>> he had the first of two key hearings this morning. a judge will also decide whether he stands trial for the deadly stabbing of a 60-year-old man. he's suspected in a total of 14 stabbings, five of those deadly. police are looking for the gunman who shot and killed a man this morning in northeast washington. he was struck -- he struck at around 3:00 this morning at 11th and galloway streets northeast. it happened at ft. circle park. police say the victim was shot in the head. investigators say they're looking for a gray chevy tahoe with two people inside.

today crews are putting a finishing touch on ohio drive downtown that. project has snarled traffiin our area for months. it should be done by t time you hetd out the door monday morning. in order to complete the work, ohio drive will have to be closed for this entire weekend. news 4's elaine reyes is there and can tell us what it's looking like so far. have they gotten the work start snd. >> not yet. it still looks great now. there definitely will be traffic tie-ups this weekend. ohio drive will shut down for the entire weekend at about 11:00 tonight. the construction project near the mall and monument at times snled traffic for hours and into virginia. on monday morning ohio drive reopens. this weekend all lanes will get a final surface lift and the w

pavement painted. message boardsre in the vicinity to warn drivers of the weekend closure. ohio drive will be shut down for work fr the roosevelt bridge over the rock creek parkway to independence avenue at 23rd street. and there are several signs in the area. that will change as the information changes. but you can see that there are barrels and barricades just read difficulto go up tonight, again ohio drive shuts down at 11:00 tonight, reopens just in time for the morning rush hour on monday at 5:00 a.m. barbara,ack to you. >> elaine, thank you. it could also be a long week fend you have to take metro. crews will be doing work on all five lines. expect major delays on the red line between shady grove and twinbrook and between new york avue and rhode island avenue. on t orange between vienna and west falls church and on blue and yellow between braddock road and pentagon city.

on the green line, proble between prince george plaza and college park over the weekend. we'll check the midday traffic and talk to jerry. do you think lit be a real mess out there with the ohio drive closed off this weekend >> it probably will be, especially if the weekend is going to be really nice. a little more pain and lots of gain. crew haves been working for a couple weeks now on this water main break at pennsylvania avenue at branch avenue in southeast washington just east of the sousa bridge. right now again utility work does continue. you'll be able to get by. but if you're head snd that direction a couple extra minutes travel time wouldn't hurt. let's head to northern virginia, inner loop as you leave springfield toward braddock road. the outer loop, a little volume, but right now all the way down to springfiel we're moving along pretty well. barbara, back to you. >> all right, jerry. thank you. let's take a look outside. it is pretty. started t that way and is

still that way, not a cloud i could see. tom will tell us if we can expect us to continue. he's been promising that all weekend. you're not goingo take that back i hope? >> not after what we've been through all week. we are going to do that into the weekend. it may be a bit milder by saturday afternoon. right now on this friday morning after a very cold start things have warmed up nicely, we're intohe mid 50s throughout most of the region now. 55 at prince george's county, andrews air force base as well as out in western fairfax county near the ldoun county line where dulles airport is located. in montgomery county, mid 50s there. upper 50s in washington. elsewhere, temperatures that were well below freezing in the mountains have now climbed into the upper 40s to near 50 at this hour. around the bay and on the eastern shore, temperatures are climbing into the mid 50s there. we've got plenty of sunshine all coming from this enorus ridge

of high pressure. it stretchesrom eastern canada all the way down to the gulf coast and we here are right in the middle of it. another day with bright sunshine and a blue sky. a light northeasterly breeze. we've had this persistent storm over the mid atlantic that's pushed water into the bay and the tidal potomac. there may be abnormally high tides in the next 24 hours. we'll have a light northeasterly breeze. temperatures climbing into the low 60s and a wonderful weekend coming up. we'll take a look at changes that willbe moving i the first part of next week. that will be in just a couple of minutes. stay tuned. i'll have the latest in the forecast for the skins-eagles game on monday night. >> thank you, tom. to an exclusive this morning. the d.c. fire department is investigating allegations of two emts lied about where their ambulance was when responding to a call in which an elderly woman died. sources say theywere

