b@ a >>> here's a live look at the gallery in northwest washington.the line in advance of the running of the brides. filene's base annual dash for brides to be. you can get good discounts on wedding dresses. a lot of women travel in teams, consider them packs, grabbing dressing, pushing the competition out of the way and with the economy the way it is you know people are looking for deals. doors open at a.m. and the sale lasts for one hour. you can see the anticipation in their eyes. >> i know. i have heard of people getting dresses for 300, $400. it is a steal. a lot of money but still. >> bring on the bridezilla action. >> watch out for my stiletto. >> he watches for my stilettos every day. >> an accident is blocking the right lane or pushed to the shoulder. back to the beltway. slow from edsall to shirlington. a fire in northeast dc has fourth street closed between w and rhode island. and the outer and inner loop is moving nicely without problems. over to howard. >>> a sticky day out there, few showers west of 81 now. some storms this afternoon. so

. >>> some breaking news to report now out of northwest washington. police are investigating an apparent stabbing in rock creek park. it happened near beech h beech drive. the victim was stabbed in the face and the suspect fled covered in blood. park police and d.c. police set up a perimeter and they are searching for the suspect. that's behind the omni hotel in northwest washington. >>> while the next step in the process of determining who will get permanent custody of michael jackson's three children is playing out today in los angeles. meanwhile, investigators continue to walk a path that seems increasingly close to becoming a criminal investigation. jay gray has a closer look. >> reporte another full week of negotiations over who will raise michael jackson's three children continues today with a conference call between attorneys for his mom, katherine, ex-wife, debbie rowe, and the judge who is presiding over the matter. >> the three kids have to be kept togeth. the kids are very close to each other. >> reporter: it was after an initial conference

. >>> the breaking news tonight is coming in from northwest washington where firefighters are at thescene of a large houseir fe. the flames broke out and a 3000 block of chain bridge road. cynne simpson is on the scene with the details. >> first, let me show you, firefighters have had to block off several streets to get close to the home and a 3000 block of chain bridge road. a three story estate has burned to the ground. firefighters are still working to extinguish some of the hot spots, but they say not much is left inside. according to neighbors, this fire started at about 8:30 and was so hot inside the house that firefighters were forced back out. luckily, nobody was inside. everybody made it out safely. it was a fire that firefighters are still responding to hours later. leon, back to you. >>> we are monitoring two other developing stories, the first in alexandria where the police have discovered a man dead in a car at the intersection of cameron mills road and manor road. the police believe he was killed from a head injury. if it is a murder, it would be the third homicide in a

pamela brown is live in northwest washington with the details. >> well, scott, for the past three weeks, council members have been scrambling to come up with ways to fill the bigger than expected budget gap. council members are getting ready to vote inside the chamber on the tax hike bill. if they vote in favor of it, it will have a ripple effect on just about everyone, whether you live or work in d.c. whether you are filling up on gas, buying a pack of cigarettes, or parking in d.c., you may have to deal deeper into your pocket. >> it does not seem like a lot, but it adds up, you know? everyoneas expenses. >> the sales tax would go up to 6%, cigarettes will cost 50 cents more, and it will cast -- it will cost you an extra 2.5 cents to fill up your tank. >> this will have a major budgetary impact on people. it is a regressive tax. >> councilmembers are trying to do -- trying to keep services operating for d.c. residents while also trying to fill a $600 billion budget gap and about a people still want their trash picked up, people still what the basics of the government to work. >> part

this is -- these are pictures of a massive house fire in northwest washington along chain bridge road which destroyed a multimillion-dollar home in northwest last night. we'll have more coming up in just a couple of minutes. thank you for being here. i'm gurvir dhindsa. >> i'm tony perkins in for steve chenevey. welcome to fox 5 morning news. tucker barnes joins us with n update on what will be happening with today weather. i assume more of the same. >> we're stuck in the summer pattern for the time being. today, we get a break from the thunderstorms for the most part. today, they are more isolated. let's get started with a look at rod arrest from last night. the showers were widespread you probably heard some thunder at your house and we had rain that moved through the area. gurvir? >> yes, to both. >> garden looking good. >> yes. >> we'll wake up with still a lot of humidity because of the overnight rain. i think for the most pa, strtah typical this time of year during the affect. 74 at reagan national. 75 in new york. boston, 7 cooler air off to the north and west. we wouldn't see

the home is located on chain bridge road in northwest washington. our digital correspondent, armando trull , reports live from the scene. armando? >> reporter: well, j.c., this area is in the highest spot in washington, d.c. and for years, residents have complained of low water pressure. low water pressure in the sinks, faucets, showerrens and water hoses. in addition one fire hydrant in the neighborhood was not in working condition last night. when those factors combined it became, for firefighters, a daunting task to fight a two- alarm blaze. more than a dozen hours after the blaze began, firefighters were still dealing with hot spots as well as the faulty hydrants and low water pressure they say hampered their ability to put out the blaze. firefighters did the best they could under the circumstances but it will be a significant loss. >> hard to think you have to watch it burn for two hours before the pressure can handle the fire. >> reporter: dc firefighters responded quickly top this fire last night. but when they tried to hook up to a hydrant a

