right now at midday, remembering a woman who meant so much to so many. we will hear from those whose lives were touched by the late eunice kennedy shriver. plus, escalating tempers and rising voices as people in the commonwealth give their congressman a ear full. and we have the latest on the dog mauling. news4 midday starts now. joe krebs is on assignment this morning. and i am barbara harrison.

and we are tkial about the passing of eunice shriver. she died in cape cod, massachusetts, this morning. she was many things to many people. but as the president and first lady saidshi t morning, above all she will be remembered as the founder of the special olympics. and that's where we begin this morning with kimberly suitors. at the headquarters with more on this story. >> eunice kennedy shriver, the sister made a name for herself in true public service. at a special olympics ceremony, the athletes paused for their founder and for inspiration. >> she is as much of a hero of every one of these athletes as one of mine. >> photographic trites to the woman that believed there is no limit to the human spirit.

>> she would always say what more can you be doing? that's a phrase i take to my heart every day, and i say what more can i be doing? i take that in my personal life and work life. i hope that that phrase, people will take and think of when they proach iclife. what your can you be doing? >> after her death this morning, the shriver family said this. she set out to change the world and to change us, and she did that and more. she founded the movement that became special olympics, the largest movement for acceptance and inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities. her work transformed the lives of millions of people across the globe. they, in turn, are her livingch legacy. those that knew the private side said she was a humble woman. and mary pierce has attended mass with the shrivers almost every day for the past 25 years.

>> this is a good setting to start with that. i think that people may not know how dedicated they were to their faith. >> the headquarters of special olympics, the congresswoman has expressed her condolences. she said the special olympics has done more than any single action or pgram to free the public of discrimination of people with mental disabilities. and those sentiments will continue to pour in throughout the week and year. and this is a legacy that knows no end. reporting live in downtown, d.c. news4, and reporting back to you. >> thank you, kimberly.

>> we are hearing from others that new eunice shriver. the white house social secretary during the kennedy administration and a long-time friend of the whole kennedy clan. >> she was one of the most terrific women i have ever known. she was one that invented multitasking, because at anyone moment she would be taking care of a flock of kids playing baseball on their lawn, and dealing with somebody about some child who was mentally handicapped. she would be arranging a big party in their lovely home in potomac. and she would be doing four and five things at once, and she was -- i have never seenbo adyny ndenwih ucgyuc and s ah heart. >>e a ws mentioned a few minutes ago, president obama and f am y, michelle lady, michelle obamss aue i d ss iued a statement after learning of mrs.

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it dumped as much as 80 inches of rain in a single weekend, and it triggered the worse flooding in a century. the death toll could rise. 400 people from a single village may have been buried alive in a blood slide. and there is no word of a helicopter that crashed in a mountain t rescuecues re es edra villagers. asia, people are re ginerelft a earthquakes struck minutes apart. the first was a magnitude 7.6 and centered in the indian ocean, and minutes later another earthquake brought to central japan, that had a magnitude of 6.5. let's talk to tom kierein a little bit about what is going on in our area where we had record heat yesterday. what is going on? >> another hot day, but not quite as hots yesterday. the temperatures are now into

the mid-80s, and we have sunshine with a few clouds coming in now. it's still rather humid. and we are in the 80s in montgomery, and southern maryland, and st. mary's, and temperatures there are in the low to mid-80s. and further to the west, in prince william, louden as well as frederick county, these are the concern the dew points. when the dew points are near 70. we are in the upper 60s with the dew points. and now, lots of sunshine at the beaches and around the bay. 90 now in ricond and raleigh duram. we have a few light showers out in northern west virginia now. that's ahead of a cool front that will arrive later this afternoon. the temperatures are reaching the low 90s and a small chance of a passing evening or after thundershower. and the weekend as well as a new

tropical depression is brewing in the atlantic. could it be the first tropical storm of the season? i will show you that coming up in a few minutes. barbara? >> thank you, tom. in the hot weather, water is a huge draw. montgomery county and d.c. are keeping the pulls open late. fountains are another big draw, but park rangers have one question. >> it makes sense to respect a monument like this. >> it seems like common sense, but you should do a favor to the mountains, don't throw coins or wade in the water and don't drink the water, they ask. >> health care reform, a heated topic. things definitely got testing at one town hall meeting in virginia. democratic congressman was hoping to get feedback from his

constituents. people shouted and booed at times, and things never got out of hand. and he later called the town hall "terrific." and president barack obama is changing his message on health care a bit, and preparing a fresh pitch and taking it on the road. what is the president expecting? >> reporter: before leaving mexico, president obama acknowledged passions on health care are hot. >> i suspect we will have a continued vigorous debate. >> reporter: could he face his own town hall frey? this was virginia last night. it's not just democrats getting booed. south carolina republican, bob eng lus is against the reform.

