line. with such force that it actually turned around and came backwards down the street. slamming the side of the car and into this tree. the side of the car where the little girl was sitting. 2-year-old girl flew from the car. her body found near that tree over there. the car is split in two. the back ended up here. the orange paint marks the spot. the front, it landed way over here. near a pond. the driver, the mother, she managed to get out and crawled to the road for help. investigators back at the scene today taking pictures and as they tried to figure out exactly what happened. they say that they are looking at a number of factors. >> definitely looking at the speed being a major contributing factor. and also the possibility of alcohol. as well as the slick road conditions from yesterday's rain. >> reporter: in the meantime, the family of kimora trying to find a way to deal with her loss. >> the family is just trying to get through. ask that you pray for us. >> reporter: police say that the little girl was in the car seat at the time of the crash but it is unclear how well she was strapped in. they say she was ejected from the car when it hit that tree. they say the mother suffered minor injuries. so far, no charges have been filed in this case. jim, back to you. >> pat collins. thank you, pat. fbi agents conducted raids in four states today gathering evidence in the times square terror plot. agents raided a business in brookline, massachusetts, in a house in watertown as well as in places in connecticut, long island and new jersey. several people were taken into custody during the raids. and this action is linked to the terror investigation of faisal shahzad who authorities say tried to set off a car bomb in times square. nbc's chief justice correspondent pete williams joins us with this. they arrested two people but they don't know if they actually are connected to this just yet. >> i think the best way to explain this is that faisal shahzad and his interrogation was the fbi has said that he went to long island in april and received $4,000 from a man on at the train station and getting money from what are known as cash couriers commonly used in the middle east to move cash. money from your parents. they take to it a guy who goes through several hands and eventually comes to you as cash. he used them. and the two people that they picked up today in suburban boston, they say, did give him money. what they don't know is whether the two men had any idea what he intended to use the money for. they simply don't know. no reason to think one way or the other. the searchers were conducted today. two in suburban boston, two in suburban philadelphia, new york, long island. and that's when -- additional arrest on immigration charges in maine that were connected with the two guys in boston. to be clear the two in boston are not charged with anything in connection with the bombing. the authorities simply say that they found out that they are here illegally and holding him on immigration charge. >> but this is also tactical because they need -- they need to hold them on something until they can figure out if they are involved. >> to be able to question them. so that's the reason for the immigration charges. but they want to know did they -- did they have any reason to think he was planning some kind of terrorist attack. there has been no indication so far. shahzad indicated to the interrogator no, sir one helped him and i'm told they don't have any evidence that anybody here helped him buy the bomb components or helped him assemble the bomb. this is the next question. did the people who provided him the money know what he was up to. there is an additional point here. they would like to be able now to try to trace the money and see where it went back on the other side and see who was giving the money on the other end. >> follow the money. >> right. >> okay. pete williams, thanks. >> teenager has now been charged with reckless handling of a firearm after a bullet pierced a fairfax county school bus. it happened yesterday afternoon now in alexandria. near summit place and oak ridge drive here. a bus was traveling with 31 students to board when the driver heard a loud noise. police came and determined a bullet had pierced that bus. no one was hurt. this morning, one of the students aboard the bus described the incident. >> one loud, very loud crack. next thing we know, bus driver looked out and called it in. >> police canvassed the area and found dead birds near a house. they identified a 14-year-old boy inside the house as the suspect. the police believed he had been shooting at birds. they say it is unclear whether he was aiming at the bus. you don't know of maryland police have arrested six more students for rowdy behavior on campus after the school's basketball win over duke in early march. the school public safety spokesman says the students were taken into custody without incident last week. they are charged with disorderly conduct and destruction