around this country in virginia, where are the jobs, where's the economic growth? what are your ideas to grow the economy? >> news4 goes one-on-one with paul ryan. we'll get his stance on the upcoming issues. so close, but not enough. the redskins try to move on from a tough preseason loss that came down to the last few plays. right now in the open atlantic a brave attempt by a 62-year-old woman to swim more than 100 miles. boy oh boy. good morning. welcome to news4 today.

i'm richard jordan. >> i'm angie goff. she's got to watch out for the jellyfish. >> that's what got her the last time. and the sharks too. >> we'll have more on that coming up. but first, we want to check in on the weekend weather. yesterday was gorgeous. >> it was. can we get a repeat? let's ask meteorologist chuck bell. >> good morning. today will be essentially the flip-flop of yesterday. yesterday we started with the drops esarly in the morning and then a nice day. today we'll flip-flop it around. before the sun goes down, most if not all of us will have had rain drops. enjoy the day early. current temperatures 70 now in washington. 63 waldorf. 69 in leonard town. nothing all that big showing up on doppler just yet. the closest drops are not so terribly far away though, down

towards richmond and on to the west sides of richmond. we're watching this moisture coming our way. first drops could not be too far from washington by lunch time. most will wait until late afternoon before you get the drops. be ready, have your umbrellas ready for the end of the day. the redskins' loss to the chicago bears, 33-31. in the last few minutes. it started with an injury in the very first quarter, brian orakpo reached out the a tackle and strained his left shoulder. later, qb robert griffin iii in his second professional start tried to fake a handoff, but he got sacked and fumbled the ball. and brandon banks makes a 91 yard punt return. backup quarterback kirk cousins connected for three touchdowns. the skins led 31-30 with two minutes left in play, but the

bears had a late 57 yard field goal. that was it. here's coach mike shanahan on his qbs. >> both these guys have been doing a good job of adjusting and adapting to the offense. each day is a new experience for them. but they seem to get better and better. and both robert and kirk have done an unbelievable job in their preparation, in their studying and all the games will help. >> by the way this is a very close -- >> the redskins will play the colts next saturday at home. not a good night for the nationals either the team was looking for win number eight in a row. the mets made it 2-0 in the seventh inning and that's how it would stay. the nats play the mets one more time today. this morning, republican mitt romney and his running mate paul ryan are preparing for a joint appearance. they'll hold a town hall tomorrow in manchester. it comes about a week after mitt

romney announced ryan as his vp pick and comes days after president obama campaigned in new hampshire. news4's julie carey spoke with paul ryan. >> please welcome the next viceof the united states, congressman paul ryan. >> it's an ego boasting introduction he's been getting. the gop team's plans for medicare are the latest flash point in the campaign. but paul ryan underscored he's in lock step with mitt romney's promise to restore $716 billion they contend the obama administration shifted out of the program. as house budget chair ryan had supported that included the same cut. >> i'm on the romney/ryan ticket and our plan is to repeal everything in obama care including the cuts to medicare. >> ryan stands by the running mate's decision not to release

more than two years of tax returns. >> people aren't asking me details about tax returns. what they're asking me around this country and in virginia is where are the jobs? where's the economic growth? what are your ideas to grow thi economy. >> ryan does turn the spotlight when asked about the deep defense cuts at the end of the year. >> i offered a bill that cuts spending to stop the sequester. we have passed a plan in the house to do that and mitt romney is determined to make sure that these savage cuts don't hit the pentagon. >> paul ryan tells me's no stranger to the commonwealth. but as mitt romney's running mate he suddenly sees the swing state in a brand new light, declaring it the key to the country's future. >> this is not an ordinary election. it's an election that's going to determine the trajectory of this country for a long time. virginians have a big say so in it. this week, president obama will campaign in ohio, nevada and new york. he visited new hampshire yesterday ahead of the

republican town hall meeting tomorrow. the president once again said romney's tax plan favors the wealthy over the middle class. he talked about the republicans' plan to turn medicare into a voucher-like program. >> i mean, they are trying to throw everything at the wall just to see what will stick. but the latest thing they have been trying is to talk about medicare. now, you'd think they'd avoid talking about medicare given the fact that both of them have proposed to voucherize the medicare system. but i guess they figure the best defense is to try to go on offense. >> the president says romney wants seniors to get a voucher which could force seniors to pay an extra $6,400 a year while giving the wealthy a tax break. now, coming up on "meet the press," both virginia governor bob mcdonnell and martin o'malley will discuss the tone of the presidential campaign up

to this point. that's at 10:00 right here. and david gregory will join us in the studio for a preview. leon panetta is raising concerns about the insider attacks against u.s. and coalition forces in afghanistan. panetta spoke with afghan president hamid karzai by phone. he encouraged karzai to work with u.s. commanders to screen new afghan recruits. american and coalition troops are training many afghan troops and police officers to take control of their own security by 2014. friday, two u.s. service members were killed during a training exercise there. the time is 6:07. next, an attempted robbery. >> a taxi cab driver shares his story. >> i called 911. i said i'm a cab driver, i'm being robbed, please help me. >> hear how he escaped and how the robber ended up dead. and plus, more great weather

for today, but what about the workweek? >> let's talk about today. a 100-mile swim in shark infested water. hear from the 62-year-old woman he[ male announcer ] you paid in to medicare for years.

every paycheck. now, when you need it obama has cut $716 billion dollars from medicare. why? to pay for obamacare. so now the money you paid for your guaranteed healthcare is going to a massive new government program that's not for you. the romney-ryan plan protects medicare benefits for today's seniors and strengthens the plan for the next generation. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message.

well, i like what chuck is calling the forecast today, a flip-flop. >> a flip-flop of yesterday. i haven't personally flip-flopped the forecast just yet, however i have inched the rain drops in sooner than i thought. i didn't think we'd have to worry too much until close to sun set. but i think we may have to worry sooner than that. you're off to a dry start and it will be a beautiful sunrise out there as well. the sun is ready to come up in the next 15 minutes or so. enjoy it, everybody.

red sky in morning, sailor's take warning. that's the old rule. look at that beautiful reddish color to the sky. no reason to be scared about the rain drops, no threat for severe weather today. that is welcome news. but boy, do we need the rain around here. more than eight inches behind in rainfall year to day so we definitely need it. 70 degrees in washington. dew points are low. upper 50s to around 60 degrees. winds out of the northeast at six miles an hour. that wind going to keep the drier air in place for a good part of the morning into the early afternoon. but eventually the rain drops will win out. temperatures this morning are in the 60s to around 70. 74 degrees in annapolis this morning. 61 though in hagerstown. 63 in winchester. headed out to the ball game, we immediate to win this series from the mets. 1:35, first pitch. it will be 80 degrees, and clouds on the increase. pack something to stay dry with.

