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will see police dogs and shot guns in the morning. >> a judge refused to drop charges against two brothers accused of beating a black teenager on neighborhood watch patrol in maryland. >> severe weather moving unto our west. doug will tell us when it is going to get here. but we begin with breaking news in atlanta. a huge fire broke out tonight at the tyler perry stud yoeiosstud. fire crews are still working. one building partially collapsed on the lot. in southwest atlanta. according to a captain with the atlanta fire department. so far nobody has been reported injured. tyler perry is an actor and movie mogul, named by "forbes" magazine as the highest paid man in entertainment last year. >> also following breaking news in the capital of afghanistan. the u.s. embassy is in the midst of a duck and cover. after several explosions and a shooting in kabul. afghan official reports three explosions just hours after president obama left that country. the president made the secret trip to mark one year since the

killing of osama bin laden. and a new path forward for u.s. troops in that area. steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: president obama spoke to america from the base in afghanistan where a year ago today, s.e.a.l. team 6 took off to kill osama bin laden on the president's orders. >> the goal that i set to defeat al qaeda and deny it a chance to rebuild is now within our reach. >> reporter: he met with u.s. troops and gave them credit. along with his aggressive drone campaign for killing 20 of bin laden's top 30 commanders. >> we have been able to decimate the ranks of al qaeda. and a year ago, we were able to finally bring osama bin laden to justice. >> reporter: the president had flown to afghanistan secretly overnight to sign a new 10-year treaty with afghan president

karzai. u.s. forces will focus only on the fight against what is left of al qaeda. critics see this is an election-year photo-op, a victory lap on an anniversary that should be off-limits to politics. >> we have a clear path to fulfill our mission in afghanistan while delivering justice to al qaeda. president obama sees it as a promise kept. a second war ending on his watch. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news at the white house. >> mitt romney praised president oi obama. romney said it is appropriate for the president to take credit, but he says the president should not use the terrorist death as a political issue.ed a new york firehouse, that lost men in the september 11 attacks. campaign controversy for mitt romney. top adviser for the gop candidate is off the job two weeks after he was hired.

wendy. [ no audio ] >> reporter: he can't go on his personal life has become a distraction. he was hired as an adviser. he is openly game. conservative supporters took issue. he is taking more heat for some crude comments he tweeted about the appearance of prominent women. those women included newt gingrich's wife calista and secretary of state hillary clinton. the tweets were before his hiring. and have since been deleted. still, he feels the damage is done. and in a statement to "the washington post" he writes -- my ability to speak clearly and forcefully on the issues has been greatly diminished by the hyperpartisan discussion of personal issues that sometimes comes from a presidential campaign. romney's message to me that being openly game was a nonissue for him. mitt romney's campaign had this to say. we are disappointed that ric

decided to resign from the campaign for his own personal reasons. we wanted him to stay because he had superior qualifications for the position. he served as george w. bush's top spokesperson at the u.n. so far no word on who will be replacing him in the romney camp. back to you. >> thank you. riders in for quite a surprise when naythey arrive at stations across the area in the morning. shomari stone to explain why dogs and shot guns may be on the scene. shomari? >> reporter: that's right. beefed up security at metro stations. police want you to give them a call if you notice anything suspicious. take metro rail tomorrow and you will see heightened security. marking the first anniversary of the death of osama bin laden. >> we are taking the anniversary of osama bin laden's death seriously. >> transit police will step up patrols at major cross stations.

on platforms. inside trains. walking around with canine dogs. police say there isn't a credible or specific threat against the system but they say al qaeda has shown interest in anniversaries and dates in the past. riders appreciate the extra police presence. >> it feels good to have extra protecti protection. >> it is very comforting to see the extra police support. >> reporter: metro officials aren't saying which stations you will see heightened security. they say you will see police all around. live in washington, southeast, shomari stone, news 4. >> a live look outside. warm and calm out there. there are fierce storms out to the west. doug is here with details on when it is headed here? >> very warm night. in the low 70s in many locations. as you look off to the west. some big-time thunderstorms right now. and some very heavy rain. again we need to seat rain.

