hithtting e suspect. the man died at an area hospital. the 38-year-old officer who fired the fatal shot has been put on paid administrative leave. prince george's county police raided a pawn shop today that they believe was full of stolen goods. this morning officers serve ad search warrant at the parkway pawn object annapolis road in bladeensburg. inside they found thousands of items like prescription medicines, power tools, printers, all repackaged to look like they are new. police believe that those items were stolen from nearby stores. police say that they recovered so much stuff they had to borrow another truck to haul everything away. no arrests have yet been made. between want to toll you about a wreck after a faern sped away from police in prince william county this morning. here hearing from the officer who pulled the baby from that burning car. news4's jackie bensen is live for us in manassas with the latest. what a disturbing story, jackie. >> reporter: the officer told us

that baby was a tiny girl. just about 7 months old. ine shs okay and is okay. she was strapped in a car seat. w noe driver of the w understa driver's licenseok rev some time ago. lshe a'so facingll i aegal immigration charges. now we have pictures for you. n't know if you can see em .h they areth pictures ofhe the t t it looked leheik wn a prince williamouolnt pyniciceff oer came upon the scene offf tsh crh on rug by ad, c5:45 this g. olice say the driver accelerated when the officer tried to s htoppim for speedi. e officer followed atlo a sr s speed and encountered a terrible scene. smoking car engine and man trying to stumble away. >> baby in the car. >> reporter: what did you do? >> went and started to try to find where the baby was and get into the car. couldn't get into the driver's side. went around the the passenger's side and able to force the back door open. >> reporter: the driver's hospitalized and under police

guard at this hour. jim, back to you. >> jackie bensen live for news manassas. jackie, thank you. we continue tonight to keep an eye on danny. getting stronger. bob is up in the storm center. >> for a time it could get w as tngroer now as the 5:00, folks, down at the hurricane center, tropical storm prediction ceer, aircraft out there, winds are 50 n hour. we are hazy and hot. this is over two days. from the folks at nasa goddard. there you can see the circulation. here we are in washington. and there's the circulation and look at the low -- all in the low levels and it is really -- very, very disorganized. they found. and from here, you can see showers and thundershowers. this is over two days. it will continue to follow a track that from every indication will keep it well off the coast. meanwhile, for us, look at that area of clouds to our south. that will be a lot of moisture up and over us nutd. we are going to be see something rain showers. not from danny. and danny remains no major threat along the coast but as a precaution, there's now a hurricane -- tropical storm

watch. tr sopical torm watch that's goe up from cape lookout to north carolina and to duck, north carolina. that's what is new. it is now 50 miles per hour. that's all. it decreased a bit. we are going to see another warm humid evening. a few scattered showers that are popping up. you can see you folks in frederick county, maryland, and down into shenandoah valley. we are going to be see something rain showers on the way. not with danny but just our own private cooler rain showers tomorrow. i will tell you about that and show you the latest track for danny and what it means for the beaches, upcoming weekend. join you in a few minutes. in massachusetts, mourners gathered along the 70-mile route to catch a glimpse of the motorcade carrying senator ted kennedy's body from cape cod to boston. >> thousands of people lined the route today. the trip passed sites significant to the senator. including st. steven's church

where his mother was baptized and her funeral was held. it also passed rose fits injuryald kennedy park. >> nathaniel hall where the mayor rang the bell 47 times. once for each year that kennedy served in the senate. after that, the processional passed the building where kennedy first served as assistant district attorney. passed the jfk federal building. this saturday, kennedy will be buried at arlington national cemetery. chris gordon joins us live with the latest on the preparations there. hi, chris. >> good evening. senator kennedy will be flown from massachusetts to andrews air force base on saturday. then he will be brought by motorcade here to arlington national cemetery. but first, that vigil in boston. motorcade will transport senator kennedy from hyannis port to the john f. kennedy presidential library. in dorchester, massachusetts.

