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fire. this happened at la fitness center in bridgeville. police say at least nine people were shot there tonight. witnesses are describing a chaotic scene. people falling off their fitness equipment, running for cover. police say they believe the shooter then shot and killed himself. after people inside the gym reported hearing more than a dozen shots. we will go live to the scene of the shooting a little later in our show. >> our top story. two american journalists freed from north korea headed home now. good evening. i'm jim vance. >> i am wendy rieger. freed hours after bill clinton met with north korean leaders. >> steve? >> jim, wendy, thank you. big issue nuclear weapons. a diplomatic door may be opening by this rescue of two americans. mission accomplished. freed u.s. journalists laura ling, left, euna lee on the right leaving north korea

wednesday morning local time. with former president bill clinton. the women who had been sentenced to 12 years in prison for entering north korea heading back home to a california airport. their families' nightmare ending. >> of course, i am elated. this is one of the happiest days of my life. i am going to go down there and see my little girl. >> the former president's private secret meeting clearly had the blessing of the secretary of state and president obama who demanded lee's andling's release. nbc news learned that al gore, who employed the journalists helped arrange their release before bill clinton went. even ailing and reclusive dictator kim jong-il came out to bask in the world spotlight. >> what allows him to solidify himself both internationally and nationally by having this photograph and meeting and visit by president clinton. >> did the former president urge kim or his aides to negotiate an end to their nuclear program? that's the assumption.

bill clinton is bringing home the details. along with two freed americans. president obama promised to reach out to north korea but is keeping his distance by sending this time a private citizen. jim, wendy? >> a developing international story. the pentagon is reporting this evening two russian attack subs have been detected off the east coast of the united states. the two nuclear powered submarines have been cruising up and down the east coast about 200 miles offshore. not clear what they're doing. believed to be the first time russian subs or warships have operated this close to the continental u.s. since end of the cold war. >> the police in spotsylvania are warning people about a dog on the loose. a dog that attacked one person and a pet. a rotweiller. the attacks happen in the fredericksburg area near the spotsylvania county line. jackie benson spoke with some of the neighbors in the area. >> shirley hall carries a

walking stick as she takes her 8-year-old jack russell terrier wishbone for his stroll along dewberry drive in fredericks wurg, fredericksburg area. carrying the stick for protection after a 60-year-old neighbor was mauled by an unleashed rotweiller. a black and tan coat similar to this one seen on a flier distributed by authorities. >> hopefully a stray dog, maybe wandered into the development. i would hate to think somebody in the community would have an animal that would attack someone walking. >> spotsle train yeah coun l yl say a woman broke a shin and finger. the black lab door wrador was s injured it had to be euthanized. they're going door to door in some cases. neighbors are very concerned. >> i heard about it.

i dent kn i didn't know whose it was. i think of the ladies who walk every day. they walk their dogs. authorities are urging any one who sees the dog not to approach it but call 911 right away. jackie benson, news 4. future light rail line got the approval the maryland governor. not everyone is thrilled with the purple line that wou b montgomery and prince george's counties. craig melvin is live in chevy chase to tell us abut that. hey, craig. >> wendy, chevy chase wants to be clear. they support idea of a purple line. as one resident who lives nearby told me. a classic case of nimby, not in my backyard. >> she uses public transportation. this is her favorite way to get around. >> i annal lom in love with the. beautiful trees. been here a long time. wildlife you can see really important to me.

>> purple line option we are proposing will be sleek, it will be quiet, it will be low to the gr nd. >> but the new $1.5 billion light rail siystem means change for the cap trital crescent tra. >> it would destroy the trees you see along here. and would make the trail narrow and dangerous. >> while some don't want to sacrifice green space for a purple line. others like shirley mclowd don't want to sacrifice green. >> since my investment will go down in value. and my neighborhood is going to be concern. i would rather at this time be more concerned homeowner. >> the 16-mile line that would connect new carolton to chevy chase seals to have divided the neighborhood. u see signs like this, but across the street -- you might see a sign likehis one. that sits in the front yard. >> the town of chevy chase benefited greatly over the last 20 years. property values continues to

increase because of the location of the metro stop. so we're fortunate we have the -- the metro in our backyard. >> now, if maryland gets the federal funding it needs in 2013 construction would begin. three years later the purple line would open. the time line could be optimistic, because town leaders here in chevy case are now k considering their legal options. >> thanks. craig. >> we are following a story out of landover. northbound 295 closed after a car hit and killed a pedestrian there. police say the victim was trying to cross the bw park bay before route 50. 4 ooh th 450 that is. happened before 10:00. not clear how long northbound lanes will be closed. but the investigation continues at this moment. >> still ahead tonight. another jet gets caught in severe tuulence. injuring passengser on d.boar forcing an emergency landing. >> vie lnt sholent shoplifter.

