"news4 at 4:00" today. i'm jim handly. >> i'm pat lawson muse. we begin with that breaking news right now on "news4 at 4:00." the elevator at the widely park-adams morgan stop metro stop stalled with a number of people trapped inside. they got out just a few minutes ago. >> news4's jackie bensen is live with the details with the late breaking details. >> reporter: as you can imagine with the temperatures, this was a hot, uncomfortable, stuffy experience for six adults, four children, including one little baby that we understand was having some respiratory problems and they did bring in an ambulance when ty eventually got the folks out and gave the baby medical attention. we can tell you that they did not have to remove the folks fromhe elevator by pulling them up on ropes which was the situation that happened a few years ago. they were prepared to have do that. but in the end, the decision was made to bring the people down. they were closer actually to the track level, dropped them down and able to come up via the

escalator. ch is safely out right now. i can tell you that if you come become out lye to us you can see the firefighters are here in the remaining stages of wrapping up, reeling in their ropes and everything they would have used to climb down there. i can tell you that connecticut avenue southbound atwoodly road is a little jammed up at this point because of the fire engine the other fire department apparatus brought in here. but, again, what we can tell you at this time is that the ten people who were trapped in that elevator are out right now. six adults and four children, including baby. they are all okay after what i'm sureas a very unpleasant experience this afternoon. back to you. >> such a busy area, too. we remember three years ago people were stuck for a long time. jackie bensen, thanks so much. live on the scene. now to the other big story we are following this afternoon. the fallout from that massive blaze that that destroyed the home after well-known washingtonian. >> among the questions being raised today, what sparked this massive fire and what is wrong with some of the fire hydrants in the area?

they were not working properly last nature. >> news4's derrick ward spent the dayt that time fire scene on chain bridge wood in northwest. he joins us live with the latest the story. >> reporter: of course, the best news about this is that there were no -- no loss of life. a slight injury sustain bid a firefighter and sprained ankle. he has been treated and released. firefighters remain on the scene of the fire. as a matter of fact, it is still smoking. and now begins the investigation into what caused it and why they weren't able to properly fight it. this fire started at about 8:15 on the ground floor. firefighters got here in short order and started their internal attack but then the water pressure dropped and hoses couldn't be fully pressurized from the near hydrant. firefighters pulled out for the safety to begin an external attack on the blaze and the hoses were hooked up to hydrants literally in a different neighborhood. now dual investigations begin into how the fire started and why the with thor pressure dropped.

>> what do you feel like the water supply, we would have been able to curb this. exactly what happened to the water supply, we are not sure. that's also under investigation. we are working very closely with our partners. they replaced 3,000 or 4 thousand hydrants on a very aggressive program. this is one of those sad situations where i wish we had the system completely fixed but it will have to be fixed incrementally. >> reporter: now this was not an issue of hydrants not working. the high drapts that don't work are clearly marked and those that do are marked thusly as well. that was not the issue. elevation comesnto play here as well. had is high ground and harder to get to water pressure up sufficiently here. an official tells us they were delivering the 1,000 gallons per minute that's supposed to be the minimum that they say they could deliver to any house in the district. that's under investigation to see if that's actually the case at this point. the homeowner is not at home. i can tell you that there

remains a shell of the house. we understand the internal contents are completely burned out and the loss could very well be in the millions. we will have more on the story as it develops. we are live in northwest. back to you in the so.ditu studio. >>errick ward. thank you. the home was featured in oprah winfrey's "o" magazine. highlights the vast collection of art. many works were done by young african-american artists is and knows thanks to her strong die was the duke ellington school of the arts and the d.c. board of education. they told the magazine her collection which dates many years back showcases her own personality as well as the contributions that people of color made to the world of art. a metro bus driver allegedly caught making a phone call on the job going to be fired. this comes just weeks after the transit agency enacted its zero tolerance policy. a local d.c. blog posted this picture from one metro bus rider who says he saw his driver get

off the bus to make phone call tuesday morning. he says the driver was still talking minutes later. even as she pulled back into traffic. in an interview today with wtop radio, metro general manager john catoe says the consequences of texting or talking while operating a metro vehicle are clear. >> yes, we have been able to identify the individual who is involved and we will take the appropriate action. and the action for speaking on the phone or texting on the phone while operating a vehicle is terminaon. >> cat oe is urging all metro drivers to focus on doing their job despite the intense scrutiny on the transit system and its operators. now to the breaking new details in the battle over michael jackson's children. there is an agreement about who will care for the children and the role that debbie rowe will play. kimberly suiters has been following the story closely today and joins us live now in the studio with the latest.

