their children, just wait until you hear where the kids thought they were going. a dog rescued after spending eight days alone on a mutt. now there are be a court battle on whether the dog is allowed to go back home. good afternoon. first on 4, i don't like your politics. that's what the accused gunman said moments before grabbing a handgun. the guard works for the family research council, a conservative group. he remains hospitalized. the suspect 28-year-old appeared in u.s. district court this afternoon. the judge ordered him held without bond and assigned him a public defender. prosecutors requested a mental health evaluation. according to the criminal complaint, he's charged with assault with intent to kill while melissa mollett reports from. >> reporter: the front doors of

the family research council are locked this morning, only employees allowed in as some who work nearby, slow down and wonder why and hope the security guard is doing okay. teresa brooks has worked across the street for 11 years. she said she would see the guard almost every day. >> we exchange words in the morning, really friendly, how are you doing? he makes sure i'm okay. >> 28-yard floyd corkens is accused of walking to the if. rk building wednesday morning and shooting that security gart. when he was questioned about what was in hi backpack, he pulled out a gun, and reportedly said i don't have a problem with i have a problem with the people

upstairs. >> i'm feeling a little nervous and threat enened. >> aziz watched from his snack cart down the block. >> i heard, but after. >> extra ammunition. and it was also found in corkins back pack. the family research council support the chick physical lay stand against same-sex marriage. many are hoping to see the security guard back here soon. >> i hope he recovers, so we can go back and have a cup of

coffee. >> reporter: the frc tells us the security guard came out of the surgery just before midnight last night, that surgery went well, and he's expected to recover. melissa mollett, news4, back to you. >> authorities say they found 15 sandwiches in his backpack. we'll tell us what the security guard's mother and grandmother have to say. a hall of fame college football coach is charged with unares a ponzi scheme and cheating investors. today the securities and exchange commission sued former coach jim donen. court documents claim he raised $80 million for what he claimed was a liquidation business, but he only used $12 million to buy merchandise. authorities say the rest was used to pay returns to other investors. the s.e.c. says he recruited investors using contacts he made as a coach and espn commutator.

florida a & m is pushing for a settlement. robert champion died last november. authorities say he was beating to death during a hazing rituals. 11 members are facing charges, while two are charged with misdemeanors. they have ought pleaded not guilty. champion's family sued claiming university officials did not take enough action to start hazing at the film. prince philip is expected to remain in the hospital for now. the palace says he's responding well, but probably needs a few more days in the hospital. this is his third hospital stay in the past eight months. the 91-year-old prince was hospitalized in june for blade ser infection. in decent he underwent a successful procedure to clear a blocked artery in his heart. he spent christmas in the hospital. turning to the weather now, it's been a beautiful thursday,

but once again we could be starting to talk about storms. >> kim mar tucci is outside with us this afternoon. >> hi, ladies. so great to see you. this is a fantastic day. if you've been putting out yard work because it's been too humid, today is the exception to the rule. low humidity despite temperatures in the upper 80s and 90s. it's gorgeous. in fact, look at the relative humidity. it is only 31%, and yes it's 90 degrees. west winds at 14 miles an hour, they also feel pretty good pushing you along with that nice dry air on top. more numbers coming in. most of us are in the middle and upper 80s right now. we can take that. we have one more warm day to go, then we'll be looking for storms. don't worry about them this afternoon. we are looking on the radar and don't see any. it's the stuff off to the west that will be marching our way to tomorrow. i'll get the timing down when i

see you next. what you need to know tonight, just a few clouds, absolutely perfect. our temperatures will go from the middle 80s to around 78 by 10:00, and winds will be light. more to come with the extended outlook and for you folks heading to the beach, you'll want to pay attention, because i have some things to talk about there, too. i'll see you in just a bit. >> all right. thank you. mitt romney placed the medicare battle front and center, and also gambled with a disclosure about his taxes. steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: mitt romney made medicatire a bigger issue with surprise presentation, writing on a whiteboard, bankrupt, insolvent, meaning the obama plan and his plan. >> which of these two do you think is better, goings bankrupt or being solvent? we've going to get a lot of support from people who

