jackie bentsen is in leesburg to tell bus how this is still unfolding. >> reporter: it is a very tense situation. great concern for the safety of a couple described as an elderly couple that police here believe that are being held hostage by an armed gunman at this point. this is when it started. about 11:30 this morning, leesburg police responded to an armed robbery at the jewelry store. the suspects fled that scene on foot and went to a home in the 200 block of royal street where he took the keys to a jeep grand cherokee and the family at that home was not harmed but we understand that they did have a very frightening encounter with this suspect. now, the grand cherokee was abandoned and the suspect took off on foot, police believe. at which point he barricaded himself in a residence on valley view avenue. what we can tell you right now is that hostage negotiators from the leesburg police department, possibly from virginia state police, also, are in -- attempting to be in contact with this suspect. we don't know if they have spoken and with the couple

inside the home. between don't know if they have been able to verify what their condition is at this point. but there is a very, very great concern that the spokesperson for leesburg police told us that shots were fired at various points during the pursuit from the initial robbery. so right now they are trying to establish contact and resolve this safely with the safety of everyone involved. back to you. >> jackie bensen, thank you. new developments in the arrest of marion barry. news4 exclusively obtained the copy of the u.s. park police arrest record. it is the first official disclosure of what happened last saturday night when barry was taken into custody. once again, tom sherwood joins us with our report. tom? >> theeport says that barry was stopped for a traffic violation. then a woman came running up and complaining barry was stalking her. the park police report says that an officer traveling in anacostia park along the nsacostia river early on the night of july fourth, stopped at 1999 bmw driving in an erratic

manner on the wrong side of the road. the officer approached the car but was interrupted by a woman who came rushing towards him another vehicle. the woman shouted in a higher in fr vus tone that barry was harassing her. and had been continuing threatening he was going to use his powers of influence to have her ex-husband arrested. the woman shouting complaints was donna bright hawpe in the pink dress in this video who had been romantically linked with barry for in many months. but now estranged in part of her continuing relationship with her ex-husband and how barry was treating him and her. the officer says that the woman played tapes of basy'rr angry y' ha t thehasndts aortep woman had expressed several times that barry's behavior wawa in fact, threatening and you wanted and that she wanted to be left alone. but barry ignored her request. there's nothing in the police report that shows barry tried to explain his relationship with the woman. or that he was asked to explain her fright. barry was arrested and

handcuffed and takennto custody. after several days of review, the u.s. attorney's office dropped charges against barry and saying that there was not enough evidence to try him for stalking. the report shows that it all started with barry driving on the wrong side of the road. but he was never charged with a traffic violation. wendy, back to you. >> tom sherwood, thanks, tom. c. council chairman vincent gray announced late this afternoon the council is launching an inquiry into the contract wi contract. >> reporter: council chairman gray said that the city is launching an inquiry because of concerns over cncil member marion barry's personal services contract with watts brighthaup. he says he welcomes the probe. this happened just about an hour ago when the announcement was made saying he plans to introduce a resolution on

tuesday calling for the independent review of barry's contra contract. formal federal prosecutor bob bennett was there, too. he will lead the inquiry looking at barry's $15,000 contract to conduct public surveys on emerging young leaders in ward 8 minutes after the announcement which took place after a closed door meeting of council member. barry said he welcomed the probe and says he will cooperate fully and went all -- when all is said and done this will be resolved. again, council chairman gray says he will introduce a resolution on tuesday and that calls for this independent probe. wendy, back to you. >> michael flynn, thank you, michael. the controversial checkpoint runs by d.c. police in the trinidad neighborhood have now been ruled unconstitutional. the d.c. police instituted the checkpoints last summer and after a round of deadly shootings. a group called the partnership for civil justice sued the city. they said the checkpoints violated the rights of law

abiding citizens. in october, a federal judge upheld the checkpoint but today an appellate court ruled the residents' constitutional rights were violateded. kathy leer lease ad statement saying the metropolitan police department in consultation with the d.c. attorney general's office and the united states attorney's office made a good faith anal sis what the constitution requires. we all did what was appropriate and what we believe to be lawful and to save lives in the trin did aed neighborhood. and for the greater good of public safety. it is a fresh start for an auto icon. general motors emerged from bankruptcy and is now working to rebuild one of the most famous brands in american business. kristen dahlgren has that report tonight. >> henderson, president and ceo of general motors. >> after 40 days -- >> exciting day for general motors. today marks the beginning of a new company. >> reporter: general motors emerged from bankruptcy. a new company with new owners.

