doreen? >> this could help a lot of people. the breast cancer drug is a standard of care when it comes to preventing recuring breast cancer. it blocks the hormone estrogen. there's increased risk of stroke, blood clots and uterine cancer. are looking at whether it could work in the form of a topical gel in stead of a pill. they tried on on women with dcis. participants applied it directly on the breast. after ten weeks, they had changes in the gene linked to breast cancer tumors, a similar result to those taking it in the pill form. they found little of the drug in the women's bloodstream. there could be a decreased risk of side effects. that's port. it's better to target the treatment to the site rather than attack the body. the number of participants very small, but the results very promising. you can learn more about breast cancer on our website, www.nbcwashington.com. barbara? >> thanks, doreen. >>> sales of cosmetics and personal care products labeled natural soared recently. natural on the package doesn't mean natural ins

doreen gentzler shares this unexpected success story. >>> caught shoplifting. a security guard claims he has the proof in video. find out who has been charged in a case that got special attention from the sheriff's office. >> reporter: nobody wants to add more time to their commute but come monday morning, blue line metro riders are going to be waiting. i'm adam tuss. i'll explain coming up. >>> we have another weather alert day. ominous clouds and the threat of flooding is not the only concern. veronica is back with more on when t >>> tonight protests in border cities as the government tries to find space to house undocumented citizens. tempers are flaring. the same is happening on capitol hill. republicans want to eliminate hearings for the children and send them home. the white house is asking for money to speed up the hearings. the ultimate goal of sending them back to their native country. >>> new at 5:00, backlash in northern virginia that some of the immigrant children that showed up unacomp anied at the border were transfers to prince william county. we

no one should be hungry. >> that was doreen gentzler reporting.michael kim says the prices of some generic medications are now actually comparable to brand name drugs. but if you're having problems with the prices, there could be some cheaper alternatives, so it's important to talk to your pharmacist and your physician before doing things like skipping medications. >>> whether you are feeding a family of four or you just want to stock up on staples, you might belong to one of those warehouse stores like costco. consumer reports tested dozens of products to find out which items are worth buying at costco and which ones aren't. one thing you should buy, bacon. consumer reports says costco's kirkland brand is top rated and crisps up nicely. one thing that consumer reports says that you should skip, kirkland facial tissues. when consumer reports tested for strength, they just rated so-so. erika gonzalez will have the full report on party foods and cleaning splices tonight on news4 at 5:00. >>> a new study shows a link between speech problems and behav

. >> and i'm doreen gentzler. two months since a slope failure forced dozens of neighbors out of their homes in ft. washington. tonight prince george's county laid out a plan to buy out some of the affected houses and the clock is ticking on a decision. nu news 4's chris lawrence joins us with the latest. >> reporter: the clock is ticking. they only have a few months before cold weather sets in. the people here did not get the answer they were hoping to hear. and more and more, this is all boiling down to what is the worst of these people's homes right now? and that is something that people in maryland, d.c. and virginia can all relate to. tonight, the homes in piscataway pills sit on shaky ground. a new plan may save some. >> we still lose our house. but i think the other 22 get to stay. >> reporter: sharee owns one of six homes the county could by. >> we bought this home in 2008 hoping we would be there for a very long time. my husband and i had just gotten married. just starting the family with our kids. >> rep

johnny williams gave a blunt explanation about why he showered bob and doreen mcdonnell with gift. testifying for the prosecution which laid out a long list of gifts from williams, including the use of this ferrari on vacation. he said he wanted it meet the governor because quote, he's a politician and i'm a businessman. williams gifts included loans, flying the mcdonnel daughters it a bachelorette party. and a $10,000 gift to one of the mcdonnell daughters. >> the gifts were far beyond what we would normally get from a personal friend. p. >> prosecution said he gave the gifts hoping to gain backing for a new dietary supplement. >> castillo is accused of murdering his wife and making it look like suicide. the judge ruled he can stay out on bail but has to wear a monitoring device. he had been in jail since april. prosecutors released new evidence claiming that dna links him to the murder scene. >>> also today a former montgomery county swim coach plead guilty to abusing a student in the '80s. christopher yacht is the founder of the maryland suburban swim club. he was arrested in ap

commissioner president leslie katz, commissioner and vice president willie adams and commissioner doreen wu woo ho have all been reappointed to the board new term by the port commissioners which will take them all the way through ~ may 2018 which sounds like a really long time and yet we've already been talking about topics we're working on that will be out in that timeline. so, i want to thank you, commissioners, for first your willingness to hold up your hand and be considered and reappointed. and each of you have very important moments in front of rules committee. each of your testimonies were unique, but very important to the overall education of the public and supervisors a to some of the issues that the commission faces which are very complicated and hard to distill into a single bullet point or a single report, for that matter. and i wanted to thank you for taking the time to do that and to make sure that the public could understand as much about your capabilities and your contributions as possible so that the board can make an informed choice in confirming your nominations. and c

doreen hovington is asking for your help. >> someone out here knows something, someone saw something. someone heard something because we know that people talk. >>reporter:we know there were 30 people out here watching a street fight. we know that 30 potential witnesses that could have seen or heard something. yet no one has come forward. >>reporter:it was sunday the 6th. she left the market at 7 and adams when she was shot. two girls were fighting outside of the store. two suspects were firing a block away. 20 shots fired in all. one hit brown in the chest. the 43-year-old died at the hospital. >> she had no affiliation with the ongoing street fight. the timing of the incidents were coincidental. >>reporter:they say that crystal brown's family needs closure. that can't happen until the witnesses come forward and the suspects are put behind barriers >> we can stop some thisind bar. senseless violence. >>reporter:and if you have information you, call the wilmington police or send 888777 in the message put tip wilmington. i am live in wilmington, chad pradelli "channel~6 action news." >>

