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pictures of injuries to george zimmerman. plus the gun that killed trayvon. a dress code controversy at a local school. we'll show you the outfit that got a boy suspended and the passionate reaction tonight from parents on both sides of the debate. i'm the luckiest old broad on two feet. >> plus betty white comes to washington and sits down with wendy reigher to talk about her love of the city, her lifelong passion for animals, and dating. first tonight, though, video from inside metro buses that you might find fascinating. it shows some of the aggressive driving on our roads every day and the challenges for those at the wheel of a 30,000-pound vehicle. jackie bentsen with our exclusive look tonight. >> reporter: watch as this car cuts off a metro bus, forcing the driver to slam on the brakes. how about this hold your breath moment when a driver cuts over two lanes, forcing the bus driver to abruptly stop a split second from a collision? it's all in the workday for

metro bus drivers, who are like all of us faced with an increasing amount of bad behavior by motorists. they report and dashboard cameras confirm they're getting cut off dozens of times a day by people who are driving too aggressively. but doing this to a bus is much more dangerous than cutting in front of a car. >> a normal vehicle, a car i think weighs 3,000, maybe 4,000 pounds. a bus is closer to 30,000 pounds. it's just that extra weight, that extra momentum that the bus has to go through to stop. >> reporter: cutting off a metro bus causes risk not only to the driver but to passengers on the bus. >> the passengers do not have seat belts on. so there's going to be movement within the bus with the sudden stop that either is an accident or a near accident that the operators are trying to avoid. >> reporter: metro bus drivers put in countless hours of training. but if they're involved in an accident even if it is not their fault it still goes on their record. reporting from northwest washington, jackie bentsen, news 4. tonight house and senate offices are being locked up tight on capitol hill after a

series of burglaries. police say thieves have hit several house offices over the last few weeks. they took computers, electronics, cash, and some historical documents. investigators say the thefts have not threatened national security. police have not named the lawmakers where the office break-ins happened. >> for the second time this year supreme court justice stephen breyer is the victim of crime. somebody broke into his house in georgetown while he was out of town earlier this month. according to the police report, the thief took silver candles and other silverware worth $3,000. back in february a man with a machete robbed breyer and his wife inside a vacation home in the caribbean. drugs, the gun, and the first pictures of george zimmerman's injuries. tonight legal experts are scouring hundreds of pages of evidence released in the trayvon martin case. what's not yet clear is what it all means. nbc's kurt gregory reports. >> reporter: more than 180 pages

of documents, witness statements, and photographs were released late thursday by special prosecutor angela corey's office. evidence the state says supports their charges against george zimmerman. among the pages, never-before-seen photos of injuries allegedly sustained by the 28-year-old zimmerman during his confrontation with trayvon martin and images of the scene where the shooting took place on february 26th. zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder but has pleaded not guilty under florida's stand your ground law. also within the documents are reports from investigators including one that describes an interview with martin's father, tracy martin, two days after his son's death. the investigator reported, "i asked mr. martin if the voice calling for help was that of his son. mr. martin clearly, emotionally impacted by the recording, quietly responded, no." martin's mother, sabrina fulton, has insisted that the screams

audible on recorded 911 calls are that of her son. also among the documents, the medical examiner's report, which states the teenager was killed by a gunshot to the heart. toxicology tests performed found that martin had thc, the active ingredient of marijuana, in his bloodstream. >> whether or not he smoked a joint a week before, it does not matter. this was an unarmed teenager in a place he had every right to be who was confronted by a man with a 9-millimeter gun. >> reporter: pages upon pages of evidence. in a case that has held the nation's attention for months. kurt gregory, nbc news. jury deliberations begin tomorrow in the john edwards corruption trial. earlier today prosecutors and defense lawyers gave their closing arguments. prosecutors accused edwards of knowingly using campaign donations to cover up an affair with rielle hunter. defense lawyers say edwards did not knowingly do anything

illegal. edwards sfasing ings facing ups in prison if he's convicted. there's a dress code controversy unfolding at one school in maryland. it centers on a boy who was suspended for wearing girls' clothing. the boy says he's being unfairly targeted and some parents agree. shomari stone reports from calvert county. >> i'm just angry. >> reporter: high heels, a miniskirt, and a black wig landed warren evans in controversy at calvert high school in southern maryland. the school suspended him for a dress code violation. >> i feel annoyed that they would go out of their way to make it a problem. just with me wearing a skirt. >> it's not right. it is not right. >> but they didn't complain about it then. >> reporter: parents get in a heated debate about the suspension after school. ♪ warren is openly bisexual and says the school discriminated against him. he says boys should be allowed to wear skirts and high heels just like girls. but the school says you're violating the dress code by the way you're dressed. >> i don't think so.

