and severe thunderstorms. we may see some more showers later on. let me show you digital doppler and you can see where the line of nasty thunderstorms. there was a little bit of damage down into st. mary's county. couple of trees down. other warnings out. you can see out in the eastern shore but these are racing off towards the east and there is another batch in that area under a severe thunderstorm watch and until 9:00. it cleared the entire area. even you folks in anne arundel county, that has been ceredud. you can also see another patch of showers, good news is some spots got a fair amount of rain. look right here in northwest washington. we had over a half inch of rain. there's where the real nasty storms are now. they are up into new york state, philadelphia, on into new england. they are sometime under watches until later on tonight. off the coast also i will show you bill in a couple of minutes. it will be moving well off the coast but it will be producing some very, very heavy waves and big sur of on into sunday. by sunday evening, the surf and swells will be diminishing.

the danger is dangerous rip currents. don't take chances if you are heading out to the beaches for the upcoming weekend. tell you about the weekend forecast and there will be big changes for sunday. i will join new a couple of minutes. >> we will see you then. bob, thank you. tonight there could very well be two more victims of the tough economic times. a couple caught in desperate financial straits has ended up dead in the home they were about to lose. pat collins has the story. >> reporter: found dead in their home last night. they expected to be evicted from the place today. pictures and candles and flowers and prayers, friends gathered at the home of juliere and wallacen memory of this couple. this couple who lived in this williams town neighborhood for well over a decade. >> when i heard what happened, i is just --

eporter: julie and wallace say they had fallen on hard times and got behind on>> their paymen t, onsobeo evicted from their home. julie and wallace faye, found dead inside their house last night. police are calling it a murder have been suicide. >> she said she didn't know what she was going to do. >> reporter: the fays' house is on the corner. it is the house on the block that everybody took notice of. it is the house that's decorated top to bottom every christmas. the fays, they took great pride in keeping their house up and keeping it neat. that's what made neighbors suspicious wednesday. because it was wednesday when they noticed that the fays' trash cans were taken to the back after the collection. they remained out here wednesday. they remained out here thursday. neighbors knew there was something wrong.

something really wrong. >> did you hear anything? no movement. i think it is time to call the po lice. >> reporter: julie faye, 57 ars old, tired from the ar.my. wallace, 52. he worked at costco. they told friends that they were planning to pack up and move to colorado. kaiser, noted reporter with the prince william news and messenger. he interviewed the fays last week. he says they were very upset about leaving that house. >> they were distraught. they were getting their items together, packing boxes. you could really tell that the last thing they wanted to do was leave their home of more than 13 years. >> reporter: who had the gun? who pulled the trigger? police won't say until they have a chance to talk to relatives of the fays. i'm pat collins, news4, prince

william county. a serious charge tonight against a montgomery county police officer who has been indicted for giving false testimony against a dui suspect. that indictment stems from this incident in may of 2008. which was captured on surveillance video. a man was arrested and charged with dui in gaithersburg. last april, officer dean a hoffman told the court that the driver was behind the wheel when she arrived at the scene. the video shows that the driver was actuallyyi lng in the car's back seat and when oicer hoffman got there. hoffman is indicted on one count each of perjury and misconduct in office which could bring up to ten years in prison. police in prince george's county and district work together this morning to catch a carjacker. just after 11:00 officers in maryland tried to pull the suspect over. he sped off in an suv and got on route 50 heading into the district. when he got to the 295 split he hit a guardrail and got out and carjacked someone and drove off

with their vehicle. the police say he ditched the car at northeast washington near new york avenue and bladensburg road. the suspect turned himself in at a hot. he injured himself after ditching the second car. if you want to catch a deal move fast. the popular cash for clunkers deadline looms, local car dealerships are working feverishly to meet the needs of an overwhelming number of customers. michael flynn joins us now with more on this story. >> it all ends monday. the tlooe $3 billion cash for clunkers rebate program is going to be ending monday and it is almost on empty. dealers still taking part in a program that are seeing even more customers trying to cash in. >> we need to do business now. and we did. >> reporter: george clark decided he had to put the pedal to the metal to get in on the cash for clunkers deal. he added his truck to the clunkers at the mall in gaithersburg and got a new car. >> i work at night. and i was -- i was driving along. i heard that the president made