which edward kennedy lovingly built for his brother and now where he will lie in repose. terry robinson was senator kennedy's first press aide. serving since 1962 when he first ran for jfk's unexpired senate term. she had been invited to boston to participate in and help plan the next few days. >> very touched when i received a call to go to boston which i'm going to do later today. to be standing in the vigil at the kennedy library. you know how close the kennedy staff have been over 48 years and we had been asked to be with him to stand by him at the kennedy library during the vigil. and it is very kind of the family to think of us and we are all honored to be doing this. >> reporter: arlington national cemetery, there have been many visitors. most spending some time at the eternal flame at the kennedy grave silt. senator edwardic kennedy will b

buried near the graves of his brothers john and robert kennedy. >> to see the site. now knowing that there's going to be another brother buried there. very, very emotional. >> we were actually going to come anyway but it is good to honor the people that helped. >> reporter: leaders are being held at the u.s. park police headquarters to coordinate the local procession from the airport to arlington cemetery where senator kennedy will be buried with congressional honors. the casket will be carried bay joint military services team. taps played by an army bugler. kennedy burial site will be closed to the public all day saturday for the private service. plans are still being made for the motorcade and funeral and details are expected, more details are expected, to be made public shortly. that's the latest from arlington national cemetery. back to you in the studio. >> going to be a big day. thank you, chris. the smithsonian's national portrait gallery is giving

washingtonian as place to go to remember ted keedy. a portrait of the senator has been installed and in a remembrance gallery of the museum. the silk-screen print was created back in 1908 by artist andyarhol as way to raise money for kennedy's presidential bid. warhol used the colors of the american flag and diamond dust features in the principle. the portrait will hang in a gallery that's designated for the remembrance of people who have recently died. the health care debate turned emotional at another town hall today. last night the location was phoenix, arizona, and senator john mccain was in the center of it all. he was opening the meet when a woman in the audience began shouting over him. >> we need -- ma'am, you are going to have to -- you are going to have to stop or you are going to have to leave. >> other audience members cheered when security officers approached the woman. she was evicted from the town hall. later senator mccain told the crowd that he would fight for

health care reform but said, again, that he does not favor the public option favored by president obama and many other democrats. hundreds of homeowners in virginia who are in danger of foreclosure are now hoping a new program is going to help get their payments back on track. they are meeting with their mortgage lenders to try to work out some kind of a deal that will save their homes. julie carey is live and in woodbridge to tell bus this. >> reporter: the federal bank of richmond sent out more than 15,000 letters to virginia home owners who are at least 60 days behind in payment. inviting them to this event. and by the time that it is over, later tonight, expected between 600 and 1 thousand will have side stepped to avoid foreclosure. they stood in line waiting for the doors to open hoping the rare chance for a faceo-face meeting with their mortgage holder might help them avoid foreclosure. lisa perry and her husband drove all the way from norfolk for the

opportunity. both work but a huge judgment in their mortgage rate put them behind in payments. one of their two lenders had been helpful but the others lost paperwork, refused to make loan modifications, but after a meeting here, with that lender, there is renewed hope. >> face to face. i wanted to put a face and name to what i had been going through for the past two years. >> reporter: the hope now alliance says the organization that set up more than 45 of these foreclosure prevention workshops across the country. they say that half of those who attend have never met with their lender. they say new programs put in place by congress can help some. >> i have an example to making home available program that's part of the obama initiative. that program allows to stay in the home and reduces their monthly payment 31% of their adjusted income if qualify. >> reporter: several that attended this workshoper wel wel aware the couple that died last week in a murder/suicide, longtime home had just been foreclosed on and sold.

