that field tests showed to be harmless. no reported injuries. no reported illnesses. inside the school's move to protect the children. >> the letters were quarantined. they were never exposed to students and even the staff members who had come in contact were placed in a separate situation. >> reporter: after the discovery of the first three letters the fire department activated a special operations center with various members from the feds and local law enforcement there to track each situation. >> they were able to quickly stand that center up, bring everybody in and we were able to very effectively manage the rest of the day, somef which we had five or six simultaneously and that being said we were able to get people on the scene within minutes on every one of those cases. >> reporter: so what's behind all these letters? i talked to a form d.c. detective today. he warns that this could be a trial run. i'll have more on that coming up at 6:00. jim, back to you. >> pat collins live with the new developments for us. pat, thank you. the latest now on the death of osama bin laden. president barack obama just wrapped up a trip to fort campbell, kentucky, where he met privately with special operators who carried out the raid on bin laden's compound. he spoke to soldiers who have recently returned from deployments in afghanistan. he said he wanted to personally thank everyone for what he called their extraordinary service. >> thanks to the incredible skill and courage of countless individuals, intelligence, military over many years, the terrorist leader who struck our nation on 9/11 will never threaten america again. >> fort campbell is home to the 101st airborne and also home of the special operations helicopter unit nicknamed the night stalkers. they routinely fly the navy s.e.a.l.s and delta force operators on those sensitive missions. and in another development, al qaeda did confirm today what the president has been saying since sunday. osama bin laden is dead. in a message posted on the internet, al qaeda confirmed the death of its founder and called on all muslims especially those in pakistan to seek revenge. back close to home now, an 18-year-old driver is dead tonight after a car crash in month bombry county. it happened in germantown early this morning. police tell us the teenager was driving westbound on middlebrook road when his car collided with a dump truck traveling north germantown road. the team's two passengers were taken to a local hospital and are in stable condition this evening. the driver of the truck wasn't injured. the cause is still under investigation. communities along the mississippi river from illinois to louisiana are facing the threat of severe flooding tonight. officials are urging some residents in memphis, tennessee to evacuate. nearly 1,000 homes are expected to be flooded as the waters continue to rise. the river is expected to crest at 48 feet next wednesday. it's already at 46 feet. we have had a perfect spring day, but there is a threat of rain for mother's day. >> that's right. chief meteorologist doug kammerer is tracking the conditions and has your 5:00 forecast. >> right now we're looking at those clouds increasing and some shower activity out there as well. mostly to the west and to the south of the washington area and you can see some coming around the frederick county area in toward parts of maryland and down to around culpeper county. and those showers making their way to the north and east and with those showers, thunder and lightning as well. nothing severe, though, so you don't have to worry about that. outside right now the temperatures are around 69 degrees in the city and back toward sterling and 72, toward fredericksburg and notice charlottesville, much cooler than earlier there now in the 50s as a result of that rain-cooled air. 60 degrees by 9:00. and kind of cool with the temperature around 49 by 5:00 and 50 by 7:00 a.m. and we will see sunshine during the day tomorrow. most of saturday is looking pretty good and then yet another storm system will try to move through here and it could impact mother's day. i'll show you how in just a bit. >> thank you, doug. >> it's the end of an era today. te terps fans filled the auditorium. he announced his retirement after 22 years heading the team. we have live team coverage and we begin with lindsay czarniak with the latest. sad day, liz. >> sad day for a lot, and he's very funny and the joke is he's probably somewhere on the golf course, but he was certainly very emotional and tearing up as he walked across the court getting ready to announce his retirement. gary williams says he knows he can go out there and coach still -- >> it was a very difficult decision to make, mainly beside the coaching thing i'm basically unskilled, so when you leave the one thing you kind of knew how to do there's always some apprehension in that decision, but at the same time, coaching gives you confidence that you can be successful in some other ways and i'm out there into an area. it really feels different, but it's kind of an area i'm looking forward to to where there's no set thing out there yet. >> he says he's leaving the maryland teerjs the terrapins in capable hands and they named the comcast center after him. the students and the fans there are sad because they did so very love gary williams, but his l legacy goes beyond the basketball court. our team coverage continues