good evening, i'm wendy reeling her. >> and i'm jim vance. prosecutors used his own words against him. jurors heard from the former penn state assistant football coach for the first time. they listened to the exclusive interview with bob costas. they also heard more disturbing testimony from accusers. brian moore is in bellefonte with more. >> reporter: the judge announced today the prosecution could wrap up its kay as early as friday. it was a very fast-moving day of testimony here with the prosecution building on the foundation said by previous witnesses. more accusers took the stand today. it's an attempt by the state to establish a pattern of behavior. one testified he was just 10 when he fended off the first of many fondling attempts and repeated physical advances.

but under cross-examination, he explained -- >> joe amendola did a marvelous job of cross-examining him. there were a number of things amendola was able to point out and did in a methodical way, that this witness had not testified to. >> the defense until produce the a scholarship form for second mile charity, in which the witness mentioned sandusky as, quote, a kind and caring man, and someone who changed my perceptions on life in a positive way. the judge man said sandusky initiated the sexual relationship with a touch. >> they have all described them beginning with a touching of the leg in the car. there is that threat that runs

through all these victims. >> reporter: the jury heard from two other men who told similar stories of courtship and abuse. for the first time the jury heard from a sandusky himself in this interview with bob costas. >> i say that i am innocent of those charges. >> reporter: yes, but sandusky also said that he had touched and had showered with young boys, which could be a problem as the defense takes over this case. live in bellefonte, pennsylvania, i'm brian moore, news4. a campaign consulting for rob urlich will spend the next 60 days behind bars. jewelies henson was convicted of fraud and conspiracy last month. he's accused of conspiring with the campaign manager to send misleading calls during the 2010 campaign. the calls told people to relax, because o'malley had already won.

they were ordered to pay more than $1 million for telephone consumer protection acts violations. the council says it's trying to move past the scandals that have plagued its members. tom scherrwood is here with the story. >> the council does have a new chairman, but will it have a new attitude about ethics? 114-year veteran council members phil mendelson carried his nametag into a special seat, replacing former chairman and now convicted fel kwame brown. as the council was picking new leadership, the effect of scandal of qu5u78e brown last year and prompted some humor and sads in. ward 7's yvette alexander. >> you will not see me in handcuffs, so maybe tomorrow i will be, right? and we've seen it twice. so nothing will, you know,

surprise me any longer. please forgive me, but we have to stay together up here and stop fighting. we can agree to disagree. >> you've seen a debate that maybe some people would rather have not seen, but it's better it's in public. >> madam chairperson, there are 11 yes, sirs, one no. >> the new chairman focused only on calming down the council. >> while some of this debate has been difficult, probably more difficult to watch, that it's important we went through this process. >> reporter: but atlarge member vincent orange, and marion berry put up a fight to be second in command, casting the battle in part in rarchl terms, but lost badly. >> this body would strip me, make me look like an i had i don't recall. >> after an hour of debate they

finally voted 11-1 to pick mendelson and brown as number two, with both promising to lead the cityeically. >> all of us must reflect on how to restore that trust. >> the low-keys mendelson will stay in his office. he will left the chair's office vaca vacant. >> thank you, tom. mitt romney came to d.c., he slammed president obama's economic record. the presumptive republican nominees addressed business leaders at newseum today. romney said he would authorize more drilling for oil and natural gas. he also said he would reverse the regulations in the obama era. >> they're doing a great job. he's got four kids. he's got two. >> president obama marked the upcoming father's day weekend with having folunch with four

dads. two we are military members, and the other two were barbers, taking part in a program designed to locate -- and several debates are in the works for the u.s. senate race in virginia. today tim kaine said he's willing to participate in eight broadcast debates before the general election. however his republican challenger has not announced which debails he will take part in just yesterday. allen easily won his -- both vying for senator jim webb's seat. news4 and the fairfax county chamber of commerce will be hughesing one of those debates? september. in fair tax county, a special-education teacher is facing child pornography charges. police officers took the teacher into custody at poplar treat elementary in chanel actually. chris gordon is live tonight with more on this.

