we'll give you all the details in just a few minutes. back to you. we'll take that sunshine. thank you, steve. the worst damage from yesterday's wild weather appears to be northwest of washington in the town of i'm sorriville, maryland. residents say they saw and heard the storm coming. this morning they're getting a better look at the damage left behind. craig melvin has the latest from

frederick county. >> i kept hearing trees crack. they were cracking wherever. >> reporter: the afternoon storms surprised them it. >> was like trees going by. we ran in the shop here. >> reporter: his 14-year-old daughter mary huddled inside with her worried friend. >> my friend was crying. we called her mom. she thought her dog died. >> reporter: her dog were find and so were all the people, but the winds picked up huge bales of hay and crashed them into fences across the street. those same winds toppled trees on to trucks and turned cathy's once picturesque backyard into a work zone. >> we just came outside and all our trees were snapped in half. >> on the ground here, there were a lot of trees taken out, knocked over. broken off tops, uprooted, knocking down power lines. >> reporter: from the air, more

risky weather. snapped trees dotted the golf ways and greens. the lucky ones only had to repair part of a roof. or clear a few leaves. but one family lost much more. this was perhaps the storm's greatest casualty. a farm house built around 1840 flattened in seconds. the historic home that sat a few feet away and built around the same time also damaged. while a board or two may have to find somewhere else to sleep, no one else where. as the fire chief explained the trees seemed to swirl around people's homes but refused to destroy them. >> it could have been a lot worse. we're thanking the lord this is all it is. >> those same storms caused more damage. strong winds damaged 15 houses, tearing the roofs off several of

them. huge trees toppled on to cars on old hundred reend incredibliably nobody was hurt. this was our view from the tower camera around 3:00. the storms knocked out pour to tens of thousands of customers. new today in the district, police are investigating a string of overnight shootings in the northwest. the most serious happened in the 1400 block of illinois avenue around 2:00 this morning. police say a man was found shot to death in a rowhouse in that block o. district police are investigating two other overnight shootings. three people were injured in those incidents. a man has died following a shooting in columbia heights. the shooting involved a special police officer with the commando and k-9 unit. it happened in the 1400 block of girard street. investiga investigators say the armed security guard was on duty when he shot the man in the abdomen. the district's homicide division is now investigating. things are people getting back to normal on metro almost

six weeks after that deadly collision along the red line. the national transportation safety board says i will continue its investigation off-sight from now on. to beoro noticeable changes for metro riders. jacky benson explains. >> reporter: it clears the way for work to begin on the section of tracks between the fort totten and takoma stations where the june deadly crash happened. nine people died when two redline trains collided. the manager john catoe says the work will take 30 dayses. >> once we complete the repairs, we will be able to operate our service at normal speed and keeping a normal schedule. >> reporter: currently metro trains are required to run at a greatly reduced speed, about 15 miles per hour through the affected area. riders have been patient, well aware of the reason for the delays. >> very slow sometimes. not very reliable getting downtown. >> reporter: metro's gm says

ntsb's investigators have all removed train-controlled modules from the affected area for examination. >> i have no information on the results of those tests. when that is decided andf any problems are found or any areas that they wish for us to do additional work, they will communicate that to us. and to the public at the same time. >> reporter: metro says it will keep riders updated on the redline repair work through its bsite. jackie bensen, news 4 today. >> this weekend metro riders can expect some delays not because of the ongoing investigation but because of track work. metro is making repairs to the tunnel and replacing rail stabilizers. they're sharing one track between friendship center. they're also doing bridgework. there's also going to be a rail replacement that will affect travel on the green and yellow lines. metro's urging riders to expect to add another 30 minutes to

their trips this weekend. attorneys for the man charmed with killing chandra levy say they have evidence that her suspects maye hav committed the murder. they say tyhe have ten other possible suspects. they also pointed to dna evidence from levy's clothing, which did not match guandique. he was already in prison when he was charged with levy's killing. prosecutors plan to present evidence of other sex crimes guanque committed. a trial is scheduled to begin early next year. new developments this morning in a fight to get a heth care reform bill passed, and a victory for president obama last night. they approved sweeping legislation. the overhaul of the nation's health care system aims to extend health care insurance to millions of americans while slowing the skplegs of the country's mecal costs. the vote sets up a showdown in the full house in september.

lawmakers are working to rescue the government's cash for clungers program. it's program that rewards drivers who trade in gas-guzzling cars for more fuel-efficient models. derrick ward joins us live from silver springs with the details. good morning, derrick. >> reporter: good morning. they were open at 2:00 this morning trying to get all the cash for clunkers deal that they could amid fears that the program could run out of money. they're breathing a sh of relief after receiving encouraging word from the capitol hill. they agreed to increase it to $2 billion more. people can trade in their gas guzzlers and get a more fuel-efficient vehicle. this program is scheduled to run until november 1st, but they almost ran out of money at the end of this week. they got about $779 million in their coffers and that coming outo about 773,000 cars

nationwide and it's testament that this program is something that is very popular. >> in our entire organization, over 300 clunker deals we've done. so -- cash for clunker deals. it's a lot. on the other hand, it's a huge rereceivable. so we haven't collected any money yet, but we're going to work on it. >> reporter: now, that means they've got $1.2 million that they're waiting to be reimbursed from the government. now, they say that they don't think there'll be any problem getting money. but tammy darvish telling us something that's food for thought. most people that have taken advantage of the program have traded in their american cars and gotten foreign car. that's food for thought. >> derrick ward, thank you. higher taxes are coming to the district. the d.c. council has approved tax hike and spending cuts to help close a $666 million budget

deficit projected over the next three years. the move helps the council avoid dipping into the rainy day fund. the unemployment tax will go to 6%. the gas tax will rise 3.5% and the cigarette tax will increase to $2.50 per pack. time now, 9:10. 74 degrees. new information on the deadly helicopter crash. the pilot was warned about the weather minutes before take-off. plus air pollution, can it lower a child's iq even before birth? we'll look at a new study. and going green. a local woman who started a coffee company right in her own backyard.

