left in limbo as they awaited treatment. today they're getting welcome news. good afternoon, i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm jim handly. steps taken, important ones to ease the severe shortage of two crucial cancer drugs that have patients worried about missing life threatening treatments. >> the drugs are in short supply. supply of two have faulten to critical levels, in some cases they weren't made available to new patients. today the fada announced new suppliers for the medication. they will have a replacement drug for doxil. and approved a generic form of methotrexate, which is used to treat children who are suffering from a form of leukemia. this is good news for parents.

>> it's hard enough to hear your child has cancer. but to hear that the treatment that is successfully working is suddenly not available is devastating. >> this shortage began back in 2008. it started with quality concerns in the plant where they were manufactured. >> what was behind a high speed deadly car crash that happened at a fast food restaurant? this afternoon, authorities in prince georges county are still trying to figure out what went wrong. >> that crash at the kfc on martin luther king highway killed a 29-year-old woman and injured several other people. news 4's melissa malehy has the latest. >> reporter: a potentially weak wall braced with 2x4s for safety. all of this minimal compared to what happened outside monday night. >> the impact was so hard, that

the glass flew everywhere. >> reporter: the crash scene more than 100 feet long. police say the bmw was speeding eastbound on martin luther king, jr. highway when the driver lost control. the car came careening through this gas station parking lot, flipping, taking out these shrubs, scraping the asphalt, knocking over a clothing donation box, tearing through this fence. smashing to the back of an suv and the restaurant's front windows, coming to rest in the parking lot. >> we got out to see what was going on. and it's just horrible. >> reporter: the 29-year-old female driver of the black bmw was ejected from the car and killed. her passenger a man, as well as the driver of the suv and two others suffered nonlife threatening injuries. rose smith was at the gas station next door when the car came crashing through. >> when it hit the curb it went airborne and just flip, flip, flip, flip, flip. >> reporter: crews were out here much of the night, a collapse team to secure the building. and then a police reconstruction

team came on scene. investigators plan to review the restaurant's surveillance tapes. >> the proximity of how it ended up almost into the kfc, potentially hurting other patrons inside, it could have been much, much worse. >> debris still litters the parking lot, grass, cd and poster. a construction crew showed up early tuesday morning. and next door, the citgo manager will spend her day cleaning up. >> we have glass from here all the way over. >> reporter: news 4 spoke with kfc management, they do not know when the restaurant may reopen. as for police, they are doing tests to see if it was speed or drugs or alcohol that played a part in the crash. >> the woman who died in the crash is identified as helena smith. prince georges county police tell us she has a history of traffic citations.

coming up tonight at 5:00, darcie spencer has exclusive new details about the moments leading up to the crash from eyewitnesss and friends of the victim. >> opening statements began today in the trial of five men accused in one of the deadliest shootings in d.c. history. four people were killed in a drive by shooting in mafr 2010. five others were with wounded in that same shooting. six others were hurt in a series of related attacks. all five of the defendants face a life sentence without parole if they're convicted. news 4's pat collins was at the hearing and will have the latest on this story in a live report coming up at 5:00. same sex marriage is one step closer to being legal in the state of maryland. the senate judicial proceedings committee approved the measure by a vote of 7-4. the bill that would allow same sex couples to marry is on its way to the full senate. the maryland senate is expected to vote by the end of the week. and advocates are confidence they will have enough votes to

pass it. last week the maryland house narrowly passed its version of the bill. the u.s. supreme court is going to take another look at the use of affirmative action in college admissions. the case involves a white student who was denied entry to the university of tem as. back in 2003, the high court ruled it was okay for schools to consider race in the admissions process. this time around a more conservative court will be weighing this hot button issue and could vote to outlaw it. the case will be argued in the fall. turning now to the weather. it's a little windy out there. otherwise it's been a pleasant day. >> it is blowing out there. veronica johnson is in the storm center with an update for us. >> as promised, we had the winds around today. still on the breezy side, i don't expect the winds to diminish until after the sun sets. boy, you're exactly right, it was another great day to us, with a mixture of clouds and sunshine. we're getting more in the way of clearing right now, with our

