rainshowers not too far away. a couple of lonely sprinkles out there. the rain will hold off until late tonight. nonetheless, not much of it out there most of the day will be dry. a couple of sprinkles this morning. i'll show you that and the radar. 60 in clinton, maryland. 64 downtown. 57 in damascus, maryland. a check of radar. very little rain. light sprinkles in most locations mainly down to the south, triangle and dale city and a few lonely sprinkles to the blueridge. other than a brief little spit at you first thing this morning. most will be dry. and andrews air force base, open from 8:00 to 5:00 today. cloud deck has lowered a little bit since yesterday. but still a fun day to be out there. tomorrow, a little rain. and a little bit more after that. the seven-day coming up. george washington university's commencement is set for today and it will be a special one in more ways than one. the ceremony will take police on the national mall and feature the first lady. she said she would speak if the university completed 100,000 hours of community service. students painted walls for habitat for humanity to caring for the sick in ecuador on school breaks. as festivities get under way, a fellow classmate is in the hospital in critical condition. the sophomore fell out of a fifth story dorm window early yesterday morning. darcy spencer reports. >> reporter: george washington university senior gen choi points to a grassy area where she and fellow students found a student laying unconscious. >> we saw this guy sprawled out on the grass. >> reporter: the man they found, a 20-year-old sophomore, fell from a fifth floor window on the backside of guthridge hall on the 2100 block of s street around 4:00 in the morning. >> we realized his breathing was really erratic, and we thought his wrist was swollen and bleeding over here with scratches, oh, wait. this isn't right. we have to call someone. so we decided to call -- i think one person called e-merge, and the other called 911. >> reporter: the man does not live in the building. he suffered multiple internal injuries and was taken to the hospitalñi in critical conditio. >> i tried to wake him up. sir, sir, can you wake up? see if he was still conscious or not. i figured if he was still breathing it would be okay. >> reporter: did he respond? >> no, he did not. >> reporter: sources believe the fall was an accident. the incident is still under investigation. daic nearly two dozen students from washington and lee universities recovering after a deck collapse it happened in lexington, virginia. the ten-foot deck collapsed during a house party. 22 students ended up in the hospital. several treated in the university's health center. investigators haven't figured out why that deck gave way. new hope in the oil spill cleanup off the coast of louisiana. bp says it's confident its latest experiment is working, despite hitting a snag. the problem happened yesterday. workers tried and failed to connect two pieces of equipment a mile below the water surface. the framework holds a pipe and a stopper. engineers piloting submarine robots will use it to try to plug the leak and siphon the crude. >> we feel the pain, we're frustrated and we want to make sure at the end of the day that no stone is left unturned. >> meanwhile, researchers are trying to chart the effects of the underwater oil spill. it has defloated oxygen levels in some areas by 30% and it could get worse. this morning, the 9-year-old dutch boy who was the only survivor of the plane crash in libya is back home in the netherlands. he faces more medical treatment and the reality of living without his parents or older brother. more about his home coming and a new plea for privacy. >> reporter: hidden under blankets and flnked by security, ruben venaso was ruled out of the hospital's front door and straight into a mob of photographers. they don't know why flight 771 crashed on wednesday short of the runway in libya. 103 people killed. most of them dutch tourists. ruben's family was returning from an african safari. a dutch reporter spoke with the army colonel who found the only survivor. >> translator: he was unconscious. he was unconscious. >> reporter: ruben was buckled into his seat. his legs badly broken and barely breathing. alongside the plane'sçó severed wing. >> translator: i opened the belt and take him to the ambulance. in the car, he cried. >> reporter: surgeons say the 4 1/2 hour operation on ruben's legs was a success. >> is he going sedated? >> he's fine. i don't think he needs -- >> reporter: the family released a statement thanking doctors and libyan g., but they are furious with the dutch newspaper that managed to interview ruben on the phone before his aunt and uncle arrived in tripoli. the paper apologized. others in holland have criticized dutch tv for broadcasting video of ruben in his hospital bed. and the anger is mixed with sadness. classmates and neighbors sign lined up to sign a condolence book where ruben was a third grader. his brother was in sixth. the mayor vented frustration. >> translator: everyone wants to know what will happen to him and photograph him. please leave ruben in peace. >> reporter: the cameras finally kept away so a little boy can recover from an unimaginable tragedy. a bomb threat aboard a plane in canada turned out to be a hoax. call made to canadian police yesterday afternoon that suggested there was a bomb aboard a passaic flight from hong kong. two fighter jets flew alongside the 283-passenger flight. nothing threatening was found. coming up on 8 after the hour. and, chuck, we're in for what today? >> mainly just clouds. one or two lonely little rain drops this morning. on the whole, you will appreciate sunday. you will enjoy sunday if you enjoy the pacific northwest. the forecast, well, that volcano in iceland could cause more problems this week. british officials could close parts of their air space today because of the plume of ash and smoke. flight cancelations would affect british and german flights. the risk continues until tuesday. covered with the soot and ash. >> you feel bad for everybody that lives under the plume like that, having their agriculture and industry hurt. and the airlines. what chance to have you against a volcanic ash cloud. i would call airbus and say that $43 million plane is not happening. clouds a big part of the second half of your weekend, just like sunshine was a big part of the first half. outside, not a lot of rain, a few lonesome sprinkles. 11:00 news last night, i did point them out as they were moving into the roanoke valley. most of them have died away. a few of the stragglers remain. the radar, you look live over washington. current temperature stands at a pleasant 64 degrees. dew points on their way back up. they measure moisture in the atmosphere. low 40s yesterday afternoon and back up to the low 50s and continuing to climb as the moisture comes back and rain chances continue to ramp up. most of the day will be a dry day. a few sprinkles out there this morning. 62 in annapolis. 60 in brandywine. 57 in waldorf and la plata. you can get a sense there is not a lot of rain out here. a couple of sprinkles south along i-95 through prince william county. to dale city and triangle north of fredericksburg, and one or two rain drops through front royal and the panhandle of west virginia. and that is it. not going to last too much longer. the last little dime cluster, and fairly dry air. evap waiting a good bit. other than an infiltrating rain drop through much of the afternoon will be dry. make your outdoor plans without too much fear or hesitation for later on this afternoon. more rain to come as we get into the overnight hours tonight and get the work and school week started coming up tomorrow as well. high pressure to the north. brought us nice air yesterday. as it heads to the new england coastline it helps to aid the east to northeasterly wind fetch around here that will hold temperatures in the low 60s tomorrow as rainshowers come in. this area of low pressure is not going anywhere in a big hurry. rain will linger tuesday into wednesday as well. how much rain? when should we expect it? here is the microcast rain forecast. the first real steady rainshowers move in. by tomorrow morning. noon tomorrow, light showers move in. steadier showers late tomorrow and tuesday. for today, mostly cloudy, cooler than yesterday. a couple of light sprinkles. tomorrow, steadier rainshowers kwitd like well highs in the upper 50s and low 60s. and the extended forecast the next couple of days, keep in mind, aaron, we need the rain. that's what you need to keep in mind the next few days. sunshine extraordinarily limited through at least the first half of the week. but i mentioned this yesterday. employee of the month nominations, if i can get the rain out of here by thursday, friday, saturday, things looking good. >> we need the rain. i'll keep that in mind. >> may flowers need rain. 6:14. now, "reporter's notebook." we'll be back in 15 minutes with top stories. welcome to "reporter's notebook." we begin with tolls on i-95. proposed tolls, that is. the virginia give novernor is proposing tolls on the southern portion of i-95 to raise up to $65 million a year. virginia would be the only state south of maryland to charge tolls in light of 95. in light of a struggling economy and a $4 billion cut in vdot, the governor is searching for funds to pay for roads and transportation projects. what do you think about this? >> the connecticut turnpike south. here we go again. the people in that part of the state have been hard hit economically. talk about economics, and they may not want to pay. more affluent people will grumble. they will get through and have to pay. and traveling up