rus set green way. police say he got scared then took off. >> the vehicle he struck in the rear followed him on to the baltimore washington parkway. he passed and somebody in that vehicle open fired with a gun. >> police found gun casings and believe as many as eight or nine shots were fired during the drive by. >> it's wrong. left the person for dead. didn't know if the person was dead or alive. >> police are not sure if the two drivers knew each other but believe road rage is to blame. >> road rage modifies my driving behavior. >> we all got it, though. let's be honest. throwing up obscenities. but to take it that far is ridiculous.

>> aaa says 37% of all cases nationwide do escalate to where someone involved pulls out a firearm. over 1,500 people die because of these violent rage-filled incidents. >> frequently, it's just an accident. and things happen and it's not worth get into violent confrontation with people. >> the driver is expected to be okay, but police say they're still looking for the two suspects in that black suv that sped off. if you have any information, police are asking for your help. 6 610-8717. a prince george's county school bus driver is under arrest for allegedly using his

cell phone to make child pornography. it began in march when a customer at a 7-eleven found a memory card on the counter. police worked to identified victim and the suspect. smallwood is facing 30 years in prison. >> evidence that was not found was finally revealed in the robert juan case. pat collins joins us with the latest on this. >> cops take the stands. they talk about evidence found, evidence not found. on the stand today, the night

robert wone was murdered, for a while it was sergeant patrick who was the ranking officer at that house on swan street. when he got to the house, sergeant patrick said he saw all three defendants dressed in white robes. at the time, he said we treated them like victims, not suspects. sergeant patrick says he saw victor zaborsky sitting on a couch crying. every time dylan ward would try to say something, joe price would glare at him and ward would stop talking. they were whispering, and those glares made me suspicious said sergeant patrick. later, i told a homicide detective about it. august 2006, 32-year-old robert wone, stabbed to death as he was spending the night at his home on swan street. no one has been charged in that murder, but the three house mates who live there have been charged with trying to cover up

the crime. defense attorneys say it was a robbe robbery, that an intruder came into an open backdoor and murdered robert wone. evidence tech curtis lancaster says police spent about three weeks looking for clues on swan street. he said he found no evidence of a break-in. no sign of a ransacking. nothing broken, nothing taken. >> now, in the three weeks that police worked that house on swan street, they removed u traps from the bathroom, the washer and drier, parts of the staircase, wood molding. they even took out pieces of the wall. they took them away and tested them for blood stains or evidence the blood had been wiped away. they found nothing. wendy, back to you. >> pat collins, thank you, pat. police in fairfax county tonight are stepping up efforts

to find two killers involved in a deadly invasion at a mansion. today, investigators stopped cars in the centreville area, asking if anyone knew anything about the gunn who killed jose rosalez a week ago today. he stopped suspects from get into the house, but he lost his life in the process. so far, no arrests have been made. a maryland state trooper manages to chase a suspect down with just one good leg. trooper first class jeremy tindall stopped the car for speeding. he noticed the driver was acting suspiciously. he ordered him out of the car. that's when police tell us a plastic bag used for drugs fell out of the driver's pant leg. he took off running.

tindall started chasing the suspect but felt something pop in his left leg. he kept going, managed to grab the suspect and make an arrest, broken leg and all. chuck bell is in the storm center. >> troop climbed into the mid and high 70s. here's a check of doppler radar. there are some very light little popcorn showers off the eastern shore. they're coming out over the bay. so you folks from annapolis northbound towards severin and the inner harbor of baltimore might get a stray shower.

