romney on the area of who's got the nerve to go after osama bin laden but he is not actually saying that. running for re-election, president obama's being careful not to praise himself on this emotional anniversary week. a year after he gave the green light to the raid that killed osama bin laden. at a news conference today with the japanese prime minister the president denied excessive celebration. >> i said that i'd go after bin laden if we had a clear shot at him and i did. if there are others who have said one thing and now suggest they'd do something else, then i'd go ahead and let them explain it. >> reporter: that is a shot at mitt romney who before the raid questioned spending billions of dollars trying to catch one person. team obama implies romney might not have given the go order. romney today insisted he would have and implied it was easy.

>> even jimmy carter would have given that order. >> reporter: unlike any previous president mr. obama has escalated devastating drone attacks on al qaeda and the taliban. a new strike announced sunday despite a ban by pakistan. the president's proven to be aggressive. >> how are we doing on security? how are we working on the global war on terror? you've got to give him a pretty high grade. he has been tougher than people would have expected. >> reporter: in a new obama ad about the bin laden raid is former president bill clinton. >> you hirt president to make a call when no one else can do it. >> reporter: republicans call the ad shameful and condemn the president for politicizing the anniversary. this should be a unifying event complained the mitt romney campaign, not used for partisan political advantage. i'm steve handelsman reporting. today we're hearing the frantic and terrifying moments after oscar winner jennifer hudson's sister found their

mother murdered in chicago. >> i don't understand what you're saying. you've got to stop screaming. >> somebody's killed my mama. please. >> do you know what happened? did she fall? >> i don't know. i just got home from work and there's a bullet hole in our front door. >> julia hudson made the call to 911 in october of 2008. her estranged husband william balfour is now on trial for murder. balfour is accused of killing hudson's mother, their 29-year-old brother, and julia's 7-year-old son. prosecutors say balfour did it in a fit of jealous rage thinking julia had cheated on him. he has pleaded not guilty. three police are investigating a daytime home invasion near the university of maryland. it happened in adelphi within walking distance of the campus. investigators say masked men stormed into a house and demanded money, electronics, and keys to a car. pat collins in adelphi now with

what might be the motive for this. >> reporter: jim, in the neighborhood there is a reputation. it's a party house. today it was a state crime lab scene. a home invasion house. why would armed robbers target that house? let's begin with the 911 call for help. >> i woke up to one of them walking in my room and asking where my money and drugs were. he showed me the gun, told me that he wasn't here to hurt me but that he was here to basically just take whatever. >> the 911 call for service. he said, i've been robbed. among other things were taken of my marijuana. >> reporter: it happened on curry place, a cul de sac not too far from the campus of the university of maryland. in fact, a place where it happened, that house over there. a group house occupied by

present and former students at maryland university. around 1:00 this afternoon, police say, three men all with masks two with guns going inside that house and make demands. they want money. they want valuables. they want keys to a car. only two men were in the house when it happened but it didn't take long for the crooks to cash in. so what did they get? money. computers. cell phones. a honda crv and, oh, yes, an undetermined amount of marijuana. >> we do believe that the motive for this robbery was drug related. >> reporter: police spent hours at the house today talking to the victims and collecting evidence trying to figure out who may have done this. in the meantime, this reaction from the neighbors. >> ridiculous. i can't believe it. we never have anything in this

neighborhood. never. >> it's scary now. i thought it was very safe. we have kids and this is very scary. >> reporter: among the items stolen, the 2003 silver honda crv with maryland plates 1 aa 9783. with a university of maryland logo on the back. here in prince george's county, the investigation continues on. live in adelphi, pat collins, news 4. the police are investigating a day time home invasion near the university of maryland. that's the story that pat was just reporting. the state of maryland is at the center of a national debate over dna and a person's right to privacy. law enforcement officials are pushing back against a recent maryland court ruling which stops the state from collecting dna from suspects charged but not yet convicted of violent crimes. police and prosecutors say the

