that plays up president obama's ties to reverend wright but the billionaire who was supposed to fund it pulled out even mitt romney rejected it. steve handelsman has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: thanks. mitt romney today is condemning democratically sponsored ads against him and bain capital at the same time that he is protesting the idea of that attack ad against the president. >> i want to make it very clear i repudiate that effort. >> reporter: mitt romney called it the wrong plan saying the campaign ought to be about jobs not about chicago preacher jeremiah wright and his association that ended in '08 with barack obama and a $10 million attack ad campaign will not be launched. billionaire conservative joe rickets said he saw the plan but rejected it throwing cold water on the morning's hot story from the "new york times." but president obama is being

attacked by karl rove's conservative super pac. >> today i'm pledging to cut the deficit we inherited by half by the end of my first term in office. >> broken because he hasn't even come close. >> reporter: vice president biden attacked mitt romney over bain capital's takeover of steel dynamics in the '90s. >> 750 workers lost their jobs and romney and his investing partners walked away with $12 million. that's romney economics. two sets of roles. >> reporter: romney in florida said the obama/biden campaign had turned to character assassination. >> there is this fiction that some have that somehow you can be highly successful by stripping assets from enterprise and walking away with lots of money and killing the enterprise. there may be some people that know how to do that. i sure don't. our approach was to try and make the enterprise more successful and the purpose of the president's ads are not to describe success and failure but somehow to suggest that i'm not

a good person or not a good guy. >> romney hoping he could define who he is before his opponents do. because as the reverend wright and the bain capital story today prove politicians believe that voters care about character. from capitol hill i'm steve handelsman. >> thanks, steve. messages for g8 leaders are painted along pennsylvania avenue in the district. the words were put there by an advocacy group called one. the messages are meant to get the attention of president obama and others headed to the food security summit tomorrow. it'll take place at the reagan trade center. one of the messages reads fight to end world hunger. similar messages also will be painted on roads leading to camp david where the g8 leaders will meet this weekend. new photos could help find the person perhaps who attacked a man in d.c. in broad daylight because of a beer can. it happened earlier this month

in an alley near 14th and w northwest. surveillance video captured a man beating and kicking a man to the ground. the victim told police it happened after he asked the man to pick up an empty can that he had thrown into the street. the budget passed by maryland lawmakers may have some people thinking about leaving the state. lawmakers approved an income tax hike yesterday that is going to affect a lot of residents. richard jordan is here with more on the real impact on your wallet. richard? >> the tax experts say in the last five years some maryland taxpayers have seen their income tax rate climb 1%. for a few of them they say they are willing to pack up to avoid the tax man from getting them again. the $100,000 mark is the breaking point. maryland legislators voted to raise income taxes for single filers who earn more than that and for joint filers who earn more than $150,000. >> a hundred thousand dollars a year, 200 -- i mean, i really don't think -- that's too bad now that i think about it. >> reporter: but the numbers don't add up for everyone.

joe henchman works on tax policy for legal and state projects. he says he doesn't see an easy way for six figure earning maryland taxpayers to side step the half percent hike. >> the comptroller of maryland peter fancho has said he has evidence that a lot of people have been moving because of the higher income tax. >> reporter: the latest increase means a single worker earning a hundred grand a year will pay roughly $250 more than last year before deductions. but you can really see the difference when the variables change. the tax foundation created a scenario. a family of four with two adults and two children living in montgomery county earning a combined annual income of $250,000 in maryland pays nearly a thousand dollars more than a family in d.c. in the same circumstances and $6,124 more than an identical virginia family. >> if i make more i would give a little more. i need to know where the 6 gs is going. >> reporter: maryland governor martin o'malley says it's primarily for education. >> i think it is better for

everyone that we have quality schools. i think it's better for all of us that our economy creates jobs. and i think it is best for maryland that we have a highly skilled work force and that we protect public safety. >> i think that's the rent that we pay for being citizens of maryland, this country. >> reporter: as you saw there many people think the tax hike is fair. they say they feel the services taxes pay for are what make maryland a great place to live. jim? >> thanks, richard. there is a bill in the house that would ban some abortions in the district. d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton was not allowed today to testify during a congressional hearing on that bill. but she held a news conference to voice her opposition. >> the reach of this bill goes well beyond anything we have experienced. this bill targets women from throughout the region and the united states who come here for

