rushing water swallows of a maryland road. crews cleaning up after a massive water main break. plus, a body found hidden her own backyard. police have a teenager in custody. nba player locked up. with a police say they found when they pulled over delonte west. good morning, everyone. welcome. saturday, september 19th, 2009. i'm eun yang. news straight ahead. we will take a look at the forecast with meteorologist chuck bell in storm center 4. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, eun. finally the weekend is here.

after another fairly cloudy week. we have really hit the sweet spot in the forecast. more sunshine in time for most everybody's days off. mostly clear skies outside on this early saturday morning. temperatures in town are in the mid 60s right now. also mid 60s alongside the bay. there are plenty of 50s on the map. 54 in cull pepper and 52 in winchester. 55 in frederick, maryland. 66 in beautiful southern maryland. visibilities are generally fairly good. not too much of a fog problem just yet. we will end up with a beautiful day today. sun is up at 6:53 this morning. 52 minutes away from now. after a bright and sunny day goes down at 7:10 this evening. 75. room temperature today. >> sounds perfect. firefighters in prince george's county are trying to figure out what spark ad deadly house fire this morning. they responded to a home on kayak avenue in capitol heights this morning around 2:30 and tell tuesday fire started in the kitchen and one person died. the exact cause is under

investigation. right now we don't know how old the victim is or whether the victim is a man or woman. residents of one maryland community are assessing the damage left by a huge water main break yesterday. the 72-inch main broke last evening in a suburb of baltimore. it sent thousands of gallons of water pouring into the streets, causing massive flooding. barbara mikulski called the incident a disaster. jackie bensen has the latest. >> reporter: it was sudden and shocking. a six-foot wide concrete water main collapsed. suddenly people in the baltimore suburb of dundalk, maryland, found themselves up in their knees and armpits of muddy water. >> mud flying in the air of five feet. looked like ocean city. i felt sorry for the people that lived at the station. people lost a lot of things who are barricaded in their houses. >> evacuating everyone. >> reporter: the water main

ruptured under burney highway which provides access from the harbor tunnel to the key bridge. a low-lying area. quite a few houses do not have basements. witnesses described water rolling into the first floor of holmes. returning home from work, robert knight could not get to his hoe in the turner station neighborhood. >> you can't walk, can't drive. this is about the closest we can get. and they make you turn back around. >> reporter: at a press conference officials promised help with the cleanup and what are likely to be thousands of insurance claims. >> we do have a shelter already established at the senior center. anybody who is without power or concerned about staying in their home can call 410-887-7233. transportation if you need transportation will be arranged. >> we are here to make sure the -- whether it is national guard or anything else that jim smith has whatever assets he may call upon from the state of maryland to assist the

hard-working people of dundalk as we get through this tonight. >> there hance been a water main break like this one in since last year. rescue crews had to pull drivers from their cars stranded in the rushing water. that water main break on river road was only 66 inches. the one that burst in dundalk was 72 inches. before handing down his decision federal judge called it a cold-hearted murder. then sentenced the man that killed an armored car driver to spend the rest of his life in prison. in 2004 earl davis shot and killed done bark courier swindler. prosecutors wanted the death penalty but the sentence came off the table when testimony fod davis to be mentally challenged. >> i just couldn't understand how or that elder davis could shoot him in the back like that. >> a sense we lost our son and nothing will bring him back. but at least we know now nobody

else will l have to go through what we went through at his hands. >> swindler lt behind a young son and wife who suffers from hodgkin's disease. a missing silver spring mother has been found murdered in her own backyard. police found her body thursday night hidden in a backyard plastic storage container. they made an arrest in the case. 17-year-old guevera who was dating the victim's daughter. vasquez didn't approve of the relationship and was killed after an argument with the suspect. neighbors were unnerved by the news. >> scary. i live here by myself my daughter. to this think this kwo happen to another woman my age is scary. >> a shock, you know, she was shot in the backyard and nobody knew about it. >> neighbors describe vasquez as hard working and happy and the teenage suspect is being charged with first-degree murder. police in connecticut say without a confession they may