ruling will allow dangerous criminals to go undetected. >> every opportunity we have to bring justice to a family is extremely important to us. if you prevent us from holding a person accountable in one case as far as i am concerned it's a devastating blow. >> prosecutors say it could jeopardize at least 30 different convictions across the state and the attorney general is considering an appeal to the u.s. supreme court. a political consultant for former maryland governor bob verlic is getting ready to face a jury. julius henson is his name on trial for deceptive robocalls that went out to thousands of voters on election day in 2010. prosecutors say the calls were intended to encourage black voters to stay home. henson said he did not believe the calls were illegal. another of ehrlich's aides has been convicted and is sentenced to home detention and community service. former d.c. council member harry thomas jr. is expected to be sentenced to prison this week for stealing $350,000 in

government grant money that had been intended for youth organizations. thomas has written the judge. he apologized for his theft. he said the case continues. >> prosecutors want thomas to serve four years in prison. he'll find out in court thursday. this was the scene in january when thomas appeared in federal court pleading guilty to two felonies and resigning from the council. he'll be back here thursday to learn his sentence. in a presentencing letter this weekend to judge john bates he apologized for stealing saying his conduct was inexcusable and pledging to rebuild his reputation. prosecutors say thomas's theft was outrageous. for his corrupt conduct the u.s. attorney said thomas should serve the full 46 months in prison allowed by law. he breached the public trust, stole money from the very people

he was elected to serve, and tarnished the d.c. council's reputation. on monday in the council advocates for the homeless battled budget cuts from what they said is a council that doesn't care about the poor. the council president said he is focused on that not the court date on thursday. >> all of my focus is on this budget this week and making sure we pass a balanced budget but clearly looking at ways to help those who need it the most at the same time. >> reporter: the full council will have to work hard to elara the crust and uncaring image. >> was it a wakeup call to the council members? to pay attention more? >> as you know i don't think the council has fully understood there is or even understands today there is a crisis of ethics. and that i think there is a pay to play perception of the council. >> still. >> no question.

>> a special election to replace harry thomas is may 15th. there are 11 candidates in the race. early voting starts on saturday. police beefed up patrols today after another sexual assault along a trail in hyattsville. police say five people have been attacked along the north branch. the most recent happened a little more than a week ago. police have now released sketches of suspects in the assaults. there is no link among these incidents at this time. police cadets hit the pavement in prince george's county today to connect with the community as part of a new initiative called running the beat. the goal is to target six neighborhoods in the coming weeks and those neighborhoods are langley park, laid ensburg, canton, hill crest heights.

>> in both prince william and fairfax counties in virginia they defended their immigration policies today. we protect victims of crime regardless of immigration status and do not participate in racial profiling. >> prince william county chief charles deen spoke on wtop's radio ask the chief program with one of the strictest policies in the nation it requires an immigration status check for anyone arrested. deen says the department arrests about 1200 illegal immigrants each year. rohrer said the fairfax policy doesn't go that far but he says officers are not banned from asking about legal status. a proposal to extend bar hours in the district and allow for sunday liquor store sales appears to be headed for trouble in the district. today council chairman kwame brown and ward one council member jim graham both said the city doesn't need to make alcohol more available. graham is chairman of the committee that oversees city alcohol sales. he said extended hours would

only add to the problems in the city. it would add to neighborhood noise and other problems. mayor vincent proposed reconciliation to raise more city revenue. the council will vote in the coming weeks. it's ban gray day out there, doug. but it could start to feel a little more like summer around here soon i hope. >> yeah. i think we'll get there, doreen, over the next couple days. right now we have cloud cover around the region. it's been here all day long but just back to the west much warmer temperatures and a line of showers and some strong thunderstorms. even some severe weather. all of that is moving our way. the forecast for you is coming up. also coming up a deadly tent collapse at a baseball game. we're getting a new look at the moment hundreds of baseball fans had to run for their lives. a pregnant woman murdered and dumped in the trunk of a car. her family believes this dranlg could have been prevented. the last written words of

