congressman anthony wiener admitted to having inappropriate conversations with six women before and after getting marri d married. he has not broke known laws and heel not resign. >> he calls the axe a regrettable mistake. the controversy started last week when a woman in seattle released a lewd photo sent from wiener's twitter and facebook accounts. the congressman said at the time that his accounts were hewlett-packard, but said he could not say for sure whether the person in the photo was him, and now a conservative blogger says he has new pictures and it appears to have been the release of those pictures that prompted today's admission. >> i haven't told the truth -- and i've done things i deeply regret. i apologize to my wife and our families, as well as to our friends and supporters. i am deeply ashamed of my terrible judgment and action.

i am deeply regretting what i have done and i am not resigning. >> wiener was married just last summer. former president bill clinton officiated the ceremony and the congressman's wife is an aide to secretary of state hillary rodham clinton. back to you guys in studio. >> all right. elaine, thanks. another black eye for the d.c. city countsil and its spending habits. this time it centers around ward 5 council member harry thomas. john schriffen is live outside the wilson building with the latest. >> wendy, serious allegation into the spending habits of harry thomas. the d.c. attorney general's office alleges that harry thomas moved more than $300,000 that was meant for city children into two of his own companies that he runs. one of those companies and a non-profit group called team tom a another for-profit group run by himself and his wife. it's important to note this

investigation dates back to january 2007 and that's when council member thomas took his seat here and that's also when he became the president of the non-profit group and harry thomas telling a very different story this afternoon. he called his own press conference to tell his side. >> i've always maintained that as council member i've done nothing and the council can speak to any of the legal issues i have around this. >> harry thomas, jr., a riefred at the press conference today inside the luxury suv in question. according to this 27-page complaint, the d.c. attorney general's office says council member thomas secretly diverted more than $300,000 in city funds meant for youth baseball programs into companies he controlled. with that taxpayer money the documents allege he spent nearly $60,000 on this audi suv, but that's not all. he allegedly also racked up nearly $15,000 in personal expenses with lavish golf trips to las vegas and pebble beach in california as well as another

$10,000 in political material that went out to his ward 5 constituents. >> we will seek a judgement in the superior court if we do not settle and let me make clear that settlements often in troubled matters are for the actual compensatory damages. >> reporter: with a lawyer by his side, council member thomas would not directly address maybe the purchases detailed in the complaint, but he did say the audi was bought with his own mrony and settlement is not an option. >> to stand here in the media gauntlet and going through this i am not going to settle with something they did not do. i think about my children first and i think about my family legacy first. i think about what made me who i am today and that's what i'm fighting today and that's what i will continue to fight for because i think that's the message they will send to anyone. i have always done what i've supposed to do on behalf those i've served. >> reporter: now in the complaint filed this morning the

d.c. attorney general's office is asking for three times the amount that was allegedly taken inappropriately. that number comes out to $1 million when you include all of the legal feesh, but that might not be the end to councilman's thomas' troubles. he can face criminal action if the u.s. attorney's office gets involved in this case. for now i'm john schriffen, back to you in the studio. >> thank you, john. dramatic events today in the case of a d.c. police officer accused in the deaths of a woman and young daughter. an anguished relative of the victim cried out during court proceedings. pat collins is live in upper marlboro. pat? >> reporter: when wynetta wright's family wants the accused kill tore know exactly how they feel about him and today in court they didn't hold back. drama in the courtroom, a jouj allows the family of a murder

victim to speak out. family to the suspect, you're a monster. you're trash. family to the judge, make sure nothing happens to him in jail so we can get our justice. the murder victim, 20-year-old wynetta wright. the murder suspect 39-year-old richmond phillips, a d.c. vice cop. the murder scene, the oxen run park behind the hillcrest heights community center. now that community center has security cameras all around the outside. according to court documents those cameras recorded the murder suspect cop and the murder victim around a picnic table in the park from 11:00 at night until 6:00 a.m. the next morning. seven hours around that picnic

table until -- until that murder. miss wright found dead in the nearby woods. she'd been shot to death. the two were involved in a paternity and child support dispute. they had a court hearing scheduled later that day. after the murder, police say phillips moved miss wright's car. police found that car and locked inside, the body of her little baby girl jaylin. it appears, they say, the baby died of heat exposure. officer phillips, he's charged with manslaughter in the baby death as well. >> this has been absolutely devastating for our community. it is, as you might understand, extremely devastating as well to the family of the victim. they are just absolutely beside themselves as are all of us. >> reporter: richmond phillips held without bond in this murder case. he has another court hearing july 1st and you can bet miss

