catching it is down to the norfolk area where they had over an inch of rain in one hour as those storms move through. look at eastern parts of north carolina. almost two inches of rain. ocean city, too. half inch of rain with the temperature 82 degrees. heading out for the beaches, next week, i want to show you what could become, what could become anna. there it is. it is small and right now winds of 35 miles an hour. it is still a tropical depression. here's the distance over a thousand miles from miami. so here's the projected track. folks at the tropical prediction center do think it will become a tropical storm, a weak tropica storm. as we get into the weekend, this is the -- real uncertainty. it does begin to get by early next week perhaps, perhaps a threat. but that would be next week. the meantime, overnight tonight, for the remainder of the night, some of the showers, thundershowers, go by. and weather front is off the coast. little area of low pressure comes along it. so behind it we will study a

moist flow tomorrow. that's the reason i think we will may see showers of our own. in the meantime, partly to mostly cloudy. the evening showers, even a few rumbles of thunder, settling down. i don't expect any severe weather. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy skies. it is still going to be humid with the temperatures tomorrow morning into the high 60s to low 70s. tomorrow afternoon also, lot of clouds around which will once again keep our temperatures into the high 70s to low 80s. i think we do see some showers and we could see some tomorrow afternoon and at that, more likely for you folks in the eastern shore and southern maryland, then we will begin to get back into high pressure and more sunshine. weekend still looks fine. lot of sunshine p on saturday and sunday. but remaining humid into next week. but in the mid 80s rather than mid 90s. >> all right. >> it has been quiet. >> it has. it could be the first. even -- tomorrow, it may be named. >> okay. thanks, bob.

still ahead on "news4 at 6:00," hotel workers from d.c. are thousands of dollars richer tonight. find out what some of them plan to do with their powerball winnings. a lot of cars being vandalized in one local community. we are going to tell you about a d.c. landmark that's getting a makeover. we are six months away from the start of the 2010 winter olympics. we will take a look apartment behind the scenes preparations for those games. coming up in sports the redskins getting ready to kick off their first preseason game in baltimore. a base-brawl punishment has been handed down. it is official. the wizards signed their new big man. y.

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making headlines tonight. >> the health care debate continues to rage in town halls across the country. nonpartisan fact checking groups are accusing both sides of the distortions. factcheck.org says president obama is being untruthful when he says health care reform is going to be paid for. we don't know who will be paying for it yet. the federal reserve left interest rates unchanged today. that's yet another sign central bank believes the economy is starting to even out. it proves housing picture and surge in the stock market are key factors contributing to that rosier outlook. a charles county judge is accused of flattening the tires of a woman that parked in a restricted area. the incident was allegedly caught on cell phone video. that video has yet to surface. the laplata police department confirms they are investigating the case of vandal itsm and won't confirm who they are investigating. coming up in this half hour, one of d.c.'s most recognizable landmarks, getting a new look. world leader has come down with the h1n1 virus. a group of hotel workers are the group of latest powerball

winners. wait until you hear what they plan do with their winnings. as a member of the national transportation safety board, debbie hersman has been on the scene of numerous devastating accidents from plain crashes to this year's deadly metro crash on the red line. hersman's job was to relay critical information to the public and in critical times. hersman was sworn in as chair of the ntsb recently. pat collins has more on her story. >> reporter: debbie hersman is the daughter of an air force general. as a military brat she lived in 13 different places and went to four different high schools. she says it made her resilient. debbie hersman's new office overlooks the airport, the river, and the freeway. >> i think that this is the most tangible kind of representation of what we do. this is how america works. this how they move. >> reporter: debbie hersman the new chairman of the national transportation safety board. she's been on that board for five years.

>> have concerns about why this train did not stop. >> reporter: she has been involved in a number of major crash investigations. and including the deadly red line collion last june. debbie hersman lives with her family inedriarer h mshedarear sweetheart. he took her to the prom. they both went to virginia tech. and when she goes to a crash site, he watches over the family. >> there's one thing i did right in life. that's when i married well. my husband is fantastic. >> reporter: today we talked to chairman hersmanbout some issues. the biggest travel danger. >> really the biggest danger that faces most americans every day is getting in your car and driving on the highways. we lose 443,000 people every year on our nation's highways. >> reporter: metro safety. do you feel safe riding metro? >> i continue to ride metro. i ride metro regularly. i do several times a week.

i ride metro to get around in town. and a number of people with the safety board ride metro. so we all would like to see metro be as safe a ist possibly can be. >> reporter: debbie hersman's car. >> i actually drive a honda hybrid, the civic. i got it in 2002, the first year that they came out with that model of hybrid. and it is a fantastic car. gets really good gas mileage. >> reporter: debbie hersman. she is licensed to drive an 18-wheeler. licensed to drive a motorcycle. and she soloed in an airplane before she got her driver's license and is a certified child safety seat installer. and a t riathlete. i rode my bike a couple blocks. she has three kids. she is a noted cook. mean -- she really has to figure out what to do with her spare time.

