. right now, tropical storm isaac heads for the u.s. mainland after leaving an already destructive path. it's one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. >> plus, the world remembers an american great. neil armstrong. i am richard jordon. >> and i am erica in for angie

goff. and this morning, isaac is gaining speed. >> this is a huge system with its sights set on the u.s. gulf coast. >> canceling classes for schoolchildren tomorrow. republicans are pushing back the start of their convention until tuesday. nbc's daniel lee reports from pensacola, florida. >> reporter: a devastating scene in haiti as isaac flooded shelters and killing at least four. the damage was a window into isaac's strength. it's stretching 200 miles and heading towards florida. u.s. republicans are postponing the national convention until tuesday. >> i am all in favor of safety. >> 70,000 people expected to

visit cam paw will have to hunker down. >> meanwhile, people throughout the coastal cities are not wasting time getting ready. >> just making sure that i can get to the supplies when they are still available. >> the same was true in ft. meyers. >> they are predicting quite a bit of storm surge. we are about 2 feet above sea level. >> now predicting the storm could grow to a category 2 hurricane. >> the storm is affecting democrats on the campaign train. vice president joe biden is canceling his whole trip to florida now to insure that emergency management officials can stay focused on isaac

instead of his trip. no word on when biden will reschedule his campaign trips. meanwhile, we have our own rain to deal with. you will notice it's wet outside. >> we are following isaac's every move. let's get the details from kim. >> winds are 65 miles per hour, and it's possibly building to hurricane strength. a hurricane watch has been extended from the south of the mississippi river pa. east of town, let me zoom in south of annapolis. this is where the lightning has

been active this morning. a few spotty showers breaking out between i-95 between quantico and woodbridge. soakers by 1:00. 79, sun and thunderstorms. when we shake free of the showers. and today we mourn a man of one man's stop step. the landing on the moon is an inspiring step. this is the nasa's website page honoring neil armstrong. >> that's one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind.

>> in the summer of 1969, neil armstrong was the first man to step foot on the moon. >> he is on the moon. >> on one gorious july evening, he changed the pace of possibility and made the unmanageable manageable and brought the world together as never before. >> on the surface of the moon, i can look up and see the planet other. and it was very bright, and very beautiful and very small. >> it was in ohio where young neil armstrong turned his attention to the skies, building model airplanes as a boy in his parents' basement. he was flying combat missions over korea four years later. after the service he flew everything from gliders to

supersonic jets for the agency that would become nasa. the space agency started to train armstrong to be an astronau astronaut. >> 10, 9 -- ignition sequence starts. >> and today many celebrities and political leaders expressed their condolences about armstrong. president obama honored the astronaut by releasing the statement in saying when neil stepped foot on the service of the moon he delivered a moment of human achievement that will never be forgotten. and mitt romney also shared his condolences and said neil armstrong takes his place in the hall of heroes with courage

unmeasured and unbounded lover for his country and he walked where man never walked before. and one of armstrong's. a d.c. man shot by police died. payton threatened a woman with a butcher knife friday night. he refused officer's orders to put down the knife and moved towards them, and he was shot. the officers involved in the shooting are on routine administrative need during the investigation. in the week ahead, family and colleagues will say good-bye to an officer. he died during a high speed chase when his cruiser ran off

i-95. he was going after two suspects who had stolen a car. police arrested both of those men. a viewing for morris will happen tomorrow in beltsville. the funeral service is in mitchellville on tuesday. coming up next, how the redskins faired against the colts. and a soggy start to your sunday. sunday. will the rain

but somewhere along the way, something went horribly wrong. george allen voted for trillions in debt while voting to raise his pay four times, then voted to keep special tax breaks for oil and gas companies and took over a half-million from them. worse, allen went to work for them.

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for the next generation. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. we have our own rain to deal with but down in florida, they will be swamped out there, huh? >> it's raining there, and the storm is over 200 miles away from key west. they will be busy and we will be busy, too.

our rain is welcome, although people might say, oh, on the weekend? but guys, it's a busy day. always a pleasure to have you with us. there's our beautiful tower cam shot showing the washington monument. it's 73 degrees and winds are out of the east. they have been that direction for the last 24 to 36 hours blowing at 9 miles per hour. waking up numbers, winchester, you have the 60s with the 68, and the rest of us in the 70s. so we have them down towards southern maryland, you will get decent showers as well. despite clouds around and rain, we are optimistic to hit the low 80s, and north and west we will have slightly more sunshine, but storms a possibility for you, too. across the area 60% chance of rain. it's mainly hugging the bay at

the moment at annapolis and point south, and it's going to pivot. buoy you will probably get clipped by the weather this morning. and here, let me apham me an tae maps. by and large tomorrow we will see more sunshine than today and it should not be as well. this is a front that closes in with a few showers with more clouds than sun. tropical storm isaac is still a tropical storm because winds are 65 miles per hour. this has strengthened a little during the overnight. here the hurricane warnings in the dark pink, and tropical storm warnings off to the east and then hurricane watches

posted to the mouth of the mississippi river. the path will take it across the open waters and towards key west as a category 1 hurricane tonight. making landfall near this area sometime on tuesday. and right in your weather forecast, a few soaking thunderstorms today i'm afraid, and temperatures probably close to 80. coming up tomorrow morning, the showers are winding down leaving us mostly cloudy. your monday afternoon, a little more sunshine and a random shower to the east and 84 to 89 is a warmer day awaiting you on monday. as we plan ahead the next seven, a few showers on tuesday and then after that i see sunshine in our future and dry comfortable weather to the tune of 85 or 86 degrees wednesday

and thursday. got to like that. if we get any remanence from isaac, only one model is having that happen and that doesn't happen until next saturday, and we don't expect any tropical remanence if any get any rain at all next week. >> first day of school, looks good for that. >> yeah, i bet. >> good luck to everybody tomorrow. in the first of hopefully many match-ups, robert griffin iii, he faced luck in the first home season pregame of the year. the team scored with a touchdown patch with rg3 stepped up. a season finale at home with the