and down the east coast, people are used to using that. on the other hand and this is something that was certainly there in the campaign of mcdonnell. he promised something like this. it's not like he's dropping something on people they didn't know. the not in my backyard philosophy. i don't want them here. they are far enough down the line and i-95 is bad enough people argue. now we have to pay tolls. >> i think opposition will come from some parts of the southern state of virginia and the northern part of north carolina. i'm looking at the farmer who might have to work in north carolina and go across the border to virginia. he has to pay that toll. the locals might have a problem. but one thing, pat, like dave is touching on. the fact is, that part of i-95, a lot of traffic volume goes through there. people going from washington, d.c. to north carolina to georgia. so its a lot of volume going through there. he has to get permission of the federal government to enact such a -- a toll station. >> it's not the local farmers i think he has to worry about as much as the trucking interests. learning they want to take ab alternate route if they want to save a few bucks. i'm surprised that he started that far south. he promised to raise tolls to pay for infrastructure, maybe this is my washington central point of view, when we talk about transportation, nobody thinks about south virginia by the north carolina border. i wonder if this is a way of putting attention to his own constituency. >> i understand why you would go south. have you enough in northern virginia right now, talk about tolls. 66, 95, the beltway. >> you would -- if you like grounds well manured for taxes and tourism. >> the truckers, they have to pay more money, but speed is everything for them. they will be held up to pay a toll. >> i don't think they will be held up that much. between baltimore and new jersey turnpike, it's the same thing. >> their argument, we don't need anymore. >> the camel's nose under the tent. you can live with new jersey and maryland, but now all of a sudden of you have to pay down to virginia, what's next? >> the seat -- the race taking shape. vincent orange will challenge at-large d.c. council member kwame brown. both are lining up support among former council members in their home base. kwame brown calls himself a pop list. says his campaign will be run by the people and this race against vincent orange will be a contest vs. the old vs. the new. is that the way you see this contest shaping up. >> to the extent vincent orange has crawford to endorse him already, you're right. it's surprising the way people have in a few short years have looked to the end of the control border bord border -- board era. that ever since this young super from ward four came along, adrian fenty, things have been downhill. i don't say that's the correct view. i'm saying that's the view. >> will it be an advantage to pull from the older members whether kwame brown has support among sitting members? >> it could balance from what i can tell from my reporting, one could balance the other out. the one coming in after having been out of office, he is clearly the outsider. it might help him. >> i look at the concert here with the location. brown is very well known. and orange is very well known in ward five. if you look at the two men, it's going to be interesting as to the breakdown of the wards, and i think kwame brown is the popular one. >> i don't know if brown draws a deep well of respect from people like phil mendelsohn, jack evans, certainly not. >> and does orange? >> i'm not saying he does. will people go dagger to help kwame brown the way they might for other candidates. kwame brown, unwilling to take on adrian fenty and now, not having been scarred by any of those, i am the answer to adrian. >> why isn't jack evans in this race? he said he's going to run. >> we have to ask jack evans in this run. >> that's a copout i use when i don't know the answer. >> i think he got a good look at where voting preference is going and decided he would rather not. >> showing them the mother. d.c. mayor fenty and the school chancellor say they have found the funds to finance the new teacher contract. they have put together a $38 million package to close funding gap. and cfo ga gandy is now satisfi. how did they find the funds that they couldn't find before? >> they didn't find it. what happened, gandy said even before reed's testimony, if you want the money, here is where you can get it from. i don't know where they are drawing it from. but the larger point is this. they went eyeball to eyeball. the two superstars of d.c. government, as much as we have them in this munchkinçó city. eyeball to eyeball. >> what is a munchkin city? >> a city where the grownups aren't in charge. >> they found by reprogramming -- which is what they always do. they take from one program and give it to another. the fact remains before we decide who is winning and not winning. >> from a grassroots standpoint, this is very, very shaky. it looks shaky. >> why? >> the fact that the whole scrambling for the money. the funding. finding the moneys to -- i mean, the teachers right now have to vote on this, and there are a will the of unhappy teachers in this town. >> we have to take a break. we'll be right back. stay with us. welcome back. crowing about crime rates. in maryland, governor o'malley says violent crime is down 12%. although crime rates have fallen across the country, maryland's public safety record stands out. crime down 7% in montgomery county. 20% in prince georges. biggest drop there in recent years. critics question whether o'malley should get the credit. bill. >> all i can think of are those themes in "the wire," where the mayor tells the police chief i need better numbers, it's an election number. call me cynical, i can't keep that out of my head. crime is down across the board. the question, you have to take a lock at law enforcement infrastructure under o'malley, what's the state of the dna lab, the state of forensic technology, prevention programs. those are things where you really find out if your program is working and it's not a statistical blip. >> whenever you're in charge, the president, the governor, the mayor, things are better, you get that. one of the arguments that will be made, it's harder to make it on social issues. it helps him politically at the movement. >> governor ehrlich, despite the independent review that labels maryland the eighth most dangerous state in the country. >> what is crime like in baltimore city? >> it's gone up. >> exactly. >> what's crime like in prince georges county. >> it's gone down. >> what is crime like in montgomery county or in other parts of maryland. so i mean, the locals will have to play into this a lot. >> the point you may want to focus on is that even though statistically it's going ñidown the sensation around crime is going up. the brian beth homicide in silver springs, i can't imagine that makes people feel more comfortable. >> crime may be down, but in your local neighborhood you may not feel like it. >> one way or another, the crime is proof that you should -- >> but it's better for him to have these kinds of statistics than some other kind of statistics. >> good numbers. government confrontation in montgomery county. the county school board and council are going at it. the council wants to make deeper cuts than the $137 million in cuts that the county executive already proposed. the last time we saw the council spend school spending more than ex was in 2005. >> the council wants furloughs, and the superintendent is trying to hold off from furloughs. let's look at new york, washington, d.c. and other places. many, many teachers are being laid off because of budgets cuts. this is a story across the nation. >> the montgomery county council conflict is huge. number two, jerry weiss for a long time had things his own way, and lost duncan and michael suben, and suddenly he's finding he doesn't have as many friends as he used to and you see test scores start to slip. people are anxious about schools. to the extent there is conflict, it will sharpen focus. >> if you want to keep that edge with the county as bill says, you have to be careful about not harming education by avoiding layoffs. you have people taking a day off here and there, that could harm classroom performance. this is something root and branch important to montgomery county. >> it still comes down to there will be cuts. we'll see how deep. >> nobody is saying there can't be cuts. but do they have to go farther? the board of education and research are drawing a line in the sand against their own council in an election year. >> why would furloughs be tougher on teachers? >> the argument is if you do this, you'll jeopardize the learning process. that's understandable coming from a school superintendent, but when you're the budget man, budget manager, county executive. you're not as concerned about the learning process as you are concerned about being -- finding the money to pay for that learning process this is a big problem. >> the other problem -- the fact of the matter, no just a question of numbers vs. education. that'sçó a false antithesis. montgomery county provides itself on the service it provides. it has full support for, say, special ed kids, kids with different needs, for athletics. those things all cost money and to the extent that weiss, the superintendent has said all along, that our glorious service -- >> the special ed, the special stuff they do out there -- >> that's my point. >> if that meets the ax, you're talking about further instability in a school system that's already beginning make people nervous. >> the bottom line here, we have to look at education as a priority in this country and not only montgomery county, but across the board. we have to look at education as a priority. >> but you have to pay your bills too. >> but -- excuse me, we have to stop playing politics with education. >> and we have to wrap. >> politics. >> thanks a lot. >> that's "reporter's notebook." thank you for being here. stay with us. news 4 continues. playing for love. the uva women's lacrosse team prepares to take the field again, but this time a player is missing. yeardley love was murdered. another player was her killer. and an extra special graduation today. how they convinced the first lady to be their speaker. good morning, everyone. welcome back to news 4 today. i'm aaron gilchrist. kimberly suitors has the day off. the news just ahead. first, a quick check on the forecast. meteorologist chuck bell in with us this morning and a little -- cloudy we're going with today? >> i'm still smiling. did you notice that? the first key it won't bexd a complete loss of a day outside. we've lost the sunshine. not a lot of sun out there today. the rain is not a big problem. a few spots getting a rain drop or two this morning. but most of us will have a mostly dry day. that being said, let's take a check of the graphics. 