one or two westbound moving light showers. 95% of this will stay dry as you look at your good night forecast. plenty of clouds. not too much in the way of rain showers. you've got to love your late sunsets and early sun rises this time of year. so a cool and cloudy evening. very foggy start for tomorrow morning. then we'll get sun shooirn by tomorrow afternoon. much warmer weather coming for wednesday. but can it last all the way through the rest of the week into the holiday weekend. a check of the holiday forecast coming up in a few more minutes. >> a house committee took the rare step today of holding a field hearing on that deadly explosion at the upper big branch mine in west virginia. law makers traveled to beckley, west virginia, for a hearing into the nation's worst coal mining disaster in 40 years. 29 men were killed in last month's explosion at the mine,

which is owned by massey energy. one of the witnesses today is a miner whose sun was killed. he accused officials of sending out alerts whenever the mine safety inspectors rooifed on the property, and he urged lawmakers to set penalties for that kind of behavior. nbc's tom costello with more on the hearing. hi, tom. >> reporter: good afternoon. in fact, several former employees and urnt current empl said the same thing. they would quickly scramble and fix things that were not proper. we heard emotional testimony as well from family members that were still grieving several weeks after this terrible disaster that killed 29 people. the worst mine disaster in 40 years. interestingly, they have still

not gotten into the mine. investigator says the air inside the mine is still too poisonous. they can't get in. they're hoping to get in the wednesday after memorial day. but investigators came here, congressional investigators came here because they wanted to hear exactly what the family members had to say and they also wanted to hear what the miners had to say about the state of the mine and about massey energy's overall record. wendy, so many different employees pointed the finger at massey and said they were running an unsafe operation. at the end of the hearing, the chairman of the hearing warned mat see if they tried to retaliate against any of these witnesses they will face severe punishment, that the witnesses are given congressional safety, if you will, a congressional immunity. and they warned them against any retaliation against these employees. back to you. >> how longer is this going to go on? are they going to hear on massey?

>> this was a one-day hearing. but the ceo of massey was on the hill last week and he denied unsafe mines despite the fact that 53 people have died over ten years. he said they operate a safe, safe mine system, and they do not put profits ahead of safety. >> thank you, tom. rescuers are scrambling to clean and save animals threatened by the oil disaster in the gulf. this is the bird rescue center trying to remove sludge from a pelican. 32 birds have come into the center covered in oil. they expect to see many, many more. oil has now pushed into two major pelican nesting colonies in louisiana's wet lands. some eggs were too contaminated, too. today interior secretary ken salazar slammed british petroleum for missing deadlines on sealing that broken well that continues to release all that oil. he was part of a del grags from

washington that toured the gulf today. jay gray is live with the latest. i understand you've got some breaking news about the environmental protection agency now? >> hey there, jim. the lead administrator for the epa, lisa jackson, also on the ground here in the region and just announced within the last few minutes that she is insisting that bp cut back on the chemical disbersmentes they have been using to try to break up the oil on the surface of the gulf and the oil that's underneath. they've been applying it at the leak site. she wants it cut back 50% to 75% because she's not satisfied that bp has done enough research to find a less toxic replacement. she says she understands it's been effective at some point now, but the long-term results of using such a volume of chemicals in the water is not known, especially for the marine life and the water shelf here. so she's again insisting that bp reduce the use of chemical

disbersmentes by 50% to 75%. a very significant change and a tool they have been using that will now apparently be pulled away, jim. they're continuing to aim towards wednesday for the top kill to try to seal the well. they say by wednesday evening if everything goes as planned we should know if, indeed that works. of course, everyone here along the coast watching that very closely and hopeful that at some point the flow of oil will stop. it's been more than a month now. >> jay, thank you. the national parks disaster recovery fund was launched today to help national parks affected by the spill. if you would like to make a donation, visit nationalparks.org, or text the word parks to 90999 on your mobile phone. when sdmi. >> safety concerns over those drop-side cribs have prompted a push on capitol hill to been a them altogether. kirsten gillenbrand sgrus sbrooused a bill to make it illegal to make or sell this kind of crib.

the drop side can come loose, trapping or suffocating a baby. 32 babies have died in drop-side cribs in the last ten years. memorial day weekend just around the corner. for those of you kicking off the start of beach season by heading to the shore, don't forget the sunscreen. not all sun screen are created equal. tonight's news for your health. >> it's supposed to block dangerous uv rays from the sun that can lead to deadly skin cancer, but now a new report is finding some sun screens could actually react with the sun to potentially fuel the growth of skin tumors and legions. >> i usually wear at least 15 spf. >> i don't want to have the sun hurt my skin.

