led the way. kenneth rightliner jr. who flew aboard discovery in 1991 and '94 was one of them. >> it was certainly a vessel that took good care of us, got us up into a very difficult place to reach. and it brought us back safely. >> reporter: the first space shuttle orbiter and the orbiter that's flown more than any other met for a photo op unlike any other. one, bright and shiny, a result of never entering space. the other? discolored from 39 missions into the unknown. >> the costume was his idea. coming here today was ours. >> reporter: it was a plomt tmo that brought families together. >> very fortunate. 3 years old and met an astronaut at his nursery school and told me he wants to be an astronaut. >> reporter: and encouraged children to live out their dreams. others showed up to see if discovery brought anything back with it. >> what we're trying to discover, new life. >> reporter: nasa administrator charles bolden says funding deficiencies have proved problematic for closing the gap between the shuttle era and what lies ahead. >> that wasn't president obama's decision but a decision made by

his predecessor and it was really something that the nation decided after the colombia accident. >> reporter: however, senator and first american astronaut to orbit the earth john glenn tells me nasa is coming back. that doesn't mean he was ready to see discovery go. >> i would have maybe preferred to see it still be flying now. i think there's a lot of research we missed by this sort of hiatus. >> as thousands showed up to bid farewell to an era millions more are expected to see the start of a new chapter. space shuttle discovery is now home at the smithsonian. and workers are still, crew members are still working to bring discovery in very, very carefully. how do you bring in a 200,000-pound spacecraft? very carefully. they're still moving it in. looks like it's going to fit perfectly into this particular space inside the smithsonian. when can you see it? come out tomorrow. doors open at 10:00 am in order for you to check this out yourself. and then coming up tonight at 6:00 we'll talk about enterprise

and why the demating or mating process rather might begin a little early for enterprise because of the weather. we're live at the smithsonian. erika gonzalez, news 4. >> thanks, erika. a wild chase that went through two northern virginia counties today ended with a suspect in custody. a virginia state trooper stopped for a man walking along interstate 66 in arlington. a police officer also stopped to help. police say the man got violent and punched the arlington officer then stole his cruiser. the chase finally ended in a crash in centreville but it didn't stop there. the suspect grabbed a shovel and swung it at the officers before finally putting it down. then they took him into custody. take a good look at the man in this surveillance video. d.c. police tell us he is a person of interest in the recent break-in at the city auditor's office. over the weekend someone stole two lap top computers. it's still unclear what may be on them. the auditor's office works for the d.c. council and examines government accounts and operations but it does not do

criminal investigations. if you recognize the man in this video you're urged to call police. >> more secret service staffers' careers are on the line in the wake of a prostitution scandal. maryland senator barbara mikulski thinks one the next cuts could come from the top. this afternoon she told nbc news she is not ready to call on secret service director mark sullivan to step down yet but she has indicated he may resign. three secret service employees have already resigned since some were accused of bringing prostitutes back to their hotel last week in colombia. lawmakers say more resignations and dismissal may come sometime today or tomorrow. a troubling scene in northeast washington. a man was found beaten to death early this morning here in an alley near the intersection of oats street and bladensburg road. police say the victim is 36-year-old aaron henderson. his nickname was peanut. one man who did not want to be identified said he knew the victim. >> had a troubled life and, i

mean, you know, it's the way things go around here. >> police are offering a reward for information that helps them solve this case. a d.c. daycare worker is now behind bars after charges of child abuse. we first told you about the allegations yesterday at 5:00 and today there are new developments. darcy spencer is in northeast d.c. tonight with details. darcy? doreen, a suspect was arrested this afternoon. we're told by the fugitive warrant task force right around 12:40 this afternoon in hyattsville in prince george's county police are confirming that he did work here at this facility but it's unclear in what capacity he did work here. if you take a look behind me you can see the daycare center remains closed. this has led to a lot of anger and frustration among parents. we talked to one who showed up here to try to get her child's belongings and walked away empty handed. >> it's sick, disgusting.

