i'm jim vance. >> i'm doreen gentzler. the trial recounted the most intimate details of john edwards' affair with his pregnant mistress but today a mistrial was declared. the jury found the former presidential candidate not guilty of one of the criminal charges against him. they were dead locked on the other five counts. we'll go to greensboro, north carolina for the latest on what has happened today in the john edwards trial. again, a mistrial declared in that situation. chris has been covering the case since it got under way in greensboro, north carolina and he is ready now in greensboro with the very latest. >> reporter: good evening. after deliberating nine days the jury announced today it reached a verdict in the trial of former presidential candidate john edwards. only one verdict but a verdict that gave edwards plenty of relief. a win for john edwards in his campaign corruption trial.

the jury finding him not guilty on one of six charges he faced and dead locked on the other five. judge katherine eagles has declared a mistrial and for now edwards is free again. >> thank goodness we live in a country that has the kind of system we have. i think those jurors were an exemplar for what juries are supposed to do. >> reporter: repeating the refrain from the early days of the case edwards also blamed only himself. >> while i do not believe i did anything illegal, or ever thought i was doing anything illegal, i did an awful, awful lot that was wrong. there is no one else responsible for my sins. >> reporter: the jury decision came after a bizarre twist earlier in the day after telling the judge they had reached a verdict the jury of eight men and four women surprised the courtroom with the announcement they only had a unanimous decision on only one count. edwards' lawyers immediately

asked for a mistrial citing the jury's inability to reach a unanimous verdict on the other charges. but judge eagles disagreed and gave the jury more time, sending them back for what turned out to be another hour of deliberations before the final decision to acquit on the one count and dead locked on the others. edwards was charged with using nearly $1 million secretly provided by two wealthy donors during the 2008 democratic presidential primaries to hide his mistress and illegitimate child. government prosecutors still have the final say on whether to retry edwards on those five remaining charges but legal experts have said all along they'd be very surprised if they do. in greensboro, north carolina, i'm chris clackum. now back to you. >> chris, is there any kind of time limit on how long the prosecutors have to decide whether they will retry or not? >> doreen, they have to decide that within 30 to 60 days, so

look for a decision and a lot of people are not going to be very surprised by a very quick decision on that front. >> all right. chris clackum reporting from greensboro, north carolina. thank you. thousands of people today in the washington convention center with the opportunity to say good-bye to chuck brown better known as the godfather of go-go. ♪ ♪ >> this afternoon's home going service for chuck brown was a chance for fans to mourn and celebrate. it was the celebration, though, of the music and the spirit that he shared with the world. derrick ward at convention center now with more. >> reporter: well, indeed, jim. you know, on the official documents this was called the funeral. the first actually ever here at the convention center. but if you were inside it was a totally different mood. you called it right. you said home going service. it was more about celebrating

chuck brown's life than it was about dwelling on the circumstances of his passing. ♪ ♪ >> the mood for the afternoon a round of go-go and some of the personal fafts of chuck brown. >> chuck was always about d.c. >> reporter: in a few minutes it was gospel go-go again. ♪ >> reporter: it was truly a home going service with brown in death as in life still front and center. physically, and in the hearts of other go-go pioneers. >> it's hours, our own thing, our own situation. it's the way we'd like to do it, everything about the feel of go-go is the way we like it. >> it may be d.c.'s but it's been shared all over. >> a tricky thing but once you hear the go-go music, new york, richmond, surrounding counties, once they hear the beat they're

into go-go. >> it would be others not known for carrying tunes who would nonetheless sing his praises. >> it was a man who knew how to put on a concert, right? he was a man who was absolutely great at his talent. and he was one of the most humble people that i ever met in this entire city. >> chuck brown was about teaching people and reaching people. letting them know that they could be anything that they wanted to be. >> reporter: it was a truly unique service. how many funerals have you been to where there was comic relief? >> i smell moth balls. >> reporter: but it was what chuck brown would have wanted. >> one thing he didn't want you doing was crying. like people would say i'm strong. it's just only god. that's the reason why i can stand up here without breaking down. but i miss my father. i love y'all for loving my

