uncomfortable week. good afternoon, everyone. i'm barbara harrison in for pat lawson muse. >> here we go again, everyone. there may be some leaf down the road. >> meteorologist chuck bell is outside on the patio with more for us. chuck. >> good afternoon to you. good afternoon, everybody. it is 95 degrees in the shade out here on the front lawn of channel 4 in beautiful northwest washington. at least there's a nice breeze blowing out here, but, man, is it a hot one. 93 at national airport, 94 at waldorf and la plata. 97 at the campus in charlottesville. 91 degrees at tillman island. 88 degrees in frederick, maryland. there are some thunderstorms to content with once again. nowhere near the coverage we've seen the last few days. nonetheless they need to be watched. one on the south end of the capital beltway. these ones in northernmost

loudoun county and others, they'll be coming down the 270 here. the rain chances are increasing over the next couple of hours but they won't last all that long. your forecast right now, 98 now. 92 by this evening. had only .02. we're about seven inches behind in rainfall for the year to date so far. these hit-or-miss showers today are not going to help much. tomorrow if you're waiting for a cooling rain shower tomorrow, you might have to wait until wednesday to get it. might not be much help for it tomorrow. temperatures tomorrow soaring to near 100 degrees. so hot and continued dry for tomorrow. an update on the storm progress and a look at the four-day forecast in a few minutes. back now into the air conditioned studio. >> you can come back in, chuck. all right. it's official. most of the country is suffering through drought conditions, so

severe some are worse off than the dust bowl years of 1930s. details now from chris clackum. >> reporter: this confirm as what federal forecasters now say. nearly 60% of the country is in some stage of drought condition. >> the heat has been a big factor, the lack of rainfall combined with that have created a tremendous deficit in moisture across a vast swath of the lower 48 states. >> reporter: it's so dry more than 1,000 counties in 26 states have been declared disaster areas. the biggest such declaration ever. mostly farmers are feeling it for now. more than half of the corn crops are in trouble and little left to harvest. >> it's probably going to covet more in fuel and oil. >> the soybeans, they're a little more resilient than the corn. if we can get some rain, they'll come out and bloom again.

but the corn won't. the corn is done. >> reporter: it's already threatening to drive food prices to record levels because corn has an impact on 75% of what's sold at the supermarket. >> that doesn't mean that the price at the supermarket is going to go up tomorrow, but it is going to go up next week, and it's going to continue to rise for a number of months. >> reporter: by a slight margin, the current drought actually covers more area than the dust bowl-era drought of 1936. it's bad, forecasters say, but not as bad as back then. >> we're not as bad as the dust bowl era or the 1950s yet. >> reporter: it calls for the drought afflicting the midwest to eventually worsen. chris clackum, nbc news. a developing story out of florida today in the case of george zimmerman, the man charged in the shooting death of trayvon martin.

a woman has told prosecutors that zimmerman molested her over a ten-year period, starting when they were young children. the woman identified as witness 9 says the abuse began when she was 6, he was 8. there are no police reports made or any criminal charges filed. the information was in records released by a special prosecutor. those records also included 120 recorded jail phone calls made by zimmerman. he has made no comment on the allegations. now to presidential politics. after a weekend of trading attacks over mitt romney's tenure at bain capital and his refusal to release more tax documents, both candidates were on the road today. from louisiana romney focused the nation's struggling economy. president obama campaigned in the swing state of ohio. jennifer johnson has the latest. >> reporter: out of washington and on the campaign trail in the key battleground state of ohio

president obama promised to cut key taxes and -- >> we don't need a president who plans to ship jobs overseas. i want to give incentives to you, american people to create american jobs, making american goods. >> reporter: romney attended a fund-raiser in louisiana. the issue of whether he'll lease more tax returns won't go away. some are encouraging mitt romney to just do it. others say the focus should stay on the struggling economy. >> americans aren't concerned about mitt romney's tax returns. they're concerned about their tax returns and the new taxes that obama is putting on the american people. >> reporter: romney is pushing the same in his web ad. people are struggling for work as unemployment sticks to 8.2%. the obama campaign is also not letting romney off the hook on bain capital. filings show romney was the sole owner and ceo of the private equity firm until 2002, but

