you re watching cbs5 eyewitness news in high- definition. this broadcast realtime captioned by becky lyon. he was a great brother. he is going to be missed. it seems like he is still here. another blow to a devastated fire department. a second san francisco firefighter dies. how the city will honor both men. an out of control car slams into a garage tonight. what happened to the people in the car and the house? rainfall records being washed away this weekend. the impact on countless outdoor events. when the rain will finally end. i m ann notarangelo. two line of duty deaths. two firefighters lost in two days. tonight the san francisco fire department is dealing with the loss of a second firefighter one . anne makovec on the second emotional tribute this week. reporter: in the pouring rain surrounded by dozens of san francisco firefighters the chief made the announcement so many had feared. unfortunately this morning at about 7:40 a.m., firefighter paramedic tony
the tragedy. reporter: gittering in the evening sun, a lone tree took the the brunt of the crash. it is still standing with a significant gash. it was here police say a gmc yukon slammed into the back of a mazda 3 ramming it off the road and into that tree. there were two passengers in that vehicle. two females that were ejected from the vehicle. they were pronounced dead on scene. the driver of that vehicle was also pronounced dead. the remaining passenger, a male adult, was transported to a local hospital. reporter: among the dead the mazda s driver 53-year-old eugene johnson and a passenger, 52-year-old woman. both of manassas. another woman was also pronounced dead on the scene. a fourth passenger was injured but expected to survive. police say the yukon was disabled in the crash and the driver and passenger both remained at the scene. and investigators say both appeared to be under the influence of alcohol. but neither was injured in the crash that killed three peo
reporter: good evening. from wall street to main street, it has been a tough week. the economic recovery seems to be losing momentum. in may, state and local governments cut thousands of jobs so even though private companies added employees, there was only a net gain of 54,000 and as more people reentered the job market, the unemployment rate edged up above 9%. nearly 14 million americans are looking for work now and millions who have found jobs are working for less. senior business correspondent anthony mason begins our coverage. this is the rare treat, we get a pizza once in a while. reporter: for nearly two years in st. clare shores, michigan, mime l and melissa barone were both out of work. we absolutely had zero money. we could hardly afford to even buy food. reporter: michael, who was laid off by ford, just got a new job, but after half his old pay. melissa is still looking for a job. even though we were out there, both of us, diligently looking for work, th
in prince george s county south of woodmore that popped up as well moving outside the beltway. entire metro area under a severe thunderstorm watch until 10 p.m. lesli and anita? the end of the heat alert can t come soon enough for some residents. seniors and residents with disabilities sweating it out in a building without electricity and a.c. since yesterday. some dc schools canceled classes today. several federal buildings were closed. as were the dc department of health, department of environment, the dc housing authority and others. pepco blames the initial problem on a fault in a power feeder but then a second underground cable failed and the power isn t expected to be restored until midnight. bruce johnson is joining us live from 1st street ne where many businesses are still without electricity. how bad is it out there, bruce. reporter: pretty bad. pepco as a matter of fact is working down the street trying to repair the cable that you re talking about. let me jus
accused of genocide in the slaughter of thousands of civilians as head of the bosnian serb military. but for ratko mladic, there is no more hiding. serbian authorities arrested him today at a relative s home 60 miles northeast of belgrade. now 69, mladic will soon face justice before the international war crimes tribunal, and his arrest is likely to open up old wounds in the former yugoslavia. mark fill slips in london and begins our coverage. reporter: it was a nasty, bloody, ugly little war where the victims, mostly civilian, were buried in neat rows or dumped in mass graves, and where there was plenty of blame to go around. but no one has more blood on their hands than the squat man in the baseball cap finally arrested in a dawn raid by serbian police. ratko mladic is a stumbling, rumored-to-be-ill old man now. but in his prime as the strutting head of the bosnian serb army, his very name struck fear in the hearts of his enemies for good reason. he s accused of ordering