tapl pay buccaneers. that's on wednesday. next up is reporters' notebook. >> we will be back in 15 minutes with this morning's top stories. good morning and welcome to reporters' notebook. we have a lot to get to this sunday morning. prince georges county is where we start out. a bill passes. the governor signs it and it goes on to referendum. what does it mean. for our viewers, let's give some background. >> well, there was a lot of controversy from the beginning and a debate about a full game's project for national harbor. at first there was a debate over the fact that if you put a gaming facility at national harbor, it would conflict with

a only ron dull. the people of family groups, social family groups, they all wanted to put this on the referendum. because what happened in prince georges county, when the committee met to come up with the bill for o'malley to sign, so they got the passage of being able to put this on the ballot because they got the 55,000 signatures, what, late last winter, last spring. >> and then a lot more after that. >> they got almost double. 100,000 signatures. >> how strong is the opposition right now when we put this to the polls, to the test in november? >> the opposition may well be very strong, but i think this

train has already left the station and i am not sure that it could be turned around. jerry's point to be underscored and that is the people making the decisions about how this would go did not include people from the jurisdiction that is affected. to me that's a leadership problem that should have been corrected. and how will the money be districted? who is going to get the resources? how much of this money is going to be staying in the county for schools, roads, bridges, so on and so forth? to me, all that is an open question, and the only way this can be stopped to the extent that it could is if there is such an overwhelming turnout in opposition that it forces the powers to be to back up a little bit. i am not sure that will happen. >> the casino industry will spend money advertising and trying to convince and persuade

various organizations this is what will be needed, and you are right, the money, we always hear this no matter what jurisdiction, the money will go to schools for education. what i am being told is that in prince georges county the formula is such that they have to share it with eight other school districts. and the real question people have to ask and this will be washed out in the debate, how much money will you be getting? nobody knows. because the gambling industry can be soft and then the question is how much revenue will come in? is it worth all the other problems that you might have? i think there will be a big fight. >> what joe said is important. you have people in prince georges county that will be using the facilities and spending their money and that will go to the counties in the

far western part of the state. that seems ridiculous to me. so if the voters want to rise up and put the brakes on this, then i am all for it. >> you should point out the governor says this will bring in thousands of jobs, and construction -- >> no, no, no. >> and this will bring in people from outside the county as a tourist destination. >> i was going with the job thing. the fact is when you talk about the casino, and i am familiar with the atlantic city, and the people that work in atlantic city don't live in atlantic city. when you talk about the in -- the infrastructure is one thing, but when you talk about a professional gamblers that have to operate the tables, and they will not take a chance hiring john doe off the street --

>> they claim they will. those folks hop in their trucks and vans, and they come and go -- >> they come already trained and the casino doesn't have to train them or anything. >> yeah, they are already trained. there's a limited number of jobs. what i would be concerned about is how much money will the public education -- will the school system get from this? i don't think anybody knows. >> you raised that and we will talk about the gambling issue coming up later on "viewpoint" this morning. and we have an interim superintendent, and we have crawly coming in. transition, and teachers want raises, and this is a challenging time right now. what do you see in terms of finding a permanent replacement? would he be a candidate to be a

permanent superintendent? >> i am sure he will be a candidate. but it's going to be tough as interim, because it depends on how fast the board of education goes through with the so-called search. if they are saving money by bringing this guy high qualified educational official from the district into the county, he's got 123,000 students that he has to govern over. and teachers in the county are upset because they want a raise, and also the county facilities have got to be updated. so he has got a lot on his shoulders. i will say this, the head of the school board says that bringing crawly in, and that's the guy from the district of columbia as the superintendent will really help because of his stability. he is a stable educator and this will help the county. >> they are all stable until they get another job offer.

but, i mean, the reality is the problem of what they will have to decide is, look, can we find somebody that will stay here and get the job done or is this a steppingstone to somewhere else? >> and there in lies the rub. this has a job that could be attractive, but it's a job with problems. whoever takes the job is going to have to be able to fix those problems almost immediately by bringing in people. so if you are going to be the superintendent come into the job, one of the things you want to know is do you have a free hand to hire the people you want to bring in? that's not settled yet. >> remember, the deputy superintendent left and the officials at the top left and you have an empty vacuum there of no leaders in prince georges county. >> i think this will be a

difficult job to fill with an experienced superintendent. you may have to bring in somebody that has not been a superintendent in a large-scale school system or somebody who has been at the next level below to come in and take the job because there are problems. >> have to take a quick break, 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.

welcome back to "reporters notebook." we are talking about issues in the district right now, and one thing taxicab drivers will see shortly is the smart meter system. there is controversy before we see them stalled in every cab. >> there is always controversy when we talk about changing cabs in the district of columbia, but i think from what i have talked about with the people on the street and with what the mayor

is saying, you are talking about getting a cab and using credit cards. that's a plus. plus you have a gps, because let's face it, jim, for years in the district of columbia, a lot of these cab drivers don't even know -- some don't even know where u street might be, or when you say wheeler road which is far southeast they don't know what you are talking about, so the gps is helpful and we know that local tv, the particular company, it's a company that is going to get the contract, and i like getting in new york cabs and watching wnbc. >> and marion barry has also thrown a wrench in this, dc should pay for the $500 fee instead of the drivers, and he's trying to slow down the process because there's controversy about the folks that bid on the

contract, and then you have the taxicab drivers that don't like being monitored and they think it's big brother watching. they really don't like that. now, i tend to be -- >> but the monitors will be turned off -- when the meter is not working the monitors will not monitor the cab. >> but still, when they are riding it they don't like it. i tend to favor the position you have taken. i think it's new and the issue is simple, the consumers are going to benefit from this, and people will slow down and get adjusted to this. >> i think also, you know, as a generational element to this. if you are in your 20s or 30s, you probably don't even carry cash. so the convenience that comes along with using a card is great, and i know when i travel to other places it has been a big help to me. over all it's a pretty good deal. i think these problems that the