never know what led to the killing of yale grad student annie le. there are reports murder suspect raymond clark was controllinging and often clashed with researchers in the science lab. clark sent a text message to le on the day she disappeared to discuss the cleanliness of mouse cages in the lab. police found clark's dna at the crime scene. he is being held on $3 million bond. the man who carjacked a woman and then led police on a high-speed chase through two states is still on the run. thursday night in gainesville, virginia a man forced a woman into her car at gun point and then started driving. officers caught up with him and chased him into prince george's county. that's where he crashed and ran away. the woman inside the car was not hurt. neighbors and college students marched through northwest's neighborhood last night protesting against gun violence. >> we want peace! we want peace!

we want peace! >> a howard university student led the march aimed at addressing the number of young people killed by guns. demonstrators also sent letters to the white house to push for a national summit on the issue. president obama is rejecting claims that race is playing a factor in the health care debate. some democrats, including former president jimmy carter have maintained that race motivating some republican opposition for the president's health care reform. the president told "meet the press's" david gregory this issue has been playing out since before he even entered the white house. >> argument that's gone on for the history of this republic sxlik that is what's the right role of government and how do we balance freedom with our need to look after one another. i talked about this in the joint sessions speech. this is not a new argument. it always invokes passions. >> vice president biden is expected to dive into the health

care debate this week. he will deliver his first major address on the issue tuesday to the national association of insurance commissioners. and you can see david gregory's entire interview with president obama tomorrow morning on "meet the press" pipt starts at 10:30 a.m. right here on news4. there hasn't bench to talk about with the national this year. ryan zimmerman is some hope for the future with a career here. here is dan hellie with this morning's "sports minute." good morning. your "sports minute" starts with the nationals. they snapped the three-game slide in new york. zirmman, he is playing well. 30th home run of the season. mike mcdougal picks up his 16th save. nationals beat the mets 6-5. to football. saturday night redskins night here on news4. we start with redskins show time and doc walker and mike wise joining lindsay and me. we are talking skins. that starts at 7:00 and followed by the jim zorn show at 7:30.

down a few levels to high school. last night rolled over friendship collegiate. michael merriweather looking good saying get out of my way. 45-12. in sue land kelly takes tonight from 20 yards out. suitland shuts out northwestern 21-0. that's your "sports minute." i'm dan hellie. everybody have a great weekend. if youre heading out to the redskins home opener there are some things you should know whether you are taking the train or driving. metro promises to have more trains running for fans and that includes those traveling from morgan boulevard on the blue line and from the landover metro rail stations. those that choose to drive will have to deal with new game day rules. start thing sunday tailgaters face restrictions on where they can party during the hours leading up to kickoff. nontailgaters will get to park in the front of their designated loand tailgaters who need more than one parking space will be

shuttled to the park. and some fans aren't happy about those changes. >> tailgating has been the most fun part of the game day. and now you are telling me i can't even do that anymore. >> kickoff tomorrow is at 1:00. parking lots open at 9:00 tomorrow morning. 6:10 is your time now. 65 degrees. it is not what's on the menu. it is the company that costs one person a lot of money. how much a dinner date with sarah palin sold for. you may not know it but there is a battle brewing over your movie night. the kiosk craze and what it means. the local nba player delonte west arrested. what police say he had inside a guitar case. an in-depth discussion of redskins football heading into the rams game plus a locker inspection for the tight ends and much more. tonight on "redskins showtime.

nba player and prince george's county needed delonte west facing serious weapons charges. west is a guard for the cleveland cavaliers. an officer pulled him over on i-895 thursday night for speeding and making an unsafe lane change. police say they found three guns on west, two handguns, and a shotgun in a guitar case. he is facing speeding and weapons charges. there is no word on why west had those weapons. a high stakes battle is unfolding in a business of representing dvds. the way get your next movie may be changing. and a longtime king of movie rentals is fighting to stay in the game. jay gray explains. >> reporter: in the fast pace business of dvd rentals, not all of the action is on the screen.