>> frankly, 330 million shareholders being the u.s. citizens. >> reporter: the new gm is more than 60% owned by the u.s. government. and a much smaller version of its former self. leaving massive debt and many contracts behind in bankruptcy. and starting over with plans to shed 13 u.s. plants and 27,000 jobs, and almost 2,000 dealerships. gm is also in the process of sellg saturn, saab, hummer. while the stocks producing pontiac and leaving the company to focus on just four u.s. brands. chevy, buick, and cadillac and gmc. >> you know, i'm excited about getting back in the car business. >> reporter: these are tough times in the car business. in the midst of a sales slump the company has already suffered decades of market share losses. and must now try to win back the american consumer. >> we will work hard to repay the trust and money that so many invested in gm.

>> reporter: difficult tasks, even with a fresh start. kristen dahlgren, news4. the insurance giant aig is set to pay out more employee bonuses. this time the troubled company is seeking the government's blessing. a round much payments ignited thenation's fury four months ago because aig received a federal rescue package worth $180 billion. but the company says that the bonuses were promised to executive last year and that they are necessary to retain top talent. now another round of bonus payments has come due. "the washington post" first reported that aig has been pressing compensation czar kenneth feinberg to approve the payments. feinberg was appointed by president obama last month to oversee the compensation of top executives at seven firms and received large federal bailouts. before president obama left italy today, he met pope benedict x for the first time. mr. obama and the pope met privately at the vatican for

about 25 minutes before they were joined by first lady michelle obama. and the president also hand delivered a letter from senator ted kennedy and roman catholic and was diagnosed with brain cancer last year. and a white house aide says mr. obama asked the pope to pray for senator kennedy. the two leaders also exchanged gifts and the president gave the pope a garr many that was once worn by st. onnewman, fourth bishop of philadelphia. mr. obama received the mosaic of st. peter's square and a medal. the president, as you may imagine, is very popular in ghana. his father was from kenya. his roots are african so they can claim him as a native son there. more than 10,000 people are expected to line street streets of the capital to see the president's motorcade and his visit will include a tour of a former british cape coast. that fort was once used to ship slaves to the americas. this is mr. obama's first trip to africa as president. illinois democratic senator

roland burris announced today he will not seek a full term in 2010. the decision ends his short senate career clouded by questions surrounding his appointment. by the disgraced former governor, rod blagojevich. burris is the only black u.s. senator that he filled president obama's vacated seat. and he says he's bowing out because the expensive run of running a campaign. >> i was called to choose between spending my time raising funds or spending my time raising issues for my state. i believe that the business of the people of state of illinois should always come first. >> did nothing improper to get that seat. former senator bob dole is in the hospital tonight. the former presidential candidate was admitted to walter reed army medical center last week. his office released a statement saying that dome underwent surgery for open sores on his left leg. the former senator will undergo a skin graft monday of his progress continues at its current base. dole says that the medical

attention has been painful but he hopes to be out of the hospital by his birthday july 22nd. he's 85 years old. still ahead on "news4 at 6:00," we con to follow the breaking news in leesburg where an armed robbery suspect is holding two people hostage. >> there was more outrage today over a cemetery scheme. police say workers dug up graves and resold them plots. officials in pennsylvania are investigating accusations of racial discrimination against a suburban philadelphia swim club. >> first time in more than a decade the running of the bulls turns deadly in spain. >> we are going to tell you about a bear sighting outside of a virginia grocery store. >> how is the weekend looking? >> something different this weekend. windy and little bit of heat, humidity and even some storms. hakem? >> capitals, goal scorer. a commentator sounds off on the team's woes. find out what the o's manager did to get suspended.

