hope you are off to a great sunday, everyone. i am angie goff. >> and i am richard jordan. lots to talk about, including one of the wealthiest bachelors is off the market. >> yeah, mark zuckerberg. he got married to his girlfriend of nine years in a private ceremony. but we will have more on that coming up. first, more important things to talk about. the weather. >> he didn't look happy?

>> she was thrilled. hello? >> no more dorm rooms for us. >> she just finished medical school, and i told richard, why go to school anymore -- >> he earned $100 billion, and they got married -- >> last night was perfect. >> yeah, wasn't it nice outside? having to drive around a little last night during the dinner hours, the traffic was crazy everywhere i went. obviously that means everybody was taking advantage of the good weather and going outside. you get to do that again for your sunday as well. we inch our way further to the east, and a little further and a little further and here comes the sunrise right there. the sun has been up for ten minutes already. a beautiful start to the morning. 60 degrees at national airport.

most of the western suburbs are well below the 60-degree mark. 52 in gaithersburg. 52 in manassas. 56 degrees as you head down towards chantilly. here is your planner for the day. a nice sunny start. temperatures once again up in the upper 70s and low 80s, and clouds are on the increase and there's a chance for a couple rain drops in southern maryland about 6:00 or 7:00. many around washington will have to wait until going into monday for rain chances. can't rule out a stray drop in maryland, but we are off mostly to a dry start. we have to watch alberto, and we'll talk about that a little later on. 1:35, the first pitch. orioles, they got us two games

already, but today is the perfect day for baseball. >> thank you, chuck. today, president obama is back in his hometown for the nato summit. they arrived last night, and more than 50 heads of state are attending the summit today and tomorrow. the goal is to define an exit strategy for afghanistan and to discuss how to keep the country safe after troops have left. security around the summit is tight. men now face terrorism charges. the self-proclaimed an aur kist have started the process of bomb-making when they were

arre arrest. but the men say the men were set up. >> an entrapment to the highest degree. the so-called devices and the plans to attack police stations, attack the mayor's office, it's all coming from the mind of the police informants. the nato talks come on a busy weekend for world leaders that just wrapped up a summit at camp david. all agreed to tackle the greek debt crisis and promote growth in europe. the summit brought out its fair share of protesters who were met by police in riot gear in maryland, though the demonstrations were peaceful and no arrests were made. now, a man that made a daring escape in china is in the

u.s. here is nbc's francis coe with the story. >> he arrived in new york city saturday, what he considers his first taste of freedom in nearly seven years. >> reporter: for the past seven years, i have never had a day's rest so i have come here for a day of recuperation in body and spirit. >> reporter: he escaped from house arrest in china and sought sanctuary at the u.s. embassy in beijing. american officials negotiated with chinese leaders to allow chen to be admitted into a hospital, and there was a plan to allow safe travel to the united states. it's a compromise that allowed his wife and children to join

him. >> the american embassy in china provided a safe haven, and the american government has provided great assistance. i hope everybody works with me to promote justice and fairness in china. >> now, chen is on american soil and set to begin his studies at new york university, and for many he is a example of courage and defiance. the group voted on the resolution in miami. it comes two weeks after president obama announced his support for gay marriage. many religious leaders opposing

it. and the churches have led opposition to the bill. gay marriage is already legal in six states and the district. a traffic alert for northern virginia drivers to tell you about. the outer loop of the beltway is closed. this is near springfield. crews are working on the project, and all lines should re-open by 9:00 this morning. even with all of the mess you will still want to get outside today. >> yeah, you are absolutely right. you want to avoid the beltway at all costs and all times, because there has to be something better to do than get on that crazy road. beautiful sunshine to get you started but it

well, today could be your last chance to catch the andrews air show until 2014. andrews is one of several military air shows holding air shows every other year instead of annually due to budget cuts. the parachute team will happen at tuna long with the geico skies, and the blue angels take to the sky at 3:00. and the show is free and open to the public. chuck, you have the perfect tie for an air show? >> yeah, it's my birthday tie from my friends here at the show. it's red barron time. open cockpit -- >> you say red barron and i think pizza.

>> there you go. >> it's a generational gap we have going on around here. good weather for the day. enjoy your day west and northbound, almost no chance for rain. as you get down into far southern maryland, you need to be on the lookout for a chance for drops today. i can't give you the all clear, but from about andrews air force base, north and westbound, everything is looking a-okay. mostly clear skies out there. bright sunshine to get your second half of the weekend started. temperatures cooled off dramatically during the overnight hours. we made it to 84 degrees yesterday, and we managed to drop back all the way in the 50s and low 60s across the area first thing this morning. 60 at national airport now, and most of the suburbs are well down into the 50s and a light breeze averaging 6 miles per hour and isn't going to be a strong wind outside today, but an east breeze will gradually

increase to the 10 to 15 miles per hour range, and as we know an east wind around here as a tendency to increase the cloud cover quickly. 64 at the naval academy. 54 degrees in montgomery. i would not be surprised to see damascus up here in the far north spots in the upper 40s as well. fur going to the big air show today, filtered sunshine and temperatures up around the 80-degree mark with an easterly breeze. clouds on the increase this afternoon and i put the precautionary drop here at 6:00, and that's for you folks in southern phad in st. mary's county. radar showing no rain around here just yet. the nearest drops to us are a long way away.

and then, of course, down here off the coast of south carolina, tropical storm alberto. the tropics are getting a early start even though it's not hurricane season. the upper level low is spinning back our way, so at 7:00 this evening, clouds on the increase. there's the first rain tkrauf chances around the 5:00 or 6:00 timeframe. we will have to wait and see what alberto decides to do. there is the official track from the hurricane center which takes it away from our part of the coastline. for us, for you, highs today upper 70s to low and mid-80s. highs tomorrow only in the mid-70s with the rain drops coming down. and a touch of humidity for tuesday and wednesday, and an

unsettled pattern for the most of the workweek. as we head out to the memorial day weekend, near 90 next saturday. >> heat wave. >> it's going to get hot. >> yes. >> so nice without the humidity right now. wish we could keep that through the summer. moving over to sports, beltway bragging lights are on the line this weekend with the nationals taking on the orioles. >> the orioles win the first of the series, but could nationals battle back to win game two. >> i am diane roberts. -- >> for now, we are going to throw it over to reporters' notebook. this is looking at stories affecting our community. >> and pat lawson muse has that.

