at this point but that they are looking into the possibility of a robbery. we spoke to police chief lanier a short time ago. what can you tell bus a fire inside business? >> i don't have any information about a fire in the business. >> reporter: do you know the store, if it opened at all today? >> i don't know. we received a call around 1:00. we do know that it was open a midnight shift last night. that's the last information we have. >> reporter: again, what police are looking at this point is the possibility that the man inside this pizza shop is belved to have worked there and was here since last night. and just discovered when the police were called here to check on his welfare about 1:00 this afternoon. jim, back to you. >> kanow to another d.c. neighborhood in southeast. one community is calling it a war zone after a 14-year-old girl was shot in the back simply taking a shower in other own home. it happened in the henson ridge

community. pat collins has discovered this type of violence is all too common there. neighbors are fed up. >> reporter: police believe the shots came from up the street where you see the cops and yellow tape. they found shell casings there. shots from up there into this house here. two tloefr in the column and two in the first floor. several others upstairs. this is not an unisolated act of violence in the henson ridge community. and in the last three weeks, there have been more than a dozen burglaries. a dozen stolen cars. otw shootings and a leoppe and people who ownroperty here are not happy. >> how much did you pay for your house? >> $324,000. >> reporter: how much did you pay for your house? >> $300,000. >> reporter: how much did you pay for your house? >> $317,000. >> reporter: what do you think

it is worth today? >> i wouldn't pay a dime for it today. >> reporter: there are a number of people who paid big money to buy homes at henson ridge in southeast washington. it was marketed as a model community, mixture of owners, renters and subsidized families. a modern replacement for the run-down red brick apartments known as stanton terrace in the douglas dwelling. but the crime problem here has made this something less than a model place to live. >> my kids may have spent a total of four days outside in the last two years we lived here because of the stolen vehicles and the murders, and the rapes, beatings. >> this is an american dream. new home i worked so hard for, saved up for, i feel like i'm living a nightmare. >> reporter: last night a barrage of gunfire in henson ridge. nine shots into this corner

home. two bullets into the back of a 14-year-old girl getting out of the shower. she was treated and released at the hospital. but it was a scary night. >> how many bullets came into your house? >> nine. nine. but two struck her. and two was in her pillow they pulled out. theyaid if she was laying in her bed on a pillow, she would have gotten shot in her head twice. >> reporter: residents say august 8th, a 15-year-old girl was stabbed on these steps in henson ridge. there was still some blood here. there's still some police tape here. are you scared to live here n. >> yes, i am. and -- it shouldn't be that way but you can't go outside because they just run wild. and you don't know if you are going to get shot. you don't know if you will get stabbed. >> very violent problems, even the midnight shifts. our shift, resources to cover this area late evenings and

midnight, high visibility and very high presence. >> reporter: so the promise of more police protection here. the people who live here, they are meeting and organizing to make sure that that happens here. eun, back to you. >> pat collins in east washington. thank you. political columnist robert novak has died after a yearlong battle with brain cancer. his wife said he died early this morning at his home here in washington. novak had been a newspaper columnist for decades. he also became a well-known mmentator on various tv political talk shows. novak became a part of a big washington story himself when he was the first to publish the name of valerie plame. the employee at the center of the cia leak case. novak was 78 years old. good evening. bob ryan, storm center 4. it is warm and humid. finally it is hot, downright hot.

91. we have showers and. here is a look at digital doppler. lightning moving over into anne arundel county. i will zoom in for that. there were other strikes around into montgomery county and you folks around annapolis, fair amount of cloud-to-ground lightning. there will be more in the days ahead, too. our heat index still feels like it is in the mid 90s and meanwhile, hurricane bill now, the winds are 110 miles an hour. this is a great picture. look at the eye. 40 miles across. out in the ocean. increasing threat to bermuda. i will show you the latest on that. how about more thunderstorms in our future? join you in a couple of minutes. back to you. >> thanks, bob. heavy smoke from a strong fire fills the early morning air and rural montgomery county. the fire was one in a series of bizarre overnight fours prompted srs aroon oftr saw sgeersck on fire in four different latio ns damascus. those locations weren't the only targets. julie carey has the latest the investigation from damascus.

julie? >> reporter: i'm standing in damascus regional park and kings vaey road behind me, it has been closed to traffic most of the day because of the thick smoke still pouring from that smouldering haystack across the road. late this afternoon fire investigators added two more cases to their string of arson and they had been talking about seven overnight a sons and now say there were nine. discovered there were two trash cans also set on fire overnight. they continue to investigate. meantime, residents worry about what tonight might bring. seven different fires set in just three hours. four were started in straw baels stack lingd side rural roads and three were set on subdivision mailboxes. all the locations within a couple of miles of one another. for hours, flames and smoke filled the air as montgomery county fire crews worked to contain the damage. three of the four straw stacks belonged to roy stanley who says about $100,000 worth went up in smoke. but he's more worried about what could happen next.

