this morning at the intersection of southern maryland boulevard and apple way in the town of dundalk. investigators tell us a sheriffs deputy was responding to a call when another vehicle turned left front of him. the impact caused the officer's

cruiser to overturn. the other vehicle caught fire. the driver of the other vehicle was described as an 18-year-old woman, she died at the scene. her name hasn't been released yet. we're told she had just recently graduated from high school. the officer was transported to a hospital. it's been warm and a bit breezy on and off today. is the rain all gone? veronica johnson has our forecast from the storm center. >> the rain is not all gone, pat, we have some thunderstorms out there west of the area this afternoon. and could see more as we go through the rest of the afternoon, into the evening hours. let's talk about jefferson county, i'll take you to the radar, because that's where there have been some thunderstorms already. a bit of lightning there, west virginia once again, that cell dying out as it moves eastward. but we've got more down to the south of the area. and for frederick county, ma sland, as well as carroll county up in maryland, there will be more heavy rain, more thunderstorms dropping in for the evening rush. right now we have this area of

thunderstorms, eastern culpepper and orange county, too, south and west of d.c., that's pushing to the east. around orange and clifton and bledsoe, heading eat. heading into areas eventually around stafford and perhaps even spotsylvania county. meanwhile, of course, safety concerns, you want to keep that in mind. if you've got weather threateng in your area, get inside. the major part of our weather system, though, is off the coast. so just some scattered showers and thunderstorms only going to last for a couple of hours. not through the entire night as they did last night. 80 for the temperature, a big drop in the dew point temperature, but humidity will be a big part of your upcoming weekend. your fast forecast, a few strong storms, perhaps more for the weekend. and what about some heat and some steam? we'll talk about that in just a few. closing nurmgs from wall street on this friday, the dow climb 25 points.

remaining above the 9000 level today. the nasdaq lost a little ground, down about seven. and the new york stock exchange closed 35 points higher. paychecks for thousands of americans are getting a boost. the federal minimum wage went up 70 cents today, from $6.55 an hour to $7.25 an hour. and thanks to state laws, workers in seven state and the district will get a little more. d.c. workers will get $7.55 an hour. backers of the increase say it's long overdue for millions of the nation's working purr poor. but some say it could prolong the recession by forcing small businesses to lay off the same workers that the pay hike was meant to help. a northern virginia man was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison for supplying his girlfriend with a lethal dose of heroin last year. it led to the uncovering of a

heroin ring in the centreville area. most were former or current students at westfield high school in western fairfax county. prosecutors say 20-year-old skyler sniffle introduced her to the drug and actively tried to obstruct the investigation. >> from day one, he has showed no remorse. and i think you saw in his statement today, which he read in the monotone voice, he read it word for word, as if somebody else wte it for him. that just indicates to me this he's not remorseful. >> the defendant will be 40 released released from federal prison. the banita jacks murder trial resumed this afternoon, the d.c. woman accused of killing her four daughters. today, at least two more witnesses are expected to take the stand for the prosecution. then the judge could begin deliberating the evidence as soon as this afternoon. this is a bench trial, so there's no jury involved.

with concerns over the safety of metro, the transit agency has released a video to educate riders about how circuits are controlled, and maintained. this youtube video shows what a train controller sees when a train is operating through a circuit that's been turned off for maintenance. the video comes after reports that metro's control center was losing sight and losing track of trains, as they traveled through the system. metro continues to address new issues found by the ntsb, that may have played a role in last month's deadly crash. investigators have already reported a bond on a track circuit replaced just five days before the accident malfunctioned. now they found another bond replaced in 2007, also had anomalies over an 18-month period. but metro leaders say the problem was not so bad that the system could not detect trains. >> we have not found any failures. we're going through the wreckage to insure there were no failures