wright's family will be at that one, too. jim, back to you. >> all right, a dramatic day indeed at court. pat collins, pat, thank you. a developing story right now from montgomery county. it is a tough commute out there because of the accident involving a cement truck and two cars. this happened on i-270 southbound just north of father hurley boulevard. about 2:30 this afternoon the cement truck driver was trapped and he had to be rescued. he was one of four people taken to the hospital. traffic is still a moos that area. only one southbound lane is getting by. >> oh it was an ugly one, but a beautiful day out there to start our week. don't get too used to t folks. >> yeah. it's going get ugly and actually very typical washington quite soon, doug? >> that's for sure. we saw very warm temperatures out there last week and very hot temperatures with the heat index over 100 degrees last weeks, i think we'll see it again this week. out there right now, it is just gorgeous, 85 degrees, low

humidity under plenty of sunny skies. live digital doppler radar and it is going to be a dry week as well, but the heat will be moving in here. outside right now current temperatures into the region and 90 in frederick and right now sterling coming in at 84 degrees. your good night wake-up particular forecast. tomorrow morning, maybe fog, but starting into the mid to upper 60s. and then wait until you see the warm temperatures coming up later this week. they're in my full forecast and i'll have it for you in just a bit. >> thank you, doug. >> a raging wildfire continues to burn out of control in arizona. the blaze is threatening mountain communities and forcing evacuations. it is fueled by high winds and very low humidity. the fire has been burning for more than a week now. some 2,000 fire fighters are trying to put out, but at this point, officials say, it's still

0% contained. fairfax county police are trying to get to the bottom of a deadly stabbing this morning that left one person dead and two others seriously injured. it was early this morning at an apartment complex along braddock springs road in centreville. megan mcgrath has the details. >> reporter: this all began to unfold at around 5:30 this morning. neighbors who live in this apartment building heard someone screaming and banging on doors, crying for help and they called 911. when police arrived on the scene they found three people, two women and one man had all been stand. the man and one of the women were taken by ambulance to an area hospital with the same injuries. what happened? police are still trying to piece that together, but they believe that there was some sort of a domestic argument inside one of the amountpartments. >> we do believe at this point that the situation is contained.

all of the people who were injured were the ones who were involved and we're not looking apparently for additional people. so it's not of a neighborhood concern at this point. >> reporter: just who started the violence, though, is unclear. what we can say though, is that all three people involved in this argument were stabbed and one is dead. two are in the hospital with serious injuries. >> megan mcgrath, news 4. >> police did not identify the victim who was killed and no one has been charged in this case. >> four suspects were larged in a series of armed robberies. the sheriff's office began investigating robberies in late february. they tell us the suspects would enter businesses around closing time and rob them. detectives say they brought a break in the case this morning when they followed a suspicious person who was hanging out by a previously-robbed store. they say they noticed the disguises used in past robberies in the car and that led them to three suspects. three men and a woman are now

charged in the case. the former leader of the international monetary fund pleaded not guilty this morning to that sexual assault charge against him. dominique strauss-kahn is accused of assaulting and trying to rape a maid at a manhattan hotel. he's been under house arrest with 24-hour monitoring and armed guards. since his release last month on $6 million bond. if convicted strauss-kahn faces up to 25 years in prison. now to decision 2012 where another republican entered the presidential race today. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum declared his candidacy. he's a social conservative and was a major player during his time on the hill. santorum lost his seat in 2006 after fighting gay marriage and abortion rights. today he blasted president obama on spending and said the president is, in his words, devaluing our moral currency as well. still ahead, former mayoral candidate suleman brown testifies under oath for the first time about allegations

that he was paid to attack then d.c. mayor adrian fenty. plus apple's new must have. the icloud was rolled out today, but what is it and just how does it work? i'm liz kren shaushgs the salad chef says it's the world's fastest salad-making system. does it really do that? find out coming up. >> news 4 at 5:00 is just getting started.

