the tragedy in colorado heads into a new phase after police get inside suspected gunman's apartment. >> now investigators begin searching the place and president obama leads the effor to help the country heal following the movie theater massacre. good morning. i'm richard jordan. >> i'm angie goff. it's sunday, july 22, 2012. >> new details today. evidence collected from the apartment of the suspected gunman is now headed to northern virginia. >> it will be analyzed at the fbi crime lab in quantico. we also expect to hear more from president obama. >> we're going to have all that ahead, but first the weather.

we should see a brighter day after a pretty soggy start to the weekend. >> chuck bell joins us in the storm 4's weather center with more. >> chuck? >> hey, there, richard and angie, good morning to both of you. good morning, everybody. yesterday, socked in with the clouds and the rain drops and the honestly i did not hear a single complaint. even on twitter yesterday. people who may have wanted a little sunshine for better weather outdoors, still took the cloudy, cool break from the heat. i think everybody enjoyed it. i know i did. it was a perfect day for book reading and napping yesterday. we're off to the same sort of start this morning. plenty of clouds outside early this morning, but most of the drizzly drops from yesterday are a thing of the past. i don't think we need to worry about precipitation today. temperatures are where they were for most of day yesterday, in the upper 60s to around 70 degrees. storm 4 radar shows a few spritzes towards hagerstown, maryland, and down into north carolina. not really look for anywhere near as much rainfall threat

today. cloudy and cool through the morning hours. breaks of sunshine returning by a little afternoon time. i think after 1:00 or 2:00, clearing skies after that. overnight tonight. highs today upper 70s to near 80 degrees. tomorrow, more sunshine leads to much warmer weather. highs up into the 90s tomorrow and this may lead to some thunderstorms on your monday afternoon. we'll give you the rather warm seven-day forecast coming up. >> sounds good, thanks. this morning, we know more about those killed in colorado and the support for the vick imthes overwhelming. we also know today that president obama plans to head over to aurora, colorado. jay gray with a look at the day ahead. >> reporter: president obama will travel to colorado later today to visit with the families of the victims of the massacre and this evening there will be a citywide memorial service as the

stack of flowers and candles outside the theater continues to grow. among the dead, alex sullivan who is celebrating his 27th birthday at the movie. today, would have been his first wedding anniversary. jessica ghawi, a.j. boik, and a college student and alex teves was in grad school. two military officers were killed. >> he was a valued member of our navy team. in an extremely dedicated sailor. >> 51-year-old gordon cowden was the oldest victim. 6-year-old veronica moser the youngest. her mother is paralyzed with gunshot wounds to the abdomen. 26 victims are in the area hospitals and nine still in critical condition dealing with the pain of their wounds and the emotional scars which could take even longer to heal.

>> i just don't -- i don't understand it. >> reporter: police and federal agents are trying to understand as much as they can about the killing spree. detonating a bunch of bombs pulled from holmes' apartment. searching for any clue that may help them figure out how and why it happened. jay gray, nbc news, colorado. police may let the people evacuated from holmes' apartment building back inside today. a bomb team successfully executed what they are calling a controlled detonation of a triggering device. they also found dozens of fireworks inside that apartment. the apartment was rigged to explode when anyone opened the door. holmes started playing loud music right before he left for the music theater and a neighbor said she knocked on his door to complain. >> i definitely feel very lucky

that i had an instinct or an impulse not to open that door. and it's very scary how close i came to doing that. >> this apartment was designed i say based on everything i have seen to kill whoever entered it. >> police took all the hazardous materials from the apartment to an undisclosed location where they were detonated. >> right now, james holmes is being held in solitary confinement for his own protection. he is awaiting his first court appearance happening tomorrow. meanwhile, investigators try to figure out what made the 24-year-old scholar go on a ram pain. holmes was a ph.d. candidate at the university of colorado. school officials say he made a presentation in play about the biological basis for psychiatric and neurological disorders. a mishap last night at the preparty for the teen choice awards triggered fears of the movie theater shooting. 400 people packed the avalon hollywood club to see midnight red when thick smoke appeared.

many people at the party panicked, thinking it was some sort of tear gas like used in colorado. it was not the case at all. a fog machine malfunctioned, making it difficult for partygoers to see and breathe. six people were taken to the hospital and firefighters cancelled that concert. d.c., maryland and virginia police added patrols since the shooting in colorado at movie theaters. despite the increased security, we found long lines of people waiting to see "the dark knight rises." police remind moviegoers to stay vigilant and report any suspicious activities. tomorrow, the movie studios will release the box office numbers that's day later than usual. warner brothers decided to delay it in respect for the families in colorado. other studios decide to do the same thing and show -- in a show of solidarity. insiders with access to the numbers say "the dark knight rises" grossed more than $75 million on friday and is still on track for $165 million

opening weekend. in our next half hour, items bought by the suspected gunman in the weeks before the mass shooting in colorado and plus, much more on the investigation and victims can be found on our website, nbcwashington.com. thousands are expected to rally and march to keep the promise on hiv/aids. participants will gather at 2 o:00 this afternoon at the washington monument. and there will be an opening ceremony at the washington convention center. ♪ the united nations kicked off a new effort to educate young people in the fight against aids. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius attended the launch at 16th street in northwest washington. >> they sure pay attention to music. they love art. so the combination of art and music and athletes to bring a message to kids makes perfectly good sense. gets their attention and also

gives them some tools so they can become student leaders. >> sebelius says athletes from local universities will visit middle schools to share information with younger students there. >> nice to see they had clear skies out there. >> for a little while, at least. didn't last too long. >> let's see if things change. but next, the change of plans for nasa this morning. >> and we'll have some key issues brought out in first debate as two former governors face off in a race for senate. cloudy morning, but don't [ male announcer ] where did all the obama stimulus money go?

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those in the chesapeake bay region should be able to see the launch. we know there has been some quite a bit of rain. >> yeah. >> at least it feels like it. >> you called this yesterday. >> what do you mean? >> you said there could be a weather -- we don't know if it will get off. >> with the launch, right. >> he's got the inside scoop with nasa. >> it will rain. they always hold back. >> before you set a multimillion dollar rocket into fire, you want to make sure you have a nice, clear sky overhead. sometimes the first thousand feet are the hardest to get through. its important to -- it's important to have good weather for the launches. today, not a whole lot better. maybe better luck tomorrow. our weather is improving over next 24 hours. that is, as long as you find 90-degree weather better than 70-degree weather in july. outside this morning, plenty of cloud cover still remains across the area. one or two breaks of sunshine might peek out this morning. but i think most of us if not all of us will have to wait until lunch time or later before we start to see a whole lot in the way of sunshine.