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under the tent during a thunderstorm. high winds lifted it up and tore it apart throwing metal pipes, wiring, and other materials on the occupants. one person was killed. 100 others were injured with about five of them in critical condition. officials say the tent passed safety inspection. 1 world trade center reached a monumental milestone today. it is once again the tallest building in manhattan. today construction workers put steel beams into place on the 100th floor and now the tower edges out the empire state building as the highest point in new york. it's a watershed moment in the construction of the building that serves as a symbol of recovery from the terror attacks of september 11th, 2001. >> in becoming the tallest building in new york, we send a very clear message. they didn't win. >> when the world trade center is finished next year it will be the tallest building in the nation with a total height of

1776 feet. soon the public will be able to read osama bin laden's diary. it'll happen later this week. the handwritten diary and other forms of correspondence are among items collected by navy seals at the compound where bin laden was killed one year ago. the documents will be on display at west point in an army facility dedicated to fighting terrorism. nbc news has an exclusive preview inside the white house situation room on the eve of the first anniversary of osama bin laden's death. for the first time, brian williams was given a behind-the-scenes tour. you can catch a preview on "nightly news" tonight right after this broadcast and there will be a rock center exclusive on wednesday night at 9:00 here on nbc 4. u.s. special forces have teamed up with ugandan sole errs to find the rebel leader kony one of the world's most wanted war lords. it is believed he may be hiding out in the rugged terrain of the

central african republic making it difficult to track in. he is wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity including mass rape, abductions, and killings. kony and his resistance rmy were the focus of a recent viral video campaign entitled kony 2012. sherry young testified today about her husband's devotion to former presidential candidate john edwards. young is another key witness for the prosecution. they are trying to prove edwards deliberately used campaign donations to hide his pregnant mistress. jay gray has more on today's emotional testimony. >> reporter: sherry young walked into the greensboro federal courthouse and straight to the center of this salacious and controversial trial. >> she was lively, animated, spirited. >> reporter: and did little to hide her animosity for john edwards and his mistress rielle hunter. young told jurors he knew about the donations from wealthy friends to hide his affair,

assured her they were legal and at times told her angrily, quote, get the money in. get the money in. she testified she was scared when she deposited many of the checks in her family bank account and became emotional describing what she says edwards asked her husband to claim responsibility for hunter's pregnancy saying she told her husband, quote, i felt like everything had been dumped in my lap than she didn't want the responsibility of the campaign, quote, exploding because i wouldn't go along. crying as she told the jury so i ultimately decided to go along with the lie. young complaining of a migraine headache was allowed to leave court early today but not before making an impact. >> she is personalizing the whole situation for the youngs and showing it is not really about the youngs, that it was about john edwards and that they sacrificed for him and his presidential aspirations. >> reporter: the defense will likely question the level of sacrifice during a cross examination that will surely focus at least in part on her husband's revelation under oath that the youngs kept a majority of the donated money for their

personal use. >> dhee not want to make it look like they are beating up on her on cross examination. they are going to be more subtle but have to negate her assertion much of the money trail was controlled by the defense john edwar edwards. >> a trail of money and deceit. a trail that by her own admission sherry young was forced to navigate during the presidential campaign and now relives during this trial. in greensboro, north carolina, jay gray, news 4. big downpours over the weekend left behind heavy flooding in northern oklahoma and other parts of the midwestern states. at least 8 inches of rain fell in the town f of ponca city and roads are washed out. the biggest concern is potential damage to the new wheat crop. this has been one of the wettest aprils on record for that part of the state. doug is here with a look.

we need rain and they have a plethora of it down there. >> they have an abundance of it. just last year they were dealing with major drought in oklahoma and texas. it's good for them to see some rain. yes we do need to see some here. we keep seeing these little systems coming through but they are not giving us a lot of moisture. i think the same thing can be said with the next system coming through here overnight tonight and in through the day tomorrow. out there right now we've got the clouds around the area. a lot more cloud cover once again. we've seen this type of pattern over the last couple weeks here with some clouds and just cooler weather. high temperature today only 67 degrees. the average high is 71. low this morning 50. today is the eighth day out of the last nine with temperatures below average and a lot of people wanting to see those 70s and 80s come back. i think they'll be back by this time tomorrow. by the way, check this out. the sun sets today at 8:00. it will be after 8:00 from now all the way through august 18th. so expect very long days to continue across the region. i love it when you go home and

