times this year creating a mess on the rails. metro looking for ways to prevent people from jumping to the track. >> there might not be enough swine flu vaccine to go around. >> football frenzy. the skins' first home game this weekend. how the team is getting ready and you should, too as tailgating rules are in place. good evening, everybody. welcome to news4 at 5:00 on a busy day in the news. we begin tonight with breaking news out of baltimore county, maryland. a water main break flooded parts of the dundalk area. these live pictures from chopper 4. you can see this unbelievable damage here. this is the area around dundalk avenue. several roads have been closed. water has flowed into several neighborhoods. people are gathering out on the streets right now. again, these picture are coming to us live from dundalk, maryland. we are talking to authorities. you can see a boat making its way down dundalk avenue right now. you've got to wonder if they are

looking in homes to see if people are traed inside there. >> this looks like the type of flooding we usually see when we have a major weather event. the idea this is a water main. usually you have a big gaping hole in the road, but this is quite a huge water main break. can't imagine how many millions and millions of gallons of water have flowed into that neighborhood or how much damage is going to be assessed once these waters recede and they can get into see what has happened here. this is incredible. you don't see this. >> we all remember that river road water main break, the rescues. the water was rushing through like a rapid. here the water is extremely calm, as we see, very thick, murky. we saw at least one boat. there may be another boat out there in the top of your screen. these pictures live from chopper 4. again, this is dundalk avenue in dundalk, maryland. baltimore county.

we'll keep you posted and p-to-date on this big water main break out of maryland. meanwhile, a developing story out of montgomery county tonight. a woman missing for two weeks is found murdered in a storage container. now a teenager is under arrest. that 35-year-old woman's family reported her missing back on september 1st. police tell us there was no sign of her until today when her body was found in the backyard of her home in the 3600 block of castle terrace in silver spring. jane watrel is live at police headquarters with more. >> reporter: jim, the grizzly discovery of rosa vasquez means her body was literally a few feet away from the family's back door. we have live pictures of the neighborhood where her body was discovered in that plastic storage container. rosa vasquez, a silver spring woman, was last seen leesk for work august 31st around 7:00 in

the morning. she lived in the 3600 block of castle terrace. her ex-husband the next day reported her missing when she didn't show up for work. her employer told blis miss vasquez was extremely reliable and it was highly unlikely she would not show up for work without calling in first. for two weeks police worked this case. early this morning they decided to go back to the house and retrace some steps. >> she was reported missing september 1st. last night detectives got together, started conferencing and sharing information and decided to review steps that had been taken. they met at her house and started going over everything in the house. ultimately found her body in a plastic storage container in the corner of the backyard at about 1:00 a.m. this morning. >> reporter: under arrest this morning, 17-year-old ivo gavarra, described as a past

acquaintance of the family. he apparently, according to police and the 35-year-old victim, had some sort of argument. police are not elaborating on the moativity of the murder, but they say the juvenile suspect that is now in custody had an argument with the 35-year-old victim. they say he will be charged as an adult. more details will be forth coming. right now the body is at the medical examiner's office in baltimore. more details will be provided. reporting live in montgomery county, i'm jane watrel, back to you. >> thank you. he is an nba football player, delonte west. he was arrested in prince george's county overnight. he was riding his motorcycle on i-95 when he was pulled over by police who found multiple hand guns on him. >> reporter: the professional basketball player had a .9

millimeter bar eta pistol, .357 and shotgun on him when he was arrested. the point guard was arrested about 10:00 last night on the beltway of central avenue. he was driving a three-wheeled motorcycle, something called a canam spider when he was stopped for speeding and cutting off a prince george's county police officer who was in a marked police cruiser. west apparently told the officer he had a gun in his waist band. upon further fegs, backup officers found two more weapons. >> we recovered three weapons from the individual. very cooperative. there was no conflict or anything at the time. at that point he was arrested and transported to the local station. >> reporter: west, who is 26, is facing two hand gun charges. he is currently free on bond. we are told he had that shotgun in a padded guitar-type case that was slung over his shoulder. we don't know where he was head organize why he was so heavily armed. back to you.

