flooded hopes and roads after an early morning water main break, crews are working to get cars moving and water running. watch your speed. someone is watching you. speed cameras have been turne on along highway work zones in maryland. >> and president obama heads to copenhagen, denmark later today, his goal, bring 2016 summer olympics to chicago. "news4 midday" begins right now.

good morning. welcome to "news4 midday." i'm barbara harrison. >> good morning. i'm joe krebs. it's the first day of october, 2009. new today, a messy morning for people in prince george's county because a water mn break, it left some cleaning up homes. this problem happened at queensbury road and queens chapel road in hyattsville. a royal pain. news 4's megan mcgrath joins us with the latest. >> reporter: it was a royal pain for folks in the area here. if you look behind me you can see that they brought the heavy equipment in and are starting to dig up the water main that broke this morning. they of course have to dig it up first, take a look at what kind of a break they have before they can get in and make repairs. this blew in the middle of the night. some awoke to water gushing into their basement. the 16-inch pipe broke early

this morning, sending water gushing downhill and into homes on queensbury road. this house was flooded, the water rising three feet in the basement. the family had to be evacuated. fernando was allowed to stay in his place, but ten inches of water created quite a mess. >> some mess with clothes and cabinets, book cases, and the washer and drier are soaked, under water. >> not a good morning. >> i have to go to home depot to get a sump pump. >> reporter: the pipe is an old one. that likely played a role. >> we have a 16-inch water main that is about 76 years old. we believe the t, we think the t blew. >> reporter: 17 customers lost water including the day care center at first united methodist church. parents who dropped off kids

were warned that the center would close early if water wasn't restored soon. >> it will mean i have to take leave from work. do what you got to do. >> a problem but i have a nice understanding ss. i'll probably have to make the time up another week. >> reporter: early this morning basically during the overnight hours, northbound queens chapel road was closed in both directions as they tried to shut off the water and clean some of the mud and debris off the roadway. right now we still have one lane closed, the far right lane still closed to accommodate the machinery that they brought in to dig up and access this water main. we do have one lane going northbound. 0 that's an improvement. that was done in time for morning rush hour. while you did have to kind of pinch over to the left, there was one lane getting by during the rush hour period. in terms of how long will people be without water in this area, how long will it take to make the repairs, what we're told is

it's going to take the lion's share of the day to fix this. joe, back to you. >> thanks very much, megan. several new laws take effect in maryland today, the drivers want to be aware of you are no longer allowed to text behind the wheel and speed cameras are turned on along highway work zones. the new law to protect highway workers and slow drivers down, those traveling 12 miles or more over the speed limit in a work zone could be slapped with a $40 fine. lori knows all too well the dangers of speeding. her husband a highway worker was struck and killed. >> it shouldn't take the death or injury of a highway worker to change unsafe driving behaviors. everyone should be slowing down and paying attention all the time while driving. but particularly in work zones. >> drivers caught texting in maryland also face a hefty fine of $500. the law some say will be tough to enforce because it's still

legal to read a message while driving. there are other laws taking effect today, one makes it a crime to interfere with a metro operator. under new druv driving laws those convicted twice will have their license suspend forward a year a. new law will require homeowners to upgrade septic systems and another fourses drivers to hold a learner's permit for nine months before getting a license. >> a search for the gunman who opened fire on two teens killing one of them. this happened last night on the 56th avenue in riverdale heights. a 16-year-old boy was shot to death. a 17-year-old was treated and released and police do not have a motive in these shootings. police in laurel are searching for two men they describe as a possible abduction yesterday evening an thomas drive. police say three children ages

7, 8 and 9 were playing in a field near their homes. they say two men in a truck waved the children over, police say the m left when the mother of one of the children walked out and saw what was happening. she got the license number, 41641w, though she was not clear on what state those tags came from. to a developing story out of indonesia. a second powerful earthquake has sent terrified residents into the streets. 6.8 magnitude hit about 150 miles south of padang where the death toll is raising. the toll has reached 531, the number that's expected to rise as rescue operations continue. this dramatic video from indonesian tv shows a woman pulled from the rubble of her collapsed home alive. so far no deaths reported from this morning's quake. > american samoa is reeling after a disaster, at least 150

are dead after a tsunami. it could take weeks before all the missing are found and the dead recovered. lee cowan reports. >> reporter: as the damage became more apparent so, too, did the misery. village after village literally wiped off the map. the death toll continues to climb from the tsunami that sent a wall of water rushing into the streets and villages. days later searchers continue to find bodies in what's a muddy landscape of ruin. many of the victims were tourists now destined for temporary morgues because the hospitals are full. many have likely been washed out to sea. survivors return to find homes often nothing more than a foundation. >> it's the first i've seen a thing like this. so dangerous. no words to describe. >> reporter: she was able to save her 90-year-old mother but her house is thick with mud, sand and little else. >> then i put her.

