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. fox 5 is all over two stories caught on camera. a bike racing course sabotaged. tacks thrown on the track end up causing a dangerous pileup. >> a violent pack robbery ends in a brutal beating. tonight two of these attackers are still on the run. good evening. i'm brian bolter. i'm shawn yancy. police say five teenagers beat the victim in a stairwell and then ran off. it happened along georgia avenue near belpre road and this is not the group's only attack. wisdom martin is live in the newsroom with the details. >> reporter: investigators are still trying to identify two people on that tape. three other teens have already been arrested. police believe 18-year-old kirkland hall, jr. fish waited the attack -- initiated the attack. he is wearing a green hat and white tank top shirt. he engages the victim in conversation about his cell phone. moments later hall and four others surround him. two suspects began taunting the victim and hall throws a hard punch. the victim tries to escape up the stairs and is hit from the rear. he goes down and is dragged back down the stairs by the group held and beaten. at one point the victim is back on the ground and the video shows him being kicked hard six times. police say when they finish the attack, the suspects left with the victim's cell phone. then ten days later may 15, another pack robbery at georgia and connecticut avenues. >> they ended up taking his hat and ultimately a small amount of money from him. he fled and hailed a passing motorist. and this action caused the subjects to flee. >> people get jumped, robbed for money. people have gotten used to it, you know. they live around here. they know people who do it. sometimes they do it together. >> reporter: a couple of years ago this man said he went through the same kind of attack in a shopping center parking lot near the apartment complex. he said he was jumped by three guys and a girl. >> this girl came to me first. she asked me -- she pretended like she was getting the money. because it was a girl, it's kind of like -- and this other guy came behind me and around and i was suspicious looking around. all of a sudden the one guy hit me in the back right here and i fell on the floor. and they just, you know, pat me down. >> reporter: he said he was actually robbed again before he stopped delivering pizzas in the area. in this particular crime captured on tape, police have arrested three of the teen involved but they are still searching for the others. >> i don't know who should do something and how it's going to happen but i think something needs to be done. >> reporter: the three montgomery county teenagers are being held on $200,000 bond. police are seeking the public's help in identifying the other two young man on the videotape. on the white was one wearing a white t-shirt on the evening of may 5. if convicted the young suspects could face prison sentences of up to 25 years. >> wisdom martin live in the newsroom. virginia tech is on the defensive tonight. a federal investigation claims university officials broke campus security laws during the 2007 shooting rampage. it left 33 people dead. the department of education says the school waited too long to notify students of possible danger. virginia tech officials say the standard in 2007 allowed university officials to use their best judgment on when to notify students. the school could be fined up to $55,000. the department of education will take the school's response into consideration before drafting its final report. gl. emotional testimony today in the case of a murdered lawyer. robert wone was killed in a dupont circle rowhouse in 2006. the three men who lived in the home are being tried now on obstruction of justice charges. today wone's widow took the stand. she testified one of the men on trial sounded like he was in shock when he called to tell navdimar herrera husband -- to tell her her husband had been stabbed. you'll hear the call all new on the news edge tonight at 11:00. we're following some breaking news right now out of northeast d.c. a child was hurt in a hit an run. police say it happened about 40 minutes ago on cane place. the child is now at a local hospital. we're told he's conscious and breathing. we have a crew headed to the scene. we'll bring you an update as soon as we get more information. another big story we're following tonight, more than a dozen bicycle riders were hurt during a race in southern maryland. someone sabotaged the race cars through leonardstown by throwing tacks all over the street and it was all cut on camera. bob barnard has the story. >> we were setting up for this right hand turn here which is where the crash happened. >> reporter: veteran cyclist brian vaughan captured one of the crashes on video. it's 3:30 sunday afternoon, the corner of seigewick -- sedgewick street in maryland. >> we did the best we can but the curve is there so you don't have anywhere to go. you have to brace for it and take the impact. >> reporter: at 25 to 30 miles per hour, the camera mounted on his bike helmet. >> unfortunately the curb is there. the knee takes an impact. >> reporter: he banged up his leg pretty good and other riders stract turred an elbow and serious shoulder injury during a crash earlier in the day. >> the incidents went on throughout the day that someone had the intention of trying to disrupt the race without question. >> reporter: this photo shows one of the large metal tacks stuck in a racer's tire. sheriff's investigators say someone placed the tacks on the road in different places at different times of the day. after falling, vaughan got back up on his bike and continued racing until his leg started hurting. >> i had known tacks were on the course earlier in the day. it's later when you realize and talking to the other riders involved that they're pulling these things out of their tires after the fact that hey, that's why we all went down. >> reporter: vaughan's wife roberta never imagining one day he might capture a crime in progress. >> i don't know why someone would want to do it but it's certainly disturbing. >> reporter: vaughan hoping his videotape will provide clues to solve the caper. >> we're hoping somebody saw something at the race and could let the sheriff's department know. >> reporter: officials say if caught, whoever did this faces a variety of charges. assault, reckless endangerment and destruction of property to name three. i'm bob barnard, fox 5 news. we give you the latest developments in a big night in politics. it's being called a mini super tuesday. several primaries could signal big changes in washington. it's a day when two sitting senators are fighting for their political lives. >> reporter: let's start with the first race to be called. this one in kentucky. rand paul, the tea party activist has defeated the republican establishment candidate tray grayson in a republican primary for u.s. senate there. right over my shoulder, you can push in. this is rand paul giving his acceptance speech just a short time ago surrounded by his family. his father ron paul just off camera, he was the 1988 presidential nominee for the libertarian party. pennsylvania senator arlen specter in spite of his 30-year career, this is a dead heat right now. so we'll continue to follow this. another big race in arkansas is testing the democratic incumbent. ballots cast in three tough senate primaries are starting to point to a shake-up in congress come november's mid term elections. the first of these races to be called, kentucky's republican primary. a showdown between a grass root itself candidate and the republican establishment. but the tea party backed rand paul who led in the recent polls against g.o.p. endorsed secretary of state tray grayson won. >> we are encountering a day of reckoning and this movement, this tea party movement is a message to washington that we're unhappy and that we want things done differently. >> reporter: perhaps the most closely watched race, two- term democratic congressman joe sustek against five-term senator arlen specter. specter switched to the democratic party last year. >> arlen specter switched parties to save one job, his, not yours. >> reporter: moments before he cast his ballot earlier in the day, specter told a sea of reporters his decision to switch parties was the right one. >> out of the 10,000 votes uncast, that's been my most important vote. i have no regrets. >> reporter: moving to arkansas, sitting democratic senator blanche lincoln fought lieutenant governor bill halter. he campaigned on an anti- incumbent message as she defended her two terms in the senate. >> if you send the same people to washington, you're guaranteed to get the same result. >> i have fought for kansas and i think i'm the best prepared. >> reporter: here's what we're waiting for. in pennsylvania senator specter versus congressman sustek and in arkansas senator lincoln against halter. also in pennsylvania democrat mark kritz is running against republican tim burns. we will continue to monitor the returns and bring you any breaking news during this next 90 minutes as it comes in. live in the satellite center, i'm will thomas. now back to you. >> thanks for the update. we are following some breaks news right now. lady luck smiling on the washington wizards. the team has scored the number one pick in this year's nba draft. sports director fell felt joins us now. felt -- dave feldman joins us now. it sounds like great news. >> this is great news. the wizards had only the fifth best chance to secure the first pick. let's face it. the wizards franchise was due for good news, just in time as the team transitions from the pollin family to ted leonsis. ted turned around the caps expected to become the wizards majority owner within weeks. the ping-pong balls were put in the hopper and the wizards kept waiting which is good news. came down total wizards and sixers for the second pick. when that selection went to philly, that's good for the wiz. >> 2010 nba draft will be made by the washington wizards. >> so the wiz disarsdz win. ted and his new management team will get the top pick. irene pollin can't believe t. here's the new own near waiting. >> i'd -- owner in waiting. >> i would like to thank mrs. pollin and mr. pollin. having a first round pick in the nhl and see how that turned out, i think this is a great day for the franchise. >> the nba draft is june 24. a lot of people think john wall, the guard from kentucky will be the top pick. a murder mystery still developing in virginia. a man shot and killed steps from a multimillion dollar mansion. tonight the key piece of evidence police hope will crab crack this case -- will crack this case. he seemed like harvard's ideal student. straight as, perfect sat scores. there's just one catch. find out how police say this man faked it all and fooled one ever the country's top colleges. dog owners beware. the poop patrol could be knocking on your door demanding d.n.a. also ahead tonight... the future of our safety may be in the hands of a teenager. hackers for hire just ahead. u we're following breaking political news. u.s. senator arlen specter has been defeated in a pennsylvania primary in his bid for a sixth term after taking the risky step of switching to the democratic party. voters today picked u.s. representative joe sestak as the party's nominee and rejected the 80-year-old specter in his first democratic campaign. the vote is also being seen as a defeat for president barack obama who supported specter who abandoned the republican party. the moderate specter cast his switch as a decision of principle after inflaming the g.o.p. by voting for obama's economic stimulus bill. many voters decided that specter switched sides simply to save his job. again arlen specter has lost his bid for reelection a sixth term to the u.s. senate. more details