coverage of himself. officials are calling it a wealth of information. >> last glimpses of osama bin laden, including an unreleased message to the american people apparently taped last october or november. this new video was seized during the raid that killed the terror chief and released saturday by the pentagon. officials say it is the single largest collection of senior terrorist material ever uncovered. the audio has been removed because u.s. officials don't want to spread bin laden's message. the most striking scenes, bin laden watching himself on television. notice here his beard is gray. that's the way u.s. officials say he looked when his compound was raided. in this practice video, his beard is dyed dark again. an intelligence official also points out the armoire in the background of this video was found in bin laden's compound, hinting that is where this message may have been taped. a last look at bin laden, but

not the final word. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. 9:00 right now. u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon says he was, quote, relieved when he heard about bin laden's death. ban spoke to reporters in istanbul while taking part in the least developed countries' conference. he said whatever bin laden's beliefs were, his violent acts could never be justified under any circumstance. ban also expressed his concern that despite bin laden's death, al qaeda will continue to plot against america. >> he might have been killed. he might not be here, but what i'm concerned is that his movement may still live on. that is what we have to guard against. that is what international community must fight against international terrorism. >> ban also spoke about the situation in libya, saying that moammar gadhafi has lost legitimacy as a leader and he must talk with his own people to

figure out how they can coexist peacefully. >> one minute after the hour right now. at least here at our station we're pushing 70 degrees already. >> it's very warm here. we're one of the warm spots. i think our thermometer in the parking lot has a little exposure to morning sunlight. not direct, but i think it's close enough where he gets a little bit of a tick or two from it. >> can you let us have our 70 degrees and be happy? >> i'm going to keep it in my head anyway. it's 65 here. start with the city camera and show you a little sunshine. 62 down at national airport, which is always one of the warmer spots. maryland and waldorf at 62. no one is near 65. we're alone in first place with the warmest temperature at the friendly peacock in upper northwest. southern charles county down to maryland right along the northern neck. that should be it for the rain for any chance for the remainder of the day. anything else that cooks up will be nothing more than a passing

drop or two. hardly a drop to be concerned with. temperatures will be up into the upper 60s and low 70s by later on this afternoon. a perfectly lovely day for you, mum, to get outside and treat her nice. be sure and tell her that you love her. >> thanks, chuck. >> nice thought there. isn't that nice? >> helpful advice from me, number one kid. >> number one kid. moving on, several towns along the shores of the mississippi river are underwater this morning. in some places the flooding has reached historic levels. now officials in memphis say the river is rising faster than expected and could crest late tomorrow or early tuesday. this is, of course, bad news for a region that has already seen neighborhoods and some of its most valuable farmland swallowed by the rising water. nbc's jay gray has more from memphis. >> reporter: in memphis, water seems to be just about everywhere. >> looking at all of this water, and there's nowhere for them to

put it. it can't go anywhere. just sit. >> reporter: actually, it's growing. crews continue to move sandbags into place and build berms where they can. the mississippi is already past major flood stage and on the way to a near record crest. but those who live here are worried about right now. >> my worst fear is that they don't have nowhere for this water to go. going to have to go somewhere, and it's going to flood our house out. >> reporter: jenny garlock is beginning to realize that fear. >> we're expecting the first floor to be flooded. >> reporter: they have moved everything they can out as the water continues to move in. >> i my husband and i, if we cut a little hole in our living room, we could hold our poles right now and do some serious fishing because the water right now is underneath this floor. so it is about ready to pop through. >> reporter: all she can do is joke, about you the reality is very serious. a lower level of her home is already under water, and that water is now pushing at her back

door. so she leaves. through the front, unsure of what will be left when the water is finally gone. >> if the water does recede rather quickly, maybe that will minimize the damage to the inside of the house. >> reporter: it's a hope shared by so many here as the water continues to climb. jay gray, nbc news, memphis. virginia won't be getting any help from the federal government for damage caused by last month's outbreak of tornadoes. fema has denied virginia's request for disaster zaassistan. this tornado spotted in stafford county is one of 29 that touched down in the commonwealth in april. in all 10 people were killed, more than 200 homes were destroyed, and 1,000 other homes were damaged in the outbreak. governor bob mcdonald said he's considering appealing the decision. some of the georgetown restaurants damaged from last month's flooding here are set to reopen for business this morning on mother's day.

