hi, everyone, good morning, and welcome to "news4 today." >> so glad you could join us. we want to get straight to the weather. >> yeah, we have weather to deal with from friday, and we'll talk about tornados. >> this morning, we have another cool start. it's great to have you with us. let's take a look around. there are the 50s i promised yesterday. southwest winds light at 5 miles per hour. i am watching the batch of showers across the great lakes,

and a few might to squeeze southward into the north part of the viewing, and that will be on my weather agenda. i put in a slight chance for a thunderstorm today. straight ahead, the rest of your weekend details and your forecast looking seven days out. and this morning a maryland community is in shock after a mother mistakenly backed her suv into her door and four other children. darcy spencer has this story you saw here first on 4. >> was he unconscious? >> at the beginning he was. >> tony's son is one of the five children struck in the driveway of a home thursday night. the 10-year-old boy is still

being treated at a local hospital. >> every time he wake up, he has a lot of pain. he has two broken ribs. his face a little cut. >> the mother who struck them excellently hit the gas instead of the brake. her own daughter, an 8-year-old was killed and her 2-year-old was hurt. >> he was kind of like pushed. >> 7-year-old gonzalez was also hit by the suv. >> i was trying to run. like, there was a lot of stuff, and i fall, then the car came and pushed me. >> gonzalez lives at the house where the tragedy unfolded with

his mother. lopez had been renting out the basement, and when she refused to leave the police were called and lopez was backing up the driveway to load her belongings when she hit the wrong pedal. >> we trust in the lord that he is going to be fine. d.c. police are looking for the gunman that shot a man in the head killing him. it happened in trenton place. >> this morning, police are looking for a second man involved in a parking lot shooting in the district. two men opened fire at each other in the safe way parking lot in northeast yesterday morning. nobody was hurt. the bullet did hit several cars. police arrested one man and are still looking for the other.

police need your help identifying men captured on surveillance video. police enhanced these photos from server hrupbs videos. you might want to avoid the willton bridge. right now, only one lane is open. the work is expected to last until 5:00 tomorrow morning. new this morning, ten pakistani militants are dead from a drone strike. four missiles hit a village on the border with afghanistan. this is the sixth u.s. drone attack despite pakistan demanding they stop.

meanwhile canada came to the defense of the u.s. saying drone strikes are more efficient in reducing citizen deaths. egypt's tahrir square is full of demonstrations, after pha mubarak was sentenced. more than 900 people were killed in 18 days during the egypt up rising. most people were happy with mubarak being found guilty but wanted a harsher punishment and said the death penalty was the only way to deliver justice.

wisconsin governor faces a recall on tuesday. opponents are upset the governor ended collective bargaining rights with most government workers. walker faces democratic challenger milwaukee mayor. the time is 6:06. no comment. that's the remark. plus the public's pressure to bring a metro line into loudoun county. we are tracking a chance of sunday showers. sunday showers. dad look, you can get eggs,

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the national weather service confirmed a tornado did touch down in hartford county, maryland during friday's storm. four people were hurt and were expected to make full recoveri s recoveries. all of the confirmed twisters were in maryland. two in montgomery county and two in carroll county and one in prince georges and an run dull counties. >> the weather center sent out a team of five people, and they went anywhere there was a possible spinnup and up sknup investigated. we may have another tornado or two come in, and seven reports

here. >> four injured out of seven confirmed tornadoes, that's pretty amazing that more people were not injured. >> if you were watching nbc 4 on friday, and if it's happening in your backyard you want to know. we have a nice weekend so far. we are hoping to keep the trend going as we head into the rest of your sunday. let's take a look outside. we have very comfortable weather. temperatures are in the 50s at this hour. feels good outside, and i think we are going to be seeing temperatures kind of like yesterday going back up through the middle. 58 is what we have. the winds are out of the southwest at 5 miles per hour. here is the satellite and radar loop. no rain on top of us right now, so you are good to go going out to church services and what not. no worries. where your sunday best. and 50 in gaithersburg. good morning to you. a pair of 5s down across

southern maryland, and up to the north in baltimore at 54. hour highs today going into the middle and upper 70s. fredericksburg has a shot of maybe 80s. and there's a risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. a partly cloudy afternoon in the works for you. here is the trough that is going to try and stir up the showers to the north, but i suspect most will be staying up there today, and then tomorrow we'll do it all over again, and getting by on a dry note. it's tuesday through the middle of next week that we have to worry about more significant rain chances moving back into our weather forecast. beach bound today, not bad. a stray shower late in the day, and look at the water temperature, 68 degrees. got to love it. let's love this forecast.

maybe we will chase the showers away and keep them up to the north. sunset is at 8:29. coming up tomorrow morning we will do it again with 50s around the area and 60s by the way. a mostly cloudy start tomorrow morning and building on a few clouds in the afternoon. not too much rain, 78. here come the cool weather, tuesday and wednesday with showers, maybe some thunderstorms taking up shop here for a couple days. so the middle to the end of next week is going to be a little rough and cooler than average. i like what i am seeing into next weekend, team. got to love that. >> well, we deserve it. never gets old saying that. i needed a little sweater. >> a little something. >> thank you. plenty of heat at national's park. >> and the stanley cup finals ones again goes into overtime.

good morning. your sports minutes begins on the diamond, the nationals hosting the braves. steven strausburg strikes out nine, and the nats take down atlanta, 2-0. in st. petersburg, orioles get an impressive start for brian. giving up two hits and one run, and the orioles beat the rays. and then the kings, skwrefp carter scores your overtime winner to give l.a. a 2-1 victory over new jersey. now, they head home with a two game to none series advantage. in the nba western conference

finals, oklahoma city beat san antonio and that series even at two games a piece. that's your sports minute. have a great day. up next is reporters notebook. a look at the stories affecting our community. >> we will be back in 15 minutes, but for now, here is pat lawson muse. mayor gray is still not talking about guilty please by his two former campaign workers for paying brown to heckle former mayor fenty. voters have been deceived. assigned prosecutors are speeding up the investigation. panel, what do you think district voters should make of mayor gray's refusal to comment? >> they are clearly very

troubled from what i can tell from the reporting. i think there's a feeling from a number of people he should be saying more than he has been saying. >> his attorney says not to say anything. >> you could go legalisticly and take it safely, and then the other question is, pour your heart out and tell the truth, if you have a good story to tell, tell it and it will rise above it. and the other thing is no matter what you say, there will be strategists that will turn around what you do say. what i am gathering from the report, the mayor has to do something to stop the steady eb and flow of what is coming up. >> the possibility of the mayor not having to say anything is a likelihood, but there's pressure from the community and the press and the officia in the city.