temporarily assigned to a fire station on 14th street northwest just north of park roederly one morning in september. a 911 call came in for an incident just blocks away. the trip was about an elderly woman bleeding from a medical incision on her neck. a fire engine arrived six minutes later but the ambulance arrived 16 minutes after that. sources tell news 4 the ambulance was apparently not at the fire station near theoman who eventually died. stead, it was near a station a few miles away. d.c. fire and ems is not commenting on this incident. nurses at washington hospital center say they will go through with a one-day strike on the day before thanksgiving. national nurses united sa understaffing at the hospital is hurting patient care. the union now hopes the strike will force a new contract with hospital management. hospit officials say they're still hopeful for a resolution, though. but they do have a contingency plan just in case there is a strike.

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right now a number of groups are trying to determine what went wrong on a carnival cruise ip. the national transportation safety board says panama will lead the investigation since the vessel was home ported there. the u.s. coast guard will assist becausmany of the passengers were american citizens n. the meantime the 3,000 vacationers who were on the ship are certainl happy to be back on dry land. we showed you the arrival of the carnival "splendor" yesterday. today we'r hearing from those

travelers. news 4's aaron gilchrist has more. >> folks getting off the boat were remarbly upbeat about the whole experience. make no bens about it, it was a smelly, miserable three days on the carnival "splendor." passengers described how their cabins rattled as the ship came to a full stop. there was a fire in an engine room. at one point according to one passenger account, the crew told them to head for thlife boats. that wasn't necessary, but 3,000 passengers were stuck in the middle of the pacific ocean, no ac, no hot water and after a while no decent food. >> the food was a little bit cold. >> we had sandwiches, lots of sandwiches. >> sandwiches and salad. i think we lost ten pounds. >> first cruise i ever lost weight. never seen hot dog sandwiches and green bean sandwiches.

>> power went out, no power. no flushing toilets. we're kind of improvising, when the water came on, we used our sink to take showers, sponge baths. >> i'm not sure i'll ever go on a cruise again. >> they actually openedthe bar and were giving everybody free alcol which i think helped a lot. made everybody happy. >> you'll remember pop tart and spam were flown in the navy and coast guard by tuesday to help with the food situation. that's as mexican tug boats pulled the ship int san diego. carnival says a crank case on one of those six diesel generator split. that caused the fire. the cruise line is issuing refunds for this cruise and free cruises in the fute for all the passengers. >> they called it a smelly mess. were they complaining more abo the smell of the smoke, the sewage or of each other from not having showered? >> i would imagine all of the ove, barbara. >> i know they're glad to be back. thanks a lot, aaron. we are following a developing story in indonesia this morning. hot ash pouring from mt. merapi

is putting surrounding villages in danger. the volcano erupted two weeks ago and has kille 206 people since. some people put their lives in danger by returning the the mountain tomine mineral-rich sand. mineral can be used as raw building materials. right now president obama is in japan to attend a regional econom summit. it's the fourth and final st on the president's ten-day four country good will tour. earlier today he held a press conference in seoul, south korea. the president talked optimistically about world economic prospects but warned other countries not to slip back into the old ways that caused the economic crisis in the first place. >> we agreed to keep focing on growth. at home the united states has been doing our part by making historic investmention in

infrastructure. even as we must do more to ensure that that growth is sustained and translates into jobs for our people. >> at the g-20 summit the president was unsuccessful in securing a free trade agreement with south korea. he also made little progress with china in talks about currency manipulation. the u.s. has long accused china of deliberately keeping its currency valueow in order to boost e ports. not far from where the g-20 summit took place in seoul, an american boy staged a quiet protest for his environmental cause. 13-year-old jonathan lee hung a poster around his neck that said picketing for peace treaty in the korean war. police didn't stop the boy's protest because they said it didn't hamper security. he's also well known for a tree planting campaign here in the u.s. >>budgetuts could mean you'll have to pay to get into smithsonian museums at sometimes. president obama's ficit reduction commission suggested

