bills are amazing. >> the chicago contractors, they came all the way from illinois to capitol heights, they paid $30 real money for a $100 bundle of counterfeit. the cagey cashier. the ring had some inside help, a woman who worked as a cashier at the walmart. she was in on the scheme and in fact you might call her a pivot point person. >> it was not only a good way for them to get the bills into circulation, but it was also a good way to wash the money and get it away from the people involved in the scheme. >> reporter: the changers. members of the ring who would take the counterfeit money into walmart, to that special cashier, and then perfect prepaid visa cards which they would turn into cash. the sting. that cashier would then distribute the counterfeit money to customers as she made change for their purchases. >> all the counterfeit money was given out to regular customers and there was no trace of it in there. >> reporter: the mistake, the really big mistake. the cashier left some of the counterfeit bills in the register, it made it back to the counting room, and store security picked up on it and called the called the prince georges county police. >> it was curtains for the cashier and the rest of them? >> yes, sir. >> pat collins will be back with more at 6:00. we lost his signal. now to developments in an emotional trial following a deadly hit and run in dupont circle. the victim was killed in october while celebrating her birthday. now after days of deliberations, a guilty verdict has been returned for the suspect behind the wheel in that crash. derrick ward is live outside d.c. superior court with reaction from the families today, derrick? >> reporter: guilty, guilty, guilty. guilty on a charge of neglect homicide, on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident with injuries, and on a charge of driving under the influence, that was the verdict handed down by the jury today. in a trial that lasted nearly three weeks. >> we love you, we thank god we had you, for the short 24 years, and you're missed. >> reporter: a father's emotional words to the daughter he lost. now, he's at the end of a painful phase for he and his family. a guilty verdict for the woman accused of killing 24-year-old kila ryan. jerita davidson was convicted of neglect homicide, leaving the scene of an accident with injuries and driving under the influence. >> the defense was quite adept at creating the spin doctor kind of defense and the hoch us focus. that's his job, i guess. >> reporter: davidson's attorney argued his client suffered from posttraumatic stress disorder stemming from her childhood in albania. the hit and run occurred in october when kila was struck when she exited a car with friends. they had been celebrating her 24th birthday. davidson had been drinking. she was located later at her home, passed out in her vehicle. >> i was very selfish, also arrogant that she thought she could get away with something like this. i'm glad that justice was served today. >> don't drink and drive. get a designated driver or stay home. i mean, people's lives are at stake out here, and i don't -- i wouldn't want anyone else to have to feel the way that our family does, and be pulled and have to go through things like this. >> reporter: an interesting development, at the end of this trial. jerita had been out wearing an ankle bracelet and reporting to someone for bond issues, the judge ordered her held without bond at the end of the trial because there was evidence introduced that shows she had been in other accidents. one in 2008 and one in 2010, one of them was a drunk driving incident. she's now in jail awaiting sentencing due to happen in early september. live outside d.c. superior court, now back to you. thousands of u.s. troops could be coming home soon. roughly 5,000 forces would leave afghanistan this summer. another 5000 coming home by year's end. aides have said the goal is to give afghans control of their own security by the year 2014. back home, sources confirm a program grand jury is looking into allegations of federal wrongdoing. it's the latest step in a federal probe that has marred the d.c. leaders first few months in office. >> the mayor says repeatedly he's done nothing wrong. but the cloud of possible corruption still hangs over his administration. >> still more than i think. >> for months, federal law enforcement authorities have been looking into the mayor campaign last year. >> my record speaks for itself. >> specifically, allegations by suleman brown, that he was paid to attack then mayor adrian fenty, and got a $110,000 a year job for his efforts. now sources confirm that a federal grand jury is hearing possible evidence in the case. sources say the focus has been on campaign chairman loreen green and howard brooks. both of whom denied wrongdoing. robert bennett, gray's lawyer confirmed to news 4 that gray has not been called before the grand jury. i have investigated this thoroughly, bennett told the examiner. there's absolutely no merit to any accusations that the