>> why not? >> it didn't say anywhere in the code of conductors in our dress code or anything, that boys can't dress like girls. >> reporter: the district's dress code policy states schools can regulate dress or hair length. students told me girls wear skirts the same length as warren and nothing happens. >> i think they was just using the skirt as an excuse. >> reporter: school officials won't comment on the suspension. they say that the dress code applies to all students regardless of gender. some parents say that it's a distraction for their kids when a boy dresses like a girl in the classroom. warren's father disagrees. >> where some people just aren't tolerant with that kind of thing. >> reporter: next for warren, what will he wear to prom on saturday? in calvert county, i'm shomari stone, news 4. in the largest corruption scheme ever involving federal contractors, there is tonight a guilty plea from the ring leader, a man named cary khan from alexandria. prosecutors say the scheme

involved at least $30 million in bribes and kickbacks. kahn was a contractor for the affirmy corps of engineers at the time. the money was apparently used on homes, cars, and several mistresses. he's facing 35 years in prison. take a look at these police-enhanced surveillance photos. recognize that guy? police say he's wanted for severely beating a man in broad daylight after an argument over a beer can. a camera captured the attack at 14th and w streets earlier this month. the man was beaten so badly that his jaw had to be wired shut. right now there's a bill in congress that would ban some abortions in the district. arizona congressman trent franks introduced the measure that would make abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy illegal in d.c. it's based on disputed research that claims fetuses can feel pain at 20 weeks. opponents say the bill is unconstitutional and it intrudes on home rule. the bill is not expected to pass this year. for the first time ever there are more babies of minority races being born in the

u.s. than caucasian babies. between 2010 and 2011 the number of white babies dropped below 50%. hispanic babies account for the biggest increase. this is nothing new in maryland, where minority births have been the majority for more than a decade. >> here at holy cross our deliveries increased probably five times that rate. so we are actually leading the nation in this demographic change. and you know, we've been learning a lot about how to deliver culturally competent care. >> the overall u.s. population remains predominantly white except in four states and the district, where minorities make up the majority. tonight president obama is among millions of fans remembering donna summer as the queen of disco. ♪ so let's dance ♪ the last dance summer died today from lung cancer. she had kept her illness quiet. throughout her career she had 19 number one dance hits and won

five grammy awards. in a statement tonight the president said her voice was unforgettable and the music industry has lost a legend far too soon. donna summer was only 63 years old. we're less than ten hours away now from facebook's debut on the stock market. the social network's initial public offering will place the company's value at $104 billion. facebook is pricing its stock at $38 per share. the ipo will make ceo mark zuckerberg the 29th richest person in the world. and a small share he gave his father as a gift in 2009, well, that will be worth 76 million now. google's self-driving car was on the streets of d.c. today. it's a fully automated vehicle that uses gps, motion sensors, and radar technology to get around. right now it is licensed only in nevada. board 3 council member mary chase is impressed with the car safety record. she hopes it can get approval to

operate in the district in the next couple of years. look out for crowds of cyclists as you head in to work in the morning. thousands of d.c. commuters will ditch their cars as part of bike to work day. last year's event brought out about 11,000 cyclists. this year it's expected to be even bigger. organizers say that biking to work reduces pollution and it's good exercise. coming up tonight, an animal expert trying to capture an alligator on the side of a busy road. the alligator has other ideas. betty white comes to washington to talk about her love for animals and sits down with our wendy rieger. rg3 heading to the west coast for an appearance on "the tonight show." we'll have a preview. stay tuned for jay immediately following our broadcast. how about weather, doug? >> wouldn't it be great to see him on leno next year after we win something big? >> there you go. >> 71 degrees in washington. 72 in hagerstown. a beautiful thursday. we've got friday, saturday, and we've got friday, saturday, and sunday.

