a area of low pressure. all of this moisture across into our area. it will be a very busy night tonight and maybe another busy day tomorrow. i'll explain coming up in my full forecast. >> so far no reports of any major flooding. that area hit hard two days in a row. residents near the late jackson dam have been allowed to return home tonight. some folks were forced to evacuate yesterday because of rising floodwaters, but it is at normal levels now. a prince william county teach here work with emotionally disturb students is under arrest charged with assaulting and battery against a 10-year-old student. >> reporter: 35-year-old cynthia hall has taught emotionally disturb students for the past 18 months. at kerrydale elementary school in wood bridge. last week she was arrested for assault and battery after police say she allegedly grabbed a 10-year-old boy. >> before the assault took place, the student was sitting in a chair quietly. wasn't being disruptive or

anything. the teacher came to the office and that's where the assault took place. >> reporter: hall, the mother of a young son, has been working since august 2009 as a comprehensive specialist. and according to her school biography has been teaching for 11 years. police say arresting a teacher for grabbing a student is unusual. but members of their physical abuse unit investigated. the student had minor injuries. >> we don't obviously have teachers arrested often, especially for assault and battery on a student. this case is very unusual. we investigated it like any other case that we receive. >> reporter: hall was released on a $2,000 upon. she has been suspended with pay. no court date has been set. in woodbridge, jane watrel, news4. an position from the head of the secret service for that prostitution scandal that rocked the agency. the secret service chief mark sullivan was in the hot seat on capitol hill.

lawmakers questioned him on whether there needs to be a culture change at the agency. many voice skepticism the april incident in colombia was the first time agents were involved in elicit behavior. >> this misconduct was almost certainly not an isolated incident. >> i just can't explain why they would have done what they would do but i will tell you that i do not believe they did it because they believe that this type of behavior would be tolerated. >> the "washington post" reports today, some of the agents who were fired say they want their jobs back. they claim the ins ten in colombia was business as usual. sullivan says they will not be reinstated. day four of deliberations now still underway in the john edwards trial. he is charged with six counts of campaign finance violations when he ran for president back in 2008. prosecutors claim edwards used nearly $1 million of donated funds to hide his pregnant mistress. he faces 30 years in prison if convicted.

new developments in the scandal that involves mayor vincent gray's campaign for mayor. a second gray campaign official is being charged with lying to authorities. here's tom with the latest. >> then he deceived the voters. he vowed to push ahead with his corruption investigation. just tuesday, the gray campaign assistant treasurer thomas gore plead guilty to charges he helped funnel money to then minor candidate sewell eight mon brown. prosecutor charged a second operative. howard brooks with false statement to the fbi about this. brooks had been cooperating with authorities in charges against him. now indicate another major step in the investigation. mayor vincent gray, his campaign activities under investigation, turned aside all questions about the corruption cases. including the u.s. attorney's

statement that gray's campaign activities deceived voters. the u.s. attorney has said in yesterday's thomas gore case, in 2010, the voters were deceived by your campaign. >> well, i think you know there is an ongoing penning investigation so there is nothing really i can comment on this. it is obviously continuing to unfold will. >> reporter: you know mr. gore and mr. brooks, any personal feelings even though you can't comment on the race -- i mean, the investigation itself? >> well, i think not. i think i'll just stay with the, what i said before. there is obviously a continuing investigation. it has been for months and i've said pretty much the same thing. >> reporter: the mayor aggressively change the subject with reporters, even taking the microphone to do a mock interview himself. in an exclusive tv interview with nbc 4, the u.s. attorney was all business as he said, he will root out public corruption. >> you said the voters of the

district in 2010 had been deceived. pretty strong statement. >> well, it was a strong statement. the conduct here was pretty egregious. we had secret payments, fraudulent filings. it is important that we have the electoral process with integrity and that was violated in 2010. >> we had a filing regarding mr. brooks for one count of having lied to the fbi during the interview. and that's all i can say about that matter. >> again interesting u.s. attorney says the gray campaign in 2010 deceived the voters. the investigation continues. wendy? >> all right, thanks. maryland state police gathered with family and friends to honor a fallen trooper today. new signs will hang along the bell way for trooper wesley brown. a man shot and killed him in 2010 while brown was working security at the applebees in forestville. brown had tossed him out for being disorderly.