understand medicare should be protected for current seniors as well as the next generation. >> what were you doing? some lifting? >> reporter: romney's message to medicare users and any american over 55, he won't change that program, but to everyone younger, he's promising change, including a voucher option for private coverage. championed by his running mate, congressman paul ryan, aimed at americans worried about medicare in the future. >> it voucherizes medicare, shifts costs to seniors. >> reporter: team obama quickly reacted. seniors on average will see costs rise by $6400 per year. not the right policy. >> reporter: ryan and romney are appealing to younger voters, obama voters. >> this is the debate we want top, we need to have and we're going to win. >> reporter: romney today surprisingly revealed the bottom

lines from ten years of his tax returns, that he still won't release. >> every year i've paid at least 13%. if you add, in addition the amount to goes to charity, well, then the number gets above 20%. >> the tax rate for mill jersey nair is 35% on regular income. the obama campaign quickly demanded that he release his tax returns form i'm 1250i78 handle man, news4. bock mcdonnell will get a prime speaking spot later this month. gop officials announced he'll be a speaker. we do know, though, he will not be the keynote speaker. that honor is going to new jersey governor chris christie. mcdonnell heads to tampa this as you said. he is the chairman of the

committee. coming up this afternoon, no one here won the lottery, you probably didn't either, but we tell you where a $337 million powerball ticket was sold. taylor swift's new song, which one of her exboyfriends says is not about him? and -- ♪ you know that sound. coming up next, we're joined by boyd tinsley, the violinist of the dave matthews band, we'll hear about his new proje

i'm barack obama and i approve this message seen this? mitt romney claiming the president would end welfare's work requirements? the new york times calls it 'blatantly false' the washington post says: "the obama administration is not removing the bill's work requirements at all." in fact, obama's getting states to move twenty percent more people from welfare to work. and president clinton's reaction to the romney ad? it's just "not true." get the facts.

halle berry is trying to convince a judge to let her move to parys with her 4-year-old daughter. barry's exand father of her daughter has strong objections. according to tmz, berries's lawyers argue the praise make it too dangerous for her to live in the u.s. a declaration from, saying that parys has a tougher praise laws, providing a better environment. that's taylor swift's new

song "we are never ever getting back together" her exboyfriend, joe jonas says she's not singing about him. jonas told the tommy show about it thorn on 94.7 fresh fm. >> well, i can say it's not about me, because i don't think we've ever tried another time, so -- so that it's not about me. but i think the song is great, and i think taylor does pop music really well. i'm happy for her. >> taylor swift's new alum "red" hits stores october 22nd. ♪ >> all right. the sounds of the dave matthews band "ants marching" and today we are very lucky, because we're joined by one of the men who

made that possible, that classic song. isn't it exciting? >> you know him well. he's the violinist with the very popular dave matthews band. welcome, we are so excited to have you here. >> thank you very much. i was looking at the video. we look so much younger in that, but it's cool to see that. >> and that machine can really work for you. >> thank you so much. >> first we want to talk about film. you're trying your hand at that. you've written, produced and scored ""faces in the mirror." >> ben has flown up resentful, and his dad has died. he's full of a lot of guilt and pain. he goes on this sort of dream-like fantasy during the night where he meets all these people that lead him to something he needs. >> we have a clip of the movie. >> let's take a look at it. awesome.

