darcy spencer is live in upper marlboro with the story. darcy? >> reporter: jim, that 2-year-old was in his mother's arms when he was shot and wounded last august. the trial began today for the teenager accused of firing that shot. i had the opportunity to meet little deondre today. the best way to describe him is adorable. >> what happened to you? >> i got shot. >> tell her what you said. >> got shot. >> got shot. i got shot. >> reporter: he's just 2 years old, but deondre knows he was a victim of a shooting seven months ago. >> he got shot in the mouth. he's doing okay right now. >> reporter: the little collar supports a trach that keeps him breathing. >> he's doing terrific. he gets his trach out on the 16th of this month. >> reporter: he was in his mother's arms when he was shot on a warm saturday night last august. it happened at the glenarden

&pmcdonaldss" darcy... was... taken... back tt the farm...// áámcdonald'sáá 33 darcy...sider a bill to expand gamblinggin mmryland f they meet in special session later his sprrng. &pspring. earlierr../ we asked... in ouu question of theeday.../ ádoáá you hink... aryland needs... pnear... washington, d.c. &pd.c.michael writte on faceeook. i think the state is banking & on something that isn't going to pay off... 3 3& but,... patrick writes...../ yes! ess yys! maryland neeess...all the -3& money we can get. get. 33 we're.../ &pgetting... a good resppnse.../ on... this qqestion.../ and... tte responssss...so faa 3evenly split. 3& go... to... fox-baltimore dot com us ...what you think...//. áásoundáá faccbook...///. áásendáá us... aatteet../.// ááoráá... text... yoor answer ...to.../ 45--203...///. ááenteráá... fox45a... for yes../ ááfox45báá foo...nn.../ 3 3 timmtebow's... ááwhatáá -&pa... cceaters website.../ is... offering... women.../ ffr... inttmate secrets. 3 3 --adblib weather tz-- 3 how.../ muchhmoohmooey ...would it take.../ to... taanish.../ tim - teboo's image? &

. >>> darcy the cow lives on a farm near denver. apparently youan't keep a cow down on the farm. guess wherehe went. california? >> the moon. >> she broke outfit her coral and went to mcdonald's. >> fries and a strawberry milk chic. >> we got a call from dispatch asking if my son had a dairy cow. i said, yes. he told me it was up to mcdonald's. >> she went to see her friends that were missing. >> somebody got a picture of her goin through the driveway. >> walked through and butted her head against the window. >> not any orders. maybe visiting relatives but no orders. >> daisy, are you in there? you cannibal. >> i don't think so. >> she was trying to get a double quarter pounder with cheese. >> she was protesting. she was like in the window and said look at this face. >> how could you eat this? >> what's really cute the 4-year-old was worried about what would happen to darcy when she got caught. >> jail. >> he thought she was going to be in ja. >> poor thing. >> so darcy is back where she belongs. >>> everyone knows supposed to keep it quiet in the library. these guys didn't get t

darcie spencer joins us now live from hillcrest heights with details. darcie? >> reporter: police were called here to fairlawn street here in hillcrest heights this evening for a report of shots fired. when they got here, they realized this was not a shooting, they say two teenaged boys have been assaulted. they suffered facial injuries, they are expected to be okay. a woman who came here to the scene indicating she knew one of the victims said that there had been some kind of altercation. there is a carnival taking place right across the street from here at the iverson mall. police are investigating to see if there is a connection. earlier this evening, prince georges police web with the to a double shooting on terrace lane. it wasn't very far from this scene. that was not connected to this assault. one woman was pronounced dead inside an apartment there, there was a second woman shot in the leg, she was somehow able to make it to a nearby liquor store where she reported the crime. >> what we were able to find out preliminarily at this point is that we had two

reporting live from southwest washington, darcy spencer, news4. >>> two women are suing the u.s. military. they say they were raped and then punished when they tried to report the attacks. in the lawsuit, one of the women says that she was raped twice at the u.s. naval academy and then forced to drop out when she reported it. the other woman says she was raped at west point and then forced to take out her attacker's trash after reporting the assault. she too later dropped out. this latest lawsuit comes more than a month after eight other women sued on similar grounds. >>> surveillance video caught a vicious dog attack on queens street in northeast last night. now, a warning. you may find some of this video disturbing. the video clearly shows the dogs chasing what appears to be teens up on to a car. at one point, one of the dogs jumped up on to the car, chasing the teen off. the dogs appeared to have a man on the ground when some neighbors come out and hit the dogs to stop the attack. police are investigating the incident, but they say the dogs have not been captured. >>> a three-