mayor knew or participated or authorized any payments to suleman brown. >> i present to you mayor vincent c. gray. >> some leaders point out the statement refers only to gray himself, and not his campaign workers. the grand jury development comes as the d.c. council begins focusing on a variety of new ethics proposals in the wake of the gray campaign myth. and allegations of wrongdoing against several councilmembers. >> the whole purpose of it is to create some confidence back in city government, to show our city's going in the right direction. and to show that we police ourselves. >> the grand jury is a serious step in the ethics probe, there's no indication when or if it will take any action to indict anyone. pat, back to you. >> thanks, 2078. today marked the end of the road for the only public school in clifton, virginia. they closed their doors for good after class. the building has been there since 1912. the fairfax county school board decided to shut down the school. two challenges to the decision have failed to keep the school open. next year, students will be funneled into other fairfax county schools. >> i just want to see that our friends don't get broken up. because my best friends are getting broken up. other friendships are getting broke up, i want to see that not happen. >> there's a proposal to turn clifton into a public charter school, it's not clear when or if that plan will get approval. newsweek magazine is out with its annual list of the 500 best high schools in the country. two d.c. public schools made the list. the montgomery county schools included winston churchill and bethesda-chevy chase. and in northern virginia, the list includes stone bridge in louden county, centreville high school in fairfax, breyer woods in louden county. and freedom high school in prince william. you'll find the full list of schools on our website nbcwashington.com. a big congrats out there to all of you. turning now to the weather, this is the first official day of summer, and it certainly feels like it, doesn't it? >> doug kammerer is tracking the heat. >> chances of thunderstorms, you have it all for us. >> this is a typical summer afternoon, that's what we're going to be seeing over the next couple days. hot, hazy humid conditions. not everyone's going to see the rain. out there right now, 84 degrees, but with the dewpoint of 70 it feels like the temperature is close to 90 degrees. 84 right now in sterling, 88 in manassas. fredericksburg coming in at 90 degrees. we're at 89 right now in washington. but 96 in manassas, 102 in fredericksburg and 103 in culpepp culpepper. that's where many of us are going to be over the next couple days. i'll show you you where the light showers are in the next couple days. >> thanks, doug. the group behind the dulles metro project is under review tonight. frank wolf and tom latham asked inspectors to monitor the airport authority. congress put the authority in charge of the dulles and reagan national airports under a long-term lease, that includes the commuter rail project. the group has come under fire because of the extra costs that come with building the metro station underground. next and new at 5:00 tonight, one local county's forced to change its guidelines on air guns. why this move could create dangerous situations near schools and neighborhoods. also, a bold new plan to keep people from lighting up. but does it cross the line? you've heard of groupon and livingsocial, now there's another site to add to your list of favorites. a local woman helping you find deep s catered to children. get packs are getting a new look. it won't be glamorous and it won't be cool. >> graphic ads will appear on all cigarette labels and advertising. >> reporter: smoke blowing out of a trachea. these images will fill the top half of cigarette packaging. >> i think people should have to look at that before they pick up a pack of cigarettes. >> reporter: the fda has directed nine new full color warning labels, a far cry from the old surgeon general's warning which was much smaller and on one sign. smoking rates have declined since the 1970s, then leveled off in the last five years. >> we know that people started to ignore the earlier warnings, this is the first change in the cigarette label in 25 years. >> smokers are split on their opinions. >> they are -- it sends a good message. >> you don't have to put that stuff on the label. >> reporter: the top tobacco companies had no new comments tuesday, but in doubts sent to the fad last year, the images did not educate, but were intended to elicit loathing, disgust and repull shun. they hope the graphics will deter kids from picking up the habit. >> people like me, we're probably not going to quit. >> reporter: graphic warnings will at least get smokers to consider quitting. the first step to snuffing out tobacco for good. >> heavy dose of reality there. >> yeah. >> the labels will feature a hotline, 1-800-quit-now. >> and the graphics will also go on print tobacco ads. well, doug is here with a smokin' forecast. we