good morning, everyone. welcome to news 4 midday. i'm barbara harrison. thursday, june 28, 2012. we begin with breaking news. the supreme court ruled to uphold president obama's health care reform law and specifically the individual mandate, which requires all americans to have health insurance. it was a 5-4 decision with chief justice john roberts as a deciding factor in the vote. nbc tracie potts joins us from outside the court now with more on this ruling. good morning. >> good morning. here is the thing you need to know about this ruling.

the individual mandate, the crux of the law, the most controversial part requiring the federal government, requiring everyone to purchase health insurance, that was upheld by this u.s. supreme court chief justice roberts, as you said, joined the liberal majority in announcing it in that opinion. listen to the way they worded this, though. they said it is not part of the commerce clause. government had argued it could regulate health care as an industry and, instead, upheld it as a tax allowed by the constitution and because the constitution permits this tax, it is not our role to permit on its judgment or wisdom. that part is upheld. on the other big part of this decision, expanding medicaid. the federal government expanding it and states being able to opt out. they said states should be able to opt out without losing all of their federal funds. that was the carrot and the stick that the federal government held.

if they did not participate in this expang, they will not get their federal funds. they will not lose all the funds according to the court. the minority said this law exceeded federal power and that the entire statute, they thought, was inoperative, but the ruling, a 5-4 ruling from the court today. this law will stand with that exception to the medicaid expansion. barbara? >> well, thank you for that report. and we are going to continue, of course, to follow this throughout the day. thanks so much. meanwhile, virginia governor bob mcdonald one of the first politicians to react to the ruling. speaking on behalf of the governor's association he released a statement that read "today's ruling crystalizes all that's at stake in november's election. the only way to stop the takeover is electing a new president." obama care increases taxes, grows the size of government and

puts bureaucrats over patient as while doing nothing to improve the economy. close quote. stay with news 4 throughout the day for much more on today's supreme court decision, including reaction from both sides of the aisle. we'll also be posting constant updates on our facebook and twitter pages, as well as our website. nbcwashington.com. we're also waiting for statements from both democratic and republican leaders. we'll bring you some of that reaction coming up at 11:30 this morning. and turning to the weather now and the dangerous heat that's headed in our direction, storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us with our first forecast. tom? >> yeah, the heat is building, barbara. thankfully, we don't have a lot of humidity yet. always getting a little humid now. the big story for us for the next several days each afternoon highs will be above 90 degrees. look at all these areas in orange. those are zones that are into the 80s. the areas in yellow are in the 70s much of the highlands, west virginia, but out of the

midwest, the red zones on the left of your screen, already into the 90s around chicago, indianapolis and down towards the tennessee valley. that heat is coming our way tomorrow. but it's already near 90 in washington, reagan national now is at 88 degrees and we are in the 80s across most of maryland, the eastern shore, at the beaches, as well. ocean city now is at 84. and it's going to continue to climb. we ought to peak in the mid, maybe even few places, upper 90s by later this afternoon as we have lots of sunshine around the region and we'll be holding steady in the 90s through much of the afternoon and perhaps even into early evening. we'll have a touch more humidity moving in by late afternoon. we'll notice the humidity increasing. winds out of the southwest around 5 to 15 bringing in that increasing humidity. that is the big story for the next several days. i will have details for the holiday weekend as we get into the holiday on the fourth of july. we'll talk about that, too, in just a few minutes, barbara. >> all right, tom, thank you. we'll get our first check on

the midday traffic now, here's danella sealock. >> good morning. watching the 14th street bridge and bridge work continues, again, today. taking away the right lane and left lanes are opening and traveling on 395 northbound and you're at 51 miles per hour. 13 minutes to get from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. let's head over to the american legion bridge on the beltway, the outer loop. you're slow as you loop around. delays continue here as you head towards the dulles toll road. not seeing any accidents, though, but you are pretty slow at this time. barbara, back over to you. >> thanks, danella a, we'll see you again shortly. montgomery fire investigators are looking into a suspicious fire at a barbershop. crews responded to crews around 2:30 this morning. firefighters say they were able to get the fire quickly under control. there were no injuries. crews say the fact that the fire happened at a barbershop early in the morning is the reason

