but hurry. this incredible offer ends june 2nd. call 1.888.get.fios. fios. a network ahead. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. tonight, there's breaking news in maryland, where five children were injured after being run over in a driveway.

shomari stone is on hannon street in the lewisdale section of hyattsville now. shomari? >> reporter: well, jim, we were the first to arrive on scene, the first news crew, and that scene was chaotic. the children were crushed. and right now i just got an update. they are in critical condition. let me move out of the way real quick for you. you can see, as my photographer zooms in, there are a lot of investigators out here still gathering details. talking to witnesses. many people are obviously upset. now, there was a woman who immediately ran across the street when this all happened. let's take a look at her cell phone video right now. investigators told me the five kids were playing at a house in the lewisdale section of hyattsville. a mother of at least one of the kids gets in her ford expedition suv, reverses, driving over the kids, crushing them. police say the suv was lodged in the garage when they arrived at this chaotic scene. now, medics transported the kids to children's hospital, and there's different children -- i mean there's different parents

for different kids here. the woman who was in that suv, she is the mother of at least one of the kids. and their parents are now with them at the hospital. let's take a look at the video we recorded. police are interviewing witnesses. i asked detectives about the woman's demeanor. was she nonchalant? was she sad? what was her demeanor? they would not comment on that. i asked detectives if this was an accident. i talked to a witness, and he believes it was. however, detectives would not confirm that. i also asked if this woman was arrested. there was a woman put into the back of a squad car, and police drove her away. they would not confirm if this was the woman who drove over these children. now, in case is still under investigation. back out here live, there are a lot of folks out here still gathering details behind me. more detectives arrived on the scene, and they're trying to figure out if this was an accident, what exactly led up to this incident. live here in the lewisdale section of hyattsville, i'm shomari stone, news 4. >> shomari, thank you. now to laurel, where a fight inside a bar spilled out into the street.

two people were stabbed just after 7:00 tonight at the starting gate bar and lounge on laurel fort meade road. police sigh the guys who were stabbed weren't hurt badly and chased the suspect across the street into a nearby shopping plaza with a pool stick. that's where they held him down until police got there. >> it doesn't happen often much here, but you know, this neighborhood is getting kind of bad. they do need a little more security around this area. >> both of the victims are expected to be okay. all of the businesses are back open tonight. news 4 exclusive now. police have released a man they thought was responsible for one of the oldest cold case murders in montgomery county. bobby coley walked out of jail a free man. he was arrested earlier this week for the murder in 1975 of a man named leopold cromak. today the state's attorney said there was not enough evidence to charge him. >> 28 years ago you know where i

was at? 28 years ago you should have came and got me then. don't come and get me when i'm 63 years old and tell me i done did something 28 years ago. you know where i was at 28 years ago. >> coley was arrested tuesday when he walked into the sheriff's department to find out what was on a criminal background check that was keeping him from getting a job. let's go right to doug kammerer and the threat of storms for our friday. what's going on? >> well, doreen, a potential big threat for not only storms but maybe some severe weather too. out in right now storm 4 radar we are high and dry across the area but just down to our south and west we are starting to see some showers in through portions of virginia, even some thunderstorms down around charlottesville, down around richmond, and then farther to the south and west big-time thunderstorms still developing here. and all of this will make its way our way overnight tonight in through tomorrow morning. tomorrow you definitely want to stay tuned. we'll have the latest for you right here on nbc 4 all day. but tomorrow could be a very severe weather day. we'll talk more about that in my

full forecast coming up. >> thanks, doug. nearly 1,800 people ride on those affordable bus lines they call them every day. many of those people are picked up and dropped off right here in the d.c. area. but today the government shut down several of those operators. it's the biggest bus crackdown ever. richard jordan has our report. >> reporter: buses can be a cheap way to travel. but the federal government hit the brakes on 26 u.s. companies, primarily those known as budget buses that sell inexpensive tickets online and pick up passengers curbside instead of at a terminal. transportation officials shut down apek's bus, i-95 coach, and new century travel that once operated from a small below-ground office northwest in chinatown. joshua snow has ridden apex to get from new york to d.c. before. he says he paid $35 round trip. >> occasionally a bus would run late or something like that, but i actually never had any huge