nick's riverside grill, tony and joe's, and sequoia were all severely damaged three weeks ago when the potomac river flooded and the flood gates were not raised. the restaurants are still dealing with major flood damage inside but are going to serve customers out on their patios in the sunshined too. tony and joe's and nick's are actually sharing a grill while their interiors are being repaired. there is still a class action lawsuit against the management company of the building for not raising the flood gates. there are currently 58,267 names on the vietnam veterans memorial wall, remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice. this week five more names will be added to the wall. news 4's derrick ward is at the memorial this morning with more on that. >> reporter: good morning. we are indeed on the grounds of the vietnam veterans memorial. folks are gathered for one of the names added today.

this is army specialist charles sabateer. he was wounded in 1968, but his name is being added today. the story behind that is testimony the costs of war aren't always paid immediately. army specialist charles sabatier is from galveston, texas, and he was severe lly wounded in comba in the ted offensive in 1968. 41 years after the offensive, he died. his death was deemed to be a result of his wounds, and his name is being added to the wall. now, we spoke to a gentleman who's known him for the past 30 years. >> we worked together since early 091970s. both of us were shot in vietnam and came back and working for an organization called paralyzed veterans of america. we don't forget. that's why we're here today. >> reporter: so he led an active life in between the time he came home and the time he died. that is testimony that is

battles aren't always left on the battlefield. he is among -- his is among five names being added as well. in some cases changes are being made in the designations of symbols for eight others. those names are of servicemen formerly listed as missing in action and whose names now, the remains have been found and identified. that brings the total names on the wall to 58,000272. about an hour from now, transportation secretary ray lahood is going to be speaking. he gave an aaward to this gentleman posthumously. it's 9:08. 66 degrees outside. finally good news at the gas pump. wait until you hear how much experts say prices will fall soon. and a very special

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that's thanks to a 15% tumble in oil prices due to an increase in supply and a decrease in demand. this morning the national average stands at $3.96 down a penny from yesterday. in d.c., you're averaging about $4.13 for regular unleaded. the average is $3.98 in maryland. virginia drivers paying $3.87. and the average is $4.12 in west virginia. graduating from college is always a special time in one student's life, but one family got to celebrate graduation in a unique way. michael purcell and his daughter glynnis graduated together from american university. the first time a father and daughter graduated together at au. michael got his master's in creative writing while his daughter got her bachelor's in theater. the two commented on the special moment they shared together. >> i think going through with my dad who's been an adult for so long, to have that connection of we're both in the same place is really cool to me. it does hold a very special

place in my heart. >> i think the thing that's going to be going through my mind the most is when are we going to have the opportunity to work together? >> glynnis is now off to australia to pursue an acting career. she says she wants to join forces with her dad and one day work on a play together. >> that's great. >> congratulations to them. >> a dad's day celebration there. we'll rerun that story on father's day. >> we mustn't forget today is mother's day. happy mother's day to kimberly, our mom here in the studio with us. >> and as it is at this age, we turn this around and say happy mother's day to our mothers. we have photographs to share with you of our moms. we're going to start with my mom, circa 1975 when she graduated from georgetown law school right here in the city. >> are you left or right? >> what do you think? >> i'm the tall one, yeah. on the right. my mom, i'm so proud of her, besides being beautiful and bright and having a great heart.

she has a servant's heart. >> what's her name? >> diane. >> wonderful. >> i'm so proud of her. she's one of those moms who kicked in the doors and said, ladies, let's do t >> she was graduating from georgetown law in the '70s, she was definitely a trailblazer. no doubt. >> she is. let's talk about aaron's mom. your mom is still working hard. oh, my gosh, she's a baby. >> she's going to love you for that. >> she's beautiful. >> that's my mom valerie. that was my birthday party last year. >> i thought that was your sister. >> she's going to love you to death. >> she's on assignment right now. >> she's actually on assignment, on a disaster assignment. >> she works for fema. >> she lives in atlanta. she wouldn't have seen this anyway. i've been given directions to make sure a video clip makes its way to her. happy mother's day to my mom. i love you. thank you for everything through the years. she's been my best friend in a lot of ways too. >> what about chuck? >> my mom. there's mom right there. >> chuck's been replaced.

