julie carey has been following the developments in the michael gardner trial in arlington. e sentence recommendation. julie? >> reporter: that sentence handed down just a short while ago in arlington jury has recommended a stiff prison term for falls church democratic activist michael gardner. 22 years. that sentence after convicting him of two counts of aggravated sexual battery and one of object penetration. the jury dead locked on a third count of aggravated sexual battery. it was earlier today that the jury found gardner guilty of

. >> reporter: i'm julie carey in fairfax county.nly been in the classroom for three years but today megan beatty gaetta was named a super teacher. i'll tell you why coming up. >>> too close for comfort. will smith has a lot of people talking after this confrontation with a reporter. >>> and a surprise finish for a >>> a transgender beauty queen didn't win miss universe. >> her appearance is one of the top trending topics today. the first ever transgender contestant at the miss universe canada pageant finished in the top 12 on saturday. 23-year-old jenna talikova was born a man but underwent a sex change operation four years ago. >> the beauty queen did win the miss congeniality award which she shared with three other contestants. >>> if you have trouble sleeping, perhaps sleep apnea, you might have a higher risk of cancer. that is the result of two studies released today. sleep apnea is a disorder that causes snoring, fatigue, and dangerous pauses in breathing at night. it can deprive the body of oxygen. ov over time it can cause ca

. >> julie carey is live in vienna, virginia, with more on how people are dealing with the heat. hi, julie. >> reporter: the problem is we just haven't had much of a chance to acclimate to this hot weather. but at the vienna festival it doesn't seem to have deterred the crowds. the three-day event has been a very busy place. that was a very popular stop along the avenue here. preice cold water. they tell me they gave away 5 thousand boug -- 5,000 bottles yesterday and today. anticipation of the warm days coming up made fans giving away to folks so a lot of people kept cool as they walked up and down taking in the vendors and going on the carnival rides. we found more people welcoming this dose of summer heat than complaining about it. >> i go to school in vermont. it is snowing and negative 20 nine months out of the year. coming home and adding warmth, culture shock, it is nice to be able to wear shorts and tank top instead of long sleeves and hoodie all year long. >> reporter: onlying up at 5:00, we will take you to one place in fairfax county where people were lining up to get a

richmond, julie carey, news4. >> after virginia president obama was off to ohio. he spoke at ohio state university to a crowd of more than 14,000. the commander in chief touted the auto industry's comeback and as well as his health care overhaul as as reasons why voters should consider voting for him again. ohio like virginia is considered a key battleground state in the november election. as president obama begins his re-election campaign, he is keeping a close eye on the monthly jobs report. "meet the press" moderator david gregory joined us earlier this morning and he says the president is well aware that if things don't improve he could find himself out of a job. >> the more people feel like they are worse off than they were four years ago, the more they may look for an alternative. the hole was so deep that the climb out is going to take longer than you might expect but we are doing the kinds of things to make it happen. >> be sure to tune in to "meet the press" this morning. david has an exclusive interview with vice president joe biden. "meet the press" air

julie carey reports. >> he would have been had to have been a fantastic actor to pull off the emotionalesponses that he did in that video. >> reporter: that's what one of the jurors says about the videotaped police interrogation that played an important role in their deliberation. today for the first time, the media and public were given a chance to see and hear the 64-minute long police interview. at the trial, the monitor was turned so only jurors could watch. >> this was the interrogation room where charlottesville police brought huguely that morning. he was in this chair, two detectives were in the room. huguely was not handcuffed. he was given a glass of water to drink. in the beginning, the conversation was somewhat casual. in camera captured his rambling sometimes slurred statement. >> the time of this too, he's either extremely hung over or he's still drunk from the night before. and he's not thinking straight. >> police tell huguely he's being investigated for an assault. he tells them yeardley love was totally freaking out when he kicked a hole through her bedroom door. in the

. >> reporter: i'm julie carey in springfield, virginia. two dog escapes in the last 18 months and the owners of the latest dog to run free say it shouldn't have happened again. their st >>> a fast forward through the headlines now. an alexandria woman is charged in a deadly road rage attack. police tell us gloria mcmillan ran over 21-year-old shalinda arrington after an argument in the valley yesterday. that was last week. mcmillan has a history of traffic violations, including reckless driving and speeding. >>> the terror bomb plot revealed yesterday disrupted because the cia had a source inside al qaeda and yemen. a man posing as the bomber. homeland security says there's no need to change airport screening procedures, even though the plot uncovered a new kind of undetectable underwear bomb. >>> a woman in olney will need extensive reconstructive surgery after being attacked by a neighbor's dog. animal control officers have ordered a ten-day quarantine of the rottweiler. the victim does not plan to press charges. >>> two montgomery count

