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open with delays. the ka touma park metro station is re-opened but riders can expect more delays on the red line today. funeral services. walter krcronkite'samily announces funeral plans. cool this morning but it looks like another beautiful day ahead. good morning and welcome to "news 4 today." it is sunday, july 19th, 2009. i'm eun yang. the news is straight ahead. first we're going to check in with meteorologist steve villanueva up in storm center 4 with a look at our forecast. >> good morning, everyone. yesterday was spectacular. today more of the same. another beautiful day, plenty of sunshine with very comfortable humidity levels. all right. so here's what's happening. it's pretty cool out there in some spots. temperatures are in the low 50s. it's 54 in manassas. here in the district, a cool 62 degrees. that is below average. one of the reasons is the air is so dry. it's so crisp outside. dew points are in the 50s. here's the satellite image. you can see it's nice and clear. mostly sunny skies, heading into the mid-80s. tomorrow, tuesday, wednesday, that's when things start to change. we could see some showers and storms. all the details in just a couple of minutes. back to you, eun. >> thank you, steve. in the news this morning, metro' takoma station will be open today but riders should expect continued delays on the red lip. the station was shut down for most of saturday. investigators are trying to figure out exactly what led to the crash that killed nine people last month and why the system is still malfunctioning. darcy spencer has the latest. >> reporter: the takoma metrorail station on the red line re-opened at 7:00 after a 12-hour shut john. the closure happened as the national transportation safety board concluded its investigation of the dlags that claimed nine lives. >> i think they need to find out what caused the wreck so -- i don't like being inconvenienced, but i understand it, that it may be necessary. >> reporter: the ntsb conducted tests on the tracks between the takoma and ft. totten stations. shuttle buses were used to route riders around the closureclures. investigators continued to re-enact the crash. prior tests indicated the striking train began breaking 425 feet before the rear-end collision. >> i understand why they would want to do it, take the necessary precautions, just to ensure that something like this doesn't happen again. >> it sounds like, you know, everybody thought it was real sile at first. now we're all kind of saying, well, it's a big deal, and there's been more going on. so hopefully they'll resolve thoseroblems and we won't see an accident like this for a long time, if ever again. >> reporter: officials have said the train detection system apparently failed. it should have alerted the operator that there was a train sitting on the tracks and avoided the crash. since then, officials say, they've not been able to determine why the circuit failed that day and continues to fail now. >> hope they come up with some positiveresults, figure out why and what happened so it won't happen again. >> reporter: darcy spener, "news 4 today." >> now to a developing story in san francisco. two light rail trains collided last night, causing what officials are calling one of the largest casualty incidents in years. 48 people were taken to hospitals, 3 with severe injuries. authorities say one train barreled into a stopped train. it happened on the city's muni transit line. one passenger told reporters the operator of the striking train appeared to be asleep or passed out. earlier this month, a former transit worker told "the washington post" that intermittent track ccuit failures had been affecting the muni system. an investigation into a large gambling ring has been traced to a group of local police officers. that's according to this morning's "washington post." federal authorities are trying to figure out whether they took money to protect the gambling habits of some of the region's most powerful drug dealers. the post, which is quoting law enforcement sources, says those under investigation included d.c. police officials, former d.c. housing authority officer and five police veterans in prince george's county. investigators are also looking into a possible connection between the gambling ring, the officers and three killings. police are still looking for possible victims in a child pornography case. hyattsville police have charged 22-year-old aza harn itch with abuse of boys and girls. she worked for several area families as a nanny. police say she showed the children pornographic pictures and sent pornographic images of the children over the internet, using a live web cam. the mother of two of the children spoke to news 4. >> i guess you can't judge somebody by what they look like. she just didn't seem like that type of person. >> police want anyone who ever hired harnitch to watch their children to call police at 301-985-5060. a 7-year-old boy is still in critical condition after a fire ripped through his apartment on friday night. that fire kled his-y 5ear-old 5 brother. the fire started friday evening in the riverdale section of prince george's county and this weekend, firefighters went door ton oo iran effort t io trynd prevent another fatal tragedy like this one from occurri again. megan mcgrath reports. >> reporter: firefighters go door to door, checking smoke detectors and installing new ones in homes without them. the program is part of an outreach effort in communities touched by tragedy. tragic is the only word to describe what happened at the oak ridge apartments. two children, aged 5 and 7, were trapped inside a smoke-filled apartment. investigators say the kids were home alone. as neighbors tried frantically to get inside, the father came back and realized what was happening. >> he was frantic when he got here. he was running and saying, that's my apartment. that's my apartment. my kids are in there. and, you know, everybody was just -- at that point, everybody was just like converging on the apartment, trying to get in. >> reporter: investigators say the father was cooking in the kitchen and, for some unknown reason, he left the apartment, locking the front door behind him. the food started a small fire. the apartment filled with smoke. >> food on the stove, pretty much burned itself out by the time firefighters arrived, but generated a tremendous amount of smoke. >> reporter: the 5-year-old boy died at an area hospital. his 7-year-old brother is in critical condition. the father sustained minor injuries trying to break into the apartment. it's unclear at this point if he'll face charges for leaving the children home alone. in riverdale, megan mcgrath, news 4. >> and another eaydl fire th wetod enokehed if lf anif den.elmay hyeped neerda myd orng in no e thrtheast d.c ie netgersbur artments onln lcoin codre.iv fi fielte b trsreveieheanveas was ov bmeokcoy sme as he tried to extinguish the fire. authorities believe they found the body of a man who disappeared while trying to swim across the potomac river. the 32-year-old man was seen on tuesday. this morning, fishermen found a body on some rocks about a half mile from there. investigators say the body matches the description of the missing swimmer. it is now 6:07, 62 degrees. still ahead on "news 4 today," it's been a beautiful weekend, but the grass is getting a little dry. steve is back to tell us if there's any rain in the forecast. and who would have imagined the t.w. everyone wa talking about at the british open was tom watson, not tiger woods? we'll tell you why the veteran is getting so much attention. 1x y there are moments in time when the paths we take do determine our future. today we are communicating with each other as never before - and that requires a seamless network that is constantly growing better, smarter, and more secure. that's why our scientists and engineers in our labs, are taking the fastest technology in the world and 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the workweek. at least for today, another winner of a day. plenty of sunshine. temperatures in the mid-80s. humidity on the low side. so all in all u can't beat it. but then, get ready for the middle of theweek. we'll start to see a switch, with lots of moisture coming in from the atlantic. it will start to get muggier and with the daytime heating we could see some showers and thunderstorms. but at least for this morning, here's what it looks like out there. it is really pretty. hey, have a great trip. it's going to -- i thought i was tied up. it is going to be just a really pretty day with plenty of sunshine and low humidity. yesterday everyone kept on telling me how nice the weather was. so if you liked yesterday, today will basically be a repeat. all in all, pretty nice day. all right. 62 right now, 63 annapolis. looks like pax river is the warm spot. temperatures into the 50s in the shenandoah valley. that is well below average for this time of year. dew point depressions, they are lower than yesterday. even though the dew points were low yesterday at this hour, they're even lower today. so with those northerly winds, we're getting a reinforcing shot of really comfortable weather. dew points are in the low 50s. in fact, upper 40 on the board this morning. 62 degrees here in the district. a bit warmer down the road in raleigh. a cool 55 in cincinnati. 61 right now in chicago. so basically regionwide we are seeing temperatures below average thanks to that really dry air. now, we are clear. we're going to see lots of sunshine for today as high pressure dominates our weather pattern. however, there is a frontal band offshore and a wave of lower pressure will start to ride up that front. it will bring us some showers and thunderstorms as we head into the workweek. here's future cast. you can see that area of high pressure right ther this will be the main player for today. again, creating that northerly flow, keeping us nice and comfortable, nice and crisp. temperatures in the mid-80s. then as we head into monday and tuesday, here comes that wave of lower pressure, lots of moisture coming in out of the atlantic. you combine everything together, we're going to see some showers and thunderstorms and some humid weather as well. but at least for today, mostly sunny, quite comfortable out there. low humidity. temperatures in the mid-80s. it looks like a winner of a sunday. so enjoy your sunday. 