congress cut $225 million from the smithsonian institution's budget and begin charging admission fees to make up for that lost money. the difference could be made by charging $7.50 per visitor. smithsonian museums have been free since it was founded back in 1846. we'll talk again to tom now as we look ahead to the weekend and to next week. he can tell ushat we can expect. good morning again >> we have this wonderful run of weather continuing here. it's going to keep on going right into the weekend. we do have changes on the way that we'll likely have taking place beginning on monday. right now look at the gorgeous blue sky. looking at northwest washington in foreground. the camera on the towers i looking off toward the northeast. you can see northeast washington in the middle distance. prince george's county way off on the horizon. righ now at reagan national airport it's up to 57 degrees. and it is incredibly dry. we've got a lot northeasterly breeze right now. still a lot of those trees are

showing some decent color. but most are the browns and oakers of november. looks at the lowse have. down in the 20s. manassas bottomed out at 23 this morning. at reagan national theow is 36, got down to 25 in frederick. out of dulles, down to 28. it was below freezing in prince george's county as well. these low temperatures were hoing steady for several hours in the 20s. martinsburg got down to 24. just about everywhere in the shenandoah valley it bottomed out in the 20s as well. around the bay it was a bit milder as well as on the eastern shore. the bay water temperatures are still around 50 degrees. while looking at temperatures now, it has warmed up nicely. it'snto the mid 50s throughout much of the region. eastern shore around the bay and throughout most of maryland and viinia and westvirginia. now it's beginning to warm up there. we got down into the low 20s there. right now in the upper 50s near washington and arlington county. mid 50s, montgomery and fairfax

counties. the whiter views showing temperatures around the region that climbed into the 40s. right now at elkins at 49. they bottomed out there this morning in the low 20s. now it's in the 50s in the carolinas as well. all up and down the atlantic seaboard there's plenty of sunshine and we've got very pleasant conditions for november. going back over the last 12 hours, we've seen this persistent ridge of high pressure holding in. meanwhile there' a storm system spinning away out over the western atlantic. this is the one that hit new england last couple days with the wind and rain. this persistent east and northeast flow from this system has been pushing some water up the cheese peak bay and the tidal potomac. at times of high tide we may have high water over the next 24 hours or so. meanwhile in the midwest there's a storm sstem spreading ra from the upper great lakes down to the central an southern plains. that's going to stay to our west here and through the weekend as well. now, as we go forward over the next 48 hours, the future cast

shows that front in the midwest will continue to spread rain there, maybe get a little snow in the upper midwest from the syem by saturday evening. but here up and down the atlantic seaboard this high pressure will continue to hold on with a clear sky today, tonight, tomorrow, most of sunday, and this front will be coming through on sunday. it appears it will just be some clouds as it does come o through sunday afternoon. so for this friday, enjoy. lots of sunshine. we'll have temperatures into the low 60s in the next couple hours. it will briefly be there in the low 60s. then after sunset which today is getting earlier and earlier, 4:57, we'll be under a clear sky. the moon in the western sky will be setting around 11:00 tonight. a clear sky starting saturday morning into the mid 30s tomorrow morning. during the day on saturday,ots of sunshine, light variable wind. we should climb into the mid 60s. then on sunday looking terrific. afternoon highs into the low 60s. we may again have just a few

clouds from that weak front as it comes on through which will bring in somewhat cooler weather for monday and partly cloudy sky with a high near 60 monday evening for the skins and eagles, it looks like it's going to be dry. only a small chance of an isolated shower. the odds are it should bery for the big game monday night. tuesday is looking wet with highs in the 50s. we certain need it. after that, a drying trend once again with highs in the 50s. that's the way it looks on this friday morning. have a great weekend. >> i can't wait. thanks a lot, tom. let's head to the roads again and see if jerry needs to update us on any problems out there. jerry? >> good morning. we'll start this time on the beltway south of town on the wilson bridge. outer loop and locallanes where finally there is progress for several hours there had been a broken down truck in the left lane on the outer loop of the wilson bridge. as you can see, as i back out, so are the trucks. looks like all the lanes will be open momentarily. good news there.

