scandal. we'll bring you the latest on that. >> but we have evidence collected from the suspected gunman's apartment in colorado. president obama is headed there to aurora today. we have developments from the tragedy just into the newsroom. but first, a check on your forecast. it's a cloudy start to the day today. let's go to meteorologist chuck bell for details. >> hey, richard and angie, good morning to you. good morning, everybody. saturday was a very cloudy and wet day across the area. only 71 for a high temperature yesterday. right now here in washington, already 73 degrees. still plenty of clouds outside early this morning. the clouds will hang around for most if not all of your morning hours, but we will see sunshine breaking through some time after about lunch for most folks. temperatures already mid 70s down into southern maryland. 72 now in frederick, maryland.

70 manassas and leesburg. the clouds will give way to sunshine. temperatures today show should make it into the 70s and low 80s. if you like 90 and humid, the seven-day forecast is coming up. >> thanks. new today, penn state university has taken down the late coach joe paterno's statue outside of beaver stadium. it will be put into storage. the crews are taking the statue down. this is a time lapse video from former penn state football coach bradley. before dawn, they barricaded the streets and put up a chain link fence and threw a blue tarp over the figure. an internal investigation found that paterno was a cover-up in the jerry sandusky abuse scandal. 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 life. the freeh report has i hagiven loot to reflect on. and pope benedict said he's deeply shocked by the mass shooting in colorado and in the meantime, president obama heads to aurora to pay tribute to the victims and we are learning more about the 12 moviegoers killed. jay gray is in aurora 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 service. as the stack of candles and flowers continues to grow. honoring the injured and the fallen. among the dead, alex sullivan, celebrating his 27th birthday at the movie. today would have been his first wedding anniversary. jessica gau hi, and alex teves

was in grad school. jess i can childress and john larimer were also killed. >> he was an outstanding shipmate. a valued member of our navy team. and an extremely dedicated sailor. >> reporter: 51-year-old gordon cowden was the oldest victim. veronica moser the youngest. her mom still unaware, and paralyzed with gunshot wounds to the neck and abdomen. 26 victims are in area hospitals, nine still in critical condition dealing with the pain of their wounds and the emotional scars which could take even longer to heal. >> how does somebody do this? i just don't understand it. >> reporter: police and federal agents are trying to understand as much as they can about the killing spree. detonating a stash of bombs pulled from holmes' apartment, a place that's the primary focus

of an fbi evidence search team team searching for any clue to help them figure out how and why it happened. police may let the people evacuated from holm's apartment building back inside today. a bomb team successfully executed what they are calling a controlled detonation of a triggering device. they found dozens of fireworks inside the apartment. investigators say the apartment was rigged to explode when anyone opened the door. holmes started playing loud music right before he left for the movie theater. 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 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 the first court appearance tomorrow. meanwhile, investigators try to figure out what made him go on a rampage. he was a candidate at the university of colorado, but he was trying to withdraw from the program. school officials say he made a presentation in may 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. people packed the avalon club to see midnight red when thick smoke appeared. people panicked thinking it was tear gas like the kind used in the shooting in colorado, but that was not the case at all. a fog machine malfunctioned, making it difficult to see and breathe. the fire department cancelled that concert. police are stepping up

security at local movie theaters following the shooting in colorado. they remind moviegoers to report any suspicious activities. despite the increased security, we found long lines of people waiting to see "the dark knight rises." in our next half hour items bought by the suspected gunman in the weeks before the mass shooting in colorado. plus, much more on the investigation and victims can be found at nbcwashington.com. today, hundreds of aids activists will gather in the nation's capital for the start of the international aids conference. news4's derrick ward has more on the first of many remembrance ceremonies that's underway now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, indeed, this is sort of the unofficial kickoff of the conference. we are here on the mall. and what they'll do is lay out the aids quilt. they haven't done it yet. the ground is kind of wet. but they mplan to do it later weather permitting.

