flow away. >> reporter: that's exactly what happened to this head strong driver of a pickup truck who ignored the rising waters and drove down piper lane. a few minutes later, he was stranded. and had to be rescued. new 4/cameras capturing it all. an embarrassing way to start the day. >> i thought the water would be up to the fender level, but as soon as i got down in there, just kind of floated away. >> reporter: workers took this picture of the sinkhole that opened up at misty creek. spending the better part of the morning and early afternoon filling it in. a storm so intense, western prince william county saw three to five inches of rain in just a few hours. >> it came so fast and it was so hard, yes, i would call it a freak -- definitely a freak storm. a little surprising for to come down that high, that hard and that long. >> in fact there have been so many road closures in the western part of prince will

dwrim county, the school system told many school kids today they suspended afternoon bus service, so students had to find their own way home in many parts of the county due to the flooded out roads. reporting live, i'm jane watrel, news 4. prince william county is no longer under the gun, but the threat isn't over for other parts of our region. our it team coverage continues with a look at more storms. we're under the gun as far as flash flooding is concerned. 80 the current temperature with winds calm and that's the scenario that's playing out. calm winds allowing these storms to develop and really just sit in would not plaone place. we saw storm after storm develop. flash flooding in that area. 77 in leesburg.

loudoun county, another area hit very hard last night by heavy rainfall. right now 81 down towards fredericksburg. it take a look at storm 4 radar. you see a you few showers trying to make their way across the area including one shower coming through prince william county, but this is a very light shower. the heaviest stuff is just off to the west. and watch what happens when we widen out here. it's not just around our area. but extremely heavy rain down around norfolk and eastern portions of north care scare. and then an upper level low pressure center that's producing a lot of rain here, that will move our way tonight and tomorrow. some of us could be in for a lot of rainfall. another run-in with the what you for the montgomery county man once considered the prime suspect in the disappearance of his traveling companion in ar a aruba. erica gonzalez has the latest. >> gary majority dgiordano unde

after allegedly being caught having sex with a woman inside an suv. he was arrested may 18th in a parking garage near city dock. police say they found him and a woman from tennessee, quote/unquote, cuddled together in a cargo area of a cadillac escalade partially covered by a blanket. her both charged with in-decent exposure. last august, he was detained in aruba for the presumed death of 35-year-old robyn gardner. gardner and giordano melt on and online dating site and took a last minute vacation to the are a rib bee caribbean. giordano was released after a passenger of judges ruled there wasn't enough evidence to continue holding him. giordano has denied any wrong doing and says gardner was swept out to sea while snorkeling. her body has not been found. as for this latest case, giordano is due back in court in

august. in the newsroom, erica gonzalez. an consider in connection to the murder of a rap artist. pat collins has more on how detectives finally got a break in this case. >> reporter: wendy, the rapper murder is a mystery no more. police say franklin was killed over crack cocaine. on stage, he was known as frank diggy, a noted rapper growing in popularity. murdered outside his white oak apartment december 27th, the last man murdered in montgomery county in the year 2011. now some closure. charged in the murder, 29-year-old dennis macaby. according to documents, franklin

was selling crack cocaine to dennis when he was killed in a robbery. the break in the case came from what you might call the back door. according to these documents, a confidential informant in virginia came forward and said he had information about the homicide. that led it detectives to an eyewitness to the shooting. that's witness identified the trigger man and identified as the man negotiating a drug deal right before he was shot. and killed. >> this case from the beginning has presented some hurdles and challenges. investigators are happy that they have some information now and some people coming forward giving us information. enough information to charge. >> reporter: so what about that trigger man? sources say police know who he is, that he's in jail on other charges and detectives are sorting through the evidence hoping to charge him in this

case of murder. live in montgomery county, pat collins, news 4. an international flight was diverted because of a security matter. fighter jets were scrambled to escort the plane after a french passenger said there was a bomb surgically implanted in her body. u.s. officials tell thbs nnbcs s mentally disturbed and they are confident she did not present a danger. the plane did land safely in bangor and the woman was taken into custody. that flight continued on to charlotte. a top campaign aid to gray appears in court and admits to corruption charges. it's the first public admission of wrongdoing in the long running criminal investigation into gray's 2010 campaign. tom sherwood joins us with the latest. >> it is the first case in the scandal to go to court. lawyers say it won't be the