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this is the next level of performance. the next level of innovation. the next rx. the all-new f sport. this is the pursuit of perfection. ooh, here's some crazy video from along a north carolina highway. an aquarium worker tried to capture an alligator with his bare hands. well, apparently, oh, the gator didn't like that. so he attacked. surprisingly, however, the man escaped with only one bite to his arm. somebody else managed to capture the gator a little later and released it into a swamp. ouch. a firefighter who took a frightening fall through the roof of a condo in portland,

oregon will be back on the job soon. a news helicopter camera caught this plunge through the roof while he was fighting a two-alarm fire yesterday. firefighters say i fell only about four feet, landed on some rafters. he was able to get out of that building unharmed. betty white's still got it. fresh off the renewal of her show "off their rockers" here on nbc. white played to a packed house at the lizzer auditorium in washington. later she sat down with wendy rieger. how was it? >> i have the picture on facebook. i'm e-mailing it to anyone who's said hello to me. this definitely was an omg moment for everyone in that audience tonight. because to be around betty, and she wants you to call her betty-s really like a dream come true. she's got a new book out called "betty and friends: my life at the zoo." and she has a date tomorrow with the animals at the national zoo as she promotes her lifelong passion, which is animal

welfare. the audience couldn't contain its love for one of hollywood's most enduring and endaerg creatures. the glorious betty white. it was such a thrill to see this sassy and classy woman in our town. washington, by the way, is one of her favorite cities. >> i accuse people of sweeping the streets themselves and washing everything down. it's just -- it just sparkles. i think it's the most beautiful city in the world. >> she revealed that she arrived in washington this afternoon from new york, on amtrak. >> i haven't been on a train in maybe 40 years. it was beautiful. >> reporter: i thought you would be on like a private jet, you know, with chippendale stewards. >> i don't think so. that's some other betty. >> caller: on frid . >> reporter: on friday she heads to the national zoo for a private visit. she is a strong advocate of zoos, believing many animals would be extinct if not for the breeding programs that rescue these species, almost obliterated by human encroachment. she also says if she could ask people to do one thing for

animals it would be this. >> practice kindness and spread the word of kindness. always take the animal's point of view as well as your own. and appreciate them. just don't take them for granted. we're losing them far too fast. >> reporter: betty white was as gracious as you could expect. patiently signing autographs for the media and posing for pictures. and the saucy wit that has made this 90-year-old so refreshingly real is clearly not an act. >> do you ever have time to date? >> that's none of your business. >> and it isn't. but you ask those those kinds of things because at 90 she doesn't miss a thing. and she knows her stuff when is it comes to animal welfare. she talked for an hour to people packed standing room only at the lizner auditorium. and the trip to the zoo is private. one of our writers said i'm going to the zoo to get a picture of her.

it's going to be priecht just her and the animals. but i had everyone giving me sign her for my daughter, sign this, sign that, and then after she did that i said and one more thing, and i leaped over and grabbed her and said i need to have my picture taken with you. she was really great. she was really a wonderful, wonderful woman. so we're lucky to have her here. >> doug's here with a check on our weather. so nice out there today and tonight too. >> you know, just about as good as our weather gets in this area. it was absolutely spectacular outside today. and i think we're going to see a very similar day tomorrow, maybe a little bit less of the breeze that we saw out there today. but that breeze really helped. the high temperatures today in the 70s. all across the area. and again with that light breeze and very low humidity this thursday was one to remember. high temperature today got up to 77 degrees. the average high temperature is 75. so a little bit above average today. and we have seen a lot of rain this month. monthly rainfall right now at 2.36 inches. that's the highest monthly total in about the last five or six months. saw a lot in december and then

we went through that drought period there or at least that dry period from january right on through april. starting to pick our rain back up a little bit. high temperatures across the region with all the sunshine easily into the 70s. 77 in fredericricksburg and pac river 72 degrees. at the airport a nice night. 64. dew point of 45. winds out of the northeast at 6 miles per hour. tomorrow morning is going to be one of those mornings you'll want to get out and run and when you're running you won't want to stop. it's going to be that nice of a day. 46 in frederick. 61 in fredricksburg. it will be cool in some areas, maybe down to 40, 41 degrees around frederick area but that's going to be it. storm 4 radar, no rain to show right now in our immediate area but just down south to our south and west, a few showers around roanoke. those will continue to the south. but this area right here, cloudiness and storminess just down to our south is going to make its way up here over the