but we don't want to see the severe weather. this yellow box in here through parts of west virginia. a tornado watch in effect until 1:00 if i do not think they will expect that to the eastable. i do think this rain will make its way over the mountains. i will show you when, how much of the rain will make its way over and if we see any severe weather in our forecast for tomorrow. >> charges will not be dropped in a baltimore trial that's drawing comparisons to the trayvon martin case. brothers were charged with assaulting 15-year-old who is black, a year and a half ago. the men were patrolling for a jewish neighborhood watch at the time. their lawyers say their clients acted in self defense. they asked for the charges to be dropped after the prosecution rested to day. but a judge said no. the defense starts laying out its case tomorrow. >> five murders in four days in the district. and the latest victim was a hospital technician who was stabbed after celebrating a job promotion at a bar on 14th street. 33-year-old dwayne brisbane was

a cat scan technician at washington hospital center. he was stabbed in an altercation on florida avenue on the way home from the celebration. he report lead tried to drive himself to the hospital, but crashed into a light pole. police are looking at security camera video in their search to find suspects. >> 80 people are out of homes tonight after a fast-moving fire in silver spring. it broke out this afternoon in a garden apartment complex along terrace drive. fire fighters say they found heavy flames on the second floor. the flames quickly spread to the attic and through the complex. up to 20 units were damaged or destroyed. two fire fighters were hurt. investigators are still trying to figure out how this started. >> some of the marchers celebrating may day turned rowdy as occupy protestors demanded economic justice. in seattle they smashed the windows of several major stores and banks. in oakland, california police used tear gas and tasers, on appropriate t

protestors. dozens of people were arrested. in new york city police in riot gear confronted appropriate tpr. in d.c. someone spray painted foreclosed on a downtown brannibran i ch of bank of america. bank of america launches job cuts. the second largest bank will be getting rid tough 2,000 positions in wealth management, investment and commercial banking. not among the 30,000 bank of america cuts announced last year. >> three years after one of the largest recalls in u.s. history. toyota appears back on top. the japanese automaker report aid 12% jump in u.s. auto sales last month. a study by yahoo! auto rated it highest quality vehicles. ford, second. facebook shares could trade on wall street as early as may 16th or 17th. the social media giant is expected to start marketing its highly anticipated initial

public offering as early as monday. it is widely speculated facebook could be valued at $100 billion. >> yankees all-star pitcher, andy pettite took the stand in the roger clemens trial. when the two were team mates. clemens admitted to using human growth hormone. clemens said that in his words, pettite mis-remembers the conversation. clemens is accused of lying during the 2008 congressional hearing on drug use in baseball. just owning a pit bull or even renting to a pit bull owner is ground for a possible lawsuit in maryland. a new appeals court ruling, declares pit bulls as a dangerous breed. that means owners are strictly liable for damages if their pet should attack some one. a landlord is liable if the attack happens on his or her property. behavior not breed should determine whether a dog is

dangerous. >> our concern is that we will, see an increase in pit bull abandonment at the shelter. in addition, fewer pit bulls will be adopted. there are pit bulls in loving family homes now that will end those -- those owners will be forced to give up their pets. >> the ruling on top of an outright ban on pit bulls in existence in prince george's county. >> coming up tonight, some incredible videos, a plane crashed intentionally. all in the name of science. >> the memory of a teenage girl killed in an accident is living on through one of the designs of the washington area up and coming fashion stars. ♪