>> my concern right now is until they catch the person they could be dashes can alating into something that could cause personal yuri. >> thank you. >> reporter: a couple of miles away, county mason's postal carrier was kind enough to hand deliver the mail this afternoon. she got a call around 6:15 this morning from a neighbor that her mailbox was on fire. >> our neighbor was leaving for work at, like, 6:10, 6:15. he was driving out? and the mailbox had just been set on fire. the gas can was still sitting there. another neighbor came by and i guess he got his fire extinguisher and put it out. >> reporter: the fire investigators are working with the montgomery county police department to try to catch the arsonist and they have clues. >> one of the fires, we did recover a gas tank. melted gas can. investigators are continuing for the most part collect and process evidence. >> reporter: residents say they suspect teenagers might to be to blame. >> first thought was kids.

sports. end of summer. >> pranks, horrible prank. >> reporter: until the suspects are caught, roy stanley says he won't be sleeping well at night. >> i'm not going to sleep sound tonight until the other locations, situations, until we find these people or people that do this, i'm -- nobody in the community should be sleeping. >> reporter: investigators urge anyone with information to call the montgomery county fair department's arson hotline. coming up "news4 at 6:00," you will hear from the victims about whether or not they think they were targeted by the arsonist. julie carey, news4, damascus. high occupancy toll lanes will not be coming to interstates 95 and 395. at least for now. the hot lanes would have run from the pentagon into spotsylvania county. anon cctwastn ios scheduled to begin next summer. transportation officials tell us they are putting the plan on hold now because of financial concerns about how to pay for the roads. as well as opposition from some

local governments about the impact that they will have on traffic. meanwhile, a reminder for drivers in our area that the school year is just around the corner and that means more cars out on the roads. aaa reminds us to warn drivers to start slowing down now. classes start as early as next week for students in the district. that means slowing down to 15 miles per hour in school zones in d.c. and in maryland, motorists should be aware of the speed camera program that will expand statewide this october. currently only montgomery county us speed cams in school zones and near school property. >> with less an week before school opens in the district, city health officials are stepping up efforts to make sure students have all their require shots. special clinics will be open later this week. tom sherwood joins us with a story. tom? >> the city is doing a lot better than in the past but still many parents and guardians wait until the last minute to get those shots. it is an annual sound of the new

school season. it is time for shots before your child can be officially allowed to attend class. >> typically parents wait until late summer to make sure their kids are up to date with their shots. >> reporter: the doctor runs the d.c. health department. he says shots can be a pain in the nuisance but it is better than beingsick. >> we have seen resurgence of vaccine preventible illness in this country and other parts of the world as well. it is necessary and important for us to make sure the kids are getting their shots. >> reporter: thousands of students in the district and suburbs still must get required shots. although participation is better than in the past. school starts officially on monday but d.c. students have until september 6th to get up to date with their vaccinations. >> the parents to do everything they can to get it takenare of this week. >> reporter: d.c.ch sools will offer clinics on thursday a

saturday only. the d.c. health office will be open on friday until 7:00 to help with the rush. >> right here. are you okay. >> reporter: parents at the geora avenue clinic tuesday said they recognize the need to get the shots taken care of. >> very important. it prevents him from getting sick and stuff like that. keep them healthy and make him go to school, l him go to school. it is very important for your child to get the shots. >> it is important because you can catch a lot of germs. you can catch it even just riding a bus. >> reporter: later this week, the city health department will begin run ragd yo and television ads to help remind families to take care of those shots. >> tom sherwood. tom, thank you. in just a few days, left of summer vacatn for many of our kids in our area, it is hard to believe. >> it is. it is here, folks. and news4, we are doing our part to make sure that they are ready for the first day of school. we are holding our annual backpacks for kids drive to get students in need. the school supplies necessary to