during that period of time. if we find that there were any cases where we failed to detect a train, you will hear this from us. >> metro is stepping up its circuit data review, from once every 30 days, to twice a day. lawmakers on capitol hill are also getting involved. introducing legislation that toughens regulations on subway systems. there were more delays on the red line today, after a person was hit by a train. and why some people are having trouble borrowing books from local libraries. a report and other stories making headlines in the washington area today. metro train and witnesses report he intentionally put himself on the tracks. it happened around 12:30 at the van ness station, a train heading for shady grove pulled into aization when a man got in front of the train. emergency crews responded, they got him out from under the train and took him to the hospital the trains are sharing a sing track between cleveland park and

friendship heights this afternoon while police investigate. a warning for commuters who use chain bridge. traffic patters around the bridge will change next week as the construction continues. it affects outbound traffic from d.c. into arlington. road barriers will be moved and the roadway will be restripped to create a separate lane for traffic turning on to route 123. right now, turning traffic and traffic heading on to glebe road share a single lane. hundreds of library card-holders in washington may have trouble the next time they go to try to check out a book. that's because when thousands of inactive accounts were deleted last month, some acte library users were eliminated as well. the purpose of last month's purge was to get rid of duplicate accounts and accounts that hadn't been used in many years. library officials say users can reactivate their card by bringing i.d. to any branch here in the district. astronauts on board the space shuttle "endeavour" are in the middle of a 7 1/2-hour

spacewalk. here's a live look of the walk taking place at this hour. astronauts christopher cassidy is leading an effort to install new batteries on the international space station. on wednesday, rising carbon dioxide levels in cassidy's spacesuit forced him to end his walk early. officials say he was moving so fast that his air-cleansing cannister couldn't keep up with him. this is "endeavour's" four of five spacewalks of this mission. the shuttle returns to earth next friday. neat pictures. when news4 continues this afternoon, a former presidential candidate is the inspiration for a new dating website, which is gaining popularity. we'll tell you about that. just how close are police to filing criminal charges against michael jackson's personal doctor? and the latest on the financial problems facing the jackson family. and also the obama family has found a summer home. find out where they're going to be spending their vacation. if you're thinking about

what to make for dinner tonight, steak sounds pretty good. if you eat meat. stay with us, we'll be grilling with morton's, coming up next. 

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two top administration officials are putting heads in public over who should be in charge of making sure your money, the money you borrow and the money you save, is protected. tracey pots has the story from capitol hill. >> reporter: the government says risky mortgages and lax credit rules have confused customers and help drive this economy to the brink. the treasury secretary tells congress one new agency should

be in charge of protecting consumers. >> it's not enough to have standards. it's not enough to have rules, it's not enough to state protections. they have to be enforced. >> reporter: but the head of the federal reserve wants to keep the regulatory power where it is. >> that strategy must include sustained efforts by all our financial regulatory agencies to make more effective use of existing authorities. >> reporter: this, as 4.5 million workers got a raise today. the federal minimum wage is now at $7.25 an hour. critics say that could force small businesses to pass the costs on to consumers. wall street doesn't seem concerned. this week, the dow topped 9000 for the first time since january. >> growth will be strong the first half of next year. the stock market is building that pricing now. >> reporter: but with unemployment lagging behind, pulling americans out of their individual financial rut, could stake a while. warren buffett has decided to start with the next generation.

teaming up with aol to create online cartoons, teaching kids how to manage money. >> they're very simple lessons. we're not trying to teach them e equals mc squared. we're telling them basically that a penny saved is a penny earned. >> reporter: the problem is all the americans who aren't even earning pennies any more. jobless claims are up, over half a mine more americans are getting unemployment checks. from capitol hill, tracey pots, news4. we're out here on the front lawn, firing up the grill for that perfectly-cooked summertime steak. with our friends from morton's steak house in crystal city. joining us now is steve con roy, general manager there. and would be keebler. our chef for the day. tell us what we have here. we would call these what, sirloin rolls? >> yes, jim. they're the end cuts of a new york sirloin strip steak.