60 degrees in clinton, maryland this morning. and 60 degrees in front royal and manassas. and 60 degrees also in martinsburg, west virginia. here is a look at the radar. here is the reason for my optimism. even the clouds, last little cluster of light sprinkle is dissipating and moving eastbound. light sprinkles first thing this morning. and mainly dry for the late morning, afternoon hours, and after 6:00 or 7:00, might see a chance for rain coming our way. and a great day to go out to andrews air force base. the joint service open house out there. a great show to go see and there is our four-day forecast, enjoy the cloudy and for the most part rain-free day today. we will be getting a chance to dust off the umbrellas. especially tomorrow late afternoon through monday night and much of the first half of tuesday. pretty steady rain coming our way. >> thanks for the heads up. appreciate it. uva women's lacrosse team takes on towson. they are playing at home in charlottesville in the first game since the murder of teammate yeardley love. the men's team was missing george hughley, who faces murder charges in love's death. on the back of the men's warmup jerseys were the word one love. there was a moment of silence for love before the game. >> i know they are playing for her. which is awesome. so i just hope it's a great game. that it's lots of fun and uva walks off feeling better. >> hopefully tonight is sort of a little bit of a rebirth. get everybody back to being college kids and having fun again and take their mind off what's going on for the last couple of weeks. >> of course, we talked to those folks before yesterday's game for the member's team. the game for the sixth seated women's team starts at noon. the mens advance to the quarterfinals against stoney brook. three young children dead and their mother in a critical condition after a fire in a townhouse this happened in cecil county. the children's mother called 911 around 3:30 yesterday morning. she was rescued from the roof of the building. firefighters found the bodies of her children on the second floor. the fire displaced 17 people who lived in nearby townhomes. officials don't know how or where that fire started. president obama joins police officers and their families to honor those who lost their lives in the line of duty. police deaths down sharply last year, but as brian mooar explains, each death is a tragedy that changed a family and a community forever. ♪ when so proudly we hailed >> reporter: at the u.s. capitol, a ceremony honoring law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. president obama among those paying respects. >> each loved, each is missed, each among america's finest. >> tina g. griswald. >> reporter: four officers gunned down in a tacoma area coffee shop are among the names being added to the memorial. 116 officers lost their lives in the line of duty in 2009. the lowest number in half a century. >> but any year we are forced to come here and read the names of even a single law enforcement officer that is one too many. >> reporter: the recent car bombing attempt in new york times square serves as a chilling reminder that first responders today face dangers unlike the generations that came before. those who put the lives on the thin blue line, paying respects for those who paid the ultimate price. the names of 1 9,000 police officers killed in the line of duty since 1792 are honored here. on brian mooar, washington. now to a developing story out of thailand. officials have abandoned the plan to impose a curfew in parts of bangkok. this, after 25 people have died in protest since thursday. demonstrators demanding early elections there. clashes between troops and protesters left six people dead yesterday. the red cross will be allowed to evacuate women, children and older adults. schools in ordered to close tomorrow. it is supposed to be the beginning of a new semester. bp isn't giving up on its latest experiment for capturing the oil gushing on the inferior the gulf of mexico. the company thinks it can drop a mile-long pipe into the breach after hitting a snag yesterday. >> reporter: a 100-ton, four-story metal and concrete box didn't work. the smaller top hat containment dome is on stand by, and the jury is still out on a 5,000 foot siphon tube. >> we feel the pain. we're frustrated and want to make sure at the end of the day no stone is left unturned. >> reporter: it does appear at times teams willing to try and try just about anything to slow down the oil pouring into the gulf. >> anything from really what we consider probably ideas that wouldn't work, but are well intentioned to ones that actually might be availabviable. >> reporter: bp is taking public suggestions. >> we like the spirit. some are feasible. some are not. >> reporter: john stone thinks his idea will work, and he sent it to bp more than once. he sells a product calls e-safe. >> it breaks down the oil, and the only really thing that's left of the oil is -- is simple sugars. >> reporter: stone says you can use it in the water or even if the crude makes it to shore. he hasn't heard from bp yet, but that doesn't mean he won't. >> people won't hear right away. the ones that might be viable, they may get an e-mail sooner and let them know when they may be contacted. >> reporter: as the search for a fix starts it's 26th day now. jay gray, nbc news, new orleans. coming up on 6:38 right now. he is the doctor accused of killing michael jackson right now, but now he's being credited with saving a life. how conrad murray came to the rescue of a woman on a plane. and it's never too late to learn. a woman who earned her college degree at the age of 94. and chuck says we're george washington university commencement is today, and it will be a special one in more ways than one. ceremony taking place on the national mall and will feature first lady michelle obama as the keynote speaker. it was part of a deal she made in september, where mrs. obama said she would speak if the university completed 100,000 hours of community service. students participated in projects as varied as painting walls for lab tattle for humanity to caring for the sick in ecuador on school breaks. about 25,000 people are expected to attend the ceremony today. >> commencement exercises for the george mason university class of 2010 have now begun. >> george mason university graduated more than 7,500 students yesterday at the patriots center. virginia senator gym webb was the commencement speaker. he focused on the current state of the economy and the future of the country. he also challenged students to think about their role in politics. >> do we truly have a society in which one can succeed to the best of their talent, energy, and ability, where there is no underclass that is barred from access to the quarters of power? where there is no aristocracy, who believe its actions is beyond the proper restraints of government. that should be our goal, firmly front and center in political makeup and should haunt our conscious every time we vote on a piece of legislation and it should be firmly in your minds when you decide who to pull the lever for in elections. >> special recognition to former virginia governor lynwood houlton who received the mason medal. that is to honor a person with a record of service to the community ask the state. never say never. that's the attitude one woman in california had in getting her college degree. you see her right here. hazel suarez is 94 years old and earned her degree from mills college in oakland yesterday. it took her so long because she had a busy life she is the mother of six with 40 grand and great grandchildren. she is the second oldest person to graduate from college. congratulations to her. a local child with a rare and deadly form of leukemia is fighting against the odds and against time. his family desperately searching for a bone marrow donor to save his life. derek ward with more on how they took their quest to the streets. >> reporter: when devin was just a year old, his parents discovered he had leukemia. >> we were on an airplane when he started bleeding from his mouth. >> reporter: four months of intense treatment led to two years of remission and then two weeks ago, a routine test. >> we got test results which tells us he has relapsed. >> reporter: while devin didn't need a bone marrow transplant when he was younger this time it's likely that he will. that means another complication. >> devin comes from a family which