under arrest. the alex zan dree ya police chief has been charged with dui. after an overnight crash that sent a woman to the hospital. to that story in a moment. first, parts of the area are under severe thunderstorm warnings. other parts are under severe thunderstorm watch. meteorologist steve villanueva standing by. >> we do have some nasty weather making its way across the area. we do have severe thunderstorm watching and warnings in effect. let's go to the maps, talk about

what's going on and who's getting it. first and foremost, a severe thunderstorm watch in effect for a good part of the region until 9:00 tonight. those are the counties shaded in pink. we have severe thunderstorm warnings in effect right now for howard county and for areas north up towards it looks like baltimore county, hawpeford county and carol county. doppler radar, things are quiet now in the beltway. up towards the north we're seeing nasty weather. as we zoom on in, right around i-70 in northern howard county, this is where we're dealing with nasty weather. this is actually moving towards the north and towards the east. these thunderstorms do have a history of producing lots of lightning, alsopenny-size hail and strong gusts. gusts in excess of 60 miles per hour. here are the thunderstorms. they're moving from damascus up towards eldersburg and

luthersville, hamstead as well. upstream things are a bit more quiet. we'll talk about what's heading our way for tonight and tomorrow. thank you, sir. to that other top story we're following, arlington police chief davidod vel cobakelo ble as cccohol level was more talegit r limit according altoin a gtrloncepoli arlingn shraro c aedund he cshroedraun a d:011ro last night near i-66 and north fairfax drive in arlington county. team coverage of baker's arrest. we start tonight with michael flynn. he is live in zcity hall. >> repter: the city manager here will now decide if the chief should lose his job because of this drunk driving arrest. the mug shot of the police chief. 58-year-old david baker after his arrest for dui. the mayor and city manager held a news conference today expressing their shock over the arrest. >> this is a sad, sad day for

us. and certainly we have a lot of respect for police chief baker. he served the city very well. >> it's very disappointing, obviously, when any of our colleagues make a bad decision. and that comes to a conclusion such as this. >> arlington police say around 11:00 p.m. baker crashed his unmarked city issued ford explorer into another car right before the entrance to i-66 on north fairfax drive. the other driver, a woman, was taken to the hospital with nlife threatening injuries. arlington police say baker's blood alcohol content was .19, more than twice the legal limit. the deputy chief, earl cook, has been named acting police chief. he spoke with baker soon after his arrest. >> in the way that he said i think i've let you and the rest of the membership down. in that way he was very apologetic. >> reporter: this video from september of 2006 shows baker's swearing in ceremony as police chief. he served as the deputy chief

for 16 years before the promotion. city residents i spoke with today were also stunned by news of the arrest. >> i'm shocked. >> reporter: you don't think he should be chief anymore? >> no. >> it's disappointing. he's the one that's supposed to be enforcing the rules. you would think he would want to hold himself to a higher standard. >> reporter: they call the behavior completely out of character. >> i have the highest degree of respect for him. i know his ethics are very high. i'm totally shocked and surprised. >> reporter: baker's expected to be arraigned in the next few day. police are conducting an internal investigation. there's also a separate city investigation going on that the city manager here says he'll have to see the results of before determining whether or not baker loses his job. that decision is at least a week away. craig, back to you. >> michael flynn, thank you. dave baker has been a relatively popular and successful police chief. in fact, many credit his policies with reducing crime and improving the police department. julie carey is here in the studio with more on that part of

story. >> reporter: it is a police career that spans nearly 40 years, first in the district of columbia then in alex zan dee ya. that's why many are standing with dave baker tonight. said one supporter, i sleep better at night knowing dave baker is chief. >> congratulations. and thank you for your service. >> thank you. >> reporter: this was the high point of dave baker's career. three years ago after 36 years of police work, he was named chief. popular with the rank and file officers, many attended his swearing in. and now in one of his darkest moments, many in law enforcement are standing by his side. the past president of the police association. >> shocked is a first reaction. and then supportive is the second reaction. chief baker is an extremely professional person. he's an outstanding leader. and he's looked up to by all the

men and women of the police department. >> reporter: the sheriff, dana lawhorn credits baker with patching up once strained relations between the two departments. he also worked for baker for years as a police detective. >> i support him. excellent police chief. terrif .friend that will never waat r.ve reporter: chief baker issued ema atofstt en his o twnt o officers. ea rit in r part, while i can ineonlygima the disapp, i wantt fe wu i,tou y i to know how d oprouami fhamne eac o of you how privileged to work side by side with you and how disappointed and angry i am with myself. lawhorn said he spoke with the chief by phone. >> he's deeply s lly saddened b disappointed in himself. he feels he's let his friends down. i reassured him he has not. >> reporter: pat miller is the past president of the dell ray business association and has worked with the police on a

