was a dejay when a.m. radio was real hot and mr. c. produced as i understand chuck's first two albums in this town the first "we the people" and the second "salt of the earth" whatever but we were talking about how he saw chuck brown in his old place in southeast d.c. called the shelter room and told some friends in the music industry you got to record this guy because he's got something new and different. one real quick story if i can, chuck used to play at a place down in northwest as the knights of columbus club if i'm not mistaken. one of my daughters used to hang out there all the time and i had a problem with that because it could get a little tricky down there. you know, when the show was over. >> yeah. >> i went down one night. she, you know, was defiant so she went anyhow. i went down one night just to check out what was going on. it happened to be a night chuck was there. i stayed in -- she to this day doesn't know i was in the house that night. so don't tell her. all right? i was in the back.

i hadn't heard chuck for several years. it had been years since i had seen him live. i left that place and told her when she got home that night. okay. you can go down to knights of columbus but only when chuck brown is there. can we have that deal? and she was like, okay. because nothing bad could happen when chuck brown was on the stage. >> right. >> his aura and his power was all about the music, having a good time, and he was a very, very peaceful man. chuck had a hard upbringing on his way up but he was such a good and decent and gentle man my last contact with chuck was a few months ago we were doing a story on, i don't even remember what it was but chuck was gracious enough to get up and meet me down at, i can't think of the name of the place in union station, b. smith's restaurant. >> sure. >> at 11:00 in the morning. he had a full, busy day but he was so gracious to come and sit down and, you know, we spent an hour in there.

you know, we did what we had to do in about five minutes but spent the next 55 minutes just kicking it and he is a good man. >> the howard theater story you were doing that you interviewed him for. >> might have been. >> he was a real solid guy. >> he was very solid. very honest. great integrity. i would hurt somebody if i could to have that voice. >> the speaking voice was so distinctive. >> yes. that's the one i'm talking about. i can't even fake it. it was so deep and so rich. they talk about barry white and all of that. i'll take chuck any day of the week. what a man and what a loss. >> and the legacy he has left. >> actually, you know, one of the things mr. c said, how would you sum it up? he said, just like james brown there will never be another chuck brown. >> only one. from here all the way to tokyo. >> all over the world.

and love him to death. how could they not? >> jim vance. >> including my daughter. >> yeah. you were -- >> i was shy. >> jim, thanks for sharing. >> always good reminiscing. >> we'll talk more later. our other top story tonight is about two howard university students. they were shot in a daring home invasion that happened in broad daylight in northwest d.c. and that is where pat collins is tonight to tell us how this all went down. >> reporter: wendy, this is still very much an active crime scene. why was this house targeted? did the suspects know the victims? what were they looking for here? questions that police are trying to answer tonight. ambulances, cops, evidence techs, a flurry of activity at this home on north capital and bryant streets northwest. two people shot inside the house during a home invasion.

a man struck in the knee. a woman shot in the foot. police say both victims are students at howard university. chelsea griffith knows the people in the house. she was supposed to meet one of them here this afternoon. >> reporter: how many people live in the house? >> i think three. >> reporter: do you know all the people? >> yeah. well, one of them is really close to me and i was supposed to go to his house right now and i'm calling his phone and it's off. i really hope that wasn't him. >> reporter: what do you make of something like this? >> that's crazy. like i don't know. >> reporter: police all over the scene looking for clues, looking for evidence that might lead them to the suspects here. now this happened shortly after lunch time in broad daylight. shots fired, college students wounded. unsettling news for people in the neighborhood. >> thinking they're coming here for education and they get shot. >> it's scary, like i said. i've lived in my house since '69 and raised my children there.