have the longest day of the year, and it is starting to cook out there. >> just below 15 hours. today is is the longest day of the year in our area. and tomorrow we start to the long trek to the shortest day of the year in december. but let's be optimistic. we have a long time. it's just the beginning of summer everyone. it's pretty nice if you like the hot and hazy and humid conditions. and i know a lot of you do. 84 degrees, the current temperature unite there right now. the dewpoint, though, is at 70 degrees. any time you're at 70 or more, it really feels uncomfortable outside. that's what we're dealing with now. winds out of the south at 85 mights an hour. 91 in culpepper, 90 in fredericksburg. look at the heat index down to our south and west. 103 in culpepper, 99 in winchester, 102 in fredericksburg. everyone else into the 80s. fredericksburg, maryland 88. i expect this warm air to make its way to the north and east during the day tomorrow and thursday. those are the two days that will be the hottest the next couple days. >> not a lot going on here in the radar screen. a few storms just to the west of hagars town in portions of west virginia. one in jefferson county. this is a light shower, no real thunderstorms. we could see a couple more fire up and move on through the region tonight. most of us will stay dry overnight tonight. this is all part of a bigger system, you can see big storms to our south and west. near charlottesville. this is where all the moisture is, this is also where the heat and humidity is, it's going to try to move our way during the day tomorrow and into the day on thursday as well. we have our frontal boundary on top of us, warm conditions with shower activity. tomorrow we'll have a little bit better chance for showers and thunderstorms. and a better chance on thursday as this frontal boundary starts to move closer to the region. we're going to see a better chance of storms over the next couple days. it's not going to be a wash out. don't expect you're going to need to cancel any plans. a few showers, maybe a storm or two, but most of us won't see anything. 82, dropping down to 76 degrees. mostly cloudy tomorrow mourning, warm and humid, 67 to 72. that's when you step out the front door. tomorrow afternoon, partly sunny, hot and humid with scattered thunderstorms, 90 to 94 degrees tonight. i think the heat index will be born the 95 degree mark. 91 on thursday, 90 on friday. still hot and humid. saturday we drop into the 80s. talking about the fairly humid atmosphere. a 40% chance of storms each day, except for friday. that looks like the best day, because that's when we will be out in somebody's backyard. if you'd like us to come to your backyard, go to weather at nbcwashington.com send us pictures of your backyard. a way to really get us out there, send us a favorite recipe you're going to make and supply for some of us. >> thanks, doug. out in hollywood, they are gearing up for an all new live episode of the voice tonight. last week we saw four contestants be eliminated, tonight four more will go, then the remaining eight from each team will take the stage as the competition heats up. >> i've got to go out there and give 110% and have a connection with the folks at home. >> i'm freaking out, man. >> it's a bummer, but we know that's what's going to happen. it's a competition. >> check out who will move ahead and who goes home. it starts right here on nbc 4 at 9:00. two hours tonight. a nice long show. >> yeah. coming up next, a bizarre accident on the beltway involving a drunk driver and allegations of sex behind the wheel? the hefty payout to the crash victim. >> pack your bag, pack your passport, think twice about packing your cell phone. how your smart phone may end up adding thousands of dollars to your vacation bills coming up. taxicab drivers rally for change, it has nothing to do with gas prices. chile's is offering a reward to anyone who can lead them to the man who robbed the restaurant last month. three employees were forced into a walk-in freezer on may 26th. investigators are hoping the reward money will generate more leads. crimestoppers is already offering $1,000 for information leading to an arrest. the man accused of having sex behind the wheel during a crash will have to pay. according to the washington post the man from woodbridge will have to pay $22,000 to the driver of the other vehicle. that driver had sued for $75,000. the post reports the man and his friends were driving home from baltimore after celebrating his 21st birthday. more than a million women who are current and former walmart employees are reconsidering their legal options tonight. this comes after the u.s. supreme court shot down their massive class action lawsuit against the retail giant. pete williams joins us now with more information. how will this ruling impact the ability of large groups of people to sue a company? >> it all depends on who they are and what their claim is. let's say it's a lot of consumers suing over a defective battery in a