King jr. Memorial will be built. Despite the vastly different ideas that will be expressed at the two rallies held so close to each, other participants anticipate that it will remain peaceful. We have a robust security plan in place. I am quite confident of our plan. Were looking forward to having a successful day. Police will protect the public safety. They also suggest since there is little parking down here, that you take metro and you bring tweert protect against dehydration. Were live tonight at the lincoln memorial. Back to you in the studio. Thank you. There are some new details involving the murder of a student at Catholic University. News4 has learn the police are looking into a possible link between another shooting in the same area, just a few hours before neil god lesssky was shot and killed. At shermal circle now in d. C. With more. Reporter is it a Significant Development into the investigation of the murder that happen here over the weekend or a tragic coincidence that speaks more to the level of crime here at petworth that has heretofore gone largely unnoticed. Pursuing investigations of two crime that happened within hours of each other may bear that out. Sources tell news4 that investigators are exploring the possible connection between the Fatal Shooting of Neil Godleski after midnight last sunday and a shooting that happened earlier saturday evening in the 4700 block of illinois avenue northwest. It is one of the streets that feeds on to sherman circle. The sources say that shell casings from the earlier shooting involving a teenage victim who was wounded could be a match with those associated with the Fatal Shooting later that same evening. Police continue to investigate the shooting of 31yearold Catholic University student Neil Godleski, shot several times as he rode his bicycle toward the circle. He was pronounced dead a short time later in nearby hospital. Neil was the sweetest person you could have ever met. Last night a vigil was held at the site where he fell. And city and federal officials have begun the process of installing additional lights in the circle. The motive in the Fatal Shooting is still under investigation. Were live in petworth, back to you. The man known as the serial stabber will remain in a michigan jail without bail. Elias abuelazam is accused in 18 stabbings in virginia, michigan and ohio. He was arraigned in court via video camera today in connection with the stabbing in flint, michigan. Police stay suspect was targeting black men. Five of the stabbings victims died. Abuelazam is suspected in three stabbings in leesburg. He was arrested in atlanta earlier this month where official say he was trying to leave the country. A new york cab driver who was stabbed by a passenger this week is speaking out. He said he was attacked because of his religion. He said he picked up 21yearold Michael Enwright in his taxi on tuesday. He said succeed if he was muslim. When he said yes, he said his passenger became hostile. It is very deep with almost like my bone in there. Then im trying to fight for life to protect myself. He was yelling. Sharif is out of the hospital now. Police stay enwright was drunk and incoherent when he was arrested for the attack. He is being held without bail on charge of assault with a hate crime. There are new statistics on the number of driver who get behind the wheel on drinking. A Government Survey shows that 17 Million People say they drove after drinking at least once in the past year. Nbcs tom costello has been looking into these interesting numbers. These numbers are disturbing. 81 of those asked say they believe drinking and driving are a threat to them or their families. Yet as jim mentioned, 17 million drivers admit in the past year, they have driven when they probably should not have. In arlington, texas, heartbreak. 27yearold khaled, the father of a 9monthold with another child on the way killed instantly when the fedex truck he was driving was obliterated headon. The father was driving to support his family. He has a baby daughter. Reporter 29yearold justin jones, a driver with a history of dui, is now facing charge of intoxication with manslaughter charges. As new stats from the department of transportation show, too Many Americans are drinking and driving. And the survey, 20 of those asked admitted that in the past year, they have driven within two hours of drinking. Two thirds of those said theyve done so in the past 30 days. And 28 of the drinking drivers said, they were usually drinking three days a week. Youre not the best judge of whether youve had too much to drink or not. The best decision you can make, if you clues to drink, find another way home. Driver, pull on to the shoulder. Reporter in Fairfax County, virginia, the officer is always looking for duis. Swerving, weaving. Tailgating. Reporter the dangers of drunk dwrifg on full display the look last december when two drivers, both allegedly drunk, caused two separate accidents. If 2008 nearly 12,000 people were killed in alcoholrelated accidents. 500,000 were injured. State trooper justins encount we are drunk drivers became all too familiar when one rear ended his cruiser. With two broken bones in his neck and a broken rib, he still climbed out of his burning car and pulled his phoenix safety. I cant exactly if i was knock out. If i was, it was for a brief period of time. About two seconds. Will. Reporter nationwide, police are looking for one number. 