to account for flawed policies and blunders of others. >> reporter: he warned any future u.s. strike could meet pakistani counterforce. at the white house today no apparent offense taken. >> we remain confident that we will continue to be able to cooperate with the pakistani government. >> reporter: a test comes soon. will pakistan actually let u.s. agents interview osama bin laden's wives? meanwhile, as the public watches bin laden's home video seized by the s.e.a.l.s, experts say analysis of his hard drives is revealing al qaeda's secrets dot by dot, code names and phone numbers. >> you'll take the mundane dots and the names of war and connect them in a way that will ultimately unravel the organization. >> reporter: on "60 minutes" president obama predicted the end of the bin laden branch. >> we got the opportunity, i think, to really finally defeat al qaeda in the border region between pakistan and afghanistan. >> reporter: which is why, he said, u.s. forces have to keep the pressure in afghanistan. 80% of americans in today's nbc news poll backed the decision to kill osama bin laden. strong approval that pollsters say could rub off on the commander in chief. president obama trying to cement that with some tough talk of his own saying critics of the bin laden mission need have their heads examined. i'm steve handelsman, news 4. the satellite images of bin laden's compound have been seen around the world, but did you know they were taken by a herndon-based company? these highest resolution images will be shown on news 4 at 11:00, for the first time ever cameras go inside the operation center where they direct satellites to take the most accurate images of global hot spots from the bin laden compound to the earthquake in japan to political eruptions in egypt and libya. there are more than 700 employees working on northern virginia to capture the detailed pictures that google earth depends on. find out how they covered the globe 24/7 on my special report on news 4 at 11:00. a 28-year-old man with a yemeni passport is in custody after disrupting an american airlines flight last night. authorities say flight 1461 from chicago to san francisco was about 20 minutes from landing when the man got up from his seat and began pounding on the cockpit door. police say he was wrestled to the ground by crew members and two passengers, one of whom was a retired secret service agent. he was taken into police custody when the plane ended around 1:00 last night. investigators say the man has no known ties to terrorism. rough going for commuters after an accident involving a commuter bus. it happened just after 9:00. police tell us the tyson's express bus hit a parked construction vehicle not far from tyson's corner. 13 people were injured. police shut down the eastbound side of the dulles access road so paramedics could treat them. for drivers, that meant a frustrating ride in. >> it's a tough situation to be pinched in an area where you can't get off the highway. >> it's inconvenient. we've been here about 45 minutes and just hoping everyone's okay. >> police say the injuries were minor. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. a family member says they were cooking beef jerky and that's what started a huge house fire in montgomery county this morning. from chopper 4 you can see fire fighters battling the blaze on the 12300 block of aspen hill. the house appears to be a total loss. news 4 spoke to the family and we'll have more at 5:00. the mississippi river is expected to crest in memphis, tennessee, tonight at a near-record level of 48 feet. high water has already taken over neighborhoods there and it's now creeping into downtown memphis as well. hundreds of people have been forced into temporary shelters. the struggle will likely linger for weeks. >> reporter: as the mississippi reaches its crest in memphis emergency teams pressed into action are making sure the city is ready. >> i have 150 engineers out looking at flood walls, levees, pump stations and working close with our partners to ensure that these structures are performing as designed. >> at this point they are working, but there's still too much wuater to deal with here especially as they pour into neighborhoods. >> they are going back up until the river drops below 47 feet. >> and that will take some time. >> the water will recede about as slow as it crested and then we have rain forecast for the latter part of this week. so we'll -- we'll be in this event for some time to come. >> and as the water continues to flow to the south, so do concerns and preparations. >> we've reached a trigger to operate the spillway which is 1.25 million cubic feet per second passing new orleans. >> the army corps of engineers opened the spillway just north of new orleans hoping to divert some of the floodwaters and ease some of the pressure building along the mississippi and the tensions of those still in the river's path. here in memphis the water is moving up into places it hasn't been in decades including this park that was supposed to host a barbecue cookoff this weekend. that competition like so much and so many here has been moved to higher ground. in memphis, jay gray, news 4. on the roll of nice weather and lots of pollen out there, too, today. >> meteorologist veronica johnson is in the storm center to tell us how long