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squoo a preliminary report into a deadly helicopter crash shows he was warned minutes befe take-off. four people were killed. the national transportation safety board said the pilot spoke to a fend on the phone who warned of fog, wind, and lightning in the area. that pilot jeffrey nordis told his friend he would waitor better weather, but according to a report he took off shortly afterward. the helicopter crashed after hitting an unmarked utility wire over interstate 70. u.s. security officials have confirmed that three americans have been detained by iranian

forces. the report says the americans were reportedly in northern iraq near the iran border. kurdish officials say they were arrested when they entered iranian territory without permission. they were tourists hiking in the area. the mountainous border area is a popular hiking destination and is well known for its thick growth of pistachio trees. chris dodd has prostate canter. the democrater senator said he was diagnosed about six weeks ago during an annual physical. dodd also says that the cancer is in its early stages and that his doctor thes have told him his prognosis is good. >> one is i feel fine. as i say, this is very common. if you've got to have cancer, i'm told by some doctors this is the low slowest going, the best one to have and the mo mana manageab manageable. they say many, many people have been through it. plans to run for re-election

next year. he's 65 years old. he was first elected to the senate in 1980 and is expected to run a tough fight. met a mun makes flu mist, a nasal spray. the government ordered about 13 million spray doses of the swine flu vaccine from them but the company says it could have as many as 200 million ready by next spring. they expect the government to eventually buy all of those doses. air pollution could lower a child's iq even before birth, that's according to the results of a new study. five years ago scientists began monitoring pregnant mothers in three sections of new york. after birth they kept track of how much pollution the children were exposed to. at age 5 the kids then took an intelligence test. researchers found the ones who had been exposed to the most pollution scored the lowest. they say it's likely due to exposure to lady, mostly from exhaust fumes from traffic.

parents say they may need to take extra precautions. >> it's very dangerous, so we have to do our best for them and protect them the best way we can. >> researchers say more studies are necessary to confirm the link between pollution and iq. time w, 9:16. 74 degrees. up next, the morning top sports stories and steve will will be here with a look at your weekend forecast. stay tuned.

today, looking nice. >> yesterday we had active weather. in fact, a tornado touch dound in frederick county. >> lots of damage. >> lots of damage. estimated winds of about 100 miles per hour. and also lots of thunderstorms that produced damage as well. they produced strong winds as well. so there were a lot of downed trees, structural damage. mostly north of town. but today -- >> not so much. >> no. none of that. >> all right. >> all of that is long gong. today looks great. temperatures today climbing up to about 90 degrees under mostly sunny skies so a typical sunny-like day. warm, humid, plenty of sunshine. enjoy it today because tomorrow we have another front that will be approaching the area, and that one could bring usord smssa

and storms as well. not as bad as yesterday. all right. with that said, let's take you outside. here's what it looks like down on the river. it is looking pretty out there this morning. it's a warm start to the day, and it is quite humid, and that will be the trend right on through the weekend. the humidity stays with u. it will come down a little bit as we start to see some drier air come in behind the next front that comes in tomorrow. 74 right now. mostly sunny. the wind is light. dew point at 67. so it is on the high side. here are the temperatures. 74 on the beltway. 6 #, manassas, and currently 66 in martinsburg. that looks like the coolest spot this morning. humidity, yeah, it's on the high side. you can see that dew point from the upper 60s. in fact, a few low 70s. so it's very humid. we will continue to see that with the general southwesterly wind flow. all is quiet on digital doppler, so no rain in the forecast for today. 70s up and down the east coast. a bit cooler across the ohio

valley and up toward the midwest. and eventually we're going to tap into some of that bl light there on the backside on of this frontal band right here. this is the frnlt that will push into the area by tomorrow afternoon, bringing us a chance of a shower or thunderstorm then. this will in turn bri us a really nice day with mostly sunny conditions. these are all the reports of winds yesterday. you can see just some really active weather from the carolinas all the way up to about boston. that storm system is now well offshore. for today, mostly sunny as high pressure builds in. then tomorrow here comes the secondary frontal band. we could see showers during the afternoon. otherwise partly cloudy sky. temperatures generally in the mid 80s. then on monday we could see an extra a storm, especially east of town. but for today, mostly sunny, warm, humid. temperatures right around 90 degrees here in the district. a little bit cooler tomorrow with temperatures dropping down to about 85, 86 degree.

