well, here he is. steve penny from usa gymnastics, on to the floor, for the five gymnasts and replacement gymnasts who go to the olympics.

>> good evening. please welcome the five members of the women's 2012 u.s. olympic team. gabby douglas, mckayla maroney, aly raisman, kyla ross, and jordyn wieber! >> what we're told is that the team, the four team women who competed here tonight are all

back in the locker room. they have been told who the team is. and maybe what is going on right now is they're trying to decide if they still come out as a full team woman unit or not. or something even less dramatic, greater than the five. >> for all of them back there, this is the greater emotion than they most likely have ever experienced in their entire lives. these athletes have grown up together in the sport of gymnastics. they truly are good friends and for those that fell a little bit short, it is devastating, and they all want to be there to console and congratulate.

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>> i think they did it right. the committee got it right. and this team, they are undoubtedly the favorites to win gold come london time. >> and for both the men and the women, they have trained so hard together. they are committed, they are committed to going to london and making every effort to bring home gold. >> congratulations to jordyn wieber, gabby douglas. aly raisman, kyla ross and mckayla maroney. the olympics begin on the 27th of july. gymnastics the day after. tomorrow in primetime, the countdown to the london olympic games continues on nbc as misty franklin competes in the u.s. olympic swimming trials. and the runoff for the final

spot on the u.s. olympic track and field team. allyson felix and jeneba tarmoh run off for third place after their dead heat in the 100 meters. that's tomorrow on nbc and nbcsports.com. a fabulous weekend in front of a great crowd in san jose, california. for elfi schlegel, tim daggett and andrea joyce, i'm al trautwig. trautwig. [ male announcer ] olympic tennis players bob and mike bryan do a lot of sending... and receiving. sending...and receiving. sending...and receiving. sending...and receiving. sending...and receiving. [ bob ] i got the tickets. [ male announcer ] and with citibank popmoney, it's even easier to keep sending...and receiving. let me get you back. no, it's on me. i insist. no way. yes way. well let me chip in. [ male announcer ] send money from one bank account to another, with citibank popmoney. easier banking. every step of the way.

48 hours later, hundreds of thousand still without power after a fierce storm. no air conditioning or patience either. >> nobody will have their boot further up pepco's back side than i will. >> and another major problem looms, the traffic likghts. hundreds are out. tomorrow could be a nightmare commute. >> it is almost like all the jungles out there. and all the rules thrown out the window. >> good evening. it it not over yet. here is the latest where we stand after the storm. at least five people in our area are dead. more than half a million are still without power. utility cup paenz sompanies sat next weekend before all is restored. some are told to boil their water before drinking it. the big question, who is going

to work tomorrow. the federal government is open with unscheduled leave and telework in effect. d.c. government is open on time. we have a full list of jurisdictions on nbcwashington. >> caller:. in a few moments you will see a list running across the bottom of your television screen. we are staying on top of the aftermath. darcy spencer will tell you what you need to know for the commute. derek ward is monitoring the power situation. start with form 4 meteorologist, chuck bell. more storms tonight? >> unfortunately, jim, that any what is happening. thunderstorms across central west virginia will be coming eastbound into the mountains where we have had a sizzling hot day. 99 our high at national airport. we are 89 degrees here tonight. and that is an important part what of we are facing for the late-night hours tonight as the thunderstorms come out of the mountains of west virginia. they come into this warm, very unstable air mass that its east of the mountains. these storms are going to continue to progress east and southeast bound. so there is a severe thunderstorm watch that goes

until 2:00 in the morning for locations long into the west of the blue ridge mountains. the thunderstorms up across northern west virginia, see lightning bolts up there. those may reintensify east of the mountains. talk about all that and how it will affect the fourth of july. >> see you in a bit, chuck. if you have been out and about. traffic signals are still out across parts of the region. 400 lights dark in manhunt gummgum gum -- dark in montgomery county. news 4, darcy spencer, joining us live with details on this tonight. >> i'm on river road that heads into the district this way. little falls parkway, the intersection. this its one of the many intersections through the our region that is in the dark. we'll turn out our camera light to show you how dashrk it is he. and what it is look to be traveling here. a lotto ba, obeying.