>> hang on to your wallets. the maryland special assembly improved tax increases, the first package of tax increases in the past five years. in a special session, the lawmakers agree to raise taxes on individuals that earn $100,000 a year and on couples that earn at least $150,000 a year. what are your thoughts about this tax increase and do you consider individuals in these categories to be high income? >> a lot of them don't, no. the administration was thinking about raising taxes on $200,000s, and $250,000. this is an unfair imposition on middle class people and perhaps upper class and there are different ways to get revenue

and they should not be doing this, but the general assembly didn't agree and passed the bill. >> the whole thing of the question, is this really middle class or upper class? my way of thinking, i talked to people out here making $150,000, and they don't consider themselves upper middle class, just middle class. >> this is the largest group demographically speaking to get the money that you need to balance the budget. you certainly can get it from people below $100,000 or poor working people because they just don't have it. and there probably aren't enough extremely wealthy people in the state of maryland, let's say the one percenters, there's not enough of them to balance it. the bottom line is this is going to be looked upon as a tax on the middle class. i think that's how the republicans will play it. >> the governor was in a

position where we have to cut, and they need revenue, and what is the governor -- >> the governor wanted the $500 million cuts to come about -- >> the doomsday cuts? >> yeah, right. this was his alternative. this was his other path of saving those cuts, because those cuts went into education and many social programs. >> that's the point. these would be cuts that would really go into the programs that really middle class people quite honestly depend on. education, and so you will probably see tuition go up at state universities and the like. >> would you rather pay $250 a year or pay higher tuition if you were a student? >> that's the argument, and people will grudgingly accept what you just said, pay more in taxes and get the services you want rather than pay an

extraordinary amount of money. >> what about the fact that they had to have a special session? >> nobody wants to talk about raising taxes and nobody wants to deal with cutting -- making the hard choices and cutting things. it's difficult. and in this day and age, you have to force people to do it. maryland couldn't do it in time but when they came back and there's a doomsday budget staring at them and they finally got something done. >> the cost of living today has changed. when you talk about $150,000, ten years, 15 years ago, that sounded like a lot of money, but not today. >> it's a lot of money to people that don't make $150,000. >> and that's most of the people in the country. >> exactly. i think we said on this program several sundays ago that we knew the special session was going to take place, and this was gamesmanship, and once the special center was announced -- >> we could be jockying for

another session because of the gambling issue. there's going to be an ambulance fee. they revived a fee for ambulance service, and so under the new law patients will be charged between $300 and $800 calls, but -- and this is a big but, most peoples' insurance would cover this. people with low income will be exempt. firefighters still don't like it. they believe this will discourage people for calling for help. >> the spokesmen were saying if a person calls up and needs to get to the emergency room right away, they have to think about how they are going to pay out of their pocket. the chief of the fire department, the paid fire department, says that's not true. this will come out of insurance money. they are trying to raise $14 million out of this, and it came

up before we know. it was voted against in the referendum and now the council brought it back. >> people are saying i will use my insurance and then if i keep using my insurance my rates will go up. and it's like in the general assembly, looking for higher income earners, and here they are trying to do it through the ambulance fee. >> yeah, others charge the same fee. >> what i find interesting, it was 17 months ago the voters said no. here you have elected officials, elected by the very voters who said no, who just decided to forget what the voters want we will overturn the voters. i find that astonishing. >> that's the argument of the volunteer fire department and spokesman, he said 17 months ago

you are going away the wave of the voters. >> that just astonishes me. >> it might, but the bottom line here is we need $14 million. >> bottom line is, insurance will go up in montgomery county -- >> stay tuned. >> once again, it may not be a tax or a fee, but once again, middle class people are going to be hit. >> stay tuned for election day, and we will see if people will vote against people that voted for that. and house members blocked an openly gay richmond prosecutor from appointment to district court judgeship. his name is tracy thorn begland. 26 house members including 27 democrats abstained. why did this happen and was it right? >> they said he falsified his records when he listed in the

navy, and didn't declare his orientation. but supporters say he has a fabulous military record, and he advocated against after a while the don't ask don't tell issue, and people think he has a liberal gay agenda, and they believe he will bring that to the bench and he will color the judicial decisions he has to render. >> all of voted against him were republicans, and six democrats abstained from the vote. maybe i am wrong, but you talk to people in the streets about things like this, and the first word comes out of their mouth, this is discrimination. they are discriminating against this guy. that's what you hear on the streets when you talk to people. the tone of gay rights or gay people serving here or there or otherwise, and today it falls under the realm of

discrimination. >> i don't buy that it was because he lied or misrepresented his sexual orientation at the time he entered the military, he got an honorable discharge. he appeared on national tv shows talking about don't ask don't tell and opposing it, and i think this was simply him getting caught up in the times, and the times are among conservatives in every state that we don't want gay women or men serving as judges. >> we have to take a break. when we come back, the new council member and the death of a d.c. legend.

ward five selected a new

council member, and he is replacing harry thomas jr. mcduffy handedly beat ten other candidates and defeated the closest rival of a ratio of 2 to 1. he says it's a mandate. is it? >> he felt, and so did the people in ward five. you talk to a lot of those people, the community meetings they have. they have a lot of community forums during the whole campaign era, and the reason why is because people wanted to make sure that they were going to select somebody that represented ward 5 in not only a dignified way but an ethical way. the mandate is we are going to bring change. he's an ordinary guy, and comes out of the vincent gray administration, and it was a mandate. >> joe and dave, can he unite the ward and can he restore integrity?