this nice weather and how long the pollen will hang around. >> for a couple of days for both items. the nice sun shine and the warmth allowing the pol tone come forth. the tree pollen today is high and the grass pollen is really coming along. take a look outside. we've got lots of sun shine throughout the area and just a few clouds and as far as the temperature goes throughout the area, right now they're in the 70s. low and mid 70s throughout the area and we'll take you into a couple of neighborhoods and georgetown, too, at 73 and landover right now. over into warrenton, 73 with a temperature of 76 degrees and right now shortly after 4:00 in fredericksburg, virginia. the radar now is dry throughout the area and it will be dry for the next couple of days and overnight we drop to 60 degrees. it will be clear and a pleasant evening coming up. we'll have more 70s coming our way tomorrow and mid-week heat for us. hey, you what? this is a position you see all of the time. every day when we do the weather, just about every day, if it looks a little different, a little brighter, a little lighter it's because it's new. it's the premiere of our new and improved storm center 4, from this shot you are going see to a shot to the other side, where chuck bell is. wave "hi," chuck. new and improved. we like it, you like it? >> we all look better. >> you'll be seeing lots of this coming up throughout the 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00 show. jim? >> veronica, you look spectacular. chuck's kind of -- >> it's his birthday today. >> happy birthday. nice new digs, though. we love them. thank you both. >> you bet. newt gingrich will officially throw his hat into the ring for the white house this week. the former speaker of the house will make the official announcement on wednesday. he'll do it on twitter and facebook. his first speech as a presidential candidate will be this friday at the georgia republican party convention. >> finally, we may soon start to get a break at the pump. aaa reports the national average has now dropped four straight days in a row. the new average is $3.95 a gallon for regular. it's been measured in every state even though averages in many cities including d.c. is still above $4. analysts predict gas prices will fall 50 cents this summer. some of you are letting us know whether you're saving money at the pump. the facebook question of the day is a two-party. first, are you starting to see gas prices drop in your neck of the woods. second, which gas stations have the cheapest gas? >> jennifer weighed in. $4.17 in vienna. i don't think so. laela wrote, sunocos usually have the cheapest in the tyson's corner and loudoun county areas. and amanda says the zip-in on east west highway in prince george's county is $3.91. i have to drive far to fill up at those. >> doesn't make it worth the trip. >> let's get the first word on the monday rite ride home. we have an accident in springfield right now. >> ashley linder has the latest from the news 4 traffic network. hi, ash. >> good afternoon. we are indeed starting off with accident activity. it's in the hov. so if you're at a commitment point i'd stick with the main line for right now. let's dive right in. as you can see, the center of the screen that's where we have the delays and it's up toward the top of the screen and you can strain your eyes and it's blocking the hov as you get by in the right shoulder and certainly going to use some gas. stick with the main line and you can get past that issue, no problem and there are no problems as you continue along the hov trip south. capital beltway. here we have a live shot, but we've got an accident. they've been dealing with it all afternoon and it's on the outer loocht beltway and the ramp on to new hampshire avenue. you see the drivers slowing, trying to swing around there and you can't get by the accident and you're under police direction and this is a live shot. back to you all. >> thanks. federal regulators are expanding an investigation into fuel tank problems that could impact millions of ford pickup trucks. the national highway traffic administration is examining ford f-150 trucks between '97 and 2001. steel straps holding the gas tank can rust and fail. if that happens, the tank can hit the road and cause a fire. ford says it is and will continue too cooperate with the investigation. when news 4 at 4:00 continues this afternoon. singer whitney houston suffers another setback. we'll tell you why she's back in rehab. >> also ahead tonight, simon cowell has all his judges in ord are the for "the x factor" and he's bringing back an old friend. >> i feel that you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't. it was not a good situation for me. it was very toxic. >> nene leaks did something unexpected on last night's "len r celebrity apprentice." george to the rescue. he teams up with design and construction experts to rescue a family and community in need of home improvements. up next he joins us live in the studio and he's looking for a oh wow, look at that. 