he is now serving a life sentence without parole. the new signs will hang near the forestville barracks where brown had been stationed. a college student kill while riding her bike and the woman who ran her over dragged that bike all way home. tonight the driver is on trial. her lawyer is explaining why she kept on going. darcy spencer is live with the new details in this high profile case. >> reporter: in our opening state, the assistant state attorney did not say why prosecutors believe the driver left the scene of this fatal incident. the defense attorney told the jury, she thought she hit an animal and he called this a tragic accident. how are you feeling today? >> basically, i've been for justice and it is almost anti-climactic that it is finally here. >> reporter: it was september 19, 2010 when natasha was struck

and kill while riding her bike on route 202 in largo in the early morning hours tell 30-year-old college student was training for a triathlon. the driver, 43-year-old christy littleford who left the scene is now on trial charged with felony hit and run. >> i'm suffering mixed emotions. it will be the first time i have seen the defendant, and as much as i've tried to move forward with my life, it is near impossible to move forward with my life until there's some closure. >> reporter: littleford's attorney that she did stop twice. but believing she hit a deer, drove home. once home her husband discovered the bike longed in the undercarriage of her vehicle. she said they got in a different car, drove to the scene to find out what happened, went to prince george's hospital center where pettygrew was being treated. then drove to a police station to report the incident. he said it was an unfortunate

accident. she is innocent. she committed no crime. end quote. >> whether it is someone who murders someone or someone who drives over someone and keeps going, it is still a lost life and justice has to prevail. >> reporter: two witnesses testified that they saw natasha pettygrew's body in the road and stop. one witness said she saw the striking vehicle driving away from the scene with sparks flying from underneath. >> reporter: the testimony has wrapped up for today. tomorrow, police officers are expected to testify about the scene. when they arrived to the scene and what they saw, also testifying about the statements the driver gave following this incident will reporting live, darcy spencer, news4. fans may have a chance to say goodbye to the godfather of go-go next week. the "washington post" is reporting that one of chuck brown's daughters that plans are in place for an all-day public viewing at the howard theater next tuesday, the 29th. a funeral service will be health

on thursday. those services could be health at the washington convention center or verizon center. facebook is the subject of several investigations tonight. in the wake of that initial stock offering last week, the senate banking committee announced it is looking into allegations that morgan stanley gave select clients a negative assessment of the company in advance of the ipo. and a group of share holders has file suit against morgan stanley and facebook claiming the social media website and the bank left out important information about the company's revenue growth. facebook spokesperson he said what we believe this lawsuit is without merit. the company stock rebounded to $32 a share today. after two days of losses. a big push to help struggling homeowners. tomorrow there will be a community advisory meeting in brandywine with the maryland attorney general. and prince george's county councilmember, mel franklin. homeowners will get advice and learn details about the $25 billion nationwide foreclosure

settlement. it involves five different bank that's were accused of foreclosure abuses. tomorrow's meeting is at 7:00 p.m. at gwynn park middle school in brannywine. new at 5:00, why police abandoned the prominent d.c. -- banned a scientist from visiting his wife in the hospital. a collision course on the track. new details about the horses and drivers injured at rose cross raceway. help for new moms juggling their babies and busy

the president of the montgomery county council is demanding answers. it come after a local dispatcher fell asleep on the job and was heard snoring during a woman's frantic call for help. chris gordon is here now with an update to the story you saw first here. >> an inquiry is being conducted by the montgomery county fire and rescue service. the chief has given a verbal report to councilmembers about the incident involving the snoring dispatcher. a hearing may be health this summer. montgomery county council president roger berliner requested the action immediately

after seeing the news4 i-team report monday night. >> this kind of incident is totally unacceptable it is and an embarrass many for our county. >> reporter: it happen in april when a 911 operator forwarded a call to a fire rescue dispatcher from a woman whose husband was having chest pains. the dispatcher was asleep and can be heard snoring on the audio recording of the emergency call. >> hold on one second. let me get them on the line again. >> oh! >> reporter: roger berliner is president of the montgomery county council. >> i immediately pick up the phone and call our fire chief and asked for a report. so he has given me a verbal briefing. i've asked for a written report. we will get a written report to our public safety committee and we will have a hearing in which he come forward and explains his recommendations. what went wrong and what he's going to do about it. >> reporter: the fire rescue dispatch here fell asleep was 17 hours into his 24-hour work shift. in less than an hour, he would have been due for a sleep break. he was working in a temporary

facility. dispatchers have since been moved to this newly arranged emergency call facility where supervisors have direct line of sight and can monitor their dispatchers more closely. stand chief scott graham says this was an isolated incident. >> the supervisors do a very good job. that 911 call center is very busy. they handle and process about 120,000 calls a year. so with this one particular incident, we had human error. >> reporter: the patient in this case was transported and treated successfully. the dispatcher has been placed on administrative leave with pay. tonight on news4 at 6:00, we'll ask the union representing fire rescue personnel about working 24-hour shifts after this dispatcher fell asleep on the job. >> all right. chris gordon, thanks. the private school that president obama's daughters tan is debunking a prank e-mail that web out to parents.

