>> i'm doreen gentzler. it happened after 12:30 this morning in aurora, colorado when all 71 people were shot. ten of them died at the scene, two more died at the hospital. several children are among the 59 wounded and some are in critical condition. the suspect 24-year-old james holmes is in police custody. police say he was heavily armed when he surrendered outside the theater. a search is under way at his apartment. i want may be rigged with explosives. jay gray is in aurora with the latest. >> reporter: it was just after midnight when the "dark knight" quickly moved from fiction to reality. >> it sounded like madness. we were watching a scene of the movie. it was a shootout scene. guns were firing. a loud bang came from the right of the theater. smoke took over. >> reporter: witnesses say a man wearing a helmet, bullet proof vest, loaded with body armor and

a gas mask burst through the exit door near the movie screen and tossed two canisters into the theater. >> it got harder to breathe. in less two seconds the gun shots started happening. >> reporter: the gunman identified as 24-year-old james holmes fired one shot into the air then turned his weapons on the crowd. >> he walks up the stairs and i hear gunshot after gunshot and women and children scream. it was terrifying. >> reporter: when the chaos and killing ended 12 people were dead, 59 injured. >> most of the injuries were again gunshot wounds. they appear to be of high caliber. >> reporter: holmes was armed with an assault weapon, two high caliber pistols. he was captured behind the theater. surrendered without putting up a fight, warning officers his apartment was booby trapped with explosives. >> chemical elements there and s as some incendiary elements. >> reporter: as the

investigation continues at his apartment and theater, holmes family in san diego has released a written statement which says in part our hearts go out to those who were involved in this tragedy and to the families and friends of those involved. the faces of those lost in the shooting are coming to light. people like jessica ghawi, an aspiring sportscaster. she had recently moved from san antonio to denver. so many struggling like investigators here to understand how and why it happened. jay gray, nbc news, aurora, colorado. we will be learning more about james holmes in the days to come. for now we know that he grew up in san diego in a school district that's considered one of the best in california. his father is the manager of a software company, his mother is a nurse. he has a younger sister. two years ago holmes graduated from the university of california riverside with a bachelor's degree in neuroscience. last year he enrolled in a graduate program at the university of colorado. officials at the school there say he was withdrawing from that

program. d.c. police and many other local jurisdictions say they are stepping up security around movie theaters after that shooting in colorado. officials say there have been no threats regarding the area but they are taking precautions against copycat shootings. police during public to go about their daily business and to keep their eyes open for anything suspicious. what i would encourage people to do is to be vigilante and pay attention and report any suspicious activity that's observed, not only in and around movie theaters but in the business community as well. >> assistant chief green say people can expect to see more police patrols around theaters. police in suburban maryland and virginia say they too are stepping up patrols. it was supposed to be record breaking weekend for the latest batman movie," the dark knight rising." some theater owners are concerned how safety concerns may affect their business. steve wilkos is at the regal

theater in germantown. >> reporter: the other side of all of this. this movie was expected to be a big hit and we had fans who had been anticipating its release, looking forward to seeing this movie and also an entire industry banking on its success. this is a big and important weekend for the staff. they've been anticipating the opening of "dark knight" all year. >> this is probably the biggest summer release for 2012. >> reporter: after the news of the massacre in colorado at a "dark knight" premier, wong had a lot to think about. >> my heart goes out to the families in colorado. very upset about it to be perfectly frank. >> reporter: the next thought was what would this mean for what was supposed to be a blockbuster weekend. >> nine tickets. >> reporter: so far the news has been good. >> we're tracking normal

numbers. what i'm relating it to are the avenger numbers which was the biggest movie this summer so far. >> reporter: susan said after some debate she decided she wouldn't keep her family away from the theater today. >> did i do a double take should we be doing this but i didn't want to alarm my kids and say too much. and, you know, just hope nobody else would do this again. >> reporter: montgomery county's police chief said his department is doing their part to ease some people's fears by increasing patrols around county movie theaters. >> we've had no threats, no indication of any issues in this area. we're just trying to get out ahead it and make sure the public feels safe. >> reporter: wong doesn't plan to add additional security and doesn't believe the colorado shootings should change the culture of movie going. >> unfortunately as it may be it's isolated, i don't think it's something that should change the movie theater industry as a practice. >> reporter: now we have visit

