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afternoon. but no damage. and now this morning the whether has settled down considerably. we're getting a few sprinkles in northern montgomery county. northern part of interstate 270 between frederick and germantown is wet this morning. also, a few sprinkles in eastern fairfax county, just inside the beltway. and these sprinkles are going to be dissipating here over another couple of hours. elsewhere, don't have any rain, except over there in the northern part of the eastern shore getting a few sprinkles there. we're in the 50s all around the region from the shenandoah valley to the atlantic beaches. 57 in washington, mid 50s in prince george's county, arlington, fairfax and montgomery counties as well. it's cooler in the mountains, western maryland, west virginia into the upper 40s. and in southern virginia, in the upper 50s. and over the last 12 hours, we've seen the circulation in the atmosphere that triggered yesterday's storms, pulling off to our north and east. a little drizzle around this morning. and as the day progresses, we'll have the winds picking up. highs reaching the low 60s. and quite a bit of cloudiness, just the slight chance of a sprinkle early this morning and later on in the afternoon. more sun tomorrow, highs mid 60s. and near 80 by friday. how's the traffic, engineer? the drive along i-95 uncomplicated. but as tom had mentioned, some patches of light rain, mist, coming down. so the roads may be a little slick. but out of dumfries and dale city, accident-free. interstate 270, wet pavement this morning. authorities were checking for an accident in the local lanes, 270 southbound between 78 and montrose road. and watch out, it will be slick this morning. well you'll have a chance this evening to pay your respects to the late civil rights pioneer, dorothy height. she's died last week at the age of 98. dr. height little lie in repose from 6:00 to 10:00 at the national council of negro women building, which named after her. a sorority will hold a public service at howard university. and another service will be held at shiloh baptist church, open to the public. her funeral will be held at the washington national cathedral at 10:00 a.m. the burial service will take place in maryland afterwards. the anger continues over arizona's new immigration law. republican jan brewer signed the nation's toughest immigration law on friday. that sparked protests yesterday. starting this summer, police will be able to ask for identification. if they suspect someone is in this country illegally. and it toughens restrictions for hiring illegal immigrants for day labor and knowingly transporting them. it's fuelled protests even leading to a charged climate in prince george's county. a latino community is protesting. news4's jackie benson has details. >> the state of maryland is not arizona. and we will not stand for these kind of things in our back yard. >> reporter: dozens protested the treatment of 26-year-old lorinda. she arrived carrying her 13-month-old son, one of her three children, all born in the united states. on april 20th, she was arrested by prince george's county police at her langley park apartment and charged with illegally selling $2 phone cards. she was turned over to immigration and customs enforcement after what officials describe as a routine fingerprint check showed she was the subject of a federal detention order for being in the u.s. >> it was very difficult for me to be separated from my babies and i don't want any other family to be affected by that. >> lorinda's husband described his feelings when he learned his wife was in jail. she was released hours later, pending deportation proceedings. >> we're not criminals. they confuse us. i'm here with a lot of faith to let you know what i went through and to let you know what i went through waiting for my family and my wife to come home. >> the advocacy group of maryland said it is very concerned about a controversial, newly-enacted arizona law, which requires police there to detain anyone there they suspect to be in the state illegally. >> police agencies are here to keep communities safe and not to destroy them. >> prince george's county officials declined comment, saying it is an immigration and customs enforcement matter. reporting from upper marlborough, jackie benson. northrop grumman is expected to announce it is moving to virginia. it announced in february it wanted to move from los angeles to the area. company officials say it will likely be in fairfax county near dulles airport, or in crystal city, near the pentagon. virginia governor, bob mcdonald helped make the announcement today at the company's office building in ross lyn. if you live in fairfax county you can start to pay more for owning a car. the county's board of supervisors is set to vote. it call force a $33 registration fee. which could make the county more than $25 million a year. theroposed budget also call force property tax rate hikes. more than half of the budget will go toward funding schools. expect fireworks on capitol hill today as lawmakers accuse wall street's goldman sachs of betting against its own clients to profit from the housing collapse. the firm faces federal fraud charges. but its ceo denies any wrongdoing, nbc's tracey potts has details. >> reporter: armed with emails and documents from a year and a half investigation. the senate is eeger to hear goldman sachs explain today how it did business in 2007 and 2008. >> the toxins that goldman sachs and others helped inject into our financial system have done incalculable harm. >> reporter: congress alleges that goldman sachs bet billions that their own investments would fail. goldm goldman's ceo is expected to testify that they didn't specifically bet against the investments and lost over $1 billion in the mortgage crisis. all of this as democrats fall three votes shy of moving forward on new rules for wall street. republicans don't like how much power the democrats want to give government. like a new agency to protect consumers. >> the more we hear about it, the bigger it gets. it's another big government grab. >> reporter: this morm, president obama meets with his commission on fiscal responsibility and heads to iowa to push his wall street plan. he'll be lobbying in the midwest for the plan, in iowa, missouri and illinois. tracy potts, nbc news. 55 degrees, the capital's push to the edge. >> the home team has run into one red-hot goalie. what the coach is saying going into game seven. plus a scary moment caught on tape. an explosion right in the face of a firefighter. and next, the roads are still wet this morning. we'll get a check of weather and traffic, next. good morning, time for weather and traffic. now at 4:41. we've got clouds and it's cool. we have some scattered sprinkles, a little drizzle around this morning on radar. but not much rain at all. and it's on the cool side, we're in the 50s around the region. now 57 in washington. and we'll have the temperatures only climbing into the low 60s later on today as we'll have considerable cloudiness around and a blustery northwest wind. more sun tomorrow, a bit milder, up near 70 on thursday with bright sunshine. may hit near 8 0 by friday. should be mostly sunny then as well. we'll look at the weekend coming up in ten minutes, it's 4:51. jerry, how's the traffic. a live look at early-morning commute is under way. checking things out on the beltway along i-270. i-270 at i-70 in frederick, police checking the reports of an accident, reported to be eastbound 70 near the interchange. elsewhere, south of town to the wood roh wilson bridge, it looks like we're okay, southeast corridors all fine with the lanes open. 4:42, a disturbing crime in a quiet suburban community. investigators in virginia looking for suspects after a homeless man is set on fire. and the u.s. supreme court case that could cost walmart billions of dollars. and if you're a capitals fan, sorry. there will be an game seven in the opening series, after montreal blasted washington 4-1 last night. the goaltender saved 53 shots in the victory. the capitals were expected to win this series relatively easily. but with the series and the season now coming down to one game, head coach bruce goodreau says his team has to start from scratch. >> we have no choice, we have to wipe the slate clean. if you start thinking and letting them get inside your head from what's happened in the past then you're in trouble before you start. so it all starts fresh, you take a deep breath and come back at them. game seven scheduled for tomorrow night at the verizon center. family members of a man who died on a softball field in northern virginia this weekend spoke for the first time. they remembered his passion for life, his dedication to helping others and his love for the game of softball. news4's craig melvin has the story. >> reporter: george call was playing short stop saturday when he saw his father in law go down. >> his face had turned blue and his chest had turned blue, at that point i knew something was really wrong. >> 55-year-old george crisp died on the softball field. he and his son-in-law had actually talked about dying that way. >> one would be in your sleep. so you don't feel or know anything. or you know, doing something that you love and having it be quick and painless. >> and it probably was. the line drive hit crisp in his throat just below his jaw, rupturing his carotid artery, in seconds, blood flooded his brain. >> it was he was the funniest guy you met, it just came naturally. >> gary barlow remembers when he had to ask permission to marry one of george's daughters. >> he said of course you can, but make sure you take care of her. >> besides playing, george crisp loved riding and his church mission trips took him to four continents. he built homes, churches and orphanages for the poor. here's the field where he died doing something he loved. there's already talk of a memorial tournament next month. and george call will probably be a short stop again. >> the lord wanted him in his house to play softball and tell jokes and ride his motorcycle. >> reporter: craig melvin, news4. now police looking for a man linked to five bank robberies in prince george's county. look at these two different pictures of gregory taylor. police say in each robbery, taylor would enter the bank posing as customer and passing a note to the bank teller demanding money. taylor is suspected of robbing banks. anyone with any information is asked to call the police. police in fredericksburg need your help finding the person who set a homeless man on fire. the victim said he was asleep under the shockton bridge when he was attacked. news4's pat collins has more from fredericksburg. >> reporter: the victim, david mold, 52 years old and homeless, he was sort of a fixture here in fredericksburg, virginia. for a number of years he lived underneath the chatham bridge. he got picked up a number of times for being drunk in public and begging for money, but they say he wasn't violent. that he never stole anything. in fact, they say he was more likely to be a victim of crime than a perpetrator. >> it's disturbing, it's disturbing. the