a lot of low-level moisture around the area first thing this morning. still feels awfully nice. another perfect morning for the long bike ride or run first thing. 70 degrees right now with cloudy skies. nothing blowing out there as far as the wind is concerned. 88% relative humidity. set another temperature record in the month of july yesterday. yesterday was our seventh temperature record for the month. most of them of course have been record highs. and record high minimums. yesterday was our coolest high temperature ever recorded on july 21st. the old record, 74 set back in 1984. so 71 yesterday, the coolest july 21st we have had on record around here. it tied for the coolest day of the entire summer. temperatures upper 60s and low 70s first thing this morning. gradually the cloud cover will wear away and allow for breaks of sunshine. temperatures back up into the low 70s and ten degrees cooler than average, but noticeably

more warmer. first pitch at nationals ballpark today, 1:35 this afternoon. sunshine returning. first pitch temperature right around 80 degrees. perfect weather for baseball. you won't even be hot sitting out in the outer stands. so there you have it on storm 4 radar this morning. not a lot of rain left. the heavier thunderstorms down across north carolina will not be bothering us. nothing coming at us from upstream. i think we'll have a precipitation free day. albeit a cloudy start this morning. clouds will give way to the sunshine by later on this afternoon into this evening. overnight, fair skies out there. no major complaints. then tomorrow, much warmer. back up into the 90s for host tomorrow. thunderstorms becoming more and more likely. headed on to the beaches, a cloudy day today. turning warm and hot. for us today, cloudy to start. but sunshine returning this afternoon. warmer than yesterday by about eight or ten degrees. for back to work day tomorrow,

oh, is it going to be hot again. much warmer. highs upper 80s and low 90s. today's the last did below 90 for a while. at least we're still talking lower 90s. and just like i said last week, doesn't look like we'll have 100s. but we had 97s and 98 posted then. >> you were close. very close. all right. rising star bryce harper proved he could put mind over matter even after an ankle injury. >> and we have the nats highlights and a whole lot more in this morning's sports minute. >> good morning. i'm jill sorensen, your sports minute begins with baseball. nationals and braves doubleheader will start with the nightcap. in his season debut, starter john lannan tosses seven innings and giving up two runs. and bernadina, he was 5 for 7 in

the two games. nats win 5-2. game 1 of the doubleheader, first inning, bryce harper fouls a ball off his ankle. he'd exit the game in the third. no break, just a bruise. he would not start, but come in as a pinch hitter in the second game and the nats get shut out for the second time this season. on the pitch, d.c. united visiting columbus. 46th minute, arrieta finds chris berchal. united falls 1-0. they have lost three straight on the road. that's your sports minute. i'm jill sorensen and have a great day. >> thanks, jill. next up is reporters notebook, a look at stories affecting our community. >> we'll be back in 15 minutes with your top stories. good morning. welcome to reporters notebook. we have a lot to get to this morning. let's start off in d.c. and the scandal swirling around mayor gray. this new survey that came out in "the washington post," front page last week, saying that 54%

say that he should resign. 37% say he should not. those numbers surprise you? >> i think a lot of people in town might not be surprised. other people might be a little angered. they might wonder who took -- where was the poll taken? how was the question posed? was it equally distributed in all parts of the town? i think gray's supporters would wonder about this. but the fact remains there is a poll. it has results in it that aren't good for the mayor. and the mayor -- and people close to him are saying and other people are saying, he hasn't said the right things. he's not saying the right things in response to that reassures him. everybody is innocent until proven guilty. but he's not saying things specifically like i am not guilty. he is saying things now that we have this investigation on, i can't comment further. i'm sorry. he's also implied and has said

on other occasions he did not take part in any particular wrongdoing. he's made clear he has no part of that. but i hate to say it, it's like the days of richard nixon, things are growing and growing and drip by drip events and news occurrences take place that make people wonder about the mayor. >> in a way, that's like daaiej vu. it's like the watergate days and we have a bulletin, the president is going to resign. you know, this is unfortunate. a lot of people in town like vince gray go back to what the council woman said from district 3 said last week, he's a good man. >> she endorsed him. >> she endorsed. but we have legalities we are concerned about. i'm shocked that 54% of people would say this. i would like to know where "the washington post" did its poll and who did they poll?

>> and they say 48% of african-americans say he should resign. >> exactly. >> that was one of the figures that they gave out. >> but, you know, i think we have to be careful and the reason i say that is that if the poll had gone the other way, reverse it, would we be arguing or saying up here, oh, it was a good poll? again, you know, you have to be careful when you do that. but you have to understand one thing. it's not just who did you poll, but it's often when did you poll. >> certainly. >> now, if you poll immediately after three council members say you ought to resign -- >> right. >> you've got columnists and you read "the washington post" and how many columnists have come to his defense, but have said instead you ought to resign, sometimes you can influence the outcome of -- an outcome of a poll. >> a poll is a snapshot of time in what people are thinking.

we have to remember that too. >> let's talk about on that flip side, two prominent ministers held a small rally, a few dozen people came out, saying due process needs to take place. let's hold on. there needs to be courtesy and respect. no charges have been filed and joe, you were talking before the program that nothing would happen unless if charges were to be filed. >> well, i think the point -- yeah. i think the point i was making and i made it last week is that politically, if i were mayor and these -- this was swirling around me, i would not resign until -- because there have been no charges. i mean, we don't know what the prosecutor is going to come up with. let's say he comes up with a misdemeanor. then he is resigned, what do you do if there aren't any charges or if the charges aren't -- say they're misdemeanor. now, you don't get the job back. i'll be honest with you. i think a couple of these

council members have their eyes on that mayoral race and this is political grand standing. >> sure. >> you know, do a poll on that and see what the results are. so, you know, let's wait, but i agree with dave. the problem is, boy, to be in gray's position. you have a great lawyer who's a fixer, not a -- you know, and is telling you don't say anything. >> right. >> you're being beaten up -- he's caught. he's caught. what are you going to do? >> people have said forget the lawyer. tell it like it is and we'll take it from there. >> i think reverend willie wilson, a long time activist in this city along with reverend hagler, a strong activist, i think they took the right path. they said, hey, cool off. let's wait and see. let the man have a fair justice. >> do you know who else took this position, johnnie barnes of the aclu. and it was interesting, he issued a statement that didn't

get a lot of news coverage, but i did get a copy of it where he said immediately, wait a minute, you know, give the man the respect of at least being innocent until proven guilty. >> going back to the d.c. council, ward 2, jack evans last week also said let there be due process. >> and there was an article last week too. an editorial saying who would replace -- is there anyone in the wings who is ready to go in there and become mayor day one? >> well, all the people running for -- are making noises. they clearly they can. you have seen several council members ginning up the process and making it. but the question is who on the council could do it, an independent citizen who has never been in politics who wants to come in with a broom. >> you're using the word due process that's where due process really comes in. right now, i don't know -- people don't know of a

personality or anybody. phil mendalson will be the interim. but who will get that highlight, that spotlight as the mayor? that's a good question. >> yeah, i think the bigger question is who wants it? i mean, who wants to go -- all of this -- who wants -- >> there's a target on their back. >> well, i think mario bowser and -- >> let's stay in the city. we have one minute left in the segment. parking meters about to take a big hike based on demand. one neighborhood in particular, $8 an hour, is that what we're hearing? >> that's what we're hearing. people say you can spend less and park in the parking lot. they clearly -- this is a revenue raiser. they think they can get it. the people who want to see the nats are able to pay the bucks. and the nightclub rows, things

like that. but the question people look at their wallets do i have -- can i really afford to pay those prices? and see the nats or go to a night club? >> well, i think they're making it hard for the district of columbia. nothing wrong with bicycle lanes but the way it was done, a lot of drivers are complaining because a lot of bicycle -- we have seen a lot of bicycles in this town. in addition to that, the fact is that it's what, 25 cents for eight minutes right now on the average meter. that's a lot of money for a lot of people. for people who have to go downtown to shop or people who have to go to church or go to school. so i think that the city -- i wish the city -- i havays said this, jim, and everybody else. i wish the city would do what they do in silver spring. in montgomery county. build a parking lot downtown and go at it that way. let people have a central parking lot like they do in montgomery county. >> well, again, the purpose of

parking meters really is to move traffic. >> right. >> a lot of merchants are the ones -- because it moves traffic. it moves the traffic, it moves the parking. it keeps business rolling. i agree with dave. this is nothing more than a tax, a fee, a revenue gaining process. i think it's wrong and by the way, everybody, it's coming to a neighborhood -- your neighborhood. it's gonna come to adams morgan. it's going to come to columbia heights, it's coming to a neighborhood near you. >> the whole thing about transportation in d.c., vehicles are not popular because look what's happening to the taxi cabs. they're complaining because the rates are gonna go up. now we talk about parking rates going up. the best thing is to be a good walker. >> there's always metro. we can spend an hour on that. let's take a quick break. >> got a bicycle. >> well, that's another show.