they're calling it suspicious. following a story in the district. four d.c. officers will face charges for their roles in a fight outside a club last year. officers were indicted for getting involved in a brought outside lotus nightclub while off duty. two club goers were fighting with multiple people, including am bouncers. walter blair lost his right eye as a result of the fight. police have not said what charges the officers will face. a high-speed chase ended in a violent accident in southeast d.c. witnesses tell news 4 that officers were chasing a car in the capital hill neighborhood. two people inside the car were taken to the hospital and capital police have not released any information on the incident and have not returned our phone calls. our time is now 11:06. coming up, the latest on wildfires in virginia and colorado and why those fires out west have been so hard to contain and so destructive.

there may also be good news for firefighters today. plus, the at&t national golf tournament is under way this morning in bethesda. we're out there live

on the heels of the supreme court's historic decision this morning, president obama visiting some wounded warriors here in d.c. the president is scheduled to tour walter read national medical center around 1:00 this afternoon. mitt romney spent all day yesterday in d.c. and the d.c. area. last night he held a fund-raiser in washington harbor in georgetown. before that he was in sterling, virginia, visiting an electronic design firm. he spent all day hammering the president on his economic record, saying he's broken his promise to the american people. >> he said he'd turn this economy around, that was his number one priority. he went on "today" show right after being inaugurated and he said, if i can't turn around the economy in three years, i'll look at a one-term proposition. this president has not turned around the economy. he cannot say he is and we are not going to let a one-year proposition turn into an

eighth-year proposition. >> virginia democrats gathered and accused romney out outsourcing jobs when he was the head of bain capital. later today the house will vote on whether to hold eric holder in contempt of congress. house members wanted documents fast and furious, a gun tracking program. president obama invoked executive privilege and kept the documents private. the operation let guns go across the border to mexico where federal authorities would then track the drugs to drug cartel bosses. two federal agents were killed in a gunfight or firefight with mexican bandits in 2010 and two guns from that operation were found at the scene. new this morning, u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton set a new frequent flier record touching down on her 100th country as america's top diplomat. now the most traveled secretary of state in u.s. history. well, calmer winds could help firefighters gain ground today on the massive wildfire

that's scorched more than 15,000 ache aers near colorado springs. firefighters say the waldo canyon fire destroyed at least 300 homes. more than 35,000 people evacuated the area, including parts of the usair force academy campus. 1,000 firefighters are battling the fire, which is only 5% contained. >> it's as bad as it gets out there right now. door-to-door, street-by-street, firefighters inside, outside trying to keep the flames away from buildings. >> president obama will travel to colorado springs tomorrow to see the damage first hand. meanwhile, the denver office of the fbi is joining police in investigating reports that the fire may have been set. in all, there are six major wildfires burning across colorado right now. closer to home, right now, virginia firefighters are battling a wildfire in shenandoah and warren counties. the wildfire is on a massive mountain in the george washington national forest.

these are pictures of the fire from earlier this week. we're told fires scorched 181 acres and is only 5% contained at this time. helicopters will drop water on the flames today to try to keep it from spreading. the cause of that fire is under investigation. and tom has been telling us all week that we could use some rain around here, to, i guess, cool things down and probably help with fighting that fire. >> i had some viewers call across northern virginia and say they smell smoke in the air. you can't see it, but there is a little hint of smoke in the air coming from that massive mountain fire and things are dry. we need rain and it doesn't look like we're going to get much. in all, a small chance of an isolated thunderstorm on friday and maybe over the weekend and otherwise the big story is the big heat that is building. we have been telling you about it in the midwest and creeping our way by tomorrow. but right now, already building. we have hazy sunshine, reagan national is at 88 degrees and