>> reporter: daycare centers are places you trust to take care of and protect your children but it was here at the child development senter at the zion baptist church of eastland gardens where police say that trust was violated. a man described by police as a church worker was arrested and charged with felony attempted first degree child sex abuse. he has been identified by police as randolph king of hyattsville. the victim, a 3-year-old boy, who goes to daycare here. this parent who came to retrieve her 2-year-old son's belongings, is outraged. >> what do you think about this guy coming in here and doing what he did allegedly? >> it's horrible. he needs to stay locked up. he needs to stay locked up. it's awful. >> reporter: according to a police report, randolph king was found standing over the boy who was lying on a cot. king was exposed. the boy asleep on his stomach. his pants pulled down. a woman walked in and screamed and he ran off. it happened april 10th but wasn't reported to police for three days. it's unclear when or if parents who send their children to the

center were notified of the incident. the child development center has been shut down. authorities say not because of the abuse allegations, rather because of unspecified code violations. your child will never come back here? >> no. never. that's why i'm here to get my baby's stuff. >> that parent came here to the center this afternoon and pounded on every door here trying to get someone to answer her questions. obviously she didn't get any questions answered and wasn't able to retrieve any of her child's belongings. obviously, a very frustrating situation for these parents not knowing where to turn. now they have no daycare for their children. in terms of the suspect we're told he is being brought here to d.c. to face these charges. he is expected to have a first court appearance sometime tomorrow. reporting live from northeast washington, darcy spencer, news 4. republican presidential candidate mitt romney is coming to virginia to give the commencement address at liberty university next month. the evangelical christian college is located in lynchburg.

liberty was founded by televangelist jerry falwell. a crowd of about 50,000 people is expected. clear skies this afternoon after some rain out there this morning and last night. >> let's get your first forecast from meteorologist veronica johnson. how about it? >> yeah. after some fog, too, this morning and we could see a little more of that fog developing during the overnight but the clouds that we talked about that were lingering early part of the day, here they are on satellite as we go back some six hours and now you can see again we're left with the clear skies right around washington. and up to the north into pennsylvania. head off to the west and you can see all that rain, those stormy conditions in minneapolis up at the top of your screen right under the banner there. chicago, too stormy. that is an area of low pressure. that's just part of the storm that's going to be coming our way for the weekend. so we've got just one more nice day here coming our way as we get ready to round out the week. we're at 70 degrees right now. your wind is light at just 3 miles per hour. as we look ahead, for the rest

of the evening, this is going to be quite pleasant for getting out. again, a little bit of fog for tomorrow morning and, you know, we're talking about a stormy weekend. but there is something that's looking a lot better about our weekend. i'll have the details on that coming right up. >> all right. thanks. sexual misconduct allegations have rocked a local catholic community and put one fairfax priest out of a job for now. it's forcing the arlington diocese to take a new look at many of its priests. news 4's richard jordan has more on that and more from a woman who says she knew the priest in question. >> reverend terry speck stands accused of abusing a teen boy. the pastor at annandale's holy spirit church is on administrative leave for what the accuser said happened years ago when the priest served as a vicar at st. mary's in fairfax. speck was once recognized for his devotion to children. >> i am very sad to hear of these allegations. >> reporter: author teresa pitt

green uses a pseudonym. the northern virginia woman doesn't want to be named or identified because she was victimized by a different catholic priest but writes about her experience in the book "restoring sanctuary" and the author names speck, praising him as the director of the arlington diocese child protection office where he screened priests and new employees. >> i also really respected that we had some of the most rigorous background checks. for that reason i acknowledged him in the book. >> speck's accuser claims the protector was the predator. speck strongly denies the allegation. >> there are a lot of catholics who are heart broken at this news and really waiting to see what happens. >> reporter: but now all of the background checks the priest reviewed have to be re-examined. >> the bishop is going to go check them out but like a third party just in case. we're really happy. >> the diocese of arlington

