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the investigators are saying this crime was not random. sgroo it appears to be in the preliminary stages of our investigation yet another homicide where the victim led a lifestyle that led to his dem e demise. >> police were looking for the homeowner's mercedes which they say the suspect stole after the home invasion. they stay that vehicle was recovered if d.c. >> we recovered that vehicle this morning in the area, and that's part of our ongoing investigation. >> meanwhile those who knkow the richardson family are try to make sense of what could have gone wrong inside this suburban home. >> there have been a number of

property crimes over in the community. police want to stress that they now know that this incident is not related to those property crimes. tomorrow night at 6:30 p.m. there's a community meeting over there, and police are answering lots of questions. >> that was tracy wilkins reporting from prince georges county. we have breaking news out of montgomery county this evening. police are investigating a shooting in the 1400 block of indian run drive in german town. they responded around k this afternoon. officers discovered a victim who has not been identified. that victim was shot mults pell times. police have no suspects at this hour. stay with news 4 as this story developed. a former intern for jim gram went on trial today for a shooting outside a metro station. devin black was an intern in graham's office as part of the summer jobs program. black and another teen were taking metro home for

orientation at the program when they got into the argument. the fight escalated as the teens got off the train. the other teen and a bystander were wounded. devin black is charged with assault. in the meantime good news for d.c.'s columbia heights neighborhood. a jumping fountain is the center of an ongoing beautification project. this was at columbia heights plaza this morning. it's part of the public round project. the department of transportation installed the fountain infrastructure and they designed it. the residence was created to show the diversity in that area. news 4 at 5:00. it beautiful, isn't it? >> it really is. >> coming up. we're just getting started. a new show of force. iran tests missiles can reach bases and as far away as israel. plus, painting a president. find out who says this controversy at poster is plain racist. driving and texting will

soon be illegal in maryland, but we'll tell you why the rules of the road may not be easy to follow. the arena stage project. an exclusive behind the scenes look at the amazing work in

an alarming study from aaa is showing how prevalent distracted driving is on the capital belt way. >> over half say they call or

text while driving in construction zones, and what's worse, most have no intentions of stopping. as jane reports, law enforcement officials are vowing to crack down. >> tens of thousands of drivers sending text messages with other motorists trying to stay out of the way. >> the traffic is obviously distracted. they're not keeping up with traffic. they may move a little bit from side to side. ey don't look like they have the full attention. >> reporter: the distracted driving has become especially in the beltway construction zones. over the 1,000 drivers surveyed over half said they texted while they drive, doubling the chance of getting in a crash. >> that's over 117,000 drivers a day out here that are texting

and talking on the cell phones while they're driving, and driving through a work zone. >> reporter: to make matters worse texting while drivers is banned in virginia, yet people do it anyway, sometimes right under the nose of officers. >> the young man, he had both hands on top of the steering wheel with his blackberry and his friends were going to town. he's trying to drive the car like this, and the car is all over in the lane as he's trying to keep it in the middle of road. >> officials are launching a new campaign to made motorists aware of the dangers of distracted driving in a construction zone. police promise stepped-up enforcement, treating texting drivers no different than drunks. >> when a vehicle is making those maneuvers within thelane, swerving, braking inappropriately, something is going on nsinside the vehicle. >> getting drivers to hang up on the roads won't be easy. the most disturbing part of the study is that 95% of the drivers

who text know their behavior is dangerous dubut do it anyway. >> now texting while driving is banned in the district and virginia. on thursday a new state law in maryland makes texting behind the wheel illegal there. commuter connections program has been in operation for more than ten years now, but last year marked its busiest year ever. commuters can get up to four free rides home a year in the event of emergencies. the metropolitan washington council of government sponsors the program and hopes to reduce traffic by encouraging more people to carpool or use public transit. if the ride is approved, they send the taxi to the person's workplace or arranges for a rental car. the average ride costs about $65, but it's free to the commuter with the exception of tips or fuel fees. > the debate over the new national fuel economy standards is about to get louder.

a 60-day public comment period is getng under way. so far both environmentalists and big industry are applauding plan. president obama wants automaker to up-average to 35.35 miles per gallon by 2016. that's eight years sooner. for american automaker you can be more competitive in the global market but critics worry about the cost. a small startup car company is getting a lot of money from the feds as well as high profile investigat. fiskar automotive is producing the karma, a new low emission hybrid car. they green lighted production with a $530 million loan. al gore invested some money in the car and has already preordered his. if you want to get your hands on the karma, get ready for sticker shock. it's estimated to cost $90,000. >> wow. but you save long, long, long term, i guess. >> right. there are a lot of hybrids out there.