warm again on monday. tuesday looks great. mostly sunny. 91 degrees. lower humidity. and then there's another very weak front that approaches the area as we head toward wednesday, which could kick off another thunderstorm or two. but all in all, today looks great. >> today we'll deal with all that rain today for a nice day. thank you. >> okay. >> the redskins get suited up today and the nationals say good-bye to nick johnson. here's lindsay czarniak with more in "sports in a minute." >> hey, there. good morning, everybody. your "sports minute" on this saturday begins with the redskins. this morning players are practicing for the first time with pads. this is the first full practice for first round draft pick brian. we'll have full coverage of training camp tonight at 6:00. to baseball the nationals were active before the trade deadline. they sent johnson. they also traded reliever joe

beimel to the rockies for two other prospects. as for the players still on the nationals team, they had to deal with the pirates last night. lastings milledge had a good game. the pirates beat the nationals 5-4. and up in baltimore, orioles' pitcher jeremy guktry gave up three home runs. kevin youkilis hid the two-run homer, and the red sox get the win 6-5. in golf, tiger woods just four strokes back after shooting his best round of the year. nine 9 under par at the buick open. i'm lindsay czarniak. that's your "sports in a minute." >> did you know you can now get local coffee? well, it's obviously not grown here but it is roasted here. wendy rieger introduces us to a local woman who start add coffee company right in her own backyard. >> reporter: if you never thought a coffee bean could be sensual, you have never seen smoking beans undulating in a

cooling pad fresh from a roaster. that will wake you up. >> my first fresh cup of coffee was emotional. >> reporter: she's the owner of local yore gajic fair trade coffee and is starting to appear on your grocer's shelves. >> we are presently in three whole foods locations and we're really excited because in september we'll be in 191 giant stores in d.c., virginia, and delaware. >> reporter: when the economy went south she had to come up with something creative. >> this is a display of the type of coffees that we have in our products. >> reporter: she admits she had an affair with coffee since she was a kid. >> i used to eat coffee when i was a child with my father. and then i graduated to eating coffee ice cream and sprinkling on top of the coffee ice cream. >> reporter: her motto is great coffee with conscience. she only buys it from licensed

coffee brokers which guarantees a fair wage. they have to be certified and organic. anything else it's kind of scary. >> for example ddt from the 1970s is still used in production of coffee today all around the world. >> we're almost into the first crack of the coffee. >> reporter: a usda certified organic facility run by brothers rick and tom irver who have been dollars business for 40 years. >> i hated coffee. my first was raspberry mocha. >> now they're connoisseurs who understand the complexities of understanding balance and roast. >> you get very quick. you can do at least three or four cans per minute. >> reporter: but the moster important part is the taste.

it's traded almost as heavily as oil and steel. the gwing popularity, a fair trade brews, is enabling the small farmers to gain some power in the marketplace and a guaranteed livelihood. sonya and the irver brothers lower the cost by bringing it to your grocer's shelves. it's all about following your passion to robtusobt nifish. nd t 4." or .">>ksin lneod t >> for links tohe the ever gree home grown coffee go to nbcwhington.com and search "going green." time now, 9:26. still ahead in our next half hour of "news 4 today," the weekend edition, we'll have the latest on a fire in their fhtigefe firefighters say wir pressure problems made it hard to maintain the flames. plus a bair takes a dinner break at a local day care center plus plans are around way for the con sirt of paul mccartney. we'll have the details coming up next. (employee 1) subject: urgent!! bob!!

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to death in a row house in that block. they're also investigating two other overnight shootings. three people were injured in those incidents. >> and residents are cleaning up from a tornado that hit yesterday afternoon. the town of ijamsville was hit hard with a lot of downed trees and several damaged homes. good morning and welcome back to the 9:00 edition of "news 4 today." i'm keith garvin. the news is just ahead. we want to take a quick look at the weather. for your that we go upstairs to steve villanueva in storm center 4. >> we'll be warm and humid. 74 right now. 75 out toward the bay. 76 down at the river. yesterday the storm is well offshore. you can see upstream. for now, all is quiet. so mostly sunny skies.

highs near 90. a great day too out to the beach. temperature there, low 80s. mostly sunny, partly cloudy. by the afternoon there's a chance of a thunderstorm there. likewise out toward the bay. but at least for today out toward annapolis, great day. temperatures upper 80s. 89 here in the district. tomorrow we have about a 0% chance of a shower or thunderstorm. the same holds true for monday. of course, we'll give you all the details coming up in just a couple of minutes. keith, back to you. >> sounds good. we'll be here. a new angle shows how expensive the damage was to a house of a school official. they promise a thorough investigation into the fire in northwest washington. firefighters say water pressure problems made it hard to contain the flames. joining us this morning to talk more about the fire and the water problems is the police chief. thanks for joining us. >> good morning, keith. >> recap wednesday's fire and

the conditions that your firefighters were dealing with that day. >> a little after 5:00 the firefighters were summoned to a fire on claim bridge road. quickly into tell vechbt a second alarm was struck to bring in more firefighters and begin an aggressive active interior fire attack. >> we see the pictures there. the flames are just dev stating. they said this yesterday in part. we have a statement. it says we are working in partnership with fire and ems to ensure that sufficient refi ighihtg urin dghand flows areilva f dable aor safetyab of neighborhoods across the city. what can you tell us about what's being done about that? >> this is a 2 1/2-year effort. i would say we have the best high drapd flush and testing system. have to improve it. i think the mayor was very clear. there are some infrastructure problems that we're continuing find and realize. think through this report, what a tremendous tragedy buttal we