an address last night and he said that the program was going to end on monday. and i called my wife at 7:00 in the morning and just said we need to go. >> cusmers have been calling, trying to get the last of that money, trying to get in here and find out what they can do, what's left in inventory. >> reporter: the manager expect as rush of last minute clunker trade-ins this weekend adding to the mounds of paperwork workers are already pressed to finish. addison says he is confident the government will make good on all of these claims. >> we are not worried about getting money. the government will come through on this thing. it would be terrible news if dealers played by the rules and didn't get their money. i think what's going to end up happening is just may take extra time to get this money. >> reporter: almost 900 customers at this dealership alone have taken part in the clunker program since it started last month and it has given this retailer and many others a big boost. while critics call it a waste of taxpayer money, george clark believes it is not just helping his bottom line.

it is helping the economy. >> i think the program has stimulated the economy. i'm mott sure it is going to continue stimulating the economy. that would be impossible. i think that giving shot in the arm. >> car buyers can still get up to $4500 rebate for their old gas guzzler. cash for clunkers ends at 8:00 monday night. jim, back to you. >> time is running out. michael flynn. michael, thank you. metro has hired a law firm to defend itself against lawsuits stemming from you don't know's deadly train crash. metro tells us the firm will join the in-house legal counsel. seven lawsuits have been filed so far. all legal fees will be paid by one of metro's insurers. june's crash on the red line killed nine people and injured dozens. warning tonight for metro riders. thousands of sports fans will be crowding into the tunnels tomorrow. thanks to a iptrle-header. consider this.tr

between 7:00 and s,waington national shington national rekidsan ni ute all d d.c. a bhaamigvehies gs t btuajor cr impact all of the major train lines. tom sherwood is here to sort it out for us. >> metro normally handles the big crowds. after the big wreck in june, some people do wonder if metro is ready for tomorrow night. whether it is the redskins saturday night at fedexfield, d.c. united soccer saturday night at rfk. or the nats game in southeast. also on saturday night. there is likely a metro train in your future. and is metro ready? >> metro will have extra trains available after the sporting events because we know a lot of people leave at the same time and we will have them available on the green line and with the baseball games and orange line for the soccer game and blue line for football game. >> reporter: the horrific train crash in june is still affecting

the trains. especially there red line. >> we are doing prep work this weekend. there's work on the red line p in the area of the june incident. and if people are trying to go to and from work, we are asking them to build an extra 30 minutes into your travel plans for saturday night. another fort totten station will be closed for red line. >> reporter: traffic can be tough ain't round any sports venues. many passengers believe metro is the best bet. around nationals stadium friday, some fans were already using metro to show up for the friday nature game with most say metro is the way to go. >> do you think metro will be ready? >> it is hard to say. a lot of people who will be coming in, the way the economy is, lo of people taking metro that wouldn't normally take it. >> i don't think it is. on friday it is bad just getting up here. the green line is packed now. so three games going on, and game saturday, i don't think they are ready just yet. >> metro is always prepared for stuff like that. especially the caps going on and

wizards. all the sporting events going on at the same time. they usually do a goodob providing transportation and everything. >> reporter: here's one way to have a winning night. buy your fare card in advance and buy enough for a round trip. you won't be stuck in long lines at the fare card machines. jim and eun, back to you. >> have fun at the game tomorrow. the nats game, that is. thank you, tom. big day for the washington nationals. and new $15 million rookies. >> we have live coverage tonight. dan is down at the ballpark. hi, dan. >> stephen strasburg is in the building. nationals brought out the fireworks to welcome their number one pick. he will be sitting right here in a matter of minutes along with his agent. one of the toughest negotiators in the business, scott boris. we are going to tell you about a wine for your diet. how to drink without the fear of

gain weight. we continue to keep our eyes on the skies. severe weather sweeps through our area. bob's full become is just minutes away.

