one of the most dramatic moments from the violence in baltimore. first at 4:00 what happened to this injured officer and how he's doing this afternoon. and you've probably seen the pictures. a plane crash shuts down one of the busiest highways in the country. first at 4:00 who was on board and just what happened. i'm wendy rieger at the news desk. after he went missing tuesday, found safe investigators found lance buckley at the campground in frederick county maryland not far from harpers ferry in virginia. several tips led them to search there after he was seen tuesday when his family dropped him off in a slug line in stafford virginia. police also released the surveillance photos showing buckley at an atm at howard university on tuesday morning. the only other evidence of his whereabouts came on wednesday when his phone was

electronically traced to a location in montgomery county. police say buckley was in good condition. we still don't know how he got to the campground or why he ended up there. although among other things he does have a newborn baby. at the live desk i'm wendy rieger. back to you. fresh fallout even now from one of the most contentious school board meetings in fairfax county history. >> flooding school board members who voted to update the nondiscrimination policy to protect transgender students and staff. northern virginia bureau chief david culver, reporter david culver is live at headquarter. >> emotions from last night's meeting. heated meeting floating right on over today-to-today. fielding hundreds of phone calls and e-mails from parents on both sides. sides. the vote to include gender identity into the

nondiscrimination policy wasn't even close. it was 10-1. throughout the meeting the board struggled to keep control. parents would stand up arguing that their voices were not being heard. many felt their only advocate was school board member elizabeth schultz. she says her colleagues ignored parent parents. >> the question is what message do we send parents? we want your taxpayer dollars? we want you to participate in the pta. we want you to participate in fund-raisers. we want you to volunteer in the schools but then we want you to go away? >> overwhelmingly positive response the opposite of what we saw packed into that auditorium last night. >> there was a lot of negative energy in that room. via social media and other means the response i've gotten is extremely positive especially from students. >> reporter: now at 5:00 tonight, you'll hear from one

mom who is just furious. she's actually preparing to make some big changes for her kids right here in the county. then at 6:00 we'll look at how any future regulations with regards to this new policy could be implemented. back to you. four people were killed today when a plane crashed on to an atlanta highway that is one of the nations busiest. the plane went down shortly after takeoff this morning, slamming into interstate 285, leading to a traffic nightmare. fire officials say all four people killed were passengers on the plane. the pilot was joined by a family flying to a college graduation in mississippi. it's not clear yet what caused the crash. now to some ingenuity to free a local man trapped inside an elevator shaft. d.c. fire crews got the call after he got wedged between a service elevator and the wall of a building here on connecticut avenue in cleveland park this video shows firefighters talking to the man, trying to figure out how to get him out. took about half an hour as firefighters used air bags to separate the elevator from the

wall. that man is now hospitalized. an update now on a baltimore police officer injured in last week's violence. chopper video shows him being carried away unconscious. today, maryland attorney general brian frost told tom sherwood he visited the officer seriously sxwrerd injured and in the icu. he calls him extraordinarily courageous and a hero. he said his colleagues stood tall and takes real guts. a thrilling day on the national mall today. dozens of vintage military aircraft from world war ii soared overhead to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory in europe day. hundreds of veterans watched the historic flyover from the world war ii memorial. steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with pictures and details. >> hey, jim, this was a great assignment. all around town you could see and hear these vintage fighters and bombers.

indication of a possible hydraulic problem, declared an emergency. landed at national nochlt problem with that. we went to the best place to see these machines and the men who once flew them. second world war veterans in their 90s came to the world war ii memorial to commemorate the day the war ended in europe and to see the planes. part of the arsenal of democracy. bob dole likes to call them. with the nation's best-known vet was 92-year-old calvin lebeau who trained pilots in the pacific. as the planes they flew came over the recollections rushed back. >> good memories? >> good memories and some bad. we lost some students while i was there training. >> b-17 liberator bomber was a legend nearly indestructible. earl morrow flew one with his crew. big two liberators flew over today, earl now 92 is