is part indian and part caucasian. his dad is irish, his mom has indian blood in him, and he falls into that pool where each typing is different and unique. >> reporter: only 3% of donors the national registry are of mixed race. >> they are focusing on country where is there are a lot of interracial and multiethnic marriages. >> reporter: this weekend, a bit of a quick organization and a table set up at turtle park at the fay fair in the northwest. hundreds showed up for a simple test, a swab on the inside of the cheek. >> it doesn't sound like that much of a sacrifice. definitely a commitment if you get called. if it was your son, get called. >> we don't have to put them under anesthesia, we could give them a medicine to raise their white count and select stem cells. >> we have to hope in our hearts. this is the only way we can go on every day and wake up every morning. we have to hope we are going to find a match for divin. >> there will be three other drives around the area before the end of the month. and kids like devin and countless other kids will have more of a fighting chance. if you would like to help, visit our website, nbc washington.com. for information on more donor drives in our area, look for that. hopefully devin will help. dr. conrad murray was on a u.s. flight yesterday morning from houston to phoenix when another passenger became unconscious. murray discovered she had a very weak pulse, inserted an iv from the plane's medical bag and stabilized the woman. the plane made an emergency landing in albuquerque and the woman went to the hospital. her condition is not known right now. murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter, accused of killing michael jackson with a fatal dose of medication. 6:46. a look at our forecast with welcome back, everybody. i noticed a few sprinkles in this morning. >> stray rain drops. a couple of sprinkles first thing on a sunday morning. by and large, left with a mostly dry day. plenty of clouds and limited amounts of sunshine for your sunday. nonetheless, it's not going to be a washout. temperatures outside on early sunday morning are generally in the upper 50s and low 60s. there's a live picture outside right now. and beautiful day under way. the potomac river winding away from washington. and headed toward the chesapeake bay. a fairly mild 64 degrees. dew point climbing. the humidity, 63% on the rise and that refreshing northwesterly breeze is also now nothing more than a memory. winds coming around eventually to the northeast and southeast by later on today and into tomorrow. that will bring atlantic moisture in, and bring clouds and a chance for rainshowers. temperatures right now as i mentioned, upper 50s and low 60s. radar, these are very light sprinkles, stray rain drops, that's about all there is to get your sunday started. they are generally tracking off to the east, a swipe or two on the wiper blades may be required. a look at the broader view. a couple of sprinkles, getting ready to come out toward winchester, virginia. that's going to be it. many dry hours to come after this. steadier rainshowers arriving late tonight and into the early morning hours tomorrow. and a pretty good dousing of rain monday night into tuesday. cloudy and cooler for your sunday. next area of low pressure is a slow mover. high pressure moving out of the upper midwest, heading for new york and new england. a blocking feature in the atmosphere will slow down the low pressure center. several days in a row for chances of rain coming in the area. that's a good thing. about four inches behind or more from year-to-date. microcast on the rainfall chances through 11:00 tonight. no more than a few .01 of an inch of rain at most. by noon, maybe the first tenth or quarter inch of rain coming down. heavier, steadier showers moving in monday night and into the early part of tuesday morning. sunday forecast. mostly cloudy, cooler than yesterday, a few light passing sprinkles and showers. that's it. most of the day will be dry, though. then for tomorrow, cloudy, cooler, rain likely pretty much at any point during the day tomorrow. temperatures in the 50s and low 60s. here is the four-day forecast. a really good chance for needed rain for monday and tuesday. tapering back to showers on wednesday. and then clearing out for thursday. beautiful weather returns for friday and saturday, and any time you need the forecast, and we're not on the air, go online. nbcwashington.com or weather.com and get the latest forecast. >> sounds good. well there will be no triple crown winner this year either. and the uva men's lacrosse team takes the field for the first time since the death of yardley love. owner dan snyder, owner of the redskins, latest person to call albert haynesworth for not attending voluntary workouts. several teammates voiced their disappointment. now the head honcho is not happy. yesterday at the edgewood department of parks and rec center. hundreds were greeted by chris cooley. they were there to dedicate a newly refurbished football field. dan snyder spoke to the kids and spoke to the media and had this to say when asked about the absence of albert haynesworth. >> i'm disappointed he's not here, absolutely. and we are expecting our players to lead by example and we're expecting our players to -- to understand that they are redskins and they need to be there. >> albert haynesworth expected to attend the mandatory mini camp this june. watch two favorite teams play two games in one day. the first game of the doubleheader against the rockies, not on television because of mlb restrictions. nats lose game one 6-2. game number two in colorado. no score, alvarado on the mound. and carlos gonzalez on, and goes down, gets a hold of this one. out to right for a home run. just inside the fair foul pole. fourth of the year. 2-0, rockies. top six now. and adam dunn at the plate. homered in the first game of the doubleheader. how about in the second one? gets it done. a moon shot high into the sky. thin air in denver. dunn's ninth of the season. ties the game at 3-3. bottom search now. same score, reliever. shawn burnett facing seth smith with a man on third. two outs, full count. seth smith. hits one here back to the box. off the glove of burnett. ian desmond gets to it. his throw short. adam dunn picks it, and drops it. oh, no. smith is safe. paul philips scores, and the nats lose. two losses in oneñi day. at the preakness yesterday. jockey calvin burrell dropped some zeros. for his eighth place finish at the preakness, he earned $142. we're at pimlico racetrack in baltimore. all eyes on kentucky derby winner super saver and calvin burrell who predicted he would win the triple crown aboard super saver, here is the call. >> looking at lucky, super saver, and comes and you'll want to watch this wild finish and looking at lucky. looking at lucky has got it. >> looking at lucky wins the preakness. super saver finishes eighth. made a gutsy call after not winning the derby. he used jockey martin garcia. no triple crown champ this year. hasn't happened since 1978. the ncaa lacrosse tournament. virginia on the field yesterday playing with heavy hearts, playing for the first time since the murder of women's player yardley love. george hughley was charged with her death and is due in court next month. virginia players wearing t-shirts with one love written on them. a moment of silence in honor of yardley love before the game. and virginia taking on mt. st. mary's. no match for the mighty cavaliers. rips the shot into the back of the net. bratton with three goals and two assists. virginia wins 18-4 and will face stoney brook next week. more lacrosse. head coach dave connell and maryland hosting hofstra. steven anapoli meet steven holmes. welcome. top of the screen. nobody is going to defend him, he goes to the net and scores. thank you very much. nifty move. maryland advances with an 11-8 win. and they'll play the winner of princeton and notre dame. number one ranked maryland women's lacrosse team advances to the quarterfinals with a 20-5 victory. wnba. mystics defeat indiana in their season opener. d.c. taking on the colorado rapids last night. trying to improve on their 1-6 record. rfk, kids happy for a bit. but not after this. second half no, score, colorado, and deep, nice move. that was the difference. rapids beat united 1-0. the fifth time d.c. has been shut out this season. that's your morning sports. have a great day. all right. there is still more news 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(lab girl) trust resolve. forget stains. 7:00 a.m. right now. good morning. welcome to news 4 today. i'm aaron gilchrist. kimberly suitors has the day off. it is sunday, may 16, 2010. chuck bell is here with us this morning. >> yes, indeed. >> dealt with lots of warmth and sun yesterday. today, not so much. >> no. we talked about this yesterday. yesterday would be a prettier nicer day outside. and enjoying the weather today. not quite as nice. not going to be a washout. for anything you are going to do outside, george washington university graduation is outside and i'm optimistic. and a rain drop or two, but not going to be a deluge. that's a sporting event. a winter olympic sport. >> de >> 60 in brandy wine. 64 in bethesda and 62 in annapolis. 