>> totally replaced, exactly. that's my mom and stepdad doug. mom's name is carol. and that's their dog brandi staying with us for two months. they live down in atlanta, and they're in switzerland. mom called in on friday. happy mother's day mom. make sure the dog is fed. >> your mom is beautiful. you guys look a lot alike. >> she's aging very well. >> you all have good looking moms. >> she tells me we have good genes in the family, no doubt. >> and to all the mothers and grandmothers and moms that stepped up and filled in and all of that, happy mother's day to you too. >> that's right. and a great day to celebrate mother's day. >> i hear it's nice weather even in switzerland. that's good. no problems there. she did want a forecast before she got on the plane. [ male announcer ] want a better way to track what you spend?

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i had to sneeze. i'm fighting it though. >> do this. >> i'm good. >> that always stops it. >> what is this, a cartoon? >> absolutely. >> allergies might be amped up this week, right? >> no kidding. if we don't get rain around here, the pollen is really going to get out of hand. unfortunately, or fortunately, we've had plenty of rain the

last few weeks. not much in the forecast for mother's day. that's good news. that keeps me out of the dog house with moms for sure. unfortunately, no chances for soaking, cleansing rain showers probably till the end of the week. that means the pollen count will go up each and every day until we get a nice soaking shower from mother nature to clear things back out again. for now, we are getting a reasonably good amount of sunshine here in downtown washington. i can see shadows being cast around the 14th street bridge complex there as the monument stands tall in downtown. our current temperature now made it up to 62 degrees. dewpoints in the low 50s. not much of a humidity factor. humidity 65%. winds light out of the north at only 6 miles per hour. that's going to be the case for the remainder of the day. very light northerly breezes. that northerly breeze is going to be here for the next three to four days. temperatures won't climb too much over the next three to four days. 55 in frederick, maryland.

55 in manassas. 62 in la plata. rundown into leonard town, maryland. few lonesome showers across st. mary's county. northern neck. those are moving down away from the washington area. there's nothing back upstream. as a result, the majority of the day will be dry. still with a little day time heating, you can't completely rule out a pop-up shower that might last all of two or three minutes. that's going to be it. breaks of sunshine will lead to more sunshiny breaks. here's a look at it on our futurecast model. a little chance down across tidewater. and a bubble of high pressure across canada. that's going to set up shop and keep us high and dry for much of the next couple of days. with increasing amounts of sunshine, it's going to be one of the prettier weeks here springtime in washington. for today, still going to call it more clouds than sunshine. we'll have increasing amounts of sunshine as the day goes along. otherwise, a delightful day.

highs upper 60s and 70s. tomorrow even nicer. sunshine tomorrow. temperatures low to mid-70s. and temperatures staying right around average for this time of year. average high 73 degrees as we get into the second week of a may. a very quiet dry stretch. open window weather as long as you can tolerate the pollen count. a lot of folks can't tolerate the pollen anymore. by the time the pollen is done, the weather's too warm. next chance of a shower, like i mentioned, though, really doesn't show up until late friday and into the day on saturday. >> thank you, chuck. >> you're welcome. >> now let's get a preview of what you'll find in this weeks kids post. here's eun yang. >> good morning. this week on kids post on tv, some fun facts about mom. a good time to chew gum. and a mother's day treat will make you say yum. joining us once again is tracy grant from washington post kids post. nice to see you this morning.

>> happy mother's day. >> happy mother's day to you. for mother's day, some fun trivia. in today's kids post, so kids can amaze their moms over the breakfast table lots of moms being told they're the best mom in the world. as a matter of fact, 85 million moms hopefully hearing that nice message this morning. >> and we all are the best. >> we are all the best. that's the point. you have three kids. i have two kids. but in 2008, almost 19,000 women gave birth to their eighth or more child. >> wow. >> so i'm putting complaining on hold. >> that's right. >> when were your kids born? what day? >> october 1st, october 14th, july 21st. >> what day of the work? >> friday, saturday, and monday, i want to say. >> tuesday, it turns out, is the most common day. >> tuesday, interesting.