the president of a swim club accused of denying a camp access to their pool because of the race of the campers is speaking out tonight. he says that race was never an issue. >> deeply regret this misunderstanding and a shame that it had to turn into something like this. >> reporter: as president of the valley club, swim club,

arranging for the camp to swim here once a week. nbc 10 obtained the e-mails he sent to lisa wright, camp's director. according to those e-mails the arrangement began to swarm around to unite when this e-mail was sent. in part he wrote -- >> we saw a number on a piece of paper but had no idea what the implications -- we have never done this with the camps before. >> reporter: he wrote the board accepted the camp and he wrote i'm pleased to tell you that our board has approved your programming for bringing your creative steps community into the club. the one concern registered wa the adults-to-child ratio being one to ten. since talking about the kids being around our pretty big pool. wright spanneded. thank you, thank you, thank you. and the csi staff will be

supervising the youth ratio of one to ten. thank you for the time and considering in our proposal. we are looking forward to a wonderful experience at your lovely facility. that time of the facility was short-lived. >> i heard there are so many black kids, she's afraid we may do something. >> reporter: they said they didn't feel welcome. a few days later they were asked not to return. >> a safety concern. >> reporter: creative steps brought more than 60 kids a day, a claim denied by the camp's director and says when he told nbc 10 a lot of chin changed the complexion of the club -- >> poor choice of words and i admit that and never my intention to imply anything in terms of racial makeup. >> since the incident, several other local pools have offered their facilities to the creative steps camp but they have not been invited back to the valley swim club. >> the running of the bulls took

a deadly turn in spain today. spanish tourist was gored to death by a charging bull. the first time since 1995, a runner has been killed during the festival. officials say that a 27-year-old man from suburban madrid was gored in the neck and lung after a bull fell and became separated from the pack. isolated bulls are more likely to become disoniented and start charging people. today's run was particularly dangerous in addition to the deadly goring, three other people were gored and six more runners suffered lesr injuries. also it looks like they are really provoking that one bull in that video. all of the bulls in today's run are from a ranch that has a reputation for breeding especially fierce bulls. an earthquake rocks southwestern china overnight and showed hundreds of thousands people here into the streets. the quake had a magtude of 6.0. at least eight aftershocks followed it. one person was killed. hundreds more were injured. officials say 18,000 homes were

destroyed. police officers and soldiers were sent to the area with tents and other relief supplies and at least 400,000 people left their homes and slept outside because they were worried aftershocks would cause more damage. that quake zone borders the same province where an even more powerful earthquake left nearly 90,000 people dead or missing last year. officials in the u.s. and south korea say it is too early to know who instigated the cyber attack that overwhelmed websites in both countries. however, today south korea's spy agency briefed lawmakers on circumstantial and technical reasons for believing that north korea could be the culprit. according to someone at the briefing lawmakers were told that the assaults were probably launched by a cyber warfare unit within the north military. and in a separate development some computer experts say that the software appears to contain a destructive feature designed to override all of the data on a victim's hard drive at some point in the future. >> still ahead, we are following breaking news in leesburg where an armed robbery suspect is

holding two people hostage. and we have a live update on that story coming up. >> we will hear from animal experts that say bear sigings were not uncommon this time of ar. >> veronica ask and another check on t ?oyge?1dw#ñgmñq?ñd

the weekend will be nice. >> well -- >> we are talking about rain. but we are talking about how it is going to be a good weekend because we get the rain when

people don't care saturday night. >> still optimistic. >> try to be. >> i love it. >> for you night owls, take an umbrella. >> exactly. and we are not going to get a lot of rain. what we could get is some intense storms so some isolated locations could pick up some moderate rain and we could get high winds and perhaps even some hail. there's the slight risk for the weekend. saturday night and a strong if not severe storms. 64 with was the low tomorrow and got up to a high of 81. and we have only had one day this month where the i'm has gotten up to the average of 88 des.ee so -- o y.s.da daitas been quite coit.ol we start with a look at the dew point temperatures and again, they are low, low 60s today. by tomorrow, 65 to 69 degrees. that is humid. some areas down south, 70 to 74. it is very humid over florida right now. orlando, in and areas through jacksonville, look at miami with a dew point temperature of 77

