after darcy was dead, grace. darcy's "suicide note"-- you wrote it. you sent it. only one reason to do that. (sighs) i never meant to hurt her. we know you didn't, grace. it's time to tell us what happened. i followed her to the engine room. i just wanted to comfort her, to... to tell her that we could work things out together. but she didn't care. darcy, i'm sorry. once we dock, you'll forget all about that dandy. you'll marry henry, settle in and... the four of us will have so much fun together, like we dreamed when we were kids. no, grace. he was right. the reason i came back here... this really is the most beautiful spot on the ship. the fire in her belly. what are you talking about? i'm going to do it. i'm going to marry him. right now. but w-wait... what about me? be my matron of honor. stand by my side. darcy, i can't. yes, you can! i saw the way that you were looking at those dresses. put one on and stand by me. but this is a fantasy. that man is using you. you belong at home. with me, with henry, and with chester. chester? grace, do you hear yourself? we'

after darcy was dead, grace. darcy's "suicide note"-- you wrote it. you sent it. only one reason to do that. (sighs) i never meant to hurt her. we know you didn't, grace. it's time to tell us what happened. i followed her to the engine room. i just wanted to comfort her, to... to tell her that we could work things out together. but she didn't care. darcy, i'm sorry. once we dock, you'll forget all about that dandy. you'll marry henry, settle in and... the four of us will have so much fun together, like we dreamed when we were kids. no, grace. he was right. the reason i came back here... this really is the most beautiful spot on the ship. the fire in her belly. what are you talking about? i'm going to do it. i'm going to marry him. right now. but w-wait... what about me? be my matron of honor. stand by my side. darcy, i can't. yes, you can! i saw the way that you were looking at those dresses. put one on and stand by me. but this is a fantasy. that man is using you. you belong at home. with me, with henry, and with chester. chester? grace, do you hear yourself? we'

darcy? >> reporter: i'm live in alexandria. they are serve, up delicious >>> president obama asked new york governor to withdraw from the governor's race because paterson is so up popular which white house official says the president is concerned that democrats could lose the governor's office in a key state. a recent poll found just 20% of paterson's constituents approve of his job performance. the governor says only that he's planning to run. >>> learning more about an alleged u.s. terror plot and the men behind it. three suspects were arrested this weekend in new york city and denver right now they are charged with making false statements. investigators say that this is probably just the beginning. evidence reportedly suggests that new york bomb plot with possible links to al qaeda. one suspect has reportedly admitted to attending a terror training camp in afghanistan but denies being part of the plot. authorities say the investigation is just beginning. when we come back, a popular northern virginia eatier is closing its do

darcy has been following the story and is live at the scene with more.darcy. >> reporter: the police are still conducting the investigation. from what we understand from police sources, apparently there was a d.c. police officer who apparently lives in this area and he did notice at about 5:30 this morning, someone tampering with his personal vehicle. we don't know exactly what happened but we know that he did fire shots and that that suspect was wounded. we don't know if there was a confrontation leading up to the shooting but this is what the city police are saying. officer did fire shots and the suspect was wounded. it all happened here in the 3600 block of nicholson street in the city of hyattsville. man was shot and suffered critical but nonlife-threatening injuries. we're told he's in the hospital at this hour. neighbors say they find this crime to be very disturbing. some neighbors say it's a very quiet neighborhood. others say there have been problems in recent past. there have been some other acts of violence and other problems with people break

darcy? >> reporter: jim, chances are if you have a friend or loved one staying at one of the affected hospitals, you could be asked to stay away, to stay home. this only affects in-patient care. the new rules start october 1st. the hospital system that will yous five hospitals took a major step in preventing the spread of swine flu. the system is limiting visiting hours and banning children from visiting impatient units starting on thursday. >> we always report first do no harm is to protect the people who come inside our boundaries first for care, for visitation, and for work environment. >> reporter: the restrictions affect alexandra, fair oakes, mt. vernon. >> if we allow a sick person to visit one of your family members and they became sick with h1n1, how would you feel? our first mission is safety. >> reporter: visiting hours will be restricted to two two-hour blocks. the number of visitors will be limited to two adults at a time. anyone showing flu-like symptoms will not be allowed. >>