we've never had anything to equal this. never. >> reporter: now, the shooting victims are expected to be okay. police say they're looking for three suspects in this case. live in northwest, pat collins, news 4. a tour of our nation's capital ends with a trip to the hospital. 80 people evaluated for minor injuries after three tour buses collided on the beltway near green belt. some of the passengers included middle school students from dallas town, pennsylvania. as traffic slowed near the baltimore washington parkway a box truck rear ended one of the tour buses. a separate crash involving the other buses happened a little farther back. two drivers were ticketed for following too closely. anne arundel county police are trying to determine how a boy got hit by a car this morning in odenton around 7:30 here at the intersection of blue water boulevard and roth point drive. rescuers took the 6-year-old to the hospital in serious condition. he is expected to be okay. police tell us the driver did

stay on the scene and will likely not face any charges. we now know the name of a 3-year-old boy who was hit and killed by an suv in waldorf, yesterday. police say elias charles kobongo was killed after he ran behind his mother's car on sugar berry street. the boy unbuckled himself from his car seat, jumped out of the car when his mother pulled over to give a letter to a mail man. police do not plan to charge the driver in this case. the silver line project is under scrutiny after a surprising new report. federal investigators are questioning the spending by the metropolitan washington airport's authorities. news 4's jane watrel is live at reagan national where the authority officials met to discuss this project today. >> reporter: jim, the report says among other things it's not being transparent in its financial dealings. and it says that they need safeguards to help win back the public trust. as the massive $6 billion dulles

rail construction project continues to take shape, there is controversy behind the scenes. in a preliminary report, federal investigators accuse metropolitan washington airport's authority board members of racking up questionable personal expenses and also handing out no big contracts with hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> the ig report tells us we have more to do to get to the level we all want and that is exactly how we're going to proceed. >> reporter: some of the spending irregularities discovered were $238 for wine, a $9200 plane ticket to prague, and three dinner bills that totaled $4800 in hawaii. even board chairman michael kurda was among those affected by the findings. investigators say his wife's employer the jenner & block law firm was awarded a no bid contract worth $100,000. >> to be clear, i did not order the engagement of the firm and i do not believe there is an actual conflict.

my wife is an employee of the firm not an attorney. she has not received and will not receive any compensation or benefit as a result of the engagement. >> reporter: the investigation was prompted by complaints about the escalating costs of the rail project. the report also identified behavior that it said would not happen at any other publicly funded agency. >> i think we can enact procedures in terms of openness, transparency, ethics that hopefully will be compliant with things that would be expected from boards like this in other areas and what the federal and state government are doing. >> reporter: transportation secretary ray lahood says he will appoint a top staffer to monitor the agency as it addresses ethics problems. back to you. >> thank you, jane. now back to breaking news. the music world mourning the loss of chuck brown. his daughter is on the phone with us. jim vance joins us once again.

>> are you there with us now? i know this has to be absolutely devastating to you. can you tell me about your father? what happened? was it pneumonia that took him out? >> some complications from that, you know, right now it doesn't matter what it was. he's gone. >> i'm sure nobody suffers this loss as much as you do. for all the rest of us we are so thrilled to have had him for so long. tell me about your recollections of your father and his music and his influence on this town that you call home. >> i know with all of his fans meant the world to him. he lived for family and he lived to perform. he just loved making people

happy and i want people to remember him not just for the music but the heart of gold. he loved everybody. >> go ahead. it is very devastating right now. he had children, a wife, grandchildren. this is devastating. for some people he was just a performer but i see his family. >> i can appreciate as i'm sure we all can your pain and your misery right now. just let me say to you dear that the whole city suffers along with you. we have lost a great icon. you have lost a father and i know it can't compare but we sure do appreciate you taking the time to be with us this afternoon. thank you. be strong, baby. >> thank you for their prayers and love and concern and, jim, thank you for being such a good friend to him. >> it was all my pleasure. thanks. >> thank you.

>> she is one of chuck's several children and he has grandchildren as well. she is exactly right. he loved his music but good lord he loved his family most. he spent as much time as he possibly could with them. not just because of his age did he slow down but she is exactly right. he was one heck of a family man and he was thrilled. i remember he told me one time, i had forgotten all about it. he called his family a gift. he considered them a gift. and what a wonderful way to consider, you know, the folks that are closest to you and that mean the most to you? he considered it a gift from god. so thank you and to the rest of the family. we send our condolences. >> he lives on. >> all our loss. >> thanks, vance. there is a new ward 5 council member tonight in the district to replace convicted felon harry thomas jr.