>> he has a good step forward. most people that voted him sensed he was the person to go to, and what kind of a council member can he be? can he build coalitions and will he get along with his fellow members? he still has to prove that. the people who talk about him in the council area that he came from seem very high on him. the question is, you know, the council right now, its representation is not great. there has been concerns about gifts and about how the money is spent and how the business is done, and there's an investigation now about donations, is there a pay for play attitude going on down there? he comes in at that time and has a chance to sweep things clean. >> joe, some say he represents a new generation of political leaders for the city. >> he does, and you do see a new generation, especially on the local level. some of this is happening on the national level, because you have people like charlie rangel being

challenged, and i think the best place to start in my opinion is on the local level. you gain your spurs there, and your experience. but, i will tell you the one thing and i don't live in ward five, but i drove through there during an election day. he had one heck of a campaign apparatus. there were a lot of volunteers out there for him. so people have high hopes. let's talk about chuck brown. chuck brown, known as the godfather of go go died here. talk about the impact chuck brown had on d.c. >> i said it this week on my show, he is to washington, d.c. what elvis was to memphis. that's the best way to put it. people around the country may

not be as crazy about it, but they really are, and they may not know the origin of the go go beat. the music won't die. that spontaneous reaction on the night of his death in front of the howard theater was just heartfelt. i would say he is to washington, d.c. -- go go is the official music of the washington, d.c. >> i don't know about the official music, because i will not leave out mccoy or marvin gaye -- >> marvin gaye is detroit. >> let me finish. go go was the music of washington, just like motown came out of detroit, and the philly sound, and that's -- >> you are asking me if i remember? >> oh, yes. >> i want to -- >> you are a young man. >> okay.

>> i do agree that the go go was a signature in washington music, but the fact is he brought a very, very important platform of music to washington. >> dave, many talked about not only his musical legacy, but he was a nice guy, and he was well known and loved by the community. >> he was. wherever he showed up he drew clouds for whatever interests, and whatever the charity or view of raising the city's image in an area was. he was iconic and incredible and will be missed greatly. >> well said, and thank you for being with us. stay with us. "news4 today" continues. welcome to "news4 today."

i am richard jordan. >> i am angie goff. if you are just waking up, we had clear skies overnight and a little bit of a crisp in the air. >> a little bit, yes, indeed. especially the further west you live. outside the beltway, it was nice and cool for you. outside we go. a good looking day outside this morning. temperatures, as you mentioned, on the delightfully cool side in some places, but look at all that sunshine. it's going to be a nice day today. temperatures, 50s and 60s. it's going to be a mild day today. temperatures once again climb into the upper 70s to low 80s. might do 83 or 84 here in washington, but clouds will be on the increase and there may be a chance for a few showers especially those of you folks in st. mary's county. nothing showing up on radar yet. i did checking around to make sure nothing is falling just yet

down into st. mary's county. look for some rain drops. keep in mind alberto off the coast of charleston, south carolina. it does bear watching. the os and the nationals, let's see if we can win one of the three, one of the three, with the battle of the belt ways. we have the better beltway, so we should be able to win this game. >> today is a great day, and you delivered this weekend, chuck. >> i will invoice you, how about that? >> good. a major break, police have one man in custody for the attacks and the charges against him could just be starting to add up. >> the 24-year-old charged in two sex assaults, and police say more charges could be filed. he is accused of raping a woman

in the queenstown apartments on january 28th. the victim told police she was walking around 2:30 in the morning when a man grabbed her and dragged her into bushes and that's where he sexually assaulted her at knifepoint. the attack had the community on edge for months. >> it's not uncommon in this area and we try to take the necessary steps to make sure our family and friends and everybody will be okay. >> reporter: revis is charged with another sex assault in hyattsville. he is being investigated in a possible suspect in a series of assaults in the northwest branch of the hiker trail. some at knifepoint. >> is this potentially a serial rapist? >> we don't know that at this point. >> reporter: since the sexual

assault started, flyers have been posted about the attacks along the trail. >> if this is the guy that has done this, then we have taken a predator off the street. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news4. three horses that were mysteriously slashed in fairfax county are doing better. they are part of a therapy program that helps special needs children. one horse has fully recovered, and the two are healing from wounds that keep opening up. $1,000 reward is being offered for any information about whoever slashed the horses. new this morning, emergency officials are searching for people possibly trapped after a 6.0 earthquake in the early morning hours from italy.

two others died when a sir rammics place. and crews are trying to get control of a fire in arizona that stretches over 13,000 acres. 900 firefighters are working to put it out. a small town north of phoenix had to evacuate their homes. a busy street turned into a landing strip for a small plane in florida. it was headed to the airport when the pilot reported engine trouble. it clipped several trees on the way down but the pilot managed to clear traffic. fortunately nobody onboard was injured, but the road was closed

for several hours while crews worked to remove the plane. and a hospital spokesperson told reuters, amy copeland is in critical condition. the bacteria infected a gash on her leg. doctors already amputated one leg and plan to remove her other remaining leg and hands. the hospital would not say whether that procedure has happened. and the running community coming together to help a 15-month-old suffering from a rare form of liver cancer. her parents are struggling to pay for treatments and chemotherapy. joey died from cancer three years ago, and his family holds this event and it helps the

families of sick children. it starts at great falls village center, and registration is 30 bucks. all proceeds will go to gee ana and her family. >> the weather will be nice for it, too. the time is 6:37. forget the hole of the world becoming the richest world thing, there's another reason zuckerberg has reason to celebrate this weekend. and residents c

welcome back. the economy continues to dominate the race for president. mitt romney just released his

first campaign ad of the general election, and it lays out the economic changes he'd make if he won in november. >> this comes as president obama concludes the g-8 summit at camp david. joining us is david gregory. good morning and thank you for being here. seems like the focus is back on the economy after so much talk about gay marriage last week. >> the economy has certainly been there. what was significant about governor romney's first ad that he put up, and it's a recognition that, yes, the economy is number one, but a lot of voters still like president obama, and if you are governor romney, you have to thread that needle not saying to voters reject obama, saying there's a better way. here are some of the things i would do. you saw him begin to make that case. >> recently we saw romney distance himself when we talk

about advertisements. what kind of new role are we going to see these independents group play? will it get ugly? >> i think it will. you will see the groups do their thing throughout the election. a lot of it will be on issues and the economy and some will be more personal. i go back to the point that governor romney's team understands the president remains personally popular, and that's not where they want to fight this thing. there may be some groups that want to fight it out over character, and even romney has complained about character assassination, quote, unquote, because of the way his allies have gone over his time at bain capital. >> do you think it's a little strange now that romney has been the republican nominee -- or it appears that way for so long, that there is not people