father. y'all called him chuck baby but we're chuck's babies. >> reporter: chuck brown's last show perhaps the only one in which he didn't sing or play a note got rave reviews. >> beyond any show i've ever been to for a person that's passed on. this is amazing. >> reporter: now, there was already talk about what chuck brown's legacy will be beyond the ceremony today. there's already the chuck brown foundation and delegate eleanor holmes norton says she will introduce legislation to create a chuck brown day on his birthday in august and made a great pledge to open a park in chuck brown's name as well. at the convention center derrick ward, news 4. charges have been dropped against a man being held in one of montgomery county's oldest cold cases. bobby coley was jailed late tuesday after being linked to a murder for hire case from 1975. coley discovered there was a warrant out for his arrest when he was applying for a job. he was taken into custody when he went to the sheriff's office to clear the issue up. today the montgomery county state's attorney dropped the

charges against coley saying there is not enough evidence to proceed at this time. coley is expected to be released within the next few hours. former d.c. councilman harry thomas jr. will have to repay the city $353,000. a federal court judge set that amount in an opinion delivered today. the judge decided thomas did not have to repay another $90,000 used for a 2009 inaugural ball. the money was diverted from a city drug program at thomas's direction. thomas was sentenced to more than three years in prison earlier this month for using city funds to support a lavish lifestyle. today there were some tough new campaign attacks from both mitt romney and president obama's re-election teams. but there also was a reminder of a common bond among the men who have won election to the white house. steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: a picture of bipartisanship. president obama hosted both presidents bush 41 and 43 and

their wives at the white house. for the unveiling of george w. bush's portraits. >> behave yourselves. >> reporter: he paid tribute to his dad. >> i am honored to be hanging near a man who gave me the greatest gift possible -- unconditional love. and that would be number 41. >> reporter: president obama paid tribute to his predecessor. >> president bush understood that rescuing our economy was not just a democratic or republican issue. >> reporter: but the president's campaign team had opened a new attack on the republican running to be president. mitt romney charges the new obama video failed as massachusetts governor. >> governor romney's plan for america right now is the same plan that he sold to the people of massachusetts in 2002. >> top obama adviser david axelrod went to romney's home turf, boston. >> romney economics didn't work then and it won't work now. >> reporter: mitt romney meanwhile made his own partisan

play in california showing up at solyndra, the solar energy firm that went bankrupt after investors contributed to the obama campaign and got a half billion in obama stimulus funds. >> the free enterprise to the president means taking money from taxpayers and giving it freely to his friends. >> reporter: romney said when he left office in massachusetts unemployment was 4.7%. >> i think 4.7% is a pretty good number. >> reporter: back to the battle so much for warm, bipartisan nostalgia. today's nbc news/marist poll finds president obama ahead now with 48% in florida, virginia, and ohio. mitt romney just four to six points back in the key battleground states. i'm steve handelsman, news 4. after one of the worst days of the year on wall street stocks did not fare much better today. discouraging numbers on jobs and economic growth dragged on the markets. the dow lost 26 points and closed at 12,393.

the nasdaq dropped ten and the s&p lost three points. this has been the worst month of may for the markets since the year 2010. a partial victory today for same sex couples looking for the same rights as other couples. federal appeals court in boston ruled that the defense of marriage act was unconstitutional. that law was passed in 1996. the appeals court ruled that the law interferes with the state's right to define marriage. it also denies gay couples federal benefits given to straight couples. the issue will now go on to the supreme court. justices could take it up as soon as their next session. one lane of connecticut avenue is open in the dupont circle area after a water main break this morning. repairs to the 12-inch line are expected to be completed around 9:00 p.m. water from the break forced street and building closures and snarled traffic this morning. n street remains closed. water service is expected to be