the home is on chain bridge road just off -- in northwest washington. digital correspondent armando trull is live at the scene with the latest. >> reporter: andrea, neighbors tell us they heard an explosion around 8:00 and soon thereafter the house was consumed by a two- alarm blaze. this is what several million dollars look like as they go up in fire and smoke. >> it will be a significant loss. >> reporter: the p.m. blaze totally gutted a mansion belonging to peggy cooper, a former president of the dc board of education. >> the residents are out of town from what i understand from neighbors. >> reporter: the fire raged over four hours. >> we have a second-alarm fire, pretty stubborn fire. >> reporter: firefighters say low water pressure and broken fire hydrants in this exclusive american university neighborhood severely hindered their efforts to contain the fire. >> all during the process, the units were converging on the scene. firefighters were struggling with water pressure. >> reporter: let me show you what kind of daunting task firefighters face.

this was t shower that moved through northwest washington. there is another batch for you folk into southeast washington. and out towards sea eebrook. couple of others. another one forming around chantilly. for the next hour, we will still see these with a lot of instability in the atmosphere moving through. earlier tom kierein had over an inch of rain in a few minutes. there is thether batch around huntingtown now. all of this moving towards the northeast and unfortunately, not everybody has bn getting needed rain. look at mclean. this is the amount of rain for just today. almost an inch of rain. that's the month total so it has been about three to four weeks of really dry weather. right here in northwest washington we have had over a half inch of rain, at the same time, down to arlington and national airport, a trace and means less than .01 of an inch. germantown getting welcomed rain in a way even though lightning is not welcomed. that area of storminess off the new england coast tomorrow will be up with very heavy are ins moving up, down e

another in northwest washington is slow lip winding down its business. and one of the oldest bridal stores in northern virginia will close for good at the end of the month. in a half century of business, thousands of brides walked down the aisle in a gown from this arlington boutique. nancy griffin owned the store for 12 years along with a different bridal salon in waldorf. at the end of the month she will close the doors at this higher end store for good. the victim of a recession that hit luxury retailers especially hard. >> it has been almost two years we have seen this slide of not as many brides and those that have come in. we have them fill out a card and ask them what their budget is. we have seen even them -- check off my budget is less and less and less. >> reporter: brides that at one time would have considered a $3,000 gown are now spending half that. for a bride that just received a store closing letter, there is a new wrinkle in the wedding planning. while griffen promised to make sure all the clients get their dresses and alterations, she w

her innthhte rae rig northwest washington t ags w greagng nottiet ti rain here in northwest washington. but you can start to see the thisture come acss the region. particularly out to the west. that's where we're seeing heavy fa ndm, n illweer iarn my portions of west virginia and where you st virginia see thpurp'v, d thhae ey nderstorm wrenarings in ar affect for that part of the world. and let's go to the graphics. it is the area enreg that res i thde r e wat, all of the counties there. that watch is in affect from now until 5:00 p.m. eoday. and in the event of storms developing, if they do become strong to severe, you'll e some ofhe t counties go into severe thunderstorm warnings. but right now, warereunder a fwachtor che the region. currently our temperature is 81 ongrees here in washin . so wre inwmarg up uimte nicely. 85 up in baltimore. 88 in ocean city. and again as you look at the bigger picture as to what is going on out there, can you see the storm system associated with a frontal system we were telling you about early this morning making its way into the region, interacting

northwest. it is near the george washington university hospital and the foggy bottom metro stop. ic was shut down on 23rd street in northwest and from the washington circle tall way down to e street. work on that road is expected to continue until about 7:30 tonight. >>> tonight baltimore police are investigating the death of a staff membe with the d.c. city council who drowned on sunday night in baltimore harbor. and desi deschaine was press secretary to ward 2 council member jack evans. tom sherwood reports. >> reporter: at the d.c. council tuesday, it was a routine bussion in the chamber. nyt ma staffers were membering desi deschaine. like co-workers sherry kimball. >> he was just a super person to work and bounce ideas off of and always enthusiastic and we kind f had each other's ck s. >> reporter: desi deschaine shown here with mayor fenty most recently worked as press secretary to ward 2 council member jack evans. >> joined our staff a little over a year is ago and dawn terrific job representing me in the ward and as my communication director. he was just an upbeat alonrsity

currently 76 degrees in northwest washington at the studios of wtop radio. official numbers for washington today at reagan national airport, 85 and 63. we are going to see these temperatures go down the other way. the number of days we hit 90 degrees, it usually happens at 37 times on average. we have already had 12 days -- another difference today in the pollen count, mold spores back with a belong but grass pollen back into the moderate range. 76 in leesburg, 78 in fairfax. the cooler air is working in from the north and the west. 59 in syracuse right now, very cool weather. the real hot stuff is well to the southwest. we will get noticeable increases in temperature by the weekend. high pressure is building in. we will see clearing skies overnight. we will have an ice floe of dry air tomorrow. sunshine, lower humidity, the same story on thursday and then the temperatures will come back up quite a bit. lots of sunshine tomorrow morning. 76 degrees at miay. 82 for the high. here are the next seven days. wednesday and thursday, mostly sunny, less humid. 86 on