romney says he had nothing to do with bain's dealings that led to bankruptcy, layoffs, and outsourcing in 1999. he says it's just another failed tactic for the pro. >> things aren't going in the right direction. no wonder he wants to change the subject. >> reporter: portman, a possible running mate. mitt romney will go to ohio himself on wednesday and president obama plans more campaigning this week in another key swing state, florida. in washington, jennifer johnson, "news 4." anthony weiner reportedly wants to return to politics a year after stepping down for a sexting scandal. the former democratic congressman from new york resigned after admitting to sending lewd photos of women, but according to the "new york post," he still has $4.5 million in campaign funds. the post reports he's seriously considering a run for new york city mayor. he ran in 2005 but lost in the

primary. joe paterno's family says it will do an independent investigation following last week's scathing report of the penn state sex abuse scandal. the family says the late football coach did not knowingly conceal sex abuse by jerry sandusky. the former fbi agent said he helped cover up the abuse to avoid bad publicity against the school. the family vehemently disagree with some of the accusations and assertion. a jury convicted sandusky last month of abusing ten boys over a 15-year span. a man attacked by two pit bulls in front of his own children is speaking out today about that terrifying ordeal. that attack happened yesterday afternoon here along south oakland street in arlington. max fernado said he got out of his truck and the pit bulls charged. when he tried to scare them off of his property, he said he was

bitten at least a dozen times. that's when his son ran out of the house and threw a shoe at the dog. >> somehow i managed to throw it at it. >> the dogs really want to bite me from my neck. that's when they came here. if they came from here, they'd probably kill me. >> police shot one of the dogs when it charged the officer. the other was taken into custody by the arlington animal welfare league. more problems on metro following a computer glitch that halted train service dwight over the weekend. the dupont station had to be shut down twice this this morning because two separate trains shut down. at one point metro kept passengers from entering the station to clear out heavy congestion inside. meanwhile metro is trying to find out what caused the computer glitch over the weekend. coming up at 5:00, darcy spencer will have more including reactions from lawmakers on

federal safety guidelines for metro. nationals alzheimer's outfielder bryce harper is already one of the most polarizing players in baseball, and it appears he's in the middle of yet another controversy. in yesterday's game against the marlins, miami manager ozzie guillen accused harper of having too much pine tar on his bat. he shows guillen the bat. guillen yells at harper and shakes a bat at him. at the end of the game, he shrugged and said guillen is trying to help his team. it's not unusual for a spectator to catch a ball, but watch this. a fan managed to catch a ball between his legs while jug ling drinks. look at him. the ball never hit the ground. he couldn't believe it either. it happened over the weekend at the toronto/cleveland game. the ball landed, took a giant

hop and the big catch. the stadium food being a little pricey, we don't blame him for wanting to hold onto his snacks there. he should get a prize for that. when "news 4" continues, the camera crew moments away from dangerous situation. the dramatic video of a landslide that buried homes in a small town. a mom speaks out on a road to recovery following a diagnosis of a flesh-eating bacteria. and the boss unplugged. and the boss unplugged. the backlash after still thinking of replacing the truck? i just don't know where to start.

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charlie sheen is making a big donation to the uso, and a lot of the money will be helping injured troops right here in our region. >> the actor's donating 1% of his profits from his new fx show

"anger management" to the uso. sheen says he will donate a minimum of $1 million or as much as 1% ends up being. the money will be put toward an entertainment facility for seriously injured military troops in bethesda, maryland. they say this is the largest single contribution from an individual ever. it's not that often that you hear boos at a bruce springsteen concert, but that's exactly what happened this weekend after concert officials pulled the plug on an impromptu set featuring springsteen and none other than paul mccartney. this is one fan's video of that concert. organizers cut after the singers' microphones after they were wrapping up their show. they apparently went over the sound curfew by one hour. residents there had complained about the noise in the past. >> you call that noise? >> do you call it noise? what's going on at "american

idol"? the death of sylvester stallone's oldest son. and a lot of news out of the comic-con festival over the weekend in san diego. here to update us is sean robinson of "access hollywood." first let's talk about "american idol." two judges out. now, what is going on there, shawn. >> i tell you i talked to jennifer lopez a couple months ago and i asked her was she going to return to "american idol". she was kind of wavering. i'm not really, really sure. i've got a lot going on in my personal life and i want go on tour. well, now she's like 99.9% out at this moment. i mean jennifer lopez is saying she's got so many other things going on. also the dynamics of the show in her mind have definitely changed and how it will affect the show later on.

