can see coming our way between 7:00 and 11:00 p.m. again tomorrow, we'll look at that seven-day forecast in a couple of minutes. pepco is on the hot seat montgomery county for how they fared during last month's powerful storm. tracy wilkins joins us, good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon, barbara. you can see by the yellow tape that this was a terrible area yesterday. we had tree limbs down and power lines as well. but you can take a look behind me and see now it's a few hanging limbs, they've done a good job much cleaning the area up and the folks have their pepco power back because this is a good example of what pepco can do when they don't have a large storm. in montgomery county the question was about pepco's response when there is a large storm. folks had lots to say. >> the lack of reliable electric power has become the number one quality of life issue in our

county. >> and with that, the montgomery county council began laying into pepco and questioning the utilities response to the 238,000 outages after june 29th's storm. >> the frequency and duration of power outages threatens our help and well fare and economy. >> tom graham and the maryland public service commission's chair, attended the hearing and responded to concerns. >> i completely understand the frustration of the customers who have been out of service. >> what i'm hearing from mr. graham, which makes me infuriated is that he's not listening to what everyone is telling him. >> emily of north bethesda lost power for days after the last storm. that's why she and many other concerned residents attended today's hearing. she said the leadership and president don't get it. >> he said yes it was a big storm, shouldn't be beating up on us, you can expect outages.

everybody understands that. >> what happens next depends on what we find. >> the maryland public service commission's chair says the commission must wait on an official report from pepco due at the end of july before they can say if the utility performed poorly or not. >> the review will be thorough and it will be expensive and it will be penetrating and there will be follow-up. >> for many, including montgomery county resident and state senator brian frosh, there's no need to wait for a report. >> you want to communicate effectively with pepco, don't give them a rate increase, we're not getting the service we deserve. >> reporter: today residents did not have an opportunity to speak out but they will get that opportunity at the hearing held back at the council on august 7th. there will be another hearing shortly after that in prince georges county as well. in addition to pepco getting an earful, the maryland public service commission did as well. coming up at 6:30, we'll let you

know what they had to say to them. news 4. this has become a familiar scene, a car wiped out by a fallen tree, on lee drive on fredericksburg, a large tree fell over crushing this mercedes parked. the driver had just gotten out of the car. she was pretty shaken up because she had just gotten out of her vehicle and standing a few feet in front of the car when the tree came down and crashed into it. more than two months after a medical technician was stabbed to death, tonight there is an arrest. news 4's pat collins joins us live in the district with this story that is developing. pat? >> an x-ray technician sees an argument in the street and he stops his car and gets out to see if everything is all right. that cost him his life. police put out this surveillance video of a suspect. this video led to some

information. that information led to more evidence and today an arrest in a high profile case of murder. 30-year-old jonathan dawkins charged in the stabbing death of duane brisbon, a 33-year-old x-ray technician at the med star washington hospital center. it appears that he was trying to be a good samaritan when he was killed. >> the information that we have received is that the suspect in the case was involved in a verbal altercation with another individual at which time the victim stopped his automobile and inquired as to the welfare of the other individual. and that prompted an argument, which ultimately led to a stabbing of the victim. sfwl duane edward brisbon had a promising medical career. he had just received a promotion and was out celebrating with

some friends at marvin's on that may day when this happened. they say brisbon was driving home along florida avenue when it happened. that's when he saw the suspect in an argument with another individual. that's when he stopped his car and got out to see if everything was all right. that's when they say the suspect stabbed brisbon in the neck. they say he tried to get in his car and drive to a hospital but that was not to be. brisbon collapsed in his car. the car crashed into a light pole. when medics first arrived at the scene, they thought it was some sort of automobile accident. but when they looked closer, they realized it was a case of murder. >> now, murder suspect jonathan dawkins knew police were hot on his trail and today, today he stopped running. today he turned himself in.

