good morning, everyone. welcome to "news 4 midday." it is thursday, june 21st, 2012. a second day of dangerous heat. temperatures have already reached the 90s in much of our area and that had these people wasting no time jumping into a refresing swimming pool. the pool opened at 6:00 this morning. taking a live look outside now at the skies, hazy, hot and humid out there and 100 degrees is what we're expecting tom kierein joins us with the first forecast. are we there yet, tom? >> we are getting there. already now at reagan national now, just past 11:00 in the

morning, it is 94 degrees. by dangerous heat, we mean there is a risk of getting heat stroke or heat exhaustion. those are serious medical conditions, if you overert in this kind of heat and humidity. already near 90 throughout much of the region and baltimore up to 94 and we have hardly any wind at all, so, there's hardly any breeze off the bay. easton 93 degrees. when you factor in the humidity, this is what it feels like, 98 is the heat index in washington. laplata, 99. the heat index in frederick, 105. aberdeen is at 102. easton the heat index with high hew nidumidity is at 103. that is what it feels like right now. this is serious heat that you have to respect. do what you can. you don't have to be outside. stay inside, stay in the ac for the rest of the day and afternoon highs reaching near 100 degrees by midafternoon,

that heat index well over 100 degrees from now all the way now through the rest of the afternoon into early evening. a break coming our way, the latest on that with your seven-day outlook in ten minutes or so. barbara? >> we're ready for one already, thanks a lot, tom. well, many of you will no doubt spend the day inside trying to stay cool, but for those who have to go out, staying safe in this dangerous heat is going to be the priority. news 4 megan mcgrath is at the landon school where kids add a lacrosse camp are trying to keep cool. megan? >> that's a difficult thing to do. keep cool on a day like this. if you look behind me here, you can see the kids actually back out on the field. they were off for quite a while hanging out in the shade, taking a water break. but you can see they're back at it here today and what a scorcher we have. we started to see those temperatures rise really right after the sun went up this morning. now, if you are going out today, keep in mind that this is

dangerous, potentially deadly heat and you really do have to take some precautions. things began to heat up early this morning. at 6:30, it was already in the upper 70s and humid. while many hurried to their air conditioned offices, others snuck in a morning jog. >> it's a little bit harder, so we made sure to get up earlier than we normally do because it's bearable until the sun comes up. but not really a breeze today. little bit cooler when we got down to the river, though. >> reporter: with temperatures nearing 100, today may be one for the record books. factor in the humidity and things look even worse. it's going to feel like 105 and that's potentially deadly heat. >> get water if you haven't got water. >> reporter: at landon school, they're taking extra precautions with their lacrosse camp kids. they're taking water breaks every 15 minutes and they've also cut down on the gear they're wearing and taking advantage of the shade. >> utilize the shaded area. you know, behind you there we have two groups in the corner where it's nice and shaded and

cool and on the track and then we'll try and get the kids that are not in the shade to the water as fast as possible. >> reporter: but there isn't much shade for these brick layers. their day promises to be a brutal one. >> it's hot, but a lot of times you try not to think about it, just go with the flow. try to stay as cool as possible. >> just go with the flow and drink water all day. that's that guy's plan. he has an eight-hour shift to get through. you can imagine how uncomfortable he and his colleagues must be. here at the landon school, this camp is wrapping it up at noon today. they have just a little while longer to go. a scorcher out here and folks really do need to be careful. reporting live in bethesda, megan mcgrath. >> several pools in the region could help you beat the heat today. keeping several pools open well into the nighttime hours. alexandria extended hours at a number of its pools today, as

well. also because of the heat, metro is relaxing its own no drinks policy. riders can bring bottled water only on trains and buses today. the no drinks policy goes back into effect tomorrow, we understand. and we'll check on the midday traffic now and danella sealock joining us with the latest. what does it look like? >> take the outer loop of the beltway. a couple problems for you, first of all, an accident at georgetown pike but good news it moved to the shoulder lane and still able to get by but you're seeing delays. once you pass this accident and get to route 7 leesburg pike the right lane is blocked by the road work there. check out the delays as you pass over the american legion bridge. really, really, really slow and, again, you're going to be slow as you make your way towards the dulles toll road. if you're taking metro today, you can bring a bottle of water with you on the mote row train or metro bus. good news is, no delays on the