first netflix challenged the traditional business model. >> who knew delivering discs by u.s. postal service would be the business that it is today. >> reporter: and now the biggest of the big box retailers, blockbuster, is being pushed outside the box. well, by the red box. >> they are trying to react more quickly to red box but red box's growth has been so phenomenally fast in the last year that blockbuster's certainly at a disadvantage. >> reporter: blockbuster plans to close as many as 960 stores between now and the end of last year, replacing many with kiosk style machines. analysts say the rental giant may face some late fees for waiting too long to join the industry's shift. >> by the time they get to 10,000 red boxes, they will have 25,000 kiosks. they are still going to be at a disadvantage. walmart, they are in wall greens. they are in thousands of super markets and that's the real

estate blockbuster will not to be able get. >> reporter: what blockbuster may be able to get is an advantage when it comes to renting video games. >> if they can be the first ones to grab the gamer loyalty in the way that redbox grabbed the dvd consumer loyalty, that would be a huge plus for them. >> reporter: an upper hand that blockbuster needs. in what has become a tough fight for rental supremacy. >> i'll be back. >> reporter: jay gray, nbc news. >> most in the industry agree rental stores will never be completely replaced because they provide a larger inventory and some people enjoy the opportunity to browse the shelves. when you are running out time, it is easier to rent online. >> nonetheless good day for -- >> no one will be watching movies. >> good day for a movie. no, it is not. it is going to be an outdoor weather day. complete check of your weekend forecast is coming right up.

63,500 dollars can get you more than 17 thousand big macs or one dinner with sarah palin. that's how much someone bid to dine with the former vice presidential candidate. kathy maples of huntsville, alabama, was the top bid other ebay for the meal of a lifetime. palin offered herself up for the dinner with proceeds going to a charity to help wounded

warriors. that $63,000 does not cover transportation. maples will still have to pay to travel to meet up with sarah palin. most likely in alaska. you know that ticket will be expensive, too. >> it is getting cheaper because winter is coming soon to alaska. i don't know -- >> in she waits until december she can get a really good deal. >> january-february time frames, that's when it is cheap flights to alaska. >> but right here, beautiful. >> nice day we have on tap. anything you want do outside. sitting around and relaxing, taking in the saturday sunshine we have on the way. it will be a beautiful outdoor weather weekend. make your plans without fear or hesitation from me this afternoon. going outside this morning. our predawn sky. we have a very clear start to our saturday morning out there. temperatures are a little on the cool side. nice salmon, alaska salmon color to our sky this morning. a little bit of blue as well. 65 is our downtown temperature.

dew point temperature is 56 degrees. any time that number is below 60, it will be a very comfortable humidity day. light northeasterly breeze this morning. so far september has been two degrees cooler than average for the entirety of the month. looks like we will stay a little cooler than average for today. a little hint after warming trend coming our way for tomorrow into early next week. right now it is 65 here in washington. 61 degrees in prince george's county. 61 in manassas. 52 degrees in winchester, virginia. on the whole, very quiet weather up and down the eastern seaboard today. but if you are traveling down into sthwestern virginia or down into the carolinas, a little bit more in the way of cloud cover there. high pressure will be in charge of our weather. east to northeasterly wind keeping relatively dry air mass in place for us. the weather front that came through here late last night is now stalling out along the virginia, north carolina, border. again, further south you travel today the more you are likely to run into a couple of light showers or sprinkles. extra cloud cover as well. the humidity and warmer air is bottled up just down to our south. that will start to come back as

we get into monday and tuesday time frame. in the meantime, high pressure is in charge of our weather east to northeasterly winds today will bring dry air into our area. highs today generally into the mid 70s. and as we get into tomorrow, mid to upper 70s. that will be welcomed news. mostly sunny. beautiful for today. high temperatures low to mid 70s. northeasterly wind 10 to 15 miles per hour. again tomorrow plenty of shine and warmer than today. high clouds coming in later tomorrow afternoon with temperatures generally in the mid to upper 70s for tomorrow. all-important 7-day forecast. there you go. look at that. should i get a raise for that weekend forecast? 75 today. 77 tomorrow. no chance for rain around the washington area this weekend. next chance for sprinkles shows up late monday into tuesday. and then little bit of an unsettled pattern as we go through most of the middle parts of next week. kit rain on all the tuesdays, wednesdays, thursdays it wants to rinds here as long as the weekends stay in good shape. it is saturday morning which means all of your college football forecasts are coming up