the owners say normally darcy is a pretty good cow. she likes to break out of her pen when she gets bored. that's what the locks are for. now for a look at your national weather we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins. >> confront your enemies, an maybe she was zblsh what have you got to say for yourself. >> i like darcy. good morning, everyone. record heat throughout the west. this has been an amazing spring. in the last couple of days we've had over 500 record highs set throughout areas of the west. from the four corner region, salt lake city, denver, all the way up into montana at the same time we've had a cool stretch for the fir time in months throughout areas of the east with below average temperatures. that's slowly going change in the days ahead. we do have more rain in the forecast. we'll show you the record highs. 88 in denver, 86 in salt lake city. that was your third day in the row of record heat. we'll see another warm day. we have more clouds in the forecast. that should keep temperatures away from the record highs. not

and before they knew it, darcy's owners found out and took her back home. >> stubborn thing huh? >> i get itshe wanted fries. >> or shake or appel pie. >>> states are finding creative ways to make deficits in the budgets. >> new jersey came up with a way but stores believe it will hurt their bottom line. >> some say a popular hotel chain is going mad. a new deal out there for certain people of a certain name, andone of megan's favorite shows. ♪ i, i'll bring the fire make you come alive ♪ ♪ i can take you higher what this is, forgot? ♪ ♪ i must now remind you let it rock, let it rock ♪ ♪ let it rock ♪ this time >>> from. [audio not understandable] elementary middle school, good morning maryland. >> good morning to you. i like the giggle. you may be hard-pressed to find a gift card in the garden state. >> a new law about to go in effect allowing them to claim unused balances in the cards sold in new jersey. >> they are doing it because they hope it will give cash strapped states a source of revenue. they can take the unclaimed balance two years after a card was purchased. the haw

news 4's darcy spencer joins us live from the smithsonian station with details. darcy?> reporter: chris, yeah, this victim says that he was actually attacked while riding a metro train. he got off here at the smithsonian station. he says he and a couple of other passengers followed the attacker and watched him until police arrived and that was 15 minutes later. >> down at the other end of the car we hear someone screening. f the white man. f the white man over and over again. >> this man who doesn't want to reveal his identity said the screaming man beat him up on a metro train last month. >> came down level with my face where i was sitting. said look me in the eyes, and i turned to look at him. at the same moment he head butted me. >> he says the assault wasn't even the worst of it. he says the train conductor and station manager ignored him. and he stayed on the phone with a dispatcher nearly 15 minutes before a metro transit officer got there. >> it's far too long. you know, something broke down somewhere. she didn't do her job right. >> reporter: he later found out

it's full of coats, a pudgy pig, and a cow named darcy. that's lady darcy.ame cow who picked up a fifth place presentation award at the morgan county fair last summer. >> she's a good cow. >> reporter: good is one way to describe her. >> stubborn -- >> reporter: stubborn is another. when darcy doesn't get attention in her pen she goes elsewhere to find it. >> and we got a call from dispatch asking if my son had a dairy cow. and i said yeah and she told me it was up at mcdonald's. >> somehow she bust out of her gate and hoofed it a half mile to mcdonald's. >> i think it was for fries and a strawberry milk shake. >> she butted her head up against the window. >> not making any orders. >> reporter: the folks at mcdonald's got a kick out of it and snapped pictures before darcy's owners found out and took her home. >> you thought she was going to be in jail? >> reporter: luke is happy to know the only pen she'll be staying in is the one she's accustomed to. >> no fries, no milk shake, but a story that has the whole town talking. >> she'd probably go there again if

darcy spencer in upper marlboro with more on this. darcy? >> reporter: jim, the trial started today for the teenager accused of firing that shot. i had the opportunity to meet that little boy today. his name is deandre. he's quite remarkable. he's been through so much and so many struggles over the last several months. and he still has more surgeries ahead. what's your name? >> de andre. >> reporter: he's just 2 years old, but deandre johnson knows he was the victim of a shooting seven months ago. what happened to you? >> i got shot. >> reporter: what did he say? >> i got shot. >> reporter: deandre was shot in the mouth. the bullet exited through his neck. the little collar he's wearing supports a trach that keeps him breathing. >> he's doing terrific. he gets his trach out on the 16th of this month. >> reporter: deandre was in his mother's arm when he was shot on a warm saturday night last august. it happened at the glenarden apartments. police say he was hit by a stray bullet when two people were exchanging gun fire in the parking lot. >>

