orders while offering a few deals to a future bride who's willing to buyff the rack. julie carey, "news 4 today." >> stay with us. "news 4 today" continues now at 5:00 a.m. deadly explosions. overseas this morning, two luxury hotels are rattled by bombs. we'll have the latest. >> an officer shot, gunfire in a prince george's county parking lot, hitting a capitol police officer and a 12-year-old girl. we'll tell you how it all unfolded. >> plus, more closures. metro plans to shut down part of the red line this weekend. where and when the delays will take place. >> well, good morning to you and welcome to "news 4 today." i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm eun yang in for barbara harrison. today, friday, july 17th, 2009. we're going to take a look outside today. still dark outside. looks like some clouds overhead. >> it looks like, to me, a perfect friday out there. >> as all fridays are. >> as all fridays are perfect. >> we have some increased humidity again back. it did dry a little bit last

night, but it's a rather steamy morning. temperatures around tn r "egio e i the 70s and as we take a look at the radar off to our west on the radar scan we have a little blob of blue there, the upper left of the corn are, that's a little shower that's ow moving off tothhe noreast thh ugleenh ytyunco. ilth veatmool ntth i wou serou n annn sy.ialv ele,er whip necioprito n,75it washington,in low0s 7 incnri pe rige orge's aornd montgomery counties. mid-70s in much of virginia except maybe in manassas, culpepper, a little cooler there. sh vanahdoalley as well near 70. near 70 oahn the eastern shore. mid-60s in the mountains. look at the dews pnt erthe.th s'sattey'sidum t hywiitt hall hit w ust here today. we have a cool frot' uha ts ha triggee ngom srape in the midwest now that will be omteving later on this afoorn as it does sweep through, could trigger thunderstorms from 3:00 to 8:00. a slight risk o isolated oo ms. could produce some hail and perhaps some damaging winds. highs before that, though, near 90 degrees. any storms should be dissipating

by late this evening, turning out cooler, a much more pleasant weekend on tap. details on that coming up at 5:11. >> see you then. thank you. >> let's go back to jerry edwards now and the news 4 traffic network. >> good morning once again. still looking pretty good on this friday. no big deals to report. starting off here with i-95 in maryland between baltimore and washington, no early hangups. b-w parkway and 50 headed down to shef el ee looking good. the top side of the capital beltway this morning at connecticut avenue, inner loop of the beltway from rockville pike to i-95 looking good. joe and eun, back to you. >> thank you, jerry. >> we're following breaking news from the vatican now. pope benedict has been taken to a hospital in northern italy after slipping and falling during a vacation in the alps. a vatican spokesman said the pope slipped and got hurt but it doesn't seem to be serious. we'll bring you more details as

they become available. >> now to a developing story out of indonesia this morning. bombs exploded at two luxury hotels this morning in jakarta, killing nine people and wounding at least 50 others. the bombs exploded just two minutes apart at the j.w. marriott and the ritz-carlton hotels. two u.s. officials said one other american citizen are believed to -- and one other american citizen are believed to have been injured but that is unconfirmed at this time. antiterror forces were on the scene of both blasts but officials have not confirmed what, if any, terrorist group is responsible for the attacks. we'll bring you more information, though, as soon as we get it. now to the latest in a triple shooting involving an off-duty capitol police officer. this happened yesterday right across the street from the nasa goddard space center in greenbelt, maryland. the officer and a 12-year-old caught in the cross fire were both hit. >> news 4 michael flynn joins us live from the prince george's

county hospital center. >> reporter: three people were shot, including a 12-year-old girl and an off-duty capitol police officer. fortunately we're told that none of the injuries is life-threatening. the off-duty u.s. capitol police officer was rushed here just after 7:00 last night. his family identified him as eddie thornton jr. he was shot in the parking lot of an apartment complex right across the street from nasa in greenbelt. family members say he pulled into the parking lot to visit his mother, who runs a day care at the complex. police say he witnessed a man firing shots randomly in the parking lot. investigators say it was connected to the suspect arguing with his roommate at the complex, and that roommate is a military officer at ft. myer. the suspect had his roommate's military weapon when he began firing. officer thornton and the suspect exchanged gunfire. both were hit, and a 12-year-old girl in a nearby apartment was grazed by a stray bullet. police tell us none of the injuries is life-threatening. that's good news this morning. family members tell us last night that officer thornton was

cautious and talking so good news there. back to you, eun and joe. >> thanks very much. >> this is the second shooting involving a capitol police officer in just two days. on wednesday, officers were forced to kill a suspect just blocks from the capitol building. police have identified the victim as 27-year-old kellen anthony white of brandywine, maryland. police say he fled a traffic stop, hit two officers with his car and wouldn't drop his gun. he fired at the officers and was killed during the shootout. he has been arrested on weapons and drug charges in the past. his family told news 4 they can't believe he meant to hurt anyone. they say he had just become a father four weeks ago. >> you can expect more delays on the red line this weekend. the takoma metro station will close from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. tomorrow. this is part of the ongoing investigation into last month's deadly metro crash on the red line. investigators are running tests on the tracks between the takom and ft. totten stations. here's what you can expect when the takoma station is closed

tomorrow. trains will run between glenmont and silver spring, also between ft. totten and shady grove but there will be a shuttle bus service to help people get around the closure of the takoma station. >> happening today, the space shuttle "endeavour" will dock at the international space station, but nasa is dealing with a bit of a mystery as it tries to figure out why foam from the shuttle's fuel tank peeled off after liftoff. nasa says the shedding is minor and poses no danger to the shuttle. astronauts inspected the ship yesterday, their first full day in orbit, which was the 40th anniversary of the launch of the first moon landing. >> family, friends and fans of michael jackson will have to wait even longer for the results of his autopsy, according to the los angeles county coroner's office. that office had expected to wrap up the report late this week or early next week, but they now say the results are expected in two weeks, though they declined to explain why. the report will include what drugs were in jackson's system when he died, which will be a

key in deciding what, if any, criminal charges might be brought. >> sonia sotomayor could be a few weeks away from being confirmed as the nation's first hispanic supreme court justice. she wrapped up her testimony before the senate judiciary committee yesterday. on her third and last day of confirmation hearings, witnesses testified for and against her. they included some firefighters from the appellate judge's most controversial case. sotomayor was among the judges who ruled for the city of new haven after the city threw out a test that would have qualified white firefighters for promotions but not minorities. >> i think we all have the expectation when we took the test that the test would be fair and job-related and that it was going to be dictated by one's merit, on how well you did on the exam, not by the color of your skin. >> republicans on the panel said they expect a senate floor vote to come before the august recess. >> our time is now 5:07, 75 degrees out there. coming up on its 100th

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then tomorrow in the morning, turning less humid and clearing out. we'll be in the upper 60s. for saturday, a delightful day. mostly sunny, low humidity, a bit of a breeze out of the west/northwest. great for sailing on the bay. highs reaching the low 80s by the afternoon. a look at sunday and next week. that will be in ten minutes. now, jerry, how's the traffic? >> hey, tom, let's start over on i-66 where we're doing okay so far this morning. this is the close-up picture -- very close-up. there's the metro platform. 66 moving along well all the way in, no early hangups to report. a check of your speeds this morning. the beltway inner loop from college park to route 50, 8 minutes. from 50 to the wilson bridge, only 16 minutes. off the wilson bridge to i-95 springfield, just 7 minutes so far. smooth sailing on a friday morning. back to you. >> thank you very much. >> thanks. >> time right now 5:12, 75 degrees. still ahead, a n ruling about politicians and the clothes they wear on the many ka pain trail. >> plus a fiery explosion on the side of the road.

