sprinkle or two over the next little bit. but by and large most of the al steady heavy rain will come in late this afternn and this evening. temperatures 62 downtown now. 59 in martinurg. 61 in quantico, 64 in southern maryland. we stay in the 60s today with rain becoming more and more likely as the day goes long. no more than a passing sprinkle this morning. heavy rain later tonight. >> all right. thank you, chuck. deadly discove in maryland. four family members, including two children, found dead in a home and police believe this may be a murder/suicide. officers first checked the house in mt. airy last evening after receiving a call from kaerned friend. jackie bensen spoke to neighbors and has the latest from frederick county. >> reporter: the house sits at the end of contour road in quiet mt. airy, maryland. a for sale sign planted in the front yard. a tattered basketball hoop stands nearby. something sad and terrible happened here. the discovery was made about 5:40 p.m. >> 911 call was received from a

friend of the family. he had come by the house and to check on the welfare of the family. looked in the back window and seen a body. our troopers responded. along withhe ems personnel. >> reporter: maryland state police troopers found a body of man, woman, and two children a boy and a girl. investigators were called to the neighborhood. a mobile crime van was brought to the scene. detectives applied for an emergency search warrant to enter the home and gather evidence. >> the troopers that itially responded knew that it was an obvious -- appeared to be abobvious murder scene and it is procedure to secure the scene. make sure there is no further threat. and then get a search warrant go back in and properly possible tess scene. >> reporter: within hours, a crowd of neighbors gathered and shocked and bewildered by the scene. >> i have been here 42 years. this is the -- saddest thing i have seen. very close neighbors around

here. it is nothing violent, you know, around here. it has been happy family and it is really sa >> reporter: this investigation is just beginning. investigators will go through the family's financial history and medical history, and they t history of their relationships, trying to figure out what contributed to this. in mt. airy, maryland, jackie bensen. the man accused of plotting the biggs terror threat against the u.s. since 9/11 is in new york awaiting a court appearance early next week. najibullah zazi flew from denver to new york yesterday. then went to a jail in brooklyn. prosecutors say that zazi plan order blowing up new york commuter trains using hydrogen peroxide bombs. video shows him buying gallons of beauty supplies. his attorney says prosecutors lacked direct evidence that zazi was involved in bomb making. he says investigators found none of the materials in zazi's car. his colorado apartment or

apartment zazi visited in new york. the first responders in virginia and the district are putting themselves to the test. don't be concerned if you see a lot of emergency vehicles in a number of locations in northern virginia. including the crystal city area. it is part after large terror drill going on right now. megan mcgrath joins us live from crystal city with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. it is important to remember here that these are just drills. they are practice drills that simulate terrorist attacks in the area. one that's happening here in crystal city as you can see behind me is happening off after very remote section of sixth street. they did that to try to disrupt the area as -- as little as they had to. now, we can take a live picture from the city cam and should be able to see the area where the drill is about to get under way here. remote section near a stretch of train tracks and that's part of this simulated drill here that will be an incident b the track. now, these are full-scale exercises that are happening in our area. they are happening here in crystal city, fairfax county,

loudoun, prince william, the district of columbia today. and they are designed to be as realistic as possible and they real do in some cases look very real. so people don't panic here and if you seeome strange activity going on, let's take a look at video we shot a little while ago. it actually shows the simulation here, preparation for it in the crystal city area. we had all kinds of people participating who were wearing full makeup and in some case has ripped and charred clothing. they are acting as the victims in this simulation. we even have folks carrying around limbs as if they had lost limbs in the incident. in this particular scenario, they are simulating a bombing near the train tracks in this area. shrapnel apparently then hit a train that's passing by and carrying chemicals. it becomes a hazmat situation. and they also have a number of casualties, folks in the area that are injured and killed in this our area.

