. >> reporter: craig would do anything for his mom doreen. for this mother's day, we went all out. what do you usually give for your mother's day? >> usually a flower or a plant but not a kidney. that's pretty special. >> it's a first for us. >> reporter: doreen's kidneys were failing, the result of the radiation treatment she received for leukemia in the 70s. other other son and husband offered but her younger son was a match. doreen was concerned about her son. >> that bothered me more than anything that he was going to have this surgery. >> reporter: but it was nice to know the kidney was coming from the wholesome boy she raised. >> i know his background. he's not been taking nasty things that he shouldn't. he's been fell fed. >> reporter: -- well fed. >> reporter: last year there were 5,069 kidneys donated by living donors in the u.s. 880 of those were from a son or a daughter to a parent. doreen's doctor says some 93,000 people are waiting for kidney transplants in the u.s. >> there's a huge gap between the organ supply and the organ demand. that gap is growing greater and gre

we can do this. >> i like the positive spin, doreen. need to within two una row to get this done.painful lo. triple overtime thriller. verizon center. tonight, the six seconds away from going home with the series lead in this game. man this was painful. the caps, 4-2 on the road in the playoffs. we pick it up in the third period. tied at one. caps on the power play. just peppering, lundquist with shots. finally, it's john carlson delivering the knockout blow. his second goal of the series. and the capitals go up 2-1. same score. with less than 25 seconds to go. watch joel ward here. the high stick. this is trouble. a double minor. so the rangers get a late power play. under 15 seconds to go. and the shot deflected to callahan. he can't finish. but brad richards can. he beats holtby and with 6 seconds to go, it is a tie game. we're going to overtime. less than 2:00 into the extra frame. new york. still on the power play. they win the face-off. mark stahl fires. and mark stahl scores the game winner. the caps, 6 seconds away from victory.

. >> i'm doreen gentzler. the trial recounted the most intimate details of john edwards' affair with his pregnant mistress but today a mistrial was declared. the jury found the former presidential candidate not guilty of one of the criminal charges against him. they were dead locked on the other five counts. we'll go to greensboro, north carolina for the latest on what has happened today in the john edwards trial. again, a mistrial declared in that situation. chris has been covering the case since it got under way in greensboro, north carolina and he is ready now in greensboro with the very latest. >> reporter: good evening. after deliberating nine days the jury announced today it reached a verdict in the trial of former presidential candidate john edwards. only one verdict but a verdict that gave edwards plenty of relief. a win for john edwards in his campaign corruption trial. the jury finding him not guilty on one of six charges he faced and dead locked on the other five. judge katherine eagles has declared

jim, doreen. a second male massage therapist sues john travolta alleging sexual battery. >> a local community on edge after a beloved neighbor is found dead in his car missing. >> a lot of people seeing showers tonight. there is more to come. good evening. >> on a busy tuesday night. breaking news in the battle for marriage equality. voters in north carolina effectively slammed the door on same sex marriage voting to define marriage as a union between a man and woman. wendy? >> reporter: the north carolina voters decided the state cannot even recognize civil unions between same sex couples. they are now the 30th such state to do so. and tonight the vote wasn't close. at last check, the constitutional amendment had 60% of the vote. voters weren't swayed by pleas from democratic leaders. over the last few days, barack obama's cabinet spoke out in favor of marriage equality. president clinton left phone messages telling them to reject the amendment. church leaders, reverend billy graham used their in

i'm jim vance. >> i'm doreen gentzler. the bomb plot was foiled. more on the

you know, they've got to keep it secret, doreen. look what happened in afghanistan after ten years of war against the taliban just a few weeks ago. coordinated attacks in kabul, in kandahar, across the nation. now we know from recent reporting about what was found by u.s. intelligence in the former residence across the border there in pakistan of osama bin laden that he had left orders that everybody affiliated with al qaeda, which includes the taliban, which includes plenty of people there in afghanistan, that one thing they ought to try to do is kill the u.s. president. so you've got to know it's just the smart, right thing to do to keep it completely secret. they've got a mechanism as you've probably reported before, doreen. there's a little packet, kind of, of u.s. journalists, camera people told if you want to be in that group, and it rotates, when we say it's a go you can't tell anybody. so far as we know there's never been a leak. they went with the president. when the white house said you can report it, then it was confirmed

