a child returns home to the continue a remarkable recovery months after a tragic lightning strike that made national headlines. on june 3, lightning hit two little league players in virginia. a 12-year-old lost his life that day. his friend and teammate endured months in the hospital. jonathan returned home and is swinging from the fences, once again. >> his leg still bares the scars. jonathan doesn't remember much about the incident. >> playing baseball. >> reporter: his mother heard the thunder. she remembers saying a prayer, not knowing her son was one of two that w struck. the the other boy died that day.

jonathan began his journey to recove recovery. he spoke again and recently swung a bat, again. it was a plastic bat, but it was a home run. >> i take it very seriously. we liose, i'm happy. if we win, i'm happy. >> it's been a journey from the time it happened to now, watching jonathan get stronger and you know, just work hard at getting stronger. >> reporter: with help from the community and all over, mark says his son has been his biggest inspiration. >> maintain a good attitude in joking. at times, he didn't feel well, just making me laugh and cheering us up. just, you know, being himself.

>> reporter: it may be another year before he's fully recovered. >> the doctor came in when jonathan was being discharged. he said i wish i could take credit for this one. god saved -- god did this. >> reporter: jonathan has his plans mapped out long term. >> go to australia, have 14 kids and have a house that's in a bubble so no burglars can get in. >> a website has been set up to help jonathan and his family. it's helpjonathan.com. president obama give his first speech at the united nations. he wasn't shy asking for others to take responsibility. >> this cannot solely be

america's endeavor. those of you who chastised america for acting alone in the world cannot now stand by and wait for america to solve the world's problems alone. >> ahmadinejad said iran is committed to peace but defended his countries legal rights. prompting the u.s. and canadian delegations to walk out. the governor of massachusetts will announce tomorrow morning who will temporarily take ted kennedy's seat. the governor had the power to fill the seat after kennedy died. kennedy's two sons told the governor, paul kirk is their first choice. he's a long-time friend and staffer. the community is having a

strike on the war in afghanistan. several arrested in connection with a 92-count indictment. jackie is there with more on the story. >> reporter: they absolutely did not care who got in the way of their deadly back and forth retaliation. it looked like a war zone along north capital street in the spring and summer of 2008. >> it happened day after day after day. sometimes there wasn't 24 hours between the retaliations and the original incident. shootings and murder, more than a dozen victims. they were walking by when an intersection erupted. six people were shot near the intersection near capital street. they were coming back from a vigil for a young man that had been murdered three months

earlier. first degree murder. they were members of the crew. the reason for the deadly back and forth, it takes little to nothing to spark violence between violent gang members like we are talking about here. >> reporter: officls say new, antigang laws. >> this statue was enacted in 2006. we are starting to get a feel for it. this will be very important in this series of indictments and indictments to come. >> reporter: tonight, news 4 spoke to somne who witnessed one of the shootings and ran to try to help the victim. that person says there's a great sense of relief in the neighborhood. back to you. >> jackie benefitson reporting. thank you. there were claims about airline safety as officials look

into a deadly crash this year. 3407 crashed in buffalo, new york february 12, killing 50 people. that crash prompted criticism of the training and pay of flight crews of smaller carriers. congress said those problems continue. three regional airlines are pressuring pilots to fly if they are too sick or tired. the airlines deny the allegations. on the tracks, the union that represents metro train operators was to stay in the slower manual mode for now. it's not clear what caused june's deadly metro crash. three months after the accident, the transportation safety board revealed information about what failed. an automated control system may

have allowed the crash to happen. they are urging audiotape systems to examine their trains control systems. still ahead, robbers swoop in on a helicopter and steal millions from a cash depot. some banks may have to close tomorrow. john travolta takes the witness stand in a trial surrounding his son's death in the bahamas. bob, what about the bert? >> we have had a few showers, thundershowers. i'll tell you about it. dan, what do you have? >> the capitals look like they are in mid season form. the detroit lions spell danger for the redskins. find out if the nationals can stav

police say a teenager arrested for dealing drugs.