the sun is setting around 8:00, 8:30. 66 the current temperature right now with winds oust the southeast at 9 miles an hour. the easterly wind today really held the temperatures down. they've finally switched back to the south. so that allows numbers to get back into the 60s. 71 degrees right now down in fredericksburg. 63 in culpepper. on the back side of the mountains petersburg at 77. they were 80 just a little while ago. this was why. once again we were in the cooler weather. that easterly flow and you can see the mountains really helping to push those clouds right across the area west of the mountains sunshine. east of the mountains we were stuck in the clouds all day today. when we did see the sun we also saw some very warm temperatures. look at these numbers. 82 in pittsburgh. 85 in morgan town. 83 in elkins and 84 in charleston. some of the warmer air will move our way during the day tomorrow. here's what else is coming our way. a frontal boundary with some pretty big thunderstorms right now. a couple severe thunderstorm watches in effect back to our west around the cincinnati area in through indiana and kentucky. they're watching out for severe

weather there. for us we're stable right now and because of all the clouds today i don't expect much in the way of thunderstorm activity early tomorrow but then by afternoon when the frontal boundary does try to move through maybe a couple rumbles of thunder as we move on through. here is the warm front right now. just down to our south. the warmest air just off to the west. now cool air to the north and east. warmer air down to the south. here's the showers coming through with that front. we will see that front come through maybe around noon, 1:00, 2:00 tomorrow afternoon. that's when i expect the best chance of showers and then we'll see the boundary move down to the south and east. if we see some sunshine there is a better chance we will see at least some rumblings of thunder out of this. i do not think the severe weather to the west will move in our area. then take a look at the pattern here. this is what's been happening. frontal boundary sitting right across the mid-atlantic and it kind of stays there over the next couple days. i do think we get into the upper 70s and low 80s but we're going to keep our rain chances in here for most of the week. most of the time just off to the west and southwest just to the west of the blue ridge. once again you may need the

umbrella a couple times this week. mostly cloudy and isolated showers this evening. most of those off to the west too. cool temperatures 57 to about 63 degrees. with that sun seting at 8:00. tomorrow morning cloudy and mild. a few showers possible. maybe even a rumble of thunder or two. a very warm start to tuesday. overnight overcast and mild. some sun breaking out late in the day but a 50% channels of showers and yes a few thunderstorms too hopefully bringing us beneficial rain. the next couple days. 82 on wednesday. we're warming things up on thursday and friday. if the flow is right if the wind direction is right we could get to the upper 80s on friday and we may stay above average just about all of the next seven days. we've seen cooler air. a lot of people saying hey bring back the march temperatures because it was so warm in march. >> let's hope the flow is with us. >> all right. thank you, doug. coming up tonight a local school accused of cheating but

the leaders there say there is a very good reason for the dramatic jump in test scores. somebody is using fender benders to rob people on the road. a new clue could help catch the crooks. coming up in sports we're live at madison square garden for game two between the capitals and the rangers as the caps try to even the series at one game apiece. and in the nba playoffs, a former wizard coming up huge in an epic comeback. speaking of the nba. a maryland terapin leaving for the association after getting into trouble in college

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"access hollywood" test. "access hollywood" test. "access hollywood" test. new photographs could help lead to an arrest in a fender bender robbery scheme in potomac. montgomery county police released these images today. police say they're investigating two cases in which the drivers intentionally were rammed from behind so they would get out of their cars. they both happened earlier this month on jones lane. in one case the man was tied up with duck tape, thrown into the trunk of his car, and forced to withdraw money from several atms. >> somebody shot a man in the back in southeast washington and police are looking for the killer. it happened just before noon today in the 2200 block of savannah street just a couple blocks from the maryland border. the man who was shot was in his 20s and died after he got to the

