it appears the court is allowing arizona to keep enforcing its controversial immigration law. that law gives police officers expanded power to check the immigration status of people they think are in the country illegally. steve handelsman is at the court now with more on this. >> reporter: good evening from the high court. big day and a tough day for the obama administration. five states have already passed immigration laws modeled on arizona's. more are expected to follow suit if the justices here find this law constitutional. supporters of arizona's attempt to crack down on illegal immigration gathered outside the supreme court and opponents who charge the arizona law would target hispanics. the obama administration dropped that charge. >> the government conceded that, no, it's not about racial profiling. >> reporter: the case is about arizona's right to require identification from anyone they stop and suspect is illegal and

to detain them while they check with the feds. obama administration lawyer donald verrilli argued. but conservative justice scalia said arizona is not trying to kick out anybody the federal government has not already said does not belong here. it seems to me said chief justice john roberts that the federal government just doesn't want to know who is here legally and who is not. swing justice anthony kennedy said must the state accept at its borders illegal? briier said if they call the feds, what's the concept? sonia sotomayor warned the obama lawyer about its case. you can see it's not selling very well. >> arizona has a right and i as governor i felt was somewhat insured that i had a right to

protect the citizens of arizona. >> reporter: brewer charged president obama sued her state to get a boost with hispanic voters. if the justices here uphold the arizona law, and after today that looks a lot more likely, senate democrats say they'll pass a bill to block the law and keep the issue alive through the november elections. i'm steve handelsman, news 4 live at the supreme court. also tonight, capital police are confirming they're investigating a possible threat against florida senator marco rubio. they acknowledge an investigation is under way. police in the republican senator's hometown of west miami say they've increased patrols near his house. rubio's name often comes up as a possible running mate with mitt romney. he's sparked national debate for a proposal to grant legal immigrants the right to work in the u.s. in the republican

presidential race newt gingrich is going to suspend his campaign. nbc news has learned that gingrich will make the official announcement here in washington next tuesday. earlier today in north carolina, gingrich all but conceded the race in light of mitt romney's sweep of all five primaries yesterday. >> i do think it's pretty clear that governor romney is going to be a nominee. we'll do everything we can to make sure he is, in fact, effective and we as a team are effective both in winning this fall and frankly in governing. >> a senior campaign source said gingrich is holding off until tuesday for the official announcement in order to give his family time to travel here to washington. a military judge refused to throw out charges against bradley manning accused of leaking classified information to the wikileaks website. his attorney filed a motion claiming the charges be dismissed saying prosecutors were too show in sharing

information. the judges let the ruling stand. police in baltimore say the woman accused of stabbing her 8-month-old daughter doesn't have custody of the trial. thomas was on a supervised visit yesterday at the social services building. they say when a social worker told her the visit was almost over, she pulled out a kitchen knife and stabbed her baby five times. the little girl is expected to be okay. thomas faces attempted murder and child abuse charges. the tlil of the five men accused of a deadly south capitol street shooting is official now with the jury. the defendants in the case are accused of killing five people, wounding nine others in a series of related attacks back in march of 2010. prosecutors say it all started over a missing fake diamond bracelet. the jury got the case late this afternoon. they deliberated for just over an hour. deliberations will resume tomorrow morning. the man who came to d.c. to

tour the nation's capitol has been killed. his body discovered in the 800 block of emerson street northwest in the petworth area. pat kol lints at the scene now with more on this story. >> reporter: jim, a man from colorado comes to tour our city. he rents a basement apartment in a home in petworth to stay during his visit. yesterday that tourist murdered in this petworth alley. >> i cannot remember the last case that we had at this time where nature rift was the victim of a homicide in washington. >> reporter: a sightseeing tour of washington for a colorado man ends in death in this northwest d.c. alley. police identified the victim as gary diedricks. he was 66 years old, a nurse from denver. sources say he had been visiting our city for about two weeks. his body discovered yesterday evening in this alley off

emerson street northwest. davon hudson was one of the first on the scene. >> they laid his head on -- on a fanny pack. >> what do you make of that? >> i thought somebody cared about him. >> reporter: sources say investigators believe nurse diedricks was killed where he was found, that he died from severe injuries to his head. today that murder scene still taped off, still under police guard. with help from the fire department, homicide investigators went to rooftops today searching for a possible murder weapon, searching for evidence. but it didn't stop there. they used special dogs to look for clues and deployed detectives all over the neighborhood with wanted flyers. a full-court press to solve this unusual case of murder. >> it's terrible. i'm sorry it happened. and i'm sorry it happened in our