encourages anyone with information on this case to come forward. in the meantime fairfax county police are investigating but no charges have been filed. live in the newsroom, richard jordan, news 4. today a memorial marks 17 years since the oklahoma city bombing. officials, family, and friends held a 168-second moment of silence for the victims who died at the murrah federal office building in downtown oklahoma city. timothy mcvey and terry nichols were behind the terrorist attack. volunteers put new fences in at arlington national cemetery. today 20 volunteers from across the country spent the day installing 600 feet of fencing along the right side entrance to the cemetery. the volunteers are all members of the north american fence contractors association. they came from as far as new mexico, georgia, and wisconsin. all of the time and materials for the project were donated. the group plans to make the

project an annual tradition to help arlington staff keep up with repairs. 21 years later police in howard county have made an arrest in a murder. 57-year-old robert arnold jarrett of elkridge was taken into custody for the murder of his former wife. jarrett reported her missing in 1991, telling police his wife never returned home after an argument. but a recent tip led police back to jarrett's home. that's where they found the remains of a woman believed to be his former wife underneath a shed buried in concrete. police say they have identified two sets of human remains found over the past two years in fairfax county and it turns out the victims are brothers. the dna matches. manwell garcia to jesus garcia. they were reported missing from prince william county two years ago. detectives say their bodies were found within about a mile of each other in lorton. the first discovery was made in july of 2010 the other about a year later. no arrests have been made.

coming up next news for your health. why top health experts say measles are back after doctors declared them dead ten years ago. plus would you give up your easy pass if you had to pay a monthly fee? drivers in virginia may soon have to make that choice. liz crenshaw has the two things to look out for when buying an alarm system for your home.

wear we are following breaking news out of afghanistan. four people are presumed dead after a helicopter crashed there. the chopper went down in afghanistan today. there are no confirmed reports of casualties but a senior u.s. military official tels nbc news authorities don't expect any survivors. the official says there was bad weather in the area at the time. the military cannot rule out enemy action. measles are on the rise in the u.s. according to a new report released today from the centers of disease control. last year cases were four times higher than usual. most were imported either by visiting foreigners or by americans traveling abroad. nbc's erica edwards has more on a this recent spike. >> reporter: a handful of giants and patriots fans attending this year's super bowl festivities came home with an unexpected souvenir -- measles.

parents in the suburbs of indianapolis scrambled to make sure their kids were vaccinated. >> as a parent you just want to protect your children from all that kind of stuff. >> reporter: the virus was declared eliminated in the united states 12 years ago but cases are once again on the rise. >> we had 222 reported cases last year. this was the highest number of reported measles cases since 1996. >> reporter: a majority of cases are triggered by international tourists who bring the virus into the u.s. or americans who become infected while traveling abroad. countries like france, italy, and the united kingdom, had thousands of measles cases in 2011 alone. travelers can spread the virus to unvaccinated people. three quarters of the kids in the u.s. who got measles in 2011 were not vaccinated due to personal beliefs. >> parents withheld their children from vaccinations for a variety of reasons so we have groups of susceptibles out there. when the disease is imported

from abroad it can spread among those susceptibles. >> reporter: doctors say measles is extremely contagious. people can become infected by merely being in the same room as someone carrying the virus. symptoms include fever, rash, inflamed eyes. while most cases are not fatal many are severe. >> about a third of the cases last year were hospitalized. >> reporter: with the london olympic games just around the corner public health officials are hoping travelers take the time to get vaccinated. erica edwards, nbc news. it's green is universal week here at nbc 4. stories that protect the environment. blue crabs in the chesapeake bay have hit record numbers. the potential harvest has not been this great since 1993 according to a survey released today. maryland officials tell us the survey found an estimated 764 million crabs in the bay. that's nearly two-thirds more than last year. and the juvenile crab population has nearly tripled in the past year. but the number of adult females