many arrived here yesterday. a series of trains pulled into union station. that would bring the folks here to town. and with the laying of this aids quilt, you know, this is the symbol of our struggle with the disease and the lives affected. >> i think when we started this battle with hiv and aids, many of us thought that five years from now we'll be done with this. we will have addressed it, we will have found a krcure and he we are 30 years into the epidemic. once again science is telling us there are ways to change the course of hiv and aids in this country and in the world and we are part of that world community. so we bring the quilt here to tell us all that that science is real, it's human, it's immediate and we as a society have a responsibility to one another. >> reporter: now, this panel had -- the quilt has grown to

32,500 panels. of course this is a kickoff to the conference. there's an aids march later on today. it gets underway at 2:00. live on the mall, derrick ward, news4. >> thanks. the time is 9:08. this morning we are following the possible disappearance of michael jackson's mother. >> the tweet and the missing person's report that has police on the lookout. you may remember the bus monitor bullied by middle school students. wait until you hear how people 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,

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right now, conflicting reports on a possible search for michael jackson's mother katherine jackson. her nephew filed a missing persons report last night. her granddaughter, paris, posted on twitter this morning she has not seen her grandmother in a week, but jermaine jackson tweeted his mother is just fine and is resting in arizona. so far, police have not been

able to locate katherine jackson. popular recording artist usher is grieving today. the star's stepson has died two weeks after he was critically injured in a jet ski accident. the 11-year-old kyle glove was the son of his ex-wife, tameka fost foster. he was involved while riding in an inner tube earlier this month. a family friend who was riding a jet ski lost control and collided with the inner tube. an air force instructor will spend 20 years in prison for the involvement in the sweeping sex scandal with new recruits. a military jury at lackland air force base found 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. for first time in u.s.

military history hundreds of gay and lesbian service members marched in the gay pride parade. about 300 soldiers, sailors, marines and other members marched yesterday in san diego. some wore full uniforms and others wore t-shirts representing their branch of the military. normally the military does not allow the members to march in parades but the defense department made an exception for this in san diego. a fund-raising for a bus monitor bullied raised more than $700,000. donation for the 68-year-old karen klein broke records and 4% will go to the website indigo go. and the remaining 3% goes to credit card processing fees. klein is staking more than $654,000. she's probably going to disneyland. >> a lot of people were affected by that video. not surprising that so many decided to donate. >> there were donations from

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moment if you don't know how much to tip. liz crenshaw has a pop quiz this sunday morning. >> how much should you tip the shuttle driver who takes you from the airport to the hotel? it's not necessary, or 5 to 10 bucks? >> 5 to 10 bucks. >> kiplinger says $1 to $2 is enough. >> i have never tipped a shuttle bus driver. have you? >> yes, i have. >> here's the next scenario. there's a hotel concierge and you want to ask them for a restaurant recommendation. do you tip them 5 to 10 buck, a smile and a thank you or 10% of the price of the restaurant? >> a smile and a thank you. >> that's it. for a quick chat, you're not obligated to tip. if the concierge makes

reservations, tip them. how much should you tip the bell hop for taking your bags? >> $2. got to make a living too. like everybody else. >> wow he's generous. an appropriate amount is $1 to $2 per bag. so you're at the hotel, and you're thinking about room service. how much should you tip for room service? 15 to 20% of the pretax bill, or nothing? >> i would say at least 15%. >> you're right. you're a good tipper. kiplinger says tip 15 to 20% of your pretax bill, similar to what you'd leave a waiter at a restaurant. many hotels automatically include gratuity for room service, so read the fine print first. don't leave extra cash for clean-up of the dirty dishes. how much should you leave as a tip for housekeeping, leave them a mint on the pillow, $20 at the end of a multinight stay or give them $2 to $5 each morning?

