sleeves all day long. this morning in the low 70s. hitting the upper 70s after that between 8:00 and 9:00. quite a bit of sunshine and rather humid conditions. coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:11, a look at the hour by hour temperature warming today. now melissa dealing with building volume already. we do have building volume and a brand new crash just in. this is georgia avenue at brookville road, all lanes blocked. so trying to get more information for you on that and pass it along. taking a live look beltway at river road, no major issues there. a look at 395 headed in to and out of town, no problem. you're at speed. bw parkway, same thing in and out of town. a bigger picture here, d.c. 295 a little slow as it typically is this time of day. indian head highway coming into town as you approach the beltway a little slow, as well. i'll get more information on you brookville road crash and be back in 10 minutes. now to that breaking news, a house fire on iris road. megan. >> reporter: we have new information for you. first of all, i'll step out of the way and let you see for yourself here. we're being told by the fire department that the flames actually damaged the gas meter inside the house. so they now have a situation where they have free flowing gas. they have been unable to shut the gas off at that meter. so they had to take a stand back stance here. the utility company is on the scene. as soon as they shut it off, firefighters will again go inside the building. there was a second firefighter injured, as well. those injuries, though, not considered to be serious so a total of two firefighters who have been transported to the hospital. and also the hol homeowner withe threatening injuries. a neighbor dialed 911. when firefighters got here, they found the son, the adult son who lives in the house, they found him out in the yard. he has been able to get out. he told them that his mother was still inside. firefighters did find her up on the second floor, she was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. what caused the fire? they don't know, but does appear that it began somewhere down in the basement and then spread through the house. and there is quite a bit of smoke. back to you. >> thank you, megan. new this morning, a new effort to bring the olympic games to washington in 2024. there is a website going up today to try to build support to bring the games here to the d.c. area. that website will go on line in about about b. two hours. it will also announce the board of directors. owner of the caps and wizards among them. now, there are several cities around the world that want those games. four of them here in the u.s.. boston, l.a., san francisco and washington. now, d.c. thinks that they have the edge because a number of sports facilities in the area and also the hotel rooms that can support a large olympic sized crowd. so the effort to bring the games is under way. but the official announcement won't come until 2017. that's the latest from the live desk. 6:04 now. police are asking for the community's help in solving a murder. a man was stabbed yesterday morning in langley park. he had moved here from central america about two years ago and worked as a landscaper. police handed out flyers and talked to people about who may have wanted to hurt him, urging people to come forward with any information and not be worried about immigration status. >> we still don't know what happened. we are calling our community if they know anything, please communicate with the police. >> we need to find out who did it, make sure it doesn't happen again to keep the neighbored hood safe. >> police are offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to the killer.safe. >> police are offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to the killer. someone found a 17 month old a car parked at naval air station pawtaxent river. the naval criminal investigation service says the child's father works on the base. ncia officials have not released how long the baby was in the car and it's not clear whether the father for goat thgot that he w. jurors will go back to work in the mcdonnell corruption trial. the former governor and his wife are charged with accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and gifts from businessman jonnie williams in exchange for promoting his company. stay with news 4 on air and on line for bringing updates as soon as there is a verdict. right now about 100,000 of you in prince george's county are still under the boil water advisory. the advisory impacts 11 communities all because of a 24 inch water main break that broke in hyattsville. some schools and businesses brought in extra bottled water and boy boiled everything from the fau set p. wssc says this is all precautionary. we'll keep you posted on updates. two women attacked by a great white shark. >> it bit through the boat. because there are bite marks all through the bottom. >> helpless moments that came after hair boat wtheir boat was. and plus apparently college girls spend more time on their cell phones than they do sleeping. psychology behind that behavior. and as the sun rises this morning, so will the temperatures. we'll take you through today's warm-up hour by hour. hey, jennar fuzz mike troober munny sling... awwwwww scram! i'm crust mike jubby roll bond chow gonna lean up an kiss bet. peas charty get town down. 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redeeming qualities to that, too. >> they use it as a way to get away from the stress of college. >> and not having a face to face conversation. all right. it is 1 1 after 6:00. still some clouds, but not too terribly hot and humid. tom kierein has your weather and traffic on the 1s. >> while you're on the phone, download the storm team 4 weather app. you can get it for free. keep up with the weather. you can see the latest radar and see what is going on right now. we have dissipates sprinkles south of the metro area. right now, it is rather humid. comfortable, though. mid-60s suburbs and rural areas. a little patchy fog south of the in the troe area. we'll have a little patchy fog through 8:00, low 70s by then, then low 80s by noontime, near 90 during the afternoon. small chance of an isolated storm south and west. we'll look at the weekend rain chances in ten minutes. crash georgia avenue the at brookville. all lanes blocked. so tough to get through. 95 at cherry hill road, moving just fine. we look good overall. a little slow bw parkway as you come inside the beltway. remember to follow us @first4traffic. a little girl trapped inside a washington machine while it was running. how an employee worked rescue her before went into a high speed cycle. >> and cobra with did deadly venom cannot be found. the search to find it and the damage it left behind. . i'm following breaking news. about 200 families in northeast washington are without water this morning because there was a water main break in their neighborhood. this is on otis street between 28th and 30th place. water main break in that area. and now water service has been cut off. that means no showers, no running water in the sinks there. and water crews say it will take about four to six hours for-to-fix that break and get the water running again. streets are also closed. again, about 200 homes how affected here on otis between 28th and 30th. that's the latest from the live desk. it is now 6:17. we're learning more about carriry moments for kids an parents when an experiment went wrong at a children's museum. a fldemonstration of a smoke tornado malfunctioned. a chemical flash rurt eighurt es and one adult. the museum says smoke tornado is a routine about peermeexperimen are looking into what went wrong. >> there will be a civil rights investigation over the police department in ferguson, missouri. officials will dig into how the ferguson department has operated over several years. the case follows the shooting death of course of michael brown, the 18-year-old black man killed by a white police officer. and police in ferguson face widespread criticism for using military style equipment on protesters angry over brown's killing. more than 50 were displaced in a huge fire in a massachusetts apartment complex. take a look here. it took firefighters hours to contain this blaze. the heets was so sbebts, fire crews thought the building would collapse on top of them. fire firefighters were hurt. everybody in the apartment building did manage to get out. the parents of a five-year-old girl are relieved this morning. she became stuck in a washing machine while it was on. it happened at a laundromat in pasadena. people started hearing the girl screaming and realized it was coming from one of the machines. they frantically called 911 while the owner killed the circuit breaker to shut it down. the girl is recovering and expected to be okay. 1 18 after the hour. people are trying to find the person who set off a campus scare. someone reported a man with a gun holding someone hostage. police responded with their guns drawn. you can see in the photo here. officers searched that building along with two others. the call turned out to be false. police stepped up patrols in response to the incident. if you you fly out of reagan national on whiften, you've pro noticed big changes. yesterday jetblue moved there term that will a to terminal b. but the big move is coming next when southwest occupies almost all of the gates in terminal a. preparations are also under way to totally revamp terminal a which dates back to the roosevelt era. two teens are still shaken up after a shark attacked their kayak and then knocked them into two girls were wading off the coast of massachusetts. all of a sudden a great white shark took a bite out of their kayak and then flipped them into the water. and the girls say things got even scarier. >> we were sitting in the water and she was sinking and i was slipped over holding on to the bottom of the kayak. >> it was petrifying waiting in that water for the harbor master to come not knowing if anybody was going to come get us. scariest part was sitting in the water waiting wondering where he was. >> a neighbor heard their streams for help, called 911. police never spotted the great white. >> one was wearing a camera, one of those gopro cameras. so hoping they can find that and share how of their story. coming up on 21 after 6:00. sun starting to work its way into the sky. want to get you caught up on the forecast. >> the sky is beginning to brighten up. just analyzing the latest model showing the likelihood of storms on the week independent. don't have any now, though. dew point comfortably try. it is more humid to our south. walking the dogs this morning, we'll have it rather humid. clouds giving way to quite a bit of sun by mid-morning. we'll be in the upper 70s. and there is some low cloudiness over capitol hill now. live view from the city camera, afternoon highs near 90 degrees. so hotter than average weather continues today and tomorrow. might get an isolated storm well south and west of the metro area later this afternoon. small chance very humid, hot day tomorrow. up near 90 on friday. then saturday, again, hot and humid, up around 90. and likely storms during the afternoon as some much cooler and drier air pushes in, that's the price we'll pay for a big change and the end to our heat wave. highs just near 80 on sunday with bright sunshine. storm team 4 seven day outlook, we keep that going into next week with low humidity and highs near 80. we have a new crash 270 southbound. right at machinery village area of. so volume building there. also sil thisd, all lanes blocked there. your alternate will be zion road. taking a look at 95 this will have in a virginia, slow. wider look, typical slow 295 as you pass 50. 66 in centreville, slow and then opens back up for you. i'll see you at 6:31. many of you have been waiting for this day since february. the new football season is just a few hours from kicking off. >> packers taking on the seahawks and the city is all geared up for a huge kickoff celebration. >> jay gray is in seattle with a look at all the day's activities. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i've been waiting, as well. this is truly the start of the best time of year in sports. quiet here right now. the lights are on inside the stadium. things will change dramatically over the next several hours. they are excited about the chance to kickoff the nfl season here in the home city of the super bowl champs. they will unveil the banner representing the seahawks and their win in the super bowl. there will be a big party before it all gets under way. we have sound garden, the iconic seattle band that will at that time stage, followed by pharrell. a lot of people will be at that concert and then pour into the stadium here. an evening of fun and football. people will all be tuning in to nbc to see what should be a good game between the seahawks and the green bay packers. both teams with super bowl aspirations this year, as well. for nbc sports, this is a season that begins with the first game here tonight in seattle. it ends with super bowl xlix in february. that is in arizona. and who knows, maybe the redskins will be part of that last game since they're not a part of the first game here tonight. back to you. >> we can only hope so. >> jay kind of chuckled when he said that. what's up with that? >> i have faith. >> who thosug knows. >> of course you can catch the game tonight at 8:30 right here on nbc 4. >> go skins. an albino cobra has a neighborhood on edge. the five foot snake bit a greyhound in a backyard in los angeles. it slithered away but not before the dog's owner snapped a photo. that greyhound is still being treat aed by v ed by vets. the snake will strike if it's cornered. >> if it bites you, the venom can kill you. you have about an hour before it really starts to affect you. this cobra is not completely illegal in california. there are circumstances where you can have it, but it is illegal in that particular area, that county. so animal control trying to figure out who has it, why they had it. sd >> shouldn't they be illegal period? >> well, maybe for educational purpose. protecting children. the rules crossing guards have to enforce this year. and the new sign of life and a plan to get from you d.c. to baltimore in 15 minutes flat. plus ps are climbing now. we'll tell you how hot it will get in your neighborhood. an old trend with a new show to get excited about. meredith vieira show starts here on monday at 1:00 p.m. you won't want to miss her big woman, opening door: hey, hon. hey! hey, baby. 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can could be possible this in the future. investor group says it has secured $5 billion from the japanese government to build a new high speed rail line. rains would use magnetic levitation to essentially float along the track. japan hopes a successful launch will lead to more business. today a coalition of native american groups will send a letter to broadcasters asking them to stop using the name redskins. several broadcasters and newspapers have already decided to drop that name. yesterday the new york daily news joined the group. take a look at the headline, it reads sack the name. the paper says it won't use the logo either. instead, they will use this image, a circle with burgundy and gold. in a statement, the paper says the inescapable truth is that the term red skin derives solely from the racial characteristic of skin tone in a society that is struggling mightily to be col colorblind. a new app launching that will deliver your favor lie vags. plus no s.a.t., no transcript, no rob. the maryland college asking for application applicants to submit a video instead. and tom kierein will take us through the rise in your temperatures. oh wow. you look incredible! right?! is this the bacon and cheese diet? 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(in unison) me too! lisa, did i tell you i'm on the.. soups so indulgent, you'll never believe they're light. 100-calorie progresso light soups. a developing story now. u.s. officials estimate upwards of 100 americans are fighting four isis in the middle east. >> richard engel was able to find one of them. he joins us from turkey with more. >> reporter: thousands of foreign fighters have either entered turkey to fight with isis and other militant groups or tried. we have reports in the past americans have been among them, but they have been very illusive. we've been looking to try to find one of these american isis recruits. earlier will summer, we managed to do just that. and it reveals an interesting story about an american man from north carolina, not what you'd expect from a typical isis cruit. he wanted a military career, that's what he hoped for. and he was struggling to fit in back home. he was having problems with the law, he had been with respect toed, divorced, he was having trouble with anger. and on glt liline, he found isi violence vocal terrorist group and got sucked into their propaganda, decided to pledge allegiance to this group and then tried to make his way to join them in syria. he's now being held in the united states on unrelated charges. he claims he's not a terrorist, no threat to the united states. others however disagree. we'll have the story coming up on "today" show. >> richard, thank you. we're looking forward to that interview. your weather and traffic on the 1s starting with tom kierein. tom. >> good morning. through the magic of television, i've been transported to a platform atop our storm team 4 tower here in northwest washington overlooking washington. i can see a few clouds now passing over the metro area. temperatures at 73 at reagan national. clouds coming and going. a little patchy fog in rural areas. by noon, mid-80s near 90. mid to late afternoon, small chance of an isolated storm south and west of the metro area. 24 hours ahead going forward through the evening, by late evening, mid-70s. and this time tomorrow morning, might have quite a bit of fog around. thick patchy dog stafog startin friday morning. a look at the rain chances coming up at 6:51. pretty typical volume for this time of the morning. 66 looking normal, about 45 miles an hour. wider look at things, we're a little red bw parkway inside the beltway. and at colesville road. prince george's county side of things looking quite good. colesville road slow a little bit. then you open back up. as you look 95 north bound out of fredericksburg, slow through triang triangle. it opens up in springfield. data charges adding up? there is a new feature on facebook that could be to blame. we'll tell you how to stop it. and we're staying on top of breaking news. a mother was hurt when the fire store through a rockville home. this is a live picture of the house right now. we just spoke to the man who rushed to the scene. the first things he saw when he arrived. karen: hi, i'm karen. joyce: and i'm joyce. karen: and we are... karen & joyce: the koch sisters. karen: we're not biological sisters, but sisters in spirit. joyce: and we're not related to the koch brothers, those right-wing billionaires. karen: we're just two average women who've raised families and worked hard all our lives. joyce: we don't have billions to spend on political campaigns. karen: but we do have our convictions, and our voices. we think that's important. joyce: if you agree, then join us. we can all be a nation of koch sisters! we're following breaking news in rockville. >> it is one of several stories we're staying on top of to get you up to the minute the minute you're up. >> we start with megan mcgrath this rockville at the scene of a fire that injured a mother. >> reporter: since we last spoke to you, firefighters have been able to go back inside the house. even though they are apparently still trying to turn off the gas. the natural gas to the house. i got an update a short time ago. the you utility company is digging in the front yard trying to access the line so that they can shut it off. but we have a fire now in the basement where the gas line comes in. and that's actually a good thing i'm told, it's a controlled fire. so the gas is burning off as it comes up out of the line. that is a safer situation, so firefighters have been able to go back in. this all began to unfold around 4:30 this morning. a thab called 911, realized the house was on fire. when firefighters got here, they found the adult son inside the home with his mother, he was already out. and alerted them that his mother was still inside. upstairs bedroom. they found her, she's been taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. she's in critical condition. a little whiling a ge ing ago, a neighbor. >> when i got here, the fire department was already on the scene. ladder truck had already d deployed. house was basically surrounded by the fire department. >> reporter: and two firefighters were injured. we're told those injuries are minor. still trying to figure out what caused the fire, although at this point, preliminarily it looks like it did start somewhere in the basement. reporting live in rockville, megan mcgrath, news 4. back to you. investigators trying to figure out why a baby was left to tie ondie on a maryland naef. the 17 month old was found in a parked car. the criminal investigative service says the father works on the base. it's not clear whether the father forgot he was there. in just a few hours, the jury goes back to work in the mcdonnell corruption trial. they have thousa deliberated for 13 hours wi verdict. ar charged with accepts thousands in cash and gifts from jonnie williams in good chanexc promoting his company. new this morning, the effort to bring the 2014 olympics to the washington region. taking another big step today. the d.c. 2014 bid organization plans to go live with its website about 8:00 a.m. today. one of first public efforts to build widespread support. they also intend to announce the board of directors which includes other than of twner of and wizards. an advisory still in effect for more than 100,000 people in 11 different communities that you see on this map. all because of a 24 inch water main that broke tuesday night. schools and businesses brought in extra bottled water and boiled everything that came out of the faucet. spokesperson for wssc says this is all precautionary. the advisory is expected to go until at least tonight. today senators mikulski and cardin will be talking about the challenges students face to pay for higher education. and listen to this, your support can get into a college in baltimore without sending in test scores or transcripts. all they need to do is record and submit a two minute video on their smartphone. goucher college says the move is designed to help students confused by the regular application process. students must answer how do you see yourself at goucher. videos will be evaluated on content, structure and clarity. the app will be available for next year's incoming class. happening today, d.c. mayor gray trying to convince a major tourism group to host an event in d.c.. the mayor is in the middle of a ten day trip to china. he wants the world tourism federation to host its annual summit in washington. if you keep maxing your cell phone data limit it may be because of facebook. unless you change your default settings, all of the videos in the news feed will start to play automatically. both on wi-fi and 3 and 4g networks. you can change the auto play feature so that it is off or only works with wi-fi. you can start having alcohol delivered to your house today. a new app called drizzly will go live and begin making deliveries today. it's free to download and will bring beer, wine and spirits to your front door. the app says delivery will take anywhere from 20 to 40 minutes. you have to take in time for traffic. clink also delivers booze here in washington. the regulation address hin strags says it's totally legal for the app to operate in d.c.. i can see problems. >> stay tuned. we'll let you know how it goes. coming up on 5:51. >> yeah, just coffee. >> margarita flavored coffee? >> this is green tea. don't let the color fool you. >> i believe you. >> wouldn't be a bad idea. >> we're starting off this morning with pink margarita sky. storm team 4 tower camera. right now 73 reagan national, dew point down into the mid-60s. better than it has been last few days. it's been up around 70 or so with the steamy humidity. so it's just moderately humid. a little more comfortable this morning. short sleeve morning as you head out the door. a couple hours ago, showers passing south of washington. forecasting they would dissipate and they have. so we're starting off with just clouds away. but later this afternoon around 3:00, might get thundershowers south of the metro area. some of the thundershowers briefly popping up. likely not severe. may eventually pop up a bit in the mountains and quickly dissipate this evening. and rest of the area will have sunshine. temperatures 60s in the suburbs and rural areas. a little patchy fog south of the metro area. watch out for that. if you're walking or driving this morning on your way to work and school, a little bit of that patchy fog between now and 8:00 in the rural areas. elsewhere clouds coming and going. rather humid by 10:00, upper 70s. then by noontime, into the low to mid-80s and peaking near 90. tomorrow, hot and humid, up around 90 on friday afternoon. well wi we will do that again saturday. if you're out hiking, doing anything outside saturday afternoon, watch out, likely storms will be coming through, some could be very strong. that's the price we will pay for a nice drop in humidity on sunday. much more comfortable with sunshine and highs right around 80. storm team 4 seven day outlook, we'll keep this wonderful pattern going into the first part of next week. highs near 80 with low humidity. might get storms mid week hex week. melissa dealing with normal volume? >> pretty typical this time of the morning. top of beltway slow at colesville road. down south here, 66 and 95, 95 north bound from quantico to 495, 42 minutes. very slow in dale city this morning. 270 in frederick and heading south into town, slowest spot is germantown. you op back up a little bit once you hit rockville. beltway at river road looking just fine especially for this time of morning. georgia avenue brookville road, this problem still there. lanes blocked by a pole. i spoke with police. they're saying it is still down. pepco on the scene. alternate is zion road. and remember to follow us @first4traffic. prince george's county police asking for the community's help in solving a murder. a man was stabbed to death. he moved here about two years ago. police handed out flyers and talked to people about who may have wanted to hurt him. they're urging people to come forward with information and not to be worried about their immigration status. >> we still don't know what happened. we're calling on the community to please communicate with the police. >> we need to find out who did it, make sure it doesn't happen again to keep the neighborhood safe. police are offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to the killer. i'm richard jordan at the live desk. in just about 30 minutes, the nato summit will begin. president obama started off his day meeting with british prime minister david cameron. both are close allies. one of the big issues will be the crisis this ukraine and how russia is moving toward the ukranian border into ukraine. that is a hot topic on the agenda. the president will be meeting with leaders from france, germany and italy to discuss this. but both the u.s. and britain very concerned about isis militants in iraq and syria. that issue is not on the summit agenda. nato says iraq has not asked for any help dealing with those isis milants. but it is going to be a topic of discussion on the sidelines there both the u.s. and britain want to build a coalition. we will be following the governments throughout the day here from the live desk. it is now 6:55. fairfax county public schools eliminated half day mondays. but footing the bill for longer school days is creating controversy among leaders. cost for eliminating those early days is estimated at $7 million. this year, the schools are covering that cost. the school board members are making a plea for county funding in the future. something supervisors are hesitant to to. ending half days is popular for parents who struggle to find daycare options. today we will see revised plans on a memorial for president eisenhower. this past spring, the panel objected to the large metal tapestries. they said the columns could block views of the capitol. they also want more pedestrian access and better lighting. designers will present revisions to the board this afternoon. four things to know on this thursday morning. we are just hours away from the beginning of the nfl season. green bay packers taking on the seattle seahawks tonight. coverage begins at 7:30 right here on nbc 4. a boil water advisory continues in prince george's county. 100,000 people in 11 communities are affected. jury deliberations continue in the mcdonnell corruption trial. julie carey will be live tweeting any developments as they happen. and we will break in as soon as the jury hands down a verdict. breaking news in rockville this morning. a woman critically hurt in this house fire on iris street. we'll bring you any updates during the "today" show. and yet another long sleeve summer in september day with highs near 90. small chance of an isolated storm south and west of the metro area. and it will be up near 90 and very humid tomorrow and again on saturday. saturday afternoon and eechiven likely thunderstorms. lower humidity. highs sunday, monday, tuesday, near 80. slow in the normal spots. taking a look down south, 66 running about 40 miles an hour. slowest spot 95 north right in dale city. running about 15 miles per hour. >> and that is our broadcast morning. we appreciate you starting your day with us. >> the "today" show is next. including richard engel's interview with the american who tried to join isaiah. more news, weather and traffic for you. to prove a point about internet speeds, we slowed down an up escalator. this is crazy i don't get it, this one is working ladies, shouldn't up be as fast as down? yeah. shouldn't internet speeds match as well? yes. do your socks match? my socks match. do your eyeballs match? yes. cable does not match the speeds. makes you want to go mad. erggggh. only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - upload speeds as fast as your download speeds join now at fiosspeedmatch.com verizon. good morning. breaking news overnight. nbc news has learned the justice department will open a wide ranging 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there. still shut down southbound. wider look at things, we generally look quite good. d.c. 2 # 5 a little slow as you're coming in. typical for this time of morning. so no big shock there.coming in. typical for this time of morning. so no big shock there. southbound 270, you're slow until clarksburg and then you open b back up again. look up there your treadmill. we have a beautiful dawn under way. there is venus emerging from the thick summer haze. we have temperatures that are hovering in the 70s in the s suburbs and rural areas. later today, we will hit mid-80s by noon. during the afternoon, a few clouds popping up. there is a small chance of an isolated storm by mid to late afternoon as we reach the low 90s with steamy humidity. so dress accordingly. wear your short sleeves. we'll have hair styles by mr. humidity. temperatures right now in the low 70s, nearby suburbs, fairfax. by the bay, mid-70s. in ten minutes, i'll be back talking about the forecast down this woodbridge. amelia segal will join us there. it's 6:02 now. this rockville man will be in court today accused of killing his mother and then setting her house on fire. right now hani haleem is charged with murder. he lived with his 82-year-old mother somaya haleem. we first told you about the fire yesterday morning as breaking news. this was on iris street. police say that haleem admitted that he stabbed his mother several times and then set the house on fire. new reaction this morning from close friends of bob and maureen mcdonnell. >> many are still surprised over the couple's conviction. >> everybody is devastated. they're this disbelief. >> our affiliate in richmond was at the mcdonnells' home as friends came to help after the verdict. one of those friends, terry a, said they are good people and the jury got it wrong. >> i have friends who are attorneys, judges, and they have all said to me bob must have done something to upset someone in the federal government because this jury would be hard pressed to find any corruption. >> terry also says she believes the former governor was only willing to open up about his troubled marriage because it would prove his innocence. the jury clearly felt that the prosecution made the stronger case. the former governor was convicted on 11 out of 13 counts, including corruption and bribery charges. his wife, maureen, found guilty on 9 out of 13 don'ts. this all stems from the entans of gifts for political favors. back in december, the couple could have avoided jail time if bob mcdonnell had pled guilty to just one don't of bank fraud. >> and new reaction from the jurors. one spoke with the "washington post". she told the paper it was a tough decision, but it was not a hard decision. she then said it was tough to see his family go through that but when it came down to the brass tacks, we knew the decision we had to make. there is so much more to the verdict and we are breaking it down for you. coming up, we'll take a look at what is next in the sentencing phase. and a complete recap of every day of the trial is online, nbcwashington.com. prince formgeorge's county police are making a big reward even bigger in hope of catching the man who killed a 3-year-old girl. police have been searching for devaughn wallace for about a month now. wallace shot her in a home in landover while aiming for somebody else. she would have turned four this month. before now, the reward was at $25,000. we're working to liearn mor about a parental abduction that made the fbi order a plane back to dulles. the mother is accused of trying to take her child out of the country without the father's consent on a flight leaving dull let yesterday. the fbi says the flight was headed to beijing. when it was ordered to turn around. the child has now been reunited with the father. the boil water advisory is over now in parts of prince george's county. but first flush your water lines. water testing was done this the highlighted areas and results came back clean. this all stems from a water main break in hyattsville tuesday evening. this morning the world is remembering a comic legend, joan rivers. >> she would say what you were thinking but you wouldn't say it. >> tmemories jimmy fallon share. plus where do you put your hands on the steering wheel? more than three quarters of americans have the wrong answer to that question. the safest strategy for you and your family. and news 4 is live in woodbridge. what you can expect as you send your kids off to school. no! could have gotten me one. i did. grab a spicy smoked sausage breakfast sandwich. it's the smoked sausage you crave, now spicy. that fang-faced wimp, gervais, doesn't even come from here. should keep his big mouth to himself and stay unfunny in his own stupid country. loser. uncle ricky? yeah? what does that all this mean? it means i'm doing something right. oh. do you want to hear more? do i!? ricky is a pig nosed troll. 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9 and 3. >> now we know. it is the first friday of school year for many students this morning. >> and every saying thank god it's friday. we sent a melia segal to wood bridge oig. >> reporter: good morning. i hope you're having a lovely friday morning. we've been here all morning with the storm team 4 bx 4. it is a beautiful sun rise right now. starting to see a little bit more activity, but school still not starting for another few hours. temperatures for most of us are in the 70s. it is balmy. you can see the storm truck reporting 75 degrees. its eye humid outside. we talk about the dew point temperature. 72 degrees. when it's above 65, it's humid. so this afternoon, it will be still that dew point around 72. when you factor in the temperature of about 90, 91 for a high, it will feel closer to 100. storms potentially later today west of i-95. and you have breaking news on the roads? that's right. we're talking about the outer loop of the wood rorow wilson bridge. a big crash in the two right lanes now being taken up. you can see the jam that that is causing at this point this morning. and this is still happen, southbound wisconsin shut down at massachusetts avenue because of two earlier crashes. 66, as you get on prince william parkway, it's only jammed through centreville. then you open back up. no major be problems otherwise looking pretty good. it is official. football is back. why jay gruden feels confident about the first game and this season. plus the homemade license plate police could not megan mcgrath just getting to the scene of a fire on tucker street. >> reporter: and you can see behind me here that we still have some of the crews here on the scene. we're on tucker street, this is basically an industrial area. and the fire was in a warehouse here that you see behind us. i'm told that it was in the office area of that warehouse. they have put out the fire. i'm told that there are no injuries. but there is some property damage inside the structure itself. right now investigators are inside, digging around a little bit in some of the ash inside. trying to pinpoint exactly what caused the fire, where exactly it began. but at this point, it looks like they're starting to wrap it up and should tell folks who are in this industrial plaza, we had some trucks and trucks blocking things earlier. they are starting to move out, so you should be okay getting to work. back to you. from coast to coast, the country is remembering joan rivers. there is a big contribute to her on her star on the hollywood walk of fame. we're also keeping an eye on her apartment in new york city. we expect tributes will only grow bigger. she died at 81. rivers funeral is this sunday. she delivered her unique brand of comedy for 50 years. and sales of her book are now skyrocketing. one up an amazing 70,000%. >> a lot of fellow comedians also remembering her. and jimmy fallon also gave rivers a special tribute. >> we had her on our very first "tonight show" and so i'm lucky to say that i got to work with her and have her on our "tonight show". just so blessed to do that. she came out and she came over to me and she started crying and gave me a kiss. it was really emotional. >> we should point out that joan rivers, this is the first time she had been on the "tonight show" since the '80s when she had a falling out with johnny carson. that's what made it such a significant moment for her. one of many who came to pay up on a so-called bet that he would never post the show. we expect this topic will trend on twitter for some time as all of you you remember her, as well. >> just remember always being so very funny and some found her offensive and she didn't care. she stayed true to herself. >> the clinic that was treating rivers is also under investigation this morning. the "today" show will have more on rivers and the memories she left behind. there is new reaction to the firing of a high school football coach in loudoun county. earlier this week he was fired. the website now says prsome parents believe it happened because he raised concerns about layers injuries. the first football game this year is tonight. many of you may be tired this morning after watch position the seahawks beat the packers. now it's time to look ahead to the redskins. they kickoff sunday in houston. jason pugh tells us what to watch for. >> reporter: good morning. with the redskins kicking off the season in just two days, every wants to get the bad taste of 3-13 outf mtom a year a. so many things to wchorh weekend in houston like the chemistry between robert griffin and his new weapons on offense. plus we're anxious to see jay gruden call his first regular season game. >> very nervous, but iwh staff i hired and the players we have it wouldn't be about me. it's about them and their success. we feel we have the players and coaches in place to put together a successful team. >> we just want to execute our game plan. the coaches put hours and hours of film work in and they expect us to go out there and execute it. like a super bowl for everybody. >> redskins and texans were the two worst teams in the entire nfl last year. houston only won two games and get this, the texans, they're three point favorite this sunday against the skins. so still plenty of redskins doubters out there. we'll see if the guys can proof them all wrong. >> and of course we'll have the redskins covered this sunday and every sunday for ou. >> they will have game highlights, postgame interviews on redskins final. you can watch it every sunday night right after sunday night football and news 4 at 11:00. can't wait. go skins. breaking news in traffic. >> this is the outer loop of the beltway. right there at the woodrow wilson bridge. we have two right lanes blocked. and it is quite backed up. also just spoke with tood.c. please, wisconsin at massachusetts is now open. we had two different accidents we were dealing with there. taking a look at 95 in virginia, we have a disabled vehicle northbound near prince william parkway. through triangle, across the bridge, you're clear. finally once you getting across into lorton. 