♪ >> so tell us what's going on there? >> this is a bonfire. his friend dylan has seen him after the funeral, and dylan is a partying dude. he wants to get him out of the house. he says there's this party tonight, come out with me. it turns out to be this really wild party. he once into somebody in this tee pea after the scene. i won't tell you what happens after that >> okay. well, fans can watch the movie on itunes later this month. >> absolutely, yes, august 30th. let's talk about your music. you are exceptional at what you do. how old were you when you started playing the violin? >> i was 11, in middle school. i wanted to play the guitar, and i went to a class, but it was an orchestra class. it just stuck with me.

the rest is history. beautiful music history. >> what are you feeling? >> it's just fun. on stage you just go into a whole different world. there's so much freedom. from nice to night you don't even know where you're going to go. >> you look like you're having a good time. >> "away from the world" will be released september 11th. let's listen to the single that's entitled "mercy." ♪ to fight ♪ mercy ♪ will we overcome this ♪ yeah ♪ one god ♪ could we turn it around baby ♪ carry on just a little bit longer ♪ ♪ i'll try to give you what you need ♪ beautiful piece. what's the inspiration for that one? >> that you have to sort of ask dave, but, you know, a lot of the song seems to be about redemption and mercy, and it's

just got a very positive, you know, side to it, you know, like lift me up from out of this depth. so it was like that was one of the first songs we recorded in the studio. it really just fell into place like right away. it was a really special one. >> it feels good. >> thank you very much. >> another beautiful piece. so you have the instruments. >> greg and joe over here are going to 'company -- i mean, jeff and joe. i'm sorry met. i just met jeff today. >> strike up the band, ladies and gentlemen boyd tinsley. ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ flashes off in the distant light burned out ♪ ♪ the voice is calling you ♪ forcing you to bend ♪ heaven's child ♪ hold your breath and wait ♪ til i get there ♪ although his shining armor

♪ only ♪ hanging on to simpleness ♪ because my heart would trim able ♪ ♪ where it all begins. ♪ some burn ♪ some have never faced this again ♪ ♪ some never never ever find themselves ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ of yesterday ♪ hoping they'll caress my cries ♪ ♪ though i follow where i have been ♪ ♪ some burn ♪ some fade away ♪ some never never face them again ♪ ♪ some burn ♪ some fade away ♪ some never never ever find

themselves ♪ ♪ ♪ >> wow. that was fabulous. >> awesome. thank you very much. >> wonderful. boyd tinsley. thank you all. >> thanks for coming. >> awesome. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you so much. the music doesn't stop here. a scrabble scandal. and kim's going to tell you about the storms that could interrupt your weekend plans. for all your news follow us

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i hope you enjoy this beautiful weather. >> because it's not going to last? >> i'm here to tell you all about that. but today's great, right? we still have the evening ahead of us. i don't think the weekend is a washout, but we really need that rain. have you seen my yard? boy, yes, it is gad. it's great to see you, though. and happy friday eve. we have some beautiful weather outside. gorgeous, loving the -- as an 8-month pregnant woman, i'm loving this weather. the humidity is low and the winds are nice at 10 miles an hour, just a by of a breeze from time to time. it feels so good when you're outside. enjoy that. that's my evening gift to you. let all look at the highed. he made it up to 90, most of us put on the grax in the 80s this

afternoon. we'll have one more relatively warm day. that will be tomorrow. then we're going to see a change with a lot of 80s and chances for showers incoming. lows will be comfortable again. once you get away, quickly dropping down into the 60s. and check out western maryland, low 60s. that will feel really good. digital doppler can't find a drop, so no headaches for the commute home. i am watching to the west, that is what's coming our way late tomorrow. this front is going to be passing over us late in the evening. so the evening rush is in jeopardy for rain so renderers, you will get the rain first. heading to the beaches, this is what you need to know. tomorrow leg a great day.