all right. chopping, slicing, dicing can take a bit of time and patience in the kitchen. >> so what if you had a device that did it all for you in record time? liz crenshaw is here with her new "does it really do that" and we're looking at the salad chef. >> oh, yeah! the salad chef the most versatile, compact and convenience salad making system that saves you time and money, chicken, les lettuce, even potatoes and french price all chopped in record time. does it really do that? let's find out. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> introducing salad chef, the revolutionary salad making system that makes the world's greatest salads as fast as one,

two three. >> who doesn't want to save time in the kitchen? jim frye said he did so we took the salad chef to his home in brookville, maryland. we paid about $60 for the salad chef including shipping. we received the bowl, the lid, two blades, a grater and a recipe book. >> and it will do everything in a fraction of the time at a fraction of the cost. >> talk about saving time, watch this. mix salad in three seconds. don't believe it? watch this. romain, one, iceberg, two, raddicio, the whole head, three! >> but on. >> does it really do that? >> i have a newborn baby so i need to save time. >> reporter: frye was anxious to get started. >> let's start with a red bell pepper. ready to put it in the machine? >> we need to use cutting insert number two. we need to core it, cut it and clean it. >> now we're red. what do we do? >> it says to lock the lid down in place. >> okay. locked.

>> and put the blade in. >> put the blade in. >> pepper on and push. >> not bad. >> hey! >> that's surprising. >> that's fast. >> and easy. >> time for the cubing cumber? can we put it? >> no. we have to cut it and the salad chef had no trouble chopping onions and let us. >> even grilled chicken and a tomato. >> i thought it would be smashed and just juice everywhere, but it's nicely cubed and quicker than i could do it by hand. >> how about fruit? >> let's try an apple. >> i guess first we're going have to cut it in half and core it. not bad. >> wow! >> i thought that the skin was going get stuck. >> no, not at all. went right through. >> what's next? >> french fries. >> wow! >> perfect french fries. >> was that hard to do?

no, it took some effort to take the blade down, but pretty easy. >> jim thought the salad chef was easy to clean, but was disappointed he needed the cutting board for each food. >> we still needed a cutting board and at least two knifes for what we did, so we dirtied more things than just one. >> the makers of the salad chef told tus does not claim to peel and take seeds out and only promises to cut. >> so the salad chef, does it really do that? >> i think it does. >> so for $60 would you buy it. >> i don't know for $60. i could use a knife i already had and a cutting board, it looks nice, but i don't think for $60. >> the surprise based on quality, craftsmanship, stainless steel blades and it is german engineered. >> the dvd in the info mreshl made promises and everything we tried came through. ♪ ♪ >> you like it when it works, don't you? >> yeah. it looked easy. >> you guys were giggling that

it was work smooth blades were nice and sharp. >> i liked the french fries and tomatoes. >> you what? for the onion alone i would pay the $60. just to bam, bam, bam! >> sold! >> doug was impressed. >> we all thought $60 a little bit expensive -- >> but if we all pool together we can get one for the newsroom. >> you'll carry it back and forth between your houses, right? >> just bring it to me clean,ham handly. i'm not cleaning your stuff again. >> nice job, liz, that was pretty cool. when things work we all like it. >> outside, plenty of sunshine. the sun doing a number. a gorgeous afternoon and it is really nice today. 85 degree, the current temperature, winds out of the north-northeast at 6 miles per hour and humidity only at 32%. it is not a factor today. it is going to be a fact o however, over the next couple of days. 92 in hagerstown and 84 in culpeper toward fredericksburg

and leonardtown coming in at 83 degrees. ocean city, maryland, current temperature, 77 degrees if you have friends down at the beach today. live digital top larry radar. once again we'll be on the dry side over the next few days as well, but the big factor for us will be the heat. take a look at this, dry, not just here, but all of the way to the great lakes and all of the way to the south as well. high pressure's going to be dominating our region and that area of high pressure will do a couple of things. first, it will keep outside dry side, but two it will bring in warm air tomorrow and here's the heat down to the south. as the high moves over the region, take a look at where the hot air goes. right over our area and we get hot. not just hot. potentially during record numbers especially during wednesday. the record high temperature on thursday is 102 degrees. i don't think we'll be close to that, but i do think we'll be in the upper 90s and it is going to be on the humid side as well. that heat index could be 100 degrees both wednesday and thursday. this evening, mostly clear and

