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virginia. rainfall amounts last night typical of southern storms. really big rains. only a third in crown town but over and inch and a half in fairfax county. as we mentioned a flash flood watch sup until midnight tonight for all low kays down into southern maryland. it will be a cloudy day. we'll have breaks of sunshine. we'll put temperatures in the mid-80s before another round of showers and storms comes up later this afternoon. eun? thanks, chuck. in the district students are enjoying their break. many students are now taking care of last-minute preparations. "news 4's" jane watrel joining us now with more on this story. jane, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, eun. roy an exciting place this is this morning. people are beautifying this school and hundreds of others around the city and joining me now is chancellor michelle rhee.
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this has to be kind of a fun thing as chancellor to go around and see all this. >> it is. it's very fun. every weekend before the beginning of school we have beautification day. so this is the third one since i've been in office. and it's really exciting. because i think it just gets everybody really pumped up. we invite the community in so that everybody in the neighborhood, whether they have children or not knows that monday is the first day of school. and as you can see from the folks here at tubman, we have a lot of people volunteering. >> reporter: yeah. i'm told up to 100. now, what does this do for the morale of the students to see the flowers and have the clean schools? is that all part of it? >> oh, absolutely. when i talk to kids about coming to school, one of the things that hthey often say to me is te environment we create for them, the facility itself makes a big dichs in their lives and the perception of schooling. tubman is extremely lucky because it's one of the schools
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that went through phase i modernization. it is beautiful inside. it's going to feel like a brand new school for the kids. we have the volunteers here this weekend scrub down the walls and planting flowers and whatnot. i think the kids are going to be thrilled come monday. >> reporter: it's fun to watch. what about the vaccinations? till 4:00 there areou four schos offering this. and why is this soimanrtpot?rt >> that's t?right. at baou,, at cramer, andelly a andkeller, we're holding these vaccination clinics. the reason why it's important is typically they have only needed five vaccinations. they still need the five but there are an additional six this year. it's a heavy lift for the parents and families and we want to make sure as many stuntds get vaccinated by monday as possible because by municipal code the kids actually have to be
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vaccinated in order to come the school past the tenth day, so we e really need to put a strong effort forth. >> you put a good pitch in. thank you for joining us. we'll be back later on. later in the hour we'll be talking to some of the volunteers who will be digging in here at tubman elementary school. back to you. >> jane, thank you. pic ven iir nniandee your help in finding ad robbery expe. gkern take a good look at thisy.gu officers believe he triedo tob r a check-cashingcheck-cashing st arlington yesterday. celi hpoay wd e skealintokehe t handgun,isay a handgun, and one shotasy.ne wed f one shot was firedurinong t he exchange but no oneas w hurt. shortly befor tshis the police bethlimeeve sae ensa entered a bank in fairfax coty. he walked up to the uncoter, starting writing a note, and then fled. anyone with information is asked to call police. coming up on news 4 at 9:00, more on what you need to know about school vaccinations -- rather a crackdown in prince
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george's county rather. someone set -- in prince george's county someone set a car on fire, a police cruiser. it happened at the intersection of 40th avenue. the fire left the back half of the carte completely char and en appeared to have melted part of the lights on top of the cruiser. there is no word on any suspect at this point. a crackdown by police in the district, last night they went on force in an area known for prostitution. the area between i and l streets have zbon on. people think despite the efforts nothing will change. craig melvin has the story. >> reporter: she's been walking the streets for three years. >> nothing's going to happen to us. >> reporter: starting midnight friday d.c. police launched a program penetrated the aura of
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invinceability. for ten days they declared the work zone as a prostitution-free zone. >> the goal is to try to disrupt prostitution in the area. >> reporter: under a law approved in 2006 until august 30 d.c. police have broader authority than usual to go after people they suspect of solicitation. >> they don't necessarily have to be caught in the act of prostitution, but if they're congregating, officers can tell them you can't be in this zone. >> reporter: do the signs deter you at all? >> me personally, no. it's not going to change just because you put a sign up, you know. worst case scenario, you just move further down, move to another location. >> reporter: this is right in the middle of the prostitution-free zone. andy owns it. he noticed the signs today. >> august is vacation time and maybe prostitutes take vacation
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too. >> reporter: he says street walkers have not hurt his the thriving business and he feels as the other does. he wishes the city would address the root causes of prostitution like aburks poverty, and drug addiction, but until then, the signs remain, at least for another nine days. >> we'll take the signs down and they're there free to congregate again. obviously if they're committing crimes and we can catch them and prove a case, they'll get arrested. >> reporter: craig melvin, "news 4 today." a maryland man is in serious condition after the plane he was co-piloting crashed in new jersey. he was co-piloting a small plane that struck a tree near new jersey's teterboro airport early yesterday morning. investigators say the plane's other pilot was trying the abort the landing but they're not sure why. both pilots walked away from the crash but suffered severe burns
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and other injuries. a warning for anyone planning to take metro today. thousands of sports fans will be crowding in thanks to a triple header. the nats, the redskins, and d.c. united all have home games. we have traveling survive. >> reporter: whether it's the reds, d.c. united at rfk or the nats game in southeast also on saturday night, there's likely a metro train in your future, and is metro ready? >> metro is going to have extra trains available aer the sporting events because we know a lot of people leave at the same time, so we'll have them on the green line for the baseball game, blue/orange line for the soccer game and blue line for the football game. >> reporter: the horrific train crash in june is still seriously affecting train service throughout the system, but especially on the red line.
