saturday, may 19th. we want to go to florida where technical difficulties stopped us from seeing space history. a private company called space-x was counting down to launch an unmanned rocket but stopped seconds before liftoff app cape canaveral. led it to scrub the launch. the next launch would be tuesday morning at earliest. when and if it does happen, will dock with the space station and deliver supplies to the crew members there. joining us to talk more about this mission is space expert dan billow. >> he's a reporter and meteorologist with our sister station. thanks for joining us. can you explain exactly what happened that prevented this launch? >> reporter: well, it was just a half second to go. in fact, this rocket 16 stories tall which has nine engines -- all nine of the engines were turned on and firing.

the only thing that kept the rocket from leaving the launch pad were some bolts. then one of the engines, engine five experienced high pressure. the computer sensing that cut everything off just barely in time. if the rocket had lifted off with an engine problem, potentially it might not have gotten all the way to orbit. it could have exploded. >> we want to ask you. nasa started looking towards the private sector to take over flights to orbit post the shuttle era. what does it say with the confidence level with the goal in mind to have american astronauts, to have them back in space within the next three to four years. what does this tell us about that effort? >> reporter: some day, you're right, maybe as early as 20 is a, astronauts can be aboard that rocket vessel. there's only a one second opportunity window to get off

the target. so when they cut off the engine, that was the only chance of getting there today. they'll have to wait for another day, probably tuesday. when off one second window which will be the case every time, it's not a big deal to not hit it. it's probably going to take a few times -- a few tries. and really it's not much of a problem. they'll fix it and they'll try again. >> and dan, as you said. maybe the next attempt will be on tuesday. what's going or happening there at the cape between now and then to see if this could be a successful liftoff on tuesday or some time in the near future? >> reporter: well, that will be a real study in president obama's theory that private industry can do it better than the government. what space-x, the rocket builder is talking about doing here is replacing an engine on the rocket and having that rocket ready to go again in a few days.

at the cape that is unheard of. they can't do that. the government has never been able to replace an engine that fast. can private industry do it? we will see. >> dan billow giving us important info there. thanks for spending some of your morning with us. >> and everyone's going to be watching again on tuesday to see what happens over the next few days. it would be exciting to see it take off. that's the goal there. >> everyone's rooting for it. and even down on city hall there they had a sign that said go space-x. and usually it has a sign up there saying go "endeavor" or "discovery." >> it's an important step in how space travel goes. there's other things in the sky going on. we've got the air show at andrews air force base. we have a solar eclipse later

this afternoon out in the southwestern parts of the united states. southern parts of california, arizona. a solar eclipse coming later on this afternoon. if you're flying all the way to the west coast, you might get a glimpse on the way into your landing zones on the west coast. for around here, wow. what a beautiful looking day. temperatures now climbing into the low and mid-70s across the area. here's your saturday planner. temperatures in the upper 60s by 10:00 this morning. upper 70s today. another winner of a day coming. both today and for tomorrow. the battle of the beltways, the o's got the nats last night. we'll try it again tonight. 76 degrees at first pitch. i want to give a quick shoutout. we talked to all the kids at the leadership class in sinclair elementary. they're learning to be better leaders. they invited aaron and i to talk about leadership at our station and in the community.

we had lots of fun questions. aaron found out when you mention the word earthquake in a presentation, that's what we talk about from that point forward. we got the leadership talk out first. then it was all earthquakes and tsunamis. >> somebody got a little son u sun on that ride. >> we took the convertible out there. i got pink head and foremans. >> let that be a lesson for everyone today. thanks, chuck. d.c. police are trying to figure out what caused an suv to crash into a sandwich shop. it happened near the intersection of georgia avenue and euclid street last night. one man was take ton the hospital with very serious injuries. two others suffered minor injuries in the accident. police are not sure how many passengers were in the car. >> a 16-year-old is recovering after getting shot outside the rockville metro station. it happened around 2:30 yesterday afternoon.

police say the teen was struck several times. the bullet also grazed an 18-year-old woman. people heard shots, ran for cover. >> we heard pop pop pop pop. about four or five shots. i knew it was gun shot and there was a young kid about 14 behind me. i grabbed him and we ran over behind the booth where the metro workers -- and we hit behind there. >> moments after the shooting, police arrested a young man at a gas station a few blocks away. police say they took a second person into custody who was with the gunman at the time of that shooting. detectives say the incident stemmed from an ongoing dispute. the teen shot is expected to be okay. d.c. police are looking for the police responsible for a deadly stabbing in northwest washington. two men got into a fight outside tyler house apartments on north capitol street last night. one of the two stabbed the other several times in his head and