kenyan mcduffie, a lawyer and former mail carrier soundly beat ten other candidates to win the seat. tom sherwood talked with him today. >> reporter: 36-year-old kenyan mcduffie swept to victory over ten other candidates, winning 40% of the vote in the special election. he'll replace harry thomas jr., who soon will be heading to prison as a felon for stealing $350,000 in government funds intended for children. >> the ward is ready to move on. >> reporter: wednesday on wamu mcduffy said even he was surprised at the wide margin of victory. >> i think it sends a clear message that residents of ward 5 want new, fresh leadership. somebody with experience, somebody who stands on sound, firm ethics. >> mcduffy married and father of two will represent a large swath of northeast washington that includes catholic university and dozens of residential

neighborhoods. he graduated from howard and the university of maryland law school but before all of that he worked. >> i got a job and started off selling ice cream at the zoo and my mom the angel that she is really stayed on my class about attending college. >> reporter: first the 19-year-old spent four years delivering mail in northwest washington. >> i had an opportunity to deliver to this building in fact. but i carried my lessons i learned as a postal carrier with me today. >> mcduffy will be sworn in may 30th. he also worked on public safety issues for mayor guy before resigning to run. >> i am very proud of him. he ran a fantastic race. he is a fine young man and we know him well. >> tom sherwood news 4. up next and new at 5:00 fierce flames threatening to destroy an historic town in arizona. new developments in a white counter scare that has ties to our area. a $500,000 makeover. a local church picking up the pieces after last summer's

devastating and costly earthquake. skechers settlement.

even if you don't own a pair you've probably seen the ad skechers shape ups promise to give muscles a better workout than regular shoes but the government says it is not true.

now the company will pay millions after settling a lawsuit with 44 states including virginia. erica edwards has our story. >> reporter: in its ads skechers usa said its toning shoes helped wearers lose weight and improve health. >> once my skechers shape ups are on snug and comfy i'm toning muscles, strengthening my core, burning calories. >> reporter: now the federal trade commission has flexed its muscles announcing the shoe company will pay more than $40 million to settle charges that its health claims were deceptive and unfounded by company funded clinical studies. >> the complaint alleges that the studies had a number of defects not the least of which was incorrectly reporting the results. >> reporter: toning shoes claimed to make your muscles work harder than regular fitness shoes by using soles that rock. customers who purchased skechers shape-ups, resistance runners, toners, or tone ups shoes may be eligible for a refund. though the final amount will depend on the number of claims filed. >> for the millions of people

who bought skechers toning shoes, the only thing that got a workout was their wallet. >> reporter: consumers can visit ftc.gov or sketcher settlement.com for more information on the refund. just last year the ftc announced a similar settlement of $25 million with reebock for its easy tone and run tone shoes. >> the shape ups really work. >> reporter: in a statement skechers usa said it believes its advertising was appropriate. the company decided to settle to avoid additional costs. erica edwards, nbc news. high winds are helping fuel a wildfire in arizona. the flames are now inching toward the historic mining town of crown king. it means several homes and businesses there would be at risk in the town and surrounding areas have been under an evacuation order since sunday when the fire started. the flames have consumed more than 2,000 acres and destroyed at least two homes. now to our weather here. >> change is in the air folks. >> hot. >> it feels like summer. >> it's hot out there. >> guess who is at nats park. doug, how we looking?

>> it is a beautiful afternoon. it's going to be a great night for a game as well. why am i at nats park? dan hellie obviously not here today. he is under the weather not feeling well. so he is not going to be able to do sports. they asked me to do both sports and weather throughout the afternoon here so that is what we'll be doing here. no. it's not -- fine. but today i will tell you this. a great night to get out and about especially for you in the military. it's complimentary tickets available for military appreciation night. if you have a military i.d. whether active, retired, reservist, or independent you get in for free and get a free ticket. you get two free tickets for tonight. they have all kind of festivities playing including a great fly over happening right before the game. take a look at the numbers across the area. once again a very warm and humid day today. temperatures right now 80 degrees out at the airport. it is a very, very warm day out here and it's going to continue to be warm right through the rest of the evening hours too. as far as the temperatures go around the region we're currently sitting at 80 degrees