this is one of five drills taking place. designed to give first responders, ems and police personnel to practice their skills. >> we want to make it as realistic as possible so that when -- the real thing does happen, we are prepared for every eventuality. >> the role players that have had their wounds put on with makeup so it is realistic for the emergency personnel that are responding. because these are the types of things that they would see in a real situation. >> reporter: let's take a look at some of the areas where these drills are going to be taking place today. first of all, there is a drill here that's getting under way any time now at crystal city. rail tracks north of crystal city. there's also something happening at route 50, fairfax county parkway. they are going to actually use a box truck which is -- simulating the fact that it is loaded with bombs and chemicals. they are going to overturn that box truck and that one. there's also something a at dulles green way, park and ride.

at 19th street, washington, d.c., northwest, they are going to be closing a section of 19th down between k and i while they conduct a drill there. now, obviously, we all remember what happened on 9/11 where there was an emergency drill held on the potomac river. folks didn't know about it. there was a bit of a scare with response -- with regard to that. they are handing out flyers to all the areas, residents and businesses, telling them of what is going on in this area and really around the -- all of the simulations today. hopefully to avoid that kind of confusion here today. eun, back to you. >> busy morning. megan mcgrath. megan, thank you. a woman whose brother died met with libyan leader moammar gadhafi in new york city. she and other victim's relative arranged the meeting. they spent ten minutes with gadhafi who was attending the u.n. general assembly. she said the libyan leader said

through an interpreter she was sorry for her loss. her brother was stationed in the army and coming home for christmas when the plane blew up, killing 270 people. now to the surprise showdown that took place at this week's g-20 summit. world leaders taking a stand after the discovery of a secret nuclear site in iran. the country's president responded to the accusations and president obama is stressing diplomacy. steve handelsman reports from the g-20 summit in pittsburgh. >> reporter: revelation of iran's nuclear secret rocked the g-20 economic summit in pittsburgh and prompted tough talk from the host. president obama. >> iran is on notice that when we meet with them on october 1st, they are going to have to come clean or will they continue down a path that is going to lead to confrontation? >> reporter: u.s. officials say the once secret iranian plant is underground and almostid to start purifiure i don't know yum at the rate of two atom bombs a year. western intelligence learned

ahmadinejad's secret in 2007. by the time of his u.n. speech wednesday, ahmadinejad knew his plan had been discovered and informed the u.n. now he's defiant. >> we think that -- what business of yours is it to tell us what we must do or not. >> reporter: he claim no u.n. violations. >> what we did was completely legal, according to the law. >> reporter: the u.n. nuclear agency today demanded to see the plan and lining up behind president obama, other nations demanded iran comply. >> confronted by the deception of many years, the international community has no choice today but to draw a line in the sand. >> reporter: sarkozy of france predicts tougher sanctions by december. and this time the russians and the chinese are onboard. how tough might those sanctions be? how serious is this crisis? president obama said wait until after next week's talks with iran and give diplomacy a chance

and then we will know. steve handelsman, news4, pittsburgh. we have new information this morning on the investigation into the city's taxi industry. the probe extends beyond one man who has been arrested. a man taken into custody on bribery chges. he is accused of accepting cash and other gifts promoting interest of the taxi industry. graham who isn't accused of any wrongdoing has canceled a public hearing here next week on a bill that will impact taxis and he maintains the action has no influence on the bill. now we are being told investigators are looking at a possible pattern of possible payoffs dating back more than a year. we will have more on this story and bring you more information as it comes in. in other news now, you may not have to way much longer to receive the swine flu vaccine. the first batches should be arriving in some dock's office as week from monday. the initial batch will protect 6 million 207 million people with

most of the initiative doses in nasal spray form. most of the doses during flu season will be shot. the government hopes to have 250 million doses of the vaccine eventually with 10% of them going to other countries. meanwhile, the cdc is warning swine flu is spreading with the virus now widespread in 26 states and that number was 21 just a week ago. six or seven million doses should arrive at u.s. clinics within a few weeks. the time now is 9:10. 61 degrees. coming up, how a sandwich named for the first lady is helping fight homelessness in the district. plus a tonight show scare. conan rushed to the hospital after an accident on the set. and protect your identity and clean out your closet. our community shred event is going on right now. we will tell you about it, up next.