ad number of movie theaters from washington, d.c. on the way up here to montgomery county and we've been seeing a steady stream of folks going into these theaters and in some instances line and other instances not so much. we have to wait until tonight and saturday to see just how the movie does after this tragedy. reporting live in germantown, i'm tracy wilkens, news 4. >> we'll have new reaction from a virginia man who was in th meef theater when the gunman started shooting. people who live in the bloomingdale section of northwest d.c. are dealing with flooding problems at their homes again. three times in the past week and a half their homes have flood. today people there are using sand bags and moving things off floors to prevent even more damage. heavy flooding in the fells point area of baltimore forced several streets to close. johns hopkins hospital water leaked inside the ambulance

entrance to the emergency room. firefighters fixed that problem by clearing debris from a nearby storm drain. >> we've seen a lot of rain in the last 24 hours and more on the way tonight. veronica johnson is tracking the storms. how bad will it get tonight? >> not too bad. not nearly as bad as it was last night. throughout the day we've had those widespread rains coming through our area, generally light. i'm looking for some isolated thunderstorms and that means moderate and heavy rain potential. that means we could see some flooding in spots. got a flood watch that's up until 11:00 p.m. who is in it? everybody until 11:00 p.m. streams and some creeks could be out of their banks again for anyone that sees one of these thunderstorms slow moving and just sitting. 8:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. that's your chance. isolated heavy rain and again some ponding on roads possible. we're left with one big batch that's moved out and some scattered light showers around the area but a heavier line of

some showers and embedded thunderstorms sits right now inside west virginia the western part it. that's what will be moving in and that's what could lead to some possible flooding here for the late evening and early part of the night. i'll have a look arsonist weekend, still showing signs of looking unsettled and wait until you see the temperatures. thanks. as noted a minute ago three times in the past week and a half the blockingdale area of northwest d.c. has been flooded. home video shows water gushing from a manhole at first and v streets last night. people who live in that area are hoping to get through today's storms without even more trouble. derrick ward is in the area with more on the story. >> reporter: indeed they are on edge here because they just don't do well in the deluge. d.c. water has come up with a short term plan just for this neighborhood to help them and there's a long term

infrastructure upgrade that's supposed to alleviate the problem all throughout the city but it's long ways off. mark is behind schedule in renovating this house. >> i'm trying to put an additional sump pump in this building. >> reporter: three times in the last eight days long time residents aren't surprised. they've seen these floods before where sewage comes up through the toilets and tubs. >> last night, the day before, maybe five days before that there was a big flood, i think it was 2001 or, you know, sometime during then. >> reporter: it's been going on for the past 50 years or so. >> i didn't know it until i saw it myself with my own eyes. >> the sewer system that we inherited in this part of the city is not big enough to carry the flow both from all of the existing houses and all the new development. >> reporter: they have been clearing catch bay since and inspect sewer lines but no answer to high frequency of

flooding. they've come up with a short term plan for bloomingdale only. >> a technology that keeps sewage from backing up into a pipe. >> reporter: some residents find the whimsy. there's not much to smile about for some. >> this contamination stuff like that cause as lot of trouble. >> reporter: sand bags are being distributed here and at rfk stadium as they brace themselves for the coming rains opinion in northwest, derrick ward, news 4. we continue to follow the up to the minute developments in the aftermath of the shooting. >> if i stand up he was going to shoot me. i was trying to think how i would get out of there. >> the presidential campaign was put on hold because of the