problem. >> reporter: the bus lines were shut down exactly a year after a sky express bus hit an embankment and overturned off i-95 near kingston minion and caroline county. the bus driver reportedly fell asleep. four people were killed, and 50 others hurt. two months earlier 15 people died in a similar bus accident in the bronx. but still the budget-friendly bus lines continued to generate business. >> they do overwhelm business when they've got customers. >> reporter: transportation secretary ray lahood says the low bus fares often came at a high price. >> by ignoring safety rules these operators put both passengers and other motorists at serious risk, and shutting them down will save lives. >> reporter: those who regularly travel by bus agree. >> you need to follow the standards for passengers' comfort. >> reporter: the bus lines that had been shut down will not be allowed to reinvent themselves, simply come up with a new name and go back in business. that used to be standard

practice, but not anymore. in northwest washington richard jordan, news 4. >> former first lady nancy reagan endorsed mitt romney for president. mrs. reagan made the decision after a meeting in california. the romneys and the former first lady talked about the campaign over a lemonade and cookies. she said her husband would have liked romney's business background and strong principles. tonight, sources say the federal government is unlikely to seek a new trial for john edwards now that his corruption case has ended in a mistrial. the former presidential candidate was charged with using campaign money to hide his pregnant mistress. the trial ended with confusion this afternoon. there was word that jurors had reached a verdict. it turned out that verdict was for only one of six counts. edwards was found not guilty on a charge of accepting illegal campaign contributions from heiress rachel bunny mellon. after the mistrial was announced, edwards said he didn't do anything illegal but he had done plenty wrong.

>> i don't think god's through with me. i really believe he thinks there's still some good things he thinks i can do. >> edwards could have faced up to 30 years in prison and a $1.5 million fine if convicted. in true d.c. fashion the memorial service for chuck brown today had a bit of everything. it proved to be a fit'ting farewell to the godfather of go-go. ♪ everybody get your hands up there were some tears, some dancing, even a bit of comic relief. >> y'all got some of them summer outfits on? i smell mothballs. >> reporter: but just as in his life, the homegoing ceremony for chuck brown was all about his family, his music, and his fans. >> chuck brown! >> reporter: this was less a memorial service, more of a concert to celebrate what chuck gave to d.c. and the world. the gift of go-go. >> it's ours. it's our own brand. it's our own thing. it's our own situation. >> reporter: friends say it was a gift born of chuck's will to

overcome a troubled past and a desire to help others do the same. >> while in prison he traded some cigarettes for a guitar. and so chuck brown demonstrated that you could get knocked down but you could get up. >> reporter: cha magical blend of congas and jazz riffs layered under call and response lyrics. his family members said he also had a generous spirit. >> he loved y'all so much he performed. >> chuck showed a lot of humility, a lot of care for people who are in need. >> reporter: city leaders talked about how they want to further establish brown's legacy in the city. >> i'm going to send over a piece of legislation to the council to name a park in the district of columbia for chuck brown. >> reporter: beyond the park brown's legacy lives on in his music, in his family, too. and in the hearts of his fans,

to whom he always gave his very best. >> he said, i keep telling them, when do i need to retire? because i have the desire and i got the fire to keep taking my people higher. ♪ i feel like busting loose >> i love you, daddy. more financial problems tonight for the family of d.c. council chairman kwame brown. brown's wife marsha is being sued by american express for $15,600 in credit card debt. according to the washington city paper which first reported the court action. brown issued a statement condemning the disclosure, saying he's a public figure but that financial matters of his family members should be private. in 2010 news 4 reported that both brown and his wife were being sued by five credit card companies for more than $50,000 in overdue debts. another news 4 exclusive. a d.c. woman says someone stole her motorized wheelchair from

where it was parked outside her home. melissa weiss has cerebral palsy. she says she keeps her wheelchair outside her basement condo on 6th street in northeast. yesterday her husband discovered it was gone. >> i can't figure out what they would use it for because they didn't take the charger with them. so they must not have known very much about it. because you can't use an electric wheelchair after the battery's run down unless you have a charger. >> reporter: weiss says the wheelchair was worth about $5,500. homeowner's insurance won't pay to replace it either because the wheelchair was parked just outside the condo. a teenager killed by a freight train in riverdale park, maryland never saw or heard it coming. police say 17-year-old mary kaitlin gaffney was on her way to see her boyfriend last night. she was wearing headphones when she was hit on the tracks near lafayette avenue and queensbury road. police say the train was going about 35 miles an hour. the engineer said he tried to stop and did everything he could to warn kaitlin.