today is national public land day. nation's largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance public land. a number of projects in the d.c. area will be held at the historic water gatd steps next to the potomac river and near the lincoln memorial. projects willccur from 9:30 a.m. to noon. volunteers needed for national mall and memorial park. president's park, rock creek park, and volunteers on the site will prune trees, clear invasive plant feces, remove trash and create mulch use order the

national mall. as part of the celebration, free entrance will be granted to all 391 national parks. as the president and first lady have shown a good burger can be hard to resist. now michelle obama's love forburglers help some needy folks in our area. the michelle melt turkey burger was unveiled at the good stuff eatery on capitol hill this week that's the restaurant run by spike mendelson. theburger is made with the same herbs found in mrs. obama's white house garden. and, of course the proceeds from the sale of the burger will be donated to the shelter that feeds the homeless. we will take a break now. looks delicious zblous y. >> herb mayo. >> yes. >> same herbs from the zbarn. >> yoursaturday's forecast looks nice for now. but, you know, before the e of the weekend, complete check of th

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trying to laugh off what could have been a serious accident. conan o'brien hit his head during a stunt while taping last night's show. nbc is not commenting on his condition. the injury doesn't appear to have hurt o'brien's sense of humor. he released a statement in which he jokes, the last thing i remember i was enjoying the play with mrs. lincoln and the next thing i knew, i was in bed being

served cookies and juice. leave it to conan. he jokes no matter what. we hope he has a speedy revery. >> absolutely. like me. hardest thing on me is my head. you can hit that any time you want to. everything else is soft. >> people want to hit you on the head. >> anything smaller than a two by four would be appreciated. we are going to have some tricks in our weekend forecast coming up. starting out with sunshine first thing this morning. now the clouds are rolling in. most of the rain is going to wait until late this afternoon. and this evening before it gets here. we may have some pre-rain shows before the afternoon is done. outside right now, lots of folks taking advantage of the dry start to the morning. out on the mt. vernon bike and running trail alongside the potomac. one of my favorite running routes. cloudy sky over washington. temperature hopped up to 65 degree was the southeast wind. and 12 miles per hour. last time washington had over an inch of rain on a single y, it

has been a while. august 22nd. it has been about six weeks since we had a really heavy rain day around here. and today and tonight i suspect we may get well over an inch of rain. between the time now and this time tomorrow morning. 61 in frederick, maryland. 62 in hagerstown. little cooler in martinsburg. we had a few sprinkles in the panhandle of west virginia this morning. wincheer had a raindrop or two. most of the metro area at this point in time remains dry. here is a check of doppler and sigh the few lonely sprinkles now rolling through northern parts of loudoun county and folks towards poolesville and southern frederick county. maybe a sprinkle in the next little while. by and large most of the rain is still a long ways away. there's industrial strength rain now across parts of kentucky and tennessee. that massive range is headed directly for us. it will be arriving here late this afternoon and early this evening. and the hardest of the rains will come down mainly during the overnight hours tonight. be ready for a pretty heavy rain event late tonight into early morning hours tomorrow. temperatures right now, 50s and 60s around the mid atlantic.