temperatures close to average. the average now for our high, 49 degrees, we're right at 50 with a southwest wind blowing in at 18 miles per hour. just take a look throughout the area right now, herndon and maclaine and vienna. current temperature at 50 degrees. around waldorf, we're at 50 degrees in prince georges county. you folks to the north can't forget about you in montgomery county, you're now 46 degrees in olney and gaithersburg. we have the clouds and a little bit of clearing taking place throughout the area. can you see where the hole is. we'll drop to 45 by 7:00, 44 by 9:00. not too bad at all. and it's not going to be that cold tomorrow morning, boy oh, boy, you're going to want to see what's blowing in later this week. stick around for that full forecast. dominique strauss-kahn may face new legal troubles today. the former head of the international monetary fund

spent this day being questioned by police. they're looking into a suspected prostitution ring in france and belgium. some of the prostitutes had sex with strauss-kahn during 2010 and 2011 in locations in paris as well as locations here in washington. dominique strauss-kahn was a front-runner for the french presidency until he was arrested in new york and charged with sexually assaulting a hotel housekeeper. one week to go until the michigan primary, it is considered a must-win for mitt romney. and he has closed within three points tonight of current front-runner rick santorum. the latest gallop tracking poll shows santorum has a larger lead nationwide. steve handlesman has our story. >> reporter: it's more than just michigan next week. arizona holds a primary and rick santorum is there today. >> you can speak loudly on tuesday. that you want someone who's

going to stand up and fight the insiders. fight the establishment. >> reporter: santorum is not surging in arizona polls. he trails mitt romney. and up in his home state today, romney claimed his michigan surge is fading as voters learned santorum was a lawmaker then a lobbyist. >> i don't think you can change washington if that's all you've ever known. >> reporter: ron paul joined the attack in a new ad. >> is this dude serious? santorum voted to raise the tax ceiling five times. >> reporter: watching republicans go after one another, president obama told voters he got the payroll tax cut extended. more take home every week. >> that $40 helps to pay the rent, groceries, the rising cost of gas, which is on a lot of people's minds right now. >> yes, it is. record prices. >> national average today, $3.57. really unprecedented for this time year. high prices out there.

>> is the plump price a political issue? republican candidates hope so. >> it was $1.89 when barack obama was sworn in. >> if i'm president, i will get the keystone pipeline and get us energy secure. >> first mitt romney needs to get a win in michigan. >> he's pulling out the stops, romney and his super pac are spending huge dollars, 30 million last month it was revealed today. most on negative ads. i'm steve handlesman, news 4. add to that, today santorum also accused the national media of trying to destroy every republican candidate in his words in every possible way. investors on wall street saw a number they haven't seen in fwour years. the dow crossed the 13,000 level this morning, two hours into the trading day. it's the first time that's happened since may 2008. it dipped a bit from its high point closing the day at 12,965.

analysts say strong corporate earnings and a deal to help greece avoid bankruptcy gave investors the boost. big day on the street. when we come right back on news 4 at 4:00, one of hollywood's most tumultuous couples reunites. a lot of people aren't happy about chris brown and rihanna's new collaboration. a teenager's pregnancy exposed thanks to a computer at target. it's fat tuesday. revellers are are out in full force in new orleans for what many say will be the most successful mardi gras since hurricane katrina.