>> it's a great-looking car. >> it's gorgeous. >> you could have an aston martin for that fee. electric. >> you may need the heater on tomorrow morning, and certaly by thursday morning. outside now a change sweeping in. this will be the last 80-degree day of september. i guarantee you. >> it's a guarantee. >> last year we had our -- we still had a few 80s into october, but in september because of the cold air sweeping in, our temperature outside now, our high temperature we made it up to about 80 degrees. right flnow we're in the 70s, 7 degrees is the current temperature. we have five weeks of good old daylight savings. we don't have eastern standard time until november 1st. by five weeks from today, our sunset is 5:07. our temperature here is 77 degrees. not too far way. it's in the 50s. around the lakes into the 50s,

chicago 59 degrees. temperature out there has dropped by almost 15 degrees in the last 24 hours, and we're really noticing that and also the dew point's much, much drier air coming in. you can see a spin in the atmosphere. jet stream will be difing and continuing to dive well to the south. there's the cold front now coming through us behind it. boy, has it been windy. look at what it was like. this was parts of michigan where the winds were up to 40 to 50 miles per hour. this is on the west coast -- or the east shore of lake michigan north of chicago. winds were gusting to 40 miles per hour. well, you have to take my word for it. chicago right now 32 miles per hour. i'll show you some of the heavy surf in lake michigan a little later. in and around us right now, our country condition, you can see the showers that continue to move off toward the east. right now around parts of the county there are lingering

showers to the eastern shore. you folks in the upper eastern shore, there are one or two rumbles with this line when it came through montgomery county to the north side. there's been really strong storms up in new york state, rochester, binghamton is getting nasty storms right now. earlier the winds gusted to almost 30 miles per hour. about a quarter of an inch of rain when that line came through. cumberland is seeing winds gusting to 42 miles per hour. the temperature still out west into the 70s, but not overnight tonight. there's that area of low pressure which will slowly drift to the north and behind it some very strong winds continue to come in on west to northwesterly winds through thursday. temperatures tomorrow only in the high 60s to about 70. by tomorrow morning we'll be into the 50s. clearing skies, breezy, cooler. by later on this evening skies are clearing. we got the moon out there, a few days away from being full near the bright object that's there tonight. if you see it 9:00, 10:00, or

11:00 that's the planet jupiter. tomorrow morning clear and quite cool. during the afternoon, mid part of the day we will see some fair weather clouds, but it will be windy with a westerly wind 15 to 25 miles per hour. here's how we look for the next four days. temperatures a bit below average. our average high now is 74 degrees. still breezy on wednesday. by thursday morning even in washington i think it will be 48 degrees. then as we get on into the weekend right now, we start out with showers. i think we'll finish with some sunshine, though, on sunday the way it looks. >> so long 80s. >> feel of fall. it's coming. >> thank you, bob. coming up, tax evaders get a second chance. how to pay late with no personality. more school days and longer hours. how does that sound to you? find out who thinks it's a great idea for all students. instant coffee from

starbucks? can it beat brewed coffee? our taste test is coming up. tomorrow morning we'll tell you where to find some of the best shopping deals on the internet. >> 60-inch tvs and many other products. find out where to cash in on these great deals. >> we'll have all the overnight along with your weather and traffic again.

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the line of duty in afghanistan according to his family. lance corporal jordan died this weekend while severing his second tour ofduty. he leaves behind a wife and was only 24 years old. there was a show of force today from tehran and white house officials call it provocative. overnight iran test-fired through advance missiles. one version can carry nuclear warhead says to israel and u.s. bases in the middle east. the war games come just days before iran is set to meet with international negotiators on its nuclear program days after iran admitted building a secret nuclear facility. activists gathered outside a richmond, virginia strip club this afternoon to protest an image of the president hanging outside. a banner is hanging outside of club velvet in downtown richmond. it depicts president obama as the joker from batman. the image has been used around

the country by those that refer to the president's policies assist socialist. members of the naacp conference protested the mural today calling it disrespectful to the president and all people of african descent. not everyone agreed with that sentiment. >> the this is very, very troubling in this country. they can no longer hide their president. >> i don't think it's racial a all. i think the administration is a joke, and that's the scene behind the picture. >> in a statement the club's owner said he's a staunch libertarian just expressing his disagreement with the president's policies. he says it has nothing to do with race. president obama says kids aren't spending enough time in school. he wants schools to administrator tiadd more times to classes. he is students aren't spending

