yankee town. >> so you're expecting this to be worse than that is what you're saying, right? >> yes. >> and given that, clearly officials there are worried because they've ordered the mandatory evacuation of all residents. has everyone evacuated? what is your sense right now of how many people have done so and how many people haven't? >> we're still having some issues out there on those -- out there on cedar key. one of the last reports i got, which that was earlier today, i haven't updated that yet, but there was roughly about 100 -- a little over 100 citizens that were still out there on the island that just refused to leave after the mandatory evacuations had taken place. we've shoved messaging out just about every way, every social media outlet that we have, every news media outlet. we've also done ipause messaging all the way down to going through the old school route alerting, going door to door to try to get these people to leave. >> if those 100 people are watching right now, what's your
everybody follow the local government recommendations and please stay off the water until the storm passes. there is no reason to unnecessarily risk your life. >> i can't emphasize that enough, and this is obviously something that the coast guard is incredibly skilled at assisting in, but no one wants to be stranded out there during a storm like this. we have been talking all afternoon about the storm surge that could bring record water levels to a lot of these places along the coast, including to tampa bay where you are. what are you worried the most about when it comes to that storm surge? >> we are worried about the storm surge as well. we have a teams, they are crew members who are have shallow water vessels and can get into those low-lying areas. they are staged around parts of georgia and alabama, waiting to respond as soon as possible to emergencies that are up in that northern area. station yankee town, who is in yankee town, they are prepared and they have their shadow
tonight and then bangs into the big bend area of florida. we are talking about cedar key, stein haji, yankee town. that area could see a storm surge like no one has ever seen and that region. we are talking 12 or 16-foot storm surge as it rolls in overnight tonight through tomorrow morning. the storm is so strong with 30 miles per hour winds when it makes landfall. it will hold together with all that momentum and blast through lower georgia as a hurricane into the carolinas by wednesday evening and thursday. still holding onto the tropical storm strength. we are talking about a major storm that has turned into a monster. it will not slow down until it reaches land. that is not until tomorrow morning. >> bob, thank you very much. we should know for the people in cedar key, this might be the time to think about getting out. >> yeah. meantime we are back with the nightcap. it's a quick one. kevin kohr, jeff paul, marianne rafferty. the push of a button if you had
curr currently. i don't know the latest numbers -- when i left the emergency operations center to do the interview, i think we were probably a little over 200. we've got a special needs shelter open at bronson elementary school, and we have general population shelter open at bronson middle high. we have opened the shell tore at williston middle high school. we have room. unfortunately the numbers are still low from those who really should be getting out of harm's way. we're about past that point of no return now. we've had deputies and detectives in the yankee town, cedar key area going door to door trying to get an idea of who is staying and who's not, encouraging people to please get out. we've been doing that all afternoon.
showers are starting as i look out my window in my office. that's beginning to start. we've been trying to encourage all of our residents on the coast to come into our shelters. it's getting now to the point where it's too late. you're going to be in for whatever you're in for. unfortunately, it does not sound good. this is a huge geographic county, leavy county, over 1400 square miles. cedar key, yankee town, our coastal cities and towns. we're extremely worried about this one. again, we're going to get the hurricane force winds no matter how this wobbles. it's really too late in the game at this point. no matter how it wobbles, we'll get the hurricane force winds. it's been said. what comes after that, we expect around noon tomorrow we'll have
themselves, because they didn't want their supplies to get in the hands of the union troops. not all, but we have to question who actually started the fire when they mentioned those things. i just wanted to mention that. so certainly a lot of these young women are experiencing a lot of distress, and they're not home to be able to help with their family. jane sievely certainly was a member of a very wealthy family in mississippi, but she was away in marion, alabama, when she heard the news of the burning of these homes, and certainly she was very scared. she sought out her brother to console her, william sievely, and he really didn't do a very good job of it. he expressed to his sister his own fears of the emotional and financial toll on the family resulting from federal occupation. he wrote this. i'm fearful that the union troops have been there and burned out everybody. i would give anything if pa was out of there with all his effects. it just really increased these young women's sense of anger and resentment towards the union because now their families are personally being affected by these events. young women, though, when they actually were in the face of the union troops openly demonstrated their patriotism, their resentment, their anger. now, defiance of union occupation was nothing new on the homefront. women of the older generation have often refused to concede to the enemy in very public ways. one of the most prominent examples, of course, comes from new orleans. in april of 1862 after occupation, women, believing that their gender exempted them from any form of punishment, openly defied union occupation. in their daily interaction with troops, they insulted soldiers, refused to sit in the presence of officers, they avoided walking under the u.s. flag. in extreme cases some women spat on the soldiers, and in even more extreme cases, dumped chamber pots on them. the contents of the chamber pots. in response union major general benjamin butler, who is the commanding officer overseeing occupation of new orleans passed general order number 28 which basically said that any woman who defied union authority would be treated as "a woman of the town." basically would be treated like a prostitute or punished like a prostitute. these older women, of course, garnered more attention from the union occupiers, especially the officers in charge because they're older women, they're more connected to the confederate cause. their husband are off either serving in the government or they're fighting in the war. so they took them very seriously. however, the young women -- the girls of my study group discovered that their youth and their claims of being rather naive because of their age, in addition to their gender actually afforded them more freedom in their defiance. they became more blatant and assertive in their criticism of union troops. by invoking the conventional notions of female behavior and claiming inexperience, young women could avoid the allegiance -- the oath of allegiance, punishment for any sort of acts of defiance. they recognize the leniency of these union officers and took full advantage of it. for example, mary dunbar of nach ez, mississippi, played tricks on soldiers to forage for food and other supplies. on one occasion in 1863 a soldier went up to her and asked her how to eat a pomegranate. and she told him to bite right into it, and knowing that the fruit, of course, would yield a very bitter taste, if one eats more than just the seeds, and the soldier became very enraged and threatened to punish her, but, of course, mary just laughed at him. she was 17, and she