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are recovering after being shot outside a apartment complex in prince george's county. the victims include a capitol police officer who was off-duty at the time, another man and a 12-year-old girl. sonia sotomayor is speeding toward confirmation as the nation's first hispanic supreme court justice. she concluded three grueling day of questioning by the senate judiciary committee yesterday. the confirmation vote is expected later this month. shuttle "endeavour" will dock at the international space station today. nasa, meanwhile, has been trying to figure out why part of the shuttle's fuel tank lost so much foam during wednesday's liftoff. nasa managers are calling it a mystery but say they are not worried. a double edged sword on wall street this morning. the dow jones is up against partly due to a surge in confidence in banks and technology stocks. both jpmorgan and goldman sachs, two companies who benefited from the bailout, pulled in stellar profits last quarter. unfortunately, foreclosures are

still at an all-time high. some are calling for baskets to lend their new profits to stem the foreclosure. well, the big day today in biloxi, mississippi, as the national governors association holds its annual convention. the nations governors will meet to discuss strategies for budgets, infrastructure, education and energy as well as information about the federal stimulus funds and emergency management. the conference will have some notable absences, though. embattled south carolina governor mark sanford, recently resigned alaska governor sarah palin and arnold schwarzenegger of california have all said they will not attend. >> clothes may make the man or the woman, but politicians running for office cannot use campaign money to buy clothes. that's the verdict from the federal election commission. at the same time, the agency did cut four congressional house members and candidates some slack. the f.e.c. said the amount of money they spent was modest and

the candidates reimbursed their campaigns. sarah palin made headlines last year after the republican national committee spent more than $150,000 on designer clothes for her and her family. the commission dismissed a complaint about that case, saying the ban on the use of donations to buy clothing does not apply to party money. a sencentennial celebrations marked by a speech from barack obama. the naacp welcomed the first black president at its meeting this week. michelle franzen reports. >> reporter: a historic moment within the nation's oldest civil rights organization. president barack obama, the first african-american elected to the nation's highest office, marking the naacp's centennial convention in new york city. >> what we celebrate tonight is not simply the journey the naacp has traveled, but the journey that we as americans have traveled over the past 100 years. >> reporter: decades of

discrimination battles and bold dreams helped pave the way for the momentany thought they would not live to see. >> i made a little trip to springfield, illinois, a couple of years ago. where lincoln once lived and race riots once raged and began the journey that has led me to be here tonight as the 44th president of the united states of america.mage and expanding its membership base. more than 500,000 people belong to the organization and the

fastest growing age group is now under 25. >> i talk about issues going on in their communities, how do they feel. >> reporter: voices of a new generation of civil rights activists inspired by both the past and the present. michelle franzen, nbc news, new york. >> u.s. presidents have made appearances at naacp gatherings since the group's founding in 1909. >> well, round two of the britisopen is now under way and turnberry, scotland. tom watson is at the top of the leaderboard. he is 5 under par. >> the 59-year-old watson has been the story of the tournament so far. here's dan hellie with your sports minute. >> good morning, everyone, your sports minute starts with the nationals. last night taking on the cubs and jim riggleman's national managerial debut. he preached about getting results but the team did not respond. the nationals never caught up.

they go on to lose 6-2. it's the nationals' 62nd loss of the year. in golf, first round of the british open at turnberry. 59-year-old tom watson, who won the tournament there 32 years ago, is now in contention again. watson carted a bogey-free 65. he is one shot behind the leader, miguel an jell jimenez. as for tiger woods, he struggled. four bogeys, 4 over par going into the second round. the redskins selected defensive end jeremy jar minimum out of kentucky in the third roupd of yesterday's supplemental draft. to get jarmin, they gave up their choice in the 2010 draft. 6'3", 277 pounds, he's the first supplemental draft choice in redskins history. that's your sports minute. i'm dan hellie. everybody have a great friday. >> it's been a good year fortin a fay and things are getting even better. her sitcom swept this year's

nominations. "30 rock" got 32 nominations. the awards ceremony takes place this year on september 20th. >> be tough to choose between them. >> both very funny. >> 5:21 is the time. time for traffic and weather on the 1s. >> let's check in with meteorologist tom kierein. >> happy friday. as we get going this morning, we ha temperatures in the 70s, partly cloudy. by 9:00 in the upper 70s, near 80. by noontime, mid-80s. it's going to be a warm and humid day with sunshine in and out. from perhaps mid-afternoon all the way into this evening, thers a chance of a passing thunderstorm, some of which could produce damaging winds. it may interrupt the cubs game tonight, too. a chance of some storms at game time. first pitch 7:05. probably be in the low 80s. maybe some lingering thundershowers until around midnight. then by dawn, lower humidity moving in. as we clear out we'll be in the 60s, a mostly sunny day tomorrow. highs in the low to mid-80s.

on sunday, another delightful summer day with low humidity, highs low 80s, maybe some storms around late monday, into monday night and perhaps each afternoon, tuesday, wednesday and thursday. humidity returning next week. jerry, good morning. how's the friday commute? >> good morning to you. good morning, everyone. in from the west, the dulles toll road, route 7, route 50 and i-66 all doing fine. going to be heading for downtown early this morning, there's a live picture. 395 northbound traffic, to and across the 14th street bridge moving along under a light volume as is southbound right now. lanes are open. back to you. >> thank you, jerry. >> thank you, jerry. our time now 5:22, 75 degrees. still ahead, another accident at disney world just two weeks after a deadly monorail crash. two buses collide. what happened to cause that accident. >> plus, new photos this morning showing the hole that ripped in a southwest plane inmidair. >> right now, here is your liz "on the money," money-saving tip of the day. >> "consumer reports" magazine

says now is a great time to look for bargains at restaurants. one way is to order takeout. it saves on the tip and many restaurants now accept online orders and offer curb-side pickups. i'm liz crenshaw, "on the money."

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a deadly morning overseas. over night, two luxury hotels are rattled by bombs. we'll have the la. >> three people are recovering after being shot in prince george's county. we'll tell you howt all happened. >> plus, the white house will paint a better picture of the economy today. while there's some improvement, find out why not everyone thinks we're out of the woods yet. >> good morning and welcome back to "news 4 today." i'm joe krebs on this friday, the 17th of july. >> and i'm eun yang in for barbara harrison today. we'll take a live look outside on this hazy morning, some high clouds, but it looks like the sun is just getting ready to peek out. >> a beautiful morning out there right now, but kind of warm and muggyish.

>> meteorologist tom kierein's up in storm center 4 with a look at today's forecast. good morning to you. >> the best part of the day, though, temperatures around the region are pleasant. we're in the mid-70s in washington, low 70s to mid-70s montgomery, fairfax and princ george's counties. mid-60s around the shenandoah valley valley. southern maryland is in the low to mid-70s. near the bay and eastern shore, low 70s there. out in the mountains, it's in the 60s this morning. they have had a few passing showers there overnight. heading up toward the north and east. we'll have a few clouds in and out today. a chance of some strong storms this afternoon. there's a slight risk of an isolated storm producing damaging winds between 3:00 and 8:00 p.m. we'll have highs reaching 90 degrees before that happens. sunrise at 5:57. the sunset at 8:31. this evening there may be some passing thundershowers that may interrupt the nationals and cubs at nationals park. any storms, though, should be dissipating by late evening. then clearing out by this time tomorrow morning. we'll be down into the 60s with lower humidity moving in for the

weekend. a look at the saturday forecast coming up in ten minutes at 5:41. >> thanks very much, tom. >> let's check in with jerry edwards now to get an update on the roadways. any problems out there? >> no, pretty quiet this morning. twiddling my thumbs, doing nothing special. that's the way we like it. we'll keep our fingers crossed to last that way. 270, a little bit of volume headed down to the split. no accidents, no incidents to report. elsewhere, let you know things looking pretty good this morning at the wilson bridge. keep in mind we have the lane split on the outer loop after van dorn street. yesterday was a nightmare. hopefully it will be better today. dulles toll road looking good so far. back to you. >> thank you very much. we are following breaking news right now from the vatican. pope benedict xvi has been taken to a hospital in northern italy after breaking his wrist. he slipped and fell during his vacation in the alps. the vatican spokesman says the pope, quote, slipped and got hurt but it does not seem to be serious.