>> cool, cool lady. >> she knows how to multitask. very good. police are trying to figure out if a series of late-night shootings in the district are related. seven people were shot in a nine-hour span last night. a man was found shot to death on gainesville street southeast around 6:00. two other men were shot just before 11:00 on birney place soutast. another man on stanton road southeast. two more men wounded atso 2:0 i the morning. ftju aster 3:00 a man was found otn w o st aeetr northwest. at least two victims are in critical condition. the rest expected to recover. drivers, beware. do not leave that gps or the suction cup attachment on your dashboard.ee police in montgomery county noticed a bump in burglaries. don't leave valuables in plain sight. almost all the cases owners left valuables out in the open where they could be seen by thieves.

>> taunt. if you leave something in your car that's -- that someone can see from the outside, that gives them an opportunity break into your car and take that property out. >> police add the chiefs, the thefts have happened at all hours. day or night. they say they do not know if the -- if they are dealing with one thief or a group of thieves. the most common items taken from cars including gps systems, laptops, cell phones. firefighters rescued three pets from auburn home in white oak today. they were called to the home on symphony woods drive this morning when they arrived they found flames shooting from the back of the house. three propane tanks that were in the back were burning. the flames quickly spread to the second floor and attic. no injuries. still no word on what caused this. in downtown d.c., one of the city's most recognizable landmarks is getting a $300,000 face-lift. we are not talking about one of our national memorials. but the chinese arch, stretches over g street, verizon center. tom sherwood reports.

>> p. >> reporter: 23 years ago, the sleepy face of downtown washington got a new feature, iconic chinese arch. added beauty. will have a tremendous impact of the economic growth in development in washington. >> reporter: d.c. taxpayers under then mayor barry and communist chinese government each chipped in $500,000 to build the arch designed by local architect alfred live who is overseeing the $300,000 renovation of the structure to replace parts. >> anchor, focal point. >> reporter: the arch preceded the extraordinary boom in downtown real estate. now bustling area that overwhelmed much of the old chinatown. it is alive with activity seven days a week but the verizon center and broad mix of retail and restaurants many brought in by developer cowgirl lass jamal. levy of cultural tourism d.c. says the arch is an iconic part

of washington. >> this defines the center of the chinese experience in washington, d.c. this is our second chinatown. the first chinatown pennsylvania avenue, 4 1/2 street. >> reporter: the $300,000 renovation project paid for by the district may be complete soon enough to reopen the arch this weekend. tom sherwood, news4, washington. >> g street was closed for several hours while a major piece of marble important the arch was moved into place. 48 feet high, 75 feet wide. it is one of the largest chinese arches in this country. a group of office workers from our area claimed a powerball lottery prize, pool of 27 employees at d.c.'s hilton hotel played the powerball last week. they matched all but one number and won $10,000. after taxes, that's a cool $259 each. when the woman that organized the pool told her co-workers about the win, at first they didn't believe it. >> i thought initially she was

maybe just fibbing little bit to get excitement. >> many of the hilton 27 are company naturing their wintion to a nonprofit group called tourism cares. it provides scholarships and helps preserve historic sites around the world. >> on 9/11 on the mall helping spruce up the memorial. >> good for them. coming up, a latin american world leader has come down with had h1n1 virus. authorities investigating a possible case of piracy as a cargo ship m

good evening. bob ryan, storm center 4.

a few showers and thundershowers. they are interesting for you. see that line, the blue line. watch as it comes out of the mountains, out of the -- heading towards manassas. that's the outflow boundary. you are going to get a nice breeze as a result of the outflow from those thunderstorms which are not severe. nor will they be tonight. temperatures will be dipping only into the low 70s tomorrow. back into the 80s and there may be especially in the afternoon showers, especially southern maryland. back to you. the u.s. has reached an axwreemt with the suisse government concerning thousands of secret suisse bank accounts. the terms of the deal are secret. the internal revenue service has been trying to obtain the names of 52,000 suspected tax dodgers. the irs met with resistance from suisse banking giant ubs and switzerland's government. arguing that to turn over the names would violate suisse banking confidentiality laws. laws that da back for centuries. one lawyer involved in the case says he expect it is deal to