someone sent a message claiming condoms would be available in the school bathrooms at dances and other school functions. the e-mail claiming that inappropriate sexual behavior had prompted this distribution. the message went out to parents at the upper school at its wisconsin avenue campus. another e-mail was quickly send out and addressed it as a prank. we've got some wicked weather out there. a lot of thunder and a ton of lightning with these storms. we're seeing some very heavy rain across parts of the area. let's show you what's happening outside right now. you noticed the very cloudy conditions. the very dark skies out there. that's another thunderstorm coming right across the district right now. one in northwest. one down toward southeast and alexandria and right around the airport. the current temperature at the airport down to 73 degrees. we've fallen about 7 degrees in the last ten minutes as we've seen that thunderstorm come right overhead. the winds out of the south at 15 miles an hour. they're starring to gust a little bit with those storms. the temperature, cooler whenner we've seen the rachbl

gaithersburg at 66. martinburg, no rain yet. a temperature of 79 degrees. trust me, the rain is on its way to you, too. take a look at all this rain making its way from southeast over to northwest. a lot of the these have a lot of lightning associated with them including the one right across the district. this is northwest washington. right along 16th. you can see 16th street. also georgia. >> toward rosemary hills. seeing a lot of lightning with this. some very heavy rain. this is right along military road as it crosses across rock creek park. watch out for that storm. other storm in montgomery county. around the redland area. also, lightning with these storms and then back toward the west. back toward dulles. you can see the runways here. just to the west of chantilly. more tomorrow in through central loudoun county. look at all the lightning with this storm along route 50. if you're out driving about, you're going to see a lot of lightning but slow down out

there. especially going through some of these very heavy downpours. one of the heaviest we're at is right around the airport and right through alexandria. downtown alexandria really getting hit hard and then toward 295, also seeing some very heavy rain there. the good news is none of this is severe just yet. it continues to stay to the south and into north carolina. you can see a couple severe thunderstorm warnings. that area under a severe thunderstorm watch. for us it will be the garden variety thunderstorms but with all the moisture we've seen, we will see the potential for that very heavy rain. and these storms are moving very slowly. here's our frontal boundary. a stationary front. that's why we're not seeing much movement, because the storm is not moving. tomorrow a repeat performance of today. if you're not seeing the thunderstorm today, you may get them during the day tomorrow. as this front is still around the area. even on friday, the front will

dissipate. but we'll still have that energy out there. you can see a shower or a thunderstorm on friday. friday starts the weekend. friday also starts a big warm-up. we're talking temperature in the 90s right on through memorial weekend. showers and thunderstorms likely. 68 to 75 degrees. tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy. we'll see areas of fog like we did this morning. temperature, 62 to about 67 degrees. then tomorrow afternoon, mostly cloudy. rain and thunderstorms again. high temperatures around that 80 to 83-degree mark. that's what we'll be seeing. look at the next couple of days. 86 on your friday. and then here come the heat. hot and humid. saturday, sun, monday. and into the middle part of next week. right now it looks like saturday, sun and monday could have a heat index between 95 and 100. so it is going to be very, very warm. i'll going to have the forecast for the beaches coming up a little later on but also later,

we're starting our backyard weather. we want to come to your backyard. send us some pictures of that backyard or even your front yard. whatever you want. send them to nbc washington.com. >> thank you. coming up next, tonight a teenage girl suspended from school for her efforts to stop bullies. why administrators say she crossed the line. >> d.c. drivers wasted 45 hours a year stuck in traffic. why researchers say that's a sign of improvement. and a brother/sister duo tearing up the competition on the track. stick around. we'll tell but a serious school

did you check out google today? there's a new google doodle. an interactive synthesizer. bob moog created the synthesizer. his was not the first with you it was notable for its portability, versus built. the beatles used it on the abby road album. moog would have turn 78 today. >> you don't want to listen to that too long. it is a little irritating. . tune was irritating. >> what have you to the? >> talk a little racing. it is a huge racing weekend all