08. The Legal Definition of driving under the influence. Drunk driving enforcement is one of the only time a Police Officer will be able to prevent a homicide or a death. Reporter so the message from the Nations Police department is going to be cracking down. If youre under the age of 21, remember that of course, there is zero tolerance for any alcohol in your system at all. For adults, were not talking about going to a party and having a glass of wine, right . And driving home. Im a small guy. And you know, so a few drinks in me is probably not going to sit as well as maybe a few drinks in somebody who is bigger. You have to know what your limits are. One concern is that they found the younger the kids are who are driving, 16 to 20yearolds, they were loading up on drinks, versus people who are a biolder. And theyre the least experienced drivers, too. Thanks. The Toyota Motor Corporation is involved in another recall. The worlds biggest automaker announced it is recalling more than 1 million carolla sedans and hatchbacks. They have a potential problem. Toyotas recall affects 2005 through 2008 models. Three accidents and one injury have been linked to this problem. Last year, toyota recalled more than 8 million vehicles because of a sudden acceleration issue. This afternoon, the food and Drug Administration that it has found the first Proof Positive of salmonella contamination instwid barnes linked to the massive egg recall. More than 1,300 people nationwide are thought to have gotten sick from tainted eggs. They are traced back to Hillandale Farms and the Wright County egg company. Congress wants the owners to testify at a hearing on the recall next month. There were more mixed signals about our economy today. Unemployment number improve but sale of new housing fell. Economists, analysts and pundits are trying to figure out the best way to move forward. There are mope ben bernanke will have some answers tomorrow. Steve handelsman has our report. Reporter new home sales dropped to the lowest level in 50 years. And one homeowner in ten could soon face foreclosures, as an industry group. But todays news on jobs is better. The first time unemployment filings dropped sharply. Mixed signals. The stock market in a tissy. The real concern smear uncertainty about the Economic Outlook can be selffulfilling. Reporter he could reveal hess new plan tomorrow. He is unloading his consider rates to zero and bought 1. 5 trillion in mortgages. Some fear a double dip repeat recession. If it does turn down, what do you do about it . Do you have any tools left in your tool box to fix the economy . Reporter some of the colleagues are openly demanding he do more than keep Interest Rates low. Theyre worried the u. S. Economy could spiral down and remain down like japan daze in the 1990s for the last decade. We prommed to stay at zero for a long time. Thats the way you could get into japanese reporter millions of americans feel trapped now. This was eary, pennsylvania. Ive been without a job since february 1, this year. 2010. Were six months in. Ive applied everywhere. Reporter hoping the fed, the u. S. Government can help more after nearly three years of recession. Bernankes speech is tomorrow morning. No cameras are allowed. Any hint of big policy change will quickly get out. Nbc news, washington. That dragged down markets today. The dow lost 75 points to put it below the 10,000 level. The nasdaq slipped 23 point to close at 2119. Coming up, a family will stranded by russian floodwaters. And its been five years since Hurricane Katrina. Another sketch of a man linked to assault of an elderly woman. And the story of a toddler with an incredible survival instinct. The weather . A Beautiful Day out. There it looks like a great weekend out there as well. Temperature on the rise. Ill show you how warm thing may be getting as we enter next week. Tiger woods atop the leader board once again. London fletcher making an appearance in gq magazine. It is not for his clothes. Plus the nationals introduce it was five years ago that Hurricane Katrina hit the gulf shore. Jay gray is in new orleans now with a look at how people have fared over the years. Reporter a tough go, as you might imagine. As you talk about sunday as the official anniversary of the storm. But theres not a single day that passes here that people dont remember what happened and feel a part of what theyve lost. Even now, five years later. Help us reporter the images are still overwhelming. The emotions still raw. It has traumatized us. Just as sure as if we had gone to combat and then seen destruction, death. Weve all been traumatized by this. Reporter trauma driven by the wind and rain as Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the mississippi coast. We came back to absolute did he have staying. Reporter an emslab and littered pool was all that john had left. I made up my mind right off the bat that i was going to rebuild the house exactly as it was. Reporter five years later, hes done just that. Down to the color of the paint and antique furniture inside. Something so many of his neighbors cant or wont do. Nowhere near. Reporter the latest krecens data shows it has dropped more than 10 over all. Everything is at a stand still. Reporter the number are even worse in the ninth ward of new orleans where only 24 of the residents there before the levees collapsed have made their way home. Its sad that five years later, look at this place. It looks like the water just came through last week. Reporter in other parts of the city, there are some signs of growth. Now we have 78 of the population that we did before the storm in the city. And in the metro area, 91 . Reporter that progress is still framed by pockets of debris. And even in places like the refurbished convention center. Haunting memories and constant reminders that the struggle to survive still continues along the gulf coast. The reality for so many here is that five years simply marks another step in what continues to be a very long and very difficult recovery. Live in new orleans, jay gray. Back to you. A