mayor has brought up will be worked out, and for the tourists that come here and don't understand the geography, they will get a geography lesson. >> there are certain parts of the city like in new york, your credit card won't work, because all of this is satellite oriented. so sometimes -- i am just warning everybody. don't get frustrated. >> i will drive you up another block and maybe it will work. >> a serious note here, it would be interesting to find what the ratio of robberies of cabs will be like after this, how many will drop, because, you know, we had a rash of robberies for a while back in the late '80s and into the '90s, and it will be interesting to see if that will decline. >> d.c. government employees forced to take a furlough will see something extra in their pay by the end of the month. the mayor announced this just

this week. >> let's go to dinner, lunch. >> it comes at a good time, doesn't it? school supplies and clothes to buy for kids. in this economy, who doesn't want -- i think it's like 22,000 workers. in a way, that might be good for the economy because the reality is, unless they are in the top 1% or 2% with mitt romney, they will spend it. >> in a way, it's a mini stimulus. >> yeah, that says a lot. >> before we -- we have a minute left. i want to move into virginia, the voter id law, the aclu says they will keep a close eye on the elections in november. >> pennsylvania had trouble and aclu went there and the trouble there was the fact that the

photo id -- >> you do have to spend it. the governor is spending $1 million to mail out photo ids. it's not the best situation in the world, and it's going to happen, so people have your id because virginia is important. >> real quick, voter id laws are a solution in search of a problem that doesn't really exist, but if we are going to have one and people need to know about it and people need to be prepared so they can vote early when the election day comes. >> get that id. >> thank you and have a great rest of your weekend. we will see you back here on "viewpoint." have a good one. good morning, everybody.

welcome to news4 today. >> this morning, virginia dominion power crews will prepare for tropical storm is c isaac. they will be in place just in case isaac knocks out power in florida. >> red cross volunteers in fairfax are also ready to go to florida, too. they have enough food and supplies to help 200 families. the national capital region will send the crews as soon as they are needed. right now, isaac is heading towards the florida keys where hurricane warnings are already in place. isaac killed four people in haiti, and hundreds of thousands of people still live in tents in cities there. they have been homeless since the 2010 earthquake if you remember that. the tropical storm knocked down

many of the tents leaving residents once again without places to live. >> these families are losing everything. the very little that they had, all their stuff is rotten and very wet, and they are into mud. >> in cuba, high waves battled the seawall while heavy rain flooded streets. so far no reports of deaths or injuries on the island. >> tropical storm isaac has plenty of opportunity to strengthen and may become a hurricane as it approached the u.s. coast. >> our meteorologist is in storm center 4 with the latest on that. >> tropical storm isaac packing winds of 65 miles per hour at the moment and expected to become hurricane strength sometime later this evening as it approaches the florida keys late tonight. right now with the winds of 65 moving northwest about 200 miles east-southeast of key west and there is the path taking it right across the western florida

keys later. now, as for our weather, we are waking up with the rain showers. we have temperatures around 73 here, and camp springs, good morning you are at 70 with rockville and gaithersburg. the heaviest rain over annapolis. we will zoom in and show you, there is even lightning. we will have thunderstorms today with the batch of rain, and then off to the west we have rain out there towards fairfax and burke, and chantilly, too, and up to the north as well. the moral of the story, scattered showers and thunderstorms, and high temperatures close to about 80 degrees. more to come on the 7-day forecast and whether or not isaac will play a role in our weather when i see you guys in a bit. >> thank you, kim. the weather is the driving force behind changes to the republican national convention. the gop is scrapping most of the opening day events in tampa due

to the tropical storm. >> this is as the party formerly prepares to announce romney as the candidate. david, good morning. >> good morning. >> the rnc commissioner is adjusting the agenda because of isaac but what storm will the impact have on the week ahead? >> we don't know. it's something that certainly the campaign and the party are taking a close look at, because they would like to get started on tuesday afternoon with the bulk of the convention. they are counting on primetime television coverage, and what we don't know is the affect by tuesday afternoon on the immediate tampa area. i can tell you walking around this facility, the site of the convention, there are numerous proje proje projecttiles and so if you have transportation problems or storm surge, all of it will impact

them getting started. >> do you know when mitt romney and vp pick, paul ryan, will be in tampa? >> probably get in wednesday and thursday. governor romney will address the convention on thursday night. so they will have a little bit of time to get in, but a lot of it will focus on can delegates get here from over the bridge who are staying in st. petersburg. >> you have former florida governor, charlie khecrist, he now supporting president obama. what will this mean in florida? >> well, you know, i don't know that charlie crist has as much sway as an independent, and he will not be a primary focus, but we know how important florida is. i have spoke and it will be on the program exclusively, former governor jeb bush that talks

about the fight in florida and how crucial it is and how it will come down to economic matters in the state, but this is a convention overall beyond florida, where people have an opportunity and a huge challenge to try and reach people with a real vision for the country. he has to fill in parts of his biography that has been battered by the obama team, and a real road map for how he wants to get things done in washington. >> if there is anybody that represents republicans in florida is jeb bush. what role will he play in the election? >> he doesn't speak out all that often. we will see where he campaigns along the way. you know, it's interesting, richard, he plays a different sort of role, like an elder statesman. he is a trusted voice on the conservative movement and how that movement ought to move forward. he has been critical and he is critical in our interview of how the party is conducting itself with the hispanics and the issue