>> they pull off a remarkable 14-day kidney swap with heroes every step of the way. >> weather, bob? >> jim, feels like august of all things. and we maybe have some thunderstorms inur future too. what have you got? >> bob, coming up in sports. the offense is hoping practice makes perfect. and a rookie baffles the tigers. national slugger adam dunn coming tou ter with her son off to college, liz turned to target for great deals.

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a jet has to make an emergency landing after hit sag veer turbulence. northwest airlines plane operated pie pinnacle, that was flying from knoxville, tennessee to detroit when it hit the turbulence. it was forced to land in louisville, kentucky. a passenger and a flight attendant were taken to a hospital with minor injuries. montgomery county police are trying to track down a shoplifter and see if the publi recognizes the guy or gal. thnoe ur'rtife it s is a man i woman.

here is the image. surveillance camera capturing images at the saks, chevy chase. police say the suspect dressed as a woman could be a man. they say the shoplifter took a $2,000 chanel dress and pepper sprayed the security guard on the way out. >> tonight, municipalities across the country in our area are taking part in national night out. you are looking at one such event in riverdale park area of prince george's county. national night out is designed to raise awareness of crime and drug prevention in neighborhoods across the country. in riverdale park tonight. among things available for citizens. the opportunity to sign up to get text alerts from the police. still to come. two local homes. take part in the 14-way kidney swap. we'll take you every step of the way. >> the application for the iphone allows parents to find sex offendersen any neighborhood. hunderstorms e

the military suspected remains from a an iraqi grave are an army sergeant. his remains were recently found in western iraq. those remains will be returned to his family in jacksonville, florida for a memorial service this week. >> washington, d.c. suffers one of highest rates of kidney failure in the nation. to avoid a life on dialysis, most will need a transplant. the problem is there is already a national shortage of kidneys available. it is even more difficult for african-americans to find compatible matches. but two local hospitals are joining to create miracles. >> an emotional reunion for 61-year-old elizabeth garner. she is meeting jordan growe for

the first time. the man who gave her his kidney. >> he is my angel. >> her husband, larry, he is beating daisha pinkard. she has his kidney. it started two weeks ago. >> you are my hero. >> he did it for his wife elizabeth. in kidney failure living on dialysis. >> i do not want to live like this. i want to go. i want to die. >> their reunion is the result of a 14-person kidney swap between patients at georgetown university hospital, and washington hospital center. mcfadder participated in hopes some one in the group would be a match for elizabeth and in return one of the others could take larry's kidney. the lucky recipient of his kidney, daisha, her father gave her one of his 14 years ago but

it is now failing. >> very drainingment no kind of life i wish on any one. >> the rest of the group, all 14, a total of 14 surgeries over four days, what makes this kidney swap unprecedented, all recipients are african-american. the doctor is the director of kidney transplants at georgetown. >> we really have an epidemic of kidney disease in this country. especially in the big urban centers. >> skyrocketing rates of diabetes and high blood pressure are to blame. nationwide, 80,000 people are waiting for a kidney. 32% are black. and there aren't enough donors. that's because african-americans are more likely to build up antibodies that cause rejection. but now doctors are using a new process to actually filter the antibodies from blood plasma making transplant an option. >> we think that with this procedure that we could perform thousand more transplants in this country.

approximately, 2,000, 3,000 more every year. >> in fact all sen patients received a kidney in the swap use this new procedure. for these 14 people, it was the ultimate gift exchange. >> you are helping to save many lives. >> here in d.c., there are about 6,000 people on dialysis. most are african-americans. doctors perform only 250 transplants each year. i know it is august. i know it is warm. actually a nice evening out there. >> yeah, almost out there. >> glorious. >> yeah, something about an august moon. >> lovely night. >>somer time. out there. tonight. temperatures. folks taking it easy. yeah, got traffic. whatever. you are heading home. 79 degrees. our high temperature. 90 degrees. this summer. two 90-degree ds in a row. last summer, seven in a row. look at the high temperatures

today. lot of 90s to our south. dallas, 98 degrees. right now feels like it is 89 degrees. current temperature. and the heat index, making it feel like it is 92 degrees. boy, while we have had that humidity in over us, there has been a little ripple in the atmosphere out to our west. and that has been the one that has been causing some really nasty weather. look at that cluster of thunderstorms. now moving io tennessee. this is the way it looked earlie today. louisville, kentucky. over, officially, over 4 1/2 inches of rain. this was churchill downs earlier today. where, in some spots. they had up to 3 to 4 to 5 inches of rain in one hour. lot of spots in louisville. really suffering with some torrential rains. as we go through remainder of the night. here's what is going to be happening. move to our south. we tomorrow into the humidity. and with it. little weather front coming our