care. >> reporter: the bill in question would make abortions illegal. after 20 weeks of pregnancy. it's based on the idea that fetuses can feel pain at 20 weeks though there is no scientific consensus on that claim. arizona congressman trent franks sponsored the bill. his state already approved a similar ban. the bill has little chance of passing this year. sponsors say they will continue to press the issue. >> the undisputed queen of disco died today. donna summer passed away this morning. her career was huge and even today her songs remain just as catchy as they were during the disco era three decades ago. nbc has a look back at her life and music. ♪ let's dance >> reporter: donna summer's "last dance" was actually just the beginning of a career that skyrocketed the boston native to massive success in the '70s and '8 os.

♪ on the radio >> reporter: as much as platform shoes and polyester suits, summer's music defined disco. >> she was as big as they come. you know, she was the madonna and mariah carey and lady gaga of that era. you know, you could not turn on the radio without hearing a donna summer song. >> reporter: she started out on stage in musicals though which she told the "today" show in 2003 helped her career later. >> when i sing, how i approach singing is that i approach it in the form of an actress. i sing each song the way the song dictates so i think that affected the way i sing. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: when disco died she switched gears, too, and her 1979 album "bad girls" had two of her biggest hits. "bad girls" and "hot stuff" which became as iconic as she is. >> it's exciting when people listen to something and they associate it with a good part of their life and a good memory.

>> reporter: the five-time grammy award winner had been battling breast and lung cancer when she died in florida early thursday at age 63. now to our local legend chuck brown. his voice was deep and raspy and drums were the heart beat of d.c. chuck brown wasn't always the godfather of go-go. derrick ward got some insight from brown's former drummer. he was there for the birth of the one of a kind sound. >> reporter: the godfather is gone but not forgotten. the mural along martin luther king avenue with chuck silhouetted atop the big chair speaks to his iconic status especially here in anacostia. >> god just wanted a person up in heaven with some go-go talent. that's why he brought him home so he cob comfortable and in a better place.

>> he was the earliest producer to take notice of chuck brown. he heard him play at the old knights of columbus hall. >> doing basically a lot of blues and standard stuff, a lot of the current r & b hits but he always had that different sounding voice. you know, like marvin gaye, james brown. it was unduplicatable. no one could sound like chuck and no one ever will. >> reporter: that led to him producing brown's first big album "we the people." over the years brown's fame would cross oceans and continents. juju house counts his time playing with brown as the high point of his career. >> he signed it for me. >> reporter: personal mementos and memories flow like melodies from brown's guitar. >> we've had sometimes even touring germany, japan, and all we've had some times. my goodness. >> reporter: you might say this is indeed a special

intersection. we're at chuck brown way and it intersects with duke ellington plaza commemorating two of washington's favorite musical sons. a favorite son who wore his fame like one of his trademark fedoras. >> always been famous. but i never been popular. >> he united the young people in d.c. you know? he made go-go what it is today. >> that was the tribe leader. you know? i mean, we lost our tribe leader. you know? and people can look at it and, you know, a lot of people do. they say pops but i mean going through it deep. >> reporter: derrick ward, news 4. >> the city has not finalized plans about how it will honor chuck brown. flags will fly at half staff on the day of his funeral. those funeral arrangements have not yet been announced. a celebration of chuck brown's life and legacy will continue tonight. join us for a half hour special. the godfather of go-go in his

own words. from one of his last interviews chuck brown tells us when he realized he made it to the big time and how music has changed over the years. watch at 7:30 and 10:00 tonight on nbc washington nonstop. you can find that on comcast 208, verizon 460, cox 803, and digital channel 4.2. >> now the warm sunshiny day out there. we can't seem to keep doug in the building. he is out live again. this time he is in haymarket playing golf for a good cause. hey, doug. >> hi, doreen. last night i was at the nationals game on a beautiful night. today playing golf. tomorrow i think i'm going to a water park around the area. that's not true. but what is true is we're out here for a great cause. the charity event for mary's center. a fantastic day to play golf too. we're seeing plenty of sunshine. not a single cloud in the sky right now. with abundant sunshine, temperatures into the mid 70s and low humidity. it does not get better than this on a thursday. let's look at the numbers right