>> there will be no money. there will be visitation. this letter comes from the lawyer of debbie rowe. michael jackson's ex-wife and biological mother of two jackson children. and it appears to answer any remaining questions regarding custody. the lawyer says rowe were united in their goal to do what's best for the kids and that both mrs. jackson and rowe were on the exact same page. rowe apparently wants to begin a meaningful relationship with the kids. since their father's death, the two oldest children reportedly learnefor the first time that rowe is their mother. her visits will include a child psychology and in an exclusive interview on the "today" show jackson's personal chef talked about the children and the painful memory of the frantic rush to try to save their father. >> the doctor comes running down the stairs screaming, hurry, go get prince, go get security.

paris is screaming daddy, daddy, daddy. the kids want to know what's going on. >> at least two of the children will work through the grief with the help of their grandmother and biological mother. a judge has to sign off on the custody agreement monday. outdoors all day hot out there, folks. the humidity is making a comeback. we could see storms, too. veronica johnson has the fast forecast from the storm center. >> the storms will wait until tomorrow. what we have going today. higher humidity, some heat and some clouds moved in. but just showers today. no severe weather for today. now where are those showers currently? around hagerstown approaching the area moving northeastward. martinsburg, west virginia, will be seeing more showers, too, as well as around winchester, moe of this west of i-81. i think for most of us this evening, we are going to remain dry. there will be a few showers

moving through over the next couple of hours. you can see why, just look off to the west, west virginia down through western virginia and west north carolina, the showers are there and that's what's going to be heading through our area over the next few hours. 85 degrees the current temperature. 84 in hagerstown. humidity will be rising. dew point temperatures climbing during the overnight period. expect a shower or two around 7:00. lingering up until 9:00, too. the mercury will continue to drop to the upper 70s by about 11:00 p.m. or midnight. so on your fast forecast then just one or two little showers across the area. meanwhile, humidity, yes, again. it will be climbing once more and severe weather likely to be on tap for tomorrow. we will talk more about that in just a few minutes. back to you. >> thanks. well, it is the day that football fans across the washington area have waited for since last december when it was a bit cooler. today redskins training camp finally got under way and nbc 4

is your official strins station. that means you will see lots of special coverage devoted to your home team. lindsay czarniak who will be a big part of that coverage joins us now live at redskins park and ashburn, with more on opening day. what a hot way to kick it off, lindsay. >> yeah. jim, they say the dewey look is in. day one of 41 days of redskins training camp. i can tell you the guys are on the field behind me and are almost wrapped up with the two-a-days. the only playe that's not out here today at the redskins draft pick, brian orakpo. everybody else is here and accounted for. players have been saying h much better it feels this second time in this system. even jason campbell said, man, what a difference a year makes. let me take you back out to the field. jason, when he showed up today, he had signs to look outor. there were people that had a sign about d.c. wants michael vick. jason said he is taking it in stride and letting it roll off his back like water. he is focused on being a better player on the field and much

more vocal leader. he said he is focusing on the positive. in fact, zorn said he's happy not to have to keep telling him to speed up the tempo. campbell had good rhythm. >> i started laughing to myself. i was like -- you know, everyone has a certain opinion about things. it is all about your mindset and stay position and con to keep working. and, you know, see what happens. a lot of it wasn't thinking. actual playing and just running the offense. and we -- if we made a mistake or if we missed something, we knew right at that moment what it was. and you know, what we needed to do to improve it. sometimes you get back to the field. but we were so much further along this time in training camp than a year ago. >> jason campbell also said that the coach zorn also seems a lot more laid back this year which is really helping things off. after all, guys, he did make the

aaden dumb he would let any veteran here four years or more if they wanted to stay at their home durpg the training camp as opposed to staying at that time team hotel. they think that's cool. we have a lot more to talk about and we will hit with you that at 5:00 and 6:00. >> shorts and t-shirts. when do they suit up full? >> hopefully soon. i think saturday is what jim zorn said this afternoon. right now they are taking it a little bit easy. saturday they will be out there. i'm going to be in shorts the whole time. >> good for you. you are smart. we will see you at 5:00. lindsay, thanks. fans anxious to get the season started line you had up outer loop side training camp early this morning. the first practice started at 8:30. fans lined up well before then. some brought along barbecue grills to enjoy preseason tailgating and everybody seemed really excited. >> i'm looking for a good year. looking for an absolute great year from the skins, can't wait to see what coach zorn does for practice. looking to beat the cowboys. >> that's the best thing about training camp. you don't know who will play

