in the line of duty -- the family of a local marine killed in afghanistan talks about his love of country. we're held hostage at any given moment by health insurance companies that deny coverage or drop coverage. >> on the road again, president obama travels to colorado for another town hall meeting on health care, trying to quiet the opposition. and warm and humid, the good and the bad news about the weekend forecast. good morning, welcome to the 6:00 edition of "news4 today," it's saturday, august 15th, 2009. i'm kimberly suiters in for eun

yang. the news is just ahead. chuck bell is up in storm center 4. chuck, it's starting out pleasant enough. >> absolutely right. good morning to you, friday is done and saturday is here. most everybody has the day off. hopefully you'll get a chance to get out and enjoy some beautiful summer weather around the area. 73 in washington, most of our suburbs, especially our western suburbs are in the middle and upper 60s. 67 in fairfax county. dew points are still in the mid 60s, so a touch of humidity out there. with the clear skies we've seen a little patchy fog out there. frederick maryland, your visibility down to a mile. martinsburg, west virginia, two miles. so a little patchy fog around the area. be careful if you're driving out and about through that. it won't last long. that august sunshine will do its thing. by late this morning, we'll have full sunshine out there. highs today up near 88 degrees. so pretty typical for august this time of year. just enough humidity to get a

little foggy start and plenty of sunshine on the way. kimberly? >> thank you, cluck. we begin with a local marine killed in afghanistan. his family and friends are now sharing his story. they say after the september 11th attacks, he felt compared to serve. he found his calling in the marine corps, darcy spencer reports. >> reporter: 40-year-old bill care, a marine corps sergeant was killed in the line of duty thursday while fighting in afghanistan. john kair is his father. >> we're just devastated with the loss. he was a wonderful young man. he's a son that every mother and father would love to have. >> reporter: a close friend says care was deployed to afghanistan in the spring, and tha care was shots while on an armed foot patrol in the helmand province. he was assigned to the fourth civil affairs group, a marine unit based in the district. he lived in alexandria, with his wife, rene brown, who is expecting twins in december. >> we're putting one foot in

front of another. we're all just demolished by it. but there are those glimmers. >> debra howe, a former d.c. bureau chief where care worked as a reporter. she said he felt compelled to join the marines after 9/11 and he couldn't be dissuaded. >> i said, when you're an old man, will you regret it if you don't go? and he said, yes, i think i will. and i said, but, bill, what if you end up dead? and he said, well, it will be for a good purpose. >> care's death has devastated his family, the military community and journalists from across the country, many of them leaving message on facebook. >> every note, every email he ever sent me was signed, "semper fi" it was sort of like that was his mott and he lived and died by it. >> darcy spencer, "news4 today."

a memorial has been setp to benefit the two little glimmers to come, his twins. president obama is on vacation, but getting some work done, holding a town hall meeting in colorado to discuss health care. friday he stopped in montana. the president did not experience the same animosity many senators and representatives have faced. mr. obama told the audience what they've seen on tv doesn't tell the whole story and constructive meetings have been taking place across the country. most who attended seemed to support the president's plan. but not everyone, one man even turned the president's own joke about bull in washington on him. >> and we keep getting the bull. that's all we get, is bull. you can't tell us how you're going it pay for this. >> you are absolutely right. that i can't cover another 46 million people for free. >> the president went on tell

the man he will not raise taxes on families making $250,000 or less, and admitted the wealthy will have to pay more. some protestors did come out, they were kept about half a mile away. he often had to shout to be heard above the crowd. but the senator tells the "washington post" he has not been discouraged. in fact, he says the opposite has happened. he's more determined now than ever to get health care bill passed. carton has answered number rouse questions on the cost to perform. he said he will not vote for a bill that increases the deficit. alexandria's former police chief is spending the weekend in ja. david baker pleaded guilty yesterday to drunken driving. he was arrested last month, after a car accident in arlington. police say his blood alcohol level was more than twice the level limit. baker will spend five days behind bars in arlington county. he faces a $300 fine and a loss