with melissa malay live from college park. melissa? >> good evening. finals are just days away for students in maryland, but so much excitement today. of course, a couple of tears and lots of folks, hundred of them, in fact, showed up to pay honor, to pay tribute to gary williams and it was sad, though, very much punctuated by sadness. >> i would like to thank the student. unbelievable. >> on a day filled with tears and memories from a coach, an arena filled with players, students and alumni. >> i had to keep myself from crying. >> all of them fans honoring gary williams, a man so loved -- >> gary williams is incredible. it is so sad to see him go. >> reporter: they chant his name at a school they dubbed garyland. it's a fan base for one man that seems big enough for a team, cheering, clapping. students taking pictures and alumni reminiscing. >> gary just always made you feel happy to be a terp fan. >> reporter: all eyes glued to a screen tribute, williams choking about his tears behind a table behind the trophies. in the late '80s, williams resurrected a reeling program eventually giving fans the first of several trips to the ncaa tournament and oh, yeah, that thrilling win in 2002. >> i think he stuck out a really tough time that a lot of people might not have. >> reporter: there's one thing fans say they'll really miss. >> i'll definitely miss the fist pump. >> it brings everyone together, it's just, i don't know, iconic i guess is right. >> reporter: they're the coach's face outside the comcast center and now inside, a tribute, too, a plan for the court to be named after the coach himself. >> when gary got choked up, i think we all feel that. >> reporter: bars in college park having drink specials for fans in honor of gary williams. lots of people very, very sad and even the coach as you saw there himself tearing up. coming up at the 6:00 hour we'll talk with some businesses, with some folks who think this might actually affect their bottom line as well as donations. live in college park, melissa malay, news 4. >> a lot of people can't remember. a lot of people down there have the terps without them. >> he's been there for 22 years. >> incredible. coming up on news 4 at 5:00, some call it a rite of passage. >> the allegations that landed a straight-a student in legal trouble. >> now the battle over a $1,000 water bill takes a new turn. consider yourself warned. what one group is saying about the potential for another hack attack on sony. also, their could there be relief from soaring gas prices? how soon experts say those prices might be coming down. news 4 at 5:00 is just getting started. so you closed your savings account and buried all your money. yeah, my savings weren't growing, too many traps and fees, it's better off in a hole in the ground. where's the hole ? i got a map. where's the map ? it's tattooed on my back. nobody knows about it-- just me and the guy who did the tattoo. touch the ball, son. put your savings where they'll grow. get an orange savings account. no fees. no minimums. no tattoos. i should go get the shovel. as you saw a bit earlier, president obama wrapped up a stroz fort campbell, kentucky, to thank the troops for their service in the nation's war for the hunt for osama bin laden. >> the week kapts a week of unity even on capitol hill where there was a bipartisan outpouring of support for the president. luke russert joins us. >> it feels good to be here. >> more than just in the box on the television. >> with this beautiful hd set. >> isn't it lovely? >> we have moisturizer and water if you need some. >> that's all we've got for you. how -- were you surprised by this bipartisan support and a brief moment friendship that occurred? >> it was really amazing. the politics in the united states has been quite polarized especially since president obama was elected. there has not been a lot of bipartisanship and there's been a lot of heated rhetoric, but this week after the killing of osama bin laden it was amazing to see on capitol hill, rep reps all of them being supportive of the mission and george w. bush had a lot to do with the capture and mission of osama bin laden by putting the policies in place, but to see that type of unity, i haven't seen that around capitol hill and we're in washington since 9/11. it was an ashmazing thing to se. all of the attacks of the past week were kept on the issues which will be on the budget and that's where we're headed to next week. >> how nasty will that be? >> it will be interesting. this is a big issue about the nation's debt ceiling which a lot of people outside of washington don't know right now, but may 16th, to pay everything that you need to pay runs out and republicans say if you're going to increase that deadline, you're going to increase that amount of money that we'll borrow we'll need to make spending cuts and they're electing to do that and that debate will ramp up this week and it will be extended to budget tricks, if you will and keep an eye on that. the bipartisan week. >> everyone is talking and tweeting about the photos or lack of photos whether we're not going to see them. what's your take on that and what are you hearing on your twitter verse there. >> it's an interesting issue because people in capitol hill were divided about this. there have been democrats who want them released and democrats who want it to be kept secret and republicans the same way. what i've