and they're talking to triple a and come pauparing tomorrow mors commute to snowmaggedon. >> 440 traffic lights aren't working. >> very dangerous. because of the group of people. the three, the ones that don't stop at the dark lights. >> signals are out because the power its out. while utility cup paenz aompani working to get the juice flowing, monday morning's commute could get dicey. >> a hellacious commute in terms of the temperature and also in terms of angst, anxiety and anger. trip a's john townsend setz it could be a free-for-all on the region roadways. >> almost like it is a jungle out there now. and all the rules have been thrown out of the window. >> reporter: in d.c., maryland, virginia, drivers are expected to treat darkened intersections like four-way stops. come monday morning will commuters be ready to follow the

rules of the road. >> i don't know what to expect. we have heard that we might be out without power for another week. so -- we're, we're going to expect anything. >> it will be a chal challenge. no way to have the intersections out and number of people going to work tomorrow who will not have challenges. >> you should allow yourself extra time, take public transit and stay home if you can. >> we are expecting an hour and a half from germantown to college park. >> that's what i am going to give myself to be on the safe side. but, yeah, about that. >> it is going to be a nightmare. if enough people stay home it won't be too bad. if enough don't. it is going to be -- another like six-hour commute. >> six-hour commute. i certainly hope not. officials say from the various jurisdictions they will have personnel out in the morning, people out directing traffic. police of course. to try to keep traffic flowing. i was also told by prince george's county tonight that they have asked for assistance from the maryland national

guard. so, you may see guardsmen out there in the morning. helping people get to work safely. reporting live from bethesda, darcy spencer, news 4. >> metro riders give yourself extra time tomorrow as well. several bus routes will be detoured because of fallen trees and power lines and some metro rail trains. they may be going at slower speeds. all metro stations are expected to open normally tomorrow. and there might be escalator outages at stations running on back up power. to help commuters tomorrow, vdot relaxing restrictions on i-66 eastbound. that means anybody heading into washington can use 66 during the morning rush hour tomorrow. tonight, hundreds of thousands of people in our region still do not have power. here are the numbers. pepco reporting more than 280,000 customers out. dominion, more than 190,000. and bge reporting more than 100,000 without air conditioning tonight. reports that more than 5,000 are

without power, novec. smeco, 6,000. utility companies are saying it could take a week to restore power to awful ill customers. and the outages have people seeking relief from the heat any way they can. when pepco says it plans to get the power back on for most customers. what's the answer, dare snerek. >> the $64,000 question. the pepco officials say by friday. on new hampshire avenue, getting the thoroughfare clear for traffic. now down there, see the tree we showed you earlier. there is an overhead pepco crew on site as well as a tree clearing crew on the other end. they have to work in concert. wires are mingled with the downed limbs. have to mack suke sure it is sa. around the edges there. looks like they will get work under way in earnest soon. they have their work cut out for

them. their goal is to get the thoroughfare open for the morning rush. there is no place like home for patricia payne, home is a honda outside the house. the car has ac, the passenger seat is the dinner table. the house doesn't have power. >> just do what i have to do. sit in the car. get cool. and then go in. >> all along new hampshire avenue, from the maryland line to petworth, power is out. and hard hit. a burning question -- >> where the trucks are. go follow where the trucks are. that's what everybody wants to know. >> i know there has been a concern that we don't see a lot of trucks out. we have been trying to restore infrastructure, without that infrastructure being in place, we can't, it doesn't make sense to continue along the way into the neighborhoods. >> reporter: those resources say pepco officials have been working on damaged substations where power is converted to levels that go to customers. out of town crews are en route

and they say they will converge on communities. according to the plan. it can't come a moment too soon. he has been living on the porch. >> you stay out here until you fall asleep. then you can lay down. just try to stayle coo. all you can do. >> across new hampshire avenue, a tree crew began the work cutting around the edges. a lot to go. this tree fell on friday. >> major are teterial. through a good part of the ward has been blocked. that's frustrating. pepco and d-dot tell me tonight or tomorrow morning. that's what we are expecting. >> what can you do? what can you do? awe up awe just have >> we have to work with what we have. >> back to new hampshire and oneida. pepco crews here now. an overhead truck out of view. they're going to got to work in earnest. as we say, they started to remove the tree. the goal ties have this artery open for the morning rush.