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[ female announcer ] join the dreamworks experience for the ultimate vacation, only on royal caribbean. whitney houston is back in rehab this afternoon. a representative for the singer says she checked into an outpatient program in houston for drug and alcohol treatment. the 47-year-old houston has battled drug addiction in the past. her representative says going rehab was voluntary and it's part of her ongoing recovery process. one of reality tv's favorite duos is reuniting on a whole new show. fox announced yesterday that paula abdul will join simon cowell as a judge on his new show "x factor" come this fall. the new show is similar in format to "american idol" where the pair were famous for their bickering. abdul told e news she was excited to be back alongside her former co-star. the others will be former music exec l.a. reed and cheryl cole. last night's special three-hour celebrity apprentice was packed full of drama and big surprises. >> yeah. real housewives star nene leaks joined a handful of past season contestants when she walked off the show, but despite her absence donald trump still felt the need to take a stand. >> so to you, nene, i say you're fired and you're a quitter and star jones kicked your ass whether you liked it or not. >> well, nene's exit followed a huge blowout last week with star jones. she told trump she felt he sided with the former "view" co-host and while her experience with the real housewives is filled with its own drama it was more than what nene was ready for. >> it was not a good situation for me. it was very toxic and people were manipulative and backstabbing. i was going through a lot when i was on the show. i was going through a divorce on the show. i just wasn't in the place where i needed to be -- where i needed to stay on that show. >> on last night's episode the donald also fired la toya jackson and star jones. celebrity apprentice airs on nbc 4 every sunday night. we got the big finale coming up. nene was sitting right here last week and she did not give an inkeling that this was going happen and she knew. >> well, maybe she did. >> maybe she's bound to secrecy. i think she's going to be back, personally. >> we'll find out, won't we? >> for the big finale. >> stay tuned. when a family is struggling and needs help with a home makeover, it's george to the rescue. >> george oliphant is host of the hit show and he is here today and wants to help a family here in the washington area. welcome to washington. >> it's good to be here. thank you for having me. >> tell me about some of the families and projects that you've been tackling and how do you find these families? >> they find the people and they send in e-mail submissions and we're always looking for people who write in for somebody else. so if you know somebody, a neighbor, a friend, we love to rescue rescuer, whether they be a vet, a cop, a teacher, firefighters. we love to help people who help other people and we get tons of e-mail submissions and we go out and i have great producers who work with me and we scour the e-mails and we interview some people and we say, okay, you what? i think this is the perfect situation for a rescue. you have a lot on your plate. not just home improvement, but other thing goings in your life and let us take care of the home improvement aspect and you deal with everything else that you have to deal with because that can be kind ever a big deal. >> one of the things i love about the show is you revisit the people that you give whole new lives to and it transforms their lives when you go back. >> it's amazing. we did that for the first time this season and it probably was the most emotional show i've been a part of, and i love coming to the rescue. we saw all of the work that we've been doing and it really is paying off. the family in chicago we rescued they have two autistic children and a third sign who is fine now, but had cancer who he was a boy and they said that by us giving the rescue and giving the autistic children their own room, it strengthened their marriage because they can watch tv together. >> they have all this time. it's all of this energy and when you walk through the door and see the smiles on their faces and it's not just for tv and not just because i'm there. it's their home now. we've been able to overcome a lot just because you were able to help us with the little things. >> whatti differentiates your sw from other shows. >> it's not like a renter or people dreaming for this, they purchased the house and things started to happen. and things spiral out of control, whether somebody gets sick, they have get sick and their family is getting bigger and their house can't accommodate and we come in and we're able to do anything that is watching the show can relate to. we'll have give you to a whole new neighborhood and you're still living in the same neighborhood and the same house with your friends and community, but we're making that house better for you and we'll take care of those leaks and the molding that isn't centered and we'll make sure the house looks good soup to nuts is safe. >> you're looking for someone in our area. >> very much so. >> what are you looking for and how can people get involved? >> we want to look for those selfless people out there. the people that would never ask for help and you know the people that need help and they're taking on way too much. they're the same people that will say can you help me move and they're always going lend you a hand. we want to rescue those people, whether they are vets, whether they're cops or whether