and now, from washington's leading news station, this is news4 at 6:00. >> the car came fast, so -- it came, then i was trying to run. >> two exclusives tonight. we talk to one of the five children hit when a mother accidentally backed her car over them in lewisdale. plus, an exclusive interview with one of the teens holding on for dear life under a bridge when yesterday's storms rolled through the area. good evening, everyone, i'm chris gordon. he says he didn't know that he was in danger until it was too late. and a chance encounter might have saved his life. news4's derrick ward has the

story from brentwood, maryland. >> reporter: what's beneath clearer skies, it was time to assess the damage. and for those who had their own harrowing experiences brought by the hand of nature, time to look be and be thankful. >> we knew it was going to rain. >> i saw the branches of the trees coming down, and when i looked around, the whole tree. >> reporter: you're looking at me from atop a levee on the northwest branch of the ant costia river. this is normally largely silted over and narrowed. but every now and then shows her fury as in last night. jonathan is one of three teens who got too close to the raging waters. how long were you there? >> four hours. >> reporter: four hours, clinging to the bridge support. >> we were just down there and it started raining and it overflooded and we were stuck. >> reporter: in no time, waters grew and became surprisingly strong. >> it was pushing us badly, we had to hang on tight.

>> reporter: salvation with a cell phone. >> we saw this lady, and yeah, we told her to call. she didn't understand us at first. >> reporter: but she got the message, and the teens were plucked from the strong current. earlier that day, janie had some issues with a branch of another kind when this tree was brought down from the storm. >> my bedroom was leaking. they had to cut her out. >> reporter: luckily, no one was injured, and both folks are happy to be alive. derrick ward, news4. a close call for four members of a family in a paddle boat near national harbor late this afternoon. a strong wind pushed their boat into a shallow and rocky part of the potomac river and knocked them into the water. other boaters and bystanders helped three victims get to the shore, but one woman was injured and had to be rescued by the prince george's county fire and ems. all were taken to an area hospital, and are expected to be okay. teams from the national

weather service are checking damage from yesterday's severe weather in maryland to confirm whether it was a tornado. strong winds in hartford county damaged buildings, peeled roofs off homes and brought down trees and utility poles. at least four people were injured. all of the victims are expected to make full recoveries. in virginia, a confirmed tornado caused damage, but luckily, no deaths or serious injuries in hampton, virginia. trees were uprooted and power lines were knocked down. boats and trailers were tossed around at the hampton yacht club. some windows were blown out on homes and buildings in the city. white, fluffy clouds in our skies today. not a rain drop falling on our heads. meteorologist kim mar futury is in storm center 4. quite a change from yesterday. >> absolutely. i was just reading my twitter update and the weather service just put out the latest update, figuring out whether they are

tornadoes or not yesterday, and they were hypothesizing we had between five and ten tornadoes yesterday. those are not confirmed, but that's what they think have happened, and, of course, they have teams out right now investigating. and we will pass the info on to you. temperatures are comfortable. we're right now in the middle 70s, and tonight we're going to be easing back into the 50s. we have to talk about maybe a shower on sunday. i will pinpoint those details, chris, when i join you in just a few minutes. >> kim, we'll see you then. >> you bet. a news4 exclusive now. for the first time, we are hearing from the mother of one of the children run over in a prince george's county driveway. and we see one of the young victims who is recovering from the accident that took another child's life. darcy spencer joins us now, live from lewisdale with the story. darcy. >> reporter: chris, the tragic scene played out in this driveway two nights ago. the mother who spoke to "news4 today" remarkably says she doesn't blame the driver.

that's because the driver struck and killed her own child. now, the little boy who talked, he lives right here inside the home. he's just 7 years old. he's there now recovering from some serious injuries. >> the car came fast, so i got hurt. >> reporter: 7-year-old roberto gonzalez was one of five children who were struck thursday night by a woman who police say accidentally hit the gas pedal instead of the brake. gonzalez was just released from the hospital. >> it came, then i was trying to run, but, like, there was a lot of stuff. and i fell. then the car came and pushed me, and i was next to bicycles. >> reporter: the woman police identified as the driver, mariania val cruz lopez had been living at the mother's home. police responded there earlier, because gonzalez's mother, maria, wanted her to move out, and she refused. seven minutes after police left, they were called back, because

the children had been hit by the suv while playing in the driveway. >> the suv accelerated rapidly in reverse, it hit the children. and then continued on into the garage. despite the circumstances, it just seems that this was simply a devastating accident. >> reporter: lopez's 8-year-old daughter, natalie hernandez-cruz died. her 2-year-old son was also hurt. >> there's no words. she told news4, while she did have a dispute, she doesn't blame her for the accident, because in her words, nobody wants to kill their own children. [ speaking in spanish ] according to records, she was arrested in march for driving without a license, failing to secure a child in a safety seat, and giving a false name no police. at this point, only one child remains in the hospital. that is a 10-year-old boy who is listed in critical, but stable condition. police say his condition is improving.