they're marinated in sherry, soy sauce, fish sauce and garlic. and they're wrapped around lemongrass, which makes the whole thing edible. >> you can just pick them up and eat them? >> exactly. they're great for who deserveho deser deserve. we're just going to saute them briefly, for mott more than a minute. >> what did you put in the pan there? >> a little olive oil. and then we're going to saute these over a hot fire. >> just flip them like once, once around? >> flip them once. if you have a good-quality fresh meat, you don't have to worry about them being undercooked. >> so, steve, this is one of how many recipes you have in morton's new cookbook here? >> there's more than 100 recipes in our new cookbook. the original one had recipes

from our restaurant. this is a little different twist. it has a lot of different things. claus is from germany, so he has the wienerscnitzel in there. >> and you've got pairings in there? >> our vice president of wine and spirits put together some wine pairings for all the recipes listed in there. >> i want to talk, when we come back, in about a half-hour, about some of the summertime reciscipes in there, too and we sample a the things. i haven't had lunch, so i could do some serious damage, especially to the big piece of meat there. we're back in the studio and we'll beack out on the lawn in a few minutes. pat, back to you. real world, real jeans and real love. just a few of the stories generating chat in the "washington post's" reliable source column. let's check in with roxanne roberts now, who is with us on this friday. hey, roxanne.

>> that was very catchy. >> you're a catchy lady. roxanne, the real world production has a lot of folks attending this weekend, and we understand your web chatter was among them. what were they talking about? >> a little incident, the difference between washington and hollywood. the real world cast, it's a reality ow, they were at the freedom game, the soccer. and a fan got their picture taken with them and a producer said no, no, you can't do that. and it's like, excuse me, buster. and the person deleted it because this hollywood producer decided to be a bully. and our chatters were basically saying, who do they think they are? and i said, they think they're hollywood producers, but you need to understand that you can't push people around like that. so we're, the people from the cast are very nice. but we're anti-the producers right now. >> okay. and that's sort of official, i guess? >> yeah, yeah. they haven't said apologize and be nice to us before we give them a thumb's up. >> roxanne, we all have our

favorite pair of jeans, but the president's favorite pair gener general ated a lot of talk this weekend. >> the pair he wore to throw out the first pitch in the all-star game this week. some people said they were mom jeans or very unfashionable. this week, he answered t critics and said, you know, if you're looking for the kind of guy who wears tight jeans, i'm not him. he basically said that while michelle looks fabulous, he's kind of frumpy. and basically, i think that's what we really want, don't we? >> i think that's what he thinks we want. >> well, also, he looks so fabulous in suits. he's one of the guys who actually dresses up better than dresses down. >> i'm not personally hung up on the jeans thing, but whatever. let's talk about ron paul. the congressman who has inspired this internet dating service. tell us about that. >> he has. there's all of these various niches, dog lovers. now ron paul lovers, which are

basically anti-government, libertarian, to basically say, we want somebody who is like-minded. now the problem with this is that while many of the people are very excited about ron paul, the numbers are a little skewed. it's about 3/4 men right now. and about 1/4 female. so that's going to make it a little tough. plus, i think they would always be fighting about who pays the tax on the check. >> all right, roxanne thanks a lot. have a fabulous weekend. >> you, too. a group of police officers in massachusetts speak out about the arrest of a harvard professor. the message they have for the president. and we'll have the president's response. and also talking about making an entrance -- the must-see wacky wedding dance that's become a hit on the internet. ño"mc

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peterson got married in st. paul last month. it was anything but traditional. the bride and groom and their wedding party treated guests to a full-on choreographed dance number. including this. >> i put it up on sunday, because i think her dad had really been harassing me to get it out to some of the other family members and then it exploded. >> would you believe the video has gotten more than 700,000 hits so far? jill says she's been dancing her whole life and when she suggested the idea to kevin, he was quick to agree. the entire wedding party will perform their energetic entrance tomorrow morning on the "today show." that should be entertaining. >> thats the reason i am still single. one of many reasons i am still single. >> calmer day today than yesterday. this time yesterday we were getting a lot of lightning hits. >> a lot of lightning and a l of heavy rain in the area, too.