throwing in their hat to be his running mate? >> a lot of folks are careful not to addition too much. we have seen a fair amount of posturing and people making themselves available, people are careful keeping a low profile, and romney campaign doesn't want people waving signs saying pick me. >> romney is closing the donation gap. who would you say has the most momentum at this point? >> it's early. what you have seen is romney has the party behind him. he is definitely closing the gap. he has an advantage over how people view him on the economy. so you see the momentum for somebody on the outside taking over president obama in the economy. >> on "meet the press," you will

focus on the economy today? >> on the economy, and the big debate over the debt this thi country has a lot to do with what we are talking about in europe as well, and the g-8 meetings at camp david, and we'll talk about durbin and paul ryan about that. >> durbin and ryan together, must-see tv. >> and yeah, madeline albright talks about her past growing up . >> we could have a verdict this week, and what do you think 30 years? >> he has already fallen from grace. what has been controversial is whether it's the best use of government resources to go after him, you know, when his children have already lost so much. but this is a very interesting

case of whether he just sinned or whether he committed a crime redirecting campaign funds. yeah, looks like earlier this week we could have a verdict. >> thank you for being here. appreciate it. and weather-wise, not so bad to round out the weekend. >> let's check in with chuck. yesterday was clearly a 10 out of 10. today, 8.5, and maybe a 9. we will talk about today, monday and the rest of the week. and t[ male announcer ]k. u.s. olympian gwen jorgensen

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well, some of us already seen the super moon this spring. today it will be a ring of fire this afternoon, the solar

eclipse will be visible, and the phenomenon occurs when the moon casts the shadow on the planet and creates an eerie ring of fire in the sky. >> is it really a ring of fire? >> absolutely. i assure you the sun is a huge ball of fire. >> you will get burned if you get too close. >> we will not get to see it here. >> that was my next question. >> yeah, it's today and not yesterday. i only mentioned it once yesterday that it would be yesterday, and oops. if you are flying out to san francisco, and you will be landing there 5:00 or 6:00 this evening, you may get to fly through the shadow -- >> i thought you were going to say through the ring of fire. >> no. if you do get a chance to see it, though, put protective glasses on, because the radiation coming away from the ring of fire around the sun is

enough to do damage to your eyes. don't get your binoculars out to stare at it, because that's not a good idea. we will miss out on this one. temperatures around here are going to be warm once again with an abundance of sunshine. today our problem will not be an eclipse from the moon but an eclipse from the clouds that will block the sunshine by late this afternoon and into the evening. that means you have to get outside and enjoy what promises to be a glorious start to your sunday. bright and sunny out there already this morning. temperature, 60 degrees at national airport with a light wind out of the north averaging 6 miles per hour. and on the whole, it's a cool start in the suburbs this morning. mid-50s across most of fairfax and loudoun county. one or two spots may have dropped below the 50-degree mark. but by later today, temperatures are going to be climbing high. zoom, there goes that little

f-16 right there. a great day to be looking into the sky and enjoying the air show. have a great time. mostly dry on the radar around our area for now. rain drops are way far away from us. if you are flying into st. louis, dallas or chicago, you might have a few delays there. and tropical storm alberto, not doing a whole lot but trying to come up the eastern seaboard here in the next 24 to 48 hours. high pressure in charge of the weather for the first half of our sunday today. the easterly breeze, though, will gradually bring more and more of the marine layer in. and rain becomes more and more likely after midnight tonight, and especially looks like a showery stretch on monday. and then doesn't look like it's going to be much of a threat along the eastern seaboard, but for interests along the outer banks, there will be high waves and beach erosion.

it will not make hurricane status it does not appear. plenty of sunshine for now. enjoy it. clouds are coming back in. there's a chance of a spotty shower, mainly into southern maryland. best chances for a rain drop on the shore. clouds and rain drops, and a chance of a rumble or two of thunder. same story goes for tuesday, and lingering on into wednesday. what alberto decides to do will have a little to do with our forecast, and we will see. looks like it will stay far enough out to sea where it won't bother us too much. and might get close to 90 degrees on saturday of next weekend. >> wow. >> a lot of disappointed ladies because zuckerberg can change his status to married. he took his company public on

wall street in one of the most anticipated moves in stock history. saturday's wedding was in zuckerberg's backyard in palo alto, california. 100 stunned guest thought they were there to celebrate the graduation, and the couple met at harvard. >> he did change his status on facebook. i checked. another social networking sight is gaining popularity. pinttres. it's growing faster than facebook and twitter in their early years according to the internet tracking company called

com score. derrick ward has more on a dirty situation. >> reporter: a typical picturesque block along potomac avenue, residents say they are being sat upon by a mennious that comes specifically from the trees, and it's birds. not this bird, but these birds seen in the video shot by a resident. >> they just poop all over the place. it has been raining lately, so the sidewalks are not as bad as they usually are. >> reporter: they have little momentums, and there are quite a few. >> i don't know much about birds, but they are small, and they look like some kind of

small grayish black bird. >> now we see crows and stuff now. >> on this day, city crews were cleaning the streets but not the sidewalks. and certainly not anybody's cars. there are lights here to shine into the trees to scare them off but that method has not been tried yet. >> there are concerns about having the bird waste under foot. >> it's real bad. it's a health hazard, you know. >> residents say they do see some relief late in the summer. >> i was reading up on it, the p prekugss of the fireworks scare them away. >> you might say the people around here are becoming bird experts. >> and a car wash expert, too. >> i am wondering, if they shine the light, the birds go, but they have to go somewhere.

