those jurors. >> it took the jury just ten hours over nearly two days. >> verdict as to count one. we the jury find the defendant not guilty, so say we all. >> the jury also found anthony not guilty on lesser charges of aggravated manslaughter and child abuse. she was found guilty of four counts of lying to investigators. as the verdict was read, anthony held back teas. after the reading, she hugged her chief lawyer, jose baez. later she mouthed the words, thank you. >> casey does not murder caylee. it's that simple. and today our system of justice has not dishonored her memory by a false conviction. >> for 33 days, the casey anthony trial gripped much of this country. prosecutors arguing that anthony killed her 2-year-old daughter in 2008 because she did not want to be a mother any more.

they showed pictures of the 22-year-old out partying while her little girl was reportedly missing. they showed the duct tape that claimed to be used on caylee's skull. >> to say there is no evidence to connect casey anthony to caylee's death ignores all of this evidence. >> reporter: from the beginning, anthony's lawyers insisted caylee accidentally drowned and the family tried to cover it up. they claimed casey's father sexually abused her as a child and the trauma from that experience led her to lie about what happened to her daughter. >> casey will be back before the judge thursday. the charge of lying to investigators carries a sentence of four years. she's already done three. the most she could get is a year. >> to give us more perspective on all of this is former defense

attorney reene sandler. you were not surprised is by all of this at all. is this because of the bar for reasonable doubt, the forensics are just not there? >> in this case, the evidence just was lacking. we are talking about a capital murder case, a child, which all of us feel just at our hearts. we need to search for the truth and justice. and so the state in a case like this is held to the absolute most accountability here, and that is the reasonable doubt standard, that is what was missing here in terms of the evidence in this case. >> this went on for a long time. there was a lot of stuff, a rotting smell, a decomposing smell in her car. the duct tape, the fact that she said her daughter did drawn, what did she do with the body. they couldn't knit any of that together even for manslaughter? >> they couldn't. that's where the core issues in

this case were missing. to point to casey's conduct after the child was missing and try to use that to prove something before, and the murder itself just didn't happen here. >> do you think the prosecution overreached? should they have gone for less er charges here? >> where you have a capital murder and the answers to these critical questions are left unanswered, the overcharging certainly comes into question here, as to whether or not it was an overreach by the prosecution. really, you come away from this, at least i do, believing that the process worked. you had 12 people who by all accounts, they dress nice, they were educated, they took it seriously, and they chose not to talk and reveal anything about their deliberations, having respect for the process. >> you think two days was plenty of time to digest the six weeks of fairly scattered testimony? >> yes, i do.

and when it really comes together is for these core questions, how and when and who, and it just wasn't here. >> i have to ask you one more question, and everybody's wondering, will justice ever be served in this case. how aggressively might the state pursue someone else? >> i think at this point as we see in other cases, that end like this, where both sides are disappointed in some regard with the outcome. and certainly there's questions with the public, i think everyone moves on from this, and it's a tragedy across the board. >> we're hearing shades of o.j. simpson on this one from people on the blogs and stuff. >> yes. >> thanks for coming in. good to see you. we have breaking news out of prince williams county, a mother is facing felony charges in the death of her 2-year-old son. karen murphy left her son in the family's minivan for over 7 hours last month causing his death. that wasn't the first time she had forgotten her son in a

vehicle. she left her son unattended in the minivan outside her work at another time for about 20 minutes before someone spotted the child. murphy is expected to turn herself in tomorrow and appear in court. she's charged with felony murder and felony child neglect. big shake-up tonight in prince georges county politics. leslie johns season stepping down from her county council seat. she handed in her resignation letter today. it comes just five days after she pleaded guilty of destroying evidence in a federal corruption probe. chris gord season live in upper marlboro with more on the fallout today. chris? >> the prince georges county council unanimously is calling on leslie to resign effectively, not as of the end of the month.