of property and arson and disturbing the peace. latest arrests are separate from the 28 students who were initially taken into custody by the prince george's county police. >> a close call this week for two district drivers when a utility pole crashed on to their cars in traffic. now the city is trying to make sure that it doesn't happen again. news4's chris gordon is live in southwest with more on the story for us. chris? >> reporter: well, i have the story from 395. where on tuesday night, a street lamp pole toppled on two cars. tonight we will talk to both of the drivers. we will tell you who is responsible for the maintenance along the highway and whether rusted street lamp poles could pose a danger to other drivers in the district. all that coming up in about a half hour right here on "news4 at 5:00." back to you. >> all right, chris. we will see you then. thank you, sir. >> get a check of our forecast. >> the clouds are still sticking around, folks. meteorologist veronica johnson joins us with a first look of your forecast. >> they are. the clouds have been sticking around all day today. the reason, persistent east and northeasterly flow off the water. cloudy conditions and temperatures hovering around 60 degrees from 63 now. we scooted up in d.c. 61 in balance more. 62, sterling. manassas, warrenton, 63 degrees now. across the area, cool conditions. running 15 to 20 degrees lower than yesterday. we were close to 80. radar, though is quiet. this time tomorrow big storms firing up. for us, just drizzly conditions and more of that fog going into tomorrow morning. and the temperatures going to rise about a degree or two by the time we get to 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. sunset today at 8:12. lots of cloud cover until the latter part of tomorrow morning. then we are going to get sunshine and those storms that i spoke of. on your fast forecast, evening drizzle and spritzes for us. not really worth carrying the umbrella. more of the morning fog that will get out of here rather rapidly. and tomorrow, i'm calling tomorrow with the hot with the storms coming. we will detail that and show you who is under a tornado watch this evening from the weather system headed this way in a few minutes. >> thanks, veronica. a local student's quick actions saved the life of a virginia teacher. the teacher was choking in class and has her student who wouldn't give up to thank for coming to the rescue. news4's john schriffen joins us with their story. >> reporter: teachers are often called upon to protect their students. it is usually not the other way around. this past monday at stafford high school a quiet band member saw his teacher in trouble and now being called a hero. >> it was like my whole life was flashing in front of me. then i was thinking, oh, my gosh, i'm going to die. >> reporter: miriam is alive and breathing today because of one brave young man, one her spanish students. don't call 17-year-old storm runman a hero. he says he is a regular guy. >> something like this happens. spice it is schoolier up. >> reporter: last month the 11th grader was sitting in class taking a test when his teacher started to choke on her sandwich. >> then i thought okay, i'm in trouble. i had to get out of the classroom. i did no want to disturb the class. so i stood up, just trying to leave the classroom. >> reporter: the class stood up and gasped in shock as miss lorenzo's fingers started to turn blue. >> she obviously couldn't breathe. and i -- without even thinking at all, i just ran up behind her and started doing the heimlich maneuver. >> reporter: runman pulled and pulled and pulled. it took 20 seconds but the piece of bread came free. >> best moment of my life. i can breathe again. i just said to him, you are my hero. >> reporter: in the halls of stafford ordinary high school runman is a local celebrity. >> we were certified as freshmen or sophomores. i don't think i would have the reaction. fantastic. you i thank him every day. he doesn't look any different but he is a hero now. >> reporter: with the semester winding down, does this mean runman gets an "a"? >> everybody asks that question and i feel so bad. he has to earn his grade. he doesn't need my help. >> reporter: runman learned how to perform the heimlich maneuver as a boy scout. because of his efforts he has been recommended for the heroism award, which is a national honor given to a scout who saves a life. by the way, his teacher says that he has worked hard enough this year and he will get that "a." back to you. >> excellent. >> big gold star. great story, john. thanks. coming up on "news4 at 5:00," we are going to tell you about a fire at the kennedy center. >> "news4 at 5:00" is just getting started. >> also coming up on "news4 at 5:00," a 6-year-old boy dies at the dentist. >> answers, answers. somebody has to give me answers. he's too young to go. 6 years old. first year in school. >> an up-close look at what's happening in the gulf as thousands of gallons of