>> thanks. d.c. police need your help to catch a man wanted for robbing cab drivers. police released a sketch of the man they say robbed at least two cab drivers in northeast since last tuesday. one incident happened on 13th street in northeast. the other happeneded in broad day height on montana avenue in northeast. there is a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction a man broke into a house in prince george's county this morning and walked out with his arms full, but someone spotted the man walking into some nearby woods. they called police. when officers arriv here they canvassed the area, but couldn't find anyone matching the description. it's not clear how much the burglar got away with. could a messy mouse cage be the motive for murder? that's what policere checking into for the murder of yale university grad student anniele. there are reports raymond clark was a control freak who often

clashed with researchers in that science lab. one report said clark just sent a text message to le to discuss the cleanliness of the mouse cages in her research lab. clark was arrested yesterday for le's murder and is held on $3 million bond. authorities in california will suspend their search behind phillip and nancy garrido's home over the weekend. that is the couple accused of kidnapping jaycee dugard as a child. cadaver dogs sniffed out something behind their home, which had been declared unfit to live in because of its deplorable conditions. investigators are trying to figure out if the garridos may have been involved in the kidnapping of two other girls. >> the first doses of the swine flu vaccine are expected to ship out in the next two or three weeks. 3.4 million doses of the nasal spray mergs of the h1n1 vaccine will be available the first week of october. because the nasal spray contains

the live virus, pregnant women can't take it, even though they are at higher risk. as far as who gets the vaccination first, the government recommends children, young adults and health care workers get first priority. it's up to each state. >> there is a balance there, recognizing there is demand, there is a he about it to administer it and we have disease. >> the virus is spreading twice as fast as the regular flu does this time of year. by the end of the year, health officials expect 195 million doses to be available, most of them in shot form. good afternoon. bob ryan, storm center 4. nice to see that sunshine back after the pornography clouds. some friendly clouds out there right now. our temperatures right now at front royal 80 degrees. we've got mighty cool air coming in for a good part of the weekend. on sunday morning especially. but nonetheless, it's going to be a great weekend and great

football weather, too, for the game down in fedex field on sunday. temperatures about 75 degrees. feeling like autumn. i'll tell you all the details when i join you downstairs. >> thank you, bob. we want to go back to that breaking story off the top from dundalk, maryland. we have these live pictures. some aerials. we saw one boat. it looked like a rescue boat out there earlier. this is dundalk avenue in dundalk. a water main break did all of this. we were talking about how calm the water was before. look at it rushing out now. >> obviously, this is where the the break originated from. it's a fairly huge water main break. on the phone with us is kurt kocher who is spokesman for baltimore city public works. kurt, what can you tell us about this now? how soon can they start attacking this and shutting it down? >> i only have literally one second. i pulled willed off the side of

the road for one second to talk to you because i'm driving over there. i'm almost there now. basically, we know it's a large water main break. the size i cannot provide you at this moment. this is in baltimore county. it is part of our water system, baltimore city provides water to baltimore county. this is one of a number of serious water main breaks. in d.c., you had your share, as well. these are situations popping up all over the country. we can give an infrastructure investigation another time. i have to get back on the road to get there. >> thank you so much. we hopefuy will hear from u the next hour or so. >> look at this car right here in the middle of dundalk avenue. you've got to wonder who was in that car, if they abandoned the car? >> and how quickly it filled up. it looks like that's probably

just a slow rise. it looks like it's not quite up, if you look closely off to the right, like the's coming into people's yards. those people look like they are on higher ground and not on the road. hopefully not into their house. you don't want this in your house. it's such a mess. unbelievable one water main break can cause this much flooding. we'll keep you posted. kurt is on his way to the scene. he'll check back with us shortly. meanwhile, we are less than 36 hours away. cue the music. fans need to remember what happened last year. coaches are making sure the team esn't forget that either, right dan hellie? >> you hit the nail on the head. if this were college or high school, this would be a homecoming game because the redskins are so heavily favored over the rams. the rams are terrible. they were terrible last year,

but we certainly remember what happened last year, don't we? the redskins lost to the rams last year. redskins came onto that game riding high with a 4-1 record. freak plays like this one gave the rams some momentum. remember pete kendall caught that offline scrimmage? he fumbled. 70 plus yards for the touchdown. rams hold on for the win. greg blotch knows you cannot take the rams or any team lightly. >> this football team bea us here last year. we were 6-1. they came in and beat us in our house. we should remember that and recognize that we can't just assume this is going to be easier. it's not. different problems, but at the same time, problems just the same. >> we can assume this though, if they don't beat the rams, could be big problems for the redskins this year because they do not expect an 0-2 star. don't think that will happen. plenty more at 6:00.