laptop computer. they all claim they got burns or some sort of injury from it. those class abs will not be affected because they all had something in common. where it gets much harder is in a case like walmart. the walmart case was lacking. there were a million and a half women as you say, the people who put this lawsuit together said, well, we have about 120 specific incidents, anecdotes, affidavits of women who can explain the discrimination they suffered. the problem with that, that's one specific complaint for every 12,500 members of this class. the second thing the women did was ask a sociologist to survey the kinds of disparities that existed in walmart. he said, i think there's a culture of mail discrimination that has affected walmart, he said at trial he couldn't tell whether that affected one half of one percent of the decisions or 95% of them. and the supreme court said it's not enough. the women in this case didn't have a specific enough claim that bound them all together. that does set the hurdle higher. because this sort of anecdotal information. these sort of surveys have been used to mount class actions in the past. the supreme court's made it harder to did that. civil rights groups say it's going to be harder to get justice. corporations are saying this is exactly the kind of reigning in of class actions that needed to happen. >> is the case against walmart then -- effectively dead? or what other options do the women have? >> certainly this case against walmart is dead. what the lawyers for the women are saying is, we're going to pursue individual claims. secondly, maybe we can put together class actions of smaller groups. the problem with individual claims, of course, is that you're looking at women who might have 10 or $12,000 in back pay. it's hard to get a lawyer if that's the biggest prize they're going to get in court. they're going to get a tiny share of that. that's the attraction of class actions, that's why they're so favored by civil rights groups, they can get a lawyer to take a case when they wouldn't ordinarily for small amounts, jim. >> pete williams, thanks so much. still to come at 5:00, an alarming statistic. dozens of metro drivers caught sleeping on the job. what's to blame? community concerns. why a change in the law has some locals worried about their safety in the suburbs. >> casey anthony's defense team calls her fast forward now through the headlines, eight people have been arrested in connection with a counterfeit scheme in prince georges county. authorities tell us members of the ring would take fake $20 bills into the walmart. the cashier involved would accept the bills for prepaid visa cards, then distribute the cash to customers. authorities caught on when some of the bills wound up in the counting room of the store. a jury finds a driver guilty in a hit and run crash that killed a woman in dupont circle last fall. jerida davidson was convicted today. she was driving an suv that struck and killed 24-year-old kila ryan. a judge ordered davidson held without bond until her sentencing in september. a federal grand jury is investigating allegations of criminal wrongdoing during mayor vincent gray's campaign last year. suleman brown said he was give en cash and a government job in exchange for attacking then mayor adrian fenty. a couple showers and a couple thunderstorms too. take a look at the radar picture you can see where these storms are. one storm in the southeastern portion of louden county, and just to the southwestern portion of fairfax county. just to the south of chantilly. it's about to make its way over 66 and 29 as well. making its way down to the south and east. clifton, you're going to see the storm coming up in the next 15 to 20 minutes. lightning associated with that storm too. testimony resumed today in the trial of accused killer are case anthony. she'd accused of murdering her 2-year-old daughter. >> the prosecution hinted at a potential new witness in the case. jay gray has the latest. >> reporter: this morning, testimony from a forensic botanist seemed to contradict the prosecution's notion that caylee anthony's body was left in the woods for months. >> reporter: but the body could have been left in the woods for a lot longer. >> it's possible it was there for longer than two weeks? >> yes. >> reporter: the next twist in this case came outside the presence of the jury, when prosecutors revealed a new investigation sparked by a phone tip last week concerning an inmate in a cell adjacent to anthony's in the orange county jail. >> the name of the witness is april whelan. her child died in a swimming pool and was found by the child's grandfather. >> reporter: a situation that shares strong similarities with jose baez' opening statements. >> caylee anthony died on june 16th, 2008 when she drowned in her family's swimming pool. whalen did not speak directly with anthony. >> reporter: prosecutors do not plan to call whalen as a witness, but the plans could change, especially if casey anthony takes the stand in this case. in