. >>> the northwest washington mansion owned by peggy cooper cafritz was destroyed in a fire last night. it took firefighters two hours to put out the fire because of low water pressure along that area of chain bridge road. nobody was injured, but hurt expensive art collection was destroyed. it -- but her expensive art collection was destroyed. >>> d.c. council members are considering raising taxes on cigarettes by fifty cents. another proposal would raise the sales tax up to 6%, and attacks on a gallon of gasoline would climb 3.5 cents. council members say it did not generate revenue they will have to cut programs. >> we cannot reduce government spending and programs on the backs of the middle and low- income families. it clearly, there has to be revenue enhancement. >> if approved, the new rights would take effect october 1. they say the increases could raise $50 million per year. >>> a panel of scientific experts has launched a review of the fbi's and rex investigation. -- anthrax investigation. fiveeople died and others became sick from letters mailed shortly after the september 11

julie carey is live at washington hospital center in northwest d.c. with the latest. julie? >> reporter: the condition of that 15-year-old girl from waldorf has improved since she was airliftedo washington hospital center last night. she wa riding in a car with 19-year-old male driver and two other female teens when a rock came flying through the window. it is a common enough summer scene. a car full of four teenagers cruising down a rural road, windows rolled down. but suddenly around 6:00 last night outside of mechanicsville, one group's summer ride was interrupted when someoneewhr t a softball sized piece of concrete through the driver's side window. >> the driver was able to duck and the projectile struck a 15-year-old female that was in the back seat of the car. >> she was unconscious at that time. and bleeding. >> reporter: the teens traveling in a black cadillac stopped at a nearby house to call for help. i eventually the victim was airlifted to washington hospital center, suffering from a skull fracture. initially treated in intensive care, she's now in stable conditi

northwest. medford, oregon, yesterday 106. seattle washingtonthe record high temperature for the day yesterday when they made it to 103 degrees, realize in more than 100 years of record keeping in seattle, they've only been 100 once before. that was 15 years ago. that was 100 on the nose. 103 yesterday was the all-time record high temperature in seattle, washington. those folks i promise you are not used to that kind of heat. what about our weather around here for the neck two to three days? pretty good weather. most of the rest of day, mid and high-level clouds will move through dimming out the sunshine a bit from time to time but won't take much of an edge off the heat. today high near 90. by late tonight, couple sprinkles down to south. generally dry overnight tonight. tomorrow mid to late afternoon time frame. i think we'll have another chance for passing showers with a chance for thunderstorms tomorrow. doesn't look like much in the way of a severe weather threat. that pulls on out and i think as a result, the weekend starts dry. saturday l

digital correspondent, armando trull is live in northwest washington with more on this story. >> andrea, absolutely. a lot of drama always surrounding marion barry and this time a matter of good news and bad news. the stalking charges against bare bay will be dropped today for lack of evidence. >> we are thankful to the u.s. attorneys office for seeing through it, and making the right decision. >> reporter: however, marion barry may not be willing to drop the matter, especially as it pertains to his treatment at the hands of park police after the 4th of july arrest in anacostia park. >> he was held almost two hours before being arrested. and he was held for almost four hours without having an opportunity to contact his attorney. mr. barry has said that he has ever intention on elevating these concerns. >> reporter: the alleged victim, former barry girlfriend donna watts said she never wanted to press charges against barry but had this to say. >> marion is just competitive and of course it is never his fault. he's never wrong. and he's slippery. >> reporter: bad news for marion barry is

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she is 16 years old and lives in northwest washington.as quarantined on a cultural trip to china with 20 r heotteens. nine tested positive but only leanna remains under quarantine. her mother is begging for her return. >> she is actually a kid whose pretty sunny disposition, pretty even keel. so the fact she's been sobbing her heart out over this quarantine and isolated in -- isolation in the hospital is a dagger in my heart. >> reporter: the family is in con stack contact with her over the phone. 9 news called the chinese embassy several times to request comments but got no response. >>> virginia governor kaine says the report on the virginia tech shootings is being updated and include the fact that his mental health record vanished for two years the government wants to know why they vanished. one hopes the amended report will help others. >>> maybe we can begin to put these questions in to the report so that future colleges can use this as a guideline in working with the students on their campuses across the united states. >> reporter:

. >> just off of georgia avenue in northwest washington, the ranger walks in to one of the smallest cemeteries in the entire park service, battleground national cemetery. >> literally we are standing on the battlefield. if it wasn't for these men right here dc might have fallen. so this is extremely hallowed ground. >> reporter: their names have been carved in stone for more than a century but ranger ron began to question the names ten years ago. >> when i started to read the head stones i wanted to find out more about these men. i knew they were killed during the battle but that's all we knew. knife head stones gave me problems the names weren't adding up. >> reporter: the past decade he has been researching records, trying to find out who really died during the battle of fort stevens. >> i would wake up at 3:00 in the morning, what about this guy, i drove my co-workers nuts. >> reporter: but last summer his work paid off. >> i was able to find out who these men were. >> they were corporal edward garvin, thomas mcentire, private kennedy and richard castle. >> finally have them recognized. i g