as the council session began, leslie johnson said just three words, good morning, present. then mrs. johnson left, issuing a statement through her lawyer, saying after careful thought and consideration, i tendered my resignation this morning as a member of the prince georges county council for district six, effective july 31st, 2011, the last day before august recess. i apologize for my mistake. last thursday, leslie johnson pleaded guilty to charges of witness and evidence tampering. she admitted to conspireing with her husband, former prince gornls county executive jack johnson, to flush a $100,000 check down the toilet and hiding almost $80,000 in her bra. we spoke to county executive baker on a way to meet with the council behind closed doors. >> they should give us a chance to put the special election together. >> reporter: a standing room

crowd heard this announcement. >> by the statement of the county council calls for the immediate resignation of leslie johnsen. >> they can't force her immediate resignation. but council took away her staff, county car, county parking, cell phone and grant money. county executive baker then spoke. >> i think the decision the council has made as it relates to councilmember johnson was a correct one. >> reporter: voters in district six responded to the announcement. >> it doesn't surprise you she resigned today? >> i'm not surprised given the gravity of what's going on. >> i agree, she should resign immediately. >> she says she's resigning effective july 31st. >> i don't agree, but later, whenever, i'm glad it's going to happen. >> reporter: a special election

to replacelessly johnson will be effective 30 days after her resignation date. she's delaying the process to pick her successor. >> chris gordon, thank you. right now, westbound lanes of i-66 are closed because of an accident involving a truck hauling hay. it will be closed for at least another hour, this accident happened just after 1:00, between the accideexits 143. no one was injured. the hay from the truck caught fire. big major delays, traffic is being rerouted. this is not the best way to wake up on a tuesday morning. this was a family in aspen hill. an suv crashed near their dining

room overnight. the ford explorer's driver hit two cars before driving through a chainlink fence and into their home. >> the truck was in front of the doorway, i couldn't get out. i climbed out the side window, went back around and came in to see all the damage to my house. >> avery's wife suffered minor injuries. the 22-year-old driver was in the influence of alcohol, and was taken into custody. the cleanup continues in parts of northern virginia after this weekend's strong storms. in north arlington, some streets are still blocked because of downed trees and wires. dominion power crews are would being around the clock to restore the electricity to about 1,000 customers. a spokesperson in said most customers should have their power restored by 10:00 tonight. no storms right now, but the heat and humidity are not letting up. >> let's get the latest from dourks what's happening out there?

>> i think you can take today and carbon copy this for the next couple days. you can add in the thunderstorms starting tomorrow. out there right now, no storms to talk about. temperatures on the warm side. that's where we expect them during the month of july. right now 89 degrees, the heat index coming in at 93 degrees, the dewpoint has come up a little bit to 67 degrees. 93 in frederick, 91 in baltimore. sterling and herndon coming in at 91 degrees. down toward leonardtown, you're looking at a temperature of 85 degrees. live digital doppler radar not showing any storms, i don't expect to see any throughout the evening tonight. we have a few throughout delaware and maybe the delaware beaches, that is it. overnight tonight, we're talking about 81 degrees at 11:00. 74 when you wake up tomorrow morning and step out that door. >> doug, thank you. it's called the civil rights summer. casa de maryland, one of the

largest latino organizations in our region is training human rights monitors. the legal team will decide if the complaints merit a case. >> when the police increase their enforcement that means that a lot of people who are innocent are suffering. police abuses. >> many also fear deportation over minor offenses. the aclu of maryland is also helping with the civil rights program. still ahead at 5:00, coming up next, feeling the heat, loyal customers are now helping workers who are struggling to make ends meet after flames gutted a popular capital hill hangout. a 62-year-old stabbed to dpej in his home. tonight his son is facing charges. what neighbors in this local community are saying about the murder frms it's not just genetics, there's new research that's uncovered another

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are coming to the aide of hourly workers who saw their paychecks go up in flames too. tom sherwood joins us with the story. >> reporter: it's okay to call it a dive, because that's what the workers call it. now many are trying to help out the staff. >> reporter: the june 22nd fire in the kitchen, knocked out the dark but warmly welcome iing tune-in. everyone proudly calls it a dive. even chief chef michael tate. >> we're more like a dive. we're a dive. we're a laid back down home bar. you can come here and relax and enjoy yourself. >> did you say diner or dive. >> dive. and very proud of it. >> james forward has been a regular 40 years. >> i live a block and a half from here. i can crawl home from the tune inn. >> i bet you have, once or twice. >> yes, i have.

