the chemicals they produced remain and seeped into the soil of the park. no one knew. >> no. >> reporter: so for 30 years, generations of kids, even fought chore pros played on the contaminated grunts.p. >> it was just the place to be if you wanted to go to the next level. >> reporter: the company that polluted here began to remove the arsenic and rebuild. today is opening day. >> honeywell is the company which paid for the cleanup. >> restoring the park. i would have to say in a better place than we found it. >> they mode the proper investment and got it back up to par. that's a good thing. it looks good. >> reporter: madonna huggins came here as a child in the contaminated years. >> i couldn't believe it. i almost wanted to cry when i got here. >> reporter: ground rules will be simple. >> reporter: that's what the state told the polluters. clean it up and give it back to the city. >> reporter: now after three years, the city finally got the call. arsenic almost killed this public park, but now private money has made it a better place than it was. in south

he would sit across the parking lot and stalk the bar. >> i didn't know what happened. i thought maybe somebody's car backfired or something. i don't know. it was just a noise, a big noise. >> the man who died at the scene has not been released. three other bombs were find by the nightclub this morning and deactivated them. >>> a my motorcade going past landmarks. the sites where area youth were killed by gunfire. one of the organizers of today's event lost her son in a driveby shooting nearly two months ago. >> need to put the weapons down, pick up books. learn to be able to converse. you can agree to disagree. just trying to stop the violence in washington, dc, and across the united states. >> the group also wants to call ayour attention to an amendment by senator john mccain known as the 2nd amendment enforcement act. the legislation would secure gun rights for law abiding dc residents but organizers of today's event says it would put more guns on dc streets. >>> the message from protestors in montgomery county today was illegal immigrants get out. talking to members

meantime, adam jones says while they're fooling around i'm going for an inside the park home run. he's huffing, puffing, first home run in 24 games. right now in the 7th inning, nationals come back, and they've taken the lead. meantime, backtrack. last night seattle-san diego, where jerry hairston thought that pitch was a little low, and he told the umpire. so all up in his mug. in fact, mr. umpire, i got a question. need your home base swept? nonetheless, boys will be boys, but here tees catch of the nice. watch in the outfield. cliff on his high horse, making the grab, but paying the price. watch it in slow mo. can you feel where he's coming from? padres win it. >>> ncaa men's college lacrosse. dave cottell, princeton stadium, notre dame leading 4- 1, but here's michael crayton. 5-2 here when maryland gets offensive. later in the third quarter, notre dame steam rolling the terps. final score 7-5. that was grant crebbs. notre dame advances to the final four. >>> high school, excuse me, we've got other lacrosse scores of interest, as a matter of fact. can't skip over there. duke be

the east bay regional park district is today the largest regional park agency in the country. over the last 75 years, they have preserved nearly 100,000 acres of park land, established 65 regional parks, and built over 1,100 miles of trails. almost every weekend i visit the east bay regional parks on one of their trails, one of the regional park systems to walk with my family and to enjoy the outdoors in its parks. generally it's the park near my home. i commend the east bay regional park district and the various board members throughout the past 75 years on not only this milestone but the vision they concept usize many years ago to provide this incredible asset to the residents of the san francisco bay area, specifically to the east bay of san francisco bay. i rise in strong support of this resolution commending the 75th anniversary of the east bay regional park district. i want to thank chairman rahall, chairman grijalva, chairwoman bordallo, and ranking member bishop for their work in bringing this resolution to the floor. as a resident of this area and very often talking t

and it's really benefiting the park? c private partnership with montgomery parks. we had a dialogue with them about two years ago and we've managed to get this great project off the ground. we have a revenue share with the park and fiscal times are hard and it's good to put something back into the park system. >> reporter: and even when people have -- we kidded about it, and when we think of rockville, we think of rockville pike and the traffic, but there is this gem here and lake meadwood and lake ann and frank and that is here and part of the park, that people don't know is here for them to take advantage of it. >> it's great. we've seen people come down to the park and we've done over 700 people so far. we've been open a couple of weeks. and it's great. we're changing the demographic of people here using the park. we've had young professionals coming in and having a great workout on the course and they're enjoying it. >> reporter: don't be afraid, dan. do your best tarzan yell. >> i'll do my best. whoa. >> reporter: an

get down to the park. >> and demi lovato will be joining them, too. they're going out on tour this summer. you see them first right here. >> i have to say, they're staying at the hotel i'm staying at. >> right. >> there's been kids camped out all week long. and just waiting for any sign. every time i walk in the hotel, i feel like i'm disappointing. >> oh. >>> let's get our "picture of the morning." something happened at the white house yesterday. the president sharing a stage with a rodent. >> yeah. he was announcing the financial overhaul plan in the rose garden. it seemed like an owl, a rat, a mole. it's called a vole. it came out twice during the press conference. where is bo? it's bo's job to get it. >> and the president never saw it coming. is that a problem in d.c.? >> we have a lot of rats and mice in d.c. >>> stand by. we have much more coming up after your local news and weather. including the tea party candidate whose comments on civil rights sparked a firestorm. what did rand paul really mean to say? he joins us live to set the record strai