saturday not so much. that's the worst day this weekend. sunday a little better, but still a chance to get we had. a nice start tomorrow morning, then as we extend your forecast, we're going to have temperatures once again in the 90s tomorrow. i told you about the timing of the rain. then we're going to see how that rain takes us through saturday. sunday is the better day this weekend. the full seven days when i see you in a little while. thank you. still to come on "news4 at 4," an injured dog rescuesed after eight days. why the owner is having to fight to get the dog back. and a little girl lost. an airline loses

a powerball mystery. somebody is richer today. who is the big winner? welcome back to news4. i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm barbara hayesen. >> a lucky person bought that ticket in michigan. chris has more on the buzz

billing there. >> in the no way, in this little town? >> reporter: from the diners to main street, just who the winner might be is the talk of the town. >> that's a lot of money. >> reporter: the whole town is beaming with excitement, because the winning ticket for the third largest powerball jackpot ever was sold at this station. >> it's all everybody was talking about in town. you know, excited, trying to find out who it is, whether we know them. >> reporter: even those who didn't win are caught up in the excitement. >> got up this morning, made my coffee, laid down on the couch to watch tv, heard it and went, where's my tickets? >> reporter: for good reason. the winning ticket is worth a whopping $337 million. the winner will have the option to take home a lump sum of $241 million. >> one of our local car dealers

is this is lovely la peer, and maybe week have to change it to lucky. >> reporter: lucky indeed. the winner has one years to come forward and claim the prize. >> last night's drawing, this 7-eleven in falls church sold a ticket worth $1 million. that winner has not come forward yet, either. they will also sold in indiana, kansas, kentucky, new jersey, new mexico and pennsylvania. to most of us it's a leisurely board game, but the competition is so intense. a cheating scandal has rocked the turn muppet. it's taking place in orlando, florida, four days, a 14-year-old player was kicked out, accused of hiding two blank letter tiles. organizers say it doesn't taint the tournament, but some competitors say they could have been cheated out of the $100,000 in price money. >> we want to do well by walking

the right path. when somebody does something dishonest, they're attempting to steal from us. >> the tournament draws 350 players from around the world. the current champion is from malaysia. some animal loves in colorado scaled a mountain to recover an injured dog named missy. missy was abandoned by her owner at 13,000. >> he says she injured her paw, and he tried to carry her back down the mountain, but with rain and snow rolling in, he was forced to leave her behind. >> someone saw the abandoned dog and snapped a picture. the photo prompted several climbers to go in search, even though eight days had passed since he was left on the mountain. >> the dog seemed really weak. it couldn't move much at all. geffen the terrain, there's no way the dog was walking out of there. so we were able to get the dog into a backpack. >> eight days pazzed. it's kind of hard to get your

head around. >> it took them nine hours toss missie safely off the mountain. the dog's owner is trying to get her back. the climb who rescued missy say they will fight to keep the dog and want to rename her lucky. talking about birds now an exotic bird that apparently escaped is whipping up a lot of attention. >> and a few chuckles. it seemed the birds turned itself into police after attacking a pedestrian. it happened monday afternoon in waltham, massachusetts. officer bill wentworth was at the scene of a car crash when he noticed a commotion nearby. >> apparently the bird was on the roof of the house. the people involved in the descend were trying to get the bird down. it dive bombed, and next thing i knew it flew into the cruiser and sat on my shoulder. >> animal control says it doesn't have any leads on the owner, but the bird is staying

with a foster family for now. they say they have gotten quite a few calls from folks who wanted to adopt it. >> could have ended up a jailbird. >> could have. [ laughter ] police seized 20,000 pairs of high-heeled shoes. why this is now considered contraband. plus a mother and father accused of leading police on a chase. and talk about an [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message.

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98 degrees will perform live on "today" tomorrow. nbc's mike willberg caught up with the band as they worked on their balance lads and dance moves. >> we've been rehearsing for about six weeks. it's been, but it kind of is like riding a bike. >> reporter: when we dropped in on the rehearsal, it was like they never missed a beat.

