eight tricks for $300. money smith kept for himself. it also shows smith later brought the girl back to d.c. for the same purpose. working off a tip anne arundel investigators got word that the girl was at this laurel motel alone. >> at a certain point she relayed to him that she wanted to return home and -- at that point that's where the false imprisonment charges came and holding her against her will and feared for her safety being he was an older gentleman his size and possibly thinking he could be armed as well. >> reporter: police arrested derwin smith after he arrived at the motel. we spoke with a former neighbor of his who didn't want to show her face. >> sicken meese he never was -- never, ever -- always nice to me. >> reporter: smith charges range from human trafficking to prostitution and to false imprisonment. anne arundel authorities are trying to determine if there are other victims out there. we are live in anne arundel county. elaine reyes, news4.

>> thanks, elaine. montgomery county police handed out fliers today trying to get to the bottom of a suspicious death in silver spring. police went door-to-door in the 800 block of university boulevard where officials say that's where they found 25-year-old felipe in an alley two day ace go. he was found badly injured and it was 1:00 in the morning and he later died at the hospital. detectives are trying to figure out what he was doing there and if anyone witnessed anything suspicious. and an autopsy is also pending. some storms are lingering out there this evening. >> let's get the latest. veronica johnson is here in our studio. veronica. >> thanks, wendy and pat. yeah, the stormy weather really north of us across pennsylvania is where the heavier rain has been today. around here, though, clouds that we stay free of severe weather. with just scattered showers that have been making their way southeastward through the area. you can see them now. coming through hagerstown and approaching frederick. scattered light hours and aspen hill and down through dale city as well. we are going to see these

showers hanging on up until around midnight. any advisories, those have been well to the west. still there are a few flash flood warnings out around roanoke. southwest portion of virginia right now. as far as cloud cover goes, again, clouds stay across the area, too. through the overnight. early tomorrow morning, though, we will start clearing out. and early tomorrow morning, too, temperatures are right now about where they will be early in the morning. as we start off thursday, they are going to -- hold steady overnight. 72 degrees. aspen hill, 68 degrees. so rain bends midnight. and, folks, we will start clearing out not a bad day coming our way tomorrow. but i tell you what, coming up we take a look at the extended forecast and return of the high heat and humidity to the area. your 7-day forecast in a few minutes. >> thanks, veronica. breaking news to tell you about this afternoon.

the traffic signals at a dozen intersections in the district are not working properly at this hour. it is causing and could cause major delays around the city today. this is a live picture that we are going to show you of one of the affected intersections at 6th street. several intersections along benning road. live picture we told you. b. it is not yet clear what's causing the traffic light problems. but all drivers need to treat the affected intersections like four-way stops. drivers will see flashing yellow lights at the streets. traffic officials are urging everybody to slow down and proceed through the intersections with caution. let's get the latest on this and rest of the afternoon rush from ashley linder. >> yes. can't stress that stuff. you treat those intersections a as four-way stop and the law in the district. elsewhere around town we have

big delays. rain came early and bogs things down. here's the case on the captality beltway. downright dismal. outer loop of the beltway towards tysons. elsewhere around the area, as you make the trip continuing around the capital beltway here is what you have in store at river road. over towards connecticut avenue, still slow. that's going to be the inner loop that's taking it on the chin there. outer loop is the a little better there. drive along 270 it will be slow. pace just off of the capital beltway further northbound. here is what you have. continued heading the northbound direction slow and steady. fortunately no major accidents. but unfortunately damage done. it's already pretty congested on most of the major arteries. then this situation out of the district is just adding insult to injury. things are starting to back up around the area. do use extra caution this afternoon and be patient out there. back to you. >> thanks, ash. crews are working on a new plan to slow the flow of oil in the gulf of mexico. ultimately bp hopes to move a new tighter fitting cap into

place. and position a holding station below the surface to transfer oil to a fleet of containment ships. about 15,000 gallons of oil have been collected from the well in the past day and more tankers are headed to the gulf to hold all the oil. today the government demanded more details about how bp is reimbursing people for their losses. bp executive space they paid $48 million in claims. we will have a live report from the gulf coming up in our next half hour. > republican keith fimian is set for a rematch against democrat jerry connelly after a victory last night in the republican primary in virginia. the two men will face off this fall in a race to represent virginia's 11th district. in 2008 connelly defeated him for the seat. aaron gilchrist is here with more on the story and election results.

