moving during rush hour. good evening. i'm jim rosenfield in for jim vance. >> i'm doreen gentzler. roger clemens has been acquitted on all six counts of perjury in his performance enhancing drugs retrial. the verdict was returned after ten hours of deliberation. pete williams has the latest. >> this is a huge victory for roger clemens and a big setback for the government. it's telling the trial dragged on for nine weeks. the jury took a day's worth of deliberations to find him not guilty on all counts. >> i put a lot of hard work into that career and, so, again, i appreciate my teammates that came in and all the e-mails and phone calls. >> now, we don't know exactly why the jury reached that conclusion. there were problems with the case, mainly the main witness,

his former trainer. he's the only person who claimed to have seen roger clemens take steroids and human growth hormone because he claims he injected him with the drugs. there were a number of problems with his testimony and credibility. he's been found to have lied in the past. the jury may not have believed him. some jurors from the first trial when he was brought here before the mistrial, some wondered why the federal government was king it a federal case in the first place. a huge victory for clemens. the last of the big government cases against professional athletes using steroids. the cases have been fizzling out lately. barry bonds was sentenced to home detention, charged with misleading a grand jury about whether he used steroids and the federal government investigated and decided not to charge lance

armstrong. he faces problems from the body that certifies them. in any event, a big victory for roger clemens. president obama is in mexico right now for a group of 20 summit meeting. 20 leaders of the wealthiest nations are meeting to talk about the world economy. in sideline meetings, president obama cut a trade deal and pressured european nations to solve the debt crisis in greece. steve handelsman is live with the latest. >> reporter: president obama is performing on a world stage. he knows especially in this election year, the audience that matters most is back here at home. president obama's main mission is economic in mexico at the g-20 meeting of the world east wealthiest nation. >> the slowing of growth that is taking place. a lot of attention set on europe. >> reporter: there's good news.

the greek's voting to deal with their huge deficit. >> indicates a positive prospect for them forming a government and working constructively with international partners. >> reporter: back home, romney is warning obama policies could lead to a greek-like crisis here. east of greece in syria, violence is increased. some in washington warning president obama ought to intervene. >> syria will become a failed state in the heart of the middle east threatening israel and turkey. president putin is siding with assad sending him ships and choppers. >> we agree we need to see a cessation of the violence. that a political process has to be created. >> reporter: to try to get russian help on syria and iran, president obama promised putin to end u.s. trade restrictions cutting a deal to help u.s.

trade end diplomacy. their facial expressions, they cut a deal, but there's no smiling. mexican president calderone praised president obama to allow 800,000 young, undocumented migrants to this country to stay, study and work here. i'm steve handelsman, news 4, capitol hill. tonight, we areng some of the jailhouse phone calls released in the george zimmerman case. the recordings reveal conversations between the watch volunteer and his wife. zimmerman was in jail for the february shooting death of trayvon martin. they were talking about finances not disclosed to the court. in a call, he tells his wife to transfer money between bank accounts. >> keep your ten out first to keep in your pocket, then at the

institution, see if you can put ten into hers right away. see if she can take that ten out and put it in the, um, in the box there. >> prosecutors say the zimmerman's were talking about moving around $10,000 to different accounts. they told the judge they were broke when they had $135,000. most of the money donated from supporters. the calls could play a role in the second bond hearing next week. the sandusky trial could expect closing arguments thursday. he's accused of offending ten boys over 15 years. brian mooar has the latest from pennsylvania. >> reporter: the jerry sandusky sex abuse trial is on the fast

track. the judge tells jurors they could begin deliberating as early as thursday. the prosecution closed today with the mother of a young man known as victim number nine who recalled the night her son begged her to pick him up. >> he's outside without his shoes on waiting for her. he was afraid to be in that house. that was a very powerful moment for the prosecution. >> reporter: reflecting on the suffering, she said i just can't imagine. the defense opened with a minor victory. prosecutors dropped a misdemeanor child endangerment charge. sandusky still faces 51 serious counts. richard anderson testified he showered with young boys many times. the defense argued it's part of football culture. joe asked anderson whether he hugged young boys in the shower

