s whae ing to follow. fighter jets and helicopters were sedcrblamut bo a2:30 ttooo no-fly zone around the district. darcy spencer joins from us gaithersburg tonight with new information. hi, darcy. >> reporter: i'm told that that pilot sin side the terminal here at the montgomery county air park at this hour being questioned by authorities. apparently he was already questioned by u.s. secret service agents. we saw them leave probably within the last half hour but we are told now that he's being questioned by authorities out of baltimore, maryland. we have video to show you of that aircraft her on the ground, montgomery county air park this afternoon. officials report about 2:30 today the stun pilot ventured into restricted air space and was not responding to communications. at that point the military aircraft were scrambled and intercepted the plane. weigh were told that this involved a couple of f-16s as well as military aircraft helicopters from the u.s. coast

guard. this pilot was able to get within 10 to 12 miles of the no-fly zone around the district. as you recall, a lot of air space restrictions were put in place after the september 11th attacks. this pilot was escorted back here to the montgomery county air park this afternoon. again, by the jets and helicopters, he did land safely. the u.s. secret service did come out here and interviewed him. they have since left. again, he's currently being interviewed by additional officials out of baltimore, maryland. i did speak to someone who spoke to that pilot directly after he landed here at the air park. he apparentlyndicated that he had simply gotten lost and he had gotten disoriented up in the skies and wasn't sure exactly where he was. apparently was operator error. that is certainly being taken seriously. we are also being told by government officials that this was the same exact aircraft in 2005 that caused a scare that causedhe evacuation of the white house and capitol building as well. we put in a request to talk to the pilot.

we are waiting for an answer back. if we get more information we will bring it to you. darcy spencer, news4. back to you. >> thank you, darcy. last week's mysterious death of a 3-year-old waldorf boy is a mystery no more. a man has been arrested today and charged in the connection with the death. desean wade. >> reporter: the mysrisou death of desean is ateys mry no more. 3-year-old died after beaten by s en by misr' hhe boyfriend. were, quote, wrestling. the suspect, the mother's boyfriend. 25-year-old myron aioonnton gibson. charged with first degree child abuse resulting in death. the victim, 3-year-old desean wade. he normally lives with his father. he was visiting his mother when it happened.

more on that later. the scene, the mother's home in waldorf. it happened last wednesday. the boy's mother said she had left to go to work. last week, i talked to her about what happened. >> i just don't know what happened. >> reporter: he was your baby boy. >> that was my baby boy. the youngest. >> reporter: do you think anything evil happened here? >> evil? i hope not. i hope not. >> reporter: in court documents, the medical examiner said desean had a fractured rib and hemorrhages to his back and forehead. >> we interviewed the suspect whodmittedd to inflicting those injuries. >> reporter: according to the documents, suspect gibson told police that he and desean were wrestling. that he struck desean ten times in his back and that desean fell forward and struck his forward. r that, gibson said, desean

seiz up.af sources say last night, police were called to this house to investigate allegations of abuse. that burn marks were found on desean wade's body. no perpetrator was ever identified. after that incident, they say, desean was taken out of this house and placed in the custody of his father who lives in prince george's county. but desean's mother says he would occasionally come back an. visit her here. myron gibson tight held wi bt ioudonn this fatal child abuse case. a few minutes ago, this statement from the department of human resources after that alleged abuse last may. child welfare workers in the family agreedo a safety plan to keep desean away from that waldorf house. it appears, they say, that safety plan was not followed.

jim, back to you. >> all right. pat collins live for us. deadly ending to a police shooting in anne arundel county, maryland. police tell us they found a vehicle matching the description of one used in an earlier robbery in the area. when they approached the vehicle, police say that the suspect drove int the police car and then tried to run down one of the officers. that officer fired multiple shots and the suspect died at the scene. the suspect has been identified as brian dalkis. the officer was not injured. three people, including a u.s. park police officer, were injured in a crash on the baltimore-washington parkway today. it happened about 8:00 this morning. here in the southbound lanes near route 193 and laurel. investigators say that the officer was making a traffic stop when he got out of his cruiser and a pickup truck veered off the road and slammed into the officer's cruiser. that car rolled over the officer and he was dragged nearly 40