forged a great partnership with wausau, given a little time we're going to resolve these problems citywide but it is significant problems. across the city and in just about every category. >> and most older cities are dealing with an issue like this or whether l be. >> i read some place where some of the water supply systems are over 150 years old, so you can imagine the problems that that causes with some degree of regularity throughout the whole region. there are water supply problems with brakes. i know montgomery county had the most problems. we need time to investigate what's happening but recognize we're working hard with our partners to get the problems resolved. in the meantime our water supply task force has been set up and in areas where we know we have difficults, those additional companies will be responding immediately. >> okay. changing subjects way aunt to make sure we get this right. you're transitioning all current

management and supervisory personnel. they will become uniformed. all hazard paramedic sup advisers, firefighters, explain what all that means and why it's being done. >> keith, that's so important. the mayor prepared a task force or kicked a task force off, rather, about 2 1/2 years ago. it developed six clear-cut mission statement item, clear objectives that have to be met. 50 action items occurred. one was to transition into one team if you were. i think as the mayor saw it and most folks from the outside. we were sort of siloed. a fire department. they had an ems department attached to it or perhaps it was an ems department as a separate department as a component. think what happens on monday when these two members are given the oath of office and are given all the hazards training in medical and fire, it will be a big deal over the past 30 years. i don't think we've seen this type of progress. now, the next step, of, course,

will be the train the members and make the opportunity for the rest of about 125 single-role ems members to take the oath of office and begin their training in all hazards meaning event annually we'll be one department with one standard and with one goal and that is to do the best for our community that we possibly can. >> so a good step for the city. >> i think it's a huge step. it's a lot more than just ceremoni ceremonial. there's a lot of practical applications to it. of course, this is an outgrowth from the situation involving the rosenbaum disaster but with that said what a great opportunity for us to grow as a community and better serve the folks on the street. >> we have a little bit of time left. you brought along some smoke detectors and batteries. you want to give us an all-important reminder. >> we want to explain the simple process of having a smoke detector. when you go to sleep, your nose goes to sleep. this is on duty, 24 hours a day,

7 days a week, # 65 kays a year. properly installed and maintained can cut america, not just our community but across the nation in half virtually overnight. test it monthly. if you need help, give us a call. we'd be glad to provide the device or test it for you. >> fire chief for the d.c. fire department. thank for joining us. thanks for that important information. prince william county has turned into something of a haven for roaming bear. theatest happened at a day care center. >> there's a dumpster right here. yeah, he's a sizeable bear. >> reporter: sunday evening in gainesville it wasn't justt a hunt sitting down for dinner. a ca flamily spotted this black bear there in the middle of the screen forging for food inside a dumpster. no one else was around, but there was a problem. the dumpster was in a parking lot of a day care center. >> little too close for comfort

with all the kids here. >> reporter: it's a facility that watch 200 children. when she saw the photo sunday she decided to keep the kids in for the first part of monday. >> even though today it was six day. we usually do our soccer practice behind the fence. we did it over here. why take the chance with all those kids. >> do you think it was cool there was a bear over here. >> yes. it wasn't a big bear. >> reporter: so you would haven't been afraid of the bear. >> no. >> reporter: why would. you be afraid of the bear >> i'm not asofcad re bears. i'm only ascad of spiders. >>asepter: there have been about a dozen reported sitings this summer. a man found a bear feeding on a bird feedener his backyard last month when they venture out of the woods and into our communities they're mainly looking for a reliable food source. to avoid any encounters, experts say you should remove that potential source. >> without the food the bear has

really no designs of staying. that's why it's here. it's got food and it's got space, so it's going to -- it will stick around until those things are taken away. >> reporter: like most black bears, they're more afraid of humans than we are of them. as for other advice, never feed the animals a purpose. >> bears, they're not stupid. they associate humans with food sometimes whenever they're able to get that food. so if that food ishere to them, the danger of these bears could become acclimated to it, their fear of humans. >> in other words, grin and bear it from a distance. >> reporter: it's not unusual to see black bears this time of year. experts say residents should not feel panicked or alarmed when they see one. the bear population is growing. it's estimated to have grown by 37% in the last eight years. time now, 9:38. 74 degrees. still ahead, a look at the new

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they're getting ready for sir paul. plans are under way for the concert at fedex field and landover. they're lining up chairs and

working on the mega stage. here's a nice touch. tonight's show kicks off at 7:00. comedy is king. there are three new movies out in theaters this weekend and they all have that one thing in common. mark barger has a preview. >> girlfriends are so much better. you finish up and you go, well, you know. that's how i do it. >> adam sand ler playses a rich famous comedian who's thrown for a loop in "funny people. "it's as much a drama as a comedy with adam sand ler coping with a life twist. that leads to another upa up-and-coming comic. it's from judd who brought u "knocked up" and "the 40-year-old virgin." "funny people" is rated "r.." >> man up and deal with it. >> i have been all day.