neighborhood because we have never had anything like this happen. >> reporter: there's a $25,000 reward posted in this case. the investigation, it continues on. collins, news 4. in prince william county, virginia, police say a driver was robbed at gunpoint while sitting in traffic.it happened s morning in the area of telegraph road and morse lane in woodbridge. the 48-year-old victim told police he was sitting in traffic about to make a turn when the suspect stopped and asked him for directions. police say the man pulled out a handgun and demanded money. the police may have left in an older blue sedan. a water main break in foggy bottom, 22nd and 23rd are shut down between h street and i street. the closures are expected to

remain in place beyond the evening rush hours. drivers should try to take an alternate route. this turned out to be a nice day out there. you say things are going to change? >> they're going to change in a big way. we're looking at plenty of sunshine. the it looks very, very nice. as we look out there, current temperatures at 69 degrees. winds out of the west at 12 miles an hour. spectacular wednesday afternoon. thursday may not be the same. this is the reason why. we've got a storm coming our way. a pretty strong storm. it is going to dump rain, maybe thunder in parts of the area. i'll come back and show you when the storm moves in, when it moves out and how much rain you'll see in your area. metro investigators spent the day trying to figure out why a train went partially off the tracks last night at the rosalind station. nobody was injured, but it did cause significant backups. christ gordon with our report. >> i'm kind of apprehensive today getting back on the train. i really am, because of the derailment. >> reporter: shortly after 7:00 p.m. last night, a blue line

franconia-bound train leaving the rosalind station derailed. it caused delays as crowded training single-tracked through the station. crews worked all night making repairs. they rerailed the front wheels of the train and removed it. they tested the track and switch equipment. metro is investigating to determine the cause of the derailment. >> everybody is getting together and going over their information that they gathered last night to kind of put it altogether into a comprehensive report as to what exactly went wrong. so that includes all departments across the board at metro. >> metro is calling it a minor derailment because there were no injuries and they were able to quickly off-load 1,000 passengers because only two cars were stuck in the funnel, four remained beside the platform. metro riders here in rosalind say they're still affected by this derailment. >> because of this derailment, i was confused on how to get around because the agents in the

airport didn't know whether or not there would be any access to the metro today. >> reporter: some metro riders say the derailment is another example of what's wrong with the aging rail system. >> i don't think there should have been a cause for a derailment. as much track work they do, there should haven't been a cause for derailment. >> i ride metro every day. my concern is that metro is not really reliable. >> do you run into problems? >> yeah. sometimes the trains don't show up. sometimes they're late and that makes me late. i'm not crazy about that. >> reporter: many passengers tell us they are satisfied with metro's service. they say incidents like this derailment here last night caused them concern. metro says safety is its top priority and it will get to the bottom of this. reporting live from the rosalind station, christ gordon, news 4. coming up tonight, the head of the homeland security department in the hot seat over the secret service sex scandal. also ahead --

>> five people were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning in our area. a new effort to make sure it doesn't happen again. the defense takes a shot at the star witness in the jerry edwards trial. burger king makes a big change to appeal to a customer's conscience and stomach. >> mmm, mmm. president obama joins "late

homeland security secretary janet napolitano updated senators on the investigation into the secret service sex scandal. she said the wild night in colombia was not business as usual and that all the agents involved have been dealt with. brian mooar reports. >> reporter: homeland security chief janet napolitano tells congress president obama's safety was not compromised when members of his secret service and military advance detail partied with prostitutes in colombia. >> the first question i posed to the director was was there any breach to the president's security in this instance and the answer was no. >> reporter: she concedes there could have been a risk. eight secret service members are

out, one lost his security clearance and three more face administrative punishment. >> the likelihood that this was the first and only time that such behavior occurred, do you think that's great or not so great? >> reporter: napolitano says investigators have already examined almost 14,000 trips and found no similar misconduct. senators are alarmed by this quote from an agent in the "washington post." >> of course it has happened before. this is not the first time. it really only blew up in this case because the u.s. embassy was alerted. >> reporter: the homeland security secretary says there's no such evidence. besides, it's not much of an excuse. >> every mother of a teenager knows that a common defense is, well, everybody else was doing it, so i get to do it. first, not everybody else was doing it. >> reporter: on nbc's "late night with jimmy fallon" president obama backed his agents. >> a couple of knuckleheads shouldn't detract from what they do. but what these guys were thinking i don't know.

