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the authority of the government to acquire a federal firearms license, so that people will be able to exercise their constitutional right to purchase a handgun, which they can only do outside the district, and bring it into the district. >> reporter: mendelson acknowledges the city is going from the tough handgun control of the 1970s to facilitating gun sales now. >> we are not today where we intended to be as a government back in the 1970s when we said nobody could own a handgun in the district. but the supreme court changed the law with regard to that, and we have to comply with the supreme court. >> reporter: so what types of stores will eventually end up selling guns in the district? we'll have more on that coming up on news4 at 6:00.

wendy and pat, back to you. >> tom sherwood. thanks, tom. still ahead on news4 at 5:00, making the grade. the d.c. school system gets its report card with mixed results. plus, continuing coverage of the final shuttle mission. we're going to show you how folks in our area marked today's liftoff. >> botox can give you bad cosmetic affect, all the way up to paralysis and inability to breathe and death. >> the botox black market. you're told it's the same thing you get in the doctors office, but bad botox can pose serious health risks. >> and doug, what's coming through now? >> now another flash flood warning, this time for the district as well as prince george's county and anne arundel county. very heavy rain right now into portions of southeast d.c. around the suitland area, into maryland, towards mitchellville and right into anne arundel county into 50. we're going to be with this heavy rain situation over the next couple hours.

you're watching news4 at 5:00. get out your boots. we have a down pore upon us, doug. >> torrential rain. some areas have already seen, others are about to see it. take a look at the rain we have seen over the past couple hours.

this was the potomac, very heavy rain, this area as well as many counties around the maryland region you said a flash flood warning right now. we have a brand new warning that includes southeast portions of d.c. in the district, portions of prince george's county and anne arundel county and now a severe thunderstorm warning, a brand-new severe thunderstorm warning for anne arundel county, southwestern anne arundel, northwestern calvert county, eastern prince william county into virginia, southeastern fairfax county, including the mt. vernon area, which is seeing very heavy rain and northern charles county. that severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 6:00. further south, and you can see that line, extends down i-95 further south. we have another severe thunderstorm warning for northern spotsylvania, northeastern orange, stafford county, culpeper, southeastern fauquier and southern prince william until 5:45 so that makes its way from annapolis and the bay bridge right on down toward the south. you can see that down toward fredericksburg. we'll do a couple zooms here.

the heaviest area now seems to be in towards the mt. vernon region and also over towards clinton maryland, right around andrews air force base around friendly and camp springs. some lightning strikes out of these storms, as well. as we move toward the south, we're looking at dale city, around triangle, midway island, and then even further down to the south, just to the north of the fredericksburg area, seeing some of that heavier rain. the heaviest rain in the area that's going to be affected next, we're talking about charles county, right around grateton, cedar grove, la plata, waldorf, you're going to see rain in the next half hour to hour. it is going to be very heavy rain. i would not be surprised to see flash flooding into this area. and then further off to the north and east, we're talking about dunn kirk, huntingtown. huntingtown, i expect that rain to come into your area probably around 6:00. so if you live in northern portions of calvert county, you haven't seen the rain yet, but you're going to see it in the next half hour or so. one more time as we zoom out here, you can see much of the area to the east still under the

severe thunderstorm watch. some areas behind this line have already been dropped from that severe thunderstorm watch, but that's not the biggest concern. i'm not worried about the severe weather as far as wind damage. i'm more worried about the flash flooding. you can see the flash flood warning counties right there, including prince gorges and anne arundel county until 8:00 tonight. the entire area under a flash flood watch. and is once again, we're not out of the woods yet. you can see one area of rain making its way through now. the next area of rain into west virginia. i don't think that one will have as much rain associated with it. but we will get some rain associated with that later tonight. now, next couple days, 89 degrees for tomorrow. we will be clearing out nicely. this will be all a memory for us. 92 on sunday right now i'm expecting a very nice weekend. but we have to get through the next couple hours. once again, if you don't have to go out, might as well stay home for at least the next couple hours until this line passes us by. >> thanks, doug. millions in cape canaveral watched the space shuttle "lan