they are just your school teachers, whoever it is out there that can use a helping hand when it comes to home renovation, that's what we're looking to rescue and we really want to do a rescue in the d.c. area. >> i've watched the show and i've seen how you just changed family's lives completely. >> we do what we can. >> and of course, you change their houses. >> it all starts with something. >> if you want your home to be considered for a makeover. e-mail george. his e-mail address is george@nbc.com and you can also see "george to the rescue" saturday nights at 7:30 on nbc 4. >> george oliphant. coming up on news 4, one school's drastic measure to make sure peanut butter doesn't make it into the school cafeteria. plus america's fittest congressman bares the people who walked these streets before us were just like you and me. with hopes. dreams. challenges. today, we do more than just walk the same streets. for a moment, we get to walk in their shoes. preparing us for what lies ahead. down our next road. colonial williamsburg. be part of the story. and now is the perfect time with the summer bounce package. plan your stay at colonialwilliamsburg.com my eyes exploded and your nose exploded. >> my throat has been very scratch. >> but it's beautiful outside. >> it is beautiful. >> always the way. >> just take your medication, right? and stop whining. >> take your medication and take a walk. >> or stay indoors. as you know, the more exercise you do outside the more poellen your system takes in. those that are contributing, birch, oak, mulberry, ash, walnut and hickory with grass pollen now coming along. so if you're out cutting the grass this weekend and you've got something going that could be the reason why. our temperature is at 72 degrees. if you like this weekend and if you like today, yes, we have more of this coming our way. 72 degrees with humidity very comfortable at 41% and we have a light northeasterly wind at 9 miles per hour. right now shaw in petworth at 72. get over to mclane, 72 and waldorf currently at 73 degrees. forecast for the overnight period, we've got a few clouds out there right now. so 9:00 there will still be a few clouds left around with a temperature of 64 degrees and we'll be at 60 by 11 and then with a clear sky and with the moon setting, clear sky, very starry start to the day tomorrow. 52 degrees, 5:00 a.m. to sunshine at 7:00 a.m. with the temperature of 54 degrees. on the radar, it is dry. we're not talking about showers for the next couple of days. off the coast, a big area of low pressure and then we have a warm front that's through tennessee, kentucky and up into missouri with a lot of warm air, hot air that's building on the other side of that. wichita right now at 97 degrees. dallas, texas at 91. we're going stay on the slightly cooler side of the front. we'll have sunshine coming our way tomorrow and more sunshine coming our way for wednesday. there's the front so the next few days we'll see highs in the low to mid-70s with a few passing clouds. wednesday there will be more cloud cover than tomorrow. clear and cool, we'll drop drop from the mid-06s over the next couple of hours. for tomorrow morning, clearing skies toward day break, 46 to 52, your temperature range and then with low humidity it's going to be very comfortable tomorrow, 72 to 76 degrees. here's a look at your four-day forecast, from 74 tomorrow to 78 on wednesday, 75, the forecast for thursday. again, a very dry stretch for us, a very comfortable stretch for us, i think, next chance of rain not until friday afternoon and we'll take a look at the extend forecast that does include next weekend if you have some plans. >> all right. >> thanks, veronica. still to come on news 4 at 4:00, tour firsts outside buckingham palace are surprised by a flash mob. plus "the jersey shore's" trip to italy is put on hold lca welcome back to news 4 at 4:00, i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm jim handly. here's what's making news right now. pakistan's prime minister denied complicit in hiding osama bin laden for years and said intelligence agencies across the world bear the blame for not finding the terror boss earlier. however, nbc news has learned that pakistani officials have also indicated they will allow u.s. officials access to bin laden's widows or the intelligence gained from them. the mississippi river could crest in memphis as early as this evening and an almost record level of 48 feet some low-lying neighborhoods are already under water. at least 1,000 people have been forced out of their homes. >> police are still investigating the cause of an accident between a commuter bus and a construction truck this morning. it happened just after 9:00 on the dulles access road. police tell us that tyson's express bus hit a parked construction vehicle. 