optimism i have for the number of dry hours we can squeeze in for your saturday. although it's off to a cloudy start. it's only 71 degrees in downtown washington right now. the showers and thunderstorms moving across the bay. more light sprinkles across western maryland. no severe weather wanted, but any time you have the afternoon thunderstorms. heavy rain now on the bridge headed eastbound. not a rain back to the south and southwest for now. it should be able to rise up into the low and mid-80s by early this afternoon. any time you get heat you risk getting showers and

thunderstorms. when you hear thunder roar, that is your sign to get indoors. >> thanks. now to a developing story out of afghanistan, at least 20 people are dead from a suicide bombing including a high ranking parliament member. 40 over people were wounded in the attack. police say the bomber walked up to the politician and detonated his explosives, no group as claimed the attack yet. >> police need help finding a gunman that sent a man to the hospital. it happened in the 4700 block of 68th avenue last night. they were holding a vigil for a cancer victim and a man shot a man getting out of his car several times. he is in critical and stable condition. >> the main thing right now is

trying to locate the suspect. hopefully if any witnesses were out and about, saw or heard anything, please provide some information to the police department. >> police right now do not have a description of the gunman or motive for the shooting. >> the metro is back to work on the train this weekend and there is work on all five lines. the biggest issues are on the blue and yellow lines. that means the reagan national and crystal city stops will be closed. there will also be single tracking on the red, green, and orange lines. a traffic alert for drivers in northern virginia, a three-mile stretch of the gw parkway is closed. between bell view boulevard and

collingwood road in alexandria are closed. at least one dc police officer has been disciplined for reportedly making a threat against first lady michelle obama, and more punishments might be coming. the officer allegedly said he would take out the first lady in a roll kal meeting. another officer heard the comment and told the supervisor. internal investigators are looking into it. two richmond police officers are out of work after it's believed they made threats against the first family. they made the comments to the last rip to richmond in may. they will not reveal those comments, secret service agents determine there was no criminal wrong doing, but the two were fire for conduct unbecoming of

an officer. >> president obama and democrats are fighting mitt romney about his taxes. romney says he has nothing to hide. >> president obama is campaigning for two days in virginia where he made history in 2008. the first democrat to win in a generation. if he does it again this year, he could lose florida, ohio, and still win. he demand congress keep tax rates the same for everyone be the wealthy. the republicans disagree, romney disagrees, and i'm looking forward to a be date. if you want to bring down the deficit and you're not going to let tax cuts lapse for the top 2%, it tells me you're not serious about deficit reduction. >> he's attacking come any

charging he used legal -- >> the overwhelming majority, i mean like the 99.5% of my investments are in u.s. enterprises. >> it propertied romney to give rare one-on-one interviews, but not release more taxes. >> i'm focused on what it takes to get this economy going. i understand that the bausm campaign will do what was said by them early on which is to "kill romney." >> earlier, romney charged in a letter to the president, that your insistence on slashing our military spending could shoutute door on jobs. a tough fight for the state that could be key in november. >> the president is ahead by a bit.

today's national poll finds romney falling behind the president on the issue of who would be best on the economy. from washington, nbc. >> the next public appearance for romney is scheduled for tuesday, he'll be in pennsylvania, a key battleground state in november. and romney's biggest opponent is now stepping out for him. rick santorum is holding the first mor mall campaign today. santorum said he would be willing to support romney, but there has not been much contact between the two since. spedding on advertising is skyrocketing. president obama spent about $100 million on television ads in battleground states. that's about four times as much as the romney campaign. most of it has been in ohio,

florida, and virginia. this past week, the richmond and lynchberg areas ranked in the top ten of the most saturated with political advertising. a new super pac is targeting house members that are against finance cam pawn reform. they're going to have $8 million in tv and direct mailing ads. while the group is liberal leaning, they say democrats will not be exempt from their attacks. >> the time right now is 9:07, up next, a news four exclusive. >> we caught up with a maryland man who is wanted for kidnapping. >> and what medical examiners are saying about the sudden death of sylvester stallone's

