including vice president joe biden, publicly supported same-sex marriage on tv talk shows this past weekend. the president says he was also sensitive that to many people, the word "marriage" evokes powerful traditions and religious beliefs. but he says he stands on the side of broader equality for the lbgt community. he told robin roberts of abc news in an exclusive interview that he changed his position over the course of several years. >> as i talk to friends and family and neighbors, when i think about members of my own staff who are incredibly committed and monogamous relationships, same-sex relationships, who are raising kids together, when i think about those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf and yet feel constrained, even now that don't ask, don't tell

is gone, because they're not able to commit themselves in a marriage, at a certain point i've just concluded that for my personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be table to get married. >> president obama's statement comes just one day after north carolina voters approved a ban on same-sex marriage, defining marriage as the union between a man and a woman. 30 states prohibit gay marriage. but by contrast, the district of columbia and six other states have legalized same-sex marriage. this year, the maryland legislature approved a same-sex marriage bill and governor martin o'malley signed it into law immediately. but opponents have challenging it in a referendum in this november's general election. president obama's statement today could play a part in his re-election campaign and in

maryland's referendum on same-sex marriage. wendy and jim, back to you. we're following some breaking news out of fairfax county tonight. a man kidnapped, robbed, and stuffed into a trunk. police tell us he was abducteded from his home on cumberland avenue in springfield. news 4's thshamari stone joins live on the scene with the search for the attacker. >> reporter: we're here in the 6100 block of cumberland avenue and this is where police say this entire ordeal began. fairfax county police say three masked men forced the man on this block into his own car at gunpoint late last night. the suspects got in the car with the victim, he's 22 years old. they drove him to nearby banks, forced him to withdrew cash. then the men forced the 22-year-old into his own truck, cut him with a knife, closed it, and ran away. in the area of piedmont place near braddock road. now, i talked to several people in this area and they are very concerned about this. police are investigating and the

good news is that the victim, the 22-year-old, is expected to be okay. he's in the process of relocatirelocat relocating his car. live in springfield, news 4. in maryland tonight, eight people are in the hospital after a crash near the langley/tacoma park border. investigators say a van was turning left from university boulevard and it collided with a toyota. two people were ejected. those passengers and five others from the fan along with the toyota driver within the to the hospital. they're expected to be fine. police say it appears the van did not yield the right of way. new details tonight about that foiled terror plot. u.s. officials say al qaeda designed the wearable device so it would be form fitting and go undetected. even if the bomber received an airport pat-down. the attack was disrupted because the would-be bomber, in this case, was a double agent, who handed the device over to the cia. meanwhile, investigations have begun to find out how the top security and top secret

intelligence operation became public. a woman coming home from work has her iphone stolen while she was waiting for her train, but she was determined to get it back. and another guy was determined to help her. news 4's pat collins is live near the gallery place, chinatown metro station with some surveillance video that caught the chase as it went down. pat? >> reporter: wendy, for five years, jennifer loftner has used metro to get from here to there. she metros to work, she metros to shop, she metros to restaurant. five years, no bad experiences. until today. take a close look at this security video. it shows a thief running around the gallery place metro station with jennifer loftner in pursuit. you're a runner, aren't you? >> yes. i like to run. >> reporter: don't worry, it has a happy ending. but i'm getting ahead of myself. it happened around 10:40 this morning. jennifer loftner was in the gallery place station.

she was waiting for a red line train to go to metro center. she was on the platform, her iphone in her hand. she was scrolling through e-mails. that's when a guy came up, snatched the phone, and took off. >> i still can't believe it. >> reporter: the chase was on. that would-be robber running around the escalators, jennifer loftner right on his heels. he went around again, so did she, yelling as she did. >> he started going around the escalators in circles, maybe like two or three minutes. i mean, we were running -- >> you were doing laps around the escalators, chasing him? >> yes. yes. and i was just screaming. screaming at the top of my lungs. >> reporter: what'd you scream? >> you know, the guy has my phone, please help! help. i was screaming as loud as i could. >> reporter: a guy hanging signs in the subway heard her cries for help and came to the rescue. he got a bead on that thief and brought him down. >> i see a metro worker just coming and they just grabbed him and gave me my phone back.