>> i don't want to age prematurely. >> reporter: in its fourth annual sunscreen report, the d.c.-based environmental working group says it doesn't matter if you're trying to prevent skin cancer or wrinkles. there are not a whole lot of products out there that are both safe and effective. >> we were very disappointed in this year's crop of sun screens. >> senior scientist jane hul han says of the 500 products they review, they only recommend 9. that's just 8%. one big factor, new government research linking vitamin a to increased risk of skin cancer. the food and drug administration has been studying the safety of vitamin a since manufacturers started adding it to thousands of cosmetic products including sun screens. when you put it on the skin and sunlight hits it, this data shows it may speed up the growth of skin tumors and legions.

>> that was based on lab tests in animals and hasn't been finalized yet. beau hul han says's very concerning, because vitamin a is now used in 41% of sunscreens. another concern was over a common active ingredient, oxynbenzone. >> it's a toxic. it's the most common sun screen ingredie ingredient. it's a potential hormone disrupt tor. >> while poor grades were given to a lot of sun screen, there are some ways to find safe and effective products. first, make sure you're getting broad spectrum protection. that means it will protect against uvb and uva rays of the sun. also look for products that have safe chemicals. things like zinc and titanium. >> seek shade, plan your time in

the sun, wear a hat and a shirt. after that, pick a good sun screen. >> they want agency says all o products are safe and that's why they're on the market. a spokesman says she cannot comment on the vitamin a study because that research is stg being reviewed, but it is, as you heard of concern to a lot of folks. vitamin a or retinol, palmatate. >> stand in the shade and wear our has mats suits. holy cow. yeah, sun screen everyone knows, spf 30 or bet sert first thing you should be looking for. and also limiting your time in the sun. why i look so young. i don't look 53 to you do i? of course not. sun screen.

and a good lie. outsides right now, breaks of sunshine getting through. on the hole whole it's been a pretty nice day to be in the great outdoors. cloud cover keep thingses from getting too hot out there. you can definitely tell there are breaks of sun getting through the national cathedral out there has a little bit of sunshine on it. thomas jefferson in the shade. post office pavilion in the sun. there's a look from our tower cam review. plenty of cloud cover, but plenty of rain shower activity stayed away from the area. so that is welcome news. by and large, most of rus going to stay dry for your monday evening. i'm show you the radar here in just a second. 78, our current temperature at national airport. the dew point at 60. the winds have not been much of a factor out there today. temperatures have been generally cool, right up along the coastline. 70s around here, 80s back out to our west. that warmer bubble of air that's going to be coming our way for wednesday. the warmest day of the week.

here's your check of doppler radar. you can see there are a couple of light little showers now over the eastern shore. they're coming westbound. the chesapeake bay bridge is right here. these are going to be coming over the bap glenn bernie, annapolis, also down towards calvert beach. high pressure to our north, low pressure to our south is combining to keep a cool and relatively moist easterly wind around here. that will keep clouds and the risk of fog. breaks of sunshine from time to time. another chance for a little fog, first thing on wednesday morning, but eventually that big bubble of warmer air out to our west is going to send a shot of

toasty air our way. some spots might be up near 90 degrees before cooler weather begins by next week. i remain optimistic for the holiday weekend. patchy dense fog, first thing tomorrow morning. once it burns away we'll be left with a nice afternoon. warmer tomorrow, highs in the upper 70s. the all important seven-day forecast here. 78 tomorrow, but 88 degrees on wednesday. a slight chance for a shower for thursday and friday. and then here you go, everybody. there's the three days of your memorial day weekend. we did not have the mention of rain for anyone over three days. but nungs, so far, so good. >> we're locking it in. no changes. >> coming up, the launch op the summer travel season.