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judge is biassed and made disparaging remarks about zimmerman. he suggested zimmerman was guilty of other crimes for misleading the court about money he raised online. the filing says that zimmerman fears he won't get a fair trial. prosecutors say they object to the question and will respond on monday. >> school officials at penn state are still discussing what to do with joe paterno's statute outside the football stadium. they have renovated the lockerrooms and showers where jerry sandusky abused little boys. some people suggest giving them the death penalty which would end football at the school for at least a couple seasons. >> this morning, a fugitive father accused of kidnapping his kids from their grandmother gave

an exclusive interview. he was supposed to return the children two days later, but instead, through them to tunisia. his ex-wife is now in tunisia, and is allowed to see them, >> are you going to surrender to the fbi? >> hell no. how can someone surrender himself from freedom to jail. i don't trust the system anymore in america. >> fbi officials are aware of this interview. they're in contact with authorities in the state department. >> the time right now 9:13, an amazing reunion, the near tragedy and power of television to help lead this woman back to

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this is something even i can cook. i am not a perfect cook, but this is a perfect meal. [ jim perdue ] we believe in a better chicken. > . >> better late than never, but gaithersburg finally celebrating the fourth of july. it was postponed because of the storm, and it was named finally fireworks. and great falls, virginia will get their show. they also postponed because of the storm. the festivities are from 6:00 to 9:30. let's hope there is no rain. >> wet fireworks are no fun for anybody. we need to keep the rain drops

away from the fireworks, and i think most of our displays should not have much trouble getting off today. we with have had rain early this morning, and the range chances are dropping, but not going all the way to zero for the rest of the day. what does that mean? keep the umbrella or back up plan ready to go. a couple dry hours this morning and into the afternoon, but all of this heating and moisture might lead to another round of showers by this afternoon. not much in the way of a severe weather threat. none the less, a little rumble or two of thunder every now and then. cloudy skies overhead for now. there are tiny little breaks of sunshine trying to get through. for now, 71 degrees in washington. winds out of the northeast at 12 miles per hour and it feels very nice outside thanks to the

cooler weather. 68 in hagerstown. 75 in fredericksberg. 73 as you go towards bristo, virginia. temperatures in the 70s. we'll break out see a little sunshine and late morning or early afternoon. and another chance for showers later in the evening and afternoon. what about ocean city, maryland? 77 degrees at the baek now, there will be a chance for thunderstorms at the beaches today as well, then i think things will dry out and another chance for a thunderstorm into the late night hours. rain chances will linger for today and much of the weekend. the heaviest sell we have been following is following root 50 headed out to the eastern shore, and there are a few sprinkles towards petersberg and west

virginia. more rain showers across the western carry lie in as. all of this going around a large ridge of high pressure and along the top ridge there. that ridge builds in and the rain chances will go northbound as we go through the weekend and into early next week. as the warm front lifts up, not only do we get chances for today and tomorrow, but as it goes through, it alouses the warmer air to come in as well. so by monday, tuesday, wednesday, that industrial strength heat may be coming back. not for as long as last time, but it won't feel to anyone. mostly cloudy, passing showers this morning, and a chance for a few thunder showers later this afternoon. tomorrow, lower chance for rain, extra sunshine, it will still be a mostly cloudy day, and as a result of the extra sun we should be in the mid-90s

tomorrow. then we turn very hot for tuesday and wednesday, highs in the upper 90s, pushing 100 with the heat index. i'll have the radar and tweeting all weekend. follow me @chuckbell 4. >> nasa released this image of the flair that happened thursday sending highly charged particles thwart earth at 300 miles per hour. scientists are not too worried about the storm. electronics could be affected for a short time, but they don't believe the flair will have any major impact on communication systems and power grids. with less than two weeks until the olympics in london, athletes around the country are preparing for the games. >> some members of team usa are taking time out to honor our