inside at the airport as i mentioned but down toward the chesapeake bay we're looking at numbers in the 70s right now. only 75 degrees down toward annapolis but a fantastic evening and a great evening all across the area. i think it will remain dry. however, there are a few showers and even a few thunderstorms well back to the north and west. we're talking about areas back toward pittsburgh up toward williamsport, pennsylvania. then down through ohio, clearly defined. you can see the frontal boundary. that front will turn and move through tonight. maybe an isolated shower. maybe a thunderstorm as it does move by but here is what it is going to do. we have warm temperatures out ahead of that front. it moves on through and tomorrow we see plenty of sunshine and nice weather. then on friday how about mostly sunny skies and simply beautiful calling for a fantastic friday and i think we'll be talking about a great weekend, too. at least the first part of the weekend. this evening partly cloudy. nice and warm. possible late showers. temperatures about 70 to 76 degrees. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy. a great start. 50 to 59 degrees with wind out

of the north about 5 to 15 miles an hour. then tomorrow afternoon you'll notice something big here. you'll notice a drop in the humidity. temperatures 72 to 77 and simply gorgeous. and that trend is going to continue through the day on friday as well as saturday and most of sunday. if you're thinking about coming down tonight to the game how about this forecast? not bad at all with the game time temperature of about 79 degrees so look for nice and warm temperatures there and over the next couple days as i mentioned, still going to be quite nice with those highs around that 80-degree mark today but again 70s as we move on into the next couple days. look for saturday to be mostly sunny with a high of 80. another great weekend, guys. we'll get two in a row. >> hey, doug, you know dan is working on a seven-day forecast so he is a bit ahead of you now. >> no, dan can't do any of that. i really did think it was me doing sports. now i'm a little upset. >> you know a thing or two about baseball. thank you, doug. >> you can wash our cars though if you have extra time. >> i have plenty of time. >> sounds like it. coming up next a food truck

feud. why one company's attempt at being different is creating controversy in the district. >> it happened again. another woman contracts a rare, flesh-eating bacteria. why the case has doctors baffled. >> a bride found dead in a bath tub. now the fbi is on the hunt with a warning for the suspect. still ahead on news 4 at 6:00 tonight president obama makes a d.c. deli run today mi should be arrested for crimes against potted plant-kind.

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we're going back out to nats park and disappoint doug by showing him who really is doing sports tonight. >> large and in charge out there. >> doug is always trying to steal my job. he played college baseball so he thinks he is mr. baseball. he comes out here and steals my thunder. but here is the sports report. sitting with me now is nats closer drew storn or supposed to be. he is on the dl right now. he had surgery on his elbow and the first question, when can we expect to see you back on the mound? >> still shooting for early july. everything is on track so far. that is our goal is early july. >> i guess my second question is are you surprised by how well you guys have been playing despite the injuries? 11 guys have gone on the dl this year. i don't think any other team has faced that this year. >> the success is unbelievable.

we're still playing good baseball but you deal with the stuff we're dealing with right now and if you can win regardless it shows you how good a team we are. >> the starting rotation is the best in baseball right now. there have been minor hiccups. edwin didn't have a good game a couple games ago. will we see a leveling off or are the starters this good and -- >> stick with an e.r.a. all season. i mean, the stuff they have and ability to pitch, they are pitching late in the games too and that is one thing -- we're loving it this year that they are going six and seven innings and really cutting down the work load for the guys in the pen. >> the third string closer going into the season is closing now because both you and brad are on the dl. what do you think when he goes out there because you know he has great stuff. sometimes he can't put it all together. >> his stuff is through the roof. better than anybody in the

league. it shows you how mental closing is. he'll work through it. you have to bounce back. you'll take some punches when you close and it's all about when you bounce back. he'll have the confidence to go out there and know he is going to dominate. i don't know, might not know how good his stuff is but it is electric and nobody can hit it. >> henry rodriguez perhaps on the mound tonight for the nationals. the guys getting ready to take on the pirates tonight. we'll see you at 6:00. >> we will indeed. doug hellie, thank you sir. coming up next on news 4 at 5:00 transform your body into a lean, mean, fat burning machine. see how it works. st. stevens episcopal church works to rebuild after the august massive earthquake. i'm erika gonzalez and i'll have more on the renovations going on here in culpepper coming up. and allegations of racism at ♪