watching. >> some some real airplane. >> he might not have survived the war. >> no i got shot down on the 17th mission. >> reporter: navigating a b-17 on 19 missions was wally pidet, who remembers the fear and the loss. >> how we come back, you know, looking to land one time and the poor guys that didn't. >> wally is the last survivor of his crew. 70 years ago helped save the world. on the 80th anniversary, a lot of these terrific planes might be back. but of the 16 million americans who served in world war ii only about 855,000 veterans survived and we're losing about 175,000 a day of the greatest generation. wally pede lives down in spring feel. he went on to become a renowned dog show judge. i bet he's judging me looking at this thing and going, steve, i told you a b-17 is a flying

fortress not a liberator. that's a b-24. wally, sorry i got that wrong. thanks for your service, jim and pat? >> steve handelsman. thanks steve. this is what it's like to be in the path of a tornado. this video was shot by a man in norman oklahoma, wednesday. he was inside an underground storm shelter. the twister destroyed dozens of buildings and vehicles. it's just one of more than 50 tornado that is have slammed the nation's midsection in the past two days. wow! unfortunately, there is more wild weather on the way. >> let's get straight to storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson, in the storm center. vj? >> looking at a lot across the country. elevated severe weather, the nation's midsection. you've got snow for the rockies, the front range and now a subtropical storm system for the east coast. this looks like the same radar shot that we've had over the last 24 48 hours. more storms headed eastbound for

this particular area. oklahoma wichita, up toward kansas. even areas like nebraska. moderated risk today. we'll see this area expand northward for saturday. in fact saturday looking like a fairly busy day for severe weather and long lived tornadoes. slight risk of severe weather sunday. look at this. there is snow accumulating snow 3 to 6" for the mountains around denver. this is the system that we're going to be tracking for mother's day. subtropical storm ana. it's tracking. how will it impact your weekend? >> just in time for mother's day, our news 4 team delivers flowers to some very special moms today. find out how the mothers reacted to the surprise gifts. every single time you get your nails done you could be putting your manicurist at risk. we'll reveal the new concerns over your trips to the s

products in nail salons are poison nail technicians, leading to cancer miscarriages and other ailments according to a new article in the "new york times." the report says a growing body of medical research shows a link between the chemicals used in salons and serious health problems. number of studies have also found that cosmetologists including manicurist and makeup artists have elevated rates of death from hodgkin's disease, low birth weight babies and multiple myeloma, a form of cancer. research is limited and very few studies focus on nail salon workers specifically.

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it's something you might recognize from your dentist's office but the delivery room? probably not. now one d.c. hospital is offering women who are giving birth an alternative to the epidural laughing gas. news 4's doreen gentzler explains. >> reporter: linda nguyen said she found pain of childbirth no so excruciating that no yoga breathing or birthing class could make her feel ready. >> it's something you can't prepare for. >> reporter: but when she delivered her second baby she says she wanted to be comfortable but didn't want an epidural like she had gotten during her first delivery. >> i felt like i wanted to fully experience birth and delivery and i knew that with an epidural i wasn't going to be able to do that.

>> that's when the midwives at medstar hospital washington center suggested she try nitros oxide or laughing gas. it's new to delivery rooms in the united states but it's commonly used for labor and delivery in europe and canada. >> nitros is really nice. if you don't like it you can stop and the effects of it stop very quickly. >> laurel patchen is the director of the midwife program at the hospital. here she's showing us how women use the nitros oxide machine. they take this mask, and on their own, decide when they want to breathe in the gas. each inheal or dose lasts between 30 seconds and a minute compared to an epidural which can take hours to wear off. >> it's really used during the contraction and then when the contraction goes away if you stop breathing it the effects wear off. it's very quick. >> patchen says the nitros oxide

is not circulating through the blood stream so there's no effect on the baby. most describe it as a relief or a sense of calm. linda, though says it helped her to lighten the mood during a stressful situation. >> i was a little silly, i would say, in using it. my partner reminds me of some of the jokes i made during delivery. >> reporter: the best part though when her baby girl was born linda says she was alert and ready to hold her. >> just to have something that i think is minimally invasive but effective is nice for women. >> the gas doctors are using at the hospital is formulated a little differently than what you get at your dentist's office so it won't knock you out. it will simply take some of the edge off. every mom is special in her own way. but today, news 4 is highlighting a few special women nominated by our viewers. derrick ward surprised parenthia

