experienced was the one we had here in august. earthquakes happening in very unusual places. no doubt about it. outside for us, our main concern for today is exactly how much sunshine are we going to see. we do have some clouds outside first thing this morning as we pan around with your city camera view. skies generally grayish milky white color to the east and south of washington. these clouds will be with us in and out for much of the day. still enough sunshine to cast some shadows. the further west you go the more sunshine you will see today. temperatures have made it out of the 20s and into the 30s in the western suburbs. 36 in martinsburg, winchester. 45 on the eastern shore. nothing coming out of those clouds. 100% rain free for your sunday. so no drops to concern yourself with. as you make plans to get outside and enjoy your sunday afternoon, in and out of the sunshine from

time to time. temperatures today will be a few ticks warmer than yesterday. should climb up into the mid-50s. still 5 or 6 degrees cooler than average. don't you worry. milder weather is coming our way. back to the low and mid-60s for tomorrow. 60s to near 70 degrees as we head towards tuesday and wednesday. 89,000 folks headed out to fedex field inland over the 49ers and the redskins kicking it off at 9:00. light wind south at 5 to 10 miles per hour. kickoff temperature around 55 degrees. and only complaint i really have today, angie, is the sun will go down at 5:03. thanks to the return of eastern standard time. >> we're all going to have to adjust. >> sure are. >> all right. thank you, chuck. >> all right. new from overnight, a college student in maryland is behind bars accused of killing another student. police responded to a home around 1:30 this morning finding 19-year-old courtney mccoy bleeding in the street.

she was taken to the hospital where she died. police say 23-year-old shawnee liggins stabbed her after they got into an argument. liggins is held on first and second degree murder charges. both attended frostburg state university. police are asking for your help in trying to find a man who tried to abduct an 8-year-old girl. it's the latest in a rash of abduction attempts in the area. news 4's derrick ward joins us from the newsroom with the very latest on this search. derrick? >> well, it indeed has happened again. an attempted abduction in sponsylvania county. it occurred in satterfield court. an 8-year-old girl tells police she was approached by an adult male who tried to force her into his vehicle. it is reported to be an econoline van, spray painted black and may have the word

mallory spray painted on the side. this is the fifth similar incident in the past three weeks. a 20-year-old woman was walking in governors green subdivision near innisbrook circle. she said four men in a black four-door honda pulled alongside her. someone opened one of the rear doors and said let's go. she ran and the honda sped off. before that around 7:30 in the evening a 17-year-old girl reported she was walking garrison woods apartment complex when someone in a beige car started following her. the driver told her to get in and threatened to make her get in. she ran off spe sped off. police don't believe they are connected but that's not being completely ruled out. there are differing descriptions. it is serving to put the county on notice regarding safety issues especially as it relates to females and tuckly female children. we want to show you some

numbers. if you have any information on any of these abduction attempts call the sheriff's office at 540-582-7115 or crime solvers 540-582-5822. that's the latest. now back to you. >> all right. derrick ward reporting live from our newsroom. thank you for that report. a maryland pee wee football team is remembering a teammate killed in a fiery car accident. 2-year-old delonte and his brother anthony died friday after a multicar accident caused their car to burst into flames. the boys who were buckled up in the back seat never had a chance to get out. on saturday, the peewee football team took to the field but from heavy hearts from the loss of their teammate. >> they cry, of course. you know, we let them know crying is okay. you know, because you just lost a brother. you may not be biological but we just lost a brother. >> the team plans to honor the two brothers for the rest of the season by adding anthony's

number and delonte's name on the back of the helmets >> five teenagers are in hot water for stealing halloween candy from trick-or-treaters. one of the teens had a gun. when the kids refused the teens beat them up, took their candy and then took off. the five were charged with robbery and assault. happening today, some local walkers, they're going to be breathing deep this morning to help fight lung cancer. they're all taking part in the third annual breathe deep d.c. 5k walk on the national mall. or own doug kammerer is hosting the event and he joins us live working on a saturday, definitely for good reason, right? >> today is sunday, right? >> oh, sunday. i'm sorry. >> we're only behind an hour, not a whole day. >> i got you.