>>. >> our coverage of the skins is just getting started. the new rules for fans from getting there to tailgating. what you need to know before you make your plans for that game. also sunday, get ready for president obama's media blitz. we'll talk live with "meet the press" moderator david gregory. a travel alert if you are headed out tonight. part of the beltway is going to be shut down. >> chew on this. what one man ate and had stuck in his lungs for two years.

we are going to head back to dundalk and look at the chopper shots over dundalk, maryland in baltimore county. this is caused by a water main break that flooded from a nearby road and it has gushed out so much that it had flooded this entire blocks and blocks of this entire neighborhood. we haven't heard anything about injuries or what kind of damage. this is the scene in dundalk. a man convicted of killing an armored car driver in hyattsville, maryland, more than five years ago has now been sentenced to life plus 20 years in prison. it is a case a federal judge today called a cold-hearted murder. derrick ward joins us in the studio with more on the end of this trial. >> reporter: an ambush, an execution. those are some of the terms the judge and prosecutor used to describe the killing of the armored car courier in a hold-up in april 2004. today the man convicted of the killing learned his fate. jason swindler was gunned down

as he stepped out of his vehicle august 6, 2004 at a bbent t bank this hyattsville. the robber got away with nearly $60,000. swindler lost his life. today the man convicted of that killing, 36-year-old earl whitley davis was sentenced to life plus 20 years for the crime, which the judge called a carefully pnned execution, with people lying in wait. >> i feel quite relieved. i think i speak for the whole family. >> i couldn't understand how earl davis could go and shoot him in the back like that. the money was there. it was a lot of bullets. >> reporter: the case was moved to federal court from county court so prosecutors could seek the death penalty. >> our thoughts were if mr. davis could be removed from the streets, nobody else would have to go through what we went through. >> reporter: davis' attorney asked the judge for a lighter

sentence of 50 years much the judge gave the maximum allowable sentence under the given guidelines and gives the family some relief, but only some. >> all the testimony all the family members gave explained very well all the hardships that jason's loss has had on not only his parents, his sister, but most importantly on his sons. >> reporter: he leaves behind a young son nathan and wife chrissy who suffers from hodgkin's disease. now she is left in the hands of loved ones with only memories of their life together. >> the death penalty was taken off the table after it was determined the suspect had diminished mental capacity. he addressed the court briefly and said he was sorry for what the victim's family was going through, but he said he hopes to be given the chance to prove his innocence. >> thanks. president obama is going on a media blitz weekend to sell his health care reform package. he will be making an appearance

on "meet the press "in. this sunday and a lot of other shows. david gregory joins us. he is live at the white house now. this is a good idea for him? is it going to be a whole lot of obama? what is he hoping to accomplish? >> let me make something very clear. i think the president coming on "meet the press" is a very good idea. all the other stuff, i can't speak to. i don't know if that's the way to go. they've got a strategy overall which is the more he can be out publically, the more he can make a splash, get his views on health care, the more leverage he can get trying to influence these wavering senators, members of his own party that aren't onboard yet. that's ultimately what he's got to do. driving up public support is the name of the game. he is out there and the first lady is out there. they don't want to lose ground like they did over the summer. >> howoes he like senator max baucus' bill? it looks like that is moving it closer to the goal post.

will that get it through? >> i think there's going to be a lot of negotiation. effectively, the baucus bill is the president's bill. i don't think anybody would disagree with that here. there are some adjustments that have to be made if they are going to get somebody like olympia snowe to vote for it. they want to go for 60 votes and need a republican to do that. there will be trading and a lot of negotiations. i think that is the blueprint for where they want to move. >> the most important thing is he will be on "meet the press" and he will make this all crystal clear for all of us, right, david? >> and by the way, there are a couple of other interesting things he'll talk about in terms of afghanistan, the issue of race coming up this week. it will be interesting to watch. >> it should be lively. . you can catch david's interview on "meet the press" sunday at 10:30 in the morning. >> we have that, football, a gorgeous saturday and sunday? >> yes, indeed. we had a lot of clouds, cool air