on the 9:00 hour. if have you a game you want me to feature, send me an e-mail and we will see if we can't sneak your game forecast in. >> looking forward to that. very nice. thank you, chuck. cereal used to snap, crack and pop. now reduces the risk much heart disease, controls cholesterol and offers nutrition befits of fruit and yogurt. do the cereal promises hold true? liz crenshaw crunches the claims. >> reporter: is it variety you are looking for, then head for the cereal while. bran to wheat the cereal aisle has it all. or mbe not. bonnie of the centers for science in the public interests says cereal isn'tlways what it is milked up to be >> cereal can be an excellent food. problem is cereal labels are very tricky. you have to know how to see through the tricks to get a good cereal. >> reporter: take the whole grain claim. everyone knows whole grains are good for you.

but -- >> many cereal boxes say made with whole grain or whole grain guaranteed. that means there's some whole grain in there but it is not necessarily 100% whole grain. you have to read the ingredient list very carefully to see which of the grains are whole. >> reporter: then there is a matter of cereal similarity. >> sometimes there will be a healthy cereal like raisin bran and companies will create spin-offs. have raisin bran in the name but not as good as the original. >> reporter: the list o ingredients on the box tells the tale. whole wheat is the first ingredient on raisin bran. but it is only the third ingredient on raisin bran crunch behind rice and sugar. the result is raisin bran contains seven grams of fiber while raisin bran crunch only contains four grams. then it is a matter of health claims. >> how about strong heart and antioxidants, beta-carotene? >> sounds wonderful. there is no good evidence those

antioxidants -- high doses of vitamin e may increase your risk and not 100% whole grain and no blueberries. >> reporter: sometimes cereal boxes make claims about healthy sounding ingredients. fruit and yogurt looks like a good idea. >> well, if what you are getting is abery flavoredest clusters that has a little bit of strawberried flavored apple. nonfat yogurt powder treated with heat. if there were active cultures in there they are killed. >> reporter: if you want to crunch the cereal claims, check the ingredient list. the first two grains should be whole. look for three grams of fiber for every 100 calories. buy cereals low in saturated fat and no more than one gram per serving. buy cereal that's free of

aspartame. when cereals warn against energy they mean calorie. >> there is some evidence whole grains may lower your risk of obesity. health experts warn half your grains should be whole. >> that was liz crenshaw reporting. here is what you need to remember. you want to look for 100% whole grains as one of the first two ingredients. at least three grams of fiber for each 100 calories and no more than one gram of sat rated fat per serving and resist the advertising hype. redskins fans are koung down to the home opener and the team's coach says the players are ready to lay it out on the field. here is dan hellie with a look at what's coming up tonight on "the jim zorn show." >> tonight at 7:30. rit after "redskins show time." jim zorn and larry weizman. i'm dan hellie. coach, i'm predicting a win. tell me how you will get there sunday against the rams. >> we will come out and fight much like we did last week with

improvement just overall the week's practice and all the hard work we have been putting in. we play with passion. we are going to give it everything we've got. and this week we have the extra element and that's our fans out there to help us win this game. >> first home game of the year, larry, your key to victory? >> i think the key to victory is going to be running the football. the st. louis rams didn't do a gray job stopping the seal seahawks. i know this guy is itching to call more runs, clinton portis is just champing at the bit to turn himself lose. he will call every play in his book and will be a happy warrior. >> thanks for the tip. >> jim zorn busy taking notes. "the jim zorn" tonight. >> 6:26 is your time. ahead, maryland town drying out this morning where a water main break turns streets into rivers. motorcycles litter an

interstate. what caused more than two dozen bikers to crash. a shoot-out in a crowded subway station caught on tape. why the gunmen says he did it.

roadside rapids. water main break floods a neighborhood and leaves dozens of maryland families seeking help. a mother murdered. why police say they think the 17-year-old suspect killed her.