tus" lived off this morning. >> but there were also large numbers of people right here in the washington area who had their eyes glued to the historic event. >> they gathered at two places that have large ties to space flight. derrick ward is here to tell us where they are. hey, derrick. >> reporter: you know, some of the people we spoke to gathered at the air and space museum to watch the shuttle make its last liftoff and for some it was a sentimental journey, even for those who must stay earthbound. >> 3, 2, 1! liftoff! >> reporter: on a giant screen at the air and space museum, history unfolded for those who couldn't be at the last launch, and at goddard in green belt, they gathered to watch this sentimental journey, as well. >> it's sad to see, but at the same time exciting we have been so successful. >> reporter: for some, it may look like a field trip, but there are learns to be learned. >> this is when an astronaut goes into the space. >> i really want to emphasize

science and mathematics. >> reporter: mercury and gemini and apollo introduced us to space, but the shuttle program got us more comfortable with it. the nation mourned the losses of two crews and heralded triumphs. and young minds began to aspire to space. >> because more people who looked like more of us and who might be like more of us, who are medical doctors or researchers and not just necessarily jet test pilots were able to fly on this vehicle. >> it seems like space is very interesting, and that could be fun. >> reporter: indeed, processes vetted by the highest minds in engineering, now familiar to those who may some day work in the program. >> we learned about all of the separations of the external tank and the solid rocket boosters and the engine cutoff and everything. >> reporter: so for some, it's as much the passing on of a favorite teacher or even a helpful friend. someone whom you're nonetheless better off for having known in the first place. >> i followed the space shuttle program from day one. and, you know, to me, it's kind of sad that, you know, we're

ending it now. i mean, i think that, you know, it's become an international industry. you know, and i'm very concerned about what's going to happen in florida with, you know, the job loss and that brain power that we have developed. >> reporter: so the question becomes, what's next? el with, coming up in the 6:00 hour, the future of space travel could become a public/private partnership, one you could go along on if you've got enough money. that's coming up on news4 at 6:00. back to you. >> sounds like they had fun this morning. thanks, derrick of. and coming up on news4 at 5:00, an early-morning fire rips through some d.c. row houses. >> coming up, the investigation mayo how it started. a warning to drivers in prince gorges county. slow down or pay up. and an unusual theft thwarted. a woman caught red-handed, a woman ca[ man ] i goted, this new citi thankyou card

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investigators are trying to figure out what started a fire that did extensive damage to a liquor score along u street today. the store was closed early this morning when the fire started. fortunately, the closest fire station is just a block away so firefighters were able to get there quickly and put the fire out. no one was injured. nine people are out of their homes tonight after an early-morning fire in a stretch of row homes in northeast d.c. the blaze torched two units in

the 100 block of 16th street northeast. news4's melissa melai talked to the residents. >> i never went to sleep the night before, because something was just telling me, don't go to sleep. >> reporter: instead, tiffany went downstairs to make breakfast for her sister, nephew, and 2-year-old son. >> i was on the back porch, cleaning everything up because i heard this rumbling sound upstairs in my back room. i saw glass flying out the window and yelled to my sister, don't go back upstairs, there's a fire upstairs. >> reporter: the fire was blazing in the room above the kitchen. frantic, tiffany got everyone out, including an elderly aunt staying in the basement. she then ran to tell her fiance working just down the street what happened. >> i ran back over here, and i ran up in the house, seen the stuff on the walls. and that's when i opened up the doors and ran back out. at that time the fire broke out. >> reporter: the family has lived here for 30 years. within minutes, the fire had spread up into their roof, damaging part of neighbor, chris brewer's, second floor. >> you could hear the glass next