last. thomas w. gore walked out of federal court tuesday after pleading guilty to felony destruction of evidence and other charges. the first guilty plea in the gray campaign scandal investigation. a longtime friend and campaign treasurer for then candidate gray in 2010, gore admitted in court he used undisclosed gray campaign funds to finance blank money orders to secretly reward a minor kanl candidate. gore admitted to if he would felony lying. is there any indication that your client knows whether gray should have noknown about what happen something. >> i don't have any comment about that. nothing in the statement of offense mentions any participation by mayor gray in anything.

>> reporter: gore said he is cooperating with the ongoing federal investigation. the federal judge delayed sentencing in-definitely while the criminal probe continues. mayor gray's lawyer declined comment. he told news 4 he cited the ongoing investigation. seven prince georges county night clubs are counting criminal charges for allegedly not paying taxes. the indictments come after undercover surveillance from june to october last year. prosecutors say the clubs owe the state $700,000. some are also accused of selling alcohol without a proper license. maryland states attorney says the charges show the state will not tolerate businesses not following the law. >> the message is not that we're anti-business, the message is well not tolerate the violence, them avoiding pays taxes that are desperately needed in the state of maryland and that we want compliant businesses in our communities. >> most of the charges carry up

to five years in jail and a $10,000 fine. chris gordon will have more at 6:00. maryland is the first set to ban an arrests nick additive in chicken feed. this afternoon governor o'malley signed wlenlgs wlags that ban as chemical that helps chickens grow and fight off parasites. pfizer stopped making the chemical last year when the fda found the higher levels of arsenic in chickens. starting in january, the new law would prevent its use if the chemical comes back on the market. still ahead, the fire inside the 3rd street tunnel. it tonight we'll hear from the u.s. capital police who put their lives on the line to rescue stranded drivers including a mother separated from her baby. >> hello? asleep on the job. a 911 dispatcher dozes off when a woman needed him the most. >> and preventing the recurrence of cancer, the three things

a man jfrps jumps over niagara falls but lives to tell

about it. he climbed over the guardrail and took the plunge yesterday. resurfaced near an observation platform, but it took rescue workers 30 minutes to get him out of the water. he suffering life threatening injuries. he's only the third person to survive a fall over the mastiff iconic wall without using a safety device. >> one year ago today, one of the strongest deadliest tornadoes in the nation's history left its permanent mark on joplin, missouri. 161 people were killed. nearly 1,000 more were injured. president obama visited last night to offer comfort. and the efforts to heal continue. this morning residents sent wlan sterns sky ward in memory of the victims. and today the city broke ground on three new schools. the thousands of survivors are taking part right how in a mark of unity. a walk, that is, that walk ends at a memorial to the victims. there is new and exciting information about preventing a cancer recurrence.

details in tonight's news it 4 your health. >> for very long time, a cancer dyi diagnosis has meant lots of rest and recovery, no worry about how much you're eating or how much exercise you're getting. but now the american cancer society is earn of urging parents to change their diets and get moving so they can live the rest of their lives cancer free. >> if you want to live, you do what it takes. >> reporter: when this 50-year-old was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer, she didn't spend much time feeling sorry for herself. instead, she got angry. >> i said i'm not going to let this beat me. >> reporter: but in order to increase her chances of survival, doctors told the 242-pound german town woman she needed to make major lifestyle changes. >> in order to lessen my chances of having a reoccurrence, i needed to lose weight, exercise,

change the way i was eating. >> it there it's always been a weight, physical activity and diet would have an impact on cancer survivor shin, but now there's evidence. >> reporter: accordinged according to the latest guidelines to reduce the risk of recurrence and increase survival rates, cancer patients should maintain a healthy weight, get adequate physical activity, and eat a healthy diet. cindy clark is the on cocology nutrition coordinator. >> i think a lot of people when they go through treatment, they've been told to take it easy, to rest, and this is different in that is saying we can't want you to be inactive. we actually want to you move. and we want you to be cautious of what you're eating. >> reporter: and new research is backing up the new guidelines. one canadian study found it that breast cancer patients who got at least four hours of moderate exercise every week reduced their risk of death by 34%. their chance of recurrence also decreased down 24%. >> evidence shows that anybody