over the country. fans getting ready for what has been called the greatest racing weekend. probably the headliners in our area, there is a brother and sister tandem who recently went head to head in their own greatest race weekend. zachary has the story. >> the speed, the power, how fast it takes off. being around my family the whole time just makes it the greatest thing in the world. >> reporter: steven and kailey might be the best sibling 1-2 punch in sports that you have never heard of. >> i would rather be racing than at the mall. i don't know why but i just am. it's weird. >> reporter: off major freeways and alongside country roads lay tracks like this one. home to legions of speed-adrenaline-pumping drag racers. >> i feel like a little kid waiting for the week to come. i'm in school and i can't wait

to get done with school work. the clock is ticking by so slow. and when i get here, i forget all the troubles of the world. >> reporter: the henry kids are called junior dragsters. going from 0-85-mile-per-hour in 7.9 seconds is anything but elementary. especially for call. kids who don't even have their driver's license. but then again, maybe that's the best part. >> i think the speed. that's my favorite part. that's what i like about it. >> reporter: the wins speak for themselves. lately the duo are the hottest thing around. >> because i won two weekends in a row and then i got third because i made the semifinals. so right now i'm in first place. >> reporter: at a recent race it was a henry final with 13-year-old kailey going up against her 16-year-old brother for the championship trophy.

>> they announced it over the p.a. it was the brother-sister final. so it was talked up. and all he kept thinking is it's going to be a long ride home for me either way. one of them will lose and one of them will win. >> reporter: in the end it was kailey taking the win. but don't worry, she's not the type to rub it in. >> sometime. because like he'll be pretty cocky and stuff sometimes. and then you know, so i can rub it in his face if he gets like that. i don't rub it in too hard because i don't want to jinx myself. >> it push us to do harder and try to beat each other and mess with each other. >> i put my dream aside for them to do this. and the thing that i love the most about it is the fact that we're always together every weekend together as a family. >> reporter: zack news4 sports. 13 years old and pete yurg 16-year-old big brother. you have to like it. she's still staying modest

though. >> she is. look out though. >> that's fun. and it is a great family activity. the fact that they're together every week. anything you can do together is awesome. >> thank you. here's a look now at what's next at 5:30. >> coming up, surprise suspect. the d.c. fire lieutenant charged with burglary. it is what she reportedly stole that is even more surprising. the wife of a prominent d.c. scientist brutally beaten in her home and now new questions about who attacked her will. and they've been kept out of public eye until now. a sneak peek at the new additions at the national zoo.

hello. taking a look at what is now another dangerous situation out there with flash flooding. we have big time thunderstorms right around the district here. but this is the area i want to focus in on right toward northern prince william county. this is the same area that has been hit for two consecutive days. and right now i'm watching a boundary its way down from the south. that is creating the big time thunderstorms. these are right along route 29 to the north of manassas right along the bull run area and to the east gainesville. a lot of lightning with this. a ton of lionel with this. the bigger issue is the flash

flooding. the flash flood warning in if he can once again. this is the third day in a row this area has seen flash flood warnings in effect. so watch out if you're in this area, do not drive through any flooded roadways. and you just don't know how deep that water is. we'll continue to monitor the storm throughout the rest of the evening but this will be a very, very busy evening. >> thank you. it's a news4 exclusive. a lieutenant with d.c. fire and ems charged in a bizarre burglary. >> authorities tell us she stole several bales of hay. pat has the details. >> reporter: this is a story about a d.c. fire lieutenant and what you might call the great hay heist at the stand back horse farm. this is robert standback. he is a horse man. now you'll never see him in the winner's circle at the kentucky derby or the preakness but he is okay with that. you see, he just likes to be

around horses. >> hey, good boy! >> reporter: believe it orange he grew right up in the heart of our city in adam's morgan. but he has always been drawn to horses and the peaceful country life. so when he retired from the d.c. governmentering got this 64-acre plot of land in prince george's county. he has 11 goats here and about two dozen horses. he owns five. he boards 18. but the story of animal beauty, and rural tranquility now takes an ugly twist. you see, last january, someone drove a truck into this horse barn, attached one end of a chain to the doors of the shed. the other end to the truck and hit the gas. down came those doors. but it didn't stop there. you see, the suspect then went

into the shed and began to steal hay. lots of hay. >> what do you make of this? >> i don't know. >> reporter: after months of investigation, police have a suspect. charged in the case, 49-year-old kellene davis. he is a alone on the d.c. fire department. she is stationed at truck 15 on rhode island avenue. a couple years ago she boarded horses here but then she moved them away. she is charged with burglary. malicious destruction of property, and the theft of hay. about 20 bales of hay. it sells for about $6 a bale. the fire department has placed lieutenant davis on administrative leave. now if she's convicted of all the charges against her, she could face a maximum penalty of