>> reporter: good evening. federal agents from i.c.e., immigration and customs enforcement, got information that disturbing digital images of children were received by robert finn. he just happened to be a teacher of special-needs students here at this school in chanel actually, virginia. the principal of poplar tree elementary school sent out an e-mail this morning notifying a teacher had been arrested yesterday for child pornography, but that no students were involved or directly effected. salim share is the parent of a 6-year-old student. >> my wife told me she saw him twice playing with him, but he wasn't my primarily teacher. when she called in this morning and spoke with his teacher, he said, no, he was okay, he wasn't

around him. >> finn is charged. finn is single and lives with his parents on emerald chase drive in tern down. agent workses with fairfax county police surged the house yesterday. >> i.c.e. had the case originally, and they brought in our child exploitation unit, because that unit has a great deal of experience and tools to help kroltr investigate. >> reporter: the schoolsr school direct suspended him effect tiff immediately. >> it's something we don't expect in our community. >> well, obviously it's sickening and heartbreaking. you just never imagine that it's going to happen at your children's school. >> reporter: possession of child pornography is a felony, carries a maximum penalty -- that's the latest, live in chanel actually, virginia, chris gordon, news4. thanks, chris.

rarity want to know whether a fire was deliberately set. it happened this morning in the 4,000 block of madison street. seven people were forced out of what is described as a group home. when firefighters arrived, they say flames were shooting from the first-floor bedroom. one firefighter suffered burns from his legs. there's a new push to hip improve schools in prince georges county. the executive anounced a 12-member commission, the panel will work with the superintendent to come up with ways to move the school sim forward. >> i'm committed to reversing the perception that our school system in prince georges county is subpar. it is not true, and it is time that we tell our story. >> that panel will be made up of parents, educators and business leaders. let's step outside. it was a beauty out there today.

we could certainly use a whole lot of this. >> we're going to see a lot more. 80 degrees right now, just about as person as it gets. we are see the wi7bd gusting, but that wind is helping to make things even more comfortable. 79 the current temperature, and 0 right now down towards fredericksburg. we do have a storm system right off the coast. clear skies tonight, but that storm is going to try to make its way back along the coast and could have an impact on our weather tomorrow. i'll show you how, coming up. coming up, a murder mystery on bull run mountain. there was one thing that the police figured out more than 30 years later that helped crack this case. the violence in syria is showing no signs of ending, and the u.s. has a very good idea who may be supplies that country with the attack helicopters. the head of one of the

nation's largest banks was interrupted before apologizing for a $2 billion mistake. and the first ships have arrived at baltimore's

russia and the u.s. are trading accusations now about syria. today's rush's foreign minister denied that helicopters are being provided to the syrian government. hillary clinton flatly denied a russian allegations that the u.s. is providing military support to the syrian opposition. in the meantime the french foreign minister issued the strongest statement yet from france. he said the syrian conflict has become a civil war, and he says the united nations should consider imposing a no-fly zone

over syria. u.s. officials continue to say they are opposed to military intervention. the head of j.p. morgan chase was called to account today for a mistake that cost $2 billion. the bank lost that money in bad trades. senate lakers demanded to know what happened. steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: ceo jamie dimon is a hero of the 2008 wall street crash for keeping his bank in shape, but the huge loss this year brought him to a hearing. >> this guy should be going to prison. >> reporter: at bron protesters who got arrested dimon admitted his minimum loss is $2 billion. >> we feel terrible, but no client, customer or taxpayer money was impacted by this event. dimon testified the crisis came when top staffers in london

tried new ways to reduce risk, a hedge. >> isn't that really gambling? >> i don't believe so, no. >> russian roulette? >> it's something that i can't justify, it was just too risky for our company. >> reporter: dimon add midded on cnbc he got a warning memo. >> that's going to come out. that said i paid virtually no attention to it. >> reporter: he called early news reports a tempest in a teapot. >> it was a small thing, blown way out of proportion. i obviously believed it. i obviously was wrong. >> reporter: critics say here we go again. >> the same too big to fail wall street banks engaging in the same high risk and investment trading that risks yet another failure and bailout by taxpayers and that's not acceptable. >> reporter: but dimon argued against more regulation. >> we have the widest, deepest and best capital markets in the world. it would be a shame to shed that out of anger. >> reporter: there is anger, but also fear, as a top banker

