and now, from washington's leading news station, this is news 4 today. >> people running out of the theater that are shot. >> seven down in theater nine. seven down. >> i kept thinking i'm not going to die in here. me and my kids, we're not going to die in here. >> the nation rallies around a community like so many others. aurora, colorado, grieving a massacre at a midnight movie. >> what we learned about the suspected gunman, the memorials and how the shooting has impacted the entire country including the d.c. region. >> i'm angie goff. >> i'm richard jordan. it's saturday, july 21th, 2012.

the tragedy in colorado, one of the worst mass shootings in american history. hundreds gather for a candlelight vigil. 12 people were killed and 60 wounded when a graduate student dressed in combat gear opened fire early yesterday morning during a showing of the new batman movie. >> police say the suspect called himself a joker and had planned the attack for at least two months. investigators still have not gained access to the suspect's apartment. they're heading back out today to gather that evidence. >> we'll have much more on the mass shooting in colorado, but first we want to get your forecast. >> we have rain moving out of the area. chuck bell is in the weather center. >> a good saturday morning, everybody. your weekend finally here. and we're really going to be catching a break from the extreme heat we've been dealing with for most of the summer. off to a wonderful, cloudy and cool start this morning. won't be the best day outside enjoying the weather, but boy if you're going to be outside doing a little bike riding or jogging

today, sure is a nice cool change compared to the last couple of weeks. 68 right now at national airport, 63 in montgomery county. there are rain showers dotting the landscape this morning. heaviest of the showers between downtown washington and the 270 spur coming into the capital beltway there on the northwest sides of town. also a little batch of showers down towards culpepper and up 95 for the next little while. and rain showers out towards the blue ridge shenandoah valley. there's the showers this morning. more clouds than sunshine for today. i don't even know that you'll get a whole lot in the way of sunshine this afternoon. highs today probably going to stay below 80 degrees. that will be a nice change. tomorrow will be the better outdoor weather day but still not a complete dry day guarantee. >> thank you, chuck. >> and more now on the movie massacre in aurora, colorado. a candlelight vigil held last

night for the 12 victims killed. we're hearing from people who were inside when the gunfire started. leanne gregg reports. ♪ >> reporter: mourners gathered at vigils not far from the crime scene trying to make sense of one of the worst shooting rampages in u.s. history. police say 24-year-old james holmes kicked open the theater's back door, tossed in smoke devices and came in shooting. he was dressed in black wearing a gas mask and body armor, armed with an assault rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun and two glock handgun. ten were killed at the scene, two died later. steven burton is among the 58 injured. >> at the time i thought it was firework, then i got hit here and i realized it was something much more serious. and people started screaming. there was a lot of chaos. >> at that moment i just remember thinking i'm not going to die in here. me and my kids, we're not going to die in here. i need to get them out.

i need to get out. and all i could think was if i stand up, he's going to shoot because that's what he was doing. and i was just trying to think. >> reporter: a few miles away the suspect's apartment described by aurora officials as extensively booby-trapped, continue to be a focus of the investigation. with help of a robot officials are working on a plan to disarm what appears to be bottles connected with wires with possibly incendiary devices. colorado's governor is among those struggling to understand why this happened. >> the whole country recognizes that this is something that we don't accept, we can't explain at this point, but we're not going to just let it happen to us. we're going to push back. ♪ >> reporter: a community in mourning as the investigation enters another day. leanne gregg, nbc news, aurora, colorado. today police will once again try to gain access to james

holmes' apartment. holmes booby-trapped the place with trip wires to ammunition to fireworks. investigators are being cautious preserve the information inside including computer and laptops. this morning holmes' friends and neighbors are speaking out about the shooting. the 24-year-old grew up in suburban san diego california. he graduated from the university of california riverside with a degree in neuroscience in 2010. a friend described him as smart and funny. >> first i found out it was him, the first thank you i thought was expletives. oh, my god, i can't believe this happened. >> i just keep thinking what happened to a nice little boy from a nice family and it's terrible. >> the holmes family issued a statement saying, quote, our hearts go out to those who were involved in this tragedy. we are still trying to process

this information, and we appreciate that people respect our privacy, end quote. the director of the "dark knight" trilogy also spoke out. christopher nolan released a statement that said in part, quote, the movie theater is my home and the idea that someone would violate that innocent and hopeful place in such an unbearably savage way is devastating to me, end quote. and some of the country's largest theater chains are changing their security procedures. amc theaters say it will not allow customers to wear masks or bring fake weapons into the theater any more. regal cinemas is tightening their security as well. a representative said only that ticket holders should expect stricter control over character attire and accessories. montgomery and county police have dispatched extra patrols to the showings in silver spring. some moviegoers say the shootings did not affect their decision to see the film last