♪ chris brown and reanna have put the past behind them for the sake of creating new music. rihanna is featured on the remix of "turn up the volume." brown pleaded guilty to felony charge of assaulting then girlfriend rihanna at a pregrammy awards party in 2009. right now he's serving five years of probation for that attack. last year a judge eased a restraining order against him. rihanna said she no longer resents brown and that she enjoys his music. rihanna is setting a bad example for young women by collaborating with chris brown again. aretha franklin's denying rumors today she was banned from the funeral of whitney houston. the new york daily news reports

the queen of soul blamed her absence this past saturday on leg spasms. she said in an interview, that houston left home with all the right things but along the road she lost her way. it should be noted she sang after the funeral that night and the night before the funeral. where scorn women can slander their ex-s. no cheaters in cheaterville. and how one department store dropped some big news to a soon to be grandfather. >> those are some of the stories making hot talk. making for hot talk around town. joining us now is cruz from hot 99.5. >> good to see you guys. >> good to see you again. do 2e8 us about this man who found out that he's a grandfather because of his high school aged daughter getting baby item coupons from target?

>> when we all shop online, all of a sudden, for the next few days you're getting ads for those same shoes. apparently target has a similar policy, where it can keep track of the things you bought at the store, and they're able to send you coupons for things they think you might need. this girl goes in there and was buying certain lotions and vitamins and all this, and it triggered something in the target computer that said, hey, you're pregnant we're going to send you coupons for baby items. the dad was not happy. he brings all these coupons into the store. why are you sending my high school daughter coupons for baby items. the manager apologized, they looked into it and they found out the daughter was preg nantz 37 who could blame him, that's got to be a shock. >> it has to make you think target nose more than dad does. >> yes. >> we got the idea.

>> we hope that's the idea. >> there's a website where people can go to find information and pictures on cheating lovers. now they want to be the namesake for a real city, cheaterville. >> i went on to cheaterville, the way this website works, you type in a name and location and it will tell you if this person is a cheater or they've ever been reported as a cheater. the founder of the website wants to pay a city in ohio $1 million to change the name to cheaterville, ohio. would you want to live in cheaterville, ohio? >> what if it meant you got better schools and roads, and it helped out the community and things like that. would 1 million $be enough for you to live in cheaterville? >> i dwongt know. >> if it helps out the schools, i say, why not. if it's for the kids. >> always for the kids. yeah. >> cheaterville. >> try to live that down. a federal judge in new york is ruling it's okay for scorned

women to slander their ex-s online? >> yes, because it all comes down to what words you use and what words you don't use. the words in question were cheater and liar. >> there's that word again. i guess it was a -- the guy was a lawyer in new york. he had two ex-girlfriends that went online, calling him a cheater and liar. he sued and they said these were not facts, these were merely opinions. nobody would take these words as facts. he claimed it ruined his business and he was losing clients to his legal business. >> oh, no. >> i guess it's legal. say whatever you want online. i'm concerned what people might say about me. no one wants our ex-s speaking out. i'll be fine. i'll sit in the corner. >> tonight on the show, we have -- this is -- if you have young kids or teenaged kids, one direction. a big band out of the u.k., they're going to be in town the next few weeks, we're giving a

bunch of fans the opportunity to come in and meet them and see them perform in our studios. we're going to be giving out passes all night for that. if you like us on facebook, go to hot 99.5.com, like us on facebook, the chance to win madonna tickets. >> two shows. >> i know, two shows. people want these tickets, we have them on facebook right now. like us everywhere. >> cruz of hot 99.5, thank you. >> thank you. it's good to see you. a disturbing link some researchers have found between surgeons and an addiction to alcohol. she thought she had met the man of her dreams until she found out he was living a double life. now she says she was

