i'm, like, that's okay. >> doreen, did you know he had found a serious girlfriend? >> yeah.nd when he would talk about fran, his face would just light up. >> so that saturday matt delivered pizzas in his ma's borrowed car because the alarm on his green honda was going off without notice, blaring. after his shift, he killed time until fran got off work at the restaurant. they had agreed to hook up after. >> he's, like, you really want me to come over? i was, like, yes, please. >> after midnight, very early sunday morning, matt's mom was having a restless night. it wasseri thundering and light out. i saw matt walk outside and kind of circled around his car, and i thought, oh, no, matt, careful. you know, his alarm was going to go off and it was almost 3:00 in the morning. >> it was 2:55 a.m. >> so he slowly lifted up the hood of his car and the alarm went off. and he jumped in the car and just went down the street to get out of the neighborhood until it went off. >> he came over and he had a bottle of wine, you know. we had a really good night. >> but maybe an overly festive n

joe and doreen back to you. sorry. jim and doreen. >> that is a very long traffic backup.et's get more on the ground of the crash scene. craig melvin ready with an update from there. craig? >> we just learned a few moments agthat the next step here in terms of the investigative process as the chopper is set to land here, chopper's going to land just soublt of the accident site. the chopper is going to pick up the trooper, take him up, do some aerial photography to add in that investigation. i nt to show you this tow truck here. this tow truck is getting ready to tow one of the cars involved in the accident. this is one of the cars that was involved in the aftermath, i shoul say, because we do know at this point the tour bus did nod directly hit one of the cars. this is one of the cars. the other car was a blue honda crv. i believee've got video of the blue honda a. but, again, for folks just joining us, shortly after 4:00 a 26 passenger van, wolf company van, there's a look at the honda that was involved, traveling northbound on the hov flyaway somehow left the roadway and

. >> and i'm doreen gezler. that murder happened in afterno apartment complex in greenbelt. police were called to greenbelt road and jackie has more. jackie? >> this crime is disturbing and bafling. the victim is described to be in her 40s. her name hasn't been released. investigators tried to piece together the details of a brutal crime. two separate 11 calls sent prince george's county police officers to t greenbelt apartment at about 2:00 a.m. a witness said there was a woman in the stairwell and she appeared to be very badly injured. >> officers on the scene and located the female who was suffering trauma to her body. they transported her at that time to a local hospital where a doctor pronounced her dead at approximately 3:20 this afternoon. >> another 911 call reported a shooting, but it's not clear whether that caller heard gunshots or just assumed the victim had been shot based on her appearance. investigators questioned some potential witnesses. tree trimmers who were working about 50 feet from the doorway when the crime occurred. it's not clear whether they were ab

. >> and i'm doreen gensler. those shootings happened at johns hopkins in bolt moaltimor. the gunman took his own life after shooting his mother and her doctor. we're learning more about t gunman's life and work in the washington area. we begin with dorothy spencer live in baltimore. dorothy. >> doreen, it's obvious the gunman was extremely upset with his mother's doctor. what exactly set him off remains a mystery tonight. baltimore this morning, shot and wounded an ortpedic surgeon, shot and killed his mother, then took his own life. authorities say he became distraught while talking to dr. david cohen about his mother, 84-year-old jean davis. he pulled out a semi automatic gun and fired one shot. >> based on the initial assessment, thwounds appear to be survivable wounds. >> he barricaded himself inside his mother's room. police found them dead in an apparent murder/suicide. >> it came over the loud speaker we couldn't exit the children's center, and, of course, flashing all overhe news what was happening, so i was happyo be locked in with security guards outside the doo

let us listen to doreen matthews from the hercules police.t approximately 3:00 p.m. the hercules police department and the fbi crime lab came to this residency. to collect additional evidence and in the process they located a body inside this residents. at that point, a body has not been identified or a cause of death the seventh identified. >> how long has the fbi been here? >> today was the first day and they were here with the hercules police to collect additional evidence. until we make a positive identification of the body that was found in the residence, frederick sales is still missing. >> i did ask matt where the body was found and she just said it was inside the house. however, she did not provide specifics,-- ms. matthews. at this point, that investigators will remain out here, to hopefully get an identification on the bottom of very soon. reggie kumar. >> this just in to the kron 4 news room and an explosion in the san bernadine nruno avenue e skyline boulevard. you can see there are a number of homes in this area. a few industrial

