they're powerful and popular with thieves. tonight police investigate a possible break in a case involving more than a dozen motorcycles.

good evening, i'm in for doreen gensler. >> i'm jim vance. since may 16th. 16 motorcycles most sports bikes have been stolen from homes in and around charles county area. police say the scheme involved stolen vans and thieves who struck in the early morning hours. tonight there may be a break in the case. jackie benson is in waldorf with more. jackie? >> jim, a police chase that began here in the parking lot this afternoon resulted in an arrest that may have broken up a brazen motorcycle theft ring. the thieves have been targeting charles county motorcycle owners for months. they steal a minivan, remove the seats and use it to steal motorcycles from parking lots and homes. 16 bikes have been stolen that way since may. riders have been on alert. >> i kind of wherever i am at. >> investigators may have gotten

a big break in the case this afternoon at a park and ride commuter lot on beantown road in waldorf. a motorist thought there was something suspicious about a man loading a motorcycle into a minivan. diane richardson with the charles county sheriff's office confirmed a suspect has been apprehended. >> suspects get away with it because they steal minivans which don't normally draw the attention of people. they remove the bench seats. then go to parking lots or just scope out areas looking for motorcycles. >> park and ride lot users were pleased to hear one of their own helped catch a thief. >> that did happen around my neighborhood. i didn't have any problems like that really. >> the sheriff's office says the investigation is continuing. jiback few you. >> jackie benson. thank you. >> heat exhaustion cut football aloc lenoz local erath peiccty. w the practice wasn i stephensville, maryland, kent island high school. and over the football field earlier this morning.

before 6:00 when students started feeling sick and overheated. many of them needed to cool off with some water. 12 players were taken to the hospital. they're all expected to be okay. >> today, president obama talked up his health care reform before those who helped him win the election. a rally was held at the democratic national committee headquarters today. it was held to reenergize activists and volunteers. the president wants his supporters to take the dri they had during the election and turn that to health care reform. >> we all know this has been an emotional debate. we have seen tempers flare. accusations have been hurled. and sometimes it seems like one loud voice can drown out all the civil sensible voices out there. >> president also pitched his plan to conservativeconservativ. as a guest of a philadelphia-based radio talk show host. meantime, people in our area continue to learn more about the plan.

dozens of folks went in for a forum led by donna edward. craig melvin here with more on the story. craig. >> jim, fewer voices at tonight's meeting than what we have been seeing. those at the meeting were also, largely like-minded democrats, eg eager how to hear morph a friendly crowd. >> sir, i just don't believe you. [ applause ] >> this is what many of the townhall health care shows have looked like. >> you are talking down to the american people. >> thursday night's health care townhall in prince george's county was smaller and calmer. folks who showed up just asked their questions. >> things change. and circumstances. and do we have to wait until there has been an open season. to select or change our health plan. and people who work for employers that offer no health care.

>> congresswoman donna edward said it is too early to know if there will be open enrollment. she told the last gentleman a new system would most benefit people like him who currently have no health care. edward also touted the benefits of the public option. one that would essentially create a government-run health care program to compete with private insurers. >> i think it is really important few have what i describe as a robust public plan option. that is a choice. that nobody is going to be forced into. >> when she finished taking questions, edward wrapped up her townhall by chiding the president for not demanding that a public option be a part of reform. >> the president has to be more declarative. and the president for a lot of reasons -- >> congresswoman edwards will be holding a townhall meeting tuesday in germantown. tonight she said she does not expect that crowd to be as friendly. back few you. >> craig melvin. thank you. the only person convicted in

the bombing of pan am flight 103 is a free man tonight. the scottish government released megrahi, who had terminal cancer. al megrahi spent eight years in prison convicted of planting the bomb that killed 270 people over lockerbie. among the dead, 189 americans. many of them college students returning home for christmas. families said al megrahi's release opened up old wounds. compassion for a convicted mass murderer and terrorist, defies description. our children or husband or wives. >> megrahi has maintained his innocence. president obama called his release a mistake. keeping an eye on the tropics where hurricane bill is expected to pick up some steam

now. how is it looking bob? >> bill is a nasty, nasty storm. it will be affecting our wth over the weekend. right now we have stormy, not, steamy skies that is. it feels like it is 91 degrees out there. there is bill, and you can see that high 30 miles across. staring at us. il ieak t take t. up the -- off the east co there is what it looked like earlier today. producing some very, very heavy swells. there are hurricane watches out in were mu dachlt bermuda. i will tell you about that when i join you. >> thank you, bob. >> when news 4 continues. the white house puts the brakes on the popular cash for clunkers program. may not be the end of incentives meant to get consumers to spend. authorities believe, selling counterfeit good. >> man suspected of stealing a boat leads police on a wild chase. >> video of an incident that led to a lesbian couple kicked out of a diner. >> dan?