now. currently sitting into the 70s across the region. 76 degrees right now at the airport. 27% relative humidity. so extremely comfortable. winds out of the northeast right now about 7 miles per hour. temperatures around the region sitting right now into the 70s. all around the area. 70 in leesburg. 73 just down to our south and east in manassas. 76 in fredericksburg and right now along the river or along the bay rather 72 in annapolis and over toward the eastern shore at 72 degrees in easton. as far as the satellite and radar go together, we're looking at clear skies here but notice the cloud cover down to our south and east over the atlantic over the delmarva. we're going to be talking about a potential system coming in late in the weekend into early next week. i'll let you know how that may impact your weekend. that coming up in a couple minutes. we'll talk a little more about why we're out here today. >> also coming up a firefighter gets caught in a tight spot during a dangerous firefight. it is a pivotal day in the john edwards corruption trial. we could soon find out if jail time ness his future for

allegedly using campaign funds to hide his affair. the facebook hype could turn into a big pay day and the anticipation is growing for investors. some fishermen caught a big one. it tips the scales at over

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prescott national forest has nearly tripled in size now since it started last sunday. that fire is now consumed at least ten square miles. high winds are fueling it. fire officials are concerned that if the wind shifts that fire could head for a community made up mostly of summer homes. there is still a handful of residents who have not evacuated. they could be trapped. it's believed that fire started in a house and then quickly spread. dramatic video of a firefighter falling through a roof in portland. he was battling a blaze at a condo building yesterday afternoon. suddenly the roof gave way beneath him. he was not seriously injured. the other firefighters are able to pull him out. two firefighters had minor injuries. a key player pleaded guilty today in a multimillion dollar government contracting bribery scheme. kerry kahn of alexandria was one of several men involved in a conspiracy to take kickbacks in return for steering government contracts to favored companies. hundreds of millions of dollars were involved while kahn worked at the u.s. army corps of

engineers. authorities call it one of the worst corruption schemes in recent memory. >> this greed and reckless disregard for the trfs the american public is unacceptable. those who commit these acts will be held accountable. >> reporter: as part of the deal, kahn forfeits money, cars, homes, and other valuables and he faces 20 years in jail when he is sentenced in august. excitement is building on wall street. facebook stock goes on sale tomorrow. it's expected to start out at $38 a share. that's promising a big payoff for a company that started from scratch eight years ago. >> because we want to keep facebook free for everyone. >> reporter: with 900 million users worldwide facebook is a hit. friday that success gets tested on wall street. >> this thing is going to open up gigantic maybe north of a hundred million dollars. >> reporter: that is the value facebook could have after the initial public offering at an

opening price of $38 a share and 241 million shares up for sale it would be the second largest ipo ever. >> this is hedge funds, mutual fund managers and the pros trying to get in early at the offering price. >> reporter: they generally get first crack at ipos making it tougher for individual investors to get in on the action but some websites do specialize in helping single share investors. the question is whether individuals should jump on day one. >> almost every single deal that has come public has descended as going down after the first day and you get burned if you come in and buy it. >> reporter: several ipos have seen market declines in the past year and with gm announcing earlier this week it would no longer run paid ads on facebook some analysts want more proof about the social network's long-term business model. >> we have to figure out if we believe facebook can grow as fast as the size and price of its offering. >> still the appetite for facebook stock is big enough that the founder mark zuckerberg will become even richer friday and some of his employees will become millionaires overnight.

today investors were more focused on discouraging economic reports here in the u.s. and in greece. the dow-jones average slid 156 points and closed at 12,442. the nasdaq dropped 60 points and ended the day at 2,813. and the s&p 500 dropped nearly 20 points. 1,304 the closing level there. doug is ready with another check on our weather forecast as we mentioned. he is live down in haymarket, virginia. soaking up some warm sunshine. hey, doug. >> we're at bull run golf course today on a beautiful afternoon but of course we're not let major league out of the office to play golf. this is for a charity event for mary's center. with me is the president and ceo maria gomez. tell me what mary's center does. >> we provide health care, social services, education to move families up the economic ladder. we see 24,000 families a year.