>> we're going to tell you how local airports have been impacted. >> also, a monument that honors our vets is going to be closed iffer repair. >> and it's a popular dining spot in d.c. now anyone who's eaten at the cheese cake factory may be at risk after someone cooked up a scheme to steal from customers. >> go wild [ banker ] mike and brenda found a house that they really wanted.

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> flight 216 from dulles canceled from tuesday through saturday. flight 264 from dulles, canceled from thursday through saturday. at bwi marshall, flight 228, canceled from tuesday through saturday. the crews are protesting what they call cost-cutting changes by the company. british airway says it will still carry 70% of the booked passengers during this strike. >> if you're making a road trip or plan on relaxing at the park or beach what's on your menu? >> liz crenshaw is here with

clever ideas for packing perfect picn picnics. >> and i have snacks with me. >> we call it picnic tricks of the trade, whether you're packing a snack for the kids or an afternoon lunch for you and a friend. forget the quick peanut and butter jelly sandwich. in the same amount of time, you could enjoy so much more. >> we're going to do packing a pick nim nick trick of the trade. we're starting with chicken wraps. >> i don't want you stopping at fast food restaurants. it's expensive and time consuming. here's a trick for doing it yourself. the first trick is using already cooked chicken. >> you don't waste your time cooking it, right in the. >> exactly. just need a tortilla wrap. and it keeps the kids happy pop i always turn to a typical tuna

sandwich. will. >> let's go wild. the strict is using wild sock-eye salmon. celery, mayo, walnuts, amle and the salmon. i'm going to put it on ezeke yal bread. >> what is that? >> it's a sprouted bread that has many different grains and it's much healthier than whole wheat. lettuce, swiss cheese, cut nit half and then put it in the tupperware container. >> let's go retro. english muffins, all natural peanut butter and bananas. >> the kids are going to love this. granola bars are fun for picnics and for hikes. >> the trick is make it yourself. you'll save money and you'll make it healthier. >> dark chocolate chips instead

of milk chocolate chips, that's healthy right? >> it's healthier. more fiber and less sugar. flaxseed meal is rich in fiber and omega 3. make sure you're buying the ground one not whole. >> my kids would never know there's something good in here, not chocolate. >> make it together, bake in the oven for 20 minute, let it cool and you're done. >> and that's a lot less expensive than buying granola bars. >> we want to give your picnic a french flair. >> let's make crepes. buy premade. >> they're beautiful. >> and delicious. we put nutella on the bottom, then banana, somberries, and then we will fold them. >> you're not going to roll it? >> no. they don't drip and it's easy to put in a container. >> that is so cute. very french. what are we doing? >> we're making grape kabobs.

>> we're putting grapes in a skewer and we will freeze them. when you're on a picnic and you want something ice cold, you have a frozen snack. >> how long have these been in the freezer? overnight. >> they're good. really good. >> happy memorial day. >> you can find all the tricks at the website nbcwashington.com and search recipes. you guys are munch popping i love the dark chocolate and the -- >> yeah, making your own granola bars. it's one of the treat wes had that day. how real police officers feel about the show's impact on what they do every day. >> and lindsay lohan, supporting a new bracelet, but it has nothing to do with a new jewelry line.

what a judge had to do to say to the troubled actress in court today. >> after a warning about a spike in copperhead snakes in a virginia community, there's been an attack.

coming up in this half-hour, credit card skimmers at the cheesecake factory. >> if you use your recycling bin

at home, someone could be tracking kbroup. >> and taxpayers footing the bill to have bodyguards who get paid $90,000 each. welcome back, everybody to our second half-hour. a statue of three soldiers has been a popular part of the vietnam veteran's memorial. but beginning tomorrow, the statue will be closed to the public for nearly two months for restorati restoration. that means it will only be partially visible during the weekend's memorial day celebrations. >> the statue repair is starting tomorrow. >> you can see over time that this statue is showing its age. the beautiful patina has been scrubbed abap. >> the memorial wall has drawn tens of millions of tourists since it opened in 1982. the three soldiers statue was added after concerns that the