59 in manassas. a check of live doppler. few lo won't add up to any more than literally a fun .01s of an inch of rain. a little chance of light rain after 6:00 tonight. most of the day will be cloudy and rain free. temperatures will hold in the upper 60s and low 70s today. perfect day for getting out to andrews air force base for the big air show they have going on there. and if you need dry weather in your life. enjoy dry weather today. because wet to get the week started. >> the deluge comes. >> yes. >> all right. thanks a lot, chuck. a look at top stories. george washington university is having commencement this morning. it will feature first lady michelle obama as the keynote speaker. part of a deal she made in september, mrs. obama said she would speak in the university completed 100,000 hours of community service. about 25,000 people expected to attend the ceremony today on the national mall. will the latest oil cleanup effort work in the gulf? bp officials want to know. yesterday they hit a snag with equipment failure. today, submarine robots will try to plug the leak and siphon the crowd. 28 days since the oil rig exploded and killed 11 people. a volcano in iceland could cause more problems this week. british officials could close parts of the air space today because of the plume of ash and smoke. in the wind changes, flights could be re-routed or canceled. they would affect british and german flights. risk continues through tuesday. those are some of the stories making news today. next is nbc 4's viewpoint. back in a few minutes with an update. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to "viewpoint." our focus this morning, homelessness in our region. challenges and solutions this morning. guests in the studio, we have sue marshall, executive director of the community partnership for the prevention of homelessness and fran becker, executive director of carpenter shelter. and michael ferrell, executive director of the coalition for homelessness. thank you for coming in. you are all on the front lines and have been for years. we want to get into what you are seeing out there today, perhaps compared to last year and ten years ago. what the future holds to. maybe we can start out with some definitions. when we say homelessness today, who does that include. people living e ing iing in she on the streets, or who? >> we follow the hud guidelines with respect to defining homelessness in the region and in that regard, as you have noted already, persons residing in shelters, transitional programs and other facilities that are specifically designated for homeless people or persons who are experiencing homelessness. in addition, anyone who is living anywhere that's not habitable, so that includes abandoned buildings, parked cars, parks and campsites and things of that nature would also be included as part of the definition, and so you are looking at in the most literal sense anyone who does not have a residence within a particular community, that is considered habitable and appropriate for them to reside. >> how difficult is it to track some of the people who are out on the streets? how do you do the outreach part of that to find out how many people are out there? >> one of the things we are here to talk about this morning is the report that is based on what's called a point in time count, so one of the methods of counting homeless people is on a particular day, we all all of our resources to count people who are in the places that michael named, as well as going out into polices on the street that outreach teams, polir people who frequent the streets have identified as places where homeless people tend to live. to give a little perspective on that for the district of columbia, it is a very small percentage of our population that is unsheltered. actually living on the streets. >> and it's pretty amazing, when you think about it. for the whole region that the council of government covers. that same night, we tried to count as many homeless people as sue said in the shelters, by the river, on the park bench, but what's missing from this count are the hidden homeless. they may be the ones that are doubling up on their friend's floor or youth that may have run away and we can't count. as important as this study is, and it's done every year, a massive effort to do so, the income and it is going down, the hidden homeless we have to be concerned about. >> fran mentioned the number going down, and it's almost down by about 2%, 1.7%. what are the factors behind that? and this is from 2009 to 2010? >> that's correct. there are a number of factors, most significantly the federal stimulus dollars. which have gone to various plans on placing individuals to permanent housing and rapid rehousing. permanent supportive housing is housing that provides social services to individuals. this is the same time that they are being housed, and this could include mental health services, substance abuse counseling and things of that nature. that is significant. >> i have been out to carpenter's, it's been years. but it's a comprehensive program there. where you offer classes, and you offer working with the person while they are there. and after they leave too. how important is that that it's not just providing a roof over their heads? >> well, we believe it's critical. we operate about three or four different beliefs. one is certainly that everyone is entitled to safe, affordable housing. we operate that no child deserves to be homeless, as well as education is the key to self-sufficiency. so as you mentioned, jim, what we do best is teach. we teach people the skills to prevent the repeated episodes of homelessness, that means we say with them for many, many years. once they are in stable housing. that's a lot what mike and sue's agencies in the district do as well. >> tell us about your agency and its focus in the district right now. >> the community partnership is a nonprofit intermediary organization. and in addition to comprehensive shelter services, we provide a wide array of prevention services as mike alluded to. all of our objectives are to get in front of the issue of homelessness, to ultimately end it, and in the meantime, prevent as many persons and families from coming into the system as we possibly can. so among the things that have been funded with stimulus dollars in all of our community are prevention efforts, where when families and individuals are behind in their rent, because that's one of the biggest predictors of someone being at risk of homelessness, we provide assistance to pay back rent, to pay overdue utilities which are also an early warning sign of problems with income and ability to meet bills so to get in front of and prevention the issue is one of our biggest goals. >> i like that, get out in front of it before it becomes a crisis point and they need a shelter or something. a will the more to talk about after this break. please stay with us on "viewpoint." we'll be right back. welcome back to "viewpoint." our topic this morning is homeless innocence our hom homelessness in our region. let's start with the economy. how has the economy affected homeless numbers and perhaps numbers we'll see a year, two, or three down the road as we see foreclosures climb, and also the number of people staying unemployed longer climbs as well. are you fearful of these numbers increasing as opposed to dipping? >> certainly that is a major concern at this particular time. as noted earlier, a lot of the success that we have had in the past year has been because of the additional federal stimulus dollars, so it will require a local jurisdiction as to identify other resources, nonfederal resources, in order to continue the work that they are currently doing. and i think all of that work is absolutely commendable on the parts of the various jurisdictions, particularly as noted by sue. prevention efforts and efforts with respect to rapid rehousing and really want to lift up what's in the report regarding the permanent support of housing. we have 1,500 more people in permanent supportive housing today than we did last year. that represents a 30% -- almost 30% increase in persons who were formerly homeless, now living in permanent supportive housing compared to last year. >> that's tremendous. what a difference that makes. a huge difference. how do you get them there? and how do you keep them in that really ideal situation to be in a permanent house? >> it requires subsidy and that's one of the most important background points to make here, is we're dealing with a population that is poor relating to our question about overall economics. so that most of the consumers that we place in permanent housing get placed in housing with a subsidy. we also try to concentrate on working with employment to upgrade people's income, although many of our consumers work, they do not make the kind of income that allows them to afford units in today's market without that kind of assistance. the funds that we use for prevention are exhausted as quickly as we are able to get them. in our prevention program, one signal for that is we are only able to deal with people who actually have a writ of eviction in their hands which means their situation has progressed to an extreme situation. so research as mike pointed out, do not exist in proportion to demand or the need, given the problems that we have. and i'd also like to make the point that there are regional variations in the statistics that we're talking about in the district of columbia, where there is a concentration of poor people. our numbers have gone up, both in terms of people on the streets, which may, in fact, be a function of better counting, but no doubt there, has been an increase there, and we had a very significant increase in the number of family who's have come into our system. economics are really driving the situation a lot more than in the past. >> from the report in d.c., about 6,500 people are classified as homeless, a 1.09% that we're talking about there. that's the figure for d.c. which is still high. we saw prince georges in your report take a big decline there, and frederick go up too. >> prince georges county, that's largely attributable to