Blast in louden county. Debris rained down along old ox road and oak grove road in sterling. Northern Virginia Bureau chief was first reporter there on the scene and has our report. Reporter this Security Camera video shows what it looks like when a big rock flying like a missile crashes into a building. And this is the damage left behind when another rock smashes into a house. Dwight brooks got a call and raced to his parents home to find this huge rock blasted from a quarry a half mile away. Tore through the roof and landed on a bed right next to a pillow. At an angle. You can see where it landed. And thats quite a bit of force to come through that roof and in there. Reporter brooks brother was sleeping on the other bed right under the spot where the rock came shooting inside. He was cut by debris and required eight stitches at the hospital. If it had hit him, the damage could have been must worst. He could have been killed. Reporter down the street were more damage from more rocks. I thought it was a real hard second concussion blast coming from it. Never in my wildest dreams though did i picture id see the size rocks we saw that came through the window. Reporter take another look at the Security Camera video from fairfax autoparts in slow motion. The rock comes flying takes out the top of a no parking sign then hits the asphalt and bounces off so hard into the building the windows explode. You can only sit back and say only by the grace of god did nobody get hurt out of this thing with rocks flying through the air. Reporter outside in the parking lot, at least a half dozen cars also got blasted from smaller rocks. Huge dents now crease the metal. Inspectors from Winchester Building supply the blasting company, and the department of labor were out on the scene to try to figure out what went wrong. If you want to see the full video of this rock going through the window, go to our nbc 4 facebook page. Thats a big rock. Well hes facing more than nine years in prison but the florida postal worker who landed a gyrocopter on the white house lawn last month said it was worth it to plead his cause. He pleaded not guilty this week. He says he flew the aircraft through restricted air space to send a message to congress about the influence corporate money has on our government. Hughes hold reporters hes ready to go to prison for his beliefs. I accepted the consequences of what i was doing because i believe its critical that we return our democracy to the people and that can be done with the solutions that have already been defined. Well okay. The judge will allow hughes to remain free until his next court date, but hes banned from going near the capitol and the white house. Its officially pool season in d. C. And it kicked off with a big cannon ball dive. The districts outdoor pools and spray parks opened just in time for the memorial day holiday. Theyre free to all d. C. Residents. You live outside the district youll have to pay just a small fee if you do want to go. Memorial day wuss alsoas also marked by solemn remembrances. But a lawsuit could put an end to the lawsuit thats been there for decades. At the center of the lawsuit is the cross that honors 49 fallen veterans from prince georges county. But theres also a lawsuit followed by the american human association. They say its religious symbol on state property violates separation of church and state. One local resident says its a Peace Memorial and is making it her mission to save the cross. The judge needs to know that the world war i Memorial Peace Cross is now part of the national register. That should be a game changer for the lawsuit. The cross is owned by the Maryland National capital park and planning commission. Its been there since 1925. Well it was an awesome spectacle over the National Mall but it was a frightening moment and now were climbing into the cockpit for emergency landing. 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Tell your doctor about your medical history muscle or nerve conditions and medications, including botulinum toxins as these may increase the risk of serious side effects. Put the odds on your side. Visit botoxchronicmigraine. Com to learn how to save on your treatment. Talk to a headache specialist today about botox®. Thousands of people watch vintage planes perform an historic flyover just a couple weeks ago. Now one plane had to make an emergency landing. This is the new video from inside that cockpit just as the pilot crossed the key bridge. Smoke started filling into the small plane. Hydraulic fluteid was leaking but at the time he didnt know that and thought maybe there was an electric fire on board. He had to head towards virginia crossing the 14th street bridge. He radioed in his emergency and somehow managed to maneuver over Reagan National airport where he was able to set down safely. That is so cool that vintage plane. The news4 iteam revealing the daily food fight for d. C. s food trucks. Even after they get their permits and licenses some trucks had to wage a constant battle to get their spots. As Scott Macfarlane shows us you might be the one paying the price because of it. Reporter it all looks so