are working moms. >> reporter: mitt romney brought a big gun to the nra, ann romney. when a democratic pundit complained the mother of five never worked a day in her life and could not advise her husband on political issues, even democrats jumped to ann's defense. >> and this is what i love the most -- women are talking about the economy and jobs and about the legacy of debt that we're going to leave our children. and we are mad about it. >> reporter: mitt romney needs the support of more women and wants the rifle association endorsement. >> we need a president who will stand up for the rights of hunters and sportsmen and those who seek to protect their homes and families. president obama has not. i will. >> reporter: romney backed florida's stand your ground law that might be george zimmerman's defense in the killing of trayvon martin. >> hey, what's going on, buddy? >> reporter: president obama today kept to his new theme -- hike taxes on millionaires. >> we can build an economy where

everybody gets a fair shot. and everybody is doing their fair share. >> reporter: he released his 1040, due next week, adjusted gross income 789,674, half salary, half book sales. 162,074 in taxes. a rate of 20.5%. president obama's campaigning for everyone making over a million to pay at least 30%. people like mitt romney, who estimates still pays 15% in taxes on 21 million in income in 2011. >> for romney, having a charismatic wife who can turn an attack into a political positive and maybe rally women voters, that's priceless. doreen, back to you. >> steve handelsman, thank you. now we have some breaking news in prince william county. the fbi is raiding the a.c.t. building in manassas. news 4's erika gonzalez is there. >> reporter: wendy, special

agents with the u.s. department of education, the office of inspector general, and the fbi have been at the a.c.t. manassas campus since about 3:00, 3:30 is when we heard from students that they already started seeing some type of movement this afternoon. behind those closed doors you can see some agents pacing back and forth. we're told the fbi is in fact at all three a.c.t. campuses. >> we're here conducting the search warrant of a.c.t. college. >> reporter: within the past few hours federal agents have been walking in and out of the a.c.t. campus. we saw some carrying boxes inside. we are waiting to see those same agents exit with boxes full is what a source tells me. within the past few hours federal agents again have been inside the building. last tuesday students and faculty got a big surprise when they showed up to find the school was closed. a.c.t. president jeff moore who news 4 has tried to reach with no avail left a letter on the door blaming the u.s. department

of education for withholding funding. mind you, this is all happening weeks before many students were expected to graduate and receive their certifications as dental and medical assistants and radiologist. a director of admissions ann conners tells me moore is to blame but has continued coming to the campus to help students retrieve their transcripts. she says faculty stopped getting paid mid march and even then she says it was just half a paycheck. >> right now the only thing i can do is, one, find a job but, two, help students in whatever capacity i can. that's really all i can do right now. i can't look back and say, shoulda, woulda, coulda, i can just look forward. >> reporter: she tells me students here at a.c.t. and all the campuses can start going online to the a.c.t. website to try and get their transcripts from there. we're live in manassas tonight, erika gonzalez, news 4. a teenager listening to music was seriously injured by a freight train in montgomery

county this morning. it happened about 8:30. this was near the washington grove train station. 17-year-old was walking beside the eastbound tracks when police say a csx train carrying gravel approached from behind, sounded its horn, but the teen apparently didn't hear it because he was wearing those ear phones. his right arm was clipped by that passing train. the injuries are not expected to be life threatening. police released two sketches of a man wanted for attacking women along the northwest branch hiking trail in prince george's county. that's near the west hyattsville metro station. police say since january at least three women have been abducted at knife point and sexually assaulted. the most recent incident happened march 27th. a fairfax county man is now facing charges of sex acts with a child and making videos of it. a federal grand jury indicted 40-year-old jason laplasse yesterday. someone called the child abuse hotline and it led to his arrest at his home in burke, virginia. when detectives interviewed the victim the girl told police she

was abused once a week for almost two years. detectives say he also had thousands of images of child porn at his home. tonight a 13-year-old boy is in child protective custody after police in prince william county, virginia, say he was abused by family members. officers arrested daniel and melissa black in woodbridge on wednesday. police are not describing their family relationship with the boy. police say the boy was hit in the head and all over his body with a belt. he was also tied to a hand rail with an electrical cord and rope. police say daniel black was the abuser. melissa black knew about it and failed to report it. both are in jail without bond tonight. the northern virginia man who made videos for a known terror group is going to be spending 12 years in prison. 24-year-old jabar ahmed lived in woodbridge. he is a native of pakistan and admitted producing online videos and other material in support o an attack of an organization blamed for an attack in mumbai,