dew point, though, still comfortably dry, it's at 54. and, so, the humidity levels are still fairly low. humidity at 31%. we've got a wind out of the southwest around 8 miles an hour now, that's a live view from our hd city camera. here's the wide view and all of this heat is due to a deep area of high pressure that is circulating here over the midwest. that is going to be drifting east around just the edge of that right now. this is what is left of tropical depression debbie. that is going to stay way out to sea, but, for us, we have the sunshine pouring down and the temperatures are heating up. look at chicago. already 91 degrees in chicago. this is at 10:00 in the morning their time. st. louis is at 91 degrees and this heat is drifting east. you can see there is a large area of it. they've got heat warnings and heat advisories from michigan all the way down to texas and this is a huge area of heat that is advancing east. closer to us right now, temperatures are in the 80s all across virginia and maryland and

even right near the bay and on the eastern shore and eastot up to 88. earlier this morning, they were down in the low 50s. all the counties in red from baltimore through the d.c. area all the way down to sharletsville under a heat watch. the heat index tomorrow afternoon could reach 110 degrees and that combination of the air temperature and humidity, that's what's going to feel like. just going to be a warning to you to stay inside as much as you can tomorrow afternoon. this afternoon, well, it's going to get uncomfortably hot into the mid-90s but not very humid and that's not going to happen until late afternoon and then by midnight, it's still going to be warm. in fact, we'll drop from 90 earlier to 80 around midnight under a partly cloudy sky and the humidity will continue to increase through the night and it will be high tomorrow and into the weekend and very humid conditions.

and those are the records that are around 100. so, around near record heat and saturday and sunday for the daily records. morning lows in the steamy 70s and just a slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm friday and saturday and maybe have a little greater chance on sunday and then after that, does look like it may cool down a little bit by the fourth of july. but, still, it looks to be rather humid as we get into next week. so, this is the beginning of an extended heat wave and it's going to last for the next seven days. >> wow. >> could go longer. >> well, we'll prepare for it mentally. which means we have to start thinking in terms of ways to stay cool. >> stay in the ac. >> good idea, thank you, tom. let's get back out to the roads now, danella, how is it looking? >> route 50 in maryland, barbara, it looks really good. 50 at landover road. in fact, inbound, as well as outbound on 50, no accidents to

report and also checking, in fact, from annapolis to the beltway and then, again, from the beltway to 495 in both directions. outer loop crossing the american legion bridge and these delays continue to the dulles toll road. you are slow. if this is your commute, allow yourself some extra time in case you have to face the delays in this area. on the rails, i'm checking metro and metro is not reporting any delays at this time. barbara, back over to you. >> danella, thank you. 17 minutes after 11:00 and still ahead on "news 4 midday." the surprising ingredient found in many of the most popular colas. steve hayes introduces us to an inspiring woman who is overcoming challenges by exercise. [ male announcer ] are you paying more

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introduce us. >> this is susanna cooper and susanna was introduced to me by the manager of fitness first in bethesda and incredible story. she had migraines which stopped her from exercising years ago and she got back into exercising and -- >> why don't you tell us a little bit about it. >> i am a yoga instructor. >> you are now. >> i have been for years. i have to be centered and i have to be grounded and i developed this dizziness syndrome. i would be dizzy for six, seven hours every day. finally, neurologist told me that it was a kind of migraine. he gave me medication and told me to go right back to teaching yoga and also exercise as much as you possibly can. >> how many years have you been teaching yoga? >> 15 to 18. something like that. >> so, you are back to exercising and feeling much better, is that right? >> i went back, i have been exercising fitness first for a

while and then i got myself a personal trainer. >> let's take a look at you here. >> barbara, this is a great exercise. it allows you to maintain your balance and, again, you're going on one leg, but you're using your hips, the quads and when you start off, you can't go down very far. when you keep doing it, the muscle will strengthen itself. it will balance itself and work the core. >> just step up one. same thing. you're using the hips, quads and abs and allows you to engage the whole body and it's very, very effective. >> and are you still doing your yoga poses, too? >> yes. >> but these are not yoga. these are just -- >> this is a lot of work on balancing. this is what i really needed. >> you're going to show us some of your exercises here. live and in the studio. >> live and in the studio, barbara. >> try not to fall.

