repeatedly and ronad carp saw the video. >> you have somebody and we talked to witnesses as well. if you put the picture together, you have someone on the ground in the fetal position trying to cover up and up able to defend themselves, and then you see the folks dressed in black who were obviously bouncers from this night club, not trying to apprehend him but are kicking him. >> reporter: carp said his client hasn't been charged with a crime. he said the scuffle broke out when ron of the bouncers was showing too much interest in a woman outside of the club. why blair was singled out is still unclear. and at this point, i have no information as to whether or not the people who did the kicking were offduty police officers. it's impossible to tell. all you can see is people dressed in black who were bouncers. but if it turns out they were offduty police officers, that would be an a bombination. >> reporter: ronald carp said the quality of the video is good enough to identify faces. we tried to find the owner of the clubs today at the offices of the michael romeo group on connecticut avenue and were given a phone number to call but our calls were not returned. ronald carp said the client is shell shocked and isuppible to work. two officers are assigned to the first district station in southwest and two officers allegedly took part in the beating. laura? >> paul wagner, thank you. the man who tried to burn down a germantown, maryland, apartment building will spend the rest of his life in jail. raymond masters was sentenced today to 24 life sentences to the january 19th, 2010 fire on eagle's nest court. masters was targeting a montgomery county police officer who had investigated him. he disabled the building sprinkler system, cut the power and poured gasoline on all three floors. >> it was a miraculous and heroic efforts, we might be here with a tragedy that would be unparallel in montgomery county because of the total disdain for human life. >> no one was seriously hurt in that fire and masters was found guilty of all 24 counts of attempted first-degree murder and some other charges, to. montgomery county police believe old photographs could help in the search for a possible sexual assault victims. the 24-year-old christopher chamber layup is accused of rape. here are pictures of him now and one of them is showing him as a teenageer when he lived in silver sprig. the detectives believed that there might be additional sexual assault victims out there who didn't recognize him from the photo now. and police arrested chamber layup in march. the wife of a driver charged in a deadly tour bus crash said her husband told her, her bosses, that he was tired and didn't want to make the trip. investigators say that ken chung dozed off behind the wheel on interstate 95, 30 mills north of richmond hitting an embankment, leave turning and killing four people. chung's wife told the richmond times dispatch that the husband climbed behind the wheel because he feared for his job. in a statement to the newspaper, the company denied all wrong doing in connection with the may 31st crash. the spotlight is back on arlington national cemetery following disturbing reports of veterans buried in the wrong grave. we're learning the fbi is joining the arm's the on going investigation and karen gray moistop has more. >> reporter: the fbi is being tight lipped. the investigation command said it's still taking the lead on this and the probe is taking a close look at possible contracting fraud and illegal reservations being made by people who want to be buried there. >> arlington nationalm is tarry is sacred ground. over the last year, the army's inspector general revealed troubling news about mishandled remains. the army ced acknowledging that the fbi and the u.s. attorney's office in alexandrea are involved. a producery is said to be issuing subpoenas for wit -- a jury ised to be issuing subpoenas for witnesses and records. the local companies who got lucrative contracts to update the outloaded paper records and the army saying that eight sets of remains were found in one place and may not be criminal. >> it's important to point out the investigative activity does not include the current administration for the cemetery, arlington national cemetery personnel or their activities. >> no word on how long this investigate is going to take. jim moran said we owe it to our war heros to get to the bottom of what is going on. president obama holding a news conference today, defending his plan to hold tax breaks for the wealthy and oil and gas companies. president obama said the millionaires get to keep the tax breaks, the senior citizens and the poor will pay for it with additional spending cuts. the republicans argue the nation can't put the debt burden on taxpayers. i think that it's fair to ask a company who has done so well to give up the tax break that no other business enjoys. >> whether washington will ever be held accountable for its mistakes. that is why republicans refuse to let the taxpayers take the hit. >> some lawmakers are skeptical about the deadline set by the treasury department, calling it an artificial date. the deadline is real. and a new report shows the price tag of the wars is higher than think. the iraq and afghanistan wars have cost $4 trillion. the cost of war report notes the death toll. the institute report also calculates the impact of the 9/11 attacks. more violence in the streets of athens as greece tries to teal with the debt crisis. a lawmaker who backed the plan was attacked