now. thz news 4 midday. i'm barbara harrison, it's monday, june 11th 2012. we have new information about the two car crashes in the l.a. area involving commerce secretary john bryson. now the commerce department is saying it was caused by a

medical emergency. news 4's angie goff has the latest details. >> we know commerce secretary john bryson suffered a seizure in connection with those car crashes in southern california. as the secretary recovers, he remains the focus of a felony hit and run investigation. it happened saturday night outside of los angeles. within a span of five minutes police say bryson was involved in three accidents. the secretary allegedly rear-ended a car with three people in it who were stopped waiting for a train to pass. it's reported he hit the same car again while fleeing the scene, and then minutes later police say bryson hit another car on a side street. the secretary was found alone and unconscious in his lexus and taken to the hospital. he was treated for his seizure and is now back in d-c-. nbc news reports the white house was not informed about the accident until last night. security detail was not with the secretary who was driving his own car at the time.

bryson was cited for a felony hit and run, but he has not been formally charged. injuries in all accidents were minor and drugs and alcohol are not believed to be factors. barbara. >> thank you so much, angie. we're following some breaking news out of egypt right now where there are conflicting reports as to whether former egyptian leader hosni mubarak has slipped into a coma. he's slipped in and out of consciousness in cairo. doctors used a detib lafibrillo get him back to consciousness. it was during the uprising that forced him from office in 2011. investigators in prince georges county are trying to figure out what led to a driver crashing right into a home. look at this. the car somehow wound up in a house on rigs road near adelfy road in adel fee, maryland. there are no reports of

injuries. >> the maryland man who drove a stolen suv into a downtown d.c. office building is due in court a few hours from now. charles ball faces several charges including assault with intent to kill. police say ball had soaked the inside of the suv that he was driving with gasoline before plowing into the office little on connecticut avenue on friday night. when officered arrived they say he was trying to light a lighter. court records show the vehicle belongs to a woman who had filed a restraining order against ball earlier in the day. ball is also a registered sex offender in maryland. and new from overnight. a howard county family is okay after a fire destroyed part of their home. the fire broke out in the 10000 block of scaggsville road in laurel. the three-car garage was completely destroyed, but they prevented the flames from spreading to the rest of the house. they worked to put out the blaze.

crews are trying to figure out what caused the fire. we have beautiful day. it's warm out there, though. a good start to this week. let's see what we can here from chuck bell. how great to have you with us today. welcome. >> thanks, barbara. well to an almost lunchtime on your monday after what was a sizzling hot weekend in the washington area. we had our first weekend to back-to-back 90-degree days since last august. it's warm today. already 90 in frederick, maryland, but down to the south and west of washington the clouds are on the increase and temperatures are not quite as warm. 81 in culpepper and charlottesville, and get to the western shore of the chesapeake bay, annapolis, shadyside down to chesapeake beach and huntingtown in the load 80s right now. there's a chance for rain before monday afternoon is through. nothing in the immediate metropolitan area just yet.

there are showers into downtown charlottesville, virginia. at the rate they're going, they're two and a half to three hours away from you folks. by the time they have a chance to get into the immediate metropolitan area it's after 4:00 or 5:00 this it afternoon. there's a lot more rain where that comes from as you look on the broader view. look at the powerhouse thunderstorms now moving through the georgia/south carolina border, parts of central and southern georgia under the gun today. there's more severe weather across parts of the middle of the country from st. louis to s tulsa oklahoma. here's the way the rest of the afternoon looks. buildings clouds for now but showers between 1:00 and 4:00 this afternoon. the coverage of the rain showers will increase after we get toward the a5:00, 7:00, time frame. we'll talk about it tomorrow. back to you. >> chuck, we'll see you here in a little while and welcome on monday morning.