of immigration. he is more of a truth teller even on taxes and raising revenue. >> very quickly, we have to mention, missouri congressman, todd achin, wrongly saying female rape victims are biologically able to prevent a pregnancy, and he refuses to drop out of the race, and do you think it will have a lasting impact especially for women voters? >> they have been energized, and the president enjoys a gender gap among women falling short among men, which is typically the democratic and republican breakdown. this is the kind of issue that mitt romney does not want to be talking about. the prospect of an issue like this rearing its head, really it risks ill nating republican women at a time when mitt romney cannot afford to have that

happen. it's something that they will seek not to talk about at all in the course of the convention. >> we know you have a special "meet the press" live from tampa. tell us what is coming up today? >> i mentioned john mccain, who was in the position four years ago, and the head of the party dealing with the convention with a storm approaching, and there are two teachers, the governor of arizona, and the chairman of the republican party. >> and the "press pass," at 11:30, who is on that? >> kathleen turner. >> thank you so much for joining us. stay safe in tampa, and hopefully the storm doesn't affect you too badly and we appreciate your time. >> thanks. and we will be live at the republican national convention

down in tampa, and we will have the latest on the gop as they look to retake the white house. nbc 4 will also have live coverage of the democratic national convention. that's in charlotte next month. and the highlight of the democrat convention next month, president obama's speech. lines wrapped around an obama campaign office as staffers handed out ticket in the past few days, and many waited in line for 12 hours to insure that they have a ticket for next month. >> i have a chance to support barack obama who we are hoping will stay president. >> would it be worth eight hours? >> yes. >> campaign staffers won't say how many tickets are available, but you can be sure every one of these 74,000 seats will be

filled at bank of america stadium next month. the world says good-bye to one of its greatest explorers. astronaut neil armstrong was the first to land on the moon. he uttered a phrase that is now instantly recognizable. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> armstrong passed away yesterday afternoon at the age of 82. he and the rest of the apollo 11 moon landing team helpeded to vault america ahead of the soviet union in the space race. armstrong is one of 12 men to have walked on the moon. he is being honored in a number of ways, including flowers on

his walk of fame. armstrong's legacy was already on full display at the museum. it hold the module. >> it brings back a time when this sort of collective american effort to show our ability to do very, very hard things and do them very well was something that we all took pride in. >> he said armstrongtioned celebrity as an astronaut. coming up. danger at the fair caught on camera. the animal that came charging at [ male announcer ] since 1996 welfare recipients were required to work.

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at least three people were killed in a massacre near damascus, syria. this is amateur video showing tanks and destruction. the syrian army reportedly launched an assault on the town. rebels say troops shot and killed people going house to house during raids. and cleanup after a oil refinery in venezuela exploded killing some and injuring 80 others. it left the surrounding streets covered in rubble. investigators believe a gas leak sparked the blast. and investigators confirmed

gunfire injured people outside the empire building. six of the nine injured bystanders already left the hospital. the three remaining bystanders have left the hospital. police say johnson was laid off a year ago and blamed urbg lean yo for his firing. a scary scene as a pennsylvania fair as a bull broke free and started to run wild on the fair grounds. police say ten people were hurt, including one woman who had to be airlifted to the hospital. eventually the bull's handlers were able to corral the wild animal and none of the other injuries are believed ton serious. this morning, crews will

head out to virginia to survey the damage from the torrential downpour. the heavy rain caused extensive flooding. police are urging people not to drive because road conditions are too dangerous, and water flooded cars and homes and emergency crews evacuated an apartment building and senior citizen center. >> we had rain here, too, but nothing severe. >> if you followed tom kierein, he had pictures of a water spout down in that area yesterday. we are looking at a rainy day, and we are tracking isaac. [ male announcer ] some think obamacare is the same as free health care.

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headed towards okinawa, japan. the storm is packing 112-mile-per-hour winds. the storm is expected to make landfall today thats as many as 12 inches of rain. crews rescued people and animals and moved them to safety. >> over in this part of the world we are watching a tropical storm and it looks like it will hill the florida keys sometime today. i covered many storms down there -- >> a miami native? >> yeah, and sometimes a tropical storm is is not taken that serious down there. >> it will be close to hurricane strength. the timeframe for hitting the key west area is wee hours in the morning. a little stronger than where we are at right now. all eyes, of course, on isaac. and the hurricane center's path continues to shift further to the west.

this keeps it kind of out of tampa's immediate trouble spot, but does focus a lot more attention now on the folks in western florida, mobile, and now there is a hurricane watch that goes all the way to the mouth of the mississippi river, and does not include the new orleans metropolitan area, but they are not in the clear by any stretch of the imagination. we have 70 this morning with lots of clouds, and showers over annapolis. you have been pounded for the last hour plus. winds out of the east at 9 miles per hour, and humidity is 88% on this sunday morning. not a lot of sunshine, but lots of 70s, whether it's frederick or at an even 70 where the number is 73. we will take you on the lower 80s today with lots of showers, and today different than yesterday, we will have embedded thunderstorms, too. let's put up the lightning tracker and show you here in annapolis and into the bay, we

have soaking thunderstorms and they are moving to the north-northeast. and lake shore annapolis and north and east of deal. and then fairfax, spotty showers, up to leesburg. a couple stray showers, but nothing heavy. if you are headed to the beach today, 80, and lots of rain, just like yesterday. monday and tuesday, a few showers. definitely more sunshine with highs in the middle 80s. the low pressure area, bringing us the rain will dissipate. the moisture will remain in place, and we are going to get a squeeze play so that by monday morning, 7:00, sunshine is back and a few showers possible for eastern suburbs, and throughout the day, a better day heading back to school. this front things us more showers perhaps on tuesday. ahead of isaac, the winds at 60. here is key west.

this time stamp is for 2:00 a.m. on monday. this is later tonight crossing key west near midnight with winds at 75 miles per hour. and then further to the west every day is the official path, and taking landfall tuesday into wednesday as a category 2 hurricane. that's the scoop on isaac. locally we are looking at a soggy day, and lots of showers and clouds around. 60% chance of thunderstorms. and monday's weather forecast, partly sunny with a random shower and highs in the 80s. and we will break back into the sunshine by wednesday, and we will keep it here through the end of the week, with temperatures in the middle 80s. not a lot of rain to talk about from isaac or otherwise. that could change and we will keep you posted, guys. that's the weather scoop this sunday morning. let's turn to sports now. it's the battle of the top draft picks over at fedex field.