well, you're working on the weekend, bottom line, right? >> working on the weekend, exactly. great day to be working. the weather was a little colder an hour ago. things heating up a little bit. sun shining in the clouds. we're right underneath the national monument for breathe deep d.c. with me right now is jerry sorkin, the event chair. not only are you the chair of this event, jerry, but this is something that is huge and a big deal in your life. >> absolutely. i'm stage 4 lung cancer survivor. and this is our third year organizing this event. it's just great to be back here. >> one of the things i know a lot of people don't know, first off, this affects 1 in 14 americans. but in your case it affects many people not smokers. it is linked with smoke. it really came out of the blue. >> correct. i was diagnosed four years ago. never a smoker. i had a complete executive physical with chest x-ray, no evidence of anything wrong. pronounced perfectly healthy. four months later i was

diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. >> so what does this event do for something like you and other survivors out there? this is a survivable disease. >> absolutely. we're trying to do two things with this event. one is we're trying to celebrate survivorship. because there aren't enough times when we do that with lung cancer. we're so fortunate we have so many survivors that will be cutting the ribbon with me later this morning. but also to give an opportunity for people who lost someone to rally around. we are raising money to promote early detection and to develop better treatments for the disease. >> we're expecting 1,000 people. the weather could not be better. thousands and thousands. if you still want to come out, there's plenty of time to come out and support lung cancer. we're leaving at 10:00. cutting the ribbon at 10:00 and walking around the mall. come out and join us. right now from the national mall, i'm meteorologist doug kammerer. send it right back to you guys. >> all right. have a good time-out there, doug.

thanks. >> thanks. you might want to head over to the cooking and entertaining show. the event got under way saturday and continues today from 10:00 to 5:00 at the washington convention center. there will be more than 400 food exhibits and vendors there. and you might run into guy fieri, giada or paula dean. they are all making special appearances. well, it's one of the nerdiest weeks of the year here in washington. we're going to explain when we return. ♪ >> and you've probably seen teens perform in high school musicals, but have you ever heard of a classic high schoolers actually writing their own show? one local high school is doing just that. we're going to give you a preview of this unbelievable production. [ screaming ]

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thousands of tech geeks are in washington right now. they're here for digital capital week 2011. joining us now is the founder of tech cocktail frank gruber. you are one of the co-producers of the event. >> yes. there's two companies putting on tech capital week. this is our second year. >> wow. and this is something that has drug 10,000 people to the district. tell us a little bit about some of the events taking place and

how people can still sign up. >> there's just so much. there's 200 or so events helping for the seven-day festival. we kicked it off friday with a music kind of event. we had a couple thousand people at a that. today there's a hack-a-thon. >> anybody that's creating something hacking. we have about 200 developers, designers, and hackers at the microsoft office up in chevy chase. >> i know we have a picture of one that just happened in baltimore. you have a lot of social media enthusiasts attending as well. >> yes. >> the great thing is this runs through friday so people can still sign up. >> the biggest focus are the keynotes at the theater. it's free. you can go to it. >> pretty big guests. >> six key note speakers, plus the mayor will have a special welcome address. we have brian solis. >> from at&t. >> yeah.

at&t labs ceo. somebody from ford. former ceo of myspace. and anthropologyist from intel. you don't have to be a tech geek. if you're just interesting at all in any aspect of social media or technology. >> right. so there's events focused on anything from fashion. we really focus on digital district. anybody who is creative and wants to do something. but there's basic things like digital literacy classes. if you are trying to get up to speed you can take advantage of those and learn from people in the community. and the types we organize and community events. people in the community are hosting their events during the week. there's a ton of different things you can do. >> how do you get involved? >> you can get a badge. buy a la carte events or the whole package. or if you want to do everything and cut the lines, you can be a patron as well. we wouldn't be able to do it without the help and support of ford. they're a big sponsor and

microsoft and at&t have been helpful as well. >> when you have 10,000 people coming in, you have to have a lot of helping hands around you. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> and we'll check in with chuck for your forecast. >> all right. thanks, angie. beautiful day to be outside today. plenty of sunshine coming our way. looks like we'll get to keep the good weather, not just for today but as we get into the upcoming work and school week as well. that warming trend i talked about yesterday, i'm still about yesterday, i'm still talking abou