85 degrees, mostly sunny. for monday and tuesday, a little bit cooler as we start to see a bit more in the way of cloud coverable. the humidity starts to increase as southeasterly winds start to bring in some moisture. we're going to see some showers and thunderstorms every day this week. won't rain all of the time, but at least we have that chance with so much moisture in place, all we need is a little daytime heating, and boom. >> after june i never thought i would be saying this, but we need the rain, right? >> we actually do. we're above average for the year but we could use some more rain. >> in sports, the nationalers swept by the cubs. tom watson tries to make history. here's lindsay czarniak with more in your sports minute. >> hey there. good morning, everybody. your sports minute on this sunday morning begins with the nationals who are still searching for their first win under new manager jim riggleman. last night against the cubs, the nationals did jump out to an early 4-0 lead, but former national alfonso soriano spoiled the party. soriano hit a three-run home run in the sixth inning. it was his first homer in 133 plate appearances. the cubs beat the nationals 6-5. the orioles on the road in chicago. baltimore first baseman ty wigginton made a costly error in the fifth inning on a routine play. the next batter for chicago was jermaine dye and he nailed a two-run home run to left. the white sox edge the o's 4-3. in golf at the british open, second round co-leader steve marino, who's from fairfax, had an up and down day at turnberry. he's now 1 over for the tournament. meanwhile, 59-year-old tom watson leads the way by just one stroke at 4 under par after three rounds. in soccer news, d.c. united hosting colorado. bryan namoff scored his first goal of the season in style. the black and red come back to beat the rapids 3-1. that's your sports minute. on this sunday morning. i'm lindsay czarniak. have a good day. >> next, "rerter's notebook," an inside look at the stories affecting your community. we'lleac bn ik 15 minutes with the stories affecting your community. >> good morning. welcome to "reporter's notebook." i'm pat lawson muse. we start with a pocketbook issue this morning. these are tough financial times for many people and for local governments, and the district has recently missed a 1 on $03 million payment owed to 60 of the city's charter schools. that's put the schools in a pretty tough spot. it's left some teachers without a paycheck this past week. the mayor has directed the city's chief financial officer to take about half that money from the city's cash reserves. the rest will be paid once congress gets its hands on a copy of the city budget. council chair vincent gray says take the whole amount from the cash reserves. just how much difficulty does this present for charter schools, and how much difficulty is the tcity having because it t paid this bill? >> you got a couple things working here that are systemic. one being that the district doesn't have control over its budget. it has to go through congress still. eleanor holmes norton, the delegate, has still not been able to get a budget economy. this is a wrinkle in the process where you have to go through the hill to get your own city taxpayer money. that's the first thing. the second thing is it shows that the budget projections that they continue to make in the district are rosier than what really they get in actual dollars. the third thing is that charter schools are just stepchildren are the school system, and they get what is left over once the schools -- the public schools get what they're supposed to get first. >> jerry and jim, the charter schools have been having problems all along. this is just another problem, isn't it? >> well, it's a very big problem. i mean, if you look at the ranks, among the ranks, the teacher's not getting paid. a week's pay is a lot today in this economy. and then there's uncertainty as where this money is going to come from, lik adrian says, might go to congress first. vincent gray has stepped up and said, listen, let's pay these people because these people have bills. it's not only teachers, but you have services that come into the charter schools. so, the money -- the $103 million is badly needed. >> as adrian's pointed out, it's illegal for them to do anything, per se, until krs -- >> congress has the budget. >> also, some, some suggested there may be a slight against the charter school system a little more than just them being stepchildren, per se, in that the mayor tried to cut 26% of their budget in the last cycle, which the city council restored. so, for me, the larger question is, how are we missing these payment deadlines? now, there is some suggestion that the charter system expedited their calendar this year, but apart from that, everybody's got to be on the same page. >> part of that package, jim, is the mismanagement again -- have to go to mismanagement. evidently the office of finance because we always hear them not being able to pay the bill. they've been paying this bill for some time, and all of a sudden now we don't have the money for it. >> you shouldn't be running any kind of municipal government having to dip into cash reserves for general operating expend. >> that's right. >> right. >> so there is something wrong in the system where we see this at the end of the year when they knew full well that they had to make this payment. >> well, just might add one other point. some school leaders question why they didn't know anything about this. >> until the last minute. >> until tuesday. >> right. until the very, very last minute. >> why would that be? >> well -- >> you don't know the answer to that question. t's talk about -- >> neither do they. >> well, i think the buck stops with the mayor's office. as jerry pointed out, mr. ghandi has financial responsibility for the city's coffers but the mayor has to take this one. >> let's talk about these questions surrounding d.c. council probe into the city's rules for granting contracts in the wake of mariobarry's arrest. the questions follow allegations that barry may have misused public funds by giving his girlfriend a $5,000 a month contract after they started dating. council member barry maintains there was nothing inappropriate about the contract that he gave donna watts-brighthaupt. the council has given washington attorney robert bennett authority to investigate the whole thing. city leaders say the council members can put family members or their friends, people that they he personal relationships with, on payroll if they are qualified. what do we know about the contract that watts-brighthaupt got, and what does the investigating attorney need to find out? jim. >> well, the question that's being asked with regard to this contract is where are the deliverables? what is it that she did for the money? now, earlier adrian -- we were talking, and adrian pointed out that she said every time she tried to present a finding or some product, she was mistreated and they did not receive what she had to deliver. that hasn't been said. the larger question becomes the district of columbia for many, many years has had an environment of entitlement for certain people. if you're on the inside, you can get certain favors. now, some say that marion barry's not the larger issue here. vincent gray has initiated an investigation, and they've brought in mr. bennett, very well-known attorney and investigato investigator, to try to make some findings regarding the procurement process and the letting of these contracts. but it becomes that if -- you can't take this out of the per view of marion barry because the mayor of columbia is when this whole environment began. that may be the secret to his success and why he continues to be re-elected, because he's responsible for creating the black middle class in the large -- >> i don't think he started that, but i think that started when municipal government started way, way back when. let's go to boss shepherd. >> no, in the district of columbia. >> but, but this is not about marion berry, per se, where we always have these little dustups where he has personal problems and da, da, da. this goes way beyond him. this goes to the issue of council earmarks. each member of the council gets a huge pot of money which they get to use at their discretion. doesn't have the kind of oversight that maybe it should have. i think that's what's going to come out of this thing that marion has waded them into, is a bigger issue. dorothy brazil with d.c. watch for years has been talking about why does council have all those earmarks and what are they doing where they give them out to this person and that person. it's really opened a can of worms. >> adrienne is absolutely right. we have said it time and time again about accountability in the district government. and this is a perfect case of the lack of accountability. nobody's watching anybody over the shoulder. it's been going on since always back into marion's tenure when he was mayor. you find people that looked out for their friends, as jim is alluding to. but the fact is that out of this -- >> we've seen a lot of other council members do it, too. >> exactly. out of this probe, pat, that the counsel's going to have to do, if vin sent gray is serious, they're going to have to come up with some type of system for accountability on people being hired under these contracts. this is not the only contract issue. we've had a lot of serious contract issues in the district. >> in fact, the chairman watts has wanted the council to implement some new requirements for nonprofits that get city contract,s, city dollars. let me ask you -- sort of o the beaten path question about this. in the midst of this whole investigation, marion barry has alleged that maybe there's a vendetta against him because he was the sole no vote on the city's gay marriage recognition law. what do you make of that? >> well, it was more than a no vote. he originally was a supporter of the measure. >> right. >> adrienne. >> no, marion always blames everybody else for whatever happens to him. that's just his modus operandi. of course, there's going to be some pitch pushback from people who have become more powerful or have a certain constituency against another one. >> there's an old familiar term in d.c. it's political. that's what marion barry is saying. it was political. and they've used that term for 100,000 years in the district of columbia politics. >> now, whatever that -- the politics may be, i still find it curious, if it's true, that he was detained for two hours before he was arrested and for four hours before he was allowed a phone call. that is unacceptable, no matter who it is. >> we have to take a break. we'll be right back. welcome back. as the investigation of metro's red line crash continues,  metro's implemented a zero tolerance policy that prohibits bus and train operators from using their cell phones to call or to text while they're operating their vehicles even if they're empty. the policy comes after video surfaced of a metro train operator texting at the controls. the union says this isn't a systemicpr b m,leut we have heard a lot of passengers claiming that they've been witnessing distracted behavior on the part of bus and train operators. is zero tolerance timely? is it too tough? >> i think what the times indicate is that the average person is walk around with a camera on their telephone so you need to be on your game. if you are driving -- >> no matter what you're doing. >> you cannot beeading a book while driving a bus. or the red line or anything else. no, we should point out that no -- there's been no indication that the operator of that tragic train was doing anything other than her job. >> in fact, her phone was found in a backpack. >> exactly. >> but it raised the issue of safety. >> it did. >> the whole issue of safe day, pat, is the fact that for too long organizations, companies, institutions have been dancing around,ancing around safety. for instance, it's not only bus drivers. we find people flying airplanes on cell phones. we're finding people on the trains. even people that are in service taxicabs. cathy lanier, the police chief, has said she's upset over the police using cell phones driving through e street with the sirens on. until this country or our communities come to the task of setting down the law or some type of law about the use of any kind of electronic or whatever distraction there is while people are operating these vehicles, until something is done about that, we'll forever dancing around safety. >> that cat's out of the bag. in this new generation, art, they text -- i can't even talk to my son unless i text it. i got to learn how to do that. no, i understand that. i think the main thing that has to be done with the zero tolerance is they had to set down the policy. the policy had been lax. people had taken advantage. now it's very clear. if you do this, you're out. so, once you set down the law, then somebody breaks the law, then they suffer the consequences. this accident, tragic as it is, has really shined the light on there. i think we can hope that this will make us all safer in the long run. but bus drivers, jerry's right. if you're out on the toll road or anywhere else you see people doing things that will just blow your hair back. >> we see them move across the nation in states, various jurisdictions to restrict the e of handheld devices while driving individual motorists. so, obviously, public transportation, it's a no-brainer. moreov moreover, it seems to me that if this does not happen then we'll have more accidents. the last point is the union representatives for the metro driver is very leery about the idea of them being monitored 24 hours. >> quick question before we go. there's an ambitious proposal to build an extensive rapid bus system around the washington region. it's gotten the green light. the council of governments