purposes. police executed a search war nt bat bailey funeral service in fredericksburg, virginia on july 23rd collecting evidence that resulted in the arrest of the owner yesterday. he is 51-year-old am broes bailey, a former council member and prominent businessman. bailey's been charged with on obtaining money by false pretenses and with violating the terms of a funeral contract. additional charges may follow. police tell us what their investigation has uncovered so far. >> we found a box of documents containing over 60 files, all related to prearranged funeral services. and we at this point have confirmed victims representing over $90,000 where their money was not going into an escrow account as is legally required. >> are you mr. bailey? i'm chris gordon from channel 4 news. i'm doing a story on the funeral

contracts that you sold and wanted to ask you, is the money still available to service these people if they should die and need a funeral? >> at this time, i don't have any comment and i'm referring all of my questions to my attorney mark gardner at this time. >> reporter: will these people get the funerals they paid for in. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: you can guarantee that? >> i'm not answering any other questions at this time. >> reporter: the investigation began when a 72-year-old woman who had bought a pre-need funeral read a newspaper account saying that funeral homeowner ambrose bailey has been charged with forging doctor's signatures on death certificates. the woman ctact the fredericksburg police department asking if the money she paid, prepaid, for her funeral, was safe. the investigation began and continues now as police look for more victims. wendy? >> chris, thank you. we have the latest now, north korean leader kim jung il

has pardoned lauraing link and ein a lee and ordered their release from prison following the visit by bill clinton to negotiate their freedom. the two journalists have been held in north korea since march after they were send tefrnsed to 12 years of hard labor. we'll have more on the story in just a few minutes. nora o'donnell will joins live to talk about it. matter land officials are on track tonight to make light rail the newest addition to the metro system. today goveornrn tiar o'malley announced his support for the highlyti anticipated purple lin which wou run from the cathesda metro station to new on. the 16 mile traculk .dwop tok enssrs would transfermro trfe21s trins on thera t ins on the ispurple li. p thisro projectosttoje cost $1.5 billion. opponents of the purple line plan favored a bus trait system for environmental reasons. arguing light rail would ruin

the capital crescent trail. today the governor said his decision is in line with what local leaders want to help ease traffic congestion. >> it was the product of a consensus that we built through disagreement, we built a consensus through a public hearing process for this option. the purple line option that we're proposing will be sleek, it will be quiet, it will be low to the groupd. this is not your grandfather's light rail. >> o'malley also planned to create a 14 mile red line through baltimore today if the purple line gets the proper approvals and funding, construction could begin in 2014 with service beginning in 2018. the rising temperatures may slow thing down f commuter trains in our area. it's part of the summer in washington. csx has issued heat restriction orders on the camden and brunswick lines. so trains will run at reduced speeds as a safety precaution. the maryland transit

administration says it can cause delays that range from 20 10 to 35 minutes. . good evening. storm center4. feels like august. looks like august. it's august outside. right now you get that hazy sky. look at the temperatures around the area. our temperature here in northwest washington and downtown, 89 degrees. a lot of 80s. there were some spots that were 90, but with the humidity, it certainly feels like it's 92. there are a couple of showers popping up, there will be a lot more tomorrow. i'll tell you about that and i'll show what you was going on today in louisville. look at the rain. four inches of rain in louisville. there's been some major flooding. and i'll tell you about that and some of that may be coming our way. back to you. a man with ties to fairfax was one of three sdi he ts over theee wndke in afghanistand sergeant first class groanadas o

killed on sunday before he wasd. w roashe f mol he was from i time living in fairfax wle working at the pn.engota geur-sbtss gebtss improvised good mp i ttack akactt the vehicle he was in. two other army soldiers were also killed. prince george's county police are still searching for a quadruple druple pn er .de ad as it dead. it was 1:00 the 64 w e 006400 block of livingston road. police say an argument broke out in the stairwell of an apartment building and bullets were fwliing shortly after. one person killed, one victim still in critical condition nooibs were surprised by the shooting. >> i've been here about eight years and this is the first time that someone that i know of in