throughout this newscast and of course off the top tonight on the news edge at 11:00. from the ivy league to the courthouse, a delaware man is accused of scamming his way into harvard university and stealing thousands in financial aid. adam wheeler pleaded not guilty today to a long list of charges from larceny to identity fraud. diana rocco reports on how he almost got away with it. >> a few more months and former harvard college senior adam wheeler may not only have been a grad daughter but a -- graduate but a rhode scholar. the english major was kicked out of school in september, a professor reviewing his scholarship application thought his work looked a little too familiar. turns out it was the work of another harvard professor. he's now charged with faking his resume proclaiming himself as a published author and boasting of a stellar report card. >> you would think they would do a little more investigative work, especially for the amount of money that this guy got. >> reporter: wheeler is alleged to not only have forged his transcripts, scholarship and award applications but the d.a. says the very application he was accepted to harvard was all a sham. >> this is an elaborate entangled web of lies and deceit in a brazen and offensive scheme. >> reporter: he was not a sophomore transfer student from m. ainchts t. -- m.i.t. as he claimed but expelled from brewer college in 2007 for similar oftens. professors say he sent applications to yale and brown after getting kicked out of harvard. >> that's a failure of the system. >> reporter: in cambridge, i'm diana rocco, fox news. a question about a tb square at kennedy high school. a student has been diagnosed with an active case of tuberculosis. the diagnosis came last month and the infected student hasn't been at school since. health officials waited till this week to notify the school community. tonight they responded to concerned parents. >> there never was an attempt to somehow hide this or keep it secret but naturally we wanted the parents to be notified first to know what was going o. that didn't happen. tb is a slow growing thing. there's no danger from waiting this short length of time. >> students and staff members who had close contact with the infected student will be tested as a precaution. a major clue tonight in a centreville mansion murder. police believe a witness saw the gunmen getting away. a handyman was killed yesterday when two men tried to rob the house. >> reporter: police blood hounds appear to be on the right track after monday's murder headed straight toward where police now say the two gunmen may have made their escape. across the street from the sprawling mansion, police say a driver on bay valley lane spotted an older model white toyota pickup truck like this drive away after a man jumped into the back and covered himself with a tarp. >> they thought it looked unusual that somebody would be trying to hide in the back of a pickup. that's how they looked at it. >> reporter: romero cardona was killed outside the garage ever the mansion. he worked as a handyman around the house. family members got into a fight with the gunman and he was shot. at the manassas home where cardona lived, friends described him as a hard-working religious man. >> he was a very good person. he never had any problems with anyone, with no one, not even with the law because he never had a fight. >> reporter: the mansion's owner has a chain of check cashing stores in prince william county. one of those stores was robbed last month. at this point investigators aren't saying if there's a connection. >> investigators are looking into a number of leads and certainly we have to look at everything before we can say whether or not this was targeted. >> reporter: police say cardona only worked occasionally at the home. he had a son and dut who lived with their mother -- daughter would lived with their mother in guatemala. he went to church every day and always reached out to those headed for trouble. >> we were trying to find a way to help someone out and out of the bad parts of life. memories are all a family has left after losing a loved one in the war in afghanistan. their story is coming up next. plus, he's accused of trying to set off a bomb in the middle of times square. today he faced a judge for the first time. plus face book turning into a treasure trove for identity thieves. the one thing you can do before you go to bed tonight to protect yourself. "os a sad homecoming for the family of a fallen marine. his body returned to virginia today. a sniper killed him in afghanistan last sunday. it's another loss for the fredricksburg area and a community that has already done a lot of grieving. >> reporter: this is nicholas rodriguez. this is how his family saw him monday. >> my brother was the first one getting off the plane. >> reporter: the first off the plane. as kids he always protected his little brother. he remembers what he told nicholas on the phone just six days ago. >> watch your back and be safe. >> reporter: nicholas was shot in the back. >> that day wasn't his day. i'm very proud of him. >> reporter: they are proud of him and he was proud to be a marine. >> some would -- [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: sounds serious but it is the goofy faces and laughs that they'll remember. even before make lass rodriguez -- nicholas rodriguez, there had been at least 25 people from fredricksburg and the surrounding communities who died in iraq and afghanistan. a few years ago a high school student who wanted to become an eagle scout planted these trees outside this vfw in honor of those who died. that eagle scout is now in college and the deathses just keep on coming. >> when i see the numbers and see pictures, i'm like, wow. they're 18, 19 years old, kids dying. i feel sad. not because my brother was down there. because they're fight fighting hard. >> reporter: john cane, a world war ii vet, is the grandfather of that eagle scout who planted the trees. >> we have our freedom here and we're better off than the majority of the world. >> reporter: he says you can thank a member of the military for that. he believes americans appreciate their veterans. >> they used to see my brother and shake his hand. they were like, i'm proud of what you're doing. my brother, it's a pleasure what i'm doing for this country. >> reporter: he says he may do that now, shake the hand of a stranger in uniform because now he truly understands their sacrifice. in fredericksburg, beth parker, fox 5 news. the man accused of trying to detonate a car bomb in times square made his first court appearance today. faisal shahzad is facing five felony charges. the pakistani born citizen did not enter a plea in the charges against him. he waived his right to a initial court appearance while he was cooperating gltz it's a competition like we've never seen it before. call it american idol cybersecurity style. the government searching for the best teen hackers in the country. we're going to take you on the inside next. a family vacation turned interest a nightmare. find out how her 8-year-old - brother turned the tables. plus, a hooters debate. you might want to weigh in on. find out what put this waitress on job probation. timthl can a smart phone push you to your limits ? can it keep track of your mileage, running times, even you ? informing your friends of how much of your dust they're eating. droid can with runstar. one of thousands of apps that run simultaneously with others only from the ever expanding android market. when there's no limit to what droid gets, there's no limit to what droid does. right now buy one droid by motorola and get a second one free. only from verizon. dog owners baltimore, you have officially been warned. clean up after your dog or else. residents of a condo near the inner harbor are thinking of a high-tech way for owners who neglect their cleanup duty. mandatory d.n.a. testing for every dog in the building. if it turns out your dog is the offender, you'll have to cough up $500. but not everyone is on board with this new plan. >> i think it's not going to happen, not without a court orderer. my dog isn't going to give up d.n.a. >> get a couple of wireless cameras and put them in problem spots. >> residents will have to pay 50 bucks to cover the d.n.a. test and supplies. then an extra $10 a month for all the testing. >> think we might have interviewed the culprit right there. you might call is perhaps the american idol of the cyberworld. the competition is searching for the best hackers out there. maureen umeh shows us why the government is on the search for cyberdefenders, a story you'll see only on fox. >> reporter: private e-mails, corporate record, even military secrets all vulnerable to cyberattack. it's very real and happening more often than you know. >> all government agencies are being attacked and most major companies. >> reporter: december it thousand 9 -- december 2009, google hacked, secrets exposed, a security crisis hitting home for even the president in 2008. >> it august and october action hackers gained access to e- mails in a range of campaign files. >> reporter: april 2007 a series of government attacks on government agencies, including the pentagon wiping out more data than what's stored in the library of congress. 1.8 billion attacks a month according to the senate sergeant-at-arms office. the government is looking for defense. >> nervous but i think it would be pretty good thing to take on. >> reporter: meet mike. >> i got into computers at a pretty young age. >> reporter: he just might be the future of cybersecurity in the u.s. >> i'd like to take down the people that actually create problems. >> reporter: and he's only 17 years old. >> i bought a book in fourth grade and i taught myself how to cook up websites. >> reporter: a force to be reckoned with. michael entered and won the first ever u.s. cyber challenge by doing something no one else had. >> i found a vulnerability in the scoring service. i was to believe get in and add points as i felt needed. >> reporter: clever and brilliant, exactly the type of person the cyber challenge hopes to find. >> the key weapon to the next war are going to be people. >> reporter: the goal is to find young wiz kids who can become the top guns in cyber gl security. >> these kids we're looking for already have a lot of skill. >> reporter: he is the director of research for sans institute. he says the nation's dependence on the internet leave it is more vulnerable than any other country. >> it isn't a military threat. it's a commercial threat where they want to have economic superiority over the united states. >> reporter: he believes the only way to combat that is for more schools to start cyber education. >> the skill of the people who can control your computer and gain control of the other guy's computer is more important for the future wars. >> reporter: the u.s. is catching up. other countries like china have been doing this for some time. >> their winners have already been found penetrating into the pentagon. >> reporter: many recent attacks, including those against google and yahoo, are thought to have come from china. >> i guess they call themselves hackers but people that compromise computers and destroy what they've compromised, they're not hackers. they're just punks. >> reporter: michael uses his cyber powers for good. after winning they started developing a series of courses for the sans institute. >> there are hundreds or thousands of other kids like me. they love computers or they love exploiting. >> reporter: identifying weaknesses in the nation's cyber security, growing a new generation of defenders that might be sitting in a high school classroom as we speak. maureen umeh, fox 5 news. >> the u.s. typier challenge hopes to -- cyber challenge hopes to find 10,000 candidates by next year. you can find out more on myfoxdc.com. a