the 2013 sl. hello, everybody, i am angie goff. >> i am richard jordan. there is no shortage of thing to do today, so much going on. >> we have a humid start on our sunday morning. is the air quality down this morning, chuck, because i feel like i am dragging? >> yes, it's orange this

morning. if you are lung sensitive, don't go on the walk or long jog, because the air is gunky. that's the word we are looking for. temperatures are mild indeed. it feels like the dead middle of summer, doesn't it, everybody? 71 in washington and 71 in annapolis, and 68 degrees in fredricericksbur fredericksburg, and get into the panhandle of west virgia, temperatures in the upper 60s. not much going on around our immediate vicinity.

there's nothing up stream from us immediately. if you step outside this morning you will notice there is more than enough humidity around. i don't think we are going to have to worry too much about rain chances until after 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 this afternoon. but 5:00 or 6:00, scattered thunderstorms will be around. north and west of the immediate metro. highs in the mid to upper 80s. i think tomorrow might be the first 90-degree day of the year. last year we went right straight out of the 90s and into the 100s teedly, so let's hope we can keep that away. >> thank you, chuck. was guys know, today thousands of motorcycles will cruise into d.c. as part of the rolling thunder run. the group will gather this

morning at the pentagon and then head to d.c. they will take part in a ceremony at arlington national. the road closures on nbc.com. ♪ rock group doughty is one of the many stars taking place in the concert. last night was the rehearsal and thousan thousands came out. >> it's a privilege. it really is. it's a way of paying back in a small way a price that many

others have paid a far, far greater than i ever will if i come for the next hundred years. you are on stage and looking at the capital building and see the flag flying, and if that doesn't move you, you are dead. all overt country, people are celebrating the unofficial start of summer. nbc's brian moore takes a look at how some are enjoying their long weekend. >> reporter: on this memorial day weekend, getaways don't get better than this. >> trying to kick off summer with friends. always a good way, beautiful memorial day weekend. >> not so in myrtle beach, where it was threatened that it would be a wet memorial day. but a great day for a parade in chicago, and in maryland.

>> i am grateful for all of the troops who protect our country. i don't take that lightly. >> reporter: this was the sentiment of the navy memorial. >> very patriotic and makes you feel like you are proud to be american and we still have a heartbeat left in us yet. >> reporter: advisory president biden noted -- >> we determined to end the war in iraq responsibly, and today our troops are home. >> reporter: a cross america, a weekend of relaxation and reflection. brian moore, nbc news. right now, police are looking for a man who may be involved in the deaths of four people. police found the bodies of a missing man, his girlfriend and two young children in nicholas county, west virginia. west virginia state police say

they found the bodies in a wooded area a mile from where they discovered the missing man's van. police do suspect foul play. right now they are looking for a suspect named james roy bellkknapp. there's a memorial in front of the building with the man killed the boy 33 years ago. one sister says he told relatives he hurt a child. hernandez was 18 when paeuts disappear disappeared. they will need more than a confession to make the case. the body has never been found.

police were called in when a candlelight vigil got heated. family and friends held a vigil for yolanda stone last night. police say the father of her children, raynard cook shot her. stone's sister got angry when a friend of cook's showed up. >> he done what he did. whoever hide him, turn him in. why are you holding him? if the shoe was on the other foot, they would want the same thing done for them. >> police are offering a $25,000 reward for cook's arrest. today, the daughter of the late civil rights leader, martin

luther king jr. bernice king will talk about her mother, loretta king. there's a lot of events going on across town as you can imagine. the weather is going to be so nice. >> yeah. in the whole, i am very optimistic the weather will cooperate for nearly everybody's plans today, but -- >> there's always a but. >> it's summertime, and we may have to deal with summer thunder. we'll talk about that coming up. [ mechanical humming ]

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on a cross-country bike ride raising awareness. the letter is a member of the university, he struck the pose known as zaccing before he went in to remove a brain tumor. they leave this morning at 8:00 a.m. from the inner harbor. i got a text from him earlier this week and he completed four weeks of six weeks of radiation. he says he is doing speaking engagements. he is going through all this and trying to motivate still. >> that's the long kind of k, it's probably 4,000k all the way out to seattle. that's going to be a long ride. >> no short cuts there. >> and it's all downhill into the seattle, and the bad news is

getting up the hill between here and there. that's going to be a long, steep climb up the rockies. >> no kidding. off on a hot start around here today. it's going to be another steamy day to be outside today. be sun smart, everybody. remember your sun screen and drink extra water and stay out of the sun if you can. what a beautiful sunrise for your sunday morning. look at that bright orange sky in the east. clouds still lingering above. the rain showers are just up i-95 heading out towards the jersey shore. in washington with the sun breaking through we are at 71. a southwest wind at 7 miles per hour. southwest winds will be the rule throughout the day today. most of the suburbs in the west

cooled into the middle and upper 60s. in town and bay side communities are hovering closer to the 70-degree mark today. for your planner, about 10:00 this morning, you will be in the upper 70s to about 80, and then temperatures getting close to 90 degrees today, and then with all the heat and humidity, we will fire up showers and storms again and much like yesterday, i think the majority will be staying north and west of the d.c. metro. here is live doppler. nothing going on immediately around town. from allentown to philadelphia, that's heading out to the jersey coastline. and then a lot of active weather in northern wisconsin and minnesota, so you may run into delays if you have flight plans. and tropical storm byrl here,

might have a little rain chance but that will be it. here is the next day a couple days are looking. a thundery sunday. those thunderstorms if they fire up will draft southbound again and like yesterday they dried up before they made it to the capital beltway, and so they will focus along that warm front today. high pressure in charge and hot and steamy around here today. things quiet down overnight tonight and then for your memorial day off to a dry start for most, and with the extra humidity i think a better chance that everybody gets some rain on memorial day. today, partly sunny. and air quality, code orange. highs today, upper 80s to 90. headed out to the beaches, another stretch of great beach weather today and tomorrow. temperatures up into the upper 70s and low 80s, even though the surf is a little chilly to be starting a lot of time in it. a nice and humid day, and that

cold surf feels good. low 90s tomorrow and on tuesday before finally some cooler weather comes in here midweek and rain chances and notably cooler weather by next weekend. >> a cool-down. >> yeah, a touch. turning to sports now, the nationals had a chance to increase their lead in the national league east. >> we have highlights with the braves in this morning's "sports minute." >> good morning, everyone. your morning sports begin with the nationals in atlanta, and stephen strausburg on the bump, and he goes five innings and gives up six hits and four runs, but the nats score four in the sixth and seventh combined, including this solo home run from harper. nats win 8-4 and will go for the