that's another show too. bring your helmet. a lot more to get to. stick around.

welcome back to reporters notebook. let's move into maryland and talk about the issue of gambling. the governor and house speaker allocating gambling revenue to make up for what would happen should casino go into prince georges county, help out anne arundel and what do you think of moving some of the revenue toward them? >> well, there's always criticism -- ads are running about the special session and challenging governor o'malley for raising taxes in one session and now here you're taking the revenues and trying to spread it around so you can have prince georges county and later something in baltimore and anne arundel county when we have more

gambling emporiums already. and we don't have to go there. >> well, it's a very popular place to have a gambling casino. let's face it, it's close to washington, d.c., tourists. the fact is that governor o'malley had this meeting along with the house speaker, but also he included the baltimore mayerio. because their concern is that baltimore and anne arundel casinos won't suffer because of the casino going into national harbor, so bush came up with a good idea. i mean, that's not my opinion, but he came up with an idea. let's have a pool, because the casinos of all three put into this pool and the monies will be split evenly and will be full revenue going to each entity. such as baltimore and anne arundel county and national harbor. where it goes from here, we don't know. >> good luck.

not a casino owner in america that would go along with a plan like that. it would take a state legislator to come up with something like that. i end my comment there. good luck. >> this is an idea. >> come on. >> details -- well, already from what joe has said, details may not well be appetizing to any of the people. so you know, that's an attempt to water this thing over, paper this thing over. but it may not get far. >> before we go, we're remembering a man 40 years at "the washington post" who made us wiser. william raspberry passed away this week. he wrote about the problems facing ordinary people. and he was read all over the country. 200 papers syndicated in the end. your reflections, joe? >> william raspberry wrote three articles about me. i should say -- >> really? >> all three of them got me -- got me in trouble. >> no. >> no, really, first one was,

well, i wanted the naacp to have a straw vote i think during the reagan years. he said great idea. so the folks at the naacp jumped on me like crazy. the second one was the iran/contra crack cocaine controversy. and he said we were making stone soup, i had to go out and find out what stone soup was. but he was a friend. you couldn't be mad at him. he had this look and this smile that he said, all right. so make your argument. and he -- and the third thing i remember, he invited me to lecture his journalism class in -- at duke. he taught. -- you know, the one thing we forget about him, he was a teacher. >> oh, yeah. >> he really was a teacher. he had moved to mississippi to do work down there. back to his home. but i would say this finally, i hope this is also a lesson that

men should get checked for prostate cancer. >> yeah. >> because it was sad that we would lose him to that disease. >> your reflections? >> bill raspberry, outside of being the journalist, the profession, i can remember him on the 16th street bus every morning when he was going to "the washington post." that's how he went to work. i used to get on the bus also at 16th street. and i remember his always asking me, have you joined the fox trap? the fox trap was the social club that all young professionals whoever thought they were somebody in d.c. went to do the discotheque. and bill raspberry would always ask me that question, have you become a member of the fox trap yet? no, bill, i have not. that's what i always remember, besides the fact i did radio interviews with him. >> i did interact with him as a broadcaster, as a journalist. the amazing thing to him, he had the wonderful art of gentle persuasion. as a consummate craftsman

writing a great column. i put down his column, i hadn't thought enough about this, i haven't done enough about this, thank you, bill, for reminding me. >> he made us all think. thank you for sharing your memories. thank you for having us in. enjoy the rest of your weekend, everybody. we'll be back on viewpoint. now back to news4 today. new developments in the mass shooting that killed 12 people in colorado and the president heads to the crime scene today. and evidence points to what else the suspected gunman had planned. good morning. welcome to news4 today. i'm andy goff. >> i'm richard jordan. we are keeping a close eye on what's developing this morning in colorado, but we want to let you know what's happening here first. >> we want to begin with the

weather because everybody is asking, are these gray skies gone? here to answer that question, meteorologist chuck bell. >> hey, angie and richard. good sunday morning, everybody. you're up early, 6:33 in the morning right now. thers still plenty of clouds outside early on your sunday. these clouds will be with us for much if not all of the morning hours. a little brightening in the northern sky right now. that is generally speaking a good sign. temperatures right now are in the upper 60s to around 70 degrees. no real organized heavy rain showers showing up on storm 4 radar. i can't rule out a morning sprinkle or two. the heavier, steadier showers are way down to the south. not looking for much if anything in the way of the heavy rain chance for today. cloudy and cool through this morning, but maybe a patch or two of drizzle here. breaks of sunshine should start to appear. not long after lunch time. highs up to 80 degrees. you can see on the bottom of the picture, that's the river fog

hanging over the potomac river. a very pretty shot. on the whole, it will be a warmer day than yesterday. but not a lot of sun. the latest on the tragedy in colorado. president obama will travel to aurora today to visit with the families of the victims of the massacre. later today, thousands of people inud cl including the governor of colorado will attend a memorial service. the people evacuated from the suspect's apartment building may be able to get back in the apartment building. 26 people are still in the hospital, nine in critical condition. >> darcy spencer has more on some of the victims who gave their lives to protect their loved ones. >> reporter: these are some of the faces of those killed in the colorado massacre. aspiring sportscaster jessica ghawi. micayla medek, alex tef es, a.j.

boik, and alex sullivan who died celebrating his 27th birthday, and navy petty officer third class john larimer. >> i'm deeply saddened by the loss of larimer. he was a valued member of our navy team. and an extremely dedicated sailor. >> reporter: there were at least two couples torn apart by the tragedy. matt quinn died while shielding his girlfriend from the gunman's bullets. >> they're just really devoted to each other. they had the sparkle of love in their eyes when they looked at each over. >> jensen young said her boyfriend protected her from james holms' rampage. block counted among the dead. >> he saved me and he gave me the opportunity to live. he would have done it for anyone that day. you know, the nearest person sitting next to him, he would have been like this person needs my help now. >> reporter: then the youngest murder victim, veronica moser, 6

years old. her mother is clinging to life. she is paralyzed. >> and now when nobody can tell her her daughter is dead, that's all she's asking about right now. her whole life has changed in a flash for what? >> reporter: and there are the survivors still in the hospital with bullet wounds, recovering from a nightmare, trying to understand why they lived while so many did not. >> he was standing above me, i could feel his presence right above me. i stayed as still as i possibly could. i just had my eyes closed the whole time. >> the thought crossed my mind that he was going to walk up the aisles and, you know, kill everyone. and so there was definitely a moment when, you know, i thought, wow, this might be the end. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news4 today. police say the suspected gunman, james holmes, had been planning the attack for at least two months. a sales receipt indicates he bought some tactical gear online

from the missouri based company. the cat 5 company sells knives, vests and holsters and he purchased about $300 worth of gear in early july. police say he bought a scope at a gun store in colorado three weeks ago. >> i just had a weird feeling that he was just -- that guy shouldn't be buying that type of gun. you just had kind of a -- he had a weird aura about him, i guess. >> holmes will make his first court appearance tomorrow. the president called the shooting a senseless act of violence that can be difficult to understand. >> the federal government stands ready do everything necessary to bring whoever is responsible for this heinous crime to justice. we'll take every step possible to ensure the safety of all our people. and we will stand by our neighbors in colorado during this extraordinarily difficult time. >> stay with news4 for continuing coverage of the tragedy in colorado.

we'll have much more about the investigation and the victims here later this morning. you can get some information and the latest developments at nbcwashington.com. in other news, in the week ahead the department of transportation will announce major funding for hundreds of projects across the country. transportation secretary ray lahood will make the announcement tomorrow. they're giving the district and prince georges county $10 million for the bicycle and pedestrian project. republican presidential candidate mitt romney will leave for his first overseas trip since clinching his party's nominati nomination. he'll visit the united kingdom, israel and poland. romney will not explicitly president obama's foreign policy while abroad, however, he plans to raise money from u.s. citizens while traveling. he will attend the opening ceremony of the olympic games in london. democrat tim kaine and his challenger republican george allen opened the fall debate season in virginia's senate race

with a dispute over tax and spend policy. in first match-up since allen won it last month, they disagreed on tax cuts and the health care reform law. >> i do want to be the deciding vote to repeal this -- this health care tax law. tim kaine thinks it's a great achievement. >> i'll fight to make it better. bush tax cuts expire over $500,000. it will produce definitely it is reduction of $600 billion over the next ten years. >> those tax cuts that we have passed helped spur economic growth. raising taxes will only create more job losses. >> polls show this race may be one of the tightest if not the tightest in the nation. and the tragedy colorado set off a discussion about gun control in this country. >> next how politicians in particular are weighing in on the issue as "meet the press" moderator david gregory joins [ male announcer ] where did all the obama stimulus money go?