>> and another tough loss for the nats. that stings. dan hellie has the highlights in "sports minute." >> we are talking nfl football. colts taking on the redskins last night. and while most of e attention was on rg3 and luck. rushing for 107 yards, and a touchdown, the redskins win easily 30-17 over the colts. to baseball. john mayberury jr. and the orioles and blue jays were going at it. mike mussina went into the hall

of fame. the orioles beat the blue jays 8-2. that's your sports minute, and i am dan hellie, and everybody have a great rest of your weekend. get ready for the playoffs, baby. we're coming. >> it was a good night to be a redskins fan. even before the game, fans packed fedex field excited to see first-round pick griffin. the fans were ready for the season to start. >> this is the first time we had real confidence go into the season. >> .500 would be a good number. >> and the regular season kicks off sunday, september 9th, against new orleans. this morning, a 29-year-old chicago man is waking up as the new air guitar world champion.

♪ >> justin howard is known as nordic thunder. he won the competition in finland. contestants took the stage and played the air guitar. the event promotes world peace. of course. what else? air guitar and world peace go hand and hand. >> how is that a talent? >> i love his outfit. >> do you just practice that when you -- >> of course. >> all guys do it,

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good morning, everybody. welcome to "news4 today." >> it's sunday, august 26th, 2012. tomorrow a lot of little kids are going to be going back to school. it's the last day of summer for some. >> yeah. the big question for parents and kids is do they need to get out the umbrellas and rain jackets? >> if today were the first day, yes, i would be packing them up ready to build their arcs, but tomorrow a different story. really, the focus is today for the rain. that's where we have it on the maps. 82 for the high today.

the less shower chances off to the west, cumberland, petersburg and martinsberg. the heaviest stuff coming up the bay. you folks hang in there. it's going to be a busy morning with lots of showers and thunderstorms. right now d.c. is sandwiched between the two, and we're just cloudy but it will not be a rain free day here either. pack the umbrella if you are headed out to church and what not, and you will be good to go. more about isaac and the 7-day forecast coming up. and volunteers in sraefairf are ready to go to florida to help those that may be affected by isaac. the world is mourning one of its greatest pioneers.

astronaut neil armstrong passed away yesterday at the age of 82. armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon when apollo 11 landed there in july of '6 drivers in virginia be prepared for delays. crews are expected to shutdown the southbound 499 ramp to 66 west. you will have to take the little river turnpike. everything should be re-opened by tomorrow morning. those are just some of the stories making news today. next is nbc 4's "viewpoint." >> we will be back in a few minutes with an update. welcome to "viewpoint." we are talking about the hot button issue of expanded gaming. and we have mr. walker, and let's start off with background, if we can. welcome to "view point." >> thanks. >> the gaming bill passed and i

want to talk more about the referendum later in november, and if we can give the viewers background, what does the bill mean? what will it bring to prince georges county? >> you have to state that over and over again, it's a referendum. if people want to decide they want to bring expanded gaming into the county it has to be improved by the voters, and then the local county council has the ability to zone it out to stop. serving on the weighs and means committee, this was a long process. this started in 2007 when we talked about introducing gaming. it was about revenue. so when we talked about the revenue, and we knew it was not

going to be a one-time five sites and those were the only sites, and then it came around to the number one location, gee graphically, studies showed it would be down in prince georges county, and so it became a matter if the voters were willing to allow a site to be open there should we allow them to vote on the issue. >> it's an uphill climb still when we are talking about this referendum. tell us a little bit about the climate right now and the opposition that is out there. >> the opposition is substantial. what we are talking about is placing a 24-hour adult only entertainment casino facility in one of the most pre-eminent communities in prince georges county. let me give you o stat. we are a county where about a quarter of our residents are under the age of 18. in one summer alone in 2010 at

just one casino, there were six documented instances of parents leaving children in the car so that they could go into the casino to gamble. you are talking about a 24-hour facility with free alcohol and food or loosening rules around alcohol in a family-oriented community, and it's a bad idea. you are also putting it into a community that is suffering right now under the worst debt crisis in the state. prince georges county has a quarter of all homes in the entire state that are at risk of foreclosure. and this is a known debt creator. so what does it mean for us? that's what it means for our community, a substantial footprint by a predatory industry in a community that can least afford it.

>> the governor cites this could be bringing in construction jobs and more than 200,000 permanent jobs, and would it be the prince county residents taking the job? >> it has to be local participation -- i want to go back to a couple points that former delegate levi said. you have tiers. if you are morally opposed to gaming you have a right to go to the voter's booth and say no. and i think also you have to talk about the jobs, as you mentioned. having 4,000 jobs, and the average person that is working at the location here, that's $65,000 a year, and that's a good job. and the third point i want to say, entertainment shopping. i am a big fight fan. i go and see seth mitchells go

to las vegas, and if i go to las vegas, i may spend 60 minutes in a casino, but what about the shopping and the entertainment that i do with my wife and the family things we can do, so it's not predatory type of things we are talking about. we are talking about what has taken so long? we have those that don't want it and some are saying what has taken so long? if the voters say you want it, who are we to stop and say you can't? >> let me talk about, the $65,000 a year job, where is that? i have looked at two of the websites -- >> the fiscal notes -- >> let me finish. slot service ambassador. is that a $65,000 job?

i looked at, for example, maryland live. most of their jobs are food service jobs. they are listing 23 jobs right now that are food service jobs. 13 are part time. of those jobs, and that's half of the jobs. these are not -- these are not family sustaining jobs. a lot of them are part-time jobs, and just so you know, "forbes" magazine has listed gambling gaming jobs as among the 25 worst-paying jobs in america. and that's from "forbes" magazine. >> we have to take a break and we will pick it up on the other side. this is a hotly debated issue. a lot of you are waking up out there and heading to church and you may have strong opinions on one side or the other, so stay with us because we have a lot [ male announcer ] since 1996 welfare recipients were required to work.