enough time at school, and that puts them at aadvantage compared to other countries. coming up tonight, he's supposed to help the community. find out why one local good will ambassador was arrested. a teen accused of killing a mother and son has learned his fate. the verdict is next. mayday. mayday. >> after the explosion, a gas leak blast injured firefighters months ago. now find out why crews say it almost

inches jean smith and her 19-year-old son james inside their home last december. julie joins us from ma nas sas with more. julie. >> well, the closing argument today, the attorney said this case represents every family's worst nightmare, but the verdict he says brings a measure of justice. a teenage killer is now likely headed to prison for the rest of his life. 18-year-old xavier sat stone faced as the judge pronounced herd verdict, guilty on two

counts of capital murder. for the husband and father the decision brings some leaf in the wake of incredible loss. >> this has been very dficult nine and a half months. obviously having this moment weighing over us for all that time has made it that much more difficult. just very relieved, very pleased that the justice system worked for us. >> reporter: the bodies of 19-year-old james smith and his 39-year-old mother jean was discovered six days before christmas last year. a younger sibling, connor made the tragic discovery when he arrived home from school that day. testimony revealed for the first time exactly how the two were killed. james, a jmu student home from college of napping on the couch. he was shot between the eyes. jean smith was shot in her ear as she tried to make a phone call for help. prosecutors used that evidence to bolster the case. he loaded the gun he found there

and shot both victims with premeditation so they couldn't identify him. >> of course, the mom came home. she was naturally upset, and she ran up to use the fan to call 911. he shot her in the ear while she was attempting to make that call. >> now, sentencing in this case is september for february 5th, but because he was 17 at the time of the killings he cannot receive the death penalty. he'll receive life in prison without parole. a look at his written confession in the case. back to you now. >> julie, thank you. the man charged with killing a skurecurity guard at the u.s. holocaust museum this summer could be one step closer to trial. he's been moved from the d.c. jail to a federal prison in north carolina. he'll be evaluated by doctors to determine if he's fit to stand trial. prosecutors argue that while he's physically frail, he's

still a danger to society because he has, quote, nothing to lose. we have breaking news right now out of montgomery county. a shooting involving a county police officer and a teenager outside a home in the darnstown area. jackie benson is live on the scene with details. jackie. >> reporter: at this point police have not confirmed the age of the victim. what we can tell is the very unusual situation, a man shot by police after driving into another man's driveway. here in the darnstown area, i'm joined by lucille bouwer a spokesperson for montgomery county police. tems what happened this afternoon as this car drove up, this very long driveway here. >> the call came in originally to police for a suspicious situation or possibly a traffic accident. the homeowner sees an unknown man in his driveway with an unknown vehicle. he comes out to investigate. when the officer arrives, witness statements tell us that the subject charged the officer,

attacked him. the officer fired more than one shot, striking the subject. life saving efforts were performed on the scene. the subject has been transported to a hospital. he is alive and alert at this point. >> again, we don't know what this man was doing here and we do not know if he was armed? >> reporter: that is correct. >> again, as you heard her say, investigators are here on the scene. they're taking pictures of scene. cart this man was shot in is still here at this time. he's in the hospital. back to you. >> jackie benson live for us with that breaking story out of darnstown, maryland. thank you. a man whose job it was to give visitors directions and other help in downtown bethesda is facing sex charges involving a 14-year-old girl. he's a goodwill ambassador. he met the victim from friendship heights whi on the job. they exchanged phone numbers and engaged in sexual acts in a

public bathroom. the shops at the penmar shopping center reaped this afternoon, but work crews investigate a serious gas leak there. >> the leak began on sunday and forced the evacuation of the entire strip mall. >> may, day, mayday. >> you remember back in may a leak at this same mall caused a massive explosionhat injured nine firefighters. that blast was caught on camera, and one of the fire engine's dash cam. they say the most recent leak could have had the same results. megan mcgraph has more. >> reporter: work crews dig holes in the parking lotd looking for the source of the leak. other workers go into marshall's to take air readings. the store and 12 others in the shopping center were evacuated sunday after a leak caused a dangerous buildup of gas inside some shops. it is the second time in four months that it's happened.