66 looking just fine. 95 up to braddock road, no problems there. 270 at old hundred, a little slow. remember to follow us @first4traffic. one of my favorite follower, tom kierein, how are we looking? looking great this morning as far as travel is concerned. just observing the latest reports from our weather watchers. they're reporting some fog in rural areas, but summer haze under a clear sky. live view over northeast washington, 76 at reagan national. pre-dawn sunrise about 20 minutes from now. humidity 82%. a sweltering dew point of 70. light breeze tips to pop in the high humidity and temperatures nearby suburbs. also the low 70s, mid-70s right by the bay. and we will stay steamy through the day. very humid. afternoon highs low 90s. small chance of an isolated storm mainly west of the i-95 corridor later this afternoon. then a likelihood of storms saturday afternoon. you will be out recreation, out working on saturday afternoon, you may be interrupted by a passing thunderstorm. then saturday night, too, more storms possible. before then, the mid-90s. best day of the weekend for outdoor recreation will be low 80s on sunday afternoon, low humidity moving in. a great day for outdoor fun. and then on monday, back to work and school, still not very humid, 60s in the morning. afternoon highs mere 80. storm team 4 seven day outlook, might get an afternoon storm on monday, but a greater chance on thursday. highs just low to mid-80s next week and not very humid. next weather and traffic at 6:31, going out this friday night? a look at the hour by hour changes. a colorado home explodes sending debris all over the neighborhood. the man inside was flung from the home. he is recovering in the hospital. his house was blown to pieces. nearby homes and vehicles sustained some damage, as well. investigators believe natural gas is to blame. this morning people in los angeles are sleeping a whole lot easier. animal control agents caught that by right there, the albino cobra. it bit a dog earlier this week. pretty much everybody has been on the lookout for that snake. yesterday agents spotted the company what in a backyard. crews were able to safely remove the snake they took to the zoo to be evaluated. the owner has not come forward yet. students at two area schools are getting ready for a huge football game. it is a public versus private school. centreville high school versus gonzaga college high school. this game is so big, it will be televised on espnu tonight. students have spent the week making banners. we expect on see a lot of school spirit thefrom both schools. and you might want to look at your tv for this one. >> a massachusetts woman is this trouble for trying to pass off a homemade license plate as the real thing. see for yourself. a 20-year-old driver made this license plate out of cardboard and even tried to make it look like real mass has plates using the red and blue. police pulled her over tuesday morning. turns out she had a revoked license and registration. >> and her art teacher is cringing. she'll face more charges now for that student and she won't be driving anytime soon i would bet. d.c. police getting ready to test body cameras. the concern some critics have about how those cameras will be used. and right now, world leaders are having critical discussions. the promise u.s. is making if the discussions break down. >> plus it's about to get warmer. tom kierein taking us through the heat up. ring ring! progresso! it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. i'm watching you soup people. make it progresso or make it yourself. and now try new progresso chili. slow-simmered, homemade taste. why would you want to avoid them? because i don't want to... you know what? i'm gonna bring 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short sleeves for the day. hair styles by mr. humidity. and it will get more humid during the afternoon. temperatures hovering in the mid-70s. noontime, very humid. midafternoon, hitting low thipts. sma nins. friday night lights football, heading out this evening, it will be in the low to mid-80s. steamy and warm. by dawn tomorrow, mid-70s. and a look at the view there woodbridge coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s. right now world leaders are attending the second day of the nato summit in wales. the growing threats from isis dominated the first session. isaiah and the crisis in ukraine have become the main topics. tracie potts has more. >> reporter: as we speak, the president is behind closed doors with the nato allies trying to work out both of these issues. back here on capitol hill, in just a few hours, lawmakers are getting a briefing from the white house. and then in a couple week, they are bringing in john kerry to try to figure out what is the goal, what is the strategy dealing with isaiah. the president this week said to destroy, he also said to manage the problem. now we have ben rhodes deputy national security adviser are saying ground troops in syria may be a real possibility. they are also trying to work out getting russia out of ukraine. that's part of the nato meeting. today there are goesh negotiations going on, but you if they don't go anywhere, nato allies are ready to impose more sanctions on russia. >> tracie potts, thank you. this afternoon a public memorial service will be held to american journalist steven sotloff. the south florida native was beheaded earlier this week. he was taken hostage last week in syria. sotloff's family is expected to attend the memorial service. hear from president obama himself this sunday morning. watch the interview on "meet the press" with chuck todd at 10:30. this morning bob mcdonnell and his wife are facing up to 30 years in federal prison. it now goes in to a sentencing phase. they expect some significant jail time. >> i cannot believe that judge spencer won't provide shall significant jail time for bob mcdonnell given he was convicted on the major charges of public corruption and he will not let that go i think unnoticed by the public. >> the wens widefense says it w appeal. the jury left little doubt they felt prosecutors proved their case. >> the former governor was found r found guilty on 11 of 13 counts, including corruption and bribery charges. his wife was found guilty on 9 of 13 counts. the couple could have avoided any jail time if bob mcdonnell had pled guilty to just one count of bank fraud last december. and from tone of the jurors, sh says it was a very difficult case and very excruciating especially when the verdict was being read on watch what's happening to the family, but i think the facts spoke for themselves. there are also new questions morning about whether bob mcdonnell can collect his state pension. mcdonnell actually signed a new law three years ago that strips state employees of their pensions if they're convicted of a felony connected to on the job conduct. is this a big case with a lot of parts. there is much more online. the iteam looks at what may have won the case for the prosecution. that is on nbcwashington.com. we're working to find out how a nationally recognized scientist from gaithersburg died. martin rogers went missing wotw weeks ago. his body was found near his abandoned car. rogers worked the national institutes of health for 15 years. on august 21, he told his wife he was going to a meeting, but he never showed up. since then, people have reported seeing him along the canal and outside cumberland. police do not believe foul play is involved. starting in october, d.c. police will be armed with body cameras. it allows police to record what they hear and see. they're ready in use in laurel. larl police activate the cameras anytime they interact with someone in a public place. but when they enter your home, they ask your permission to record. according to the washington times, d.c. police will start testing the technology on october 1st. right now hundreds of people are lining up for some life changing help that will come from a stranger. how you can get free dental work today. and claims of harassment. the rule d.c. says some car service drivers is breaking and why those drivers say they're being singled out. plus take heart, it's friday. storm team 4 meet roteorologist amelia segal will have your weather. welcome back. transportation leaders are questioning how uber expanded business into montgomery county. they gave the ride sharing company 30 days to explain why it's not complying with taxi rules. according to the "washington post," uber has yet to respond. cab companies argue uber side steps regulations like fare increases. uber has always says it is not a cab company but instead an app service that matches passengers with drivers. it's a different problem for uber in the district. there it claims the taxicab commission is harassing drivers. according on the "washington post," inspectors issued 11 tickets in a four hour period. the commission claims the drivers illegally accepted street hails. uber says that many tickets in a short period of time is an abuse of you power. the commission says it was responding to complaints of for-hire drivers slowing down traffic. students in their first week of school have little relief today. it's finally friday. >> it's shaping up to be a warm one. we sent amelia segal to woodbridge middle school. is it getting hot and humid out there yet? >> reporter: i would say it's balmy. we've been monitoring the conditions with the 4 by # oig. of course we have our weather station on top of the truck. winds are calm. as we take a look throughout your day, we don't need to tell you short sleeves will be just fine for the kids. by the time recess rolls around, we're giving it a b because of the humidity. temperatures around 80 degrees. dismissal mainly dry, but what you will really notice, heat and humidity. it will feel closer to 100 degrees. melissa, how are the roads? outer loop of woodrow wilson bridge is clearing up. it is slow there as you're approaching indian head highway. prince georges county looking good. 95 up through virginia, slowest spot is dale city. very slow but open back up in woodbridge. and then fine once you cross into lorton. beltway at river road looking fine. 270 south to the beltway, 16 minutes. 66 east to the beltway, 14 minutes. any minute now, a third american will be home to receive treatment for ebola. why he will not get the same drug that cured two missionaries. plus after countless data breaches, it is time to step up secury. the changes you could see for your credit card to keep your data safer. and it happened again. d.c. was just named one of the snobbiest cities in this america. why we landed toward the top of that list. karen: hi, i'm karen. joyce: and i'm joyce. karen: and we are... 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charges. is this hani haleem. police say he stabbed 82-year-old somaya haleem to death and then set their house on fire. many of you watched here as firefighters put out the fire on iris street yesterday morning. detectives say haleem confessed to the crime did during an interview. a medical examiner is now trying to determine whether his mother died from the stabbings or in that fire. 15 before the hour. any moment now, a third american with ebola could land in the u.s. to receive treatment. dr. rick sack kra will be kept omaha. he's been in isolation in liberia. this is a live look outside near omaha where the plane is expected to land. he will not receive the experimental drug given to two other americans in atlanta. apparently the supply has run out. coming up on the "today" show, a live report in nebraska ahead of his arrival. i'm richard jordan at the live desk with breaking news in a nationwide search for a missing special needs boy. that 4-year-old has been found safely and his alleged abductor in police custody. this happened in tampa. the 4-year-old boy noticed missing on august 28th. it appears that four of his relatives, two men and two women, were killed. that police investigation led police to figure out that the boy was missing. so they were able to come up with a suspect, a 28-year-old man, they traced him to a hotel. again, they found the boy safely. he's been taken into custody and the alleged kidnapper now being questioned for those four murders also in police custody to figure out exactly what he had to to with those four bodies that were discovered in the florida area. that's the latest from the live desk. the fbi ordered a plane back to dulles after a mother allegedly kidnapped her child. that mother is expected to appear in a courtroom today. she's accused of trying to take her child out of the country without the father's consent. fbi says the flight was headed to beijing when it was ordered to turn around. the child was reunited with the father. mayor gray's former driver is expected to plead guilty to conspiracy charges today. take a look. this is mark long at the wheel of this video. he was gray's driver in the 2010 campaign. long is the sixth person accused of crimes related to illegal funding of gray's campaign that year. mayor gray has not been charged with any crime. prosecutors say long drove gray to secret meetings with jeffrey thompson who pled guilty earlier this year to illegally contributing money to the mayor's campaign. the boil water advisory is over in parts of prince george's county. that means it is safe for you to brush your teeth and start drinking your water again. but first wssc is asking you to flush your water before using it. water testing was done in the highlighted areas on the map. results came back clean of any harmful bacteria in the water. this all stems from a water main break in hyattsville tuesday evening. 12 before the hour. in just a few hints, the doors will open for a free dental clinic in prince george's county. hundreds are lined up. molette green is live with more. >> reporter: that's right. hundreds are here. and people are still coming. they're camped out with their chairs, with their blankets. you have to take a look at the scene behind me. i met a young lady named annie who got here at 3:00 a.m.. her story like so many others here, no insurance for dental care. i had an opportunity just a short while ago to speak to the organizer who talked about the need being big. >> well, we try. in some cases it's a bit of a drop in the bucket, but hopefully we'll see well over 1,000 people here in the next couple of days. but unfortunately, we'll probably turn away just as many people. >> reporter: yeah, this dental clinic opens at 7:00 this morning. two days of this hoping to get to see as many people as possible. 800 volunteers, dentists, hygienists and many others making this happen. we're live outside the infinity center. back to you. apple is working on a new plan it says will help keep your photos and information private. jackie deangelis is here to explain the new steps the company will take 4 your homone. that's right. security on so many people's minds. so apple ceo tim cook talking to the wall street journal saying the company plans new steps to keep hackers away from users' accounts. but he denies a lack of security allowed hackers to access and post nude photos on the web. cook says apple will alert users when someone tries to change their password or restore data to a new device. meantime reports saying visa and mastercard are rolling out technology to replace card information like account numbers with a you unique set of numbers to validate customers' identity. it's expected to get a big boost next week because the technology will be a part of the new apple iphone. it could be used for both online and mobile payments and with retail apps loaded on a smart phone. back to you. it's happened again. d.c. was named the second snobbiest city in america behind san francisco. the blog took in the city's wealth, education, amenities like art galleries and theater, motovo also picked bethesda and rockville as two of the ten snobbiest small cities. >> i know this offends you. and i just posted this on facebook. it doesn't say anything about the people, it was more like the number of art galleries and fast food restaurants, income, education. >> is it bad to be smart and cultured? >> no, it said nothing wrong with being intelligent and wealthy. so all good. >> thanks. i feel better now. not so much about the weather. >> you'll feel fine up still you step outside. it is very humid. it has gotten even more humid overnight. here is a live view from the tower camera. the september sun quickly jumping in a clear sky. look at that thick summer haze. 75 now at reagan national. dew point has gone up a little bit in the last hour. it's up to 72. that is very humid. look at the humidity, almost 90%. wind out of the southeast at around 3 miles an hour. radar scanning the skies, don't show any rain around. just a little bit of ground clutter. there is a little fog around the mountains and shenandoah valley this morning. nearby suburbs, low 70s. by the bay, low to mid-70s. look at that amazing aurora borealis over sweden. you can share your pictures, as well. twitter, facebook, instragram. here is another view of that incredible aurora. this was just a few nights ago. connect with me, to wit, facebook and instragram. love reading your comments and seeing your pictures. partly cloudy, very humid today. afternoon highs feeling more like midsummer, not early september. low 90s by midafternoon. and a small chance of an isolated storm popping up this afternoon, but a likelihood going to be out on saturday afternoon, yeah, your activities may be interrupted by a thunderstorm by the afternoon. likely by the evening. highs before then the mid 90s. best day of the weekend will be sunday for outdoor recreation. highs low 80s. much less humid. a beautiful day. we'll keep that going in to monday, too. storm team 4 seven day outlook, still not very humid. highs near 80 each day all the way into mid week. might get storms late on monday, small chance. greater chance on thursday. melissa, a look at the friday commute. volume all over the place this morning. slowest spots top of the beltway colesville road and d.c. 295 as you pass 50. also the outer loop as you're going across the woodrow wilson bridge. prince george's county in general looking quite good. 66 and 95 pretty typical for this time of morning. taking a look down 270, you're slow as you're headed out of frederick. slow south all the way through clarksburg. germantown, finally opening up. beltway at colesville road a little slow. but not really too terrible at this point. opening up here and there. outer loop 95 to 270, 18 minutes. 95 north there quantico to the beltway, 35 minutes. one more reminder, 95 north at 100, the right lane blocked from a truck fire. it is now 6:54. this morning police are offering even more money to capture the man they believe killed a 3-year-old girl. this is devaughn wallace. police say he shot and killed bibb earlier last month. police are looking for wallace today. they were offering $25,000 to search for him. they did not say how much they will add to that amount today. but we will let you know on nbcwashington.com. fairfax county school officials say your kids need more sleep and they want high schools to begin after 8:00 a.m.. the plan would push back start times by at least 40 minutes, however middle schools would get up half an hour earlier. the board will discuss the proposal on monday and vote sometime this october. new reaction this morning there friends of bob and maureen mcdonnell. they met at the former governor's home after the conviction came down yesterday in the corruption trial. one friend says that she believes mcdonnell only put the family through a trial because he felt he was innocent. >> he was a good man and bob will rise again. he wouldn't take a plea bargain because he'd have to lie. he's not a man who will lie. >> and new reaction from jurors this morning, as well. we spoke to the "washington post," one of the jurors spoke to the "washington post," she told the post, quote, it was a tough decision but it was not a hard decision. she then said it was tough to see his family go through this, but when it came done to brass tacks, we knew the decision we had to make. our coverage continues online. we have a complete recap of every single day of the trial on our wsite, nbcwashington.com. four things to know, a free dental clinic going on in prince george's county today and tomorrow. you can get fillings, cleanings and extractions all free of charge. this first come first serve at the university of maryland. a third ebola infected american expected to arrive in the u.s.. dr. sacra will be treated in omaha, nebraska. he will not receive the experimental drug because supplies have run out. joan rivers' funeral is sunday and tributes are growing on twitter and on her star this hollywood. the "today" show will have more on the outpouring of support that starts just minutes from thousand. > . and a judge will consider bond for hani haleem, accused of stabbing his 82-year-old mother and then setting her rockville home on fire yesterday. >> oppressive humidity and we'll have midsummer heat today and tomorrow. storms likely on saturday. >> tom, thank you. that is the broadcast. >> we'll see you in 25 minute. hey, jennar fuzz mike troober munny sling... awwwwww scram! i'm crust mike jubby roll bond chow gonna lean up an kiss bet. peas charty get town down. 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track the severe weather in your neighborhood. download the app in the app store on google play. right now the coast guard is combing the ocean near jamaica to find a couple whose plane crashed. the pilot passed out at the controls. he was flying from rochester, new york to florida when it veered off course. >> nbc's tom costello is following the latest on the search and investigation into how it happened. >> reporter: on board a prominent couple from upstate new york flying to naples, florida but turned into a 1700 ghost flight. the theory is they lost cabin presse d nca from hypoxia. just before 8:30 a.m. when larry glazer and his wife jane took off from rochester for naples, florida. their plane a brand new 2014, but at 10:04 a.m. glazer said he needed to descend to 18,000 feet. controllers told him to turn and to descend to 25,000. glazer never declared an emergency but stopped responding to controllers flying in a straight line south. fighter pilots intercepted the plane off the east coast and saw the windows frosted, the pilot slumped over. they assumed it was hypoxia. >> you get light headed and then nauseated, vomiting, headache, body aches and then like you can't stay awake and you fall asleep. unfortunately that's it. >> the plane kept flying on auto pilot over cuba before running out of fuel and crashing 14 miles off the jamaican coast. >> the proper procedure would have been to don the emergency oxygen mask first, declare an emergency and then begin an emergency descent to a breathable altitude. >> it's happened before. in 1999 payne stewart and five others died when their lear jet lost cabin pressure and crashed in south dakota. in 2005, 121 people died in a greek airliner that lost pressure and crashed into a mountain. we don't know what happened in this case. they could have lost cabin pressure with an engine problem or a leak around a window or door seal. the jamaican and u.s. coast guards are resuming search operations this morning. it's highly unlikely anyone survived this crash. folks, back to you. >> tom thank you. a developing story now in ukraine as part of a cease-fire deal pro russian separatists in ukraine could begin exchanging prisoners today. the two sides have been involved in a five month deadly conflict and audiotape greed yesterday to put down their weapons. international monitors will supervise the prisoner exchange this weekend. president obama has said if the rebels do not hold to the cease-fire, he's ready typical pose more sanctions on russia. it's possible sanctions against russia are just one of the topics "meet the press" moderator chuck todd will cover when he sits down with the president. in his first sunday as moderator todd will talk exclusively with the president about the threat of isis, the outbreak and new poll numbers. watch that tomorrow morning on "meet the press" right after "news4 today," that's at 10:30. >> on monday a professor at american university is expected to be in d.c. superior court. company also face charges in montgomery county, maryland. dr. david pitts is wanted for a burglary there and police arrested him on thursday for a bauer glare in the district. he's accused of setting a chair on fire and then breaking in to a business at the fox-hall shopping square complex in northwest. police said he set a fire in a wooded area which a student caught on his cell phone. when police searched pitts home they found more than 5,000 prescription pills including ambien, oxycontin and others. pitts is on leave from the university. he's being held without bond. first on 4, next week we could find out if a former cadet with the maryland state police could be charged for a deadly crash on the beltway. as we first told you on news4 at 6:00, a report has determined that 18-year-old sebastian reyes caused a crash that killed a teacher in our region. reyes made a u turn in an emergency turn around last month. the report says reyes invoked his trite remain silent during the investigation. maryland state police would only confirm reyes was fired. >> today t navy will name its newest submarine after a virginia congressman. in newport news, they will name it the "uss john warner." he served as secretary of navy between 1972 and '74. he was once married to the late actress elizabeth taylor. he'll speak at the ceremony which is set to take place at 6:30 tonight. an update about the dental clinic at the university of maryland. we got off the phone with organizers who say they are not letting anyone else in today. just an hour into today's clinic and the event has reached capacity. organizers said people lined up overnight. the event started yesterday. 800 volunteers are doing everything they can to perform cleanings, inflation and even some root canals. the official numbers are not in but an estimated 1400 people will get their smiles worked on during this two day event. wow. shows the need out there. >> they had long lines yesterday. people were smart to get there early. >> too bad they closed it off for today. also a free health and wellness fair happening today and this is going on in prince george's county. >> this one hosted by faith united ministries and go and get free health screenings for yourself and your family. there will be people to answer questions about health care costs and community resources for mother-in-law health awareness. the event is free and is at faith united ministries on fernham lane. >> a bus out of control, a driver ran off the road and right into this house. the close call for a baby trapped in the middle of the ordeal. >> plus new questions raised about the procedure joan rivers was getting before her death. just how often do doctors see complications in this operation plus the questions to ask your own doctor. >> the event that has streets shut down in the district plus when look at this video. this morning 11 people are hurt after this bus crashed into the duplex in the san francisco bay area. a mother and 3-month-old baby were inside that house. police say a man hit the bus trying to get away from officers and the bus driver was trying to get out of the way but swerved and hats how he was able to slam into the house. it barely missed the baby who was sitting alone in the living room. everyone is expected to be okay. the crash meanwhile cause ad gas leak which was quickly fixed and police were able to arrest one man. more problems for the former, celo green. the singer has been dropped as a headliner for a music festival in louisiana next month. this comes less than a week after he pleaded no contest to a felony drug charge for giving a woman ecstasy in 2012 in l.a. he's been sentenced to probation and community service. right now you should avoid traffic around the white house. there is a 5k there that's closing roads. it's called the beat the deadline 5k and parts of pennsylvania avenue, f street and 13th street northwest will be closed for about the next hour. 3rd street by the capitol is also closed. now you can try some award-winning dishes straight from food trucks in the district today. the dmv curb side cook off is happening at 1st and m streets in northeast. more than aozen food trucks will compete for several prizes and you can grab a bite to eat from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. the cost is $5. >> one of those competitions is for dessert. and the challenge is make something with hot chili pepper. >> i would say the challenge is resist. >> people are incorporating chili peppers into their desserts more often now. tastes pretty good. >> i've had chili pepper in chocolate. >> you could hear a lot of events being cancelled today and it depends on the weather. >> chuck is tracking the potential for thunderstorms. he'll show us exactly when we could see the first rain drops. >> the damage already done from a severe line of storms. where the weather has hundreds of thousands of people in the dark right now. karen: hi, i'm karen. joyce: and i'm joyce. karen: and 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clinic called 911. six minutes later first responders arrived. 10:08 a.m., rivers was driven by ambulance to mount sinai hospital three minutes away. according to the latest figures, one in 10,000 patients a year die while having an endoscopy. several physicians say being 81 alone was a risk factor and perhaps joan rivers should not have been scoped in an outpatient clinic. >> the safety of outpatient endoscopy has been well documented. this is incredibly tragic but extraordinarily rare. >> there are two ways xane the esophagus. one uses a scope inserted to the nose. the patient is seated and not sedated. another way inserts a larger scope through the mouth under iv sedation with the patient lying on its side. >> drugs are used to sedate the patient. to put them to sleep. almost all complications are related to the induction and use of anesthetic. >> before you have any procedure ask your doctor will there be sedation. is it necessary? what are the ricks associated with this. how should i prepare. should i stay on my current medications. what's the time cut off to having something to eat or drink. >> that was dr. nancy snyderman. about 8 million endoscopies are performed each year. >> we're helping you to get rid of documents and protect your identity. >> it's part of the all state community sled going on at prince george's community college in largo and right now strong wind from shredded joins us live. what are people bringing? good morning, everyone. all of our customers are bringing their confidential information, bank statements, tax records, old checks, anything that might, you know, bring a breach of their information. so, we're seeing tons of boxes, lots of customers, hundreds of our customers we service thus far. so it's been a great event thus far. >> working away. hope you'refying way to stay cool while you're out there. joining us also all state agent judy garrity. glad you can be with us. we want to know why this is so for all state. >> well, with the identity theft issues that we have now, all state is the committed to their customers and community, shredding your personal documents at an event like this is the first line of defers against that identity theft problem that we have. >> this also helping the environment? >> yes, it is. it's going paperless, first start in going paperless, cleaning up your house, your file drawers, et cetera. >> judy and john we'll check back in with the community sled going on. looks like you have a successful event under way. thanks so much for joining us early. head on over to the prince george's community college campus in largo. we're in lot b to get your documents shredded you must be in line by 11:00 a.m. at the intersection of prince place and campus way south. so you know the weather is okay right now, a little hot and humid but you're bringing it. >> mother nature, she's not letting go of summer at all around here. we're on course to have our fifth 90-day degree in september, keep in mind today is only the 6th. we only had three 90 degree days in the entire move august. late summer early fall heat wave is in progress. outside it looks hot and feels hot this morning. outside there's from our tower looking northbound over to bethesda, chevy chase straight up wisconsin avenue to rockville pike. fine looking day but if you go outside for a jog or walk or whatever you're going to do first thing this morning be ready. it's going to be hot, hot, hot later today. 80 degrees right now with 74% relative humidity. the impact the weather will have on your saturday will be moderate. feeling close to 100 degrees with heat indexes today so take your shade breaks, drink your extra water, wear like weight colored clothing. do whatever you can to stay cool. thunderstorm chances ramp up and go into this evening and some could be severe. right now it's 81 in thurmont, maryland. 80 degrees in annapolis. 76 at dulles airport. temperatures today, a spike into the throw mid-90s during the course of the afternoon. that's only half the story. the heat index will make it feel warmer than that. timing out the rain chances for you. nothing to worry about through the morning hours. by 2:00 this afternoon we could have a shower or two around town but i think greater rain chances come in after 4:00 or 5:00 this afternoon into this evening. so a hit or miss thunderstorm during the peak heat cigarette possible. much more likely to see thunderstorms in here after about 8:00 or 9:00 this evening. here we are by 11:00 tonight there's that chance for thunderstorms going on through the metro area and then as we time it, all of this will be gone by tomorrow morning. starting off with plenty of clouds tomorrow. tomorrow afternoon looks like to be a winner. arriving of the storms today after about 2:00, really primarily out towards the shenandoah valley, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 in and around town, later than that in parts of southern maryland. going out to dinner tonight steamy to start and showery to finish. have a table ready to go inside. nothing right now on storm team 4 radar now. it should reach the i-95 corridor late tonight. college football season is back, everybody. maryland on the road at south florida down in tampa. 87 degrees the kick-off and a humid day down there for the terrapins. meanwhile michigan taking on notre dame. cool weather out in south bend. kick-off temperatures in the 60s and in the 50s by late in the gae, perfect weather for michigan fans. howard university on the road in new jersey taking on rutgers. it will be steamy with a chance of thunderstorms up there in new jersey later on today. our seven day forecast this is it. no more 90s after today. paranoia mis i promise. >> meredith vieira makes her return to daytime television. >> eun yang went to new york to chat about her new show. why meredith says she's anxious now and plus the personal touch she put on trading-in or selling your car, truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of 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[laughter] ♪orf a liver tute face stummy wag ♪ pow pam sha-beeps stella nerf berms. saxa-nay nay? badumps a head. temexiss gurrin. juppa left. fluppa jown! brone a brood. what? catch up on what everyone's talking about with the x1 entertainment operating system. preloaded with the latest episodes of the top 100 shows. only from xfinity. a busy day for storm team 4. we're keeping a close watch on that line right there headed right this way. this could mean rain and storms in the hours that come. it's not just the storms that you'll be dealing with today also very hot and humid. very early this hour. feels like summer. >> very summery. meteorologist chuck bell is tracking what time we'll see the changes. he joins us now from the outside, storm team 4 weather deck. >> my biggest fan with me, my phone. it's a steam bath out here early this morning and this is the way it goes for the remainder of your saturday. summer holding on tight. plenty of humidity. two chances for thunderstorms today. first chance comes with peak heating during mid to late afternoon and second chance comes later this evening when that cold front reaches our area. national harbor looking back over the woodrow wilson bridge, partly sunny sky. more sunshine over reston town center. clouds coming our way for late this afternoon and rain chances are on the up and. you we're looking for a high today of 94 with strong potentially severe storms possible. keep a weather eye on the sky. we'll be here to keep you posted. college football, richmond spiders taking on virginia. temperatures up near 90 degrees. another great game coming your way, salisbury eagles taking on newport news. steamy temperatures with risk of showers or a thunderstorm there and more college football including south carolina and of course the boomer sooner forecast. see you in a few. right now police are looking for two men who held up a store at gunpoint in the district. we got the surveillance video. take a look if you can. you can see the two men walk into the shore on sherman avenue near euclid in the columbiaing heights neighborhood. this is back in august. if you recognize the men please call d.c. police. this morning a man connected to a series of armed robberies is off the streets in the district. police arrested 26-year-old curtis fogg. he's one of the two men seen on this surveillance video. both are accused of robbing a cricket cell phone store on georgia avenue in northwest last thursday. police believed fogg is responsible for eight armed robberies in two weeks. word of the arrest was good ingenuous a nearby business owner. >> really? >> how do you feel? >> relief. better. we have cameras all over our place to watch all the people and, you know. so we're feeling better. >> police still searching for the second suspect. right now police in alexandria are investigating a rape case and they want to speak to this man. take a look at his picture. woman told investigators a man she didn't know raped her last sunday while she was at a bar on south reynolds street. that's near landmark mall. this man was seen with the woman and police want to know if he has any information about the attack. detectives are not saying if this is the person responsible. former virginia governor bob mcdonnell's corruption trial may have cost you a lot of money. according to "the washington post," taxpayers paid about $985,000 for a private law firm to represent several staffers who were called to the stand. believe it or not that was a big discount. staff members who testified at the trial included a former chief of staff, communications director and several aides. mcdonnell also testified and during his and all the other's time on the stand the jury was sworn to silence but now some are breaking that is i lens including a mother of four who said that reading the verdict was hard to bear. >> i had a lump in my throat. >> another juror said many jurors. close to tears as verdict was read. the mcdonnells are facing years possibly even decades in prison. they will be sentenced in january. it's a good time to be working for a casino in maryland. baltimore's new horse shoe casino currently bringing in $1 million a day according to the "baltimore sun". it opened august 26th and brought in more than 5 million in its first week. that's more than most make in a month. for the move august maryland casinos reached new record of more than $80 million in revenue. casino revenue in maryland has increased more than 5% in just one year. it's not good news for casinos in atlantic city. last week revel closed its doors after two years in the business. it's the third casino to fold in the gambling city this year and another is coming later this month. more than 5,000 people lost their jobs when revel and show boat closed. another 1100 will be unemployed when trump plaza closes later this mop it's the end of an era for long time visitors to that boardwalk and others are worried about what's coming next. >> just very emotional. it's surreal. i don't know if it's hit me yet. >> a lot much crime start coming. >> the new jersey labor department says when trump closes it will be one of the largest mass filings for unemployment in state history. atlantic city is now hoping to target convention business as it struggle tolls reinvent it spechl. this morning prince george's county police and d.c. police will take a walk together to keep our community safe. the two departments are taking part in a unity walk. it's mean to show the continuing cooperation between their agencies when it comes to fighting crime. it starts at 11:00 a.m. at the eastover shopping center in oxon hill, maryland. >> today the city of alexandria, virginia will honor hundreds of africans who escaped slavery during the civil war. you're looking at contraband and freeman cemetery where 2,000 people were buried in the 1800s. in just a few moments they will begin rededicating the cemetery to the memory of the people buried. it took archaeologists almost two decades to identify and mark all of the grave sites of the men, women and children. parents thought that these helmet sensors therapy good idea to prevents concussions. well, why some think the devices are linked to a long time coach getting fired. >> your invitation for you and the kids. the event happening today to celebrate the start avenue school year. a hot and humid day today but expect a big temperature change once the rain moves on out. out. chuck's we just need to break it down into simple steps. is that house for sale again? you're changing the subject. we looked at that house. we have so much demanding our money right now but we have to save for later. right... that's the house- -with the low ceilings. the let's stick with the subject of retirement conversation. wells fargo can help with my retirement plan. a tool that gives you manageable steps for retirement. we can do it with you or try it online. together we'll go far. >> this just in. prince george's county police have the man who murdered miguel in langley park this weekend. the man was arrested last night for first degree murder. he's suspected of stabbing him to death on 15th avenue on wednesday. the suspect met the victim during a robbery. well, you can check out a step show to get your kids excited now that school is back in session. just get over to the second annual back to school step show in the district. the group step africa is working with the d.c. parks and rec department to bring the show. it happens from 2:00 this afternoon until 4:00. it's at the raven recreation center on 10th street in northwest. just a few blocks from the georgia avenue metro station. also you can check out the annual indian festival happening at river bend park in great falls. i want features native american from several tribes. there's a dugout canoe demonstration. try throwing a spear if you like. dream catchers will be on sale. a lot of food. it starts at 10:00 this morning and the runs until 4:00 this afternoon. admission is just $5. today part of the kennedy center will be transformed into a shopping center. the performing arts venue will host a joint museum sidewalk sale. nearly a dozen d.c. area museums plan to participate. in teams such as books, jewelry and holiday merchandise will be available for you to buy. you can find this sidewalk sale at the kennedy atrium center. the event is free and bring your parking stub inside to be validated for two free hours. a free shuttle will also run every 15 minutes to and from the foggy bottom metro station. neat way to see the kennedy center. >> it is. free parking. >> just wear light clothing. hot out there. unusual sight to show you on the golden gate bridge. we'll show you what brought aic to a standstill right in the middle of rush hour. >> let's go to chuck. >> heat and humidity in abundance for your saturday if you're going to do stuff outside you need to keep a weather eye on the sky. have your storm team 4 weather app ready to trading-in or selling your car, truck or suv? 