this area that's been shot. >> police say the gunman knows one of the victims, to word on what sparked the argument. no follow-up to yesterday's rally up on wall street. stocks ended flat on this trading day with the dow, the nasdaq and the s&p each gaining less than half a percent. still investors saw more signs of an economic recovery. pending home sales rose more than 3.5% in june. and there was also an uptick in consumer spending. meanwhile, there is plenty of mixed news on how quickly the economy is actually recovering. for more on that is correct we go up to cnbc's mike huckman. let's talk about consumer spending which was up in june, but people aren't making more money. incomes were actually down last month. why is that? >> reporter: first of all, just let me add that the dow did close up a fraction of a percentage point, but it was still up 33 points and at its highest closing level since early november of last year. but back to your question. incomes fell at their steepest

rate in more than four years. this is essentially we saw the effect of the stimulus checks wear off and mean time consumer spending went up and the savings rate which lit a 14 year high back in may went down. so maybe what's happening here is that people are dipping in to their savings in order to buy some stuff. so it's kind of a mixed bag on the one hand, incomes are down because of the economy and of course the job market, but on the other hand, there's a sign that consumer which makes up 2/3 of the economy may be coming back to life just a little bit. >> and while the housing market shows some signs of a turnaround, homeowners who are in danger of foreclosure don't seem to be getting much help from banks. is there an explanation for that? >> reporter: yeah, you mentioned the good news, which was the pending home sales being up for the fifth month in a row. i think that's the first time that's happened in about six years. but on the flip side, what you're talking about is the treasury department surprisingly came out this morning and took the unique step of calling out the mortgage companies that

aren't giving people the helping hand that they're supposed to be giving them. this plan that was unveiled you may remember by the president back in february i think it was that was supposed to offer people in desire financial straits lower monthly mortgage payments and the treasury department said that 11 of the 25 biggest mortgage servicers are not helping enough people. >> mike being thanks so much. there was more fallout today from the fire that brought on the inside a fire station in prince george's county. and destroyed a fire engine. it happened early yesterday morning at the boulevard heights volunteer fire ems station. tracy wilkins joins us from capital heights now with the latest. >> reporter: firefighters associated with this incident say that it really speaks to some of the problems that they've been having with staffing since prince george's county has been dealing with cut backs. take you a look at that sign there, they're asking folks to come and join the fire and ems team.

the county says that they're not worried about sufficient staffing, but firefighters and the union as well as citizens y they are concerned. monday morning a fire inside the boulevard heights volunteer fire department. there were two firemen staffing the station at the time. and the two closest stations were dispatched to help. district heights took eight minutes to get there. the public safety director says the low number of firefighters that night comes from a change in how prince george's is staffing its stations. >> we deployed our resources where they're needed. >> reporter: public safety director said since budget cuts, prince george's county is not longer staffing fire stations. it's staffing vehicles. for instance, a fire truck or an ems truck. the number of firefighters on duty reflects the kind of call that station is expected to respond to. >> we are moving staffing apparatus and not stations.

the stations never ever help us mitigate anything in prince grnlg's county. it's the apparatus and the pe l.on r orheut b uhenionon ftyigunefsirerhtchlgrn nd a unty firefighters ands that's tyayha tt's not entirely true. he vice psident t released t su lehindourr ctrroundingisur jurctdins ra vide staffing for paaps,tu prince grnlg's cnty does not except for an isolated few.iost ns st.atns ns that is not the standard, nor the norm f of neth o bestusie o fireep dentmn arts ithe tsnaon. apparatus isn't and hasn't been properly staffed in prince george's county for years. >> makes me feel renervous and really worried about we need to deal with this problem immediately. >> reporter: the mayor says while he understands budget cut, he does not like hearing that his fire station had no one manning it monday morning. he says the quek turn around in moving his caree firefighters out of the capital heights station left them no time for recruiting additional volunteers to help. but they're trying to now.

>> we're trying to be proactive. try to go on a 100 man volunteer recruitment for not only capital height, but no boulevard heights. be sure citizens are more aware and get them involved. >> reporter: for safety reason, he won't release how many firefighters are staffed at any particular station. and he says be it two or less than a station, citizens have no reason to worry. >> it's not a luck of the draw. we're not hoping and wishing. this was done scientifically and we're very pleased with the way things hav bee going thus far. >> reporter: the spokesman for the district of columbia fire department says that they would never leave a station unmanned because of staffing. they say that they keep at least nine firefighters in their houses at all times. and according to prince george's county spokesman, they're saying they haven't had any missed calls and as far as they're concerned eight minutes is a fine response time. tracy wilkins live in capital heights. back to you. still to come tonight on news 4 at 5:00, 9 wlathe latest