india four years ago that killed nearly 200 people. george zimmerman could be out of jail by the end of next week. today his lawyer requested a bail hearing for next friday. zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the death of unarmed florida teenager trayvon martin. he had his first court appearance today. his formal arraignment will happen may 29th. today zimmerman's lawyer said if the case goes to trial it won't happen until sometime next year. john edwards' daughter may have to testify in his criminal trial. the witness list also includes dozens of names close to the former presidential candidate including his then pregnant mistress, rielle hunter. edwards is accused of violating campaign finance laws. prosecutors say nearly $1 million was used to hide hunter while edwards was running for president and if convicted he faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and as much as $1.5 million in fines. in the district tonight the race for a d.c. at large council seat has been too close to call.

minutes ago election officials declared a winner. derrick ward has the latest in this live report. >> reporter: good evening. what a difference a few hours makes in this close race for the at large seat on the city council. i'll read you some numbers. after the count was complete, orange comes in with 23,719 votes and biddle comes in with 21,973 votes. that is a difference of 1,746. this is a far cry from the razor thin 543 votes that separated the two earlier today. that's what we checked in with some folks over at the d.c. board of elections and ethics at the beginning of the counting process. in the race for an at large city council seat just 543 votes separated vincent orange from his challenger biddle. there are 2400 absentee ballots and just under 3,000 special ballots yet to tabulate happening here in this obscure but important room with the d.c. board of elections and ethics. >> all available for public

inspection and we have had certainly much greater interest among observers in seeing the post election pros thes time around. there is a whole series of different kinds of fields and logs and systems we have in place. >> reporter: in most primary elections in the city this process counting special or provisional ballots and absentee ballots doesn't garner much attention but the recent democratic primary race for an at large council seat hasn't been like most. this latest primary did not see an end to the ironies and drama. one of the machines used in the counting broke down early in the process. >> reporter: a bit of a voter education opportunity for us. >> reporter: all that is only a significant issue because of the razor-thin margin separating victor from vang kwished. the challenger tells us he finds that encouraging. >> we thought it would be a very, very close race and this turned out to be much closer than i or anybody else anticipated. so yeah. certainly we're encouraged.

running against an incumbent city wide, i am very encouraged. well, that may have to be tailored a little bit now after the latest count. that count still has to be certified and that does not mean that one of the council candidates i guess ideally will be mr. biddle could indeed challenge the results. that would result in a recount which could take longer. we did make some overtures to council member orange earlier today. his office tells us he was in meetings all day and wasn't able to speak to us. live in northwest, derrick ward, news 4. >> thanks, derrick. today is thomas jefferson's 269th birthday. a crowd watched as a wreath was laid at the jefferson memorial. he was the third president of the u.s. and the memorial along the tidal basin dedicated in 1943 the 200th anniversary. next on news 4 at 6:00 new developments in the standoff that left a police chief dead last night. >> newark's mayor puts his life in jeopardy to help save his neighbor. mount aetna puts on a

spectacular show. >> we'll take a look back at the memb memories of the howard theater. >> the weekend looks fantastic. wait until you see the numbers out to the west. it's tornadoes that they're going to be dealing with. out there toward parts of oklahoma. this is a live shot right now right around norman, oklahoma, where tomorrow we could have a major tornado outbreak. we'll talk more about it coming up in a minute. right now let's head over to amber for sports. well, doug, coming up major news regarding redskins captain london fletcher. the caps struggled to score in their playoff ope

two new hampshire police officers are out of the hospital tonight after a deadly stand off during a drug raid in greenland, new hampshire last night. police chief michael maloney was killed when the suspect opened fire on the officers. the police chief was just days away from retiring. the suspect and another woman were found dead. two other officers have been released from the hospital. today newark, new jersey mayor corey booker recounted harrowing moments when he saved a neighbor from a house fire last night. he says he and two members of his security detail heard screams coming from the neighbor's house. a woman was trapped in a back room while her kitchen was burning. one security detective tried to

