experience. >> it was a real showstopper. thousands of people across our area stopped what they were doing this morning and watched the space shuttle "discovery" on its final flight. good afternoon. everybody. i'm angie goss in for pat lawson muse. >> i'm jim handly. breaking news out of montgomery county where a massive fire destroyed a barn in poolesville. >> this is off of whites ferry road. the fire started around 1:00. fire officials said when they started to put watt other the fire the straw and hay inside the barney rupt erupted. looking up, did you see it? the historic flight began down in florida on the back of a 747 jet. wound up at dulles international airport where the shuttle will be moved to its retirement home at the smithsonian. >> before making its final landing it took a few laps

around the area. soaring above the washington monument and the white house in a salute to the nation's capital. >> as chris clackum reports, it was an emotional moment for those of -- those of you and us who witnessed it today. >> reporter: retired space shuttle "discovery" took off at day break tuesday leaving the kennedy space center for a final time. people lined beaches nearby. but "discovery" dazzled when it aarrived mid morning over d.c. >> it was amazing to see it like it is. >> what kind of picture did you get? >> actually really good! look. >> reporter: there was a dramatic flyover over the national mall. the sight framed by the capitol's iconic monuments and crowds gathered below to watch the aerial parade. >> just being able to see something so historic, it is --

wonderful. >> reporter: "discovery" is headed to the smithsonian's air and space museum for a permanent display at dulles airport near washington. that's where another crowd awaited the arrival. >> fantastic. cane believe it flew right over us. it was the most amazing experience. >> like right there. like it was -- amazing. >> reporter: the smithsonian hangar where it will reside is just off the runway where it had its final touchdown. >> she will provide a platform for inspiration for young children and citizens everywhere. >> reporter: with 39 trips into space over 28 years nasa used shuttle "discovery" is the most flown spacecraft in history. chris clackum, nbc news. >> what was so meet is all the detail you could see on the plane. you could see nasa, the tiles on the underbelly. very cool sight. >> quite a piggyback ride. across our area, folks

stopped to look up, point, take pictures. truly an awesome sight. >> you can't get enough of them. the sult huttle is resting at ds airport until thursday. it will replace the prototype enterprise there which will be moved to new york. >> news4 videographer chester panter captured the scenes as folks lined up along the mt. vernon trail to watch the shuttle's final flight. >> like a kid coming tout see this. it is something special. it is being retired. we are not going get to see it fly again. i never got see it take off. this is just as good. nice to see it right before it gets retired. >> we actually decided to come up and see the flyover from houston. we work at the johnson space center. we wanted to be here for this. >> never saw it take off. i always wanted to. before it retired this is the best opportunity to see it up

close and personal. >> you get a launch in your heart and chest. nothing like it. amazing to be here at the final moment to see it fly its last time. >> first coming down to see anything like this. >> better vantage point here than dulles. not as crowded. seeing it up close is -- special. special moment. >> he's great excited about airplanes. i think he -- we brought him out to see it more than anything. >> feel it more in your heart this time than you do. yeah. >> shed a tear, that's for sure. >> the skies were pretty close to perfect for viewing this morning. >> absolutely. meteorologist veronica johnson joins us now with more on tonight's forecast. hey, veronica. >> hey there. yeah, i think the fact there were a few of those little puffy clouds in the sky made it even pretty. you know, we have been boring, just a little less exciting after they had been completely

clear sky. under a partly sunny sky. temperatures in the 70s, upper 70s. that's where we are at now. 77 degrees at reagan national airport. far from the 89 we hit yesterday. 22-mile per hour wind gusts. breezy today, too. throughout the area spots like benning, big afternoon to you. you are at 77. cooler now to the north. 68 in gaithersburg. montgomery county, spots like colesville, sandy spring, ashton, 68 degrees. then we have 66 in winchester. upper 70s, though, in fredericksburg and stafford, down to the south. bit of a weather front coming through the area. as far as your winds go, they are gusting right now. other spots at 23 miles per hour. like leesburg so breezy evening for you. and it is blowing around thele pollen. double this week of what it was last week. 400 grains from yesterday. oak and pine pollen high. we are now seeing grass pollen at moderate levels. but we are going to be getting rain. seeing it on storm 4 radar now. just off to the west. how much could we get with this