restored to 35 affected buildings sometime early this evening. an extensive truck inspection today in fairfax county. law enforcement officers from eight agencies set up along route 28. trucks were pulled over and examined top to bottom for any violations. 110 trucks inspected. 40 were taken out of service. >> we've seen a number of violations today, everything from steering to brakes to licensure violations, people driving who shouldn't be. we even had one person who had been drinking alcohol. >> the county says it conducts the sweeping inspections once or twice a year in an effort to keep the roads safe. >> it's been a simply gorgeous day today. a nice break from the humidity and the rain. and it's tough to keep doug kammerer inside on a day like today. he is out in herndon kicking off his back yard weather summer series. hey, doug. >> hi, doreen. i know how excited you are to learn i went to intermediate school right down here.

high school right down here. and i think i had my first kiss around this corner. >> tmi. tmi, doug. >> just making sure you were ready for that kind of stuff. we are here in herndon. again the herndon festival the 32nd annual, what a day we have out here to kick off a great weekend here. let's look and show you what is happening out there temperaturewise. you know it is a nice afternoon. current temperature right now in the city is sitting at 84 degrees. look at the radar. nothing on radar. we'll zoom right down to herndon right on elton street where we are right now down in downtown herndon around the herndon depot. take a look at the temperatures around the region. currently 83 at the airport. 79 in gaithersburg. 79 in leesburg. back to the north and west 77 degrees coming in right now in hagersto hagerstown. the storm 4 radar showing the storms and the big storms back to the west. we're going to watch that entire storm system move our way and, guys, we have a chance for dangerous weather here tomorrow. i'll come back in a little bit and we'll break it down. i'll show you when i think we could see the strongest storms

coming up in my full weather in just a minute. coming up road rage caught on camera. >> you are driving [ bleep ] wrecklessly. >> newly released video launches another secret service investigation. a cheap bus ride could be dangerous and now the government is cracking down on some east coast bus companies. a teenager was hit and killed by a train and it appears her death could have been prevented. it was a splash down for the spacex dragon.

rebels posted a youtube video today giving the syrian president 48 hours to implement a cease-fire. otherwise they say they will defend civilians from attacks such as the one last week when more than 100 people were killed. an 11-year-old survivor described the massacre in a skype interview with the

associated press. the boy says the gunmen arrived in tanks, shot his mother before killing the rest of his family. he says he fell on the floor and soaked his clothing in his brother's blood to trick the killers into thinking he was also dead. the secret service agent is on paid leave after being seen driving err at cli on a busy highway in charlotte, north carolina. it happened last sunday. that agent was allegedly going about 80 miles an hour in a 55-mile-per-hour zone. another driver captured the incident on his cell phone camera. >> he slammed on his brakes. look. on the [ bleep ] interstate. why the hell would you do that? dude. you're driving sowrecklessly. >> now he is pulling the guy over. he got in front of the guy, slammed on his brakes. >> the agent in charge of the charlotte office tells our affiliate that the employee was on duty in a secret service vehicle and the agency's internal affairs unit in d.c. is investigating to see if there was any misconduct.

the secret service will not identify the agent involved. after several deadly accidents over the past year the government took action today and shut down 26 of those bargain bus lines. the department of transportation said all the companies had a blatant disregard for the safety of their passengers. brian mohr has our report. >> reporter: after a series of deadly crashes, the federal government is slamming the brakes on more than two dozen bargain bus companies. it is the largest motor carrier crackdown in u.s. history. transportation secretary ray lahood has declared the bus lines an imminent hazard to public safety. >> by ignoring safety rules these operators put both passengers and other motorists at serious risk and shutting them down will save lives. >> reporter: new york senator chuck schumer has introduced legislation to make it harder for rogue carriers to operate. >> if you put profit ahead of passenger safety you'll get

caught and shut down. >> reporter: the announcement comes one year to the day after a new york bound sky express bus crashed outside of richmond killing four people and injuring 50 others. when the accident happened the government was in the process of ordering sky express off the road but the company was appealing. two months earlier, 15 people were killed in a similar bus accident in the bronx. an estimated 1800 passengers ride low cost buses every day along the i-95 corridor from florida to new york but an industry group says the bargains may come at a price. >> the good companies rest their drivers. they perform the proper maintenance on their equipment. they do all of the right things. the bad companies cut corners and unfortunately sometimes they kill people. >> reporter: for bargain bus companies, new rules of the road. and those new rules will prohibit the companies being shut down from simply restarting with new names.