what's the traffic look like out there right now? let's check in to see what danella is seeing. what's going on? >> not p if you cross the american legion bridge. you're nice and clear here. actually as well crossing over the 14th street bridge in the roadwork in the right lane here. traveling 395 northbound. that right lane is blocked by the roadwork there, but your travel speed is not bad, though. 56 miles per hour not bad at all. that trip right now takes 12 minutes. barbara, back over to you. >> all right. thank you. this morning the president's senior campaign adviser says he's confident the white house did not leak classified national security information. both democrat and republican lawmakers questioned who released information on u.s. involvement in iran and cyber attacks, drone strikes and a failed al qaeda plot to bomb a u.s.-bound plane. friday attorney general eric

holder hairs two investigate the leaks. they called fon and pent probe and continued to do the investigation. david axelrod firmly denied the allegations. >> it's obvious on its face that this information came from individuals who are in the admissiadd administration. the president may not have done it himself, but he's responsible as commander in chief. >> there were leaks but they weren't from the white house. >> that was john mccain and david axelrod speaking. the house and senate intelligence committees urged the justice department to ignore politics and move quickly to investigate the leaks. virginia governor bob mcdonald promoting business and job creation will be also head overseas later today. he will make stops in germany, switzerland, great britain and sweden in hopes to create new jobs for the commonwealth. mcdonnell has led five similar

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right now at midday, growing pains for d.c. community. work starts today to give the youth street corridor a facelift, but that means several weeks of construction. mechan megan mcgrath has more on what's ahead in the community. >> u street is a bustling commercial corridor, so there's little doubt that a big construction project like this will cause problems. people that live around here hope it's not too bad. >> it needs to be done, but it's going to hurt the community. >> people who live and work along the u street core doerr see it as a necessary evil. >> it's one of the busiest streets in the district. it's lined with cars.

that takes a toll on the quality of the road. >> with that facelift will come construction cones, lost lanes and restricted parking. the work is expected to last about a year. >> it's going to be a mess. it's going to be a mess, because you know how u street is. it's already a busy street up and going. whenever something is going on this street, it stops everything. >> at oohs and aahs carry yacht on u street. they were promising to do what they can to limit the construction, he's still worried. >> i hope it doesn't cut into my paycheck. no business, no pay. >> construction begins this week around ninth street. crews could be seen this morning marking the underground utility lines. ov over the next yir workers go west to 14th streit. when it's done u street will have wider sidewalks and new streetlights and signals. the road will be repaired and

repaved. most people think the short-term pain is worth the long-term gain. >> you don't need front end alignment coming through the streets, because they're really to her up here, and they've been like that for a long time. they do need it. that would be a great help. >> construction won't happen late at nile. it will happen from 7:00 a.m. until 7 p.m. with work on sunday if needed. another heads up for belt way drivers in northern virginia. there's major work on the outer loop every night this week. they plan to shut down three or four lanes from georgetown pike to the oak street overpass. delays are last up to 30 minutes. the work should end by 5:00 each morning. this is part of the 495 express lanes project. we follow a developing story right now. firefighters in northern colorado say today's dry and hot

forecast will prevent them from containing a massive firefighter. it destroyed 31 square miles since it started on saturday morning and expected to grow bigger than that. at least 18 homes and rnlg blgs are destroyed and hundreds have evacuated their homes. about 255 firefighter including some from canada with battling the flames. they're not sure how it started. >> one man is dead as a result of flooding in the south. a 23-year-old drown in the gulf of mexico in florida yesterday, and the south is expecting more heavy rain today. alabama and florida were hammered by rain all weekend. pensacola got 20 inches, while some areas of alabama got 15 inches of rain. thousands of people are stranded because of high water, and the flooding was so severe it destroyed some homes. if we could get some rain out west. >> don't you worry. we can get the rain from down south to here, we can make that happen. we can get the rain up here for sure. the folks out west have having a

bad time now, but they are short-changed on the snowfall over the winter. that's going to nak for a very bad fire season. the fire he officials have very, kre concerned for western states out there for fire danger. outside mere in washington as you look over a mostly green city now. all the treels are in full leaf. it's on the whole a very pleven day outside. the sunshine is fading away already. our skies still a hint of blue left in the sky. there's no doubt the clouds are on the increase for the remainder of day today, and raindrops start to move back in not so very long from now. so if you don't center your umbrella ready yet, do the check to make sure know where it is later on today. a little coast guard helicopter going down there toward national airport where the current temperature is at a very toasty 85 degrees at noontime.ints hav over the course of the weekend. late friday into saturday, the dew points are in the 40s and over the weekend they're out of the 50s and now we have low it

