diseases at school. eople sprung into action early th afternoon. two american journalists arrested in north korea are now back home. >> the journalists returned to the united states this morning with former president bill clinton. this evening we're learning more about what those journalists went through while in custody. jay gray with more on this story. jay? >> reporter: hey, there, wendy. yeah, we're outside the ling family home here where the reunion continues on the inside. as you can imagine, it's been an amazing and emotional day for both of the families here. a home coming they're sure to celebrate for long time. as euna lee and laura ling step off the plane back into freedom, they carried with them the emotions of nearly five months in cab activity. >> the past 140 days have been

the most difficult heart-wrenching time of our lives. >> reporter: her voice quivering, they realize they were finally going home. >> we feared that at any moment we could be sent to a hard labor camp. >> reporter: instead they took the american journalists to a different location. >> when we walked through the doors, we saw standing before us president bill clinton. we were shocked but we knew instantly in our hearts that the nightmare of our lives was finally coming to an end. >> reporter: the former president made the trip to california where he was greeted by his vice president al gore

who founded the current tv network that the woman worked for when taken into custody. >> it speaks well of our country that when two american citizens are in harm's way that so many people would put things aside and just go to work to make sure that this has had a happy ending. >> reporter: president obama shared in the joy from the white house. >> we are obviously extraordinarily relieved. >> reporter: but this day isn't about the fanfare or the politicians. it's about twoamilies that are finally whole again. >> to be able to look into her -- her eyes and her little face today was absolutely indescribable. >> reporter: a vision they'd been hoping and waiting for for almost five months now. we are learning a bit more now about the time the women spent locked away in north korea. they were sentend to 12 years in hard labor but never moved to a work camp. officials kept them separated

and didn't allow them to speak for most of the time they were kept there. live in los angeles, jay dwra. now, back to you. a serious crash in southeast washington today. it happened on pennsylvania avenue. one of the cars was left on its roof. shortly after it happened, concerned citizens sprang into action. traycee wi kins is on the screen with more. >> the media was standing over here, including myself and the photographer waiting for a press conference from the mayor. there were a number of government officials when we heard a huge bang, looked down the road and saw one of these vehicles flipped over. everything sprang into action. i was one of the folks who called 911 and report a serious crash. first a bang that sounded more like an explosion followed by smoke. then almost everyone on the street of pennsylvania and alabama avenues in southeast ran, not from the accident but to it, trying to save the people

trapped inside. a cadillac with two people inside rammed the suv in front of it with enough force to cause the vehicle to flip over. there were three people in the suv. we talked with the only man who was able to walk away on his own. the driver e of the suv. >> he hit me from the back. when i turned around i was dragging. it was, oh, my god, are my mother and my aunt all right. so when the vehicle stopped rolling i got out of the vehicle and proceeded to help free my mother. >> reporter: media crews and government officials happened to be standing near the intersection waiting for a press conference from the mayor when the collision happened just after 4:00 p.m. >> i talked to the fire chief on the way over here. he knew we were having a press conference. he gave me briefing. he said it's a very bad accident and i got to be honest with you it looked worse than the chief described. >> reporter: while two were

pulled from the vehicle by private citizen, two more had to be cut out from the vehicle and air lifted to the hospital. >> so fast. they opened the cars, pulled them out and got them to the hospital. real heroes, our fire department. >> reporter: they were all conscience when pulled from the vehicles we have no update on the vehicle. this goes without saying. if you're planning on coming through pennsylvania avenue, you have not come this way yet, don't come this way. traffic is seriously backed up because this intersection is closed at alabama avenue and pennsylvia ave east. all students at d.c. public high schools are going to be able to get tested for sexually transmitted diseases in the coming school year. the district has decided to expand a pilot programhat was started last year at eight high schools. it found that 13% of some 3,000 students tested positive for stds according to the health department. that program is voluntary.

it will not provide parental concept. something that doesn't sit well with parents. >> i have two boys in the d.c. system, one 15 and one 11. and i want to know what's going on. i mean i require permissions for everything else. >> being able to be treated. being able to be cured and being able to be educated to keep it from happening again. >> it's important for tankers to understand what the risks are and to be healthy. >> a study in 2007 by the d.c. public school system found that 60% of the high school students and 30% of middle school students said that hay had sex. president obama today visited one of the areas of this country that's been hit then tesesrdby tlumpining economy. e president was in elk hahartkh unty, andiina. that's aareat dithare 'satth co from vehles. lesa during a speech about e,thr.th obama made an announcement regarding electric vehicles.