at his town hall he urged to quit listening to right wing host glenn beck. worried its losing the mesessag war, the white house launched a new website, aides debunking rumors. >> one of the worse i heard that in some way this bill be force euthanizing. >> what this country needs is an honest discussion about what the problem is. we are going broke on health care. >> reporter: it's the cost of change that worries critics. >> people protesting are the taxpayers thinking we have to pay for all of this, and maybe we need to slow down. >> reporter: his group freedom work is mobilizing protestors on to show up.

>> 70% of the people at the town hall got tickets by random lottery. critics and backers will seek to get their messages across. a university in maryland last night, a senator had to shout his way through another town hall meeting. at one point the police asked the crowd to calm down. he said they would provide more choice and more people, not fewer, with insurance. let's take a look at how the traffic is moving out there right now. let's go to jerry edwards. >> good morning, everybody. a little bit of roadwork. fortunately, things seem to be moving relatively well. we will take a live look along the i-95 corridor in virginia. northbound and southbound in the stretch, and there is construction both directions and a little bit of a delay. plan for a little extra time.

that might be a good idea. the woodrow wilson bridge, no concerns. and between frederick and rockville moving nicely as is the topside of the capital beltwa back to you, barbara. 11 minutes after 11:00 is the time. it's 84 drees here in washington. still ahead on midday, more on the passing of eunice kennedy shriver. also ahead, the terrifying attack in a northern virginia neighborhood that left one man dead. plus, hear the first calls for help after the deadly midair crash in new york city. and incredible video this morning fr people being p pulle

you are saying that there is a helicopter down in the water? >> there are two helicopters that just went down in the hudson. >> the helicopter went down into the water. the plane, i am not sure what happened to it. i cannot see it from my window. >> we are hearing the 911 calls from witnesses that saw a horrific crash near manhattan. a helicopter collided with a plane on saturday. both plung into the hudson river. nine people were killed. today divers are searching for the remains of the ninth victim. investigators have not figured out what caused the crash. now to a horrifying attack

in northern virginia. we just learned the name of the man that was killed, and mauled by two pit bulls. duy.lane-yolea19dr- c carter h ece wereceli were calledome yesterday.an and man and a small dog both malluled to dea by the two dogs. >> reporter: the discovery was made on monday. a man and a small dog mauled to death. also found at the home on plaza street, a caulkocker spaniel. it's clear if the man killed is the owner of some or all the dogs. the neighbors say they knew the people that lived in the house had animals, but never saw them running around.

>> i have nephews and nieces, and -- i think it has to do with the ownership. >> my brother has one, and he says you have to take care if you have that kind of an animal. >> the two pit bulls are at the fa d li, an facility, and their fate will be detedelad r.th >>cepoli arrested two people inon cct wioniohit the dogh attack on a wom last .weekwe 60-yead maines and he son, 32dear-ol michael ba were charged wit filing a false lipo report.porert. lasteee wk w reported that mnz suffered an attack, and ow n the police know that they were lied to. the dog that attacked belonged to her son.

and seven people were rescued by helicopter after heavy rain caused flooding in a village 30 miles south of buffalo. and county officials put on ban on unnecessary travel around town where several streets are still under water. new york governor david patterson has desclard a state of emergency for western new york. and this is the scene in toronto on sunday night. a string of severe storms lit up the night sky. they also knocked down trees and power lines leaving thousands in the dark. we don't have any rain right now, but is there some in the forecast for tomorrow? >> or maybe this afternoon. where they got all the rain is the edge of the rm, humid air we had yesterday. and the cooler air is a result. well, here for the rest of the afternoon, we just have a small an n they don't anticipate stors