>> how important is that for the families who need the physicians, teaching? >> it is very, very important because these are families who are actually paycheck to paycheck but working very, very hard. sometimes two jobs, three jobs a day. >> i also saw you guys have child care too. >> we have. we have child care promotion that we promote families to get education so they become child care providers. >> we're out here today. this is the first annual mary's center golf tournament and there will be many more to come. >> we invite everybody next year to come. it is a beautiful place over here and what is more important is we need $50,000 for a gap of $2 million we have at the end of the year. thank you doug. go nbc 4. we love you. >> we love you too. we'll talk about the weather now because it is fantastic. couldn't have asked for a better day. high temperature today into the 70s. 76 degrees for that high temperature out at the airport

today. simply gorgeous. all across the region. let's look at the numbers out there right now at the airport  with our very low humidity. only in the 20% range so once again an extremely comfortable day out there right now as well. as far as the temperatures go around the rest of the region, currently sitting at 73 degrees. back down to the south in manassas, many areas coming into the mid 70s. right now fredericksburg coming in at 76 degrees and we're also looking right now over toward annapolis. the temperature there around 72 right there along the water. as far as what we're going to be seeing we don't have anything on the radar right now and that is very good news. obviously we're dry. we're going to stay that way through the rest of the evening hours and into the next couple days but we are watching a system just down to the south right now. that system is going to continue to provide us with some cloud cover potentially over the next couple days and as it does so, maybe some shower activity during the day on sunday. so as we look toward that area of high pressure moving on in here, the next few days looking great. once again sunday into monday and tuesday could be a little

problematic so we'll continue to watch out for that as far as we are going for the next couple days. as far as the maps go right now what are we going to be seeing? well this evening we're looking at temperatures that are going into the 60s. as we move through the night tonight a very nice night. perfect to eat outdoors but then tomorrow morning maybe a jacket as you step out. temperatures in the mid 50s as you step outside tomorrow morning but once again a fantastic start to your friday. friday afternoon just beautiful. we're talking temperatures in the 70s. once again with abundant sunshine. very low humidity. a day very similar to what we saw today. saturday, the same deal. but as we look toward the next few days we'll be talking about the air show going on at andrews airforce base. that is going to be a fantastic event this weekend of obviously saturday could be the best day for that. sunday though i think looking pretty good too. let's look at the four-day forecast showing that friday, saturday, sunday. all looking good. any shower activity i think will come in late in the day on sunday into monday and tuesday. we'll be watching that very, very closely.

but right now not too wore bitd that coastal system. most of the time it should be weak. but we squeaked it out today. we got good weather. you were just talking about the rain we saw the other day. didn't come here today. beautiful, guys. >> doug, maria gomez is one of the hardest working women in washington. i cannot picture her tooling around on the golf course. did she play? >> did you play, maria? >> yes. >> you did play. >> good for her. >> she didn't play. doreen said you were the hardest working woman in washington. >> she is wonderful. >> she was 7 under par. >> okay. all right. well it was a nice day to be outside whether you were playing golf or not. thanks, guys. coming up we know where your money is really going today when you pay to get on the dulles green way. >> security fears can lead to big changes in buildings around the district. and that's not always a bad thing. coming up in sports the nationals getting it done again. some afternoon baseball for the

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two men accused of beating a florida a&m band member in a hazing ritual learned their punishment today. >> we'll tell you that story in

a minute but first some breaking news tonight in the trayvon martin case. there is new evidence released today that confirms that martin had cannibus in his system. george zimmerman admitted to shooting martin who was unarmed. he claims he did it in self-defense while prosecutors say there were racial motivations. zimmerman is set to go on trial on second-degree murder charges. the fate of john edwards is now in the hands of a jury. >> lawyers wrapped up their closing arguments in the corruption case against edwards. he is accused of using campaign money to hide his affair with a pregnant mistress. jay gray is in greensboro, north carolina, today. jay, what was said in those closing arguments today and what can we expect next? >> reporter: doreen and jim, very interesting because they may define the case. as much because of who we didn't hear. we didn't hear from john edwards. we did not hear on the witness