door breaking out. >> reporter: it took firefighters about ten minutes to knock the blaze down. windows now smashed out. the roof cut open for ventilation. furniture charred. >> always knew about the danger, because things were so close together, the fire going from one place to another. >> reporter: they say this was their lucky day. >> everybody is lucky. that's luck. >> i was lucky. i was real lucky today. because i could have been in there asleep. i normally don't get up until 12:00. >> reporter: at this point, fire investigators are trying to determine exactly what sparked this blaze. in northeast washington, melissa melai, news4. prince george's county plans to place mobile speed cameras at more than 100 sites near the county's schools. according to the "washington examiner," the county can fine drivers 40 bucks when they're caught speeding 12 miles per hour or more above the limit in school zones. officials say the program will generate about $7.5 million. still ahead, the shower

bandit strikes again. he breaks into a house and grabs a shower and a shave before he leaves. but this time, police say he didn't make a clean get-away. well, they are everywhere, and they are annoying. we're going to talk to health officials about mosquitoes, and especially the relentless ones. and do it yourself botox. it's becoming increasingly popular, but it also has some real risks. how doctors say you can determine if it's too good to be playing with your friends?

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welcome back. i'm meteorologist doug kammerer in storm center 4, still watching this strong line of thunderstorms. we have a couple severe thunderstorm warnings out there right now for portions of southern maryland and virginia. right now, the strongest storms and actually a brand-new severe thunderstorm warning has just now been issued by the national weather service. it does now include calvert county and st. mary's county. that line encompassing anne arundel county, prince george's county, charles county, all under severe thunderstorm warnings right now. and now just included, calvert, as well as st. mary's. let's go ahead and zoom in here. you can see what we're talking about. right around andrews air force base toward shady side and annapolis seeing rain, down towards the waldorf area. wa waldorf, you're next and over marlton and clinton, maryland, heaviest rain. as we move to the south, you can see around indianhead and west into virginia right around triangle and la plata and in

towards maryland. so watch out, once again, we're going to continue to watch these storms as they move east. but new severe thunderstorm warnings really encompassing most of southern maryland, right now. you are under the gun for the next hour or. so we will continue to watch it here for you. >> yikes. thanks, doug. the early results are inner for the latest round of citywide tests for d.c. students. >> this morning, the mayor released the d.c. comprehensive assessment system results, and they showed student progress was mostly flat. >> aaron gilchrist is here to explain what these results mean. >> city leaders tried to frame these results as progress, and there was progress relative to 2007 when major school reforms started in the district. but as a cheating investigation continues in the city, school officials admit there is much more work to be done. d.c. mayor vincent gray gathered school leaders from every level to present results from the 2011 round of standardized testing. wild the mayor touted steady gains since 2007 when the mayor's office took responsibility for schools, year

to year progress was mostly unchanged. at the elementary level for d.c. public schools, pass rates for reading were down 1.1%. in math, they were down 8/10th of a percent. >> this is an area where we all agree that more work is needed, and more attention. >> reporter: but school leaders were quick to point out gains in grades 6, 7, 8 and 10 with a 1% increase in reading and a 2.7% increase in math. >> the percentage of 7th and 8th graders scoring below basic in math has been cutn half. and the percentage of secondary students scoring advanced in math has tripled. that's huge. >> reporter: chancellor henderson expected dips because of leadership changes the city and schools have seen. and while she is excited that significant ground wasn't lost, she recognizes a need for aggressive changes. >> we have done a lot of work around teacher quality. we have done a lot of work around ensuring that teachers understood what they were being asked to teach, and what the

test was assessing. >> those things that are not so sexy, like curriculum development, staff development. those are the things that ultimately will result in sip to us rises. >> reporter: at the same time, gray and henderson welcome the u.s. department of education joining the city's inspector general in examining potential cheating. the probe was prompted by a "usa today" story in march that revealed excessive reracers on answer sheets from 2008 to 2010. >> if something is revealed by the inspector general's report that should be addressed, we will forthrightly and aggressively address that. >> to improve test scores, the school district is writing a new curriculum based on a new set of teaching standards and will introduce new professional development tools for teachers starting this coming school year. pat, back to you. >> aaron gilchrist. thanks, aaron. three men are under arrest in connection with a murder in northeast washington last month. the body of 61-year-old glenn scarborough was found on father's day in his basement apartment in trinidad.