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welcome back. our topic this sunday morning, expanded gaming and gambling in maryland after this special session. delegate walker, i wanted to ask you the jobs argument, these are not full time jobs or the best paying jobs in large part. >> i am going to defend what she was talking about earlier, if you have slot machines. you don't have somebody running the slot machine, but when you introduce table games, you have bosses and dealers, and these are some of the higher paying jobs we would bring. i give credit to the argument, these are not the higher paying jobs, but what we are talking about is a first class upper scale facility that would bring in the higher paying jobs. >> would they be prince georges

county residents? >> well, you have got in baltimore, they are talking about expanding their gaming there and they are going to offer a program at morgan state university, and prince georges community college will have a training service where you can train people to get these jobs we are talking about. >> i want to be clear. i can't make the decision, and our county executive can't make that decision. you take a gee graphic radius and that radius is where the site can go and then the board will pick the best bid. within the radius right now is national harbor as well as rose krauft. >> listen, the county executive, everybody out there is saying this is going to national harbor. let's be frank and honest with people. national harbor is the spot.

and let me clarify one thing with the public since we are talking about the phantom local vote. there is intent language, nonbinding intent language that gives prince georges county some voice on this issue. but it's nonbinding. even if we vote down the casino, it's a fight because what you are going to most likely see, it goes to court from there. this is not a binding vote. prince georges does not get a veto over this. they did not write the bill so get that. i want to clarify that with the public. the fight does not end even if we vote it down at the ballot box in november. >> to combat that, in existing law it said if the local county council, which is more of a local representation, votes for it not to come in, it could be stopped there. we put in a add measure of defense to protect the public,

saying, which has not been done in state law, where it says if the voters in prince georges county does not want it, the state will not pursue it, and you have the state not pursuing it and the county council can stop the process at any given time there. >> the supporters say it could make it a tourist destination, bringing in people that might go to delaware and spend money, but places from all over, national harbor or wherever it may be. >> first of all, prove it. there's competition from all around. more than that, still, you are going to have the local impact. i mean, the real concern for a person like me, or really for our lawmakers should be on that neighborhood, on that community. everywhere you look right now, you see advertisement for maryland live.

there will be fierce competition between any casino at national harbor and all the other casinos in the area. we are talking about people, not traveling for a destination once a year twice a month, we are talking about after work, going after work, having a 24 hour facility going after work and spending the rent money original phu -- milk money. a predatory industry like that impacts and has a fallout zone in your community. we may have tourist dollars but you will see the impact here locally. >> that's an argument that has been made, the poorist in the community will become perhaps

addicted to gambling and they can least afford it. >> we are sensitive to that, make no doubt about it. we put more money in rehabilitation programs in stopping the addictions and that nature, and we put $20 million more for law enforcement, and that's talking about public safety. and also we have talked about infrastructure improvement. the number one concern we have down in southern prince georges county is transportation. that's improving the quality of life. you can't stop somebody from going there, and i will say this, we talk about the number one casino on the west coast is charles county, and they have buses to take people back and forth. they came out and said that 50%

of business revenue comes south of that county. you have prince georges going there supporting --. >> another break, and we have a

good morning, everybody. here are some of the stories we are following this morning. red cross volunteers in fairfax are ready to go to florida to help people who may be affected by tropical storm isaac. this morning dominion virginia power crews will head to florida in case isaac knocks out power. neil armstrong passed away yesterday at the age of 82. armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon when the

"apollo 11" landed there in july of '69. a convincing win for the war washington redskins. they defeated the colts last night. and the skins play their final pre-season game on wednesday against tampa. we will be back in a few more minutes with your forecast. stay with us. we are talking about expanded gaming and gambling in maryland, just passing the special session. the governor signing it immediately. it's going to be going to a referendum. let's talk about the nuts and bolts and what is in the language. 20% of the revenue would go to charities and nonprofits, is that right? >> when you talk about the local impact, 5.5% goes into prince

georges county and then you have the state's share of it, and then the leftover money goes to the educational fund and that would generate $200,000 extra for the education in the state of maryland. >> what about the percentage going for housing and economic development? >> let me address the numbers for a second. let me just say this. about three months ago the general assembly had a special session where they raised taxed on lots of people around maryland, okay. and then they came back three months later and this bill -- it's hard to determine what the revenue figures are, what is the up side here, and what kind of money we are going to get out of this arrangement, because they have reduced -- they have cut taxes on many of the operators around the state, substantially. so in addition , we spent money

on purchasing slot machines and leasing machines, and we have taken in $200 million as of june 30th, so we are on the negative side of the equation. but even with this bill, it's unclear what the money will be. they said back in 2007 when we passed it that by fiscal 2012 we would have something like 440 million net affect for the state. i just cited you the numbers and we are nowhere near that. if i was the public, i would question the numbers. we never got to any number they ever said, none. and neither has two-thirds of the state. >> let's clarify that. we are talking about numbers. it was supposed to be $400

million, and that was with four facilities running, and nobody is going to hit $400 million when you are projecting five sites and we had two running for a period of two years, and one running for three months, and that's a skew in the numbers there. >> how much of the revenues will be going to the owners and sports vendors? >> that's a good one. when we started in 2007 we knew we had the highest tax rate in the country, in the country. our rate was the highest. the state of maryland was going to keep 68% of it. in atlantic city and new jersey, they keep 8%. pennsylvania, they keep 45%. so we knew we had the highest rate. did we have to come down in order to be competitive, and that's what the competition is like there. having the highest rate and seeing if it would work, and it didn't work because we had two sites up, and we lowered the rate because we had to do that