night but others were a little cautious. >> i don't think it's something that will happen in every movie theater. >> what are you scared of? >> just the same thing being duplicated. >> d.c. police provided extra security for moviegoers. no reported incident last night outside theaters in our area. stay with news 4 and nbcwashington for continuing coverage of the mass shooting. how the tragedy has affected politics this weekend, plus how you can help a child who is try to process something of this magnitude. that's all ahead. the colorado tragedy gave added meaning to a mass shooting drill in prince george's county. it was scheduled to take place yesterday by coincidence. officials acted out a gunman scenario at weis wise high school in upper marlboro. >> it was important on the heels of the tragedy in colorado to demonstrate to our community that we do have policies in

place. >> it included an armored vehicle, canine unit, snipers and fake victimses. how to best make officers visible in public places to help prevent shootings and ashamed that this type of training has to happen but as we saw it's needed. >> a story that we'll be following for quite some time. a day later still so shocking and very, very sad. >> it is. the time is 6:08. the warning about a suspected killer on the loose in the d.c. area. >> why you may want to hold off ordering a certain kind of seafood from the menu this weekend. you dealt with the storms. now how much is going to get added to your monthly bill. [ male announcer ] where did all the obama stimulus money go?

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prince george's county police are offering a $25,000 reward for help to catch a suspect killer. authorities are looking for rudy guerra. police believe he shot a man last week in langley park. police are warning people not to

approach him as he's considered harmed and dangerous. call drim stoppers at 866-41-tips. investigators say 60-year-old hays dennis was stabbed in the chest during a dispute at the gold star cab company on q street southwest. the company was closed at the time but mechanics and other employees often stay late. police are still looking for the attacker and a motive. maryland pepco customers will soon see a rate hike but their bills won't go up as much as expected. the maryland public service commission rejected most of the rate increase request. if the entire request was approved, customers would have seen a monthly increase of around $5.50. instead the increase will be about $2. they said that pepco did not deserve it caiting what they cal

a history of poor service. three champion style buses after a fire wednesday in silver spring. there have been at least a dozen fires on the champion buses since 2009. the company says it will run a normal schedule this weekend. a modified holiday schedule will be in place next weekend. right now the food and drug administration is warning people not to eat raw or partially cooked shellfish that come from new york's oyster bay harbor. this comes after several people got sick in several states including maryland. oysters and clams could be contaminated with bacteria that causes stomach illness. consumers should check the tags on their shellfish to identify where they were harvested. if they were harvested in the harbor on or after june 1st this year, consumers should throw the shellfish away. a worker that caused the hepatitis c outbreak worked with

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across fairfax county are upset with a change in policy that could force them to cut the number of children they care for. but county elected leader are hoping to head off a child care crisis. >> not by the hair of my -- >> chinny chin chin. >> today kathy is caring for just two children at the lucky stars preschool academy located in the lower level of her lorton home. her state license allows her to care for up to 12 children and sometime she's does with the help of an assistant. but a new state rule suddenly puts her dare care home and hundreds of others in jeopardy. that's because it now requires the providers to make sure county zoning officials are aware of the home business. and the big disconnect was discovered. while the state allows 12 kids, the county only allows 7. though a special peshlt can raise that number to ten. >> feasibly i wouldn't be able to stay open. >> she's operated her home day care center for 12 years and she

has 12 children booked for fall. including six babies. >> you get attached to these kids. just the thought of tell the parents two have to leave and choosing the two, how do you do that? >> they have eased the uproar a bit by promising a grace period. the new rule won't be enforced until possible changes can be examined. >> from my own personal point of 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. >> this mom who is hoping her son can enter lucky stars in a year says the county can't afford to lose quality home day care. >> it's not a large sort of industrial type of setting, you know, and it's where i want my kids to be when i can't be with them. >> day care providers will huddle with county officials at a town hall meeting monday. it seems pretty cool out

there, but it's coming at the expense of some storms. >> the weekend off to a little wet start. >> that's okay. >> yesterday i did my little afternoon run yesterday. just having it cloudy and cool and rainy outside, that was much faster running like a 30-something year-old person yesterday. that's a long way in my rear view mirror, too. a beautiful day to get outside. it will not be the sweat box that we've been living in here for most of the last six weeks or so. no 100-degree days in the forecast either. that's welcome news. another week with a 100-degree day in it, not a fan of tuesday at all. on your saturday morning your weekend is under way. man, is it cloudy and cool. 68 at national airport with dew points in the mid-60s. winds now out of the northeast at 10 miles per hour. that northeasterly wind will wedge that into the mid-atlantic for today.