guy -- nobody should do that to anybody else. that's just inhumane. >> around 6:00 saturday morning, he was seen wandering about this intersection in the history part of fredericksburg. not too far from that chatham bridge. he had taken off the blanket he had been sleeping under. stripped away the jacket he had on. he was out here looking for help. some cars drove by, but rick rice, he stopped. mr. mold told mr. rice that someone had taken his money and someone had set him on fire. >> he had a burns and it looked like bruising, but it was actually burns, a lot of his skin had blistered off, it was hanging from his body. he didn't have a shirt on, the shirt was gone. so i could see his whole side of his body. he couldn't move his arm. his arm was hanging by his side. >> reporter: fredericksburg police under that bridge looking for evidence that could lead them to a suspect in this case. >> at this point, we are going on the assumption that the victim's statement is correct. we have found no evidence to the contrary that it was an accidental burning. >> reporter: mr. mold is in the hospital fighting for his life. they're fearful this could turn into a case of murder. i'm pat collins, fredericksburg. violent crime is ex-preparely rare in fredericksburg. in fact police say there were just three murders there last year in all three cases have been solved. a firefighter in southern indiana was hurt while trying to put out flames in a minivan. an explosion inside the van sent debris flying yesterday. knocking the firefighter to his feet. and the helmet off of his head. no one was inside the van at the time. the firefighter amazingly was not seriously injured. he was treated at the hospital and released. >> you have to give it to firefighters, it's a dangerous job. it's amazing he didn't have more serious injuries. this morning we have low clouds in the wake of the rain we had yesterday. in fact we actually had some storms yesterday afternoon. but thankfully no damage, a little bit of hail. now this morning we have some lingering drizzle, a little bit of a sprinkle activity out there. there's the washington monument. a live picture from our city camera. reagan national is at 55 degrees. and dew point is at 50, so we've got quite a bit of humidity still in the air. but as the day progresses, we'll be gradually drying out, a north-northwesterly breeze kicking up to about 15 miles per hour. it's going to increase as weigh get into the afternoon hours. right now on radar, no precipitation for the most part around the region, except a few sprinkles where you see little patches of blue outside the beltway near reston and mclean. around potomac and the beltway, at the american legion bridge getting a little light rain there. this is drifting east. it may be heading towards silver spring and wheaton and along the beltway from old georgetown road toward 95. other sprinkles showing up just to the south of washington, right down near waldorf and near indian head highway, that will continue to drift off to the east there. getting other sprinkles farther on the eastern shore. farther to the east there. now as we take a look at the temperatures around at this hour. we're in the 50s from the shenandoah valley to the atlantic beaches this morning. in the mountains it's cooler, just in the 40s there. all of this rain activity coming from a circulation in the atmosphere that passed over us yesterday. that's pulling east and we're getting a clearing sky farther west. so as the day progresses, we ought to get some sunshine out, just the small chance of a sprinkle and we'll get the blustery wind kicking up out of the northwest. overnight tonight it should be partly cloudy to clear by dawn tomorrow and chilly on wednesday morning, just near 40. afternoon highs, mid 60s and sunny. sunny on thursday and friday. thursday's highs near 70. friday near 80. and near 80 on saturday. could get some thunderstorms saturday afternoon. maybe some passing showers sunday and drying out monday. how's the traffic? >> in town, new york avenue, no early hangups, coming over the anacost anacostia. let's see how we're doing along i-270 on the wet pavement, pretty heavy and slow as you head south from urbana headed down to hyattstown, continuing down to germantown. one beltway crash reported on the capital beltway inner loop near st. barnabas road, fire and rescue crews headed there right now. thanks very much. watching a good movie, if you skip the wash tub filled with popcorn, could be good for your health. >> but there is a catch. it has to be a comedy. a new study says a good laugh can have the same impact on your body as a walk around the park. >> who, ho, ho, ha, ha, ha. >> researchers at loma linda park had participants watch a sad movie and a funny movie. they found that watching a funny movie had the same effect on the body as a moderate workout. >> maybe just do the ho, ho, ho, ha, ha, ha. our time is now 4:54. after break find out about the court case that could cost walmart millions of dollars. and police are involved in the case of the strange phone call many of you ha been receiving. an update at 5:00 a.m. and what crews are doing under water to stri coast guard crews say they are trying everything possible to stop the oil that's flowing into the gulf of mexico. it's escaping from two leaks in a drilling pipe about 5,000 feet below the surface, crews are using a remote sub to try shut off the underwater oil well. the leaks are threatening hundreds of miles of coastline in four states. the oil is escaping from a rig that exploded and sank last week off the coast of louisiana. well kidnapping charges have been dropped against the ten american missionaries detained for trying to take 33 children out of haiti following january's earthquake. but the one missionary still in jail will stand trial on other charges. laura sillsby will be arraigned on illegal travel for the group. >> a lawsuit filed against walmart in 2001 is finally going to be heard and it could cost the retail giant billions. the class-action lawsuit charges discrimination. the lawsuit claims that walmart pays women less than men for the same job. and that female employees receive fewer promotions. more than one million female walmart employees could be affected by the outcome. the famous hollywood sign you always see in nof movies and on tv won't be going anywhere soon and you have hugh hefner to thank for that. he says the gift is his way of giving back to the community. he donatesed $1 million. and he helped restore the hollywood sign when it was in such bad shape in 1978. the new and improved wa blade will hit newsstands this week. the owners of the weekly newspaper filed for bankruptcy last year. staffers were able to keep the paper alive under"d.c. agenda." in february they bought the "washington blade" name and trademark. 25,000 copies of the new "blade" will hit newsstands on friday. stay with us, "news4 today" continues at 5:00 a.m. a sweet deal -- new jobs coming to virginia. how the commonwealth beat out maryland and d.c. in the battle over northrop grumman. and today's the first day people will be able to pay their ares to dr. dorothy height. good morning and welcome to "news4 today," i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm eun yang. it's tuesday april 27, 2010. a live look at 5:00 a.m., 55 degrees. a nice mild start to your morning after rains yesterday. and it felt like a little sprinkling this morning. i could be wrong. >> there's a little drizzle lingering from yesterday's disturbance that came over, triggered some storms yesterday afternoon. but those are long gone and this morning, really nothing much on radar. just a few sprinkles, a little scattered drizzle. temperatures in the 50s all around the region from eastern west virginia all the way to the delaware and maryland beaches this morning. and it's in the mid 50s in montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's county and the district of columbia. out in the mountains, it's chillier. western maryland. but still mostly cloudy, from the blue ridge east. that disturbance that came over us yesterday is now pushing off to the north and east, over southern new england, continuing to pull away. drier air and blustery winds this afternoon. winds gusting over 20 miles per hour out of the northwest. and we'll have temperatures reaching the low 60s. so not much of a warmup. overnight tonight, quite chilly. by dawn tomorrow, just near 40 degrees. a blustery northwest wind on wednesday, highs reaching the mid 60s. the wind zs down wednesday night, high pressure moving in thursday and friday, warming us up. with sunshine thursday of a chilly start we should make it to near 70. even hotter on friday. it may make it to near 80 degrees. so feeling like summertime by the end of the week. and that's the way it looks on this tuesday morning. now let's check the traffic. jerry, how we doing? >> a little bit busy here, 395 northbound, not bad, it looks like they just pulled off the construction cones. on the approach to the 14th street bridge. so as you make the trip up from landmark into town, incident-free. the outbound side of the 14th street bridge leaving the district, headed into virginia, is looking good as well. one beltway crash on the inner loop of the capital beltway, as you head around the st. barnabas road, an accident there, two lanes closed off. so traveling from route 4 on the inner loop en route to the woodrow wilson bridge, anticipate delays on that. police checking for an accident eastbound 70 near the interchange with i-270. i believe it will be closer to route 15, we'll keep you updated on that. it will be a bit slick. eun? >> thank you. this evening is your opportunity to pay your respects to the late dorothy height. a public viewing is scheduled for the civil rights pioneer. news4's tracee wilkins is live outside of the national council of negro women's building in northwest washington with more on tonight's event. tracee, good morning. >> reporter: this is a building that was very, very dear to her heart. it is fitting that she will lie in repose here tonight. the civil rights and women's rights activist, dorothy height will lie in repose at the national council of negro women, an organization and building that she dedicated much of her life to. dorothy height passed away last tuesday at age 98. height was the leading female voice of the 1960s civil rights movement and stood on the dais, during dr. martin luther king jr.'s "i have a dream" speech, her at vix dates back to the roosevelt administration. she received the presidential medal of freedom in 1991. became president of the national council of negro women in 1967 and held the position until 199 7. and she'll lie there in repose tonight in 6:00 to 10:00 at the national council of negro women, a building named after her, tomorrow, the sorority of which she was once president, will hold a public service. another memorial for her tomorrow night at 7:00 at shiloh baptist church. dr. height will be laid to rest on thursday, her funeral will be held at washington national cathedral at 10:00 a.m., it, too, is open to the public. and her burial service will take place in maryland after. i remember