has voted to seek $300 million in federal stimulus funds to have this rapid bus system which would rival the metro system. sounds like a great idea. >> coming out of c.o.g. the director of transportation for c.o.g. has come up with this proposal. a lot of people don't like the idea. if you're driving -- i know in the city itself, right now we're having enough problems with these so-called, quote-unquote, bicycle lanes. it's nice that ople can use bicycles to get back and forth, but the fact is, pat, if we put more lanes -- bus lanes out there, plus the bicycle lanes, my goodness, you -- i mean -- >> you don't like the idea. adrienne? >> it's a good idea in theory because you want more people on public transit. you don't want them in their cars, especially as we're trying to help the environment and all. the question is how is that going to really work, because it's going to clog up -- excuse me, make the congestion a lot worse. we love our cars in this area. >> any final word on that? >> well, the very idea would obviously reduce the energy's carbon footprint which seems to be a good idea according to science. >> big deal. >> it is a big deal. >> thank you, all. thanks for your participation and thank you for watching. that's "reporter's notebook." "news 4 today" continues right now.m, updating our top stories, 48 people are injured when two light rail trains crash in san francisco. one train ashed into the rear of the other at a boarding platform. four people have what appear to be severe injuries. the takoma park metro station will be open today. a stretch of the red line near the station has been shut down nearly all day yesterday as federal investigators try to reconstruct the crash. they're trying to figure out when the driver of the striking train could first see the stopped train. metro says riders can still expect delays on the red line today. and a 7 bo-year-old boy is clinging to life after an apartment fire claimed the life of his 5-year-old brother. a memorial has formed outside their apartment. the fire started friday afternoon. good morning and welcome back to "news 4 today." i'm eun yang. we begin this half hour with a look at today's forecast with meteorologist steve villanueva up in storm center 4. >> good morning, everyone. it is going to be another wonderful day today. yesterday was spectacular, plenty of sunshine out there and very comfortable conditions. today more of the same so enjoy it because we are going to start to see a change as we head into the workweek. 62 right now. temperatures in the 50s in the shenandoah valley, the low 50s. that's because dew points are very low. the air is really crisp and comfortable. so just a few louds drifting through today, mostly sunny skies, more clouds offshore. eventually those clouds will backtrack and bring us a chance of showers as we head into the workweek. for today, mostly sunny, mid-80s. looks pretty nice out there. all the details in just a few minutes. back to you. >> thank you so much. funeral arrangements have been made for tv legend walter cronkite. his long time chief of staff says his funeral will be thursday in new york city. he died friday night in his home with his family by his side. he was 92. for nearly two decades, cronkite followed the most important stories of the 20th century. his colleague dan rather says cronkite never lost the drive he had during his early days as an intrepid war correspondent. >> he never ceased being a reporter. i touched on this before. i think the public recognized this. walter loved reporting. he loved the news. passion for it. >> cronkite will be buried next to his late wife, betsy, in the family plot at a cemetery in kansas city. in lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations to the walter and betsy cronkite foundation. kimberly suiters has more now on tributes here in washington. >> dallas, texas, the flash -- >> reporter: a giant of journalism, called affectionately by his audience as uncle walter, known as competitor to a former nbc news bureau chief. >> i saw him the most really at the space shots because that was really one of his first loves. he was almost child-like in covering the space program. he was like a little kid. he was so excited by what we were doing. >> reporter: and when neil armstrong took that step -- >> oh, boy. i'm speechless. >> i remember him saying on the air, golly. that was a word you hardly ever heard a journalist say. >> reporter: davis remembers walter cronkite for what he did not say as much as for what he did. but the most memorable moment of lost objectivity came over the vietnam war. >> to say that we are mired in stalemate seems the only realistic, if unsatisfactory, conclusion. >> president johnson, knowing how trusted walter cronkite was, said if i've lost walter cronkite, i've lost the people. that was pretty much true. >> reporter: whether it was watergate, the civil rights movement, walter was always there. his broadcasting roots reaching back to washington, d.c. >> he started here as a news director at channel 9, the wtop. and then went from there to cbs, but his impact in washington was enormous because whenever walter came to town, walter was the guy that most people tried to emulate. >> reporter: for more than four decades, walter cronkite delivered the headlines. this weekend on display at the museum, the passing of the most trusted man in america was the headline. >> his sign off, "that's the way it is" was something people remember today. >> and that's the way it is. that's the way it is. that's the way it is. >> reporter: kimberly suiters, news 4. >> one of the biggest stories he reported on was the space program, of course. here's an interview he did with nasa tv years later. >> 1969, i'm sure, is going to be perhaps the one historical date that children 500 years from now will recognize. >> apollo 11 commander neil armstrong says cronkite enjoyed the highest ratings because his passion earned the trust of his awed yins. cronkite died just three days before the 40th anniversary of the 1969 moon landing. a number of events are planned on monday to commemorate the anniversary, including an all-day retrospective at the national air and space museum in southwest washington. 40 years later, the crew of the space shuttle "endeavour" went on a space walk of their own yesterday. two astronauts ventured out to do some construction work. they're installing an outdoor platform for japan's space lab. this is the first of five space walks scheduled for the two-week mission. the next space walk is monday. this morning, two u.s. defense officials are confirming the man seen on a video posted by the taliban is an american soldier who went missing last month in afghanistan. the video shows the soldier with his head shaved and the start of a beard. it's the first glimpse the public has had of the captured soldier. senior pentagon officials have not released the soldier's identity. he is interviewed on the video in english by his captors, and is asked his views on the war, which he calls extremely hard, his desire to learn more about islam, and the morale of american soldiers, which he says is low. the fight to fix americans' broken health care system is getting more heated by the day. president obama has been consistently advocating for reform, trying to push his plan through capitol hill. but as the effort grows more intense, so do those who oppose his ideas. mike viqueira has the story. >> reporter: the president left this morning for camp david after making yet another pitch for his plan. >> think about what doing nothing in the face of ever-increasing costs will do to you and your family. >> reporter: health care reform, the signature issue of the obama first term, now threatened in congress. the president responlding this week by keeping the heat on, trying to shore up support. >> we are going to change health care reform. >> reporter: the plan moving through congress now would create a government-run option for insurance, require all americans to be insured, and force most businesses to either offer a plan or pay a fee to the government. >> no longer will you be without health insurance even if you lose your job or change your jobs. >> reporter: total cost, $1 trillion paid for in part with a sur tax on americans making more than $280,000 a year. $350,000 for couples. but now news that the plan isn't completely paid for, and in a blow to democrats, this week the congressional budget office said the bill now moving through the house would actually result in higher costs. democrats say they'll make fixes. >> we need to do more by way of reform. we need to do more by way of cost savings. >> reporter: but republicans aren't on board. >> i do not see any republican support at all at this time for the house bill. kes couldn't thtasn be higr ttha wtvi me raikeiquei rt repog.in refomothr n ea og. helth car h rerm debsue,e o b treune in to & ateat eepr"e thess" lat e this morning. it begins at 10:30. as many as 65 americans are being held in quarantine in china. a school in oregon has confirmed that a group of students and teachers is being held at a hotel in beijing after one student tested positive for the swine flu. school leaders say the student was treated at the hospital and has been released. the bbc is reporting that several dozen british students are also being quarantined at the same hotel. it is now 6:39, 62 degrees. still ahead on this early sunday edition of "news 4 today," tragedy at the tour de france. a woman watching the race killed trying to cross the street. plus, try explaining this to your insurance company. a giant hot dog creates a gaping hole in the side of a house. how it happened. stay with us. if we don't act, medical bills will wipe out their savings. if we don't act, she'll be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. and he won't get the chemotherapy he needs. if we don't act, health care costs will rise 70%. and he'll have to cut benefits for his employees. but we can act. the president and congress have a plan to lower your costs and stop denials for pre-existing conditions. it's time to act. this weeke'll hear from big businesses about how things are going and the head of the federal reserve is sharing his two cents on the state of the economy. cnbc's michelle caruso-cabrera takes a look at the week ahead in business. >> reporter: the bottom line is the bottom line on wall street this week. a dozen major companies tell us how the recession is affecting their business. american express, at&t, caterpillar, coca-cola, dupont, merck, 3-m, all of them expected to report that profits fell last quarter. boeing and mcdonald's are among those who will say that profits actually went up last quarter. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke updating congress on the state of the economy, where we might be heading. we might get some additional insight on that from a pair of economic reports that come out as well. eggs is ting home sales and consumer sentiment. there's a final hearing this week on the sale of delphi. the federal minimum wage is rising to $7.25 on friday. the watergate hotel made famous in the nixon years may be auctioned off this week. its owners cannot pay down their loan. starbucks will tells t market a new kind of coffee house in seattle this week it's going to stay open late, serve beer and wine as well, plus feature live entertainment like music and poetry readings. think jack care oh back and his bistros of the '50s and about '60s. cool man, cool. >> $8,000 bridal gowns afor jus a few hundred bucks. you're witnessing a civilized search for the perfect dress. all sales support the making memories breast cancer foundation. there were about 1,000 dresses but your dream dress could still be there. the sale continues today from -- at the weston arlington gateway. now 6:44, 62 degrees. coming up next on "news 4 today," we'll xxxxxóxoxoçgñ1ñcñc   a family in wisconsin is cleaning up after the oscar meyer wiener mobile rammed into their garage. police say the driver was trying to get a view of nearby lake michigan when she accidentally stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake. oops. the wayward 27-foot sausagen wheels damaged the garage and the deck above it. tho one was home at the time. the driver was not hurt. so we can get a good laugh. you can't say -- how many people say the wiener mobile crashed into your house? "there's a hot dog in my garage." >> an oversized hot dog trying to sweez queeze in my garage. >> good morning. >> what's going on? >> not much. this weather, i'm loving it. >> spectacular weather for this time of year. it's just unbelievable. today's more of the same so we're going to see another beautiful day today, lots of sunshine, low humidity. but it's going to start to change as we head into the workweek. enjoy your sunday. by the time we get to the middle the week, the humidity will return and then we're going to start to introduce some daytime heating, enough instability will be in place where we can have some showers and thunderstorms pretty much every day this workweek. but not today. look ahow beautiful it is outside as we look across the potomac and down on the mall. it looks great this morning. plenty of sunshine and nice and comfortable. in fact, some would even call it crisp out there this morning. i think that's the word eun yang used. so, 62 degrees, mostly clear. the wind out of the north at 5. the dew point 54. that is the key to this weather. it's the really low humidity, really comfortable weather. all right. the big picture looks like this. again, 62 degrees here in the district. a bit cooler up towards buffalo, 58. miami, nice and warm at 82 degrees. it's once again really hot out toward phoenix. 96 right now. and that's early in the morning. later today back into the triple digits. you can see the heat basically pushing all the way up toward great falls, montana, almost 100 degrees today in boise, idaho. meanwhile, on our side of the coast it's the opposite. you can see hour temperatures are much cooler. it's all thanks to the jet stream. we have a big ridge of high pressure out west, a trough of low pressure sitting on top of us. this allowshe heat to build in the four corner states and the cool weather to spill southward from canada. eventually, though, the jet will start to lift up toward the north and this will allow some humidity to push back into the region. so on satellite we are clear. there is a little bit of moisture offshore, all tied to a frontal band. eventually a wave of lower pressure will ride up this front, bringing us a chance of some showers and some -- some showers and some storms as we head into the workweek. but for today, high pressure will dominate again, bringing us a beautiful day. lots of sunshine and with that northerly flee we'll continue to reinforce that lovely weather. here comes the wave of low pressure. starts to push in late monday, stick around tuesday, bringing ushowers and storms. with the daytime heating each day this week woe could have a round of showers and thunderstorm. for today, mostly sunny, comfortable, low humidity. just a really pretty stuff. then we start to see a change as we start to head into your monday and your tuesday and your wednesday. temperatures, in fact, coming down a little bit on monday and tuesday with the extra cloud cover. and with the chances of showers and thunderstorms. each day we're going to have at least a chance of a shower or storm. the humidity really starts to pick up with the southeasterly winds. we're going to have a persistent onshore flow which will persistently bring in lots of moisture. >> okay. dry, hot, all gone. >> yep. >> thank you. well, a woman was hit and killed while trying to watch the tour de france. cyclists rode past the woman's bod oi the side of the road. the victim, a 61-year-old, had been trying to cross the street. police say a pack of cyclists had just passed her but she did not see an officer following the riders on his motorcycle. the officer hit the many would. his motorcycle hit and slid two more people. they are expected to be okay. here's lindsay czarniak with the rest of the morning's sports headlines. >> good morning, everybody. your sports news on this sunday morning begins with the nationals who took an early four-run lead last night after two innings but it wasn't enough. former national alfonso soriano made the difference. after missing friday night's game with a swollen finger, he hit his first home run in 133 plate appearances. a three-run shot in the sixth that led the cubs to a 6-5 win. back at nationals park. start in the bottom of the second. the nationals lead it 3-0. nick johnson at the plate with a man on. gets a hit up the middle. it would be enough to score nyger morgan. the nationals take a 4-0 lead just like that. it looked. never muff for the nats. johnson went 3 for 4 with one rbi. in the sixth, nationals up 4-2. zimmerman with bradley up, and he strikes him up. bradley so mad he breaks his bat. very next pitch, though, to former national alfonso soriano. he swats it high and deep to right. a three-run home run, his first homer since june 7th. the cubs are able to take a 5-4 lead because of soriano. bottom of the eighth now, the nationals trail 6-5. here's josh willingham at the plate with two outs and the bases loaded. chops it to third. ramirez comes up with it. short hops. derrek lee with the sensation at pick at first. the cubs beat the nationals 6-5. they are now 0-3 in the jim riggleman area. >> good things happen to good people. good things ought to happen for these guys. i don't know if it's going to be tomorrow or, or three days from now, four, five. who knows? maybe next week. we're going to try to make it happen tomorrow. we felt we were going to make it happen tight. it's going to happen. you know, i'm not going to quit and nobody in there better quit. >> jim riggleman keeping it positive. hey, we're in chicago, orioles against the white sox. cruising along until now. the os lead it in the fifth. 1-0, ramirez grounds it, izturis fields it. goodhrow to first. ty wigginton has some issues. it goes off his glove. that's an error. wigginton knows it. says that's my bad. wouldn't you know? very next batter, jermaine dye takes the off-speed pitch to left. gone and out of there. a two-run home run. ouch. dye's 21st of the year. the orioles lose by one, 4-3 is the final. 59-year-old tom watson joked yesterday that some doubters who thought he had gotten lucky to lead the british open after day one now might be saying, this old geezer might have a chance to win the tournament. watson is your leader heading into today's final round after shoots a 1 over 71. we are in scotland where 29-year-old steve marino has also become quite a story. started the day tied for the lead. his second shot of the day on the par 5 7th hole from just over 230 yards out, an incredible shot, curls up nice and close to the pin. marino would tap it in for eagle but he triple bogeyed 15, now 1 over for the tournament, five shots back. here he is, your leader tom watson putting for birdie. an incredible putt. the gallery shows incredible support. it would give watson a share of the lead. then watson's second shot from the edge of the fairway on the par 5 17th. look at this. gets the nice bounce right there. bounces and rolls, rolls on to about 15 feet. just close to the pin. it sets up an eagle attempt. watson, however, would miss the eagle, but he would be able to tap in for birdie. tom watson leads the british open at 4 under after three rounds. to soccernews, last night, d.c. united taking on colorado at home, and united made this one fun to watch. we're in the second half. game tied at 1. christian gomez with the corner kick, serves it up. watch close. bryan namoff dives and heads it in. one of the best goals you'll see all season. namoff's first of the season as d.c. united came back to win it 3-1. first game of the soccer doubleheader, the washington freedom hosting st. louis. second half, no score, 74th minute, freedom in blue. watch the bottom of your screen. she gets it and she is gone. deflects off a defender and in for the goal. it's her first goal of the season. the freedom get the win, 1-0. the new york liberty had won four straight games against the mystic until last night. lindsey harding came to the rescue nailing two free throws with eight seconds left to give the mystics the win. we are at verizon center. look who showed up, mike sellers in the house. first quarter off the liberty miss. mistakes guard lindsey harding grabs the rebound. she is off and running. no one can get her. drives to the bucket and look at that, throws up the off-balance shot and it goes. and the foul. harding went for a game-high 23 points. the mystics edge the liberty 68-67. current san francisco 49er and former maryland star vern object davis is coaching his brother in preparation of his rookie season in the nfl with the miami dolphins. yesterday, the brothers hosted their first football camp for kids on the field of their alma mater. vernon and dante davis helped coach the fundamentals. they could have had all the basics and also tookhe chance to compete with each other. as the brothers prepare to head to their separate nfl training camps, they said, you know what, we really relish some good family time together. >> it means a lot to me to get out here. during the season we don't have time to do anything like this. i won't see him for a long time. so, it's -- it feels good to be able to be out here with him and have some fun. >> we do this all the time. even in the house we're doing this. it's just -- i'm used to it. >> to be out here with the kids and making this difference today? >> yeah, it's fun, good to be home in d.c. this is a family, you know, atmosphere. >> vernon and dante davis both taken in the first round also of separate nfl drafts. that will do it for your sports on this sunday morning. i'm lindsay czarniak. have a great day. >> we are back in two minutes with this morning's top news stories, plus sports and news 4's "viewpoint." stay with us. stlaear... when companies were laying off hundreds of thousands of workers... walmart was creating 30 thousand new jobs... all right here in america. st save money. live better. walmt. when the paths we take do determine our 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and paas-te atimcisoes t we n'00t be 1% satiieund evl amtibey erer qanasty hy liua rdli haffoleabltrah vecole.ge . save money. live better. walmart. . save money. live better. walmart. good morning and welcome to "news 4 today" at 7:00. it is sunday july 19th, 2009. i'm eun yang. let's get started with a weather update from meteorologist steve villanueva up in storm center 4. good morning, steve. >> good morning, eun. good morning, everyone. it is going to be another beautiful day today. yesterday was spectacular. today just as nice. we are going to start to see some changes as we head into the workweek. enjoy your sunday. right now 64 degrees here in our nation's capital. a bit cooler in the shenandoah valley with temperatures in the mid-50s. the air is very dry. look at the dew points. they're in the 50s. that is very comfortable. we do have a few clouds moving across the region but not enough to block the sunshine. mostly sunny for today, really pretty day. temperatures in the mid-80s. then we'll cool it down a little bit for monday and tuesday. we'll see more clouds. the humidity starts to uncease. each day we do have a chance of showers and storms. more weather coming up later on. in the meantime, back to you. >> thanks so much, steve. in the news this morning, the takoma park metro station will be open today. a stretch of the red line near the station had been shut down nearly all day yesterday as federal investigators try to reconstruct the crash. they're trying to figure out when the driver of the striking train could see the stopped train. metro says riders can still expect delays on the red line today. federal investigators are looking into allegations that several local police officers provided protection for drug deers. that's according to today's "washington post." citing sources and police documents, the post says the fbi is focusing on five veteran officers from prince george's county as well as d.c. police official and a former housing authority officer. the investigation centers on