orlando, jay gray, news 4. dozens of cab drivers protested today outside a public hearing in prince georges countyp. the hearing concerned a resolution that would effectively repeal a recent law that expands the number of cab permits for independent operators. some of the cabbies worked for taxi companies, they have to pay nearly half their annual income to the companies and their bosses want to keep it that way. >> they have given advantage to only one company. and that one company have used up the privilege to monday open lies and misuse the drivers. >> i don't blame them for being upset at me, but the fact of the matter is, what i'm doing is fair. >> fair to the cab driver or fair to the cab driving company. >> no, fair to the system. >> the law expanding the number of available permits was approved less than a year ago. drivers for metro access may be putting others at risk when they are behind the wheel. the walk examiner reports metro access drivers have been caught falling asleep will 7 times in the past three years. many of the drivers got verbal warnings and got retraining, but the union for the drivers says schedules are the problem and things could get worse because drivers will have to work 12 hour shifts starting this weekend. met troy access transports elderly and disabled passengers. up next at 5:00, it's a travel nightmare. why your smart phone could cost you thousands of dollars on vacation. even if you don't make any calls. and it's like groupon but with a twist. how a local mother is using this how a local mother is using this site denny's new tour of america menu. 50 star cuisine. the new tour of america menu. starting at $4.99. only at denny's. america's diner is always open. cell phones, we rarely leave home without them. >> we can't put them down, can we? >> no. if you're not careful, taking your phone on vacation, could cost you big time. >> reporter: with all the data plans out there, you think you know what to expect when you get your cell phone bill, but some consumers are getting hit with thousands of dollars in unexpected charges because they took their smart phones overseas. >> we took it with us for e-mail, play games on, whatever. >> reporter: judy went on vacation to aruba for a week. like many people, she took her cell phone with her. she only planned to use it if needed. >> two days after we got there, i decided to check my e-mail. >> reporter: did you make a bunch of phone calls. >> i made no phone calls. >> reporter: for the most part, she kept her phone off and plugged into the wall charging. she owns a droid, a smart phone that's able to connect to the internet, e-mail, download apps and make calls. verizon says she racked up $200 in just 14 minutes and near the end of her trip nearly $1300 in roaming charges. >> with a smart phone, data roaming is a big danger. >> reporter: joel gueren says the commission receives lots of complaints from surprised cell phone users who take their smart phones overseas. >> we've seen single phone bills in the thousands or tens of thousands of dollars often for international calls, data charges that people were not aware of. >> reporter: if you need a passport for your trip, you should contact your cell phone carrier and find out what plans they offer for international travel. buy or rent a phone in the country you plan to travel to. she admits she received text messages from verizon warning her of data usage, but she didn't understand how she was use i using the data package. >> it was searching the net looking for updates to the aps.s >> reporter: if the customer had contacted us, she would have learned about the 1$100 plan fo use with her droid. this would have included the entire may invoice. the next time she travels overseas. >> it stays home, it's not worth it. >> reporter: verizon told us it does handle customer issues on a case by case basis. it's important to note the fcc does act as a mediator for consumers if someone cannot resolve a bill with their cell phone carrier. you can contact the fcc at 1-888-call-fcc. these phones are doing all kinds of things that not everyone is aware. and here in the u.s., you don't notice it, because you have an unlimited plan. >> it's a shock to the system and somebody's making some big bucks from people not knowing or being aware. >> that's absolutely true. if you talk to any of these carriers, they say, we know it's expensive, call us, we'll give you a plan before you go. do call before you go. that's all the i can say. >> now we know that. >> thank you, liz. >> what an eye opener. after the break, a surprise suspect arrested, accused of hacking into sony, the senate and the cia's website. in sports, lindsay sits down for a lunch with kareem abdul-jabb abdul-jabbar. he talks about what's missing in today's nba we make the time to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries. but what we should also be celebrating, are the moments. the ones that could have been just another day, but became extraordinary memories. moments when we learn about the