lot of talk about privacy on facebook recently. you can click your 50 settings with more than 170 options to make sure your information is safe or you can use a new tool to scan through them all in seconds. reclaim privacy.org has a new program that will do just that. shows you where you need more protection and advises you on what to do. for a link to that privacy scan, go to our website as well, myfoxdc.com. a vacation nearly turned into a nightmare for a pennsylvania family. the coons family took a trip to myrtle beach, south carolina. they say a gunman tried to kidnap their 4-year-old in broad daylight. when the man pulled the little girl, her 8-year-old brother pulled back and freed her. >> his hand was over her mouth so she wouldn't say anything. >> he didn't say my name. >> he's a hero. you look up the word hero in the dictionary and heroism and that is exactly what he is to me. >> how scary that must have been. since those kids scratched the suspect during the attack, police say they are hoping to use d.n.a. evidence to track him down. a fast food fight lands two women behind bars. why police say they were chasing an employee with a taser. plus, new video showing the dire situation brewing in the gulf and today a shocker on a beach miles away. before she was miss america, this woman won first place in another contest. we'll show you the pictures she probably never wanted posted. we'll be right back.  a michigan hooters waitress says size does matter. she says the boss ordered her to drop a few pounds to keep her job. she's 5'8" and weighs 132 and her hooters uniform is size extra small. still her boss and to women from the corporate headquarters demanded she lose weight. >> these women proceeded to explain to me that i had 30 days and they would give me a free gym membership and if i didn't improve within those 30 days, i would be separated from the company. and if i improved a little bit, i would get 30 more days and if i improved completely, they'd leave me alone. i was horrified. i was completely heart broken. i was humiliated. >> the managers refuse to comment on the case. she has contacted a lawyer. michigan bans discrimination based on weight. just two days after being crowned miss u.s.a. 2010, rima fakih has found herself embroiled in controversy. a detroit radio station posted this picture and others showing the beauty queen participating in a pole dancing competition. she even won first place. the website says the photos were taken in 2007 but miss u.s.a. fans are firing back saying the fans aren't any worse than those posted by the pageant itself showing the contestants posing is a ductively in lingerie. what sent one drive-thru customer on a rampage. d.c. taking aim at a ride to close a multibillion dollar budget gap. another day without the appearance of the sun. are we going to make it three days in a row? a look at your weekend forecast coming up next.  the story that's still developing in the gulf of mexico. nearly two dozen tar balls have washed ashore in key west. they're being tested to see if they're from the bp oil leak off the coast of louisiana. meanwhile bp says it continues to gain more control over the spill. new video from below the surface shows the smaller of the two leaks spewing oil into the gulf. bp says it is now siphoning out 40% of the oil and on capitol hill it was the interior secretary's turn to answer questions from lawmakers. fox 5's tom fitzgerald has those details. >> reporter: for interior secretary ken salazar it started with smiles and hand shakes. >> okay, why don't we bring the committee to order. >> reporter: but the warm welcome, it didn't last long. >> there are significant regulations in place. >> mr. secretary, the regulations but they aren't adequate and my sense is that they aren't being enforced. >> reporter: in his first testimonies, the deep water horizon oil disaster began. salazar detailed his organization of his department's embattled minerals management service. >> there are some bad apples and we have taken care of them. >> reporter: that statement came less than a day after the mms official in charge of leasing off shore drilling sites resigned after 13 years on the job. salazar indicated a similar fate awaited anyone in his department who he finds putting drilling ahead of safety and science. >> if i find that there is swung within our department that has ignored the science, their heads will roll. >> reporter: but some senators said for years mms with the interior department's blessing has sided with oil companies in downplaying the dangers of deep water drilling. >> but we have dramatically -- mms has dramatically underestimated the potential risk here. >> reporter: others blasted a so-called hands off approach by the administration until it was too late. >> so the american people aren't just furious at british petroleum. the american people are also furious that the government has allowed this to happen with no real plan in place. >> is there a worst-case scenario plan that is to address -- the answer apparently has been no. >> reporter: but even after a week of hearings in both the house and senate, one answer still has not been found. what exactly caused the deep water horizon disaster in the first place. after taking a beating on capitol hill the past few days, the white house is now firing back issuing a statement on tuesday saying republicans have been playing partisan politics by blocking an effort to lift the cap on bp. tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. another gray day today. >> paradise, isn't it? >> it wasn't rainy all day. it wasn't horrible. >> able to run around, run some errands and not get too wait. >> we had some early morning showers. we might see one or two tonight, patch of drizzle. we have hit an atmospheric roadblock but we think it might loosen up tomorrow and thursday. the chess players are all areas of low pressure. tonight it's kind of cloudy out there and definitely on the dry side. you probably don't even need the wipers if you're out and about. there was a little bit of mist this afternoon and maybe later tonight, especially in the potomac highlands you could see another shower coming your way. satellite and radar puts it all together for you. we need the area of low pressure to get out of the way first and then a stubborn area of low pressure over ohio will be able to swing through during the day tomorrow and that should start getting the process of moving the clouds out and getting a little bit of sunshine back. getting closer here, you can see a little bit of shower activity coming across the highlands but you can also see so much of it is really falling apart as it gets into the more stable air. there were some thunderstorms out there. maybe a few showers up around the hagerstown area or perhaps into frederick and caroll county. some sprinkles and that should be it although perhaps tomorrow you may see some of that. with the persistent northeast winds, we've had a dip in the jet stream and it's kept us cooler than we should be. normally this time of year it's 76 degrees. we've been mostly in the 50s. warm 80s on the other side of that. they will definitely be getting in here eventually. not tonight. we stay on the cool side tomorrow as well. then we think the whole thing will begin to lift out but it will take this coastal storm which is still in the process of moving up to new england to get out of the way before the energy over ohio can finally swing on through. we'll get that process started very soon. now tomorrow not getting it going really too quickly. 67 degrees compared to the average of 76. definitely on the cool side. we should start to get some sunny breaks on thursday. late tomorrow night into thursday as the upper level energy comes on through, there could be one more shower. friday 81 degrees. it looks like a real nice day. saturday also on the warm side, 78. but we will be watching for the possibility of an afternoon thunderstorm on saturday as well as into sunday. here's a look at your headlines. it's going to stay in the 50s tonight, lots of clouds around. maybe a spotty shower or drizzle in the morning tomorrow as this upper level energy tries to come on through. but a lot more clouds than anything else. so essentially more of a dry day. a lot like today was. maybe tomorrow afternoon we begin to see some of those sunny breaks but wholesale sunshine returns late in the week. thursday afternoon and into friday. here's a look at the temperatures around the region. 54 degrees. we really have been stuck here for many, many hours. the high temperature wasn't a whole lot warmer than this. we don't find much change in the atmosphere anywhere we look up and down the east coast. 8:00 in the morning checking for the morning rush hour, i don't think you'll have to be dealing with too much of the shower activity, mainly out to our south and west. 6:00 tomorrow night we also might be watching that spot. then it looks like thursday at noon, a couple of sprinkles here and there. after that moves on by, i think we're going to be in pretty good shape. it warms up and the sun is going to be coming back out. for tonight cloudy skies, just a spotty shower or drizzle possible, 52 degrees. for tomorrow more of the same maybe with a few sunny breaks in the afternoon and with those sunny breaks we could actually get up to 76 degrees. here's your five-day forecast. tomorrow is the last day in the 60s and then we start heading for the 70s on thursday as the sun gets back. more clouds, though, especially for the first half of the day on thursday. and maybe a quick shower as we transition into the sun. friday, saturday, sunday not bad at all but some afternoon showers and storms to dodge on the weekend. >> thank you, sue. d.c. mayor adrian fenty wants to raise traffic fines to help close the multimillion dollar budget gap, but the city council not on boorpd with this proposal. fox 5's karen gray houston has that story. >> reporter: we're talking more than 70 moving violations infractions like turning right on red when the sign says don't do it. the current penalty for that is a $50 fine. mayor fenty wants to jack that up to $100 as part after fee increase package aimed at traffic violations for motorists and license and permit hikes for businesses. >> it includes nothing but nickels and dimes. these are fee increases and penalty increases that fall directly on our residents and small businesses. >> reporter: when they say nickel-and-diming, the proposal would hike the fine for failure to wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle from $25 to $100. interfering with moving traffic when pulling from the curb would go from $25 to $100. passing a stopped school bus would jump from $50 to $500. >> i'm wondering during the course of the debate if members might consider sunsetting these until 2014. it would get us through this financial plan and it would give us those four years to actually do a thoughtful analysis of where are we. >> reporter: but the administration is desperate. the budget year is almost over and they've got to figure out a way to fix the shortfall. at large council member kwame brown said the mayor and his people overspent. let fenty figure it out and called for the measure to be tabled. >> all the options on the table are the options that the council doesn't have to institute that the mayor should have already done because of his suggestion. >> reporter: we caught up with the mayor at a ceremony announcing a new doggie park in upper northwest and naming his permanent parks director. he told us he plans to go through with the traffic fee hikes. >> when you have to close a $535 million gap, there are a lot of tough decisions that had to be made. these are some of them. >> reporter: karen gray houston, fox 5 news. >> what's next? the mayor could order the traffic fine increases. he could also consider