stand from his daughter kate or mistress rielle hunter. the prosecution went out of its way to cite the law today and say john edwards knowingly took this money to help further his campaign and help him gratify his ego and his greed as a politician. the defense got a chance to fight back and they said, look. while john edwards was a bad husband and lied to his family, he did not break the law and did not think that any of these gifts from wealthy friends to move his mistress around the country and hide her pregnancy was done to help his campaign. instead, he says that it was done to hide it from his ailing wife who later died. so very important arguments today. the judge will give some instructions to the jury tomorrow morning and then they will begin their deliberations after five weeks in a crowded courtroom they will be alone, isolated as they make a decision on john edwards' future and his freedom. >> all right. thanks, jay. two men accused of beating a florida a&m band member in a hazing ritual learned their punishment today. they pleaded no contest to

lesser charges of misdemeanor hazing. a judge then sentenced them to 30 days in a work camp followed by 12 months of probation. golson also faces charges in the hazing death of a drum major last november. the band has been suspended through 2013. a prominent pastor was carjacked and robbed at a gas station in detroit. winans is a famous gospel singer and presided over whitney houston's funeral. yesterday a group of carjackers attacked him in broad daylight and stole his infinity suv. winans was not injured. police say this is not the first carjacking at that particular gas station and they're trying to catch the thieves. donna summer passed away today. for years she reigned as the undisputed queen of disco. her hits include a lot of familiar songs "last dance" and "bad girls" and "she works hard for the money." throughout her career she won five grammys. she died this morning in her florida home after a battle with

lung and breast cancer. donna summer was just 63 years old. drinking more coffee could help you live longer. that's according to a new study by the national institutes of health. they examined data on more than 400,000 adults over the age of 50. men and women who drank up to six cups a day had lower death rates from heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. that compares with those who do not drink coffee. researchers say it is the antioxidents and compounds in the coffee that can be good for your health. nearly 20,000 of the nation's architects are meeting here in d.c. this week. >> but the building designers say keeping the nation safe should not ruin good architecture here in the nation's capital or anywhere else. tom sherwood reports. >> reporter: more than 18,000 architects and other professionals are in town for the american institute of architects national convention exploring tougher glass for

buildings, energy efficient lighting, building communication, and increasingly how to blend quality architecture with modern security fears. >> good architects can deliver the message and deliver those buildings that are functional, beautiful, and secure. >> it becomes a really central area of concern in a place that is as obvious as washington. >> reporter: robert runs the institute. >> the mall is the front porch of the nation. >> i think we are starting to move away from some of the initial knee jerk reactions to the security concerns after september 11th. >> reporter: many federal and private building are ugly bunkers blaring security fear. when more should be simple like the small wall that encircles the washington monument. >> if we can think creatively we can do so in a way that makes a place like the washington monument still an attraction for visitors. we don't feel off put by jersey barriers and ugly things stuck

in the landscape. >> the message is this. security and function are partners not competitors. >> the two can co-exist and i think there are some advantages that could be seen from some of the spaces that were created by the barriers going up. >> in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. a false alarm today in the case of those letters containing white powder. many of them sent from somewhere in texas. a mailing store clerk in plano, texas told authorities about a suspicious customer who was there again today mailing a letter. but investigators determined that the customer was not a suspect. they're looking for the person who mailed 400 letters to schools and other buildings around the country including dozens right here in our area. those letters triggered scares but the white powder is found to be not dangerous. a revving motor started a murder investigation in faiax county. it started about 11:30 last night at san leandro place and mendocino place in mount vernon.