troops. the men's and women's basketball team will be playing some hoops wts troops. >> yes, you see folks starting to file in, about 3,000 people will make this trip for a special treat designed for the men and women of the military and their families. we're rapping up to the olympic games and team usa has a busy schedule in front of them. the heros of the hardwood are not too busy to reach out to those serving their families. hoops for troops is about 3,000 servicemen and women. they were inviteds to an open practice here. it's all part of a world basketball festival. some of these legends are here. folks like that will be there, lots of stuff going on outside and inside. joining me now is cathy, the executive vice president of community and player programs

for the nba. tell me what this is all about today. >> this is a real celebration of our usa basketball hoops for troops program. it's about the culture and working with the military as we have for a number of years to just make sure that all of those that represent us on the hardwood know the sacrifice that's have been made by the military. this is our way of giving back and thanking them. >> i understand some of the families will be ball boys and girls. so it's really interactive, they're not just coming to watch a guam. >> nehr not, they're here to enjoy themselves. spnd time with the best players. this is about the mens and womens team. it will be very interactive, very engaging, and something that really means a lot to everybody. all of the players at usa basketball. >> you have done this before,

have you beat back about the players and how it makes them feel? >> our players are so excited to connect. the members of the military are so excited to connect with our players and it's about celebrating usa and everybody who represents the united states of america on the court, in the military, it's really a wonderful celebration. >> thank you so much for joining us, thanks for doing this. there will be other events tomorrow, an exhibition games. lots of reasons to come out and this will be going on until 11:00. >> big crowd out there, thanks. >> not so good news, an american olympic sprinter from maryland is staying home from the games because of a positive doping test. >> debbie dunn has removed herself from the u.s. relay

team. if her sample tests positive, should could take it to court. she said i do not want any issue like this to distract my teammates focus for the bigs meet of their lives. i wish team usa the best in london and i look forward to resolving this matter. the aconic designer providing team usa uniform is responding to criticism about them being made in china they say they will be made in the united states. lawmakers harshly criticized them harry reid called for the uniforms to be burned. they say they're grateful for the support from an iconic american company. >> and for everything olympics, go to nbcwashington.com. you will find schedules and

in-depth profiles. the action begins with the opening ceremony on friday, that is now less than two weeks away. the nationals are picking up right where they left off before the a-star break. the team's two zimmerman's helped. the picher pitched six over six innings, it was the nats 50th win of the year and they play miami again tonight at 7:0537 luck wasn't on the oriole's side. hamilton had to leave with a injury to his left knee. baltimore is now eight games back in the east. >> the time now is 9:26. coming up with a woman's story that may have you believing in angels. >> and a little girls courageous

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story. >> taking a live look outside, we're hearing that some of the rain is moving out of the way and that's welcomed news. it is saturday, july 14th, 2012. >> chuck bell has been tracking the showers that have been coming through. he joins us from our new patio. >> the rain drops cleared out for now, and i can see blue sky. and that bodes well for a quick arm up through the late morning and early afternoon hours. there's an awful lot of moisture in the air, you can keel the humidity, and that will lead to more shower and thunderstorm chances. now it's just cloudy in washington. the only rain drops i'm feeling are the dropsing off of the tree leaves down here on the patio. the showers is now all the way out to the eastern shore. follo

route 404. there is thunder with that cell, so be on the look out, and you hear a thunder roar, that's your sign to go indoors. if you have relatives outside golfing or skiing today, give them the friendly reminder when you hear thunder. chances of showers coming bat later this afternoon. tomorrow, higher heat and humidity, lower rain chances, but not going all the way to zero. shower chances part of your sat and your sunday. we'll talk about if the industrial strength is coming back any time soon. >> thank you, chuck. >> vincent grey is not stepping out of public view despite calls for his resignation. three members called for him to