so he's put in a very tight spot right now. i have to agree with my colleagues. i think he has to say something. the man -- if the man is innocent and can speak the truth, truth goes a long way. >> the truth does go a long way, but the law goes beyond the truth. i think that ideally we would like to see him just say, look, here is the truth, i am not guilty, this is what happened, and i didn't know, and i will stand by that whether it's in court or out of court, but now like many situations, whether it's political or corporate or whatever, once a lawyer -- once you have lawyered up as they say, you must follow the recommendation of that lawyer. what i don't understand, though, is other than brown, who is

pushing for this, is fenty's people pushing to get him out of office? who are the political enemies? >> you look at the players. lightfoot was in the fenty campaign and corner, and he spoke about using the word deceived. >> what do you make of him weighing in on this? >> a lot of people feel that he should be quiet right now. pushing the card isn't helping fenty, and it's not helping everybody. >> it's beyond maneuvering and beyond trying to get him out. there's enough on the table to raise questions where this thing is moving forward. sure, there will be people in the fenty campaign and other critics of the mayor doing what they can and the bully pulpit

speaking out and trying to move it along and some will try to convict before there is a trial, and you can say in a way that's irregardless of that. this is moving forward into a situation where people are beginning to make up their minds and they are making up their minds on what they think they know. there's an awful lot out there to pick and choose from. >> there are three public officials that smell blood in the water. do you think that at all it's premature at this point, joe? >> no, and it's very smart on their part because you don't know how long this will have to play out in the courts. so you start to get your ducks in order now. the main thing is fund-raising, and so it's a smart political move. i hate to see it happen, but that's politics. >> but in this political city where the demographics are

changing so much and it's not the marion barry days, and we have a different demographic on the streets of washington so they are smart to start getting out there and getting the feel of the community and getting the feel of the voters for the future. >> you don't have the loyalty with gray that you have with marion barry. >> it's wells, and evans, and marion pwouzer, who has the old fenty seat. those are the three people. they all deny everything, of course, and they are denying and others say they have had talks. and moving on, maryland same-sex marriage law is heading to the ballot. they easily beat the first deadline for collecting the first 18,000 signatures needed, and they are well ahead of the june 30th deadline for collecting the 55,000 signatures they needed and that's twice the

number that they have, twice the number they need to qualify for the referendum. proponents of same-sex marriage played down the significance of all the signatures and said they will focus on the polls that suggest same-sex marriage is gaining traction in maryland. >> it's a good sign for the people that want to stop this law that they have gotten so many signatures, many more than people thought they would get, but the fact remains when everybody votes it could be more than the signatures. the fact remains the polls indicate that it's close or perhaps in favor of same-sex marriages, and this is a question if you get your troops down to the polling booths on election day, this is where you will win. if you don't, you might lose. >> interestingly, the group pushing the referendum saying the president is coming out in favor of same-sex marriage and has motivated people on both sides. >> i think it's going to be

close from what we are hearing. there's a big difference of getting signatures of people and people going to the polls to vote. a very big difference. >> i disagree. i would be very worried if i were pro same-sex marriage. you have twice as many than what you needed. keep in mind, every state where this has been on the ballot, it has in fact, you know, gone the way of the anti-gay marriage people. the legislators, you know, they pass it, but when it goes to a vote the people reject it. i would be very concerned. i wouldn't underestimate this. but this is a sign that says these people may very well be the motivated ones to get their side to the poll. >> and let's bring it up before we go to break. this year we are looking at not one but two referendums. maryland has not had a petition

forced referendum in two decades. >> i just hope people take the time to read both of them. >> and i hope people vote. >> they will vote. well, will this not be during the presidential campaign? >> yeah. >> so you will have a very large turnout. >> that was a concern in the beginning. remember, this would fall into the presidential campaign. >> yeah. we should say the two referendums are same-sex marriage and tuition tax credits for immigrants. >> and this may be tied also to the presidential election. so -- >> in light of what happened last week, the unconstitutional benefits for same-sex marriage. got to go to a break. stay with us.

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welcomeback. a new poll shows 86% in favor of the rail line extension into loudoun county. but there is controversy over local control and labor agreements. my question is can support that strong, popular support that strong, move this project forward, dave? >> everybody hopes it will. but when you are talking real dollars in tough economic times, prince william county is worried it has two stops, i believe, in the new rail system and they are just where are we going to get the money from. there are rumors they may want to drop out. there's a government-locally based input, but everybody wants it and the question is how to pay for it and that could be the problem. >> loudy yloudy -- the money is

important. the politics weigh as heavily in the whole situation. here you have the governor, bob mcdonnell, number one, phase two of the whole operation has to do with union benefits, and incentives and he's against that. and of course you have like loudoun county and fairfax county, and you have who will control the airport authority. mcdonnell wants to control a lot of it. but the fact is that the authority board is made up of the district of columbia and maryland and virginia. so this was a big political play. >> and also added is the tolls may have to go up to pay for it. that's one way. and possible tax on gasoline, so that virginia is close to north carolina. i am still of the mind, this is

well on its way. i think the number one reason this will pass is every morning and evening the traffic, the traffic, people don't like sitting in the traffic. and that is probably going to be of everything jerry said, that's going to be the driving force. these numbers are people that don't want to sit in the traffic hour after hour and get up at 4:00 to get to the 9:00 job. >> it's loudoun county, and not prince william. they are worried. >> and the county council approved a bill to require people convicted with gun crimes register with the police, and if you fail to register you could go to skwaeul for a year and pay $1,000 fine. police say many offenders get

caught with guns and they consider that crime an inconvenience, and they are not detoured by the law. how effective to you think a registry like this can be? >> back to the police. if the police enforce it, it could be very effective i am told and if people come fly it could be very effective, and we will have to see what law enforcement does in this case. the national rival associations are leery of this thing, and they say we don't need more registers, but more looking at the laws. >> out of 1,148 offenders, only nine people have gone back to the streets and using guns, and

in maryland, it's 5% of 1600 people that have gone back to the streets using guns. throughout the country in the towns and counties, it's said that it has been very, very effective. and here, pat, it's not only changing the logistics of the things, but it's changing attitudes and the police chief pointed it out. the fact that police don't give a darn about going to jail. >> it gives them an extra incentive. that's really what it's about. i happen to like this. again, it all boils down to enforcement. if you enforce it, properly and effectively, i think it will see a drop in crimes in the use of guns. this is what it does, it gives an incentive. it's a smart policy. it's just a matter of them enforcing it properly, like anything else. >> joe, jerry, dave, thank you guys, and thank you for joining us. stay with us now.