feet. he suffered bumps and bruises. everyone is expected to recover from their injuries. the police in prince william county are looking for the driver of a vehicle that was involvd i hi ruann. hit-and-run. enhaeaedpper nth harsteoninti c of lee wis wike north onridiwa b aliseik north honeeay lhwboig aute lig hospital r. thed fwa ou s hdns. whersioeheospital r hede s tdiwhinhimo he died r mo re tdeeaklr hel ohie f thclveitate hivehithe beat hit him but belie si bergrr silver or gray. if ou haveny a information call crime solvers in prince william county. there is new information tonight about a disturbing incident at a prince william county school. the school that was vandalized with racially charged words and symbols. this happened overnight at sinclair elementary in manassas. earlier today the police said all the suspects involved were african-americ african-american. but in the last hour, we learned that three of them are white and only one of them

african-american. keith garvin has our report. >> reporter: even from a thousand feet above, the words and symbol of hate have the power to anger. this morning news chopper 4 captured the video from a parking lot from an elementary school. someone had taken rolls of sod and spelled out the title kkk and the words white power, and formed a swastika. >> that was the school i went to when i was a kid. i mean -- yeah, it is surprising. i don't see anything like that happening around here. >> reporter: police say it was 14 teenagers that took sod from a renovation project overnight. authorities picked them up just hours after receiving a call about the crime. police would not go on camera but in a statement, they say that the suspects have been identified and are being charged with vandalism. they are all males from manassaa and 14, 15, 16, and 17 years old. the suspects attend stonewall

high school in manassas and are likely not members of a white power group. three are white and one is african-american. >> ones around here are pretty quiet. some living down the street. that's the worst thing they do, make a lot of noise. that's it. >> reporter: school officials heasupset the vandalism that occurred. in a statement a spokesman with prince william county public schools says the sinclair elementary school community can be assured that the school is a safe, welcoming and inviting place and we will prosecute this case to the fullest extent of the law. in manassas, keith garvin, news4. school starts in prince william county september 8. no word whether the students involved will face any disciplinary action from the school system. perfect summer day out there. nothing this great can last or can it, bob? >> we wish hard enough i think it could. little bit more humidity coming in. beautiful day. lot of sunshine out there.

our temperature right here in northwest washington. we nudged he90 degrees pl 86 no. 85 around the area downtown. we are going to have another very, very pleasant evening. the tropics are starting to brew a bit and another 90-degree day. humidity coming back, too. i will tell you about that and as well as what danny could be doing as it is forming. i will join new a couple of minutes. >> thanks, bob. computer glitch blamed for sending thousands of students to their first week of school with incomplete schedules. interest stranded students yesterday but weren't able to go to class. today school officials say they are working to remedy all of this. tracee wilkins has our story. >> reporter: thousands of prince george's county students and middle school students showed up for the first day of school yesterday with nowhere to go. >> sat around all day yesterday, no schedules and they didn't really do anything all day. they were happy but parents upset. >> students returned yesterday with partial schedules.

understanding that partial schedules means -- could mean you have one class missing, it could mean that you have double courses scheduled at the same time, during the same period. or it could mean you just didn't have a schedule at all. >> reporter: there were apparently a number of issues from i.t. problem, late registration problems. school officials say while all of the issues have not been completely fixed, a temporary solution is under way. >> you will be in a class that's applicable to your grade level. you will be a math class and science class today. all students will have instruction today. >> reporter: schedule office personnel have been dispatched to schools with issues to help get the students and their property classrooms and as soon as possible. >> while reaction from parents was mixed, one of many skooms affected, bottom line was the same. get it fixed. >> i think they should be more organized. >> sat in the cafeteria all day long. hopefully they will have it resolved today.