an italian news agency reports pope benedict walked into the hospital with an aide. he's now undergoing tests. the vatican said it will release a statement after the tests are concluded, but once again we just learned he did break his wrist. >> we're following a developing story out of indonesia now. bombs exploded at two luxury hotels this morning in jakarta, killing 9 and wounding at least 50 people. the bombs exploded two minutes apart at the marriott and the ritz-carlton. two u.s. officials said one american is believed to have been injured but that is uncoirmeat this time. antiterror forces were on the scene of both blasts, but officials have not confirmed yet if any terrorist group is responsible for the attacks. we'll bring you more information as soon as we get it. now to the latest in a triple shooting that injured an off-duty capitol police officer and a 12-year-old girl. >> it happened last night in the parking lot of an apartment building in the 8500 block of greenbelt road.

police say that's where the officer got involved in a shooting with another gunman. >> news 4's michael flynn joins us live from cheverly, maryland, with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. in all, three people were shot, including a 12-year-old girl and an off-duty u.s. capitol police officer and this morning he is listed in stable condition. the officer was rushed here to the prince george's county hospital center just after 7:00 last night. his family identified him as eddie thornton jr. he w shot in the parking lot of an apartment complex right across the street from nasa in greenbelt. family members say he pulled into parking lot to visit his mother who runs a day care at the complex. police say he witnessed a man firing shots randomly in the parking lot. investigators say it was connected to the suspect arguing with his roommate at the complex. that roommate is a military officer at ft. myer. the suspect had his roommate's military weapon when he started firing. officer thornton and the suspect exchanged gunfire. both were hit, along with a 12-year-old girl in a nearby

apartment who was grazed by a stray bullet. here's what officer thornton's sister told us when she got to the hospital last night. >> they told us that he's lucid, he's talking. we just arrived. it was a mess of -- at the gate. we just tried to hurry and get here as soon as we could so we could find out what his condition is. his wife is here and we're all just trying to get in there and see what his condition is. >> reporter: do they have children? >> no, they just got married june 13th. tomorrow's his birthday. >> reporter: police say none of the injuries is life-threatening. officer thornton, as i said yerler, last reported in stable condition. back to you. >> michael flynn reporting live. thanks very much. today a funeral will be held for byrd and melanie billings, the florida couple murdered inside their home last week. police are also releasing new details about the case. according to a police report, a local realtor arrested in the case had the couple's stolen safe hidden in her back yard.

pamela wiggins is charged with being an accessory after the murder of byrd and melanie billings. six men and a teenager also face murder charges. >> we have located several guns in various locations, one of which we believe is the murder weapon. we believe that this concludes the make or part of our investigation. >> the couple, known for adopting special needs children, were shot to death. 9 of the couple's 16 children were home during the break-in and three of them actually saw the intruders, but they were not injured. >> the trial of banita jacks, the mother accused of murdering her four daughters, continues today. yesterday for the first time jacks showed some real emotion. jacks' mother, mamie jacks, took the stand as a witness for the prosecution, described her daughter as a good mother. but said she had not seen banita or the girls since 2005. the four girls were found dead in january of 2008. banita jacks became emotional during her mother's testimony

and the judge called a recess so she could regain her composure. >> well, the recession has hit the district hard and the 2010 budget is proof of that. the 2010 fiscal year begins in october and the budget has already been revised twice because of slumping revenues. last september, the city slashed $130 million for its budget, followed by another $453 million in cuts in the last eight months. couple that with another 150 million in projected cuts and the total is $733 million in lost revenue over the last year. but some residents think the city is doing the best it can. >> pretty good job of managing this crisis. we've really had a month after month of revenues falling and growing challenges and keeping our budget balanced, while also preserving things like education and health care and for the most part those services have been preserved. >> but the district is also cutting 250 more government jobs in various sectors to reduce costs even further. >> the foggy bottom neighborhood will be getting some new

development. mayor adrien fenty plans to build a new fire station and library for the west end community at 24th and l streets northwest. the new project will house both the library pld the fir station in the same building. fenty says he hopes the project will help spur new economic development in that area. an early proposal to develop the project pell apart after community opposition. bids for new contracts will go out this fall. changes are coming to national harbor as well. the prince george's county planning board has approved a plan to build a convenience store, gas station and fast food straupt at the harbor. some objected to the idea, saying having a fast food place on the property will diminish the upscale nature of the place and detract from historic sites near the property. as a compromise, the store, gas station and fast food restaurant will be built away from ose historic sites. now 5:38. coming up, looking for a washington landmark, when the famous watergate hotel will go up on the auction block. >> forget about the sharks.

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forecast coming up in ten minutes. how's the traffic? >> a little bit of a problem on 95, virginia. 95 northbound between route 1 woodbridge and lorton, minor accident, police are there, flashing lights. you know the story. the lanes are available. southbound no worries. elsewhere, check things out, let you know that i-70 between baltimore and washington looks good. no worries reported out on route 15, dulles toll road and 66 all looking fine so far. eun and joe, back to you. >> thanks very much. >> 5:43. still ahead, more delays for metro riders this weekend. what you need to know before you take the train. >> plus, find out how a 17-year-old boy sailed his way into the world record books.

it's now 5:45. update ourg top stories of the morning, at least nine people are dead after powerful explosions at two hotels in

indonesia. officials say the blast at the j.w. marriott and the ritz-carlton were caused minutes apart and were caused by high explosives. about 50 others were injured. three people are recovering after being shot outside an apartment complex in prince george's county. the victims include a capitol police officer who was off duty at the time and a 12-year-old girl. it happened last night in greenbelt. all three victims are expected to be okay. >> sonia sotomayor is speeding toward confirmation as the nation's first hispanic supreme court justice. she concluded three days of questioning by the senate judiciary committee yesterday. a confirmation vote is expected later this month. joe? >> metro officials are still investigating the cause of last month's deadly metro train crash and that investigation could cause some weekend delays for red line riders due to a station closure. news 4's megan mcgrath joins us live from the takoma metro station to tell us more about the likely delays. good morning, megan. >> reporter: well, good morning, joe. people who take the line here at

the takoma station have been seeing a lot of delays lately and it's not over yet. the ntsb continues to conduct tests down on the tracks near the takoma station in the area where the collision occurred. they've been doing site distance tests and other tngs that require them to close down the takoma station so that their folks can safely do their work down there on the tracks. the station was closed at 10:00 a.m. yesterday for several hours. today things are normal so you're not going to have any problem coming in and out of the station going to work today. however, tomorrow is a different story. they're going to be closing down the takoma station for about a 12-hour period, beginning at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. it will remain closed until 7:00 p.m. they're going to be running a shuttle bus service between ft. totten and the silver spring metro station itself to try to help move people around. earlier this week, the ntsb issued urgent recommendations to metro. called on metro to install a backup system to monitor train movement, to prevent collisions

like we saw last month. now, metro's gm at the time said that no such alert system exists in the marketplace, that they would actually have to invent such a system. metro has talked apparently to several vendors at this point, so they are going forward with plans to try and come up with such a system, have it installed here. it's unclear, though, how long that will take or how much it will cost, but again they are talking to those vendors. again today if you're headed out to work here in the next hour or so, if you go to the takoma station you shouldn't have any problems today. everything is normal today. if you do travel on saturday, keep in mind the station will be closed for 12 hours on saturday beginning at 7:00 a.m. joe, back to you. >> megan mcgrath reporting live. thanks very much. >> if you've got some extra cash, you can own one of washington's most famous landmarks. the famed watergate hotel is on the auction block. monument realty bought the hotel five years ago with hopes of restoring it to its original glory. but the watergate fell behind on its mortgage payments and it is

now in foreclosure. the auction will take place on tuesday. historians hope the highest bidder will keep the hotel as is and not tear it down. conflicting emotions on economic recovery this morning. the dow jones is up again this week but foreclosures are still at an all-time high. brooke hart reports on what could be a fragile recovery for wall street. >> reporter: it was hard to imagine just months ago. first goldman sachs and now jpmorgan reporting stellar profits last quarter. >> some of the financial institutions that taxpayer money helped pull out of the difficult crisis that we had last year are now in a position, because so many competitors are weak, that they can make huge profits. >> reporter: citigroup and bank of america are on track to report good news, too. ibm joins intel in reporting it blew through second quarter profit projections. more confidence going forward. >> that does give them some flexibility when they have some more confidence, and that's

going to take some moreime to actually spend some money and hire some workers. >> reporter: and analysts say joblessness threatens progress. it's fueling the forecsure rate now at a record. >> they can go as low -- >> reporter: this woman in san diego could lose her home as soon anext week, unable to pay or work out a new plan with a lender. >> the worst case scenario is i'm going to end up without my house, and i'm nervous. very nervous. >> reporter: critics ask where's the mortgage relief president obama promised in february? so far, only 325,000 homeowners have been helped. >> i think it's important to give the program some ti to  work and to assess where it may need to be improved. >> reporter: banks are under pressure from bad loans and not just home mortgages, but credit cards and commcial real estate, too. jpmorgan, for one, has set aside $30 billion to cover future losses. there are calls for banks to lend their new profits to stem foreclosures and consumer debt.