harris here at the department of human services. one of our recipients of flowers for mom. she is the mother of six children and has been a foster mom for more than ten years now. look at that smile. her daughter nominated her, saying she is full of love inspiration and one of the most generous people on the planet. >> god has just been so good to me. like when i think about her and my son and the gifts of being a mom to so many extra children i just -- just so thankful that he keeps extending it to me. so i extend it out. >> she lights up that camera doesn't she? coming up throughout the evening we surprise several more local moms in northern virginia and maryland. >> happy mother's day. >> i'll say. >> to her. >> derek looked like he got a kick out of that, too. >> he did. we're getting a little bit kick out of the weather. is the pollen rate falling or is it our imagination? >> a little bit for trees but grass pollen coming up.

they're trying to balance themselves out. i'll take any drop on any of them because we have no rain to help us out. our friends at walter reed high for trees, moderate for grass. but weeds and mold low for last 24 hours. 83 with a light wind out of the south. meanwhile, we drop 10 degrees by 9:00 heading down to 73. comfortable conditions. your sky will remain mostly clear. we had a lot of sunshine across the area today. the clouds in the mountains. but here is what we are, of course monitoring for the weekend. saturday and especially on sunday. the storm system, here it is tropical storm ana. its track, right through areas of eastern north carolina. that would be on saturday. then by late saturday, early sunday cuts right through areas of southeastern virginia. it then heads on out to sea. which day this weekend will we see more clouds? i think that will be on sunday.

the day we'll have better chances for rain will be sunday. mother's day. our hourly forecast. 8:00 am saturday maybe even a sprinkle morning fog. we start the day tomorrow with fog and cloud cover. but then after lunchtime, around 2:00 3:00 some of these clouds will start to thin. a chance of an isolated shower any time. it's primarily those areas east of i-81. leesburg frederick, fredericksburg i-95 and even areas like ocean city eastern maryland. better chance of seeing that isolated shower for tomorrow especially during the afternoon. and there may even be some thundershowers further south. saturday 10:00 pm. coming up again we'll take you hour by hour through your sunday. what you can expect mother's day. exercise impact for tomorrow temperatures hit the 70s by around 10:00 to 11:00 am and close to 80 by 1:00. low 80s throughout the afternoon, which will be the better time to go out and

exercise i think, right around lunchtime tomorrow or coolest conditions and less fog. at least we're going to be getting sunshine by then. 77 cambridge. areas east including ocean city. we'll see highs in the mid to upper 70s. inland locations, low to mid 80s with partly sunny to mostly cloudy sky coming our way saturday. a more detailed look at sunday. and our pattern change for next week coming up in a couple of minutes. guys? >> big economic news. the jobs search is paying off for many around the country. the unemployment rate is now at a seven-year low. it fell to 5.5% in april. that's the lowest we've seen since 2008. american companies added nearly a quarter of a million jobs last month. many were in health care and construction. one bleak spot is pay. wages are up just over 2% in the past year. take a lock at this incredible video of a storm

slamming the midwest. we're live with the new threat on the horizon today, as people are just now cleaning up from dozens of tornadoes that have already ripped through. plus a new apology after a nationwide backlash over a promotional video that played during an nba playoff game stunning women

it's a big night on the ice, folks. a win and the washington capitals can advance to the finals. the caps can expect a pretty hostile rangers crowd, right? >> reporter: that's right. this place has a lot of character. the crowd has a lot of character and this rangers team has a lot of character. all the pressure is on new york. you see, they have to win tonight. otherwise, washington moves on. and that's what washington wants. they're not desperate at all. in fact we talked to barry trotts about it. he said winning the fourth game out of seven is always the hardest, getting that fourth victory. he told his team today, take on the challenge. look it in the eye and play your game. and that is what the caps are hoping to do tonight. they talked in the locker room earlier today. they seemed calm and very poised. you'll hear that coming up on news 4 at 5:00.