dorothy height saying one time that the reason she was so excited about this building is because it sits between the capital and the white house and it was important to her that this building, fighting for the rights of women, be here, and at the center of the power structure in washington, d.c. she was very, very dedicated to the work of the national council of negro women, civil rights and women's rights. after a fifth arrest, police believe they have everyone responsible for the mass shooting in southeast washington. d.c. police arrested 21-year-old jeffrey best. on march 30th, four people were killed and five injured in a drive-by shooting on south capital street. four others facing charges in the shooting as well. yesterday's arrests close a chapter in one of the city's most violent acts. if you live in fairfax county you can expect to start paying more for owning a car. the county's board of supervisor is set to vote on a proposed budget. it calls for the return of a $33 per-car registration fee, which could make the county more than $25 million a year. the proposed budget also includes a property tax rate hike. still it appears county leaders will avoid major cuts, more than half of the budget will go toward funding schools. northern virginia is about to get a major economic boost. major defense contractor, northrop grumman will announce it's moving to our area. news4's megan mcgrath joins us from northrop grumman's offices in rosalyn. >> reporter: it's a big win for virginia, the old dominion beat out other places, it will move by 2011, bringing 300 jobs to northern virginia now governor bob mcdonald is expected to officially make the announcement today. attracting such companies with as a big part of his economic plan. the defense contractor northrop grumman has office space in the region, including here in rosalyn, but it's unclear where they'll locate the new headquarters. a company executive tells the "associated press" that the dulles corridor and near the pentagon are the front-runners. northrop grumman will make the announcement today, they'll be moving from los angeles to northern virginia. 300 jobs will come to the area as a result. and there are lots of folks that hope that it will really stimulate the economy. those people will be buying houses, spending money, paying taxes in the area. we're hoping to have more detail today when the official announcement comes. joe, back to you. >> megan mcgrath reporting live, thanks very much. maryland governor, martin o'malley will begin his re-election campaign today. his campaign manager says he'll make a stop today at a community college in prince george's county. this is first of a three-day tour of maryland, including stops in 11 locations. o'malley is expected to face former governor, robert ehrlich in november's elections. the clean-up continues across four states lashed by the huge tornado. the national weather service says one giant tornado carved a 149-mile path of destruction from louisiana to mississippi. 12 people were killed, ten of those in yazoo city, mississippi, tossing cars and flattening homes. now residents are trying to salvage anything they have left. all while trying to share their stories of survival. >> the wind started breaking out and blowing around and the furniture and then the building collapsed around me. >> it's something you don't want to ever experience. but the lord brought us through it and he's going to bring us through the rest of it. >> the states affected by the storms will likely seek a federal disaster recognition once fema's estimates are complete. ahead, you complained and we listened. >> now police are looking into the strange phone calls that have flooded our area. what they're telling us. plus a major step in the newest national health push to shake the salt habit. and things are beginning to calm down. a check of weather and traffic coming up next. i'm done with all these lists. and driving all over town. i want one list. for one store. 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[ female announcer ] at safeway, that's our promise. that's ingredients for life. good morning, i'm tom kierein at this hour, cloudy, a little bit of scattered drizzle. elsewhere, no precipitation. just some clouds hanging in and temperatures in the 50s all around the region. now 56 in washington. out in the mountains in the 40s. mid 50s eastern shore. and the clouds courtesy of an area of low pressure passing over us yesterday. as it pulls away we ought to get some breaks in the clouds. sun breaking out with a blustery northwest wind. highings reaching the low 60s. mostly sunny, still a bit blustery tomorrow, highs mid 60s and warming up into the week. jerry, how's the traffic? >> more trouble for folks coming in from frederick along i-270. southbound 270 near route 85 near buckiestown pike. the truck that spilled a load pulled over from south of i-70, down to route 80, be careful there. one more stop, downtown moving along nicely. inbound 66 to route 50 headed for the roosevelt bridge. joe? >> jerry, thanks very much. 16 food companies will take part in an initiative to reduce the amount of salt in their products. new york city mayor migle bloomberg announced the agreement as part of a national effort to cut the country's sodium consumption. heinz, starbucks and kraft. it would cut salt from 65 products and 25 restaurant meals. et cetera now 5:12, 55 degrees, more than a nuisance -- >> those strange unexplained phone calls are now the focus of a police investigation. what we're finding out this morning after the break. plus a truly sad story. family members talking about their loved one killed on a local softball field. but next, the fight to reform wall street has turned to a political tug of war. housing collapse, the firm faces federal fraud charges. but its ceo denies any wrongdoing, nbc's tracy potts joins us live from capitol hill with more. >> reporter: we expect to hear from lloyd blankfein from goldman sachs and several other executives from the film. it could make for interesting testimony, they're testifying amid a huge stack of documents the senate is presenting, saying that they didn't operate the way they should have. but the company says they did nothing wrong. armed with two million emails and other documents from a year and a half investigation, the senate's eeger to hear goldman sachs explain today, how it did business in 2007 and 2008. >> the toxins that goldman sachs and others helped inject into our financial system have done incalculable harm. >> reporter: congress claims the wall street firm created and sold mortgage securities to clients and bet billions that their own investment would fail. goldm goldman's ceo will testify they didn't quote consistently or significantly bet against those investments and actually lost over $1 billion in the mortgage crisis. >> the yeahs are 57, the nays are 41. >> reporter: all this as democrats foul three votes shy of moving forward on new rules for wall street. republicans don't like how much power democrats want to give the government. like a new agency billed to protect consumers. >> the more we hear about it, the bigger it gets, it's another big government grab. >> reporter: this morm, president obama meets with his commission on fiscal responsibility. then heads to iowa to push his wealth plan. he'll be busy over the next two days lobbying for the reform plan in the midwest, first iowa, missouri and illinois. we're live on capitol hill, i'm tracey potts, news4. arlington police are veging the anowing phone calls that have been waking up hundreds of people in the middle of the night. the calls have the same number, appeared to be dialed from wyoming. we kaed the company the phone number belongs to, they tell us that someone is using it illegally. police think the calls may be the result of a computer dialing error. family members of a man who died on a softball field in northern virginia this weekend spoke for the first time. they remember his passion for life, his dedication to helping others and his love for the game of softball. news4's craig melvin has the story. >> reporter: george call was playing short stop on saturday when he saw his father in law go down. >> his face and chest had turned blue. at that point i knew something was really wrong. >> reporter: 55-year-old george crisp died on the softball field. while it's a tragedy that's beyond bizarre, he and his son-in-law had actually talked about dying that way. >> one would be in your sleep. you don't feel or know anything. or you know, doing something that you love and having it be kwig and painless. >> reporter: and it probably was. the line drive hit crisp in his throat just below his jaw, rupturing his carotid artery in seconds, blood flooded his brain. >> he was the funniest guy you ever met. it just came naturally. he didn't try too hard. >> gary barlow remembers when he had to ask permission to marry one of george crisp's daughters. >> he said, of course you can. but he also wanted to make sure i took care of her. just like he did. and i promised him i would. >> reporter: besides playing, george crisp loved writing and he loved serving even more. his church mission trips took him to four continents, building custom homes wasn't enough. so he built churches and orphanages for the poor. here at the field in sterling where george crisp died doing something that he loved, there's already talk of a memorial softball tournament next month. and george call will problem possibly be a short stop again. >> unfortunately, we don't have more time with him. but the lord wanted him in his house to play softball and tell jones and ride his motorcycle. >> reporter: craig melvin, news4. police in prince george's county are looking for a man who has been linked to five bank robberies, these are different pictures of gregory taylor. he would enter the bank posing as a customer and pass a note to the bank teller demanding money. taylor is expected of robbing banks in five locations. anyone with information about him is asked to call police. we have a red alert this morning for anyone who rocks the red. the capitals season rests tomorrow night on the game seven with the canadiens. jaroslav halak goaltender saved 53 shots. head coach bruce boudreau says they have no choice. >> we have no choice, we have to wipe the slate clean. it's all starts fresh and take a deep praeth and come back at them. >> game seven is scheduled for tomorrow night at verizon center. the puck drops at 7:00 p.m. >> it looks pretty me care yus. >> the only good thing is that maybe they can wednesday at home. with the crowd with them. we can only hope. >> we're hoping for good weather, too, things will be improving, we had drier air beginning to move into the mountains, we have some lingering clouds. temperatures at this hour are in the 50s. it's in the mid 50s in washington. as well as in prince george's, montgomery and fairfax counties and around the bay on the eastern shore. but generally from the shenandoah valley west, it's a bit chillier. as the day progresses, we'll have clouds in and out and winds out of the northwest will get gusty, around 25 miles per hour from time to time. but highs only reaching the low 60s, the slight chance of a sprinkle. tomorrow, mostly sunny and chilly in the morning near 40. afternoon highs mird 60s and still a gusty northwest wind. winds die down wednesday night. warm up near 80 friday as well as saturday. could get some thundershowers maybe saturday afternoon. perhaps a few passing showers on sunday. how's the traffic? >> roads could be a little slick, so heads up. check things out around arlington. wilson boulevard, north lynn street, everything very quiet so far. let's head over along the inner loop of the capital beltway. good news, the accident at st. barnabas road now over to the shoulder. flashing lights might be a minor distraction, other than that, not bad getting to the wilson bridge. 