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kim young ill has issued a special pardon for american

journalists laura ling and euna lee injuries hours of a her bill clinton arrived in north korea. nora o'donnell joins us with the latest. so this is kind of interesting that we have this sort of unofficial envoy going over. what does this mean in the big picture about our relationship with north korea? >> i think it's a big deal. the white house doesn't want it to mean more. they are 00 saying this was a private humanitarian mission, but we're now learning that bill clinton has left north korea, so that's significant. it means success, that the former president as well as these two journalists are coming home. so clearly their families are happy. but there is a larger story here about u.s. diplomacy and north korea. north korea is probably one of the most isolated country on earth, one of the most reclusive and dangerous leaders. and we've had almost no relations with them understand the bush administration.

kim jung il wanted a sign of respect and that's yes wanted to sit acro the table. but already a number of critics say it looks like we're negotiating with terrorists, this undermines or national security sfop there will be a lot of talk about that. >> and is the white house trying to distance -- he's the husband of our secretary of state, but this is unofficial. it wasn't like the obama administration sent him. it just came out of the blue or so it would appear. >> that's the delicate balance because while the white house says this was a solely private mission, a humanitarian issue, it was not about those nuclear talk, clearly the white house knew about this and sapgs that had trip. it was something that was worked out. what's going on of course is that the white house has been pushing for sanctions against north korea. they want multiparty talks. north korea wants one-on-one talks with the u.s., but they have been resisting. so the north compakoreans are u this to say, look, i can get bill clinton in my state. and use that as a propaganda tool. the white house has to resist

being used in that way. >> what's the next step in is it an opening or is it just what it is, he went in, goat the journalists, he's gone and the door closes behind him? >> well, u.s. officials say they don't want this to change our stated stance, which is that we're going to continue to pursue millionity party talks to get them to abandon their nuclear weapons program, that we're going to continue to use the u.n. to press for sanctionses. because remember that north korea has been firing off missiles left and right. so they're not going to change. but i think clearly there's a little bit more sunlight. bill clinton is there and i think he'll report back certainly to the president. they don't want to make that .seric, but also oth u . of s about the state of kim jung il's health. there's been a lot of speculation about that. clearly we're concerned. this is a -- the u.s. should be concerned. it's a did i think you arerous mission with nuclear weapons. we don't know yet whether they can put those on a missile and send them out to reach the united states. they can't. they've tried and failed. but that's why it's a concern.

>> thanks so much. >> we'll wai to see when they land here in the u.s. >> probably a celebration for sure. well, no more myspace for marines. the marine corps is banning its troops from using social networking sites now. facebook is also among the sites that are now blocked from the marine corps network. officials are citg cyber security concerns as the rope for the ban saying such cites put certain information into the wrong hands. the move is part of a larger pentagon review on the threats and benefits of social networking. marines can still use myspace and facebook on their own private computers outside of wo. and what is on your facebook today? happy sunshine? >> a little sweaty one. this guy hit two hour on e courts today. in this heat. >> we took our time and rested in the shade. drank my half gallon of water.

>> and you were playing indoor, though. >> oh, no. we're tough. 90 degrees today. first 90 degree day of august. when this has not been a summer of up relenti ining heat. only two 90 degreero w. m haaywether cng e roatw. we may change that. outside now, our current temperature down from the high of 90. 89 degrees. last august, remember we had seven 90 degree days. 89 here in washington. 60 stilt around the lakes. the reason cincinnati is 68, it's raini. memphis 93 with a dew point on of 75. it feels like it's 105 degree this is memphis. that's where the real industrial strength heat is. we've had that light south wednesday ter le wind, so we've got the humidity. look at this cluster of nasty, nasty cells and storms. we've got a couple around us that have developed out of the mountains. i think it was a weather front coming our way that we will be

seeing some showers and thundershowers more numerous ones tomorrow. and even around washington, i think we will be seeing some by later on tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. right now out of the mount continues, there's nothing much going on. this is where the action is and you can see the distance a couple of showers on out to our west. but look at this cluster that has come through indiana once again moving in to louisville. before louisville this morning, 9:00 to 10:00 in the morning, three inches of rain. three i thinks of rain in one hour. today they've had a record, and that's churchill downs. churchill downs is understand water. louisville's had a record 1.5 inches of rain so far that's a record for the month. the you can see that cluster of thunderstorms. that will be moving off to the south and i don't think we have to worry about that tonight. tomorrow we'll be into southwesterly winds. a little weak weather front by later on tomorrow afternoon and evening will be the focus for