their concern -- that badd causd the crisis in the first place and that mistake can't be repeated. in washington, brooke hart, nbc news. >> the white house is sending out adviser larry summers to give the obama administration's take on wall street's happenings. >> our time is 5:51. time for traffic and weather on the 1s. >> look who's here. meteorologist tom kierein. >> i guess i'm here. i should do the weather. >> or if you want to take about something else -- >> let's forge ahead. feeling like summertime now. the humidity, yesterday in the mid-90s, our hottest day in almost a year. there's a way to spend a friday morning. hunting for breakfast. how about a little catfish fry for breakfast? there's the potomac river. sun up in about five minutes. it's 75 in washington. got a few high clouds coming through. a delightful summer morning under way. it's not too humid, just rather humid at this hour. radar scanning the sky, no precipitation here. there is a shower, though, south of harrisonburg in the shenandoah valley that may move

owt d uplfryaron ionth a aer fth he orrouours if it holds together. for the most part we'll stay dry around the region. temperatures are mild, in the 70s all around the area. upper 60s in a few locations around the blue ridge and shenandoah valley. weather watchers southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore reporting low and mid-70s there. out of the mountains it's in the mid-60s. over the last six hours we've had some of these clouds coming in, they're ahead of a cool front triggering showers in the ohio valley down into eastern kentucky. in this yellow zone, we have a risk of strong storms this afternoon, from new england down to the carolinas, could ber flight delays, 3:00 to 8:00 p.. is when we could have isolated storms producing damaging wind also and hail. traveling today elsewhere, maybe some storls in the central plains and along the gulf coast, maybe some flight delays there as well as between here and new england, maybe a little bit of rain around the northern great lakes. now for us, we've got this cool front that's just now coming into the ohio valley. we had one weak one go through yesterday. that's now to our east.

but this one is a little bit stronger and it's triggering some showers and thundershowers there now. out ahead fd of that we have the humidity in place. that along with the sun will destabilize the atmosphere. we'll have the rain coming through. an area of low pressure forming along the front will move into new england and bring some rain up there. for us, for this friday, we'll have a partly cloudy morning. temperatures mid-80s by noon. during the afternoon, going quite cloudy, highs near 90 and steam heat. there is a chance of some thundershowers coming through from 3:00 p.m. all the way into this evening. between 3:00 and 8:00 is when we could get an isolated storm, producing damaging winds and hail. it might interrupt the cubs and nationals game tonight as well at nationals park but then clearing out tomorrow morning. lower humidity moving in. and a terrific day on saturday. should be mostly sunny, highs reaching the low to mid-80s. a little bit cooler on sunday. yea t daor foutdoor work and recreation and just enjoying summer weather. into the low 80s sundayitor lh w humidity and a few clouds in the

afternoon. then late on monday maybe a thundershower. otherwise, most ofonyday drokg iny. ur sday, wedthsdg ayay, there's a chance of passing thundershowers in the afternoon with highs in the 80s. now here's a look at the bay for saturday. looks like a great day for iling. west/nthwesterly winds around 20 miles an hour, lots of sun, mhis0gh -8ids. ater temperatures in the-8 ond-70s. sunday it will be mostly sunny. n'ndes wo qt bteuites a strong t arghsndou .80 if dic aroundhe d bay. heading to t wees teachor fhis enek rebo,th the water  temperature is swimmabl ,ci rtyhtightar ndou ee s.gr gh s aton sury sownd thd-80thwi southwestly breeze lo tsfn.su nth ea o sunday, looks like an clrly w bd ymari syome ouds in, highs in the 70s. bie wind off the waterlil w be a rtleoo there ae t thbehes, but overall a great weekend around the bay and at the beaches. so enjoy. that's the way it looks on history morning. >> thank you very much. >> let's go to jerry edwards and the news 4 traffic network. any friday problems? >> nothing really major.

that's good news. we had the accident 95 northbound between route 1 and woodbridge and lohr done, over to the shoulder drawing attention. other than that, fine. as you head toward the wilson bridge, looking good. outer loop also looking good. the travel lanes are open so no big surprises there. let's see how you're doing out on the rails this morning. metrorail reporting no delays so far this morning. vre trains pulling out on time as they are up on the marc system and very good news. back to you. >> thanks very much >> thank you. scientists are scratching their heads over a strange site along the coast of southern california. thousands of giant squid have invaded the waters near san diego. over the weekend they started washing ashore after a small earthquake. in the water they've been roughing up unsuspecting divers. the squid generally live in deep tropical waters off mexico and central america. scientists are not sure why they've migrated up to california. >> another one for the record

books. a california teenager just sailed his way to a world record. yesterday, 17-year-old zac sunderland became the youngest sailor to circle the globe. he is the first person ever to complete the trip before turning the age of 18. he got a warm welcome at a harbor in marina del rey where his journey began 18 months ago. he traveled more than 25,000 miles. sunderland says he's ready for a new adventure, but plans to take a short break. how about high school, college? >> to the money crisis now and a look at how foreign markets are doing today. the asian markets ended the week on a positive note. japan's nikkei gained 0.55%. the hang seng gained 0.37%. to wall street now where the dow futures are pointing to a slightly negative opening. yesterday, the dow gained 95 points, closing at 8711. the nasdaq gained 22 points

closing at 1885. >> we are always looking for jobs for you. the relationship a han i can area community services board is looking for a jail and detention center supervisor. the position would specialize in mental health and substance abuse. applicants should have a master's degree in behavioral sciences. to apply, visit the community services board's website. you can also find more jobs on our website by visiting nbcwashington.com. search jobs 4 you. >> still ahead this morning, nasa makes an embarrassing admission as the country remembers and celebrates the 40th anniversary of the first man to walk on the moon. >> starbucks is making more changes, at least one store will not be called starbucks anymore. and it is adding alcohol to the menu. >> and it is 5:57 out there, 75 degrees. a little muggy. meteorologist tom kierein will be back with your forecast. >> we'll have traffic and weather on the 1s.

breaking news. pope benedict xvi hospitalized. what happened? we have new information from the hospital. >> we're also following a developing story overseas, two deadly bombs hit luxury hotels in inn companesiaindonesia, kil9 people. this morning we're learning more about what and who might have caused those attacks. >> a capitol police officer is shot when he exchanges gunfire with a man at a maryland apartment complex. a 12-year-old girl is caught in the cross fire. >> good morning. welcome back to "news 4 today." i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. today is fday, july 16th,