i ran and -- >> that was lee cowan. relief and aid have been pouring in from all over the world. >> 11:07. 58 degrees. nice stiff breeze blowing out there under sunny skies. >> looks pretty but a little on the chilly side. no shorts and tee shirts. for some. i bet that's what you would wear. you never are cold. >> that's what i'm wearing under this suit. >> he's complaining it's too hot in here. >> it is cool outside. we had our coolest morning of the autumn so far, the coolest since back may 20th. that rope there, it's a beautiful day to paint the tower. they are actually up on the tower here, 250, 300 feet above the ground level and painting today. we have a few clouds that popped up. now it's 59 degrees and it's certainly much cooler than

average for this time of the day. right now in lexington, virginia, it's 55. look at their low. they had 36 this morning. lexington, virginia is in the southern shenandoah valley, southwest of charlottesville. right now out of the mountains it's still in the 40s, there were a few isolated valleys in southern west virginia that did have some frost, but for the most part because of cloud cover most of the mountains did not have a frost. for the afternoon mostly sunny, a few clouds coming through with a light breeze. highs in the mid to upper 60s. that's below the average high for early october. on this first day of october. i'll show you the forecast for friday, the weekend and a look at next week in a few minutes. >> thanks, tom. >> to steve now with the latest on the traffic. good morning, steve. >> good morning joe, barbara. we'll start with a look at the beltway near river road. the construction in the right lane between river road and the american legion bridge on the

outer loop of the beltway heading toward virginia from maryland. very heavy and slow through the work zone. ce you get past it at the american legion bridge it does improve. getting past river road a bit of a challenge now. over to springfield, if you look at the top you'll see heavy traffic heading southbound on i-95. traffic moving away into the work zone, back again today. south of newington, blocking the right lane. it's slower than it was yesterday. northbound they are also working. approaching the work zone out of camera range. back to you. >> thank you, steve. today it's more expensive to shop to fill up and light up in the district because several tax hikes have taken effect today. the sales tax is now 6%, that's up from 5.75%. the cigarette tax has gone up 50 cents to $2.50 a pack. and the gas tax to 23.5 cents

per gallon. talks concerning iran's nuclear program are under way outside geneva, switzerland t. delegates met one on one. we'll have the latest. >> china celebrates 60 years of communist rule with its biggest military review. >> a study linking candy eaters and violent crime.

china is celebrating the 60th anniversary of communist rule with a show of force. thousands of soldiers, row after row of military hardware rumbled through tiananmen square in bap shing. top chinese officials were on hand to start out the festivities for the flag raising ceremony. a new york city land mark was lit up in honor of china's anniversary, red and yellow lights glowed from theop of the empire state building. the building is routinely lit with colors to mark holidays but given china's reputation on human rights critics question whether it was appropriate. the u.s. and five other nations are sitting down with iran today to discuss its nuclear program, the meeting in geneva comes less than a week after news broke that iran has been building a secret nuclear facility. brooke hart has been following the negotiations from capitol hill. >> reporter: today's talks have

teams of negotiators from six nations face-to-face with iranian officials outside geneva. will last week's exposure of this long secret nuclear project south of tehran give the u.s. and allies new leverage. >> the expectation is now they have to show there will be some transparency, the site is going to be accessible to inspectors in short order. >> reporter: nick burns is the chief u.s. negotiator, a carryover from bush years but encouraged under president obama to talk to iran. >> he played a very smart strategic game of putting the iranians in position they have to change. >> iran has not lked ready to bargain with missile tests, and president ahmadinejad's claims its nuclear rights are off limits in the talks. as president obama met with his team on afghanistan iran's negotiator said he was prepared to offer to let u.n. inspectors