73 in atlanta where their dew point ist 72. 66, dew point in cincinnati right now. that's indicative of how much moisture there is in the atmosphere and all of that moisture has to come right through here before it leaves the east coast and leaves us with a dry finish to our sunday afternoon. there is the satellite view and you can see the heavy rain now moving through portions of kentucky and headed into western west virginia. for now, high pressure is in charge. as it continues to move further away it will allow the moisture to come back in and by 8:00 tonight, nearly everybody should have had their first raindrop by 8:00 tonight. steady rains overnight tonight. easily could get three-quarters of an inch to an everyone of rain during the overnight hours tonight. then tomorrow as that lower pressure moves away we will quickly return back to decent weather for a finish on sunday. another little chance of a shower by monday afternoon. all right. all-important seven-day forecast. yes, indeed. 60s today. upper 07s tomorrow. most of the rain tomorrow should be done by 10:00 in the morning, leaving us with a pleasant sunday afternoon.

ravens game, taking on the browns tomorrow, should be d weather for the game. little chance of a shower late monday. and then tuesday, wednesday's time frame, feeling like, of all things, october around here. all of our college football fiction coming up in just a bit. if you need your game forecast, chuck.be chuck.bell.nbc.com. if you are wanting to get rid of papers you don't know what to do with, the annual news4 safe and secure community shred is going on in gaithersburg, virginia. good morning, lila. nice to see you. >> good morning. >> this is touch a good public service. we are trying to get people to understand the importance of shredding the documents. why is it so important? >> well, for pnc, we think it is important for two reasons. number one, identity theft. people really do need to protect themselves against the criminals that are out there and trying to get ahold of personal

information. so shredding personal documents and making sure that things with social security numbers and account numbers aren't left lying around and it is very important. and secondly, it is protecting the environment. another thing that's very important to pnr and news4 i'm sure. >> what are some of the things to our viewers that we should be bringing? bank statements, obviously. what are other things if people don't know what to bring. >> medical records, credit card statements, certainly anything with your social security number. really. anything like tax returns. any types of bills that have account numbers. and anything that people could use to try to find out more about you. find out your phone number, address, account numbers, what kind of credit you have. >> looks like there is a line out there already. are things moving smoothly? >> it is moving very smoothly this morning. we are very happy. we have -- as always, a good turnout. it looks people aren't having to wait too long. we have a great number of trucks

and people are moving through quickly, they tell me. they seem satisfied. >> all right. that's good news. pnc bank executive vice president lila. thank so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you. not too late to get your personal documents shredded. it is still going on at the montgomery county fairgrounds in gaithersburg. you can bring up to five boxes of personal papers and we will shred it for free. you have until 11:00 this morning to make it out there. get in line. it is not a name redskins fans want to see on the yuri reports and national defense helps to the league leading loss toelt. dan hellie has this morning's "sports minute." good morning, everybody. "sports minute" begins with the nationals. you have to feel for john land. lannan. he is the nats best pitcher. seven innings last night and didn't allow a single earned run against the braves. lannan's reward, 14th loss of the season. 101 for the nationals. their defense, suisse cheesesque as they fall to the braves.

4-2. football, redskins injury report yesterday contained a bit of a surprise. clinton portis listed as questionable for the lions game. portis struggling with bone burs spurs in both ankles. jim zorn says c.p. will be on the field sunday. portis will be running behind the right guard that has never played before. chad will get the start and suit up for his first nfl game. high school football. game of the week. lovely sandy spring, maryland. the warriors shut out the colonels. they extend their winning streak to 18 games. they came out strong. very first possession. taking the inside handoff. finds open space and cuts it back right about here. and 59-yard touchdown. sherwood shuts out magruder 10-0. hop in the car and take a trip to prince orchard. cougars busted through their banner and taking on northwest. doing some damag

scores the touchdown. 33 carries, 253 yards, 3 touchdowns. just another day at the office for big ben. 37-15. that's your "sports minute." i'm dan hellie. everybody, have a great weekend. 9:24. 61 degrees. it is not too late. come down to the community shred and burn your old papers. we are recycling them at no charge. find out more coming up. accused billionaire swindler. how sanford is doing after a jail fight. shocking find inside of a suburban maryland home. a family dead. latest from police, next.