metro right now. barbara, back over to you. >> thank you so much. we'll see you in a few minutes. following a developing story on the george mason university campus where dozens of students have been sick with symptoms of food poisoning. at least seven students had to be taken to the hospital. derek ward is live on the campus there. tell us what's going on. >> well, we're here and this incident actually started in the early morning hours. i want you to take a look behind me here. you can still see emergency equipment here on the scene and we want to show you what it looked like here earlier this morning. now, this involved some 80 students from all over the world. they're here for congressional awards foundation program and they're actually staying on the campus. now, at about 1:00 a.m. they started displaying symptoms that seemed to be like food poisoning, like those associated with food poisoning. some of them started displaying these symptoms while they were still in the district yesterday. now, we hear more about what happened with the emergency response here from the city of fairfax fire chief. >> regionally they thought it

might be related to the heat and dehydration they're experiencing. they started to show more signs of stomach-type virus or illness, if you will. last night when they were in washington, a number of students were taken to gw hospital, i don't know that exact number. but then they're staying here at george mason university on campus and some of them overnight last night and this morning continued to feel ill. >> now, this involved a group of students, most of them range from 15 to 22 years old. and, as you said, seven students were transported to an area hospital for observation and others were treated here, hydrated and some were provided with ivs. now, i talked to some of the students who were leaving the program and said they're going to continue their day sightseeing, but unclear at this point whether this started where something this group of students ate while they're in the district or something here with the symptoms starting to display themselves in d.c., it appears it's something to do with

something they ate there and the investigators and health department out here and what have you, they're looking into these students, where they've been for the past 24 hours or so to see if they can get to the source of this illness. that's where we are now. live on george mason, derek ward, news 4. >> thank you, derek. and new this morning an investigation becoming all too comen for d.c. police. officers are searching for two men who robbed a man for his cell phone. but this time, the victim was shot in the face. the robbery happened in the 1300 block of g street in northeast washington. news 4 melissa mollet has more on this case. >> a man in northeast shot after giving two robbers exactly what they were after, his iphone. wednesday night, 11:30 in the 1300 block of g street. a man is walking along the road when he's approached by two armed men. they pull out a gun and demand his iphone. the victim complies handing it over, but they still shoot him in the face. >> it was terrible.

just for an iphone? >> the victim was taken to the hospital and he's listed in stable condition. >> caught in a situation like that, you have to do whatever you can do to kind of make it out alive and it sounds like he felt like he did that. >> reporter: the city, like many others around the country have seen a spike in cell phone thefts. d.c. police chief cathy lanier has been outspoken on cracking down on those stolen phones asking service providers to provide technology to disable phones after being reported stolen. so far no arrests made in this case and the suspects could be charged with assault with intent to kill and robbery. >> whether they took her iphone and whether they took $100, they don't care what it is. just to take something from someone that doesn't belong to them. >> reporter: this is the second high-profile shooting in the area in a week. last thursday, 64-year-old june lin was found shot to death inside her northeast deli at seventh and h streets. police are still searching for a suspect in that case, as well.

investigators say anyone with any information about either incident is asked to call police. in northeast washington, melissa mollet, new 4z. d.c. police are also investigating a stabbing just a few blocks away along girard street. the man was found lying on the ground around 10:00 last night. he was taken to the hospital. his name and condition are not being released at this time, so far no arrests have been made. police say these two crimes are not connected. and police say they busted a burglary ring in montgomery county and more arrests could be on the way for that. four men are now behind bars, including a 17-year-old. the arrests came after detectives released surveillance video showing thieves going into homes with unlocked doors and garage doors open. police say the group is possibly connected to 18 burglaries in a germantown neighborhood. and in some cases, even cars were stolen. a hearing today will likely determine a d.c. man is not competent to stand trial in the murder of his wife and their

georgetown home. police say 48-year-old moof strangled and beat viola draft to death last summer. the 91-year-old wife was well known as a journalist and d.c. socialite. a murder trial set for august has been delayed due to questions about his mental health. doctors also evaluated him this week and they describe him as dilutional. investigators say he could eventually stand trial at some point, with treatment. our time right now is 11 minutes after 11:00. coming up, closing arguments are under way in the sandusky sex abuse trial. and why some think charges against eric holder are politically motivated. plus, a look at how the plu[ male announcer ]he are you paying more