. >>> good afternoon everyone i meant doreen gentzler in for jim handly. >> the short list is out where thousands of jobs and billions of development dollars could end up with the relocation of the fbi headquarters. christen wright has details. >> the news 4 i-team learned two sites in maryland and one in virginia are considered to host the fbi. both maryland sites are in prince george's county. one option would be to build on a piece of property that belongs to the green belt metro station. the other allows the fbi to take over the old landover mall. the fbi was looking for being within a couple of miles of the beltway and a metro station plus all offer about 50 acres of land. the headquarters is estimated to bring about $2 billion in economic development and will be home to 11,000 jobs. the d.o.j. will closely study each site and have a public comment period before making a decision. at the live desk. >>> for an interactive map of the proposed locations go to nbcwashington.com. >>> now to quite a bombshell at the corruption trial of bob and maureen mcdawnonnecdonnell. defense lawyers

. >> hey, doreen. this whole thing is a work in progress. tysons corner itself is a construction zone and there are a few minor tweaks that we have to finish up here, but, hey, tomorrow by this time can you believe it? you're going to be riding a metro train here through tysons corner and on out into reston and northern virginia. here's what you need to know ride. the silver line is just about ready. five brand-new stations. four in tysons corner and one in reston. take a look at this map and you can see the silver line stretches across the entire region. it will run from largo town center in the east, through d.c. all the way to reston in northern virginia. it matters for riders like de. she normally rides the orange line and now she can take her silver line to her doctor's office in tysons. >> will you take the silver line? >> i will. >> reporter: what shoulu expect when you come here? not all monuments and beautiful gardens, at least not yet. much of tysons corner is a work in progress and under construction, but, of course, the mall is h

>> thanks, doreen. three people shot in a car and an 8-year-old witnesses it all. mark segraves got out of court where prosecutors revealed chilling information about what happened side that car. >>> one of the most well known victims of the boston marathon bombing. >>> the orioles handshake man gives us an inside look at his smooth moves. >>> doug kammerer is back in a flash with your forecast. you can stay ahead of the storms with the storm team 4 weather app. download it. >>> we continue to watch the storms. a severe thunderstorm warning for berkeley, west virginia and jefferson county, west virginia. this line is making its way through martinsburg. down closer to d.c., it's moved through the downtown area, now on the east side of the beltway to bowie. look at this one. a lot of lightning with this. right over quantico and over i-95. guarantee you it is producing problems out there on the roadways. give yourself extra time. there's still another one that will come around the fredericksburg. we continue to watch these and move on for the rest of the night to the

i think you got the beat on the doreen thing, you've intrigued me.be all over ringcentral in the future. all right. we swam in a sea of red today, for the denying, losing sell-off to buy stocks to buy back. what i'm interested in is these internet plays in the republic of russia. there is still more mad money ahead. the stock may have gotten clipped. with football season right around the corner, you missed beer, wings i got the ceo from time's square. i'll talk politics and profits with the head of the oil giant. plus, is there hope? i'm scouring the stores to see if it has the ingredients for a comeback. stay with cramer. shltsdz . what are we supposed to do with buffalo wild wings after yesterday's vicious $22 or 14% sell-off in the wake of a strong quarter that wasn't quite strong enough for wall street, especially because the guidance paid many worried the growth could be slowing. hey, there is a tough one. the beer and wings chain has been the ultimate growth stock. any concept is going to beak. if they saturate their own markets. buffalo wild w

this is from doreen, sun coming up nice and bright just the way it was in llewes recently.79. your high today in philadelphia is 80. do keep in mind though that it's sunscreen time today because we have a fair amount of sunshine and maybe after work you're thinking about the barbecue. not a bad night to do that with low humidity and temperatures falling between five and eight from the upper 70's down to the low 70 pleasant today and tonight, tam. >> thank you, david. >>> going on to health check doctors say slow and steady can win the race when it comes to heart health. new research shows you don't have to run marathons or be an olympic sprinting shape in order to see benefits. researchers traction 55,000 people over 15 years. those had a ran regularly cut their risk of dieing from heart disease near in half. five to 10 minutes was enough and speed made little difference. runners lived three years longer on average than people who didn't run. >> the phillies seven game road trip got off to a ugly start against the mets. burnett struggled on the mound giving up four runs in

>> reporter: doreen, this is not the kind of high wire act you want to see. especially if it's in your front yard. take a look at this scene on bradley boulevard. this large limb draped over these large wires. goose bumps. we are waiting for pepco to come in and remove the limb and set the wires free. come to think of it, this was a bad day for trees all around. a tree down here. a tree down over there. it seemed like every other turn, there was something down somewhere. at mcarthur boulevard in glen echo, barely one car could get by. at elgin lane, the street completely blocked by fallen limbs. then, on river road, near wilson lane right before rush hour, tree limbs down. wires down and for awhile, a portion of the road was closed down. sometimes it just takes a fallen limb to bring things to a stop. this was the scene on bradley boulevard when a huge limb from a very old tree came toppling over in the high winds. debris all over the place. the road closed for some time as county workers moved in to make a safe pass. he has an office nearby. he had to resche