series sweep this afternoon. and maryland and duke meeting for the third time this year. snyder scores four goals and maryland wins 16-10 to advance to the championship game for the second straight year. to the pitch, dc united and new england. and four the game winner, united beats new england 3-2. that's your morning sports. have a great memorial day weekend. next up is reporter's notebook, stories affecting our community. >> we'll be back in 15 minutes. good morning, and welcome to "reporters notebook." it was not a good week for the

mayor, and first former acting treasurer pleaded guilty to paying brown to heckle former mayor fenty, and then shredding evidence of the payments. and then another former aide was charged with lying about the payments. what are your reaction to the payments? >> it's another cloud over the gray administration. the continuing charges will have to wait and we'll see what happens next, but the pressure is increasing on mayor gray to say something, and he says he can't but people say he ought to break that rule and say something. critics say the mayor doesn't know what he is going on in the administration which reflects on what the critics say is incompetence. it's a no-win situation. but the thinking is, he really has to say something and clear the air. >> there is an old saying, the

buck stops at the top. how far the buck will go we don't know. because this investigation is going on, and you know, we were told pretty much, or at least it was a public knowledge about five months ago that this investigation would really be heavy, and continue on, and that's exactly what is happening. it's going to -- nichols, i listened to last week on wpfw radio, he was saying this is an open investigation and it could go to the top. >> not just go to the top, but go on and on and on. this is a very unfortunate period right now for the district. i think this investigation and all the controversy around it is mucking up the water and throwing dust in the air, and getting in the way of the mayor sort of pursuing his agenda to the extent that he can. and it's in the context of a much larger sort of cloud that

is hanging over it in this regard. >> he wants to talk about other issues, and everybody is focussed on this. the reason reporters are focused on this is they say they want something to be said by the mayor. >> the mayor's attorney ordered him not to speak about these specific charges against these two individuals. all along he denied any wrong doing. i guess the question is, what about the questions that these charges raise, about what the mayor -- whether the wmayor kne about these payments? >> it's the classic watergate, and how much did he know, when did he know it and what did he do? people in the administration gave money to trash mayor fenty when he was running against mayor gray. those are the big charges. there is also a concern about whether the mayor promised

suleman brown a job, or somebody in the administration. and that's rattling around, too. >> this whole scenario is bad for the city, because say for instance the mayor has to step down. then qualmy brown becomes the interim mayor, and he is under investigation. so it just looks bad for the city overall. >> michael, let me ask you this. the man who allegedly received the payment, brown, he has called on the mayor to resign. how would you compare the perception people might have had of him before to the perception now? >> we are talking about two courts. the court of law and the court of public opinion. the way the verdicts -- the jurors in both courts rule may have nothing to do with the truth, per se. you know, the one thing that sticks out to me with regard to

brown is that video of him testifying before the council and talking about the charges with the sunglasses on, and being aub stau tphupbt, didn't strike the visual of somebody with credibility. i think that it's also true by a accepting money he put himself in jeopardy. i don't think it's necessary to jump up and down and celebrate brown, but at the same time i have to say what he accepted to stay in the race, that goes on in this city -- >> yeah, it's politics. >> this is a classic dirty tricks thing. maybe he was truthful on this one issue, but people will have to look carefully at the rest of his ability to be any kind of a

public servant. >> the washington archdiocese says new rules require birth control to be there for workers. the issue here, it seems, is the definition of what a religious organization is. >> the issue really here is political. they are a bunch of catholics that don't go along with the lawsuit, such as catholics united saying this is highly political. we're conservative bishops in the this country and they have aligned themselves with the gop agenda, the right-wing aen tkau and they have some port in that. georgetown university, remember the archbishop also had a problem with georgetown having

sebelius as the speaker. it's if you don't play our game, we will come and causes a problem against you. for example, notre dame, one of the persons -- one of the universities in the lawsuit, remember, they didn't want president obama to speak when he was first elected president for graduation? this is really politics. >> who they serve versus who they are, and that seems to be the issue, isn't it, dave? >> yeah, the church leaders say the definition of religious service and religious institutions is narrowly defined by the white house. a lot of critics following the story agree that the white house caused some of this by saying that. and the white house fell back on the compromise plan that the bishops and church leaders don't want to accept that that

insurance would be -- insurers would take care of the cost of contraception and not the ins institutions. and others say we should be working and not get involved in the lawsuits, and it doesn't help the church or country and we ought to step back. but that's not happening. >> one thing of the things in the cardinal world is schools and social services should be looked at as ministries. a lot of people don't feel that way. they are public services. >> will the lawsuits make a difference? do you think they will? >> i think they do have a slight chance to make a difference in terms of the 2012 presidential election if this doesn't get worked out quickly. if it's the kind of thing that drags on, i think you can see a problem in november. >> we will take a break. we'll be right back. stay with us.

welcome back. virginia mcdonald signed legislation requiring voters to show id at the polls. opponents say it amounts to voter suppresstion. >> this has been something that is growing after the 2010 elections. at 2011, 27 states around the country passed a form of a voter i.d. bill. there's a notion that there's fraud in the system and we need to root out the fraud. but is there little proof that there has been significant enough fraud to go to this level. we have the movement around the

country to require i.d.s at polls. on one hand if we do it we can help root out fraud and if we don't do that, our elections are potentially compromised or not legitimate. i am trying not to giggle, because the virginia law and the other laws are really not at all about good government and rooting out fraud, they are really about putting down the hammer on voting for democratic candidates around the country. if you look at the map at the states that have done this with the exception of rhode island they are in the south and moving -- >> there has always been a argument between democrats and republicans. it came up in the 2004 election with bush and kerry. republicans are trying to suppress votes to help

republicans, and democrats let too many people vote to help democrats. these are charges made -- i am not saying they are kau waub rated. the republicans keep saying it's there and it's going to happen. it's a ticking time bomb. the laws are not prepared for it if it does happen, and we have to be ready. >> what is so unique is the words accepted identification. what does that mean? they spent, what? -- >> $1.3 million. >> -- on cards going out to the voters. you can show your social security card or paycheck or a bank statement, and they will