live in southwest, pat collins, news 4. let's look at this house fire in potomac in the 11,000 block of stanmore drive. firefighters found flames and smoke from the garage and second floor when they got there. in the petworth neighborhood, another fire did serious damage to the basement of a house on varnum street and northwest. the fire did not spread to the upper levels and everyone did manage to get out safely. investigators are trying to figure out what sparked this blaze. >> d.c. mayor vincent gray reacted to a new opinion poll that says more than half of the citizens of the district of columbia want him to resign. the mayor says the "washington post" poll mostly reflects the media focus on a federal probe into his 2010 campaign for mayor, not on the job he's doing. news 4's tom scheherwood joins

>> these numbers are not good for gray and reporters pressed him for his reaction. >> mayor gray slipped in a back door to attend a news conference on the fight against aids, avoiding reporters camped out front. >> why did you feel the need to come in the back door rather than walk in the front door with everyone else? >> it was a convenient way to get in, tom. >> the new post poll this past week shows 54% want mayor gray to resign. 37% say he shouldn't. asked if he were honest or trust worthy, only 22% said yes. an overwhelming 61% said no. as the news conference headed reporters headed towards gray and the press secretary shouted at him. >> deep breath, folks, back up. >> what about the dismal poll numbers, reporters asked in the wake of felony convictions of gray campaign associates? >> to me i guess it's obviously

colored by all of this other stuff associated with the campaign. i haven't been charged with anything or convicted of anything. and i think -- i would urge people to strongly ask them to allow this whole process to play out. this has been going on for a long time. >> if you were charged with something at that point would you resign? >> that's a hypothetical. let's not deal in hypotheticals. >> the may are tr tried to talk about the plishmentes but reporters pursued him a back hallway asking him scandal questions. >> how do i reverse the poll numbers? let's see, i think you can continue to do the job, hopefully the investigation will be concluded and we'll move on. >> the mayor was pursued into an elevator as he sought to go to the next event trying to stay focused on that job as the scandal swirls around him. some feared the focus on scandal could hurt the city. we'll hear about that at news 4

at 6:00. >> there's renewed debate over whether to allow some changes to the d.c. sky line. lifting high reheight restrictions that have kept every building under 130 feet and no dramatic height increase was on the table. city planners proposed incremental changes to allow rooftops to be used for office space or even restaurants. most rooftops are only used for mechanical purposes right now. trayvon's parents are reacting to george zimmerman's lengthy interview on fox news channel. zimmerman says no regrets about following martin the and the neighborhood watch volunteer says martin initiated the deadly confrontation and he also said what happened that night in february was part of god's plan. this morning martin's parents reacted to that. on an interview on the "today"

show. >> i think that's ridiculous. i wish trayvon was here to tell his side of the story. i don't believe it's god's plan for him to kill an innocent teenager. >> i do wish there was something, anything i could have done that wouldn't have put me in the position where i had to take his life. i am sorry that they buried their child. i can't imagine what it must feel like. >> zimmerman also said he would like to talk with trayvon martin's parents about what happened. when nbc asked sabrina fulton if she would be willing to meet with him, she replied absolutely not. zimmerman pleaded not guilty citing florida's stand your ground law. still ahead on news 4. republican presidential candidate mitt romney has five sons. today the first interview with the romney five. peter alexander joins us live. >> new video of a woman walking across the tracks of a metro

station, the frantic moments for everyone watching. plus, do you have to tip while you're on summer vacation? i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [romney singing]: oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains majesty, above the fruited plain, america, america, god shed his grace on thee, and crowned thy good, with brotherhood...

morgan freeman just wrote a big check, contributed $1 million last month to an outside super pac that supports the president. in a statement the oscar winning actor said in his words, president obama has done a remarkable job in terrible circumstances. one of mitt romney's greatest campaign assets may not be money gbut family. his five sons sat down with peter alexander in their first joint interview of the 2012 campaign. peter has their story tonight on "rock center." >> good to visit with you, this is a unique opportunity to sit down with all five of mitt romney's sons, they range from 41 to 32 and first time they

were sitting down this campaign cycle. the effort is to try to humanize their father. we had a chance to visit with them in recent weeks and take a look at our time together. >> they are quite a starting five, the romney brothers could soon become america's first sons. they certainly look the part. handsome, disciplined and fiercely competitive as i found out firsthand. >> this is not a joke, you like to compete? >> we're competitive on just about anything. >> last time everybody was together was when? >> new hampshire, primary night. >> you forgot ben was there. >> occasionally we forget when ben -- he can be quiet. >> they clearly like to raz each other. >> momma's boy? >> josh. >> thanks, guys, good to hear. >> obviously they like to have some fun but we had serious questions for them as well.