another day the temperatures well below average. so that will be nice. 70 right now in annapolis. culpepper out towards bristow, virginia. low 60s out towards the high spots north and west of town. your saturday planner, look at these numbers, all below 80 degrees today. soggy to start the morning. plenty of clouds around. staying on the coomer side of average today. might get a tiny break of sunshine. don't count on much. headed out to the nationals game first pitch at 1:05. have the rain gear ready to go, but we're in the stable part of the cool air mass. light to moderate showers drifting by. the heaviest rain just on the north sides of the metro from the capital beltway up towards savage and jessup, maryland. a few more light showers up into frederick county, maryland. light rain out towards tom's brook and lake royal.

off to a damp start on your saturday morning. not a whole lot of other rain to really worry about. if you're getting the car packed and heading down to the beach, not best beach weekend. kind of cloudy and stormy. tomorrow passing showers. finally the warmer weather comes back early next week. for us today, a whole lot more cloud cover than rain today. but nevertheless have the umbrellas ready to go. most of that should fade away. then tomorrow with a little more moisture and warmer air coming under way. might be able to bubble up showers tomorrow in the afternoon hours tomorrow will still be the better of the two days this weekend. today then mostly cloudy, passing showers slowly tapering off by late afternoon evening timeframe. then for tomorrow a little bit more sunshine, noticeably warmer tomorrow and the risk of a chance of a thunderstorm tomorrow or evening timeframe. here's the all-important seven-day forecast. cloudy today, 79. back into the 90s for monday and

tuesday. next week looks like we'll hover around the 90-degree mark for the rest of the week. no 100s. you can follow me on twitt twitter @chuckbell4. london is preparing for top notch security at olympic park. >> britain's home secretary says the games are on track to be safe and secure. tech secretary theresa may stopped by the security hub yesterday after the private security firm admitted last week that it could not supply enough security guards. 3 3,500 troops have been sent in. the final alterations have been put in play before the olympic games. the network is massive to allow athletes and officials to get across the city in record time. they began the final stable of the network late last night.

the olympic road network is set to open tuesday. most of the olympic athletes have already arrived in london. >> but the most famous participant of the olympics made a pretty dramatic entrance into the city. the olympic torch arrived in london yesterday via helicopter. it was then rappelled down by the royal marines. the flame was eventually give on the a small torch which will stay the night in london's jewel house alongside the london jewels. >> pretty impressive. muslim olympic athletes face a dilemma. the month of ramadan began which requires muslims to fast. what should olympians do who observe the whole month, keep fasting or preserve their strength. one practicing muslim says in the end it's the individual olympians choice. >> they can talk to their doctor. fand it's bad for them to fast while they're playing, it's very

individual. i don't think it will be a problem at all. >> ramadan lasts until august 18th. that's six days after the olympics closing ceremony. for the first time ever a woman will be the head doctor for team usa. dr. cindy chang will oversee a team of trainers, physical therapists, massage therapists, chiropractors and team doctors. she worked in sports medicine for years and was the team physician at the university of berkeley. stay with news 4 and nbc 4 for all of your olympic coverage that begins with the opening ceremony just six days in london, july 27th. visit nbcolympics.com and nbcwashington.com to keep track of our local olympic athletes as they head for the gold. the legendary quarterback is now an assist incident high school football coach in

mississippi. favre will work at oak grove high school, which is near his home in hattiesburg. no word on what his role will entail but he's worked with that high school in the past. the nationals hopefully got a good night's sleep as they prepare for a double header today against the braves. washington and atlanta play their first game at 1:00, then take a short break before starting game two at 7:00 tonight. the nationals are hoping to bounce back from a devastating loss. washington was up 9-0 by the fifth, but atlanta stormed back eventually winning the game in 11 innings. for the nats, their largest blown lead in franchise history. the orioles put up a ton of runs but no letdown against the indians. the o's stomped cleveland 10-2. jim thome hit his 610th career home run. he's now seventh on the all-time

home run list. good for him. we're tracking rain in the emergency this morning. how it could impact your day. >> the tragic mass shooting in aurora, colorado. how to handle tough questions from kids. >> a big day ahead for two candidate t running for

and now, from washington's leading news station, this is news 4 today. good morning. welcome to news 4 today. i'm richard jordan. >> i'm angie goff. it is saturday july 21st, 2012. >> continuing coverage of the tragedy in colorado. here is the latest now. hundreds gathered for a candlelight memorial to remember the victims of the movie massacre. 12 people were kill and 60 wounded when a graduate student dressed in combat gear opened fire yesterday morning during the showing of the new batman movie. >> police say the suspect called himself the joker and had planned the attack for two months.