that if you keep active during your treatments, you have overall less fatigue, you can tolerate your treatments better, which means that you may be able to get more treatments in. you overall just feel better. >> reporter: jan says for her, weight loss could have been the difference between life and death, so she cut out processed foods, fats and sugars and started walking. before she knew it, she had dropped 40 pounds. her goal is to lose another 20. >> nothing can stop me. >> so you you should be able to almost maintain your level of physical activitynd if you weren't very active, then they're suggesting that you start with simple exercises like walking. take it easy, but stay active. i think that it e's the message.

doug joins us now and you say it could be quiet tonight. we need it. >> yeah, last night was really amazing. some areas saw upwards of three to five inches of rain very quickly, while others didn't see much at all. this morning it was not only the fog and the wet roadways, a lot of traffic problems out there this morning as a result of the rain. out there right now, actually a pretty nice afternoon. you can see the blue skies it there, also fair weather cumulous clouds making their way in across the area. current temperature right now sitting at 80 degrees. yes, we still have a chance for more showers and a few thunderstorms tonight, but it's really going to be what happened during the day tomorrow. take a look at these numbers. winds are calm with that 80 degree temperature. temperatures around the rest of the region also upper 70s to around 80. 79 in frederick. 77 winchester. on the radar, one thing you notice here, not ale local lot right now around our region. just a few light sprinkles in

through prince william county. you have to go out to the west to pick up some of the rain and down to our southwest around charlottesville, a pretty big thunderstorm here. this dumping pretty good amounts of rain down towards charlottesville, but this area is the area that will be getting it well south and west of us i think. that's not going to be the case tomorrow. that was not the case last night. let's take you back to where we were last night. this is last night's radar here. and this is a six hour loop. one they think you do, i'll just put my finger around manassas. this is six hours of rainfall. three to five inches of rain coming in. and look at this boundary in hagerstown just west of frederick. through leesburg, down around the manassas area. that's the area that saw all of that rin and that's the area that has seen all the flooding. tree to fi three to five inches of rain in that bull's-eye. so it could play out again once overnight tonight, but then again during the day tomorrow. and this is why.

take a look at all of the moisture out here. ton of storms to our west, ton of storms to our south. and an area of low pressure down to our south and west. you can see this little spin in the atmosphere, that's an upper level area of low pressure it that i think whether move in overnight tonight and through the day tomorrow. that's why i think we could see a lot of rain out of this system as this frontal boundary just becomes stationery here. any thunderstorms are not going to move very much at all and they will sit there and they will dump on you once again, it will be a scenario that we have to watch carefully. a little less coverage on thursday, but still the potential is there for very heavy rainfall. this it evening showers and a few storms. some could be heavy with down pours. they will not be everywhere, so take your umbrella and keep it handy. tomorrow morning mostly cloudy, areas of fog, a few wet roadways out there, but i'm not expecting a lot of rain early tomorrow morning. the rain comes it tomorrow afternoon and it will be locally heavy at times. high temperature 75 to about 79 degrees with thunderstorms likely tomorrow. more thunderstorm chances on

thursday. a chance on friday, but only about a 30% chance. and right now the weekend looking great. saturday, sunday, monday looking hot. 90 on sunday, 92 on monday. and that of course is when we start our backyard weather. and if it you'd like to us come to your backyard, send us some pictures of that yard or even your front yard to weather@nbcwashington.com. it can be in the city, even if your front yard is that road that goes in front of your house. >> pavement when it's 92 degrees. >> you can cook on the sidewalk. >> i'll wear extra shoes. coming up, on the auction block a vial allegedly containing ronald reagan's blood. police call it an alarming trend. what red light cameras have captured in alexandrea. and a local tie began dough competitor.