degrees. lot of moisture down south. helping to feed pretty heavy and gusty thunderstorms there. the nasa shuttle facility and cape kennedy seeing gusty storm. they have that launch coming up tomorrow. 78 the temperature here. no problem. while it has been so cool in the northeast in new england, look at boston, just at 71 degrees. 74 in new york city. and the heat has been intense and unrelenting in parts of the south like texas and oklahoma. dallas, texas, this is their sixth day this month where the temperature has gotten over 100 degree sxhs had five days last month where the temperatures was over 100. wichita, the 8 degrees. that's not even factoring in all that moisture that is down south. and wrapping the two together, heat indeshgs, what it feels like, it has been intense through this area. the southern plains and the south. and 80 is our current heat index. i think by tomorrow with the temperatures getting into the upper 80s, more moisture across the area because our -- our wind

is going to shift a little bit. more out of the south and southwest. and we are going to see more moisture work thing way. our heat index will be in the low 90s. something we haven't had a lot of this summer. the heat, humidity, we are going to get it tomorrow. we are going to get some of this. these are some of the storms making southeast ward out of the midwest, ahead of a weather front driving through here during the overnight period. so that front now is iowa through areas of northwestern missouri and that's what's going to come through and, in fact, it could be east of our area by sunday morning. but might not be so good for the beaches. showers and storms may linger through sunday. look at chicago. they have been wet today. picking up a third of an inch of rain. leading edge of some of the storms coming through eastern kentucky right now. cincinnati, ohio, too, there's hunting ton and showers and storms passing down to the south. even though there is a slight chance of an isolated shower or storm tomorrow afternoon, most of the rain comes during the evening. mclean, virginia, 76 degrees. your high is 83. and holding at 84 degrees,

annapolis, was a very light wind. so let's take a look at your futurecast and as the storms move eastward, again, it will be coming through here tomorrow evening. we are mild and 79 to 72 degrees over the next couple of hours. so slowly dropping into another warm evening for us and it does not feel too bad out there but tomorrow even early i think you will start to notice some of the humidity in the air already. we will start in warm 60 to 66 degrees. and then again, by the afternoon, mid and especially upper 80s, lot of locations tomorrow, mid 80s, anywhere near the water but for the most part, 87 and 88 degrees. the showers for the afternoon west and coming this way by the evening. get a quick third of an inch of rain. your satday and for if weekend, for the most part, it is going to be dry. with rain late saturday and rolling out of here early sunday moing. the high on sunday is 86. it will be less humid and monday there could be another weak disturbance that may come through here and perhaps it could head to the south and of

our area. there is a possible bill of showers, even at the beginning of next week. more rain again for thursday. dry all week long. now at least our lawns and flowers are getting -- >> little bit -- >> we could use it. it has been a long time. >> still ahead here organize "news4 at 6:00," hostage situation in leesburg. two people are being held by an armed robbery suspect. we have a live report coming up. >> we will tell you about a cheerleader the police say stole a box of cash from a fund-raiser and took off. >> several firefighters are injured after big rig overturned today. >> a bear sigutin o.gside a vi grginia arocery store. wúwúwúwq in

we continue to follow breaking news from leesburg, virginia. police negotiators talking to the armed man who is holding an older coue hostage. e thenise fo g inldun aat home in the 700 block of valley view avenue southwest. jackie bensen is live at the scene with the latest. >> reporter: the stand-off continues. we understand that negotiators may have been able to make contact with the suspect who is armed with a handgun and we understand that he's holding a couple described as an older couple hostage. and now we are learning more about the jewelry store robbery

that is how this situation began. a woman who was in the jewelry store at the time of the robbery this morning, about 11:30, describes what happened p p. >> suspicious character came in the store. he had a hood on. he looked really odd. and something wasn't right. he didn't have a mask or anything on. so we had security. we automatically start heading towards the door. and i started heading towards the door. and took something away. it looked like he was going for something. and basically ran out of the store. >> reporter: now, a very large area in leesburg described as the southwest portion of the city, blocks and blocks of that area are cdoned off at this point. residents are told to stay in their homes and people being asked to avoid this area. wendy, back to you. >> jackie bensen, thank you.