2009. gorgeous out there on this early friday morning. >> what a beautiful picture of the sunrise on this friday morning. if you're not looking at the tv screen, look at it right now because that is one beautiful picture. 75 degrees, kind of muggy, though. >> tom, what do you think? going to be a nice day? >> all fridays are great days and it looks like a terrific summer day on the way. if you enjoy a little humidity. it won be reay oppressive. t no hot at styeery.ye erpp u 80sld reach the to near 90 depps.eegr on radar, don't have any rain within about 100 miles of gtwaeeinshon in however, there is one shower just south of harrisonburg movingp t shenandoah valley to the north, but throughout the entire region weho dul stay dry here this morning into early afternoon. as we take a look at the forecast for today, we'll have partly cloudy morning. by 9:00 near 80. bydnoon, m 80s. it will peak near 90 by mid-afternoon. a lot of showers building producing showers and thundershowers. there is a slight risk we cldou get a severe storm between 3:00 and 8:00 p.m., an isolated storm

could produce damaging winds and hail between that time. sunset at 8:31. this evening maybe some lingering showers and thundershowers interrupting the nationals and cubs at nationals lden. some lower humidity starting off saturday morning in the 60s. a look at the saturday forecast. that will be in ten minutes at 6:11. >> thank you. >> now let's go to jerry edwards and the news 4 traffic network. any problems? >> no. i tell you, i wish every day around here were the same as today. very quiet. this is interstate 66. here's the eastbound side coming out of manassas toward centreville, fair oaks, nothing to worry about. those of you headed west this morning that's moving very nicely under a light volume of traffic from the beltway all the way to haymarket. nothing to worry about so far. elsewhere, check things out, headed to the woodrow wilson bridge on this hazy morning. looks like travel lanes are open and vehicles zipping along nicely both ways between alexandria and oxen hill. back to you. >> thanks very much. >> breaking news.

pope benedict xvi is in a hospital in northern italy with a broken wrist. the pontiff slipped and fell during his vacation in the alps. a vatican official says the pope will stay in the hospital for a few more hours as the doctors treat his fracture. the 82-year-old pope was able to walk into the hospital with the help of an aide and is otherwise in good health. >> we're following a developing story in indonesia this morning. bombs exploded at two luxury hotels, a j.w. marriott and a ritz-carlton this morning in jakarta, killing 9 people and wounding at least 50. the bombs exploded just two minutes apart. jakarta's police chief says the suspected suicide bombers were guests at one ofhe two hotels. there's been no immediate claim of responsibility but a terrorism analyst says the like ri culprit is an al qaeda-linked terrorist group. >> that is a lot of smoke. i walk quickly out of the hotel.

everything was quite crazy. a strange sensation that people had to, you know, with blood and these kind of things that has been confusing. >> u.s. officials say they believe that one american has been injured -- at least one american has been injured. >> prince george's county poli are trying to sort through the details of a shootout in the middle of an apartment complex. three people were hurt. a capitol police officer, another man and a 12-year-old girl. the gunfire broke out in an apartment parking lot across from the nasa goddard space center. michael flynn joins us live from the prince george's county hospital center. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. in all, three people shot, including a 12-year-old girl and that off-duty capit police officer. this morning he's listed in stable condition here. the officer was rushed here to prince george's hospital center after 7:00 last night. his family identifies him as eddie thornton jr. he was shot in the parking lot of an apartment complex right

across the street from nasa in greenbelt. family members say he pulled into the parking lot to visit his mother, who runs a day care at the complex. police say he witnessed a man firing shots randomly in the parking lot. investigators say it was connected to the suspect arguing with his roommate at the complex. that roommate is a military officer at ft. myer. the suspect had his roommate's military weapon when he was firing. officer thornton and the suspect exchanged gunfire. both were hit, along with a 12-year-old girl in a nearby apartment who was grazed by a stray bullet. police say none of the injuries is life-threatening. family members of officer thornton told us last night that he was conscious and talking and doing well this morning. again, he's listed in stable condition. back to you. >> michael flynn live in cheverly this morning. thank you. >> police have identified the man killed in wednesday's shooting near the u.s. capitol. he is 27-year-old kellen anthony white of brandywine, maryland. police say he fled a traffic stop, struck two officers with

his car and wouldn't put down his gun. he was killed during the shootout with police. white has been arrested before on weapons, assault and drug charges. white's family told news 4 yesterday afternoon they can't believe he meant to hurt anyone. they say he had just become a father four weeks ago. >> well, the ongoing investigation into last month's deadly metrorail crash will cause delays on the red line again this weekend. the takoma metro will close from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. tomorrow. investigators are running tests on the tracks between the takoma and ft. totten stations. so here's what you can expect tomorrow. trains will run between glenmont and silver spring and also between ft. totten and shady grove. there will be shuttle bus service to help people get around the takoma station closed down. >> supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor appears headed for confirmation. sotomayor avoided making any gaffes during the four-day senate confirmation hearing. yesterday, sotomayor saw witnesses line up for and against her nomination, including some firefighters in one of her most controversial cases.

sotomayor was among the judges who ruled in favor of the city of new haven when it threw out a test that would have qualified them for a promotion. among those supportinjudge sotomayor, former major league pitcher david cone. he praised her decision for ending the 1994-1995 baseball strike. a vote on her confirmation is expected next tuesday. the republicans will likely ask for a week's delay. >> a historic moment for one of the nation's oldest civil rights advocacy groups. president barack obama spoke at the centennial convention of the naacp yesterday. he spoke of the journey that america has traveled over the last 100 years but also the need for the same perseverance seen in the past. >> the same commitment, the same sense of urgency, the same sense

of sacrifice, the same sense of community, the same willingness to do our part for ourselves and one another. >> the naacp is in the midst of redefining its image and expanding its membership base. more than 500,000 people belong to the organization and the fastest growing age group in the organization is now uer the age of 25. >> a local golfer is moving up on the leaderboard at the british open. nasa makes an embarrassing achievement about the greatest mission of the last century. >> an amazing rescue caught on tape. you'll have to see it. watch as police officers are able to save a woman from this burning car. ññxxxxóxoxoçgñ1ñcñc   

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afternoon. looks like good weather for it, too. this morning we're off to a summery start. nearby suburbs are near 70. the shenandoah valley, 60s. 70s elsewhere. by 9:00 in the 80s. during the afternoon, highs near 90 with rather humid conditions. there is a possibility of passing thundershowers 3:00 p.m. to this evening. 3:00 to 8:00, we could get some strong storms, damaging winds, but any storms dissipate by midnight. mostly sunny on saturday with low humidity. highs in the low and mid-80s. a look at sunday and next week in ten minutes. how's the traffic? >> looking pretty good. we'll head to the capital beltway near telegraph road. there's the outer loop and inner loop. do keep in mind the lane split on the beltway after van dorn street. all three lanes will be maintained. elsewhere, see how things are moving along, route 50 eastbound and westbound, no early worries

there. wilson bridge traffic doing fine as it i along i-270. joe and eun, back to you. >> thanks very much. nasa makes an embarrassing admission as the country remembers and celebrates the 40th anniversary of the first man to walk on the moon. wall street may be in the middle of a hot streak and while there are some signs of improvement, new numbers show we're still far from being out of the woods. g@

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but we can act. the president and congress have alan lower your costs and stop denials for pre-existing conditions. it's time to act. updating the top stories in the news for today, suspected suicide bombers are being blamed for today's explosions at two luxury hotels in indonesia. the two bombs exploded this morning in jakarta, killing at least 9 people and injuring more than 50. a u.s. capitol police officer is in the hospital following a shooting at an apartment complex in greenbelt last night. police say the off-duty officer got involved after he saw two people shooting at each other in the parking lot. a 12-year-old girl who was at the scene was struck by a stray

bullet. she's expected to be okay. and judge sonia sotomayor is a step closer to becoming the nation's first hispanic supreme court justice. she wrapped up three days of questioning by the senate judiciary committee yesterday. the senate is expected to vote on her confirmation later this month. joe? >> wall street is showing some signs of recovery this morning as the dow jones is up once again but the economy is still being dragged down by an extremely high foreclosure rate. brooke hart is live from capitol hill right now to talk about what looks like for a fragile recovery for the economy. >> reporter: good morning. looks like a split screen economy. the white house is sending out chief economic adviser to the president larry summers today to give the administration's take on it. a record foreclosure rate and a record jump in profits among the nation's biggest banks. it was hard to imagine just months ago. first goldman sachs and now jpmorgan reporting stellar profits last quarter.