just thought it was downright funny. she escaped punishment, but mary's mother did not. when she refused to walk under a union flag, a federal officer ordered her to leave the city and the home was confiscated. mary got away with it, and her mother could not -- a popular way to defy union authority again is fashion. it was kind of a subtle thing, but to be able to kind of defy authority by transforming their dress, changing sort of dress habits. one example is with hoop skirts. sort of the famous image of the hoop skirt of the southern belle. many young women believed that this was a frivolous trend, and was certainly not a good thing during these hard times of war. and so a lot of the young women went without their hoops as kind of a show of support for the confederacy. they were avoiding sort of the unnecessary luxuries. other young women did it as a form of defiance. a good example is in the occupy town of memphis, tennessee, the newspaper reported that although hoop skirts are plentiful in memphis, the rebel women have agreed among themselves not to wear them. it is their secret sign. it's their badge, their rebel flag. no longer allowed to flaunt past our brave soldiers with their emblems of treason penned to their dresses and bonnets. they have hit upon this plant. they're not able to wear their little mini-confederate flags or other blatant signs of the confederacy, but by taking out the hoops from their skirts, that's kind of their secret way of doing that. >> at one point the article kind of mentioned that one young woman had an interaction with the union soldier who asked why aren't you young women wearing your hoop skirts, and she responded you yankees can't make us wear hoops. that was their way of sort of in a subtle way defying the enemy. also, when threatened with punishment, young women often were able to kind of charm their way out of it. soldiers would relent. one of my favorite examples is cordelia lewis scales of holly springs, mississippi. she refused to keep quiet when union officers actually commandeered her home in january of 1863. one evening an officer's wife asked scales to play something on the piano. the only way -- the only reason why she did it was because and, of course, she told her she only played rebel songs. her mother said the union troops have treated us very well. please, please, play for them. so she did, but the next day captain flynn of the 90th illinois regiment visited scales, having heard about her talent on the piano, and wanted her to play "my maryland." at first she refused, but then, of course, her parents once again reminded her of the kindness of the soldiers. especially because they had provided food for the family. and so after she finished playing, she wrote out the words of the song for the officer, because he asked her to, but also took the opportunity to send him a message. she drew a confederate flag above the lyrics and wrote, "no northern hand shall rule this land." of course, most young women were able to avoid these kinds -- any sort of punishment for these kinds of expressions, and that was a way for them to show their continued support for the confederacy. another way that they were able to defy the enemy and express support was through their social activities. this is where things become really difficult for them. when it comes to maintaining their view of the union. many officers -- union officers and their wives hosted social events while stationed in the south. they often extended invitations of the young women of community, and certainly young women would refuse these invitations. ellen renshaw house recorded her disgust with her female peers who actually did attend some of those engagements. myra enman of cleveland, tennessee would always turn away any union soldier, especially her age, who was seeking to court her. and she wrote that a lieutenant stopped by to visit, and she refused to see him, because, quote, he is a yank. union occupation did bring some romantic temptations, and this is where it became hard. in fact, maybe their hearts kind of softened a little bit toward the union. certainly not towards lincoln, but the union in general. the increase in the number of eligible young men seemed very attract -- very attractive situation because the number of eligible southern men had diminished. however willing they were to socialize with them on occasion, the peer pressure to maintain their patriotic allegiance kept them from going any further. to engage in a romantic relationship with the enemy would symbolize a disrespect of the cause. this was no easy task for some. emma riley of virginia contemplated an evening out with a union officer, but was unwilling to risk being marked as unpatriotic by other young women. she wrote this -- this was in her memoirs. it was oftentimes hard to resist and required all the loyalty i could bring to bare to do so. in one evening union officer asked her to go on a sleigh ride with him, suggesting that if she was afraid, she could wear a veil over her face so she could go unrecognized. riley responded to the officer that "my conscience would be behind that veil." of course, turned him down. it certainly became even more of a test of their allegiance. riley mentioned this in her memoirs. it was a severe test of my loyalty and devotion to my country to be able to resist my enemies when i might have enjoyed so many privileges dear to a young girl's heart. now, mingling with soldiers from their same socioeconomic class often created conflicting feelings towards the enemies, and this was where we start to see their hearts kind of soften a little bit. living in richmond after occupation maria smith peak expressed disgust at the idea of living in "yankee town." yet, she felt a sense of comfort when officers boarding in her home who in her view displayed the mannerisms of gentility, and they surprised her, and she was very pleased. certainly she was surprised by their refinement, and she admitted that she feared, quote, "they will succeed by their leniency and kindness in winning over some of the southern people in healing their wounds. in 1862 maria's family had lost their home in hampton, virginia, to a fire after federal troops occupied their community. she was forced into a refugee household in richmond, and the young woman grew very resentful toward the union. even with the occupation of richmond and the subsequent end of the war, she hoped to "fan and keep alive the spirit of revenge." one evening, however, as she stewed over the confederacy's defeat, she heard music of officers and she said that she actually was experiencing an internal struggle taking place inside of her as the music, quote, "was almost melting my soul into forgiveness." as her interaction with officers and soldiers continued, she ibt intimated to her beau, the difficulty in reconciling her feelings the men she both feared and despised. she wrote this to her boyfriend, essentially. "as far as we have had to deal with them, we found them polite and obliging, guarding our premises, strictly, and thereby saving us much trouble." maria admitted that no matter how polite, how courteous and how handsome they may be, it's not enough to overcome her anger towards the enemy that, quote, had been fighting for the last four years in deadly conflict against my brothers and my friends. now, as the war ended, young women found new transgressions to lay at the feet of lincoln, and the abolitionists. and this was in the form of the presidents of friedman and african-american soldiers. the instability of slavery, along with the presence of african-american troops in union-occupied areas fueled young women's devotion to the confederate cause. reports of individual acts of rebellion, mainly in the form of escaping the plantation, and thus the chaens of slavery, certainly signified to young women that the traditional racial order of the south was falling apart. one example is -- comes from kate foster of nachess, mississippi. she witnessed a former slave attempting to take a seat among white members of the