>> and, suzanne, let's turn sideways. >> sideways is which way? >> right here. the first one we're going to do, this is a walk up. this allows you to use your legs and allows you to -- let's step forward. ready? she will use the -- >> if you move away. >> see, as she comes down on the ball. >> i see. >> she pushes up. see, what it does, at this angle it allows her to utilize the back and the chest and it's very, very user friendly. and as she pushes back up. now, the next one we'll show, are you ready, suzanne? i like this one. this one she will work chest, arms and back at the same time. are we ready? let's go. she's coming up and out. and see the thing about it, as you notice, as she's coming up, she's working the arms and as she stretches, she's working the shoulders and the core is enga e

engaged every time. this is an exercise she was doing to alleviate the migraine. let's go show her the opposite ones. the opposite way. she's coming up. just another way of doing it. >> now, you shared with her, i don't know if she wants to share with us your age. >> i'll be 73 in two weeks. >> 73 in two weeks. you've been working out all your life. >> exercise is very good for aging. >> and you look terrific. >> thanks a lot. >> you can stand up now. say good-bye. glad to have you with us and we're so glad you can come and join us. you have a quick fitness tip. >> foods that we can eat in the summertime to keep us cool. the foods that we eat are good in antioxidants and good allowing the blood to circulate, cucumbers, watermelons, cantaloupes, fish and they cool the body off. >> it sounds like some of my favorite things to eat. thanks, again, for coming.

>> thank you so much. >> you don't have to go yet. just stay right there. thanks a lot, steve, for coming. it is 11:24. coming up in the next half hour of "news 4 midday" breaking news. the supreme court ruling on obama health care reform law. plus, crowds are gathering right now at the at&t national golf tournament. a live report on the first round action. and dangerous heat on the way. tom kierein lets us know when we can expect the worst of the conditions. stay wit

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right now. the country is reacting to a supreme court's decision to uphold president obama's health care reform law. the historic decision was significantly uphold the individual mandate, which requires all americans to have insurance. it was a 5-4 decision with conservative chief justice john roberts playing the role of the swing vote. reaction as from both sides of the aisle are poring in. >> be able to vote forward with making sure that 32 million people have universal access. we've broken the stranglehold of insurance companies. >> no republican lawmakers have spoken publicly yet, but many have released statements. house speaker john boehner said, "the president's health care law

is hurting our economy by driving up health costs and making it harder for small businesses to hire." today's ruling underscores the urgency of repealing this harmful law in its entirety. he goes on to say. and senate majority leader mitchell mcconnell said today's decision makes one thing clear, congress' act to appeal this misguided law and former presidential candidate michele bachmann responded by saying, i disagree with the court's ruling and expansion of government power under the commerce clause. government should never have the right to tell americans what they must purchase. the president is expected to comment at a 12:15 news conference this afternoon. now, this decision has also been closely watched by average americans. tracee wilkins joins us live outside the supreme court with hundreds of others who waited for the big announcement. tracee, tell us about the mood outside the court right now?

>> well, good morning, barbara, we still have a crowd of hundreds gathered here outside the supreme court. take a look at these folks. some people down there. some people heading down there just to be a part of history and folks were out here and, let me tell you, when the opinions were read, whether they were for affordable health care or not, people in front of the supreme court instantly started focusing on the next step. there were hundreds of demonstrators, both for and against affordable health care who gathered in front of the supreme court this morning. some people had been camped out since yesterday, waiting to hear if the justices would decide affordable health care was constitutional. after all the courtroom battles and appeals, the highest court in the nation decided that affordable health care law could go forward with its aim of covering more than 30 million uninsured americans. the court found problems with the law's expansion of medicaid and even there said the expansion could proceed. reaction outside of the supreme court was swift. >> we're pretty upset today.