>> some of the financial institutions that taxpayer money helped pull out of the difficult crisis that we had last year are now in a position, because so many competitors are weak, that they can make huge profits. >> reporter: citigroup and bank of america are on track to report good news, too. it's not just banks. ibm joins intel in reporting it blew through second quarter profit projections. more confidence going forward. >> that does give them some flexibility when they have some more confidence, and that's going to take some more time to actually spend some money and hire some workers. >> reporter: and analysts say joblessness threatens progress. it's fueling the foreclosure rate, now at a record. >> they can go as low -- >> reporter: this woman in san diego could lose her home as soon as next week, unable to pay or work out a new plan with a lender. >> the worst case scenario is i'm going to end up without my house, and i'm nervous. very nervous. >> rorter: critics ask where's the mortgage relief president obama promised in february?

so far, only 325,000 homeowners have been helped. >> i think it's important to give the program some time to work and to assess where it may need to be improved. >> reporter: banks are under pressure from bad loans and not just home mortgages, but credit cards and commercial real estate, too. jpmorgan, for one, has set aside $30 billion to cover future losses. there are calls for banks to lend their new profits to stem foreclosures and ease consumer debt. their concern, that bad loans caused the crisis in the first place and that mistake can't be repeated. live on capitol hill, i'm brooke hart. back to you. >> brooke, thanks very much. >> reporter: you're welcome. >> the space shuttle "endeavour" will dock at the international space station later today. nasa is still trying to figure out if the shuttle was damaged during its launch on wednesday. a large amount of foam insulation peeled away from the fuel tank during liftoff. nasa says the shedding is minor and poses no danger to the

shuttle. during this mission, the shuttle and its seven crew members are delivering the last part of japan's space station lab. a giant leap for mankind, a setback for nasa. the space agency admitted it made an embarrassing mistake when it erased video that captured the first landing on the moon. but hollywood has come to the rescue. the studios digitally cleaned up copies of the grainy footage from four copies nasa gathered from around the world. the first batch of restored footage was released just in time for the 40th anniversary of the april pol low 11 moon landing. this video is better than what tv viewers saw in 1969 because the images are sharper. >> round two of the british open is now under way at turnberry in scotland. kenichi kuboya is at the top of the leaderboardt 6 under par now. fairfax native steve marino is moving up the leaderboard as well, just one shot back at 5 under this morning. but so far, the story of the tournament has certainly been 59-year-old tom watson.

here's dan hellie with your sports minute. >> good morning, everyone, your sports minute starts with the nationals. last night takinon the cubs and jim riggleman's national managerial debut. he preached about getting results but the team did not respond. the nationals never caught up. they go on to lose 6-2. it's the nationals' 62nd loss of the year. in golf, first round of the british open at turnberry. 59-year-old tom watson, who won the tournament there 32 years ago, is now in contention again. watson carded a bogey-free 65. he is one shot behind the leader, miguel angel jimenez. as for tiger woods, he struggled. four bogeys, 1 over par going into the second round. the redskins selected defensive end jeremy jarmon out of kentucky in the third round of yesterday's supplemental draft. to get jarmon, they gave up

their third round choice in the 2010 draft. jarmon, 6'3", 277 pounds, he's the first supplemental draft choice in redskins history. that's your sports minute. i'm dan hellie. everybody have a great friday. >> 6:21 is the time now. time for traffic and weather on the 1s. >> before we do that we're going to take this gorgeous look outside. these are photos courtesy of chopper 4. this is the sunrise. you can see the littl orange streak back there amidst the clouds but a beautiful picture, tom. >> that's a beautiful picture. perfect day to get up there in your helicopter, unfold the paper, get a cup of coffee, sit there and watch it. let's go to tom kierein. >> a great morning under way. it's not too humid. temperatures are in the comfort zone. it's a soft and serene summer morning. low to mid-70s in the suburbs. the rural areas, around the blue ridge, shenandoah valley, mid to upper 60s. near the bay, mid to upper 70s. highs today upper 80s near 90

with clouds in and out. a chance of an afternoon showers and thundershowers, a slight risk an isolated storm could produce some wind damage. tomorrow and sunday, low humidity returns. highs in the low 80s. morning lows, low 60s. on sunday morning so quite a cool morning sunday, but overall the weekend looking terrific with low humidity. great for outdoor recreation a work. and fun. and then on monday, increasing clouds, highs low 80s. looks like monday -- looks like late in the day might get a thundershower and perhaps each afternoon tuesday, wednesday and thursday passing thundershowers possible as humidity returns with highs in the 80s and morning lows in the 60s to near 70. now the friday commute. jerry, how's it doing at this hour? >> doing pretty well this morning. good morning, everyone. 270 southbound as you make the trip from frederick headed down toward hyattstown, continuing points south, no worries whatsoever. going to be heading northbound, that's moving quite nicely under a light volume of traffic. see if anything's happening out on the rails this morning and so far, so good.

metrorail, vre, marc rail, no significant delays to report. joe and eun, back to you. >> thank you, jerry. why the autopsy results for michael jackson will be delayed. an amazing rescue caught on tape. you have to watch this. see the police officer's able to save a woman from this burning car. >> but first here is your liz "on the money," money-saving tip of the day. >> consume are reports magazine says now is a great time to look for bargains at restaurants. one way is to order takeout. it saves on the tip and many restaurants now accept online orders and offer curb-side pickups. mom liz crenshaw, "on the "y.ne ñ=

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an unexplained delay in the autopsy results of michael jackson will keep the world in suspense for another two weeks to the cause of the pop star's death. the los angeles county coroner's office had expected to wrap up the report by early next week but now say the results are expected in two weeks. the report will include what drugs were in jackson's system when he died. >> an amazing fire rescue caught on videotape. take a look at this. a family of four was traveling near atlanta when their van suddenly burst into flames. a police officer saw the trouble and jumped into action.

video of the rescue was caught on his dash cam. two of the people inside got out safely but a daughter and her disabled mother got stuck. the officer was able to drag both of them to safety. on the right hand side of the screen, you can see them dragging one of the victims away from the burning car. both of the victims were burned a bit but are expected to be okay. >> incredible. breaking news, pope benedict xvi taken to the hospital after falling while on vacation. we're also following a developing story overseas. who may have been behind a pair of deadly bombings at luxury hotels in indonesia. >> it is already 75 degrees outside. meteorologist tom kierein is going to let us know whether this uncomfortable weather will stick and be sticky for the weend. ñxxxxóxoñc  

breaking news. pope benedict xvi falls and he's now in the hospital. we have new information about his injury. >> we are also following a developing story overseas. two deadly bombs hit luxury hotels, a marriott and a ritz-carlton in indonesia, killing at least nine people. this morning we're learning more about what and who may have caused those attacks. good morning and welcome back to "news 4 today." i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm eun yang in for barbara harrison today, friday, july 17th, 2009. look at that gorgeous sky out there. the sun in the sky, a few clouds. things are heating up in the washington area. >> they are, indeed. for harry potter fans, good day to be a muggle. rather muggy weather. >> yesterday was our hottest day in almost a year. got to go back to july 21st of last year to find a day as hot as that. certainly this summer wnve bee g nttf b eas ainutasay dfay o nd ahe humit byut notsot h a yeser ide'ghw ire w tnhe-7id m0s inhiastohinhe i t nrb y

s.rb eaaryl ndr he n b ayheerpp 0 usow. n 's ihe tn mid-60s a little farthetohe t west of interstate 95 into the shenandoah valley on this friday morning. by 9:00 it will be near 80. clouds in and out throughout the day. overall, partly sunny. by noontime the mid-80s. heri tnghe afternoon, a high around 90. from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m., a chance of passing thundershowers, some of which couldrocedu damagin s.wi into this evening we might have ome storms interrupting the on annatis ald cubs game as t nationals park. game time temperature in the low 80s. y.uld be a raide y.la we'll take look at saturday. that will be coming up in ten minutes at 6:41. stay tuned. >> thank you, tom. >> let's go to jerry edwards. he's looking at the roadways. any friday problems? >> a little bit slow. we have the backup on the capital beltway south of town. take a live look here. outer loop of the beltway, as we've been telling you, you have two lanes that stay to the left, one far right -- right lane splaits off. this is just after van dorn