>> reporter: fimian won against herrity by 12 points. fimian believes tea partyiers will help him win against jerry connelly. some aren't sure being lined to the far right will work in the general election. fimian ran a primary campaign focused on jobs, taxes and spending. it got him 56% of the vote in the 11th district. that includes fairfax city and prince william and fairfax counties. >> entrepreneur and small businessmen. that company today is nationwide. i know how to create a job. i know how to fix the economy. >> reporter: while that experience may have helped with the win, public policy professor rozell believes the backing fimian got went well. >> having the endorsement, support of tea party activists and other conservative activists in the republican party really helped fimian go over the top here. >> reporter: fimian sees that as an asset going into the november general election. tea party members who are afraid, he says, of the

country's current direction. >> i see that being not necessarily republican as much as it is concerned citizens who are now active and want to be active because they know we are going down the wrong path. i hope to tap into that. >> i think the way he won by sort of ripping off the -- moderate mask he had two years ago and -- becoming sort of the full-throated tea party conservative, has to come as a surprise. >> reporter: jerry connelly says the tea party is far too conservative for what historically has been a moderate congressional district. his november strategy is to tout what he says has been successes with the economy. >> at the end of the day what matters in terms of elected representation is pragmatic results oriented leadership. and i'm pretty confident that they are going to renew my lease on this job. >> fimian will have a much closer race against the incumbent connelly. and this is going to be one of the most closely watched races of the country. >> reporter: the dock says fimian will have to shed the tea party hero perception and move

towards the mid tool win. he says representative connelly will have to figure out how to mobilize the democratic base without a barack obama also on the ticket. back to you. >> all right. thanks, aaron. in other super tuesday races around the nation, arkansas senator blanche lincoln fought off a challenge within other hen party and won a runoff against her state's lieutenant an governor. her win refused conventional wisdom that the incumbents everywhere are in trouble. meanwhile, the tea party movement which seems to be losing public support emerged victorious in four races and that includes nevada. tea party candidate sharon angle was -- will face off senate majority leader harry reid in the fall. in california, republican women's ceos swept the ticket. former ebay boss meg whitman will be facing jerry brown for governor. former hewlett-packard

ceofiorina will take on boxer. another marriage in the gore family is on the outs. karenna and andrew have been separated for a couple of months now. they are seeking counseling. karenna is 36 years and old and have been married 12 years. the former vice president and his wife announced last week they were separating after 40 years of marriage. a new bridge project could make your drive in and out of the district a little more difficult. phase two of major construction project on the 14th street bridge begins on monday. there will also be overnight lane closures beginning this weekend. and we are going to show you a live look of the 14th street bridge this afternoon. here it is. crews will be setting up a construction barrier in the center of the bridge on monday. news4's megan mcgrath has more on all of these changes. >> the 14th street bridge is the

most heavily used route in and out of washington. more than 200,000 people use the bridge every day. but soon you may want to find a different way to get to work. that's because a new phase of construction is about to get under way and it could cause some real headaches. construction on the northbound span of the 14th street bridge has been going on for some time. but it has been limited to right-hand side of the bridges. but not anymore. a new phase of work is about to get under way. the result, a new traffic pattern every month or so. less room to merge and the potential for rush hour frustration. the transportation officials say that the work has to be done. >> this is actually a very critical project and as we got into the project, we found we needed to do more serious repairs on the steel support structure for the bridge than we -- knew we had to when we started the project. >> reporter: friday night crews will set up a work zone along an