heard from members of the house intelligence committee is they don't want osama bin laden to be projected as a martyr so you can have rallies in the streets with the iconic image of a dead bin laden that can have a new inspiration of jihadists. that's why it was kept secret. it's an amazing event in the united states' history and there should be freedom of information and we should have access to it, but most people on twitter are happy it's not going to be released and there's a lot of curiosity and everyone that saw it says it's extremely gruesome. >> president obama looking happy there with a rousing welcome in kentucky. do you think he'll ride this wave? how long will it continue? >> it will be interesting to see. his poll numbers went up 11 points this past week and it will not stay there. in terms of election 2012 this issue of foreign policy is very difficult to attack the president on right now because he accomplished the most amazing foreign policy tactic of the last 10, 20, 50 years, however you want to look at it, and if you want to say president obama's weak on terror that's kind of a hard argument now that osama bin laden -- >> a defining moment. >> as james carville said in 1992 it's the economy, stupid. there is growth in the private sector and the nation's unemployment rate is still 9% and when that occurs -- >> it wents up a bit this week. >> right. correct. when you have that type of unemployment there are a lot of folks out there that still need jobs and that is voter anger and that can always reflect poorly on the incumbent in the polls. >> busy week. >> great to see you here. >> come back again. >> absolutely. you guys already gauged craig and lindsay. >> we haven't announced our engagement. >> it's under wraps. >> marriage comes out of the anchor relationships. >> on twitter you might find out. >> we feel like we've been married for ten years. thanks, luke. >> great to see you. >> all right. well, i was going surprise you with a proposal. luke just blew it wide open. >> just buy me dinner later and we'll call it evening. new developments in the sony hack attack. two weeks after security breaches were discovered in sony playstation and sony online enter thainment, cnet is reporting there's evidence to suggest hey, may be plotting to strike again, snatching people's credit card and other personal information. sewny is now offering free identity theft protection to the 100 million consumers who may have had their information compromised. doug joins us now, the very mared doug kammerer. >> you got your ring back on. my wife was, like, when are you putting the ring back on? >> as soon as the cast comes off, honey. there you go. this is my forecasting hand, by the way. >> this is what's happening out with the jet stream. the forecasting will get a lot easier over the next couple of days. >> and maybe sunnier, too. >> it is mrorth's day weekend. everybodiments to know are we going to see shower activity over the week snernd it could happen. let's take a look out there right now. clouds moving into the area along with the frontal boundary that's just off to the west. that front will provide us with the chance for showers and more clueds as we make our way through the evening, but for most of us, you may want to take the umbrella with you as you step out this evening. 69 degrees and winds out of the south at 10 miles per hour. temperatures are on the mild side. 72 in frederick and 69 in the d.c. area and 69 in andrews air force base and back toward hearn donne at 69 as well. we do have shower activity out there right now on live digital doppler radar and all to the west of i-95 up toward frederick, back down into portions of virginia and down to charlottesville and to the south of culpeper. nothing around the district and nothing around the beltway, but that will change over the next few hours and let's take you around to the north around frederick, maryland, where we're seeing showers and some thunder and a couple of bolteds of light thing, nothing severe, down toward kull pepper and down toward orange and all of this is moving to the northeast at 20 to 25 miles per hour and fredericksburg, you'll see that in the next hour or so and it will keep moving up ward our region throughout the rest of the evening. satellite and radar together showing this little system and it's a very weak system, but you can see it making its way through. the storms just to our south and northern north carolina, for us, maybe showers and rum bells of thunder. mild conditions. i think we'll see a nice-looking saturday before our next system moves in. that will provide us with showers late saturday into very early on sunday, and that is mother's day, but by late afternoon that storm will move on through here and we're looking at a better mother's day afternoon. mostly clear. another cool start tomorrow morning. 