sexual abuse charges. tonight, his lawyer talks exclusively to fox 5. >> the severe weather sweeping across the south is moving this way. we'll tell you what kind of impact those deadly storms will have here. thanks for joining us tonight, everyone, i'm shawn yancy. >> and i'm brian bolter. we'll begin with the stabbing at the national zoo. the 16-year-old suspect charged as an adult appeared in dc superior court this afternoon accused of stabbing the victim six times with a pocket knife. meanwhile tonight, we're learning about the chaos inside the zoo from an officer who witnessed the fight. fox 5's wisdom martin is here with the story you'll see first on fox 5, wisdom. >> reporter: brian, the officer was right there in the middle of the crowd and says young people were running in and out of the zoo robbing stores and fighting. he says it was a complete disaster simply because the police at the zoo were not ready. >> i never ever had seen this type of mismanagement and disorganization. >> reporter: this zoo officer, who wishes to remain anonymous, was on duty during the easter monday celebration when the fighting started. he says the initial call was for shots fired. >> you had the miscommunication of shots fired, you had the communication of a stabbing that just occurred, you had kids running in and out of the park, in and out of the exhibit building. >> reporter: eventually, he says they found the stabbing victim on the ground. mpd says he left the zoo grounds and was stabbed again. the officer also says throughout the day, there were kids fighting causing problems. >> you're talking about 45 to 55 kids. they were running right into the main entrance of the national zoo, they were disturbing people, they were toppling over each other, strollers, things of that nature. the officers i was working with had no other recourse but to use their oc and their spray in order to subdue two of them. >> reporter: with an estimated 26,000 visitors at the zoo, the officer says they only had seven officers on zoo grounds. clearly, he says, it wasn't enough. >> it was unfathomable to me of the disorganization and the lack of resources that we had. >> reporter: zoo director dennis kelly wouldn't disclose the number of officers on the grounds for security reasons but he said they did have between 30 and 40 available. >> in my opinion we had enough officers yesterday and responded well, and particularly pleased with the support we got from district 2. >> reporter: the officer we spoke with maintained there was never any emergency plan to deal with the massive crowd. >> it was confusion based upon the fact that we weren't prepared for it. we weren't prepared for it. we were in no way prepared for what was expected, what was going to happen that day. >> reporter: now, the zoo police ended up arresting four persons, including the person believed to be involved in that stabbing, brian. >> what else does the zoo plan to do about crowd control. >> good question. they're still in the process of figuring out what happened and with the increase in popularity, they say they will re-evaluate how they do business, restrict the traffic flow of the visitors when they are at large capacity like they were yesterday. >> that means some 25,000 people were still alert. wisdom martin tonight. a teenager is dead after being shot by dc police and tonight, witnesses are questioning whether the 18-year-old was really a threat to the officers. the shooting happened this afternoon in the 2400 block of elvins road southeast. under cover patrol officers came across a man with a gun. they shot at him at least once killing him. witnesses say they didn't see a gun but police insist they recovered a weapon. a bold armed car robbery as prince georges county police looking for two armed men. one had an assault rifle and the other a silver hand gun. they ambushed the driver in clinton yesterday afternoon. the driver let them take the cash and they got away. if you saw what happened or know the thieves, please call prince georges county police. albert haynesworth is facing more legal trouble tonight. a grand jury indicted him on a sexual abuse charge, misdemeanor. it stems from an incident at the w hotel in dc. a waitress in the hotel lounge says haynesworth put a credit card down the front of her dress and fondled her breasts. he denies the allegations. he spoke on camera exclusively to fox 5 about the indictment. >> we're prepared to, again, fight vigerously, and i'm confident that in the end, when the facts come out and when the truth be told, as my mother used to say, that albert will be fully exonerated of these charges. >> have you spoken to albert since the indictment was handed down? if so, what was his reaction? >> disappointed, regretful but ready to fight, ready to get it on and to maintain his innocence and to prove his innocence. >> now, if convicted, haynesworth could spend 180 days in jail and have to pay a fine up to $1,000. haynesworth has had his share of legal troubles, including assault from a road rage incident on a fairfax county parkway in february. today was supposed to mark the end of the nfl lockout, but there was a little