"news4 today" continues. good morning, everybody. i am angie goff. >> and i am richard jordan. today we are off to a chilly start. >> yeah, it's chilly, but will shape up to be a pleasant sunday. >> we hope. maybe a stray shower but not a washout today, guys. we are in good hands. i want to tell everybody about a coastal flood advisory in effect until 11:00. alexandria, your tied will be half a foot to three quarters of a foot above the normal high tide and that happens at 7:36 this morning. but we have the temperatures outside and they feel nice and we will stay put in the 50s for another hour or so.

and humidity is 78% and mostly sunny skies at the moment. and cumberland, the cool spot. culpepper has you beat. 48 in culpepper. and around the beltway, up towards gaithersburg, 58. a pair of 5s at paw tucken river. we are watching the thunderstorm chance from the north and more 50s in the forecast tonight, and angie and richard, i will have the seven-day forecast when i see you next. >> thank you, kim. this morning, many people are cleaning up from the storms that left businesses damaged. we talked to one of the boys that held on to a bridge for four hours as the fast-moving

water surrounded him. and derek ward has this exclusive. >> once beneath clearer skies it was time to assess the damage, and those that had their own experiences rocked by nature, had time to look back. >> we knew it was in the rain. >> i see the branches of a tree coming down. when i looked around, it was the whole tree. >> reporter: and this once mighty waterway is largely narrowed, and every now and then she shows her fury. >> how long were you there? >> four hours. >> four hours clinging to the bridge support. >> we were down there and it started raining and it over flooded and we were stock. >> and in no time, the water went from ankles to waist high. >> we had to hold on tight. >> halfway into their ordeal,

there was salvation with a cell phone. >> there was a lady and she she didn't understand us at first. >> and then it sits on top of my bedroom. >> her next door neighbor had it worst because the tree fell into her bedroom. >> they had to cut her out. >> nobody was injured in either of those incidents. crews are still surveying damage caused by the storm. >> and many are thankful they survived. one man's car storage business took heavy damage with multiple cars crashed by debris, but he thinks about how it could have been worse. >> what you are seeing there is the floor of the trailer, actually.

so it could have been bad. >> crews from bge have restored power to more than 30,000 people sense friday night. this morning a montgomery county man with special needs who vanished during the storm is back with his family. police say they found the 31-year-old in montgomery village. they reunited him with his family last night. and a family is recovering from a paddle boat, and prince georges fire and ems rescued one woman injured. all of them were taken to an area hospital and all are expected to be okay. today, friends and family will remember the life of a popular high school principle. walt whitman high school will help people known around the

area. he was the principal of whitman high for 30 years. former colleague say he helped to develop t school's stellar representation. older cats could use a new home. the shelter is overflowing with cats. many of the owners of the cats dropped their pets off because they could not care for them in the sluggish economy. and jackie bensen reports on how you can help. >> reporter: they can tell how you feel without even being able to talk. it's good to have a cat friend. at the fairfax county animal shelter, there are a lot of cats that need a friend in a major way. the shelter is full to overflowing, and 100 cats are being fostered in private homes. the sign at the front desk is sobering. >> it's hard to the people in the kpaoucommunity coming in, a

this time of year is when it happens. >> older cats carry the tag of senior superstar, and they are mellow, restful, and peaceful creatures. many have been given up because of the economy. >> many people's reasons for surrendering their cat is because they are moving, and sometimes they move into a place that doesn't allow cats and sometimes they are moving in with a family member or friend and there's not a space for the cat to go as well. >> the shelter has a special room where special adopters can spend one-on-one time with the cat that could become part of the family. >> now, this dear little one is way too young to be adopted, and the shelter has a lot of these fabulous senior cats ready and waiting to give you all the unconditional love you could

want, and some day they could star in their own youtube video. >> if they get their own video, everybody will want one. >> so cute. >> go get one. >> i don't know. i have a baby. the time is 6:37. the economy, it affects each and every one of us so it's no surprise it's the number one hot button issue going into november's selection. "meet the press" moderator, david gregory, is headed into the studio with his insight on the economic debate. and the celebration in england today is fit for the ♪ [ male announcer ] it's one thing... to have created an icon and quite another to have done it generation after generation. to the long line of legendary mercedes-benz sl roadsters... ♪

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obama or mitt romney? >> we will see that conversation highlighted on the sunday morning talk shows. joining us now is david gregory, moderator of "meet the press." thank you for joining us. >> good morning. >> and we know the dismal job report came out on friday and a lot of voters' perception of the economy starts several months before the election. how bad is this for obama? >> what the president was hoping for and counting on was there would be a trajectory upward, and we have seen it take a dip in the other direction. a lot of concerns is is the president said the economy is facing head winds that would look promising in the early part of the year, and it has taken a dive. these are horrible things for a president seeking re-election, because it gets to the bedrock of this campaign, which is the economy getting better. if not, is the president to blame. >> a perfect opportunity for

romney to seize the moment. >> his campaign strategist says this is the campaign that they are in shape to run. this is exactly the campaign that mitt romney wants to run in these conditions. he has to be careful about rooting for a downturn, but it's just these conditions that allow him to say we could be doing better. and after the verdict came out for roberts. >> i did an awful, awful lot that was wrong. and there is no one else responsible for my sins. none of the people who came to court and testified are responsible. nobody working for the government is responsible. i am responsible. >> do you think after hearing something like that where he

accepts responsibility there's a hope of a political comeback at all? >> no, i don't. i don't see it. if he had greater talents than he had if he were held in higher esteem within the party, perhaps. but i still see it completely overwhelmed by his personal faults and how people view him, i don't see a chance. >> what is coming up on the show today? >> and the case against mitt romney and attacking his record as governor of massachusetts. what i think is an important for the campaign, and this job reports has signals, and five more job reports before election day, and it has to have him on pins and needles. >> do you think there is time

to see who voters will believe? >> it's four days before the election is the final jobs report before the election. it's about the peoples' perception about how the economy is going and their outlook on the future. >> what is coming up on press pass. >> we are talking to the author of a new book, the war on terror. it has interesting inside details, about some of the kill policy the drone policy of taking out militants in pakistan. >> and before you go, celtics or heat? >> don't do that! >> i don't know. i don't know. a win at celtics -- give miami a hard time. >> thank you. speaking of the heat, you are not feeling it early this morning. a cool start to our sunday, right? >> yeah, and a nice afternoon