15 years in jail. live in prince george's county. pat collins, news4. three drivers are recovering in the hospital after a crash at rose croft raceway in prince george's county last night. the drivers were hurt when a lead horse took a bad step in a race causing seven horses to collide. one driver has three fractured vertebrae. another has a separated collar bone. a third suffered a cracked heel, a broken bone in his foot. no hurt horses were seriously injured. a local taekwondo struggler has been indicted for inappropriate sexual contact with a minor and possession of child porn. police say 38-year-old quyen vinh phan le had contact with at least two victims between 2003 and 2008 both were under the age of 18 and police believe the contact occurred at the university of martial arts in springfield and the suspect's home. a new study out says washington does not have the worst traffic in the nation and

neither do new york or los angeles. in fact, honolulu has the country's worst traffic. that's according to the traffic tracker website. l.a. came in second followed by san francisco, new york, and bridgeport, connecticut. the website says d.c. has the sixth worst traffic. meanwhile, the same website says d.c.'s traffic is getting better. the average driver spent 45 hours on the brakes last year. believe it or not, that's 11 hours less than in 2010. the study also found the worst time to be out on the roads in d.c. is between 5:45 and 6:00 on a thursday evening. that's because many folks in d.c. don't work on fridays. a fast forward through the headlines. a wood bridge teacher is charge with saub against a 10-year-old student. police say cynthia hall grabbed the boy this month. she works with emotionally challenged students at kerrydale elementary. >> a second aide who work on

vincent gray's campaign is facing corruption charges. they say howard brooks lied to investigators about giving payments to the mayoral campaign of sulaimon brown who in turn criticized the then mayor adrian fenty. yesterday gray's assistant treasurer thomas gore pleaded guilty to funneling money to brown and destroying evidence. >> the head of the montgomery county council wants answers after a dispatcher fell asleep on the job. he is calling for a written report and what's being done to make sure it doesn't happen again. the dispatcher was in his 17th hour of a 24-hour shift. up next, new at 5:00, a teen girl suspended from school because she tried to raise awareness about bullying. why her plan back fired. >> it is called mommy boot camp. parent are getting back in

today 80 veterans of world war ii were given a chance to see the monuments and memorials that honor their service and sacrifice. the veterans were brought to washington by a group call honor flight northwest ohio. the group brings world war ii vet to the capital several time a year to visit with each other. share their stories and see the memorials. most people think of babies and toddlers when they think of bringing a family through, building a family through adoption. but there are a lot of older kids out there searching for homes as well. >> ronald is one of those children. he said he's hoping for parents

who will care about him and help him reach his goals. barbara harrison shares his story in tonight's wednesday's child. >> there was a chef's coat, an apron and finally, him ready for his first lesson in cooking. can chef of the art institute of washington's culinary school was giving ronald an aspiring chef a lesson in pasta carbonara. his social worker marsha goodman said being a chef is one of the dreams he has for the future. but she said he would really like a future that would include an adoptive family. >> he really is a sweet kid. the thing that is so amazing about him speak really wants to do well. he really wants to be adopt. >> so you think you would like to be a chef. have you ever cook anything? >> uh-huh. >> what? >> i cook spa getty, eggs, omelettes, my own version of

jumbalaya. >> he is doing well in school and at 15, he says he has a few thing he would like to do someday. he wants to make a family proud of him and wants a family that cares. >> he needs the emotional support of a mom and a dad and that's really what he is for. he is a really good kid. >> when the pasta was done, he plated it, topped with it the egg and sprinkled it with more. >> that's your pasta carbonara. >> they had a cook book signed by all the teachers. the best part of having cook here was getting a taste of success. >> what do we think? >> scrumptious. >> news4 for wednesday's child of. >> that does look scrumptious. if you have a room in your home and your heart for ronald or another child waiting, please call our special adoption hotline at 1-88-to-adopt-me. >> when we come right back, a woman beaten so badly she need brain surgery.

why d.c. police banned her scientist husband from visiting her in the hospital. a look at the adorable new additions at the national zoo. here's doug. he's cute, too. >> thank you! out there, storm 4 radar showing the big time thunderstorms right along the eastern shore. tons of lightning here. back to the west right over the district and over toward the northern portions of fairfax county, including the children don area, arlington, alexander re, a all seeing big time storms. and then a flash flood warning for northern counties.