>> probably your house. "saturday night live" is known for its laughs. >> but it took an emotional turn last night as the cast said good-bye to one of their own. after seven years, kristin wigg is leaving the cast. she was serenaded with the hit "she's a rainbow" and "ruby tuesday." no official announcement has been made. >> i love penelope. she has not done the character in a while, but it's a good one. >> you probably think of seafood when you think of oysters. >> but another oyster coming.

they held their annual testicle festival -- >> what was that? >> i am not saying that again. >> they have unlimited samples of bull testicles. if you don't think you can stomach it, here is an idea of how they taste? >> they range from three quarters of a pound to a pound inside. they are cut and then they are breaded and fried. consider it cal morey -- like a breaded cal morey.

welcome to "news4 today." i am richard jordan. >> and i am angie goff. three men face terrorism charges. they are accused of planning to fire bomb president obama's campaign headquarters, chicago police headquarters and the home of mayor rahm emanuel. and the biggest focus was the struggling world economy and the greek debt crisis. they threatened sanctioned

against iran. protesters did flock to the nearby town but demonstrations remained peaceful. police say this man is responsible for two sexual assaults from january. he is accused of raping two women at knifepoint. he could also be responsible for other attacks in the area. >> chuck, you have done it again. another great weekend for us. >> yeah, this is a nice stretch we have going on. next weekend is the one everybody cares about, because they have memorial day weekend. for today, no problems at all. plenty of sunshine to get your sunday started. temperatures are in the 50s to low 60s across the area, so a nice cool start. as we get ready to move past memorial day into the month of june, the cool mornings will become further and far in between. 52 in manassas. 54 in beautiful frederick, phad.

here is your sunday planner. temperatures climbing into the upper 60s by mid to late morning, and jumping to 80 degrees by 2:00 this afternoon. there's a chance for a few drops in southern maryland by this evening. and so that means your monday planner will be cloudy and wet. temperatures near 60 in the morning and holding in the mid-70s tomorrow with the passing showers and light rain around. enjoy the sunshine while you can. monday showers are on the way to cleanse the pollen one more time. >> i am fine with that. >> so am i. >> thank you, chuck. nbc 4's viewpoint is coming up next. >> we will be back in a few minutes with another news update. good morning, and welcome to

"viewpoint." for many decades the american red cross helped people in our communities prepare for disasters and emergencies here and abroad. our guest this morning are cheryl kravitz, director of communications, and tammy moore, the armed forces representative of the leadership council, and linda mathis the ceo of the capital region. you recently celebrated your annual gala last weekend and celebrated the military. tell us about how it went. >> it was a wonderful opportunity to honor the women and men of the military and their families. we celebrated all night long, presented a life-time achievement award to admiral

mike mullen and his wife. we were absolutely blessed with fantastic music of the four troops who themselves have served in the military, and we had a special honorie that helped us to present guests. it was a fantastic evening. >> quite a bash. >> yes, yes it was. >> your basic mission has been tied to the military. you worked in that area for much of your career. tell us about that. >> our line of business was actually born out of the founding mission which was to provide care and comfort to the wounded on the battlefield when clara barton rendered aid to union soldiers during the civil war. >> while we know you do that work and we know the red cross collects and provides blood

supplies and we know you respond on the ground when there is a disaster, but do most people understand what you do and how do you it? >> they see the red cross and the red cross means so many different things to so many different people. you see the symbol and you might think of disaster relief to first aid to clara barton. and one thing we need to do is make sure people understand how we can be there for them and how they can be there for their neighbors. >> would you agree with that? absolutely. the core mission of the red cross, what we do every day and every night is prevent and alleviate human suffering in the face of phpemergencies of all kinds. we carry that mission out every day and every night in this community and communities across the country and around the world. we do this by carrying out a number of different services, five main lines of service.

tammy just spoke about the coarser sreus to the armed service and women and men of the military and their families. our teams right here in this community are responding every day to help families that have been burned out of their homes, and we respond to several hundred disasters in the local community every year in addition to the large-scale disasters, like hurricane katrina or haiti or japan. our teams help support families affected by those as well. a third line of service is all of our training and educating of people in how to save a life and prevent injuries, and we train and education people in this community alone. there are about 180 red cross societies around the world. it's a beautiful world-wide network of people helping

people. a fifth line of service is what we do to draw blood and make it available to people throughout the community. red cross provides almost half the nation's blood supply through voluntary gifts of supply. we ask for your time, your money and your blood, and we turn all of those gifts into service every day and night. >> and people are usually willing to give one or two of those. >> yes. >> you are wherever the military is, and our military is spread around and many serving in the middle east and afghanistan, but what i did not know in addition to you responding to large-scale disasters, you deploy your teams all around the planet in groups of four. >> we do, we have a team deployed to kuwait, and one to afghanistan to provide service to our service members located in those areas, and we are providing probably the most well-known service by most

american people standards, and it's the emergency communications network. we use this network to help with crisis. we deliver messages to employment sights around the world to ships at sea. >> speaking of messages, how have times and technology changed the way you work? >> well, you know, we keep up with modern technology. we are still providing the verification of the emergency message. say a service member's wife giv giv

gives birth, and we get the information and deliver that to the service member. >> can you just tweet the service member? >> the red cross doesn't tweet the service member. there's a process that we -- >> of course. >> there's a verification process. commanders do rely on that information from us. >> we have to take a break. i want to continue on that point. >> yes. >> already. we will continue our talk right after this break.

welcome back. we are talking about the red cross. before we went to the break, we were talking about social media and how it has changed the way you are conducting business. an msnbc survey showed responders that monitor social networks, and online news is the most popular source of information.

you are finding this to be the case, cheryl? >> there are a couple ways we do this. we have what is called our disaster operations center that we use in general and then we have one where we monitor the digital world. what is going on twitter or facebook and what people are saying about the various disasters. another thing interesting, we have a safe and well program. when somebody is in the middle of a disaster area and they are at a red cross shelter we ask them to register themselveses, and sometimes networks are down and families need to know their members are okay, and we have an app on an iphone, and it's red cross shelters, tap on it and

find out exactly how to reach that shelter and find out if your loved one is okay. that's brand-new. it's such a great way to make sure that somebody is okay and a family member or friend knows that they are okay. >> during the haiti earthquake, you began to use text messaging to raise funds. >> yes. >> that worked well. is that the first time you tried that? >> that was the first time to use it in a major way. people responded. our aim is to make it easy for people to participate and give. we turn all of the dollars immediately into service. it was a fantastic response from people all over this country. >> let's talk about emergency preparedness. how well would you say we are prepared at home here for disasters, like hurricanes and floods and disasters? >> so much has been done to prepare ourselves and our communities to be ready for

whatever emergencies occur, but preparedness boils down to what each of us have done. we urge everybody to have a emergency plan and emergency supplies in your home, vehicle and office, and to have a way of staying informed. no matter what survey results i have seen they all say not enough of us have taken those basic steps. we ask your help in getting the word out about just how important this is still. >> i was listening to a story on the radio on my way in this morning, and it talked about how people used plastic baggies to freeze this food and there's all this meat in freezers stored and then never used and it's wasted, and then i thought about my emergency preparedness kit that had been in my house for four years, and i thought how much of