confusion from players looking to return to redskins park. dave feldman is here now with more on what happened today. >> reporter: shawn, it was a weird scenario. dozens of players around the league having to adjust what they were going to do. they could go to the headquarters. they would let in, but then were told they couldn't work out, no football activity. so this was the scene at the park this morning. reporters told not to come onto the property, and so we had to watch as lorenzo alexander showed up and was told by bruce allen that he could come in but couldn't use the weight room so alexander had to do a public facility in sterling. as did attempt anthony armstrong. all in all, a very strange day. >> there's a lot of gray areas, i guess you could say about can you work out, can't you work out, can you talk to the coach. i picked up some mail and picked up some cleats. it was good to see some people and be back in the facility, but i couldn't do some of the workout i wanted to get done. >> she could have easily ruled that it was a stay, you know, based on appealing and keeping the lockout out in place but she didn't do that, so obviously the law is on our side, the facts and everything as far as what we stand for is on our side so it's all positive for the players as far as getting ready to get back to work and get the season going. >> nfl spokesperson greg ielan issued a statement in part, we'll proceed in an orderly way that's fair to the teams and players and complies with court orders. players are being treated with courtesy and respect across facilities. we do not believe it's appropriate for football activities to take place until there are further rulings from the court. meanwhile, the nfl pa, they'll still call it that despite their decertification, have told agents they can contact teams and shop their services that would put pressure on the nfl to set up a free agency system that complies with antitrust laws. the judge says it will take at least another day for her to consider whether she will put her order on hold. we will know more tomorrow. >> feldy, thank you very much. several states are bracing for a second straight night of severe weather. a storm system left 10 people dead in arkansas, and it will impact our area in the coming days. sue palka is in the weather center to figure out how severe this thing will be when it comes our way, sue. >> we've been dealing with a few thunderstorms tonight, mainly off to the west. nothing was close to the washington area, diminishing now, and even a couple tornado warnings in the shen an doa valley. what you are seeing on the map behind me are literally the same areas that got hit yesterday are under tornado watches tonight and at last check, a dozen and-a-half tornados reported from texas into indiana so it's been very active and unfortunately a very high risk for more tornados touching down tonight. this area is under the gun. i wanted you to see here that there is a great risk, not only down to the south but tomorrow, that is going to be moving into our area, not the greatest risk. that yellow area is going to stay through the ohio and tennessee valley but we have a slight risk of seeing some strong thunderstorms tomorrow so we want you to be ready for that and perhaps the worst of it may hold off until tomorrow night into thursday morning but even during the day there will be a chance. let me give you an idea of what we'll be seeing from these tragic pictures coming out from arkansas. this is an area called garland county. there were 10 people killed in arkansas, tremendous winds and, of course, we had the terrible tornado outbreak, i believe this is the third one they've had this year, coming with the flash-flooding. luckily they had about a 45-minute warning, which saved lives but the people who died were mostly in trailer homes, not a safe place to be. in missouri, the greatest threat of flooding in poplar bluff. 16 inches of rain in four days, they're concerned a dam will give way. the levies are in trouble and were already rated unsave from sai from the last trunl. bottom line, we'll have to watch for some storms tomorrow. any storms popping up will have gusty winds and hail. we'll be watching it and we think the timing will be tomorrow night into thursday morning and thursday morning's rush hour could be impacted. we'll have the timing for that upstairs. >> see you in a bit. an elderly couple fell into the tracks of a busy metro station. tonight, how metro is responding to these sorts of incidents with a change on the platform. our live report is coming up next. >> also tonight, the transit agency is taking action about a parking problem, why some local commuters say they're being punished for using public transit. if you own a play station, your personal information could be at risk. we'll tell you about a massive dait breach that could end up affecting millions. long ago, many families were priced out of an overheated housing market. but the times have changed. get the facts at remax.com. it's a great place to see all the listings in thousands of cities and towns. with lots of houses to chose from and down-to-earth prices the dream of owning a home seems more attainable than ever. find out what an experienced re/max agent can do for you. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. >> a fox 5 consumer alert that could put millions at risk for identity theft. play station users around the world has had information that may have fallen into the wrong hands. the network was shut down wednesday disconnecting 77 million user accounts. sony says there's no evidence credit card information was taken but they cannot rule out the possibility. we are monitoring metro tonight. have you ever noticed how slippery metro platforms can be? an elderly couple fell into the tracks at the crowded gallery tracks china town location yesterday afternoon. fortunately, good samaritans pulled them back up to safety but the incident is raising new questions about the tiles on metro floors. will thomas is monitoring metro tonight. >> first, the incident involving the elderly couple at gallery place is still unclear. we're not sure what the details are exactly. the officials we're talking to are saying it looks like one of them fall onto the tracks, the other went down to help and fell as well. but were hurt and taken to the hospital but both will be okay. metro is waiting to see if one of them actually slipped. they are moving forward with plans to make sure platforms are a little safer. nothing separates you on the platforms and the fast-moving train. some riders keep their distance from the tracks and others appear to be fearless. these tracks, whether you walk on in a station or outdoor. >> damaged my right knee and three hours of surgery and 2 1/2 months recovery. >> reporter: alexander mayor bill yule knows all about slippery platform tiles. he was catching the blue line train into dc last fall coincidally to attend a metro board meeting and he fell hard. >> all i can remember is there was a slip and fall. i attributed it to the wet surface and the platform himself. >> reporter: a constituent who stopped to speak with the mayor after our interview stopped to speak with us and she best sums up how the elderly are typically vulnerable. >> an elderly person loses balance quickly and goes right over and with older people you fall, you break. >> reporter: metro is addressing the concerns. this year, crews will install new concrete tiles at the shady grove, rockville, twin brook and white flint metro stations. >> i guess it would depend on how much it costs and how many people slipped. >> reporter: this is the tacoma stop, the preexisting tiles on the platform are old and some even falling out. we found a test patch. it's the concrete application that will show up on the red line and designed to be slip resistant. >> if you don't wear the good shoes or the right shoes, you'll slip and fall and do a number on yourself. they're old, a lot of them are cracked. some of them are being replaced already so i think it's a good idea. >> reporter: metro says the concrete tiles will be more durable and safer. again, this is being rolled out to four metro redline stations as part of an ongoing rehabilitation project. shawn, back to you. >> will thomas, thank you. fox 5 will continue monitoring metro 24/7. if you snap a picture or shoot video of something news worthy send it to us at fox 5 metro @ gmail.com. dozens of montgomery residents are being threatened with an expensive towing bill for parking near german town. near it, not in it. john henrehan went to montgomery county to find out what's going on. >> reporter: perhaps of $4 a gallon gasoline, the german town transit center is very busy lately. nine different routes of montgomery county's ride on bus systems converge here, rush hour service is remarkable. commuter howard reuben. >> it's every 6 minutes or so, so frequent. >> reporter: adjacent to the center is a parking lot, 180 spaces leased from the adjoining shopping center. the transit center is so popular that the parking spaces with the yellow lines are often full by 7:15 in the morning. many commuters then put their vehicles in the shopping center parking spaces, which have white lines between them, posted signs clearly explain the difference. the management company has begun putting bright orange stickers on commuters' cars which are parked in the spaces reserved for stores. the stickers warn of towing charges. beatrice reyes got one on monday and parked improperly again. >> then i said, i parked again this morning, and there were there were several cars. i said are they going to tow them all. >> reporter: she's not alone. the driver of this volkswagen has apparently been warned on three separate occasions not to park all day long in this shopping center part of the parking lot, but yet again, they're here in the white painted lines. the management company for the shopping center told us by phone they do tow frequent violators, because the tenant stores want parking spaces available all day long for customers. the long-range solution, more commuter parking somewhere. >> the county executive has submitted in his fy '12 budget capital improvements projects for facility planning to identify and plan for additional parking spaces in the german