and we have rain next week. in between, it's the weekend. outside right now we've got some clouds that have come in. overnight there is another weather front coming our way. fear not, they will not be bringing in any nasty weather, he say very, very confidently. 76 degrees. the average as we get ready for october 1st, our average morning low 56. sunday morning i think we could be down to 55, 56, even here in washington. you folks in the shenandoah cool spots up in the panhandle of west virginia, northern maryland, you may be some spots into the high 40s. early this morning, 64. look at northern maine where some of our air is coming from. it was a chilly morning. caribou 39 degrees. 76 right now. you can see how cool it is across northern maine. best of all, we've got a touch of humidity right here, dew points in the mid 60s, all of that will be going away as that drier air continues to come in to our north. there is this reenforcing cool front. that will be the one coming

through later on tonight with a few clouds. perhaps a sprinkle right around us right now. there is nothing going on. there are scattered showers up around new england. you can see a few around buffalo and they are few and far between. later on tonight, if you are up late you might see a little sprinkle. here is where the rains have been. another day of heavy rains through parts of the deep south. around tennessee, knoxville. look a georgia. over seven inches of rain for the month. another 1/4 inch today. on the other hand, it's 72 with still a southwesterly wind at ocean city. it's going to be down right cool at the beaches with a northeasterly wind tomorrow. in the futurecast, overnight tonight there is that little front settling to our south. big dry air mass comes in on us. tomorrow, beautiful, beautiful saturday. some of the moisture begins to come back as we get towards sunday. sunday afternoon especially, there may be clouds and if you

are heading out toward the mountains of west virginia and blue rie. tomorrow 76 delightful degrees. temperatures later on will be dipping into the low 70s. then that drier air, that reenforcing surge of cool dry air comes in. tomorrow morning, up and early, almost 7:00 that sunrise. 50s to low 60s. one of those sparkling blue sky kind of days with a few puffi cumulus clouds forming. tomorrow afternoon, temperatures delightful. into the mid 70s. after that, we are going to see some of the clouds coming in by the afternoon for sunday. any rain showers, i think, will be late monday and on into tuesday the way it looks now with temperature in the 70s, tuesday, wednesday, even a touch of humidity returning. the weekend, a winner. >> loving it. >> thank you, bob. coming up, a traffic alert. parts of the beltway will be shut down later tonight. >> how metro is working to stop suicides on the tracks.

>> one county wants to make sure teenagers don't get burned in tanning beds. saturday night we'll be talking redskins football. the good, the bad, and the ugly. it's "redskins showtime."

we want to update our breaking story now live pictures from chopper 4 rightnow. you are looking at dundalk

avenue in dundalk, maryland. this is up in baltimore county, maryland. a water main broke. big break this afternoon. you see people in their front yards. we see cars that have almost been covered up to the window. these cars look like they are in better shape. a lot of damage to vehicles, we know. >> that's not the waterfront property you want. >> drivers on the beltway in virginia should find alternate routes if they need to be around the tysons corner area. midnight there will be closures along i-95 while crews relocate overhead power lines. vdot will shut down all lanes on 495 up to 40 minutes. those closures will include the exit ramps to and from chain bridge road. lanes are expected to open back up by 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. they tried to close off parking spaces today and make them pks for a day. city officials said no to their

permit request. still organizers of an aual park-king day, spread a little green on one corner. the plan was to turn four on-street parking space is into parks for a day at locations all over the city. with no permits they decided to put down sod in the parkingot of garden district shop here at 14th and s streets. they put up a badminton net and music. the concept began in san francisco and new york and cities in other countries. >> today what we are doing is an experiment. it's a nationwide experiment on what public space can b used for. it's also a way to call out what public space is being used for currently. also to explore just the idea of public space. >> organizers say they'll try next year to try to spread green space and get an earlier start on the permit process.

still ahead, the new rules for fans from getting there to tailgating. what you need to know. >> mro has seen nine suicide attempts this year compared to a handful last year. how the transit agency is now dealing with this growing problem.

welcome back to our friday.