some of the council's suggestions. have the agencies slow their spending through the end of june or he could furlough government workers for a day or to and save as much as $700 million. a star studded gala in d.c. tonight to raise money for at risk youth. dan rather one of the faces out tonight. money from the event will support the u.s. dream academy, an organization that provides at risk youth with academic and social opportunities. coming up next on the news edge at 11:00, the decision that could change what your children learn in school. plus, is it a today prattic -- is it a dramatic call for help or a coverup? for the first time we're following what happened in the minutes following a d.c. murder. why this model was air brushed? the news edge at 11:00 is next. there's a movement afoot in this country. a student-led revotion. a rallying cry for change in an otherwise unchanged educational system. people like me have something to say. people like me demand to be heard. people like me think it's time higher education was held to a higher standard. because it's time all people with talent were recognized. it's time technology transformed the way universities teach. and tradition no longer stood in the way of getting an education. people like me want a choice. people like me want to make a difference. people like me demand a different kind of university. one that puts my talent first. one that learns how i learn. to challenge me... to support me... a mind... on campus... on my terms. it's time a university recognized people like me. people like me. people like me. this isn't exactly the picture you want to remember. an ohio teenager ended her prom night in jail after going on a rampage at the dance. it happened start night at a school in lorraine. the high school senior got drunk, started swearing and even attacked the cops trying to put handcuffs on her. >> she grabbed a chair, banged her head on a chair. the officers took her into custody, tried to handcuff her. she began to beat her head on a chair, kicked the officers and just resisted. everything they did she resisted. >> the teenager is facing a long list of charges, including assaulting a police officer. she's expected in court next week while the rest of her class is graduating. you could call this a case of overreacting. two georgia women are in serious trouble accused of trying to chase an employee at a fast food -- tase an employee at a fast food restaurant t. all started because they didn't get their mayo and mustard. >> reporter: what happened today at wendy's? >> i don't know what you're talking about. >> reporter: deputy says this is definitely katrina bryant, one of two women who threatened employees. they went through the drive- thru around 10:00 this morning. employees say reed was really mad because she didn't get the mayo and mustard she ordered and she slapped the guy working the window. she pointed at the guy through the window. he says he grabbed her arm so she smacked him to get away. that worker says bryant and reed disappeared for a few minutes. >> she went to the car to get something. they came back inside and started coming through. i ran out the back door. >> reporter: police say reed was running through the restaurant with this, a pink stun gun. annual employee -- employees say she was looking for the drive-thru employee. the two women took off and police put out an alert. just hours later police found them in a parking lot

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stars -- noticed a few clouds on the way to work. not much in the way of rain today although we can't rule out the possibility of an isolated shower as we continue to be under the influence of a couple of areas of low pressure tramming off to the east. our afternoon highs today will be a little bit better than yesterday. how about highs in the mid- to upper 60s. a little more sunshine than yesterday and warmer temperatures than yesterday with a high of 67. it gets besser from here. hang in there. >> thank you. results from what some are calling a mini super tuesday inform pennsylvania, arlen specter was defeated in the democratic primary by congressman joe sestak. in arkansas, blanch lincoln will continue her bitter race with that state's lieutenant governor bill halter in a runoff election. we want to turn our attention now to the gulf of mexico. bp estimates 210,000 gallons has leaked since the explosion. there is another hearing on capitol hill today as scientists try to determine if the oil has entered a powerful current that could take it to florida and up the east coast. in our area, police are looking for a driver who hit ate child and kept right on going. this happened on cane place in northeast washington that. child is in the hospital. we are told that the child is conscious and breathing. the search is on for more suspects in a beating and robbery caught on tape in montgomery county. three teens have been arrested. wisdom martin has more. >> reporter: police believe 18- year-old kirkland hall, junior where are initiated the attack. he is wearing green hat and white tank top shirt. police say he engages the victim in conversation with his cell phone. moments later, hall and four others surround him. two suspects began taunting the victim and hall throws a hard punch. the victim tries to escape up the stairs and is dragged down by the group, held an beaten. at one point being the victim is back on the ground. the video shows him being sicked hard sick times. police say when they finished the attack, the suspect left with the victim's cell phone and then 10 days later, may 15th, another pack robbery at georgia and connecticut avenues. >> they ended up taking his hat and a small amount of money from him. he fled and hailed a passing motorist. this action caused the subject to flee. >> they have gotten used to it. they live around here. they know the people would do it. sometimes they do it together. >> reporter: wisdom martin, fox 5 news. >> thank you so much for that, wisdom. >> the story continues here now with more information. three montgomery county teenagers are being held on $200,000 bond. if convicted, they could face up to 25 years in prison. it looks like lady luck is smiling on the washington wizards. irene pollan represented the wizards last night. the wizards won the top selection. the draft is set for june 4th. a lot of people think the top pick will be kentucky guard john wall. we have much more still ahead. your weather, traffic and all your top stories as fox 5 morning news at 4:30 begins now. it is wednesday more than, may 19th, 2010 as we get a live look off in the distance at the washington monument. hopefully, today will be one of those days where we see a little bit of a transition from the wet, rainy stuff we've had the last couple of days to some sunshine, which would be great. what do you think? >> going to be a little better than yesterday. it can't be worse, right? >> well t could be. >> well, it will be better. we'll have less in the way of rain and temperatures will be slightly warmer and maybe two peeks of sunshine. i mentioned a few minutes ago, did i see a few stars on the way to work. that is a good sign that there is some clearing up. we are still dealing with upper level energy out to the west. even though the cloud cover is not thick at this moment, i think we will see more clouds move in during the day today. we will get a chance to see some sunshine out there. still the chance of an isolated springle. i don't think it will amount to a whole lot there. 53 right now at reagan national. humidity, 80%. winds out of the north and west at six miles per hour. pressure, 29.91 inches. and the forecast, plenty of clouds, isolated shower possible. 67 for your afternoon high which is a good five, 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. >> we'll take that. thank you. let's head out to the roads and julie wright to find out how things are looking out there. i must tell you having the exited to 495 closed off of 66 caught me by surprise this morningot a little turned around on her way to work j please don't tell me you wound up in alexandria. >> almost. >> oh, my goodness. this is all part of that hot lane work. if you are traveling off the inner loop of the beltway, you can expect closures at arlington boulevard. the story has to be the wilson bridge. they just completed a bridge opening right before we started. traffic has been released so we are moving in each direction here at the wilson bridge traveling between alexandria and oxon hill. the backups are starting to ease. there wasn't that much of a back-up. traffic has been released there. 395 across the 14th street bridge in great shape coming across the potomac. our big story this morning, again, results in from what some are calling a mini super tuesday and perhaps the most closely watched race. five-time u.s. senator arlen specter was defeated and that isn't the only big shake-up. voters in four states went to the polls. will thomas has more on the results. >> reporter: it was the hardest political fight of pennsylvania senator arlen specter's 0-year career and one of the most closely watched races. it pitted joe sestak against the incumbent five-term specter. he switched to the democratic party last year and his challenger took full advantage in campaign ads. >> arlen specter switched parties to save one job, his, not yours. >> reporter: shortly after 10:00 tuesday night, it was official. the race called. specter lost to sestak. >> it has been a great privilege to be in the united states senate and i'll be working very, very hard for the people of the commonwealth in the coming months. >> reporter: another big shake- up, this one in kentucky's republican primary for u.s. senate. it was a showdown between a grassroots candidate and the republican establishment. but graham paul won the nomination over trey gray son. >> the tea party movement is about saving the country from a mountain of debt devouring our country and i think could lead to chaos. >> reporter: moving to arkansas, blanch lincoln in a bitter race with lieutenant governor bill halter p he campaigned on an antes- incumbent message as she defended her two terms in the senate. -- on an antiincumbent message as she defended her two terms in the senate. there is another hearing on capitol hill today to address the oil spill in the gulf of mexico. the house transportation and infrastructure committee will face lawmakers questioning what caused the disaster. the response so far and also what can be done to avoid future catastrophes. british petroleum has released new underwater video showing its blown-out well is still spewing clouds of crude and gas into the gulf. scientists are trying to determine if the massive oil slick has entered a powerful current that could take it to florida and eventually up the east coast. the search is on this morning to find the driver who hit a child in northeast washington t happened about 90 last night on cane place. we are told the child is conscious an breathing. if you are in the area and you saw anything, police would like to hear from you. there are new details about a man found dead on a metro train. investigators say he was on board for almost five hours before he was discovered. we are told he got on the train at the twin brook station monday morning. metro says he likely died of natural causes. investigators say they have a crucial clue in the murder of a handy man in centreville. they think a witness saw the gunman getting away. the attacker killed a man at a mansion where he did odd jobs. across the street, a driver spotted an older model white toyota pickup truck driving away after a man jumped into the back and covered himself with a tarp. new questions about a tb scare at a montgomery county high school. last month, a student was diagnosed with an active case of tb. the infected student has