was whispering and glares by the three men while they were on the scene that made him suspicious. >> formally when police interview witnesses in a homicide case, they don't videotape those interview. but in this case, in this case, they rolled the tape. on the stand, detective sergeant daniel wagner, he interviewed the three swan street house mates on the night of the murder. he said he decided to record the interviews that night because the story wasn't adding up. in court today, they played a portion of joe price's interview. price said there's no way on god's green earth his roommates could have done this. he says i know them better than my mother. 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. he said he saw all three defendants dressed in white robes. at the time he said we treated them like victims, not suspects. he said he saw victor zaborsky sitting on a couch trying. 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 a friend's 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 robbery, that an intruder came in through 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 ransacking, nothing broken, nothing taken. now in the three weeks police worked that swan street house, they remauved the u traps from the bathroom, the washer, drier, parts of the staircase, door jambs, molding, evidence of blood or that blood had been cleaned pup they found nothing. doreen, back to you. >> pat collins reporting. thank you, pat. prince george's county has arrested a school bus driver on child pornography charges.

27-year-old scott smallwood was arrested last week but police say their investigation began back in march. when smallwood left a camera memory card on a counter at a 7-eleven store. someone found it and then called investigators after finding child porn. they worked together for months to identify the victim and the suspect. sma smallwood could get 30 years in prison if he's convicted. >> police say road rage led to a shooting on the baltimore washington parkway late last night. authorities say a driver who rear ended an suv was shot just south of route 198 in laurel. and tonight, the officers are still searching for the gunman. john schriffen with more on this. road rage serious consequences. in fact, every year, 1,500 people die because of it. police believe last night road rage to blame for a wild

drive-by shooting that started here behind me at this intersection with a miner fender bender. >> it's kind of rough to know people get that upset where they've got to shoot a gun to a person driving. >> reporter: around 11:19, police responded to a 911 call of shots fired and found a red sedan pulled over on the bw parkway. the passenger was unharmed but the driver was bleeding from two gunshot wounds to his arm. >> it's crazy. it's a nice neighborhood. nothing usually ever happens in this area. >> moments earlier, police say that driver was responsible for rear ending a black suv at this stoplight on route 198 and r russet green way. police say he got scared and took off. >> the vehicle he struck in the rear followed him on the parkway.

as he pulled alongside the vehicle, somebody in that vehicle open fired with a gun. >> police found the gun saysings nearly two miles from where the red sedan finally pulled over and believe as many as eight or nine shots were fired during the drive-by. >> i think it's wrong. it's like, left the person for dead. didn't know if the person was dead or alive. >> police believe road rage is to blame. >> it's something i worry about. in fact, it modifies my driving behavior. i try to calm myself down. i don't want top react like that. >> we all got it, though. we all got it. let's be honest. we all got it, you know what i'm saying, throwing up obscenities, all that stuff. but to take it that far is ridiculous. >> now, the driver of that red sedan was taken to the hospital, but he is expected to be okay. now, in the meantime, police believe there were two suspects inside of that black suv who right now are on the loose. and they're asking the public for any information about this case to contact u.s. park

police. that number is 202-610-8737. that's the very latest reporting here live from laurel. doreen, back to you. >> john, thank you. the police in fairfax county are looking for two people involved in a deadly home invasi invasion. investigators were stopping cars in the centreville area. they're looking for information about the murder of jose rosales. he was killed a week ago on a house on compton road in centreville. he was working inside the home and police say the suspects broke in. it happened last sunday morning. rosales stopped the suspects from getting into the house, but he was killed in the process. police say the men escaped in an older, white pickup truck. and so far, nobody has been arrested. '. >> now to the growing oil crisis in the gulf of mexico. top obama administration officials toured the region today, and expressed frustration with the company responsible for capping the broken well. so far efforts to stop the

massive leak has failed. bp plans to try again in a few days. jay gray joins us now from venice, louisiana with more on that and other new developments. jay? >> doreen, within the last hour we learned from the lead administrator, lisa jackson that she's insisting bp reduce the amount of chemical disbursements they are using to try to break up the oil. and a significant reduction, 50% to 75% she said because she's not satisfied that bp has looked for a safer, less toxic alternative to that chemical. she also says that there is some evidence of effectiveness of the chemicals, but there's no knowledge of what it will do long term to the marine life. all of that as engineers try to find a way to stop the flow of oil. a fleet of ships is move into the spill zone now. and this video released today shows robotic submersibles positioning equipment on the floor of the gulf, preparing for a top kill. which has been push the back to wednesday now. >> why is it taking so long, sir? >> it is very difficult.