brian mohr, nbc news, washington. doug is back live in herndon, virginia celebrating a beautiful day. the timing worked out perfectly. didn't it, doug? >> reporter: it really did. we were here last year on a friday. we had great weather on that friday. but this weather on friday is going to be a little bit different. right now thursday beautiful weather. we've got plenty of sunshine. the fair officially kicked off. the festival officially kicked off at 6:00 tonight. you can see a lot of people out here walking around. take a look down this way. this is where all of the people are right on down there including that guy that just got out of the way of the camera. take a look. everybody getting into the carnival rides right on through the rest of the night. with me right now by the way. again i know you'll love this. i went to high school with a girl and her brother is now the mayor of herndon. how about that? >> not too shabby. >> the acting mayor. worked that in again. steve, talk to me about the

festival. >> it is a great time. there is something for everyone here. a craft show on saturday and sunday. business expo and then a huge variety of food, music, other entertainment, and then of course the rides and the games. >> and happening right downtown in herndon right by the herndon depot this is going to be a real good place for people to get together. >> absolutely. we've got some weather coming in, the potential for severe weather tomorrow night. what are your plans as far as that goes? >> if it's just rain the festival goes on in the rain. a thunderstorm is a different story. that would delay things. check out that information on the town's facebook page or on herndon festivals.net. >> okay. thank you very much mr. mayor. tell your sister i said hello. we'll take a look and show you what is happening right now. weatherwise a beautiful afternoon with temperatures in the 70s for the most part. high temperature though 85 at the airport. the average high 80. well above average. and monthly rainfall over 3 inches but still a little bit of a deficit. we continue to see that happening but tomorrow may just make up for a little bit of that. current temperature right now 83 degrees with winds out of the

north at 8 miles per hour. plenty of sunshine out here and again just about as perfect as you can get for a thursday night the end of may. as far as temperatures go around the rest of the region we're in the 70s to the north and west. 79 in gaithersburg and leesburg. 77 in winchester down toward the shore down toward the chesapeake bay and sitting right now at 82 down toward pax river and toward easton. storm 4 radar all clear right now across our area. watch what happens when we widen out. that is where we're looking at the very strong thunderstorms now through central indiana and then down through mississippi a long line of thunderstorms and that energy will move our way during the day tomorrow. so right now the chance of severe weather just down to our south and west but tochl that includes the entire mid-atlantic and i think it will be late in the day. most of the day should be okay with a few showers. hour by hour starting tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. we'll start to see the clouds roll in here overnight tonight and in through

the early morning hours tomorrow but then the showers start to kick in during the afternoon and watch this. by around 5:00, 6:00 that is when we start to see some of the thunderstorms breaking out across the region. some of those strong but it is when the line comes through between 9:00 and say 11:00 or even midnight that we do have the best chance for some of that severe weather so please watch out and keep it right here at nbc 4 for the latest. this evening temperatures are either going to be quite nice, 71 to about 77 degrees under mostly clear skies. feeling good out there. tomorrow morning, temperatures also feeling pretty good. 58 to 69 degrees under mostly cloudy skies with isolated showers. tomorrow afternoon, well, tomorrow afternoon things go down hill and could go down hill quickly with showers on the increase. some of those storms will be severe i think. temperatures 80 to 87 degrees. and as we get through the next couple days we're looking at a high temperature in the 70s for this weekend but right now saturday and sunday looking very, very good. i think we'll see sunshine both saturday and sunday. monday through wednesday, however, even through thursday, could be a chance for some more