to many remain competitive, and we needed to insure that we could put money into the social programs we are talking about to insure a better quality of life. >> here is the big deception. it's all for education. guess what? it's not. the formula has changed. maryland live, since we are not competitive, maryland live came into the market knowing what the tax rate was and they opened the doors, and they are making money, okay? baltimore, they just bidded and they are expected to open next year and came into the market with that tax rate and they are expected to make money and people are entering the market with the tax rate expecting to make money. so it's hogwash. it's flat out hogwash and it's tax unfairness. why put a burden, why put flesh taxes and raise taxes on regular marylanders and then give a tax break to millionaire casino

operators. it's not fair. you cannot justify it under any thinking of it. >> charms toles town was the nu one casino on the east coast? where they are coming from? prince georges county and montgomery county. we are not capturing that revenue. that's being lost. it's about capturing the revenue. and people say why can't i spend that money in prince georges county and help build out the tax base in prince georges county because right now we don't have a big tax base in terms of business and we have home tax bases, and this is how you capture the revenue and let the voters decide if they are tired of making that drive. >> one last break, and we will come back and start with you. >> all right. >> it's passion on both sides, and i want to ask with we come and i want to ask with we come back

but somewhere along the way, something went horribly wrong. george allen voted for trillions in debt while voting to raise his pay four times, then voted to keep special tax breaks for oil and gas companies and took over a half-million from them. worse, allen went to work for them.

welcome back. we are talking about expanded gambling. we stop slots for prince georges, during the break you were pointing out other cities where you have seen just colossal failures when casinos are in communities, detroit, the problems we have seen in the state of nevada, and other places. >> yeah, i mean, detroit, teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, and atlantic city, a big prostitution ring the fbi just broke up, and nevada, casino revenues all down, and the "new york times" had an article a couple months ago about the largest casino in the western hemisphere teetering on

edge of bankruptcy. and -- >> how -- >> i am saying, why do we want to have this? >> this is where the rhetoric goes. do you want the voters to have a choice to say do we want to bring game into prince georges county? that should be a starting point or stopping point. if so how do we make it right? the rest of these things, we have a gaming commission, and illegal activities, the gaming commission will not grant them the license. the state was only keeping 8% in atlantic city, and how do you improve the quality of life when the money is going to their pockets. in the state of maryland we did a good job of making sure we will capture the revenue and do our citizens just. it starts with allowing the voters to vote. >> and how confident are you

that the opposition is not going to be as passionate and as strong as some say it is out there? >> you are talking about a lot of money. i think some of the outside surrounding gaming companies they will spend a lot of money trying to keep prince georges citizens blind, and they will put the money behind the type of campaigns here. i say make it a clean vote. >> yeah, it's usually -- first of all to the lawmakers, the first job is to do no harm. we send you up there to listen to the hearings and look at all the states that have bad fiscal conditions and large gaming facilities, and first do no harm. >> to who? >> give us a binding vote.

it's usually a david versus goliath fight. people who care about the community -- >> don't tell me i don't care about my community. >> it's usually david verses goliath. didn't have a problem with the money when it was 7-1, and now we have the opportunity to have -- at least give both sides potentially both sides of the -- >> we are out of time. two very different sides. >> i have no problem if you don't want to vote for it morally. >> it's not about morals, it's about economics. the money is not there. >> only because we are out of time we have to end right there. it's nice to hear passion on both sides of the issue, and the viewers are much wiser because of it and hopefully they will be

smarter voters because of it. have a great day, everybody. good morning, everybody. welcome to "news4 today." i am in for angie goff. >> we are tracking tropical storm isaac this morning. it is inching closer and closer to the u.s. coast, and the governor has cancelled school tomorrow, and the republicans are pushing back the start of their convention in tampa on tuesday. and isaac is gaining winds up to 65 miles per hour. right now the storm is heading towards the florida keys. nbc's jay gray reports from ft. meyers. >> reporter: isaac continues to wreck the caribbean. four people were killed as high winds and heavy rains ripped

apart shelters in haiti, a clear and powerful warning from the gulf coast. >> everybody from louisiana over through florida needs to be careful and make preparations. >> it's the storm surge and the size of the storm that we are concerned with. we are very anxious about this. >> reporter: nerves are on edge in tampa, and events scheduled for monday have been pushed back to tuesday now because of the storm. >> i think if the chairman thinks it's better for public safety and i am all in favor of it. >> reporter: emergency teams geared up and are ready to move in when isaac moves through. >> there are over 100 red cross workers in the state of florida right now and as the storm decides whether its going to go, we are mobile and able to mover the resources as quickly as possible. >> reporter: it's growing to a

category 2 hurricane before landfall. >> once it moves into the straight of florida, it's a lot of warm water out there and fuel for the hurricane and it could easily intensify if it holds together. >> reporter: holding things together to be difficult. it's a paradise now preparing for hurricane conditions possibly by the end of the weekend. jay gray, nbc news, ft. meyers. >> isaac is a huge system and it has an opportunity to intensify further and it may reach hurricane 1 status before the time it reaches florida. >> and at home we are dealing with our own rain situation. and our meteorologist, kim, is tracking not only isaac but what is going on here as well. >> isaac with the winds of 65 already sending rainbands across the florida keys and some of the

bands are moving in at 50 miles per hour, so that's strong. the storm itself is moving northwest at 18 miles per hour, and i will pause this, monday 2:00 in the morning, category 1, and it will probably be near hurricane strength by the time it crosses key west. sometime before then, probably midnight iss midnightish, later tonight, and d.c., 73 in annapolis, you have heavy rain. and the storms have been pestering annapolis all morning. and up to the north, baltimore, just getting hammered with lots of heavy rain, and we have the showers and thunderstorms to the west over charles town and martinsburg. another wet one today and thunder included. we will dry out for a little while on monday. more to come about the first week of school and what we are expecting weather-wise in just a little bit. >> kim, thanks. this morning crews will head out to newport news in virginia

to survey the damage from the torrential downpour there that caused extensive flooding. waters flooded cars and homes. emergency crews evacuated an apartment building and a senior citizen center. right now crews are searching for the pilot of a helicopter crash in southwest virginia. that helicopter crashed late friday night near the north carolina border. it was owned by the food city grocery store chain and crashed minutes after taking off from a lake side house. the chopper was taking people from the house to the speed way where a nascar race was taking place. the faa is investigating the crash. a dc man shot by police has died. the 24-year-old albert payton threatened a woman with a butcher knife friday night in southeast d.c. officers ordered him to put down the knife but he refused and moved towards them.