congregation. and she blamed this boldness on the influence of union soldiers. and she wrote this. "i should not be surprised if some one of our enemies had sent him to the church as an insult to us." foster, however, could not escape the weakening of control the slaves in her home, and she grew to even resent them. she wrote this. "ned and mae, who are household slaves, basically, are still with us, but they do not work. ned goes to town every day after something connected with the devil, no doubt. ma tilde left last night. we think all will go. who so ever it pleases their majesties." chloe tyler whittle felt a lot of resentment, as well, and directed -- which she directed toward the union government overseeing african-american soldiers in her hometown of norfolk, virginia. and she wrote this. "yankees, in theirin so lens and wickedness have armed the negros. a regiment have come to pollute norfolk with their detested presence." now, as the war actually came to an end, we read that young women are very much still concerned about events, what's going to be the fate of the confederacy, the former confederacy, what's going to happen to them, in essence. but ultimately, they were more concerned about reuniting the family circle. what was left of it, in some cases. and so that really occupied most of their attention as the war came to an end. now, in conclusion, when all renshaw stood in the face of the ene enemy, she met the ultimate fate of banishment. this was the consequences of resistance. but her actions, like those of her female peers, demonstrated deep anxieties about their future as wives, mothers and members of the slave-holding gentry class. the cultural script that they had internalized was now at stake, and they turned their attention to what they saw as the primary source of this disruption. president lincoln and northern abolitionists. although willing to express their sentiments and both statements about their perceived enemy, they also found a way to channel their rancorous feelings through patriotic events in the homefront. and as federal troops marched into southern communities, they found even more immediate, intimate targets to place -- to replace the distant ones far away above the mason dixon line. yet what makes all this significant in the lives of young women? why even bother to study this aspect of their experience? born out of a conservative desire to preserve the past and ensure a continuation of female social convention and values, their willingness to convey their political sentiments publicly, join in home front activities and defy union occupiers brought them into a new world of civic engagement, unknown to them in the antebellum era. ultimately, helping to alter what it meant to be southern and female. thank you very much. since the wealthy or elite had more to lose than the middle class, was there a difference in perception of the north and lincoln? >> i'm sorry. repeat the beginning of that question again. >> since the elite or wealthy had one perception of the north and lincoln as compared to the middle class, was there a difference in how they perceived him? >> oh, okay. well, him? >> oh, okay. actually since the new research is sort of looking at the plain folk before and during the war, i actually found a lot of similar expressions. of course, they're not as concerned about the fate of displays in their homes because they don't have any or they have very few. but it's very much similar in terms of the way that they're expressing themselves, what they're saying. >> six months of the war, it appears that only jefferson davis and confederate women didn't really realize they were losing. why? >> well, actually, there is some really interesting work that's been done about that. there's been a discussion among historians about, you know, how women felt about the war, and most i think would agree now that while women questioned the continuation of the war, they never questioned the cause. and when they experienced occupation and actually these intimate interactions with union troops, that just riled them up even more. i have a great story of one young woman, pauline decarideau, who was from south carolina, very, very wealthy family macon, south carolina, and at the end of the war everybody is celebrating the return of the soldiers and they are very happy and they're having all these parties. and she was so angry. she was a very pretty young woman, very sought after by eligible men, and they wanted her to come to one of their parties and actually sent her a carriage to take her to the party, and she wrote in her diary that she was so mad at them that she sent the carriage back to them empty. so, they -- i think for many of these young women in my age group, they just didn't want to give up because of the sense that they had invested so much in the war, and they wanted to see the cause successful. their mothers, though, you know, they're different. they're dealing with having to reunite the family. dealing with taking care of their children. while their husbands and fathers and so forth are away. so, these young women kind of have the privilege to continue supporting the war even as it's very clear they're going to lose. >> did southern women's attitude change with the assassination of lincoln? and also, how do scholars view the mary boykin chestnut's diary from dixie? >> that's a good question, too. first of all, i've only had -- i've only got a couple of examples and i don't have them with me of how young women looked at the assassination. very few of them actually remarked on it, which i was surprised about. the ones that did actually expressed a lot of remorse, you know, understanding that they dislike lincoln didn't mean that they wanted him dead. and they understood that this was, you know, an act of murder, and it was -- i don't -- i never had any evidence of them saying, you know, it was a good thing and that they supported, you know, booth and all of that. so, they actually have sympathy, the ones that i was able to get evidence from. the mary chestnut boykin byry in particular you wanted to know how historians view it. i think, you know, it's a typical diary of an older southern woman. i think a lot of people use -- i think the most famous part of that diary was her questioning of display systems and whether or not southern women were abolitionists at heart. i assume that was kind of where you were going with that. and since then historians have remarked that while she's expressing that kind of sentiment that we could perceive as an abolitionist remark, she's not. she is -- her status, her standing in society comes from display holding in society, the institution of slavery, in other words. what she's remarking about is really the kind of work, the frustration that she experiences in dealing day to day with the enslaved. >> final question. >> uh-huh. >> did you come across any views of white southern unionist women and how they tried to fit in with society? and also what about the african-american women, both freed and enslaved and how they fit in with the predominant view? >> uh-huh. that's a good question, too. the thing about the unionists, there's a really good book about alabama's unionist called "loyalty and loss" by margaret storey. and it's fascinating because she uncovers all of these unionists throughout the state primarily in the northern part of the state because they're small farmers and that sort of thing. and when the war actually starts, the unionists have to go underground. they have to go into hiding. and a lot of these men who were unionists, who are in hiding, have to leave their wives and their families behind. in some cases the whole family goes into hiding. and so these unionist women are father resentful towards the fact that, you know, their family is in jeopardy, that, you know, they fear for the safety of their families or their husbands, so that's really sort of what happens to the unionists. after the war, of course, storey points out that they come out of hiding and they're the ones who will help