town area. >> reporter: if that solution exists, it's probably one to two years away, so if you want to use this park 'n ride, either come early or take a neighborhood bus here, or come a day or two ahead of time and search nearby streets for legal on-street parking because the shopping center means it, if you park illegally here, you may be towed. in 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might not have a clear winner for some time, about 10 days, because that is when some ballots will be counted. this morning, our cameras were there when three of what many considered the front runners cast their votes. bidle, backed by mayor gray and chairman brown. >> vincent orange. >> reporter: vincent orange, a former councilman. >> it was an easy choice. >> reporter: and patrick mara, the republican insider who some say has gained a lot of support in recent weeks. election officials say compared to last november's election, things have gone smoothly for the most part. electronic voting machines are working well. there have been a few snags including here at shepherd elementary at northwest. the doors were open 15 minutes late. the special election may be more about current city issues than it is about the candidates. many voters were thinking about that fully loaded suv and questions about hiring practices by the mayor's office. >> i'm hopeful that it's just growing pains, but i just don't know. >> reporter: donna harvey says she hopes the person elected to this seat will help get things back on track. >> i felt like this election was especially important because of all the instability that i've seen on the council right now, and just the leadership, and i felt like it was really important to have some representation. i mean, they have some good things certainly that are happening and some things that are not quite -- i'm not quite that happy with. >> reporter: there are reports of low turnout across the district for this special election but for those we talked to, say they're voting for a stronger district government. >> i don't think things are running fine. i think improvements can be made. >> reporter: as i was saying earlier, we may not know who the winner is for over a week, brian. the reason why is in about 10 days, they're going to count the absentee ballots, the provisional ballots, as well as curbside ballots, and that doesn't happen for about 10 days, and typically in the past, election officials say that that makes up about 10 to 15% of the votes, so if this is close, that 10 to 15% is going to mean a lot. >> matt ackland tonight. olympic gold medallist carl lewis is out of the running for the new jersey state senate. the state's top election ruled lewis failed to meet the four-year state residency requirement to run for office. republicans challenged his run saying he voted in california until recently and new jersey secretary of state ordered the name to be stricken from the june primary ballot. the decision, however, still can be appealed. snyder isn't going away without a fight. we're going to tell you why he's taking the washington city paper to court again and explore what kind of effect this can have on his image. you probably heard about charlie sheen's police escort in the district. we heard other people are getting special treatment, we'll tell you coming up. a violent robbery in a quiet community caught on camera. for the first time, we're hearing from one of the victims about how all of that went down. >> you're watching fox 5 news at 10:00. >> redskins owner dan snyder is taking the washington city paper to court again. the case over an unflattering article published by the paper last year was refiled in dc's superior court. snyder's attorney call it lies. sherri ly reports. >> reporter: dan snyder is used to being criticized, but the november article in the washington city paper accused the redskins owner of forging names as a telemarketer with snyder communications, a criminal act. >> people have to take responsibility for getting it wrong, and you get it wrong like this, what it says, and there's no other way to read it. dan snyder got caught forging names. it's just not right. >> we don't think anyone would have understood that first line to mean that he was personally signing forged names. >> reporter: the article later clarifies his company was fined over allegations they illegally switched phone services but don't mention the penalty also included verizon. the company admitted no wrong doing. >> good reporters don't accuse people of crimes without checking their facts. >> reporter: snyder added lannie davis, a high friend and political strategist to his legal team. the redskins owner wrote in part, i am not thin-skinned about personal criticism. i consider myself very fortunate to own the redskins. criticism comes with the territory, and i respect it. this lawsuit is about the truth and the need to correct the record, even when you are a public figure. when your character and integrity are falsely and recklessly attacked, nothing more and nothing less. a dc jury may not be so sympathetic. >> dan snyder may have a few people on the jury that may be on his side