>> would just need to pick up -- got messed up and move on. >> reporter: this is dr. william heights' first year at the school system and says this problem is excuse sxabl unacceptable and he wants to see it completely fixed by the end of the week. hyattsville, tracee wilkins, news4. >> last may, the students reported some problem was the computer system that handles their schedules. the same program is also used to report and distribute grades. we are just getting started here on "news4 at 5:00." michael jackson murdered. close family member reacts to the death investigation. texting while driving, new disturbing psa with a message hard toyg for. lindsay czarniak hits the fast lane. juan montoya tells all. police chiefakoces lal history. find out why he is no stranger to breaking barriers.0

one of michael jackson's sisters is now talking about the details of the coroner's report. la toya jackson says she thinks her brotheras murdered. in a statement aslereed she says she's thankfu tohe t investigators for co tvengri the about this. she says sh loroo f tksrdwa otr the day justice will beveer sd for all the parties involved in her brother's homicide. the coroner's finding jackson's death was a homicide could mean criminal charges for his doctor. a law enforcement source says the investigators were told his death was caused by the anesthetic propofol which was combined with at least two sedatives. the pop star was found dead in a

rented los angeles mansion at the end of june. his doctor, conrad murray, has reportedly told police tha he administered a mix of powerful drugs to treat jackson's insomnia just hours before his death. >> the fact that this one was classified as a homicide means that the evidence is pointing to another person being directly involved in the administration of the drugs that caused michael jackson's death. >> i have done all i could do. i told the truth. >> attorneys for dr. murray say at least four other doctors were also prescribing drugs for ckson. and that they are looking forward to reacting to the coroner's report once it is officially released. there are other parts what the doctors told investigators starting to be called into question, including cell phone records that show he made three separate calls that lasted 47 minutes after jackson stopped breathing but before anyone called 911. the stock market managed to carve out modes gains today. thanks in part to shoppers. let's check in with cnbc's

hampton pearson with more on today' developments and big news. let's start out with this reappointment by ben bernanke today as fed chairman. did it have an impact on the market? >> it did. generally positive. among many things about this, timing of the president's announcement was a bit of a surprise. ben bernanke's term as fed chairman not up until january but by making the announcement now the president puts the end to speculation that he was going to replace bernanke with summers. washington needs a proactive fed to finish the job of getting this economy out of the worst recession in decades. wall street liked the news and central bankers around the world were also pleased. bernanke does have to be confirmed by the senate and there was a reality check for both he and the president today. the whi house raising its ten-year cumulative budget deficit estimates to $9 trillion. that's $2 trillion higher than previous forecast. and congressional budget office

had a similar forecast. >> a bit of surprise in the latest information about consumer confidence today. >> well, there is a private research group, conference board, they track consumer confidence and basically they say that it took a big jump this month and consumers are really optimistic about what's going to happen to the economy and in the next six months. the big swings in the index but the expectations barometer for six months from now jumps to 73.5. the big question here is does that growing consumer confidence and belief things are getting better translate into more consumer spending. >> you got information about some banks giving t.a.r.p. money back. which banks are we talking about? >> the interesting thing today is jamie dimon, head of jpmorgan, interview with the chicago newspaper, basically said that his firm didn't need the $25 billion in government money that it got.

it took it in the sense because it was more or less coerced into being part of the program. a lot of big banks in general are trying to basically give back the t.a.r.p. monday why because what goes away with part of that are restrictions on executive compensation. which is a real big hot button issue right now with congress. >> sure is. cnbc's hampton pearson. thanks again. all righty. what's going on with this hurricane, bob? >> no, no, no, no, please. it will not become a hurricane. it is just a tropical wave. that's the incubator. next one is a depression. looks like there is a hurricane out there now to get -- inside to sea. looks like a depression. looks like it will get stronger. a lot of uncertainty all over the place. not likely -- please. all right. we don't want to get folks all upset along the coast. outside right now, boy, it is a nice -- nice day.

the weekend. i remember when you -- which one was it you were out and almost got swept away? remember at ocean city? >> bonnie. ocean city. that was -- god, that was ages ago. >> 15, 20 years. >> you are dating me, bob. >> if it turns into a hurricane, we are sending wendy out for live report at the beach zbles those were the days. >> our temperature right now outside is a very comfortable, still comfortable 85 degrees. right now, our -- current temperature early this morning, we were down into the 60s. 68 degrees. look at t low temperatures. up to our north, chicago, 59 degrees. so here's what it is going to be going on. current temperature here, 85 degrees. the dew point oncee hit 62, it is still pretty comfortable. pollen today was 26. hey fever sufferers. same old weather front hanging