by protestors after leaving parliament. several bangs and stores were damaged. violence erupted after the plan was passed, cutting government spending and raising taxes by billions and they agreed to receive more bailout mean. a high school football star killed hours after the graduation. coming up, the dramatic chain of events that ended with him being stabbed death. and a legal victory for amanda knox as she tries to appeal her murder conviction. gary. and still hot today and lower humidity. can you feel it? that is going to be cooler. we'll look at the forecast and what you can expect this holiday weekend. the news edge will continue. >> firefighters finally starting to get the upper hand on a wildfire near the los alamos nuclear lab. the blaze has grown to more than 108 square miles. the crews managed to hold the loan along the nuclear lab southern boundary. scientists are busy testing the air for chemicals and radiological materials and using dozens of monitors on the ground and -- the laboratory that can collect detailed samples. graduation day turned tragic in new york after a hose football star walked across the stage and got his diploma. he was stabbed to death. his father noticed something missing from the family's car and he drove back to the parking lot and accused the lot man of stealing. a fight broke out and isaiah was stabbed trying to help his father. >> he brought our school to the championship and like for the first time of in history, he made history in truman and to know that he passed like that is crazy. >> police say that mueller's father was the aggressor, hitting a parking lot attendant with a shovel. no charges have been filed. dna evidence used in the amanda knox trial was unreliable, the finding of an independent forensic report. experts say numerous mistakes were made by police investigators. knox and then-boyfriend were jailed two years ago for the murder of meredith kercher. a report found no evidence supporting the original police conclusion that kercher's blood was found on a knife that was a murder weapon handled by knox. coming up, the princess diana cover everyone is talking about right now. plus. >> it's not the view of the reflecting pool you're used to seeing. it's being reconstructed and i will tell what you they doing coming up. and rocker tom petty has a request for michele bachmann. stop using his song american girl at campaign rallies. when she announced her plans to run for the white house, she took the podium and the song played in the background. according to rolling stones, the musician's management team sent the campaign a cease and desist letter. >> the national mall is going to be different this year. that is because one of washington's iconic sites is reduced to a pile of dirt. beth parker shows us more. >> reporter: it's one of washington's most famous sites, the reflecting pool. normally all of this will be underwater and right now, it's under reconstruction. tammy cotton came all the way from arkansas. she's snapping photos of her kids. the backdrop would have been the reflecting pool. this year, it's dry. >> it's dark. >> nothing reflecting about it. >> reporter: that was my fast part in 'everyone in. that was my fast thing to see. -- my favorite thing to see and we wanted to show the kids. when we showed up and it was not here, it was a huge disappointment j. we had no idea it was drained and under construction. >> and was coming her to see the water. >> reporter: the same surprise is being expressed by many in this busy time leading up to the july 4th celebrations on the mall. a reflecting pool was built in the 1920s and . >> nothing lasts television. >> reporter: after all of the years, the pool developed cracks. >> and the bottom of the reflecting pool was deteriorating. there were numerous leaks. >> and nasty smells from stagnant water. >> especially in hot, humid july and august weather in washington. there was an odor that came about. >> and that will change thanks to 31 ms. of stimulus money to replace the leaking bottom and rest the new vase on the pylons. >> i have in every seen the pelons and stuff. i was surprised to see this. >> reporter: they will lay underground pipes and pump water from the nearby title baseip and there is an underground filtration system, too. >> and something like in the swimming pool and with water constantly moving. >> reporter: the crowds will be moving, too, along the new flagstone path. >> and it will be beautiful when he finishes it. >> you have to come back? >> i have to come back. >> and make new memories. in washington, beth parker, fox 5 news. >> and speaking of the area around the national mall, there is several closures for the capitol 4th concert. the closures will start on friday and include first street between independence and constitution, pennsylvania, between first and third, and those streets will be open july 5th and first between gulf field circle and peace circle will be closed until july 6th and we'll have that on the website, www.myfoxdc.com. meanwhile today, it was gorgeous. >> yes. >> and i wish i could say that july 4th is going to be rain free and storm free. >> you can't? i can't. there is a front hanging around on sunday and monday into tuesday. you have to think that is a spotty thunderstorm and some thundershowers. temperatures in the 90s on july 4th and that is -- and that is how we role. we're talking more about the forecast tomorrow and in through the weekend. quite hot, 89 degrees and that is above normal. we should be about 87 and