at george washington university came to court to watch the proceedings. >> i hope it's a fair trial and that there would be some closure for my friend's family and that i really hope for the best. >> and the hope here is that the jury will be selected and sworn in tomorrow and then there will be opening statements. the first opportunity for both sides to give its version of events to the jury. that's the latest from the montgomery county circuit court. back to you. >> chris, thank you. pat? breaking news right now involving the murder of a met robus passenger. authorities have made two arrests in the case. 21-year-old vince gray and 22-year-old delron at ruson are charged in the death of thompson. he was shot while standing outside a bus stop. a father of three and just gotten his commercial driver's li license. they are being detained in florida until they can be ext extradited in this area. police have charged a man with impersonating a police officer and sexually assaulting two women within hours of each other. 31-year-old thomas kim of herndon is being held without bond. two weeks ago he approached a 17-year-old girl claiming he was a police officer. he then sexually assaulted the girl on the 1200 block of magnolia lane and then drove off. about four hours later, kim allegedly targeted another woman at the herndon shopping center. he, once again, claimed he was a police officer before he forced the victim into his car and sexually assaulted her. a driver is facing charges opportunities after his pickup truck was lifted out of the canal earlier today. authorities tell us the man was driving along a canal tow path last night when he crashed the vehicle into the water here in georgetown. the man wasn't hurt in the accident, but police say he appeared to be drunk. he is now facing dwi charges. a crime caught on camera. it could become a common expression for one area in prince george's county. forest heights just east of d.c. city limits is considering putting up six surveillance cameras to help deter crime. residents get their say tonight. news 4 pat collins joins us live from forest heights with more on the story. pat? >> jim, this is the situation. they've already purchased the crime cameras. the question now is, should they put them up? welcome to forest heights. population 3,000. one stoplight. five cops. but soon if the mayor gets her way, six crime cameras. so police can track bad guys that come to the town looking for trouble. >> we can monitor who is going in and out of our town, not the people who are here just visiting, but the people who are here to commit crimes. >> reporter: by the way, did i say how forest heights paid for those crime cameras? with the money they get from the speed cameras. they have three of those, too. now, this is not without controversy. andrea mchutchen is a former mayor. she actually bought the cameras, but she doesn't want them now because it will discourage the police from policing. and you think the cameras would encourage officers not to patrol. >> exactly, exactly. encourage them not to get out on the street and hit the streets and patrol. >> reporter: a third opinion now from another former mayor, larry stoner. he says the crime cameras are okay in the business section, but not in the residential areas. he says it's too much like big brother. >> to put them inside on a normal residential street, no. it won't make sense. and a lot of people are not going to be for something like that. they don't want you peering through their windows. >> reporter: tonight a town hall meeting where residents will vote to decide whether or not they want these crime cameras that the town has already bought. the people here vote against having the crime cameras, what are you going to do with those crime cameras? >> i guess we'll have a garage sale. >> so, if the vote goes the mayor's way, forest heights could end up with three crime cameras and five speed cameras and three cops. jim, back to you. >> are cameras allowed in the meeting? >> i think so. they'll have to vote on it. >> thank you, pat. well, turning to the forecast. it's been a gorgeous day, but we now have our eyes on the radar. >> yeah, chuck bell is in the storm center with changes coming towards the end of the week, huh? >> yes, pat and jim. we knew it couldn't last forever because it's awfully nice outside and november is really not oh, so very far away and back the first day of november is one week from today. get outside and enjoy this, a live picture. woodrow wilson bridge there. winding down towards the chesapeake bay. beautiful day to be outside. temperatures still in the mid to upper 60s. 67 at national airport. winds are out of the west at 8 miles per hour. a bit more of a wind out there in the early afternoon hours and the breezes have settled down just a bit for now. mild is the best way to describe this afternoon and even going into this evening, weather is going to be very, very pleasant and nothing showing up on the radar. nuthing all that close, but you can see raindrops up there across the great lakes. we'll have to contend with those before too much longer. probably day after tomorrow. your good night wake-up forecast. temperatures back down to the mid-50s and