now depending on what happens with the pressure testing, bp could contain the oil to the or begin siphoning most of the crude to containment ships waiting on the surface. in venice, louisiana, jay gray, news 4. here in washington the dupont circle escalator problems continued throughout the day today. there was a major breakdown in service when smoke was noticed at the station. many metro riders had to climb 120 stairs to get out of the station. chris gordon is live at dupont metro center. >> reporter: good evening, doreen. metro said the problem began at an escalator air conditioning unit. repair crews are working on motors and brakes and handrails. half the escalators are working. the rest are stationary, being used as walkers. that is another way of saying stairs. today that presented a challenge to many metro riders. as the south entrance to the dupont circle metro station metro had one escalator working, going down, leaving passengers to struggle up 140 steps. >> i want to know why they have the one going down not the one going up. >> reporter: how hard is it? >> it is out of breath. i can't breathe. >> i'm 72 and have a bad knee. it is bad. >> reporter: smoke was reported coming from the escalators located at the north entrance of the dupont circle station. d.c. firefighters responded and some of them found it tough climbing the escalator stairs. websites that monitor metro posted video from passengers showing the crowds underground waiting to walk up the stairs. anger rising. >> they messed the whole thing up! it is all broken! >> reporter: metro crews worked throughout the day trying to fix the escalators. at the north entrance they got one working. at the south entrance they restarted the up escalator a number of times only to have it stop time and again challenging the patience and stamina of passengers. >> how many breakdowns is metro going to have. >> reporter: you are obviously out of breath. >> i am. >> reporter: what is your frustration level. >> it is about at a ten. so i'm going to have to find an alternative method of transportation. >> metro says it hopes to have most of the escalators working by the end of the week here at dupont circle. escalators will not be fully functions here possibly until the end of july. >> what measz. very frustrating. thank you chris gordon. marc train panelers stranded in a hot train for hours last month, now they are eligible for special benefits from the maryland transit administration. they receive five free vip passages for a marc train. on june 21st a train broke down leaving passengers stranded without air conditioning. two people were taken to the hospital and treated for heat exhaustion. a catholic priest has been arrested in fairfax county accused of sexually abusing a child. he is from wheeling, west virginia. 44-year-old felix owino was taken into custody last wednesday. he has been suspended. he was on summer break from his teaching duties when the alleged incident happened. he has a court hearing september 2. d.c. police are trying to figure out what happened to a double shooting at 7th and o streets northwest. two men were shot. both are expected to survive. police have not released any information. d.c. police believe they may have solved five murders with the arrest of one man. ron brosbon jr. was arrested on friday. he was involved in at least five deadly shootings dating back to 1994. >>. >> the d.c. council is considering legislation to make it easier to access the records of violent juvenile offenders. there would still be strict controls on which government agencies could ak ses the records. phil mendellson proposed the bill. >> the intent of the bill is to pierce the veil of secrecy that surrounds the juvenile justice system. no longer would the public get the answer i cannot answer about a kid repeatedly convicted of a crime. >> there will be another vote on the measure in the fall. union leaders are asking mayor fenty to immediately restate four social workers. they were fired in 2008 in the wake of the benita jacks case convicted of killing her four daughters and keeping their remains. yesterday the social workers union upheld the reinstatement of the fired workers. the mayor's office has not decided whether to give the workers their jobs back. new york yankees owner george steinbrenner died of a heart attack this morning in tampa, florida. he was 80 years old. lindsay czarniak has more about his legacy. >> a sad day for the yankees franchise. george steinbrenner is known as the boss. he bought a struggling yankee franchise for $10 million and turned it into a championship organization. he was known for his attention to detail. george steinbrenner led the yankees to seven world series championships, 11 american league pennants, 16 al east titles. he was a visionary from the trades to the upkeep of facilities. he was fiery in the name of winning. he was famous for firing managers in the '70s and '80s and maintained good relations. he leaves to his sons hank and hall the most profitable team in all of major league baseball perhaps the most successful franchise in all of sports. derek jeter will miss his boss. >> he really expected to win, every night, every day. i remember my first, second year, i was on third base and got doubled off on a line drive in the infield. we won the game. after the game he was yelling at me, don't ever get doubled off. i'm telling him we won the game. but he expected perfection. that rubbed off on the organization. >> we have more reaction from current yankees players coming up in sports. >> thank you, lindsay. >> he bought it for less than 10 million bucks, now the franchise well over $1 billion. >> he made a lot of progress. coming up -- dangerous water rescue mission. how crews saved a man living life on the edge. we hear from the teenager accused of stealing a metro bus. and a teenager known as the barefoot bandit has his day in court. who turned against troops in afghanistan in a deadly attack. >> more rain coming our way? >> that it is, craig. the rain has arrived. paould see locally heavy rain tonight. some of us are in we're covering breaking news. a hazmat situation at the goddard space flight center. here is a look at a live picture. fire officials believe there is a substance leaking from a building that houses radiological material. they are taking precautions. no injuries are reported. the goddard space flight center off green belt just off the beltway. we'll bring you the latest as it comes in. accused russian spy anna chapman no longer has dual citizenship. chapman was among ten russian agents who returned