hospital. police are not identifying the victim. there is no word on a motive. the suspect in the murder of a pregnant woman in prince george's county is going to stay in jail at least for now. >> a judge denied bail for 22-year-old nathan rogers pending a competency hearing. darcy spencer has more. >> reporter: 23-year-old jasmine moss who was expecting a baby was found stabbed to death inside a car in district heights friday night. the suspect, nathan rogers, her 22-year-old boyfriend, and father of the baby. police say he confessed. >> all we wanted was justice. nathan rogers could have walked away from the relationship and never interact with jasmine again. >> reporter: authorities say rogers was serving time under house arrest for an assault last year. they say he stabbed the victim in his home. her body was found in a car around the corner on mason street in district heights. authorities say the suspect never in fact left his home so the question remains how did the

victim get from his home into that car? the prosecutors when asked would not address the question of whether they're searching for an accomplice. >> we noticed that she visited him in this home. we believe that the murder occurred in the home and then what happened after that, all of those matters are still under investigation. >> reporter: police found the victim's body after receiving a call for a suspicious car. according to court documents a witness saw a man park the car then walk away. inside the car owned by the victim's step father the officer smelled a strong chemical odor. it was a red bucket on the passenger seat and a tarp in the back. under that tarp the victim's body. >> now we would never have the opportunity to meet the child and to see jasmine's bright smile and witty sense of humor. >> reporter: a judge ordered rogers held without bond. a competency hearing has been scheduled for next month after questions were raised about his mental state. in upper marlboro, darcy spencer, news 4. a 911 call has been

presented as evidence in the murder trial of jennifer hudson's family. hudson's sister julia is heard crying, screaming after she found her mother dead in their home in chicago back in 2008. julia's estranged husband william balfour is on trial for killing hudson's mother, brother, and 7-year-old nephew. a high level administrator with the environmental protection agency has res island after a video surfaced in which he brags about how the obama administration crucifys the oil industry. he resigned over the weekend. the epa and white house spent a lot of time last week distancing themselves from that statement. former d.c. council member harry thomas jr. will find out in three days just how much time he is going to spend in prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars of d.c. government grant money. over the weekend thomas wrote a letter to the judge apologize forgue his actions. prosecutors are asking for thomas to serve four years in

prison sentencing scheduled for thursday. a newspaper report calls into question the test scores from a blue ribbon school in montgomery county. the report says the dramatic improvement in scores from highland elementary school in silver spring is suspicious. chris gordon reports. >> reporter: here at highland elementary school in silver spring some teachers were in tears when they heard about the allegations in a published report by the "atlanta journal constitution" with high standardized reading test score results here which are suspicious because many of the students are from poor households where no english is spoken. >> i'm completely appalled by the allegation that this school is cheating. you know, we take a lot of pride in what we have done for our students here at highland elementary school and there has fle never been one allegation or accuse that there has been anything other than just fantastic instruction going on here. >> kristin goldstein is the pta treasurer. >> i don't believe the allegations. inthe staff and teachers to be

hard working, honest, trust worthy and they are trying to install that in our kids. >> reporter: this man is from kenya. his children were born here. >> my son has a good, he does excellently. he can read anything. >> reporter: highland elementary school proudly displays the national blue ribbon award it won in 2009. it's the highest honor bestowed by the u.s. department of education but this weekend the atlanta journal constitution's report questioned how the school could go from almost being taken over by the state to outstanding test score results in just three years. we spoke to editor kevin riley in atlanta by phone. are you inferring that highland elementary school cheated? >> we have experts who look at the swings in the school scores that said they are highly, highly improbable. >> reporter: montgomery county public school superintendent dr. joshua starr calls the report irresponsible. >> there's never been an allegation of cheating, there

are no strange earrasures or anything so they must have another agenda and are trying to exploit our kids and our staff to make their point i won't let that map in montgomery county public schools. >> "the atlanta journal constitution" reported on cheating in atlanta schools sometime ago. school officials there at first denied the allegations which eventually proved to be true. the paper is using the same methodology to test blue ribbon schools across the country. there is considerable debate over plans to put a whole foods market and other retail shops in prince george's county. the development would be low katded on 36 acres on route 1 near the east/west highway in riverdale and would be the county's first whole foods market. county officials began a hearing today to consider approving the development. the county executive baker supports the project. critics argue it would add too much congestion. if approved the stores could