>> reporter: what happened in colombia still making waves in washington. the pentagon expects to wrap up its investigation into a dozen military members next week. senator john mccain is demanding answers now on the national security implications. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. the media mogul rupert murdoch testified under oath into media ethics in the british phone hacking scandal. he's the ceo of news corp. this is the second time he's testified under oath about this scandal. today the inquiry focused on whether murdoch's companies have had any undue influence over the british government. he says he has never asked a prime minister for anything. the lawyer asking him questions noted that it is possible to make deals without ever speaking a word. british police say it's possible that madeleine mccann

young is the former aide to edwards. young testified his relationship with edwards began to kroumable in 2008, about the time when edwards dropped out of the bid for the white house and about the time his mistress rielle hunter gave birth. young also testified that he got tired of living with hunter and pretending that he was the baby's father. edwards is accused of using campaign money to hide his

affair. president obama today continued his tour of college campuses in iowa. he wants to prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling this summer. he criticized republicans for calling that effort a distraction. >> then you've got the spokesman for the speaker of the house who says we're -- meaning me, my administration, we're just talking about student loans to distract people from the economy. this is the economy. this is the economy. this is about your job security. this is about your future. if you do well, the economy does well. this is about the economy. >> the president spoke at the university of iowa. today house speaker john boehner said the house will vote on friday on a republican bill that would keep the rates from doubling. he said the measure would be paid for by taking money from the health care hoefr all law. president obama tried to

connect with younger voters on an appearance on "late night with jimmy fallon," they slow jammed the news on the topic of student loans. >> their position is that students just to make this increase work. frankly i don't buy it. >> mmm, mmm, mmm. the barackness monster ain't buying it. >> the show was taped last night at the university of north carolina in chapel hill. >> he's a good sport to play along with that. >> for sure. >> nice day. started out kind of nippy out there. it has turned really beautiful. all it took was a little sunshine to help out with that. most of us in the 30s. most of us warmed up close to 30 degrees and made it to nearly 70 across the region. that's why plenty of sunshine, bright blue skies. it was a gorgeous afternoon. after a very chilly start, as a matter of fact, take a look at the high and low.

71 degrees. that's one degree above average. the low this morning only 44 at the airport. that's six degrees below average. today we'll go down. when you average them all out, below average for the entire day. that's the fourth day in a row below average. we've only seen that one time this entire year. doesn't look like we'll make it to five tomorrow. we'll be well above average. that's good news if you've got it warmer. it's also going to be raining tomorrow. we'll talk about that in a minute. right now 69 degrees, dew point of 27. that gives us a humidity of only 21%. a very dry atmosphere. winds out of the west-northwest to 20 miles per hour. we're talking a little breezy afternoon. that didn't hurt anybody today. i've got somebody on my facebook page saying great day for kite flying. it certainly was. 66 in leesburg, 70 in manassas, shar lots burg coming in at 73 degrees. nice and mild across the region.

right now no rain to talk about. storm 4 radar, no rain around our area. all you have to do is move one state away into west virginia. that's where we're starting to see that rain coming through parts of west virginia around the charleston area, around elkins, to the south and west of elkins. this is the bulk of the rain around cincinnati. there are showers and thunderstorms associated with this area of low pressure. if you look up, walk outside and look up right now, you'll see high clouds. that's coming ahead of our warm front. the warm front just off to the west. nice weather right now. watch what happens as the warm front moves in. here comes the area of low pressure coming down from the north. that's going to allow for plenty of rain early in the morning for rush hour. on the back side of this, it will try to bring in cooler air. but first we'll get breaks of sunshine and temperatures will actually go up from where they are today. i expect temperatures tomorrow into the mid to upper 70s. that could actually lead to some showers and thunderstorms once again in the afternoon. maybe two rounds of rain.