start off temperatures generally tomorrow in the 40s. so, a clear, cool evening. cloudy but staying mild tomorrow. those chilly changes and the raindrops coming soon to a rain bucket near you. pat and jim, give you the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >> thanks, chuck. the republican presidential candidate rick perry unveiled his economic plan today in south carolina. the cornerstone of the plan is his new tax code. under perry's plan, americans would have the choice of paying what they currently pay or paying a flat rate of 20%. he says you could file your yearly taxes on a postcard. >> this is the size of what we're talking about right here. taxpayers will be able to fill this out and file their taxes on that. >> governor perry says his plan would not only revamp the tax code, but could balance the budget by 2020. reform entitlement programs and create jobs. military veterans in the district got a chance to meet with potential employers today. earlier today, government officers, offices and other companies sought out their specialized skills to fill some open positions. news 4 tracee wilkins has more on this exclusive job fair. >> i've been in the service, i did six years and five ranks. i figured when i got out, it's just a matter of finding a job and then climbing a ladder. but it just wasn't that easy. >> reporter: jose found that even after six years in the navy, finding a career at home was his greatest challenge. >> i did everything. i did car sales, i did security guard. i mean, just odd jobs trying to find something to do. >> reporter: now, he's certified and trained in welding with a career that's providing good pay and benefits for his family. thanks to a program called helmets to hard hats. they work to place vets in construction jobs. >> some go to college, but some don't have those aspirations and we just want to give them an opportunity to see other options that are out there for them. >> reporter: jose is one of the lucky ones. 47 of d.c. residents are vets and soon more will be joining the ranks. far too often, these vets are lost unemployed. >> it has been going on for a long time. since the vietnam conflict ended. especially in the african-american community. the numbers are skyrocketing. >> we're looking for talented, motivated individuals who want a career as a professional and the thing they learned as a veteran with respect to their problem solving skills and their leadership will make them perfectly suited for our industry. >> right now i'm in between jobs. i'm out here looking this morning. >> he is hoping one of the employers will choose him today and he says this effort is a step in the right direction. >> it's a great deal to me. you know, to help some veterans because some people just turn their backs on them. >> the goal of this job fair was to make sure veterans who were qualified today leave today with a job. in southeast, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. d.c. mayor vincent gray says it's important to get everyone in the city back to work. he says the overall unemployment level in the city now stands at 11% in ward eight where today's job fair was held, it's up to 26%. we now have an update on on a story we brought you about a false church preschool program for special needs kids that was in jeopardy. easter seals have reached a deal. the child development center can now continue operating on the city-owned land for the next two years with some provisions. under the lease, extension cdc will pay $3,000 a month for rent beginning december 1st. they were paying $1 for using the property. the city originally wanted to hike the rent to $120,000 a year. the lease extension also calls for easter seals to make improvements to the property. new 4z at 5:00 is just getting started. a dispute over pet waste lands two neighbors in court. the latest on this unusual trial that finally came to an end today. also tonight, how a mother and her 2-week-old infant survived after being trapped in the earthquake rubble in turkey. one american automaker rises and another falls in the latest survie on reliability. and distance can't keep a military dad from a special moment with his special 2-year-old. when you believe in the future, you're always looking ahead... to what's next, to what's possible. confident that taking action now, is the way to create a better tomorrow. that's why we're announcing, that with the planned merger with t-mobile, at&t will begin bringing five thousand jobs to america from overseas. we will invest eight billion dollars more... and deploy the next generation of wireless broadband to nearly everyone in america. this investment will create as many as ninety-six thousand american jobs. here at at&t, we 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with allergy symptoms. while d.c. is ranked one of the top ten allergic cities in the nation, doctors say there are things that can help with all that sniffling and sneezing and it could be the result of something else, too. if you don't get it checked out, it could be suffering for a long time. >> i moved here in august of last year. that's when i started noticing i was getting a lot of headaches. >> reporter: 32-year-old lorell's headaches