not been at school since. the problem is health officials waited until this week to notify the school community but are telling parents there is no reason to worry. in sports, the future could be looking pretty good for the washington wizards. the team has landed the number one pick in this year's nba draft. irene pollan represented the wizards during the nba draft lottery wearing her husband's 1978 championship ring and it must have worked because the wizards won the top selection. the draft is set for june 24th. a lot of people think the top pick will be kept ken guard john wall. he was once very close to president obama but now he has angry words. hear what the reverend answer my awright is saying about his rift with the president. you are watching fox 5 morning news. can a smart phone reach the four corners of the earth ? can it make unlimited skype-to-skype calls to any country ? without using any minutes ? im anyone on skype. droid can with skype mobile. one of thousands of apps that can run with other apps. from the ever-expanding android market. when there's no limit to what droid gets, there's no limit to what droid does. right now buy one droid by motorola and get a second one free. only from verizon. a special election will be held to fill indiana congressman mark souder's seat. the republican who promoted abstinence education has admitted he had an extramarital affair. >> it is with great regret i announce that i am resigning from the u.s. house of representatives as well as resigning as a republican nominee for congress in this fall's election. i sinned against god, my wife and my family by having a mutual relationship bay part- time member of my staff. >> the congressman said he could continued serving despite the scandal but the personal price to his family was too big to pay. president obama's former pastor is now talking about their rift n a letter, the reverend jeremiah wright says president obama, quote, threw me under the bus and that he is toxic to the obama administration. this is the strongest language yet. the president cut ties with wright back in 2008 when his controversial sermons became public. pastor from chicago says his pleas to release overseas found haiti would likely be ignored. no response from the white house. ate court has granted president obama's aunt political asylum. the white house says the president had no involvement in this case. fox's ainsley earhart has details now from the community that the president's aunt calls home. >> reporter: tongues are wagging in south boston after asylum is granted to president obama's aunt. >> i don't have anything against her personally but illegal alien for 10 years living right around the corner from me. >> reporter: customs and immigration officials say she could stay in the u.s. she moved to the united states in 2000 on a valid visa. her case gained national attention when her nephew ran for president. the judge reached his decision last week. she is being represented by a cleveland lawyer. >> she was ecstatic. she was very, very happy. >> reporter: the 57-year-old kenyan native could become a citizen in about six years. >> it's pretty normal case in this country when people come and things just keep getting screwed up for them. >> reporter: this asylum decision comes at a time when immigration is mired in controversy. >> there are 15 million people like us in america who need something. now, we can get her that something to prove she is legal in america. >> i think everybody 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day shaping up? >> better than yesterday. better than the day before. so we're headed in the right direction t will take another day or two before we can clear the clouds and call for sunshine. there will be official sunshine today and much less in the way of rain activity. want to start with the morning headlines. that's right. we're excited about it. still plenty of clouds today. there will be a few peeks of sunshine but as i mentioned, the sun doesn't start to win out until tomorrow. a little warmer than yesterday. yesterday, we were about 60. today, mid- to upper 60s. trending in the right direction. sunshine on the way for tomorrow and particularly on friday. friday should be brilliant around here with highs expected to be about 80. the weekend looks so-so. not going to rain all weekend but the concern is we'll have clouds around and the possibility of some showers both saturday and sunday. we have another frontal system moving through. not going to be a perfect weekend but then again it won't rain all weekend and temperatures should be in the 70s both saturday and sunday. 53 right now at reagan national. seems like we do this every morning with temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s. manassas is currently 48. fredericksburg, 55 for your start. looking at the satellite-radar, kind of a complicated weather pattern but a couple of features i want to point out. area of low pressure developed off the delmar have peninsula. it is pushing up into boston. see that spin out towards cincinnati. that upper level piece of energy right there and that will come pinwheeling through during the course of the day today. that is why we'll have a lot of clouds out there and the possibility of an isolated shower. not going to amount to much. i don't think we'll see more than a trace amount of rain in a few spots. we'll see a little bit of sunshine building during the course of the day. it won't be a terrible day but the clouds will win out over sunshine today. lots of clouds in the forecast. i mentioned the isolated shower. at least the temperature will be a little warmer. clouds stick around tonight. 55 for your overnight low with winds out of the north and west at about five miles per hour. tomorrow, a lot better. still a few clouds in the forecast. won't be perfect. friday should be close to perfect, 81 with sunshine. that will do it for weather. let's get to on-time traffic and miss julie wright. >> not looking so booed right now at the wilson bridge. we just completed an opening about 10 minutes or so ago. all lanes are open in each direction between alexandria and oxon hill. you will find the pace improving quickly now. we had mentioned yesterday there was that huge pothole near telegraph road. v-d.o.t. came out after the morning commute and did emergency roadwork and patched that up. better news for you this morning traveling through alexandria. no problems to report at the bridge and traffic flowing freely each way. lanes are open, light volume as you continue to work your way up onto 395. beltway construction in the process of being cleared over at 66. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. a sad home coming for the familiar live fallen marine as his body was returned to virginia. a sniper killed him in afghanistan last sunday. it is another loss for the fredericksburg area and a community that has done a lot of grieving. beth parker has a closer look. this is nicholas rodriguez. this is how his family saw him monday. >> my brother was the first one getting off the plane. >> reporter: the first off the plane at dover air force base. he says as kids, he always protected his little brother. he remembers when he told nicholas on the phone just sick days ago. >> watch yand be safe. >> nicholas was shot in the back. >> that day wasn't his day. i'm very proud of him. >> reporter: they are proud of him and he was proud to be a marine. >> something would say about him. he would say don't say that, i'm a marine. >> reporter: sounds serious but it is the governy faces and laughs they'll remember. >> reporter: even before nicholas, there had been at least 5 people from fredericksburg and surrounding communities who died in iraq and afghanistan. a few years ago, a high school student who wantedded to become an eagle scout planted these trees outside the v fw in honor of those would died. that eagle scout is now in college and the deaths just keep on coming. >> when i see the numbers and see pictures, i'm like wow, they are 18, 19 years old, kids dying and i feel sad. not because my brother was down there, because they are fighting hard. >> reporter: vfk commander and world war ii vet john kaine is the grandfather of the eagle scout who planted the trees. >> we have our freedom here. >> reporter: he says you can thank a member. military for that. he believes americans appreciate their veterans. >> they used to shake his hand. they are like i'm very proud of what you are doing. >> and my brother was, it's a pleasure what i'm doing for this country. >> he says he may do that now, shake the hand of a stranger in uniform because he truly understand their sacrifice. in fredericksburg, beth parker, fox 5 news. >> nicholas was on his second tour of duty in afghanistan. he was scheduled to return home this summer. a new reason to enjoy that morning cup coffee. new evidence shows caffeine may slow alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. portuguese researchers found that there is a discernible link between caffeine and improved thinking and memory in animals. postpartum depression doesn't just hit new moms p a new study finds there are one in ten dads who get post natal blues. that puts the newborn at a higher risk of developing developmental, emotional problems later in life. acon up sooer alert about a chemical that might be seeping into your food. bpa is used to line canned food and beverages. a u.s. senator introduced legislation to ban bpa from food and beverage containers. a heads up for nissan owners. company is recalling more than 48,000 trucks and suvs. the automaker says there is a problem with a suspension part that could lead to a rough ride. the recall affects some 2010 nissan armadas, frontiers, pathfinders, titans and exterras the can you find more information on our web site on myfoxdc.com. click on web links. best buy will launch an online service called cinema now. consume ceres buy, rent and download movies. the service will be accessible online. -- consumers buy, rent and download movies. two women in georgia are in trouble for trying to tase an employee ate fast food restaurant. kelly joyce picks up the story. radio are you katrina? >> no, ma'am. >> what happened today at wendy's. >> i don't know what you're talking about. >> reporter: deputies say this is definitely katrina bryant one of two women accused of threatening employees at this wendy's restaurant. they went through the drive- through around 10:00 this morning. employees say read was really mad because she didn't get the mayo and muse starred she ordered and they say she pointed at the guy through the window. he grabbed her arm so she smacked him to get him away. >> they went to the car to get manage and they came back. i ran out the back door. >> reporter: police say read was running through the restaurant with this, a pink stun gun. employees say she was looking for the drive-through employee. the two women took off and police put out an alert. police found them in a parking lot and arrested them. >> that was fox's kelly joyce reporting. here is something that customers won't be fighting over, naming your own price at the restaurant. coming up next, we'll show hua one popular spot is doing and why it could catch on nationwide. another close one for the nats in st. louis. this one just out of reach. highlights coming up just after the break. >> being a part of an event to raise money for breast cancer is so cool. way i watched her go through the disease and the strength she showed was so impressive to me. >> we'll let you know how much money chris coolly raised. at a bread company in st. louis, they only have suggested prices. you can pay what you want. pa ne. ra bread believes this is the project of the future. we have a report. >> st. louis bread company has a fresh idea for their restaurant in clayton. >> as of sunday, we are now a nonprofit cafe. >> what that means is the restaurant has a suggested price for your soup and sandwich but if you are a little short of money, you pay what you can. >> we have no set prices on our menu. we have everything is by donation only. >> reporter: don hutchinson told me little a way to give back to the community. >> food is a basic necessity of life. people need to eat and we are counting on the basic premise of humanitarian that they will take care of this community cafe. >> reporter: the community cafe idea is popular with a steady treatment of customers flowing in and out of the cafe. >> hopefully, nobody takes advantage of it. >> sierra likes the idea of paying what she can. she pays the menu price for her meal but on days that she can, she plans to pay more. >> i think it is a great idea and considering i come here white a bit, i'm glad that the money i'm putting on food is going here. >> it allows people to contribute what they can and not feel bad if you can't. >> reporter: right now, the clayton bread company is the only company store accepting donations for its food. but i'm told, if this concept is successful, more are coming. >> thank you so much. we have much more still ahead. we'll take a look at your weather, your traffic and all all your top stories as fox 5 morning news at 5:00 begins now.