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a local man is going to london for taekwondo. >> you'll love this. terrence jennings started taekwondo 15 years ago because he loves teenage mutant ninja

turtle. he's mastered the moves and now he's set to represent the united states in the olympic games this summer. zachary kiesch has more. >> what makes you different than the other fighters out there? >> everything that i've been through. i think the biggest thing about taekwondo is your personal training, you start at one point and you end at another.lexandri they're breeding champions. >> this is my home. this is my home. i mean, like blood, sweat and tears. this this is where i did a lot of my training. >> reporter: they come to this master because they want to bring home olympic gold and he's drawn to them because it they have a chance of doing what he wasn't able to do.

>> i couldn't raise my legs, so shattered my dream of getting any medal at the olympics. so now what i'm trying to do is train some athletes to do what i was unable to do. >> reporter: t.j. was just an 11-year-old when they started training for the olympics. >> nine or ten of us and he started this program and he had an idea of how he want the things done. he had the knowledge behind it. and the pagtss he passion to . >> so this has been a vision. >> maybe for me, because a young kid doesn't position about it, but from the coach, of course. >> reporter: the relationship things on trust. and when he was encouraged to move up weight classes at 19, it t.j. listened. but it came with set backs. >> for a long time he was the best number two. best number two, you don't make the national team anywhere.

it was depressing for him will and diskurnged, i told him to be patient. >> reporter: the long journey has come with sacrifice, but it all clicked when he beat his rival mark lopez to qualify. >> kind of like -- for me, the journey is not over. it's just another step in the right direction. >> spin and score and hit like with a hard enough force for score that's why they reward you more points. >> reporter: and just what would it mean to bring back the gold? >> i don't think i could actually put it in one word. i just know the feeling is just amazing. >> reporter: zachary kiesch, news 4 sports. that sound makes me think karate kid. you got take stay away from terrance. olympics 65 days away, so now

another local olympian to root for. >> great. up next on new 4/, a story you saw first, a 911 dispatcher asleep on the job during a local woman's frantic call for help. >> panic sets in after the fire on the 3rd street tunnel. u.s. capitol police brave the element wills to help dozens of drivers. and family feud, the one person noticeably absent during a tribute to the late mary kenned

coming up ashes desperate call for help, but the 911 dispatcher asleep on the job. drivers ditch their cars and ran for cover after a tunnel fire. tonight, hear from the u.s. capitol police who raced to the scene to restore order. and a vial of blood from the late ronald reagan hits the auction block. but first here's doug tracking our conditions. >> you you can see where the rain is, mostly down to our south. and i'm talking just down to our south just to the south and west of fredericksburg here around charlottesville and back in through west virginia. a few heavier storms late this evening. but an even better chance tomorrow. we could be talking about another round of very heavy rainfall. we'll talk more about that coming up a little bit later on. a woman calls 911 when her

husband is having trouble breathing. >> but she first gets silence and then snoring. an i team investigation about a dispatcher who falls asleep when he was needed the most. >>. >> reporter:le following protocol, a 911 call answers and transfers the call to a dispatcher. >> hello? hello? hello? >> reporter: realizing something isn't right, the original call taker breaks in. >> hold on one second, let me try and get them on the line again. >> reporter: okay. that light snoring you hear is the original dispatcher who has fallen asleep. the senators get louder as a new dispatcher tries to help the woman. >> put one hand on his forehead. the other hand underneath his neck. and tilt his head back.

>> yes. >> the employee was immediately removed from the foor by hloor placed on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of the inquiry. >> reporter: scott graham says the sleeping dispatcher is an experienced uniformed firefighter who was 17 hours in to a 24 hour overtime shift. the news 4 e team found dispatchers work twice as long as other dispatchers in our area. >> it's actually worked very well. >> reporter: jeffrey is the union rep for firefighter dispatchers. >> while it might seem like a long shift who is not used to somebody not used to the work school, it's normal for a firefighter. >> reporter: both he and the county say this is the first it time somebody has fallen asleep during a 24 hour shift. >> now he's all blue. >> reporter: we counted at least 18 snores before the dispatcher