had an inside the park home run go against them but somehow, some way still managed to beat the new york metropolitans. what would they do for an encore? trouble in the very first inning for the home team. bases juiced for of the day wrieghtd from virginia beach. slicing to the gap in right and let the morey go round begin. one run will score, two ones runs will score. all three runners will come around to score. the mets take a 3-0 lead after one. it would get worse. 8-1 in the sixth and you can make it 2-1. a two-run shot and the mets win in d.c. 10-7. >>> birds in texas last night taking on the rangers. they had problems of their own in the very first inning. this is nelson cruz and that ball is getting out. a three-run shot. part of a four-run first inning for the home team. more big bats for the home team. remember this guy? used to be in anaheim. he is enjoying his stay in the lone star state. a two-run shot there. >>> nhl playoffs last night north of the border. in montreal, game three between the flyers and canadiens. remember this guy, that is his playoff leading 13th goal. they

hakem dermish down at the park. the orioles and the nats obviously heading in opposite directions with the nats slightly ahead of schedule and the os, the os just terrible. can we possibly even come close to calling this a rivalry yet? >> reporter: no. jim riggleman agrees with jim vance. he was asked if it was a rivalry. and he said, both teams have to play better for this to be a rivalry. jim riggleman last night said, we played terrible and sent a message to his team saying, playing not smart is unacceptable. he said playing smart is just unacceptable. it was a rough night for jim riggleman and the nationals. good reason to scratch your head. the miscues happened early. ian desmond can't handle the throw. later on, guys getting picked off first base. nationals just not playing fundamental baseball. throwing it away. not making catches. struggling to field ground balls. really just uncharacteristic of this team as of late because they had been playing good baseball. but no big cause for concern. the nats just had a

by far the biggest crowd we have seen in this ball park in years. per deck is all the by out to right field, nearly full. it's full down to left field side, only about a section and a half unoccupied. this will be a crowd, somewhere around 45,000 or more today. >> they wanted to see these crafty lefties on the hill today. olsen versus francis, you have to be here. 2-2 pitch. atlanta closed out its win, 13-1 over arizona. they have the last place team, atlanta, with 18 wins. 3 and 2. brad hawpe is a good hitter but it's a lefty-lefty matchup and you have to challenge him to put the ball in play here with tulowitzki on deck at this stage in the game. cubs scored a run and lead the pirates 4-3 in the 8th. olsen keeps throwing strikes. dodgers are over .500 and have won 6 in a row and start the day only 3 games behind the team they are playing, the padres. rockies right now are backup behind san diego. olsen is taking a long time and the hitter is getting time. got him on a 3-2 pitch that hawpe took and his first 2 strike outs of the day come in the 6th.

two fishermen discovered him dead in the park last weekend. martin afuneral will be held today at our lady of good council catholic church in locust point at 10 a.m. friend expect hundreds of people to attend. >>> an update to the breaking news out of harford county. sheriff's office says a child died after falling in a stream less than mile away from his home. the detectives say the boy is 8-year-old justin wilson. he was apparently skipping stones with friends and fell into the water last night. rescuers responded to the scene but it was too late. justin's death has been ruled an accident. >>> another water main break causes traffic problems around a major baltimore road. public works crews closed cold spring lane near morgan state university for several hours as they worked to fix a 12-inch break. the traffic problem was made worse because cold spring was used as a detour route around bridge construction on argone drive. >>> growing anger along the gulf coast and across the country this morning as more oil washes up on louisiana's beaches. h

the middle of traffic? what did he do? >> it is a mystery. you have a car that wasn't even parked, simply vacated in the middle of broadway and -- >> larry: raise a little suspicion. >> with the flashers on, i might add. down the street he ran. i can't wait to find out end story on what really initiated that move. >> larry: what do you think it was intended to do had it gone off, bob? >> i think this is an amateur that got on the internet. an experienced bomb make wore have had some sort of initiator that would have worked that set this thing off. experts have told me if the propane tanks had gone off, the kill radius would have been 30 to 50 feet. there would have been a lot of dead people at times square. >> if it is amateurish, does it belie, harry, any international conspiracy involvement, in your opinion? >> i suspect no. i isn't it is local. again, my crystal ball is as good as anyone else's. the one thing that was not done that should have been done, in fact if he knew what was doing, is turn the gas valve on on the propane. then if you had an m-80 or m-88, whatever firecra

automated parking system. theriver parks his car on a palette and four lasers on a car make sure it is parked correctly and the driver leaves and the system takes the car automatically to the nearest and the space. on the way down, the car is turned around and back into the spot. there are only three garages like this in the world. that is a lot better than driving in circles looking for a spot, isn't it? >> i wonder what the condo fees are there. >> there you go. >> some changes later this week. wednesday, thursday. mid to upper 80's at that point ♪ ♪ ♪ j-e-l-l-o ♪ j-e-l-l-o ♪ j-e-l-l-o ♪ j-e-l-l-o