topping our money crisis coverage tonight. home sales rise and encouraging words from the fed chairman today. it is a combination that sent stock prices soaring. joining us now live to talk about the day's developments, cnbc's mary thompson. mary, those stocks rose today on some good economic news. let's talk first about housing. hujs gains last month on sales of pre-existing homes. give us the details. >> that's right. the fourth straight monthly gains for existing home salesk o7.2% on ntmoer esbi biggest gain in ten years. year over year basis up 5%. sales rose in all regions of the country with the exception of

the west. one of the driving factors of this is we continue to see declines in home prices. immediate price of t driving new home buyers into the market. >> the sales also included fewer foreclosed homes. do analysts believe that trend will continue? where do they believe the housing market is headed now? >> a number of them believe we are in the early stages of recovery in the market. tax credit expires in november for home buyers and we will see if this that puts a damper on activity. as far as foreclosed homes go, they accounted for about -- distressed sales, accounted for 31% of july's existing home sales. down from 45% to 60%. it is a trend that is expected to continue. >> federal reserve board chairman ben bernanke gave his most optimistic assessment today good the u.s. economy. when does he think this recession wi be over? >> you know, he didn't give any

data or any dates on that. he's -- never does that. basically. what he did say today -- pretty much echoing what the federal reserve said two weeks ago when they issued a statement following their decision on interest rates. was economic activity both here and abroad appears to be leveling off. it looks like we are starting to see a slow recovery. speaking of the resolvey, bernanke said it is expected to be a slow one here in the u.s. when unemployment here in the u.s. gradually declining from the current high levels. reason for this is he believes there are continued strings in the financial system, very difficult for both businesses as well as individuals to get credit or loans. that will keep the economic revery held back a little bit. add to that, heeks expects, continued losses of the nation's banks and that, too, as well will keep a lidn -- i should say strong growth in the economy in the missouris ahead. >> but some good news to wind up our week. we appreciate it. mary thompson from cnbc. have a great weekend. >> you, too. if you usually check the

local movie theaters for -- in the newspaper, you may have to start looking elsewhere. in an effort to cut costs more and more theater chains are rethinking whether it is worth to pay newspapers to print that information. instead theaters are directing consumers to their internet sites or to third-party sites like fandango or ic wksrtehich shows information for free. le eeop seepe more than willing to .doso nul j com ago.ternet traffic there's word from local developers walmart has stepped up efforts in recent months to open the first store in d.c. the retail giant is reportedly zeroing in on land along howard road and southeast next to poplar point and set to be working aggressively to find enough land to accommodate an 80,000 to 100 thousand to you-square foot store. projects of that size usually are public/private ventures. a spokesman for the development

office said it is unlikely the city would be able to provide any monetary assistance for a project like that one. bob joins us now in a busy early afternoon. it was coming down out there, cats and dogs. >> when you hear tropical rain, we had that. atmosphere was saturated all the way up. the result was the heavy rains. outside now, a great day, also for sky watching. leftover clouds. there still could be more showers and our temperature with the rains that came through here in northwest washington, knocked things down. right now, the rainfall into washington, though, has only been in washington zero inches. rockville, almost two inches. temperatures right now around the east. we are at 85 degrees. our north in the 80s, 70s around the lakes. 63 degrees. cool air out there around the great lakes. and we will be seeing that lower humidity come our way after we get through tomorrow. today we have that humidity in on us and on top of it, a little ripple in the atmosphere.

that was the reason for earlier hang that severe thunderstorm watch. as you can see even for you folks in anne arundel county and calvert county, that's down now. the nasty storms have moved off well to the east. over the eastern shore, folks out -- maybe friends out at the beaches, they are getting a bit of a go of it. in and around us, meanwhile, there's really just some leftover showers downround dale city. and mt. vernon, you folks will probably get showers in. because the air is still saturated, when these do come through they come through with heavy rain. there you can see down in the northern neck and here is another batch now coming out of west virginia. right into the shenandoah valley. so there will be some more rain showers prime air, not any damaging thunderstorms. as a matter of fact, i think as we go through the next couple of hours in our future scan you can see that batch coming in to loudoun county. look at reston. over an inch of rain. we have had officially in washington, d.c., zero inches. out in the waters, this is the one we want to keep an eye on