>> coming up in sports. the redskins wrap up two a days with a little bit of fun. there is a new mayor. his name is rizzo. speakingf the nationals the guy is trying to avoid a sweep

mayor in connecticut facing charges after he allegedly led police on a high-speed chase with a stolen boat. dash-cam video showed the guy trying to escape from the cops pulling a 32-foot boston whaler. after swerving dangerously side to side he lost control of the car. lost his load as well. the boat flipped off the trailer slid down the highway. the driver was then arrested. there is a new push to expand metro to woodbridge and centreville. congressman jerry conley wants to see the blue line extend to wood bridge. it would stretch the orange line vienna to centreville. conley is asking for tens of millions in federal dollars to

study the plan which would then need to be approved and funded. that could take more than a decade. commuters we spoke to are looking for relief right now. >> should have happened a long time ago. it was sawing they thought we didn't need. well the time has come and gone. we should have had metro ten years ago. 20 years ago. wouldn't hatch cost the price it would cost now. >> congressman conley's plan would expand metro to potomac mills. >> undercover investigation led to a count fit bust at manassas mall. police raided lfa this morning. seized hundreds of knock-offs including purses and jewelry worth $53,00 after police got complaints earlier this month. an undercover officer went in to buy hand bags. the store clerk admitted the goods were fake. despite their coach and gucci labels. the owner of lfa is facing an infringement charge. that could bring a five year

prison send testence. what hpened when people in maryland broke into a house that was for sale and threw a party. >> changes at starbuck's. how the price of your morng cup of coffee could change depending on what you drink.k.

>> authorities are investigating a house party. turns out organizers did not own the house they borrowed it without asking and left behind a huge mess. the house is vact up for sale. hundreds of teenagers pay to drink and dance at the party advertised on face book. what they did not know was that the organizers had broken into the home. fed up neighbors called police. >> there was at least 30 guys hanging in the driveway. there was cars parked all around the cul-de-sac down the street. there was girls walking up the

street. there were also teenagers. that's what i was concerned about. and -- we couldn't pull our car in. they were blocking everything. >> police broke up the party but no one was arrested. officers weren't aware that the party host didn't own the home. anne arundel police are investigating the case as a break-in. they have one suspect. >> the government's popular cash for clunkers program is coming to an end. car buyers have until monday, 8:00 p.m. to trade in vehicles for more fuel efficient models. nbc's leeann greg has our report. not much time left for those wanting to cash in on their clunker. >> thank you for buying ford. >> the program some are calling one of the government's most successful economic stimulus plans ever ends monday. cash for clunkers offers rebates of up to $4,500 to car buyers tradg in old gas guzzlers.

go ahead. have a seat. >> there are complaint. car dealers who reported delays in government reimbursements, unprocessed applications and others resubmitted because the forms were filled out incorrectly. >> we are now slightly vicms of success. because the thing happened so quick, there was so much more demand than anybody expected, that dealers were overwhelmed with applications. >> some say it is hard to complain about thousand of cars that have been sold because of the program. >> i'm sure in the next few weeks they're going to break the log jam and get the -- rebate flowing. >> the government says the money is there and will go to the dealers. in a plan that has received an overwhelming response. leeann greg, news 4.

even if you didn't get a new car you can cash in on new home appliances. this fall. there is a n government program similar to cash for clunkers that gives consumers rebates when tefen efficient unitfi they include refrigerators, washs, dryers, furnaces and air conditioning system s they o not need t trade in their r.clunke to qualify for a teunbare ba s tate has until mid october to submitheir specific plans for the new program. getting your coffee fix may soon cost more or less depending on what you order at starbuck's. today, eastarbuck rdleol out a new pricing .schemeut smaller, simpler drinks went he e.wn in . uper fancier drinks wt inrdocog t inatncs it lul"ur jour 2l" itna includes 25 cents for r venti caramel, and 15 ce fs remoor oriventhaoc m or e.ttoc latte. tall. ,tall a tall, iced tho coffee.

starbuck's says the first time they ever lowered prices. >> coffee. regular. regular. >> shouldn't pay any more than a couple dollars. you know what i mean. >> jut sigh. been paying the price for the heat and humidity the still a warm humid night. temperature outside close to 90 degrees. after we made it up, the high temperature today. outside. august is almost 3 degrees above average. temperatures right now around the east. 85. 80s down to our south. 70s. mid part ofhe country. it still feels like it is 91 degrees outside. and while we have had the heat, not only have the folks down in the south texas have the heat. but an exceptional drought. corpus christi now. 44 days of 95 or above. and since june 1st, since june 1st, every day, has been 90 or

higher. at's 80 days in a row. look at the water temperatures down through the gulf states. that's the reason this team of year the hidity really flows in here. we get that southwesterly wind. we get the humidity. and also we get showers and thundershowers. yesterday, with you folks in southern maryland. today there are a couple leftovers. main area of thundershowers is up into northern parts of pennsylvania, those are still some severe thunderstorm watches out. you have friend up there, not too far away. somerset, spots like that. they're getting nasty storms. ocean silty hot today. heading up to the beaches over the weekend. don't have to worry about anything from -- bill, as, far as wind. there it is. you can see that eye. 30 miles across. but, because of the track, which will take it fortunately from bermuda. getting a go of it tomorrow. then sort of inside tracker off the coast. lot of heavy swells.