darcy spepser starts us off tonight. >> reporter: at the mount arie fire station firefighters spring into action. here they are doing their jobs with heavy hearts. a junior firefighter, charlie dalton jr. was killed at the hands of his own family a murder/suicide that left the whole family dead. >> charlie was a likable kid. he was enthusiastic about his duties. >> reporter: 38-year-old charles dalton jr. killed his wife jennifer and two kids, 14-year-old charlie and 7-year-old emmaline. each was shot once. they were found in their beds. the bodies found in their home friday evening. police say dalton took his own life, his body found on the floor next to the bed in the master bedroom. >> people in the neighborhood are trying to put the puzzle pieces together, figure out how this could have happened. >> reporter: police say he was a cabinet maker and a night shift maintenance worker. jennifer dalton worked at a vetd their hospital in damascus. there is no clear motive to the murder/suicide. >> it is a shock. the only reason my daughter got to sleep last night becausehe was exhausted

darcy spencer is live with t latest. >> good evening. krig. >> reporter: this is the same strip mall but a different section. the gas leak emanated from this marshall store behind me and fire officials are telling me, we were minutes away from another catastrophic explosion. the penn mar shopping center in forestville evacuated for the second time in four months because of a gas leak. >> a representative from washington gas alerted us to readings on his meeter the and we subsequently evacuated about ten stores in the strip here. we're now in the process of digging up the gas line in the rear to crimp it off and hopefully, we'll be able to isolate the gas leak there. >> the fire officials got the call around 1:00 in the afternoon. the leak originated from the marshall's department store and the america's best contacts and eyeglasses store next door. >> they smelled the gas next door and the fire department came and asked us to evacuate. so we just did that. >> back in may, a gas leak caused a massive explosion that flattened another secti

darcy spencer live from fedex field with more on that's. >> reporter: hi, jim. last month, thousands of fans had troubled getting to the paul mccartney concert. there were major traffic and parking problems but tonight, there was not a repeat performance. things went very smoothly for u2. ♪ two things i need you to know ♪ >> reporter: thousands of fans packed into fedex field for the u2 concert, a leg of the rock group's north american 360 tour. a gigantic spaceship-like stage allowed fans to see the performers from all sides. >> pennsylvania avenue. >> you look at that structure and think that, you know, someone designed it and someone came up with it and created it. pretty unbelievable to see it live. >> first concert i ever saw was u2 in dublin so this is their first concert. >> reporter: fans were estimated at more than 80,000, comparable to a skins home game. fans came from as far away as ireland to see the band. >> we're from dublin, ireland, and we came over especially to see the u2 concert. we've seen, this is our fourth concert of the tour. >> reporter:

darcy spencer has more on this story. >> reporter: union leaders are citing several examples in this press release where they say the staffing changes have increased response times. they say that can endanger lives. >> we are right at the point that we are just basically getting by. >> reporter: union leaders are sounding the alarm over staffing shortages and budget cuts affecting fire service in prince george's county. they say in some cases it's taking longer for firefighters and paramedics to respond to emergencies. >> minutes and even seconds count when it comes to an emergency or a fire environment. we are not aware of any serious injury or loss of life directly related to these incidents. it's always a gamble you take. >> reporter: during a recent house fire in bowie, there was an 11-minute response time because the two career firefighters assigned to the closest station were on an ambulance call when the fire alarm sounded. units from further away had to fight the blaze. >> that is not acceptable. general national standards state that the first engine company should arrive fou

darcy, thanks so much. it has been an emotional day for students and teachers at cro crosslind high school. they are dealing with the death of 13-year-old ashley davis. two weeks ago a car hit her when she was walking to her school bus stop on brinkley road. davis died of her injuries yesterday. principal crystal fawcett says it is tough losing davis. >> the week before school opened ashley came running in my office and sat on my lap, grabbed me my by arms and said, "i'm not ready to go. i'm going to stay here with you." i'm definitely going to remember that moment. just most importantly the fact she was willing to assist the week before school opened, no matter what i needed for her to do. >> grief counselors were sent to the school today as well as thurgood marshal middle school. >>> in spotsylvania county, bus drivers are disturbed by a policy that requires them to get a physical by the same school nurse practitioner. others are complaining about the treatment at the hand of that nurse practitioner. juli