i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly. we want to go back to some amazing pictures in this breaking news we've been following out of dundalk, maryland. take a look. a huge water main break has resulted in this incredible flooding. several streets and neighborhoods are under water right now. we've seen cars with water up to their roof tops and we've seen a lot of people paddling boats. others wading in the water up to their chest trying to get around the neighborhood. the redskins' first home opener is on -- first home game is on sunday. a change is set to go into effe how fanare allowed to party. julie? >> reporter: fans start to fill these lots sunday, what will be on their mind is whether or not the redskins win. there is likely to be apprehension about whether these new tailgating rules will affect

the fun here. when redskins' fans pull into the fedex parking lot sunday, they'll have declare their pregame intentions. tailgater or nontailgater? tailgaters that need more than one space will be shuttled to the rear of their designated lot. >> i was upset. i've been dealing with this ten years now. i have people come up just to tailgate. >> reporter: they've been hosting a massive tailgate lot. 150 skins fans stopped by before the game. angered by the rules, he talked to parking lot managers. now he thinks he'll be able to adapt without compromising his pregame ritual. >> i know exactly where i'm going to be. there is a prime piece of real estate i'm going to be in. >> reporter: the idea is to improve traffic flow. question sunday with a full house how well will fans comply with directions from lot attendants? fans will find improvement as

they take arena drive offhe beltway. expanded deceleration and acceleration lanes. after years of waiting, prince george's county residents and visitors will have access to the arena drive interchange around the clock. the ceremony this afternoon made the opening official. for those who haven't been to the preseason game, there is a new parking lot, great lot. at 6:00, you'll hear from one season ticket holder and get his review. >> julie carey, thanks. if you plan on taking metro this weekend, you can expect long delays. there will be track maintenance on the red and orange line. red lines, train will be single tracking between the medical center and groveenor stations. riders on both those lines should expect an extra 20 minutes added to their trips. metro officials said today they will look at any new ways to

prevent suicide attempts in their stations. the comments came one day after a reported suicide of a 15-year-old at the columbia heights station. adding safety gates or more personnel could be expensive. also unrealistic in the sprawling metro system. tom sherwood has our story. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of people ride metro every day with wide-open platforms where riders stand close to fast-moving trains. the reported suicide of a 15-year-old at a metro stop thursday had some riders wondering if costly safety gates should be added like at stations in hong kong, toronto, london and other areas. >> anything they can provide the taxpayers are willing to pay for is helpful. >> people should know there is a safe distance you should stay away from the platform. >> i think it's impossible to legislate what people are going to do. people are intent on doing

something like that, they are going to do it. >> reporter: local suicide crisis workers say metro personnel ed to be trained to look out for possible people intent on suicide. and riders should be more aware, too. >> for an area like metro, crisis link has already started to do is to actually create a coalition of juniors dictions to come together. metro is used by many jurisdictions here. our focus is three-pronged. awareness, making people, the riders like yourself and myself, aware of what kinds of actions it should pay attention to. >> reporter: metro had nine suicide incidents this year. seven of them fatal. an increase from five incidents and two fatalities last year. metro chairman jim graham ss the system takes the issue seriously and will do what it can to bolster prevention. >> we are going to everything we can. we are going to tackle this issue the way we tackled other issues successfully. the fact of the matter, this is very challenging.

>> reporter: tom sherwood, news4, washington. late today, the union that represents many metro workers offered its condolences to the family of the most recent suicide victim. the amalgamated transit unit suggested more trans president clinton police. opening plastic is not only tricky, but can injure you. the sun is out. it's beautiful out there find out if it's going to stick around. saturday night we'll be talking redskins football. the good, the bad, and the ugly. it's "redskins showtime."

ndalk. pictures from chopper 4. these are search and rescue cops and some guy with a kayak there. this is a water main break. when the chopper pulls out, you'll see how fast this is. that's another search and rescue boat. a water main broke a few blocks away and flooded this entire neighborhood. cars, some flooded up to their windows. the police look like they are about to go out and drive up and down the streets and see what

they can do and if anyone needs help. so far it looks like it's not rushing. boy, this goes on for blos and blocks. a massive water main break. we'll keep you posted. >> let's get the word on our weather now. doesn't look to be weather-related there. we had a nice day out there, bob. >> that's not the way you want to start out your weekend. for us, certainly it is dry air. temperature here 76. hagerstown, 82 degrees. nothing on doppler and later on tonight there is a chance of a sprinkle. blue mont fair saturday and sunday. 10:00 until 5:00 and great football for "friday night lights" as well as on sunday for everything going on at fedex field. temperatures 76 degrees. for the next seven days, beautiful weekend coming up. clouds come in late sunday. then monday and tuesday, a little bit of a change in the

pattern. even a chance of some showers or even a thunder shower with a touch of humidity come back. not until about wednesday. weekend, great. back to you. >> thank you, bob. when we come back, the local county that wants to keep teenagers out of tanning beds. >> why are there so many cicadas around this year?