a crime scene in a maryland community. what terrible find the police made in this home. parents fighting to save a school weeks into the school year. were the district wants to shut it down. and bank statements and college papers and old love letters, bring whatever you want to get rid of, community shred event is going on right now. good morning. i'm eun yang. thanks for joining us for "news4 today." we want to check the forecast with meteorologist chuck bell in storm center 4.

good morning, chuck. >> you have me concerned. are you shredding all of the love letters now to save the environment? >> if it will help the environment, you have to do what you have to do. >> fair enough. robert is on notice. outside this morning, cloudy skies. pushing back into the area. rain is very, very likely before our saturday is through. right now it is mainly just a cloudy sky over washington. but there are a few sprinkles now in loudoun county, virginia. heading up into southern frederick and western montgomery counties in maryland. rain for harrisonburg. most of the heavy, steady rains will be arriving a as we get closer to sundown this evening. temperatures right now low to mid 60s across most of the area. stay in the 60s today. increasing clouds, rain likely by sunset. temperatures again today staying mostly in the 60s. heavy rain overnight tonight and lingering into early tomorrow. i think by about lunch time tomorrow, believe it or not, the sun will come back out once again. >> thanks, chuck. police are waiting for autopsy results this morning before releasing the names of four people found dead in a

maryland home. police found the bodies of four family members in a mt. airy home last night. two of the dead were children. investigators have not released their ages. officers are investigating the crime as a murder/suicide. police came to the house after hearing from a concerned friend who hadn't heard from the family in a few days. neighbors are stunned. >> i have been here 42 years. and this is the -- saddest thing i have seen. very close neighbors around here. it is nothing violent around here. it has been a happy family. it is really sad. >> police plan on looking at the family's finances, medical history, and relationships with each other as they try to determine how and why this tragedy happened. pressure is continuinto build on iran a after the revelation this the country may have a secret nuclear facility. president obama joined other leaders of other g-20 nations yesterday in calling for iranian president ahmadinejad to come

clean about his country's nuclear capabilities. last night u.n. secretary general moon made some of his strongest statements yet during a meeting with ahmadinejad. president obama said new sanctions are likely but how tough the sanctions are depend how willing iran is during talks next week. he says diplomacy should be the first course of action. accused swindler alan stanford is in the hospital after getting into a fight with a federal inmate. sanford's injuries aren't life threatening and is expected to be taken back to jail. he will be kept apart from the other inmates. he has been in custody in june. he was indicted on 21 counts in an alleged $7 billion pzi scheme. frustrated parents upset over a plan to shut down a school that serves special needs children from the district. the timing of the decision has many puzzled. darcy spencer has our report. >> the more people you have, the stronger your voice. >> dozens of parents angry the

district plans to yank their special needs children from a special needs school in washington met to figure out a plan to fight back. >> i refuse to let them close accotink. accotink is the best for our kids. that's where my child is going to stay. >> reporter: the district plans to pull 170 students from the accotink academy in springfield and place them in other schools. officials say that they are concerned about the quality of education the students are receiving. the district pays about $10 million a year to accotink for education services. >> the teachers are awesome. they help us with every little thing. and it is just -- they should stay open. >> reporter: expressed support for the school. they say they want proof accotink isn't meeting their children's needs. >> accotink is a good school. if it wasn't, my son never would have been there for the ten years he had been there. >> reporter: some parents were puzzled over the timing of the plan, just weeks after the start school. >> i think this is crazy that you waited until after school started and i think this is crazy that you did not inform the school, have the school

inform me. >> reporter: no one from d.c. schools abe tended the meeting. in a statement the district says officials made numerous visits to the school and had a monitor on site for months to observe operations. we have serious concerns about the quality of services being delivered to our students at accotink. >> we have not been monitored. we have never been given a monitoring report. no debriefing. >> reporter: many parents left the meeting still with many, many questions on their minds. but now they are more hopeful they can get this decision reversed. in southeast, darcy spencer, news4. we have been telling you all morning today is our an ral news4 safe and secure community shred taking place at the montgomery county fairgrounds in gaithersburg. you still have time to get there. the event isoing on until 11:00 a.m. joining us live the general manager for the company, shred it. thanks for joining us, gentlemen.