well or who will make or break and establish themselves. that's why i love to come out here every year and that's what i am i'm looking for. >> eight practices will be open to the public. that will be capped off by fan appreciation day on august 8th which will feature a team scrimmage. last year's fan appreciation day drew more than 28,000 spectators. stay with news4. we will have more live reports coming up at 5:00 and 6:00. >> we have been having redskins withdrawal. they are lining up. coming up next on "news4 at 4:00," find out what the stock market did today that hasn't been done in a long time. shopping in our area could soon get a lot more expensive. up next, find out what you could soon be paying more for. can a cold beer help ease hot tension? we will have a preview of president obama's suds summit, they are calling it, set to begin in just a bit. incredible video of a tornado caught on tape.

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live look at wall street. the dow reached its highest level since last december. peaking above 9200 points before coming back down. a little bit. the dow closed at 9154. nasdaq gaing 16 points. the new york stock exchange up

103 points. it could soon be more expensive to buy a lot of things in the district. the d.c. council approve ad tentative agreement to raise tax tows help cover a $662 million budget gap over the next three years. the proposal would raise the d.c. sales tax from 5.75% to 6%. the gas tax from 20 cents to 23 cents per gallon. and the cigarette tax from two cks, $2.50 a pack. the council will vote on the proposal tomorrow. if passed the tax increases would take effect in october. tonight president obama will host a so-called beer summit at the white house. the president will sit down for drinks with harvard professor henry lewis gates and cambridge police officer sergeant james crowley. the issued is why gates got arrested two weeks ago. but a bigger motive might be fixing the trouble president obama got into when he got involved. steve handeman has more from the white house. >> reporter: from the time officers arrived at the home of the harvard professor to the

time the president weighed in. >> the cambridge police acted stupidly. >> reporter: then backed off. cibal havourate calibrated thoe words differently. >> reporter: everybody's judgment has been analyzed. notably president obama's. >> for a black man, i can see where he is coming from. >> reporter: the naacp agreed. >> we come end him for having the courage to begin raising issues about racial profiling. >> reporter: a house republican is offering a bill. >> calling upon president obama to retract and apologize for his remarks. >> reporter: 80% of americans of today's research poll say they are aware of the president's statement and by 4-3, they disapprove. >> render an opinion before you get all the facts which is what the president did. is just silly. >> reporter: so beer. abraham lincoln once said to meet any crisis bring people the real facts and beer. the brand, bud light. that's what the president will have. the place, not the picnic bench. they changed to a roundtable in

the rose garden. the procedure, gates gets a tour of the white house and crowley gets the tour. the two men get one-on-one time and then beer with barack obama. the president's goal is to get this issue off of page one. and get the nation reunified hind him on health care and the economy. i'm steve handelsman, news4 at the white house. >> just for the record, professor gates will be having a red stripe jamaican lager tonight. crowley will be having a blue moon afrmgts gop leader in the senate is breaking away from the pack to support supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor. senator lamar alexander voiced his support for sotomayor today. he is the number three republican in the senate. and only the sixth gop member to back the judge who already has gotten the approval of the chambers judiciary committee. a full senate vote on sotomayor's nomination is set for next week. the judge would be the first latina to sit on the high court. neighbors in the adams

morgan community will get to learn about a new renovation project tonight. the adams morgan street skate project is a major rehab project being planned for 18th street. vdot will hold a meeting at 7:00 tonight to inform the public about the plan and get their feedback. it will be held at the third district police station on v street northwest. the project will include rebuilding the road from florida avenue to columbia road. making changes designed to keep pedestrians and bikers safer. and adding new lights and land scaping, too. still ahead on "news4 at 4:00" this afternoon, some local police officers coming under fire today because of the way they used a taser. we will have that story. how about this one? a $10 power bill. we will tell you how one couple says they did it. beating the heat. we will tell you what a woman says she has done to help her pooch stay cool in e dog days.d

a florida couple is proving that going green can really pay off. the smallinskis made so many energy improvements to their