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the legions of sports fans using the train this weekend should take note. >> if people are transferring to or from the red line, we're asking them to build an extra 0 minutes into your travel plans for saturday night. as you know, the fort totten station is going to be closed for red line riders. >> reporter: traffic can be duff tough so many believe metro is the best bet. around national staying on friday some faps were already using the metro to show up for friday night games with most saying metro is the way to go. >> do you think metro is going to be ready? >> it's hard to say. with the way the economy is, there's a lot of people who will be using metro who wound normally take it. >> three games on a saturday? i don't think they're ready just yet. >> the metro is ready. especily, you've got tcaps going on, the wizards. they usually do a good job of providing transportation.
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>> reporter: tom sherwood, "news 4 today." you can avoid the crowd by watching the game from hoe. the game against the pittsburgh steelers will air here on nbc 4. we'll be live at fedex field with pre- and postgame coverage. if you haven't traded your car in for a more fuel-efficient one, time is running out. the cash for clunkers program program ending on monday. already the cash for clunkers rebate is almost ready. dealers are seeing more customers trying to get in. >> they're trying to get the last of the money, trying to get in here, what they can do, what's left in inventory. >> nearly 900 customers have already taken part in the clunker program since it started last month. it has given this retailer and many other as big boost in business while critics call it a
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wa waste of taxpayers money, others say it's helped. new plans for michael jackson, when his family now says he will be buried. plus a raging fire at a prison set by rioting inmates. how officers regain control and family members of those killed in the bomber are plannin
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the only man convicted in the bombing of a opinion am 103 flight is now a free man and some of the families of the victims of that crash plan on voicing their outrage next month. they're organizing a protest next month when gadhafi addresses the united nations. he received a hero's welcome upon his return to libya this week. they released him on compassionate grounds because he's dying of prostate cancer.
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a frightening seen when a riot broke out in kentucky. you can see the flames from the distance. after as many as 1,200 inmates starting rioting, setting fires and breaking out windows. they launched tear gas to maintain control but they had little effect. it had little calming effect. so far, no injuries. all inmates and staff are accounted for. a developing story involving the murder of a model in california. police are still searching for her ex-husband who has been charged with her death. and the reality tv show he's appeared on has been pulled from the air. they say ryan jenkins killed his ex-wife. her body was found last saturday stuffed inside a suit case and thrown in a trash can. several episodes have already aired but yesterday vh1 announced the show would be canceled. police believe jenkins has fled
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to canada. a change of plans for michael jackson's burial. it will not happen on his birthday after all. a spokesman says the king of pop's funeral will now take place five days later on september 3rd. he'll be intured in the great mausoleum at the forest lawn cemetery in glendale. the family is planning a private evening ceremony to honor the music icon. jackson would have turned 51 on august 29th. northern californians are saying thank you to the firefighters who helped save their home. folks in davenport held a cookout last night for the firefighters who helped contain the lockheed fire. the fire will burn at least for a few more days but no homes were destroy and all evacuation orders have been lifted. they say their hard work is the reason they still have homes to return to. still ahead on "news 4 today," the nationals well their prized pitcher with a big party, and this morning's kids .stpo s
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st ni t. look at this ftaee otrlelan t nca au ee l sotw to one home fncaeo a peeot of people are ggo h aoto tave go canleav up t morning. i heard the thunderstorms this morning. they woke me up. >> yeah. they came through the heart of downtown washington. my wake-up call. and yours came at 3:30 this morning, no doubt about it. mother nature came banging on the window. didn't even get a half inch of rain out of the system. depends where you are. some people get a bunch. other people don't get too much at all in the amount of rainfall. that's oh so typical. we're going to be under the gun for more. one or two storms this afternoon could be severe. so keep a weather eye to the sky
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and remember the old 0-minute rule. the minute you hear lightning, 30 minutes after you hear your last rumble of thunder. there's a live picture from our city camera. the potomac, looking muddier than a few days uago, thanks to all the rainfall. dew point, very muggy 70 degrees. not much of a breeze. even with the little bit of rain we had yesterday, still more than an inch below average for the month. temperatures across the area are now on their way up. 76 degrees here at nbc 4. 74 at the air force base, manassas, prince william county, 73 there. low 70s across the higher terrain. one or two lonely sprinkles but on the whole, most of the rain for this morning has now tapered off. we're going to wait, get a break or two of sunshine. that will destabilize the atmosphere.