actually fell for reasons that aren't clear. maryland and virginia imposed harvest restrictions back in 2008 after a population drop and the new survey suggests the crab population continues to rebound. that's the good news. >> did you know those crustaceans like fresh rain water? >> they do. >> i didn't. >> yes. as long as it's not coming down hard and muddying the water. >> okay. they haven't been getting much. >> we would all like fresh rain water. >> we'll get a little bit of everything this weekend. we'll have the wet periods, stormy periods, dry periods, so we've got to make sense of all this to make sure we get our outside time. >> yes. >> we've got some outside time here today because it's ban lovely day with sunshine across the area and temperatures that have been quite comfortable throughout. upper 60s to low 70s but as we talk about the rain, here's the story for the weekend. we're going to see a couple neighborhoods. in fact, many neighborhoods i think that will get over a half inch of rain.

there will be some isolated spots though that pick up about an inch of rain. but those will be few and those will be mainly down to the south of us. south of d.c. and i'll explain why in a moment. 70 degrees our temperature. the wind light at 3 miles per hour. throughout the area nice and mild. upper 60s. low 70s hanging on there up in frederick. 68 in gaithersburg. 70 degrees currently over in la plata and waldorf. so for your evening it's going to be nice. we'll drop to 62 by 11:00 p.m. nice and starry. then we'll see a few clouds around the area tomorrow. very few high clouds. but there will also be patchy fog to start your day tomorrow. fog that'll burn off rather quickly. our radar is dry and quiet as we talk about that next weather system that will start moving in. first high pressure for tomorrow. but as it moves out, by friday night, the clouds will be on the increase. there is our weather front coming eastbound and then what we were talking about yesterday, is that it looks stormy even wet throughout the day on sunday. but this area of low pressure i think is going to stay far

enough off the coast as it moves northward and will get very close to the area on sunday. so rain could hang on sunday up until about noon, maybe 1:00. i'm still going with some a.m. showers so the cold front first then the area of low pressure for sunday. but we're not going to get them both together. nonetheless, though, some storms for your afternoon. showers will develop early in the day on saturday. about 9:00 or 10:00 a.m. after 2:00 p.m. on saturday, expect some thunderstorms that could bring, well, some hail, maybe some high winds to the area as far as rainfall. there is the area of low pressure for sunday. skirting just to the south. so maybe over an inch of rain, pax river, fredericksburg, lighter amounts to the north. as far as our forecast here for the evening, fantastic. 58 to 65 degrees. for your morning a little on the cool side. 47 to 55. likely you need a jacket when you're stepping out the door again. and then we lose the jacket. we're a couple degrees higher than today. quite nice for getting outside.

i always like that when the two come together like that on a friday. so if you're going to plan your weekend do something early saturday. and then i think late sunday right in the middle is when it's going to be wet. >> start your weekend on friday. >> there's an idea. >> i like that. >> we can't all three do that. you know that. okay. still ahead on news 4 at 5:00, starbucks says it is going to stop using dye made from crushed bugs. >> we're glad to hear that. plus instead of changing grades some high school kids hacked into a school computer to change something else. and down here at verizon center game four, huge playoff matchup for the caps tonight match[ male announcer ]night this was how my day began.