>> it leaves "high school musical" behind. the family vacation home in maine is the place. they have to do it without mom and dad finding out. "ali "aleanne jiesh mow might want to give the young lady a call instead of just stopping by. >> they strike up an unlikely romance. she's the worldly cosmopolitan type who moves in next door to him, a lonely guy who lives with autism. adam is rated 13. that's the box office preview. mike barger, nbc news. >> if you're looking for laughs, head to the theater. #:43. we have sports and weather straight ahead. steven will be here with a preview of your weekend

forecast. stay tuned.

for the second straight year the district is hosting a second soccer competition. street soccer this weekend. the goal is to score a goal for a win against homelessness. for the next two days 160 homeless players from 16 cities will compete here to raise funds and awareness. some say it helps take their minds off their homelessness. >> at the same time, i kept optimistic due to programs like this that allow me to see there may be a brighter day in the

darkness that i'm experiencing. >> all of the street soccer games played this weekend are free. the finals take place at 3:00 sunday afternoon and today would be a beautiful day to get out there and play and watch some soccer. >> absolutely. it's going to be maybe a little bit too warm. >> yeah. they neat water, gate or aid and stuff on standby. >> other than that,ite going to be a great day, compared to yes. yesterday we had all of that nasty weather. today, completely different. lots of sunshine. a bit warm and humid. but it is august 1st after all. that will be the deal for today. plenty of sunshine out there. humidity will be on the high side and temperatures will be quite warm. but at least again we'll see plenty of sunshine. so here's what it looks like down on the docks this morning. all is well. just a few cuds drifting across the area. it going to be a really pretty day, especially since we had all that nasty weather yesterday. mostly sunny right now. the wind is light. the dew point is high at 67.

74 here in thes district. a bit warmer just down the road in rawle. but it is cooler from the ohio valley up toward the upper midwest. 59 right now in minneapolis. they're also seeing some much drier air. our air is much more humid. you can see we have dew points in the 60s. it's even worse in rawle with a dew point of about 71. here is the front that came through yesterday. it's well offshore. right now we're in between systems. here's the front that will bring us a chance of a shower or a thunderstorm tomorrow. but ahead of that system, we have an area of higher pressure, and this will bring us a great day with mostly sunny skies. but for the most part we continue to see a southwesterly wind flow and this will continue to bring in the humid weather. now, out in the atlantic, not much going on. it's been a very quiet tropical season. however, it looks like by next week, at least one chart right now, is forming. it looks like a tropical depression. so we're just going to have to wait and see. otherwise it's been very quiet

and it continues to be quite quiet. september is the peak month. there's the storm system that brought us the active weather yesterday. today looks great with mostly sunny skies. tomorrow here comes the second frontal band. we could see a few showers, maybe a pop-up thunderstorm, about a 30% chance. so really not a washout. otherwise for tomorrow we'll see a mix of clouds with temperatures coming down with daytime highs in the mid 80s. then for monday the front doesn't go very far, so i think east of town for monday out toward the bay we could see a shower or a thunderstorm. but today, again, beautiful. mostly sunny. nice and warm. ater res it will be ait b humidg oughly right around 90 degrees here in the district. a bit warmer off to the cooler t and a smidge out toward the bay. so 89 the forecteed .ghhi tomorrow, 86. a 30% chance of agh shower or a storm. the same holds true for monday.

tuesday, mostly sunny. right around 91 degrees. on wednesday here comes a very weak front which may kick up a storm or two. but other than that, the weekend looks great today. tomorrow, not bad. but, again, pop-up shower storm not out of the question. >> okay. sounds good. >> okay. >> right now redskins fans are getting a chance to see the newest addition to the team. training camp is already under way and it's the first full day for newly signed first round pick brian ir rack powe. he and the team agreed on a five-year $20 million deal. despite his new found life he'll learn what rookie life is like in the nfl in this week's lunch. lindsay czarniak sits down with guys w w will definitely be able to give him some advice.

>> i'll have lemon nad. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. are you serious. >> the artichoke -- the whole artichoke. >> tt sounds good. >> do you want to try it? >> i absolutely could work here when i was in high school. i was a hostess. they have a lot of the same stuff on the menu. i love it. >> when i was in high school, i worked at wendies.ot lf o til l menu i love. >> how does the dynamic work. i know you were kind of cityside and now you're from texas, kind of a countryside. does that iron itself out? >> he used to play outside all the time that and i'm used to playing on video games because a it's snowing all the time. when we got to rooming i was playing video games.

he didn't play a lot. now he's up on the game. >> the first time we got down here -- >> everybody would meet up at our apartment when we got done working out. we would play mario car from 2:00 to almost 10:00. >> mine look better than yours. >> jason, how do you do that? >> tear a leaf off and scrape the inside. >> i'm excited. i'm excited. >> how did you feel when you made your first touchdown late november against the giants? >> you know, it with us a real good feeling like, man. that was like a weight off my back for real because i've been waiting for that moment, you know, all year and it had to come so late. thankfully it came. but then on the reverse, just the opportunity to get it and then it was like i had to fight to get in there, you know. i wasn't like i walked in there.

i had to bear crawl to get in there. >> do you feel added pressure right now because one of you likely is going to be a starter out there at least. so do you feel that weight to come out there and perform? >> i think when you're used to making plays your whole life and then all of a sudden you go and see it somewhere where you're not making plays and stuff like that, that's enough pressure a in itself. as far as trying to come out -- yeah, like i said, you know, yeah, you want to do it for the fans, yeah, you want to do it for everybody watching tv. but it's a pride thing too. you know, i mean, you know, men have, you know, pride issues, but especially as a male athlete, you have -- pride is a huge thing. >> i'm going to do everything i can s when the lights come on, i come out and shut everybody up. >> my last question and i do not at all want to put you on the spot, but i know because i've

seen your freestyle rap. can you just -- the place is like cleared out now. can you just give me one? >> i can't do it. i can't do it on the fly like that. i can't do it. i can't do it. i tell you what. after -- after i score for the first time this year -- >> write this down. >> -- i will call you. right this down. i will -- if you're there at the game, you find me, and i'm going to let it all hang. everybody is going to -- i've got a lot on my mind. i've got a lot to say. if i was going to come out, that will be the rst time. >> all right. you heard him. he promise. ter the first touchdown. we'll see. time now, 9:th.54 . 74 degrees. coming up in the fine hour of "news 4 today," we'll take a look at how local car dealers are dealing with the cash for clunkers program and the possibility of it runs out of money. plus back-to-school shopping.