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you know, the wind was whipping, you were out covering a story for news 4 at 5:00 today at the highest part of the city. >> it was very cold out there this morning. the wind was merciless. >> that was because of the wind. at least it wasn't cold and windy, just breezy and chilly today. i know. >> it doesn't make you feel any

better. >> exactly. but an unsettled week for us, that's what i promise. the clouds coming in and out, as well as the wind blowing through all week long, but you know what, something big is going to be blowing in. that's some higher temperatures this week, where it's going to feel a lot like spring. out there right now, take a look, beautiful shot as we look out over the water. you can see the bolts waiting to go somewhere. look at this image. this was sent in from bill folsom of the bees that are already out. you have bees, flies, pollen too, already getting an early jump on spring. there's another image too. tighter image that bee, doing its thing, pollen ating. well, by the end of the week, a lot of neighborhoods are going to hit the 70s. more clouds to the north, sun to

the south. 52 in culpepper, 53 in fredericksburg, virginia. for your 9:00 hour, 11:00 hour. partly cloudy sky. early tomorrow morning, not too cold, starting out between 30 and 37 degrees. your sunrise for tomorrow, 6:51. here's a look at storm 4 doppler. we have precip, we have more back in the midwest. that will be a system pushing eastward, that will produce more snow by the end of the week. it's this storm we're going to focus on. bringing air lot of rains higher. it will be making its way eastward across the country giving us our better chance of rain at the end of the week on friday. there it is, an area of -- a cold front, an area of low pressure that will be whipping through, tomorrow we might see a few sprinkles, light showers, late tomorrow. then that front makes its way eastward. for thursday, still a southwesterly wind with moisture to the north of us. for the end of the week, a bit

unsettled with higher temperatures, 40 to 47 degrees. chilly, and not too cold again for tomorrow morning. partly sunny skies, 32 to 37 degrees, your wind will be light, but it will be picking up again by the afternoon. the southwest wind will send temperatures into the low 60s for tomorrow. you'll be able to get by with a light jacket for tomorrow, and especially on thursday. right now we have windy to breezy conditions for the reminder of the week. and the weekend too, some wind hanging on. but cooler for the weekend. we just get the spring like warmth just this week. >> that 70 with windchill could feel like 65. >> let's make sure you're out doing a story on thursday. >> i won't need the long johns? >> no. >> thanks, veronica. disturbing research finds that a significant number of surgeons are suffering from alcohol abuse. researchers at the university of washington surveyed more than

7,000 surgeons about their drinking habits. the study found that 15% are suffering from alcohol abuse or dependence. certainens who reported major medical errors around the time of the survey, were also more likely to have problems. emotional exhaustion and burnout were also factors contributing to alcoholism. coming up, life after the white house. she was a close friend of the obamas and served as white house social secretary. now des'ree rogers is talking about moving on after her very public departure. and d.c.'s ticket amnesty program is over. but not as many people decided to wipe the record clean as you might think. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for an incredible price: just $89.99 a month

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welcome back 20 to news 4 at 4:00. >> prince georges county police have identified the woman who crashed her vehicle into the kentucky fried chicken in landover. helena smith died in the crash. several other people were injured. investigators are still trying to figure out why smith was driving so fast. and why she lost control of her vehicle. dominique strauss-kahn spent the day in a french police

station. he was called in for questioning in connection with a suspected prostitution ring in france and belgium. there are allegations that some of the prostitutes he had sex with in locations in paris and washington. patients who need cancer drugs have been in critically short supply are getting some welcome news today. the fda has taken steps to make sure the medicines will be more widely available. some patients have been denied the drug because of the shortage. and on wall street today, the dow climbed above the 13,000 level for the first time in nearly four years. it then dipped a bit, settling just under 13,000. the nasdaq is down three points and the s&p is up one point on the day. >> now to one of the nation's biggest parties. mardi gras in new orleans. hundreds of thousands of revellers are in the french quarter right now, fat tuesday. the annual celebration marks the

beginning of lent. jay gray is live in the center of it all. retailers are happy. this is one of the biggest turnouts since katrina? >> yeah, i think at this point there's no question this is the strongest mardi gras since katrina. take a look at bourbon street where the crowds are growing. there are hundreds of thousands already here, and the parades are not over yet. there are a dozen in the area, more than a million people expected to visit during the mardi gras season. and the economic impact, close to $200 million for the city. something they desperately need. everybody very excited about what's happening here, the city really on a role. they just hosted the bcs championship, now mardi gras, following that, they will see the final four here, and then early next year, we will see the super bowl. so they are on a role, everybody in new orleans having a good time economically. and i can tell you, because i am