it's 5,000 feet below the surface ain't's never been done before. >> that will be day 36 since the well collapse, and would be the first attempt to stop the leak. >> they will be held accountable. we will keep our boot on their neck until the job gets done. >> that boot was firmly planted in the spill zone today, as the secretary of the interior and secretary of homeland security led a congressional delegation on a tour of the region. >> bp in my mind no longer stands for british petroleum. it stands for beyond patience. >> reporter: or big problem. something the company's ceo acknowledged after a firsthand look today. >> i feel devastated by that, absolutely guilty. but what i can tell you is that we are here for the long haul. we are going to clean every drop of oil off the shore. along the coast, many are wondering how and when. >> can't feel a sense of relief until it's at least capped. >> reporter: they've grown tired of watching other vessels and helicopters travel to the sight.

>> reporter: the frustration, just like the oil is starting to spill over. >> it's just floating around there. >> reporter: in limbo, like these tiny fishing communities with time running out. >> we don't have 24 to 48 hours. this oil is moving too quickly. >> reporter: while most here argue the response isn't moving nearly fast enough. and just within the last few minutes i talked to a parrish president saying look, there's no plan in place. he plans to meet with bp officials tomorrow. he says he'll give them 24 mourps if they can't find a way to stops the oil from move into the marsh lands, the wet lands and the beaches here, he's going to do it himself. again, everyone here anxious, waiting to see what happens wednesday. engineers saying that at some point wednesday night, we should know if the top kill seals the well. i'm jay gray. doreen, back to you.

our weather turning now cloudy and cool start to the work week outside. but it may start to feel more like summer before the holiday weekend gets underbap veronica johnson in the weather center with details. >> despite the fact that we did have lots of cloud cover early on today. here's the loop taking you all the way back to this morning about 10:00 a.m. it's about 3:00 that we started to see breaks in cloud cover. despite the fact that we've had an easterly wind. it's kicking off just a few showers. you can see them paking their way westward around calvert and st. mary's. show showers, few and far in between. most down across southern virginia. nice warmth across the area. only at 76 up in montgomery county. largo, 74. 7 degrees right now in leona leonardtown.

during the overnight period, some of the cloutds in the area. fairly mild start at 63 to 64. we are going to see some more fog across the area, just like this morning. so your forecast, cool and cloudy for the evening. a bit of fog start the day tomorrow. then we're going to get a little bit more sunshine in here, and a lot more warmth, too. wait until you see how high the temperatures are going to go for the days leading up to memorial day. back to you, jim? >> thanks, veronica. a selloff on wall street today. one researcher told cnbc that it was a correction and the correction is not over yet. the dow jones industrial average closed down 126 points. it ended the day at 10,066. the nasdaq was down 15 points and closed at 22.13. the s&p 500, down 14 points. closed at 107. sales of previously owned homes in april were higher than expected. the national association of

realtors said sales were up 7.6%. that's nearly two points higher than analysts had thought. the numbers are the best in five months, in fact. that's in part, though because of federal tax credits. first-time buyers were offered up to $8,000 if they signed their contracts by april 30. homeowners looking to upgrade were allegeable for up to $6,500 by that same deadline. mortgage rates have dropped to historic lows because of the european debt crisis. according to bankrate.com, the current rate of a 30-year fixed loan is 4.87%. that is the lowest rate in the 25 years that bankrate has been tracking them. the chief economist at moody's investment service tells cnbc that in his words, this is the best time in our generation to buy or refinance, but an economist for the national

association of realtors says home owners should act fast because fears about europe will fade and the u.s. budget deficit will grow. and that combination would push mortgage rates up again. coming up, some servers at an area restaurant are accused of stealing credit card numbers. >> workers receive the west virginia mine where 29 people were killed in an explosion was a ticking time bomb. >> a d.c. statue that honors vietnam war veterans will be closed just days before the pem memorial day weekend. >> a major european airline is on strike this weekend. lindsay, what's ahead in sports? >> coming up in sport, the cleveland cavaliers looking to keep lebron, now looking for a new head coach. also, venus williams turns head with her on-court attire. and steven strasberg will