what do you mean, doreen? >> we want to know about the weather, doug. do, tonight, tomorrow morning? >> the weather over the next couple days a great couple days. first off ladies from mary's center wave good-bye. we're about out of time. but the weather this weekend is going to be fantastic. you guys want to see me putt again? >> absolutely. >> all right. there is the seven-day forecast out there right now. temperatures in the 70s. all weekend long near 80 on sunday. then we'll see a chance of some shower activity into early next week. more fantastic weather for at least the next two to three days. can i go now? >> no. we want to see the ladies putt if anybody. we're done now. thank you, doug. appreciate it. >>> we got to tell you another story now even funnier than him trying to make a putt. some fisherman in china made a really big find on a recent trip on the water earlier this week. check it out. they caught what is called a kaluga fish. >> whoa. >> this sucker was more than 1300 pounds. they found it in a river. listen. they're excited. they found

doreen, jim? >> chris gordon, thank you. >>> now to a developing story in prince william county, virginia. police say a body was found in a parked car at the rest stop in manassas, off of interstate 66. chopper 4 was up over the scene a little while ago. at this point, police aren't providing any details about the person. that rest stop is currently closed off to all traffic, though. in fairfax county, three kidnappers are on the loose. police say they abducted a man, robbed him, and threw him into a trunk. it happened earlier this morning on cumberland avenue in springfield. news 4's shomari stone tells us what happened next. >> reporter: good evening. people who live in the springfield area of fairfax county tell me that they are definitely scared. that robbery began here on the 6100 block of cumberland avenue. fairfax county police say two men with masks, one with a cloth over his face, forced a man on this block into his own car at gupt late last night. now, the suspects got in the car with th

doreen gentzler explains why it can make a huge difference. >> i had 15 hospitalizations.herapy. i can't tell you how many vacations over the years. >> reporter: it took five long years before patrick henry was finally diagnosed bipolar disorder. it was during those years his marriage crumbled, marriage suffered and relationship was friends fell apart. >> that's why anything that we can use to find early warning signs or figure out what's going on with a person as soon as possible really changes the outcome of the illness. >> now doctors have a new tool to help them diagnose mental illness. it is called the m-3 screen. it is a 30-yes online test that looks for key signs of conditions like depression, post traumatic stress disorder, and anxiety and bipolar disorder. >> we need a test to make it's easier for patients to get diagnosed and medical practices and primary care practices. >> reporter: after someone takes the test, the website immediately provides a score from zero to just over 100. it is f the number is over 30, a person may have a mental health issue. the higher

jim, doreen. >> thank you, wendy.-up crews will work all night in arlington where a sewerage leak shut down a grocery store. outside the store. harris teeter's corporate office blames the leak on a problem at arlington county pollution control plant. trucks have been pumping sewage out of the store all night. clean-up crews will sanitize and replace equipment and products. it's not clear how long that store will remain closed. are an an argument over a beer can and a man taken to the hospital. he was trying to keep his neighborhood clean. at take has people in u street corridor furious. jackie benson reports. >> reporter: the assault happened in broad day light. 4:45 p.m. thursday behind a condo building in 1400 w street northwest. the victim, a man in his 30s was walking towards this door when adurgd police he s adurgd poli according to police, he saw a man discard a beer can. what followed was captured on the building's security cameras. the video being examined by detectives is said to show the suspect being struck

>> doreen, an awesome sight. the capitals got the win when they needed it most. so they force a decisive game seven. coming up saturday at madison square garden tonight. the capitals have done something they rarely have done in post season. they took a decisive goal lead. matter of fact, the first time they have done it. let's take a look at highlights. the goalies very important. and keys in these playoffs. a minute 20 in the first period. capitals on the power play. nick backstrom, alex ovechkin, top shelf just like that. 1-0. meanwhile, good scoring chance for the rangers. dennis wideman. holpie. 2-1 is the final. we will have post game reaction. and complete highlights in sports. so, our washington capitals, still very much alive. as they force a decisive game seven. >> big night. thank you, dan. >> now to the same-sex marriage defwbate when the president defined his stance on the issue today. an issue fought in states across the country and one that will play a big part in the presidential race. wendy. >> president obama says his stance has evolved, due in p

doreen, jim. >> thank you, angry. breaking news in alexandria -- a rescue operation to save an animal stuck in a storm drain. rescuers thought it was a dog stuck down there. second ago we learned the rescuers believe it is a fox and they're stopping the operation to decide how to proceed. we have a reporter on the scene. we will bring you more as we learn it. >> coming up tonight, two women stabbed outside a popular casino in atlantic city days before the weekend. >> when you thought airlines couldn't charge you for anything else, now are they resorting to going after families. >> also, fired for being too hot. that's what this store worker cl >>> two tourists in atlantic city were killed today in an apparent robbery tempt. police say a woman stabbed them to death outside bali's casino. it happened in the middle of the day. two canadien women. one was 47 years old, the other was 80. >> men are, an influential group of health experts, advise men to avoid a common screening for, prostate cancer. saying the psa test lead