the house fire is in gaithersburg, maryland and believed to be struck by lightning yesterday. and the problem we had again, was the downpours, torrential rains in the area, take a look here. this is in virginia, route 110 near the pentagon, where traffic slowed to a crawl. and the remainder of problems around the district. scott, circle, closed part of 16th street because of high water. so where's the heavy rain now? where most of it is just north of us, up over the maryland line. there's one little batch down to the south. headed towards fredericburg. we're doing okay for right 'rno let me show you our current conditions. 34 degrees at reagan national airport. the dew point temperature is 60 degrees. it's a bit humid, but not quite as high as it was yesterday. we've got a variable wind now out othe north-northeast. so here it is, they just warned on this one, up over areas of chambersberg and pennsylvania, chiffonsberg and over towards

hanover. that's toos pennsylvania, and as this drops southeastward over the next hour or so, it will be heading areas around frederick county and carroll county, too. maryland. so that's where the heaviest rain is going to be spotted within the next hour. around the beltway, we're quiet. but for orange county down south and headed towards stafford county, as well as spotsylvania. there's another area with some lightning. but nothing like what's north of us right now. so towards indian town, headed toward the east, toward brook road as well as hazel grove, there's some lightning. so if you live in locations and you've got to be somewhere in the next couple of minutes, leave now so you don't hit the hey rain. let's show you the rainhe in x lexington, virginia for the month, over seven inches of rain. one area through virginia that's been getting real heavy rain. meanwhile, as we take a look at the radar and satellite loop, most of the instability is gone from yesterday. a big low pressure system that we talked about off the coast of

north carolina, that tropical low headed to the north. producing rain up across new england. and at least things are going to be quieting down for them. our next chance, best chance for seeing heavy rain, perhaps severe weather will be on sunday. look at the temperature, 84 degrees right now. get ready for a bit of heat across the area, because temperatures will be rising close to 90 degrees, going into next week, a huge area of high pressure off the coast and we continue with the south-southwesterly wind. so unlike yesterday, our storms will be ending early. about 7:00 or so. quiet, starting out with some sunshine. then getting the steam back in here and the heat. with some clouds and scattered storms for tomorrow afternoon. i think mainly west of the area. so for this evening, temperatures cooling down from the 80s to the 70s. by tomorrow morning, 66 to 71 degrees. it will be warm and it's going to be hot by the afternoon. take a look at your forecast. we'll go for mostly sunny skies, to partly sunny by the afternoon. there is again, a slight chance for some showers and storms,

mainly well west of the area. but anywhere from 88 to 93. the best chance of storms this weekend will be on sunday. we'll take a look at the seven-day forecast jim and pat in just a few. >> all right. thanks, veronica. when we come back on news4 at 4:00, president obama weighs in about the arrest of harvard professor, henry lewis gates, what he had to say about this growing controversy. find out who will vote no when the senate votes on supreme court nominee, sonia sotomayor next we're and what it means for her confirmation. the head of the cdc talks about how dangerous swine flu will become over the next few years. what are your chances of inntctrag the virus?

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if you experience any of these behaviors or reactions contact your doctor immediately. wake up ready for your day-ask your healthcare provider for 2-layer ambien cr. welcome back to news4 at 4:0 now. i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm jim handly. here's some of the top stories at this hour. ntsb investigators tell us they've recovered all the wreckage of a downed chopper and began moving it to delaware as they try to determine what happened. it crashed last night near hagerstown, four people were killed. investigators will also examine what role weather may have played. in calvert county, maryland, an 18-year-old woman was killed and a sheriffs deputy was injured in a car crash in