of his driving privileges. the boss of a charles county judge who flattened a cleaning woman's tire after she parked in his space, said the judge should have thought before heacted. judge robert nalyed a migts to flattening the woman's tire. nal request was in charge of the entire courthouse until thursday. he nay faces sanctions. his boss says naly will not be allowed to sit on any criminal cases until this matter is resolved. >> this is a story that's going to have legs and keep walking. and he said why. and i said, first of all, because you're a judge. second airily, you're a judge in charge of the courts. and the public put its trust and confidence in you that you're not going to do stupid things, not knowingly, anyway. > judge naly has declinedo t bo alk the a incident. baltimore police are issuing o citations to michael phelps after a car accident there thursday night. they say the olympic gold medalist presented them with an

invalid michigan driver's license after the minor incident. phelps lived in michigan between the 2004 and 2008 olympics. police also cited him for failure to establish residency in maryland. investigators say the other driver did cause the accident when she ran a red light. she'll be cited for failure to obey a red light and causing an accident. you only get one shot at a second chance. that's a quote from michael vick, that's how he describes his new contract with the philadelphia eagles. the team introduced the troubled quarterback yesterday in philadelphia. vick sigd a contract that could pay him almost $7 million over two years. but northern of that money is actually guaranteed. he said he's sorry for what he did and is ready to focus on the future. >> i know as we all know in the past, i made some mistakes, i have done some terrible things, made a horrible mistake. and now i want to be part of the solution and not the problem. >> vick may not be able to play

in any of the eagles' regular-season games until the middle of october because nfl commissioner roger goodell suspended him for the part of the year, even then, goodell must agree to reinstate vick. the redskins get back to work after a rough start to their season and the nationals survive a pitching duel. here's this morning's sports minute. good morning, everybody, your sports minute starts with the nationals, after a three-game losing streak, the nats got a good pitching performance by garrett mock and some great defense by niger morgan. the center fielder threw out a runner at home to keep the lead. the nationals beat the reds in cincinnati, 2-0. what a game for baltimore oriole felix p.a. not only did he go 4-5, he hit for the cycle. the orioles pounding angels 16-6 the final. the redskins get ready for

preseason game number two against the steelers. the skins got shut out by the ravens thursday night. head coach jim zorn said some of the young guys got a welcome to the nfl experience. it's not good. they have to get better. to golf now,iger woods heads into the weekend with a big lead at the pga championship. tiger up by four shots over five golfers. shot two under par in the second round. and a little league team from chantilly came so close to making the little league world series. chantilly lost to a power house from georgia 6-3 the final last night. that's your sports minute, i'm dan hellie, everybody have a great weekend. coming up on the saturday morning edition of "news4 today," senator jim webb becomes the first member of congress to visit myanmar in more than a decade. we'll tell you what he hopes to accomplish. wildfires across the state of california have forced hundreds of people to flee their homes. we'll have the latest. and the first family on a

wild vacation ride. more ahead.

virginia senator, jimwebb, is in myanmar right now. however you'd like to pronounce it, we're going with myanmar this morning, attempting to open a line of communication with that country. and his visit is the first in more than a decade by a senior u.s. official. the trip is getting a lot of coverage on myanmar's state-run television. washington cooled relations after the ruling junta and

military leaders crushed pro democracy protests in 1988. theovernment says just days ago, nobel peace prize laureate, aung san suu kyi, was sntsed to house arrest for allowing an american to stay in her home. senator webb has suggested engagement rather than isolation might bring the most change to myanmar. the obama administration gave its blessing to the trip. eunice kennedy shriver was remembered as a fearless warrior for the voiceless, and an unconventional woman who smoked cuban cigars and played tackle football. a torch-bearing special olympian led a procession past st. francis xavier roman catholic church in massachusetts yesterday as family and friends gathered. maria shriver let up the masses with stories about her.