be successful in the school year. pat lawson muse joins us now live once again from the tenleytown cvs with more on how you can help. has that rain stopped there? >> it stopped. the traffic picked up again. we are here. we are collecting and there has been traffic all day long. people have been coming to donate backpack force kids. i have a couple of them here. she is donating now. this is elaine. you live in the neighborhood and work in the neighborhood and donate ad few moments ago yes. i'm getting to go now. i'm going inside. >> reporter: why is it important to you to do this? >> i think it is important for neighbors to help neighbors and my own son is grown. i think it is important for other kids the same chance he had. i'm happy to help out. >> reporter: we are happy to have you help out. you are? >> mabel. >> reporter: i saw you put money in the basket there. >> yes, i did. >> reporter: tell me why it was important for you to come down. >> because it is a great cause. good to see people out here that

care and our children are our greatest resource. i appreciate what you all are doing. >> reporter: okay. have you friends and neighbors? >> i do. i will tell -- ask them to participate. >> reporter: all right. we encourage to you participate by going to a participating cvs store and you can get the list online at nbcwashington.com. backpacks ar x.ta tax. t tma sheotamartribution toke kema to o srt of the school. you can make youre dski you can make your li nsion right er online in the comfort of our own home or office. back you to you in the studio. >> thanks, pat, so much. "news4 at 5:00" is just getting started. metro riders, can you hear me now? cell phone services is coming to subway tunnels. find out when the bars will go up. treading through the tropics. we will show you ana's aftermath. >> hpv vaccination. new information for parents trying to decide whether their child needs the shot. >> later lunch with lindsay. sit down with a couple of redskins safeties.

the taliban is claiming responsibility for a deadly bombing in afghanistan. the suicide car bomb attack killed at least eight people and injured 50 others. the bomber ram ad vehicle packed with explosives into a nato convoy. a nato spokesman confirms some of the casualties include nato forces. two united nations workers were also killed. the taliban is threatening more attacks in the lead-up to thursday's elecon. two u.s. troops were also killed today in a separate attack in eastern afghanistan. their identities have not been released. meantime, senator john mccain was in kabul, afghanistan, today. ahead of the country's presidential election. joined by lindsey graham of south carolina as well as joe lieberman. while there he called for more troops to be isn't it over to battle, resurgent militancy. >> it is very clear to me more resources are needed in the form of additional troops as well as

material economic and other support the the troop levels need to be significant. >> mccain also called thursday's election a milestone event and insisted the u.s. did not have a favorite candidate. he says the u.s. has encouraged debates and open process. tropical depression ana brought heavy rains to much of puerto rico today and now there are health concerns. this is video of flooded streets in the southern town of ponds. high water has caused widespread damage to homes there. however, health officials are also concerned about the spread of mosquito-borne diseases. they are urging citizens to use bug repellent on their skinsk empty containers like buckets and garbage cans. mosquitoes breed in standing water. which we haven't seen a lot of lately, bob. >> we have showers and thundershowers out there now. but they are still hit and miss. lot of spots below average. that humidity is out there, though. don't have to do any -- takes on

that tt is a hazy sky. you can three are nasty thunderstorms for you folks in anne arundel county right now. looking across the river. our temperature officially down at national airport is still 91 degrees. our 18th 90-degree day. by now an average of7 90-degree days. temperatures around the east, look at to our north. boston right now 92 degrees. friends in raleigh-durham, 95. with a dew point in the mid 60s feels like it is 100. the pattern is one with a general humid pattern. we have old outflow boundaries. you can see how these showers and thundershowers continue out of the mountains mainly to our west. but batch that's now come through washington and it is firing up all the way from baltimore south and into anne arundel county. rit now in and around us, that came through vienna and silver spring, moved off.