we think that justice roberts stood with the government instead of the people and the liberty. this is bad economic policy. anti-liberty and, really, now, the work begins. we're motivated to take back the u.s. senate so we can have a president to reveal this bill and that's going to have to be mitt romney. >> we're unhappy but motivated. we're motivated to defeat president obama in november and elect a conservative senate. >> i wish they would uphold the whole law. we need this law and we have people coming up in hospitals and they're going to get care one way or the other and it's expensive the way we're doing it now. i feel like we need this law. >> we are ecstatic. we know this is the beginning of protecting 100 million more people being able to be covered in our country. 32 million more and we understand given what's going on here today we're going to have to stay organized and make sure we have a say as a country on november 6th that we want to protect this law. we will not allow congress to repeal this law.

>> republicans vowed well before this decision was made that if it was upheld, they would repeal, block and/or slow down any momentum created around obama care or what they labeled as obama care. so, while this decision settles legal questions surrounding president obama's health care plan, as you can tell, politically, the debate is still just beginning. reporting live from the supreme court, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >> thank you, tracee. the supreme court's ruling this morning is being felt from the white house to capitol hill to wall street and here to off aer some insight into today's landmark ruling is public policy professor tarren. we should also mention you served on the health education pension labor committee in the senate from 2008 to 2010. you were watching a lot of what was going on when we first talked about this kind of overall health care bill first beginning to be discussed in the

senate. so, what do you think? is this a victory for the obama administration? >> it is. it certainly is and it's a victfry the nearly 50 million americans who don't have health insurance coverage. no longer will people be denied health insurance coverage because they're sick. people will not face lifetime limits. i had a student in class last semester who was in her 20s ran up against lifetime limits because of a health condition and that's not an issue any more. >> you've heard the other side of this, republican side of this. how do republicans continue to fight this law after the ruling today? >> well, they, it seems like they're proposing to repeal it. they don't seem to have alternatives, at least from what i've gathered. >> and let's look at the american reaction to this. we haven't heard it all yet, but we understand this can be looked at as a tax. do you think americans are going to be unhappy with that since it will not fall under the commerce

laws that allow it to be, what, what would it have been under the commerce law? >> for all intents and purposes, it is the same for all americans. there is financial assistance for those who can't afford health insurance and medicaid will cover low-income people. so, it's really a name change. >> i see. so, is there anything in our history that we can compare the supreme court decision to? is it that major a decision? >> i'm not an attorney, and not an a expert in the supreme court, but it certainly the biggest decision i think we've seen in the past few decades. >> and we're going to continue to hea the fighting, the squabbling between the republicans and democrats, i'm sure. thank you so much for coming in to talk to us about this and, of course, we'll carry the president's response to this, which is expected at 12:15 today and we'll carry it live here at

12:15 on nbc. well, right now golfers are hitting the links for the first round of the at&t national golf tournament. after a two-year absence, it's back at the congressional country club in maryland. melissa mollett is live at the club near the practice range. melissa, tiger woods sighting yet? >> no tiger wood sighting yet. he is supposed to tee off in just about an hour. we're expecting him at the practice range in about the next 15 minutes or so. fans are lined up and ready for a glimpse. he is just 1 of 120 of the best golfers fighting for the title and the $6.5 million purse. a sticky, humid morning on the practice range. the pros warming up before a 7:00 a.m. tournament start time. many spectators out early. >> i'm a big fan, i'm a terrible golfer. you know, when they miss those putts i'm like, oh, that looks like me. >> reporter: as the crowd awaits