. >> m doreen genler. let's go straight to the weather. doug, is our severe weather over? >> yeah, it is. that's the good news. we did see some pretty strong storms earlier tonight. lo loudon county and also prince george's county saw some strong storms ealier. but now on the dry side. they're out there in parts of delaware. as we look the past couple hours and see where these storms came from, the bigst storm was right here coming through prince george's county in greenbelt before falling apart as it makes its w offto the east. behind these storms, there are a couple more back here toward west virginia and western maryld around cumberland and frostberg, but i don't think they'll be holding together. they're dying out as we speak, so i think by tomorrow morning, we'll be looking at a pretty nice morning and another very hot day. 76 by 10:00 a.m. and how about temperatures in the middle 90s as we move through the first day of fall. my cplete forecast coming up in just a little bit. >> thank you, doug. >>> a navy seal who grew up in this area was amo the servicemen killed wh

. >> i'm doreen gentzler. vince gray hopes to keep the momentum going in his favor.led in the recent voter polls. in the meantime, some people ran into delays at the polls. we have crews all ov the city. our coverage begins with a look at the fenty camp tonight. craig? >> doreen, good evenng to you, 1,257 voters, that's the number that have cost a ballot

doreen? >> chris gordon, thank you, chris. >> we hope you'll stay with nbc 4 for continuing coverage on all of today's primary elections. we'llring you the results as the returns come in throughout the night. election results will also be available on nbcwashingtocom. >>> the remain of a fall soldier will be exhumed from his plot at arlington national cemetery. heath warner was killed by a roadside bomb four years ago. the exhumation comes at the request of his father scott warner. he told the washington post that the recent controversieies at t cemetery as well as inconsistencies in his son's burial paperwork led him to petition for the exhumation. the exhumation will take place tomorrow mourning. >>> a woman arrested for kidnapping heryoung children was in court today. she wants to regain custody. last year, amy west, a former pentagon contractor failed to turn over her young sons to their father for visitation. she was arrested and served seven months in jail. she lost custody her boys. >>

>> doreen, we want to show what you it looks like here at the scene as this is one of the reasons this area has been shut down for some six hours now, police are in the process of towing and crime scene technicians are examining a vehicle, one of several in a has bullet holes in it as a result of this shooting. police are starting to breakdown the perimeter that has paralyzed therea fomuch of the afternoon. more much of the afternoon, busy u street northwest was closed off by yellow police tape. the shooting and resulting chaos after a nearby funeral happened in the middle of one of the city's busiest commercial areas. thousan live here, thousands more come here to eat and work every day. they are shaken. >> u street has come a long way, unfortunately, we have a little ways left to go. no vehicle traffic was permitted from 14th to 14th streets. no one was even allowed to walk on the sidewalk in the 1200 block of u street as police conducted a murder investigation. inside the perimeter are dozen of the city's most popular stores, restaurants and bars. steven techla owns you scream i scr

. >> reporter: heroic less police spokesman doreen matthews said they had self leads in the search for fredrick sales, but says the focus is on the land fill because of the connection to the north side business park in hercules. >> the north shore business park is key, because the last vehicle he was seen driving, the cadillac escalade was found there. >> reporter: efren valdemoro was shot dead by the chp after a high-speed pursuit and in his car was the body of his girlfriend, cindy tran. he was tied to the death of two women. the valdemoro's alleged string of homicides started, police say, with the beating of ricardo sales, the father of fredrick. >> we continue to search for fredrick. we are continued about his well- being. from news chopper 2 you can see an excavator at the site. police say they are excavating one scoop at' time and allowing a cadaver dog and volunteers by hand to search for any clues. >> some type of material could have been dumped in one of the dumpsters that were brought to this facility on monday, i believe. >> reporter: hercules police say there were about 25