lead on the local and state level reconstruction. in terms of enslaved women and their activities on the home front, that sort of falls outside of the framework of my research, but for many of these -- for many of the enslaved women that i study in my own -- as a teacher actually, they are having to stay on the plantation. during most of the war. if there's an opportunity for them to lead, they will. but you have to remember these women have children, and it's easier for the men to leave and go to union lines than it is for the women to. and so they are -- they're remaining in the plantation, which unfortunately the white planters believe that that's a sign of their loyalty when in actuality it's not. it's out of practical reasons. of course, once the war ends, i've got lots of evidence from the side of these young girls of how the slaves who leave the plantation, the nurses who would nurse them and so forwarth and cooks, they're leaving either because, "a," they're being lured away by the federal troops, or they're just horrible people and they couldn't come to terms with the fact that they wanted freedom. i hope that answers your question. a generation before president john f. kennedy acting on behalf of a grateful nation designated him an honorary american citizen, winston churchill paid his own heartfelt tribute to his transatlantic origins, appearing before a joint session of congress on the day after christmas 1941, he puckish i had observed, "i cannot help reflecting that if my father had been american and my mother british, instead of the other way around, i might have got here on my own." today, outside the british embassy on massachusetts avenue churchill literally is astride two nations, with one bronze foot planted on british soil, the other on american. this pleased the old man himself no end. of the statue announced on his 89th birthday, the honorary american said "i feel it will rest happily and sincerely on both feet." controversy arose over the depiction of the wartime prime minister, not because of his characteristically defiant stance with right hand raised in a trademark "v" for victory salute, no, it was another churchill icon, the cigar in his left hand, that offended some members of the english-speaking union, the organization responsible for the sculpture. in the end authenticity and the cigar won out. unveiled a year after churchill's death in 1965, the figure seems even larger than its nine-foot dimensions would indicate. almost half a century on, wynntwi winston churchill still manages to dominate his surroundings. >> by the way, i cannot help but reflecting that if my father had been american and my mother
all that coming up. >> all right. thanks, veronica. destruction from the oil spill in the gulf of mexico became even more evident today. big globs of oil are now rolling on to the white sands of the practiceanhandle beach zbles more wildlife is being found drenched in crude. president obama is back in the gulf tonight for another survey of the damage and contain many effort. jay gray is in venice, louisiana, with the latest. >> reporter: good evening. the president back on the ground here and visiting with the governor and several parish leaders. unlike his previous two visits he also plans to spend time today with residents affected by the spill. as president obama makes his way back to the gulf coast for the third time since the spill, a new cap is on the fractured riser. clouds of oil are still pouring into the gulf. >> what you see leaking out, four vents on the top of this cap. and through the course of the day as we begin to get the system operating we will success -- successively close the four vents. >> reporter: that process includes mixing in methanol and warm water to prevent hydrate from forming. frozen slush that could block the flow of oil. it will still be a couple of days before we know how effective the cap might be. there are new pictures now of the devastation that seems to indicate the cleanup efforts to this point has been anything but effective. dramatic emergencies of birds swallowed by the muck, some struggling to breathe. >> you see a young bird here to our left. you see this adult brown pelican to our right. now you see the impact of this oil. >> reporter: there is a growing fear about what can't be seen. what plumes of oil may be doing to marine life below the surface. >> i think it would be impossible to get offshore and in our boats and save every anim animal. >> reporter: thick, nasty tar balls are now washing up on pensacola beach in the florida panhandle. >> we love the beach and don't want to see it ruined. and -- you know, health hazard. >> reporter: they aren't willing to wait for cleanup teams to take care of the mess. >> p somebody has to start cleaning this up. and if it is just going to be us, so be it. >> reporter: a cleanup that some fear could last all summer. even with the new cap over in a leaking riser, the ultimate fix is still considered to be those two relief wells that crews are drilling. and they will be finished -- won't be finished until sometime in august. venice, louisiana, jay gray, news4. >> the worsening situation in the gulf is fueling protests across the country this week. today demonstrators rallied outside of bp's downtown washington offices. calling for bp to be prosecuted. aaron gilchrist joins us with more. >> they say bp is guilty of cripple until negligence after the oil spill in the gulf. several dozen protesters made their -- themselves very visible this afternoon and say the oil spill is a crude awakening. >> community andful lease they harmed with their negligence and corporate greed must stop today. >> reporter: more 00 demonstrators set up across from bp's downtown d.c. offices armed with signs calling for the oil giant's assets to be seized. effigies of bp's chief execut e executive. protesters tried to deliver a passionate message p glups that organized the protests accused bp of crimes against the environment, workers. calling the spill a crude awakening and want the corporation dealt with harshly. >> greed is killing my people! your greed is killing my people! >> inject mud into the spill. i mean, there has to be technology that can fix it. in the long run they need better resources. >> reporter: the protests moved outside the building that houses bp's offices to deliver a prison jumpsuit. >> tony hayward of bp. >> reporter: the chants grew more intense. >> reporter: demonstrators made their way through the main doors and moments later d.c. police arrived. >> we want to make sure they facilitate -- also that the people inside the building are able to conduct their business. >> reporter: even though the outrage focused on the oil industry protesters say there is enough blame for the government, too. >> they have watered down every single regulation. they have givening the oil companies the opportunity to police themselves in the same way they gave wall street the right to police themselves. >> reporter: bp didn't respond to our request for comment. but in the past tony hayward promised the company would clean up every drop of oil and restore the shorelines. yesterday bp and others involved in the spill got a $69 million bill from the federal government. jim? >> aaron, thank you. violence at the union station metro sent a teenager to the hospital today and delayed service for about half an hour. news4's pat collins joins us now live from union station with more on just what happened there this afternoon. >> reporter: jim the victim is 16 years old. he goes to anacostia high school. he was wearing brand-new michael jordans. they cost $220. they believe those shoes may be the motive for all of this. >> knocked out, unconscious, busted lip, head injury. >> reporter: that's angel. she says her 16-year-old son was jumped, beaten, and robbed on the metro red line platform at union station. >> sad what the children are doing to one another about tennis shoes. things that don't matter. >> reporter: we talked to some people who said they saw the 16-year-old on that