describes billions in sudden losses against. but investors like jamie dimon's performance um here. jpmorgan chase stock shot up 3% at midday. i'm steve handelsman, news4, capitol hill. dozens of sailing vessels made their way into the inner harbor. it's a week-long commemoration of the war of 1812. 40 vessels, they call them tall ships, from a dozen nations will spend the week in baltimore. is that not impressive? >> that's awesome. >> most of the ships will be open to the public. in addition to the watercraft, there will also be a free air show on saturday and sunday featuring the blue angels. i would love to stand on one of those spars, wouldn't you? >> that would be cool. >> the celebration runs through next tuesday. >> it was blowing on the ballet into. there's a good wind out there.

you call those spars? >> i think that's what it is, the ones across like that? >> i know the masts, sterns and afts. >> somebody will tell us in about 30 seconds. >> i know there's water underneath. >> what a beautiful day to see that come in under the bay bridge. >> fantastic, an absolute spectacle. get up there to the inner harbor if you can. it will be a beautiful weekend. no matter where you're planning to go, it is really going to be extremely nice. let's look outside right now, and you can see we are dealing with plenty of sunshine, just a few mid to high level clouds, but they're not obscuring the sun all that have coming in today at 82. the record today, 98 set back in 1994, so you know we're pretty much in the middle of summer. up can be a pretty hot month. so far it's not been.

winds out of the north at 18 miles an hour, but we are seeing those winds gusting upwards of 25 to even 30 miles an hour, closer to the bay, 75 the current temperature in gaithersburg, 77 in leesburg, 79 in fredericksburg, right now winchester coming in. well, storm 4 radar all clear, you would expect that to be all clear today with the dry conditions. it's going to continue to be fairly dry. we are watching one storm right out here. see this pin in the atmosphere in it's making its way off toward the east, but during the day tomorrow, it's expected to move back to the west. it will provide us, i think, with a bit of moisture, mostly in the form of some cloud cover, possibly a shower down towards southern maryland, maybe along the chesapeake. don't expect much. if you're down there along the beaches, though, thinking about heading down early, expect clouds and windy countries. winds look the beaching could be maybe up to 35 miles an hour with that northeasterly flow right off the atlantic ocean, so

it will be gusty at the beaches, but the rest of us seeing a beautiful afternoon. by friday, we're talking about abundant sunshine, high pressure moving in, and some really nice weather that is going to set us up for what i think could be a very, very nice weekend. temperatures in the low 80s, plenty of sunshine. doesn't get much better than that. this evening, 67 to about 76. tomorrow morning, seasonably cool, a few clouds, sunrise tomorrow, temperatures 56 to about 66 degrees, so a little cool, especially in the suburbs when you step out. by around 9:00, 10:00, you're looking at fantastic weather. tomorrow afternoon rather nice. maybe the eastern shore, too, temperatures 76 to about 80 degrees, so another great day tomorrow. if you're heading down toward the beaches, friday, saturday and sunday, spectacular an

rehobblrehow beth, and that water temperature currently sitting at 70, so that's not too bad, either. 80 on your friday, 81 on saturday, 82 on sunday, and that, coming with plenty of sunshine. we stay on the warm side, getting even warmer. 83 on monday, we'll be at 87 on tuesday, and maybe near 90 on wen dade, so we will get some heat in here, but it won't come late until the middle of next week, so the next couple days looking fantastic tomorrow i think will be great for our backyard weather. we79 to come to yours, bring news4 to your backward. we'll do the weather live, send pictures of your backyard. i think the guy we're going to tomorrow has won some barbecue competitions. >> really? >> it may have been in any neighborhood, but he has won

some competitions, i'm excited. >> people take that seriously. >> here's what you do, take some big baggies, to bring back. >> you want something back? >> some of that prize-winning barbecue. coming up, a final hurdle cleared to help ease the traffic on 395. the largest youth football organization is taking the lead to protect your child on the field. and coming up in sports,