. >> hercules spokesperson doreen matthews says searchers have to painstakingly scoop. >> eac scoop isaking about a half hour to go through. that's why we're here again. this is, what, day four. >> police believe that valdamora killed his girlfriend cindy tran and frederick's father in a jealous ge believing one or both romanced his girlfriend. identified as the murder suspect, valdamo was shot to death by the chp last week following a high-speed chase. while valdamora is also linked by vallejo police to the killings of smart and allen. their decaying bodies were found in allen's home where allen's house charles rittenhouse was living at the time. he's in jail for having large amounts of explosives in his home. investigators say they won't stop the search here until they either find the body or are certain that every single inch of that acre of landfill has been searched. >> thomas, thank you. in san francisco, autopsies and toxicology tests are planned tomorrow in the investigation of a wkend car crash that killed two youn mean. 20-year-old ni sarmeno and his friend robbie mccann of h

. >> hercules spokesperson doreen matthews says searchers have to painstakingly remove each scoop. >>h scoop is taking about a half hour to go through. that's why we're here again. this is, what, day four. >> police believe that valdamora killed his girlfriend cindy tran and frederick's father in a jealous rage believing one or both romanced his girlfriend. identified as the murder suspect, valdamora was shot to death by the chp last week following a high-speed chase. while valdamora is also linked by vallejo police to the killings of smart and allen. their decaying bodies were found in allen's home where allen's house charles rittenhouse was living at the time. he's in jail for having large amounts of explosives in his home. investigators say they won't stop the search here until they either find the body or are certain that every single inch of that acre of landfill has been searched. >> thomas, thank you. in san francisco, autopsies and toxicology tests are planned tomorrow in the investigation of a weekend car crash that killed two young mean. 20-year-old nick sarmeno and his frie

doreen, back to you. >> jackie bensen reporting from fairfax county.hank you, jackie. >>> the federal judge sordi is ordering the air force to reinstate a flight nurse who was discharged from being in a same-sex relationship. it haveviolated her first amend rights. it is the second one this month to declare the military ban on gays unconstitutional. >>> a candidate debate turned into a fight in las vegas. a brawl erupted last night fm people in the audience at a political forum. a woman there supporting harry reid said a man punched her in the face. the man is a supporter of sharon rangel. others say it was the woman who started the fight. no one was arrested. >>> president obama is blasting leader ahmadinejad for comments he made about the september 11 attacks at the united nations yesterday. ahmadinejad claimed the u.s. government orchestrated 9/11 in an attempt to boost the u.s. economy and to help israel. >> it was offensive, it was hateful, and particurly for him to make the statement here in manhattan was inexcusable. >> they also said ahmadineja

doreen and jim back to you. >> jackie bensen reporting. ank you, jackie. the sad thing is this is not the first shooting following a funeral. nine people were shot in the capitol southeasafter attending a funeral earlier that day. the man in the drive-by originally planned to attack the actual feral but later settled on the stoop where mouers had gathered. and last november a 19-year-old was shot and killed after coming out of hiding to attend a funeral. george rawlins was ambushed after a fun roeral at a bus ston eighth street. >>> a dog was thrown in the garbage and left for dead over the weekend, and now that dog has a second chance thanks to an unlikely rescuer. john shiffin has our report. >> the dog is half the size he is supposed to be. his spirit cannot mask the remaining hurt that's visible after his fur was shorn away. the washington humane society says thomas is lucky ju to be alive right now. he was found near a dumpster sometime monday morning. it wasn't his barking that was heard. a maintenance worker taking care of the crash noticed a suspic