steve handelsman has our report. >> reporter: president obama went to elkhart county, indiana, to announce more stimulus projects, grants to build the electric trucks and batteries. >> all made right here in the u.s. of a. right here in america. >> reporter: but when mr. obama came to elkhart in february kicking off the stimulus plan, unemployment was 15.3%. now it's 16.8%. watching billions go to car companies and to wall street and stimulus billions going to city and state governments, more americans are telling pollsters they feel left out. president obama told nbc's chuck todd he's aware. >> it's a problem. >> reporter: which he's trying to fix. >> rescue the economy from a brink and you're stating to see unemployment drop a little bit here. >> but protesters are disrupting democratic events. this was text drowned out on

youtube. upstate no, hoyer. arlen specter. in a web ad the democratic party claimed the disruptions are organized by party leader. >> they have no plan for moving our country forward so they called out the mob. >> reporter: president obama took a shot. he's sending out his vice president and cabin officials to give out more stilus funds and talk up recovery. i'm steve handelsman, "news 4." there could be some good economic news for those hit by foreclosures. there seems the there's been a housing turn around in the county. foreclosures are down 60% from a year ago. they say a come bin nation of

budget cuts and lower tax as helped this rebound. they say they're cautiously optimistic now about the future. >> we started to see last spring the housing values flatten out and begin to increase in value. county officials are also expanding a program. it's for people buying their first homes. it got hot out there today, but it's august,it, bo it, bob? it. >> is, indeed. a lot of folks have headed out to the beach andt's hot out there too. look at the temperature now at ocean city. no onshore breeze today. 91. and it's around 90 right where we are too. nothing around doppler. there will be later on tonight. heading out to the game, have a cool one. it will be warm. humidity is not too bad. temperature's in the mid 80s. much different weather tomorrow. i'll tell you all the detail as when i join you downtears. back to you. police releasing new information about what may have called a gun minnesota to go on a shooting spree in a health

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ominous evidence that he had been planning these shootings for more than nine months. p wordog blog, part a resume, part man i fess toe. it had his date of birth and his date of death. his status, neverhepl,om cd he complaied hai hadn't had a girlfriend since 1984 and of 30 million women in the united states, not one found him attractive. authorities say there's little anyone could have done to stop him, despite his detailed blueprint on the web. >> he's had the hatred in him. he blames everybody, his mother and society. >> reporter: his neighbor said he thought he knew sodini. he seemed like a quiet man. >> very private person. i seenim coming and going, waiting on the bus. >> reporter: mary was a pregnant fitness teacher who was shot. >> when i was on the flooring i felt e the first bullet on my left shoulder and then about 30 seconds later, i felt the second in my back.

>> reporter: meanwhile at the fitness club people are coming one by one to pay their respects, trying to make their peace with what happened. troubling questions and even more troubling answers about a shooting rampage and why it happened. local authorities and the fbi say they want to find and talk to anyone who might have read sodini's blog. it's not clear any laws were broken but they want to ask why someone who read it didn't report it. in bridgeville, pennsylvania, i'm prien moor, nbc news. >> six of the people shot are still in the hospital including pregnant aerobics instructor. she's listed in fair condition. she says doctors have told her her baby is fine. a gunman opened fire at a home in buffalo, new york, overnight. killing two and injured three others. it was 2:00 in the morning. a 20-year-old man and 19-year-old woman were killed at the scene.