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little boys like to break things, crash them, blow them up. how about a plane? a 727? that's what producers at discovery channel did. they did it in the mexican desert. part of a documentary series called "curiosity." obviously no passengers on the plane. filled with crash test dummies and cameras. the crash was recorded inside the plane. on the ground. from other planes. and from the ejecting pilot's helmet. all to see the impact on the plane and the people inside when it crashes. that is really cool. >> tonight from a near-death experience to living a dream. a once-troubled teen, found the world of fashion and it saved his life. it wasn't until a tragedy rocked his high school and took the life of a classmate with the same interests that he got a second chance to make something

beautiful. angie goff has his story. >> a lot of times people will see the clothes on the runway and wouldn't think twice as far as where the clothes came from. >> reporter: in his tiny apartment in alexandria. sam menta makes clothes. creations that put him face to face with the fashion elite and on the runway of some of dc's biggest shows the. the collection is called ugly. >> i figured what if i could take this word that, people like use in such a negative way, and turn it around and make something positive out of it. >> reporter: ugly proved off to be a way out of a not-so, pretty past. an insecure teen, sam spent days going back and forth, d.c. to alexandria. living a life surrounded by drugs and violence. >> i literally felt one of the bullets like fly past me. and, that moment -- i knew -- that -- tomorrow wasn't

promised. i decided to turn my life around. >> have to see this one on m maggie. >> it led him to the fashion teacher. she was able to convince him to enter a contest. he didn't win, but it did change his life. sam had found his passion, but soon realized he couldn't afford it. he had no money for college. a way to pursue his career, but then -- a bizarre twist of fate. >> in 2007, sam's class mate, lydia petkov, a budding designer was one of four teens killed in a car crash. she had just graduated from west potomac hours earlier. lydia's father, richard says the family turned donations after lydia's death into a scholarship to help a student live the dream she never fulfilled. the student chosen was sam. >> still alive with me. she is going to be alive with --

with the recipient, sam. so, you know, the longer we keep her memory alive the better. >> i see how blessed i am. because not, not a lot of people get this type of chance. this is look a second chance for me. and every day -- i try to make the best out of it for me and for her. because i feel like now i'm living, not just for me, but for her as well. >> in alexandria, virginia, angie goff, news 4. >> sam studies at northern virginia community college. he hops to transfer to a fashion school in new york. tomorrow on news 4 at 5:00. see the gift lydia's father gave to same and the advice that came with it. the singer, and fine looking woman, beyonce credits breast-feeding with helping her lose the weight she gained during pregnancy. she told "people" magazine she lost 50 pounds since she gave birth. people just named her most beautiful woman in the world. beyonce says she started,

working out ten weeks after her daughter was born. she gives credit to working out four times a week, and -- and a strict diet. >> i think "people" magazine also said fine look ming mama t. >> that's why i said it. thought i read it stom wheome w. >> quoted there. >> i'm stag out of this. how about the stormy weather? >> we have showers and thunderstorms out there. tell you what, most of those are not going to be with us over the next 12 hours or so. i think they'll get some, they make their way through, early tomorrow morning. once again very similar to what happened this morning where we did have showers and storms as you made your way out to work. i do think that could be the case. when you wake up tomorrow morning, around 4:00, 5:00, 6:00. we'll talk about that. first up. 84 degrees. a low of 60 degrees. nearly 4.5 degrees below average with the rainfall.

we do need to see rain. so hopefully some rain to the west will come in here and give us much needed rainfall. out there right now. 69 degrees. winds are calm under partly cloudy skies. we'll continue to see temperatures on the mild side. all night. really going to be a warm night. 63 in leesburg. 64 in culpeper. still near 80, charlottesville. pax river coming in at 68 degrees. the radar, storm 4 radar. nothing to snow you around our region right now. once again the showers, thunderstorms are off to the west if i do moon juean just of the west. go, two hours, three hours along the road. pick them up. morganstown. west virginia. charleston area. close to elkins. see a lot of lightning associated with this. bigger storms back to the west. potential for flash flooding. seeing flood warnings here. once again the, the need is there for the rain. we need to see that rain come through. the mountains once again. will help to kill these, just a