he had been stand, strangled, beaten, gagged and bound with duct tape. yesterday, a 21-year-old, theodore spencer, was arrested in orange county, virginia, along with two alleged accomplices. investigators say spencer's mother lived with score borough, but is now hospitalized with terminal cancer. according to court documents, spencer told police that he overheard something at the hospital that led him to believe that scarborough had assaulted his mother. so spencer and two friends killed him. police say the so-called shower bandit has struck again, but this time he got caught. edward maurice jones was arrested yesterday at his home in manassas. police say he is responsible for several early-morning break-ins in manassas, including one where he took a shower and shaved before he left with stolen goods. police say he hit again yesterday and was caught a short time later near one of the break-in locations. he is now facing burglary charges and is being held without bond.

>> if you spend any time outside this summer, you probably noticed it, the mosquitoes are out in full force this year. we're right in the middle of mosquito season, which lasts from may until october. news4's john schriffen reports now from fairfax county on how to fight the pests this summer. z. >> make sure we get them all. oh, yeah, there's a bunch. >> reporter: all summer, technicians at the fairfax county health department trap mosquitoes to track the different species and potential diseases flying through our area. so far this season, no sign of the west nile virus. but they have noticed the asian tiger mosquito is getting comfortable and is on the rise in our area. >> they're pretty aggressive. they'll bite any surface of the skin that's available. that one is feeding on me right now. >> reporter: we've all been told to get rid of standing pools of water around the house, because that's where mosquitoes like to breed. what about water we can't get rid of? >> you can actually buy

environmentally safe bacteria, mosquito dunks, and you put them in that water and there's a bacteria that gets released and the mosquitoes feed on it. the larvae feed on it and can't turn into mosquitoes. >> sarah bennett says the belief about mosquitoes being attracted to some people more than others is actually true. she says mosquitoes are drawn in by co2 and a general skin smell we emit. to protect yourself outdoors from mosquitoes, the health department says remember to wear the three ls. light colored, long, loose clothing. because if it's too tight, mosquitoes can actually bite you through the material. but experts say one of the best repellents is to actually use bug spray. but make sure to spray it all over. >> it actually puts a barrier on your skin and they know you're there but don't want to land on your skin and if you miss a part of your skin, they'll land there and feed. >> reporter: she says the best bug spray is one you'll actually use. fairfax county, john schriffen, news4. for more information about mosquitoes and how to protect

yourself, visit our website, nbcwashington.com and search mosquitoes. the egg industry wants to end the suffering of its chickens. in a historic move, the united egg producers has teamed up with the humane society of the united states to ask the federal government to create the first national law mandating the humane treatment of the nation's 280 million hens who lay our eggs. the most important aspect of this law would make all hens cage-free, doing away with the battery cages chickens are currently crammed into so tightly, they can barely move. it would also require labelling on all egg cartons, so the consumer will know what they are buying. still to come, school just let out for the summer, but guess what? it's already time for back to school shopping. at least that's what the stores want you to believe. we'll tell you where you can get some really good back to school deals, coming up. here's the thing. i don't want any help. i never did want help.