>> reporter: and tackled him? >> yes. >> reporter: now tomorrow jennifer loftner goes back to work and she'll use metro to get there. you're going to keep your phone -- >> yes, in my purse. >> reporter: good strategy. no cops, no cuffs in this one. the man who came to the rescue, we're told, is a contract worker. they say he just counseled the would-be robber and sent him on his way. live in chinatown, pat collins, news 4. breaking news right now of virginia. a fairfax county police officer is facing sexual assault charges tonight. police arrested this man, james summers, in connection with an attack in manassas. investigators say it happened some time between september and october of '09. they say a woman reported that summers came to her home and sexually assaulted her and then left. summers is being held tonight without bond. he's been relieved of his police duties, as the investigation begins. now to the weather. rain is rolling through parts of

our region right now. storm 4 chief meteorologist doug cameron is here and tracking it all on radar. >> and once again, it's much-needed rain. we need to see a good quarter, maybe half an inch, even an inch would be great. but i don't think we're going to see too much from this. 73 now at the airport. starting to see light rain out at the airport with winds out of the north at 6 miles per hour. 73 here, but look back to the west. 59 in win chester. 60 in martinsburg. that's where the cooler air and rain is. i-81 seeing pretty good rain. fairly heavy downpours in through central montgomery county, northwestern portions of montgomery county and down towards loudoun county and also southern fricke county. right around the urbana area and over towards mt. erie and damascus, all seeing pretty good rain. we'll continue to watch as this moves through over the next couple of hours. i'll let you know what to expect for the rest of the week. students, teachers, and

staff at a school may have been exposed to tuberculosis. the health department says it's now working with school officials to identify and to treat anyone who may have been in contact with that student. tb is a bacterial illness that is spread through coughing and sneezing. a new battle line in the fight to bring metro to dulles. a new study out suggests the silver line would be an economic boom to loudoun county. but not everyone's convinced. news 4's erica gonzalez has both sides of this debate from dulles international airport. >> reporter: the researcher says loudoun can county is at an economic crossroads. loudoun county stands to lose $72 billion over the next decade without the extension of the silver line. that's according to a new report by the director for center of regional analysis, dr. steven fuller. >> this region can't survive. it's competitiveness. we are being outperformed. >> reporter: supervisors are still unsure whether to contribute more than $150

million to the project. they need to decide by july 4th. >> they have not been able to get their arms around how that advantage will pay off in terms of the taxpayers' dollars going into the project and what the return on that investment will look like. >> reporter: swing votes will be key, and suzanne volpe is one of them. >> plans are for it to go to wheelie as of next year, and phase two would be to herndon-monroe. i want to know how much additional money would that cost my constituents to take the bus? >> reporter: some virginia loudoun county officials worry with about an incentive in what is viewed as a pro-union labor agreement. jim dike says it's simply about the best bid for the job. >> virginia is a right to work state and the pla issue is very important to us, how it's going to be resolved. and i'm hopeful that the board will decide to treat the second phase the way they treated the first phase. >> reporter: the study fines silver line would spawn 40,000 new professional and business

service jobs. for doug paily, owner of hooked, seafood restaurant, there's nothing more promising than that. >> the expansion of the line would probably double our business within a quick period of time. >> reporter: tonight at 6:00, community members kept out of the meeting say fuller may be influencing supervisors with information that's not credible. at the dulles international airport, erica, muse 4. >> a metro study finds the blue line has the worst on-time performance at 88%. overall rail service is on time 89% of the time and bus service is on time 77%. the report also finds improvement in the number of working escalators and a decline in parki ining lot crime. coming up next, there's a controversial over a memorial for victims of metro's deadly redline crash. some fear it will do more harm than good. a d.c. man found his stolen bike on craigslist, but instead of getting mad, hey, he got even. the summer travel forecast is in, and the findings could

mean good news for drivers. plus, look better in your bathing suit for free. a look at how a local gym is helping people s