around the coast and because of that, there have been some showers. not around here. we are dry as a bone. but look at where there has been showers right now. off the north carolina coast. as a matter of fact, let me take down to chincoteague. a little bit of rain today. got friends out there around assateague and chincoteague. meanwhile, look at thurmont, maryland. temperature, 80 degrees. beautiful morning. it won't be as cool tomorrow morning. here it is. there you can see a circulation trying to develop. there's no closed circumstance laying. very strong tropical wave and as it drifts to the north, upper level winds will be light. so it does look likely that it will become little bit stronger and certainly because of its proximity to the east coast bears watcng. but there is a lot of uncertainty of one, what will happen, as the high pressure moves off the coast and next couple of days. one thing will happen, humidity will be come back. a weather front may give us a chance for showers by the time we get into late thursday. in the meantime, partly cloudy, warm, pleasant evening.

temperatures around 80 degrees. tomorrow morning when you get up and head out, once again, very, very pleasant out there. with temperatures getting up into the high 60s to about 70 degrees. not quite as cool as it was this morning. but still pleasant. some sunshine with high clouds and another fine day. our temperatures tomorrow will be getting up to the mid 80s. mid to high 80s to low 90s in a few spots. humidity really begins coming back there's the risk of showers, thundershowers. hd anything from whatever does ine ertekeliure b s hatere latea to sunday the way it looks now. there's a lot of iffyness. 40% chance of. major budget cuts in the state of maryland. breakdown of the hundreds of cuts and thousands of layoffs. homemade soups and sandwiches with a side of green. we will take a look at an eke froenldly the hotspot. >> swine flu toy. take a look to find otohout i ws

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every neighborhood needs a good deli, about coffee shop and good public. all of the above delivered in one cozy space that just happens to be ecofriendly. it is called d.c. bread and brew on 21 st. street. let's eat. lunch time and the lines almost out the door at bread and brew. it has only been open a few weeks but customers are already making a habit of the homemade foods and sandwiches. chef eugene is often offering a surprise. >> i don't tell anybody what i'm going to do tomorrow. i put it on at night. >>eporter: bread and brew has taken over the space that was occupied by giorgio's pizza and kept the ovens so they could turn up the more upmarket version made from italian flour. the chef's french background gives the menu some flair. like this roasted apple and root vegetable salad with fresh goat cheese and local honey. >> bistro. >> reporter: bread and brew is the offspring of terry van

goghsome. she also grew up in a family that has always been green. >> i grew up on mother earth. may father was a vegetarian. vegan over 30 years. we always had organic foods. we live in fort washington. >> reporter: she is bringing the ecoconsciousness to bread and brew which is green certified. >> all of my-to-gopacage sing b biodegradable. it is very innovative. we are using as much organic as we can. we have a wonderful organic coffee. our melts come from the dairy which is local. so is the butter and yogurt. and it really does make a better cappuccino. >> reporter: they also offer some vegan options, including a vegan pizza a that's made with soy cheese and phony pepperoni. handing out nontoxin plastic water bottles to the neighborhood offering them

refill was a twist. >> 50 cents, you can bring your bottle in and fill it up and goes towards the employees getting health care. >> reporter: downstairs is the brew part of the title and small public that serves organic vodka and beers. manager jewels jewel yo concocted interesting infusion. >> soak it with fresh lims and mint leaves for just over a week. whole organic sugar cane. >> reporter: even the dishware is made at the local pottery in virginia. at an age of fast food and franchises, it is nice to have places that come from our own roots. >> it is quirky. it is fits if neighborhood perfectly. bread and brew, one moroey to t cat lol. m>> forore greenorst fies, nbcwashington.com and search the word green. we all know the swine flu is nothing to play with. >> federal health officials are hoping the swine flu toy will at least raise awareness about the real thing. the centers for disease control in atlanta is selling the toy in its gift shop.

it was created by giant microbes, compa that makes a variety of stuffed toys made to look like giant microbes. i don't know why it makes me laugh. each toy comes with information from the organism it represents the the swine flu toy is available through the company's website and sells for $7.95. not $8. >> no. coming up next on "ne4 at 5:00," lindsay is having lunch with a nascar driver. find out what intimidated him about a drive to d.c. >> also look back at the march on washington, a lesson for all of us about an important moment in history. i'm liz crenshaw. short of college cash. ten tips on what your college kid doesn't need.