to mid 60 as cross the area. that dew point continues to rise as more mouj moves into the area. 84 in leesburg and ashburn and 81 in culpepper. a little bit of rain showing up. hometown forecast in annapolis, raindrops possible in annapolis after 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 this evening. rain likely for much of the overnight hours. you have a wet start on tuesday morning and that's repeated across much of the viewing area. there's the first raindrops through downtown charlottesville, and moving steadily northeast bound. there's another little break. the sted yuer rains we're experiencing are across georgia and the carolinas and alabama right now. heavy weather through columbus, georgia headed towards macon and augusta right now. for us we have to watch that combining with this it system out here. a cold front moving through st. louis, missouri, generating heavy weather in that part of the country today. we have gulf moisture and a midwestern cold front that

combine forces to bring us a very solid chance for rain starting late tonight, pretty much area-wide and off and on through the day tomorrow before we see heavy rain potentials late tomorrow and tomorrow night. the muggies are moving in. here we are at 7:00 this evening on the future weather forecast. we had one or two drops but the steadier rains don't arrive in the washington area mplt. rain chances continue to increase. that's just in time for the tuesday morning rush. naets when the first drops move in, and heavy rain is possible for tomorrow's afternoon commute home. so i suspect danela will have an awful lot of traffic concerns over the next few days. speaking the beach, if you're headed out there, ocean water temperatures is 72. not the best week at the beach. plenty of clouds today and plenty of raindrops for tomorrow. around here becoming cloudy in afternoon, rain likely by mid-afternoon. it will be hit and misx miand m

for the afternoon hours. steadier showers late tonight and tomorrow rain could be heavy at times with a chance of thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. we should get most of the rab out of here early wednesday and catch a break went afternoon and have a rain chance on thursday. i'm kind of 50/50. the early lean on next weekend, barbara, is it looks nice, but it's not a high confidence night. it's a medium confidence nice. don't be holding me to saturday and sunday. so far so good, but it's a long ways away. >> it's to nice to see you and be with us at midday. we'll see you again shortly. let's check on the midday traffic. how's is looking? >> right now we have issues in d.c., washington avenue. it's closed between d street and independence avenue due to police activity. please avoid the area if possible. let's go to i-66. this delays as you approach nutley. we saw last week roadwork taking away the left lane. we have delays from nutley to

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father's day is this weekend in cause you forgotten. you may you want to spice up your bar beau could you with mexican flaer. you've been busy in morning to get everything out here for us, and it looks and smells fabulous. what are we make sng. >> we're going to make some shrimp san felipe. i'll give you tips. marinades are one. if you have some limes and you have some chiles like we have here. >> look at all those chill lies. >> you squeeze the lime juice and you let the product whatever you drill, you want it to marinate in that juice for an hour or more to really pick up the flavor. >> we start here with some shrimp going onto the grill. you can do this outside on the

grill if you want to. we need 12 wild shrimps, peeled and deveined and some cabbage and a banana leaf, radish can you tell into julienne and some lime juice and tortillas and 12 wooden skewers and they have to be six inches long. tell us how to do it now. >> basically what ear going to do -- the reason that you want to do thesk skewer and you can from the fail ouchlt you can break it off. it doesn't have to be exactly six inches. that deeps it from curling. >> they often do curl up. can everybody see that? that's a little hot, but this is what it looks like on the skewer. you have to keep it straight. it goes down on here and starts to cook, right? >> that's correct. being father's day i think dads like meat, as well.

here's a little idea for drilling as well. you can make these different skewers and i have here filet and chorizo, so sarano chiles that's nice and spicy. >> that looks good. >> you can put the shrimp on there, too. >> a little onion. i see. okay. >> all this can go on a grill, but since we couldn't cook with an outdoor grill in here, you've got the next best thing. a little grill pan. >> okay. all this goes in there. >> you can just, boom, and then you can do different temperatures that all your guests would like. >> how do you build it? >> building the taco. we take some escavecchie. >> i'll hold this pan right here. >> we have a little cabbage.