i'm dianae dianna russini. cleveland cavaliers ran a controversial video at a playoff game with the chicago bulls. ♪ now i had the time of my life life ♪ >> the video was meant to be a humorous spoof on a popular commercial. man ended up throwing the woman on the floor when they realized she was a bulls fan. the cavaliers released this statement saying while the video was not intended to be offensive, it was a mistake to include contact that made light of domestic violence. domestic violence is a very serious matter and has no place in a parody video that plays in an entertainment venue. hard-hit midwest communities are cleaning up right now from

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first at 4:30 a severe weather strike zone. why the experts are so worried

about what's to come. an american man who thought he was free from ebola learns he still has the virus in his eye. and meet the fairfax county police department's newest recruit. isn't he cute? these pictures are the graphic example of the latest reason that they call the nation's heartland tornado alley. we'll bring you those, coming up. people in the plains states are cleaning up after a round of severe weather that included more than 50 tornadoes and flooding. >> and there is more concern this afternoon that more severe weather could be on the way. jay gray has a report from oklahoma city. one of the areas hardest hit by this week's storms. >> reporter: it's been a violent 48 hours in the heartland, flooding rain hail more than 50 tornadoes and forecasters warn the next few days could be even worse. >> we're going to get a little bit of everything i think. flash flooding may be the

biggest issue. hail high winds, tornadoes. that may all occur as well. and so we need to be prepared for any eventuality. >> reporter: but it's hard to prepare when you're still picking up the pieces. >> i lost everything. i got to kind of start over again. >> reporter: as so many try to salvage what they can from the first round of storms they must also worry about what comes next. this weekend as many as 16 million in the potential strike zone with severe weather, including what meteorologists call long-track tornadoes, larger twisters that stay on the ground longer. a dangerous combination. >> i'm afraid the worse is still to come. >> reporter: it's an ominous warning for those already hit hard battered but clearly not broken. >> if it hits again, it hits again. >> reporter: many vowing the winds and water won't push them away. >> this is our home. >> reporter: no matter what it looks like right now or what may be on the way.

a federal investigation into the baltimore police department is now under way. attorney general loretta lynch said it would begin immediately and will try to figure out wlt department has engaged in a pattern of excessive force. the announcement today comes a week after prosecutors charged six officers in connection with freddie gray's death. lynch says gray's death eroded the public trust. >> the challenges that we face and that baltimore faces now did not arise in a day sbchlt change will not come overnight. it will take time and sustained effort. >> lynch says she's optimistic about the investigation and hopeful about the days ahead in baltimore. an american doctor cured of ebola just found out he still has the virus in his eye. dr. ian krosur was infected in sierra leone while treating patients. a few months later he had problems seeing and a pain in his eye. doctors found ebola in the eye.

he is not considered contagious because the virus is not on the surface. two of maryland's county executives are in baltimore hoping to encourage tourism in that city after last week's riots. prince george's in an effort to encourage residents to return to the crescent city. tourism in baltimore is its top five industries and must be supported. >> we talk about top five that represents jobs and jobs represent people's opportunity or ability to provide for themselves and their families. our tourism industry cannot suffer because of this. >> we want people to come here spend money, like we're going to do today. because it's going to help us all. >> coming up on news 4 at 5:00 the department of justice has confirmed a thorough review of the baltimore police department and the mayor's comments then.

plus tracee wilkins talks about how they have handled years of doj oversight. police tell us one woman was seriously injured, now recovering in a nearby hospital. the accident caused a backup on the herndon parkway around 8:00. the scene cleared a few hours later. the driver who caused the accident remained close by. there are no charges pending at this time. officials in prince george's county are urging governor hogan to release $20 million the state has set aside for its schools. just a short time ago the governor's office responded. in a letter to the governor county executive baker explained withholding the money will have consequences such as cuts and essential programs. we ask the governor's office if he would be releasing that money. his press secretary said they weren't sure but that the governor is committed to every child having a quality education as the administration evaluates the best use of tax dollars.

