her name is lucinda. she's a 13-year-old pony, spends her evenings giving rides to children with special needs at frying pan park in herndon. doug evelanko's 8-year-old son steven is the lucky one this night. >> he just blossomed through the program. >> reporter: lucinda seems to be bouncing along fine as well despite being stabbed in the back over the weekend. >> a terrible thing. nobody wants to hear about an animal that's being harmed in any way. >> one short one-and-one long one here in the same angle. >> reporter: devorca suebach runs the equestrian program and said what happened to lucinda was like a stab in the heart. >> it's a group of young people and they understand the concept of good and avenue. >> reporter: this is a scar from a more serious wound inflicted two to three months ago. lucinda and her stable mates were stabbed here on april 26th. >> at this point we don't know if it's some sort of copycat scenario or not. we just don't know. >> reporter: fairfax county police spokesman says detec

in april lucinda and another horse were attacked. lucinda provides therapeutic rides for disabled children. >>> a ten-year-old in tekxas ha earned the name shark boy. he reeled in this shark in galveston. mom recorded the whole thing. they took pictures and then they let the shark go. this apparently isn't the first time that hunter -- do not try this at home. >> please. >> his parents say the young man reeled in a seven-foot shark last fall. he is experienced at this. but still -- >> hunt terer the daredevil sha boy. >>> what a difference a day makes. >> wow. i mean really, wow. 105 saturday, 102 yesterday. heat index of 110 yesterday. and today we topped out at 87 degrees. that is nice for this time of year. and we ended the heat wave on a good note. this was shot earlier in the d.c. area. high clouds streaming by. you get the orange and red hues as the sun continues to go down. the sunset just after 8:30 and the days are getting shorter. you might start noticing that. record heat. it has been on the hot side but how hot was it? th

lucinda, stabbed back in april along with two other horses.eenager was arrested in that attack and is still in detention center. lucinda provides therapeutic rides for children. >>> and another challenge to president obama's health insurance law. house republicans are sponsoring three hearings on the law today. one hearing will focus on the reform's impact on doctors and patients. another will examine the individual mandate as a tax, and the third hearing will look at the law's impact on the economy and job creation. the house plans to repeal the law later this week. a house committee is expected to vote to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. it's being pushed by the national right to life committee and is based op a claim that get uses can feel pain at 20 weeks or older. opponents say it's an infringement on the district's right to self-rule. >>> biggest debate coming up, a machine toed month erbize taxi cabs in the city. the plan announced last week it would require new meters, gps trackers in new cars. and customers have to pay 50 ce

lucinda was also badly hurt during another attack by three horses in april.eenager was already arrested on that case. lucinda's wound is not as bad this time, but frustrating for people who know how good-natured she is. >> what they do with the therapeutic riding is just amazing, you know, to work with really disadvantaged kids and see the smile on their faces, and how the horses work with them, sensing what their mood is and what they need is just amazing. >> fairfax county police are asking anyone who may have seen anything speciuspicious to givem a call. >>> tomorrow the council will vote on the issues of an action-packed agenda before the summer recess gets under way. tom sherwood has our report. >> reporter: hundreds of cab drivers demonstrated outside the city's johns wilson government building on monday. opposing a plan to installed systems to track whether cabs ignore distant and poor parts of town, and whether they take longer routes to enflay cab fares. along with other provisions to accept credit cards and uniform cab receipts. >> we support improv

someone climbed into a haddock and stabbed lucinda. she was also stabbed back in april along with two other horses. a teenager was arrested in that attack and is still in a detention center. >>> a bill that would block construction of a large gas station in montgomery county may be in trouble. one of the cosponsors is thinking about pulling the support. and that is needed to pass the county council it would block ambulances to build a gas station in costco. the massive gas station would pose a health risk, because it's too close to homes and a pool. excuse me. a plan to build prince goreorge coun county's first whole foods. developers wants to build a town center which would include a whole foods, housing, hotel, and office space. the development would create jobs and generate revenue. opponents say it will generate too much traffic and will challenge the town council's decision in court. >>> you no longer have to worry about paying a monthly fee for ez pass in virginia. they have decided not to charge drivers with a tranceresponder a