the students use text messages to set up drug deals. the 18-year-old was arrested yesterday. officers say they found marijuana, ecstasy and $1200 cash in his suv. he's a former walter johnson student. police put him under surveillance after getting a call from security. they suspected he was dealing drugs during the school day. a teenager suspected of making homemade bombs plead guilty today. they found it in july of last year. they alleged the 19-year-old had a fake cia id and a map of camp david. the bomb making chemicals belong ed to a russian immigrant. >> when you are in possession of something, you are in possession

of it. it doesn't matter who they belong to or who purchased them. it's an event he participated in by the mere fact he possessed them. >> he'll be back in court for sentencing january 7. he's facing up to ten years in prison. an international hunt for the criminals who pulled off a robbery in europe. two masked robbers dropped from a helicopter on to the roof of a security firm and used explosives to break into the buildings cash storage area. they were able to flee in the helicopter with bags of money. a fake bomb was planted at the helicopter hangar. so much money was taken. the banks and atms may not be able to open tomorrow. the murder haunted her

mother for 23 years. police believe they will find a killer. families return home for the first time to survey the damage from flooding in the southeast. bob is back

s it's been 23 years since a 15-year-old was murdered in prince william county, virginia.

for her mother, each day is worse by not knowing who killed lisa or why. police believe the case can still be solved. >> reporter: lisa marie was 15 years old when she was murdered in may of 1986. she was full of life. she was a lover of people. >> reporter: on wednesday, may 21, lisa, her mother and brother were at the shopping center for haircuts. lisa wanted to leave while her mother and brother shopped. >> she said i'll be home. i know how you like to talk. >> reporter: she was less than a mile from her house. >> she crossed over the creek here. used to be a bridge. she kept caulking down this path toward her house. >> reporter: the path had foot traffic, but was isolated and bordered by woods. >> kids use it all the time.

you have people living in the woods at the time. they used it. >> reporter: when she got home from shopping, lisa was not there. >> right away, i knew somebody was wrong. she never lied. if she's not going to be somewhere, she calls and lets me know. leaves me a note. very dependable. >> reporter: despite nonstop searches, no sign of lee sa. her body was found three days after she disappeared, 75 yards in the woods. she was partially covered with branches, she had been beaten to death. >> one of her classmates found what looked to be a foot covered. >> she died from blunt force trauma. we did recover dna from the scene. we have a dna profile.

>> there have been no matches so far. >> we believe it was a chance encounter. she met the wrong person at the wrong time. >> reporter: these have been 23 years of agy. >> i promised her, at the funeral, i would search until i found who did this. >> reporter: even now, she pleads for anyone with the slightest piece of information to come forward. >> we are her voice now. her voice went silent by a perpetrator. we are her voice. even the smallest thing you think isn't important could lead us to who did this. >> if you have information that might help close the case, the detectives would like you to call 866-411-tips. an emotional john travolta told the jury about his efforts to save his son's life today.

he testified against two people accused of blackmailing him. travolta described the moments before his son's death. he performed cpr on his autistic son after a nanny told him jett wasn't responding. the defendants are accused of trying to get money in exchange for pictures of his dying son. in the wake of deadly flooding, president obama assured officials their plea for federal aid is getting immediate attention. homes and an entire community are under water. residents returned to their houses to find personal belongings drenched and in floating water. some were able to save ps. at least ten deaths are blamed on torrential downpours over the weekend. is there relief in sight? >> it's been raining but flood

waters are subsiding. it's going to be a long time for recovery. >> for us, we had the warm, southwesterly winds. a bit of humidity out there. our temperature, as we look over a steamy washington, 77 degrees. way above average, but not close to the record. can you imagine, 1895. look at the temperatures around the high temperatures. we were at 87 degrees to the south. it was cool weather. san antonio, today, only 65 degrees. right now, we're at 77 in washington. we'll see a lot of 70s and 80s to the south. the humidity and dew points, it still feels like it's 81 degrees outside. we have a weak weather front coming our way. the circulation is back here in the south and southeast. fortunately, you can see georgia and parts of alabama not getting rain tonight. for us, here is what's going on.