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as a result we'll have more of a chance for storms and there's a chance some of them could reach severe limits. satellite review around the east, there's that first little cluster of showers. here's the next little batch starting to develop. that will be intensifying and coming our way for later on this afternoon. so do keep that in mind. we will have another pretty good ance for rain later on today. there's hurricane bill churning now in the western parts of the atlantic ocean. the latest forecast is it is to stay off the coast of the united states, but it could bring tropical storm force winds to especially the far eastern ends of new england. right now it's 555 miles west of washington. still a category 2 storm at 105 miles per hour. some strengthening is still possible. it could get back up to a major hurricane over the next 24 hours. you can see the tropical force winds out as far toz the west as portions of cape cod wu no landfall in the united states. the best chance of landfall are
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be up in nova scotia and canadian maritimes. it will be a good idea to wait a day or so before you head up. for us, plenty of clouds out there now. we'll get a break or two of sunshine before the next round of stocks comes in the all-important seven-day forecast, high around 84. again, that 80% chance of rain. only 30% chance of a passing shower tomorrow. not as much of a risk for severe weather. that's welcome news. as you get into monday and tuesday, pretty average. lower humidity levels by the second half of tomorrow and a chance for somehowry weaer by thursday and friday, but we definitely need the rain around the area. never need the severe weather, so we'll keep you posted in case that cooks up. >> thank you. you're welcome. >> it's time for your "sports minute." the nationals have officially introduced their 15 million dollar man after signing steven strasburg. the team held a welcome ceremony.
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a few hundred fans showed up for the ee vend and was quite a show. meanwhile on the field the nats opened up the series with the milwaukee brewers. prince fielder hit a home run. the nats have now lost four games straight. and in the nfl, brett favre made his vikings minnesota debut. the fans seemed to welcome him with open arms. the quarterback received a standing ovation as soon as he walked on the field. he led them to a win over the kansas city chiefs, 17-13. keeping in touch can be difficult especially for soldiers living in an unfamiliar place, especially in a world. there's a foundation that make sure the men and women never miss out on an experience no matter how big or smachlt ron mott tells us about freedom
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call. >> reporter: in north carolina 20-year-old crystal is ready to have her first babe with mom and friend in tow, but her husband is missing in action sort of until a nurse literally rolls him in and dials him up, thanks to a free service, he'll be nearby, yet 6300 miles away in iraq. >> pretty soon your son will be here. >> marine corporal craig, an airplane mechanic had a new work order thursday night, coaching and comforting his wife until hours of pain. >> your boy's here, dad. >> all right. >> gave way to tiny logan robert. >> 7 pounds, 20 ounces and 20 inches long. >> he was not right here but next to me supporting me on through it was amazing. >> i can't wait to hold him and be together and be a family.
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>> reporter: freedom calls hooks up soldiers and marines with their families face to face more than 2,000 times every month, everything from routine operations to big life-changing events such as this. >> we're able to bring the milestone family events that the deployed would oerwise miss because they're out there on the front lines serving our country. >> the non-profit is run friday the homes using space on satellite time to bring them in touch around the world with loved ones. >> i used to work on wall street, i got bonuses, got promotions, landed big clients and it was all very satisfying but this has been so much more gratifying. >> reporter: and a grateful growing family -- >> a little footprint. >> whose footprint. >> logan robert, my grandson. >> reporter: is looking for free don calls again, this time in person when papa returns from war sometime next month. ron mott, nbc news, new bern, north carolina.