one of the questions i pose to them was the fact that all five of them went overseas two years each on a mormon mission and said did you ever consider serving your country in the military? their answers tonight. >> are they anxious to get on the campaign trail with their dad. >> most have been on the trail for quite a bit. a couple of weeks ago in wisconsin literally we saw one of the son's, craig's chasing to kids down the hallway at one of the hotels. the effort is to kind of round out the corners of sort of a square guy, at least how he's viewed by voters right now. ben is the blond one, the one that looks different than the others, he's a musician and now a radioologist, he's the one you don't see as much on the trail. the chance to listen to him speak and all of them speak is interesting. >> we look forward to your report.

thanks peter. you can see peter's report tonight on rock center starts at 10:00. >> veronica, when and where? >> right here we can see heavy rain again coming our way for the evening. someone said i have plans for the evening, can you narrow it down more? if i did, i would put it between 9:00 and 11:00 for most of our area around montgomery county, fairfax, d.c. stepping into the area earlier than that. let's look around the area right now. again, a sky with clouds building again, our temperature is not quite as high as yesterday. we got up to 92 degrees. that's where we're holding right now. the wind out of the southeast, 3 miles per hour. here's a look at that radar. these storms that you see up north, yes there's lightning with it around carroll county and baltimore county. those will be sliding toward baltimore county. our immediate area is quiet and then we have showers and storms coming off the i-81. these scattered and coming east but the bigger line as i time it

out, that's going to be moving in with a lot of rain, maybe downpours and ponding between 9:00 and 11:00 p.m. we're stormy here as temperatures drop for tomorrow morning. 76 to 77 with probably still some lingering showers. not any storms for tomorrow morning. that same front, it's going to be sticking an for friday and into saturday morning. tomorrow we'll see more showers and storms fire and on saturday the rain will be ending and skies will be clearing and we're expecting a cooler day because we'll be on the north side of this boundary. it will be more comfortable for the weekend. your evening, turning stormy with heavy downpours likely. 79 to 84 degrees. again, window now between 9:00 and 11:00 p.m., but for the far western portions like shenandoah and culpepper, probably as early as 7:00 or 8:00 p.m. with the storms coming in. 73 to 78. >> we're wet for the morning.

take along your umbrella. much cooler for friday and for the weekend. there's your seven-day forecast. great looking weekend coming up. right now there's no storms over d.c., meteorologist chuck bell is out with backyard weather today. >> reporter: stick close to me. hey, veronica. beautiful weather in the backyard we're at the malloy's house, this is kirsten malloy. thanks so much. tell us about all of the work you've done in the backyard? >> we're having a great old time here today. this is my husband's, bill, this fabulous pond made from scratch. have a little trouble keeping fish stockeded in it because the heron get hungry and take our fish. but we have a lovely frog that keeps us awake at night who laid a whole bunch of eggs. >> only like 50,000 --

>> about 50,000 tadpoles in there now. >> your tadpole pond is a huge hit with everybody else out there. we're sorry to hear the heron comes in to eat your koi oit of the pond. >> my husband is a handy dandy guy. >> we're going to look at his habddy work, they are fitness instructors so the pressure is on about getting in the pool around here. beautiful weather in the backyard. chicken kabobs on the grill. >> are you kidding me? that sounds so good. i know you're coming back to the station. >> reporter: of course it does. >> you'll bring me back some and we want to see you doing the exercises. >> after they eat they'll do 100 stomach crunches and then they are going to do pilates. >> and the fountain looks good too. >> beautiful. >> still ahead at 5:00 tonight,