a diligent and responsible reporter, i got down in the parade, the people on the ground having a pretty good time too. >> i bet they are, they gave you something to wear. you wear it well. you've had some practice down there. how many years have you covered this? >> i've been here well over ten years, and a little secret, i grew up in the area, so this is old hat for me. >> all right. it's home week. thanks so much. jay gray, have a blast down there tonight. >> thanks, guys. over at the national cathedral, they were shaking, rattling and racing around with trying pans. welcome to the annual pancake races. a tradition that goes all the way back to britain. the winner of the competition gets the coveted golden skillet. it's been two years since the tenure of des'ree rogers

came to an end. she served 14 months in the position. but it was a tumultuous time, brought in to cultivate the image of the first family. she was criticized for putting on event that is were too glamorous while many people were struggling financially. the final straw was the salahis who talked their way into a white house state dinner. she soon resigned. >> do you feel like you took the fall for that? that you got blamed? >> it's not about me, it really isn't. the one thing i can say, everywhere i go, people know that face and know that girl. and so that's kind of the aftermath that i've had to deal with. and so that's a little more annoying than anything else. >> you're forever linked with the salahis. >> yeah, everyone wants to know -- tell us what happened. not gonna. >> these days the obama family friend is back in chicago helping to turn around the

johnson publishing group. they publish "ebony" and "jet magazines". d.c.'s ticket amnesty program that ended last month has collected far less money than projected. officials believe they can hit their mark. as of last week, the dmv collected nearly $5 million in unpaid traffic tickets and fines under the amnesty program. according to the washington examiner. when the program kicked off last summer, the department estimated that $6 million in fines would be raised. the dmv said some people are using the payment plan so money is still coming in. celebrate mardi gras in style. coming up at 4:00, where you can get a new orleans style meal and save a little money. plus, the mother who says she was tricked into giving up her own child. >> i felt like someone stabbed me with a knife. i couldn't believe that he would actually do something -- that

anybody would do something so horrible. >> how she says the man she loved stole her baby. and a new venture for justin bieber. coming up, the pop star announces a deal to put h

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hit store shelves in september. the book will provide an inside look at bieber's world, his world tour, new album and making of his movie. his first book was published in 2010 and sold more than a million copies in 25 languages. taking a look at today's daily deals. in honor of fat tuesday, we found a new orleans style deal. >> you pay $20 and get $40 worth of food and drinks at the cajun experience. the restaurant is it located right on the 18th street strip, and features menu items like gumbo jambalaya and the poboy sandwich. more than 800 people have picked up this delicious deal so far. >> when you're done eating, head on over to groupon for yoga cycling classes.

a savings of $41. when news 4 at 4:00 continues. seth and amy take on virginia's personhoodville. >> virginia wasn't done, they also passed a bill saying life begins at conception. what's next, life begins at last call? coming up, bob marshall responds to that exit with some jokes of his own. plus, she thought she had met the man of her dreams, until she found out he was living a double life. now she says she was tricked into giving away her daughter to the man and his wife.

a pennsylvania woman thought she found the man her dreams through an online dating website. >> this is an incredible story. that dream turned into a nightmare shortly after the birth of their child.