in, some in the u.s. smell a ruse. >> they are being deceptive, they intend to end up and will end up with 30 nuclear weapons inside of a decade. >> reporter: unless teams can convince iran it will be better off without them. even chief u.s. negotiator burns expects america will not fully come clean today and the question will be back to sanctions. the betting is iran will offer enough to divide the u.s. and russia. in washington, brooke hart, nbc news. >> >> us undersecretary of state met one on one today. the two say they spoke during a lunch break. believed to be the first high level meeting between the sides on iran's nuclear program in years. >> tom joins us with a look at our forecast. it's a lovely day for those who like that fall feel. >> it's invigorating, we have

not got tune 60. temperatures still in the 50s. this time of year by this time of the day usually we're well in the 60s. our average high this time of year is low 70s. we're not going to make that. we had our coolest morning since last spring this morning. let's take a look at how the sky behaved. there was fog over the potomac valley this morning. now we can do this in time lapse. between 8:00 and 9:00 watch what happens to the fog as the sun gets higher unthe sky. it only took about 45 minutes for the fog to disappear. beautiful blue sky has been with us. now it's filled wi clouds. there's the rope. they are painting our tower. i think that's a safety line. and we have a beautiful morning under way. yes, a typical autumn morning. look at the view from our city camera. clouds and a blue sky.

at thisour it's 59 at reagan national. where the october average are, for rain, about 3.25 inches. a trace of snow in october. don't have any of that in the foreseeable future. it was sort of cold enough for snow, temperatures down a few degrees above freezing in many locations in virginia and west virginia. as we look at the radar now, there is no precipitation coming from that beautiful blue sky, a few clouds around. it's in the 50s from the shenandoah valley to the atlantic beaches. montgomery and fairfax and prince george's county and near the chesapeake. look around the neighborhood, down to 39 in manassas in prince william county, now up to 59 degrees where they have a light northwest breeze. it's dry out of the mountains in the upper 40s right now. a few scattered locations in the valleys in southern west virginia. eastern shore near 60. over six hours we've had clear

sky, some of the clouds earlier this morning. that did keep the temperatures elevated association there is no frost there but now the clouds are breaking up, getting sunshine there as well as all the way to the atlantic beaches. over 12 hours watching a frontal zone with clusters of showers. could be strong storms from parts of illinois down to arkansas later on. that's on the western side of this dry high pressure over us. the western flow is tapping moisture off the gulf of mexico and moving it all the way into the upper midwest. we go forward, we'll see a warm front coming through, tomorrow and during the evening. as it does come through we might have a sprinkle perhaps in the morning. by the evening we'll have a cool front begin to approach and looks likes saturday morning that front will move on through and exit stage right and clear us out by saturday afternoon. for this thursday, the first day of october we'll have our temperatures only reaching mid to upper 60s. and certainly a fresh and cool

afternoon. overnight tonight we'll have the nearly full moon rising after sun set which is at 6:51. we'll be in the 50s through the evening, near 50 tomorrow morning with a cloud cover around. we're not going to be as chilly as this morning. tomorrow's sun rise is 7:05. on friday we'll have increasing clouds and a slight chance of a sprinkle in the mountains in the morning, then late evening here around the metro area and points east as the front arrives. should be dry for the high school football games friday night. near 70. then saturday in the morning we may have showers but ought to clear out for the high school and college games on saturday. mild afternoon, we ought to make it into e upper 70s saturday afternoon as we get the sunshine back. then onnen sunday looks great for football. we better see some great football. skins and bucs at fedex field. it will be in the 70s. a beautiful day on monday with highs in the 70s. should be sunny as well.

on tuesday into wednesday midweek we may have showers and still mild with highs in the low to mid 70s on tuesday and wednesday. that's the way it looks. quite a chill this morning. >> feels like football weather. >> sure does. >> thank you. >> back to steve and the traffic network. >> good morning. >> good morning. we'll head back to springfield because that delay is building now on the right-hand side of your screen. traffic moving away from you. southbound 95 leaving springfield, the problem is the work zone that is beyond the camera shot after newington blocking the right lane. looks likes they are ready to start turning around the h.o.v., but slow south into that work zone. to the belt way in montgomery on the but outer loop, toward the work zone, that's why it's not let up. so very slow from river road

around to the american legion bridge on the way to northern virginia. back to you. >> thanks, steve. >> the pilot behind the miracle on the hudson is back in the cockpit. captain sully was expected to fly a commercial flight since he safely landed. you remember the plane on the hudson river in january. he is credited with saving all on board. he talked about the flight a few minutes ago. >> i'm looking forward to my return to u.s. airways, i will have a role in safety and management. and i will continue to be the same kind of advocate for aviation safety that i've been for decades. >> apparently sullenberger couldn't wait until today to get back in the air. today's flight will be his fourth since landing on the hudson in january. he and first officer skiles piloted a flight today. >> 11:22.