like they saw up there. and here is a look at skies this morning going back in time over the last couple hours, looking towards the northwest from the vantage point here in upper northwest washington. we can squeeze two hours down to 30 seconds. and you see the cloud shadiows passing over the landscape. and we have fortunately had the temperatures held back a little bit thanks to the clouds, and otherwise it would have been quite a bit hoer. here is the live view showing we have a partly cloudy sky at this hour. and the view of our city camera is showing the potomac river under this partly cloudy sky. a little bit of haze and humidity in the air. and reagan national is 86, and the average high this time of year is 87 and 69. by september 11th, a average high is 81, and average low is 63. yes, with the shorter daylight hours, our average temperatures are going to continue to drop from now on all theo

xt nt ine next ringsp. n low's take a look at the lows we had this morning. a refreshing break from the torrid afternoon we had yesterday. we got to 97 at reagan national. that was one degree shy of the record of 98 set on that date, august the 10th, 1943. and it did drop overnight. and arlington, and montgomery county, and it bottomed out near 70. prince george's county and elsewhere is in the 70s for lows. but right now it's rebounded in the mid-80s from the blue ridge all the way to the bay. the dew points are up in the 60s to near 70, and l that's humid. and that's pretty high humidity when it's up near 70. and montgomery county, temperature 82 and the dew point 63. the monthly rain, only a quarter of an inch there. rain is needed. elsewhere, temperatures are hot in southern virginia. and they have more humidity than

we do here. nice, cool morning out in the mountains. it's in the mid-70s, western maryland and in western virginia. and we have a cool front coming into the ohio valley. meanwhile, we have a new depression brewing. and here is washington. but way out here in the eastern atlantic, just about 200 miles to the cape verde islands. and we have winds of 30 miles per hour, and gusts up to 40. and tomorrow morning it may become a tropical storm. tropical storm anna, and the first tropical storm of the season. and then it may go west and then turn on a northwesterly track as we get into saturday and sunday. and it could track anywhere from this zone. if it goes to the northern part, it may diminish and not become much of a storm. if it stays on the southern side, it could become a hurricane. right now over 3,000 miles

east-southeast of ocean city. and over the last 12 hours, we had the front moving off to the east overnight. it's a weak front stretching from southern ontario all the way down into indiana. and out ahead of that, we have the humidity sweeping in. the front will arrive this evening and give us a chance of a few passing showers. and highs are reaching the low 90s. not quite as hot as yesterday. and overnight tonight, maybe a slight cnce of a passing thundershower through the evening, otherwise cloudiness by midnight. and then partlny sun on wednesday. erstilthrahuthd.mi and thankfully cooler. highs in the mi80d.s. maybe a morning shower or afternoon thundershower, a small o fchthat. and on friday, partly cloudy, and humid. and just a very slight chance of isolated afternoon insur thundershowers. and still no retu returning, thankfully. highs in the 80s on saturday and

sunday and monday. and that's the way it looks this morning. we will keep an eye on the tropics, and they are starting to get active now. >> a little rain around here could cool things out. >> yeah, and help us out. we need the rain. >> thank you, tom. let's check on traffic. jerry, what does it looks like on the roads? >> despite the construction, no big back ups. 95 appears to be the worse of it. at the american legion bridge, it's moving along nicely. the outer loop and inner loop, between tyson's corner, it's continuing to move along. no hangups at the woodrow wilson bridge. and root 50 on the bay bridge, eastbound and westbound for that matter, continuing to move along without a significant day. back to you. 11:23 is the time. 86 degrees here in washington. many say roller coasters are a thrill a minute. some people got more than they

bargained for. that's up next. and find out why some have serious safety concerns about the bay bridge.te l > listen up facebook fans. will tell you ts popular site may be th .ou > >> health. >> and as we go to eabr a breaa ok at some of the top stories

we are following a developing story this morning out of the southpaw scivic. a passenger plane vanished near the nation. the foreign minister said a possible crash site may have been found. the plane was flying to a popular destination for australian tourists. some were stranded on a roller coaster for more than four hours. it happened yesterday in santa clara, california. they were on the invertigo roller coaster when it came to a sudden stop leaving them up to 80 feet above the ground. and firefighters had to use cherry pickers to rescue them. nobody was injured. the roller coaster had a prm.o.