planned memorial. >> known the chief for over 20 years. i've been in social situations where i have never seen him even take a drink. he's always turned them down. so this is just devastating to me. >> reporter: another group lining up behind chief bake we shall the police union. the president tells me his board is hopeful baker can remain as chie i on spite of the dui arrest. >> thank you, julie. 'll ctinue following the story throueout t evening. stay tuned to news 4 for the very latest on the rest of the police chief, david baker. commuters are soon going to have some relief from their recent traffic nmaigrehtn o the ting tarsd crews will eate l aep seat lane for vehiclesan turning right on to route 123 fro chain bridge. that way drivers who need to turn right won't get stuck behind the folks waiting to go straight. crews will add the new lane by repositioning construction barriers and restrapping the roadway. it is coming down to the wire on capitol hill.

time's running short for president obama's efforts to reform the nation's health care system. congress will be back at work tomorrow. bo sides say they want to improve the system and provide care for americans who don't have health insurance. but they remain deeply divided over just how to make that happen. the president wants it done before lawmakers go on vacation in august. >> the reason why the president wants to do it, he knows he can't sell it if the debate lasts very long because it is so expensive and costly. >> what we hope to do is have enough time here for people to truly understand what's going on. >> we're going to have much more on the health care debate coming up on news 4 at 6:00. we're going to take you to a health care rally as well. >> reporter: dorothy spencer live in northwest washington. one doctor is walking several hundred miles to raise awareness for the need for health care reform. the story coming up live on news 4 at 6:00. also coming up, sarah palin steps down. she spent her last day as

governor of alaska talking to constituents. as speculation continues about her next move. plus, another local burger joint gets a surprise visit from a celebrity. hakem? >> a playoff at the senior british open. find out what motivated the best base stealer of all time. the nationals finally have t a ason tcee.lebr atnews 4 at 6:00 continues. $

the push for health care reform has prompted one doctor to walk from chicago to the nation's capital. he's raising awareness about the need for change. he's joining uninsured and underinsured folks at the district for a rally. hey, darcy. >> reporter: the doctor left meridian hills park a few minutes ago. he was walking to the white house and then to the lincoln memorial. this long journey all about raising awareness for the need for health care reform. the doctor has walked 700 miles from chicago to d.c. in one month. to raise awareness about the state of the nation's health care system. >> a catastrophe out there. i have a personal faith, a real faith for the 50 million uninsured. >> reporter: he says he's heard horror stories about the uninsured and people who are underinsured and now plans to take his message to congress this week to fix a broken system. >> i think that if we listen to

the people, listen to these stories, and -- we will get to the right policy, get to the right idea. >> reporter: he also participated in a rally for the uninsured at meridian hills park. many here advocating a single payer system for all americans. >> that's the way you manage to keep the premiums and the costs down and day one insure everybody. >> reporter: those attending the rally say they're not disheartened that congress won't come up with a health care reform bill before the august recess. they say they're hoping during the break the single payer government finance idea will be put back on the table. >> what would be disheartening is if that is used as a way to slowly deny obama's plan. i think obama's plan is a step in the right direction. but it's not exactly the complete idea where everybody's covered. >> reporter: the doctor says he's among the millions of americans who do not have health care insurance. he says that it's simply too

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sarah palin is just hours away from being a private citizen again. the alaska governor formally leaves office tonight.

she'll hand over the office to lieutenant governor shawn parnell. she says she plans to write a book, campaign for political candidates and build a right of center coalition. president obama is not the only commander in chief known for making a burger run, apparently. former president bill clinton stopped by z burger in finlay town last night. mp an eloyee used their iphone to ancord clinton in a blue shirt an hd ldtoe ordered a double hamburger with everying except may y mayo. steve villanueva standing by with a look at the storms we've been following.  >> good evening, everyone. we do have some active weather moving across the area. a cold front pushing into the region. there's so much moisture and energy in place that this front is helping to fire up some nasty thunderstorms. so let's just go to the maps, talk about what is going on this evening. we have a severe thunderstorm watch in effect for a good part of the area until 9:00.

so the counties in pink, that's what we have, again, the severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00. it's the counties in orange where we have currently severe thunderstorm warnings. that's for baltimore county and for heaartford county in northe maryland. things are quiet in the district, likewise south and off to the west. earlier we had thunderstorms that moved across the shenandoah valley in louden county. thunderstorms produced penny-size hail and wind. as we zoom on in, right now in northern montgomery and howard county, heavy rain around damascus. likewise around elsersburg and lutherville. as we put the maps in motion, you can see there's also lots of lightning with these thunderstorms. some dangerous cud to ground lightning. storms are basically moving off towards the north and towards the east. once this batch of moisture moves away, it's pretty quiet upstream.

