a nissan frontier on the outer loop of the beltway just forth of the cabin ex- >> it it caused the nissan to go out of control. and -- the vehicle went out of roll and down an embankment. injuring both driver and passenger. >> reporter: over a guardrail that landed below. she kept going after the collision and crossing the bridge in a virginia. another motorist who followed her. >> virginia authorities, state police then responded to the acci antnd arrest ad driver for drivind uer the influence. ol reporte her bohod alc lelve according to police w s w.15 and .20. it is illegal to drive at .28 or higher. she had at least one other accident where she failed to stop and backed into a car back in march. the police stopp her a short distance away and where sheas

cited for a number of charges, including leaving the scene ask driving on a suspended virginia's license and failed to appear in court last month on those charges. police say more charges could be pending against loos in maryland. >> warrant for her fleeing the scene after bodily yuri accident. after she is done with her charges in virginia she will be extradited back to maryland. >> aftthe police have to investigate two. >> when you celebrate or drink, unfortunately, we didn't catch her first. >> reporter: the victims in this crash have been identified as 39-year-old mendoza. the passenger was 37-year-old franklin monzari. both are of springfield, vurn, and represent the first and second traffic fatalities in montgomery county had year. we are live at state police barracks in rockville. back to you in the studio. >> derrick ward, thank you. overturned oil tanker is

causing huge backups on i-95 this afternoon near sandy spring road the p truck rolled over 12:15 this afternoon and tanker was carrying vegetable oil. no injuries. crews are still dregging southbound around the wreck. only one lane and shoulder is now open the transportation officials urging drivers to use route 1, 29, or maryland route 295 to get around this. investigators believe that the drowning death of a 19-month-old child in charles county was an accident. 'sjasohebuotsc mrkdir overed hinsm dicouncious in theco fami pool last night. and behind their home on middletown road in the waldorf area. the authorities say the toddler's mother left him in the care of a teenager who lives in the home while she went out to run errands yesterday evening. when she returned home, she realized jason was missing and called police. >> when the mother found out that the child was not with the teenager, she panicked and started searching immediately for the child.

when she went out to the backyard she foundhe child in the pool. >> jason burk was pronounced dead at the hospital. sheriff's officials believe his death was an accidental drowning. a second person in maryland has died from the swine flu virus. health department officials say that an adult with prior health problems died after contracting the h1n1 virus. two people in virginia died from the swine flu. there have been 170 confirmed swine flu deaths nationwide. former d.c. mayor marion barry heads to court tomorrow. find out whether he will face formal charges of stalking a woman during the fourth of july weekend. news4 was first to report barry's arrest by u.s. park police saturday night. this case involves barry and his stormy relationship with that woman. tom sherwood is here with more on this. tom? >> the court date is tomorrow. but with new incidents, this case remains confusing. late tuesday night, barry's spokeswoman was denouncing his saturday arrest in anacostia

park. and new suggestions that barry improperly once employed the woman. donna watts now accusing him of stalking. >> the series of events surrounding the contract have nothing to do with the event which occurred over the fourth of july weekend. >> reporter: moments later, the woman abruptly showed up to challenge the barry spokeswoman's account. >> none of this stuff is true? >> what i did hear is not true. >> are you thinking of filing a suit, harassment? >> no. >> you said earlier you weren't going to fight. what do you say mao? >> looks like they are scared of something, aren't they? i haven't said anything. ill got dthis. i must be bad. >> unusual exchange only added more confusion to the relationship between barry and the woman. seen here in the pink suit appearing with barry during his income tack case in april. the new episode in a story of a

weekend beach trip saturday that was canceled and somehow turned into the park police arrest saturday evening. park police declined to release the arrest report that details what happened. barry is due in d.c. superior court at 10:00 a.m. thursday before judge diane brenneman to hear whether prosecutors are going to formally bring a misdemeanor chinge ga ast him for stalking or drop the case. in another development, the washington city paper obtained and disclosed voice mails barry left in the woman's home telephone before the saturday incident. and in those voice mails, barry refers to his barring the woman's ex-husband from barry's offices at the wilson building. >> the court date is tomorrow.