>> it's been a very smooth pregnan pregnancy. we've been grateful for that. >> nick ace wife is due with a little boy this a matter of weeks. >> it's a first child, so everything is a blessing. to have the perspective toen joy the whole process. >> reporter: it's a good thing the band's two gigs are scheduled this weekend. friday they debut on "today." >> we thought that would be a great venue. >> reporter: there are no plans for a spill summer tour. drew will be busy on the all-star season for "dancing with the stars." nick will be busy being a new dad. >> it works out well. drew will be busy and i'm going to be busy for other reasons. >> reporter: do expect new tunes. >> it's all about the creative process.

we'll just sort of play around until it feels like. >> you can watch the rest of 98 degrees in concert tomorrow. they will all be performing as part of the summer concert series. when "news4 at 4" returns, a so-year-old girl left in a strange city after an airline loses track of her. why she wasn't even allowed to call her parents. and kim is back. we need to look for a new van. yeah. i just don't know where to start. glad you found us. start by test-driving nearly every make and model, all in one place. carmax. start here.

a designer shoe bust. more than 20,000 pairs of counterfeit shoes have been seized. the police raided the shipment. u.s. customs and border approximate estimates the shoes' retail value will be nearly $18 million. would have been. the shoes are typically sold for thousands of dollars per pair. investigators say the knockoffs will likely be destroyed now. >> oh, well. >> turning to the weather. >> the blessing really is that we're getting rain. everybody with any type of brown piece of yard or little garden going on -- i tried pumpkin

plants plants this week. saturday morning, let's look none baerga any raindrops. it's so beautiful. with the humidity bone dry at 33%, it just doesn't feel that uncomfortable. we have the northwest blowing at 10 miles an hour, so we like that, too. more local numbers show 88? leesburg. camp springs, you have 86. baltimore is 87, and down at huntingtown we have 816 degrees. and 80 off to the west in west virginia. well of that, that's where the rain will be hitting first tomorrow. we'll have most of the day to stay dry, but late afternoon, really around the beltway, that's when things will start unraveling, and we'll get possibly strong storms. i think we have a chance of some

soakers. and that would be so needed for the area lawns and parks and gardens. unfortunately that means the weekend is 50/50. i think sunday is the better day of the week endand looking good. 70 tonight, and tomorrow we'll take it up to 93, but do bring the umbrella if you're coming back home late in the day. you will put it to good use if you're planning to do thing outside, i would aim for sunday. one more hurdle. look at tuesday, wednesday, thursday, looking pretty nice. that's where chief meteorologist doug kammerer is, i believe he 'in bethesda. that's the toughest assignment in television. >> reporter: what a beautiful day on this thursday. the last couple thursday it has

been chuck out here, veronica, because we've had significant weather or the olympics going o. but today i finally going to do our backyard weather. and it couldn't be better. nice and confidentable today. i just happened to come out for what i think could be the perfect amount of guests. take a look. we've got tons of kids here. it's going to be a great time later at 5:00 and 6:00. just wave hello. coming up later on. her two kids are here, her husband is flying from brazil to phoenix, then he's off to antarctica? no, that's not true at all, but we'll talk about that in a few minutes. guys, you've got to tell you, good to be in somebody's backyard on a thursday. >> and great night for it. he picked a good night for it. >> kids are all ready for the pool. >> thank you, kim. well, please in utah find

themselves in a different type of high-speed chase. it was a minivan filled with a family of six, as dave mccann, the entire chase was caught on police dash. >> it shows trooper following a dodge caravan. officers had stopped the van earlier, but the driver, robert hills took off. the chase reached speeds of 100 miles an hour. finally the van stopped. officers handcuffed hills. >> please don't hurt my wife or kids. she had nothing to do it. i thought someone was after my. >> reporter: officers then talked to the children's mother. how many kids are in the vehicle in. >> three kids. >> we're not going to hurt your kids, ma'am. >> reporter: as for the kids, they thought they were going fishing. are you okay? >> yeah. we're going fishing? >> you're going to go fishing? >> reporter: hills and his wife were arrested.