but if you look at those that's true redskins fans, that's die-hards, i don't think so. >> not a lot of people are dan snyder fans. >> reporter: the lawsuit accuses the paper of a smear campaign that's false and malicious, showing an antisemetic picture of snyder with horns and say he went all agent orange, cutting trees on federally protected land. an apology and retraction, the lawsuit gets dropped. >> i can assure you, nobody has any desire to put any publication out of business. what we have a desire, sherri, very clearly is to get people to be responsible and not reckless. >> reporter: . >> we don't have anything to retract or apologize for. >> reporter: legally, win or lose. >> guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty. >> reporter: the lawsuit now names dave mckenna, the columnist who wrote the article and is seeking $1 million in damage. snyder says if he wins, he'll donate the money to help the homeless and says even though he is pursuing this lawsuit, he knows he will be criticized. in the newsroom, sherri ly, fox 5 news. >> to talk more about this snyder media fight is jason maloney, senior vice president with levic strategic communication. thanks for coming in. this piece dan snyder wrote today in the washington post that was posted online last night, he used the pronoun "i" something like 27 times. people would wonder if this is a narcissistic version of ripping the band aid off all over again. >> we have to recognize it takes a lot of work to make jerry joan and al davis to look like irresponsible stewards, in that light. >> is he getting good advice? >> i think he's getting good advice. i know lanie davis, one of the best in the business in terms of crisis in the legal profession. i'm sure he's getting ample amounts of advice. unfortunately, when you're counseling celebrities and high-profile ceos, very often, the person giving advice is the person they see in the mirror every morning so suspect dan is taking his own advice. >> to that end, does he, do you think, have a sense of how he's viewed? i mean, it seems like the words don't match the actions. he knows he's vilified in the public and says he's not been skinned and those two don't really match up. i don't think a lot of people buy into what he's saying. >> let's look at it from dan's perspective. i'm sure he feels it can't get any worse than this, so naturally, fighting back and punching back, an inclination that comes naturally to him, i think he sees it as a good strategy. unfortunately, dan doesn't need a communication strategy, dan needs a winning strategy. and i think when he puts strong people in place, people who make good decisions, good players and when the redskins turn around i think his approval ratings will improve markedly. >> do you see a parallel with this situation and anything else? i can't remember such a high-profile figure in a town really going after the media as diligently as dan snyder seems to be doing. >> he doesn't have a history of suing news media organizations, but i'm taking him at his word that what he wants out of this is for the writer to be justified and have the city paper apologize to him. i think that's the end game. i think that's what he wants most. you know, whether that comes to fruition or not i think remains to be seen. >> a question for you, let's say the opposite happens and which a lot of people think will happen, which is putting the city paper out of business and becoming the bully of the media in this town, and i guess it sounds like he's willing to roll those dice, it just doesn't matter? >> again, i think from his perspective, he has nothing to lose, you know, clearly he's in litigation, he's choosing his words very carefully. he's highlighting a particular issue from the past. unfortunately, he took a local story in the washington city paper that was probably read by 20 people standing in line for cheap ike's mam bow room and made it a national story. he's compounded a bad decision by a paper into a worst decision in trying to explain his reason, many of which people don't care about. there's far more issues that people are concerned about with dan snyder and his ownership of the redskins in the course of the team. really, this is a minute matter that frankly no one cares about. i think he's going to find after some time that this was probably not the best course of action and that he should probably listen to some of the counsels around him. >> i think at a time when people have a lot of mixed feelings about the nfl in general and i think if the owners in particular when it comes to the lockout and here dan snyder is doing this. it makes you wonder. jason maloney, thanks for coming in. >> thank you. it's not just charlie sheen getting the dc police escorts. the new york rangers also got an escort last week at the verizon center. the team reimbursed the city about $840. hilton burton, police commander, demanded to know how and why charlie sheen received an escort to his show last week. burton did not approve that escort. chief counsel li near says several policies were ignored. an incredible crash caught on camera. we'll tell you what happened just moments