some thundershowers. and then behind it, a little bit not refreshing, but not quite as humid air coming in. near 90 tomorrow. so for the evening, though, we've got hazy, it's warm, and it's humid and temperatures in to the mid to high 80s with the humidity later on tonight. temperatures will only dip into the low 70s. i don't think we'll be seeing any showers or thundershowers really tomorrow morning. perhaps as low as 74. tomorrow afternoon out in the blue ridge, those are the areas where you'll see those thundershowers fire up and i think if we see some here, we're .li kely to be 4:00 tol to 8:0 here's the way it looks f alna pretty good baseball weather. inr sho lhoo nightning to worry about.ng 86 degrees. playing the marlins and first pitch 7:05. there you go. >> plenty of fluids out there. >> you betcha. >> mostly beer. coming up next, another health issue for kids who watch

too much tv or play too many video games. students at a local elementary school saving the

>> it's president obama's 48th birthday and he made a surprise

visit to the white house briefing room to congratulate helen thomas who is also celebrating her birthday. >> but he and i also had a common birthday wish, she said they hopes for a real health carereform bill. >> after singing happy birthday, cupcakes were distributed. she turned 89. the two also posed for pictures together. thomas has been a white house correspondent with every president since j.f.k. the spe shuttle discovery is now closer to its upcoming mission to the space stion. this morning the shuttle made its slow move from the assembly building to the launch pad. nasa wanted to move "discovery" last monday, but it was late because of a valve fail order a booster steering system. and it still plans to launch the shuttle in the early morning hours of august 25th. coming up on news 4 at 5:00 respect the cash for clunkers program provide as boost to another part of the auto

industry, the salvage yards. and classes getting ready to start at the district of columbia. >> and what are you do to go save? we'll pass it on. e-mails at

welcome back. coming up, a local if i consider as smoking ban near parks. kids help save the planet by playing with dirt. and lindsay has lunch with a top

redskin and the head wizard. but first, our top story at 5:30 tonight. the good and bad of the cash for clunkers program. >> that program could stall out by this weekend unless the senate pass as $2 billion extension. democrats struggling to find enough reluctant republicans to support this pricey program. consumers can still take advantage of the federal incentive evering on them up to $4500 to turn in their old gas guzzlers for new more fuel efficient cars. however, the white house says funding will likely run out by the weekend unless the senate approves this extension. so if all these new cars are being purchased, what's happening to those clunkers? jane is live in sure live to te. >> reporter: it's meant a lot of business for areas scrap yards but it's also createsed a lot of headaches, as well. business is booming at jack's auto parts where a dodge pickup is crushed in a matter of seconds. it's all part of the cash for

clunkers program. shifting area dem mission yards into high gear. >> we're seeing a lot of caribbean, a lot of ford explorer, a lot of jeeps. >> reporter: lewis estimates he's crushed 40 cars in the past few days. and it's under tremendous pressure to keep up where the volume. under the program, until the clunkers are officially destroyed, area dealerships won't see one penny of government money. >> i promised my dealers that i will have this car shredded within 72 hours after i pick it up. >> reporter: he says he has 300 to 400 more so-called clunkers waiting to be hauled away from area 2k50er7s pap paper wok nightmare. and not especially good for its primary business, which is selling used auto parts. >> i think the program will be a good program for right now, but i think in the long run, it will hurt our industry and our business because now people

don't need to get a part to fix this car. so you're taking thousands of cars off the street. so in the people don't need a part to fix it, we're out of business. >> reporter: salvage yards also make a lot of money by reselling engines. but under the cash for clunkers program, that won't happen. the engine pie law has to be destroyed at the dealership. reporting live, i'm jane watrel. back to you. cash for clunkers is hurting some charities that depend on dough thated cars to fund their good deeds. twe t ouoee wks itagout two wee arouchgrayy spsab charity groups say donationson e s ceitoar a r careito a nofinp mt,roorenonp r nee intcee. 0ent e. nonprofit which nprofith 005, at st000 at a ryse at d cioonn ns ate says car donations are seriously down and blames cash for clunkers.