platform. >> picking on him, stepping on him, spitting on him. >> he had blood in his mouth. >> reporter: they stole his sneakers? >> yes. >> reporter: police say they responded to the report of a fight. they say that there was more than a dozen teenagers involved. >> i'm sure that if there were people in there that witnessed it would not have been pleasant. but there was an officer on the scene when the event took place and it would be -- response would be immediate. >> reporter: on the platform down there, police say that they found something that looked like a machine gun. but they say that it did more. they say it was designed not to work. that it was some sort of training gun. the station here closed for about a half an hour. trains went through but passengers weren't allowed on or off until the investigation was complete. reaction to all of this from some metro riders. >> makes you crazy. makes you crazy. >> sounds terrible to expect the people to intervene. someone do something. >> reporter: are you scared when you use the metro? >> i watch where i'm going all the time. >> reporter: not long after the incident at the metro center station police r police picked up a juvenile and said he had a bibi gun and say they are questioning him in connection with the assault and the robbery that occurred here. jim, back to you. >> pat collins, live at union station. pat, thank you. >> tonight the washington humane society is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person that killed a cat. the humane society believes the animal was stoned to death in the 200 block of maryland avenue in northeast washington last week. it happened just a few blocks away from where a mother possum and her babies are believed to have been stoned to death back in april. anybody with information should contact the washington humane society. health officials are urging nearly 2,000 people to get a hepatitis b test after five people and in five states in the district contracted the disease. authorities say patients contracted the disease at a free dental clinic in west virginia. officials say the risk of widespread illness is low but they are concerned people may not know they are sick and could pass hepatitis b on to others. about 90% of people that get hepatitis b recover but 10% get a chronic form of the disease that can cause liver damage. it was a pretty dreadful day on wall street. the dow jones average is closing the week below the 10,000 mark. the dow plunge 3d 24 points today. the nasdaq lost 84 points and the s&p slid 38 points on the heels of more worries of europe's economy. a disappointing jobs report in the u.s. more on that report coming up in just a few minutes. ahead tonight on "news4 at 6:00," the man once questioned in the murder of natalee holloway has been expelled to peru. facing charges in the murder of another woman. rescuers are racing to try to save 11 workers trapped in one of the most dangerous mines in the world. >> students in maryland could find themselves in bigger classrooms when they head back to school next year. ban on light cigarettes could make for colorful new packs. >> what's up in sports? >> coming up in sports, what celtics coach doc rivers did to motivate his team. citizens had strasburg fever. not so charming end for baltimore orioles manager dave trembley. finance minister prosecutors the world's top economies convened in south korea this week. thousands were demonstrating today. u.s. treasury secretary geithner is there to take part in the meetings and he and other finance ministers will talk about tim pact of the euro's value which has plunged in the wake of the debt crisis in greece. overall unemployment numbers are down slightly according to the labor department's latest jobs report. but with temporary census where fueling the majority of growth experts say the economy may be backsliding now. president obama, though, says his recovery plan is working. steve handelsman has our roar. >> reporter: this is what recovery looks like in major league. closed textile plant to be reopened. 100 workers to be hired. >> the way we look at it is it is like a pendulum. it reached a certain point now and we think it is time for it to swing back in the opposite direction. >> reporter: problem is the swing is slow. this was missouri. people still looking for work. almost every american hired in may signed on for a temporary job on the census. 411,000 of those. just 41,000 private sector jobs way down from april. unemployment dropped to 9.7% but some experts fear a return to recession. >> workers laid off, they are starting to get their jobs back. >> reporter: president obama was upbeat. >> we are moving in the right direction. the economic policies we put in place are working. >> reporter: but some democrats disagree. they want more government spending. >> i think that the size of the stimulus probably is not great enough because consumers are 70% of the economy. consumers don't have the money. >> reporter: it is businesses that need money to hire workers. say conservatives like steven moore. >> the best thing would be to do a tax cut. it has been a tragic mistake. >> reporter: conflicting advice of a day of economic disappointment. president obama said he is cutting tax tows small business that's hire unemployed or provided health coverage. i'm steve handelsman, news4, capitol hill. >> experts say at the current pace of jobs creation it could take until the middle of the decade to replace the more than 7 million jobs lost since 2007. many economists expect opportunity employment rate will stay above 9% through november. rescuers in northern client a are working to free 11 workers trapped in a flooded mine about 75 workers were in the mine at the time that flooded all but 11 able to escape. workers have been trying for hours to drain the floodwater out of the mine so they can reach the men trapped inside. the mine had been operating illegally. the government had ordered it shut down over concerns about safety. china has some of the most dangerous mines in the world. this evening, chilean chorts handed joran van der sloot over to officials in peru. he's the dutch national now accused the murder in lima and once suspected in the disappearance of american teenager natalee holloway. brian mooar is in lima with the latest. >> reporter: the hotel where stephany flores was killed may 30 remains an active crime scene today. on the site investigators have come and they have gone throughout it all reporters from this city and throughout peru have been camped out hoping to get the latest tidbits of information. but all eyes are manned to the south on a border town where chilean and peruvian authorities worked out a diplomatic transfer of joran van der sloot. the suspect in this case. he's not being extradited. they say he has been expelled because apparently he crossed into chile illegally and extradition would have taken months. but there is no doubt that joran van der sloot is coming back here to lima to face charges in this case. the father of the victim learned about this arrest yesterday during what we would call a wake as he was surrounded by family members. he told reporters that it does give him some measure of comfort to know that justice is on the way. >> translator: i think that this girl in aruba will finally rest in peace. she was totally assassinated in the way my daughter was. >> brian mooar joins us live on the phone from lima with more on this arrest today. brian, what's next for van der sloot now that he has been handed over to authorities in peru? >> we are being told that it will start as a whirlwind and brought into the peruvian legal process and we would consider what -- interrogation process but with orders -- peruvian justice system says there will be no justice in this case and if there was extraordinarily out of character for the country. generally prisoners from these cases can wait two, three years before they even get a trial date. that's something that he has to look forward to in this case. that's even somebody who ends up