doesn't look like it will be a soaker, but you could be wet before the game is done. not much on doppler too close to us, but there are rain drops this morning. roanoke, out to blacksburg, getting the rain drops early this morning. there's a lot more moisture down across the western carolinas and that whole slug of moisture is moving in our direction. it's a little ahead of schedule. that's speeding up the arrival of the rainfall instead of sunset, some folks could get rain as early especially you down towards culpepper, you could get rain as early as 12:00 or 1:00. for most of us, it will be after 3:00 before the bulk of the rainfall gets in here. that low pressure skirting off the coast tomorrow isn't going to general rate a whole lot of rain. as it goes off the coast, i think the squeeze play will keep rain chances -- off and on throughout much of the monday and through tuesday before

things really start to dry out and warm up by the middle of the week. headed on down to the beaches today, kind of a showery second half of the sunday. probably won't get a whole lot of sand time before the rain drops move in. kind of a showery day tomorrow. better weather at the beaches if this is your week at the beach coming up. after tuesday, looks like a good week for sure. so morning sunshine today. enjoy it. thickening clouds and showers returning by mid to late afternoon for most. you folks down to the south and west could see it sooner. cloudy and showery overnight into your monday morning. thing off and on chances for your rain tomorrow. here's the extended forecast. even though it's close, there are no 90s on the seven-day forecast. although i wouldn't rule it out by the end of the week. most of the week in the 80s. >> friday, 89. that's pretty darn close. >> it's close. >> but not quite there. >> thanks. well, a 62-year-old swimmer is not giving up on her life

long dream to swim from cuba all the way to the florida keys. >> this is the fourth time diana nyad has tried to make the journey. look at that. she jumped into the water yesterday. she tried making the swim last summer but an asthma attack and dangerous jellyfish stings forced her out of the water on two separate attempts. this time, she's confident that she can finish. nyad says it will take more than 60 hours. 60 hours to complete that. that's actually not that long considering how far it is. >> i know. how do you train for that, to swim 60 hours? >> i don't know. >> go back and forth -- >> i'm more scared about the jellyfish than the sharks. >> what? >> i don't know. i don't go into the water because of the jellyfish. next up, reporter's notebook, a look at stories affecting our community. >> she'll change her mind when

she sees the fin. good morning. i'm pat lawson mews. we begin with expanded gambling in maryland. it moved ahead in annapolis this past week. the general assembly approved plan to add a sixth casino and to allow table games at all six. it took a lot of arm twisting but the bill passed and governor o'malley signed it into law on wednesday morning. now it's up to maryland voters who will decide this matter in november. what did it take to get here? >> a lot of wheeling and dealing. a lot of money. a lot of lobbying by the gambling interests and still, they have to wait for a referendum. their argument is this will produce jobs and revenue for the state. critics say that those are -- that's a bogus argument. it hasn't really worked that well. maybe atlantic city, certainly las vegas. it hasn't produced that many jobs they argue. it hasn't produced the revenue. look at state budgets where there's gambling.

the critics argue they're still in trouble. so they think that it's a move that doesn't really help a lot. although they do concede it may help a little. it may fill in some gaps in the budget. but it's not going to be a panacea. >> well, not in atlanta city because if you look at atlantic city, they have areas in poverty and many of the workers at the casinos, they come in by train or they drive in from other parents of -- from other parts of upper new jersey. it hasn't helped atlantic city. and i use that, dave, as an example because here we're talking about prince georges county. whether these jobs are going to help in prince georges county, we just said which jobs are going to help prince georges county? maybe a few infrastructure jobs, building it or whatever. these people are highly skilled and they will ship them in from other places. >> you're absolutely right.

because as gambling ebbs and flows, everybody knows that even las vegas goes through rough times. and so what will happen is -- this is like circus performers. they're very transient. they go from city to city, temporarily setting up housing. usually where most of the employment takes place, at least i have learned from my experience living in detroit, when hotels are connected with casinos. then people get minimum wage jobs in the hospitality industry, maids and that type of thing. i think this is an interesting fight between now and november because i suspect that the churches as they have already said, they're going to go to war on this one. so this will be constituents versus lawmakers. >> well, once source i heard from last week said this -- you're right, this is going to be a big fight. and big bucks.

big bucks will go down in campaigning to get this thing passed on the referendum. >> that's big issue because there's a concern now that the lobbying for the gambling industry has become a major force in the state of maryland. it won't go away even if they approve gambling. it will be there to keep the interests going, perhaps to expand. that means every legislator could be prey or helped from the gambling industry, depending on how he or she feels about it. but there's a concern there's a whole new element being added to the maryland politics. >> you're right, the money will flow. it will flow all over prince georges county. i mean, people will be offered an awful lot of incentives to put their name behind them. >> and virginia is also looking at this, because -- i said before, the taxi cab that goes from alexandria to washington harbor. >> sweeping new policy brings

temporary relief to undocumented immigrants in this country. the president's executive order grants a two-year reprieve to immigrants brought to the u.s. legal legally. people have flooded immigration offices this past week to apply and to get the work permits. how does this work? >> well, it enables people to file for a work situation, a stay against deportation by showing that they're good citizens, they can prove they're good citizens. they obviously didn't come in illegally. they were brought in by their parents. they argue with that regard too. and then they're given time to try to fight for final -- against deportation. the people who are behind this said this isn't a pathway, this isn't like anything in the earlier debate about immigration. it's a temporary stop gap measure until they can think of something better.

>> they're saying it's not immunity which is what many of the conservatives don't want. but on the national level, this is a major feather in the cap i should say for president obama. i mean, it couldn't come at a better time because of the effort to go for that hispanic vote. >> well, that's what he was -- what he's been accused of over the past week. but maryland is going to drain a lot of people -- and prepare a lot of people to be able to apply for this. i think you have droves of people showing up at these workshops in maryland, especially so that they can be good applicants. >> so it's a dream come true for millions, but isn't it also true that it's -- it's a dream -- a disappointment rather for millions of others who don't qualify? the majority don't qualify? >> that's the give and take of life. i'm thinking of one woman from costa rica where she says, look,

i want to be a pediatrician. this will help me to get to college. this will help me to stay in the states with some legality. that is what -- >> it buys time until we really we see a really powerful, cumulative argument in the congress and the white house over what do we do with undocumented people and many millions in the country? do we find a way to get them to citizenship or keep trying to deport them. that's too many to deport. this buys some time until something else better comes along. >> we should also add, we keep emphasizing south of the border. this has global implications. >> exactly. >> we have a lot of africans and asians. especially in this area that will benefit from this law also. >> former governor doug wilder this past week criticized the vice president for his comments about mitt romney. during the event in danville,

virginia, the vice president said that romney's policies would quote, put you all back in chains. wilder said the remarks were racially charged. what do you say? >> i say mr. wilder should shut up. really. you're making a mountain out of not even a mole hill. a lot of people saw that particular statement by the vice president, knew very well what he was talking about. i don't know, people i have talked to feel that this is -- this is a nothing to really get upset about. >> we have spent all week long talking about this on my show. i mean, it won't go away. doug wilder is a dear friend. i probably talk to him probably once or twice a month. i think he's absolutely wrong on this. look, you had speaker boehner who said we're going to unshackle wall street. >> right. >> shackle, chain, they're just metaphors for each other. if you play the tape and listen to him, there wasn't any racial

intent. i think the problem was that there were a lot of african-americans in the audience, although it was not exclusively african -- >> that's not in the story. >> i'm sorry, the article i wrote, the blog i wrote, it's stone soup. it's the old parable, it's stone soup. the mitt romney folks tried to make stone soup. >> final comment. >> i mean, the defense of biden, his defenders say he misspoken, this is joe again being joe. he says words he wishes he could take back. shackle word was used by those who wanted to free wall street. he tried to reuse the word. a lot of his best friends say he did it the wrong way. the thing is he's distracted the momentum, not momentum, but the whole thing has distracted from other issues that both sides want to get out in front of the voters. >> we'll take a break and be right back after this. stay with us. i'm barack obama and i approve this message

now mitt romney's attacking the president on medicare? the nonpartisan a-a-r-p says obamacare "cracks down on medicare fraud, waste, and abuse and strengthens guaranteed benefits." and the ryan plan? a-a-r-p says it would undermine medicare and could lead to higher costs for seniors... and experts say ryan's voucher plan could raise future retirees costs more than six thousand dollars. get the facts.