latest weather system? what about the next one down the line? you are going to like it. >> now to the president's race today. president obama addressed a possible threat to his re-election bid. high gas prices. he said speculators are driving up the price of gas and urged congress today to crack down on oil markets. but republicans are waging their own war for votes. they say that the president is to blame for gas prices. here is steve handelsman with our report. >> it is an election year move by president obama to take the side of the nation's suffering drivers. fuel prices are dropping a bit but still average lows to $4. and republicans are still blaming the president. >> no matter how obama spins it gas costs too much. >> reporter: today the president in part blamed illegal pricing. >> speculators artificially manipulate markets by buying up oil and creating the perception of a shortage and driving prices

higher. only to flip the oil for a quick profit. >> host: me wants tougher penalties, more oil cops on the beat than higher tech tools to track fuel prices. demanded congress go along. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: since three weeks ago republicans refused to cut taxpayers' subsidies to big oil companies. >> here's a chance to make amends. >> reporter: republican house speaker john boehner accused the president of looking for a scapegoat. boehner today endorsed mitt romney. >> i think mitt romney has a set of economic policies that can put americans back to work. >> reporter: in a backyard in pennsylvania, romney says new obama environmental rules drive down domestic energy production. >> wants oil, gas, coal, nuclear, wind, sole a yet, as you point out he makes it harder and harder to take advantage of the resources that are actually below the ground. >> reporter: the president says that he wants to make it harder

for speculators to take advantage of u.s. drivers. >> the white house insists nothing any politician can do would cut fuel prices in the short term. steve handelsman, news4, capitol hill. an investigator has arrived in local about a to interview hotel staff and anyone else who may be connected to the prostitution scandal involving the secret service. they brought at least 20 foreign women to the hotel where they were staying. the hotel is less than a mile from where president obama would stay during his weekend visit to the country. there's concern whether those women posed a security threat because the agents they were with had hard copies of the president's schedule. congress may hold hearings on the matter. as americans rush to get their taxes in, lawmakers on capitol hill are demanding answers on wasteful spending of tax dollars.

executives from the general services administration are facing a second day of scrutiny. as brian mooar reports, more abuses are being uncovered in an investigation that is getting bigger and harder to believe. >> reporter: as americans pay their due on this tax day 2012, officials from the general services administration administration are accounting important a scandalous waste of tax dollars. >> i personally apologized to the american people it is a agency as i am responsible, i will mourn for the rest of my life the loss of my appointment. >> reporter: former gsa administrator martha johnson got no sympathy and neither did other gsa officials as they faced a second day of hearings. >> i hope had you a good breck past because we are going to have a long time to go through these. >> reporter: resort trips, lavish parties, even outright theft. >> we turned over every stone and every time we turned over a stone we found 50 more. >> reporter: the man at the center of the controversy, former gsa commissioner jeffrey

neely, was a no show. >> i guess only -- way we will get to see him is on a video in the hot tub. >> reporter: the gsa was under the microscope. spending watchdogs delivered their annual report on wasteful spending by congress. >> there are no earmarks for museum, theaters, opera houses, bridges to nowhere. >> reporter: thanks to a banff pork barm spending the so-called pig book was mercifully short this year. that doesn't mean washington pork isn't finding new ways to eat up your money. to give an idea with the gsa case is headed, the agency's party planner was urged to leave today's hearing to get an attorney. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. the norwegian gunman that killed 77 people last summer testified in court today calling his bomb and shooting massacre spectacular. anders breivik is set to testify for four more days explaining why he set off a bomb in oslo

killing eight and shooting 69 others to death. most of the victims were teens at a political party youth summer camp breivik admitted to the attacks claiming they were an act of self-defense to protect norway from being taken over by muslims. he also said that he would do it again. italian authorities identified two americans killed onboard. january's cruise ship disaster. the bodies of gerald and barbara hyle were among two found. they are the only americans killed in the costa concordia disaster. their bodies will soon be returned to their family in minnesota for burial. nine people, including the concordia captain, are under investigation for the deadly capsizing. we are just getting started here on "news4 at 4:00." coming up the author of the hit book "fifty shades of gray" reveals what letter to write the steamy novel. >> there was so much buzz. now over the virtual tupac, he

