dose of the powerful anesthetic, propofol, and two sedatives. doctor conrad murray, jackson s personal physician, has been the target of the investigation into the pop star s death. murray reportedly told police that he started giving jackson propofol six weeks before his death. to deal with insomnia. according to court records, examined by the los angeles times, murray said he suspected jackson was becoming addicted to the drug and tried to replace it with other sedatives. according to the records on the morning of his death, murray administered valium, two other sedatives and then propofol. jackson was found not breathing shortly afterwards and at least five other doctors have had their records subpoenaed as part of this investigation. so, jim and wendy, there will be breaking news on this all night. the coroner s office is denying anything to nbc. jane, thanks so much. police are searching for a couple suspected of robbing a bank this weekend. a woman walked n,torofk t
l ? wow. take a look. dozens of wildfires broke out across greece, torching olive groves and cutting off villages. this is burning north of athens and stretching across 25 miles. planes dropped water on the fire up until sunset. crews worked through the night trying to protect six towns being threatened by the flames. army draftees are helping the firefighters. the fires have also caused blackouts and water shortages. wow. amazing pictures there. very nice. greece so beautiful. wow, getting torched, at least part of it is. that s right. we need a break from the severe weather we ve been going through the past couple of days. you need it for your birthday. that s right. you have the wife and the four daughters at home. what on earth are they going to do? hey, i m i just want an elaborate, surprised, well thought-out plan. wow. elaborate, no less. i m just saying you don t wantust the cake. you want it decora
good morning, everybody. welcome to news4 today. this sunday, august 23rd. first let s get a check on the weather with chuck bell in storm center 4. chuck, drier today we hope? a little bit drier. no doubt about that, keith. the rain. rain. and your yoea callt sday morning. the sun is out in the washington area. as a mostly blue sky lays ahead. and then temperatures now at 73 here in washington. and 73 in fairfax county as well. and dew point temperatures are lower than yesterday. mid-60s across the area. the air mass over head is not quiet as juicy. we will not see the two to four-inch rainfall totals. just garden variety thunderstorms.l > la pn onrivi dng the exalandria, there nighttimeia . frosomes.ur 5:00 the he tmog,in the oer loop of o loo of thee bth be drer drivers should beiv prepared to take an alternate route. and also be aware of the variable speed limits in the area. and a man was found dead in his jail cell. he was arrested in the 4500 block of baltimore. th
of rotation. quite a bit of rotation. so spots like especially st. mary s city, evergreen park, damron, you are in the possible path of this severe storm which is moving in right now. right now with a lot of not only lightning but also rotation and the history of probably producing some large hail. so far have not had any reports coming in. but that s things come in sometimes a half hour, an hour afterwards. once again, you can get an idea of what appears to be the rotation and the spin in the atmosphere so that this storm continuing to move towards the southeast and at about 20 to 25 miles per hour. let me put a track on one more time. and from here, right now, it is in the center of southern st. mary s county. moving into spots like friendly pines and let s take down and look for the larger spots. piney point and st. mary s city within another 15 10 to 15 minutes. right now the tornado warning remains in effect until 5:15 for southern parts of st. mary s county. we will sta
daylight shooting. as many as seven young people are shot as they stand near a metro station in northeast d.c. it s been a quiet start to the hurricane season but things are beginning to heat up with two new named storms. and more heat and humidity. it will be another typical summer day in the washington region. good morning. welcome to news 4 today. it is sunday, august 16th, 2009. i m keith garvin. the news is just ahead. first let s go to chuck bell upstairs in storm center 4 for a quick look at this morning s weather. good morning. you re still smiling from your day off, aren t you? it was a good one. welcome back to work. welcome to sunday morning, everybody. if you re up this early you ve got a big-time head start to day. clear skies outside for us. first thing this morning it will be a very pleasant day today. temperatures a little bit warmer than yesterd but not completely intolerable on the humidity scale so that is welcome news. tempato ures tget your