at this point, police have not charged the driver who was responsible for this incident. reporting live from lewisdale, darcy spencer, news4. >> thanks, darcy. shoppers found themselves dodging bullets at a d.c. supermarket this morning. a gun battle erupted in the safeway parking lot on maryland avenue in northeast washington. d.c. police say it was around 8:45 this morning when two men started shooting at each other. no one was injured, but the bullets hit several cars. one person has been arrested. police are still looking for a second suspect. protests and celebrations today in egypt over the news that ousted leader hosni mubarak the will spend his life in prison for failing to stop the killing of protesters last year. those demonstrations left more than 900 people dead, over 18 days, and ended with mubarak stepping down. his two sons were acquitted of

corruption charges. the clock is now ticking for george zimmerman to turn himself in, and return to a florida jail. yesterday a judge gave zimmerman 48 hours after revoking his bail. zimmerman failed to disclose at his initial bond hearing that he had raised $135,000 on the internet to help pay for his legal defense. zimmerman is charged with murdering 17-year-old trayvon martin back in february. he maintains he shot martin in self defense. a big race in the fight against cancer. thousands turn out in downtown washington to race for a cure. plus, the party is under way across the pond. we'll take you

major construction going on this weekend at the wilson bridge. crews are paving the final through lanes between route 1 and telegraph road so only one lane gets you by. work is expected to last until 5:00 monday morning. drivers are urged to avoid the area all together. today thousands laced up their sneakers for the koman race for the cure. organizers say 27,000 people participated today. that is down about one-third from last year. it might be fallout for koman's

decision to not provide money for breast cancer screenings. breast cancer survivors say the politics won't overshadow the race. >> i feel wonderful. i feel supported. i feel happy to be here, happy to be alive. especially the fact that my husband is here to celebrate me, basically. and we have pictures. >> organizers are still tallying the fund-raising totals. ahead, they're off to the races in great britain. queen elizabeth celebrates 60 years with a diamond jubilee. a beautiful day out there.

graduate, now that your journey begins, you're going to need a powerful connection ! felicidaaaadeeeees ! with this droid 4 by motorola on verizon 4g lte, you can stay in touch on skype with your loved ones. staying connected with your family... ... in more places, on america's largest 4g lte network. that's real value ! get $100 off any motorola 4g lte smartphone, like the droid 4 now just $99.99. verizon. felicidades !

queen elizabeth kicked off a four-day celebration of her diamond jubilee today. the 86-year-old monarch is celebrating her 60 years on the throne as queen of england. michelle kosinski has more on all the festivities. >> reporter: hello there. you have to pardon the attire. this is the fanciest, richest, most prestigious horse race in england, the epsom darby, and it is a darby here, not a derby. i would say the mood is freezing but fun. and the queen is sharing it with everyone. this year, she does not have one

of her own horses running, but it's her day to just enjoy it and shine. kicking off her long weekend of jubilee celebrations. the epsom here has been running since 1780, and, in fact, it inspired our kentucky derby, which the queen herself attended in 2007, fulfilling a longtime dream of hers. she has had a lifelong love of horses and racing, knows a lot about it. she even kept some of her horses in kentucky at times, has made several visits there. ten times, in fact, she has tried to win this race with one of her horses. so far, it hasn't happened. back to you. >> well, thank you very much, michelle. nice hat. we'll also get a behind the scenes look at the queen's diamond jubilee in the days ahead. our own doug kammerer is heading to london to cover all of the festivities. so look for his live reports beginning monday on news4 at 5:00. and then throughout our news4 platform of delivery services to you. let's go to kim martucci now

in storm center 4. kim. >> hey, chris, isn't it nice outside? we really needed a break. great to see you, everybody. it is a fantastic night to be out on the town. so don't worry about any umbrellas. we are good to go. let's look at the evening weather forecast. 7:00, comfortable, and 74. and we're going to take you down to 69 by 9:00, under partly cloudy skies. by 11:00, we're in the middle 60s, and we will be cooling down quickly into the overnight. widespread upper 50s will be coming in. that means you can open up those windows, if you dare, maybe get an extra little quilt for your feet on the end of your bed. 74, as i mentioned here. that's the number in la plata. 72 in leesburg, and 7 0 over in winchester. the heavy rain has been up across new england all morning and into the afternoon. boston just can't get a break. and here's what i'm keeping my eye on. let's take a flight to the west, over the great lakes. this little spin in the atmosphere is rotating around a parent storm. this is the big storm that sent

that cold front through here yesterday. i think tomorrow it's going to try to stir a shower up, but it should mainly skirt by along the mason dixon line and points north. so i do believe most of our monday will -- excuse me, sunday, will be dry and nice. and if you're headed to the beach tomorrow, we're looking at a mostly sunny day at ocean city. the water temperature is 68. and they're looking at a high tomorrow of 78. here comes that little trough i talked about. by tomorrow morning, we're all clear and good to go. it's the afternoon where a few showers try to fire up. this map looks more ominous than what we're going to see. most of the day dry, but keep a weather eye to the sky up to the north tomorrow if you live in northern frederick, washington or oral allegheny counties, you might see a shower. and monday morning, all over again, with comfortable low temperatures and a nice day planned for you into monday afternoon. so in writing, this is how the forecast goes. a nice evening ahead. partly cloudy and comfortable. the sun goes down at 8:28, and