reporting live from northwest washington, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. >>> senator roland burris said the burden of raising campaign funds is what is keeping him from running for a full term in 2010. today, he said that he has to choose between fund-raising and serving the people of illinois. the past three months, he has raced only about $845. he has been surrounded by controversy since rod blagojevich appointed him to take over president obama's vacant senate seat. >>> new disturbing details about the scheme to resell cemetery plots, including how much money the suspects made. >> this photograph of president obama is getting a lot of attention. the picture may not be worth a thousand words. >> we're looking at a beautiful evening across the washington area in the weather center, watching a cold front that will affect us late tomorrow. the forecast is coming up. p >>> new information tonight and the disturbing scheme to resell burial plots in illinois. the employees allegedly made about $300,000 in the scheme. hundred of bodies were un-on earth and discarded or reburied in mass grave

this is what it looked like in northwest washington yesterday. the standing water is gone this morning. at last check there were about 3500 power outages this morning, most in prince georges county. >>> there's $5 billion out there for school systems across the nation. today president obama will lay out the rules for how your school can get some of that money. the president and education secretary arne duncan will lay out the rules for getting the money. it will go to recruiting teachers, improving standards and turning an failing schools. >>> democratic leaders are telling president obama he will have to wait for health care reform. senate majority leader harry reid said there will not be a vote before the august recess. that was the deadline imposed by the president. however, the president says that's okay. in the last few days some moderate democrats in the house began to oppose parts of he health care reform package. >>> jessica doyle has a special "living $mart" report and you say there are some down side on the cash for clunkers program get

news 4's megan mcgrath joins us live from northwest washington with details. >> reporter: good morninge watergate and people who have never been to washington, d.c. know exactly what you're talking about. the watergate hotel and office complex was at the heart of the burglary and scandal that brought down president richard nixon. later today, the hotel will go on the auction block and will go to the highest bidder. the watergate, a building forever famous for the burglary that bears its name and the scandal that brought down a u.s. president. later this morning, developers will have a chance to own a piece of history when the watergate hotel goes on the auction block. the owner, monument realty, had planned to real vat the hotel, but recently foreclosed on its $40 million bank loan. the 12-story hotel will now go to the highest bidd. interested parties must come to the auction with a $1 million deposit. bidding gets under way at 10:15 this morning. the watergate was made famous by the 1972 burglary of the democratic national committee headquarters located in the watergate office comple

been transferred from suburban hospital here in bethesda to the washington hospital center i northwest washington. the helicopter took off just a few minutes ago for the medevac. again, we don't know why the patient was transferred. we can tell you washington hospital center does have a burn center. the patient appeared to be alert and conscious when he was medevaced. montgomery county fire and rescue units were called to congressional country club just before 3:00 for a report of a person struck by lightning. fire officials tell us that the first responders arrived and found a 42-year-old man struck by lightning on the golf course. we understand that this man may have been trying to leave the golf course and get inside a shelter in advance of the coming storm. he was taken here to suburban hospital by ambulance and officials will not tell us his condition at this point. there was a response of no comb from the folks at congressional country club. but what we can tell you is that the patient was transferred from suburban hospital to washington hospital center's med star you don't know tonight nor

she is 16 years old an lives in northwest washington and was quarantined on a cultural trip inona chg alth wichina along w teens. nine tested positive but only leanna remains under quarantine. her mother is begging for her children. >> she is actually a kid whose pretty sunny disposition and even keel. the fact she's been sobbing her heart out over this quarantine in isolation in the hospital is just a dagger in my heart. >> reporter: her family is in constant contact with her over the phone. 9 news9 news called the chinese embassy every times to request a comment but received no response. >> reporter: there now appears to be little hope that lawmakers will reach a deal on reform before the august break. it isn't stopping president obama from pushing his message. he will which campaign for his goal to provide every american with health care insurance by holding town hall meetings in virginia and north carolina. support for health care reform appears to be split across the country. >> this the state of wisconsin alone there is 13,500 medical bankruptcies annually and most of these peop

it is a local theater that is having a fund-raiser at the thurgood marshall center in northwest washington. 1816 -- old fashioned rent party. we know all know about harlem renn nance and what we did in economic times we move the furniture back and bring in the piano player and they would sell liquor and give you the good food. and same thing next thursday. >> what is the double nickels theater. >> our vision is to celebrate the art of conversation and bringing back talking to one another about back in the day and celebrating the contributions of seniors. >> this is a fund-raiser having the rent party at the y which is at 1816 12th street. it will be thursday from 5:00 to 9:00. >> so anyone can come. we have some sponsors. >> one of our sponsors, and this is a wonderful part for us, this organization here locally also offers french lessons to little children in southeast washington about 300 in the various public schools. they have said they want to join with us. they have a program called harlem renaissance in paris in the spring. they are coming. they have connected with us. and want to j