and the other batch, there it is. around north of annapolis and glen burnie. that's a nasty cell. there are others that are sort of dying out. these are plain old rain showers. so if they come through and that's the positive. and another batch up around upper parts of -- northeastern parts of montgomery county but there is the real heavy batch around severna park. not coming through with any severe storms. but rather winds that could be up to 4050 miles an hour. there is the future scan. as w go through the next couple of hours, continuing to see more showers in and around us. good news is over a quarter of an inch of rain. vienna, knocked down the temperature, too. the tropics, there's bill. and look at the eye staring back at you. bill now 110 miles per hour. the eye is 40 miles in diameter. it is still not any significant threat to e islands, leeward islands. folks down there will keep posted. watch the track and how close

this -- lot of uncertainty. as we get into the weekend, bermuda may be the area that's under the biggest threat to bill. later on in the week, early next week, possible the canadian mayor times or even the outer parts of the cape could be looking at problems. tomorrow, once again, it wilbe humid. we are going to be seeing this pattern continue. the evening thunderstorms continuing with us. and then as we get through the overnight hours, things settle down and after about 8:00, 9:00, tomorrow when you get up and head out, did i tell you it is august. warm and humid once again. with the overnight temperatures only in the 70s. and tomorrow afteoon, oncnc again, a chance, risk of .oternoon thunrsrswe after that , n texhe 7tat days, next 4 days, we will be seeing very, very humid conditions continue. and with it, each afternoon, the positive is we need the rain and rge risk is that some of those th pecially thurg thursday, friday could be strong. after that still the weekend looks good. i will tell you more about that later. >> great. >> okay. always glad to hear that. thank you, bob.

coming up a fake police raid. why maryland delegate is apologizing for the scare. >> plus, greeneer and it has nothing to do with st. patrick's day. we will visit an environmentally friendly brewery. plus this. >> liz crenshaw. nestle cookie dough is back in the grocery. urho tell the new dough from the recalled stuff. shomyry is coming up.s

you may be surprised at how the beer industry is going green. wendy rieger reports. >> reporter: you may only consider beer when it is in a glass. heading for your mouth. there brewing eco-consciousness coming to a head in that industry. >> i think every brewer can do their part. >> reporter: mike mccarthy is the director of capital city brewer. as the brewery goes green they are reducing their water

consumption and recycling their steam. >> collecting all steam produced either from your boil or heating up water. and using that to heat up water for the next day's brewing. >> reporter: cap city is taking its grains and giving them to a farmer in gainesville, virginia, to feed its cattle. >> we actually pay him $100 a month in gas to come and get it from us. >> reporter: for cap city it is just a start. the major brewys like coors and anheuser-busch are going further.>>hat we do is if you l >> what we do is if you look at the tanks, you can recapture that co2 and not only use tonight the bwing process but you can also use it in the heating element for your brewery. >> reporter: they are taking biomass from their soggy grains and turning it into ethanol. >> they are selling 1.5 million gallons of ethanol to

refineries, mixing it with gasoline. >> reporter: smaller brewerys like brooklyn brewing, are 100% wind power and some like row burerys are using fuel cells. >> solar power for the smaller brewer is easier. the larger ones are paying attention and starting to see there's application for them to use as well. >> reporter: americans consume more than 7 billion gallons of beer a year. that's a lot of suds. that's also a lot of cans and bottles. anheuser-busch says it is recycling more than 27 billion cans a year. consumers need to get the spent cans and bottles to the recycling centers as well. the brewererys plind us to drink responsibly and the earth requires us to live and produce responsibly. the environment can be as clean and refreshing as that first sip. wendy rieger, news4, washington. >> wow. now we are thirsty. coming up next on "news4 at 5:00," it was all together to

say i do. a maryland delegate pulls off a fake police raid. what happened after he put his girlfriend in handcuffs. metro's cell phone service. soon it won't be just for s.

welcome back, everybody. now at 5:30, i'm jim handly. >> i'm eun yang. coming up in this half hour, stay connected. more metro riders will cell phone service, pay to play. the washington nationals sign an expensive rookie. lunch one lindsay. we begin this half hour with our top sty. a maryland state delegate sta as police raid in the name of love. delegate john cari didn't came up with an elaborate plan to propose to his girlfriend. >> here's the problem. it was never cleared with the top brass in the police department. chris gordon has the story. >> reporter: it happened on a boat in baltimore's inner harbor. the police helicopter circled ominously above. making it look like a real raid. 39-year-old maryland state delegate john cari didn'din, co

the elaborate scheme to give his girlfriend, maik megan home other, an evening on the water she would never forget. it was friday, august 7. while police officers pretended to search the boat, focussing on a box they inferred contained contraband and according to one report, were about to put handcuffs on megan, cardin opened the box. it contained an engagement ring and proposed. megan said yes. but the matter didn't end there. the ring was not authorized by commanders in the baltimore police headquarters and when they found out about the fake raid, they weren't happy. >> the police department is not in the business of doing birthdays and bachelor parties. we use those tools for various public relations activities but not wedding proposaproposals. >> reporter: delegate cardin offered the baltimore police department reimbursement for the involvement of any officers and equipment in his marriage proposal.