or stayed with them in hotel rooms. the coach said no. anderson testified about gruelling workdays and frequent travel. >> one of the coaches described how often a coach for penn state would work. they would spend time in the office giving speaking engagements. a lot of times the coach would have his time tied up. >> the timing of the alleged defense is so vague sandusky can't offer an alibi. the judge refused to dismiss the charges. a reporter asked whether he testified. he didn't answer. in pennsylvania, brian mooar, news 4. the maryland man suspected in the disappearance of his travel companion in aruba is suing an insurance company for more than $3 million. giorda giordano wants the insurance money from a policy she took out

an gardner. she disappeared while they were vacationing in aruba. giordano is a suspect in her disappearance. american express says such an insurance claim wouldn't be evaluated until a year after the incident. d.c. mayor vincent gray spent the day on jury duty. getting other citizens to do their duty is a challenge. tom sherwood reports. >> reporter: mayor gray is heading to china on a trade mission. first, he spent monday morning on jury duty, a civic duty for millions of citizens, wherever they live. >> it is a civic duty. i hope one understands the importance of it. >> reporter: do they call you mayor? >> they didn't say anything. i was a citizen. >> reporter: many were dismissed without a trial, it's something of a trial to get citizens to show up. >> if you don't participate, you don't get to help others and

decide their matters fairly. >> reporter: it's a jury of your peers. >> it is. that's the way it should be. >> reporter: the judge says many people don't respond. he summons as many as 80 every friday to his office for failing to answer a summons. no shows could be arrested even if they are stopped for a traffic violation, face $300 fines, up to seven days in jail. no shows are a problem. so far, this year about 64,000 jurors have been sent a summons. some have excuses. 21,000 show up. 42,000 didn't. >> this is the best excuse for someone or are you not going to tell me that. >> i can tell you everybody is required to serve, even all the judges on the bench. >> reporter: jurors get $30 a day for appearing. they think it's important to serve.

civic thing to do, right? >> i think so, if you consider yourself a law-abiding citizen. the rain moved on. clouds sticking around most of the day. the big story could be the heat. meteorologist veronica johnson has a look at the conditions right now. veronica? >> don't let today fool you. today's temperatures, not how the rest of the week is going to be characterized. look behind me. the temperatures have been cool in the mid-60s to around 70 degrees feeling more like april. looking like april with the showers that moved through the area. the last four days cooler than average. last week was nice. this month ten of the last 18 days have been cooler than average. first, the showers and storms. we'll talk about how high the temperatures will go later this week. also coming up, wildfires forced more people out of their homes in colorado. it looks like things could get worse. a woman was raped at a local

elementary school nearly ten years later, police believe they caught up with the man who attacked her. there's a fight over the first female president of the university of virginia. today, the university board was confronted about why she was forced out.

more than 180 homes are now gone in northern colorado, consumed by massive wildfire that is were burning for two weeks now. firefighters are bracing for more high winds expected to make things worse. there's rain in the forecast for the weekend which could help the firefighters. they are watching for the possibility of dry thunderstorms that could produce lightning, but no rain. it's expected to proceed monsoon-like rains in the forecast for the southwest next

week. yesterday's presidential election in egypt raises concern for a power struggle. it appears the election was won by muslim brotherhood candidate morsi. he's promised to implement law. egypt's council announced new restrictions on presidential power. rush plus, metro's new rush hour system got the first test today. it let's riders switch train lines without switching trains. it's to make it easier to get to and from work. chris joins us from vienna with reaction on how the first day went. hi, chris. >> reporter: hi, doreen. more than 110,000 daily passengers will benefit from rush plus. metro also says 15,000 may find

their commute had gotten worse. the evening commute brings to a close day one of metro's rush plus, designed to cut down overcrowding and the time most passengers spend waiting for a train. >> it was always crowded. now it's better. >> it was good. it wasn't as crowded in the morning. i'm used to it by now. >> it was rough. it's crowded. nowhere to sit. it was pretty crowded. >> reporter: how would you assess rush plus? >> i guess scoring high in my book. >> reporter: it's trending on twitter as riders share their experiences. one writing didn't have any problems with rush plus this a.m. metro is adding three trains each hour to the orange line. it adds yellow lines between springfield and greenbelt without transferring. that reduces the number of blue line trains leading to this