chest. officers shut down north capitol street. that intersection has since reopened. . right w leaders from around the world are at camp david for the g8 summit. they're wrapping up the summit today but not being discussing major issues effecting all of them. that includes the growing economic crisis in europe. jennifer johnson has the story. >> reporter: president obama greeted the g8 world leaders for dinner at camp david. the official beginning of a summit to address europe's worsening economic crisis. worries of greece, and instability in syria, afghanistan, and iran. before the summit, president obama sat down with france's new leader francois hollande as greece teeters towards a eurozone exit. >> we're looking forward to a fruitful discussion with other g8 leaders about how we can manage a responsible approach to

fiscal consolidation that is coupled with a strong -- >> reporter: global analysts say it's a critical time for the leaders as financial markets worldwide continue to suffer losses. >> it's really crunch time. the situation in greece is rapidly deteriorating. this has huge implications for the global economy and more specifically the american economy. >> reporter: president hollande found it was important to visit the united states in his first overseas trip and looked for answers to greece's economic collapse. >> our economies depend on one another. what happens in europe has an impact on the u.s. and vice versa. >> reporter: the heads of state with meeting near thurman which will be the largest meeting at camp david. this is before the nato summit in chicago focusing on afghanistan. already anti-globalization

activists and occupy wall street protesters have taken to the streets expressing their displeasure at the world's most powerful leaders. while in chicago, president obama will meet with the president of afghanistan to talk about the future of that war-torn country and its own economic issues. jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. meanwhile, in just a few hours, protests are slated to begin about 20 miles from camp david. some businesses changed their hours to avoid problems. and police added more patrols. but they don't expect any violent protests during the summit. >> do have a lot of people working. they're working extended hours. so we have a lot of officers out. we want people to feel safe and secure. >> we're treating this as a snowstorm. we're predicting the worse and praying for the best. >> despite the extra police presence, some businesses aren't

taking any chances. at least two local banks hired more security guards for this weekend. now to decision 2012 where mitt romney is raking in the dough. the presumptivive republican presidential nominee has cut into president obama's once commanding money lead. romney raised $40 million last month to close the gap. obama once held a 10-1 cash advantage. it's now fallen to a 2-1 advantage. a big chunk of that money on both sides is going to political advertising with romney and obama spending $20 million in may on tv ads. hollywood is again helping out the president. sarah jessica parker will hold an event at her home next month. she's calling it a new york night with the president. non. hollywood stars can go online to win tickets to the event. tickets to a performance by mariah carey.

mitt romney doesn't take long to attack president obama in his new ad. >> what would a romney presidency be like? day one. president romney approves the keystone pipeline. >> the ad hammers the president on his economic policies and health care plan. it says president romney would help out job creators and repeal what he calls obama care. that ad will run in virginia, iowa, ohio, and north carolina. maryland's court of appeals says the state must recognize the divorce of same-sex marriage from another state. two women were married in california back in 2008 then moved to maryland. a judge ruled back in 2010 they could not get divorced because their marriage was not considered valid. but the court of appeals says it is indeed valid so the couple can legally split. it's been a hot topic. haven't heard the last of that. >> i know. we'll follow it for awhile.

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is the jury in the john edwards corruption case will head back to the courthouse on monday. they failed to reach a verdict in their first full day of deliberations yesterday. edwards is accused of using campaign money to hide his mistress during the 2008 presidential election. if convicted, the former senator faces up to 30 years behind

bars. a maryland beer maker is no longer using d.c. councilman marion berry's picture to promote its product. the flying dog brewery made this poster with the words crack one open d.c. it's advertising for the first canned beer which goes on sale today at jack rose in adams morgan. it also poked fun at berry's 1990 drug arrest. they were told to take the poster down. funeral for robert kennedy jr.'s estranged wife. the 52-year-old hanged herself and was found dead on wednesday. she was going through a lengthy divorce with robert kennedy jr. the kennedy and richardson families went to court over custody of the body and arrangements were made for separate memorial services. today's funeral is in new york. mary kennedy's siblings plan to

hold another service but haven't said when. a georgia woman with a flesh eating bacteria will now lose both hands and her remaining foot. aimee copeland fell in a zip lining accident into a river. the bacteria infected a deep cut she got on her leg then emitted toxins that destroyed muscle, fat, and skin tissue. doctors already amputated one leg. cope lands say their daughter is away ware he'll be going through another surgery. experts consider the bacteria rare and say most people exposed don't get sick. a 15-month-old is getting help from hundreds of complete strangers. >> two, three. wee! >> jionna hess has a rare form of cancer. her parents are struggling to pay for her treatments and

chemotherapy in philadelphia. she has been named this year's beneficiary of the 5k joe casella foundation. joe died three years ago and his family holds this event each year to help families of sick children. >> we feel that we're blessed in this situation to have all these things and god is gracious and god is good. we're positive we're going to get through this. >> the race organizers expect a thousand people there for the 5k tomorrow. you can still register for the race or register on race day. to learn more about this great cause, just head over to joe casella foundation.org. all of the proceeds will go to jionna and her family. >> she was tired during the interview. >> the interviews can be exhausting. but a beautiful girl at that. and sunday, tomorrow is the run. and there might be a bit of cloud cover. overall it's going to be a gorgeous weekend. >> what do you think? >> absolutely right. the sunshine south for now. saturday's goods in the bag for great weather. there may be more clouds to