>> who knew? we can amaze. >> i like that. >> kids can amaze their moms. >> next motherly advice that comes in handy when you fly. >> we've all been told -- and i thought this was just sort of craziness -- that if you swallowed or chewed gum when you were on a plane and your ears were hurting, that it would help. it turns out there's actual medical reasoning behind that, and we explain it in today's kids post. pressure builds up in your ear, and when you swallow, you open your eustachean tube for just a second, and it relieves the pressure. that motherly advice, that old mom's story s actually true. >> i learned my mother is always right, and i hope my kids learn that too. and you have a yummy treat for us to celebrate mother's day. >> this is something so easy that kids can make it for mom or kids and mom can take it together. these are over the top banana pops. you just cut a banana in half,

slather it in yogurt, and roll it in topping, sprinkles, crushed cookies. you have a frozen and healthy dessert for mother's day. you recipe is in today's kids post. >> little kids, really the only tricky part is cutting the banana in half. >> tracy, happy mother daps day once again to you. and to all the moms out there, for fun family activities visit washington post.com and click on kids post. it's 9:24. the nats look to make it two wins in a row against the marlins, and an underdog comes up big in the kentucky derby. >> here's hakim dermish with your "sports minute. " good morning, everyone. happy mother's day. your "sports minute" begins with baseball. nationals against the marlins last night, top of the first, adam laroche singles to center. that drives in two runs. that set the tone for starting pitcher tom gorzelanny.

he goes seven innings and strikes out six. nats limit the marlins to only two hits. they go on to win 5-2. washington will try for the sweep later today. in toronto, detroit's justin verlander had a perfect game going until he gave up a walk. in the eighth inning. he still has a chance at a no-hitter. needs one more out. gets davis swinging. verlander throws liz second career no-hitter and his second in the bigs this week. elsewhere, the orioles lose to the rays 8-2. at the 137th running of the kentucky derby, animal kingdom wins the run for the roses by 2 3/4 lengths. he never raced on dirt before. nero was second. mucho macho man finished third. animal kingdom was a 20-1 long shot. soccer, d.c. united hosting fc dallas. united on the attack. josh wolf flicks it into the box for fred. but kevin hartman makes a ridiculous save. see it again. fred tries the header, but hartman with the save. that's it. the game ends in a scoreless

tie. that's your "sports minute." i'm hakim dermish. have a happy mother's day. coming up on 9:26 right now. she was convicted of killing two people while driving drunk. so why is she a free woman this morning? the surprising answer when we come back. and the mother on a mission. and the mother on a mission. one [ male announcer ] before he changed the world... tear down this wall. [ male announcer ] ...or led a nation... i ronald reagan do solemnly swear. [ male announcer ] ...or governed a state... you and i have a rendezvous with destiny. [ male announcer ] ...he inspired our company... with his optimism, his belief in innovation, and his entrepreneurial spirit. [ man ] for general electric, here is ronald reagan. ♪

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she was convicted of killing two men while driving drunk. this morning she's waking up a free woman. wait until you hear why. good morning. welcome to "news 4 today. "i'm kimberly suiters. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. happy mother's day to all you moms out there, and to you, mrs. suiters. >> thank you, mr. gilchrist. >> and for the mother's day forecast, we turn to mr. bell. >> my dad's here? they'd say, mr. bell, we have a question. where's my dad? why is he taking questions all of a sudden? >> it's you now, buddy. >> i hate being a mister. anyway, a little bit of sunshine getting through for now. i think this trend is going to continue as we go through the remainder of the morning and into the afternoon. i think your mother's day plans, no matter what they may be, will be very, very pleasant. temperatures are now climbing into the upper 50s and low 60s. we're at 62 here in capital heights and district heights. 59 degrees in vienna and

ashburn. 59 in manassas. 56 in hagerstown. last of the raindrops in st. mary's county. the last of the drops are finally just about ready to move out of southern maryland. good riddance to them. and you folks in southern maryland will get your sunshine as well later on today. partly sunny afternoon. mother's day temperatures up into the low to mid-70s. don't worry about the rain showers. they're just about done with us. >> that's good news for us. thank you, chuck. in our headlines, new overnight, police are investigating a serious accident in virginia that had one person airlifted to the hospital. the crash happened around 9:45 on i-95 near the exit for joplin road in triangle. police say three cars were involved, but there were no other injuries. inside nova is reporting that a family was return fing from a graduation when they were hit by a car driving the wrong way. police have not confirmed those details. a habitual drunk driver has been convicted in the deaths of two men.