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in game four tonight we're rocking the red. >> boy. i need something. i realize veronica was all dolled up in red. they really need this one don't they? >> i think they have to have this one, guys. it's not a game that's going to knock them out of the series but a game that will put them in a huge hole meaning they have to win three in a row to come back. let's not get ahead of ourselves. right? they've been playing good hockey. they got outscored by one goal last game. lost 4-3 to the bruins. a very good team. the second seed in the east. but they're playing this one without nik backstrom. he has been suspended for one

game. joining me live now is jason chmura. you guys are used to playing without back. you played 40 games without him. you've beaten the bruins before without backstrom but kind of a different story now that it's the playoffs. >> you want your best players obviously. any time you don't have your best players with you in the game -- but luckily it is not 40 games only one so we got mike knuble. one fwi coming in that's played over a thousand games in the league so it's not like a rookie. you got a guy who is really experienced. we can deal with it for one game. it's the 40 games that hurt. >> you also have jon erskine playing tonight your tough guy injected into the lineup. do you need a guy like that against a big strong team like the bruins? >> yeah like i said before. we don't need to prove ourselves physically to anybody but it is nice to have that factor. he is a physical guy, a tough guy to play against. it's nice to have him back. it's going to be good for him to get back in the game. >> you guys finally broke out of your scoring slump in the last game. unfortunately they scored one more.

do you prefer games that are 4-3, 4-5, or do you like the 2-1, 1-0 games? >> any game on top i think is good. as long as we score one more goal. the series has been so close. either team could be up 3-0 or either team down 3-0 so it is just separating one goal -- every game has been so close. as long as we're on top i don't care what the score is. >> so much talk about the physicality in the playoffs. we've seen numerous suspensions in different match-ups. can you out physical a team like the bruins or do you just have to out hustle them? >> i think we can play physical with them. i think it's just between -- after the whistle. we play between the whistles it is going to be great and we have a good team that matches up well and we have to keep until the whistle. it'll be fine. >> this is a rookie playing in his first nhl playoff series. needless to say, is the goalie position the most important position on the ice in the playoffs in the nhl? >> yeah. i mean, you need your goalie. making saves for you especially

on the penalty killing. he's been outstanding for us and, you know, it's one of those things. for a young guy to come in and play that good, another feather in our caps so he's been playing well. we've known he could do it for a long time. >> good luck tonight. that's jason chmura. game four tonight. it's the bruins and the capitals. we'll have more coming up at 6:00. >> lots on the line, dan. thank you. new at 5:30 tonight drivers in virginia could soon have to pay every month just to own an easy pass. >> new developments in the search for a missing female soldier. plus his face was the first ever on a milk carton. possible clu

an arrest has been made in the sexual abuse case of a child at a daycare center in northeast washington. randolph king has been charged with felony attempted first degree child sex abuse. police say he was a church worker at the zion baptist church of eastland gardens. the child development center has been shut down now. >> top lawmakers including maryland's senator barbara mikulski say more firings and resignations within the secret service are imminent. three secret service employees have already been let go since someone, some were accused of bringing prostitutes to their hotel in colombia last week while setting up security for president obama's visit. the next agency cuts were expected as soon as today or tomorrow. >> d.c. police are looking for

the man in this surveillance video calling him a person of interest in a recent break-in at the city auditor's office. over the weekend somebody stole two lap top computers from that office. the auditor works for the city council examining government accounts and operations. now let's fast forward to the weather. hey, veronica. >> hey, doreen. nice one today but it's going to be tricky for any outdoor plans this weekend. speaking of the outdoors, look at that canopy of green across the area with a nice blue sky above. we of course gothe sunshine today with high pressure and with the dry air that moved in. we're at currently 68 degrees in new carrollton, lanham, landover, hyattsville, over into herndon and burke. good afternoon to you. you are at 67 degrees. 75 in rockville. we'll see temperatures drop tonight. look at that. to the 40s and low 50s. but we've got tomorrow and the weekend to talk about. we'll have more details on that coming up. >> northern virginia commuters have already seen tolerates go up this year but now v dot may add a monthly fee for easy pass