were followed by constant congestion and running nose and sneezing. >> i am taking multi-vitamins and all this stuff to become healthier overall and it wasn't having a huge effect. >> that's because langhorn was suffering from allergies. >> i was a little surprised because it seems like i would have been told earlier and had major symptoms or something earlier age. >> reporter: but doctors say developing allergies as you age, isn't unusual especially if you're moving to a new city. >> moving into a city that has a specific topography. the pollen count is higher or the ragweed count would be higher. >> reporter: dr. ann marie gordon says age plays a role, too. as you get older your immune system changes and some people may react to allergens that never bothered them before or they may react more severely to what was once a more mild allergy. just because you're having allergy symptoms doesn't mean you're allergic. a condition that will have similar symptoms to an allergy, but caused by something different. >> more of an irritation that may cause some inflammation, but it's by a different mechanism. so, why is that important? the treatment. >> reporter: allergy medications won't work for an irritant reaction leaving a lot of people suffering. gordon says that's why it's important to see your doctor if you're exhibiting any kind of allergy or respiratory symptom that won't go away on their own or get worse overtime. lorell is on medication to control her allergies so she can control the sunshine on a gorgeous fall day like this one. >> i'm doing a little bit beter. >> that's a good feeling. she stressed people shouldn't take allergy symptoms for granted. you should always see your doctors to figure out the best treatment. there is really no reason to suffer. jim, pat, i always heard that maybe you'll grow out of allergies as you get older. this was news to me that you can really develop allergies as your immune system changes as you get older. >> it's a tough spot where we are, as you say. >> it sure isp. a government panel wants young boys to get routine hpv shots, too. that's the vaccine recommended for girls to prevent cervical cancer. an advisory council says the vaccine could protect boys from gentle warts and as well as some kinds of cancers. it could also help prevent the spread of human papilloma virus to girls through sex. boys ages 12 and 11 be vaccinated. there are two vaccines against hpv. today's recommendation only applies to gardasil, made by merck and company. it costs $130 a dose. it's been two days since that powerful earthquake in turkey and survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. this was an emotional victory for emergency workers today. a 2-week-old infant was rescued. the baby's mother was freed a few hours later. she had been pinned down by a sofa. the government says that the death toll from the quake is now above 450 and is expected to rise. there are also growing tensions among the thousands who have been displaced by the quake. they say there isn't under aid or shelter. late today turkish officials said they would accept foreign assistance. >> those pictures just so tragic there. truck is back and back close to home. let's talk about some changes we have coming up. >> we all would love to see an few extra 70 degree days. halloween approaches, 79 degrees on halloween just a few years ago. can stay this warm this late into the season. if you like the warm weather, you need to make your plans to get outside and enjoy tomorrow. the last time we get anywhere near 70 degrees for a long time. maybe not for the rest of the year, but it might be at least another two or three weeks and we only average about one or two days in the 70s for the month of november, which, as you know, starts seven days from today. beautiful weather outside on this, the 25th day of october. christmas only two months away. 67 degrees right now with the sunshine here in washington and wind out of the west at only 8 miles per hour. 65 and 67 in annapolis and 65 at andrews air force base and 63 in gathersburg. on the whole, a great evening to get outside and might be able to eat at your favorite sidewalk cafes because the temperatures will stay relatively mild here for the next couple of hours. even culpepper holding on to 70 degrees. no rain on the radar for now. raindrops are also not very far away from us. they're not racing in in our direction. they're dry through the overnight hours tonight. as you make your plans to get outside. mid-60s right now back into the mid-50s by 11:00 p.m. here you can see on the satellite picture, mostly clear skies and that will set us up for a fairly chilly start first thing tomorrow morning and high pressure brought us this great stretch of weather that will leave us alone and the chilly start is replaced by a very mild day. plenty of clouds coming in and i think we'll stay rain free tomorrow, at least until after sunset. once the clouds go down and rain chances really start to go up, especially after midnight. for this evening, then clear skies on the mild side of things. the breezes started to settle down just a little bit. that is welcome news. a slow increase in the cloud cover by the time you get your wednesday