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this is a safe city and a safe state and a safe country. and we need to recognize that we can't allow people that are aberrations of nature to take away the joys and freedoms that we enjoy. >> that was the governor of colorado speaking out after the mass shooting in colorado this morning. the presidential candidates put their campaigns on hold today. they with drew attack ads in colorado markets and called for unity. brian mooar reports. >> reporter: president obama and

mitt romney put aside their differences and their campaigns to speak as one on the colorado shooting rampage. >> the tragedy that reminds us of all the ways that we are united as one american family. >> this is a time for each of us to look into our hearts and remember how much we love one another. >> reporter: the president cure tailed a campaign visit to florida and both candidates and their wives cancelled campaign rallies. >> i stand before you today not as a man running for office, but as a father and grandfather, a husband, an american. >> reporter: around the nation flags were lowered to half-staff. instead of scripted attacks the candidates spoke from the heart. >> michelle and i will be fortunate enough to hug our girls a little tighter tonight and i'm sure you'll do the same with your children. >> reporter: both campaigns pulled their attack ads. this wasn't that kind of a day. >> there will be justice for those responsible but that's

another matter for another day. today is a moment to grieve and to remember. >> at the end of the day what we'll remember will be those we loved and what we did for others. that's why we're here. >> reporter: from opposite end of the political spectrum two leaders coming together to comfort a stunned nation. back at the white house the president was getting regular status updates on the investigation. on capitol hill, brian mooar, news 4. >> first lady michelle obama cancelled her events today out of respect for victims in colorado. mrs. obama was scheduled to go to mary washington university in fredericksburg, virginia. she was planning also to talk to grassroot supporters there and also to in charlottesville where she was to attend an event in an effort to get out the women's vote. >> veronica is back with more about our wet weather. >> think i like this evening because it's rain, no severe weather.

just rain. and unless you're one of those folks out there who has had flooding last couple of days welcomed rain because we've been talking about the drought all over the country. we're going to get some this evening. we'll get some during the early part of the night. we'll get some this weekend, saturday and sunday. all right. let's head outdoors and see what's going on. that cloudy sky. gray. a cool showery for us. big switch from the hot and stormy conditions we had at the beginning of the week. let's take a look at your high temperature for today. 82 degrees. that was early on today about noon, 1:00, 75 your low. so temperatures today below average. your rainfall for the day just .10 inch. the deficit at the month at a quarter of an inch because we got over two and for the year still close to seven inches. making a little dent as we go. make a bigger dent in that deficit here for the weekend. here's a look at some of the

rainfall over the last 48 hours. these areas shaded a little darker. mainly d.c. again flooding here into the north and east between two and upwards three and four inches ever rain right around baltimore. baltimore third line, 3.25 inches of rain. it poured there yesterday. especially around the key bridge. ocean city too with over four inches of rain. take a look at your beach forecast coming up in a couple of minutes. but it has been pretty soggy out there ocean city. here's a look at storm 4 radar. light showers right now. around annapolis, maryland, fairfax, shifting to the east. leesburg a little wet. i-66 wet weather too. then you'll notice the little areas that are a little darker here around winchester, scattered, moderate rain as well as around petersburg. up around morgantown and some pockets there, clusters of thunderstorms. lightning but i'm still not expecting any severe

thunderstorms for our area and that means we're not going to be looking at any high winds rushing through this area, just some moderate and heavy rain in spots that could lead to more flooding. northeast wind for us, way cool for us too. 76 degrees, are ronald reagan washington national airport right now forecast for tonight, wake up forecast 75 degrees by 11:00 p.m. heaviest rain for us between 8:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. still no showers for tomorrow morning. you might even need a light jacket going out. humidity still high but some areas tomorrow morning up to our north will be starting out in the mid-60s and we're not the only ones that are suffering from this stalled out weather system. look up north. philadelphia, new york city, all cool and on the showery side of things today. down south through north carolina, southeastern virginia, it's been stormy there. that's exactly what this weather system has been doing. you got the hot steamy conditions on the south side of the front, causing those thunderstorms to the north, cool

showery with a northeast wind and what's going to enhance the rain tomorrow is this area of low pressure that will be moving right along that front for sunday even some showers and storms building up along the mountains and down across southern maryland and northern neck. so sunday better day out of the weekend. get out. 70 to 78 degrees heavy rain coming in for the overnight period. tomorrow morning 66 to 72 degrees. by tomorrow afternoon, maybe a teeny, tiny bit of sunshine. more sun coming our way on sunday and do i think sunday will be the better day out of the weekend. but definitely one of those weekends that we've not seen a long time. it's been rather hot. stormy. this is kind of a cloudy overcast cooler type of a weekend for us. >> maybe it will be a welcomed change. >> i think so. >> all right. thanks. coming up in the broadcast tonight some people in prince george's county are quite upset and speaking their minds about the effort to bring a casino to national harbor. >> local law enforcement officers prepare for a mass