involve a substantial handover of names. a mystery in britain. cargo ship on its way to north africa when it entered the straits of dover, it couldn't notify the brit herb coast guard. the ip has not been heard from since. it likely has been hijacked. one expert says the ship probably has been caught in a commercial dispute rather than a sort of piracy we have been seeing a lot of in marinent months off the coast of somalia. costa rica's president has contracted the swine flu. he's now quarantined at his home and has a sore throat and fever. he is being treated an anti-flu medication. 69 years old and has asthma and is in a higher risk of complications than most people but released a statement saying he feels well enough to keep working. a guy in illinois could spend six months in jail for yaing in court. his name is clifton .llmsia as n court when his coun as nc swateened on a drug charge

tethere is clifton williams the. wi m msiaade a noise that'smsedou cr documentss a loud a d.wed. ver, the prosecutor says the noise could hardlhobeal cled a yawn. he desib aest i s ca, quote, loud boisterous attempt to disrupt the court. the judge threw williams in jail for contempt of court. that was three weeks ago. there is hearing tomorrow. if williams apologizes to the court, the judge says he may let him go for time served. >> all right. still ahead, the countdown to the winter olympics in vancouver. from the venues to the olympic village,e will show you how the city is getting ready. >> football around the corner. >> it is here. the games have arrived. almost game time. skins form starting safety apparently looks better than ever. tempers flared between mexico and the city soccer team. and kevin youkilis got all fired up starting this base-brawl.

by this time tomorrow we will be that close to getting our first look at the redskins. >> we will start learning something about them. we are not going to learn everything after tomorrow's game but will break up the monotony of camp. pregame walk through for the guys today. the opener in balance more tomorrow. it will be very quick outing for the starters. one series. maybe two. clinton portis, santana moss, haynesworth among those that aren't expected play. one guy who will play extensively, safety reed doughty. he entered the season as the

starter and missed the second game with the flu. rookie chris horton, 48, stepped in and played so well doughty never got his starting job back. shortly after that, doughty went down with a serious back yuri that ended his season. now doughty is trying to carve out a niche as a backup safety and according to his coaches he has never looked better. >> one of the great thing in my focus where it was last year. all of training camp, all of offseason last year, and it was just almost on getting by, my back was bothering me so much. this year has been focused on getting better. not just making the team but where am i going to fit in. i know i won't be the starter. impressing for time on the field. i'm trying tow prove that every time i'm out there and special teams i'm excited. 100% healthy and feel like i'm the leader on the special teams and got a couple of guys that aren't there anymore. i feel like i can really pick up that slack. >> reed has been the best since he has been here. his back is better than when he came out as a rookie. he has always been a solid player and always been a guy you count on.

he's done really well. >> greg blatche said he could use a radio show, awesome on the radio. >> i'm not going to pretend i know who wally pip. >> starting first baseman for the yankees and got replaced by lou gehrig. not a good guy to get replaced by. redskins and ravens tomorrow night. the game here on nbc 4. kickoff set for 7:30. hour egame coverage starts during the 5:00 news and continues with our post-game show immediately following the game. redskins all night on news4 tomorrow. tough loss for the hoak ee. virginia tech losing leading rusher darren evans for the year with a torn acl. the hokies are ranked seventh in the country. folks, you heard it here. gilbert arenas is an all-star form. that according to his head coach flip saunders. gil has been working out in chicago with michael jordan's trainer, surgely repaired knee

about four times as strong as it has been. i don't know how they figured that out but that's what they are saying. sandra saw gil play in person and said all of his quickness is back and you can't tell he has been hurt. the wizards new big man signed his contract and passed his fisz cal today. he will wear number 21 and will be a valuable back upbig off the bench. he won an nba championship with the spurs and olympic gold medal with his native argentina. grunfeld call the 6'10" big man the final piece to the puzzle. >> i think he is a very good fit for us. can no only play center, backup as power forward. i would not ask him to play 25, 30 minutes a night when i asked him to score 20 points a fly. we are expecting him to come in and be a true professional as he always been and do the little things and just bring some winning mentality to the table. >> i score in games in san

antonio, you know. we want help from him. trying to take advantage of anything that's out there. >> oberto, newt washington wizard. can you guess what he might do in the offseason in his native argentina? >> no. >> cattle rancher. >> he owns a winery. very into wine. ask him about d.c. and living in the city compared to san antonio. he talked about the richness and the texture of the people. >> tell us to send us a case. >> let's work that out. qualifying south of the border. united states soccer team trying to flip the script. the u.s. 0-22-1 in mexico. dating back to 1937. after a strong start this afternoon, the sum now 0-23-1 in mexico. first half action, u.s. with the