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>> makes me want to vomit. >> it's sick. no other word for it. >> neighbors were stunned when the two were charged. now, they say nicholas wrote his fiance a letter, then said he wanted to have daughters with her and detailed graphic sex acts he wanted to perform on them starting at age 1. >> if they're convicted here in federal court, each suspect faces a minimum of 15 years in prison and a maximum of up to 40 years behind bars. at the federal courthouse, adam may, wjz eyewitness news. >> the couple is still awaiting trial on the state charges as well. they're being held without bail at baltimore county detention center. just a short time ago, an indictment was handed out by the harford county man, accused of attacking a police officer in an alleged hate crime. mary is live in the newsroom with the latest on the case. mary? >> reporter: 20-year-old james kimball faces charges of assault, reckless endangerment and hate crimes. police say he was on his way home when kim bel confronted and made racist statements. at some point, kim bel slammed a glass mug into the officer's face. dilemm -- kimbel is being held without bond. >> his 27-year-old cousin also faces charges in the case. fighting back. police and fire unions, facing massive changes to their pensions, all to stop a financial crisis for the city. but they say there has to be another way. wjz stays on the story with complete coverage. mike hellgren has the latest twists in these pension problems. mike? >> reporter: denise, firefighters and police say they simply want what was promised to them in regard to their pensions. and they started a new public relations push. the city says they can't afford the pension system as it stands right now. >> reporter: the battle over changes to police and fire pensions is going down to the wire. baltimore has just six weeks to plug a $64 million hole in what they owe. the city council's current proposal could save them millions more, calling for increases to retirement agent and the contribution rate. along with lower cost of living raises, much of it is drawing fire from unions. >> we're willing, able, and ready to sit at the table and work out a solution. the problem is, city hall, for some reason, isn't there. >> we're not going to back down from what we believe the contractual protection to every member in the retirement system. >> the unions have a war chest to file a federal lawsuit, if negotiations break down. and they started a new public relations campaign, including this radio ad. >> tell city hall, underfunding police and fire is not the way to pinch pennies. their pension equals our safety. >> this is unfair, it's wrong. it's illegal. and what's happening right now is you have a bunch of thieves at city hall, period. >> we don't come to a compromise. they have a retirement on paper. they deserve a dignified retirement. but we can't fool ourselves into thinking it can be a retirement that the city can't afford. >> reporter: the city is already $100 million in the red, leading to proposals for new fees on everything from sodas to new hospital beds. they predict major job in service cuts, a major money crisis. but some firefighters and police officers have threatened to quit and go elsewhere, if their retirement has been gutted. leading baltimore to a safety crisis, too. >> reporter: right now, officers can retire after 20 years of service at any age. a big sticking point is setting a retirement age of 65. reporting from city hall, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> the bill drafted by some city councilmembers would save baltimore more than $90 million. this week, union leaders will give theirs to the city. emergency crews rushed after the suspicious device was found. sky eye chopper 13 was over the scene in cape st. claire. an object that looked like a hand grenade was found in the park. police, fire and the state fire marshal's office, all responded and cordoned off the area as a precaution. the device turned out to be harmless. new life, a popular south baltimore park, shut down by arsenic contamination is on the verge of reopening. sky eye chopper 13 is over swann park, which has been closed to the public for the past three years. weijia jiang gives us a look at the refurbished park. >> the city hopes years of work will help to restore this park's image, which was contaminated by dangerous contamination. >> reporter: thick chains and signs to stay out plagues one park. in 2007, levels showed arsenic more than 100 times the normal level contaminated the soil. >> going over, looking for rocks, tilling the infield a little bit. tilling it over. they'll be rolling it later, as well as they're setting in the bases. >> reporter: the point of leak from a chemical company that operated adjacent to the park in the 1970s. high arsenic exposure has been linked to cancer, lower iq, damage to blood vessels and abnormal heart rhythm. keith jackson has a dog care center. >> take three year fist it takes that to make it safe for the kids to play in. >> reporter: the city excavated the contaminated oil, in some parts, 5 to 6 feet of it. then added fresh soil. they added two more feet of clean soil. >> the maryland department of the environment has not tested the levels here at the park. and a spokesperson says there's no new source of the chemical, there's no new way for the levels to rise again. >> they will remain in the bottom level of the park. from what people come in contact with. >> reporter: the city is hoping many will return to the park that was once a staple. >> reporter: and the chemical plant has been torn down. the company that once owned it, honeywell, paid for all of the repairs. the new lights and new field, all for a grand total of $6 million. reporting live, weijia jiang, wjz eyewitness news. >> the grand reopening is scheduled for saturday, at 10:00 a.m., with festivities, food, and baseball games. and after a gloomy start to the week, the weather appears to be opening up. still clouds lingering. but the thermometer is climbing. wjz is live with first warning weather coverage. meteorologist tim williams and bob turk are updating the forecast. >> we did get up to 67 today. yesterday was 59. that's a big increase. take a look at radar. there are still some sprinkles and a few light showers. very light stuff. did find a little light activity from south of columbia, rockville to let's say west of the airport. just west of the airport. they did report a light sprinkle about an hour ago. another little tiny sprinkle over hickory thicket, just north of overton, and northeast of love point. and a bigger batch of showers, south of manassas, virginia. it's heading to the east/southeast. it should not really interrupt the baltimore region. you folks in charles, st. mary, and p.g. county, may see showers in your neighborhood in the next hour or two. otherwise, big improvement coming. we've had rainfall coming this year. along with that snow. how did we look in the rainfall department? >> as bob mentioned, we have sprinkles around. nothing that is really adding today to our rain totals. .13 is the number. 13/100ths of an inch of rain is what we give you every day to tally your rain. so far, she would be up to go 15.64 inches. as of today, we are having -- we're just a little less than one day's worth of rain below average. for this monday since the beginning of this week. .66. a lot of numbers. just know that we are just a little less than a day's worth of rain. so one good rain shower could make up that difference. we're not looking for any more today. it will be the weekend before we start to see more showers. and bob will have your complete updated first warning forecast. >> thank you, tim. and thank you, bob. dog dna controversy. because some owners are not cleaning up after their pets, every dog at one upscale baltimore condo may have to be tested for dna to find the culprit. wjz is live downtown. derek valcourt has more on a big vote on this issue. derek? >> reporter: that's coming up. it's happening in this tall condo building. managers are trying to figure out who is letting their dogs go to the bathroom inside the building. they're hoping science can help. inside the condos, a few residents are barking mad that someone's dog keeps taking bathroom breaks in the wrong places, including elevators and hallways, and its owner never cleans up. that's why some board members have proposed this amendment, requiring all dogs in the building get dna tested for $50. then any dog doo they find will be shipped to the lab for testing to find out which pooch 52ed. -- pooed. >> the whole doggie poo idea is 52-postrous. >> he believes people should be caught and punished. he just thinks taking dna testing is going a bit too far. >> there's a million other less intrusive, less expensive ways to handle this pretty minor problems. >> reporter: one of the complaints from dog owners is that they shouldn't have to pay for the mistake of another dog owner. in addition to the testing fee, every dog owner will have to pay a $10 per month, per dog fee to fund the program. >> it's silly to spend our money that way. >> reporter: larry sorrenson, one of the people expected to oppose the measure. he doesn't think there is a problem in the building and calls dna testing, doggon overboard. -- doggone overboard. >> it reminds me of taking an elfant gun to shoot -- elephant gun to shoot an apt -- ant. >> we're live downtown. derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> under the proposal, it is a $500 fine to determine if they determined your dog was the culprit. >> i'm glad i have my own backyard. i know who makes my mes. it's my -- mess. it's my dog. >> that's all right. hope for the heart. in healthwatch, trials began on a pump that could one day make heart transplants a thing of the past. trauma surgeons throughout the state want to keep us out of the o.r. i'm jessica cartallia, -- kartalija. coming up, why they're going after distracted drivers. is this view of east baltimore tainting the image of the entire city of baltimore? for those coming into our city via train. i'm mary bubala, that story just ahead. and moving towards the weekend, don't miss the update the first warning forecast. that's coming right up. 