>> that is cabbage? >> cabbage marinated in lime juice so sxm chile that is we use here. i'm going to grab these shrimp. i'm going to place those right there. >> these have come off the skewers and they're nice and straight. >> nice jumbo shrimp. >> what do you have on top of the shrimp? >> i have a little salsa and put a little more radish. >> it's papaya, mango. i'm going to add just a little more so it's not dry. >> what is that? >> that's some more of our salsa, the papaya and pineapple. >> we have have these res pies and everything on our website, nbcwashington.com. what's na. >> chile cream. >> that is our mexican creme with some chiles ground and dried. >> we put that on the website. you brought fabulous-looking dishes.

all of these recipes are available, and of course the guacamole which i can't wait to taste. thank you so much. we look forward to father daes with a little bit of flavor to it. >> i hope so. >> thanks for coming. >> thanks. >> it's now 11:26 and up next in the next half hour of news 4 midday court is it in session. we have the latest on the jerry sandusky trial as opening statements again. then her life cut short. we have new revelations into the life of mary kennedy before her tragic death. plus chuck bell returns to let us know how long the sunshine is us know[ male announcer ]hine is are you paying more and more and more for cable -- and enjoying it less? upgrade to verizon fios tv, internet and phone

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right now police in southern california are investigating two weekend crashes involving commerce secretary john bryson. the commerce department says bryson suffered a seizure in connection with the accidents in the los angeles area on saturday. police say he fled the scene of one accident. they found him injured sxand unconscious at the scene of a second crash. bryson was released from the hospital yesterday and returned

to washington. he was cited for felony hit and run but has not been formally charged. a house committee will decide this week in u.s. attorney general eric holder will be held in contempt of congress. lawmakers claim he didn't produce all subpoenaed documents related to the fast and furious investigation. the botched justice department operation tried to track guns given to mexican drug cartels but result ntd deaths of several u.s. agents. in the past congressional hearing holder denied knowing of the tactics. the house oversight committee will consider the contempt of congress issue on wednesday. the first alleged victims of jerry sandusky could confront the former penn state defensive coordinator as aearly as today as the next phase begins. opening statements are under way in sandusky's sex abuse trial. he's accused of molesting ten boys, eight of whom take the stand. to explain how the former coach befriended them through his charity and then abused him. the defense plans to hammer away at their credibility by

suggesting that they conspired with each other in hopes of profiting from civil lawsuits. >> you have a tough time showing that everyone in this case is lying or everyone in this case has colluded with someone else to concoct the story. >> a jury of five men and seven women was selected last week. half have ties to penn state including a retired professor and one current professor. we check our forecast again with chuck bell to find out if we have rain today? >> we have a chance for showers coming in, but p if you need to get things done and need dry weather to do it, you have a couple of hours to get outside and get those things put to completion. looking at the sunshine, speaking of sunshine did you know that here in washington we get to on average enjoy sunsets 8:30 or later, about 45, 46 days a year. this year we get 46 from june 5th through july 20th, our sun sets at 8:30 or later.

current temperature is 85 in downtown. it sure is a warm and increasingly humid day. temperatures generally speaking in the upper 70s low and mid-80s area-wide. we have a couple of dry hours left, but the first drops of next rain event are sneaking into downtown charlottesville. at the university of virginia it is raining right now. the drops move into northbound county over the next two, two and a half hours. that's three and a half to four hours away from the capital beltway. we keep an eye on the raindrops. there's a break in the action, so we might get a quick shower and have a couple of dry hours. steadier rain showers hold off until late night and much of the day tomorrow. it will be soggy. we have moistures from two directions, from the gulf coast and midwest. it's a can't miss on the rain for tomorrow. today just becoming cloudy. rain passing showers likely by mid afternoon. temperatures up to near 90 for a brief time with the extra

sunshine we get. the sunshine won't be around for long. we'll talk about how long it will stick around and the early lean on next weekend's forecast in a bit, barbara. >> thank you. we'll see you shortly. let's check the midday traffic again. any problems heading out this hour. >> definitely. let's start with the beltway in virginia. the outer loop of the beltway, we have a crash involving a tractor trailer blocking two right lanes. the fire department is on the scene as well. stick to the left to get back. this is the outer loop of the beltway. to d.c., taking 395 northbound the ramp to c street shut down right now because of police activity. also closures along c street between d street and independence avenue. in addition, along washington avenue in southwest, your closures are between d street and independence avenue. back to you. >> thank you, danella. ♪ this lively party isn't down in new orleans but at the d.c.