13 people suffered minor injuries. >> gains in the energy and materials sectors sent stocks high or this monday. the dow gained 46 points to close the day at 12,685. the nasdaq gained 16 points and the s&p 500 gained six. >> new research out on peanut allergies shows just how many children may have such a life-threatening condition. safeguarding kids from a food so common has been dividing some communities and schools. >> it's not that people don't care, they do care, but they don't think the kids without allergies should have to change their lives as well. kerry sanders has this story. >> reporter: in the shadows of colorado's pike's peak, 6-year-old lilly martin learns math with her fifth grate grade classmate, but she's different from her friends. she carries a syringe with her everywhere she goes. >> what is that? >> epipen. >> epinephrine. she's among american children who have food allergies. >> what could happen if you had a peanut? >> i would swell up. >> her throat would swell up and possibly choke her to death, says her doctor. like 9-year-old nathan walters from spokane who died from a peanut exposure or 14-year-old ana aguirre in a coma after eating cereal she didn't know had peanuts. a new study in an upcoming issue of "pediatrics" found one in 12 children have allergies and that's nearly twice as many as initially thought and 40% of those have a life-threatening condition. >> say ahh. good job. >> at her once a year allergy test, a pinprick with a microscopic droplet. >> she's still allergic to peanuts. >> everyone, even visitors washes their hands when entering her classroom. >> we are a peanut-free environment. >> every time i come in i have to wash my hands. >> you do. absolutely. >> not every community is so accommodating. in edgewater, florida, there's anger that so many student his to rinse their mouth or wash their hands repeatedly for just one child with an allergy. back at middle school, kids still brink their favorite pbjs. >> do you have peanut butter? >> can i give you a wipe? lilly and her friends eat lunch at the same time, but in the allergy-free zone, separate, but equal. colorado springs. their bags were packed and they were rwere all turowed go, "the jersey shore" hit a snag over the weekend. >> they were on their way to film their upcoming season in italy, but according to radar online, producers stopped them from getting on the plane because of permit problems. the mayor of florence has apparently barred mtv from filming inside public places that serve alcohol. producers hope to get the cast over in about a week, but so far no official announcements. "thor" kicked off the summer movie season with a respectable bang, but not quite the thirnd the industry had been hoping for. the 3d marvel comic flick debuted at number one with $66 million. "fast five" slid into second place with $32.5 million and "jumping the broom" came in third. >> big weekend. >> yes, indeed. more than a week after prince william and princess kate said their "i dos," it prompted another spectacle in london. ♪ >> 100 people took part in the flash mob dance outside buck ham palace. they performed a medley of songs including "we will rock you" by queen. dancers said the routine was to celebrate last month's wedding. most of them are students from the university of east london. a lot of empty space there. >> they should have performed for the royal cup pem. >> they should, yeah. >> republican congressman is showing off his six pack to help send a message about healthy living. >> here he is. aaron shock is a republican from illinois. he's 5'8" and 165 pounds of lean muscle. this morning starts with one to two hours of strength training followed by a five-mile run. he says healthy habits is all about simple choices. >> it doesn't have to be drudgery. i mean, look, i cheat once in a while and have a scoop of ice cream and, you know, a piece of pizza, but it's about choosing health things. when i'm sitting at a banquet table i don't grab from the bread baas banket. you eat vegetables and ask for a side of fruit. it's, you know, little things. >> shock is teaming up with "men's health" magazine to help kick off a nationwide fitness challenge. it runs through august 19th. information about the challenge including downloadable exercise and tips are on nbcwashington.com. all you have to do is search for the word fitness. >> he is fit. >> i'm trying to find out his age because i think he's young, too, which could help. >> much more ahead on news 4 at 4:00 this afternoon. i have to hold myself together here, but after month of personal reflection and private conversations with my family and my friends -- >> "the today show" shake-up is coming up next. plus a woman's survival story stuck in the mud and missing for seven weeks. she copd makes 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of congress, aaron chock is 29 years old. i knew there was something there. he's got that revved up metabolism. >> it makes it easier to develop six packs. tina fey returned to her old stomping ground on "saturday night" and she brought an old friend along. >> if you couldn't stay up, here's what you missed. >> it's just so great to be back on fox news, a network that both pays me and shows me the questions ahead of time, and i just hope that tonight the lame stream media won't twist my words by repeating them verbatim. the important thing for people to know is that i'm going to be running for president every four years for the rest of my life. it's my olympics, and i intend to win a whole bunch of silvers. i want to acknowledge that this week we finally vanquished one of the world's greatville arngs and i for one am thrilled to say good riddance to katie couric. >> oh! all right. it's like it was yesterday. she's right back in the saddle. tina fey, "saturday night live." there are big changes coming to "the