if barry formally charged, there will be a jury trial that could take months to complete. back to you. >> already. thank you, tom. good afternoon. good evening. bob ryan, storm center 4. what month is this? sure as heck doesn't look like july with that sparkling blue sky. does many feel like july either. look at these dew points. this is about as dry we will ever get here in washington in july. and with a light sunny warm day, dew points in the 40s. that's really dry. our air temperature is with that nice canadian air, 80, low 80s. we haven't had many 09 degree days. three 90-degrees. the last 20 years. what's the fewest number of 90-degrees we had for a year? you will have the answer, of course. i will tell you -- if there are any 90s in sight. join you in a few minutes. pedestrian in serious condition after hit by a motorcyclist today. the accident happened this

morning at 18th and i streets northwest. the biker was weaving between traffic when he hit the woman. both the motorcyclist and woman were badly hurt and taken to local hospitals for treatment. investigators are trying to determine if the woman was in the cross walk when she was hit. a youtube video is sparking outrage and disappointment among metro riders. it shows a metro operator appearing to send text messages while he shouldn't be driving the train. video prompted metro to take action. megan mcgrath has that story. at fir glance i looks like the metro train operator is sleeping. but he's actually writing a text message. as the train speeds along the tracks. the cell phone video taken by a passenger was posted on youtube. the operator was suspended. >> there is really no excuse for it and it is -- it is very disappointing. and especially given the fact that our train operators and really all of our operations personnel and for that matter

every single person in the transit agency knows what the rules are. >> reporter: the video was taken june 5, before the recent train collision that killed nine people. but metro officials say they only became aware of the incident after the crash. the operator captured in the video has already served the five-day suspension and is driving once again. a fact some metro riders find disappointing. >> too short. too short a time to be suspended. i mean, people are -- smack on the hand. maybe a month would have been better. >> when i'm driving and if i use my phone without a blue tooth, then i'm driving with me, myself and i in the car, and where as a train operator has hundreds maybe a couple thousand or so, individuals on a rain and taking those people's lives in their hands. >> reporter: the train was under automatic control at the time the operator was writing the text message. and the texting did not cause an accident. >> given the fact that this is making the rounds on videos, and in the news, we certainly think

that this will may cause everybody here to take notice that you never know who -- never know who may be watching. >> reporter: metro officials are not releasing the name of the operator but they say that this is his first offense. in northwest, megan mcgrath, news4. >> d.c. council member brown says metro did not go far enough to discipline that operator. he is calling on metro to fire the operator and anyone else who is caught texting. metro is devising red line passengers to add another 30 minutes to the rush hour commute for the next week or so. there are going to be fewer and slower moving trains on the red line for the next ten days. the changes are to accommodate the ongoing investigation into last month's deadly crash near the fort totten and takoma stations. the takoma station will close early, 10:00 p.m. for the next ten days. coming up on "news4 at 5:00," a woman is in trouble with the law. after burning a flag on independence day weekend. >> a dog has its day in court

after biting a police officer during what his owner described as a raid gone wrong. bottled water is everywhere. consumers know less about their premium h20 than what comes out of the tap. that has some lawmakers concern. >> rest stops closing across virginia this month. leaving driving officers searching for new options. ga

government investigators have uncovered serious security failures at federal buildings across the country. the plainclothed agents maged to smuggle 21 explosive devices inside the buildings. the gao report shows the federal protective service is not adequately training security guards and leaving vulnerable thousands of employees and visitors. >> ask about something that was -- that our investigator was carrying a brief explanation, the -- that guard let go through. >> more than 1 million government employees work in the 9,000 federal buildings guarded by the federal protective service. president obama's plan to reform health care got major boost today. three hospital groups agreed to give up 155 billion in future medicare and medicaid payments to help defray the costs of the president's health care plan. the savings would take place over the next ten years and would allow people who are currently uninsured to get

health insurance. >> folks, reform is coming. it is on track and it is coming. we believe that this step brings the nation closer and to the goal of health reform. and reform that lowers costs and that provides access to all and works for patients and families and the hospitals that are the backbone of health care in communities across america. >> the white house wants congress to get a health care reform package completed by august. some lawmakers are skeptical a deal can be made by then. >> i don't want to be skeptical but it seems like we are getting spoiled. yes. >> it was beautiful today. >> how do you like july? >> this is the greatest july on record. >> for folks visiting from out of town, this, you know, rumors about washington heat -- it is not true. this is way july usually is. >> we say that to keep people away. >> yeah. wonderful day. blue skies. only three 90-degree days.