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get ready to rock the red. the caps begin their quest for lord stanley's cup when they face off against boston. players are anxious to make a run for it. the blow-out at the hands of the penguins have them looking to prove their championship mettle. >> the nba banned the use of the website during games. the league sent a memo the too all 30 teams yesterday saying the use of sites like twitter and facebook during games is now prohibited. >> news out of mclean at this moment. a bank robbery at wachovia bank on old dominion drive. two men demanded money.

they took off, they are searching for them now. but this is a live picture from chopper 4 of the scene of the activity near that wachovia branch. police looking for robbers who robbed that wachovia branch bank. coming up in the next half hour we should know tomorrow whether the 2016 olympics will be in chicago. president obama heads to denmark to make his pitch. >> whether face masks protect you from the flu or not. manufacturers are busier than ever trying to keep up with the demand. >> a dog from northern virginia missing for ten years is found hundreds of miles away in oklahoma. we'll hear from his owner. tom kierein is back with the news of a warm-up. stay with us.

right now at 11:30 people in hyattsville are cleaning up after a water main break earlier this morning at queensbury road and queens chapel road. it was a 16-inch main and the pipe's age might have been a factor. one lane in both directions remain closed and it's expected to take most of the day to repair the water main. as of today speed cameras have been turned on along highway work zones in maryland. and in our area there will be one along 95 between 198 and 216, in the icc zone in prince

george's county. drivers caught going more than 12 miles over the speed limit face a $40 fine. it's now illegal to write or send text messages behind the wheel. the death toll has risen to 5 after a devastating earthquake in indonesia. authorities expect that to rise. meanwhile, at least 150 people are dead after a tsunami slammed into samoa. it could take weeks to search for those who are still missing. we should know tomorrow whether the 2016 summer olympics will be held in chicago. a large u.s. delegation including michelle obama and oprah winfrey is in copenhagen to make a final push for the games. kristin has the latest from chicago. >> reporter: in the city of copenhagen it's the sprint to the finish, so chicago is rolling out a dream team to try to win the summer olympics in 2016. first lady michelle obama has been there for the past day, selling her hometown hard.

>> this is an opportunity for the united states to connect to the world in a really important way, at a very critical time. >> reporter: she is joined by the queen of talk, oprah. >> for us to be able to host the 2016 olympics and paraolympic games would be what my grand mother would call our crown in glory. >> reporter: an all-out effort to put chicago atop the other finalist cities, tokyo, madrid, and rio de janeiro, trying to win south america's first olympics ever. but chicago hopes its golden ticket is in a presidential pitch. >> i'll sleep on the plane, i'll land, i'll speak, and then fly back. >> reporter: experts say he could make all the difference. >> chicago's chances are significantly, and i mean significantly enhanced by the fact that the president of the united states is going to be on hand here.

>> reporter: not everyone agrees with the presidential participation. >> he's the president of the united states, not the mayor of chicago. >> reporter: some in chicago say they don't want the games, even staging protests over the past few days. but for those who hope the second city is the ioc's first choice, excitement is building, as the who's who of chicago get ready to put on a full-court press. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, chicago. >> and the big announcement is expected tomorrow at 12:30 in the afternoon and thousands of people plan to gather in chicago's daily plaza. >> last year the supreme court overturned d.c.'s handgun ban. a similar challenge is made to chicago's handgun ban. yesterday the u.s. supreme court agreed to hear a cha heng by chicago residents who oppose the ban. chicago and other cities were not affected by the court's d.c. decision because that ruling was limited to federal restrictions,