step down in light of the investigation in his 2012 campaign. an aide said they ran a $650 thousand shadow campaign. >> i know there is interest. i'm certainly interested in knowing the results, but i think we have to wait for the u.s. attorney to complete that investigation. then we'll know what happened. >> i kept my schedule and i will continue to keep my schedule and continue to do that. >> nathan said he believes mayor gray is an honest man. >> governor martin o mallly will meet with a handful of local officials this week in hopes of expanding gambling in the state. he will mete with sharon baker, and the stephanie rollins-blake. he will sit down with leaders of the state house and senate and lawmakers only have a month to get legislation passed that

would put gambling to a vote in no november. >> the state's public service commission will hold meetings in september. there are other meetings scheduled for august. this is as pepco held their own meetings to discuss the outages. officials say they appreciated all of the suggestions and are willing to look at ways to improve liability for the customers. for the 2 million people that lost power in our area during the storm. now a update on a survival story. a woman trapped in her car that was crushed said she was reunited with her guardian angel. >> this is the first time they have met under normal circumstances. you see riley says lopez saved her life. >> he got me out, the street was

in the car and he had the pull the branchs away to get me out this window. >> she says she was driving down old georgetown road when a tree fell on her car. >> he was a few cars back, and he dragged rally from her sandwiched car, and then got her in his truck. all the while, riley was bleeding from her head. it took 40 stitches to sew her back up, the black eyes are a result from the blood she lost. >> i was looking over her. >> and our hero? >> i thank her for that, i'm glad i'm talking to her. >> i have goose bumps.

>> once he left riley at the hospital, he continued to work like it had been just another normal day. >> lopez says another man was also at the scene and helped him lead riley to his truck, but he says he doesn't remember what he looked like. riley says she doesn't recall the second good samaritan. >> a fire broke out yesterday morning at the wood lake apartments on castle boulevard. more than 100 firefighters worked to retain the blaze. one man talked to news 4 about how help leless he felt. >>. >> i felt helpless, they were yelling for theball cony. >> no one was seriously hurt in

that fire. the red cross is is helping those. >> a 9-year-old girl is being hailed as a hero after happening a 4-year-old girl. she wasn't sure if the little girl was playing, so she poked her, but the girl didn't respond. we spoke to the little lifesaver, but her mover didn't want us to show her face. >> i saw the girl, she was face down on the bottom of the pool, so i held my breath and i poked her to see if she was playing, and she didn't look at me. i said help, someone help me, i think had this girl drowned. >> the mother is charged with child neglect, and accused of

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more upsetting news for the kennedy family this morning, kerry kennedy is behind bars and charged with driving while impaired by drugs. police say they found the 52-year-old passed out behind the wheel. she was driving erratically and

collided with a tractor trailer. she denies she was under the influence of drugs. actor michael clark duncan is recovering after suffering a heart attack. his girlfriend, amarosa found him unconscious and revived him with cpr. duncan's rep says he's expecting to make a full recovery. he's best known for his role in "the green mile." he also appeared in "the whole nine yards". >> octomom is back, she danced seminude at a gentleman's club. she claims to be a million dollars in debt. >> glad we didn't have video of that. one of nbc's hit comedies will be filming in the nation's

capital next week. "parks and recreation" will be there thursday and friday. they will be near the white house, theling con memorial, and the reflection pool. are you still laughing at octomom? >> we don't want the video, you can go to tmz on that. i got all of the octo i can handle. >> for us, rain this morning has now taken leave for the most part, but will it return before your weekend is through in we'll ♪

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but no watch out, right? >> no. the sunshine is making an appearance now, and we'll get more and more shoouns through the rest of this morning and into this afternoon. that is welcome news. but the daytime heating out there we'll have a chance for showers later on today, but not a wash out today, and not a wash out tomorrow. that being said, key an eye on the sky and be ready for another little chance of rain showers before today is through. all of the humidity will be turned into clouds and rain drops by later on today. outside we go, a very cloudy start first thing this morning, but if you're looking west instead of knot on this picture you could see the blue skies breaking out. you in western parts of fairfax are starting to see the sun now. the shine is shining pretty brightly in spots. 71 now in washington. relative humidity is still 81%.