the placement of individuals to permanent supportive housing. >> you were mentioned during the break that homelessness today in this decade is far difference from homelessness in the '80s. what did you mean by that? >> i think back in the '80s, we saw an awful lot of individuals that actually were sleeping on the street grates. there wasn't any systematic and coordinated effort to get people off the grates and into shelters and shelters were known as the mission shelter, one night at a time folks can come out of the cold and have a safe, warm place to lay their head. 30 years has gone by in some jurisdictions where we're seeing increasingly more and more families, more children, and we're seeing them stay longer and longer. our program at carpenter shelter, we don't let or release anyone after a set amount of time. it's not a 30-day time period. we don't believe homelessness starts overnight, nor can it be solved overnight. our individuals will stay up to four or five months and a direct impact on the economy right now. if wages are low, or unemployment is difficult and rents are high, they are in the homeless shelter longer. right now, all of our folks living in our residences are working individuals. all of them above the minimum wage, and where are they living? but a homeless shelter. some of this has to do with, as sue alluded to, having adequate wages for folks that can move on, who are in the pocket of poverty, that can move on and really catch the ring to the american dream. >> as we noted, while the economy is reisn'tient in our region, compared to other parts, it's also a very expensive place to live as well. we have a lot more to get to. we'll pick up on jobs when we come back. stay with us on "viewpoint." 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threat on a plane turned out to be a hoax. two fighter jets flew alongside that flight in hong kong. nothing threatening ever found. now back to "viewpoint." >> welcome back to "viewpoint." we're talking about homelessness in our region. a miss concept that a locality of people have. people who are homeless don't work, when in large part many of them do. whether it be full time or part time. what are we seeing in terms of numbers, of people working? >> regional, we're seeing 21% of your single adults are working full or part time, 40% of your adults and family are employed. and i think it's important to note when we look at the suburban jurisdictions, that number actually goes as high as 63% in some suburban jurisdictions where adults and families or single adults are employed. and i think what's most telling about that is and we've touched on it before, even though these folks are working, they can't afford the high cost of housing. >> the unemployment rate tends to be higher in this region than other regions, we don't see as many working families, but we have a significant number. the important point is that the one mike made is even though people work, the wages that are being paid in no way allow families to afford market rate housing. there are not nearly enough subsidies for working families to bridge that gap between prevailing wages and market rents, and what we're talking about is certainly not minimum wage. we're talking about many, many multiples of the minimum wage, talking about what is a living wage and in washington, d.c., you're talking somewhere $30 or $40 an hour to be able to negotiate the market without some kind of public assistance. >> so many prabs out there, your organization serves as a focal point. but keeping families together, how difficult is that? i know there are some shelters and community that only take single people. for a variety of reasons. maybe the parent cannot have the child there. but how important is it to keep that family intact or to bring them back together? for them? >> well, i think when you look at homelessness, it equates to support if someone is homeless, they need all of the support they can possibly have, and certainly to reunify a family and have a family rebuild their lives together, it will support that individual and family such that it's not tomorrow, and it's not next week, but it's many years down the road, they will be that self-sufficient, that successful and by the way that contributing member of society. but it's the family unit that's very necessary to protect and encourage. >> michael, your report focuses on nine durs dictions, do you see a difference between more urban areas or close-in suburbs as opposed to far out? are homeless turning in different directions to find support and services? >> well, we're seeing homelessness throughout the region. i think that's the most important point to note. we don't want anyone to walk away thinking that it exists in one jurisdiction and does not exist in another. it is throughout this region, and we're actually seeing in some respects the numbers growing. it goes back to the point that sue made in terms of the district of columbia. we saw an increase in the district whereas we saw decreases in some of the suburban jurisdictions, a lot of that is certainly a function of the economy, but also what resources and services available in the various jurisdictions affected by homelessness. >> we want to put up websites and phone numbers once again for viewers. we'll be right back on viewpoint." stick around. ♪ ♪ i like your messy hair ♪ i like the clothes you wear ♪ i like the way you sing ♪ and when you dance with me ♪ you always make me smile ♪ don't know why i love you [ male announcer ] we believe you're at your best when you can truly be yourself. and at holiday inn express, you always can. holiday inn express. stay you. welcome back to "viewpoint." we're talking about homelessness in the region today. with our guests who have been on the front lines. i'm curious. stories, we've been hearing a lot about numbers. but the faces, how have the stories changed that you have seen over the years and in recent years? the people coming to you for services? >> we certainly see a lot more children who are members of families. we see a lot more unacompanied youth. and it is also significant that the population is aging. some of it ageing in place. >> very interesting. and that's likely a trend to continue as our population ages and lives longer. >> well, when you mentioned about unacompanied youth, a growing population are these foster care children aging out of the system and now are homeless. that's a big population, and that's something that merits concern. >> i want to get back to this report too, michael. have you been chair of the economy. and i want to give the full title. council of government's homelessness services planning and coordinating committee that put together this extensive report. the big takeaway that we should get from this is what? there is so much being done and in some places the numbers are improving. >> absolutely. it clearly demonstrates that the strategies that have been initiated are working. they are preventing the growth of homelessness in the region, and certainly you see jurisdictional variations, but overall, we're seeing the effectiveness of the prevention strategies, the rapt rehousing, the permanent supportive housing. these strategies have to continue in order to see the numbers, continue to decline over the next five years or so. >> one thing that's not going to continue and you touched on this earlier is the stimulus money. what happens when that drys up? and how tough has it been to raise money and find other resources out there in the real world today? >> it's a big concern. the next two years will be very challenging years for all nonprofits, but certainly for all of us who provide services to homeless people. i think with localities having big deficit budgets, i'm not sure we'll see the nonfederal money come through. and so the advances that have been made because of the strategies and because of the ten-year plans, i'm a little nervous about, because i don't know. and maybe my colleagues here have some ideas, but i don't know. it's going to be challenging. >> it's critical in jurisdictions that have been invested temporary federal funds, not just in addressing the issue of homelessness, but in basic infrastructure, to find some way to continue these programs, because the impact of not continuing is that all of the consumers that we have been so successful in housing, will be right back in the condition that we spent funds to get them out of in the first place, so it is not good public policy and it is not good investment strategy to not continue to support the successful program. >> because ultimately you will be paying more. it does not make sense and can be devastating to the people you have gotten back on your feet. >> i hope the audience understand we're not talking about necessarily the single adult. we're talking about families and we're talking about children. children growing up in america in homeless shelters, and i don't think that's right. >> and in many cases, i would think these are perhaps the new working poor we're seeing too? >> absolutely. absolutely. you are seeing that as part of the population and it bears noting that while we're talking about homelessness today, if you survey the local jurisdiction, you will find an increase request for demand for public assistance, food stamps, rental assistance and things of that nature. it's just not about homelessness as an endgame. but looking at the challenges that people face prior to them becoming homeless and reinforces the prevention. >> our hats off to you for the important work you've been doing over the years. we appreciate you coming in and enlightening us this morning. that's all the time we have on "viewpoint" this morning. thank you for watching. stay