and next at 11:30, more on the death of eunice kennedy shriver. also ahead at 11:30, why we may soon know what killed michael jackson. plus, where does his death certificate say he is buried. a dog with a incredible survival story. what happened to her that made her survival nothing shorted of a miracle. how hot will it it

right now at 11:30, people across the washington area and the country are mourning the loss of eunice kennedy shriver. she died in a hospital in massachusetts early this morning. she was surrounded by her family. she lived a richful live, and devoted her life to improving the life of others, especially those with special challenges. people are remembering and celebrating her life. kimberly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, barbara. when we came in early this morning, the news was that it was touch and go with eunice kennedy shriver's health. she suffered from a series of strokes over the years, and her

health diminished. the family gathered at her bedside. her children and grandchildren were all there. even though her death was expected, it does not lesson the string and the loss when somebody great is gone. her legacy is very real now. true, the fact that she founded special olympics, and there was nobody that promoted the dignity and abilities of people with mental disabilities more than mrs. shriver. her sister had a lobotomy that cured an illness, and it left eunice with a passion for this issue today. there are more than 3 million iaspecl olympians, and it'snsp organization that eunice kennedy

shriver founded. >> she would always say what more can you be doing? that's a phrase that i take to my heart every day. i wake up and i say, what more can i be doing? i take that in my personal life and work life. i hope that that phrase, people will take and think of when they approach life. what more can you be doing? >> my intention this morning is to pay for the repose of eunice's soul and the family left behind, sergeant especially. >> sergeant being her husband who is suffering from alzheimer's disease. the tributes have been coming in all morning from president obama and from around the world, from ordinary citizens. if you were one of those people who would like to offer something special to the kennedy family, to the shriver family, the special olympics website is now linked to our website. go to nbcwashington.com to pt

your public comment. reporting live in northwest washington, d.c., i am kimberly suitor. wenvite all of you towe stay with news4 for more on the passing of eunice kennedy shriver. now to another big story this morning. the weather. it's going to be another cooker out there. it's already getting pretty warm. tom kierein is with us to tell us what we can expect today. tom? >> barbara, it's still humid, although it will be cooler today thanks to a cool front just now come into the midwest. out ahead of the front we have the humidity sweeping in on a southwesterly flow. a few clouds coming through now. a few light showers in western pennsylvania. and this front will move in late this afternoon and into the evening. as it moves in, we will have, perhaps a slight chance of a passing thundershower.

rather hot and quite humid. but thankfully not as hot as yesterday. five degrees cooler. that will help, but still uncomfortably hot and humid. you need to take precautions if you are spending time outside. temperatures reaching the low 90s by midafternoon. and then tonight we have a chance of a passing thundershower until perhaps around midnight. it will near 80 degrees by then. and then by dawn it will be in the 70s and mostly cloudy. partly sunny on wednesday. cooler, but not much less humid. stillaiem q rngniuite humid all the way into the weekend. and thankfully tigui h ien th h mid-80s tomorrow. thursday, friday, partly cloudy and morning lows near 70 and n 80. nhe tan saturday, highs in the low andmid-80s. id then sundayo intda my,on temperatures back into the 80s, thankfully the heat wave is not returning in the foreseeable future. barbara? u,you,tom.

anytime it's ts hot, there are a few things to keep in ee .i where light colored, loose mi fitting ngclhiot, and drink r, and not alcohol oreicaneff eiff drinks. ifou yre a looking for a place to keep cool, a list of cooling centers and pulls on nbcwashington.com. we'll check in with jerry now. another helpful tip, and certainly keep an eye on your engine coolant, especially if you will be stuck in traffic like this. this is because of roadwork. northbound as you head up from woodbridge to lorden, construction, so be prepared. crews are in th process of flipping the hov lanes for the southbound commuters. and no worries, topside of the capital beltway moving nicely. the american legion bridge, we are okay. and the woodrow wilson bridge,

everything is moving without delay. barbara? >> thank you, jerry. >> metro is sndus ainpellg c rafafafte a te w ed aski ll killed on sunday night. he was killed on the orange line. he was acting as a spotter for a machine that spreads cross ties on the track. now the metro general manager ordered a safety stand down. for the next three days, no more track maintenance but additional safety checks at track sites. >> we need to have each of our employees to go through the proper safety procedures, and for our managers to look at all of our safety procedures to insure that they are updated and meet the needs of what we are doing in the field today. >> metro has not figured out how the accident happened. investigators are looking into whether there was an equipment malfunction or if a worker in the group was distracted. it has been a year since the

horrific crash on the chesapeake bay bridge. a truck driver was killed after his truck plunged off the side and into the water below. since then the crews enforced the concrete barrier. and aaa says it wants another barrier to separate two-way traffic. now, to the fight against the swine flu. the vaccine trials are under way at the university of maryland. volunteers rolled up their sleeves in baltimore yesterday, and they will return for blood s sampling over time. they need to find out how much vaccines they will need. >> before us, somebody before us took a leap of faith and participated in a trial. so that's my part. >> researchers will monitor the adult volunteers for two weeks