comment. rush plus is terrible for blue line. 12 minutes between trains during rush hour is unacceptable. i might start driving. it will take time for the changes to take effect. >> in the evening, it's where the signs are more critical heading outbound. now you have yellow line trains with two destinations. springfield and huntington. you want to make sure in addition to looking at your line color, you are looking at the destination sign. >> reporter: now, commuters can also be confused by orange line trains eastbound which can now be headed either to new carrollton or old town center. we are live along the orange line tonight. chris gordon, news 4. back to you. >> thank you, chris. cool and rainy today. that's about to change, huh? >> it's about to change. a lot of folks starting camp will probably love that. the kids can stay outside

without getting exhausted from being out in the heat. here we go, folks. it starts tomorrow, this miniheat wave around the area. for the evening, showers. still rainshower that is will be coming through the area. overcast sky right now. the temperatures today, mid-60s to just over 70 degrees. we start the day at 63. probably more unusual, the cool stuff that we had today than the heat wave that is setting up later this week. rainshowers toods. .28 inch of rain at reagan international airport. take a look at storm 4 radar now. the dry conditions here from d.c. back toward the west right around i-66 west of fauquier county now. all dry. we had the showers coming through earlier. now, a big old line of showers and thunderstorms bringing heavy rain with them. i looked at the rain rates over

2.5 inches per hour. any of them will bring rain fast and hard. hitting areas around fauquier county, lauden county and culpeper county. about the next hour to hour 15 minutes east and two hours plus. so, by the time we get to about 8:00 hitting areas around d.c., if it holds together. more thunderstorms, too. you can see it wardensville, west of la ray, heavy. about to make its way over i-81. lightning with that. 71 degrees is the temperature. wind is light out of the south at 7 miles per hour. the dew point temperature is at 60 degrees today. it's moving up to 65 to 69 degrees tomorrow. staying there at times higher. 70 to 74 degrees. it's going to be humid this week. right now, that heat index in kansas city at 99 degrees. denver, colorado feeling like 99. it's going to get sticky and

oppressive later this week. especially wednesday through friday. clouds for tomorrow. there you are at 4:00 p.m. partly sunny skies with isolated showers and storms off to the west. it will be more terrain type of showers and storms building. a better chance on wednesday. again, with heat building over 90 degrees on wednesday. the evening forecast, you are going to need the umbrella heading out. possibility of showers and storms through midnight. sunsets at 8:34. 68 to 74 degrees. while tomorrow -- while today started cool with showers around the area, tomorrow is going to be milder. i think tomorrow morning, the rain will be over. maybe patchy fog over parts of the area. 62 to 69 degrees to start the day. the heat, again, it starts building. 85 to 90 degrees. warmer, more humid with sunshine returning. here is a look at your four-day forecast, folks. wednesday, 95 degrees for a high

temperature. there could be neighborhoods south of us that are over 95 degrees. now is the time to think about all you do to arm yourself. it's been more than a week. 97 degrees on thursday. i think thursday is going to be the hottest day out of the workweek. with humidity, it will feel like we are over 100. i think we could see perhaps excessive heat advisory issued for thursday. the weekend is good. we cool off. a lot of folks like to get out and do things on the weekends. >> we like that. >> good timing. drink a lot of fluids. >> don't forget the sun block. >> thanks. a california family is talking about how they survived a plane crash. bob mcdonnell is in the hot seat. why the deal to move the redskins training camp was done behind their backs. coming up in sports, the nats fall behind the yankees.

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virginia lawmakers grilled governor bob mcdonnell staffers over the deal to keep the redskins in the area. the deal is worth $6.5 million with $4 million coming from taxpayers. the governor kept them in the dark about the deal. the chief of staff says some panel members were notified. he couldn't identify them. the redskins headquarters will remain in loudoun county. mcdonnell's administration did not validate the team threatened to leave if they weren't given

incentives to stay. the g-20 entire group is meeting right now. president obama pressured european nations to solve the debt crisis in greece and the president cut a trade deal with russia. it's the first time president obama met with vladimir putin. >> thousands of commuters introduced to a new rush hour system called rush plus. it let's riders switch lines without switching trains. it affects orange, blue, yellow and green lines. metro says there was some negative feedback. over all, most were happy with the service. roger clemens was found not guilty of all counts in the perjury trial. they came to the decision after deliberating almost ten hours. he was charged with lying to congress. the verdict is the latest blow to the government's legal pursuit of athletes use of drug

use. a break in a montgomery county cold case. dna evidence links a man to the rape of a woman in 2003. darcy spencer has more on the arrest and the victim's reaction. >> reporter: montgomery county police say this man, 30-year-old david martinez raped a woman nine years ago. a dna hit led to his aresz. >> the detective that investigated the case in 2003 is still in the department. he says it was a vicious and brutal attack. >> reporter: the 23-year-old victim got out of her car about 1:30 in the morning and was walking toward her home when she was attacks. >> he knocked her down. he choked her. she lost consciousness. >> reporter: the victim told police, he threw her in the car and drove her to an elementary school less than a mile away.