>> good morning. >> we heard what to bring. tell us what not to bring. i'm sure you get a lot of people bringing a lot of stuff. >> sure. the main things we don't want to see is batteries, cds, things of that nature. what we are trying do is promote recycling and support securing people's identity with identity theft so strong today. >> and we know that a long line forms every time we have this event. what can you tell people to make sure that the transition goes smoothly and people aren't waiting to long and get through the lines quickly. >> limit the number of boxes they bring. and to be aware of the things that we cannot recycle. >> why do you think this is such a big deal for the community? >> well, number one, my colleague stated here, we value the information, protecting people's identity. preventing identity theft.

at the same time promoting recycling. >> we know that we have this community shred a couple of times a year p. how often should people be getting rid of their documents to protect their identity? >> having them lay around is not a good thing. it is a -- definitely a risk. so we provide community shred each month at our office for $5 a box and we have this quarterly throughout the metro area. combined with the -- individual counties at nbc and pnc bank. >> thanks so much for joining us today. >> thank you. >> it is not too late to get your personal documents shredded. annual news4 safe and secure community shred is still going on at the montgomery county fairgrounds in gaithersburg. you can bring up to five boxes of personal papers and we will shred them for free. you have until 11:00 this morning to make it out there. that's about an hour and a half. ahead, a bookworm's dream. national book festival is taking place this weekend at children's

author sits down to talk to us coming up. lining up for the king of pop. fans spending their weekend waiting for their chance to see mi michael jackson's final pe

what's new at the movies this weekend? couple of sci-fi thrillers and remake of an old favorite. mark wilbur has the box office preview. >> robotic human surrogates,

durability of a machine with the grace and beauty of the human body. >> reporter: futuristic world, human beings stay home and send their surrogates out in the real world. >> most people living their lives through their surrogate selves, the world has become a safer place. >> reporter: bruce willis stars in the ultimate image of themselves. despite the drop in crime and other positive effects the robots have on society, willis begins to see a doomsday scenario is about to unfold. this one rated pg-13. another sci-fi movie hits theaters starring dennis quaid. follows a crew aboard a spacecraft with n knowledge of who they are and why they are there. >> no! >> reporter: this one rated r. ♪ >> reporter: remix of the 1980s hit "fame" hits theaters. premise is the same. centers around students and teachers at a new york city high school of performing arts.

>> you have talent. let's see what we can do with it. >> reporter: it is rated pg. >> empire she builds still bears her name. >> reporter: also new, french film that follows the rise of the founder of the famous fashion house from the humble beginnings. box office preview. >> the movie doesn't open until october and tickets don't go on sale until tomorrow morning but fans have been camping out to get tickets to michael jackson's "this is it." dozens of fans sleeping under the stars in a courtyard outside the theetder in loss tlos get tickets for the first public screening of the documentary. the fill almost feature a look at jackson preparing for a series of london shows he was rehearsing for just before his death in june. not a great to be outside today, i guess. >> if you having some do outside, get out and do it is ns the newscast over, complete

check of today's forecast and come coming up.

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unfortunately, the clouds are coming in very quickly across the area right now. and rainfall is not too terribly far behind. the heavier rain is going to wait until late this afternoon and this evening before really starts to come down. but might get a few free frontal showers out of this whole mess as well. so don't expect a lot of sunshine on your saturday. we did get a little glimmer or two of the sunshine first thing this morning. but now that is gone. as you look live at the lincoln memorial and downtown washington. under a mostly cloudy sky. temperature is 65 degrees. light southeaster lip wind at 12 les per hour. long time since we had a heavy rain event. last time we had more than an inch of rain on a single day at national airport was august 22nd when when we had an inch and a third. right now temperatures are in the upper 50s. out across the ice box west of town. martinsburg, charlestown, panhandle of west virginia in the upper 50s. 63 now in frederick, maryland. 65 downtown. 63 in prince george's county. and 64 for annapolis and 63 degrees in culpeper. here is a check of the radar.