public service commission. they're holding a new orleans style funeral complete with a jazz ensemble and a casket in hopes to bury a rate hike. pepco says the raise is to help pay for more than $900 million in improvements needed they say. police are still trying to figure out what happened to a man found dead near his virginia apartment. ba barat patel's body was found outside on saturday. police responded to the scene earlier in the night after reports of a fight, but they found nothing at that time. patel was reported missing an hourn later. it's unclear how he died, but police have released a sketch of a suspect in the case. police in alabama are conducting a statewide manhunt for a support that killed three people. two were former auburn football

players. they say the shooting happened at an apartment complex during a party on saturday night. reports are the fight was over the woman. one of the women said the shootings happened seemingly out of nowhere. >> it the went to a massacre for no reason at all. i don't know what i'm going to do. i thought they'd live or something. i grew up with him. >> three others were wounded in the shoog including a current auburn football player. police have charged the suspect desmonte leonard with three counts of capital murder. they're looking for him near his home. this morning we learn about the accusations robert f. kennedy jr. made against his estranged wife. an article out today includes portions of a confidential affidavit that was part of the divorce. according to that report, kenny claims thiz wife mary abused his

children from an earlier marriage. he said she stole from his daughter, who was nine at the time. kennedy also accuses mary kennedy of showing up on trips that she wasn't invited on and often calls him dozens of time. mary kennedy committed suicide last month. nerl robert or mary's divorce attorneys has commented about the article. senate hopeful george allen is making one final appeal to voters in northern virginia ahead of tomorrow's republican primary. virginia governor mcdonnell will be among his supporters at today's campaign rally in ashburn. allen who lost a senate seat in 2006 is up against three other challengers in the fall. people who want to vote tomorrow in the primary do not need i.d.s. the new voter i.d. law does not take effect until july 1st. arizona voters decide tomorrow who will replace gb gb in congress. she campaigned this weekend for ron barber, one of her former

aides who will locked with republican kelly. she gave up her seat in january to focus on her recovery a year after she was shot in the med outside a tup son grocery store. barber was also injured. virginia governor bob mcdonnell is extending his gratitude to the president of the university of virginia for her short tenure. teresa sullivan is stepping down. in 2010 she became the first woman to lead that university. sullivan said in a statement she had a philosophical difference of opinion with uva board of visitors. her last day is august 15th. school administrators will move quickly to name an interim president and start searching for a replacement. it took him longer than he wanted, but ralphael nadal made history this morning at the french open.

nadal wasted little time this morning upending jovovich to win his seventh title pacing bjorn bong. he denied jovovich the chance to be the first player in 43 years to win four straight titles. weather caused a brief delay again today, but it was nothing like the conditions that ang aerred both players on sunday and caused a one-day delay. it's 11:38 now, and still ahead, we've got big news for folks planning to head out about the weather. we'll tell you about that and some big changes coming to apple. we could see many new products, but will that include an update to the iphone? then, mark subscriber joins us live in the stud yes here to talk about his new book about [ male announcer ] here's a friendly reminder.