kim is fighting to keep her prince william county home. the place she raised her family. her husband's job loss led to their trouble and she, too, gained a glimmer of hope. >> there's a lot of people that are in our shape, that are not subprime, houses. our house is not upside down and it is not that situation. i don't want to sell my home. i lived there since 1996 and i want to keep my home and raise -- i raised my two children there, my grandson is 18 months. i want to stay in this county. >> reporter: not everyone left today feeling more confident. one man refused to be interviewed on camera and told us it was a total waste of time. for those who are interested, though, in meeting, there is a second opportunity come thing weekend and it is on saturday in prince george's county at flowers high school. that foreclosure workshop will be held from 9:00 to 2:00. rrca.ie wul jie carrie. back to you. >> thanks, julie. we have more help for you. coming up 35 minutes.

before you talk to the lenders get a step-by-step guide. a list of helpful websites to help you modify your mortgage. joining us for liz's report coming up at 5:45. today pepco fired back in the controversy over electric bills. the office of the people's council filed a complaint with the d.c. public service commission. alleging that faulty meters caused customers to be overbilled. pepco said that the charges are unsubstantiated. the utility company has asked the opc to provide the data used to make the allegation. >> i want to reassure customers that the meters used to measure their electricity consumption are routinely tested. over the last several years against established standards that those tests demonstrated our meters are accurate in over 99% of the time. >> pepco officials say results of the meter test ring provided to the public service commission and every year. and they say people with concerns about their electric

bills should call pepco's customer service line for an immediate review of their bill. >> still ahead on "news4 at 5:00," new details about a casino coming to baltimore's inner harbor. >> michael vick's bankruptcy plan. what a judge had to say hours before his return to the ball field. >> major shutdown of what you need to know to avoid sitting in a long backup along i-95. >> i'm not going to answer any more questions about my kids. >> later angry confrontation. more of the mayor's fiery exchange today.

good news today on the jobs front. there appears to be a drop in the number of people needing unemployment benefits. cnbc's mary thompson joins us live to break down the numbers for us and what they mean. what can you tell us? >> this is what happened. weekly jobless claims less than expected 10,000 for last week. still hefty levels. 570,000. continuing claims longer-term jobs will claims dropped to their lowest levels since april. that was good news. and also, you know, what xhsts basically took this mean is that it looks -- it looks, it looshgs, it looks like this is the beginning of a recovery. what they prefer to see are lower numbers on jobless rates but that's not going to happ until companies start to hire

again. what they are extracting as far as good news goes, appears that the companies are basically laying off fewer workers these days. >> mary, how did the stock market respond to this news today? >> well, you know, an interesting session. it was pretty choppy. stocks did end on the plus side. eighth up session for the dow jones industrials average. but most of that was really due to a turnaround we saw in energy stocks and continued strength in financials. essentially investors shrugged off the news early on of jobless claims and stronger than expected reading on the economy in the second quarter which shrank by 1% which was less than what economists were expecting. they were actually looking for the economy to have -- contract by 1.5%% in the second quarter. today's action especially within the dow dominated by a couple of things. strength in energy shares and financials and also big gain in boeing which is the dow component on the news it is expecting to do test flights of its 787 dream liner at the end of this year. >> cnbc's mary thompson with the good news for us.

thank you. plans are under way to build a huge $200 million casino near inner harbor and comes with a promise of creating hundreds of new jobs and much needed revueen for the city and state of maryland. theue so-called celebration caso is slated to be built near the ravens stadium. expected to generate nrly $500 million in revenue in the first year of operation. and create nearly a thousand permanent jobs with an annual salary of about $41,000. the developer, city, the baltimore city entertainment group hopes to break ground on the casino this year and to open it by early 2011. that should be a big draw. >> another 90-day today. danny has weakened a little bit. it will bring heavyvysurf. outside here is what's going on now. our high temperature today made it to 90, few spots, low 90s. outside our current temperature, 87 degrees.

