were frozen because of all the cold rain out there. better weather this weekend. a quick shoutout. one of my visits was to wg coleman in marshall, virginia virginia. they made me a great sign and gave me a great shirt. thank you very much for that. you can only imagine how many questions fourth graders will ask you about torpedos, hurricanes and tsunamis. i got them all right. their weather test was after the weather talk. the pressure was on. early reports are the grades are good. for us on a beautiful saturday morning bright and sunny right now. crystal clear skies temperatures are chilly indeed. 57 degrees now at national airport. and low to mid 50s in nearly every neighborhood if you're making plans to get outside and enjoy the day do so without fear

or hesitation from the weather forecast. bright and sunny today. temperatures up in the mid 70s. gorgeous looking day to be outside today. hokeys fans on their way down to blacksburg hosting the hurricanes from miami today. a 3:30 kickoff. 75 degrees perfect weather for college football in blacksburg. >> i'm sure a lot of fans are there. >> a huge fan base commutes from here every weekend. >> thanks, chuck. new overnight, a dramatic rescue is caught on tape. after a pilot is forced to make an emergency landing in the ocean. the pilot was flying his twin engine plane from california to hawaii when he road for help. he said he was about to run out of fuel. a coast guard crew had their camera rolling as they guided the pilot down for a safe yet very bumpy landing on the water. this was about 13 miles short of the big island. the pilot was hoisted into their rescue helicopter and flown to a hawaiian hospital where he is

expected to be okay. there's an unusual recipe brewing downtown. right now two very different groups there setting upside by side. >> on one side frustrated americans protesting for change. on the other, foodies who just want to eat. derek ward is live in northeast where it is all going down. derek in the middle of it. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, how are you? indeed we are here on freedom plaza were the sun has come up on the group occupy d.c. third day down here in freedom plaza. if you look behind me just beyond the plaza is a corporate symbol. the kind of things that folks might sa say holds too much sway on american politics. on one side of the fence they'll be offering a taste of d.c.'s restaurant fare. on the other side they're hungry for what they see as true representative democracy. physically traversing the fence is a challenge. you've got to go to either end

of the plaza. but the message is as free as the air. people here on the plaza think that maybe today they'll have a chance to get their message out to a broader audience. >> i think in general you're going to start seeing more people on saturday. you're going to start seeing people who generally work in d.c. on the workdays. maybe a few tourists. we would like to see a few congressional staffers and some congressmen down here in their weekend clothes if possible. >> announcer: we want to show you a map of the street closures associated with tp events going on here today. there will be some more marches setting off from the plaza today. the permit ends on sunday. some folks say they don't plan to leave. if they do, they'll be taking this message home to their respective homes as well. we're live downtown on freedom plaza back to you. >> thank you very much. there's the protest, the taste of d.c. and unfortunately if you're trying to get around this weekend, that's just the beginning. >> the chain bridge is closed

due to ongoing construction. drivers won't be able to turn on to the bridge. these closures are expected every weekend through december. now then there's this major changes on i-295. d dot is opening a new flyover ramp to carry 295 southbound over a new interchange being built with the 11th street bridge project. there will be closures in the area through this afternoon so traffic can be shifted on to the ramp. >> metro riders should expect major delays during this columbus day weekend. on the green and yellow lines the shaw u street and columbia heights stations are closed. they won't open until tuesday morning. shuttle buses will operate between mount vernon square and georgia avenue stations. on the orange line buses will replace trains between east falls church and west falls church. those stations will re-open on monday. tomorrow is the army ten miler which will close streets around arlington.

metro will be opening early at 6:00 a.m. to accommodate the crowds. a developing story out of kansas city this morning where investigators appear to have hit a dead end in a search for a missing baby. investigators searched a landfill near the 10-month-old's home for the second time since the girl was reported missing. the baby's mother says police told her she failed a lie detector test and accused her of being involved. she claims the child was snatched from her crib many the middle of the night. prince george police are investigating what is a possible murder-suicide. around 2:30 p.m. police found a male and female both with gunshot wounds. the female was pronounced debt dead at the scene. the two did have a relationship and are looking for a possible motive. the purple line gets the green light from the federal government. the light rail line connecting montgomery and prince georges