it's a family. everybody -- we've been around a long time, we know when their kids go to school, get married. >> the tune inn is down but not out. the fire mines roughly ten hourly workers are without a paycheck, until it opens sometime in the early fall. dina iverson is helping organize the fund-raiser at the nearby american legion post just a few blocks away. >> they came together, we're all upset by it. the staff wouldn't be working for approximately three months. >> 15-year bartender matthew manly appreciates the fund-raising to help him and other staff members. >> with the bar burning, that's money out of your pocket, how do you stay? >> that's tough. i'm getting by. >> the fund-raiser is july 15th at the american legion hall post

number 8 on capitol hill. and you guys, i've taken sources there because it's so dark, you can't see who you're meeting with. >> that always helps. >> it's good for the sources, they do not want to be seen. it's cleanup day on the national mall after last night's big celebration. the fireworks lit up the sky above the monument making for a spectacular show. but it was fun, but it was messy. a lot of cardboard shells and debris on the ground. volunteers are busy cleaning up today, crews broke down those barriers. everything gets back to normal. >> they had pretty normal skies last night as promised by doug. >> they got off without a hitch as far as the weather was concerned. thank goodness. >> pressure is off, now it can rain all day long. >> we still need to see some rain. it does look like over the next

couple days our rain chances are going to be on the increase. as temperatures will be at least near 90 degrees over the next couple days, upper 80s to around the 90 degree mark. that is exactly where we are right now. currently sitting at 89 degrees with a dewpoint of 67. it's very warm and a little bit on the humid side, plenty of sunshine with a few passing clouds. 88 back toward martinsburg. culpepper coming in around 90 degrees. manassas around 81. la platt ta coming in around the mid to upper 80s. this is going to change right now nothing going on on live digital doppler radar. over the next couple days, i think we're going to see scattered storms, it's all because of a frontal boundary. this front has been draped down to our south over the last 24 hours. light showers yesterday, most of the storminess is well down

toward the south in the carolinas, that front will move back to the north tomorrow, we'll see a little disturbance move along it. with that, we'll see a chance for showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. we're not going to see anything severe. kind of what we expect during the month of july in the middle of the summer. partly sunny this evening, warm and humid. 83 to 88 degrees, winds on the light side this evening. warm and humid once again. 66 to 74. 74 degrees in the city, you're going to start off on a very warm note. tomorrow afternoon, partly sunny, hot and humid once again, scattered afternoon thunderstorms, temperatures 88 to 92 degrees. if we see a little cloud cover, we're down to the 88 degree mark, we're around the 92 degree mark. 91 on your thursday as well. as we move toward friday, temperature around 90 degrees, about a 40% chance of showers each day, that will include some thunderstorms, some of those storms could produce some heavy

downpours, saturday, temperatures around 87 degrees, it does look like this weekend things are going to dry out very nicely. coming up on friday, we have a 40% chance of showers, hopefully they won't be over our backyard. we're going to be live in somebody's backyard for our backyard weather. if you'd like me to come out to your backyard, e-mail us at weather@nbcwashington.com. i believe this week we are in prince georges county? >> do you think by food they're serving? >> backyards, i'm not worried about those, if you have a good recipe, that always works, if you say you're going to bring plenty of food, that's there too. you look at the backyard, side yard, front yard or front stoop. >> a stoop would be fun. >> wouldn't that be great? >> yeah, some place down in the city. >> i'm in. in news for your health tonight. prenatal exposure to cernanty depressants in the womb is being

hitchinged to a risk of autism. kaiser permanente say women who took anti-depressants were more likely to have a child with the disorder compared to those who didn't take them. the link was strongest in women taking the medication during their first trimester. no need to worry if your toddler isn't talking a lot. researchers followed toddlers into their teens and found there were no lingering effects from delayed language. women who didn't talk much by the age of 2 caught up by the time they reached school. the kids were probably just frustrated because they couldn't express themselves. when we come back at 5:00, a string of crimes and unexpected places. what's been stolen from area churches. and how it could have been prevented. a vacation nightmare, we're going to hear from one man. he has a story of survival as crews continue to search for

seven missing american tourists off a fishing boat in mexico. big summer travel deals, from luxury resorts to cruises. we have

mexican authorities are searching the ocean for two tourists still missing after a fishing boat capsized. survivors tell a harrowing story. >> it was like a dream, it was like a movie. we survived it. the realization came when the ship actually lowered itself into the water, kind of like the titanic movie. i remember the smell of diesel fuel burning my skin. we decided to skin for land it seems to look closer than it was. >> this took place off the baja peninsula. the shore was two miles away. it was a 16 hour swim for those survivors. no more free ambulance rides in prince william county. a new fee took effect at the beginning of the month. the county is billing insurance companies for emergency services but promises residents will not

be charged. anyone without insurance won't be billed and co payments or deductibles won't be charged to patient's insurance companies. they will be billed between 500 and $700 for advanced life support emergencies. watch your speed limit if you're traveling through frederick. no more warnings for people caught going 37 miles per hour or faster. now they get a $40 ticket. two other cameras are being set up for warning tickets one at fairfield drive. the other on westbound heyward road at monocacy elementary school. neighbors are talking about the man accused of murdering his father.