ball. landon donovan with the ball to charlie davies. this is a great shot by davies here. passed the goalie to give you the united states a goal and they take a 1-0 lead. still in the first half, mexico. takes a long shot. u.s. goalie tim howard has no chance. ball hits the crossbar and goes in. just an unbelievable goal. second half tied at 1. davies on the ground. a mexican player tries to help him up. comes in and shoves the guy. it was a mess. yellow card handed out. mexico got fired up. dribbles in. he stopped. miguel is not. goes top shelf. mexico beats the u.s. again. 2-1 is the final. the nationals pot a third opinion on pitcher jordan zimmerman and they -- turned out exactly like you expected. zimmerman will have

reconstructive elbow surgery next week and will miss at least a year with zimmerman out, nationals try to start a new winning streak in atlanta tonight. the o's hosting the a's. got a sneak peek. a look at it for real right here. for fourth inning, a's up 1-0. powell sends a shot to right field. that's gone. two-run blast. the a's score four runs in the inning. bottom four now. he sends the shot here to center field. davis coming in and making just a tremendous catch p robs the o's of a run and orioles lose 6-3. finally, major league baseball served up punish many for last night's brawl between the tigers and red sox. the pitcher plungs uk list. uk list throwing him to the ground. take another look at it. port-au-prince sell owe misses

the helmet and whips him to the ground here. both of those guys get suspended for five games apiece. and it is something like you said earlier, can you never see too many times. it is one of those train wrecks on tv. what's is going on here? >> hd to believe. six months away from opening ceremonies for the 2010 windsor olympics in vancouver. we are going to show you how the city of vancouver is getting ready. bob has the final checo

believe it or not, will are only six months to go until the winter olympics, vancouver getting ready to host the biggest party ever. winter olympics begin in february. leanne gregg reports on how the preparations are goi. >> one of the most beautiful cities in the world. >> such a variety of things to do. >> reporter: for the past six years, vancouver has been preparing to host the winter olympic games. the venues are finished. including the city's crowned jewel, the richmond oval. it has been tested by some americans. >> seg home. and i just -- i love the energy that's here. i'm looking forward to competing here. >> reporter: a few miles away the athletes village will be home to more than the 2,000 athletes. a new road to the mountain venues is on target. also completed on time, a brand-new airport to soy center subway system that will help transport more than 100 thousand

passengers a kay. with a change in the global economy financing the games has been a challenge. >> none of us, i think, thought we would be talking about budgets and finances and making it work. that's the reality. we are getting it done. >> reporter: so are the athletes. entering their final months after years of preparation for the competition of a lifetime. >> it has been my dream since i started competing. >> reporter: what many call a magical space. the clock is ticking and vancouver is ready. the olympic committee says ticket sales for the winter games in canada are brisk. let's get an update on our forecast important the evening. bob not brisk here. there are showers. watch the outflow. remember i showed you. now along that, there are a couple of other showers beginning to pop up around warrenton. certainly doesn't look like any severe weather tonight. but there's been wildeather down to our south, as you can see. around the tide water area. so a few showers,

thundershowers, and still possible. they will settle down later on tonight. and tomorrow with a bit more moisture over us and fair amount of clouds, i think will will be more showers principally in southern maryland and also during the afternoon. after that, i think we will be seeing more sunshine as we head into the weekend and it will still be humid. it is still august. at least now not in the mid nijts. we have seen the disturbing video of the dog left for dead in southeast. why the heinous crime will likely go unsolved. a woman driving down the street has a fish crash through her windshield. and the redskins have said no to michael vick but his jersey may be a different story. la toya hutchinson is a traffic cop in new york city with her own particular style. check her out. hutchinson dances her way through the day on manhattan's east side. her traffic twirls have gotten so much attention that videos of her have started popping up you ontube. she says the dancing in the street makes the job more

enjoyable. there's actualla little more to it than her that. her moves get, you know, drivers' attention and is well aware of how important that is. hutchinson started in -- out on parking enforcement and has been on the job for three years and was hit by a car and took her years to get back on the street. the very next year she was hit by another car. she had to have knee surgery. can't even tell there that she had knee surgery. hutchinson, as you can tell, back in the groove. >> you should do some of that. >> i would love to do some of that. i would love to do the news like that. >> you should. >> if i had been hit by a car that many times i would be moving around like that to make sure i got everybody's attention. >> when you drive past somebody like that, it makes you happy and puts new a good mood. >> even if you are sitting in traffic. >> a lot of spirit. that's our broadcast for now. "nightly news" is next. >> we will see you back here at 11:00 tonight. unl then, that's the news. good night.