to moscow in a spy swap last week. she previously lived in london and granted citizenship after she married a british man. they divorced after four years. the # 1th russian was addressed in cypress and jumped bail. a 12th russian is being detained. he is 23 years old. the fbi has been watching him closely. they have not found any connection between him and the spy ring but his name came up during the investigation. justice officials told nbc news they decided to deport the man. the death toll in the deadly attacks in uganda in the world cup final has reached 76. among the injured 16-year-old emily kerstetter from maryland. she was scheduled for surgery in a south african hospital. she and her grandmother were in south africa with their church group. suspected somali terror group could be capable of carrying out attacks outside of africa. for the second time in eight months an afghan soldier turned against british troops. it happened this morning. an afghan soldier fired a rocket propelled grenade killing three and wounding four more. jim maceda has our report. >> reporter: what they are calling a rogue afghan soldier fired a rocket propelled grenade at a group of british soldiers he was on joint patrol with very early this morning killing three british soldiers, wounding at least four before fleeing into the dark. he is still at large. his motive for the attack remanes unknown. what is clear is that this is a major breach of security and it makes it all that more difficult to maintain the trust and confidence between british and u.s. forces on the one hand and the afghan soldiers and police they are mentoring on the other. >> sometimes one tends to say these things happen in war. i think when your partner, the person you are fighting with turns on you, it has a real effect on you. we shouldn't try and understate that. >> reporter: it is probably why very quickly the new nato commander, general petraeus released a statement saying in part and i quote "we must ensure that the trust between our forces remain solid in order to defeat our common enemies." for his part, hamid karzai also sent his con dole lens to the nato command and the british command. these incidents are tragic. they are very dramatic to cover but so far at least they remain quite rare. i'm jim maceda, nbc news reporting from kabul. back to you. today president obama announced his nomination for the budget director. jacob liu serving as deputy secretary of state. he was budget director in the clinton administration. >> when jack left that post he handed the next administration a record $236 billion budget surplus the day i took office eight years later america faced a $1.3 trillion deficit. jack's challenge over the next few years is to use his extraordinary skill and experience to cut down that deficit and put our nation back on a fiscally responsible path. >> if confirmed by the senate, he would replace peter orszag stepping down at the end of this month. good news on wall street. positive early earnings reports, the dow surged 173 points to close 10,363, the nasdaq it was up 44 points to end at 2,24 # 2 and the s&p gained 17. 1095 was the closing level there. newt gingrich is "seriously considering a run for president." the former house speaker will decide whether to seek the republican nomination. sarah palin, mitt romney and tim pawlenty have been mentioned as possible republican nominees. gingrich predicted that president obama will be a one-term president and the president's approval rating has dropped below 50%. he is a two-time super bowl champ and a ten-time pro bowl player. what happened when lawrence taylor showed up in court to face rape charges. new claims that dplaxo smith kline hid information to health risks. veronica has check this out. a dramatic water rescue outside of philadelphia. a man was stuck next to a support pillar in a fast moving creek. a police helicopter was fortunately able to pull the man and his rescuer to safety. no one figures hout the man got there. he was lucky someone came to get him. those waters are riding fast in the philly area. the philly area has gotten a lot of rain. looks like we are getting more rain, too. >> that we are. like last night we get these storms rolling through here. not a lot of lightning but some wind and heavy rain. that is what happens when you get the rain in a short period of time. an inch and a half in philadelphia. >> we don't want to see flooding. enough rain to feed the grass. >> that is what we've seen in july outside of last week. for today this evening as we go through the next couple of hours, some of you, some neighborhoods getting under one of these drenching storms. you, too, will pick up a lot of rain in a short period of time. there are flash flood watches in effect. 86 the high temperature. i will take you back to 1977. lightning took out power in new york. this is the last time i can remember power going out to millions in the area. thousands stuck in the subway. 86 the temperature here. we are not going see much lightning but heavy rain and could have high winds like last night take down a few trees. 73 the dew point temperature. these clips on my hair, i didn't style it that way. that is the high humidity. over a third of an inch of rain today. for the evening hours and up until midnight, there will be more heavy rain. 78, 77 degrees. for early tomorrow morning a chance for showers until things wind down. 75, 76 to start the day. the flash flood watches in effect. prince william county, montgome montgomery, howard, prince george's, anne arundel and baltimore. we are watching the cells to the south and west of the area. clusters moving fast 20 to 30 miles per hour northeast. there is lightning with them but not as much as earlier. south and west of cal verton. making their way into prince william county and loudoun county and more, too, heading up through areas of warren county and on the eastside of winchester. moderate and heavy rain. this comes after springfield picked up .39 inches of rain. .31 inches fredericksburg, virginia. your temperature in the 80s. lots of moisture from the south. the dew point temperatures high through the deep south running at 70 degrees ahead of this weather front. not until thursday we see the air dry out a little bit. wanted to show you in pennsylvania some of the heavy rains. an inch and a half to two inches of rain. that was this morning from those fast-moving storms that bruised flooding throughout the area. and now that area could seed more storms. eastern pennsylvania coming their way later tonight. all right. let's talk about the next 48 hours here. there is the weather system early tomorrow morning, moving through the area. still could see after things dry out, a little bit of sub shine and maybe a passing afternoon shower or thunder shower. then a chance for rain at the end of the week on friday. less humid air for thursday. for the evening, a few heavy thunderstorms. watching for flooding in parts of the area. 82 to 76. wind out of the southwest to 5 to 15. rain until mid-morning. 