i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. it is happening in the dundalk section of baltimore county. fire officials say the main was 72 inches in diameter. that is a big one, folks. six feet wide. baltimore county police say that water is several feet high in some areas. police have sent in some swift water rescue crews to the scene. there is no word that anyone has been injured. damage pick and rolly will be quite substantial. so far we have seen people wading in water up to their chest in some

good evening, i'm jim vance. >> i'm doreen gentzler. that pitch for reform comes as key democrats and republicans on capitol hill agree that the plan that's on the table right now won't work. tracie potts is on capitol hill with the latest on all of this. >> reporter: hi there. the president today comparing choices in education to choices in health care. something that he's trying to get the law makers here on capitol hill to agree to, but based on the meetings we saw this afternoon and comments after those meetings, it looks like they're still pretty far apart.

good evening, i'm jim vance. >> i'm doreen gentzler.hat exercise is taking place in the river between 14th street and memorial bridges. media reports initially indicated that the

i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vance.uring president obama's speech to a joint session of congress, south carolina congressman joe wilson shouted, "you lie." today president obama promised to push forward and call out those who he says misrepresent his plan. steve handelsman has our report. >> reporter: encouraged by his speech, president obama told is cabinet today to push harder for health care reform. >> the time is ripe and we are going to move aggressively to get this done. >> reporter: the obama point man in the senate max baucus. the president last tight night did not insist on government insurance. >> we should remain open to other ideas that accomplish our ultimate goal. >> reporter: in a shift, speaker pelosi today agreed. >> so far we haven't seen a better idea, but it could be there. >> reporter: a high-profile backer of the public

jim vance is off tonight. now, on to our other top story. allegations of bribery inside city hall. fbi agents raided the wson building. a chief of staff is on leave and facing federal charges. a councilman himself is consulting an attorney. >> reporter: for more than a decade, ted worked for jim graham. this indictment charges ted loza with accepting bribes. he could case 30 years in prison, if convicted. fbi agents had a search warrant for jim graham focusing on ted  loza. he was arrested thursday morning and charged with accepting cash. he pled not guilty and was released from custody promising to remain in the district of columbia. >> once the evidence is put in front of a jury, he will be released. >> reporter: an individual seeking a moratorium onaxi cab licens licenses. granting him and his associates an exception for hybrid taxis. they met with jim graham who said he would introduce the bill the next day. july 10, loza provided a copy of the legislation to the person as individual number one who said this is for you and thank you very much. individual number one handed $500

jim vance has the night off. troopers first checked the house this evening after a call from a concerned friend. now, they're investigating a suspected case of murder-suicide. jackie benson spoke with neighbors and has the latest from frederick country. >> reporter: the house sits in a quiet, mt. airy, maryland. something sad and terrible happened here. the discovery was made about 5:40 p.m. >> the 911 call was received from the friend of the family. he had come to check on the family. looked in the back window and seen a body. our troopers along with ems personnel responded. >> reporter: troopers found the bodies. investigators were called to the neighborhood. a mobile crime van was broug to the scene. detectives applied for an emergency search warrant. >> the troopers that initially responded knew it was an obvious murder scene, so it's procedure to secure the scene and then get a search warrant to go back in and properly proce the scene. >> reporter: within hours, a crowd of neighbors gathered. shocked by the

good evening, i'm jim vance. >> i'm doreen gentzler. the strange run-in happened in darnestown, maryland, minutes after police saw a strange car pull on his property. jackie bensen is on indian run drive with details. hi, jackie. >> reporter: good evening. news 4 learned the man that was shot has an extensive criminal history and charges for burglary, drugs and car theft. the man is hospitalized in critical condition at this hour. few details are known about why this car, a dark-colored cadillac catera ended up stuck in a driveway on this lot in darnestown. the driver was shot by a montgomery county police officer after the homeowner called 911 twice about 3:30 p.m. >> witness statements tell us that the subject charged, attacked the officer. the officer fired more than one shot, striking the subject. officers responding to the scene, did perform life-saving efforts. >> reporter: police say no weapon was recovered. they say an initial check revealed the vehle had not been reported stolen. >> i was sitting on the couch with my wife and i

jim vance is off tonight. police in fairfax county say the 27-year-old teacher was arrested as she sat in the car with a 15-year-old student. she's face ago charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor but the investigation won't end there. police want to know why the two were together. jackie bensen is in fairfax county with more. >> reporter: doreen, police say they are investigating the nature of the 15-year-old's relationship with the teacher. this is the police mugshot of 27-year-old high schoolteacher valerie roeseler, taken not long after she was arrested and being charged with being drunk in public and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. about 1:30 sunday morning a patrol officer noticed a car in the otherwise empty parking lot of a community center in the town house area of the lorton area. they found an visibly intoxicated roeseler and 15-year-old boy. roeseler was arrested. officers learned the boy left home to meet her without telling his parents. they do not believe she gave him an