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>> shouldn't be a political witchhunt against the attorney general of our country and our president in an election year. >> if the president was never involved in these decisions, now it kind of begs the question, really, was he involved in these decisions? >> the full house must vote on the contempt citation. that vote is expected next week. well, today at the white house, president obama will, again, urge congress to stop student loan interest rates from doubling on july 1st. if lawmakers don't act, interest rates on new loans will go from 3.4% to 6.8%. the president will meet with senior advisors and vice president joe biden on this issue, then give remarks later this afternoon. and we have breaking news. commerce secretary john bryson is resigning after taking a medical leave of absence following a seizure that apparently caused him to crash into two cars. this happened in los angeles earlier this month. investigators say bryson hit a car and then left the scene and

got into a second accident. he was charged with felony hit and run after being found unconscious behind the wheel. a commerce department official says bryson has limited recall of any of those events. well, today is prince william's 30th birthday and he's getting quite a gift. the prince will now have access to half of the estate left by his mother, princess diana a, who died in a car crash back in 1997. according to london's telegraph newspaper, prince william is getting $15.5 million. prince harry, who is now 27 years old will have access to his share when he turns 30. prince william will reportedly hold a private, low-key birthday celebration with friends and family later today. right now, a state of emergency in duluth, minnesota, as the city cleans up from the worst flooding it's seen in 40 years. take a look at this, about a dozen homes are evacuated and

several major roads are closed from anywhere 10 to 15 inches of rain fell on that city. about a dozen animals at the lake superior zoo drowned in the quickly rising waters and several of them escaped. some had to be caught and brought back, but, boy, are they having a problem out there. as you pointed out yesterday, boy, we had a little bit of everything across the con. >> i have been to duluth and they call it the san francisco of the north, it's very hilly and all that water came down and, of course, it runs down those hills and funnels into the creeks and streams and they had massive flooding with that much rain in such a short amount of time. terrible there, it's such a beautiful city. here, well, we have the heat and it is with us and you can see it, that is the live view from our hd city camera. it does look hot and it is. 94 at reagan national with hazy sunshine. dew point is at 67 and that is steamy humidity. just the very lightest of winds and the sun angle this time of year is at the highest it ever is. the highest sun elevations. today and yesterday at about

1:10 in the afternoon, d do south and nearly 75 up in the sky and 95 degrees up directly overhead and this time of year we have short shadows in addition to the high sun elevation. we've got deep, high pressure over the region. that is why we have such big heat building. a few clouds developing out here in the mountains and they might turn into thundershowers way out in the mountains over the next few hours and nothing like that locally. look at all those areas in the red. it is in the 90s all across maryland, virginia, the district and eastern shore and up towards new york city. 94 at reagan national and it is into the 90s around the eastern shore and around the bay, too. easton is now at 93 degrees and much of southern maryland in the low to mid-90s. and low 90s in much of maryland, too, but it is in the 80s out in the mountains and it's only 82 out at cumberland now. pleasant day there. look at the heat index.