inner loop is fine. one more stop this go-around, we'll head over along 395 in virginia. 395 northbound leaving the ltway through landmark and shirlington. looks like we're moving along pretty well as we head to and across the 14th street bridge. right now all the travel lanes are open. barbara, back to you. >> thank you, jerry. we'll see you shortly. still ahead on "news 4 midday," anning to ship holiday mail overseas to soldiers in iraq or afghanistan? we have information you needo know. rocking the wrong red. why clinton portis's hat was the topic of discussion in the redskins locker room. room at what's new at the movies this weekend. first here is a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com. ntures are softer than teeth.

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someone may want to call the fashion police on redskins running back clinton portis. he was sporting a philadelphia phillies hat yesterday at redskins park. there's the picture we were waiting for. th may fly most weeks, but not when the skins are preparing to take on the philadelphia eagles. portis says he's not necessarily a phillies fan. he's just a fan of the phiies colors. >> i just felt like wearing red

today. it didn't have nothing to do with the phillies. i just feltike wearing red today. this is the onlyoutfit i had, so i put it on. >> so some said if he likes red so much, why doesn't he wear a nationals hat. he says he doesn't own one. i suspect someone will send him one. er wonder what gez on behind the scenes at news 4? >> just need someone who believes, who understands a national platform is an invaluable resource, that no story is too low or too high to reach for. >> you can get an idea what it's like behind the scenes of a telesion station, get a taste of it, sort of. this weekend at the box office rael mcadams place a tv proder in the film "morning glory," hired to improve ratings on a morning show. she quickly finds out, however, it's a lot easier said tan done. harrison ford and diane keaton

star as co-anchors on the show. "morning glory" is rated pg-13. should bfun to see. if you're looking for something with a faster pace, check out "unstoppable." denzel washingtontares as a railroad worker trying to chase down a run away train carrying explosives. "unstoppable" is based on actual events and is rated pg-13. earth is under attack in "skyline." aliens invade the planet rgeting the world's major city when the extra terrestrial shine their light in human eyes, people freeze like a deer in headlights. they can then be sucked up into the mother ship. rated pg-13. 11:26 is our time right now. coming up in the next half hour of "news 4 midday," he mother and attorney trying to explain how a girl who became famous for

her hiccups ended up in jail on charges connected to a rder. tom kierein will be back to tell us a

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preparing to finish work on ohio drive downtown. unfortunately that means shting down the major roadway for th entire weekend. ohio drive will close at 11:00 tonight to finish paving and road markings and should reopen in tim for monday morning's rush. ght now panama is leading the investigation into what caused the fire on board a carnival cruise ship. it left thousands of passengers strandedbout 200 miles out to sea for several days with little food and electricity. the u.s. coast guard will hell newspaper the investation since many of the passengers were american citizens. jennifer mee better known as the hiccup gir has been denied bond by a judge. she started hiccupping again. her mother told the judge that her hiccups were evidence of a neurological issue which could explain her bizarre behavior. mee lived a transient lifestyle for a year before meeting two men andallegedly being involved in the murder of a 21-year-old. her mother and lawyer were on the "today show" and said she

had develod mental issues and needs more testing the prove it. >> she mentioned to me the last time i had seen her that she hopes she's home for christmas. she doesn't realize the severity of what's going on right now. we're going to have her examined, a whole battery of uropsych at trick type sts need to be conducted. yes. i think it's going to be relevant. the extent i can't say because it's far too rly. from what i've learned so far, tur rets is usually accompanied often with other mental health issues. >> jennifer's mother added that she withdrew more and more from her friends and family and got on social networking sites that, quote, she had no business being on. right now a ght over saving a northern virginia elementary school is in court. a judge is hearing arguments in a lawsuit claiming the fairfax county school board exceeded its authority by voting in august to