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it was a lively, albeit, smaller crowd. 27,000 people took part yesterday and that's about one-third less people compared to last year. some people might believe it might be because of the fallout to stop tkpwgiving money to pla

parenthood. >> they definitely had weather on their side, because it was -- i went out to the festival, unlike somebody who didn't come out and meet me, but we won't hold that against him. >> who is she talking about? >> it was so nice. everybody that you talked to said this day is unbelievable, because there was not humidity. >> talk about the calm after the storm. seven confirmed tornados across maryland alone. we had some in virginia, but out of our local weather service office's jurisdiction. carroll county, hartford county an ron dull and prince georges county. it's chilly outside as you grab your "washington post."

bundle up. we had 40s earlier down towards manassas and points south towards culpepper. we have mostly sunny skies, and the humidity is 78%. the numbers coming in, that 48 at culpepper, and 55 in fredericksburg. we will take you close to 80 in fredericksburg this afternoon. we will be going south into central virginia. over towards washington county, and on to the west, we could have showers and or a thunderstorm or two pop up today from this batch of moisture in the great lakes, and that will swing through pennsylvania and skirt by the mason-dixon line. most of the showers should stay

north but one could come close to montgomery county or the d.c. line today. and tomorrow we will do it all over again, staying dry, and isolated shower or storm. it's really tuesday and wednesday that we have to worry about this batch of moisture getting pulled back in towards us, and creating a very unstable and unsettled weather pattern, which this graphic explains. you know what is going on halfway up in the atmosphere. we have a big cutoff low. it's going to take its time and roll towards new england, and this represents the cold weather and the upper levels of the atmosphere making things unstable. if you were to take a bowl upside down, it would want to fall. that's what happens with the weather pattern. and it represents showers, and they will skirt by us as we head into the middle of the week ahead. so let's point you in the right direction for today. partly cloudy and a chance of a thunderstorm mainly north of us.

sunset is 8:29. and coming up tomorrow, we will wake up with temperatures in the 50s, and we're going to be seeing once again a day kind of like today, partly cloudy and turning mostly cloudy. it's tuesday, wednesday and thursday that we increase the shower chances. notice wednesday is probably the best day to get wet, a 50% chance and a cool day, only a high of 70, and breaking free of the rain as we think about friday and saturday. everybody tweeting me about graduations and all types of things going on next weekend, and we want to keep it dry as we head into the weekend. of course you can always follow me on twitter. i am weatherkim. across the pond, england is celebrating the queen's diamond jubilee. she is marking her 60 years on the thrown. we want to take you live to london as they prepare for the festivities. it's chilly, 50 degrees

yesterday. but that's not stopping people from having a good time. today the queen is going to ride aboard a barge in the jubilee pageant and there will be a big luncheon. michelle kaczynski reports. >> reporter: 21 guns at high noon for 60 years of queen elizabeth's reign. the marking of the jubilee was spent doing what she loves, a day at the races. the crowd was brimming over with national pride. >> the flag brought in by parachute. members of the royal family, even princesses understated. all over, you find these

outpourings. the posh and the homegrown. a chalk drawing on the street. the sun has not come out, but the queen did. >> the queen turns up in cardboard where she can't be. >> reporter: that weather continues to be a concern, in a place where nothing has been left to chance, and not even the long line of boats, colors flying, and cold heavy rain threatening to soak a million citizens. >> if we get drowned out, well, this is england. >> reporter: in the past few weeks, out visiting her subjects. nothing seems able to dampen the celebration here.

michelle kaczynski, nbc news, london. and today, there is the big jubilee lunch, and then the queen will ride the barge for the diamond jubilee pageant. on monday, there will be a concert at the palace, and paul mccartney and elton john is supposed to perform at the event. our own doug cammer will be performing a solo -- just kidding, me will be heading down there and you will want to follow him on twitter so you can keep up with him in london. >> after the crazy friday he had, he could use a little getaway time. >> a little cup of tea, yeah.

>> enjoy your time inla london there. from celebrities tying the knot to reviewing your vows, actress drew barrymore was one of those celebrating her numb wedding. this is her third marriage, and they are expecting their child this year. can you name drew's exes? >> not at all. >> also tying the knot yesterday, ashley biden, vice president biden's daughter. the ceremony happened yesterday in delaware. "people" magazines says the groom will surprise her with the

honeymoon destination, and the president and first lady was not among the wedding guests. it's part of a special ceremony at the national shrine of the immaculate conception. one couple taking part in the ceremony is celebrating their 72rd wedding anniversary. they must have gotten together young. >> yeah, obviously, 73 years, good for them. >> so there is still much -- i thought you were going to say something else. i thought you had more comments on that. >> we have more here after the break. ♪ [ male announcer ] it's one thing... to have created an icon