rain. we'll talk more about that but of course the big story is what happens tomorrow. live out here right now at the herndon festival where everybody is having a great time i'm meteorologist doug kammerer all right. everybody, and especially you, thank you, doug. we'll check back with you in a few minutes. coming up the big apple trying to down size by proposing a ban on some sugary drinks. in sports coming up, skins locked up one of the

violent incident played out yesterday in front of neighbors in prince george's county. police say a man assaulted his wife and then killed himself. >> the woman was fortunate to escape but these incidents don't always end that way. darcy spencer has more on the fight to fund domestic violence programs. >> reporter: on lorraine drive in temple hills wednesday afternoon police say a man shot and killed himself and set his

house on fire after assaulting his wife. his wife and two small children escaped without serious injuries thanks to neighbors who took them away after they begged for help. >> thank god for her neighbors who were not afraid to get involved. they would not be alive if those neighbors had not come to their rescue. >> reporter: prince george's county state's attorney angela alsobrooks says many times these incidents of domestic violence turn deadly for women and sometimes children. >> that is not always the case. we have so many citizens reluctant to get involved as witnesses to help protect and save their neighbors. we need everybody to get involved. >> reporter: the incident highlights the issue of domestic violence. statistics show one in four women will become a victim in her lifetime. advocates say it is important that the violence against women act be reauthorized in congress so the limited resources are not lost. >> we found that how the act has worked in the past has helped us to be able to do all of that and to get really to a better place as a community and specifically

for women. >> reporter: in prince george's county there is only one shelter for abused women. after 90 days they have to leave. >> there is no housing. there is no place for them to go. that shelter is sometimes the difference between them being in a place or being homeless. >> delegate joleen ivy says a recent experience opened her eyes and she says there needs to be more training for judges and those in the legal system. >> when i go to a hearing with a woman, and i hear the judge tell her and her husband who's been abusing her for 25 years, you guys go home and work it out, i'm horrified. >> darcy spencer, news 4. >> we're following breaking news now of the john edwards corruption case in north carolina ending with a mistrial. jurors today found him not guilty of one count of accepting illegal campaign contributions. they were dead locked on all of the other five charges. afterwards, edwards said while he was not believing he did anything illegal he admits he

did a lot of things that were wrong. a teenager was struck and killed by a freight train last night in riverdale park and police say she never even saw it coming. she was walking along the railroad tracks near lafayette avenue and queensbury road when she was hit from behind. pat collins spoke to her father today about a tragedy that could have been prevented. >> reporter: from the time she was just a little baby girl, her father says he knew there was something special about mary kaitlyn gaffaney, why she almost became a cover girl for a diaper company. >> she was about 1 to 2 years old. they called her a china doll because of her looks and she actually almost became the huggies, the diaper baby. >> reporter: as she grew older her father says mary had some issues but he says she worked her way through it. in fact, recently she talked about going to college and becoming a mechanical engineer and designing motorcycles.

he says she had many talents. >> she was a beautiful girl. very talented singer. very talented artist. extremely smart. >> reporter: but all of mary's dreams came to a sudden end last night. along these railroad tracks in riverdale. police tell the story this way. it was around midnight. she was on her way to see her boyfriend. she decided to take a short cut, walking down the center of the northbound tracks. a freight train came along. it was going about 35 miles an hour. the engineer told police he did everything he could to warn mary but she was wearing head phones. she had no idea the train was coming up from behind. mary kaitlyn gaffaney dead at age 17. experts say a freight train going about 35 miles per hour takes about eight football

fields to come to a stop. prince george's county police described this as a tragic accident. in riverdale park, pat collins, news 4. for the third year in a row tuition is going up at maryland's public universities. the board of regents has approved a 3% tuition hike for most in state students. for students at the university of maryland college park, that means an extra $250. tuition and fees will now total $8,900 in 2013. out of state students will see a 5% tuition increase. a former executive has filed a $2 million lawsuit against a prestigious private school in bethesda. timothy harrison is the former director of the office of finance and operations at the landon school. he is suing for wrongful termination. he claims he was fired for reporting discrimination against