close clifton elementary school. the fairfax county school board says enrollment at clifton was declining and renovation costs were too high to keep it operating. there's no time to waste. if you're planning to send christmas presents so soldiers overseas, today is the recommended deadline for sending packages by parcel post to troops at apo and fpo zip codes. packages, cards and letters sent by priority mail to troops in afghanistannd iraq should be sent by december 4th in order to arrive in time for the holidays. for troops in other areas, the priority mail deadline is december 10th. nate and sam katikamo are two boys who live in washington state near seattle. eir father has been deployed to afghanistan since last november. >> thank you for everything you've done. we're going to be a family again. >> nate and sam's dad is a lieutenant colonel. the boys knew he would be home

in time for christmas or, if they were really lucky by thanksgiving. he was able to make it by veterans' day, but they didn't know that. he surprised them at school with a video he made in afghanistan. >> i've got a better idea. just stay right there for a minute. where's my boys? >> dad! >> those are two happy little boys. nate and sam's mother says for asard as this last year has been with her husband in a war zone, she also feels she's been blessed with the privilege of watching both her young sons grow in character and courage. tom, they shouldn't make us have to read stories like that, because it's really hard to hold back the tears. >> wonderful. wonderful reunion. >> wonderful to see the children' responses. we've seen that happen a few times. always does the same thing for me. >> i can see some wet eyes. >> thousands and thousands of

families are going through this. our hearts go out to them. here today we've got a beaiful day under way. good morning. there's the beautiful blue sky over washington. the live view from the sky watcher camera on this friday morning. right now 57 at national airport. into the mid 50s right now in prince george, arlington, fairfax and montgory counties. generally in the 50s from the shenandoah valley to the chesapeake bay and atltic beaches. farther to the west it's in the 40s where it was just 20 degrees earlier this morning. in most locations we had subfreezing temperatures throughout much of the region this morning. right now with this gorgeous sky we're warming back into the 50s. we out to hit the low 60s by early to mid afternoon for a brief time and then right back down into the 40s this evening under a clear sky. good weather for the high school games and tomorrow's games as well. outdoor fun and recreation, a great day on saturday with highs reaching the mid 60s. a chilly start to the day. another chilly start on sunday. monday partly cloudy to mostly

cloudy at times with a high near 60. a small chance of a shower. odds are the skins and eagles game will be dry on monday night. it does look like we have a likelihood of rain on tuesday. then midweek next wk drying out. >> okay. thank you, tom. now to atory you saw first on 4. a veterans' day attack at, o all places, an american legion post. someone pistol whipped and robbed three women at the post in brandywine. it happened as they were preparing to honor service members. the attacker approached one of the victims while she was laying a wreath outside. he reportedly handcuff her and two other women inside after one of the victims try to fight him off. >> she came out and jumped on his back and threw her coffee on him and tried to get him off me. he kept running around, where's the money, where is this? the women did end up serving veterans after being treated at

a hospital. the suspect took off in one of the victim's car, they found the car t no other signs of the suspect. a silver spring man is facing assault charges after a dramatic road ge incident on sunday afternoon in prince george's county along powder mill road in beltsville. 47-year-old andrew dunne was trying to pass another car but couldn't. the second star stopped and dunne then pulled up next to it and started yelling at the driver inside. when that other driver lled away and called police, officers say dunne pulled out a gun and started firing shots. police heard everything over the cell phone. no one aarently was hurt. for many, a pet is a member of the family. and having one pass away is never easy. one maryland woman has had to deal with the loss of her dog twice. joan harris's pomeranian died recently. joan apparently had him cremated. however, the company that cremated teddy lost his remains on the highway.