one or two showers very light showers now moving into western montgomery county. southern frederick and out of northern loudoun county. poolesville. along 270 there. maybe a few light showers here first thing this morning. and another batch of rain towards charlottesville and harrisonburg the lion's share of the heavy rain waiting for for tonight is now across parts of eastern kentucky and moving into western west virginia. that whole blob of rain is coming our way for the overnight hours tonight. be ready for a very rainy saturday night. fairly wet start to your sunday as well. high pressure giving way and moving off the eastern seaboard allowing the big plume of moisture now to come up out the gulf of mexico. heavy rains now across kentucky and tennessee. and that's all part of that area of low pressure that's moving our way. dry start but a wet finish today. and heaviest of the rain will come overnight tonight and into the early morning hours of tomorrow. everybody should be wet by 8:00 this evening. the heaviest rains ending around 8:00 tomorrow morning. and then a little bit of improvement by mid to late

morning tomorrow and then believe it or not, by sunday afternoon, a west wind makes for the return of sunshine. probably between 1 and 1 1/2 inches of rain today. college football forecast the hurricanes coming to blacksburg, 3:30 today. rain and 60 degrees. hopefully that will favor the home team hokies for a victory. rutgers is in college park, maryland. temperatures only near 67 degrees. western kentucky is in annapolis to play maef. 67 degrees and mainly cloudy skies and iowa hawkeyes come to state college pennsylvania to take on the nittany lions, 8:00 game tonight and will be chilly and rainy. 7-day forecast for the next couple of days. rain, heaviest overnight tonight into early tomorrow. and another chance of some showers on monday afternoon and evening time frame. tuesday and wednesday, everything is looking like it is going to dry out quite nicely and feel a little bit more like october with temperatures highs only in the 60s for tuesday and wednesday and a little sunshine to finish out the week. one of the best things going on around town is the national book festival. eun yang has more details on

that. >> thank you so much, chuck. if you are looking for great fall reading you want to head to the national mall this morning. starting at 10:00 for the 2009 national book festival. president obama and first lady michelle obama are honorary chairs of the event. you get a chance to hear from some of the world's most distinguished authors and we are privileged enough to have one of the authors with us today. carmen is with us. and she has been writing for 20 years and traveling around the world, influenced by cultures and inspired. this latest book is called 14 for america. bring us another culture a gift. tell us more about it. >> it is a gift we receive after 9/11. the people of kenya presented to the united states 14 sacred cows. and they were the first nation, nation people, to respond to us. and it was all because there was warrior study in the united states who happened to be in new york during 9/11.

and he went back and told the story. they give us an extraordinary gift. >> and that warrior is a real person. >> yes, yes. he is. children love to hear this. it is a true story. nonfiction. he's real person. the real person will be at the mall today which is one of the wonderful things about the book festivals. >> tell us about the book festival. a great event. have you all these famous authors and they are going to be walking around. >> right. bookworm. as a kid i would have been over the moon. these are your favorite authors. judy bloom is there. oh, my gosh. grisham is there. if you love cooking, my gosh, the new paula deen is there with her new book. so -- unlike manyvents we go to, don't have the opportunity to see people, we see them via artificial, you know -- through the screen. our ipods or whatever. they are human.