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have you read it yet? "fifty shades of gray" is the graphic, steamy romance novel that's become a worldwide sensation since its release earlier this year. it is about a young woman's submissive sexual relationship with a wealthy, domineering businessman. the first in a trilogy of books by british author and suburban mom e.l. james who says she wrote the novel on a whim and as a hobby. michelle kosinski asked her about the characters. >> why does he have to be rich and domineering? >> because that's really attractive on paper. >> reporter: is it saying that women have this secret desire to be submissive? >> possibly, yes once you have -- you are in charge of, you know, your job, your house, your children, getting food on able and doing this all of the

time, it is nice for someone else to just be in charge for a bit. >> reporter: >> jane says she surprised by the book's popularity. you will be able to watch the steamy story unfold on the big screen soon. our sister company universal pictures has acquired film rights to the novel. tupac shakur has become an internet sensation. so a logical question comes up, what's next? "the wall street journal" reports there are talks to organize a world tour. the rapper is among the bestselling music artists in the world. he was shot to death in 1996 at the age of 25. sunday's performance featured a living snoop dog and dr. dre. the two were looking into a package tour with eminem and fifty cent. what do you get if you cross chopsticks with a fork? what's that bright object in the sky?

>> we are not talking about the shuttle this time. >> no. >> some guys you don't want to get into a prank war with. with details we are joined by kaine. female students at brigham young university took a friend's air freshener from his truck and the revenge prank came back hard. let's give a listen first and then get your reaction on the other side. ♪ >> this is it, boys. go for it.

>> pay back. what do you make of this? >> this started over a nelson mandela air freshener. >> they make nelson mandela air fresheners? >> this is out of brigham young. look at these would as they walk into their apartment. this is their revenge. what happened to toilet papering house snst when did things get so -- look at that. trees, sod. lye bunnies and chickens and, of course, one of the guys dressed up as a bunny to reveal the easter prank which has become the most viral thing on the web. >> did i read right, over 60,000 views? >> yeah, yeah. first couple of day ace loan, more than that now. >> that took a lot of time. >> it did. how do you top that, though? because now those two have a lot of planning to do. >> so they just made an ecosystem out of their apartment. >> yes. that's correct. they brought in live sod, animals, by the way, were borrowed from a far and return. >> yes. >> give those back. >> got to give those back. exactly. >> all right.

no one ever said crooks were smart. posting your getaways on facebook might not be the best thing. even though we saw barefoot bandit get away with it for a long time. >> this guy's name is travis. he is wanted for five felonies. he decided to change his facebook status from in a relationship to single. and that's when police go okay, wait a minute. now he is going to start becoming a sensation. obviously bragging. he went on facebook and people posted -- travis, police are looking out for you. heads-up. he started responding ultimately getting caught in a basement after facebook gave up his location. you can track that stuff down apparently with this internet computers. he didn't give in a very much thought. busted currently in jail. >> another one for the dumb crook file. >> exactly. he has a mug shot for facebook profile picture. >> very nice. >> a spork is a combination of spoon and fork.

now we have a chork. what's this? >> chopsticks and a fork, jim. there you go. does this make us lazy? will it catch on, do you think? there is a company called brown innovation corporation out of salt lake city that's selling the chork. see, that's not fair. >> cheater. >> that's not fair. lit cost you $3.99. they come in black or red. your choice. available in stores. >> they look kind of funny. >> why didn't we think of this sooner? >> somebody will make a million, billion dollars off of that. >> or you can just get the training chopsticks. i grew up in korea. we used those all the time. pile not canada sent his flight into a dive when he thought another plane was heading right at him. pretty scary stuff. >> did you know you are allowed to sleep in the cockpit and your first officer? this is true. this first officer fell asleep for 75. what happened when he woke up caused a lot of people to freak out? there were 16 passengers hurt

when the first officer woke up he had something called sleep inertia which is, you know, when you get up and take a second to realize where you are and look around, you don't quite know. he heard over the intercom system there was a freight plane on the roy towards him and thought the light from venus was the plane. coming right at them because it was so big and so bright. pushed the nose of the plane down. plane dives 400 feet before the captain goes yo. >> all right. >> what are you doing? >> nightmare. >> no need for that. luckily nobody was seriously injured. now they are looking into the rules about how long people are allowed to sleep on planes. >> that's a little long. tomorrow you have a chance for the ultimate pool party. >> in miami if we are not sleeping, that is. 8:05 ultimate pool party happening in miami which sin credible. fountain blue, moon 5. it is going to be awesome. >> my goodness. two more chances tomorrow on hot 99.5. 8:05 and 9:05. adam levine.