world that came before us, and a little more about ourselves. let's celebrate together. colonial williamsburg. come be part of the story. and now is the perfect time to celebrate with the summer bounce package. plan your stay at colonialwilliamsburg.com an investigation is underway at the home of a british teenager accused of some high profile hacking attacks. police along with the fbi arrested the 19-year-old yesterday in wickford just sha side london. investigators are examining hard drives and other materials seized from his home. investigators won't say whether he's tied to the security hacking collective. the group that claimed they hacked into the cia and sony websites. groupon now has 83 million subscribers and its stock is poised to go public now. similar websites are targeting markets like kids and pets. news 4's elaine reyes has the story of a local woman who decided to fill one of those voids. >> reporter: deals, discounts and savings. join a groupon online and you can do things for a fraction of the price. daily deal websites have become a multimillion dollar business. >> i started following groupon when they first launched, i said, this is great, i love it, i was like, i can't go to all these spas and restaurants and things with my kids any more. >> reporter: this mother of two calls herself a crazy bargain hunter. she also decided to expose an untapped population. >> i am the owner of certifikid. there was nothing, no one had hit upon a play gym or a family photographer. for families, you need to try a lot of activities with your kids to know if it's going to work for you. and it's hard to put out all that money to try if you don't know if your kid's going to like karate or soccer. >> reporter: they offer family friendly experiences at sometimes 50% off. jamie works with businesses based in the washington and baltimore metro areas. after one year online, business is booming. certifikid has 25,000 subscribe hes and also expanding to delaware and pittsburgh. >> we're able to get into a subset that we're not able to get into with some of the ordeal sites that are out there. >> reporter: mandy lamar uses the site as a business owner and customer. >> as a mom, i've bought many of the deals and i think they're great. i think they're targeted right to moms of this area. >> reporter: jamie's already had buyout offers and offers for financial backing. but she's turned it all down. >> we didn't want to jump and grow like some of these businesses into city after city, but we wanted to get it right here. and i feel like we've gotten it right here. >> reporter: she would like to keep it a family run business geared for families. in bethesda, elaine reyes, news 4. >> they're on to something. >> what a great idea. let's get the latest on this weather, and how warm we're going to get the rest of this week. >> we're going to get warm the next couple days, and we're going to get wet. current temperature, 84 degrees, mostly cloudy skies across the area with the temperature. temperatures of 84, the heat index is close to 90 across the region. not a lot of rain going, we are starting to see some of those showers starting to break out right now. one shower just to the south of centreville making its way through southern portions of fairfax county. another storm around the charlestown area just to the north and east of charlestown. a stronger storm around holten, right along the potomac, just to the south of i-70, we're going to see some storms throughout the evening tonight in some locations, and then it gets hot. my extended forecast coming up at 6:00. >> we'll see you then, thank you, doug. turning now to sports and lunch with lindsay. >> today she's sitting down and a good thing she's sitting down for lunch with kareem abdul-jabb abdul-jabbar. >> yes, that is exactly right. all time points leader hall of famer kareem abdul-jabbar was famous for many reasons. his latest venture producing a film about the first all african-american probasketball team. it's called on the shoulders of giants. and the giants himself met me to talk movies, education and what's wrong with the nba. when you look back, could you ever fathom that you would be as legendary as you were on the basketball court? >> geez, no. you know, here's where it was, lindsay. i just wanted an opportunity to go to college. that's how it started out. i was in high school, i wanted an opportunity to go to college, and i thought that if i could get my college degree, i was way ahead of the game. and the game just kept opening up more opportunities for me. i totally benefited from the fact that people care enough about me to mentor me and coach me. my coaches i remember a lot. they help point out the differences between right and wrong, which is so important in young people's lives. and it's so necessary to know you have a lot of broken homes, single parent homes. this is an important issue. parents need help. >> so you have obviously nba all-time leading scorer, actor, author, and now what would you call, film producer. >> i