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now we know the name of the cab company manager who was killed in southwest d.c. last night. police say 60-year-old hayes dennis was stabbed in the chest at the gold star cab company on q street. dennis was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead. police are still looking for the suspect heading north on hack street. mechanics and other employees stay late. the motive of this crime still unclear tonight. some religious and civic leaders in prince george's county say they are offended by the renewed push to bring a new vegas style casino to the county. they protested outside the

county administration building today. the group is opposed to governor martin o'malley's push to bring a sixth casino into the state. that casino would be located at national harbor. governor wants to hold a special summer session to talk about that. protesters today said officials should abandon their determination to get this on the november ballot. >> we are family friendly community. we don't want it. we're going to fight back. and quite frankly we're offended that every ounce of our elected officials' time is being spent to twist arms across the state and get them to go along. >> governor o'malley's office says they hope to have a draft of the gambling expansion proposal available sometime next week. lawmakers will have until august 20th to pass the bill before it goes to voters in november. >> d.c. council member david catania took himself out of special election for mayor should vince gray end up

resigning. catania was the first to call on gray to step down says he doesn't have the fire in the belly needed to run. tom sherwood reports. >> reporter: on thursday mayor inventory scene gray was being pursued by reporters after a "the washington post" poll showed 54% of d.c. citizens want him to resign because of scandal. gray insists he's doing his job and will leave the scandal to the courts. ♪ on the wamu politics hour friday d.c. council member david catania, the first to call last week for gray to resign said gray has lost his ability to lead even though he hasn't been formally charged. >> i think he knew. i think he knows he knows. i think many people know, it's reflected in the polls. he lost his legitimacy to govern in light of a compromised election. the citizens deserve a fair election. >> cat at says he believes gray was caught up in scandal that overtook the campaign. >> here we have what is an otherwise a very fine person. i served with vince gray.

i know he has to wake up every day wondering what happened. i know he does love the city. if that's true top the drama, time to step down. >> reporter: some supporters of gray have complained that catania himself wants to run for mayor but friday catania took himself out of any special election for mayor should gray resign. >> there was a time to be very honest i was seriously contemplating and would have loved to be mayor and i think you have to have a certain fire in the belly but i don't want i want as much as the others. >> reporter: in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. in you a errora, colorado the mayor there says it's a tragic day for his community. shortly after midnight a man wearing a gas mask and body armor opened fire in a crowded movie theater in that suburb of denver. 12 people were killed. nearly 60 others were injured. people there were there that is to see the new batman movie. the alleged gunman the 24 james holmes. he was arrested in the parking

lot outside. his hair was dyed red as the joker character in the movie. officers are until trying to get into his apartment which is located just a few miles away. they say it will take a while because that home has been booby trapped, rigged with explosives. >> we're hearing more of the horrible stories from the victims of this tragedy. marcus weaver is a native of virginia beach who lives in colorado now. he spoke over the phone to your affiliate waby-tv about the chaotic scene out there. >> it was crazy. first reaction the office grab my friend and get down on the ground like everybody else was doing. he kept firing. he would fire off six to ten shots at a time. then pause. you would think it was stopping. then he kept firing. you could hear the ricocheting off the seats. it was utter chaos. when i was jumping over the seats to get to the exit there were people trampling over

people lying on the ground and most horrific scene i've ever seen. when i went outside everyone was saying hey your shirt is bleeding and i had a gunshot wound to my right shoulder. >> weaver is recovering in a hospital tonight. he says he's thankful that he's still alive and he's praying for all the other victims. >> for the latest on the mass shooting, stay with nbc 4. brian williams will anchor from aurora, colorado tonight on "nightly news" coming up at 7:00 after this broadcast. that tragedy in colorado as law enforcement officials all over the country are on high alert. prince george's county police already had plans to train for a mass shooting today. pat collins reports. >> reporter: a chilling coincidence. a mass shooting drill by prince george's county police hours after the mass shooting at that movie theater in colorado. now they planned this for months but today it takes on a whole new meaning. >> we thought it was important