she hit and killed them as they stood on the side of a pris georges county road. they faces decades ahead in prison, but this morning she's not in jail, and the victim's families want to know why. news 4's darcy spencer found out. >> reporter: 32-year-old jenny mate of laurel convicted of killing two men trying to exchange information following a fender bender. >> she did get a guilty verdict for all charges. >> reporter: mate, who's had two prior drunken driving offenses faces 21 years in prison. she's behind bars. a judge remains free after her lawyer discovered she's 4 months pregnant and has an upcoming doctor's appointment. the victim's relatives have been waiting for more than a year for justice. >> it should have been no excuse for her to do it. she should have been right there and then.

>> reporter: authorities say mate's blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit. she was speeding and driving on a suspended license when she plowed into roy lacayo and justo rosario on february 1st of last year. lacayo was a father of five children. the youngest was 5 months old at the time of his death. >> they ask for him all the time, and i have to explain to them daily where he is. why he's not here and why he's not coming back. >> reporter: one of the lawyers representing mate was maryland delegate joseph relario, chairman of the state's powerful house judiciary committee of the mothers against drunk driving has accused him in the past of blocking attempts to strengthen the state's dui laws. >> i don't know how people can represent the state of maryland and represent people like ms. mate. >> reporter: prosecutors say the block box recorder in her cadillac escalade provided crucial information. >> there was no attempt to brake. there was no attempt to brake

once the impact had happened. it gave us the speed at the time when impact occurred. >> reporter: we were not able to reach delegate valario for comment on the story. a judge has ordered mate to turn himself in on may 16th, three days after the prenatal visit. she's scheduled to be sentenced in july. darcy spencer, "news 4 today." a teenager whose body was found in maryland two weeks ago has been laid to rest. a funeral for phylicia barnes was yesterday in georgia where her father lives. the 16-year-old honor student disappeared over christmas while visiting family in baltimore. her body was found in the susquehanna river two weeks ago. at the funeral, barnes' mother was given her high school diploma. a memorial service was set for saturday in baltimore. police in nevada are initiating a renewed search for a missing canadian man after his wife was found alive seven weeks after disappearing. rita chretien managed to survive

on trail mix after her and her husband's van became stuck in snow in mountains near the idaho border. her husband left with the gpa three days after getting stuck in the hopes of finding help. he hasn't been seen since. the forest service says there are a lost gorges in the area that would make it easy to get lost. weather over the past month has included rain, snow, and cold temperatures. on this mother's day, we want to tell you the story of one local mother on a mission, a mission to find her son's killer. five years ago marcus johnson was shot and killed outside his home on 1st street in d.c. his mother has devoted her life to finding the person who pulled the trigger and bring that person to justice. news 4's pat collins has more on her daily struggle. >> reporter: mildred johnson is a mother on a mission. out to find out who killed her son. she goes to the scene and hangs up fliers, and they get torn down, she puts them up again.

she's been doing this since the murder five years ago. >> just left him in the street. pain, that's all i have. that's all i have left is pain. >> reporter: mildred johnson has three sons. maurice a, a former tight end for the philadelphia eagles. he's in the pharmaceutical business today. shawn, a longtime employee for "the washington post." he's been there more than 20 years. but the son she thinks about every day, that's marcus, her baby boy. >> that's the son that looks so much like me. that's the son that, if i'm sick, the other two would back away. not him. >> reporter: marcus didn't have a fast track to success. when he was 16, he got involved selling drugs. he shot a guy who didn't pay up.

