>> a forma ioco cong soon-to-be father killed in afghanistan. tonight we're hearing from bill's loved ones in the washington area.

good friday to you. >> sergeant bill kear, the first and foremost he was a family man. darcy spencer spoke with his father tonight and joins us in the studio the tell us about this. darcy? >> friends say after the september 11 attacks he felt compelled to serve. he felt his passion in the marine corps and was fighting for his country. he was months away from becoming a father of twins. 40 o-year-old was killed in the line of duty thursday while fighting in afghanistan. john is his father. >> well, we're just devastated with the los. he was a wonderful young man. he's a son and father eeveryon would love to have. >> he was shot on an onry foot

patrol. he was assigned to the fourth marines group. he lived in lexa wialexandria wh his wife rene brown who's expect skpegting twins in december. >> there are thoselimmers we're proud of. >> deborah is former d.c. bureau chief of newhouse newspapers where he worked as a reporter. she said he felt compelled to join the marines after 9/11 and he coun't be persuaded. >> i said if you're e an old man will you regret it if you go? >> yes, i think i will. >> i said, bill, what if you end up dead. he said, well, it will be for a good purpose. >> many of them leaving messages on facebook. >> every note, every e-mail he ever sent me was signed sem

sempa fi. and it was like his motto. he lived and died by it. >> a memorial has been set up for the twins. back to you. >> thank you, dollarsy. captain scott speicher was laid to rest. the navy pilot was shot down over arack 18 years ago on the first night of the war in the gulf. his remains have been recovered in iraq. today a funeral motorcade caved his casket through his home town of jacksonville. thousands lining the streets to honor him. there was also a service at jacksonville's veterans memorial. >> washington, d.c., is known for its spectacular fourth of july fireworks display. jackie bensen joins us live tonight with that story. jackie? >> craig, police and fire

officials believe that some people have gotten their hands on a whole bunch of professional quality fireworks. on july 4, residents of northeast washington saw the sky light up with what looked like real fireworks like the kind used on the national mall. dozens and dozens of them launched from backyards and alleyways. >> it actually looked like we were on the mall for the fireworks display. the rockets shooting up in the air, and it was really dangers. >> las night they evacuate yated homes in 49th and meade streets after a u.s. postal service mailbox exploded jus before 10:00 p.m. sending dangerous shrapnel flying. >> that's scary because it's right by my house. i thought hy couse was on fire. i was scared. >> investigators later determined the blast was cause birthday i a professional grade

fireworks show. just prior to independence day d.c. mayor adrian fenty joined by fire chief dennis ruben renewed a call for d.c. and neighboring montgomery and prince george's counties in banning all fireworks. >> we really need to rid the community, the general untrained public who doesn't read the instructions of these devices. >> ward seven council member says since the pyrotechnic antics she thinks it's time for new fireworks lawses. >> there's too many illegal fireworks going on. i'm going to relook at the ban for the district. >> reporter: investigators don't know where the illegal fireworks are coming from. they think possibly mail order, possibly from out of state. for your information, in the district, fireworks that fly or explode are illegal. craig, back to you. >> jackie bensen on the natio l

national. thank you. two dos have been diagnosed with canine influenza. it isn't contagious to humans but it can make mets very sick. another 29 dogs have been exposed. they'll be quarantined as a precaution. dog's symptoms include coughing, wheezing and other o respiratory problems. michael vick sat down today. he's the newest philadelphia eagle. there were tough questions and certainly more to come. dan hellie with more on this story. man, michael vick in nfc east, huh? >> it's surprising. to turn out at the eagles practice facility was the largest in years. nearly 100 media members and 200 camera hearing a soft-spoken and remorseful michael vick out on the field. he's back on the field after sevening 18 months in federal

prison. the eagles say there will be no third chances for michael vick. if he screws up, he is gone. animal rights groups are already set to buy billboards next to the eagles stadium blasting vick and the headlines, "hide your dogs." as for vick, he's saying all the right things and very eeg ar to resurrect his career. >> i was wrong for what i did. at that point in time it was wrong and unnecessary and for the life of me to this day i can't understand why i was involved in such pointless activity and why did i risk so much at the pinnacle of my career. i was naive to a lot of things but i figure if i can help more animals than i hurt, i'm contributing. i doing my part. i think everybody deserves a second chanceknow, we all have d