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we have an update on our breaking news this afternoon. chuck brown d.c.'s godfather of go-go died this afternoon at john hopkins in baltimore. >> he had been hospitalized with pneumonia for the past two months. his daughter joined us on the phone to talk about his legacy. >> i know that all of the fans -- he lived for family and

he lived to perform. >> chuck brown's musical career lasted for 50 years. he got his start back in the 1960s playing the guitar for a latin band in d.c. by the '70s he created go-go the musical genre that grew to define him and the district. >> in 1978 he had his first, number one hit, busting loose. in 2010 he was nominated for his first grammy. before his death, chuck brown talked about the origins of go-go music. chuck brown was 75 years old and much more on his story tonight and the passing of chuck brown an icon in the music world. that's tonight at 6:00. in other news now food trucks are all over our region but there is one that is feeling the heat after complaints were posted online. >> and the beef has nothing to do with the food. instead it's about the attire. news 4's richard jordan is in the newsroom with more. >> this food truck is one of the most popular but some people say

rather than waiting in line they are going online to voice their concerns about what the cooks are wearing. >> butter, chicken, and spinach. >> they're serving up lots of great dishes but there is one truck some people say is in bad taste. the fojol brothers cook up indian and ethiopian fare. >> i love the spinach and cheese. >> reporter: the truck is known not just for the food but for its presentation. the cooks, who are not indian dress up in ponchos, turbans, and stick on facial hair. drew franklin says the get ups are offensive. >> if you're going to sell indian or ethiopian cuisine and you're going to market yourself based off that do so in a respectful way. >> franklin cooked up a frenzy of his own when he posted his opinion online. that led to a petition now hundreds of signatures strong urging the brothers to lose the mustaches and costumes. this woman is from mumbai and

says she is turned off by the mischaracterization of her culture. >> the mockery they've made, exoticism of what is just a different culture than their own is really racist. >> reporter: but the brothers say the accusations have gone too far. and the food truck owners fear a back lash. franklin wrote on facebook, find a new gimmick or else please set that ugly tin wagon on fire and drive it into the potomac. >> i have no intention of doing anything to their truck. i don't think anyone else does either. i don't want them to pollute the river. >> the truck's regular customers say it is the criticism that is over the top. >> i don't see it as offensive. it is just different. still different than anybody else. but they are the best curry though. >> the organizers of the petition say they plan to deliver the signatures to the fujol brothers once they reach 1,000. the food truck owners say they mean no disrespect. wendy? >> all right. richard jordan, thanks. the d.c. police department is making some changes to its

uniform policy. the goal is to help members of the sikh community become officers. sikh americans who join the force will be able to wear long beards and turbans associated with their faith. d.c. is the first major metropolitan police department to make such a change. right now there is one sikh officer going through the police academy. federal authorities in dallas are profiling a suspect tonight and offering a reward after a series of scares involving white powder. dozens of letters have been sent from the dallas area to schools, governors' offices, and embassy offices overseas since '08. several came to our area. the powder in the letters turned out to be corn starch but the incidents cost thousands of dollars because hazmat teams are called out. >> he has an unusual fascination with certain topics such as the fbi, intelligence, the cia, terrorism, aerospace industry, as well as conspiracy theories. >> there is a $150,000 reward

for information that leads to an arrest. a judge found probable cause to move forward with a second-degree murder charge against a marine private first class. michael pof is accused of stabbing a fellow marine to death near barracks road last month. he is being held without bond and will be in court in july. pof's attorney says his client was actually the victim. prosecutors say half an hour before the attack witnesses heard pof saying he wanted to stab someone. fundraisers being held tonight at 7:00 for a d.c. bartender who was stabbed trying to stop a purse snatcher. the event is happening on capitol hill on pennsylvania avenue. earlier this month a bartender ran after someone who stole a customer's purse. during the altercation he was stabbed several times. he is going to be okay but needs help paying his medical bills. police did make an arrest in the case. still ahead a chicago man is on the run accused of killing his bride on their wedding day. >> a medical mystery. tonight a second woman diagnosed