>> reporter: christie thought she had finally found mr. perfect on a dating website. he told her his name was ed. >> we talked about marriage, we talked about getting a house together, moving in together. making a life together. >> reporter: the 29-year-old pennsylvania woman thought he was american royalty. >> he told me and my entire family that he was a dupont. the whole story of his family and the castles in delaware. >> reporter: she remembers he occasionally bragged about his elite job. >> he said he works with the cia. >> reporter: ed also told her he was divorced and his ex-wife could not have children. after dating for about six months, she got pregnant and gave birth to a baby girl gabriella. at the time the couple lived separately. one sunday night, ed took his 2-month-old daughter and promised to return her the next day. >> i started texting him, he's not responding to my text messages and phone calls.

so i lost it, and i just went crazy. >> reporter: when she finally managed to get her daughter back, christie dropped a bombshell. >> he's like, i'm married, i can't divorce my wife because i'll lose everything. >> you never knew he was married? >> never, never. >> never had any suspicion. >> no, i never did. >> reporter: she also found out ed dupont was really a businessman named emmit emmitt dippold. and they were adopting her baby. >> i couldn't believe he was sitting there telling me this. it was surreal. >> reporter: christie signed these papers right after gabrielle was born. he told her the legal document allowed him to claim rights as the father. >> i was like, okay. i had no reason not to trust him. i signed -- it wasn't -- the document was a few pages long. he gave me the signature page and said, get this signed. >> reporter: she actually agreed

to give up permanently all rights to this child. >> i felt like someone stabbed me with a knife. i couldn't believe that he would actually do something -- that anyone would actually do something so horrible. >> why didn't you read the papers? >> i looked at it. i said i really don't understand it. >> reporter: she took the couple to court and argued the agreement was based on fraud. there was no way she was giving up all her parental rights to this child. the couple filed an appeal. their lawyer had this to say. >> the document was signed in its entirety before two notaries who have testified under oath in court that she signed the document, emmitt has no interest in disparaging the birth mother. i'm here to make a plea to this

woman that it is not in the best interests of her daughter to create a media sensation about this baby. >> reporter: as all this plays out in court, 14-month-old gabriella lives with dippold and his wife. christie vows to keep fighting for full custody. >> nbc asked emmitt to be interviewed for the story. his lawyers said he doesn't want a private matter to be played out in the media. >> he wants what's best for his daughter and will abide by whatever the courts decide. >> just when you thought you had heard it all. >> exactly. veronica joins us now. >> we're going to make a train. i'm in the mood, there is a parade. let's go to arlington, believe it or not, at 8:00 this evening. you know what they're going to have down there? a little bit of everything from

the roller girls to the fire trucks. that's what kids love too. right? horses, a couple drinks, and a lot of beads. there are your beads. and, of course, so it's 8:00. and it goes down wilson boulevard. there you go, if you didn't get your fun in today or the last couple days, can you do it in arlington this evening. you will need a coat, because temperatures will be at 44 degrees. we're at 50 degrees right now, still breezy, but the wind is going to start to settle down. that's what i like. 48 degrees currently in gaithersburg. and only 50 in manassas. by tomorrow morning. still some clouds with us, not too cold. we'll be starting out between 30 and 37 degrees early tomorrow morning. that's the highest we've gotten a chance to start this week. for tomorrow, we're going to see clouds increasing after sunset. this is overdone, the blobs of green. that's the rain, doi think we're going to see some showers come through our area after sunset

tomorrow, they're going to move on through, and be gone by early thursday morning. on thursday, i think there's a chance -- a slight chance we could pick up a few more showers during the day. from the low 30s to the upper 30s here throughout the area tonight early tomorrow morning, to a high of 61. 10 degrees warmer for tomorrow. then we'll add 10 more degrees to that thursday. it's going to feel like spring. all week long a little unsettled. the wind is going to be whipping out there. i do like the fact that we're going to get up to 70 degrees, 60 for friday, not bad. a chance of rain as that weather front, in the pacific northwest comes through, and that will leave this weekend feeling much cooler, 49 the high for saturday. 45 right now the high for sunday. you didn't want the beads, jim? >> no, i'm not worth think of them. pricy as they were i'm sure. >> and they won't look nearly as good on him as they will on you.