this is our 12th day this august we had 90 or higher. on average we get ten. look at the temperatures around the east now. 80s here. buffalo, 69 degrees. there is our weather front that's -- right about over us now. dew point is in the 60s. it still feels like it is 91 degrees. you can see the clouds that weather front settling down around and humidity to the south up and over us. that will be the weather maker for the next couple of days for us. look at all those showers down to oursouth. couple of lonesome thundershowers popped up. there you can see a couple and up into frederick county. he's a bigger batch. there's moderate reign dn into south carolina. and look at georgia and a lot of that moisture coming our way as we get into tomorrow. i think. look look for showers not from danny but from that moisture to the south. there's danny and as i showed you earlier, the overall circulation much of the showers and thundershowers are really to the east of the center. center of circulation, very low

level. hurricane hunters were out there and found the winds have decreased a bit. here's the very, very latest track that's still over 700 miles away from ocean city. the tropical storm watch is out from cape lookout to duck. the track and even uncertainty keep it well off the coast. but nonetheless if you are heading out for the beaches f this upcoming weekend i think you will see some sunshine, there will be heavy surf. tomorrow for us, though, there is that weather front to our south. here's the humidity and there is the moisture up and over us. as we get into late friday, there's what is danny moving up, bringing nasty weather to parts of new england. that will be the main impact. get friends up into new england. around here, partly cloudy skies for this evening. then tomorrow, look for a lot of clouds as we go through the morning into the afternoo with showers, probably norming late tonight. could be morning rain showers for the morning rush hour. then showers or thundershowers tomorrow afternoon. and because of a light east to

southeaster ly southeasterly hot as it is now. temperatures near 80. these showers, nothing to do with danny. heading out for the beaches and doing a bit of boating, saturday will be a bit blustery and watch out for those strong winds especially spots like rehoboth and dewey. and dangerous rip currents. there will be lingering showers, too, even on sunday. both days will be a mixture of clouds and sunshine. water temperatures are around 80 degrees. in the major impact but heavy surf out of the beaches on saturday. no big impact here. >> thank you, bob. coming up, major apology from a new school superintendent. new fallout from the school's schedule glitch that affected thousands of local kids. labor day deals. travel doesn't have to be expensive and we have on on last-minute getaway savings. >>ell om bus sne s you think is re lyspecial. e-mail us the rson's story and crse-up picture or c video. person cldoue featured in our ws b a. newscast..

michael vick is on his way out of bankruptcy. the new philadelphia eagle left a virginia courtroom today after a jurnlg approved vick's plan to repay $20 million in debt. part of that plan will require vick to liquidate $9 million in assets. including his houses, his bos, and his expensive suvs. vick served 18 months in federal prison on dogfighting charges. tonight he will take the field again for the first time. after vick's hearing he flew commercial and then headed back to philly for tonight's game. dan hellie joins with us a preview. big night, dan. >> michael vick says he can now move on with his lif with the bankruptcy hearing behind him. vick can focus on playing the game and repay the creditors. tonight vick will play in an nfl game for if first time since 2006. fresh from his hearing vick landed in philadelphia this afternoon where he will make his eagles debut in a preseason game

against the jacksonville jaguars. vick will play and he will play early. how much he plays according to eagles head coach andy reid depends on how he actually reacts to real live game action. otball fans around the nation, very eager to see michael vick 2.0 has the same electricity as the original version. >> thanks, dan. coming up on "news4 at 5:00," he is not answering. find out what topic d.c. mayor adrian fenty says is definitely off-limits. a traffic trap. we will tell you when to avoid a closure on i-95. i'm liz crenshaw. heading into trouble with your mortgage? how to deal with frustration of difying your mortgage.

well come back to our second half hour of "news4 at 5:00." i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly. coming up in this half hour, when to die. new grim website calculator. modify your mortgage. liz joins with us a special guide for homeowners. i-95 shut down the construction project that may be a traffic nightmare. we are going to begin with our top story.