i talked to doreen matthews the public information officer. they did put out this press release but it doesn't say much other than ricardo sales the father was bludgeoned to death and suffered multiple puncture wounds. and they have been looking for his son. authorities have not determined the identity or cause of death of the dead person found inside the residence. but again, robert lyles our colleague reporting that hercules police went back in there today. they found this blood trail, went downstairs and identified a body in a closet under the stairs. so they are working on the identification process. >> and joe, you mentioned those two women who were found dead in another house. one of those married to a man charles rittenhouse the only one alive who can connects the dots, we believe, in this whole mystery. >> reporter: it's a mystery. he is the husband of one of the women. he was released last night from jail and his bond was significantly reduced. police believed at least he may have known something about the murder because after all, ho

doreen gentzler has the report. >>> british scientists may have answered the question, are the pain and expense of wearing high heel worth it to women? according to the study if they are wearing high heel because men find them more attractive, they should not bother. experts studied as they watched men walk women walk in both low heel and high heel shoes. they reported itoesn't register with men if women are wearing high heels or not. you might want to take their advice and wear shoes for comfort. some stunning jewelry, once worn bypolice diana is about to hit the ation block. a dime and pearl necklace here is the only piece of jewelry worn by princess di that is likely to be available for sale ever. it has 214 diamonds and seven south sea pearls. all set in platinum. there is no wordn just how much it might go for. some other impressive items will be up for bid as well. a bracelet owned by elvis and a baseball signed by six former u.s. presidents will be available at the auction. it will be held later this week at an auction house in new york. >>> it has long been suspected that stress

doreen, back to you. >> patollins reporting from anassas, thank you. >>> a young woman from our area who was hit by a car over the weekend has died. police say natasha pettigrew died early this morning. she was hit on sunday, hit by an suv while she was riding her bike early suny morning on landover roa in largo. the driver told police she did not realize she had hit anyone until she got home and found the bike still lodge under her vehicle. that's when they called the police. at this point police have not charged the driver in the case. >>> transportation officials say distracted drivers are killing too many people. a national summit was held today here in washington to come up with ways to do something about that. the government says it will require a network of tougher laws police enforcement and personal responsibility to make sure the drivers keep their eyes on the road. last year more than 5,000 people were killed, half a million others were injured because of distracted drivers. >>> one of the biggest culprits they say, was texng while driving. >> everybody has a cell phone. p

doreen gentzler has the decision. >> reporter: the fda announced faye avandia will remain on the market b with some severe restrictions. this news come on the same day that european regulator announced they're pulling the drug off store shelves. avan i can't was approved in 1999 to treat type ii diabetes. it soon became the top selling diabetes drug in the world. today fda announced it will restrict sale of the medication because studies have shown it can increase the rick of heart attack. under the new fda guideline, doctors can only prescribe it as a last resort if the diabetes can't be control with any other medication and even then, physicians wilhave to explain the risks to the patient very carefully. the european union has also been considering avandia and heart attack risk and took it a step if you are than our fda. those countries are pulling the pill off the market completely. the drug's manufacturer glosmithkline continues to believe that avandia is an important treatment for type ii diabetes. u.s. sales of avandia topped $1 billion last year. medical experts say these new res

. >> reporter: for doreen it's not the dollar value as the things she can't put a price on. >> they really are wet here. >> yeah, yeah. pictures like that, you can't get them back. >> reporter: mike isn't in a position to even start assessing the damage. he's still wringing out. you have about a foot down here now. what was it? >> it was up to here. >> reporter: he says everything in the basement, including all their bedroom furniture, is moving to the curb for trash pickup. they, like most people on maple drive, don't have flood insurance. linsey davis, owatonna, minnesota. >> such a mess to clean up. >> floods are terrible. >>> here's a look at your monday forecast. showers from minnesota up to the canadian border. rain for most of the east coast. heaviest in the south with gusty winds, hail and flooding from the carolinas to atlanta. downpours also in ohio valley. light rain from seattle to tacoma. >> heating up in the southwest. 97 in sacramento. 104 in phoenix. 91 in colorado springs. mostly 60s from the twin cities to detroit. 62 in boston. 70s from new york to atlanta. >>> well, it