tasty and trendy. This is the lunch crowd behind the headquarters of the federal Aviation Administration in southwest d. C. The food covers the grill and the trucks cover maryland avenue. Before you arrive the food fight begins. The trucks are hitting each other. And its becoming madness. Reporter the trucks the winners for this months lottery race each other for a parking spot. They say theyre not allowed to park here before 10 30 a. M. So at 10 31 a. M. , the jockeying begins as our cameras saw. If one person crossing knots looking, this is a disaster happening. Reporter sam operates the kebab square truck and said hes seen trucks hit by others white competing for space. Our cameras spotted a close call between a truck and a driver. Then we saw something else. Im parked illegally here. Reporter other drivers, tourists local workers getting swept up by tow trucks. Parking signs show these meters are off to allow space for the food trucks. We watched tow operators circling the block then moving in after parking attendants bro tickets. The no parking signs are confusing, drivers say. And in some cases they stand a distance from the parking meters which have no warning sign. It makes me angry. Reporter this woman says visitors unfamiliar to the signs or rules are falling victim. I dont think its fair whats happening to the people coming into this town spending their money, coming back to not have their vehicle there. Reporter but not every vehicle is towed to clear space for the trucks. This white van was parked in the middle of the pack. The parking attendant says she cant ticket it she cant touch it. Its a federal government vehicle. Taking a spot that food truck operators pay 150 a month to reserve. You can see over your shoulder theres a government truck in one of your spots. Absolutely. Reporter that happen a lot . Every day. Reporter the driver a woman wearing smithsonian security clothing returns to her van midday. Scott with channel 4, you know youre parked in a food truck area here . A spokeswoman says smithsonian workers driving smithsonian vehicles cannot park in no parking zones. They must follow parking regulations and all parking signs. City records show about 400 cars having towed from this small stretch of maryland avenue just since january. And thats nearly half of all cars towed from food truck zones citywide this year. Scott macfarlane, news4 iteam. To see a breakdown of tows this year from food truck spots, visit our nbc washington app and click on investigations. Well an innovative class project at George Mason University has students head deep in mucky pond water. A floating wetlands design involving both art and science for students. The handson effort spurs awareness of ecology along with cleaning the pond water naturally. I have students from art, students from science and engineering and communications. All different majors. Its very rare when a College Campus has students with all different backgrounds come together in one class and Work Together throughout the semester. I think having a program on campus like this is unprecedented. The problem solving methods we learn in the art school are entirely different than the methods people are learning in the science school. I like that. Just merging them all together. There are about 1700 native plants in the floating wetland. 5yearold girl from virginia caught president obamas attention on twitter. Yazmeen wrote a letter to the commander in chief that he quote, stop war for our world. Instead have a meeting. She also asked for the president to give a speech to tell everyone they can marry who they want. Her aunt tweeted a picture of the letter to president obama and he did respond. The president said quote, tell your niece i really like her letter. Couldnt agree more. Momma showed me the letter of the president. Pretty exciting stuff, wasnt it . Yeah. The fact that you know he responded to a letter that a 5yearold wrote to be able to share with her that her words got to the president was pretty remarkable. This is president obamas sixth tweet since getting his own account. Its a new view on the d. C. Restaurants we all love. Coming up on news4 this week, photographers take us behind the scenes of the hot spots up for some pretty big awards. And heart break and celebration. The ups and downs for maryland lacrosse. music throughout sfx smash sfx roar sfx roar sfx engine roars i dont think this is any surprise. D. C. Is becoming a food destination. Some are about to be honored for their delicious work. But this year winners will experience the awards in a whole new way. Angie goff sat down with the executive director of the Restaurant Association of metro washington to talk about it. Our area is certainly known for all the landmarks and monuments, but more and more were building a reputation as a great food city. Every year the Restaurant Association of metropolitan washington hosts the rami awards to honor the best d. C. Food spots in the area. And this year theres a new twist. Food photos. Joining us is kathy hollinger. Thanks so much for joining us. We want to start off because these local photographers, great photographers, took about