fro game beers the the mill per light score board walk park. it will be ray veriest batting ninth and plague right field. ben in die that and tyler walker, making his 7th appearance will be batting in the 8th spot. deep to left center. nats are already where there they could come home or try to turn two. he thought he got it, he's not on our team, but you saw kat lack around and cot a double. should have got on first. could happen to anybody, but they got insure uner ticked off of the now catch the run issue at third. fete the pick off, sitting at third base is cog manned. i think somebody saw what was.on and told them tome step offer. tyler steps off. looks like he got too much or took off early. there's am few more better bands defense and the cad they think they were and to make the ag in the runcorn kizashi down quickly. now you can bring the bring field until with one outside corner. it's still wit. it quo don't have fen mall spikes there then you're not thinking to do the most environment talcing. they severally hose town the up field the

went away, but the chemicals remained and seeped into the soil of the park. >> no one knew. rter: for 30 years children played on the ground. >> reggie jackson played here. it was the place to play. >> reporter: three years ago the company that bought the company began to remove the arsenic and rebill. today is opening day. >> honeywell is the company that paid for cleanup. >> restoring the park to put it in a better place than when we found it. >> they made the investment and got it back up to par, it looks good. reporter: she came here as a child. >> i loved. i couldn't believe i was here. reporter: that's what the state told the polluters, clean it up and give it back to the city and now after three years, the city got the call. arsenic almost killed this public park but now private money has made it a better place than it was. mike schuh, wjz. >> hon any the storm moving through maryland maybe responsible for a mess in baltimore county. it blocked people from walking to the center in lutherville and we can expect rain and thunderstorms through the day and we have that for

the one thing are the meters, the parking meters, for instance. ight minutes, four minutes. people are complaining about this. and people in the district are saying, wait a minute, it cost too much to live in the district of columbia. jack evans had it right and he said you can't nickel and dime everybody. all of jack edmondson, reporter of the mayor. here, parting with the mayor. you can't nickel and dime the taxpayers of the district of columbia. >> it's interesting that jack evans is saying this, because he is one of the people who pushed the tax on businesses and small businesses to build every sports arena in the city. having said that, i think he is on thin ice. but he's running for re-election and is -- the ad on the radio, if you have heard them, have been very effective, especially against the bottle -- the beverage tax, has brought home the issue so that people can relate to it. because if you're going to tax me on beverages, then all the rest of the things seem like add-ons and this is where you say, this is nickel and diming me, between

the fate of a proposed slots park at gruntal mills mall will be decided monday. that anne arundel county elections board is being sued. just last week, the company was accused of hiring the woman to disrupt the petition. the attorney general was a special guest on our sunday q&a segment this morning. he gave his thoughts on the grade given for the condition of the chesapeake bay. >> the condition of the bay is far worse than any rhetoric we might see. we really need to go to 50 years ago, and clean it up so it can bring tourism back. >> you can watch the complete interview with the attorney general. just go to wbaltv.com and click on the weekend edition. the obama administration is being forced to defend its response to the gulf oil spill. the white house is taking shots from both sides of the political aisle, and firing right back. >> the struggle to contain the oil spill in the gulf is forcing the obama administration to do damage control in washington. >> we were activated the moment this oil rig exploded. this has been on the president's agenda ever since that

inside the park two-run home run. moved in front, 7-6. >>> the maryland terrapins trying to make their way through the lacrosse bracket, taking on notre dame. around the net, he scores. notre dame bought 5-3. it was 7-4 irish in the fourth. on the doorstep. he makes account for maryland, but there was no come back today. -- he makes it count, for maryland, there was no come back today. notre dame advances. >>> the maryland women's lacrosse team advances. they won their game 15-10 over pennsylvania. >>> the university of virginia, another moment of silence for yeardley love. carolina was too tough today, finishing the year for the cavs. >>> the future of the nba on display in chicago, the draft combine, with the wizards holding the top pick. all of the brass looking at who will likely be their top pick, kentucky player john wall. ted leonsis says the team has not made a firm decision about who they will take with their top pick, but you can bet that one of these guys will be wearing a washington uniform. >> it depends

the national park service and the interior of the obama administration and my colleagues are here with me this evening. we invite you to come to the lincoln park on july 10th not only to observe and so the read and reflect on the legacy of dr. bethune but dr. height i assure you will be there as well. come and join us. [applause] dr. height didn't stop there. in 1991 the nation again responded affirmatively to a call that you know 1935 we have a headquarters built. that too should be preserved so that they live and we do preserve the mary mcleod bethune counsel to the council national site and the whole of the only archives to the american women. that is a part of dr. height's legacy and rn tuitele. [applause] lastly, what i would tell you is that i have learned so much from her. she is in a great teacher and continues to be a teacher but she had a great deal to do with the planning and the design of lincoln park and she drew from the scriptures something that is inscribed on there that is so subtle but provokes one to come to grips with your own lives, their own needs. and i think she

visitors at today's grand opening enjoyed nice weather while taking part in the activities. swann park opened in 1904 and was named after former mayor thomas swann. >> weather forecast, with meteorologist john collins. >> we'll look at the doppler radar and sprinkles in baltimore county and here's the city and beltway on the radar and a little darker green shades to the west. once you get west of 29 and howard county and down in montgomery county, you get rain showers. and parts of frederick county east of frederick, southward, and toward pullsville and then down to the west of the district. there's no thunder and lightning in this, it is just rain shower activity. this is the heaviest where it is yellow and lighter rain shower in howard county. few sprinkles west of that. this is moving eastward and once it comes in, we'll have rain chances on again and off again for the next day or two. let's look at what happened today. we got a fair share of sun and the temperatures went beyond what we thought they would. there was sunshine mixed in. the airport and inner harbour made it to 79. and