inner lane of bridge. the zone will be surrounded by concrete barriers and creating an island of sorts on the span. the northbound traffic will flow around both sides of the construction zone. as work is completed, the island will move. changing the traffic pattern every three to five weeks. >> definitely not looking forward to it. longer commute, headaches, traffic accidents, and it -- it will not be nice. >> probably leave a lot earlier to beat traffic. >> not good. >> no. not fun. >> reporter: on the positive side, motorists will still have four lanes during rush hour. they just won't have as much room to merge and take exits. though things could get tricky. >> what we might see is some drivers on the right-hand side trying to get over so they can take 14th street into the city and then you will have cars on the left that are trying to stay on the southeast-southwest freeway on 395.

going to the right. so you could have conflict there. >> reporter: in addition to the new traffic patterns drivers are also going to lose the shoulders on the northbound span and expect to use narrower lanes than when you are used to. megan mcgrath, news4. >> coming up, a new look at the true power of the magnitude of the earthquake that shook haiti's presidential palace. we will show you the moment it all came crumbling to the ground. >> someone is stealing from the people at a new yoga hotspot. we will find out how the police believe the crooks are getting away with it. >> beauty or bacteria? we will tell you

our top story man a glen burnie man in jail forcing a 12-year-old girl into prostituti prostitution. derwin smith was arrested monday at a motel in laurel and the child who was from d.c. was found in the hotel room. crews are working on a new plan to slow the flow of oil in the gulf of mexico. ultimately, bp hopes to move a new tighter fitting cap into place and position a holding station below the surface to transfer oil to a fleet of containment ships. starting next week, a new traffic pattern will be in place on the 14th street bridge. phase two of a major construction project starts on monday which means lanes will be split and traffic will be rerouted on both sides of the

construction bare sxwrers that means your headaches in the morning and evening could be that much worse. talk of an improving economy gave an incentive to traders on wall street today. the excitement didn't last. the dow closed below the 9900 mark. down 40 points close at 9899. nasdaq off to close at 2157. the s&p 500 was off six points to close at 1055. joining us live now from cnbc's washington bureau is hampton pearson. hampton the market was up early in the day but then everything turned around. what happened? >> another day and another dramatic turnaround on wall street. you just mentioned stocks up as much as 125 points earlier in trading session before a sharp sell-off, final hour of trading, energy, one of the main sectors weighing down the markets as bp, company responsible for the gulf oil spill, sought a -- 14-year low. new concerns about the company's future. shareholders dividend or could

the company be forced into bankruptcy. all of this despite more assurances on the state of the overall economy. fed chairman ben bernanke testified before congress the recovery is continuing predicting minimal impact from the european debt crisis. and central bank's beige book survey which track it is economy across the country found a modest economic improvement in the economy in all 12 of the fed districts. pat? >> all right. hampton pearson, thanks, hampton. there's important news tonight about autism. >> researchers found a crucial genetic link in children with the development disorder. doreen gentzler is here now with more on this story. doreen? >> pat, wendy, largest study of its kind, international group of veer muchers say they uncovered some key dna mutations in children with autism. they believe this discovery can help children get diagnosed earlier and get treatment sooner. scientists from the multinational autism project consortium looked at 1,500

families from across the globe who had children with autism spectrum disorders. they found those children carried more genetic mutations than the control group. most of the mutations were inherited. the study found. some appear to be brand-new since they were present only in the children and not in the parents. many of the gene variations were consistent among the group which scientists say will be very helpful in the future for testing children for autism. and experts say one in 110 children has an autism spectrum disorder. those disorders can affect a child's neuro development and can result in difficulty with communication. associate am understanding and behavior. what is so important about the discovery and this study is that it can lead to better testing for children at younger ages. the earlier the kids can be diagnosed with autism, the sooner that they can get treatment and that is crucial for them to be successful at school and in all kinds of

