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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 lawn plaza station was packed, the elevator went three to four times the normal speed. a lot of peo...

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. i'm 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. firefighters say the wind caused the flames to jump from outs to house. all the homes in the summer la...

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 state's 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 we are not having any rain right now. we had rain earlier. we seem to be between bands. everybody i...

and good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> and i'm 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. we'll have a live report from the scene straight ahead. also ahead an nbc news exclusive. general david petraeus spoke with nbc's david gregory overnight. his first interview since taking command of u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan. he is onboard with president obama's july 2011 date to beg...

"today," friday, august 6th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. i'm matt lauer. oot and i'm meredith vieira. president obama is pushing for a turn around. democrats will not get much of a boost from this morning's jobs report. >> no, they won't. 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. she'll be sworn in tomorrow becoming the fourth woman ever to sit on the high court. we're going to get ...