we called his office asking for an interview. we were told that he's out of town on a pre-planned trip but that they issued this statement. delegate cardin said during the evening i was focus order making my fiance's night perfect. in retrospect, i should have considered that city resources would be involved. and use better judgment to put a stop to it. >> with the budget crunch we are in now, i don't think that was that was appropriate. everybody is strapped. >> expressed his love so openly is a wonderful example especially this day and age. >> reporter: the baltimore police say tha the officers were already on duty at the inner harbor but they should not have allowed themselves to be distracted from their duty by a friend or politician. chris gordon, news4, baltimore. >> delegate cardin is a dem rat representing baltimore county and first elected to the general assembly in 2002. get ready to hear more chatter on the metro. wireless carriers at&t and t-mobile are going to install

new hardware that will let riders make calls, send texts and surf the web inside 20 different metro stations. verizon's customers can already get service and will install new hardware. customers should be able to use their phones on trains by october 16th. nats fans still waiting for a chance to get to see the newest addition to the team. late last night, the nationals signed their first round draft pick to a record contract. the signing has brought some optimistic feelings along with it. keith garvin joins us from nats stadium with the latest on this story. good news down there, keith. >> reporter: that's right, jim. nats take on colorado in an hour and a half. big news taking place off the field with the signing of pitching sensation steven strasburg. it won't down to the wire last night. nats fans were paying attention. loads oftal sxept now loads of cash. the nats newest pitcher. the numbers, 6-5, 216 pounds.

thro a fastball 102 miles per hour. and last night the $t 21-year-old sign ad contract worth $15.67 million over four years. >> lot of money. lot of money for an unknown talent. played well in college. i think if he pans out in the long run, it is probably -- would pay off. $15 million. lot of money for a young talent that hasn't played one day in the minor leagues. >> reporter: strasburg wowed scouts for years. what about nats fans? is he worth it? >> one question is whether he can throw 102 in the game. the question major league hitters can hit a pitch with all that much problem. we will see. >> reporter: for the sake of the team, for the sake of the fans, they are hoping strasburg's arm can help pull the nats out of major league baseball's cellar. >> that kind of money you hope he makes a mini impact, you know. i figure you have to got it and

then win double digits. >> reporter: known as america's favorite pastime, baseball is a sport loved by multiple generations. if strasburg ends up facing pressure in the big leagues, some advice from one of his younger potential fans. >> throw it down the middle and you can't use all fastballs. and try to hit your spots more and he better get wins. if he doesn't it is waste of money for the nationals. >> that says it all right there. for the record, austin is 11 years old and he says he would pitch for the nationals for just $3 million. i'm with the little man on that one. back to strasburg, washington area fans are already starting to look ahead a few years. they are trying to figure out if strasburg is going to be another sensational like alexander ovechkin or a heath shuler or kwame brown, two other big sign things that didn't pan out so well. as pat collins marine minded me in the newsroom earlier today, one thing we know for sure. he is going to be rich. reporting live from nats stadium, keith garvin, news4. now back to you. >> you got that right.

i'm with austin, though. lot of money. i think austin is about 55 years old. thank you, keith. >> reporter: pretty smart kid. the thunderstorms now necessitate ad severe thunderstorm warning for you folks in anne arundel county until 6:30. you can see a lot of lightning moving through severna park, annapolis area. here are some of the spots in the path of that. other severe thunderstorm warnings around lutherville. all of this is moving to the northeast. rain showers will be coming through washington. again, for you folks in northern parts of anne arundel county, severe thunderstorm warning until 6:ndayit u and

we are making amazing progress today in our backpacks for kids drive. >> news4 and corporate sponsors have been out all day collecting supplies kids in need must have to be successful as they head back to school. let's check in with pat lawson muse once again and is live from the tenleytown cvs for an update on the progress. >> reporter: i'm here with a couple business owners who just came across the street, wisconsin avenue, to buy ask donate backpacks. mohammed is with the tenleytown market. these are your backpack. >> they certainly are. each of us have donated ten backpacks. and we would like to challenge