three others were taken to the hospital in serious condition. police still don't have a motive or an arrest. the gunfire erupted a few hours after neighbors and police wrapped up their national night out to promote safe neighborhoods. mahmoud ahmadinejad was sworn in for a second term as iran's president. that ceremony was not without opposition. many boycotted the swearing in at the parliament building. outside hundreds of protesters chaptered death to the dictator. several western nations including the u.s. showed their a displeasure with the disputed election by withholding letters of congratulations. >> he did not mention them by name but he said no one in iran was waiting for anyone's congratulations. meanwhile there's still no official word on the three americans arrested in iran last week. those americans were staying in a hotel in the kurdish city

about 160 miles north of baghdad. a senior kurdish official says the border between iran and iraq is not clearly marked in that area and that the americans accidentally strayed into iran. the hikers were last seen on august 30th. iran's state television has reported that they were, in fact, arrested. there is a visible change coming to iraq after about a month after u.s. forces withdrew from urban areas. the blast walls that divide baghdad's neighborhoods will be removewithin 40 days. those walls were constructed mostly by troops after the invasion in 2003. they were located around the capitol's green zone. military bases and other security building. they were a protective measure but they did cause recentment among the baghdad residents. they turned the city into a maze an i made commuting a nightmare. coming up tonight we're going to tell you about the controversy surrounding a fraternity party.

a man had to be hospitalized after he was bitten by a venomous snake in the district today. and bob has our forecast coming up. traveling around the nation's capitol right now, as far as beltway is concerned we have a wig problem on the inner loop. we had a car that went off the road at connecticut avenue. as you can see here at river road both the inner loop and outer loop are slow. pennsylvania avenue is still shut down due to the serious accident that involve add an overturned vehicle. that one's going to be shout down for quite some time. a major police presence. that's causing big delays from 395 to and across 14 street

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outside now, our temperature has dropped to 85 degrees. pleasant evening out in around the river, isn't it? our current temperature here with the dew point at 65 is 85, and the heat index not too bad. here's where some of the heat is down to our south. raleigh right now, 92 degrees. even this, a lot of spots are into the 80s and 60s often the lakes. this is, i think, some of the air that we'll be seeing. dew point right now in buffalo and sault ste. marie are in the 50s. because we get a little area of low pressure coming by us, but in back of it, one brief break, i think, in the humidity and that will be friday nchlt the meantime we stillave that sort of summary pattern here, but we have the cluster of showers down to the west and southwest. here in washington we're not seeing anything to our west and southwest. that's where there are some showers and i'll take you down there. you can see, oh, spots like on into kentucky. remember yesterday that terrible, terrible flooding?

well, some of that leftover rain is now moving into western north carolina, even southwestern virginia heading in toward roanoke and a little bit of low pressure is forming in southwestern virginia. i think that's the thing that will be coming up and over us as we go through tomorrow telaigont late tonight and tomorrow morninglet earlier today look what the storm did. this is at our affiliate there in cincinnati. wham. we're looking at the tower. yes, the high points do get hit with lightning. that's not where you want tobe, any high points. as a matter of fact, as we know right here, northwest washington, our tower gets hit with washington many, many times. and with that area of rain down in north carolina in the mountains of north carolina, look at how cool it is right now. that's a beautiful area in the mountains of north carolina. over and inch and a half of r n rain. so here's the futurecast. overnight tonight we'll see that area of low pressure forming to our south, then move off the coast tomorrow by midday, but around it, some moisture northwesterly breezes. so it will be rather cool.

and i think folks into southern maryland, lower eastern shore could be seeing upwards of a half inch or more rain that will be lingering for a good part of tomorrow. and with that temperatures tomorrow only into the 70s. mast, when it's raining there may be som spots into the high 60s and low 7. mid morning to early afternoon. so for your the remainder of the evening, though, just cloudy with high clouds out there. temperatures, 80 to 85 degrees. the bright object you may have seen out in the sky, that is tonight near the full moon is the planet jupiter. that's jupiter out in that brightest object. cloudy skies with a chance of rain tomorrow morning, especially prince george's county, frederick county. i think around washington we may see some rain beginning 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 in the morning. then some lingering showers tomorrow afternoon. to the south it will be sort of cool rain that may not move out even until 4:00, 5:00 for the eastern shore.