in southeast, darcy spencer, news4. >>> the swine flu vaccine supposed to be available soon. some experts are still raising questions this morning about how and where -- how quickly that would happen. robert bazell has the latest. >> reporter: centers for disease control is anticipating problems. when the first small amounts of swine flu vaccine become available in the next few weeks. >> it is going to be a little bumpy because in different states, there will be different levels of preparedness and readiness and planning. there will undoubtedly be places people to get vac innated. >> reporter: make that as more challenging and initial doses of vaccine will only be flu mists and nasal spray. recommended only for healthy people aged 2 through 49. not for pregnant women who are near the top of the list of those to be vaccinated. >> government anticipating intense demands of the vaccine and fears about its safety. the officials say they have every reason to believe that it will be safe and it will be monitoring it closely. but they expect reports of people having adverse reaction

darcy spencer has our report. >> i knew that my situation was dangerous. >> reporter: this victim wasomestic violence who does not want to be identified received free legal and counseling services from weave, a district-based, nonprofit organization that's now facing closure. >> i do credit this organization with supporting me through a very tough decision and giving me the strength to value myself again. >> reporter: the woman and other victims are saddened by the prospect that weave, which stands for women empowered against violence is going away. interim executive director says much of the funding had been from the district office from victim's services. >> a few weeks ago they told us they would not be giving us any new grants for the year beginning october 1 so w really don't have the funds to pay our staff after september 30th. >> reporter: weave has had thousands of battered women over the last 12 years through some the most difficult times of their lives. w-e-a-v-e officials are hoping will pick up the slack once this organization goes away. >> sadly, tragicdy with the domesti

in southeast, darcy spencer, news4. >>> we have been telling you all morning today is our an ral news4 community shred taking place at the montgomery county fairgrounds in gaithersburg. you still have time to get there. the event isoing on until 11:00 a.m. joining us live the general manager for the company, shred it. thanks for joining us, gentlemen. >> good morning. >> we heard what to bring. tell us what not to bring. i'm sure you get a lot of people bringing a lot of stuff. >> sure. the main things we don't want to see is batteries, cds, things of that nature. what we are trying do is promote recycling and support securing people's identity with identity theft so strong today. >> and we know that a long line forms every time we have this event. what can you tell people to make sure that the transition goes smoothly and people aren't waiting to long and get through the lines quickly. >> limit the number of boxes they bring. and to be aware of the things that we cannot recycle. >> why do you think this is such a big deal for the community? >> well, number one, my colleague stated her

darcy has that story. >> what were your feeling by the end of the game in. >> depressed. that one hurt. >> reporter: at the sideline bar and grill in landover, fans still in shock overhe redskins loss to the detroit lyons, the worst team in the nfl. >> i'm like speechless. you know? you come out and you do all of this work and you lose to the worse team in the league in two years. >> i thought that we would beat detroit. detroit hadn't one since december of 2007. and they got their first win off of us. heart-breaking. >> reporter: fans are at a loss and can't figure out how or why the skins couldn't pull together a win against the lyons who haven't won a game since 2007. >> they don't got no heart. they got to knock somebody on their butt. that's pretty much the only problem. >> reporter: now some fans are turning on the coach, jim zorn. he's just in his second season but some are wondering if he has the passion. >> i think i wanted to see jim zorn have more of a sense of urgency. something's got to give here. we're losing against the lions, that's really embarrassing. >>

