erika gonzalez has a preview. >> reporter: after 39 successful missions, the space shuttle "discoveryis making a big entrance into the smithsonian. tomorrow it'll make its way atop a boeing 747 from the kennedy space center in florida to the national air and space museum in chantilly after being retired. >> do your kids get a get out of jail free card if they come to see this at the smithsonian? >> i have to say yes if i am missing school to be here today. >> the observation deck will be one of the best places to see "discovery" flying low at just 1500 feet. >> the planes come in from this distance and they come in right over these trees and will touch down on that runway and then they're going to tow it across the airports. >> reporter: it'll then take the next two days to get "discovery" off the 747. if you don't feel like take go-to drive to see it, you can catch a glimpse from any one of these locations. but in order to make room for discovery, something will have to go. >> this is the enterprise, the very first space shuttle that was built. >> reporter: if you want an up close an

i'm erika gonzalez. i'll have more on this story coming up. >>> and some show offs are taking >>> tens of thousands of protesters are flooding tahrir square in cairo the largest demonstration in months against military rulers in power. the protest is aimed at stepping up pressure on generals to hand over power to civilians. there is widespread anger at the military over the political chaos leading into the first presidential election since the fall of hosni mubarak more than a year ago. there are suspicions that military leaders are trying to manipulate the electoral process to preserve their power and prevent reform. >>> a pakistani plane carrying more than 120 people crashed into a residential area near islamabad today. there are no reports of survivors. it happened during stormy weather as nbc's jim maceda reports the airline had problems before today's crash. >> reporter: eyewitnesses reported graphic scenes of bodies, personal belongings, and burning wreckage strewn across fields today after a boein

erika gonzalez is live at fed ex field where rg3 anticipation is building. hey, erika. >> reporter: fans have started to trickle in, we're t-minus and hour-and-a-half, we have crazy fans here, t-minus an hour-and-a-half until show. he's a heisman trophy winner, a baylor bear and redskin? >> rg 3ds, coming to d.c. >> are you sure? >> i'm p am positive. >> exciting player, a young michael vick. >> his workouts are ridiculous. humility is inspiring. and subway thinks he's good enough to make him a spokesman and create an rg3 bust out of barbeque chicken. he hasn't been drafted yet. >> you have to have a leader. >> reporter: hundreds are expected to come out and watch the draft from the club level. the redskins have the second overall pick. experts say the team practically mortgaged the future by trading three draft picks and fans are banking on the fact it will be rg3. >> i believe this is the price of doing business nowadays. we needed a quarterback in the worst way. >> reporter: at the hall of fame store the phone has not stopped ringing. people pining for a f

erika gonzalez joins us from chantilly with more on today's move-in ceremony. erika? >> reporter: doreen, thousands of people have been here all day long. they've been outside and there have been a few that have a pass inside this one room to see discovery really come in with precise precision. you can still hear movement going on outside. let's take a bird's eye look. chopper, news 4 chopper, what is it that you see right there? that is not discovery. that's enterprise. enterprise is getting prepped in order to be taken to the dulles international airport. it looks like it's going to be departing sooner than expected. meanwhile, here inside the smithsonian, it's going to stay open for about another 30 minutes and then it'll start all over again tomorrow and what crews are working on this evening is not only closing the doors but repairing that panel that you see there. they'll put that back into place to make sure "discovery" is not only home but secure. it took only minutes for space shuttle discovery to get tugged into the air and space museum in chantilly. precise

in alexandria, erika gonzalez, news 4. >>> crews just started removing the engines and other parts of the navy fighter jet that slammed into that apartment complex in virginia beach last week. the engines will be an important part of the investigation into what caused the plane to go down. officials from the epa were also on the scene today to make sure no hazardous materials leak out. the f-18 crash last friday about two miles from the naval air station where it took off. incredibly, no one was seriously injured. >>> students at two local universities may have to dig a little bit deeper to pay for tuition next year. university of virginia students could see a 4% increase, about $25,000 for tuition, fees, and room and board for in-state students. howard university will see a 12% hike next year costing undergrads about $42,000 to attend that private school. both universities say this increase is necessary to offset the rising cost of operating a university. >>> ucla apologizing tonight for a big mistake. last weekend the university sent an e-mail meant only for students admitted updati