before a man on a motorcycles was sent flying into the air. we'll have a preview of the nasa mile stone. first, business. >> stocks rocking in 2011, the dow up 115 points hitting a new high for the year. the nasdaq and s & p 500 hitting new highs. all three trading at their best levels since the lows of the financial crisis. meantime, the climb continuing for gas prices. regular unleaded costing 3.87. tuesday marking the 34th straight daily gain. those high gas prices are not keeping ford from making money. the auto maker posting its best fourth quarter profit in over a decade. ford also saying production dips from the japan earthquake had little impact on the bottom line. fuel prices grounding delta. the airline losing $300 million in the first quarter, a 29% spike in fuel bill is the main cause. delta banking on fair hikes to compensate. keep an eye on amazon.com. posting jump in quarterly sales and missing expectations on profits. that's business. 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the governor of virginia getting in a battle over the dulles metro station. his take at 11:00. >> now that the weather is warming up, it's bringing an unwelcomed guest, stink bugs. turns out they've been in your house all winter long hibeernating. beth parker shows us what researchers are doing to fight back. >> that would be a detection. >> reporter: it may look like something out of a creepy movie but it's the science of the stink bug. >> when they go to the light bulbs of the ceiling fan or the side of the house or bounce off your television screen, they're making a decision. >> reporter: starker wright is a support researcher at this research service. he's working on what's called a light box experiment. >> into the box, we're controlling both the wavelength and the intensity of the light that comes in. >> reporter: once a stink bug is released. >> lid goes on, and then we wait. >> reporter: he's waiting to see if the stink bug gravitates toward a particular type of light. this one does. >> she liked it. that bug would have entered a trap and removed from the population. >> reporter: one of the things they've learned about stink bugs is that they lay more eggs when the humidity is high so in this room, they've basically recreated the month of august in the lab. it is steamy. this is where they basically grow the stink bugs they study, and right now, this little bug is a major priority. >> we know that growers incurred a lot of losses last year. us apple estimated there were $37 million in losses just in apples here in the mid-atlantic in 2010. >> reporter: traps like this are already deployed at farms >> this is a pyramid trap. >> reporter: the trap is black because research shows stink bugs are drawn to dark colors. >> both the adults and the nymphs actually are forging. they will walk to this track. it mimics the trunk of a tree to them. >> reporter: researchers say they are learning to manage the stink bug instead of the stink bug managing all of us. beth parker, fox 5 news. >> we asked you on our facebook page what do you do to keep stink bugs away. samantha says we put dryer sheets between all the screens and windows. the smell keeps them away. nancy wrote you don't need raid or other pesticides, just use dawn dish soap mixed with water and a small sprayer in the house. spray the stink bug, it dice, scoop it up and trash it. >> that's an interesting way to do it. you know what i do, in fact earlier today i got four of those suckers, sucked them up in the vacuum cleaner. if you step on them. >> you know what i do? hey joe. he's in the bathroom and i run like a girl. >> maybe the stink bugs haven't hit you. >> that's good. >> they're loud too when they fly in. >> they're so annoying . >> nice warm day today. >> it was beautiful today. a little breezy too, it's still mild and breezy. we didn't have any big thunderstorms tonight. we had some in the shenandoah valley. certainly have some clouds out there and i know you might have had a light shower in prince william county but by and large we won't see much action tonight, but could be a different story tomorrow, especially tomorrow night into thursday. this progression of the cold front coming our direction which is responsible for so many storms is slowing down just a little bit. we'll talk temperatures first and then get into the timing for the showers. we got into 83 degrees today. isn't it amazing how much time we spent cold with the furnace running and all of a sudden boom, it's summer, the leaves and pollen are out and the stink bugs are out. we'll keep another warm one tomorrow, going for 80 or 81 degrees, again, only an isolated shower left for tonight. there were some tornado warnings earlier in the shenandoah valley. fortunately, no damage or touchdowns reported. mild side again tomorrow, near 80, cloudier and again we'll have a chance for showers and thunderstorms. by far and away, the best threat, i'm talking overnight into thursday, and the storm threat will be in the morning around rush hour and shower threat will linger for part of the day. here's should good news for a change, the weekend looks nice, and the whole weekend, not