users as well. news 4's julie carey joins us live from the dulles toll road and route 7 with more. >> reporter: hey, jim. it costs about a buck 50 to go through that toll plaza but if you have one of these ez pass trans ponders to get you through quickly they are at least free for now. if v dot gets its way though it won't be that way much longer. they can be seen on more and more wind shields as commuters and travelers speed their trip through toll gates. virginia has already issued 900,000 ez pass transponders but the number is expected to double soon. v dot says with the opening of the beltway express lanes and other toll projects across the commonwealth the administrative costs of overseeing e-z pass are climbing, too. v dot is proposing a dollar a month per transponder fee to keep pace. >> the costs are getting higher for v dot. we have to have a way to pay for this. the money has to come from

somewhere. the best way, the fairest way for us to do this is to access monthly fees on the people who actually use the toll facilities. >> reporter: v dot officials say 14 of the 24 ez pass issuers including maryland already charge a fee. but along the dulles toll road where commuters are already bracing for higher tolerates next year, the transponder fee gets a big thumbs down. >> to be built into the toll fees. if they're going to have that many cars using transponders that much more tolls are coming in it is a significant amount of money. why can't that pay for it? >> in the days of technology, i think they tend to over charge because technology will take care of most of the administrative fees. so i think it's a way to get into our pockets. >> reporter: but even those unhappy with the proposed charge say they aren't likely to turn their transponders in. >> given traffic problems around here i think anybody would pay

12 bucks for relief a year. >> reporter: i think she referred to it as a convenience charge. well, v dot says now that word is out about that it wants public comment but they are hoping to institute this fee by july 1st. coming up on news 4 at 6:00 there is one teenie tiny silver lining to this. for now reporting live from near tysons corner i'm julie carey, news 4. >> we now know the name of the man found dead in la plata, maryland last night. he is 32-year-old martin hawkins. the charles county sheriff's office says hawkins was lying unconscious behind a building in the 200 block of kent avenue. deputies heard the shots fired and rushed to the scene but so far they haven't arrested any suspects. closing arguments today in the trial of five men accused in one of the deadliest series of shootings in d.c. history. five people died, six others were hurt in related attacks on south capital street back in march of 2010. news 4's pat collins is live outside d.c. superior court with the latest.

>> reporter: jim, after testimony from 100 witnesses, after viewing 1,000 pieces of evidence, decision time coming soon in this high profile murder case. today inside superior court the beginning of the end. closing arguments, the prosecutor telling the jurors that a series of witness heroes have pointed the figure of suspicion at the five men charged. it's heartening, he said, that people came forward with the information. it's said to be one of the bloodiest times in the history of washington crime. march, 2010. in eight days five dead, nine wounded, all over a missing fake diamond bracelet that some of the suspects thought was stolen. five young men charged in

connection with the shootings. they come to court all dressed up like college frat brothers all wearing fashionable eye glasses. this trial has gone on for more than two months. the jury has heard from dozens of witnesses. none more important than this man. nathanial sims. he says he was one of them. he says he hung out with them. he says he partied with them. he says he killed with them. in a blue jail jump suit restrained by heavy prison chains, sims took the stand and described each act of violence shot by shot. the jury has seen all kinds of evidence including the ak-47 used in the now infamous drive by shooting known as the south capital street massacre. there mourners from a funeral gunned down in cold blood.

now just about every day relatives of the victims show up in superior court to watch the trial and search for justice. now the jury is expected to begin deliberations early next week. in northwest, pat collins, news 4. coming up, someone was very determined to try to break into a pharmacy but things didn't quite work out as planned. plus a school attendance scandal could force some ♪ ♪ hit the road, jack ♪ and don't you come back no more ♪ ♪ no more, no more, no more ♪ hit the road, jack ♪ and don't you come back no more ♪ [ male announcer ] want your weeds to hit the road? hit 'em with roundup extended control. one application kills weeds and puts down a barrier to stop new ones for up to four months. roundup extended control spray once. stop weeds for months. you can always expect more.