way. i think we will set up the stage for possibly, possibly, some nasty afternoon thunderstorms. let's hope nothing like louisville. 91 degrees tomorrow. so overnight tonight for the remainder ofhe night and tomorrow morning. partly cloudy. warm. going to be humid morning. temperatures into the low 70s around town. high 60s. for you folks in the suburbs. lot more cloud around tomorrow than we saw today. then after, 3:00, 4:00 in the afternoon. then the thunderstorms will be developing. i think they will be moving through. not stationary. three inches. four inches of rain in louisville. then the thunderstorms will be diminishing tomorrow evening. back into the heat. back into the humidity wed.enek. maybe not quite as humid thursday. setting up i think for possibly a hot pattern. not a terrible. terrible heat wave. for th few days, sunday into

early next week. maybe -- a few days in a row. of 90 degrees or more. so far, not a bad summer. >> not at all. >> thank you, bob. >> coming up tonight. democrats say they have what they need. the votes for cash for clunkers. >> president obama celebrates his birthday with a surprise for yet another leo. >> in sports. redskins offense. it's quiet on the home front-- not a lot of activity. you read the news. and yet, some people need to sell and other people want to buy.

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good news. albert haynesworth in full pads achts mi after missing two days of practice. after having an injection kept him out of practice yesterday. defensive tackle said the same type of injection he had during his time in tennessee. something he does to feel comfortable. zorn is doing fine. reiterated it was just a precautionary measure. on the other side of the ball, th offense continues to improve after a slower start. one thing players are finding helpful is being able to devote more time to perfecting plays they have installed as opposed to starting from scratch. >> some times the guys will get a play. you go back and heroine from it. not a bad play if you learn from it. training camp was all about. and you try it out here. you move on to the next play. >> working on getting better. not going out there.

and hoping i remember what i have. we're going out there. going. i know what i have. what can i do to make it much better. a huge step forward for this year. we'll keep building. obviously the first few days. a little slow. everyone has been off a couple months. leaps and bounds ahead. >> the redskins shaking off the rust. moving out of baseball. nationals played so well tonight. manager, jim rigleman said as god good as he has seen. a two-run homer. led to the come from behind win. 6-4 over the marlins. former national. nick johnson facing his former team tonight. top of the first. no score, johnson at the plate with the runner on. sends one into right field. chris coughlin to score. rbi single. marlins are able to take a 1-0 lead. bottom of the eighth inning. game tied at four. here is adam dunn. a man on. adam dunn so strong lately. here he goes again. drives one high and deep to

left. out for a two-run home run. 28th of the season. dunn struck out. three times before that. that caps his sixth run inning for the nationals. mike mcdougal. ground to short. guzman, takes it himself. 6-3 double play. end the game. fans excited. nationals down as many as four. they come back to win it. 6-4 the final. detroit. baltimore's brian maddox, making his major league debut. this one. bottom second. bases loaded. gets help from his defense. take a look at them. great play. drives, second. force out end the inning. allowed one run. and five innings. of work. top of the sixth. orioles up 3-1. nick markakis. man onment gets the pitch he likes. send it out. crushes it to right. for a two-two-run home run. going to pay the highlights. look at this.

and in the face. and wins the major league debut. talk about a celebration. got to love that. >> keep you humble. >> right. >> thank you. >> coming up next. live to pennsylvania where a esfian opened fire itna n s ce re ♪ ♪ tell me who's watching. (announcer) it's right here. it's easy. r ♪ i ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ it's the money you cou be saving with geico.

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the search brings up a map with a pinpoint where each lives. information on each individual includes date of birth and crime committed. quickly becoming one of apple's best-sellers. we have an update on the breakingto pennsylvania where a nmgu ylvania where a opened fire in bridgeville, south of pittsburgh. four people reported dead. the man walked into the fitness club, and opened fire. this was an la fitness center. miss say fine people were also shot tonight. witnesses are describing a kay ykay -- kay yoti ikay the -- a

the senate will extend the cash for clunkers program. according to harry reed. the democrat says he has the votes to pass legislation that transfers an additional $2 billion to the program. cash for clunkers gives consumers $4,500 towards more fuel efficient cars if they trade in gas guzzlers. some senators would oppose the $2 billion extension for financial and environmental reasons. heing on the hill to talk about transit funding across the

country. some senators referred to the deadly metro crash a few weeks ago as a wake-up call. officials from across the country asked congress for money to maintain their aging infrastructure. the nation's seven largest transit agencies including metro have a $50 billion maintenance backlog. president obama's 48th birthday today, he celebrated with a cake embossed with the presidential seal and surprised long time white house correspondent helen thomas. thomas shares a birthday with the president. she turned 89 today. president obama presented her with cupcakes and fellow correspondents, wishing her a happy birthday. >> well deserved. we c expt thunderbumpers tomorrow? >> yes. it's august. tomorrow afternoon. could be thunderstorms. possibly strong. after that. tyhudimi. heat. near 90 degrees. co s back for the weekend. saturday afternoon may be a thundershower. at least, in the low 90s. not the mid to high 90s.

we can deal with at.th >> absolutely. >> any day. that time of year. >> full moon. lovely. >> that's our broadcast for now. tonight show is coming up next. >> have a good one. we'll see you tomorrow. [ cheers and applause ]