her father says she had a bright future. >> she was a beautiful girl. very talented singer. very talented artist. extremely smart. >> experts say it takes a freight train going 35 miles an hour the length of eight football fields to stop. one local couple is trying to figure out who stole a 150-pound cigarette from their front yard. that cigarette is ten feet long. it used to be a telephone pole. but it was painted to look like a cigarette. it's just one piece of art that fills the family's yard in silver spring. the owners say thieves would have had to have a truck to haul it away. still ahead tonight, a new type of cola war taking shape in new york. and now coke is swinging back. we showed you the video of a truck smark into a bar. now we'll hear from the bartender about what he saw just seconds before. and a new spelling champion is crowned is

the proposal to outlaw large sugary soft drinks in new york city is getting more controversial. the ban applies to drinks larger than 16 ounces sold at restaurants, movie theaters, sports venues, and street carts. mayor michael bloomberg says the ban is meant to fight obesity. >> you tend to eat all the food in the container in front of you. if it's a bigger container, you'll eat more. >> mr. bloomberg, you know, do what you want for yourself. but for the rest of us don't start legislating.

i mean, what can you say? it's crazy. >> coca-cola responded by saying that the people of new york are smart and can make their own choices about the beverages they buy. the ban would not apply to diet drinks, juice, or milk products. we're hearing more tonight from a survivor of this dramatic scene. a truck plowing through a bar. it happened in minnesota. six people injured. two of them seriously. the driver apparently had a medical emergency and lost control. that bartender just barely missed being crushed. >> three feet down i see the pole flying through, and i thought that's kind of strange. and then all of a sudden i heard a boom and then the truck came right through the wall. >> the man who was working with a bobcat outside used that machine to help free the bar patrons. a 14-year-old girl from san diego is the nation's top speller. snigdha nandipati won the scripps national spelling bee at the national harbor tonight. her winning word, guetapens. it means to ambush, snare or

trap. >> guetapens. g-u-e-t-a-p-e-n-s. guetapens. >> i guess that's a verb. nandipati also won more than $40,000 in prizes. well, now, see, it's worth it learning how to spell. 40 grand. >> doreen, can you use that in a sentence? >> no, i can't. >> and what is the origin of that word? >> i'm going to get upon you if you don't get to the forecast. >> very good. very nice. hey, forecast for tomorrow, looks like a tough one out there. but at least over the next couple of days we have a couple nice ones and they include the weekend. let's take a look out there right now across our area. a beautiful night right now. it is really quite nice. when you step outside, it is simply gorgeous this evening. a lot of people out and about walking around a little bit early this evening, around downtown, out in bethesda and chef yea chase a little earlier.

85 degrees the high temperature today at the airport. well above average. once again the average high is 80 degrees. take a look at the monthly rainfall. of course tomorrow is the last day or today, the last day of may. so monthly rainfall, 3.28 inches. we're almost 3/4 of an inch below average for the month. that's where we're going to end things. because tomorrow coming up on june 1st i think we could help, at least with the yearly deficit, which is now still over five inches. 75 degrees the current temperature with winds out of the southeast at nine miles an hour. the wind actually helps to make things feel nice and you a little bit cooler. it is simply gorgeous. 63 in leesburg. 66 in gaithersburg. 65 in packs river and across the eastern shore right now 68 degrees over there toward easton. storm 4 radar nothing to show you in our immediate area, but just down to the south and west we're looking at some showers and some thunderstorms coming around the roanoke area and then right over toward danville and just south of the richmond area there are some thunderstorms and there are a few lightning strikes with this. this is going to try to make its way up to the north. and it's actually a warm front.