erika gonzalez, news 4. >> thanks. now one more check with veronica.h more rain are we going to get? >> reporter: not much more. it's going to last probably up until 3:00 or 4:00 a am but like the rainfall we already received today just a little bit here and a little there. that is what it has been from 0.04 inch in frederick, 0.05 in d.c. close to spoi 25 culpepper and fredericksburg, virginia and a little moderate rain off to our west and southwest earlier today. you can see right now right around i-81 a little moderate rain falling there. it's mainly up to our north though. northern montgomery county, gaithersburg wet, leesburg wet, marshall, toorks and down around warrenton and fauquier county. let me take you through the future. here is 7:00 this evening. rain to the west and up to the north. then we'll see more rain coming through with that area of low pressure down to our south. manassas, quantico, fredericksburg all getting more rain here over the next couple hours. not a tremendous amount. that's going to come this weekend. we should see this

news 4's erika gonzalez is there. >> reporter: wendy, special agents with the u.s. department of education, the office of inspector general, and the fbi have been at the a.c.t. manassas campus since about 3:00, 3:30 is when we heard from students that they already started seeing some type of movement this afternoon. behind those closed doors you can see some agents pacing back and forth. we're told the fbi is in fact at all three a.c.t. campuses. >> we're here conducting the search warrant of a.c.t. college. >> reporter: within the past few hours federal agents have been walking in and out of the a.c.t. campus. we saw some carrying boxes inside. we are waiting to see those same agents exit with boxes full is what a source tells me. within the past few hours federal agents again have been inside the building. last tuesday students and faculty got a big surprise when they showed up to find the school was closed. a.c.t. president jeff moore who news 4 has tried to reach with no avail left a letter on the door blaming the u.s. department of education for withholding fun

erika gonzalez has a preview of tomorrow's festivities. >> it's time. reporter: after 39 successful missions, the space shuttle discovery is making a big entrance into the smithsonian. tomorrow it'll make its way atop a boeing 747 from the kennedy space center in florida to the national air and space museum in chantilly after being retired. >> we're going up. >> reporter: the observation deck is where cure rater dr. valerie neil says will be one of the best places to see discovery fly low at just 1500 feet. >> the planes come in from this distance and they come in right over these trees. they will touch down on that runway and then they're going to tow it across the airports. >> reporter: it'll then take the next two days to get discovery off the 747. but in order to make room for discovery, some things will have to go. >> this is the enterprise, the very first space shuttle that was built. >> reporter: if you want an up close and personal shot of discovery you have to get here early. 8:00 a.m. to be exact. or when the doors open here at the smithsonian

i'm erika gonzalez.morning, police in prince george's county are investigating a stabbing that injured six people on the 19,000 block of poplar ridge road. they say suspects came to a party ininvited and an argument started. all the victims and the suspects are teenagers. >>> if you've got any information, contact police. >>> the space shuttle "discover" is preparing for its last flight here to the washington area. crews rolled out the shuttle from its hangar at kennedy space center in florida yesterday. it will be placed on top of a modified boeing 747 jetliner. "discovery" will fly over the potomac tuesday between 10 to 11:00. you can see it from the national point, and southwest water front. the shuttle will then land at dulles international before it's >>> last day of the week end, better enjoy it. i think you'll have some good weather to go along with it. meteorologist chuck bell tells us more. >> thanks. bright sunshine breaking through the clouds already this morning. temperatures are going to sta