social situations. it is part of an international group of scientists that focus strictly on autism and possible genetic links. the latest on our forecast. we had a wet, damp day and -- it is a -- moving out of here? >> it is moving out here. at it has been that. just wet and damp and has not been stormy. we have not had any severe weather across the area. i'm happy to say -- it is good. we had so much cloud cover across the area. even as late as 11:00 yesterday looked like we would still have severe weather. cloud cover through the area. that's kept the atmosphere more stabilized today. and on the cool side with cloud cover. under the 70-degree mash so many neighborhood today. right now at reagan national airport we are at 73 degrees. the dew point temperature is at 63 degrees. so, yes, little bit warm moisture across the area. humidity and 71%. wind out of the southality 10 miles per hour and at reagan national we picked up .06 of an

ifsh of rainfall. most of our rain was up to the north around frederick county, maryland, and around montgomery county. expect showers to continue here up until about the midnight hour. don't think we will see anything heavy. don't think we will have thunderstorms at all. 76 by 11:00 p.m. temperatures start nosing upwards a little bit here over the next few hours. so over us now we have some more rain. the warm front still to the south of us. as the warm front makes its way to the north and northeast, we are going to be in the warm sector tomorrow. and we will have some much higher temperatures across the area in just a bit of humidity as well. around frederick now, back off to the west we have again more of those scattered showers that will continue up until, i think, around midnight. cloud cover just a bit for tomorrow morning. then clearing out. take a look at montgomery county, .12 of an inch of rain. your temperature is 65 degrees. dew point at 63. so having a touch of fog around in some neighborhoods during the evening here.

67, montgomery county. and thurmont also at 60 degrees. there is the weather front in terms of severe weather again we managed to stay clear of that. temperatures west, close to 90 in memphis, tennessee. big ridge will be building for the weekend and we will see highs back around 90 degrees for saturday and sunday. here is a look at the next 48 hours. we will start clearing out during the overnight period. then more pristine conditions expected by the end of the week with sunshine back in here. as that front clears the area tomorrow will be a little on the breezy side. so the wet weather shuts off around midnight. and our temperatures during the overnight, early tomorrow morning, around 65 to 70 degrees. sun up at 5:43. tomorrow we will have quite a bit of sunshine across the area. different than today. it is not going to be cool. it will be -- some folks may stay hot tomorrow. 86 on saturday. and 91 for sunday. yes, heat, humidity for the weekend. coming up. and then next week, early part,

still humidity and heat sticking around. >> thanks, veronica. still to come, "news4 at 5:00," new dramatic details about the mental state of murder suspect joran van der sloot. after word he ate cake and sip order espresso with a dead body in the room. >> last night stephen strasburg proved he is an outstanding pitcher. did he score an economic home run? we will have the latest on that.

new details today about the murder confession of a dutchman suspected in disappearance of american teenager natalee holloway. according to a peruvian newspaper, joran van der sloot was sipping an espresso and eatping sponge cake while the bloody body of stephany flores lay on a hotel floor just feet away. police have until this weekend to file criminal charges against van der sloot in a beating death after 21-year-old business stun and was also considered a prime suspect in the does appearance of natalee holloway in aruba five years ago. president obama is hailing the muchlt security council's vote to impose more sanctions on iran for its nuclear program. >> resolution will put in place the toughest sanctions ever faced by the iranian government. and it has been an unmistakable message about the international

community's commitment to stopping the spread of nuclear weapons. i want to be clear. these sanctions do not close the door on the diplomacy. iran continues to have the opportunity to take a different and better path. >> iranian president ahmadinejad dismissed the new sanctions and compared the measures to a used tissue. coming up, we will go live to the gulf coast to take a look at how engineers may be able to figure out what went wrong seven weeks ago when an oil rig exploded in the gulf. there is a popular gym in adams morgan where people are having their stuff stolen and apparently the thief is using a new clever trick. we will tell you how tiger woods is reaching out to the d.c. community.