over the weekend. there is bill. beginning to lose strength right now. category 2 with winds down to only a bit over 200 miles per hour. it will graze bermuda, tides there will be running three feet above average and have a tropical storm warning. you can see it staying well off the coast. give eight bit of a go but nothing unusual for nantucket. they get into saturday night. high winds up there at 20 to 25 miles an hour. but as i mentioned, the threat is because of the heavy surf. tomorrow we will have that weather front near us. as a result we are going to be seeing some leftover clouds and showers and could see another inch of rain. still a few more showers possible. it will be a bit on the humid side. after we get through 10:00, the last of the leftover showers, coming out of the shenandoah valley, could be some morning position and a fair amount of a into tomorrow. we are going to continue to see for you folks heading out to the beaches that threat ofe ssom

dangerous rip currents. if you are going out to the beaches or friends out there, make sure that evenhough there is going to be quite a scene of seeing that heavy surf from bill passing by, going in right into the water, could be dangers. enjoy the surf but wait until those rip currents subside if you are out at the beaches. okay. >> bob, thank you. when we come back tonight on "news4 at 5:00," we are not the only ones getting severe weather. take a look at this. twister caught on dashcam. >> low calorie wine. we will introduce you to the bottle of vino for the health conscious. something about august going into september where everybody in washington gets all wee-wee'd up. i don't know what it is. >> just what does that mean s we will fift

robert novak was remembered today as a man committed to his faith, family and craft at his

funeral mass. family, friends and fellow journalists paid tribute to novak in downto d. former white house adviser karl rove was among those attending. novak died tuesday from brain cancer. he was 78. he he may be best known for hosting several political talk shows including cnn's "crossfire." he had been a lumpist for the "chicago sun-times" for decades. president obama is leaving the washington heat but mott the pressure of the health care debate. while the president is holding out hope for a public option and reform, the senate finance committee so-called gang of six bipartisan group of lawmakers as reportedly taken it off the table. nancy pelosi says her chamber won't pass the bill without the public option. the white house says that the president wants a deal but not at any cost. >> the president's goal is not to prapt banner and sign a bill just so somebody can say we reformed health care. >> meanwhile the latest polls

show public confidence in the handling of health care is slipping. the new "washington post"/abc news poll show approval numbers are down and disapproval numbers are up sharply from april. >> health care sparking a protest in a supermarket in silver spring today. demonstrators are not happy about the anti-government health care op-ed written by the ceo of whole foods. and published in "the wall street journal." supporters of the grou progressive maryland handed out leaflets accusing the company of anti-health care and anti-worker policies. >> we strongly support president obama's health care reform legislation. if we were to -- actually dismayed when we found out that the whole foods corporation right here not only opposes president obama's health care reform but that the ceo wrote an op-ed in t"the wall street journa journal". >> take a lot of pride and in serving our customers and serving the community and trying to do the best things. our o made a comment about health care. and there is a l of

different -- out there, respect that point of view. track record of -- really doing what we do. selling great mood and helping the community. supporting the planet. that's what wear going to continue to do. >> a spokesperson important whole foods says that the company has no official position on the health care reform issue. and that the ceo offered constructive ide and expressed his own opinion in the journal op-ed as the president invited all americans to do. coming up, virginia's race for governor is heating up. how democrat creigh deeds made a move. >> that little black dress. we will show you how to reinvent yourself every day without barely changing at all. plus this. i'm liz crenshaw. does the first lady receive a paycheck? that's the question. the answer is coming up on "ask

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welcome back, everybody to our secretary half hour of "news4 at 5:00." i'm jim handly. >> i'm eun yang. coming up in this half hour, big day for the nats. fans meet a new rookie and new gm. and campaign push. race for governor is picking up with one candidate, launching a major offensive. and hurricane bill makes waves. we begin now with a look at the storms in our own area. some heavy, heavy rain earlier today. we continue to watch the skies. we go straight up to bob in the storm center for the latest. hi, bob. >> we are getting a couple more forming. as a matter of fact, while officially the severe thunderstorm watch is now down, that means that there are warnings now. the warnings have been issued for folks out in the berryville area. there you can see the storm. it indicates that it may be producing hail. it is -- issued for hail. it is moving -- moving along 25 miles an hour. winchester right now and berryville. so danger from the storms which are coming out of the mountains of west virginia. we will keep an eye on them as they continue to move into the