tiger's fperformance a lot of eyes on nick watny who won in philly last year and the youngest player. an estimated 200,000 people are expected to attend to the tournament this weekend. the watkins family drove up from richmond. anybody special you want to see later? >> tiger woods. >> reporter: are you a big fan? >> yeah. >> reporter: but there are also hundreds of volunteers. this group of 40 foster kids brought in by the tiger woods foundation. >> never been on the golf course and they've never been to a place as lovely as this and tiger woods, every young man's idol even if they don't follow golf, they know tiger woods. for them, it is an exciting time. >> reporter: it was a warm one yesterday and scheduled to be even hotter today. here are a few stats that might surprise you. the concession stands here will sell an estimated 3,000 cases of water. shovel out 100,000 pounds of ice or 2,500 bags and serve 20,000

hot dogs and 10,000 hamburgers by the end of the weekend because of the heat, water is on special. >> we dropped the price from $3 to $2. going to be a hot item today. >> reporter: on top of that, now they have misting stations pretty much everywhere. feel good? >> this is much better than being out on the course right now. >> reporter: if you head out, make sure to check on parking before you leave the house. you cannot park here and you cannot get dropped off here. the vip lot across from the club is completely sold out. shuttles will take fans from the montgomery county fairgrounds or the rock spring lot near democracy boulevard, but that lot is already sold out for friday. forget tomorrow. mark johnson can't wait to see tiger later today. >> hoping to see him hit a few on the range in a little bit. >> he's not alone. lots of red out here today. montgomery fire and ems crews talked earlier and they're on stand by in case anybody has trouble with the heat. if you head out here, check our

website. nbcwashington.com and we'll tell you which parking lots are still available. again, some of them have been selling out. live in bethesda, maryland, melissa mollet. >> i suppose i should know this, but is red tiger woods official color? >> he wears red on sundays, barbara. every sunday. so some people wear red in his honor. i know that much. >> i see. okay, thanks so much, melissa. thank you. we'll check in, again, with tom kierein for the latest on the forecast. it is going to be hot out there, tom. >> in fact, we're approaching 90 degrees here. just past 11:30 in the morning. around our region, we'll have our temperatures continue to climb right now around the metro area under a sunny sky and 88 at reagan national and already 90 in fredericksburg and well into the 80s all across virginia, maryland, around the bay and the eastern shore and it's going to climb into the mid-90s by mid-afternoon. now, it's not too humid yet. getting more humid, but not

nearly as humid as it is going to get tonight and tomorrow and through the weekend. sweltering humidity and highs reaching near 100 degrees each afternoon. and when you combine the humidity with the heat, it's going to feel like 105 to 110 degrees during those prime heating hours between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 or 6:00 p.m. there's a small chance of an isolated thunderstorm tomorrow or saturday little greater chance maybe sunday and still humid all the way into the fourth of july. although by tuesday and wednesday, it ought to be cooling down a little bit highs in the low 90s and both those days is the way it looks right now. i'll be back in a few minutes and take a look at the latest temperatures, barbara. >> okay, thank you, tom. here's some driving news for you. apparently, it will cost you less nearly every day to get around by car as the summer progresses. this picture was taken at a gas pump in fredericksburg, virginia, where regular gas is now $2.99 a gallon. the current national average for a gallon of gas is $3.38.

and we'll check the mid-day traffic now. here's danella sealock, again. >> did i really see $2.99 for gas. i have to hurry up and get some. >> wherever we have to drive to. >> no matter how far you have to drive. if you're driving right about now, check travel speeds in our area. they look pretty good. live travel speed for you 57 miles per hour if you're traveling eastbound on the dulles toll road. now, let's head over to the beltway. this time from the dulles toll road to the interchange. you're at about 49 miles per hour. not too bad. 15 minutes to make that drive. if you're traveling on 395 from the beltway to the 14th street bridge, you're driving at just 54 miles per hour, but once you geet the bridge, though, you will see a little bit of delay because of the bridge work that is taking place. also blocking the right lanes here. you'll have to stick to the left and you will have to hit the brakes right around boundary channel drive. once you cross over the bridge, you're pretty smooth making your trip into the district. barbara, back over to you.