look at that and put you on hold until you bring the card. so accepted identification, and you don't have to have a photo i.d. at all, so this seems to be silly to me. let's talk about same-sex divorce in maryland. valid out of state same-sex marriages can legally be desolved in maryland even though the same-sex marriage law has yet to take account. the court's ruling should not have been a surprise, should it? same-sex marriage is recognized in maryland. >> yeah, it's subject to a ref re the lower court turned against the couple. the supreme court ruled that it was valid in maryland, and if

somebody wants to divorce from the marriage they can do so. >> you said subject to a referendum. but it's strange this is coming up now before the election period, and strange in the sense that it may give some indication as to what the flesh hold to same-sex marriage being accepted in maryland. remember that has been on the fence. and the naacp last week was holding special meetings. >> what we are having across the country is a mosaic. as a result, you bring in the political aspect. can you make the argument, although i am not sure i agree with it, that this going on right now could be helpful to getting support for democrats in maryland. i am not sure that's necessary. >> what if voters overturn the same-sex law which doesn't take effect until january? what if they overturn the law by referendum in november? will it impact this divorce law?

>> i think it may impact future potential divorces, but i don't think it has any impact here on this one. this whole back and forth that is going on in courts and justices of the piece around the country, i think is one that will continue to play out, and ultimately we will have the mosaic where it will continue to differ from state to state. >> thank you for joining us. that's reporters notebook. stay with us for "news4 today." hi, everybody. welcome to news4 today. i am richard jordan. >> and i am angie goff.

i keep saying i am a at the point behind today, and i think it's in the air. >> oh, my gosh. >> i am me, and you are you and he is richard. nice day. it's muggy, though. be ready for a hint of summertime out there. we avoided most of the fog problem. we had cloud cover overnight and that prevented the fog from coming close to the ground. but it's steamy outside on your sunday morning. get ready for a lot of great things going on around town today. traffic may be challenged. you may want to go to the website to check on the alternate routes. temperatures in the upper 60s to around 70. no rain in the immediate vicinity, but there are showers and thunderstorms zipping through philadelphia, and atlantic city. if you are driving that way to get time on the jersey shore,

you may run into showers first thing this afternoon. with all the humidity around, even though nothing up stream from us just yet, i think we will be able to cook up showers and storms. i think the majority will stay in southern pennsylvania, where they fire up, and then they will drift down into northern maryland and the mountains of west virginia. in washington, they dried up as they came south of about frederick, maryland. we never saw a drop in town and that may be repeated again today. be ready for a chance in thunderstorms, even in metro washington. so your sunday looks good. your monday looks good, too. tomorrow will be a touch warmer, and as a result they will have a better chance of seeing thunderstorms in washington coming up on your memorial day. a lot of stuff going on today. rolling thunder, 500,000 people on harleys. it's going to be a gate great day for that. keep a weather eye to the sky

just to play it safe. >> drink a lot of water. >> lot of water. things are hot in florida, too. firefighters are keeping a close eye close to walt disney world. they are looking out for hot spots right now. they forced the highway patrol to close interstate 4 outside the resort for a few hours on friday. >> people in kansas are cleaning up this morning after six tornadoes swept through the state. in central kansas, crews were working to restore electricity that went out friday night because of the storms. one person was injured, but other than that it appears everybody else in the area is okay. it blocked roads and ripped down power lines. officials are assessing the range of damage in the area. while some are dealing with twisters, others are sweating through the memorial day weekend. summer temperatures arrived yesterday with some places hitting the mid-90s. during a parade in indianapolis,

a marching band had to stop early because some were suffering from heat exhaustion. the white house is condemning a horrific attack in syria that killed 90 people including children. some of the images you are about to see are disturbing. the attack was in the northwest count of hula. nobody pointed fingers at the syrian government for the attack. >> the violence is unacceptable and unforgivable. the death of 32 young children, the future of syria. >> the witnesses say government-backed forces went home to home killing people. it's considered one of the massacres since the up rising began more than a year ago.

yesterday, while a soldier was travelling in a vehicle, 33 nato services have been killed in afghanistan. no further details were given about the soldiers killed. and then a look inside the space dragon. the private spacecraft docked yesterday. inside, more than 1,000 pounds of food and supplies. it's the first time a private aircraft has docked with the international space station. >> ten days of exploration. it's a new level of space access. >> the capsule for the iss is about the size of a large walk in closet. they are already working on eventually sending people into space on the private spacecraft.

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welcome back, everyone. one community in prince georges county found a new way to go green. leaders hired goats to eat away shrubs in the popular shopping center. derrick ward has the story.

>> reporter: folks have been working behind a grassroots effort. their mission on this day is to clear this bush. >> so the mall can make a beautiful garden. >> also for them to be able to see that there's a farmers market here. we want people to shop local. >> what is the logic behind foregoing the john deer, and getting goats. usually goats are not among what you would see here. >> i thought it was a dog. >> this guy looks good with curry. >> reporter: it's thinking outside of the box, maybe too far outside for some. >> it's bad for people who want jobs cutting grass. >> i was very pleasantly surprised to see the goats because i never seen goats in

real life before. >> reporter: don't be surprised if you get attached. >> this one, i adopted her. >> we want creative things to happen in the county, so there is no better district than district 7. >> the mayor said each goat can eat up to 7 pounds of vegetation a day. well, just how close with the race for the white house? the latest nbc news poll is neck and neck. >> yes, those three states there could decide who our next president is. david gregory, great to have you here. if the election was held today, president obama would have the slight advantage, and there's a long road ahead especially in the key states.