so far we had this summer. the last time we had one was back june 25. here is the question. what is the fewest number of 90-degree days we had here in washington in the summer in the last 20 years? there are your choices. 11, 15, 18, 22. >> i'm going for it, "d." >> wow. >> it is bad. >> that's the fewest number. >> that's what i'm saying. >> i will go with b. >> nobody picked "a." we had a summer with only 1190-degree days in washington. the average is now way up there into the high 30s. and it was as recent as 2004. only 11. last year, last year, we had 29 90-degree days. it could be one of those summe with only three, i doubt it. 80 degrees now. we are not going to be seeing 90 tomorrow. that's for sure. they would love to be seeing 80

in new england. the temperatures in the 60s. right now 63 degrees in worcester. and they would like to -- settle for 90 in dallas. 100 degrees right now in dallas. look at how dry the air is. all over the east and again when we get dew points into the 50s and even 40s and it is super dry. there is the spin in the atmosphere to the north but for us it is high pressure and that has been bringing all of that wonderful, wonderful dry air. but there's still a lot of leftover showers. concord, new hampshire, right now, it is raining, raining hard. 67 degrees. while around us, nothing going on. look at that spin and look at the area of rain in new england. they will be continuing to see leftover showers. overnight tonight for us, high pressure still in on us. another wonderful day coming up tomorrow. we will still see dry air in on us. as winds from the north and northeast. you about then as we do get into the weekend, a little weather front approaches, we will see that humidity coming our way. 83 degrees tomorrow. we will settle for that. average high is 88.

for this evening, beautiful evening. just downright scrumptious with the low humidity. few clouds out there. temperatures mid to high 70s. and as you are heading out for the outdoor barbecue or eating on thever dan. temperatures tomorrow morning, when you get up and head out, i think it will be clear important the most part. into the 50s again and some of the cool spots. mid 60s for you folks in town. and still another fine kay. we will see a bit more in the way of cloudiness during the afternoon with still comfortable air in on us at uv index once again very, very high. tonight once again as a chance to see the atinrnltenaio spacen tle pl larkow t tdsshhe -s westouthwestern sky. it is about halfway up into thee sky. .eht igbr i saw it last night. ten cloak will be the time when it will be at itspe .ak heads over towdsvehe t he noteaskyhe srn nitot.gh s that almost full onsut i o e,er e,to rises later. 10:00 and it is -- very, very bright. >> are we headed for the record? is it too early? >> it would be nice. >> thanks, bob.

the weather here in the sports fld or office or home, bottled water is everywhere. >> do consumers know what's in the water? i thought it was just water. should the bottled water industry be regulated the same as tap water? nbc news correspondent tom costello joins us now with more. >> everyone thinks because it is in a bottle it has spring and mineral written all over it, it has really special. but we don't know what's in there. >> i ripped the label off this one. it didn't matter because the label didn't tell me where it came from, where the water come from and what is in it. that's an issue. do you know where the bottled water in your house comes from? here's what's interesting. this is a growing industry. you can say that america's thirst is unquenchable. we started at 13 gallons of bottled water per person in 1997. today we have about 28 gallons r person. but the question is nobody knows or few people know what's in here because only 2% of the bottles actually tell you where

does the water come from and what is in it. so this is why congress is asking questions. >> who monitors this water? is it different from who monitors tap water? >> you must be a reporter. indeed it is. the epa watches over our city water and requires the city municipalities, water providers, to tell us every year what is in our water and how many con tamm nantz, et cetera. guess what. the bottled water industry is not required to tell us what is in the water or where it comes from. which is why -- by the way, this is governed by the fda, not epa. so now congress is looking into why is that the case and maybe we need to change some things. bottled water industry says listen, have you choices. there are hundreds of bottled waters out there. if you don't like or if you are t getting enough information on this one, go to another one or guess what, go to your tap water because the tap water, you would be surprised to hear this, 25% of the bottled water on the market comes from somebody's tap somewhere in the country. they say that they do things to