hispanic maintenance workers. the workers claimed they were abused and called ethnic slurs. landon school officials released a statement calling the allegations in the lawsuit in their words inaccurate and misleading. by the end of the night we'll have a new winner of the scripps national spelling bee. it won't be a 6-year-old protege from woodbridge, virginia but she is already looking forward to next year. erika gonzalez was there for lori anne madison's news conference. >> reporter: she is just 6 years old and sharp as a tack. >> i mean, it was exciting until the point when i misspelled that word. i was stressed out and after i got eliminated i mean all the other kids were stressed out too and they were tired after the long wait. and so was i. that's the same thing. the long wait i was like so bored and then i got stressed out and i misspelled. >> woodbridge native and the youngest contestant to ever compete in the scripps national spelling bee lori anne madison

didn't make it to tonight's finals. she got her first word right but the second was the clincher. >> e-n-g-l-u-v-i-e-s. >> that is incorrect. >> reporter: earlier today she entertained questions from the media by pulling business cards from this bee hat. her intelligence and eloquence speak for themselves. >> and what do you want to do when you grow up? >> i want to be an astro biologist. speaking of that i got an e-mail invitation that i saw on my mom's blackberry to go to a real astro biology lab. >> reporter: but where does she get it from? >> because my mom is smart. and that's pretty much why. i don't know any other reasons. >> reporter: she studied as much as she could but says the words are getting harder every year. and even joked about the words previous win wrers given.

>> some of them went on therapy. i mean come on. >> reporter: lori anne says she will no doubt be back next year although she won't be the youngest she says because then by then she'll be 7 of course. at the national harbor erika gonzalez news 4. >> almost old enough to drive. >> we'll see more of her i'm sure. >> incredible. coming up something that has not been done in decades. we'll tell you about a splash landing for a spacecraft. >> and doug is still hanging out in herndon. now what? >> you know what, doreen? it is the wild bill soda pop stand. i tell you what, they got the best stuff right here. coming back we'll talk more about the herndon festival plus the chances of severe weather during the day tomorrow. you don't want to miss my

mayor bloomberg up in new york wants to stop people from buying super sized sodas and other sugary drinks. the mayor proposed a ban on selling sugary drinks over 16

ounces at restaurants, sports venues, theaters, too. he says the ban will help fight obesity. large diet sodas and drinks made with milk would still be allowed if it's brewed by the city board of health. the ban could take effect as early as march. the plan is drawing strong opposition from the beverage companies. >> here is a blast from the past. we haven't seen a space capsule splash down in the ocean since the 1970s. today as the dragon x capsule returned from the international space station we went back to the future. nasa hopes this is the first of many missions for private rockets in the post shuttle era. >> we're seeing three main chutes. >> reporter: splashdown, a privately owned space capsule, finishes an historic mission to the international space station. california based spacex corporation's dragon capsule made a successful re-entry back to earth this morning splashing down in the pacific ocean some 400 miles off los angeles.

>> this is mission control houston. dragon is free now. the r & b moved back official time 4:49 a.m. central time. >> hours earlier dragon detached from the international space station's robotic arm after spending six days attached to the iss, a first for a privately owned company. dragon lifted off from cape canaveral last tuesday to show nasa and the world it could bring cargo, eventually astronauts, to and from the space station, a needed job in nasa's new post shuttle era. even before getting dragon back to earth, spacex declared the historic mission a success. >> the ability to get to space station on our first time, to not only rendevous, transfer cargo, depart safely, major mission objectives. we would call that mission alone a success. >> reporter: with dragon back to earth the work is not yet over for spacex. the company plans to show nasa how fast it can return both high value experiments and standard cargo back from the capsule in

record time. but as for the capsule itself, it will not be flying again. nasa's contract with spacex is for a new dragon each flight but spacex does have special plans for this first one. >> it will be on display for its history making aspects of this mission. >> reporter: a mission toward the future of american space flight. here is a look at what we're working on in sports next. skins got one of their rookie quarterbacks into the fold. celtics put up a fight.