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hi, everyone. good morning. i am richard jordan. >> i am angie goff. welcome to "news4 today." it's cold out there. >> not cold, but brisk. >> it's a change of what we are used to. >> the normal low is up into 63, and we are in the 50s. you get points for pointing that one out. we will have a chilly start for the next hour or so and then things will warm up okay. we have the sunshine out. look at the gorgeous shot. looking good, everybody. the satellite and the radar

combined show rain showers up to the north and hoping they will stay up there today. i am going with a forecast that keeps us dry most of the time, and takes us up into the middle 70s with an isolated shower or thunderstorm around d.c., and up into northern washington counties today. more scoop coming up from me in half an hour or so. >> thank you, again. and here is a look at other stories we are following this morning. the weather service says seven tornadoes touched down on friday. at least two people had been reported injured, but no deaths in any of these storms. >> four children are recovering this morning after a horrific accident in prince georges county. five kids were hit by an suv in a driveway on thursday night. one of the children died. friday morning, one of the victims -- excuse me, one of the victims is still in the hospital

with serious injuries. d.c. police is looking for a gunman that shot a man in the head and it happened in trenton place in southeast washington. police have not released the victim's name and have not release add description of the person they are looking for. >> those are some of the stories making the news today. good morning, and welcome to "viewpoint." in 1996, the district of columbia primary care association was formed to offer all district residents a chance to lead better lives through better coverage and access and quality. today it's a health care community leader serving the area's low income, uninsured and medically vulnerable. our guests this morning are george jones who is with bread for the city, and vincent keen president and ceo of unity health care, and pca's ceo.

right at the top, what percentage of d.c. residents don't have health insurance? >> 6%. we have a high level of health insurance, number one in the nation for covering children and number two for covering adults. >> how did health care reform help you serve and expand care? >> well, it enabled the city and the district government has been since 2000 pretty generous after they closed d.c. general and the public health system and they create add coverage program for everybody under 200% of poverty to be able to receive health care and then with the health reform we were able to move a significant number of those people into medicaid. that increased coverage and allowed the investment to be taken advantage of more so than in other states i think.

>> so health care reform helped, but you all were already working together with the district of columbia to expand care for your population -- >> absolutely. and the district, as sharon said, was in the forefront of that. and in many ways, we were already doing a lot of that. of course the ability to move folks from district funding into federal funding through the medicaid and expansion of medicaid was wonderful. and the district has paid into a federal government and that's one of the examples of health care reform that was valuable to the district and indeed to our patients. >> how did it help reform in the city? >> i have to piggy back on what they said, it made the expanded coverage just more sustainable. the district, of course, like so many -- like everybody throughout the country is dealing with the recession, and

the impact on the budget. the fact that the refoam came in time to help the health care alliance, which would graduate to the federal funding, medicaid if you will made a more sustainable health care program. >> if it's struck down, how will that affect you? >> not great. again, it will probably affect the district less than it will other entities, and other states throughout the united states. it depends if the whole component of health care on the expansion of medicaid, it would be difficult because the goal in 2014 is to move many of the different faces over the next several years that would impact, and it would move the focus back from primary care, which it has been and which health care reform is focused on. >> tell us more how d.c. pca

works? >> it's a member organization made up of members such as bread for the city and unity health care and provide providers. these were health centers that hoped to make sure they guaranteed care to people regardless of their ability to pay. they create add parallel system when we had a failing health system. so it organized also in a town who had not created a real footprint for primary care. raising the political awareness for primary care and the importance of prevention and primary care in a town who has very serious health indicators was a big step in leveraging the investment that we did that led to medical home cc. >> you referred in the past to the health care system as

broken, unequal and inhumane. >> i would say we mitigated that pretty dramatically. a lot of capital projects -- a lot of good people set up shop wherever they could. unity, for example, took over the former public health clinics that were in horrible facilities, really. and so we have been able to create better facilities with investment through the tobacco settlement dollars, and expand east of the river where there was no primary care. also to build the infrastructure, electronic health records and that kind of thing. we are much further along than we were, but you have to understand we have 240,000 people on medicaid in the district of columbia. that's more than a third of the entire population. and that comes with a lot of complexity. these health centers deal with those broad complexities. >> we will continue talking about that. we will be right back after

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welcome back. we are talking about the district of columbia health care, and all three of you have told me how tobacco settlement money has helped to expand quality of care and access. >> just last month, we had a wonderful opening for the anacostia ward eight, and that will triple the access numbers for patients. that's one example. under d.c. primary care association and the leadership, the money was directed towards programs. we have one open and one ground breaking next month in ward seven, and then in ward five. so here is an example of the

district being conscientious about the need for access, and also the need to take out centers that were formed in disrepair and give people the opportunity to come to a place where you and i could be proud. >> so the city completed 12,000 square foot expansion about a year and a half ago, and we projected will will go from serving 6,000 patient visits a year to 18,000, so tripling the number of patients we will see in time. and one of the things that was really at issue is coverage was not the biggest challenge, only 6% of the sroebgz that live in the district right now have no form of coverage, but access, a medical place to go, and that's what the funds did, they set the stage for 12 or 13 different

sites being built out, either expanded or new. >> you have in addition to the centers, you opened one in ward eight and you mentioned facilities opening in wards seven and five. you have mobile vehicles? >> yes. >> in every ward of the city? >> we actually started health care for the homeless in 1985, so our focus was in taking care of homeless people on the street and in hotels back in the '80s. part of that initiative was to ten reaching out to the very, very hard to reach homeless people and we do our -- we have two homeless out reach vans and go out at night and try to connect people into care for those that need to get more stable, and we send them to price house.

that's not actually what i might call the best form of care, but you adapt the delivery service to the needs of your people, and that's one example, homeless. and we do the incarcerated in the district of columbia and re-enter them back into the city as returning citizens. >> does the mobile care, is the vehicle, does it move from ward to ward -- >> yeah, slabsolutely. >> it generally tends to be downtown. the people that won't go into shelters are located in the main parts of town. however, for those that go to shelters in almost seven of the wards of the city, we actually provide health care in that unit, in that shelter setting. and basically, the mobile is ideally to reach those on the street who don't come in, but hopefully connect them in to the point where they will become stable in their own lives and get health care. >> disparity, disparities exist,

we all know, and you can find people, i guess, in every ward of the city with issues that need to be addressed. what are the key health indicators among the medically under served? >> well, i think the first driving force in the district of columbia is poverty. we have an enormous disproportionate number of people that live in poverty, children and adults that live in poverty in the district. there is not a lot to do about that that is not currently being done, but poverty drives the ability to have good nutritious food, and pay attention to health care because you are paying attention to your rent. diabetes, hypertension and asthma, and hiv specifically because we have an epidemic of hiv are really off the charts in

the district of columbia. what we hope is the package of access and coverage begins to have an affect on the indicators in the district. that's what the health centers are working on, chronic disease management and all sorts of creative ways. and the other thing is to engage people in their own health. what does it take to make people -- you can build it, but what does it take to make people come. >> we will pick up on that point when we continue on the discussion right after this break.