apology from a top educator about a school scheduling snafu that affected thousands of kids. it is not the way the parents and students of prince george's county wanted to start the new year. thousands of kids unable to go to class because they didn't have schedules. today the superintendent of schools offered an apology. keith garvin joins us to tell bus this. hey, keith. >> official was the school system said they knew they had a problem a week before school started and had scheduling issues in the past. this year the number of issues was doubled. today they addressed how to move past an unwelcomed glch. >> good afternoon. thank you for joining us. >> school system's top man got right to the point. the scheduling mix-up in prince george's county had been frustrating for families and embarrassing for the system and dr. william height says he is sorry. >> i want to offer my sincere apologies to the students, families, and the staff of prince george's county public schools. for the inconvenience and disruption to the school year

that this scheduling issue imposed. >>eporter: wh the first bells rang on monday, about 000 students had no class schedules. they were sent to gyms, cafeterias, other holding areas while administrators tried to fix the problem. the school system is pointing the finger at a $4 million computer system called school map. system sorts out the schedules and introduced in prince george's county last year. >> we are viewing our contract with school to see if if there are possible damages that can be recovered. by implementing steps to ensure this problem is not repeated. >> reporter: the number of students without schedules is less than a thousand. in some cases, kids have been given mock schedules until their real ones can be produced. the superintendent is promising parents that their children's academic records will not be negative limb pacted by the -- negativetive

negatively impact. >> this is our fault and your child is no way responsible for an administration issue. >> the doctor said the school system is helping kids that didn't have their schedules on time. packets of condensed reviews for students to use in school. and also, saturday walk-in study sessions. having to go to school on a saturday may be a tough sell for a locht students and parents now. >> you know it. all right. thank you, keith. two metro employees were injured today after a couple of trains collided. crash happened in the west falls church rail yard yesterday evening. metro officials tell us one train was moving at a slow speed when it hit a stopped rail car. we are told the employees were not seriously injured and the train sustained minor damage. if you have to take i-95 in parts of northern virginia, plan on needing some extra time. vdot is closing some lanes of the interstate at nightpl crfeoo xtneplouf o hsntmont they are building an in both direc onti s bin o directions of the

tarsetteh bteen b newington and anquco. anqu. tracee wilkins has been following the developments from lorton. >> out in the railroad, try to avoid whatever possible. >> reporter: nasty slow-moving bottle neck on i-95 through lorton and drivers that can't avoid it bear it. and it is getting worse. >> i never saw traffic jams on weekends around here. but up in new york city, you see them. now we have them here. >> more noticeable today because now that springfield is complete, vehicles are flying through the springfield interchange very quickly. >> reporter: officials say the solution to the growing problem is more lanes on i-95. >> what we are doing here is adding a fourth lane in each direction. >> reporter: drivers should prepare for delay as the department of transrtation prepares to build a fourth lane in each direction on i-95 between the fairfax county parkway and newington and route 123 south of occoquan. >> 5:00 a.m. we are out of here. we ask motorists to bear with us during that period of time.

if they get caught up in that somewhere about midnight or 1:00 in the morning. they hang around 15, 20 minutes, open up and flush through. ou reporter: each year drivers ld see a shdienerffce. 2009 the northbound lanes of er i-95 from route 1 to fairfax county parkway will op. the next year, sboou un oth d lanes between the fairfax county parkway and route 1 should be complete. and in the fall of 201 the north and southbound leset bween route 1 to route 123 will open completing the project. while drivers say more roads should be better, they also say there were other opportunities missed. >> i just wish they would put more rail everywhere, more bus lanes everywhere originally when they had a chance when things were -- you know, less complica complicated. >> reporter: it will be happening overnight from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. folks in the morning should be okay. but officials are still saying tack on about 30 on minutes extra to your commute time just in case because they will be doing some lane closures during

the day as well. lorton, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >> let's get the latest the rush hour ride open. ashley lindher is in the news44 traffic center. >> things are starting to get messy out there. springfield. 95 corridor. you make your way southbound. not too bad out of springfield. headed further south have you substantial delays. lineup on 95, pretty much starts right around back lick road and continues towards newington and then solid lorton to 123. after dale boulevard down to quantico. elsewhere around town, not looking much better. let's take a trip around the capital beltway. look at that. inner loop of the beltway headed out continuing towards 270. lineup on the inner loop begins out of tysons. there's accident activity and looks like that's what they are looking for. wow. that's very tight. this is thenner loop headed away from us and will slow as you con towards tysons with nothing right now in your way but as you can see here they are looking for accident activity. back to you. >> all right.