police developed this sketch. the suspect left the victim here in this parking lot. she was able to get help at a hospital where a rape kit was performed. dna taken from the examination led to the arrest nine years later. police got the hit linking the rape to martinez held in texas after being arrested in november, 2009 for prostitution solicitation. he formerly lived in aspen hill. last week, he was brought back to maryland where he was held without bond on rape, sexual assault and kidnapping charges. >> he had time to serve in texas. we were waiting, had to wait until he finished that sentence to be transported back to montgomery county. >> reporter: i was able to speak with the victim off camera. she's ecstatic an arrest was made.

she's looking for closure. her sense of safety has been changed. darcy spencer, news 4. fairfax city police are asking for your help solving a hit and run accident. they are looking for the driver who hit this 33-year-old. police say he was walking on fairfax boulevard friday night when a driver in a light-colored suv hit him. they got in touch with his family. he was born in afghanistan. police had trouble contacting his relatives. police are cracking down on people who park illegally in commuter lots. police are now on patrol in the horner road commuter lot in wood bridge because people are parking in crosswalks and on sidewalks off interstate 95. anybody caught doing that for two weeks will get a warning. after that grace period, police will start writing tickets. cab rides in d.c. will be

cheaper. the taxi cab commission is dropping the $1 fuel charge that took effect a year ago. it's set to expire med night on wednesday. they expect gas prices to keep falling. it will take action if the conditions do change. it's 480 acres of marshland on the potomac. the future generated controversy that has voters and the park service on opposite shores. we have more on the plans for the dike marsh. >> reporter: the president day name is der rived to build dikes allowing the marsh to be drained for livestock. in the '30s, it was dredged and mined. >> it lasted until the early 1970s. we lost half the marsh to the mining. >> reporter: those who frequent the area say it's a wetland jewel. it's a jewel to voters and

students of the sailing school and other who is frequent the po tome ak. >> they love the facility because of the marsh. we want to see it restored. >> reporter: plans could mean the end to the marina as we know it. one option leaves things as they are. the other returns open water to marsh land. >> proposals b and c block off this cove here. the natural flow of water will be stopped. it makes it a stagnant cove. >> option d fills it in all together. >> we don't think the proposals will be on the table. how do we increase access. >> reporter: the wetlands help clean the water. they harbor important birds and aquatic plants. >> it's made up of cat tail 57bd a statewide rare plant called

river bull rush. it's rare across virginia, it's common here. >> reporter: the public comment period ends this week. it could be years before the marsh is restored to whatever degree it will be. it's coming down to the wire for the marsh and the neighbor, the marina. a man in waldorf maryland taught his son a lesson. his 12-year-old son didn't call home to spend the night at a friend's home. there you can see a sign to teach him about respect. he made kenny walk up and down the street that read home lszless, bont listen to parents. after explaining the situation, the officer applauded his effort. a show of support at the university of virginia for a popular president forced out of her job. >> university professors called for the resignation of two members of the board.

julie carey reports. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: this was the show of support for teresa sullivan as she led her first face-to-face meeting since being asked for her resignation june 8th. she spoke from the steps but revealed little about her fate. >> i want to thank you for what you do and for making this such a great university. at the end of the day, that's the most important thing, university of virginia must remain a great university. >> no comments. >> reporter: sullivan refused reporter questions. she left through cheering and tearful supporters. the community was stunned when news of her forced oust was announced. she led the school for two years. in public comments, the director who led the behind-the-scenes