on friday we do cool off. we'll see plenty of sunshine. friday looking like a pretty nice day even though we'll be below average. future weather forecast showing the next few hours. cloud cover tonight by 11:30. tomorrow morning, around 5:30, 6:00, just about everybody seeing at least some showers, maybe moderate rain at that time, too. we could be in for a fairly wet rush hour. most of the rain, the bulk of it may stay to the south of washington. that includes quantico, fredricksburg, lexington park, towards calvin county. as i mentioned, maybe some breaks and then the rain tries to come back. maybe thunderstorms are by late tomorrow night and into the early evening. i think tomorrow afternoon's rush hour may be okay. right after that we'll see the rain. tomorrow you won't need the jackets. you will need umbrellas as you step out the door. breezy, temperatures 57 to 63 degrees. tomorrow morning, rain likely,

maybe moderate showers. soggy for the morning rush in many places. temperatures warmer, 46 to about 54 degrees with winds out of the southeast at five to ten. tomorrow afternoon, mostly cloudy skies with rain early, then a break and then rain late. temperatures into the 70s. high of 65 on friday. this weekend rather cool with shower activity. saturday could be just a cloudy and cool day with a high of 58. 62 on sunday. next week looking a little bit better. right now the weekend not looking so great. but not a washout. that's the good news. >> all right. thank you, doug. coming up tonight in california, the first american case of mad cow disease in six years. we'll tell you why the government say there is's no need to be concerned. the health problems for chuck brown, the godfather of go go could be more serious than first reported. coming up in sports, r.g. 3 busy in new york getting ready to be a washington redskin. ♪

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firefighters and paramedics are going door to door in prince george's county checking carbon monoxide protectors. >> trying to prevent another tragedy after five people died in oxon hill. erica gonzalez has more on that

and what people are doing to help the victims' families. >> reporter: one by one oxon hill firefighters went to nearly 100 homes in this area warping people about the dangers of carbon monoxide. >> you want the parents per million to be zero. it alarms at 35 parts per million. >> reporter: yesterday five people from el salvador were found dead in their home on shelby drive, apparently poisoned by the odorless and colorless gas. >> we'll take readings in your house if that's okay with you. >> reporter: randy shock says his home has always had a co detector. >> that old one has been there about ten years, i change the batteries -- whenever it gets weak, it beeps. >> it's actually negative one. >> reporter: the victims' home did not have a carbon monoxide detector. since then family and a small but close knit church community have rallied together. mara garcia and several others

spent the afternoon making these donation boxes to place in neeb stores. >> we're immigrants, most of us barely making minimum wage and can't afford the funeral cost, she tells me. the hope is to raise enough money to ship the victims' bodies back to el salvador according to the counsel general of el salvador, that's proving to be expensive. $5,000 to $6,000 to relocate each body. so a non-profit organization that helps salvadoran families in these types of situations has set up a found for people to donate to. if you want to make a donation, go to our website, nbcwashington.com, search the key word donation. the u.s. marine corps has discharged a sergeant who made derogatory remarks about

president barack obama on facebook. sergeant gary stein is a marine in the san diego area. he argued he was exercising his free speech. t the . a website set up to raise money for george zimmerman's defense fund is no longer operational. zimmerman is charged with second degree murder in the death of trayvon martin. the 17-year-old was unarmed. zimmerman says he shot in self-defense. he's out on bail now. metro officials say all of the agency's departments are working to try to figure out why a train partially derailed. it happened last night inside the rosalind station. nobody injured. that derailment caused significant delays. new details about an attack that left a d.c. neighborhood rattled. two dogs caught on surveillance video friday night lunging at kids trying to escape from them on cars. news 4 has learned those dogs are no longer a threat. they were caught in prince george's county while trying to

attack a police officer. one was shot and at least one other has been put to sleep. darcy spencer with our report. >> reporter: two american bulldogs seen charging kids in a northeast washington neighborhood friday night were found here in she wasly in prince george's county early saturday morning. one was shot by police. both ended up being euthanized. the dogs bit andre hawthorne's arms and hands when they intervened in the attack. >> i'm glad they found the dogs now so now the dogs are off the street. now they need to deal with the owner. >> the dog charged him. the dog was right about here when he shot, fired one round. >> reporter: sergeant matthew mcguire describes how a police officer encountered the two dogs before 1:00 a.m. on saturday. they were loose on state street, a residential neighborhood. >> initially the officer thought they had been fighting and the injuries were a result of them fighting each other.