there's breaking news. police tell us a child has been critically injured in what seems to be a hit-and-run accident. two others also injured, all at kenilworth and eastern avenues. >> reporter: d.c. please were called to this scene about a few

minutes shy before the 5:00 hour. it appears to be a possible hit-and-run accident. you've got two cashes still on the scene. this toyota avalon that looks like it rammed headfirst into the post, and this looks like a beige ford escape. lots of crime scene tape around this eastern avenue, as well as kenilworth avenue. tow trucks coming in. what we do know it three petitions were injured in this incident. one of them being a small child, possibly an infant. they were taken to an area hospital. no word on their condition. again, this happened just about 4:50 this afternoon. the latest from d.c. police is they will be on scene to investigate further. back to you. thanks, erica. phil mendelson was tapped as the new chairman today. he's a veteran lawmakers, and

replaces kwame brown who resigned last week in scandal. he was elected by an 11-1 vote. a special election will be held on november elf. mendelson has been on the council for 14 years and says he plans to restore trust in the legislative body. we know the driver in that fiery crash earlier this month. daria soboleva was a russian citizen spending the summer in ocean city. she crashed her car on dickerson road. police are still trying to find out exactly what happened. the comedian jerry lewis was released today from the hospital. he collapsed during an award ceremony at a hotel in new york city last night. doctors said his blood sugar was low, but that he's okay. jerry lewis is 86 years old now. a new dna test provided a big break in a local cold case that's more than 30 years old. tonight police say they have identified the remains of a

tacoma park teenager, but as we report, they aren't closing the door on this case. >> reporter: two police departments, two mistries. in tacoma park, it was april 3rd, 1980 when cindy gastel left her home for a job interview and never came back. >> cindy was a beautiful and vibrant soul, a gift to our family. 32 years ago she walked out of our home in tacoma park never to return. >> reporter: two years later another mystery, this times for prince william county police, excel cat remains were found in a wooded area at the base of bull run mountain. these were the clothes and jewelry found at the scenes. over the years, model and sketches were made to try to identify the remains. news4 even featured the mystery in a 2006 cold case story. some 30 years later the mysteries have merged. a special type of dna test that's only been reesely used

has been made the connection. the prince william county remains are those of cindy gastel, and now both police depends and her family want to find her killer. >> that hope is gone and our hearts are broken again. our hope now lies with you, our friends, our neighbors, and the community. >> reporter: in particular police want help identifying this man. they say he was once cindy's boy friend, went by mike or michael. >> the more people we can talk to that knew her, that interacted with her, knew her regular routines may help point to a new suspects or an old one. >> reporter: for cindy's families, the years of visiting mohrs to see whether an unidentified body are over. both parents passed away now never northeasterly her fate. >> we would love to help prevent anyone else from going through this. that's -- we can't bring my sister back. >> reporter: cindy's family

tells me they hope to have her remains returned so they can finally lay their sister to rest after 32 years. in prince william county, news4. there are fuel ran services this weekend for a lacrosse player from loyola who suddenly died earlier this week. adam pomper died near his home. he was a reserve attackman for loyola, and played in just one game this weekend. police say the death was not criminal in nature. a viewing will be held on friday, a funeral on saturday in new york. big changes coming for a lot of young athletes across the area. the nation's largest youth football organization, the pop warner league, is out tonight with new guidelines designed to prevent concussions for the kids on the gridiron. jim has more on the new rules. >> reporter: the new rules will affect thousands of players and coaches across the football league, pop warner coaches like

dare roughen of southeast d.c.'s berry farm beavers, ready to pass along new guidelines. >> it's very important to start teaching at a young age. coaches need to teach how to tackle, not with the top -- not using the top of the helmet. >> pop warn erbil's new concountries awareness focuses on what happens with a typically week. now only one third of that time can be spent in contact with another player. head to head hits will not be allowed. tackling must be initiated. >> michael yokel son treats patients with concussions and brain injuries at the hospital in northwest d.c. he says it's especially important to prevent concussions in younger athletes whose brains are still developing. >> this has gone beyond just the nfl. this has gone beyond just brain injury specialists like myself