an engine was revving so loudly that somebody called police when the officers got there they found a man inside a car. police say he had been shot multiple times and his foot was on the accelerator. the victim died at the hospital. police have only said that he was 47 years old. there is no word on a suspect or a possible motive. they are some of the unsung heroes of america's wars. the people who care for the wounded, ill, and injured service members. more often than not military care givers lose their jobs while tending to their loved ones. but as jane watrel reports tonight, sponsors of a one of a kind event are hoping to change that. >> reporter: staff sergeant stephanie mason was an enthusiastic soldier and elite runner in the army reserve but on april 20th, 2010, while serving in afghanistan, she was severely injured. her mother paulette raced to the hospital to be by her side. >> when i walked into icu, my heart just dropped because i saw my daughter who had been

vivacious and outgoing just lying there. she couldn't do anything. she was like a baby again. >> reporter: stephanie suffered nine head fractures, a traumatic brain injury, and a severe leg wound. she was 100% dependent on paulette who took a leave of absence from her job as a high powered corporate executive. that is until one day when she got a fateful call. >> my employer called me and said i'd have to make a decision between taking care of my daughter or my job. and still at that point she was too ill and she couldn't do anything. so there was no decision to be made. so i had to give up my career. i actually was fired over e-mail. terminated over e-mail. >> reporter: paulette's story is not that unusual say those involved in the wounded warrior community and know their care givers. >> they are here for 19 months and so it's taking them away from their homes, networks, a lot of times they lose their jobs through the process. >> reporter: in response, the u.s. chamber of commerce is

holding a care givers hiring fair on friday for the unsung heroes. similar to a military spouse hiring event held earlier this year. >> there are some really tremendous individuals that are ready to go back to work but their schedules are often unpredictable. they might be able to work full-time and do a full-time amount of work but they are not able to do it on a regular 9:00 to 5:00 schedule. >> these are really strong people that have gone through a crisis but yet they're getting back on their feet too and they need some help to do that. >> reporter: thanks to paulette's dedication stephanie is making a strong recovery. dedication and sacrifice from both mother and daughter that they hope employers will recognize and reward with jobs. in silver spring, jane watrel, news 4. that care giver hiring fair is tomorrow. it's open to military spouses as well. telework, flex work, and remote work employees are being featured. it is held at the double tree hotel in silver spring. the legendary blue angels took to the skies again today. those airmen are headlining this

year's joint service open house and air show at andrews airforce base in maryland. the air show begins tomorrow. it runs through sunday. every branch of the military will be represented. admission is free to the public. 100 years of marine corps aviation is being celebrated this year. a special fund raising event is occurring right now on the dulles greenway in leesburg called drive for charity. every dollar collected from today's tolls goes to help local charities. organizers say they're looking to raise a record $265,000 this year. so they need about 60,000 cars to pass through the tolls. the fundraiser runs until 11:59 tonight. the dulles greenway connects dulles airport with leesburg and is a privately owned 14-mile toll road. coming up on news 4 some fishermen in china made a very rare and valuable catch. times are changing and the

proof is in the maternity ward. doug is still live out on the golf course. what is ahead, doug? >> reporter: a beautiful day, doreen. will it last through the weekend? i'll have that forecast in just a minute. but right now, bob's family wasn't sure he was really golfing. >> and i had an awesome day, thanks to doug's forecast. >> yes. i like that you said that. ♪

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the risk increase was very small and it came in the first five days of taking the medicine. researchers say much more study is needed. for the first time in u.s. history there are more black, latino, and other minority babies being born than white babies. according to new census data white newborns accounted for just under 50% of all births in the last measured year. it confirms a growing trend that our nation is heading toward a minority/majority population. those who work at holy cross hospital in silver spring say it's been a trend since 2000. >> the state of maryland's deliveries increased but here at holy cross our deliveries increase probably five times that rate. so we are actually leading the nation in this demographic change. >> more than half of all residents in hawaii, california, new mexico, and texas and here in d.c. were minorities as of last year. a little playoff hockey and

an ornery coach who just hates us in the media. doesn't want to talk to us at all. we try to talk to him anyway. you like those guys. we'll also look at the nba playoffs, local kid kevin durant helps lead the thunder over kobe and company. and the os racking up another road win and they are ready for the nationals. th

dan hellie are you listening right now? are you there? >> i'm here, buddy. >> all right. i need you to set this up for me, the 18th hole. i'm currently tied going into the club house. i need to sink this one. i just set it up for you. take it away, dan. >> all right, doug. the line is a little left. >> i need commentary. >> here's what i need. i need you to hit the puck or else i'll get time taken out of my sportscast. hurry up. >> how is that for commentary? >> there you go. >> there you go. >> good work, buddy. >> i toss you a softball, dan. i was hoping for good stuff. >> one track minded right now. >> didn't do a good job. >> i did not do good at all. at least we did okay with the weather out here. we're down here for mary's center playing a little golf. that is why dan doesn't have me golf with him very often in tournaments. i can't hit putts.