doug kammerer live here at the herndon festival the 32 annual on a beautiful night. a lot of people coming out. it's all the way through the weekend through friday, saturday, and sunday. i found a buddy. this guy right here used to be a childhood friend. this is nathan evans. he said he always wanted to say hi to jim and doreen. so i got to give my friend a

good chance. here you go. >> mr. vance, ms. gentzler nice to see you. jim, you'll like this. have i got some stories for you. >> no, no. >> we need to talk, dude. we need to talk. >> anyway, so i want to talk a little bit about the weather coming up over the next couple days. you're never coming on tv with me again. right now we have temperatures that are on the good side but notice this is tomorrow. future weather forecast showing you about the storms. tomorrow morning, a few showers but i think we'll be a-okay. most of us will be on the dry side. through the rest of the afternoon here around 3:00, we start to see some shower activity moving in. and then by tomorrow evening, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00. some of those may be severe. this could be a dangerous situation as we move on through the line of thunderstorms coming through the metro area potentially between 9:00 and say midnight tomorrow night. if you have plans to be out and about tomorrow night that includes here at the herndon festival you really want to stay tuned to the forecast.

we'll keep you up with the latest. on nbc washington.com and also facebook and twitter. once again a great day today. saturday and sunday also looking great. we're just worried a little bit about tomorrow. >> that's what you need to worry about. >> you tell your buddy nathan we'd love to talk and, you know, he probably knows the mayor's sister, too. we'd like to hear from her as well. >> no, no! i don't know anybody out here, doreen. >> as long as you're going to keep telling us about all your connections out in herndon, you know, we might as well get the full story, doug. >> all right. exactly. >> all right. we'll check you in a few minutes. dan isn't here. vance has got the sports. we're talking about football on a beautiful may day like this. >> it's otas out at redskins park. >> oh, yeah, yeah. >> the deal is they were all there. don't you know the coach loves that most of all? second week as a matter of fact of organized team activities.

spotlight of course on robert griffin iii. spotlight is always on him isn't it? he says he is getting more comfortable with the offense every day. did you know though he hasn't signed yet? >> what? >> today was fellow rookie kirk cousins who did sign. of course he did. cousins signed his contract this morning. team even tweeted out a picture of him doing so. his agent says it's the four-year, $2.5 million range. then he hit the field. he took most of the snaps with second team offense. cousins is a fourth-round draft pick. came out of michigan state. in fact, he owns most of the spartans' passing records up there. while he understands rg iii is the team quarterback of the future, cousins says i ain't no punk. i'm ready to compete. >> to be able to go in there this morning and sign a contract is something i'd never done before and certainly something you dream of being able to do becoming a professional athlete and another step in the direction i want to go which is to become a great nfl quarterback. >> i like the way he works.

i like it they're studying together, nfl defenses, all the different terminology they're not used to. so it is an ongoing process. it is the hardest class we've ever had and there is only one way you get it. and that is to work at it and both are working extremely hard. >> he did not say i ain't no punk. those are my words. all right? but he's not. you saw his eyes? he ain't no punk. baseball now. nationals are off today. they could use time to recuperate. they ain't no punks either. henry rodriguez the latest to make the injury list slammed his hand in a bathroom door. come on, man. >> ouch. >> yeah. last night it was the marlins' pitching that slammed the door on the nationals' bats. got their 21st win in the month of may. that ain't bad. getting his first start of the season, bottom of the second, tied at one. bases loaded. flies into right. the grab, coming home, the tag. double play. get out of a bases loaded jam.