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welcome back. the rain we needed. >> yes. getting very, very dry across the area. we wanted the beautiful day today. we certainly got it across the area but here's what we have to talk about now. a little bit of rain for tomorrow. you are going to need a little umbrella. wanted to show you this graphic that really tells it all. a small chance of a little bit of rain tomorrow. that means that some of us, only some of us, will get the light showers tomorrow and then this weekend, bigger chance of bigger rains. more of us will be wet. and i think we can see a lot more rainfall throughout the area. as far as today goes, did you like it? 77 degrees. folks coming in from outside say it is lovely out there. little bit after breeze, too. and here's the way we are looking early this morning at 10:00 a.m. the clouds quickly moved in. partly cloudy. mostly cloudy.

kind of day-to-day. some showers that are now off to the west coming in to west central maryland right now. so as far as the rain goes, that first line drying up as it comes over the mountains. a better chance to see light rain again tomorrow. for your evening, 5:00, 7:00, 72 to 69 degrees. likely going to need the jacket. later tonight we will clear out a little bit before the clouds move back in by tomorrow morning. it is going to be starting out on the chilly side for tomorrow morning. current temperatures 70 north gatorsburg, reston at 71. camp springs, you are at 76 degrees. comfortable now. but again, it is going to be cooling down. there's a look at the rain activity and, in fact, thunderstorms in the mountains of north carolina. and more storms down towards the south on the tail end of the front. toward areas of memphis there and just to the north of atlanta, georgia. they will get quite a bit of rain. the weather front that has been moving through here, it is going to stay stationary. parked around our area through

tomorrow. that means right along this front we have a chance to see some showers so that the best chance of seeing that rain tomorrow will be d.c., down to the south and off to the west. i think about a 10th to maybe a quarter of an inch of rain. then, again, better chance for the weekend. as far as thursday goes, we are going to turn overing to? milder air with warm front coming through. tomorrow's going to feel more like march ask then we will see temperatures come back up for the end of the week. 59 to 67 degrees for your evening. sunset at 5:47. there is look at your chilly conditions for tomorrow morning. 58 to 63. and then for tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon, 45 to 60 degrees throughout the area. 60 degrees, it will be cool. hit 70 for a high on thursday with the rain ending. not much for wednesday. better chance of rain and even the possibility of some thunderstorms for the weekend and saturday wraf noon and mainly through the day sunday. a look at the rest of the weekend in a couple much minutes. >> we need a three-car wash with

that pollen. >> it is thick. >> oak and pine. >> off the charts. >> thanks, veronica. >> still to come on "news4 at 4:00," the possible fallout from pippa middleton's gun stunt. ♪ ♪ without falling >> we will hear more erin ouellet, a step closer to making it to the

welcome back. i'm jim hand. >> i i'm angie goss in for pat lawson muse. thousands in our area had their eyes to the sky to witness the final flight of the space shuttle "discovery." the "discovery" arrived on the back of a 747 after making a few victory laps around the area. it will be housed permanently at the smithsonian museum. a fired gsa official said he did not know taxpayers would be build $2,000 for a party in his hotel suite. he says he will pay the money back. today marked the second day of congressional hearings on the lavish spending at a gsa conference in vegas in 2010. an investigator arrived in colombia to interview hotel

staff and anyone else that may be connected to the prostitution scandal involving members of the secret service. we also learned today the group of agents and military officers brought at least 24 women to the hotel where they were staying. there's concern whether those women posed a security threat because the agents they were with had hard copies of the president's schedule. strong earning reportsing from major u.s. companies along with positive economic news out of europe gave stocks a big boost today. the dow rising 194 points surpassing the 13,000 mark and nasdaq gained about 54 and the s&p is up 21. we start this half hour with an update on the pippa middleton paparazzi flack. the british media. trailing their car in paris. a spokesman for a french fashion designer who was in the car at the time says the pistol was a toy. it was all a joke and paparazzi

knew it. paris police say they have not received a complaint and have not opened an investigation. still the photo raised eyebrows in britain where a certain level of decorum is expected from the sister of the duchess of cambridge. well, tense moments last night for gaithersburg resident aaron willett. >> contests on "the voice" was surprised one member on team blake and christina would be eliminated. nbc's stephanie stanton joins us now live from l.a. where the -- there's new rules that are -- really putting the pressure on tonight. >> reporter: hey, guys. indeed. you know, preparations are under way for tonight's results show. last night a total shocker. i can tell you tonight that there is a big surprise expected. there are rumblings of possible appearance by justin bieber although they don't tell us. i can't confirm that. i can tell you that they will be debuting his new video but let's talk about your local hometown favorite erin willett.