darcy the cow decidinngwanted some up to this drive-thru window after breaking outtof her pen.per burgee ... she's ack inn hee pen this mmrning beaas leave the wild... to invade a t-v set in pennsyyvani. pennsylvania.check out these outdoor set mooday... where meteorollgists give their weather forecasts. a polar bear ggts playful in the artic ocean.came . handstand..- 33 from invasions of nature... to humans.here's a guy who juut himself.--reporter going live from a pub finally... we have a groom that catches the feeer duriig his weedinn ceremony. cerrmony.biebee fever... that i. is.((oh, oh oo oh.....)) oh.....)) --- roger breaks iito ong during his wedding ceremony. ((ááááad libááá))thh best part about the whooe thing?he gets act..-&his groomsmen in on the - the act.groomsmen in on he gets one of is thing?about the whole the best part about the whole 3 thing?he gets oon of his ggoomsmen in on the act. &p((2:199benny! when i was 3..) now that's a best man! the rain is coming doon now... find out if it willlclear out weekend.your 7-ddy forecast is next. you're watthing fox 45 g

darcie spencer has our report. >> reporter: at the titanic memorial in d.c., a brass ensemble plays thateful song, the song last heard by many of those who perished as the unsinkable ship did just that 100 years ago. >> this was a compilation of music that was played on the ship in 1912 when the ship went down. >> reporter: the event called titanic 100, featured more than 1500 luminaries along the waterfront promenade. >> it's great, honoring all the people. i love all the candles and the bags with the names on them to honor the people. i didn't know it was over 1,000 people that had lost their lives. >> i knew about it, but i didn't know about -- like how my people died and everything like that. >> hundreds of titanic images were projected 50 feet high on a waterfront con doe building. >> it was is up a great disaster, and it had so much human interest that how could you not want to be here. >> the titanic's maiden voyage proved disastrous when the luxury cruise liner struck an iceberg. within hours the ship had broken apart and sunk. it remains on the ocean floor to this day. >> i coul

news 4's darcy spencer talked to one of those men who was severely injured in the fight. >> all of a sudden, kids started running and jumping on cars. >> reporter: this surveillance video shows two dogs aggressively going after children who literally hop on cars to avoid being bitten. at one point, one of the dogs jumps on the roof of the car and the kid takes off. do you believe the dogs were going to hurt these kids? >> yes, yes. >> reporter: but they didn't, because andre intervened and got attacked. both arms and hands bandaged because of serious bite wounds. >> i got stitches there. i've got three big holes with meat coming out. >> reporter: it happened friday night in the 1200 block of queen street. andre just returned home from his job when the commotion began, when we saw the dogs chasing the kids. >> i sacrificed myself. so automatically, i just ran out there. >> reporter: before we knew it, both describes he described as pit bulls were attacking him. >> when i fell, i fell down so both dogs were coming at me. i was trying to protect my face and my neck. >> reporter: he and

news4's darcy spencer recently sat down with a young lady in arlington whose own transplant came muchlier than she expected. it was before her 21st birthday. veronica now has a story she wants you to hear. >> reporter: veronica stempo is only 21 years old but already has been a recipient of a heart transplant. she was diagnosed with an enlarged heart. >> my heart started failing to the point i couldn't climb up the stairs. i couldn't breathe. nothing. >> reporter: that happened when she was 20 years old. she was hooked up to a heart pump and was on the wait list for a new heart for ten months. >> every time your phone rings, you have this anticipation that it's -- oh, you know they found something. they got something for me. anytime, even -- it sounds horrible. even when you see a crash you're like i hope i get a heart soon. >> reporter: her father don had the same heart condition and received a heart transplant. he passed away in 2009 just a few months later his daughter's heart got worse. >> i kind of wish i had him to share my story with and compare and everything. i guess he's in

darcy? >> reporter: this victim is 58 years old, and he walks his little white dog named cocoa here in his neighborhood every day. and that's what he was doing thursday afternoon when he encountered this suspect, a young man. the young man said hello to him and he says he was suddenly hit on the head. this man is one of the victims in last week's hammer attacks in the petworth neighborhood of northwest washington. he was walking his dog, cocoa, last thursday afternoon in the 200 block of ingraham street when he said he encountered the suspect, 19-year-old michael davis. >> he walked by and he said, how you doing, sir, with a smile, and i said, how you doing? before i could turn to see where my dog is like i'm doing now, i was struck with an object. >> reporter: the victim was hit in the head. he fell on the sidewalk and was unconscious for several minutes. >> i still could see and i did know whi -- didn't know which way he went or he got away quick. >> reporter: davis has been arrested in co