dundalk. investigators say that the officer's vehicle flipped over, the woman's car caught fire, she died at the scene. today, president obama spoke to the police officer at the center of a racial uproar. mr. obama caused a stir after saying that the cambridge, massachusetts police had acted stupidly in arresting a harvard university professor, who is also an obama friend. the president said he could have calibrated his words differently. reporter chris clacken has the latest on this. >> reporter: the surprise visit at the briefing by the president follows his remarks earlier this week, that cambridge, massachusetts police sergeant, james crowley, acted stupidly in the arrest of harvard professor, henry gates. >> i duly just had a conversation with sergeant jim crowley. >> reporter: admitting he contributed to the uproar, the president said he could have calibrated his words differently and put a bit of the blame on both sides. >> there was an overreaction in

pulling professor gates out of his home. professor gates probably overreacted as well. >> reporter: at an earlier news conference, crowley didn't speak, but his supporters did, saying crowley went by the book in arresting gates last week. >> after his own intensive investigation, the cambridge police department also expressed support for sergeant crowley. clearing him of any wrongdoing. >> reporter: crowley told a boston news affiliate thursday that gates was immediately confrontational, when he and another officer responded to a call about two black males breaking into the house. >> i said, i'm sergeant crowley from the cambridge police department and i'm investigating a break-in in progress. and he responded why, because i'm a black man and an american? in a very agitated town. >> crowley's version is at odds with what gates told cnn. >> i demanded to know his name

and his badge number. he wouldn't say anything. vasup wy er he was very upset. i said, why are you not responding to me? because you're a white police officer and i'm a black man. >> reporter: the disorderly conduct charge that gates faced was dropped. while president obama says he's hoping for something else. >> my hope is that as a consequence of this event, this ends up being what's called a teachable moment. >> reporter: chris clacken, news4. the president said his conversation with crowley confirms his belief that the sergeant is a good man and an outstanding officer. senators are set to vote tuesday on whether to confirm supreme court nominee, sonia sotomayor. she's expected to be easily confirmed. however today the senator who runs the gop senate campaign arm says he'll vote no. texas republican john cornyn said despite sotomayor's impressive academic background, he still has doubts. he said he came away from the confirmation hearings last week

still wondering quote, who is the real judge sotomayor. cornyn also acknowledged that the judge has solid backing from democrats, as well as a handful of republicans. and will almost certainly join the bench. there's new information involving a group of local high school students kquarantined in china following a swine flu scare. a parent tells us four are still quarantined. those released have been transferred to another hotel. the students are from several area schools. they were quarantined after several came down with the swine flu last week shortly after arriving in beijing for an educational tour. and there is word a fourth person in maryland has died of swine flu. state health officials say the patient was an eastern shore resident who, unlike the first three cases, did not have any apparent illnesses or underlying risk factors. a medical investigation is under way in that case. meanwhilors there's growing concern about the spread of the swine flu virus.

the center force disease control predict that 20 to 40% of americans could come down with the swine flu over the next two years. that's twice the numb of people who usually get sick in a normal flu season. and the world health organization predicts that as many as two billion people worldwide could become infected over the next two years. that's nearly one-third of the world's population. officials say those projections would drop with a successful vaccine campaign. when we come back on news4 at 4:00, the big royal question -- when and if prince william will pop the question to ng-time girlfriend, kate middleton. and in case you're getting a little hungry this afternoon, learn some great grilling tips from our friends at morton's. se

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right now, around the beltway, we're quiet, but take a look at what's north of us. a severe thunderstorm warnings, these moving three the chambersberg, the fairfield and hanna area, as these continue to slide southeast at about 15 miles per hour, they'll get to areas like edgemont up in north in frederick county and you can see lightning associated with that particular cell. what else is going on across the area? well how about some hot weather for us today. temperatures in the mid 80s. but coming up for the weekend, we'll be close do 90 degrees. so 80 degrees, there might be a passing shower. it's looking less and less likely. we take on the san diego padres there at 7:05. so perhaps just some clouds for us. for tomorrow morning, some sunshine and 69 to 70 degrees. then clouds build during the afternoon. we'll hit a high tomorrow of 92 degrees. 90 for sunday. showers and storms a possibility. especially on sunday. and i think saturday will be the best day out of the weekend. back to you.