>> we have auctions every saturday and in the past few auction, we have noticeded about a $60,000 drop in sales and in donations, we're down about 25% to 30%. >> many used car dealers also complain that they're suffering because of cash for clunkers. some say sales are down by nearly 1/3. we have breaking news from prince george's county. chopper 4 is live over a house house fire in fort washington. investigators say there were reports of a wall and ceiling collapsing. all the firefighters have been evacuated from inside the home. they'll have to battle the blaze from the outside. no word on whether anyone was inside that house. the fall academic year begins in just a few weeks in our region. at the university of the district of columbia, the school is trying to shake off its troubled reputation by revamping its academic and physical campus. tom sherwood is here with the story. >> reporter: ud krft hc has str

and now things are looking up. there are a few stuptss and few signs of life in these hot august days, but inside the dry building, new life is being planned. >> with the number of students going up, we have a dramatic increase in applications. and i wouldn't be surprised if the total number of students on the campus was approacng doubling. >> reporter: udc president here just a year is about to open the university for about 8,000 fall students in just a few weeks. he's launching the plan to make the school more well coming. >> there will be radical changes. the plaza, which is not particularly nice or useful, will be totally green. we're going to green the buildings. we'll going to mak sure that this is becoming a place that people want to come to. you want to have a garden cafe? h. for example? >> reporter: brash bra in charge of the makeover says a bad campus doesn't inspire students. >> it doesn't send the message that we wanted to promote.

it's obvious that this university over 30 years has been in desperate needs of repair. >> reporter: and students are taking notice of the changes. >> it looks now kind of old fashioned, but i hope that it looks much better once they finish doing whatever it is they're doing. i see new improvements inside of udc since i've been here this summer and it's nice. >> reporter: beyond physical changes, it's leading a total revamp of the university mission, which more academic emphasis in its four year programs. >> the goal for the flagship institution is to be equal if not better than every flagship public university in the country. >> reporter: about 60% of the students attend udc part-time because many of them work. fall classes open august 26th. back to you guys. >> tom, thanks. construction on a new community park in northwest d . started with a bang today.

demolition crews started tearing down the former gauge eckington elementary school this morning. they're making way for a three acre park along b street, into to go feature a playground, a dog park, athletic field, running trails. it will preserve the community garden that already existed on the site and it's slated to open the next june. coming up next, a training program that some hope will get them ahead in thst

another check on that steamy forecast. is it going to get hotter still? >> not hotter tomorrow because we may get some thunderstorms. i think by the weekend and early next week, it might be into the low nintsd. looking outside, it's an august kind of morning or august kind of af an anotr nice day at the beaches. 80 degrees. there are a couple of scattered showers you can see a couple lonesome ones. sort of up and around skyline drive, but nothing real big. overnight tonight, temperatures will dip into the high 60s to mid-70s. that's all about 74 degrees. tomorrow, a lot of sunshine. partly sun any skies in the morning. then by the afternoon, late in

the afternoon, around washington, the risk of some thundershowers and some of those could be locally strong. not quite as humid on thursday, but as we get this to friday and e weekend, the hayes, humidity comes back near 90 degrees. and next week, it looks like we could be looking at perhaps low to mid-90s and really oppressive humidity. back to you. the city of rockville is considering a proposal that would limit smoking i certain saroeoulpo b wld peansapoou wld ban smokingthint dsun ff gdsroun g located came about ers amtou afterthere cet th caretakers o using the play tghe play gr.ougrnd ckr avious mayornd the cityt ast ld ec dided last night delay a vote on the proposal to allow time for public comments. that public comment session is going to take place monday, september 14th. warnings are good about to get a bit more graphic. photographs that display the effects of smoking like mouth cancer and bckened lungs will begin appearing on pack of

cigarettes. the text will also being larger with very bluptd warnings that say things like smoking can kill you. it's all part of the new smoking prevention and tobacco control w signed lt month by president obama. other countries like canada, brazil and malaysia ready use graphic photos on cigarette packaging which canadian health officials are much more effective than text only warning labels. when we come back, the new concerns that young kids are spending time in front of the screen could be increasing their risk of high blood pressure.