shenandoah valley and then cross the blue ridge. other areas around dale city and waldorf. humid warm afternoon. more showers and thundershowers. one warning now. 6:15 for the area around winchest winchester. keep you posted. back to you. >> bob, thank you. fire investigators say two building fires in prince george's county were the work of an arsonist. including the well-known burn manner knights of columbus hall in oxon hill. it happened thend of last month. it took 40 firefighters 90 minutes to bring the fire under control. the hall is located here in the 1,500 block of southern avenue. investigators were unable to examine all areas of the building until yesterday because of its condition. a second fire in the county, a house on stan faye drive in upper marlboro has also been ruled arson. three firefighters were injured

fighting the housee in silver spring, maryland. firefighters responded to the blaze here in the 2,000 block of featherwood street. we are told three firefighters suffered minor burns. the blaze spread to all three floors and town home's roof collapsed. the cause of fire sunday investigation. in the virginia's governor race today, democratic candidate creigh deeds used a backdrop as a major address. republicans have a different take on things. julie carey is here to explain it all. >> trailing in recent polls, creigh deeds' speech to reporters was an attempt to refocus his campaign. it was termed a desperate recess. >> i will move virginia forward and he will take us back. >> before a crowd of supporters at george mason unersity, creigh deeds campaigned future  versus past. if the seat and newly released television ad, deeds aligned himself with the policies and approach of popar former

governor mark warner and portrays his opponent, republican bob mcdonald as in line with the economic policies of former president george bush. deeds echoed a theme he rolled out in northern virginia. mcdonald's legislative record of supporting abortion restrictions means he will focus on social issues if elected governor. >> during his entire career my opponent didn't sponsor one bill, not a single bill to create jobs through economic development or provide needed resources to education. instead his public service has been a career-long pattern of focusing on social issues. >> reporter: mcdonald focused on job creation, the campaign stop today at southwest virginia. his campaign fired back with this statement. if creigh dooeds thinks blowing the dust off an old playbook too many times a major new announce many he doesn't get what the voters are looking for. virginia needs jobs and opportunity. recognition that the campaign

needs a jump start. >> up until now, i think his campaign has not done a good job of defining him as a candidate. what he is about, how he will make a difference for the voters ever virginia, and mcdonald h gotten out the fiscal and economic issues that are the issues of the campaign. and i think that deeds has to do something to reverse that. >> reporter: deeds says he is not worried. >> i'm confident that once we get refocused on virginia issues, we will be all right. we are confident we will win this election. >> the tv ad will air across virginia but not in the d.c. market. coming up at 6:00 we will hear what republican bob mcdonald had to say as he campaigned in lynchburg. >> julie carey. thk you. coming up, dashcam twister. we will show you mother nature's version of a traffic stop. >> is the first lady getting paid? we are going to askiz. summer is over for some local students and they are heading back to school.

so monday morning, liz crenshaw shows you where to save serious cash on supplies. plus, live at a local school as students arrive back in class. all that and weather and traffic on the 1s.

roadside police traffic stops, this time a police dashcam rolled on a tornado. >> take a look at this. what it caught on tape in fayette county, iowa. it is recording chief tim davis' cam at 5:00 in the evening. the tornado was spotted on the ground near west union and traveled northeast. just missing the city heading towards eldorado. no one was hurt. a farm sustained heavy damage. the rip current warning signs are up along the beaches of bermuda this evening. the surf is kicking up and already keeping many tourists out of the water.

residents are preparing for hurricane bill. they are packing up and moving anything that could be tosse around. inland and to protected areas. jay grey now has much more on the trouble that hurricane bill is stirring up. as one of the final weekends as the summer season begins, thousands along the atlantic coast from florida to new england have an eye on hurricane bill. these pictures shows just how massive the storm is. forecasters expect the hurricane to stay out in the atlantic. hundreds of miles from the.s. coast. bill could still cost some problems. >> if you have an inexperienced surfer or a person that doesn't know what they are doing on the water, don't even try to go out there. >> reporter: but lifeguards and the emergency officials know that high waves have the opposite effect on hundreds of surfers and swimmers who will be looking for a thrill ride compliments of we are very