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one on for harris, and he hammers this one out of the park. shot from harris, and it's a one-run ball game. and then the rookie has not given up a run this season until right now, right up the middle, and tatum comes in to score, and the orioles beat the nationals 5-3 in the final. >> we played a great ball game tonight and we just got beat. we played good baseball. you know, harris, he played well. those were quality at-bats. when you are in a position -- i am in a better mood tonight than last night, i'll tell you that. >>> and then wizards facebook mishap last night. they posted wall will be the pick, and then said if he wanted tickets to e-mail him. the post was later taken down. here is wall on the right and even turner on the left. they are considered the top two prospects in the nba draft. they did not take part in any scrimmaging at the combine in chicago. saunders watching these guys along with pat riley. wall, in turn, did play one-on-one if you can call it that. both players should be stars in the nba. the wizards will have their pi

city police say the officer who was off duty at the time parked his car in a lieutenant to go to the restaurant. he was inside when he heard the alarm go off and came back to investigate. >> suspect had broken the driver side window when did the officer approached he was inside the car. excited from the rear passenger side. officer gave commands -- identitied himself as a police officer, told him to stop. the suspect approached the officer reaching for a suspected weapon. the officer fired one defensive shot,. >> reporter: the suspect was taken to the hospital with a gun shot wound and is expected to recover. the officer involved has been put on administrative leave. >>> graduates at the university of virginia held a moment of silence during the ceremony to remember the yardly love. she was awarded a degree in politics and government. she was found in an off cam buzz argument. another student facing first degree murder charges uva president said the campus never knew about the suspect's arrest an charges of drunk being drunk and resisting arrest. >>> authorities called yesterday morn

the parks continue to speak out of both sides of their mouths. we teach orchard and that feed or harassing animals in the wild is unacceptable and is against the law. when they paid $79 for a family member to go into the aquaria area, it is now called an education. it should be no coincidence that florida has the highest population of captive dolphins in the world and the most often shows. if our goal is to educate the public and promote conservation, we must think seriously about what constitutes education. we do not find it necessary to furnish parks with deserts' and tantra in order to explain geography. kids have a natural -- with deserts' and tundra in order to is explain geography. when dolphins and people are getting hurt and killed in the process. the educational benefit of watching a dolphin in captivity would be like learning about humanity only by watching a prisoner in confinement. to me, actions speak louder than words. i want entered into the record evidence that members of the alliance who are currently involved in setting education

slaves were sold outside in the park. there were slave auctions by virginia company right there and they went from lafayette park and were soon put on river boats and sent to the south. i recounted the story of the african-americans in the white house. which until barack obama and modernity were black people in the service; right? elizabeth was ms. lincoln's seamstress. she wrote a memoir. he was closer to the lincoln in some ways than anybody in the white house. she was raised a slave. became a free black. and she wrote her memoir and mrs. lincoln and ended her life in a home for the indigent, the colored indigents, i forget the name of the institution in the washington area. i also recount the meeting between at the same time, between frederick douglas and lincoln. henry lewis came famous in the barack obama story later for reason that is we all know in the presidency. describe for me, as a lock description in the book about his impressions of obama. he said the most radical thing about barack obama is that he's african

hustling, inside the park home run. outside the park, on file. the o's up 6-3. it did not end well.drix sang -- hendrickson. the nats win 7-6, evening the series. a match later today. in philadelphia, the best lineup of the national league. oh, my goodness. many great defensive plays. 2 outs, no hitter. it was not ryan howard. the shutout, boston 5-0, over philadelphia. >> welcome back. we are back with staff conrad myer. >> the vinaigrette is said it sees, fresh oregano, roasted cheese, tomato juice, olive oil. >> is canned tomato juice. >> feta right here. butter. this one you can keep in the fridge for a couple weeks. >> thank you for coming in. fantastic stuff. we will say goodbye. that is all the time we have appeared a couple of showers possible today, but not a washout. "meet the press" is next. >> is a good day to stay inside and cut. -- and cook.