more than 2,000 families have shown up at a cemetery near chicago and trying to find out h their loved on a'esem r'aiad isbe deden e turbgrn the av he.me.in th veel b tcveieherskeorug d up corpses and resold the burial plots. >> reporter: authorities investigating the burial plot reselling scam at burr oak cemetery near chicago say they have been flooded with calls from relatives of people buried there. >> we had over 22,000 families here since yesterday morning. >> reporter: investigators think as many as p 00 gravesites were dug up. then the plots were resold. the cemetery's manager and three of her grave diggers have all been charged. >> why -- nothing there but a big old hole. >> reporter: there's more ouamg over the cemetery's of civilng tecer pie pts ghri stghhiory. hi the original casket of 14-year-old emmlltti .ti till was buriedt aburr oak

after his brutal beat and lynching death in mississippi and 1955. his mother insisted on an open coffin at the funeral. so the world could see the results of racial hatred. so profound to the movement was till's death that four years ago lawmen exhumed his body for another investigation. till was then reburied and in a new casket. the original one cast aside. out of sight. until now. and discovered in a dilapidated shed on cemetery property. >> there was wildlife living inside of it. and we finally -- we very quickly came to the conclusion it was the original casket emmett till was buried in. >> reporter: civil rights activist jesse jackson inspected the casket himself. >> painful to see the disregard for history. >> reporter: till's gravesite wasn't disturbedn the reselling scheme which investigators say started about four years ago and netted the

schemers about $300,000. >> the sheriff says about 2,000 families have come to that cemetery trying to determine the status of their loved ones and the families reported see 30 disturbed graves. atlanta cheerleader could face serious prison time. she is accused of stealing money from children. authorities say that 17-year-old chelsea steele admitted taking a box of fund-raising money from children at the neighborhood pool. those kids were selling hats and t-shirts to help their father's struggling business. the kids say the teenager and accomplices acted like they were going to buy something but snatched the mondayin stead. >> the green hat and had a $20 bill this close. then she took the $20 bill and took the box and her friend was holding the gate and they ran and the car went. >> steele was later charged with felony robbery. her lawyer says steele feels awful about what happened. we have not heard why she did it. for now the children's money is still missing. >> fairfax police arrested a

convicted sex offender that they say he was trying to sexually assault another woman. this happened late last night at a home in a the area of battali landing court in burk. acrding to investigators a won aswaac sleep on her chou co when the -- awoke to find the man climbing on top of her. the woman fought back anderth o n the members who were i e nushowere able to restrain him. the policedeus intified t ihe ms 39-year-old george mills jr. he's charged with burglary and attempted rape and abduction. mills had a prior conviction for rape but hot n n registered as a sex offender when he moved to the area. prince william county police are trying to track downda vlsan who damaged some of their squad cars. it happened overnight. this morning officers found two tofir cars covered in spray tint and including profanity on em. thcarsre a parked in the e ctory lake area ofre bristow time. anyone with information should call police. a bear sighting outside of a stafford county gcery store thught on camer apthdis hpeneat sury s tside of giant store in the celebrate virginia shoppingteen cr in

fredericksburg. animalents eerxp t4 l erwsnebea sightings are common this time of year. eun yang with that story. >> i saw this -- what i thought at first was a rottweiler coming across the parking lot towards us. wow, that's the weirdest looking rottweiler i have ever seen. as it got closer, that sinking feeling came that i realized it was a bear. >> reporter: colleen didn't run away that fourth ofws july evening. she grabbed her camera and snapped these pictures. >> i was shocked, shocked beyond belief there was bear there. >> black bear, you know, like that. i was like -- what? there is a bear here? >> reporter: she watched as the black bear climbed on top of the shopping cart to peek inside the giant store off route 17 in stafford county. all of that food was so close but he couldn't find the door. >> he was very purposefully heading right towards the giant. i mean, he knew where with you he was going. >> reporter: bears are venturing out to suburban areas more frequently as the habitat

continues to shrink and tend to follow their nose. >> we are in suburbia and y don't have black bears in suburbia but now we do now that we encroached onhe oir t or rrit y. >> ep a rerter:ilnoamw fsa tod e whyveheie bel to b rya tacherdirarheky t b ntve day. >> slamming two bird feeders together and it had broken one open and eaten some of the seeds. i came out and ran off into the woods. >> reporter: wildlife experts say summer is the time 1-year-old black bears lead their mothers and start searching for new territory. it is a time where they are really hungry and you can bet this won't be the last bear sighting in northern virginia this summer. in fredericksburg, virginia, eun yang, news4. >> wildlife experts say bears are dangerous animals but if you leave them alone, they pose no threat to people. a treasured bookstore on capitol hill is closing. trover shop is closing their doors after 51 years. there used to be five trover shops. one store will remain.