last night on "the voice," she sang "set fire to the rain" by adelle and received very positive reviews across board. in fact, christina aguilera was somewhat complimentary which is these days seems to be less and less for some of these contestants. but you know, a lot of times the judges as well said that she gave a really strong performance. again, it was adelle. some of the judges said that adelle is just -- she is one of those artists that's very hard to sing because her songs are so unique and so strong. erin willett made it through the instant elimination and let's take the look at blake's elimination now. >> finding out there was going ton abinstant elimination was a jaw dropper and threw everybody off kilter a little bit. but i think that it is important to kind of be red write for things thrown your way

especially in -- excuse me, especially in an industry like this. >> all right. and there was definitely a big surprise when christina had to eliminate someone off her team. let's take a listen. >> here at this point i'm sorry but i have to let go of jesse. >> jesse campbell has just been eliminated by christina aguilera. you can exit the stage. you are safe. >> stephanie, as we watch this, i was hosting a live chat. i was on twitter. everybody was just blown away with this decision. what was it like there? >> yes. social media was abuzz about this elimination. i can tell new the media viewing room there was literally a loud gasp when christina said jesse's name for the elimination. no one could really believe it. you know, just a couple of weeks

ago jesse was the front-runner. adam levine calling him the one to beat. at 42, jesse campbell is the oldest competitor here at "the voice." he was very disappointed. but nonetheless, a bit of a shocking elimination. on blake's team, of course, your local favorite, erin is safe. jordis was eliminated. she said she was very sad. she said she understood, a couple of weeks ago he was the save that blake made. america did not vote her through. she said she felt like it was fair. she was sad but still is rooting for team blake. >> an emotional mighnight. >> another biggie tonight. angelina jolie taking on a new role offstream as special envoy for the u.n.'s refugee agency. spent the past decade as goodwill ambassador. her new position will address large-scale crises driving

millions of refugees from their homelands. jolie is the first named special envoy by the u.n. refugee agency and has donated money to the organization for years. well, your mama always told you and she was right. pay attention in school. it pays off. >> this is proof. a physicist in southern california wrote a term paper recently to get himself out of a traffic ticket, jim. dimitri is a research scientist at the university of california, san diego. he got a $400 ticket for failing to come to a full stop at a stop sign. he wrote a four-page paper explaining that his supposed offense defies the laws of physics. he says he was able to show that from the officer's vantage point that it only looked like he didn't stop. >> therefore my argument in the court was that what he saw could easily be confused by the angle

of vehicle. it did not reflect the reality which was completely different. >> the judge dismissed the ticket. >> i need to download that research paper. >> that's about $100 per page. a change of speaking of money for a lottery winner in michigan. a woman who hit a $1 million jackpot is now charged with welfare fraud. >> authorities there say 25-year-old amanda clayton kept collecting food stamps even after she won big last fall on a lottery game show. she told one news station in detroit that she thought it was okay since she still didn't have a job. >> well, as a result of this she could get four years in prison. if convicted on the felony fraud charges. can't spend a whole lot when you are behind bars. >> no, you can't. coming up next on "news4 at 4:00," everyone has ways to deal with a hangover. but one doctor in sin city has an idea he says works.

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the 4:00 hour. >> expecting veronica to pull a rabbit out. >> oh, my gosh. wait a minute. >> there is another one under that desk. surprise. you know what, we thought yesterday the pollen was high. today topped it. everybody is mowing the grass out there. >> right. >> on top of that, we have some wind. blowing all around. a lot of surfaces are coated with oak pollen, pine pollen. we have grass pollen that's moderate. of course, we immediate some rain. for the year we are down 5 inches on rainfall. noaa, their forecast for april, may and june give us equal chances of being above or below average. rainfall through that time period, a little more than ninches. but again the fact we are already down five inches almost important the year, doesn't allow us to sit very well. gulf coast is expected to be below average on rainfall and as far as temperatures go, much of the mid atlantic and northeast expected to see above average temperatures. tomorrow we will cool down to about 60 degrees. then we are going to bounce back

into the 70s for the remainder of the week. and for the first part of the weekend. and there's rain now off to the west. thunderstorms down western north carolina. and these showers drying up as they make their way over the mountains. we have a chance to get some rain in here. i think after the sun comes up tomorrow. so expect rain around 9:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. for tomorrow morning, developing light showers and then a better chance for the afternoon. 30% chance tomorrow will be cool and at 60 degrees. do not forget your jacket. and again, that little pocket purse umbrella. 70 is the temperature mid week. sunshine returning. lot of it by the afternoon. 76 degrees for friday. weekend right now is saturday, sunday, 75 saturday. warm day for us. and showers and thunderstorms developing. right now your weekend especially late saturday and sunday is looking stormy. we could have some severe weather around this weekend. >> thanks, veronica. well, in keeping with our theme today, unusual friendship taking shape in northern indiana.

