the secret service scandal gets bigger tonight.

we know it involves prostitution, and now, members of the u.s. military. good evening, i'm chris gordon. we begin tonight with with a developing story in the midwest. a massive storm has spawned more than 70 tornados, including one in western kansas. the national weather service calls it life threatening weather. storm 4 meteorologist chuck bell has the latest. >> the the tornado count continues to climb, now above 80 reported tornados just today alone. the high risk area for severe weather continues as we go into the late night hours here, big thunderstorms here. lone supercell thunderstorms roaring across southern kansas right now. that's about 600,000 people. the tornado sirens are sounding this is a tornado producing supercell thunderstorm headed up on to the south sides of wichita, kansas. more big thunderstorms here in northern parts of kansas, and

that severe weather line goes into parts of iowa, have their hospital take a direct hit from the severe weather out there. all this is marching into the great lakes. we'll tell what you this means for us coming up into the forecast in a few minutes. we head to jay gray in oklahoma city. >> that's a funnel cloud. no doubt about it 37. >> getting intense now. >> reporter: the storms began popping this evening. multiple tornados on the ground in oklahoma. >> big debris cloud. >> and more storms ripping across kansas, early on more than 60 twisters reported across at least four states. and it's only the beginning of what could be a dangerous night. >> the atmosphere and the way it's set up, we're expecting widespread outbreak for severe thunderstorms. extremely large hail, and very damaging long track tornados. >> reporter: the national weather service has issued a rare high risk warning for the central and southern plains,

prime conditions in place for what they call strong to violent tornados. the early twisters were wide and moving quickly. >> the multiple vortex. >> reporter: leaving a path of twisted metal and splintered wood and a growing fear that more are on the way. many striking after nightfall. >> that's really what we're concerned about, if we get into these long track tornados during the nighttime hours. >> the concern is what many may find in the morning light, as the violent system continues to cut across the midwest. jay gray, nbc news, oklahoma city. now to the new developments rocking the secret service. 11 agent s have been placed on administrative leave. several members of the group are accused spending a night with prostitutes, while preparing for the president's trip to columbia, now members of the military are under investigation as well. kristen welker has our report. >> according to u.s. officials,

the allegations involve at least 11 members of the u.s. secret service and five u.s. military members here in colombia. they're alleged to have brought prostitutes back to their hotel rooms there, was a dispute over a payment, which was brought to the attention of authorities. according to the defense department, the service members are confined to quarters here. the secret service says their personnel were sent home before the president's arrival and replaced with others. >> the president was made aware of the incident in question yesterday. the white house was informed thursday evening. >> representative peter king chairman of the house homeland security committee has been briefed on the evolving scandal. >> two of the 11 were supervisors, i did not ask if they were march rid or not. >> this really is the biggest scandal in the history of the secret service. >> ron kessler who wrote in the president's secret service says the incident could be indicative a larger problem within the

agency. >> what the agency needs is an outside director who can come in and clean house. change the standards. >> now the alleged misconduct occurred at this hotel, which is about five minutes from where the president is staying. the secret service says it will launch a full scale internal investigation and we should say that prostitution is legal in some parts of colombia. traveling with the president in colombia, kristen welker, nbc news. dick cheney made his first public appearance since his heart transplant three weeks ago. he had that surgery. today he spoke for well over an hour at the wyoming republican party convention in cheyenne. people say cheney seemed strong and walked on stage without any assistance. an anne arundel county police officer is being questioned after fatally shooting a man during a domestic dispute call. it happened last night in the 800 block of cross valley lane.

when police arrived they heard a woman screaming. authorities say one of the officers, a four-year veteran of the department web with the inside and was confronted by gary pettry. pettry was eventually shot in the upper body. a female was taken to the hospital. she's expected to be okay. fire destroyed a home in herndon today. the flames broke out around 3:00 p.m. one person was home at the time. he got out safely, but his three cats are still missing. the cause the fire still under investigation. red cross will help the two people who lived in the home. another turn in the battle to redevelop alexandria's waterfront. the city council called on the city attorney to leave its legal fight to rezone the waterfront as recently approved. yesterday the board of zoning appeals ruled the council wrongly denied a protest petition. those who oppose the plan worry that new parks, hotels and