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 tired of waiting and they've decided to bring a wrongful death lawsuit against the officer daniel harmon-wright. >> we are growing a bit impatient with the process so we decided to move forward with the civil case. the wrongful death suit. see what we can learn on our own. >> the initial statement from the virginia state police said the officer shot cook when she rolled her jeep window up

julie carey has the story. >> reporter: it's been three months since patricia cook 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 tired of waiting and they've decided to bring a wrongful death lawsuit against the officer daniel harmon wright. >> we are growing a bit impatient with the process so we decided to move forward with the civil case, the wrongful death suit, and see what we can learn on our own. >> reporter: this lawsuit provides a story of the incident much different than that offered by the culpepper police officer shortly after the shooting. the initial statement from the virginia state police say the officers shot cook when she rolled her jeep window up on his arm and drove off dragging him. but this eyewitness and another one identifie

julie carey has more on how he's being remembered tonight. >> reporter: as a teenager barry grodnik was at robinson high school. as an adult he returned and for 24 years coached two sports and worked as a technology specialist. that's why the school flag is now at half staff. and why so many are mourning the 47-year-old's death saturday from nonhodgkins lymphoma. >> he was the guy that would get things done. he was the rock. he was the constant that when you came to robinson he would always be here. this was his life. the blue and gold. he bled. >> reporter: it's also why the school gymnasium was a fitting place for his memorial service today. >> what a perfect place to celebrate the life well lived. and the legacy of barry grodnik. >> he was known simply as coach g or just g, an assistant football coach in the fall. in the spring he was the highly successful head coach of the girls softball team. with a record of 323 wins to 184 losses. senior clair mcgowan had known coach g since she was a 6-year-old batgirl when her older sister played on the team. >> any time you needed to go see hi

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julie carey will be in richmond. catch her full report tomorrow night on the news at 11:00. >> the french economist, dominique strauss-kahn faces allegations to night. two belgian prostitutes, accuse him of forcing them to perform sexual acts at the w hotel in downtown d.c. the reported assaults happened in 2010 while strauss-kahn was head of the international monetary fund. strauss-kahn denies any violence against women and faps faces a in new york over a hotel maid suing him for sexual assault. >> crash involving a school bus and 13 students sent to a hospital this evening. an suv rear-ended the bus near fenway and brown station road in upper marlboro. nobody suffered any obvious injuries. but the kids were taken to a hospital just in kamcase. the suv appears to have sustained most damage. >> cracking down on speeding. county police are warning people to slow down along evanston road, connects riverdale to bladeensburg. shomari stone talked to police. >> today we are coming out doing enforcement. shoot some radar.

reporting live from fairfax county, julie carey, news 4. >> we can't wait for the forecast. >> we were talking about the bugs. >> the bugs out there. is julie still with us? >> she's swatting them away. >> they aren't no see 'ems, you can see them. >> they were out there when i was out there. >> biting bugs or annoying, flying bugs? >> all of the bugs are out after the rain. they are out in full force. out mowing the lawn today, there they were everywhere. good thing the makeup covers everything up for me. >> yeah. >> let's show you what's going on. i was talking about wendy's makeup, not jim and mine. >> you're on your own. >> okay. plenty of sunshine out there. a beautiful day. not just a beautiful day. today is simply gorgeous. a fantastic friday. temperatures sitting at 73 degrees under abundant sunshine. winds out of the west/northwest. and winds gusting upward 15 to 20 miles an hour. on the breezy side. some areas seeing gusts over the 20-mile-per-hour mark. 72 in leesburg. 73 in fredericksburg. 73 in pax river. the eastern shore, 72 toward easton. storm 4 radar, nothing to show

for now reporting live from arlington, julie carey, news 4. >> thanks, julie. >>> doug has been tracking storms all afternoon. weather bouncing all over the place. >> we've seen the showers and thunderstorms making their way through parts of the area today. some of us have stayed rather cool to the north and east of washington. south and west though we have seen more in the way of temperatures into the 80s. that's where we're seeing the storms right now around hagerstown around leesburg just to the west of leesburg already moving through winchester. we'll zoom in on in here. this is southern portions of loudoun county and right around middleburg and right along route 50 and this will continue heavy rain associated with this, a lot of lightning, and it will continue to make its way in through loudoun county and eventually over toward fairfax county where right now we're seeing a light shower around rest op. back toward the north this portion of maryland around downsville through boonsboro and then west virginia right around shepherdstown a big storm here. this one not severe but we are se