the national weather service says at least seven tornadoes touched down in maryland on

friday. the twisters decimated buildings and damaged homes all over the state. two people were injured but no deaths have been reported. four children are recovering after a accident when five kids were hit by an suv in a driveway friday night, and one child died and one child is in the hospital with serious injuries. a man shot in the head. d.c. police are now investigating the motive behind the shooting. there is no description of the gunman they are looking for. for more news and weather, follow us online at nbcwashington.com or follow us on twitter @nbcwashington.

george, how much responsibility do patients have themselves in reducing the despair tease? >> they are at the center of it. i think all of the clinics are trying to help patients be more independent, and self-sufficient when it comes to health care concerns, chronic illnesses, and we started -- we created a resource room with computers, and people can go in and get as much support as they can. they have access to look up their illnesses or wellness programs on the internet and try to take control of their own health care. >> nutrition is a big factor. better diets will contribute to better health. when you have a limited amount of money, or food stamps, you know, it's a lot cheaper to buy cheap food. how are you putting nutritious foods on the plates and in the

mouths that people need it. >> there's a food pantry now, and over the last three or four years we recognized food is sort of like medicine when it comes to your health. we really had to shift our paradigm and focus on nutrition. so they have reinvented the food pantry, and we wanted to connect and we were talking about health and wellness in the medical practice and then we realized we have to go to the food pantry is mirror that set of values. >> talk about the challenges of changing people's eating habits. can you go to a party and put a plate of raw veggies and fruits on the table and then put a, you know, a tray of fried foods out there, and sometimes people go to the food that they are used

to eating, instead of the healthy food. how do you change that? >> well, i am certainly probably not the one to ask, but it's a struggle. there is a new series out called the weight of the nation, and we all recognize that the two things, obesity and smoking are what are really driving the health care costs and poor health outcomes. how do you engage a group of poor people whose pleasure or options for pleasure may be limited? so food is often comfort, and so a lot of what we are trying to do is raise up community leaders. we build fit stations along anacostia. how do you make it easy to help people begin to move, and start to realize if they eat better and their kids eat better --

right now kids at 7 years old are showing evidence of heart disease. we have a huge number of adolescence who have diabetes. it's a health crisis. it has to be neighborhood by neighborhood. you know, people doing neighbor walks and just moving and eating better, and recognizing that the reward for better health in being a well community is greater than the reward of that fried chicken or, you know, that great greasy carry out that that is out there. >> one of the things we did in the food pantry, we would prepack the bags for our consumers. what we discovered, and we think we are seeing the proof of this, when people get a chance to choose their items, not only do we find they do choose healthy items, but if they don't have to take, you know, asparagus, but they can choose greens or sweet

potatoes, they are more likely to take the things they like and not take the things they won't use. studies suggest that in food panties if you force it on people food they don't want, they throw it away. >> yeah, i can't make my husband eat broccoli or like it. no matter how i make it. >> i think on the subject, pat, we talk about a health care in a limited way. i think the whole focus on health care reform, it's a much larger package. not what happens only in the doctor/patient visit, but it is what happens around that. there's a whole lot of lifestyle challenges, and some folks experience things much different than other folks do. the lack of really reasonably cheap grocery stores where they get healthy food.

i have been to one or two grocery stores, and having had lunch there myself, it's pretty expensive for them. now all of a sudden we are asking them maybe to choose canned food over fresh vegetables, and it's going to be cheaper. i think it's challenged for all of us, and i have the same challenge of choosing healthy foods, and education plays an important role in that. and there's a program, i can, and it's education beyond just a doctor visit. we will take and break and continue to talk after this. [ female announcer ] with xfinity,

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we're talking about health care. let's end the program talking about primary care. the lack of money is one of the main reasons people don't have it, and they don't seek it but there are other deto deterrents. talk about those. >> health centers serve people regardless of the play. the real challenge is out reach. getting people into health and making it a priority in the community, and doing things that will educate people to the need. sometimes the -- a lot of people come to us when they are chronically ill. that's going to be a combined effort by all of us.

>> and, the health equity, it's going to be a challenge, even if you have a zillion centers in the city? >> equity is the goal that everybody has a level playing field. i think there is a certain reality, which is we have done a significant amount to have high quality facilities. but the partnership with the patients is essential. there has not been a good structure. our focus has to be on the health-seeking behavior. now, more than 65% of the emergency room visits are primary care, what we call primary care sensitive. and so saying to everybody, you have found a medical home? you have connected with a doctor, and why are you going to an emergency room for a sore throat. some of it is bad habit. some of it, we are expanding hours at health centers because people are working and can't get there during the day.

there's access, and they have to be good partners, and they can see the many health centers where they can get access. that's the road to equity, a partnership between health centers and our patients in order to be responsible for a better out come. >> mr. jones, would you agree with that? >> i would agree with that, and to sharon's point. it's important for people to know where we exist. i think there are places to go to the website. and they are ready to see people who don't have a medical home and can avoid some of the preventable hospitalizations where they can call it their own. >> you know, the whole idea of community engagement, which is being in the community at lots of levels, and at a and c

meetings, and visiting schools to say do you know what primary care is? i have been in zoning hearings where people say does an ambulance come to primary care? it's educating people how to navigate a system that can be difficult to navigate. community health care workers is one way we are doing it, and training people to understand it and spread the word. >> and the d.c. health organization? >> it's a organization to gather health records. it's a centralized way, where in real time if you go to the emergency room, an emergency room doctor can see your records across the board. we built it in three years. it's a wonderful thing, but is currently in jeopardy because it lacks funding. people say we are ahead ofur time, and that doesn't mean being ahead of our time means that the health organization

won't succeed. >> what is the best piece of advice that each of you can leave with our viewers to help them improve the health care? >> find a medical home where you have a doctor can you call your own when you are feeling well or sick, so i advice people who don't have a provider, we see people regardless of their ability to pay. >> i would say if you wake up and you don't feel good, do a little research. don't go to the emergency room. that's not where you belong. find a medical home. >> my message would be beyond just a patient, the district has invested in health care, and like our legislators and colleagues and the hospitals need to work together to enhance primary care and reduce the cost