the shop sells cards and gifts, no books. a spokesperson for trover says the bookstore closing because of the current sxhe and changes in the bookstore industry. it is also last call for a landmark restaurant in georgetown. nathan's closed its doors for good sunday. the restaurant is occupying the southeast corner of wisconsin and m street since 1969. but once again, the poor economy, drop in business and mounting debt forced owner carol joint to shut down. however, she is invite long-time customers to come in for one last beer and one last burger. >> lot of good times at nathan's. coming up this evening on "news4 at 6:00," several firefighters injured when their rig overturns on the way to a call. >> also a barge carrying 1 million gallons of fuel run aground. >> we are going to introduce you to a woman that gave birth to her third set of twi

the countdown clocks are ticking for space shuttle "endeavour." a third launch attempt tomorw night. the previous attempts were scrubbed because of a potentially dangerous hydrogen leak. now the leak appears to be fixed but the weather is a factor. there may be thunderstorms near the kennedy space center during tomorrow's launch. nasa has until tuesday or wednesday to get the "endeavor" into orbit. a risky mid river gasoline transfer is under way in oregon. a barge loaded with 1 million gallons of gas got stuck in the columbia river early yesterday morning. it stranded on large silt

deposits at a sandbar. attempts to free with tugboats failed and it proved to unload some of the fuel to lighten the ship. coast guard officials say that the process poses significant environmental risks but it is necessary to free the barge from the river bottom. in raleigh, north carolina, a fire truck took a corner too fast this morning in and the truck rolled over. three firefighters were hurt and injuries not expected to be life threatening. >> little ben upstaged the larger namesake today in london. little ben is a miniature clock tower facing the station. modeled after big ben. it is not so little. 30 feet tall and the ticking i generally inaudible but london will celebrate big ben's 150th birthday tomorrow so little ben doing its part, chiming on the hour with the borrowed songs --

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this is an odd sports story. >> yeah. >> completely bizarre. you know, not the first time. >> not the first. >> but rare. >> it is rare. former nationals pitcher joel will be known as the guy who earned an easy victory. follow along. more than two months ago a game between the nationals and astros

was suspended because of rain. joel hanrahan. two weeks ageoghan are a had an was traded to the pirates. last night the nats and astros resumed that game and then handing hanrahan the easiest win of his career as heave hanging out in his hotel room on his day off. manny acta going over with the umpire, pinch-hitter for hanrahan. josh bard. here's josh with two on and grounds to short. as astros try to turn the double play. the throw is not so good. morgan scores the game-winning run and interestingly morgan wasn't with the team when the game started. hanrahan now pitches for the pirates and is now 1-3 on the season. to game number two. bottom three, nats up 4-1. back to the mound. quick reflexes. and makes the catch. i think that's just self-defense there. we move to the bottom of the

sixth inning. game tied at 4. michael borne at the plate. speedy fellow. runner on. facing jason bergmann. borne sends one deep to left. adam dunn played off the scoreboard. uh-oh. ball gets by him and cappinger scores. cruising. beats the throw. he is in there with the astros. 9-4, the final. color commentator dibble voicing his displeasure with the nats. >> it is not so much mailing it in physically. but mentally, some of these guys, they are happy after a ball game when theyet their butts whip ppd they are happy and smiling like it is funny when they are getting beat in day and n and day out and emrrassed on the field. i know manny acta and i know these coaches are busting their butts, ray, to get the most out of the guys. but the players, ty don't expect that out of each other and in tha locker room. that's what i'm saying. somebody needs to point a finger and say enough is enough. when you have close to 90 errors already, and you are at the all-star break, come on, ray.