aviation official says human error may have caused the deadly crash in india. the flight overshot the runway as it was landing in the southern part of that country over the weekend. investigators say it plunged over a cliff and then into a

ravine. 158 people were killed in that crash. eight people onboard surviveded. the black box has been sent to new delhi for analysis. a forensic team from the u.s. is also helping with the investigation. british airways cabin crews are on strike and it looks like it's going to affect some fli t flights to london from our area. flight 264, also out of dulles is canceled between thursday and saturday. at bwi marshall, flight 228 is canceled through saturday. crews are demanding the airline reinstate their travel benefits which were suspended after a previous strike. british airways says it will still carry 70% of booked passengers during the strike. >> another house labor committee ran out into the field today for a mine safety hearing. they went to west virginia. members went to the community near the upper big branch mine, where 29 men were killed in an explosion last month. that hearing was emotional.

the miners testify that their employer was focused on coal and staying one step ahead of safety inspectors. steve handlesman has my report. >> this is my brother. i don't have him no more. >> reporter: graving cull miner clay mullins wore his lost sibling's memory and the rest of the names, the 29 who died in april. miners testified to congress that safety rules were broken to keep coal production high. >> this place is a ticking time bomb. >> miners at upper big branch felt they could not report unsafe conditions. >> reporter: when government inspectors showed uh, miners say they got tipped off. >> to make sure everything was right, and if it wasn't, fix it before the inspector got there. >> reporter: miners say when inspectors were not there, critical ventilation rules were violate violated. >> this game from the president of the company. we said that's against the law.

>> reporter: the deadly april blast was blamed on bad ventilation. >> 29 men are now dead. >> reporter: called before congress last week, the chairman of massey energy that owns the mine admitted his fatality rate is high. >> once you add the 29 in, it's a bad record. i feel terrible about it. i don't know yet what happened. >> reporter: lawmakers say what happened was weak oversight and law breaking. >> it sounds to many up here, the oil mess in the gulf. a big company, federal oversight and inspection a disaster and now finger pointing. >> coming up on news 4 at 6:00, scientists are trying to figure out if the eruption of a volcano in iceland, whether it's finally over. >> the duchess of york says she's sorry for her lapse of judgment after she was caught on tape in an undercover sting. >> and veronika is back with a

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this is beyond cable. this is fios. >> the eruption activity in iceland's volcano is slowing down. it's now producing only steam. there's no more magma or ash spewing. it shut down air traffic in europe for six days last month it's still early to tell if this

eruption is really over. >> that's still amazing. >> unpredictable. >> exactly. no matter how many times you see picture, images from there. >> that that can happen. >> yeah. >> cloudy and a little bit of sunshine? >> a little bit of sunshine. amazing we've been under this east wind and we got up to 80 degrees today. so the warmth not a problem for today. and it's not going to be ooit they are week. we're going to be shooting close to 90 degrees by the middle of the week. ready for a little bit of summer around here, folks. there's all the clouds out there. we still have an easterly wind. we'll have it through the overnight period and even first thing tomorrow morning. so what can you expect? well, we' got showers that are drifting just a little bit. just down to the south of the area, around st. mary's and calbert county area. lots of clouds across the area. you can see there. and clouds are starting to break up a bit pl meanwhile, as we take a look at radar right mao. you can see around calvert county and st. mary's. showers are drifting off to the west, hitting areas there like

calvert beach and solomon's. once the sun sets about 8:30 or so, those showers are going to become less and less around the area. what we will have, though, is an easterly wind. still plenty of lingering moisture across the area. first thing tomorrow morning, we're likely to have some fog across the area that will be slowing us down. temperature right now at 75 degrees in baltimore. 78 degrees currently in d.c. 74 clinton. 76 degrees right now in fairfax and sterling. 72 in culpepper. and 75 degrees currently in winchester. that's the easterly wind, but still under this huge ridge of high pressure that's still keeping us plenty warm across the area. that ridge is just going to get stronger and as we go through the next coup of days. southern plains all the way to the north eastward. first thing early tomorrow