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to fork over more for ticket prices as well. the airline industry says the price of fuel climbed 19% the first quarter of this year. that could translate into higher ticket prices. but the outlook is better for drivers. news 4's tracee wilkins has the good news from capitol heights. >> reporter: just as we were with preparing for one of the most expensive summers at the pump in history, now it seems like it won't be so bad. >> works for me. >> reporter: the energy department is reporting that a drop in the price of oil is quickly translating into lower prices at the pump. >> just this week, it was $3.80 and now it's $2.77 or $3.77. >> reporter: just last month, it was predicted that gas would average about $4.01 in may, but gas prices have dropped about 7% since april. >> i think it's ridiculous for the gas prices to be that high in the beginning. >> in the long-term, it will help. i hope it stays.

i hope it keeps coming down. >> reporter: and there's more good news. the national average for gas has already declined 17 cents since early april. it's now $3.76. and analysts are predicting that on average, we can expect to pay just a few cents more this summer than we did last summer. but folks aren't breaking out the end zone dance just yet. >> memorial day's in the here yet. once that gets here, it might go up again. so we'll see. >> reporter: the energy department is predicting that we could be looking at a national average of $3.79 per gallon for regular, from now until september. in capitol heights, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. summer also means putting your body into a bathing suit. so if you're not feeling beach ready, you might want to check out the bikini body workout. it's at the washington sports club. not only is it a free class, you can also do it at home. we stopped by and asked these people there, with whathat's yo

workout? >> center, down. >> the bikini body workout targets the bikini zones. that's the upper body, that's the abdominal area, the glute and buttock area and the thighs. the concept of the workout is keeping your heart rate up at all times. and when you keep your heart rate elevated, you're burning more calories. 45 seconds of cardio and straight into strength building, right back to 45 seconds of cardio. and it alternates. >> that's it! double time! >> reporter: lower body blaster, head to toe toners, your hip trimmers, dip crunches, your side plank, tap the hip. >> three, two. >> hold it up. >> it was definitely a lot of exercise and it was no relaxing around. so we worked every single multiple that there is. >> we're working much harder than the guys out there pushing

the heavy weights around, so i think it's very challenging and it's very masculine to do these kinds of things. >> i love the whole ab workout. that's definitely an area you want to have, you know, toned and slim, you know, when you're at the beach. and she also does a lot of squats, so it's working your thighs. it's definitely no day at the beach. >> you can take it anywhere and you can change it up. as long as you do these moves and do whatever cardio you want to do, you're golden. >> that's it. rotate. >> washington sports club is offering the bikini body workout. it's a class and it is free to everyone. it's a promotion in conjunction with fitness magazine. if you don't have time to get to the gym, you can get the list of exercises from the magazine's may issue. there's also a link on nbcwashington.com. for the second time in 40 years, take a look at this. this is a member of the flying wallenda family. he is going across baltimore's inner harbor. he's walking a 300-foot wire that is stretched from the harbor pavilion out to a barge out in the water.

it's about up 90 feet high. he's trying to duplicate a similar walk done by his great grandfather. this is being sponsored by ripley's entertainment. it comes as ripleys begins to -- is preparing to enter a ripleys believe it or not odd 'tis museum in baltimore next month. let's take a moment of zen as we watch this guy -- >> is this live? >> yeah, it's live. >> a little golf thing. >> doug, how windy is it up there? >> jim, right now, he's dealing with 5 to 10-mile-per-hour winds, this could definitely throw him off balance. and the you notice here, the bar he has is about 25 feet long. and that's a normal bar for -- >> is it normal? >> you see tight rope walkers using these bars. and he's not barefoot, but he's got these socks on -- >> they're special socks made specifically for this type of rope they're using, that is now out there -- >> do you even know? >> don't listen to him, people!

>> the flying wallenda family, if you grew up back in the '60s and stuff, this family could balance like 400 people on top of a bicycle and then do this. >> this is nothing. >> and a unicycle. >> this is what they do as they get to their bed to the coffee pot in the morning. >> how much farther does he have to go? >> currently, jim, he's got about one more or two more states to go. he's going to travel through delaware and then into new jersey. >> you're going to lose all your weather credibility. >> is it weather time here? >> we're going to check back in, though -- >> that's all he's got to go, right there. we can check back in when he's making his way back through. >> when he does. >> and the rain's not quite there yet. good news for that. he doesn't want to deal with any of that rain. out there right now, we need to deal with some of that rain and it will continue to the move on in. you can see the dark clouds moving on in across the region and temperatures, they're starting to come down just a little bit as the rain does move in. out there right now, storm 4 radar showing you where that