then beginning to clear out tomorrow evening as winds turn into the northwest. possibly a quarter to as much as a half inch of rain. temperatures tomorrow evening, only 75 to 80 degrees. how about friday? i think now low humidity. real break in the humidity for one day, for one day. then the humidity comesac bk as we get into saturday, maybe with an afternoon thunderstorm. and enjoy friday because next week looks like it will be oppressive with temperatures in the low to mid 90s and humidity. a little bit of a wet morning. >> thank you, bob. coming up tonight we'll tell you how schools ae cross the d.c. area are preparing for the potential of a swine flu outbak this fall. several children injured after a bush crash in fairfax coun county. man taken to the hospital is bitten by a snake. some intense moments for window washers stuck some 370 feet in the air. after 12 years in the minor leagues, the national rookie gets his big brab. jason campbell trying to avoid

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> t>>s at'ekakoo a lt let's take a look at o wo t stwoieor making ieheadlines. n nois khln i north korea are back with their families. they arrived the morning in california accompanied by former president bill clinton who helped to secure their release. we're learning more about a man who walked into a suburban pittsburgh health club and opened fire. george sodini is his name. he left behind a rather chilling blog and on that blog he complained he had not had a girlfriend in 25 years and not a single woman in the country found him attractive. the 48-year-old computer programmer killed three women, wounded nine others in the health club last night before he shot and killed himself. >> and five people were injuried in a serious car extent on pennsylvania avenue in southeast washington this afternoon. two people were trapped. two were taken to the hospital by helicopter. this happened at the intersection of pennsylvania avenue and a alabama close to

where mayor fenty was prepared to hold a press conference. comingp on "news 4 at 6:00," several were injured. a man had to go to the spital after being bitten by a poisonous snake. and we're going to hear what the military had to say about the two russian attack subs cruising off the coast in the u.s. mayor fenty has reimbursed the city $36,000 for a party on monday night. he said the city payment was a mistake but this is not the first ethics issue for the mayor this year. tom sherwood is here. tom? >> reporter: he said this was a mistake but it's the third ethics issue for him this year. ♪ >> reporter: kappa alpha si has more than 2,000 members,

honoring its members and the current work they do. >> currently what we focusn is financial literacy. across the nation we try to determine whether or not the government is bringing us through a bailout or rescue. we don't know which it is. >> reporter: monday night at the carnegie library downtown the mayor's fraternity held a lavish reception. but at the quest of the mayor's office city taxpayers were taxed $37,000 for costs to cover the party, bands playing on two floors, an open bar and tables of food. >> you know, there are some things in life where you really want to speak very clearly in saying, you know, this was just a mistake. >> reporter: after the party he asked attorney peter nickels to review the payment and nicholls quickly said it was improper.hi the mayor still declined to discuss how the payment came tlau his deputy mayor of economic development nor did he name names of those involved. >> any employees who knew about it have been advised and

readvised that you've got to pay much better care with the d.c. taxpayer dollars. so commitment is to make sure nothing like this ever happens agn. >> just since the start of this year they he's faced three ethic flaps including the fra ternts party this week. to a crib ban beach town that was orchestrated through his office. the d.c. council and inspector general's office are still investigating that mysterious truck and ambulance donation. wendy, back to you. tom sherwood. well, he thought it was a pyt n python. it turns out it was a copperhead which was poisonous and it bit him, sening the d.c. man to the hospital. 31-year-old jason dale of southeast says he collects snakes. he just purchased it from a neighborhood for a hundred bucks and the hout it was not poisonous. while he was trying to pick it up, the reptile bit him.

doctors say the snake bite could have been life-threatening had dale not received treatment. the snake has been taken to an animal control center where they'll try to place it with reptile rescue group. seven children injuried the a choohen itedll b wh an collided with an suv in fairfax happened around 10 end ahaunro10:3un en nueav poceenvili. police c ngiver of the suv for f driver of the suv for yield. the bu aslyiak the bus was taking the to s trum me to summer school.weet bscenids years old. five of them were taken to a fairfax hospital. two were treated at the scene. fire officials say none of the injuries is life-threatening. the senate is debating whether to approve judge sonia sotomayor's nomination to the u.s. supreme court. she is expected to be confirmed but republican opposition is mounting. tracie potts has our story.