where do the calories in crystal light come from? are turn signals and brake lights regulated? and why are there so many cicadas around this year. liz crenshaw is here with all the buzz. >> hello. >> barbara drinks sugar-free crystal light diet drinks which is have 5 calories per serving. where are ty coming from? all the ingredients on the nutrition label are listed having a zero amount. that doesn't add up to five. >> we went to kraft foods. it says even though the label shows zero next to the ingredients, citric acid and flavoring make up those five calories. fda regulations allow companies to list fats, carbohydrates and proteins as zero when there are fewer than .5 grams per serving.

>> interesting. >> they are not lying. >> our next question from katherine. are rear turn signals on cars regulated? what color are they supposed to be? >> we contacted the national highway traffic and safety administration for her answer. it turns out that turn signals and stop lamps are regulated. rear stop lamps are required to be red and turn signal lamps are to be red or amber. department of motorcycle vehicle says lights are to be visible 100 feet away and visible in normal sunlight. >> our last question from phil. why is he seeing so many cicad around? it hasn't been 17 years. >> he only wants to see them every 17 years. we went to professor at the university of maryland to find out what all the buzz is about. he told us that these cicadas are called dog day cicadas, and

they are around every year at this time. this year there is an abundance of dog day cicadas. there is not a known reason, but the wet and warm spring may have created the perfect environment for them. the last so-called cicada invasion was in 2004, but each year in addition to the dog day cicadas, there are stragglers. these that come out during the wrong year. stragglers show up late may and early june. if you have aquestion, send it to liz at nbcwashington.com. use the e-mail address for any store idea you have or ask liz questions. >> they are like people who come to your house for a party. no, no it was two weeks ago. >> stop buzzing me. >> there may come a time when teenagers will be prohibited from using tanni beds in howard county. it may come sooner than later if it's up to county leaders there. officials there say they are sending proposed regulations to the county board of health for

consideration. the proposal would ban teens younger than 18 from using tanning beds. tanning beds are widely suspected of causing melanoma. a briefing on the issue is expected tuesday at the county health department. jim vance joins with us a preview of what's coming up on news4 at 6:00. scientists say they discovered the coldest place in the solar system. temperatures measured there at almost 400 degrees below zero. we'll tell you where that is. >> we'll contie reporting on first lady michelle obama's push for health care reform. a painting that has not been seen by the public in nearly 40 years. it was unveiled today and is going to be auctioned off. those stories and more coming up tonight at 6:00. see you then. thank you, jim. "friday night lights?" >> high school football. that time of the week. we are going to prince george's county where suitland is trying to improve 2-1 taking on

northwestern. the community still mourning the death of their legendary head coach nick lynch who died in a car accident last november. more on how the players continue to deal with their loss. hakem? >> more than 3,000 people attended nick flinch's funeral early january last year. it was a testament to the kind of person he was. he loved football and loved his players even more. nick lynch was more than just a coac for 13 years, he was like a father to the kids who played football suitland high school. when lynch was killed in a car accident last december, the community lost a man who cared deeply for his family, friends and players. >> it's hard, of course, to change. you look at the sideline not seeing him, it gets difficult at times. i think as a team, we've done a

great job staying focused and not using his death to hold us back, but to motivate us more. >> he was like part of the family. when i lost him, it was sad. he wanted me to keep moving. that's what i'm going to do. >> he wasn't like a coach. he's like a father. he helped us outside of just football. you need money? you don't have money for lunch, something like that, he'll help you out. he'll give you motivation to keep going and stay strong. he's the best coach i ever had out of all my years playing football. he meant so much to me. >> reporter: nick lynch took over in suitland 1996 and turned the program into a powerhouse, qualifying for the playoffs nine times and winning two state championships. >> i'm not on the field to be on the field. >> reporter: ed shields who was an assistant four years is the rams' new head coach. >> one thing i learned working with him, how hard a worker he