in our top stories, women candidates did well on super tuesday. arkansas senator blanche lincoln fought off the challenge in a runoff race. tea party backed candidate sharon angle will face off against senate majority leader harry reid in the fall. in california, former ebay boss meg whitman and former hewlett packered fiorina walk aid way with victories. a new traffic pattern next week will be in place on the 14th street bridge. phase two of a major

construction project begins monday and there will be overnight lane closures this weekend to set that new pattern up. despite an early boost to the market, traders took wall street lower today. dow closed off 40 points to close below 9900. i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm wendy rieger. our top story at 5:30, the massive oil spill in the gulf of mexico. officials say they are making progress on capturing more oil. you about they are discovering more oil. we have more on the leak and cleanup effort. charles, we are hearing very different stories about whether or not oil plumes are existing on the bottom of the gulf. bp says that they are not. the government says otherwise. what the discrepancy? >> reporter: well, bp may be right. when they say that -- depends on what -- the definition of a plume is. most people would think it as a dark long blob of oil under the surface of the water.

but when scientists went out last week and started doing samples of the water, they discovered that there was oil there but very small concentrations. 0.5 parts per million. very low concentration. so yes, there is oil. but it is not what most people think when they see the slick on the surface. wendy, back to you. >> then where has all of this oil gone then? you know, is it -- there was -- pumping out now for -- 50 days, 51 days. and -- is there still any risk underneath the water? >> reporter: that's why they want to know exactly how much oil is coming out of that broken well head. right now they are capturing about 15 thousand barrels of oil per day. but a lot of oil is still coming out around the side. now next week, bp will bring in a larger containment cap and other vessels to help bring up much more of the oil. perhaps as much as 25,000

barrels of oil per day. so once they know that number they can determine how much they collected and how much they burned and perhaps how much is washed into the marshes and on to the beaches with the gulf coast. >> all right. thank you so much. for the latest on the cleanup and the impact ripple effect across the country, watch "nbc nightly news" on news4. family members of the d.c. man killed during an altercation of the park police officer one answers about his death. 24-year-old trey joyner was shot and killed on june 9 of last year by a u.s. park police officer. the incident happened in an alley in the trinidad neighborhood of northeast. park police say they followed him into the alley based on a tip that he had a gun. witnesses say he was unarmed and shot -- was shot in the back. at the time police officials asked for patients saying a roar would be issued after an investigation.

to date that report has not been released. >> i just want justice. in my heart we as a family are going through a whole low. we are breaking down. and we can't seem to get -- never seen anything like this. we have never been in trouble before. >> joyner's family says they want the officers involved in the shooting punished. police in the district are asking people to be more aware of their surroundings as they head to the gym tonight. this after a woman had her credit card stolen at a yoga studio. news4's john schriffen is in adams morgan with details about the story tonight. >> reporter: that's right. police say that gyms and yoga studios like this one here in adams morgan are easy targets for thieves because they are generally very trusting areas. now, here at the yoga studio, people simply leave their belongings in cubbies that are open to the public. now, this case will be particularly hard to crack because the area was not under video surveillance. police are looking at other

video taken from last night. they are hoping to find the individuals but say that two people stick out. >> this is them walking in. they drop their bags quickly and they immediately try to get into the class. >> reporter: police are combing through surveillance video after last night's theft when a customer had her credit cards stolen and charged for a thousand dollars. >> here he is running into class. you can see the instructor immediately had a question about what's going on in the class. instructor calls him out. asks why he is even in the class. he has no shoes on. his wife is in jeans standing over there. he immediately leaves. >> reporter: while there are no cameras here in this changing area where the theft took place, police are looking to question these two individuals for their suspicious behavior last night. the owner says the two came in and paid for a class. then joined after it already started. after getting kicked out jefferies believes they began looking through the open cubbies until they found their victim.