parents in virginia arrested after a child knocked on a neighbor's door. a collision of father and son will never forget. they crashed into a rather large bear. coming up in sports, a sweep is out to reach for the nats, dan has the highlights coming up next. news 4 at 6:00, the suspect accused of bombing israeli

nats going for a sweep of the mets today. >> a couple of co-workers were out there, didn't get the invite. boss was there, didn't get the invite. >> what is wrong with these people? >> but we can talk about it,

right? afternoon baseball was supposes to be a marquis patching matchup. gonzalez on the mound and both tied for the major league lead with 12 wins, one would get number 13, the other had his worst outing of the season. gone zan lez did not bring his a game, one on, one out and he said this was all wrong. wright aegs 13th home run, 2-0, mets on top. bottom one, one of the hottest pitchers dickey facing ryan zimmerman, takes the knuckleball, home run, 2-1 mets on top. zimmerman has more home runs than anyone in the national league. geo ranked after 3 1/3 and gaved six earned runs. david wright doing it again.

this time a home run of the three-run variety. his second of the game. he also had five rbis so it's 9-1 mets. michael morris and deysi comes in to score but fans loving the hustle but it's 9-3, mets on top. here's drew, haven't seen him all season. he gets david wright to ground out. storen went 3 up, three down in the first action of the season. good to have him back. bottom of the ninth, nats trying to rally, two men in scoring position but bobby parnell shuts the door. the nationals fall to the mets. they have a three and a half lead gain. as for today, geo just didn't

have it. >> i was just trying to go out there and give a couple of innings in trying to save the bull pen. but unfortunately that is not what happened so next time it's how you do it, turn the page and move forward and try to go after him a again. >> you can't pitch great every time you go out there. he gave us his best and the bull pen came in and gave their best. >> it's one of those days, you know, you know, he's been outstanding. a lot of good things happened in the ball game, when your nine runs down and come back and couple of times had the tieing run on deck, that was great. >> you know, the last few years this was three or four times a week the nationals were getting blown out. i can't count on one hand the nun of times this season the nationals have been blown out in a game. this is a rarity. they are good. still in first place. >> people are enjoying seeing them too.

>> a lot of fun watching them play. >> coming up in the next half hour, we'll tell you what a woman does when she finds herself on the wrong side of a metro stop. >> police in virginia arrest a couple for child abuse. what they are accused of doing. plus, how much drivers are

a fast forward through the headlines, pepco's president says he understands customer's frustrations with power outages but he says the utility is making stridewise fewer outages and shorter recovery times since 2010. the montgomery county council held a hearing on the response. a man is charged in the murder of a d.c. x-ray technician being a good smar tan. investigators say it happened

when the victim, brisbon, stopped to help a person injured while arguing with dawkins, now let's fast forward to the weather. this is another afternoon we're focusing in on the radar. we have storms to the north. these will be passing, moving away from our area and we have storms to the west and they will not miss us, this huge line starts in pennsylvania and goes down to kentucky, driving eastward with heavy rain and lightning due to come into our area as that line makes it over the mountains between 9:00 and 11:00 p.m. now. >> a dangerous decision on a metro platform, it left a passenger stranded between the tracks. it also left a lot of other riders puzzled. richard jordan explains what led to a rescue. >> reporter: a metro rider ends up on the wrong side of the

tracks. metro security footage shows the woman waiting for the red line wednesday night then jumping on the tracks and reaching for her red bag sitting on ledge. but her next move could have taken her life. she steps on the third rail to get up too the lines separating each tracks. luckily a train didn't zip by. the video clearly shows there were a lot of people waiting on the platteform and it appears the woman didn't even realize what she was doing is dangerous. >> a witness writes on twitter, she seemed confused, lost, metro reacted quickly. she appeared to be fine after they pulled her off the tracks. metro says the woman is from france and is not familiar with the transit system. but still riders are scratching their heads over this one. >> i'm a tourist and i wouldn't do anything like that. so i don't know, attention getting maybe. >> reporter: metro says the move is no laughing matter.