this may be one of the most delightful stories you'll see today. take a look at this. meet cj fairfax county police department's newest canine recruit. do we have cj? 8-week-old bloodhound. still in training that. will last about a year. when she's done she'll help her human handler find missing people. we'll hear from the handler on news 4 at 6:00 today and for more video of cj head to nbc washington and search blood hound. cute. >> that's pretty cute. >> cute blood hound might work too. dozens of children die every year after being left in hot cars. we'll reveal the new tools hitting the market now designed to prevent such tragedies. and storm team 4 is tracking a change in our weather. >> that's right. we're taking a look at the latest data coming in on tropical storm ana, its track up the coast and how much we'll get in the way of cloud cover.

how will it impact your weekend, mother's day weekend?

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erika? >> that's right. kiplinger's personal finance is revealing telling truths about online shopping. know this before you click purchase. kiplinger's online retailers know all sorts of things about us by the electronic trail of breadcrumbs we leave behind things like ip addresses. it can charge you more. it might be worth it to clear your history before you do some different searches. next thing on the list know that this isn't illegal what they're doing and lots of retailers are taking advantage of this. take cheap tickets and/orbitz for example. kiplinger's found cheaper -- sort the products from least expensive to most expensive and look for the same item using different web browsers and see what you get f they start pushing you toward the most

expensive items, you click sort lowest to highest and you have averted that. if you want to compare price on several sites and apply coupon codes we'll have a list of those that you can use to your advantage on our consumer watch facebook page. if you have an idea for our team we would love to hear from you. send us an e-mail at nbcwashington.com. you can also phone us your ideas. number is right there, 8885-4884. have a wonderful weekend and happy mother's day to all the moms out there. >> erika, thank you. >> crib recall we need to tell you about today. baby's dream furniture is recalling about 4,600 cribs and furniture pieces because they violate federal lead limits. consumer product safety commission says it involves cribs and products sold in a gray paint finish and that the lead can cause adverse health affects if ingested. consumers should contact baby's

dream to arrange for an exchange. whitman walker health is about to expand getting new digs new seven-story building in northwest washington. it is now a full-service medical center. this new building doubles the number of exams rooms and adds services such as physical therapy. they will also hire 60 new medical professionals including doctors, dentists. it is a few blocks on 14th street northwest. a plane scare for passengers in a smoke-filled cabin. find out what caused this. >> and we're going to run down the list of the most pop

things are heating up for the wizards. we're not just talking about heat on the court. jason pugh joins us from the newsroom after a heated exchange between randy whitman and a reporter? jason? >> that's right. not happy about a report from the washington poecht with regards to his wrist and hand injury. he got in a heated conversation with reporters. >> about john clashing with

doctors. that's not fair to this kid or our doctors they're busting their [ bleep ] to have something like that said. >> you called us out publicly in the paper. >> you called me out. >> you called us out. i called you out. how does it feel? how does it feel? >> now that report claims that team and medical officials clashed after the point guard refused to accept the initial diagnosis of quote, a real real bad sprain. our understanding is that wahl thought the injury was worse. he sat out game two tuesday night. he has not been ruled out at the verizon center but listed day-to-day with those five fractured bones in his left shooting hand. from the newsroom i'm jason pugh. >> jason, thanks. safety experts tell us it's likely dozens of children will die after being left inside hot cars. mark barger reports on how to

prevent senseless tragedy. >> reporter: an average of 38 children die each year from being left inside hot cars. according to the child safety group, kids and cars.org. >> no one things it could happen to them. unfortunately, we do hear about these deaths and injuries every year. >> reporter: new technology is providing some added measures of protection. >> intel created a smart clip that they can attach to a car seat. >> reporter: it connects to your phone via bluetooth if you walk a certain distance away from the car with the child still inside. >> it can happen to anybody. >> reporter: a teenager from new mexico invented a device she calls the hot seat. >> it's a pad of sorts that parents can put in a car seat or booster seat t connects to the car alarm or key chain. it can send alerts if the child was left in the car. >> the idea is to attract not only the parents' attention but also passersby who may be near the car. but advocacy groups caution against relying on any single