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the tragedy in colorado has re-energized a debate over gun control in this country. >> new york mayor michael bloomberg called for a stance on the issue from president obama and mitt romney. >> this is a real problem. no matter where you stand on the second amendment, no matter where you stand on guns, we have a right to hear from both of them concretely, not just in general, specifically what are they going to do about guns? >> "meet the press" moderator david gregory is talking more about that. do you think this is going to ab big campaign issue? >> i don't. we have seen the tragedies don't necessarily change the gun debate in the country which at least for a dozen years has been dormant. neither side wants to engage in it. gun rights advocates are very organized and democrats who had,

you know, fought for more gun control over the years have really shied away from the issue. the public is just really split on this and there seems to be a certain acceptance that additional gun control is not a fight that's worth really waging at this point. i think there are -- you hear mayor bloomberg, independent big city mayor, other police chiefs and so forth who -- and in this case, what we know so far about the suspect is that he purchased everything legally. >> and, you know, emotions are still very raw for so many people and people are going to the politicians to say what can be done to protect americans? you don't see this as being a campaign issue, but where does the conversation go from here? do you think it will fizzle off? >> i think there's an attempt -- it's something we want to do on the program morning, to take the

bigger lessons from this. these are soft targets. places like a movie theater or a school. you presume you're safe. when something like this happens and you start to think about what do we do about these kind of threats, can we better identify them? can we do something to identify and stop the shooters like this of the world? and, you know, it's just a very difficult thing to do because the more isolated these people are, not necessarily that they're insane, but they become sociopaths or something goes wrong that they plot an act like this, it really takes somebody else in their life to identify, you know, the problems that they're starting to see before it comes to this. >> and both the president and mitt romney have pulled their campaign ads in colorado because of this event. appropriate you think? >> oh, sure. i think it reminds americans that, you know, we go through such a shared experience. in this case, grieving that it's

appropriate to be respectful and they started that on friday, go through the weekend. the president will go later today to meet with the victims' family members and elected officials out there. so i mean, it's a time of national grieving when the happens. >> i know you touched on it earlier, but what are we looking at on the show? >> well, we'll talk to the governor of colorado, john hickenlooper and a broader discussion, this idea of how do i identify the threats? we have bill bratten, a former police chief in new york. and former homeland security secretary michael chertoff to talk about this. we'll talk politics as well. >> and angie is looking forward to the press pass. >> i read the article. yeah. i read the article. >> ann-marie slaughter who wrote an article about whether women can have it all. something like 1.8 million people read this online on the

atlantic website. i think men and women are very eager to talk about it and debate. >> looking forward to it. >> thanks a lot, david. see you later. coming up, how jazz music inspired a d.c. man to create his own business. plus, will we have sunny skies? here's chuck. >> well, we'll get some sunshine on your sunday, but i can tell you one thing, it won't come out first thing on your sunday morning. we'll talk about the return of the sunshine and the return of the heat coming up. ♪

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in the spirit this is at national harbor. it featured snow as we saw, christmas tree, even santa. it helped preview this fall's christmas on the potomac. then you can see here there's an after party, food by the water and what was great, there was a little bit of drizzle which chuck said we would probably have. there was a nice tented area out there. so it was perfect. >> well, you know, honestly, it was -- we have been so hot, so long around here. that almost everybody appreciated the real change. everyone who ever drew up in seattle, washington, sent me a tweet yesterday and said, oh, it's summertime in seattle. come to d.c. yes indeed. a nice cool day outside yesterday. i hope you had a chance to at least make the most of a cool, cloudy, kind of rainy day right here in the dead of summer. outside on your sunday morning, the weather picture is already improving. you'll be coloring the pictures today. you won't need all the gray crayons out of the box.

you'll need a little harvest gold or sunshine yellow. the skies are starting to brighten to the north and the northeast. that will continue through this morning but it might be lunch time or later before everybody gets into the sunshine in full force. 72 right now at reagan national airport. that's already one degree warmer than our high temperature yesterday. how cool indeed? 71 for our high temperature yesterday. that's the coolest high temperature ever reported on july the 21st. the old record 74 was set back in 1984. so we'll be warmer than that for sure today. about a ten-degree jump over where we were yesterday afternoon. temperatures early this morning, mid to upper 60s north and west of town to around 70. cloudy and nice and cool this morning. breaks of sunshine showing up late morning into early afternoon. and then skies really starting to clear out later on this afternoon into this evening. temperatures up near 80 degrees. here it is on storm 4 radar. not a whole lot going on early

this morning. a couple of sprinkles at chincoteague and thunderstorms early this morning headed down to the outer banks of north carolina. but on the whole, high pressure is in charge. nice stable air mass in place. even though we have the clouds for you, the stable air mass will eventually allow the sunshine to break out without much if anything in the way of thunderstorm chances for today. thunderstorm chances not going to worry about that today. a sprinkle or two, no thunderstorms. clouds giving way to sunshine today. clearing skies late tonight. then tomorrow, much warmer, back into the 90s i think for most people tomorrow. and the extra heat means a chance for showers and thunderstorms, some of those could be strong to severe tomorrow afternoon and tuesday. headed down to the beach, another partly to mostly cloudy day at the ocean today. turning much better for beach goers as we get into the week. this upcoming week is your week at the beach, i think you'll like it. today around town, cloudy to

start, sunshine coming back by mid to late afternoon at the latest. tomorrow, plenty of sunshine. much warmer. and that repeats itself again on tuesday, 90s. a little -- very weak, we'll call it a coolish front. not a cold front drops us from 95 down to 90 on wednesday and thursday. late july weather here. lows in the low 70s pretty much from wednesday on. >> thanks, chuck. a d.c. musician is taking his creative skills up a notch. you may know the name marcus johnson from his success on the smooth jazz scene. now, this billboard ranked artist is branching out, starting his own business selling some fine wine. here's the story. and his inspiration. ♪

>> music started for me when i was about 7 or 8. my father took me to an earth, wind and fire concert. it was absolutely. pyrotechnics, people flying through the air, but the music hit your soul. i wanted to play in a band. i always wanted to be in a go go band. in the eighth grade, i couldn't play at all. and my stepfather won the pick 3 lottery of maryland. even though i couldn't play he had faith in me. he bought me my first rolling keyboard and basically from there, it was history. ♪ i decided to introduce wine based on my concert. when i opened my eyes, somebody

with a glass of wine there. we did jazz festivals the same thing. wine wine wine. so i figured i needed to be in the wine business as well. obviously, not just food and wine pair, but music and wine pair. i would do that anywhere and everywhere. what do i want people to remember me by or walk away with? you can dream it. and that you can do it. and it's your dream. it's your life, to drive. it's your life to live. ♪ >> johnson's wine is called flow and you can see much more on his business venture on first heard

tomorrow night at 10:30 on nonstop d.c. that's on channel 208. 4.2 over the air. >> did you see how fast his fingers moved? >> he's amazing. the there's a reason he's ranked on cool jazz. >> expecting his first child coming up -- >> congratulations. >> i wonder if the wine helped make that happen. >> okay, we're moving on. there is a still news for the day. >> and there's viewpoint. stick around.