stop booker from going inside but he insisted. >> at that point i did not feel bravery. i felt terror. it was a very scary moment because i couldn't find her. looked like i couldn't get back through where i came from. >> reporter: the mayor carried the woman out over his shoulder. she is in stable condition and has second-degree burns. the mayor says his injuries were relatively minor. big week in politics. rick santorum dropped out of the race. we have a mommy war of words going on. north korea launches a rocket. >> a lot going on. >> and the nats' home opener. >> where to begin? >> david gregory from "meet the press" is here. let's start with the whole mommy war thing. it's not going away. seems like it's just expanding. >> well look. the issue of the gender gap in politics is a big issue. if you are governor romney it's a source of -- a disadvantage for you right now. i think what happened with hillary rosen this weekend, this comment that set off this fire storm is that it set the white house back. they immediately ran for cover.

but again, the issues don't go away and this is still going to be a big battleground about, you know, what it is that is going to appeal to women voters who are most likely going to decide the election in swing states and who is going to have that advantage. this is something we see in every election cycle. the concept of the mommy wars, i know, from talking to women about this, there appeared to be a sort of setting the clock back like really? are we going to fight this battle over again? i thought we were gt men and women respecting women's choices and it sounded like we were taken to a different place. that's what got, what has always been a difficult, i don't have to tell you both, a difficult discussion. you know, and it always gets very personal very fast. >> absolutely. never a great place in the political forum. >> this is like candy for the gop. they needed this. this was like fertilizer for them. they needed something to reconnect them with women. >> yes. they were able to use it to say, ah ha. this is what, you know, democrats think about women who

stay home and they want to delegitimize them and i think that is an argument that's being made. they're trying to fund raise off of that and i think it gets us away from what the issues are that women are going to be deciding the election on as they look at governor romney and president obama. >> right. you have treasury secretary timothy geithner -- >> talking about tax day and tax fairness and a big debate of the campaign and also just the economy generally. you know, talking to people about what it is that is really holding the economy back. he'll address that. >> earlier this week we just were asking you about rick santorum pulling out, whether he was going to endorse mitt romney. any big change there? >> well, i think he needs a little more time. i suspect he will be out there trying to be helpful. they had a contentious primary and i don't think those wounds are going to recover too quickly. but i think that santorum, who looks now to a bright future and a prominent role even in the rest of the campaign is likely to get onboard and they're

trying to work that out. >> and the nats. is this going to be their year? come on, baby. >> they're a real ball club with really good pitching. so this is really, you know, for all of us who have been out there loving it and fighting for the team and following the team since 2005 this is off to a very good start. i'm excited. if the caps can kind of, you know, get their act together. >> one team at a time. >> anyway. don't want to be like i'm doing sports now. i'm available. >> going to say. >> david gregory. we'll see you sunday morning. >> thanks. mount aetna is erupting again in italy. the video scene shows europe's most active volcano spewing ash and lava into the air yesterday. this is the 24th eruption in a cycle that began in january, 2011. no injuries have been reported this time around. authorities have not issued any danger warnings to people living in the village nearby. what a spectacular sight. >> look at that.

>> for sure. >> spectacular sunshine around here today. it warmed up. >> no drama? >> you know, pretty cool day on tuesday. very cool day on wednesday. yesterday a little bit on the cool side. today? we called it fantastic friday and that is exactly what it is. plenty of sunshine and temperatures that are right around average for this time of year. 66 the average. a high of 67 degrees with all that sunshine. a lot of pollen sufferers still suffering out there. and a lot of people saying this is the worst it's been in years. you are correct as far as that is concerned. high temperature today, 67 degrees. low of 45. this by the way is the warmest april 13th in six years. the previous five years today has been in the 50s. today also friday the 13th and we've been lucky as far as the weather is concerned. so don't worry about that number. 65 degrees the current temperature out there right now with winds out of the northeast about 6 miles an hour. those winds have been shifting from time to time and then really not much of a factor in