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>> well we got a team of great volunteers here directing traffic and working with our partners to make sure it goes smoothly and get as much material as possible and pleasantly as possible. >> this is also helping the environment as well, right, adam? >> yeah. absolutely. every year we get about 100 tons of material. cardboard and paper that we end up recycling. that's good in two ways. i want reduces our carbon footprint, manufacturing paper but also helps us sell this material and bring more resources back into the county for recycling and environmental programs. >> let's bring in brenda mitchell from prince george's community college now. classes recently began on campus so what is the school doing to reengage with the students? >> well, one of the ways that we try to engage with our students are through events like this, as a provider of higher education in prince george's county we're pleased to serve our community and also bring awareness to issues such as identity theft and how our students can participate to help our county residents better protect themselves against identity theft. >> brent darks we're hearing already 900 people have shown up? >> absolutely. in the past, we're so pleased that we have been a partner with nbc 4 to bring this nbc 4 all state community shred to prince george's county for a number of times now and we have served in the past some 3,000 or more residents of the county. so we're very proud to be able to provide that service today. >> all right. adam and brent darks thank you so much for joining us and we do want to remind everybody you have a little more than an hour to get out there and shreddocum. go to prince george's community college campus in largo, we're in lot b. you must be in line by 11:00 a.m. at the intersection of prince place and campus way south. today parents at loudoun valley high school are upset. their children's football season started without a long time coach. danny mcgrath was fired after seven years on the job. some parents say it happened because of his stance on safety such as students playing overpowered opponents. >> coach mcgrath has been extremely outspoken on safety issues here. years ago when woodgrove and valley split we only had about 900 students and at that time still playing schools better at 1900. >> we're told mcgrath support ad helmet sensor that the school system overruled. school representatives told us under virginia law the school could not say the reason why mcgrath was let go. >> former nba player shaquille o'neal looking to join the police force in south florida. "the miami herald" reports shaq applied to be a reserve officer. the county will have to run a background check. shaq has a history of working for law enforcement. he was a reserve officer in miami beach and last year and he was part time officer. now here's something we don't get to see every day. deer on the golden gate bridge in san francisco. you can see the two deer, deers are running across -- the deer are running across the bridge. drivers stopped their cars to let the animals go by. to complicate matters this happened during the evening rush on friday on the busiest side of the bridge. the deer got to the other side safely. no one was hurt. which answers the question why did the deer cross the bridge. >> don't they know they are not supposed to run with traffic. >> they taught be on the pedestrian walkway. >> bad deer. >> they broke nearly every rule in the book. >> what a sight out there. okay. so the big question out here, we're waiting for relief because i think pretty much every day this week we hit 90. >> four out of the first five days we were 90 or higher in september. today five out of the first six. but that may be it nope more 90s in the seven day after today. we just have to make it through today. today's heat and humidity will come with a risk of strong thunderstorms later this afternoon and this evening. go to the google play store, itunestore. download our absolutely positively free and up to date storm team 4 weather app and you can have it in the palm of your hand. if you're outside, whatever you're doing keep a weather eye on the sky. you need to take precaution to stay ahead of the weather yourself. 80 degrees already with 71% humidity. 84 now in frederick, maryland. winchester, virginia, 81. fredericksburg, 81. st. mary's county 81. temperatures 90 by noon. throw mid-90s. hot, hazy and humid. there's an opportunity for some of those storms to be severe as well. the other side o index. by noon time heat indices in the low 90s, by middle of the afternoon how about 96 for a heat index in manassas and fredericksburg. 94, 95 degree heat index hear in town. by this evening things will start to cool off a bit and by tomorrow morning 6:30 tomorrow morning feels like factors back down into the 50s and 60s and tomorrow afternoon a far more pleasant day. storms arriving after about 2:00 or 3:00 in the shenandoah valley. after about 4:00 or 5:00 in the metro and after about 4:00 or 6:00 in southern maryland. could bubble up earlier than these times. by noon just a couple of showers in the shenandoah valley as 0 a possible philippine here's that first little opportunity, peek daytime heating one or two stray thunderstorms in the 2:00 to 5:00 time frame. authors not likely to be widespread or severe. stronger storms are far more likely after the sun goes down when the cold front itself actually makes its way through. by 10:00, 11:00 this evening an opportunity for a light show for mother nature to come on through. that will be gone by tomorrow morning and tomorrow will be a far better day to be on the outside. enjoy. nothing on storm team 4 radar but cloud cover in prince george's county. there's the cold front right there. it should be making its way over the i-95 corridor before you wake up tomorrow morning and that will clear things out. by tomorrow cloudy, 70s in the morning and highs tomorrow only in the 70s and low 80s and far less humid. seven day forecast before we get to your college football. 94 today. 82 tomorrow. then in the 70s monday with clouds and showers say round and staying nice and cool all through the rest of the upcoming week. three forecasts to go. virginia tech big one in the horse shoe, ohio state, kick-off temperatures in the 70s. great weather for football. the carolina gamecocks took one on the chin. 85 degrees. a warm one. game of the day sooners taking on the golden hurricanes of tulsa. temperatures in the 60s in oklahoma during the middle of the day. that's a real break. >> gamecocks are against east carolina. >> yes. i have to say gamecocks or else i get in trouble. >> hopefully we'll win this one. if we do it's the 50th home game win. >> 0-2 and he's out the door. >> speaking of '99 not exactly 99 bottles of beer on the wall but pretty close. see the rush to get what could be a collector's item well what could be left on your bucket list after becoming president? well for president obama it was visiting this place, stonehenge, england. the president visited the ancient stone circle yesterday and he was pretty excited to be there. stonehenge is one of the most famous historical sites in the world and this was a surprise visit the president squeezed in after wrapping up the nato summit. excuse me. obviously i need a drink of water. if you need some beer -- or maybe a beer. if you need some beer for your football party buy enough for the whole season. >> you can do that with a new kind of case. a huge one. we tell you about the pack of 99 beers. >> reporter: beyond these doors a find so rare few have seen one. >> such an awesome thing. >> reporter: the 99 pack. 99 stories from the beer lovers seeking it. >> last night i tried to form a plan. >> i went to about six different stores but they were all first come first serve. >> every single place -- >> i would considerate joke and one that took off on its own and now we have to treat it seriously. >> reporter: co-founder says the idea came from an attempt to get more beer customers to drink its peacemaker beer. >> it comes in at more than seven feet and doesn't begin to measure the impact this box is having. >> reporter: it's getting attention nationally. cnn, "esquire," internationally with headlines in the uk. for a place that usually deals in kegs and six packs, a lot of work. >> man, i think we're done with crazy ideas for a why. >> reporter: while they last the packs at food plus are going by lottery. how you get this behemoth of a craft brewery back home? 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can change. >> it's a packed sunday, i'm chuck todd. joining me to provide insight and analysis are nbc's joe scarboroughboro, malika henderson of the "washington post," andrea michelle, andrew liter, buzzfeed's john stanton and amy walter of the political report. welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press." and good morning. obviously it's a pretty big honor for me to be sitting in this chair as the 12th moderator of this program following in the footsteps of the likes of tim russert and, of course, david gregory. as you can see, we're making a few changes around here. as i like to say, we're living in a house as we remodel it, so the program in this studio will continue to evolve over the coming months. but what better way to start off my first show than with an exclusive sitdown with the president of the united states. to say it's been a long, hot summer for president obama is quite an understatement. the brutal rise of isis in iraq and syria, and their execution of two american journalists triggered usair strikes in iraq. the president invited criticism when he made this frank admission. >> we don't have a strategy yet. >> more criticism came when he went golfing shortly after condemning james foley's murder. all this contributing to the sense the world is spinning out of the president's control. at home the president's approval ratings hit all-time lows and many democrats are desperate to distance themselves from the white house. >> all this hanging over his head, yesterday i sat down with the president in the cabinet room of the white house. >> mr. president, welcome to your 12th appearance on "meet the press." >> great to see you. >> thanks for doing this. start with a very basic question, are you preparing the country to go back to war? >> i'm preparing the country to make sure we deal with a threat from isil. keep in mind, this is something we know how to do. we've been dealing with terrorist threats for quite some time. this administration has dismantled al qaeda and isil. isil poses a broader threat because of its territorial am bigs in iraq and syrisyria. the good news is coming back from the meeting, the entire international community understands this is something that has to be dealt with. so what i have done over the last several months is first and foremost make sure we've got eyes on the problem, that we shifted resources, intelligence, reconnaissance, did an assessment on the ground. the second step was to make sure that we protected american personnel, our embassies, our consulates. that included taking airstrikes to ensure that towns like erbil weren't overrun, critical infrastructure like the dam and were protected and able to engage in humanitarian missions that saved lives. next, we have to get an iraqi government in place. i'm optimistic next week we should be able to get that done. and i will then meet with congressional leaders on tuesday. on wednesday i'll make a speech and describe what our game plan is going to be going forward. but this is not going to be an announcement about u.s. ground troops. this is not the equivalent of the iraq war. what this is is similar to the kinds of counter-terrorism campaigns that we've been engaging in consistently over the last five, six, seven years. the good news is because of american leadership, we have, i believe, a broad-based coalition internationally and regionally to be able to deal with the problem. >> what are you asking of the american people. you're giving a speech. that's the type of thing, i assume you're preparing the country for something. what are you asking them? >> i want american people to understand the nature of the threat and how we're going to deal with it and have confidence we'll be able to deal with it. >> you're giving that speech the day before the 13th anniversary of 9/11. >> right. i want everybody to understand that we have not seen any immediate intelligence about threats to the homeland from isil. that's not what this is about. what it's about is an organization, if allowed to control significant amounts of territory, to amass more resources, more arms, to attract more foreign fighters including from areas like europe who have europeans who have visas and can travel to the united states unimpeded, that over time that can be a serious threat to the homeland so. what i'm going to be asking the american people to understand is, number one, this is a serious threat. number two, we have the capacity to deal with it. here is how we're going to deal with it. i am going to be asking congress to make sure that they understand and support what our plan is. and it's going to require some resources, i suspect, above what we are currently doing. >> this is asking congress for a vote, authorization of your strategy. this is not -- what does that mean? define that. >> i'm confident i have authorization i need to protect the american people. i'm always going to do what's necessary to protect the american people. i do think it's important for congress to understand what the plan is, to debate it. that's why we've been consulting with congress throughout. this speech will allow congress, i think, to understand very clearly and very specifically what it is that we are doing, but also what we're not doing. we're not looking at sending in hundreds of thousands of american troops. we are going to be as part of an international coalition carrying out airstrikes in support of work on the ground by iraqi troops, kurdish troops. we are going to be helping to put together a plan for them so that they can start retaking territory that isil had taken over. what i want people to understand, though, is that over the course of months, we are going to be able to not just blunt the momentum of isil, we are going to systematically degrade their capabilities, we're going to shrink the territory they control. ultimately we're going to defeat them. >> long way. long way from when you described them as a jv team. was it bad intelligence or misjudgment. >> keep in mind, i wasn't specifically refer to isil. i said that regionally there were a whole series of organizations that were focused primarily locally, weren't focused on the homeland. i think a lot of us when we think about terrorism, the model is osama bin laden and 9/11. and the point i was -- >> you don't believe these people -- >> not yet, but they can evolve. i was very specific at that time. what i said was not every regional terrorist organization is automatically a threat to us that would call for a major offensive. our goal should not be to think that we can occupy every country where there's a terrorist organization. >> you have not said the word syria so far in our conversation. obviously if you're going to defeat isis, you've used much stronger language during the week on your trip to wales, you've got to go to syria in some form or another. you've ruled out boots on the ground. i'm curious, have you simply ruled them out for domestic reasons or is there another reason for ruling out boots on the ground. your own guys have said you can't defeat isis with airstrikes alone. >> you're absolutely right about that. you also cannot over the long-term or even the medium term by dealing with this problem by having united states serially occupy various countries all around the middle east. we don't have the resources. it's put enormous strains on our military. and at some point we leave and then things blow up again. >> with iraq. >> we've got to have a more sustainable strategy which means the boots on the ground have to be iraqi. in syria, the boots on the ground have to be syrian. >> who? >> well, we have a free syrian army and moderate opposition that we have steadily been working with, that we have vetted. they have been on the defensive, not just from isil but the assad regime. the strategy both for iraq and for syria is that we will hunt down isil members and assets wherever they are. i will reserve the right to always protect the american people and go after folks who are trying to hurt us wherever they are. but in terms of controlling territory, we're going to have to develop a moderate sunni opposition that can control territory and that we can work with. the notion that the united states should be putting boots on the ground i think would be a profound mistake. i want to be very clear and very explicit about that. >> i got a somewhat snarky e-mail from a casual viewer who said, the united states gives a lot of military aid to saudi arabia. it's about time they use it. what do you say to that? >> i think it's absolutely true we're going to need sunni states to step up. not just saudi arabia, our partners like jordan, united arab emirates, turkey. they need to be involved. this is their neighborhood. the dangers posed are more directed at them right now than they are us. the good news is i think for perhaps the first time you have absolute clarity that the problem for sunni states in the region, many of whom are allies, is not simply iran, it's not simply a sunni shia issue, sunni extremism as represented by isil is the biggest danger that they face right now. >> assad, essentially putting aside that priority that assad must go because isis is a more direct threat. >> you know, the reason we're in this situation is because assad brutalized his people and specifically brutalized a sunni population that is the majority in syria. it's going to be hard for us to attract sunnis to fight against isil in this area if they think we're doing it on behalf of assad. so our attitude towards assad continues to be through his actions, through using chemical weapons on his own people, dropping barrel bombs that kill innocent children that he has foregone legitimacy. but when it comes to our policy and the coalition we're putting together, our focus specifically is on isil. >> part one of my interview there. some of you might have noted the president hadn't mentioned syria at all in my questions, he had mentioned it but hadn't said whether he took military action. let me start with you, former head of the counter-terrorism center. that is a president now getting briefing from your successor now and that believes those briefings. >> he believes they are a threat regionally. i don't think they see this as a homeland threat to the same degree that they should. >> you think he's downplaying the 9/11 threat too much. >> i think they can from the homeland. organizations before, al qaeda and pakistan, it has to include the offense. that has to be in syria. you can't get around that. that's the long pole on the tent. >> saudi arabia, brought that up, wants moderate sunni, john kerry traveling there all this week. is that going to happen? >> it's going to take a while. you can't totally roll back. you can't roll back what happened for three years. saudis and others in the region are very upset, angry, they don't trust this president to go after assad because he didn't. he is basically saying he's outlining a war against isil in iraq, based on an iraqi army that has yet to be approved effective at all. so if you're only going to fight them in iraq, degrade them, syria, with the syrian army we let down for three years, we have not armed them to their needs, how does that work? it's a strategy. it's the clearest strategy. this was an incredible interview in that he's laying it out point by point. >> this is a long way from i don't have a strategy yet. >> he's got the strategy. the question now is will it work? >> we refer to it as isis, obama administration says isil. the last s stands for syria, the last l they don't want to stand for syria. joe, he's going to give a speech, american public. what does he need to say, do you think, that will rally american public to his strategy? >> i think he laid it out pretty well. you have to remember we look at the polls, six months ago, three months ago, the american public said they didn't want to get involved, they didn't want a hyper active policy. we're an exhausted nation. i think the president is taking a very reasoned measured action. >> you think he's too -- >> i don't think he's been poll driven enough for a lot of democratic senators who this past week started breaking and suddenly sounding a lot more like john mccain. >> yes, they are. >> than you would expect democratic senators to sound. but we obsess over things like the jv team, which i obsess over. we all do. the brown suit. i don't have a strategy yet. the american people aren't there yet. it's about safety. it's about security. again, this president is taking a fairly measured approach and that's not where democrats are but that's where a lot of conservatives are. >> this vote in congress. he's asking for a vote. it's interesting, not authorization he says but he wants them to basically thumbs-up or thumb's down on the plan. that's what he's asking for. >> he talked about a buy-in. he didn't specifically say authorization. he said he had that -- >> buy-in is funding. >> exactly. he talked a little about resources. that's exactly right. i was on the hill last week and it looks like this congress is looking at this next two weeks where they are on the hill as sort of a lame duck period, right, in trying to do the bare minimum. that might be what he faces going forward. he's also facing a congress that might not want to go forward. >> what's happening in october. >> interesting, do they really want to use september to debate. >> they have scheduled hearings for the 16th of september. >> then there's a vote, bill nelson has to put forward a bill on this authorization. >> we now know what our september will be about, about isis, abroad and here. thank you andrea and michael for being here. my national security gurus are sticking around. a lot more from the president's interview. taking heat for action on immigration. you'll hear why he tries to explain politics wasn't behind it. then there's ebola. he says the u.s. has no point but to take charge. >> there's a process it mutates, and then it could be a serious danger to the united states. 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>> well, americans shouldn be concerned about the prospects of contagion here in the united states short-term, because this is not an airborne disease. >> i noticed you said short-term, though. >> i'm going to get to that. it's not an airborne disease like the flu. you can only catch it through the transmission of bodily fluids. the problem that we've got is in right now a limited portion of western africa. so what i've said, and i said this two months ago to our national security team is, we have to make this a national security priority. >> u.s.-led effort. >> as usual. we're going to have to get u.s. military assets just to set up, for example, isolation units and equipment there to provide security for public health workers surging from around the world. if we do that, then it's still going to be months before this problem is controllable in africa but it shouldn't reach oushores. now, here is the last point we're going to make. if we don't make that effort now and this spreads not just through africa but other parts of the world, there is the prospect, then, that the virus mutates, it becomes more easily transmittable and then it could be a serious danger to the united states. >> what's rational for this election. i'm going to be cynical here. $3 billion, i would argue, to decide harry reid or mitch mcconnell on the gridlock on the senate. we're talking what's the difference between a two-seat democratic majority and two-seat republican majority as far as your agenda is concerned. >> first of all there's a sharp ditch between the democratic agenda and republican agenda and the american people want to know that. if you've got democratic senate bills are introduced to raise the minimum wage. that's something democrats support. >> is that on your desk? >> i'll get to that. equal pay for equal work. we care about that. republicans, that's not their priority. we think it's important to make sure that issues like family leave and family friendly policies and more effective child care are in place so that folks are getting help, that young people are getting more assistance when it comes to paying for college educations. rebuilding our infrastructure, putting folks back to work on our roads, our bridges, all of which would boost our economy now and boost it into the future. on all those issues, there is a sharp contrast. now, it is true that if the house stays republican, then it's unlikely that i get a lot of these bills to my desk, but it makes a big difference if we've got at least one branch in congress that is presenting these ideas, making arguments. i know that given the gridlock that we've seen over the last couple of years, it's easy to say these midterms don't matter, but the fact of the matter is that on every issue that's important to middle class americans, overwhelmingly we're going to see a majority prefer the democratic option and us having a democratic senate that can present those issues and put them forward just like they did on immigration, even if the house republicans fail to act means that we're debating the right stuff for the country. we're debating the things that are going to help us grow. >> this wouldn't be "meet the press" if i didn't have a chart with me. year of action on the state of the union, it's going to be small here, bigger for the state of the union. a lot not accomplished here one thing about supporting rebels. immigration, overhauling tacks, raising minimum wage. you brought up the issues yourself. that was with a democratic senate. that's why you look at this and sit there and say, how does things change and do you think your presidency is in bigger trouble than if you have a democratic senate? >> i think elections matter, i think votes matter. given the fact that the punditry overwhelmingly felt -- >> you're overly pointing at me on that. >> that this was going to be a good year for senate republicans because the seats that were up were in states that were tilting or significantly -- with significant republican majorities. if democrats hold the senate, i think that should get republicans to, once again -- >> sends a national message. >> i think what it does is to send a message to republicans that people want to get stuff done. their strategy of just obstructing and saying no to every piece of legislation that might help middle class families, that might create ladders of opportunities for people, that that is an agenda that the american people reject. that then gives us room, hopefully, to find some compromises. look, i've said this before, chuck. if you ask me back in august what i want for my birthday, i would say, give me a loyal opposition that has some common sense and is willing to work on some basic issues that didn't use to be partisan issues. >> well, for more reaction on the domestic portion of my interview there, joe and nia is back. john is on buzzfeed because we didn't have enough goatees and amy walter. joe, let me quickly start with you. you just made a comment off camera. make it off camera. you thought you heard deja vu all over again. >> i'm surprised. i think the president's warren gates has been engaged, watching, you know what, this guy looks like he's finally getting reenergized and he's ready to play. then i hear him say, you know, if we win this time, then this time republicans are going to get the message they have to work with us. he said that to me in 2012 before the election. he said if we win this time, then they will understand that i'm legitimate. i said, well, bill clinton got re-elected and we impeached him the second time. >> is that where you're headed? >> that's not where i'm headed. but the idea if republicans don't win this time that suddenly they are going to play ball isn't the answer. the answer is figuring out the way you figure it out. how do you come to a deal with these guys on issues that matter? >> stanton, he was trying to make the rational for why the midterms matter. when you have to say i know some people don't think but they really do matter, it's a tough sell, clearly about energizing the democratic base. >> trying to get women, latinos out. the election doesn't matter. unless a thing happens in the next two or three weeks that creates a massive wave. >> we're trying to have some shows here -- >> clearly in terms of legislation passing. if democrats keep the senate and they have a two-seat or one-seat majority or republicans take it and have a two-seat or one seat majority, you're still left with the same dynamic in washington. as joe says, until he figures out a way around that, it's going to day the same. >> let's go to immigration, nia and amy. nobody is happy with this decision. we've got the president hitting left and right. here is pro immigration rights group. in june president obama promised he would take every action england to fix our broken immigration system by the center. today he said he won't until after the election. the delay comes with human cost. >> john boehner, never auto a right time to declare amnesty, to delay possibly unconstitutional unilateral action instead of abandoning the idea smacks of raw politics. >> isn't it always raw politics. chuck, come on. >> this is most from the president. >> it is. although, i will say this. he is correct when he said after the crisis on the border, there was a jump in concern. you could see that in the polls, where this issue on border security went up. where it becomes raw politics is when you recognize democrats are playing complete defense this year in the race for the senate. they are playing in red states where this issue is always going to be red hot. so whether there is a border security issue or not, taking executive action on anything republicans can call amnesty was going to boost up republican base. >> you look also, arkansas, louisiana, north carolina, alaska, kentucky, montana, georgia, this does not help a single -- >> nia, this map, you have this great stat, eight of nine states with competitive senate races, hispanics make up less than 10% of the electorate. >> that's right. very small. if you look at those southern states right now, it's anywhere between 3 and 8% of this electorate. it will be different going forward because you do see this population boom among hispanics. you look at a state like colorado. this is going to matter. you have mark udall saying he wishes the president would move forward on this. 12% of the electorate in colorado will likely be latino. >> that's what i'm wondering, he's trying to get the democratic base out. this is going to upset. >> let's say this, 2016, this is a bitter problem going forward. if they are seen as the party that still does not bring in latinos, it's a problem. >> they are not thinking about 2016. >> they worry about that. all right. coming up, i've got more from president obama. but first a little bit of a break here. what washington can learn from american cities, where more and more mayors are getting things done despite the red-blue divide. >> announcer: "meet the press" is brought to you by the morgan stanley institute for is brought to you by the morgan stanley institute for sustainable investing. the so what we're looking for is a way to "plus" our accounting firm's mobile plan. and "minus" our expenses. perfect timing. we're offering our best-ever pricing on mobile plans for business. run the numbers on that. well, unlimited talk and text, and ten gigs of data for the five of you would be... one-seventy-five a month. good calculating kyle. good job kyle. you just made partner. our best-ever pricing on mobile share value plans for business. now with a $100 bill credit for every business line you add. it's a powerful reflection of validayour drive to succeed.nts. so, forget the gold watch; grab the brass ring... you don't need anyone to tell you that success is yours, because you're busy... ...seizing it... ...drafting it... ...tuning it... making it. the new 2015 cadillac ats. when folks think about wthey think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanced safety systems & technology. shipping and manufacturing. across the united states, bp supports more than a quarter million jobs. when we set up operation in one part of the country, people in other parts go to work. that's not a coincidence. it's one more part of our commitment to america. 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[ male announcer ] and we do. it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. ♪ and welcome back. we're introducing a new feature here on "meet the press." who needs washington? dysfunction left congress with all-time low approval ratings, the president not far behind. away from washington, american cities are growing and revitalizing rapidly under the leadership of some dynamic mayors. my colleague kevin tibbles now on how many cities have put p t partisanship aside to put people over politics. >> reporter: there are cities across this nation pulling themselves from the depths of desperate economic times. by rolling up their sleeves and going it on their own with little of washington's help or dysfunction. from houston and its rebuild houston plant, 200 projects to improve quality of life with quarter billion of mostly taxpayer dollars. to seattle, which voted to raise the minimum wage and detroit where private money is revitalizing a moribund motor city. in oklahoma city, what used to look like this now looks like this. all designed to jump-start city economies. scenes us bureau figures now show many urban populations are on the rebound. >> how desperate was oklahoma city? >> we may have had the worst economy in the country. we finally decided we're going to have to invest in ourselves. no one is going to come bail us out. >> the mayor says oklahoma city had been decimated. a tanked economy, the horror of the bombing of the federal building, and a tornado had left it desperate for rebranding. >> it's almost as if we grabbed hands, pulled each other up and dared the world to separate us again. >> a penny on the dollar sales tax was agreed to. yes, a tax increase that will pump some $1.8 billion into rebuilding. everything from a new minor league baseball stadium to brick town entertainment district. attracting young people seeking vibrant city life and seniors seeking services. every school in the city received dollars for improvements. to ensure the city got noticed and stayed noticed, it lobbied for and won an nba franchise, the thunder and star player kevin durant now call oklahoma city home. >> this place is humming. >> this place is on fire right now. >> the secret this town's republican mayor says is in attracting people. if they come, businessing will follow. it's all been done without a meny of debt and with little help from washington. >> we stand here and look with our jaws open at the inefficiencies of washington where it seems more important to win some partisan argument that it does to deliver services to the citizens of your community. >> here he says there are no republican potholes or democratic potholes. and getting them fixed has been taken care of right here locally. for "meet the press," kevin tibbles. >> i'm now joined by three mayors who are getting things done. republican cornett and from pittsburgh and marilyn strickland from washington, an independent. look at that, dri perfectly. mayor strickland, i'll start with you. i know there's a little seattle oklahoma city rivalry with the basketball team. don't get too upset about sonics. what was famine his story to you? >> what was familiar to me was a story of resilience. i think that's something oklahoma city shares with tacoma and pittsburgh. economies that struggled in the past but really trying to rebound by doing innovative things in our communities. >> i think what's interesting, you went to the private sector. you have bill and linda gates foundation. they are locals. they helped you transform an education process. >> absolutely. it's the tacoma housing project. we're basically trying to address the fact that for a lot of students who aren't doing well in elementary school, it's mobility. the families move around too much. through this project we're able to stabilize housing five years through housing vouchers and give a chance for stability. >> mayor, pittsburgh, the most livable city, talking about it, transforming from manufacturing economy to this new tech economy. what is it about washington you wish would help you out more or forget it, we'll have to find different ways? >> i think we're living in a new normal. pittsburgh's overnight success story was 30 years in the making. it really came through an idea that it would be transformed into something that it wasn't. today we're looking and saying how do we become a city of learning. partnerships with the white house. early on conversations with the president and with his administration on if early childhood education isn't going to take off in washington, or if it's going to take two years in battles to get something that may be watered down, find a dozen innovative mayors around the country. let us run with the ball. >> a pilot project. >> secretary duncan come into pittsburgh to announce a yuu)ur+e grant which i'm sure we're going to be competing with these mayors on. we'll do it. we'll create universal education for four years old. i want pittsburgh to be that type of city as i'm sure other mayors will see in their cities. washington has to understand it's about getting the job done. it really isn't about the political victory that holds us back. >> you've asked for tax increases when you've needed it. here you are republican, deep red oklahoma. let's not pretend, this is not light red, deep red oklahoma. you've got people to back tax increases. what do you pull off that maybe republicans in capitol hill can't? >> i think the citizens have begun to differentiate between the type of government they would like to pay for and don't like to pay for. they like capital project they can go up and touch and feel. less enthused about social programs when they really wonder how efficiently run they are. >> what would you say a lesson to washington should be of your story and really the same question to all of you guys. what's one lesson they want to take away from oklahoma city? >> in your interview the president talked about this great divide between republicans and democrats. in my view it's up to the executive branch to be the bridge in that divide. it's what i do with my city council. i think it's one of the ways our city has begun to move forward so rapidly. >> what about you? >> i would say as mayor, you're about being an ambassador, bringing people together. an opportunity to keep people focused on the goal and not get people bogged down. >> it'sez to say, mayor, we all know raw politics there are. it seems like washington is there. what's something you would tell these guys enough? >> the ultimate goal is what is the vision. it has to be a shared vig. just as we have to work with our councils, president needs to work with congress. at the end of the day, you have to move forward. the idea that trying to get to perfection for anybody, especially with the congress that really doesn't have a track record right now of getting things done, there has to be that compromise to see that success does happen. >> we want to show some people practice the art of politics. remember, it's not politics people hate, they hate the art. thanks for being on my inaugural show. i really appreciate it. coming up, some very surprising polling numbers and the president's reaction to the criticism he played golf shortly president's reaction to the criticism he played golf shortly afteryou probably know xerox as the company that's all about printing. but did you know we also support hospitals using electronic health records for more than 30 million patients? or that our software helps over 20 million smartphone users remotely configure e-mail every month? 