feels like 98 at reagan national and the combination of humidity. eastern shore, it's over 100, as well. we'll have our heat indexes around 105 during the afternoon and all these areas in orange under this heat advisory, includes northern virginia, except shenandoah valley and does not theclude western maryland and panhandle of west virginia and does include the district and rest of maryland and the eastern shore. in fact, excessive heat warning out for the eastern shore and we will probably have near or above record heat. the record for the date, 98 set back on this date in 1988. we'll probably match that or maybe even get a degree or two above that by mid-afternoon. this afternoon, climbing to near 100 degrees by between around 3:00, 4:00. looks like the time will have the peak heat and very light winds and then this evening, not much of a break. it will be in the low 90s early evening and then down to the 80s by midnight and after midnight begin to drop back and then tomorrow some relief beginning

to move in. later today those areas in the greens and those are the zones of potential storms out in the mountains and then tomorrow we'll get a cool front approaching and if it does move in, all this area in green and yellow, zones of showers and thundershowers and a big area as it does move in, especially friday afternoon. we could get some severe storms. some of them could produce damaging winds and then things settle down by saturday morning we get the lower humidity in and the cooler weather. highs in the 80s, as well as on sunday low humidity and highs in the 80s and stay that way into the first part of next week and actually by mid-week highs may be only near 80 degrees on tuesday and wednesday. >> what a switch, huh? >> a nice break is coming. >> we'll look forward to that. thanks a lot, tom. let's head out to the roads and see if folks are getting on the roads to try to get out of town. you can't escape this heat, you have to go pretty far to do it. >> to even get out of the city, you have road work slowing you down and, barbara, i'm checking that right now.

bridge work continues, again, today. it is blocking the right lane and your volume is not bad now heading northbound, looks pretty clear, in fact. 54 miles per hour and 12 miles to get from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. if you're thinking of taking the outer loop of the beltway across american legion bridge and heading done to virginia, very slow. in fact, your delays continue to the dulles toll road. back over to you, barbara. still ahead on news 4 midday, the beauty of brigitte bardot now on display. we'll have a preview of that. plus, how to cool down and get your workout in today with your children. but, first, here's a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com. [ male announcer ] are you paying more

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a traveling photo exhibit opens today here in the district that showcases bridget bordeaux's rise to fame. he joins us this morning with a preview of what you can see and, welcome. good it have you with us. >> thank you for inviting me. >> you are french, as is she.

>> yes. i'm french journalist and a friend of bridget bordeaux in paris and san tropay and many times i get interview and i met him, i met her and i traveled all over the world with her because she's fighting for animals now and she gave the rights and the invitation of hotel to do an exhibition of the last and beautiful pictures. >> let's take a look at some of them right now. you can tell us about them. this is just a few of the pictures that you'll be able to see if you go to this exhibit. there's one right now. tell us a little bit about her. >> she wanted to be a ballet dancer and she didn't want to be an actress. she wanted to protect animals when she was young. and by fate she met a young assistant director and he put her in movies and she was 18 when she started her first movie and during four years she was a star let, a brunet star let and after these four years, assistant who became director.

he directed her in "god created woman." she became sultry and radiant. >> she actually was originally brunet? >> she was a brunet starlet and after she became blonde and she was beautiful and radiant and she became a symbol in france. >> and all over the world. she is probably one of the most famous blondes there ever has been. she ever thought of going back to brunet? >> she loved to be this and people love her to be blond. >> this is a really beautiful picture of her. that was probably her most famous look with the big sunglasses and long, long hair. >> she really was a star in europe and in the world. as you say, there was marilyn monroe and the three most important sex symbols all over the world. >> aside from telling us that she is really a brunet, any other secret you want to share with us? >> she was an actress.

tremendous success and you see all our era which is told because she became brunet and she became blond and the way she dresses, the way she had feeling on screens, it makes the movies and it changes and it incarnates this. you know, the symbol of all the nation. >> the french nation and what a beautiful book this is and these are all the pictures that are going to be shown. so, thank you so much for coming and telling us all about it. >> she dozen care about movies. she's fighting for animals. >> we read about that and, thank you. let me quickly tell people where they can see the legend it opens today at the sorx fitel washing. very nice to have a french journalist at our station today. nice to have you. 11:27. coming up in the next half hour, a look at how quickly a jury can

get the sandusky sex abuse case and and why the former football coach did not take the stand. tom kierein is back to tell us what to expect after the cool off starts. it's on the way. why taking a jog outside is good, believe it or not. it will help keep you