street. this far right lane had been the exit for eisenhower avenue but it is currently a through lane. still catching a lot of people by surprise, this change took effect yesterday so the outer loop of the beltway will slow as you leave springfield. and then you have the characters that want to ride the shoulder because they just don't know what to do, so there you are, and there you go. elsewhere, this is ground lel so you can see how slow the traffic truly is. one more stop, check things out, see how we're doing making the trip around town. no big worries so far. most of the major roadways are doing all right. joe and eun, back to you. >> thank you, jerry. we have breaking news right now to tell you about. pope benedict xvi the is in a hospital in northern italy with a broken wrist. the pontiff slipped and fell during his vacation in the alps. a vatican official says the pope will stay in the hospital for a few more hours as the doctors treat that fracture. the 82-year-old pope was able to walk into the hospital with the help of an aide and is in otherwise good health. he even had breakfast and celebrated mass before heading to the hospital with that broken

wrist. >> we are also following a developing story in indonesia. bombs exploded at two luxury hotels, a j.w. marriott and a ritz-carlton this morning in jakarta, killing 9 and wounding at least 50. the bombs exploded just two minutes apart. jakarta's police chief says the suspected suicide bombers were guests at one of the two hotels. there's been no immediate claim of responsibility, but a terrorism analyst says the likely culprit is an an kal qaeda-linked terrorist group. >> a lot of smoke. i walked quickly out of the hotel. everything was quite crazy. very strange sensation. people had -- with blood and ese kind of things. it has been confusing. >> u.s. officials believe one american had been injured. >> this morning we're learning more about a shootout in greenbelt in which three people were shot, including an off-duty

capitol police officer and a 12-year-old girl. that gunfire broke out in an apartment parking a lot across from nasa goddard space center. michael flynn joins us with details. >> reporter: the bullets were flying in the parking lot last night when it was over, three people were shot, including a 12-year-old girl and an yf doubt i u.s. capitol police officer who is recovering here this morning. the u.s. capitol police officer rushed to prince george's hospital center last night after he was shot during an exchange of gunfire with a suspect. family members identify the officer as eddie thornton jr. >> they told us that he's lucid, he's talking. we just arrived. it was a mess over at the gate. we just tried to hurry and get here, leave as soon as we could so we could find out what his condition is. his wife is here. we're just trying to get in there and see what his condition is. >> do they have children? >> no, they just got married, june 13th.

tomorrow's his birthday. >> reporter: the shooting happened just after 7:00 p.m. and started out as an argument between two roommates at this apartment complex in greenbelt across from nasa. one of the roommate ss a military police officer at ft. myer. >> the off-duty officer left the apartment in an attempt to call for assistance. at that point, the roommate was able to locate the officer's off-duty weapon and subsequently ran out into the parking lot and began randomly firing the weapon. >> reporter: that's when police say officer thornton, who was off-duty, pulled into the parking lot. he was going to visit his mother who runs a day care there. he exchanged gunfire with the suspect. both were hit, along with a 12-year-old girl in a nearby apartment who was grazed by a stray bullet. police say none of the wound ss life-threatening, including officer thornton's, a huge relief to his family this morning. >> wife came out, told me that

my brother-in-law's going to be fine. she said the bullet exited through the side of his back, came out, i guess, through the side of his stomach. been confirmed my brother-in-law's going to be fine. >> reporter: and office are thornton is listed in stable condition this morning. his family says he is conscious and talking. back to you. >> michael flynn, thanks very much, reporting live. >> for the first time a mother on trial for murdering her four daughters showed some real emotion. banita jacks' mother, mamie jacks, took the stand as a prosecution witness. she described her daughter as a good mother, but said she had not seen banita or the girls since 2005. the four girls were found dead in january of 2008. banita jacks became emotional during her mother's testimony and the judge called a recess so she could regain her composure. >> judge sonia sotomayor appears to be headed for confirmation as the nation's first hispanic supreme court justice. after two and a half days of grueling questions for her, others took their turns. firefighters who sued the city of new haven, connecticut,

turned out to oppose her nomination. she ruled against them when she threw out a test that would have qualified them for a promotion. then, former major league pitcher david cone spoke in favor of sotomayor, praising her for her decision to end the 1994 baseball strike. republicans also spoke. >> i think fundamentally, judge, you're able to embrace a right that you may not want for yourself. >> your judicial record strikes me as pretty much in the mainstream. >> you appear to be a different person almost in your speeches and in some of the comments that you've made. >> sotomayor has overwhelming, if not unanimous, support among senate democrats. she's also likely to win a number of republican votes as well. the confirmation vote is expected in the next couple of weeks. >> a funeral will be held today for byrd and melanie billings, the florida couple murdered inside their home last week. police are also releasing new details about the case.

according to a police report, a local realtor arrested in the case had the couple's stolen safe hidden in her back yard. pamela wiggins is charged with being an accessory after the murder of byrd and melanie billings. six men and a teenager also face murder charges in the case. >> 6:38, 75 degrees right now. a d.c. landmark now up for auction. and under the microscope. we now have an upclose look at the hole in the fuselage of a southwest air lines plane. >> starbucks is making more changes. some stores won't be called starbucks anymore and it's lcdi a tngoholo its nu.oh

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visit pontiacdealer.com 6:41 is your time. here is today's news 4 bargain blast. this weekend check out national parks and monuments for free. entrance fees will be waived saturday and sunday. the waiver applies only to entrance fees. it doesn't affect charges for camping, reservations, tours or concessions. >> 6:41 is the time. time for traffic and weather on the 1s. >> let's check in with meteologist tom kierein up in storm center 4. good morning, tom. >> hey, eun and joe, good morning. it's a wonderful summer morning under way. it's not too humid. we've got some sunshine with clouds passing through. temperatures now in the 70s around washington, 60s across much of virginia and maryland west and north of interstate 95.

south and east in the low to mid-70s. by 9:00 near 80. clouds in and out. mid 80s by noontime. between 3:00 and 8:00 p.m. we could get passing thundershowers that could produce some damaging winds. there may be some lingering thundershowers until around midnight tonight which will maybe cause a delay for the cubs and nationals. and then lower humidity moving in for saturday, mostly sunny tomorrow, highs low to mid-80s. i'll show you the sunday forecast, the bay and beach forecast as well in ten minutes. good morning. how's the traffic? >> good morning. head over to the american legion bridge where we are stilloing pretty well. outer loop, south to tysons and i-66, no worries. inner loop of the beltway looks good as you come out from tysons corner to river road continuing eastbound toward the i-95 interchange. elsewhere, check things out, 95 northbound had the fender-bender in woodbridge over to the shoulder. no worries now either direction, route 50 at the bay bridge. back to you. >> all right. thanks, jerry. >> more delays for metro riders this weekend. what you need to know before you ride the rails today. another historic speech for

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welcome back. metro officials are still investigating the cause of last month's deadly metrorail crash and the ongoing investigation's expected to cause some big delays this weekend on the red line. news 4's megan mcgrath joins us live from the takoma metro station to tell us how the investigation will affect riders. good morning, megan. >> reporter: well, good morning, joe. it's had a big impact on riders here that use the takoma station. the ntsb continues with their testing, conducting tests, things like site distance tests down on the tracks near the takoma station. because they have to have their personnel down there along the tracks they have had to close down the station. the takoma station was closed yesterday at 10:00 a.m. for several hours.

if you're going to work today, you should be okay. no plans to close the station today. but tomorrow it's a completely different story. they will be closing down the takoma station for a 12-hour period on saturday, beginning at 7:00 in the morning. it will stay closedntil 7:00 p.m. on saturday. they will be running a shuttle bus service between ft. totten and silver spring to help move people around. we've been talking to riders who use the takoma station. they say it's all been very inconvenient, but they understand that safety has to come first. they say that they've been spending a lot of time on the bus. >> interesting. finding other modes to get home. and i'm glad you have another choice. >> reporter: what will you do? >> some other ways, getting a cab, walk, whatever it takes. regular bus. >> get delayed means i'm going to be late for the marc train to baltimore. so that's always a little inconvenient.