>> pretty bad injuries? >> yes. >> reporter: after the officer shot the dog, the animal jumped in the officer's cruiser. the officer slammed the door shot. the other dog was lying down nearby. prrnlg county control took over from there. >> we responded, had to transport them to an emergency hospital right away. due to their injuries, both dogs were euthanized. >> the dogs had been injured by neighbors on queen street about 8:30 wednesday night as they tried to stop the attack. the dog showed up here four miles away more than four hours later. d.c. animal control officers brought the bodies of those two dogs to the neighborhood where the attack happened. they say witnesses were able to positively identify them as the same dogs in the surveillance video. residents of queen street kept their kids inside for the last several days. now some relief. >> the neighborhood should be a little safer, a little safer. >> reporter: in northeast washington, darcy spencer, news 4.

the police in prince george's county are trying to find out what led to a deadly shooting that happened about 8:00 last night on addison road in district heights. the victim has been identified as 18-year-old ronald minor of district heights. investigators say they're trying to identify a suspect in that case. anyone with information is asked to call the prince george's county police. an 11-year-old girl took the stand today in the sex abuse trial of michael gardner. he is the civic activist from falls church accused of molesting three girls at his daughter's sleep over parties last june. the fifth grader today became the second young witness to testify in that trial. she told prosecutors gardner came to her bedside three separate times at one of those sleep overs and touched her inappropriately. gardner's defense team says he is innocent because the area where the alleged abuse happened was too dark for anyone to see and identify the abuser.

with prom season under way and graduation around the corner, local schools are encouraging students to make some smart decisions. at glen oak high school in howard county today t students actually played out a really scary real life scenario. students covered in makeup acted out a deadly crash to demonstrate the consequences of drinking and driving. local police and fire departments were on hand to make it seem a bit more realistic. d.c. music legend chuck brown postponed his concert schedule indefinitely due to health concerns. a spokes meperson says the 75-year-old spent part of this last weekend in the hospital. he was supposed to perform at the newly reopened howard theater last saturday. he was forced to postpone that school and other concerts scheduled for may. macular degeneration is the leading cause of vision loss in americans over the age of 60. doctors don't know why some people get it. but when they do, it destroys

the central vision, what we use to read, to drive, to recognize faces and see objects clearly. now doctors have a new tool to fight this debilitating disease. it's helping to give some people back their independence. >> when it came time to look at the chart, i could see the letters, but it looked like the ink was running out of them. >> reporter: it was 10 years ago when 86-year-old rosemary started having trouble with her vision. she said when she looked at an eye chart all the letters were wave i have and distorted. she later learned that was the early sign of macular degeneration. >> you think am i going to be blind some day and not see anybody? >> macular degeneration comes when the back of the retina called the macula begins to break down. this causes central vision loss, the part of the eyesight that helps people read, drive and recognize faces. >> once someone loses their vision, they lose their

independence. it's very, very difficult for many patients to accept that. >> dr. daniel baronstein is an ophthalmologist. he says the disease progresses gradually. at the worst small blood vessels form and can bleed and cause fluid buildup. for years there weren't many treatment options. neither glasses nor surgery can cure the condition. now the fda has recently approved a new drug called eylea saving some people from losing their vision. rosemary started eylea during the clinical trial two years ago when her macular degeneration caused vision loss in her right eye. >> i found i was nervous about going out by myself. i have always done everything by myself. >> it helps by treating the abnormal blood vessels in the retina. >> it allows the macula to

maintain its vision, and in some instances improve the vision as the blood and fluid builds up. >> reporter: she says after a few treatments her vision started to improve. >> i can see better. i'm here without my glasses on right now. i wouldn't have been comfortable without my glasses before. >> rosemary told us that lines and letters still appear distorted and wavy, but she's gotten used to it. her brain sees everything the way it's supposed to be. as far as the eye injections, they can look pretty scary. doctors tell us they do put an anesthetic on the eye so patients don't feel any pain, just pressure during the injection. an elementary school in arming ton, virginia, is using posters to spread the message about el think eating. last october jamestown elementary school principal decided to get her school on a

health kick, starting a campaign called "chew on this." it was inspired by first lady michelle obama's campaign to get kids moving. the principal got helps from parents matt and maya mendelson to create posters with healthy eating tips. the posters feature kids and teachers from the school. >> if we used stock photography of a kid playing on the field, it wouldn't have the same impact of the kid sitting next to you on the poster. >> these are a very fun, creative, colorful way to remind us of ways we could be healthy. >> the school has also taken steps to make its lunches healthier. they even added a yogurt component to gym class. a local chef meets with students twice a month to talk about healthy eating. the school has a garden on campus. coming up on news 4, burger king is shaking up the food chain with a different kind of menu option.