42 to 49 degrees. tomorrow morning, sun and clouds. nice and mild, 71 to 74. yes, an isolated shower will be possible, but most of us will remain on the dry side. 30% chance of showers early on sunday. mn monday and tuesday looking better as well. temperatures in the 07s or better everia single day. >> that hand is helping out. the forecast is much better. >> you have no idea, to be able to -- >> thank god you're not out of practice. >> thank you, doug. coming up next, new clues following the raid on osama bin laden's compound. what investigators are now saying about the terror leader's next target. >> access denied, why adding too many friends can get you kicked off facebook. i'm liz crenshaw. what's the deal with all these new bag taxes? what are the rules? what are the rules? that's twhat do we have here? oh, it's scotts naturescapes advanced mulch. advanced huh? ehh...mulch is mulch. oh, not so, pops. ordinary mulch can fade after a few months. that's mulch! naturescapes holds its color for a full year. a whole year? guaranteed. plus, it's water smart. water-what? water smart. it channels water directly to the roots... reducing runoff, so you can water 30% less. 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prescription drugs. not the produce bags. take as many of those as you want. >> what about the jurisdictions? many want to know the status of the bag tax. >> the district department of the environment helped us with this answer. a bag tax started in january 2010. it requires any business in d.c. selling food or alcohol to charge 5-cent tax on a paper or plastic carry-out bag and retailers have reported a 50% reduction in bag distribution since the tax started. in virginia, a 20-cent statewide tax was proposed earlier this year, however it was rejected by the virj house of -- >> it is modifying behavior and people are take the reusable bags. >> that was the whole points of this is to save on our waste. last question is about the proceeds of the tax, where does this money go from the bad tax in d.c. and how is montgomery county going to use this money? >> we did to speak to the department of montgomery environment for this one. it has brought in $1 point 5 million in 2010. most of the proceeds from that bag feeia river cleanup protection fund. proceeds from this fund help clean and protect the anacostia and other local waterways.the d eventses have reported significantly fewer bags in our local waterways. that's interesting. in month bomby the proceeds will be used for the water quality protection mouth fund and that's a mouthful and proceeds will help improve local water quality and cleanup litter from county streams. there you go. >> if you have a question you'd like us to consider, send it to ask liz@nbcwashington.com and search liz crenshaw and on facebook by searching liz crenshaw's consumer watch. all about bags. >> at whole foods what they do when you get money back they'll give you wooden nickels and then they have other charity things by the exit to give money to other charities which is nice. >> it reduces the number of bags that people are using and they're finding fewer in the river. >> i think that was the point. jim? >> all you could ever want to know from our news 4 bag ladies. up next on news 4 at 5:00, we have a whole lot more. a police officer knox a 15-year-old girl to the ground and it's all caught on camera. did he cross the line? as a windfall of information from pakistan derailed al qaeda's plans for the u.s.? i'm derrek ward and i'll have that coming up. information gathered from osama bin laden's compound has put a new focus on security for trains here in the washington area. sfwloo. >> the navy s.e.a.l.s seized personal documents before they left the compound and material to references to attacks trains in the united states. >> right now we're seeing what appears to be a response to those threats. a security inspection checkpoint has been set up at the mcpherson square metro station. derrick ward is there live with details. >> reporter: most of the information that's been coming out that we've gotten from those sources refer to rails, metro rail, of course, is a rail system and we did check in with folks over at union station about some of the efforts going there and there are stepped up efforts on metro rail. the terrorists don't split hairs so neither will those who are trying to thwart their efforts. >> it was a plan with no apparent action associated and not each a plot. still, the information gleaned from what was reported to be handwritten notes and other sources at bin laden's compound pell spell out the idea of tampering with tracks and other rail infrastructure to cause a derailment on an unspecified u.s. rail line. passengers at washington's union station were aware of that information. >> it's good to than we have access to that information so that steps might be taken to further secure the safety of all americans. >> i guess i'm just not worried. i'm used to living like this. i'm hopeful that we'll all be safe. >> reporter: likewise, d.c.'s police chief while taking the information seriously says it comes as no real surprise. >> those of us that have been doing this for many years, the targets and the interests of al qaeda and other terrorist organizations have always centered around identified targets and transportation being one of them. that's one of the things that over the past several years we've put a lot of effort over ensuring our security. >> reporter: still, the plan was supposed to be carried out on an anniversary of the 9/11 attack or on some other significant day in the u.s. like independence day. >> we had discussed after we heard what happened, but, i mean, you never can tell what happens, but we weren't changing our travel arrangements. we weren't worried enough to change the travel arrangements. >> a spokesperson for amtrak says they've gotten a homeland security advisory and a statement noted that amtrak security numbers are