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♪ one of reality tv's biggest stars hit the catwalk on bethesda row last night. i got to emcee an event with andy cohen there. cohen is an executive behind the real housewives and top chef franchises. he spent 28 years in television but only recently in front of the camera. cohen told news4 he's living a fairy tale career. >> it was a weird set of circumstances, but it's amazing. i'm so grateful for it and everything happening now. just being able to write a book and have a platform with it and go out and sign it and have

people reading it and responding to it is great. >> you'll be able to see more of that interview this week on nbc's nonstop channel. look out for more of his conversation on nbc washington's nonstop. bravo is owned by the parent company of news4. you guys get any superlatives when in school? >> i was voted most likely to succeed. >> really? >> yes. >> look at you know. >> i don't know if i'm the most successful in my class but i didn't do too bad. >> in junior high i got class clown then in high school most spirited. >> i was voted the smartest aleck. all they could come up with for me. i like a good pun. they're hard to come by though. my grandfather used to say when you have a pun that doesn't really work, that's two thursday of a pun. pu. >> i'm going have you use that

one. >> where's my rim shot when i need it? beautiful weather outside. the sun's already up. hopefully you have something fun and exciting to do on your saturday. up to and including reading a book in the shade. sunshine plenty out there. temperatures are warming up very quickly due to all that strong may sunshine. can you believe memorial day is only den days away. a full canopy of foliage around the area right now. there's the lincoln memorial. still no water in the reflecting pool yet but they have the concrete bottom in there. eventually we'll fill that back up. 66 degrees out at the airport. northeasterly breeze now will become an easterly wind into tomorrow. that will start to bring cloud cover in. for now, just bright sunshine. temperatures low to mid-60s everywhere.

little cooler in winchester at 59 degrees. 65 already in fredricksburg. great day to get outside and go to the air show today. or do anything you want to do. all sunshine today. temperatures will climb into the upper 70s and low 80s for a brief time this afternoon. if you're headed out to the joipt services open house, that is at andrew it is air force base. derek ward is out there giving us report later on in the show. today will be the better viewing day for the blue angels and anything going on up in the sky. tomorrow will have a little extra cloud cover. no rain to us just yet. this storm off the carolina coastline, that's going to be part of our rain chances as we get into the early and middle parts of this upcoming week. for now just a little bit of high, thin cloudiness outside. not going to bother anybody. super weather for your saturday. if you're going outside today, no complaints at all. overnight generally a fair sky. tomorrow that east wind starts to set up shop around here. and an east wind oftentimes

leads to cloud cover and rain chances here. air mass is in place. fairly dry. on into the early morning hours of monday, sprinkle chances start to return. kind of a showery stretch returning. today enjoy the sunshine. highs in the upper 70s to near 80 today. then tomorrow more of the same great weather for the most part. clouds will be increasing tomorrow afternoon. can't completely rule out sprinkles. especially the folks into southern maryland. but i think most of us will be dry. i did not put even the precautionary rain drop on sunds. real rain drop chances for monday, tuesday. those chances may linger into wednesday and thursday. that off the coastline is in no hurry. we'll keep the east wind cloud cover in chances during the middle of the week. >> thanks, chuck. it's 9:26. a man stopped at the airport with a gun in his bag. there's one other thing. he was a pilot. we'll have that story when we return. and it was one of the most

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welcome to news4 today. i'm richard jordan. >> and i'm angie goff. here's a look at your top stories this morning. world leaders at the g8 summit today at camp david. after this the world leaders will head to chicago for the nato summit. a 16-year-old is recovering after getting shot outside the rockville metro station yesterday afternoon. police arrested the suspected gunman at a nearby gas station. the shooting stemmed from an ongoing fight. a bullet also grazed an