in northwest washington, darcie spencer, news 4. >>> police have identified a toddler hit and killed by a car in front his house today. ethan guzman was playing outside his home on 85th place in new carollton. he was hit by a car around 3:00 p.m. the driver stayed on the scene and likely didn't see the child when the accident happened. >> the guy in the van was coming out the parking lot, and he turned in and the kids were playing open the sidewalk, and the ball bounced off the sidewalk and web with the across the street. the little kid darted after it. >> the child was taken to the hospital where he later died. the department's collision analysis team is investigating. a push to bring gambling to national harbor got backing today in the senate. table games would be allowed there and at the five authorized maryland casinos. yesterday the house approved an alternate bill that would allow table games but not slots. any final bill would need statewide voter approval before becoming law. those sands gathered in vatican city for an easter vigil mass celebrated by pope benedict. the servic

darcy spencer, news4. >> thanks, darcy. >>> we're following a developing story out of montgomery county. firefighters are battling a house fire in clarksburg. the two alarm fire broke out this morning on robin songs drive. there's no word of any injuries at this point but we're monitoring details from there and will bring new information as it becomes available. >>> chuck's here. it's cold out there. >> it's a chilly morning for sure. if you're getting ready to enjoy your saturday, an extra layer not a bad idea. temperatures in 40s to near 50 now. with the cloud cover coming in, not much of a rise in temperature today. a cool, cloudy saturday. rain chances sneaking in as we get after the lunchtime hour today. if you need to get something done in the dry weather, you need to rush it to completion. as drops are not too far away. 45 in ashburn, virginia. rg3's new hometown out there near training camp. 41 in cumberland. no rain drops down into kalbert county just yet. they're coming in a bit faster. earlier this morning i thought we might wait until 4:00 or 5:00. now it looks like they'll

darcy the cow, well, she escaped and showed us at the drive-thru window about a half mile away. her owner said she's a good cow and seems to find trouble when she gets bored. darcy's a dairy cow and that might be a good thing, given where she's turned up there at mcdonald's. donald's.  . >>> a 15-year-old from frederick, maryland, is quickly becoming an internet sensation. she posted a video on youtube of an amazing trick shot and thousands have viewed it. take a look for yourself. thomas does a full front flip and then shoots a basketball and it bounces off of the backboard through the hoops. pretty incredible. watch it again there and oh, my goodness. is that real? >>> fox 5s wisdom martin is live with the star of the video and he can tell us if it's real or not. is it true? >> and this is true, laura. before we talk to him, show the video again and that is some amazing video. he jumps off of this, whatever you want to call it, takes a flip and the ball goes into the basket and this is an amazing skill set. as you check out the video, we'll ask a couple of questions

superior court, darcy spencer, news4. >>> a developing story tonight. a prince george's county police officer has been suspended after being found with a woman who was arrested on drug possession charges. stephen kingman is a first-year officer. police say he was with the woman who was arrested on eastern avenue in d.c. last night. kingman has not been charged himself, but he has had his police powers suspended, pending an investigation. a traffic alert for drivers in fairfax county this weekend. the intersection of gal lows road and lee highway is closed. that is in merrifield, virginia. v-dot crews are repaving that section. drivers can still get into business areas, but you'll have to follow the posted detour signs. v-dot says it should finish this road work by afternoon tomorrow. >>> still ahead tonight, why mega church pastor joel olsteen is pushing back services. >>> and a police chase that led to a fiery crash. he was riding in a stolen car. >> why he says police are the ones to blame. >> sit down! >> dude! >> sit down! i'm not a dude! >> and it'

darcy the dairy cow busted out of her pen on a small farm in colorado.ld you believe she hoofed it half a mile to the nearest golden arches. fortunately the owners came and took darcy away before she risked finding herself on the dollar menu. >>> topper, another cool start tomorrow morning? >> yeah, in fact we actually have frost advisories. earlier this evening i was concerned about how cold it was going to get tonight. i think with the clouds coming in, we'll get a little bit of a break. notice the dew points are not as low either. winds have calmed down. temperatures still in the 50s downtown. satellite picture, radar combined, zoom in. we still have this upper level low sitting and spinning. showers going to go to the north of us tonight and showers to the south of us tonight. so clearing skies will be occurring. that will allow temps to fall. again, because a little more moisture is in the atmosphere, i don't think it's going to be quite as cold as i thought earlier. i did not change low temperatures. we're still talking mid-30s to mid-40s. that sai