right now dozens of students at george mason university are sick with what appear to be symptoms of food poisoning. seven of those kids were taken to the hospital. there's still no word on what caused the illness or if it was, in fac, food poisoning. a man is recovering after getting robbed because of his iphone. that's what they were after and they shot him in the face. it happened in the 1300 block of g street in northeast washington. police are searching for the two men who attacked him. and we are watching the weather and the dangerous heat we have out there today. let's check in, again, with tom

kierein for the latest on the forecast. tom? hey, tom, good morning. >> well, i can tell you, it is hot out there. tom says we're going to reach the century mark and maybe go beyond that in the next few hours. so, we have to be very, very careful he's been telling us all day. tom, what are the temperatures looking like right now? >> already into the mid-90s in the metro area and right around the bay, too. there's no wind off the water. it's calm, so, there's no relief there. easton is at 93, much of the region already into the low to mid-90s and look at the heat index. that's the combination of the humidity and the temperature. it's already around 100 degrees. that's what it feels like and it's only 11:30 in the morning for crying out loud. you know it will get worse as we get into the afternoon and the peak heat hours around 3:00, 4:00 this afternoon. we'll have our air temperature

around 100 and heat index all around the region. perhaps hovering around 105. most locations, all those locations in orange under this heat advisory until 10:00 tonight. relief tomorrow, thankfully. we'll get clouds and maybe a morning shower, but a greater chance of afternoon and evening storms. some of them could be severe with damaging winds. still humid tomorrow, but lower humidity and cooler weather moving in for the weekend and into next week. that is the way it looks, barbara. >> all right, thank you, tom. the defense in the jerry sandusky trial sex abuse trial delivered their closing arguments. the prosecution is up next. this means jury deliberations could start some time this afternoon. this morning, the judge threw out three of the 51 charges in the case. he now faces 48 charges total. sandusky did not take the stand in his own defense. sources close to the case tell nbc news that prosecutors warn the defense that if sandusky testified, they would call a surprise witness. the surprise witness, sandusky's

adopted son who was prepared to provide damaging testimony, we understand. the defense said there was no one reason why sandusky didn't take the stand. instead, defense lawyers close their case with character witnesses who describe sandusky as caring, a father figure who changed lives for the better. >> there are well-respected people in the community who still stand by jerry. that's really all they did and i don't think that will overcome the testimony of the eight victims who came and testified. >> sandusky is accused of sexually abusing ten boys over a 15-year span. he has denied those charges. well, they denied his request to resign, now, they fired him. the police chief in sanford, florida, bill lee is out in the wake of the trayvon martin shooting. the city manager says sanford needs to move forward with a chief that everyone can support. lee's department came under fire for failing to immediately arrest george zimmerman, the man who shot martin back in

february. martin was unarmed at the time. lee stepped aside temporarily and tried to resign back in april, but city commissioners rejected that move. well, it's been nearly six months since madonna badger lost her three young daughters and her parents in a horrific house fire. the connecticut woman is finally speaking publicly about the christmas morning fire that changed her life forever. in an exclusive interview with matt lauer she talked about the hours before her house went up in flames and her failed efforts to save her family. she also discussed many questions she still has about the fire, including why her house was torn down just a day later. >> i remember asking my neighbor. i said to him, why did they tear my house down? and, you know, he said, because it wasn't safe. >> they tore it down in 24 hours. right to the foundation. >> below the foundation in some

parts. >> did you get anything out of that house? were you able to salvage anything? >> no. after the funeral, i had an interview with the police and the first question they asked me was, why did you have your house torn down? >> and you said -- >> i said, i didn't have my house torn down. what are you talking about? >> you can see the rest of matt lauer's interview on "rock center with brian williams." major questions for metro transit police this morning after this deadly shootout in maryland. this cell phone video shows the scene yesterday as prince george's county police provided backup. metro says one of their officers was canvassing the neighborhood for a suspect in a possible attempted abduction at a bus stop on sunday. at some point, witnesses say 44-year-old chester crestwell ran the officer's car and began