>> i think the $20-plus is adequate. >> wow, big tipper. it's suggested to leave $2 to $5 each morning. you may have different housekeepers each day. remember to leave it in an envelope labelled housekeeping. here's your last question. what should you tip the parking valet? $2 to $5 every time you leave or pick up your car? >> i would say $2 to $5 every time you pick up your car. >> he's right. each time you pick up your car. >> i used to be a valet at one point. the nicer the car, generally the worse the tip. volvo, best tippers. >> always helpful tips there. i always left the money at the very end with the hotel. >> and the same thing with the valet. you can have someone else bringing your car back. you know, a mix there.

but i think 20% is pretty much the standard. >> i think you're safe with that. >> all right. anyway, let's see if we'll get some bang for our buck -- >> how about a hearty hand shake and a smile isn't enough? >> no. >> look at that. >> well, i mean, i'm a reasonably good tipper. reasonably good. not the best. anyway, outside we go. forecasts are free. that sort of makes up for a little bit of the cheapness right there. i give you the forecast every saturday and sunday for nothing. at least for the home viewer. outside we go. cloudy skies. remember, you get what you pay for, everybody. cloudy skies await you on the sunday morning. temperatures are starting their mid-morning climb now. up to 73 here at national airport. winds are fairly light at only three miles an hour. humidity still high at 81%. we set a record yet. that's our seventh temperature record in the month of july. most of them obviously have been warm records, but yesterday a

cool record in temperature. our high of only 71 degrees yesterday. the coolest july 21st since 1874 when we started to open up the record books. 68 right now in gaithersburg, maryland. 74 in annapolis. 72 in culpepper and front royal. on the whole it will be a nicer day today than yesterday. outside still a lot of cloud cover here this morning. so cloudy and cool through about lunch time and then breaks of sunshine will start to appear. i think by the time we get to 5:00 or 6:00, clearing skies. first pitch down at national -- the nationals and the braves game today. close to about 80 degrees with sunshine returning during the course of the game. even if you're not quite 80 by first pitch time should be 80 by the time the game is over. with almost no threat for rain. not much showing up on doppler. a couple of lonesome little

sprink sprinkles. on the whole other than a five minute sprinkle i don't think you have much to worry about. the clouds giving way to sunshine. and again, not really a big threat for rain today. if you're driving south down to roanoke beach, more rain showers the further south you drive. locally, not much to worry about. tomorrow, that warm front, that allows the much warmer air to move this and that will make showers and thunderstorms likely by tomorrow afternoon and on tuesday afternoon. if you're headed on over to the bridge and down to the beach, cloudy skies today with temperatures in the upper 70s. back into the mid 80s tomorrow. and then nice and hot for your week at the beach. cloudy to start for sure. highs "today" highs today, might not even

crack 75 or 76 in the high spots out towards winchester and martinsburg. low to mid 90s on tuesday. monday and tuesday we have to watch closely. any time you change air masses, from the nice warm one to the hot one, you have a chance for thunderstorms. standard late july, almost august weather around here. highs around 90 for the second half of the week. >> keep it under 100. >> i think we can do that. the 2012 olympic games are five days away. right now the olympic torch making its way around london. organizers locked the torch in the tower of london where queen elizabeth keeps her jewels. it will take several stops before it reaches the olympic stadium friday for the opening ceremony. a refugee from sudan's civil war will compete in the games as an independent athlete. the international olympic committee is letting mario compete under the olympic flag. he was born in south sudan, then moved to the united states to

escape the violence. south sudan is a newly independent country that's not established a national olympic committee so it cannot send an olympic team. he says by competing he will honor all those who lost their lives in the sudanese conflict including his 28 family members. keep it here for complete coverage of the 2012 london olympics. check out nbcwashington.com, so you can see team usa and all the athletes participating in our region. and bryce harper proved he could put mind over matter after an ankle injury. >> he helped pull off a win in a doubleheader against the braves. jill sorensen has 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 nats starter john lannans tos seven innings, giving up two runs and bernadina