assigned to joint terrorism task forces around the country and are, quote, immediately privy to any intelligence with respect to threats against rail and employees, remained at a heightened state of vigilance and will employ appropriate counter misches when necessary. >> i hope everything is okay, and i hope this place is full of s.w.a.t. teams and things, i don't know. >> reporter: we've also heard of a metro security and mpd doing random searches on metro busses above ground. we'll have more on these efforts and the rail systems around here coming up on news 4 at 6:30. right now we're live at mcpherson square. >> thank you, derrick. they're charged with producing and selling fake i.d.s in the dorm room. it accuses theodore michaels of potomac, maryland, with selling phony ohio and pennsylvania driver's licenses. in 2009, prosecutors tell us he charged about $150 for each license and offered freebies to people who brought him referrals. michaels is a straight-a skirp student with a triple major. >> two summers ago we told you about a 100-year-old woman in the district who was fighting a $1,000 water bill. her normal bill, 30 bucks. the water department now says she doesn't have to pay it, but as tom sherwood tell us us that news comes a little too late. >> reporter: in nun two years ago janet cohen, strong-willed, honest and nearly 100 years old was mystified by and fighting a $1,000 water bill when her normal monthly bill was just $30. >> yeah. it's just so obvious as the plumber said, you couldn't use that much water. >> reporter: janet cohen had been on brandywine street in northwest washington since 1954. she took care of herself and her house. she knew her modest house and the water use, but the water company insistered she pay up the $1,000. there was no indication of error so she appeal with the help of her son, david, a lawyer. >> she is pretty feisty. >> she was. >> tell me something about her. >> stubborn as a mule. >> after a walk in mrs. cohen's backyard with her azaleas, where david grew up beginning in 1954, david told nbc 4 that the $1,000 water bill case is now resolved. a letter from the water department confirming it. >> that her position is correct that she had snot used the wate and it's been corrected. >> this is great, she's been absolved of owing one mono pep. >> well, she's gone. it's postmarked a year and a day after she died. >> the cohens say janet cohen would have been relieved by the outcome. >> think she would be very pleased. i can hear her saying well, i don't understand why we had to go through all this. >> reporter: tom sherwood, news 4, washington. also tonight there's plenty of blame to go around when it comes to our soaring gas prizes. according to a washington post, pew poll, in their words greedy oil companies for high prices. one in five say unrest in the middle east and north africa is to blame. one in eight believe the political motivation are behind these prices, but we may soon see some relief. crude oil prices have plunged in the past two days. they're now below $100 a barrel and experts believe thai gallon of gas could be down to $3.50 by summer. still to come, reading facebook's fine print. the simple mistakes that 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money than you need to on groceries so yrn't you taking advantage of the easy savings? eun yang is trying to debunk the myths of clipping coupons. >> we're at the safeway in georgetown and i'm joined by jody dehmer, the co-author of pick another checkout lane, honey. what's the number one myth we fall into in terms of a trap that we think we'll save money, but ultimately we don't. >> the number one myth that i got hung up on was i thought i could save mere by buying generic brands. name-brand items have coupons and i said i'll just save more and stick with the generics. >> what about buying in bulk? people who have families tend to go to costco and the big box stores and think they'll safe money that way. what do you think about that? >> i love the bulk stores for some things. they're so dangerous. people assume that because they're paying an annual fee that everything in the store is a great deal. two boxes of cereal for $8, not a good deal. stick to the stores for things like dairy and eggs. i love their fresh tortillas, for example, but when it comes to the regular staples you'll be better off shopping at a local grocery store with a coupon. >> can you eat healthy with coupon saving? >> yes. >> you can as we stand here by the cookies, but you can eat healthy. you can have coupons for any diet. there are more coupons for gluten-free items, organic items like mambo sprouts.com is one of my favorites. >> what about it's not worth the time to drive around to multiple stores? >> so i think in many ways actually doing the couponing is saving me gas and time. i used to be running out at 4:00 or 5:00 p.m. getting things for dinner and now with coupons i'm stockpiling items and keeping them in the home and i'm avoiding running to the store and i don't think you need to go to five stores in a week. i do think you need to go to two different stores every week to save more money and you'll save more than you spend on the gas. >> joany dehmer, thank you so much. i feel smarter and savvier in terms of coupe coupon usingal prepped thanks for joining us. >> learned a lot there. >> a teenage girl taken down and it was caught on tape. the police union