i'm erika gonzalez. after colliding with a transit bus on the beltway. it happened just before 1:30 in largo. the bus driver was also taken to the hospital but is expected to survive. the interloop was closed for some time after the crash. but all lanes are open again at this hour. >>> in just about an hour, one of the biggest events of the cherry blossom festival will kick off. the parade. it will begin today 10:00 this morning. plan for detours, though, if you're driving around the national mall. the parade runs on constitution avenue between 7th and 17th streets northwest. police started blocking surrounding streets around 5:00 this morning for rehearsals. the parade should wrap up around 2:00 today. of course we'll get a forecast check next. >>> did somebody say 70 degree weather? i think meteorologist chuck bell did. what do you say, chuck? >> yes, indeed. looks like a beautiful day on the way. we will have some clouds increasing by later on this afternoon and this evening. not bringing anything in

news4's erika gonzalez has that story. >> go on facebook, left side of my facebook is drooping. >> reporter: one joke after another. he doesn't know when to turn tv funny man routine. after suffering a paralyzing stroke six weeks ago he tells me it is what helps him cope. the truth is that this comedian is scared. >> any trekkies? >> reporter: 11 years ago he sought out to make it big. but the price of pursuing his dream left him without insurance. >> they say don't quit your day job. i quit my day job. bad move. >> reporter: today he is in a fair oaks nursing facility making strides in the road to recovery. two weeks ago, he regained movement of his left arm. >> later on that day i was able to do this. pit burst into tears. i called my dad. i get to the phone. it is just scary because i'm trapped. >> reporter: with two elderly parents and mentally ill brother to care for, who would take care of him? a question that's provoked many a sleepless night and that is until comics united. >> may friends heard i needed help and came to my rescue. it is like the comedy coast guard. here i am frailin

i'm richard jordan. >> and i'm erika gonzalez.r top stories this morning, a dozen secret service personnel are returning home after being accused of misconduct. multiple sources say that that misconduct involves prostitution. the personnel were providing security to the president during his trip to colombia. >> fbi agents have raided all three a.c.t. campuses in virginia. scores of boxes and equipment were removed. the college abruptly shut down last tuesday. the school's director blames the department of education for withholding funds. >>> right now dozens of bands and floats are making their way down the route for the cherry blossom festival parade. the annual event started just moments ago. derek ward has an up close view and joins us live. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. they are about to start. any minute now this parade is going to step off from 7th street here. you can look at some of the floats lining up. that's miss piggy there. she's got a muffin top thing going there on. she looks scrumptious. it's been a hund

i'm erika gonzalez. >> i'm richard jordan.re going to get started with breaking news from the midwest this morning. severe weather overnight turned deadly in oklahoma. emergency officials there say a tornado is blamed for killing five people. it struck the town of woodward after midnight. the mayor there says sirening were not sounding when the tornado touch down but they did go off during earlier storms on saturday. police and rescue units are sevening the area for anyone who may be trapped. certainly a frightening situation there, especially when you hear those alarms weren't sounding. people knew it was coming. >> the path of devastation to me that spans so great from texas, the texas/mexico boder up to illinois. >> it's a huge swath. it's also bringing snow to the western suburbs of denner are now and bringing us no severe weather. on the front side of that, we'll be well into the 80s today. plus 20 degrees from average here. minus 20 degrees on the other side of that in denver. as that clash between the plus and the minus

erika gonzalez, news 4. >> thanks, erika. >>> a wild chase that went through two northern virginia counties today ended with a suspect in custody. a virginia state trooper stopped for a man walking along interstate 66 in arlington. a police officer also stopped to help. police say the man got violent and punched the arlington officer then stole his cruiser. the chase finally ended in a crash in centreville but it didn't stop there. the suspect grabbed a shovel and swung it at the officers before finally putting it down. then they took him into custody. >>> take a good look at the man in this surveillance video. d.c. police tell us he is a person of interest in the recent break-in at the city auditor's office. over the weekend someone stole two lap top computers. it's still unclear what may be on them. the auditor's office works for the d.c. council and examines government accounts and operations but it does not do criminal investigations. if you recognize the man in this video you're urged to call police. >> more secret service staffers' careers are on the line in the wake of a prostitution