new information about the terrorism investigation stretching across the country. investigators now say they may have disrupted a dangerous cell. good morning. welcome back to request news4 today." saturday, september 19, 2009. i'm eun yang. let's take a quick look at the forecast with meteorologist chuck bell in storm center 4. good morning, chuck. >> good morning. off to a beautiful start outside first thing this morning on your saturday, everything looking aok for anything i want to do outside on this beautiful morning. look at that. mostly clear skies over washington this morning. the current temperature here in downtown washington is at 65 degrees. sitting at 62 now in gaithersburg and germantown. 54 in frederick, maryland. 62 degrees in ashburn. also 59 degrees in front royal,

virginia. not too much in the way of visibility problem this morning. little touch of fog towards frederick, maryland. also down towards culpeper, virginia. visibilities reduced to a little less than the usual ten miles which is clear sky visibility and then our forecast for today, sun is up at 6:53. sunrise 22 minutes away. high temperatures getting up into the mid 70s today. and upper 70s tomorrow. no problems at all for the weekend forecast. more details coming up in a bit. >> very nice. looking forward to it. a disaster. that's how maryland senator mikulski is describing the scene in one maryland community after a huge water main broke last night. the 72-inch main burst around 5:00 last night in dundalk, suburb of baltimore. it sent water shooting into the street causing major flooding. some people found themselves in water up to their chest. jackie bensen has more. >> reporter: it was sudden and shocking. a six-foot wide concrete water

main collapsed. suddenly people in the baltimore suburb of dundalk, maryland, found themselves up in their knees and armpits of muddy water. >> water was flying in the air five feet. looked like ocean city. i felt sorry for the people that lived at the station. people lost a lot of things who are barricaded in their houses. >> evacuating everyone. >> reporter: the water main ruptured under burney highway which provides access from the harbor tunnel to the key bridge. a low-lying area. quite a few houses do not have basements. witnesses described water rolling into the first floor of holmes. returning home from work, robert knight could not get to his house in the turner station neighborhood. >> you can't walk, can't drive. this is about the closest we can get. and th make you turn back around. >> reporter: at a press conference officials promised help with the cleanup and what are likely to be thousands of insurance clai. >> we do have a shelter already established at the senior center.

anybody who is without power or concerned about staying in their home can call 410-887-7233. transportation if you need transportation will be arranged. >> we are here to make sure the -- whether it is national guard or anything else that jim smith has whatever assets he may call upon from the state of maryland to assist the hard-working people of dundalk as we get through this tonight. >> there hasn't been a water >> firefighters in prince george's county are trying to figure out what sparked a deadly house fire this morning. they responded to a home on kayak avenue in capitol heights in morning around 2:30. they tell us the fire started in the kitchen and one person died. the exact cause is under investigation. right now we don't know how old the victim is or whether the victim is a man or a woman. a grizzly discovery in silver spring. a woman was murdered. her body was discovered in

plastic storage container in her family's backyard more than two weeks after her disappearance. a 17-year-old is under arrest. jane watrel has the story. >> reporter: when rosa vasquez vanished without a trace, neighbors circulated flyers. their hopes of finding the mother of two were dashed when her police found her body found in a backyard plastic storage container. >> it is sad to hear this news. the last time i saw her was the day before she disappeared. then all of a sudden they said she disappeared. it was shocking. >> reporter: even more shocking was the arrest of 17-year-old iva guevero. according to charging document, he was dating the victim's daughter. vasquez didn't approve. the victim's daughter left portillo-guevara into the home the night of august 30th and kept him hidden in the basement. after the daughter left for school the suspect texted the daughter the mother found him

there. the police believe the suspect lled her in her home. >> the familiar sly in shock and we want to be sensitive to them before we start asking them more questions about the details that led up to this. the main thing is that we believe that we have her assailant in custody. >> reporter: neighbors say vasquez was hard working and happy. they are unnerved by her murder. >> translator: it is scary. i live here by myself with my daughter. to think this could happen to another woman my age is very scary. >> it was a shock that, you know, she was rye behind the backyard and nobody knew it. >> reporter: jane watrel, news4. a deadly shooting inside a subway station in mexico is caught on tape. we have to warn thank you video is graphic. the man was ridin graffiti on a wall and police approached him. that's when he pulled out a gun and started shooting. it happened inside of major station in mexico city. just as the train pulled in he killed two people and shot five others before police finally