for example, steven tyler out. we know he's gone. there's question whether randy jackson is actually going to be coming back to the judge's table. he wasn't really clear when photographers caught him coming outside of l.a.x. he said, hey, i'd love to stay in louisiana, but we're not sure he will be coming back to the judge's table. he may go on to a different role. and jennifer lopez says the dynamic of the show have changed, i'm not really sure. i love them, they love me, but the dynamics of the show is really changed. here's the rumor. the producers may not have given her the salary increase she wanted. right now she's make $15 million a year, pretty good, i would say. the report says she wanted $2 million more. now, the ratings for the second season of this judges' panel, steven tyler, jennifer lopez, randy jackson, ratings fell 25% to 30%, and so the producers are

probably like, you know, a raise isn't really justified at this point. they're trying to lower the cost of the show. so this may be kind of a graceful way for jennifer lopez to leave when prodierss weren't giving her the money that she was asking for. so i mean she has thrown out some other names that she would like to see maybe take her spot. bono, mick jagger, bon jovi. she's shooting really, really high. there are rumors out there that mariah carey will be in the mix. i think mariah carey is great, great choice, but i'm telling you, jennifer lopez, she was on it every single week. i watched just to see what she was wearing. >> she was hot. she was hot. >> she looks fantastic. right? her hair, the makeup, the clothes, always on point. and i asked her about that the last time i interviewed her. she said, you know what, thank you for noticing because it takes me a long time for me to get ready for the show. >> and it probably

take 2/million. >> right? the hairpieces, the jewelry? absolutely. >> you know it. listen, shaun. i want to ask you about the rumor that aretha franklin may be the next "american idol" judge. what do you know about that? >> well, riri is a friend of mine. she's going to dom l.come to l. i'm going ask her. aretha has a lot going on, but obviously she is a veteran in the business, and she is somebody who could really teach these young people what it takes to have longevity in a business that is really very tough to might in. so i think aretha would be fantastic. we need to give her some respect. >> oh, absolutely. >> r-e-s-p-e-c-t. >> oh, absolutely. >> can i end this on hope solo? i just want to know what you guys think about this. okay, olympic gold medalist hope

solo told espn magazine about what goes on with the athletes and celebrities at the olympics. now, see, i thought the athletes were like really, really focused and the celebrities were just there to party? let me tell you what hope solo says. quote, there's a lot of sex going on with a once-in-a-lifetime experience, you want to build memories. i have seen people having sex right out in the open, on the grass, between buildings, people getting down and dirty. then she goes on to say, i may have snuck a celebrity back to my room without anybody knowing and snuck him back out, but that's my olympic secret. not anymore, sister. i mean hello. >> whoa. >> it's out there. >> what you don't know -- >> what are we missing by not going to london? >> thank you, thank you. i need to get my ticket to london, i guess.

>> i know. my goodness. can you imagine? seems like a lot of things are going on there. >> i thought volleyball was it. >> go team usa. >> to observe. to observe what's going on between buildings and on the grass, whoa. >> thank you, shaun. >> see you at 7:30. >> building memories. >> we've gottet a lot to talk about now. >> that's right, 7:30. >> thanks a lot. >> all right. coming up next on "news 4" at 4:00, much more ahead on the winding sex scandal at one of the military's largest military training centers. and the captain of the cruz crash speaking out. ♪

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all right. after a scorching weekend, it's gotten even hotter. >> it's unbelievably hot out there. >> you know, how far away is september, you know, at this point in time? about six more weeks to september, everybody, and then things will start to get a little bit better. but, man, oh, man, the summer we wish would take a little vacation from the heat not going to do so. outside today, another day, well into the mid-90s across the area. we did get a little break late

last week and we have another break coming later this week, but between now and the little cooldown due in on thursday, it's going to be a sweltering stretch across the area. hazy skies out there on your monday. still plenty of sunshine getting through, but we do have thunderstorms to contend with. aisle show you those on the radar in just a second. right now at national airport, temperatures have ticked down just a little bit to only 93 degrees but the dew point still hovering around 70. any time that number is 70 or higher, it really feels awfully sticky outside. a nice breeze out of north averaging 10 miles per hour. here's live doppler. upper montgomery county, prince charles, waldorf and la plata. these are going southeastbound, so you folks, here's andrew's air force base so this heading down into portions of calvert county and sunderland. some of you will be grazed by these as well.