>> yeah, right, vance, doreen. home ice advantage for the capitals. they wanted to bring two things to night. they wanted to bring intensity. and they wanted to score, both of them, they took a 2-0 lead. this did not lack drama. the game was not decided until late in the third. a dandy here at madison square garden. caps hoping to bounce back after the game one loss like in boston. scoreless in the first period. caps fourth on the attack. how about passing? joe ward, aucoin, ward, and second goal of the playoffs. caps up 1-0. later in the period. the puck past, carlton, and fast on the breakaway. and, comes up with the huge save. he had 26 on the game. caps going the other way. chimera, races, puck from lundquist on the boards. feeds it out front, hendricks misses, chimera puts it in. and watch the replay. pokes off the skate. caps up 2-0. third period. capitals up 2-1. rangers on the power play. and ryan callahan passes it right by. we're all tied up at 2. later in the period. caps on the power play. nick bakstrom. ovechkin fires. scores on a rocket.

jim and doreen, back to you. >> thanks, liz. >>> you know the phrase, lucky to be alive.ell you about a guy who knows what that means. he lives in seattle. fell more than 100 feet while skiing this weekend and walked away without a stretch. ni nickolai was up on a mountain when he decided to check out what he thought was a small trench. it collapsed underneath him. he fell most of the way down a 160-foot crevasse. >>> jermaine paul. >> the nbc show "the voice" returns this fall on monday and tuesday nights. today, nbc announced it has renewed the hit show for another season with all four judges. "parenthood," "law & order" svu and "community" will also all be back, too. new shows include chicago fire, a drama about firefighters in the windy city. >> parenthood never should have left. >> no. >> great show. we like that show. >> we like that show. >>> some real rain coming in, huh? >> yeah, like we talked about last week. the weekend. absolutely fantastic. >> it was wonderful. >> wasn't it great? >> perfect weather for mother's day. >> all the mothers out there enjoying the

. >> i'm doreen gentzler. we begin with the developing story in the district where federal prosecutors today charged a former campaign official for mayor vincent gray. an assistant treasurer with the 2010 mayoral campaign is now charged with making illegal campaign donations and felony destruction of evidence. tom sherwood has details. >> reporter: for more than a year federal authorities have been investigating gray's campaign finances and allegations of a shadow campaign of fake documents and unreported spending. it began in march, 2011, with allegations by former minor candidate sewell mon brown that he was paid by gray operatives to attack then mayor finty on the campaign trail in 2010. now in the first public action the u.s. attorney's office is charging that gray assistant treasurer thomas gore made at least three straw donations to an unnamed candidate for mayor and used fake names on the donations. sources say the candidate who got the fake donations was suleman brown. more seriously u.s. attorney rona

. >> i'm doreen gentzler. we begin with the desperate search for answers in the death of a woman who was shot and killed by a culpepper, virginia police officer. a wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against that officer tonight. back in february patricia cook was shot several times at a school parking lot. the officer claimed she tried to hit him but as julie carey reports, some witness accounts just don't add up. >> if there was ever a case of what would appear to be excessive force this would seem to be it. >> that's how this attorney describes what happened to 54-year-old patricia cook. it's been three months since she was shot to death during a confrontation with the culpepper police officer as she sat unarmed in her jeep in a church parking lot. a special investigative grand jury is in the process of sorting through the conflicting reports to determine whether the shooting was justified or whether the officer should be criminally charged. but attorneys representing cook's widower gary say they are tire

>> reporter: well, doreen, this happened in an instant. the little girl came tumbling out of a second floor window. it was a shocking sight. >> we saw the baby come out. >> reporter: eleanor hopkins was walking toward a small playground in the pepper tree apartment complex when she heard a strange sound and saw a child falling through the air. >> i just parked the bike right here and i went over to make sure she was all right and the grandmother came out the door but the screen looked kind of strange. it was bent this way and the little girl come that way. so how did that happen? luckily the 4-year-old landed on the grass instead of the pavement or patio. she was examined at the scene by pa paramedics then take bin ambulance to a local hospital. >> we know this is unfortunately not going to be last one year. >> reporter: he says now is the time to child proof windows. >> although it provides a nice view don't put beds, dressing tables, changing stands, any type of furniture next to a window that a young child whether a toddler or up throug