being aware of it. it's getting to the point that children from a very young age are aware. >> reporter: parents with kids in the league say the new attitude gives them peace of mind. >> it's a sense of comfort, knowing that he's not going to get hit all the time. >> i think particularly with concussions, solve of it was just a lack of awareness. oh, you got your bell rung, you got dinged, get back in the game. >> with more than 400,000 kids in the pop warner lesion, it's hoped these new guidelines will go a long way towards keeping young athletes safe. in enveloped, jim rosinfield, news4. academic leaders want answers. teresa sullivan will step down on august 15th. the board of visitors has cited only philosophical differences for saying they want her to go. 33 faculty leaders have sent a letter asking what those differences are.

they also say sullivan's departure would harm the university's reputation. grades aren't just for schools anymoore. they can give today mayor gray unveiled the website called grade.dc.gov. they can use that site to submit comments about five eaks, including the dmv. the data will be collected and released to the public in july. mayor gray says he hopes these comments help improve the agencies's operations. a name change for a metro strom. the red line station was formerly known as new york avenue/florida avenue/gallaudet u. now it's noma-gallaudet. it's short for north of massachusetts avenue, or north of mass ave. the department of

transportation there cleared a final hurdle to build a reversible transit and hov ramp on i-395. it will be at seminary road. that will give carpools and buses direct access to the center and ease some of the congestion on 395. it's expected to cost $80 million. talking about mcdonald's is construction could begin next spring, and the ramp could be open in 2015. still ahead, the boy who played darth vader in that memorable super bowl commercial is set to take on another challenge that he plans to beat. something beautiful as emerged months after some of the worst fires that texas has ever seen. how is our weather, doug? >> our weather could not be much better. 74 in pittsburgh, beautiful

the man who inspired "good fellas" ah diesed 69-year-old henri hill was known for associated with the lieu casei crime family. in his later years he opened a restaurant and started his own line of marinara sauce. his girlfriend says his heart gave out. the little boy known as as the little darth vader is taking a big constituent toempl. he game famous from a super bowl commercial. he was born with a rare heart condition, and he uses a pace maker. tomorrow he'll get heart valve replacement surgery at children's hospital in l.a. he's looking forward to having even more energy. >> well, i'm looking forward to -- because i love baseball, my dad says i'm going to be a first-round draft pick.

and i don't know, but i'm -- i'm just going with that. >> we're going with that too, max. max says it's important to have a good attitude. he's used his star power to -- he also visited capitol hill to lobby against funding cuts that could hurt children's hospitals. good for him. here's a look at what we're looking at in sports. new allegations that could cost lance armstrong his titles for all those tour de france races. a rookie, a big in the nationals afternoon matinee. and kevin durant, oh, my, that's all you need to

and hello, everybody. welcome back. i'm stepping out of the picture. just look at this shot. this is just gorgeous. as we look at the washington monument, plenty of sunshine. tonight is the night to get out and maybe eat dinner outside, make a bit of barbecuing, let

the kids play outside for a little longer. it is gorgeous out there right now. we continue to get longer right over the next week to a week and a half or so. 80 degrees the current temperature with winds gusting. so it is a bit on the breezy side. temperatures have come down a little. 75 in gaithersburg, and down towards manassas, camp springs right now at 76. storm 4 radar showing things are all clear and we're going to stay all clear for the rest of the afternoon, probably the rest of the week, maybe the rest of the next two weeks, believe it or not. tomorrow morning, temperatures a bit cool, especially those -- 61 in washington. tomorrow afternoon everybody gets nice and warm. we do have the easterly flow. down towards cam bring and 76 at annapolis. right along the i-81 corridor,