we're out here on the front lawn, grilling up a feast with our friends from morton's in crystal city. steve con roy, you've got a brand-new cookbook out with 100 recipes. these steak rolls are just incredible. >> we just finished our sirloin rolls, a little asian twist on the new york strip. >> the flavor is incredible. >> sherry, garlic, shall otts and there's a piece of lemongrass, that makes it easy to eat. when you think of morton's, you think of steaks and chicken. but we've got everything in there. grilled asparagus, shrimp, bacon, some marinated endive. >> what's the trick to grilling vegetables? you've got the endive right here, and that's huge asparagus. >> most people think you can only put your chicken, meat on the grill, but you can really

cook anything you can cook inside your house. we've got shrimp, which is better undercooked than overcooked. marinated, wrapped in bacon. corn, traditional item, you can cook it out on the ill, no point in heating up the kitchen. >> and you don't need to wrap the vegetables? >> no, you don't. this is belgian endive, which is a salad, really. we put a little soy sauce and garlic, on the grill there. they really have a great taste, the bitter endive with the soy sauce, that's fantastic. grilled salad. >> and you've got some oysters right here, too? >> absolutely. oysters, clams, your shellfish on the grill. the good-quality will be closed when you buy this em and they'll pop open as you grill them. put docktail sauce on there, lemon, tabasco, whatever you

like. >> steve, real quick, where can folks get your hands on morton's the cookbook? >> all our restaurants, six locations in the washington, d.c. bay area. get online at www.mortons.com. we have a present for you guys. we have one autographed. >> fantastic. >> by the crew here. so happy grilling to the crew at news4. signed bob spritz. >> incredible. we're bringing in plates to the crew, they're salivating in the studio right now. steve, bob, thank you so much. what a feast from morton's today. pat, back in to you. >> you make sure you come back in now. >> we're coming back in. new information about michael jackson's death investigation, what investigators found in the pop star's doctor's office. and what will influence whether charges will be filed in the case. i'm liz crenshaw, can crooks steal your identity using your

credit card receipt? that's the question, the answer is coming uve

the question about children as front-seat passengers. how to handle tax records, and can cros steal your personal information from a credit card receipt? liz crenshaw has the answers this friday afternoon. >> people worry about the credit card receipts and identity theft in general. it's a good question. >> the first question comes from lynn, if credit card receipts hold enough information for someone to use to steal your identity? >> we called visa to get your answer to this question.

it says since 2005, the fair and accurate credit transaction act has kept consumers safe. the act was designed to reduce identity theft. it prohibits businesses from printing more than five digits of a customer's credit card on any receipt. so -- as long as there's no additional information on that receipt, there's no reason to worry about i.d. theft with those. >> okay. that's good, good to know. the next question comes from miyanna. she wants to know, if there are age, height or weight restrictions for front-seat passengers in cars. >> we contacted d.c., virginia and maryland for the answer to this question and all three say there's no legal age, height or weight when children are able to sit in the front seat, except for rear-facing infants. hower, the district department of motor vehicles maryland state highway administration and virginia dmv all require that children below the age of eight be properly restrained in a car seat or a booster. virginia recommends thatholl

children below the age of 13 sit in the back. and maryland and d.c. advise that any children younger than 12 not be allowed in the front. so wait until the kids are teenagers and older bef t sleou let them sit in the front. >> yeah, please. the last question comes from elaine. elaine wants to know how to handle the tax records of her deceased in-laws. >> the irs does not normally requireax records of their deceased family members. however, if the person owed additional tax, didn't report income, filed a fraudulent return or didn't file a return at all, then the family should hold onto the records for at least three years. the irs will audit a deceased person if it's suspicious about their federal tax return. coming up on ask liz at 5:00 tonight, does opening a new credit line affec your credit score? can you refreeze meat after it's thawed. and is there a green way to keep cool this summer? those are the questions. answers are coming up on "ask