>> doreen, i'm full. i can't eat anymore. i had a funnel cake, thrasher's french fries, your ice cream cone. you made me eat that. >> and i saw you eating another ice cream cone earlier. >> yeah, i had a couple today. and everything's so far has been fantastic. i'll tell you what, one really cool thing here, the board walk, brand new this year. most of the entire board walk all brand new. they fixed it and they need about 250 volunteers, they'll be opening up a huge american flag on the beaches. that will an cool event, too. let's take a look at the next couple days. monday a heat index nearly around 94, 95. still warm on tuesday. cooling off back into the 80s as we make our way through next week. we are done here in ocean city for now. i wish i could stay. >> we know you tdo. we'll see you you soon. >>> coming up tonight at 11:00, veterans flock to the national mall ahead of memorial day. we'll hear some of their stories. also why the talk of the john edwards trial is now focused on the alternate jurors and one young woman i

hi, doreen. thanks. if you believe the white house, the obama campaign didn't plan to make this a week about gay marriage, and the republicans definitely didn't. in north carolina, mitt romney tried to change the subject, back to jobs. >> we're on the verge of a manufacturing resurgence in this country. jobs will come back with the right policies. >> reporter: but where romney was today kept the week's big issue out front. same-sex marriage. north carolinians voted tuesday to ban it. president obama backed it wednesday. >> same-sex couples should be able to get married. >> yesterday came the story that romney allegedly bullied a boy thought to be gay, 50 areas ago wh year ago when they were teens at this michigan boarding school. romney claims he doesn't remember. >> i did stupid things when i was in high school, and if i hurt somebody by it, i would be sorry for it and apologize for it. >> reporter: and obama cashed in on supporting gay marriage. the president was applauded when he bragged he had made n

. >> doreen, we saw very heavy rain early this morning. the airport officially picking up over an inch early this morning. now, all the showers and storms just down to the south and mostly down to the south and east. towards culpeper. look at the strongest storms now. one to the south of quantity coe. another one near la plata. a lot of lightning and heavy rain. and notice the line. it extends through parts of madison county and orange county towards the fredericksburg area and right up i-95. some very heavy showers and heavy storms right now. this storm right along i-95, around wide water and quantity coe. it will make its way across the potomac. we have a lot more coming up. >>> a murder for hire plot uncovered in prince william county, virginia. police didn't have to go far to find the suspect. he tried to have a 28-year-old man killed because of a domestic dispute. police got wind of the plot and arrested the man. the suspect lives about a block from the police station. he's held without bond. he is supposed to be back in court next mo

. >> reporter: doreen was 57 years old living with chronic pain for three years.she secretly called final exit and died of helium asphyxia. >> you will have a bag of helium, and the person will breathe the helium and become unconscious in 36 seconds. >> reporter: do you administer the helium or is that manager the person does themselves. >> we do nothing but give advice, you have to pull the balloon down. i'm not going to pull the balloon down. >> reporter: the law was found unconstitutional after edberg was cleared of wrong doing in the death of a throat cancer patient. oregon is the only state with specific guidelines for assisted suicide patients. 200 people with terminal illnesses took their lives there legally. >>> dr. edgerg will have his first court appearance in minnesota next month. >>> newly released medical records would bolster george zimmerman's defense for shooting a florida teenager. court documents show zimmerman suffered a broken nose, two black eyes and two cuts in his head after he shot trayvon martin. he has pled not guilty to second degree mur

>> doreen gentzler, news 4. >> there are legal and safe procedures for enlarging your backside., silicone is not approved by the fda. >>> moving on to fairfax county, a woman who fought her way to a slimmer body. she dropped 70 pounds through kick boxing. we got a chance to meet up with her in tyson's corner. we asked her, what's your workout. >> the heaviest i weighed was 211 pounds. i lad never seen that weight on me before. never associated with me before. gotta make a change, gotta do something. i was never fans of big box gyms. try boxing. >> it's a derivative of martial arts. they are going to learn how to punch, kick, jab, hook, upper cuts, knee strikes, various elbow strikes in addition to a good cardiowork out. get with it. get with it. might do jumping jacks, push ups, sit ups, crunches, mountain climbers between bag work. 45 seconds. if you are working properly like you are supposed to be, you can burn 800 to 1 rks 000 calories a day. to the body. >> very engaging and tough. kick boxing, there's more legs, knees. there's more i can learn. there's different combination

and jim and doreen are going to be here at 11:00. until then, have a good one.