whether the officers protected drug dealers at high-stakes illegal gambling games. authorities believe they found the body of a man who disappeared while trying to swim across the potomac river. the 32-year-old silver spring man was last seen tuesday near the old angler's inn in potomac, maryland. this morning fishermen found a body on rocks about a half mile from there. investigators say the body matches the description of the missing swimmer. those are the top stories this morning. next is channel s4'vi "ewpoint." we will back in a few minutes with an update. >> good morning. welcome to "viewpoint" on this sunday morning. i'm joe krebs. today we're going to be getting our guest viewpoints on the topic of law and order and crime and justice in prince george's county because our guest is the assistant state's attorney for prince george's county, glenn ivey. thank you for joining us. let's talk about, first of all, the crime rate in prince george's county. this year a downturn, most -- overall crime is down about 14%, property crimes down about 14%, violent crime down about 10%. what do you account for --hy do you think that is? and what do you think it means? >> chief hylton and police have been working very hard. the county executive put more police officers out on the street. i think those two things have helped. you know, the crime rate's been going down for the last three years or so in prince george's county so that's very good. and the homicide detectives have been doing some great work. we've had homicides down 16%. we had a string of about -- i think about 34 convictions in a row at the homicide case level. so it's been a good stretch. >> but do you think that's because the police are actually able to prevent crimes from occurring, or is there something else going on in prince george's county that is reducing the crime rate? for instance, during these tough economic times, a lot of people would expect the crime rate perhaps to go up. >> yeah. >> but it's going down. so why do you think that is? >> it is counterintuitive. typically crime goes up during summer months and during resessions. we're having both right now. the department has been doing a great job on that front. i do i think there's some intervention and prevention efforts. we need to expand them more, but a lot of people in the faith community have been working very hard to try to reach out to youth and get to them before they get into trouble. we need to continue with that. the school system has expanded some efforts as well. >> one area where apparently crimes have gone up are residential burglaries. >> right. >> any explanation for that? is that related to the economy, do you think? >> itould be speculating but that's probably the case. seem to be property-related. the connection with the recession is not lost on us. there's definitely a correlation. but, you know, overall i think crime's definitely moving in the right direction. it's heading down. we've got a lot more work to do still. no time for a victory lap yet but things are moving in the right direction. >> what is the effect in prince george's county now in looking at these statistics, is it less or more the impact of gangs? for a long time, gang activity has been a big particular problem, especially among young kids in the schools. >> it's still a source of concern. i think we had a homicide conviction recently, in fact, where a bloods member killed a man for no apparent reason in front of his pregnant girlfriend, and then shot her. that resulted in a conviction. he got 80 years in jail. but we still -- we're still seeing gang activity and groups like the bloods and crypts are becoming more active in the d.c. area. of course, m.s. 13 has been a presence here for a while. >> are you seeing gang activity increasing in prince george's county, if not necessarily criminal activity but gang activity, more kids, more people joining gangs because they mean something special? >> there's clearly a growing gang presence, i think, especially in the jails. and i think that there are definitely national gangs that are trying to infiltrate the washington area or expand their presence here. i know that the police departments in the region are working hard to sort of push back on that and the federal government's gotten involved. we had that prosecution we did with the federal prosecutors in maryland. i think there were 23 m.s. 13 members who were convicted. so i think those kinds of things help. but we've got to definitely remain vigilant. i think an expanded effort from the federal government to support our efforts is going to be critical. >> now when we talk about the bloods and the crypts we think in terms of gangs that are very heavily involved in drug activity, buying, distributing, bringing drugs into the country, selling it, distributing it. >> right. >> and killings and violence in connection with that. is that what today's gangs are about? is it drug activity, or is it frequently more a social activity? >> well, it's a combination of things. i think there's clearly a social aspect to gangs. even the smaller groups, whether you call them crews or posses or whatever, they tend to be very socially oriented with strong bonding between the members. they tend to be good friends. times they grew up together and the like. they tend to be family members connected with it, girlfriends and that sort of thing. different gangs are involved in different types of violent activity, although they're all involved in violent activity at some level. some, you know, are sure to focus more on prostitution, some more on drugs but it's -- you know, it's clearly a problem. and we need to keep working hard against it. >> you mentioned chief hylton. earlier this week he held a news conference with the county executives to talk about the crime statisticing. he said at that news conference he did not invite you to be present at that news conference. do you know why that would be the case? is there some friction between your office and his office? >> well, not that i know of. we had a meeting last week. i think it was thursday, as a matter of fact. i thought the meeting went well. we covered some ground. i think our office and his department are working closely together. by the way, i've never attended one of these crime stat announcements so people really shouldn't read anything into that. >> okay. but he seemed to say that a lot of their problems were with the judicial system, that people were being arrested and put in jail and released very quickly and that they were not being tried and convicted of these crimes. >> well, he didn't say that part, but i do share his view about the judicial system. i've had a lot of concerns. i haven't been quiet about them. sometimes people get released on bond that are disturbing. we had a case a little while ago where a first degree murder suspect was released on personal re cognizance to go home with his mother. that's deeply troubling and i think it's troubling to the community. we need to reverse that trend. there are also cases where i'd like to see stiffer sentencing for defendants that are convicted. not just on the murder cases but also carrying a gun, using a gun, armed robberies, rapes, a lot of those sentences aren't as long as i think they sudden be. >> let's take a break now. we'll come back and talk more. ñn welcome back to "viewpoint" on this sunday morning. we're talking with glenn ivey, the state's attorney for prince george's county. i have to ask you about pbably the most controversial case going on in the last year or so in prince george's county, and it's in your office because the decision has been made at least up to this point not to seek an indictment in the case involving the death of ronnie white. he, of course, is the person who was accused of murdering a prince george's county police officer by running him over with a truck and he was put into jail a. a couple days later he was found dead in a jail cell. still nobody has been charged. the medical examiner, i believe, ruled it was a homicide. >> right. >> nobody has been charged with his murder. where does that case sit right now? >> right now the department of justice is reviewing the case. they took it over about a month ago, i guess, at this point. they're going to take a -- i would assume a fresh look at it an review it top to bottom. i welcome that. i think it's a good step. the fbi's already collected all the documentation from us and the maryland state police, taken it down to d.o.j. for them to review. i think that's a good thing. they'll run into some of the challenges our grand juriy had. smo mar no mosharks on the body, nobody heard anything. there will be some challenges in working through that. but i've got confidence in the department of justice. that's why we reached out to them. >> he was in an area under guard by jail guards, two or three people who had -- who were the only people who would have had an opportunity to know what happened to him. do you believe that they're just not being forthcoming, or are they lying, or do they truly not know what exactly happened to him? >> well, that will be the chak for the department of justice to take a look at. we reviewed and interviewed some some of them six times. we did polygraphs. we really -- i think the maryland state police really tried everything they could think of to try and sort of break the case. and i supported their efforts on that front. maybe the federal and law enforcement forces can find a way to do it. they have a different set of tools that they can use legally to prosecute the case. but it's a troubling case. there's no question about it. you find someone dead in your jail, it's deeply disturbing. i know the community's concerned about it. they should be. i share that concern. and i'm hoping that the department of justice can help us find a way to bring it to closure. >> well, you've been very close to this case. you've seen the evidence. what do you believe happened? >> well, i'm trying to reserve judgment. i'll defer judgment to the department of justice on that. at this point, what's critical is what do they think they can show with the evidence that they can present? with me, the challenge was what evidence do i have to prove that a specific individual killed ronnie white? i think that's where we came up short. hopefully the department of justice will be able to find a way to close that last gap and bring this to some sort of a prosecution or closure. >> as police officers, frequently say, they know what happened, they just can't prove what happened. are you at that stage where you know what happened but you can't prove what happened? >> yeah, the proof is the issue. because when you go to court, you have to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt. >> right. >> that means you have to convince 12 people on a injur j a specific person killed that individual. that's the challenge. hopefully the department of justice can make that step. >> right. but you personally believe you know what happened? even though you perhaps can't prove it beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law? >> well, i mean, i think i do, but we need more evidence to be sure. again, the critical thing is, you know, what does the jury think? ultimately if we get a conviction at that stage, what does a judge think, and what kind of sentence would he impose? >> any idea how long the justice department investigation is likely to take? >> that i don't ow. i think it's critical to give th the time they need to do it right. there shouldn't be a rush to get through it. i think they need to make sure they do the best job they can and to take the time that it needs. >> okay. at the stage it is right now, since you did not seek an indictment, you're not foreclosed from seeking an indictment once you feel like you will have the opportunity to get enough evidence to -- >> absolutely. if we get additional evidence, i think that could really make all of the difference for us. and it could come from the department of justice investigation. it could come from the civil case. there were two lawsuits filed, i think. the mother's side of the family filed a lawsuit and the father's side