come pain defended her decision saying the university needed to lead, not follow. she suggested a lack of outside fund raising was a chief reason for removal. >> it should be solicited according the university. faculty compensation to combat the raid on the faculty. >> reporter: sullivan issued a written statement saying corporate style top-down leadership does not work in a great university. sustained change does work. earlier in the day, the council voted to reinstate sullivan and asked for two members to resign. at the rally, participants from students to long-time former president worry about the fallout. >> it's pretty serious. it has to do with the demonstration of institutional integrity. >> i think there's been a

certain amount of turmoil here. i think it's upset a lot of people. i think that's the bottom line. >> reporter: another commentary on the board's action was discovered early this morning. this message spray painted on the columns. it was painted over by the time the board arrived. they repeated their plans to name an interim president today. will the rest of the board go along with her? julie carey, news 4. coming up on news 4, a california family survived a plane crash. a father explains what he told his family when he knew the plane was going down. the olympics was unexpectedly put on hold. what's up with the weather? >> make sure you have plenty of water and shade on hand for later this week. look at the temperatures out west. the heat index 99 degrees in kansas city and denver. we talk about how hot, high high [ scott ] i grew up playing high with little toy trains

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government has added more toyotas to a list of vehicles that could have problems. 600,000 camry's are being investigated. they are looking at some camry's made in 2008 and 2009. also affected are yaris subcompacts from 2007 to '09. all '08 highlander hybrid suvs. the highway safety administration says there have been fires related to the window switches. nobody has been hurt. california families talking about how they survived a plane crash in the mountains of idaho over memorial day weekend. brian, his wife and daughter hit bad weather. he knew the plane was about to

go down. he prepared his family for the worst. >> i had really just about enough time to tell the girls on the plane that i'm sorry, i don't think we are going to make it. >> i -- very vividly remember the entire impact and, i guess you could say waking up. >> wow. after the crash, the brown's got a call from their daughter in idaho. once they knew they had cell phone service, they called 911. eventually, they were able to get all three members of the family to safety. >> wow. quite a story. dan hellie is away. jason pew is in with the sports. welco welcome. a huge weekend in sports. coming up, the heat enjoy home cooking. the nationals look for answers after a tough weekend. simpson makes a name for

all right. today we have a break with clouds and rainshowers and already this summer we have seen high heat. not with very high humidity. that's what's coming up later this week. take a look behind me. these are the record high temperatures for wednesday, thursday and friday. it's when i think we'll have the highest heat around the area. record high for wednesday, 99. thursday, 98. close to that on thursday. 101 for friday. it's when the heat is going to finally break. it's sitting over the nation's midsection and southern tier right now. wednesday, it hits raleigh, philadelphia and up into new york city and friday, northward right up the east coast. spots like boston and new york city will get the high heat, record breaking heat, unseasonable heat coming up later this week. the cooling showers, we get a break around d.c. fauquier county, look at the

line advancing eastward. it has lightning with it. you are hearing the thunder as it pulls in. spots like leesburg probably over an hour into d.c. two hours from now. thunderstorms, there'll be some around this evening. dry tomorrow morning. we look at the seven day forecast and how high the temperatures are going to go, coming up. >> thanks. dan hellie is enjoying a deserved day off. the nats recovering, are they? >> it wasn't a great weekend. when you play 162 games, those things happen. they have exceeded expectations so far this year. with solid pitching, 19-year-old bryce harper, this team is a playoff caliber team. this past weekend's sweep from the yankees was disappointing. the nationals sold out all three games. on the diamond, they struggled. yesterday, in the fourth, big

spot for espinoza. runners at the corners. one out. grounds to the 4, 6, 3 double. 1 for 6 with runners in scoring position. the yankees were scoring when the nats weren't. granderson with his second home run of the series. new york, they outscored the nats 16-6. they sweeped the series. here is davy johnson. >> we are not striking any fear in the opposing pitcher. they are having it too easy with us. those guys need to get going. they're certainly talented enough to get going. >> we didn't play very well. we had a chance to win three games. if you want to look at it positively, we had a chance, you know, to take two out of three. if we had a couple big hits, we played terrible. look at it that way.

you know, you have to play better if we want to beat teams like that. >> the last three u.s. open winners were first time major winners. when simpson hoisted the trophy at the olympic club, it felt right. at 26 years old, simpson is just getting started. we start with tiger woods. three time open champion, he had a rough day yesterday after bogeying the first two holes. second shot on number three. this is bad. it looks like one of my shots. finished at seven over for the tournament. having a better day was simpson. three straight birdies on six, seven and eight. second shot on ten is an absolute beauty. simpson birdie's that hole. to 16 we go. tied with simpson at one over. drops the club. you know he doesn't like that.