end to go back to virginia for a second. this past week, uva president theresa sullivan says -- said she learned lessons from the failed attempt to fail her earlier in the summer. the effort by the board of regents led to chaos. what do you make of her admission? >> well, a response to reporters' queries in "the washington post." very interesting article. she says now maybe i should have fought more, i should have pushed back. she kind of acquiesced and took it and this mall strom of concern around her boiled up. she wishes now she would have confronted the board more, what's going on, drew them out more. people there -- there's a formal

attempt being made to get more information about the board's decision, to know more so that we -- so that everybody learns more about what happened and hopefully that kind of a thing won't happen again. >> in fact, an alumni group is demanding a full explanation by the board and insisting that the school's reputation and fund-raising are at stake. >> well, there's some speculation that this could be honeymoon. everybody is agreeing with everybody, but there's a lot of smoke under this thing. for instance, remember in the very beginning governor mcdon l mcdonnell wanted to get rid of the board if they didn't bring this woman back. whatever happened to that, we don't know. we're talking about a woman who is very, very popular at the university of virginia. not only at the university of virginia, across the board. she's very popular. now, the board is -- will have to either yield to her, get along with some of her ways or she will have to yield with the board. so i look at it right now as a honeymoon.

but it could develop into some type of harmony if they're serious about the university of virginia. >> do you think theresa sullivan and the director can get along? >> no. i think the dye is set. what tends to happen in these type of situation, i have been involved in this, sitting on boards and also being on the other side on staff, it's the head that goes. and i suspect and this is going to be there for everybody to review, i suspect that the head of the board, the chair, is gonna go. that's where they're going to make the changes. all the board members are not going to sacrifice themselves for the one head. so they'll get rid of the head of the board. >> interesting, when she was pressed about what she thought of helen dreaga, she didn't really say.

she said we'll work together. >> let's talk about defective grout. 21 states have been told that as many as three dozen bridges may have been built with defective grout. the bridges are being checked for structural defects. what do we know about this and how serious is it? >> well, our own wtop's transportation reporter broke this story, and what he found out was right now there are lots of what they like to call redundancy which is a bureaucratic word for protection even if this grout starts. there are other things to protect this bridge. so the woodrow wilson bridge would not suffer for a long, long time. but with all the concern about the bridges in the washington area and the slowness of repair jobs, because of congressional action or inaction to a certain extent, people are worried about bridges. this is the brand new woodrow wilson bridge and the other bridge is a very important route too. people don't want to think when

they drive on a bridge they're in danger. but for now they're not. >> well, i can remember the wilson bridge is brand new. but i just keep hearing this in my head. the many stories about the wilson bridge, true or not, there's been this concern about how safe it was. i'm going back to the -- the 19 -- i would say 1970s, there was concern when they started to talk about the wilson bridge. >> well, we don't know. i hope that they will investigate and find clearly what's wrong and then who's accountable. is it the supplier of the grout, is it the manufacturer of the grout, is it the engineers? but this speaks to the other question, where's the money gone? >> in the case of the wilson bridge it could be maryland and virginia. >> but where's the money going to come from? >> we can't answer that question today. that's reporters notebook. stay with us. news4 today continues.

good morning. welcome to news4 today. i'm angie goff. >> i'm richard jordan. hopefully, you got some time to go outside yesterday because it looks like it was the better day of the two. >> meteorologist chuck bell telling us that we might get a little rain sooner than expected. is that right, chuck? >> yeah. for better for worse, you know, i'm having to move up our anticipated arrival of first rain drops. i really thought they'd come in late this afternoon. now it looks like some places could get rain drops early this afternoon. outside, it's not a bad looking way to get your morning started. temperatures are generally in the 60s. a few spots in the 70s like downtown. 66 in charlottesville. first rain drops are as close to us as about charlottesville, but the steady rain is down in

southwestern virginia. so we are keeping a close eye on it here. could be as close as five or six hours away which means 11:30, 12:00 time frame out to the southwest side of the city. so we'll be keeping a close eye on this. nice this morning. clouds thickening and showers likely for most if not all once we get past 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon. we'll talk about the rest of the week coming up. this morning, man is in the hospital after he was severely beaten near eastern market on capitol hill. police found the 29-year-old man unconscious. on the front porch of a house yesterday morning. police tell "the washington post" the man did not live there. the house is across the street from the eastern market. so far, no arrests have been made in the case. a hit and run accident killed man crossing a busy street in fairfax, but a witness took action and helped police track down the car that hit the victim. it all happened in the 9800 block of fairfax boulevard. derek ward has more on the clues

left behind that may have helped the police solve this case >> reporter: it was 1:10 a.m. 62-year-olds james davidson was crossing route 50 in virginia. he had made it to the median, but no farther. >> that was where the victim was struck, right where these circular rings are at. from the point of impact here, he was thrown approximately 245 feet down the road. >> reporter: the driver of the 2010 jeep liberty did not stop, but the vehicle has been found. another motorist saw the accident and followed that vehicle to arlington county. it's now evidence. collisions of such force leave clues that can lead investigators to the vehicle and to the registered owner. >> his right boot was found over here. and different things out here. things that they collected from the car. windshield wipers. glass. >> reporter: all mingled in the road with the few belongings the victim carried in a bag. folks who work along this stretch say the victim was a main stay in the community.

>> around 6:30, 7:00 he'll come up and say hi and everybody. >> reporter: at the lamb center he was well known and even throw struggles like sobriety and relapse -- >> he was always trying to help other people. >> reporter: his fate was too common on the lamb center facility. the plaques bear names of those who died, many hit by cars. >> many of our guests have died that way. right around this area. >> reporter: now, as they pass beneath this sad role of the dead and pray for their souls. >> reporter: but also, praying for the driver too because things like this, i mean, everyone is a victim. >>. a woman accused in another deadly hit and run accident is now in police custody. the 19-year-old is accused of hitting a man as he stood next to his suv on the shoulder of

i-95 north. the incident happened early saturday morning near mile marker 162. the accident completely shut down i-95 for hours. this morning we are hearing from a prince georges county cab driver who survived an attack. a would-be robber tried to set him on fire. that attacker died in the incident. darcy spencer spoke with the driver. >> he grabbed me. >> reporter: this prince georges county cab driver set on fire by a would-be robber is telling news4 how he escaped the flames that killed his attacker. >> i started coughing, coughing. then i jumped out. >> reporter: the cabbie picked up the suspect friday afternoon and then drove him to bowie. he refused to pay the fare and said to the cab, give me the

money. >> i called 911, i said i'm become robbed, please help me. >> reporter: and then the rider doused the cabbie and set his car ablaze. >> he was drinking. >> reporter: you could smell alcohol? >> yeah. i feel it was alcohol. >> reporter: the cabbie says the door jammed, his hair caught on fire. >> there were things dropping on me. >> reporter: he was able to kick open the door and fell to the ground. authorities arrived, he was taken to the hospital. he was shocked to learn later that the robber had died in the fire inside the cab. >> he should not -- be like on fire. he's trapped. and he lost his life. >> reporter: the cabbie says he'd been robbed a few times before and suffered a broken jaw. but he has no plans to call it quits. >> god has given me a second chance. just for my kids. >> reporter: the cabbie believes

that flammable liquid was is only kind of alcoholic beverage, but that's not been confirmed by the fire department. police are still trying to figure out who the man was who died in the blaze. in bowie, darcy spencer, news4 today. the lenny harris legacy lives on as community members continued his one love festival in honor of its founder. ♪ the annual festival which took place yesterday has helped kids in alexandria get supplies they need for back to school for the past ten years. festival goers celebrated the life of harris through music, games and give aways and they shared the ways that harris touched their lives. >> i was a rough kid growing up, so he tried to help me. keep me out of the streets, you know what i'm saying? take me to little meetings, you know, to try to make things

peaceful. >> harris' wife has led the charge to continue her husband's legacy. harris was killed last september. women's rights activists spent some time on capitol hill to fight what they're calling a war on women's rights. the group called we are women believes women should be treated equally to men. members support measures to make sure that women receive equal pay for equal work and a woman's right to choose. the time is 6:38. from the economy to medicare, and lots of negative attacks, we'll get political analysis on decision 2012 next with "meet the press" moderator david gregory. plus, move-in weekend at many college campuses but see how dorm life is now a lot different at gallaudet university. university. you're watching news4 today.