welcome back to the second half hour of "news4 at 5:00." i'm wendy reer. >> i'm jim handly. coming up in this half hour, texting behind the wheel. graphic video of the deadly consequences. massive cuts for workers in maryland. they are starting to lose their jobs today. plus, mega-millions countdown. the rush is on tonight to get their hands on that $252 million jackpot ticket. we are going to begin this half hour with our top story. city of alexandria names its first black police chief. earl cook took over today as the new head of the alexandria police department. replacing former chief david baker. who resigned last month after being arrested on idudu charges. cooke is 30-year veteran of alexandria's police force. he had interesting ties to the community. julie carey joins us from alexandria to tell us about him. >> reporter: the new police chief is a life long alexandria

resident. he grew up in public housing just down the street from city hall. went on to football fame and today achieve ad life long goal. >> join me in presenting the chief's badge to my new police chief. >> reporter: it was history making moment as earl cook was handed the chief badge. standing ovation in a packed city council room. the city's first african-american chief was welcomed by the first african-american mayor. >> role model, mentor, strong leader, but most of all a well respected caring person. >> reporter: earl cook's rise to chief comes to the resignation of dave baker. he stepped down last month after being arrested for drunk driving inform following a traffic accident. today marks the pinnacle of a 30-year police career. >> started here and intended to end my police career here if i could. so for that,ia fulfilling a dream. >> reporter: in high school a member of the 1971 t.c. williams

football team. a team merammoum ialedizal n "remember the titans." nicknamed earl the pearl, cook played at duke before returning to join the police force in his hometown. >> i was very elated about that. and i think that it is -- wonderful. i think that earl deserves -- live to see a black p and living to see a black police chief chief in my community. >> i'm excited for him. we are all very proud of him. >> reporter: alexandria sheriff dana longhorn met cook in 1979 when the two entered the northern virginia police academy together. they were later paired for a series of assignments from the alexandria police department. >> he knows the city inside you on. he knows the politics of the city. how city government runs. he knows the community. hay knows the people of the community. and he had a strong connects

here. >> reporter: chief cook will lead a 400-pent department coming up on "news4 at 6:00." more on his thoughts about leading that department into the future. reporting live from alexandria, julie carey. back to you. >> thank you, julie. this friday will mark the 46th anniversary of the march on washington. dr. martin luther king delivered his famous i have a dream speech at the rally back in 1963. there was an event marking the anniversary today down on the mall. the futur site of the memorial honoring dr. king. education secretary arne duncan joined other edge indicatedors to talk about the memorial. and reverend king's message. duncan echoed other speakers when he said that although there has been progress since dr. king's time there is more work to be done. he added that president obama is living proof of the power of education. the controversial health care reform bill was a topic after town hall meeting in northern virginia today. congressman connelly facing an onslaught of questions at a

springfield retirement community. jane watrel joins us now to tell us how that went. >> reporter: congressman connery asked for civility and that's what he got as a packed room full of seniors faced off on health care reform. it was sitting room only as first term congressman jerry connelly faced 400 of his oldest constituents. on the thorny issuef health care reform. >> in 1960, when i was 10, and john kennedy was elected president, we spent 5% of our gross domestic product on health care. today we are spending 18%. >> reporter: connelly asked the retirement community for a civil discussion. telling the crowd that he is still making up his mind on which bill to endorse. >> i will not vote for any health care bill that in any way, shape or form does any harm to medicare. >> reporter: for the most part, the health care debate here stayed calm. unlike other town hall meetings held around the country was degenerated into name calling and shouting like the one earlier this month in pennsylvania. >> i got news for you.

you and your cronies in the government do this kind of stuff all the time. >> reporter: in springfield one senior said she feared the government would create a panel telling her what kind of treatment her late husband would face as he battled alzheimer's. >> i had the freedom to talk with his doctor and participate in his treatment. i would lose that freedom under this bill. >> reporter: connelly did his best to knock that down. >> there are no panels that are going to tell you or your doctors what a loved one is going to get suffering from alzheimer's. >> reporter: he also set a powerful example for the city's youth. growing up in reston. jim moran and howard dean meeting with concerned citizens. dean is a medical doctor as well as being chairman of the democratic national committee. >> thanks, jane. still to come tonight, thousands of state workers are being laid off or furloughed in maryland. that's the beginning of the budgets cuts. a report on that next. later, deadly texting.