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>> i actually feel energized about the opportunities that we've got. there are days where i'm not getting enough sleep because we've got a lot on our plate. when you're president of the united states, you're not just dealing with the united states, as we saw during the nato summit. if there's a problem in ukraine, we're the ones who are expected to mobilize the world community to isolate russia, put pressure, support ukrainians and to vindicate the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity and freedom that we stand for. if there's a problem in the middle east, the expectation is that we create the coalitions to deal with a problem like isil. if there's an issue in africa around ebola, we need to help mobilize that public health infrastructure. so you know, it's not just me, it's my staff also. where our in box gets pretty high. >> during vacation, made the statement on foley, went and golfed. do you want that back? >> you know, it is always a challenge when you're supposed to be on vacation, because you're followed everywhere. part of what i would love is a vacation from the press -- >> i promise you in two and a half years i think that happens. >> the possibility of a jarring contrast given the world's news, there's always going to be some tough news somewhere is going to be there. but there's no doubt that after having talked to the families where it was hard for me to hold back tears listening to the pain they were going through after the statement that i made, that i should have anticipated the optics. that's part of the job. you know, i think everybody who knows me, including, i suspect, the press understands that you take this stuff in. it's serious business. you care about it deeply. but part of this job is also the theater. part of it is how are you -- >> you hate the theater. >> well, it's not something that always comes naturally to me, but it matters. i'm mindful of that. so the important thing is in addition to that, am i getting the policies right, am i protecting the american people, am i doing what's necessary? >> i think i need to prebook you for next week, i have another 35 questions. with that, mr. president, thank you very much. >> great to see you. >> the full unedited interview is already on the website right now on "meet the press." let me start with you, the president talking optics. he does -- he hates that aspect of the job. he admitted it. it was sort of a very honest moment. >> i remember president obama in 2008 or candidate obama, he did the optics then. >> good optics. >> he got the theater of politics. this idea that somehow he doesn't get it now, i think, he gets it. i think he probably just doesn't care at this point and he's fine with blaming the press. >> presidents do have to compartmentalize. that's a fact. you could never go to sleep. >> they do have to compartmentalize. i remember reading a column talking about first ladies saying pat nixon made a great peanut butter and jelly sandwiched that relaxed president richard nixon. if that's what he needs to do, she should do it. presidents should be able to golf, do what they need to do. obviously he made some mistakes. they say they don't do theater. they do theater they want to do. i was glad, it was good to hear the president say. i'm not really good at it. i probably should be a little better at optics. that's hard for him. >> it's important to note, i messed up the optics. he's not saying i shouldn't have done it, he's saying, look, i deal with this all time. you guys just had a different picture. >> they have had this problem, particularly the last few years since the election. it's been a systemic problem for the administration where they don't quite understand these things matter to people. it does matter seeing the president serious. leaving something like that and not being out laughing and joking with his friends. i think most americans get he can compartmentalize, this doesn't necessarily impact doing the job. it matters psychological. >> to win elections. this guy has -- he's been attacked for not getting optics since 2008 in many ways. he's won by a larger margin than any other president since bush in '88. so forgive the white house for shrugging and saying what's the big deal. >> just to be clear, we know the people behind him are saying, hey, don't do'>!s it this way, way. they think about the optics all the time. at the end of the day, he's saying, you know what, i'm going to do what i want to do. >> he knows more than you do and anybody else in the public knows about all the security issues going around. so don't tell me i wasn't taking this seriously. i took 15 calls while i was out there. >> absolutely. stick around. coming up, aç fun new feature. what everyone in washington knows but is adventure to say or what everyone in washington knows but is adventure to say or won't wnearly one in three children in america is overweight. say or won't let's lighten up those numbers with fruits and vegetables, lean protein, and lots of water. add in plenty of active play and the odds of good health are in your favor, the more you know. i am going to be making a decision around the first of the year about whether i'm going to run or not. i have to be convinced that i have a very clear vision with an agenda of what i think needs to be done. >> you just heard it there. hillary clinton, and it dove tails with another new feature we're bringing to the show, what everyone knows but afraid to say. with that in mind, i'm going to make a decision, amy walter, i'm going to have a decision -- come on mexico city. >> what have these last few weeks been? the book tour is the campaign. as she talks about another issue, it's cheer she's ready to go. >> january, is it too soon? >> when she announced before, she announced in january. january 20th. president obama announced in february. >> seven opponents. >> take some flack and attention away from her. but she's also going to face a situation where it looks like republicans, won't name any named, rand paul, seems to be eyeing. >> i guess, joe, obviously if she's making a decision in january, that's a way to freeze everybody else. that's the decision, go early and go home. >> i hate to be the thick one on the panel but that's my job. i'm not so sure she's going to run. it's just like with jeb. i'm still trying to figure out if jeb is going to run. we get the information jeb is freezing everybody. we know she's freezing everybody. it's such a disastrous book tour when it should have been so easy. why does she want to do it? she's been struggling a long time. >> i think the longer she teases people, the worse it is for her. if she's going to run, she's going to have to come out and say sooner rather than later. it's ridiculous theater to watch. the public is going to say -- >> all right, guys. i have to leave it there. we'll be back next week. you know why? 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get an umbrella ready. near 60, northern and western suburbs. at the bus stop this morning, yes, you'll need long sleeves. low to mid-60s between now and 8:00. a few breaks in the clouds. a few sprinkles east of the area. between 8:00 and 9:00, clouds around. maybe an umbrella. may have a few scattered sprinkles. a new crash at 395 southbound at gw parkway. we understand the right lane at this point is blocked because of this crash. chopper 4 up over the spur. you can see our normal volume headed south into town. a wider look. no major issues. look at prince george's county. pennsylvania county looking just fine. 01 as well. no major problems there. 95 through dale city, quantico as you cross over to woodbridge. i'll see you at 6:11. breaking royal baby. kate middleton is pregnant. they are expecting their second child. according to the royals twitter account, the queen and members of both families are delighted with the news. we have lender, though, the duchess is once again being streeted for severe morning sickness. the news of the royal baby on the way comes a month and a half after the couple celebrated their first child prince george's first birthday. boy or girl? let the games begin. wait. they already have. twitter is going crazy over this already. eun? >> i'm sure it is. a d.c. department of corrections federal was murdered inside her own home. the question this morning is why would someone want to hurt carolyn cross? live in alexandria with more on the investigation. >> reporter: we saw an alexandria police officer cruising through the parking lot. as you might imagine, residents at this complex are very much on edge. carolyn cross was a deputy director with the d.c. department of corrections. the 64-year-old was found murdered inside her alexandria apartment over the weekend. an arrest has been made. the question is what, if any, connection is there between cross and her alleged killer. 29-year-old dewitt seen has been charged with murder. in addition to her work -- or three decades of work with the department of corrections, she was also a board member with a second chance, helping inmates transition back into society. it is unclear whether they knew each other. we will get an update from alex a alexandria police. today a professor will face a judge on arson charges. david pitts is currently on leave. cell phone video caught one of the fires police say he lit near campus. an affidavit from d.c. police said pitts broke into stars below his apartment near au and set a chair on fire and lit another fire in a wooded area. they found thousands of preparation pills inside his apartment. a man charged with the murder of his 82-year-old mother is expected in a rockville courtroom. a bond hearing for 57-year-old halim is set for this afternoon. he stabbed his mother several times before setting their house on fire on thursday. investigators say he lived with his mother and he told police he stabbed her. in just a few hours, terry mcauliffe is expected to make a major health care announcement. he is expected to lay out his plan to increase health care coverage to low income virginians. state republicans blocked that move. tough questions expected today for an expansion project. a hearing on the $200 million csx project will resume in counsel chambers. neighbors don't want the expansion because of long-term construction and pollution they say. csx said it needs to be updated to better serve the area. it is a continuation of a hearing last month. it was postponed because the d.c. couple said their concerns were not addressed. . how a thief kid tphapld a a girl without even realizing it. and cutting your child's asthma by 70%. what you can put in their crib to lower the risk. . storm team 4 meteorologist will lay out when you are most likely to see rain. new this morning, harvard will announce a huge donation in the biggest gift the school has ever received. it is nearly 380 years old. it will get a $350 million gift for public health research from everything from health care systems 20 pandemics like ebola. in news for your health now, animal fur could help your child from developing asthma. 3,000 newborns were put on animal fur by the first three years of life. they were 79% less likely to have asthma. researchers say exposing your children to different organisms early in life can help protect against all sorts of allergies. i have heard growing up with a pet prevents allergies. ten after the hour on this monday morning. a live look outside for you as the sun's rays start to cut through clouds there. >> pretty picture. pretty weather to go with it. team kierein here with your weather and traffic on the ones. loving this weather. >> we're on the dividing air with clouds with some wet weather south and east of us. right now storm team 4 showing a few sprinkles, north calvert, charles county. much farther south and west, charlottesville to southern shenandoah. upper 70s early afternoon. a lot of clouds around. greater chance of a showerheading home from work and school. how is traffic this morning? we have some breaking news this morning. this is a motorcycle crash. this could be out there for some time. two left lanes blocked. 395 southbound at arm navy drive. so causing some slowdowns as you might expect this morning. as you are getting on 95 northbound at virginia, kind of into fredericksburg, through try angle, slow to woodbridge. that is where you are opening. 6:21 with a wider look at the beltway. the third american being treated for ebola making strides in his recovery. the procedure his doctors may use causing the two americans cured. uncommon virus seasoneding hundreds of kids to the emergency room. the n welcome back at 6:15. new developments in the ebola crisis in africa. military is setting up isolation units to keep workers save after dr. rick sakra became the third american to be infected with the virus. a new research drug is showing results. while he is slowing improving, it is too early to say whether he is fully out of the woods. >> he's been one of our best sources. he took care of patients who had ebola. he has it him. he is an astute observer. >> doctors are considering getting a blood infusion from one of the other aoe pwebola survivors. experimental drugs have been showing promising signs that doctors are getting closer to developing a solid treatment for ebola. they will test a new vaccine on humans. researchers will now be looking to see if that vaccine can hold up against the virus over time. new this morning, iran's supreme leader is in the hospital. iran's official news agency said the ayatollah khomeini has had pros say it surgery and it was successful. he has been the country's top leader since 1989. 6:16. happening today, a prince george's county bus driver will be in curt on reckless endangerment. 61-year-old arturo harris left bus to go to the bathroom with kids still on board. it rolled down the road, hitting a small child and trapping him under the bus. four students were hurt. a mother and daughter are back together after a terrifying car jacking. she ran into a store in queens for a minute to buy diapers. when she came out the car was gone. >> it was very scary. it is just one minute. it can change your life in one minute. >> she says she will never leave her daughter alone in the car again. no arrests have been made. no charges have been filed against rojas. following a racially offensive e-mail. the co-owner of the atlanta hawks is selling his share of the team. he sent his letter to team executives two years ago. in that e-mail he wrote about how to attract more white fans to hawks games. he wanted music at games that a 40-year-old white man would recognize instead of hip-hop music. he said black crowds were scaring away white ticket buyers. he also wrote he wanted more white cheerleaders. the redskins are looking up in the standings today and looking forward to next week at home at fedex field. two players won't play in that game either. they were both hurt in the loss to houston. turnovers a huge part of that loss. painful to watch. rg3 said he is not letting that faze him. >> no one wants to go home too. we want to get to 1-1. so for us we felt good about what we d. we're going to fix what we didn't do well. >> let's hope so. the redskins play the jacksonville jaguars at 1:00 next sunday. i watched the whole thing, just screaming at the tv. i was so excited and pumped up at the beginning of the game. fresh season. new era, new coach. >> coach was a little hard on himself too. >> all the turnovers at the wrong time. it was tough to watch. defense, special teams. >> let's hope they turn it around. >> let's hope so. >> 20 minutes after 6:00 on a monday morning, we are off, as to tom would say, a fresh and cool start. >> love it. let's check in to find out what kind of day we'll have. >> nobody is screaming at their tv. everybody is enjoying this from the humidity we have had the last few days. got the break yesterday. it continues this morning. some rain beginning to move our way up into the metro area. a few sprinkles southeast of the metro, southern prince georges, charles, anne arundel, st. mary's. it's a cool morning. north and western suburbs, near 60. washington, near 70. if you're walking the dog this morning, have an umbrella. a few sprinkles south and east between 8:00. 9:00, upper 60s to 70 degrees. heading back home from work and school, you may need it again. midafternoon should be reaching the upper 70s. small chance of an afternoon shower. a greater chance of a few sprinkles or showers tonight. and off and on during the day tomorrow with highs reaching up 70s. any pain tuesday should end tuesday. partly cloudy, beautiful day. into the low 80s. hot and human for one day on thursday. upper 80s. storms moving in. after that, should be good weather for the fedex game on sunday. highs in the 70s. morning lows, in the 50s over the weekend. coming up next, weather and traffic on the ones, 5:31, a look at your morning commute hour by hour. breaking news 395 southbound at army navy drive, three left lanes blocked. you're going to want to stay to the right to avoid that mess altogether. wider look at things, we look pretty normal. slow past 50. near 66 as you are coming inside the beltway eastbound a little bit slow as well. 95 in virginia, slow through dale city. you open up near woodbridge. about typical this time of day. inbound branch avenue, a little bit slower than normal as you head to the beltway. bw parkway looking good as well. penn line, 15 minute delay for you this morning. 66 east at sudley road, a crash there. details coming up, aaron. all right, parents, another one to watch out for you. a mysterious respiratory infection in the midwest. it is a distant cousin of the polio virus. it starts out like a cold. fever, sneezing, coughing, body aches. it makes it difficult to diagnosis this thing until more serious symptoms show up. as always, cdc says prevention is key. the best way to avoid getting sick at all is washing your hands. today, check your bus schedule before hopping on ride on buses. today is the first morning commute with the new schedule changes. new arrival and departure times for several routes. we posted it on nbcwashington.com. search "ride on". meredith vieira is shaking up daytime tv here on nbc 4. what better way to start things off than with a party. ♪ going with a band. you might as well. broadway stars from the cast of mama mia surprised her. she said she wants her guest to feel like home. >> i'm really interested in evident people. just people who are making a difference. or who need help. you know, we have something called the pick me up for somebody who might be in through aay weetorofha we're going to go and literally pick them up. or might be delivering school supplies. expect a lot of interesting guests. she wants you to feel like she is your friend. she's going to have a lot of fun. >> those are the successful talk shows, the ones that can relate to real people. we should mention this is homecoming week on the "today" show. meredith will co-host with matt lauer. i want to mentioned daytime lineup for you is all new and star studded. "days of our lives" moving up one hour to noon. meredith vieira show debuts at 1:00. ellen with maroon 5. congress has a lot to get done. the number one priority you may not realize tops that list. look inside the wallets of most millennials and you'll see something is missing. plus, the sun is starting to creep up this morning. meteorologist tom kierein will dig in to show us where we need rain on the morning drive. your weather and traffic on the ones. duchess of cambridge kate middleton is pregnant, expecting her second baby with prince william. the baby will be fourth in line to the throne. no word whether it is a boy or girl. you know everyone is taking guesses already. what do you think? >> i don't know. >> all right. >> we have breaking news. melissa has breaking news. 395 southbound at army navy drive, a little difficult to see. southbound we have three left lanes blocked. stay right to get by. 66 eastbound at sudley road, a crash here. it is now off to the left shoulder as you head east. we are seeing some delays there as well as you head into town. wider look at things. slow top of the beltway. just after 50 as well. taking a look down here, 395 northbound as you head in to the bridge. a litt slow too. 66 looking pretty typical as is 95 in virginia. preupblg georges side looking typical as well. it starts opening up a bit through clarksburg. it widens up. remember to follow us on twitter. >> drivers south and east of washington encounters wet pavement. charles county. a few scattered sprinkles. scattered across the potomac to the west, towards charlottesville. long sleeves. mid-60s in washington. nearby suburbs, reagan national and near the bay it is near 70 for the morning commute. between now and 8:00, you'll need long sleeves waiting for the bus at metro. a few sprinkles especially into the metro area. upper 60s by then. coming up next, weather and traffic on the ones, 6:41. a look at the hour-by-hour rain chances the next 24 hours. aaron? >> 6:30 your time right now. today it's back to work for congress. their agenda is loaded with unfinished business since congress left five weeks ago. president obama took action to save iraq from the hands of isis terrorists. lawmakers are gearing up for spending. >> reporter: jobs, minimum wage, even a law that keeps us all from making taxes when we buy online. all of that will have to take a back seat to the budget. september 30th. that's the day it runs out. to keep the government running. look for congress to talk about some temporary extensions until after the election. speaking of after the election, the president says he's not going to do anything on immigration reform. nothing through executive action. we may see debate on capitol hill. there's been a lot going on since congress left when it comes to isis and terrorism in iraq, in syria. are we going to launch air strikes? if so, what's the ground campaign going to look library? who are the syrians the president said on "meet the press" yesterday who are going to be on the ground while the u.s. and others are in the air. the president says he doesn't need to come back and get approval for that. but do expect some debate because he wants congress behind him. so a full agenda with just three weeks to get it all done before they get it on break after the election. . tracie potts on the hill. thank you. later today, we'll learn more about the murder of two young children in cheverly, somed phd. police will hold a press conference at noon. we expect to hear more about the children's mother, sonya spoon. police say she admitted to suffocating her children, 1 and 3 years old. police have not confirmed how they died or why. stay with news 4 later today to learn everything police have to say about the investigation. also today, the man quittinged in the murder of d.c. intern chandra leafy will be back in court for a hearing. lawyers are asking for a new trial. he was convicted of killing leafy two years ago. his former cell mate laid on the witness stand, they say. the testimony was the key piece of evidence in that trial. new technology is helping police track crime across the d.c./maryland border. it acts similar to google maps. it shows a bird's-eye view of 911 calls and emergency information as it is being reported. the hope is sharing real-time crime info can identify patterns before they get worse. nurses will talk about how a staffing shortage could affect your health care in the district. it prance to open a new 43-bed er next week. they don't have enough staff to safely care for their patients at the current facilities. they are worried the expansion without more rns could compromise care. we have a call in and are waiting for a comment. head out soon if you want to hear one of two cancelled dates for senate this morning. they will be at in reston an hour from now. they will talk about their views on technology in the commonwealth. this is not a debate. they will be introduced together but answer questions separately. the forum is open to the public. it will cost $40. letting your kids sleep in just a little bit later. the new reason for hope that a plan to start school later in fairfax county could pass. . and you may be in for a raise this year. the bump in pay most americans will see before 2014 ends. plus, a little bit of rain this morning. it will be here for a bit. karen: hi, i'm karen. joyce: and i'm joyce. karen: and we are... karen & joyce: the koch sisters. karen: we're not biological sisters, but sisters in spirit. joyce: and we're not related to the koch brothers, those right-wing billionaires. karen: we're just two average women who've raised families and worked hard all our lives. joyce: we don't have billions to spend on political campaigns. karen: but we do have our convictions, and our voices. we think that's important. joyce: if you agree, then join us. we can all be a nation of koch sisters! the next phase is start to go on some offense. >> president obama made those comments on "meet the press" hours before isis released this video. the video showed how they used surveillance to help plan an attack in syria. president obama will lay out his isis strategy this week >> nbc's richard engel is live with more on that. richard, good morning to you. good morning. president obama said on "meet the press" on wednesday he will give a policy address and he will lay out his plan for the united states in coordination with other nations to defeat isis in iraq and syria. and in that "meet the press" interview he gave a preview of what that plan is going to be. and i must say it is incredible in difficult, ambitious plan. it calls for forming a coalition with many countries around the world, especially in the arab neighbors and muslim neighbors around this area. it calls for rebuilding the iraqi security forces which have collapsed the last several months even though the united states spent a decade building them up in the first place. this could only happen after the iraqi government is formed, which is happening in the next, well, we're supposed to happen in the next 24 hours or so. it is a very difficult plan. it would envision air strikes in syria. something that the u.s. hasn't wanted to do for the last three years. and some people think it is a little bit too ambitious and too late. . all right. richard engel live in erbil, iraq. we'll see your full report on the "today" show. it is time to get a look at the forecast. meteorologist tom kierein with your weather and traffic on the ones at 6:41. we're liking what we're seeing. >> if you live south and east of washington, you will likely need an umbrella between now and 9:00. a few light showers now. just sprinkles in southeastern prince gorgeous, calvert and farther south to near charlottesville, closer to fredericksburg and quantico. a live video. partly sunny. mid-60s. by noon, mid-70s. you'll be comfortable in short sleeves. likely umbrella needed. a 30% chance around the metro area. likelihood south and east midafternoon. mid-70s. everything has reopened after the motorcycle crashed. the image just went out on us just in time. this is because of that earlier crash there as well. taking a wider look, fairly typical this time of the morning. 295 just past 50, slow a top the beltway. colesville road, inside the beltway. 66 east is slow. bw parkway out of town. coming in, a little slow approaching the beltway. 95, virginia, you're fine in fredericksburg. half of d.c. ladder trucks were pulled out of use. it could impact how fast firefighters get to you in an imagine. the last hour the duke and duchess announced a second baby. - oh, the young. their energy seems like an unlimited resource we sometimes wish would run out, at least for a moment. but as we grow into adults, it's important to learn how to use our energy wisely, especially when it comes to electricity. you can save energy and money by caulking around windows. and by using a power strip, you can 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into society. a lot of questions involving this case, one of which being is there any connection between cross and history her alleged killer. reporting live in alexandria, megan mcgrath, news 4. . d.c. firefighters union leaders are afraid they will not be able to respond fast enough to fires especially those with tall were buildings in the district. seven d.c. fire ladder trucks are off the the streets after inspection. they could reach 100 feet in the air. right now the district has 10 working ladder trucks. the guessing game has already begun. news breaks that another royal baby is on the way. they are expecting their second child. they announced it in a modern way through twitter. we learned the queen and members of both families are just delighted. kate had severe morning sickness with baby gorge. she has it again. the royal couple's second baby will be fourth in line to the throne. reaction continues to pour in. we saw prime minister david cameron tweeted many congratulations to the royal couple. >> angie goff from the live desk. a professor at an american university will face charges of arson. cell phone video caught one of the fires police say he started. an affidavit from d.c. police said pitts broke into stores below his apartment near au and set fire to a chair and lit another fire in a wooded area. police say they found thousands of prescription pills inside his apartment as well. also today, a son charged in the death of his mother who was pulled from a house fire is expected in court. a bond hearing for 57-year-old halim is set for this afternoon. police say he stabbed his 82-year-old mother several times before setting their house on fire in rockville on thursday. investigators say he lived with his mother and he told police he stabbed her. later this morning, ted mcauliffe expanding health care coverage in the commonwealth. he is expected to lay out his plans that would allow more plans to get insurance. state republicans blocked that move. you could save money filling up your gas tank the rest of the year. aaa says you could see gas produces below $3 a gallon this fall. aaa says people drive less this time of year and it's less expensive to make the winter blend of gas. right now the average price of gasoline is $3.58, down 14 cents from a year ago. in maryland, the average regular unled $3.38. in virginia, $3.18, down 17 cents. and $3.51,. we have seen them dip below $3 a gallon in fredericksburg. if you're choosing not to have a credit card, guess what, you're not alone. more than 6 in 10 millennials do not own a credit card. some might think it's a good idea, but you may want to reconsider. final experts say foregoing credit cards can cause trouble down the road. a strong credit card is essential for being a car, getting a home loan, sometimes even a job. something to think about it. some companies are going to give employees a raise. you can second 3% raise. 3% is less than 1% above inflation. the average salary is $40,560. in our area the average income is just over $88,000 a year. all right. that's good news, right? >> a little bump. >> a little bump. you know what else is nice, a little bump in our weather. it looks great, tom. >> a little extra bump and you can buy an umbrella. you may need it this morning. but probably a greater chance here by later this afternoon and this evening. starting off this morning, if you live south and east of washington you will need that new umbrella. it is raining very lightly. another batch of moderate showers north of charlottesville towards fredericksburg in another half hour or so. most of the rain in the morning is later this afternoon when it may be migrating farther north. the sky over capitol hill now. partly cloudy. 71 at reagan national. more light rain is falling. it's all dry. it's just in the low and mid-50s. out there, definitely need long sleeve. might need an umbrella especially between now and 9:00 this morning when temperatures will be in the upper 60s. during the afternoon heading back home from work and school, that will be in the upper 60s. 30% chance of an afternoon hour for the afternoon commute. i took this photo after that cool air moved in. this is in eastern bred rick county. you can post this of the gorgeous sunset last night. i love reading your comments. big game tonight and a crucial series with the braves under way at nats park don't. might be interrupted by a few sprinkles during the game. temperatures in the low 70s. and tomorrow some occasional light showers looking likely. highs upper 70s. low 80s. storms moving through. after that, beautiful for friday, saturday, sunday with cool mornings and mild afternoons. melissa here now with a monday morning commute seeing things slowing down, right? >> yeah. real slowdown. 66 eastbound from the earlier crash not necessarily the entire reason behind this. it is quite slow as you head east into town. the beltway looking good there. we are talking about the branch avenue, pennsylvania avenue, 40 miles per hour as you head into town. 66 and 95 looking typical. dale boulevard. more information on that for you. no issues there at this point this morning. looking pretty good. 295, slow. 270 at mont rows. you're headed down south. it is a little bit slow. outer loop from toll road, quantico to the beltway, 35 minutes. >> thank you. 6:53. your kids are probably up now getting ready for school. a new proposal that would let you sleep in. joining us live in fairfax county the school board will talk about the possibility of big changes. richard? hey, aaron. this could mean up to an hour sleep for some students. other students would have to wake up earlier. karen garza will come before the school board to make a proposal. she's asking that high school start at 8:10. they start at 7:20 now. middle school students will be coming in at 7:30. they come in 7:45 now. no change for elementary students. they have looked at this issue before and it has not done well pause of the cost of changing the start times. it could cost $5 million for 30 new buses. bussing is one of the big issues for school board members to consider. but this time they are also factoring in the evidence presented by doctors earlier in the year. they said teenagers do need more sleep. and they recommended high schools start at 8:00 or later. the school board will be considering this. they're expected to give their decision at the end of october on. and this would affect students next school year. so things will stay the same this year. it's next year we are talking about here. live in fairfax, richard jordan, news n4. the u.s. coast card and jamaican military ended the search for this new york couple. they were flying to florida when the pilot blacked out and crashed his plane on friday. u.s. fighter pilots were launched when he failed to respond. he was seen slumped over and the windshield frosted as well. hov lanes changing back the to their schedule. they will stay open for northbound traffic until 11:00 a.m. and open to southbound traffic at noon. ddot facing grilling today for a controversial expansion project in the district. a hearing on the csx tunnel project beneath virginia avenue. neighbors don't want the expansion because of long-term construction. csx said the tunnel needs to be updated to better serve the area. it could receive final approval as early as next week. coming up on four minutes before the hour. four things to know. congress returning to capitol hill. the schedule packed. prince george's county police say a mother admitted to killing her two young children in cheverly. we'll more more at noon. a former american university professor on arson charges. david pitts broke into stars below his apartment and set fires near au. this morning we could learn why a d.c. corrections official was murdered. she was found dead in her apartment yesterday. grab an umbrella before you head off to work and school this morning. especially south and east of washington. storm team 4 showing light rain there. later today, perhaps an afternoon shower. a lot of clouds around. upper 70s. occasional showers likely later today and off and on tuesday, drying out wednesday. melissa? one of the slowest spots in the area probably this. 66 east. that earlier crash. we probably can't blame all that volume on that. top of the beltway, colesville road a little slow as well. 295 past 50. a big hug every day. sorry. >> can't get a break on 66. >> thank you, melissa. >> all right. >> that is the broadcast this morning. appreciate you waking up with us. >> "today" show is next with more on the roy baby news. and meredith sierra is hosting woman, opening door: hey, hon. hey! hey, baby. 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now we'll look at the commute with a construction delay? good morning, everybody. taking a look right now at chopper 4 over this, this is 95 southbound at laurel with emergency road work kind of making it a bit slow. and that's chopper panning up. you can see the delay here this morning. so it's going to be a slow one if you're headed through the area any time this morning. the slowdowns stretch back for a couple miles now. that is 16 miles per hour heading right there through laurel. a wider look at things, no major issues. d.c. 295 just passing 50, pretty typical this time of the day. 66 and 95 also typically slow. no major issues there. 