darcy spencer talked with firefighters about the teen. >> reporter: at the mt. airy volunteer station, firefighters spring into action after receiving a call, but here they're doing their jobs with heavy hearts. a junior firefighter, charlie dalton jr., was killed at the hands of his own father. it was a murder-suicide that left an entire family dead. >> i think he had been a junior member for about two years, a little bit less than two years. he was a likable kid. he was enthusiastic about his activities here at the mt. airy volunteer fire company. >> reporter: police say 38-year-old charles dalton sr. called his wife jennifer and hire two kids, 14-year-old charlie and 7-year-old emmaline. each was shot once. they were found in their beds, the bodies discovered inside their home on friday evening. police say dalton took his own life, his body found on the floor next to the bed in the master bedroom. >> people in the neighborhood just are trying to put the puzzle pieces together. we just haven't fured out how this could have happened. >> reporter: police say dal

darcy has the story. >> the words to sum up my last 14 months don't come easy. >> reporter: the mayor looks over the blistering opinion piece he wrote for the "washington post." a little more than a year ago the police raided his home, shot and killed his two dogs and held him and his family at gun point. to this day, he still hadn't received the answers he's looking for. >> there's a serious evidence that the police may actually be covering up their wrongdoing. and so if we just allow that to stand, i mean, it's almost certain that this will happen to other innocent people as well. >> reporter: in the piece, he criticizes the prince george's county police department's internal affairs section for not completing the report. he says that police fabricated a story to try to justify the warrantless search of his home. the police attract a package to the mayor's house and later determined it was part of a drug-smuggling operation that had nothing to do with him or his family. >> this is an embarrassment. not just for me and my family, one that has to send shivers down the spine of anyone

darcy in pennsylvania. hi, darcy, your quhent or question here?ller: my question is for the judge. >> yeah. >> caller: these are both 15-year-old children. i'm grateful for what you've done, first off. but the boy has been sentenced, if i understand, to house arrest. the girl, though, from my understanding, is the one that initiated the pictures? why was she not sentenced also to house arrest? >> you know, i don't want to get too much into the facts of each of these cases, but i will say that we thought that there were some differences in the motivations and the conduct involved, and because of that, there was a different sentence in the girl's case than from the boy's case. >> it wasn't because she was a girl and he was a boy? >> it was not. >> okay. >> certainly there are gender motivations, or we feel there are different gender motivations for this type of conduct that's involved. but there were differences in the conduct in these cases that we felt justified. >> judge, again, sounds like applause all the way around from lisa and i and our call

and darcy spencer has more. >> reporter: at the voluntary station, firefighters spring into action after receiving a call. here they are doing their jobs with heavy hearts. a jr. firefighter, charlie dalton jr. was killed at the hands of his own father. >> he had been a junior member for about years, a little less than two years. he was enthusistic about his duties here. >> reporter: the man killed his wife, jennifer, and two kids. each was shot once. they were found in their beds. the bodies discovered inside their home, police say dalton took his own life. his body found on the floor next to the bed in the master bedroom. >> people in the neighborhood try to figure out how this could have happened. >> police say dalton was a self-employed cabinet maker, and carpenter, and so far police have found no clear motive for the murder suicide. >> it's just a shock. the only reason my girl got to sleep last night was because she was exhausted from crying. >> reporter: charlie's fellow junior firefighters were told about his death at the firefighter station on friday night. >> we are going to mi

darcy spencer, news 4. >>> coming up tonight, it provided an update on the distribution of the swineflu vaccine. >>> a pro-democracy rally in west africa ended with dozens dead. >>> and an elephant rampage that left six people injured in india. >>> good evening, bob ryan, storm center 4, a nice evening out there. it's a cool one, our temperatures 67 degrees, there were some clouds around before. since early this afternoon, they have pretty much dissipated. right now outside it's a nice evening out there. if you're out a about, take a look toward the southeast sky, the moon is coming up now, but within a couple hours you'll be able to see it nice and bright, but today just below and to the right is the planet jupiter with four moons, too. heading out to school tomorrow morning, it will be a chilly morning, as low as the mid 40s in some of the cooler suburbs. next seven days i think we'll be seeing a mixture of clouds and sunshine, maybe some showers to start off the weekend. right now a 40% chance. sunday looks great, back to you. >> thanks, bob. >>> government troops in the west afte