rain is, just off to the west. that's where the heaviest rain is, but also starting to see some right around the district here. here's baltimore, no rain around that particular flying wallenda. here's where the rain is, back to the west. this is where the heaviest rain is. light rain right now around the district, around the i-95 corridor. but right through mustn't ari, down through clarksburg and leesburg, you'll be seeing fairly heavy rain around poolesville and just to the north and west of herndon. around sterling and dulles airport, watch out in these areas. you could see some fairly heavy downpours here, and the same thing goes down to our south and west. right along 17 and around marshall in to northern fauquier county, we are looking at fairly moderate to heavy downpours. down to the south and east, waldorf along 301, out to our friends towards calvert county. no heavy rain, just light rain. we'll continue to see that rain increase throughout the rest of the evening. this is why. we still have a lot of rain.

look at all of the rain to the south. wow. a ton of rain down here. we really were hoping this would make its way towards our area to help us with our dry conditions. i don't think we're going to get into the heaviest rain, but there are still some thundershowers. back along with the actual cold front that will move on through here. our rain is not quite done yet and i think we'll pick up a quarter inch in some locations. temperature right now, 73 degrees with winds out of the north at about 6 miles per hour. the region starting to cool off. 59 in winchester, 60 in martinsburg, 61 in leesburg where we're starting to see that rain. ahead of that rain area, temperatures still in the 70s. those numbers will come down. as that area of low pressure moves through, tomorrow, a little bit cooler. we'll see some sunshine, rather breezy conditions with winds gusting 20 to 30 miles an hour during your day on your thursday. as far as what we're talking about for the next couple of days, i think tomorrow morning should be fine, but it will be a little cooler. about 56 in the city, going up to a high tomorrow of about 69 degrees on your thursday.

73 on friday. we'll call it a fantastic friday. saturday and sunday, with looking very nice. a high of 78 with plenty of sunshine saturday. sunday, of course, happy mother's day. and why not? i'm giving you 80 on mother's day. >> oh, sweet! >> good gift. >> i think so. i couldn't afford the flowers. >> it's better than roses. it really is. >> cheapskate! coming up next at 5:00, feeling the heat. tonight, the new push to change the law after a new jersey mom was arrested for letting her little girl go tanning. d.c.'s police chief is staying put. details behind her six-figure salary deal. it's do or die night for the caps as they return to home ice for game six against the rangers. back out live in baltimore, the self-proclaimed king of the high-wire. that's nick wallenda of the flying wallenda flying family, following in the footsteps of his great grandfather. >> he's there! >> just stay with him, can we? >> he did it!

big finish! way to go, nick! and. >> he did

caps versus rangers. >> this is it, folks. game six tonight. dan's live at the phone booth. go big, or this is it, huh? >> reporter: that's right. we're cooking with gas. this is for real. i guess you can say, you win or

stay home if you're the capitals. you're trying to stave off elimination here. the rangers win, they're moving on to the eastern conference finals. this is for all the marbles. carl alwalsner joins me now. it seems like every game has been nip and tuck. >> there's been nerves through every game. everything's been so close, when it does come to being an important time like this, we're kind of prepared for it. and with the last series, having to go to game seven and we're ready for these kind of challenges and it's going to be an exciting game for us. >> it seems like a lot of people have been saying that last lost to the rangers up at the garden, one of the most devastating losses in franchise history because of the way it went down. when joel got that high stick penalty late in the game, what was going through your head? >> to be honest, i thought, that's all right, we're going to kill it off. there's only 20 seconds, 30 seconds, however much was left. we had so much confidence in our penalty kill, i really didn't put too much stock in it.

it's just weird how it happened there and they gotta goal. it was extremely frustrating. but same thing going into overtime. i felt confident in that kill and a couple pucks ricochet in and that's just the way the game goes sometimes. >> reporter: you guys feel like you've laid almost as well as you can play? you haven't gotten all the bounces. a lot of pucks have gone off the post or the crossbar, but you can't really play any harder than you have been playing, can you? >> not really. there's been stretches where we think we can do a little bit better, but it's only lasted for maybe a period at the most. but you know, all you've got to do is work as hard as you can. you can't put too much stock in a loss or too much in a win. it's all about bouncing back, i think, in playoffs and making sure you're mentally sharp and able to kind of turn the page quick. so we've been playing well, and like i said, you can't control that stuff. it's a balance here and there and all you can do is work hard. >> reporter: have you sensed those guys getting frustrated at all with your defensive tactics? doing a heck of a job not letting them get to the net.