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low 40s out there. so that is welcomed news. boy, it sure was a cold start for you folks out in the western suburbs, the blue ridge and the shenandoah valley. mountains of west virginia all below freezing early this morning now thanks to early morning sunshine. things are improving just a bit from a temperature standpoint. right here in town and areas east and south have a little bit more in the way of cloud cover to deal with. this is unfortunately a little part of your forecast for today. we won't goat to keep the beautiful bright through skies like we had yesterday. nonetheless, these are not rain-making clouds. they will dim our sunshine a little bit from time to time. so not a bad-looking day to be outside, just not quite as pretty as yesterday. temperature now 43 degrees in washington with a light wind out of the northeast only 3 miles per hour. as you get out towards manassas, dulles, restin, leesburg, 30s and 40s. they were all in the upper 20s an hour and a half ago. so the sunshine is at least working its imagine you can in

the western suburbs. 47 in annapolis. 45 in brandywine, maryland. 42 in fort belvar. widen out the view and show you just a little bit more of the cooler temperatures. way out western maryland. cumberland, maryland still at the freezing mark, 32. martinsburg, 36. manassas, 36. fredericksburg, down there in the brrr. 35. these are not rain-making clouds, so we will be dry for your sunday. newer oaks chance of rain doesn't show up until thursday. a nice stretch of dry weather coming our way. with it being dry each day, each day we should be just a little bit warmer than the day before. a mix of clouds and sunshine for today. the more clouds the further east you go. more sunshine for you folks out to the west. temperatures will climb into the mid-50s today. here you can see look at that bubble of cloud cover there over southern maryland, the eastern shore as well basically paralleling and off to the east of i-95. that's where the bulk of the

clouds are going to stay today. we can't rule out a few clouds getting out towards the blue ridge as well. so our cold morning will turn into a pleasant enough afternoon. cloud cover staying thickest along the coastline. overnight tonight and into early tomorrow, another fairly chilly night but not quite as cold as it was this night we just finished up. more good, relatively good november weather coming our way monday and tuesday. as temperatures will return back into the 60s. so for today partly sunny. thicker clouds to the east and to the south of washington. sun goes down at 5:03. thanks to the time change. highs today in the mid-50s. tomorrow mostly sunny. warmer, thanks to the extra sunshine. and i think that little south wind will push the clouds out for tomorrow. so we'll end up with a much prettier day. near 70 tuesday. 65 wednesday. next chance of rain, as i mentioned, showing up thursday and friday. on nbc tonight, the steelers and

the ravens. good weather in pittsburgh as well. >> couple of big games. thank you, chuck. >> okay. >> all right. well, there is a new show coming to town done like never before. we'd like to take you out to aladdin county high school where the story behind an upcoming performance is a work of art in itself. need a little height. good. >> veteran drama teacher marilyn gilligan has never directed anything like this. a musical entirely student made. >> i heard the music and saw the dialogue. there was no question in my mind we will do do this one. >> i've not gotten any sleep. >> senior greg is the play wright and composer of briarwood high school production elizabeth the musical. >> i knew i wanted to write a musical for a long time but i never had the opportunity "i

don't care what the others say". >> until now with the help of the grant from wolf track, the dream has taken center stage. from the writing, the composing, the the sound track, to costume design, set construction, engineering and painting. the students have done it all on their own. >> it was overwhelming to see everyone singing and dancing to the music you had in your head and enjoying it. i really think it's one of the most incredible feelings in the world. >> more than 200 students have a hand in the show, inspired by the tales of the first queen elizabeth. dress rehearsals are in full swing, along with some nerves. as this history in the making prepares for a new reality. >> when you have experience doing something you know what can and can't go wrong. but when you go through it for the first time you have no idea what can happen. >> it is going to be great. elizabeth the musical opens november 17th and runs through the the 19th at briar woods high school on belmont ridge road in

ashburn. the production is up for the cappy awards. we will have this story and more information on the performance as the nbcwashington.com. now for a look at what you'll find in this week's kids post, here's eun yang. >> good morning. this week on kids post on tv, a brilliant author who is just 27 years old, very first class of kids post and what these children told, and thrilling contests that are also good for your soul. joining us is tracy grant. >> fantastic to be here, eun. >> first of all, an interview with one of the most talented living authors. he's young. this is christopher palini. >> his latest book, the finishing of his dragon cycle inheritance hits the book stores on tuesday. we have an interview with him. remarkable story. he was 15 when he wrote the

first book in this four-book cycle. >> unbelievable. >> and he really has some interesting things to talk about about how he has grown up, how his characters have grown up. we know he is one of kids's favorite authors. these books were borrowed from my son's personal library by a 9-year-old and a 15-year-old this summer. so there's a real large appeal with these books. >> a very special survey of what kids in your area like and don't like. >> we unveil our first class of kidspost in sunday's kidspost. these are 4th graders at north chevy chase elementary school. their favorite pizza topping is cheese. they love chocolate chip ice cream. we also asked them what they want to be when they grow up and what the biggest problems in the world which are pollution and litter. teachers can download the survey