he bogey'd the hole. simpson got sole possession of the lead. to 18. simpson trying to save par and stay in first place. not easy. he makes it look easy. he shot 68 for the second day in a row and enters the clubhouse as the leader at one over. mcdowel on 18. misses badly here. simpson is the 2012 u.s. open champ celebrates with his wife and meanwhile, craziness during the interview with bob. take a listen. >> three straight birdies and four in a five-hole stretch. >> yeah. that was kind of the difference. i got off to a slow start. i knew that -- >> unforgettable day to say the least. >> what was that? >> i don't know. >> andrew james dudley.

he was not arrested or he was arrested for disturbing the interview. he was held in a drunk tank and released after he sobered up. one final note on simpson with his wife. she is 7 1/2 months pregnant. he's not scheduled to play at the at&t national. he may miss the british open. the nba finals have been everything sports fans wanted. dramatic, entertaining and yes, controversy. the miami heat may be one of the most hated teams around but they are fun to watch. the thunder needed to get to a quick start. it was lebron james who had the hot hand. first quarter, heat up four. james on the drive. the hot step, easy lay up. watch it again. 16 points in the first half. heat up by one at the break. third quarter, okc up. fouls dwyane wade.

it's the fourth. he sits for 5:41, the remainder of that quarter. more trouble for thunder. westbrook is called for offensive foul. he's benched by scott brooks. the heat takes advantage. under a minute to go. thunder down by one. dwyane wade gives it to lebron. he buries it. heat up by two. to the fourth quarter now. james harden, the costly turnover here. mario is out running. gives it up to james. gets the basket. 29 points, 14 rebounds for la brong. the heat take game three. 91 to 85. to nascar, the quicken loans 400 at michigan international speedway. the sight of dale earnhardt jr.'s last win four years ago. joey spinning sideways right at

you. he finishes in 30th place. a tough day for joe gibbs. almost immediately after the restart, number 11, toyota goes across the grass. he would be okay. he finishes 34th. ahead to the final lap. junior and the batman theme. he takes the checkered flag. the 144th race is a charm. junior gets his first win in more than four years. the orioles and mets will be back tomorrow night. >> i'm surprised dale earnhardt jr. hasn't one for four years. >> he's the most lovable driver you will find. it's good to see him win. a man enjoys his new ride with his best friend at his side. for all your news, follow for all your news, follow news 4

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all in one place. carmax. start here. an olympic torchbearer made a quick stop on his leg of the relay today. he dropped to one leg proposing to his surprised girlfriend. where is the torch? i don't know. who has the flame? >> wait a minute. >> i don't know. the crowds were cheering. most importantly, she said yes. it happened in a small village in northern england. the runner puts the ring on, gets a quick kiss and is on his way. they are expecting a child. opening ceremony with the flame for the olympics, july 27 here on nbc. there it is. >> someone is holding it for him. did he set it on the ground while he did his thing? s symbolic there. they'll have the flame burning the rest of their life. >> we can only hope.

that's what we hope for them. >> yes, that's what we hope. and we hope it's not going to be too bad this week. looking at the numbers, at the humidity, it is. we are talking 20 degrees higher. the temperature tomorrow than what it was today. >> i know. >> mid-60 s to around 70 today. we take it up to 87 to 90 degrees tomorrow. chance for isolated showers and storms west around i-81. they are sneaking eastward. on thursday, the high, 97. easily, it could feel like 100 degrees here thursday. a little relief on friday with showers and storms coming through. it will feel better this weekend, 88 to 90 degrees. >> fair warning. it's got to be hot. thanks. jim lives in fire lake minnesota. he likes riding his motorcycle. he wanted his wife to ride with him. he bought a russian motorcycle painted in camouflage assuming it would win her over. no deal. the cycle came with a side cart.

came up with a back-up plan. his golden retriever, cooper. he had to wrestle him into the side car first. they went straight to the dog park. as you can see, he is just happy as can be now. the guy says doggie park and cooper jumps into the side car. the dog has been hooked ever since. >> they love that wind in the face. >> he does look happy. i can't understand why the mrs. wasn't interested in the side car.