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i lot now begin replacing track circuitry which is on the red line. the work is expected to taken a month. metro riders should continue to expect delays on the red line. and residents in frederick county, maryland, are cleaning up from a tornado that hit yesterday afternoon. the town of ijamsville was hit ha hard with lot of downed trees and dammed homes. a farmhouse built in the 1800s was also destroyed. good morning. welcome back to "news 4 today," the final half hour. i'm keith garvin. the news is just ahead. but first we want to take a quick look at the weather. for that we go to steve villanueva up in storm center 4. good morning, steve. >> good morning, everyone. it 'going to be a great day. temperatures climbing up to about 90. 76 right now. 78 in clinton. that is the warm spot.

humid is on the high side. the front that brought ushe active weather well to the south. dominating mostly sunny, nice and warm. tomorrow, a secondary front approaches from the west and this in turn could bring us at least a chance of a shower or thunderstorm. tomorrow likewise into monday. of course we'll give you all the details coming up in just a couple of minutes. in the meantime, back to you. >> look forward to that, steve. thank you. the cash for clunkers program could get a financial boo. "news 4's" derek ward gives us more. >> we are at the dealership on cherry hill road. they haven't gotten a lot of sleep. they were open late until 1:00. they were trying to get in all the cash for clunkers program deals they could because they were worried the program could run out of money.

the senate has yet to act. the program is actually down to about $779 million after starting out about a week ago with $1 billion. here at the dealership and their other dealerships 300 people have taken advantage. they offer never from $3500 to $4500 for a clunker provided you trade it in for a more fuel-efficient program. >> it's interesting to see what they're trading in and what they're getting. >> in our business, probably over 85% of the customers purchasing cars under this program are purchasg import cars, toyotas, nissan, and lexus even has vehicles. take toyota alone. have 16 models eligible for the c.a.r.s. program. i would have thought that the government would have -- now that they own the car -- two of the major manufacturer, that there would have been a bigger

incentive on o those vehicles than the imports. very interesting. >> reporter: most of those people are trading in domestic cars. now, this dealership has about $1 million outstanding from the government. that is, they haven't been reimbursed yesterday. they say they aren't too worried about that. you know, tammy dar vish and others say they probably could have offered significantly less money and still been popular. she said on the other end, this past november, the key thing for dealers is to worry about how the manufacturers are severing their relationships with the dlelers. that's something that the dealers are going to be working on on capitol hill meanwhile cash for clunkers program may indeed get an infusion and get new live. we're liven in silver spring. >> derrick ward, thank you. >> honda is recalling nearly half a million vehicles. it affects some of their best-selling accord and civic lsmode from 2001 and 2002. ndamo says the air bag inflaters

can cause metal fragments to shoot through and strike people in the car. the detective air bags onhe driver side has been lipged to one death and a number of injuries. the car manufacturers says the air bags will be replaced for free. the universit of maryland isyemghsttis tening btst igeud belt. 175wi js obgell be eliminate ana hiring freeze is kicking in. eosth csut c are expectedo t sa the universityys sm te$12 ultimate goal i ts ultimate gos to cut $37.8 millionro fm the 2010 dget. cldou be coming to financial aid and other expenses sump as maintenance and travel. across the country there are young people working hard and pursuing their dreams while facing the threat that everything they know could be taken away. in the united states there are 360,000 undocumented students, kids like noai guzman. his parents brought him to the

u.s. illegally when he was 4 years oil. he joins others in the same situation. support the dream act. it would allow them to stay in the country and attend public colleges at in-state tu iegs prices. he says it would give him much more than an education. >> the dream act actually gives me a new insight. it pushes me to go to the limit and achieve it. >> not everyone supports the dream act. critics say it doesn't make sense to legalize illegal aliens so they can go to tax-payer-supported colleges. no word when congress willake up the dream act. it's know through minutes after 10:00. coming up on this saturday morning edition of "news 4 today," we'll tell you about a unique deal, a chance to trade in your old hair for some new hair and what $5 can buy you for lunch. the teals are part of some catchy ads but are they worth

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pools are still splashing and kids are still lounging but for some students and parents it's time to think about back to school. they have a modified schedule, which means school starts next week. tough times means back-to-school shopping is on a budget.