>> also ahead, craigslist revenge. how a woman's online prank to get even with her ex-husband's new wife has backfired. one of the best kept secrets in washington, good luck getting served. you need to pack hea

a fast forward through the headlines, a quick verdict in the casey anthony murder trial. the florida mother charged with

killing her 2-year-old daughter caylee found not guilty of first degree murder. jurors found anthony guilty on several counts of giving information to police officers. she'll be sentenced thursday and could get up to four years in jail. lesley johnson has resigned her seat on the prince georges county council after she along with her husband pleaded guilty in a federal bribery and extortion case. her resignation will not be effective until the 31st of july. major construction is underway on an aspen hill home after an suv crashed into it overnight. a 22 woman is to blame. she was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. the weather typical of what we expect to find in the month of july. outside right now, it's hot and a little humid. 89 degrees currently under plenty of sunshine.

67 degrees, the heat index coming in at 93 degrees. one thing we do not have that we typically expect during the summer is those afternoon thunderstorms. i do expect to see a better chance of those storms during the day tomorrow. i'll break it down for you one more time and show you not what to expect for the rest of the week, but the weekend too. it is a murder in an upscale virginia neighborhood. police found a 62-year-old man stabbed to death inside his great falls home last night. now, his son is facing charges in connection with his death. >> jane watrell joins us at the skreechb with the latest on what's happening in this investigation. >> wendy and jim, the father and son were home alone when the homicide occurred. two other members of the household were ay watching fireworks. casey emer was home alone with his wheelchair bound father on the 4th of july. when fairfax county police say the 25-year-old called 911 to

report a break-in. >> when officers arrived what they discovered was a dead body inside, and an investigation revealed a homicide had occurred. >> emer, who neighbors say is autistic has been charged with the stabbing death of his father. it happened while the suspect's mother and brother were away from their home monday night watching fireworks. those who live in the upscale great falls development are shocked. >> it's a very quiet neighborhood except on the 4th of july with the fireworks. other than that, no, this morning at 6:00, a helicopter was hovering over our home. >> reporter: a domestic worker who didn't want to be identified said the family kept to themselves, many said they would frequently see one of the sons walking the family dog. but never suspected violence would occur in this house. >> i was really surprised. when he told me this morning, i was scared, because we wouldn't thought something like this would happen in this

neighborhood. >> reporter: casey emmer is being held without bond in the fairfax county jail. he had no prior arrests for violence. reporting live in great falls, i'm jane watrell, back to you. >> thank you, jane. there are lawsuits and counter lawsuits in the sex assault case involving former imf chief involving dominick strauss-kahn. manhattan prosecutors may soon drop the charges. but his legal battles are not over. a lawyer for a french writer says he filed a complaint in paris. strauss-kahn tried to rape his client several years ago. his attorneys say they will sue the writer for slander. meanwhile, the hotel maid at the center of the manhattan case, filed a libel lawsuit of her own against the new york post today for suggesting she is a prostitute. it is an unlikely place to be victimized. but police say that not one but three churches in vienna were

targeted all on the same day. >> i feel very taken advantage of, obviously, it lowers your faith in human beings. >> this woman who does not wish to have her identity revealed says her purse was stolen while attending church. it happened sometime sunday morning here inside the church of the holy comforter in vienna, virginia. she placed her purse inside her office out of plain site and then left without locking the door. >> i was with a bunch of children during the service. apparently my purse was stolen, i didn't notice until several hours later when i came back. >> she's now out credit cards, a blackberry and gift cards american the for the community. >> the church reported another stolen purse, just a few blocks away at the vienna presbyterian church. the person at the united church of christ had their wallet stolen as well.

>> it takes a special person to go into a church and steal from parishioners, so this has some very low aspects to the crime. and for an individual to go into a church and prey upon people in that church is very sad. >> the thefts on sunday all the occurred in a similar manner, while the parishioneners attended service, their valuables left in an unlocked room were taken. this woman has now learned a tough lesson. >> lock your stuff away. we all know this, put it in a locked door, lock your office. >> reporter: police are not sure if the thefts at all three churches are connected. at this point because there is not much information known. police are asking for your help in solving these crimes. if you know any information about any of these thefts, you're asked to call the town of vienna police department.