before they begin to do studies on children. police say a woman shot her husband to death inside their tattoo parlor in southeast washington. the woman open fire inside the liquidity jones tattoo and body shop. no customers were inside of the shooting. no word on a motive behind the shooti. as the investigation of michael jackson is still under way, and there was a burial site. that says it was temporary. there is speculation online about where jkson's body actually is right now. and answers about his death could be coming soon. the l.a. coroner's office

announced the results are not yet being released. veterinarians are nursing a dog back to health after she was viciously attacked. she was duct taped inside a trash back and dumped in a dumpster. >> reporter: her face tells the story. a k-9 on the mend after she was left clinging to life in a dumpster. she was discarded like a piece of trash. trooper was found trioutside an apartment complex. when leroy robinson approached the dumpster, he heard thrashing and the sound of whimpering. >> i did not know whether he was dead or alive. come to find out, he was moving. >> reporter: they called the humane society's hotline. and dispatched was this officer, and she found a dog wrapped in a trash bag duct taped to her

body. >> i was in disbelief what it sounded like the witnesses were seeing. when i got to the scene, it was worse than i had been expecting. i was shocked. it was probably one of the most pathetic things i have ever seen. >> she raced the dog to the hospital for animals, and needed surgery right away. tripper, named by officer russel, for her spirit, and healing well. >> the most extensive injury is the laceration over her eye, about that long. it was deep, down to the bone. it doesn't look like the globe was involved at all. >> the goal is to rehabilitate trooper after she heals and place her in a loving home. despite the fact that somebody tried to throw her away, we could see this was a warm, sweet and loving animal. but doctors say underneath that calm demeanor is the spirit of a survivor. >> to have gone through what she has gone through, and be as loving and affectionate as she

is, she is obviously a wonderful dog. i think that will help her a lot with her healing. >> doctors say trooper's heal something a day by day process, and could need at least one more surgery. the humane society is offering a $1,500 reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsibilities. up next at midday, what happened to hillary clinton yesterday made her lose her cool. these that these new parents will be telling for years to come. why spending so much time on facebook could be hurting your healhe

well, he apparently messed with the wrong clinton. hillary clinton got testing with a student for asking what her husband thought about international affairs. she was in congo yesterday, and one of them asked about the world bank, speaking in french. the translation was what does mr. clinton think through the mouth of hillary clinton. and the secretary of state was not very pleased. >> wait, you want me to tell what you my husband thinks? my husband is not the secretary of state, i am! you ask my opinion and i will tell you my opinion. i will not be channeling my husband. >> afterwards, the student said

that he meant to ask about president obama's thoughts, not former president clintons. it's not clear if the translator made the mistake or the student made the mistake. and a cell phone picture was taken of women trying on clothes in a shopping mall. this is a security video at the mall and was secretly taping won inside a department store dressing room. the witness caught him in the act and notified police who then arrested him. and the 34-year-old father of two was taken into custody. heow video voyeurism charges. social media sites such as facebook may be bad for your health, your romantic health, that is. psychologists that conduct a study of mor than 3,000 college students says face book can inject a degree of jealousy into a relationship. time spent on facebook might trigger feelings of insecurity

by users revealing private information to a wide circle of friends. another guilty plea in the madoff case, and where are college grads in this country going to find work? we have more on those stories and the rest of the morning's business headlines. good morning, courtney. >> good morning. stocks are low, the dow is down by more than 100 points now. investors may be waiting to see what the fed is going to say after their two-day meeting that starts today. the central bank is not expected to do anything with interest rates this time around, but could signal a retreat to prop up the financial system. we will look for the details in the language of the statement this time around. asian markets did close higher overnight, and following mostly positively economic news from around the world. and the former top

lieutenant of the disgraced madoff fled guilty. we are just getting news that they are setting bail at $2.5 million, and there are travel restrictions based on him for what he can do, and what he can't do. things are still unraveling right now. he was the chief financial officer at madoff's financial service. he was the main one answering the questions about their account. this is one of the first other people to actually come forward and say they are guilty and have documents. and the job prospects are looking weaker at home, and some college grads are finding a new land of opportunity, and it's china. and some have no knowledge at all are heeding the call. they have a lowerost of