>> emphasis on advantage. it's still very tight. we knew this, and i think the obama team anticipated this a long way out, and here we are, as this thing starts to settle into general election mode, it will be close. >> there was back and forth between the romney camp and obama camp at bain capital. >> it's the obama team making the bain issue a big issue. the attack is about saying that

romney doesn't get how to create jobs that would benefit everybody. it's only about, you know, going in and turning companies around and it's a very narrow experience that is bent on, you know, making money rather than creating jobs. this is what romney has offered as a chief quality is understanding the private sector. that's why the obama team is going to work on it. >> correct me if i am wrong, but just the feeling on it, i feel like more people are talking about the economy, and you are not hearing the average person talking about bain, bain, bain. >> a lot of people don't know what bain is. they are trying to identify mitt romney as a super rich guy with a private equity. he is not a guy that understands how to help everybody and the middle class. that's what it's about, does he get you? that's the attack on him as the obama team wants mitt romney to

seem outside of most middle classers. >> who is on the show today? >> newt gingrich, who is now a romney supporter. and martin o'malley, and they will debate the politics. and then we have words of advice from maria shriver and michael lewis as well. governor o'malley certainly up and coming? >> we will ask newt gingrich what his advice is for martin o'malley who is looking to run for president it appeared. >> that will be interesting. off to a quiet start this morning but temperatures hovering near 70 degrees. we will be close to 90 degrees before the day is done. we will talk about today's forecast, memorial day and the

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couldn't ask for a better long weekend. >> you couldn't. if i was the one designing the forecast i would take a hint of humidity out of the air, but it feels like summertime and it's gate for those that want to go to the pool and go along the bay, and it's a good day to sit outside and relax and take it easy. if you didn't get a chance to enjoy yesterday, today promises to be similar to yesterday, and that's good news as long as you were happy with yesterday. if you thought yesterday was hot and steamy, you will feel the

same about your sunday and memorial day. outside on your sunday morning, a beautiful way to get you started. you probably noticed we are talking about this earlier. it looks a little gunky outside. air quality has started to wane just a bit. it's code orange today, that means if you are a respiratory sensitive group you want to take it easy today, any kind of lung or respiratory issues, slow down a bit. and for the rest of us, extra water and light-colored clothes. 71 is the concern the temperature at reagan national airport. and southwesterly winds, and yesterday we made 86 and today we will be 87, 88 degrees. and your sunday planner is a hot and humid one. muggy to start this morning. we will be up to 79 degrees by

10:00 a.m. into the upper 80s to near 90 with heat and humidity around. that will lead to showers and storms by late this afternoon and into the evening. much like yesterday, i think they will start in pennsylvania, and drift down into northern maryland. if you live north of frederick maryland, up towards hagerstown, you are likely to see storms and showers more than we are here in washington. this will be gone here fairly shortly but behind it a lot of humidity across the central mountains. that will fire up around showers and storms. nothing too terribly severe. yesterday we had one or two warnings across pennsylvania. not in the immediate area. and the tropical storm is wondering its way westbound. heading towards northern florida over the next couple days. biggest impact, high surf and rip currents. and rain across southern georgia and northern florida.

they have a terrible drought going on down there so it's good news. and then another thundery sunday, mother nature providing rolling thunder. so here we go, by 4:00 this afternoon, showers in pennsylvania and showers and storms in the mountains of west virginia. by 9:00 this evening, it's quiet again. and then we repeat it for your monday. so here is your forecast, then. for today, partly sunny. a chance of showers and storms mainly north and west of the d.c. metro area, and the highs today upper 80s to near 90. ocean water temperature, 68. air temperature, upper 70s to near 80. near flawless beach weather. and good sailing weather on the chesapeake bay.

there you go. your seven-day forecast. hot and steamy and stormy, and then warm and slightly cooler, and then showery by the time we get to next weekend. >> you crammed everything in there. >> everything, everything on one graphic. >> oceans warmer than yesterday. >> a 1-degree count. and then you get more than a meal at one straupt. >> marvin's tavern has been serving up many. there's a tour of the d.c. institution. >> it was the early 1930s in georgetown. the great depression had taken hold around the country. not a great time to start a business, but that didn't stop one man. >> kind of his dream, actually, that this corner here, that he wanted to have a tavern. >> billy martin is the fourth generation owner of martin's tavern. his grandfather of the same name

opened the restaurant in 1933. he made a name for himself as a athlete at georgetown university. >> sam rayburn was one of my grandfather's best friends. he was the speaker of the house, so they would come down here on a daily basis. >> part of the mystique are the booths dedicated to some of the famous people in history. one of them being richard nixon. >> he liked the meatloaf. >> he would come to read a paper? >> yeah, this is called the rumble seat. a lot of famous people sat there, and that's where john would sit there on sunday. >> the booth i am sitting in today, is the proposal booth, as it is known. this is where john proposed to

jackie. >> you might notice we are in a dimly lit part of the restaurant and it's a special part of the restaurant, it's called the dugout. it has not changed in 65 years. where i am sitting right now, sam rayburn sat with lyndon johnson and billy martin number two, and they shared everything from politics to drinks and food, and now their stories are passed along through generation to generation, and billy martin number five has one story about lyndon johnson before he became president. >> they were talking politics as usual, and sam rayburn and my grandfather, and lyndon johnson would try to get into the conversation, and when he would, ray burn would turn to him and say if you would shut up, you might learn something. as we know johnson went on to become president of the united

states. >> and the stew, it's suppose you hadly what washington ate on cold days. >> for local folks, the nostalgia is enough. >> martin never did meet his grandfather, but if he could help it, the family restaurant will continue to serve a lasting legacy. >> i love my daughter. she is strong and has grated personality and loves food. my son on the other hand has charm and personality, but has not learned to love food yet. >> there is always one in the family, right? family, right? >> thanks for joining us th

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good morning, everyone. i am angie goff. >> and i am richard jordan. here is a look at the top stories we are following this morning. that roar you might be hearing, it's thousands of motorcycles getting ready to head into d.c. it's the annual rolling thunder run that honored those that died serving their country. police found the bodies of a missing man, his girlfriend and two young children in nicholas county, west virginia. the family vanished a little over a week ago. police suspect foul play.

right now they are looking for a suspect named james roy bellkknapp. it's believed the syrian government is behind the attack, some are still refusing to blame ashard. poor air quality outside today, and the thunder you hear at noontime will be the motorcycles coming into town. and so be ready for at least a chance of showers and storms today. not everybody is going to get wet. the further north you live or travel, the better your chances will be to get wet today. in and around town, i don't think it's that much of a threat, but the rain drops could be as close as upper montgomery county, and loudy county virginia. and to get you going, it's a quiet start. temperatures, upper 60s and low 70s. sticky outside, and one or two

lonesome rain drops, they are drifting southbound. if you are traveling, you might get a quick rain drop or two and that's about it. and up stream from us, not a whole lot going on just yet, but just like yesterday i think we will be able to cook up around showers and storms, especially again, northern maryland, and southern pennsylvania. in and around town, the chances of being rained on inside the beltway are lower than 30% today. it's not zero. that's not a zero percent chance. tomorrow for your memorial day, a little warmer and more humid, and everybody has a chance tomorrow of getting wet. >> let me ask you this, a lot of people are planning on fireworks display, and do you think they are at risk? >> i think most of the fireworks