has the game-winning rbi in the seventh. nats win 5-2. game one, scary moment. bryce harper fouls a ball off his ankle. he would exit the game in the third and an mri revealed no break, just a bruise. he would not start but come in as a pinch hitter in the second game. the nats get blanked 4-0. shut out for the second time this season. on the pitch, d.c. united visiting columbus. 46th minutes, arrieta, no relation to jake, finds chris burrchal. unites fall 1-0. that's your sports minute. have a great day. and this morning we are following developments in a big headline coming out of penn state. regarding joe paterno's legacy. >> that's right. the iconic joe paterno statue is no more. coming up, what penn state plans to do now with the sculpture -- or with the statue now that it's

down. the other big story, the tragedy in colorado. these are leave pictures of the movie theater where the massacre happened. the president is heading to the crime scene and there's

good morning. welcome to news4 today. i'm richard jordan. >> i'm angie goff. it is july 22, 2012. >> penn state united states has taken down the late joe paterno's statue outside beaver stadium. it will be put in storage. before dawn, they put up a chain link fence and also threw a blue

tarp you can see there over the figure. this comes after the wake of an investigation that showed he was part of the cover-up of the jerry sandusky sexual abuse scandal. and president obama will travel to aurora today to visit with the families of the victims of the massacre. later today thousands of people including the governor of colorado are expected to attend a citywide memorial service. the people evacuated from the suspect's apartment building may be able to get back inside their homes today after the bomb squad detonated explosives in that home. this morning here are the numbers, 26 people are still in the hospital. nine of them are in critical condition. >> darcy spencer has more on the victims who gave their lives to protect their loved ones. it looks like we don't have that story ready just yet. we'll get you that information soon. of course a lot of these victims who are being remembered. some are young children.

here's darcy. >> reporter: these are some of the faces those killed in the colorado movie theater massacre. aspiring sportscaster jessica youry. alex teves, a.j. boik. alex sullivan who died celebrating his 27th birthday and navy petty officer third class larimer. >> i'm saddened by the death of larimer. he was an outstanding shipmate, a valued member of the navy team. and an extremely debt kated sailor. >> reporter: they were two couples torn apart. matt quinn died while shielding his girlfriend from the gunman's bullets. >> they're really devoted the each other and very much in love. they had the very, very sparkle of love in their eyes when they looked at a each other. >> reporter: jensen young said her boyfriend protected her from james holmes' rampage.

blunk is now counted among the dead. >> he gave me the opportunity to live. he would have done it for anyone that day. the nearest person sitting next to him, he would have been like this person needs my help now. >> reporter: and then that's veronica moser, 6 years old. her mother ashley moser clinging to life. she's paralyzed with bullets in her neck and her stomach. >> now her whole life, nobody can tell her her daughter is dead. that's all she's asking about right now. her whole life was changed in a flash. >> reporter: and 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. and i stayed as still as i possibly could. and i just had my eyes closed the whole time. >> you know, the thought crossed my mind he was going to walk up the aisles and kill everyone.

there was a moment when, you know, i felt like, 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 a missouri based company. they sell knives and vests and it shows he purchased $300 worth of gear in early july. police say he bought a scope for an assault rifle 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. he had kind of a weird aura about him, i guess. >> holmes will make his first court appearance tomorrow. president obama spoke directly to the victims' families during his address. he said it can be difficult to understand. >> the federal government stands

ready to do whatever is necessary to bring whoever is responsible for this to justice. we'll take every step possible to ensure the safety of our people. we'll stand by our neighbors in colorado that are in this extraordinarily difficult time. >> stay with news4 for continuing coverage of the tragedy in colorado. we have much more about the investigation and the victims on nbcwashington.com. in de -- >> kaine and allen opened the fall debate season with a dispute over tax and spending policy. it's first match-up since allen won the republican primary last month. they accused each other of partisanship and disagreed on tax cuts and the health care reform law. >> i do want to be the deciding vote to repeal this tax -- this health care tax law. tim kaine thinks it's a great