18-year-old woman. engine troubles stopped a space rocket launch. rescheduled the launch of the falcon nine for tuesday. if the rocket does lift off, it will carry supplies to the international space station. nasa hopes the company can one day launch american astronauts to space from u.s. soil. and today some of the most skilled military pilots will show off their work at the andrews air show. this year the event is celebrating 100 years of aviation. >> gates opened about an hour ago. derek ward is there as the crowds start rolling in. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you know, this celebrates a hundred years of aviation. half of that time there's been some event like this. it always gets more popular and it's always exciting. there's a lot about the history of aviation. take a look at some of the planes here. that p-51 mustang, next to it is

a japanese fighter. in world war ii they may have battled off. here they are side by side of the tarmac for you to look at. and the interesting point is one of the first performers here is a guy flying a plane called an extra 330-sc. it looks like the mustang but it's made with composite materials. that goes to show you the des t durability of that design and how it still prevails. the civilian afuation, military aviation. also entertainment. there's going to be an act -- a performance by a country music performer at about 3:00, barry michael. the blue angels is what everybody talks about. they're going to take to the air about 3:00. that goes until 6:00. if you want to come out here, we're going to show you how the best thing to do is take one of the shuttles.

the shuttles are provided from various locations. or come out and park. it's advised to take the shut pl food, fun, airplanes, human being. what more could you want? we're live at andrews. back to you. >> is it free to go inside the event? >> reporter: i'm sorry. what'd you say. >> is it free nor the event? >> reporter: there may be an admission. i'm not sure. i'll find that out. we get in free because we've got connections. even if it isn't, it's worth it. >> yeah. see if you can catch a ride with somebody up there. that looks cool. >> reporter: i'll see what i can do. >> thanks. it took years to go from a dorm room to a publicly traded company. >> delay rather than a problem that could -- here we go. look. >> facebook opening portrayed.

>> reporter: the social networking site facebook threw a curveball at investors and analysts opening for its first public trade late. >> imagine there's only one theater showing "the avengers" over the past week and everyone was trying to get in the narrow doors waving their tickets around. they're trying to make sure there's not a stock riot here. >> reporter: facebook set a number for the most number of shares traded on the first day. >> not at all the open many were hoping for. >> reporter: many wonder if the deal was overhyped after facebook stock failed to have a day one pop. others complained that while marktss closed, they hadn't received updates. >> that may be one reason the stock closed the day is tiny bit

above where it started. >> reporter: earlier 28-year-old founder mark zuckerberg rang the bell at his headquarters. surrounding by employees hoping to become millionaires themselves. now users have a chance to get a piece of a company that gets them connected. >> buying any shares of facebook? >> no way. >> reporter: it hasn't figured out how to place ads on mobile devices leading analysts to wonder if it's a good one. nbc news, new york. >> there was no champagne and cigars at facebook last night. they had one of their all night hack-a-thons. usually at the event workers sit in a room and try to think of new cop -- concepts for the site

like timeline and chat. u 2 frontman bono will strike it big now that facebook is traded. the singer owns part of facebook through his investment group. bono disputed the claim with nbc news. he did say the beatles are quote, untouchable and that facebook had an amazing and brilliant team. a witness in the trayvon martin shooting apparently changed his story. a man identified as witness six told police he heard george zimmerman screaming for help during the deadly confrontation with the teen. dateline nbc confirms he later told police he saw martin on top of zimmerman but he wasn't sure who screamed. the amended account is not part

of evidence that was released to the public this week. an airline pilot from virginia faces charges after security officials found a gun in his bag. 52-year-old brett deeter was arrested in buffalo as he was getting red i do pilot a plane to new york city. he started traveling with the gun on wednesday when he left charlottes vil. he may have taken the gun on many as seven flights. new this morning, the chinese dissident looking to flee to the u.s. will leave china some time today. chen guangcheng and his family a are booked on a flight to arrive in new york. he had been under house arrest until he escaped and got to the u.s. embassy seeking asylum. officials allowed him to apply for fellowships.

chen will attend new york university when he and his family arrive. no one has claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing outside a school in italy. the explosion killed one person and injured six others. that blast went off as students were arriving for the day. the school is named after the wife of a famous anti-mafia judge who was killed exactly 20 years ago. police charged a 0-year-old boston student with a -- driefing the fan that crashed last week. haasman made his first appearance yesterday. his next hearing is scheduled for next month. the boston university students were studying abroad in new zealand. they were headed to a volcanic crater last week when one of the mini vans crashed. a massive wildfire in arizona is only 5% contained. crews are set to evacuate

residents as acres have been destroyed. that started in a home on sunday and quickly got out of control. firefighters are struggling because of warm, dry weather with high winds which is helping that fire to spread. we should mention we did hear back from derek ward at the air show and he says it is free. so pack up the kids and head on over. >> you're going to have some great weather with that. sounds like a package deal. and the time right now 9:39. just when the ipad mania died down, there's word that the iphone 5 may be just around the corner. what will make the new iphone so special? and it might look like a typical yearbook page, but you might want to look closer. why many are calling this one of the most clever yearbook pranks ever. welcome to first read's take on the week that was. there were four big stories this week. all of them told us something different about the 2012 presidential race. >> they did. the first big one was the obama

campaign launched its attack on mitt romney's past work at bain capital and is a reminder how key this issue could be in the fall. >> another story, the romney campaign also reported raising more than $40 million in april for the campaign. evidence that it's reaching parity with the obama money machine. >> and the proposal now reekt jed for a super pac to link obama to jeremiah wright. >> the last story of the week house speaker john boehner raised the prospect of another debt ceiling showdown. a reminder the lame duck election will be something to watch. [ mechanical humming ]