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tavern. a customer reportedly told one of the bouncers what happened. when the bouncer caught up with the woman, he found it inside her purse. annapolis city police have charged her with theft. no word on why she and her friends decided to take it, but i'm guessing maybe they wanted to have dinner. >> or maybe she was trying to free it. maybe it was an animal rights type of thing. who knows? >> perhaps. still to come, a lot of people have come to rely on botox to make them look younger. but how do you know if you're getting the real deal? and in sports tonight, some highlights to start your weekend off with a smile. off with a smile. just in case you missed it. off with a smile. just in case you missed it. the kincaids live here. across the street, the padillas. ben and his family live here, too. ben's a re/max agent, and he's a big part of this community. there are lots of reasons why re/max agents average more sales than other agents. experience, certainly. but maybe it's also because they care about the markets they serve and the neighbors who rely on them.

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mix of technology and beauty. botox and other medical-grade cosmetics have just become a click away, online. but as vicki nguyen reports, this $75 billion industry could be deadly. ♪ ♪ oh make me over >> reporter: do it yourself was never meant for cosmetic procedures, but a growing number of websites are making it easy to point and click your way to fewer where else, tanner skin and poutier lips. botox is one of the most popular drugs on the web, and the rock-bottom pricing is tempting, at half the cost of what you pay a doctors' office. this woman in australia disfigured her face after injecting herself. >> it's very disconcerting when you look at the black market beginning to crack out counterfeit material. >> reporter: this is one of six doctors who pioneered botox for cosmetic use.

he says women are rolling the dice when it comes to self-injection. when he sees most often are bad botox sold online. >> it can give you paralysis, inability to breathe or death. >> reporter: lynn found botox advertised at a bay area spa for half what she normally paid. she says she doesn't know what was injected into her skin. only that it didn't work, even after she paid for two treatments. >> it is really frustrating. and then i actually almost felt embarrassed that i had gone to someplace like that. >> reporter: she says she is lucky nothing worse happened. >> in the end, i saved nothing. and then didn't get results. >> reporter: she now goes to a registered nurse and has the procedure done in a dermatologist's office. >> so lynn today, what's bothering you? >> the number 11 and i'm starting to see some where else right in here. >> reporter: the nurse says any botox or a similar drug sold for

under $9 a unit is usually a red flag. >> you don't know what the product is, if there is any bacteria in it. you don't know the diseases on what can spread just by from infection and things like that. and that's what's really scary. >> reporter: she says there's three easy ways to tell if you're getting the real thing. first, go to the manufacturer's website and make sure you know what the product is supposed to look like. then do your homework on your provider. and finally, always ask to see the drug before it's injected. ♪ make me over >> reporter: as the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. or in this case, a pound of flesh. vicki nguyen, nbc, bay area news. while the fda does try to track down illicit cosmetic drugs, it's nearly impossible to keep up with the online black market. well, the rain is coming down hard. let's get the latest from doug. >> yeah, wendy, you asked me yesterday, is my house going to get a lot of rain today? you are getting dumped on right now. your house is getting dumped on

and so are a lot of the areas around the region right now. and a lot of us have needed the rain. we're about 3 to 4 inches below average for the year. i think today is going to help to make up for a lot of that. take a look at the radar now, and you can see just a tremendous amount of rain falling into portions of southern maryland. southern maryland really getting hit hard. also towards stafford county in virginia and around the fredericksburg region. that area has been hit, especially hard too. of let's go ahead and zoom in here and we'll show you where we're talking about around waldorf now, upper marlboro seeing heavy rain, shady side into calvert county. calvert county not seeing the heaviest rain but moving your way. a further zoom along 50 towards the midton area and crofton, starting to see that area go south. so that's good news for you. but as we go further south, look at marlton, rosariville seeing very heavy rain there along pinefield right through waldorf and saint charles, along 301. and if you follow that line south, you get toward garden states, cedar grove, mt. air