. >> i'm darcy spencer in charles county, a local couple spent their retirement on a >>> from washington's leading news station, this is news4 at 6:00. >>> george zimmerman made his first appear an in sanford, florida. charged yesterday with murder in the death of 17-year-old trayvon martin. prosecutors have released a probable cause affidavit. it says george zimmerman profiled the black teenager. zimmerman is due back in court on may 29th for an arraignment he will likely enter a plea at that time. in the meantime being held in jail. >>> democrats and republicans are battling for the women's vote and in the past 24 hours, the war of words got personal. democratic adviser hillary rosen slammed mitt romney for saying he gets economic advice from his wife, an, a stay-at-home mother who raised five kids. rosen said ann romney never worked a day in her life. this afternoon rosen released a statement saying she had apologized to ann romney and anyone else offended by her remarks. >>> the nationals made their home opener down at nats park a winner for the fans. they beat the reds 3-2. even a wor

news 4's darcy spencer has what happened next. >> i keep going. and god looked out for me. >> reporter: this man walks his little dog coco twice a day in his northwest washington neighborhood. but last thursday afternoon the walk turned into a traumatizing event. he was struck in the head, police say, by a teen suspected in a series of hammer attacks. >> he walked by and he said, "how are you doing, sir?" you know, with a smile. and i said, how are you doing in and before i could turn to see where my dog was, like i'm doing now, i was struck with an object. >> reporter: the victim, who doesn't want to show his face or give his name, was walking in the 200 block of ingerham street in northwest d.c. he says he was knocked down and knocked out. he regained consciousness several minutes later. he was hit here on his ear in the side of his head. his forehead was cut when he fell to the ground. and he has a scrape on his arm. >> i was slightly unconscious. i still could see, and i didn't know which way he event or -- he got away quick. >> reporter: the

. >>> reporting live from rockville, darcy spencer, news 4. >>> more members of the secret service are under investigation for misconduct in colombia than first thought. as brian mohr reports now the white house and congress are demanding answers about just what happened there. >> reporter: as many as 20 members of the secret service are now under investigation for what they did when they were not preparing for president obama's weekend summit trip to colombia. the allegations include alcohol, hookers, and a wild party in a five-star hotel. >> unbelievable. anybody who watched a spy movie knows, you know, you go in with the girls. you plant the bugs. you compromise the agent. what were these guys thinking? >> reporter: members of congress are demanding answers and so is the president, whose summit agenda was over shadowed by reports of the secret service shenanigans. the agents involved were not part of the elite presidential protective division. but some reportedly were part of what's called the counterassault team. five members of the military were also caught up in the scandal. >> w

darcy spenter repo spencer repo. somebody tipped off the cops. >> reporter: it was here at bayswater court and sheffield circle in waldorf. a 20-year-old man was operating an ice cream truck. but police say he had a little side business going, too. selling pot. he really was selling ice cream also? >> ice cream or marijuana. you can take your pick with this guy. >> reporter: police say they received a tip through crime solvers on march 30th that alexander hoskins was dealing drugs. they stopped the truck and a drug detection dog alerted on the vehicle. police say they found cash and baggies of marijuana in the suspect's underwear. >> you would think he would hide it somewhere inside the truck. but rather he put it in a plastic bag and then hid it in his briefs. >> reporter: police say hoskins was selling to teens and young adults through word of mouth. he's been charged with possession of intent to distribute marijuana. >> for us, we're removing a drug dealer off the streets. >> i've never heard of it in charles coun

darcy spencer is live for us in annapolis with the developing story. darcy? >> reporter: jim, as you know it's always like this on the last day of the general assembly session. it's always down to the wire. they have until midnight to get all of the work done but this year the budget and the future of gambling in prince george's county are hanging in the balance. casino gambling with slots and table games could be coming to prince george's county. the most likely place officials say national harbor. county executive baker stays would generate millions of dollars for the county. >> i think this is the most important vote that they're going to cast for prince george's county in this term. because that's $69 million that could come back to the county. >> reporter: but that vote is anything but a sure thing on this last day of the legislative session in annapolis. >> what do you think could happen here? >> i think anything could happen. i think it's still a 50/50 shot that something will come out before midnight. >> reporter: the senate bill would send the questi

darcy spencer, "news 4." >> darcy spoke with the suspect's grandmother who declined to go on camera but says hoskins is a good person who would never do what he's been accused of doing. >>> high winds and bone dry conditions are fueling fires up and down the east coast this afternoon. 20 states including maryland, virginia and the district are under a red flag warning. a brush fire up in connecticut caused delays on amtrak between new york and new haven last night. service today returned to normal. in long island, fast moving flames charred 2,000 acres. new jersey also feeling the heat. at least 25 homes damaged in brush fires there. meteorologist veronica johnson is tracking it all from the weather center. j.v.? >> that's right. so many areas from the northeast through mid-atlantic states are abnormally dry to moderately dry. january, february, march among the top ten driest such periods on record for at least seven of the northeastern states. all we have to do is look around here. i took this earlier today. this is patapsco river in howard county. see right along the banks there, it's