>> it is unfortunate but not surprising. i feel like that's the common thing in gyms, too, that -- you know, people know that their things will be locked out. great place for thieves to come into. >> reporter: joy is a regular at the studio and uses yoeg as as a way to destress. even as she goes through her ritual of taking off her shoes and putting her things away, she makes sure to keep safety in mind. >> i keep an eye on my stuff. i don't let it out of my sight. if there were locks, i would lock it up. being close to my belongings. >> reporter: victim had to learn the lesson the hard way. police are urging the public to be more vigilant tonight especially in gyms and yoga studios. >> when you go to a gym don't bring a lot of stuff with you. bring enough stuff with you that you need to get there. >> reporter: at this point want to athe two people you saw in the surveillance video are not suspects. there's not enough evidence to imply they committed the crime.

they are wanted in connection with the suspicious activity. police say that don't bring the belongings to the gym. leave it at home. lock it up and if you do, just be aware these areas are open to the public. reporting live, john schriffen. what's the danger of using the makeup testers? we had a dock look at what's happening at the counter. >> some areas are getting rain tonight. veronica johnson, anything severe out there? >> no severe weather, guys. just scattered showers and as the weather front continues to make its way through the area here over the next couple of hours. a little wet. until about midnight or so. 73 is the temperature. comfortable out there today with all the cloud cover. that's what's kept us free of severe weather. temperatures may be rising here in next few hours. 74 with rain ending again around midnight to early tomorrow morning. we should be looking at sunshine across the area. 67 degrees. sun up at 5:43. high is 87 tomorrow.

then 82 comfortable coming our way for friday. "news4 at 5:00" will return after this.

dramatic new video leased by the haitian government is providing a look at what happened when the country was hit by a magnitude 7 quake earlier this year. the video was recorded in the presidential palace shows the building crumbling. as people try to run to safety

while the quake intensifies. the january 12th quake killed more than 300,000 people, more than a million people are still homeless. on this week's "wednesday's child," we introduce you to rayshell. a warm, wonderful heart and looking for a loving family. barbara harrison has her story. >> reporter: imagine if you couldn't hear this hello. and weren't even sure why you were here. imagine that even the signing interpreter is someone you have never seen before. imagine how scary that might be. especially if you also have some learning challenges. we have a great day planned today. shall we go? >> welcome. >> reporter: hi. how are you? >> nice to see you. >> reporter: diane, director at the imagination stage, welcomed us. we made our way past the theater and to a rehearsal room where rayshell was invited to take a

dance class. veronica said she thought a hip hop lesson would be fun. rayshell was a little hesitant about the idea. and until she met the teacher who was able to speak her language like many of the others here. >> my name is fred. i'm fred. >> reporter: rayshell is a little shy when she meets people the first time. as a foster child, she has not had a real sense of belonging. dancer fred beam gave rayshell a few moves to try. she wasn't too sure she wanted to show off in front of everyone. she felt less inhibited when we all joined in. it is hope that she one day will be surrounded by people who care about her. who she can count on to always be there. >> rayshell would do wonderful with a family that's very active and that loves to do things and very outgoing. because that's the type of child she is. >> reporter: at the end of class there was surprises for rayshell. >> i have a present for you.

a t-shirt. >> reporter: she has tickets for rayshell to come back and see a show. but perhaps the gift rayshell prides the most were the photographs so the memory of today would live on in more than just her imagination. barbara harrison, news4, "wednesday's child." >> if you have room in your home and heart for one of our "wednesday's children," please call our special adoption hotline. the number is 1-88-to-adopt didn't me. go to our homepage at nbcwashington.com. coming up on "news4 at 5:00" we will tell you how one teacher made an historical find just by cleaning out the closet. >> big changes ahead for a washington institution. what's going to happen at the politics & prose on connecticut avenue. in sports, stephen strasburg was just sensational in his debut. hear from the new ace and hear what his teammates had to say when we come

our top story, d.c. transportation officials trying to restore traffic lights that stopped working at a dozen intersections across the city. not clear what's caused this outage. drivers need to treat those intersections four-way stops. police in the district are looking for a couple who may have stolen a credit card from a woman at stroga's gym and gone on a spending spree. police are using this episode to make people aware of their surroundings and to take only what they absolutely need when they go to the gym. police have until this weekend to file criminal charge against joran van der sloot in the murder of the peruvian business student. 21-year-old stephany flores was killed on may 30th.