wall itself did not convey the human emotion that many expected. >> to you see the hands and the vains in the hands and people really feel a connection to this statue. >> reporter: but now, 25 years later, the elements have taken their toll. >> we were able to see the statue was showing significant wear after 25 years. too many people were touching the statue or the chemicals in the air were affecting the statue, or just the sunshine. >> beginning tuesday and before memorial day, the statue will be closed off to the public for a $125,000 restoration that will take as long as two months but it won't be totally hidden from view. >> the restoration is part an overhaul of the entire grounds. >> it's well taken care of, beautiful sculptures. >> i think it's great that it

would be prepared and continue to see that symbol. hopefully a lot of people continue to see this stuff and are reminded of what it means for us here. >> a second statue nearby honors women in the vietnam war, but it does not yet need restoration. wendy and jim, back to you. >> ike leggett is defending the use and cost of his bodyguard team. it's costing them about $90,000 a year in taxpayer dollars. he says the security team is essential to his safety because he still receives death threats. his office would not detail the threats but says it happens frequently and are fairly vicious in nature. they call the cost excessny light of the county budget woes. >> snakes in the grass are becoming a problem in fairfax koun phillip authorities report an unusually high numberer of copperhead sightings and

nonfatal bites to humans. a fairfax county family says their dog was attacked in clifton. jane? >> i'm in the news room, normally reports of snakebites and sightings don't peak in virginia until august through october. but perhaps it's the unusual winter that's made it an unusual time for venomous snakes. >> if luke the border collie appears a bit nervous, he is. with the reason lurking in the woods just a few feet away. ten days ago, he was bitten in the paw by a copperhead snake as he played in the yard. >> he comes in and he's not putting any weight on his foot and he's bleeding. my husband said can you check him and i got in the shower first and by the time i got down, it was totally swollen about the size of a baseball. >> reporter: luke's family says earlier in the month a man was

bitten and sur vooied, prompting authorities to warn county residents about the unusually high number of bites to hue mans a local vet treated luke the dog's copperhead bite, saying it was the first he had seen in years. >> i have been here 15 years, and again, this is a rarity. i might see one every six or seven years, that's how uncommon it is. >> so far there's been no explanation as to the increase in fairfax county pocker head bites. luke was treated with medication since no anti-vie no, ma'am could be located in the area. stay on swaks and park trails, supervise children at all times and keep dogs on leashes. in other words, be aware. >> you're out doing yard work and that kind of stuff pap that's exactly what the gentleman was doing in town. he was doing yard work and got bit right between his toes. it happens. my dog is running through the

brush and he gets bitten. so it's -- they're out there. >> while death from snakebites is very rare, authorities say if you or your pet is bitten to get medical help immediately. jim and wendy. >> all right, thank you, jane. >> coming up, there were reports of a man with a gun near two schools today. we'll tell you what police found. >> plus, one of the actors on "law & order" will tell us all about the series finally coming to an end tonight. >> kind of a cloudy start to the week. and what about the weekend? >> i am optimist you can about the upcoming holiday week, everybody. overnight tonight, we'll have mostly cloudy skies. overnight lows tonight, upper 50s and 60 ppz then tuesday, we'll start off with thick fog, end up with a partly sunny afternoon, highs into the mid and upper 70s. already starting to look towards the weekend. if you're headed out to chesapeake bay, it looks like it's going to be beautiful, both saturday and sunday. news 4 at 5:00 continues in two minutes.