jim, doreen?hanks. >>> coming up the man that's facing serious jail time dressing up as his dead mother was only part of the problem. >>> also the mystery of a vanishing wallet going back 60 years. now the mystery in california solved. >>> watching a couple showers and storms in our area but take a look to our north and west. these still have to move through before we can call it quits. i'll tell yo >>> a brooklyn man could spend the rest of his life behind bars for dressing up as his dead mother to steal more than a hundred thousand dollars in government funds. police say 51-year-old thomas parkin used his mother's name to collect social security and disability housing payments after she died in 2003. he even walked into the dmv dressed as his mother to renew her license. the jury found parkin guilty today. he could face 83 years behind bars when he is sentenced later this month. >>> a mystery in a family out in burbank, california has finally been resolved after more than 60 years. back in 1949

doreen, you laugh about this all the time.y right here may just have the coolest job in the world. i mean, to get to come down to nats park and get to go to all the games and you talk to all the players, i had one person talking today and they said, it rained during the first inning yesterday. what happened with that? >> it's a lot harder than it looks. did you see all the script writing i was doing? and on top of that, guys, i got to keep them from asking for autographs. i'm afraid he'll ask ryan zimmerman for his autograph. >> he was having such a hard time sitting back in the dugout for about the last -- let's show you what's happening weatherwise. right now we do have beautiful weather to talk about. it is a great night out here. temperatures into the 80s a little earlier, now sitting at the 80-degree mark right now in the district and that's where we'll continue to stay. i think we'll see a temperature of 79 degrees at game time. a beautiful night for that. as far as radar is concerned let's look at the wider view and we'

>> good evening, doreen. mitt romney is attending a fundraiser here at the ritz-carlton hotel in pentagon city tonight along with virginia governor bob mcdonald who is said to be on romney's short list of potential runningmates. now, virginia is one of a handful of so-called battleground states that are considered crucial for victory this fall. mitt romney kicked off his virginia campaign in chantilly, talking about creating jobs, standing before women business leaders. >> people asked me, what would you do to get the economy going? i say, well look at what the president has done. and do the opposite. and i -- >> reporter: after speaking to the crowd of several hundred, romney worked the room shaking hands, signing autographs. >> thank you, governor. >> reporter: and taking pictures with many including lisa jones and her 5-year-old son braden. >> we are supporting him because we know that he's putting the national security interests of all americans as his first priority. >> it just strengthened my commitment

. >> i'm doreen gentzler. is on the scene with more on the innocent bystander caught in the middle of that shooting. jackie? >> doreen, this was an awful situation. people were coming home from work, teenagers were coming home from high school when gun fire broke out at the front of the station. >> we heard pop, pop, pop about four or five shots and i knew it was gunshots and there was a young kid about 14 behind me. i grabbed him and we ran over behind the booth where the metro workers were. we hid behind there. there were a couple more shots and then somebody yelled it was okay. we went out and the boy was bleeding. there was blood everywhere. it was awful. >> reporter: a 16-year-old young man was struck several times. he was taken to the hospital by ambulance with serious injuries. an 18-year-old woman coming home from work was grazed in the leg as the stray bullet tore across her skirt. the city of rockville, montgomery county, and metro transit police officers fanned out in an intense search for the suspe

affirmed. >> 1978. >> when doreen was about 2 years old.ay at pimlico she wishes -- today at pimlico the 88th running of the black-eyed susan, started the race. that's the horse stumbling as he comes out of the gate. must have been down around his ankles. the seasoned jockey down the back stretch, in lingerie in the front holds on for the victory. he wins his fourth black-eyed susan. third for the trainer. his other horse disposable pleasure comes in second. wildcats smile finished third. okay. here we go. more rg iii. we'll tell you about that at another time. actually i'll tell you about rg iii. is there anything this dude can't do? last night he was on the show with jay leno. we know he's smart in the classroom. president of the class and all of that. you know he is a phenomenon on a football field. last night he introduced his new skill to a national audience. check it out. >> you know, i tried to teach people how to beat box but you can start with simple sounds like -- and then you can add whatever you want to. >> go ahead. >> very goo