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(ding) distracted drivers. trauma surgeons are fighting back. they're urging drivers to put down the cell phones and stay focused. >> trauma surgeons throughout the state want to keep people like you and me out of the o.r. and now they're going after distracted drivers. >> reporter: doctors at university of maryland shock trauma see about 8,000 patients each year. many involved in accidents that could have been prevented, crashes caused by distracted drivers. >> driving is a full-time job. i think they think that auto okay -- it's okay to do other stuff while driving. and the message is very clear here. that's not okay. >> chief surgeon dr. thomas scallia, joined other doctors from across the state, to recognize may as distracted driving month. >> nearly 6,000 people died in 2008. and more than 1 million were injured as a result of crashes directly related to distracted driving. >> reporter: according to the insurance institute for highway safety, drivers who used handheld devices like cell phones or blackberries are four times more likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure shemses -- themselves. >> we can make a huge reduction in crashes and improve roadway safety. >> reporter: a study found that using a cell phone behind the wheel delays a driver's reaction as much as having a blood alcohol level of .08. >> she was conscious, alert and oriented to the present time, but does not remember the accident at all. >> reporter: officers dispatch emergency vehicles when these distracted driving accidents occur. resources dr. scalia says could be better used elsewhere. >> it's this wasted. it's wasted lives, it's wasted effort, wasted paint. >> the distracted driver law goes into effect in october. at shock trauma, i'm jessica kartalija. >> as jessica mentioned, maryland drivers caught using a cell phone without a hands-free device, could be slapped with a fine. a robbery at the annapolis mall. police say the three men entered the store and began to browse. then one suspect distracted the employee. and the other two went to the rear and stole seven iphones. if you have information, call metro crimestoppers. 1-866-7-lockup. a better view for amtrak riders. that's the vision. >> these train travelers coming into baltimore see a view some say could taint their image of our city. they are hoping to smooth orr over baltimore -- over baltimore's rough edges. >> reporter: visitors from boston, new york and philly, travel to baltimore via amtrak. and there is growing view of graffiti and rows of boarded up homes gives them a bad impression of what the city has to offer. >> the gateway into baltimore does not actually represent what really exists in the city of baltimore. and really the progress that is being made. and particularly on the east side. >> the president. greater baltimore committee tells me the railroad corridor needs to transform along with the east side. they're focusing on about seven blocks around the track. >> we're along east biddle street. and you can see lots of borded up -- boarded up and abandoned homes. the gbc realizes many could come into play. >> many are owned by the city. and the gbc envisions a public- private partnership to beautify the area. >> you have sensors and things to block them. but we think things can be done in a more attractive way. and really, the promise that baltimore has. >> amtrak would also be part of the plan, which right now, is only being discussed. gbc hopes to form a committee soon and get this plan on the right track. can i say that, denise? back to you. >> that's perfectly allowed. thank you, mary. >> they are looking for funding to help pay for the redevelopment on the tracks. we've seen the sun in and out, every now and then. >> just went inside and saw a patch of blue. >> no. got nice today. 62 now west/southwest winds at 6. come back and look at the next major warmup after this. ,,,,,,, and here's some dramatic video to show you tonight. take a look at this scene from just about 30 minutes ago. a massive funnel cloud appears to touch the ground, here in king fisher county, not far from oklahoma city. no word on any damage or industries. but that sure in the heck looks like a tornado to me. >> pretty impressive. actually was one mile north of hennessy oklahoma. very flat out there. that funnel cloud did reach a ground. haven't been any reports of damage or whatnot. but you can see, a very rural area out there. and they do happen. and they've had a couple this afternoon. take a look around our region. couple of sprinkles have been reported south of the city. that's about it. but we did get a little warmer today, up to 67 briefly. we're at 62 now. 66 in elkton. 63 in washington. still have a lot of clouds. but there are a few breaks showing. and later tonight, it's going to clear out. and tomorrow, a lot more sun. in fact, tomorrow afternoon, maybe very, very bright. west/southwest winds. generally, during the day, we have had a west/northwest wind. running through virginia that's creating a lot. clouds. and a few spots, they've had a few light sprinkles. here's the activity out of oklahoma. warm air from the gulf of mexico. running into the westerned side of this is cooler, dryer air. getting a spin in the atmosphere. you can see that right through central oklahoma. that's going on this afternoon. for us, a very weak area of low pressure moves off the east soviet east coast. -- east coast. and an even weaker system. that's bringing us the clouds right now. just to our north. it's cleared out beautifully. and over the next 12 hours, that dry air continues to head down. and we'll see a lot of sunshine, along with a big warmup, probably close to 80 tomorrow. believe it or not. and in the low 80s on friday. by saturday, beautiful day. a few clouds by late in the afternoon fnlg by saturday night, late, there may be a scattered shower. sunday again, with this warm front passing to the west. maybe a chance of another shower on sunday afternoon. or thundershower. east winds in the bay later on. at 5 to 10 knots. tonight, it's clearing out later on. 52, that normal low. 53, you can see. and tomorrow, a lot more sunshine. much warmer. 80 degrees. going to feel very nice. you'll forget all about this horrible weather the last two days. >> okay. >> almost the last three days. >> it's a string of bad weather. >> thank you, bob. wild scene at wendy's. two women go on after a worker with a stun gun. what it has to do with condiments. i'm alex demetrick. coming up, jail time for a girl's soccer coach. that story as eyewitness news continues. covered in oil. more beach land and marsh land being covered by the oil leak. how much is really leaking out. >> reporter: this is mark viviano. coachescoaches ands, dealing with players who are uncooperative or insubordinate. both the orioles oriole is and ravens have weighed in. and i'll have a report when eyewitness news continues. it is just before 6:30, 62 degrees and mainly cloudy. good evening. thanks for staying with wjz. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. more and more oil is washing up on fragile beaches. and again, there are questions about just how much oil is flowing into the gulf. terrell brown reports for wjz, from venice, louisiana, with the latest on the crisis. >> reporter: trying to clean up the thick oil that has washed up on remote beaches in louisiana. crude has also seeped into marshes, and now threatens the wildlife inside. the broken pipeline has been gushing oil for more than a month. and now, experts challenge that only 200,000 gallons of oil are pouring out of the well every day. they say it's more than 2 million gallons a day. >> all outsider estimates are considerably higher than d.c.'s. >> the oil spill is killing business here in louisiana. so far, bp has paid out $15 million in claims to local shrimpers and fishermen. >> reporter: all other efforts to stop the leak have failed. the company now planning something called top kill. sealing this. >> but b p's president admits it has never been tested to this depth. frustrating lawmakers. >> to spend belief, to think that we are not simulating these techniques and be prepared for what might happen in the future. >> reporter: turns out, tar balls are from -- that were found are not in from -- not from the bp spill. they are now reportedly in talks on how to deal with the potential disaster. in venice, louisiana, terrell brown, wjz eyewitness news. >> and attorneys are looking to combine more than 100 lawsuits filed against bp and other companies involved in the spill, into one single class- action lawsuit. first lady michelle obama makes a visit to a maryland elementary school and gets grilled by a second grader over the nation's immigration policies. >> reporter: the first lady took the wife of mexico's president to visit a school in montgomery county and faced tough questions. >> my mom said that i think that she says that, um, barack obama is taking everybody away that doesn't have papers. >> as you saw in new hampshire's estates elementary school, the young girl asked her why president obama was taking away everybody that doesn't have papers. mrs. obama began responding with the child, but the rest of the conversation was drowned out by other people talking. mexico's president is in washington to meet with president obama. one topic on the table, immigration, and arizona's controversial new law, allowing police to take people into custody who they suspect are in the country illegally. vic, back to you. >> okay, mary. thank you. an east baltimore elementary school is evacuated because of a fire. the latest in this eyewitness news update. wjz was on the scene just before noon today. at the baltimore freedom academy. fire broke out in the school's auditorium. students were evacuated as a precaution. and investigators are trying to determine the cause. a popular baltimore county soccer coach is behind bars this evening after being sentenced for soliciting sex from a 14-year-old girl. alex demetrick was in the courtroom and has the latest details. >> reporter: coaches share unique bonds with their players, but a baltimore county rec soccer coach shattered that relationship with a 14-year-old girl. last july, police say 32-year- old charles friedel. >> was sending sexually explicit texts to the 14-year- old. >> reporter: copies of those messages, requesting sex acts and photos, were admitted to court today. for sentencing, a man with a family and no criminal record said, quote, i want to apologize from the bottom of my heart to the victim's family and to my wife and lovely kids. i didn't mean to hurt anyone. >> anyone when caught is remorseful. >> the prosecutor demanded jail time. the reason? draw attention to those who use the internet and texting to harm children. in this case, police posed as the girl, after she showed her parents the messages. >> some of the judges say, well, he's just chatting with a police officer, is there really a victim here? but in this case, there really was a victim. >> reporter: the judge ended up sentencing friedel to five years. he will do all but one on probation. >> i think the judge balanced the sentence by making sure he registered as a sex offender. >> and no unsupervised contact with children, on soccer fields or anywhere else. >> and besides having to register as a sex offender, when he finishes his one-year sentence, he will be placed on five-year supervised probation. drivers and their passengers could make a buck for buckling their seat belts. county police say they will pass out $1 bills to drivers and passengers who have their seat belts buckled. people who don't have their belts secured will receive safety education materials. time now for a quick look at some of the stories you find. before wrestling with the classroom, one soon to be towson grad looks at the battlefield. and how ranks rookie david reed is impressing coaches and teammates. remember to look for the updated forecast from wjz's first warning weather team in the baltimore sun. a maryland teacher receives top honors at a ceremony, hailed as the oscars of teaching. as gigi barnett