the other business owners along with wisconsin avenue to come and join mohammed and i. this year i got mohammed to join me because i do this every year. this is really important to all of us, i think, to come out and use your credit card or you can do it at home. >> reporter: that's right. >> that's right. to purchase ten backpacks each. >> reporter: okay. that's your challenge. mohammed, you met the challenge. >> yes. we just recently opened. we only had first opportunity this year to do it. hopefully we can do it going forward and encourage t other businesses around to participate also. >> reporter: thank you so much. two examples of the generosity that we have been seeing since 6:00 this morning. people have come and donated generously and gone online and donated. the goal is to distribute thousands of backpacks to kids. needy kids. the backpacks are stuffed with supplies and basic and a few extras and supplies that will put smiles on kids' faces. most importantly, they will get kids ready for learning as the

d ntieeool year getsll s ou still need your help go to participangonly ckpacke a x. you can donate store,ste, buy the t oheit yrreanou g coac tithe or nbcwashington.com. make your credit card donation that way. you can always come by and see us and if you come here, we are going to give you for your donation a certificate to get a free appetizer at ledo's pizza and ice cold bottle of vitamin water for your efforts. come by and see us. back to you. >> that's a deal. all right. thank you, pat. >>we are going to take breoi re

nestle toll house cookie dough is headed back to grocery store shelves. >> should your college student apply for a credit card? >> let's start with the cookie dough. after more than two months out of the marketplace, nestle says its refrigeratedough is returning to stores this week. nestleecalled its refrigerated dough products last june after reports of e. coli illnesses. mao it is back with a new batch label that should make it's easier for consumers to identify the new dough. the package will also have the warning do not consume raw cookie dough. consumers who still have the recalled nestle cookie dough should not eat it. but instead return those packages to their supermarkets for full refunds.

to luxury cars. go figure they are not doing very well during this recession. the "usa today" reports that sales of luxury vehicles fell way more than sales o mainstream brands. which also had dreadful numbers. what's more, even if upper end folks still had their millions, many said that they were mindful of appearances and meaning looking like aic rh guyus rt j isn't in vogue anore. est, in july, cadillact, sales were off almost 53%. %. mer aidies 2222%. bmbm lagge by aggujaroar jagu25ro and luxury%.25 t luxhey ur ob maleprm be md umn an todgo consumption and good times may have to wait until consumer confidence returns. finally the credit cards for college students, parents across the country are taking -- talking the talk with their college age kids about whether their studes should apply for credit cards before new rules go into effect. in february 2010, the new law, by the way, called the card act

requires people ynger than 21 to either document their ability to repay or to have a t co-sign. what shoul you do? the nnaioll foundation for credit counseling suggests ma king your student an in surtudent aon a se'tsnyoure crtu c credit card which requires cash collatal t rded credi card abuse or obtaining a card in the ststudent's name if the ch demonstrated he or s he ul anpoconsehe respoyibilitns of yanleol cfaril moogey colleg ad tede deeply in credit card debt. parents need to pay attention to the changes in the credit card rules that are coming this february and next july p it is a tough decision to make. good credit card use sets up good credit for the student but obviously bad -- another set of problems. >> thank you, liz. let's find out what's coming up on "news4 at 6:00" tonight. jim vance joins us now with a preview. >> coming up tonight, we are going to continue following that story out of northeast d.c.

they found a body there in a pizza shop. we are learning more information about a man accused of plotting the largest credit card theft in the u.s. we will tell you what his neighbors are say being him. we are going to show you a 1962 ferrari 2250 california spider. we are going to tell you what some guy paid for it at auction. it wasn't me. or anybody i know. by the way, when i was in college nobody had credit cards. had they invented credit cards? >> charge a plate, they are called. cash only. >> see you at 6:00. >> to lindsay czarniak at redskins park. she has interesting conversation with the redskins. hi, behind say. >> i do. first, nationals, they got their man. obviously signing their first overall draft pick. strasburg to a record deal and we are going to have much more coming up on that including a

live report just ahead in sports. back to the redskins now. second year safety chris horton really relied on veteran reed doughty when he came in for his rookie season last year. it is ironic because doughty became sick with the flu the second game of the regular season. chris tore hon went in for him and played lights out. ended up basically earning that starting position. well, both players had been to adversity. doughty continued t play through severe hearing loss. the dynamic these two have on the field really played dich dend for the redskins. the duo agreed to meet me for lunch. since i couldn't get access into the team's facilities where they normally eat, both of them made a plate for me. >> what it looks like, you know, you have judgment our food. i have to see what it looks like. fit looks beautiful i eat it.