95 at the weigh station, a little bit of volume here. we'll take a live drive of 95 coming up in ten minutes. it is 6:02. new this morning, a d.c. police officer is in the hospital right now after getting hit by a car along eastern avenue in northeast washington. the officer was on duty when she was hit near 61st street around 1:00. we are told the officer is in serious condition. the driver who hit her did stay on the scene. right now everyone is talking about former ravens player ray rice and the video that shows him punching his fiancee until she passes out. >> this morning vice president joe biden is weighing in here. be aware, the video is disturbing for some. the nfl and ravens said they never saw this video before yesterday. you take a look here and you can see ray rice punch his then fiancee now wife in a new york city elevator. hours later rice was fired. vice president joe biden praised that firing. >> you can argue, they should have done it sooner, they didn't want it, whatever the reason is, it's happening. >> you can see biden's full exclusive interview with tamron hall on the "today" show later this morning after "news4 today." angie goff is following more on the reaction to this video. >> a lot of you took to social media to talk about the story. ray rice, john harbaugh, this is trending everywhere. note that people are saying #whyistayed and #whyileft. many are taking to twitter to tell their stories of dealing with domestic abuse. it's an issue striking a cord with players and celebrities alike. holly robinson peete praised rice's firing on twitter saying, right move, he could have killed her. thank goodness for video. meanwhile, wikipedia was quick to fix rice's name as someone changed it to wife beat er. with this incident making headlines nationally, domestic violence organizations here are offering their help this morning. we talked to carmen kotma, the executive director of the d.c. coalition against domestic violence, who says you're not alone. >> here in the district we are at 30,000 domestic violence calls to the metropolitan police department every year, that's one every 17 minutes. >> if you need help, call the domestics national hot line at 1-800-799-safe. and you can find out more agent the coalition on nbcwashington.com. 6:04 is your time right now. police in hagerstown are trying to piece together the series of events to leave a number of people shot and one person dead. here's what we know, shots were fired in the 200 block of hagerstown last night. two victims collapsed in the street there and a third person who walk ed to a nearby hospita. the bloody clothes were found in the pope tire service center parking lot. and an air marshal was going through security at the international airport in lagos sunday night to board a flight to houston when he was attacked by a needle. a group of men ran up and stabbed him with a needle. sources say they believe this was an attempted robbery. the air marshal was taken to the hospital upon landing. the fbi is testing the needle. today carol schwartz will kickoff her mayoral campaign in freedom plaza. the former republican d.c. council member is up against democratic candidate muriel bowser. and the issue of food trucks is setting up shop in your neighborhood. if it is eating at you, you have a chance to weigh in in fair kax county. new zoning rules could make it easier for food trucks to appear outside of office buildings and shopping centers. right now the cost to obtain a permit and other fees is about $16,000. a new proposal could drop this down to lower than $200. you can speak out today in the planning commission hearing at 4:00. it is the day apple fans have been waiting for. the new iphone features we expect to hear about in a few hours and the mysterious building that is part of the big reveal. plus, new hope for people who know theard truth about living with autism. the new treatment that is working in eliminating symptoms. and we are watching storm team 4 radar closely right now. take a look for yourself here at the chance for rain in your neighborhood. the hour-by-hour in the weather welcome back at 6:09. in news4 your health, a study finds that you could eliminate autism by the age of 3. the infant start program was tested on seven babies showing signs of autism between 6 and 15 months. the treatment included coaching to help parents increase their infant's attention, communication and social skills. six of the seven children caught up in all their learning skills by the time they were 3 years old. dr. nancy snyderman has more on this study coming up on the "today" show. in news4 your health, you may want to wash your hands more often while you're at work today. "the daily mail" reports that germs can spread from the office door handle to half the workforce in just two hours. researchers say you can quickly spread bacteria and viruses by pushing elevator buttons, grabbing the coffee pot in the break room, wipe everything down with anti-bacterial wipes and wash your hands frequently. i wash my hands a lot because we know there's a lot of shared spaces, things on the set -- >> we do have soap around to fight germs as well. we will enjoy the cool weather we are having today, tom. >> now you are talking about the germs spreading. i have been here four hours, it's too late. weather and traffic on the 1s, here storm team 4 radar is showing no real rain around. just a few scattered sprinkles. the speckles of green are south of washington, alexandria and down to mount vernon. elsewhere, just low clouds around. as the morning progresses, a small chance of a sprinkle or little drizzle between now and noontime. a lot of clouds by noon, low 70s. mid-afternoon, the mid-70s with a slight chance of a shower this afternoon. a little sunshine is breaking out late afternoon. we'll look at the next thunderstorm chance on weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:21. how is the commute right now? we have construction here on 95 southbound in maryland right there in laurel and 198. it is road work that we are not expecting to see this morning, but we are seeing slowdowns of 16 miles per hour in some spots. 95 in virginia pretty slow in several spots. first of all, hopping on any near triangle opens up slow. we are talking about all the northbound lanes. southbound is looking good. otherwise looking pretty good, hearing about a new crash on leesburg pike in fairfax. more on that coming up. new this morning, investigators just released the new report on malaysia airlines flight 17 that was shot down. the theory the new report confirms. and a car service for ladies only. why a new company says it will only take female customers. karen: hi, i'm karen. joyce: and i'm joyce. karen: and we are... karen & joyce: the koch sisters. karen: we're not biological sisters, but sisters in spirit. joyce: and we're not related to the koch brothers, those right-wing billionaires. karen: we're just two average women who've raised families and worked hard all our lives. joyce: we don't have billions to spend on political campaigns. karen: but we do have our convictions, and our voices. we think that's important. joyce: if you agree, then join us. we can all be a nation of koch sisters! (vo) ours is a world of the red-eyes. (daughter) i'm really tired. (vo) the transfers. well, that's kid number three. 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this. all 298 people were killed on board. this morning a fourth american with ebola is expected to arrive in the u.s. for treatment. the patient will then be taken to emory university in atlanta. the world health organization says one of its doctors tested positive for the virus. the air force says the patient will be flown from sierra leone to the reserve base outside of atlanta. two patients have been successfully treated at emory. a third american is in a hospital in nebraska. today is the day in a couple of hours that apple will put to bed all the rumors and unveil some new products. >> nbc's jennifer bjorklund is live in california with what the mysterious building is there. we would like to know, anyway. good morning. >> reporter: i would like to know what it is. good morning. this mysterious big white box still under construction here is where the announcement is expected to be made in a few hours. the box that has been constructed over the last two weeks is adding to the mystery of what will launch here. and observers say if all the rumors hold true, this could be the most important product chgy has seen for 25 years. now, the expectation is a new iphone 6. that's probably the most likely thing. two versions with a bigger screen, 4.7 and 5.5 inches according to the rumor mill. also, apple is widely believed to be introducing a wearable of me sort. some sort of watch. maybe called iwatch. so the question is, do you really need something on your wrist? well, innovators like steve jobs in the past have introduced things that we never thought we needed, didn't really want but once we had them we just couldn't live without them. so people are saying maybe this is apple ceo's tim cook's turn to revolutionize something as ordinary as the wristwatch. how we could do that possibly is this other rumor. nfc, it's not new technology but it's called near field communication where radio waves will actually pay for things, so it can replace your credit card. that would be really handy. we'll have to wait and see what is in this big white box, what apple will reveal at 10:00 a.m. pacific time. >> that's 1:00 p.m. our time. jennifer bjorklund, we'll be looking for the big announcement today. thank you. on apple's big day, we are learning amazon is slashing the price of their phone to less than a dollar. the price of the smartphone is 99 cents now with a two-year contract. quite a drop when they someday buyed the phone for $199 in june with a two-year contract. they also plan to include a free one-year prime subscription with the purchase sold exclusively through at&t. if you are looking to sell your iphone before the new model is released, you better act fast. strategies to get your most money back is on nbcwashington.com. just search apple. another royal bundle of joy is expected to be a bonanza for the british economy. the duke and duchess of cambridge announced they are expecting a second child. the cash is already rolling in. one company took in several thousand dollars yesterday alone. a new member of the royal family can also be a huge tourism draw. the center for retail says since prince george's arrival, it brought in over $269 million in sales. the souvenirs, toys, books and dvds. >> babies be big money, i guess. >> seriously, i thought the parents were paying out the money but it works the other way, my goodness. we are off to a cool start, 70 degrees outside our studios this morning. >> we'll go to tom kierein now to get an idea of what it feels like outside. good morning to you, tom. >> good morning. it feels cool and rather damp. this is a new high resolution model. short range just coming in to show only a small chance of a few sprinkles this morning into early afternoon. right now storm team 4 radar is picking up a few scattered sprinkles. these little speckles of green here are just south of washington near waldorf and right near oxen hill in prince george's county. otherwise just low clouds around. and farther south and east, this is steadier rain now. and it is raining out from highwater near norfolk and southeastern virginia. it is slowly tracking off to the north and east. later today, we are getting closer to the atlantic seaboard from delaware to ocean city. we'll be close enough to maybe, by then, to have a few scattered sprinkles coming through the little patches of green. these are scattered sprinkles or maybe light showers. much of them passing east and then south of the metro area during the afternoon. a few breaks in the clouds by late afternoon as the showers dissipate. a little sunshine breaking out by late afternoon and into the evening. going partly cloudy, temperatures right now are cool. we are just in the low to mid-60s for most of the region. near 70 by the bay and in washington. you need long sleeves so have the umbrella handy. just a 30% chance of the afternoon sprinkle with highs reaching the mid-70s. then tomorrow, sun back with highs in the low 80s. hot and humid. feeling like summer on thursday. that's our next chance of thunderstorms, thursday afternoon into thursday evening. then friday, partly cloudy into the upper 70s. saturday, a chance of showers. then on sunday, first home game for the skins at fedex field to take on jacksonville. kickoff time at 1:00. in the low 70s. good weather for football, partly cloudy throughout the game. and i'm back in ten minutes with a look at the bus stop forecast. melissa is here to look at the commute with a new accident. this is the one we were telling you about earlier. we have more information on leesburg pike westbound at springvale road. the westbound lanes are completely shut down. 66 headed into town looking just fine. really just running 40, 35 miles per hour. not so terrible this time of the year. 95 at lorton road is moving along with a little bit of volume, but not terrible. speaking of prince george's county, we are looking good on 210 near indian head highway, 20 miles per hour. a little slow there. 270 near shady grove road moving along. southbound from germantown road to the beltway, 18 minutes. a little slower that normal but nothing to worry about. a wider look at things, we are fairly decent all around town. d.c. 295 as you pass 50 is slow, but it typically is slow this time of the day. remember to tweet us at first4traffic. we are trying to get chopper over the crash. we'll have that coming up in ten minutes. thank you. 6:23 is the time right now. today capitol hill will try to address the hot button issue of military police. heavily armed police faced off with protesters in ferguson, missouri, after the killing of michael brown. since then the use of weapons like machine guns and armored vehicles came under scrutiny. a senate committee will look into federal programs for supplying the weapons. some politicians are calling for demilitarizing local and state police forces. how well do you know what is in your closet? our i-team television could change the way you look at anything with animal skin. here's a story you will only see on news4. >> reporter: we are in the thick of new york's fashion week and alligator, crocodile and python skin are all the rage, but we have uncovered a troubling trend you are not hearing much about. i'll tell you why some of the most well-known and luxurious names in fashion are on a list of government seizures. >> you can watch the news4 i-team's latest investigation couture contraband tonight at 6:00. next week you can request a female driver in a the accident see. >> the service is called she taxi she ride. you request through an app only on the iphone right now. the taxis in new york have a lot of other dispatch options, even what color taxi you want to ride in. and apparently this app will come to android phones. and the woman who decided this may be a good idea for safety reasons, if you're trying to get somewhere late at night and not comfortable with a male driver, we have heard of assaults happening in a taxicab. >> where do you draw the line? i only want a white driver or a young driver. where do you -- >> i guess safety is the issue. the woman who created it is -- >> i think it is a slippery slope. >> the woman is married to the taxi -- the international taxi driver founder. we shall see how this works out. and new this morning, keeping kids in the classroom. the success of a local program that fights to make sure kids hear vital lessons in school and how it is growing to help more families today. so far a cool, cloudy morning around here. tom kierein has your bus stop forecast in your weather and traffic on the 1s. right now we are seeing rain move toward us. expect to see showers this morning. it's already gray this time of the morning, too. >> take a look from the city camera. you can barely see the light poking through the clouds. it's staring fairly dark so far. tom kierein is here now to show us what it will look like as your kids head off to school. good morning to you. good morning. that was a live view from the city camera. we have clouds over the metro area, but just east of washington is where it is all cloudy and the storm team 4 radar is picking up these little speckles of green. those are just some very light sprinkles here in spotslvania county and up to charles county and right along the bay from calvert county up to anne arund arundel. these are cominino the lower eastern shore. that general area is tracking northeast and staying well south of the metro area. but just close enough for us to get a few sprinkles, so have the umbrella ready with temperatures in the 60s. you will need the long sleeves this morning at the bus top in the mid-60s between now and 8:00. and then by 8:00 to 9:00 in the upper 60s. have the umbrella ready with a few scattered sprinkles available then. coming up, look at the rain chances later today hour by hour. and melissa has a new crash? >> that's right. breaking news right now, tom. this is montgomery village at 270 where this camera is this morning. this is the 4800 block of where this pedestrian was hit in gaithersburg. we are trying to get chopper over this in the next few minutes. this is what chopper was over earlier. we'll show you video in a little bit, the westbound lanes of leesburg pike at springvale road are shut down from a crash but no injuries,goodness. looking at 295, top of the beltway is slow as you basically pass colesville road and new hampshire avenue. that's the normal area there. tweet us @first4traffic with chopper headed to the crash scene up in gaithersburg. we hope to have that for you at 6:41. 6:32. today you can go to the clinic to get your child a new required vaccine in montgomery county. these are all three in germantown. you will find one at the germantown health center own middlebrook road and the silver spring health center on fen fon street and one at the dennis avenue health center on dennis avenue in silver spring. these open at 8:30 this morning. between 2,000 to 3,000 seventh graders don't have the necessary shots. these cover tetanus, whooping cough and meningitis. and there is a cops consequence if you don't get them. >> we have monday, september 15th, if they do not have document tak documtify seventh graders right now, they will not be able to attend school. >> make an appointment online to have your child vaccinated tonight, tomorrow or thursday of this week. and new morning, a group is expanding its services to help what it is calling a truancy crisis in the district. it's now reminding you how important to get your kids to school even when they are really young, especially when they are really young. richard jordan is live at the brown education campus in northeast with what this means for you. richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the objective here is to get kids through the school doors and into the classrooms. it can be a lot harder sometimes than it sounds, so that's why you have this program here. a lot of parents are struggling to get their kids to school. in fact, in the district about 20% of students have missed at least 15 days of school or more. so the program is called show up standout. it's been a pilot program in the district for a few years now. it's expanding now to 40 different d.c. schools. also some charter schools. and they really run the gamete as to the type of services they provide. anything that will help you get your children to school on time. if your kids don't like going to school, they will help to find a program at the school or an activity to get them energized and interested in school. if you're having a hard time finding your kids a ride to school, they will find someone who also goes to school, perhaps a staff member or other family to help give your kids a ride to school. so they are looking at what the issues are. they are addressing that to come up with a game plan for you to get out the door in the morning. and organizers say the time to really focus on are the early years, elementary and middle school. >> a lot of parents, particularly of younger children where we started our work, with kindergarten through fifth grade, they don't really know that attendance is so important. so they are more casual than you would think about attendance. >> reporter: the problem is starting an ad campaign today and you will start to see the banners over metro trains and buses. reporting live in northeast washington, richard jordan, news 4. things are much calmer this morning following a police shooting of an armed man. police responded to a 911 call of an armed suicidal map in his 60s at the springfield united methodist church. police shot the man following a series of negotiations. he's in the hospital and the church was evacuated and the nearby elementary school was locked down. we are waiting to hear details on the unsolved murders of three people in alexandria. nancy dunning in 2003, ron kirby in november of 2013, and ruthanne lodato in february of this year. the families have learned that a suspect is finally in jail. it's the man they have been investigating since six months ago. 53-year-old charles severance is charged in the murders. in each case the victim was shot after receiving a knock at the door. a sketch from a woman who witnessed one of the murders was the break police needed. >> i'm grateful to the police and investigators who continued to pursue our mother's case over the nearly 11 years. while nothing can bring her back, we are hopeful today's indictment is the beginning of the process to honor our family and the other affected families and bring a small amount of closure. >> police refuse to detail the information against severance but he's in jail on and unrelated gun charge. the montgomery county police commission is looking to ban styrofoam in the district. this measure comes up at today's council meeting. for the first time in more than two decades, a congressional panel will hold a hearing in d.c.'s statehood. next sunday a senate committee will look into a bill to make the district a 51st state. many civil yaps should have the same right as opponents in the country. guilty until proven innocent. the alarming discovery inside a new report on speeding and parking tickets in d.c. and the tickets some people should not have received at all. plus, saving for college, the big step forward families are taking and why it is still not enough to foot the bill. and rain is moving our way. we'll go throughout each hour hey, jennar fuzz mike troober munny sling... awwwwww scram! i'm crust mike jubby roll bond chow gonna lean up an kiss bet. peas charty get town down. 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next to swedish hip hop. when he knows what he wants... - thank you. do you have himalayan toad lilies? spotted, or speckled? speckled. yes. he has to have it. a cubist still life of rye bread... sold. it's perfect. which is why we'll ship a canary yellow jeep with leather seats from dallas to burbank if it's the one frank wants. carmax. start here. no! could have gotten me one. i did. grab a spicy smoked sausage breakfast sandwich. it's the smoked sausage you crave, now spicy. we are following breaking news in gaithersburg where a pedestrian was hit on quint orchard road. >> we start with nbc's peter alexander following the work at the white house to reveal the isis strategy. >> reporter: good morning to you. we heard president obama will continue to work on his remarks to deliver to the country tomorrow to widen the military campaign against isis both in iraq and in syria. the question still outstanding is whether, in fact, that will include the u.s. air strikes in syria. that remains to be seen, but in a hatter of hours from now, president obama will formally lay out his case to cop depressional leaders, congressional leaders. the house senate and republicans are coming here to hear from the president himself. meanwhile, president obama is dispatching john kerry to the middle east with stops in jordan and in saudi arabia. the president indicated what is critical for the success of a campaign like this is a wide international coalition to include arab allies. and even yesterday administration officials were hailing the formation of a unity government in iraq. they recognize there's significant work that needs to be done. that is john kerry's responsibility over the course of the next several days. if there are to be ground troops in syria, which remains an option, they will not be american troops. president obama insisted now he needs to get arab allies on board and hopes that it may be members of their own country's armed forces to go into syria. back to you. >> peter, we'll see more of your report in a few minutes on the "today" show. and new this morning, a d.c. police officer is in the hospital after being hit by a car along eastern avenue in northeast washington. the officer was on duty when she was hit near 61st street around 1:00. we are told the officer is in serious condition. the driver who hit her did stay on the scene. so far no charges have been filed. 13 before the hour, the vice president and the white house are reacting to the video of former ravens player ray rice that shows him knocking his fiancee unconscious. a warning this video is difficult to watch. you can see here ray rice punched the woman he's now married to in the atlantic city elevator in february. tmz sports released this hours later. vice president joe biden said the ravens had to act. >> there are so many women fans in this billion-dollar industry. so all of a sudden they said, wait a minute, he got suspended for a couple games? whoa, that's not enough. >> the white house responded also with a statement that said, quote, hitting a woman is not something a real man does. angie goff is following other reaction pouring in overnight. >> new reaction continues to surface online. it's all everyone is talking about, harbaugh and ray rice meeting in the washington area. lop don fletcher had words for the league's commissioner, you got that wrong, understatement. very disappointed in you. deion sanders says, let's pray for him and his wife. and women and men are speaking out about their own experiences in abusive relationships. and fed up, finding creative ways to get rid of their jerseys. this maryland facebook page say this case will trade you fee pizza for jerseys. they will also donate money to a local women's shelter. right now domestic violence groups are reaching out to help folks as well. you are not alone. we talked to karma cottman from the d.c. coalition against domestic violence. we will let you know, if you need help, call the national domestic hot line at 1-800-799-safe. once again, 1-800-799-safe. >> we'll follow every angle on this story including the question of whether the nfl was aware of the video before it was released. keep up with our coverage on nbcwashington.com. 6:49 is the time and this morning we're hearing more from home depot about their customers' information being put at risk. morgan brennan is here with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. home depot confirmed the payment systems were breached by hackers in a cyber attack that stretches all the way back to april. the breach was first reported last week and they say the best that impacts customers is more than 2,000 stores. meanwhile, twitter will test a buy button to let users purchase products instantly. this will be limited to the mobile versions of twitter and aimed to time-sensitive items like t-shirts and concert tickets but eventually could create a new revenue stream for twitter th relies heavily on ads for all of its income. back to you. thank you, morgan. new this morning, americans are saving more tha ever for college. you probably have seen the average 529 savings plan is near $20,000. but here's the bad news, it's not enough to cover one year at a public four-year university. the average cost for a four-year public school including room and board is $18,000 for-state students. that's a hefty price tag. >> by the time your kids are old enough to be in school -- >> it's hard to get my head around this. 5:51. we could easily wrap our brains around the forecast. embrace it. >> it is huggable, isn't it? fresh, cool temperatures the last couple of mornings. in addition, we're getting a few sprinkles showing up on storm team 4 radar. right now we have speckles of green with sprinkles now in charles county and southern c b calbert county. this is just east of fredericksburg. a few sprinkles here in northwest washington trying to reach the ground. the biggest area of rain is in southeastern virginia with more heavy downpours around norfolk. more flooding there this morning. and they have the high water there, too. i can't believe this is tracking to the north and east. the bulk of these will stay to the east of the metro area. a low impact today for the real rain. it will be damp, breezy and cool with a few sprinkles around. this cool weather is in the 60s. you will need the long sleeves for the morning. we'll stay in the 60s between now and 8:00. by noon, the low 70s. just a 30% chance between now and the afternoon. it should be good baseball weather. partly cloudy through the game with temperatures hovering in the low 70s. first pitch time at 7:05. near 70 by the end of the game. then tomorrow, partly cloudy in the low 80s. feeling like summer on thursday. storms likely late in the afternoon. friday, partly cloudy. the 70s. might get showers on saturday. then sunday and monday we dry o out. now looking at headlights heading southbound on 270 out of frederick, very slow. virginia 95 northbound headed into town, you are slow all the way through triangle and through dale city. d.c. 295 is slow. top of the beltway at colesville road, 66, fairly slow. running about 40 miles per hour this morning. prince george's county slide of things not terrible. indian head highway into town is a little slow as well. 66 at nutley looking typical. the beltway and the bw parkway is 295. 6:54 now. police in hagerstown are trying to piece together the series of events. the shots were fired last night with two victim collapsing many the street with a third person shot walking to a nearby hospital. bloody clothes were locate maryland the roped off parking lot of pope tires and service center. this morning the yoga community is making a new push to get it exempt from the d.c. so-called yoga tax. the yoga alliance is sending letters to every studio in d.c. it stays, this should not apply because many are not protected by their club. right now the yoga tax goes into effect january 1st. friends and neighbors in laurel are calling for wssc to pay for damaging after opening the dam to cause several residents to evacuate. two dozen business owners may sue the washington suburban sanitary commission for the flawed dam that caused the flooding. and a u.s. air marshall was going through the airport boarding a flight to houston when the group happened. a man sat there when he was attacked by a group of men with a needle. he was tested at a hospital as soon as he landed in texas. and new zoning rules could make it significantly easier for food trucks to do business in office buildings, construction sites and shopping centers. right now the cost of obtaining a permit and other fees in the county are near $16,000. the new proposal could drop that cost to lower than $200. you could speak out on the plan today at the planning commission hearing at 4:00. before heading out the door at 6:56, apple is getting ready for the and yule product launch today but the speculation center is on the debut as well as a smartwat smartwatch. and coming up on the "today" show, we'll have more on that story. and reaction is pouring in. we are following everything you have to say about the now fired player of domestic violence incident. watch "news4 today" for the latest details on this story. long sleeves and maybe an umbrella today. a small chance of a sprinkle. a lot of clouds with highs in the mid-70s. the sun is back tomorrow. back to you. that's the broadcast this morning. thank you for waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. we are back in 25 minutes with weather, traffic and any breaking news. until then, have a great day. see you tomorrow. >> make it a great tuesday, everybody. good morning. too little too late? the backlash grows this morning after that shocking security footage shows nfl star ray rice knocking out his fiancee in an elevator. the ravens cut him, the nfl suspends him indefinitely. but the question this morning, did the league turn a blind eye to the video? making his case. president obama summons congressional leaders to the white house today to outline his new strategy for defeating isis. as he gets ready to lay out his plan to the american people. severe weather threat. deadly flooding in the southwest with even more downpours on the way. while in the midwest, tens of millions brace for violent thunderstorms and possible tornadoes. al is tracking it all. and the next big thing? after
night and ahead of it saturday afternoon, evening, looks like it will be unsettled. look at this shot this morning at 6:00 a.m. about 40 minutes until the sunrise. we'll have a decent amount of sun today mixing in with some clouds. a spotty shower or storm but the best chance of that south and west of d.c. low 80s by lunch time on our way to the mid- to upper #s on, even near -- upper 80s. even near 90 for that high. average high right now is 84. so we'll be a little bit above that today, tomorrow and saturday before nice changes head our way. been tracking these storms off shore, no problem. there's been some activity here from fredricksburg up towards stafford this morning, even toward the warrenton and culpeper areas. boy, these showers are really falling apart. you can barely track that one just to the west of i-95 north of stafford. this other light one toward dahlgren is falling apart. we'll watch that guy. visibilities not too bad but we do have a couple of spots where fog is trying to form up in frederick at a mile and a quarter. temperatures, you'll feel that this morning. 60s and 70s and still a little bit muggy going well into the 80s. >> thanks, howard. today the justice department is expected to announce it will open a civil rights investigation into the police department in ferguson, missouri. >> police in the st. louis suburb have been under scrutiny since last month's deadly shooting of teenager michael brown by police officer the investigation is going to look into patterns of arrest used by the police force. separately the justice department and the missouri grand jury are conducting vegs into the incident -- conducting investigations into the incident that killed brown. body cameras for police officers have become a hot topic on social media. >> beginning this fall the d.c. police department is going to begin a test group of officers who will wear body-mounted cameras. vanessa herring is live at police headquarters on indiana avenue northwest with more on that. vanessa? >> reporter: good morning. talks had already been under way here in the district about using cameras, body cameras on police officers. chief cathy lanier says this isn't in response to the shooting of michael brown. officers will start wearing the cameras on october 1 according to the "washington times," but this is just a pilot program. we're not sure when full program could be rolled out. the officers will wear the cameras for about six months and that will happen city wide. the department has spent several months building up a supply of at least 250 cameras at a cost of about $280,000. chief lanier announced plans for a pilot program back in january well before brown's shooting. lanier wants the program to hold officers accountable and she also wants to protect them from any false claims of misconduct. there's -- residents are reacting to the announcement of this pilot program. >> if you've got it on film, it conceivably will expedite a way a lot of these cases be it throughed at managerstive process or criminal process are handleled. >> i think it's a -- handled. >> i think it's a good idea because it will hold them accountable. >> it could be an instrument for more loss of civil liberties. >> the mpd has about 4,000 officers and thought all of them are going to be wearing the cameras when they're issued on october 1. again, this is just a pilot program. we're not sure when the full program could be rolled out. back to you. >> we'll look for those on the test group october 1. thank you, vanessa. george's county residents are still being advised to boil their water. >> the advisory from the wssc remains in effect and will not get lifted until sometime today or tomorrow. it is all because of that water main break we told you about earlier this week. people living in hyattsville, bladensburg, mount rainier, cheverly, chilham, -- chillum, glenarden, fairmount heights, seat pleasant and brentwood all have to boil water. we have a link on wusa9.com and you can plug in your address and find out if your house is included. no more beer runs. now there's an app for that. >> of course. wusa9 is back after this. hey, jennar fuzz mike troober munny sling... awwwwww scram! i'm crust mike jubby roll bond chow gonna lean up an kiss bet. peas charty get town down. [laughter] ♪ borf a liver tute face stummy wag ♪ pow pam sha-beeps stella nerf berms. saxa-nay nay? badumps a head. temexiss gurrin. juppa left. fluppa jown! brone a brood. what? catch up on what everyone's talking about with the x1 entertainment operating system. preloaded with the latest episodes of the top 100 shows. only from xfinity. joyce: and i'm joyce. karen: and we are... karen & joyce: the koch sisters. karen: we're not biological sisters, but sisters in spirit. joyce: and we're not related to the koch brothers, those right-wing billionaires. karen: we're just two average women who've raised families and worked hard all our lives. joyce: we don't have billions to spend on political campaigns. karen: but we do have our convictions, and our voices. we think that's important. joyce: if you agree, then join us. we can all be a nation of koch sisters! a mix of sun and clouds today. just a spotty shower or thunderstorm and a very warm afternoon. once again mid- to upper 80s to near 90. a better chance of that spotty storm will be west and south of d.c. summer like weather for a couple more days but change is coming over the weekend. i'm have the full seven-day forecast at about 6:15. monika, volume is up. traffic is slowing down. >> it is. essentially on the north side of town outer loop in toward silver spring. now i'm getting word of a crash in brookeville, route 97 georgia avenue is closed between brooksville road and greg road. i'll keep you posted on that situation as well. back to you guys. >> all right, monika, thank you. it's 6:08 time to take a look at your money. >> here are some of the headlines this morning. >> facebook is apologizing for its third outage of the summer. yesterday the site went down for about 15 minutes. it was long enough to cause an uproar among some loyal users of the word's largest social network. facebook blames the problem on what it calls an infrastructure configuration adjustment. people even called 911 when their facebook was down. a little absurd. here's a tip to save some money on your phone bill. i did not know this. be sure to turn off the auto play setting on facebook videos. the problem is smartphone users are at risk of maxing out their data plan if they don't change that default setting on the facebook app because it automatically starts streaming the videos in the news feed of the window and it can eat up your windows. the prince william county planning commission has voted to approve a plan for stone haven. the board of supervisors will still have to give the green light to the project. the 85-acre project would include a new high school and possibly a new middle school. it -- there would also be road improvements, new sports fields and walking trails. opponents point out the plan wouldle mean more traffic. don't expect service with a smile at your local fast food restaurant today. thousands of fast food workers across the country plan to walk off the job. the workers at mcdonald's, burger king, kfc and other restaurants are demanding a pay raise. they want a $15 an hour wage as well as the right to unionize. right now many of the workers make minimum wage. so the liquor business could be transformdz for the first time in decades -- transformed for the first time in decades because of an app called drizzly. it shows the inventory of liquor stores near your address. you can confirm the amount, place your arrested all for a delivery fee. the same policies which apply at the liquor store apply again when the driver delivers your order. >> they're still scanning your i.d. they're still checking if you're intoxicated or not and it's up to the store and driver to complete the sale. all the same checks that go on in the store happen at the customer's door. >> supporters of the app also say it will help keep drunk drivers off the road. no mar beer runs. critics say, though, it's a bad idea because it makes alcohol too easy to get. 6:10. here's another look a our question of the morning. 