>> reporter: i think a little bit. i've been reading some of the stuff people have been saying and sounds like they're getting a little frustrated, but they're not showing a whole lot of it on the ice. everything there, they're keeping bottled up a little bit. just got to keep going with it. we're going to keep some chances sooner or later. we're very happy with the way the defense has been playing. the offense has been scoring huge goals for us. so things are going well right now. it's just a matter of putting the puck in at the right time. >> reporter: carl, good luck. >> thanks very much. >> that's carl alzner, defenseman for the capitals. it is all or nothing tonight. more coming up at 6:00. >> we'll see you then. thanks, hellie. coming up next, a d.c. neighborhood fires back. some say a memorial that would honor victims of metro's redline crash will only encourage bad behavior among teenagers and looters. it's an injury you expect to find in football, but more and more young girls are falling victim to it to, prompting a warning for young athletes. caught on craigslist, this local man turned the tables on a bike thief in the district. and at 6:00, officers spring

into action to stop a driver

we're watching the rain coming through here and the heavier rain. you can see from leesburg and around the warrenton area and gaithersburg, that's where the

heaviest rain is. we'll zoom into central portions of montgomery county around clarksburg and gaithersburg, right around 270 here. this is the area that's seeing some of the heaviest rain, including germantown and montgomery village. you're going to be seeing that rain coming through you very, very quickly. down around the sugarland run area, as we move towards loudoun county. a complete forecast coming up in a minute. >> thanks, doug. controversy tonight over plans to build a memorial for the victims of that deadly metro crash. >> people who live in the area say they are not happy about how the location was chosen. darcy spencer joins us live from northeast with details. darcy? >> reporter: well, i'm standing in the area where this park could be built to give you an idea of where it is. that's new hampshire avenue up that way. on this side, you have the tree line. beyond that are the metro train tracks. this looks like it could be the perfect site for a memorial park, but some neighbors say otherwise, and they're fighting back.

a metro train crash in june of 2009 claimed nine lives and injured dozens more. d.c. wants to memorialize the victims of the crash by creating a memorial park here at new hampshire and south dakota avenues in northeast near the crash site. but the city is running into some unexpected and vocal opposition from residents who live near where the trains collided. >> it's honorable, but the park is not the place. we have a lot of other crime issues, that i think take precedent over putting a park here. we have prostitutes in the area, on a regular basis. we have drug addicts in the area on a regular basis. and that's our concern. >> reporter: the plot of national park service land is called ft. circle park. the proposal is for a $1 million park with artwork, benches, lighting, a memorial wall, and a play area. residents are concerned the memorial would make crime already taking place in this wooded area even worse. so you've seen young people

having sexual activity here already and you think this will make it worse? >> i do. i think it will make it easier for them. we have a prostitution problem. we have people that go back in the woods behind the houses, as well as hang out in the park. >> reporter: residents found out about the city's plans just last week. a spokesman for the city administrator's office says they've been working with victim's families for the last year and they prefer this site. the neighbors got left out of this? >> definitely got left out. >> reporter: now that the community is pushing back, city administrator alan lew released a statement. it says in part, "the district continues to review other possible locations for the park. we will continue to work with the family representatives and the larger community to identify a location that meets the aspirations of the relatives and the community alike." >> if i was a family member and i heard the neighborhood was having those kind of problems and you wanted to put something in memory of my family here, i would say, what's going on here? >> reporter: now, according to a spokesperson for the city's administrator's office, this is

not a done deal. they're in the very early stages of this process. now, according to this proposal, they're hoping to have this park built by june of next year in time for the fourth anniversary of the fatal crash. reporting live from northeast washington, darcy spencer, news 4. d.c. police chief cathy lanier has signed a new contract that will pay her $250,000 for the next five years. lanier is a veteran city police officer. she was first appoint cheeed chn 2007. under lanier, the city has seen a sharp drop in homicides. she's also won praise as one of the first females to head a large city police force. a suspected serial burglar is behind bars tonight. police charged 20-year-old jamiel alamb of reston with two counts of burglary. he was arrested sunday after two break-ins in the monroe manor community. alam is also a suspect in at least 20 garage break-ins in fairfax county that began back in mid-march.