piece of technology. they encourage parents to have multiple layers of protection including analog methods. >> some groups recommend leaving something that you know that you will not leave the car without in the backseat. for some people that might be a phone, a purse or maybe even one of your shoes. >> reporter: as the temperatures rise so should parents' awareness for their most precious cargo. mark barger nbc news. as you know news 4 is honoring special moms in our area for mother's day. today, you are finding out who was picked to receive the flowers for mom bouquet. reporter david culver surprised maria pasada who grew up in portugal and came to the u.s. in the '70s. her daughter told us she sacrificed so that her children could succeed. when she was found out -- when she found out rather she was going to be a grandmother, she quit her job and started her own daycare. >> i tell you i am a blessed

mother to have such beautiful kids. they are my happiness. they really make me very happy every day. >> we're so glad about that. all of our flowers for moms recipients were nominated by you viewers on our nbc washington facebook page. the four we honored were chosen by a news 4 panel of moms. >> that is great. that's a big bouquet we're passing out. >> it's huge. so we've got two things we're looking at in weather. rain chances for the weekend and the other is the pattern change. we had some discussion during the break, what's the perfect weather, the perfect conditions for this time of year? we can't agree. we're on different pages here. but join us on twitter, vjohnson nbc 4. >> i like it hot. >> you know how i like it. cold. >> we'll keep the discussion going. let's see what's going on right now at least for our evening if you're going out this evening. yes, mostly clear sky.

few clouds overhead right now. we drop to the mid 70s by 9:00. still mild even at 11:00 if you're going to be hanging out late. as far as the weekend goes again, our attention on this storm system right here not throwing back a ton of moisture right now, tropical storm ana, south of raleigh, getting a little bit of rain. in fayetteville north carolina my mom told me near ft. bragg she hasn't gotten any rain yet. the storm system tracking north, then northeastward. it will graze our area. wake-up forecast a few clouds little fog. temperature at 56 to 63 degrees. not too bad. that's still quite comfortable. by tomorrow afternoon we're 79 to 85 degrees. little bit more warmth back in here. we could see an isolated shower. better chance of seeing a shower on mother's day. yeah, i know. as the storm system gets closer to us. the other thing, of course taking place tomorrow passport to europe. european embassies open their doors around 10:00 am.

the clouds will start to break at 10:00 am 83 degrees by 4:00. it will be a bit warm. shower chance throughout the area. 10:00 am 1:00 for mother's day. winchester along areas of i-95. that shower chance continues. very isolated and very light into the late afternoon, even the evening hours. so here is your mother's day. at noon 80 degrees. 84 at 5:00 74 by 9:00. isolated shower. it won't be a washout kind of day. look at our change. 70s coming our way the mid part of next week. details on that storm system. >> thanks vj. crowds stood in awe at the national mall today. the flyover is to mark the 70th anniversary of ve day. megan mcgrath was there and talks to a former b-29 pilot about the exciting event today. >> reporter: the attack on pearl

harbor. bob voshay had section months to a year left in flight training for the bflt-17. >> the day after pearl harbor i was a full fledge combat pilot, fifrs pilot and i started flying first pilot from then on. i flew planes that i never had even seen before. >> reporter: one such aircraft the b-29 super fortress. he was the first to fly one at 48,000 feet. his initial training not on the aircraft itself but on a b-26. >> they sent me to hayes, kansas. it ended up i went to hayes, kansas with a captain who only had an hour and 45 minutes. so we picked up the first airplane and i got to be first pilot even though he was a captain, because i had 30 minutes more flying time than he did. i had two hours and 15 minutes. >> reporter: visiting from new jersey he is eager to see fifi the last air worthy b-29 left. >> in my wildest dreams as i

said on channel 4 this morning, i wouldn't have ever thought i would be doing this when i was 96 years old. so, it's really quite a thrill. >> reporter: and if you didn't catch the flyover, some of the planes will be on display on saturday at the smithsonian museum. from the world war ii memorial megan mcgrath news 4. >> what a day today. it continues tomorrow. that's cool. >> that was great. expectant mothers who are past their due dates are often told babies come when they're ready. >> that may be but a new study suggests babies are more likely to arrive in hospitals at certain times of the day. nbc's erica edwards explains. >> give your little brother a kiss. >> new mom katherine jones had prepared everything she could before little henry's birth. >> i'm definitely a planner. >> reporter: the only remaining question was when he would actually arrive which ended up being a few days early. >> due date was actually on mother's day, may 10th. >> reporter: often it's the