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d.c. police are investigating a serious attack that left a local woman hospitalized for weeks. her husband is a high profile scientist and there was a time when police appeared to consider him a suspect in this beating. they even barred him from her bedside. pete williams has the latest. >> reporter: it's been almost seven weeks since the brutal beating was discovered at the couple's apartment on cal rama road on northwest washington. now theville's husband is fighting for the right to stay with his wife in the hospital. david guggenheim said he rushed back to washington from several days of travel in early april after family members became concerned that his wife svetlana was not answering phone calls. >> i took the next train home in the morning and came home and found her lying on the bedroom floor. a lot of dried blood. she had been there a while.

a horrible black eye in her left eye. she was shaking. and incoherent. and it was horrible. >> reporter: david googlenheim is a prominent marine biologist. the ocean doctor, he calls himself, appearing recently on 60 minutes to dramatize threats to underwater life. >> critically endangered. pretty much the highest level of endangerment. >> reporter: he was a go-to expert in tweb's bp disaster in the gulf. >> this spill will move with the currents in the gulf of mexico. >> reporter: but now he is fighting for the right to stay with his wife as she recovers from the brutal attack that left her with a blood clot serious enough to require brain surgery. at first, he was by her hospital bedside almost constantly. but then he says washington, d.c. police suddenly block him from her room. local prosecutors claimed in court that, quote, it was miss googlen i'm's explicit wishes that plaintiff, her husband, not be permitted to have contact with her. then they had a note from a

nurse who said mrs. googlenheim indicated it was her husband who attack her but they say they has no memory of who attack her. familiar police have since allowed her husband to resume the hospital visits. >> she would know i would never do that. even if she didn't remember, she would know there is no way i could possibly have done something like this. >> reporter: he insists he has the receipts to prove that he was traveling and was out of town when his wife was attacked. and says he is offered them to police who told him to hang on to them. >> a combination of the husband' records and surveillance cameras from the apartment should then authorities rule hill out as long as they have a tight, tight frame frame of when the assault took place. >> they said the investigation is continuing but they have been allowing david guggenheim to

visit since late last week. >> he says police did search his apartment. they took a the love electronic including a cell phone and a computer. turning to the weather, strong storms roll through our region. >> let's get the latest from doug. >> they're rolling through in a big way. the radar is showing where these storms are. you can see a lot of them toward the eastern shore, then back across the metro area and then back to the south including a brand new storm that just popped up to the north and west of fredericksburg. that one producing a ton of line. let's zoom in along the 66 corridor. right through portions of manassas and then back through fairfax and this storm right here, a ton of lightning and very heavy rain right now. just around the falls church area. this is around the clarendon area. at love lightning, also northwest washington has seen a lot of lightning and a lot of storms coming through that area with a lot of rain. these are dumping about an inch to an inch and a half of rain in

about an hour. watch out for some localized flooding. and speaking of flooding, we've seen northern prince william county get hammered over the past two to three days and once again, getting hal werd a lot of rain. not just a lot of rain but take a look. i've turned the lightning off on these because there is too much lightning to show you. you won't be able to see the cities. notice when i take it off, this is where we're seeing that flash flood warning. the third day in a row we've seen a flash flood warning in prince william county. we have it again. also including the southern portions, right along bull run. if you live in an area that was flooded, this could be near your area to the north and west of manassas. toward berryville. this line of storm along 255 moving over toward portions of jefferson county. that is a very strong line and down toward middleburg, and then we go down to the south. more storms to the south and west culpepper. this is a big storm here. a lot of lightning.