we didn't have that much humidity. that is not bad and going to remain. bwi marshal is 87 degrees and that is still hot. queen in up to, 86 for quantico and baltimore's, 86; martinsburg, 81 degrees and as is kimberland in western maryland. it will be nice tonight and nice the next few days, friday up in the upper 80s to low 90s and doesn't make a big return on saturday and on sunday into monday. they're probably more humid as the holiday weekend. the high pressure to the north and the west of us, the front moves through overnight. took the clouds with it and the rain with it. took most of the humid with it as well and that is nice for us this evening. it's still hot now and in the next few hours, the temperature is dropping into the lower 80s. 85 tomorrow and some sunshine. queen on friday and a little more humidity and on friday, like today and on saturday, next degrees and that is not going to be unbearable. into sunday and monday, i think that is when more of the humidity comes back. and specifically here is the weekend forecast. 96 on saturday. a little bit cool or send and i don't think that you -- cooler on sunday. the humidity levels are coming up more and the hot index will be right there around 100 degrees if not above that and we're still thinking hot and muggy on the 4th as well and a few thunderstorms possible because as i mentioned earlier, we'll have a frontal system around the area and any time we have the frontal system around in the summer, that means at least the possibility of some showers. friday's nice, and 85 degrees. the key there, the low humidity and that is not breezy as today and end up with the holiday weekend. back in the 90s. tomorrow, pretty good. and on physical good and dry. don't want to -- on friday good and dry. okay. >> and some spotty thunderstorms. >> we'll enjoy tomorrow. >> yeah. >> and thank you. the hole father going high- tech. pope benedict xvi opened a new vatican website and the 84-year- old support the first tweet offering the prayers and messings. he has more than 30,000 followers so far. >> and showing a computer- generated image of diana walking with princess catherine. the article was written by a diana biographer and lifelong friend and newsweek's editor and chief. one "l.a. times" headline questions the cover saying shocking, brilliant or just explain cheap? the first big offseason change at the capital could be days away. dave feldman is up next with the sports edge. and there is a new fad creeping the internet called cranking. it involves laying face down in an unusual place and snapping a photo of it. like this. gilbert arenas is involved in a planking war with his orlando magic teammate dwight howard who has tweeted pictures of himself planking on the top of a roll's royce, riding a lawn mower and on top of a fast food can counter. gilbert on howard's porsche and inside a grand piano. i didn't see that one. >> good evening, i'm dave feldman. yesterday, the capitals locked up books -- for the next six years. doesn't seem the same will happen with the goaltender. the 23-year-old decided to sign with a russian team in the continental hockey league according to soviet sky sports. he's posted a 59-30-13 record with the caps and suffered groin injuries the past two seasons and in the bink in the past season. a restricted free agent and the council retains his rights if he does sign with the khl. and tonight, the nationals look to avoid the sweep and post their first victory from the manager davie johnson in the series finally against the angels. jayson weather, ramos, desmond and nix will get the day nats s straight loss the first time since june 9th. johnson lost the nats debut, 4- 3-10 on tuesday and game tied 3- 3,roger bern an deaa with a grounder -- bern an deaa with a grounder to the right side and allowing ramos and matt stairs in. and in front, 5-3. the runner on, vernon wells, tees off the deep left field, a two-run home run, the 10th of the year and allows 7 earned runs and the team commits a season high five errors and in an 11-five loss to the as. the nfl commissioner rodger gudel and the player's union chief smith took questions today at a symposium for nfl rookies in florida. they did not take questions from the media regarding the lockout. gudel and smith then left together and headed back to minneapolis to resume talks, which are scheduled to run through friday. >> continueing to work hard, it was important to come down for this event. obviously what we're doing on the business of football on the macroscale is about getting a fair deal done and trying to get back to the game and business of football as quickly as possible. >> tennis now, third-seat roger federer looking to play the seventh wimbledon time to tie pete sampras. the quarter final opponents, federer in the far court in control early and the first two appear to win. tonga diving all over the court. federer, 178-0 in grand-slam matches up two sets to nothing and that changed today. in the far court rallying to win the next three sets by identical scores of 6-4 and advances to the first wimbledon semi to face jokovich and marty fish facing the top seed and defending champ nadal. forcing and did not have enough to topple nadal who extended the winning streak to 19 at wimbledon. next up for him, andy murk and said that -- both knocked out. back to you. >> i love it. and now you have the news edge. the news is always on www.myfoxdc.com. keep it here. tmz on tv is coming up. what is that? 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