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maryland is facing the largestudutge cts in state history. eou anc many from governor o'maeyy. dato governor o'malley has the tdaas of slashing $4il m55lion out of the budget. it affectste agencies and m ie agencsnd includes hundreds ofge layoffs d thousands ofur flohs sugorteta workers. there wilbe a signica nt ct dureion in aid todu local government. krus gordon breaks it all down for us. >> reporter: maryland will shut down nonessential services for five days around thanksgiving and christmas. state workers face three to ten days of furloughs depending on their pay scale. leslie and brittney brewer are a mother and daut their both work for the revenue administration. >> it is going to hurt a loftd families with this furlough. >> i'm 20 years old. i live on my own and it is going to kill me. >> reporter: maryland governor o'malley announced layoffs of more than 200 workers as state jobs are abolished to save $17 million. my message to all of the state employees, as well as the people of our state, is that these are

difficult times and we have to make the decisions necessary in order to protect our priorities and to continue to move forward to the other side of this recession. reporter: the union representing state workers objected to the furloughs but knows it could have been worse. >> the fact of the matter is that we were able to avoid, you know, across the board layoffs in many departments which is a positive thing because that's going to keep people employed which is the most important thing. >> rorter: $210 million in budget cuts will come from state aid reductions to local governments. meaning montgomery and prince george's county willace new challenges in providing plic services. house speaker michael bush says tough decisions had to be made. >> in community colleges and other local government. i believe the vast majority of governments vealize there were cuts coming because the state does have to balance its budget just as counties do. >> reporter: governor o'malley

says this round of budget cuts once approved by the board of public works will mean that since he took office, his administration has slashed state spending by more than $4 billion. chris gordon, news4, annapolis. >> most of the day outdoors. warm out there. >> actually, bob, it was hot out there. it was more muggy than i was expect. >> well, now -- i didn't know you were back foo cl cool place. outside after what we had last week, dew points in the mid 70s, it is warm and august. and certainly wasn't as refreshing as it was early this morning. temperatures in many spots get down into the 50s. nothing going on around us on doppler. here is what is going to be going on. heading out to school tomorrow morning, another outdoor recess kind of day. everybody back to school. some spots will be into the 50s. well to the west and north but around town into the 60so about 70 degrees. en the next seven days, more sunshine. temperatures tomorrow wilget up, i think, into the low 90s.

maybe 90, 91 degrees. slight chance for afternoon thundershower. after that, saturday, on the coast and if anything, does develop and anything comes close, it would probably be out of here by sunday, midday or so. that's the reason there is a chance for a morning shower with temperatures in the 80s. behind it all, next week, some low humidity coming in. back to you. >> thank you, bob. coming up next on "news4 at 5:00," have you only a few more hours, folks to try your luck. on isun.own is on. plus this. stay tuned for that one. nascar driver makes a pit stop for lunch with lindsay.

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>> it would be low-carb but not low-cal. we will see what it is like. >> let's find out what's in store for "news4 at 6:00" later on. >> for now, people in maryland and virginia are lining up to get a chance to win a monster of a lottery jackpot. mega-millions is up to $252 million with $159 hl cash payout. that's one of the biggest windfalls in the history of the game. the mega-millions drawing is scheduled at 11:00 tonight. jim was out buying all of our tickets. you were right here. how we are going to spend it. >> coming up tonight at 6:00, government panel says 90,000 americans could die from the swine flu. we will tell y what federal health officials are doing in an effort to prevent that. there are new recommendations regarding just how much sugar we should consume. we will tellou what they say. out in washington state, there is a liddy who turned 90 years old. on her birthday, you know what she did? you can figure it out. she went skydiving.