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steve jobs' influence all over it. there are reports that the latest version of the popular smart phone will be the final model designed by the late apple cofounder. bloomberg reports jobs played a key role in developing the phone. it's suspected to have a larger screen to compete with samsung and will be released this fall. it's also rumored to have a smaller docking port. >> i think apple geeks like me are excited to see it. >> i'm going to hold off until my upgrade. it's going to be hard for seniors at one california high school to forget eight of their classmates. >> they made a statement in their yearbook. all eight have the same last name, wen. underneath each used a one or two word phrase. it read one statement altogether. it said we know what you're thinking and no we're not related. the ladies sorted out their names in appearance by

alphabetical order. >> that is hilarious. i bet there were a lot of jordans and bells. >> i didn't have any. two other bells in school with me. lisa and jack. no relation to me. i get funny e-mails saying are you related to me. funny stuff. i checked the posters they gave to the department free. and free forecast coming up next.

no umbrellas needed this weekend but pick up the sun block. >> oh, yeah. the sun has gotten much stronger. only a month away from the summer solstice which is the strongest sun angle for us. yesterday, if you didn't have your sun block on you ended up like me with a pink forehead. >> your makeup looks good

though. you evened it out. >> the kids at the school yesterday, they asked us if we had to wear makeup at work. we said yes. they all laughed. >> did you break out your compact? >> no. it keeps you from shining in here. >> you'll appreciate it. >> i told the kids it's not all it's cracked up to be. and i said i feel nor women that wear makeup all day. i can hear my time cues ticking away. good news is it woebt take me long to tell you how great the weekend weather is going to be. plenty of sunshine for now. off to a beautiful start. lot of things going on around town this weekend. it's mcclain day. another free festival. goes until 5:00 this afternoon. going to be out there grilling burgers and dogs. a great day. if you have nothing to do and you'll be close to mcclain,

virginia, go on over. they're going up the potomac there dealing with waves from passes boats. great day to be out there at gravelly point. temperatures on their way up. 66 degrees right now at national airport with all the sunshine coming in. a northeast breeze will become an easterly tomorrow. and some cloud cover as well. metro area temperatures in the mid-60s. looking for highs today closing in on 80 degrees in many spots. another winner for sure. make your saturday evening, maybe going to the nationals and the o's game, battle of the beltways. first pitch is at 7:15 this evening. first pitch temperature 76. back into the upper 60s by the time the game ends. lost it to the o's today. hopefully win it today. low pressure off the carolina coastline. going to be part of the reason we get clouds back in your skies

tomorrow. and rain chances through the middle parts of the week. another way to get things started. as that high pressure moves towards the new england coastline and low pressure off the coast as well, that sets up that onshore easterly wind. that will mean little bit more cloud cover to deal with tomorrow. then a lot of cloud cover sunday night into monday. rain chances, if we're going to have any tomorrow they'll be super late in the day and probably only really for southern parts of extreme southern maryland. so for today, no concerns at all. just don't fegt your sun block. perfect running and jogging and biking weather no doubt. then the all important seven-day forecast after a cloudy day tomorrow. rain chances are back in the picture. we do need the rain. we're about four and a half inches behind. got to get everything up and green and growing. rain chances monday and tuesday

for sure. and the rain chances may linger on into wednesday and thursday as well. if you need to be ahead of the weather, on your weekend just follow me on twitter @chu twitter @chuckbell4. >> all right. thanks. don't expect to see any general motors ads at the next super bowl. they will not be running any ads because cbs has raised the price too much. there are reports a 30 second commercial for next year's game will cost around $875,000. gm officials say they simply cannot justify that expense. the move is a risky one as this year's big game is the third straight super bowl that set a record as the most-watched u.s. show in history. the fresh prince got upset with a reporter that was a little too fresh with him. will smith was in moscow promoting "men in black iii" when a reporter gave him a hug. he was okay with that.