the special olympics founder was buried at a cemetery not far from the family compound. in jacksonville, florida, captain michael scott speicher was laid to rest. he was shot down over iraq 18 years ago, on the first night of the gulf war, his fate remained a mystery until earlier this month, when the military announced marines found his remains buried in iraq. thousands of people lined the streets as a funeral motorcade carried speicher's casket through his hometown of jacksonville. governor charlie crist calling him the model naval officer. we're learning more about what happened moments before last saturday's deadly crash over the hudson river. a single-engine plane struck a sight-seeing helicopter in clear weather after taking off from new jersey's teterboro airport. the ntsb said the controller who cleared the plane for departure got on the phone to make a

personal call. that controller told the plane to contact the newark airport, but failed to tell the pilot about air traffic in the area. a newark controller who did see the traffic never heard from the pilot and told teterboro to warn the plane. the teterboro controller was still on the phone at the time. two other attempts to contact the plane were unsuccessful. nine people were killed in that collision. the teterboro controller and his supervisor are on administrative leave pending an investigation by the faa. be prepared to answer a few more questions before you take to the skies. starting today, u.s. airlines will start asking travelers to provide their birth dates and their sex. part of a new security measure aimed at making sure flyers aren't mistaken for people whose st w lists. the tsa hopes tbeo etbe vting 1% of domestic passengers by mar v 31st and allng ponasses er international flights, to, from or over the u.s. by the end ofs next .arye

that would be about two million daily passengers. mother nature is complicating efforts to contain a number of wildfires in california. strong winds are fanning flames. firefighters fear gusts could ignite even more fires and force additional evacuations. governor schwarzenegger is expected to visit a fire zone in santa cruz county today. california's lieutenant governor declared a state of emergency there yesterday. up next on "news4 today," the morning's top sports stories and a look at the weather ahead. >> classic august weather on tap for your entire weekend, make your plans to get outside and enjoy. a check of the weekend forecast is coming right up.

if you like hot and humid, this is the day for you. >> absolutely right. not so hot compared to earlier this week. monday, we were 97. >> i kind of forget that. >> lot ever us did. we are going to be another warm day today, no doubt. but it's not going to be crazy hot like it was earlier in the week. temperatures only one or two degrees above average. and our average high temperature this time of year, around 87 degrees. outside right now, the sky is mostly clear out there. bu we seeing a little patchy fog in some of the rural areas. as we go outside this morning, a live picture of the beautiful tomac river as it winds its way through the city of washington, mostly clear sky overhead this morning. our current temperature stands at 72 degrees. a light southwesterly wind. the light winds and clear skies is the reason we have a little

bit of fog out there this morning. and man, has it been dry. the summer solstice, back in mid june, only seven days since june 21st have we had more than a .1 inch of rain. so we could use the rain showers. around the rest of the east now, mostly 60s and 70s. plenty of humidity. most neighborhoods in the western suburbs are in the mid 60s to low 70s along the chesapeake bay. over the last 12 hours, a little area of low pressure across the outer banks of north carolina bringing more heavy rains to them. some places there have had five to ten inches of rain in the last week or so. for us, high pressure is in charge of our weather, so great summer weather, not just for today, but it goes for tomorrow as well. the tropics are starting to get a little bit more active. this out here is now tropical storm ana, and another very organizing tropical wave on its back door there. tropical storm ana over the next couple of days will need to be watched fairly closely.

the hurricane center things that it's going to stay tropical stm strength by 2:00 monday morning, getting close to puerto rico. as we get into the early part of next week, it might become a little increasing threat towards the southeast coast of the u.s., but that's a long ways away and some models have it losing all of its tropical characteristics. a long time to deal with ana. but it does need to be watched. for us, a mix of sun and clouds this morning, fog will be gone by 9:00 or 10:00. we'll be left with plenty of sunshine for the rest of the day. if you're heading out to the beaches, it will be good weather. for tomorrow, a little bit warmer than today. but still no real threat of rain. so our forecast for today, patchy fog early this morning. giving way to plenty of sunshine later on. today, witntoater ieso the mid upper0s. if you'rnnapolis or annr ois cambridge, sailing on th bay, temperatures in the 80s. if you're headed out to the beachings, tempenetus rear 8s degrees there. our extended forecast the next couple of days, near 90 today. if you're liking it into the ar