. >>> and doreen gentzler joins us with a look at what's coming up at 6:00. >> hello again..s. state department official are using twitter to try to persuade the president of iran to release those two american hikers who were still being held on spy charges there. scar waird winning actor denzel washington come to d.c.ith a message for students. we'll tell you about that. and proof that a mother cannot resist an abandoned baby. wait until you see this. those stori and more coming up. >> which one is different? >> wait until you see. >>> thank you. >>> still ahead, we've got a story the parents may want to check out. >> why researchers say kids who spend a lot of time in front of the computer may hey, ove, i'm gonna need a bank. any ideas? capital one bank. they're everywhere. ♪ yeah, you're right! [ horns honki ] hey, there's one right up the street. [ male announcer ] capital one bank. the mt branches and atms inhe dc area. at's your wallet? ove, go lon >>> high school in northeast washington hosted a group of high schoolers from philadelphia who competed in an internationa

. >> reporter: for doreen cougar, it's not so much the dollar value as it is the things she can't put a price on. >> oh, yeah, they really are wet here. >> yeah, yeah. but pictures like that you can't get them back. >> reporter: mike endicott isn't even in a position of assessing the damage. he's still wringing out. you have about a foot now. what was it at its worst? >> it was up to here. >> reporter: he says everything in the basement including all their bedroom furniture is moving to the curb for trash pickup. and they like most people on maple drive don't have flood insurance. for "good morning america," linsey davis, owatonna, minnesota. >>> police in new jersey are looking for a man who shot and killed a female student at a party near seton hall university. the man was denied access to the party then came back with a gun opening fire. 19-year-old jessica moore was killed and four other people were wounded. >>> in eugene, oregon, police are trying to figure out what led about 400 people to riot late friday night. the crowd threw bottles and broke car windows on residential street

. >> and i'm doreen gentzler.know that one person was killed. 12 people have been taken to the hospital. and four of them are critically injured. the tour bus involved in the crash is based out of york springs, pennsylvania. we'restill waiting to learn more about those crash victims. craig melvin has been covering the story throughout the afternoon and he joins us now from bethesda with the latest. hi, craig. >>po

. >> i'm doreen gentzler. this morning's system h deadly consequences in north carolina.le were killed when the jeep they were in hydroplained in waeg county. the jeep rolled into a canal. our region, parts of southern maryland got hit hard. four front yards in calvert county looked like swamps. in virginia, getting around on foot wasn't edz as some walkers had to wade through high water in e

. >> reporter: the parents, bob and doreen landry were getting more anxious by the minute waiting bydn't ring. it was monday when they called their local police in chesterfield and cops came to the house. cops get these kind of reports from families very often and usually what they say is he's a kid, give it some time, he's going to walk in the door. >> yeah, he alluded to the fact that most of the time these kids end up at crack houses and crash there for a few days and then they eventually come home. i remember saying to him, i pray to god you're right. i pray to god you're right. >> reporter: as the landries worried inside their house on monday, a few miles south in harrison township, a young woman was walking towards the flagstar bank. >> i was cashing my first paycheck from a dog kennel. >> reporter: new job, first paycheck. >> yeah. >> reporter: sarah, 19, noticed a young guy in sunglasses on the street checking her out as she approached the bank. it creeped her out a little but she tried to ignore him and go to a teller's window. the man stormed in behind her as seen in chilli

here's doreen matthews. >> the search at the landfill was suspended at approximately 4:30 today. >> why is that? >> that's the typical 4:30, 5:00 typically 5:00 they were quitting. whether it's related to the discovery of the body here, i don't have that information. i have not talked to the investigators out at the landfill to make that determination. >> reporter: any indication that frederick sales is still missing? >> as far as we're concerned, he is still a missing person. until we make a positive identification of the body that was found in the residence, mr. sales is still a missing person. >> reporter: still a missing person. so they are not confirming that this person is what must be obvious to everybody else right now. but it probably is frederick sales. of course week, don't know. the question you asked, joe, how did this happen? how do we have police officers in a house where there was a body recovered and then have another body in that house that was not seen? we don't know all those circumstances yet. but we do know this. robert lyles has also been reporting to us that ther