then the reporter tried to kiss him. he pushed him away and slapped his face. smith's publicist has not commented on the incident. a former d.c. principal who was homeless is now turning her life around. we reported on carol dostert last year. she got into a car accident and suffered serious injuries. she ended up losing her job and her house. dostert was sleeping on the streets but the story resulted in many viewers calling in to help. now she has a place to call home in d.c. >> and whether i'm living on the streets, sleeping on somebody's couch, hiding out in a church, or working for the d.c. government fighting for their rights of children, i'm a human being. i matter. >> now that she's got a roof over her head, dostert says

she's going the get legal help and counseling before she beginning a job search. having spent my entire life in public service -- [ yelling ] >> an anti-abortion protester stopped health and human services kathleen sebelius. she was in the middle of a commencement address at georgetown university. once he was escorted out of the room, the crowd cheered. the catholic archdiocese criticized the university for inviting sebelius. it was a big day at george mason university. they overflowed their capacity yesterday. thousands were on hand to see the latest class of graduates. sop many showed up. many were turned away. credit to the growth is attributed to one man who's getting ready to say good-bye

himself. >> reporter: it's a bittersweet day for these george mason university graduates as they prepare to leave behind a school many have grown to love. and this year, university president allen mertin will share their experience. after 16 years spent leading mason, putting it on the national map, dr. mertin is retiring. when he started, nearly 6,000 students applied. this year 18,000 did. and enrollment has grown to 33,000. >> the thing that i'm most proud of is the pride that people have in the university. >> reporter: but mertin says the take this greatest satisfaction in how the george mason university now views itself. >> we were aggressive in getting the right people, getting the right programs, and building the right buildings at all times. didn't make a difference what the economy was like, what was going on in richard monday or washington. we made progress.

>> reporter: these new graduates agree mason has come a long way. >> i'm proud of the school. >> i'm proud that george mason is my school. >> reporter: the graduation is standing room only. george mason became one of the fastest growing universities in virds and one of the most diverse. he's soaking it all in trying to enjoy his final days at president. the tokens of appreciation spill see the hall way. they range to a boat named for mertin and wisconsin rife. >> to be recognized as the most up and coming university in the country meant a lot. i tell people no matter how good we get, i i want us always to be the most innovative and up and coming university. if we're not up and coming, we've slowed down. >> reporter: and today in his last profile duty, he'll be the commencement speaker at the final graduation ceremony. it will likely bring a long standing ovation. news4.

>> congratulations to all the graduates out there. i proudly use my george mason mug, my alumni association. it's true though. you go there and you don't recognize the place it's gone through so many transportations. >> transformations. >> yeah. more coffee please? okay. let's move on. three minutes a i way from the 10:00 hour. new investigations into jpmorgan chase's $2 billion loss. the federal agency now investigating. and could you owe thousands in speeding tickets and not know it. how you can make sure you're protected.

hi, everyone. welcome to news4 today. i'm angie goff.

>> and i'm richard jordan. world leaders are wrapping up meetings at the g8 summit today at camp david. the top issue is most likely the economic problems plaguing europe. after this they will head to chicago for the nato summit. police have two people in custody after a shooting outside the rockville metro station. detectives say a 16-year-old was hit multiple times and an 18-year-old woman was grazed by a bullet. police arrested the suspected gunman at a nearby gas station and a second person who may have been with him at the time. the private company space-x rescheduled their launch of the falcon nine for tuesday. if it does lift off, it will carry supplies to the international space station. nasa hopes they can launch from u.s. soil. it wasn't the weather that

was the reason. it was technical diftties that led to them aborting that launch. >> it was still bolted to the pad which is the only reason it didn't lift off. that's some very expensive equipment on board there. if it blows up or doesn't make to it space, that's trouble for them. no trouble for us today. so many things going on around town today. the preakness stakes, beautiful weather for the horse race. i'll have another isn't that right? beautiful weather for everyone. the mudders don't need to worry about the preakness today. temperatures right now are in the mid to upper 60s. so temperatures mostly 60s for now but we'll spend most of the afternoon up into the 70s. 78 degrees by 2:00 this afternoon.

nothing showing up anywhere too close to us. that little area of rain down across the carolina coastline. that may bring chances backtous. but not until monday. there's your planner for tomorrow as well. bit more humid for tomorrow as the humidity starts to increase, our clouds will start to increase. if there's any chance for a rain drop in our area this weekend, it will be late tomorrow down into far southern maryland. might have a few sprinkles late tomorrow. the majority of us will have nothing to worry about. >> sounds good. if you're going to the air show, what's your favorite plane? >> i love a good biplane. open cockpit, propeller. that was flying when flying was good. i like a jet fighter too. >> you act like you were there. >> i've been in a biplane several times. the goggles. it's fun. fun, fun, fun. >> you were there in the beginning of flying. but i know you weren't. >> thanks, chuck. all right.