open in two years. people who live in quantico, virginia may need a special i.d. if they want to pass through the gates of the marine corps base. quantico's mayor says the proposal from the base is for security purposes. the i.d. would include a person's name, photo, and message that says they can't go on base. there is a public hearing to talk about the i.d.s this wednesday evening in the lillian carter community center. a falls church community activist charged with sexual abuse took the stand in his own defense today. michael gardner repeatedly denied accusations that he molested young girls during his daughter's sleepover party. julie carey reports from arlington. >> reporter: hand in hand michael gardner and his wife left the courthouse knowing a jury will soon decide his fate. the well known falls church political activist has maintained his innocence from the start. so today gardner took the stand in his own defense. and repeated three times i did

not when his attorney asked whether he had inappropriately touched his three young accusers. the 10 and 11-year-olds all once his daughter's friends had accused gardner of fondling them at sleepovers. asked the defense attorney, did you ever touch these girls in any manner close to what they described? no answered gardner. have you ever had any interest in children from a sexuality point of view? absolutely not, replied gardner. last week the three girls took the stand to describe in detail how gardner molested them. one girl said she was fondled during a sleepover last june 16th. two other girls say gardner molested them repeatedly at a birthday slumber party held the next night making several trips to the basement to touch them. but gardner testified he woke up just once during the night, went downstairs to turn off the kitchen light, then went to the bottom of the basement stairs to check on the girls. it was quiet and dark and i went back upstairs he said. closing arguments begin first thing tomorrow. in arlington, julie carey, news

4. coming up tonight beginning life as an addict because of prescription drugs. a hiker survived four days alone in the desert and tonight talks about the moment she thought she wouldn't survive it. if you think you are the victim of airport security profiling there is a new tool to fight back. doug is keeping an eye on our changing weather. >> you got that right. 67 degrees the high temperature in washington. 85 morgan town. some of the warmer air moving our way but that is not the only thing coming our way. i'll have the complete forecast

scientists at the national zoo are using artificial insemination in an effort to produce a baby panda. an expert is helping with the procedure. they inseminated the giant panda last night and will try again tonight. it is now breeding season but the zoo says she and the male

panda have not mated naturally. the couple's one cub was born in 2005. it's living now in china. doctors are seeing a disturbing new trend. more babies being born addicted to prescription pain killers. the number of newborns with signs of withdrawal tripled between the year 2000 and 2009. that is according to a new study at the university of michigan. in 2009 at least 13,000 babies had to be weaned off some kind of narcotic. researchers found most of the mothers had been using pain killers such as vicodin, methadone, and oxycontin. a utah hiker battled hypothermia and survived four days in the wilderness after getting lost in a remote desert. victoria grover broke her leg after jumping off a ledge last week. she couldn't make it back to her car before dark. the 59-year-old is an avid outdoors woman and also a physician's assistant. she says it was her survival

skills and medical training that kept her alive. grover survived on creek water and the few snacks she had with her. it was the cold nights that were the most challenging. >> i really wasn't scared until i stopped shivering. that was the point when i got scared. that was the point i thought if somebody doesn't find me pretty soon i'm going to die of hypothermia. >> she managed to stay alive by sleeping in the sun during the day and staying awake at night. the local sheriff's department began a major search on tuesday. she was rescued on saturday. at madison square garden, dan, a big game tonight. >> a huge game up here tonight, vance. it's going to be the caps and the rangers. also talking baseball. bryce harper doing it with his glove as well as with his bat. a maryland star leaving the program not under the best of circumstances and here at madison square garden, doesn't get bigger than this. playoff hockey. the capitals trying to avoid going in that dreaded 0-2 hole