5:22 is your time now. 54 degrees. coming up -- >> it's like a twist out of a movie. who put up the money to save the hollywood sign? >> plus the mow tonotorious for dictator, a prisoner no longer, but not free any time soon. a scary bl app firefighter in southern indiana was hurt while trying to put out flames in a minivan. an explosion inside the van sent debris flying, knocking the firefighter off his feet and the helmet off his head. the firefighter was not seriously injured. he is going to be okay. well the famous hollywood sign you see in movies and on tv won't be going anywhere soon. and you have hugh hefner to thank for it he said the gift is his way of giving back to the community. the sign had been threatened by a new land pact which would have allowed estate homes to be built nearby. in all, more than $12 million were donated, enough to protect the land. our time is now 5:26. a major boom for business in virginia. and money troubles for metro. >> crews trying to contain an environmental 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turf builder with plus 2 weed control. the battle over northrop grumman is over, how virginia came out on top, good morning and welcome to "news4 today," i'm eun yang. >> and i'm joe krebs on this tuesday the 27th day of april, 2010. let's take a live look to see what kind of day we're going to have. looks a little cloudy as well. some drizzle in some areas this morning. 54 degrees right now. tom kierein joins us here for our forecast. >> hi, tom. >> a little bit of lingering sprinkle activity. right right now we're in the 50s from the shenandoah valley to the eastern shore. right now 56 in washington, mid 50s in prince george's county, arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties in the mid 50s. as the day progresses, we should climb into the low 60s. the wind is gusting to 15 miles per hour this morning. it will increase from 20 to 25. there's a slight chance of a sprinkle later on today. then overnight tonight, we're clear out and by dawn tomorrow, just near 40 degrees starting off tomorrow morning it will still be blustery tomorrow, still gusts out of the northwest to around 25 miles per hour. with the sunshine back, we should be warming into the mid 60s by wednesday afternoon. wednesday night, the winds will diminish and temperatures again going to be quite chilly. might have some frost in the mountains by thursday morning. and here locally we'll be in the low 40s. but with the bright april sun, we should climb to near 70 near thursday afternoon. and now jerry, how's the traffic? >> pretty manageable all in all. over to prince george's county near route 4, both the inner and outer loop appear to be moving along nicely. it appears on dry surface over here. so that's very good news. let's see what else is happening. not bad at all. most of the major roadways looking pretty good this morning. again north of town, maybe a little slick from the overnight precipitation, but for the most part doing all right. metro rail, vre and marc, reporting no delays, if you're ready to hit the rails, you're good to go. so all around, we're winners. eun? >> thank you. after months of talks, it is official, defense contractor, northrop grumman, is packing up its west coast headquarters and moving to virginia. news4's megan mcgrath joins us from northrop grumman's arlington office now with more. >> reporter: it's a big win for virginia,ed old dominion beat out maryland and the district of columbia in attracting northrop grumman. the defense contractor is going to bring 300 jobs to the area. they're relocating their headquarters from los angeles to northern virginia. the move will be made by 2011. now governor bob mcdonald is expected to make the official announcement today. attracting such companies was a big part of his economic plan for the region. the defense contractor has office space in the region already, including here in rosalyn, it's unclear where they will relocate the new headquarters, although a company source tells the "associated press" that the dulles corridor and crystal city near the pentagon, that those are the front-runners, but again, a big boon for the state of virginia. 300 jobs described as senior-level jobs will be coming to northern virginia. those people will be spending money shopping at area restaurants, they'll also presumably be buying houses and renting and paying taxes in the area. so a big economic upshot for the region. we're expecting to learning more details on where they moving precisely in the northern virginia area and how many jobs will be coming when the announcement is made by the governor later on today. at the offices that they have here now. back to you, eun? >> megan mcgrath. maryland governor martin o'malley will begin his re-election campaign today. his campaign manager says he will make a stop today at prince george's community college, this is the first of a three-day tour of maryland, which includes stops in 11 different locations. o'malley is expected to face former governor, robert ehrlich in november's election. if you live in fairfax county you can expect to start paying more for owning a car. the county's board of supervisor is expected to vote on a proposed budget, including the return of a $33 per-car registration fee. the proposed budget also includes a property tax rate hike. it appears that county leaders will avoid major cuts, more than half of the budget goes to school funding. >> you'll have to deal with overcrowded metro trains for some time to come. metro may have to put off some of its long-term maintenance problems because some firms are having troubles. the projects include power upgrades that would allow more 8-car trains to run on the rails. metro said deferring the projects could save metro. police have arrested the fifth and final suspect at a mass shooting in southeast washington. 21-year-old jeffrey best is charged with several counts of murder. on march 30th, four people were killed and five others injured in a drive-by shooting on south capital street. four others facing charges in the shooting as well. police chief kathy lynner says it closes the chapter on one of the nation's most violent acts. the national weather service says one giant tornado carved a 149-mile path of destruction from louisiana to mississippi over the weekend. at least 12 people were killed, ten of those in yazoo city, mississippi. 160-mile-per-hour winds tossed cars and flattened hundreds of homes. nines are coming together to try to put their lives back together. >> everybody pitching in to help neighbors and friends, it's just amazing. we'll rebuild, we'll carry on. >> the states affected by the storms will likely seek a federal disaster recognition. coast guard crews are trying everything possible to stop the oil that's flowing into the gulf of mexico. that oil is escaping from two leaks in a drilling pipe about 5,000 feet below the surface. crews are using a remote submarine to try to shut off the underwater oil well. police are the oil is coming from a rig that sank last week. kidnapping charges have been dropped against the ten american missionaries detained for trying to take 33 children out of haiti following january's earthquake there. but the one missionary still in jail will stand trial on charges of arranging illegal travel for the children. she was the leader of the missionary group. the charge carries a maximum sentence of three years in prison. former panamanian dictator, manuel noriega. he's been imprisoned in florida since 1992. he finished his sentence in 2007. he could face another ten years behind bars on these new charges. 54 degrees out there. ahead on "news4 today," stake your claim, if it's yours. maryland has $900 million in unclaimed property and the state wants to get rid of it. plus the post office wants you to know how to solve the problems. it's been a wet week so far, we'll get a check of weather and traffic, next. good morning, there's a live view if our city camera overlooking the monuments in washington under a cloudy sky at this time. and all around the region, it's time for weather and traffic object the 1's. good morning. at this hour, we do have the low clouds lingering and they are producing a little bit of light sprinkle activity scattered around the region. a few lingering showers on the eastern shore. but elsewhere, maybe a little drizzle around, that's about it. temperatures in the 50s, from the shenandoah valley to the chesapeake bay. prince george's county, the mid 50s there. in the low and mid 50s in montgomery county. mid 50s in arlington and fairfax counties. weather watchers checking in with mostly low cloud cover. later on we ought to get sun breaking out and the winds should increase, right now gusting to around 15 mmps out of the northwest. they may be gusting to 25 as we climb out of the low 60s. a slight chance of an additional sprinkle later on today. and then tomorrow, mostly sunny, chilly in the morning, near 40. afternoon highs in the mid 60s. sunny thursday, near 70. maybe even hit near 80 by friday afternoon. a look at the weekend in ten minutes, how's the traffic, jerry sfwh. >> a little sampling around town, capital beltway between braddock road and route 50, nothing out of the ordinary, just increasing volgs. a different story if you're headed for the american legion bridge. outer loop, let's see, it's left side of the roadway tied up, a broken-down vehicle there. authorities are aware of it. they're headed over. but traffic behind it coming from maryland into virginia by way of the outer loop beginning to slow down quite a bit. eun, joe, back to you. 54 degrees, ahead on "news4 today" -- >> police picking up the case, what they think is causing the strange phone calls that are waking people up in the middle of the night. cash, property, you name it, there's $900 million of unclaimed items up for grabs. and one mother's story sparks an immigration protest in prince georg good morning and welcome back. can you pay your respects to the late civil rights leader, dorothy height this evening. she passed away last week at the age of 98. a public viewing is scheduled for tonight. news4's tracee wilkins is live outside the national council of negro women building on pennsylvania avenue, where the viewing will take place. >> dorothy dorothy height will lie in repose tonight. the civil rights and women's rights activist dedicated much of her life to this building where she will lie in