oil pour into the waters. the little boy that was the only survivor of the libyan plane crash is said to not know his parents and brother are dead but is believed to be named rubin. he is the only survivor of the crash that killed 103 people yesterday and a dutch couple saw the little boy on tv in the hospital yesterday. they say he's their 9-year-old nephew and was returning to the netherlands after going on safari in south africa with his parents and brother. the sxaun uncle flew to libya overnight. hospital officials say rubin is still in shock but did smile when he saw his relatives. a virginia mother is struggling to understand what caused the death of her 6-year-old son while at the dentist's office. this happened tuesday at the dental clinic at virginia commonwealth university in richmond. family members say that jacoby hill -- little boy was having caps put on his teeth and was undergogan theesh yeah when he went into cardiac arrest. he was rushed to a nearby hospital but died there. hills' mother says her son had asthma but no othe known health problems. an investigation is under way. walgreens drugstore decided to postpone sales of a controversial over-the-counter genetic test kit. the drugstore was poised to start selling the kits tomorrow, a saliva collection kit, that provides personalized at-home screenings for genes associated with inherited diseases such as breast cancer or diabetes. the kits will not roll out on friday because the food and drug administration says that they have never been proved to be effective. >> there are a lot of exercise products out there on the market that claim to get you in the shape of your life. one of them is the toning shoe. makers of the shoe say it will tone your legs and work your core, too. nbc's tom takes us step by step to see if the sneakers live up to the hype. >> with shape-ups you can finally get in shape without going to the gym. >> reporter: by now have you seen the ads and regardless if you are a woman or a man, you have paid attention. >> reeboks easy tone shoes not only look fantastic they will make your legs and butt look great, too. >> reporter: that commercial worked on queens resident and shoe blogger donna. >> what is this? this is crazy. i was a disturbed at first. then i was like this is cool. something fun to try out. >> reporter: for three months donna has been living in her reebok easy tones and says they give her more of a workout than the average sneaker because of the two balance pods on the bottom of the shoe. the technology makes exercising even just walking more challenging. but what about the main selling point? the thing about the legs and butt? >> i don't really see any drastic difference but i -- i think that the fact that i can feel them more makes me feel better about myself. >> reporter: the toning shoes are being sold more and more. they all advertise better workouts by lacing up. >> it challenges your body to stabilize. >> reporter: you won't find new york city trainer william wright wearing toning shoes. he thinks the sneakers are made more for marketing than muscle. wright argues once the body adapts to the shoes, the results plateau. >> it is all about variety. you have to have variety in everything you do. >> reporter: toning shoes aren't only for looking great. some say they can make you feel great. brooklyn resident and marathon runner gabrielle started wearing shape-ups after her podiatrist told her it would help with a toe injury. >> i started wearing them after a few days, the pain went away and they are really comfortable. >> reporter: she says they work out her korbut if you notice, she is a fan who is not advertising. why do you wear jeans with exercise shoes? >> because they are really, really you cannily and try to hide them as much as possible. >> the cost of these shoes range anywhere from $40 to $100. a patch of unused land outside of the united planning organization offices in northwest d.c. has been turned into a community based home farm. members of the nonprofit group urban farming joined city leaders at the groundbreaking event. it all happened this morning. organizers are creating home farms on vacant unused lots all over the country to provide healthy and inexpensive food for people in need. r&b singer taja started it five years ago. she took part in today's event today, too. >> it is a little cool out there. >> exactly. >> it is going to be hot tomorrow. >> oh, my goodness, yes. sticky, too, coming up. today is one of the -- the coolest afternoon that we have had through outthe month of may. going all the way back to april 28th where we only got up to 60 degrees during the afternoon. there's the overcast skies tomorrow. some sunshine and tomorrow some of us likely to be getting rocked with serious storms. the temperature right now, 63 degrees. dew point now sat 48 degrees. these two numbers not as close as they were early this morning. when the clouds were lower. we had fog across the area. the wind is still calm. we haven't