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another woman ness critical condition tonight fighting a rare flesh eating bacteria. lana kirkendale gave birth to twins last week in atlanta and hours afterward became very sick and noticed a strange spot on her leg. >> just very worried and upset. still in disbelief that here is my friend who just had these two beautiful babies and now she is

intubated upstairs and not able to enjoy the bonding experience and the babies. no word yet on how lana contracted the bacteria but it has stopped spreading. meanwhile another georgia woman, 24-year-old amy copeland, is still in the hospital fighting her rare flesh eating bacteria infection. she got hers while zip lining two weeks ago. our wednesday's child this week is a teenager named gregory who wants to find a forever family. that is just one of his dreams. >> he also wants to play for a professional sports team. barbara harrison took him out to rfk stadium to meet some players he admires. >> reporter: a grand tour from two d.c. united players was a special treat for 15-year-old gregory who loves sports. forward chris potias and mid fielder danny cruz talked about what it is like to play at rfk. although greg is not on a soccer team at school, he'd like to one day play for one of several different sports professionally. >> basketball, football, and

soccer. >> reporter: and you'd be happy to play either one of those professionally? >> yes. >> reporter: we got to make sure you get on a team, huh? so you can start getting ready. greg got a chance to see where they get ready to play inside rfk and down the hall where they relax with a game of pingpong. >> you got any pingpong game? >> yeah. i'm good. >> all right. >> he is very engaging, a very sweet young man. he has a warmth about him. >> reporter: he's had to move many times in his young life and he is hoping to soon find an adoptive family to become a part of. he says he'd like -- >> a mama and daddy. >> reporter: anything else? >> and a couple brothers and sisters. >> reporter: how about a family that likes sports? >> that would be good. chris and danny had d.c. united gear for greg to take home with him. the big hit? a real jersey with his name on the back. you're ready huh?

>> there you go. >> reporter: part of d.c. united? >> yeah. >> reporter: he is ready for play and ready for a family right now. barbara harrison, news 4, for wednesday's child. >> if you have room in your heart for gregory call our special adoption hot line 1-88-to-adopt-me or go to our home page nbc washington.com. >> that jersey lit up his smile. >> it certainly did. he was a sweet guy. coming up next on news 4 at 5:00 a costly cleanup. a look at the progress inside a culpepper church damaged during last summer's earthquake. from dream to reality. it all began at the 1948 london olympics. now let's check in with doug. out here right now a beautiful night for baseball as the nats take on the pirates. i'll tell you what, guys. great night to be out here too. military appreciation night. temperatures beautiful. what about the next couple days? we have a change moving in.

an earthquake rocked our region several months ago and some areas are still trying to fix the damage. there are efforts in culpepper to save an historic church. >> reporter: welcome to st. stevens's episcopal church in culpepper. nearly nine months after last year's 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocked the historic site to its core. >> our budget is $506,000.

>> reporter: the money will have to be replaced in the trust fund. billy is the project manager and showed us where the major renovations are taking place. >> you can see why we can't worship in here until we get it fixed. >> reporter: walls are cracked. mounds of bricks and chunks of plaster fell out. surprisingly the roof on st. stephen's was unharmed in the quake but the balcony is another story. >> this was phenomenal for walking up here and seeing this huge crack that went down through here. you can actually see the outside and that was really scary. >> reporter: outside, a laundry list of issues to tend to. when the earthquake happened a number of the bricks in the historic building just fell out. a lot of them broke in multiple pieces and fell here on the ground. the cost of getting new bricks made, new old bricks made like this one, they're fashioned in the same 1821 style of the original building, these cost about a dollar or $1.15. it doesn't sound like much but a normal brick today costs you