our temperatures during the day today. those winds will be a huge factor in our temperature tomorrow. 68 right now in fredericksburg. 67 la plata. right now gaithersburg at 61 degrees. high temperatures 73 right now in atlanta. look back to the west though. 80 in dallas. 80 in jackson. that's the warm air that's going to move our way and it is going to get very warm here for the weekend. satellite and radar, nothing to show you as far as clouds are concerned. until you get back to the west some of these will move in. that's a warm front that's going to come through and that warm front will bring us a few clouds tomorrow. but today, and this evening, very, very nice with that sunshine, high pressure dipping on down to the south and east and any time our area of high pressure is to our south and a little to our east we get the southwesterly flow and we start to warm up. that is exactly what's going to happen on saturday. much warmer on saturday. the rain, watch what happens. it just skirts right around our area. could be a few showers overnight saturday but once again most of us are going to stay on the dry side. we really do need to see the rain. very warm temperatures on sunday with highs in the 80s.

speaking of in need of rain, abnormally dry from state college all the way down through washington through richmond we need to see the rain along the delmarva peninsula. severe drought already. right now close to 5 inches below average as far as rain is concerned. i don't see a lot of rain in the forecast. something else that we're watching tomorrow, really what's happening right now but tomorrow is going to be even worse. a tornado outbreak is likely tomorrow. so we're talking about the potential for numerous tornadoes in this area around oklahoma, around kansas, up toward nebraska and then all the way over toward chicago a slight risk of thunderstorms. but a very high risk in nebraska and a very high risk in oklahoma. this is for tomorrow. but this is what happened during the day today. a tornado touched down right around norman, oklahoma. and that is actually where the severe storm prediction center is as we make our way through the area we'll continue to watch. there are tornado warnings in effect right now just south and east of oklahoma city. once again, we're going to continue to watch this area

very, very closely over the next 24 hours. they will see more thunderstorms through the night tonight with very large hail and then tomorrow once again we're watching for the potential of a tornado outbreak to the west. this storm by the way will move our way. i do not think it'll involve thunderstorms or at least strong thunderstorms for us early next week. this evening clear skies. a great evening. 54 to about 60 degrees. as you make your way on through the evening, looking very good. tomorrow morning starting off on a nice note. 39 to about 48 under mostly clear skies and tomorrow beautiful. 75. a few more clouds than today. and same deal on sunday but a high of 85 on sunday. 87 on monday. and then we stay at or a little bit above average just about every single day. so we've got some pretty nice weather coming up. once again, nice weather should also include a little rain but not this forecast. >> too nice to stay in and work on the income taxes this

weekend. >> yes. >> thank you, doug. coming up next on news 4 at 6:00 a drug store employee shot in the back during lunch time. pat collins will have the story. our local family is coping. five years

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celebrate at walter johnson high school in bethesda. the school raised more than $58,000 for the national capital area chapter of the leukemia and lymphoma society. for the past seven years this high school has raised more than any other school in our area. and for their hard work hundreds of students enjoyed a pep rally on the football field in today's glorious weather. they also heard from a 17-year-old cancer survivor jonathan far who was diagnosed with leukemia as a child. monday will mark five years since the virginia tech campus became the scene of the most deadly mass killing in our nation's history. as julie carey tells us tonight for one local family whose only child was killed it's been five years of grief and a five-year search for answers. >> reporter: in this room in the basement of the centreville home the pictures, awards, and mementos make it clear to see at just 18 aaron peterson was a dynamo, a stand out basketball player at westfield high school,

an honor student, and already making her mark as a freshman at virginia tech. >> i was so blessed to have that 18 years. i loved being her mother. i was looking forward to planning big events. >> reporter: tears can still come easily when celeste peterson talks about her only child, one of 32 students and faculty killed at virginia tech on april 16th, 2011. and she says this five-year mark does nothing to erase the enormous sense of loss. >> personally for me it is a mark that i survived. i am able to still stand. as far as not having erin, it just seems like yesterday. i mean, i miss her so much. >> reporter: in spite of her grief, celeste peterson has also spent the past five years pressing for answers. her family was one of two that did not sign on to a settlement