repose. she passed away last tuesday. she was the leading female voice of the 1960s civil rights movement and stood on the dais. heights' activism dates back to the roosevelt administration. she received the presidential immediatal of freedom from president clinton in 1991. and she became the president of the national council of negro women from 1967 to 1997. tonight folks can come to see her lie in repose in the building that she fought so hard for. she'll be here from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. tomorrow the sorority of which she was once president will hold a public service at howard university. another memorial held for her tomorrow night at the shiloh baptist church. her funeral will be held at the washington national cathedral at 10:00 a.m. it, too, is open to the public. the burial service will take place in maryland afterwards. in northwest, i'm tracee wilkins, back to you. the anger continues over arizona's new immigration law. republican governor jan brewer signed the nation's tough immigration law on friday. it spawned protests in the grand canyon state, like this one in tucson yesterday. starting this summer, police will be able to ask for identification if they suspect someone is in the country illegally. it sparks restrictions on hiring illegal immigrants for day labor and knowingly transporting them. >> the policy in arizona has led to protests in washington, after a mother was arrested and detained for potential deportation. prince george's county police arrested 26-year-old floor inda at her langley park apartment last week and charge there's the slight chance of a sprinkle during the afternoon and it will be a blustery afternoon. overnight tonight, it will be partly cloudy through the evening. the temperatures should plummet. in fact down to near 40 degrees tomorrow morning. maybe in the 30s in the mountains, it's going to be quite a chill coming in. the winds will be a bit blustery today, gusting 20 to 25, as well as tomorrow. wednesday, we should have sun and highs in the mid 60s. then the winds die down wednesday night, sunny and beautiful on thursday, it's going to feel like summertime on friday. it should be mostly sunny and near 80 degrees. now looking at the weekend, saturday, looks like we may have some sun in the morning, maybe a passing shower or thundershower in the afternoon. mid and upper 70s on sunday, passing showers, but drying out first part of next week. how's the traffic, jerry? >> we seem to be doing pretty well, over the american region bridge. left side the inner loop, there had been a broken-down vehicle. the good news is it's out of there. no significant slowdowns because of it. so good work by state highway authorities there. to the wilson bridge, uncomplicated. springfield up to 66 and tyson's, any overnight road work has been wrapped up. and on the rails, everything very quiet so far. joe? >> thanks very much, jerry, the washington capitals season could be coming to a sudden and unexpected end tomorrow. the caps are on the brink of elimination after losing game six of their playoff series last night to the montreal canadiens. win and advance to the next round. lose and the season is over. the capitals were heavy favorites heading into the series. tomorrow night is their third opportunity to seal the deal. you know how good it feels when you reach into your pocket and you pull out a dollar and you don't remember pitting it there? especially when it's like a 20-spot. >> how about pulling out a few million dollars, news4's kimberly suiters joins us live with the most recent report of unclaimed money, kimberly? >> reporter: the comptroller's office in the state of maryland is reporting there are at the very least 60,000 brand-new accounts worth more than $42 million in unclaimed funds. the comptroller tries to locate the rightful owners of the money, stocks, bonds, savings accounts, security deposits. contents of safe deposit boxes, insurance proceeds and other valuables unclaimed by banks and other financial institutions. the owners or their legitimate heirs can claim the funds at any time. you can search these records online for free, to see if some of the money is yours. these are the websites, foyer maryland residents, check out maryland taxes.com. for residents of maryland or any other state in the country, click on missing money.com. you can also call maryland's comptroller's office directly. i searched a few well-known names in maryland. there is a barbara j. mikulski who has money waiting to be claimed. it may be a relative. eun and joe, back to you. >> we're both from maryland, i'm originally from gaithersburg. what about us? >> check out krebs. >> i did. nothing for either of you. i know when our colleague, megan mcgrath, reported on unclaimed money, she found money for joe and for me, and $5,000 for her aunt. and there's also a jerry edwards, who is owed money, but it turns out, not our money. >> i remember last time megan found so much money for me that -- i'm still working. >> thanks for checking, kill berly. after this hearing once an, the washington blade will return to newsstands under its original name. staffers were able to keep the 40-year-old paper alive under the name "d.c. agenda." they bought the "washington blade" name in bankruptcy court. 25,000 copies of the latest edition, "blade" will hit newsstands on friday. costing the retail giant billions of dollars. a class-action lawsuit against walmart alleges discrimination over the way that the chain pays its women employees. claiming that it pays women less than men for the same job and female employees receive less promotions. an appeals court agree that the case should be heard. more than one million female walmart employees could be a affected by the decision. laws to limit sales of violent video games to minors have been tried in ten states, but each time the courts declare them unconstitutional. the laws claim they restrict free expression. those who support the ban say these kinds of video games make kids more prone to violence. >> they tend to live in fear of the circumstances around them, unnecessarily. they tend to resort to violence as a solution for conflict. >> if it's extended to other forms of media, it would impact movies, other forms of entertainment, music. it could all be negatively impacted. >> the video game industry argues that parental controls can effectively block young children from seeing certain material, but many parents say the children can defeat those controls. starbucks is making a popular warm-weather drink. higher fares, service cuts, what metro is cutting back on now. virginia is for business. defense contractor, northrop grumman. will announce today it is coming to northern virginia. what it means for the area and the economic boost it will bring. let the race begin, maryland governor, martin o'malley will kick off his re-election campaign today, with several stops in the area. good morning, and thanks for joining us for "news4 today," i'm eun yang. >> and i'm joe krebs. take a live look outside, what a beautiful picture this morning. some low-hanging clouds over the likes of the city. let's get the forecast with meteorologist tom kierein. >> it looks like we have more rain yesterday. >> some of the clouds are producing a little bit of drizzle. you can see it to the left of the washington monument. there are some sprinkles, passing showers on the eastern shore, they're beginning to dissipate now. elsewhere we have a little bit of drizzle falling around the region, that should dissipate. 55 in washington, it's in the low 50s now in prince george's, montgomery, arlington and fairfax county. just near 50 near the shenandoah valley. eastern shore now in the mid 50s. southern virginia and around the outer banks, temperatures there are in the upper 50s. now overnight we had some of those passing showers, many roads are still a bit damp from the overnight rain as well as the drizzle we see scattered around at this hour. as the day progresses we'll have the winds increasing, they're gusting to around 50 miles per hour. and we ought to see some sunshine breaking out this morning into the afternoon. there's a slight chance of an additional sprinkle later on today. highs climbing into the low 60s. so a rather cool day coming up. overnight we should begin to clear out a bit. by dawn tomorrow, we'll be down near 40 degrees, a chilly start tomorrow morning. may even dip down into the 30s. and again on thursday morning. but with the sunshine and a blustery wind tomorrow, near 70 and sunny thursday, friday, warming up near 80 with sunshine. how's the traffic, jerry? >> a live look along i-270 headed south out of frederick to germantown. 95 northbound out of lorton, looking good to the capital beltway. northern virginia is about to get a new neighbor, northrop grumman had officially decided to move its headquarters across the country to the washington area. and official announcement will be made later today. news4's megan mcgrath joins us live from the company's office from rosalyn with details. >> good morning, eun, all of the area jurisdictions were competing against each other. but in the end, it was virginia that won. the old dominion beat out maryland and the district of columbia in attracting northrop grumman. the fortune 100 company will move headquarters from los angeles to northern virginia by 2011, bringing 300 jobs described as senior-level jobs to northern virginia. the governor is expected to make the official announcement later today. now the defense contractor, does have office space in the region already. including here in rosalyn. it's unclear where they will locate the new headquarters. although a company source tells the "associated press" that the dulles corridor and crystal city near the pentagon are the front-runners. apparently the company wants to be closer to some of the big clients at the pentagon. so that was one of the things that gave northern virginia the edge. they've decided to go with virginia, we're not exactly sure where. but somewhere close to the pentagon, close to their government contracts. and they're expected to make the announcement later on this afternoon, 2:00 p.m. we're expected to hear from the governor, we hope to learn more, 300 jobs coming to the area. eun, back to you. >> thank you. well maryland governor, martin o'malley begins his re-election campaign today, with a series of stops over the next three days. he's expected to face former governor, robert ehrlich in november's election. today's kickoff will feature stops in our area. he'll begin in baltimore where he served as mayor before becoming governor four years ago, the rally scheduled for 11:15. he heads to suburban washington, with stops at prince george's community college in upper marlborough and will end at rockville with a barbeque at 6:30. after a fifth arrest, police believe they now have everyone responsible for a mass shooting in southeast washington. yesterday, d.c. police arrested 21-year-old jeffrey best. charged with several counts of murder. on march 30th, four people were killed and five injured in a drive-by shooting on south capital street. four others are facing charges in the shooting as well. police chief said yesterday's arrests closes a chapter in one of the city's most violent acts. a controversial immigration policy in arizona has now led to protests in maryland after a mother arrested for a nonviolent crime was referred to federal authorities for potential deportation. >> the state of mayland is not arizona! >> prince george's county police arrested 26-year-old florinda lorenzo last week. she was turned over to immigrations and customs enforcement after what officials describe as a routine fingerprint check showed she was the subject of a federal detention order for being in the united states illegally. >> it was very difficult for me to be separated from my babies. >> translator: we're not criminals, they confused us. i'm here with a lot of faith to let you know what i had to go through waiting for my family and wife to come home. >> prince george's county officials declined to comment saying it's an immigrations matter. four students working for immigration reform were welcomed to our area. the group of young people began their 1500 mile walk in miami, florida, on 1st of january. they arrived in alexandria yesterday afternoon and plan to go to the white house today. they want to ask president obama to issue a executive order about a detention order. the civil rights pioneer dorothy height will be laid to rest this week. news4's tracee wilkins is live in northwest washington where a public viewing is scheduled. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there are plenty of people who would like to pay their final respects to dr. dorothy height. they will have the opportunity over the next few days. including tonight. she will lie in repose here at the national council of negro women, a building and organization that she dead gaited much of her life to. dr. dorothy height passed last tuesday at 98 years old. height was the leading female voice of the 1960s civil rights movement and stood on the dais during dr. martin luther king jr.'s "i have a dream" speech. height's activism dates back to the roosevelt administration. she received the presidential medal of freedom in 1991 and became the president of the national council of negro women in 1957 and held the position until 1997, and remained the chair of the organization until the end of her life. dr. height will lie in repose here at the national council of negro women, a building named after her from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. tonight. tomorrow, a sorority will hold a public service at howard university, a sorority she was president of. another memorial for her tomorrow night at 7:00, shiloh baptist church, open to the public. her funeral will be held at washington's national cathedral at 10:00 a.m. thursday. it is open to the public. her burial service will take place in maryland after. i'm tracee wilkins live in the northwest, back to you. coming up, a preview of the showdown in the u.s. senate today. the grilling waiting for executives of goldman sachs. some of the world's biggest food companies agree to cut the amount of salt in your favorite foods. your weather and traffic together on the 1's, next. 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near 80 friday. how's the traffic, jerry? >> chopper 4 high above the capital beltway montgomery county near connecticut avenue. both the inner and outer loop appear to be moving along nicely. new hampshire avenue, just beginning to see a couple of brake lights to begin the commute. northern virginia, along 395, loading up and slowing down to the 14th street bridge, no incidents reported blocking the roadway. joe and eun, back to you. a beautiful picture of the united states capital. that's glorious, a live picture there. how crews are scrambling to stop a environmental disaster in the gulf of mexico. >> the sudden extradition of a former dictator in the middle of the night that was a surprise to h i'm kimberly suiters in the news room. here are the top stories in the news for today. a big get for virginia's governor, who is expected to announce that defense contractor, northrop grumman is moving headquarters across the country to northern virginia. the move will put the company closer to its key customers in the u.s. government. no official site has been named yet, but company officials say it will likely be near dulles or crystal city. maryland governor martin o'malley will begin his re-election campaign today. he's got three events scheduled today, the first later this morning in baltimore. then he heads to our area, he'll appear at prince george's community college in upper marlboro before heading to rockville this evening for a barbeque. o'malley is expected to face former governor robert ehrlich in this november's election. a public viewing is scheduled for late civil rights leader, dorothy height at the national council of negro women in the dorothy height building. other memorials are planned throughout the week. that's it for now from the news room. now back to you in the studio. expect fireworks in capitol hill as lawmakers accuse goldman sachs of betting against its own clients to profit from the housing collapse. the firm faces federal fraud charges, but its ceo denies any wrong doing. nbc's tracey potts has details. >> reporter: armed with two million emails and other documents from a year and a half investigation, the senate is eager to hear goldman sachs explain today how it did business in 2007 and 2008. >> the toxins that goldman sachs and others helped inject into our financial system have done incalculable harm. >> reporter: congress claims the wall street firm created and sold mortgage securities to clients, then bet billions that their own investments would fail. goldman's ceo will testify they didn't quote consistently or significantly bet against those investments. and actually lost over $1 billion in the mortgage crisis. >> the yeahs are 57, the nays are 41. >> reporter: all of this as democrats fall three votes shy of moving forward on new rules for wall street. republicans don't like how much power democrats want to give the government. like a new agency billed to protect consumers. >> the more we hear about it, the bigger it gets, it's another big government grab. >> reporter: this morning, president obama meets with his commission on fiscal response ilt and heads to iowa to push his wall street plan. he'll be busy lobbying for the plan in the midwest starting today with iowa and then missouri, then illinois. tracey potts, nbc news, washington. some democrats voted no, nebraska senator ben nelson said he cannot support moving forward with a bill that he hasn't seen yet and that businesses in his home state have concerns about the effect it will have on them. former panamanian dictator, manuel noriega was extradited to france on money laundering charges. secretary of state hillary clinton signed the surrender warrant for him, allowing the extradition to france. but his attorneys argue that he must be sent back to panama. he finished his u.s. prison sentence for drug trafficking two years ago, but has remained in a florida prison while fighting extradition. he was found guilty in france in 1999, could face a new trial and ten years in prison. he has been in prison since the 1989 invasion of panama. kidnapping charges have been dropped against the ten american missionaries detained for trying to take 33 children out of haiti following january's earthquake. but one of the missionaries still in jail will stand trial on other charges. laura sillsby will be arraigned on charges of arranging illegal travel for the children. the charge carries a maximum sentence of three years in prison. well the clean-up continues this morning after the massive tornado that ripped through four states. right now, federal disaster teams are working in mississippi to assess the damage. the national weather service says the one giant tornado carved a 149 million path of destruction over the weekend. at least 12 people were killed. 160-mile-per-hour winds tossed cars and flattened hundreds of homes. now residents are trying to salvage anything they have left, all while sharing their stories of survival. >> the wind started breaking out blowing around the furniture and the building collapsed around me. >> it's something you don't want to ever experience. the lord brought us through it and he'll bring us through the rest of it. >> the places affected will likely seek federal disaster declarations. coast guard crews are trying everything possible to stop the oil flowing into the gulf of mexico. the oil escaping from a rig that exploded and sank last week off the louisiana coast. oil is flowing out of two leaks in a drilling pipe about 5,000 feet below the surface. crews are using a remote submarine to try to shut off the underwater oil well. the leaks are threaten hg hundreds of miles of coastline in four states. there is reason for concern this morning. if you are a washington capitals fan. the montreal canadiens forced a seventh game after winning last night at home, 4-1. the washington led the series, believe it or not, three games to one. but it has blown two straight chances to seal the deal. the canadiens' goalie made 53 saves. head coach bruce boudreau said his team needs to start from scratch. >> we have no choice. we have to wipe the slate clean. if you start thinking and letting them get inside your head from what's happened in the past, then you're in trouble before you start. so it all starts fresh and you take a deep breath and come back at them. >> game seven tomorrow night, the puck drops at 7:00 p.m. >> they've got to win this game, they can't be eliminated in the first round. >> they were the favorites to win the whole thing. they've been doing so well all year. here this morning we have low clouds that have been producing a little drizzle this morning. but for the most part, the drizzle has dissipated. and the wind out of the northwest gusting 15 to 20 miles per hour. a blustery cool start. in the 50s from the shenandoah valley to the atlantic beaches, weather watchers reporting this morning. 