about 25 cents so you can see it all starts to add up. but perhaps the most noticeable damage is that of the cross on the steeple. about a hundred feet in the air it's leaning substantially. crews must first figure out what the relic is made of and how they can stabilize it before it's repaired. he says he estimates the renovations being completed by august. in culpepper erika gonzalez news 4. >> a lot of work to do. >> they do. let's get the latest on the weather. doug is down at nats park working hard, playing hard, too. >> reporter: you talk about playing, jim, i look out there, man, what it would be like to play on a field like that. the last field i played on had a lot of stuff in the infield. none of it was grass. take a look outside right now and we'll show you what we're dealing with out here. a beautiful night for a ball game. it's going to be a fantastic night tonight and not only that we are in for what i think could be an incredible stretch of weather. temperature out there right now 80 degrees out at the airport. we're dealing with a wind of

only about 8 miles an hour out of the south with plenty of sunshine. around the area right now sitting in the 80s across the region. 85 in rockville. 84 toward college park and right now down toward fort belvoir at 82 degrees. everybody on the warm side right now. we're going to continue to see nice temperatures but they'll be a little cooler tomorrow. there is a frontal boundary just up to the north and west in through parts of pennsylvania just now entering parts of west virginia. that's going to move through overnight tonight. there could be a brief shower. i don't think we'll see any thunder but it could be a brief shower and that will move on through and tomorrow we're looking at a fantastic day with much lower humidity. it's really going to be fantastic out there. speaking of a nice night tonight how about this? as we take on the pirates at 7:05, great night for baseball. 79 degrees around 7:00 tonight. nice and warm. it is military appreciation night if you have a valid military i.d. whether active, retired, reservist, or dependent. you can get two free tickets to tonight's game. they got a lot of great festivities tonight too so come on down to the ballpark. as far as temperatures go for

tomorrow, we'll be a little cooler. temperatures in the low to mid 70s all across the area. with lower humidity a fantastic afternoon and continuing that trend right on through the day on friday. temperatures in the mid to upper 70s. on saturday how about a temperature of 80 degrees and never going to see what's going to happen sunday, monday, and tuesday. watching the potential coastal system. we'll talk more about that coming up at 6:00. one other thing i want to mention, guys, back yard weather coming up in just a couple weeks. if you'd like me to do the weather live in your back yard we can do that. all you got to do is send a picture to weather@nbc washington.com. the nationals sent me down here and said doug we want you to come live from our back yard. steven strasburg called me up and brian zimmerman and bryce harper and they all called me personally. >> yeah. the phone has been ringing off the hook hasn't it? >> yeah, yeah. >> okay. you keep thinking that out there in the sun. thank you, doug. can you do certain types of

exercises for a total of ten minutes and burn more calories? that is the goal of a new class at equinox gym that promises to make your body a fat burning machine. we checked it out asking students what is your workout? >> now can you pick up the pace? a little quicker. >> mecca 3 is a class for metabolic conditioning. you have three metabolic systems in your body and those systems are what breaks down fats and carbohydrates into energy. they do a workout that taxes all three systems not just once in a while but consecutively over the course of a certain amount of time. they find that you're going to burn more calories. your body gets more fit. your heart gets more fit. >> elbows. open up your arms. open. >> the class is basically ten exercises. you do each exercise for a minute. then the whole class gets a

90-second to two-minute break and then we do it again. we do that three times. at the end of the class just to make sure that we've taxed the system enough we put what we call a metabolic finisher in there. >> you guys have 30 seconds left. >> we did a lower body exercise followed by an upper body exercise followed by a cardio or power exercise. we did that three times and added a core exercise to the end. all right. when you do a lower body and upper body, more strength type exercise, your heart rate is going up and up. then when you hit that cardiovascular exercise, you're actually working really hard and we have the capacity to push your heart rate up even further. >> yes! five, four, three -- >> intensity is probably the hardest part of the class. you go from exercise to exercise without any breaks. >> just when you think you'll take a break, boom. the other exercise comes onboard and you're like oh, my god.