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2012. we're already seeing sharp attacks in the presidential race and candidates on both sides are trying to make their positions clear on the key issues. >> joining us with some insight into it all is "meet the press" moderator david gregory. >> good morning. >> you said last week medicare was going to be the big issue and you were right. >> yeah, it has. but it's been such a nasty week. not as if they're having a policy fight. it's been all about romney's running mate, paul ryan and with that comes the medicare debate. ryan going to florida with his mother yesterday, said that the ryan campaigns sees a little bit of daylight on medicare. we can put the president on the defensive because he moved some money out of medicare as part of his attempt to provide universal coverage, so maybe, you know, we can change the terms of the debate here. they'll have to the that. they know in a state like florida if they're put back on their heels it becomes difficult for the republicans. >> but on the obama side, they

want to keep the issue of romney's taxes alive. >> yeah. romney helped this week. he was trying to talk about medicare, he said that he never paid less than 13%. it wasn't clear whether that was just federal income tax, so he raised more questions than he necessarily answered. and you're right, the obama team wants to keep this issue alive. for them, it's way to say, look, this guy is out of touch with middle class voters. he doesn't understand the concerns of people in this economy and, you know, what's he hiding? romney does not intend to release the returns. >> do you think the economy is getting lost in the other issues? >> i think it has in the last week. if you're romney and ryan you want to make that the principle focus. for the obama team, there's good news on the economy. even though state numbers came out this week that only underlined the problem. we'll get back to that for sure, make no mistake. but right now i think you have seen this shift to this focus on the budget and medicare. really kind of the imprint of the tea party going back to 2010 and the midterm race.

that was very successful for republicans. >> there's still a lot of buzz obviously about romney's pick for vp. so when we talk about paul ryan, is he already making an expect in states like virginia? >> yeah, i think he is. i have governor mcconnedonnell talk about the impact in virginia. he was unveiled in norfolk. he's also energizing liberals as well. i think one of the interesting questions is how much of a base election this is going to be as much as a fight for the middle. if both are energized, we'll see where we are. >> and you have governor martin o'malley. >> that's right. we have the whole area covered here. the head of the governors association, they have a lot to say in the big debates and also we're hear from former mayor, rudy giuliani, he has some interesting concerns about where republicans are covered.

>> you have and heard his name recently. >> no, but he's out campaigning. he's interesting, he's more analytical than the republicans who stick to the talking points and democrats too, by the way. so it will be interesting to hear from him. >> great. just real quick, i want to get your take -- i know we touched on medicare a little bit. do you think this is going to remain the top issue? i know you mentioned we might get back to the economy -- >> i think it will be a critical issue throughout. if you're the president, you want to cast romney/ryan as a ticket that's going to change medicare as you know it, somehow roll back the program. there are not tremendous differences honestly. i mean, there's a difference in philosophy, but in terms of how medicare grows and all of that, there's a lot of similarity between republicans and democrats. i don't know if that's what voters will hear. they'll hear a lot of demagoguery. >> thank you. see you on "meet the press." we'll head on over to check in with meteorologist chuck bell to find out when this rain is moving in. >> well, angie and richard, the rain is on the way.

most if not everybody will be wet before the sun goes down today. we'll talk about the arrival of the rain drops coming up. [ male announcer ] you paid in to medicare for years. every paycheck. now, when you need it obama has cut $716 billion dollars from medicare. why? to pay for obamacare. so now the money you paid for your guaranteed healthcare is going to a massive new government program that's not for you. the romney-ryan plan protects medicare benefits for today's seniors and strengthens the plan for the next generation. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message.

a great day yesterday. good for all the kids that have to go back to school on monday. >> not happy about that. >> a good day to be outside. even if you spent it inside the shopping mall, you got to walk in the sunshine to and fro. i was out on the trail yesterday, those of us who -- my days off are during the week, so i'm running during the week. i never see a soul. practically a traffic jam on the bike path between the 14th and the memorial bridge, on up

around the netherlands pavilion. what a busy day out on the running and bike paths yesterday. probably going to be another busy one today as the weather is quite cooperative. at least here in the front half of your sunday. if you have things to get done outside. for example, mowing the lawn. go ahead and get it done as early on your sunday as you can. clouds that you see now will continue to lower and thicken as we go through this morning. rain drops are a little bit ahead of schedule compared to where i thought they'd be this time yesterday. 70 right now at national airport. winds out of the northeast at six miles an hour. light northeasterly winds will become southeasterly winds this afternoon. temperatures to get your sunday morning underway, a lot of cool spots. 59 now in cumberland, maryland. 66 in charlottesville. still 74 in maryland this morning. if you're headed out to the baseball game, clouds will be thickening up for sure. a very good day for a baseball game. i think they'll play the game all the way to completion, but

you may want to have a little bit of something to put over your head, just in case we get some rain drops before the game is completely done. nothing up here in frederick county, maryland, but there are showers to the south and west of what ray, and down into the roanoke valley this morning. all getting wet. the computer models have done a very good job picking up on this batch of moisture down in the western carolinas. what they have been not doing a good job, this moisture has formled ahead of it. you can see the big shield of rain showers across southern virginia. that's all moving in our direction so the clouds are moving in fast. the drops will be returning here. for some down to the south and west of town, potentially as early as lunch time today. for most of us, i think the rain drops hold off until after lunch. it's not bad thing we're getting

the rain. we do need the rain show showers around here. a little rain front is coming our way. that will turn the rain drops off by tuesday lunch time. if you have this week off going down to the beach, for example, it will be a really nice late august week. headed down to the beaches, nothing more than a few late day showers on the coast today. then the weather does get much nicer. so for us, little breaks of sunshine, thickening clouds this afternoon and rain drops coming. most if not everybody will be wet before the sun goes down today. showers likely overnight tonight, not looking for a lot of rain between today, tomorrow and into early tuesday. but i think that most places, about a quarter to maybe half an inch of rain if we're lucky. that's good news because we need it. as we go through the rest of the week, temperatures at or slightly above average. we have had 48 days this year, 90 or higher. no official 90s on the seven-day

forecast but there may be one or two left in the warm weather season. sort of be ready for that. won't be 9 7, might be 91. >> is that a forshadowing to the winter we're expecting? >> i would love a nice, cold weather. >> you're due one. >> i'm way overdue. >> we want one. overdue. all right. >> thanks, chuck. nasa is unveiling plans for the rover curiosity. it will be used to help look for the building blocks of possible life on mars. nasa scientists and engineers have chosen the spot close to curiosity's landing site to first investigate there. and curiosity will be sent to the base of mount sharp, a three-mile high mound with exposed rock. one of the two primary runways at thurgood marshall airport is closing tomorrow. that's when a reconstruction project will begin and it will last for the next 60 days. that means people who live near

the airport may notice a change in plane flight patterns. it's one of many projects spanning the next few days designed to upgrade the airport and improve safety. a new facility at gallaudet university has many students excited about the return of the school year. it has special features designed to make life easier for students who are hard of hearing or deaf. seth lemon went on campus to check it out. >> reporter: summer break is officially over. students are leaving home and moving back into dorms and some of them are doing so happily. gallaudet university has a welcome back gift that's putting smiles on lots of places. >> you bet, i'm ready. >> reporter: the gift is a new 60,000 square foot residence hall, designed with deaf space, that allows for easier interaction among deaf and hard of hearing students. tony was first to move in. >> i'm happy that we have new