filed a lawsuit as well. we'll take the evidence anywhere we can get it from to try and bring this to a prosecution. >> because a lot of people -- some people are saying, well, why didn't you charge them with something so that might force somebody to give u some evidence or at least somebody might be convicted of a lesser crime? but you -- you're -- your tactical decision is not to do that because you want to save the possibility of charging somebody with murder. >> right. the issue there is double jeopardy. if you pick a small offense and charge it, you might get a conviction out of it, but it prevents you from charging for the bigger offense, in this case a potential homicide. we really don't want to do that. you don't want to immunize someone from a murder prosecution in a rush to get something smaller taken ce of. we'll give the department of justice time to take a thorough and close look at this and do the work they need to do. and then if there's something we can do to help close that out or if they're going to do it, that's what we want to do. >> okay. need to take a break right now. when we come back i want to ask you about a very interesting recent u.s. supreme court decision that might affect prosecutors. stay with us. good morning. i'm eun yang, updating the news. a 7-year-old b is still clinging to life after an apartment clapd the life of his 5-year-old boy. a memorial for the boys has formed outside the oak ridge apartment complex in riverdale. the fire started in their apartment yesterday afternoon. the authorities say their father was cooking, then for some reason left them home alone. the father and several neighbors tried to save the boys from the burning building. the father was injed and remains hospitalized. also this mornin athnoer deir fhily tes weekend took the life of an elderly tn.ma peap hned yesterday morning in ap northeast d.c. in t petersbg apartments on lincoln drive. brsieve the man w bas overcome by smoke as heri ed to ex tin wish the fire. a tribute to walter kron cite is now on display at the museum. the tv news legend died friday night. he was 92 years old. now back to "viewpoint." >> good morning. welcome back to "viewpoint" on this sunday morning. we're talking with glenn ivey, the state's attorney with prince george's county. i want tosk you about a case that came out of the supreme court this recent term that ruled that no longer will prosecutors be allowed to present just written reports on lab exams. for instance, i gather on fingerprint analysis, on perhaps dna analysis, maybe even medical examiner analysis, cause of death. >> right. >> ghana natural says. that the actual expert who did the exam has to be present in court to testify to this. first of all, how big of a change is this for prosecutors, and what effect will it have on prosecutors? >> well, it depends on the state. that's already in place in maryland by statute for some time. i believe the district also follows that as well. the places that are going to have real trouble with it are states that didn't have it in place, especially very large states where the experts will have to travel -- like say, in text 10 to 12 hours to get to a courthouse from the state capitol where they do their lab work. the other issue, too, is just the logistics. if you've got analysts who are coming to court to testify, that's time they're not actually doing lab analysis on whatever the forensics are. you're either going to have to hire more people or you won't be able to test everything. sometimes those are the challenges we run into in maryland now. sometimes you can't test all of the drugs so you have to triage what you're going to test and what you aren't based on the seriousness of the case. so, it's a huge opinion. i think it's going to have not so much a big effect here but in some states it will be very dramatic. >> so, in the state of maryland you're saying it really would have no effect because there's a current statute that requires the expert to show up in court? >> yeah. certainly for drug analysis and the like, dna analysis, yes. it's going to have some impact but it's not as big for us as other places. >> okay. let's talk about other prosecutions you've had recently in prince george's county. what, if your mind, have been the most significant prosecutions you've had? >> we've had a fair number recently of cases. a lot of homicides that have been coming through the court system. we had a pizza delivery man who was basically ambushed in the temple hills area. they called him up to lure him down. then they took his money and killed him that resulted in a conviction. i believe that was a 60-year sentence for one of the people who was involved in that. by the way, these tend to be very young males, late teens, early 20s, the bloods case i mentioned earlier was another example of that. it's pretty disturbing. when we do have young people that do get off track, they seem to get way off track. i think we have to find ways to try and reach out to them and pull them back in before they end up in the criminal justice system. >> you're at that other end of the criminal justice system. once the case gets to you, the crime has been committed, somebody's been charged. your job is to prosecute them. can the state's attorney's office in any way get in front of that whole process and help prevent that crime from ever occurring in the first place? >> well, we participate in a variety of programs that are aimed at reaching out to the community to reduce crime in a variety of ways. the reading together program is one we've been working in conjunction with the prince george's county school system to get volunteer tutors for second grade students. we're recruiting again for the upcoming school year. this will be our third year. it's been very successful. we need to expand the numbers of people involved. the safe sunday program we've worked on to reduce domestic violence by reaching out through the faith community, that's coming up in october again. and i think this will be our seventh year there. been growing by leaps and bounds every year. >> okay. how does that fit into the mandate of the state's attorney's office to get into those kinds of programs as opposed to sticking strictly to prosecuting the crimes that come into your office? >> well, i have no budget for any of those programs. we do a lot of outreach programs along those lines. there was an outreach effort at fairmont heights high school and a variety of other places we participate in or sponsor and run. but that doesn't matter to me. we have to find a way to do it. the reading together program's all volunteer. the project save sunday effort has been all volunteer through the faith community. we want to get out and educate people on how they can protect themselves or to put people back on track. another one we do a lot with is the mortgage fraud effort, reach out to seniors to learn how to protect themselves. >> we need to take another break. we will come right back. welcome back to "viewpoint" on this sunday morning. we're talking with glenn ivey, the district attorney for prince george's county. you talked about community involveme involvement. let me ask you about how that relates to trials, especially with regard to intimidation of witnesses. prosecutors have a lot of problems trying to prove cases because wilts are afraid to come forward. how much of that are you seeing in trying to bring cases to trial? >>ell, it's a fair amount especially in the homicide cases. i would guess we have it in at least 60%, maybe 70% of our cases have to deal with it. >> what can be done to fix that? >> well, there's a couple of things. one is sometimes we have to relocate people. we'll pay or the police department will pay to move people out of a dangerous area, especially if they live near the perpetrators of the crime to another area so they are away from them and safe from them. also, there's a new law that's in place that we just used effectively. if they do something to prevent a witness from testifying, either they make them unavailable or afraid to come or kill them or something along those lines, we still get the testimony in. we just had a case recently -- i think we're the first in the state that's been able to do that successfully. the trial will be coming up for that in the fall. so, i think that's going to be a huge point to make to people out there in the community, that you can't silence these witnesses. we're going to get the testimony in one way or the other. >> let me ask you about a case that occurred -- well, about a year ago the mayor of berwyn heights had his home raided by prince george's county sheriff's department. they shot both of his dogs. it was a huge mess-up. i understand that this past week a man in prince george's county had his home raided when police came in with a warrant to search his home, looking for a gun. turns out the gun had been turned in 30 days before. so there was no gun in the house. but they came in with this warrant to look for a gun that wasn't there. >> uh-huh. >> the question is, how does that happen? how does -- how do the police go about getting a warrant to do that kind of s.w.a.t. team search of a home before it happens? >> i don't know the particulars of that case you mentioned there, but you have to -- the police have to get a judge to sign the warnt and the judge has to authorize it as having probable cause to go into the house. >> they have to go through your department? >> well, yeah, usually they'll bounce it off us to make sure it's legally sound. then they go to the judge to, you know, get him to sign off and approve it. and there's an affidavit that lists out the specific facts that they had that demonstrate probable cause, why they believe this evidence is in that house. so, it's actually pretty good process that's in place, but there are times when they, they go do a search warrant and they don't come up with something. the issue on the dogs case i think was a little different. that was the amount of force that was used in executing the warrant. we knew there were drugs there so it was appropriate to go in. the question, i think, that was raised was the amount of force that was used. >> let me ask you, we just have a couple minutes left. let's ask about glenn ivey himself. what are glenn ivey's plans for 2010? is glenn ivey going to run for county executive or some other office or what are you thinking about? >> i'm still thinking about it. i haven't made a final decision. at this point, i have more than enough to keep me busy in my current job, and i'm enjoying it. i like serving the people of prince george's county. it's been a real challenge. it's a blessing that i've been trusted with the authority to do it. i'm going to do the best job i can. >> but last time around there was a lot of talk you might run for attorney general in the state of maryland. you've thought about other opportunities and other possibilities of ways to serve. are you activelyhinking about maybe another way to serve in prince george's county, or in maryland, or elsewhere? >> well, we'll see. you know, it's -- the speculation that i've been kikted with has been great. i guess it's kind after backhanded compliment. attorney general, lieutenant governor, obama administration, whatever. but we'll see. i'll make a decision, you know, in the near future. and i'll let everybody know. >> okay. let's -- we have an opportunity now to put on the screen that tell phone number for the reading together program, 301-952-4844. very quickly, what is that program again? >> it's a program where volunteers are -- become tutors for second grade students that elementary schools have identified as needing additional assistance. in the first two years, the student that's participated have jumped up to third and fourth grade reading levels. it's a very successful program. >> that number is for people who want to volunteer? >> that's right. or if you're just interested or if you are part of a group that might have people who want volunteer, give us a call. >> all right. glenn ivey, thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you for joining us as well. now we'll send you back to "news 4 today." hope you have a terrific sunday. chilly morning, but it looks like another beautiful day ahead. funeral services, walter cronkite's family announces funeral plans as people across the country pay tribute to the news man. and hot dog crash. a giant hot dog creates a gaping hole in the side of a house. good morning and welcome back to "news 4 today." i'm eun yang. the news is straight ahead, but first we're going to take a look at the weather with meteorologist steve villanueva up in storm center 4. good morning, steve. >> good morning, eun. good morning, everyone. it will be another great day today so get outside and enjoy. it is going to be beautiful. lots of sunshine, temperatures in the mid-80s and very low humidity once again. but things will start to change as we head into the workweek. 