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airs during a nascar race we understand. the 15-second ads feature drivers or their wives in candid moments, before, during and after races. the commercials also ended with a #nascar. business analysts say these dmerms are used to embrace companies to embrace hash tags in their power to bring information to people. we are very lucky today, because we have a new book out that a lot of people are talking about right now about sargent shriver shriver. the american diplomat made a name of himself in the american history as a founder for peace xor corps and ran for president and vice president. he died last year at the age of 95 after a long battle with alzheimer's disease. his son mark shriverer is here to talk about his new book entitled "a good man: resovring my father." many of us who worked in

washington for years know your dad and the wonderful things he does and know him from a member in the community and being out and doing lots of things. what did you discover that you didn't know about your dad? >> a lot of people said when he died he was a great man for creating the peace corps and run president johnson's war on poverty and creating head start and wroshged with my mock spreading special olympics all around the world. i think he was a good man because of his relationship with my mom of 56 years, raised five kids and went to mass on a daily basis and had countless friends. i learned so much from him and reflecting back on this book, that i hope will help me be a better father to my three kids. we're struggling with aging parents and in-laws, dealing with friends and family's commitment to faith. dad balanced all of that and did a great job. that's about a son trying to understand what his father did and how he balanced it all and was so joyful in the process.

>> with all that he did. getting out and going to church every morning and having all kinds of things happen as you were growing up, did you feel he was there? >> always. when he traveled abroad, we would get postcards and a phone call. he was around a lot. on the weekends we played baseball and hilt fly balls. his presence was always there. he didn't take me to school every day and go to of athletic events, but i always felt his presents. he would write notes and slip them urnld the door after dinner conversations in the middle of the night. when i graduated from college he sent letters on a daily basis, sometimes a couple about newspaper clippings, anything he had learned and the importance of writing to your kids. >> narz a picture of your father as a we all remember him. you know, he was known for, of course, being a member of the kennedy clan. >> yes. >> but he made a name for himself, because he did a lot of other things. tell us about that. >> absolutely. i think his strong faith gave him as since of his own worth, and his whole life is a history

of the 20th century. he survived the depression and went in world war ii and gave him the desire to serve other people. that's what he did throughout his life, whether it was the peace corps or head start or his work with martin luther king. >> do you think it was hard for him to marry into a family with such a dynamic family? your mother, who we all know, had a real personality of her own. >> yes, sdhe did. >> he didn't feel he was taking a back seat? >> when he married in and jack kennedy was a congressman at that point he knew that the family had a lot of ambition. i think he fit in very well. i think all families have different dynamics at play. so are experiencing drug/alcohol abuse and other ones like myself as a young kid, as a fat kid dealt with different dynamics. my father was able to adjust to those dynamics, and i think his faith and desire for hope and to spread love that gave him the stroe strength to survive in the

kennedy family and do graept things on his own. >> we know that he suffered from alzheimer's in the last years of his life. that maufb difficult. you say in your book he had one moment where he knew who you were. it it was at a ball game, right? >> right. it was when my daughter was playing lacrosse. i yell at my kids and turned to me and said, did i yell at you like that when you were a kid? he was still loving me and supporting it and i realize he didn't yell like i did. that's what i learned in the book. i hope it's helpful for other people. >> i want to show people the front of the book so they can go out and look for it. it's a wonderful story with a lot of love and memories that many of us share with you about your father, your family. thanks for coming on. great to see you. camelot continues. >> i don't know about that, but it's a good story. thank you. >> it's 111:47. apple begins the developers

convention today which could mean exciting new products. courteney regan joins us live with more that. >> stocks come off the best week the year, but right now the major indices are lower a touch. the nasdaq is off by about about six. we lost earlier gains and rallied initially with investigators responding polly to get $125 billion from the eu to shore up the troubled banks. the rescue is fourth country to seek aid since the eu debt crisis began. european markets are higher today. there's no u.s. data today, but we'll get reports later this week on producer prass and retail sales and skukt sentiment. apple kicked off the annual world wide developer conference today in san francisco. apple is expected to show off the new operating software for the iphone and ipad to keep both growing in the face of

challenges from samsung and amazon. ios 6 could include its own maps software replacing google maps. apple is expected to unveil a new line of macs, but we won't see inew aye phone or the long awaited apple tv. last year's worldwide development conference brought icloud and twitter integration. so there's a long history of new products. it could be the most expensive steak lunch ever this year charity auction it to dine with warren buffett raised $3.46 million. the winner who will have lunch with with buffet and up to seven friends in new york is choosing to remain anonymous. last year's winner paid $2.6 million and was hired by him as a fund manager at berkshire hathaway. back to you. >> thank you so much. have a great dpa. you too. new numbers show gas prices down around the region.