9%, just 9% of americans say they never have this with them. is it a, a checkbook, b, social security card, or c, cash? >> good morning to jeffrey, one of our facebook friends. cash. got to use the debit card. >> we'll have more of your responses and the correct answer in about 30 minutes. stay with us. ♪ life-changing decision. at university of phoenix, we know going back to school is a big decision. that's why we offer students new to college a risk-free period. so you can commit to your education with confidence. get started at riskfreephoenix.com that fang-faced wimp, gervais, doesn't even come from here. should keep his big mouth to himself and stay unfunny in his own stupid country. loser. uncle ricky? yeah? what does that all this mean? it means i'm doing something right. oh. do you wanto hear more? do i!? ricky is a pig nosed troll. (laughter) experience uncompromised luxury at your local audi dealer today. to prove a point about internet speeds, we slowed down an up escalator. this is crazy i don't get it, this one is working ladies, shouldn't up be as fast as down? yeah. shouldn't internet speeds match as well? yes. do your socks match? my socks match. do your eyeballs match? yes. cable does not match the speeds. makes you want to go mad. erggggh. only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - upload speeds as fast as your download speeds join now at fiosspeedmatch.com verizon. a beautiful start to the morning again. some of the lovely pictures howard has been tweeting out and putting on facebook, a live look. >> very nice. it 16:14 on this thursday morning. how does it feel outside? does it feel as pretty as it looks? no. >> it's still a little muggy out there. >> 75. >> not as bad as it was earlier in the week. >> yesterday was awful. >> but the futurecast holds fall for us. >> once we get past saturday. saturday will be a big hurdle with showers and storms in the yellow alert day. sunday looks good. sunday looks easily the better day of the weekend and monday and tuesday we start next week very, very comfortable. so if you can stretch it into another long weekend, do it. weather wise, let's show you what's happening with doppler 9000. we had some showers tracking across areas to our south in the fredricksburg region. that's really not much more of a concern. over the last 60 minutes you saw a few showers in stafford and king george, trying to get toward the potomac. where did they go? they just fell apart as they approach the river. you see them up here in stafford. everything is moving northeast. maybe a little -- just a little spritz west of quantico on the west side of i-95. pretty skies this morning. sunrise coming up in about 25 minutes. we have 79 by 11:00 with the mix of sun and clouds. we'll be in the mid-#s on by 1:00. upper 80s, even near 90 for the high today. a spotty shower or storm this afternoon. best chance of that will be south and west of d.c. temps this morning, you can still leave the jackets at home. got 60s and low 70s out there. a little cooler when you head north of i-80 up into pennsylvania and new england. a few spots have dipped into the 50s. we're not talking the crisp, cool air yet. that will be arriving here starting sunday. right now we're down in the mid- 60s in white oak. laurel 65. out to the west we have 66 for reston and dulles this morning. haymarket at 69. waldorf is comfortable at 66. look at owens here in calvert county. 65 degrees. so that's a decent start to the day. pretty good color. i'm going to step out of the way. i love the reflection of the capital and the clouds and the potomac when we have light winds. that's what we've got. east wind only 5 miles an hour at the moment. 73 degrees in walk with that relative humidity at 78%. our futurecast, this is showing just a spotty shower chance for the afternoon. you see it south of town here at 2:00. in the mountains trying to pop a shower here and there. nothing terribly widespread. in fact, all we have are spotty showers today and even tomorrow a spotty isolated shower or storm as we head into the middle of the day and afternoon. a couple of showers eastern shore and down toward richmond. as we head into saturday, that's when everything changes. we have a strong cold front coming saturday night. we'll start the day with a few clouds, patch of fog. mix of sown and chowdz. by late morning -- clouds. by late morning we're already starting to pop some showers. we can still see some activity any time in the afternoon. looks like the concentrated area at 4:30 from harrisburg back in toward western maryland and west virginia will be approaching d.c. 7:00, 8:00, 9:00. behind it the air mass changes. we'll be in far better shape i believe starting sunday. today, though, still on the very warm to hot side, near 90. spotty shower or storm. 74 tonight with upper 60s. the winds today are southeast or southerly tonight. nothing too strong. 91 tomorrow. a few afternoon storms. nothing too widespread but saturday, yellow alert day saturday. mainly afternoon and evening showers and storms. you have plans saturday outside in the evening like me, i hope it will work out. getting nervous about that sunday looks great, 82. tuesday could see a shower and wednesday could actually be wet and if it is, 82 will be too warm. we'll stay in the 70s. monika samtani, 6:17, timesaver traffic. going bad to worse. >> it suddenly got super, super busy. i have a lot to tell you, especially in maryland. fir of all, you want to -- first of all, you want to watch out for a couple of things. a house fire on aspen hill. you can use parkland drive or even connecticut avenue as your alternate routes and our nick giovanni is on the scene. he'll have more information for us in just a few minutes. there's also an accident that involves a car and a pole down on georgi closed between brookeville road and greg road. you'll have to follow police direction to get around that one. 270 itself expect the delays now off and on out of frederick. the heaviest stretch will be 109 to 121 which is always the case president it opens up at route 121 in clarksville. let's go to a couple of live pictures. outer loop side of the beltway just as i predicted in the 6:00 hour this already slows down. this will be continuous through the morning rush hour. hopefully it stays incident free. right now just that typical volume as you leave new hampshire to georgia. that's the top stretch of the beltway. 95 is not affected right now coming down from calvertton to the beltway in college park. heefertion the beltway on the west side of town. looking good across the american legion bridge both directions between bethesda and tysons corner. in tysons itself no issues route 123 and route 7. we're looking good on the dulles toll road and even on 66 which slows down manassas into centreville. again, that's typical as well. let's go back over to the maps. wants to tell you a couple of things. first of all on the bw parkway, i've been telling you earlier about a crash inside the beltway near route 410. that was cleared up. it left some delays coming in from the beltway. looks like that is fine right now. over in anne arundel, east fur nat branch road will be closed -- furnace branch road will be closed through the rush hour. it was a fatal early morning crash near route 648. they opened up 648. you're fine there but east furnace branch road will remain closed for some time. you want to watch out for a medical emergency near telegraph road. everything i think has moved on but left some traffic. i'll see if we can check out the 14th street bridge. 95 looks good as you come up from dale city to springfield but once you get on 395, you're beginning to see some brake lights as you come up from duke street to the 14th street bridge though the lanes are open. no issues to report at this time. back to you guys. >> thanks, monika. traffic on h street has been driving a number of you crazy. the city's department of terrific is imposing new rules which would limit bicycle traffic along h street along the path of the new streetcars. >> another proposal would ban transporting a bike on a streetcar during rush hour. ddot is giving the public the opportunity to provide some feedback on the proposal so weigh in. an estimated one out of every four recalled cars never gets fixed. that's because car owners often don't even know about the recall. the national highway traffic safety administration has a new website feature to help you with that. >> you log on to safercar.gov, enter your vin, your vehicle dent indication number and the site will list any open recalls. some are concerned it may shift the onerous on to consumers and away from used car dealers who knowingly çsell recalled cars. >> we're concerned dealers will try to say well now anyone can access this so it's up to you to find out. >> most consumer products cannot be sold once they're recalled but there is no law preventing used car dealers from selling you a recalled car that hasn't been fbied. -- been fixed. the roads are clogged with people back at work, back at school. summer's over. wusa9 wants to help you find the best and worst gas prices in your area so you won't be driven crazy. this morning we head to southeast d.c. where the most expensive gallon of regular is at the bp on pennsylvania avenue. gas there will cost you $3.89 according to aaa's murder atlantic website. >> the cheapest regular gas, the sunoco on pennsylvania avenue southeast. there $3.45 a gallon. it's 6:21. we'll have more on our breaking news and a major fire in rockville ♪ ♪ ♪ i gotta have that bag. italian leather? for an amazing deal, and i love that designer. 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[ female announcer ] two stores. two amazing ways to score. t.j.maxx and marshalls. two amazing ways to score. to prove a point about internet speeds, we slowed down an up escalator. this is crazy i don't get it, this one is working ladies, shouldn't up be as fast as down? yeah. shouldn't internet speeds match as well? yes. do your socks match? my socks match. do your eyeballs match? yes. cable does not match the speeds. makes you want to go mad. erggggh. only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - upload speeds as fast as your download speeds join now at fiosspeedmatch.com verizon. welcome back. highs in the mid- to upper 80s this afternoon. may pop a storm between fredricksburg and tappahannock by 3:00. this stuff will be very isolated. 6:00 p.m. temps still in the low to mid- 80s. a couple of things over in montgomery county i need to tell you about. first of all a house fire aspen hill road. it's closed between arctic avenue and parkland drive. we are on the scene. we'll have information in just a moment. also an accident georgia avenue. it brought a pole down. it's closed between brookeville road and gregg road. the beltway very slow and heavy on the outer loop new hampshire to georgia. as upon cast just said, -- monika just said, we have more information on our breaking news story, firefighters in montgomery county trying to knock down a blaze at a two- story home. nick giovanni is live. in the last live report they thought there was a possibility of somebody getting rescued from that home. what do we know now, nick? >> reporter: mike, we just spoke with fire officials who tell us three people in all have been transported to the hospital. the two-alarm fire, you can see behind me, crews are still working to contain. it's on iris in rockville. the call came in just before 4:30 this morning of a fire originating from the basement. we're told a man and his mother were at home at the time. a woman was stuck on the second floor. the mother had to be rescued. she was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries along with two firefighters being treated with minor injuries believe to be heat related. >> crews arrived to find a significant smoke condition coming from the house with one male occupant outside at that time. he identified that his mother was still inside the structure. crews began an interior attack of what appeared to be a fire in the basement while at the same time searching the house for the other occupant. she was located on the second floor, brought to the exterior by crews. she's been transported to a local hospital with life threatening injuries. >> reporter: as you can see, it's still an active scene with 75 firefighters here on the scene from montgomery county. we'll continue to follow this and bring you the latest details as soon as we get them. mike, andrea? >> thanks a lot, nick. jurors in the governor bob mcdonnell corruption case starts their third day of deliberations later this morning. the former governor and first lady each face more than a accident counts of fraud. they are accused of accepting gifts and loans from a businessman in exchange for promoting his company. they deny any wrongdoing. an area mayor who has served his city for 16 years is stepping down. gaithersburg mayor side katts is resigning because -- [ inaudible ] he is facing no challengers in the november general election. his last day as mayor of gaithersburg will be november 10. we want to take a live look outside again, this tainted sky that has started off all of our mornings this weekend and also brought us the warm temperatures. >> that's right. plenty of warm temperatures a. cooldown is coming. howard is going to tell us that in a minute but first we want to get to traffic. monika has that. this is the week that everyone seems to be getting back to work and school and it's been very busy every single morning this week, including right now where there's been a house fire. you just saw our nick giovanni on the scene there, a. aspen hill road is closed between arctic avenue and parkland drive. you can use a parkland drive as your alternate route or even connecticut avenue. you know that's a heavy commuter route as well in the morning. there's also a problem on georgia avenue with a crash that brought a pole down. that will take a while to clear up as well. that's between brookeville road and gregg road, that closure. again, you want to choose alternate routes for that. 270 is the normal slowdown right now as you head basically from route 109 to route 121. let's take a live look over to the the beltway on the outer loop. it's going to be slow and heavy. it's going to be like this every single morning for the rush hour all the months up to next summer. let's go over to another live picture. this time over to 270 and the american legion bridge. as i just says, that's slowing down 109 to 121 and then here things are good although fog is beginning to settle here and we'll talk to howard about that in just a minute. i want to tell but a water main break in the district as well. southbound bw parkway free and clear through cheverly. route 50 slowing down into the northeast corridor. and in the district a water main break on otis street northeast. that's now closed between 28th and 30th streets. you can take newton instead. let's end with a live look over to the 14th street bridge on the northbound side of i-395. this is fine. just some volume through the landmark area and into the district across the potomac river. >>o> still that fog on the river. the water temperature down in the 60s and low 70s. humidity is high. we have some isolated patches of fog this morning. it's not widespread. feels like florida out here. it's a little humid, not terribly muggy. 60s and 70s to start the day. looking at our forecast for you, we'll zoom out from the 14th street bridge and show you the sky here. we have partly cloudy skies out here this morning. temperatures are going to climb into the low 80s by noon. mid- to upper 80s to near 90 this afternoon with just a spotty shower or storm. i don't think many of us will see too much activity today. the fog. at the reporting stations anyway, there are some areas that have it worse but frederick is reporting a mile and three-quarters in petersburg, west virginia. that's the worst being reported to us. our temps 60s now. low 60s when you go far enough north. gaithersburg is 63 degrees. mid-60s from luray to winchester 66. cumberland as well at 64. even southern maryland away from the river and the bay we've got mid-60s over in la plata and andrews, cambridge at 68. so look for a seasonably warm to hot day. 84 is the average high. we'll be at 89. we've got more heat and humidity tomorrow and saturday. by sunday i'll break it all down for you with the seven-day forecast coming up in 15 minutes. let's go to andrea and mike now. 6:31. time to see what our colleagues at cbs this morning are covering. >> charlie rose is standing by live in new york. good morning, charlie. >> good morning, mike and andrea. ahead major garrett is in wales where president obama is meeting with nato leaders right now. their debate over how to confront the threat from isis. plus, arguing over inches at 30,000 feet. peter greenburg is in studio 57 with the growing concern over air rage. why it's only going to get worse. we'll take you inside the ultrasecure vault that houses the largest collection of shakes spear in the world and -- shakespeare in the world and how it ended up two blocks from the u.s. capitol. the news is back in the morning. see you at 7:00. >> we'll be looking forward to that. >> did you know that? >> we're going to find out more about that? >> thank you for giving us news in our own backyard. >> i think our producer heather has given us a heads up on that because she's definitely a shakespeare lover. >> good for heather. >> thanks, charlie. some republican lawmakers are blasting the democratic national committee chair for some comments she made about wisconsin governor scott walker. the issue? walker's record on women's issues. >> dnc chair said governor walker has, quote, given women the back of his hand and in her words what extremist like walker are doing is they're grabbing us by the hair and pulling us back, end quote. wisconsin lieutenant governor calls the comments outrageous and hideous. >> yes means yes. that's the name of a bill at the center of a firestorm in t california this morning. >> the measure would require college students to get, quote, affirmative consent from both parties before having sex. california's governor jerry brown is now deciding whether to sign the legislation. critics say it could define a great deal of sexual activity as sexual assault and undermine due process rights of the accused. an 8-year-old anne arundel county boy suspended for shaping his pop tart into a gun is back in the news. the maryland school board is deciding whether or not to lift his suspension. >> educators received a barrage of criticism saying they had gone too far. the family of josh welch hired a well known local attorney robin thicker. >> the only reason he was suspended is because he mentioned the world "gun" and he said his pop tart looked like a gun. >> the anne arundel county school system insists the issue is not about pop tarts or guns. administrators say the child was suspended after months of disruptive and threatening behavior. it 16:44 -- it 16:446789 time to congrat "owe it is 6:44. time to congratulate our winner of the day. today is alicia johnson- pinkney. she says i always wake up to wusa9 and go to sleep. >> she wins four tickets to the prince george's county fair. you can too. go to our facebook page, fill out the form and make sure you connect your favorite to prove a point about internet speeds, we slowed down an up escalator. this is crazy i don't get it, this one is working ladies, shouldn't up be as fast as down? yeah. shouldn't internet speeds match 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they shower or storm can't be ruled out. the higher chances of that will be south and west of us. we'll talk more about the big changes headed our way where we go from summertime to finally some september weather. i'm let you know when that is going to head our way. monika samtani, things are slow in many areas this thursday morning. >> we have slow traffic and so many issues around town, including this one, an accident just north of olney on georgia avenue. it's closed between brookeville road and gregg road. here's why. we've got a picture for you where a car brought a pole down across the roadway. wow, that is going to take a while to clear up here. i'm suggesting you use route 108 as your alternate route. georgia avenue closed in both directions. we'll take a look at the slow traffic you're dealing with as well. outer loop fine west of route 1. it's going to slow down close to the 95 interchange heading westbound right through silver spring. at least there the lanes are open. back to you guys. we all know of the story about those angry birds. that's the addictive video game where you send birds flying through the sky to knock over buildings and other structures. >> jeanne moos is taking us around the world to profile an angry ram. >> reporter: how would you feel if you were having lunch and suddenly you were buzzed by a drone. well, if you're a ram nailed rambro, you live up to your name. you not only ram the drone, you go after the guy who comes to retrieve it. the guy who's dedicated a facebook page to you, the official facebook page of the bad ass motor bike hating angry ram. oh how you hate motor bikes. even though it was a youtube on a motor bike which first made you famous. the angry ram was almost a dped ram. the new zealand farmer who owned him was going to kill him as he was attacking dogs and fences. marty todd took him in letting him wander his 100 acres. they have what marty calls a love-hate relationship. rambro has bruceed. but marty, -- bruised him but marty feeds and pets the angry ram. marty responded to our question via e. maim. he's not keen on tv interviews. think of angry ram as sort of a grumpy cat of sheep. he's famous for ramming things. as marty's nephew found out. >> how do we get away from him? >> run, man. >> reporter: a couple of times marty used bread to distract rambro and installed a go pro camera on his back for a little while. when he fiy nallgot it on, he got a eeshp side-view of his subaru getting rammed. no dodging this ram. when he hears a motor bike, he goes out of his way to intercept it. he rams drones. he rams people. he even rams rams. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> whoa. >> he'll be the expendable four. miranda almost bert is looking to -- lambert is looking to clean up big at the awards show in the fall. fall. wusa9 is back no! could have gotten me one. i did. grab a spicy smoked sausage breakfast sandwich. it's the smoked sausage you crave, now spicy. - oh, the young. their energy seems like an 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september weather finally arrives. here's a look outside this morning at doppler 9000. we had some showers, a bunch of them in the atlantic. this morning we had a little rain in the fredricksburg area over towards stafford, too. the last hour as it approached the potomac, it's gone. we're not going to look at doppler again. i'm going to share this beautiful sunrise this morning at 6:45. just a sliver in the clouds and the sun kind of finding that peak. we'll see peeks of sunshine, quite a few actually. 87 by 3:00 with a high of 89. 85 by 7:00 and just a spotty shower or storm. winds south, southeast at about 5 to 10 miles an hour. tonight we'll be back in the upper 60s and low 70s. touch of fog in frederick. their visibilities down to one half mile. that's about the worst thing we're looking at on the board locally with a half-mile in elkins, west virginia. our temperatures this morning from the lower 60s in northeastern maryland and westminster at 62 to the low 70s in annapolis and d.c. mid- 70s now at pax river and in reedville, jan says it's 79 so she's warm right there on the bay. we have 60s in places like smithsburg and hagerstown and martinsburg this morning. this is a great shot. i'm going to step out of the way and show you our morning sunrise. take a half a second to peek at the beauty of mother nature. 73 with a light east wind at 5 miles an hour. our dew points are in the 60s. so it's still a little muggy out there. by sunday don't be surprised if these dew points get down in the 50s and starts to feel a little bit more like it should now that we're in the month of september. we had a front go through. you may not have noticed too much of it but it is a little less humid. that front is down here kicking off some of the showers and storms we're seeing east of norfolk. high pressure, light winds. winds will turn southeast. still very warm in the tennessee valley and mid- mississippi valley ahead of another front. you can see the storms this morning. they may impact air travel coming in toward chicago a little bit later. futurecast doesn't have a lot of activity. some spotty showers and storms at worst this afternoon. maybe the better chance south of us and in toward the mountains there along and west of i-81. tonight also a stray shower can't be ruled out, but for the most part many of us will not be affected too much by the weather today. even on friday other than a few early clouds and a patch of fog, a spotty shower or storm friday afternoon. but saturday, saturday is going to be tough to avoid the showers and storms. maybe in the morning we get by. here we are early saturday. by the middle of the day we're starting to pop some showers and storms. the front is actually just getting toward pittsburgh around lunch time. that front continues to march south and east. by 4:30 notice harrisburg, down toward carlisle seeing some of the showers and storms ahead of the stuff in east and west virginia. we'll have some showers and storms ahead of that, though. looks like the front wants to come through at 8:00, 9:00 p.m. that means the threat of showers and storms will be with us till the front passes. then overnight this will clear out, drier air moves in. we might see a few clouds to start the day on sunday but the key on sunday is this different air mass is coming which is going to be cooler and drier and it will feel a lot better. today still summer like, 89. a spotty storm most of us aren't going to see it. winds southeast 5 to 10. a few upper 60s in the suburbs. 91 tomorrow. again just a few afternoon storms but a yellow alert already for saturday with mainly afternoon showers and storms into the evening as well, 91. sunday turns out nice and the redskins open on the road but the ravens, should be fine for that. monika samtani, it's been a rough 6:00 hour, hasn't it? >> it really has been. i have so much to tell you, so get ready for this, especially if you live in maryland. one of these things could affect you. first of all, there's within this house on fire aspen hill road. it's been closed between arctic avenue and parkland drive. i've been suggesting either use parkland drive or connecticut avenue as your alternate route. our nick giovanni has been on the scene this morning with more information as well. also an accident on georgia avenue and it is blocked right now just north of brookeville road. the accident happened at boredley drive. we'll show you what happened there where a car brought a pole and wires down on georgia avenue. that's been blocked off for some time. authorities tell us it's going to remain blocked as well. here on 270 on the southbound side, you've got an accident a the route 124. it's sitting on the left shoulder. they were waiting on the tow truck. now it's going to slow down basically off and on to the point where the lanes divide. although the lanes are open, it's slow and heavy. of course it will be heavy through all the lights in rockville. no issues right now on river road through bethesda and you're fine on the beltway. let's go there live right now on the outer loop. i'm saying fine because there's no incidents but when you're sitting in this, it doesn't feel so great. it's slowing down from new hampshire avenue to georgia avenue. that's your typical morning rush hour on the beltway here in maryland. let's go back over to the maps. all of your southern maryland corridors seem final. route 4, route 5, and route 301. there is an accident on mat beantown road. one lane blocked. it's going to slow you down trying to get to branch avenue i'm sure. to 66 on the inbound side. if you're planning to head -- let's go back to the maps. if you're planning to head inbound, you have the slow traffic manassas to centreville it's about 33 mites. beyond that you have a few brake lights in fair fx but then our -- fairfax but then you're fine tillou get inside the beltway. now let's go over to the maps if you're planning to head over into the district, water main break otis street northeast. that's closed between 28th street and 30th. you want to take newton instead. i believe that's affecting about 200 customers. it may take some time before they with reopen that roadway. now let's go over to the 14th street bridge. 395 has been incident free heading over to the bridge span. it's just going to be slow through the landmark area. 95 your typical slowdowns out of dale city, woodbridge, lorton, newington and springfield. at least that is incident free. there are no problems on the beltway to report to you through annandale and south of town at the wilson bridge as well. both loops between oxon hill and alexandria. back to you guys. >> thanks, monika. now that everyone is back at work, back at school and all on the roadways it seems, wusa9 wants to help you find the best and worst gas prices in the area. this morning we're in falls church, virginia, where the most expensive gallon of regular gas is at the exxon on leesburg pike. there it will cost 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washington. i expect a decent amount of o sunshine today. it's going to be hot and humid after the muggy start. mid 80s by noon and some isolated storms this afternoon. best chances in the mountains out west and up to the north near the maryland pennsylvania border. high of 91. today will be the fifth of the last six days 90 or hotter. thunderstorm off to the -- showers and storms off to the south this morning. last night actually. they fell apart. very little going on weather- wise except the muggy atmosphere over us with 68 in orange and some fog in the warrenton area and in petersburg, west virginia. with 68 in smithburg. 74 in prince frederick and 75 in reedville going into the upper 80s and low 90s. full weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. back to you. thanks howard. here's what's in the news right now. the third american missionary to become infected with ebola virus is being flown to the united states for care. >> dr. rick sacra contracted the disease while delivering babies in liberia. he's going to undergo treatment at the nebraska medical center in omaha. the ebola outbreak has now killed about 1900 people. former virginia governor bob mcdonnell and his wife have been found guilty. the mcdonnells were found guilty on 11 of the 13 charges the governor against him. >> his wife maureen stands convicted of nine charges. during the trial, businessman johnnie williams who was given immunity admitted to providing if the former couple with more than $177,000 the loans, gifts and trips all in exchange for political benefits from the mcdonnells. celebrities and fans are paying tribute to the late joan rivers. >> the 81-year-old brash comedienne and fashion critic died thursday after going into cardiac arrest during a routine procedure last week. the new york state health department is now investigating what happened. police say a 57-year-old man stabbed his mother before setting their home on fire. >> this was in rockville early thursday morning. vanessa heron joins us live from ira street in front of where the house is boarded up. >> reporter: good morning, yeah this home on ira street is now a crime scene. they're actually police cruisers just down the street here. you can see just behind me the home is surrounded by crime tape. you can smell the burned wood in the air here. police now saying that a grisly crime happened just before that fire was set. police say 57-year-old hani haleem allegedly told them he stabbed his 82-year-old mother somaya haleem several times before setting their home on fire. he's charged with first degree murder. this was the scene early thursday. smoke billowing out of the home as firefighters rescued somaya haleem. the woman was pulled out of the burning home but later died at the hospital. firefighters say the woman suffered smoke inhalation but now police say her son attacked her stabbing her before he set the home on fire. >> she came out of one of those front second story windows. that is tremendously difficult work for any group of firefighters and they were all committed to that rescue in the first few minutes. >> reporter: again, hani haleem the woman's son is charged with first degree murder in his mother's death. and he is expected in court later on this afternoon for a bond hearing. back to you. all right thank you. the seven is over for a missing nih researcher and it's a tragic end. >> maryland state troopers found the body of martin rogers near i-66 and alleghany county. it was bound not far from his abandoned car. investigators say they do not suspect foul play. rogers disappeared august 21st when he left his home in gaithersburg to go to work. a maryland father faces involuntary manslaughter charges. he's accused of leaving his 17- month-old son inside a hot car for more than six hours. >> navy investigators say john junek was supposed to take his child to day care at patuxent river naval air station on wednesday. instead he drove straight to the office and left his child in the car. a georgia father could face the death penalty if convicted in the death of his 22-month- old son. >> prosecutors say justin harris deliberately left his son cooper in a closed suv for seven hours while he went to work. what's more they say he was sexting lewd messages as his son was dying in his car seat. harris claims he forgot the child was in the car. a virginia woman is due in court today accused of kidnap -- attempted kidnapping in midair. an international child custody fight played out in front of passengers aboard a flight from dulles airport to beijing yesterday. >> yeah and sources say united airlines flight was five hours into its trip when it was ordered back to dulles. officers took the mother into custody and gave the child to the father. we're told the father notified the fbi that he was worried that mother was going to take the child to china and never come back. finally, the water is safe to drink 2010. that's the message to thousands of people in prince george's county from the wssc. >> that's right. the utility lifted the boil water advisory that had been in effect since tuesday. the advisory came after a water main break in hyattsville. the authorities say the water tests now showing no signs of contamination. it is 6:06 and if you downloaded this particular google app, you may be eligible for a refund. >> and eating free lunch at work may not be free. much longer. we'll explain what that's all about. wusa9 is back after this. to prove a point about internet speeds we slowed down an up escalator. this is crazy i don't get it, this one is working ladies, shouldn't up be as fast as down? yeah. shouldn't internet speeds match as well? yes. do your socks match? my socks match. do your eyeballs match? yes. cable does not match the speeds. makes you want to go mad. erggggh. only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - upload speeds as fast as your download speeds join now at fiosspeedmatch.com verizon. call the verizon center for customers 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(laughter) experience uncompromised luxury at your local audi dealer today. we've dot a touch of dog -- got a touch roll fog in sports but a beautiful morning in washington just wanted to show you the sky here at about oh half an hour before the sunrise. mostly in the 70s and a very muggy morning with light winds now. we'll have spotty storms mainly in the mountains and near the mason-dixon line today. hot and humid. highs upper 80s to low 90s. a yellow alert for saturday and more on that and the rest of the weekend forecast at around 6:15. right now're checking with monika and timesaver traffic. any more new information on the wisconsin avenue incident? yes we just got the information that it was reopened on the southbound side of wisconsin avenue all lanes were closed between cathedral and mass avenue. again, everything has been reopened and heading in from ten lee to the national cathedral. you will be just fine. no problems here on 270 just a bit of volume now forming coming in from hyattstown to clarks burr, back to you guys. nine after the hour, time for the final your money segment of the morning. >> and if home depot is your big box store of choice, some good news. good morning nick. >> at least. it's -- this is becoming a trend though you like to see resolved in a hurry. but for now, home depot is offering some reassuring words to the customers after report of possible hacking. the company says customers won't be responsible for any fraudulent charges. the home improvement chain hasn't publicly confirmed any security breach. but it has hired a security firm to investigate. in the meantime customers are being old to monitor bank statements. former new york city mayor michael bloomberg is making a comeback and taking over the company he founded 30 years ago. bloomberg lp. the return comes at a crucial tame for the company. it's looking for ways to expand the news coverage and also to introduce more products for financial professionals. feasting on the company dime could be a thing of the past. free meals given to workers at companies like google, facebook and twitter. the "wall street journal" reports the irs is questioning whether the workers should be taxed for the perks. it could be considered income to the employees. speaking of google though the check is in the mail. google has agreed to refund at least $19 million to customers. the refunds to actually settle charges that parents were unfairly billed for purrs thats their children made on the -- purchases their children made on the google app store. how about this? it's now the world's largest toy manufacturer. after being in the business for more than 80 years, lego movie helped boost sales 11% higher in the first six months of the year. it's all about the box office. by the numbers the family owned business has trounced both mattel and hasbro sales. >> everything is awesome. the national football league is officially back in business and the seahawks' stock still appears to be soaring, they picked up where they left off in february. swarming to thpoint the legion of boom dropping the hammer on aaron rodgers, winds up in the end zone for a safety. just a little taste of the seattle defense. then they unleashed beast mode. that's marshawn lynch and rushed for 110 yards and to tds. -- two t disease. the seahawks won. that's game one of many to go. redskins and ravens open up on sunday. you better believe we're going to be pulling late nights there. >> they came out -- >> ten point game but you're right. the chance -- it actually believe it or not there was a trend of you know the super bowl -- the defending champs actually dropping the first game of the regular season. they got that figured out. thanks nick. 6:12. here's another look at our question of the morning -- >> you hear how she said cry? 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>> i think by sunday the warm front is to the south of us. and if you have any plans saturday morning, maybe your kids have a soccer game or a run with some friends, i think it will be just muggy but definitely doable. here's a look outside one more time before i show you the day planner. beautiful ahead of the sunrise which is occurring this morning at 6:41 in washington. 84 degrees at 11:00 and 88 by 1:00. the high today arnold 91, 90 and we are looking at a few storms this afternoon. but most of them are going to be out in the mountains and well to the north. so if you're going to the nats game tonight. 85 by 7:00. and i'm going to keep the chance of rain off the board. with 82 by 9:00. you know it's burger pack night and they're also giving cholesterol screenings for free before the game up until the 3rd inning. go figure. south winds today or this evening at about 5 to 10. fog a problem. so much so that in queen anne's county they're delaying school by 90 minutes. a mile visibility out to leesburg and also in culpeper. look at the mountains. now we're not getting the reports from cumberland and oakland at the moment. there's going to be a data sensor issue out there but quarter mile for petersburg leads me to believe that the valley areas are also dealing with fog. find me on facebook and twitter and let me know for sure what's happening out there. nine mile visibility in annapolis with temperatures pretty muggy and warm everywhere. upper 60s to mid 70s across the board. and reagan national, boy it's a beautiful morning outside. generally clear. 