90s, there are people who like it that way, we have sunday, monday and tuesday all in the 90s. and our nt little chance of showers rolls in for both wednesday and friday of next week. but on the whole, it's a fairly dry pattern for us, and that's going to continue. >> what's happened to the august afternoon where the showers reliably come? >> not this summer. thank you. tiger is on track to win his first major of the year and the national appear to be back on track. >> good morning, everybody, it was a pitcher's duel in cincinnati last night. the nationals and reds combined to score two runs. the good news is, both of them belong to the good guys, the nats should out the reds, due in part to great pitching from garrett mock. he struck out six in six scoreless innings of work. the reds mascot having a good time go-carting. ronny belliyard and he's going yard, the fourth home run of the

year for him. the nationals take the lead. bottom five, paul jannish who singles to center field, niger morgan is here. he's fast and he has a gun. the strike to home plate, aaron harang is out. what a nice play. the nationals shut out the reds 2-0. to baltimore, what night for felix pia, it's pia at the plate. good piece of hitting here, finds the gap in right center field. two runs will come in to score as the ball goes all the way to the wall. and pia is thinking three-bagger. going for the triple. gets down, gets the triple, goes 4 for 5 with four rbi more importantly, hits for the cycle. the o's beat the angels 16-6. when you lose 23-0 and get outgained in terms of yardage, you need to dig a little to find

the positives. second-year receiver malcolm kelly for the redskins, only had three catches, but it matched his total from a disappointing rookie season. he showed the ability to make a tough catch in a game which is something we have seen him do routinely in practice. skins quarterback jason campbell certainly pleased to have another weapon in his arsenal. >> i'm very impressed with malcolm, the way he went across the middle to catch the ball, he reached up and grabbed it. you're a big target to get hit. toor him to do that showed a lot of courage. i was impressed, because that's what you look for going across the middle. not afraid to get hit and use the big body to reach up and snag some balls. >> come in and catch everybody so now that i'm healthy, now i can come out and play consistent. so that's what i'm going to do for now. it did feel good to get back out there and have live balls and actually get them. >> preseason game number two for

malcolm kelly and the redskins next saturday at fedex field against the pittsburgh steelers. kickoff set for 7:30. you can see the game here on news4. an all-star team from chantilly, playing for a spot in the little league world series, all they had to do was beat a team from warner robbins, georgia. the chantilly kids getting all pumped up, runners on first and second with no outs, this is blake jackson with a ground ball through the legs of the chantilly shortstop. trey maddox said i'm going back to third. justin jones going over to third because he thought maddox was going home. we're caught in rundown, chantilly trying to get the out at home. talk about bad luck, off the back of the runner, two georgia runs come in to score, chailly loses to georgia 6-3. a very good season for those little guys. the mystics beat the sun 91-89 in double overtime down in verizon. if the pga championship, tiger

woods leads by four strokes over five golfers heading into the weekend. safe to say, it's over. tiger will win his first major of the year. that's your sports, i'm dan hellie, everybody have a great weekend. thank you, dan. still ahead in our next half hour on "news4 today," the weekend edition, professional-grade fireworks are normally reserved for shows like the one on the national mall. t now they're going out illegally in some unexpected places in the washington area, that story ahead. and plan ahead, another weekend of major delays on metro, we'll tell you where. and we'll introduce you to a man who is not letting his age stop him, competing on the greens at the age ever 91.r

updating the top stories, president barack obama heads to grand junction, colorado today, in his effort to overhaul the health care system. he'll hold another town hall-style meeting on health care. on friday, the president visited montana. meanwhile, republican national committee chairman, michael steele issued a statement saying plerns simply aren't buying his efforts to repackage his government-run experiment. alexandria's former police chief is spending the weekend in jail. david baker pled guilty yesterday to drunken driving. he was arrested last month, after a car accident in arlington. baker will spend five days behind bars in arlington county. two baltimore police issuing two citations to michael phelps after a car accident there thursday night. they say the olympic gold medalist presented them with an invalid michigan driver's license after the minor