achievement. >> i'll push to make it better with the tax savings. it will produce deficit reduction of about $600 billion over the next ten years. >> those tax cuts that we passed helped spur economic growth. raising taxes will only create more job losses. >> polls show the race may be the tightest in the nation. definitely one to watch. >> yes. we'll be on it for sure. now to the weather. will the sun start to come through after a chilly and soggy start? >> you know who has the answer to that, chuck bell. >> who? oh, me. >> you. >> cloudy skies remain overhead this morning even from our beautiful patio in front of the friendly peacock in northwest washington. still cloud cover out here, but you can tell it will be a milder day than yesterday. already a hint of some sunshine trying to get through the little cloud deck we have to get through first thing this morning. temperatures are already warmer than our high yesterday. we reached only 71 yesterday.

already 73 now at national airport. dulles airport topped out at 69 for a high temperature yesterday. most locations topping out at the upper 70s to low 80s. not much of a rain threat for today. that's welcome news. cloudy and cool through this morning. you can tell the humidity starting to sneak up a touch. no matter what you're doing the sunshine should be nice. temperatures upper 70s, low 80s. for those of you who want the 90s to come back, we'll show you the seven day before the show is over. >> is there anyone who wants the 90s to come back? >> i like it about 90. not 100. >> nothing above that. thanks so much. the time is 9:37. coming up, some changes near the white house. >> why you may not get the complete experience the next compli'm barack obama and it approve this message. [romney singing]: oh beautiful, for spacious skies,

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in this week's wednesday's child, we are meeting a 14-year-old boy who has a lot of aspirations for his future. he loves karate. he said the sport has helped him gain the confidence to pursue many of his dreams including finding an adoptive forever family. here is news4's barbara harrison. >> 14-year-old tyrell said when he discovered martial arts it changed his life. >> all right. nice to meet you. i'm master smith. this is master woodson. >> reporter: the team at on the mat in bethesda welcomed him for the first visit there. he's been in foster care almost his entire life. and says the practice of karate and tae kwon do got his life

going in a positive direction. >> he loves to do chores. he loves school. he's also very shy in the beginning but then he warms up to you and then he's talking to you. >> give me one more. reset. >> reporter: what's your favorite subject at school? >> math. >> reporter: are you good at math? >> yes. >> reporter: what kind of grades are you making? >> making as. >> reporter: not all as he says but he is hoping to on the honor roll. a goal inspired by his first teacher who introduced him to karate. >> two and one. open. hey. >> how are you? what's going on? >> reporter: did you see a lot of changes over the period that you were working? >> yes. a lot of accountability. he's receptive to structure. are receptive to discipline and setting goals. >> reporter: he showed off some of the goals to master andrew who rewarded him with a black stripe on his gold belt. >> congratulations. >> thank you.

>> reporter: and the team had some gifts too. >> that was barbara harrison reporting. if you have room in your heart, please call our special adoption hotline. you can visit our home page at nbcwashington.com. today is the last day the white house visitors center will be open. when it closes at 4:00 this afternoon it will remain closed for more than a year. right now the center is in the herbert hoover building in downtown washington. the national park service will open a temporary white house visitor's center. at the visitor pavilion next saturday. we saw the live shot of the white house earlier and it is, you know, somewhat of a gloomy start. >> you might want to bring your umbrella if you go out anywhere these days. >> but we'll have breaks of sunshine. >> we'll get the details from chuck coming up next. oh, chuck, here are you.