it's not severe. this thundershower is going to come down the potomac river and cool us off just a touch in downtown later on this afternoon into the eeked. generally speaking low 90s for now. overnight lows tonight, generally speaking in the 70s. a few spots below 70 out west of the blue ridge montana but that's about it. very few places. high pressure is going to be in charge. heat pump is on. a humid night tonight. it looks like this hot humid stretch will go through tomorrow. tomorrow's the hottest day of the week and with the cooling storms coming in, wednesday's still going to be miserable, but it will be a little bit better by late in the day. heat savety rules, lightniweigh. tomorrow afternoon. sunny and hot. highs tomorrow upper 90s.

maybe one or two spots reaching a hundred degrees tomorrow. here's your four-day forecast. wednesday will be no bargain with a hay of 98. thursday is the best chance for getting rain off and on. highs thursday only 90. that sets us up for a nice friday. it's going to be miserable hot for wednesday, tomorrow, and wednesday. >> do you want to go back on the weather patio? >> i just got dried off from my last trip out there. and we've got a real special treat coming up for you tonight on "nbc washington nonstop." i had a chance to head out to adour. if you've not been out there, pastry chef fabrice, what a chef. i tasted this almond souffle with a little orange sorbet alongside of it. it was amazing. delicious. don't miss it.

it's a new all foodies tonight. that's comcast channel 208. 480 or verizon. 803 for cox and 4.2 over the air. and chef sebastian made me a little piece of fish. wit ounce the menu. oh, my goodness. >> a hot kitchen is okay if you've got something good to eat. >> we should move the patio to right next -- >> there you go. we'll get a food truck over there for you. >> good stuff. >> thank you, chuck. still ahead on "news 4" at 4:00 this afternoon, the captain of the cruise ship that ran aground over italy speaks out today for the first time. and a new weapon out

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everyone. i'm jim handly. >> and i'm barbara harrison. the captain of the cruise ship that ran aground and sank off the coast italy six months ago is telling his side of the story in an exclusive interview with nbc news. captains s is accused of manslaughter and abandoning ship. he accepts some but not all of the responsibility of the deadly disaster. >> no one can ever imagine the pain that you may experience. you say simply sorry. it's not the correct standing. captain schettino now accepts responsibility for the crash of the concordia that sent 4,200 people scramble to get off. 32dy not make it. >> i'm not blaming nobody.

>> reporter: calling the accident a chain of unfortunate errors. he said they didn't intend to pass as close to the island as they did pointing to technical problems. >> something inside the compass went wrong. the rock was marked on the charts, but the depth of the water on the charts was more than in the reality is. >> reporter: again insisting his turning the ship closer to land saved lives. >> instead of colliding straight and bouncing into the rockses, in that case thousand of persons would have died. >> reporter: so why didn't he sound the abandon ship? >> he denies abandoning ship. hi says the tilting threw him into a lifeboat. he said he tried to persuade others in a lifeboat to bring him back. >> in the end of the story it's very easy to find the scape

goat. i take my responsibility, of course, as a gentleman, as man, as a captain i take my responsibility. >> reporter: schettino said, loorks the captain is always responsible but this is an accident and not all the blame should lie with him. he was not paid for the interview. he wanted to do it to tell the truth, not to justify his actioaction s. back to you. >> thank you. that was captain schettino's first interview with an american network since the accident happened back on january 13th. a court martial is under way today in a scandal that has rocked one of the busiest military training centers. staff sergeant louis walker is one of 12 instructors at lackland air force base in san antonio. walker faces the most serious charges. military charges say the flirtations with women he trained morphed into threats and

intimidation that ultimately led to rape. there are 28 charges again him including rape and aggravated sexual assault. ford issues a recall today affecting certain escape crossover vehicles. the company is recalling more than 8,000 2013 escape suvs. that's because there's carpet padding that could get in the way of the brakes. they say dealers can remove it and replace it with a console padding free of charge. they'll start contacting customers next week. >> there's more to come. up next, why a change in the way you walk could be an early sign of a devastating disease. a