real humid outside this morning, and that will lead to more shower chances later in the day. 80 degrees in st. mary's county. 73 in culpepper. the showers are becoming fewer and fewer in number here as we go through the rest of this morning. they're mainly just partly to mostly cloudy, warm and humid this afternoon, but after 2:00 or 4:00, the chance for showers returns. what about bethesda, another chance for a shower storm rolling around. and tomorrow, i think once again, just like today, we'll have a chance for showers but fewer chances tomorrow than today, and fewer chances on monday than tomorrow. there it is on the radar. there is one thunderstorm now rolling out on to parts of the eastern shore. a few sprinkles left.

folks out towards west virginia. a lot of rain across parts of the ohio valley and they can get every drop in the state of indiana -- indianapolis has had less than an inch of rain in the last 45 straight days. for us, this warm front is the leading edge of the humidity and the higher levels of heat that will be coming back starting tomorrow. it is bringing our needed shower chances for the weekend even though we don't like to see rain on the weekends. the heat and the humidity will be increasing as we get the new week started. today, more clouds an anything else, passing showering still a possibility and chances for thunderstorms this afternoon. the cooler start will leave us in the 08s today. upper 80s to near 90 tomorrow with a smaller chance for rain today. tomorrow's rain chance 50% back down to 30% for monday, and that

will be just a scattered afternoon or evening shower chance. in tuesday and wednesday, theicy gunky stuff in a whis ter and slightly cooler as we head towards next weekend. >> it is july, so we knew the heat was going to -- >> that's right, and we desperately need the rain. >> a kentucky waitress received a tip of a lifetime thanks to the kindness of a man's dieing last wish. it sparked a chain. >> are you serious? >> to understand this waitress' reaction, we have to explain the caption. that's what he wanted. >> he was sort of a free spirit. >> he, being aaron, seth's younger broth who passed away

last week. three weeks after his 30th birthday. they learned about his will with a very interesting request. he wanted fous go out and leave a huge tip, not 25%, i'm talking $500 for a pizza. >> his brother set up a website in his name explaining everything. one day later with $500 in hand, the family went out to eat. >> this is where it's happening. >> puccini's. >> she's coming over to fill up drinks, and i'm thinking she has no idea what's about to happen. >> and then the bill arrived. >> are you kidding me? >> the u tip was more than $700%. the gesture priceless. >> to see it happen once would have been thrilled. for him to see what's happened since then, he would have been just as amazed as we are.

>> the website had more than $17,000 in donations. >> that just touches all of us that we had that much of an emotional impact. >> as long as people keep donating, seth plans to keep on donating. >> it's been unbelievable. >> all for a dieing brother's last wish. >> as of this morning, the website has raised more than $28,000 in donations. that's enough to give a $500 tip to 56 servers. >> a popular hotel and restaurant could be closed for months. they have water damage from the recent storms. they're inside the hotel which is also temporarily shutting it's doors for repairs. the news came as a shock to employee that's are suddenly out

of a job. it's one of the premier fine dines locations, and it's where a celebrity chef runs central on pennsylvania avenue. >> summer time and ice cold frozen drinks go hand in hand, and when it comes to smoothies, burger king has a new drink giving the others competition? is it good in liz crenshaw puts it up to the taste test. >> soccer star david beckham stars in the commercials for the new fruit smoothie that claims it uses real fruit. today, the drinks are making a star studded come back. so we took the smoothie and put

it against mcdonald's and smoothie king in a blind taste test. >> letter a is from mcdonalds's we paid $2.39 for 24 ounces. >> a tasted pretty fresh and natural. >> a was a little more tart than i prefer. >> why did you like it? >> it's more flavorful. >> there is a great difference. this is b. >> b is the new competitor from burger king. we paid $3.49 for 20 ounces. they say they use real fruit and

yogurt. >> b is the best. >> u like c the best. >> you like c the best, you have were expensive taste, my friend. >> i figured, it's smoter. it cost us $5.29 for 24 ounces. it's about $2 more. beside strawberries and bananas, it's made with soy protein. >> c tasted very bland. >> i liked c. >> what was it about c? >> it wasn't too sweet, but it had a little sweetness. >> after 41 tasters, the votes were in, letter c, smoothie king got the fewest votes with even. mcdonald's earned 15 votes, and burger king got the most votes and was king of the taste test.

