tonight a local school is preparing for a protest from the notorious west world baptist church. three women robbed and tied up at an american he will onpos where they host events for veterans and more horror stories from those passengers on that cruise ship. the actions of two firefighter emts under investigation. that investigation stems from a call back in september that ended in the death of a 72-year-old woman. jackie vincent has the story now

from firehouse 11 in columbia heights. jackie. >> doreen, news 4 has learned that the d.c. fire department is looking into allegations that two firefighters lied about the cation of their driver's license and delayed responding the incident in which that 72-year-old woman died. now it happened september 29th, about 6:00 a.m. sources say the firefighters were in an ambulance temporarily assigned to in fire station ju north of park road. a call came in for an incident on oak street. an elderly woman was bleeding uncontrollable from a medical incision in her neck called a shouldn't. firefighters tri to help the woman. they frantilly radioedhe dispatchers. where is the ambulance, where is the ambulance? the woman continued to bleed. according to a timeline, the ambulance arrived 16 minutes later. now, sources say it is alleged

that the ambulance was not here at this station at 14th street rthwest. second as way from the dying woman. instead, those sources say a gps tracker showed the ambulanc was close to the station where they would begin and end their shift, a spokesperson for d.c. fire and ems said he is unable to contact on this at this time. a few moments ago, i spoke to the son of the woman who died. her name is christine traveries. jose was present when that happened. he too wonders where was the ambulance? back to you. >> jackie, thank you. nurses at washington hospital center anounsd today they plan to go through with a one-day strike on the day before thanksving, national nurses united s nurse understaffing is hurting patient care at the

hospital center. they hope it will force a new contract with hospital management. they are still hopeful for resolution but they have a contingency plan that involves bringing nurses in from other major medical centers. prince georges county is oking for the person that pistol whipped and robbed three women in brandywine. the attacker approached one victim while she was laying a wreath outside. he reportedly handcuffed her and two other women inside after one of the victi tried to fend him off. >> she came out and jumped on his back and threw her coffee on him and tried to get him off of me, d he just kept running around, where is the money, where is this? >> the women did end up serving veterans at the he will onpost after they were treated at a hospital. the suspect took off in up with

of the victim's cars. they found the car but no sig of t suspect. the final dress rehearsal before a play is supposed to be a time for students to perfect their lines. t at this school, they are deing with plans for a protest. john joins us live with the details. >>eporter: well, doreen, that church is notorious with protesting the funerals of soldiers all around the country, but after receiving an e-mail, a spokesman for the church told me tonight, they ha decided now to protest here at this high school on saturday, because the choice they made for this year's school play. >> wheneve i thin about matthew, i always think about his incredibly beaming smile. >> more than 12 years aftermath eau shepherd, an openly gay college student was rdered, his legacy lives on today. at richard montgomery high school, students are in final reherselfal to perform "the laramie project" it is about the

town where shepherd was from and people who knew him. >> of word in the play was something that was spoken by an actual person in laramie, wyoming. >> emily davis was willing to take on this controversial subject about a young person tied to a fence, tortured, ask killed, a killing that led to a federal hate crime law. >> we felt like the message of tolerance and acceptance which is what this play is advocating is something we thought our students needed to hear. >> the ton to versy has grown, since the west boar yoe baptist church, a group notorious for protesting soldiers' funerals announced it will protest this play. >> i can't believe that this is so worthy of their hate. we're a high school trying to promote love and understanding. >> reporter: ironically, the church's leader is portrayed in the play. >> this is the negative message

everything is contrasted against. without the character of fred phelps, you use the positive theme that comes out of the show. >> the church says it will b out here 45 minutes before the start of the play which starts at 7:00 on saturday. i had ask students if they have any kind of koountcounterprotes. they said absolutely not. they want everyone to come out and support the show, and the counterprotest will be putting on the best showpossible. back to you. >> thank you, john.xd passengers from the carnival cruise ship "splendor" are sharing stories and home video tonight. tug boats pulled that ship into port in san diego today four daysafter the ship lost power. a fire knocked out power that left passengers in the darknd without air conditioning or hot water. 4,500 passengers and cre on

board, it also had limited food andçó inoperable toilets. >> i never seen hot dog salads, green bean sandwiches. >> at the food ran out it smelled like rotten milk and toilets bagging up.ñi >> salad and vegetables, some fruit. warm milk. >> the ship left long beach on sunday for seven-day cruise to the mexican rivera. the national transportation safety board says it's going to investigate what caused that fire. carnival line is offering refunds and vouchers for a free cruise to passengers. still ahead tonigh on news 4 at 11:00 many, a strip mall explodes into flames two hours after firefighters gaye the all clear. a woman denied service at a local convenience store because of her head scarf. and a petemetery loses a dog's remains when a worker forgot to close a van door.