and improve the quality. my mess sing a little more to those who make the tkadecisions. >> thank you for joining us this morning on "viewpoint." stay with us now, and new"n4 today" continues. good morning. i am angie goff. >> and i am richard jordan. we are off to a cool and nice start today. >> yeah, i won't say cold. >> don't say cold, because it's not cold. it's just, you know, cool. >> we were in the 50s early on when we headed into work this morning, and the temperatures are rising, and it's going to be a nice and pleasant day. >> kind of like yesterday, and just a slight chance of a shower

sneaking in. under the radar. we might see one or two or three in maryland, and i think d.c. points south will be good. 60 degrees is the latest number at reagan national. and 55 at frederick. culpepper, you were at 48 degrees last hour and now at 54. manassas is 52. there are those showers i mentioned up across pennsylvania. i really think most of them, if they get along the mason-dixon line, we will have a partly sunny afternoon and looking at temperatures to be near 75 at 2:00 and by 6:00 maybe a thunderstorm possible, 76, and again, most of us staying dry today. we start with decision 2012, where the economy remains the big issue. with friday's under well manying jobs report, president obama and mitt romney tried to put their

own spin on the numbers. nbc's mike viqueira has the story. >> reporter: waking up in chicago, the president took a stroll in his own neighborhood. >> no, i woke up too late. >> reporter: on the president's plate, a disappointing may jobs report. >> right now, this country is still fighting our way back on the worst economic crisis since the great depression. >> reporter: experts say the bad news on jobs poses a great threat. >> the more the burden is on the president and the more the focus on his presidency in his four years and not mitt romney. >> reporter: romney pounced. >> the president is always quick to find somebody to blame, and george bush, and congress, and atm machines and europe, and the truth is the job of the president is to get america back

to work. capitalism like this did not help. >> reporter: romney hammered away on the economy, and he is keeping up the attack with a new web ad. >> it's a simple of not success but of failure. >> reporter: obama has the lead in electoral votes. >> going into the summer, possibly throughout the summer and into the fall, very bad news for the white house. >> that was mike viqueira reporting. how do political experts think the jobs report will affect the president and mitt romney? david gregory joined us earlier today and said right now things are not looking good for president obama. >> these are horrible things for a president seeking re-election, because it gets to the bedrock of this campaign, which is the economy, is it getting better, and if not is the president to blame. this is exactly the campaign that mitt romney wants to run in

these conditions. he has to be careful about rooting for downturn, but it's these conditions that allow him to say we could be doing better. >> tune in later this morning for "meet the press," and two governors will square off on the jobs report and it starts at 10:30 right here on nbc 4. and the good news in the economy is the falling gas prices. two states are selling gas for less than $3 a gallon. other states could soon dip below the 3-dollar mark. and pump prices fell 5% in may, and that's the largest monthly drop since november, and aaa reports the national average is at $3.60. in the district it's $3.73, and

in virginia, it's $3.40, and in west virginia, it's $3.66. several celebrities are helping barack obama raise money for his re-election. ellen degeneres will join the president on wednesday, and the event is geared towards the gay, lesbian and bisexual and transgender community. pink will perform. crews continue to clean up after friday's severe storms. take a look at what the storms did to a building. the weather service confirming a tornado did touch down in the area, and luckily nobody was killed. including that tornado, it's one of at least seven that touched down on friday. all of those confirmed twisters were in maryland. three were in montgomery county. one each in carol, prince

georges and hartford counties. that tornado in hartford county flattened several businesses and homes. one man said he was minutes away from being right in the middle of it. we have that story. >> reporter: the sounds of repair and recovery could be hurled throughout hartford county on sunday, less than 24 hours after a major storm ravaged the area. the worst damage occurred here on the 2000 block here, and while many are trying to get back to normal, others are grateful to be alive. >> about 15 minutes, i would have been sitting at my risk, which is under that pile of ruble. i think i would have been dead. >> reporter: he was on his way to his business. he was 15 minutes away when the storm struck and demolished his trailer.

>> it must have went up in the air and hit cars and came down on one, and then wound up, i guess that's 150 feet away. my desk is right under the center of the pile. what you are seeing there is the floor of the trailer, actually. so -- it could have been bad. >> reporter: as dennis assesses the damage left by the storm, he thinks about his friend of 25 years, keith matthews. matthews own as car detailing store is now recovering in a hospital with serious injuries after his business collapsed on him during the storm. >> the walls collapsed and a friend of mine pulled the blocks off of him and got him out. >> reporter: he feels like he and matthews got a second lease on life and truly appreciated their blessings. >> puts a different perspective on things. i have a wife and two kids, and

that's what is important. we have a teen that survived during friday's storms. a news4 exclusive. he says he and his friends were playing near the northwest branch of the anacostia river. and there was major flooding there. >> we were just down there and it started raining and it over flooded. we knew it was going to rain, but we didn't know it was going to be endless. >> a woman with a cell phone heard the calls for help, and she called 911. none of them were seriously hurt. this morning a man who vanished during the storm is now back with his family. he was in montgomery village. they safely reunited him with his family last night. and this morning, a family is recovering from a paddle boat

accident. three of the victims were helped to shore. prince georges fire and ems rescued one woman who was hurt and all were taken to an area hospital and are expected to be okay. today friends and family will remember the life of a popular high school principal. walt whitman high school. he was principal of whitman high for almost 30 years and respected by teachers and students alike. former colleagues say he helped to develop the scholar representation of the school. a traffic alert for drivers this weekend. you might want to avoid the wilson bridge this weekend because of major construction there. crews are putting the finishing

touches between route 1 and telegraph road. right now one lane is open and the work is expected to last until 5:00 tomorrow morning. the time right now is 7:40. attention woodbridge, one of the most popular restaurants in your area just shut down. and the dividing issue over a festival designed to celebrate community and heritage. we will show you how this could become the next best thing since a floppy disk. >> do you remember the floppy disk? >> yeah, i still have them. >> yeah, i still have them.