gotten any rain today. but we certainly have gotten the drizzle because of this low pressure system hanging near the coast and the wind onshore. there is the warm front that will be driving through the area tomorrow. as it does so, temperatures will quickly rise and hit 70 by noontime. then the cold front will come through and on the other side of that a fine weekend. right now, areas of ohio, back into indiana, under a tornado watch. just until 9:00 p.m. watch in indiana has been dropped. just ohio. because of the cold front, hooked up with the weather system, more serious storms, intense storms, still through wichita and oklahoma, all the way up to iowa where there are reports to hail. when the front comes through tomorrow, main thing i think will be on the watch out for are very strong winds and possibility of hail. easter lip wind. plenty damp out there. 63, the temperature. prince george's county at brandywine. and there is the cold front. ohio down all the way to texas. so more storms coming our way tomorrow afternoon and probably starting about 3:00 p.m. and running up until about 8:00 p.m. while we are at 63 here, not far down the road, wilmington, north carolina, 79 degrees. close to 80, cincinnati and 80 in st. louis, missouri. that's the area that will be pushing over us tomorrow. we will have moisture, heating and a very strong weather front that will be real easy to spark storms. next couple of hours, just cloud cover. then by the afternoon tomorrow, again, stormy weather as the front comes on in. and that front will make its way down to the south. so by saturday morning, it will be clear of us. we will have a few clouds around the area early saturday morning. here is the whole area. southern areas of pennsylvania and through virginia and areas down through tennessee, under a risk of some very strong storms tomorrow afternoon. we are damp and drizzly for the evening. temperature will be between 257 and 60. not really budging much during the overnight period. we will get up to about 63 by sunrise tomorrow. some patchy fog and the fog quickly leaves. again, thunderstorms that could bring high winds and some hail and frequent lightning tomorrow. . tomorrow is going to be downright hot with a high of 87. we will stabilize things through the weekend. clear out and shine. a lovely weekend after a crazy up and down week of weather. >> all right. >> we will take. >> it not bad at all. coming right up on "news4 at 5:00," things heat up during the rush hour commute. find out what happened to the driver. >> it is the largest metro hike in the transit system's history. we will tell you how much riders will to pay. president obama was in buffalo, northbound, today to talk about jobs and the economy. toured a small business called industrial support that does metal fabricating and contract work for manufacturers. the president also held a town hall at a factory and defended the steps he has taken to recover from the financial crisis. and said the economy is on a course that is working. he also noted the april unemployment report shows the most job growth in four years. before the tour the president stopped by to pick up lunch at a place that specializes in buffalo wings. he ordered ten medium spice wings at first and changed the order on advice of a customer to five regular extra crispy. russell simmons was in d.c. today giving a money lesson to school qods here. he spoke to both kids and parents at the hope community school in southeast. simmons told stories about his own experience in starting a business. he is best known for founding def jam records and clothing line fat farm. supreme court justice nominee elena kagan sat down today with maryland senator ben cardin. cardin was already familiar with kagan. he chaired the confirmation hearings for her solicitor general position. the two talked about what it takes to be a supreme court justice. senator cardin believes she would bring diversity to the court bus she doesn't have a background as a judge. coming up, we will show you a rare tornado. find out why the storm is so unusual. for first time bp is showing the world what the oil leak looks like under water. we will go live to the gulf coast for the latest on the effort to stop it. >> we will show you what happened after teacher was caught on video slapping around a student. good afternoon. we have a big problem. 