being ultimately declared innocent and freed, cleared of all charges. they could languish behind bars for a long, long time. in this case authorities say they have serious evidence that points to him as their main if no only suspect. a plodding, long-term process brian, he's now drawn back into the natalee holloway case with an extortion charge in alabama. tell us the latest on that. >> reporter: what we talked about, it would -- be pretty surprising u.s. authorities try to pursue that particular case with any kind of vigor. it turns out that joran van der sloot is suspected of trying to extort money and extorting money from the mother of natalee holloway. asking for $250,000 and given a wire transfer for $15,000 into his bank. authorities say that there is -- evidence that this was going on just days before he left for peru. so authorities were aggressively following that case. given the circumstances that overtaken that case at this point, it will be probably a lower priority for authorities in the united states to follow and as they watch the peruvian wheels of justice turn here. >> all right. brian mooar with the latest from lima, peru. brian, thank you. coming up next on "news4 at 6:00" the throat of fire volcano is causing real problems for hundreds of people in ecuador. >> we will tell you about a recall involving millions of drinking glasses sold at mcdonald's. veronica is back with another check our [ male announcer ] looking for a price that starts low and stays low? look no further than fios. now pay just $99.99 a month for verizon fios tv, america's top-rated internet and phone -- guaranteed for two years! that's fios price protection, and it saves you hundreds of dollars. you'll also get the fios movie package -- over 60 premium movie channels, including 18 in hd and starz and showtime free for six months. call 1-888-get-fios now to lock in $99.99 with a 2 year agreement, a price guaranteed for 2 years. this is beyond cable. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities this is fios. at 800-974-6006 tty/v. veronica is here with more about our weather. more volatile weather out there this afternoon. >> but not quite like yesterday. yesterday we had a pretty area wide. lot of neighborhoods got soaked. but today more isolated in nature. today, too, reports of trees down throughout the area. rockingham and page county. yankee town, virginia. several trees down, yankee town road. power lines on omega drive. they are calling you on here some of the folks that -- a possible tornado. straight line winds. same thing for page county. 30 trees reported down near mill creek crossroads. this evening haze for you. clouds have been bubbling high into the atmosphere. 9 degrees, the temperature. just shy of the 90-degree mark. we started out mild at 70 degrees. the pollen, by the way, it is moderate. 13 grains per cubic meter. grass is running 6, almost half of that. right now we are at 58 degrees, ronald reagan national airport. 59d%, humidity. winds out soeth south at 12 miles per hour. breeze to help with the heat. the storms, i think, throws go until 7:00 or 8:00 p.m. then just partly cloudy skies for the remainder of your evening. we will drop to 80 by 9:00 and 78 degrees by 11:00 p.m. let's talk about where the storms are. we have a couple of warnings still up. until 7:00 p.m. here there is likelihood of -- some hail and as well as some strong winds coming through the ar area. at 20 miles per hour for berkeley and jefferson county and eventually western areas of frederick county on off to the east of cells. all right. let's talk about how much rain has fallen. new market, virginia. that's the kind of rain we are seeing. luray picked up .13 of an inch of rain. twlind with cells that were in the southwestern portion of the area as well as southern areas of west virginia. until ten cloak p.m., watch covers the area. i think we are going to lose the power of the storms. here's the weather front through the nation's midsection. it is the warm front helping to trigger storms today. and there is another front that's coming into the pacific northwest. and that one will be headed east for wednesday. every couple of days, yes, systems running through the jet stream. upper level winds. so tomorrow, for us, more fast storms coming through the area. on that south to southwesterly flow. we will stay with a big ridge of high pressure through the weekend. it is going to be very high and lot of heat, too, continuing to build. dallas, texas, 95 degrees right now. so all weekend heat for us. then a chance to cool off funerally this pattern will show signs of breaking a bit. so until about 8:00, 9:00 again, showers and storms across the area. and there is the weather front coming into our area to -- saturday, late and early sunday. hours and storms could be some severe weather across the area again tomorrow. mainly during the afternoon between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. then we will do it all over again. front finally moves in and stalls nearby on sunday. your forecast then, isolated thunderstorms for the evening. next couple of hours. we are -- we will see the temperature falling off from 86 to 80 degrees. by tomorrow morning, little bit of clearing skies for us. mainly clearing. going to be mild, 68 and 71. sun is up tomorrow at 5:45. your high temperature is back up to 88 and 90 degrees tomorrow. scattered storms again likely we will have high winds throughout the area. and real heavy rain and frequent lightning mainly during the afternoon. so you will want to keep it tuned here to news4. look at your four-day forecast shows the weekend is unsettled with these fast paced storms. monday, less humid. high of only 80 degrees. tuesday to the high of 08 and all week long we will be hanging out in the low 80s. thank goodness. this has been -- little difficult to deal with the high heat so early. >> less humidity will be welcomed. >> refreshing. >> thanks, skroon. coming up in our next half hour of "news4 at 6:00," we will tell why you students in maryland could find themselves in larger classes next year. >> two congressional hopefuls face off on the radio today ahead of next week's republican primary in virginia. >> unusual fight on connecticut avenue when a bear was spotted wandering around the near the streets. >> the local favorite who was the runner-up at last year's spelling begets knocked out. or kobe and the lakers shine in game one of the nba finals. budget cuts mean job cuts for some employees. that's our top story at 6:30. >> notices will go out next week to about two dozen people. many of them teachers whose jobs are in jeopardy because of the budget problems. news4's derrick ward has our report. >> reporter: the school system will likely hold off on buying some new busses and some new books. positions will be cut at the central offices and in the classroom. classroom sizes could increase. these cuts come as the stun population grows but officials say with a shrinking budget there is no way around the tough choice. >> at this point we think that the number about -- people actually receiving pink slips would be about 20 teachers. >> reporter: the rest of the positions eliminated will come through retirement or just moving people to other open positions. parents like the former montgomery county school teacher says be careful where you cut. >> the areas of music and art and foreign language because -- in the past, those have always been the areas that were cut first. you about -- there's -- they are very important. >> reporter: officials say the cuts will likely come where enrollment is down but labor leaders hope that they don't lose teachers for good. >> all of them will be allowed to stay interested in recall which means they will be the first rehired. and -- our hope is that all of them will be rehired. >> reporter: this year's painful budget cutting process was made a little less painful because the state eased up on some mandates regarding funning for schools. however, no one is sure they will get a break like that next year. school