counties is one step closer. maryland governor says the purple line received federal approval to go into the engineering phase. the 16-mile corridor would link metro's red, green and orange lines in maryland running from bethesda to new carolton. it would connect mark and amtrak lines. it's expected to cost about $2 billion. negotiations for federal funding are still about three years away. television networks appear to be bending over backwards for amanda knox' family in hopes of getting the first interview with the freed student. knox' father says an abc news producer let the family's youngest daughters stay in a room in italy while the appeals case was going on. he says cbs and nbc producers offered their rooms to the girls as well. nbc denies such an offer was made. kurt knox said the producer did not baby sit the girls and was not in the room with them. the trial of dr. conrad murray wrapped up its second week by hearing from murray

himself. the court played audiotapes of michael jackson's doctor just days after the singer's death. murray told police that he felt pressure every night to give jackson propofol so he could get to sleep. he said the singer was an i some knee yak and was afraid jackson would cancel rehearsals for the upcoming concert if he didn't get the medicine. murray says he was trying to wean jackson off propofol and the singer injected himself while murray was in the bathroom. >> he said i can't funk if i don't sleep. they'll have to cancel it. and i don't want them to cancel it, but they will have to cancel it. i came back to his bedside and he wasn't breathing. >> if convicted of involuntary manslaughter murray faces up to four years in prison. coming up, the pastor problem that has rick perry doing a little damage control. plus maybe taking a cue from

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you're watching news 4 today. welcome back to news 4 today. are you up for a challenge? well in two weeks you can bike, run or walk whatever you do it's going to be for a great cause. october 22nd is the audi best buddies challenge. this morning here to talk about the event jay topper the co-captain of the team ro set ta stone d.c. challenge team. and a buddies ambassador. glad you could join us. >> good morning. >> jay, i want to start with you, what is best buddies?

>> it's a global volunteer movement that was founded in 1989 by anthony kennedy shriver when he was at georgetown. it assists people with select chal and developmental disables for one to one friendships, employment and leadership development. >> the best buddies challenge is one of the hugest events that this group does. there are a variety of ways that people can take part of this. >> for some people they can walk and run and bike and collect money. we have a website where people can contribute. the way we're preparing is to get in shape for the run but collect as much money as we can. >> if you can't hit the pavement or jump on a bike you can go to one of the websites. right front and center is a best buddies logo. you can donate $5 or more. it helps a lot. >> and shifting gears over to erin. i know that you're on the team

this year. you're a best buddies ambassador. what is the best thing about being part of this organization? >> the best part about being in the organization is a lot of fun. it's based on we know one-on-one friendship. i'm doing the 5 k walk and towards the end i'll be doing the celebration at the end. >> i hear there's going to be quite the entertainers there this year. >> yes. >> do we have kool and the gang. >> and carl lewis is an honorary sponsor. this is the second one this year. he participated last year as well. a lot of famous people step up. >> erin, i know you have done this before. what do you do to prepare? >> well, i do prepare to get ready and be so excited. >> excitement is all part of the game. it's all about motivation and getting out there. i'm so glad that so many other people can get involved. now as far as who this is going

to benefit, it is going to benefit people in the local areas we're talking virginia, maryland and d.c. >> for sure. even erin us getting involved led to erin's employment at our company. she woked at rosetta stone. last year's was smaller, this year's much bigger. >> how many people this year? >> there will be about over 1,000 people participating directly. and then thousands upon thousands that are contributing on behalf of those people. >> wonderful. we'll be watching two weeks away october 22nd. jay and erin good luck. thank you for joining us. sure to be whether you're biking, walking or running a scenic route, a stroll in history. >> yes. >> we'll send it over to john. >> this is such a cool event. the thing about races that a lot of people say they always want to get involved but they don't

know how to. i got involved with city bikes at chevy chase. every wednesday they have a training run that prepare for the this race. you get to bike, you get over there. if you don't know what you're doing, they help you out. >> perfect. you're going to do this? >> it's on a saturday, so i think i'm going to be working. future races i will be prepared. excellent. we are all worried about whether or not we can keep the great weather through your holiday weekend. i'm a curious seeker. i am a chemistry aficionado. diphenhydramine. magnesium hydroxide. atheletes foot. yes. i'm a people pleaser. if elected, i promise flu shots for all.