at kidspost.com. >> very eye opening. finally cool contests kids can enter and they're for a good cause. >> we just really like this story. monday's kidspost we highlight three contests, art for wounded warriors, a santa cause, food collection, and katie's gardens. we have all the details in monday's kids post. there are contests that kids can participate in but they all are for the good. art for wounded warriors. food for homeless people. so you can do good and earn great things too. >> give back to the community and supporting others. >> especially at this time of the year. >> thanks so much, as always. for fun family activities visit washingtonpost.com and click on kidspost. that is kidspost on tv this week. i'm eun yang. >> a lot of good stuff there. the time 9:25. straight ahead, breaking news

out of greece where there are reports that the country's prime minister may soon step down. we'll have the latest when we return. >> he just threw his hands up and hit the gas. >> and one accident, two different stories. what really happened when a car struck three occupy d.c. protesters standing in the middle of the street. ♪

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welcome to news 4 today a. i'm angie goff. we have break news out of greece right now. cnn is reporting that the prime minister is expected to resign today. reports is that he will step down after the country's new coalition government is configured. he was resigning amid economic and political turmoil as greece is struggling to avoid bankruptcy. last week he raised eyebrows by

demanding a referendum in the european union's plan for a controversial bailout package. a maryland writer who disappeared is back home this morning. van dyke was greeted by his mother. he went to libya to help with the fight against gadhafi and spent the last few weeks on the front line. he spent months in a libyan prison after he was captured. he couldn't sit back and watch libyans fight for their freedom without trying to help. good story there. >> well, let's check in with meteorologist chuck bell. looks like we have cold but sunshine out there. >> just on the whole a bit of a cloud deck out there.

mid-50s. 5 to 6 degrees cooler than average. city camera panning over the skies of washington. you can see the low to mid-level cloud deck hanging overhead. temperatures are climbing slow but steadily into the 40s for most of everybody. a few spots in the 30s towards martinsburg, winchester, stanton, charlottesville. 40s around town. anything you want to do outside today, for the final ongoing stan swras for the year, rake something leaves, although there are still plenty on the trees around town, whatever you're going to do outside today, the weather will cooperate. nicer, milder weather. perfect weather for the skins and the niners at 1:00. kickoff temperature, 55 degrees. good day for a hot dog. >> yeah, a warm hot dog. >> nobody wants a cold hot dog.

>> i used to eat those as a child, i will admit. >> that's child abuse. >> oh, stop. >> the car hit my legs. i hit the ground, briefly lost consciousness. >> reporter: heidi describes how the car hit her. outside the washington convention center friday night. >> he just threw his hands up and hit the gas. >> reporter: they say they were part of a large group of demonstrators outside a conservative dinner outside the convention center when they were hit, they believe intentionally, as they were standing on the street it. >> bent me at the waist.

i fell over and smacked my head on the hood of the car. >> reporter: instead of charging the driver, they gave them these citations, two each or jaywalking and obstructing traffic. >> i'm not going to pretend to know what color the light was at that time. i don't think a green light gives anybody the right to maul down a group of people who are standing there peacefully in who >> reporter: two noninvolved witnesses say they jumped in front of the car and the crash appeared to be unavoidable. >> i don't think that gives the driver the right to strike anybody. but if somebody jumps in front of the car, that does weigh a lot on how the accident occurred. >> heidi says that's not how it happened. she said she wants police to take her statement and to do a thorough investigation. >> i'm not hard-core trying to jump in front of cars and break windows and, you know, be violent. i'm there to make a point. and my point wouldn't be made by

jumping on a car. >> those citations carry a total of $30 in fines for each protester. d.c. police say if they receive additional information or evidence they will consider it in this case. but at this point the driver has not been charged. in northwest washington, darcy spencer, news 4 today. in atlanta, police arrested several demonstrators during an occupy protest. they were ordered out of a local park but refused. dozens of officers arrived in riot gear and arrested protesters mostly for not obeying orders to remain on the sidewalk. officials would not say how many were arrested. last month the mayor officially issued an executive order allowing them into the park but later revoked it citing security concerns. tragedy in vancouver. a woman died yesterday afternoon after police found her unresponsive inside her tent. there are reports she died of a