it. there's one claim a zen mong change it is molecular makeup of the water. if you wind music through the water it changes it and makes it better and makes it more iritual and better for you. the fda today said that's interesting. i would like to know how they do that. bottom line is tap water. >> so -- what are they going do? where do they go from here? >> congressional committee is asking a bunch of dozens of bottled water to tell us where your water is coming from and what is in it. they want to start the process of deciding whether fda should work stringently regulate this. remember, i reported about 18 months ago and came on news4 to talk about it. they found a bunch of pharmaceuticals in drinking water. 18 months ago. remember that? trace amounts. when we say trace we are talking about an aspirin sized dose in the size of water 10,000 swimming pools. >> okay. >> the question is -- it is so die lighted to that point,

experts say it has no effect. but that's why so many people are saying, you know, what i'm going to my bottled water and i don't know where it comes from but has to be better than the tap water. not necessarily so. >> filter things. >> that's another viable alternative. >> also very green. >> coke. >> then there's that. >> gin and tonic. >> there you go. >> thank you, tom. >> thank you, tom. >> do you feel like you sit in traffic hours every day, then you are not alone. results of a new study ranking washington's traffic among the worst in the nation. >> cruise ship forced to cut the voya short after hundreds of passengers get sick. >> dozens of drivers in virginia got gallons of relief at gas pumps today. why they were being rewarded with free gas. f

new developments tonight. police offer a motive in the death of retired nfl star steve mcnair. the former tennessee titans quarterback was found dead along with 20-year-old sachel kazemi. inside mcnair's condo in nashville saturday. kazemi was believed to be mcnair's girlfriend. tonight police say she was apparently distraught about her financial situation and possibility mcnair was date something one else. investigators say that kazemi shot mcnair four times, possibly while he slept, and then killed herself. two men that spent 20 years behind bars for a crime they did not commit are savoring the taste of freedom.

ronald kitchen and marvin reeves walked out of prison free men yesterday. it was 1988 when they were convicted of murdering would two women and three children. recent discoveries by the attorneys and northwestern university law students cast doubt on the evidence against them. and after a review it was found that the case rested on the testimony of an informant who was not credible. and a confession that was beat out one of the suspects. hundreds of passengers forced to stay onboard a cruise ship after an outbreak of what appears to the norovirus are being allowed to get off the boat. five people treated after falling ill on the boat called the marco polo. the ip. one person was also airlifted off the ship. that person later died. the officials say his death was caused by a heart attack, not related to the bug. the marco polo is in the midst of a ten-day voyage. yesterday moscow, today rome. this weekend, the nation of ghana in africa. the first familiar sly getting quite the taste of cultures. today malia and sasha obama went

out for ice cream as their father worked at the g-8 summit. accompanied by their grandmother, first daughters made their way to a store where they ate blackberry and banana gelato. meanwhile, michelle obama joined other first spouses in town for the g-8 and lat met up with the children for a private tour of the coliseum. >> still ahead, an arlington dog on trial. and locked up after biting a police officer in a raid that may have gone bad. now his owner is fighting to set him free. a maryland woman faces charges after burning a flag independence day weekend. >> a warning for travelers. rest stops across virginia will soon be closing. that's raising safety concerns. wúwúwú

welcome back to our second half hour of "news4 at 5:00." i'm kimberly suit zblers i'm wendy rearing. coming up, a woman facing charges after burning an american flag. drivers line up for free fuel in virginia. and kids arepiel hngitidel wsh gi e thftfe aed t dyarbe. story.ou p a dog gets his day in court. >> man's best friend was put on trial today in arlington county district court. the dog bit a detective who was part of a team searching for a suspect at what turned out to be the wrong address. the dog is being held in the county animal health shelr. his owner hired a lawyer to represent him. chris gordon reports. >> reporter: this is seuss-year-old brown and whi pit bull who lives with another dog, jerry lee and is oed by dante. seuss was put on trial for being a dangerous dog.

th owner testified that seuss has never therened any person or dog. but when arlington police officers arrived at the home the night of may 29th, searching for a suspect wanted by fairfax county police for auto theft, detective chris dangelis was attack bid seuss. the detective was bittenn i the stomach. tearing his polo shirt and t-shirt. leaving two puncture marks. the defense contended that police surrounded the house and that there was a german shepherd on the porch and that seuss was defending his owner and his home. >> we tried to show that through the testimony of various witnesses that in -- the nine months people observed this dog, he has never been anything more than a very sweet dog, teractinvery nicely with other dogs and with people. >> reporter: it turns out the suspect police were seeking in the auto theft hasn't lived here for some time.