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you're watching news 4 today. chuck bell is back here with our check on our weekend forecast. the forecast that is nearly perfect. >> i would agree. compared to last weekend when we were stuck with really, really

cold weather, high temperatures, we set record low high temperatures on sunday and monday. barely making 52, 53 degrees. this weekend a complete turn around from that. that is welcome news. >> what is going on? i feel like you're having an argument with yourself. >> last weekend was truly the exception. believe me. there's a lot of internal strife. >> it's really tough. >> we like this chuck bell. let's have this one stay. >> it's happy and sunny chuck. as opposed to last weekend's gloomy and cloudy chuck. outside plenty of sunshine on your weekend. it's going to stay nice all weekend long. so make your plans to get outside and enjoy it. out there right now on your saturday morning blue skies over washington. temperatures are starting to climb up quickly now that that bright october sunshine is out there. that's what it looks like from our city camera view with sunshine just right now on the dome of the capitol building. over here on our tower cam the last puff of cloud cover hanging over the river there. you're looking up to the northwest from our studios here

in northwest washington. but there was quite a bank of fog over parts of the river earlier this morning and quite a bit of fog out towards the blue ridge. that will go away shortly. still waiting on the camera to roll over to my side of the studio. temperatures 57 degrees in washington. the wind has gone calm. we're not going to have to worry too much in the way of wind for the course of the weekend. temperatures now all out of the 40s with the lone exception of way western maryland, cumberland maryland at 48 now. winchester 54. downtown 57. 61 in annapolis. 62 in southern maryland. your day planner forecast bright and sunny start to finish today. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s by earlier this morning. and then up to 70 degrees by 12:00, 1:00 this afternoon. temperatures back into the mid 70s by 6:00 p.m. this evening. on the satellite and radar picture nothing but clear skies over head. we don't have any real weather problems to concern ourselves with. sunny and warm weather. not just for today.

double bonus everybody. we get it for tomorrow and triple bonus we get the great weather to last into monday as well. high pressure sitting firmly in charge of our weather for the next couple of days. sunny, warm, nice, delightful any positive adjective that would be the word. more clouds starting to come our baby late in the day tuesday. rain chances hold off until late tuesday night more likely during the day wednesday. today sunshine, delightful, light breezes. temperatures mid up toer 70s. tomorrow more of the same sunny and warm highs in tupper 70s to low 80s. a lot of people take their columbus day weekend for a last trip to the beach. ocean water temperature 65 degrees. get in the water with trepidation. beautiful weather all the way through columbus day. rain chances back in the forecast for wednesday, thursday, friday. college football. the gators down in baton rouge.

the news director versus is assistant news director michigan versus northwestern. i'm going to michigan. 69 degrees. that's out in evanston. the air force academy tripped up navy last week on that crazy two-point conversion. they're out in notre dame, south bend. great weather for that football game. ohio state go to lincoln. 75 degrees a risk of shower or thunderstorm it will be mild by nebraska in october standards. more college football forecast coming up in the next half an hour. so don't go away. >> can't wait. thank you, chuck. well virginia will not be getting any help from the federal government to help recover from last month's earthquake. the federal emergency management agency denied the state's request for individual aid. the 5.8 magnitude quake caused an estimated $15 million damage in homes and other structures.

governor bob mcdonell says he's disappointed with the decision and plans to appeal. it was win or go home. >> two games game fives in baseball and neither disappointed. we have this morning's sports minute. good morning everybody. your sports minute begins with playoff baseball. two decisive game fives in the national league. brewers against the diamond backs, phillies against the cardinals. we start in philadelphia. top of the first after the leadoff triple roy halladay pitching to schumacher. he lines one down the right field line. cardinals take a 1-0 lead. that's all they needed. sluice wins it 1-0 and advances to the nlcs. in milwaukee bottom ten 2-2. former nath niger morgan at the plate. runner on second, based knock back up the middle. carlos gomez hustling around third. here comes the throw. not even close. the brewers win it 3-2 in extras

on a walk off single by niger  morgan. it's milwaukee and st. louis in the nlcs. game one is sunday. college soccer last night. number two ranked maryland on the road against virginia. 84th minute 1-1. cavaliers on the attack. sullivan with the cross. touch pass to bates and he rips it into the upper 90. virginia upsets maryland 2-1 handing the terps their first loss of the season. high school football game of the week. jacobs finished with four touchdowns for suitland. two on offense, two on defense. and suiteland defeats deval 46-7 improving to 6-0. hometown hockey tonight. the capitals open up their regular season at home against carolina at 7:00. that's your sports minute. have a great day. and that caps game tonight will have a bit of a surprise in net.

23-year-old michael noivert will get the start over veteran vokoun. vokoun signed with the caps in the off-season, the head coach named him the starting goalie. but not tonight. let's go caps. his hard hit and fierce play on the football field may make you think troy polamalu is unapproachable. >> as some visitors to the wax museum found out, he has quite a sense of humor. >> that's great. that would startle anyone. polamalu 30 poised as himself at the wax museum in california. the reactions are shock, horror and touching his oh so soft hair. >> it's like a dream come true for a lot of those kids.