lindsay lohan isn't getting any breaks from a judge today. she was ordered to war an alcohol monitoring device, take weekly classes and submit to testing. her lawyer asked for them to ease up on her so the actress could travel to texas to film a movie, but the judge denied it. lohan has been on probation

since '07 for drug and dui charges. it is the end of an era on nbc tonight. >> law and order nbc series finale. the original "law & order" has been on the air for 20 years. the show ear formula was simple. the first half focused on the crime and investigation. the second half turned to the prosecutor's effort fos convict the suspected killers. the show also has the longest running african-american character in a tv series. >> you know, when i started this show 16 years ago, who would have thought that i would be the longest running character african-american character on a television series. i leave with a big heart for all the people that i worked with. so, you know, i'm saddened that it won't be going on. i can probably speak for quite a

few people when i say that we're very proud of the work that was done in that 20 years. hart of the season the show last sod long is the huge fan base. >> how many people in law enforcement watch the show? and that really is a testament. it's a testament to the actors that play the roles because, you know, they always said we love the way you portray us. >> yeah, watch the series finale tonight on nbc. it's at 10:00. >> she's been very generous boop. >> coming up next, a major bust

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police believe road rage led to a shoot on the bw parkway last night south of route 198 in laurel.

passengers driving in a dark suv shot and wounded a driver in another vehicle after the two were involved in a fender bender. >> top obama administration officials and a team of senators toured the gulf region today to see the oil damage first half. they expressed outrage and frustration over british petroleum's failure to stoop the flow to that broken well. b.p. says it will be at least wednesday before engineers can try again. >> and the vietnam veteran statue is going to be closed partially starting tomorrow. it's going to take two months to get it back to normal. that's a look at our headlines at this hour. a credit card skimming operation has targeted patrons at a popular northwest d.c. restaurant. it's costing unsuspecting customers more than $100,000.

chris gordon with the latest. >> the corporate offices put out a statement apologizing to customers for any inconvenience or concern, saying the parties responsible no longer work at the restaurant. >> federal authorities say the credit card scam occurred here on wisconsin avenue in friendship heights. some customers who handed over a credit card to pay their bill had the numbers copied from its magnetic strip and allegedly used to make more than $117,000 in fraudulent charges. news has made some customers cautious. >> did you eat at the cheesecake factory? >> yes pop. >> did you pay by credit card? >> no. >> because i used cash today. >> why? >> because of what's going on. i didn't want my credit card information being taken.

>> most customers here are not concerned. what did you buy and how did you pay for it? >> i bought two salads and paid for the credit card. >> i read the article in today's paper but i already planned to get lunch. i thought well, it won't happen anytime soon. they're ono it. i think it's safe right newspaper. >> why don't we have the same system like they have in europe where they bring lateal swipe machine to your table and they swipe your card right at the table. >> would table side card swiping try more security? they tried it as an experiment at some restaurants here in the district just a few years ago. we brought that question to the president of the safi, the security association of financial institutions. >> i know that was brought up and nothing that we've evolved

to here yet. that's's not to say it couldn't be done. that would limit the exposure, yes. >> now, the cheesecake factory in its statement tonight says it wants to assure its customers that it follows the proper procedures to keep their credit card information secure, and that it is cooperating in the investigation to bring those parties responsible to justice. we're live in friendship heights, back to you in the studio. >> all right, chris gordon, thank you, chris. >> it turned out to be a mild day out there. chuck bell is up in the storm center. >> plenty of clouds outside today. but on the whole, not a bad outdoor activity day. there's a live picture of the national cathedral downtown, hanging under a mostly cloudy sky. 78 degrees, our current temperature, even with the clouds throughout. by 9:00 tonight, back down into the upper 60s. one or two stray showers possible up through the 9:00 hour. sunrise tomorrow morning. patchy dense fog. upper 60 as low 50s. upper 70s again tomorrow

afternoon, sunshine returning, near 90 on wednesday. then an outside chance of a few passing showers thursday and friday. most important of all, the memorial day weekend, very pleasaple pleasa pleasant. no washouts and no 90s. anytime you need a forecast, come to our website. back to you guys. >> thank you, chuck. >> so you can tell us about pudge. >> i am, yes. the nationals are going to be without him on the field for a couple of weeks now. the nationals place ivan rodriguez on the disabled list today. it mostly means he won't be behind the plate when steven strasz berg makes his major league debut. strasberg is the symbol of the youth movement that has him making comparisons between a nationals team and another organization where he played a prominent role just a few years ago it has very fond memories.