investigators have still not gained access to the suspect's apartment. they're heading back out there today to gather that evidence. >> first we want to get you your forecast. >> we're waking up to wet roads this morning. how long will that rain stick around? check in with chuck. >> it will be wet around for most of us through at least lunchtime today. then i think the showers will start to taper off just a little bit by the second half of your afternoon. it will not be a washout of a saturday but an awful lot more cloud cover than sunshine today with showers to get your weekend morning started at least. 68 now in washington. 64 for leesburg and ashburn, manassas and bristow. waldorf and la plate ta 68. there you can see on storm 4 radar, light to moderate rain showers on the northeast side of the capital beltway. route 1 all the way over to route 50 out towards the bay bridge. light rain showers towards

culpepper. quantico and the marine base there and light rain showers out towards the blue ridge and along interstate 81. none of this is all that heavy but it will keep a cloudy and damp start to your weekend. highs today probably will stay below 80. that's a nice change of pace from where we were this summer. tomorrow will be a better day. it will be warmer, too. holding in the upper 70s. with the extra heating, we'll have the chance for some later in the afternoon showers on your sunday. a little bit of everything for your weekend. better weather tomorrow but needed showers today. the latest on the movie massacre in aurora colorado. >> a vigil was held for the 12 killed. >> we're learning more about suspected gunman james holmes. >> people rubbing out of the theater that are shot. >> reporter: we're learning more tonight about the firestorm

unleashed inside this colorado movie theater. >> it's an act that defies jipgs. >> reporter: police say 23-year-old james holmes was dressed in full body armor and wearing a gas mask when he burst through an exit door during the premiere of the movie "the dark knight," first tossing two smoke canisters, then opening fire. >> he was going up the stairs and shooting everybody just at random. he didn't have an agenda except to kill people. >> reporter: he had weapons purchased in the last 60 days and that through the internet he had ordered more than 6,000 rounds of ammunition. >> he could have gotten off 60 rounds even if it was semiautomatic within one minute. as far as we know it was a pretty rapid pace of fire in that theater. >> reporter: chaos erupted with that gunfire. victims scattered across the theater, others scrambling to try to escape. a horrific scene that rattled

even soend officers. >> our cops went through a lot. as i told you this morning, they rushed people out of that theater into police cars. >> reporter: when it was over, 12 people were dead. 58 injured. >> he was just like unloading into the crowd. it seemed to me to be very purposeful and methodical. >> reporter: holmes was captured behind the theater and apparently surrendered without putting aup fight. his hair was dyed bright orange and he told officer he was joker from the batman series. bomb squads are still at his residence tonight. >> it's a very vexing problem how to enter the apartment safely. i've never seen anything like the pictures shois. >> reporter: many in this community say they've seen anything like the horror that

unfolded here. jay gray, colorado. in addition to the 12 killed more than 50 people went to the hospital with various injuries. one of those victims is marcus weaver a virginia beach native, who now lives in colorado. he spoke to our affiliate wavy tv about what he snau the theater. >> you could hear the ricocheting off the seats, people screaming. it was utter chaos. when i was jumping over the seats to get to the exit there were people tram bell p elling over people lying on the ground. the most horrific scene i've ever seen. when i went outside, everyone was saying, hey, your shirt's bleeding. and i had a gunshot wound to my right shoulder. >> weaver is still recovering in the hospital. he said he's thankful he's alive and is praying for all the other victims. it sends shock waves through

the country as movie theaters prepare for one of the biggest weekends of the year. he and moviegoers say while the shooting is terrible, it shouldn't stop people from going to enjoy the movies. >> unfortunately. i think it's isolated. i don't think it's something that should change the movie theater industry as a practice. >> i did do a double take of should we be doing this, but i didn't want to alarm my kids and say too much. and just hope that nobody would do this again. >> movie theater managers say this is likely to be the biggest release of 2012. police say there are no similar threats to theaters in this area. parents are looking for advice on how to explain the tragedy to their children. dr. cindy mcdonald says that children should sit down with