six weeks going into some of the best restaurants our city has to offer. Why . We wanted to make sure that this year at the gala we visually captured everything that this industry represents from the faces and the places and really show that it does take a village to create the experience for the diner in the region. One of the photographers that went out and about is ray lopez. We have a couple images from him. We want to show those. These are from bourbon steak as well as del campo. What stands out when you look at these photos . Well you see the mastering of everything from an experience for a diner coming in to preparation to ingredients. And that was really important for us. We have an industry that has grown so much. And i think its easy to talk about growth but the goal that evening is for people to come in and look around the room and see the room come alive with these beautiful photos. 2 2,000 photos will be displayed that evening. So often when we think of awards and honoring them for what they do best. Thats making food and presenting it. We focus on the finished product. Rarely do we talk about the challenges and the struggle. As a former waitress i waitressed even while i was doing news. I know its a tough business. Another photographer here steph harding, she was really able to capture the behind the scene stories. Absolutely. So i think whats so important is that these images and 2,000 of them will show the entire experience walking into the restaurant from how youre greeted to how food is prepared to how a diner is experiencing the ambience. All of which youll be able to see that evening. And there will be one winner of one winning image. Do they get anything cool . They get to be announced at the ramis 2015. Which is a great party, by the way. And we do want to run more photos. We have a carousel of them. As we talk about the ramis and the upcoming show what else is new we can expect . The is year two in the Convention Center which is beautiful so were able to really provide the red carpet feel for our Food Service Industry professionals who come out that night. The biggest new element this year is the photos. And the photo project with photo d. C. The Restaurant Association thought we should do something creative to really highlight decor in a different way. And we thought nothing would be more poignant than photos. Definitely sheds another perspective. And also i guess in a recipe kind of way, adds another layer to the event. Thank you so much kathy, for joining us. Thank you. We want to remind you that the 33rd annual rami awards on sunday, june 7th at the washington Convention Center. That sounds like a great coffee table book. The huge surprise a regular left behind for staff coming up. Get your tissue ready. Its now 40 years and counting. The maryland Mens Lacrosse Team since 1975 seven appearances in the National Championship game. Seven losses. This week history repeated itself for maryland. The terps took on denver. Maryland never recovered from a hot start. The pioneers ultimately defeating maryland 105. Its denvers first mens lacrosse title in school history. They became the First Team West of the mississippi to win it all. But maryland lacrosse isnt going home completely empty handed. The terps womens team defeated unc. Maryland launched a furious second half comeback to take home the title. Its the 12th ncaa championship for the woMens Lacrosse Team. Love it. Well gumbo, fried chicken, a couple of cold drafts. Top it all off with a 2,000 tip. The owner of blue 44 restaurant in northwest d. C. Says his staff did more than a few double takes when they got a check back from one of their regulars. The customer stopped by for his favorite meal. A couple of beers, too, at the restaurant before they switched to their summer kegs. When the staff got the receipt, they found this big tip and some pretty clear instructions. It said 1,000 for chef james. 500 for chris. 500 for laura. None of us really knew what to say. Speechless. It was that one tip that can pay for one of my classes this summer. Paying it back. He says hes always a generous tipper. Beyond the money, its nice to see a customer who really enjoys the restaurant and feeling comfortable there. Like its family. Thats all for news4 this week. Im veronica johnson. Thanks for joining us. Well leave you with images from memorial day remembrances and events. Be safe be kind, be happy, everyone. Today former Maryland Governor Martin Omalley is set to make a major announcement in the race for president. We check out his latest online video. And we have a Traffic Alert for you this morning. Were just learning that the ramp from westbound route 7 in virginia to the beltway is closed at this hour. Virginia state police say its closed because of an accident. Were working to get you more information. Well get that to you as soon as we get it. Thats right. First off, we want to say good morning to you. It is saturday may 30th. Last weekend of may. I know. Im angie goff. And im david culver. Welcome to news4 today. Last weekend of may, but its going to start to feel a lot like summer. If
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