firing. crestwell is a family man, not known for getting into trouble. >> we were at church sunday and he got up and spoke sunday. and he read out of the bible sunday and nothing out of character with him. and he talked this morning about going fishing and it very uncharacteristic of my brother. i don't know what happened. they said the police came here and knocked on the door and they got into an argument. >> it's still unclear what sparked that argument. prince george's county police are handling the investigation. the prince george's county counselwoman who was pulled over for going more than 100 miles per hour on the beltway will get to keep her license. this is a dash cam video from the police car that pulled over karen tolls back in february. at one point the officer hit 108 miles per hour just trying to keep up with her. a judge fined her more than $400 yesterday and gave her probation before judgment. that means she'll get no

additional points on her driver's license and the incident will be wiped from her record, if she does not commit any traffic offenses for the next year. and we're going to check now on the midday traffic. how is it looking out there, danella? >> a few trouble spots. first, let's start in northeast between 18th street and 23rd street is closed due to a crash in that area. heading down to the woodrow wilson bridge. the right lane is blocked by bridge inspection. this is in the through lanes and look at this, just jammed at van dorn street. delays are serious. here's your travel speed. 14 miles per hour from van dorn street to the wilson bridge. you're looking at a 26-minute drive right now. barbara, back over to you. >> all right, thank you. a new program says pregnant women can have between one or eight alcoholic drinks a week without harming their unborn babies. danish researchers studied 1,600 pregnant women and then assessed their children's iq when they

were 5 years old. children whose mothers drank did not perform worse on know iq or brain function test compared to children whose mothers did not drink during pregnancy. the study could provide relief to women who drink alcohol before they knew they were pregnant, but still say the safest practice remains avoiding alcohol altogether when you're pregnant. well, if you like to let off some steam by exercising, get off the treadmill and take your workout outside. researchers at glasgow university found there was a 50% improvement in mental health for those who exercised in nature, compared to the gym. they say things like walking, running and cycling through wooded and grassy areas lower brain stress levels. researchers say heading outside for your workout, even just once a week, could make a huge difference. well, you can cool off and get your workout in at the same time today. swimming can build muscle and provide cardio vascular benefits

and here to tell us more about the benefits of fitness expert steve hayes with the hayes way. good morning. >> good morning, barbara. >> you want to get us in the pool today. >> oh, yes, barbara. i was at the rockfield swim and fitness with the kids. great. it is great. beautiful pool. >> a lot of pools are open and some staying open late these days because of the hot weather. let's talk about some of the things. you have some ideas for getting ready for the pool, right? >> matter of fact, what i was doing, i was demonstrating to them the exercises that they're going to do in the pool. for instance, this is the one that allows you to work the legs and the lower body, but when you're in the pool, you have resistance and it takes the stress off the joints. this is for everyone. i'm talking about young people, adults, senior citizens. as you can see, they're doing it in the pool and it's a great workout, great core workout. >> that is great for the core and also strengthening for the legs. >> for the hips, oh, yes. >> can you lose weight doing

that? i suppose you can. >> don't eat a big pizza or something before you go in the water. >> how long should you plan on exercising in the water? >> you start off for about a minute and then gradually build up when you're doing exercises like that. this is the one where, this is where we hold on to the side of the pool, it's allowing you to work the hips and the legs but you're holding on to the side, which makes it easier for everyone to do when you're strengthening the legs. this one is a more difficult. this one you use a boogie board and you use that to paddle out, but as you advance yourself, you'll be able to do that. >> that is something, as you said, young and old can do. >> especially with 100 degree day, it's excellent. >> now, that is good for the legs. is that good for the core, too? >> this is a squat one. again, you know, you have the resistance of the water, but, again, taking stress off your back and your legs and you are just pushing up and down and you're building the core and working the hips and quads. >> about how long in the water for those? >> any time. you can stay in for a minute and then get out and exercise for a

minute. all the exercise for about a minute each and then rest for five minutes and get back in. >> or stay in. >> or stay in. >> it's hot, i think i'd just stay in there. okay, you have two other exercises you want to show us very quickly. >> very quickly. let me show you. this is the one, for nninstance when you're in the pool and you want to work the quads. hold on to the side of the pool and bring the leg out and you're working the hips, quads. if you want to work the shoulders, take the water and bring it up and go over. >> that's good for the remember as, as well. >> that's good for the arm as. >> that boogie board. >> you know what, it is so easy to use and it keeps you floating above the water and lets you concentrate on your legs. barbara, you're in such great shape, i want to know, what do you do? everyone always asks -- >> you know what, i hit the road every morning. about 6:00 in the morning either walking or running or something.