he did time, four years time. >> according to the youth center on bladenburg road, i did, because he had to stand up and take responsibility for what he did. >> reporter: when he was 26, marcus got lucky and landed a job at the washington hospital center. he was a patient transporter there. >> when you got there, it seems like he had made peace with the world. he wanted to just be able to be a productive person. >> reporter: marcus johnson worked that hospital job for nine years until the day he died. that may day 2006, he was down in his 1st street neighborhood visiting his aunt. he heard gunshots. he went outside. there were children out there. he went to protect their children, they say, and that's when he was shot himself. shot nine times. >> you didn't just shoot him one time.

you just shot him until the gun couldn't shoot anymore. you wouldn't kill an animal the way you killed my child. >> i'm pat collins, news 4 washington. it's 9:36 right now. still ahead this hour. the government may not release video of the raid that killed osama bin laden, but that isn't stopping one video game company from recreating the operation. a look at the controversial game when we return. and she's preparing for prom

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today we're reminded of the. >> today's wednesday's child has not known the love of permanent parents. she's 16 now but still hoping she'll feel that love one day. >> picking a prom dress is not easy, especially when there's no mom there whose taste you can argue with but usually depend on being the best for you. michelle? >> hi. >> how are you? >> good. >> good to see you all grown up. >> thank you. >> looking for a prom dress?

>> yes. >> let's look together. michelle is still waiting for the family she told us she was wishing for at 9 years old when she first appeared with us as a wednesday's child. back then she wanted to be a chef. today she has some new ideas. >> well, i want to be an artist, and i want to go to school to be a doctor. >> how are you doing in school? >> i'm doing good. >> that's great to hear. at 16 now, michelle is still waiting and hoping for that family. right now she's living in a group home. what's it like living in a group home? >> all my life i've never had a family to care for me. so i always wanted to be adopted by a family that will care for me. >> someone to care about the things she cares about, like what dress to wear to the prom. >> i have some wonderful ideas. >> jcpenney's merchandise

specialist dana offered to give michelle some help. she picked bags, dresses, shoes, and accessories to try on. how do you picture yourself at the prom? >> beautiful, the belle of the ball. >> and it was off to the fitting room. you look gorgeous in that. fantastic. that's a good one. and the one she liked best. you look absolutely fabulous. >> do you think this is the one? >> yes. >> well, on behalf of jcpenney's, the dress, the shoes, and all of your fashion accessories are yours for prom. >> thank you. >> you are so welcome. >> it was hard for michelle to hold back the tears. we all agreed she was destined to be the belle of the ball. and one day there just may be a family around to tell her that too. barbara harrison, news 4, for wednesday's child. >> can you read this part? >> if you have room in your

heart and home for michelle, call our special adoption hotline. the number is 1-88-20-adopt-me. or go to our website, nbcwashington.com. she is going to look phenomenal for prom. >> really pretty. going to talk about trains now. they are an object of awe and wonder for little kids. >> but it turns out they also have a special place in the heart of the empress of soul. ♪ he's leaving on that midnight train to georgia ♪ >> wow, getting serenaded by gladys knight. she was there to help kick off activities at union station yesterday for national train day. she took time to give our cap ras cameras a little taste of that hit "midnight train to georgia" which she said embodies her love of trains. and it featured model sets and different train cars from several different eras.

>> what was the alternative, midnight plane to houston. it just doesn't have the right ring to it. >> i tohow gladys can sing half bar of one song and sound great. >> she's gladys. >> my

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that next. it's 9:46 right now. 68 degrees outside. now we're really creeping towards 70, no matter what chuck says. >> if you live in our parking lot, it is almost 70 degrees. >> so the zoo animals got it. >> the zoo animals like it, homeland security likes it, we like it here at the friendly peacock. sunshine start to go break through. folks down in southern maryland, you have to be a little more patience. the sunshine will eventually make it down to st. mary's county. it's going to take a little while longer. outside in the washington area, we've got sunshine aplenty coming through. skies are getting bluer and bluer with each passing moment. this is going to be the trend that should last during much of