did not have a professional baseball team, harlem did not have a professional football team. but they did have a professional basketball team. >> tell me about "on the shoulders of giants." >> it's about the early days of professional basketball before the advent of the nba. anybody playing basketball in the 1920s, they ignored them, it was a minor sport. it was like -- what's that -- the one, curling. >> the olympic sport that everybody loves but nobody really understands it. >> basketball kind of had that status in those days. >> what do you think is missing in the nba now? >> i think maybe they should raise the age for entry from 19 to 21. you know, that would allow or basically force a lot of the guys to go to college or they're going to have to play in a minor league and develop some skills and a work ethic and a knowledge of the game. i think those players that are just hopping out of high school or 19 years old, they don't have the maturity and understanding of the game in depth that they need to play the nba game. it's hurt the college game and it's hurting the nba game. when these talented kids get into the nba, takes them three or four years to learn how to play and develop the maturity to suppress all their adolescent ego. >> and that's something that you didn't have to deal with? >> no, i had to go. i web to the ucla, i had to understand that there was a system, i needed to learn the system, i need to earn my playing time. if you don't do in a, you don't get to play. too many kids are like, i'm going to do something that will get me the play of the day. that's great, but that doesn't win games. that just is a -- an homage to their athletic ability. >> coming up at 6:00s why kareem abdul-jabbar does not give advice to current nba players any more. it's interesting. >> thank you, lindsay. for more than 18 years, our viewers have been helping kids in need have a great summer. today, nbc 4 presented checks for the funds raised for camp for kids. all the money you donate is given to four local camps. including camp brown, which is run by the boys and girls club of greater washington. >> we serve about 700 youth during the summer. and some of them never have the opportunity to get away from d.c. for a little bit. on the potomac and chesapeake bay in st. mary's county. >> if you'd like to donate, visit our website nbcwashington.com and search camp for kids. doing good work. >> they do great things. and camp brown is a great place to be. let's find out what's coming up at 6:00. >> coming up tonight, we're learning more about how eight people survived an awful jetliner crash in russia. who stepped in to save some lives there. a harley that was stolen from a military man has received a lot of attention. another veteran is coming forward with another crime. and first lady michelle obama held a meeting today with a very special dignitary for the first full dave her trip to africa. those stories and more coming up at 6:00. still to come tonight at 5:00, a legal battle over air guns, why some fear a change in the for years, paint ball guns and pellet guns have been treated just like regular firearms in fairfax county. >> a new state law is changing that, and forcing the county to take some action of its own. julie carrie has the story. >> reporter: pachbt ball camp in louden county. something you won't find in fairfax. because for years the weapons were only allowed in the far corners of the county. the same places rifles can be used. a state law approved in april could bring paint ball and bb guns into backyards across county. phillip van cleve is a gun rights activist who pushed for the change. >> it's called freedom and liberty, i'm glad to see this is happening. you're responsible to make sure that your bb or pellet stays on your own property, that it doesn't go flying off into somebody els. as long as you do that, they're fine with you being able to shoot a bb gun in your backyard. >> reporter: the new state law which will loosen restrictions in some counties takes effect on july 1st. that mines the board of supervisors has to adjust its ordinance before that. >> the newordinance, bb guns and the like could be fired on private property as long as reasonable care is taken to keep projectiles from ending up in a neighbor's property. in an urban area like fairfaxed, the relaxed rules will take some residents by surprise. >> the law is a bit fuzzy, and essentially what it would say is that if you believe that you can shoot bb guns in your yard and you believe that you're not going to affect someone else, then that's okay. >> in fairfax county, julie carrie, news 4. that's it for news 4 at 5:00. >> news 4 at 6:00 starts right now. fake money in a scheme that stretched from the midwest to maryland. cops made the bust thanks to a clerk who made a mistake at walmart. the deadly dupont circle hit and run accident. >> the federal government getting graphic, making the most significant change to cigarette labels in our country in a quarter century. we begin with the troop pullout from