morning started. start off temperatures in the 40s to near 50 and tomorrow get sunshine around first thing in the morning and might still be another top down day for your convertible owners out there. clouds will win the day tomorrow. mild, though, 71 tomorrow. rain showers likely off and on through the day thursday. not a completely washout of the day, but cloudy and chilly. clouds hang on through friday and the cold air just keeps on coming. highs on friday, only in the mid-50s. that's ten degrees colder than average. so, you better get outside and enjoy the warm weather while you can. >> we'll get ready to wrap it up. >> sadly. >> thank you. consumer reports auto reliability results are out tonight and they're not looking good for ford. ford's quality slipped over the past year. because of problems with transmissions and the touchscreen systems in some of its models. in recent years ford's quality has scored well against japanese carmakers, but this year ford fell ten spots to rank 20th out of 28 major brands. chrysler was the top u.s. automaker, moving from 27 all the way to 15th this year. consumer reports says ttoyota, and mazda had the fewest problems. hundreds of volunteers show up as the search for a missing autistic boy continues. the defense presents its case in 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investigation was somehow delivered to the wrong address. officials would not elaborate on the nature of the material, but said it has now been recovered. the inquest is scheduled to bedwin tomorrow. winehouse battled drug and alcohol addiction for years. she was found dead in her london home in july. still to come tonight, neighbors go to court over unscooped pop. today a jury decides this case. honest, it's true. it's really happening. we'll have the latest. new speed cameras in prince george's county help fill. hear how much they're generating after just a month in service. and some high school seniors with the legacy of success aim even higher. jury selection continued in the lulumemen murder trial. a judge is expected to rule soon on whether crime scene pictures can be shown to jurors during opening statements. prosecutors say photos of suspect brittany norwood at the scene and autopsy photos are key to their opening statements, but the defense counters that the images would be prejudicial to norwood. police arrested two men believed to be responsible for the murder of a young father in d.c. 22-year-old demetrius thompson was shot and killed at a bus stop along alabama avenue last week. today police arrests of 21-year-old vincent gray and 22-year-old delron achenson. they were both found in orlando and both extradited back to d.c. tonight the town of forest heights, maryland, will determine if cameras should be installed. six cameras have been purchased. some fear installing cameras will discourage police from policing. a public hearing begins at 6:00 tonight. now, let's fast forward to the weather. >> thanks, jim. a beautiful day outside and dialed up our tower camera shot here looking down at the national mall. washington monument on the left and just over to the right, the jefferson memorial all bathed in late afternoon sunshine and sun is only about 45 minutes away from going down. want to get outside and enjoy it, better hurry. temperatures are nice and mild, though. in the mid to upper 60s and culpepper still 70 degrees right now. overnight tonight with mostly clear skies early and a few clouds by sunrise tomorrow. overnight lows in the 40s and low and mid-40s and midand upper 40s to even near 50 along the bay. for tomorrow, another very pleasant, mild day, but clouds will be on the increase tomorrow. so, skies will go from partly to mostly cloudy and still not much of a rain threat on your wednesday. rain chances increase after midnight tomorrow night and thursday is looking chilly and soggy. we'll talk about that in the rest of the four day coming up, pat? >> thanks, chuck. what seemed like a common dispute between neighbors wound up going all the way to trial today in fairfax county. two women took their neighbor to court for failing to clean up after a dog that she was watching. and they took elaborate steps to argue their case. julie carey is live outside the courthouse now with the doggy details. julie? >> it was a little hard at times to keep a straight face at times in the courtroom on the case that focused on the topic of dog poop, it's placement, size, consistency. this case was serious business for the accused who maintains the charges came as a result of a vendetta. exhibit a, baxter. a westiebijon mix. pictures of baxter's poop. accused of violating the poop scoop law. but the accused says the case really wasn't about dog poop at all, it was about an ongoing feud with her two neighbors. >> really wasn't about picking up after baxter or not picking up after him. it was, you know, just another charge against me, another, you know, call the police on me to try to cause harm to me and my family. it really, it was a waste of the court system's time. >> the cornell sisters came to court with pictures taken of kim and baxter at the penderbrook apartment complex where they all live and they also brought pictures of what they took