with the state of virginia. instead, the petersons filed a wrongful death lawsuit that accused virginia tech of failing to alert students soon enough about the first two shootings that took place more than two hours before the massacre at norris hall. >> it was something that we just had to do in order to be able to find out what happened. why did you wait so long to warn the kids? just couldn't understand that. >> reporter: on the witness stand university officials insisted they did the best they could with the information available. but the jury ruled in peterson's favor finding the state negligent. $4 million was awarded to the two families. though the state law caps damages at $100,000. >> it gives me great satisfaction. you don't want to hear of this happening to anybody else. >> reporter: celeste peterson will not go to virginia tech on monday like many other families. she says there is nothing but pain for her there now. instead she'll spend sunday at her church at a gospel

celebration to raise more money for the erin peterson fund and the many scholarships it awards every year. in centreville, virginia, julie carey, news 4. >> the erin peterson fund has donated more than $80,000 for scholarships and a club for at-risk boys at westfield high school. this weekend's gospel concert benefit will take place at mount olive baptist church in centreville. now here is a look at what's happening right now. republican presidential candidate mitt romney filing for an extension for his 2011 tax return. his preliminary version estimates his incumbent $21 million with a tax rate of about 15%. president obama and first lady releasing their incomeax returns today. they earned about $790,000 and pay taxes at a rate of about 20%. fbi agents raided all three a.c.t. college campuses today. news 4 was the only station on the scene as agents hauled away boxes full of evidence. this comes after the school was abruptly shut down after financial trouble with the u.s. department of education. a teenager listening to music on ear phones hit by a

freight train in gaithersburg this morning. investigators say the 17-year-old boy walking next to the tracks near the washington grove station failed to hear the csx train approaching from behind. even as the engineer blew the horn. the train clipped the boy's arm. he was seriously injured but will recover. there is a man hunt for the guy who shot a rite aid drug store employee in a botched robbery attempt in northeast d.c. today. it happened in an area already on edge about recent crimes. pat collins has more on the search for the suspect. >> reporter: it was an all out man hunt. chopper in the air, dogs on the ground, streets closed off. >> running across the street saying the man got shot. asked if something was wrong. i asked ma'am are you okay because she was falling. >> reporter: it happened around noon at this rite aid store on rhode island avenue in northeast. a man with a gun opened fire.

an employee shot in the back. >> i was talking to a couple pharmacy techs and they were outside crying and i asked them what happened. they just yelled my manager's name and i'm like what happened? they said he had got shot. i immediately went off, started crying. >> reporter: this woman works at the store. she asked not to be identified. she was walking in here right after it happened. >> reporter: this is not the first one. it's been a string of robberies going on in the area within the past week. >> reporter: in a flash, police converge on the scene and that man hunt begins. they say the suspect was in the store for sometime before he pulled the gun. they believe this was some sort of robbery. they say after the suspect fired the shot he simply walked out of the store. the pretzel man made no delivery. he got caught in the parking lot between the robbery and the man

hunt. >> they're getting bolder and bolder every day. >> reporter: it's broad day light. >> broad day light. they don't care. >> reporter: now there have been similar robberies in this neighborhood recently like the one about a week ago during lunch time at the wireless vision store about a half block away. muhammad fazy was there when it happened. >> the guy came in and asked me about the phones and then his hand got to his pocket and came out with a gun, pointed at me. he said, empty out everything. i gave him the cash and he started looking at the phones. i told him you got what you wanted. now get out of my store. >> reporter: rite aid has hired an armed security guard to begin working here when the store reopens. in northeast, pat collins, news 4. >> you want to take a close look at this surveillance video. the man seen here is a person of interest in an especially violent sexual assault that happened on wednesday night in the 1600 block of 21st place southeast. you can't see him too well

though. the victim's jaw was broken in that attack and she is hospitalized and police considered this suspect very dangerous. >> absolutely. this is a guy who assaulted a woman pretty severely. we want to get him off the street. >> there is a $1,000 reward for information to help police make an arrest in this case. the late legacy in d.c. is still growing. family members of the former washington wizards owner along with city and development leaders broke ground on an affordable housing community today. the metro towns at parkside will be built in the 800 block of barnes street northeast. pollin's son robert said the town house community fits with his father's vision of creating comfortable, safe, and affordable homes in the district. pricing starts at about $250,000. construction is expected to take about three years. this is the official opening at the howard theater. wanda sooik is performing. last night at a star-studded