was. how detailed he was. some people said suitland has athletes, but nick lynch put a lot of work in. that is something i found out more so when i got here. it made me more proud of him than i was. >> reporter: the field here at suitland high school bears his name in honor to a coach and a man who made a life-lasting impact on those around him. the players are honoring him still to this day playing the season. highlights of the early game today against northwestern. early highlights. players wearing a sticker with nick lynch's initials on their helmets. jacobs on the sideline. a couple plays later. number one keith brown gets the ball, busts through. a nice carry for mr. brown down to the goal line. suitland in business.

right now suitland leads it 21-0. just before we go, one of the first games i covered when i got to d.c. was here suitland high school. i interviewed nick lunch after the game. one of the questions i asked him why he loved high school football. he said he loved thegame, but loved the kids more and loved being around them and with them and helping them improve. a lot of these kids are college-bound and honoring him by playing hard and playing for the season. nick lynch, a remarkable man in this community in prince george's county. back to you. >> somewhere nick lynch is smiling. we'll have complete highlights from suitland tonight at 11:00. >> thank you, dan. we want to update our breaking story right now. take you back live to dundalk, maryland, up in baltimore county. these are live pictures from chopper 4. a big water main break. this is all from a single water main break, folks. these rescue boats have been going up to cars. some had water come up to their

roof tops. we haven't heard about anyone getting pulled fro a car or anyone injured. we saw some people a while ago walking around in front yards, also rescue crews going door-to-door seeing if anyone needs to come out there. that was another television helicopter, it looks like there. this is over a several block area. you can see the break still gushing out. >> we are following that and will continue to follow that flute the afternoon and evening. coming up, a story that is tough to swallow. >> one man had stuck in his lungs for

this is one of the most frustrating things consumers complain about. plastic packaging you just can't hope. >> reporter: you just bought a fancy new electronic gadget. if it came wrapped in clam shell package, good luck getting it open. we asked danielle, an intern to open this wireless speak were a cell phone. even with scissors and a knife, it wasn't easy. >> it's connecting, but doesn't get an ip address. >> reporter: andrew tried to open a new flash drive wrapped in hard plastic. >> the scissors weren't strong enough to cut through it. the closest thing i found was a

carpenter's knife. then all of a sudden it went sliding right through and slashed my hand right here. you can still see the scar there. >> reporter: his injury is hardly unique. >> they can be dangerous. when you open them up, you've got to be careful. >> reporter: one doctors group said 6,000 people a year are injured trying to open clam shell pack yes, sir. part of the danger is the plastic itself. once you cut it, the edges are as sharp as a knife. >> if you noticed, it is very sharp. you can easily pun tur yourself or have a small cut. it gets worse when you get frustrated. if you are mad at the package and start ripping at it, you're more likely to hurt yourself. >> i was thinking, you know what? it wasn't worth the price i paid to get the package open. >> reporter: with many consumers feeling the same way, some leading electronic stores are fazing out clam shell packaging. >> that was scott gordon. best buy is fazing it out.

a north carolina man is breathing easier after doctors found and removed part of a wendy's spoon lodged in his lung. john manley has been living with this problem two years. he's been having trouble breathing, coughing up blood and dealing with pneumonia. doctors recently discovered the problem. >> they've taken out vegetable matter, green pea, blueberry, thumb tack, but this has to be one of the strangest objects. >> mannelly says he must have been eating too quickly and that's what caused him to swallow the spoon. he is doing better now and will hopefully eat slower. how fast are you shoveling food in your mouth when you eat the utensils and don't know it? you are inhaling your food. anyway -- >> that's going to do it for us. breaking news in baltimore

county, that huge water main has flooded an entire neighborhood. >> jim vance and doreen gentzler next with news4 at 6:00. we begin tonight with a massive water main break that flooded several blocks of a maryland nand. good evening, everyone. i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. it is happening in the dundalk section of baltimore county. fire officials say the main was 72 inches in diameter. that is a big one, folks. six feet wide. baltimore county police say that water is several feet high in some areas. police have sent in some swift water rescue crews to the scene. there is no word that anyone has been injured. damage pick and rolly will be quite substantial. so far we have seen people wading in water up to their chest in some