95 southbound, just before you meet up with 7100. one single right lane, this is what we are left with. jammed solid. main line very heavy to get down towards this accident. good news is it appears to be the bottle neck. after newington, you are back up to the speed limit, lorton, dale city. we do have some big trouble spots around the capital beltway. you will find just that. look at that. accident activity on the outer loop of the far right lane. stay tuned. "news4 at 5:00" continues. a rush hour emergency. a metro fare hike for the history books and a hidden danger for drivers is revealed. welcome back to "news4 at 5:00" at 5:30. i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly. we begin with a costly delay today. another day of frustration along the gulf coast. >> that oil continues to pour from the head of that damaged well. this is actual underground video. so you can see just how quickly and violently it is coming out. to make matters worse the latest effort to stop it has been delayed for several days. jay gray is in venice, louisiana, with the latest. why the delay now? what's the next plan? >> reporter: wendy, jim. good afternoon to you. let's talk about the series of events here. first of all, they started with a four-story 100-ton metal and concrete box. that didn't work. then they moved down a smaller contain many dome. top hat. two tons. it is still sitting idol the floor of the gulf. today bp announced that their latest plan to control some of the flow of oil is to use a six-inch tube and move it inside of that fractured well head and down into the well to siphon oil back up to a waiting tank other surface. there is no clear indication why they are not using the top hat at this point. earlier they said it would be over the leak point within 24 hours. a few hours later they said they were changing gears and using this small tube to go down and go inside the well and try to bring oil back to the surface. there has been no indication from the company of why there has been no indication of how much oil they expect to gather with this tube. we know lit have to get down into the well so it won't be siphoning water or won't cause any problem with the hydrates. the ice crystals that really incapacitated the larger containment dome. it is very frustrating for those along the coast pinning their hopes on the secondary containment dome. that's not going to happen now for at least two to three days. remember, once they get it over the leak spot, it is still a day or two before they know if it is even going to work those boats sitting eyele or dropping boom instead of catching fish, shrimp and oysters say time is running out and their patience is as well. they are very frustrated. >> jay gray. live in venice, louisiana. jay, thank you. here on capitol hill, senators from california, oregon, washington state, want to crack down on offshore drilling and introduced legislation today that would impose a permanent ban on new drilling off the west coast. it is the senate's version of a measure already introduced on the house side. the lawmakers said after seeing what's happening down in the gulf offshore drilling is simply not worth the risk. congress passed a moratorium on west coast offshore drilling 20 years ago. but it has expired. this new plan would not affect any current drilling. metro subway and bus fares are going up, way up. in july, they will be the largest increases in the transit system's history and the only question is exactly how much they will be going up. tom sherwood takes a look. >> reporter: tens of thousands of people ride the bus every day. metro is looking to raise bus fares 25 cents per ride. from $1.25 to $1.50. that's a given. subway fares depending on time of day and the distance you ride could rise as much as nearly $1 by july. the new fiscal year. the metro finance committee discussed the certain fare hikes for hours on thursday but decided on no final details. at times confusing even the metro staff. >> basically the -- last chart, i think we are discussing that currently. >> reporter: fare hikes are the most sensitive thing facing the board members from maryland, virginia and district. to close a nearly $200 million deficit. finance committee chairman katherine hudgins. >> they are going up. >> that's exactly right. that's exactly right. >> reporter: regional disputes among maryland, d.c., and virginia also are making increases difficult with virginians insisting rail riders not keep subsidizing bus riders. >> we put it on the back of rail riders and people that park in our parking garages. enough is enough. our rail riders are the ones helping pay for the bus service. there comes a point in time you have to stop. and you have to consider that parking is a part of the fare people pay. >> reporter: metro board chairman peter benjamin says the board would take up the fare hikes again in two weeks. wendy, back to you. >> tom sherwood, thanks, tom. residents of prince george's county and montgomery counties will soon be paying more for water. both county councils voted on and passed wssc's $1.1 billion budget for next year. it includes an 8.5% rate increase and would add $4.60 to the average customer's monthly bill. the new rate was take effect july 1st. coming up, healthy harvey. we are going to tell you how a cat once blind can see again. there he goes. >> a rare twister. captured on tape. look at that. >> we are getting a break from the severe weather here. it is going to get hot. right, veronica? >> yeah, it will get hot. getting break from snow weather today. the storms return tomorrow with another front. temperature is at 63. 