doreen gensler with a warning for women. >> jennifer lopez. kim kardashian. nicki minaj. all women known for their generous back sides. now some women are going to extreme measures trying to look like their favorite celebrities. including an illegal procedure that's leaving some women sick, disfigured, even dead. >> because i could have lost my life. i put my life in jeopardy. >> it really failed me. i wish i would have gone to a doctor. >> reporter: ashley and nicole asked that we not show their faces or give their full names. that's because these two baltimore women say they underwent an illegal medical procedure to get their back sides enlarged. >> it's like a secret society. so i basically had to no someone who knew someone. >> reporter: both women say on multiple occasions they went to hotel rooms and apartments in d.c., maryland, virginia and philadelphia where they had someone inject them with liquid silicone. it's called getting pumped. doctors say it's becoming increasingly popular. >> regular college students. housewives. working women. they'll come and they'll

>> reporter: doreen, it was quite a scene here at station 31 earlier this evening. the entire on-duty shift was taken out of here for medical treatment. the call came in about 8:30 p.m. d.c. fire and ems staff on duty at the engine 10 station located on florida avenue in the city's trinidad nibd of northeast noticed they were experiencing breathing problems and itchy eyes. officials declared a mass casualty incident and called for a special bus which took eight firefighters to the city maintained police and fire clinic to be checked out. other firefighters from around the city were sent to replace them so the station would remain functioning. now, this is where it gets unusual. a d.c. fire official tells news 4 tonight that these affected had responded to a fire at a suspected pcp lab earlier today and may possibly have been exposed to something hazardous. reporting live in northeast washington, jackie bensen, news 4. >>> breaking news tonight in new england. a fire burning outside a nuclear powered sub docked along the coast of maine. we know that four people have

what doreen genzler learned about their diet might even surprise you. >> we have these power gels. i have one of those between the first and second. i have a banana between the second and third. if it goes any further than that, then we have white rice. >> i always eat fish the night before a game. and sweet potatoes. a lot of vegetables. >> reporter: sure, a healthy diet can help any professional athlete reach maximum potential, but is it enough when the game goes into overtime and you've been on the ice for hours? not always does the capitals head athletic trainer. he says the caps have recently changed the way they nourish the team based on advice he got from experts in another sport. >> we actually got a great suggestion from some people that work with the tour de france as far as what they do for those long bike rides. we implemented a lot of those techniques here. >> this says between overtime they snack on fruit like oranges and bananas, things that have natural sugars to boost energy, as well as white royce with soy sauce. >> we use that because it's high on the glycemic in

>> doreen, her name is donia suarez and claims to be the escort, the agent refused to pay. she spoke during a paid interview on colombian radio today. she called the agent dumb, for thinking she wasn't going to charge him money. suarez was also asked whether she could have posed a risk to the president's security. her answer, if i had wanted to or if i had been part of one of terrorist groups it's obvious i would have been able to get everything. suarez fled to dubai fearing for her safety after the scandal blew up. she says she has not been contacted by u.s. officials. that is a point of concern for the lead congressman, investigating the scandal. >> this woman is essential to the investigation. she is the one who actually created the initial conflict that -- that brought the whole house down. she is the one involved, at the, very center of this whole case. and the secret service has not been able to interview her. >> the u.s. secret service is not commenting on the interview. nine agents are leaving that agency as a result of this scandal. and while the pentagon is invest

. >> out there right now, doreen. extremely warm. look at this, 11:00 at night. we are sitting at 81 degrees. that dew point at 72, wind at the south, 7 miles an hour. you walk outside. you feel it. you can feel the atmosphere. how thick it is. current heat index. not the temperature. the heat index. 85 right now. in washington. 85 in annapolis. 75, manassas. 83, fredericksburg. at 11:00 we have the heat index. we'll continue to see it through the day tomorrow. and then we are going to see this. a frontal boundary, well to our west. make its way closer. going to bring thunderstorm activity. i will show you how strong i think the storms could be. who has the best chance of seeing them, coming up. >> lots of people spent this memorial day trying to find ways to beat the heat. high temperatures and high humidity made it uncomfortable to be outside. but that didn't stop thousands from packing the streets of the nation's capital for memorial day traditions. jackie benson has more tonight from the national mall. >> reporter: those who have lived here for a while know t