finally wakes up. >> reporter: he stopped breathing for a little while and now i put his -- i put my -- >> what's the address? what's the address? ma'am, what's the address? >> reporter: the county says the patient was transported to a hospital and is okay. 911 dispatchers are now working in a renovated call center where a supervisor can see all the dispatchers. the county says it hopes this this will prevent anyone from falling asleep again. as for the issue of 24 hour shifts, it could come up in the fall when union negotiations begin. tesch sha thompson, news 4 i team. a mother has died three months after being shot in front of her children. tonight police are still looking for their father who is now a murder suspect. district police tell us he goes by rayvon stone, don fitzgerald

hancock and dehmarco brown. he shoulder yt yolanda stone ba february. police are offering a would he regarded for his arrest. red light cameras are catch building 1,000 violators a month. the city has cameras at three intersections in old town and they operate 24 hours a day. police say during the first three months of the year, they bailed out more than 3200 red light fines. that's generated about $1,000 in rev revenue for the city 37. there were tense moments inside the 3rd street town tunnel after a bus fire. and in one car, a baby was locked inside. darcy spencer is in the newsroom with the story of into police officers who helped panicked drivers get out to safety. >> reporter: the officers just happened to be in the area on

patrol and answered the call to duty. they assisted dozens of people and that baby. the officers ended up it in the hospital after breathing in large amounts of smoke during that rescue. >> pok is coming fast. >> reporter: the scene was chaotic. a bus on fire inside the 3rd street tunnel during the monday morning commute. these two u.s. capitol police officers were near the tunnel when the call went out for an explosion. they raced into help. >> the bus became fully engulfed in the flames and that's when things went from bad to worse. >> there was a point where my vehicle had its emergency lights on and i was probably about 30 feet from it and i couldn't see that my emergency rights were on. >> reporter: initially, motor wrists were being turned around in the tunnel so they could drive out. but this then some abandoned their cars. sdwr the officers breathing in it the smoke assisted as many as 40 people in getting out of the

tunnel. >> we were going vehicle to vehicle getting people out. bringing them to the side, putting their hand on the wall and telling them to walk straight so they could guide themselves out. >> reporter: the officers say some of the motorists were severally frozen in place inside their cars. they weren't sure what to do. so they got direction to get out of the tunnel. >> a few people just i think at the heat of the moment, they were having a hard time getting seatbelts open, getting doors open and just calm them down, open the door for them it and point them in the direction that they needed to head. >> reporter: and in a panic, one driver locked her car with the keys and her baby inside. >> busted out the driver's side window, opened the vehicle and got the child out to the mother. >> reporter: after getting everyone out, these two and another u.s. capitol police officer were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. >> it's part of the job, i guess. like i said, i really didn't think about it, i just did it. >> reporter: all three officers spent a couple of hours at the hospital will being checked out. they're just fine and you won't be surprised to hear they say

they wouldn't hesitate to do it all over again. reporting live from the newsroom, darcy spencer, news 4. let's fast forward. several roads still closed tonight because of high standing water. parts of the county saw more than three you weres overnight in just a few hours. some residents near lake jackson dam have been told to vak rate. another run in with the what you for giordano. he was arrested last friday after police it if annapolis allegedly found him having sex in the back of an suv. giordano was detained in aruba last august for the presumed death of 35-year-old robyn gardner. a former campaign aid to vincent gray pled guilty today to felony destruction of evidence and other charges. thomas gore admitted to using gray campaign funds to make donations to another candidate. first public admission of wrongdoing in connection with

the 2010 campaign 3 p. when we come back, still ahead, unscripted drama. and million dollar listing for a parking space. we'll tell you where it's goin

the author of the exorcist

wants to sue george town university. >> he says it should no longer call itself catholic. he says dwornlg town has violated church teachings for decades by inviting speakers who support abortion rights. >> the author also claims the school neglects to teach cath electric morality. another trending topic online, the word toilet is apparently too dirty for maryland lie eithcense plates. the baltimore sun got its hasn hands on a copy of list. it includes heroin, pimp, chump and buns. >> and it forget a million dollar home. the next big thing in new york real estate, a million dollar parking space. >> about to hit the market. the spots inside a luxury condo building in manhattan. it is 12 feet wide, 23 feet long, and more than 15 feet high. >> we're told it could be duplexed to accommodate two