accident. police cited him for failure to establish residency in maryland. investigators say the other driver caused the accident when she ran a red light. good morning anwelcome back to "news4 today," the weekend edion, i'm kimberly suiters. let's start the half hour off with a great look at today's weather, chuck bell is up in storm center 4, good morning to you. >> good morning, kimberly and good morning, everybody. saturday under way, sunrise is just getting ready to occur out there. outside temperatures are in the upper 60s to near 70 degrees around the metropolitan area. 73 downtown. 72 in beautiful annapolis and shady side and deal down to calvert county and into southern maryland. where st. mary's is a the 69 degrees this morning. a little cooler to our north and west. martinsburg and frederick at 64 right now. dew points remain a little bit in the uncomfortable side, mid to upper 60s and a little patchy

fog as well. frederick maryland, visibility down to a half-mile in frederick. springfield, virginia, visibility reduced to three miles and less than half a mile in culpepper, virginia. we'll be left with an abundance of sunshine by later this afternoon. highs today up near 88 degrees, it will it will feel like august and look like it as well. kimberly, back to you. thank you, cluck. the district is known f its spectacular fourth of july fireworks display. but some are concerned now about fireworks popping off where they shouldn't be. jackie benn h the story. >> reporter: on july 4th, residents of northeast washington saw the sky light up with what looked like real fireworks. like the kind used on the national mall. dozens and dozens of them launched from back yards and alleyways. >> it actually looked like we were on the mall for the fireworks display. the rockets shooting up in the air. and it was really dangerous.

>> reporter: d.c. police evacuated homes near the intersection of 49th and meep streets northeast, after a u.s. postal service mail box exploded just before 10:00 p.m., sending dangerous shrapnel flying. >> it's scary. i thought my house was on fire. i was scared. >> investigatorstoater determined the blast was caused by a professional-grade fireworks shell. just prior to independence day, d.c. mayor adrian fenty, joined by the fire chief renewed a call for d.c. to join neighboring montgomery and prince george's counties in banning a fireworks. >> we really need to rid t community, the general untrained public, who doesn't even read the instructions, of these devices. >> reporter: ward seven councilmember alexander said after this summer's antsics, she thinks it's time for some new fireworks laws. >> it's just too many illegal fireworks going on. that i'm really going to look at, you know, that ban

revisiting the fireworks ban for the district. >> reporter: investigators don't know where these illegal fireworks are coming from. they think they're possibly from mail order, possibly from out of state. jackie benson, "news4 today." you may want to plan extra time if you're taking metro this weekend. track circuit repairs could cause delays of a least a half-hour on the orange and red lines. on the red line, the fort totten station is completely out of commission. metro will be offering free shuttle bus service between the brooklyn, fort totten and tacoma stations to help out. metro has been plagued with its share of problems in recent months. when something bad happens, the blame is often placed at the top. but a senior member of the metro board is rallying behind metro general manager, john cato. tom sherwood explains why. >> reporter: from the major wreck in june and its investigation, to worker death,

track suicides and transit operators talking on cell phones, it's been a rough year for the aging metro system. >> are you worried at all that it's losing its luster? >> of course. any time there's a period, from time to time things happen that create the kind of problems. and certainly on the level of perception, everyone involved has to be concerned. ♪ >> reporter: on the wamu radio program friday -- >> today we'll be talking about metro's problems. board member chris zimmerman. >> reporter: arlington county's chris zimmerman gave an unqualified endorsement of metro general manager, john cato, in the midst of all the system's troubles. >> those who know him throughout the industry where he's been prominently through the decades now, generally regard john cato if not the best, among the very best general managers in transit that this country has. >> reporter: cato earns about