>> you see the real deal. that's the best one. >> she hit him back. i love it. that's great. coming up, a spectacular explosion sent a dangerous substance into the air. where an entire village is being evacuated. plus, what awaits prince harry now that he's here in the

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first, let's get a look at your saturday forecast. a forecast that i think a lot of people will enjoy. >> no problems with the weather this weekend. the complete turn around that is welcome news. temperatures this weekend going to be five to ten degrees warmer than average for october. >> are people going to put away their shorts. >> most people keep one pair of shorts close by just in case. >> if that's the dilemma of the day, i think you're good. >> it's a high class problem to have as my mom would say. temperatures are warming up very, very quickly thanks to the sun out there now. not much of a breeze. a mirror calm finish out there on the river early this morning. 57 now in downtown washington. a 4 for waldorf. 55 in leesburg. 55 in germantown. sunny and delightful today. temperatures in the mid and upper 70s. some college football action richmond spiders in towson, maryland taking on the tigers. it is a 7:30 kick off. no chance for rain.

72 at kick off there. naval academy holding the golden eagles. a 3:30 kick. i like their chances today. maryland terrapins on the road at georgia tech in atlanta. 73 degrees there. mountaineer fans hosting the connecticut huskies 70 perfect football weather in the mountains. >> we like it. >> thank you, chuck. well parents of a youth football league feel like they've been sacked as they discovered the league's president was arrested for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from their league. news 4's jackie benson has the story. friday night lights elementary school edition. parents know these games instill discipline and team work in their kids, plus it tires them out. it takes a tremendous amount of volunteer work and a fair amount of money to make this happen. so when 44-year-old raymond taylor was arrested thursday for allegedly embezzling $50,000

from tupper loudon youth football league a whole community began reeling in shock. >> we've engaged an accountant to do a full audit. we're under the guidance of our attorney. and beyond that, i really haven't been discussing the issue. that's for other people to do. >> reporter: taylor is accused of embezzling the money between february and september 2011 while he was president of the upper loudon youth football league. the people who know and trust him are in a lot of pain. youth sport haves a special place in the hearts of kids and their parents. >> this is just really good opportunity for young kids to build character, get a lot of exercise, stay healthy. and and having fun. >> reporter: jackie benson, news 4 today. >> parents told news 4 the saddest thing about this whole incident is it's taking away all

the good that the organization is doing. another set back in the search for a maryland woman missing in aruba. a team of cadaver dogs brought in to search for the woman are leaving the island without finding any clues. the dogs which were flown in from the netherlands spent the week combing the beaches for any sign of the 35-year-old. she disappeared on august 2nd. her travel companion says she drowned while the two were snorkling. he is considered the prime suspect and remains behind bars. sentencing has been delayed for former prince george county councilwoman leslie johnson. she pleaded guilty two months ago to destroying evidence in a corruption probe involving her husband jack johnson. she was sentenced to be -- scheduled to be sentenced next week. her new sentencing date is now december 9th. new emails are putting pressure on the white house about its push to guarantee

loans for a defunct solar panel company. the emails made public yesterday show an obama appointee at the energy department pressing the white house to sign off on the $535 million loan even though his wife's law firm did work for solyndra. another email from the energy department warned the plan could violate the law. the company shut down months after receiving the money. dramatic video out of illinois where people were forced to run from their homes after a freight train derails and burst into flames. this was the scene in a small town about 100 miles west of chicago. as firefighters work to contain the flames. the train was carrying cars of highly flammable ethanol when it jumped the tracks. emergency crews say the evacuation was just a precaution and people are now being allowed to return home. now on to decision 2012. where a new poll shows a surprise leader in the republican race. although there is lots of time until the first primary, herman

cain appears to be the front runner right now for the gop nomination. a poll of republican primary voters shows that 38% would vote for cain while only 18% said they'd vote for romney. rick perry and ron paul both got 12% each. ever since winning the florida straw poll cain has been gaining support even beating president obama by a slim margin in a hypothetical matchup. >> romney has another chance to gain ground on cain today with the values voters summit straw poll. the former massachusetts governor is expected to speak today along with ron paul. the two-day summit here in washington is a gathering of conservative voters from around the country. history has shown that courting social conservatives at this event usually bodes well for candidates in the iowa and new hampshire primaries. >> meanwhile rick perry is doing a little damage control this morning. a pastor who endorsed perry made some controversial comments

about mitt romney's religion. robert jefferson introduced perry at the value summit. he called perry a proven leader, and committed follower of christ. when speaking of mitt romney, he said romney was a good person but not a christian. adding that mormonism is considered a consult. perry's campaign released a statement saying he disagrees with the comments. still to come, what steve jobs reportedly left behind for his co-workers at apple. also, the rare creature now on display in washington and a need for a name. and next, what u.s. military officials say prince harry can expect now that [ male announcer ] one-hundred-nineteen data points.