. >>> we're monitoring a developing story from northwest washington where a woman was attacked while jogging through rock creek park. jennifer donelan has the story. >> detectives are not giving a lot of information about the actual attack, but the police are asking that people pay close attention to the description of the suspect, hoping that is the key to. the case. -- hoping that is the key to breaking the case. it was 7:00 in the morning when a woman was grabbed and assaulted by a stranger in rock creek park. >> it is a sad thing to hear somebody was assaulted in the park. in my experience, the park has been pretty much a safe place. >> the police say itl happened earlier on the trail as the woman was jogging, speaking to himself in spanish. later, the police say he grabbed and assaulted her. the victim told the police he smelled of alcohol. >> i hope they catch the guy. >> the police believe that the description will lead to was quick capture. he is described as an hispanic male in his 30's, between 5 foot 7 inches and 5 foot 10 inches with a stocky build. he was last seen weari

live in northwest washington, kris van cleave, abc 7 news. >> tonight the f.b.i. has local police officers under the microscope. investors want to know if they took money to protect a gambling ring. an investigation was begun in 2007 reports aledging police officers were paid to work for drug dealers. >> it makes all of us in law enforcement very angry. we wear the same badge as officers that commit misconduct. >> a source says most of the five county officers have either resigned or retired. but district police official and former d.c. housing officer also reportedly involved in the investigation, though m.p.d. says none of its officers is involved. >> the u.s. army is growing. defense secretary robert gates announced the army will be adding 22,000 men and women. right now there are about 547,000 people in the army. gates said the additions are needed because of continuing operations in iraq and afghanistan and deployment needs in other parts of the world. >> coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00, big economic plans and big-name endorsements in virginia's gubernatorial

takes by 3.5 and cigarettes by .50 cents a pack. >>> a massive fire that destroyed a house in northwest washingtonng serious concerns about water pressure. they said the nearest working hydrant was several blocks away. last night, d.c. mayor, adrian fenty looked at the damage with the homeowner. he said the washington area sewer authority will face some tough questions. >> they have this very serious infrastructure challenge they have to resolve as well as probably a lot of management challenges. >> wasa says there was sufficient flow to fight the fire. >>> only in washington could a happy hourou have such high esak st the harvard professor and the cambridge police officer who arrested .m,hi allm, invit to te white house for a round and discussion. pundits call it beer diplomacy. president obama calls it a few guys sitting around having a drink at the end of the day. good morning, tracy. >> reporter: good morning. that much-anticipated meeting at the white house has finally happened. this morning shall the big question is, was it largely symbolic or could this actually lead to a new national discu

here in northwest washington, hardly anything.so overnight tonight what's left of that little area of storminess moves up into new england. behind it once again we are going to get into a west to northwesterly flow. a lot of nice air coming in with comfortable humidity. into the 80s. so for the remainder of the evening, cloudy skies, might see passing shower and the cool front comes through late tonight. 9:00, 10:00, 11:00. by tomorrow morning, different areas in on us. we will see westerly winds. and temperatures tomorrow morning, 65 to 69 degrees. and a delightful saturday. and i think also sunday it wl be delightful with nice comfortable air in on us. fair weather clouds. th indexs i i nine. he sp laethunbl eock. head ttoin aches,e tak t upthere. and there will be neaice ech erat e llth be l cges riud ng di t heango virginia beach. temperaturth io nte 80o ds,oo g ing saatwer.her. yesterl .ndwi o 20 ktsnout o on ttshe bay. aorie uand as f alsouteth o beaches, some nice weekend weather coming up. >> lovely. >> water your garden.

is due passerby noticed the fire and alerted authorities to a two-alarm apartment fire in northwest washington on colorado ave. at least one person was treated for smoke inhalation. the red cross is helping the displaced. >>> parts of the viewing area saw some rain, but will there be more? brian van de graaff is watching super doppler 7 radar and has the forecast. >> overnight, a couple of thunderstorms. we haven atom s se of them creep in fro the st. the radar shows some of them off tohe t west, continuing to move to the east, cinross nssgorthern mego countyrynd a along the shenandoah valley. the overall big picture shows the last line over the metro area, clear skies, improving over the weekend. we will talk about what is in store for us locally and at the shore coming up. >>> there are new restrictions on u.s. forces in iraq. the washington post reports the new restrictions were put in place days after u.s. troops moved out of iraqi cities. iraqi commanders have told their u.s. counterparts to stop joint control and resupply convoys can only travel at night. u.s. commanders are said to be s

reporting live from northwest washington, darcy spencer, news4. >> sounds like the people you talked to are pretty understanding why there are so many delays. >> they certainly are and want to make sure they find out a cause and get it fixed so it doesn't happen again. >> thank you. >>> tennessee authorities have taken a suspect into custody in connection with the murders of six people. the sheriff of lincoln county described it as one of the worst crimes the county has ever seen. five victims were discovered in two different homes in the county. a sixth body was found in a business in huntsville, al bham. police have not said how the victims died, but they have determined that some of them were related. >>> friends, colleagues and americans from all walks of life are remembering the life of walter cronkite tonight. cronkite died last night at the age of 92 and spent nearly two decades in the anchor chair at cbs news during some of the most tumultuous times of the 20th century. scientific achievements, wars, scandals, he reported on it all. he had a calming presence and a rich barito

that in northwest washington. >> thank you, rich. here are more details on tonight's top story. it is not the first time he has been in trouble with the law. in 1909, he was caught smoking crack in a hotel room in an f.b.i. sting. he served six months in prison and was reelected as mayor in 1994. in 2006 he was sentenced to probation for failing to file his tax returns. president obama heads to russia and will meet with two of that country's political leaders. the president will meet with the russian president and prime minister. topics will include nuclear disarmment, north korea and iran, and afghanistan. the president plans to spend the bulk of his time with the experts, but it looks like putin is still the one making key decisions. vice president biden said the administration misread the depth of the troubles. but he says he still expects more new jobs in the long term. he didn't say if the white house would call for a second stimulus package. republican leaders say they're disappointed with the stimulus program and doubt another, quote, spending bing will do much good. what