carbon based and you can walk up and tell them i love your book or hit them with the book and tell them i hate it. no, don't that. >> you were saying there are tents for your mystery lovers and for -- absolutely. if you are a mystery and thriller lover, that's your tent. children, another tent. teens, poetry. and this has been -- many years duration. founded by laura bush who was, of course, librarian. the obamas have been so wonderful. continue thing tradition. and it is -- it is free. it is a people's event. >> wonderful. before we go, who do you want to so? who will you get an autograph from? >> i don't have the time. i don't have the time. i can't tell because i -- i don't know. i will be too busy working. but i did -- i did meet the poet laureate a few years ago and may have been my finest moment. >> carmen, thank you so much for joining us this morning. book festival from 10:00 to 6:00

today on the national mall. don't miss it. up next, the only redskin to score last week. redskins kicker shane does lunch with lindsay. sinkhole swallows two cars. mother and her daughter ended up in this situation. we will be right back.

the redskins would have been shut out sunday had it not been for kicker's three field goals. growing up in canada, he said he never wanted to play football. he wanted to be a hockey star, of course. jason talks about pressure and routine in this week's "lunch with lindsay."

>> reporter: we brought you here because i know you are a big hockey guy. i want to ask you about a food. a food you love, canadian. tell me about it. what is it? >> a lot of times you will see it from, i guess, what i call fried -- like a -- a van that drives around with food in it, french fries, burgers. back home a lot of times you will see french fries, cheese kurd on top and beef gravy on top of that. >> tell me about your love for hockey. i know you are a big capitals fan. >> growing up, hockey a big deal. big part of my life. >> did you play growing up? tell me about that. when did you play and what was -- >> i started at the age of 3. >> really? >> first year where i learned to skate. i figure skated. i didn't have -- i didn't have

women's figure skates. i didn't have a toe pick. >> i was going say. >> i didn't. but -- from there, started playing hockey and -- really that kind of -- i played up until the time i went to school in bowling green. >> the life of a kicker, though is very uncertain, isn't it? >> sure is. this year, i guess going through camp, competing at camp, realizing how fragile it can be and how importa this -- being the particular redskins to me is. i'm appreciative and happy to be back here and hope that i have another five years. >> you seem so -- focused on that, the competition was going on. there had to have been times where the pressure becomes really tough. >> you know you are competing with other guys around the league. when youave to share the locker room and things like that, just -- it is an uncomfortable situation for me.

i actually -- i actually hated it. i understand it is part of the job. i mean, a lot of people that -- want my job. it is understandable. >> what's that like when you are going up, walking up to make a field goal attempt? what's going through your mind, that moment? >> it is actually -- it is something that is hard for me to describe. but -- but i do know that if i prepare properly, i feel confident and comfortable in that situation. when you get in that situation, where -- i think that -- happening now and independent on the situation, it could be, you know, a -- what could be the pressure situation. but really, it is all about preparation and trusting in the guys that you are working with. danny smith is great with it. we go through every possible situation. there's no situation on the football field that i'm ever going to be in that i -- hasn't been in before. practiced. or succeeded at. >> my thinking is that wow, what's he feel like right now? as he's walking off the field.

what's that? >> it is a weird feeling because -- you wish you could just line back up and you know to make the next kick, you wish you could do that. you wish you had four downs. but you don't. that's why -- you know, it is so critical, especially when we are not scoring a lot of points that make those kicks. i know how important they are. it is hard to -- it is hard to work it but i think a strength of mine is being able to let that bad kick or miss go. for me to kick really any field goal. it is simple. and i should make every kick. but that doesn't mean you do. >> that's lindsay czarniak reporting. family now with a great story and a big car repair bill. a mississippi woman driving to work went right into a sinkhole when she didn't show up at the office, co-workers called her out. her daughter went look for her and wound up in the same sinkhole. you see those two cars on top of each other? well, at least she was able to call 911.

both women are expected to be okay. all right. >> scary stuff. everyone is going to be all right. >> that's what makes the video funny is because people didn't get if -- >> it is going to be good weather. college park today, big maryland game. rutgers coming to town. should be good weather. there may be rain late in the game. >> all right. thanks upon the joining us. "inside the redskins" is next. one more hour to get to the community shred. montgomery county fairgrounds. it goes until 11:00. have a great day. .