. >> reporter: doreen this case has rocked a small town of culpeper. they have 42 police officers tonight, one is charged with murder. the grand jury came down with the four count indictment against officer daniel harmon wright, this is the moment gary cook waited for months for. >> i found out maybe a few months ago. >> reporter: gary cook speaks about the late breaking news regarding his wife, patricia cook. police officer wright is facing four charges, including murder. >> on one hand it feels relief, and on the other hand, it's showing me that progress is going on. >> mr. harman wright turned himself in to state police. >> reporter: the officer shot cook several times during a confrontation while she sat unarmed in her jeep in a catholic school parking lot february 9th in the morning. he originally said when cook rolled her window up on his arm, drove off and began dragging him in the parking lot. the special prosecutor termed that as a mistake. >> the terms are not ones i would have used. >> reporter: the officer had another hand on the door handl

. >> and i'm doreen gentzler. thank you for joining us for news 4 at 11:00. >>> several students got sick at the roslyn metro station. they were part of a 200 person tour group that had just finished a walking tour in d.c. they were on the metro heading toward arlington when several kids started feeling ill. three of them were taken to a hospital to get fluids. it appears they may have been overwhelmed by walking in the heat 37 temperatures made it into the 80s today. could be even hotter tomorrow. veronica's in for doug tonight. veronica? >> it will be plenty steamy this weekend. it certainly is going to feel like summer has arrived. as far as those storms out there this evening, once again they hit in the same locations just west of d.c. where some areas didn't get a drop. 69/100 of an inch of rain in warrenton. nokesville over an inch of rain. columbia county 63/100 of an inch of rain. it absolutely poured. now we're just left with some showers to the north and some fog that started develop to the south and wes

>> well, doreen, jim, thank you.nk chiefly what we're proudest of is we were -- we asked for this opportunity. we were allowed in to kind of deconstruct and recreate that picture and talk to all the principles in it, the entire leadership of government. i think you happened upon it earlier. i think the secrecy, the close hold to use government parlance because if they'd missed that launch window for whatever reason that night, it might have been six more months. had it been in the wind or the water that this was coming, imagine had it failed. the phone calls, visits, and letters that could have had to have gone out to upwards of 50 american families, families who did not know for sure other than the fact their loved one was deployed, where they were or what they were doing that your father, son, or husband wasn't coming home. so the secrecy, the high-stakes gamble. they had internal studies that there was a 40% chance he was in the house. there was an 80% chance. but then they gave the go-ahead order. >> brian in ter

the president of the san francisco port commission, doreen woo ho. [applause] >> thank you. i have been involved with the port commission almost a year. if i had any idea how exciting it was going to be with so many things going on on the waterfront, i have just come back with the executive director. we were in an international waterfront symposium, and our city certainly stood well in terms of all of the amazing waterfront developments around the world. it reminded me that obviously we are more than just a working port here. this project epitomizes what is going on in terms of waterfront development. i think it is going to be a project that will be watched not only here in san francisco, for all the benefits you heard the mayor and larry and president david chiu in supervisor kim talk about what it will do for us every locally, but it will be a major international program, certainly one of the biggest the port has done. from the standpoint of how it ties in with the rest of the waterfront, we're blessed that we have 7.5 miles to develop. and with all the different opportuni

. >>> out there right now, doreen, very nice numbers. 64, gaithersburg, 66, manassas., 75 in the district. a nice and mild night tonight. cooler than it has been. we are watching the remnants of beryl making its way out to sea. behind it, clearing skies. a great day tomorrow. we turn our attention out west. big-time thunderstorms. severe weather that will move across the country and have an impact on our weather coming up over the next couple of days. i will show you when in the forecast. >> a huge crowd of soccer fans gathered at fedex field to see team usa take on brazil. more than 65,000 people turned out. the five-time world cup champs proved to be too much for the american men. they won, 4-1. we will break the game down for you when we have our sports report in just a few minutes. >>> ahead tonight, a temper tantrum unlike any we have seen lately. we'll tell you what got this lawmaker so upset he was throwing papers. >>> an arrest in one of the area's oldest cold cases that leads to more questions than answers. >>> the controversial mailing from a local bank leads

jim, doreen?, thank you. >>> this startling video of a lion swiping at a toddler is making waves around the world. the 1-year-old's parents record td at the oregon zoo last week. they can be heard laughing in the video.çs!3e officials say ty was not in any danger. one-inch-thick glass kept the 400-pound animal from actually getting to the child. zookeepers say the lioness simply expressed her natural predatory behavior. the boy's parents didn't realize until later that they had dressed him like a zebra that day. ooh. >> yeah. >> that kind of makes you nervous watching that. >> yeah, i'd say so. i don't care how thick that glass is. i'm moving my boy. >>? stormy weather out there. >> stormy weather for sure. a lot of areas seeing thunder. lightning right now all across the area. i think the lightning has been the biggest factor from this. tons and tons of lightning but also some very heavy rain and we have seen some reports of some hail coming in across the area. the good news right now is at least