. >>> in georgia avenue in northwest washington is one of the city's major thorough fares, running almost the entire way from downtown to silver spring. >> the popular and busy corridor has been the site of promise but unfulfilled economic development for years. that's beginning to change. >> reporter: along georgia avenue, change is in the air and on the ground. a 161-unit mixed use building that has risen. >> that represents the revita y revitallization of georgia avenue. >> reporter: ward 4 member says more than three miles lie in her ward, surrounded by many neat rows of neighborhood houses of all types, but with too many run-down business strips for too long. >> what residents say they want, they want to stop leaving d.c. to go to the cleaners, to go to great restaurants. they want to do it in their own neighborhood. this is the start. >> reporter: the developer has done similar projects on u street in columbia heights. he says urban areas inside the district are hot, despite the econy. >> this is a catalytic project. hopefully this will lead to her things happening on georgia avenue

up in northwest washington at the burned out home where the former school board. >> it is a shame to make a mistake. a home out there and a shame that they have lost. >> but who made the mistake to allow the mansion to burn out there because of the low water pressure? unlike in 2007, when there are similar problems in the apartment building out there. this time, d.c. fire, they are not pointing fingers. >> i think that it is good to make sure that we're on the same page. >> an earth to test that and the water that they promise to deliver to fight house fires. even though that they have complained of the long water pressure, they say that this is not one of their real problem areas. >> first off, we need to find out what happened here. >> but that is little comfort for the neighbors. >> it is terrifying to think that you might stand out there to watch it burn for two hours or the sustained pressure. >> again, the homeowner, they recently came to the house to feature in oprah's o piesurct e the fr the features. they say s athi thome is like m hi t thmuseum. they also dominated their re

. >> reporter: dorothy spencer live in northwest washington. one doctor is walking several hundred miles to raise awareness for the need for health care reform. the story coming up live on news 4 at 6:00. >>> also coming up, sarah palin steps down. she spent her last day as governor of alaska talking to constituents. as speculation continues about her next move. >>> plus, another local burger joint gets a surprise visit from a celebrity. >>> hakem? >> a playoff at the senior british open. find out what motivated the best base stealer of all time. the nationals finally have t a ason tcee.lebr atnews 4 at 6:00 continues. $ >>> the push for health care reform has prompted one doctor to walk from chicago to the nation's capital. he's raising awareness about the need for change. he's joining uninsured and underinsured folks at the district for a rally. hey, darcy. >> reporter: the doctor left meridian hills park a few minutes ago. he was walking to the white house and then to the lincoln memorial. this long journey all about raising awareness for th

including at the wilmer hale law firm in northwest washington. >> she is going to have a stellar performance. i think at the end of the day we will see her confirmed as the next supreme court justice. >> reporter: tomorrow committee members will be able to make some preliminary remarks. also, sotomayor will make an opening statement. she's not expected to start facing those questions until sometime on tuesday. the hearing's expected to last no more than one week. reporting live from capitol hill, darcy spencer, news 4. >> thank you. >>> the woman accused of killing her four daughters last january goes on trial tomorrow. investigators belie the girls had been dead for seven months before they were discovered in their southeast row house. medical examiners say one of the girls was stabbed and the other three were strangled. their mother, banita jacks, told police that the girls died in their sleep. a number of d.c. agencies raised red flags on the welfare of the children but nothing was done. jacks has rejected an insanity defense. >>> six law students have been found so far in connection with

they might be able to save more of their mansion here in upper northwest washington. it is a shame to make a mistake and a glorious home and a shame that it is lost. >> who made the mistakes that allowed them and to mention about that in the ground that is not clear? unlike in 2007, after similar problems that occurred in a fire house. they are not pointing fingers. >> i think that it is good to make sure that we're on the same page. i feel like we are. >> a great effort with them to see if they will supply their water that they promise to deliver to fight fires. >> we need to find out in fact what happened here. >> that is little court for them to think that. >> to watch it burn for two hours before you get that pressure. >> so they know exactly what happened. not enough water pressure. kind of like turning on all the faucets in your home and trying to run the garden hose as they arrive with their engines, hoping to hook up to the main here. then they dropped like a rocket. they are trying to figure out why that happened and why it happened two years ago and still ha

right now outside in northwest washington. at 81 degrees. on doppler there is nothing much going on here. to our south, boy, once again, some nasty storms. you can see storms around richmond. there is a whole lot more out to our west and southwest. with some nasty storms. under a slight risk to our north of some severe thunderstorms too tomorrow. i will tell you all about that. even take a look at the weekend when i join you downstairs. back to you. >> thank you, bob. when it comes to causes for cancer we never thought of tanning beds on the same level as tobacco. that's what a new report out tonight suggests. derek ward is at the world health organization downtown now with more on this. derek. >> jim, we are outside the office of the world health organization and branches of the organization that looks and has taken the data of 20 studies and analyzed it and come up with a conclusion the prolonged use of tanning beds can be as dangerous as ars north carolina or mustard gas. >> i was checked or screened in february they found a melanoma on m