you go, girl. we will hear from her. >> that's a picture we want to see. lindsay is live for her lunch segment. we are talking nascar. >> we are. we are talking a little bit of racing. when juan pablo montoya came over three years ago from formula i racing to nascar, he was seen as a very aggressive driver. a guy that didn't make a lot of friends on the racetrack. ing in fact, he's very vocal and actually swore the life of his wife and children. this past season that he wasn't speeding on pit road but the fact is that he won in every single series he has run in. now he has a chance to be a contender for the championship. he talks about that and other things when he decided to meet me for lunch at the old ebb it grill nascar driver juan pablo montoya was recently invited along with his sports brightest stars to the white house. the colombian born racer was

visiting d.c. for the first time. so before meeting the president, he agreed to a pit stop for lunch at the old ebbitt grill. >> pizza. >> their crab cakes are amazing. that's what they are known for. i'm going to get crab cakes. i will do one, though. one of the most well-known restaurants in d.c. it has been here forever. you live in maim. you are from colombia. you have never been to washington and you get the invite to the white house. what's that mean to you? >> stressful. >> really? >> yeah, of course. it is pretty cool. you get to meet the president. get to the white house. i think it is -- you know. >> why is it stressful? >> you know, normally i'm very out of line with what i say. normally i say what i think.

you have to be careful. >> i'm surprised you say it is stressful. you seem like a guy -- >> wearing a tie. last time i wore a tie is when i got married. >> you had so much success in every single type of racing you have done. this year with this race to championship you will have your best shot at winning a championship. how badly do you need that and want that? >> need had a? i don't need it. want it? i want it. more fun. where people go but now -- you have to -- you know what i mean? ten races to go. our race right now is isn't good enough to go for the championship. >> if you look back, i think the guy that won indianapolis has gone on to win the championship. this year it was jimmy johnson. it was almost you. led more than 100 laps. then you got caught for a penalty speeding on pit road. you were so vocal about that at

the time. that was the race when you said that you bet the life of your children and your wife that you weren't speeding. >> i swear on my children and my wife i was not speeding. second time this year. >> did you get a lot of grief about that? >>y wife -- mad when i said that. for him to say that, he really didn't do anything wrong. i wouldn't put her life on the line for anything. >> what is it when you hear something like that as a wife, as a driver's wife? >> first time. you are racing. your family. it was --

>> best crab cakes ever. yes. phenomenal. >> it is going the taste great any way. they look amazing. there are a lot of true competitors out there in thes in car series that will say juan pablo montoya is one of the greatest drivers around now. currently he is staring at a chance to make the chase for the championship. i don't know. do you think i like the crab cakes? i only said that four times. >> you cannot go wrong. >> i know. i love them. >> a box of them. >> yeah. >> thank you, lindsay. looked like fun. it is something people do on the road every day. >> not often we stop to take a look at the consequences of texting and driving. now

one british town is airing an extremely graphic psa discouraging texting while driving. it is gruesome and it is scary and it has some in our country wondering if it could teach young american drivers a valuable lesson. megan mcgrath has our story. >> reporter: the public service announcement begins with a car full of teenage girls going down the street. the teen behind the wheel sends a text message, gets distracted and crosses the center line,

hitting another car head-on. the driver lives but four others die in the dramatization. the announcement being aired in britain and extremely graphic and designed to scare teen drivers straight. we showed it to commuters in springfield ts morning. >> oh, my god. i think at 13, 14 years old, it is a little bit much. i mean, it is -- to me, that's not any more graphic than what they show in the movie theatres now and you let 17-year-olds in there watching it. it does bring the point home. that's the point. you definitely want to get their attention and take it seriously. >> some people will respond well to that. others will see that as they get offended, you know. >> too scary? >> not for me. but for others, i can see. >> reporter: the video was produced by the police department in south wales and makinghe rounds on youtube. some including debbie hersman, chairman of the ntsb, think it helps teach american teens a valuable lesson. >>hen i saw this video, i thought it was very powerful.

i think that this is exactly the real world kind of scenario that we see when somebody is distractioned, whether it is texting or on a cell phone. i think it was very graphic and i think it was frightening. unfortunately, we so that with 40,000 fatalities every year. those are people who don't come home. that's a lesson that's all too real for those people involved in those accidents. >> reporter: officials in the u.s. are also cracking down on texting while driving. 17 states and district of columbia have already made it illegal and a nationwide ban to soon be on the way. in the district, megan mcgrath, news4. >> it is powerful and something that you won't forget. that's going to do it for "news4 at 5:00." we thank you for watching. coming up, ben bernanke gets a nod for his second term as fed chairman. wendy joins jim vance next for "news4 at 6:00." f