that applies here because the district is a federal city. now gun rights advocates hope for a broader ruling. >> well, i have every confidence that the supreme court is going to say that this is a freedom to be enjoyed by the entire american people, not just those in federal enclaves. >> supporters say a ruling in favor of gun ownership wouldn't necessarily jeopardize other gun laws like restrictions on carrying concealed weapons. it's seven years since elizabeth smarlt was snatched from her bedroom. she is getting read the face the man police call her abductor. she was 14 years old when she was kidnapped at knife point. police say she spent 9 months captive. she is about to testify in a hearing to determine whether he is competent to stand trial. >> amtrak's northeast extension is headed southwes it kicks off the service in lynchburg, virginia and makes five stops. the stops include shar lots

kill, culpepper, burke and alexander yeah. the train continues to philadelphia, new york and boston. amtrak sponsored a whistle-stop tour to welcome this service. one of the stops was in burke. >> what this pilot program does is it brings a transportatatn -- a new transportation option to us here in fairfax. whether to go into the central part of the state right now we don't have a rail option at all or get the midday downtown dc option which we haven't had. >> this is scheduled to last for three years. the swine flu may be wreaking havoc with some businesses but it's creating a boom for others. demand for flu-related products is sky rocketing. bertha coombs has a look inside a flu mask plant where the work keeps on coming. >> reporter: they are fighting the flu around the clock at the

mask factory in salt lake city. since last spring's outbreak, demand for the mask soared. the company increased production to 24 hours a day. >> when h1n1 hit in april, whatever stock we had in this warehouse was shipped immediately on the 26th of april we didn't have a case left in stock. so we then had to gear up. >> reporter: health officials recommended professionals wear fitted respirators caring for flu patients because they filter out 95% of particles. >> we're keeping various sizes. >> reporter: the bigger u.s. competitors have also ramped up production and expect to maintain the capacity past flu season. coming up that pace could be a challenge if their workers get the flu. they are telling employees to stay home if they feel sick. >> we are checking temperatures of our employees when they come

to work, encouraging them if they feel sick or feel a fever, they don't come to work. >> it is how big is the demand for these masks? health officials estimate that if there is a severe flu pandemic in the u.s., the need to be -- could be as big as five billion. according to the cdc at the beginning of september stock piles contained about 80 million. candy may be bad for your teeth and your rap sheet. a british study finds that kids who eat candy every day may be more likely to be convicted of violent crimes. it suggests that giving kids what they want right away may keep them from learning to wait for what they want which might push them toward impulsive behavior. >> you a candy eater? >> can't you tell? >> i thought you might have been. tom? good morning.

>> clouds looking like cotton candy and a blue sky. live picture from our sky watcher camera. the clouds floating gracefully over the capital. feeling like an autumn morning. still in the 50s, it's 59 in washington, and as we look around the neighborhood network in frostburg, maryland, the low was 39. there was a cloud cover there but now it's only a chilly 47 there in western maryland. out in the mountains it's in the 40s. eastern shore near 60. quite a bit of cloudiness that was around in the mountains this morning, has now broken up. we have a few clouds popping up in this blue sky and wisconsin for a few hours. it will clear up by sunset. before that t mid to upper 60s, then clearing out tonight, nearly full moon up after sun set which is today at 6:51. 50s through the evening, near 50 by dawn with increasing clouds on friday, a warm front coming through in the morning, may be a few sprinkles in the mountain, then for our region, not until

perhaps late friday evening we might have showers and there's a small chance of that before that near 70, and maybe lingering showers saturday morning. clearing out into sunday. the weekend looking nice. barbara and joe. >> thank you. >> a final check of our midday traffic. >> steve has the latest conditions for us. thanks, barbara. we're going to take a live look at the light at the end of the tunnel on the outer loop of the belt way, where the work zone ends on the american legion bridge. once you get to the lijen bridge it's heavy but steady over to the virginia side. back to northern virginia for a moment. southbound 95 it has improved, they opened up the h.o.v. lanes south bound so not bad to the work zone south of newington before lorton. in the last five minutes out go the delays. >> looks good. thanks very much, steve. have a great day. a chihuahua has survived more than 24 hours trapped under

water in a sunken house boat. this 4-year-old was trapped in the boat when it sank near jackson, mississippi. the owner thought that the dog was dead but a -- yuck. the diver checking the wreckage found it hiding in a two-inch air pocket. the dog is doing well. but its owner says the dog was a little more aggressive after the incident. i can imagine. i bet the dog had questions and accusations to make. a dog that wandered away from a house in northern virginia a decade ago may be reunited with its owner found 1300 miles away. gary of fredericksburg says his first dog brindle went out in 1999 and never came home. he thought he was gone forever. two weeks ago an 8-year-old girl found the dog in lawton, oklahoma. the girl and her mother took him to a vet who found a micro chip.