>> i rarely go there, but i would for one of those. >> i can't believe the most expensive one got the fewest votes. >> they have good fries too. >> they have that bacon sundae. >> have you tried it? >> no. coming up, the historic settlement how stores charge you a swipe fee. and mitt romney is back in the spotlight just as the race for president heats up on this summer weekend. >> a search to find the gunman who witnesses say shot up a

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july 14th, 2012. we're following breaking news. a person was hit by a vehicle arnold 4:00 this morning. >> officers called in crash investigators and police say this was not a hit-and-run. we'll bring you the latest as we learn it. >> now to the weather, a little slippery out there chuck bell stepped outside to give us the forecast. chuck, get up. >> did you check out, this is the last weather hit, isn't it? it's beautiful, you can tell as i walk out there is plenty of sunshine starting to breakthrough as well. increasing amount ofs of blue sky out here this morning and a

wonderful breeze out here. it feels nice and cool outside first thing this morning to get your weekend started. temperatures are still in the 70s right now courtesy of all of the cloud cover that we have out there. 75 now at the national airport. wind at 8 miles per hour at the airport. more of a breeze on the hill. our early morning rain showers are now all the way out on to the eastern shore. they're moving away from us, but if you're doing the route 50, you may run back into that rain chance now and 1:00 this afternoon. if you're sticking around the washington area, there's a few showers to the west of town for now. plenty of clouds, breaks for sunshine, temperatures will leap up for a time today, and with the daytime heating we can't rule out a chance for more showers later on this afternoon and evening.

>> dc police are investigating a sexual assault in broad daylight, it happened on wednesday in the 700 block of new hampshire avenue northwest. the woman screamed, and he took off. >> prince george's county police are on the hunt for a gunman that shot up a candle light vigil. the incident happened in the 4700 block of 68th avenue at about 8:30 last night. they were holding a vigil for a cancer victim. the man was getting out of the car and shot him several times. he is in critical yet stable condition. police don't have much

information on a suspect or possible motive. >> back to work this weekend and you will see delays everywhere you go. there is work on all five lines this week. busses will replace trains. that means the regularen national and crystal city lines be cancelled. >> and a traffic alert for nose in northern virginia. a three mile stretch of gw parkway is closed for most of the day as they clean up trees. the north and southbound lanes of the parkway between belle view and collingwood are closed. the lanes closed at 7:00 this morning and won't reopen. >> a police officer accused of making a threat against michelle obama is now on desk duty and other officers could face discipline. the officer reportedly said that he would "take out the first

lady." another officer told the supervisor. internal affairs and secret service are investigating. >> the president continues his tour of virginia today with stops in richmond and in our region in clifton, yesterday he was in hampton and virginia beach where hi was attacked mitt romney's tax plans. he says he is on the side of american businesses and wants to do everything he can to make sure they succeed. >> he wants to keep giving tax breaks to companies that ship jobs overseas. i want to give tax breaks to companies investing here in virginia, investing in american workers. investing in advanced american manufacturing so we can sell our goods around the world, stamped with three proud words, made in america. >> the president shared the stage with current senator mark

warner and tim cane. >> mitt romney has gone on the offensive scheduling multiple tv interviews to address him time at bain capital. peter alexander has more on how he says it's the president being dishonest. >> in a heating campaign that's increasingly nasty, president obama and romney's team are accusing the others of lying, they told nbc news it's the presidents being dishonest to the american people. >> the president cease came pan has been outrageous, i think the attacks -- >> the balm campaign is trying to raise questions about the business experience at bain capital when he stopped running the private equity firm. romney says he retired in 1999. in 2000 and 2001 he listed as

the ceo. >> most americans think that you are responsible for what that company does. >> why are you still responsible for bain capital's activities including the outsourcing of jobs at that time? >> february of 1999 i left bain capital and left all management authority responsibility for the firm, i had no on going activity or involvement in the affairs of bain capital, and some independent fact checkers think that is the case, is it fair to tas create for jobs created by bain after that time? >> the ambitions that we help create and start, i'm happy to