cars. a warning for any potential owner, you would also have to pay maintenance fees. coming up next, it's a million dollar idea. >> how this local woman is cashing in on couples from weddings to divorces. and you're not alone if you plan on traveling by car this holiday weekend. thousands of washingtonians are leaving town. my story coming up. and i love looking at the bay bridge anytime of year. we've got rain before we hit memorial day weekend. and then memorial day weekend will bring us

a vial of president ron and i reagan's blood is being sold to the highest bidder. it allegedly contains blood residue used for test itting at a columbia maryland lab after an as assassination attempt. it's still up at last check, someone bid close to $11,000 for the vial. the auction ends on thursday. a local woman cashing in at the altar by helping couples

become one shortly after they say i do. >> local success. and it's all thanks to the maryland dmv. >> reporter: a starup company raking in the cash. and fast. nearly a million dollars annually? >> we're very close to that goal, yes. >> reporter: a business vision born of personal frustration. after she tied the knot in 2005, danielle says it took her 13 hours to go from one line at the dmv to the next in an attempt to go froms in to mrs. on paper. >> there's some lengthy process it that no one told you was coming to get you. >> reporter: so she started miss now mrs..com. a website designed to help will prove change can be easy. and for about $30, done within a half hour, she says, the maryland local was work in medical sales when she decided to dive into the entrepreneur world and eventually free up more time for her 3-year-old.

a biology major, tate learned how to run her business through books. >> html for dummies. >> reporter: seven years later, the site is running like a well oiled machine. >> we just celebrated our 100,000 customer. >> reporter: the company sold merely 7,000 groupons in less than a week. the web side is featured in several major bridal magazines and there's no sign of slowing. >> i hate hear wlag a great idea, i wish i had known about your service. >> reporter: and it's expanded to not only include those lavishly in love. >> my husband came home one day from work and i'm at my desk with divorce for dummies open and he looks at me and says should we talk? >> reporter: she also started get your name back.com. this entrepreneur says now more than ever is the greatest time to start a business. tate says the company does about 2& of bridal name changes a year and she's working to make that number at least 50%.

in the newsroom, erica gonzalez, news 4. turning now to our wet weather. >> here's doug tracking the conditions on storm 4 radar. >> right now not wet at all. we've seen a lot of rain during the day yesterday. i think we're it in for more. take a look, a pretty nice shot. blue skies. the thick cumulous clouds. you can see the underbellings there. very dark. a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. 80 at the airport. winds calm. that will allow the storms to sit in one area. 75 degrees in gaithersburg, 78 it in rockville. 679d out towa 79 at dulles. as far as the radar, not showing anything right now across the immediate area. you have to go a little bit farther to the west and down to our south and west where we're look at a very strong storm around the charlottesville area.

not a whole lot going around our region. yesterday it was prince william county that really got pummeled overnight last might from about 8:00 until 2:00 in the morning. all of the rain coming in just a couple of hours. and you see the flooding. we did have at least one water rescue as this guy tried to go right through the roadway. we tell you all the time, turn around, don't drown. you don't know how deep the water is. it that gentleman did say he thought maybe it would come up to his bumper at the most. as far as the rain is concerned, this is what i'm really worried about here. notice all the rain to the west. and then down to our south and west, this is an area of low pressure aloft that i think will make its way our way and tomorrow really give us a focal point for some big time thunderstorms. and once again, any of those thunderstorms will sit, tell's produce one to two inches of

rain an hour and you put that over two or three hours and you're talking a lot of rain, so we could see more flooding during the day tomorrow. four day forecast showing 78 for tomorrow with it that good chance of rain. another chance on thursday with thunderstorm activity there. a high of 82. 87 on your friday. and then look at memorial day weekend here. 89 on saturday, and then 90 and 92 degrees coming up memorial day. you like it hot, but it's going to be really hot through the next couple of days. but right now, most of it looking dry. just a slight chance of a shower on sunday. now, we'll have the latest for you on any rain that happens tonight, but of course tomorrow's potentially flooding rain throughout the evening and of course on news 4 tonight at 11:00, you'll want to tune in then. >> that guy should bes poster child for turn around don't drown. because is there anything more hugh 34i8 yating than sitting there with the helmet on in a dingy being -- -- >> oh, is there anything worse?