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a black labrador retriever in california is being heralded for her loyalty after she protected another lab that was hit and killed by a car in los angeles. a motorist who took this video said the lab sat next to the other dog as cars passed

dangerously close to them. animal shelter volunteers have named the dog grace. she will now be put up for adoption. the space shuttle discovery rolled out of its hanger at the kennedy space center for the very last time this morning. discovery will piggyback on a modified 747 to washington on tuesday. the shuttle will fly low over the national mall beforehanding at dulles. it will be placed on display at the national air and space museum in chantilly. a big celebration for the founder of resten, virginia. robert simon turned 98 years old last tuesday. he spent his life as a major power player in the northern virginia real estate market. today the town honored simon on the ninth annual founders day. there was lots of music, food, a treasure hunt and cake. resten was founded in 1964. happy birthday, resten, virginia. next, a titanic anniversary, how the disaster was re-created

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reading minds may no longer be limited to science fiction. new technology is giving scientists the ability to read brain waves. researchers say it may mean a better life for patients with debilitating illnesses like lou gehr gehrig's deceive. it's already been tested on

scientist steven hawking. >> the idea is to take the event and connect it to machines that will will speak for him or move for him. >> the device is also being used on children with autism to better study brain function. tonight marks 100 years since the titanic sank on its maiden voyage. the events that night have been immortalized in literature and film. tonight they were re-created at the southwest waterfront. darcie spencer has our report. >> reporter: at the titanic memorial in d.c., a brass ensemble plays that fateful song, the song last heard by many of those who perished as the unsinkable ship did just that 100 years ago. >> this was a compilation of music that was played on the ship in 1912 when the ship went down. >> reporter: the event called

titanic 100, featured more than 1500 luminaries along the waterfront promenade. >> it's great, honoring all the people. i love all the candles and the bags with the names on them to honor the people. i didn't know it was over 1,000 people that had lost their lives. >> i knew about it, but i didn't know about -- like how my people died and everything like that. >> hundreds of titanic images were projected 50 feet high on a waterfront con doe building. >> it was is up a great disaster, and it had so much human interest that how could you not want to be here. >> the titanic's maiden voyage proved disastrous when the luxury cruise liner struck an iceberg. within hours the ship had broken apart and sunk. it remains on the ocean floor to this day. >> i couldn't imagine the pain,

the suffering and knowing that they are going to drawn, all those poor children and the women and everyone on board. >> darcie spencer, news 4. >> you're fascinated by it. >> if they hit it head on they may have survived the collision, but it was the glancing blow. >> it's hard not to turn the wheel when you see the iceberg dead ahead. >> beautiful weather start to finish. clouds came in for the second part of the day. there's a few lonely raindrops now. show you those on radar in a second. for now, cloudy skies in washington. it's a mild saturday night as well, temperatures well into the 60s around town. we're at 64 degrees at national airport. a fairly light breeze out of the south at only 8 miles an hour, i think the winds will increase a little bit as we get into the day and tomorrow.

man is tomorrow looking like a good day too. temperatures generally 50s and low 60s. 68 in fredericksburg. 65 wald or of laplata and 64 for germantown and gaithersburg. get up into northern maryland here. temperatures a touch cooler because there are some raindrops out there as well. your planner for tomorrow, plenty of clouds in the morning. i think any raindrops will be done before the sun comes up tomorrow morning. then tomorrow during the day, increasing amounts of sunshine with with an increasing southwesterly breeze and mild indeed, temperatures tomorrow up into the 80s. >> here it is on storm 4 radar. that's just sprinkles across parts of far northern area. very few raindrops are making to the ground in the immediate metropolitan area. don't be surprised if a raindrop or two makes it into the area.