>> reporter: they say confirm her now. at a rally outside the capitol, lawmakers, civil rights groups, hispanics, women and others urge them to say yes to judge sotomayor. >> judge sonia sotomayor is not only an excellent choice, she is the right choice. >> reporter: inside they took turns debating her record, rulings against gun rights and white firefighters claiming discrimination, but mostly they debated whether she'd be fair. >> i'm troubled by her decisions. >> reporter: at least 28 republicans say they'll vote against her. >> i'm not convinced that judge sotomayor will set aside her personal judgments and views. >> reporter: democrats defended her wide latina comment. >> she should have been commended for that statement, not criticized. what's wrong with a little ethnic pride? >> reporter: not on the high court, critics say, where decisions are all about applying the law. some republicans are saying

they're willing to give sotomayor a chance. >> i do not believe the constitution tells me i should refuse to support her merely because i disagree with her on some cases. i will support her, i'll be proud for her -- >> reporter: but he's not seeking re-election next year and that's an issue because voters are already saying they won't forget. >> i hope they vote on the right de of history because this is a vote that will matter and will be long remembered by our latino community. >> reporter: i'm tracie potts, "news 4." the fiej vote on sotomayor's confirmation is expected to happen tomorrow. two russian attack submarines are on patrol off the coast of the u.s., the east coast. that news was confirmed today by a top russian military official. he said the patrols are part of what he calls the normal process and that russia presumed the patrols about two years ago. they're nuclear powered subs and they're armed with conventional weapons. yesterday the u.s. defense

noticed the presence of the subs. they say the subs are in international waters 200 miles off the east coast and they have not done anything to cause any concern. >> when we come back, we're going to tell you about some window washers ho got stuck 370 feet above ground today. a big blue wheel rescued in iceland today. we're going to tell you about that. wqoc

good evening, bob ryan, "storm center 4." it's a bit hazy. we m ttllhaulul f f b see tha f moonnd that bright object sort of to the lower left of the full

moon about, oh, 9:30 or so. that is the planet jupiter. jupiter. by t way, this evening also there's a public and free lecture at the reston auditorium climate -- science and action, climate change, 101. dr. thomas armstrong if you want to stop by there, 7:00 this evening. next several days, rain showers. a slight chance it might be thunder before mu down in southeast virginia. tomorrow cool rain showers. a delightful day on friday. heat and humidity be coming back as we head on into next week. right now, doppler, nothing being picked up. i think we'll be seeing somey 11:00, 12:00. back to you. firefighters up in boston pulled a -- i'm sorry -- accomplished a high-rise rescue for two stranded window washers. the window wears were stuck on a platform dangle, 370 feet above

a business disstrukt. they were stuck atop the 40-story building but not close enough to the top to climb up on the roof their own. firefighters cleared spectators down below and broke out windows on the 37th floor and took the workers inside. neither of the window washers was seriously injured. it took a couple of tries but a beached whale in iceland is now back at seat. it's 50 feet long. it became a stranded recently for some reason and the harbor patrol first attempted to help the whale to the open water and couldn't do so. they called in marine experts. after taking a look at the situation they were able to use two boats to tow the whale to safe waters jo and more ducklingings down storm drains. this time it was in altoona. this time a cop saved the day. they became trapped in the drain yesterday. police and animal control officers crawled through the drains and fished them out one

by one. they were all safely recovered. >> not your typical kidney transplant patients. you're going to hear from some of the 14 pele involved in as maive transplant operation. what have you got, dan? >> melvin and thomas both missed practice with hamstring problems. the quarterback jason cpbell discusses his controversial quote in "sports illustrated." ismo off his ff h o arm.

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. did you guys see in the pher what those guys are benching and squatting and dead lifting and all of that? did you see this? it's absolutely unbelievable. think you're talking about the rookie, brian aorakpo, he ben benches 550 pounds. and you talk with him. >> and he says hello. >> you don't want to mess with him. >> he's simply a scary dude. guys, the news of the day, injuries. the wide receiver has been released. signed in his place, d.j. hackett. hackett, of course, is guy who tied out for the redskins a couple of times. very familiar with jim zorn's system because he played in seattle. >> and he got extra reps because kelly and thomas both sat out but it wasn't anything too serious but we did at the end of the second practice see him make a beautiful one-handed grab. so they were able to participate and make some catches from jason, which is cool? and they're hoping to come back. speaking of jagsen, the

quarterback did comment on those controversial remarks in "sports illustrated." they were rarling the off season when they were trying to bring in the quarterbacks. j.c. said he's fine now. he felt at times like a piece of tissue paper a that they were flushing down the toilet. here's jason's explanation, not that he needs one. >> i was having a problem with it. when i quoted it, the guy asked me how i feel back when all that was happening. i said for the most part, one time i'd be sitting home and you see your name on the tv. i felt like a piece of tissue, you know. i was laughing afterward. it was something funny. >> what were your thoughts of being on the cover? >> i'm honored. you know, i'm greatly honored. you know, to be on the "sports illustrated" cover, i know i was on there one time when i was in auburn. it's definitely a great honor. thanks to my teammates.