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hiv. it was approved in 2004 but now it's been approved to people who do not have hiv or aids but have partners who do. taking it daily and practicing safe sex can greatry reduce the risk of acquiring aids or hiv. changes in the way you walk could be an early sign of memory decline in the brain. while slowing down is expected with age, researchers in switsz found a pronounced slowdown in walking pace could indicate cognitive decline. they studied more than 1,100 elderly adults, those with alzheimer's disease walked much slower than those with mild cognitive impairment. experts say the changes the in the way you walk may lead to early detekds of alzheimer's. >> we may be able to catch cognitive decline at an earlier stage by focusing in addition to

their thinking abilities to their walking abilities and their motor abilities. >> scientists at the university of pittsburgh have found new evidence that just getting out and walking for exercise could help decrease known risk factors for alzheimer's more than other types of exercise . you may notice a change in the website. for now, you'll automatically be redirected to nbcnews.com if you go to the msnbc pachlkt eventually, though, it will be the site for msnbc giving the tv network its own address to simplify things. >> that will make it a lot easier. and when "news 4" at 4:00 returns, a milestone as olympians return to london. the rescue of the peo

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were going to be staying outside throughout the evening. is it a little warm out there? toasty? >> the prodierss didn't want me to completely melt into a muddle before 6:00. they're giving me a little break. i'll be back out there before the day is out, don't you worry. if you're going to be spending time out there in the next couple of hours, goent out with a shirt and tie. it's short sleeves and shorts. if you've got a pool, i think a little pool sub merks gs is a g idea as well. 93 at the naval academy in annapolis and 95 at the inner harbor in pbaltimore. frederick, one of the cool spots. we're watching a couple of showers and rain showers coming

down the potomac. they've moving at a pretty good clip. no severe weather right now and i don't think these have much of a severe weather threat to them. so that is welcome news. here is one shower coming down to sugarland, just to the west of interstate 270. this is coming right down the potomac so great falls and mclane going to be getting it. getting ready to go out here to the northwest and sunderland to the north side of prince frederick in the next 15 to 20 minutes. most of this will be long gone by this evening. upper 70s. then tomorrow t, high temperatus into the 90s. 99 here in washington. if you're headed down the beach, good idea. good weather for beachgoers this week. water temperature, 81. high around 94 at the beach. very humid on wednesday. a chance for thunderstorms

coming in on thursday. for us tomorrow, sunny and hot. heat index tomorrow between 100 and 105 degrees. there's your extended forecast around here. just super hot the next couple of days. a f the showers on thursday, slight li coly cooler. one quick correction. i said it was almond souffle. it was hazel nut with orange sorbet. >> what kind of sorbet? >> orange. >> that sounds so nice and cool right now. can you get us some in the meantime. >> sure, absolutely. >> thank you, chuck. >> thank you, chuck. olympic athletes from 50 different countries arrive in london, among them, the bulk of team usa with their families. >> about 16,000 will descend on the capital in the next few days. >> reporter: while it's been a busy day and a sort of milestone as well with much of the u.s.

team and athletes from dozens of other nations arriving today, heathrow airport is expecting some 240,000 passengers over just a 24-hour period. now, that easily breaks the previous record of 234k at europe's largest airport. so far there's been no report of major losses of gear at least despite everything from horses to pole vaulting poles to mountain bikes and more. heathrow has put on an extra 1,300 volunteers, it says, to help athletes to get to where they're going. now, there has been one reported snafu. the u.s. 400 meters champion and also the defending silver med medalist tweeted from his bus that was supposed to take him and his team to the athletes' village. that's normally about an hour's drive but he said from his bus that it had been lost for more than four hours. >> they would have had opportunity to see more of the city than they might have otherwise have done.