>> thank you, danella. prosecutors in the george zimmerman case released voice samles he gave to police. we have one of the samples. first, you'll hear the actual 911 call from the february shooting and then you'll hear zimmerman's reenactment. >> 911, do you need police, fire or medical? >> help me, help me. >> he said, yo, you have a problem. >> supposed to determine whether or not that was the voice whose voice it was screaming in the background of a 911 call, whether it belonged to zimmerman or 17-year-old trayvon martin. initial fbi analysis of the 911 calls could not determine who was screaming. zimmerman is in jail on second degree murder charges in martin's shooting death. he will be in court tomorrow. zimmerman said he shot the unarmed teenager in self-defense. and still ahead on news 4 midday, help wanted.

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and the scheme that has agreed to go to prison for ten years. he will also forfeit all of his money assets and real estate valued at more than $140 billion. bernie madoff is serving 150 years in prison for defrauding more than $20 billion over the years. well, the number of people seeking u.s. unemployment benefits fell last week. let's check in with michelle curusa cabrera she joins us with

more on that and has the latest news headlines, too. >> stocks are lower in the wake of the supreme court decision to uphold president obama's health care law. some economists believe the law hurts job creation because it makes it more costly to actually hire. the dow jones industrial average is sharply lower by more than 100 points and the nasdaq lower by roughly 30. speaking of hiring, jobless claims fell to 386,000. that was 1,000 more than expected. claims above 380,000 for the fifth straight week. and if you feel like you're driving an old car, you're not alone. the cars hit a record old age of 11 years, according to experion automotive. the average age of the 245 million vehicles registered in the u.s. in the first quarter of this year. barbara, with the weak economy, a lot of people are holding on to their cars for longer than they used to. >> sure that has to be true. thanks, michelle. have a great day. you, too. surprising results this morning from a study out of france that shows coca-cola and

pepsi contain minute traces of alcohol. according to tests carried out by the national institute of consumption, more than half of the leading colas contain traces of alcohol. both coke and pepsi produce those traces of alcohol. well, it's not a miracle drug and there are safety concerns, but the fda has approved a new prescription weight loss pill. arena pharmaceuticals says it can help patients lose 3% of their weight. the pill can be taken by overweight adults who have at least one medical complication, like diabetes or high cholesterol. the fda rejected the application back in 2010 because of concerns about tumors that developed in animals during testing. after getting additional data, though, the fda now says there's little risk of tumors in humans. well, when foster children reach the age of 21, they age out of the system.

with no real family to count on, many face a very frightening time in their lives. this morning, a story about a young lady who still as a young adult wants to be adopted or have mentors she can count on. >> to have not committed a serious crime. >> reporter: with a first-time read at an anchor desk and she proved this could be something she could do very well in the future, but her immediate future we were focusing on when she came for a visit as a wednesday's child here at nbc 4. she has been in and out of foster care since she was only nine months old. at 20 now, she's just about to age out of the system. it's a frightening time for young adults. >> i have a lot of friends, if something happens to them out in the real world, they can come home to their parents, but i can't. i don't have that in my life. >> reporter: she has great dreams for her future. but without the safety net of

parents, this time can be very scary. >> with me, when i'm 21 and if i don't s homeless. >> her social worker suggested one last time trying a family that might want to adopt someone a little older. >> we all need someone to look up to and someone to be there when we're upset or when we're actually having good things happen in our lives. >> she enjoyed learning about the different careers in broadcasting, but what she really wants is to become a history teacher some day. she needs a family to support that dream. >> supportive, caring, someone who is in her life for the long haul. >> on her tour she met a couple red skin players saying aging out of foster care is like leaving the nfl. >> stepping into the real world is a challenge. i looked at my strengths, as well as my weaknesses and i said, what can i do after i leave the nfl? >> i want to live my dream, but,

most of all, go get that degree and get that diploma. >> having parents or someone to look up to and guide them made a difference in their lives. >> i come from a big family, so there are always people around and even to this day, we're very tight knit. >> she says that's what she wants and the size of the fampally doesn't matter. >> as long as i have a family that loves me and cares about me and accepts me for who i am. >> if you have room in your home and your heart for her, please call our adoption hotline. the number is 1-888-to-adopt me. you can logon to our home page at nbcwashington.com. it's now 11:50. coming up, we'll tell you about three great events taking place our area this summer. plus, meteorologist tom kierein will be back with another check of the extreme heat headed in our direction.