officials say they have to cross that bridge when they come to it. in montgomery county, derrick ward, news4. >> a final vote on the budget is expected next tuesday. doreen? >> enrollment in virginia's community colleges is at an all-time high right now. the quell's community college has a record number of 281,000 students were taking classes over the past academic year. that's an increase of more than 7% over the previous year. and community college officials tell the richmond times dispatch that laid off workers who want to gain new skills account for part of that increase. virginia voters go to the polls to cast ballots and republican primaries next tuesday. gop candidate chosen in northern virginia's 11th congressional district will jump into a race that's likely to get some national attention. julie carey has our story. >> we will see you at the polls. thank you for your support. >> reporter: with the republican primary just three days away, it is get out the vote time. campaign volunteers work the phones, the two men vying for the chance to challenge first-term democrat jerry connelly faced each other in a final radio debate. pat hairty of the fairfax county supervisor and coo. simeon owns a national home inspection company. he lost to connelly in 2008 he says now more than ever his business credentials are needed on capitol hill. >> there are 11 entrepreneurs in congress. i think -- would be the 12th the the real-life experience starting a company creating jobs, knowing the conditions necessary where jobs can be created -- and economy can grow are essential today in congress. we do not very enough people that have those skills. >> reporter: he, too has a long career in business. but believes some experience in public service is essential. >> i have been involved in transportation and education issues in northern virginia for the last 30 years. i haven't seen them. you know, these are -- these are issues that are important to thes are dents of the 11th district. >> reporter: both men say if they were elected they would repeal the health care reform. rein in spending and control taxes. turnout for primaries is typically low and political analyst say that could favor fibian. >> i think that the turnout probably favors harrity because he has a long list of endorsements by mainstream republican leaders and elected officials. >> reporter: what certain is that the winner will join a race that will be watched closely and measure whether republicans can take control of the house. >> this is a highly competitive district. and it is going to be a very hard-fought battle and i think a lot of people from around the country, political observers, in particular, are looking at this race of a bellwether of the two political parties at the national level. >> reporter: fairfax county, julie carey, news4. >> now virginia holds open primaries meaning any registered voter can cast a ballot on tuesday. unusual fight along connecticut avenue in northwest d.c. this morning. a bear was captured on a security camera. the bear was spotted near an apartment building at connecticut and davenport. that's in the chevy chase, d.c., neighborhood. just before 7:00 a.m. the bear and two deer were eating garbage. you can see why the animals in the top right of the screen. the building manager says he has seen wild animals in the area before but never a bear. >> deer you see throughout rock creek park. borderline up against the park. very convenient to have deer walk through. but not a bear. >> the animals were only in that apartment building courtyard for a few minutes before they took off. one of the favorites at this year's nationals spelling bee is knocked out today. tim studied 20,000 note cards to prepare for this year's competition. the 13-year-old from centreville, virginia, was eliminated in first round of the semifinals this morning when he misspelled fustanella. that, of course, as we all know is a skirt worn by men in the balkans. >> we do? >> yeah, we do. right? he was the runner-up in last year's bee. 14-year-old lance from potomac, maryland, is still in the game. as well as tokyo's sonya schlesinger. she represented d.c. last year and moved to japan in january when her dad was transferred to a new job. >> 20,000 note cards? how many boxes -- give me a headache just thinking about it. coming up on "news4 at 6:00," cigarette packs are getting a colorful makeover just in time for a banning on light cigarettes. >> new study out showing coffee drinkers may not need that jolt of caffeine to kick start their day after all. >> veronica is back with another look ahead to our weekend weather. stay tuned. do you know what's in your spread ? in land o' lakes spreadable butter with canola oil, there are just three natural ingredients. delicious sweet cream, canola oil and salt. nothing hidden, nothing artificial. spread pure, natural goodness straight from the fridge. discover land o' lakes spreadable butter with canola oil. land o' lakes, where simple goodness begins. a central american volcano known as the throat of fire is living up to its name now. the volcano has been classified as active since 1999 but last night, put on quite a show as it spewed lava into the air. the throat of fire is one of eight active volcanoes in ecuador. light cigarettes will soon be getting a colorful makeover if manufacturers have their way. sxood drug administration says cigarette packs can no longer use words like light, mild, or medium because they say smokers then believe that means the products are less harmful. those labels are refer only to the cigarette's flavor and not the safety of the product. tobacco makers are replacing those words with color, including gold, silver, and blue. but anti-smoking advocates say the color are just as bad. studies show 90% of smokers and nonsmokers think that cigarettes described as light or have certain colors are less harmful. even though the government says all cigarettes can cause cancer. the buzz you get from a cup of coffee may not actually be giving you the energy boost you think. researchers in the uk studied nearly 400 people, half of whom were regular coffee drinkers. after 16 hours you would caffeine they received a shot of espresso or a placebo. researchers say regular drinkers who got the real shot had the same energy level as those who got the ma seeb owe. experts say the study shows that coffee fights the fatigue of caffeine withdrawal. >> that's why i drink decaf. >> how do you give somebody a placebo of coffee? >> exactly. >> decaf espresso? >> how is our friday night looking? >> friday night for some neighborhoods rough. other others, not too bad. this is going to be a weekend lots going on from the arts festival in frederick, maryland, blues festival in hagerstown, keep an eye on the sky. from brighton towards culpeper, boston and culpeper we are seeing the possibility of hail here. some of these fast moving cells that have been warned on. most warnings up. you can see sundown south packing lightning. same thing for the one-handed north and west of frederick right now. more headed out of baltimore. isolated in nature. the watch is up for the area until ten cloak p.m. where we have the potential. over the next hour and a half here until we lose the heating. then those storms will start dying down. 85 is the temperature now. by tomorrow morning, 74 to 75 degrees. if you are going to be going to the race for the cure participating 74 to 80 degrees. it is going to be a hydrating type day. starts early and goes late into the afternoon. 