that is still good? >> i hope this conversation is a reminder to check your kit and supplies on a regular basis. maybe every six month take a look at what is in your supplies, and make sure there are items that have not expired and batteries are still working. this is a preparedness message for all kinds of emergencies. not just the big ones that we hope will never come. we have had flooding and hurricanes, and we even had an earthquake in our community. we have fires every day. we must be prepared for whatever life tosses our way each day. >> i was going to add that on our website, and i know you are putting our website address up on the screen, but we have a list of all the items that ought to be in an emergency preparedness kit. i would urge everybody to take a look at that list. that will give you everything -- anything you wanted to know about what should be inside a

preparedness kit. >> that's a good idea. i want to ask you about the first lady. she has been very active in supporting military families. what are your thoughts about the profile of what she has assumed? >> i think it's wonderful. it raised consciousness in terms of the unique needs of military families and service members. she brought that to the attention of the american people where maybe it had been lacking before. >> we will take a break and then we will continue to talk about the mission of the red cross when we come back. stay with us. [ male announcer ] strange things happen in the black forest... [ thunder crashes ] [ engine revs, tires screech ] ...where things aren't always what they seem...

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here are some of the stories we are following this morning. three men now face terrorism charges for threats against this weekend's nato summit. the self proclaimed antarcist were going to attack a few officers. the biggest focus of the g-8 was the debt crisis. police say they arrested the man responsible for two sexual assaults and the man is now in custody. the attacks happened back in january. the 24-year-old is accused of raping a woman in mount ranier at knifepoint and another in hyattsville. more news and plus your sunday forecast in about 15 minutes. now back to "viewpoint." welcome back. we're talking about the red cross. we were just talking about the first lady's efforts to raise

the profile of the needs of military families. cheryl? >> we were very surprised. the first lady did send a letter to the mullins to present on saturday night. we were thrilled to be able to read it to them because one of the things she talked about is their commitment and the red cross commitment to help the military and their families. >> there are so many interesting stories about the people that you help and the people who helped you. share some of those stories if you will. >> i have a couple good ones. one is about a young man named sean who was riding his bicycle to work a couple months ago and he saw a man lying on the ground near dupont circle, and a crowd gathered around, and he didn't know what was going on and see saw the man was not breathing.

he yelled for somebody to call 911 and then began to administer cpr. the man was brought to the closest hospital. sean told me that later that day he called the hospital, and the man was not breathing, he was dead, basically, and sean, because of cpr and the immediate care by the ambulance people was brought back to life. when sean talked to the nurse there at the hospital, she said, you know, young man, you done good. and that's just one of hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of stories of the way we, ordinary people, can perform extraordinary acts and help to save somebody's life. >> something as basic as learning cpr, which too many people don't know, it can save a life at any given moment, here or on the battlefield. the military members are trained, but that's something very small that the average viewer can do. >> absolutely. we urge every household to have

somebody trained, at least one person trained in first aid and cpr. we also provide baby sitting classes, which is a very important skill set to help young people develop. it's one of the most popular courses. we also teach swimming and lifeguarding and all of these are ways to learn how to save a life as well as prevent accidents and injuries. >> i didn't know you train baby sitters? >> yes, it's one of the most popular courses and it's so important to have trained young people to work with and be with our youngsters. >> where do you offer the glasses and are they free? >> we offer them throughout the region. people can go on our website and find convenient locations. we take classes to work sites throughout the region. and there's typically cost information and location available on our website. >> i also want to add that these

courses are made available to members of the military community on military installations around the country. >> excellent. that's good information, and i don't think i knew about some of these. that, again s. an example of how your role has changed. >> another story, a year ago after the tragedy of gabrielle giffords being shot in arizona, the young man that saved her life had been trained by the american cross, and her husband asked us to do classes around the country and we did one here to make sure people were trained in cpr and basic first-aid skills. >> i can tell you from experience, too, that not only is it important to learn the technique, it's important to refresh. >> yes. >> because i actually learned it four or five years ago, and then after a year and a half, i thought how do you do that

again? so you teach the courses, and then of course the refresher course? >> we encourage people to take training each year to make sure they are aware and abreast. each course has a little different timeframe for refresher courses, but we make those available. >> i am sure emergency responders keep their certifications current. we will continue our discussion with the red cross right after this. [ male announcer ] what if you have potatoes?

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welcome back. we aretalking about the red cross which we are learning does more than collect your blood and respond to disasters, and you were telling me about summer coming and classes people can take? >> it's already getting hot. it's going on our website and take a look at the helpful hints we have.

when it gets hot, you can take care of yourself and pets and make sure you are comfortable and don't get sick because of the heat. other things have to do with swimming and making sure that you are learning about how to swim if you don't know how to swim, and take lifeguard classes if you know how to swim and want to help save a life. thirdly, the summertime brings the fall and the fall brings a lot of storms and hurricanes and floods. we talked about emergency preparedness kits, and also what to do in case you hear warnings about floods or hurricanes. >> cheryl, you are also working on a number of other events that are coming up. can you tell us about some of those? >> maybe linda can talk about the golf tournament and i will talk about the others. >> we have a special invitational golf tournament coming up june 11th at trump national golf club. bruce allen from the redskins

will be with us, and ed harvey will be with us, and the day will be beautiful and people will have a fantastic time playing golf and we'll honor the men and women of the military and their families again, and there will be a number of wounded warriors with us playing golf with us, and we will have a silent auction and great food. it will be a fantastic time. >> can we donate blood on that day? >> you can sign up to donate blood on that day. >> tell us about what it takes to get people to donate blood? a pint or two? may anybody can do it. >> it takes encouraging people. call and make an appointment to donate. there are fewer than 5% of the

public take time to donate blood. there's an on going need for blood. it doesn't take much time and it doesn't really hurt, and it's safe and it's a way in which each of us can give back to other people. each pint has a chance to save three lives. it's a very important gift of life. >> tammy, other ways our viewers can help? >> log on to redcross.org. find out about opportunities in your community to volunteer. there are countless ways you can help military families in your community. we are always looking for volunteers to come out and provide service at our military hospitals. particularly, in the national capital region we have volunteers disspencing medication. these are licensed and trained professionals who are providing

services in our treatment facility. we encourage the viewing audience and members that have a medical background to go into the hospitals and volunteer. >> that sounds like a very worthwhile work. you offer an emergency assistance hotline for military families, 24 hours a day. >> absolutely. i want to reference the communications network that we use. this is part of the network. military families can call that number. 1-800-272-3337. that number is available 24/7. somebody is always there. >> do you have to compete with other charities? is that a big challenge today? or does the red cross stand on its own? >> the red cross stands on its own. our mission is so unique and what we do for so many people and so many different ways.