the day. although we still can't rule out day time heating, we can't rule out a few shower chances with afternoon. back in the record books, a year ago mother's day was cloudy, cool, and wet with a high of 63. we'll do better than that. up in the upper 60s to low 70s. sunshine and no real interfering rain showers. temperatures now mid to upper 50s. up close to the blue ridge. near 60s in the virginia piedmont. again there, you can see down into southern maryland. that's where the last of the raindrops are, and they're moving away from washington, headed down towards the mouth of the bay. good riddance to the rain shower chances. the bulk of the rain missed us anyway, down to the south and southwest. clearing trend across pennsylvania and ohio. our breaks of sunshine will continue to increase as we go through the remainder of the day, i think, as a little bubble of high pressure brings cooler, drier air in. a north to northeasterly breeze for today that will help keep the temperatures in check for

much of the week. normally, if it we get four or five days in a row with rain, we start to see a warming trepd. that will not be the case. temperatures are hold steady, mid-70s for highs and through the remainder of the upcoming week. today more clouds than sunshine, but don't be fooled. it's still going to be a very nice day. a quick shower an outside possibility but not a likelihood. otherwise, a delightful mother's day. highs in the upper 60s to low 70s. sunset not until well after 8:00. tomorrow's highs in the low to mid-70s. here's your extended forecast as you plan your work and school week ahead. spring break is over, but recess, good recess weather for the kiddos on the playgrounds. next chance for soaking and pollen cleansing showers doesn't roll in until probably late in the day friday and will linger into next weekend. we'll worry about that next weekend. you need to forecast any time together, go to our website,

nbcwashington.com or come to the weather channel and weather.com. just one little factoid. the flow rate. we were talking about all that flooding in mississippi. the amount of water flowing past memphis, tennessee, right now is approximately 100 times more than the water going down the potomac right now. >> the amount of water. it's approximately 1.5 trillion gallons a day going past memphis. >> unbelievable. >> that's a lot of water. >> thanks, chuck. up next, "saturday night live's" take on this past week's big story, the killing of osama bin laden. too soon for humor? we'll let you be the judge. and with millions of ♪

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the president and first lady were spotted out on the town last night as they enjoyed one of their date nights. they went to tosca. it's always fun to find out which restaurant they choose. this is an italian restaurant at 11th street northwest. this was a big day for the first lady who earlier in the day delivered a commencement address for the university of northern iowa. >> it would be nice if they let the secret service bring their wives and all had dinner together. >> they've got a job to do. >> news 4 is your place for politics. "meet the press" coming up at 10:30. >> first is chris matthews. >> good morning, washington. happy mother's day. coming up at 10:00 on "the chris matthews show," the amazing

achievement of getting bin laden is a feather in the cap for the president and his predecessors, the cia and the military, and it presents some new questions. how did the spies and the special ops pull it off? what are they most worried about next? will we get out of afghanistan sooner? and what did the bin laden get mean for barack obama? how will it change his goals and make his opponents more careful in acan tacking him? join me with a panel of experts. now for a look at what's coming up on "meet the press," here's david gregory. coming up, a special edition of "meet the press." the u.s. and the world after osama bin laden. joining me, the president's national security advisor tom donilon, plus respective from the mayor of new york during the 9/11 attacks, rudy giuliani, former director of the cia during the bush administration, michael hayden, and former

director of homeland security, michael chertoff. plus the impact and what it means for president obama in 2012. all coming up this morning on "meet the press." a new york-based game company has released a new video game called the death of osama bin laden. he players have five minutes to navigate a maze of rooms to get to the al qaeda leader. they also have to gather the intelligence and destroy the downed helicopter outside bin laden's compound. the company has also released games based on other military missions, including the capture of saddam hussein. of course, the good folks at "snl" couldn't pass up the chance to talk about osama bin laden's death. >> that's right. they decided to imagine what it would be like if a tape were found of bin laden's last will and testament. take a listen. >> place of burial, i leave the decision to my executors provided that wherever it is, they do not bury me at sea. as my family well knows, i have

a deathly fear of being eaten by fish. so i'm very serious about this. do not bury me at sea. >> "snl" alum tina fey hosted. too much too soon? next week the star of "the office" and "the hangover" ed helms will host with musical guest. the conversation this week has been a lot about it's too soon d not appropriate to celebrate a death. >> snl is snl. and this is "news 4 today." >> let's celebrate our mothers. that's my mom, 1974.

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