morning with temperatures in foggy conditions. i'm going to give you the forecast panel probably during the next weather hit. i've lorded the short show here this time. we'll get to the detail forecast a little bit more later. so again, cool conditions for us here during the next couple of hours. a foggy start to the day tomorrow. then warmer for wednesday where again we'll get close to 90 degrees. it's thursday and friday of this week where we could have a few thunderstorms come through the area. more isolated storms on thursday, probably more widespread storms on friday. but that's the setup then for memorial day weekend that we'll get a chance to clear on out. monday is looking dry right now. >> more details are coming? >> coming up. >> thank you, veronica. several workers at an area cheesecake factory restaurant

are accused of stealing customer credit card information. >> another warning about copperhead snakes in northern virginia. >> a statue honoring vietnam war veterans will be closed for repairing just before the memorial day holiday. >> and a controversy evolving high-tech recycling cans in northern virginia. >> coming up in sports, stephen strassberg looks to stay perfect in aaa tonight. and venus williams grabbing headline, not for her play but for her o

service at a cheesecake vaktry restaurant in the district are accused of stemore than $100,000 from customers. the scheme involved 11 employees on wisconsin avenue in northwest in friendship heights. >> one of the top executives from that restaurant is responding to the charges. chris gordon has more on all this now. chris? >> another statement comes from the cheesecake factory's corporate headquarters in california. it apologizes to customers for any inconvenience or concern.

it wants them to know the three people who work here who are responsible for the alleged credit card scam have been fired. federal authorities say the credit card skimming occurred in february. the arrest warrant says nicole ward of prince george's county maryland worked for ringleaders known as slim and g. they allegedly played her $40 for each stolen credit card number. she recruited two other members of the cheesecake factory weight staff to skim credit card numbers. that were used to charge purchases totalling more than $117,000. most customers here at the cheesecake factory say they are not concerned. >> it can happen anywhere. >> but news of this alleged scam has made some customers

cautious. >> yeah, i think there's a degree of risk anytime you put your credit card down. >> i'm surprised to hear it's a big chain where you would figure they have strict policies that that kind of thing would be happening. >> in europe, restaurants bring portable devices to your available. table side checkout machines were used as an experiment here in this area a while ago. but it apparently didn't catch on. andrew klein's legal council to the association in metropolitan washington. there. >> in europe, there's a flat tip system. everyone knows what the tip is going to be, and the companies are now trying to work out the bugs of how we deal with a discretionary tip system we have in this country to use a similar type system. >> the cheesecake factory says it wants to assure its customers

that all credit card transactions are handled properly and securely, and that it is cooperating in the investigation to bring the parties responsible to justice. in florida, a stafford county man is facing charges tonight for allegedly assaulting an officer during an incident that followed the lockdown of five schools. it started just after 8:0 this morning. police say they were searching for a man with a gun near stafford high school. police say the suspected gunman, 18-year-old reg-aninald latson attack attacked him. all lane were supposed to be open for traffic today. instead, only one lane is open in each direction.

drivers are asked to use other routes during the peak hours. memorial day weekend is always one of the busiest for the vietnam memorial on the national mall. but this weekend when tens of thousands of tourists arrive, one of the most popular statues depicting that war will be partially obscured from public view. tens of thousands of motorcycles wash in. but the servicemen statue that honors them all will be closed for public viewing. >> you can see over time that the statue is showing its age. >> the vietnam memorial wall has drawn tens of millions of tourists since it opened in

1982. the three soldiers statue after concerns the wall itself did not convey the human emotion that many expect popped. >> you see the hands and the vains in the hands and people really feel a connection to this statue. >> we were able to see the statue was showing significant wear after 25 years. . >> reporter: the statue will be closed off to the public for a $100,000 restoration that can take as long as two months. >> you'll be able to see a statue or see the people working on it. >> tourists welcome any effort to keep the statue repaired. >> i think it's great to repair

it. >> hopefully a lot of people will see it here. >> reporter: tom sherwood, news 4, washington. >> the vietnam memorial fund overseeing the restoration project saying a nearby statue that honors women in the vietnam war is not part of the restoration and is fully visible. >> a number of snake encounters are leading to warnings from wild life officials in fairfax county. authorities say there have been an unusually high number of copperhead snakebites and sightings in the county lately. they're one of three tiechs venomous snakes found in virginia. both people and pets have been attacked. ten days ago, a border collie named luke was bit in the paw. >> he comes in and he's not putting any weight on his foot and he's bleeding.

by the time i got down, it was totally swollen, like about the size of a available. >> sightings usually peak between august and october. so this is pretty early. a california teenager becomes the youngest climber to ever reach the top of mt. everest.