subdued him. according to witnesses, the man said he was shooting to get revenge on the government. mexican police are adding hundreds of officers to patrol the subway system. new details today in high-profile terrorism investigation. a senior intelligence official says the man that has been questioned for three days by the fbi has been indicted and has a direct association with al qaeda. the fbi discovered that his laptop had bomb making instructions and fear that he was planning some kind of attack. his attorney says his client has never met with al qaeda operatives and isn't involved in any kind of terrorism. he's not under arrest but expected to be -- is expected to be questioned again today. president obama is trying to take back control of the health care debate. he is taking to the airwaves doing five different interviews with five different sunday morning political shows. including nbc's "meet the press." savannah guthrie reports he may be getting help from the first

lady. >> reporter: current situation is unacceptable. it is unacceptable. >> reporter: for the first time engaging in the had been health care debate michelle obama went to the heart of the matter. >> we were terrified. get to the emergency room right away. >> reporter: she told of the time sasha became ill as an infant. >> it is that moment in our lives that flashes through my head every time we engage in this health insurance conversation. it is that moment in my life because i think about what on earth would we have done if we had not had insurance. >> reporter: trying to tur the tide of public opinion and get a health care bill across the finish line, the white house is deploying a not so secret weapon. >> we can build a better future and maybe affect the world. >> reporter: on the campaign trail michelle obama was known as the closer. though she is a harvard trained lawyer and former hospital

executive, first lady, she focused on noncontroversial issues like healthy eating, avoiding the nitty-gritty of the health care polic debate. the white house is mindful of the disastrous experience of another first lady. hilliard still identify was the issue she was asked about it today. >> we just have to calm down here and take two aspirin, go to bed, think about it in the morning. i'm very optimistic. >> you keep yr insurance and your doctors. and you are blessed. >> reporter: as she answer -- enters the health care battle, some say the first lady must tread carefully. >> if she gets too specific she invites criticism. if she can stay above the fray, keep going out there, get in front of the right audiences, and stick with the right message, it will be helpful. >> reporter: savannah guthrie, nbc news, washington. >> you can see david gregory's entire interview with president obama tomorrow mning on "meet the press." it starts here at 10:30 a.m. on

news4. a vacation disaster. sudden twister sends tourists scurrying. a massive motorcycle pileup. more than two dozen bikers involved in a wreck.

wall street, stocks gained more than 2% for the week amid

hopes an economic recovery is under way. the dow shot up about 36 points last week, closing at 9820. fed may be helping fuel that open tim its billion the economy. bill griffith has more on that and the rest of last week's big business stories in this morning's "business report." >> from a technical perspective, the recession is likely over. those are the words of fed chief bernanke this week. mr. bernanke also warned unemployment will go higher, credit is still tight, and to expect a weak economy for some time. president obama delivered a stern message to wall street this week pledging that while financial regulation reform will pass in congress he said to those on wall street don't return to the reckless behave sxwror bloated bonuses of the past. don't ignore the lessons learned from the collapse of lehman brothers and don't count on any more bailouts. do you feel richer? the federal reserve said this week the net worth of american households rose by $2 trillion last quarter.

the first increase in two years reflecting a rebound in stocks and home values. biggest overhaul in college since the 1960s. house approving that bill to shut out private banks and even sallie mae from the $92 billion student loan business handing it over to the department of education instead. the senate is considering extending that $8,000 first-time home buyers tax credit. so far 1.4 million americans signed up for the giveback. blockbuster is shutting a thousand stores by the end of next year replacing many of them with vending kiosks in malls and grocery stores. i'm bill griffith. get all your business news on cnbc now celebrating its 20th year. cleanup and investigation are under way after a home in idaho exploded. this after it appeared yesterday morning. all is left is destruction. massive explosion rocked the small neighborhood.