of what they claim was unscooped left over a three-day period last spring. come photos came from a camera the cornells have mounted in their third floor window to keep an eye on the ground below. she didn't scoop it on purpose to make them angry. wasn't the first time the accuser in 2009 kim was acquitted of charges after they claim she tried to run them down. on the stand today, kim answered the latest charge of failure to scoop. she says she always picks up. >> absolutely i picked it up and i think it's a wonderful law. >> reporter: baxter's owner was a key witness, testifying the poop in the sister's photos couldn't belong to her tiny dog, who produces, well, equally tiny. >> it looks like a horse's poop. no way that came out of my dog. just very straight forward it me. >> reporter: the jury barely deliberated for ten minutes before finding kim not guilty. they thought the sisters had a vendetta. >> i'm feeling really good. i'm very happy. i'm hoping that maybe now another not guilty, you know, will be the end of it and they'll realize that they can't continue doing this. >> and one of the funniest moments came today in court when baxter's owner told the judge she'd actually brought a sample with her to use in the case today. lucky for all of us, she left it behind in the car. reporting live from fairfax county, i'm julie carey. >> we want to see the whole thing cleaned up, that's all. cleaned up, cleared out, picked up. >> i think that happened with the verdict. >> okay, thank you, julie. eight current and former new york city police officers are facing charges tonight for their role in a smuggling ring that includes goods from here in virginia. according to the fbi, some of the officers broke into tractor trailers in the commonwealth filled with cigarettes. they then drove them from virginia up to new york. the undercover sting operation found some of them had transported a load of illegal guns and stolen slot machines across state lines. according to investigators, the officers pocketed $160,000 for the operation. prince george's county could rake in more than $500,000 from its new speed cameras. according to the "washington examiner" the county has issued more than 13,000 citations since putting up 14 cameras last month. most of them are near school zones. violations carry a $40 fine. prince george's county is expecting to have 24 speed cameras in place by the end of the year. walmart is donating $5 million for the black history museum to be built on the mall. construction on the national museum of african-american museum and culture will begin near the washington monument next year. it's set to open in the fall of 2015. the museum is expected to cost about $500 million. the smithsonian and institution needs to raise half of it. congress is providing the rest. and education nation this evening, district public school that not only graduates 100% of its students, the kids all make it to college. but how does benjamin high school truly manage to make the grade? elaine reyes has the answer straight from the students and the parents. >> reporter: meet denise simms. >> i would like to go to school for physical therapy. >> reporter: her class of 2012 scored 100% proficiency in math in the d.c. standardized tests last year and 96% in reading. she already bagged a $10,000 scholarship to college. >> i believe in my class. we encourage each other. every day we come to each other, you know, let's give it 100% on the d.c. cares. we knew we could do it, all we had to do was put our master to work. we are not only a school, but a family, also. everyone is giving advice and everyone wants to see everyone do well. >> reporter: newsweek named it one of the top high schools a few years ago. the school has a 100% college acceptance rate and president obama paid a visit here just last month. its students hail from all corners of the district, staffers start working with incoming freshman while they're still in the eighth grade. there's tutoring and mentoring by teachers and fellow classmates and there's a lot of nonnegotiables. >> we pull them all together as having a common goal and that goal is to go to college. you know, we make them believe in themselves, no matter what their back fwrngrounds are and type of support they have or don't have. if you pretty much hang in there with us, we can make sure that happe happens. >> reporter: there aren't any shortcuts for better test scores or secrets to success. getting an a on a test means scoring 95 to 100. senior onlong is the winner of a $10,000 beat the odds schol scholarship. she plans to be a fashion designer. >> they don't understand that they have a way to sit down individually and basically walk you through it until you understand it. >> the data is you. the data represents you. it will follow you whether it's test data, your grades. it is data that will follow you. we make sure that they understand that the data is going to represent them. >> reporter: in northwest, elaine reyes, news 4. >> last year's seniors won a total of $20 million 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the whole day long. >> before he left for basic training in texas, the airman recorded videos in which he reads some of audra's