reporting live at the park, abc7 sports. >>> the university of virginia men's lacrosse team had their hands full today. let's go to the second period. to the goal, and he scores. five-one, uva. 9-8 in the fourth. he gets inside and scores of a breathing room for the cavaliers. they needed it. 10-9, uva. he comes up big. uva winds and advances to the final four. -- wins. the suns beat the lakers, and congratulations to the chicago blackhawks. a big surprise. the san jose sharks were beaten. there is a philadelphia-montreal series. >> and we were asking why willingham was wearing that massive head of hair. >> niger morgan. >> niger morgan. he put on the elvis hair, and they just do it. >> thank you. they just do it. >> thank you. >>> you are speechless about the weather. >> bright sunshine on tuesday, march temperatures wednesday. >> all right, that is our monday-

the area. stay on swaks and park trails, supervise children at all times and keep dogs on leashes. in other words, be aware. >> you're out doing yard work and that kind of stuff pap that's exactly what the gentleman was doing in town. he was doing yard work and got bit right between his toes. it happens. my dog is running through the brush and he gets bitten. so it's -- they're out there. >> while death from snakebites is very rare, authorities say if you or your pet is bitten to get medical help immediately. jim and wendy. >> all right, thank you, jane. >> coming up, there were reports of a man with a gun near two schools today. we'll tell you what police found. >> plus, one of the actors on "law & order" will tell us all about the series finally coming to an end tonight. >> kind of a cloudy start to the week. and what about the weekend? >> i am optimist you can about the upcoming holiday week, everybody. overnight tonight, we'll have mostly cloudy skies. overnight lows tonight, upper 50s and 60 ppz then tuesday, we'll start off with thick fog, end up with a partly sunny afternoon,

top stretch of the beltway behaving nicely for those continuing around from college park through the colesville road area and continuing out towards 270. coming northbound on i-95, no incidents reported at this point. light traffic volume out of woodbridge continuing out towards lorton and working your way out towards the springfield interchange. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> our big story, police looking into two bizarre incidents. it and at the same apartment in d.c. first ache woman found dead and all a man injured after falling out of a window. >> all of this unfolded at the cascade apartments complex on fourth street in southeast washington. police say the woman's body had apparently been there for several days but they're not sure how she died. paramedics responding to a call for help arrived to find a young man who fell or was pushed from an upstairs window. he was taken to the hospital in critical condition. police are not saying if that may have been connected to the body that was found and police have not said anything about a suspect in either one of th

the victim was shot in the arm but is expected to recover. park police are also looking for witnesses in the shooting. >>> i'm meteorologist topper shot. temperatures today 79. pretty average. we'll take you out with the wakeup weather. not bad. i think we'll have a little more sunshine to start. a lot of clouds. sun in the morning. temps in the 60s. winds east northeast at ten. we'll look at the holiday weekend. we'll also talk about mobile tv. pretty cool. stay tuned. >>> criminals are listening using what police say to elude them. there is a new way to monitor the cops, even right from your cell phone. 9news now will show you how it works and how you can catch a criminal. >> can you give a description of the suspects. >> scanner secrets coming up next on 9 news now. [ beeping ] ♪ my country ♪ 'tis of thee ♪ sweet land ♪ of liberty ♪ of thee i sing [ laughs ] ♪ oh, land ♪ where my fathers died ♪ land of the pilgrims' pride ♪ from every mountainside ♪ let freedom ring ♪ ♪ ♪ let the sun shine [ male announcer ] open yourself up to a whole new driv

the mystic s trying to stay perfect. at national park. os, kept the bats in check for most of the night. in the bat of the >>> a car ended up on the roof of a house in frederick county, maryland, startling the family inside. police say the driver lost control on the steep driveway in myersville last night and drove right on to the roof. the driver and her 10-year-old son were injured. they're both expected to be okay. nobody inside was injured. police waited until this morning to move the vehicle. >>> the oil spill in the gulf of mexico is making a smelly mess of some vacation spots in southern louisiana. a seven-mile public beach closed to day after thick gobs of oil washed ashore. until recently only an oily sheen had begun trickling into the resort area of grand isle. but the situation is expected to get much worse. engineers for british petroleum say it will be at least tuesday before they can take another shot at stopping that oil liking underwater. the process known as top kill involves shooting heavy drilling mud into the well. >> f

it claims the referendum being funded by the maryland jockey club that still hopo put slots at laurel parksuit said the ockey club paid a private company to hlp collect most of the signatures. and the cunty election board overloed fraudn that tition drive. >> we have massive evidence of people bei told that they were signing tition for slots. as opposed to repealing a specificzoning siiply attorneys for the maryland jocke club and be citizen oup opposing slots at arundel mills are firing back. >> their wholecase isbuilt on smoke and mirrors nd extrapolations and innuendo. fas are not there. %-expe this case will ultimately be deced by marand' court after peels. but the cordish company officials say furthe delays will not only cost teir com money but tate taxpayers cigarette state of maryland loses over $1.1 miiln a day, for the educction trust fund, for every day that this issue is being delayed. >> rob ansel lee said voters should have the final sa. >> the opportunity to ptition ouldot be at the ce of the democratic process. >> in annapol,,john rydell, fox 45 news "late edition". >> well,