mild. sunset, 8:30 tonight, the sun will set after 8:30 from now to july 21st. very long days ahead of us for the next month or so. a good start, 60 to 67 degrees and winds out of the southwest at 5 to 10 miles an hour. as we make our way through the day tomorrow, nice again early, but then i think we'll be heating up there. low humidity, it says 82 to 86. that means i did not type in the right numbers because it is going to be 86 to 90 degrees tomorrow. we'll hit 90 degrees during the day tomorrow and 96 on wednesday, very humid and very hot on thursday with a hive 98. 91 on friday so, yes, this would be the second heat wave of the season and a second heat wave in a matter of a two weeks. >> and it's not even summer. summer still starts two weeks from now, but it is a meteorological summer that makes a difference to you. >> hey, we're feeling it, however you put it. >> and the next chance of rain will be on friday, a pretty good

chance there, too. >> thank you, doug. >> when we come back on news 4 at 5:00, the search for the source of the dangerous e. coli outbreak that has killed nearly two dozen people and sickened thousands more. changing faith. the local church that made the unusual decision to convert to catholicism. some scary moments at a children's party when a bounce house just takes off with kids inside. i[ male announcer ] want to achieve more with your money?

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>> nine people were rushed to the hospital after a crash involving two metro busses this afternoon. it happened here along martin luther king avenue and w street in southeast just before 3:00. officials tell us one bus rear ended the other. everyone's expected to be okay. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. just days after a deadly bus crash, virginia state police will be on the road checking the safety of commercial trucks, busses and operators. four people died last week when a bus operated by sky express crashed on i-95 north of richmond. officials say driver fatigue is the cause. starting tomorrow police will be making unannounced safety checks of trucks and busses as part of the annual road check program. the program will go on for three days. official from the european union are meeting in luxembourg

today to talk about the e. coli crisis. that ongoing outbreak has killed 22 people so far ask sickened more than 2,000. all of the deaths, they've occurred northern germany or in travellers who have recently been to germany. the outbreak, however, has spread across your. authorities think sprouts from an organic farm in germany might be the source of this contamination. so far the initial tests on half of the samples from that farm, they have come back negative, but testing continues and authorities are not willing yet to give the farm the all clear. when we come right back on news 4 at 5:00, suleman brown in the hot seat, the former mayoral candidate testifies before the d.c. city council on the hiring practices of mayor gray's administration. >> some high school students in southern maryland are taking their science experiment to a whole new level, outer space. i'm elaine reyes, i'll explain coming up. and the world's largest

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it's not about logging on to this week's class. today is a celebration, a triumph of dedication, a victory for that little voice that urges us on. today is a day to recognize that ordinary people can do extraordinary things, and to prove that not all heroes wear a cape. some wear a cap and gown. congratulations to the strayer university graduates of 2011. fast forward through the headlines now. d.c. attorney generalish innathan filed a $1 million lawsuit against council member harry thomas, jr. the complaint says thomas used more than $300,000 in city money to pay lavish golf outings to

las vegas and pebble beach and an audi suv. thomas denies all allegations. >> only one lane of traffic getting by on i-270 south in germantown because of an accident involving a cement truck and two cars. that happened at 2:30 this afternoon. four people were taken to the hospital who are expected to be okay. a stunning admission today from new york congressman anthony wiener. within the hour he confessed that he lied last week when he denied sending a racy picture of himself to a young woman in seattle. at a tearful news conference, wiener acknowledged having inappropriate conversations with six women online. he said he is not going to resign. let's fast forward to the weather and the latest. doug? >> that weather right there out now absolutely gorgeous outside. bright, blue skies. plenty of sunshine and the current temperature right now 85 degrees and the humidity only 32%, but boy, are things going to be changing over the next couple of days. the humidity will be going up

and we could see a heat increase just like last week at 100 degrees. we'll talk about the heat coming up in a few minutes and i'll show you the extended outlook in about 15 minutes, guys. >> we'll see you then. doug, thank you. form d.c. candidate seoul mo brown, today for the first time he made those accusations under oath before the d.c. council committee looking into the allegations. the meeting was described as rather chaotic at times. tom sherwood has the latest. >> reporter: refusing to take off his sunglasses, former candidate for mayor sulamon brown set the tone monday in his first testimony under oath that he was paid cash and given $110,000 government job by vincent gray, for brown's campaign attacks on adrian fenty. >> mr. brown? >> i'm not going to remove them. >> through often murky and confusing dates, money order

receipts, documents and details brown called mayor gray a crook who engineered the payoffs, ann allegations gray denies. >> gave me cash and money orders for me to maintain mayor, and attacked mayor fenty. >> the star witness com compelled by court order to taf battled nearly every council question. >> mr. brown on. >> >> no, i'm going put you on a record on moo. >> your delauusions -- >> no, how did the issue of money even come up? >> you want me to testify or are you going testify for me? >> no, no, sir. i asked you how did the issue of money come up? >> some political observers say brown's demeanor undermines his allegations. at one point marion barry and other council members broke down in laughter at some of the noncyclical proceedings.