so warmer off to the west. a beautiful day tomorrow, but we are watching a system that will bring us cloud cover and make a light shower, southern maryland, places along the bay, but most of us will be on the dry side. wait until you see the next couple days. how are the nats going to do? >> they're kicking butt, but i have to start with something else. doug, you played baseball in college? >> yes, sir. >> did you ever get brushed back? >> yes, sir. >> it looked like you got brushed back and somebody busted you upside your nose. >> i know, it's bad. >> we're talking about real baseball players. matinee baseball, in fact. nats took on the blue jays one more time, a chance to finish off, can you believe this, the first six in a road trip in franchise history. you know they did it. they were led by steve strasburg. they sweep the blue jays, and

they won six in a row for the first time in 24 years. here's rookie tyler moore getting his first career start at first base. boy, would he make the best of it. two on, laced this one into the gap in left center, then boop, bounces over the wall. ground-rule double gives him his first career rbi. that gives the nats and strasburg a 2-0 lead. top of the fourth, tied at two, moore at the plate again. bye! see ya later, wouldn't want to be ya. over the fence, two-run shot. nats are up 4-2. new pitcher in for the jays, doesn't matter. tyler moore again, over the fence in center field. kid went 3 for 4, two home runs, five rbi, what a way to start

off. career day. now stephen strasburg dominant on the mound. good-bye, he's done, swinging, strike three. strag burg six innings, eight strikeouts, but the bull pen comes in, does not allow another run, nats sweep the series. now six in a row here's tyler moore on all those home runs. >> it felt pretty good. it's just -- i'm just so happy for this team, very honored to be a part of this organization. this whole season, but really this home stand has been great for us. >> it must feel good to hit a ball like that. i wouldn't know. nats have a day off tomorrow before the weekend. skins, day 2, mini camp. all eyes on robert griffin iii, of course, as usual, but his success as a rookie will depend

in large part on kem 12ri. chemistry with the wideouted pierre garson and -- competition might be bringing out is the best in santana moss. it seems like he entered the off-season in jeopardy of losing his job. now he's getting really high praise from kyle shanahan. >> he's been great. we asked him to lose some weight, we feel he's more explosive, about 10, 15 pounds lighter. he's been great out there. to me he came in possessed. you saw it physically, and then to see him in the meeting rooms, he's been great, so attentive, and it's shown on the field. he feel confident in his speed, he feels competent with his knowledge of the offense, there's no hesitation. >> i feel like as long as i take care of my business, that gives our team a better chance, you know. i can't really worry about, you know, the guys we have, or what the coaches have going on.

i just work on my craft. >> santana has been a total pro for a long time, continues even now. all right. nba finals, oh, my, heat/thunder, kevin durant, fourth quarter, oh, my goodness, what he did. all the things that lebron james couldn't do. what's up with that? durant and russell westbrook combine to outscore the entire heat team in the second half. that really is bad. thunder showed they know how to finish a game. miami is still trying to figure that out. down in oklahoma city, superstars lebron james, kevin durant in the spot light. second quarter we begin. heat played well in the first half. doubledigit lead. 30 points, he can still shoot. third quarter, thunder begin to take control. russell westbrook left-hand lay-up, and one, ties the game at 73. fourth quarter, three-point

lead, a good hustle, rebound, tip back, back to westbrook, he gets it over to durant behind the arc, three-pointer good. 36 for durant. here's the deal, though, 17 of them in the final quarter. fans chanting "mvp." pellup jumper, too. opens a lead for the thunder. pat riley in the stands thinking, whoa, did you see that? thunder owned the second half, long walk bulk to the locker room for he bron and company. here is our hometown hero on the comeback. >> we just wanted to continue to keep playing. it's a long game. every time coach was saying play harder, play harder. that's what we did. >> first of all, those two guys are all-stars for a reason. you can't stop them. you just try to limit them. you know, and russ made some big plays late. i think k.d. got a couple looks

that, you know, we don't like. he had two transition threes we gave up where he had nobody on them and he had a kemping jumpers with nobody on him, either. >> they will make adjustments. the fat lady ain't even in the house yet. what's with the guys wearing these owl glasses now? >> i have no idea. >> what's up with that? >> i'm not a fan. that's all i can say. >> game 2, by the way, thursday night, still in oklahoma city, then i think to miami for three. finally, new xharges being brought against lance armstrong. he can win for losing. it could cost him the seven tewell defrance titles today the u.s. antidoping agency brought formal charges, accusing him of promoting the use of a blood booster, and performan performance-enhancing drugs. armstrong released the