dorm, very friendly, new space. fresh smells, like a new house. >> reporter: this has a modern feel with large windows, wide halls and soft lighting, better suited to the students. there's a learning lab with moving chalkboards. even the littlest things like the front sliding doors make the students' lives easier. they can keep signing while walking without being interrupted. the president has seen the gallaudet community come together. >> they're all so excited. i would say the best part about this design and construction of this dorm is that the students have been involved since day one. >> reporter: tony says he brought too much stuff. he wanted to be well prepared for a long school year. >> like bringing people home. instead of to a dorm. >> reporter: a home they probably won't want to leave to go to class. in northeast washington, seth lemon, news4. classes at gallaudet start a week from tomorrow. parents and students in

prince georges county are spending this last day of their summer break prepping for a new school year which starts tomorrow. news 4's tracee wilkins emceed a free back to school fare yesterday. it included health screening, parent workshops and a backpack give away. they're encouraging the parents to be part of the school system this year. >> well, it can only be enhanced so we want to make sure that the operations of the day to day occurs, and we're excited about the new school year and for the parents and the community to get engaged in process. >> about 125,000 students attend prince georges county public schools. today the washington nationals are hosting a back to school drive. if you're headed to afternoon's game, bring school supplies to students in need. backpacks, folder, coloring

books, crayons, that i'll take it and they'll donate it to the d.c. public schools. you can drop off the supplies at the center field gate. it's picture day here on news4 today. do you have a bad school photo you'd like to share with the class? >> send it to us on facebook or twitter. we will show them off in the next half hour. ours included. >> i'm old enough, mine were chiseled in stone. >> no, you're not. stop it. also ahead, we have news4's viewpoint. stay with us.

hi, again. good morning. welcome to news4 today. i'm angie goff. >> i'm richard jordan. let's get started with the all-important forecast. >> that's right. give it to us, chuck. >> if you brought me in for sports you'll be woefully disappointed. temperatures mostly in the 60s. not much rain out there, but down in stanton, harrison burg, be on the lookout. they're marching northbound. probably only four or five or six hours away for most of us.

clouds thickening by late this morning. rain drops as early as lunch time down to the south and west of town. if you need dry weather, oh, yeah, you should rush them to completion. just to be safe. >> good advice. >> thanks, chuck. now to our top stories, the redskins lose against the chicago bears in the second preseason games. the skins led until the last two minutes left in play. the bears had a late 57 yard field goal, beating the skins 33-31. the redskins play the colts next saturday at home. republicans mitt romney and paul ryan are preparing for their town hall meeting tomorrow in new hampshire. probably will campaign in nevada and ohio in the week ahead. next is nbc4's viewpoint. >> good morning, welcome to viewpoint. i'm pat lawson mews. on the morning of august 5th, a

shooting in a sikh temple outside of milwaukee left six worshipers dead and three others wounded. the heinous attack by wade michael page prompted mourning around the nation. it also focused attention on a community that displayed a very peaceful response to the violence that rocked their community. this morning we have invited leaders of the sikh community to talk about their response, about their faith and about the hope for the future. my guests are dr. sing who's chairman of the sikh council of religion and education. jesse sing of the maryland south asian commission. and valerie core, a filmmaker and director of ground swell. we'll explain what ground swell is. first off, one of the three victims hospitalized after the shooting was released from the hospital. that must be a tremendous source

of relief for all of you. valerie? >> it is. i spent last week in oak creek with the community and i want to say that the grief and the sadness ran very deep. but even in the midst of that kind of pain, they found the courage to step before the sea of cameras and tell their stories to the american people. many of whom report learning about the sikh faith for first time. so the news that one of the victims has been released is a hopeful one. but the trauma of that massacre is something that the sikh community will need to be continue to address and rise from in the weeks and months ahead. >> what are your thoughts, jesse, about what happened? >> what happened was very sad and very shocking and the whole community was really shocked once we heard this news. but there was an underlying feeling among -- in the community since 9/11 that this might happen one day. since 9/11 these things were happening -- i'm so sorry. >> that's okay. >> and there was this fear that

this might happen, and it did happen. but like they say out of all tragedies, some good things do come. and the kind of unity that we see after this incident amongst all the communities, the kind of support that we got from the media that is helping educating the mainstream america about sikhism and other minorities that are here. >> much has been said about the sikh community's response to the violence in milwaukee. talk about the community and how it's dealing, you know, with it now. how have your friends and family and community responded? we saw them, you know, praying in the temple and we saw them inviting basically the nation to mourn, but to mourn in a peaceful way. >> yes, indeed. you know, i was here when this happened and i went to oak creek

on thursday and was there for the funeral of two of the individuals. and what i have experienced is basically it's like a family affair. it's like the bullets have hit every sikh heart. so there is a tremendous feeling of togetherness. and the thing is that our tent has increased -- it's become much bigger because there are muslims, hindus, christians and jews all joining us in the big tent and the big family. i think that's an amazing experience that we all have gone through this. >> were you surprised to see many people from so many religions and backgrounds from and the country respond the way they did? >> it was truly inspiring. thousands sent in letter, held vigils, organized people to pray for the sikh community. my family has been in this

country for 100 years and i have never seen this kind of unprecedented outpouring of love and support and national unity. i think that will strengthen the sikh community to respond in the way they have. >> what are your thoughts about wade michael page, jesse? >> the sikh community after this incident, on the national network he has said that the community would pray for his soul. that's one thing. we don't know what was going through his mind. we pray for everybody's well-being and including page. but on the other hand, we have to make tougher rules. maybe the administration knows better how to do that, fbi. in making sure that these incidents don't happen again and organizations like these do not destroy the fabric of our great nation. >> yes, i would say that it's

very unfortunate that a young person who has served in the u.s. army and would end up in this situation where he'd take other people's lives, innocent people's lives. there needs to be self-introspection, these people are falling through the cracks and they're captured by the dark groups and the hate groups which are indoctrinating them and taking up arms against innocent people. so there needs to be some way of, you know, a new strategy, that we all need to come together as a community, as a nation. all religions working together, so they can see that this is not the way to take out your anger or frustration, or whatever situation you have gone through in life. >> we are going to take a break. we'll continue our talk about the sikh community here in washington. and around the nation. and what we can all learn from this community. stay with us, we'll be right back.

welcome back to viewpoint. we are talking with members of the sikh community this morning, and we know that often you are misidentified as muslims. why is that and what -- what is it that people need to understand? is -- it's the turban, is it? >> it's absolutely the turban and the beard. unfortunately, after 9/11, the image that was shown across the world of the terrorists was with a beard and turban. and although it's part of some customs and -- of some countries to wear turban, turban is a part of religion. it's a religious symbol to wear the turban and wear a beard. so when a layman sees a turban

they just associate it with the terrorist group. >> and the fact is, most sikhs come from where? >> well, the majority of the sikhs have come from northern punjab. that's our homeland. and it was started in 1469 and since then the community has grown, now 26 million people throughout the world. and there are about 700,000 people in the united states and they're 2% of the canadian population. >> how many sikh residents are there here in the washington area? how large is the community here and where do they live? >> mainly they live throughout the metropolitan area. mostly in maryland and virginia. very few in washington, d.c. and baltimore is a very big population. they are about 25,000 people and the main migrants -- i mean, the group came in early '60s.