next couple of days. so first off, a terrific evening tonight and a terrific night tonight sponsored by high pressure across the area. here comes an area of sunshine tomorrow. more sunshine. another nice warm day. but we're going to watch that area of low pressure. it's not going to come in during the day on saturday. so if you have any plans this weekend, no worries. especially saturday. sunday, however, we're going to watch this area of low pressure creep up toward the north. and the rain is going to try to creep up to the north, too. i think sunday will be dry. but i do expect to see at least some shower activity on monday into tuesday as this coastal low moves up toward the north. coastal low, yes. weak, that's the biggest thing, though. it will be very weak. i'm not expecting much from this storm. just some shower activity monday and into tuesday as i mentioned. tomorrow morning a cool start in some areas. jacket weather again. temperatures 54 to 56 in the city. but some areas in the upper 40s when you wake up tomorrow. then a cool afternoon or rather a nice afternoon with plenty of sunshine. and i'm just calling it fantastic. 72 to 76 degrees. and here's what's happening down

there at andrews air force base. if you're thinking about heading down there this weekend for the air show, not bad at all. 80 degrees both saturday and on sunday. i think that's going to be a great event. and there's the next couple of days. 80 on your sunday as i mentioned. 77 on monday. and right now 78 on tuesday. >> we should start the weekend now it looks like. >> i'm ready. >> thanks, doug. still ahead, a well thought out prank at a bachelor party that has more than a million people laughing. we'll show you.

pirates and the nationals. how are we looking?

>> maybe it was, i don't know, they thought they were just looking ahead to the battle of the beltways. and you know what? you can actually call it the battle of the beltways now because these teams are worth a salt this year. >> two good ball teams. >> that's tomorrow. tonight it was the nats hosting the pirates. the final tune-up before the first-place o's come to town. the only problem, the pirates came to play tonight. the m&m crew getting it done. pitcher james mcdonald strikes out 11 nationals and takes a no-hitter into the sixth inning. and andrew mccutchen doing damage everywhere. tough start for jordan zimmerman in this game. top of the first. he's facing mccutchen here. mccutchen goes the other way. this is a solo home run. 1-0 nationals on top. mccutchen two homers tonight. he's hit five this season. four of them have come against the nationals. he's hitting .500 against the nats this year. here's james mcdonald having a stellar game. mcdonald had 11 k's and a

no-hitter through five. also got help in the field. in the bottom of the fifth adam lola roche hammers the pitch to right center field. guess who's there? mccutchen at the wall, making the juggling catch, bounces out of his glove, but he stays with them. good concentration there by mccutchen. mcdonald says thank you very much, my friend. bottom of the sixth now. it's 4-0 pirates. ryan zimmerman with two on lines the pitch into right field. jesus flores and steve lombardozzi come in to score. zimmerman ends up with a double. the nationals down 4-2. they would add one more. but so would the pirates. so 5-3 is how this one -- look at that kid. ends up. we start in the top of the seventh. some fans out there in k.c. o's down 3-2. chris davis lines the pitch to center field. jared dyson misplays this one terribly. rolls all the way to the wall. wilson betemit comes in to score. and we're tied at 3. so the o's feeling good. still in the seventh.

bases juiced for j.j. hardy. broken bat single. davis and luis esposito come in to score. the o's go up 5-3. and that's the final. so now seven straight road wins for the o's. they are 25-14. on the season. if you didn't believe it before, you'd better believe it now. the heat -- vance, are you listening? the heat are in trouble. roy hibbert and the pacers just pummeled them tonight. taking a 2-1 series lead in the eastern conference semifinals. larry bird, the nba executive of the year. he got his trophy before the game. we start in the end of the first half. lebron driving through traffic and throwing it down on everybody. he had 22. we're tied at 43 at halftime. in the third some problems started for the heat. dwyane wade not appreciating what his coach erik spoelstra has to say. that's not a good sign. had to be calmed down by lebron and mario chalmers. he was ineffective all night. just five points for d-wade.

meanwhile, indy on a run. danny granger to the big man. roy hibbert down low. how about this stat line, vance? 19 points, 18 rebounds, and five blocks. a monster game for the former hoya. he was an all-star this year. so he's legit. the pacers win 95 -- 94-75. for those of you hon haven't seen enough of robert griffen iii the redskins' new quarterback in action, you can check him out tonight. he's getting some late-night love. >> rg3 with jay leno tonight. i understand he was talking about his family, did a lit

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okay. here's the deal. it's a bachelor party. they told the groom there's going to be a 50-foot bungee jump. they blindfolded him. and there he goes, into a shallow pond. everybody had a good laugh, including the groom, who calm out smiling. million and a half views on youtube now. >> whoa.

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