let's show you the numbers right now. you know it is a great day. currently 76 degrees is the number outside at the airport. and around the rest of the region everybody in the low to mid 70s right now. what we're going to be seeing satellite and radar showing cloud cover down to the south and east. that may move in late sunday into monday. give us some shower activity. but friday, saturday, and almost all of sunday i think right now are looking absolutely gorgeous. temperatures overnight tonight into the 50s. all across the region. we're looking at a fantastic night tonight. and i think tomorrow will be another great day with high temperatures in the 70s all across the area with very low humidity. so get out there and enjoy that. i'll tell you what. something else, guys. as far as back yard weather is concerned, we're coming to back yards all across the area in two weeks. send your picture to weather@nbc weather.com. i don't want to take more of your time but i have to hit this putt. >> so selfish isn't he? get in there. >> can we go now?

>> lord knows when you're going to hit that thing. thank you, doug. >> as we saw earlier to his credit when the camera wasn't on he actually did make a putt. he practiced a couple times. he makes the putt and then fixes the hair right after he makes the putt to make sure everything is right. >> nats ready to play one of the hottest teams in baseball. very cool. >> who would have thunk it? i think people expected the nationals to be better. nobody expected the orioles to be playing as well as they have been playing. we've been waiting for os center fielder adam jones to break out for a couple years. the wait is over. jones followed up his game-winning homer last night with the two-run shot today. jones now has 13 home runs this season. tied for second most in major league baseball. and the os red hot coming into nationals park tomorrow for that three-game set. this afternoon the os fans representing out there in kansas city top of the fourth os down 3-0. the aforementioned adam jones at the plate. the hero last night. and he is doing it and doing it well again.

this one is gone. his third homer in three days. number 13 on the year. a two-run shot. pulls the os within one. top of the seventh it's still 3-2. chris davis at the plate. lines the pitch into center field. this is going to drop in there. and then going to go to the wall. wilson bettman will come home to score. now the game is tied at three. still in the seventh inning bases loaded now. for j.j. hardy. j.j. breaks his bat. davis and louis esposito come in to score. the os go up, 5-3. that is the final. seven straight road wins for the orioles. they are now 25-14 on the season. nats and pirates last night. bottom of the first. bryce harper trying to become just the second teenager to homer in three straight games. this one almost out of the yard. look at this. he misses it by about a foot and a half. it's all right. he'll settle for his first major

league triple. he later scored the first run of the game. harper 1 for 3 on the night. top of the second now. gio gonzalez taking care of business strikes out clint barmus right here. seven innings, gave up three runs. struck out ten. he now leads the national league with 60 strikeouts. bottom of the seventh nats up, 4-3. adam laroche with the bases full lines one into right field. jesus flores, bryce harper, ryan zimmerman all come in to score. a bases-clearing double for laroche and it's career hit number 1,000 as the nationals beat the pirates, 7-4, a big night for adam laroche. >> first of all it's surprising. i knew i was getting close. didn't realize, you know, that was a thousand so i started looking back on quite a few years and that first hit. wife, kids with me along the way. pretty exciting. it's nice to do it here at home too. >> i've always been a laroche

fan. he is a great defender. he's the glue on the infield. one constant from day one. driven a lot of big runs. just a great player. >> davy johnson also said he is hoping the cleanup hitter mike morris will be ready to come off the disabled list on june 1st. all right. three things are certain in this world. we know a couple of them. death, taxes, and if the new york rangers lose, john tortorella's press conference will last about 60 seconds. the eastern conference finals all square after new jersey scored a late goal to even things up with one game apiece. game twos have not been kind to the rangers in the playoffs this year. we pick it up with 2:00 left in the second period. rangers up, 2-1. the first devils shot is blocked. out to bryce salvador and the one timer ties it up. take another look. salvador's shot redirected by ryan carpenter right past the glove of henrik lundqvist. so that ties the game at two. third period now. the rangers can't clear the