>> the basic tenets of your religion, what are they? >> we believe that god is one and humanity is one, that all faiths lead to the same divine source. and we uphold our -- we praise the divine by upholding the tenets of equality, save our social justice by exhibiting our faith by loving and serving others. so our teachers gave us five articles of faith, one is long, uncut hair which men and women keep. most wrap hair hair in turban, so it's tragic that it's been marked as a sign of a potential terrorist in the aftermath of 9/11. >> you're concerned though that while people are learning the difference between the sikh faith and community and the muslim community, you don't want them misidentified and stereotyped. >> absolutely.

we don't want to say that we are being targeted because we are muslims. because we are sikhs, we are misidentified as muslims, but we don't want to say we're not muslims so don't kill us or shoot us or hate us. but it's okay to hate a muslim. it's not good for the community to hate any other religion or any other person on the base of how they look, where they come from. these are the tenets, the principles, the founding principles of in great nation. we want to follow that. >> that's right. i think it's really important for the media and for officials to retire the notion of mistaken identity, because it assumes that there are correct targets for this kind of hate. the fact of the matter is i don't think it would have mattered much to page if we were sikhs or muslims or anything else. they saw, you know, our brown skin and turbans and the beards of our men in our community as a sign of people who were their enemies. that's the kind of hate and fear

in this country that we ought to change, all of us, muslim, sikhs, everyone. >> how do we change this? how do you change the notions, the preconceived ideas that people have about one another? that leads to the misidentifying and mislabelling and then leads to the hatred and the disagreeme disagreements? >> i think the one thing where it needs to start is the education. there's such -- the education system in the schools is so stingy in terms of when it comes to educating about sikhism and other faiths. it's not adequate enough for a young child or people growing up in the school systems to really be aware or becoming conscious of all the diversity and the richness that the american society has. so that's one thing. and secondly, of course, the elected leaders, the x commentators, all of this has a

responsibility. because we are -- this nation has to be the leader nation in the world, then it has to act like a leader and it has to act like a mature community and society. where you educate people about each other's differences and similariti similarities. so the faith has been here for the last hundred years and we have contributed immensely in many different fields. if you're eating cranberry, probably is grown by a sikh. if you're eating a peach, it's grown by a sikh. the largest okra former in california. and the father of fiber optics is a turban-wearing sikh, he lives in california. so the point is this large community has been part and parcel of this nation, and yesterday, not too many people know about. >> i -- valerie, your family is

farmers? >> that's right. my grandfather, he couldn't own land, but he stayed believing his grandchildren could live as fully american citizens. i remember in the aftermath of the first gulf war, the oklahoma city bombing and that kind of violence kind of escalated to sweep up so many in our community. what happened on sunday is part of a pattern that's existed in the ten years, but long before that. what's unprecedented about this moment for first time we have entered national attention like never before. this is an opportunity to advance the civil rights and human dignity, not just the sikh community, but all communities who are struggling to be seen as american in this country. >> we'll continue our discussion about the sikh community right after this. stay with us.

hi, i'm angie goff. here are some of the stories we're following this morning. a hit and run saturday night killed a man crossing a busy street in fairfax. now police are working with a witness to track down the person. and mitt romney and paul ryan are preparing for the town hall meeting in new hampshire tomorrow. president obama will campaign in ek ahead.ada and new york in the the redskins lose against the chicago bears in their second preseason game. the bears beat the skins 33-31. the redskins play the colts next saturday at home. we're going to have more news and plus your sunday forecast coming up in about 15 minutes. but remember, you can always connect with us online at

nbcwashington.com. now back to viewpoint. welcome back to view point. we are talking with members of the sikh community. i have to ask you about politics. we are in the midst -- the heat of the political season. what do you think about the political discourse? >> i think it's very unfortunate to bring politics into uniting the nation, uniting different communities, and -- but it's an unfortunate thing. that's an election year going on. and i want to bring why people do this as -- valerie in one of her presentation has said that's fear for the other, so people -- when they don't know about the other, they become fearful. and i think that fear needs to be removed. and it's unfortunate that it's a political, you know, issue is

made out of the incidents. >> why do you think, valerie, that people are so angry and so intolerant of one another? >> well, let me say first what's different about this moment compared to immediately after 9/11, that's now a $40 million industry of ideologues who perpetuate anti-muslim bias and rhetoric. it's a time when our politicians have learned some of them, they can score political points by fanning anti-immigrant and anti-muslim rhetoric. the tragedy in oak creek calls upon all of the elected officials to realize they have a responsibility and fanning the flames of hate they have real consequences for real people. and for all of us to sort of take responsibility, like transform this culture is something that i'm hoping will come forth. >> how politically involved is the sikh community? >> well, in the last 10 to 15 years it's become very active.

but i just want to remind you that the first ever asian elected to u.s. congress was a sikh gentleman. but unfortunately he had to take off his turban to get accepted in the society. so the point is that the sikhs have been pioneers in leading this kind of movement and getting involved in the society. but now we see the need that if we were to make any difference or create some influence to change things, it has to be in the political system. so there is a lot more involvement and jesse is very involved in the maryland state government. similarly, there are many in -- there's one sikh elected in new jersey. and similarly in california and other places. there are strides and moves in that direction. >> valerie, you told me that the younger sikh generation is becoming much more politically involved and active than the

older generation. >> absolutely. there's a whole generation of young sikhs like myself who have come of age in the shadows of 9/11 and they're stepping out to go into the art, becoming lawyers and just in the last week you have seen the young people step before the cameras, organize vigils, work with law enforcement. they're charting -- i believe that the next 1 hundred days after oak creek will define it for the community, so this generation is on fire, ready to organize. for our community and for so many others. >> this generation is very involved in ground swell. what is ground swell. >> yes, so ground swell is a multifaith social action and the idea is to mobilize different people in faiths and social action causes. whether it's ljbt or working against trafficking of kids or religious dignity and racial dignity. so in the aftermath of the oak creek tragedy, we collected

4,000 letters that people sent. i had the honor and privilege to deliver them in person to the victims of oak creek to show there's a ground swell who wants a better world. >> it spans -- i'm sorry? >> i was going to say that throughout the nation, what is referred to as the sikh temple, they're all opening doors for americans to come and join in the community meal. that is also a very important tradition of our sikh tradition. every service concludes with a prayer for all humanity that may god bless everyone and, you know, that happiness for all. regardless of faith and color and ethnicity. then, we also sit together on the floor and eat together and break bread. that creates a sense of sisterhood and brotherhood. we are inviting all neighbors to come and join in.

that because that's a -- if you want to experience it, you can wear a turban. you can borrow a turban from a sikh friend and see how it feels. then also join in this meal because this gives you a feeling that we're all together, there's no mystery. that's no secrecy about this faith. it's basically a faith of love and togetherness and humanity. >> all right. on that note, we'll take another break, but we'll continue our talk right after this. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message.

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welcome back to our discussion. we were just talking a little more about how you practice your faith. since it's sunday and sunday is one of your important days of

worship. tell us, a gudwara is a temple. how many? >> about 11 here in the washington/baltimore area and they're all filled to capacity on sundays. a lot of people go on fridays as well. sunday, you have two or three services. there's a morning service or -- it starts around 7:00 or 8:00. then an afternoon service. the service again is focused on singing god's phrases, which is -- which are contained in the sikh scriptures. and it was a very, very universal, very interfaith in its message because it not only contains the writings and messages of the founders of the faith, but contains the writings of those not necessarily who were from the sikh background.

were from hindu and muslim. those hymns are sung. they're talking about equality. how we are all equal in god's eyes. then it concludes, then we all stand up and we pray and then we take one little passage from the scripture. then we get down to eating wonderful tasty meal. then it's shared and cooked by all volunteers. that was what was happening in oak creek, women and children were preparing this community meal. i went to the temple and i saw the bullets in the kitchen and in the pantry. they took away all the bullet holes and changed the carpet, but there's one bullet on the inner sanctuary around i requested they leave that as a memorial. >> what is one message you want to leave with our viewers this morning? >> that the sikh community and

the other new americans, the new religions have been going through what african-americans have achieved through segregation and martin luther king movement. we had the alabama church bombings. i don't know long it took for the first african-american to be actually -- i was reading somewhere that, you know, african-americans would read news but were kept behind the logos. so it's not just the government or the education system. but i also want corporate america to step up. i want the media to step up. this should not be the last show that's done on this issue because of this tragedy. but this should be on going discussion going on. and corporate america needs to step up, because sikhs do buy gm cars and buy toyota cars and buying nike shoes, gap clothing but you never see a turban person in any of the commercials or mainstream america. i think now we have a time that the sikhs should be in the

forefront because we are part of this fabric and part of this great nation. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> for being with us. >> thank you. may god bless you. >> thank you. same to you. thank you for joining us on viewpoint this morning. i'm pat lawson muse. stay with us. hello. good morning. welcome to news4 today. i'm angie goff. >> i'm richard jordan. he's get -- let's get started with the forecast because we could be dodging rain drops today. >> i don't want to talk about rain, but chuck bell is here to do that. >> you could be dodging them. you may walk right through them. you don't have to dodge them a at all. it's just a rain drop after all.