just a part of it. first we'll talk about temperatures, 72 degrees at this hour, cooler in anop lis, 75 in fredricksburg, rain cools in cumberland at 63 degrees. did you notice that breeze today too? it's still kind of ruffling up the atmosphere a little bit. we won't be dealing with fog like a couple of days ago. the breeze will stay with us overnight. going up to about 80 or 82 degrees tomorrow, a little cooler for thursday and it will be after the front passes through with our showers and storms, so both of these days pretty wet, especially thursday morning, and by wet i mean better chance of showers and thunderstorms. but friday, nice and dry, could be a little build-up of a cloud, maybe a sprinkle here and there but that would be the most we would see and saturday delightful at 73 degrees. here's how things looked on radar as we put everything into motion. maybe just a little left-over shower, and you can see everything was out to the west, stronger storms moving up to pennsylvania and sizzling as they got closer to interstate 81 tonight. unfortunately, where we have not seen anything fizzling is down in the deep south, virtually the same area that got hit yesterday now up to 27 reports of tornados tonight from dallas all the way up to indiana. this is the complex that we are watching for tomorrow night and into thursday morning. that's when the big action gets with us. now, the risk was very high tonight in this region, and that has absolutely verified. tomorrow, that risk is going to shift up the ohio valley. the greatest risk stays out of our area for the tornado threat, but we are, indeed, outlooked for the possibility of strong to severe storms with hail and gusty winds, so that does get right into dc and again, we'll be watching that very closely tomorrow night. here's how we see things playing out on the max hd futurecast. not much to see, a couple showers possibly in the day tomorrow, by 1:00, not seeing much. but i want you to see in the later hours we start to see a line forming at 10:00 on wednesday night. watch what happens at 8:00 in the morning right on top of us. but it swings on through and we're left with just a few showers on thursday afternoon with everything else really settling down. we'll get through tomorrow night, thursday and be safe about it and enjoy some lovely conditions for the end of the week and yet even cooler conditions, not quite so summer-like, just absolutely perfect to end the week. we'll hope and keep our fingers crossed as we keep the trend going. shawn yancy is standing by in the newsroom right now . >> thank you, sue. many of you guys watched a super-sized version of "glee" tonight. this was a big episode. 90 minutes tonight. what were people talking about on the chats? >> 90 minutes, and a lot of people wanted to see a lot more lady gaga, and it was kind of advertised it was going to be the lady gaga episode but it did get that way at the end. the whole theme, curt came back and it was about self-esteem so one of the favorites on the "glee" chat was the unpretty match-up so everyone was a huge favorite but a lot of people are disappointed because we thought we'd see a lot more lady gaga but we didn't. >> maybe that's another episode coming up. big news for matthew morrison. >> yeah, he revealed something very juicy that we've been hearing rumors about that it is going to be conformed, there is going to be a character deaf this season on "glee." they're not saying who, although there's a lot of speculation that it's someone that's been bullying curt, which if you know the show, you know very well. we'll see how that plays out and how that will happen. tomorrow on the show at 6:30, we'll talk about the "glee" cast and it's been spotted filming somewhere and what they're filming. >> interesting, lots of juicy details tonight. >> definitely. >> thanks for joining us. we'll let you get out of here and we'll see you guys back next week for "glee." >> you got it, see you next week. >> brian, back up to you. lady gaga will premier her newest video on american idol next week. the edgy artist is already talking about it. the song called judas. it's talking about forgiveness and betrayal. she says it's an examination of faith. gaga didn't want to give away the whole thing but she says the video does make biblical and cultural references. she's betrayed as mary magdeline, the biblical figure known to be a prostitute. move over groupon and living social. coming up on the news edge at 11:00, find out how facebook plans to get into the daily deals business. >> oh, the royal wedding, people from kate middleton's home town are gearing up for friday's ceremony. several were invited by the soon-to-be princess herself. >> we'll take a handkerchief in case we get choked up. really, i'd love to come down. i think it's going to be very emotional. >> i think she's our next lady di. i really feel that she's got a lot of love in her heart. >> residents say the royal couple has been back to the village several times to walk around the royal fields. our coverage kicks off. sky news will be on the air at 1:00 a.m. friday. and stay with us as will and kate say "i do". the news keeps