that warm front will produce some showers and storms overnight tonight and into early tomorrow morning maybe even through our area, but i'm not expecting a whole lot from that. this is the area we're worried about. a frontal boundary and an area of low pressure aloft that's going to make its way toward the east. that area of low pressure's going to have plenty of moisture to work with. and as it moves over our region it will be just off to our north and west. that is the perfect location for the potential for severe storms. i think we have a good chance of severe storms tomorrow night. we have to watch out for these very closely. some of them could produce very strong winds. i think damaging winds could be the biggest concern here. but we could also have a few isolated tornadoes. this storm is nothing to mess with. friday morning, 8:00, not to worry. i don't think we'll see too much out there. just a slight chance of some showers. with you watch what happens during the afternoon. a few showers, a few thunderstorms develop during the afternoon. and then here comes the line of storms right around 7:30 off to the west. around 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, those few hours right through midnight. a good chance of seeing that

severe weather. and some of these could come after the sun goes down. and if that's the case, you always want to make sure if you hear thunder you get inside. that's going to be the big scenario tomorrow. make sure you stay indoors if you hear thunder or even if you see a bolt of lightning out there. by saturday morning, though, this is all out of here and we're looking at a good weekend. tomorrow morning mostly cloudy. isolated showers. temperatures 58 to about 69 degrees. not a bad morning for most of us. and most of the day may be okay. but increasing clouds. showers likely. some of those will be strong. and a few severe. those severe storms the best chance for those once again will be after 8:00 tomorrow night. and then on saturday and sunday, simply nice weather. high temperatures in the mid 70s. both days look good, even for those folks heading down toward the beaches. next week a little unsettled. pretty good chance of showers and maybe a few storms each day. those, however, do not look strong. >> okay. just tomorrow evening's -- >> emotions running high during a marathon

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here's sports. >> that says it all. here's sports. dan hellie is gone. here's an imitation of it anyway. skins holding the second week of organized team activities at the field. they signed their fourth-round draft pick. that's kirk cousins. remember him? michigan state? he signed a deal today.

he's expected to back up robert griffin iii. did you know he's still unsigned? not worried about it, though. he said his focus is on learning the playbook and developing good chemistry with his new teammates. and he said so far he has not had a perfect practice but he's doing everything he can to earn the trust of everyone in the organization. and, that he says, begins with knowing the offense. >> i feel a lot more comfortable today, you know, whereas i didn't know anything before i got here. i think i know at least 60% to 70% of it. you know, pretty well. but you can't operate at 60% to 70%. you've got to operate at 150% with your offense because you not only have to know it but you have to know what to do in certain situations. so like i said, i feel a whole lot more comfortable today, and to me that's a great thing, that i can actually go out on the field and look london fletcher in the eyes and know that i'm about to complete a pass on him. >> robert, before you met -- >> don't tell him i said that. >> yeah. just between us, right? he's not going to know.

can't wait to see this guy on the field. playoff basketball tonight. san antonio spurs take on the oklahoma city thunder. it's game 3 of the western conference final. thunder down 0-2. spurs trying to expend their -- extend their record 20-game win streak. that's pretty impressive. it was a must-win for kevin durant and the thunder. no pressure on the spurs at all. especially that big old doofus. first quarter, durant bringing the ball up. then watch him, just explodes to the rim. strong move. boy, that dude can ball. that gives the thunder a one-point lead. 22 points for k.d., by the way. into the second quarter now. thunder making a run. james harden for three. buries it, don't you know. what did you expect? then lets them know about it because he's going to do that. harden, 15 points so far. eight-point lead. going to the fourth quarter now, thunder in control. they're not so happy on the bench, are they? alley-oop. russell westbrook. he can get up. big jam. 21-point lead. thunder about to hand the spurs their first loss since april the

11th. and in fact they did. they won the game 102-82. crush them dudes. we're talking tennis now over in france at roland garros. i love that. american john isner involved -- >> we can tell. >> can you say that? roland -- >> not like that. >> john isner involved in another marathon match. two years ago remember at wimbledon? 11 hours 5-minute affair spread over three days. it was ridiculous. today isner only played about half that. it was five hours and 41 minutes against paul-henri matou, a frenchman who was playing with a broken toe, by the way. we begin in the third set. mathieu serving for set point. isner puts the return up. his next shot hits the net, goes down 5-3. there it is again. not happy with that at all. frufrlt frustrated, throws his racket. racket abuse. but they never call, it do they? time continuing to tick away.

mathieu and isner trading ground strokes. then isner fires a backhand down the line. can't do anything with that. fifth set. once again, mid rally. isner's return. check it out. there it is. after all of that time. mathieu wins match point 18-16. second longest match in french open history. but you know, more importantly perhaps, there are no more american men in the french open. and i don't think there's any more american women either. what is going on with -- >> i don't know. >> it's not good. >> there's one left? who is it? he doesn't know who it is. there's one woman left. we're told one -- w[ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable

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