this is the moment catcher pudge rodriguez will never forget. 2003, his teammate, pitcher josh beckett looking for the final out of game six. the underdog marlins weren't supposed to beat the weeks, but the wild card team shocked the nation, becoming world seize champions. that ice why when pudge says this squad reminds him of that team it's something to pay attention to. >> they're young players. they do the job in the feel. they play the game extremely hard. and that's what i like to see. >> ooh when the future hall-of-famer joined the nationals as a free agent, the nats gained a catcher who is sdo it pull hp''s force at the plate a career batting average over .300. and 306 home runs. he brides himself on defense. he embarrasses runners to try to

steal a base on him. after nearly two decades in the league, he can play the role of pitching psychiatrist better than anyone. we are the good team. we are a group of 24 players, we get along good, but the pitcher, you know, my job is more the pitchers. >> payable has always been more about family. he grew up in puerto rico with his older brother and his mother. both parents traveled today to watch their son play ball. they knew early on he was special. when he was 16, the name pudge

was born. >> i don't remember how i came up with the name. >> you said it was because he was short and stocky. >> he wasn't stocky. that was the only concern people had on pudge was his size. but he was a very strong kid. even though he was, you know, 5'8", 5'9" or whatever. >> pudge has done since has been remarkable. his stop with the nationals could be his last stop. there's plenty left for the catcher who thinks this team has what it takes to end up like this one. >> i still love what i do. i still love to play baseball. i want to play in front of 40,000 piem. play something that you love is pretty awesome. pudge rodriguez creates a spark for this team. his teammates tell me they

consider him like the brett favre of major league baseball. he's such a motivator and he knows exactly what to say to him. he said he knew once he got into the majors this guy was going to be a star. >> twoe weeks he'll be back. >> all right. >> thanks. >> oom coming up, find out what forced several schools to go on recycling today.

>> a stafford county man allegedly assault an officer that prompted the lockdown of five schools. officers locked that school and four others to search for the man. they eventually found him behind north stafford high school where they say he assault an officer. no weapon was found. drivers wearing their seattle belts were handed $1.

>> the city isn't meeting its recycling goals. >> now city leaders hope a new bin equipped with a tracking device is going to help. in alexandria, it won't be long before these yellow recycling bins are kicked to the curb for good and retired. >> we have many complaints from people that it's very difficult to take our repsychables out. we've got to carry it out. >> the cumbersome bins may be one reason that only 30% oof residents in also kpabd yeah's single family homes recycle, the lowest rate in the region. that's why city officials are making a switch to these recycling carts, complete with wheels for easier trips to the curb. by fall, residents will be able to choose from three sizes. but there's one new feature that's caused some controversy. the carts will also carry a radio frequency identification tag. it will allow the city to electronically collect data about which households recycle. the participation is especially low in a neighborhood, the city will try to boost recycling

there. >> we would ask them to come to their civic or citizen association. we can do a mailing or door hang tags for that neighborhood. >> but some criticize the id tags calling it brig brotherism. >> i don't think that's something the city needs to keep track of certain people, you know, recycling or not. i don't think it's their business, i guess. >> i might rebel if i thought that they were tracing me because i did or did not recycle. that would be a turn off. >> i'm amazed with the 30% figure and think they should do what they can. >> in contrast to alexandria, nearly three-quarters of arlington residents recycle and several other jurisdictions like montgomery county, simply

changing to the rolling carts minus tracking tags has increased recycling. now alexandria city officials hope they'll see the same results. >> and we thank you for watching news 4 at 5:00 tonight. >> news 4 at 6:00 starts right now. now lye in hd. this is news 4 at 6:00. >> fieshls are closing a statue honoring veterans just days before memorial day. the mass i oil leak could be stopped within the next few dpaps. the first police officers to arrive at the scene in the murder of robert wone took the stand today in court. >> wone is the washington lawyer found dead in the dupont circle home of three men back in