good morning. welcome to news4 today. i'm angie goff. >> i'm richard jordan. we're off to another dreary start. seems like the weekend has been pretty gloomy. >> i know. but things look promising. at least that's what chuck is telling us. >> i >> i promised that things look promising, at least from here. the drizzle from yesterday has come to a stop. that's step number one in the right direction. still plenty of clouds, so anybody who is doing any long distance biking or marathon training, good morning for your long run or bike ride. temperatures in the low 60s to low 70s. a spot or two of drizzle.

there's your sunday planner. cool and cloudy in the morning hours. up to 80 degrees early this afternoon as sunshine starts to break on through. i think skies will really clear out later on tonight into tomorrow. so about 80 today. back near 90 tomorrow. back to you guys. >> thanks, chuck. checking our top stories now. president obama will travel to aurora, colorado, today, to visit with the families of the victims of the mass shooting. meantime, the people evacuated from the suspect's apartment building may be able to get back inside their homes today. d.c., maryland and virginia police added more patrols to the movie theaters. police remind moviegoers to remain vigilant and to report suspicious activities. and the aids ceremony opens today. thousands are expected to rally and march to keep the promise on hiv/aids.

participants will gather at 2:00 this afternoon at the washington monument. next is nbc4's viewpoint. >> we'll be back in a few minutes with another update. doogood morning. welcome to viewpoint. this is an important week in the fight against hiv/aids. the international aids conference is here. 21,000 people from about 200 countries all over the world are here in town. the largest since the conference began back in 1985. it is the premiere gathering of people working in the field of hiv. policy makers and people living with hiv and joining us this morning we have in the studio calvin gerald, an hiv advocate and community activist. and carrie ann beard from children's national medical center. and reverend dwayne johnson, senior pastor at metropolitan community church. well to you all. big week. thanks for coming in to viewpoint. reverend, if you could give us a

big picture, it's been since 1985 that we have hosted the conference in town. a lot has changed since then. where are we now in the fight against hiv/aids? >> well, a lot has changed since then. i can remember when the first word came out about the disease, literally stopping in my tracks and knowing that this was going to be big. a lot of people minimized it at the time. early on, people were at a real loss about where to find support, what to do and how to engage. since then, there's been incredible advances in medical research, incredible advances in treatment. the thing is a stigma is definitely still there and there's so much work still to do around the stigma. and our own nation there was the stigma up until the lifting of the travel ban in 2009. there's one of the reasons why the conference was not held here for over 20 years. so this is a big step, a big move to be able to host it again in the united states and here in

the district where we cannot only speak to the international needs but also the local needs. >> i want to talk more about the local needs and really what's -- what is a crisis here in the nation's capital still here. calvin, since we talked about the international flair of this, you had mentioned a global village you're taking part in and involved down there at the conference. >> so the global village is free to the community and free for the participants in the aids 2012 conference. you can find more information on aids 2012.org. you can find the program for the global village. and it just gives community advocates, people living with hiv a time to, you know, bounce ideas off of the leaders in the field as well as researchers and take home ideas to your own community to implement on the fight against, you know, hiv and aids and like dwayne was saying earlier, a lot has progressed in terms of treatment and support, but, you know, we still have this cloud of stigma surrounding

hiv and aids. so with the stigma, although we have progressed in the medical community, we still lag in getting access to care. so like until we bridge those two things together, i don't think we can combat, you know, fighting the disease. so another good thing about it being here in the district is the community report came out for 2011 about d.c. and the statistics excuse me, so it gives d.c. a chance to show the rest of the world even though we're living in almost an epidemic state, with 2.7% of the population living with hiv/ai a aids, we can give us a chance to see how we can get more access and care and decrease the number living with hiv and aids in washington, d.c. >> your hospital has several programs that really touch on adolescents and educating them,

getting rid of the stigma too. talk about the programs this at children's hospital. >> so all these programs are -- technically there are seven. you're correct in that. they're under the umbrella of the adolescent education network i guess you could call them. we work with youth ages 11 to 24. both infected and affected as well as their families. it addresses the stigma, the fact of discrimination, that youth go through with the epidemic. it's still very apparent with young people that, you know, it's a struggle for them to come out as hiv positive. come out as guy and lesbian and continue productive lives. that's what the programs challenge the young people to do. this is an environment you can go through and develop productive lives. >> that's wonderful.

you do it in such a creative way. >> yes. the most famous program. it's one of the most famous programs under the umbrella and that ideally works with youth ages 15 to 18 who are gay, lesbian, straight or allies within the community, to become educator, to become advocates for themselves. as little engines that can of information, to share it with their families, with also young people and their schools or their communities. so we do it innovatively through video performances that kids are working on this summer which is going to be great. they do a lot of drama pieces. dance. poetry that they do. and the fundamental part of tassa was engaging through plays

and short skits. they would then pause and give the audience interactions and answer questions and that's how they built a lot of the work shops and they have now come to the whole social media aspect of it. so it's picking up speed. >> that's taken off. social media. definitely. we have to take a quick break. on the other side we have a lot more to get to. the conference, again, in our local community. what's being done on the front lines. we have three web addresses if you'd like to learn more or get involved. go to the three sites we are putting up on the screen right now. [ male announcer ] where did all the obama stimulus money go?

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welcome back to viewpoint. as we begin again, week long conference, the international aids conference is here in washington. our guests this morning have been on the front lines and

continue to be very passionate about battling hiv/aids. calvin, i want to talk to you a little bit about your story and how you have certainly become passionate. you have been passionate on this issue for a long time, but you have been living with hiv since 2008. >> yeah, march of 2008. >> do you feel lucky to be living in this time when you are -- when there are so many medical advances and that life is much easier? >> yeah. i think i'm tremendously blessed to be living in this time versus i guess around the '80s and early '90s when they didn't like have the medical treatment and support for those living with hiv and aids. on the flip side of that is that i'm blessed to be living in the time where i have access to medications, you know, supportive services. on the other flip coin of that, when i volunteer in the community i also see people living in d.c., the nation's

capital, you know, rich with resources and access to services that -- who aren't, you know, for the same opportunity that i am. because, you know, medications can range to $2,000 a month. and, you know, that's the average salary for somebody working, $2,000 a month. if you don't have health insurance you have to cover those costs by yourself. but on the other side of that when i was an intern -- when i was an intern, i was living in baltimore. i was an intern for the federal government. that's when i found out i had hiv. during that time, i was, you know, let go for many other reasons surrounding, you know, my status and sexuality. but that's a different story. so when i fell on to hard times, you know, i wasn't able to navigate the system for housing, supportive services and medication so i found myself

coming home to a nice apartment with an eviction note on the door and, you know, i was in my car for a week. you have a bmw, but you know the bmw is your house. so then i ended up moving to d.c. and so -- but with that i navigated the system myself. i found employment. then i had a realization like, you know, calvin, what happens to people like you who don't have the wherewithal to like research and find this and look for that, because it can be overwhelming. like you go to one organization, they give you 20 papers to fill out. it's like, go see this person at organization "b" and then you fill out 40 more people and they say we don't have any more money here, and go back to organization "a." so people are not taking their medication. they don't know where they stand with their status and this is 2010. so they don't know where they're at with their status, so they're still engaging in risky behaviors and their partners