we'll show you one science project meant to low your mind. doug has a look at more rain heading our way. 93 in wichita. 89 in omaha today. some of that heat will try to move our way. that's not

the u.s. department of agriculture say it is country's

beef supply is safe despite a recent case of mad cow disease. yesterday a cow in california was found to have the disease, the first u.s. case of mad cow since 2006. the disease can be passed on to humans. in the '08s and '90s after an outbreak in the uk. agriculture officials say the cow in california was not intended for human consumption. there were only 29 cases of mad cow disease worldwide last year. burger king is making some changes in order to be more humane to animals. the fast food chain says all of its eggs and pork will come from cage-free chickens and pigs by 2017. right now about 9% of the company's products are cage-free. experts say it could force other fast food chains to follow suit. mcdonald's and wendies have asked suppliers to outline plans for more human practices, but didn't set a specific timetable

to implement the changes. a look now at sports. >> we're here in boston, not a dig deal, just at game seven. only won two in franchise history. it's literally win or go fishing for them. meanwhile, three hours away in new york city, rg3 is making the big apple his playground on the eve of the nfl draft. we'll hear from the future quarterback for the burr gn difficult and cold coming up. coming up after sports, a woman picks

hello everybody. i'm meteorologist doug kammerer. beautiful day, sunshine around 70, 71 droes at the airport. right now coming in at 69 degrees. on the breezy side. winds gusting to 20 miles an hour. the winds a lot different today than they were a couple days ago when our temperatures were trying to reach 50 degrees for a high temperature. right now 70 in rockville. 70 in manassas, warrenton coming in at 0 degrees. college park at 69. our friends in baltimore coming in at 6 degrees. what are we seeing on the radar?

storm 4 radar shows nothing here until you get to the west. the real rain is back towards cincinnati. this is where thunderstorm activity is. we'll watch this come through overnight tonight. let's take you through the forecast. overnight tonight, this is what we're expecting through around 11:00. 12:00 tonight we'll start to see clouds on the increase. around 6:00, 6:30, most of us will be seeing some kind of rain. i think we'll see a little rain earlier, maybe a break, more rain around 9:00, 10:00. tomorrow morning during your rush hour, i'll show you what's coming next. most of us won't be too happy about it. dan is in boston where the caps are trying to avoid tee time tomorrow morning, right? >> tee time or fishing or crocheting, it wouldn't be playing hockey if they lost this game. you know what, vance? they were really relaxed at this morning's skate. maybe it's because they feel

comfortable here in boston. they won twice in the regular season. they've won 2 of 3 in this play-off series. the capitals trying to win a game seven for just the third time in franchise history. the boston bruins won three game sevens last year in the play-offs on their way to a stanley cup. but the caps not really worried about history. they're worried about tonight. >> the bruins obviously have to be respected for what they're able to do last year with all three game sevens. at the same time we've got a good group of guys, a lot of confidence and a goaltender playing really well. >> the bruins have experience from last year, a lot of guys. who said if we had this group last year that we wouldn't have done that. we're ready for tonight, playing like any other game. if we play our game and leave everything that we have worked on all year out on the ice, we feel pretty confident. >> we're treating it like it's another game as much as we can and staying relaxed.