well on the ground you're going to want to give yourself extra time if you take metro. another busy weekend for track work. on the orange line buses will replace trains. crews are working on the silver line extension in that area. on the red line trains will single track between tacoma and forest glen as well as van ness and frim heights. and if you're traveling north of mount vernon square, use the greenline. there will be no yellow line service past mount vernon. all the work should be finished before monday morning. vote today could be the beginning of a transformation in arlington. restorations to the plaza will include new landscaping, seating and liegtsing. it will also serve as a larger space for gathering like the farmers market. construction will be done in phases so it doesn't block access to escalators and

elevators. the case against roger clemens appears to be falling apart. the key witness changed his story in court. former trainer brian mcnamee retold his story about getting performance enhancing drugs for the pitchers. but clemens' lawyer pointed out inaccuracies and mistakes in that story with mcnamee even admitting he misspoke. clemens is accused of lying to congress about using steroids. this trial is expected to last at least another two weeks. today thousands of horse racing fans are in baltimore for the 137th run of the preakness stakes. the race is the second leg of the triple crown. all eyes will be on a horse that chuck called out earlier. i'll have another. he pulled a major upset earlier this month by winning the kentucky derby. you can catch the preakness here on news4. coverage begins at 4:30. it's bad enough getting a red light camera or speed ticket

in the mail. what if the tickets don't get to your mailbox and what are the penalties? are they adding up? it's happening all over the koun b tri. and drivers leasing their cars are feeling the pain. here's liz crenshaw. >> whatever system they have for getting these tickets to you is obviously broken. >> reporter: jacob lesser got a letter telling him to call the police department. >> and this woman from the police department told me that there were a number of unpaid speed camera tickets on my registration. >> reporter: a year and a half's worth of speed camera tickets. >> it turns out almost all of them were on my way to work. apparently there's a speed camera there on my way that i didn't know to and from work every day. >> reporter: but he didn't pay the tickets because he never got the tickets in the mail. and the penalties on the unpaid tiktss added up. >> it was a lot of money. it was about a thousand dollars. >> reporter: same story with

nicki frazier in maryland. >> i didn't find out until i went to renew my registration. i was told i had about $800 worth of fees to pay before i could renew. $800 worth of speeding camera, red light camera, and late fees. >> reporter: why didn't lust ir and frazier find out about their tickets? because they both lease their cars. so when their license plates are photographed by a speed or a red light camera -- >> we can only use the address listed on that registration. so when that belongs to the leasing company and not the person, we don't know that and the tickets go to the leasing company. >> reporter: in their cases, the tickets were never forwarded to their home address. >> it certainly was not my fault i didn't get any of these tickets. >> why isn't this stuff coming to me? i should be knowing about this first. >> it's an escalating issue and problem. >> reporter: chris steinburg is ceo. he says it takes time and man

power to forward to the dlooifrs and there can be delays. >> it's is a headache for any consumer who's having hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars worth of tickets that are building up. when you look at these major leasing companies that are leasing hundreds and thousands of vehicles, it becomes a major issue. >> reporter: the solution is simple. if you lease a car, check your registration. if you don't see your address, contact your motor vehicle department. >> change the address on the registration to you so in case you do get an automated enforcement ticket, you will get the ticket yourself. >> it makes me mad i have all these violations out there i don't know about. >> and that was liz crenshaw reporting. if you lease, make sure m dmb or mba has your address on the registration. tough spot to be in for those people. >> good story. the time now is 10:08. yet another chapter in the

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welcome back. the government widened its probe into trading losses at jpmorgan chase. the commodities futures trading commissioned opened an enforcement case. that's now the third federal agency to examine at the bank. lost more than $20 billion in value after it lost $2 billion in risky trades. the chief investment officer retired after orchestrating those offices. the security and exchange commission are also investigating the losses. there is still a controversy surrounding the president's birthplace. arizona's secretary of state ken

bennett is asking hawaii for proof president obama was born there. he says he believes the president but some of his constituents don't. he's considering taking obama off the election ballot in arizona if hawaii doesn't provide proof. >> just answer the question. yes do you have a birth certificate ffr this guy? if they're not willing or can't do that, we might have some other thinking to do. >> if you don't get an answer from hawaii in time, if they refuse to comply with this, will you remove the ballot from the ballot? will you exclude him? >> that's possible. >> democrats are furious saying this move is to set bennett up for a run for governor. even republicans are dismisses his comments. john mccain and jan brewer stated they believe he is an american citizen. this week's washington post kids post is all about roller coasters, reading, and rodentro.