on the heels of the tragedy in colorado to demonstrate to our community that we do have policies and procedures in place. >> reporter: the scenario. gunmen on the loose at the high school in upper marlboro. they had pretend victims. real snipers and s.w.a.t. teams specialist, the bomb squad, k-9s and a command center at the ready. they have some unique equipment. they call this the peacekeeper. this is where the s.w.a.t. team rides. not only bullet proof, it's armor piercing proof. and on top a unique device they call it the patriot. it allows the s.w.a.t. team to get up and make an entry way upstairs. this is how police respond to a mass shooting crisis but the chief says positioning police in strategic places can sometimes

prevent these attacks. >> a person who is determined to do harm to society, for example, if he or she encounters police, a police presence at a shopping center, at a school, then he or she is more than likely going to go somewhere else. >> reporter: the chief says if we say alert and call in suspicious activity we can help as well. >> people just human nature choose not to act on their suspicions for fear of being wrong. but we would like to tell our citizens it's okay if you're suspicions are off base let us verify your suspicions. >> reporter: the mass shooting response team in prince george's county. they have sophisticated tools. they have hours of training. they have action plans. plans they hope they never have to use. in upper marlboro, pat collins, news 4. >> coming up on news 4, parents and children in virginia are stuck in the middle of a fight over child care rules.

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we have just learned that a man accused of causing a breakout of hepatitis c in new england once worked at johns hopkins in baltimore. he's charged with injecting himself with stolen drugs at a hospital in new hampshire. the contaminated syringes that were then used on patients who have since been diagnosed with hepatitis c.

he worked in the cardiac catherization lab. he also worked at three other hospitals in maryland. they have not named what those hospitals were. >> home daycare providers across fairfax county are upset with the change in state policy that could force them to cutback on the number of children they care for in their homes. but as julie carey reports county elected leaders are hoping to head off a crisis. >> reporter: today kathy is caring for just two children at the lucky star's pre-school academy located in the lower level of her lorton home. her state license allows her to care for up to 12 children and sometimes she does with the help of an assistant. a new state rule puts her daycare home in gentlemen par day because it requires the proid veers make sure county zoning firms are aware of the business. while the state allows 12 kids the county only allows seven. though a special permit can

raise that number to ten. >> feasibly i would not be able to stay open. >> reporter: susan has operated her daycare business for 12 years and already has 12 children booked for tall including six babies. >> up get attached to these kids. you love them. just like the thought of telling their parents two of you will have to leave and then choosing the two how do you do that. >> several fairfax county supervisors including the board chairman has eased the uproar by pronation grace period. the new rule won't be enforced until possible changes can be examined. >> from my own personal point ever view, i think raising the upper limit to 12 is an appropriate thing to do. the last thing we want to do is to lose good child care providers. >> reporter: this mom who is hoping her son can enter lucky stars in a year says the county can't afford to lose quality home daycare. >> it's not a large sort of industrial type of setting, you

know. it's where i want my kids to be when i can't welcome back them. >> daycare providers will huddle with county firms at a town hall meeting on monday. there are 500 licensed daycare operators in fairfax county. danny is on his way to london to cover the olympics. vance is the man with the sports. what's coming newspaper. >> don't know. but we'll probably assume the top two teams in the national top ti'm barack obama and ial approve this message. [romney singing]: oh beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains majesty, above the fruited plain, america, america, god shed his grace on thee,