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>> 9:25 is your time now. 74 degrees. coming up on this edition of "news 4 today," some kids have gone back to school. for others, time is running out. we'll tell you where you can bring your kids that year to get shots. if they live in the district,
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a flood watch in effect right now because of relentless rain. chuck will tell us when we expect it to let up. plus how they plan to move thousands of fans to three different games. nld a it might be the most dreaded part of the back-to-school process, the shots where parents can bring their kids today to get it out of the way.
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good morning and welcome back to "news 4 today," the weekend edition. i'm eun yang. we're drying up this morning and some of you have some cleaning up in your yard after the storms blew through yesterday. th check this out. the dark clouds slowly moved overhead while lightning strikes in the distance. pretty scary stuff if you got caught in that. meteorologist chuck bell takes a look at it and tells us what we can expect today. more storms, chuck? >> unfortunately we're going to be under the gun for a chance of severe storms again this afternoon. you have to keep an eye to the sky. this morning you can see a few lonely little sprinkles now. silver spring and wheaton getting a light little shower. a few lonely rain drops. thean you c see most of the rest of the radar is clear at this point from the rainfall standpoint. 76 in downtown washington. 76 in martinsburg, west
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virginia, 73 here. some folk had a lot of rain. 1.59 at dulles airport. quantico, not even a drop. but the potential for more heavy rain has prompted the weather service to issue a flash flood watch that goes into effect for all the green shaded counties. today's highs only in the mid-80s, eun, with a better chance for sunshine coming back tomorrow. we'll detail that and give you the seven-day in a few minutes. >> thank you, chuck. it's almost time for kids to head back to school in the district. class begins on monday and many students in the district are trying to get ready. it's almost time for the kids to get ready to head back to school. like i said, the students are getting ready and night to get their shots. jane watrel has the latest. >> reporter: not onldo they have to get their shot bus the school has to get ready as well. there's a beauty fi indication
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going on here and principal harry hughes is talking about that. let's talk about what's going on. >> beautification day, we're expecting over 100 volunteer. they'r helping with our gardening, planting flower building flowerbeds for our urban garden. pai paint. >> reporter: that's great. what does that mean for kids? we'll get to the modernization project in just a moment but to walk up to a school like this, see the flowers, how does it help the learning environmental? >> it improves it. students are excited about having a brandt new beautiful building. welcoming and warm. it inspires them to want to come to school and stay enthusiastic about the school. >> to show they care. that has to be heart-warming for you. >> i can't thank the d.c. obama administration enough. this is the largest turnout we've ever had. >> reporter: in addition to that the school has been modernized.
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we talked to chancellor michelle rhee earlier. what are the students going to get. >> brand new classrooms, smartboard technology, brand new audio o systems so that the learning kids can learn more of the learning, new windows, lighting, floor tiles. it's perfect. >> reporter: they're going to be beating down the doors to get here. that's what you hope, right? >> that's right. they certainly are. we're exciting about the school year. >> good luck. we'll be showing this later on on "news 4" but until then, eun, it's a very busy day here not only at this school but 114 schools around the district for ti autibecaayfiou don. back to >> thank you. d nk>> u. the department of health h> openhecsevre w dsre w ds get thret their vaatinccio.in four of those clinics aredatoy. they'll be hel att llkey, ba,ou cr,mera and milledge. they'll be going on at 8:00 this
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morning until 4:00 this afternoon. this year the county is launching a new initiative to make sure the students are ready for college. dr. jerry weis, thanks for joining us this morning. >> good to be here. >> we know montgomery county is known for its exceptional schools. tell us what you'll be working on. >> we're also working on closing achievement gaps and woring with our new students and pushing to get 80% of our children college ready. now, why that's so important is our country is slipping on college graduation rates. they haven't changed much in the last 30 years. they're a little less than 30% of the people having bachelor degrees. so if the country is about 300 million onin a world of 6 billion, we really have the jobs ready for those people who have the college degrees, and we're going to need it. >> so what do you do to get the kids ready for college?