we're a pretty confident group. some guys have been through a few game sevens. it's a different makeup today, a different group from previous years in washington. i think this group is definitely capable. >> it's been so tight so far that you don't know what's going to happen. we or confident and we're going to do this. >> saying we're going to get it done, we hope so. a bunch of fun. tomorrow at this time we will be about one hour away from the nfl draft. that means you'll be close to robert griffin iii officially being a member of the burgundy and gold. it was yesterday he told me in new york city he felt like he would have to come in and beat out rex grossman for the starting job. rg3 saying all the right things. mike shanahan was asked to do if

robert griffin iii would come in as the starter. >> obviously when you give up a first and a serksd you want that guy to get in as quick as possible. you want to do it at the right time and make sure he's ready and the best chance to help you win. when you take a look at the young quarterbacks that have been in the league and been successful, what have they had? great defense. you come in and you don't have great defense and you start as a rookie quarterback, usually you're not going to see have many teams over .500. that goes with the territory. if you can take some of the pressure off that quarterback with great defense, a good running back, the success rate skyrockets. >> reporter: whatever his role, rg3 says he's ready. he joined other prospects at the nfl play 60 youth football at the chelsea water side park in manhattan. griffin always flashing that trademark smile talked the game to the kids. after that he visited the new

york stock exchange. rg3 says he's comforted in knowing where he'll start his pro career. he has this to say about the pressure of becoming the redskins franchise. >> there is pressure. but you want pressure because it makes you have to do what you're supposed to do. i don't look at it as a nervous thing, like i have to go succeed right now. i don't have to do anything. i think they're more excited about the team that i'll be joining than just me being on the team. they're excited about the defense, excited about the new weapon ps on offense and the guys that are already there and the fact i get to go be their quarterback. it's pressure, yeah. but pressure doesn't bust pipes in this area. >> reporter: i don't know how you can't love that kid. asante samuels sent from the eagles to the falcons for a late round draft pick. baseball now, ryan zimmerman

missing his third straight game. he had an mri on that shoulder, and there's inflammation on the ac joint. he could go on the dl. the good news, no structural damage. the nationals are happy. they started the west coast road trip out there in san diego last night. so far, so good; especially for gio gonzalez. he extended his scoreless inning streak to 20. he has been better than advertised so far has jio, he gets nick hundredley. the nats got a quiet start quens richard. chad tracy up the middle. wilson ramos coming to score. it's 2-0 nationals. after nobody crossed the plate for six innings, the nationals were feeling good after the two-run single by tracy. lots of smiles in the dugout. bottom nine now, nationals

leading 3-0. rodriguez facing perino. he gets perino to sky one to right. jayson werth ends it. the nationals now a national league best, 13-4, game two against the padres under way as we speak. finally before we let you go, i have to show you the cutest capitals picture i have seen in a very long time. this has to be the youngest caps fan out there, just three months old. it's a picture sent in by wayne miller. it's his grandson, zia jackson. wayne tells me the skates don't exactly fit. he said if the capitals need him, he'll be able in, i don't know, 18, 19 years. >> i'm not sure his ankles with work with those skates. >> he'll grow into them in a couple years. >> he's not going to have a choice from the looks of things. have fun tonight, dan. a lot of us would like to be up there with you. >> reporter:

it's not finders keepers if you know who lost it. a philadelphia woman faces theft charges after police say she made off with $2,000 in cash. surveillance video shows a man dropping the money inside a convenience store back on april 1st. once he left, the woman behind him looked around, saw no one was looking and she picked it up. detectives say the woman spent money on the three children and rent. the man who lost the money said he hoped to wrus the money for a down payment on a car. a major setback for the police court ruling that could jeopardize hundreds of crime convictions in maryland. a father took extreme measures to expose teachers who were bullying his special needs son. we're live in boston as the caps take on the bruins in game seven before they come home, moving on to the next round. >> we are counting on it.

all rocking the red. i'm glad we all decided to wear the reds today. it's a fantastic thing for us to support our team like this. let's take a look and show you what's happening. my undershirt is kind of red. i'm not showing you. 75 degrees in your thursday throw. it will be warm. expect rain in mib two areas, one early and one late in the day. 65 on friday. this weekend not a washout i don't think. but we will see showers and we will unfortunately see cooler temperatures. scientists in switzerland say they're developing a robot that can be controlled with the power of the mind. scientists are hoping the robot might some day be able to help people who are paralyzed or otherwise immobile. right mao the prototype works through a cap attached to the person's head. electrodes on the cap pick up brain waves and send the information to a computer that translates the signal into movement. one of the scientists involved in the project say there's a long way to go before that robot

is fully developed. but the early tests, he says, are very encouraging. >>