i mean, that -- there's something wrong there. it is not the coaching staff. the players need to police themselves. so if someone is not going to take the lead in the clubhouse, you are going to see another, you know, below -- opinion 300 winning percentage on the ball club. so there's -- something that has to be done within the clubhouse but it has to be the players that do it. >> do you agree with that? >> amen. >> really? >> amen. yes. >> do you want to see a guy step up and help out? >> tip -- yeah. >> i agree with you. that's -- >> 90 errors. i didn't realize it as that bad. >> they only have 25 wins. >> speaking the truth. i love it. >> telling it like it is. meanwhile, orioles manager dave trembley is taking more heat after being ejected in a game in seattle earlier. trembley was fined and suspended for two games and after he was ejected and talked to one of the players in the clubhouse and telling him, quote to get me a couple of runs. trembley violated a role that an ejected manager must take no further part in the game. here is how trembley's troubles

beg began. >> that was terrible. >> it is what you are telling me! that my guy didn't run hard! >> he was hot there. >> yeah. yeah. >> he has given home plate umpire hallion more than an earful. trembley was tossing it for arguing baserunning call. i got thrown out in baseball. i kicked the dirt and stuff. trembley throws his hat and scheduled to begin serving his suspension tonight against toronto. >> he earned that. hometown hockey. capitals found a veteran center to replace fedorov. one-year contract worth a reported $1.5 million. morrison played 12 seasons and in the nhl for four different teams. last season morrison polite time with the dallas stars and anaheim ducks. scoring 16 goals. morrison has had 50-plus points, six times, in including four

20-goal seasons in his career. tour de france. 7-time champ lance armstrong dropped from second to third in his chase for the overall lead. in golf, phil mickelson will not play in next weekes's british open. he decided to stay home with his wife amy as he starts her recovery from breast cancer. at the u.s. women's leader, choy is no longer the leader. veteran former open winner christie kerr who made her move this afternoon. this is rachel heatherington who probably won't make the cut. she has the shot of the day. watch where she starts her putt on the 11th hole. apparently amy has the yellow bag. the ball almost stops and then -- i don't know. picks up speed and just -- kind of taking the time to get to the hole. tracking right in for birdie. >> yes. right now she is at 12 over parr. 12th hole. putt bore birdie. pink ball -- rolls around and drops. kramer is at two under for the tournament and is in second

place. one stroke off the lead. here is leader. christie kerr, approach shot at o the 16th. she is talking to the ball. come on, baby. the ball responds. lands on the green and stops it inches from the cup. kerr would birdie that hole and leads the open at three under parr. hall of fame redskins bobby mitchell doing big things and has been for the last 19 years. mitchell has raised more than $6 million for the leukemia and lymphoma society. hall of fame golf classic. 19th annual classic began this morning at lansdowne resort in virginia. 46 hall of famers,ncluding redskins great, art monk will take part in the weekend's tournament. also, new classic this year is former viking randall mcdaniel, inducted into the hall of fame. every year a patient hero is honored and this year it is 11-year-old joey norris from kensington, maryland. bobby mitchell said he is in awe of kids like joey and in awe of kids like him that battle the disease every day. >> spent time with joey now and each year, i -- spend time and

they all excite me. because they are all so -- gosh, they are so smart. and -- energetic. and they are going through things and that -- maybe you and i would -- maybe be struggling with even harder. >> for me it is pretty cool. takes the attention off to know that i'm not here to see them. they are here to see me. that takes the tenon off a little bit. >> for the kids themselves, even myself, first year going in, i'm meeting my hereies owes, too. i'm going to have to hang out and get autographs along with him. >> randall mcdaniel for $5, go out on sunday and watch great golf and get autographs and hang out with some of your heroes. >> joey has a cool hat. >> oh, yeah. he is smooth, man. >> thanks. >> appreciate it. >> coming up -- we will get the recap the breaking news we have been following throughout the newscast. >> couple being held in hostage in leesburg. latest this story after the brk.k.

we want to recap the top story that we have been following. breaking news in leesburg, armed man holding an older couple hostage in a home in the 1700 block of southwest. leesburg police tell us it started this morning when the suspect tried to rob a jewelry store on east market street. he then allegedly stole a jeep cherokee which was later found abandoned and sometime after that, someone called police from the home on valley view avenue. that person told police that an armed man had broken into the