favorite picture books. she babbles to him as he reads to her and when he finishes to her he says good night and asks for a hug. guess what, she hugs the screen and thanks her dad for the story and then says bye-bye. >> he's not so far away after all. >> as close as the tv set. all right, coming up tonight, hundreds of volunteers show up as the search for a missing autistic boy intensifies in virginia. in sports tonight, dan has the best of the best from week 7 in the nfl. the case of a missing autistic boy has struck a cord with residents in and around hanover, virginia. over 900 volunteers joined the search for robby wood jr. who disappeared back on sunday. ben has the latest on the search efforts tonight. >> reporter: a wall of volunteers wearing neon yellow jackets combed through the fields where robby wood jr. was last seen sunday. more than 1,000 people got in line at kings dominion to volunteer. robgenson was one of many fathers trying to help out a fellow parent. >> two small boys. if somebody was in the woods, i would want someone to help me come find them. >> reporter: a 20-minute training seminar before he or she could start the search. angela covington was at the long line of people hopal to volunteer. she is just hoping to get a chance to help whether standing in line all day or coming back tomorrow. >> i hope they let me, i really am. i am off to work tomorrow. if i need to take another personal day, i'll take one off, too, to see what i can do to help out. >> more volunteers to come tomorrow morning to help if robby is not found tonight. kings dominion starting at 9:00 a.m. if you've already been trained today, you do not need to be retrained. just show up tomorrow, register, hop on a bus and continue searching for robby. >> now, officials who are leading the search efforts are concerned that yelling and screaming by volunteers who are strangers may not be beneficial as they look for the autistic child. he was last seen wearing a red, long sleeved t-shirt, blue jeans and blue shoes. pat? a food pantry in prince william county has reopened sooner than expected thanks to a bounty of food and cash donations. the ax food bank has been forced to close earlier this month when its shelves ran dry. it had been seeing an increase in demand and a decrease in donations, but once word got out about the trouble, people started to donate. good for them. here's chuck with a final check of the weather. chuck? >> all right, pat and jim. beautiful weather for now. one more mild day coming before october really sets back up. temperatures outside with the fading sunlight out there right now. still, delightfully mild. 67 degrees here in washington. here's the seven-day forecast right now. a mild day tomorrow, although skies partly to mostly cloudy and chances for rain arriving. chances for sunset most likely tomorrow night into the day thursday. scattered showers off and on throughout the day on thursday and turning breezy and noticeably colder as we head into friday. friday's high temperature only in the mid-50s and clouds linger into the front half of the weekend and showery temperatures on sunday with highs only in the low 50s. marine corps marathon on sunday, a cool to borderline cold start sunday morning. temperatures in the 30s and then fairly nice sunday afternoon with temperatures back up into the mid-50s, but at least plenty of sunshine for the second half of the weekend. pat? >> thanks a lot. turning now to sports. if you're one of the legions of people who followed dan hellie, you already heard it. >> one player you're not seeing on plays of the week is chris coolly. placed on injured reserve, meaning their seasons are over. the redskins now have lost three offensive starters for the entire year. on the bright side, our plays of the week does have some fantastic catches. so, let's get it rolling. plenty of great hands this week. the dolphins a terrible team, but this was a sweet grab. one-handed catch by charles clay. miami still looking for its first win of the year and the coach could be fired any day, but the sixth round pick out of tulsa, charles clay, appears to be a keeper. don't worry, a big-name coach is coming to miami soon. at the meadowlands, chargers and the jets. philip rivers down the sidelines for malcolm floyd. oh, my, all about one-handed grabs. almost forgets to push him out of bounds. great effort there by floyd, but the chargers would run out of steam as the jets storm back to beat them, not a great day in san diego. all right, in detroit, mega tron calvin johnson makes all the great catches but sunday rodney white stole the show. catches the ryan pass in the back of the end zone. he barely holds on. superb concentration and sticky fingers gets it done. falcons get the big win over the lions who have now lost 2 straight. meanwhile, how about the saints. an offensive explosion against the colts. drew brees makes the one-handed grab for the touch one of five brees touchdowns in the game. the saints put 62 points on the board against the colts and maybe they're smart. first peyton and now andrew luck could be coming. one catch that wasn't made was by dustin keller. that's because he was being tackled and the ball was ripped out of his hands by donald butler. he's going off in the other direction. butler goes 37 yards for the touchdown and what do you think that rex ryan thought about that? he said, you know what, i think we'll need to score some points and that's just what they did. the jets come back to win. the performance of the weekend belonged to cowboys' rookie murray. rushed for a team record, 253 yards in 34-7 win over the rams. murray's biggest run of the game right here on his first carry. 