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fire officials in central indiana are trying to figure out what spark aid three-alarm fire that turned a scrip mall into an infeo. they responded to a dunkin donuts shop when employees smelled smoke. there wa't a smell of smoke, so employees went back in. two businesses destroyed, and most of the mall sustained heavy damage. nobody was hurt. national muslim civil rights and advocacy group is speaking out tonight after a convenience

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a woman whose dog died this fall is dealing with another painful loss. the pet cemetery lost her dogs remains on a highway, all because a door wasn't closed. we report tonight from charles county. >> when john harris adopted her pomp rainian in februa from 2007, he was rescued from a

puppy mill and was in bad shape. >> he jt learned how to walk, he was kept in a cage 24/7. he ate standing up, slept standing up. >> ted recently died after a short illness and harris had him cream mated. but she got a shocking phone call from valley pet cemetery and crematory. his ashes had been lost. >> i was devastated. i mean, i couldn't believe it. i was just devastated. i didn't know how to create. >> a company's officials said teddy's remains were in a wooden box like this, and that was contained in a cardboard box. the container fell out of the back of the truck when the driver forgot to close the door between gaithersburg and southern maryland. harris said she's walked miles trying to find that rectangular box. >> i feel it's so unjust for this little animal that w born in such a horrific thing and it's like he's trash is how i felt. >> reporter: valley peteneral

manager david drury says this is the first time a pet's remains have been lost in the company's 30-year history. something likehis is the last thing we want to happen to a family. it's an unfortunately mistake that our company made. harris wants more than an apology. she wants the company to do more to find that box. >> it's very important. very, very important. i just feel like he just deserves this. >> harris has rescued numerous dogs and cats over the years, and when they died, she had them cremated. the boxes are here in her curio car ne canet. >> i can't give up. that's all i can say. . >> president obama marked this veterans day by meeting with u.s. troops stationed in seoul, south korea. today is the 60th anniversary of

a korean war. he thanked veterans and active military for their service and assured them that the administration would support them in their time of need. and remembering rances were held at arlington national cemetery. and biden said the economy will not get in the way of providing for the needs of veterans. tonight, george washington university honored its studentç veterans who received the yellow ribbon scholarship. the yellow ribbon program provides additional funds to cover what the g.i. bill does not. 11 undergrad and graduate students received it. medical device company z medic donated $100 toward their tuition. it provides-- saving medical supplies to the troops. doug is here with the

forecast. getting kind of boaring this week. >> yeah. i keep looking for something to forecast. nothing out there. >> we're okay with that. keep thisoring like this. >> lasteterans day, almost an inch of rain. a nice day today. plenty of sunshine made it much better. nice night tonht as well. temperatures really dropped fast. willing at the nation's capital. a beautiful evening, but as i mentioned, those temperatures are quickly droppin a we're already in the upper twenty to 30 degrees inñr some areas. not inside the beltway. high temperature today was 63 degrees after a low of 42. the average high, 59. once again, well above average. and last year, almost an inch of rain, 30-mile-an-hour winds, and that led us to a historical or historic winter season. not going to happen this year. and 46 degrees, winds on the calm side. take a look atemperatures around the area. 30 in frederick, 30 in man assa.

and it will be a cool start to tomoow morning. 28 to 40 degrs as you send the kids to the bus stop on friday. good news here with cool nights. very warm afternoons, 72 in cincinnati earlier today. warm air trying to make its way toward the area. cool to the north and east. but warm air will win out. we've been a little bit above normal that will change. area of high pressure will change around the region, and dominating the east coast over the last couple of days is finally moving off. ridge kes place over our area, and we'll see temperatures heat up even more. temperatures will go from five degrees above average to degrees above average. and gitsing to ay nice. high pressure will quickly move in and dominate our weather for the weekend. that will keep our next system out toward chicago by tomorrow afternoon. that storm system will stay out to the west.