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redskins player chris coole stopped by the elementary school in the district today. it was part of a school program that aims to get kids to exercise and achieve in school. it's a nonprofit sponsored in part by reebock. and the principal says active kids equal active minds. coole led the kids in a series of activities today. more than 70 schools around the country take part in that very same program. they're doing it there. >> a burglar had a hard time trying to break into a pharmacy down in texas. security cameras rolled as the man picked up a rock and tried to heave it through the front door. it didn't work. the would be burglar got so frustrated that he gave up. police are trying to figure out if he is responsible for other recent pharmacy break-ins in the area. about 50 high school students in california are

facing suspension and even expulsion after altering school attendance records. authorities say a group of students hacked into the school's computer system last october. they say the kids obtained a password into the system and then sold that password to their classmates. officials say the students who altered their attendance records wanted to skip school without anybody knowing. >> a day off. when we come back the nation remembers tv legend dick clark. >> plus starbucks plans to get rid of red dye because of its source. i'm liz crenshaw. home security systems are locking customers into long-term contracts. find out how to avoid being

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some of the contracts are very tight and very unpleasant in the sense that if you move you may still be stuck with the contract. >> reporter: robert krughoff with washington checkbook reminds consumers to read the fine print. >> if you don't like the contract and you can't negotiate with them to get a better contract just don't do business with the firm. and of course the fact that you're prepared to do that may enable you to negotiate very effectively. >> reporter: also be wary of door-to-door sales. >> you're better off to check out these firms independently and, you know, either talk with friends and neighbors who have firms they're satisfied with or of course use checkbook.org. >> consumers checkbook surveyed thousands of home security customers and checked out complaints filed. >> the difference in customer satisfaction with the quality of the work they do, how much they mess up your house when they do it, how convenient it is to use the system, etcetera, also dramatic differences in price.

>> reporter: when comparing prices in one case checkbook found the exact same installation including three years of monitoring service ranged from $2,634 to $6,545. for james hadley, he's left with nothing but his hefty bill. >> the status is i owed $1600. >> how do you feel about this? >> i'm kind of angry. i could use $1600 doing other things. >> reporter: since our interview hadley complaining, complaining, complaining, has prevailed in getting a refund from his security company so he got on his. for more information on how to choose a home security company including some of the top rated companies in our area simply visit nbc washington.com and search home security. but not unusual if you get free installation to have a very long-term contract. just beware. >> a lot of money. >> especially if you're not using it. >> don't give up immediately negotiating. >> and also try to cross it out of the contract if you don't want it and see what they say.

>> good for him. thank you, liz. >> here is veronica with another check on our weather. if only we could negotiate with the weather. right? let's see. can i have sunshine for tomorrow? liz says yes. why not? sure she says. we're at 70 degrees right now. certainly some sunshine out there. light wind at three miles per hour. over the next couple days, folks, we'll get a little bit of this and a little bit of that. we have a nice one for tomorrow. storms for the weekend. then a cool stretch for most of next week. and speaking of cool, we'll be cooling down through the 60s. 64 to 62 degrees. 9:00 to 11:00 p.m. nice and starry. then we'll see a few high clouds move in for tomorrow morning. just a few. and some more fog. that'll be patchy fog around the area. we'll start out cool. upper 40s to low 50s. there is your sunrise. 6:24 for tomorrow morning. high temperatures 72 in frederick and around mount airy only in montgomery county at 73. 74 there in d.c. 75 degrees expected in

culpepper. here is the story with the storm system. you saw the cold front move eastward. big batch of rain still expected throughout much of the eastern third of the nation. but that area of low pressure will stay off the coast so it's never going to merge with that front. and as it stays off the coast, i think that means a little less rain for the area. probably a half inch of rain most locations with the low riding up on sunday. we could see some spots across southern maryland like last time it was southern maryland that got a loft rain. that will be the story this time. those are the neighborhoods through southern maryland, the northern neck, that could get an inch of rain by monday morning. we're mild for friday, 74 your high. then 73 for saturday. showers early in the day, thunderstorms after 2:00, 3:00 p.m., and the storms will continue until about 8:00 p.m. so likely to be wet weather during the afternoon and evening. sunday we're wet. i think right now for the first half of the day. but from 70s on saturday for a high temperature to 60s for highs on sunday it is going to