the agency says if anyone happens to fall or drop something off the platform, they should call the station manager for help but don't jump in. >> i'll never try that. and you don't either, okay? >> reporter: richard jordan, news 4. >> metro siz it was misunderstanding on the woman's part and the transit agency will not issue a fine or citation for this. the fbi is looking for this man who robbed a bank if southeast d.c. at the pnc in the 600 block of pennsylvania avenue yesterday. detectives say the robber walked into the building, demanded money from the teller and walked out. the parents of an 8-year-old virginia boy are under arrest charged with child abuse, the young victim was covered in bruises when he rang a stranger's doorbell yesterday. here's the report now. >> reporter: amy sweeney and matthew sweeney, parents of six are charged with child abuse

after their 8-year-old adopted son fled their house early wednesday morning and arrived on the doorstep of this home several blocks away. he rang the doorbell. they were up late watching tv. >> i asked him, can i help you, son? >> he said, i'm lost. >> and i said, well, where did you come from? >> and he said, i don't know. >> police say a few hours later at 5:30 they got a call from amy sweeney to report her son missing. based on the conversations with the 8-year-old both parents were arrested accused of abusing their son over a long period of time. >> some injuries were new and in sold, the abuse is parentally occurs on a constant basis and was not isolated to this incident. >> neighbors say the family was renting the house and moved in about a year ago. even though there were six children living here, they rarely saw them or interacted with the family. the van in the driveway carries decals of the bill families and

others promote the pro-choice viewpoint and the fact amy sweeney home schools the children. matthew sweeney is in the military. they never knew there was an 8-year-old in the house. >> it's frightening what can go on underneath our nose and we don't have a clue. it's terrible. >> reporter: now that word has spread, neighbors have learned he was adopted from russia and had a glass eye and now in the custody of child protective services and so are the younger sweeney children. ron cramer is happy he could be there to answer his door. >> i feel if there are any charges against this person or these people, that they certainly deserve to let them have at it because it's -- we don't tolerate you know, unkindness to children. >> news 4. drivers who use the dulles toll road are learning how much more they are going to have to pay.

the airport authority is revealing what the toll increases will be for the coming years. the toll for a driver using the main plaza and one on or off ramp would be $2.75 next year. $3.50 the following year and $4.50 in 2015. that money will be used to fund metro silver line. the whooping cough up demic is the worse in years.

[ obama ] i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. [ female announcer ] every woman who believes decisions about our bodies and our health care should be our own is troubled mitt romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backed a law that outlaws all abortion -- even in cases of rape and incest. and that's not all. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. [ female announcer ] for women, planned parenthood means life-saving cancer screenings and family-planning services. but, for mitt romney... planned parenthood. we're going to get rid of that.

whooping cough is on the rise, the u.s. is on the way to have the worst year in 50 years. nearly 18,000 cases have been reported just so far. that number is twice last year's

total. whooping cough highly contagious, a bacterial diseases and causes children to make a whooping sound as they gasp for breath. nine children have died so far this year. cdc is urging adults as well as pregnant women to get vaccinated. >> ford is telling some owners of the 2013 escape to stop driving immediately. the company says any issue with the fuel line could cause the engine to catch fire. it includes more than 11,000 models with a 1.6 liter four cylinder engine. meanwhile, honda is recalling more than 170,000 cars because the doors may not close. it includes the 2012 crv and acura ilx, both automakers say the local dealers will do repairs. there are no reported injuries connected to either recalls. a driver in washington state in his suv struck a 300-pound black bear yesterday, stang lingly says it darted in the road from the woods and it was

too late he hit the bear and the suv flipped. stan's son said it felt like a roller coaster. both escaped with minor injuries and animal officers had to put the bear down. >> a tsa search controversy. >> also a big day in hollywood as the emmy nominations are announced. i'm liz crenshaw, what do ii'm barack obama and ido approve this message. [romney singing]: oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains majesty, above the fruited plain, america, america, god shed his grace on thee, and crowned thy good, with brotherhood...