$300,000 a year. he's in the last six months of a three-year contract. and zimmerman said the board should act resign him. >> my view personally very strongly is we're very fortunate to have mr. cato. there are many other agencies that really wish they had him and have tried to get him. >> reporter: several transit officials have dismissed two online petitions to fire cato. saying there's fewer than 200 daily ridership of 1.1 million. >> i think online petitions are generally worth the paper they're written on. this joins the group of petitions that includes one for reanimating the buffy the vampire slayer. >> reporter: tom sherwood, news4, washington. >> some riders complain that metro has not reacted aggressively enough to improve train service. they said routine announcement for commuters to add 30 minutes to their planned travel time are actually chasing riders away. a dog flu outbreak is shutting down adoptions at the

fairfax county animal shelter for the time being. two dogs there have been diagnosed with canine influenza, which is not contagious to humans, but can make pets very sick. another 29 dogs may have been exposed to the virus. they'll be quarantined for the next two weeks as a precaution. dog influenza symptoms include coughing, wheezing, only in dogs. this weekend marks the 40th anniversary of a pivotal moment in american pop culture. ♪ ♪ >> nearly half million people came togethe in bethel, new york, for woodstock. a commemorative concert scduled for today is already sold out. richie havens performed at the original free three-day festival. he said the woodstock experience was unique in the way performers could connect with their fans. >> i have to say, and i always do, that it didn't belong to me. it belonged to everybody who was there. >> there were so many people,

yet the overall feeling was one of community and friendship. >> an art central museum memorializing woodstock has been built near the site othe festival. the first guest on jay leno's show will be a familiar face, jerry seinfeld will join leno. he joins musical guest jay z, rihanna, the jay leno show premieres monday at 10:00 p.m. on news4. still ahead on "news4 today," the weekend edition, wall street is worried that nervous consumers will slow the economic recovery. we'll have the latest numbers. and a 10-year-old snags the interview of a lifetime. stay with us.

it was disappointing end to week of trading, stocks tumbled followed disappointing news on consumer confidence, that put an end to the market's four-week positive streak. the dow fell 76 points, losing 50 points overall for the week. the nasdaq closed 23 points lower and the s&p slipped by eight points. interest rates will remain low at least for the immediate

future. bill griffith has more on that and other big business stories making headlines this past week. >> reporter: the summer rally took a breather this week, after a jumble of economic news aimed more upbeat federal reserve bank wrapped a two-day meeting vowing to keep its already-low benchmark interest rates unchanged for an stebded period of time. the fed says its policies are working, the financial markets have improved lately and household spending has stabilized. but ongoing job losses, falling home values and tight credit remain problematic right now. consumers are being tight, retail sales in july fell .1%. while consumer sentiment dipped lower as well. but at least inflation is in check. consumer prices were flat in july, and they are lower from where they were a year ago. and a bright spot in housing, sales of existing homes last quarter were up nearly 4% from the first three months of the year. still, more people are losing their homes to foreclosure,

banks repossessed 87,000 homes in the u.s. last month, that's up 7% from june. and, the cash for clunkers program has been given a boost to the automaker's chrysler, upped production of pickup trucks, while ford is adding shifts to make more vehicles in a hurry. general motors unveiled its chevy volt car this week, claims it will get an astounding 230 miles a gallon. it hits showrooms november of next year. i'm bill griffith, get all your business news on cnbc celebrating its 20th year. most seasoned reporters work for years to get an interview with the president of the united states. but one 10-year-old boy has already done it. take a look at this. remember damon weaver? the elementary school student from florida was in news4 studios back in january, having failed to get an interview with the president during the inauguration. well, if at first you don't succeed, try again. this week, damon was granted a

10-minute sit-down with president obama at the white house. and apparently he didn't lob any softball questions. asking about, amo other issues, how the president plans to improve education. well the president held a town hall meeting, the rest of the family had some fun yesterday. they went water-rafting, that's sasha in front with the helmet that's a little too big. mrs. obama was not as adventurous as her daughters, choosing to sit in the back of the raft. the obamas are vacationing out west and visiting some national parks, mr. obama hopes it will encourage other people to do the sarm. sports and weather are coming up next, a live look outside. oh, wow, sun shining, a beautiful day ahead if you like warm. we'll be back.