darcy spencer will have more coming up on news4 at 5:00. >>> tragedy for students at crosslind high school, a 13-year-old classmate who was hit by a car two weeks ago died from her injuries. megan mcgrath has more. >> reporter: alva forman walks her daughter to ashley high. this is a scary reminder of what can happen when crossing the street. >> i will be walking her to school. >> reporter: 13-year-old ashley davis is being remembered as a friendly, outgoing teen. the freshman was struck by a car while walking to her bus stop on brinkley road. hospitalized for nearly two weeks, she died early monday morning. >> everyone's sad. everything is gone. >> i remember her smile. she had a fantastic smile. a very loving smile. >> miss her? >> very much. >> reporter: davis started her second week of classes when she was struck by the car. the sedan hit a good samaritan who pushed younger children to safety. grief counselors have been sent to crosslynn high. principal crystal fawcett said it was touf losing davis to high school. the thought of never seeing her again is very difficult. >> the week bef

in capitol heights, darcy spencer, news4. >>> tonight at 11:00, we are learning more about the fbi radon d.c. city hall today and charges filed against council member chief of staff. >>> and worry about children's safety at the bus stop and the worst place in america for a long and happy marriage tonight at 11:00. >>> a man in britain uncovered a holy grail for treasure hunters. it is the largest hoard of anglo-saxon gold. it was found inches below the surface. archaeologists shot videos of the site and calledt unparalleled and unprecedented. there are rings of gold and silver and highly-decorated pieces of swords and helmets dating back to the eighth century. who did it belong to? experts say given the quality of the craftsmanship and high value, it is likely the only someone with status of king could have owned this treasure. they believe he buried it for safe keeping andever got to retrieve his treasure.

darcy spencer is live and joins us with more on the story. so the parking lot starting to fill up yet? >> reporter: they certainly are, jim. it reminds me more of a weekend skins game than a tuesday afternoon. you could see a lot of people are out here tailgating in the parking lot. again it feels like a football night, but in about an hour and a half, some 80,000 people are expected to pack fedex field for the u2 concert. it starts around 7:00 tonight, but already people are arriving, many by car, traffic is heavy around the stadium already, not just because of the concert, but it's 5:30 in the afternoon, a lot of commuters are trying to get home from work. the people are getting here early. many i talked to, four hours in advance to try to beat the traffic. last month there was a traffic and parking fiasco for people trying to get to the paul mccartney concert. many people learned their lesson. >> i was supposed to get here for the paul mccartney show, i had tickets, i was stuck and didn't make it. it was 9:30, he was already on stage, i ha

in baltimore, darcy spencer, news4. >> that student was released after being questioned for several hours. police say they'll turn over their evidence to the state's attorney's office. the state attorney will decide whether that student will be charged. >>> it's been an an emotional day at crosland high school in prince george's county. they are dealing with the death of 13-year-old ashley davis. she was hurt two weeks ago when a car hit her walking to a school bus stop on brinkley road. davis died of her injuries yesterday. grief counselors were sent to thurgood marshall middle school. >>> john moore, 44, of arlington, died. he was hit by a train working in a tunnel. metro officials say moore is the third worker to die on the job this year. >>> in iraq today, mortars were fired toward the green zone in baghdad as vice president joe biden made an unannounced visit there. this is the vice president's second trip to iraq in three months. shortly after he arrived, militants fired four morters toward that heavily-fortified complex. nobody was injured. none of the mortars landed in the green z

darcy is a great ally for us. on the health-care debate the people inside congress are much more willing to reach out to us than they were on fisa. for one thing, we were beating them all of the time with fisa. this one, we're propping them up a little more. those are the two big legislative battles stuck in my head. i am voice approaching the health-care fight on the parallel track with fisa, trying to look back to see what i learned from that that i can play in this one. >> david, you've been tracking the day-to-day work of congress as we have been going through this. what can you tell us about what you have learned and how that might be useful in terms of our ability to interact with them? >> i do keep coming back to the same two examples. they were so widely followed in the blogs. the provide great examples of the part of the movement i try to cover with congress matters. it is because of the way things went down in that fight that i thought it was important to do with the kinds of things i've tried to do with