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. we're following some breaking news in charlotte, north carolina where part of a shopping mall roof caved in this afternoon. it happened at the south park mall about 5:00. investigators believe heavy rain in the area caused that roof to giveaway. people were quickly evacuated. no injuries are reported. part of the mall sustained serious flooding damage and may

be closed for some time. this is in charlotte, north carolina. veronica has the latest on our weather conditions here. >> cool and showery for us. in fact, almost just plain old damp because we're seeing the bigger area of rain move out of the area. 70 degrees right now in gaithersburg, maryland. 76 in d.c. down to the south higher temperatures, culpeper and fredericksburg at 81 and 82 degrees. so big batch is gone. we're left a few showers here. now some clusters showing signs of having some lightning with them into frederick county, virginia, around petersburg, throughout central areas of west virginiaer and that's what's going to come in after 8:00 and we could see isolated heavy rain. showers coming through ocean city last couple of days. been pretty weight there. they've had quite a bit of rain too in areas down to the south us. forecast for ocean city, water temperature now at 80 degrees. for the weekend, saturday, sunday, 77 to 79 degrees. some storms around on saturday. showers for sunday.

and then back to a few storms expected on monday. but temperatures will be cool running close to what that water temperature is with the northeast wind. our high temperature locally tomorrow 80 to 81 degrees. it will feel a lot like today but with a little less rain around the area. best chance for showers and storms is right in here, areas from la latino skaplaa plata to winchester. jim? start of a busy weekend for the nats. >> busy weekend. you hear sports people talk about a really big game, pivotal. we got a series coming up, nats against the braves, four times this week, over the weekend that is. it really is a big one. to say it's not is an understatement. the nats have 3 1/2 game over atlanta. here's the good news on that. nationals have taken six of

their last eight games against the braves this season, including two of the three of their last series. the only loss in that game was the one pitched by steven strasburg. he'll be on the hill tonight. strasburg struggled in that last outing against the braves. back on june 30th. he only lasted three innings and then had to leave with heat exhaustion. the nats and their ace are looking to rebound now and expand their lead over atlanta. those two teams are meeting for the ninth time this season. ryan zimerman says that's a plus. >> i think, you know, i think we like playing the teams in our division a little bit more because of the familiarity, you know what to expect and you have experience against a lot of their players. >> i think to a man, they all pretty much know who they are and what they are capable of doing. like to do battle. it's the same emotion over there

on atlanta side, except they need to prove themselves that they can beat us and get back on top. >> you know how they had a bounty down there in new orleans or whatever it was on football players who did big hits. we need to put some money together to give ryan zimmerman some cash if he would just smile one time. just pay him to smile. don't you think? any way desmond returns to the starting lineup that shortstop has been resting up the oblique injury. talking golf, 31-year-old grant from tennessee, he has never ever made the cut at the british open. but boy is he playing now. maybe that hole in one that he hit during a practice round earlier this week was a sign ever things to come. for the second day in a row this dude has not made a bogey. not only that he matched the lowest 36 hole score in the history of the u.s. open.

that ain't bad. he's got a two shot lead now going into the third round tomorrow. john daly, he's john daly. he made the cut two. he's plus three. if you didn't know brant before you know him now. here he is on number six. long birdie putt. got the line. he's got the speed. and in i goes. my man, four under on the front nine today. let's go to 11 now. birdie putt to move to nine under-par. and, again, my man comes through. he shot a six under 64, ten under for a total of 130 through two rounds. he ties nick faldo for the best holes scored. the tiger, proud. still in it. tied for sixth right now after the first-round pick him up on the 18th at the bunker. watch this. my man.

no problem. he holes out. shot a three one 67 for the second day in a row. six under. that puts him in third place going into the third round. that's exactly where he likes to be. >> we're very pleased. we're at the halfway point. right in the mix. so, the weather is forecast for sun and tomorrow it's going to be a good weekend. >> it's funny. played my best golf. my golf swing is right on. it's close. feel like it's playing pretty well. i'm not by any means hitting on all cylinders. i'm making every 25 footer i look at. >> there will be lots of british people say who is brant? >> i'm sure lots of americans are saying that too. >> that's what i said before but not now. back in the u.s. we're off to lake tahoe first-round of the american century championship, celebrity golf we're talking

about. let's say that the british open is not in their futures. that's gary sheffield. 509 career home runs. he has the distance. can still smack them. right in the water. not cool. comedian kevin nelan, he wasn't much better. look at that swing. worse than dan hellie's swing and that's dan hellie's range too. cowboys qb tony romo a scratch golfer. bounced it right near the cup. look at that, birdied the hole. rommo is under achieving as he usually has been for most of his career. he's only tied for ninth. one final note on the british open, this is unbelievable. phil mickelson missed the cut after shooting an eight over 78 today. he was 11 over through 36 holes. that's hard to believe. okay. so you know you're out driving some, where all of a sudden out on the road here comes