>> here's a preview. >> this week, a roller coaster that has no seat. a contest so fun we just had to repeat. joining us is tracy graham of washington's kids post. >> good to be with you. >> a new roller coaster that is sure to get tlooe thrill seekers going. at my age i don't like roller coasters anymore. >> kids post isn't really for you. and for the eight to 12-year-old set they are going to be totally excited by what we have in sunday's kids post. a sneak peek of the brand new roller coaster at six flags america. it is called apocalypse. this is animation video of what it's like. it is a standing roller coaster. it lasts 90 seconds, drops a hundred feet. yeah, loops, curves, corkscrews.

and in sunday's kids post, we talk to the engineer who put it together and figured out where it would go. he is, in fact, a roller coaster enthusiast. but he can't ride roller coasters like when he was young. and think about when you grow up. you could be a roller coaster engineer. what a great job. >> indeed. next, a contest that will keep your place when doing summer reading. >> here's the exciting thing, kids. summer really is close by. because you're getting ready to kick off our annual summer book club. we need kids help first. in sunday's kids post, we have this template for the summer book club bookmark. and the theme this year is the joy of summer reading. we're asking kids to draw in this space what the joy of summer reading means to them.

send it to us. either at kids post at washpost.com or to kids post. all the details are in sunday's kids post. then the bookmark will be distributed to everybody who completes the club. >> like that. finally tips to decide for two of washington's cutest critters. >> here's the thing. beavers and muskrats, you know, you can see them in lots of places around town. you can see them at huntley meadows. you can see them at the wildlife. but how do yo tell them apart? we discuss this. this is a muskrat. >> is it the tail? >> the tail is a dead giveaway. beavers have the broader tail. beavers are also much larger. beavers can be 40 pounds. a muskrat's just four pounds. all sorts of ways to tell

beavers and muskrat ace part. >> all right. thank you so much as always. for some fun family activities, visit nbcwashington.com or washingtonpost.com and click on kids post. >> that roller coaster looked great. >> uh-huh. love roller coasters. nothing wrong with a good coaster. we've got the sun shining for now. now let's just keep it around all weekend. will we? does your phone share what you are seeing and hearing right now

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>> what a great for tv is giving a good forecast. that's what you have. >> that's the reason i keep my job around here because it's been several weekends in a row we've had great weather around here. it looks like any rain chances are stacked up way far at the end of our sunday. so that's better news. outside what a beautiful way to get your weekend started, everybody. on your way out, a bright blue sky overhead. just a few high, thin cirrus clouds drifting over. 67 now at national airport. winds are fairly light out of the northeast. generally less than 5 miles per hour. do expect the northeast to an easterly wind today. mostly sunny for your saturday. tomorrow will pick up a bit more in the way of cloud cover. 66 in manassas. 68 in annapolis. so what about your hometown forecast in college park. 67 degrees right now.

plenty of sunshine today. looking for temperatures to climb up to 78 degrees by 5:00 this afternoon. then if you're going out on the town tonight, temperature back down below though 70 degree mark. start off temperatures around 60 for tomorrow morning. the joint services open house. great flying weather. for the blue angels today. look um and enjoy it. today would be the better because tomorrow we'll see more cloud cover. both today and tomorrow afternoon. so that is nice and mild. little rain chance coming our way. starting late sunday night. especially into monday morning. it'll be from that area off the coastline and another area of low pressure off the gulf -- here off the east coast of the jersey shore. those two things are going to combine forces with this high pressure here and get an easterly wind. a super day outside today. as it drifts its way closer to us on the coastline here, that

will bring in some rain chances. today, sunny, dry, gorgeous. near 80 today. i didn't even put the precautionary drop on there. any rain chances can find extreme southern maryland. wednesday and thursday we could take those out if that area of low pressure decides to move out quickly, those drops will disappear. >> so good weekend. can't ask for more than that. >> i agree. >> thanks, chuck. tonight at 10:00 -- well actually the time now is 10:23. but coming up tonight, from bu[ male announcer ] hot outta the oven, it's the pizza sub! featured $5 footlong™ of may! melty cheese, kickin' pepperoni and our signature marinara sauce on freshly baked bread. this may only, it joins our many $5 footlongs™! subway. eat fresh.

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country with girls and guys putting on their fanciest clothes. >> but one prom in north dakota there were real dogs because they were actually dogs. they held their own puppy prom. the adorable pooches showed off their finest outfits, walked the red carpet and posed for the paparazzi. they also enjoyed a viewing of lady and the tramp. >> very cute. >> you think you could get teddy, your dog, into a tux? >> i don't think he would keep it on. >> but you could get it on him. >> your dog is huge. >> yes. >> he's so cute. that's all for news4 today. >> thanks for joining us. [ mechanical humming ]

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