we have something for everyone. we are able to not only help people with what we do people are able to help us. i wanted to give you another small antic tkoet. a little boy had a big bag, and he had his ninth birthday party. he collected money from all of his friends, and he said i want to give this to help the victims of disaster. >> all right. thank you for the work that you do. >> thank you. >> thank you for having us. that's "viewpoint." stay with us. "news4 today" continues. now, this is "news4 today." >> hello, everyone. welcome to "news4 today."

i am anies. >> and i am richard jordan. make sure you have your sun block. >> i will have a little help from the clouds above because they are coming right? >> by the time the clouds roll in and if you did not put your block on this morning, you will be blocked already. >> it makes me break out. >> you should probably change brands. >> she has something for everything, doesn't she? outside right now, a nice way to get your sunday morning started. tphae tphaeury a cloud to be found. once your shadow is shorter than you, that means there's a strong sun angle. there is a way to keep remembering that. temperatures right now mostly in the mid-50s in the western and northern suburbs to around 62 degrees in town. 64 in annapolis.

64 in st. mary's county. and you folks in southern maryland, that's a chance where scattered rain drops will be. temperatures will be toasty warm again up into the low 80s today. there's a chance of showers coming in late in the day for southern maryland. i think here in metro washington, the first rain drops don't arrive until after midnight go into tomorrow. and can't give you 100% everybody all dry today, but nonetheless, many of us don't have anything to worry about. president obama is back in his hometown for the g-8 summit. they were greeted by rahm emanuel and his wife. more than 50 heads of state are attending the summit today and tomorrow. the goal is to define an exit strategy for afghanistan and to discuss how to keep the country safe after the troops left. security around the summit is

tight. three arrests earlier this week in an alleged terror plot. police say brian church, skwraeur chase had already bought gasoline and were starting the process of bomb-making when they were arrested. but their defense attorneys say the men were set up by police informants. >> we believe it's a setup, an entrapment to the highest degree. the so-called ensignairy devices and the plans to attack the officers is all coming from the mind of the police informents. the nato talks come on a busy weekend for world leaders that wrapped up the g-8 summit

at camp david in maryland. they threatened sanctions against iran if it continues its nuclear program. the demonstrations were peaceful and no arrests were made. right now, a taste of freedom for a blind chinese activist who escaped house arrest in china. he is now in the u.s. with his family, but that did not come before weeks of diplomatic negotiating. francis coe has this story. >> reporter: what he considers his first taste of freedom in nearly seven years. >> translator: for the past seven years i never had a day's rest, so i have come here for a bit of recuperation in body and

in spirit. >> reporter: more than three weeks ago the blind human rights activist escaped from house arrest in china and sought sanctuary at the embassy sparking a strain. diplomats worked out a plan to allow him safe travel to the united states. it was a compromise that allowed his wife and children to join him. >> translator: at the most critical skwrupbchures, there was great assistance. >> he was campaigning against forced abortions in his country. >> translator: i hope everybody works with me to promote justice and fairness in china. >> reporter: now, chen is on american soil and set to begin

his studies at new york university and for many he is a symbol of courage and defiance. a major victory for supporters of marriage equality this morning. the naacp passed a resolution calling gay marriage a civil right. this comes two weeks after president obama announced his support for same-sex marriage. the black community was divided with many leaders opposing it. the gay marriage bill is likely headed to a voter referendum. gay marriage is legal in six states and the district. a traffic alert for northern virginia drivers. the outer loop of the beltway should open to traffic in a little more than an hour. right now it is closed near springfield for construction.

v-dot has worked for people to get around that construction. alberto, here is a look at the storm of radar. the watch covers most of the coast of south carolina for the next 24 hours, and it could produce surf and high winds. right now alberto has winds of 50 miles per hour, and those are expected to diminish as the day goes on. i think that's that twirly thing. that's south of charleston, right? >> it's not too impressive, but still -- >> that's good news. chuck will give us more on that later. now the time is 7:37. facebook might have gone public this week, and we will have details when we return. also ahead -- >> and i'll have another in a

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three horses slashed last month in fairfax county are recovering quickly. the horses are part of a therapy program that helps children. one horse fully recovered and the other two are still healing. they are optimistic for a full recovery for those other two, and a reward is being offered for information on who slashed the horses. an earthquake shook northern italy in bologna. the quake cracked other buildings and authorities evacuated some offices in milan as a precaution. calmer winds are helping

firefighters gain control of the wildfire in arizona. about 900 firefighters from across the country are there to help battle the blaze. it threatened a small mountain town forcing people to evacuate their homes. the gladiator is one of four fires across the straight. a scary moment for a pilot in florida. the plane was headed to the north perry airport when the pilot reported engine trouble. the plane clipped several trees on the way down, but the pilot managed to miss heavy traffic on the street below. nobody onboard was injured, but the road was closed for several hours while crews worked to remove the plane. a georgia woman's condition has gotten worse as he battled a flesh-eating bacteria that took over her body. she is now in critical

condition. the 24-year-old fell in a zip-lining accident earlier this month. the bacteria infected a cash on her leg and destroyed muscle, fat and skin tissue. doctors amputated one leg and will amputate the other leg and a hand. and then the little girl's parents are struggling to pay for treatment and chemotherapy. she is this week's recipient of the 5k. you can still join today's race. it starts at great falls village center in about an hour, 8:30. registration is $30. all the proceeds will go to gianna and her family.