>> doing lunges working your thighs, butt, quads, arms, core, everything. >> they'll see vast improvements to their fitness level, their physique, appetite, energy all because they've improved the entire body not just one system. >> met com 3 is a class for metabolic conditioning. you have three metabolic systems in your body is what that means and those systems are what break down fast and break the carbohydrates into energy. met com is offered at equinox gyms in the d.c. area. they are offering a free class for the public in bethesda this saturday. go to nbc washington.com to learn more. >> i would so have to cheat in that class. hey, you may recognize the name moses stone along with being the first emcee ever to compete on "the voice." moses is also from our area. he's back in d.c. today and earlier we talked to him about how his life has changed. >> being on the show has changed

my life as far as exposure. i got a lot of exposure from the show and learned so much from christina aguilera voekly as a singer and as a rapper. but a lot of attention. everyone comes up to you and shaking your hand and they want pictures but i love the love. >> moses already has a new single out and he says he is looking forward to performing in several upcoming shows and possibly taking his act to europe. he is just getting started that one. >> masoni is one of the biggest names in fashion. >> who knew the love story behichbd the famous brand was born at the 1948 olympics? angie goff is here with the story. >> reporter: flashy colors, floral, zigzags, a small snit wear shop started 60 years ago has spun into a fashion empire known worldwide as missoni. >> we work in color. >> reporter: luca missoni the

son of the founder says the love story behind the brand began with big gains. the london olympics in 1948. >> he was the fastest guy in europe at the time. >> reporter: luca's father okay tav yo was on italy's 400 meter hurdles team. his mother was visiting london to learn english. >> he made it to the finals and there my mother saw him running. they met. the next sunday they spent with some other athletes the weekend in brighton and they had a chance to talk to each other. >> reporter: and the rest is history. >> and the rest is history. >> reporter: in 1953 otavio and rosito married. they moved near her hometown and set up a little shop making track suits and jerseys for italian athletes. after five years his mom wanted more. >> she started coming up with ideas for women's fashion and clothing so that was the

original spark that started the whole fashion -- >> reporter: in 1958 they presented their first collection in milan. ten years later they rocked the fashion world when missoni's models were first to strut the look of no bra. it made misoni a fashion sensation. decades later the brand still dominates the catwalk, has expanded into homes, and even created a discount chain craze across america. running the brand these days? the missoni children including luca who says at 91 his father looks forward to going back to where it all began. >> he is organizing his summer around it so that they have a chance to see some of the game. and of course he will bring some special memories to him. >> he's still very athletic. last year at the age of 90 he was set to compete in italy's

european masters games as the oldest athlete in the game's history. unfortunately, he had to withdraw after hurting his back. jim? wendy? >> wow. all right. >> angie, thanks. up next on news 4 at 5:00 tonight a bride found dead in a bath tub. tonight police think they >>[ male announcer ] hot outta the oven, it's the pizza sub!

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chicago police tonight are urging a newlywed to turn himself in. his name is arnoldo jimenez and he is wanted in the stabbing death of his wife. >> her body was found just days after they were married. neighbors are feeling sad and uneasy. >> reporter: it should have been a joy-filled weekend. 26-year-old estra was a new wife marrying the child of her youngest child. they had an on and off again relationship for three years. her newlywed bliss? brutally short lived. two days after her wedding burbank police found her murdered in a dry bath tub reportedly still in her wedding dress. >> she is very friendly. she was alone. it was her and her son up there. i never seen the guy or anything. >> kind of disturbing that this happened and there are families and everybody around. >> reporter: caray has been stabbed multiple times. her two children were not home at the time. >> scary. scared. nervous for me and my kids.

>> reporter: her family says the wedding was unexpected, held at city hall on friday. to give the new couple a short honeymoon relatives took her children for the day. they describe her as a loving mother and knew something was wrong when she didn't pick her children up on saturday. police discovering her body during a well being check. >> i hadn't seen her the whole weekend actually. then when they said he got married you would think their family would be over here taking pictures. didn't see none of that. >> normally really nice and quiet so for this to happen is shocking. >> now at 6:00 the region stops to remember the life and legacy of chuck brown. ♪ tonight local legend chuck brown has died. he put d.c.'s go-go music in the national spotlight. he was known as the godfather of go-go. jazzie big band tunes like go-go