>> messy for august out there. >> i know. all these people have been on vacation. come on. don't come home too soon. coming up next on "news4 at 5:00," organic growth. d.c. neighborhood gets a new

folks at the naval cade my hosted the event today to show off the museum's face-lift.

it has been under renovation for the last two years. the museum was gutted and then rebuilt and now includes interactive features and new exhibits. artifacts preserved date back to the beginning of the u.s. museum is open seven day as week and it is free. d.c.'s pet worth neighborhood has a healthy option for food shopping. the yes organic market. just opened a new location in the 4100 block of georgia avenue. mayor fenty says it is part of the revitalization of georgia avenue. and the petworth neighborhood. muirial bowser hopes the store will bring new customers, new energy and excitement to that area. days into the new school year, questions continue to be asked about mayor fenty's two sons and how they got into a popular school that is outside of their normal school boundary. >> tom sherwood is here. you devil raysed the issue calm of days and explained this is not unusual. >> well, we don't know if it is

unusual or not. many d.c. students go to out of boundary schools but compete for open spaces. fenty won't say what he did. he gave the key to the city to washington kastles. celebratory mood turned testy as the reporters peppered with questions. about how his twin fourth grade son got into lafayette elementary. a school not in his home neighborhood. fenty refuses to just say he broke no rules or whether he engaged in the normal out-of-boundary lottery. >> i'm not answering any more questions about lafayette or my kids. >> we are not asking you about your kids. we are asking you about the process. >> can you simply assure -- >> you asked me this question every day for the last three days. >> i understand. >> you are the number one political reporter for a city paper. at some point you have to find another issue to ask me about.

in charge dlafrs 10 billion budget. i am asking you to please respect the fact that i -- my kids 'a personal life and their privacy needs to be respected. >> mr. mayor, aagree with that. that's why i tried to frame the question. it is not anything about your children at all. just to say you followed the process. i'm not going to ask you details. >> again, you can ask me about process, anything else, except anything having to do with my kids. i'm not going to answer any more questions about my kids. >> reporter: the mayor's sons normally would be in west elementary, less well regarded school a few blocks from the fenty home. the fenty decision has strong intent but mostly private discussion about parents about whether there was fenty favortism. >> accountability transparency. >> how long are we going to this here having conversation sn conversation? i'm not going to say anything. >> school sources told news4 the fentys did enter the school lottery but it is not clear the results of that lottery were

followed. that's the question now, was any string pulled, favoritism given. we don't know. that's why the questions keep popping up. >> sounds like you are not going to know for a while longer. >> more on this coming up at 6:00. >> thank you, tom. coming up on "news4 at 5:00," website deals. if you are looking forabor day trip, we will tell you the low prices are still out there. coach zorn one-on-one. a look ahead at the official start of the redskins season. liz crenshaw. millions of homeowners are trying to modify their mortgages and finding frustration. story coming up.

. many struggling homeowners were encouraged to hear about president barack obama's $75 billion plan to help 9 million homeowners refinance or modify their loans. >> tonight liz crenshaw reports on why so many home owners are hitting a wall when they try to rework those loans. >> frustrating difficult wall. if you are headed for trouble with your mortgage and reaching out to you lender, you may be expecting help, but as one homeowner explains, what you will probably face is frustration. >> they have been here just a little over two years. it is a great home, a great neighborhood. our children love the house. but it has been a real struggle to make the payments. >> like millions of homeowners, they are having a tough time staying afloat financially. a big part of the problem is he's upside down on his mortgage. he owes more on his house than