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last weekend, a 13-year-old boy became the youngest climber ever to reach the summit from mount everett. jordan romero broke the record for the youngest climber to summit mt. everest by three years. it's the tallest mountain in the world. it towers at more than 29,000 feet. one of the first thing he is did when he called his top was something he was probably instructed to do -- called his mom. he wanted to inspire more young people to get outdoors. >>veronica? >> we're going to start look at a weather system that's headed this way. it produced a tornado, a whopper of a tornado officials say this one actually dismantled

everything on this one here. it's all coming from the same weather system moving northeastward. we have some isolated weather around here on thursday and better chances on friday. right now, we do have cloudy skies outside. 78 the temperature. not bad. the dew point is at 59 degrees, though. one or two show koermsing through. then by the time we get to sunrise tomorrow, 63 with mostly cloudy skies, the fog should burn off rather quickly. little bit more warmth back across the area. look at that, close to 90 degrees. it's thursday and friday this week where we've got a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.

right now, we're looking dry for the memorial day weekend. >> all right good news. thanks veronica. tonight will bring the end of a television era. the last episode of "law & order" airs at 10:00. it's the second longest running dramatic series in tv history. it led to several spinoffs. markbarger looks back at the show's two decades. >> the idea is you follow a crime from the streets to the courts. ripped from the headlines became synonymous. >> sometimes i was maized at how quickly it got into scripts. >> reporter: and the scripts had to be a constant.

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syracuse ever saw as many fans as they're seeing now. >> stephen strasburg's possible promotion to the big leagues reads 11 dpaps june 4 against the reds could be his first major league start. but before that can happen, he will make his fourth start against the toledo mud hens. and yes, the crowd will be there. strasburg has not allowed a single run and scattering just four hits. his overall minor league record is 6-1 with 48 strikeouts. a microscopic 0.89. that's very good. you have to expect more of the same tonight. meanwhile in the big leagues, strasburg's buddy drew storen had his first professional at-bat.

wearing the double flap helmet. couldn't find a smaller one to wear. seeing how important that moment is, he calls for the ball. you've got to save that one. a pretty special moment on the evening there. that's very cool to see that kind of thing. then in the ninth inning, nationals lead it 3-2. matt capps has been so good. facing julio lugo. adam jones scores. capps so frustrated. he has been 16 for 16. we go to extras, free baseball. bottom of the tenth, still knotted at three. josh willingham, here's why he's the difference maker. ball game. hits the walkoff home run. the nationals win it in extra innings, 4-3. willingham comes up big. as for strasburg's arrival, the manager jim riggleman said after the game, just business as usual. >> yoen when he's going to be here. i know certainly we welcome him

here. he's going to be a great pitcher for a long time. that's our hope. but, you know, we just deal with what we have right now. and i think our guys are just battling. you know, they're human beings. they see all the stephen strasburg stuff. fortunately he's a very humble young man that i think everybody is going to rally around him. but, you know, these other guys who are going to be battling for their spots in the rotation, we try to take care of them as best we can here first. if lebron returns next season, he will be playing for a new coach. today, mike brown is relieved of his duties. brown coached the cavaliers for five spns he leads with the

franchise's highest win percentage. including one trip to the nba finals. the team had two 60-win seasons under brown. he's the 2009 coach of the year, but the one thing he couldn't do was win an nba championship. the move fuels speculation that the organization will seek lebron's input on the next head man that will coach the cleveland's cavaliers. two names thrown into that mix, coach k of duke, as well as potentially phil jackson from the lakers. because his contract is now done. lebron has spoken lying highly of both of them. >> why would you leaf duke? that's one of the best jons earth. >> you wouldn't want to coach lebron james? >> actually probably not. not with the situation he's got in duke. i can't imagine why anyone would want to leave. >> look what happened to the last coach. >> how can you do better than that? >> we'll see. i predict lebronry mains in

cleveland. venus and serena won their individual matches. but one is getting attention for another reason. start with the number one-seeded serena taking on stephanie vogel of switzerland. serena in the near court serving on match point. draws vogel out wide with the swing. all she can do is send that back. serena easily puts away the volley to win the match in straight sets. however, her sister venus is getting attention because of this. her new outfit that she wore on the court. she also won her match, but she was also wearing some sheer undergarments because she said she was trying to create the illusion that she was wearing nothing underneath. this is not a side she normally sees. at first when i saw that, that's good planning. you've got to worry about those kinds of things.