drug overdose, but police have not confirmed that. vancouver's mayor has ordered the tent city that popped up during the protest to be cleared as soon as possible. thousands made their voices heard through their bank accounts yesterday as they took part in bank transfer day. they moved their money from big banks into smaller ones, more local banks and credit unions. this comes as bank to bank of america and other national banks announcing fees for credit card usage even though most backed off the fees. that didn't stop many of them from making a statement. >> to be part of the bigger movement to try to take back control of our finances and our economy. >> they're paying their top executives top dollar and then trying to charge people fees just to use their own money. >> financial analysts say since bank of america introduced their monthly debit card fee just a few weeks ago, 650,000 americans switched to credit unions. that's more than all of last year.

presidential hopeful herman cain is trying to put allegations of sexual harassment in the rear-view mirror. he joined newt gingrich for a debate put on by a texas tea party group. they talked about health care, entitlement programs, voter i.d., and of course taxes. >> i'm about fixing the problem. and one of the biggest problems we have is that the payroll tax is the biggest tax that a lot of workers pay. >> cain said he would no longer answer questions about sexual harassment cases and said reporters who asked about them are unethical. he's not at the top of the polls but they appear to be the choice of voters in illinois. the texas congressman won the state's republican straw poll yesterday with 52% of the vote.

more than 3,600 voters participated in the straw poll sur passing similar polls in ohio, florida and california. republicans hope to make illinois a contested state in the 2012 general election after obama won his home state easily in 2008. it's 9:37 right now. he was once considered one of the brightest college football coaches in the country. this morning he's facing charges that could land him in prison for years. the serious allegations against the serious allegations against jerry sandusky when we return. get your cash back. which cash back booth looks better to you,

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welcome back. it's always a special day around here when we get to tell you one of our wednesday's children who has found a permanent home. this morning barbara harrison catches up with cameron and his brand-new family.

>> it's cold. >> she knows her new son cameron is still finding himself in the family. they came to the martin luther king jr. memorial. but they didn't bring the whole family. >> we have 12 children. we have three girls and the rest are all boys. >> they adopted some of those 12, including raquan and malik. the most recent addition is cameron, who was featured as wednesday's child with us. his new siblings like him. >> he's nice, funny, intelligent. he likes to play games. >> he loves to watch tv with us and movies. >> lula says before cameron she thought they had adopted their last child. then her husband got another call. >> cameron came into our life by the way of the county services and they asked my husband would

they like another son. and he talked to me and i said another one? i said okay. we'll give it one more try. >> julius said their new son is adjusting well. >> it's particularly hard for youngsters that have been displaced and they don't know their place until they come to the place where they can kind of relax. >> cameron has found many things to like about his new home. >> some of the things we like to do together is go to the movies, watch tv, go to church, eat dinner. >> the hayes recognize the importance of sharing their love. >> i was adopted myself. so i recognize what it is to have family. there are a lot of things that cameron still has on the inside that has to blossom. you know, like anything else, when you kind of see, you have to fertilize it, put it out on the sunlight. >> they are teaching all of us what it means to have the strength to continue to love, whether it's one child or 12.

barbara harrison, news 4, for wednesday's child. there are many other children in our area who are hoping to find a permanent home like cameron did. to find out more, please call our adoption hotline at 1-88-to-adopt-me or nbcwashington.com. love when the stories turn out that way. so heart warmng. >> does cameron look like a tall drink of water or is it my imagination? >> that's great. so many times we hear about these older kids who have trouble and difficulty finding homes. god bless them. 12 children. >> no kidding. well, congratulations to them. we'll talk about our sunday forecast and the chance for a

welcome back, everybody. chuck bell standing by in the

weather center. it looks like we will need our jacket throughout the day, huh? >> yeah. lightweight jacket for today, especially if you're not going to be moving around. as long as you're taking a brisk walk in the sunshine, you'll be all right. if you're going to sit and relax and enjoy, especially in the shade, a little on the chilly side for your sunday afternoon. outside to get your sunday morning started, not a bad looking day out there right now. there are clouds hanging overhead. so we won't have that beautiful bright blue sky like we did yesterday. still not rain-making clouds. a dry day today. in and out of the sunshine. we should get enough to cast shadows for much of the day and allow temperatures to warm into the mid-50s. 53 for a high temperature yesterday. i think we'll do a couple degrees better than that. 43 right now at reagan national airport. 41 in rockville were. 39 at reston. 39 in manassas this morning. out towards the chesapeake bay, temperatures a little bit milder. 47 in annapolis. baywater, 55 degrees.