home their energy bill is usually only $10. the solar panels on roof that heat all of the water in the house. and all of the water is collected i underground rain barrels. the couple says the improvements cost them about $65,000 but they weren't worried so much about money. they say that we want do what's best for the environment zblmt i don't care about hot water. i want ac today. >> right. >> that's going to cost me more than $10 on a day like this. >> plenty warm today. turning more humid. at least we don't have this. this is what was happening north of us yesterday afternoon. this person acting fast with their cell phone. threat video of a tornado yesterday. funnel cloud. it did touch down. sussex county, doing some damage. 25,000 people there without power. there were airport delays, train delays yesterday. up north around new york and new jersey. and strasburg, pennsylvania, coming in with an f-2 tornado yesterday. it is likely we are going

have -- well, not likely but it is quite possible that we could have a similar event across parts of the northeast tomorrow. let's talk about what's happening right now. 86 degrees. look at the haze there with us for the washington monument. dew point temperature is at 63 degrees. a little better than yesterday. july rainfall nearly an inch. still down about 2 1/2 inches for the month. temperatures across the area, we said it is warm out there. heat index at 94 degrees. we have got moisture, lot of it still running up from out of the south at southerly wind in on us. and a weather system that's going to come through our area tonight. it is a weak weather system. we just got rid of one. up around new england. weak system that's coming through. a few showers. you can already see them blowing up on radar there across parts of west virginia and around western virginia. some very light showers, mainly west of i-81. around hagerstown, they have

seen a few, around areas of winchester. they have seen a few of the light showers. that's about it. this will be continue to move eastward through our area over the next couple of hours. 7:00, chance we could see showers around. perhaps even as late as 9:00 and 11:00. 85, the temperature. 86 raleigh-north carolina. there's the dew point temperature. 65 degrees. down from yesterday. but during the overnight period, as the next stronger weather system comes out of areas around kentucky and around missouri, that system pulls in, humidity will rise. watch what happens early tomorrow morning. pretty murky conditions out there. awfully humid. some haze. it may be a few showers i think west of our area and a better chance for storms coming through the area tomorrow afternoon and even tomorrow evening and those storms likely to be severe areas from new york somewhere to philadelphia and around new jersey, newark, down through d.c. as far south as spots like raleigh, north carolina, and even richmond, virginia. so slight chance for a few

showers. temperatures dropping from the low 80s to the upper 70s over the next few hours. early tomorrow morning, again, we already have going to start out hazy. it will be warm and humid. sun is up at 6:08 temperature between 68 and 74 degrees. it is going to be very warm and, again, quite humid during the afternoon. any time after about 4:00 or so, possibility of storms. 85 to 90 degrees by tomorrow evening. likely to be seeing some locations around the area getting lightning and some downpours, and, of course, keepinyou posted along with bob ryan. >> thanks, veronica. we have much more still to come in our next half hour. 4:30, disturbing details in the case of a pregnant woman murdered and her baby. luckily found alive. fighting a dangerous disease. what has this once promising star of the stage in a wheelchair and why you need to protect yourself. an incredible story police on a wild chase. you won't believe what was

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station, six adults and four children, including one baby were on that elevator when it became stuck. firefighters helped to free them and the baby received medical attention but everyone should be okay. a deal has been reached in the custody battle over michael jackson's three children. jackson's mother will raise the children. attorneys say the oldt two children's mother, debbie rowe, will have visitation rights under the supervision of a child psychologist. redskins training camp opened today. despite the heat and humidity legions of fans showed up to root on jason campbell and the rest of the team. campbell laughed off one fan's sign calling for the skins to sign quarterback michael vick who was recently released from prison. we are following developments in the grizzly murder of a pregnant woman in massachusetts. the woman suspected of cutting the fetus from her friend's womb was found in new hampshire. >> she will be extradited to massachusetts where she could face kidnapping and murder charges. the victim's relatives are relieved the baby is alive.