german town, 0.1 inches of rain even though here in northwest washington, a few drops. other western suburbs just a few drops. tomorrow what's left of that area of storminess is well to the north. there will be some afternoon clouds, but it will also be much drier and even some pleasant weather. some are just fair weather clouds as we get on into sunday. temperatures tomorrowid-80s. but once again with comfy humidity. temperatures tomorrow morning i think will dry out and by the time i get up, it will be clear. probably by the time you get up, too, it will be clear and sunny. some afternoon clouds, but those are the fair weather variety. nice sparkling blue sky once again because of the low humidity. temperatures in the low to w mid-80s. our averag high is 89 degrees. this is the hottest time of the year for about the next ten days. but it's hard to prove because of the temperatures staying into the low 80s. by late monday and tuesday, some of that humidity comes back. along with it the chance for some really needed showers and thundershowers. we had a few out there tod

here in northwest washington, nada, nothing. so overnight, louds will move ought, but out to our east, as we go through tomorrow, maybe another scattered shower, eventually we're going to see some more humidity come in so as we get on into late wednesday and thursday. then there's another chance for more needed rain showers. our friend down in hollywood, over an inch of rain in st. mary's county today while here in washington, nothing. so for the remainder of the night, what's left of it, just cloudy skies. it will be cloudy, warm tomorrow. when you get up, temperatures in the mid to high 60s, a bit of humidity, nothing oppressive because of all the clouds, even though temperatures will get up into the 80s, woents feel too bad, just a chance, slight chance of a few showers. the air quality tomorrow, code yellow. a lot of clouds tomorrow evening, anything for showers will be hit and miss variety, just no sign of a good steady soaking rain coming n 75 to 80 degrees. who would have imagined a month ago, we would be saying 2 would b

he is from northwest washington. he was found shot several times on "n" street a block off south can tal. not clear who called in the shooting. no one has been arrested. >>> young man in prince george's county is in jail tonight on charges of killing an infant. the case is ten months old. police cracked it this week. jackie benson is live at police headquarters tonight to explain how they did that. jackie? >> detectives investigating a murder in the district led prince george's county police to a man that they have been trying to bring to justice for a terrible crime. it now appears the bullet that killed 8-month-old anthony savoy, iii, as he sat in the car seat were part of a back and forth retaliation with helpless baby caught in the middle. prince george's county police arrested 21-year-old coron wilson and charged him with first degree murder. investigators believe the shooting was in retaliation for the murder of an 18-year-old girl in northeast washington, a few days earlier. >> detectives worked with d.c. poli

and then learned two victims already had been taken to the hospital. 19-year-old brown of northwest washington died at the hospital. surviving victim hasn't been identified. 21-year-old marcus brinkly with multiple gunshot wounds on the front porch of his house located on third street. brinkly was pronounced dead hours later. >>> other at the national ash dives, hundreds of people gathered to hear the annual reading of the constitution and declaration of independence. a drum corp in full revolutionary era dress were on hand as waving american flags listened to actors portray our founding fathers. the town of industry enin held its first fireworks display in two years. a mishap in 2007 left eleven people hurt when the fireworks shot into the crowd instead of the air. this year the town moved the independence day celebration to a bigger park and brought back the real fireworks display without any injuries. >>> out west tonight a young man survives a nearly 150-foot fall off a cliff. it happened in colorado springs where search and rescue teams blamed recent heavy rains for collapsing part of a r

the bridge connects arlington and northwest washington. ddot says it's making the adjustments to improve traffic flow between the two. crews will begin putting u barriers and restriping the road tomorrow night around sn he c pacd sis scheduled to be in place by the end of rush hour tuesday morning. >>> sending text messages from behind a wheel is a growing problem for law enforcement. but it's drivers of mass transportation that's attracting a lot of attention. distracted driving operating these vehicles is not just happening on metro. and as fox's jonathan hunt reports, many states are proposing strict new legislation to keep passengers safe. >> reporter: the deadliest crash yet involving a distracted driver happened last september. 25 people, including the driver, killed when a metro link commuter train collided head-on with a union pacific freight train outside los angeles. the driver robert sanchez didn't even hit the brakes before impact and investigators found he'd been sending text messages just seconds before the accident. it appea

is predicting a quick investigation after the wednesday night fire that destroyed a home in northwest washington council members are questioning whether more needs to be done to ensure safety. >>> the obama administration will be scrambling to find money to fund the cash for clunkers program. in the weeks since it started so many americans have turned in old cars the program's $1 billion in funding is nearly depleted. >>> welcome to friday. tgif. the last day of july. how's the weather looking. >> similar to wednesday. yesterday was not bad at all. only had an isolated shower west of town but we expect some showers and thunderstorms, oopeal ly this teaf flwad s he inin garrett county and parts of pennsylvania and new jersey, as well. we are seeing a mix of clouds and breaks out there. is mid-70s and showers is lower 70 to culpeper and 79 in southern maryland. we will be in the mid to upper 80s. anytime after 2:00, 3:00 in the metro watch for strong thunderstorms. hello, angie. >>> hello to everybody out there. getting started on this friday morning. we begin with an accident at silver spring at