today and tomorrow will be able to go off without a hitch. >> thanks, chuck. next is nbc 4's "viewpoint." good morning, everybody. welcome to "viewpoint." i am jim hadly. there's a big housing fair coming up in a couple weeks, and our guests this morning to talk about that, is the county executive, mr. baker. let's talk about the housing and foreclosures. have we turned that corner in prince georges county? >> we are starting to. the housing fair is a big deal for us, making sure we get information out, and for the first time at this housing fair we will do a lottery where somebody can come in and win a house. we are excited about the things that we are doing to get information out to people how to

stay in their homes and purchase homes and how to protect that investment. >> you have got about 65 exhibiters. >> yes. >> what can residents expect from that, and about how many people are you expecting? >> we are expecting a lot of folks to come out. it's the housing market in general. we expect to get a lot of folks to come out to it. and we have information on how to protect your home and information if you are behind on your payment of how we can help you, and information from legal counsel. it will run the gamet. it will have exhibiters that will help out in various ways, but the important thing is help people stay in their homes and keep the investment the way it should be and protect it. >> how big are a problem foreclosures today? >> a big problem. our director, eric brown, is

doing a great job. in fact, we will announce in a couple days or weeks the settlement with the attorney general, so attorney general will come out and announce what prince georges county will do with about $10 million we get from the settlement in the foreclosure efforts. director brown is making sure we are putting information in peoples' hands, if you are behind in your mortgage, here is how we can help. if you want to protect that investment, here is how we help. and the housing fairs gives us an opportunity to do that. >> that's a chunk of change. >> that will help us with the housing stabilization, which is really what we call it. that money will help us go a long way inputting the dent in the foreclosure issue in the county. >> there's a mortgage that is

late, don't wait. what does that do? >> if you are behind in your mortgage and you give us -- you call right away, then we can help you renegotiate with the banks. there are some tools that not only the county has, but the state has and the federal government has. but it's better when you get it on the front end, and you know, until waiting and until you are way behind and you are about to lose your house or you have lost your house, it's easier for us to help you on the front end, and that's why we say if you are late, you know, call us immediately, and there are some things that we can do to help. whether it's renegotiating the mortgage payment or finding assistance, but all of those things are better on the front end. >> and all of the help we will put up throughout the half hour, a shot that tells the phone number, website and everything else. but all of this help is free assistance, is that right? >> it's free. legal assistance where people can give you advice, and all of

it is free because the main thing we want to make sure of is that people stay in their homes. it's the number one investments that people make. >> as you mention, the common mistake across the country is that people just wait too long. >> that's exactly right. >> waiting can cost them and make a big difference. >> and we were leading the area in foreclosures. it was not that people had done anything wrong other than their incomes changed. they may have had two incomes and they went down to one, and property values decreased and people refinanced their homes at times, and it was the waiting that exacerbated the problem. that's why we want you to come out and get the information, it's free and it's your government. >> how is the housing market in general doing in prince georges county? >> it's starting to turn around.

we had a report a couple weeks ago that the housing market is creeping back up, and we think, you know, we are turning a corner. we think the economic opportunities in prince georges county, the fact that we are making progress with public safety and education are going to help us creep back up. >> all right. we will take a break and pick up on the other side. as we go to break, here is where you can get more information on june 9th. this housing fair coming up, welcome home, achieve and protect your dream. we will be right back. there is the phone number and web address, too. stay with us.

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initiative that changes the landscape in prince georges county. we targeted six counties in the area that have challenges, whether it's student dropout in our schools, or whether it's health despair tease, or they lack economic development opportunities there, and we will bring all of the resources the county has to bare on the problems. that's health care, social services and publication, and all of these will be in the six neighborhoods. we are going to stay in the neighborhoods until we see that they are actually transformed. we got this initiative when we studied out well our police department did last year with the summer initiative. in the areas where the police department targeted their summer

initiative, they spent 2 1/2 months in these areas, crime dramatically decreased. but what the police officer did was not only put more officers out there but worked with the health department and social services and they had the wrap around services in these neighborhoods. we will do the same thing in the six targeted areas but we will stay there until we see them change. it's not a month or two month-initiative, but we will stay in the neighborhoods until we see them change all the indicators. we want to see employment go occupy and education continue to improve in the neighborhoods and economic opportunities for the residents there. i am excited about it. i think it will change the landscape of prince georges county. >> it's intense, but broader than just safety? >> much pwabroader than just safety. our nonprofit and faith community will be involved in

these. >> talk about that a little bit, because you have been a big proponent of that. >> the government can't do it all. there are great nonprofits and faith partners that are doing a great service. and we want to make sure we help them do -- fill that gap that government can't fill. whether it's mentoring children or providing adult day care or child day care, or tutoring, all of those things the faith community and nonprofit provide, we will make sure in those targeted areas that we really supplement what they are doing. >> touch on the areas that you see as taking off. new carrollton, one. >> i am excited over the fact that the next several years, prince georges county will be

the economic engine of the region. you talk about new carrollton where there's the center there and you are right off the highway and it will explode and be something major. for the first time we will have housing and community development. that will be great. contara in the north, there is a huge development for the county and the east campus. i just met with the president of the university of maryland, and the idea they have for the east campus around maryland, that as a hub, so we are excited. >> talk about on the flip side where unemployment is right now. throughout the date, it's roughly where? >> about 6%, 7%. in prince georges county, it's not as bad as a lot of the country, but certainly not where we want it. that's where i wanted one of the

big pushes we have. the $50 million fund that was passed last year, is to really go out there and create jobs, and to provide better opportunities for our citizens to get jobs in the county and in this area. for too long i think we relied solely on the federal government as the first place of employment. what i want to see happen in the county is that we attract more businesses to the county. this morning i was talking to a business is that going to relocate to prince georges county, about 5100 jobs in the field, and we think that's going to be great for us. >> that's exciting. >> we will pick it up on the other side of the break. as we go to break, once again, if you would like to learn more about the housing fair coming up on saturday june 9th, go to on [ male announcer ] what can you do with plain white rice?