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vacation is supposed to be relaxing. >> it is, but when it comes to tipping on vacation, it can be awkward and stressful, you know, you've been there, haven't you? >> awful, ruins your vacation. >> here's what she says, liz. >> the last thing you want to do is let tipping bust your budgets. a travel tipping quiz when to tip and how much. how much should you tip the shuttle driver who takes you from the airport to the hotel,

the shuttle bus driver? it's not necessary, 5 to $10 or 1 to $2. >> 5 to $10. >> that's one gracious woman. kiplinger says 1 to $2 is enough and if the driver helps you with the luggage, add another dollar or too. >> have you tipped a shuttle bus driver? >> yes, i have. >> there's a hotel con see arnlg, do you tip them five to ten bucks or 10% of the price of the restaurant meal? >> smile and thank you. >> that's it, kip dg linger says for a quick chat about local dining, you're not obligated to tip. in the concierge makes reservations, consider tipping. >> how much money do you think you should tip the bell hop for your bags, 1 to $2 per bag or nothing? >> $2, got to make a living too. >> he's generous. an appropriate amount is 1 to $2

per bag. >> and you're at the hotel. >> uh-huh. >> and you're thinking about room service. how much should you tip for room service? 15 to 20% of the pre-tax bill, 5 to 10% or nothing? >> i would say at least 15%. >> you're right. you're a good tipper. >> kiplingers says, tip 15 to 20% of the pretax bill, similar to a tip you would leave a waiter at the restaurant. many hotels automatically include gratuity for room service so read the fine print first. don't leave extra cash for cleanup of the dirty dishes, that leads to the next question. >> how much sh you you leave as a tip for housekeeping, a mint on the pillow, $20 at the end of a multinight stay or 2 to $5 each morning? >> i think the $20 plus is adequate. >> big tipper. etiquette experts suggest leaving 2 to $5 each morning. you may have different

housekeepers each day. remember to leave the tip in an envelope labeled housekeeping. here's your last tipping question. what should you tip the parking valet, 2 to $5 every time you leave or every time you pick up your car? >> i would say 2 to $5 every time you pick up your car? >> he's right, 2 to $5 each time you pick up your car. >> actually used to be a valet at one point, the nicer the car, generally the worst tip. >> into kidding. >> volvo drivers, best tips. >> so volvo drivers you're the best tippers. if you stay at a resort, how much do you tip the golf pro or ski instructor, 15% of the lesson or handshake? >> maybe 15%. >> i don't know, i don't take any of those things, golf or ski or tennis. >> it's interesting, kiplingers says they are salaried employees and you don't tip them. in many cases it's sort of rude

to tip them. but that's not true of caddies on the golf course, they like to be tip, but the pros do not. >> i bet they wouldn't be embarrassed to take it? they might, it's their salary. >> do you tip the shuttle driver who's taking you to the rental car place? >> i want to know how much you tip your anchors and your meteorologist. >> here's a tip for you, go to the weather. >> veronica, what do you want? 15% of vance's salary. >> since it's close to dinner time, you can tip me with dinner. i'm getting hungry. chuck is doing backyard weather and talking about kebobs. i'm talking about rainfall and what we have not received as of yet. the middle line we have picked up 4 inches of rain but deficit close to 2 inches and right under that you can see the deficit for the year over 7 inches of rain. wait a minute, i had downpours and flooding, how can we have a

deficit? it's been isolated and most locations are still dry. we have storms coming in from the west, between 9:00 and 11:00 p.m., still expect to see the storms come on through, could have some wind but i think the biggest thing we'll see from the storms stepping in between 9:00 and 11:00 p.m., heavy rain and downpowe downpowers and a lot of lightning, 77 to 76 degrees, it's going to be wet with some showers around the area. and still going to be humid too. here's a look at our four-day forecast, 88 degrees for a high tomorrow. showers and thunderstorms are likely tomorrow. at least an 80% chance. showers continue into saturday morning but the weekend right now looking nice, 81 to 85 degrees cooler finally and a little bit of heat comes back the early part of next week with storms on tuesday. since i am hungry, show us those kebobs. >> >> they are still in the fridge and we're preparing them later on the 6:00 news.