>> i got it. >> reporter: in another incident last may, a gas leak caused this massive explosion at the other end the strip mall. nine firefighters were hurt by the flying debris. she owns the liquor store here. he opened up for business this morning, but admits he's a little concerned. >> it worries me a little bit, yeah. i've got to be here. >> there was no explosion in sunday's indent, but it was a close call. fire officials found atmospheric readings of 3.5% inside some stores. a blast is possible when the reading reaches 4%. some wonder if the gasolines leading to the building should be replaced. >> everything wears out in time. nothing lasts forever. it has to be done. >> reporter: marshall's, petco and america's best eye glasses didn't open this morning.

they cut gas and electricity to those stores yesterday. utilities won't be restored until repairs are made. washington gas continues to investigate the situation here. their priority is to fix the leaking gasoline. it's unclear what, if any, additional steps will be taken. megan mcgraph, news 4. 30 firefighters worked for nearly five hours sunday to stop the flow of natural gas and then laid all of the stores. >> when we come back tonight setting the tstage. preparations under way for the big concert that could cause big traffic delays. it's feeling more like fall. bob is back with a final lo

good evening. the clouds are breaking up. the temperatures are beginning to fall, but it is still mild at martinsburg. by tomorrow morning you see teps into the low 50s in the mountains of west virginia. right now there's a line of showers. there you see one or two rumbles of thunder that moved into the upper eastern shore over around parts of the eastern bay, too. so there's still a few showers lingering into southern maryland. heading out for the ball game,

first pitch is uncomftable and a bit breezy. it will be chilly with temperatures into the 50s, some great color coming up, just beginning across northern new england. next seven days temperatures well below average. tell you more as we continue. stay with us.

do you consider yourself to be a coffee con sewer? do you turn up your nose way redskins stinky face at coffee? >> starbucks has a now has an instant coffee that you will drink and actually like. we have to taste it to believe it. >> we have a taste test coming up. instant coffee makes you kind of make that face, so it's kind of an interesting one. tomorrow is the big day for coffee drinkers. starbucks is bringing via to town. that's the new instant coffee. if starbucks is right, this

isn't your mother's old instant. this is coffee you'll go out of your way to drink. this may just look like a squirt to you, but starbucks says it's taken more than 20 years to produce this squirt. what we're squirting is via, starbucks' instant coffee. it's new, it's instant, and after two decades, it's available to everyone. but how does it taste? do a coffee taste test for me? we set up a taste test in arlington, virginia. we put three coffees in front of takes erz. coffee a is via. we measured it out to starbucks exact directions and were supposed to get a cup of coffee with rich aroma and the flavor of starbucks brewed coffee. coffee b is starbucks brewed coffee, directly from the store in the mall. and coffee c is nescafe taksters

choice. we followed the exact instructions and marked the coffees a, b, and c and needed tak tasters. we want you to taste them and tell us which one you like the best. now, starbucks says its secret is premium beans and a patented process that produces a coffee that looks and tasted brewed, and starbucks says you'll think this is the same high quality coffee you'll find in a starbucks store. so let's just see about that. coffee a is via, the instant starbucks. >> i like a. >> you're going for a? >> yes. >> i love brazilian coffee, and this looks like brazilian coffee. >> why a? >> it's strong.

it smellssbogood. >> a is smooth and right in the middle. >> do you drink instant coffee. you picked starbucks instant. >> wow. okay. >> coffee b comes from the starbucks store. >> it has a good smello it. i think they all kind of taste the same honestly, but b smells the best. >> b has aeally good taste. it's not bitter and smells great. >> b is good. i love it. i like it. >> coffee c is ne sneskay cafe. >> it has strong and rich flavor. >> you like c? why? >> it tastes like pure coffee. >> i like c the best. >> why do you like if? >> because it tastes special. >> how did the starbucks instant do? it won. out of 42 tasters, neska faye took five votes and starbucks

brewed grabbed 15 votes and via got 22 votes. take notice. >> we have everything. that's it. >> that's it? >> that's the one that will keep me working all day. >> okay. by the way, starbucks via instant coffee costs about a dollar per cup. you make it at home and pour it into your cup. you're not so sure? >> i think it tastes pretty rich. i would think it's brewed. it's not bitter and pretty rich. you know how instant is. >> i think t mental thing, we took a whiff of it and smelled -- it smelled instant. nes nescafe-ish. >> maybe you're a coffee snob. >> someone from brazil said i only drink brazilian coffee. >> if you hadn't told him, maybe you wouldn't have. >> maybe it's psychological.