. >> police plan to increase patrols near frying pan park after lucinda was attacked with a knife for the second time. this happened over the weekend and animals at that park have been attacked three times. this comes after police arrested a teenager who they say was behind the first two attacks. please do not know if this attack was related to the others. >> the good news that prince george's county has been waiting for. >> tonight, they approved a whole foods. this will be welcome to people living near route 1 because the area is in the middle of a brisk revitalization. the big picture surrounding the big changes. >> route 1 is changing so fast. new construction on the way and a lot of new businesses that have moved in. today's vote could bring more just off the road. not everybody is happy about it. tonight, she and her friend enjoyed cooler temperatures at busboys and poets about to celebrate its one-year anniversary. she says, a couple of years ago she did not like driving in this area. >> it was scary at night time. >> now she comes here all the time. hyattsville is just part of

think he may have had an accomplice and they plan on asking him about this most recent attack on lucinda. there also increasing patrols in this area and they want help from the public and are asking for tips. they also say that the horse is healing just fine. >> that is the good news. thank you. after 47 years, there is finally closure for the families of the six chairmen -- airmen. family members were on hand at arlington national cemetery. the men were all on board a plane that crashed in laos on christmas eve, 1965. a two-day search at the time turned up nothing. the first remains were uncovered at the end of 2010. >> after almost six weeks of steny of to man and nature -- of standing up to man and nature, an arlington tree is now gone. it might have been arlington's oldest tree. the champion post oak on 11th street and interstate 65 dated back to the mid 18th century. they are preserving part of the tree. >> the storms were rocking the area overnight. at least it is finally cooler. >> a lot of people escaped the big storms. they wrote to the west and south. it is all gone. let's enjo

sometimes later saturday night, someone jumped into the enchloroand cut lucinda on the back. isn't serious, but she was badly hurls during another attack. a teenager was already arrested. >> because she's serving the most disabled people and kid, so wise, so tolerant, so patient, so mete in her gait. she was just about to start driving a program foe people with disabled and wounded warriors. >> people are asking anyone who may have seen something suspicious to give them a xa call. >>> peats have betitions have b and supporters hope it may clean up some ethics problems. tom sherwood reports. >> reporter: when he was elected vince gray collected nearly $5 million. most of it from corporations but that could be ending. a citizens group called the committee to restore the public trust collecting signatures in a few months is trying to do what the d.c. council and any city campaign, transition. >> we have a perverted process, where we have allowed a few well-healed businesses to be able to bundle contributions. in march, certainly within the last few weeks, this is an awesome repr

someone climbed into a paddock and stabbed lucinda. she was also stabbed with two other horses.o was responsible is still in detention. >>> two men, two women plead guilty for their role on a tourist from virginia. the beating happened in baltimore on st. patrick's day. the video shows the tourist being beatened, robbed and then stripped in front of a courthouse in baltimore. the video was posted online and went viral. most of the term was suspended. a fourth term will be sentenced in december. >>> the families of three haitian boys who drown in a shallow creek on the eastern shore don't believe it was an accident. two 12-year-olds and an 8-year-old were playing basketball at a church in federalsburg, maryland, on saturday when they decided to cool off in a creek. the boys didn't know how to swim and all drowned. relatives say the boys were terrify of water and wouldn't go in the creek. >> we believe someone killed those kids and put the kids by water. >> maryland police are still investigating. the haitian community says the families are poor and don't have insurance. the famil

but you look at people like johnny cash and people like -- of course willie nelson, lucinda williams >> waylon jennings was a big democrat. >> i didn't even know. >> caller: yes sir. >> jim, your call made my day. >> caller: thank you. >> right on. chely wright of course is an obama supporter, a good friend of this show. chely wright made headlines when she came out of the closet. the first major country star to come out of the closet about being gay. i had her as a guest on eliot spitzer show the other night. you can see that on current.com. she has a new documentary about her coming out process as a nashville star called wish me away. rosie o'donnell is in the film, too. chely will be joining us on this show later in the week and she's not only a nashville star who's lesbian, she's publicly an obama supporter which could get her banned from very badmouth breathing dumb radio stations. let's go next to keith. keith, where are you calling us from? >> caller: hey, john i'm calling from walkee, live in shorewood, wisconsin. refers to romney parts as the people's part. by the way it app