good news for the week ending early next week and the wind comes through, will change things in a big wa finally something to forecast. clear skies, chilly start to the morning. 40 degrees in the city. tomorrow, friday, fantastic. another great day. light winds, 60 to 64 degrees. and we move on to the next couple of days, look at this. 66 on saturday. 67 on sunday. things change a little bit. mostly cloudy on monday. chance of a shower on monday, 63 degrees. and the storm comes in that will change a lot. temperatures down about 5 to 10 degrees beloavera. and right now, redskins game looking okay on monday night. just to let you know. >> good news. weekenlooks good too. stl ahea tonight, a dumb criminal's misdial sets a drug sting in motion. and donovancnabb, just trying to

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something really cool. >> die this is a courage cap that the capitals are giving away. yo can buy them down for the ga, and the money goes to military family to have kids with spouses deployed. all of this ended up on the ice. something real special happened at verizon center. the other alex, was magical tonight. stemmons scored three goals in the third period. a hat trick one of the high points. capitals win their sixth straight game against the tampa bay lightning. down at verizon center. and goldberg looking to add another victory. we begin in the second period. tied at 1-1. capitals taking control here.

perfect place to get it in past the dpoel tegoaltender. capitals up 2-1. the second goal in two games. third period tied at 2-2. power play, and denied the first shot many capitals worked the puck back around. stemmons takes advantage. muscling it past the goaltender for the 3-2 lead. capitals getting themselves in good position. another opportunity, alexander stemmon cannot control it on the break. ovechkin fires his ninth goal of the season. capitals up 5-3, but looking for more. stemmons not done. final minute of the game from the blue line, empty net goal. third goal of the night. second hat trick of the season. capitals win 6-3, as the hat come raining down on the ice. redskins determing who will take the field at running

back. ryan terrain and clinton portis returned to practice this week after nursing injuries. portis may have suffered a setback practicing too hard. sat out most of today with soreness. donovan mcnabb trying to put the drama of being benched behind him. mcnabb benched with the two-minute offense, he hasn't been able to practice as much as coaches felt he nded to. it hasaused a week of buzz in many circles around the league that the staff may have lost confidence in his ability. mcnabb has done everything he can to put it behind him. machine nab, put it this way, the past ten days han't been born. >> well, it's been quite entertaining i should say. you know, from the talks to the reaction and things of that nature. you know, get some pretty good support from some of the players and commentators and i thank

them for that. but for me at this point, it's an opportunity for me to move on. >> donovan mcnabb, trying to move on. and clinton portis' health got a lot of attention, so did his choice of clothing. ahead of the showdown, portis did his interviews wearing a phillies hat. why you ask? >> i felt like wearing red today. it didn't have nothing to do with the phillies. i felt like wearing red. this is the outfit i had, so i put it on. >> good thing you didn't have eagles green. >> i don't have a nets hat. nobody sent me one in my locker or anything. >> as i said, i'm sure he'll have some nets caps now. no problem, maybe even camouflage. nats, cavs, whatever. yesterday, new uniforms unveiled and zimmerman was awarded his

second straight silver slugger award. and the best hitting third baseman, and 26 years old. and the third baseman with a batting average of dint 307. and he is one of only two nats that earned the award since moving to d.c. much of the success will be hit since one and done. and another reason that he should be kept so he turned a free agent this week. we'll have to see. >> thank you. coming out next,

the creator of the garfield comic strip apologized for e strip, which offended some veterans. it showed the cat would hit the spider with a newspaper. he said that the strip had nothing to do with veterans day. the date in which it would appear was chosen at random. he has apologized for all veterans.

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set up a drug deal, but he dialled the wrong number. he called the erie county sheriff's department crime solve evers number. >> bad idea. >> even worse, he didn't realizes the guy who answered was a cop and set up a meeting. the sheriff's department set up a rad. and the guy led them right to his supplier. people not very happy with him right now at all. >> can't you see the grin on the crime watcher dude there as he realized what that i coming call was? >> can you see the other guy's face when he gs there. that's our broadcast for now. i think it's the tonight show coming up next. >> i think so too. we'll see you tomorrow. good night. [ knocking ] >> don't believe everything you i'm not looking for a husband