their children to discuss the shooting. important to be honest and direct with kids while sharing age appropriate information. >> i don't believe in sugarcoating it. kids will overhear things the and fill in the blanks with the information they're looking for. >> she also suggests is when your kids are ready to go to the theater, parents should consider tagging along. president obama has ordered the american flag to be flown at half-staff out of respect for the victims in colorado. the flag will remain at half-staff until wednesday night. he and mitt romney have taken their campaign ads off the air in colorado for the time being. the campaign canceled multiple events. romney is still planning to head overseas next week. a planned trip to england, israel and poland. the battle for virginia's senate seat isn't slowing down. later this morning george allen

and tim kainewill square off in their official debate. candy crowley will moderate that debate. the latest polls show -- that came out thursday shows allen leading by two points but within the poll's margin of error. >> a redistricting map will go before voters in november. opponents gathered 59 thises this signatures. critics say the map approved by the democratically controlled general assembly amounts to gerrymandering. >> we're moving right along. make room on the roads. the event bringing 20 thises this people this weekend. gas pries are going up. what's causing this pain at the

expect delay on all five metro lines this weekend as crews will be working on projects. on the red line, the medical center and bethesda station are closed for structural repairs. the trains will travel through those stations but they continue won't stop. on the blue line at springfield. on the orange line single tracking between east and west falls church. greenline trains will single track between totten and prince george's plaza. riders can use the green line to complete their trip. everything should be back to normal for the monday morning commute. the recent drought that swept across the country could cause you a little more pain at the pump. the drought is damaging the corn crop which may force gas prices to go up. already the national average has jumped seven cents in just a week. now at $3.46.

virginia is the lowest in our area. drivers are paying about $3.30 right now, up six cents from a week ago. maryland's prices have jumped three cents in a week. and west virginia drivers, you're paying eight cents more than a week ago. at $3.49 a gallon. eat local week is having a farm party today. the 1300 block of b street northwest. the party includes 40 vendors, 20 chef demm onstrations and 4 bands. >> if it has anything to do with food, i like it. >> the "today" show is up next. they'll be covering the latest on that tragedy in colorado. >> actually we'll have ann curry and savannah guthrie co-anchoring from the scene there. but jenna wolf is joining us from new york with the latest.

>> coming up on a saturday morning on "today," we are live in colorado with the latest on the deadly movie theater shooting. police try to make it inside the suspect's booby-trapped apartment later today. who is he and how did he get into a movie theater so heavily armed? we're also going to remember the victims whose lives were cut short. we'll talk to an e.r. doctor who helped the victims both in this tragic shooting and following the columbine high school shooting as well. all that as we get started on a saturday morning here on "today." thousands of people are arriving in d.c. today for the international aids conference. organizers are expecting 20,000 delegates from around the world to attend the six-day event at the convention center. this year the program will present the latest medical research and the major issues facing the global response to hiv. today hundreds will take part in the keep the promise on hiv/aids

march about that starts at 2:40. >> the time right now is 6:44. we're feeling already a little wet out there today. >> but i'm liking the cooldown that we're feeling. for events like the aids event they're wondering are there going to be clear skies? >> there will not be for better or worse. we desperately need every little drop of moisture. we can't complain a whole heck of a lot. hey america, even though

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a little wet out there today. you might have to bring your umbrella along. people have trouble with their umbrellas. >> i had a little trouble. i sent you a picture. it blew inside out on the way in today. what's up with that breeze? >> you need to pay more than 50 cents for an umbrella. >> it's heavy duty. i posted it on facebook. >> you should tweet it out to your followers. >> it is tweeted out already. you will see it's heavy duty. >> am i not on your twitter?