today show." meredith i havieira, made the announcement this morning and it's official. >> it's been a difficult of day and i'll try to keep it together, but after month of reflection and i've decided to leave today in june and even as i say this and i know it's the right thing i'm really sad because for the last -- i would like to say ten years, this is my second home and i look at you guys and i look at you out there, and the wonderful men and women of our crew and everybody at master control in the control room and across the street that bring the best show on television to the morning every day, i'm just humbled by what a great experience this has been for me. i really have had a great time, but time is one of those things that you can never get enough of it and it keeps ticking away and i know i want to spend more of mine with my husband richard and my kids who are rolling their ice thinking no more time, mom, but i'm going do it anyway despite what you feel, but it means i can't be here every day. i really hope to stay in the nbc family. that is my goal, it just won't be sitting at the couch. >> ann curry will take meredith's place as co-anchor and natalie morales takes ann's job as "today's" news anchor and savannah guthrie will become co-anke offer the 9:00 a.m. hour. we'll miss her. >> we wish her well. we are firing up the grill on nbc washington nonstop. >> join me for a nonstop foodies d.c. i'll show you sake house, a fantastic japanese restaurant in laurel, maryland where i learned the art of hibachi cooking and things got hot in there, let me tell you. >> and then stay tuned for nonstop d.c. a hangout honoring a president. how it's bringing lincoln alive through the restaurant and its furniture. >> all on nbc washington nonstop. >> years in the making, a very create of way to build a castle. >> plus a long detour, a couple gets scomplauft stuck in the mud on a deserted road for serve weeks. dry mouth is very common. a lot of people aren't really aware of it. water alone isn't a solution. dry mouth can have a profound effect. it can lead to bad breath, to tooth decay. it can lead to just general discomfort. i recommend biotene because it contains supplemental enzymes. biotene works really, really well. they make an oral rinse, a mouth spray, and toothpastes. biotene is specially formulated to make the mouth moist and to really make your mouth feel comfortable. we have patients who really love biotene and who swear by it, which to me is the best recommendation. how's this for a recycling program? a man living outside buenos aires, argentina says he spent the past two decades building this castle made out of used beer bottles. he started cementing beer bottles together in 1991 because he didn't have money for bricks. the structure is now 5300 square feet made of more than 6 million bottles and other used items. he said the castle belongs to the whole town including those who left the empty bottles on the street. >> i was going to say if he was drinking out of it that won't in there, you wouldn't get it done. >> if the wind goes through there does the house sing? >> we're betting it does. >> only a meteorologist would think about wind and that. >> no wind around here today. >> just light breezes, but near-perfect weather for us. the humidity the last couple of days has really cooperated and that's not going return until -- i told you i was going show you the extend forecast and it does return this upcoming weekend. out there right now it's a gorgeous-looking sky. the temperature is at 72 degrees and it's a northeast wind at 9 miles per hour and very comfortable humidity throughout the area. spots like clinton and high atsville at 73 degrees and great falls and mclane. currently at 72, you get up to kensington and poolsville. you're now at 72 degrees and quite comfortable out there right now. with a clear sky we do not have any rain and we're not expecting drops into the area until late tomorrow and that will be well off to the south and west as you'll see in a moment. 60 degrees by 11:00 p.m. and we'll be at 52 to 54 degrees at 5:00 and 7:00 a.m. and that will be compable to where we started the day today. some high clouds around the area and by 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning and that's the time at the top and there will be clouds well to the south and west. a lot of sunshine and a pretty clear sky to start the day. we'll pick up high clouds so by noon time tomorrow we'll be mostly sunny. an increase in clouds and it's really after about 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. where there could be a few showers around laray and rapahanoc, to a high tomorrow of 74 degrees with sunshine, wednesday, close to 80 and probably the warmest day out of the workweek. thursday, more sunshine and it's friday afternoon. some showers come in and we've got this southeast early wind setting up and i think a little humidity for saturday and sunday and highs in the 70s. there you go. >> it sounds wet. >> we'll take it. thank you. >> authorities in nevada are searching for a canadian man who went missing back in march. the man and his wife were on their way to las vegas, but they got terribly lost along the way. the wife has just been rescued after being stranded for seven weeks alone. george lewis picks up the story. >> it started out as