and was later april helpeded elsewhere but arlington police press charges and to get seuss declared a dangerous dog. at his trial, arlington county judge dorothy clerk ruled there was absolutely noxc eus e for seuss to fight the officer and, therefore, by law, is a dangerous dog. >> police officer was bit so we had firsthand knowledge of the issue. for the safety of the community, not just a police officer. >> do you believe he is dangerous. >> no. >> the sign on the front door says beware of friendly dogs. they are going to have to change that and post a warning that a dangerous dog lives here. but they are hoping to do everything that the law requires. and in order to bring seuss back home as soon as possible. >> seuss 'evener will have to register him as dangerous dog with the commonwealth of virginia by an insurance policy covering the dog and put a

muzzle over his mouth when seuss is taken outdoors. >> a teenager from ocean city is in trouble for burning an american flag. over the weekend, police rebecca 18-year-old mckierey w afthe sas spotted burning a flag near the route 5e bridge. police say she lit the flag on fire and stomped it causing a number of cars to swerve to hdting her. the police asked why she burned it she said she wasinak m hg a statement. she is facing charges of disturbing the peace and desecrating the flag. a new report shows traffic congestion across the country is easing but roads in the metro area are still clogged. the transportation institute of texas says that average drivers are stuck in traffic about 36 hours a year. that's the second strght year there has been a decrease. researchers credit higher gas prices and recession for keeping some drivers off the road. and the d.c.s that second worst traffic congestion in the country. in 2007, drivers wasted about 62 hours a year in trafficnd tth'sathree hours more than in

2006. do you think traffic congestion in the d.c. area is getting worse in your personal's experience? that's our questione othf day. if you would like to offer an opinion visited our homepage. nbcwashington.com. the latest casualties of the state budget shortfall beginning later thisth month. nia northern vir e bclosing. ll starting july 21e, the rest are cy will close it for cars but remai c open to trucks. and ae strerea on e tbst ound 66 in manassasil wlo clseo t ndca ars tck as sinrttag rt he t 21st he the west bpnd to s will close to all traffic in september. jane watrel is live in arlington with more on this. jane? >> reporter: truckers and motorists we talked to today are not happy about the closures and they are worried virginia's roads will become more dangerous because people won't have a place to pull off and take a break. in less than two weeks ts rest stop on i-66 east wl shut down. a victim of state budget cuts. >> it is ridiculous. i mean, they are -- too many

trucks on the roads as it is. there's not enough room in the truck stops and now they are closing the rest areas. and no other place to stop. stop on the side of the road and give you a ticket and run you off. >> reporter: other truckers and motorists feel the same way. rest stops, they say, are lifesavers. >> pull over. take you 30-minute catnap and get back up. or just rest your eyes, you know, driving a long time. give yourself a break that you actually need. >> it is convenient. much more convenient than having to get off an exit and find a spot to go. >> reporter: in all 19 rest areas will be shut around the state as vdot tries to close a $2 37b9 .6 million budget gap. >> when we look at closing the rest areas we saw some of the rest areas are 20 miles apart. so what we did is try to keep them at least 120 miles apart. about a two-hour gap in between. >> reporter: aaa calls the move dangerous. could come back to haunt virginia by creating more drouzy drivers. >> when you are driving drouzy,

drowsy, you don't have a sense of where you are on the road. you are not only a threat to yourself, you are a threat to other drivers. and about 20% of all traffic fatalities in this country are caused by drowsy drivers. >> reporter: vdot says it is looking into privatizing its rest stops but that could take quite a bit of time. because the rest stops aren't owned by the state of virginia. they would have go to the federal government for permission. reporting live in arlington, i'm jane watrel. back to you. >> thank you, jane. let's get a check of the forecast. >> we are happy to talk about it. kimberly and wendy. outside now, our temperature around 08 degrees. look at st. mary's city. beautiful day for our friends into southern maryland, too. overnight tonighwe will be seeing temperatures dip into the low 60s and 50s once again out in the shenandoah valley across northern maryland. there may abshower pop up well to the west. out in martinsburg. that's -- a little -- little bit more in the way of cloudiness there. it is really -- i don't think anything around town. next seven days, humidity will