is standing by this officer who did that. coming up in sports, lindsay sits down pictures have everyone talking today. an arrest caught on tape has prompted police in phoenix to investigate one of its own officers. >> the video shows the officer slamming a seemingly non-combative 15-year-old girl to the ground. nbc's miguel almaguer with this story. >> the youtube video under review by the phoenix police department is just over three minutes long, but the police takedown of a 15-year-old girl is over in seconds. the powerful impact of this quick hit has prompted an internal investigation. >> at face value what you see on the video is of great concern to the phoenix police department about how a member of this community was treated. >> police won't identify the 15-year-old girl, but say the officer is patrick larson, a six-year member of the force defended by the police union. >> we should not be crews feig the officer without knowing the packs. >> the incident happened at this small charter school what's killed a last-chance campus for troubled youth. the home video begins in the school parking lot, the teenager pinned to the ground by her mother, the person who police say called officers to the scene. according to police, the teenager was kicked out of class because she was allegedly drunk, had served liquor to other students and then assaulted a teacher. >> as you could see in the video, the female that is on the ground, the 15-year-old, in this case, physically assaults her mother with fist strikes to the face. >> as witnesses and police arrive, the teen tries to walk away. the officer pursues from behind, picking up speed before slamming the girl into the concrete wall. police call this a, quote, impact push, but critics including this retired law enforcement officer call the video and use of force disturbing. >> i didn't see the girl resisting the officer. i didn't see where the officer gave the opportunity for her to comply with any orders. it's very troubling. >> reporter: after the teen was thrust into the wall, for a moment she lies motionless on the ground while being handcuffed. police say she wasn't hurt, but the video shows what appears to be a bloody wound on her head. the 15-year-old was booked on three charges, including assault, but now that the video has surfaced, it's the arresting officer who could also face criminal charges. >> if this is a case in which an unlawful amount of force was used by the officer and what we're looking at is is there ag evidence of an aggravated assault or not. >> police say the officer has no history of problems and the girl and her mother have not filed a complaint. we want to get a final check on the weather. here's doug. >> we're seeing more clouds move into the areas. 69 degrees outside right now. if you're thinking about going out for dinner tonight or maybe out to a movie, you may want to take an umbrella with you. >> winds out of the south at 10 miles per hour. here is where the rain is located. live digital doppler radar showing rain to the west of the region. we'll take a couple of zooms in. no worries around the beltway. i think everybody will make it home okay, at least if you live within a 3020, 30-mile radius. some showers and thunderstorms and loudoun county and frederick county seeing some of those showers and thunderstorms. you will hear some thunder and you will see some lightning and nothing severe with these. another system, another area of showers right around culpeper and to southern portion of fredericksburg and we'll continue to watch those moving in as well. overnight tonight, 49 degrees, we'll be clearing out very quickly and temperatures will cool down tomorrow evening and they'll warm up under partly sunny skies and look for highs in the mid-07s. >> thank you, doug. the comcast center at the university of maryland was rocking today as basketball coach gary williams bid farewell to his beloved terrapins. >> let's go back outside with lindsay at the comcast center with more on the emotional sendoff. >> sad day out there, linds. >> gary williams was the most affected. every time he would choke up while he was giving his speech during the press conference, the fan base and the students in their section would start to clap and it would bail gary out a little bit and it would happen two or three times and i think it was ironic watching and the fan base here to support the institution that gary built was just paying him back. gary williams made it clear today he is not making his move because the star player is leaving the terps. he's doing this to focus on the rest of his life. what was it like for you walking out of that tunnel and not heading for a game, but heading to announce that retirement. what was that emotion like for you? >> it was tough. i usually make a left turn coming out of there, and i made a right turn today. it was a special day, and it was very emotional because you think about the 22 years. you don't do that as a coach. you don't look back. you look at the next season. you look at the next recruit. >> you program yourself that way. >> you can't look back. it's not the time while you're coaching and this all happened within a 24-hour period when it got public so there hasn't been a lot of time to get red for the day. >> there have been so many players that the relationship with you, it's evident how much of an almost father-son relationship and i know that's