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>> it starts at birth. what's important is preschool, getting them on board, getting them ready to read by kindergarten, getting them up in the top percentage of their country, getting math. having demonstrated credentials such as a 3 on an a.p. exam. we know that that translates, and we know that i.b. exams translate. we know that s.a.t. exams translate. we've actually got a brochure that we sent out to our parents, what parents can do, academies, what questions to ask and how to hold us accountable all the way up and down that line. >> so it's not just for high schoolers getting ready for going to college. it means you're starting from the beginning. >> every child every day, every teacher being right on target and really working with the children in an engaging and exciting way. >> so are you changing the curriculum?
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are you teaching the teachers how to present new information and material so the kids will be college-ready? >> absolutely. we're teaching, all of us, how to make things more exciting, more engaging. it doesn't do any good if we do it and you don't like it as a student. it doesn't do any good if we're not engaged and it doesn't do any good if it doesn't lead somewhere. we had $185 million worth of scholarships last year. almost one out of every three children got a scholarship who graduated last year. very impressive. but it's what we need to do even more of to make our children ready for the next step in the big world. >> another issue you're going the have to deal with the fall is the swine flu. we know they're getting ready in case there's an outbreak and in case schools have to close? what are you doing right now? we know that it's just around the corner. >> oh, we're always preparing for thing. in my 30-some years as a school
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superintendent i've had 9/11 and anthrax. it is a very am by gu us the situation, the swine flu, because we know we need to get shots ready for everybody on the regular flu and regular flu has always been a problem. we don't know exactly how the swine flu is going to mutate. whether we're going to get the shots, who gets the shots. we'll be dealing with that. we work closely with all the agencies. we've got about 370 nurses and people ready to go. we've got a schedule if the inokay lagss need to happen. it's montgomery county. we'll work today. >> dr. jerry weis. thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> you bet. if you haven't traded in your old car for a new more fuel-efficient one, time is running out if you want to get that big $3,500 to $4,500 rebate, the cash for clunkers program program sending monday. dealers that are still taking part have seen even more customers trying to cash in.
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>> customers have been calling, trying to get the last of the money, get in here, find out what they can do, what's left in inventory. >> nearly 900 customers at the fitzgerald auto mall dealership alone have taken part in the cash for clunkers program since lakt month. 9:38 is your time now. next, the type of story we love to tell. a wednesday's child's success story. if your dog speaks, roll over, it's disqualified. th cmenahtinogie con ti is comin
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moving weight is hard work, we all know, but a lot of americans need to do it. the problem is most people don't know where, how, or have the motivation. this morning brittany glacier
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takes us to charles, louisiana, where a community weight program has a 100% success rate. >> reporter: this ship is home to 37-year-old carla douglas and her family. her heart is in the missions that she participates in as a friendships volunteer. but just last year, a lingering health issue began impacting her service. >> i'd gotten to my largest weight ever, and i just actually didn't even feel like i could even do some of my job. physically i was starting to have problems. >> reporter: at 271 pounds carla took the step of enrolling in this community clinic's weight management program. >> for a long time i knew that i needed to do something about my weight, and i just didn't know what to do. >> reporter: carla was in good hands with clinical director linda jones who had her own weight battle before dropping over 70 pounds. >> our mission for this program is that there are no truediets. they're lifestyle changes.