am i not following you? how could i not notice? >> you'll be the only one if you're not. >> if you're having is umbrella issues this morning, you may want to figure out a new way to get your umbrella fixed. maybe that's the kids' project for this morning. young man, get in the garage, i want that umbrella working perfectly. a rainy start to our saturday morning. this is not what you're doing, but the perfect morning for sleeping in. not even 7:00 but you're up watching the news. your sleep-in factor may be washing away quickly here. moderate rain showers in prince george's county. nice and cool. temperatures below 70 in nearly every neighborhood this morning. your saturday planner, temperatures staying in the upper 70s to about 80 today. plenty of clouds around. a cool, cloudy, damp day today. if you're headed down to the

nationals and the braves, they'll try to play the doubleheader with the first pitch at 1:05. i do think they'll get the games in, but you may va little hit or miss rain delay from time to time. a batch of showers headed up to portions of prince george's county. out towards the bay bridge. light rain college park and silver spring down towards keter ling and oxen hill. rain easing up a bit. light showers getting ready to move into quantico, virginia. but there's not a whole lot left back stream of us. that will be here for today and that's going to be the focusing system for showers. if you're making the drive out, your weekend at the beach. today the drive to the beach. but not be on the beach. better weather by monday. so today the saturday showers in

and around from mostly the front half of the day, i think rain will start to end a little bit by this afternoon into this evening. overnight mainly cloudy skies but damp. can't rule out a drizzle. with the weather front washing out to our south, we'll get breaks of sunshine. tomorrow will be warmer. but with the sunshine, we bubble up a chance for showers later on tomorrow. so here's your forecast then. today more clouds than anything. passing showers gradually ending by later in the day. but off and on rain chances around for much of your saturday. today's highs staying below 80. tomorrow back up in the 80s. we might bubble up a few afternoon or evening thundershowers tomorrow, not looking for any severe weather. here is your extended forecast. 79 today, 86 tomorrow. then as we get into monday and tuesday, heat chances. some of those storms could be on the rambunctious side. then hovering around 90 for

daytime highs around the second half of next week. that's definitely not so bad for a summer where you've had seven days, 100 or higher. that ties us for second place for most 100s in a year. the record 1930 -- 11. i don't know if we can get to 11, but we already suffered through 7 sh so we might as well shoot for it. >> not the record you like to break. >> people are making fun of me on twitter for my cheap umbrella. >> i'm just saying. >> everyone pitch in and help her out. >> i have a nickel somewhere. >> i was embarrassed at the guy ♪

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two endangered cuban crocodiles have hatched at the national zoo. the births are very rare.

scientists believe there are fewer than 6,000 cuban krobs remaining in the wild. there have only been a handful of hatchings in florida and kentucky zoos. these are the first cuban been crocs to hatch at the zoo in nearly 25 years. i didn't know there were cuban crocs. my cuban grandmother didn't mention that to me. >> how cuban are you? >> i thought i was. >> authenticity check. >> getting enough exercise is very important and especially integral for children with special needs. >> this morning we check out a gym that's helping these kids not only learn to work out but to have fun at the same time. we asked them what's your workout? >> i told you you could do it. >> we deal with kids that are autistic, kids with cerebral palsy. what we're trying to do is help these kids work on certain motor

skills. >> great catch. >> we're able to take certain exercises that they need to be working on or certain areas that they need to be working on, and we twist it in a way that now they think it's fun to do. every tower has three levels of lights. each level now the person has to, from an auditory standpoint process where is that sunday coming from. >> that's it. great job. >> it works from quick reaction and coordination. >> up, good, good. >> we have a machine that basically what you do, a light comes on, then you have to jump up and jump down. we're working with their muscles and their legs. we also have a laser maze. what's beautiful about that is many times people assume that that looks like a fun game. it's actually not. what it does is allows you to understand where is your body now in space.

>> when he came here he was pretty much walking with a walker, so i put him in a wheelchair. and he is walking now. i mean, they have him using his arms and they have him moving. so they work on strengthening him and balance. jason with the autism, it's a different -- they have to work with him on communication. they do this crazy stuff that is awesome. >> beckett has a rare form of epilepsy that early on everyone thought he was on the autism spectrum. this place has really turned around for beckett. he has friends. he's gained physical athletic confidence, and this is like a sanctuary where a kid can be a kid. >> fitness for health can be pricey and insurance usually doesn't cover the cost. individual sessions cost $110 for 50 minutes. >> need a tranquil athletic start to your weekend, may i

suggest yoga in georgetown. the rit carlton's urban garden. it takes place every saturday morning. in partnership with lulu lemon athletic ka. not only is this morning session free, but it lets you escape the busy life of the city. >> it's just nice to connect outdoors, and it's in the middle of georgetown, but you forget about it when you're in class. it's a really neat feeling at the end when you realize, wow, i'm in the center of this bustling city on the weekend yet i'm totally relaxed. >> we'll have much more on this yoga class coming up next week on the nonstop see in d.c. 460 on verizon fios, 803 on cox, and if it's too hot they move it on in. >>