and, by the way, that car that you see there, there was an occupant in it when the tree went down. we are told that the female driver got out okay. she is a very lucky woman. and now the hope is that there will be very lucky commuters tomorrow when the major thoroughfare gets really busy. in northeast, derek ward, news 4. >> thank you, derek. dominion virginia power says it is working 'round-the-clock to try to restore power. we visited regional operation center in herndon today. as we learned it it not just about putting power lines back up. >> catastrophic damage interprets for us into rebuilding our infrastructure. so there are places where we have to rebuild our entire area before we can get the lights back on to customers. >> dominion is calling uncrews from other states to help with power restoration. fairfax county residents still need to boil their drinking and cooking walter to night to avoid getting sick. falls church water utility says boil water advisory in effect for customers in tysons corner,

vienna, and dunn loring, it led to a drop in water pressure that may have let bacteria into some of the pipes. the advisory will be lifted tomorrow night when the water supply will be tested. water restrictions lifted for montgomery and prince george's county. the washington sanitary commission says anyone who saw changes in water pressure or color after the storms should flush the waupter lin erwater l minutes. all customers are encouraged to conserve during the heat wave. pepco says this it the worst storm they ever dealt with. the weather caused a rough ride for amtrak passengers found themselves stranded for 20 hours. nbc's kristin welker continues team coverage. >> frustrated. frustrated. highly frustrated. >> reporter: david is living without power in his washington, d.c. home. more than 48 hours after a powerful storm hit the mid-atlantic and midwest regions

friday knocking down power lines and trees and wreaking havoc just days before the fourth juf lie holiday. awe up amost of t . >> most stuff will be discarded. neighbors have packed up and left. without power. big clean-up from ohio to new jersey and hard-hit maryland. >> this storm had all of the impact of a hurricane without the warning time. >> these maryland crews are working 16-hour days in triple digit heat to get the power back on. but officials say it could tack up to a week until everybody is restored. >> is this one of the worst storms that you have ever dealt with? >> this is the worst storm under the worst conditions. we worked in blizzards in the snow. the heat is a different die nappic. much more difficult. >> cooing se icooling centers o. in virginia the lines were long to get into this library.

tim shea says it has been a tough weekend. >> my blackberry device is out. and the internet is out at home. so i'm completely unconnected from work. >> there are long lines at gas stations because others have closed having run out of fuel. >> it any pretty frustrating. at least a sunday not rush hour or anything. but of it still is like a huge amount of time. and then obviously, that elts up your gas as it is. >> the storm noshgd out treekno and an amtrak train. 20 hours before they were picked up by buses. adding to frustration and fallout of friday's storm. >> well we had always thought about taking a train ride. this was a good time to try it. i marked that off my bucket list now. >> bet she has. a number of viewers have been asking us for information about verizon land line outages. we wanted to know why crucial 911 call centers serviced by verizon failed in parts vauf va

after the storms. we put the questions to verizon. tonight a spokesman tells us the company is focused on restoring service working long hours with extra crews dealing with difficult conditions. but no word on just how many customers are affected or when verizon phone outages will be fixed. the 911 outage in arlington was a rare case when it its primary and backup power went out. tonight, many of those emergency calls are getting through. coming up -- a dangerous situation for vulnerable people. how news 4 helped get power back to those who need it most. coming up in sports -- dramatic conclusion to tiger's tourn

people across the area dealing without power. a look at the house in the dark in reston. home to needy and disabled seniors. residents are asking for donations of water, cooked food, juice, coffee and ice. if you are able to help them out please do so. also in fairfax county patience wearing thin after long hours without air conditioning. news 4 helped get the power back on for the people who need it most. >> reporter: here at the agape house in fairfax, independent living facility for the disabled, a scary frustrating ride. some like michael, are on dialysis. >> it is ridiculous. it's absolutely ridiculous. >> others have severe asthma. many have no cars and get their food delivered by food banks. they say it has been pitch black in the halls. >> everyone went out and got solar lights so we could see inside. >> with no power, no help and multiple unanswered calls to the

wesley housing development corporation who runs the home. >> that's why i called you all. we have to bring attention to this is inhumane. >> news 4 called dominion power. within hours the lights were back on. even our viewers showed up with food and water. this was the culprit. a large tree tangled in wires. it is a similar scene across the county. >> a disaster everywhere we go. ju just mother nature. can't help it. we got to get it done. >> a long few days here in fairfax county along fairfax boulevard. many of the stores here still dark. some of them though have brought in generator power. trying to keep the lights on inside the various stores here, and of course keep their customers cool. at this taco bell, a refrigerated truck was brought in and moved their food to a store to keep it cold. and at this mobile home park, families watch and crews work, and kids fry to keep from overheating.