76. with a south wind at 5 miles an hour. and it's just sticky. that dew point is at 70. that is an uncomfortable number to be at. we want that number in the 50s or less in summertime or even now to feel good and we're going to feel good. some drier air behind the front. you see the storms in iowa the morning? comfort there. that's -- cold front there. that's arriving tomorrow night. ahead of it, it's warm and humid this morning and hot and tick i can this afternoon but -- sticky this afternoon but not too much activity expected in washington. southern pennsylvania out to the mountains. shenandoah valley seeing a couple of storms. but there's just not much expected here in d.c.. today or tonight. again could see a patch of fog tomorrow night. tomorrow is okay just warm and muggy. lunchtime still doing all right. get it done the first half of the day saturday because as the afternoon wears on we watch north and west the showers and storms to approach. even though the futurecast hat has them out to i-81. they may be down to the blue ridge or route 15 even by then. and approaching us in the evening hours of heavier ones there. we're talking at some gusty winds -- about some gusty winds and some ternable rain dours and -- torrential downpours and sunday and monday it will be a lot better. so the nats' game sunday, the ravens' home opener sunday. both going to be in very good shape. weather-wise. 90 today in the forecast with a few afternoon storms. 91, 90. 74 tonight and upper 60s north and west and again the few storms mountains and north and should be okay in d.c.. 92 tomorrow and scattered afternoon evening showers and storms. a yellow alert day. but by sunday, 82. monday, 80 degrees even some upper 70s. there will be a chance of a shower over toward the eastern shore monday and tuesday and then back in the mid 80s wednesday and thursday. monika, we've got some good and some bad. it's kind of going all over this morning. it really is. we don't have the volume we're dealing with on a friday morning. but we have a couple of incidents and one i need you to know about on the outer loop of the beltway. a crazy spot to have an accident because it doesn't happen often here anymore. at the outer loop on the wilson bridge. to the accident and the traffic land cameras so i can show you. if you look closely only the left lane is getting through past the accident scene in the so that's going to be your eastbound side of 495. to and across the bridge span very slow traffic from about route 1 now in alexandria trying to get past the accident scene and again usually it's pretty calm and quiet at the wilson bridge early in the morning. back over to the maps, this time over in the district. the accident that was blocking southbound wisconsin avenue is now been cleared it's reopened between cathedral avenue and massachusetts avenue. you may see some residual delays because of activity off on the shoulder but again that's been reopened. on the northbound side of i-95, i'm getting word of a disabled vehicle just north of dale city. and again it's going to cause some delays for you as you head northboundened i-95. let's go over to a live picture now and at the 14th street bridge. further north on 395, now things are beginning to slow down just a bit across the bridge span. that's kind of typical for this time of the morning on a friday. overall the potomac and river bridges but all good incident- free luckily into the downtown area. but there's a stuck truck northbound on the rock creek parkway right at that whitehurst freeway overpass. i take that all the time. and so they're going to have to back it up and get it out of there on the northbound side of the rock creek parkway and i think that's going to cause some big backups through that area. i'll keep an eye on that one. back over to the maps, this time to the beltway outer loop side. this will begin to slow down closer in the 7:00 hour and right now you're good to go. through the silver spring area i think heavier at gf avenue right now. and let's go over to 270. on the southbound side. which is going to slow down now from route 109 to 121. actually here's the beltway at 210 to the wilson bridge and again 270 coming in from the north expect those delays off and on as head into hyattstown but in germantown and rockville things still look pretty good towards the split and over to the beltway and american legion bridge. in tysons also a pedestrian struck by the way. that's on then bound or eastbound side of route 7 at spring hill road. back to you guys. wusa9 wants to heand worst gas prices in your area. so they won't drive you crazy. this morning we head to olney where the most expensive gallon of regular is at the sonoco on sandy spring road. gas there will cost $3.41 according to aaa's mid-atlantic website. >> you can find the cheapest gallon of gas at the bp on georgia avenue. there you can up for $3.39. we'll be right back. 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this is the south side of the wilson bridge. where only the left lane is getting through. three vehicle accident. again delays begin at route 1 in alexandria and heading eastbound on 495, to the wilson bridge, you're going to need to stay to the left to get around it. back to you guys. all right thank you monika. bob and maureen mcdonnell have been found guilty in their public corruption trial. the former governor was found guilty on 11 of the 13 charges he faced. >> nick has more with the verdict and the reaction. >> reporter: yesterday's verdict gave bob mcdonnell the dubious distinction of being the first governor in the commonwealth to be convicted of a crime. bob mcdonnell guilty on founts one through five. that's conspiracy, wire fraud, conspiracy to obtain property. while maureen mcdonnell guilty of everything but wire fraud. them counts six through then. bob guilty on all five. and counts 11 through 14. bob mcdonnell only guilty on count 11 and morion mcdonnell guilty of obstructing official proceedings. afterward here's what was said outside the courtroom. >> thank you all for the way you handled this. i really appreciate it. >> this is just a difficult and disappointing day for the commonwealth. and its citizens. public service frequently requires sacrifice and almost always requires financial sacrifice. when public officials turn to financial gain in exchange for official acts, we have little choice but to prosecute the case. >> sentencing for the mcdonnells is set for january 6th and on paper the couple could be facing up to decades in federal prison but their actual sentences will most likely fall well short of that. former candidate mark long is scheduled to appear in court later no n morning. his appearance comes one day after the u.s. attorney's office for the district of columbia filed a felony conspiracy charge against him. >> long is accused of conspiring to violate d.c. campaign finance laws. he was also once vince gray's campaign driver and analysts say this case may be tied to the investigation into gray's 2010 mayoral campaign. a major construction project which is scheduled to last two years will definitely drive commuters crazy. ddot says on monday, it will start daytime lane closures on h. street and massachusetts avenue in northwest. this will be between second and fourth streets. >> the closures of course cover the busiest times of the day. 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. monday through friday. and 8:00 to 8:00 on saturdays. crews are going to be upgrading and installing underground utilities and fixing the road and all of this construction is expected to last until the end of 2016. again it starts on monday a reminder account ddot will -- ddot will post detour signs. the friday rush is on but another beautiful sunrise for us. >> monika is here to look at it. >> amazing how quickly things can change. i kept saying friday morning light but not anymore. especially on the south side of town where you have got delays big time now to an accident on the outer loop at the wilson bridge. that's the eastbound side of 495 heading towards the bridge span. in fact i have the accident on our traffic land camera right now. and i know there are three cars involved. the left lane was getting through and it looks like they've just begun to open up the lanes literally within the last 60 seconds which is good news. you still got some activity along the right shoulder and that delay beginning through alexandria at or before route 1 as you head eastbound on 495 to the wilson bridge. expect that up lush slowdown, you are used to it being very very light early in the morning really both loops open the betway here. back over to the maps, this time and on the northbound side of i-95 there was a disabled truck right north of dale city in the center of the roadway. as you head to woodbridge "that delay. and then all the lanes are open there on to 395 and the 14th street bridge. there's a stuck truck northbound on rock creek parkway right at the whitehurst freeway overpass. and i was just looking at a picture of it and i think it's going to take a little while to get that out of there. they're going to have to back it up somehow if you're planning to head inbound on i- 66 you have the delays now coming out of manassas into centreville. those lanes are open as well. let's take a little glimpse of silver spring on the beltway outer loop side is going to be slow for you from new hampshire to georgia. then it picks up here this silver spring. typical for friday morning rush hour and one more last live look if we could on our mdot cameras, no problems on the beltway as you travel through oxon hill to the wilson bridge on the other side of the beltway. back to you howard. yeah, outside on the weather terrace on this very muggy friday morning. feeling more like july 5th as opposed to september 5th. let me tell you something. we have two more hot days and then it's going to get back to september-like weather. today is going to be probably the fifth out of the last six days we hit 90 degrees. starting out sunny in washington. temperatures in the 70s now we'll top out about 90, 91. a few thunderstorms but when i say most west and north i'm talking about i-81 west, shenandoah valley into the mountains and up near the line. see the activity yesterday was down southment it has pretty much -- south. it has pretty much fizzled. so radar is quiet. temperatures now 70s in washington and along the bay with some upper 60s in martinsburg and luray with a touch of fog too. we've seen the fog out toward warrenton this morning and in the mountains and also in the eastern shore. not that much going on through midday but then by early afternoon see the showers and storms popping as i said i-81 west. let's go to andrea and mike. thanks howard. time now to see what our partners at "cbs this morning" are working on. >> it is indeed happy friday to norah o'donnell standing by live in new york. good morning norah. >> hey happy friday, good morning to you mike and andrea. ahead entertainment tonight's nancy o'dell joins us with how family and friends are member remembering joan rivers. plus bringing ads to a gunfight. jan crawford is going to take a close look at a new push to ban loaded weapons in grocery stores. how one group is trying to shame a major retailer into changing its policy. >> and then americans scammed out of millions of dollars. nancy cordes on the hopes capitalizing on people's fear of the irs. it's a good morning. the news is back mt. morning. we'll see -- in the morning. we'll see you guys right at 7:00 and happy friday. >> happy friday to you. >> thanks. congress has asked the obama administration for more information about its strategy against the militant group isis. >> on september 16th, secretary of state john kerry will testify at a hearing of the house foreign affairs committee. the committee says it will ask secretary kerry to hear comprehensive strategy for 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[ people chanting ] >> reporter: in dozens of cities, fast food workers tried a new tactic in their fight for pay raises. civil disobedience. police arrested protesters who blocked traffic and staged sit- ins. but the demonstrations were mostly peaceful. the national restaurant association dismissed thursday's rallies as quote orchestrated union pr stunts saying most of the protesters are activists and paid demonstrators. organizers introduced us to nancy, a single mother of two who says she makes the illinois minimum wage of $8.25 an hour at mcdonald's. >> i am tired of having my 8- year-old saying you know mom it's okay you know. you can't get this for me today. bolo you know -- some other time. >> reporter: workers are demanding more than double the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour but the major companies don't have control over most employee wages. burger king and mcdonald's released statements saying wages are mostly decided by private franchisees. owners say boosting the minimum wage would force them to raise prices and lay off workers. >> they're raising their prices all the time. but not our wages. >> reporter: employees like nancy say there's a backbone of the corporations they work for and deserve a bigger portion of the profits. adriana diaz, cbs news, chicago. >> president obama supports a democratic plan to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. >> congressional republicans have blocked the proposal from moving forward however. we want to congratulate our friday facebook fan of the day. it is debbie tipett from st. mary's. debbie says -- >> thanks so much debbie. you win the last four tickets to the prince george's county fair. coming up next week, winners will get two tickets to the big apple circus at dulles town center and for your chance to win, go to our facebook fan page and fill out the form and link your favorite facebook picturement 6:36. , the picture. 6:36. -- picture. i'm sure she's nice... i'm sure she knows couples in our situation. i just hope she has good coffee. at least we're talking about it. i was kidding. i know just try to be serious in there, okay? okay, you're right. it's just going to be simple steps. that's all we need. yeah... just hope she doesn't tell us we have to work until we're 80. the it's time to talk about retirement conversation. wells fargo can help with my retirement plan. a tool that gives you manageable steps for retirement. we can do it with you or try it online. together, we'll go far. annoying little twerp that doesn't even come from here. that fang-faced wimp, gervais, should keep his big mouth to himself and stay unfunny in his own stupid country. loser. uncle ricky? yeah? what does that all this mean? it means i'm doing something right. oh. do you want to hear more? do i!? ricky is a pig nosed troll. 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"one more as cat stevens said morning has broken. >> check this out came up a few minutes 6:41 was sunrise. temperatures this morning in the upper 70s in most spots and a few cases in the upper 60s. a touch of fog. all right today, take a weather computer and got temps in the upper 80s to low 90s. looking at our day planner this afternoon it's going to get hot. mid 80s by lunchtime and 91 at 3:00 with 5:00 temperature at 9. get to 9 # -- 89. get to 9 #. 91 this afternoon. skyline drive and shenandoah valley west and also near the mason-dixon line as opposed to here in washington. now the folks in northern neck going to be down in richmond maybe you have a chance of storm. we hit 90 four of the last five days one of the hottest stretches of the summer and today is probably day five out of six and tomorrow six ouch seven. a mug -- out of seven. a muggy saturday morning but if you have plans outside and want to get work done i think dry and in fact i think it will probably be dry through midday early afternoon. but as the afternoon wears on toward the evening we have a threat for thunderstorms. that's why a yellow alert is in effect for tomorrow and on sunday a cooler weather arrives. and when i say cool not going to be cool and crisp but we'll take 70s and low 80s as posed to upper -- opposed to upper 80s and low 90s we have today. also dealing with a up the of fog i -- touch of fog especially west of us. leesburg airport reporting quarter mile visibility and some of the moisture just banking up against the blue ridge and down toward culpeper half mile also in the valleys out to the west. and on the eastern shore in delaware we seen some fog there. and temps yeah they're warm. in the 70s. the cool spots in the upper 60s except the higher elevations low 60s there in davis. beautiful looking sky on our michael & son weather camera. one more shot for you. 75 at national with the dew point 72. we got to get this number down and that will happen sunday. there's a cold front back here. show the showers and storms in iowa and toward wisconsin many michigan? that arrives tomorrow night. the form of the humidity. well, futurecast doesn't pop much around here. but southern pennsylvania and the mountains by 2:30 to the west got some showers and storms and firing and not a lot of progress towards us today. tomorrow is a different story. we'll be all right morning through midday but the showers and storms are popping here by 2:30 mainly along and west of i- 81. going to have to watch that for later on in the afternoon and evening. outdoor plans early saturday night. they could be in jeopardy. start thinking about plan b.. tomorrow 92. last hot and humidity for a few anyway. a yellow alert day. we're dropping into the 60s saturday night. sunday 82. clouds and sun mix and maybe the early sprinkle south and east. good looking for the ravens' home opener and then next week we start nice with highs in the low 80s. monika samtani we've had a few incidents. you've right howard and there was a time just about 45 minutes ago that when there were at least three or four pretty big incidents going on they've all been cleared up and left some residual delays. know about this one on the outer loop at the wilson bridge. the accident was cleared. but left again a bit of slow traffic trying to get across the bridge span. and once you're you're beyond that you're fine in oxon hill. on the northbound side officious 95, you've got -- of i-95. you've got not a bad ride at all. dale city to the beltway is about a 13 minute ride. there had been a disabled truck north of dale city that was cleared up and again things are looking great on 395 as well going to the 14th street bridge. a bit of volume. there live right now and into the downtown area. that is what you have to deal with. it's fine absolutely fine across the potomac river, 295 across the 11th street bridge as well and 66 to the roosevelt bridge. northbound on the rock creek parkway right at the whitehurst freeway overpass app out for a stuck truck and it's going to take a little bit of time to clear that up. here on 66 about a 17 minute ride from manassas to centreville. to the beltway and let's check out 270. also not too bad from frederick to clarksburg. about a half an hour ride and then you're fine as you head down down to the point where the lanes divide. so it's that heavy stretch but again lanes are open. this is incident-free. now let's check out what's beginning on live here at 210 to the wilson bridge. just a tiny bit of slow traffic through the oxon hill area. let's go to the other side and on the beltway now beginning to slow down. i always say on fridays it starts just about 7:00 or so. on the outer loop from new hampshire to georgia. and again that's been good this morning. other than the slow traffic you're fine. northbound on i-95 by the way in maryland, there was a pretty big accident involving a tractor-trailer overnight it had caught on fire. right now you will see the clean-up blocking one lane northbound 95 after route 100. so slowing things down a bit there heading for baltimore but other than that you will be in good shape. along 95 southbound side no issues to report. and bw parkway route 50 looked good. we'll check out on the traffic land camera route 50 coming in from the bay bridge. no issues to report at this time. back to you guys. all right need any gas? you're in good shape. because wusa9 is going to help you find the best and stay away from the worst gas prices in the area. this morning, we're in arlington, where the most expensive gallon of regular is at the bp on south four mile run drive. gas there will cost you $3.79 a gallon according to aaa's mid- atlantic website. >> but you don't have to pay that. cheapest gallon of regular is bp on south quincy street. time to answer our question of morning -- >> good morning pennsylvania la jackson. -- pamela jackson. she wrote -- >> oh. and that's why she cries and that's what the answer is. a.. cry. we'll be right back. >> it will be okay. good morning, i'm vanessa hearing outside the rockville home. police say 57-year-old hani haleem set on fire after he stabbed his 82-year-old mother. somaya haleem was rescued from the home but later died at the hospital. her son is charged with first degree murder and's due in court -- he's due in court later this afternoon for a bond hearing. back to you. 32 states which either allow gay marriage or have banned want the supreme court to settle the issue once can for all. 15 states which allow gay marriage filed a brief asking the justices to overturn bans. 17 other states are asking the court to hear two cases but aren't urging the court to rule one way or another. move over witches and vampires. the stars of disney's "frozen" are taking over halloween. spirit halloween projects excuse me anna, e lsa and o laugh costumes -- o laf costumes will be the hottest this year. expect a few nostalgic characters to come knocking at your door on halloween. tom hanks is one of the five performers who will be celebrated at 37th annual kennedy center honors. the actor is known for the films "forrest gump." "saving private ryan" and road to perdition. lily tomlin is also on the list. the film 9 to 5 and former police frontman sting. soul singer the reverends al green and ballerina patricia mcbride had been honored. i think -- honored. i think it's going to air september 27th. isolated storms more so in the mountains than here in d.c.. tomorrow yellow alert for scattered afternoon and evening storms. but by sunday maybe a lingering shower really early but a decent day. only 82 and still real comfortable monday and tuesday. just on the phone with leesburg police and they tell me that northbound leapsburg bypass is closed at east market street with a pedestrian struck. posted an that during the cut- ins in about 25 minutes. here on the outer loop, new hampshire to georgia is your slow stretch and look at the 14th street bridge. this has been good all morning long across the river. 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>> this hasn't changed much in the last hundredrs both out here and in here. designing something custom made. >> right. >> for these three kids. >> yeah. >> one room school houses. yes, we still have them. and valuable lessons we can all learn about education for what happens ip these small classrooms. later on "sunday morning." >> the war to end all wars did not live up to that promise. marcia teichner will take us back to the trenches to mark the an verse of the start of world war one. >> we would have not much stronger than a lawnmower. >> believe it or not during world war one it would have been terrifying the definition of modern warfare. between 1914 and 1918, 8.5 million soldiers died a century ago today, the war that redefined war had just begun. later this "sunday morning," we look back. >> osgood: as the star of the pop pew par steve buscemi's career is hot, but hot is something he knows how to handle. tracy smith will have our "sunday morning" profile. >> you are going down you're not taking me with you. >> before he played a tough guy on screen steve buscemi was a real life tough guy a new york city firefighter which didn't wow his future wife. >> did the firefighter thing add to the appeal? >> he's the only person i knew with a real job that made money. >> how steve buscemi went from firehouse to the movie house and back again. later on "sunday morning." >> our collective sense of humor lost a bit of its edge with the passing of joan rivers. whose funeral will be held this morning in new york city. richard schlesinger pace tribute. >> oh, grow up. joan rivers once said she succeeded by saying what everyone else was thinking. sometimes she said things we'd rather not think about. >> my breasts, i could have a mammogram and pedicure at the same time. >> and laugh about how you can deal with it. >> some horrors aren't so easy to laugh at. >> that's why we should laugh. >> joan rivers, an appreciation. >> osgood: take note of blues singer madeline peru. and see prove its go up when the are down. chocolate chips that is. and tracks the possible return of the pigeon. and first headlines for this sunday morning the 7th of september, 2014. president obama has to be done an about face to change immigration policy before the end of the summer. president denies that he vowed political pressure from senate democrats want him to tackle that contentious issue only after the november elections. the u.s. airstrikes targets isis in iraq. bombs hit fighters trying to capture a dam last month the strikes first isis back from another dam at mosul. the fragile two day truces has been shaken by new attacks. there's been shelling in peyroux. the hawaii's big island are under an eruption warning as lava from nearby volcanos continue to aoze towards them. the flow is only a mile 'weigh from nearby homes but is moving so slowly that it poses no immediate danger. the u.s. open yesterday, japan's y one player in the world, know jack djokovic and marin cilic defeated roger federer he. and serena williams faces caroline wozniacki of denmark in the women's final. you can see that match this afternoon here on cbs following nfl football. as for today's weather it will be sunny and pleasant most of the country. with scattered storms stretching from the south to the southwest. week ahead remnants of hurricane norbert will continue to soak areas of southern california while more fall-like weather will dip in to the northern plains by mid week. >> here we go. >> coming up. it's a one-room school house. >> let's talk about the earth. >> osgood: later, taking note a single. when my father was stricken with alzheimer's, i learned firsthand how devastating this disease can be, not only to the patient but to an entire family. i also learned how important research and funding are if we're gonna put an end to this dise we just weren't prepared to lose we had a cthe ground ive. we'd fought so hard to secure. 18 inch wheels? 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yeah. shouldn't internet speeds match as well? yes. do your socks match? my socks match. do your eyeballs match? yes. cable does not match the speeds. makes you want to go mad. erggggh. only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - upload speeds as fast as your download speeds join now at fiosspeedmatch.com verizon. he found the one-room school house. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. >> for a century and a half, montana's pioneer mountains have echoed with the young voices from the divide one room school. >> and justice for all. >> yes, there are still one-room public schools in america. >> let's talk about the earth. how does the earth naturally filter water? >> today about 200 one-room schools carry on tradition that is older than america itself. while the frontier where they first appeared may be gone, the spirit that they helped create is alive and well in towns across rural america. >> this isn't just a school down the street. >> right. this is the heart of the community. >> at divide school judy boyle loves what she does. >> i have teacher meetings once a week, it's with me, myself and i. >> teaches grades k-8 at times it's had as many as 30 students. >> david, how are you? >> when we visited last spring boyle had only three students so she could give such individual attention she made lesson plans for each student. you are designing something custom made for these three kids. >> yes. >> that is a great thing to be able to do as a teacher. >> it is. you can respect their differences. and what makes them tick. really, brick -- >> there some are key similarities between one-room school house and your neighborhood school. take the cost. it's roughly the same per student. in all the schools have to meet the same state and national standards and sometimes like at divide there are additional expectations at a school that has been operating since the 1870s. >> small communities their schools are really important to them. >> why? >> because the school is what generates the reputation that have town. >> there was a time when almost every american child learned in a within-room school in the 1700s john adams taught near boston. abe lincoln was educated in one-room school and henry ford loved his so much he had it moved to a museum in michigan. as late as 1913, half of america's school children were enrolled in the country's 200,000, one-room schools but after the first world war one-room schools started to close as people moved in to cities and small schools started to consolidate. for most of us it's folklore that was in "little house on the prairie." >> no, ma'am. >> you captain learn it properly. >> it's been a long time since the farm land's near lansing, michigan, were prairie. >> let's see. >> linda spent three years as the sole teacher at the strange one-room school. last year she taught a class of 128 ages 5-12. strange school was founded in 1879, the kids still sit in the exact same classroom except now they learn on ipads. but one teacher job requirement hasn't changed across all those years. being self sufficient. >> the big school, teach we're call in the guidance counselor, that would be you. or complain to the principal, that would be you. >> at first it was overwhelming but now it's part of the job. and you just have to instinct to know what to do and what to say. >> here the lessons are not just about math or science. but about older children helping the younger ones with things like learning how to read. there's an unusual teaching tool that may only work in a one-room school, eavesdropping. sure helped then first grader. >> i was like, listening to all the third grade stuff i learned a lot. >> he came home from kindergarten what is the civil war? you know, he didn't know civil war. he hears them talking. >> which is why cynthia, herself a teacher as a christian high school wanted 7-year-old thomas in a one-room school even though there were bigger schools closer to their home. >> kindergarten he already moved up to first grade, reading and math. and it was a smooth transition. i don't want him to grow up to fast. i want him to enjoy his childhood, i want him to be a child. in this school he is still a first grader but he's doing second and third grade work in reading and math. >> at strange, there are other lessons of life, students must clean the school every day. >> what are you trying to teach there? >> responsibility. i think responsibility goes with every aspect of life. it carries over to a work ethic that everyone should have instilled in them. >> you might think kids would miss things like team sports but they don't. >> at divvy the local one-room schools get together to make up a track or basketball team. but for some, it's hard when day comes to go to the big city high school it. can in a word -- >> terrifying. you are going from seven, eight kids to thousands. >> how did you handle it? >> pretty poorly at first. >> i guess freshman year moved on was able to make friends, talk to people, get on with my life. >> john is now college freshman studying computer science says on balance the one-room school was the unique foundation for a life of learning. >> how do you think you did academically against the kids who had gone through a normal school system. >> in the top ranks. >> why? >> i think it was education here. there was no discouragement, what can you learn, what can you do? >> i love this one. i'm with the students. for nine years of their life. you can't help but love them. they were a part of you. i'm a part of them. >> no wonder when it comes to education the teachers and students in one-room schools so often consider themselves the lucky ones. >>he t new miss america -- next. there she is. 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>> well, i think it's cool. ♪ >> listen to madeline peyroux you'll here echos of some of the greatest singers of all stripesb dylan, edith piaf and billie holiday. ♪ >> she's been called jazz, you've been called folk. some have even said a little bit of country. when you think about it, what are you? >> i'm a blues singer, i think? >> the blues? >> her latest recording a tribute to a ground breaking ray charles album released half a century ago. there's madeline peyroux touch. what is it? >> silence. lots of silence and a little -- just a little bit of pain. you know, it's a joke we have with the guys i was playing with recently, it's just so it hurts just a little bit. that's what i like. ♪ >> the roots of that little bit of pain run deep. ♪ madeline peyroux grew up in pennsylvania with stops in hollywood and new york. her father was a college professor and she says she was deeply affected by his struggle with depression and alcoholism. when she was 11, her parents divorced. and her mother was offered a job in paris. madeline, her mother and brother took offer for a new life overseas. >> it was a big dream for her. she was ready for a new start. i naively thought that we're going to be one big happy family. >> madeline's mother still lives in paris. >> came immediately with a big chip on her shoulder. i went off and became wild in my teenage years, did i my share of drinking and just raising hell as we say. >> because of dad? >> i knew how to do it. i had seen him do it. ♪ >> madeline found solace playing her guitar. she needed it because she wasn't fitting in at the strict french schools. when she was put in an english boarding school, she ran away. >> there were bars on the windows and she unscrewed those. left all her things, got her guitar jumped out the window and hitchhiked to a friend's house and first thing i get a phone call saying your daughter has disappeared. >> her mother's patience had run out. >> i gave her an ultimatum. you either stay in school or you can go back to new york and live with your father but this is not a hotel. when it was finally clear that i was no longer going to go school my mom had gone to the bottom of that pit with me. and then it was like, now, well, that's it. you're done. >> she simply took her guitar and she went out to find where the music was. she was only 15. ♪ >> mad lip was living on the streets of paris. you could say she was homeless. or you could say she found a new family. street musicians, who pushed her to develop her singular voice. >> i never shot she had a real talent until she would sing on the street. i thought it was a teenage rebellion. >> for her mother there were long nights full of worry. but one evening she wept looking for madeline she had a revelation. >> i heard this voice singing "georgia on my mind." i'll still start crying when i think of that moment. that's madeline. >> a record company executive heard peyroux and offered a record deal. ever the contrarian she at first said no. >> it took several years. >> what changed your mind? >> i couldn't find anything else to do. >> it was literally -- by default. >> well, i tried to look around and say, you know, can i do something else? no, this is it. >> it didn't take long for critics to discover her, since then she's released half a dozen albums now spends much of her time on tour. >> extra shot? >> always. >> reluctant star she retreats to a quiet neighborhood in brooklyn. >> i kind of stay inside. i justify in the house. >> would you say you're happy? >> yeah. >> right now? >> yeah. >> is that different than before? >> i liked the idea of growing up. i always loved my freedom. i have freedom right now. ♪ >> these days madeline peyroux has both happiness and that little bit of pain to share with her fans. it's a feeling her mother knows most clearly of all. >> when madeline stands on the stage she's not the performer madeline peyroux, she's my baby standing up there and she's in the middle of the moment that's so precious. ♪ >> the gear is different. >> osgood: ahead. hanging out at the firehouse. with actor steve buscemi. ♪ >> osgood: but next, war and remembrance. >> osgood: nearly a century ago. wore this u.s. army uniform in to battle in france. one of the lucky ones who came home from the great war, was never called world war i until world war ii came along. martha teichner looks back at what should have been the war to end all warsment. >> true story, 600 taxis come deered from the streets of paris shuttled 6,000 reinforcements to the battlefield. soldiers who by many accounts made all the difference. the french and british def the germans at the first battle. but already the kind of war it would be was becoming evident. >> in absolute numbers, this war defies previous understandings of war then defines future expectations of war. >> oxford professor is one of the world's most noted world war i scholars. >> the lesson from this war still is we want to avoid war. the sense of the loss of life becomes from 1914. >> it began with isolated act of terrorism. on june 28th, 1914, in the bosnian capital, the heir apparent to the hungarian throne and his wife were shot by serbian nationalist. >> how could the 'streets nation of an arch duke lead to a world war? >> there's a system of collective security, which makes it very hard for any one state to stand back without compromising its own security. >> on july 28th, austria hungary one of the world's great powers, declared war on serbia. serbia asked its friend, russia, for help. then austria hungary turned to its friend, germany. germany had it's own agenda it wanted to invade france. but getting there invading belgium, too. so britain committed to supporting belgium, france and russia declared war on germany. >> and that produces a snowball effect. it becomes a world war because many of these powers are colonial powers as well as being european powers. >> like dominos, country after country was dragged in on the side of the allys seen here in grey or the central powers in black. until look, practically the whole ward was at war. but not the united states. which remained neutral. the sheet music for this anti-war song sold 700,000 copies. the recording was number one for 1 weeks. >> the reflex response of most people and indeed of the president himself was that we left that and got out of the way. >> stanford university professor david kennedy is a pulitzer prize winning historian. >> people responded to the news of the war's outbreak much in line with the, by then, century-plus old tradition of isolationism. >> he kept us out of war was the campaign slogan largely credited with getting president woodrow wilson reelected in 1916. but just a few months later after multiple provocations, wilson asked congress to go to war with germany. on april 6th, 1917, the declaration came. and with it, a propaganda war. ♪ a battle for the hearts and minds of the american people. >> it's about the shift saying it's not our war to being willing to put the shoulder to the wheel. >> matthew is head of the national word war i museum in kansas is he. >> modern public relations was very much formed by these early experiments in persuading people to a particular point of view or action. >> demonizing the enemy was part of the message but that raised the question, who was the enemy. the loyalty of so-called hyphenated americans became an issue. >> country of 90 million people at this point more than 30 million americans at that time were foreign born or had at least one parent who was born abroad. of those, 11 or 12 million came from austria, hungary or germany ♪ >> the united states had no army to speak of when war was declared. a draft was imposed. enlistment was sold as act of moral right. >> many of wise not have made the choice that he did. but he was brave enough to do what he believed was right. >> even a hundred years later, joist kilmer's story is troubling the way world war i is troubling. we home him for. this i think that i should never see a poem lovely as a tree. >> the peace maker by joyce kilmer. >> but he was a word war i poet. >> to banish war, he must be a warrior be. >> he left behind a wife and four small children. >> who fights for freedom, goes with joyful tread to meet the fires of hell against him. >> he wrote the peace maker. it was a terrible thing. >> miriam is his granddaughter. >> a terrible dilemma, a terrible choice that he had to make. when i look at this you compare this with this. >> another of his grandchildren. >> there looks like a man who has seen the ugliness of war and still worked to do what needs to be done. >> joist was sent to the western front a line of trenches more than 400 miles long from the bell began coast to switzerland. i am man in both sides dug in the barbed wire, the filth, the stench, nightmare gas attacks. and then in 1916, the first tanks. technology that modernized warfare but failed to end a three-year stalemate. >> it was a resignation in a sense. don't more than two million american soldiers fought in france during world war i. joyc among them. he was on a mission when he died july 30th, 1918. >> he was shot by a sniper through the head. >> his grandson, rob it kilmer. >> he was blewing on the ground facing forward toward the enemy and they thought he was alive. they went to announce themselves as his patrol, let's go, they found him dead. >> he is buried in france surrounded by the graves of other american soldiers killed in world war i. another poet wrote, in flanders field the poppies blow. it's come to symbolize the sole december on all sides who died some 8.5 million of them. more than 116,000 of those dead were americans. with germany's surrender in 1918, the map was redrawn. the middle east sliced and diced in to territories being fought over to this day. president woodrow wilson who thrust the united states on to the world stage to make it safe for democracy failed. >> there's a deep disillusionment sets in very earl early on and deepens as the '20s and '30s go forward they thought they were being set in to battle to redeem. what do they get. they get fascism and naziism in germany. >> was it all a terrible waste? 