>> those are interesting questions. we'll be looking for the answers, jim? still to come on news4 at 4:00 this afternoon, from the white houseth p to e to the obaa vacation destination. good afternoon, i'm wendy rieger, just ahead at 5:00, police investigating a deadly crash on a maryland highway that involved a sheriffs deputy and a teenager. we'll have the latest. frightening moments for some passengers when a plane blows a dire during a landing. and the ten things you ou crshdesiuydeing before the recession ends.wyñ?ñ?ññgf

breaking news out of fairfax county, where police are investigating a stabbing at the 4100 block of hummer road in annandale. police got to the scene and found a person inside a home suffering from stab wounds. these are live pictures from chopper 4 at the house. we'll have more coming up on news4 at 5:00. let's get the latest now on the weather from veronica johnson in the storm center. >> the storms that we have now are nothing like yestday. arnett the beltway, we're quiet, but there's an area down south, heading through spotsylvania

county, headed east towards spotsylvania and penny's crossroad within the next couple of minutes. and another area to the north may be affecting areas of howard county and anne arundel county. >> and waynesboro to lancaster. later tonight we'll start clearing out. these storms should end about 7:00 or so. a high tomorrow of 92, get ready for heat and steam across the area. coming up next, new details about the michael jackson death investigation. what investigators are looking for and found in the pop star's doctor's office. also where the boems will be going to get away from it all. the first family found a summer ou

time now fr a look at some stories making news on the web today. the first family has decided where it will spend summer this year. according to the website, the daily beast, the obamas will vacation on martha's vineyard. any finished negotiating a lease for a place called the blue heron farm, a large pool, basketball court even a golf

tee. the typical rent between $35 and $50,000 a week. >> the rumor mill is churning with talk that britain's prince william might soon get engaged. he's been dating his girlfriend, kate middleton, for seven years now and some believe that the future king of england may pop the question at the queen's vacation home in palmoral, scotland. it's the first time she's been invited there while the queen is in residence. >> and now the latest on michael jackson's death investigation. a search warrant confirms that the singer's personal doctor, conrad murray is the target of a criminal investigation into the singer's death. and a august tribute concert to the pop star is now off. >> reporter: the office and storage unit of michael jackson's personal physician was searched wednesday in houston. court documents are the first public confirmation that the doctor is a crime suspect. a search warrant says quote, investigators were looking for

evidence of the offensive manslaughter that tends to show that dr. conrad murray committed the said criminal offense. during the search, police confiscated cards, emails, computers, a suspension from a houston hospital and vials of two drugs. a drug for weight loss was found in a dosage that can easy be obtained on the internet without a prescription. the other drug seized was a muscle relaxant and sleep aid. >> they're looking at dr. murray, seriously investigating him for manslaughter. and looking for any piece of evidence that will help them put a case together against him. >> reporter: through his attorney, the doctor has denied wrongdoing. autopsy results expected next week could influence possible charges. mur ri, a cardiologist, was hiredly jackson at a monthly salary of $150,000. murray was at jackson's los angeles home and found the singer not breathing. he administered cpr.

jackson was pro founsed dead at ucla medical center. he had been rehearsing for a comeback tour. concert promotor aeg sold rights of final rehearsal footage to sony, reportedly for $60 million. one stipulation, no tribute show before a film version of th footage is released in october. so plans for a tribute concert in london next month have been scrapped. lee anne gregg, news4. and that's news4 at 4:00. i'll see you at 6:00. news4 at 5:00 begins right now. a deadly helicopter crash on a maryland highway. four people are killed and tonight, investigators are trying to find out what happened. good evening, welcome to news4 at 5:00, i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm wendy rieger. th

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