this is brin malloy, the daughter out here. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having us. >> i understand you're a 2012 graduate of walter johnson high school? >> yes, i am. >> did you graduate first in your class? >> not as much as i would have liked to, no. >> where are you going to college? >> i'll be going to catholic university. >> i understand they have a national championship winning lacrosse team there. >> yes, i will there. >> will you contribute to the win this fall? >> i hopefully will be able to. >> what was it like growing up with a great backyard? it was better than i'm sure a lot of other kids had. a lot of space to run around. we have great bonfires and have my friends over and swim. >> reporter: this was your contribution to the backyard was the fire pixt because it's july and it was 15,000 degrees we don't have the fire going out there because we couldn't take anymore heat.

this is a great idea and you enjoy the fire pit. >> we love it. all of my friends come over and we sit around and have a great time. >> reporter: next we'll do a quick hello, isabella, a friend of the family. hello. >> hi. >> and are you enjoying your summer vacation? >> yes. >> reporter: we'll be back here in the backyard during the 6:00 news and we'll talk about kebobs and the forecast then. >> we've gotten the pool and fountain and fire pit. finally coming up hopefully we'll have the grill. >> apparently there are kebobs in the forecast. i wonder if that's going to be raining bits of chicken. that's what chuck tells us. >> all right, thanks a lot. the emmy award nominations were announced this morning and one hit show is poised to make emmy history. >> the 1960s drama "mad men" 17 nominations could make it the most honored drama in tv history. >> it is up against "downtown

abbey" which garnered 16 nods and "breaking bad" and game of thorns" -- "game of thrones". >> i saw the first season, it's amazing. >> i haven't seen that one. those ones will challenge "mad men". >> all four networks were shut out of outstanding drama category and another shocker for the first time in ten years, fox's "american idol" is not nominated in the reality competition, but nbc's funny, we need to mention that nbc's hit show "the voice" did make the cut. >> familiar shows including "30 rock" which received 13 nominations. >> and coming up next, a woman on a breathing tube is outraged on how she was treated by the tsa. that story is next. coming up tonight, gay men are banned from donating blood and now there's a push to change

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the family of a texas woman is outraged by the way the tsa treated her during a trip. >> flight is not an issue for him, going through the tsa process, we knew what to expect. >> reporter: john and his wife melinda are pros when it comes to getting through security at the airport. it's a miracle consideringmy linda has to travel to the mayo clinic with a medically implanted 4-inch tube sticking out of her stomach.

>> they ask her what it is and they may pat it on the outside of the clothing and go on. >> this morning was different, john didn't go on mel linda's flight and john says agents went too far. >> when she was crying on the phone when she called me after going through the checkpoint, i knew something was wrong. they had physically stripped her and saw the tube coming out of her stomach and they decided they needed to check it for explosives to they had to physically handle the tube. >> not only did they touch the tube, they swabbed the tube for bomb making materials, possibly causing a medical issue. >> any time you put a harsh substance on it, they run the risk of concontamination, she ha weaken the immune system and it could be fatal. she had digital copties of a note explaining the medical condition. that didn't stop tsa agents from

stripping the woman. >> they reacted totally as she was a hostile target. >> reporter: john has filed a formal complaint with the tsa. as a husband, john is mad. >> it outrages to me to think they can get away with that because they have a single female with a medical condition not going to stand up to authorities figures and say this is across the line. >> tsa officials say they are investigating the allegations but could not specifically comment on the case. at 6:00, tracking severe storms again tonight. a man with a promising medical career was murdered trying to be a good samaritan. there's a break in the case. the impact of d.c. mayor campaign scandal in the district has become much more evident. he is talking about it tonight. the story first on news 4, a metro rider takes a dangerous trip across the tracks. good evening, everybody, welcome