70 to 75. showers again possible and for the aern afternoon tomorrow in the middle, sunshine and definitely heating because we are back into the 90s, 90 to 91. yes, it is going to be stick ji and steamy, craig. 92 on friday and close to that on saturday as well. the weekend forecast could see a few showers and maybe some thunderstorms coming our way on saturday. >> i believe the first time i ever heard a hair style disclaimer. i like it. plan ahead for those bad hair days. thanks, veronica. coming up on news 4, two dogs left behind when their owner had to serve in the war. how you might be able to help cookie and pebbles find a new home. a swimming lesson from an olympian. why he wants lawmakers to dive in. an apology too night from the bogus bus driver. i'm pat collins. i have the story coming up. george mason university where several rotc students are under investigation for getting their hands on a police access card plotting to burglarize campus buildings and keeping a spread sheet with student credit card numbers. coming up in sports, more reaction from the yankees organization on the passing of owner george steinbrenner and matt capps ready for his first all-star appearance and cal ripken jr. recalls his final all-star appearance. a news 4 exclusive tonight. a teenager accused of stealing a metro bus and taking it on a joyride says he sorry. 19-year-old william jackson is accused of taking the bus and crashing it into a tree. >> jackson stole the bus right off the lot. tonight he is speaking only to news 4's pat collins. his goes to the duke ellington school of performing arts. >> he is a great singer. he has a great voice and a good heart. >> reporter: for more than two years he's worked a part-time job at the eastern market for linda brown. how would you describe him? >> gentle, very caring. considerate. >> reporter: he has at least one relative who is a metro bus driver and he says when he turns 21 he wants to be a bus driver, too. >> it is a family tradition to be a bus driver. >> reporter: today i ran into 19-year-old william jackson, the young man accused of actually putting on a metro bus driver's outfit, going to the bus yard, taking a bus, driving it on to the street, picking up passengers, letting off passengers, collecting fares, driving a bus route until he hit that tree on 17th street southeast. william jacks lives on raleigh street southeast. he didn't want his face shown but he had this to say about the incident. >> i am truly sorry for what i have allegedly been accused of. i personally would like to extend my deepest apologies to the good name of the duke ellington school of the arts and to my family and friends who i love very much. this incident has brought me closer to my family and to god. >> reporter: linda brown not only employees jackson at the eastern market. she serves as his godmother, too. what do you make of this, ma'am? >> i'm shocked. >> reporter: have you spoke to him since? >> yes. >> reporter: and what did he say? >> he said he was bored and frustrated. >> reporter: did he tell you why he did it. >> that was his reason. he said he had been depressed. >> reporter: william jackson, this month he is going to summer school. he is trying to get his high school diploma. next month he is going to court. his future as a bus driver, well, that could be put on hold. i'm pat collins, news 4, washington. >> jackson is charged with one count of unauthorized use of a vehicle. a metro driver is being accused of sexual aassaulting a special needs personal after being picked up from an adult day care. the suspect is not a metro employee but a contractor provided by regency cab. police plan to charge the driver with second degree rape and sexual ofoens. two men were indicted for stealing copper wire from amtrak. they took wire used to prevent electric strikes. court documents say the men sold the wire to local scrap yards netting $20,000. if they are convicted they could face up to 15 years in jail. a young man from herndon is one of two george mason students for stealing a campus police officer's i.d. information. court documents show the students planned to burglarize the campus buildings. >> reporter: george mason university police began their information in early may when someone had gotten their hands on an officer's identification card access information unlike student cards that can only open the front doors of dorms, the police i.d. opens far more doors and they were using the information to get into unauthorized areas. the stolen police access information was being used to get inside the housing office here. they discovered about the same time a particular student was swiping his pass card to get inside, they went to his dorm room on the fifth noor and confronted him. an affidavit showed the student denying knowing anything. then the officer spotted a safe and asked what was inside. the affidavit said the suspect willingly opened the safe and in plain view was a box of access cards. the student suspect allowed the officer to examine his laptop, desktop computer, thumb drive and media card. police discovered child porn videos and a spread sheet with george mason student names and information and an on line chat between students revealed a plot to climb through ceilings to burglarize campus buildings. the investigation provided one more surprise. the students both in the rotc program. students are shocked by the bold plan and suspect's ability to gain access to police i.d. information. >> it is a scary thought to think someone could have access to the entire campus including the living quarters of the students and access to all the computers and what not. >> that is very shocking. that is very surprising. i didn't think it would be possible, really. >> police sought a search warrant to seize items from the second student's herndon home. when we stopped by his mother declined comment. the investigation is on going and no charges have been filed yet against the students. julie carey, news 4. >> a roommate confessed he knew the suspect was manufacturing access cards. today young swimmers got potentially life-saving lessons from colin jon