michelle franzen has our report. >> reporter: school hasn't even started yet, and already there is a test. but this time retailers are cramming for the pass or fail grade. back-to-school shopping is the second largest time of the year for retail sales right behind the holiday period but the fragile economy could erase any profits, especially for clothing and department storeses. >> the economy has rolled over a year, year and a half ago. we've been in a fashion recession for three years. >> reporter: retail sales for clothing and electronics have been off the past few months and unemployment continues to climb. the national retail federation estimates consumers will spend on average $550 on back-to-school item, $50 less than last year. >> just getting what is on the list and nothing else. i'm still shopping at the same places, maybe not buying as much. >> retailers are taking note of the frugal mindset to compete

they are slashing prices and foe kuing adds on the basics. >> staples equals savings on everything back to school. >> reporter: and retailers are selling big ticket items. college students living at home, up 20% in the past two years. >> so the retailers that were really expected to be affected were the ones selling home furnishings and home decor. when you're living with mom and dad you don't need silver ware and extra long sheets. >> new rules for shopping and how retail sale could stack up heading into the holiday season. michelle franzen, nbc news, new york. >> if you want to sab some money, you might have to do your opping in virginia. the state has a tax holiday coming up for back-to-school shopping this year which is from august 7 until the 9th. but maryland and the district canceled their tax holidays. it's like a stimulus plan for your scam scalp.

they're inviting people to trade in their old hairpieces and go for a new head of air. for every old toupee they receive, adrienne's hair center is giving people $250 toward hair replacement surgery. the company's president says now is the time for change. >> in these economically challenged times people need to look and feel better about themselves so we're doing our own economic stimulus strategy and we're going to help people get into new hair. >> just a few hours into the promotion, a handful of people had already traded in their hair clunkers for a new look. more power to you. time now, 10:09. 76 degrees outside.cong up next stories and steve is going to be here with another look at your forecast. stay tunpepñwowow'ogwg

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$5 seemses to be the hot number among food places right now. the famous subway $5 footlong -- >> reporter: call it value meal marketing, recession marketing or an appetite sfim lus pack raj. subway started a $5 frenzy with its footlong promotion ♪ $5 >> reporter: but what began as a

temporary deal took on a life of its own as others joined in. >> everybody's heading to arby's for the official $5 of summer. >> reporter: now $5 th ik the official price of lunch. a professor sayses $5 is aagic number because a 99 cent price indicates a sales number while $5 becomes a one bill magic number for a high quality value. >> the idea of a price threshold is there's a certain value at which things are t mo money, it's a good deal, and there's a cer intain value at which things are too cheap to believe the value proposition. so if they were offering these meals for 19 cents, nobody would believe in the quality at all. >> reporter: but what do you get for $5? to find out we set up a table at arlington, virginia, with five lunches. this is arby's $5 meal deal. this is the $ fontlrooo fgm foom

this is.ay tthis is the $5stoa tystro fmo. >> the is the5 $5 big eats pan pizza from pizza hut and this is the $5 fill-up box from kfc. which one do you think is the best value and which one would you buy? our questions to passers biwent straight to the meat of the matter. >> kfc. >> why? >> you get more for your money. >> it looks like more for your money. >> kfc. >> why? >> you get more for your money. >> pizza hut, why? >> i love it. i would eat it every day. i love pizza hut. >> subway. morthalheynd ay? e or mhealthy andor i i looks delicious. >> subway. >> subway. >> it fills you up more. >> i would definitely go for. . i >> i think arby's. sandwich, fries, and a drink. >> why did you pick quiz noe's? >> gus good portions.

>> by the way, she was the only person who thought quiz knows serves up enough food for $5. >> whoeshi the best $5 deal? of 42 judges only one picksui qz s.'no 11 chosey'rb as and 19 said they'd spend their $5 at kfc, including this consumer. >> kfc. >> kfc. >> all right. thank you. >> all day long. >> liz crenshaw, "news 4 today." all right. professor goodstein says is that a $5 bill can provide both quality and value at the same time. i'm smiling because i, too, would choose the kfc.

>> a biscuit. >> you get the biscuit too. not evening any product over the other. they're all good but i take some kfc. >> we are endorsing today's weather. >> you're on the money with that. >> yesterday we had such active weather. we had the thunderstorms and tornado that touched down up in frederick county. but today none of that. that's yesterday's weather. today we are -- we're actually in between systems, so high pressure will dominate. lots of snipe for this afternoon. but it will be warm with highs around 90 degrees. plus it's quite humid out there. so it does feel like the dog days of summer. here's what it looks like right now down on the jefferson memorial. all is quiet to down on the mall and if you're going to be walking the mall checking out the fine monuments in the district you're going to need lots of water because it is quite warm out there today. currently 76 degrees. mostly sunny sky. the winds out of the southeast at three and the dew point -- that's the key -- 69.

dew point in the upper 60s or low 70s, it is very muggy out there. all right. here's the deal. temperaturewise, every enbasically in the mid 70s. we're heading up to around 90 degrees today region wide. a bit warmer off to the southwest. dew point to the southwest are in the low 70s. that's really humid weather. all is quiet on digital doppler and that's the way it's going to stay until after midnight. i think that's when we can see at least a few pop-up showers. 76 right now. 77 down the road in raleigh. a little cooler in new york city at 72 degrees. this is the storm that came through yesterday. again, we are i between systems. for today, high pressure dominating. lots of sunshine. there's the next front that will bring us a few showers and a thunderstorm tomorrow. ahead of it we continue to see the general southwesterly wind flow which is helping to bring in the warm weather and the humid weather. so if you're heading out toward the bay today, it's going to be a beautiful day. there's lots of sunshine. temperatures in the upper 80s. out toward the beaches,

