. >>> a new lawsuit filed by the widow of the late marion berry. why it's targeting someone who once saved the mayor's life. >>> and a crackdown on synthetic drugs in the district. neighbors are reacting to threats to shut down some local stores. of. >> the widow of the late councilman and mayor marion berry has filed a lawsuit against the woman who donated a kidney to barry in 2008. in legal papers filed by her lawyer cora masters barry contends that the kidney donor is improperly using mayor barry's name to raise money for her nonprofit. her name is kim dickens. her lawyer told nbc 4 today that barry had approved that before she died last november. >>> neighbors in a popular up-and-coming community are welcoming a new crackdown on the sale of illegal synthetic drugs. as tom sherwood reports, one d.c. leader is vowing to put the sellers out of business. >> reporter: on a good weather day, the petworth recreation center draws hundreds of kids. but it's steps from this convenience store cited by the d.c. attorney general's office for marketing synth

there is a crowded field to fill marion berry's seat. >>> just before their midnight deadline maryland lawmakers passed next year's budget. the $40 billion spending plan caused a divide. it does include $200 million for education, raises and health care. hogan opposes that spending and says he will likely use the man to offset a deficit next year. >>> and d.c. council raised concern about new taxes and increased sales tax and higher tax at parking garages in the city. they also criticized the small amount of funding for the d.c. street car which she said she supported a few weeks ago. >> i'm confused about whether that's serious because these dollars really wouldn't support such a thing. it looks like a street car system that's on life support. >> bowser says she's does support the street car long term. currently the program is years behind schedule and has cost hundreds of millions of dollars. >>> it's one thing to fall asleep at work. it's another to do it when you work in a plane's cargo area. the employee being blamed for an emergency landing. >> up up, and away. >>. >>> why nasa i

. >> reporter: and marion berry's son placed out of the vote in ward 8.n ward 4, brandon todd another candidate endorsed by bowser easily won in a crowded field to replace bowser on the d.c. council. in the district tom sherwood news 4. >>> new video tonight at 11:00. the fairfax county urban search and rescue team is now on the ground in nepal ready to help pull more victims from the rubble there. rescue teams from all over the world are there. more than 5,000 people are confirmed dead and fewer earthquake victims are being found alive acts hours pass. >> one search and rescue team did make a discovery in nepal tonight that might be considered miraculous. they pulled a man from a collapsed apartment building where he had been for more than three cases in a room with three dead bodies. it's a race against time to find people who are still alive there. at least 11,000 people were injured in that earthquake. rain and wind hit the shelter tents last night that raised fears of spreading disease. hospitals are out of rooms. there seems to be no end to the pati

the winner will take the seat of the late marion berry. brendon todd won the ward 4 seat vacated by muriel bowser. 8 councilmembers will soon have three years of service or less on the council. >>> flags are flying at half-staff tonight and a firehouse is draped with black bunting in charles county. 20-year-old autumn jenkins, a volunteer firefighter was killed in a near head-on collision last night. investigators say a truck crossed into her lane. first responders say that they didn't know the victim was one of their own until they got to the scene. >> the squad there from tenth district volunteer fire department. and they offered to help. and my members were no, she's ours. we'll take care of her. we'll do it. >> one officer says he smelled alcohol on the breath of the truck driver but no charges have been filed. jenkins had been volunteering since she was just 16. >>> a terrifying close call for a passenger jet flying over dallas texas. a drone came dangerously close to that plane as it was landing. nbc's hallie jackson explains just ho

marion berry's son received just 7% of the vote. >>> always watching, always tracking.s first alert weather. >> okay, before we get to the guarantee, was it the nicest day of spring so far? maybe. >> very well close! hard to beat. >> not too warm, not too hot clear skies light winds low humidity, pretty good deal. a high today of 74 degrees. we'll tell you if we hit that tonight at 11:00. the actuallies fall apart . live look outside. even though winds are out of the south, a pretty spectacular kay day-- day. clouds move in tonight, mainly draw. a couple sprinkles possible late tonight toward i81. a beautiful evening if you want to get out take a walk bikeride or drive. temperatures 50-64 6:00 am to 9:00 am. not bad. yellow alert for afternoon showers and thunderstorms. the morning commute is going to be fine. we think that the evening commute is going to be wet. especially i95 and points west. here's futurecast 10:00 tonight showers just west of colpepper. and by morning clouds begin to move in, a couple showers west of cumberland. then look what happens between a 9:00

this is the race marion berry held. when he he died, the seat came open special election. la ruby may was supposed. she's got 27% of the votes but trayon white, he's gotten 25%. there's some absentee ballots and challenge ballots so there will be a day or so where we won't know who the winner is. >> odd for it to be this close in this particular race? >> not really. laruby mays outspent trayon from 17-1 because she had support from the mayor. and you mentioned ward 4, the bowser candidate won in that special election and mayor boweser is trying to consolidate her power on the council. she needs more votes. >> looking at video of brandon todd who won the ward seat that mayor bowser became vacant. >> he was a big fund-raiser for mayor bowser's campaign and she hand picked him to succeed her in ward four. >> tom, thanks. >>> and this afternoon and evening going to be spectacular outside with plenty of sunshine clouds increase a little bit as we get into the evening hours but temperatures nice, in the mid-70s, 6:00 7:00 p.m. low 70s by 8:00. great night. fire up the grill. loo

>>> in the district no clear winner yet in that special election yesterday to replace the late marion berry council. as tom sherwood reports, the top two contenders are watching every vote. >> reporter: the campaign office littered with leftover stuff, but the race is not over. election night ended with may heavily favored holding only a 152-vote margin over her closest opponent. >> by next friday we should know something definitely. >> reporter: that's trayon white. he was checking on 1,000 challenged ballets still to be countdown. those ballets have mostly minor flaws. they may not be fully countdown until next week. >> i'm confident we have the numbers. we just pray that there's no fraud or anything misleading going on with those numbers because we believe in the will of the people. >> reporter: white told nbc 4 that even if he loses this race to finish berry's term he'll return again next year for a full term. marian christopher berry, berry's son, got 7% and finished well behind the leaders. >> our campaign has always been about the people. so our concept of rising came from the people