>> i've never been at a hearing like this before. it is so serious. >> but disclosure of the money orders linked to gray campaign individuals fueled the feeling that something happened, no one is certain just yet what. >> we may never know exactly what happened, we may never see the cash, fingerprints or cameras connecting one to the next, but people know something is wrong. >> reporter: the u.s. attorney is still investigating sulamon brown's investigations and maybe the u.s. attorney's office will get to the bottom of this. jim, back to you. >> tom, do you think that he lost a lot of his credibility there and that mayor gray may be happy on eye believe we just lost that signal there. tom sherwood reporting. wendy? jury selection began today in the case of a woman who was charged in a deadly hit and run in dupont circle that happened last october. police say keela ryan was out celebrating her birthday and she stepped out of her car and was hit by jorita davidson.

court papers say davidson never stopped and was followed by a bicyclist who got her license plate. police say they found davidson sitting had her car in chevy chase apparently under the influence of alcohol. she's charged with vehicular manslaughter. more forensics experts are testifying at the casey anthony murder trial in orlando. today one expert said there was a strong odor of human decomposition in an air sample taken from anthony's car. last saturday another expert testified that a strand of hair from the trunk fell from the scalp of a corpse. the defense argues that the tests are inconclusive. prosecutors are trying to prove that anthony stowed her young daughter caylee's body in the trunk of her car before dumping the body near her home. nearly two years ago a u.s. airways plane made an emergency landing on the hudson river. everyone remembers that. everyone onboard survived. today that plane is on the move again traveling from new jersey down to north carolina, on the

road this time. the famous miracle on the hudson plane is on the way to the carolinas' aviation museum in charlotte. it's traveling on a massive flatbed truck and is ending up on a lot of back roads to avoid overpasses. a little high. about an hour ago the plane made a stop in perriville, maryland. it will spend the night there and continue on the journey tomorrow morning around 9:00. boy, not a non-stop. some maryland high school students are flying high after their science experiment was chosen for an out of this world experience. >> the project from lackey high in charles county will join others from schools across the country aboard the shuttle atlantis. news 4's elaine reyes joins us now with more. elaine? >> they are beyond excited. >> i'll bet. >> they understand how big of a deal this is. charles county is one of several school systems taking part in the national student flais spsp

flight program. they're traveling to florida to watch their experiment take off. >> reporter: you're look at some of the smartest kids at lackey high school. >> according to the schedule we're supposed to have everything in to nasa by seven days. >> reporter: hand picked to come up with a very specific science experiment. >> we brainstormed a lot of ideas. >> we came up with this one. >> so we're going to start with five seeds and we're going to put them in the oasis material because it helps it germinate faster. we are going to set up two identical experiments and one will stay here at school in the dark and it will germinate with a gravity environment and the other set will go up into space on the space shuttle. >> reporter: that's right. lackey high's vials will go aboard the space shuttle atlantis scheduled for liftoff next month. on the very next flight of nasa's shuttle program. >> it's for future possible space colonization and what will be the best to use to have it be a good crop in a microgravity

environment. >> the ten-person team worked on their experiment during lunches and after school. after atlantis returns, the experiment will come back for analysis and their final report and they a good chance their paper will get published. >> the kids, to for them to see this very, very last is one a chance of a lifetime and i am so excited that they'll be able to see that and be able to tell their children and grandchildren, i was there. part of plme was in that shuttl. >> junior samuel per sis thrilled, but focused on the assignment. >> i'm hoping the experiment will work. if it actually works is big thing. we don't -- we hope it does, but there's no guarantee that it will. >> all right. now the students are trying to raise money to pay for their trip. they're planning to take a bus down to florida and they just hope that the launch doesn't get postponed. jim, back to you. >> elaine, thanks. coming up on news 4 at 5:00, a new direction for a local church. coming up, yet whole

congregation decided to convert to catholicism. >> apple is unveiling its newest must h

well, take a look at this. that is a -- one of those moon bounces. three of them moon bounces, moon walks, whatever they're called, with kids inside of them cut

loose this weekend and they were picked up by the wind and tossed about. look at this one. children were jumping in the houses on a long island soccer tournament at this one and look at it being spined around and taken off in flight. police say 13 people were taken to the hospitals with minor injuries. there have been several similar incidents reported. they believe they're not properly tethered to the ground. one report estimates 6,000 people were sent to emergency rooms from these moon bounce accidents 2002005 and 2007. introducing the icloud today. the latest offering from apple. apple ceo stephen jobs claimed that the icloud is not a device. it's a new way of managing your digital media. the cloud will allow users to store content and the cloud will push that content to any other device with internet access. jobs says the new offering underscores a major shift taking place in the tech world. >> we're going demote the pc and the mac to just be a device.