you can see the area of showers, thundershowers that moved up north of baltimore. they are in another area coming through as we go through the nighttime hours through western maryland, here and around washington. a few showers around gaithersburg. the other batch is moving away. a few leftover showers. the south and southeast, the good news is while there are still flood warnings out for parts of georgia and alabama, just showers around mississippi. around jackson, mississippi. th thurmont. look at how much rain has fallen. last week, 20 to 30 inches of rain in parts of georgia. we'll have the southwesterly nd with a humid pattern, then a little weather front coming through. windsurning to the northeast as we get into friday. still to the south and

southeast, no more rains coming, at least not the real, real heavy rains. one more warm day. overnight, warm for the remainder of the night. a bit of a warm morning. temperatures near 70 degrees. it's all for the overnight temperature. mixture of clouds and sunshine with a weather front settling to the south. later there could be more showers for the folks in southern maryland, around charles county. we begin to dry outor the next few days. temperatures friday will be much lower than they are. temperatures in the low 70s. right now, i think we'll start out the weekend with sunshine, late afternoon showers and thundershowers saturday. sunday looks partly sunny. >> not too bad. thank you, bob. a look for the world east most famous diamonds. despite a 19-game

this was not the night, huh? >> no. it's good news. the dodgers magic number is two. the nationals magic number is one. somehow, the nats are stuck on 99. immateri it's a good thing. jim riggleman and the nationals trying to avoid the century mark. martin pokes oneo right. one-run scores. andre trying to score. great tag by josh.

he's out at the plate for dukes. that's 12 assists of the year. he had a big-time arm. bottom of sixth, dodgers lead. no-hitter one till the pitch. absolutely crunched. into the bull pen, the all-star says no, no. it's no more. a three-run home run, the 31st of the year. 100 rbi that ties the game at 3. chops one up the middle. double play. the throw pulls him off the bag. the nationals score. they take a 4-3 lead thanks to christian guzman. pete orr pinch hitting. runners on the corners. there's one out. it's a sacrifice. the game winning run, justin maxwell comes in.

check it out. everybody giving him a bear hug. the nats win, 5-4. they are stuck on 99 losses, at least for now. jason campbell says everyone on the team is putting too much pressure on themselves. everyone on the organization is on the hot seat, including the owner. all this as the redskins prepare for a detroit team that hasn't won a game since 2007. the lions, o 0-7. schwartz -- the kid has potential. they 19 game losing streak, the redskins can still afford to take this team lightly. >> they are not the same team they were last year. even though they lost the first two games, they are a different

team. they play with more urgency. look at the way they were playing the vikings earlier in the game. they end up losing it, but at the same time, it was a game. it's a different team. >> good defense. offensively, they come together. they have a young quarterback. they have a young receiver. >> sounded overly confident there. >> stretch it out a little longer. >> please do. eight days away from the regular season. new blood is going to be good for washington. they hang six goals on the blackhawks. the fourth preseason game of the year for the capitals, man, did they look good. mike doing it all by himself. he scores his second goal of the game. it cuts them on top, 2-0.

third period. the capitals on the power play. slides over. watch the pass. right behind his back. second of the night. they crush chicago, 6-2. two games left to go against the rangers, then it will count. the regular season is creeping up. >> hard to believe. >> it's going to be fun. >> all right. thank you, dan. coming up

if you are looking forward to playing the slots in maryland, you could hit the jackpot by memorial day. the state commission approved

the first license on the eastern shore. the racetrack can have up to 800 slots. the track's developer says he hopes to have them up and running by the end of may. it's the first of five sights in maryland that will operate slot machines. could the district be the next fashion capital? the district's fashion were on the vogue runway at an event sponsored by the magazine. the party gave everyone a sneak peek at some of the seasons hottest looks.

the famous hope diamond is sparkling in a different light. visitors to the smithsonian have seen the largest blue diamond surrounded by 16 diamonds suspended from a chain containing 45 diamonds. the 45.5 carrot gem is on display. check it out. it's worth about $250 million. good night.