. >> the joint effort is almost unheard of. state, county, and u.s. park police saturated the heavily populated area. saturation? >> we will saturate it with as many officers as weekend, looking for intoxicated individuals. >> this mother has a personal reason for helping launch the effort. >> she made a terrible mistake that night and made a mistake. >> in 2004, her stepdaughter died behind the wheel after drinking. the 16-year-old hit an embankment and flipped the suv at 55 m.p.h. >> everyone is guilty of thinking it will happen to somebody else. >> as we watched, the officer stopped to vehicles, one suspected of dui. hopes to make a difference. mothers against drunk driving says a 13,000 americans die every year from alcohol-related crashes. these officers say they will be staying out all night. in vienna, richard reeve, abc 7 news. >>> president obama says that the united states cannot solve the world's problems alone, but needs international cooperation, one of the messages he delivered to graduating cadets at west point. during the commencement speec

proposal for slots at the park. he has details on the legal argument. >> is a battle over signatures. if the court throws that a petition asking for a referendum to reject slots, it increases the chances that the club will bid. they have designs on slot parlor at the mall. they're questioning the validity of petition signatures. in court, they portray the jockey club as agree villain who paid professions to collect signatures and got the required amount using fraud and deception. >> with massive evidence of people being told that they were signing a petition for slots. >> smoke, mirrors, extrapolations, innuendo. >> together with the chicago company, they collected 40,000 signatures. the board of elections rejected more than 17,000 of it, leaving more than enough to qualify for a referendum. >> the failure certified them found at least 5000 more that appear to be bogus. >> they're written in the same handwriting. >> attorneys say that they went above and beyond the statutory requirements. the scene in this review tha

in front of the montezuma were the large park landscaped with shade trees and a rare flowers planted in three train car loads of imported sadr and topsoil. at the center was a huge fountain flanked by tennis and croquet and archery range and even those suits where the dear and antelope literally played with the rate the park was eliminated as were the building itself by thousands of gaslights. when john and his men approached on horseback that might they could not believe with bloodshot eyes. the cowboys rode first to the park where they hobart and shot their guns in the air while galloping across the bluegrass and caviled walks. the commission could be heard throughout the hotel from its grand entrance ways to its cavernous main dining rooms. they reached the target to the eckert will slim man in his 40's with a perfectly groomed vandyke beard. d. the cautious eye is since is that were always caulked he tried to ignore the noise and enjoy his dinner but soon he threw down his napkin and rose abruptly from the back chair. the man was dressed in a dark blue suit with a waistcoat and di

has died. >> raymonddhasteberg senior passed away, he was best known for his 40 plus years running the parkausage company. under his eadership it beccme one of the largest black owned businesses in the country. he was also one of the tough ski urban league and tonight mayor stephanie rawlings-blake called his death the end of an era. >> in tonight's nees you need to know. 170 new teachers are headed for some baltimore schools. they are coming tt baltimore courtesy of teach for america. now teach for america places some 4500 recent college graduates in rural and intercity school systems, nationwide. and college park will make its campus more pedestrian friendll this summer. school closing part of the main campus tow ccrs and trucks. only pedestrians, bikers and campus shuttles allowed between m circle and coal field house, restrictions in place from june 19 through august 13. >> and little ccoudy out there today. but the sun came out before setting. >> not too bad. chief meteorologist vytas reid is here to tell us if we have more sunshine tomorrow. vytas? >> beautiful day today. and temperat

there was leave options by a virginia company right there and they went to the lafayette park and theywere soon put on the river boats and sent to the south. and i spent considerable time also recounting the story of african-americans in the white house, which until barack obama and modernity were black people in service. elizabeth ackley is one figure. she was mrs. lincoln's seamstress and wrote in memoir and was closer to the clintons in some ways than almost anybody in the white house. she was raised as a sleeve and became a free black and wrote in memoir and mrs. lincoln felt betrayed and ended her life in a home with the indigent, covered indigent, i forget the name of of the institutions and also i recount in being at the same time between frederick douglass and lincoln. it's interesting henry louis gates became famous in the obama story a little later for reasons we all know in the presidency. i have a long description in the book and he said look the most radical thing about barack obama is that he's african-american. and then in a way e is a post-modern frederick douglass and

and the national park trust has a new program with a new character, the incredibly adorable buddy bisonthey are encouraging kids to take buddy bison to a park, it can be a national park, a state parking a neighborhood park. just encouraging kids to get out, explore nature, explore the parks with this adorable buddy bison. we tell kids about that in wednesday's kids post. >> and finally, incredible pictures from space. >> the air and space museum is a wonderful place for families any time, but starting wednesday, 50 of these amazing photographs will be on display. a real opportunity for parents and kids to sort of be awe struck, and also, a new mars corner in exploring planets, a great opportunity for kids. so go see these wonderful images and then go check out mars corner. another reason to go to the air and space museum. >> like we need anymore. thank you very much, tracy. and for some fun, family activities, visit nbcwashington.com or washington post.com and click on kids post. that is kids post on tv this week. i'm eun yang. >> more news about kids. these kids in arlington building h

the nationals taking an easy walk in the park against the orioles. news4 at 11:00 continues. >>> tonight the duchess of york talking about a scandal. she apparently sold access to her ex-husband, prince andrew. sarah ferguson in los angeles to accept a charity award. her plane landed hour as video surfaces of a british tabloid news of the world. shows the duchess agreeing to have $725,000 wired to an account, in exchange put the man in good favor with her ex-husband. >> to me [ inaudible ]. >> is that it? >> yes. >> in a statement, sarah ferguson apologized for her actions and admitted she has financial problems. she also made clear that her ex, duke of york, had no involvement in the scandal. >>> the reality show producer wanted for questioning in his wife's death is back in the united states. he returned to los angeles county from mexico. yesterday, mexican play say they couldn't find him. he had been ordered to stay in the country since his wife's body found in the cancun hotel in april. his lawyer says the producer returned to the united states t