64 right now, 55 i man an as, 57 culpepper so temperatures are cooler in the outlying areas because the dew points are so low. the air is crisp this morning. a few clouds are moving across the region. the bulk of the cloud cover is still offshore. eventually those clouds will start to backtrack and push back into the area starting tomorrow. not today. today looks great. mostly sunny, 85 degrees, a little bit cooler for monday and tuesday. we start to see more clouds out there and each day we do have a chance of a shower or a thunderstorm as some moisture starts to push bacinto the area. more weather in just a few minutes. back to you, eun. >> we'll see you then. thank you. the nation is mourning the loss of legendary tv news man walter cronkite. he gave up his anchor seat at cbs years ago, but his memory lives on in the hearts and minds of many americans. brian moore reports. >> reporter: it shouldn't come as any surprise walter cronkite's death is front page news around the country because to many americans, he was the news. >> it really felt like you could tune in to him and he would be -- he would tell you the truth. >> reporter: did you news museum in washington, a quickly arranged exhibit honored the legendary anchor man. outside, visitors remembered him and his story. >> i was in eighth grade when president kennedy was killed, and i remember that announcement. >> president kennedy died at 1:00 p.m. central standard time. >> reporter: when cronkite declared the vietnam war unwinnable -- >> to say we are mired in stalemate -- >> reporter: americans believed him. >> i think he really made a difference. >> reporter: in 1973 he was called the most trusted man in america as watergate was swallowing president nixon. president obama was just a child. >> he was someone we could trust to guide us through the most important issues of the day, a voice of certainty in an uncertain world. >> what a moment. man on the way to the moon. >> reporter: for decades ago this week, cronkite brought us the one story that left him speechless. >> boy. >> reporter: man landing on the moon. >> july 20th, 1969, is -- i'm sure is going to be perhaps the one historical date that children 500 years from now will recognize. >> reporter: perhaps those ildren will also remember the man who brought us the news. brian moore, news 4. >> one of walter cronkite's favorite subjects and one of the biggest stories he reported on was the space program. here's an interview he did with nasa tv years later. >> 1969 is, i'm sure, is going to be perhaps the one historical date that children 500 years from now will recognize. >> apollo 11 commander neil armstrong says cronkite enjoyed the highest ratings because his passion earned the trust of his audience. cronkite died three days before the 40th anniversary of that 1969 moon landing. a number of events are planned on monday to commemorate the anniversary, including an all-day retrospective at the national air and space museum in southwest washington. 40 years later, the crew of the space shuttle "endeavour" went on a space walk of their own yesterday. two astronauts ventured out to do some construction work. they were installing an yaut door platform for japan's space lab. this is the first of five space walks scheduled for the two-week mission. the next space walk is monday. this morning, two u.s. defense officials are confirming the man seen on a video posted by the taliban is an american soldier who went missing last month in afghanistan. the video shows the soldier with his head shaved and the start of a beard. it's the first glimpse the public has had of the captured soldier. senior pentagon officials have not released the soldier's identity. he is interviewed on the video in english by his captors and is asked his views on the war, which he calls extremely hard, his desire to learn more about islam and the morale of american soldiers, which he says is low. now to a developing story in san francisco. two light rail trains collided last night, causing what officials are calling one of the largest casualty incidents in years. 48 people were taken to the hospital, 3 with severe injuries. authorities say one train barreled into a stopped train. it happened on the city's muni transit line. one passenger told reporters the operator of the striking train appeared to be asleep or passed out. earlier this month, a former transit worker told "the washington post" that intermittent track circuits failures had been affecting the muni system. investigators are trying to figure out exactly what led to last month's deadly metro crash and why the system is still not up to speed. they closed down the takoma metro station for most of yesterday as part of the ongoing investigation. darcy spencer explains. >> reporter: the takoma metrorail station on theed line re-opened at 7:00 after a 12-hour shutdown. the closure happened as the national transportation safety board continued its investigation of last month's train collision that claimed nine lives and left dozens injured. >> i think they need to find out what caused the wreck, so i don't like being inconvenienced, but i understand it. that it may be necessary. >> reporter: the ntsb conducted tests on the tracks between the takoma and ft. totten stations. shuttle bus us were used. investigators continue to re-enact the crash, testing to determine when the metro operator might have seen the train stopped on the tracks. prior tests indicated the stopping train braked 425 feet before the collision. >> i understand why they would want to do it, take the necessary precautions, just to ensure that something like this doesn't happen again. >> it sounds like, you know, everybody thought it was real simple at first. now we're all kind of saying, well, it's a big deal. there's been more going on. so hopefully they'll resolve those problems and we won't see an accident like this for a long time, if ever again. >> reporter: officials have said the train detection system apparently failed. it should have alerted the operator there was a train sitting on the tracks and avoided the crash. since then, officials say, they've not been able to determine why the circuit failed that day and continues to fail now. >> hope they come up with some positive results to figure out why and what happened. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news 4 today. >> the fbi has traced a high stakes gambling ring to a group of local police officers. according to this morning's "washington post," authoritying are trying to figure out whether they took money to protect the gambling habits of some of the region's most powerful drug dealers. those under investigation include police officials, housing authority officer and five police veterans in prince geor's county. documents show phone records, surveillance and other evidence link most of the officers directly to the ring's leaders, but it doesn't end there. investigators are also looking into a possible connection between the gambling ring, the officers and three killings. a woman was hit and killed while watching the tour de france. cyclists rode pass to woman's body on the side of the road. the victim had been trying to cross the street. police say a pack of cyclists had just passed her but she did not se an officer following the riders on his motorcycle. the officer hit the woman. his motorcycle then slid and into hit two more people. they are expected to be okay. now here's lindsay czarniak with the rest of the morning's sports headlines. >> hey there. good morning, everybody. your sports minute on this sunday morning begins with the nationals who are still searching for their first win under new manager jim riggleman. last night against the cubs, the nationals did jump out to an early 4-0 lead, but former national alfonso soriano spoiled the party. soriano hit a three-run home run in the sixth inning. it was his first homer in 133 plate appearances. the cubs beat the nationals 6-5. the orioles on t road in chicago. baltimore first baseman ty wigginton made a costly error in the fifth inning on a routine play. the next batter for chicago was jermaine dye and he nailed a two-run home run to left. the white sox edge the os 4-3. in golf at the british open, second round co-leader steve marino, who's from fairfax, had an up and down day at turnberry. he's now 1 over for the tournament. meanwhile, 59-year-old tom watson leads the way by just one stroke at 4 under par after three rounds. in soccer news, d.c. united hosting colorado. bryan namoff scored his first goal of the season in style. the black and red come back to beat the rapids 3-1. that's your sports minute. on this sunday morning. i'm lindsay czarniak. have a good day. >> 7:40 is your time. 64 degrees. still ahead on this early sunday edition of "news 4 today," it's an education at your own pace. an online university exploding in popularity among adults who are changing careers. if we don't act, medical bills will wipe out their savings. if we don't act, she'll be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. and he won't get the chemotherapy he needs. if we don't act, health care costs will rise 70%. and he'll have to cut benefits for his employees. but we can act. the president and congress have a plan to lower your costs and stop denials for pre-existing conditions. it's time to act. the "today" show is coming up next here on news 4. jenna wolf juoins us live with preview. >> coming up this morning on "today," the taliban releases video of an american soldier captured in afghanistan. we will bring you the latest on his condition. plus, incredible travel deals you can get right now as the airline industry slashes fares. we will tell you how to find them. you won't believe how far you can actually go for your money. then, this is great, when kelly met kelly. a woman who went looking online for people who share her name, and we all do it, but she got a lot more than she bargained for. she got herself a husband. we're going to meet the happy cup live. when airline baggage handlers broke a musician's guitar, he got revge on youtube. we'll show you the viral video that actually made an airline apologize. all that and more when we see you later on "today." eun, back to you. >> thank you so much, jenna. well, the down economy has forced many americans to rethink their career choices and that has led many to go back to school, but not every one has the freedom to attend a traditional college, which is why one unique university aimed specifically adult students is making dream become reality. >> reporter: since angie was a little girl, this is where she's always wanted to be. >> raise your hand if you can hear me. >> reporter: a classroom in miami teaching second grade. >> why don't you grab the paper? >> reporter: but getting here meant going back to colonel lemg while juggling a job and two kids. >> i didn't want to do that to my family. i didn't want to just leave them. >> reporter: angie was exactly the student 19 governor had in mind when they started western governors university 12 years ago. what "time" magazine calls the best relatively cheap university you've never heard of. at $6,000 a year, an online, nonprofit, fully accredited university. already among the biggest providers of math and science teachers to inner cities. we talked to the university president online. >> we actually have seen an increased rate of growth probably just