we will see our temperatures go from where they are right now of 74 down to 65 by 11:00 with a northwest wind, 5 to 10. by tomorrow morning, we'll still have the partly cloudy skies around. but instead of 60s, we will have 50s in place. and that 52 is a low forecasted for cumberland. 60 would be closer to the warmer water of the bay. so annapolis, that would be your low. we'll cut the difference in the middle right around 57 downtown d.c. with a west wind, 5 to 10. extending the forecast into tomorrow, a nice one, 74 to 79. and, again, that shower for our northern suburbs. how about into the workweek? we don't bring any rain in here until tuesday and wednesday. we have 40% chances both those days. but notice we'll go from a high of 80 on monday down into the lower and middle 70s tuesday and wednesday. then thursday, we still have showers around, still lower 70s. friday and saturday should be improving, and we see a warming trend coming up by then. at least back to average. average high this time of year is right around 80 degrees. and that's what we're looking at

a week from today. at chris gordon news on twitter, so glad i follow you, i'll send it back to you. >> kim martucci, thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> for following me. coming up in sports, another strong performance from nats' ace steven

a nice long outing today for steven strasburg. >> most importantly, he was striking out the braves. that's what we like to see from him. finally, some baseball was played today at nats' park. last night, steven strasburg would have needed noah's ark to reach the mound, but today it's dry and the nats' ace was taking on the atlanta braves. strasburg topped ten in the majors in strikeouts, and he would start early today. first batter, michael bourn, gets him looking. next up, mar teen prado down swinging and more of the same for brian mccann. strasburg strikes out the side in the first inning. he strikes out nine over seven innings. unbelievable. meanwhile, michael morse making his return to the nats after missing the first 50 games with a strained lat. two on, two out. but he grounds out to short to end the first inning. morse 0 for 3 so far in his return. this game would become a pitching dual. let's go to the fifth, still

scoreless. brandon beachy having a good game until jesus flores takes a high fastball deep to left, and out of the park. his second of the year puts the nats up 1-0, right now the nationals up 2-0 in the eighth. chavez and the 0s trying to snap a six-game skid. chavez takes jeremy held i canson deep and exits quickly. the solo shot, his first of the year, orioles up 1-0. to the seventh, tied game at 1. robert deano grounds to third. drew sutton throws it in the dirt, and deano reaches on the error and mark reynold scores from second. flaherty being waved home, the throw from ben zoebros right on the money. right now in the eighth inning. the nba playoffs continue tonight. game four of the western

conference finals. kevin durant and the thunder look to make some more noise after beating the spurs by 20 points thursday night. still, the spurs have the edge. they lead the series two games to one. last night, the eastern conference finals, game three, paul pierce and the celtics taking on lebron james, and the heat. first quarter, miami down one. mario chalmers drives, dishes to lebron. he takes the hit, gets the foul. lebron with a game-high 34 points. but boston would dominate the next two quarters. in the third, celtics up 13. paul pierce up top, kevin garnett finishes. those two combined for 47 points. boston up 15. celtics' point guard rajon rondo has been a beast lately. still in the third, watch this. behind the back, fake, and he lays it in. take a closer look. check out the face of udonis haslem, completely faked out. rondo with 21 points, 10 assists. sell takes take game three 101

-91. they trail the series two games to one. tiger woods is back in the hunt at jack nicholas' tournament. the four-time memorial champion looked like the tiger of old, shooting an impressive two under par in gusty winds. he began today just one stroke off rory sabatini's lead. let's go to ohio, the village golf club. we pick tiger up on the 7th hole, drops his club on the backswing. tiger not happy with people shouting in the crowd. that gets old. and look where the ball ends up in the bunker, and tiger not very happy. but he's a pro. he played out of bunkers before, and he does it this time. it's a beauty. he birdied the hole, 2 under for tiger on the front nine. but three over on the back. tiger in fourth place at 4 under, four strokes behind 27-year-old american spencer levine.

tenthill, his third shot, a few kind bounces and holes it. he shoots a 3 under 69, your leader at 8 under. one shot ahead of rory sabatini. nascar nationwide series at dover. joey logano of joe gibbs racing looking for his fourth win this year. six lapse to go, logano hot on the tail of teammate ryan true ex in the 20 car younger brother of martin trueex jr., and logano able to slip by and lap traffic and takes the lead. logano led for 154 laps holds on for the win. his fourth nationwide series victory this year. good day for joe gibbs racing. he picked up a sweep of the top three with logano 1, trueex 2, and brian shot finishing third. and just a reminder, the stanley cup finals continue here tonight on nbc 4.

8:00, game two. >> now, tiger is doing well. at jack nicholas' tournament . he won arnold palmer's tourname tournament. >> he wants to break the record and he said he thinks he can do it. it's ironic he's doing this at a tournament jack nicholas sponsors. >> even though he's had a gap. >> he's still young. what's everybody sweating? tiger might still have it. >> people shout at him when he goes to swing, seems to be doing okay. >> kim, amber, lucky me for sitting here tonight. that's our news. "nbc nightly news" up next. see you at 11:00. good night.