61 this evening. more dam and drizzly conditions to take us into tomorrow morning. but the high is 87 with storms coming our way for tomorrow afternoon. we will have much more with when federal reserve chairman al here's to the believers. the risk-takers. the visionaries. the entrepreneurs... who put it all on the line to build and run their own businesses. at at&t, we know something about that. our company started out in a small lab, with not much more than a dream. and today, we know it's small businesses that can create the jobs america needs. that's why at&t is investing billions to upgrade and build out our wired and wireless networks. making them faster, smarter, and more secure. connecting small businesses to markets across the country, and around the world. we invest now, because we know it 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police searched his home in the obama murder plot. mckenzie-gude apologized to his family and the man. the judge sentenced him to three years in prison for the carjacking charge but credited him with two years already served. mckenzie-gude is serving five years in all for possession of bomb making chemicals and the plot against the president. a science teacher has been fired now for allegedly assaulting a 13-year-old student. take a look at this cell phone video. it was allegedly taken by a student in the classroom when that attack occurred. students say that the teacher assaulted the boy because she thought he was making fun of a mentally challenged girl. school officials say that no matter what happened, there is no reason to attack a child. >> there is absolutely no excuse to do that to a child. i mean, in addition to teaching children, we would have to respect them and what that teacher did was against every principle this school stands for. >> after the alleged assault school officials initially reassigned the teacher to another location. but fired her after watching this video. the boy's mother said that he suffered a black eye and bruises. she plans to file a complain. still ahead on "news4 at 5:00," the glass ceiling is shattered at top companies. we will find out how much money the more powerful female ceos walked away with last year. >> story of legendary female jockeys. returning to race tomorrow. and at pimlico in support of breast cancer awareness. >> crews are taking a closer look at the light poles around our region after a couple of serious accidents recently. yeah, but... what.. happened to the back there? well, here's the thing: this was the only "sporty two-seater" they had on my budget. uh-huh. and the seats go all the way back. 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meantime, millions of gallons of crude continue to flow into the gulf. bp says engineers are working on other options to cap the pipe now. the district is inspecting utility poles along 395 after one fell over in traffic earlier this week. >> the pole hit two cars and narrowly missing the drivers. chris gordon joins us live from the scene with the latest this story. chris? >> reporter: we are live tonight along 395 at the exact location where that street lamp pole collapsed and hitting the two cars. today vdot, district department of transportation, told us that it is responsible for the maintenance along this stretch of highway. the last time road crews working for vdot inspected street lamp poles along 395 was two years ago. today crews visually examined the jersey wall where a pole broke off tuesday hitting two cars. it first fell on top of this car driven by justin bender who was with his girlfriend on the way to the airport. he spoke to us today from nashville, tennessee. >> i heard a loud boom. like an explosion. my car bounced. and i -- looked back, my back window was busted open. >> reporter: he says the street lamp pole then bounced, landing on the car behind him. driven by dwayne miller of harrisburg, pennsylvania. >> when it hit, it probably hit above my head like about here. but i didn't see it hit. and so when i first saw it and turned back there was like this pole in front of my face. >> reporter: both drivers say the mole seemed to be rusted at the base. >> they were installed at the same time, and one is rusty enough to come down you would think the next one, 20 yards away is equally possibly as rusty. and -- you know, we might not be so fortunate the next person. >> reporter: vdot the district's department transportation is investigating what caused the pole to fall. are you confident, can you tell drivers of the district this won't happen again? >> yes, i'm confident. it is a very isolate incident. there are 68,000 street light poles and not something that occurs on a regular basis, if ever. it is not -- we don't want people to be panicked and don't want people to be worried. there are a number of forecast thoors have played into this. it is on a major freeway. somebody could have hit the pole. somebody may have hit again. something we are continuing to look into. we are