it is worth. refinancing or modifying his own would solve some of his money woes so h started researching his options. you looked at a number of programs to try to help you stay in your house. are they working for you? >> no, none of them. >> none of them. >> none of them. it is up to my bank to make that decision. and they don't want it to work. >> barry with the consumer federation of america says there are several reasons struggling homeowners looking to modify their mortgages are getting nowhere with lenders. >> the problem is that the capacities of a lender is to help homeowners is very constrained because person nell technology issues, biggest services have now begun to hire people to help with that. but it is going to continue to be a trial for homeowners as they try to get through the system. servicers are trying to deal with those in the most trouble first which certainly makes sense. that means if you haven't already missed a payment you are not a high priority for them.

>> what's a struggling homeowner to do? he says start at fannie mae's loan lookup website. if fannie owns your loan, you may qualify for its home affordable refinance program. if fannie doesn't own your loan, go to the u.s. government's making home affordable website. as with most re-fi programs, homeowners must meet a certain set of criteria and remember, banks and loan servicers have a financial incentive to help homeowners but in the end, it is their call on whether or not to work with you. >> lenders are anxious to try to accommodate their borrowers. the defaults and foreclosures are no good for the banks because they wind up with a property worth less than they spent it it. >> he is sitting on a house worth less than what he spent it

and wishes he could cash in on his banc as zblaings we are not looking for a free handout. we are trying to stay in our house and keep the economy moving and just try to afford it a little better. >> so the making home affordable program wasn't announced earlier this year and according to the treasury department, 350 borrowers have been offered new loans and half have gone into effect. so check out those two websites. get your loan and your -- lender's attention. street stick with it and there is way to get around it. >> thanks, liz. if you are big on travel but don't have a big budget, you are in luck. labor day weekend is right ound the corner and from plane tickets to hotel rooms, almost everything is on sale travelocity crunched the numbers. and found that some plane fares are down 10% to 20% compared to this time last year. hotel rates across the country are down as much as 23%. experts say that you can save even more if you book a package deal instead of booking your

flight and hotel separately. many airlines have raised their baggage fees which could eat into your savings. depending how much you pack. >> yeah, let's see what is in store for "news4 at 6:00" tonight. >> coming up tonight, few weeks ago would we told you about a law maker in maryland who staged a fake police raid as part of an elaborate marriage proposal. well, he's now reimbursed the police. we will tell you how much. vandals hit a neighborhood in prince george's county last night. they were slashing car tires and breaking water pipes. quite a mess out there. pirates opened fire on a u.s. navy helicopter off the coast of somalia. those stories in a few minutes. >> we will see you then. redskins hitting the field tonight. >> tomorrow night. it is -- it is a big game for them. it is the third of four preseason games. most important game of the preseason coming up tomorrow night. jim zorn is hoping for perfection. redskins fans, i think, would settle for a touchdown or two

from starting offense. the head coach listens to what the fans and pundits say about his team. and him. but he doesn't always like it. he knows, however, winning fixes everything. in part two of my conversation with jim zorn we discussed a variety of topics. including his job security. and his running back, clinton portis. one thing they talk about about with clinton, i mean, 9,200 yards ain't too shabby. a lot of people say he lacks that burst to go the distance. do you agree with that? >> well, he -- you know, he's not the guy that has the four-two speed. once he breaks the line of scrimmage. but i don't think that he's -- i don't think, you know, we are not sitting here brooding over him getting 30 yards. are we? and he has had a lot of care

zblees what makes him so dom in an and when you guys watched him on film, it is -- is he a wow player? >> i think he is a wow player. he probably does more things to reek havoc on an offensive line walking scheme be most people will see or understand during the football season. you will see brian orakpo get a sack this year. but it will be albert haynesworth who didn't allow the quarterback to step up in the pocket. you will see andre carter make a move and he will have a better year but it will be because albert is pushing the pile inside. >> lot of coaches read motivational books. hand them out to players. you come up with motivational chants. were you surprised by how much attention that got?