d.c. is buzzing today. stephen strasburg's nats debut was a big moneymaker. >> it was a record setter on television last night. the rookie's performance earned the highest rating ever for the mid atlantic sports network. the network said last night nationals' win against the pirates earn ad 7.1 rating, equivalent to 165,000 households in our area. all of the new enthusiasm is getting a boost to redevelopment around that ballpark. tom sherwood joins us to tell us about that. >> bad economy hasn't helped. the anybody hood is showing signs of life. the strasburg effect is helping. the nationals ballpark was jumps at stephen strasburg's rookie performance electrified the crowd. >> one team gets better and local fans start overtaking fans of all the other teams. we love visitors but we can't wait for the day when this is a purely exclusively nats crowd.

>> reporter: team president says it is part of the six-year effort so far to build a solid team. a solid fan base and a solid ballpark neighborhood that this arlington fan sees. >> i'm hoping that there's going to be a big revival. looks like it started and stopped a little bit with the recession. looks like it is coming back and especially with strasburg and games like last night. >> reporter: just outside the stadium the poor national economy has slowed but not stopped, redevelopment of the old industrial neighborhood. the strasburg effect can be felt here, too. >> he will put more fans in the seat, just good for our neighborhoods, great for national. >> taken route and no longer an emerging market. established market. they are becoming a better team, we are becoming a better neighborhood. >> reporter: nearby developers hope to restart housing project hurt by the recession. >> i am hopeful this will be the resurgence for baseball in the district that we had always hoped for. and i think when this economy begins to recover, you are going to see a lot of building take place down there. and that will really fill out

the city like the verizon center did in that part of town as well. >> reporter: the major ballpark area land holder says that it also expects strasburg's style speed when development begins. >> no question. phenomenal neighborhood and has all the right fundamentals as it relates to entertainment and great natural resources, great transportation access. there's no question. not a question, question of when. >> reporter: part of the hope is the people will decide to live in the neighborhood and then walk. >> tom sherwood. zone in downtown d.c. is closing. the walt disney company says it is closing five of the sports bars and restaurants and including one in baltimore on june 16th. disney blamed the closing on the bad economy. tiger woods plans to make an impact on the educational some d.c. students. the golf pro's foundation announced that it is opening two learning centers here.

the tiger woods learning center has a partnership with the chavez public charter school. one of the learning centers will be located at the school and capitol hill campus. the center will focus on career exploration. what a night. >> what a night. >> what a day. >> it was fun. it was fun. i got to go last night as a fan, sitting in the stands. bought tickets. >> didn't have to work. >> for an event town that was one of the biggest sporting events we have seen in a long time. it was fun. stephen strasburg doesn't always love being in the glare of the spotlight but certainly thrives in it. in the most highly anticipated debut in major league baseball history, stephen strasburg proved to be special. with the history making performance. 14 strikeouts and no walks and a win. he was so good that senate majority leader harry reid and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell discussed strasburg's debut on the senate floor today.

lindsay czarniak has more from nationals park. >> reporter: there is no question stephen strasburg has the it factor. most impressive part of his performance, besides 14 strikeouts, was the composure he showed. turns out that he had help with that from the very moment he walked out of that dugout from pitching coach. >> certainly there was a big-time buzz. i just wanted to relax. i said watch, when we walk out of here they will give me a standing o. wait and see. so when they did that he started laughing and then done, down there clapping. i took my hat off. trying to make them laugh. make him relax. he's a real low-key kind of guy. >> i think some of the fans are yelling, you know, steve mccaddie. yeah, they are yelling for me. that put a smile on my face and loosened me up. >> whatever notify he is had lost him quickly. struck out 14 batters. his teammates weren't surprised at what he accomplished and seen

it before. but adam dunn said that his two-run home run that gave the nats the lead was motivated by added desire not to spoil such a good thing. >> main thing spoil the outing by having -- you know, wanted to make sure we got runs and, you know, we knew we would -- shut the door, slam the door on us. i mean, it was perfect timing. >> you don't want to be the guy that doesn't make a play for him. you make a diving play or you get an out for him. he might not have got. keeps you on your toes, good, fun. great atmosphere and exciting. >> i'm proud of the organization. i mean, fans -- can -- i mean, nothing better than that. 14 strikeouts. pitch seven innings. >> nice job. i did that a lot at san diego state.