darcy spencer is in northeast d.c. tonight with details. darcy? >>> doreen, a suspect was arrested this afternoon. we're told by the fugitive warrant task force right around 12:40 this afternoon in hyattsville in prince george's county police are confirming that he did work here at this facility but it's unclear in what capacity he did work here. if you take a look behind me you can see the daycare center remains closed. this has led to a lot of anger and frustration among parents. we talked to one who showed up here to try to get her child's belongings and walked away empty handed. >> it's sick, disgusting. >> reporter: daycare centers are places you trust to take care of and protect your children but it was here at the child development senter at the zion baptist church of eastland gardens where police say that trust was violated. a man described by police as a church worker was arrested and charged with felony attempted first degree child sex abuse. he has been identified by police as randolph king of hyattsville. the victim, a 3-year-old boy,

darcy spencer live outside merchandise in palmer park. darcy? >> reporter: 32-year-old christalina warner is accused of shooting and killing her 83-year-old grandmother. police say it happened inside their home in danville road in prince george's county saturday night. >> i feel for the family. you know, when something like that happens so close to home. >> reporter: according to these court records the granddaughter actually reported her granddaughter missing. when police showed up here at the home for their investigation they found the grandmother here in the living room, her body wrapped in plastic and blankets. police say warner later confessed to killing dorothy ogden during a fight in the home. >> everybody pretty much gets along out in this area but when something like this happens it's shocking. >> reporter: ogden >> i can testify this department hasn't slept for 72 hours. >> police say 21-year-old david shaum was shot and killed in this house on judith avenue in district heights after he shot someone in the leg during a robbery. prince

darcy spencer has our report. >> reporter: police say it was a sweet 16 birthday party that was crashedy some uninvited guests. how did they know about a party here in a remote area of prince george's county? police say it was through social media. it was 10:30 saturday night here on poplar ridge road in brandywine. teens were at the home for a party. the crashers showed up. police say they stabbed two teens, leaving them in critical condition. >> some type of altercation occurred where we ended up having two juveniles stabbed and three others that sustained some injuries from the incident. the two were transported to local hospitals at the time they were in critical condition. they have now been released from the hospital. >> police say the crashers learned about the party through the social media site twitter. they say it's a situation parents need to look out for. >> we want parents to be aware of social media. that seems to be the big thing today that a lot of parents are not aware of. they're not aware of the different types of social media out there. and it's definitely a learning

darcy spencer spoke to the family about what changed their family forever. >> i feel like i've aged a hundred years. i have such a whole in my heart. that will never be healed. >> reporter: carrie's son johnny was one of three passengers that was killed in a drunk driving crash one year ago. >> i'll never be the same person i was before i lost my son. >> reporter: hoover remembers coming home after a trip finding everyone there crying. everyone except her son johnny. she knew something was wrong. >> i started to turn around and put my hands over my ears and i ran out the door and started to run away because i didn't want to hear what they had to tell me. my sons grabbed me and pulled my hands away from my ears and told me that johnny was killed. johnny was dead. >> reporter: hoover appeared at a mothers against drunk driving event where experts reveal that 26% of underage drinkers are getting their alcohol from parents or other relatives. >> if we could just save one family from going through the heart ache. but it just keeps happening over and over again. >> reporter: the driver 20-y

./ áábecaussáá whee darcy,,.../ doesn't get... attention.../ in... dairy cow, and she told me that it was up t mcdonalds." mcdonalds." darcy... farm...// áámcdooald'ssá emmloyees... say...// a salad...// with ááappaaentlyáá... the surly -cow...// is...lactose.../ intolerant...// 3

are going to drown, all those poor children and all the women and everyone on board. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news 4. >>> time right now is 9:10. we are also following a developing story out of afghanistan where the capital city, kabul, is under attack. the latest on the violence there and some of the western targets being hit. >>> and later on, it's a big day for d.c. sports teams. could we finally be a town with a winning team again? highligh [ male announcer ] a car is either luxury or it isn't. if you want a luxury car with a standard power moonroof, your options are going to be limited. ♪ if you want standard leather-trimmed seats, you're going to have even fewer. ♪ and if you want standard keyless access, then your choice is obvious. the lexus es. it's complete luxury in a class full of compromises. see your lexus dealer. >>> right now, chaos in the streets of kabul, afghanistan, after two neighborhoods were attacked by militants. the attacking started in the center of a city neighborhood home to several embassies and a nato base. militants reportedly staked out positions in su