julie carey joins us live from view any.he has details from there. >> reporter: i'm at the vienna festival. this recycling bin at the end of the street tells the tale of how people cope with the heat today. lots and lots of empty bottles of water. in another part of fairfax county a different sort of water provided relief to the scorching temperatures. it wasn't even noon yet in fairfax county's water mine was already at capacity. dozens decided it was worth the wait in a long time to be able to later take the plunge and face the sudden heat wave. >> 90 degrees and it is hot. he's going to love it. >> yeah. i love it. >> reporter: no complaints here as kids slid down water slides and got a bucket full of water dumped on their head or cruised down the lazy river. >> i think it is great. i'm from alaska. i can't handle the hot weather. >> reporter: the water mine wasn't the only way to stay cool at the park. carousel had breeze if your horse is fast enough. at a nearby picnic area, there was no relief from the heat, though, fo

in charlottesville, julie carey, news 4. >>> coming up at 6:00, we'll hear from a juror how importantinterrogation video was in the huguely trial. >>> a quick arrest in the sexual assault of a woman in fairfax county. two men are arrested in the mary field area. that happened last friday morning behind a church here in the 2400 block of gallows road. police tell us 34-year-old ref lynn owe passado and 24-year-old castro attacked the woman from behind and raped and robbed her. they're both charged with rape. >>> the d.c. council voted today to allow bars to remain open until 4:00 in the morning on holiday weekend. the new bar hour is part of an $11 billion preliminary budget that has no new taxes or fees. tom sherwood reports. >> d.c. council members passed a $10 billion budget. a fast-paced housing boom and justification had housing activists fighting hard to restore $18 million in funds cut by the mayor to maintain low-income housing programs. >> right now, we're losing the low cost housing that's been available in the open market as we see an influx of higher income residents into t

julie carey is here to tell us the numbers come as the president gets ready to launch his 2012 campaigna. good timing. >> it is. well, president obama, you remember, made history in 2008 when he disrupted more than four decades of republican presidential wins to claim virginia. and in 2012, the commonwealth appears to be even more important to his bid for re-election which is why today he made his first of two visits in two days to virginia. virginians are going to see a lot of this and hear a lot of this. >> hello, virginia! >> reporter: between now and election day. both president obama and presumptive republican presidential nominee mitt romney are expected to wage a fierce campaign in battleground virginia. political observers say virginia is one of two states key to the president's re-election strategy. >> the obama campaign considers both ohio and virginia absolutely crucial to the president's re-election chances. >> when president obama announced his first virginia campaign rally would come saturday, the romney campaign one upped him with an appearance earlier this week in chanti

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our own julie carey is in rich monday. >>> the april jobs report brings mixed results. once again the unemployment rate fell. it's now at 8.1%. but it's because more people have given up looking for work. the economy added 115,000 jobs which was lower than expected. mitt romney wasted no time in hammering president obama on what he calls his failed economic policies. >> this is a time when america wants to have someone who knows what it takes to create jobs and get people working again. i think it helps to have had a job to create a job. and i have and i will. >> president obama argued that while the april jobs report was weaker than expected, the economy was still growing. he pointed out that he inherited a deep recession and it's going to take a long time to fully recover. >>> today a local business is doing what it can to bring more jobs to the area. michael & son is holding a job fair at 8:30 at 5740 general washington drive in alexandria. the company is looking for plumbing, electrical, and hvac technicians. michael & son has been in the area for years. >>> lawmake

july 28th. tickets go on sale this friday. in lopez's words, quote, we are gonna give you everything we got. >>> meanwhile singer mariah carey ising a sound of music moment. she performed a concert on top of a mountain in austria. the concert was part of an annual event marking the end of ski season. carey admitted performing at such a high altitude caused problems for her voice. she said the beautiful venue was worth it. she and her husband, nick cannon, are celebrating their twins' first birthday. carey said after a year of being a mother she's still learning how to balance it all. >> it's very difficult for me to balance it all. but, you know, i'm working on a couple songs right now with -- with certain people. and i want to keep certain things a secret. but really excited. like, i couldn't be more excited about what i'm doing. >> on saturday, carey and cannon celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary in paris. they renewed their vows at the eiffel tower. they like height. >> yeah. >>> thinking while driving can cause an accident. are you okay with people double dipping in the salsa bowl? you okay with that, pat? >> no. no