valley pet cemetery says they lost teddy because the driver forgot to close the back door of the vehicle. harris says she walked up and down miles of road trying to find the box that was carrying teddy's remains. >> i feel it's so unjust for this little animal, he was born in such aorrific thing and it's like he's trash is how i felt. >> the general manager of valley pets put out a statement saying, quote, something like this is the last thing we would want to happen to a family. it was unfortunate -- an unfortunate stake, they said, that our company made. we are going to turn our attention now to our roadways throughout and seehat jerry has to tell us about how things are moving. does it look like a friday? folks heading out of town already, jerry? >> it does. a lot of folks took today off since yesterday was a federal holiday. hey, why not make it a long weekend. the volume was a little lighter than what we typically see.

let's head out and see how we're doing at this hour. midday at the american legion bridge. the outer loop across the bridge span down to tyson's corner okay. the inner loop, no worries, lanes are open for you. one more stop, we'll head over on the beltway, i-95, 395, 66, really moving along very, very nicely. the only problem we told you about, the wiln bridge, outer loop, the broken down truck, it is gone. nothing left to worry about that a great thing on a friday. >> thank you, terry. a convenience store clerk is suspended after a wouman claims she was dend service. tralesha faison says an employee at fas mart asked herto take off her islamic had scarf. he said she could not remove it for religious reasons and the clerk wouldn't sell her ything. news 4 talked to other customer who wore head attire in the store but had a different experience. >> she says, well, the camera

can't see your face. i had moved it back a little so she could see the ling of my hair. and she wouldn't sell me anything out of the store. and i felt discriminated against. >> fas mart issued a statement saying it has a zero tolerance policy involving any type of discrimition. the richmond-based convenience store suspended the clerk while it investigates the incident. a high school play in maryland tomorrow may see more drama well before the curtain call. west borrow baptist church plans to protest at richmond montgomery high school in rockville before the play even starts. the controversial group is known for its anti homosexuality demonstrations and protests at funerals of oldiers. news 4's john schriffen explains how it attrted the continue very see. >> whenever i think about matthew, i think about his incredibly beaming smile.

>> reporter: more an 12 years after matthew shepard, an openly gay college student was murded, his legacy lives on. students are in final rehearsals to perform "the layer many projec" a play about the town in wyoming where shepherd was killed and interviews there with people who knew him. >> every word that is in the play is something that was spok by an actual person in laramie, wyoming. >> reporter: emily davis was willing to take onhis controversial subject about a young rson tied up to a fence, tortured and killed, a killing that led to a federal hate crime law. >> we just felt like the message of tolerance and acceptance which is really what this play is advocating is something we thought our students needed to hear. >> reporter: theontroversy has grown after the west borrow baptist church from topeka, kansas, a group notorious for protesting soldiers funerals annound it will protest the play saturday night. >> i thi it's crazy that they think this show is so worthy of their hate that they would come

halfway across the country just to protest it. we're just a high school trying to o promote love and understanding. >> reporter: ironically the church leader reverend fred phelps is portrayed in the play. >> this is the negative message everything is contrasted against. without the chacter of fred phelps you lose the positive message of acceptance and tolerance. the church says it will be out here starting 45 minutes before show time which starts at 7:00 on saturday. but i talked to students and ask if they would be any form of a counter protest. they said absolutely not. they're encouraging everyone in the community to come outnd support the show and their form of a counterprotest will be to put on the best show possible. john schriffen, "news 4 today." >> we'll have to find out what kind of turnout they have at richard montgomery high school. can the markets move higher to end the week? we'll have the latest numbers.