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you're watching news 4 today. here's angie's favorite story of the day. prince harry waking up in the

u.s. royalty aside he's here as harry the army helicopter pilot. he's in california for military training. the prince will be many the states for about two months for what is described as rigorous training. part of it will take place in california and the rest in arizona. harry is reportedly trying to squeeze in a trip to las vegas during a break. harvey a british army captain. his fellow soldiers call him captain wales. >> captain cute. a very rare creature calls washington home. this albino alligator is on display at the national aquarium. the gator is three years old and comes from the swamps of louisiana. the aquarium describes it as a ghostly pale creature with glowing pink eyes. there are fewer than 100 in the entire world. this one is nameless. the aquarium is launching a facebook campaign to come up with a name. so far we have chomp. i like j glow.

a little swagger and snaple that came from our director naomi. >> snaple's a good one. >> we're still waiting for yours. >> chomp's a good name. >> it was tony in audio said snaple. >> where credit is due. for us what we want is the sunshine to last all weekend including since it's a bonus holiday weekend we want it to last all the way through monday. i'm brimming with optimism. yes, indeed. we'll talk about your weekend forecast and the final football forecasts of the day. don't

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you're watching news 4 today. on a scale of one to ten, how do you look? >> in the picture? totally awesome for an old guy. >> wow. grinning and nearly baring it all. these men all belong to a church

called the first parish in framingham. showing off some skin to raise money for their boston area church. among those turning heads in this calendar retired pastor in his 80s who says he is proud of his body. the men all posed doing things like golfing, they enjoy music, motorcycles naturally they're posing with what they like to do. >> like playing the banjo. >> there's a fish. they say they had a lot of fun and let go of their inhibitions to make this happen. >> wow. angie i know prince harry was a favorite for you, i'm sure these guys are holding your heart. >> they look great. >> more power to them. if they can do it, and they've got the confidence, good job. >> i think studies show that women are about the personality and the humor and that definitely plays up to that. good for them. good for them. >> you've got something. real quick just want to give a shutout to one of our viewers

out at bull run regional park. jim advance is going to be there. they're promoting awareness about pediatric cancer. we wanted to say thanks for watching and good luck today. for us sunshine everywhere for your weekend. start to finish beginning to end, left to right, north to south, however you want to slice your weekend up, it's going to be beautiful and sunny out there. make your plans to get outside and enjoy it. it might be a nice day to take a bonus trip down to the beach. outside on your saturday morning clear skies over washington. yes, indeed. just the way we like it. chamber of commerce weather out there for you on a beautiful october morning. bright blue sunshine out there and temperatures are warming up quickly. there's a live picture of the jefferson memorial alongside the tidal basin. the view from our sky watcher camera looking down to the south. here's the national cathedral, you can see a little bit of the masonry work on the top. and the washington monument standing proud in downtown d.c.

57 degrees our current temperature. the breezes have gone calm for now and very light winds all weekend. no more than a little puff of wind here and there. that's all you have to worry about today. 55 in frederick, maryland. on down towards st. mary's county, fredericksburg and stafford at 59. culpeper in the mid to upper 50s. a great day outside. light breezes temperatures generally in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees. a very nice looking day outside today. you'll want to get outside and enjoy it as much as you possibly can. the weather as you all know weekend's never last long enough. as a result we'll get to keep the sunshine around here for the next couple of days. after that, it looks like our weather is going to stay better as we get into the early parts of next week. here's your day planner forecast then for today. mostly sunny temperatures in the mid 70s. good looking day to be outside.