michelle franzen has the latest. >> reporter: julie corey appeared in a new hampshire courtroom to be arraigned on a fugitive from justice charge. the police in massachusetts say the 35-year-old is suspected of cutting an unborn baby from a mother's womb. the baby girl was found at a homeless shelter in muslim otds, new hampshire, after a frantic three-day search. >> this is the best case scenario of the tragedy that we have a child and appears to be healthy. >> reporter: police made the grim discovery monday insid darling haynes' home in worcester, decomposing body was wrapped in a blanket and crammed into a closet. an autopsy revealed the horrific details. >> it wasn't until then we were able to examine the body it was determined that the baby was missing. >> reporter: police say corey was a former neighbor of the victim and the last one to see her alive. corey's friend alerted police after the suspect claimed to have given birth to a baby girl

last friday. >> some friends became a little -- concerned about how she got home so early after just giving birth. >> reporter: haynes was 8 months pregnant and expecting her fourth child. relatives say she was a good mother. >> she did have a heart of gold. one would be she loved to show -- >> reporter: relatives are relieved the baby is alive and safe. but are also shaken by the gruesome murder. >> trying to understand it and comprehend it. it has been very, very difficult. >> reporter: a judge ordered corey be held on $2 million bail. michelle franzen, news4. the extradition hearing in this case is set for august 30. pat? funeral services took place this afternoon for a woman killed in a deadly chopper crash. kim felix was killed a week ago when the helicopter she was riding in crashed on interstate 70 in maryland. friends and loved ones turned out for her funeral at the

redeemer lutheran church in much damascus today. three other men in the chopper were also killed. the group was returning from a charity crash, charity event, rather when the event crashed and hit power lines and went down. police are looking into whether officers went too far when using a taser while arresting a man and woman in prince wilam county. officers say that they received a noise complaint about a home in manassas on sunday when they got there, they say 55-year-old ed dar rodriguez was having a family party in the backyard. officers say he was highly intoxicated and acted disorderly as they were arresting him a female family member stepped in. both she and rodriguez were tasered. they face now various charges including resisting arrest. it is a serious illness that is growing more serious in our area. there was a meeting in washington today to talk about how to better fight lyme disease. it comes as we hear from a local girl who has been left in a

wheelchair because of the disease. derrick ward has her story. >> reporter: amy has dreams of broadway. up until a few months ago she was an active teen in pursuit of those dreams. in march she got sick. it looked like a stomach virus. >> then my joints started to hurt like you sprained your ankle. all of a sudden i couldn't stand up and i couldn't walk. so two, three months i have been in this wheelchair. >> reporter: what amy had was lyme disease, tick-borne illness. it is not alwaysecognized by doctors as amy and her family found out. >> the doctor looked at me and said you have lyme. but i don't have all your tests back. there's tests i'm going to run. you are faking it and you should go get hypnotized. >> reporter: amy how sell not faking and it remembers how the worst of her ordeal she could feel the disease of a tightening grip on her body. >> at the beginning i was losing feeling in my legs.

>> reporter: she finally found a doctor that properly diagnosed her illness and began a regimen of treatment. her familiar reply bears no ill towards those that were wrong. >> the thing about lyme, it affects every patient differently. it is called the great imitator. and so it requires really well educated doctors who are focused on the reality that this can be a long-term deal. >> reporter: amounted to a tremendous challenge for this family. they are leaving their home to find something that's more wheelchair accessible. they maintained togetherness. >> we try to have fun. yesterday i woke up in the morning and -- i went to the doctors and more ivs. then we celebrated at the mall. >> reporter: while amy howell's condition has not improved much lately it stopped getting worse. amid all the uncertainty lyme disease victims face she considers herself a lucky one. >> admitted to the insane asylum because people think they are depressed when none of us really

are. >> reporter: derrick ward, news4. when we come back on "news4 at 4:00," do you snore or are you kept awake by someone who does? you will want to hear a new treatment that could end those sleepless nights. also, find out where police finally caught up with a fugitive who had been onhe run for more than a decade. ñ? 1x

welcome back. veronica johnson, storm center 4. you can see the haze across the area. today temperatures staying shy of the 90-degree mark. we only had nine 90-degree-plus days. last year we had 22 and 14 of those days were during the month of july. much quieter compared to yesterday. in and around the beltway, montgomery county, prince george's county, charles county, prince william county, quiet now on radar. there are a few showers off to the west. west of i-81 moving up to areas around petersburg and kaiser and eventually getting more up around winchester areas of virginia. so there are showers out there. we may see a few of our own just showers, no thunderstorms coming our way later this evening. 85 degrees, the temperature now. it is 88 in manassas. frederick, too. little bit of heat out there. little likely to get into the upper 80s again tomorrow. we will start the day tomorrow at 74, 75 degrees with some partly sunny skies across the area. it will still be hazy and plenty

humid and we will have plenty of fuel for some downpours tomorrow with the thunderstorms that come through. 88 could be some severe weather on tap coming up again tomorrow. saturday's quiet but more storms on tap for sunday during the afternoon. back to you. still ahead on "news4 at 4:00," see just how far some people went to get their hands on the little extra cash. >> and next, a new treatment that's helping some people stop the snoring and could allow you to get a good night's sleep for a change. wyñññ