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> here are some of the stories we are following this morning. thousands of motorcycles are getting ready to head into d.c. it's the annual rolling thunder run, that honors those that died while serving america. the group is gathering at the pentagon right now and will roll into d.c. at noon. the police found the bodies of a missing man and his girlfriend and two young children in nicholas, west virginia. the family vanished a little over a week ago, and right now they are looking for a suspect. it white house is condemning a deadly attack in syria. u.n. observers refuse to assign blame to the government. we will have more in just a few

minutes. welcome back to "viewpoint." again, our guest is mr. baker. let's tpwaubg state politics and the general assembly. the special session that just ended. did prince georges county and a lot of local jurisdictions avoid the doomsday scenario some had feared? >> yes. it was a real fear for us. wall street actually called my office, and they were nervous that if we did not -- if the general ae sessembly did not go prince georges county would face 52 million of additional costs we would have had to come up with. there is no way we could have handled $62 million a year coming. and so bypassing the budget, it has put us in good shape. we know we will get the teacher pension cost coming down, but we think we could handle that.

we could not -- the tension may be about $4 million or $5 million, as opposed to $62 million we would have had to deal with. i give the governor all the credit in the word for bringing the presiding officers back to annapolis and bringing the general assembly in and dealing with this issue. they did a great job. >> how did you close the deficit? >> there was a plan to close it. some revenue raising at the state level, and some shifting of the costs to the localities, but the main thing is, we were able to save school funding which we would have lost in the budget, so the county did not have to come up with all that money for our schools. the state played it's part in infrastructure dollars. everybody wants roads fixed and sidewalks repaired, and so they did a great job and i give the governor crate for that. >> what can you expect for the

summer, and what are your budget priorities? >> for us, the special session coming up will deal with the gaming expansion in the state. and that's about revenues and jobs. the first serial session dealt with closing the budget gap and the second one is how do you pay for it. the expansion of gaming here of a high end destination resort, we think that could bring in somewhere around $69 million a year to prince georges county, and millions of dollars to the state and create jobs. for us it's a very important second session of how to pay for things that we need in the county. >> for you, it's a no-brainer. these are dollars that would go to other states, is that right? >> that's exactly it. for us, you look at the amount of people in prince georges county that are going to delaware and pennsylvania and west virginia, and taking prince georges county revenue, and their revenue out of the state, and out of the county, as

opposed to coming here and spending their dollars in the county. the other thing we believe is a no-brainer, if we build a type of facility, i want to see at national harbor, we will get to see the dollars from the national region to spend those in the county. >> how big of a battle do you see coming? >> it's going to be a battle. i am very realistic about it. i talked to the governor once again and i give him credit for calling the special session and showing leadership on that, but in the end when you look at the numbers, what maryland is losing and prince georges county is losing, and what we can potentially gain, i think we will be able to get a bill through. >> we started out talking about housing. for somebody looking to buy a house in prince georges county, why is your county a good investment? >> i think as i said to the business coming over to prince georges county this morning, i told him you made the smartest business move ever, and you have

been a great businessman. if you look at the growth of the washington area, prince georges county had the potential for the most growth, because we had the under developed metro sites, which will grow right around the washington region, where you can get on the red line, the blue line, or the green line and head right into washington, d.c. housing stock is plenty, and it's less expensive than in other areas. our school system is making massive improvements and our police department and public safety agencies are doing great. it's just the greatest place to be right now. it's the smartest investment for the next ten years. you want to be in prince georges county. >> you do a great job selling it. but i must say to see it from one end of the county to other, there is so much diversity and happening there that it is exciting when you see it first happened. >> the test i have, the young

adults i have at home, when they stop going to d.c., and hyattsville, i know we have arrived. >> it's cool. we will take another short break and be right back. as we go to break, if you are interested in learning more about the housing fair coming up on saturday june 9th that we are partnering with, go to the website or call this phone number to find out more. it's all free. they will have 65 exhibiters there. can you get advice and counseling, too.

welcome back to "viewpoint." we have been talking about housing a lot, but i want to get the bigger picture from you. you are at the year and a half mark right now since your inauguration day. a lot has changed. a lot has happened. what has been the most challenging part of the job?

what has been the best part of the job? >> i think most that has changed is my hair is completely gray with what i have left. it's a wonderful job. starting off the year, the crime rate was going up. we had natural disasters and a hurricane, and a flood, 100-year flood, an earthquake. seven fires in one day. all of these things happened in that first year, and i thought oh, my goodness. >> yeah, what have you gotten yourself into? >> yeah, how do i wrap my hands around this? we look at the year and a half mark, and that is, you know, we signed a deal to do a regional health care facility which will create a brand-new hospital in the county and create thousands of jobs in the health care field, and our crime is down to an all-time low, and all the indicators around are doing well. housing, where our housing director is doing a great job.

you look at our initiative to transform neighborhoods where we are taking county resources, and using them smarter and better and putting them into our neighborhoods. and we are making progress in the educatioeducation. for somebody who wanted the job so bad, it has been a pleasure to be county executive. to see these things happening and to understand prince george county is on the cutting edge. i think the most challenging thing is how quickly you can make changes in the government. it does move slow. i think for me in the first few months, it was hard to get my hands around the fact that i couldn't immediately snap my fingers and things were going to change, that we did have to put a process in there. >> a lot of people were looking at your inauguration day as a new day for the county. you mention natural disasters, and there were multiple ve investigations going on, and the scandals. there's a settlement that came

out in the post. >> and yeah, there's a settlement that came out for what happened in the last administration. when i came into office, i had to immediately, you know, let go all the top decision makers in my government. we didn't know where the investigation was going to end up. but in the end i think we were able to get smart and dedicated people who came in and helped us turn a corner in the county. we feel good about where we are going. >> you were recently named the most innovative executive by the minority contractors associat n association. explain what it means to you and the could nnty. >> it means programs, where we have transforming neighborhoods initiative, and revamping a

minority business and small business office with the executive director looking at how we help local and small businesses get work. i think it's a recognition that the county people that i put in place are doing a great job, and thinking ahead on how we can make the government work better. i am very proud of it. >> let's go back to housing. on the 9th, a big housing fair. free counseling and advice. about 65 exhibiters that we mentioned at the top of the half hour. tell us about the housing lottery, and what people can expect. >> for the first time, we have a house lottery where it's a greenhouse. so what we are really excited is about that. people that are free qualified throughout the housing department can put names in this lottery. they will have substantial reduction. it will be drawn right there, so we will know on hand who is the winner of this greenhouse in