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kids can still enjoy a happy meal from mcdonald's, at least for now. today the mayor of san francisco plans to veto a city ordinance that would ban toy that is come with fast food meals that don't

meet a certain nutritional standard. san francisco mayor gavin newsom say it is law goes too far. his veto likely won't mean much. the board has enough votes to override the veto. the ordinances would mandate that kids meals must have fewer than 600 calories and include fruits and vegetables in order to come with a toy. the dow has started the day down. we'll check with cnbc's courtney reagan for more on that and the rest of the y's business headlines. where is the dow now? >> good morning. right now the dow is about -- down by about 67 points. ke you said, we started down and we're still do. investors remain shaken by the bland statement out of the g-20 economic summit in south korea toy. more on that in aoment. we've also got these continued worries about ireland's debt woes and whether the eu would l have to step in with aid. asian markets dropped on speculation that china may drop drop interest rates. gm beat the street by two cents.

the latest read on consumer sentiment from the university of michigan actually came in higher for the month of november. not enough to move the stocks high tore day. leaders of the world's top 20 economies have refused to call on countries to stop undervalues their curncies. that's leaving open a dispute between e u.s. and china raising fears of a global trade war. at the end of their two-day summit, g-20 lears issued a watered down statement only agreeing to refrain from, quote, competitive devaluation of their respective currencies. fedex expects to ship 16 million packages on the busiest day of the year, september 13th. they signal how the broader economy is doing, if consumers are buying that means they're shipping or vice versa. if they have these high projections it looks like things might be looking up for the

holiday season. >> always good to hear good projectis. hope to have a good weekend. we're projecting great weather for folks in washington. how about you? >> actually supposed to be pretty nice up here, too. hopefully we'll all enjoy the weather. the cinderella fountion is non-profit organization helping young girls and women through mentoring and program strengthening their selesteem. the group is holding an important fund-raiser this weekend called fashion with a purpose. it happens here in the district. ane cole stevens joins us to explain. welcome. >> hello. >> you started the cinderella foundation. tell us what exactly is it? >> i have a for-profit business called coal-stevens salon and day spa. one of my guests, my friend, she said she met a young girl in church and she looked really, really low in her self-esteem. her hair was broken off,her

skin was acneic. she said she'll wk on the other side. she'll make sure her grades come up to par. her mom was a drug user. her mom,e got her involved with helping her daughter as well. then we started realizing that her grades soared, her hair was beautiful, her confidence was raised. >> are these mostly inner city rls? >> they're inner city girls, yes. >> so you -- how doou find them? >> we tind them through churches. they usually get a person at need or risk and also when there's trouble in the homes. >> the schools will tell you, here is somebody we think might use a little picking up? >> yes. usually the person who is low in grades and going through something at home, we zoom right in and help the best way we can. >> how long has the cinderella foundation been around? >> it's been eight years. >> wow. you must have good numbers to tell us about the success. >> we have great success stories. it's wonderful. we're happy to hear that.

what's going to happen? what's this sunday fashion show all about? >> we're having our second annual gala called fashion with a purpose. i met a woman who was from project runway season five. we got together and she said she's going to show her collection at the eat vent. she pulled in her friends, chappelle, jar real scott. then i reached out to a wonderful bridal coutour designer and she's coming as well. we're excited we're going to show a fashion show and all the proceeds and benefits go to our young girls here. we also help women in africa. >> we just saw there tha it's at the mandarin oriental hotel. what day is it? >> that's sunday, november 14th at the mandarin oriental in washington, d.c. >> from 2:00 to 6:00. how much does it cost? >> it costs $150 for general admission. for vip is $225. >> $150 for general admission? >> yes. >> anybody can show up or do you

have to buy tickets in advance? >> we'd love for you to go to www.cinderellafoundation.org to buy the ticks online. you can call 301-345-0033 for tickets. >> thank you for coming . great to hear about your organization. good work. >> thank you. >> i know you've got a job and this is something that you do on the side. thanks a lot for all you do for the community. >> thank you very much. our time right now, 11:50. coming up, con yeah, tina fey and morewhen we sit down with tommy mcfly. meteorol3q copd makes it hard for me to breathe. but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now, i can join the fun and games with my grandchildren.