just like an iphone, an ipad and ipod touch. and we're going to move digital hub, the center of your digital life into the cloud because all of these new devices have communications built into them. they can all talk to the cloud whenever they want. >> the b.a.s.asic icloud servicl be free for now and there will be a $25 fee for year to convert music and itunes library that started out on a cd. something else we've got to get. >> one more thing to confuse me. still to come, it's hooj, t huge, the super duper jumbo jet comes down for a landing. >> i'll show you what it takes to get 516 people off a plane in a live report. and in sports, today's a big day for anybody trying to qualify to play in next week's u.s. open at congressional.

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it is the world's largest commercial aircraft and it has officially landed in our area. >> oh, it's a big one. starting today air france will run a daily service between paris and dulles using an airbus a-380 and news 4's julie carey joins us live from dulles international with the details on this. it's a whopper, julie. >> it was a sight to see today. dulles becomes just the fifth airport in the world where air france is using the a-380 and few of the people knew when they

bought their tickets for that flight today that they were about to become part of dulles history. >> reporter: from a distance in the air the a-380 doesn't look all that different from other approaching aircraft, but once it reaches the ground you instantly see why it's called a super jumbo jet. with its nearly football field size length and arched wings it features three full decks, two passenger and one cargo, but here was the surprise for the travellers on this inaugural flight from charles de gaulle airport to dulles. >> it was very comfortable. the best one is no noise at all. it is very silent. it is a quiet trip from paris here to washington. it was perfect. >> inside the a-380 flight to and from dulles has four cabin class wes a luxury first class that offers full beds and even changing rooms. all of the fanfare for this maiden flight wowed passengers on both ends of the trip. had hungarian woman boarded in

paris. >> i was very excited to be among the first passengers and it was an adventure, and i really enjoyed it. >> reporter: in the dulles terminal balloons marked the special occasion for the return flight at 4:40 p.m., the crew of two pilots and 22 flight attendants posed for a photo. this arlington newlywed was boarding the a-380 for her honeymoon. >> i do remember seeing something that today was the first day and today i'm hoping for an upgrade. i've never been to paris and i'm excited to fly on a new, big, fancy plane. >> it drew crowd of employees? spectators. it requires two bridges one for each deck, but there was one snafu. the upper jet bridge didn't work properly, so the top deck passenger his to walk down a flight of stairs to unload. >> that all changed by the time the plane boarded for the 4:40

departur and they got the jet bridge situation resolved and they boarded. we'll show you a few more special features onboard. >> i wouldn't want to come in behind them at immigration, though. you have 1600 people? they need their own wing to get through customs. >> they sure do. >> that's for sure. >> we'll see you at 6:00. now let's get the latest on the weather. doug? >> i think i heard they have a casino right in the middle. is that not right? >> a fountain. >> 90 degrees, the current temperature. 85 is the current temperature. 90 is what we're going for tomorrow. 96 on wednesday and this is when it really gets hot. not just hot, but humid, a high of 98 degrees and the heat index will be over 90 both days and we do cool off during the day friday with showers and thunderstorms. >> thank you, doug. lindsay's here talking about the u.s. open. get ready it's going to be so

much found out there and from day to night, 112 players are competing for just ten spots in neks next week's u.s. open at congressional, tough to find a player more pate rockec. >> billy hurley from annapolis graduated from the naval academy in 200 4shgs he served for yief ears -- last year he advanced to the finaling stages, today with a shot of entering the u.s. open on the line, billy did just fine. he started the day on the north course where he shot a 2 under par 70 thanks to the pro shot on 9 and that set him up for a nice birdie putt that hirl found a way to drain. he was at 7:00 and worth it to ply one of golf's biggest stages. >> you know, it's a long day. it was an early morning getting up at 4:00 is not fun. i wasn't even going to the ship.