seeing some of that heavy rain into portion the charles county and moving toward the east over towards northern portions of st. mary's county. so we'll continue to watch these storms make their way through the area. now, earlier storms did produce 2 to 3 inches of rain in parts of maryland. that's why we had that flash need warning in effect including montgomery county, howard county, anne arundel county, prince george's county and even toward the southeast portion of the district seeing that flash flood warning until 7:15. the rest of us under a flash flood watch through the night tonight. or at least through the early portions of the night. temperatures have been cooled down by the rain. temperature right now around 75 degrees. with just some light rain falling around the d.c. area. if you're thinking about heading outside toward the ball game tonight, they may be able to get this in. earlier i was thinking it might be rained out, but it looks like the rain is moving out for now. i do expect more rain to move in later on this evening. so take the poncho and the umbrella if you're thinking about going to the nats game. the rest of the weekend looking great. saturday and sunday, dry. temperatures around that 90-degree mark.

>> all right. >> thanks, doug. well, in sports tonight, plays you've just got to see in case you missed it. >> here's hakem. >> yeah, in case you missed it, relief pitcher tyler clifford will represent the nationals this coming tuesday in arizonament and in honor of the midsummer classic, we share with you an edition of "in case you missed it" that's worthy of a gold star. let's go. ♪ >> in case you missed it, the most unusual first pitch was delivered in san diego by a member of the cirque de sole a performance group. he delivers a perfect strike. beautiful. compare that to the braves' tim hudson, who provided some comic relief on the mound against the orioles. winds up to pitch, and, uh, proceeds to fall off the mound, quickly recovers, hoping that no one noticed. but with chipper jones cracking up at third, hudson is forced to admit his goof and tips his cap

to the crowd. tempers were flaring in the heat this week. at the at&t national in newton square, pennsylvania. levine puts in the short bogey putt and calmly walks away, but then realizes the disappointment of the result and dropkicks his hat. and then brian wilson had a chance of a save and gave up the rbi single. wilson gets taken out of the game and when he gets to the dugout, takes out his anger on the gate raid cooler. apparently, wilson prefers h2o. blue jays' john roush also angry. he walks ryan howard on a very close call and then on the very next pitch gives up a base hit to the philly, shane victorino. alfonso more rez calls him safe. that's too much. he goes after him, quickly getting ejikted. while his manager tries to restrain him, he proceeds to rip

his jersey off. and ferrell gets tossed too, for good measure. yes, summertime, and things certainly heat up on the diamond. one fan found a way to cool off in san francisco when the giants' san deville hit a home run. a guy on a kayak decides he would get the ball by swimming to it. ends up in a race with another kayaker. and then he has to swim back to his boat where his son is waiting for him, wondering whether, uh, was that really worth it? the most touching moment of the week came on independence day in boston. before the game, between the blue jays and red sox. the family of u.s. naval officer bridget lydon was on the field, viewing a special message from her taped aboard the "u.s. s. ronald reagan" suddenly she appears on the field. lydon brought the first pitch on a very memorable afternoon in boston.

back to golf. perhaps this kid is the next tiger woods. at the at&t national, this little guy putting on the green and after he taps one in, raises his arms in triumph. yay! in case you missed it, you have now seen it all. my favorite time of the week, in case you missed it. good plays, a lot of fun, great moment in boston, the flipping guy in san dan. >> the cirque du soleil guy. and i love the guy who dove to get the ball. >> and the other guy goes right over him. i didn't know baseballs floated. >> san francisco, lovely out there. thanks, hakem. here's what's coming up at 6:00. jim vance is with us. >> hi, pat, thank you. coming up at 6:00, we'll continue to follow the weather conditions and the flooding all over our area. a very popular hair straightener, some call it the brazilian blow-out now is receiving the attention of some members of congress. and after the final space flight is in the history books, we'll tell you about commercial

space travel picking up right here in our area. those stories and more coming up at 6:00. all right. see you in a few minutes. >> thanks, vance. after the break, at home with 14 kids, the octomom talks about how she is raising her family by herself. and for all of your news, follow news4 online. just search nbc washington on facebook and twitter. we'll be right back. ♪