55 in washington and highs only the low 60s today. we'll have sunshine breaking out over the next couple of hours. we have our center ice right now, but for the most part, a blustery northwest wind, highs in the low 60s today. the slight chance of an additional sprinkle later on. tomorrow, still a bit brustry. and then the winds diminish wednesday night. frost out of the mountains on thursday morning. thursday afternoon, warming to near 70. on friday it will feel like sumpl, up near 80 degrees, here's a look at the weekend, might have some afternoon thunderstorms saturday, highs near 80. passing showers on sunday. chopper 4 high above the i-270 spur. the left side of the screen, right now the entire drive on 270, flrederick, slow spots, bu no accidents. top side of the capital beltway, loading up quickly now on the outer loop as you travel from just after i-95 headed to silver spring. lanes open there, too. the historic lawsuit against one of the country's biggest companies that would be a huge victory for women. >> some of your favorite 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female employees. the lawsuit claims that that walmart pays women less than men for the same job and that female employees receive fewer promotions. a federal appeals court has just agreed that the case should be heard. more than one million female employees could be affected by the outcome. new york city mayor michael bloomberg announced the agreement yesterday as part of a national effort to cut america's salt intake by 20%. the companies include heinz, starbucks, kraft and subway. the agreements would cut salt from 65 products and 25 restaurant meals. too much salt raises the odds of heart attack and stroke. the gruesome attack on a homeless man in the area. police want to know who set him on fire. and the freak accident which killed a northern virginia man while playing softball. >> millions in cash and other property waiting to be claimed. so i told the guy i wanted yeah. a convertible. and this is what he had in my budget. aw! well, the top is down. the top is gone! lots of head room... tons of head room! --careful! that's sharp. jeez! yeah...sorry. narrator: settling for less is not smart. what is smart is getting more car for your money at carmax. guaranteed-quality used cars can cost a lot less than new cars. so you can get more car for less money by shopping at carmax. now more than ever, the smart choice is carmax. the way car buying should be. moving in, northrop grumman announces it will relocate to northern virginia. what this means for the local economy. free money -- millions of dollars worth of cash, stocks and other valuables, just waiting to be claimed. i found some last year. how you could, too, as well. good morning and welcome back to "news4 today," on this tuesday morning, i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm eun yang, today is april 27, 2010. a live look outside right now. clouds overhead, we had rain this morning. we'll find out if we'll get more rain today and when it will end, meteorologist tom kierein is here with all the answers, good morning to you, tom. >> it looks like the sprinkle activity, the drizzle we had over the last couple of hours is pretty much dissipating now. and we have a low cloud cover that lingers on this tuesday morning. 55 in washington. it's in the low to mid 50s in prince george's county. arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties, low and mid 50s. a bit chillier in the shenandoah valley. weather watchers reporting from southern maryland, northern neck, virginia, eastern shore and low clouds lingering there. out in the mountains, it's beginning to clear out and chilly. in the 40s on this late april morning. out in western maryland and in much of west virginia, low to mid 40s. now looking at the view from space over the last six to 12 hours, we've seen the low pressure that did come through here, yesterday afternoon, the showers has pulled off to the east and behind that we'll get dry air moving in. a blustery northwest wind that is gusting to around 20 miles per hour will be with us throughout the rest of the day. highs in the low 60s, so a rather cool day and clouds in and out, a slight chance of a sprinkle. still blustery tomorrow, still cool, but warming up into the week. jerry, how's the traffic? >> we'll check downtown first, just a few moments ago, there was a procession or parade or possibly a demonstration, we're not quite sure how to label it that just passed pennsylvania and ninth. it looks like they're going up pennsylvania to capitol hill right now. not sure what the group is, holding up traffic, so we'll try to follow them along with the traffic cameras. the cap cam outer loop, traveling from college park to silver spring, all travel lanes are open. chopper 4 a has arrived on the scene of an accident, the ramp that takes you from, you guessed it, northbound gw parkway to go to the inner loop of the capital beltway. the accident occurred a couple of moments ago, police headed to the scene, it looks like two vehicles are involved, be careful, it will be slick. joe? >> thanks very much. well it is now official -- after months of talks, defense contractor, northrop grumman, is packing up his west coast headquarters and moving to northern virginia. it's a move that will bring a lot of jobs and major boost to the area. news4's megan mcgrath joins us now from the northrop grumman office in orlgton with more on this, good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, joe. maryland, virginia, and the district of columbia were competing against each other to attract northrop grumman to their areas. but in the end, virginia was victorious. the fortune 100 company will move from los angeles to northern virginia by the year 2011. and that move is going to bring 300 senior jobs to the area. governor bob mcdonald is expected to make the announ announcement later today. attracting such companies was a big part of his economic plan. so you can imagine he's very pleased about the announcement he's going to make later on today. the defense contractor does have space in the region already, including offices here in rosalyn. but it's unclear exactly where they're going to locate their new headquarters. although a company source tells the "associated press" that the dulles corridor and crystal city near the pentagon are front-runners. of course the company wants to be close to their key clients, the pentagon being an enormous one, that's part of the reason they chose virginia over the other jurisdictions. but certainly the hope here is that it will be a shot in the arm in terms of the loex economy. we're expected to learn more later on about where they will be moving and the kinds of jobs coming to the area. >> megan mcgrath, reporting live, thanks. maryland governor, martin o'malley begins his re-election campaign a series of stops over the next three days. he's expected to face former governor robert ehrlich in november's election. today's kickoff will feature some stops in our area. he'll begin his campaign in baltimore, where he served as mayor before becoming governor four years ago. he then heads to suburban washington with stops at prince george's community college in upper marlboro at 1:45. and will end in rockville at a rockville at woodley gardens park at 6:30. police have arrested the fifth and what they say is the final suspect in a mags shooting in southeast washington. 21-year-old jeffrey best is charged with several counts of murder. back on march 30th, four people were killed, five injured in a drive-by sooting on south capital street. four others are facing charges in the shooting as well. the police chief said it closes a chath anywhere one of the city's most violent acts. this morning family members of a man who died on a softball field in northern virginia this weekend are speaking for the first time. 55-year-old george crisp was pitching in a softball game at the potomac lakes sportsplex in sterling on saturday. the line drive hit crisp in his throat and ruptured his carotid artery. crisp's son-in-law was playing shortstop when saw his father go down. he said they actually talked about dying that way. >> one would be in your sleep. so you don't feel or know anything. or doing something that you love and having it with quick and mainless. unfortunately we don't have more time with him, but the lord wanted him in his house. >> besides playing softball, chris loved serving even more, his church mission trips took him to four continents to build churches and an orphanage for the poor. police in fredericksburg need your help in finding who set a homeless man on fire. police say that david mold was spotted early saturday morning wandering through town. one person driving by stopped and mold told him that someone had robbed him and set him on fire. there's no word on whether police have any suspects on why mold have been targeted. this morning the search is on for a man police say is linked to five bank robberies in prince george's county. taylor would enter the bank passing a note to the teller demanding money. taylor is expected of robbing five banks. anyone with information about him is asked to call police. 6:36 our time. "the today show" begins at 7:00, let's check in with meredith vieira to see what they're working on this morning. >> good morning to you, joe. and coming up on a tuesday morning on "today," crews race to stop a well beneath the sunken oil rig off the coast of louisiana from leaking tens of thousands of gallons of oil into the gulf. we're live with the latest. also ahead, the remains of missing dancer laura garza identified 16 months after she was last seen leaving a new york club with a convicted sex offender. we'll have an exclusive live interview with her family. and we'll catch up with '80s icon, molly ringwold and talk to her about her classic movies and her new book. thanks, have a great day. >> i watched all of her movies, loved them all. millions of unclaimed money is out there. and higher fairs, service cuts and now this -- what metro is cutting back on to try to save money. >> 6:36, is your time. a live look at the nation's capital. you can see the towns out there after rain overnight. meteorology tom kierein joins us here in the studio. >> i'm seeing a few breaks in the clouds at this hour and the cloud cover continues to break up to our west, where temperatures are down to just near 50 degrees around the blue ridge and shenandoah valley. now 55 in washington. also mid 50s to low 50s on the eastern shore. but it's chilly in the mountains where they're getting a little sunshine there. dawn and low to mid 40s. over the last six hours, watching this storm system that came over us yesterday with the showers and thunderstorms way off to our east. later today, breaks in the clouds and a slight chance of a sprinkle. a chilly day, highs in the low 60s. milder tomorrow, but blustery. sunny on thursday, near 70, near 80 on friday. a look at the weekend coming up in ten minutes. a live look at traffic, see what chopper 4 is finding. not much along interstate 66, a wlil volume here and there. too early for any potential sunshine delays. from hay market in, it looks like the travel lanes are open. good news there. had report of a truck broken down in the roadway just before you get to bladensberg road, just around the bend after the anacostia. headed to the northeast. more traffic light delays as you head to the third street tunnel. traveling downtown at this hour. the march or protest or gathering, along pennsylvania avenue, police had closed off the stretch of pennsylvania avenue just around 12th street, it looks like some traffic to get by. we'll keep you updated. >> thanks, jerry. one shut-down local newspaper is back in business. we may have an answer to a popular question around here, what and who is behind all of those annoying and strange calls in the middle of the night. millions of dollars worth of property just waiting to be claimed. how to find out if any of it is yours. the cool change starbucks is changing to a popular warm-weather drink. [ male announcer ] how can rice production in india affect wheat output in the u.s., the shipping industry in norway, and the rubber industry in south america? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment objectives, risks, fees, expenses, and other information to read and consider carefully before investing. welcome back to "news4 today." you know how they say every little bit adds up? in maryland thousands of dollars in unclaimed funds add up to millions of dollars. news4's kimberly suiters is live now with what you need to do to claim your cash that might be there. kimberly, good morning. >> reporter: the comptroller's office in the state of maryland is reporting this morning there are 60,000 new accounts worth more than $42 million. the comptroller tries to locate the rightful owners of stocks, bonds, savings accounts, security deposits, contents of state deposit boxes and other valuables that are unclaimed as reported by banks and other financial institutions. the owners or their legitimate heirs can claim the funds tonight. there's no statute of limitations on the cash. to see if some of the money is yours go, to these websites, for maryland residents, check out marylandtaxes.com. and you can call the maryland comptroller's office. and for residents of any state in the country, click on missingmoney.com. i searched a few well-known names in maryland and there is a barbara j. mikulski, who has money waiting to be claimed, not the senator mikulski, she's barbara a. mikulski. >> thanks, kimberly. an arlington county police are investigating all of those annoying phone calls that have been waking up hundreds in the middle of the night. the calls all have the same number and appear to be dialled from wyoming. but no one is on the other end of the line. we contacted the company. the phone number belongs to and they told us that somebody is using it illegally. police say it may be the result of a computer dialing error. once you register your number on the do not call list, you should have fewer calls within a month. >> there's the few teps you can do to call the do not call registry. another news, you may have to deal with overcrowded metro trains for sometime to come. metro says it may have to put off some of its long-term maintenance problems because of local jurisdictions that fund the transit agency, they're having financial problems, the projects include power upgrades. metro said deferring the project could save it $460 million. the new and improved "washington blade" on the newsstands this week. staffers were able to keep the 40 y8d paper alivend the name "d.c. agenda." in february, they bought the "washington blade" name in bankruptcy court. 25,000 copies will hit newsstands on friday. it's all about the economy today in washington. and everyone will be watching the showdown in the senate when executives from goldman sachs will be in the hot seat. cnbc's courtney reagan joins us live with more. >> definitely going to be a showdown. another one of those days. wall street goes to washington. and everybody is listening. goldman sachs's ceo, is going to face the glare of the congressional spotlight today. the senate subcommittee on investigations is holding a hearing. blankfein and other goldman executives will testify. in his prepared remarks, said the bank didn't bet against clients and didn't have a massive bet against the collapsing housing market in 2007. several documents released suggest otherwise. they made $ billion by shorting assets -- $4 billion it sold to customers. president obama kicks off an initiative to tackle the budget deficit. we're hear from fed chairman, ben bernanke. the panel will meet once a month and must deliver their recommendations by december 1st. the deficit hit $1.4 trillion last year. nearly 10% of gdp. and the president hits the road, visiting iowa, missouri, too and tomorrow as part of his job to promote job creation. he'll speak for regulatory reform tomorrow night in quincy, illinois. back to you, joe. i guess that's what being president is all about. >> thanks. >> are you finding yourself in a funk? well starbucks hopes it has the solution. its giving its popular frappuccino line a make skbroefr. you'll be able to buy frappuccino ice cream in supermarkets and you'll find more bottled ingredients. how crazy are we talking about ingredients? >> in china, they're selling black sesame frappuccinos right now. it doesn't sound too bad. >> what would you put in your customized frappuccino. >> i like the plain coffee frappuccino. >> i need those calories like i need another hole in the head. >> you need a hot beverage with the northwesterly breeze that's kicking up. we're beginning to dry out after some predawn sprinkles and drizzle. here's a live view from our sky watcher camera the brightening sky to our west. we're getting some breaks in the clouds. 55 degrees. and we're getting some breaks in the clouds, the dew points are dropping. so the humidity levels are beginning to drop and that's going to be the story through the rest of the day. right now on radar, really don't have any more precipitation. it's just about dissipated all around the region. except the eastern shore may have a few lingering sprinkles and drizzle there. temperatures in the low to mid 50s around the region from fairfax county and arlington county as well as prince george's and montgomery county and the district. weather reporters watching around the blue ridge to shenandoah valley, low 50s. and in the parts of the upper midwest, only in the 30s. some of the chilly air will be arriving here later on tonight on the heels of this low pressure that came through us yesterday. it gave us the afternoon thunderstorms, it's now out to sea. and behind that we're getting drier air moving in from the west-northwest. here's the bus stop forecast this morning. dress for a cool morning. we'll be in the low to mid 50s for another couple hours or so. by noon time, we ought to be near 60 degrees, we'll have sunshine through the afternoon. there's slight chance of an additional sprinkle as we reach the low 60s this afternoon. partly cloudy this evening, clearing out after that. and a chilly start tomorrow morning, it will be near 40 degrees on wednesday morning and the winds today will be gusting to around 25 miles per hour or so. that's going to be the story tonight through tomorrow as well. but we'll likely have more sun on wednesday. highs still on the cool side, near mid 60s and then near 70 with a diminished wind on thursday, bright and sunny. friday, feeling like summertime. may be a good idea to head to the beaches. it's going to be near 80 degrees on friday afternoon. and then over the weekend, still balmy. in the upper 70s to near 80 saturday and sunday. we could get passing showers both days and it will be a washout. just be prepared for maybe some passing showers saturday and sunday. how's the traffic this morning, jerry? >> a live look, chopper 4 in springfield, it's a story of just increasing volume, that's about it right now. along i-95 getting up to the beltway, along 395 to landmark and shirlgton, all three lanes are open, but clogging up quickly. one more stop, we'll check out 270 southbound, as you make the trip through germantown, gaithersburg and rockville. nothing out of the ordinary, all lanes are open. and we now have some video of the rally which closed down several streets earlier this morning. in northwest washington. this organization is called a.d.a.p.t., held a rally, it's a grassroots community group which fights for the rights of people with disabilities. this evening, you can pay your respects to dr. dorothy height. a public viewing is scheduled for the late civil rights leader, who died last week. news4's tracee wilkins is live outside of the national council of negro women building in northwest washington where the viewing will be held, tracee, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. dr. dorothy height was a woman's and civil rights activist who was respected throughout the country. and the world for the work that she did here. and tonight she will be lying in repose. dr. dorothy height passed last tuesday at 98 years old. she was a leading female voice of the 1960s civil rights movement and stood aside dr. martin luther king jr. during his "i have a dream" speech and became a president of the national council of negro women in 1957 and held that position until 1997. but remained the chair of the organization until she passed. and yes, this will be the building where she will lie in repose tonight from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. the national council of negro women. tomorrow, delta sigma thoughta sorority will hold a service at howard university. her funeral will be at washington national cathedral at 10:00 a.m. it's open to the public and the burial service will take place in maryland after. now another significant note about the national council of negro women, she actually wanted the building to be placed here between the capitol and the white house, saying it was important that this organization be placed in the middle of the power structure. tracee wilkins live in northwest. back to you. 6:54 is our time now, before you walk out the door, let's get an update on the top stories from kimberly suiters live in the news room. >> reporter: thanks, joe and eun. today virginia governor bob mcdonald will announce that defense contractor, northrop grumman, is moving its headquarters across the country to northern virginia. the move will put the company closer to its key customers in u.s. government. no official site has been named, but company officials say it will likely be either dulles or crystal city. and maryland governor, martin o'malley will begin his re-election campaign today. he's got three events scheduled, including two in our area. he'll appear at prince george's community college in upper marlboro before attending a barbeque this evening in rockville. he'll likely face former maryland governor, robert ehrlich in november's election. and the washington caps and montreal canadiens will play game seven of their playoff series. montreal beat the caps again last night 4-1 to force the deciding game. washington ledded series three games to one before losing two straight. game seven tomorrow night at the verizon center, game time 7:00. eun and joe, it's a nail-biter, back to you. >> thanks very much, kimberly. let's get an update of the forecast with meteorologist tom kierein. >> dress for a blustery and cool morning, winds gusting to 20 miles per hour out of the northwest. today will be a cool day, highs only the low 60s, we're getting breaks in the clouds now. there's a slight chance of an additional sprinkle later on today. and clearing out tonight. a chilly start tomorrow morning, near 40 tomorrow morning. tomorrow, still blustery on the chilly side. but then warming up on thursday, bright sun, near 70, friday we ought to make it to near 80 degrees. a quick look at the weekend. saturday and sunday, 70s to near 80, chance of showers both days. a live look on the belt wii south of town loading up quickly. the sun coming over the horizon on the outer loop, slowing around van dorn street. and one more stop, new york avenue inbound jammed because of the broken-down truck just before you get to bladensberg road. thank you for staurting your day with us. 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