outside we go. cloudy skies. already in place. one or two little slivers of sunshine left out there. but those slivers of sun are going to be overrun very quickly by cloud cover. temperature now 71 in washington. 73 in annapolis at the state house. 66 in culpepper and charlottesville. that's where the rain drops are sneaking in to our far southwestern viewers. a lot of rain down in south central virginia. that's all marching in our direction. we could have rain drops as close to the metro as early as noontime or not long thereafter. so if you'd like to get some something done with the dry part of your sunday, you need to hurry up and do it. clouds are going to be thickening up very, very quickly. rain drops likely for most, probably not much later than 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon. the further north and east you live, the longer it will take. but folks in culpepper and madison and orange county, be on the lookout.

it could be raining as early as lunch time. back to you guys. >> thanks. this weekend the presidential candidates are turning their focus to medicare. republicans mitt romney and his running mate paul ryan said president obama threatens the future of medicare. >> but the president is calling attention to the republicans' plan to make medicare into a voucher program. while giving a tax break to the rich. nbc's ron mott reports. >> say hi to my mom betty. >> reporter: with his 78-year-old mom by his side, paul ryan made the case for sweeping medicare reform in a place touted as the largest retirement community. >> like a lot of americans, when i think about medicare it's not just a program. it's not just a bunch of numbers. it's what my mom relies on. >> reporter: a part-time floridian, her visit helped personalize what has been a heated debate between the two campaigns that today got personal among voters on the trail. >> yes, let's keep obama in

there so he keeps ruining our country. >> okay. a few more million in a swiss bank account. >> he made it on his own! >> reporter: ryan's visit here, his first to florida since being named the running mate, was a crucial test for the ticket after relentless assaults by president obama in new hampshire. >> you'd think they would avoid by talking about medicare given the fact that both of them have proposed to voucherize the medicare system. but i guess they figure the best defense is to try to go on offense. >> reporter: while there were clear signs of protest at ryan's event, so too was support by a crowd numbering in the thousands. most of whose benefits would remain unchanged under the ryan plan. >> our solution to preserve, protect and save medicare does not affect your benefits. let me repeat that. >> i'm only 60. i don't they'd ever see

medicare. not the way things are going now. >> we are spending money that we don't have and they're going to be the kids that had to pick up the bill. my kids, your kids that's what we're worried about. >> reporter: off the stump, mitt romney also picked up the charge online in a new podcast. >> we have got to save this critical program. you paid into it. and you have earned it. >> that was ron mott reporting from florida. earlier this morning we spoke with "meet the press" moderator david gregory about the campaign's focus on the medicare. >> paul ryan and with that comes the medicare debate. ryan going to florida with his mother yesterday said that the ryan campaign sees a little bit of daylight on medicare. look, we can put the president on the defensive because he moves some money out of medicare as part of his attempt to provide universal coverage. so maybe, you know, we can change the terms of the debate here. they'll have to do that. they know in a state like florida if they're put back on their heels it gets difficult for republicans. >> both governors bob mcdonnell

of virginia and martin o'malley of maryland will be discussing the tone of the presidential campaign. with the first nominating convention set to begin next week, the host cities are busy making last minute preps. businesses hope the conventions will bring an economic boost to the cities. police in tampa are securing sites that will be used by the republican national convention. officers showed off uniforms and some of the swat gear. it runs through the 30th. meanwhile, police in charlotte, north carolina, are making their own plans for the democratic national convention. several law enforcement agencies are also going over security plans. the dnc convention begins september 3rd and runs through the 6th. stay with news4 for live coverage from both spots. police are crediting a witness in a deadly hit and run accident saturday morning for helping track down the car that hit the victim. it happened in the 9800 block of fairfax boulevard when

62-year-old james davidson was struck while trying to cross the street. people who knew davidson say he was a main stay in the community and that these types of accidents happen all too often. >> i have been here for 13 years, but there are a number of our guests who have -- who have died that way, who have been hit been cars right around this area. >> police have tracked down the car they believe hit davidson and consider it evidence now. authorities have not released the identity of the driver. a woman accused in a separate hit and run case is now in custody. carol rude johnson is accused of killing a man while he stood next to his suv. it happened after midnight on saturday morning. the accident completely down 95 north for hours. rude johnson is accused of driving under the influence.

this morning we are hearing from a cab driver who was set on fire. he picked up the attacker on the largo metro station friday afternoon, he drove the man to bowie. the robber refused to pay the $33 fare and tried to rob him. he doused the cabbie and the inside of the car with a flammable liquid and set it on fire. the driver explains how he escaped. >> i jumped out. >> the attacker died in the incident. police are still trying to identify the man. one of the two primary runways at bwi thurgood marshall airport is closing down. the construction will last for the next 60 days. people who live near the airport will notice a change in the flight patterns it is one of the many projects designed to

upgrade the airport and imimprove safety. later this month, we will hear where the redskins will hold their training camp once they move to richmond. they're exploring several sites and they'll name the top two choices on august 30th. the camp has been held for the past decade at the team's corporate headquarters in ashburn. in june, the team's general manager bruce allen and virginia governor bob mcdonnell announced an eight-year agreement to hold the preseason camp in richmond. speaking of the redskins we'll look at last night's tough loss. >> they were so close. so close. time for celebration, see how people carry on the tradition of giving back. thanks to an honored community activist. back to school on a budget.

welcome back. for ten years the one love festival helped alex andrea kids get the school supplies they

need. now it bears the name of the man who was found murdered this year. darcy spencer shows how lenny harris' legacy helps to unite this tight knit community. ♪ >> reporter: in alexandria, the one love festival happened this year without the founder, activist lenny harris who was murdered one year ago. his wife stepped up and continued the event not to fill his shoes but to keep his memory alive. calling it the lenny harris legacy festival. >> really emotional and -- but i'm really happy it's a beautiful day. i'm sure lenny would be happy. people are really participating. they're really showing a lot of love. and that's what this is all about. >> reporter: lenny harris held the festival to help children and families. he went missing last september. then in january, his body was found dumped in a well in ft. washington.

for those attending the event today, it's a way to show what he did was worth conditioning. tony was one of the many men harris mentored. >> i was a rough kid growing up. so he helped me, keep me out of the streets you know what i'm saying? taking me to little meetings to try, you know, make things peaceful. >> reporter: it's a time for celebration. kids to have fun and get a free backpack with supplies before school bells ring. for neighbors to remember a man who did so much for his community. >> i know he's smiling above and he's glad everybody just keep his movement going, because that's what he did. to help people and we just -- so i feel real good to be out here today. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news4 today. the one love organization plans to give out hundreds of backpacks filled with school supplies to kids in the alexandria community. his wife plans to continue it every year. >> what a great legacy. the "today" show is next.

it starts at 8:00. >> let's get a preview of what they're working on. jenna wolfe joins us from new york. >> good morning. coming up on "today," we'll go live to idaho where a raging wildfire is forcing homeowners to run for their lives. one of dozens fires burning out of control across ten western states. we'll have the latest on that. also ahead, one of the stars of the reality tv shows "toddlers and tiaras", at the center of a custody battle. plus, olympic golden girl gabby douglas tells lester how she is handing the new found fame. richard, i'm going to show you a trendy fitness workout that's going to take you back to your childhood. it's reminiscent of everything you're doing when you're 8 years old. you'll be burning calories in the process. all that and more when we get started on a sunday morning. richard and angie, back to you

guys. >> you did not see my gymnastics tryouts, because you'll know i was not coordinated enough. >> i was trying to make you look good. >> take some tips. a chance for you to redeem yourself. thanks, jenna. nasa is unveiling travel plans for the rover called curiosity. it touched down on mars earlier this month and will be used to help look for the building blocks of possible life on the planet. they have chosen a spot close to curious tice landing site as the first location to investigate and curiosity will be sent to the base of mount sharp, a three mile high mound with layers of exposed rock. >> what you did wrong with the gymnastics thing, it was equipment. you can never fall off of the floor. >> he can do a one-armed push-up. he's tougher than he acts.