prince georges county. >> who is this housing fair for? you don't have to be in trouble to go to this. >> no, it's for everybody. when i go there, i pick up great information on just some things that we can do, on whether it's how to reduce the pepco bill or how to do gardening or get legal advice to make sure everything is in order. it's something -- they make it fun. it's a fun time to be there. i actually spend more time than my staff want me to when i go to these events. >> it's a great program, and we are proud to partner with you. we are going to see 5,000 to 7,000 people there. >> thank you for doing this. >> thank you for taking the time out for us once again. if you would like to learn more about the big day coming up on saturday the 9th, go to the website or check out the phone

number, too. and that does it for "viewpoint." enjoy the rest of your weekend, everybody. welcome to "news4 today," everybody. i am angie goff. >> and i am richard jordan. the weather is great if you want to barbecue or go to the concert or one of the memorials. >> i have a couple brother-in-laws that are taking place in the rolling thunder. >> do they have a spot for you on the back of the bike? >> they have a side car. the last time i went riding with my brother-in-law, i melted the

side of my shoes. nobody told me to keep the shoe off -- >> the exhaust pipe will be very hot. >> i lost my shoe and thank goodness it was not my foot. >> why do you think that is funny? >> because, i mean, it's just epic -- >> so typical. >> only you could go for a motorcycle ride and melt your shoe to the side of the motorcycle. and today there is a few fair weather clouds out in the eastern skies, and lone sprinkles, but there is, as you can see, blue sky to take in. temperature now, 72 at national airport. and 72 degrees at the air station. 68 in front royal and toms brook. outside, there we go, on radar, one or two very small little sprinkles there. those are drifting into northern

carroll county as well. they are moving away from us more than towards us. and heavier rains are out on the jersey coastline. those are moving out to see. not a whole lot going on for the next couple hours, and you should get plans to get out to sunday services, or go out and make sure the motorcycle is 100% the shiniest you can make it before you do rolling thunder. it will be hot and humid today. poor air quality. we are down to code original on air quality. and there will again today be a round of showers and storms bubbling up. mostly in southern pennsylvania. and they will drift down into northern maryland. keep that in mind. most of us will be dry for most of the day. that's the best i can give you. >> we'll take it. >> today, as we mentioned, the roar of thousands of motorcycles will echo throughout the d.c. area. it's the 25th annual rolling

run. they will ride to the national mall and gather at the lincoln memorial for a ceremony, and tomorrow they will take park in a wreath laying ceremony at arlington national ceremony and then honor veterans at the memorial. thousands turned out to get a look at the memorial day concert. and last night was the rehearsal. it features two hollywood heavy weights as they koe host the event honoring the veterans. >> it's a privilege. it really is. it's a way of paying back in a small way a price that have paid far greater than if i come for

the next 100 years. if that doesn't move you, the flag flying, you are dead. >> the concert will be televised starting at 8:00. all overt country people are taking part in celebrations and ceremonies to mark memorial day. we look at how some are enjoying the long weekend. >> reporter: on this memorial day weekend getaways don't get much better than this. >> starting to kick off summer just chilling with some friends. a beautiful memorial day weekend. >> not so in bertle beach, as the tropical storm was baring down making a memorable memorial day. but a gate day for a parade in chicago, and in maryland. >> i am excited about memorial day. very, very grateful for all of the troops, you know, who protect our country. i don't take that lightly. ♪

>> reporter: and this was the sentiment at the navy memorial. >> very patriotic, and it makes you proud to be an american and we still have a heartbeat left in us yet. >> and vice president noted the days at war are now numbers. >> we were determined to end the war in iraq responsibly, and today our troops are home. >> reporter: across america, a weekend of relaxation and reflection. brian moore, nbc news. right now police are looking for a man suspected in the deaths of four people. police found the bodies of a missing man, his girlfriend and two young children in nicholas county, west virginia. west virginia state police say they found the bodies in a wooded area about a mile from where they found the suspect's

van. they are looking for the suspect. family members of the man who confessed to kill aton paeuts. he told other relatives he hurt a child. another sister said she learned her brother confessed to a church group in the 1980s. hernandez has a history of mental illness. investigators will likely need more than the confession to build the case. the body has never been found. a heated confrontation. officers were called for a slain mother in the district when an uninvited guest showed up. it was in northeast, and police

say the father of her children, cook, shot her in front of her kids in february. stone's sister got angry when a friend of the cook family showed up. police are searching for him. >> he done the damage and planned to do. whoever hide him, turn him in. why are you holding him? if the shoe was on the other foot, they would want somebody to do the same thing for him. >> the family will hold a funeral for stone tomorrow. the time is 7:38. it's called history in orbit. why some excertificates are calling yesterday one of the biggest days ever in space exploration. how these goats a

the white house is speaking out against a deadly attack in syria. a quick warning. some of the images are disturbing. it's believed the syrian government is behind the attack. it's happened friday afternoon after a anti-government protest. >> the violence is unacceptable. it's unforgivable. the death of 32 young children, the future of syria. >> witnesses say government-backed forces went home to home killing people. it's considered one of the worst massacres since the rebel up riding began more than a year ago. nato is investigating roadside bombs, one during an insurgent attack on friday and the other yesterday when a

soldier was travelling in a vehicle. 30 service members have been killed alone this month. the brother of the blind activist returned to his village in eastern china. he escaped and travelled to meet with authorities. his family says he is worried about what they call retaliation bay local officials. it's unknown if he returned to his village voluntarily or were forced by officials who were keeping him and his family under surveillance. and then the private space dragon docked two days ago, and they got to open their care package. it's the first time a private spacecraft docked at the international space station. >> the top ten days of exploration.

it's when we have gone to a new level of space access. >> the capsule for the iss is about the size of a large walk in closet. the officials say they are wur keupg on eventually sending people on space on the private spacecraft. >> maybe if there's a side car, you can catch a ride. >> as long as it promises not to burn our shoes. we are going to check in with jenna wolf, who joins us live from new york? >> coming up on a sunday morning, today parts of the southeast are in for a soaking. a subtropical storm is expected to make landfall. and then did the butler do it? that's the question being asked at the vatican today. we'll have a live report. if you are looking to go to the movies now that summer has

unofficially arrived you will get a sneak peek at men in black, and the dark knight. an 80-year-old skydiver falling out of the harness and hanging on for dear life to her instructor. she will tell us why she does not regret taking the plunge. at 80, and i'm not sure if i mentioned that. >> we will find out if she will do it again when she is 82 or 83? >> i will go with probably not. one community in prince georges county is using live animals to take care of the landscaping. they hired goats -- can you hire goats? >> how much are they getting paid? as you can imagine, the goats are getting tons of attention.