apples, gadgets, alcohol, and wallets were all taken. concussions have become an epidemic in youth sports, and it turns out that girls are injured twice as often as boys. these girls play soccer in pennsylvania, they have more than 12 concussions between them and three of them have brain injuries so severe, they've had to give up their sports. one girl's room is lit with blue right to relieve her nearly constant headaches. >> it's like a break, it's visible, but it's almost like i need a sign on my back saying, my head is broken. >> girls, as a group, have far weaker necks. the same force delivered to a girl's head spins the head much more because of the weak neck than it does to the guys. >> you can watch more on the concussion crisis tonight on rock center with brian williams. that's tonight at 9:00, right here on nbc 4. when we come right back on news 4 at 5:00 tonight, a new jersey mom forcing lawmakers

there to take a closer look at the tang industry. why this case could lead to changes in the law. and it's a top trending story. hillary clinton without makeup. tonight th

tonight's wednesday's child proved to be quite a gifted athlete. stanton is 13 years with old and hoping to find a loving family. >> barbara harrison took him to meet some of georgetown's football team recently. they said they think he's got quite a future. >> there's the ball. now, go get it, all right? here we go! >> reporter: 13-year-old stanton

got to run a play with some of the stars of the georgetown hoyas. >> let's go! >> reporter: they were impressed and so was coach kelly. >> what do you think about stanton? >> we had him out here a few minutes ago with the guys and he's a real good athlete. >> reporter: of course, stanton still has to go to high school, but then he hopes to get to go to a university like georgetown some day and play football. which position would you like to play? >> running back, wide receiver. >> have you had a chance to play much football? >> mm-hmm. >> where do you play? >> for my school and my community. >> reporter: right now he's in a group foster home, but those who know him say he would really benefit from having a loving family. >> a family that will really commit to him and be active. he thrives when he's involved in sports and i think that that goes hand in hand with all the other areas of his life. >> reporter: the hoyas were all helpful in explaining plays and stanton caught on fast. fast enough to catch a ball and keep on going. stanton says he'd like a family that enjoys playing and just being together.

>> a nice family who likes to play sports, a single father or a single mom, it doesn't matter, or both. >> reporter: he wants a better life and he wants to be able symptom day be like these guys, hard working and on their way to being something special in the future. >> we want to invite you to one of our home games. we'll have you come to the pre-game meal, go to the meetings before the game and be on the sideline as our guest. how does that sound? >> good. >> reporter: barbara harrison. >> boy could he run. if you have room inour home and your heart for stanton, please call our adoption hotline. that number is 1-88-to-adopt-me. you can also visit nbc washington with.c washington.com. >> sign him up. he can catch too. coming up, the biggest fear in the world revealed today. it's not spiders or a fear of heights, but the answer does have a lot to tell us about what we're addicted to. >> fear of losing your cell phone. ♪ . a career backup singer

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jermaine paul! ♪ i used to think that life could not go on ♪ >> there you have it. what a finish. jermaine struggled to sing through his emotions after being crowned the winner on season two of "the voice" last night. he's a former backup singer, who's worked with major artists like alicia keys. he says he owes a lot of his success to his coach, country star blake shelton. >> he's definitely taught me to trust myself. and then enjoy it. and don't get sketchy, don't get worried. it's right. if you feel like it's right, it's right. and go with it and enjoy it and

soak it up. yeah, he's such a great guy, a great individual, man. and the best coach i could have picked, you know, this season. >> well, he had a lot of talent. >> yeah, yes he did. >> he walks away with $100,000 and a record deal with universal republic. so a man finds his stolen bike listed on craigslist. he calls police, but they couldn't come at the time. so he decides to take matters into his own hands. news 4's richard jordan has that story. >> that's the shop where i bought the bike. >> reporter: danny lesh immediately knew he found his missing bike. he says his stolen canondale hybrid was the same one pictured and listed for sale on the popular site craigslist for $100. >> the bike originally cost $600 in 1998. and i put a lot of love and a few upgrades into it since then. and to me, anyway, it's worth a lot more than $100.