babies who determine the exact time and date of their birth. >> we almost laugh when we try to pln our day. >> reporter: even so dr. james says there are peaks and valleys to labor and delivery shifts especially when they need to schedule higher risk deliveries. >> those are ideally, barring emergencies, going to be done first thing in the morning when staffing is greatest. those start times for c-sections tend to be 7:30 8:00. >> that may help to explain a new study of births in theu. national center for health statistics find the highest percentage of births occur weekdays at 8:00 am with another small surge around noon. the data are from 2013. since then there's been a national push to reduce the number of c-sections and unnecessary labor interventions. >> my guess is there's probably been a change in the last couple of years where the days of the week are probably a little bit more evenly distributed. >> reporter: the study found when women were able to go into labor naturally, there was no

pattern at all to birth dates and times. moms like katherine jones know any time a baby is born healthy is the right time. erica edwards, nbc news. here are the top ten baby names of 2014 according to the social security administration. for boys we've got noah liam mason and jacob topping the list. there's the list there. for girls, emma olivia sophia and isabella are the most popular names. the name charlotte is taking the 10th slot on this list. it will be interesting, though to see if charlotte moves up the list of popular baby names this year thanks to britain's new little princess. passengers are calling it the scariest flight of their lives. >> what cause this had cabin to fill with smoke.

we're learning more about scary moments in the sky. even veteran flyers were frightened when smoke filled the cabin of a delta flight. tom costello picks up the story. >> tense moments on delta flight 2028. passengers start filming as the cabin starts filling with smoke. >> i've been all over the place. that's the first time i actually experienced something like that. that was kind of scary. >> reporter: the flight took off at 3:00 pm from ft. lauderdale bound for laguardia airport. as the plane flew above the

atlantic ocean, passengers began noticing smoke. >> white smoke came up in the front around 11:00. i turned around the smoke was black. >> reporter: delta says one of the boeing md 88's engines like this one experienced a mechanical problem, the smoke came from oil that somehow leaked in the engine. the crew quickly rerouted to land in south carolina. no one was injured and a new plane brought passengers into laguardia late thursday. >> i just felt that we'llel we'll get through it. i just had this feeling. >> now delta says the engine problems are still under investigation. news 4 at 5:00 starts now with jim and wendy. >> developing first at 5:00 prison time for a high-profile rabbi who admitted videotaping dozens of women in a sacred bath. >> shomari stone.

>> reporter: 17 years for rabbi barry freundel. this case has stunned the jewish orthodox community here in d.c. there's israel's congregation the women taped while taking ritual baths. rabbi freundel pled guilt toy voyeurism. he did not submit to the claims that he taped an additional dozen women. he was there for a quarter century. police arrested him last fall. he pled guilty to hiding a video camera inside a clock radio and pointing it at the shower. rabbi freundel is scheduled to be sentenced next friday. back out here live prosecutors are recommending 17 years. live in georgetown shomari stone, news 4. a story you'll only see on news 4 that involves this little

boy. he was lying unconscious while his parents were pleading with 911 for help. and it took more than 23 minutes for that help to arrive. it's just the latest case of an ambulance delay in the district of columbia. mark sea graevs is here to tell us what makes this incident different from the others. mark? >> wendy, the 1-year-old boy is okay now. he suffered a concussion. parents say it was the scariest 23 minutes of their lives. but the day after the incident they got a call from the new fire chief and the head of the 911 call center. >> this is the scariest thing that has ever happened to me in my life. he was completely unresponsive at first and for a minute i thought he was dead or dying. >> he was unconscious, his eyes were fluttering. his eyes had rolled back in his head basically. >> reporter: it was last sunday morning. dispatch records obtained by news 4 show the first call to 911 came in at 10:10. >> after five minutes, you know we were getting concerned. and i think after 10