tuned. news 4 continues. enjoy the rest of your weekend, everybody. a plus accomplishment. local students perform thousands of hours of community service, and snag the first lady as their commencement speaker. good morning, everybody. welcome back to news 4 today. i'm aaron gilchrist. kimberly suitors has the morning off. sunday, may 16, 2010. news ahead. first a quick check on the forecast. chuck bell with us this morning. looking for a cloudy day. >> yeah, the clouds have rolled in, and a couple of light little shower out there first thing this morning. for the morning, bikers, joggers, dog walkers, not too bad. unless you have nicholas, the killer attack dog. any moisture, and he turns into the mud flap under the car. anyone with a longer leg will be fine. temperatures in low to mid 60s. a check of live doppler, a few sprinkles headed to the north. and so just a few passing sprinkles this morning, another chance for sprinkles later on this afternoon. most of the day will be cloudy and dry. steadier rainshowers later on tonight into tomorrow. and tuesday. a good day to head on out to andrews air force base to check out the air show out there. good day for that. and enjoy your relatively rain-free sunday. the rest of the week looking soggy. >> you called the dog a mud flap. >> that's what i call him in the rain. i'll bring him in wet one day, you'll see what i mean. >> thanks, chuck. >> okay. george washington university's commencement is today. and it will be special in more ways than one. the ceremony will take place on the national mall and feature first lady michelle obama as the keynote speaker. part of the deal she made in september, mrs. obama said she would speak if the university completed 100,000 hours of community service. they cared for the sick in ecuador on school breaks. as commencement festivities get under way, a fellow classmate in the hospital in critical condition. he fell out of a fifth floor window early yesterday morning. >> george washington university senior reports to a grassy area behind a student dorm where they found a fellow student lying unconscious early this morning. >> we came around from over there and walked over here and we saw this guy sprawled out on the grass. >> the 20-year-old sophomore fell from a fifth floor window on the back side of guthridge hall in the 2100 block of s street around 4:00 in the morning. >> we realized his breathing was really erratic and his wrist was really swollen and bleeding over here with scratches, and we decided this is not right we have to call someone. so we decided to call -- i think one person called emerge and the other called 911. >> reporter: the man who fell does not live in the building. he suffered multiple internal seniors injuries and was taken to the hospital in critical condition. >> i tried to wake him up. sir, sir, are you wake up, can you hear me? i figured if he was still breathing he it would be okay. >> reporter: did he respond at all? >> he did not. >> reporter: the circumstances remain under investigation. sources tell news 4 they believe the fall was an accident. darcy spencer, news 4 today. nearly two dozen students from washington and lee university are are covering after a deck collapsed this happened friday night on the campus in lexington, virginia. the ten-foot deck collapsed during a house party. 22 students ended up in the hospital. several others treated at the university's health center. everyone is expected to be okay. investigators have not figured out why that deck gave way. uva's women's lacrosse team takes on towson in the ncaa tournament. playing at home in charlottesville in the first game since the murder of teammate yardley love. the men's team dominated mt. st. mary's, winning 18-4. they were missing mid fielder george hughley, love's ex-boyfriend. and fans left flowers at the entrance of the stadium on the back of the men's warmup jersey, the words one love. three young children dead and their mother in criticalan condition after a fire in a maryland townhouse. it happened in northeast in cecil county. the children's mother called 911 around 34sh:30 yesterday mornin. firefighters found the bodies of her children on the second floor. it displaced 17 others who lived in nearby townhouses. officials don't know how or where that fire started. now to the oil spill in the gulf. bp not giving up on its latest experiment for capturing the oil spill. they think they can hit a mile long pipe into the breach. there is no chartage of ideas on how to cap that leak. >> reporter: 100-ton four-story metal and concrete box didn't work. the smaller top hat containment dome is on stand by. and the jury is still on oa 5,00 foot siphon tube. >> we feel the pain, we are frustrated and at the end of the day, we want to make sure no stone is left unturned. >> reporter: it does appear that teams are willing to try just about anything to slow down the oil spilling into the gulf. >> anything from what we consider to ideas that wouldn't work that are well intentioned to ones that might be available. >> reporter: bp is taking public suggestions from a company website on a hotline. >> we like the spirit of it, some are feasible. some are not. >> reporter: john stone thinks his idea will work and he sent it to bp more than once. he sells a product called e-safe. >> it breaks down the oil and the only thing that's left of the oil is simple sugars. >> reporter: stone says you can use it in the water or even if the crude makes it to shore. he hasn't heard from bp yet, but that doesn't mean he won't. >> people won't hear right way. those that might be viable will hear sooner. >> reporter: the search for a fix starts it's 26th day now. jay gray, nbc news, new orleans. meanwhile, researchers are trying to chart the effects of the undersea oil spill. once said the leaking oil has decompleted oxygen levels in some areas by 30% and it could get worse. now to a developing story out of thailand, officials have abandoned the machine to impose a curfew in parts of bangkok. this after 25 people have died in protests since thursday. demonstrators demanding early elections and ready to negotiate with the government. clashes between troops and protesters killed six yesterday. the red cross will be allowed to evacuate women and children and older adults. schools have been ordered closed tomorrow. it was supposed to be the beginning of a new semester. the volcano in iceland could cause more problems this week. british officials could close parts of their air space today because of the plume of ash and smoke. you can see the mess it's causing. if the winds change, flights could be rerouted or canceled. cancelations would affect british and german flights. the risk continues through tuesday. the sole survivor of a deadly plane crash in libya is back in the netherlands this morning. 9-year-old ruben was wheeled out of the hospital's front door yesterday. he was hidden under blankets and flanked by security. on friday, he learned his entire family, mother, father, and older brother were dead. vest quittors don't know why the flit from south africa crashed on wednesday just short of the runway. ruben's legs badly fractured in that crash. >> he opened the belt and take him to the ambulance. in the car, he cried. >> 103 people killed, many of them dutch tourists. ruben's family was returning from an african safari celebrating the couple's wedding anniversary. 7:39. he is the doctor accused of killing michael jackson, now credited with saving a life. how dr. conrad murray come to a woman's rescue on a plane. plus, the story of a woman who earned her college degree at the age of 94. and chuck says we're in for rain. he'll tell us how much and when, coming up. never say never. that's the attitude one woman in california had about getting her college degree. hazel suarez earned her college degree at 94 years old. she is the mother of six, has 40 grand and great grandchildren. she is believed to be the second oldest person to graduate from college. little busy. take your time. no problem." today is next on nbc 4. starts at 8:00. jenna wolfe live in new york with a look at what's coming up. >> don't you think at 94 you could potentially be the oldest person? wouldn't you want that honor? she's only the second. >> let's just give it to her, why not? >> why not? exactly. coming up on "today," following efforts by bp to plug that massive oil leak in the gulf of mexico. it's like threading the eye of a needle at the bottom of an ocean. the latest on a magnitude 5.7 earthquake that shook puerto rico this morning. and the closer look at it the possibility of a big one hitting in the united states. and weeks after a volcanic cloud in iceland closed down air travel there, is concern about another cloud from that same volcano. and our new series, "today hits the road," about my adventure in the stunning blue ridge mountains. it was fun. we all know about youtube, but did you know there is now a pettube? we'll check that out. good video for sure. those stories and more when we see you later on today. back to you. >> the question is, do the pets actually log on to pettube. that's what i want to find out. >> pets logging on right now, with their little paws, trying to figure out what it's all about. >> thanks, jenna. >> okay. the doctor charged in michael jackson's death may have saved a life. dr. con ray murray on a u.s. airways flight from houston to phoenix when another passenger went unconscious. murray discovered she had a weak pulse. he inserted an iv from the plane's medical bag and was able to stabilize the woman. the plane made an energy landme landing in albuquerque and went to the hospital. murray is accused of killing michael jackson with a fatal douse of a powerful anice