all right, let's find out what's coming up for news 4 at 6:00 tonight. we have a preview. tonight we're going to continue following that story about iran firing missiles capable of reachin israel and u.s. military bases in e middle east. we'll tell you about a raid on a ship carrying $376 million worth of cocaine. president obama heading overseas to lobby for the 2006 olympic games to be held in his home state. those stories and -- actually not his home state. held in chicago. home state is hawaii, right? >> that's right. >> that's right. >> thanks. that's coming up in a few minutes. >> see you then. >> let's check in with dan and lindsay live at redskins park with more on the -- i don't have words anymore. >> i don't either. that was one more line. knew it would be an ugly afternoon. >> after the first touchdown everyone felt the redskins were going to lose. >> you're stunned by silence,

stunned into silence i should say. the word out here at the pork, jim zorn's jobs safe. he's full bore heading into game planning for tampa bay. as for the players, today i have to say this locker room on this monday morning was one of the more somber locker rooms i've been part of it. not just because they lost to a team that had not beaten a team in the 19 games before, but because players question their identity i feel like. >> the redskins around 0-3 themselves, so it's not absolute worst-case scenario, but it is pretty bad. now1-2, the buzz sdplar buzzards are swirling. the most important thing right now for a coach's job on the line easily has to be the players. right now the players definitely believe in zorn. he does not think he's come anywhere close to losing the locker room. >> i would be really surprised. i think we have excellent men in

that locker room. i think we have great captains. you know, they handle a lot of that stuff. i think they're keeping -- our captains are doing a wonderful job keeping our guys together and keep -- really keeping the positive things that are coming out of the game and trying to alleviate some of the those negative things, just the negative plays. once we start doing that, we'll be on the right track. >> a custom of guys we've just discussed just kind of maybe where we can do collectively to try to maybe get things not necessarily changed around but just, you know, get everybody on the same page. what can we do? that's something we talked about collectively. >> so that's london fletcher, and last week they played the lions, who are the worst team in football the last two years. this week they play the buccaneers, probably the worst

team in fool right now. >> they're winless. the redskins have someone in their corner because they want to make the most of this opportunity, especially to avoid that sickening feeling that most felt walking off the field yesterday. >> we ran at the end. we have opportunities, too, and they did that. that's about all i can say. >> that's it. that's it. we knew that detroit was going to come down here and play. they're going out there with enthusiasm in the home field and getting that losing streak over with. >> the biggest question that followed the redskins off the field in detroit is why this team continues tolay down to the levelopponent. why is it so difficult to execute with the weapons they have. for the first time redskins players suggest an attitude shift might be needed. >> we have a lot of people that are in the act. you can look at it. you can look at it.

this isn't preseason. you know, this is the real deal. like you say, there's aot of guys running around here who think that. >> growing up, we always heard that we had a bunch of potential. that potential is there. we really got potential, but that means nothing. we have talent, but that means nothing. this is a team game and we play it together, a good team. we don't do anything. >> the sense of urgency is more than it's ever been. if you think about it, you know, you don't ever want to be in this position, but we really have to push each other now and find a way to get this thing turned around and get it turned around quickly. >> that sense of urgency begins today as they prepare for tampa bay coming up at 6:00. we'll talk about what the redskins think they can do differently to avoid the similar outcome. guys. >> all right.

not a pretty monday. thank you. we'll see you in a bit. coming up next on news 4 at 5:00, a big change down at arena stage. a year away from opening its doors, but we have an

u2 fans are getting ready for tomorrow night's concert and so are crews at fedex field. they're setting up a stage in the middle of the field for the 360 tour. tuesday night's show starting at 11:00. people can expect large crowds. they plan to keep the morgan boulevard station open an hour later for concert-goers. if you're driving, the parking lot is open although noon, but the stadium won't open until

5:00 p.m. they're encouraging people to carpool. well, if you have driven around the southwest waterfront, it is impossible to miss the new arena stage and the grand statement it's making as it grows out of the ground. the $125 million center will bring in productions from all over the nation, and serve as a community for theater fans. with just one year to go now, we got an exclusive peek today as the excitement builds. they're setting the stage in dramatic fashion, a glass roof supported by 18 giant columns dividing the curtain of glass walls that overlook the southwest waterfront. it's designed to pull people in and businesses in to an area poised to take off.

some 20,000 students will use thelassrooms year-round. those rooms neighbor giant rehearsal halls. from 83,000 scare feet to now more than 200,000, the new arena stage will be home to three theaters. it's built around the two theaters that have stood here since the '60s. it was important to keep that piece of history. >> the blood and tear and sweat that was going on, i think it's really a good feel-good thing for all of us to have that. >> reporter: a staircase opens to a huge lobby, cafe, lounge and terrace. simultaneous programs and productions will entertain and teach here in one sred community. >> i think that's very exciting. not just being here, but also

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