>> yeah. >> did you like it? >> i don't like the attention because i think a lot of those things are -- you know, i mean, i wasn't planning on it being so publici publicity-oriented. something that, you know, was heartfelt and a little, you know, little corny but, you know, some of those things take off. i don't know. i don't know why. i can't explain it. >> is the win now mental fair for nfl head coaches? it seemed like years ago, head coach had more than two years to build a program. it is not that way anymore. is that fair? >> i don't know if it is that way. i don't know. are you only giving me two years? that's what you give me? >> i would give you plenty more. but the reality is that, you know, things are out there all the time -- >> we are -- you know the way that -- way i'm trying to -- i think that most nfl coaches are trying to build a program, we

have to win. you have to win now. i wanted to win last year. i wanted to win it all last year. i don't sit and think about wins and losses based on me personally. wouldn't that be foolish? i have to risk it all every time i go out there and not worry about the years but i am concerned about the wins. does that answer your question? >> sort of. >> i guess what i'm telling is i'm not wore bead how short the opportunity is based on wins and losses. i'm trying to build a solid program here. i'm trying to build a program so that we can win every year. and not worry about, you know, my job being, quote -- on the line every game, you know. that's the way i look at it. yet, i can deal with that. i feel comfortable in risking it

all. you know, every single time we go out there. >> he doesn't worry about it but i don't think you can help but think about it. and his success this season will rely on the guy who was ducking those blue balls that were coming at him. jason campbell is the quarterback for the redskins. they are very much in the same boat that jason succeeds. he is a really unique guy, jim zorn. part three will be about the things he likes to do off the field. one of them being needle point. how about that? we have the actual needle point we will get from his wife. he does it the team plane. >> i bet it is calmin some are into ballet. he said he was -- hide it on the team plane so nobody would see it. >> it is very soothe. >> apparently he is really good at it according to his wife. >> maybe he will send us a pillow. >> i will order one for you.

>> thanks, dan. coming up, a death prediction. how about that? new website. >> that claims that they can look into your future if you want to know. stick around for

new website out there says it can help you predict your doenth. site is called death drisingrankings.com. it may not be quite as creepy as it sounds. the site is the brainchild of researchers and students at carnegie melon university. they say that they can give you the odds on whether you will die in a particular period based on a few simple questions. it uses data to compare more at that time risks by cause of death and geographic region. you put your information in and it produces the probable causes of your death and as well as insight on the possible timing. to another device.

new generation of blood tests that detect heart attacks quicker and with more reliable results. the newer, more sensitive tests are able to diagnose heart attacks right after the chest pains begin. currently doctors used two methods to diagnose heart attacks and ekg tests not always conclusive and blood tests that measure the heart and muscle protein. both tests, however, take a longer time to show results. time in which heart damage could have already occurred. time to get a final check on the forecast from bob and he is thinking danny, is he the way? >> not a death threat. don't put that in i yfou are having a heart attack. there are scattered showers along a little weather boundary up around frederick county. no lightning with any of this. might wash away a bit of the pollen. moderate levels now. ragweed again today. pollen count this morning was 29. heading out to school tomorrow morning. i think there will be rain

showers around. we will see our temperatures tomorrow morning into the low 70s. 72 to 73 degrees. so look for some scattered rain showers. next 7 days, here are how things will shape up. danny passes us saturday and no impact that i can see here in the washington area. heavy surf out of the beaches. a chance for primarily morning showers and afternoon sunshine. and then behind it all, some very comfortable air coming in monday, tuesday, wednesday. back to you. >> bob, thank you. we thank you for watching "news4 at 5:00." coming up next, the final farewell for a statesman. very latest on the funeral for senator ted kennedy. wendy joins jim vance next for "news4 at 6:00." police rescue ad baby from g > in rncarg inrbu that crashed aftera chase in prince william county, virginia. >> michael vick expected to mick his debut for the philadelphia eagles tonht after appearing in bankruptcy court in virginia this