gala entertainers paid tribute to the theater's glorious past. news 4's jim vance takes a more personal look at the music, the people, the memories that made the howard the d.c. landmark it has become. >> reporter: back in the day we used to gather around the radio and hear the music that shaped our lives. but if you lived in d.c., you could go here to the howard theater where you could catch ella live. ♪ >> reporter: all the greats played there -- actors, dancers, singers, and more. >> there were some real jazz, live jazz, you know? >> reporter: and charles cassell saw as many as he could. he is a former school board member and founder of the jazz society. as a kid he would cut classes on fridays to catch the matinee. >> it cost 40 cents to go in. >> reporter: for that you got a fantastic array of stars of all kinds but it was the big bands that charlie loved the most. >> the band would go, bam.

and the curtains would open. and we'd see all these shiny brass instruments. >> reporter: in the '60s the acts changed from big band to r & b with a heavy dose of motown. ♪ my mama told me you better shop around ♪ ♪ stop in the name of love >> reporter: the supremes made their debut here but not all the acts came from detroit. ♪ is our love real >> reporter: this group got together at d.c.'s tinley high school and played the howard in the late '60s. do you remember your first show? who was on your show with you? >> flamingos. >> reporter: oh, the flamingos. ♪ are the stars out tonight >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: now when you hit the howard theater was that -- i mean, did you know in your mind, okay. we're in the big time now? tell me about that. >> that was a big thing, you

know? >> reporter: right next door was another hot spot. back then it was called cecelia's and named after the owner. >> it was a famous place. it was the place where everybody, all the artists met. they were going to the theaters and would get something to eat and drink before they would perform at the historic howard theater. >> reporter: she was one of the bar maids back then and met them all and remembers one in particular. >> we used to wait on all of the important stars. >> reporter: she remembers red fox too. >> red fox used to stay upstairs. one time red fox was leaving and he was on a bus and waving at my mother and my mother ran down and she was saying where's my money? >> reporter: a lot of rich history in cecelia's and in the

howard theater. michael marshall is one of the architects who revamped the theater. >> the challenge was not to mess it up. not to mess up the history of the howard and sort of a fusion of the club and the howard theater and the kennedy center and the apollo all in one. that is very exciting. >> reporter: talk about exciting. how about the prospect of going back on stage of the famous howard theater 40 years after your debut there? that awaits another local group, the jewels. ♪ the howard theater is back >> reporter: come on now. >> and you know that vance had a du-op group back in the day? yeah, he did. he needs to revive that. we need to -- he needs to get that cranked up again. >> maybe that's where he is tonight, waiting in the wings

hoping to be called on stage. >> yes. >> good times. >> lovely. great to look back at the old pictures. up next hollywood is buzzing about angelina jolie's engagement ring if that's what it is. and georgetown's new mascot finally makes his debut. we'll get to know j.j. coming up in sports the caps try to rebound and the nationals are off to a hot start behind [ male announcer ] what if you had thermal night-vision goggles,

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georgetown university welcomed a new member to the team today. but this player has four legs and is known for eating koord board. >> the school unveiled the new mascot in training. the pup's name is j.j. he arrived in d.c. to a lot of hoopla today. news 4's richard jordan was there. >> reporter: georgetown's newest transfer will be top dog. the hoyas' blue pep band giving the 4 1/2-month-old all the pomp and circumstance worthy of a school legend. >> he is so cute. he has been very mellow for the crowd and everything. >> reporter: the bulldog puppy named jack jr. but referred to as j.j. jack sr. is the school's official mascot but with a new georgetown collar the smaller jack is one step closer to taking the lead once his predecessor is ready to heel. that likely won't be any time

soon. j.j. arrived from california. georgetown theology professor reverend christopher steck brought the pup by car to d.c. he will take on most of the doggie duties which inclusion building team spirit. >> he enjoys being around other dogs. he interacts very nicely which was one thing i was concerned with trying to bring on a new mascot when we still had the old mascot. >> reporter: the little guy had to learn to be a hoya. that means acquiring a taste for card board. >> the georgetown basketball games, he eats a card board box with the printed out paper of the opposing team mascot. >> reporter: they're now looking forward to training a new mascot. >> we bring him to events because he is definitely the face of georgetown. >> reporter: j.j.'s debut carefully planned to coincide with the weekend when prospective students come to visit the georgetown campus. if that face doesn't sell them on the school i don't know what