>> i did say breaks of sunshine, you could get away without your umbrella and we'll still give you the seven-day foreca

welcome back, everybody. now 9:46 on your sunday morning. cloudy skies await you on your way out the door this morning but sunshine should be making a comeback before the day is through. already you can tell that clouds have a different height and a different shape than the ones that we saw yesterday. yesterday, they were real low to the ground and full of not a whole lot of texture. today you can start to see little breaks showing up out there. doesn't look like a whole lot. but any time you see the little fragments like that, shows they're trying their hardest to break up. the sunshine is 5,000 feet straight up and it will burn through this layer of moisture and allow for at least peeks of

sunshine by later on this afternoon. if the sun does its job fast enough, we'll have full sunshine by 4:00 or 5:00. it's a real humid start. having been on the front lawn, i can promise you it feels humid out there. 70 degrees in camp springs and pran did wine, maryland. and 70 degrees at dulles airport. 72 in leesburg and beautiful upperville and middle burg out in loudoun county. temperatures on their way up here into the low and mid 70s. storm 4 radar shows not a whole lot of rain to worry about. sprinkles across maryland up into west virginia. i think anybody that's going to have a chance for seeing a rain drop today will be along into the west of the blue ridge mountains. east of the mountains the rain chances are not zero, but extremely low. even with the clouds not really rain-making clouds. big thunderstorms late last

night across southern virginia, northern north carolina. those are now moving out to sea. again, this is a little ripple in the atmosphere that may generate sprinkles. most of us won't need to worry. we should get breaks of sunshine back by mid to late afternoon as the clouds move on out. skies will continue to clear out overnight tonight. and as a result, little warm front coming through and a trough of low pressure from the west. tomorrow, much, much warmer with the southwesterly wind. unfortunately, showers and thunderstorms a likelihood. for today, clouds to start. sunshine sneaking in later on this afternoon. highs today little bit sunshine dependent. upper 70s, low 80s. for tomorrow, hot and humid. temperatures back up into the low 90s. low to mid 90s on tuesday.

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nbc is the place for politics on sunday morning. >> let's look what's ahead on "meet the press" and "chris matthews show." >> good morning. coming up on "the chris matthews show" we were reminded that the presidential campaigns were mired in small and petty back

and forths. we'll talk about that and whether the race is going to be reset a bit. and then we'll turn to the obama campaign's effort to disqualify mitt romney as simply the rich guy who won't reveal just how rich he is doesn't get regular people and we won't know until november whether the strategy is working. but mitt romney is under increasing pressure even in his own party to release more tax returns and keep hitting obama harder. is romney figuring it's easier to survive the demand toss release more returns than the information contained in the years of 1040s. we don't expect a break through veep pick from romney, no sarah palin, but will he miss a chance to excite his base or the voters in the center he will need. join me and tom brokaw and gloria borjer for a tremendous round table. for a look coming up on "meet the press," here's david gregory. >> good morning. coming up, a special edition of "meet the press." as president obama makes his way to aurora, colorado, to honor

the victims of the tragedy there, we'll have the latest on the still developing situation. this morning i'll be joined live by the governor, john hickenlooper. what can we do to detect the threats that become national tragedies? joining me is michael chertoff. former police commissioner of new york and chief in los angeles, bill bratten, and gun control advocate carolyn mccarthy of new york. and plus the presidential campaign. it's all coming up this morning on "meet the press." and after the program, please stay tuned for press pass, our conversation today with slaughter, who argued in the atlantic magazine that women can't have it all. a discussion with her. only here on nbc4. >> david, thanks. 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 morning. on friday the department announced it's giving $10 million for the bicycle project. no on wednesday, mitt romney will leave for his first overseas trip since clinching his party's nomination. he will visit the united kingdom, israel and poland. his campaign says romney will not explicitly criticize president obama's foreign policy while abroad, however, he plans to raise money while traveling. he will attend the opening ceremony for the olympic games in london. we know that that's just five days away. it seems like we have been waiting forever. >> the excitement is really building. except for the 20 local athletes who will participate there. should be exciting to see them. >> we have had a chance to profile a lot of the athletes. we want to remind you can go online and download the app and watch the olympic events live, but find out more about the athletes and about the schedule.

it will affect some of the programming too. >> that's right. but for today, we'll continue to follow the developments out of aurora, colorado. president obama will meet with the victims' family members. that does it for us today. >> make it a great sunday, everyone. i'm barack obama and i approve this message.

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