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a food bill is expected to go up in the house a day after it was defeated. the legislation would require more government inspections and oversight of food manufacturers. this comes in wake of last year's massive salmonella outbreak involving peanuts. that outbreak was traced back to theirginia based company peanut corporation of america. the bill was voted down the first time because some republicans said it could dwlent farm operations with too much government intervention. it was a high-tech show and tell about healthy eating. seven seventh grade students from key academy charter school in southeast host ad healthy breg fast for their parents, community leaders and government officials. also, attending today, the assisted white house chef and members of the agriculture department and the d.c. health department. the youngsters presented a

lesson on what they learned this summer. so far about food and nutrition. children used an interactive teaching tool to explain what they learned. if you have trouble sleeping at night because your bed mate snores, for better or for worse, it is enough to drive some couples to sleep in separate rooms. fortunately, there is a new procedure that's save something people's sleep and relationships. marianne has the story. >> reporter: who wouldn't want to sleep like a baby? if you share your bed with a snorer, good luck. whether the sound is high def or more like a jackhammer, senatorers' spouses face sleepness nights. >> you are not consciously aware of making horrible sounds. >> reporter: jacob of palo alto tried everything to eliminate the horrible sounds, including strapping on the cumbersome contraption. he stopped snoring and stopped

sleeping well, too. he gave the mouthguard a try but it didn't silence his snores. that left ted here on the couch. >> the more disrupt tif it became, yes, the more problem it became in our relationship. >> reporter: when he did share the wife with his bed, she found the noise unbearable. >> i was going without sleep. >> reporter: that's when he learned about the pillow procedure. >> the pillow procedure uses four to five implants in the pala palate. the implants are made of the same material that we have been using in the body for stitches for about 50 years. it is very well tolerant. >> reporter: over time scarring takes place and sfifening so it doesn't vibrate as much and it reduces or eliminate it is snoring. the outpatient procedure is done in just 20 minutes and it takes about 12 weeks for most patients to stop snoring. there is another benefit. >> it can help minimize the signs and symptoms of sleep apnea. >> reporter: ted kissed this headgear good-bye.

>> it is fantastic. >> reporter: and he is back in bed with his wife. >> we have been able to sleep together peacefully, happily. i'm more cheerful. because i'm getting more sleep. >> reporter: now they are both sleeping like babies. in palo alto, maryann favro, nbc news. >> that was loud. the pillar procedure can cost anywhere from $2,000 to $3,000 depending how many implants are used. while it is fda approve, insurance doesn't cover it. pat? and invention convention for kids on took place in upper marlboro today. more than 3,000 participants ages 5 to 14 were expected at the event sponsored by the ymca and competed in a number of ecofriendly invention activities, including trash fashion and organic pizza garden. there were also appearances by recycle lady and enzo dog and entertainer who juggles recycled materials while riding a unicycle. still ahead this afternoon -- a look at the future baseball that does not

include people. plus, the controversial new plan to get homeless people off the streets of the big apple. we will tell you about this one. coming up tonight on "news4 at 5:00" -- >> the latest on the fire that destroyed the home of a well-noern d.c. socialite and the problem that led to the massive blaze. police hunt for a knife-wielding bandit that jumped through a drive-thru window while trying to rob a burger king. and there's quite a few $5 lunch deals out there. liz finds out which gives you the most for your money. these stories are new tonight on "news4 at 5:00."