don't know. so i just took the opportunity through my, you know, experience to say, you know, many people don't have a voice. so let me be the voice of some people that they want to get help, but they're ashamed to get help or they don't know how to get help. because they don't what to go their brothers, mothers or sisters or their partner and expose their status so let me just blog or volunteer and get the word out there. this is how you do this. this is how -- it's okay that you have a positive status, but, you know, get yourself into care. because at the end of the day, there may be stigma surrounding your hiv status but the main person you need to protect is yourself because other people can harm you. more people can do more harm to you. >> talk a little bit if you would and you have been on the forefront of this here, the role of faith-based communities in getting -- getting people to be

tested for one, getting the treatment they need. finding the resources that calvin mentioned. how important a role is the faith-based community? >> well, faith-based communities that are causing a lot of the stigma. a lot of what you hear from the pulpit is anti-guy and -- anti-gay and you hear messages that hiv/aids is god's punishment. it's sad that that message is still out there. one thing that churches can do is provide a place where people can come and talk about it. we offer testing through the walker clinic and other organizations several times a year. a place where people can find the spiritual support, to form community, to have the conversations. part of our focus right now is around providing a place where youth can connect. one of the sad things, right now, about 40% of the new cases is people 29 and under. and again, the resources are there. and it's matter of getting the

conversation out there so that we can really advocate prevention and when someone is infected to be able to offer a place where we can offer that support, that community. a place where people can talk about it without fear. >> right. >> because there's so much fear. >> we have a couple seconds before the break. adolescents. you deal with to a adolescent aspect of this picture every day. >> right. >> how do you get them to realize this a serious issue? because back in the '80s there was some fear and you hear about the younger generation not getting that message. >> right. one of the good things i think with our programs, the lineup facilitates the interaction with positive youth. so our younger youth primarily the 11 to 14-year-olds who are still kind of navigating who they are and what it means to

have sex with somebody and having a crush or whatnot, can interact with the older youth who are hiv positive and some of them are a mix of per anately infected and they can hear directly from their peers. this is not something you're completely invincible against. it can happen to you too by certain aspects if you're born with it or you acquire it because you fall in love with the crush and take the risk and what that means, take the risk, and what it means to protect yourself. we talk about prevention and there's the fact that as an hiv positive young person, the treatment aspect that we focus on a lot of times is negotiation of your practices. it's not necessarily, well, i mean, it's great of course to get them on track to, you know, take the meds on time and be

stable with that. but there's also the aspect of the social and the mental well-being of how you navigate and how you communicate your treatment and your prevention aspects with your peers and your partners. so we do a lot of that too. >> we'll take another quick break. a lot more to get to on viewpoint. stay with us.

i'm an by goff. here are some of the stories we are following this morning. prent obama will travel to aurora, colorado, today to visit with the families of the victims of the mass shooting. meantime, miss say that people evacuated from the suspect's apartment building may be ability to get back inside their home today.

the police defused the booby traps of james holmes' apartment. investigators are still gathering evidence at the building. today, the international aids conference begins with the opening ceremony at the washington convention center. before the ceremony, thousands are expected to rally and march to keep the promise on hiv and aids. participants will gather at 2:00 this afternoon at the washington monument. more news and plus your sunday forecast in about 15 minutes. welcome back to view point. again, our topic is hiv/aids. we want to bring you back close to home. the numbers as we mentioned off the top are staggering. about 3% of d.c. residents older than 12 are hiv positive. in the african-american community it is much higher. about 4.3%. first of all, why is it higher in the african-american community? do we know or think we know? >> part of that is stigma and i

think -- if i could say this term loosely without being burnt at the stake, i think it's intuitionalized ignorance. like i come from a religious family and as you -- as the reverend was saying earlier, when we go to church, you may be a gay african-american female or male and you're going to the predominantly straight church. from the pulpit, you're hearing that homosexuality is wrong, you have hiv/aids. someone is like, how do i get in treatment but since that pastor said that, you shut down and you're like you know what, i'm not telling anybody i have this. so years go by, you end up in the emergency room. that person has died. because they have never been in health care. and another part of that is i think with the numbers about hiv

and aids cases in d.c., people have become numb. like i was talking to carrie ann last month, hey, i take one pill a day and i'm fine. well, i take a pill every day and i'm fine, but i know how many days are left in the month because i can see 14 pills in my bottle or i can see two pills left in the bottle. and they don't know that you take a pill and, you know, a couple of days later like you're sick. you know, you can't eat or you can't go to work and you're calling out of work sick. you can't say i'm taking new medicine this month. or they don't know the backside of getting a new job and you have to fill out applications about pre-existing conditions and you're getting denied and -- >> you know, we talk about testing and we talk about that number, 4.3 or whether it's 3% of the general, a lot of people are out there walking around not

knowing they have it. who should be test and talk about the ease with which now testing is the results -- are they pretty much instantaneous? >> 20 minutes. so at children's, we actually have what's known as the burgs clinic where the teens can get their tests. they get their regular medical checkups done as well. it is definitely a negotiation process, but it's easy. quickly swabbing your mouth. we do a counseling session at the same time. within that counseling session it is talking about your partner, talking about your practices sexually that you're involved with. your comfort level with negotiating your activities with partners or even talking about things at home. general things around sex and reproductive health and by the time you snap your fingers your test results are back. this is no longer a disease that

impacts the gay community or the black community and just black women or just black men. it's everybody. >> and because when you know it's that knowledge that brings the numbers down. >> exactly. >> it helps stop the spread. are you seeing fewer people afraid to get tested? reverend? >> i think there's more conversation around the need for it. i think it's important for public figures and leaders to get tested and one of the things i'm planning on doing is being tested during a worship service and having the results announced before the end of the service. so that it breaks through that fear. it breaks through that stigma. and it shows that we really can get some immediate results and if it ends up being positive, the immediate results can be followed up with some immediate support. >> because the early the better. >> the earlier the better. >> all -- >> you're not alone in this.

we're there with them. removing the judgment and the stigma. >> support system. >> if you don't want to go to your primary doctor, there's rapid testing. you can go on your lunch break. or whatever -- >> see it in drugstores and some nonprofits are doing it as part of an event. we have to take a quick break. we want to put up the three web addresses. we'll be right back on viewpoint. stick around. i'm barack obama and i 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, and crowned thy good, with brotherhood...

welcome back. this is the kickoff to the international aids conference today in washington. a five-day conference. we want to end on the encouraging news, that we're hearing. one, carrie ann, fewer babies are being born hiv positive. >> yes. we are seeing less perinatally infected cases within our hospital, at least, and that's a plus. that shows that women who are

hiv positive are taking their medications earlier. so reducing the viral load that can infect their infants during pregnancy. we have seen youth, young people actually taking a stand both infected and affected youth not just my program, but nationally. kids are taking a more, you know, progressive stance on speaking out against certain acts of injustice with young people and not hearing our voices. >> calvin, you have seen some numbers drop too. >> oh, yeah. so this past year, the numbers of hiv cases drops from 853 to 835. so d.c. has taken the stand with the national hiv/aids strategy to drop that number down to 635 by 2015. and also the number of new aids cases dropped from 700 to 477. so that means more people are

getting access to care and supportive services and i think people are overall just taking a stand. getting involved in. >> reverend, speak to that. do you see more support in our community, be it from members of our congregation, family members? >> i remember back in the early '80s when family members sometimes wouldn't even hug or touch their own child. and i can remember early on that metropolitan community church was one of the few churches that would actually officiate funerals. food was shoved under the door. that whole kind of thing. now there is much more of a sense of the need for there to be the human touch. there are more churches that are pulling together to offer a positive message and to offer that support so there is that shift and that change. >> we are living in different times and's because of people like you and we thank you for coming in. making us a lot wiser this morning. we appreciate it.