there's another batch right here. we'll watch these as they move into the unstable atmosphere. they could pop up and produce more active weather. of course, we'll continue to watch it. temperatures right now basically in the 80s. a little cooler where we had the heavier downpours. dewpoints still on the high side. we generally have a southwesterly wind and flow. this will continue to keep us on the humid side for the next couple of days. we also have watches and warnings in effect in the mid-atlantic all the way up to new england with some thunderstorm warnings in effect around, oh, looks like just north of new york city into upstate new york. earlier tornado warnings in effect in northern new jersey. we have a wave of lower pressure in canada. it's a slow moving front. we have that southwesterly wind flow in place helping to pump in warm weather and humid weather. there's the frontal band for this evening. again, scattered thunderstorms not out of the question. we have that severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 9:00 tonight. and then tomorrow the front doesn't go anywhere. so with the daytime heating we

could have another round of some popup showers and thunderstorms. then for tuesday things are quiet. then we'll be watching this front back here for thursday. that's when we could have another round of somestorms. the situation. rfohis evening, scattered storms. mostly north of town. otherwise mostly cloudy. sunset tonight at 8:25. temperatures for the next coupli hours in the uidnd aerpp80s. an souds s i since fatront is sticking around, we could have another popup thunderstorm or two during the afternoon hour. temperatures in the mid to upper 80s to right around 90 degrees. about a 40% chance of a shower or thunderstorm tomorrow. tuesday and wednesday for the most part quiet. a chance of storms as we head into thursday. that's your forecast. back to you. >> thank you. appreciate it, sir. still ahead in sports, the orioles try desperately to hold on to their first win in boston in a lo long

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the nats have squeezed a lot of baseball into a short period of time. >> they had to pick it up today at 1:00. not much time. not much time to relax. last night the nationals cooked up a baker's dozen worth of runs. today they kept the stove hot winning in extra innings against the padres. let's go to the ballpark. breaking news. teddy finally wins a president's race. wait. he can't use a scooter.

teddy's disqualified. he still has not won a race. top six, no score. john lannan pitching well. kouzman off. it gets by a difing josh willingiwillin willingiwillin willingi willingingham. josh would redeem himself. bottom of the seventh. still 1-0, padres. he gets one in the wheel house and hit acetas a tater to left. bottom of the tenth. austin currents up with two outs. runners on first and second. he delivers. drives one to right. ball game. nyjer morgan scores from second. the nats win 3-2 in extras in walkoff fashion.

they've won two in a row. >> no matter what the record is, we all want to win. it doesn't matter how many games we've lost. you play to win. no matter how it happens, it's always a lot more fun when you win. >> the one guy that needed that was austin. i'm glad it happened for him. he's a great teammate and a great ballplayer. it's not easy coming off the bench like that, you know? he's hanging in there. he's working hard. and he's taking advantage of every opportunity he's getting. i'm proud that he did that today. >> we're in boston. dave trembly and the orioles trying to snap an 11-game lose streak. down the thirds byline. melvin mora and gregg zaun converge. mora back peddles and makes the snow cone grab. lo lovely. top five. john smoltz facing nick mar kay

k markakis. finally a win at fenway. if it weren't for a high school guidance counselor in oakland, california, rickey henderson would have never stepped on to a baseball field. his first love was football. his counselor gave him an incentive to play, paying him a quarter for every hit, run or stolen base. he was so good he earned $22 in his first ten games. it ended up going a lon way. today the all-time stolen base leader officially became one of the greatest of all time. oakland a's outfielder recky henderson was inducted into the hall of fame in front of thousands in cooperstown. joining him, jim rice. the eight-time all-star voted in in his 15th year of eligibility. also joe jordan was inducted. rickey henderson wants you to remember him in one way. >> when you think of me, i would

like you to remember that kid from the inner city that played the game with all his heartnd never took the game for granted. thanks everyone here for making my dream come true today. >> rickey henderson. a class act in the hall of fame. at the british open, heartbreak for fred funk. the tacoma park native was on pace to win the first of his career but was eliminated in a playoff. fred funk started the front nine on the right track. here on the sixth from 20 feet away, drains the birdie. funk shot a three under and would finnish a three-way tie for the lead. to the playoff. the first hole. funk needs this birdie to stay alive. but, oh, man. so close. he just misses. and would be eliminated. funk gave it all he had. just came up short. a great tournament for the former terp. on the third playoff hole, loren roberts in control. twoutts to beat.

mark mcnulty his first putt just short. roberts would tap it in to win his second senior british open title. he wins $316,000. spain's alberto continue dor won the tour de france. lance armstrong finished in third. turning to soccer, usa playing in the gold cup final against mexico. this guy wearing a hockey mask. s just inside the post for a goal. mexico stuns the u.s. 5-0 to win the gold cup. >> how