little bit. i don't think they're going to make it in their entirety. i do thing we are going to see rain early tomorrow morning. here is what future weather forecast has for us along the frontal boundary. here come the showers. look at 5:00. when i expect them to come through. between, 4:00, 6:00 a.m. 4:00 to the west. 6:00 to the east. could be enough to give us rather wet roadways. give yourself a little bit of extra time tomorrow. frontal boundary. meanders around the region. chance of showers. strong thunderstorms during the day tomorrow. we could even see some severe weather. and then another chance of showers and continued warm. during the day on thursday. too. once again when you wake up tomorrow morning. good idea to take the umbrella with you. just in case. temperatures will be on the mild side. 56 to 262 degrees. tomorrow afternoon -- about a 50% chance of showers. some thunder, temperatures, 76 to 82 degrees. it will be rather warm and humid. that will be the trend over the next couple days. warm, humid, chance of showers. maybe thunderstorms, just about each day. i don't think we will see any of

the next seven days, as a washout. so that's good news there. very much like a summertime pattern with these, scattered, afternoon showers. >> all right, thank you, doug. >> stay tuned.

>> what we want to hear its the losing streak ois over. >> tomorrow. the home debut did not go as scripted for the nationals. played great in the outfield. 0-3 at the plates. the nats have been struggling. trevor cahill took a four-hit shout out. the nationals lose fifth straight. the capital, with his bryce harper jersey. everyone getting in on the action. harper first at-bat. and goes down swinging against cahill, harper hitless in home debut. zimmerman, down 1-0, nationals in the sixth. montero. gap, right center field. justin upton comes into score. 2-0. zimmerman, 6 and 1/3. gives up eight hits. three runs. top of the seventh. diamondbacks up 3-0, upton. left field. harper camps out. he is coming home.

check it out. doesn't bounce. straight to home. did he get him or not? well they called him safe. he was safe. but we had to show you the throw. because the it was spectacular. >> wow. >> diamondbacks win it 5-1. yeah, nationals have now lost five -- in a row. >> i got -- out to left field. they were loud, cheering. a good fan base. excite add but everything going on. and you want the w and everything. but i felt good out there. everybody -- tried to contribute a little bit. and, you know weep ju just didnt the win. >> kid is hustling. sound like a pro. nick johnson. os up, 4-1. johnson, 0-28. entering this at-bat. boon logan. left field. look what we have here. a hit, couple runs come into score. oh, it is an error. how did you know that? >> he is right under it. >> 0-28, vance.

give the man a break. >> you got to rnearn a break. >> after the cruel tease, johnson with another chance. this time he finally gets. can't argue with that, can you? >> pittsburgh, since may 5, 2010, the os win. buck showalteshowalter's 1,000t win. >> parted ways with gaffney, the skins leading receiver, 68 catches for 947 yards. with addition of pierre garcon and vance morgan, gaffney became expendable and expensive for last season as well. capitals back home tomorrow night. game three. puck dropped after 7:30. on nbc sports network i you would like a chance to win tickets to game four, which its saturday, at verizon center. check out nbc washington.com. tonight's winner of our caps ticket contest -- its brian

noyes of arlington. call the number on the bottom of your screen there. last night i understand the winner didn't call in. brian if you've don't call in. i'm not afraid to give the tick tights somebody else, buddy. >> me. me. >> you have five minutes. >> we'll take them. >> you're going to

a. >> a north dakota cat is back home with the family after undergoing surgery for a rare condition.

corky was born with his hind legs turned backwards and crisscrossed. the 7-month-old was talk in to a shelter where he learned to drag himself around. he was going to be put down. until a couple stepped in and donated money for the surgery. corky is learning to get away with one hind leg. vets say he likely won't jump but hope he can learn to climb like other cats. >> rough weather coming our way? >> out towards west virginia. big line of thunderstorms. now a new line out towards parts of ohio. big time thunderstorms, making their way our way. i do think the strongest should die down. i think we'll see rain early tomorrow morning. tune in.

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