>> reporter: earlier this week, the ntsb issued urgent recommendations to metro. they called on metro to install a backup system to help monitor the movement of trains to make sure that collisions like we saw last month never happen again. now, at the time, metro's general manager said there was no such alert system out there, that they would have to actually create a system. no idea how long that would take or h much money it would cost, but metro's general manager now says that they have talked to a number of different vendors about creating that system, so they plan to do that. again, we're awaiting word on who will get that contract and just how long it will take to install such an alert system. again, if you use the takoma station, you're okay today, but if you plan on taking the train tomorrow, you're going to have to make some other arrangements. the station will be closed for a 12-hour period beginning at 7:00 a.m. on saturday. joe, back to you. >> megan mcgrath reporting live.

thank you very much. today we're getting a closer look at the hole that tore open in a southwest airlines jet in mid-flight earlier this week. that plane was bound for bwi thurgood marshall but had to make an emergency landing. investigators took these pictures which show the 17-inch by 14-inch hole. passengers reported hearing a loud boom before the cabin depressurized. investigators say so far they found no sign of corrosion or pre-existing damage to the 15-year-old plane. >> a historic moment for the nation's oldest civil rights group this week. president barack obama spoke at the national association for the advancement of colored people's centennial convention in new york city this week. the president spoke of the journey americans had traveled over the last 100 years, but also the need for the same perseverance seen in the past. >> the same commitment, the same sense of urgency, the same sense of sacrifice, the same sense of community, the same willingness

to do our part for ourselves and one another. >> the naacp is in the midst of redefining its image and expanding its membership base. more than 500,000 people belong to the organization and the fastest growing age group is now under 25. >> one of washington's mt famous landmarks is on the auction block. monument realty bought the watergate hotel five years ago with hopes of restoring it to its original glory, but the watergate fell behind on its mortgage payments and is now in foreclosure. the watergate hotel auction will take place on tuesday. historians hope the highest bidder will keep the hotel as is and will not tear it down. >> wall street's on a roll right now as more and more companies announce unexpected earnings reports. courtney reagan joins us live with today's business headlines. >> reporter: good morning. futures right now relatively flat ahead of big earnings reports still ahead from bank of america and citigroup. we d get earnings from general

electric, which is the parent company of cnbc. second quarter coming in slightly higher. ge's capital finance unit did see profit fall on profit revenue. that could send a bit of worry into the market today with ge often viewed as the bellwether indicator. capital unit coming under pressure. people looking for details. asian markets did close slightly higher overnight. investors didn't appear to be too shaken by news of the hotel bomb blast in jakarta. europe remains higher at this hour as well. in addition to earnings, we will get a report on housing starts and building permits. the dow rose 95 points on thursday to 8711. the nasdaq gained 22 points to 1885. all in all, a pretty good week so far. c.i.t. says it's still

evaluating all its option as they try to improve their cash position and avoid bankruptcy. reports say the compy's bond holders are considering plans to swap about $5 billion in debt they hold for c.i.t. stock. c.i. tichlt t. may also raise up to $3 billion in additional financing. starbucks is opening a pilot neighborhood cafe in seattle next week that features nighttime hours, live entertainment, beer and wine. it will be called 15th avenue coffee and tea and it takes the name for the street address. it will sell products without the starbucks logo. starbucks says it may open other cafes in other cities, depending on the success and popularity. interesting concept. back to you. >> we'll see how it does. courtney reagan, thanks so much. have a great day. >> reporter: thank you. >> we are always looking for jobs for you. the rappahannock area community services board is looking for a jail and detention center supervisor. the position would specialize in mental health and substance abuse. applicants should have master's

degree in behavioral sciences. to apply, visit the rappahannock area community service's board website. you can also find jobs on our website. visit nbcwashington.com and search jobs 4 you. >> let's get another check of traffic and weather together. tom has joined us in the studio. >> i'm told there's some interest in the weekend weather. >> i think so. >> july did rain its dignities as a summer month yesterday, got to 96, briefly spiking up into the mid-90s yesterday afternoon at reagan national. it was our hottest day since last july 21st. a look at the morning crew out on the potomac river at this hour, a beautiful morning for morning exercise and recreation. 75 in washington. live picture there from our city camera. that's the potomac river. and theieom vfrw our radar is not showingnyfr a precipitationa tiondeg rarn athis hour. temperatures are mild and a bit muggy. it's in the mid-70s in fairfax county, near 70 in montgomery and prince george's counties. southern maryland, charles

calvert, st. mary's, an a run dal, terms in the lower 70s. maryland, upper 60s at this hour. out in the mountains, low 60s. eastern shore low 70s now. look at the dew points there. in the upper 60s to around 70. that's very humid. a little bit drier to our west and north, out in mountains, a beautiful summer morning under way there. we do have some clouds rolling in out of the southwest. we could in this yellow zone get some strong thunderstorms, 3:00 to 8 lock p.m., some of which could produce damaging winds, includes all of virginia, pennsylvania, up toward new england where there could be flight delays later on today. by nnteim in mid-80s and partly cloudy. during the afternoon, near 90, a passeg ainunssthho t rsdewers, in fact, about a50rs % .chance isthliere a stgh risk of an tsolated storm that could produce damaging winds and hail. might have a rain delay for tonight's cubs/nationals game. game time temperature in the low 80s. and then by dawn, lower humidity moving in. we'll have temperatures in the upper 60s and a terrific

saturday on the way. mostly sunny, low humidity, highsow and mid-80s. low 80s on sunday with low humidity. monday increasing clouds, might get an a afternoon or evening thundershower. there's a chance of afternoon thundershowers tuesday, wednesday and thsdaywe. now here's the bay forecast. great for sailinghen t bay on saturday with winds out of t t hw gunortgest sto tin 20 ndayco bitoler. indseill b a bit lighter butnnsuy. thth at e acbes,he goo ngsw eimmire tturraemfos t fowa ter temsraretu rethe. ar oundde70 grs. e ou held b 8in t0s onaty sdaurda withhinssune, a greatayns at thbeac onsaturday. w fea moudfe clos around with an easterly wind. cooler on sunday. that's way it looks. i plan on biking and kayaking ths weekend. if i could do both at the same time, have to add paddles to the pedals. >> i'd like to see that. >> little paddle boats on the tidal basin. >> yeah. >> let's go to jerry edwards and see what his plans are for the weekend after he tells us about the travel. >> absolutely.

start south of town. it's pretty nasty now. outer loop of the beltway jammed leaving springfield headed toward van dorn street. the lane split we showed you earlier this morning catching a lot of folks by surprise. three through lanes. that's the important part to remember. one breaks off to the right. two remain to the left. folks are just having issues with it. so give yourself some extra time. inbound route 50 in maryland right at kenilworth avenue, word of an accident. police are headed there. top side of the beltway, no issues to report college park to silver spring. back to you. >> that you can very much zblshgts checki. the top stories. pope benedict xvi is in the hospital in northern italy with a broken wrist. he slipped and fell during his vacation. a vatican official says the pope will stay in the hospil for few more hours this morning as the doctors treat his fracture. >> suspected suicide bombers are being blamed for today's explosions at two luxury hotels in indonesia. the bombs exploded this morning in jakarta, killing at least 9 people and injuring more than

50. >> today's news 4 morning person is someone who always lends a helping hand, we're told. belinda shade moore is the special education supervisor for the paul public charter school in northwest washington. this summer while on break from school, she's volunteering to take care of her aunt, who has had -- just had major surgery. she shops and cooks and cleans and meets with doctors and even makes sure the bills get paid on time. well, if you know someone like belinda shade moore, e-mail their story and a clear, close-up picture or video to morningperson@nbcwashington.com. >> it's christmas in july. well, kind of. the search for the capitol christmas tree is on in steamy arona. the u.s. capitol tree coordinator -- yes, that is an actual position -- reviewed ten finalists this week. he's expected to announce a decision on sunday. this is the first year in the 40-year history of state-provided trees the official christmas tree will come from arizona. the trees won't be harvested and transported to washington until early november.

but that person has got their eyes open, looking for the right tree. >> a nice job. smns got to do it, i guess. go around the country, looking for perfect christmas trees. our time is 6:57. that means that is "news 4 today." thanyou for starting your day with us. >> we'll see you later for "news 4 midday" starting at 11:00 a.m. stay with us throughout the day. we're a facebook and twitter. have a great day. >> bye.

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