in some homes it is hotter inside than out. >> we have to stay outside. >> back at agape house, brenda checked her mail. now she is, prepped for the next storm. >> it i a hand crank, flashlight. also charges cell phones. >> chuck is back. parts of our area not finished dealing with storms this weekend. >> unfortunately not. another round, coming our way from mountains of west virginia. two or three hours away from getting into the western, southwestern part of the d.c. metro area. outside stiflingly hot in downtown washington. our high today 99 degrees. so a lot of -- off valable ava energy in the atmosphere. and at 11:00, 89 degrees. wind at 6 miles an hour. super warm everywhere east of the mountains. back out to the west where the showers and thunderstorms are. starting to show cooling.

here is the way tomorrow looks. cloudy, humid. thunderstorms we'll face later this evening will be gone by sunrise. 95 tomorrow afternoon. plenty hot. because of that, another opportunity for thunderstorms tomorrow. afternoon and evening. again some of those could be strong to severe. here is live radar. nothing in town just yet. look at developing thunderstorms now, across parts of northern west virginia and central west virginia. the severe thunderstorm watch is a long -- along into the west of the blue ridge mountains for now. until 2:00 in the morning. as storms continue to progress eastbound. the watch box may be expanded and extended later into the evernight houeve overnight hours. some could be in richmond in 2 1/2 hours. northern end of the line of storms could be in d.c. metro in 2 1/2 hours from now. you folks out to the west will get the storms sooner than that. it will not be as severe as friday night. that being said -- 50 to 60-mile-an-hour winds possible.

70 to 90 friday night. small hail, heavy rain, frequent lightning. really problem its, crews trying to get everything turned back on will not be able to work for much of the late night hours tonight because of the threat of electrical storm overhead. tomorrow, sunshine leads to a bubbling up of thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. no real relief in the heat is anywhere in sight. it its fourth of july week, heading to the beaches great week at the beaches. temperatures in the upper 80s. around here late tonight. showers, thorunderstorms, some, strong, severe. keep a weather eye to the sky. three to four hours. tomorrow, partly sunny. rain drop in the morning. thunderstorm chances again tomorrow afternoon. i think we catch a little break on tuesday. fourth of jof july, 97 degrees. thunderstorms. problematic on the fourth. several hundred thousand people on the national mall. watching that. @chuckbell 4 on twitter. i'll bow here all night. >> following this.

the programming note. could be big problems on the roads tomorrow morning with everybody frug trying to get to. news 4 today will start a half-hour early at 4:00 a.m. to get you through the morning rush. we'll take a break right now. coming up continuing coverage of the storms and clean-up and power outages. stay tuned to new 4 at 11:00. [ wife ] your dad's really00. giving him the business... the designated hitter's the best thing to happen to baseball! but it's not the same game! [ wife ] wow, he's really gonna get us a good deal. it's better! no it's not! the pitcher comes up and he's out! [ dealer ] he can bunt! whatever. but we're good with 0% apr for 60 months? oh, yeah, totally. thank you so much. that must've been brutal. [ male announcer ] the volkswagen autobahn for all event. at 0% apr for 60 months, no one needs to know how easy it was to get your new volkswagen. that's the power of german engineering.

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good day for tiger. first tiger won arnold palmer's tournament. then jack nicklaus's. and tyiger won his own tournament. third win of the year. 74th tour victory. past nicholas on the all time tours win list. out out to congressional.

the putter worked on nine. ten-foot birdie good. he and the co-leader would bogey 16. head to 17 tied. that's vanpelt's approach. here is a hint. out of camera range. not a good shot. he would bogey 17. tiger wins his tournament at eight under. two strokes ahead. takes home a trophy. much more from him in the tournament coming up on sports final. let's go to baseball, atlanta braves hosting the nationals. a fan with a fan is a fan with a plan. say that ten times fast. ryan zimmerman's slump. ancient history. four runs batted in. including the solo in top of the fifth. nats win. six-game home stand starts tuesday.

after all the heat, how about a little swim. u.s. pick piolympic swimming tr. 800 meter freestyle, zigler and ledeke. highest seeds. they did not disappoint. ledeke its 15 years old. now the youngest member of the u.s. swim team. winning in 8:19. two seconds ahead. ledecky and zigler. they will compete in london. more for you coming up on sports final. more on how tiger tore up the congressional. orioles continue they shuffle their roster, woes continue. and the round table. tiger, all-star, nba draft. much more. all coming up unape fin a few m. >> thank you, amber. coming up a look at new l

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