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so we teach you how to make healthy lifestyle choices. >> reporter: clinic executive director says unhealthy choices are not only bad for the person making them but for the economy as well. >> 25% are spent treating diseases that come from patients being overweight, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, osteoarthritis. >> reporter: since the weight program kicked off in february, 100% of the 30 participants have met or exceeded their goal, dropping 790 pounds in total. >> i saw a new me emerging, not just physically, but emotionally. >> i felt tons better. i'm so much more energetic than i was before. >> reporter: with 73 pounds less to carry around, carla says she can once again focus on what matters most to her. >> now i feel physically fit and able to do what i love to do, which is to help others as well. and that was brittany
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glacier reporting. now, this could be great news for people watching their weight. you can now enjoy a glass of wine without sacrificing your waistline, a new low-calorie wine is about to make its way from the u.s. -- to the u.s. from france. the wain is made from grapes that produce less sugar, only about 60 calories per serving. it contains about 9% alcohol. it's created by the yes wine research center. they say not even wine enthusiasts can tell the difference. we'll have to wait and see about that but they expect to sell millions of bottles in the coming years. sometimes pets can be a handful but a group of dogs and cats take the ca take the cake. this is oscar, one of five analysts. the family says he's 85 pounds
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of endless energy and he eats everything, and the winner won't be announced until october. if oscar wins his prize will be something the family appreciates. free obedience training. >> absolutely. my 13-year-old dash hound earsped listening to me we had severe weather last
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night. we haurd thunderstorms as well. >> we had one round and another round at 7:00, 8:00. another round about 3:00 this morning. some of us were getting up and getting ready to come in to work and we may yet have another round of showers and storms coming by later on this afternoon and evening. so remain weather aware as you make your plans to go out and
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about and enjoy your saturday. plenty of clouds to get your saturday starts. i looked out the window and right here in northwest washington we had a little light rain shower coming down. a few lonely sprinkles out there for u this morning.is we're keeping an eye on the sky thou. attethermpures are in the mid t upper 70s now across the area. not much of a breeze blow oing. 75 degrees at dulles international airport. 77 in shady side and deowe. 73 in brandywine and buoy. so on the whole, a pretty mild and muggy start to the day. there are a couple of sprinkles on live doppler but no organized severe weather yet. next batch on rain showers is in west virginia. it will be arriving here and with the daytime heating it could contain stron thunderstorms. i'll keep you posted on that. here you go. here's the satellite picture. here's the overnight showers and pictures moving away. here's next little batch of rain in southwestern virginia. that will be riding up here over
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the next several houring. there you can see hurricane bill right now. there you can see the eye of hurricane bill. want to know what it looks like for yourent aer friendst?tyci?mr webcam. we am. the sun isbc snghin inianitce cy but the waves are going to be increasing in size over the next couple of hours, so it's going to be a good couple of days to sit on the sand but not a good day to get in the water. rip currents and big waves are going to be a really problem for all of the east coast beaches tornado from new england all the way down to the carolinas. so a big problem being caused by bill here over the next couple of day. big waves a real problem. storming. winds are at 105 miles per hour and the official forecast track keeps it off the mainland of the united states but it looks like it's going to make landfall in the maritimes of portions of eastern canada. so for us for the rest of the day, we'll have aick of clouds and sniend around. it'll cook up a thunderstorm or shower later on this afternoon.
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one or two of those could be severe. we'll keep you posted. 80% chance you're going to need th uasmbllayreod tthodwi, again, the risk of poernl stronger storms. a 0% chance of a passing shower. as we get into monday and tuesday, some lower humidity s comewiin, a little bit more comfortable weather for all of us and another chance for some more needed showers by thursday, friday. >> all righty. thanks so much. coming up, a toddler with a tale. how a 2-year-old realed in one giant fish. that story is straight ahead and a party at the ballpark. the nationals welcomeco
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in sports this morning this might be the best week since the
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nationals arriv in d.c. they capped an i trow dugs of a 21-year-old who hay hope will become their future ace. le the nats welcomed him with more than a party. a few fans came out to see him and they got a show. it include fireworks and two video press tangss. stephen strasburg signed record contract earlier this week. the fans will not get a look at the pitching phenom this year. >> i know they're doing it with my best interests in hand, you know. why rush me up there, you know, immediately to where, you know, i may not be able to handle the workload. i want to go out there when the time is right so i can stay out there for a long time. >> after introducing their future star, the current nationals had a rough night on field. things went with bad quickly when brewers prince fielder hit this home run. adam dunn did his best to keep the nags in the game. it with us not meant to be.
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two teams go at it again tonight. you heard it before and you'll probably hear it again. brett is back. the recently unretired brett favre made his debut last night. the pass went for four yards and that's it. that's the only high light. he did not play very long. the vikings still beat the chiefs 17-13 in favre's debut. >> it felt a little odd for so many years being on the other side, but i thought it was -- it's a tough place to play, i'll tell you. it nice to be on the ore side. >> and tonight there are some saturday night football. they make their home debut
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taking the field for the game. you can catch the game right here on nbc 4 starting at 7:30. then stay tuned after the game for a live postgame report. well, talk about first. the 2 1/2-year-oild child make as catch. he caught a strange three-pound fish with great big human-like teeth. it turned out to be a cousin of the pirhana. it's normally found in south america and can grow to be 60 pounds. how did it get there? authorities believe it used to be a pet and the authorities believe it released them into a pack. never heard about it until we grilled a fish in our grilling segment and now they're loose in the wild. >> that's what happens when you get these strange fish. thanks for joining us this morning. "inside the redskins is next." have a great weekend. see you tomorrow.
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