house. hostage negotiators are at the scene and aattempted to establish contact with the suspect. residents in nearby homes have been evacuated and a large area of the town of leesbuase remain cordoned off tonight. >> a virginia jail could become the second one in the country to allow incarcerated mothers to stay with their babies. the superintendent of the charlottesville regional jail is proposing a plan that would let new mothers bond with their new babies. even though they are in jail. rit now they are there are three pregnant women at that facility. one is due this month. under the program, the mother and child would stay together. in the medical department. so they could have privacy. >> there should be minimal cost. everything that normally takes place, the -- the expense of having the baby, the care of the baby with -- she would have to go through, the normal process that she normally would have. >> under the program it would be in place by the time the woman has had her baby in september. the jail's board will look at how to adapt current procedures

to work with the new program. >> health care has been a hot topic on capitol hill this week. especially. as lawmakers try to piece together the health care puzzle, the white house isocusing on small businesses. they are trying to make sure the businesses can afford insurance for their employees. tracie potts has that report tonight. >> reporter: more than half the nation's small businesses can't afford to offer health insurance. >> it is too expensive. >> reporter: since convenience store has been around for 30 years but even the owners have to find their own coverage just like their workers. >> if you take anything out of the way they won't even -- hardly make enough to live. >> reporter: premiums for employers sponsored insurance doubled in the last decade going up three times faster than wages. small businesses take 18% more than large firms and that's according to the national federation of independent business. perry picks up the tab for his 12 employees and their famies. that can soon change. his premium jumped 40% in three

years. >> our profits can not keep up with the pace that the health care costs are increasing. >> reporter: today he and other owners and workers told the obama administration that out of control health costs are forcing families to make risky choices. >> plain and similar. between don't vin insurance and i pray and thank god my kids are relatively healthy but no insurance. can't afford it. >> reporter: part of the latest compromise on capitol hill is penalizing small businesses that drop coverage if the government offers a public plan. but today the vice president promised the administration won't abandon them. >> small businesses are not to blame. health care costs are simply way too high for all of us. it is unsustainable. >> reporter: tracie potts, news4. >> small businesses provide health care for nearly 68 million americans every year. >> the weekend is upon us. veronica, we are going to be happy? >> i think we will be pretty happy.

you know, we are talking about some rain coming our way for the weekend. but it is going to be just during the overnight period. take a look outside. we have cloud cover. sunset at 8:35. it will be a comfortable evening coming up. yet another cool summer's day for us with 81 degrees, the high temperature. shortly after 00. 81 here in what's typically part of the hottest time of the year for us. we are now down to 78 degrees. 79, springfield. 78 degrees, quantico. so saturday, late, after about 6:00 or 7:00, there will be storms moving in. most of them. beach and boating forecast around the bashgs annapolis and cambridge not affected. isolated storms around. most of the rain is saturday night and then starts moving out of here sunday morning. 86 to 8 your temperature for annalis cambridge on sunday. 82 to 76 at the beaches for saturday. water temperatures running in the low 70s there. that's where the rain may be lingering a little longer on sunday. early saturday morning, 8:00 a.m. for those of you that might

be getting up adventurous and 69 degrees, great falls park. it is the whitewater festival. we sta dedhe tayomorrow and the low and mid 60s across the area. some heat and humidity for the day tomorrow and then just feeling a liielehedr r, lessdr humid sunday but still pretty warm. high of 86 degrees. the rain should be moving out of here early sunday morning. monday passing showers. hanging out tuesday at 85 with dry conditions and more rain by thursday next week. not a bad weekend. craig, wendy? >> all right. >> i can't wait to see had. >> video has gotten more than a half million hits on youtube since monday. it is called united breaks guitars. musician dave carroll wrote it after watching the united airlines baggage handler throw his guitar case after a flight last year. the airline refused to pick up the repair bill to fix the guitar. what does do? posted the story online and a

song whi has apparently struck quite the chord with united, as you may imagine. a spokesperson said the airline would like to resolve the situation and they say that they actually may use carroll's video to train its customer service employees. >> well -- a florida couple just welcomed their third set of twins. by now kathleen and nick have gotten it down to a science. they actually used some science, fertility drugs, for each pregnancy. they say the chances of giving birth to three sets of twins is still very rare. all the twins are fraternal. nick said having twins is great because each twin always has buddy to play with. that may change with this set because important first time they have a girl and she will be outnumbered 5-1. she says now that she has the girl she's done. >> i would hope so. >> yeah. >> man. >> sounds like a tlc -- >> show waiting to happen. that's it for us now. "nightly news" up next. >> have a good.