continuing to investigate that particular pole and that particular incident. it is not something that happens on a regular base nice the city. >> vdot says it was concerned when it saw on last night's newscast that mr. miller trade to call the city to report his concern only to be told that it could take as much as 30 days to determine who was responsible for the maintenance of the highway and the poles. vdot says it called mr. miller today at his home in pennsylvania and apologized. we are live in southwest washington. back to you. >> thank you, chris. it was a tougher commute than usual on i-66 this morning. a car caught fire blocking eastbound traffic. just before the exit to the beltway, fire firts put out the blaze and another accident on i-66 caused backups in the west bound lanes. there were major traffic delays for everyone. no serious injuries. work crew at the kennedy center caught some insulation on fire today in a service area this morning. and the flames created a lot of smoke but d.c. firefighters quickly got that under control and no injuries there. just minor damage. no big problems in the weather either. lots of clouds out there today. >> lots of clouds and, boy, jim, you are right. no big problems because on top of that, the pollen count is way down. way down. remember the big spike that we had in -- what was about mid april or so? where we had the high heat and now the poll yen count is down. today it is running at 22 grains per cubic meter. moderate. but where we typically average for the second week of may, up around a thousand grains per cubic meter for trees. half of that at 11 for pine. 63 the temperature in the district. prince george's county, 61. anne arundel county, 57. annapolis, 61, leonard town. easter lip wind that will continue through the overnight period and right into tomorrow morning. more drizzle and more fog for us. we will start out at about 62 degrees at 5:00 a.m. your high tomorrow is a whopping 87. close to 88. beautiful weekend coming our way on the other side of rough storms tomorrow afternoon. >> thanks, veronica. let's find out what is in store for "news4 at 6:00." jim vance is here with a preview for us. >> coming up tonight, dental clinic being investigated after a 6-year-old child died during a routine procedure. that child's grandmother wants answers. continental airlines facing a big fine. they operated at least a dozen flights without fixing a problem in the landing gear. for the first time in 40 years, the heinz company is cooking up a new recipe for ketchup. they said it might be a little healthier. why do you want to mess with ketchup? couple of years ago they came out with something called lite spam. stupidest thing i ever heard in my life. >> oxy more zblon now they are going to mess with ketchup. just thought i would drop that in. >> thank you, vance. the female jockeys riding for breast cancer. >> yes. this is a really cool event. actu actually, first of its kind at the preakness. >> lot of of racing this weekend. friday event. 13 race cars, includes the black-eyed susan stake. and the inaugural lady legends for cure race. these are women who know a thing or two about riding and winning. most of them haven't raced in years. so tomorrow will be chopped full of excitement and butterflies. lindsay czarniak has the story. >> reporter: they are living legends on the racetrack. barbara joe rubin was the first female jockey ever. married to tora, first to win. cheryl white, first african-american, and patty cooksy, breast cancer survivor who was the first ever to ride in the preakness. race she participated in at pimlico 25 years ago. she hadn't been back to pimlico since that 1985 race. until this week. and she has fond memories. >> you know, that was awesome coming up here to ride the preakness stakes in 1985. i just really had a wonderful time. being the first -- there will never be a first woman to ride in the preakness. that's what was so special. media was great. really -- really took -- took to me and i took to them. we had a good time. my horse who had never been ain't round two turns actually showed himself very well. i was happy with the finish and how well we did. and it was just a great experience. >> 56-year-old cheryl white was immune to any racial discrimination. in a 28-year career, she won 257 races. >> i was a kid and kind of oblivious to some of that stuff. i grew up on the racetrack. my father trained horses and was a rider long before i was born. so i didn't really -- i didn't -- bash studded barbara joe breaking the barriers and other women before me. i didn't really run into a lot that i was you a where of. even if it was there. >> reporter: while eyes will be on the horses running in the preakness thing weekend, the female jockeys competing in fourth race friday's card at pimlico are honored to be participating in a special race. >> last time i rode was 40 years ago. i'm the oldie of the group and put me on oldest horse, too. a 6-year-old. we have all had to work