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let's take a look outside. you know we've been dealing with the cloud cover all day and that cloud cover has kept our temperatures down 66 right now. dew point of 51 to a little bit on the moist side outside. humidity is 59%. that wind out of the east all day today keeping us cool with those clouds. now out of the southeast at about 9 miles an hour. here is what is happening around the metro area. 64 rockville. 63 gaithersburg. fairfax county 64 in reston. 64 camp springs. college park right now at 65. temperatures today about 5 degrees below average across the region because of the clouds. out to the west though a different story. those clouds producing some showers and some strong thunderstorms, even some severe weather here into portions of kentucky back into parts of indiana and ohio. that system will move our way overnight and we are going to see some changes in our weather over the next 24 hours. 57 the overnight low tonight so very, very warm when you wake up tomorrow. we've seen a lot of cool weather recently. tomorrow though 60 to start off

the day in washington. 57 in manassas. 59 in winchester. there could be a couple showers during the morning tomorrow but a better chance of thunderstorms during the afternoon. high temperature of 82 in manassas. 82 in fredericksburg and 79 around d.c. you will need to keep the umbrellas handy just in case you see that storm. >> thanks, doug. dan is up at madison square garden where dan the caps cannot let those guys go up 2-0. can they? >> you're right, vance. the good news is the capitals have been, you know, in this position before. they lost game one to the bruins. came back to win game two on the road. game one here over the weekend at madison square garden a little strange. the capitals held the rangers to just 14 shots on goal a. record playoff low on the road for the capitals. yet they lose, 3-1. this time they need to play with a greater sense of urgency and the key for the capitals tonight no doubt is going to be scoring first. when they give up the first goal, the capitals have not done well. just 3-12 in their last 15

games. now they beat the bruins by playing smart, defensive minded hockey. and that wasn't the case against the rangers in game one. the caps found themselves in several penalty kill situations because of stupid penalties, two of them by ail ex-anderlechter semin who has been demoted to the fourth line. bad penalties. something the team can ill afford. >> three penalties away from our net. you know, 150 feet away from our net that weren't preventing a goal. that puts you back on your heels. >> it's huge. you seem to kill off for whatever reason it is, you always kill off the good penalties when a guy takes a hard penalty or something like that or seems to get a bad call. guys always kill it off when you take the little hooking penalties they always seem to go in somehow. you can't fool around too much. we're really good at disciplining and i think it helped us a lot and you have to keep the mindset. >> we worked hard and made some mistakes. you can see where we did make some. hockey is a game of mistakes and it's what you do after. >> reporter: all right.

the capitals head coach dale hunter. folks, it was not a good weekend for the terps' basketball program. p shawn howard arrested for disorderly conduct. michael parker and terrell stoeg lynn both suspended for a year by the terps' basketball program. parker has already said he'll transfer. stogeland decided to enter the nba draft. he was the leading scorer for the terps this year. averaged 21.6 points per game. now, he decided to enter the draft yesterday which was the deadline. his departure means the terps will lean heavily on a heralding incoming class of freshman nothing cooming easy for the new maryland head coach mark turgeon since he arrived in college park. the clippers made a comeback in the nba playoffs and perhaps nobody was happier than boxer floyd may weather. what does floyd mayweather have to do with nba basketball? he bet $1.8 million on the clippers.

the clippers were down by 27 points in this game. 21 points in the fourth quarter. the clippers came back to win and win floyd mayweather $1.8 million. what a game this was in memphis last night. blake griffin in l.a. the number 5 seed take on zack randolph and the fourth seeded memphis grizzlies. fourth quarter it looks like a blowout. plem fis up by 21. o.j. mayo going to work. he drains the three giving the grizzlies a 95-71 lead for just nine minutes to go. but nick young, swaggy p. as he likes to call himself, the former wizard taking care of business. he drains three straight triples. had a team high 19. clippers down by three. under a minute to go. l.a. down by one now. chris paul driving and dishing to reggie evans and the clippers take their first lead of the game. under 10 to go now. last chance for memphis. down by one. rudy gay taking the last shot