something, a cat, a raccoon, a deer, whatever it may be. you have to stop short or swerve to avoid it or whatever. you hate that when it happens. it happened in the tour de france today and it did not end pretty. stage 18 of the tour de france today. check this one out. coming around a turn, rider, riders are surprised by a dog crossing the road. bunch. riders crashed on that one. luckily nobody seriously injured. big dog. somebody got a hold of the jay walking dog gently. like i said a big dog. one driver was not happy. he wanted to walk over and have a word or two with the owner of that dog. thankfully he was cooled down because like i said that's a big dog. and the race continued. >> stuff like that happens every year in the tour de france. >> something always goes bad.

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some breaking news. maryland regulators reject ad large increase requested by pepco. they requested a $68 million read increase. an $18 million was approved. the average customer would have paid $5.50 more. instead bills will go up $2 a month. regulators reject ad large portion of that increase because of pepco's subpar performance. the olympic torch arrived in london. a royal marine delivered the flame by they want to the tower of london and handed off to british olympian kelli holmes. large number of security personnel were on hand as well. the flame will stay in the jewel house of the famous building

overnight. we're now just seven days away from the opening ceremonies here on nbc next friday night. coming up on news 4 at 11:00 we're staying on top of the tragedy in colorado with the latest developments in that case plus what police are doing to keep people safe at local movie theaters. also tonight on high alert people in the bloomingdale neighborhood in northwest d.c. hit with flooding for the third time in less than two weeks. see how they are preparing for more rain tonight. let's turn to veronica for an up where date. >> expecting scattered moderate rain, isolated heavy rain. we could see flooding in spots. it's been so wet and dreary today and more rain coming in that could lead to some flooding. we have that flash flood watch until 11:00 p.m. folks say i want to go somewhere. take a look. this is ocean city, maryland where the temperature is 75 degrees. i don't like crowds but, you know, why not head to ocean city. >> doesn't look too crowded. >> exactly.

right. that's why it's good to go. 81 the temperature for saturday. 86 degrees on sunday. sunday your better day out of the weekend but with this rain coming in tonight we could get another one plus inch of rain in some spots that get hit with those thunderstorms. >> thanks veronica. >> some years back i went up to new york city to see a friend and i will never forget that visit because of the assault on my senses particularly my nose. there had been a strike by sanitation workers there and the city stank to the high heavens. it was awful. i was away last week and part of this week and when i returned i had to hold my nose because my city stinks. there's no garbage piled up in the streets, no strike, but the odor is awful. the reference here of course is to the scandal involving the mayor, some city officials and political operatives over allegations in some cases evidence in others of corruption, political, trickery, deceit and lies. recent "the washington post" poll reveals the effect of it

all on the public consciousness. 54% who feel the mayor should resign nearly half the people saying the city is going in the wrong direction. i have a different view. take the latter one first. city is not going in the wrong direction. by almost every measure that counts this city is on a roll. some of us have been here long enough to remember when washington really was going down the tubes. that is not what's happening now. what's missing now is the kind of leadership that might otherwise be in evidence except for the paralysis caused by corruption. as for the mayor resigning absolutely not. at least not right now. this stink on the city, the mayor can clean up like that. what i would love to see the mayor do now is man up. in spite of the advice of counsel. if mr. mayor, you did not know about the shadow campaign, proclaim it now.

loudly. clearly. if you did know, proclaim it now. loudly. and clearly. in spite of the advice of counsel. in grand and glorious fashion do one final time what you've done for more than 40 years of this city and that is serve the city well the city you say and few doubt that you do truly love. [ male announcer ] where did all the obama stimulus money go? friends, donors, campaign supporters, special interest groups where did the obama stimulus money go? solyndra: 500 million taxpayer dollars. bankrupt. so where did the obama stimulus money go? windmills from china. electric cars from finland 79% of the 2.1 billion in stimulus grants awarded through it went to overseas companies. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message.