lettic. a local child is fighting a battle against the odds and time. his family searching for a bone marrow donor to save his life. derek ward has more on how they took their quest to the streets. >> reporter: when devin was just a year old, his parents discovered he leukemia. >> we were on an airplane when he started bleeding from his mouth. >> reporter: four months of intense treatment led to 2 1/2 years of remission. then two weeks ago, a routine test. >> we got a positive result, which told -- tells us that he has relapsed. and that, you know, the cancer is back. >> reporter: while devin hadn't needed a bone marrow transplant when he was younger, this time it's likely that he will. that means another complication. >> devin comes from a family which is part indian and part caucasian in the sense that his dad is irish, his mom has some indian blood in her, he falls buy that pool where literally typing is different and unique. >> reporter: of 8 million donors in the international registry, only 3% are of mixed race donors. friends and family are looking for a match that is willing to become a donor. >> they are focusing on countries where there are a lot of interracial and multiethnic marriages. >> reporter: this weekend, a bit of a quick organization and a table set up at turtle park at the may fair in northwest. hundreds showed up for a simple test, a swab on the inside of a. >> you may not even have to put them under anesthesia to get bone marrow for them. we could give them a medicine, raise their white count and collect the stem cells. >> we, of course, have to hope in our hearts, because this is the only way we can go on every day and wake up every morning. we have to hope we're going to find a match for devin. >> reporter: if you missed this drive, there will be three others before the end of the month around the area. if turnout was anything like it was today, kids like devin will have more of a fighting chance. news 4, derek ward. if you want to help, visit our website, nbcwashington.com for more information on donor drives in our area. coming up on 7:48 on this sunday morning. a live look outside right now. a nice day. maybe not? a little rain? clouds? chuck will break it down for us wh in morning, space shuttle "atlantis" will dock at the international space station. there is no need to move the ims away from some space junk it will pass within six miles of the station after "atlantis" is scheduled to dock. they will install fresh batteries and a new russian compartment. only two shuttle flights remain before the fleet retires. >> love the space program, love the space program. >> good thing they are not flying out of d.c. >> no. but wouldn't that be awesome? we could have the last launch from andrews air force base. that would be awesome. >> it would be cool. >> imagine the light going over downtown washington. we digress. we are here to talk about the forecast, not for my personal wish to launch space shuttles from andrews air force base, which won't happen. a couple of rain drops on the radar. we'll show you those in a section. downtown washington, a very cloudy morning to get your sunday started. as you look live over the city there. looks like -- let's see. the kennedy center, the roosevelt bridge and down in the distance, the 14th street bridge complex. 64 is our downtown temperature right now. under cloudy skies, winds come around from the northeast at 8 miles per hour. any time you have the easterly component in the wind, especially at this time of the year, that spells low clouds and rain chances on the up and up. that's the way the forecast is breaking down. 62 in analysis. 63 in fairfax and leesburg. and here is a lock at the doppler. light little sprinkles across the area towards front row. a few more now and getting ready to move into the city of fairfax. a few rain drops in fairfax and falls church. by and large, a majority of rain will come after the sun goes down tonight, and a wet start to the workweek for tomorrow, and especially monday night into tuesday. temperatures, 40s up to our north. cooler air, not too terribly far away, and the difference between warm and humid and cooler and drier will keep the clouds in here for today. here is the look. and that is the reason i'm optimistic that most of your sunday will be dry, say for the occasional passing sprinkle, that's about it. futurecast model shows cloudy skies in on us this morning. and a break in the action as high pressure moves toward new england. east to northeasterly wind will keep clouds in place and keep the deeper moisture back down on our south and west. that means steadier rainshowers are quite some distance in time away from us and that wedge of cool air on top of us, eventually moisture rides up over the top of it. will bring in increasing chances for rain as we head over the next 48 hours or so. here is microcast through most of the day today. by 11:00 tonight, still most places, less than a tenth of an inch of rain. hundreds of an inch of rain. the first real organized showers lift into the area. and by the time we get to 7:00 a.m. on tuesday morning, 48 hours or so most locations with a half an inch to an inch of rain. sunday, cloudy, cooler, light showers around this morning. steadier rainshowers likely as you get into monday. keep that in mind. heaviest and steadiest of rain will come monday afternoon through lunchtime on tuesday. then we go back to scattered showers, maybe a rumble or two of thunder on wednesday. drying it out and warming it back up again. just in time for next weekend. that is always welcome news. any time you need the forecast, get it at nbc washington.com or the weather channel and weather.com. >> thanks, chuck. no triple crown winner again this year either. and the uva men's lacrosse team takes the field for the first time since the death of yardley love. good morning, everyone. sports on sunday morning begins with the redskins. owner dan snyder, the latest person to call out albert haynesworth for not attending voluntary workouts. during the last mini camp, several teammates voiced their disappointment with his absence. now the head honcho is not happy. yesterday afternoon at the edgewood department of parks and rec center in northeast d.c., hundreds of kids greeted by chris cooley. the redskin there to dead indicate a newly refurbished football field. dan snyder spoke to the kids and spoke to the media and had this to say when asked about the absence of albert haynesworth. >> yeah, i'm disappointed he's not here, absolutely. and we are expecting our players to lead by example. and we're expecting our players to -- to understand that they are redskins and they need to be there. >> albert haynesworth expected to attend the mandatory mini camp this june. for baseball fans, watching their favorite team play two games in one day is pure bliss. not for nationals fans yesterday. first doubleheader against the rockies not on television because of mlb restrictions. didn't lose much. nats lose 6-2. game number two in colorado, no score bottom of the third. and man on for carlos gonzalez, and whoa. goes down, gets a hold of this one. to right, a home run just inside the fair/foul pole. fourth one of the year. 2-1, rockies. and adam dunn at the plate. homered in the first game of the doubleheader. how about in the second one? gets it done. a moon shot. high into the sky there. the thin air in denver, dunn's ninth of the season. tied at game at three. bottom seven now, same score, reliever, shawn burnett facing seth smith with a man on third. two outs. seth smith hits one back to the box, off the glove of burnett. ian desmond gets to it, but his throw short. adam dunn drops it. oh, no. smith is safe, paul phillips scores, and the nats lose 4-3. two losses in one day. at the preakness yesterday, jockey calvin burrell dropped some zeros. for his kentucky derby victory, he earned $142,000. for his eighth place finish at the preakness, he earned $142. we're at pimlico racetrack. all eyes on super saver and jockey calvin burrell, who predicted he'd win the triple crown aboard super saver. here is the call. looking at lucky is the leader. super saver. a wild finish coming. looking at lucky first. looking at lucky and looking at lucky has got it! >> looking at lucky wins the preakness. super saver finished eighth. the trainer loving life. made a gutsy call after not winning the derby. he dropped his jockey in favor of 25-year-old garcia and it paid off. first round of the ncaa lacrosse tournament yesterday. number one ranked university of west virginia playing for the first time since the murder murder of yardley love. george hughley charged with love's death. he is due in court next month. and t-shirts with the phrase one love on them, and a moment silence in honor of love before the game. and virginia taking on mt. st. mary's, and the mount no match for the mighty cavaliers. check out braddon. so good. rips the shot into the back of the net. three goals two assists, virginia wins 18-4 and will face stoney brook next weekend. head coach dave connell and maryland hosting hofstra. steven anapoli, meet brent holmes. welcome. dean heartwit, realized no one is going to defend him, he goes to the net and scores, thank you very much. nifty move. maryland advances with an 11-8 win and will play the winner of princeton and notre dame. and maryland women's lacrosse team advances with a 20-5 victory over marmaris.micie my. and at rfk, the kids were happy for a bit. but not after this. second half, no score. colorado with the ball. deep to pena and scores. nice move. that was the difference. rapids beat united 1-0. the fifth time d.c. has been shut out this season. that's your morning sports. have a great day. and that's it for