that's my main stay. we know you do all kind of things and you keep sharing those with us and we appreciate you coming in. >> i love doing it. thank you. >> steve hayes, hayesway.com. so, still ahead on news 4 midday at 11:43. why you're being encouraged to leave your car at home today. plus, the history behind plu[ male announcer ]ind are you paying more and more and more for cable -- and enjoying it less? upgrade to verizon fios internet, tv and phone for just $99.99 a month, guaranteed for a year with no annual contract. or choose a two-year contract and get $200 back and a two-year price guarantee.

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a traffic alert for beltway drivers for this weekend. construction on the outer loop starts tomorrow night at 9:00 near the wilson bridge. the through lanes will be closed approaching alexandria. only one local lane will carry traffic between van dorn street and telegraph road. all lanes should reopen by 5:00 monday morning. similar work earlier this month backed up traffic for several miles. gas prices may be sliding, but that doesn't mean that you can dump the pump. that's right. today a national dump the pump day, that's what we're calling at the annual event sponsored by

the transportation association is designed to encourage commuters to leave their cars behind and try out a train or bus for the day. the association says riding public transportation and downsizing to one car could save $10,000 a year. the number of people seeking u.s. unemployment benefits dropped last week. let's check in with cnbc seema and she joins us with more on that and the rest of the day's business led 00s. >> markets are trading lower after decision to extend "operation twist." even though the dow and s&p started the day lower nasdaq extended to five weeks. new eight-month low in the $80 a barrel range and brent hitting lows not seen in a year and a half. news of shrinking factory output in china also adding to concerns about global growth after the fed warned about risks to the u.s. economy. getting stocks specific, though,

bed, bath & beyond weaker than expected outlook. the retailer saying it has to spend money sooner than expected to improve its e commerce business. meanwhile, red hat beating the street with its first quarter results, but the software provider warns current quarter sales would fall short of the street consensus. as weak economies continue to hurt billings. lastly, apple is raising hourly pay for its employees at u.s. retail stores by 25%. not bad, right? the boost coming after an internal review by the company and the head of apple's launch on the iphone 5. apple typically pays its workers $9 to $15 an hour at the sales level and 30 bucks an hour to members of its tech support teams. barbara, enticinenticing. back to you. >> thank you so much, seema, have a great day. today's wednesday's child is hoping to be a star some day. conservative arts invited us to bring tatiana for a short course

in doing the things she likes best. acting and singing. >> and just sing out when you're ready. ♪ if you wanna be somebody if you wanna go somewhere ♪ ♪ you better wake up and pay attention ♪ >> good job. great work. >> tatiana hopes that someone watching will wake up and pay attention to her. she's a lovely 14-year-old who wants to be somebody some day. >> you're going to be great. >> before then, she wants to be adopted. to be someone's daughter. >> i want a family that's going to support me and the things i want to do when i get older. here at the national conservatory of national arts, doug wilder took her through a brief coaching session. >> she's very intelligent. she's very perceptive and she's inquisitive and she loves to read. >> how are your grades at school? >> good. i had a 3.67 the fourth quarter.

