news4's barbara harrison was the emcee at the event. she spoke to rachel about her past and her future, as she prepares to mark another major milestone in her life. >> she could be called prince george's county's flower child. >> reporter: that was breaking news in september, 1989. a newborn baby girl found in a dumpster behind a flower shop in temple hills. the husband of the shop owner just happened to take out some trash late that wednesday afternoon and heard cries coming from a sealed plastic bag in the dumpster. >> when did they come and pick up this trash? >> thursday mornings early. >> so if you hadn't found the baby -- >> the trash would have been gone in the morning. >> reporter: the famous dumpster. >> yep. >> reporter: how do you feel when you see that? >> it scares me, actually. that's the only time, like, i ever have negative reactions about my birth story is around dumpsters. >> reporter: rachel clark, now 23 years old, was the baby left in a dumpster to die. she says these days she has no anger for those who put her ther

i think a family would have great fun. >> reporter: barbara harrison, news4 for wednesday's child. >> if you think you have room in your home or if you have room in your heart for marvin or another child what's waiting, call our special adoption hotline. or you can log on to the website, nbcwashington.com. >>> the demolition work that may make it noisy in your neighborhood. >> the images captured when brave souls went chasing tornados this week. >> here's amelia. >> some areas of fog and drizzle right now. so what can you expect later on your sunday? details coming up on your storm team 4 forecast.4." >>> got a tornado, it's about 300 yards from us. >>> take a look at this amazing video of the tornado in central kansas. the storm chasers from the weather channel captured this. as many as four twisters were reported. the outbreak of tornadoes damaged at least one house and uprooted several trees. >> wow. i wouldn't get that close. >> yeah, exactly. brave souls. some crazy weather going on in this parts -- >> absolutely. portions of the midwest will once again see severe weather today.

barbara harrison with his story. >> look, you've got a smile for me. good to see you again, tony. great to see you. well, shall we go over and see your teacher? >> hey, tony. good morning. >> reporter: tiawanda booker is one of tony's social workers here at the pediatric center, formerly the hospital for sick children. it's a residential facility where tony has called home the last few years. >> what's he been doing lately? >> tony is the life of the unit. he really is. he's doing well here. he's been here for a while now. and typically he goes out to school during the daytime. >> reporter: tony has a particular fondness for this toy school bus because it reminds him of the one that picks him up to go to school each day. he's also learning to use color markers at school and we tried to help him with a picture of his school bus, the one he looks so forward to seeing each day. those who know him say he's making significant progress at school. although he doesn't speak, he vocalizes his happiness in many ways. >> tony is a very happy young man. he's able to let you know that by smili

i'm barbara harrison. >> i'm keith russell. wednesday, may 1, 2013. we begin with breaking news about that double shooting in northeast d.c. within the past hour we have learned one of the victims has passed away. the shooting happened just before 8:00 this morning. tony tulls that latest on the investigation. >> reporter: that investigation still very active at this hour. we are going to show you a sense of the scene now. you can see police have the area blocked off. lots of evidence markers down there laying in the street. now it started about 8:00 this morning. pd received a cowl for people shot. they found one gentleman here in the street. he has since been pronounced dead. they found another person shot one block over on sim street. that's with your the second victim was found. they transported both of them as we mentioned that one man was pronounce dead and second man was shot in the leg. expected to be okay. now, we talked to chief lanier and she said they are not actively looking for a suspect because they believe they have who is responsible

i'm barbara harrison. thursday, may 23, 2013. we have new information on the brutal killing of a soldier in london. news4's melissa mollet is at the live december. >> that's right. we are getting more information & security has been increased across london. now here is what we know at this point. investigators now saying that both suspects were part of previous investigations porpoise terror sxlings know they are they are accused of hacking off the off-duty soldier while horrified bystanders watched in south london yesterday. probably see thing video. this morning, police have been searching several locations to try to determine whether they were part of a wider terror plot in that area. david cameron held a meeting earlier today. after the attack as you saw there, bloody hands and knives and boasted about the crime. also warned of more violence in london. the family of the victim asked that the soldier's identity not be released. we know the suspects were both shot in the legs. no word yet on their conditions. >>> today presiden