>> reporter: some folks in prince georges county are working to revitalize the corridor by the mall. other nature's lawn mowers, and their mission on this day is to clear the bush. so the mall can plant a rose bush and make a beautiful garden. >> to see there's a farmers market here. >> what is the logic behind foregoing john deer. >> the goats are srurt you will ey -- >> i thought it was a dog. >> but this guy looks pretty good. >> it's thinking outside of the box, and maybe too far outside for some. >> but it's bad for people who want jobs to cut the grass. >> as far as the goats are

concerned, they just do what goats do. >> i was pleasantly surprised to see the goats because i never have seen goats in real life before. >> don't be surprised if you get a little attached. >> this one, i adopted her. >> we want innovative and creative things in the county, and so there is no better district than district 7. >> each goat can eat 10 to 15 pounds of vegetation per day, and you get the goats for a fee based on the size of the area you want cleared. >> apparently, they make good pets, too. >> if the goat gets tired, maybe that little boy would like to pick some of the grass. >> i guess. >> he is making the goat noise. >> goats seem to be having a good time out there yesterday. most everybody i think will enjoy the weather for today. but i think our

the day is off to a great start. >> we were thinking about heading out to national harbor in a little bit. >> going all the way to

gaithersburg all the way to the harbor. >> she was in l.a. for a while. even considered living out in l.a. after all of this. >> you don't want to leave all the humidity behind, do you? >> so it's going to be humid? but the breeze from the harbor will be nice. >> if you are right alongside the bay or the river or the beach today, you shall probably going to be a little more cool and comfortable, but if you are outside away from the water and don't have a chance at a cooling breeze, it's going to be a summer-like day to be in the great outdoors. drink lots of water and light clothing, and shake shade breaks, otherwise you will get overheated on a day like today. we will be right back into that same zone again later today. heat index values between 90 and 95 degrees by the time we get to the middle of the afternoon. outside, a generally blue sky outside. the first thing this morning, not a whole lot of cloud cover

left. 72, ronald reagan national airport. dew point temperatures remean very high. a 68 degree dew point is very close to summer level of oppression around here for humidity. 70 already in winchester and martinsburg and hagerstown. and on the eastern show, 72 in easton. hagerstown, by 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon, southern pennsylvania. shower and thunderstorm chances by late afternoon. most will stay away from the immediate metro area, but it will be a close call. showers fading out in the 11:00 to midnight timeframe. just a few drops going books to the northern parts of the bay. they will not be bothering us, nor will these showers and storms along the new jersey

coastline. those are headed out to sea. good riddance to them. i think we will see another shower and thunderstorm bubbling up with the heat. and keeping an eye on the tropical storm headed westbound into northern florida and southern georgia, there could be a lot of rain down there. for us, we don't need to worry about that, it doesn't look like. a thundery sunday with the thunder rolling into town. you see the rain chances sneaking in and fade away as they come into the washington area, and then we do it overcoming up tomorrow. the beach forecast, 69 degrees. that's the temperature in the ocean itself. your beach forecast highs today, perfect for your memorial day. right here in town, partly sunny, and a chance of thunderstorms mainly north. air quality index is code orange. today's highs, upper 80s to near

90. and then as we go back to work and school, on tuesday, things starting to settle down a bit. we will be cool and cloudy with a little rain chance by the end of the week on into next weekend. the next taste of summer lasts until about tuesday. moving over to sports, the first place nationals look to stay hot against the braves and the maryland's mens lacrosse team had a chance to go to the championship game. >> the fifth starter has been struggling. he'll get the start on wednesday in miami. stephen strausburg on the mound for the nationals yesterday facing the braves. second inning, he gets early run support. espinosa hammers one deep to left. a major bomb.

and it's espinosa's fifth of the year, and nats are up 4-0. and then stephen strausburg facing uggla. and harper going back, and just out of his reach. the two-run shot ties the game at four. strausburg, not the best outing. five innings and four earned runs. and chad tracy gets a double to the gap and good enough for a score. the nationals retake the lead, 5-4. tracy left with a groin injury, and an mri is scheduled. and harper in the seventh goes opposite field on the home run, and three home runs in his big league career. look at him sprinting around the bases. the nats go for the series sweep

today. and then a big day for the contract extension with the birds yesterday. and that's not the only thing being extended. in the bottom of the third, he hits one to the gap in right center, and that would extent his hitting streak now to 17 games. he gets a triple out of that one. and they go up 3-0 later that inning on a sac fly. and then in the top of the seventh, trying to protect a lead, and then a double to left and we are all tied up at three. top of the eighth now, another reliever in trouble. the bases are loaded and they are facing one who delivers. that proves to be the difference as the royals win this one, 4-3. the lacrosse team makes it

clear that ranks don't matter to them. maryland didn't have one come into year's ncaa tournament, just like last year. and just like last year they took their unranked status to the championship game. late in the first half, the terps with the ball. snyder gives the terps the lead go into the half. third quarter now, nice passing. michael shakespeare to cooper to snyder. he finds the back of the net. terps up 8-4. fourth quarter, maryland up 11-8. the defender goes down shooting. what a goal. he chipped in with a hat trick. maryland wins 16-10 and advance to the national championship game for the sbgd straight year and they play on monday for the

title. d.c. united is head into the break atop the eastern conference standings. they can begin a few weeks of r and r on a high note, and we pick it up in the 61st minute after united blew a 2-0 lead. santos keeps the keeper. see it again. a spin move by santos. he knows where he is going, and santos, once he gets it back, he berries it. the seventh goal of the year. it's the game winner for him. they are now unbeaten at home in the last eight games. the mystics hosting. check out this kid. he has tickets to the gun show. you have to love that. and the turnover is forced. and a game high of 19 points off the bench. and back come johnson, and

drives down the lane and cuts the lead to one. but the mystics are not done yet. curry, 2 of her 15 points. washington gets the first win on the young season, 64-61. in the nba last night, the celtics are moving on to the eastern conference finals. they beat the sixers and gave seven of the semifinal series. boston will take on the miami heat for the right to play for the nba title. and that's it for "news4 today." we will be back in 25 with a local news update. at 9:00, we will have a full hour