thanks veronica. coming up next at 34k 00, a high profile bullying case heads to court now. whether a rutgers student invaded his roommate's privacy. the jury will never hear about the alleged repercussions of the crime. a virginia lawmaker responds with his own jokes after "saturday night live" spoofs a law being debated right in the general assembly. i'm wendy rieger, coming up on news 4 at 5 will we're learning more about the woman behind the wheel of the car that crashed into the kfc at 100 miles an hour. checking to see if you have cancer just by taking a breath. the new sensor that makes it easy to get tested. why some of the biggest names in

this guy chose a policeman's hat, this is southwestern turkey, the little bird seemed to like being perched atop the police officer. he was not interested in moving on. even when he takes the hat off. eventually he did fly away, not before stealing the show. the officer was working security. the bird appeared to be the main attraction. unphased by all the hoopla. >> like he's glued on to that hat. a virginia lawmaker is speak

out after "saturday night live" spoofed one of his bills on abortion. >> a bill that defines life as beginning at contraception. on snl, they took jabs at a segment they called really? marshall says he stands by the measure. >> virginia wasn't done, they also passed a bill saying life begins at conception. what's next, life begins at last call? >> we tell kids in virginia, that life begins when sperm and egg meet. adults know life begins with s kids get married and leave home. still ahead on news 4 at 4:00, coming um, harmful bullying or just a college prank.

>> the trial begins for the rutgers student accused of taping his roommate in a gay sexual encounter. that roommate committed suicide.

jury selection is underway in the high profile trial of a former rutgers university student accused of using a web cam to spy on his roommates

encounter with another man. shortly after in a happened, the roommate committed suicide. that won't even be mentioned at the trial. >> reporter: 18-year-old tyler clement jumped to his death from the george washington bridge. prosecutors allege just days before his roommate, had for a second time spied on tyler with a webcam. tyler was in their dorm room again with a 30-year-old man sharing an intimate gay encounter. >> we have to dispell this myth that bullying and s just a normal right of passage. >> reporter: the story drew immediate con dwem nations. >> he was outed as being gay on the internet and he killed himself. >> reporter: the facts of the story may contradict some of the publicity. tyler's sexuality was not a secret, and his suicide won't be

mentioned in trial. his roommate is accused of invading his privacy. >> this is a case of invasion of privacy. for setting up a camera on a computer and taking a peak at his roommate kissing another man. it wasn't recorded, it was not distributed on the insister net, and there's not evidence that tyler clement killed himself as a result of it. >> reporter: prosecutorers offered him a plea deal but they turned him down. >> he's innocent not guilty, that's why he rejected the plea. >> it's expected the defense will argue that his roommate was not targeting tyler for being gay. but the webcam turned on a couple times for a few minutes and viewed down the hall by a few friends. was a college prank.

tyler's older brother is also gay. >> some people think that this webcam broadcasted on the internet and posted it there for the whole world to see. you know the truth. >> right. >> does that difference mat summer. >> no. what difference could it possibly be? i mean, those people that did look at it or were intending to look at it had no business to see that. >> 3r0s cuters include some of darwin's texts. my roommate asked for the room until midnight, i said okay and turned on the webcam. i saw him making out with some dude. >> is there any question in your mind why your son took his life? >> i don't think we can get into the cause and effect of the suicide right now because of the trial. >> that was kerry sanders reporting. tyler clement's parents say they would like to hear an apology from their son's roommate. if convicted, the roommate could

face up to ten years in prison. that's news 4 at 4:sao. news 4 at 5:00 starts right now. a deadly crash, the driver driving 100 miles an hour, into a fast food restaurant. reaction from friends and family. and the history of her speeding violations. good evening. i'm wendy rieger. >> and i'm jim handly. it's our top story tonight. we know the name of the woman who died in that high speed violent crash in landover. prince georges county police tell us 29-year-old helena smith was killed and several others were injured when she crashed her vehicle into the kentucky fried chicken on martin luther king highway last evening. darszcy spencer joins us live from the accident scene with the exclusive story of one of the witnesses who was within inches of being a victim