the children were placed with the division for children and families. >> he says he didn't pull over, because he has a record. the charges against him include dui, speeding and avoiding arrest. coming up on news4, a home that is teetering over the edge. what caused this precarious situation. plus the time of story that makes parents cringe. how this little boy got his head stuck in a balcony. and coming up next at 5:00, a teenager tries to slip drugs through security at dulles airport. we have details. the cdc has an urgent message. and tonight at 6:00, it may soon be possible for men to take a birth control pill. those stories plus a good deal

this house is teetering on the edge of a river in alaska. it started tilting several weeks ago. parts of the house are already under water. officials say unusually high temperatures have caused glacial melting. the rushing water led to erosion. a young boy in southwest china found himself in a tight situation. while playing with other

children, he got the bright idea of pokes his head in this hole. you can see what happened. he got stuck. firefighters tried to wiggle him free, and then were forced to use hydraulic pliers. he was pretty upset, but not hurt. no one knows how he managed to squeeze his head in there. >> it's a lot easier to get in than out. poor little guy. coming up, an airline explains how it lost a 10-year-old in a strange city. for all your news follow us

i'm barack obama and i approve this message seen this? mitt romney claiming the president would end welfare's work requirements? the new york times calls it 'blatantly false' the washington post says: "the obama administration is not removing the bill's work requirements at all." in fact, obama's getting states to move twenty percent more people from welfare to work. and president clinton's reaction to the romney ad? it's just "not true." get the facts.

sfloo the fallout continues from the highly publicized fight between drake and kris brown at a manhattan nightclub. a company is suing both music stars for $16 million. entertainment enterprises says brown and drake did nothing to stop the brawl between their entourages back in june. the lawsuit also points to accounts of bad blood between the artists, both of whom have dated pop singer rihanna.

two parent paid, but when she didn't show up, panic set in. >> it took hours for officials to find the little girl. her parents are demanding answers. inch i got a frantic call saying phoebe is not on the flight from chicago, do you have any idea what happened. >> reporter: in june phoebe left san francisco, bound for summer camp in michigan. she was supposed to change planes in chicago. her parents paid an extra $99 fee to united air lirns to make sure she was accompanied to her next flight. that never happened. >> at worst possible things go through your mind as a mom, she's 2,000 miles away. >> reporter: when she finally got someone from united on the line, they said, no, she's in traverse city. at that point was i really knew

they lost her. at some level they didn't know where she was. >> then they put her on hold. what they didn't know is the person hired to escort her daughter to her next flight never showed up. that person did not work for united. the airline outsources the service. phoebe missed her connection, and a united employees walked her to a waiting room for unaccompanied minors. >> i asked several times to call my mom, because i knew she would be worried, but they kept saying hague on a minute, we're busy. >> reporter: her parents saying it took nearly an hour to get through to someone at o'hare. >> she came back and said i can't sort it out and i'm going off my shift. and my husband asked her if she was a mother. and she said, yes, i am. he said, how would you feel if you couldn't find a daughter for 45 minutes. >> reporter: the pleas worked.

>> i don't understand why the gate agent didn't do something. give her a cell phone, call mom, saying we're working something out. >> reporter: feeblies's parents says it took six weeks and an investigation by a tv station for united to finally respond. united tells nbc news theylogiz are reviewing the matter. what the klebahns describe is not the service we aim to deliver to our customers. we certainly appreciate their business, and would like the opportunity to provide them a better travel experience in the future. that was diana alveer reporting. now at 5:00, new information about a security guard shot at a conservative group's headquarters. >> thank god.

>> the mother of the wounded security guard talks for the first time, plus we're learning more about the man police say opened fire at that conservative christian lobbying group. >> good evening. floyd corkins, the accused gunman was apparently on a miss. we've learned the backpack he allegedly carried yesterday contained a gun, a large amount of ammunition and a bunch of chick-fil-a sandwiches. jackie benning is outside the court where the suspect 57d to face charges. >> reporter: documents indicate that the suspect may have been motivated by, quote, a dislike of people whom he felt do not treat gale people equally. wearing a disposable jumpsuit, baas his closes were taken as evidence. floyd lee corkins listened to the magistrate judge read the charges against him. one count the violating federal w