deal with certain things. we all have our own set of iniquities in our life and i think if you're coming back to do it right way committed then i think you coitted then i think you . e you've got to givt . h h. re rd no later than week x.si the eagles and the redskins meet for the first time on monday night football in week seven. one other interesting know. donovan mcnabb the starting quarterback for the eagles endorsed this move. he wanted to see michael vick as a backup quarterback. >> earlieroday you mentioned that vick is also going to be doing a great deal of community service as well to try to make amends. >> he's already done a couple of rallies, i believe one in chicago. he's going to be very involved in the organizations in philadelphia having to do with that. >> thank you. >> still ahead a former police chief now serving jail time after pleading guilty to a dui

charge. >> a boy who lobbies people gets that big interview. >> we'll take a look back at woodstock. bob, how's the weekend looking, buddy? >> it's not woodstock but we're rapp

dave baker resigned last month after getting in a car accident while driving with a .19 blood

alcohol level. he'll now spend five days in the arlington county jail kept separate from other prisoners. he also faces a 300 dollar fine and theoss of his driving privileges. the woman o parked in the judge's parking spot. judge robertnally admits to deflating the woman's tire. he now faces sanctions. his boss says nally will not be allowed to sit on any e cases. >> he said, why? he said, because first of all you're a judge. secondly you're the judge in charge of the court and the public put their trust and confidence in you that you're not going to do stupid things. >> so far 'sheot n said anything about what happened. police are issuing michael phelps two citations after

crashing his vehicle last night. he was driving his black cadillac escalade through an intersection when a honda accord hit him. phelps is being cited for driving without a license and failure to establish residency in maryland. he moved back to maryland after the 2008 olympics. >> john edwards taking a dna test to find out if a baby born to his former mistress is his, but what will it prove? thousands are told to leave their home as out-of-control wildfires cut a threatening

former senator john edwards may be ready to admit he's the father of a campaign worker's child. last year he admitted to having an affair.

he's denied fathering her 18-month-old daughter. but according to news he'll indeed admit he's the father. eunice kennedy shriver was remembered today as a fearless warrior for the voiceless. she was also remembered as an unconventional woman who smoked cuban cigars and played tackle football. a torch-bearing olympic procession was led in front of the catholic church as family and friends gathered for a private funeral mass. maria shriver high lighted the service with her mother's adventures and she brought the fwakterring to tears reading a poem she wrote with her m. she was buried not far from the family compound. we're learning more about the details that happened moments before the deadly crash over the hudson river. a single-engine plane struck a

helicopter. the ntsb says the controller who cleared that plane for departure got on the phone to make a personal call. that controller told the plane to contact the newark airport but failed to tell the pilot about air traffic in the area. a newark controller who did see the traffic never heard from the pilot and told teterboro to warn the ane. the teterboro was still on the phone with that personal phone call at the time. two other attempts to contact the plane were unsuccessful. nine people were killed in that collision. the teterboro controller and his supervisor are on administrative leave pending an faa investigation. overnight fog and light winds have weakened a wildfire in california tonight. 300 firefighters are expected to join the 700 who already are battling that blaze. the fire started burning in the santa cruz mountains wednesday. so far the fire has only damaged two small buildings but more

than 1,000 other structures are still threatened. a 11-year-old scored a huge get, an interview with president obama. he was in the news room in january. like a seasoned journalist he kept pushing and this week he was granted a 10-minute sitdown with the president at the white house and wasted no time asking tough questions like how do you improve education? we've got a job offer out to him. we're waiting to hear from his agent. >> that's one of the most important questions. good for him. >> that's a tough one. >> i'd like to hear the answer. outside tonight we're going to talk about what is happening. it's been a beautiful night, a summer night. i was not there. people close to the situation

told me it with us a nice evening. in georgetown, our high temperature today, reasonable humidity too. 87 degrees. the last time, folks we had a rainy day, may 3rd. high temps today, 87 here, down to our south into the 80s. only a few spots into the 90s. look at brownsville. 97 degrees. it's not the temperature so much but the terrible, terrible drought that continues. the exceptional drought. now the 37th day in a row in corpus christi. if you have friends in corpus christi, ta talk to the folks in south texas. 30 days in a row of 95 or higher. today was 97 in corpus christi. and there's the weather front along the east coast and that's been the focus of showers. thundershowers to our south right around us in washington. there's nothing going on. there's where the few showers