>> reporter: less lent his bike to a friend last weekend. the bike was secured with a cable lock like this one. but the wire was cut and the bike was gone. >> easy target. >> reporter: less says he called police when he saw the bike online, but he says he was told an officer could not respond right away. >> i knew i had to do it that day or else i'd never see the bike again. >> reporter: lesh then agreed to buy his bike back. lesh says a man came out of an alley and met him, but instead of paying the listed price, lesh took the bike for a test ride and never came back. >> this guy finally started calling me and left a message saying he was about to call the police. >> but when lesh got his bike back, that was not the end of it. then he went on craigslist and he put up his own post. >> reporter: the posting is a warning about stolen bikes for sale. the high-end bicycles selling for $150 or best offer. >> i was disgusted, honestly,

and i couldn't help, you know, feeling bad for all of the other people who he had stolen bikes from. >> reporter: d.c. police advise against trying to recover stolen property on your own, but lesh is glad to rip off the crook he says got him first. >> real poetic justice. >> reporter: in northwest justice, richard jordan, news 4. thomas jefferson high school in alexandria has been named the second best in the country. "u.s. news & world report" put together the list of the top 100 schools nationwide. the northern virginia school was picked based on a number of factors, including academic performance. other local schools on the list, george mason. that's in falls church. it ranked in at 19th. winston churchill high school in potomac placed 57th. and bethesda's walt whitman high school came in at 84th. there were no d.c. schools on this top 100 list. montgomery county police are cracking down on those who don't bubble it pup.

they launched their click it or ticket campaign and will last over the next few weeks. officers will be issuing tickets to those who are not wearing their seat belts. they will also be looking for children who are not buckled inside a safety seat. we warned you. >> yeah. it's a little bit of rain coming our way. let's get the latest from doug. >> we have that rain out there right now, 73 degrees with some rain at the airport. there are some heavier downpo downpours. winds out of the north at about 6 miles per hour. temperatures around the region still on the mild side, but starting to cool off. back towards leesburg, at 59 degrees. the heavier rain coming through there, helping to drop the temperatures down. dulles right now at 61 degrees, but still 73 in manassas. these temperatures will come down as this rain continues to move on in. here's where that rain is, right here. there's a little bit of a trough here, what's allowing that to happen is that cooler air fading in on the backside of this. so we are going to see cooler air behind this. only 59 as well back towards n

winchest winchester. and you have to go all the way down towards 66, just to the north and west of manassas. we'll do a couple of zooms here and i'll show you where these heavier showers are around the gaithersburg area. around hunting hill and around shady grove road. watch out there. also, 270 and the 370 intersection. that's going to continue to see some moderate to heavy rain at times. and if you go down to the south, aroundless reston, talking about great falls, around the reston parkway, seeing pretty good shower activity, right along route 7. this is the area that's going to continue to see the rain for about the next 15 to 20 minutes and then it's going to move to the east, to the northeast and the northeast in through the rest of montgomery county. and look at this down towards southern portions of st. mary's county. big-time rains coming down towards your area. southern portions of southern maryland will get a lot of rain out of this. over towards the eastern shore, more of the same. and there's even a couple of thundershowers back to the west, making that are way close to western maryland. so i wouldn't be surprised to see these come in on the

backside of this later on this evening. although i don't expect to see anything strong. 56 degrees, the temperature, overnight tonight. it is going to be a much cooler night tonight. 48 in martinsburg. 49 in win chester, and 49 in fricke. tomorrow morning, i think we'll wake up to some cool numbers, but i think we'll rebound a little bit, but still a little bit below average. only 69 in washington. 68 in frederic and 68 in leesburg. i expect to see some sunshine tomorrow, but also windy conditions. winds gusting upwards of 20, maybe 30 miles an hour. then we get into the nice weather. 73 on friday, with 78 on saturday. sunday coming in at 80 degrees. perfect for mother's day. i think mother's day is looking fantastic. and as we start next week, temperatures will be in the mid-70s there. so right now, the next seven days look very, very good. and then we get into summer. and we're going to be coming to your backyard. if you would like us to come to your backyard and do the weather, send us your pictures to weather@nbcwashington.com. >> you've been warned.