about 1 cent less in the district today. according to aaa the average dropped to 3.60 overnight. maryland is down a fraction of a penny to 3.44. virginia's average fell one cent over night to 3.31. in west virginia drivers pay about 3.60 today which is about half-sent drop. they expect them to keep dropping over the summer, and that's good news. 11:50, 10 before 12:00 is the time right now. coming up, the show must go o. lady gaga gets hurt while performing, but that doesn't stop her from finishing her concert. [ female announcer ] with xfinity,

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you're watching news 4 midday. >> did you see that? did you see it? one of lady gaga's dancers accidentally hit her over the head with a prop while performing last night in new zealand. she missed a word and you see her stagger across the stage. the singer said i did hit my head but i think i have a concussion. don't you worry.

i'll finish the show. she sang another 15 songs after that. on twitter her make justify artist confirmed she did suffer a concussion. she arrived in australia continuing her tour. >> the tony award goes to "once." >> yeah, big night for that stage production at the tony awards last night. "once" picked up eight trophies including best musical. it included best lead actor in a musical and best actress for her work. shocker of the night went to james kor din. he nabbed the lead acting role in a play awarded for a statue wet for one man, two governors. he beat out philip seymour hoffman, who was the favorite in na category for best actor. aa team of researchers is hoping this summer to solve swuf this country's great mysteries, what happened to amelia earhart. they will leave for an island in

the pacific. they're going to try to determine whether earhart survived the apparent crash of her plane there 75 years ago. scientists use sonar to search the ocean floor. several items from the 1930s were found on that island, including a jar of face cream and the heel of a woman's shoe. a major oops for the british prime minister, david cameron. he left something pretty important behind at a london pub recently, his daughter. 8-year-old nancy cameron spent 15 minutes in the pub before her dad came back for her. the mistake is understandable when you hear what happened. the camerons were eating with their three children along with another family. after lunch mr. cameron went home in one car. he thought nancy, his daughter, was with his wife and their other children in the other car but they were all wrong. so he went back for her, though. we're going to look at some of the stories we're following for you on news 4 this

afternoon. when life gave her lemons she made lemonade. we hear the incredible story of a high school senior abandoned by her parents and left homeless. she turned her life around and she's no bound for harvard university. reserve prime parking from home. tonight at 5:00 liz crenshaw tells us about an online program connecting drivers with empty spaces out there. join us for news at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. we have a baueautiful day and t sun is shining. blue sky from what we can see. chuck bell is here to tell us what to expect. >> unfortunately, our blue skies become more sxhor gray as the afternoon works along, and rain showers chances are not too terribly far away. still enough sunshine getting through to cast a few shadows at least over downtown washington. our noontime temperature thanks to the bonus sunshine, we've made 87 degrees now at national airport. so it's going fob a warm one for sure. the leading edge of what is

increasingly more tropical-like air is down to the south and west. it's into charlotteville, virginia now. as it continues to move northbound, the rain chances increase steadily through the course of the day. that leading edge is part of a line that goes down to the west sides of norfolk, virginia. it will have a chance for rain between 3:00 and 5:00 this afternoon. then we have a break in the action and more rain chances coming back in for the overnight. it looks like a very strong chance for rain around here tomorrow. 87 with the sunshine with little left in town for now, but on the satellite picture there are the clouds lowering and thickening. enjoy the final rays of sunshine while you can. not the best week at the beach either. ocean water temperatures 72, that's a chill factor for getting in. sand temperatures in the upper 70s to near 80s. showers down at the beach by late this afternoon and tomorrow. today becoming cloudy, and a chance of showers in town by

mid-afternoon. steadier showers by day break and rain could be heavy at times by tomorrow afternoon and evening. heaviest of the rain is between lunchtime tomorrow and "sunrise" on wednesday morning and scattered showers chances on wednesday and thursday. i'm opt mitttic for next week. i darn guardian fee a dry weekend. >> you like to record good things on the weekend. >> i get held accountable if i get rained on sunday. >> it does. thanks a lot, thank you. thanks for being with us. thanks [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more and more for cable -- and enjoying it less?

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