the "today" show is next and starts at 8:00. >> lester holt is standing by live from new york city. good morning. >> coming up on a sunday morning on today, an early start to hurricane season as tropical storm alberta forms off the coast of south carolina. we will get the latest as to where that is heading. a status update for ceo of facebook, mark zuckerberg. and plus, dog the bounty hunter joins us for an exclusive interview to talk about what is going on. shoe be friends with your boss? we will look at the pros and cons in having a relationship with your supervisor. >> that will be interesting. >> yeah, maybe go golfing with the boss.

this is the same person that could fire you? >> exactly. they keep reminding you of that. >> yeah, they do. win the game, lose your job! >> yeah. >> tell us about your job, chuck. >> good stuff. easygoing for us this weekend. it's a chip shot forecast from here, although throws are the ones that usually burn you the most. don't go away. ♪

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the 2013 sl. another great day. nobody will complain about this one either. i did not hear a single complaint yesterday. many people following me on twitter said it was a perfect day, and today promises to be as good as that one, so that's welcome news. maybe you are tweeting your favorite meteorologist and inviting him out to your ski boat for today.

maybe? that's a good day. outside, bright and sunny for now. the clouds will come back later this afternoon. enjoy the sunshine while we have it. once the clouds come back, it may be a bit of a stretch before we get this kind of a beautiful clear sky again. there he goes. there is my loyal tweeter there on his boat going down the middle of the potomac. maybe he doesn't have cell phone coverage in the middle of the river out there. 62 at national airport. winds out of the north, and 8 miles per hour for now and that will take on a mauriore easterl direction. 57 in waldorf, maryland. and in the panhandle of west virginia, 55 degrees in your backyard this morning. beautiful day coming our way today.

if you live in leesburg, virginia, here is your hometown forecast. 56 now, and headed for highs today in the upper 70s and near 80, and the clouds will start to sneak back in and back down to 70 degrees by 9:30 tonight. and then the clouds start to thicken up. and then by tomorrow morning, temperatures in the low 60s with a chance of showers apbd. if you are headed out to andrews air force base for the air show today, another good day to be looking up in the sky. they are running the historic half marathon in the marines. no rain showing up on our radar just yet. not really any organized rain showers. the showers are a long ways away so many dry hours to go. high pressure will gradually lose its influence. an upper level low here and

tropical storm alberto down the coast will impact our weather. by 9:00 tonight, cloudy skies and a chance of a few sprinkles. most of us will be wet not too long after midnight to about 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning. and maybe a rumble or two of thunder on monday or tuesday. and here is the official track from the hurricane center staying well off the coastline, but we will keep a close eye on it and it doesn't look like it will reach hurricane strength. and clouds coming in this afternoon and can't completely rule out a stray shower. showers likely on your monday and tuesday, and then maybe on into wednesday. thursday, that's a precautionary drop in there, and it looks like we will warm up as we head into memorial day weekend. how can memorial day weekend be

here already? 88 degrees toasty warm. you can write me to get me to come into your backyard and eat good food. >> i feel like we have had the taste of summer for so long -- >> we have been above average every month since november with high temperatures. >> thank you. there is good reason to like mark zuckerberg's life right now. he got married to his long-time girlfriend. he took his company public on friday on wall street in one of the most anticipated moves. saturday's wedding was in zuckerberg's backyard in palo alto, california. all stunned guests thought they

were there for the graduation. well, another social networking site is gaining popularity. pinterest let's you save links and pictures you find online and help you share them online. it's growing faster than facebook and twitter did in their early years, and that's according to the international tracking company called comscore. and time for sports. >> diane roberts has more in this morning's sports. >> good morning, everyone. i have your morning sports. the o's continue to sit across the al east. they entered last night's game with the nationals, and the nationals hoped to stop the

streak but did not. davey johnson hoping to do well. and the o's up, 4-0. jones homered last night, and so did his buddy. and the eighth of the season, and a two-run shot. orioles take a 6-0 lead. now we move forward to the bottom of the ninth. and the nats are down 6-4, and down to the final out. zimmerman facing johnson, and a solo shot to left. his second of the season. and the nats are down just one. next batter, adam laroche looking to keep the rally alive, but johnson gets him swinging at strike three.

orioles hold on for the 6-5 win, and they will go for the sweep this afternoon. >> tonight i will let it sink in a little bit. i feel terrible about it, because the hitters were ready to hit p. they put up five runs on that pitching staff, which you know we need to win when we do that. >> we battled to the end. we're a team that will never give up. they are in the final of the ninth inning. you know, if we could get more runs for them it would be great. >> it has been 34 years since the last triple crown river in horse raining. i'll have another got it. kentucky derby winner looking for that chance to become the first triple down winner since affirm. and that's "i'll have another"

chasing him down. yes, he did it. he had another, and he beats him out. and then united hosting nute, a free kick. and it heads in for the goal. fourth best goal in 57 seconds. it's the same score in the 43rd minute. and that's goal number two on the night. united goes on to win, 3-1. the mystics opening up the schedule at home, and the sky is the limit for that dude there. and langhorn drives to the hoop for the team high points.

way outside, drains the three. and chicago still fouls too much in the fourth quarter. 11 of her 23 points in the final frame, and mystics lose their home opener. and the quarterfinals. terps with the ball. snyder drives past his defender, and puts maryland back up on top. snyder with a hat trick on the day and it was the start of something big for the maryland terrapins. and it's worked in front of the net and scores while -- while she falling down. six unanswered goals for maryland. the terps advance to the final four and they will play the winner of today's match-up. that's your sports, everyone. everybody knows "saturday night live" is known for its laughs. >> yes, but it took an emotional

turn as the cast said good-bye to one of their own. >> you have meant quite a meant to us for the past seven years, and she got held back. we have a good-bye. this one is for you. >> after seven years, kristen wiig is leaving the show. the departure is no surprise, and it has been reported that two other cast members, andy samberg may leave. when you hear oyster, you probably think seafood?

>> yeah, one tkpraop is bringing a different kind of oyster to our area in a rocky mountain springtime tradition. the society held their annual testicle festival last night. it's the legends of the ball. it allows exotic food lovers to test their gag reflexes. >> they range from three quarters of a pound to a pound in size. and they are cut and then breaded and fried. consider it like a breaded