nothing on satellite or radar within about 500 miles of town. high pressure in charge of our weather. as a result sunny and warm. that's the rule for today, tomorrow, on into monday as well. here's your saturday forecast. sunny and delightful today. tomorrow more of the same. a touch warmer with highs in the upper 70s to near 80. if you're making that late season trip down to the beach, saturday, sunday look perfect for beach goers. ocean water temperature 65 degrees. here's our seven-day forecast. beautiful worth all the way through tuesday and chances for showers. college football. >> here we go, the game of the week. >> dartmouth at yale in new haven. 75 there as the big d takes on the bulldogs. >> the big green are going to stomp on the bulldogs. >> columbia into south carolina to take on the gamecocks. no problem there. and the game of the day texas is going to dallas to take on oklahoma. my boomer sooners are down there. we only need to win it by one

point. that's all i'm asking for is one more than them. >> i'd argue the carolina game is the game of the day. >> maybe. well, ahead, he is the creative mind behind some devices that changed the world. >>

you're watching news 4 today. nearly a month since tropical storm lee destroyed a fairfax county bridge it finally reopens. the work on the lohrton road bridge is finished a month ahead of schedule. last month floodwaters washed away part of the bridge trapping one car. new steel beams and asphalt were added. lohrton is among six roads reopening this week. four others won't reopen until next month. the weather's perfect so today would be a great day to

take the family to fairfax for the annual fall festival. more than 400 craft booths will be there selling toys, dolls and other pieces of art. kids can run around the pumpkin patch or enjoy some livestock with the petting farm. there will be live music and an oktoberfest beer garden. the fairfax fall festival runs from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. steve jobs has been reportedly laid to rest in a private funeral service. "the wall street journal" is reporting friends and family of the apple co-founder said their good-byes yesterday. despite being sick for his last few months jobs helped ensure his legacy would live on. according to apple sources he had planned four years worth of new products and updates to the ipod, ipad and mac book computers. he was also working on a spaceship style company headquarters that could hold 12,000 employees. >> some might consider the iphone jobs' greatest invegs. now apple says the i phone 4 s

will shatter single day apple sales records. analysts believe the new iphone will sell more than the record 1.7 million sold last year. they say not only is demand higher than ever, but so are the number of carriers. this latest version of the iphone will be available for the first time on sprint. jobs' influence extends beyond the gadgets so many of us have come to rely on. >> for one woman it was when jobs spoke to her graduating class at stanford in 2005. we spoke to the woman who made a life changing choice in the audience that day. >> your time is limited so don't waste it living someone else's life. don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. >> and most important have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. >> reporter: camille remembers the moment she first heard steve jobs. she was graduating with an mba

from stanford headed down the path to the corporate world. but jobs' advice kept coming back. >> the only way to do great work is to love what you do. >> reporter: so she listened to jobs and her own heart. >> i remember this. that's how i jumped off the cliff to do what i love. >> reporter: it led her to india a small village where life exists on less than $2 a day. she co-founded empowering. giving kids cell phones and a way to earn benefits like food and medical care for their families by checking in on a phone ap when they go to school. >> we want to give them incentives around great behavior like having perfect attendance. >> reporter: her goal is big enough even steve jobs might be impressed. >> we have this really grand dream that we can break the cycle of poverty. we can end poverty. that's the only reason i'm doing this. >> reporter: almost 5,000 graduates heard steve jobs speak here that day. so the words of one man soon spread well beyond the stadium in ways even the great visionary

could never have imagined. all the way to the next generation. >> they are the people that are going to change the world. i'm not going to change the world the way they are. and they are amazing. >> and now as you graduate to begin anew, i wish that for you. stay hungry. stay foolish. >> reporter: steve jobs' legacy to the ipod, ipad, iphone, add the inspiration he provided to others. >> it seems like everyone has a story. i know that at the clarn don apple store there are a bunch of post-it notes to leave their messages to steve jobs. one of them was so simple, it just said thank you for face time connecting me with my father again. it's little things like that. >> the one i thought was the one that said i sad with the apple logo and the sad face on it. i thought that's very fitting for steve jobs. >> he was a man that practiced what he preached. he says it really is not about

the money it's about showing your passion. following what you love. it did come out in his work. >> kids asked me that at school earlier in the week. how long did you know you wanted to be a meteorologist? since i was 6 years old. there's no substitute for doing what you want to do. >> you've got some great news for us today. >> after last weekend almost anything was a big step up from last weekend. get outside and enjoy your sunshine and your weekend. it lasts today, tomorrow and monday. >> and go oklahoma. >> and boomer sooner. yes indeed. we're redry for a game. deep fried everything in texas. >> thank you, chuck. >> that's going to do it for this edition of news 4 today. thanks for joining us. >> we'll be back here tomorrow morning.

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