the explosion was so powerful it decimated the house leaving only a section of the garage standing. debris blew as far away as three blocks and pieces of the structure blew into nearby holmes. one man is hurt and went to the hospital after being pulled from the rubble. a massive interstate pileup in oregon when 26 motorcycles collided with two cars. the group of motorcyclists tried to slow down but crashed into the back of the cars. ten people were injured and including two of the motorcyclists who were flown to portland hospitals by helicopter with critical injuries. the "today" show is coming up next p.m. amy robach joins us with a preview. good morning. >> good morning to you, eun. coming up, president obama uses a new weapon in his battle for health care reform. his wife michelle. what this first lady is trying to do that hilliard couldn't. p plus, the search for a motive in the murder of annie le. we will have the latest from yale on that investigation. and a shocking look inside the

home where kidnap victim jaycee dugard and her daughters were held for so many years. also some important information you are going to want to hear before you eat those leftovers in your fridge. jay leno's daring new stunt. putting celebrities behind the wheel of the race car. >> we will see you soon. thank you. that looks like fun. >> absolutely. who doesn't like racing a car around a track? goodness gracious. it is a perfect thing to do on a saturday. >> with the top down if you have a convertible. >> top down weather. complete check of your beautiful weekend forecast coming up.

hundreds gathered for the annual naap fund dinner. it marks the 100th anniversary. the leader told us a lot has changed in her area and says when the group first formed there were no black police officers, judges or elected officials. this is one thing you don't want to see on vacation. a tornado touched down near the coast of spain. it startled people on nearby beaches. the funnel cloud ripped the roof off of a cafe. it happened when the restaurant was nearly full. the whole incident was caught on surveillance camera. two diners were hurt but are expected to be okay.

imagine being there when that happened. >> most of the tornadoes in the world happen in e united states. i think it is like nine out of every ten tornadoes worldwide happen here. >> i didn't know that. >> in the states. very unusual occurrence across europe and especially right there on the coast. very unusual for that. but for us, sunshine. >> very nice. >> another weekend. you know, this is two, three weeks in a row we had clouds most of the workweek long and then we are just in time for the weekend. sunshine comes back and weather starts to improve. your mood is lifting and lig lightening as we speak. beautiful saturday morning under way. sun not up just yet. it is only a few minutes more away from our eastern sky. right now as you look live at the washington memorial, it is -- monument, that is 65 degrees in town. dew point still below 60. it won't have that summer humidity feel in the air today. little more humidity coming back by next week. it has been a cool and dry except. little more than a half inch behind in rainfall and two degrees cooler than average for

temperatures now through the first 18 days of the month of september. it is a beautiful start this morning across the region. 55 degrees in frederick, maryland. 61 in hagerstown. panhandle of west virginia into the upper 50s this morning. also into northwestern virginia. and frederick county, virginia, winchester, good morning. 51 degrees in your backyard. 54 in culpeper. little milder along the side of the chesapeake bay. annapolis, 66. st. mary's and calvert county, temperatures in the mid 60s this morning. no problem was the weather forecast for today. high pressure is building into our area. as a result, all the moisture being pushed further and further into the south and as it stays down to our south, we will have plenty of saturday sunshine around here. humidity and cloud cover and moisture being bottled up further down to the south. as a result that is where it will stay. traveling to blacksburg today for the virginia tech/nebraska game, good weather generally expected. more clouds we will have around here and slight chance of a shower in far southwestern virginia today. but for us here in the washington area, high pressure

is in charge. and as it stays around for today and tomorrow, bright beautiful blue skies for the rest of your saturday. some high clouds moving into our skies mid to late tomorrow. but i think any real rain chances hold off until well into the day on monday. so your saturday forecast, sunshine and beautiful today. temperatures in the mid 70s. tomorrow sunny and just a touch warmer with the high clouds coming in later in the day. highs tomorrow generally in the mid to upper 70s. if you are making the trek over the bridge and out to the beaches, you know, september one of the better beach months because the water is still warm and the crowds are gone. not to mention the sun angle is nowhere near as high. sunburns are a lot less likely. sunscreen is a good idea. highs to mid 70s this weekend at the beaches. onshore fl today and onshore flow tomorrow as well. 7-day forecast in the washington area. mid to upper 70s for your weekend. clouds are turning late sunday. rain chances as i mentioned probly not really starting to pick back up again until late monday and tuesday, wednesday, thursday, cloudy skies and at