a mystery. on march 19th, albert and rita creechen vanished after they headed to a laing las vegas trade show from their home in british colombia canada. these surveillance photo phrase store in oregon are the last pictures of the two of them together. their van wound up 400 miles away in the back woods of nevada just south idaho border. >> our understanding is that they took a few wrong turns. they wanted to take a scenic route. >> a scenic route that got them stuck in the mud. three days later, albert 58 years old left on foot with a gps device similar to this one looking for help. rita remained with the van, carefully rationing what little food she had. >> she ate snow and made the best use of her surroundings to replenish her fluids as best she could and to obtain some calories with hard candy and some maybe some beef jerky. >> reporter: after 49 days rita spotted some huntsers and flagged them down. she had denied the odds and survived. now making what her doctors call a remarkable recovery, rita was able to spend mother's day surrounded by her family. >> we're praying for a miracle and boy, did we get one. >> now their prayers are for finding rita's husband alive. the search for him was halted sunday because of bad weather. searchers are hoping to resume looking for him this morning. george louis, nbc news, los angeles. coming up on news 4, a special tribute to the king of pop. plus a beach hole gulps an olympic swimmer into the sand. >> i'm wendy rieger, coming up on news 4 at 5:00, a brazen crime blocks away from the georgetown campus and the search for the gunman is ramping up. a surprising find, scientists discover this 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concerts dedicated to the king of pop. the cast consists of 23 musicians, singers and dancers dressed in jackson-style costumes. it is performed in several countries all over the world. a man spent most of sunday afternoon digging a hole in the sand that was 7 feet deep and 6 feet across. rescuers needed two hours to dig him out. the man is a member of the austrian olympic swim team that was training in florida. it was their day off so the guy decided to dig a hole for fun. he jumped in and the sand collapsed around him. emergency officials say he could have been crushed by the pressure of the sand. he was treated at the hospital and released. he's just fine now. >> that's some hole. >> coming up on news 4 at 4:00, jury selection is under way but jury selection is under way but it will [ male announcer ] before he changed the world... tear down this wall. 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[ man ] for general electric, here is ronald reagan. ♪ jury selection is under way in the trial of a florida woman charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter and because it's a capital murder case, jurors must answer whether they could potentially impose the death penalty against casey anthony. nbc's chris clacken has our report. >> reporter: with a now 25-year-old casey anthony anxiously looking on, prospective jurors are first being asked if they could put their lives on hold for the next two months or so to decide her fate. >> madam court deputy, she's excused based upon hardship. >> many can't because they're coming from the clearwater area, 100 miles away from the courthouse in orlando. three years of inteens media coverage prompted the court to at least move jury selection outside orlando. casey anthony has pleaded not guilty to killing her daughter caylee in june 2008 and says a babysitter kidnapped her, but authorities have problems with casey's story from the beginning like waiting 31 days before telling anyone her daughter was missing and when she finally did it was only under pressure from her mother cindy. cindy anthony had gone to the lot where the car casey was driving had been towed and then dialed 911. >> there's something wrong. i found my daughter's car today and it smells like there's been a dead body in the damn car. >> reporter: repeated searches turned no signs of caylee and six months from when deputies began their investigation, her skeletal remains were found in some underbrush, only a five-minute walk away from casey's home. the judge hopes to have a jury and alternates in place by the end of the week, a jury that could recommend the death penalty for anthony. chris clacken, nbc news. . and that's news 4 at 4:00. news 4 at 5:00 starts right now. tonight on news 4 at 5:00, the blame game continues. what did pakistan really know about osama bin laden's hideout. >> a total loss. why a business project is being blamed for this destructive house fire in maryland. the mississippi river keeps rising, when it's expected to crest and what it means for people already forced to evacuate their homes. >> and local scientists are intrigued. it's a new type of tick that's usually found in other parts of the country and now they're racing to stop it from spreading to this area. and good evening. welcome to news 4 at 5:00, i'm wendy rieger. >> and i'm jim handly. we begin on the latest that led to the raid of osama bin laden. today the prime minister of pakistan denied helping bin laden hide and threatened to retaliate if the u.s. launches another raid and there are new allegations of leaks within pakistan's intelligence service for the second time in five month.