puck. adam henrik shoots and the devils do it again. henrik's shot deflected by david clarkson. look at this angle. that's impossible for lundqvist to stop. john tortorella in disbelief. the devils take a 3-2 lead and that's the final so the series now tied at one. afterwards, the normally testy tortorella was especially short and surly. >> coach, it looked like you had him and then it slipped away. what went wrong? >> number of things, stan. i'll keep it in the room. >> gaborik. no. >> first and the third? >> no. >> what areas would you like to see better? >> i'm going to keep it in the room, stan. >> locker room? >> yeah. that means in the locker room. look at him here waiting for another question. nobody wants to ask a question because he is not going to answer anything. >> why bother? >> don't even have a press conference then. >> really. >> he is acting like he is 5 years old. >> a waste of everybody's time.

>> you have to have a press conference. part of his job. >> do what you're supposed to do. >> so you're on my side this me. >> you're so easy to mess with. >> you guys do it all the time. >> tough enough. all right. moving on. nfl commissioner roger goodall is being sued by suspended saints linebacker jonathan villma who was suspended for the entire nfl season for his involvement in the saints bounty scandal. today he filed a defamation lawsuit against goodall saying the commissioner made false statements that tarnished his image and hindered his ability to make a living. in the nba how about our local kid kevin durant and the thunder as they would say on twitter, greater than kobe and the lakers. at least for now. game two between kobe's lakers and kd thunder a good one. as long as you like the thunder. in the fourth we're tied up at 63. kobe with the ball. trying to hit the tough jumper over james hard inand he does to give the lakers a lead. 20 points in the game for kobe.

then with 23 seconds to go, the thunder down by one. how about this shot by kevin durant? this is a lot tougher atlanta it looks, folks. the baseline floater. that's the go ahead bucket. durant had 22. the thunder win, 76-75. and this one came down to this final shot here. they were looking for kobe. instead they find steve blake in the corner. they were giving the lakers a lot of heat. why are you going to steve blake, why not to kobe? how about because he was open and he is a good shooter? >> he's a good shooter. >> he missed the shot. it hams. if you can't root for the local kids, then i don't want to hear from you. i'm really rooting for this guy kevin durant to do well in the nba finals this year because that is where i think he'll be. i think he'll be in the finals. >> okay. good stuff. thank you, dan. after news 4 at 11:00 tonight that is robert griffin iii, he is on the tonight show with jay leno. be sure to check it out.

the new skins' quarterback first trip to national tv. i just find it so amazing this kid hasn't even thrown a pass yet in the nfl and here he is on tv. >> already a celebrity. worth staying up to see

let's see if we can get doug to tell us about the weather this time. hey, doug.

>> what do you mean? what do you mean, doreen? >> we want to know about the weather, doug. what is it going to do, tonight, tomorrow morning? >> the weather over the next couple days a great couple days. first off ladies from mary's center wave good-bye. we're about out of time. but the weather this weekend is going to be fantastic. you guys want to see me putt again? >> absolutely. >> all right. there is the seven-day forecast out there right now. temperatures in the 70s. all weekend long near 80 on sunday. then we'll see a chance of some shower activity into early next week. more fantastic weather for at least the next two to three days. can i go now? >> no. we want to see the ladies putt if anybody. we're done now. thank you, doug. appreciate it. we got to tell you another story now even funnier than him trying to make a putt. some fisherman in china made a really big find on a recent trip on the water earlier this week. check it out. they caught what is called a kaluga fish. >> whoa. >> this sucker was more than 1300 pounds. they found it in a river. listen. they're excited.

they found it in a river basin near the border with russia. the kaluga is a type of sturgeon we're told, the world's largest fresh water fish. and that one is probably the largest of them all. this one was a female. check it out. carrying more than a million eggs. >> ooh. >> so breeders are going to artificially inseminate the eggs. they'll release the babies back into the water once they are born. is that cool or what? kaluga fish listed as critically endangered. they want to see if they can make more of them. >> that is a big