"the today show" is coming up next here on news4, it starts right at 7:00 a.m. after this hour of "news4 today," and amy robach joins us with a preview. good morning, amy. >> coming up this morning on "today," president obama pushes back against critics of his health care reform plan. we'll get a live report from the nefront line in his battle, his town hall meetings out wst. plus a mystery in georgia, a man said he was talking to his girlfriend on her cell phone when he heard a scream and a struggle. now she's missing. what happened? also, dollar stores are more popular than ever. but when you shop in one, are you really saving money? the answer might surprise you. and then we will head back in time 40 years to woodstock, lester holt heads back to the farm to get memories of peace, lover and music. and a penguin who is not

wearing a traditional tuxedo, but instead a wetsuit, we'll tell you why when we meet ralph the penguin. all right, thank you, amy. it's really not penguin weather outside. >> no, not at all, the polar bears at the zoo are submerged in cold water. if you don't like it hot and humid, may need to find your favorite body of water and sit in it. outside right now, a beautiful morning is under way.ater todayh today with temperatures close to the -degree mark. if you like 90s, we have that in the forecast as well. right now as you look live over washington with the sunrise now just about 25 minutes behind us, it's coming up fast and it will be a very pleasant day to be outside today. right now our current temperature here in washington stands at 72 degrees. a very light southwesterly wind. since june 21st, barely a few days, only seven days out of the last 50-plus, have we had more than .1 of an inch of rain. we're 73 at news4, 66 degrees in

prince george's county, 66 in springfield, virginia, 65 nchester. there's a little patchy fog as well. so keep that in mind, drive a little slower if you run into the foggy sports this morning. but it won't last long. the august sun will burn it away quickly. temperatures this morning in the upper 60s and low 70s. lots of rain down across the eastern half of north carolina. that old weather front kind of hanging out down there. if you're traveling as far south as virginia beach or the outer banks, rain is in your forecast. as long as you're staying here from washington to annapolis to ocean city, looking like good weather. the tropics are starting to get a little more active this time. this is now tropical storm ana, tropical storm ana moving off to e west at 14 miles per hour. maximum sustained winds near 40 miles per hour, so it's a minimal tropical storm. but it does have a track off to the west. into the northwest here into the next couple of days. here's miami, florida. early to middle parts of next week, we'll watch this storm

fairly closely. it could makes a run at the southeast coast. you can see from the hurricane center, that's 2:00 orrin thursday morning, so it's a long ways away, a lot could happen between now and then. so we want to let you know it's out there. for us, a dry weekend is on the way. sunny and warm today with temperatures of close to 90 degrees. i think most everywhere we'll be at or slightly above 90 tomorrow. and low to mid 90s into the day on monday. so be ready for some typical august weather here in the washington area. patchy fog this morning, giving way to plenty of sunshine later this afternoon. armwand hrmidum with temperatus in the midid 80s. if you've got thelondop a you're ready to go sailing on the bay. light windsn othe bay. mpeste ourat mid to upper 8 0s ur today and tomorrow, if you're he o tout beaches, ocean city, rehoboth, dewey, all your sandy spots, temperatures near 80 degrees, here's our four-day forecast, temperatures in the washington area, back into the low 90s for sunday, monday and tuesday. >> not bad. >> just like august. >> thank you. up next on "news4 today," the weekend edition, a

91-year-old man who can now add olympic medalist to his list of with s.

a local golfer is still literally swinging at the age of 91. he just got back from the senior olympics, and he's wearing a silver medal around his neck. pat collins now on the senior's

awar awards, his k-mart clubs and how the game of golf gives meaning to his life. >> reporter: one of these four golfers is an olympic medal winner. not me. not him, it's not the guy in the blue. 91-year-old john ford. winner of the silver in the national senior olympics. john ford, golfing for 75 years. he's played more than 3,000 rounds. it keeps him going. >> my doctor said exercise is better than any pill that ty ever made. and i think i got to stick with that. >> john ford, back from california, where over several days of competition, he came in second and secured the silver. it's no fluke.