good luck this week when we have the big conference that starts today. if you'd like to learn more about how you can get involved or learn more about the different organizations you can go to their websites. we'll put them up on the screen one more time for you. back to news4 today. enjoy the rest of your weekend, everybody. good morning, everyone. welcome to news4 today. i'm angie goff. >> i'm richard jordan. we'll get started with some breaking news happening right now at penn state university. school officials say the statue of famed coach joe paterno that's outside the stadium is coming down. >> a chain linked fence is now

surrounding the statue. two dump trucks and a forklift are on the scene. i want comes after the wake of an internal investigation after it was found that joe paterno was tounfound to be the cover-u >> this comes on the heels of that damaging investigation by the former director of the fbi that did say paterno was withholding information about the accusations that jerry sandusky was convicted of. of course, sex abuse with several young boys. >> we notice that the penn state president has issued a statement this morning. the statue of joe paterno outside beaver stadium has become a lightning rod of controversy and a national debate including the role of big-time sports and university life. the freeh report has given us a great deal to reflect upon and to consider including coach paterno's legacy. end quote. >> we'll continue to watch those developments in penn state. but again, that joe paterno statue now coming down.

>> there's live video available on twitter. i put in a link. the latest on the tragedy in colorado. president obama will travel to aurora today to visit with the families of the victims of the massacre. >> thousands of people including the governor of colorado are expected to attend a citywide memorial service. >> people evacuated from the suspect's apartment building may be able to get back inside their homes today now that the explosives have been detonated. >> there was a controlled detonation of a triggering device inside the apartment. >> police now are sending that evidence to fbi headquarters in quantico, virginia. nbc's mike tiabi has more. >> reporter: part of the james holmes mystery is becoming clear. how a clean-cut kid named jimmy turned into a 24-year-old man with pink dyed hair was fitting a scope to a rifle a few weeks

ago. >> i just had a weird feeling that he was just a guy -- that guy shouldn't be buying that type of gun. he had kind of a weird aura about him i guess. >> reporter: when bomb technicians sent a second day at holmes' apartment, it was booby-trapped like he said it was. a controlled detonation detonated the first of the triggers. triggers that could have delivered more tragedy. >> this trip wire was set up to clearly detonate when somebody entered that apartment and it was set up to kill that person. >> reporter: as the day wore on, it was clear there was still much to be done before investigators could safely enter the apartment. >> we saw multiple containers with accelerants and wires and fuses. >> reporter: what changed james holmes? he had always been a gifted student and a soccer player at his high school.

a teammate remembered him. >> he was very reserved, kept to himself. but at the same time, he was a nice kid. he was very smart. he was quiet. >> reporter: but it was academics that propelled him. he won scholarships to the university of california river side where he earned a degree in neuroscience. >> he was an honor student. so academically, he was at the top. >> reporter: but at the next level, the anschutz medical college in colorado, graduate school proved tougher. he struggled academically and faced a preliminary examination in mid june and faced academic probation. instead, he quit. days later, he bought the last of four weapons like these that were recovered at the scene of the massacre. his father, robert holmes, was as shocked as anyone to learn as he headed to the airport, to colorado, that his gifted son was the sole suspect in a genuine horror. >> no comment. >> reporter: so it's left for others to figure out the how and the why and they're not there

yet. >> if you think we're angry, we are angry. >> right now, here are the numbers. 26 people are still in the hospital. this morning, we are learning more about the victims killed. alex sullivan was celebrating his 27th birthday at the movie. today would have been his first wedding anniversary. jessica ghawi, a.j. boik he just graduated from high school and alex teves was in grad school. and childress and larimer, they were also killed. this is the youngest victim, veronica moser sullivan. >> you hear a 25-year-old girl gets shot and nobody can tell her her daughter is dead. that's all she's asking about right now. her whole life has changed in a flash. >> the oldest victim was gordon

cowden. he was 51 years old. a preparty at the teen choice awards triggered fear of another rampage. 400 people packed the avalon hollywood club to see the boy band midnight red when thick smoke appeared. many people at the party panicked thinking it was tear gas like the one used in the colorado shooting. but that was not the case at all. a fog machine malfunctioned making it difficult for partygoers to see and breathe. six people were taken to the hospital. the fire department evacuated the club and cancelled the concert. and many are stepping up protection at the movie theaters. the police remind moviegoers to be vigilant. we did find long lines of people waiting to see "the dark knight rises." in respect for the families affected by the tragedy in colorado, the movie studios will release their box office numbers a day later than usual. warner brothers decided to delay the results of "the dark knight

rises" until tomorrow. other studios decide to do the same thing in a show of solidarity. insiders with access to the numbers say it grossed more than $75 million on friday and still on track for a $165 million opening weekend. stay with news4 for continuing coverage of the tragedy in aurora. we have much more about the investigation and the victims on nbcwashington.com. a military jury sentenced an air force instructor to 20 years in prison for his involvement in a sweeping sex scandal with new recruits. a military jury at lack land air force base found staff sergeant louis walker guilty on several charges including rape. he cried during the sentencing hearing yesterday. he is among six instructors charged with sexual misconduct involving trainees. all air force recruits go through basic training at lackland air force base.

u.s. military -- for first final in u.s. military history, hundreds of gay military members marched in the gay pride parade. the members of the military marched yesterday in san diego. some wore full uniforms. others wore t-shirt representing their branch of the military. normally the military does not allow its members to march in uniform in parades. but the defense department made an exception for this parade in san diego. the army does not plan to post signs at ft. detrick saying that the water is tainted with cleaning chemicals. people in the area do not drink the water so no signs are needed. they found higher than acceptable cleaning waters from those taken from the wells. the chemicals were found in carroll creek and the streams that feed it. moving on to the chilly and soggy start to this sunday. >> that's right. meteorologist chuck bell is outside on the storm 4 weather patio to show us how things are shaping up. >> good morning.

sunday off to a nice, quiet and cool start. just like yesterday, but unlike yesterday where we never really recovered or saw anything in the way of sunshine. today i think we start to turn the corner and head back into the usual hot, hazy, humid grind of summer. for now, a pleasant morning outside. temperatures are right around 70 degrees. 71 only for a high yesterday. 69 for a high temperature yesterday out at dulles airport, making that the coolest july day at dulles airport in about ten years. storm 4 radar shows not much to worry about for now. as a result, there's your forecast for the remainder of the day. cloudy, nice and cool this morning. breaks of sunshine showing up early this afternoon. skies will continue to clear up. we'll talk about the return of the haze and heat and humidity. >> all our favorite stuff. >> i know. do we have to? >> we have to. >> he says we have to.

okay. we're just about 20 minutes away from the 8:00 hour. a first for the olympic committee. why it's letting one athlete compete without representing a country. >> what's inspiring a little boy to give away the money he earned from his lemonade stand? how you can test out the perfec

the "today" show is next on nbc4. starts at 8:00. >> let's a get preview. jenna wolfe joins us. >> hi. we're live in aurora, colorado, with the latest on the deadly movie shooting. new information is emerging about the alleged gunman, james holmes, after authorities entered his apartment. michael jackson's mother missing her grandchildren saying shea can't reach her. but her children say she's fine. is this the latest chapter in a messy dispute over money? there's new hope for two missing little girls in iowa. police say there's proof they're alive. so why isn't their family cooperating?