statement, dismissing the allegations, calling them baseless, motivated by spite and noted they came just months after federal prosecutor closed a two-year investigation against him. but as a result of these charges, lance armstrong is banned from competing in tri@loans, that's his new sport. he took that up after retiring from cycling last year. a whole lot more to come on that. >> he can't get away from those allegations. ♪

[ kareem ] i was fascinated by balsa wood airplanes since i was a kid. [ mike ] i always wondered how did an airplane get in the air. at ge aviation, we build jet engines. we lift people up off the ground to 35 thousand feet. these engines are built by hand with very precise assembly techniques. [ mike ] it's going to fly people around the world. safely and better than it's ever done before. it would be a real treat to hear this monster fire up. [ jaronda ] i think a lot of people, when they look at a jet engine, they see a big hunk of metal. but when i look at it, i see seth, mark, tom, and people like that who work on engines every day. [ tom ] i would love to see this thing fly. [ kareem ] it's a dream, honestly. there it is.

oh, wow. that's so cool! yeah, that was awesome! [ cheering ] [ tom ] i wanna see that again. ♪

the olympic flame becomes t the chariots of fire, re-creating the opening scene of the 1981 film, trailed by 20 school children. this was day 26 of the olympic torch relay. it's all part of the festivities leading up to the opening ceremonies on july 27th. you'll see them here on nbc. a painting class at lisk socials downtown location became

sort of an engagement party. >> i love you so much. will you marry me? >> it was hard to hear. she did say yes, she would. tim bower brought his girlfriend to the painting class on f street last week. when she walked in, she saw this sign painted by the class instructor, bower got down on one knee, as you see. the usual transpired. and there you have it, living social gave them a free two-night escape to virginia beach to get the honeymoon started early. >> well, that's cool. >> very cool. good for them. okay. final check, doug? >> final check, pretty good over the next couple days, are you all right there? >> let's move on. >> temperatures into the 80s, low 80s, tomorrow 79, then a friday, saturday and sunday, all looking good with plenty of sunshine, highs in the low 80s, perfect for the weekend, no

matter with you go. as we look to the day, monday, tuesday and wednesday, things will start to heat up. we're going to see the temperatures move up to about 83 on monday, 87 on your day on tuesday, coming in at 88 on wednesday. i think some areas could be around 90 on wednesday. we'll have to wait and see how hot things get. right now the next couple days looking absolutely gorgeous. if you're thinking about going down to the bay, to the river, to the beaches, to the mountains, everybody is going to be looking very, very nice, including those guys wearing those thick glasses. we were just talking about, with the sports -- >> apparently it's a trend sweeping -- >> that we're not on. >> athletics, entertainment, stuff like that. >> can i say it's scintillating? that's all i've been hearing you two talk about for the last ten minutes. c'mon, it's glasses, guys. >> okay. but why? nine months ago, there was a fire that swept through a place called bass trop county in texas, calling it the lost pines

fire. two people were killed there, nearly 1,700 houses destroyed, the most single-most destructive fire in texas history. people are still trying to put their lives together. some are expressing their emotions through art. uses the ruins to illustrate the theme that life goes on. they call it art from the ashes. a collection of that work is now on exhibit down in texas. proceeds will go to a group working to restore the national resources that were lost in that fire. good for them. good for them. se

when mitt romney says "planned parenthood we're gonna get rid of that." good for them. se romney is saying he'll deny women the birth control and cancer screenings they depend on. when romney says "do i believe the supreme court should overturn roe v. wade? yes." he's saying he'll deny women the right to make their own medical decisions and when his campaign can't say whether he'd support equal pay protections. "and we'll get back to you on that." romney's putting your paycheck at risk. planned parenthood action fund is responsible for the content of this advertising because mitt romney is out of touch and wrong for women.

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