the number is 703-255-6396. >> as john was just saying, police have no suspects in these thefts. >> the traffic nightmare that's expected when the new mark center opens in alexandria in september, may be avoided. the defense department has told local and state officials they will only move 2200 workers to the new complex in the fall. instead of the 6400. the rest of the workers would be moved in by the end of the year. city officials say that's still not enough time to build roads needed to handle the increase in commuters. they are still working to delay the move up to a year. whole foods is preparing to bring its first store to prince georges county. some residents aren't that excited. it's part of a larger development that would bring 36 acres of shops and residents, along with a five acre park. the gourmet grocer is planning to build the store in river dale park along an already congested route 1. that has some people worried

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today prince william tried his hand at one of canada's national obsessions, street hockey. later today, the couple is expected to witness a demonstration of moose hide tanning. >> i bet he can't wait for the moose hide tanning. you don't want to be in canada and miss that. >> no. summer travel, summer travel deals, maybe even up to canada that won't break the bank. how to score free nights and room upgrades at some of the nicest five star hotels around. lindsay sits down for lunch with the washington castles.

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a usairways passenger is furious after being escorted off a plane for snapping a photo. it happened friday at the philadelphia international airport. the woman claims an employee was rude to passengers in the boarding area so she took a picture of her nametag on her iphone. she was asked to delete the photo. shortly after complying, she was escorted off the plane. not only do travelers want less hassle at the airport, they're willing to pay for it. the u.s. travel association did a survey finding half the people they polled said they'll pay up to $150 a year for a traveler program, including a faster security check at the airport.

i think one company tried this at national. three quarters of business flyers would be willing to fork over the fee and personal information. summer's running full speed ahead. some who haven't planned a vacation yet are wondering if there are discounts to be had. >> linynda baquero has a look a last minute deals. >> last year, we pretty much stayed at home, but we felt it was necessary to do something special this year. >> so you're going to disney? >> definitely. >> i have a boys weekend in paris for three days, which will be fantastic. >> international travel is up from last summer, which tells me that the staycation is probably finally dead. >> reporter: genevieve brown says airfares are higher, so hotels are trying to lure customers with incentives. >> hotels this summer more than any other are offering what the industry calls added value

offers. things like free nights, free room upgrades. and a four seasons hotel. a five-star super luxurious property is doing a great deal. free ferry transfers from saint kitts for kids under 18. >> reporter: the vail mountain marriott resort and spa is offering rates under $200 a night. you get a $50 resort credit, 20% off golf and 20% off spa treatments. >> if you book a three night or longer stay through travelocity you get another nail. norwegian cruise line has sailing from $599 per person, which breaks down to $86 per person per night. they're also offering 15%

offshore excursions. >> on top of those deals, you'll see big discount this is summer. as much as 50% off when groupon partners with expedia. >> i wish i was going on vacation, i'm interning. >> reporter: lynda baquero, news 4 new york. >> travelzoo finds that 65% of americans plan to take a summer vacation this year. >> 20% say they'll book a trip only if they find a good deal. if you're sticking around town for the rest of this weeks let's get a check from doug on your weather. >> staycation over the next couple days, the weather is looking good for this time of year. the month of july, typically our hottest month out there. temperatures at or even a little above average. right now, 89 degrees, the average temperature at this time is 188. 1 degree above average, the high today was officially 91 at the airport. heat index at 93 degrees, a little humid too with plenty of sunshine, not much relief in the way of wind.

winds right now, upwards of five miles an hour. a very warm night tonight under mostly clear skies. tomorrow, temperatures back up to around 91 degrees in washington. i do expect to see a pretty good chance of thunderstorms during the afternoon. keep an eye to the sky, maybe keep an umbrella handy. first lady michelle obama will take to the mound tonight and help throw out the first pitch before the nats game. the first lady will be escorted to home plate by children from military families. one of the kids will throw out the pitch. part of her promotion of the joining forces program, tonight's game against the cubs begins at 7:00. also beginning tonight is the castle season opener. >> reporter: it's gorgeous down here. it doesn't get any better than this. the castles have their brand new stadium right down here on the

wharf by the water. they're thankful they do not have a brand new head coach. if you know coach jensen, you know he's one of the moved enthusiastic men on the planet. what you need to know about him, is he grew up in michigan on a christmas tree farm. he won the french open with his brother in 2003. he wants to do whatever he can to lead the castles to their second championship in three years. he talked about his tennis past as well as the future of this team over lunch here at castle stadium. >> are you kidding me? this is for one person? >> yes. this is tuna, raspberryies. >> scallops wrapped in bacon. >> it's perfect.