concerned about the public especially when we are mott work. >> hi phone calls from toronto. they are driving here for the swell. i will bet this place on sunday will probably have 200 people. >> reporter: some areas could see waves as high as 35 feet. and the storm will likely also produce dangerous rip currents. strong enough to pull even experienced swimmers out to sea. >> rips for a storm like this are going to be ten times as dangerous as a nor'easter. >> reporter: the danger that's like the storm is expected to degree through the weekend. jay gray, nbc news. >> we had severe weather of our own today. >> bob ryan, storm center, for the late rest still some warnings out. bill, by the way is weakening and will not be waves 35 feet along the maryland/delaware/virginia coastline. indeed those strong rip currents can be very, very dangerous and deadly. so if you are heading out for the beaches, enjoy watching the surf but be extremely, extremely cautious. here's the storm which is now --

has now moved out of the warning area. it has -- indications that maybe producing some hail. so there's some of the spots as it moves into the panhandle of west virginia. clark county, berryville. that's still in effect until 6:15. how about heading out to the game. humid great baseball night. there may be a few passing showers. but certainly not a rainout tonight. and then for tomorrow, for tomorrow evening, i think there will be some evening showers and a chance of showers, won't be as warm or as humid as it is now for the football game. 79 degrees and very, very dangerous rip currents. right now for ocean city and for spots like rehoboth and dewey. saturday waves five to seven feet. sunday they will be subsiding a bit as we go through later on sunday. there is a chance of showers. more tomorrow. then comfortable air comes in on sunday. much lower humidity coming in. with northwesterly winds. sunday and monday and on into next week looks pleasant. next chance for showers or

thundershowers in the 80s. right now the one warning around winchester, clark county until 6:15, we you posted should any more come up. >> we know you will. thank you, bob. annoying fliers tucked in your front door. coming up, liz finds out how to get to stop it. >> also ahead, a little black dress 101. get ready for accessory overload. the nats rookie live. sports is just ahead with a one-on-one with stephen

here we go. does the first lady receive a paycheck? does running the ac burn more gas? can you put a stop to those unwanted fliers showing up on the front door? liz crenshaw joins us with the answers. happy friday to you. >> o first question,, frs ershcory.s om sherry. she wan a ut a stop to yteou wand fliers at her front door. >> frustrating. we contacted several jurisdictions to find out about this one. none had any laws prohibiting i wanted fliers since they are a private and not publiisan. wnuin r,hovehwe eac said ehat tou y c co tacan mterchy d dtlec tl and tell them torsflp oienou ry ieflnie your n s sigay nstngotn trespassing and no soliciting. that could help. by the way, it is illegal to put fliers in your mailbox unless the flier has a postage stamp attached to it. they should not be in your mailbox but on your front doorstep or your lawn. yes. retein g.stinteresting.

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there's some of the smaller spots. and for you folks who are in the larger towns there are the areas, charlestown in a few minutes and harper's ferry heading in that direction. once again, this is a severe thunderstorm warning for those areas. panhandle of west virginia, still in parts of clark county and just a tip there of loudoun county until 6:30. we will keep you posted. these storms will be getting closer to washington by about 7:00. back to you. >> thanks, bob. people watching their weight can now enjoy a glass of wine without guilt. french growers created a new low calorie version. the wine is made from grapes grown to produce much less sugar and it is only 60 calories per serving. the same as a carton of sugar-free yogurt and contains only 9% alcohol. those wines contain about 13%. the growers say not even wine enthusiasts can tell the difference. france expects to sell several million bottles in the coming years. >> all right. i don't know whether i want to test that. >> does it taste the same?

>> is it worth it? >> anything light have you to be -- >> that's true. jim, what have you got coming up tonight at 6:00? >> coming up, president barack obama has things to say about the elections in afghanistan. we will tell you about that the plane that was co-piloted by a man from maryland crashed at a busy airport today. we will hear from some of the people that responded to the scene. we will tell you about a town that's already decorating for the holidays. those stories and more coming up in just a few minutes. just like low-fat spam. you know what i mean? >> if you are going to do it -- >> come on. put the fat in the spam. if you don't want it, don't eat it. and the pirl should be paid. i think it is unfair. >> she works 24/7. >> that's the stupidest thing i ever heard in my life. >> in south america where it is winter. >> it is not. >> it is not. all right. we will see you in a bit. coming up next on "news4 at 5:00," we are going straight out