will. in georgetown, richard jordan, news 4. >> welcome to washington, j.j. amber harris is here with the sports report. a lot going on. >> reporter: j.j. is cute. we got breaking news. coming up in sports a fan favorite. back in the fold for the redskins. and the nationals pitchers prove who is boss. plus the capitals look

welcome back. take a look. this is video out of norman, oklahoma where a tornado did touch down. you could see there the roof off a building in that area. we're not sure about any injuries as of right now. we're going to be watching this area extremely closely over the next 24 hours. there are more storms in that region right now. a few severe storm warnings. the latest tornado warning has just expired around that area but this is all around oklahoma city and you could see that damage does extend there for a little ways. fortunately that damage does not look too extensive. right now probably ef-0, ef-1 tornado but would not be surprised to see a lot more over the next 24 hours. this is what is going on right now. a big storm moving out of the rockies right now and you can see the tornadoes or rather the thunderstorms right now into

portions of oklahoma but tomorrow this area is going to expand. we're talking about an area from oklahoma up through nebraska. a high risk of severe weather and this will be a possible tornado outbreak during the day tomorrow. severe storm prediction center very rarely puts out a high risk a day in advance and this is for tomorrow. once again the areas you see in red including oklahoma city, wichita, up through potentially kansas city and over toward omaha severe weather likely tomorrow. tornadoes likely from this storm and we're going to be talking about this as i mentioned for the next 24 hours. as far as our weather is concerned that storm will not make its way all the way our way with severe weather. 66 at rockville for the night tonight. 66 at fort belmar so very nice. tonight 38 in leesburg. 35 martinsburg. 37 in culpepper. tomorrow temperatures in the mid 70s. we warm up very nicely and once again none of that severe weather will be our way. >> ex-lent. thank you, doug.

you have redskins breaking news. >> a fan favorite looks like he could be back. breaking flus. it appears captain and fan favorite london fletcher has been re-signed by the team. the skins have not confirmed this deal but fletcher tweeted about an hour ago. redskins fans, your captain is back. hail to the redskins. the team begins their off-season program on monday. good news. the ability to re-sign fletcher was a big priority for the redskins this off-season. a locker room leader and fan favorite. among the burgundy and gold faithful fletcher who turns 37 next month has spent the last five seasons with the redskins. he has played in 224 consecutive games over 14 years and led the nfl in tackles last season. now also the redskins signed former buccaneers safety jackson today. jackson is a silver spring native. in hockey in last night's stanley cup playoff series

opener against the bruins the caps' young goalie braden holtby was lights out. on the other end the capitals were out shot, 30-17. last time i checked you kind of have to shoot to score. >> that works. >> increases your chances. holtby making his first playoff start in the net. it was impressive. 29 saves through three periods including 17 in a very tough second period. only problem though, tim thomas on the other end also on his game. third period. bs turn it over. backstrom's shot stopped. scoreless after regulation and we head to overtime. just over a minute into o.t. marcus johannes sen shot, blocked by thomas. boston on the counterattack. chris kelly ahead of the attack and he beats holtby. the game winner. caps fall, 1-0. a tough break for holtby but the team knows the 22-year-old will be just fine. >> he's a battler and has always been that way in junior and up

and so in the american league, too. so he's going to protect his crease and, you know, it's a tough job. a lot of traffic and he is going to have to battle and just like thomas has to battle and we're there now. >> it's my crease. you know, i don't really like to let anyone in there because i don't want to fight as hard as i can to find the puck and make saves. >> they're an aggressive team. they play to win. our job is to counter that especially myself battling for position in my crease and to fight to find shots through traffic. you know, there's times where i lost it yesterday and i want to be better at it tomorrow. all right. crazy scene. check this out last night just after boston's game-winning goal boston's bruin four hit in the back of the head by a pane of glass jared loose by celebrating fans. talk about wrong plays at the wrong time. he absolutely got flat. held out of practice today with a sore neck. he is expected to play tomorrow in game two. the puck drops at 3:00 right