begin coming back and with it, the risk of some afternoon thundershowers. saturday and possibly sunday also. temperatures by sunday, up to our average, you know, we have gone day after day with not an average high. which is 88 to 89 degrees. next week, we will have more summery weather but still no sign, no sign, of that extended period of heat. humid there come back but not the heat. back to you. >> we like it that way. thanks, bob. coming up on "news4 at 5:00," the world's most popular search engine has an operating system in the works. it could rival windows. >> kids are helping children a world way with the special gift to bring comfort to children in war zones.to >> who dishes out thet bes frozen yogurt? asth wat for you to decide in our latest competition for the wlden local. the latest competition is between sweet green and tangy sweet. and it was a very tight race. ngy swee idhenc outit wheh 51% te.thevo stay ted. for the next competition in the coming weeks. áf

every year our partners in "wednesday's child," freddie mac, the washington area council of governments, honor foster parents that work tirelessly taking care of kids that are waiting permanent adoption. tonight barbara harrison takes us to meet this year's foster parent of theear from the district of columbia. >> i was so excited and so nervous. >> reporter: 30e6r children called her mama over the last 28 years. nothing in her life that could have made her happier. >> i just love chirn. i want, you know, to be safe ask have somewhere they can call home. >> reporter: it was her grandmother that taught her to care about helessbochendrils.

seen here at 98 with her family, her grandmother took in abandoned and orphaned children most of her life. >> they didn't call foster parents back then but that's what she did. she took in children and families from north carolina and different places, came and lived with us. >> reporter: betty decided she wanted to do the same. >> at first i didn't know if i had to -- what i have to do, you know, you know, what is consistent making a foster parent. it was fairly easy, you know, said to have the love of your heart and room for the children. so this is how i started out. >> reporter: most have come and gone. but three who stayed, betty decided to adopt. >> when you get ready to think about adoption, you say -- lot of people don't want to apply to adopt because they feel like they don't have enough room. big house. but i just say god is going to work me out with this one. i live in an apartment and this is going to work out. this is what happened.

it has worked out. >> reporter: 16-year-old taylor is one of betty's adopted children. she says even the kids that leave think of this as home. >> the kids,yom has, they tal--l he-- still come back. >> reporter: this is one of betty taylor's first foster children who now visit was her own children. and cheyalletty b angra.dm a. bueven s as a heanotdmr, betty saysllhe stis is takingn babies who need a home. they are still coming. for that reason, she was named foster parent of the year for the district of columbia 2009. >> i just -- feel like this is -- what i was meant to do. had is what i was born for. >> reporter: barbara harrison, news4, "wednesday's child." >>ow wonderful to have discovered that. if you are interested in foster care or op adtion, please call our special hotle.ad the mber is 1-88-to-adopt-me. or logon to nbcwashington.com.

when "news4 at 5:00" continues, drivers line up for free gas in virginia. e event was held as a reward. >> figuring out how to use the smart phones on other cell networks. coming up in sports, professional tennis is here in the district. capitals coach joins us live. (bell ringing)

woo-hoo!!!! woo-hoo!!!! woo-hoo!!!! woo-hoo!!!! kobak. mr. miller (announcer) everyone's heading to arby's for the offial5 $ combo of summer. featuring arby's new bbq bacon cheddar roastburger with curly fries and a drink foonly $5. big on bbq taste, it's the $5 combo done better. gas prices are beginning to, a trend that happens after the july fourth holiday. this year is no exception. nationally regular unleaded is averaging $2.59 a gallon. four cent drop from a week ago. here in our area, gas in the district is averaging $2.67 a

gallon in maryland and $2.54 and in virginia it is $2.47. with prices not peaking, why pick today to give away thousands of gallons of gasoline. news4 spent the early morning hours at the shirley duke shell station on duke street in alexandria to find out that answer. >> a traffic cop in a parking lot in one lane of duke street. the holdup, all those zeros posted at an alexandria shell station. >> how are you doing? >> reporter: no one in line minded the backup. >> blessing this year. >> reporter: small price to pay. for year tank of free full service gas. >> otherwise i have been -- >> reporter: complements of -- compliments of allstate insurance. >> are you a resident of the city of alexandria? >> reporter: they are not the safe drivers. city ranks 174th according to