welcome back. it is a hot one today. but at least there is a little bit of a breeze blowing. you can see some of the leaves on the trees behind me. my hair blowing a little bit in the wind, too. we are going to have coming up tomorrow, more haze and more humidity and probably not much wind until the storms come through our area. let's take a look at the temperatures on the maps right now. mid and upper 80s all through the area. and 85 current temperature right now reagan national airport. earlier today it was higher. 87 degrees. down in richmond, virginia. on the satellite and radar loop, there are some showers, showers west of the area, coming through western maryland and areas throughout virginia and western

virginia. just a few isolated showers. i think we wil have this evening. probably not up until about 7:00 or 8:00. very, very few. not everyone is going to get wet. by tomorrow morning, 74, 75 degrees. we will start the day hume and i had see a high temperature tomorrow and as we go from the 70s to upper 80s but like today, it will be hot. there will be more humidity across the area. however, tomorrow and as far as the weekend goes, rain returns sunday. i will see you back here tomorrow. jim? >> thanks, veronica. seems plenty of people are already take advantage of the government's cash for clunkers program. this program offers rebates of up to 4500 bucks to car shoppers who trade in their old cars for newer and more fuel efficient vehicles. so far the government says it has given out about $17 million in rebates. that means more than 4,000 cars have been moved off the lots. thanks to the program. congress has set aside a total of $1 billion for the plan. which runs through october or

until that money runs out. officials in new york city have come up with a way to help homeless families find a better place to live. the city has offered to buy every homeless family member a one-way ticket to anywhere in the world. as long as they have a relative who will take them in. the new plan will actually save the city money because it costs $36,000 to house the homeless family in a shelter. this program is voluntary. so far families have been sent to 24 different states and five continents. when we come right back on "news4 at 4:00," final good-bye for a man who fought to protect the world the first time. and the video of the day. wait until we show you who was leading police on this wild chase. there's something big happening at pizza hut. - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! now get big meals like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal panormous pizza starting at just $5.

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the life to making sure younger generations remembered the sacrifices of his fellow veterans. here is a lk at some of the stories making news on the web this afternoon. surveillance video from a convenience store in georgia shows how some thieves managed to steal the store's atm. they smashed a window before chaening the atm to a pickup truck. then they drove off with it. it is not clear how much money they got away with. but they caused more than $1,000 in damage to the store. japanese scientists may have created some of the world's most foreignable baseball players, robots. one is a pitching robot that has flexible fingers. the other is a batting robot that can hit the pitch within a fraction offing a second. right now, the pitches only go 38 mails an hour so month one gets hurt. scientists are hoping to create robots that can exceed the speed and flexibility of the human body. >> look out, a-rod. dog days of summer too hot for one dog in texas.

his owner decided to walk her dog inside on a treadmill to beat the heat. she says her four-legged friend is pretty happy with his new exercise routine. temperatures have gone above 100 degrees and often this summer. the owner plans to walk her dog outdoors again once it cools off. the authorities in portugal say this found a fugitive who had been on the run for 16 years living inside of a cave. they captured the convict yesterday and escaped from on in 1993 while serngpr a murder sentence. they say he was living o offf fldwiood and seemed to be in pretty good health. investigators believe he has been living in different caves over the past few years. pat? >> a 7-year-old decides to skip church and take his parents' car for a joy ride and lead police on a chase through the streets of utah. this caper was caught on video. reporter sandra yee shows us the incredible dash cam video.

>> people in the neighborhood are talking about this. >> reporter: a quiet sunday morning in plain city. i did rupted by calls of an unusual reckless driver. >> they could tell there was a very small young driver in the car. >> reporter: deputies found the car near the local high school and tailed it for ten blocks as the drivereaved in traffic lanes and blew through stop signs. >> the deputies at one time had pulled up and kind of close to him on the side and could see it was a very small person driving the car. >> reporter: deputies say the dime-sized delinquent driver maintains speeds up to 45 miles an hour. even though he had trouble reaching the pedals. >> his speed was slow but erratically. he would sit up on the seat more to see right where he was going. >> where he ended up was home. that's when deputies got a betterook at who they were dealing with. a 7-year-old boy whose feet were as quick as his caper. >> very unusual situation. very unusual.

what can you say? >> that was sandra yee reporting. investigators say the boy is just too young to charge with a crime. in the meantime they hope his parents will keep a closer eye on him. that's "news4 at 4:00." thank for watching. "news4 at 5:00" starts right now.ld at 00,5: at 5:00, moving violation aroet m toin a metro bve allegedly photographed talking wheel. back to the grind. we live for day one of training camp for -- live for the redskins. >> and $5 lunch deals. liz finds out which gives you the most for your money. good evening. welcome to "news4 at 5:00" tonight. i'm jim handly. >> i'm wendy rieger. our top story tonight, serious problem arises as firefighters battle a massive fire at the home of a well-known washingtonian. it broke out