plus, lester's in london where the countdown to the olympic games isunderway. we'll check out some of the athletes to watch at the summer games. all that and more when we get started on a sunday morning right here on "today." angie and richard, back to you guys. >> i can't believe it's only a few days away. >> seems like a long time coming. >> we're ready for it. >> thanks, jenna. popular recording artist usher's stepson has died two weeks after he was critically injured in a jet ski accident. 11-year-old kyle glover was the son of his ex-wife, tameka foster. he was injured while riding on an inner tube. a family friend who was riding behind the boat lost control and collided with glover's tube. the accident is currently under investigation. now to an inspiring story of community and togetherness. last month's storm devastated

homes across the area. one little guy is determined to help his neighbors recover from the damage. here's seth lemon. >> reporter: 8-year-old johnny knew he had to do something. a 60-foot tree crashed into his neighbor's house. he wanted to help. so johnny built a lemonade stand to raise money for his neighbors. the first day he pulled in only 22 bucks. but as word spread, the donations grew. his goal was $500. that would pay his neighbor's home insurance deductible. he's already exceeded that. >> she was crying, but not crying. she was crying for joy. >> reporter: johnny's mother donna says they get their inspiration from their own loss. they lost their 6-year-old daughter in a car accident. and the community rallied around to help them, but gonna says giving back, that was her therapy. >> it was tough in the beginning to wake up every morning. i got involved with the charity

and i would donate pajamas to children in need and shelters right here in fairfax county. that helped giving back to other children. that really helped. >> reporter: this is all that remains of the tree that collapsed the entire left side of the family's home. it caused so much damage that they're not even sure if they can rebuild yet. but help from a little neighbor down the street still gives them hope. >> johnny has really captured the spirit of something. i think he's really captured the spirit of the american community the way it is supposed to be. >> reporter: a single light shines down. it's a reminder to johnny to help others in need. and the thank you from mrs. meyers. >> she hugs us. >> reporter: that's pretty sweet. in springfield virginia, seth lemon, news4. at last chieck johnny raise $1,400 for his neighbor.

and the loudoun county fake kicks off. it's known for the kiss the pig fund-raiser and the typical fair stuff like funnel cakes or elephant ears. demolition derby and a petting zoo. it runs through next weekend on the loudoun county fairgrounds off dry mill road in leesburg. dry. that's the key question. or the key word. >> well, the key question i have for you, have you ever kissed a pig? >> many of them. and then i found my husband. so -- >> this question has a lot of downside potential. >> lots. to the weather then. >> cloudy skies on your sunday morning but we're talking about the return of the sunshine

a mall was eadvantage ay ayed -- evacuated after a bear and wi wandered in. the bear got in 20 minutes before the store closed.

store workers closed the gate. they tranquilized the bear. he may have been lured by the smell of food. i didn't know they had food at sears. >> maybe it was the trash. >> somebody left their lunch behind. >> he was trying on the husky pants. >> he was hot or hungry. probably hungry yesterday if he went in looking for the food court. he certainly wasn't running away from the heat yesterday. >> it was a nice change yesterday. >> although he could have been warm. he is wearing that huge fur coat after all. >> we're giving this bear a lot of attention. >> we sure are. >> just the bare facts is all we need around here. outside, it's a cloudy way to get your sunday going but you can get a sense by looking at this picture, i can tell you that today will be a nicer outdoor weather day than yesterday was. yesterday, the cloud ceiling was never this high.

and the cloud ceiling will continue to lift as which go through the late morning and afternoon hours later today. i think you'll have sunshine before your day is through. cloudy outside. 71 degrees. winds out of the east at three miles an hour. we set a record yesterday for the coolest high temperature ever on july 21. but that's not the only temperature record we have set this month. look at all the others. these are all record highs and record high minimum temperatures. so yesterday our record lomax mum temperature of only 71. that's the kind of heat record you love to set in the middle of summertime. upper 60s to around 70, pretty much area wide today. two games today, we won the second game yesterday, so we need to win this this afternoon to even it up at two games apiece. 80 degrees at 1:35 and the sunshine will be making a comeback this afternoon.

perfect weather for baseball and really very good weather for a lot of the outdoor activities. not the best day for sunbathing today. showers off the outer banks. they're part of the warm, humid air mass. that air mass is going to start inching its way back in our direction today. so today the clouds will give way to the sunshine by mid to late afternoon for most. then overnight tonight, skies will continue to clear out a touch. off to a nice, quiet start tomorrow morning. upper 60s to mid 70s. tomorrow afternoon as that warmer air starts to come in on a southwesterly breeze, thunderstorms are likely by tomorrow afternoon. again, repeat performance of that coming up on tuesday. now, if you're headed on down to the beaches, yesterday was a wash at the beach. today, not the most perfect day to be sitting out in the sun.

but tomorrow, gets better. for today, cloudy to start. sunshine. some folks will get sunshine as early as about lunch time, but most of us have to wait until after lunch before we start to see the sun. highs today only in the upper 70s, low 80s. ten degrees cooler than average. 81 with the returning sunshine today. 92 with the returning heat and humidity tomorrow. and again, monday and tuesday, both we have an opportunity for thunderstorms. cool see some severe weather threat especially on tuesday. we'll keep you post on that. then things quiet down and return back to standard issue stuff for july. 90 degrees for a high roughly and 70, 75 for lows on through the end of week. >> thanks, chuck. ever wanted to try out a new smile? well, now a new dental procedure that lets patients test drive it. it's called the snap on smile.

>> i had a little accident fourth of july. i chipped my tooth. >> that's when the 26-year-old decided to fix his crooked front teeth. >> sometimes i get self-conscious if i'm smiling too much. i think i tend to smile a lot. >> reporter: but instead of spending thousands of dollars to fix the problem right away, he decided to do a smile trial first. >> the way i think of it is like you're able to test drive your teeth. >> reporter: it's called the snap-on smile. a 15-minute procedure where the dentist makes and attaches model teeth over your actual teeth. it is supposed to simulate what your smile will look like. >> it's the first time after 26 years of doing this that we can actually get a preview of the smile. so it's a temporary smile that the patient gets in advance. >> reporter: the procedure allows patients to decide if they really want to go through with expensive dental work

before they spend the money. treatments like veneers or bonding can cost anywhere between $1,000 and $2,000 per tooth. >> you don't want to get into a big investment and then be disappointed with the final result. >> reporter: patients are charged $500 for the smile trial which lasts a few weeks, but that cost is then applied to the final dental work. josh jung got his just in time for a vacation to mexico. >> are you ready? >> i'm ray de. >> go ahead. >> wow. >> reporter: you can see the difference between his old and new teeth. he says he won't be hiding his smile any time soon. >> it's awesome. i mean, i can't believe they fit well. i mean, i feel like i can't feel them. it's great. i can smile ear to ear. >> you can treat the snap-on smile like real teeth. you can eat most foods and brush

them regularly, but patients should avoid chewing hard foods like carrots and ice. >> that was hard to watch. with the needle -- >> but it's cool that's an option. >> you're spending a lot of money. and a lot of times that's not covered by insurance. >> it's always a risk. risk involved. >> you can try out different options. >> well, he looked great. the 2012 olympic, five days away now. the olympic torch is now making its way around london. organizers locked the torch in the tower of london where queen elizabeth keeps her jewels. the torch will make a number of spots before it reaches the stadium on friday. a refugee from sudan's civil war will compete in the games as an independent athlete. the international olympic committee is letting him compete under the olympic flag. he was born in sudan and then

moved to united states to escape the violence. south sudan is not established in olympic committee, so it can't send an olympic team. he can't represent the u.s. because he isn't a full citizen. he will represent all those who lost their lives in the sudanese conflict. >> keep it right here for the 2012 olympics. check out the team usa athletes from our region. >> and what's really neat, tony skin is playing for nigeria. really neat stuff. >> a lot of people to watch. >> well, that's it for news4 today. we'll be back in 25 minutes with another local news update. >> the "today" show is coming u