they used facebook to get in touch with brinldle's owner. >> if i didn't then he would just be sitting there right now. with no family, no friends, no nothing. >> i'm not mad at the dog but all i want to ask him is why in the hell did you run off 10 years ago? >> when the girl found brindle he was malnourished and sick. brindle has an appointment with a vet in oklahoma on friday. if he's given the okay to travel he could return home sometime next week. >> he's an old dog now. looks like a tough time getting around, too. hope he comes home. >> good to have him back. >> still ahead we're going to have the latest from wall street. the day has started with losses. >> plus, why fire stations over the area are good place for family fun this weekend.

welcome back. the dow shed more than 100 points in the first hour of trading today. >> let's check in with mike to see where things stand. >> reporter: good morning. not a good morning on wall street, frankly. there is a mixed bag of economic data out this morning but the good stuff like a pickup in construction spending and pending home sales is getting trumped by manufacturing activity which fell when economists thought they would go up and the jobless claims report which was worse than expected. right now the markets are lower.

we have the dow down 140, the s&p down 19, the nasdaq down almost 50, more than 2% loss for the nasdaq. so ben bernanke is testifying on capitol hill this morning and is telling lawmakers he thinks the fed and some kind of counsel of regulators should oversee the financial system. his remarks amid criticism of an obama administration plan to put most of the regulatory authority in the hands of the federal reserve. shares of discount retail chain target are lore after the consumer product safety commission fined the company $600,000. the company sold hundreds of thousands of chinese-made toys with too much lead in the coating. though target denies that it knowingly broke the law. shares of comca are also taking a hit this morning on widespread reports now that the company is in talks to buy all or maybe part of nbc universal, of course that's the company

that owns cnbc and wrc. the company says the reports are quote unquote inaccurate and comcast and nbc u say they don't comment on rumors. so joe and barbara, maybe we'll have a new employer. maybe not. >> i'm not hearing a very strong denial. >> but you know, y could say where there is smoke there's fire. maybe there's something going on. >> we'll wait to hear from you on that. thank you, mike. this week's wednesday's child is a young lady who is making progress and learning to communicate. she's often shy when she first meets new people but she warms up quickly especially when there's a party. this week we'll meet daijah. >> daijah, hello. how are you? hi. >> we met up with daijah at pump it up where she came with her social worker. >> can i do the push-up. >> the coners greeted us and with the staff we were off to

the party room. >> lots of celebrations here so we're excited to have her. >> daijah has downs syndrome. she was a little overwhelmed by the excitement. she has been in foster care since she was 8. >> she has been in care since 2005, and most of our children come into care because they have been abused, neglected or abandoned. >> daijah loved the play ground and wasn't shy about trying it out. those who know her say she is curious and outgoing and loves interacting with those she knows like erin, her assistant. she loves to play and laugh and is learning to communicate in several ways. >> she uses simple signs. can you show me please. and more, and eat and drink. she has words that she verbalizes. >> daijah made progress. she's doing very well.

>> she' very playful and she loves music and she has a beautiful smile. i'm looking for a family that is patient, hopefully has experience working with a child with downs ndrome. or if not willing to learn how to deal with her special needs. >> daijah had her own cake. >> in addition we thought we could give her gear to wear when she gets back to her home as well a we've been voted the best place to have a party for three years here and we'd like to have daijah come back for the ultimate party where they can eat and play. >> this day made for wonderful memories as she awaits a family to call her own. >> if you have room in your home and your heart for a child waiting, call our special adoption hot line or log on to our home page at nbcwashington.com.

one local family is on a mission to show their child the country in a rather unusual way. take a look at baby sophia. when her parents lost their jobs they decided to use their time to take sophia to every major league ball park. they took these pictures. on tuesday they stopped at number 29 in philadelphia and tomorrow their final stop at camden yards. after they plan to raise money for charity by auctioning off baseball memorabilia they picked up around the country and you can hear all about this remarkable journey later today, sophia and her parents are going to be here in our studio for the daily connection that begins at 3:00 this afternoon. what an interesting thing to do. the nicest part is getting to spend that time with her parents. >> and have all of those great pictures. it's 11:49.