students are saving the planet by playing with worm, dirt and garbage. it's their environmental program encourages students to get their hands dirty so they'll understand how important it is to stay connected to the earth. >> reporter: lunchtime at spring hill elementary, and something important is happening in the midst of this. ti dillon and jonathan are collecting scraps for the compost bin. >> we'll throw it outside in the silo. >> reporter: the silo, or composting bin, is just outside theoor in the courtyard ready to turn their scraps into good nutrient rich dirt. >> turn it like that.

so it's not in one big clump at the bottom. >> reporter: meanwhile by the wetlands in another courtyard, the first grarders have just discovered something. >> we're going to take partners anz we'll dig a hole. >> reporter: it's teaching kids about the environment by laet letting them get their hand into the earth. they're planting vegetables. >> you are the digger. you are the planter. and you are the coverer. go ahead, put the seeds in, he'll put the dirt on top. >> reporter: they also have a worm garden. >> what's it called? worm castings. otherwise known as worm poop. >> reporter: spring hill started the program so the kids will connect to the earth at an early age. and understand recycling, composting, and growing food as a way of life. >> it comes natural to them. it's actually they think this is what you really do.

>> reporter: teachers did this with innercity kids in south side chicago and saw how well they caught on. >> i just want them to realize that everything that we have is because we're doing it. >> reporter: they're also turning the students into teachers. so they can take their new passion back home and introduce it to their parents. imagine if your kid came home and said thiso you you. >> it just helps out the environment and it really has an impact how much doesn't go to landfills and how the earth is going to like turn out. because if we don't start now, it's going to be too late. >> reporter: take it from dillon and jonathan, reduce your garbage by composting. get your hands back into the dirt. and renew your passion for life's simple wonders. there are new concerns today over how tv and video games

affect kids' health. researchers from iowa state university say spending too much time in front of the screen can raise children's blood pressure. they studied more than 100 kids between the ages of three and eight. those who spent more time watching tv or playing video games had higher blood pressure than kids who spent more time being physically active. this was true regardless of the children's weight and amount of body fat. now let's see what's coming up at 6:00. >> coming up tonight, we'll have the latest on the american journalists jailed in north korea. they're free now after a visit from former president clinton. a popular product will not be told in stores anymore. and we'll tell you about a new way you can keep your kids safe with your cell phone. and behind vi is olindsay i redskins park. >> reporter: wizards head coach flip saunders and redskins

executive vice president of football operations have been great friends for more than 25 years. and it all started at the university of minnesota. flip was a basketball star turned assistant head coach while vinny was a recruiting coordinator for the football team. both of these guys obviously are now back in d.c. together and they talked about their friendship as they sat down for lunch with me. >> i qut a chance to know vin pli when i was in school. and we actually -- he played basketball and roomed together. we recruited hill when he came to minnesota. so it's always funny how things have a tendency to come back around. >> i was in high school when flip was the point guard and their warm-up was what everybody wanted to watch because they did

the harlem globe trotters warm-up and flip was the guy out there with like three balls and doing all that. >> really? >> yeah. >> what's a fish burger? >> it's really good. i am going to do the fish burger. >> i'll have the goat cheese salad. that's small, rit? and then i'll have the fish burger. >> a that's the fish burger depend? >> so when you found out that you were coming here or when you were just interviewing with the job, how much did you keep vinny in the loop? in he called me like early. >> he'd always text me all the time. hey, i'm at this restaurant, so when you come to d.c., this is where you'll have to come and eats. >> before it was even going down? >> yeah. >> really >> yes. so what did you do, pick his

brain about certain stuff in. >> i asked him about d.c. having been in the league for 13 year, i pretty much knew about the team and the organization. >> good guys, bad guys, where to live. >> you've actually hung up on me before, did you know is that. >> absolutely. >> he said he wants to get information from you and you don't give him thi. >> we're giving you lunch. being in the positions both of you are which are basically can be revolving door, how tough is it that to deal with? do you just like at it as part of the job? >> it's a unique situation that you have two -- start out together and also being in the swaegs when you're making major decisions. but you can learn a lot from each other. both good and bad. >> i like draft philosophies or

like flip told me he says i want it come out and watch db drills. i want to learn defensive stuf >> for your defense? >> yeah. and then he came over and watched our draft workout. and i went up there, he said you now i can see why you like to come back our d'backs because a lot of drills that we do are very similar. >> do you feel like as a coach you're somebody that is always on, are you always thinking of new ideas? part of my question is because of that midnight texting. >> i'm a night person. i do my best work at night when no one else is around. basically that's the one time we get the opportunity to relax. usually during the day, we have people wanting us to come out and have lunch.