90 will be the high temperature tomorrow. and between 1:00 and 4:00 is when we could have very strong or severe thunderstorms coming through the area. as far as your beach forecast goes, that water temperature, guys, up higher now. 71 degrees. but both days we could have showers and storms coming through the area. not the best weekend to go to the beach but, hey, if you want to cool off it will be cooler there. >> all right. sounds good. thank you, veronica. chbts rescuers spent hours trying to rescue a baby elephant in india. it is not clear how the emfan got into a well. but state officials say it is a wild baby elephant all right. crowds gathered around the well when rescuers arrived this morning. they say the animal hasn't been hurt. last check they were still trying to get him out of there. >> wow. >> poor guy. >> can he swim? you would think it was like a hippo. >> maybe he can swim but not climb. that's the problem. >> little heavy. >> put a sling around him. >> coming up in sports, why the celtics coach doc rivers took money from his players. we will tell you about that. small town in virginia wants a name change plus tiger woods back to his old self? she trying. 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the money would still be sitting there. it would be hanging out for anybody to go get. like the clubhouse managefers they knew bit. maybe there is money in phoenix, too. >> go find it. >> good motivation. celtics got their money back last night but were not able to cash in. doc rivers back in l.a. important the first time since they stashed the money. game one not going their way pend of the first half. didn't go their way here. celtics down by 11. time running out. shoots and scores. got it at the buzzer. boston trails 50-41. at halftime. third quarter now. celtics trying to get something going. paul pierce drives the lane and loses it and -- guess who it is. kobe bryant there to grab it. he is out front by his lonesome. throws it down. he had a game high 30 points. and to say he was focused is an understatement. here is why. during his time-out comedian chris rock sitting near the lakers bench tried everything in its repertoire to distract kobe. i wonder what he is saying. i can't do the voice. ultimate focus. fourth quarter more of the same problems for the celtics. davis, shot blocked by ron artes artest. the lakers cruised 102-89 in game one. kobe bryant, go. >> at this point, important thing is to win every game. good start. absolute i the key. you want to take game one. now it is game two. win game two. so on and so on. not necessarily about having a great start as much as it is trying to win the series. >> most positive thing is that the whole team brought an intensity and activity especially defensively. sends to it them and able to give us a really good pace out there. so that's what i'm -- you know, really happy about. now we have a -- make sure we -- tune in again and we focus on the -- for game two. >> game two is sunday night. golf now. second round of memorial in dublin, ohio. tiger woods started the day even par. here on seven. gets the birdie to go. tiger had six birdies and three bogeys. minus three. good news. he will be around this weekend. how about phil mickelson? also on seven. putting for an eagle from about 65 feet away. she a professional. that's pretty. mickelson loved that. can't believe it. six under. seven shots behind the leader. the leader did the baby face. ricky fowler looks like justin bieger but doesn't play like justin bieber. i don't know why we are making all these references to justin bieber. >> what do you mean we? >> me. 13 under for the furmt. going for the first pga victory. university of maryland golf club. second round of the mel wood prince george's county open. on the 11th. this looks good, folks. gets that to go. one of his five birdies today. sits a minus five. six shots off the pace. good golfing. nationwide level. this is thompson on number one. approach on the par 4 from the very thick rough. this is a fantastic golf shot. if i could do this i wouldn't be sitting here talking to you. just misses. come on. why can't that go? eight under. three shots behind the leader. this man is the leader. downhill. comes up short. tap-in for the seventh birdie of the day. 11 under par. good for him. lot of good golf this weekend. tiger woods will be around. prince george's county, backyard. >> looks good. thanks. coming up, we will tell you about a recall involving 12 million shrek theemd glasses sold at mcdonald's. >> imagine being a child that can't bo to summer camp because it is your health, maybe your family can't afford it. but you can help them by donating to camp 4 kids. nbcwashington.com and search the word camp to give money online. it will give local kids with specia how is this for a nice way to end a workweek? kick back and enjoy a free doughnut. did you know today's national doughnut day? it may sound like a gimmick but it is a real holiday, we understand. celebrated every first friday this june since 1938. the salvation army decree eighted it to honor the women that served doughnuts to soldiers during world war ii. in the spirit of that, both krispy kreme and done kin don't under the circumstances are giving away free doughnuts to customers today. >> mcdonald's agreed to a massive recall. there are concerns more than 12 million shrek themed drinking glasses sold by the restaurant could be toxic. nbc's chris clackum has more. >> maybe we should have asked for direct. >> reporter: the shrek theemd glass promotion is tide to the fourth "shrek" movie. since early may, 12 million of the glasses have been sold. but are now being recalled because the consumer products safety commission found traces of the toxic metal cadmium in the glass zbles the portion of the glass that contains the cadmium is the glazing on the outside of the glass. >> reporter: it is especially harmful to children. the ones most likely to drink from the glasses. a tip from a california congresswoman led to federal testing. and recall that affects only those glasses sold over the last month. >> these glasses were sold from may of this year through june of this year. there is now a stop sale on these glasses. >> reporter: arc international, new jersey company that makes the glasses for mcdonald's, is standing by its product. >> all of our products meet state and federal requirements for testing. we have a long history of providing safe quality products. >> reporter: mcdonald's also says independent testing found nothing wrong with the glasses. but out of an abundance of caution is telling consumers to stop using the glasses immediately. and contacting them for a refund. chris clackum, nbc news. >> those glasses sold for about $2 apiece. mcdonald's says it will post instructions on its website next week regarding refunds. >> one pointal check on your week weather, veronica. >> you bet. for at least 8:00 p.m., we can see severe thunderstorms pop through the area. already some isolateded storms have been warned on. this one over culpeper without the warning. there could be hail here as it slides very quickly to the north and northeast. and there have been reports of damage from rockingham county, virginia, with trees down, page county, virginia, too. and up around hartford county, maryland. let's go ahead and take a look at what you can expect over the next few hours. a look at the storm report for your overnight forecast and early tomorrow morning. we will show you we will drop from 84 to the 70s by tomorrow morning. highs is back up to 09 degrees and looks as though we will have strong storms during the afternoon and evening again tomorrow. lot more watch for them today. >> all right. thank you, veronica. how is this for a bummer? group of eighth graders in california have been looking forward to their junior high school graduation all year long. but budget restraints forced officials in santa clarita, california, to cancel all of the eighth grade graduation ceremonies. 14-year-old hunter kozak didn't think that was fair. instead of complain bigt he and ten of his friends from sierra vista high took action. they passed out fliers and hit up people on facebook and eventually got donations and balloons, flowers, portable stage, and the sound system, too. a local company agreed to print the diplomas and mall let them hold the ceremony in a grass lot between a super walmart and a babies r us. a star from the high school musical even emceed their event. yesterday the students got to have their graduation ceremony. on top of everything the guy