and rudy gay off the mark. the clippers end the game on a 28-3 run. they win it 99-98 to take a 1-0 series lead. vance, i got to ask you, what would be going through your head if you had $1.8 million on a game and your team is losing by 27 points? >> through your head? your stomach. >> a loaded 45. you know what i mean? >> just crazy. >> pretty rough, man. >> i can't even think about that. >> neither can i. >> i know. well, floyd mayweather likes to tweet out pictures of his betting slips. this is one i think he'll remember for a long time. talk a little baseball now. the nationals have not been playing well but they have been in the news because bryce harper the teenage sensation called up from the minors harper batti batting .33 over the last games

the problem is nationals on the longest losing streak of the season now having lost four straight and scored a combined six runs during the four losses. bryce harper making his presence felt in the field as well. of course remember he is a converted catcher and now playing in the outfield. in the fourth inning juan uribe hitting one deep to center. bryce playing defense at the wall. making the catch. his left shoulder crashed into the wall. harper waves off the trainers. rubs a little dirt on it, and the legend continues to grow. no score in the sixth. nationals pitcherologyo gonzalez with 25 consecutive scoreless innings. that would come to an end as james loney singles with the bases loaded. matt kemp and andre ethier come in to score. the nats have now lost four in a row. despite the loss a lot of people talking about harper's big catch. >> before that pitch even happened i was thinking if i get a ball in the grass i'm going to go as hard as i can and not let

the guy on first base score. i didn't want it to drop. it was a 0-0 ball game. in that situation you want to catch everything. i cramped up actually when i landed. that was the only thing that bothered me. but it's better than running into -- >> all right. there you have it. bryce harper the redskins by the way have signed jonathan goff a linebacker who used to play for the giants and virginia tech is going to hire former assistant james johnson as their new head coach according to multiple reports. didn't take them long to replace him down there in blacksburg. game two. big one tonight for the capitals. they can't afford to go down 0-2 to the new york rangers the top seed in the east this year. we'll have highlights and post game reaction, hopefully good news coming up at 11:00. >> hopefully you will. thank you, dan. coming up an amazing discovery during a stroll on the beach. for all your news we invite you to follow news 4 online. search nbc was

there is a new mobile app that allows travelers to complain directly to the government if they believe they've been profiled at security check points. the coalition of civil rights groups led by the seek coalition unveiled the app at a d.c. news conference this morning. the app allows people to complain directly to the transportation security administration or to the department of homeland security using their iphone or android. the group wants to give people an easier way to register a complaint. the tsa currently allows travelers to file a complaint by downloading a pdf form via its website. coming up on our broadcast at 11:00 tonight we'll tell you what one police chief said this morning that will have some people looking to the skies. also mitt romney's vice presidential short list that is not so short. and the danger of the latest trend in silicon injections which is leaving some people sick, disfigured. some are even killed by it. doreen's special report tonight at 11:00.

now let's get another check on the weather forecast. >> i think it is going to get better for a lot of people wanting that warm weather to come back. i think it is going to come back and may just come back in a big way. out there right now 79 degrees. that's what we're thinking for a high tomorrow. we will see a pretty good chance of showers. maybe a thunderstorm tomorrow. on thursday a few showers. high of 82. 83 on thursday. 88 on friday. friday could be very warm if our winds shift out of the south and up into this weekend looking on the warm side, too. a chance for some showers, maybe a thunderstorm on saturday but a lot warmer than it has been. >> okay. sounds good. thank you, doug. canadian guy named peter mark was exploring an isolated beach in vancouver, british columbia, last week. he came upon a big white rusty container washed up on the beach. inside that container he found not just a bike but a harley. peter mark said the license plate indicates the bike is from a region in japan that suffered

terribly during the earthquake and tsunami last year. further investigation suggests the white container was probably part of a moving van. the japanese consulate is trying to find the owner of the bike. mike says he understands that the bike was part of a person's life. he said even though the bike has been through a lot, a cross ocean journey in fact, he intends to treat it with a great deal of respect and he hopes that they'll be able to find the owner. >> how could something so heavy travel so far. >> nightly news is up next. "access hollywood" test. "access hollywood" test. "access hollywood" test. "access hollywood" test. "access hollywood" test. "access hollywood" test.