john ford has been a member of the annapolis golf club for 47 years. he's been the club champion seven times. he has 14 maryland state golf medals. he's had three holes in one. golf has made a difference in his life. >> what's the most important thing you've learned from playing golf? >> how to behave myself and keep the right score. honesty, that's the best. >> be a gentleman? >> always. o t play to win. >> give it your best. >> on that long trip to california, johnord brought along his own gallery of family and friends, they even have their own rally button. >> it's kind of great to see the 90-year-olds out there, having a great time. >> especially when one of them is your dad. >> yes. >> i there a lesson we can learn from this? >> yeah, if i exercise, i can do

the same thing. >> he's such an inspiration. always has been. >> he beat you? >> absolutely. >> all the time? >> yes. >> still like him? >> oh, yeah. >> what's next for john ford? more golf. the next senior olympics, 2011, in houston, texas. >> age has caught up with me, but i still love it and i'm going to stick with it until i drop, i guess. >> until you get the gold medal. >> i do hope i'll have an opportunity. >> i'm pat collins, "news4 today." >> hats off to you, mr. ford, what an inspiration. an o's player has a special night and the redskins get back to work. here's dan hellie with more sports. good morning, everybody. it was a pitcher's duel in cincinnati last night. the nationals and reds combined to score two runs, the good news is, both of them belonged to the

good guys, the nats shut out the reds due in part to great pitching from garrett mock. he struck out six in six scoreless innings of work. the reds mascot having a good time going go-carting. eh it's nice to have three mascots when you're the reds. this is ronnie beliyard. the nationals take the lead. the bottom five now, paul jannish facing garrett mock. jannish singles to center field, but no fear, niger morgan is here. he's fast and he has a gun, a strike to home plate, aaron harang is out, what a nice play. the nationals shut out the reds 2-0. to baltimore, what night for felix peaia, peaia, good piece of hitting here, finds the gap in right center field. two runs will come in to score as the ball goes all the way to the wall. and pea yeah is thinking

three-bagger, going for the triple. gets down, gets the triple. goes 4 for 5 with four rbis, more importantly, hits for the cycle. the o's beat the angels, 16-6. when you lose 23-0 and get outgamed more than 2-1 in terms of yardage, you need to dig to find the positives. for the redskins, one of the guys had played well during their loss to the ravens was second-year receiver, malcolm kelly. kelly had three catches last night. but it matched his total from a disappointing rookie season. he showed the ability to make a tough catch in a game which is something we have seen him do routinely in practice. skins quarterback, jason campbell, certainly pleased to have another weapon in his arsenal. >> i was very impressed with malcolm. the way he went across the middle to catch the ball. he reached up and grabbed it. when you do that, you exposure ribs to get hit. for him to do that showed a lot

of courage. that's what you're looking at, going across the middle. not afraid to get hit. >> i left the game healthy. i did a lot of praying over the last few weeks. in order to come in and catch every ball. saying now that i'm healthy, now i can come out and do it. it did feel good to get back out there with the team and have live balls. >> preseason game number two for malcolm kelly and the redskins next saturday at fedex field against the pittsburgh steelers. kickoff set for 7:30, you can see the game here on news4. an all-star team from chantilly playing for a spot in the little league world series, all they had to do was beat a team from warner robbins, georgia. the chantilly kids getting pumped up, trying to pull off the upset. top five, runners on first and second with no outs. this is blake jackson with a ground bl through the legs of the chantilly shortstop. trey maddox thinks he's coming home. but he said, i'm not beating the throw, i'm goi back to third.

justin jones going to third because he thought maddox was going home. chantilly trying to get the out at home. talk about bad luck, off the back of the runner. two georgia runs come in to score. chantilly loses to georgia 6-3. still a very good season for those little guys. the mystics beat the sun 91-89 in double overtime down at verizon. and if the pga championship, tiger woods leads by four strokes over five golfers heading into the weekend. safe to say, it is over. tiger's going to win his first major of the year. that's your sports, i'm dan hellie. everybody have a great weekend. >> and that's "news4 today," "the today show" is next. chuck and i will be back in 25 minutes for a local news update. join us again at 9:00 for a full hour and a half of the latest local news, sports and weather.