least a chance for showers each and every one of those ys. that's all right. mid week rain, we are talking about that. we can do that, no problem. send me an e-mail and f you want your football game forecast today on the 9:00 hour. >> already. looks good. thank you, chuck. the redskins are expected to win this weekend and cannot afford a letdown. what the coach says he expects to see out his team in the home opener next in sports. an in-depth discussion of redskins football heading into the rams game plus a locker inspection for the tight ends and much me. tonight on "redskins showtime.

the redskins coach says it is early in the season but he's looking for his team to show him something. the nationals may not have anything left to play for but they are still providing some drama. here's dan hellie with this morning's sports. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. we are here to talk about positives. what do we take out of this season for from the nationals? stephen strasburg w signed. the nationals will most likely have the number one overall pick again. adam dunn played even better than expected. and ryan zimmerman is having a career year after getting the long-term contract he was craving. zimmerman with his 30th home run of the season last night to help the nats barely beat the mets in a game chalk full of ninth inning drama. let's go to new york and city field. top of the first. nats get on the board quickly. thanks to the aforementioned ryan zimmerman. one on. this is one gone. scorches it reto right field and clears the wall.

two-run shot. nationals on top 2-0. 30th home run of the season for mr. zimmerman. things get interesting in the ninth. daniel murphy over to ian desmond. nice stop by the rookie at short. bad throw to first when it is too tall for adam dunn, it is too tall for anyone. nats now clinging to a one-run lead the next batter, jeff francoeur chops one up the middle. makes the sta stab and loses his glove. stay was the play. the lollipop drove over to first, good for the out. that is the ball game. man. good play by mcdougal hering to stick with us. nationals hold o to win 6-5. the mets are terrible this year. lost six in a row. folks, the goal for the redskins on sunday pretty simple. win. not bying a field goal or even a touchdown. their goal, to win big. at least that's what it should be. to make a statement against one of the nfl's worst teams. how about hanging a 30 spot on the scoreboard? the last time the skins scored 30 in a game, let me think.

2007. jim zorn says he wants a complete by-the-book effort and maybe, just maybe, he will adjust his play calling a bit. >> i'm done with tricks now. i'm done with tricks. no. i think that we are just hoping to progress. that's really what i want to do. i want to progress. i want to win. i want to score points. i want todefend and play good special teams. progress our program to where, you know, we develop a real consistency and a real fight out there from the first place to last. >> tonight redskins night on news4. we start with "redskins show time." talking a ton of redskins. that starts at 7:00. it is followed by "the jim zorn show" at 7:30. high schl football front. suitland wins. frederick douglas rolls. we have all three games for you. let's go to prince george's

county. shadows of fedex field. friendship collegiate taking on damatha. michael merriweather takes the handoff and look out below. merriweather says get off of me! seeking out contact. 45-12. northwestern at supt land. players honoring their fallen coach, nick lynch. stickers on their helmets. pitch over to dontrelle kelly. kelly does the rest. 20-yard cut. nice block there. sue land shuts out northwestern 21-0. frederick douglas. looking for more. quarterback richard barbero watching it scorch through the middle. gets him six. the eagles. 4 40-0 was the final. everybody have a great weekend. >> a word to the wise. you should probably steer clear

of humble bob shack today. the dude ate 33 1/2 bur ute owes in ten minutes yesterday. winning the 2009 world burrito world eating championship in albuquerque, new mexico. each burrito was filled with beef, beans and green chili. bob downed more than eight pounds of burritos and won $1,500. that suld be plenty to pay for the pepto he should need today. >> he has the house to himself this weekend. wife and kids are gone. >> my stomach hurts just thinking about it. >> could you eat a burrito every 20 seconds for ten minutes? >> man. >> i don't think so. >> that's "news4 today." coming up next, children's programming. "jacobs two by two" followed by the "today" show at 8:00. have a great morning. we will see you at 9:00.