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[ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] that's why there's new vicks qlearquil for night. the powerfully effective, take it only when you need it, so you can have a good night allergy medicine. >> osgood: gone but not forgotten. extinct passenger pigeons may be making a comebacmk. here is national geographic photographer. >> when i was a boy i had a time-life book called "the birds" in it was a section showing the few u.s. species we'd already lost to extinction, the great auk the carolina parakeet, the heath hen. the biggest picture though was reserved for the passenger pigeon. once numbering three billion orf more, this species flew in vast flocks passing overhead for days at a time. witnesses described seeing a feathered river in the sky. our hungry growing nation also saw them as delicious and inexhaustible and hunted them to near ex continuing in about 50 years. in the book was a picture of the very last one named martha, stuffed and sitting on a perch in the smithsonian museum of natural history. next to her was a sign that said "extinct" from three billion passenger pigeons to none i still can't believe it. martha died 100 years ago on september 1, 1914. her demise proved to be a watershed event. people finally began to care about the fate of our nation's wildlife. conservation groups sprang up including those formed by hunters to protect habitat allowing many species to flourish including grassland birds and water foil. this pigeon's story doesn't end there. in a scene somewhat out of "jurassic park" scientists are trying to resurrect this grand bird. starting with the d.n.a. the passenger pigeon's genetic code will eventually be sliced in to living cells of a close cousin the band-tailed pigeon with the hope of creating something that looks, sounds, perhaps even acts like the real thing. they're calling the process, de-extinction. and it's not science fiction at all. laboratories around the world are working to bring back other long-gone species as well such as the pyrenean ibex and the woolly maim hot. not just matter of if, but when. should we be doing this at all, though? that's the question that nags me when we could be trying to save the rare tree tours that are here. as are the florida panther, the mountain yellow-legged frog and the mississippi sandhill crane. each and everyone deserve our full attention. and doesn't reviving ex tenth species send a strong signal to the public that they can just relax, that extinction isn't really forever? proponents would argue quite the opposite. that the excitement surrounding de-extinctions could finally get people to wake up and pay attention to what's happening in the natural world. to be honest, i don't really know what to think about this impending test tube menagerie. are we going back in time to make things right for a few precious species or are we doing this just because we can? what i do know is that second chances are very rare things. so when a new martha is resurrected, i won't avert my eyes. and i'll be the first in line to bear witness, camera in hand. >> osgood: next, we remember joan rivers. gi joyce: and i'm joyce. karen: and we are... karen & joyce: the koch sisters. karen: we're not biological sisters, but sisters in spirit. joyce: and we're not related to the koch brothers, those right-wing billionaires. karen: we're just two average women who've raised families and worked hard all our lives. joyce: we don't have billions to spend on political campaigns. karen: but we do have our convictions, and our voices. we think that's important. joyce: if you agree, then join us. we can all be a nation of koch sisters! >> osgood: thee will be funeral services for joan rivers. while authorities look in to the cause of her death, the fans in and out of show business are focusing on her legacy of laughter. richard schlesinger remembers. >> i had the hot flash yesterday so good it melted my iud. >> in joan rivers' eyes there were no limits, there were no boundaries and everything was fair game. >> they treat you like a little distaken dane, al roker, here is joan rivers. she is 78 years young. you are going, here is al roker and he's 320 pounds thin. >> she took a little getting used to. most of the stuff that came out of her mouth was not in the best taste. >> my sex life is so bad my g-spot has been declared a historical landmark. >> for a woman who left nothing unsaid there are few details of her passing. the comic reportedly went in to cardiac arrest august 28th during a routine medical procedure. she was rushed to new york's mt. sinai hospital where she died thursday. she is survived by a daughter, melissa, who said in a statement "my mother's greatest joy in life was to make people laugh. although that is difficult to do right now, i know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon." it was a quiet end to a life lived at full volume. >> when i was 21 my mother said only a doctor for you. when i was 22 she said, okay, a lawyer, a cpa, 24, we'll grab a dentist. 26 she said, anything. >> on stage she was brutally honest. >> the woman is a tramp. >> her favorite target was often herself, her age, her sex life, and of course her face. rivers once said that she had so much plastic surgery that when she died they would donate her body to tupperware. >> you don't look exactly like the joan rivers i used to know. >> no. but i take that as a compliment. i'm just scared when i die i'll get to heaven and god won't recognize me. >> she was born joan alexandra molinsky in brooklyn and raised in the new york suburbs. she was no dummy she was an honors grad from barnard college with a degree in literature. >> you look at the bookshelves. >> at hem she had an extensive library. she never wanted to be anywhere but on the stage. >> it's like a nun's calling. this is what i want. this is where i want. this is what i'm supposed to do. that sounds so stupid. this is what i'm supposed to do. >> rivers had little success until february 1965 that's when johnny carson saw her gave her a shot on his show. she was 31 and unknown. but not for much longer. >> welcome joan rivers. >> when we first start dating edgar always opened my car door. then we were engaged and we opened our own doors. now we're married and ed guard has me open his door. we don't have a car. >> joan rivers became a fixture on the tonight show for the next 20 years. but she and johnny carson were never close. >> ice cold off camera. >> mean or just cold? >> cold. only mean to me at the end. maybe mean, but i never was friendly with him. not warm. i worked on that show 20 years. it never invited to the christmas party, was never meant -- i never was included in the carson family. but it didn't matter. gave me my whole, my god, what he gave me. >> don't you think men like intelligence more when it comes right down to it? >> please, are we going back to that? are you kidding? >> no man has ever put his hand up a woman's dress looking for a library card. >> a few weeks after this show rivers bunch launched her own late night program on the fox network and johnny carson never spoke to her again. >> i want to so happy to be here i thank you all so much. >> but there was worse to come. joan was fired from her talk show and barely three months after that her husband ed guard rosenberg killed himself. she was widowed, unemployed, and practically banned from late night tv. joan rivers needed to remake herself. and she did. >> i am in love with this. >> she made a fortune hawking her own line of jewelry and handbags on tv. >> i'm doing better than you. check out the bag. >> but as she told tracy smith she got in to the business because she had no where else to go. >> i was desperate. >> you were desperate? desperate for what? >> for something to do. my husband committed suicide. my vegas contract was gone. i had been fired from fox publicly. i had to find something fast. >> so here this career of last resort ends up turning in to this? >> turning in to this. so i go through every door. you never know. >> of course her favorite door was always the stage door. and before long she was back under the lights. >> grow up. she was good in the retail business but she was great at the funny business. >> my knocked you out, woke you up with the show. you knew nothing. >> up until last week joan rivers kept a schedule most younger comics could only dream of. >> wednesday, florida. afternoon book signing. back to miami to perform two shows. >> she was too busy to retire and much too driven to stop. >> i could die any moment, you know how lucky you would be, you'd get a price of a ticket you'd get a show and a death. >> rivers would talk freely about her own death. and she told mo rocca earlier this year, death didn't scare her. it was dying. >> how do you think actual death will compare with dying unitage? >> i think actual death will be a lot easier than dying on stage. because, if you do it right, you can go looking good maybe with a little quip. i loved everybody. but dying on stage, oh, god. >> all i ever heard why can't you be like your cousin sheila. sheila died at birth. >> in stand up comic terms, joan rivers killed more than she ever died. and that may make her death a little tough to take. because you just know she would have had something perfect to say about all this. >> i think life is great. and boy, oh, boy, when i die they're going to say, she had a good time. to prove a point about internet speeds, we slowed down an up escalator. this is crazy i don't get it, this one is working ladies, shouldn't up be as fast as down? yeah. shouldn't internet speeds match as well? yes. do your socks match? my socks match. do your eyeballs match? yes. cable does not match the speeds. makes you want to go mad. erggggh. only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - upload speeds as fast as your download speeds join now at fiosspeedmatch.com verizon. call the verizon center for customers with c.e.o. mother than 35 years now the sweet smell of success has been wafting through the minnesota state fair. steve hartman melt a woman making dough and plenty ever it from cookies. >> in minnesota there's a firmly held believe that when god invented cholesterol this is what he had in mind. martha olson's cookies. >> we like this myth. >> i bet you do. the genesis of this believe stems back to 1979 when martha and some partner opened the sweetner that's chocolate chip cookie booth at the minnesota state fair. they were hoping to make a little spending money. >> oh, absolutely. >> how much money were you hoping to make, a thousand dollars? >> that would have been nice. >> can could you have ever dreamed of making $10,000? >> absolutely not. >> how much do you make now? >> it sort of mushroomed. >> to say the least. we could not find state fair booth anywhere in america with revenues anywhere near what martha brings in. even though she only has one product, even though the fair runs just 12 days. this year martha expects she grossed well in excess of $2 million. >> really? is it seriously over two million? no way. you got to be kidding me. >> i'm going to go back check. >> marcia, who is now retired elementary schoolteacher hires 400 people for these two weeks. she's got 12 huge off then crank out 2,000 cookies a minute m. times that's not fast enough to satisfy this ridiculously loyal following. >> this is the best cook key i've ever had. >> i look forward to these aller. >> what is her secret? where do you add the crack? >> the eggs? >> no. the crack? >> what's the crack? >> forgottivity i was minnesota. >> hopefully the viewers will get it. >> what am i missing? >> her secret serve them hot and serve a lot. >> there you are. >> step up to the counter you better have a major appetite or a minor structuring nearing. this jenga-esque large bucket runs $15. martha won't guess how many calories are in here but she insists it's a te'o home pail meant to be enjoyed nor weeks. >> you have like cardiac surgery business. >> no, steve. >> obviously martha would rather not focus on calorie counts. fortunately for her for até# t these 12 days. neither would her customers. >> very addicting. >> they're grand. i should have known because everyone says that. >> the gear is different. >> osgood: still to come. >> front doors are different. >> actor steve buscemi's bushing ambition. thank you for being my hero and my dad. military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa auto insurance could be one of them. if you're a current or former military member or their family, get an auto insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. 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>> what qualifies me the past 11 years i have been one of the most successful bootleggers in the country. >> it's "sunday morning" on cbs and here again a charles osgood. >> osgood: actor steve buscemi plays a villanous character in "boardwalk empire" but not in real life. as tracy smith now discovers in our "sunday morning" profile. >> it's the stuff actors only dream of. at the red carpet premiere for the final season of hbo's "boardwalk empire" steve buscemi is the center of attention. after years of playing supporting roles, there's no doubt he's enjoying this moment. well, maybe not this exact moment. and the red carpet, what is going through your head? >> the worst. >> the worst? >> yes. >> truth is buscemi is much more at ease making everyone else squirm. he made name for himself playing th second or third fiddle. he was a ruthless gangster and enemy to all waiters in "reservoir dogs." >> i don't tip. >> you don't tip. >> i don't believe in it. >> picked up those two -- the best man from hell in "the wedding singer." >>'m a person, too. >> he's a serial killer, a kidnapper -- >> thinking take care of it right here. >> and finally on "boardwalk empire" -- >> you don't work for me any more let's get that straight. >> he's the lead. crooked politician nucky thompson. >> i never saw him as leading man but i saw him as he was like the guy. he was the guy you had to go through to get things done. >> he's a guy that gets the girls. he's the boss. >> well, yeah. >> you play a lot of creepy guys. sympathetic creepy guys most of the time. there's something that you find to like about them. is that important to you to make them likable? >> i -- it's not important to me that they're likable. but there has to be something that i like about gleam as a kid growing up on long island, new york, buscemi had dreams of being an actor. but his father, a career sanitation worker, had another dream for his four sons. a steady paycheck. your dad wanted you and all your brothers to stay take civil service exam? >> whatever civil service exam came up when we were 18 we had to take it. if we chose to live under his roof. >> the idea was -- he was looking another for us buscemi he took and passed the test for firefighters in 1981 wound up here. engine 55 in lower manhattan. he's one of the guys now. back then it was a different story. >> i was like the quietest guy in the fire husband for a long time. >> when his shift ended he'd moonlight as an actor. he kept up his double life for four years, but when he got a part in the movie "parting glances" he quit the department. >> fabulous. >> the guys at engine 55 thought he was nuts. >> they were really worried about me. >> worried? >> yeah. >> because? >> because nobody leaves this job, you know. you just don't -- you don't leave -- first of all a great job like this also a secure job. >> in a way we always stay connected to that job. but in 1985, he needed to see what lay beyond the big red door. >> very professional. >> i was cast as, you know, like a dug dealer on "miami advice." and i was like, okay, you really think i can do this? fine. and then that was sort of the start of me getting these, you know, in the beginning really seedy, kind of sleezy characters and kind of progressed from there. >> what do you think they saw in you that you started to play the sleazily guy? the keep? >> what did though see in me? i don't know. i guess i -- i must -- must be the way i look. >> do you think god stays in heaven because he, too, lives in fear of what he's created? >> talent might have something to do with it, too. no matter the part, and there have been well over a hundred, buscemi makes it his. >> i've certainly made the most of how i look, i think. it's been good. it's worked for me. so why change it? >> have you had people say to you, if you only fixed your teeth? >> sure. >> and you said? >> it's always the joke. whenever my own dentist says to me, you know, we could do something like, we could fix this. i say, are you trying to put me out of sneak. >> for 27 years buscemi has been married to artist jo andres partners in life and art. >> i'll be driving the car and she'll be telling me to slow down and i don't know what she's doing and she's taking pictures out of the window. >> out the window. their brooklyn townhouse is decorated with her works. >> what's this? >> this is a cyanotype, a process of photography that's from i think 1842. >> jo also directs short films, often featuring a familiar face. ♪ they met back when he was still at engine 55. did the firefighter thing add to the appeal? >> he was only person i knew with a real job that made money. >> she wasn't impressed that i was a fireman. i was trying to impress her with the boots and the coat and the -- she didn't care. >> she cared enough to marry him in 1987 and in 1990 they brought a son in to the world. a decade later, the world changed. in the hours following the attacks onhe world trade center with reports that hundreds of firefighters were either dead or buried alive in the burning wreckage, buscemi felt that he had no choice but to run once again toward the fire. >> when 9/11 happened, i came back here on the 12th and had my gear, had my -- i still had my old turnout coat and helmet. >> he volunteered to spend the next five days at ground zero digging through the pile. >> looked like you were on another planet. it was unrecognizable. i had no bearing where i was. there was something about being there that was also very comforting. and i remember that surprising me. i went down there to help but i wahes t one who was helped, you know. it really helped me. >> now buscemi's hoping to give back with the documentary "a good job" premiering on hbo tomorrow night. >> i was terrified. physically knee knees were knocking. >> you should be scared. >> filled with interviews done by buscemi himself, it's an inside look at what it means to be a firefighter in new york city. and all the challenges that come with it. >> when the building came down i turned to my husband -- sorry. >> firefighters are great at helping others. they're great at helping each other. but they don't always know that they themselves are in need. their first reaction would be, the next guy as it worse. it was nothing that -- i went through, it wasn't that bad. but that guy, oh, that family, they had it worse. what right do i have to seek any kind of help. i hope the film, really the film is for them. >> through it all steve buscemi has september that firefighter's modesty, seeing himself as a supporting character even when others see him as a star. >> now that he's this big leading man role, i'm just wondering as his wife, did you -- have you seen him as that all along? >> >> yes, of course. he's my -- he's my guy. he's my connection in this world. it's just -- i just felt really lucky. sorry, i'm gonna -- >> this is the thing. you play all these kind of scary, often mean guys but the truth is, nothing farther from the truth. >> nothing farther from the truth, yeah. >> wait until this interview is over. >> osgood: next. can we talk? about joan rivers. it's life's centerpiece. where families sit to eat. where homework gets done. where decisions get made. with a 97% customer satisfaction rating, we'd like to earn a place where it matters most. physicians mutual. insurance for all of us. ...of america's number-one puppy food brand... ...with dha and essential nutrients also found in mother's milk. purina puppy chow. ♪ 14 years to the day, we got our first prius. ♪ sometimes the most daring ideas... ...are the ones you can count on the most. ♪ the prius. toyota, lets go places. ♪ [ male announcer ] give extra. get extra. ♪ i've been claritin clear for 8 days. at the first sign of your allergies, doctors recommended taking one claritin every day of your allergy season for continuous relief. 21 days! 14 days of continuous relief. live claritin clear. every day. >> the life and career of joan rivers ever inspiring reflex in other women of humor. >> do yourself a favor and read "enter talking" joan rivers' poignant and hilarious story of her early years as chubby joan molinsky with a beautiful sister and bucket of insecurities. she married because a girl her age should get married and divorced soon after moving back win her parents. totally defeated but for a dream that she dared not speak, to be some kind of entertainer, in spite of being told again and again including by her parents, after her act flopped at the synagogue that she was absolutely without talent. she p. in church basements and way-off broadway. she wrote jokes, bought jokes, changed her name, at one point billing herself as "pepper january, comedy with spice" and through her failures joan rivers found her comedic voice. i had found the key, she wrote, my comedy would flow from that poor, vulnerable schlepp, joan molinsk go the-year-old i felt sorry for. this isn't the '50s when being stand-up comedian was about as respectable as being a stripper. it was unheard of. but she persevered. her life began, she said, one night in 1965, when as a last minute replacement she made her first appearance on "the tonight show." and made johnny laugh, really laugh, wiping his eyes and declaring, you're gonna ab star. joan rivers' face was so expressive and so wonderfully goofy i wish she left it alone but that was her choice to, her credit she never lied about her cot met particular surgeries using them, too, as material was lines like, i wish i had a twin, so i could know what i look like without plastic surgery. or, my breasts are so low now i can have a mammogram and a pedicure at the same time. but as crass as her hum more could be, she was a classy lady with fine tastes and ex chris it maners with regularly spent thank you notes and flowers to co-workers. and talk about a work ethic at 81 she was still on sage trying out new jokes, she was an inspiration. like moms mabley, phyllis diller and totie fields she helped dispel the myth that women aren't funny. someone once said if you can see it, you can be it. thanks to the trail blazers like joan rivers, generations of funny girls can see it. and be funny on their own terms. we stand on their shoulders gratefully. oh hey, neill, how are you? 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for a high. a passing shower can't /qmbe ruled out also. little broad circulation. drawing a lot of moisture at the atlantic. the eastern half of north carolina, two-thirds of south carolina, some of that moisture is slipping into virginia. we have a couple of sprinkles locally, let's go back andrea and mike. thank you howard. here's what is in the news right now. president obama plans to meet with lawmakers tomorrow, one day before spelling out plans to the nation on wednesday. nine nato countries have agreed to work with the u.s. to take on the militants. the united nations estimates 2600 civilians have been killed in the 5-month-old conflict in ukraine. russian and pro russian separatists agreed to a ceasefire. it could falling fall apart if the shelling continues is that if you didn't stay up late last night, you missed a nail biter. the broncos jumped out to a lead before hanging on to dear life. peyton manning and the broncos prevailed at the end 31-24. we have breaking news to report. it involves the incident on february 15th involving baltimore ravens ray wright. tmz released a video they say ray rice is truly hitting nick ceasefire vaughn thai. roger goodell admitted quote he didn't get it right in the way he handled the situation with rice. that was before this video surfaced. we won to warn you this is very graphic and vial in nature. so much so we edited quite a bit on you of it. it starts with the couple exchanging words while making their way on to the elevator. you can see inside the elevator, rice is seen hitting his fiance then wife twice. she falls and hits the elevator rail. when the video picks up with a clip that has been circulating for months. rice drags her out, again graphic video. with the public it will be interesting foresee if nfl compacts them, rice has said time and time he wishes he could take it back. >> will he miss more? >> subsequent domestic violence will get a six game suspension, is that correct? >> based on the new policy. turning our attention to the biggest local story of the morning. this one's sure to drive you crazy for quite a long time. we are talking about a major construction project set to begin along massachusetts avenue. lane closures on eighth street, vanessa herring has a preview of what you should and a half. >> the lane closures will be starting in just under an hour on eighth street and massachusetts satisfy between second and fourth. you can see behind me the construction crews are ready to go. there is a lot of cones and equipment here. i want to bring up a map so we can slow you exactly where we are talking about the closures and where they are going to be happening. they are on eighth street northwest and massachusetts avenue northwest between second and fourth street. these lanes are going to be closed during the busiest time of the day. probably going to be driving you crazy for quite some time here. stay clear of this area monday- friday and also 8:00 actual mto 8:00 p.m. on saturdays so crews can update and install underground utilities. also evening hours could be added as well as sunday hours as this construction project progresses. this morning 7:00 in just under an hour, eighth street northwest and massachusetts satisfy northwest will be closed. if you are using that route, find an alternate route in this morning. back to you. thank you for that update, monika, of course has given us alternate routes. serena williams has submitted her name in the lift books of professional tennis. redskins gear not selling as well as it used to. we are back, right after this. hey pal? you ready? can you pick me up at 6:30? ah... 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sky 9. the i want bound -- the inbound side of route 66. attracting attention coming into this point. southbound 395 an accident as well just after the 14th street bridge. i'll keep you posted outhear both of these situations. president obama plans to outline a strategy to deal with isis militants in iraq and syria tomorrow. >> in an interview, obama is ensuring americans air strike against the militants will continue. >> those not the equivalent of the iraq war. >> secretary of state john kerry is expected to head to the middle east soon to solidify a coalition against isis. a prince george's county woman is accused of murdering her 1 and 3-year-old toddlers. police were called to the how many of 24-year-old sonia spoon. >> 1-year-old aiden spoon and 3- year-old kayla thompson were both pronounced dead. >> reporter: investigators pulled bags and bags of evidence from this forest river home. it was just after 2:00 a.m. when officers responded to the 911 call, to find two unresponsive children. one neighbor, who is also a parent, watched as detectives searched the home and talked with us. >> i can't imagine not having my kids here. >> reporter: this neighbor and others described a couple living in this forest road home with two children. it didn't say if there were other adults in the home but most of the neighbors said they wondered if anything was wrong. >> is a shame what happened. i don't know everything that happened. they have always been really quiet. really neighborly. >> what i can tell saw there is no need for the community to be afraid. this doesn't appear to be a random action and the detectives are working on a motive at this time. >> reporter: that was the prince george's county vehicle that was here earlier. police will take over this investigation from here on on you. >> sonia spoon is charged with two counts of first degree murder. the official cause of the children's death is still pending. the toddlers are the third and fourth young murder victims in prince george's county in just the last month. ten ladder trucks are in service. >> the dc fire department says trucks which failed inspection have corrosion from rust. the department says it will rotate the trucks into service in various jurisdictions as needed. here's a look outside. a cloudy, overcast morning. >> what a pretty sunrise. howard's going to have weather in just a bit. it is ugly here, a live look from our sky 9, the inbound side of i-66 near route 34. in manassas. the activity has been pushed off to the shoulder. >> once you are beyond that, i think you are okay heading into centerville. >> let's go over on the maps, the crash right after the 14th street bridge as you head southbound off the bridge span the accident on the left side of the roadway. it wasn't involving a motorcycle, we are hearing minor inure ries involved. northbound 395 should be okay though, heading to and across the bridge span with all the lanes open northbound on 395. such a nice day. more clouds around. each an isolated shower. as we go through today and tonight. let's slow you know, how good it looks out there. the beautiful color here, 10 minutes before the sunrise. and a lot of red on the isern horizon this morning. a sunny break or two, east winds at 10 to 15. owl this moisture is coming off the atlantic, and a little bit has made it in toward southern maryland. lighter showers, tough to pick out in toward calvert and charles county, to around reductionersville, everything is moving off to the northeast. with temperatures south in the sprinkles in the mid-60s, up north with more breaks, in the mid and upper 50s. lots of news starting off this work week. good morning mike and andrea, ahead to announce a new plan against isis later this week mike more relevant takes us behind the scenes with how a strategy like this is formed. plus respiratory illness is affecting children across the country. what children need to know. the royal family announced the duke and duchess 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his wife, maureen, discussed her decision i don't peggy fox asked how the relationship played into their reaching a verdict. >> it was extraordinarily difficult. >> reporter: she was on the jury that convicted former virginian nor bob mcdonell and his wife, maureen. she says it was an extremely difficult decision none of the jurors took lightly. >> i believe we came to the correct conclusion. but it was very hard seeing the mcdonells cry, to see the family cry. there was no joy in this. no joy at all. no o >> reporter: a mother of four and a project manager at the association of molecular pathology did not believe the broken marriage defense. she believed the mcdodges enriched themselves. >> he had access to the governor i can't it didn't matter he didn't get studies for his projects? >> i think it could have happened. >> reporter: the jury put aside the todd dry details of the case. the broken marriage, the crush the shopping spree. bob mcdonell blaming his wife, she said, was disheartening. >> i could appreciate maureen was having a hard time as first lady. but i don't think it was irreconcilable or broken beyond repair. >> and the fact johnny williams had immunity from prosecution didn't matter. >> very charismatic guy. i could see how anyone could get pulled in to charisma. he could not recollect a lot, i understand he was under immunity agreement. so understood. but you know, i think he told the truth as he knew it. >> peggy fox, wusa9. prosecutors offered bob mcdonell a deal to plead guilty to one count of bank fraud. which is the same count juriors found him not guilty of. another weekend at the box office ends with disney supreme. >> six months have come and gone, they were married for 53 years. she was his everything. he can't live alone anymore. but we don't have the room. so we talked to suntrust... looked at our options...remodeled... for family, you make it work. he taught me that. we shine when we make room for what's really important. how can we help you shine? suntrust. again, another beautiful sunrise. why are we seeing beautiful sun some dust in the atmosphere. the dust filters it. we have been lucky to have some clouds around. >> gorgeous. >> not completely overcast, you know when the sunlight gets underneath the clouds and it lights from below, that is when you get sky shots. >> like the pained desert. we have lost that lighting. 15, 20 minutes ago, i'm going to post some great shots. also our facebook page, we'll get it out there. >> let me show you what is happening for doppler, which is a coastal storm. near columbia and atlanta and myrtle beach. that moisture is going to stay south and east. a couple of springles we are watching -- sprinkles we are watching. east-northeast. from lady smith to done kirk, -- to dunkirk, la plata. trying to get toward culpepper and even around la plata, toward white plains and up 301 to waldorf. dunkirk, hunting town, owens, seeing a few light showers. over toward prince frederick. and then another area of light showers south of culpepper tracking toward quantico in another 30, 40 minutes. mostly cloudy skies in dc today. best chance of south and east, temperatures if the upper 70s. near 80s for a high. we can't rule out a passing shower. going to be dry but just in case you are going to want a rain slicker with you. cumberlands a brisk 50 this morning, humid, cloudier, sprinkles, don't be surprised you get a sprinkle at 66. we are down on the mid-50s for glass discuss, and to the south waldorf, 65, dumb frizz 62. 6:43 with sunshine today. the air mass is a lotber feeling than what we had last week when it was hot and humid and growth. by lunch time. >> looks like richmond south and east will have the much better chance of rain. mostly cloudy, can't rule out a passing shower here and there. tomorrow we have to watch exact track of the storm. if this thing continues to track off toward the newport east, we may get couple of showers blowing from the northeast, but the bulk of the rain will stay offshore -b we'll just get clouds with a passing shower or two. currently a yellow alert up for tomorrow. they are going to have to pull the yellow alert. tomorrow's highs will be in the 70s, today's highs will also be if the 70s. near 80 in frederick, upper 70s in hagerstown. let's say in fredericksburg. highs there in the mid-70s. our 3 day forecast starts out with clouds today and tomorrow. today, tomorrow, tomorrow night. upper 60s in town, to mid- 60s, winds east 10 to 15. wednesday more sun, 84. thursday ahead of a cold front. maybe even near night. we have a threat for thunderstorms thursday. we'll try to clear out the storms and cool down back in the 70s by friday. monika samtani, good morning to you. easy for you to say. good monday morning, everybody. we started off nice and light and clear and now we have a couple of incidents minor in nature. but caused huge delays. let's take a live look on the inbound side of i-66. look up ayour monitor. if you are having your cup of coffee and you were just about to head out the door. hurry up the clash to 34 was clear the to the shoulder awhile ago but left life like this again. beyond that you are okay. manassas to centerville is about a 17 minute ride. northbound or southbound on 35 there was a crash. blocking off the left lane. again it is the southbound side it is against the rush hour flow so i think you are going to be okay. but in downtown today a huge construction project begins on 8th street and massachusetts avenue between 2nd and 4th streets for the next two years. use kstreet, as your alternate route. a big heads up for there one. i think it will be a mess until everybody gets used to the closures. now another live picture and check out the 14th street bridge on the northbound side. looking great across the bridge span and into do you want. all of the river crossings are incident free right now. checking out the south side of i-27 0. fredericks and clark burglary is about -- clarksburg is about an 18 minute ride. over on 270 here in germantown, at central avenue, there had been that accident right there, you can see it on the shoulder, not causing any slow traffic. back to you guys. don't let the price of gas drive you crazy. let's check prices in western maryland this half hour as reported to aaa. the least speanssive gallon of regular is $3.27 at the sheets on long meade road. >> but if you fill up on the bern road it is $3.25 an hour. the average person does this ten times is it actual, go to the atm. >> b, posting to facebook, or c, check e-mail. >> i never miss wusa9 news. so materialry is -- karen: hi, i'm karen. joyce: and i'm joyce. karen: and we are... karen & joyce: the koch sisters. karen: we're not biological sisters, but sisters in spirit. joyce: and we're not related to the koch brothers, those right-wing billionaires. karen: we're just two average women who've raised families and worked hard all our lives. joyce: we don't have billions to 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repairing the road here. monday through friday, as well as 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on saturday. i'll send it back to you. almost six months after its disappearance, officials are still searching for clues as to what happened to malaysia airlines flight 370. it dropped off the radar march en route from kuala lumpur to beijing. no debris has been found and investigators don't know why it flew off course. after it lost radar contact the plane continued to community kate periodically with the satellite system providing experts it shows it flew south into the indictian ocean. crews have not pin pointed that exact location. efforts are still ongoing. a wildfire burning in yosemite national park. it has burned 700 acres. officials closed nearby trails and evacuated areas in the park. six hot shot fire crews and many aircraft have been trying to fight flames. in new york joan rivers got her hollywood funeral. there were lights, cameras and action as she was remembered at a new york synagogue. celebrities in attendance included howard tern and rosie o'donnell -- howard stern and rosie o'donnell. guardian of the galaxy first, teenage mutant anyone sa i can't turtles, came in ndseco. rounding up the top three, bring in,. >> $5.57 million. a passing shower today, tonight, tomorrow night. south and east of us. temperatures in the 70s for highs, wednesday a little warmer, 84. thunderstorms thursday, 88. cooling down back in the 70s on friday. a live look in maryland, 270 southbound. now you have all that heavy traffic basically sod toward germantown and down in rockville. don't forget two accidents in virginia, clear to the soldner manassas with slow traffic and 395 southbound as well. cbs this morning is next. a mysterious child respiratory illness sweeping through ten states, sickening hundreds of children. howard and i will be back in 25 minutes with traffic and weather. have a great morning. some say your health is the luck of the draw. but inova's groundbreaking genomic 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