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and welcome back. yet another severe thunderstorm warning, this in the same area as in the southern maryland. southern maryland getting hit really hard now by some torrential downpours. you can still see that line as it's making its way through the delmarva across the bay and into southern portions of prince george's county. that's the area that has the severe thunderstorm warning. then you can follow it down through charles county and into king george county along the northern neck. that area, too, getting hit very hard. but this is the area that has the severe thunderstorm warning associated with it, southeastern portions of prince george's county, also southern portions of anne arundel, around deal, chesapeake beach and just north of huntingtown, you're going to be seeing that storms move through your area within the next half hour or so. a lot of lightning and very heavy rain. if you don't need to go outside, you might want to stay indoors and let it pass. >> all right. good advice.

>> thanks, doug. nadya suleman grabbed headlines when she gave birth to octuplets. >> scrutiny intensified when it was determined that the mother dubbed the octomom had six other children and no husband. amy robach traveled to l.a. to spend a day with nadya suleman and her 14 children. >>ca lista, josiah, i call him turkey. he's the biggest. >> here's the thing. i don't want any help. i never did want help. i never wanted nannies. i never wanted volunteers. i like at that take care of my kids by myself. >> reporter: but a recent "in touch" magazine article papers a different picture. in an interview, suleman was quoted as saying, "i hate babies. they disgust me. my older kids are animals. i can't discipline them." >> i never said one of those words, not one. and they made up all of these things, and people are saying i'm locking myself in the bathroom. i can't even spend ten seconds in a bathroom. i don't know what they're saying. >> reporter: they also said in

the article that you have considered suicide. >> first and foremost, never, no way. i need to take care of my kids. only rock in their life. >> i've got your apples. >> reporter: a typical day at the sulemans starts at the crack of dawn. >> i get up at 5:30, aiden off to the bus and then i start getting little people -- they're not babies, i call them little people, ready for school. they're in the potty training, process. so i'm trying to potty train the girls. it's hard to imagine that, but when you constantly keep moving and you're going 200, 300 miles per hour, it's another thing you have to tackle. >> reporter: with 14 kids all living under one roof, there are definite signs of heavy wear and tear. >> there's some holes here, there's some holes there. and it's been from the scooters or bikes or whatever. one of our main goals, a priority, is to buy a home. and i want to earn it, i want to work for it, and i want to buy it myself. >> reporter: which won't be it easy. it reportedly costs $15 now,000 a month to support her children.

what are your hopes? >> number one, health and well-being. number two is education. so maybe, you know, at least half will go to med school. that's a nice dream. >> reporter: as far personal life, nadia says her kids are it. >> she has avoided relationships for more than a decade, and says she has no plans of dating any time soon. doesn't sound like she has time to do that, anyway. on a more serious note, a new exhibit is set to open next week at the museum. it focuses on the dangers sometimes faced by investigative journalists. this display includes the bombed-out car of don bolles, the reporter killed in '76 for his stories about organized crime. and there is a display about chauncey bailey, an editor at the "oakland post" gunned down near the newspapers building for investigating possible criminal activity at a bakery in oakland. >> that's it for news4 at 5:00.

it's the end of an era, but the last space shuttle launch from kennedy space center almost didn't happen. >> d.c. was once a city with the toughest handgun laws in the country. now there's a proposal to make the city a gun dealer. after an unpleasant jobs report on the unemployment rate up for the third straight month, it appears america still has a long way to go before the economy gets back on track. >> we begin tonight, though, with some bad weather out there. heavy rain and some flooding all over the area tonight. good evening, i'm jim vance. >> i'm dorene gentzler. here is a live look at road conditions at this hour. much of our area is under a thunderstorm warning. we've been on the storm watch, and doug joins us from the weather center with the very latest details. hi, doug. >> hi, dorene and jim. we have seen the rain come throughout the entire area. one portion or another during the afternoon. you've seen heavy rain. portions of frederick, maryland, earl