living. i, myself, have friends that have done the same thing. they seem to be happy. and hopefully they will come back and teach us what they learned. >> i thought youere going to say i, myself, speak chinese. >> no, i don't. >> thank you very much. state troopers are not strangers to a high speed chase, but a high-speed delivery is a different story. they held to deliver a baby girl on the side of the interstate. >> reporter: unlike most babies, elizabeth leigh snyder was not born in the hospital. no, her story starts with a high-speed chase early on saturday morning on i-95. trisha and matt snyder, her parents were rushing to the hospital at the university of pennsylvania. trisha was in labor. >> probably driving faster than

i should have been, because tunnel vision, and trying to get to the hospital. >> we hear a lot of interesting excuses to not receive a citation for speeding. >> reporter: pennsylvania state trooper peter burkehart pulled them over. >> i thought i was in a bad dream. i heard sirens and could not figure out what was going on. >> quickly, they all figured it out. and that's where the trooper was called in. she never delivered a baby before, but has emt training and stepped in. >> she was really calm. and i asked her if she was ready to push, and she said she was. and the baby was born. >> they were in the right place at the right time, and it was nice not to do it on our own, because we were going to have her in the car, no matter what. >> they did finally make it to the hospital. >> prepare to save a life, take a life, or give your own. it's very rare that you are going tbe prepared to watch one come into the world.

>> that's the most rewardi call i have er been on. >> that was rosemary conners reporting on. the snyders did not receive a ticket. the end of the road for one of the country's most popular musical groups. plus, meteorologist, tom kierein, will be back with another check on the forecast. stay with us. we will be right back.

this could be a dark day for fans. brooks and dunn call it quits after 20 years together. the ride has been everything and more than we could have ever dreamed. we owe it all to you, the tofan. the duo will tour one last time next year. we have a special guest joining us in the studio this morning. he is being called one of the artists to watch on the music scene. derrick, welcome and thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> for folks not familiar with your work, let's have a little bit of a listen to one of your tapes or videos. ♪ sounds good to me. for those thought familiar with your work, give us an overview. >> i started off as a backup singer, and at 15 i was hired to

sing on a quincy jones album. and then i sang for cisco, and a lot of other people. >> how old were you when you started? >> 15. that was my first professional gig at 15. >> how did quincy jones discover you? >> i don't know. my mom's friend came and said they are additioning kids for quincy's new project, and would you be interested? i said sure, absolutely. >> you describe yourself as having the musical freedom of jimi hendrix, and the reminiscence of prince, and the boldness of outcast. who are your heroes in the music world. >> one is jimi hendrix, and led zeplan. >> is it more than just your

voice? do you dance? >> yeah, icing a sing, and i da yeah. >> what is your genre is it rap? >> no, it's soul. it's rock and soul. it's like prince being the lead singer of zepland. >> i am a people watcher. >> do some of what you do right now? >> sure. >> i won't put you on the spot. but i will be waiting for it. >> absolutely. >> it has been great having you here. what is next for you? >> i am out here performing two shows in d.c. on friday at the

verizon center it's ladies night. come out. >> is that tonight? >> friday. 7:00. and then also on saturday, i am playing at ft. dupont park, myself and alison williams. >> i know you have a new cd, and this is derrick ma kaes. somebody to watch in the music world. we will look for you. thank you for coming in. >> thank you. and let's see what tom has to tell us. a final look at weather, tom. a little haze in the air, and it's a warm morning. temperatures in the mid-and upper 80s. right now 86 in washington. as we take mp urerteesat n mperatures i mp80mi id-n the ment mo e'sge georcounties. we havemetu tcounties. we have temperatures near the bay in the low t s.f off to theeow lowo t l to mid-80s now. not quite as hot as it was yesterday. and these are the dew points. when they are around 70, that's

humid. in t annapolis, i 84an. and their dew point is 64. av athe eastern ishe,eorthn wed feavud a clo few clouds co in ahead of a cool front that wifts dnat lerater this terggri teoo ymarigger a passing thundershower late afternoon into the evening, and before that climbing intohe t low 90s. not quite as hot as yesterday, maybe a lingering thundershower through theevening, and cloudy tomorrow morning, and then cooler weather moving in thursday and friday. maybe a passing thundershower tomorrow. that's how it looks. we will see you tomorrow morning. >> stay cool, tom. that's "news4