>> well, we'll videotape that during the break. we'll give you the forecast when we come back. [ male announcer ] you paid in to medicare for years. every paycheck. now, when you need it obama has cut $716 billion dollars from medicare. why? to pay for obamacare. so now the money you paid for your guaranteed healthcare is going to a massive new government program that's not for you. the romney-ryan plan protects medicare benefits for today's seniors and strengthens the plan for the next generation.

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everybody is talking about yesterday. so many people saying, oh, such a gorgeous day. >> it was a nice day. lovely day. >> can we have another one? >> in forecasting accuracy it's about perception as much as reality. if i could get within six hours of when first rain drops would fall that's pretty good. but if i need to change that to six hours sooner, a lot of people are not happy about that. unfortunately, the rain drops are now -- we're talking about them arriving early to mid afternoon at the latest. we are moving up the rain chances into earlier parents of your sunday. we're off to a good start. you have plenty of time to mow the lawn. but you don't have to worry about getting out and hosing down the car in the driveway

today. let someone else do the car washing because the rain drops are not far away from us. mother nature will be providing you a car wash tomorrow. although you'd like silly standing in the driveway trying to wash the car with soapy water and a sponge. averaging only five miles an hour, and the winds will remain fairly light throughout the day. and an area of low pressure will come our way. 61 in frederick, maryland. this were some scattered upper 50s early this morning across the shenandoah valley. and as you're headed down to the baseball game, first pitch temperature at 80 degrees at 1:35 this morning. lat late-inning showers are looking more likely. i think they'll complete the rain, but not without rain.

outside, not a whole lot going on. too close to us. but rain drops and a whole lot of them down along interstate 81, down south of the harrison burg area. natural bridge, virginia, roanoke county is seeing the rain showers. more rain from farmville, out to the south sides of richmond. so if you're along i-95 south of fredericksburg, those rain drops are on your doorstep really quickly. down in fredericksburg and cu culpepp culpepper. into annapolis and northern maryland, much late ear on in t afternoon. you can see the rain showers here this morning. as we move forward through time, the rain drops are continuing in to relatively dry area at the surface so a lot of that leading edge is going to be eaten up by the dry air. but nonetheless, sprinkles and light showers possible. here we are at 5:00 this afternoon. showers continue. i think the bulk of the rain with this next system will come

mid to late in the day on your monday. going down to the beaches, a scattered shower today. for us around here, our morning sunshine is quickly fading behind thickening clouds. rain drops likely before sunset now. in some places, they could get rain as early as lunch time. through tomorrow, lows upper 60s tonight and then after a nice and cloudy and cool and showery start to the week, things turn the corner. wednesday is looking nice. and dry. >> all right. we have to get through monday. >> yeah. isn't that the case every week? >> you're right. you're right. thanks, chuck. it's that time of year to head back to school. getting new clothes for school can be expensive. and you may want to try some thrift stores to make it easier on your pocketbook. we have a few tips. >> reporter: madison kaine knows

how to save money on back to school shopping. this college sophomore spent today looking through the aisles of a local thrift store. >> 50% of my wardrobe is thrift store stuff. >> reporter: picking up vintage and designer names at a fraction of retail. >> compared to other stores you can find the same stuff, it's 90% cheaper. >> reporter: kids can quickly grow out of their clothes, so looking for bargains at thrift and consignment stores can have a huge impact in savings on the family budget. >> i think it's a great selection and pricewise you get at least 50% off if not more. >> reporter: just like the malls this goodwill store says back to school time is one of the busiest of the year. thrift store shoppers include all ranges of age and income. >> no more than 20 bucks for an entire outfit. that can include shoes and

accessories, everything else. >> reporter: how much can you expect to save at a thrift store? this gap dress shirt is selling for $4. these seven jeans would cost you $100, but here they're 20 bucks. but you cannot count on finding the jeans every time you come. the best advice for back to school shopping at the thrift store -- you have to be flexible. >> well, that's part of the fun because you never know what you'll fine. >> you have to be persistent because we turn over items every single day. >> you can't go with something in mind. if you go like i'm going to find a blazer today, you can't really do that. >> that was bob hanson reporting there. you have to be dedicated. >> i love thrift store shopping. i went on friday -- >> a huge surprise. >> huge surprise? consignment shops. there's a place that's a warehouse, i went and got fall clothes for the baby. $1.99. >> all right.

i'll send you my sizes. back to school time reminded us of picture day, so we decided to share our old class photos. >> why do i have to go first? >> there you go. >> we go. i'm wearing my traditional korean dress and that's when i went to school in seoul. i don't even know -- do i look the same? >> i can see it. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> it's you. >> i didn't have teeth back then. now i have too much. okay. your turn. >> all right. my turn. so this is -- i think this is my first grade photo. my first grade class photo. >> oh. >> look at you. >> i was 7 or 8. >> you had good hair. >> i used to, now it's turning gray. >> tell me about it. >> see? i kind of look the same. i kept my baby face. anyways, elementary school. >> wearing stripes. >> i think my mom dressed me.

i don't remember picking that out. >> your mom gave you that tie in first grade. >> yes. wearing it since. to prof it, look at how short it. >> i never would have admitted to that. mine wasn't quite so early. there was no such thing as film photography when i was that young. >> oh, stop it. >> there i am. this is 1984. this is the spring of 1984. this is my marching band, i was in band. big surprise there. >> is that the same dog you have? >> no, no. that's bessie, the little dog i grew up with. if you don't bribe the director, you don't get the split screen. >> that'll teach you for next time. >> did you have glasses on then? >> no. i needed them now. >> just having a little fun here this sunday morning. well, summer is coming to a

quick close for parents and students in prince georges county. many spent their final weekend of summer break prepping for the new school year. news4's tracee wilkins emceed a free back to school fare in upper marlboro yesterday. it included health screenings and a backpack give away. the board of education is encouraging the parents to be part of the school system this year. >> academics are going well. it can only be enhanced. so we want to make sure that the operations of the day to day occurs. we are excited about the new school year and to get engaged in the process of the new leader. >> about 125,000 students attend the public schools in prince georges. if you're watching the nats this afternoon, bring along some school supplies. fans are encouraged to bring

backpacks, calculator, notebooks and pencils. remember all this stuff? the collection will start at 11:00 a.m. it will benefit the d.c. public schools. the gnats are giving back to the community. the mets led the seventh inning, 2-0 and that's how it would stay. the nationals play the mets for the third time at 1:05 this afternoon. and the redskins are also coming off of a loss. they couldn't pull off a win against the chicago bears last night. trouble started early when orakpo strained his left shoulder. and qb robert griffin iii in his second professional start tried to fake a handoff, but he got sacked and fumbled the ball. the redskins play the colts next saturday at fedex field. i know's preseason. >> until it kicks a 57 yard field goal to beat you -- come on. >> hard to come back from that.

>> but it's college football season. >> south carolina, number 9. >> there's it. we're back in 25 minutes for