in the last three or four or five months. we think due to the recession that people coming back to school. >> reporter: in fact, the online student population has expded from 500 students in 2003 to 14,000 today. here's what's different. rather than requiring students to physically attend dozens of classes, instead they work from home. at their own pace. when thetake exams, they do it at local test centers. if a student demonstrates complete command of a subject matter, he or she can test out of that subject and graduate that much more quickly. in sacramento, scott saunders needed a degree for a promotion. >> for me, i had 15 years worth of computer experience in various capacities, and so i was able to, you know, sit through examinations with very little studying. >> reporter: he earned a bachelor's degree in two years, then delivered the commencement address in salt lake city. >> i never really liked school. for nearly 20 years i was in and out of community college. >> reporter: nax wide, 20% of higher students taj online classes. the biggest for-profit schools include university of phoenix, kaplan and ash forward university. but for angie gonzalez and others like her -- >> i'm very happy i was able to do it. i'm happy that western governors university was there for me. >> reporter: the dream of 19 governors has become her dream fulfilled. tom costello, nbc news, washington. >> a family in wisconsin is cleaning up after the oscar meyer wiener mobile rammed into their garage. police say the driver was trying to get a view of nearby lake michigan when she accidentally stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake. ouch. the wayward 27-foot sausage on wheels damaged the garage and the deck above it. no one was home at the time, and the driver was not hurt. that's because she had the whole hot dog protecting her. >> that would have been some view. >> i wonder if you have to wear a helmet when you drive that wean are mobile. >> a wiener on your head? anyway, good morning. >> hi. >> weatherwise, it's nice outside. >> certainly is. >> your forecast is coming up. ñ ♪ the art of getting dirty. the art of getting clean. new powerfully formulated wisk®... is better on tough mud stains than tide total care. wisk®. powerfully clean. perfectly priced. look at that. some residents were treated to quite a show last night. they didn't have to leave their homes. what ur a seeing is video of strong lightning storms that hit the albuquerque area. the storms were part of a series of warnings issued by the national weather service that included flash flood advisories. oh, my gosh. i don't think i've ever seen anything like that. >> look at all that lightning. >> one strike after another after another. >> that is all the monsoonal moisture. >> is that what that is? >> the daytime heating and that happens. >> that's why you're the meteorologist. >> a big problem out there is you get a lot of lightning strikes without rain, which leads to forest fires and wildfires. >> see? you're so -- this is why you're the scientist. >> if you ever watched -- maybe "kids jeopardy." >> good morning. it was a beautiful day yesterday. >> it was yesterday. >> are you ready for another pretty day? >> absolutely. bring it is. >> bring it on. well, good luck because it's here. good for us. good morning, everyone. yeah, it's going to be another pretty day. yesterday was spectacular. lots of sunshine out there, very low humidity, really comfortable weather. today more of the same. i mean, here's what it looks like as we look across the potomac this morning. it is very, very pretty out there. in fact, some would call it actually crisp thismorning. temperaturewise, here's what's happening. currently 64, mostly sunny. the wind is out of the northwest at 9. the dew point, that's what's driving this beautiful weather. it's at 54 degrees. the humidity is very low for this time of year, keeping things very comfortable. all right. so here's the situation. all right. temperaturewise, again, 64 here in the distct,8 at dulles, 56 right now in martinsburg. still in the 50s into our western suburbs. everyone today heading up into the mid-80s. dew points are even lower than they were yesterday. yesterday came down big-time compared to the day before. this morning, they're even lower. we're getting that reinforcing shot of very comfortable air. dew points are in the 50s. 64 locally, 66 down in road in raleigh, 55 in sfat at this so regionwise, temperatures are a little bit cooler than average this morning. we are mostly clear. lots of sunshine out there for today. over the next couple of days, here's the basic setup. high pressure will be dominating out in the atlantic. the turn flow around this area of higher pressure will start to feed in a lot of moisture over the next couple of days. then we're going to get little disturbances in the upper levels of the atmosphere that will swing across the area, bringing us showers and thunderstorms throughout the workweek. it won't be a washout each and every day, but each and every day we could have some showers and thunderstorms. so here's future cast. for today, high pressure in control. another pretty day. then a wave of lower pressure starts to come up the east coast, gets here later in the day on monday, bringing us some showers and storms lasting through tuesday. for today, mostly sunny, comfortable, low humidity. temperatures in the mid-80s. all in all, again, a wonderful, wonderful day. get outside and enjoy. 85 the forecasted high for today. and then each and every day we do have a chance of showers and storms. again it's not going to be an organized rain, not a big batch of rain. just some showers and some thunderstorms that will pop up thanks to that daytime heating, thanks to some weak disturbances, the humidity returns. so it will start to feel a bit more summer-like, eun yang. >> we will enjoy our day today. >> yes. >> thank you, steve. in sports the nationals are swept by the cubs and tom watson tries to make history today. here's lindsay czarniak. >> good morning, everybody. your sports news on this sunday morning begins with the nationals who took an early four-run lead last night after two innings but it wasn't enough. former national alfonso soriano made the difference. after missing friday night's game with a swollen finger, he hit his first home run in 133 plate appearances. a three-run shot in the sixth that led the cubs to a 6-5 win. back at nationals park. start in the bottom of the second. the nationals lead it 3-0. nick johnson at the plate with a man on. gets a hit up the middle. it would be enough to score nyger morgan. the nationals take a 4-0 lead just like that. it looked good, but it's never enough for the nats. johnson went 3 for 4 with one rbi. in the sixth, nationals up 4-2. zimmerman with bradley up, and he strikes him out. bradley so mad he breaks his bat. very next pitch, though, to former national alfonso soriano. he swats it high and deep to right. a three-n home run, his first homer since june 7th. the cubs are able to take a 5-4 lead because of soriano. bottom of the eighth now, the nationals trail 6-5. here's josh willingham at the plate with two outs and the bases loaded. chops it to third. ramirez comes up with it. short hops. derrek lee with the sensation at pick at first. the cubs beat the nationals 6-5. the nationals are now 0-3 in the jim riggleman era. >> good things happen to good people. good things ought to happen for these guys. i don't know if it's going to be tomorrow or, or three days from now, four, five. who knows? maybe next week. we're going to try to make it happen tomorrow. we felt we were going to make it happen tonight. it's going to happen. you know, i'm not going to quit and nobody in there better quit. >> jim riggleman keeping it positive. hey, we're in chicago, orioles against the white sox. baltimore starter cruising along until now. the os lead it in the fifth. 1-0, ramirez grounds it, izturis fields it. good throw to first. ty wigginton has some issues. it goes off his glove. that's an error. wigginton knows it. he says, hey, that's my bad. wouldn't you know? very next batter, jermaine dye takes the off-speed pitch to left. gone and out of there. a two-run home run. ouch. dye's 21st of the year. the orioles lose by one, 4-3 is the final. 59-year-old tom watson joked yesterday that some doubters who thought he had gotten lucky to lead the british open after day one now might be saying, "this old geezer might have a chance to win the tournament." watson is your leader heading into today's final round after shooting a 1 over 71. we are in scotland where 29-year-old steve marino has also become quite a story. started the day tied for the lead. 5 under. his second shot of the day on the par 5 7th hole from just over 230 yards out, an incredible shot, curls up nice and close to the pin. marino would tap it in for eagle but he triple bogeyed 15, now 1 over for the tournament, five shots back. here he is, your leader tom watson putting for birdie. on 16. an incredible putt. 30 feet out. knocks down the long putt. the gallery shows incredible support. it would give watson a share of the lead. then watson's second shot from the edge of the fairway on the par 5 17th. look at this. gets the nice bounce right there. bounces and rolls, rolls on to about 15 feet. just close to the pin. it sets up an eagle attempt. watson, however, would miss the eagle, but he would be able to tap in for birdie. tom watson leads the british open at 4 under after three rounds. to soccer news, last night, d.c. united taking on colorado at home, and united made this one fun to watch. we're in the second half. game tied at 1. christian gomez with the corner kick, serves it up. watch close. bryan namoff dives and heads it in. one of the best goals you'll see all season. namoff's first of the season as d.c. united came back to win it 3-1. first game of the soccer doubleheader, the washington freedom hosting st. louis. second half, no score, 74th minute, freedom in blue. watch the bottom of your screen. she gets it and she is gone. deflects off a defender and in for the goal. it's her first goal of the season. the freedom get the win, 1-0. the new york liberty had won four straight games against the mystic until last night. lindsey harding came to the rescue nailing two free throws with eight seconds left to give the mystics the win. 68-67. we are at verizon center. look who showed up, mikeellers in the house. first quarter off the liberty miss. mystics guard lindsey harding grabs the rebound. she is off and rning. no one can get her. drives to the bucket and look at that, throws up the off-balance shot and it goes. and the foul. harding went for a game-high 23 points the mystics edge the liberty 68-67. current san francisco 49er and former maryland star vernon davis is coaching his brother vontae in preparation of his rookie season in the nfl with the miami dolphins. yesterday, the brothers hosted their first football camp for kids on the field of their alma mater. vernon and vontae davis helped coach the fundamentals. of football to campers on the field at dunbar high school. the guys covered all the basics for the d.c. kids and also took the chance to compete with each other. as the brothers prepare to head to their separate nfl training camps, they said, you know what, we really relish some good family time together. >> it means a lot to me to get out here. during the season we don't have time to do anything like this. i won't see him for a long time. so, it's -- it feels good to be le to be out here with him and have some fun. >> we do this all the time. even in the house we're doing this. it's just -- i'm used to it. >> to be out here with the kids and making this difference today? >> yeah, it's fun, good to be home in d.c. this is a family, you know, atmosphere. >> vernon and vontae davis both taken in the first round also of separate nfl drafts. that will do it for your sports on this sunday morning. i'm lindsay czarniak. have a great day. >> that's "news 4 today." thanks for joining us this morning. the "today" show is next. we will be back in about 25 minute force

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