>> i know you know, doreen. >> it's a great name and i can't think of it. >> it's haboobs. they get them -- we see more and more pictures of them. >> you tell me that one time i'm going to remember it. >> i thought i would remember it. >> a dust storm now is called a -- >> haboob. >> we never have anything like that around here. that is the good news, just not enough dust or sand to get something like that in our area. it always happens out there towards the west and the deserts. even in the plains sometimes. high temperatures up near 70 today. it is simply gorgeous right now. but it is a little windy. you look at this and say, well, 70 is quite nice. average high is 74 degrees and today was the coolest day of the month after a fairly cool start. it's going to be a chilly night tonight. will you need the jacket as you step out this evening and step out during the morning tomorrow. the wind still gusting to near 30 miles an hour. temperatures right now 61 in hagerstown, 61 in winchester, 66 in culpepper and out there toward the eastern shore, 66 in easton, 64 in cambridge. a

but doreen -- >> thanks, doug. >>> coming up, a young star stole the spotlight at the spelling bee. >> dirigible. d-i-r-i-g-i-b-l-e. dirigible. >> we're learning more about the star studded sendoff for chuck brown. >> coming up in sports, the thunder can't handle the spurs as old and boring graduate, now that your journey begins, you're going to need a powerful connection ! felicidaaaadeeeees ! with this droid 4 by motorola on verizon 4g lte, you can stay in touch on skype with your loved ones. staying connected with your family... ... in more places, on america's largest 4g lte network. that's real value ! get $100 off any motorola 4g lte smartphone, like the droid 4 now just $99.99. verizon. felicidades ! >>> newly released video could help catch a man who held up a mcdonald's restaurant. it happened yesterday. the man used a brick to break a window yesterday. then he used a metal cup holder to threaten a worker's life while demanding money. police say the suspect got away with an unspecified am of cash. >>> there has been an arrest in connection with one of the oldest cold cases in

it all centers on the death of doreen dunne, a minnesota woman who took her own life in 2007. family members say she was in chronic agony. vic? >> mary, thank you. in all, there are 27 counts in the indictment. >>> back to work in annapolis. a revenue package must be hammered out. and some marylanders will end up paying higher taxes. wjz stays on the story. political reporter pat warren has more on what taxpayers did expect in the next two days. >>> the plan puts the burden on taxpayers the general assembly feels are wealthy enough to afford it. but any that all of these days is creating a backlash. >>> outside the stais state house, the political action group, americans for prosperity protest. >> we're here with a simple message. governor o'malley, live within your means. >> reporter: they are expected to impose a 6% income tax hike. >> it's a small percentage to pay. >> up to $100,000 will change. there's a quarter percent increase on everybody dollar over $100,000. which brings your tax rate up from four and three quarter toss 5%. taxpayers up to $150,000 will see no change

i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. we go to the latest in the presidential race now.ls in virginia and two other important states suggest that president obama is holding a slim lead against his challenger, mitt romney. while that is good news for the president, the polls may contain

. >> reporter: doreen dunne was living with chronic pain for 10 years. she secretly called the association and died from helium asphyxiation. >> what is this? >> you have a bag of helium on your head like this. and the person will breathe the helium and become unconscious, 30 to 60 seconds. >> doe you actually ad-- do you actually administer the helium? or is that something the patient does themselves? >> we do nothing. you have to pull the balloon down. >> reporter: physician-assisted suicide is legal in 38 states. but it was found unconstitutional. they say it is appalling that the government would spend so much money on this political prosecution. >> reporter: and oregon is the only state with specific guidelines for assisted suicide. and last year, 1400 people, with terminal illnesses in oregon, took their own lives, legally. reporting live tonight, adam may, wjz eyewitness news. >> adam, thank you. dr. egbert will have his first court appearance in minnesota next month. >>> a multivehicle car crash snarls on the beltway. take a look. on the outer lo