. >> and i'm erika gonzalez. secret service agents being returned home after misconduct.gents were providing security to the president during his trip to colombia for the summit of americas. >> fbi agents have raided all three a.c.t. college campuses in northern virginia. scores of boxes and equipment were removed from their facilities. the college abruptly shut down last tuesday. the school's director blames the department of education for withholding those funds. >>> drivers, plan for detours if headed towards the national mall today. the cherry blossom festival begins or the parade rather begins at 10:00 this morning. it runs along constitution avenue between 7th and 17th streets northwest. police started blocking this morning for rehearsals. >>> residents of norman, oklahoma, are spending this weekend cleaning up after this powerful storm that triggered a tornado. several buildings were damaged but no one seriously hurt. however, the national weather center expects today's weather to be worse. for the second time ever it issued a high risk storm warning 24 hours in ad

erika gonzalez is the only reporter on the scene right now to tell us what the developments are out there. erika? >> reporter: wendy, we got here about 3:30 this afternoon. by that time federal agents we're told had already been here for at least half an hour. behind me a few ladies on the steps of this a.c.t. campus here at manassas. a few of the staff and faculty members that are here gathering the last of their belongings. i am told that the fbi is at all three campuses of a.c.t. within the past few hours federal agents have been walking in and out of this a.c.t. campus. we saw some carrying empty boxes inside. we've yet to see those exit. last tuesday students and faculty got a big surprise when they showed up to school and found that it was closed. a.c.t. president jeff moore who news 4 has tried to reach with no avail left a letter on the door blaming the u.s. department of education for withholding funding. mind you this is all happening weeks before many students were expected to graduate and receive their certificates as dental and medical assistants and radiologists. >> if the r

news 4's erika gonzalez has more from our newsroom. erika? >> reporter: hi, doreen. the metro actually says they are doing everything possible in order to make sure that this does not happen again. meantime the big question is are a lot of people have is how long do you have to help somebody through a situation like this? most e.r. physicians will tell you about three minutes. on monday, 51-year-old eugene died after suffering an apparent heart attack. metro says a passenger tried to use an a.e.d. but it didn't have enough battery life. his family has not chosen to comment. since the incident metro inspected all 46 defibrillators in the stations. >> we are confident everything that is out there is in good working condition. >> i think it's good for public health. we should have all the resources available to us. >> reporter: metro says the plan to check existing a.e.d.s and replace malfunctioning units with state-of-the-art ones had already been in place. monday's incident simply sped up the process. >> we've actually stepped up the time line so it will be done by th

tonight at 8:00 crews will get back to work and news 4's erika gonzalez will have a live report as "discovery" heads into its final resting place, coming up at 5:00. >>> and the lucky winners, a retired couple living in southern illinois. we're talking about the lottery. >> they will get their share of the record $656 million jackpot drawn nearly three weeks ago. we finally got to see a face, what a winner looks like. they were introduced at the ceremony in the tiny farming town of red bud where they bought the ticket. >> jay gray reports on what they plan to do with all that cash. >> reporter: the $218 million question has been answered in illinois. merrell butler says he found out he was a megamillionaire watching the evening news the night of the drawing. >> it was 2, 4, and the further i went the more they matched. >> reporter: a perfect match. >> after i looked at it for a couple minutes, i turned to my wife, who was right there with me, and i says, we won. and she kind of looked at me funny. i said, no, we won. and then she started giggling. and she giggled for about four hours, i think