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time now to take a look at some stories people in our area are talking about. joining us with his unique perspective, radio personality tommy mcfly. i always trip over trying to get the whole thing out. a lot of ms there. of course, the big thing this week was rapper kanye west on the "today show." >> one more thing for kanye. >> yeah. >> blat do you think about that? what was your take that? >> i feel like we should get congress together and vote him off the island. give him a nice severance package and kick him out of the country.

he's one big ball of controversy. >> he tweeted i feel very alone, very tortured, very misunderstood, very hollow. do you think he was use snd. >> not at all. i don't think matt lauer was scheming the get con yeah. i think he likes to take every opportunity to get attention for himself. he ran on stage and took the microphone off taylor swift. who punks taylor swift? she's like snow white and a kitten mixed together. how do you do that? >> i have to say -- i know how hard it is to interview, when you try to run a tape and he was listening to himself talk, i think it was in the studio. i heard matt say turn off the studio sound. i believe that's what he said. it might have been really hard for him to answer as he heard that. maybe he was about toapologize. >> i doubt that. not a kanye west fan? >> i wasn't in his entourage. but i doubt he is apologizing.

>> who knows what he was going to sachlt he said turn that off so i can hear what i'm trying to say. >> if you go back, the president bush thing, the taylor swift thing. his latest album cover was like a devil cartoon. it was so offensive. he does things just to get a rise out of people. >> that's what he was doing you think. >> absolutely. >> let's move on to tina fey. she's in town forhe mark twain prize. >> loved meeting her. >> i was very lucky to get to attend that event. she was beautiful. >> so beautiful. so funny. >> and the lineup of people who came to honor her on stage was just amazing. >> betty white. i ended up cracking peanut brittlwith tina fey. i knew some of the celebrities were at bourbon steak having a drink. i said let's go there and maybe we'll see somebody.

friend and i saw john ham from "mad men" walk out of the bar and downstairs. we followed him thinking we can get a picture, kind of a fan kind of thing. then w turned left and we walk into the after party, the cast party. >> is that the highlight of your week? >>ighlight of my year. i was at the table andan into tina fey. wow. >> tommy mcfly, i got itout. we'll see you next week. >> see you. let's take a look at some of the stories we're following for news 4 this afternoon. pat lawson muse joins us with a preview. >> comg up at news 4 at 4:00, a new report out that ranks the wealth thinkest counties inhe country. the washington areaas plenty of green to go around. we'll tell you about that story. tonight on news 4 at 5:00, flying home for the holidays we'll share the secrets to landing a really good deal. what you need to know before you buy. those stories coming up on news 4 starting at 4:00. barbara? >> all right. thank you verymuch.

let's get a final check on our forecast. tom? >> satin blue sky over washington, live view from the sky watcher camera. there's the national cathedral there to the left of your screen. you see the potomac river in the distance. in the mid and upper 50s. should climb another five degrees. we'll have the sunshine with us for saturday and again on sunday. a few clouds around on sunday. mild, sny afternoons and clear chilly evenings and mornings through the weekend. then on monday, partly cloudy, temperatur up around 60 to mostly cloudy later in the day. there's a small chance of a passing shower late monday afternoon and evening coming in from the west t. odds arehe skins and eagles gamewill be dry monday night. it does look wet for tuesday, occasional showers likely. drying out wednesday and thursday. highs 50s as we get into midweek next week with morning low ms. the 40s. we need some rain. this november has been running dry once again. hopefully we will get some

rain. it looks likely for tuesday. that is the way it looks rht now. have a great weekend. we will see you on monday morning. >> hold back those clouds, tom. >> i am. >> get out there and enjoy the weekend. >> great for outdoor activities and recreations. that's "news 4 midda" we thank you for being with us. be sure to tune in for news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and tonight at 11:00. i'll be back on monday along with tom and jerry and the rest of the gang at 11:00 a.m. for "news 4 midday." we hope you join us. until then hava terrific da and great weekend. see you monday.