be dramatically cooler. as i promised, a good stretch of next week we're going to see some cooler conditions across the area. monday at 60. tuesday at 62 degrees. that's going to come with a little bit of wind, too. breezy conditions at least at the end of the week. we'll bounce back to maybe 80 degrees. >> thanks, veronica. coming up tonight on news 4 at 6:00 we're staying on top of the secret service scandal. top officials say more resignations could be coming in the days ahead. a man robbed a northern virginia restaurant wearing an unusual disguise. >> what is the problem? >> a pint sized drama queen. a little girl who will do just about anything to get out of her chores. that is next on news 4 at 6:00. >> she is getting her way it looks like. straight ahead on news 4 at 5:00 the latest on the disappearance of a missing female soldier. >> for all your news follow news 4 online. search nbc washington and facebook and twitter. we're coming right back.

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the previous judge jessica reckseidler stepped down because of a potential conflict of interest. her husband works with an attorney who is providing tv commentary about the case. the new judge will preside over zimmerman's bond hearing set for tomorrow morning. the search intensifies now for a missing soldier at fort bragg, north carolina. she hasn't been seen since the weekend and has now been missing for five days. mike viqueira has our story. >> reporter: more than a hundred police and fellow soldiers fanned out wednesday searching the woods not far from where 23-year-old kelli boredeaux an army private was last seen last weekend. police searched a nearby pond for several hours but turned up nothing. >> this is an active investigation. we have folks working 24 hours. we've got a lot of man power. >> reporter: police say she left this fayetteville bar where she had gone to sing karaoke in the

early morning hours saturday. the military official tells nbc news that she made phone calls and sent texts from her cell phone after she left the bar. but she gave no indication she was in trouble. the military official also says bordeaux was driven home by an employee of the bar. police say they have twice questioned the 25-year-old bar employee but do not consider him a person of interest at this time. >> he is one of the last people that has seen miss bordeaux, so anybody that last seen her on the early morning of saturday is someone we want to talk to. >> reporter: kelli's husband, mike, tells nbc news he was in their home state of florida the night his wife disappeared. when questioned by a reporter from nbc's raleigh station he denied reports that he and kelli were estranged describing their marriage as happy and adding i would never lay a hand on her. police say they have no reason to doubt what he is telling them. >> a husband, boyfriend, a significant other.

this is the person law enforcement always turns to initially and if they can in fact account for her husband's presence someplace else, then they have to consider other suspects. >> i just want kelli bordeaux to be brought back to us safe and sound. i just want my sister. >> reporter: tuesday her sister issued an emotional plea for kelli's safe return. as the search intensifies family members, friends, and others in this military community are holding out hope. >> if it was my sister or daughter or friend, i would want someone to help out so i decided to volunteer. >> police say even though their initial search around the pond didn't turn up anything, they are going back there for a second look. now at 6:00 more fallout from the secret service prostitution scandal. >> three secret service agents are already out of a job but the investigation is far from over. there could be more resignations in the wake of that sex scandal in colombia. surveillance video just

released and now the search is on to find a burglar who stole from a d.c. government building. >> discovery's big debut. thousands gather as the retired shuttle settles into its new home at the smithsonian. good evening everyone. i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. tonight top lawmakers say more secret service jobs are on the line. the investigation continues into the allegations that agents hired hookers down in colombia and potentially compromised the president's security. mark potter has our report from colombia. >> reporter: the first to fall in the prostitution scandal that officials say began in the night time clubs and streets here in colombia are three members of the u.s. secret service who are part of president obama's advanced security detail last week for the summit of the americas. the secret service says one supervisor will retire. another supervisor has been fired, removed for cause. and a third nonsupervisor has resigned. at