so a little bit of a moderating influence on the waters of the bay there. out towards the shenandoah valley, though, temperatures holding back just a pheupblg on. because everywhere out tot west of washington today was down below freezing early this morning. my colleague tom kierein sent me a very frosty picture from the fields in upper montgomery county. salt of frost this morning. but that will be gone shortly if it's not already gone off your yard. temperatures will climb into the mid-40s in the next hour or so. mid-50s by 1:00, 2:00 this afternoon. back down into the low 50s by 6:00 p.m. there you go on the satellite picture. you can see the little deck of cloud cover there right along and to the east of i-95 where the clouds will remain thickest through the course of the day today. our cool morning will turn into a cool afternoon. still plenty nice by november standards and a whole lot nicer than we had to deal with last weekend. gradually that area of high pressure will slip further and further on shore. a little bit more of a southwesterly wind component we

get. and that should help keep the cloud cover at bay a little bit more tomorrow than it will today. so that will be welcomed news. for your sunday forecast then, partly sunny. more east and south of washington. out towards annapolis, southern maryland f. you're taking a drive to skyline drive, interstate 81. temperatures will top out in the mid-50s. then for back to work and school day tomorrow, mostly sunny. warmer. light south breeze. temperatures into the low and mid-60s for your monday afternoon. here we go on the seven-day forecast. 56 today with that mix of clouds and sunshine. 63 tomorrow with partly to mostly sunny skies. tuesday will be the pick of the litter this week. high near 68 degrees. fredericksburg, stafford, sponsylvania, near 70 on tuesday. clouds back wednesday. rain chances return for thursday. and for friday, perfect weather for the redskins today. redskins and the niners kicking it off at 1:00. no weather-related problems for the ravens and the steelers, sunday night on nbc tonight.

angie. >> all right. thank you, chuck. just 11 minutes away from the 10:00 hour. washington's most notorious lobbyist breaks his silence.

a former penn state football coach is in jail this morning accused of abusing at least eight young boys. investigators say former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky used his position of power to prey on boys as young as 7 years old. the criminal complaint said sandusky would befriend the boys before assaulting them. two other school officials, including penn state's athletic director face charges for trying to cover the incidents up. former heavyweight boxing champ joe frazier is fighting for his life. the opponent, cancer. the prognosis is not good, though. frazier was moved into hospice five weeks after learning he had liver cancer. frazier, who was known as smoking joe, was the first boxer to beat mohammed ali in 1971. the two would meet in the ring two more times with ali winning both.

what jack abramoff is saying in his new tell-all book. abramoff spent three years behind bars for bribery. it may help repay the $23 million in restitution owed to his victims. nbc for 4 is your place for policsment chris matthews show followed up by meet the press with david gregory. >> coming up at 10:00, a year to go before the election. one expert has run the numbers putting president obama's ratings and the terrible economy up against mitt romney. romney looks very likely unless we see good economic growth next year. what could still power president obama to a win, even if an expert says he's a long shot. plus, who shrunk the republicans, falling by the wayside leaving mitt romney

standing. the culprit, television. join me for a great discussion. now for a look at what's coming up on meet the press, here's david gregory >> thanks, chris. good morning, angie. coming up, one year to election day 2012 republican presidential front-runner herman cain dealing with a sexual harassment controversy. did the sluggish job numbers signal an uphill climb fort reelection effort. joining me for a district attorney bait haley barbour of mississippi and bill richardson of new mexico. and the former utah governor and u.s. ambassador to china, john huntsman. that's our political roundtable. busy morning all coming up on meet the press. be sure to stay tuned for our special press pass conversation with chairman of the house and government reform committee congressman darryl isip,

republican of california, to talk about the district in national politics as well. coming up here only on nbc 4. all right. thank you, david. when the new season of "america's got talent" starts up, the winner could come from our area. ♪ hundreds showed up for the show's auditions yesterday at the washington convention center. people of all ages and abilities showed off their talents. a few could be picked for the show. and the winning act takes home $1 million. . you can continue to get all your weather and news of this day. and that's going to do it for this edition of news 4 today. thank you so much for waking up with us early on this sunday morning. we're going to be back at it again early on monday. dark and early, starting at 4:30

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