to dan. he is at nats park. huge day for the entire nationals organization. >> it was a lot of fun out there today. i don't want to waste time. wane to get right to stephen strasburg. to his left, his agent, scott boris. we thought this would be a very tough, very nasty negotiation. it did go right down to the wire. and stephen strasburg gets a record contract worth somewhere between $15 million and $23 million depending on who you talk to. stephen, you had to be -- i don't know want to say amazed but pleased to see the fan turn. fireworks. in is not a normal event for a first-round draft pick. >> oh, yeah. it was absolutely amazing. to come in here and to be -- treated the way, you know, my family and i have been treated, it is just -- you know, just very thankful and blessed. >> ryan zimmerman was to present you with your jersey. the face of the franchise now and the future face of the franchise for you. did you guys get a chance to

chat off the field at all? back in the locker room? >> yes. why yeah, we did. for a few minutes. you know, he had a lot of great things to say. you know, he seemed like a grea know, no reason why he shouldn't be the face of the franchise and, you know, a tremendous athlete. >> you have been the most hyped player coming out of college probably ever. especially in the era of the internet. people have said that you are as good as roger clemens right now. people have said there's no need to send him to the minor leagues. i asked you a few minutes ago what one thing signifies to you that man, this is getting crazy? >> you know, i definitely -- during the season when you know, fans would start to follow the bus become to the hotel for an autograph, you know, that was pretty wild. and it was scary at the same time. it is a great thing about, you know, playing for a hall of famer, you know, tony glen was, you know, stepped up for me in every situation. he really, you know, helped

isolate me from a lot of the stuff. >> tony gwynn has been very real with you in terms of telling you look, this is big league baseball. it is going to ache some time. it is going to be an adjustment. the -- the nats have certainly tried to temper expectations here. is it going to be hard for you if you do spend a couple of months in the minors? >> not at all. i know they are doing it, you know, with my best interests and apartment hand. you know, why rush me out there, you know, immediately to where, you know, i may not be able to handle the workload. i want to go to the -- when the time is right so i can stay up there for a long time. >> all right. mr. boris, the negotiation went well for both sides. i believe a story you told during the press conference which i found quite interesting is that unlike a lot of guys, he hasn't been great forever. correct? >> certain will you stephen's, you know, ascension to where he is at today -- came to a very --

very, very arduous and difficult plan of work. and i think one -- once an athlete knows that path it allows him -- a much easier rate to make adjustments to the big leagues. >> stephen strasburg kim out of high school and undrafted and lost about 30 pounds or so right. and now he's -- the highest paid draftee ever in baseball history. we are -- certainly glad i would say as washingtonians and nationals fans to have him here in town. should be fun to watch him pitch out there very soon. >> all excited. thank you, dan. coming up, getting the most wear from just one outfit during tight time, how to

just about every woman has that little black dress in her closet. it is supposed to be the perfect outfit for any occasion. right? as one shows us, all you need to make it work is the right accessory. lindsay wilcox explains.

>> when valerie elizabeth gets dressed in the morning she asks herself the same question as every other woman in america. >> what am i going to wear? >> the dallas based stylist decided her little black dress really could go just about anywhere. so she decided to try to wear it for one month straight. creating different outfits with other pieces she already owns. >> the little black dress is something almost every woman has in her closet and i thought that this is a basic thing you can wear day to evening and will he me show people how to do it because it is something they can replicate easily at home. >> paired over white pants, navy belt, day outfit for running around town. belted with a pashmina, the same dress but totally different look. to put valerie to the test we asked her to come up with a few different outfits for me. cashmere jacket pulled from target and a little clutch or a vintage car coat and a bded bag and i'm ready to go.

valerie says the experiment forced her to be more creative than ever before. she has oneord for women looking to reinvent their wardrobe. >> find what makes you feel comfortable and when you feel comfortable and walk out the door feeling great, then everyone else is going to think you look great, too. >> we thank you for watching "news4 at 5:00." have a great weekend, everybody. coming up next, more up-to-the minute severe weather coverage. eun joins jim vance next for "news4 at 6:00." > >> prince william county they found a couple dead inside their own home. >> metro is making preparations for the tens of thousands of redskins nationals and d.c. united fans expected to use the transit system saturday night. >> stocks way up today on news that home sales posted their biggest increase in ten years. we got slammed this afternoon. big old thunderstorm rolling through. they are not done yet.