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we haven't seen the rain for awhile. >> that's not true, last weekend -- >> we had one real super soaker downtown washington on wednesday night between 8:00 and 10:00. we only had about an inch where i was, but a mile up the road it was completely submerged, cars

float -- what's the number one rule? turn around, don't drown! outside now, for a little sunshine. it's a very up and down day here, we were down, now we're up with sunshine, temperatures will be also responding in the upwards direction in the next little bit leading us all into the midand upper 80s for high temperatures today. as you look outside, just enough sunshine getting through the cloud cover to cast some shadows. a very well lit roof of the jefferson memorial there. and the back up here coming in bound on 395. looks like a choke point there. if youfr coming up, get ready for very slow in bound traffic. slow now.

northeasterly breezes will become a easterly breeze later. there has been a little extra sunshine, waldort and charlot s charlottesville. we'll will cloudy, warm, and humid for most of the afternoon hours. there is the end of the rain for now in and around town. sprinkles up in the mountains of west virginia, early thunder in montgomery county. that storm is in and out out on to the eastern shore, going to the beach, everybody. . that thunderstorm is headed directly to the beaches, and this one is headed towards ocean city. not the best get going part of the weekend, but i think the weather will improve

dramatically as we get to the end of the weekend. the warm front lifting northbound as we enter the more warm, humid, moisture laiden. more showers later today and tomorrow, each day the rain chances will get lower. the best chances are today, better chance for tomorrow, and monday and tuesday the high heat and humidity of midsummer is on it's way back. mostly cloudy today, a risk of a shower or thunderstorm today. tomorrow a lower rain chance and warmer. highs in the upper 80s and low 90s. down to the beach is showers for today. certainly not a wash out. a bad day at the beach is better than a good day at the office. mid-90s on monday, that will be days best for suited for getting

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1983. not long after that, bobby was on a bike. >> when did you really seem to get the bug and say this is something i really enjoy and i could do this for a long time? >> i think i knew that from a pretty early age. 14, 15, or 16, i started having success. >> lee's parents did the opposite. >> i dropped out of high school after just into the 10th grade, took the ged, and then started at penn state in what would have been the spring of my sophomore year of high school. the freedom that college provided was a great way for me to keep training. >> bobby was and continues to do crack racing. he had access to the finest

facilities. >> krak is like nascar on bikes. we have a short circuit, it's an indoor stadium, and the bikes have fixed gears. it's more compact. >> we run on a four year schedule. it's not -- it doesn't get the same exposure as the road racing, so we live and die on the olympic years, but that's why it's so important to us, it's the pinnacle of our career. >> after a solid showing in beijing, he will compete six races that will go from 1500 yards to 1500 miles. >> at the end of the race you don't know if you want to cry or fall asleep. >> it's the life he chose, or the life that chose him.

>> i'm all in, my family is all in, my friends are all in, it's not about me, it's about everyone around me. it's a big support structure, and i could not do it on my own. look out for bobby along with the rest of team usa during the parade of nations in the opening ceremony that begins in less than two weeks here on nbc. >> break out your best french beret. french restaurants are celebrating this bastille with a block party this afternoon. there will be french maids race, as well as a french beer and wine available. things kick off at 3:00 p.m. and go to 11:00. >> meanwhile, north of the

border, they're celebrating the french fry. they're the several proclaned gren much fry capital of the world. they had a cutting competition. there is some debate over how to serve them. canadians usually top them with gravy and cheese curds. >> thank you for joining us today, everybody. >> we'll be back tomorrow at 6:00, stay dry, have a great saturday.

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