>> when you and your brother wouldn't french open in '93 what was the emotion like behind that? do you think back to that moment? >> i'm not saying this just because we're at castle stadium at the wharf. but that french open title represented a family dream and a family sacrifice and a family everything. >> i didn't enjoy the ride as much as i could have or should have. it really kind of friked me out, the attention we got. i just wanted to play, and the reason for me playing the game was to be with my brother. my brother made me feel safe and protected. my brother made me feel better than maybe i thought i was. winning as a coach of the castles is as important as winning the french, 100%, because it was my choice to be here and my choice to -- i live in california, he lives in new york.

we needed that separation. i think the two of us -- it was too much pressure to have a family depending on the kids for the success. >> you obviously took the castles to a championship, a few years back? >> yes. >> you're going to try to do it again. how difficult is it for you to begin to coach these players who are pros and superstars, sometimes you don't sigh them until they come in. >> >> i have to make decisions that are not always the most popular. i have to make the lineup on home days. who's going to play for us. how do i tell serena that she is going to playing when she doesn't want to play? >> so have you had that conversation? >> i have had those conversations. >> how does it go, seriously. >> let's pretend. you're going serena, and you're going to say coach murphy, i really don't want to play last tonight. >> okay, coach murphy, i was ousted at wimbledon, i really

don't want to play last tonight. >> it's a really big deal. tonight to have you play first or third -- >> why? i don't understand. >> here's the thing, serena. we need you on the end. i need you, if you do one thing for me before you die, you will play last tonight. but you're our anchor. the bottom line is,you're our anchor, we need you to bring home the bacon. you're the only player that has the best chance to rattle off 10, 12 games if we're going into the end with a deficit. >> i don't want to wear the castle's garb, can i wear my seek wins out there? >> if you're wearing sequins, we're all wearing sequins. >> then it's a deal. if only i had the bank account of serena williams, serena will be playing here, but not until

thursday, she comes into town tomorrow. her sister venus is the main attraction tonight. she will take the court behind me in just a little bit. it's going to be a great night down here, new stadium by the wharf, a lot of action. >> there's such an energy. all the rules for tennis go out, and they just have fun out there. >> they have a blast. but it's very serious for them too. it's tough, they come in, and get right to the grind and they go. >> big names this year, lindsay, thanks so much. here's what we're working on for news 4 at 6:00 tonight. >> welcome back. >> coming up tonight at 6:00, we are continuing to follow the casey anthony verdict, the florida mother has been found not guilty of killing her young daughter. we'll go live to orlando with new reaction from the parents of casey anthony. dramatic rescues in china as mudslides create flooding.

♪ have you seen these guys yet? some dancers are showing off their fancy footwork during your commute. those stories and coming up tonight at 6:00. you've heard of "top chef" what about cop chef. just after this break, we'll introduce you to the local man serving up meals to the men and women who protect and serve.

there's a chef in town who makes a cream of crab soup so amazing once you eat a bowl of it, you will dream about it forever. >> there is a catch, to taste it, have you to have a bath and a gun. >> there is that. >> hamburger, hot dog. >> for many officers in the d.c. police department, july 4th is a workday. a long, hot day of standing in one spot. called a fixed post. that's why the smile they get from officer roy thompson is as welcomed as the freshly made food he's dishing up at the fraternal order of police kitchen. chicken, fish, vegetables,

grilled hot dogs, hamburgers and fries. it wasn't always this way. >> what did i eat? nothing like this. it was not this good. ham and cheese sandwiches. >> this is our buffet line for the officers. >> his chef's jacket bearing the pd insignia. >> i was a cook at the convention center in my early years and then i went to the ritz-carlton hotel. >> his cream soups are legendary. >> i played with this particular soup for about a month before i perfected it. once i perfected it, it's been a hit ever since. >> what am i tasting in there that's a little hot? >> curry. >> curry. >> chef coal says the team of fraternal order of police volunteers is vital to the success of the mobile kitchen. >> the eye -- i prefer to have a well balanced meal for the

officers, they're out here every day sweating. >> he always has his mind on the future. he keeps a look out for any new police recruits who may have had culinary training. jackie benson, news 4. >> that's it. news 4 for at 6:00 starts right now. as to the charge of first degree murder, verdict as to count one, we, the jury, find the defendant not guilty, so say -- >> a florida jury finds casey anthony not guilty of murdering her daughter. reaction continues to ripple across the country. a truck fire caused a big mess on one of the busiest roads in the area, could turn the evening commute into a nightmare. >> lesley johnson announced plans to resign at the end of the month, county leaders say that's not soon enough. we begin tonight with a case that's captivated the