summer is now in full swing here in the washington area and she's here with some summer planning and summer planning guides. some things that are coming up, not too far from now. let's start with the kennelworth park event in july. >> that's next month.

some of us, absolutely wilt in the heat. actually really great for lotuses and water lilies. they do really well. that's the time to visit. they're having a big festival on july 21st. you want to mark your calendars and a lot of african plants and new species and you can taste ethiopian food and the event is completely free because it's a national park. >> it sounds beautiful. moving on to august. and an adventure on the river, you say. which river? >> the shenandoah river, of course. so many of us head to the beach. so, a great trip for august to get away. head down to shenandoah river state park. you can go tubing and a big festival on august 11th and that is a fun event with blue grass music and all at shenandoah state park. >> that looks like a great place to cool off. let's move on to september. finally, you see that there's going to be a celebration of

female rock stars. >> i'm a musician, i'm excited for this event. september 7th is the opening of the national museum of the women and the arts upcoming exhibition celebrating women who rock. that means lady gaga's piano is going to be on display. her first piano and clothes that cher has worn on stage. really cool exhibit and one of the blockbusters of the summer, i think. >> you haven't shared before with us that you're a musician. what instrument? >> i play both drums and bass guitar. >> when can we get you to do that for us? >> when you have a singer on. >> thinking about having music. unsung heroes of the music world. local people. thanks a lot. >> thanks, barbara. for more ideas for your weekend, logon to nbcwashington.com or the going out guide on washingtonpost.com. and we're going to take a look now at some of the stories we're following on news 4 this

afternoon. pat lawson muse joins us. >> tonight on news 4 at 4:00. reaction to the supreme court's health care decision and, ladies, listen up. "magic mike" comes to theaters tomorrow. we have a preview. you want to hear what georgia has to tell us about that. we'll also have the latest on our weather on this glorious thursday and all the day's latest breaking news. coming up at 4:00, barbara. >> all right, pat, thank you. time for a final check on that forecast. here's tom. >> the heat is on. temperatures around the region already now climbing towards 90 degrees, 91 at reagan national and by midafternoon ought to be into the mid-t 90s with lots of sunshine and you'll notice the humidity when you wake up tomorrow morning starting off in the steamy 70s and hazy and humid on friday and it may feel like 110 when you factor in the

humidity tomorrow afternoon. so, unless you absolutely have to be outside, stay inside. stay in the ac and stay safe. the heat is very dangerous. it can cause some serious heat illnesses, heat stroke, heat exhaustion. if you overexert in this kind of heat, more of the same on saturday and sunday, although maybe a greater chance of an afternoon thunderstorm sunday. as we get towards the fourth of july holiday, it may cool down a little bit, but it does look like it will stay humid through midweek next week. that's the way it looks. have a safe afternoon, stay cool. we'll see you tomorrow morning. >> all right, tom, thank you. well, after 15 years on the "today" show couch, ann curry said good-bye earlier this morning. curry announced she's leaving "today" show and could hardly contain her emotions while saying good-bye. >> matt and i and everyone who sits on this couch we often calls our selves a family, but you are the real "today" show family. you are why i have ventured into

dangerous places and interviewed dictators and climbed mountains. you know, i have loved you and i wanted to give you the world. >> curry says her new title is national and international correspondent. she'll be producing contents of "today" show nbc "nightly news" and other nbc shows. and that's "news 4 midday" for today. we thank you for being with us and tune in for news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and tonight at 11:00. we'll see you in the morning.