now i'm just moving far and keep playing. >> two-time "sports illustrated" cover guy. two times the redskins were on. >> steven davis. >> i believe that was the schottenheimer era. you know, if campbell is going to be successful, he needs the receivers to step up and he'll need the offensive line to play well. the offensive line right now has three starters who are banged up, including stephon heyer who banged up his knee during a goal line drill yesterday. the good news is he says it is not serious. he's understood gone an mri. the dying knowscy, a bruised knee. no structural damage. he's going to take it easy for a few days. he does not see the injury affecting much. >> i'm not that concerned. it's not as bad as i thought it was going to be. i'll take a few days off and see how i am in a couple of days. >> this is a part of camp, you know. guys are going to get hurt,

banged up. nothing to significantly worry about. >> i don't know why everybody's really concerned about it. you know that? that aggravates me. we've got great candidates here. he's played there. you know what i mean? so we're not destitute at that position. we've got mike williams who has really come on. he had a bit of a groin injury there. so we've got plenty of peef over there. coach them hard. you can get humpty dumpty in there. as long as the guy's tough, i'll coach them, you know what i mean? >> hold on. hold on a minute. this just in. the redskins have signed humpty dump dumpty. >> the question is can he crack the line-up? >> that's pretty good. i do love the coach. i wish he could talk every day. >> he was very serious. he said randy thomas right now is his biggest concerned because obviously he's been sitting out with his knee. they want to make sure they can get him back. the other concern on oh forceps in general, and it's so obvious,

is putting points up on the board. today even though though they're much more comfortable in their second year in the system, they all said that, the coach is trying to per febt that, a passing route. wasn't having much luck. it turned ugly. that's when having a coach who was an nfl quarterback can pay dividends. first one, not so much. guys were having a tough time. campbell overthrew. cole brennan, overthrows. antoine. oh, these guys. the good thing is these guys got the head coach, the former quarterback to smooth things out. zorn just shod them exactly how to do it. he loves jumped in there. >> i was just trying to talk to them about trajectory ball speed, the timing of the release, and sometimes -- i mean i look like a gimp out there, no question, but sometimes a

picture of what i mean, you know, doing it speaks loudly. although if you saw me, you'd go, hmm, next. >> i think he was trying to get frustrated so he could get in there and show his arm off. he was trying to show us what kind of air speed he wanted on the ball and what he was looking for. you know, any time he feel he can get in there and a show us his form off of there, he tries. we're going to get him a little bit here one day. jason campbell can bet him but i think he's got a lot of success over these guys. how cool is that that he can jump right in there and show them what he's talking about. >> if he can show them, hopefully they understand it easier. that's pretty impressive of coach zorn. the "sports illustrated" we were talking about earlier. they talk about the jinx and the madden cover -- did you ask him about that? >> no. he doesn't believe in jinxes. he has a strong faith.

zorn says he doesn't believe in it. i don't know. i would be skeptical. >> that's good stuff. the baseball, we're talking nationals now. interesting story here. austin kearns goes on the disabled list because of a injury. they have a player jorge padilla. he spent 12 years in the minors, never played. the nationals have finally called him up to the big league roster. uld get his chance tonight against the marlins. thingsave gone pretty well against the marlins for the nationals. they snap a ten-game losing streak dating back to last season with a big win. former national nick johnson facing his former team for the first time. we start in the top of the first, no score. johnson in place with a runner on. he sends a shot into right field. chris coghlan comes in to score and johnson gets himself an rbi single. marlins take a 1-0 lead. bottom eight now, we are tied at 4. adam dun at the plate with a man on. and adam dunn knows how to use

