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2010. it could ha been considered a banner day for metro. the agency recorded a record number of trips on saturday. what riders remember a overcrowd overcrowded and headaches. >> a lot of people were depending on metro last weekend, the rallies on the mall, and tens of thousands came to attend. left their cars at home, got on the metro. there were nothing but problems during the course of the afternoon regarding over crowded trains, and escalator incident, at 2:00 in the afternoon, the...

but could have answers next week. firefights remain on the scene, making surell those smoky and hot spots are out. hot spots kept firefights busy all night and all mrning long. im never seen something so big. >> kathy keedy is one of the lucky ones. her home had moderate damage, but is salvageable. she was able to escape with her two young children. >> what do i do next? >> reporter: neighbors say the fire started in the backyard, possibly on the deck of a hole on tillet it t loop. fir...

welcome visitors to the outerñr banks. hurricane earl is drenching north carolina this morning, dumping several inches of rain in parts of the state and forcing thousands of people from their homes. the states governor is hearing no reports of major damage. earl is making its way up the coast and they are preparing for rough conditions there. chris is there with the latest.r chris. >> reporter: barbara, the wind is whipping up in the last few minutes. so is the surf and the ocean but ...

and good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. im matt lauer. >> and im meredith vieira. this is the fourth straight day storms have pounded floiowa. >> ames has been hard hit, flooding so severe there the city has been forced to shut down its water supply to about 56,000 people. well have a live report from the scene straight ahead. also ahead an nbc news exclusive. general david petraeus spoke with nbcs david gregory overnight. his first interview since taking command of...

"today," friday, august 6th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. im matt lauer. oot and im meredith vieira. president obama is pushing for a turn around. democrats will not get much of a boost from this mornings jobs report. >> no, they wont. there is at least one new job the obama administration was happy to hear about. on thursday the senate confirmed elena kagan to a seat on the supreme court. shell be...

13-year-old daughter were swept away by strong currents while at a memorial day picnic. this weeks tragedy on the potomac is another reminder of just how dangerous the river can be. today several local agencies are coming together to try and prevent more deaths in the future. news4s tracee wilkins is in northwest washington with more now. >> reporter: good morning. officials are saying that in recent years they are once again seeing a spike in the number of people who are going into ...

scrambling to fix it before the evening rush. tracee wilkins was the first reporter on the scene. she jones us from new york avenue with the latest. >> reporter: now that officials have got this water under control here in new york avenue, the next step is to actually repair the road. and the plan is to try and get it done before rush hour. it started around 3:30 and flowed until after 7:00 a.m. >> it will probably take all day, all day. well dig it all up. the water is shut off. were ...

morning, hopeful and theyre trying again news 4s megan mcgrath joins us with the latest. what can you tell us. >> reporter: the two victims, the mother and her 14-year-old daughter have been missing for about 18 hours now. they disappeared into the potomac river yesterday evening. now, rescue crews went out again this morning and theyre just now wrapping up their search, at least for right now. what were being told is that the glare of the sun is such that its very, vervç difficult fo...