coming up, a rare coffee you may not want to drink after you find out how it's been made. >> tom kierein will be back with another check of the forecast.

it was a sweetest thing but it's over. crews are dismantling the stage

from the band on tuesday night. it was part of the north american 360 tour. >> get all of that out of there before they start throwing passes. we're looking to the weekend scene. joining us is livonia. thanks for joining us. great to have you with us. october of course is fire prevention month. i understand fire stations have special events that are good for all families. >> absolutely. this month is fire prevention month and every kid wants to be a firefighter. this is a great chance to get them in and get close to the fire trucks, they can take home their own fire hats and even some of them you'll be able to spray the hose. it's going to be a great opportunity to have fun and also parents can use it to teach about fire prevention. >> and the kids can learn and the parents, a lot about what these folks do to make our city

safe. that's interesting. let's head up to embassy row where i understand there are tours you can go on. >> sure. most tours you're on a double-decker bus or have a guide. this you can do on your own time. you download the tour or do it by phone. and so what's fantastic is you can do all 42 stops, on your lunch hour if you wanted to break it up over a week. cokie roberts is the narrator and it's woodrow wilson house.org. >> and this past month of course mary frometer, paul and mary passed away. a lot of people love their music. and i understand that peter yaro is going to be in town for a special performance. >> peter and mary were actually great friends, so fans of peter, paul and mary are going to see probably something that feels like a tribute. there will be two performances,

at the kennedy center stage on saturday. both are free and he'll perform songs by peter, paul and mary. >> very nice. that sounds like fun. thanks very much. and for more fun things to do log on to nbcwashington.com or washington post.com/weekend. thanks very much. you have a great weekend. we're going to find out about some of the stories in the works for this afternoon. jim handly is here. >> good morning. we've got a busy afternoon. starting at 4:00 and 5:00, users of websites like facebook and twitter might think the sites are allowing them to be more connected to friends but there is new evidence that they may actually be driving people apart. then at 5:00, liz crenshaw reports on the latest tactics by banks that some say are unfair to consumers. for these stories and all of the news joins us here, we begin first at 4:00. back to you. >> okay. thank you.

>> a final forecast now from meteorologist tom kierein. >> good morning. a few clouds popping up in our blue sky, and looking to the west, showing those clouds that are beginning to fill the sky. only around for a few more hours. we're still in the cool upper 50s around 60. out in frostburg, maryland they didn't have a frost, still in the upper 40s. they bottomed out at 39. upper 40s much of west virginia and western maryland this morning. and near 60 on the eastern shore. some of the counties in southern west virginia did have scattered frost this morning. and it was only a few degrees above freezing in the shenandoah valley in the southern part. and as we look at the view from space, there's quite a bit of cloudiness that popped back up and it will begin to break up in the next few hours and then we'll have a mostly sunny finish with highs reaching mid to upper 60s and it should be a clear night that almost full moon will be coming up after sun set. and our temperatures will be back in the 50s by then.

and then by dawn near 50 with clouds on the increase during the day friday we should warm to around 70 or so. and we may have showers late friday night into perhaps mid to late morning saturday. then clearing out saturday afternoon. highs in the mid 70s. sunday should be mostly sunny, good weather for the skins and bucs at fedex field. as we get into monday, should be still dry with lots of sunshine, morning lows, 50, afternoon highs low and mid 70s. which is about the average for early october. then on tuesday and wednesday into next week there is a chance of passing showers, both of those days, but still pretty much near the average highs in the low 70s and morning lows in the 50s. that's the way it looks at this hour. we'll see you tomorrow morning. >> have a great day, tom. >> thanks, tom. >> here's an interesting story. a florida coffee house is brewing the rarest type of coffee in the world, we understand. when you find out what it's made of, though, i don't think you'll want a cup. it's called coffee luak.

>> they -- it doesn't have a bite to the. >> it's earthy. it's robust. it has a strong aftertaste. >> may be also known as cat poo coffee. it's exactly what the name suggests. it starts with the indonesian animal that resembles a cat. then someone sifts through the animal feces and what is left is a delicacy. only 500 pounds are made a year and costs about $20 by cup. >> if you're complaining about your job you could be the someone sifting through the you know what looking for the beans. >> that's "news4 midday." thanks for joining us.