really hard to get fit. especially me. to get fit again. takes two hands, not one. we don't have as much spring. but it is going to be great riding with them. >> this is a long, hard rode for me compete because i was the fattest of this group and had the most weight to have to lose. and i didn't think it was going to be quite as hard as it ended up being. apparently it doesn't come off quite as easy when you are old. >> the inaugural lady legends race for the cure. you can be sure every last one of these women wants to win. lindsay czarniak, news4 sports. >> you can really sense the excitement in their voices. they trained. they are ready for this race. >> oh, yeah. >> they are pumped up. fit was me, i would hope i didn't fall off. they are ledge zblends that's why they train, so they don't fall off. >> exactly. >> they know what they are doing. still ahead, ceos are shattering the glass ceiling. >> we will tell you about an amtrak crash where riders were injured. >> stick around for the story of harvey the blind cat 13 people were hurt this morning when an amtrak train and a tractor trailer collided in north carolina. the enjinx of the train caught fire and the train derailed. a dozen passengers and one crew member were taken to area hospitals. all of the injured are expected to be okay. investigators trying to determine what caused the crash. >> new evidence that pays for ceos is shattering the glass ceiling. bloomberg reports that women are getting paid more thanks to two major companies. yahoo and kraft. a deal worth $47 -- more than $47 million for carol bartz. irene rosen feld paid more than $26 million. some companies consider they willselves trail blazers by having a woman at the helm. >> he may the enemy but a dallas cowboys giving you a reason to like him. at least off the field anyway. offensive guard leonard davis was playing in a charity golf tournament in texas yesterday when he came upon a dozen baby ducks stuck in a sand trap. davis, who is 6'6", 360 pounds, stepped in and he gently picked up each of the ducklings and put them on the fair roy where they scurried off to catch up with their moms. >> finally this hour, in keeping with the animal theme, we want to introduce you to harvey, extra spring in his step after a life changing surgery. >> harvey is a stray cat who arrived at the washington humane society. almost blind. tonight he can see again. news4's aaron gilchrist has his story. >> reporter: talk about a fur ball of energy. nothing is slowing harvey down these days in his foster home at the washington humane society's spay and neuter clinic. harvey was here for a different kind of surgery. >> he's -- did not seem to be visual. he seemed to be blind. he could probably distinguish shapes but really didn't have any vision that was substantial. >> reporter: harvey was found at a d.c. apartment complex in late april and shelter staff quickly discovered his vision problem. dr. goldsmith conducted heart vase ten-minimum surgery and says as a tri kitten with no vet care he probably developed a respiratory infection that led to corneal scarring in both eye. >> he had a membrane covering one of his corneas and that's what we were able to snip away. and remove and over the last, i would say, ten days or so, the -- the residual scarring has diminished. >> reporter: look into harvey's eyes now and you will see he's recovering pretty well. >> he walks up to every cat to meet them and very friendly and would love for him to go to a home with other cats. >> reporter: harvey is one of 37,000 animals that comes through the washington humane society every year and wouldn't be possible without a little help. the society provides low-cost spay and neutering and sees tons of animals like harvey. strays that need medical attention. harvey's surgery costs about 300. money donated to the society's sophie fund. specifically for animals like harvey. >> we are always looking for help with our medical funding and -- to be able to do these type of things we do and come up in our shelter animals. >> reporter: harvey is in the market for a new home. looking to see whatever is out there. aaron gilchrist, news4, southeast washington. >> harvey is having fun. >> cat condo there. if you are interested in harvey or learning how to volunteer, go to com and search humane society. >> that's it for "news4 at 5:00." >> "news4 at 6:00" starts right now. 2-year-old girl killed in a horrible crash in prince george's county last night. she was ejected from a car. >> district officials are inspecting metal poles all over the city after a car was smashed by one. >> yet another setback for crews working to clean up that gigantic oil spill in the gulf. >> first, though, three people were arrested today after authorities investigating that attempted times square bombing case searched homes and businesses in three states. good evening. i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim vants. those raids were carried out this morning in new york, new jersey, and