and as much as 10, 12, feet. affecting coastal areas. heading for the beaches. be prepared for heavy surf and nasty, dangerous rip currents tomorrow. slow moving cool front. gets around us. that will set the stage for possibly some severe weather. tomorrow morning, when you get up and head out. hazy, warm, humid. temperatures in the mid 70s to start out. tomorrow afternoon. thunderstorms begin to develop. some could be locally strong, to severe, with temperatures in the low 90s. after that, we're going to be continuing to watch some left over showers. once again if you are heading out for the beaches watch out for, heavy surfyo up to 4 to 8 feet during the day. especially later on on saturday. sunday with temperatures in the 80s. next seven days, still some of the leftover showers. with cloud. not as hot on saturday. temperatures on saturday. will be near 80. a lot of spots are still very,

very dry. could use the rain. and then, a change. sunday, monday, tuesday, i think, comfortable humidity. with a fair all. sunshine. >> we like that. >> we all do. thank you, bob. >> okay. >> is there anything left at .eds n probably not.

>> we're talking baseball. >> this is a positive story. i think really good for the organization. the nationals. took a step toward solidifying their future. promoting mike rizzo to general manager. three days after rizzo proved to

be shrewd by outduelling super agent scott boris and signing stephon strasbourg. the deal is the largest ever for a top pick in baseball. still far less than most expected. rizzo was the interim gm and one thing he expected was a promotion. >> i always thought i was going to be the choice. i didn't know if they knew it yet. but i always felt that i was the choice. i -- you know i have a confidence level in myself. and i thought i was well prepared for the job. and one thing i kept drawing on is -- the, the learners are, are good business peep. i knew they were going to pick the right guy for the job. and with that, in my mind, i always thought it was going to be me. >> you got to like mike rizzo. here he is. big smile on his face. talking to sam castin. scoreless ball game. nationals, rockies. two outs. facing carlos gonzalez. thought he got him out to end the inning. check this out. gonzalez, obviously did not

touch the ball. right? he goes by there. didn't catch a piece of it. there it is. but they called it a foul ball. and jim rigleman comes out to argue. are you serious? you know what happens now, right? the very next pitch. gonzalez fights one off. send the blooper to left. ryan zimmerman. chugging after it. just can't get to it. here comes barmus, rockies, 1-0 lead. rig rigleman. hot shot down to third. ian stewart over to his left. the backhand grabs. and gets it. take a look at this. they just -- beautiful fielding here. the rockies win it 4-1 to sweep the nationals. and the nats start a series with the brewers tomorrow night at 2:00. a press conference on the field. introducing stephon strasbourg. any body with a tick it can attend. redskins training camp most part is over. no more two a days and no major

injuries any nfl coach will tell you is a victory. now the red skins would look to see some progress. especially on offense. jim zorn says he will play his starters until he sees something good against the steelers saturday night. he is hoping that doesn't take more than a quarter. training camp no picnic. zorn cognizant. keep his guys fresh and healthy. he had shorter practices. he would let some of the veterans banged up. practice once a day. which is much appreciated by the players. now we have to see if the philosophy pays off. mikefident it will. now he has to celebrate the end of camp. >> cold tub. nice beer the what do you do after the last two a days. >> i forgot what beer tastes like. it's been so long since i had one. but it's nice, man. it was, a great -- coach took great care of us. gave us a lot of tomb ofime off. to recuperate.

gave us the night off. one of the best i have been in. >> my experience. i have been through some. not so hard camps. some tough camps. this was, between level -- one to ten, ten being the highest. level six. level five. >> carr. the rookies did not like this. nearly a dozen newbies had to wait to celebrate end of camp. they're getting hazed. most on the defensive side of the ball. the guys are hogtied. what you call that down there? >> close enough. >> is haynesworth was having too much fun. he said he got wh t bitle bit when he was a rookie. and he would have rather -- had this, because, he had to take all guys on the defensive side of the ball out to dinner. the tab. $15,000. >> ooh. >> yeah. >> that's the way to treat a high paid rookie. >> that's expensive. e>p next, the controversy over

warning for parents to stop using a bassinet that was recalled last year. after two more infants who were sleeping in them died. the consumer product safety commission says simplicity three in one and simplicity four in one bassinets contain metal bars, spaced farther than federal standard allow. four babies have slipped through and suffocated. officials fear the word hasn't

gotten out to everyone. >> popular local diner released surveillance video in an effort to turn the tables on a same sex couple's discrimination complaint. the lesbian couple claims they were kicked out of the tasty diner in silver spring because they were simply holding on to each other. today, management at the restaurant released a video and shows the couple in the middle of the camera's view engaged in a long embrace. the managers say that's not all. >> they had their body pressed and rubbed up against one another, and at one point, one of their faces goes down in the other girl's breasts we found that inappropriate. >> the couple filed a formal s

that does it for us tonight. thank you for watching news 4 at 11:00. >> "the tonight show" is up next. good night. [ cheers and applause ]