but more importantly, very heavy rain from these storms. never drive across flooded roads. we saw that happen the other day. all of these storms rotating around a much larger area of low pressure. we're going to continue to see that low pressure around the region for tomorrow, too. we could see a repeat performance as we move through day tomorrow. here is that frontal boundary. that little stationary front and the area of low pressure. once again we'll continue to watch it during the day tomorrow. but then things get a little bit better. what i mean, we dry out but we also get warm. there's one thing you want for memorial day week. you want it to feel like summer? this memorial day weekend you've got it. 89 on saturday. 90 on sunday. 92 on monday. memorial day. a heat index between 95 and 100. maybe a little too hot. >> i am not turning my air conditioning. on thank you, doug. trying to keep up with your workouts when you have kids can be tough. now there is a place you can be a mom and get some exercise at

the same time. we asked, what's your workout? >> mommy strong, come on! >> a mommy boot camp class and we incorporate everything. we do cardio drills, strength training, core work. we kind of cover it all. the whole idea is that your kids can be at class with you. they can be in a stroller, while we're working out in the studio. we have the play room. so what is a little different is that the kids enjoy coming. it makes it easier for mom to get to class and make the commitment to be healthy for her family. we did some partner high fives. we did burpies with the medicine ball. we did some partner calls where you're really trying to cheer your partner on to get some cardio in. we did some with the beener ball, some gloot work. we've been trying to get ready for the pools opening.

sometime i have first time moms showing up. they're worried what if my baby cries? it's no big deal. it's mommy boot camp. we've all been there. we have women with babies, kids in junior high. >> it is a hard workout. i tried a couple things that were just stroller or classes and this is more tough, more challenging. strong mom workout. >> you always feel nervous like leaving your children. this is something you can bring your child. it is guilt-free. >> i started coming after i had my third child and i felt like it has made me a better mom. it has given me more motivation. >> jump! >> the one thing we have in common is we're all women and we're all moms and we're here to support each other. we make it a fun environment for everyone. >> wow! mommy boot camp is not just for moms. dads can come for free on the weekends. to learn more about this, go to nbcwashington.com. >> but no crying. it's a quiet class. >> i would be crying.

the national zoo showed off two of its new additions. take a look. these cheetah cubs were born at a sony location in virginia. look at this one, a hungry little fellow. one cub was rejected by her mother. the other had to be delivered by emergency c-section. the cubs are about two pounds each but they will grow to be about 70 pounds. the female will be part of a breeding program. the male cub could make its public debut at the zoo by late summer. that is something to see. >> sweet! my goodness. coming up, it's movie night for the family. details on the free screenings across our area. coming up, police know who killed an american university professor but they can't get to him. the form he first lady nancy reagan took a nasty fall. we'll tell but that. and we'll show you how you move a 6200 ton building.

some neighborhoods in our area are getting ready for an early start with outdoor movie screenings. o'near the avenue metro, you can catch the day after tomorrow near the navy yard metro tomorrow. they're playing lara croft tomb

raider and on friday, the national harbor kicks off with legally blond two. you can see a full schedule on our website. nbc washington.com. just search movies. there is a saying, no good deed goes unpunished. a girl in new york you suspended from her high school after trying to fight bullying. >> the school says she went too far. >> reporter: 12-year-old haley bennett's facebook page was full of hateful messages like shut up already. you smell bad. and no one pities you. a depressed bennett posted, i hate myself. a heart display of cyber bullying. except it was all fake. 15-year-old freshman jessica barbara said she made up the girl and created the phony know to raise awareness about bullying as part of a class project. jessica also made this

six-minute youtube video showing the fictional haley bennett facing physical violence and torment day after day until she finally committed suicide. the video ened with the message, speak up, speak out. bullying is 100% preventable. >> i was so excited. i would work on it so hard for the two days straight that i work on it. just to make sure it was done and made sure it had a good message in it. >> reporter: but jessica's good message got a bad reaction of jessica's family says that a concerned parent saw the facebook page and not realizing it was fake, call police who contacted the school. the family says school officials then suspended jessica for five days. even after she explained that it was an anti-bullying project. telling her, she says, she had created a disruption at the school. >> i started hysterically crying. i could not believe that i was getting in trouble for something that i work so hard on and the only intent of it was good. >> reporter: jessica says the

school demanded her facebook password and took the page down. she said both the facebook page and the video contained clear disclaimers saying the girl and her story were fake. cyber bullying is a very real problem. in the last few years, several teens have committed suicide after facing relentless tauning online. >> they've been teefg us since we were in kindergarten that you treat people the way you want to be treated and not to bully. i make some type of movement in it and i get punished for it. >> now at 6:00, our storm watch continues as rain washes over parts of our area. a second campaign aide to vincent gray talks about lying and the scandal is up the mayor's office. a local teacher is charged with assaulting a student. and strong storms out there. >> we've had back to back storms