the owner said darcy has escaped before usually when she doesn't get enough attention.oor thing gets a little lonely. a cow you showing up at mcdonalds is like a turkey showing up at your house on thanksgiving day. risky day. >> a cow is of the bovine ilk. one end is moo and the other end is milk. an area of light to moderate rain from daily city across the golden gate and up to mill valley. everything else pushed out into the central valley and moving away from the immediate bay area right now and the south bay is really drying out and they were impressive downpours there earlier. san jose from the current system in the last 24 hours has had over 2/10-inch of rain. nearly not quite half an inch but over 4/10 at cupertino and 4/10 at redwood city. impressive rainfall totals on the peninsula and into the south bay and some locations in the east bay as well. tomorrow high temperatures low to mid 60s. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. we'll have warm dry conditions right on through the weekend and into next week. temperatures climbing back into the 80s. >> very n

when darcy inggto doesn't et theeattention she wants... sse goes elsewhere to get it. "we got a call from dispatch asking if my son had a dairy cow. i said yeah, he has a dairy cow, and she told me that it was up at mcdonalds." mcdonalds."darcy walked &pthrough the drive through and butted her head up against the window.the fooks at mcdonalds got a kick out of it and snapped some pictures before darcy's owners found oot and took her home. coming up... the country's fourth case of mad cow disease... is etected. where the cow was living... and what could have happpned... if it hadn't been found. :14 "i'm going tt die, i'm not goinn to see y family, i'm not going to get homm" hhme" and terrifying moments... for passengers aboard a jetblue flight.what happened to the plane's windshield... that forced an emeregency morning news.. all loccl.. ll - morning. ((bump out)) ((break 1)) we love gardening... yeah, but the feeling wasn't always mutual. i want you to grow big! if you grow for me, you'll get cookies for free. nothing worked. ♪ but we started using miracle-gro garden s

when darcy ing to doesn't get the attention she wants... she goes elsewhere to get it. "we got a call from dpatch asking if my ssn had a dairy cow. i said yeah, he has a dairy cow, and she told me mcnald"ddrcy wwlked onalds." butted her head up against the window.the folks at mcdonalds got a kick out of ii and snapped some pictures before rcy's ownnrs fnd out a took er home. 3&the esanged wife of former footbaal star deion sanders is out on bail.arrested onday nig misdemeanor domeetic violen charges.her famous ex tweeted... as he was allegedly beintapilar and a iend at the couple's xas home.now... under an emerncc protective order... par returning to the family's claims deion's superssar stats blocking tte truth. a:40 "iull time mom. 100% for my children and just haven't been given a fair ke since any of this ben. began.theouple married in 1999 and staarein a reality ssowwthat aired on thh oxygen network.they have thr childrenntogether.sanders hass two other children from an earlierelationship. they're now in the midst of aabitter divooce. a 10-year old girl from new je

> the neighborhood should be a little safer, a little safer. >> reporter: in northeast washington, darcypencer, news 4. >>> the police in prince george's county are trying to find out what led to a deadly shooting that happened about 8:00 last night on addison road in district heights. the victim has been identified as 18-year-old ronald minor of district heights. investigators say they're trying to identify a suspect in that case. anyone with information is asked to call the prince george's county police. >>> an 11-year-old girl took the stand today in the sex abuse trial of michael gardner. he is the civic activist from falls church accused of molesting three girls at his daughter's sleep over parties last june. the fifth grader today became the second young witness to testify in that trial. she told prosecutors gardner came to her bedside three separate times at one of those sleep overs and touched her inappropriately. gardner's defense team says he is innocent because the area where the alleged abuse happened was too dark for anyone to see and identify the abuser. >>> with prom seaso

news 4's darcy spencer has more. >> reporter: jim, this tragic story started right here in this neighborhoodght. it came to a dramatic and unexpected conclusion saturday morning four miles away in prince george's county. those dogs were found, they have been put down. the owner still has not been found. >> reporter: two american bulldogs seen charging kids in a northeast washington neighborhood friday night were found in she wasly in prince george's county saturday morning. one was shot by police. both ended up being euthanized. >> the dog charged him. he was about right here when he fired one round. >> reporter: sergeant matthew maguire described how a police officer encountered the two dogs near 1:00 a.m. on saturday. >> initially the officer thought they had been fighting and the injuries were a result of them fighting each other. >> pretty bad injuries? >> yes. >> reporter: after the officer shot the dog, the animal jumped in the cruiser. the officer slammed the dog shot. the other dog was laying down nearby. prince george animal control took over. >> we responded and transported them to

darcy? >> reporter: well, jim, d.c. animal control officers are conducting patrols in this neighborhood every day twice a day searching for these dogs. meantime, take a look around me. the sidewalks and the streets, virtually empty, people are staying inside while these dogs are still at large. children had to jump on the roofs of cars to avoid two attacking dogs, possibly pit bulls in a trinidad neighborhood in northeast washington friday night. >> so at this point, you're kind of at a stand still? >> right. at this point, we don't have any idea of where the dogs are located or who their owner may be. >> reporter: the surveillance video taken from an apartment building. at one point, the dogs climbed on the car to get to one of the kids. he jumped off and got away unharmed. >> it was the -- i had my daughter and i didn't know what to do. i was like, you know, didn't know what to do. >> reporter: andre hawthorne jumped in to rescue the kids and ended up with serious bite wounds. undergoing rabies treatments and may have