. >> reporter: they will return to the nats park june 4th. that's when they believe steven strauss berg will make his major league debut. lindsay murphy, fox 5 sports. >>> thanks. when we return donovan mcnabb felt the need to issue an apology. to whom and why when we continue. [ female announcer ] welcome to busch gardens williamsburg, where d.c. goes to get away. maybe it's because washington d.c. loves the legendary coasters. or that your entire family will have fun, even the little ones. it could be that water country usa has more of the waves, slides and rides everyone wants. so plan your getaway and come play. you never know who you'll run in. get started at buschgardens.com/dc. >>> redskins need to get used to the abbreviation, ota. organized team activities. they'll have ten more before mandatory camp in june. donovan mcnabb and company participated in the first three ota's this week. mcnabb continues to earn rave reviews for his leadership skills from the coaches and his new teammates. mcnabb made news when he went on a philly radio s

and they have relaced with taxing the parking, and the poker machines. they could soon be taxed up to $5,200 per machine. yesterday the council taxation. they promised to approve the tax getting to the revenue. the mayor thinks that number could be close to $50 million, really needed to avoid the cuts to the police city. they want to fine anybody who has an illegal operating in the city. that in itself could create a problem. >> glaglamglaglam blears would u have a machine in the back room. >> if we're going to i have meaningful conversation, we can't do to through press conference. >> reporter: the mayor hasn't reviewed the council's plan but no matter how they get the money, the mayor says she needs $22 million otherwise jobs could be a as a result. a million dollars will be generated from the billboard tax. a million dollars from the oversize truck, and a million dollars from the video pocker. add it up, you're still millions short from what the bottle tax would have brought in. joel d smith, fox 45 morning early edition. >>> a 2 years old is struck b

if you didn't call the elephant herd in the wild animal park the elephants, i've been to one, i have seen those elements. they take out everything in their path. you would eventually have the ecosystem of these parks destroy that she had to keep the herd within a particular level in order to maintain an ecological balance of the parks and also but make sure, if yet too many elephants you will end up elephant starvation. so the animal rights activist, you know, yellow about the calling. i think was the south africa to, we will ship these wild almonds to the united states instead of telling the. you think that would make the animal rights activists happy. no, they see. they sued to stop the importation of these elephants. and the judge said, but if i grant you your lawsuit, those elephants will be killed. and the lawyer for the animal rights activist said, that is better than having them imported. because to them killing the elephants was better than what they deem as abuse by putting them even in the best designed wild animal park. and by the way, people for the ethical treatment of a

people were successfully inoculated, the town is outraged again in a detail that towards the end of the park from the government. and the town authorities forced those few people to go over into one of the island into the past house because that's how they quarantined people and ships when there was going back to almost 1649. i don't know if that compete, but they have these countermeasures in place. you know, they were lax or more careful about actually enforcing them year-to-year, but they did have test houses, dated quarantined ships and that was their usual defense, trying to quarantine these people and pray. i was really their primary defense. but as i said again about the regeneration. >> thank you for your talk. would you mind talking about how you came to this subject and why you chose to write about it? >> i think the question should be why wouldn't she read about this? it's fascinating. it was such a compelling story. i was working on an idea, another idea i had was engineman franklyn and sourcebooks, you know, we were going around on the idea a little bit and then i kept coming ac

adam jones hustling from the moment in the park. out-of-the-park home run. fold it.running along. it didn't end well. in the lead. gives it up. the last of four scored for washington in the sixth. they get the win 7-6. another match later today. in philadelphia, the best line-up of the national league. oh, my goodness. now the shut-out. boston. 5-0. i'm pete gill pert. see you back here tonight at 6:00. >> don't throw out your losing scratch-off tickets. the maryland lottery is teaming up with the orioles to offer you a second chance to win. >> the maryland lottery's new scratch-off game is hard to miss. the bright-orange tickets debuted today. the $2 tickets have a top prize of $20,000. and a bonus chance to win. you can have a hot at orioles fan of the game. >> they hit the lottery. that fan wins $100,000. >> if the o's don't deliver the right spot, the fan of the game takes home $100 of rees' scratch-offs. >> it is fun. it is an added bonus. you purchase the ticket, but the second chance portion is for fun. >> and it offers a sweet opportunity to reap rewards from