because you love teaching. how hard is it to give up that part of it? >> that's the part i like the most, no doubt about it. you walk on the court at 3:45 every day and you're trying to get better. as a coach, you're trying to make the team better and improve individual players. it's a great thing. there are very few jobs where it gets focussed that narrow where, okay, here's the job. this is what you're trying to do. it's a great thrill for me, and i'll miss that part of it and i'll miss when the referee throws the ball up to start the game. i won't miss the four hours before the game when your stomach is in knots and you think you're going to lose or everything like that, but i really enjoyed the actual competition in the games and the practices. >> you know, folks out there think that the real reason that you're retiring is because jordan williams is entering the nba draft. >> that's totally untrue because i've had great players leave the program, steve francis, joe smith was the first player to take the draft, steve was second, and chris wilcox after sophomore year. people like that that i told to leave because they could max out the amount of money they could make at that time, and i've had guys like steve blake, that i talked into staying for four years because i thought that was in their best interest to stay for four years. when you recruit somebody you tell the parents that you'll do whatever is in their best interest and you try to do that and with jordan, we tried to give him as much information as possible on what was out there, the lockout possibility and all of those things that were there which made this year a little differently and jordan and his parents chose to g but that's certainly one player that's not going determine what i do the rest of my life. >> if he had decided to stay, would you had decided to stay? >> no. i had my mind made up, and that was done. it's just -- people don't know me that well. that's just how i am. i just thought it was time. i've coached a lot with gut feel bgs what to do and strategy and all of that and this is a gut feeling as much as anything. >> fans out there pay so much attention to you and what you're doing and it seems you're always work. how did you getting married two weeks ago fly under the radar, gary? >> it was pretty good. we talked about it for a long time. dana and i talked about it for about six years and decided it was a good time, and it's been good so far. the first two weeks, great. >> she's going to see a lot more of you, huh? >> now the test comes, yeah. >> gary williams a newlywed and newelly retired. we'll have more at 6:00. also we want to let you know that g.w. has hired their new head basketball coach and he spent the past six seasons koefrpg at vermont. back to you. >> george mason and the terps, wow. >> he looks happy. >> doreen gentzler is coming up with what's coming up at 6:00. >> it's getting hard to keep up with who the coaches are anymore. coming up on news 4 at 6:00, drug makers are helping parent avoid the threat of overdosing their children with pain relievers. the fighting in libya continues and gadhafi forces may have a new strategy and we'll tell you about that at 6:00 and some national park trespassers are caught in the act and there's a price to pay for getting that perfect picture. those stories and more coming up tonight on news 4 at 6:00. thanks, doreen. >> coming up next, help for people looking for work. the job market, the lift figures show a lot of folks still out of work. >> it's not all gloom and doom. 268,000 new jobs were created last month, the largest in fivers. >> positions were widespread with retailers and construction companies all adding jobs in april, but stilt unemployment rate rose slightly to 9% as more people looked for work. >> news 4's john schriffen went to a job fair in arlington and learned how job hunters can stand out. >> i'm looking for something in the medical field. >> i'm definitely looking for an accounting position. >> i'm in construction, superintendent. >> their interests vary, but the end goal is the same. to find a job in this tough economy. margaret murray has been looking for the past three years. instead of continuing to blindly apply for numerous positions online, she decided to come to this job fair in arlington to meet recruiters 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might pass up your next opportunity. the majority of the job opportunities were in sales, but murray says she went through the brief interview process anyway, hoping they'll see her as a fit or something else related to medicine. >> just knowing that i have another avenue that i tried makes me feel very good. >> in arlington, john schriffen, news 4. >> there is a list of upcoming job fairs on the website, just visit nbc washington.dom and search job fairs. >> that's it for news 4 at 5:00 this week. we hope your weekend is a good one. stay right there. news 4 at 6:00 starts right now. more suspicious letters were intercepted today before they reached some d.c. schools and there could be more to come. >> homes swallowed by floodwaters and emergency teams are going door to door with urgent warnings. >> after 22 years university of maryland basketball coach gary williams formally announced his retirement today. >> and so if you leave a little early, it's better than leaving late. it really 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