>> fantastic. congratulations. >> thank you. >> the first thing we're going to do is we're going to get our energy up. right, we're going to get excited. give me a little shake out. shake out a little bit. there you go. come on, a little bit into it. you got it. yeah, there you go. >> she says the hardest thing about being in foster care is having to move from home to home. so, we're going to have you come over here. >> so, i would just make myself not get comfortable with those people because you never know what would happen. it was awesome. my favorite look is my serious look. >> that was great, wasn't it? >> that was great, terrific. >> i'm looking for a family, anyone who can support her, who is willing to allow her to grow into and experience everything there is out there for her, especially in the arts, because that's what she wants to do. >> you got a great new actress on our hands. >> ray fica, the president of the school had wonderful gifts

for her to take home. >> acting for young actors and plays for the theaters. >> tons of theater tickets for her, as well. >> we're with a new star here, doug. here she is, world. the next great triple threat actress, tatiana. >> if you have room in your home and your heart for tatiana, call our adoption hotline. or you can logon to our home page at nbcwashington.com. 11:51 is the time now and coming up, a guide to some of the areas most historic lighthouses. plus, meteorologist tom kierein will be back with [ male announcer ] are you paying more

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well, you might think of lighthouses being part of the new england coastline, but some worth seeing near us. here with a guide for us. good morning. >> hi, barbara. >> good to see you. they are so beautiful and always in such picturesque places, usually. >> they have so much history that people don't know. they have been here as long as the federal buildings we have downtown. >> start by telling us the ones that have a strong female keepers, lighthouse keepers. >> turkey point in cecil county has had four female keepers and this is a very laborious job.

but women kept up this lighthouse for years. it was build in 1833, it's now solar powered and what is really interesting about it, it is on picturesque cliffs and you can climb up into the lighthouse that has been renovated. if you want to swim, you can swim at the beach. >> it is in use. >> it is in use, yes. >> moving on to the longest operated lighthouse in maryland. >> cove point is the longest continuously light. it was built in the mid-1800s and actually has fantastic views also. this is one that has a duplex around it and lots of really cool things going on and it's near, it's closer into the area. >> finally, a lighthouse in an area famous for its ponies. >> of course, i think a l of us are headed that way to see the ponies. definitely make a stop at the lighthouse there. this is so iconic because it is red and white striped and it looks different than the ones

that we're seeing and you can actually climb to the top of this and that's only been possible for the past seven years. not that long that you can go up and get great views of the beach. definitely one to hit. >> okay, a lot of great ideas and a cool spot to go on a hot summer day, too. >> that's right, make us thing of new england, for sure. >> thank you for coming and for more ideas for your weekend, logon to nbcwashington.com or the going out guide on washingtonpost.com. let's take a look now at some of the stories we're following on news 4 this afternoon. it's not just teenagers any more. why there's growing increase in the number of eating disorders in women over 50. tonight at 5:00, cooking up savory summer dishes. liz crenshaw tells us how you can use fresh produce and seaed to to make the best meals of the season. sounds terrific. making me hungry. time for a final check of the forecast. here's tom. >> the heat continues to build. good morning. as we approach just a couple minutes away from noon, it's

already 96 at reagan national and all around the region, we are into the 90s now and the heat index, that feels-like temperature, 99 at reagan national. and heat index much of the region is already now hovering around 100 degrees. that combination of the heat and humidity and sea advisory in effect. all these areas in orange until 10:00 tonight and the heat index hovering around 105 and middle of the afternoon across northern virginia, the district and much of maryland and then a break coming tomorrow, clouds around and might get a morning shower, but a greater likelihood of some afternoon and evening thunderstorms. some of them could be severe tomorrow. some of them could be producing damaging winds, perhaps late afternoon into early evening on friday. that's all associated with a cool front that's going to be moving in friday night and behind that front, just in time for the weekend, lower humidity, cooler weather moves in for saturday and sunday and morning lows in the 60s and afternoon highs 80s both days. much more comfortable weather

for the weekend. and looks like that's going to linger into first part of next week. maybe get showers and thund thunderandthunderand around on monday. stay cool, stay in the ac, see you tomorrow morning. >> go to the movies maybe. >> there you go. we thank you for being with us and invite you to tune in for more news at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00 and tonight at 11:00. we'll be back tomorrow morning at 1 1:00 a.m. with more "new 4z midday." until then, have a terrific day. stay cool and we'll see you in theern moing. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more and more for cable -- and enjoying it less? upgrade to verizon fios internet, tv and phone for just $99.99 a month, guaranteed for a year with no annual contract. or choose a two-year contract and get $200 back and a two-year price guarantee.

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