meanwhile, big severe weather continues to explode across parts northern oklahoma, kansas, nebraska and roaring across parts of eastern iowa and western parts of illinois. we won't need to worry about severe weather around here. just passing sprinkles during the overnight hours tonight. that will be gone before you get up in the morning. clouds to start, but afternoon sunshine with a nice southwest breeze setting up shop for tomorrow. quiet weather tomorrow night and feeling oh, so summer like as we get into the day monday. temperatures somewhere in virginia may touch 90 on monday. for overnight tonight, cloudy skies, one or two sprifrpg els, that's about it. overnight lows holding into the 50s. then tomorrow, cloudy skies in the morninging turning mostly sunny and toasty warm. tomorrow's highs generally in the low to mid-80s. monday will be the warmest in the bunch with high 80s.

tuesday night into wednesday, not a lot rain, unfortunately, we could use a gully cawasher, t that's not in the forecast. >> thapg you very much. coming up in sports. the cats battle boston's best and score just in the nick of time. and you will see him in men in black iii, tonight josh brolin is hosting snl, that's just about ten minutes from now

the caps are bringing it, bringing the excitement back home. >> for sure. game one and game two both go to overtime. the stanley cup playoff series is headed back to washington tied at one game a piece for the second game in a row. goals were in short supply on both sides, while stellar goaltending was not. game two came down to a second overtime period. and niklas backstrom came up big. the goalie ready to rebound after the tough game one loss. scoreless in the second. allem ovechkin to the net. and troy brower puts the caps on the board. see it again. the defender walking tim thomas and brower pokes it right through that five hole. ends just over 161 minutes of

shutout hockey for thomas. caps up 1-0. brian roston shot off shultz' skates. benoit is there to clean it up. puliot is not tied up. game two goes into overtime. the shot from patrice bergeron. later in overtime, it was thomas' turn, he turns away a shot from beagle. 37 saves from the veteran. we're added to that second overtime. the goalie is ready to go. almost three minutes in and off the face-off. marcus johansson finds niklas backstrom in game over, caps win 2-1, they even a series. >> it's going to be like this every game, i think. there's not a lot of chances. i meaning you have to make sure

when you get the chances you put them in. i think the last game was a nice shot that entered the game, and tonight we're luckier maybe. >> it's a huge game, as opposed to having to go home and having to take one or two. we're not going to get too high in this win, but we're going to enjoy it for a bit. >> it's really important to win this game and get the series tied. and go back home and have an advantage. our friends are going to be involved. we're pretty happy about it. this was a long home game. >> game three is set for monday night at verizon center, get ready to rock the red. >> to baseball the nationals go for a four-game sweep of the reds tomorrow. the first three games have been a pitching clinic.

with edwin jackson's one run complete game this afternoon. nats starters have gone 34 innings giving up two runs. today jackson retired 16 batters in a row. finally the nats bats threw in a little run support to help. edwin jackson making his first start at nats park. getting a little help from the d. high chopper to third. ryan zimmerman bear hands it. check this out, again. what a play. look at adam laroche with the stretch, got to give him credit. bottom of the inning. how good was he this season. danny espinosa and ryan zimmerman come in to score. ten rbis in nine games for laroche. nats take a 3-1 lead. jackson gets scott roland for the final out of the inning. jackson had nine strikeouts on the day. one out away from the the complete game. you can put it in the books, joey votto flies out to

centerfield. jackson throws his fifth career complete game and the nationals win 4-1. they remain in first place in the east. a little football. d.c. united on the road visiting the new england revolution. 82nd minute tied. one on one. and he bends it in the right corner. his first goal of the season is the game-winner. united wins 2-1. it's the team's first win against the revolution in seven games. the wizards hosting the cavali cavaliers, late in the fourth quarter, wizards down four. wizards down two going into the fourth quarter. six minutes to go. luke walton outhustled james singleton for the loose ball. and one, cleveland back up nine, and the cavaliers go on to win. 98-89. lacrosse action, 108th meeting

between maryland and johns hopkins. they're debuting their maryland pride jerseys. michael shakes speer to be or not to be, that is the question, and he answered it with that goal. to be, game tied at six, same score in the fourth quarter. owen behind the net. decides he's going to take it himself. puts the terps up 7-6, four goals in the game, as maryland beats hopkins 9-. big win for the terps. >> great win fortunates, the caps. >> great day in d.c. sports. the sun was shining most of the day. >> that's our news for now.

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