temperatures in the low 8. mostly sunny to partly cloudy. look at the water temperature. 74 degrees. that sounds wonderful. tomorrow, though, we could have a pop-up shower, a thunderstorm out toward the beaches. so here is the front that came through yesterday. it's now well offshore. today, again, looks like a beautiful day. then tomorrow here comes the frontal band with a daytime heating, i think we could see a few showers or thunderstorm or two. about a 30% chance. so not even gets wet tomorrow. otherwise we'll have a mix of sun and clouds with temperatures around 85. 86 degrees. a little bit cooler tomorrow. then on monday the front doesn't go very far. once again with the daytime heating east of town we could see a shower or a thunderstorm. but for this afternoon. . mostly sunny. nice and warm. and, again, on the humid side. temperaturewise around 89. that is the forecasted high here in the district. # 6 tomorrow with a 30% chance of a shower or a thunderstorm. on monday, 89 with 30% chance

of a shower or storm. tuesday looks great but warm. on wednesday here comes a weak front that may kick up a storm. otherwise, this weekend not so bad. today, great. tomorrow, maybe a shower or a storm. >> sunglasses today, maybe tomorrow. >> not like yesterday. >> thank goodness. >> thank goodness. >> time now, on "news 4 today" the weekend edition, the latest from redskins training camp were players put on the pads for the first time today. stay with us. since re/max first opened its doors back in 19, we've helped millions of families buy or sell a home. through good times and bad, including five previous recessions, re/max agents have provided the kind of experience america relies on to get the job done. today, in the worst housing market most of us have ever seen, that experience is more important than ever. find out whare/max can do for you. nobody sells more real estate than re/max.

a huge rematch in swimming that's been in the making since the bay jij olympics. michael phelps earned a gold medal. he set the new world record in the semifinals yesterday and is talking a little smack about today's final heat. he's made comments regarding phelps' swimsuit choices, a controversy that only increased when fems finished second to biedermann earlier this week rng his first individual los in four year. nbc's coverage begins at noon today. well, the redskins had their top pick and the nationals make a move before the trade deadline. here's lindsay czarniak to explain. >> hey, there. good morning, everybody. your "sports minute" on this

saturday begins with the redskins. this morning players are practicing for the first time with pads. because yesterday's second practice was canceled because of rain, today will be the first time that the first round draft pick brian owe orakpo will go through training. orakpo says having to miss the first day of camp wasn't easy. >> not being there for my teammates because i'm a guy that always wants to be at every team fung, be at every practice. you know, i'm a guy that doesn't like missing out stuff due to different conflicts and stuff like that. i'm always a workhorse basically. so, you know, on the other side of things, the business side, we got it done and i'm here and we can move on. >> defensive coordinateder never minces words and yesterday he was very voe val with how he felt like you were missing valuable time. i know you talked with him today

and he was all smiles but what was it like? >> he was like you need to be here. he was like, i understand the problems -- the whole contract issues and stuff like that, you know, but he and the rest of the coaches really want to get this train rolling and want all the pieces that were -- that were added this year to be together and kind of get every -- as much together as possible. so i mean i understood where he was coming from. you know, like i said. it's the business side of it. we finally took care of it. i'm here, and we can keep going. >> the red skiens excited to see how he fairs in their new position for him moving from dephonive end to line backer. elsewhere in the nfl, five days after he was reinstated michael vick is still trying to sign on with an nfl team. yesterday patriots' coach bill bell chuck said he would not rule out signing vick. another speakses to him often and thinks that vick is close to signing on with a team in the nfl.

>> i do. i do. i think it would be crazy for a team not to pick him up. i know he wants to play quarterback. i know he wants a chance to play. i definitely want to see him out there, see him playing. i can't wait to see him playing. you know. i was able to watch him the last four years. >> de-angelo hall ready to see his friend get a job with another team. moving to baseball, a business day for baseball. also reliever joe beimel was shipped out to to rockies for two minor leergs. meanwhile in pittsbuh last night it wu a former national who helped the pirates get the win. the mascot races up in pittsburgh, and the nationals know all about this. pierogis against their president. oh, man, watch what happens.

teddy, that's not so good. always love the race they have going on in pittsburgh. the nationals are down 4-1. ryan zimmerman is up. zimmerman was feeling it last night. the solo home run to left center field. ryan zim maern's 20th of the year, and the nationals are able to cut into the lead thank to the power of ryan zimmermon. former national lastings milledge just called up yesterday. milledge lines one off of ryan zimmerman's glove. andrew mccutchen coming around. milledge goes 2 for 4 with two rbis. meanwhile the eighth inning, the nationals trying to beat up on johan rah ran and christian kuzman lines one up u. nyjer morgan comes in to score for the national. he himself a former pittsburgh pirate but it wasn't enough. milledge and the pirates win 5-4. that's your sports on this saturday morning. i'm lindsay czarniak. have a great day.

>> we're certainly going to have a great day in the weather department. >> we certainly are. compared to yesterday's nasty weather. today looks wonderful with lots of sunshine out there. it will be warm though. highs are at 90 degrees and quite huchld but all in all, a nice day. >> not so nice tomorrow. >> not too bad. >> we'll be back tomorrow at 6:00, 7:00, and 9:00. until then, have a good day. so when you said you bring fiber optic all the way to the home, you meant... we bring fiber optic all the way to the home. um... which gives you more bandwidth than cable. so you can upload faster. so it's like comparing a horse and buggy to a sports car. am i the, uh, horse?

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