top of the five now. bryce harper trying to extend his nine-game hitting streak. lines it out to second. great stop by omar infante. hitless for the night. streak is over. bottom of the seventh miami up 4-3. creams this one. 413 feet. that ain't bad. just 13th home run of the year. 12 of them in the month of may. he gives the marlins a three-game sweep of the nats. nats just now a half game in front of miami in the nl east. here is manager davy johnson. >> i like our chances if we can stay within one run every time, you know, we give up the home run to win the big guys. and one run is easier to come by, too, and we -- but we make mistakes and pay the penalty. so we're getting there. it's not fun to get swept. but, you know, we'll show up friday. >> good for him. we've done some sweeping of our own.

that is fun when you do the sweeping. nba action. don't you love playoff basketball? miami heat two up now in the eastern conference finals despite an incredible effort from rajon rondo. boy he played all 53 minutes because it was overtime. scored 44 points. grabbed ten rebounds. in the end it simply was not enough to counter lebron and wade, a heck of a combination. he came out on top 115-111 in overtime. he was actually down 15 before he took over in the fourth quarter. final minutes now boston down three. celtics passed the ball around. ends up in the hands of ray allen. wide open. three-pointer. it's good. game goes to overtime. tied at 99. now we're tied at 101. rajon rondo with the ball. shot clock winding down. toe on the line. jumper good. rondo and the celtics appear to be taking control. now we're tied at 105. rondo again. watch this now. strong drive. to the hoop. acrobatic shot. oh, well. never mind. whatever it is.

two-point lead. final minutes now. here's -- there it goes. did they call that foul? look at that. now that is a foul. they call it. 23 points for wade. he goes up four. they hold on to win, 115-111. they're unhappy but, you know, can't win them all. we go to the courts now. pick something up. defending champion rafael nadal living up to his nickname. the baddest dude on clay ever. he beat dennis isteman today to advance to the third round. do you know he is 46-1 before today? we'll pick this one up in the third set. serving in the far court, trading groundstrokes. and then watch this now. good-bye. case closed. go home. get off the court. fires off a forehand. nobody does that like him. third set up five games. nadal serving again.

shot returns. good placement right there into the corner. can't even reach it. 2-2-0 was nadal. 47-1 his opponent. his next poenlt is some dude named eduardo shonk from argentina. andy had a tough time. he had a bad back today. back spasms. i mean this guy was really in pain. he says he was close to calling it quits at one point. you know how it is when your back is off. everything is gone. nothing worked out. back did loosen up after a while. he rebounded, and won. he goes on to the third round. we need to point out also by the way that john isner lost today. another of those marathoners that he is used to. remember the one he got into in wimbledon two years ago? >> oh, yes. >> did it again today but he lost. 18-16 in the fifth round. there are no more americans now, no more american men in the

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okay. back out to the prince of herndon, the herndon festival. is that a new shirt you're wearing, doug? >> you noticed the shirt. >> i did. >> check it out. >> it's not a sports shirt is it? >> i had to borrow from hellie. no. it's a weather shirt. storm team 4. >> very nice. >> i have one for you and for, actually, i didn't get enough for anybody else. but trust me. they're here now. yes i don't have to wear dan's shirts anymore. that is a good thing. i want to show you the forecast the next couple days. tomorrow again a chance for severe weather. watch out for that. stay tuned to abc 4. we'll give you the latest there. this weekend looking great. i think we'll see some clouds time to time but a lot of sunshine with temperatures into the 70s and then next week i think we have a pretty good chance of being in a fairly unsettled pattern which is cooler and with some shower activity. this was our back yard weather and we want to come to your back yard. send us pictures of the yard and let us know why you'd like to come out. whether@nbc washington.com. that's it, guys. we're done. >> thanks. >> we'll see you later.

thanks, doug. a team of journalists in southeastern finland had an angry bird encounter that had nothing to do with a computer game or the little pigs. they stopped to shoot this colorful creature they spotted on the side of the road. a wild grouse. but the bird apparently didn't like having visitors in its territory. look at this. it makes warning noises then started attacking the tires of the group's car. the bird chased after them and the vehicle rolled away. the journalists did have the good sense to stay in the car. i wouldn't mess with that bird. >> i