as police investigate, dumpsters in the area around cascade park apartment complex, neighbors are stunned, saying they never saw any warning signs. >> you never see this in this particular area. >> officers described the scene as gruesome. for days the body of a mother had been inside the apartment she shared with two sons. yesterday officers believed one of the suns, a disabled man, don't out of the second-floor window after being insulted. neighbors say he ran downstairs to this neighbor's apartment for help. >> somebody has to know something. >> officers are not sure if that son or the other son they're looking for was staying in the apartment at the body of their mother was in there. because the scene was so violent, they're not able to identify the cause of death at this time. courtney robinson reporting. >> thank you. >>> funeral services today for the d.c. council intern murdered this month. alonte sutton was a senior at dabel high school. he was an insurance for councilman michael brown. of ewing from 10:00 to 11:00 this morning at the allen chapel ame church on alabama avenue. th

that will get out of the park for a two run homer. ack up catches fred tatum is the fill in for whiters. a rare sight, dave trembley smiling. david hernandez won for the first time this year. allowed just one hit. the bullpen did the rest. >>> now as mentioned earlier, matt whiters followed the ball off his right knee. clearly in pain. he would limp for some time before he got back to his at- bat. he would have to leave the game before the final inning. he is expected to be able to play tomorrow afternoon. >>> former oriole john maine now with the jets. the yankees cash in, kevin russo comes in, brings in the only two runs, the yankees would score and that would be it. the yankees over mets. >>> a 16-year-old high school junior makes the cut competing with the pros. these are his classmates, they get a field trip to watch his buddies play. here is trip finishing it up. he will play on the weekend, one of the youngest ever to make the cut. cameron blakeman and adams tied for the lead. >>> and depending on your personal betting experienc

the body will lie in re pose at the park for several days. if you've ever been at a game against the phillies, you've had the urge to put electricity into somebody but last night somebody actually did it. when steven ran on to the field at citizens bank park, a philadelphia police officer brought him to the ground with a taser gun. it is thought to be the first time a taser has been used to subdue a trespassing fan and the debate is raging today over whether or not that was excessive use of force. we ask you to chime in. our 9 sports poll question were the police justified in tazing the phillies fan and the numbers say 53% of you agree that it was okay to do. you can still vote at wusa9.com. i would be in that 53%. finally, a little hazing by the atlantic braves. a kid hits a walkoff homerun to beat the phillies. but look at the team. as he's rounding they're all going. when he gets back, there is nobody in the dugout. they're trying to disappear. they punk him. it's all empty. there they are in the dugout. they're crafty down there. >> they

we still have some left on the lens at the harbor school in owings mills, yes, the parking lot is wet and that means there could be spray from the cars in front of you. you go through this occasionally in the morning but just to be aware that when it's wet it can be slow or there could be occasional spinout that can lead to traffic problems that kim is spending the morning talking about. 63 at the harbor school. a wet start to the day as we have a tropical easterly wind and all this moisture dumping in some showers now, on maryland's most powerful doppler radar, highlighting a few sprinkles, and showers around the baltimore beltway, 83, and especially as we head up towards the northeast. looks like perry hall, parkville, getting it now up bel air and harford road. overall, though, plan for mist and fog and showers, mid-60s this morning. our afternoon 2-degree guarantee at 75. comes with at least a chance of a few more showers. >>> 6:31. here's traffic with kim. >> we have an incident just west of 83 in sparks glencoe. quaker bottom road closed because of downed wires. it's closed at t

josh willingham races to get it, adam jones hustling around the bases inside of the park home run. when asked about it incident niger said "my emotions got to me there because i knew i should have had the ball," but you can't do that craig, and chuck bell says it's a $10,000 fine for that. >> i would think so. >> yeah, well bottom six nats down five they come back. get her done. cristian guzman come in to score. nats take a 7-6 lead. then in the ninth matt capps on to close it out, gets a soft bouncer to third. ryan zimmerman he's soiled. fields this, throws to first to end the game. matt capps 16 for 16 in saves. leads the big leads. here's jim riggleman on nyjer morgan. >> my first instinct was to take him out of the ball game and then i realize you know what, he thinks the ball went over the fence, he thought that he knocked it over the fence, and it's -- you know it's a home run so he's showing frustration that doesn't excuse it, and i don't want it to be perceived as an excuse but it explains it. you know he made a human error, he didn't -- not hustle, he didn't do something yo

focused on the 17-year-old girl who wrote me a letter that said she bought my book, read it in the parkingher parents that she is gay and she said she was considering suicide that week and she didn't do it because she felt less alone. and that was my point. >> great. we look forward to hearing more >>> good morning saturday may to 2nd people are talking about. investigators are trying to determine if a little boy was behind the wheel when the suv crashed and land on the roof of a house. it happened in a rural community in myersville frederick county. witnesses say a 10-year-old boy was on his mother's lap in the driver's seat before the accident. both were medivaced for treatment and no charges have been filed but the investigation is ongoing. later this morning, friends and family will gather to say bye to matthew martin a. young man found murdered in anne arundel county. his family reported his missing last month. two fishermen discovered his body in the state park last weekend. his funeral will be held today at our lady of good council catholic church in locust point at 10 a.m. >>> a pa