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more than 1,200 people turned out for a louisiana crawfish boil. they ate about 10,000 pounds of crawfish direct from the gulf. and this morning, a petition

drive is under way to keep a latino festival in the district mt. pleasant neighborhood. it has been a heritage festival, and it may move to pennsylvania avenue near the mall. the deputy mayor of public safety proposed moving the festival from the neighborhood to downtown. some say it has out grown the neighborhood and others say it belongs in the hispanic community. you have to go somewhere else to get your chick-fil-a fix. it's closed just for the month of june for renovation. the owner said the restaurant was doing 250% more sales than the store was designed for. the fast-food joint is set to re-open in july. if you can't wait that long, just hold on, a few hours, tomorrow the chick-fil-a food struck was hit the road.

it was supposed to be open april 9st, and there had to be adjustments so it could fit into a parking space. it will not be serving waffle fries or sweet tea lemonade. the "today" show is next here on nbc 4. it starts at 8:00. jenna joins us live. >> i am not getting in the middle of that one. coming up, more than 1,000 boats set to sail to the tribute for the queen's 60-year reign. a minnesota woman accused of taunting and harassing neighbors for years now, and tomorrow she

is going to jail. and then we meet a inspiring woman. one of the first female photographers ever at national geographic magazine, and her work is stunning. we had a chance to spend time with her. anxious to get to know her better. and a heart-warming video that has gone viral. a boy running a race, and his classmates cheering him every step of the way. richard and angie, back to you guys. >> i know you would bring lester a chocolate chip cookie, if they were the best like somebody proclaims, right? >> i would bring him two, and maybe three. >> i like you. stick around. >> better woman than me. thank you, jenna. i am going to bring cookies next week so i don't have to hear about this. >> too bad i am not hear next

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of this word phenomenon that will not happen for another 100 years. venus will pass between the earth and sun on tuesday. there is a viewing party being hosted from arlington. it will begin after 6:00 p.m. and last a few hours. venus will look like a black dot as it passes across the sun. don't look at the sun directly without proper protection. the sun's rays can damage your eyes. >> do you have a pair of solar eclipse glasses i can borrow? do you think they sell that at sun glass hut. >> i read about that, and i am a meteorologist, and i was confused when i tried to figure

out what that was. it will be a nice day -- never know which camera we are on. >> whichever one has the dot. >> yeah, one of them is missing a light. >> just free-lancing. let's take a look outside. nice day. gorgeous. we have the sun and 60 even degrees at reagan national. got to love it. so what do you say that we pretend we are not going to have a shower this afternoon. northern suburbs have a chance, and most of us staying dry most of the day. southwest winds at 5 miles per hour right now. there's a batch of rain north of pittsburgh, and that energy could swing on through up towards emitsburg, and hagerstown. i think most of the day we are in good shape. 52 manassas.

law pae our high today should be up around 76 out there. partly cloudy off to the west towards winchester and manassas. 78 today, and annapolis by the bay, and here is the batch of energy with the showers mostly across pennsylvania. as it pushes into the ocean, it will stall out there for a little while. we will have a partly sunny day tomorrow. just enough of a lift in the atmosphere that could trigger a storm. i will save most of the energy for tuesday and into next week. this low and front will stall and moisture is going to come back into the picture i think over the next couple days, tuesday and wednesday, because the big upper level system is going to be nearby enough to create havoc in the atmosphere. we are headed into an unsettled weather pattern tuesday and

wednesday of the week, and those are the days i think you will get wet. if you wash the car, you will get a day or two out of it, but not your money's worth. and isolated storm north, and west winds today 5 to 15 miles per hour. coming up tonight, mostly cloudy and cool. 52, again, to 60 near the bay. west winds, 5 to 10. and extending the forecast for you, heading out, we will be in the 70s this week. with the unsettled weather pattern, we go into the low 70s on tuesday and wednesday. a chilly day coming up in the pheulg, and then towards the end, as we think about next weekend, better weather moving in. so many outdoor things going on, and graduations and what not, so we don't want any of the plans to get spoiled. we will keep you updated on this as the week goes on. >> very refreshing. >> yeah. feels good. >> we'll take it.

today children can add some creativity with artwork. today is art journalling. the event features more than 1300 of the area's artist for the next three weeks. you can find the setup at 1851 south bell drive in crystal city. the build something set to be demolished this summer. two of the artists featured are actually married. i got to talk with them about their work. >> i try to be more expressive, and that's thanks to mat's influence over the years. it's political and personal, and i will talk about social issues, and vegetarian issues, and it covers the gamut. >> art journaling for kids begins at noon. and take a look at glass art, and set your dvr's for a feature on art-o-matic.

i have tweeted out information about the event including hours and pictures and you can find that by switching my twitter handle. >> and it's free. >> it's free. and an art exhibit opens over the weekend, and the ship is now an artificial reef. it's also free and open to the public. and you probably heard about cloud storage systems, allowing you to access documents, music, or anything else from just about everywhere. this way of storage is becoming more popular. >> whether it's to tap into your tiles or photos anywhere or free up space on your mobile device,

cloud storage is growing. >> for most it's free, and they will give you 5 gigs or so of space, and for most people that's enough. >> if not, you can pay for storage. some people avoid the cost by simply opening multiple free cloud accounts with different companies, akin to having several e-mail accounts. >> and there's a market to manage those accounts, and it's like your iphone can manage multiple e-mail accounts as once. >> the appetite for cloud storage will grow as people to continue accessing the internet on more types of devices from more places. >> that will be the tipping point where you go i want to store everything at a central

location online so i can get to it whether i am at home or at work in the cloud. >> and that's likely to make the cloud a permanent part of the text forecast. >> it's crazy to think about, just floating around. >> if you put it all in the cloud, and it disappears and the security issue and that's still a point of debate. >> you would still have your floppy disk, is that what you are saying? >> i am a computer nerd. nostalgia. even though people in the 20s may be more used to technology, they are careless about their privacy. research shows people in that age group have very weak password security. the strength of a password is measured how easy it would be for somebody to randomly guess it. the surprising part of the study the people over 55 have password security that doubles those of the younger generation.

>> the reason i don't want a more complex one is because i don't think i can remember it. >> i use the same one for everything. >> you are not supposed to do that. >> mix in symbols and capitals, and things like that. there may be a scattered shower out there somewhere, but not too bad. that's it for "news4 today," and we'll back in 25 minutes. at 9:00 we will have a full hour of news then. the "today" show is coming up next. have a great day, everyone.