tracee wilkins joins us from the wilson building in northwest washington this morning on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there seems to be so much to this story. just keeps unfolding. now that charges have been dropped, the city is focusing on that $60,000 contract that marion barry awarded to the woman who was at the center of this controversy, but marion barry is still focused on that arrest. d.c. council members plan to meet today to discuss donna watts-brighthaupt being hired by barry. brighthaupt tells the post she was awarded the contract two months after she and barry started dating. the paper says a d.c. council member will hire a law firm to look into the contract. brighthaupt is a 40-year-old woman who was at the center of the stalking allegations that led to barry's arrest by u.s. park police. charges were dropped, but during a press conference yesterday, that arrest was still barry's focus. >> mr. morales and the national park service police have caused great pain in my family and this community and the nation. if this inappropriate arrest had not occ

everything is open from northeast to northwest washington. travel times are with us on 95 from fredericksburg to baltimore. we show you live across the american legion bridge. >> thank you. >>> a funeral worker in northern virginia is looking for work. >> he says he blew the whistle on some practices that some morticians call on ethical -- call unethical. matt brock has more. >> robert ranghelli worked at the national funeral home when he was fired. >> i noticed bodies being placed on racks in garages. >> he believes he was let go because he talked about disgraceful conditions inside this building. theseictures appear to show unattended human remain ur a former employee accused the board of leaving bodies on refrigerated. >> i feel so much better and that i got respect from the family's going through this. >> the board of funeral directors is investigating the allegations. in -- they sy they completed an internal investigation and found no eviden of wrongdoing. >> we were told on the phone -- >> that was matt brock the reporting. >>> there ar

. >>> crews are picking through the pieces of an historic home in northwest, washington. >> a fire burned a house to the ground on the 3000 block of chain bridge road just off of macarthur boulevard. pamela brown has more on the building. >> a lack of water supplied stalled efforts last night as firefighters tried to put out the blaze last night. the owner is a well-known community activist. she and her family are out of town, so there are no injuries to report. an intense blaze swept through the this state in this northwest neighborhood. >> it is a very nice street. i am sure the house that is buing is substantial. >> the mansion belongs to peggy cooper. no one was home when the blaze broke out. the fire gutted the home, extensively damaging her art collection. >> whoever the house belongs to come up a totally lost the place. >> firefighters arrived in minutes. it took them nearly two hours to begin putting them out. a lack of water supply made the fire impossible to control. >> there is a firetrucks to the fire plug in front of the house, filling up. it obviously was out of the ordinary

. >> i am outside a club in northwest washington where gay activists are gathering to celebrate a lot recognizes the marriages from out of state. it is estimated there are 3800 gay couples in the city, and this is a big day for them. for d.c. residents, who went to massachusetts to get married three years ago, today is special. they are legally married in d.c. >> it is a great step forward. >> not on our watch. >> efforts to stop this in the council, congress, and courts have failed. supporters want the next dep, a gay marriages -- the next step, dear mayor -- gay marriages performed in the district. reaction to today's milestone? >> let them be happy. >> for the newly recognized couple, hurdles still remain. >> we may be able to file taxes in d.c., but the federal taxes will still need to be made as individuals. >> with the game marriage law, anything that you can see nbc? -- can see in d.c.? not yet. the attorney general said he issued a directive three weeks ago telling them or asking them what changes are going to be made to accommodate the law. he has heard back from most of them

. >>> engine company 4 in northwest washington honored one of its own today. johnson was the district's first african-american fire chief. he was appointed to the post back in 1973. he was credited with the recruitment of more minorities and women firefighters. he died in 2007 at the age of 89. >>> a construction worker injured while working on the supreme court building. it happened around 7:30 tonight at east capital and 7th street. the female worker was on the roof of the building when she tripped and fell. rescue workers managed to get her down a short time later. she was taken to the hospital with what we're told are serious but nonlife threatening injuries. >>> 18 virginia rest stops closing this coming tuesday. it's meant to save the state $9 million per year. what do travelers think about that tonight? digital correspondent has that story. >> reporter: during a long road trip, a rest stop can be a huge relief. but when 18 virginia rest stops close, it will mean about 120 miles between stops. >> what about the old people that come down here have to chan

washington. it's hard to see, but this little system here, it hasn't moved for quite sometime. right there, pretty much along the line between northwestst washington. and it's filled in a little bit, gotten heavier. so one area of rain here in d.c. more rain off to the west towards front royal down to the south, south of la plata we're seeing rain showers across southern portions of the potomac river and across the chesapeake bay pushing off into eastern maryland and to the north pushing up toward baltimore and shower and heavy rain there. so scattered morning showers. some of it has been heavy in places. let's take a broughter look at the area and we'll show you the direction of this rain. this is a pretty vigorous storm system off the coast here. area of low pressure out here and we're getting just the western end of that as some rain fills in along the chesapeake bay and the potomac river pushing up to the north and east. out to west, this is another system. now you look at these two and say this is the main problem. not really. this is where some morning we had shower activity. some of this will fill in during the day and bring us