so it was an early morning and a long day, but you know, the weather's nice. a couple of years ago it was really hot which made it harder. and having a good weather day makes it easier. >> it's a lot of fun to be able to play in the greater d.c. area, growing up in virginia noi. it was a huge thrill to play the professional. >> billy hirl shot a 138. still half the field, is in the hunt, even the most well inform head difficulty. gym he knows everything he needs to know, but woodmontt is a challenge for the congressional pro who doesn't get to play all that often. as a director of golf it would be a treat for him to play the u.s. open on his own course. who knows the lay of the land better? but if you can read the body language here you can tell john had a bad day.

his putter seemed to escape him. check out his putt here on 12 from a good distance away right to the cup, it's going, it's going and it lips out, john's rebakz and john was 10 over for an 82 and stuff to stomach for one of the guys who has one of the world's best golf courses outside his window. he's busy taking care of it and not playing for it, the opportunity was one that he just had to try for. >> i would be jumping out of my -- i don't have much of a chance unless i do a sheingeccy and shoot 58 or something like that, but who knows? it would have been a great opportunity to -- i'm just delighted to be here and to give it a try and, you know, quite frankly, who wouldn't? you know? it's a good opportunity. >> i hit it okay, it's just that

i don't play enough and missed the green, i didn't get it up and down. you have to get it up and down and that's yet guys week in and week ut are under par. >> that would have been a great story. john lieberger will have it. yes, we'll have more congress -- also at 6:00 how fred funk is faring. we'll we if he'll be teeing it up at congressional. >> big weekend. >> thank you, lindsay. >> jim is here with what's coming up on news 4 at 6:00. >> wendy, we now know what sparked that massive wildfire that is still burning hundred of thousands of acres down in arizona. there are two new cancer drugs that could help patients live longer and we'll tell you about that and more traffic changes in store for the 14th street bridge. we'll tell you about that and

more coming up at 6:00. >> oh boy! i know people can't wait for that. >>ee you in a few. thank you, jim. up next, changing

national fishing and boating week on the national mall this morning as part of great outdoors month from the u.s. fish and wild life service. kids fished for large mouth bass, blue gill and crappy. they also learned fishing -- that's apparently right. >> that's the name of a fish, it's called crap pep. >> as in go get me some crappy fish. >> okay, crappy. >> and the continent it's crappy. >> in southern maryland it's crappy. >> in maryland it's crappy. they also learned fishing technology neeks, angler ethics and safety and aquatic conservation. st. luke is undergoing major

changes. the entire congregation has converted to catholicism. this is the first church in the nation to undergo the streamlined conversion plan. >> st. luke's has stood at 53rd street in bladensburg since it was built in 1956. currently it has a diverse membership of about 100. for a year and a half they have carefully considered their decision to seek entry into the roman catholic church. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: this was made possible by the 2009 invitation issued by pope benedict. for anglican parishes to come into the church as a community while maintaining some of their anglican identity. [ inaudible ] >> we apologize. yeah. >> we had audio trouble there. >> they're going to fix that for

you and get it for you tomorrow because it is a fascinating story and it is an important story in our community. so we will have that for you at 6:00. >> great. everyone will be able to speak at that point. but that is it for news 4 at 5:00. thank you for joining us. >> it all begins now on news 4 at 6:00. stay with us. on behalf of those i served. >> d.c. council member harry thomas is fighting a civil lawsuit and possible criminal charges for allegedly funneling money from a charity for kids. two new drugs are being described as the biggest breakthrough in skin cancer treatment in 30 years. the family of a murdered mother faced off in court with the d.c. police officer accused of a horrible crime. we begin tonight with an admission from a congressman. new york democrat anthony wiener came clean today about taking

lewd pictures of himself and sending them to women on the internet. good evening. i'm jim vance. >> i'm doreen gentzler. congressman wiener apologized today and refused to resign. it all began with false claims that someone had hacked into his twieter account more than a week ago. elaine reyes joins us in the newsroom with more on this developing story. >> the hastily-called news conference follows nowly released photos published by biggovernment.com. we have not independently verified the picture, but one shows the congressman with a cat along with a racy headline. anthony wiener called the actions a regrettable mistake. >> at the outset i would like to make it clear that i've made terrible mistake that have hurt the people i care about the most and i am deeply sorry. i have not been honest with myself, my family, my constituent, my friends and supporters and the media. last friday night i tweeted a photograph of mf