erika gonzalez joins us now live from chantilly with more on the transition ceremony today that includedngs of astronauts in recent memory. erika? >> it's still a very active site. i want you to see this. we still have movement here inside the smithsonian. shuttle discovery has just been wheeled in or tugged in should i say less than an hour ago it was still sitting outside. enterprise was moved aside and discovery came in. now, you want to talk about precise precision? you have a 57-foot tall tail coming through one single panel. it was absolutely incredible and thousands of people have shown up to see discovery come home. on a picture perfect day shuttle discovery was tugged down the runway from the dulles international airport and welcomed into the air and space museum. a group of

erika gonzalez is in the newsroom with more on this trial and that chilling 911 call. erika? >> absolutely. chilling almost doesn't even cut it. the call is often hard to understand. julia hudson sounds more than emotional and panicked. the 911 audio that you are about to hear may be disturbing. >> i don't understand what you're saying. you've got to stop screaming. >> somebody's killed my mama. please. >> what's going on? >> i don't know. like she's been shot. can you please send an ambulance please? >> what happened? >> i don't know. she's on the floor. i can see blood coming from her head. >> do you know what happened? did she fall? >> no. i just got home from work and there as bullet hole in our front door. >> you're listening to the frantic call for help from hollywood actress's jennifer hudson's sister julia after finding her family shot dead in october of 2008. a judge agreed to release the tape played during the trial of 30-year-old william balfour, julia hudson's estranged husband. prosecutors say balfour killed the starlet's mother, 29-year-old brother jason, and th

. >> erika gonzalez will have more with joe dilly this sunday night on news 4 at 11:00. his benefits show is also on sunday at the d.c. improv comedy club, tickets for 20 bucks. >>> coming up you may not be thrilled with your job but at least you're not a lumber jack. we don't think you are. a survey on the best and worst jobs coming up. >>> and a growing trend for unmarried couples living >>> if you're looking for a new job you may want to consider computer programming. according to career cast.com a job as a software engineer is the best job to have this year. it's the second year in a row that that position took the top job spot. software engineers make an average of $88,000 a year. now, at the bottom of the jobs list, a lumber jack. that job pays $32,000 a year and it's really hard work. i don't think -- >> you have to wear a red flannel shirt and this sunday it could be a little hot. >> yeah. that kind of clothing is not going to work for the weekend especially sunday. that is going to be our real summer day where it's going to feel like june. break out the short pa

erika gonzalez has more on what happened today in court as that trial got under way. >> wendy, the stakesigh for edwards. as a matter of fact, a conviction could land him in prison for the next 30 years. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: john edwards walked into a greensboro, north carolina courtroom today with his daughter. edwards is accused of receiving almost a million dollars in illegal campaign contributions and using the money to hide and provide for his then pregnant mistress rielle hunter. >> this particular section of the federal election law and the definition of a contribution has never been challenged in this way. >> reporter: the defense says the former senator never touched the money much less put it in a campaign fund but former aide to edwards andrew young is expected to testify that edwards himself set up the hush fund. edwards claims it was young that kept a lot of the money. >> i think a central theme in this case is going to be one admitted liar against another admitted liar. >> reporter: attorneys anticipate the trial lasting a month with edwards possibl

i'm erika gonzalez. back to you. >>> "discovery" is the oldest surviving shuttle in nasa's flight with a lot of history. the shuttle traveled 148 million miles and orbited the earth more than 158 times. it was the one to make first flights following "the challenger" and "columbia" tragedies. jane watrel live on the national mall. another shuttle washing spot. hi, jane. >> reporter: hey, barbara. it was spectacular down here on the national mall. we are not talking about pyre works. that pig write backed shuttle made a couple of loop around the national mall and it seemed like every single building emptied out and including the u.s. capitol for the once in a lifetime sight. in the shadow of the u.s. capitol, the space shuttle "discovery" took a victory lap around the national mall with an appreciative crowd drinking it all in. >> really proud. and it is -- you know, brings tears to my eye. >> wonderful. to be there and see that. it is wonderful, yes. >> reporter: thousands turned out in the heart of washi