are. if you're heading down to the outer banks, there may be a few. po portsmouth virginia. 79 degrees. that will be the high temperatures the next couple of days. the little ripples will come around the east coast. that will keep some fresh ocean air in and around us but also keep it cool out on the beaches. tomorrow around here, 88 degrees. when you get up in the morning temperatures will start out in the 60s and low 70s. there could be patchy fog, especially if it creeps over the mountains an out in the shenandoah valley. temperatures, mid to high 80s. then as we get into sunday, near 90 but comfortable. reasonable 90 degrees. we just went through 97 earlier in the week. then the low 90s. and the important thing is it really won't be until wednesday,

i think, that at last widespread showers orhundershowers are at last a possibility. have a good weekend. >> thank you, bob. >> we will. >> still to come tonight, baldness is common enough but not usually in penguins. we're going to meet one bet who's making the

up next, they're hot and bounced back on the road tonight. >> they look pretty good for the first time in a couple of nights. it wu a pitcher's duel in cincinnati. the good new, both of them belonged to the good guys. they shut them out due to great pitching from garrett mott. the reds' mascots, they have three of them. having a good time. scoring in the fifth. ronnie belliard changes that with one swing, the shot to left off aaron harang. there were some nats fans. paul janish facing garrett mock. mock had a good game. he singles to center field. no fear.

nyjer morgan is here. he's fast and had a big-time home. you're a dead duck. the nationals shut out the reds, 2-0. now to baltimore, what a night for felix pea yeah. pea yeah at the plate. he finds the gap in right center field. he was near piette-fect. the o's beat the angels 15-6. when you lose 23-0 and get out in a game 2-1 in terms of yardage you need to dig a little bit to find the positives. for the redskins, one of the positives who played very well in their los to the ravens was malcolm kelly. it matched his total from a disappointing rookie season. he showed the ability to make the tough catch going over the

middle in a game, which is something we have seen him do routinely in practice. skins' quarterback jason cam billion certainly pleased to have another weapon in his arsenal. >> how very impressive of malcolm the way he went across the middle to catch the ball, reached up and grabbed it. for him to do that showed a lot of courage and i was impressed because that's what you look for going across the middle, not afraid to get hit. reaching with the big body. left the game healthy, that was the main thing. i did a lot of praying. i come in and caught everybody. now i'm healthy. now you have to come out and employ consistent. so that's what i'm shooting for now. it did fill feel good. >> on saturday against the steelers. that will be here on nbc 4. an all-star team chantilly

playing for a little league spot. all they had to do waseat a team from skra. the chantilly kid getting all pufrped up. top five, we pick it up. runners on first with no outs. blakjackson hits a ground ball through the legs of the chantilly shortstop. he rounds third and thinking, you know what, i'd better get back to the bag. he thinks he's going home. uh-oh. we're in a rundown here. heading home. the ball hitting him and then squirts away. that's not good for chantilly. two runs come in to score. chantilly loses to georgia, 6-3. still a great season by those young men. the mystics beathe sun down at very i zon and at the pga championship tiger leading by a bunch, over five golfers headed into the week end lock and load. it's going to be the first major of the league. still ahead trk 40th anniversary of woodstock.

we're going to take a look at the festival that became a defining moment for generations.

this weekend marks the 40th anniversary of a pivotal moment in american culture. yep. it's been 40 years since woodstock, that three-day festival when a generation of young people came goegt in bethel, new york, and again where people came to protest their war and share their love of music. a commemorative concert scheduled for tomorrow is

already sold out. the first guest on the jay leno show will be a familiar face. jerry seinfeld. he joins musical guests jay-z, kanye west, and rihanna.

i that weren't sure what to do when a penguin lost all of

his feathers, so they got him a wet suit. this is ralph. penguins are supposed to lose their feathers gradually taking four to six weeks but ralph's fell out in one day so the zoo staff made him a little sweat suit to protect him from the sun light and keep him warm ought night. probably feeling a little silly. >> you know they're picking at him. >> it works. it works. >> he looks like ralph's got a little friend at the zoo. >> that's our broadcast. the "tonight show" is next. >> that'our news. good night. [ cheers and applause ] star of "taking woodstock