here. i know it's tough to watch. >> stop showing it. >> good lord. >> the good news is he is probably going to play in game two not for caps fans. they probably don't like to see him on the ice. switching to baseball i don't know what is the bigger story. the announcement today bruce springsteen will be playing nationals park on september 14th or the fact the nationals starters haven't given up a run in 19 innings. i'm going with springsteen on this one. >> i know. >> davie johnson probably would take a good curveball over bruce's wrecking ball. any day. yesterday geo gonzalez was the most recent nats pitcher to show up born in the e.r.a. seven innings of scoreless ball. no more. washington starters now have a 1.57 e.r.a. through seven games. that's amazing. also nats pitchers lead the league with 69 strikeouts. skipper davie johnson likes what

he sees. >> i like the rotation and how it's stacking up. i like what i'm seeing as there's a little bit of competition in the rotation. it comes with the start of the season. geo yesterday certainly held up his end after the first start so i think, you know, the bar is set pretty high. >> so the nats taking on the reds tonight. jordan zimmerman on the mound. the wizards begin april with five straight losses but on a two-game winning streak tonight in new york to take on the knicks, looking to do something they haven't done since april of last year. that's win three games in a row. needless to say, winning always makes for a happier squad. >> it's been great. you know, mo, myself, just trying to keep the guys positive and understanding that even though we're not playing for the playoffs right now, we're playing for next year. we're playing for continuity,

consistency, to show we're going to play hard every night and we're having a fun time doing that. >> that's what this league is about is winning. so yeah. our mood was good today and it should be. you know, with two wins back to back and a couple days off to recharge the batteries and now we go back out and have another back to back so, no. it's been good and hopefully we can keep it that way. >> all right. eight games left for the wizards in the season but forget about that. bruce is coming to town. i'm going to see the boss. >> already sold out. >> you can't get tickets. >> maybe amber has connections. >> i'll try. i know somebody that knows somebody. >> i know that guy too. >> coming up next, honey, grab the champagne. the kids are engaged. >> for all your news, be

sounds like it's official. hollywood power couple brad pitt and angelina jolie are engaged. pitt's manager confirmed the engagement saying in part it is a promise for their future.

the actor reportedly helped the jewelry maker design the ring specifically for his fiance. the couple met on the set of mr. and mrs. smith the movie in 2005. they have six children together. there is no word on how pitt popped the question. and no wedding date has been set yet. >> now we can all get on with our lives. >> really? >> probably not. coming up tonight at 11:00 we'll continue to follow this exclusive report on the fbi raid at the a.c.t. college campus, agents removing box after box. less than a month after his heart transplant the former vice president is expected to speak publicly for the first time. doug has been telling us about the tornadoes in the country's mid section. we'll continue to get new video of some of the destruction. >> yeah. that's something that, i mean, looking at it we saw this happening in early march and we saw nearly 80 tornadoes from that next day. we're hoping we don't see something like that tomorrow. the great thing about where this one is going to be not nearly the same population as kentucky,

indiana, places like that so i think tomorrow even if there's a lot of tornadoes i think the damage is going to be a lot less but again we'll have to wait and see. the next 24 hours could be a bit on the bumpy side out there. as far as our weather is concerned nothing bumpy about our weather. a great night tonight. get out and enji it. tomorrow starting off mostly clear, cool. and a great start for doreen's bike ride around 9:00. really looking great. 39 -- oh, that was today. i told you it would be a little cool. a few clouds. nice and warm tomorrow afternoon. a great day. 72 to 77. and as we move on through the next couple days, 85 on your sunday. 87 on monday. 78 on tuesday. and that's our real best chance of rain. only about a 30% chance of rain. temperatures staying on the warm side. so how long did you go today? >> for a while. it was just as you promised to start it out kind of cold but then it warmed up. thanks, doug. >> you're welcome. >> so nice tomorrow maybe we should go again tomorrow. >> why not? >> come with us. >> "nightly news" is coming up

next. >> we hope we'll see you for news 4 at 11:00. have a good evening.