leave all my guys i was working out to come and have lunch. >> i'll bet the wizards fans will really appreciate that. >> which team will get to the championship next, the wid arresteds or redskins? >> i hope both. its hope it's like pittsburgh. >> your season's before ours. so i hope it's you. >> and then i hope it's the wizar wizards. from my perspective, i think it's about time these other teams stop going to the white house. >> that's very well state order behalf of flip saun der, the wizards new head coach. these guys have a tremendous relationship and flip like he alluded to text messages his players in all he hours of the night trying to keep them motivated. then he semds up talking to a lot of the players that he drafts while he's on the treadmill here in the workout room. so very different approaches, but certainly able to learn a lot of things from each other.

>> we need to text some takeout now after watching. >> i need a sandwich. >> thank you, lindsay. coming up on news 4 at 5:00, the government takes a look into what to do about drivers' cell phone use and texting. >> the new program in our area helping train people for the future.

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island mother who ended up in a car wreck in new york last month. toxicology results release dad show that diane schuler's blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit when she drove the wrong way down the highway. she also had high levels of marijuana in her system. she died in the results crash along with her 2-year-old daughter and three young nieces. her 5-year-old son survived. federal officials are planning to tackle the growing problem of distracted driving. transportation secretary ray lahood wants to gather a panel of experts to figure out what to do about drivers who text behind the wheel and use other electric tropics that pose dangerous and deadly distractions. he wants lawmakers and safety experts to make some recommendations on driver education and traffic law enforcement during a summit next month. >> the majority of americans want to make sure when they get in an automobile and they're driving down the road the other person who is coming at them is not distracted. we know these distractions cause

departmentss, cause death, cause great injury. >> d.c., maryland and virginia have all passed legislation to ban texting while driving. along with 12 other ates. a new job corps program in our air is training students for jobs of the future. the students are being taught how to install solar powered panels. they're hoping the train willing get them ahead of the competition for green jobs. darcy spencer has our report. these solar panels at the woodland job corps center were installed. regina was among the students who participated. >> a lot of companies are trying to get this education that we are already getting and we got an advantage in this kind of school. >> it took us two weeks to do this. it was very hard, very hot. and it's a success. we're focused on greenery, focused on making everything

green. >> reporter: through a new partnership between the corps and college and the independent electrical contractor, about 75 studts will be chain trained in solar panel installation each year. >> over $400,000 going to this particular effort. shovel-ready in the sense that it's ready to go. the proper correct is ready to start. >> the opportunity to have unemployed young people find jobs for the 21st century and strong community partnership with the support of federal dollars. >> reporter: woodland site now in its 45th year is the first job corps program in the country to offer theanel installation training, preparing students for green jobs. >> i believe that puts us ahead of the people like right now we're learning how to do green work which is the future of buildings. so when we get out in the field, we'll be a step above everyone else. >> reporter: it took the students two weeks to install these solar panels here on the job corps site and they're alady working.

they're providing the power here to the social development center on campus. the students and partners were recognized today for their efforts in training for jobs of the future. leaders here say their students will have a leg up even on contractors who vice president yet received training. >> many contractors yet do not have employees that know anything about solar. so this will help our students build up thaer resumes and make them just a little bit more valuable for that employer. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news 4. the job corps is a free federal education and training program for stumtss ages 16 to 24. it helps students eastern high school dip proceed mass, find a job and keep that job. coming up next, two journalists jailed in north korea could be coming home soon. jim vance and wendy rieger are next with news 4 at 6:00.

a scam at a funeral people with peopleon ws dering if they may be out of luck. a plane skids off the runway. and scare for metro riders. the doors open unexpectedly on a moving train. two american journalists who have been in jail in north korea are free now. they received a special pardon after a visit from a former president. good evening. i'm jim vance. >> and i'm wendy rieger. this pardon came this afternoon from kim jong-il at the request of former president clinton. steve handelsman has the latest. >> reporter: the official release says the former president and his party have now left north core re, a but it certainly sounds like in the party are these two american women who were locked up sentenced to 12 years of hard labor. so their families are certainly excited. and here in washington, a lot of officials, a lot of people are also hopeful that the former presidens