>> but he's alive. our local travel forecast is out. and preparing for hurricane. and emergency alerts sent right to your phone. >> we'll begin with local folks traveling. one out of five washingtonians expected to travel 50 miles or more. that's 17,000 more this year compareded to last. aaa says projected travel numbers for the d.v. metro area are the largest in seven years for will this wethis weekend. so folks are encouraged to hit the road during off peak hours and remember safety first. you can expect to see an increase as well in police on the roads. >> traffic crashes don't just happen. they're caused. too often that cause is carelessness or a play it tant disregard for our laws and the safety of others. police make traffic safety your

number one priority whenever you are behind the wheel. >> the roads may be packed, fewer washingtonians are expected to fly this weekend. compared to last year. okay. june 1st is the start of hurricane season. and the state of virginia wants residents to be prepared. beginning this friday through may 31st, the commonwealth will host its annual hurricane preparedness sales tax holiday. that means you can buy everything from batteries, flashlights, smoke detector, bottled water, portable generator, power cords in any store in virginia all tax exempt. smaller items eligible must be 60 bucks or less. larger items like a generate it tore must cost $1,000 or less. so there you go. whether there's a hurricane on the way or security threat, some cell phone companies have agreed to text emergency alerts to your cell phone. there are three different kinds of alerts. presidential, imminent threat alerts being and amber alerts to help authorities find abducted

children. you you can opt out of the amber and weather alert, not the presidential ones. so far at&t, sprint, next tell, t-mobile, u.s. cellular and verizon are participating. alerts are free and you're automatically enrolled to receive them. if you have an older model phone, you may need to upgrade your devices software rather than buying a whole new phone. but the cell for ytower will sa these in this part of virginia, so she needs the alert. >> what did we do before cell phones. >> we had a lot more private time. >> thanks. coming up next, a private memorial for mary kennedy. >> but the story is it getting a lot of attention because of who did not attend. coming up at 6:00, we'll tell you more about the people killed in two separate accidents on e 95 in virginia this

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a memorial service held last night no mary richardson

kennedy. >> siblings and friends held the private ceremony, but the bigger story is who did not attend. >> reporter: the suicide death of matter richardson kennedy has sparked a fight over how to say good-bye. this memorial monday night in new york city put together by mayor require's grieving sub links and friends. and accorded to one friend, no sign of robert kennedy junior or the couple's four children. >> her siblings i think tonight felt that they were finally offering some type of tribute that was fitting for the incredible life she had led. >> reporter: the other service happened over the weekend in new york's westchester county. full of celebrities like chevy chase, glenn close and susan saradon. at that funeral, robert kennedy jr. was steen een outside the c. the day before, he was in court about control over mary's body. a judge ruled in kennedy's

favor. >> this is two families at each other's throats. if they could tear the body in two, they would do it. >> reporter: mary's death came at a time when she and robert kennedy were locked in divorce proceedings and a custody battle. the two wedding who in 1994, but the marriage fell apart. the two hadn't lived together for almost four years. saying a lot of times i don't know how she made it through the day. she was in a lot of agony for a lot of her life. mary battled drugs, alcohol and depression. her life long friend kerry kenne kennedy, robert's sister who introduced the couple spoke about mary's struggles. >> mary suffered from depression. her whole life, she was battling those demons. >> kennedy watchers say the richardson family feels robert kennedy didn't do enough to help mary. and photos like will this of robert and actress cheryl hines,

twot reportedly dating, didn't help. >> mary's sisters say that if she had not met bobby kennedy, she would probably still be alive. so they're extremely bitter. >> reporter: a troubled life ended with a suicide, but still unable to rest in peace. >> mary richardson kennedy was buried saturday near the kennedy family compound in hyannis port. now a guilty plea from a campaign aid to mayor gray. rising water, and more rain moving in. a man once suspected in the death of his friend has been charged with a new crime. a top aid to gray has admitted to lying. good evening. tonight the first guilty plea in in the year long criminal probe into d.c. mayor vincent gray's 2010 campgn