allstate data. >> mainly because you saved us money and improved the most over the last year. >> reporter: the company claims it is congratulating alexandria for the most improved status. 7,000 gallons of free gas. >> include their years between accidents by 1.8 years which is more than any other city on the list. >> typical driver here will go 7. years between wrecks. even the mayor is on track. >> 2000, fender bender. it made the press. >> reporter: more a publicity campaign. although one driver said he was sold before the giveaway. >> i appreciate it. i think it is great. i have insurance with allstate anyway. i'm glad to get money back. >> reporter: we just talked to the folks at allstate. while they had a goal of giving away 7 thousand gallons of

gasoline, they actually only gave away 3800 gallons. 380 drivers got ten gallons each. they said logistically it was impossible. when asked whether the giveaway means more people will become policy holders with allstate the representative told me that is not a goal. but they did have allstate agents available at the gas station. a big step for google in its push to be more than a web browser. late last night the company announced developing a new system to compete with microsoft windows. the operating system will be known as google kroem os. google promises it will be fast, simple and secure. it will be initially debut in netbooks, smaller laptops, available in the second half of next year. there are some new ads out there that apple may not like. at least two companies that have released what's being called a jail break tool for the apple iphone. the apple iphone users can get sources beside from am. one of the new programs allows iphone users to unlock their

phone from at&t, the phone's soul service provider. >> what are you working on? >> lots of stories. whole lot coming up at 6:00. first of all, there is a full olympic figure skater that's been arrested and accused of being part of a new jersey drug ring. we are going to tell you about that. south korean intelligence officials say hackers from north korea launched a cyber attack on websites for several u.s. government organizations and we will tell you how pushing old military vehicles into the ocean could actually help the environment. we will tell you about all that and more coming up in 12 minutes on "news4 at 6:00." >> see you then. >> thank you. all right. tennis. lots of great gh talk about the warm weather. >> perfect. perfect. >> exactly. a lot of interesting stuff going down on the court downtown. last night d.c.'s world tennis team, washington capitalings, kicked off their season hosting vins williams and philadelphia freedom. the capitals were defeated. but tonight they get another

shot taking on the st. louis aces. hakem dermish is downtown to take in all the action. >> reporter: hello. i want to get right to it and introduce our guest. murphy jensen. you know, he told me that they are going to win tonight because look at his shirt. refuse to lose. they will go for their first win against the st. louis aces. now, i want to ask you, you -- used to be a player in this league. what's it like now as a coach? >> it is a lot different. i lost my voice and it has only been 72 hours of tennis. playing last night against venus and in that tough team from philly was -- you know, exhausting. but, you know, it is a lot more difficult because of i'miting my nails and nervous wreck and lost all of my hair. i have gray coming in my beard. it is really, really rough. the atmosphere i better than -- the reason i came back is in this capacity is because washington, d.c., and the castles do this format and

professional tennis better than anyone else in the world. that's the truth. i wouldn't be ba in tennis if it wasn't for mark and the premier organization. >> reporter: tonight you have to take on the st. louis aces. theyave kournikova. she is not playing because of an injured wrist. what does her prens do for the game n. >> anna kournikova did so much for the game of tennis not only as sex symbol but a great player. a lot of the press ask media, you know, would knock her because she never won a major. let's not forget, 15-year-old anna kournikova made to it the semifinals of wimbledon. how many terrible players make it to the semifinals of wimbledon at 15? she is a four, five-time grand slam doubles player. i thank god she is not playing tonight and just looking hot and selling tickets. >> there you go. you and your brother, luke, coupled for one of the best doubles titles in history. won the 1993 french open. there's really cool stories. you guys rode in on motorcycles. and then tell me about the celebration. did he break your jaw or something like that?

>> yeah, you know. i got the nickname glass jaw after we won the match prior to a big-time wrestling was really famous or popular at the time. said after we win i'm going to attack -- tackle you down and next thing you know he clocks me in the jaw. i think you will see it on youtube. i'm on the ground bleeding and i am so angry. nbc is there. i'm cursing in nine languages. since then, the jaw has been repaired. you know. i have a glass eye. which is okay. because it took me -- he took me out with an el go and sleeper hold. growing up in northern michigan you don't get many french open champions. a christmas tree farm with salmon fishing. if you weren't a bow hunter you weren't much of an athlete. you know, this game has given me a life beyond my wildest dreams. and it doesn't get any better than playing -- the match tonight will be amazing. kournikova in town. what we do for the washington kastles is bring tennis to the community, to everybody. inner city gets a taste of this.