>> i got a different philosophy. if it is healthy i eat it. >> i will go with the fish. >> freshest fruit. it is really good. >> gatorade. >> are you for real? >> yes. orzo, spinach, feta. red snapper, my choice. >> i thought it was going to be like subway sandwiches. have you an interesting dynamic because of how -- you got your opportunity to start last year. right? game two. you had the flu. how did that -- tell me about that. how did that all go down between you guys talking and we had been over it but i pthink it is an interesting story. >> i wasn't feeling well. >> over lunch. >> it was -- you know, hi the flu. at one point, we needed to go to the hospital. give you ivs. get ready for the game. last thing i was thinking about

was the game. 6:00 a.m., i have to get this kid ready. i don't remember what time it was. it was early. >> my phone started vibrating. i was like what -- i was like, no way. i just started sweating. i just srted sweating. 6:00 in the morning. i didn't know if he was serious. i texted him back. are you serious? he's like, yes, i'm serious. thent this point -- i'm sitting there. i wake up my roommate. dude, i'm like -- >> game two of the season. >> i'm nervous. i have all this -- man, i don't know how i'm going to do it. you know -- it turned out well. >> you went out in that game and you had -- two d interceptions. and lights out. i mean, how was that for to you watch reid? >> in the locker room, i was still not feeling great. honestly, i was excited for him. on the first one. >> on the second one you are like wait a minute. >> what kind of luck do i have i

get sick and you get two picks. >> i want to ask you about the hearing loss you deal with. a lot of people don know about that. how tough is it as an athlete to do what you do and have to deal with that? >> definitely a cause for humor. i mean, i just -- it is simple. when you don't hear well you miss things. guys are telling the jokes. you don't think that's funny? i have no idea what's going on. guys telling a joke next to me. whatever. people think i have no sense of humor. no, i just didn't hear you. you are right. i didn't think that was funny. >> on the field with reid and some words -- he gets confused with others. if you yell out a word, and he doesn't real -- thinks you said something else and you are like -- didn't say that. green. and every time someone yells green i would turn around like they called my name. it had that long "d and long e" sound. >> we have something called -- we are like -- i'm talking to

you. struggling. >> how much pride do you take in what you both accomplished? >> you know, i had a lot of coaches that's always told me doesn't matter where you are directed. it is when you get your opportunity you make the best of it. i think that's all -- that's all i really care about. when i get my chance, i just want to make the best of what i do on the field. i knew i was going to be on the bubble from the time i got here. i didn't want to be leave anything behind that i thought. if he wasn't athletic enough, so be it. as far as just outworking people, going full speed. just doing the little things right. i wasn't going to let that determine whether i stayed or whether i went. >> two vital pieces of the redskins defense. also, big fans of one another. guys? >> they eat those well, those redskins. >> they do. coming up next on "news4 at 5:00" good news for popcorn lovers. would have another reason for you to saver your favorite treat. >> bob is up nwith aupda ate

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the severe thunderstorm warning for the folks in anne arundel county has been taken down. you can see that the really nasty cells are up around baltimore now. plain hold rain showers moving into washington. we could be seeing more of that in the days ahead. no more warnings in our immediate area. there are some up ain't round baltimore. tomorrow another chance of the afternoon thunderstorms and very humid conditions continuing right on into saturday. then it will begin to dry out. sunday right now, early next week, delightful. sunshine but comfortable humidity. no warnings out now in our area. back to you. >> thank you, bob. a new study that reviews the safety record of the hpv vaccine has been made public. researchers at the centers for disease control and fda say about 6% of all people who received the vaccine reported serious side effects. that number includes 32 deaths.

nationwide distribution of the human papilloma virus began in 2006 to prevent infects that could lead to cervical cancer. it was approved for females between the ages of 9 and 26. the side effects reported include dizzinesdizziness, naus headaches. another new study suggests that you may not have to feel quite as guilty about polishing off that bag of microwave popcorn. scientists say popcorn and other whole grains are packed with antioxidants. the researchers found they contain substantial amounts of polythenals. they have anti-inflammatory properties and may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer. that will do it for "news4 at 5:00." we thank you for watching. coming up next, more on a body found in a pizza shop. jim vance joins eun next for "news4 at 6:00."