you foe, i didn't think it would be much different today. i really thought he would come out and throw well. he did. and -- i'm not really surprised. but i can see from the questions being asked you guys are. >> reporter: that was strasburg's college coach and idol, hall of famer, tony gwynn who made the trip to watch strasburg in his debut. by the way, the 14 strikeouts one short of the major league record for a pitcher in his debut. from nationals park, lindsay czarniak, back to you. >> reminded me of going to a game in chicago. wrigley field. everybody decked out in the gear and the party atmosphere. and his next start is scheduled to be in cleveland. they are sometiming they are going to sell 10,000 extra tickets just because he will be there. we are starting to call that the stephen strasburg money train. he will be traveling all over. >> i tell you, this city, we needed it bad. >> nats needed it. >> absolutely. still to come, buyers step up to keep politics & prose bookstore open.

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the for sale sign is up in washington constitution and the best bookstore in town. "washington post" reports politics & prose will be changing hands. the connecticut avenue bookstore has been around for 26 years.

the owners are 74 and say it has become too much. the store is known as a destination for authors on their book tours. every school child in america learns about the place new england holds in colonial history. a teacher in massachusetts has proof that she was cleaning out a closet in her classroom and found a receipt dating all the way back to april of 1792. the receipt appears to document the payment after debt by a man named jonathan bates of vermont. and no one knows how the painer ended up at the school or how long it has been there. >> you know, we all like to use testers at the makeup counter. but you may want to think twice about that. >> it is the ugly side of something that's supposed to make us beautiful. dirty makeup. renee has more. >> we found a lot of not so great things. >> reporter: you may hear other words to use wh.

>> i found e. coli, fecal contal nant. there is one source of e. coli, feces. sxruj makeup and foundation and powder. >> reporter: okay. >> that's gross. >> reporter: some days, every single sample we took was contaminated. >> reporter: dr. brooks says she only tested for bacteria and could only imagine if she looked for viruses. >> i suspect that i would have found definitely herpes. and probably hepatitis. >> reporter: the doctor says don't blame the stores. she says her research finds they mostly work hard to keep counters and testers clean. she says that the fecal matter is spread by customers who don't wash their hands after using the bathroom and then stick their contaminated fingers into the makeup. carrie brushes has been in the business over ten years. she says lack of hand wash sing

just part of the problem. carrie remembers one customer in a very high-end department store with an obvious cold soar. >> like a herpes-type situation and touched everything and applied everything to her mouth. >> reporter: something local cosmetic store owner brandy tries to avoid. >> it ensures no bacteria. >> reporter: exposure is unlikely to make healthy people sick. but the bacteria can cause this or pink eye. don't put makeup near your eyes, nose or mouth. ask the sales staff to dip it in alcohol. use disclosable applicators, ask for an individual free sample. assume the person next to you at the makeup counter has not washed their hands. >> i wish we had bathroom police to make these people stop. >> yikes.

>> dr. brooks says weekends are the worst time to try on makeup. that's when stores are busiest making it more likely the testers are contaminate. >> we may never try makeup ever again. >> we will never try it again. that's it for "news4 at 5:00." something to leave you with. jim handly and doreen gentzler for "news4 at 6:00." >> reporter:. a maryland man is pacing charges tonight for forcing a 12-year-old girl to work as a prostitute. >> there are reports tonight that joran van der sloot drank coffee and ate biscuits after allegedly murdering a woman in peru. >> after an electrifying performance by stephen strasburg. british petroleum is now backing away from claims made last night that the leak in the gulf could soon be reduced to a trickle. good evening. i'm doreen gentzler.