91 yards doing some house work. the third round pick out of oklahoma breaks emmitt smith's team rushing record for a single game. now he needs to outperform smith on "dancing with the stars." look out on the sideline. he runs into what i believe was a sound man. the best part about this, deangelo did check on him and make sure he was okay. check out the guy. he wants to let everybody know he is just fine. yes, i'm okay. that was one of the few highlights of the game, i guess you could say, if you're a redskins man. >> a sound man who can no longer hear. >> all right, good highlights. thanks. >> thanks, dan. and now here's a look at what we're working on for news 4 at 6:00 tonight. an incredible story of survival amid the death and destruction in turkey. a 2-week-old baby pulled from the rubble of that quake today. also tonight, new concerns about the flu shot. why researchers say your weight could impact the effectiveness of the vaccine. plus, a rare light show in the sky, so, what's behind it? an explanation coming up tonight on news 4 at 6:00. quite a sight to see. >> look up tonight. still to come tonight on new 4z at 5:00, anger over what is being called rated r material for an under pg-13 crowd. >> the the approval rating. bad news is your approval rating is 41%. good news is, you're still three times better than congress. so, explain. i mean, so, right now there's a curve. if you're graded on a curve, you're killing. you're killing. >> president obama makes his fourth appearance on "tonight show" with jay leno tonight. his second since he's been in the oval office. mr. obama answered some serious questions along with playing along with jay on some more light hearted issues like you saw there. you can catch the president's appearance tonight at 11:30 right here on news 4 at 11:00. a new sex education course coming to new york city public schools is prompting protests from parents. students who are not yet teens would reportedly be asked to rate risky activities for pregnancy or disease. the activities include intercourse with and without condoms along with oral and other sex, but a group of parents religious leaders and some politicians say the curriculum is too explicit and abstinence should be. members of one of the oldest historically black sororities founded right here in washington remain on alert tonight in texas. >> dallas area police tonight are looking for a man accused of raping several women of delta sigma theta. new warnings for the members who are also using facebook. >> reporter: investigators in north texas have released this surveillance video as they continue to search for a serial rapist who attacked four members of the sorority. >> all females mid-50s to mid-60s. >> reporter: all home alone in the time of the assaults. >> they kicked the door. no other knocking or warning. >> reporter: late monday the sorority issued its own warning urging dallas area members to remove sorority paraphernalia and refrain from wearing clothing or accessories that identify them as members. the string of violent attacks over the last 11 months has rocked these normally quiet communities. >> it's just unheard of. any crime, i think, even has occurred in this area. >> reporter: investigators have requested a list of north texas woman who have been a part of the sorority, not stopping just short of calling the man in these pictures the suspect. >> we're not saying that the person in this video is the actual perpetrator. he does match a description that we've received from each of the assau assault. >> reporter: victims tell police the man who attack them also have details of their personal lives. one reason why they're urging members to remove any information or posts currently listed on social websites. jay gray, nbc news, ft. worth. that's it for news 4 at 5:00. >> news 4 at 6:00 starts right now. day two of the lululemon trial is focusing on whether jurors will see graphic pictures of the victim. why the prosecution says the evidence is important to their case. >> a neighborhood dispute over dog waste has now actually gone to court. >> mysterious lights appeared in the sky over several states last night. tonight we know what caused the phenomenon. >> good evening, i'm jim vance. >> i'm doreen gentzler. rick perry is geing in on the action with his own flat tax proposal. the option to play a flat 20% income tax and also calling for tax breaks for the rich and he wants to allow younger workers to privatize their social security accounts. steve handelsman is on capitol hill now with detailstop steve? >> hi, doreen, thanks. rick perry is in trouble, his campaign is in trouble and today he's hoping to make two points. he is a guy who is smart, savvy and substantial and that he is further to the right than the