>> does it matter that she won 3 and 3? it's stupid that they're doing their sport at the highest level possible and someone is going to come up with crap about what she's wearing. moving on, it was a weekend of extremes for joe gibbs at the racetrack. he was forced to settle tensions after the race between the two best drivers. he held his grandson's hand as he led the prerace prayer. he grew chuckles as he was asked for special attention for his grandfather's drivers. >> god, thank you for this dpa. day. please help everybody and their family be good. and we pray for the race car drivers kyle and joey the most.

and i pray for the other drivers to win sometimes. and i pray for the people in the hospital. i don't want them to get sick. amen. >> the driver jamie mcmurray loves that. hamlin shuts the door. hamlin blocks him and that proved costly. kyle bush, so mad because of that incident. listen to this. >> you better keep me away from dennis hamlin after the race. >> when kyle gets to the garage, look at this. he storms out of his car. doesn't even take off his driver safety gear. goes into a holler. joe gibbs follows him. here's what denny hamlin says afterwards.

>> to want to go for the win, that's all we can ask for. >> i'm so confident that one of the two of rus going to win that 600, it's good. i think it's two guys teammates that happened to be teammates going for a race win right there. >> teammates battling. payback is you know what. >> spin. >> exciting, fun stuff. >> when we come back, the duchess of york making an apology after she was caught trying to sell acces

an undercover video released by a british tabloid is stirring up all kinds of questions abc britain's royal family. it appears to show duchess sarah ferguson accepting money in exchange for success to her ex-husband prince andrew. buckingham ballast denies the prince has anything to do with it. the trap set, duchess sarah ferguson fell right in.

>> the hand shake seals the deal. per ghee sells access to her ex-husband, prince andrew, the british business envoy and queen elizabeth's second son for nearly $750,000. not knowing the man posing as a businessman is actually a reporter for the british tabloid news of the world. >> it's essentially saying that her ex-husband, prince andrew, who's let's not forget is a force in london of his own, is up for frent. >> the balls categorically denies that prince andrew had any idea he was involved in the deal. as does fergie herself in a statement. it's true my financial situation is under stress but that does not excuse a lack of judgment and i'm very story. >> prince andrew and fergie have described themselves as the happiest divorced coup until the world. many believe that amicable agreement could come to an abrupt end.

that reporter allegedly was posing as a rich businessman hoping to launch a new business. just too time for a memorial day road trip, gas prices declined a bit. bass graces have in the past week. in d.c., it's $2.92. across virginia, gas is averaging about $27 69 per gall gallon. a new recycling push in alexandria designed to get more people to participate is crea creating some controversy. city leards are presenting new bigger bins with wheels to make recycling more convenient for people. but it will also have a tracking desies to let city officials know which cities to target. some residents are calling it big brother. >> i don't really nedon't think

that's something the city needs to keep track of. i don't think it's their business, i guess. >> certainly it's getting the information in an electronic way. it's information that we already have right now. it's information we know if it's in front of the house or not because we pick it up from the curb. >> a similar system has boosted recycling in arlington about 10% just in the last year. >> my partner got it all goofty last friday. >> me? >> yeah. but she did it with grace and far very good cause. the scene of her embarrassment was the theatre school of the dramatic arts. part of the program was what they called a bart-a-on this. it's where they invite usually sane people to abandon all their dignity, put on pajamas and do sharks peer.

doreen played ophelia and she stole the show. >> i was the more deceive popped. >> get thee to a nunnery. >> if you think that was something, you should have seen tom sherwooder and kyle schwartz during the call bonny scene f--e from "romeo and juliet." >> shakespeare in pajamas. >> doreen and i did that balcony a couple years ago. and doreen has decided to keep her day jock. >> indeed. and you should, too. >> "nightly news" is next.