explains, the annapolis teacher is now $25,000 richer. >> reporter: say the name, mrs. jacovick in the halls of the annapolis high school. and students smile. >> i think it's because she really cares. >> this weekend, they took note, too, selecting her for the award. it's dubbed the oscars of teaching. and it's a big deal for annapolis high school ann jacovicks, who didn't know she was nominated. >> they just announced my name. i was a little shocked. and i don't remember how it all happened. >> reporter: she says she sees a change in students every day through her work. these is my calling. this is what i'm supposed to do. >> i wasn't surprised. i know that she's a really good teacher. >> reporter: student like cindy mercado, who came to the u.s. four years ago from mexico, didn't speak english and is -- speak english and now she is headed to study political science. >> she knew i was the only one there. and she told me, why don't you try to talk to them. >> reporter: jacovicks also received a $25,000 check as part of the award. and she knows exactly how she plans to spend it. >> as a government teacher, i'll pay taxes on it. and actually, my husband and i are adopting. and so the large majority of it is going to that. >> reporter: gigi barnett, wjz eyewitness news. and according to the milken foundation, teachers can spend the money any way they please. mrs. jacovicks is one of 50 teachers selected, one from each state. and three extra from california. >> congratulations to her. chaos in thailand. soldiers clash with rebels as fires burn in the streets. what's behind the violence? i'm bob turk in the first warning weather center. nice, sunny, warmer weeks. and i'll have an exclusive first warning five-day forecast. and wjz 13 is always on. here are the top 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[ ding ] downtown bangkok became a battleground as troops protest -- clashed with protestors. >> they set up by the red shirt protestors. the government confirmed five of them were killed. rioters then set several buildings on fire, including the country's shopping mall. a curfew has been declared to try to calm things down. workers at a wendy's, say katrina bryant and melanies reed got upset because they did not receive the correct cond imentses. one of the employees called police, when he saw one of them walk in with a stun gun. >> i saw them coming through the counter. that's when i ran out the back door. >> police say they found a small stun gun in the car after they arrested the women. they were charged with assault with a deadly weapon. clinical trials are under way for a pump that could one day replace heart transplants. for now, the device only serves as a temporary fix for patients waiting for a transplant. >> hi, richard. >> it sounds unbelievable. richard french has no pulse or heartbeat. but he's still walking around. >> compared to where this was six months ago, i couldn't feel any better. >> reporter: the 54-year-old suffered a massive heart attack last fall. he had emergency bypass surgery and woke up three weeks later to discover his heart was barely functioning. >> to be honest, i don't remember a whole lot. >> reporter: doctors treated him with drugs, but they weren't enough. so he enrolled in a clinical trial at the medical center in new york city to have a device called heartware implanted in his heart. >> it's a miniature device that allows us to support people who are in severe heart failure, and return them to fairly normal health. >> reporter: the device is implanted in the left ventricle. it sucks blood into the left chamber and replaces the pumping chamber of the heart, which explains the lack of pulse and heartbeat. it's connected and hooks to a battery. looks like a fanny pack, attached to a neck strap. >> reporter: the device is not a permanent solution for severe heart problems, at least not yet. right now, it's being used by people who are waiting for heart transplants. but it's already proven to be a life saver. >> reporter: three months after receiving heartware french returned to work. >> the alternative to not having it is something i can't even contemplate. >> french could receive a new heart as early as this year. >> the clinical trials are taking place at 28 facilities across the state. the device already is commercially available in europe. katie couric has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. you're paying hundreds of millions of dollars for tsa alleges, trained to spot terrorists in airports. but they evaporate -- haven't caught one yet. we'll look into that tonight on the cbs evening news. here's a look at tonight's closing numbers from wall street. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,, how many ways can you be comfortable? an energy efficient infinity air conditioner by carrier can save you up to 56% on your cooling costs, while also reducing your impact on the environment. which is better for where you live, and better for where we all live. turn to the experts during cool choices and get up to $1200 cash back on an infinity system by carrier. after a wet start of the week, things are starting to turn around. will the rest of the week be rain-free? bob will update the five-day forecast. but first, tim has a look at the five-day forecast. >> we definitely are expecting to see warranter sunshine. we could see fog in the morning. but after that, the fog -- sun peeks through. then back down into the 50s. it's going to be a pretty nice stretch. we could see rain. bob has your five-day forecast right now, bob? >> i think you'll love the next couple of days. that's for sure. and most of saturday will be fine. 88, 83, 87. a risk of a scattered shower. 75, partly cloudy. 80 as we start next week. warmer temps, vic. >> okay, bob. thank you. donny osmond opened up about the latest tragedy to hit the family. mark steines has more from hollywood. coming up on entertainment tonight, donny osmond's tears for his sister. mary hart sat down with donny for his only interview since his sister marie's son's, tragic loss of her son to suicide. what do you do when you do this? how do you get over losing your son, especially in that -- that way. >> reporter: marie's son committed suicide nearly three months ago. now, with marie's blessing, a tearful donny says that while his sister is performing with him in vegas, every day is filled with grief. >> i can also hear her crying. and that hurts. so if i tell them, delay the show, until she stops crying. ♪ [ music ] it was a-- and what's amazing is that just minutes after she has cried, she'll come out of the dressing room perfect. ready to go. >> marie and the osmond family buried michael on march 8th. the grief-stricken mom would return to the stage the very next day. >> have there been moments where marie has crumbled backstage? >> yes. she broke down several times during that performance, and rightly so. she looked at me and said, "i can't go on. i can't continue ." and she collapsed backstage. >> marie is such a strong woman and a great interview tonight from mary and donny. also tonight, celebrity cellulite, uncovering hollywood's worst bikini bodies. plus, our special correspondent, kate gosselin, backstang. backstage. we'll have that and more tonight. >> no stone is unturned on that show. entertainment tonight. >> or no pound of flesh. still to come. orioles manager dave dave trembley handles the heat of a disappointing g ,,,,,,,, [wind rustling] [sound of waves crashing] [upbeat whistling in background] discover all that northwest florida has to offer. seventeen hidden beaches, one revealing destination. fly southwest's new nonstops from bwi airport to panama city beach starting at $99 one-way. (ding) used to be the orioles did better at home. but maybe this season, they have done better away. >> they have done better, but just not done better overall. they had a victory, but not enough of those. 40 games in, that is one- quarter of the season complete, and with the worst record in the majors, there are obvious questions and concerns. of immediate concern is the game tonight in texas. jeremy guthrie gets his start. he is coming off of his best start yet. that was a win over cleveland. rangers go with rich harden. it's an 8:05 start time. orioles manager dave trembley is an interested observer in a controversy brewing in miami, where florida marlins' star shortstop, hanry ramirez has apologized for cursing and criticizing his manager. hehe ripped his manager and pointed out that freddie gonzalez did not play major league baseball. well, trembly himself did not play pro ball. he's awear of the conception it can create. and he's trying not to create controversy in his house. >> as i've tried to do in the last month here, six weeks, whatever it is, try to take the high road. and don't call out players. if somebody doesn't hustle, do something wrong, maybe they should stand up and say, hey, i screwed it up. don't put the blame on freddie gonzalez and call him out because he didn't play in the big leagues? wow. >> referring to the ramirez controversy, ramirez says he believes his guys are stand-up guys who generally take responsibility for their shortcomings, but the manager did add, there have been a few exceptions. coach john harbaugh has expressed his displeasure that a number of players are not taking part in this weekend's workout. >> there are times out there when i look puzzled. but a lot of the veteran guys on the team don't mind leading in the right direction if you're on the spot on the field. not only do they want to look good. they want you to look good. because they're on the field with you. want to play with the bus for the whole defense. >> these are technically volunteer workouts. an important week for offensive lineman oniel cousins. one more day of mini camp tomorrow. nba play-offs, paul pierce and the boston celtics have come out strong. magic knocked pierce down. he got up to score 28 points. and his teammates chimed in for a game 2 win. kevin garnet works the turnaround. the celtics held the lead. boston taking the first two games on the lead. they go up 2-0 in the series. phoenix plays at the lakers at game 2. road rage on the nascar track has landed driver, clint boyar on probation. it stems from the nationwide race in dover. now, that's boyar coming out of the pit, intentionally ramming his car into hamlin's car. boy are stormed off -- boyar stormed off after the retaliation. not good old boys when they do something as blatant as that. >> not at all. >> thank you, mark. be right back. ,, stir don't miss the cbs primetime lineup tonight at 10:00. we'll be back at 11:00. i'm vic carter. >> and for bob and mark, i'm denise koch. thanks far watching wjz, maryland's news station. don't go away. there's much more ahead on the cbs evening news with katie couric. an investigation of ,, >> couric: some of the oil has entered the loop current which could take it to the florida keys and even up the east coast. i'm katie couric. also tonight, voters looking for change-- again. they throw out one veteran senator, leaving another fighting for her political life, and give the tea party reason to celebrate. and you've been paying millions for t.s.a. agents trained to spot terrorists, but they haven't caught one yet. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. it's like watching a horror movie in slow motion. something bad is happening, the question is how bad will it be? patches of thick, gooey oil are washing up in the marshes near the mouth of the mississippi river and government scientists say a small portion has reached the so-called loop current which could take it to florida and up the east coast. kelly cobiella has the latest tonight from venice, louisiana. >> this is devastating. >> reporter: this is louisiana's nightmare: heavy black oil killing the grasses that make up these vital marshes. >> this is the monster that