lot of frustration there. Thanks. Museum here in washington has created a special exhibit to mark the five years since katrina. It features headlines from newspapers around the world that covered the storm and the aftermath. Visitors also can watch clips from tv news stories and documentaries about the disaster. The exhibit opens tomorrow. And runs through september of next year. Nbcs Brian Williams was among journalists who went to new orleans when the levee broke. Today he looked back tonight on nightly news he will look back at the desperation of the people at the super dome. I couldnt believe people were starving and going without water in the United States for lack of my mother is 83 years old. She is in dire need of her heart medication. There are no medical services here. A good friend of mine just died. Another died this morning. He has nothing. Reporter some adults performed poorly in this case. People should know that and remember that. Tonight at 7 00 on nbc nightly news, brian will anchor from new orleans. He will have some good news to report on the state of the city five years after. Coming up live, police at a soccer match. Plus the brother of Rod Blagojevich is in the clear. And the skies are clear. Well have a look at the pakistan released video. A family trapped. The family of 26 people waited too long in the small village to escape the flooding. They found themselves cut off from any road to leave two military helicopters by the family and air lifted everyone to safety. The flooding and pakistan began in late july when the annual monsoon rains began falling. It is a terrible story there and it seems like we are just hearing the beginning of the awful effects. This is one of the worst monsoon seasons theyve seen in china, packs. Tremendous flooding for us. We could use the rain. Parts of our area under severe drought. The bad news is, at least for those that are looking for rain, we wont get it any time soon. Nothing but great weather out there. If you like great weather, meaning 87 degrees, and men of sunshine. Low humidity. Thats exactly what we saw outside during the day today. Take a look at what we did see for the record today. A high of 87 degrees. We saw a temperature of 68 this morning. The average High Temperature is 85. We are a little above average. But still comfortable with low humidity during the day today. Right now, the temperature have fallen a little bit. To about 85 degrees. The current heat index, 84. Were looking at partly cloudy to mostly clear. Humidity, 34 . A very comfortable evening. It will be a nice one. 85 now in the district. 85 in sterling. Manassas coming in at 84. Winch, 84. A nice afternoon. Nothing but sunshine. That mean no rain on the radar. That is some good news. We wont be in the way of rain. We need it but we wont see it for the next week to two weeks. We are looking at a very dry stretch. 11 00, looking at 72 degrees. A great morning tomorrow. 66 degrees and plenty of sunshine when you wake up on your friday. Right now, friday looking fantastic. The radar showing a frontal boundary. It is making its way through the region. There are a couple 73 storm toward southern virginia. Thats about it. The front will usher in some great weather over the next couple days. Something else. We have two storms. This is hurricane danielle. Look at the eye right here. The eye really well formed. Just a category two storm but it is expected to become a category 3. And it is just onemileanhour away from it. The current winds are 110 miles an hour. Category 3 storm at 111 miles an hour. So again, this is expected to back major hurricane as it makes its way toward the northwest at about 13 miles an hour passing to the east. Thats good news but theyll see some high surf, the winds as well. It will impact our shoreline if youre thinking about going down to the beach on saturday, sunday, maybe into monday. Look for some high surf and the potential for rip currents. Be careful out. There Tropical Storm earl striking at 45 miles an hour. Making its way toward the west and then it too, too, is expected to go away from the United States. So that so far, some good news. There are a couple more waves behind those two systems. So well continue to watch an active Tropical Storm season. There is that area of High Pressure diving on down. That is going to dominate our weather over the next couple of days. And give us what i think could be one of the best weekends weve seen so far this summer. With men of sunshine, low humidity and temperature just a little bit above average. For today, this evening, mostly clear. A splendid evening. The temperature falling down from 83 to about 76 degrees . Some areas. For tomorrow, clear. Quite nice in the morning. Sunrise at 6 33. As we make our way through the day tomorrow, looking good. Sunny, low humidity. Sunset tomorrow at 7 47. Were still dealing with nice long days during the summer months. 79 to 83 degrees for a high. A little bit cooler but i think a fantastic day for friday. As we look through the next couple days, 87 on saturday. 90 on sunday. You go, wait a second. What is that 94 creeping up . That is next heat baef were expecting. The good news is even though well be in the mid 90s with 94, maybe monday, tuesday, and even wednesday, the humidity levels will not be nearly as high as they have been during the summer. So we wont be talking about that oppressive heat that has affected much of the region. The weekend looks outstanding. If you dont have plans, you might as well make them. Thank you, doug. Coming up, theyre probably not looking for popeye but they do want the owner of sweetpea. Patients at the army Reed Army Medical Center may have been exposed to radiation. 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