the bat, i believe. drives one high and deep to left. that's gone. 28th home run of the season. that capped a six-run inning for the nationals. they go on to win 6-4. nationals and marlins again tonight. john lannan is on the mound. and, of course, he has been the best pitcher by far for the nationals this season and i believe my producer just told me he's not in the line-up. the rookie who spent 12 years in the minors. maybe he'll get a chance to pinch hit. >> exactly. maybe he sees a light at the end of the tunnel p possibly. >> can you imagine how cool it is. >> you've been waiting. and the key, i think, is the consistency and determinings to hang in there. >> batting 360. that will do it from redskins park injury. the story out here. everyone needs to heal. maybe some rest. >> when we come back, we'll tell you about a kidney transplant that was anything but normal. >> and wll hear what schools across the dc area are doing in

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are black and there just are not enough donors. because african-americans are more likely to build up antibodies that cause rejection. but for this procedure, doctors are using a new process to actually filter those antibodies from blood plasma. >> with this procedure we could perform thousands of more transplants in this country, approximately 2 or3,000 more transplants could be done every year. >> the kidney swap was performed over four days at georgetown university hospital and the washington hospital center. hard to think about the flu in the middle of summer but that's exactly what health experts want people to do. they say with the potential of a swine flu outbreak this fall, people need to get ready now. what that means they suggest is talking to your kids about good hygiene and getting a seasonal flu vaccine as soon as possible. eun yang has our report. >> with no way of telling how

seriously the virus will affect people and how quickly it will spread, they say early preparation is crucial. >> we don't know yet what we're going to have in the fall. once everyonetarts congregating again in schools, people are back at work, kids are in day care. we're just going to have to wait and see. >> reporter: cindy edwards with montgomery county services say it's very important to get the seasonal flu shots an soos as possible this year otherwise they put themselves at risk of contracting one virus on top of another. >> then we have a brand new virus that neither vaccine will work against and we have no idea how vir u lent, how serious the illin's will be from that. >> reporter: clinical trials are now under way for the new vaccine and it should be available mid october but if the outbreak spreads before the school is open they might deliver the vaccine before testing is complete. it's safe. but they can't say whether it's effective.

>> there's the same risk. there's always a risk. nothing 1100%. i think the big risk is the first shot doesn't give them enough of an immune response. >> i'm glad it's coming out. i've always been one to vaccinate. i don't have any problems with vaccinations. i hope it gets here before october. >> fairfax county school administrators have been working on contingency plans incase the swine flu hits the area. their goal is to keep the schools open but will make a final determinings of case-by-case basis. >> if it were a certain school we would manage how to get tools to the students. >> reporter: the curriculum on personal hygiene will be moved up to the first two week of school. health experts stress good happened washing is the first line of defense zbepd the swine flu virus. after that they say people need to take the risk seriously and get vaccinated. >> we don't know. we're kind of planning for the worst and hoping for the best.

>> reporter: eun yang, news for washington. in montgomery county they're planning for a vaccination program for all the enmentry school ffr the seasonal flu before the swine vaccine is delivered to the county. heading ow way. >> we're seeing clouds beginning to come in as we go into the evening. we may be able to see jupiter and the full moon. but later on you can already see the first lines of moisture out there errand harrisonburg. think by 11:00 we're going to see rain drops close to us. bruce always sends us in beautiful springtime, summertime pictures of remarkable photos he's taken of humming byrds. and if you've seen them, imagine trying to slow them down and get some of these of the ruby throated hummingbirds which are back. they love those flowers. don't they. overnight tonight some rain showers coming in by late tonight and by tomorrow morning i think there could be some rain showers around. watch out with all of that heat

and those road oils. there could be some slick spots, even moderate rains possible for a time down into southern parts of virginia and southern parts of maryland into the lower eastern shore. then a delightful day i think on friday with nice low humidity before it comes back as we head into sunday and next week could be oppressive. back to you. thank you, bob. they found something really interesting down in brazil. today experts at the national museum in brazil unveiled a fossil of something called a tear sore. that means winged lizard. this foss aisle is thought to be 130 million years old. thistory a sore had a complex pattern of winged membranes that have not been seen before.