>> yeah. now a look at some of the stories that are trend jong line today. >> we begin with a new study on people's worst fears. if you don't think you could live without your cell phone, thuf fear. it's called noma phobia. british researchers found 66% of people are afraid of being without their mobile device. that's up from 53% just four years ago. the warning signs include obsessively checking for missed calls and texts, not ever turning your phone off, and taking your phone to the bathroom. >> oh, don't do that. >> who doesn't do that?! hillary clinton has become an internet sensation because she's not wearing makeup. the secretary of state has gone largely bare faced while she's been going -- on her trip throughout asia. pictures have been going around the internet captioned, hillary ah nauchl. >> and brad pitt is the new face

of chanel number five. >> the ad shoot begins this week. he'll be joining the likes of nicole kidman and lauren hutton who have represented the perfume through the years. >> he better shave, though. >> he doesn't have to do anything. he can just show up. coming up next on news 4 at 5:00, could hot sauce be the secret to staying slim? >> details behind the latest weight loss study. that's coming up. . from local leaders now that president obama says that same-sex marriage should be legal. a plane has gone missing over indonesia, but what about the passengers on board there? also tonight, a pit bull named lily that risked life and limb

a component found in spicy food may help when it comes to weight loss. researchers say capsaicin, the ingredient that gives chili peppers their heat, can actually melt away belly fat. they've tested it on lab rats and they say the ingredient destroyed nerve fibers that send signals from the gut to the brain, and that led to weight loss. the lab rats were also taking that little bikini exercise class too. but experts say simply eating a lot of hot peppers will not have

the same effect. now they have to test it on humans to see if this is just a rat thing. speaking of smoking hot, news about the new jersey mom accused of taking her young daughter to that tanning salon, still making waves tonight. >> that state is home to 400 tanning salons and some lawmakers are trying to change the rules about who can use them. marya schiavocampo reports. >> reporter: so-called tan mom, patricia krentcil, continues to get lots of attention. following allegations the 44-year-old new jersey mother took her then 5-year-old daughter tanning with her. krentcil says she's innocent, that her daughter came with her to the salon, but never was exposed to any tanning. krentcil's overly tanned appearance has made her a national celebrity, even getting her roasted on "saturday night live." >> piece of bread, put it between my thighs, toast. >> oh, my god! >> krentcil may be trying to laugh it off. others say it's no laughing

matter. some new jersey lawmakers are hoping all the attention on krentcil's case will revive efforts to pass anti-tanning legislation for minors. an old bill reintroduced this year would prohibit a person under 18 years of age from using tanning bed in a tanning facility. >> if you start tanning as a teenager, you're 74 times more likely to get a malignant melanoma as a younger adult than you would otherwise. >> reporter: 27-year-old allison dougherty knows that all too well. at 21, she was diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma after years of tanning as a teen. >> something like a melanoma diagnosis doesn't just affect you. it also affects everyone else around you. and this is where i might get emotional, because, you know, i remember, you know, my parents feeling like it was their fault. and it wasn't their fault. >> reporter: in a statement to nbc news, the indoor tanning association says the risks of

artificial tanning are exaggerated, writing, "it is a fact that ultraviolet light from a sunbed is the same as that from the sun, and regular, moderate, non-burning exposure is essential for good health." krentcil is due back in court on june 4th. >> spray-on tans are fine. that's what i use. >> that's fine. fake and bake. >> it's fine. new jersey law currently allows 14-year-olds and 17-year-olds to tan with parental consent. and new at 6:00, a new voice in the fight for same-sex marriage. >> after months of hesitation, president obama has now made it very clear where he stands on gay marriage. it is an announcement that could be a tipping point in the presidential election. >> for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> reporter: good evening. i'm jim vance. >> and i'm doreen