>> they must have seen the whole southeast england in four hours. >> reporter: despite the first bad impression, heathrow has everything else under control but you can't control the weather and the forecast is not looking good. thunderstorms are expected later this week and wet weather is forecast late july into august just when the olympic games are scheduled to take place. i'm jim maceda, nbc news reporting from london. back do you. team usa's basketball team will be making the trip across the pond later. tonight both the men's and women's teams will be hitting the court for exhibition games right here. the women will play at 5:30 with the men following at 8:00 tonight. president obama is expected to make an appearance. after these games, both the u.s. men and women will travel to england to play the great britain olympic teams. >> that's the ticket to have. coming up next on n b kbc 4s

at 4. the landslide. a mother on the road to recove

video of a deadly landslide in british columbia last week. look at that. a news crew was on the water covering one landslide when another landslide happened. the crusade they were standing on land right in that spot just minutes before the landslide happened. the royal canadian mounted police say it appears the landslide trapped four people underneath the degree. last night authorities pulled one body from the rubble. three people remain unaccounted for. cameras were rolling as three people inside this suv became trapped in fast-moving floodwaters. heavy rains flooded out streets, dumping more than two inches of

rain over tucson on sunday. firefighters there couldn't get to the vehicle because the water was so swift. crews tossed life jackets to the people inside and eventually brought all three of them to safety. they walked away from this unharmed. contestants try to scoop the competition at an ice cream-eating contest near los angeles. these women dug in hard, looking to cream their competitors, whipping through their bowls of ice cream. it's all part of national ice cream day, and a fund-raiser for children's charity. there were six different heaps of the frozen treats with the winner in each category. she looks like those hot dog-eating contest people don't they. >> you don't enjoy it when you're eating like that. you can't savor the flavor. a mother fighting a flesh-eating bacteria speaks out

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just two months ago a new mom in south carolina was in critical condition fighting a flesh-eating bacteria that nearly took her life. today after multiple surgeries she's in rehab and could go home as early as this week. jay gray has her story. >> reporter: her steps are measured her movements labored. >> i'm okay, glad to be alive. i mean i have my moments of pain and discomfort. >> reporter: but lana kirkendall is determined to fight through the pain often, even flashing a smile during her difficult rehabilitation. >> she is just a tough cookie. >> reporter: that more than two months ago very nearly crumbled. in early may just days after

giving birth to twins lana noticed a spot on the back of her leg. at first she was concerned wit as blood clot. instead doctors discovered it was a rare flesh-eating infection. >> if you sit long enough, they grow so rapidly that you can actually see the skin change in front of your eyes. >> reporter: surgeons had to move fast, remove muscle tissue and skin trying to save her limbs and her lives. >> lana had at least 18 operations over a 21-day period to remove the bacteria and necrotic tissue that the bacteria chose to inflict, which is really extraordinary. >> but so is their patient, fighting not only if herself but her twins, ian and abigail. >> i was just glad to see them, very glad, and i just wanted to hold them and get to know them. >> her husband, her friends, even lana will tell you that holding those babies, the bond keeps giving her the strength to

keep fighting. >> i'm more tired than i used to be and weaker and i'm getting stronger every day. >> reporter: strong enough to survive. jay gray, "news 4." >> and doctors say they may never know how she got that infection. up next, the search for the cause of problems with metro. "news 4" at 5:00 starts right now. a real mess on the metro. more problems today after a weekend filled with computer glitches. >> a bizarre death. a robbery scares a driver to accidentally run over a man forced to lie in the street. a man attacked by put bulls outside his own home. good evening, everyone. i'm doreen gentzler. >> guess what? there's more in store. >> chuck bell joins us now with the very latest. hi, chuck. >> hey, doreen and jim. good afternoon.

good afternoon, everybody. temperatures soared into the mid-90s. we're seeing the bub ing up of showers. luckily our severe weather threat is greatly diminished compared to what it was. temperatures well into the 90s in many, many spots. as you can see showing up on radar, one thundershower here in central parts of montgomery county. others in parts of prince george's. waldorf and la plata. you folks are going to get a shower here. fredericksburg, hard hit, two time over the weekend. this quick little shower aiming right at fredericksburg but it won't bring anywhere near the amount it brought in. this is coming straight down the potomac. bethesda, potomac, great falls, be ready for a 10- or 15-minute rainfall. unfortunately we won't be getting much in the w