>> a monkey and a dog were spotted playing outside of a local hospital. employees and patients there say that the animals which typically don't get along are an inspiration for all of india and the world. neither the monkey nor the dog are house pets. they are just friends. >> close friends. here is a house pet who master ad skill that's difficult for most humans. i know i can't do it. >> check it out. this is youtube video of jer only month know, double dutch dog. she is a 2-year-old cattle mix. the dog 'owner rescued her from a pound. samantha says she and geronimo worked for five weeks straight to get this trick right. samantha and geronimo travel the country with a theater group called stunt dog productions and their video now has more than a half million hits and counting. that's like a stupid dog trick on letterman. look at that. he has really good dance moves. >> yeah. >> speaking of music, music star nicki minaj got caught the greeting overseas. a large crowd of pans and

photographers mobbed her as she left the arrival area at london's heathrow airport. minaj is in london on her tour of her new frig rans set to hit stores later this year. this is to come a day after she deleted twitter are account. she did it in protest of a website releasing pirated versions of songs on her upcoming album. >> takes attention away from pippa middleton there. >> sure does. coming up next? on "news4 at 4:00,"s in a calls it solar prominence. this spectacular view next. coming up on "news4 at 5:00," dramatic confrontation between a would-be robber and local grandmother who refused to back down. the news4 i team releasing new information about area dialysis centers. tonight where you can go to find how your center rates with deaths and infections and then stick around for an all new

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welcome back. new bus is rolling in to sin city that promises to help visitors coping with a night of excessive partying. a local doctor says that all you need to do is grab a seat on the hangover heaven. gabe gutierrez has more from the vegas strip. >> reporter: in sin city, where the nights are young and the mornings can be painful, we met a rowdy group from north carolina. started drinking hours before. >> i don't know what to expect. this is my first time in vegas. >> sin city. it is the place to break loose and have a good time. >> to a night the four of us will never forget. >> reporter: a mantra captured in the movie "the hangover," where bad decisions lead to a

rough morning. >> i don't think i have ever been this hungover. >> some people can't handle vegas. >> reporter: now they might have a little help. after a long night some of the north carolina revelers are the first customers of hangover heaven. a bus for the times you feel like hell. >> this is the front lounge of the bus. >> reporter: jason burk came up with the idea, board certified anesthesiologist and a businessman. >> recovery room one day treating patients for headache, nausea, angst and pains and realize ad lot of medications and treatments i was giving them worked well for a hangover. >> reporter: the bus will travel the vegas strip on weekend morningins looking for people needed to he rye trait. the package cost $90. >> we encourage to you drink in moderation. >> reporter: for this group from casper, wyoming, it is worth it. >> we are here for a company outing, sales meeting. not a lot of meeting going on.

>> reporter: another woman clearly needed help. >> thank god i got on this bus. whoo. >> reporter: sure enough within 20 minutes we saw a definite improvement. >> i think it will definitely encourage a lot more in vegas. >> reporter: it thofrs disclaimer. hangover heaven is not zes i don't knowed for emergencies or serious medical conditions results from alcohol poisoning. >> this is really a short-term fix. and it is really the high zrayd component. >> reporter: for this business, location is everything. just ask its first customers. >> 45 minutes and i'm good. >> i love this bus. >> all right. the owner stresses he is not promoting excessive drinking. "discovery's" journey through the nation's capital. off the top tonight, it is the end of an era.

the shuttle "discovery" now on the ground after an historic flight over our region. >> this is video as it flew past the national mall. framed by the capital's iconic monuments. wane watrel has more on the spectacular sight. >> quite a site, erica. >> reporter: yes, it is, jim. just take a look behind me. this is it. this is the money shot. this is what people from all over have been longing to see all day long. and it is definitely a crowd pleaser. definitely did not upset and in a couple of days it will soon call the smithsonian home. it is the view that had people's eyes on the sky. space shuttle "discovery" on the back of the boeing 747 and as it entered the washington area before arriving at dulles international airport. how big was the plane? show me. >> this big. >> reporter: nasa says near