reporting live from edgewater, maryland, darcy spencer, news4. >>> tonight more severe weather is slamming the midwest. yesterday brought more than 100 tornadoes in a single day claiming five lives. the youngest victims were two sisters just 5 and 7 years old. nbc's jay gray reports from woodwa woodward, oklahoma. >> reporter: this time they struck with warning, but not without fear. >> you could hear some people screaming down the road there. you could hear stuff crashing and breaking, and it sounded horrible. >> reporter: nearly 100 tornadoes tore across the heartland on saturday, one of the hardest hit areas, woodward, oklahoma where at least five people were killed, three when a twister ripped through this mobile home park. joel mcwharter and his daughter frantically searched for somewhere to ride out the tornado. >> we crawled up underneath here. and we stayed there and debris was hitting our legs and stuff. >> in wichita, it took only seconds for a tornado to sear through this boeing plant. nearby neighborhoods were also destroyed. >> it's just gone. everything we worked for all our

darcy spencer is in northeast d.c. with more on the arrest and the search for more potential victims. >> we're told that some 60 children attend this daycare center on a daily basis. if you take a look, this is their play yard on a day like today they would typically be out here riding bicycles and riding big wheels. the daycare center has been shut down. a church worker has been arrested. parents i spoke to describe him as sort of a maintenance worker. he was arrested earlier this afternoon in hyattsville, maryland. this mom pounded on the door of the child development center at the zion baptist church of eastland gardens trying to get answers and her 2-year-old son's things. that following the arrest of a worker here on sex abuse allegations. she didn't get either one. >> it's sick. it's disgusting. >> reporter: a man described by police as church worker was arrested and charged with felony attempted first degree child sexual abuse. he has been identified by police as randolph king of hyattsville. the victim, a 3-yea

darcy spencer spoke to the mother of one of the victims. >> i feel like i have aged 100 years.such a hole in my heart that will never be healed. >> reporter: carrie's son johnny was one of three passengers killed in a drunk driving crash one year ago. >> i will never be the same person that i was before i lost my son. >> reporter: hoover remembers coming home after a trup to find everyone there crying. everyone except her son, johnny. she knew something was wrong. >> i started to turn around and put my hands over my ears and i ran out the door and started to run away. because i did want to hear what they had to tell me. my sons grabbed me and pulled my hands away from my ears and told me. johnny was killed. johnny was dead. >> reporter: hoover is sharing her experience for the first time. she appeared today at a mother's against drunk driving event at the national press club. experts say that 6,000 people lose their lives every year as a result of underaged drinking. and newly released information in the case 26% of the time parents are family members are buying the booze. the

that is darcy in the window. the colorado dairy cow decided to make a stop at the drive-thru recently. she even butted her head again the window to place her order. darcy must have really wanted a burger and fries. she walked half a mile from her farm to get to the mickey d's. and the fries were calling. >> worked up an appetite, you know? >> milkshake. >>> customs agents found drugs hidden in chocolate bars and juice boxes at dulles airport. the agents found more than four pounds of cocaine stuffed inside a woman's luggage over the weekend. that has an estimated street value of $30,000. they say she is a legitimate courier from guatemala. she flew in from el salvador. agents immediately deported her. >>> just in new this morning, the new evidence that could solve an international mystery. >>> commercial appeal. the new ad that one political expert calls unprecedented. >>> a preventable tragedy. five people found dead in their home. what local firefighters will be doing in just a few hours to make sure this doesn

news 4's darcy spencer has the latest. >> reporter: you may have heard of national harbor or even rosecroftay as possible sites for a casino in prince george's county. but chances are you haven't heard about the so-called third option, casino largo. it would be built at the boulevard at the cap center in largo. >> a lot of people haven't heard about that. why not? >> well, that is a great question. we certainly tried hard. we've been active throughout the session, the regular session, to communicate our location. >> reporter: charles hopkins, who grew up in suitland and is a local minority business owner, is proposing a casino with 4750 slot machines and 117 table games. the casino would have 5,000 parking spaces on top of the building. he says the project is shovel ready and could be up and running quickly. >> we could say from a development and build perspective at least two years versus the other locations. not to mention countless millions in infrastructure costs. >> reporter: the developer says the largo location would be ideal. it's very close to metro and has easy access to the beltw