. >> jim vance and doreen gentzler with news4 at 6:00. >>> a youth minister at a church in virginia accusedf having sexual relations with a 15-year-old boy. >> more people accused of stealing a four-foot tall statue commemorating cal ripken from outside camden yards. >> president obama

. >> jim vance andoreen gentzler heading your way now. >>> the well examiner is withholding autopsy results on a yale graduate student found murdered. >> mortar shells landed in the green zone today. >> the food and drug administration approved the new swine flu vaccine today. >>> a johns hopkins university student killed a man breaking into his home with a samurai sword. >>> that attacked happened a few blocks away from t university. >> reporter: was it a case of self-defense or taking the law into his own hands? a johns hopkins university student confronts a burglar inside his garage and during a confrontation, the student kills the intruder with a samurai sword similar to this one, slicing hi

. >> i'm craig melvin in for jim vance. america's leader told them it's time to help the u.s. fix the world's problems. president obama's speech was not the only one that got a lot of atteio

. >> i'm jim vance. the senate finance committee has come out with a detailed bill that does not include the so-called public option and so far has no republican backing. >> reporter: good evening. up here on the hill tonight, a lot of liberal democrats say they don't like it either, but the moderate democrats, the committee chairman that worked for wix to craft this compromise says this is a middle of the road bill that can pass. the democrat's point man in the senate on health care max baucus from mant says he's got his plan. >> every american can find quality, affordable coverage. >> reporter: in the $850 billion democratic bill, everyone must buy insurance, with fines for violators and subsidies for people with lower incomes. there would be no income tax hikes. instead fees on drug and insurance companies. employers who don't cover workers would reimburse the government for coverage. there would be no exclusion for pre-existing conditions, no lifetime benefit limits, no one can be dropped from covera

. >> i'm jim handly in for jim vance. there are new developments into the investigation of last june's deadly metro train crash. a short time ago the national transportation safety board release keyed findings in its investigation. the agency is making nine safety recommendations to the transit agency that it says should be implemented as soon as possible. ntsb says a false signal occurred that allowed one of the trains involved in the crash not to be detected on the tracks. the safety board also says it has not officially determined the cause of the train accident that killed nine people. metro was planning to hold a news conference at 6:30 tonight. we will bring that to you live. >>> in other news, the fbi is telling police across the united states to be on alert against possible terrorist attacks. today counterterrorism authorities sent out a memo warning police about the desire of terrorists who attack places where americans congregate. >>> steve hdelsman is on capitol hill with the latest. >> reporter: good evening.

>> that is a jim vance autograph model there. >> looks like a lot of these have been sampled already. >> here is where it is. tomorrow, saturday and sunday. it's always a lot of fun. great food and great folks over there. a touch of greece in washington. there's dancing and also the food and a lot of camaraderie. tomorrow, saturday and sunday. outside today, our temperatures -- boy, you wanted some warm things. can you wait, vance, till i leave the desk before you start grabbing stuff? outside today, drizzly day. those are the berries from the dog wood. they are some of the first things to change. temperatures today made it up to only 67 degrees. we had a couple of days with only a degree change from the high to low today. two degrees. with those low clouds and northeasterly breeze, not much of a rain though. look the at temperatures outside with our clouds still around. we've got that still northeasterly wind. 66 degrees right now. the pollen, pollen count today was nine. not too bad, but ragweed will come back. that was the morning low temperature in northern maine. there was a free

jim vance has the night off.hat startling assessment comes from a memo sent from washington to from the war zone. steve handelsman is live from capitol hill with more on this. >> reporter: thanks. good ovning. like so much in our town this issue dividing pretty much along party lines with both sides now

but, jim, quick quiz for you before you talk about that one, what is the best performing stock in the s&p 500 since lehman's fall? >> best performing stock. i don't know. vanceery close. >> sprint. >> it is invid ya.. >> nvidia. >> up 51%. also in the top five micron. >> micron, nvidia is element discretionary chip company because it does graphics. he only need it if you want a big video. >> micron hasn't moved like this in a decade. these are cyclical stocks. this is what you buy when you think there's a strong worldwide economy. >> the other one is whole foods. >> totally agree with that. >> nvidia, whole foods, and micron. would you buy them now? >> whole foods has been stalled after that great quarter. yes, i would buy. i prefer advance microup 10% to micron. nvidia, yes. nvidia i would buy it. i also think by the way, is technologically so superior somebody should take a run at them. >> anglo gold have taken nearly $1 billion and said we're going to go in the gold spot market. that's how confident they are gold is going up. he's either right or wrong. what do you think? >> i think he knows gold better than we do. i think the fact that there's a lot of m