not only leg mason but world team tennis, you will never see another format of tennis like this ever. because davis cup doesn't have it. fed cup doesn't have it and the tours were all five -- events, as men and women, played on the same court and the same night play fog for a victory. >> mark, preeshg your time. next we have serena williams coming to town. that will be a big draw. also, mr. jensen, huge redskins fan. >> thanks. i would like to see mark and rigens together. that would be fun. thanks so much. have a good night down there. it is really exciting. this team, very entertaining for the fans. caron butler was there last night. they have redskins that will be there. >> it is beautiful. >> fantastic venue. >> yes. it is cool, in the middle. still ahead, kids makg a difference in a war zone. gift of the teddy bear. >> is your yard sale legal? what you need to know if you are selling recalled products.

summer is often the time you see yard sales popping up in neighborhoods. some sellers may be breaking the law. consumer advocates say it is against the law to sell items the federal government recalled. so if you are sponsoring a yard sale you should check the consumer products safety commission website and to see what items have been pulled off store shelves. the price of war. often the youngest victims are children. unintended targets of battle. and also forgotten casualties of confli conflict. one school in long beach, california, is trying to change that. students there are reaching out to children in afghanistan and trying to bring comfort to them from a world away.

reporter anna garcia has details. >> reporter: a.j. is almost 2 years old. when his pear, u.s. army sergeant, peter golden, left for afghanistan, a.j. was just crawling. a year later, a.j. runs all over and he likes to smell the roses. >> a.j. is changing every day. talking more, running more. >> reporter: peter says being an army medic and new dad has given him a greater sense of duty to some of the war's youngest victims. >> he told me stories of what happened over there to the children. and it was heartbreaking to me. >> reporter: local afghan children, innocent boys and girls, wounded while trying to grow up in a war zone. >> he can't explain to the kids they are going to be okay. we are here to help. the kids get very frightened. >> reporter: rebecca golden found inspiration snuggled up to their son. >> all of us want to hold on to something cuddley and soft. >> reporter: she began to ask friends for new or slightly used stuffed animals. one e-mail led to another.

and then to calista. >> i don't like to see people sad. >> reporter: calista is a triple threat, motivated, organized and 10 years old. >> helping people out. >> reporter: calista recruited her classmates. >> in a world, a big family and we should all help each other out. >> do you have any idea where afghanistan is? >> i don't have any idea where afghanistan is. >> afghanistan is in the middle east. next to iraq and iran. >> a war going on, probably -- people who lost a lot of stuff. >> afghanistan is now a very sad place. >> reporter: what do you think a teddy bear can do? >> when i'm uncomfortable, a teddy bear usually comforts me. >> reporter: the stuffed animals rolled in. >> i gave five teddy bears. >> reporter: rolled in some more. >> ten teddy bears.

>> reporter: blue elephants, pink dragons, monkey, eeor, of course, bunches of bears. >> i wanted the children to feel happy and know that there are people that care about them. >> some of them don't have family or a house anymore. >> reporter: in total, the students at this small school donated over 350 of their own stuffed animals. >> i was overwhelmed and grateful. >> reporter: along with a sea of sea horses from the long beach aquarium, rebecca and her family have collected almost 500 animals. >> no matr how discouraging times can be, you know, people are indomitable. they just want positive good, happy, hopeful. if given a chance or avenue or outlet to do something positive, they will. >> reporter: mason may not know where afghanistan is but he has learned this. >> give things. you give them because you want to give not because you want something back in return. >> a lot of wisdom coming out of

that young man. anna garcia reporting. the biggest challenge facing rebecca golden now is how to ship all the stuffed animals to afghanistan. she has two huge boxes packaged and ready to go. she just needs help working out the final logistics and paying for the shipment. we think she will likely get it. coming up, new details in the arrest of d.c. councilman marion barry. wendy rieger joins craig melvin next with "news4 at 6:00." police say a drunk driver has killed two people on the beltway. >> new developments this evening in the investigation into former nfl quarterback steve mcnair's death. >> also intelligence official space they believe north korean hackers are responsible for a cyber attack on several u.s. government websites. we will get to those stories in just a moment. first, in you twist tonight in that stalking case against d.c. council member marion barry. good wednesday. i'm craig melvin. >> wendy rieger. jim and doreen have the night off. in lessb