police then shot him. he was taken to the hospital where he died. an investigation is under way and the officers involved are on routine administrative leave. and deciding to legalize same-sex marriage in maryland. the ballots will ask voters if they want to approve same-sex marriage in the state, and in similar ballots in other states, it asked if voters wanted to ban same-sex marriage. opponents gathered enough signatures to put the issue on the november ballot. the world has lost an american hero and pioneer. astronaut neil armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon and when he landed on the surface in 1969, he uttered a

now famous phrase. >> it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> armstrong passed away yesterday afternoon at the age of 82. he and the rest of the "apollo 11" moon landing team helped to vault america ahead of the soviet union in the space race. armstrong is one of 12 men to have walked on the moon. and many celebrities and political leaders expressed their condolences. president obama released a statement saying quote, when neil stepped foot on the surface of the moon he delivered a moment of human achievement that will never be forgotten. and mitt romney also shared his condolences. he said neil armstrong takes his place in the hall of heroes with courage unmeasured and unbounded love for his country, and he walked where man never walked before.

one of armstrong' fellow mates said i know i am joined by millions of others in mourning the passage of the true american hero and the best pilot i ever knew. >> all of his life he was somebody dedicated this to country that was able to dare greatly, i will put it in those words, dare greatly. >> his family said next time you walk outside and see the moon smiling down at you, think of neil armstrong and give him a wink. end quote. coming up, the warning police have for drivers especially as you head back to work tomorrow morning. redskins in action. why it could be the last time we see rg3 on the field for a while. we are taking a live look at pensacola, florida, this morning, as it braces for tropical storm isaac. tropical storm isaac. the latest

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in the week ahead, students in d.c. and montgomery county will head back to school. the communities are already preparing for the first day of class tomorrow. news4's megan mcgrath reports. >> reporter: lots of enthusiasm and hard work as students, parents, teachers and good old-fashioned neighborhood volunteers pitched in to spruce up d.c. public schools. >> cleaning up and getting ready for the first day of school. >> reporter: is it going to be ready? >> yep. >> and we helped with the school supplies, and the fence, getting it painted with school colors, and school videos, and

maintenancing the garden center. >> reporter: the volunteers including the police chief and school's chancellor rolled up their sleeves and went to work in the schools. the free labor is a big help in a time of tight budgets. the chancellor says the spruce up sends an important mess euago the students. >> we want to insure that they are as bright and ready for the first day of school. >> reporter: d.c. students are not the only ones returning to class monday. montgomery county is also back in session. the school system sponsored a back to school fair with a moon bounce inflatable obstacle course and games, it was one last hoorah before the start of school, and come monday kids say they will be ready for class, although some admit they are a

bittner srus. >> i feel good. i am nervous to go to school, i am sad because my best friend is not in my class. >> i am excited to go back to school because it's fun and like a new year to start over. >> reporter: a reminder to motorist to be careful next week because monday the buses will be loaded with kids and out on the roadways. all over the country students are packing up and moving into college, but one maryland teen took a unique route to get to school. so in his admission to yale, gabe atchison wrote if he was admitted he would walk to the school, so he was admitted and off he went walking almost 400 miles from baltimore to connecticut. he says his parents signed off on the stunt and it prepared him for the first time for him at

yale. >> using the trail as a reset button, and that's what i am doing. >> he is thinking of majoring in music. he says the trail taught him to make a plan, but also to be ready for anything. well, yeah, i would say so. >> who knew it was that easy to get into yale. i could have done that, too. >> with a few blisters. 400 miles? wow! nice, congratulations to him. >> the "today" show is at 8:00. let's get a preview from jenna. coming up on a sunday morning here on "today," tropical storm isaac picking up steam as it heads towards the florida keys today. al roker will be there live and have the latest for us. and we continue to remember neil armstrong. we will look back at the life of the man who was the first one to walk on the moon. advice for parents if your adult

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traffic alert for drivers in northern virginia. today crews are expected to shut down the southbound 495 ramp. several lanes on i-66 at the beltway are already closed. and crews are working on the express lanes project. everything should be re-opened by tomorrow morning. from the roads to the rail, metro riders can expect delays today on the red line trays will single track between grows inner and medical center as well as between tacoma and forest glenn. and all the work is expected to rap up by tomorrow morning. how about for the kids' commute as they hop on the bus for school? >> most areas will be dry. for the most part, tomorrow will

be the little sandwich is dry weather before one more round of rain on tuesday. >> my parents used to say, you want me to take you to buy the clothes, i had to clean the gutters. we have clouds and we have had a few showers around this morning. some folks more so than others. hello annapolis, i hear you. 72. northeast wind at 10 miles per hour. that's what is blowing outside. pretty much an easterly component to the wind is what we have on the weather menu today. cumberland, good morning, you are 70. and 72 towards manassas and d.c. and here is our weather planner today. we will be around 74 by 8:00

with showers around and soaking thunderstorms by 1:00, and 79. sneaking in a high of 82 with sun and thunderstorms again this afternoon. the heaviest rain lining up in advance coming up to the south of d.c., and first stop down towards colonial beach. and then we head up through fairfax county, and fairfax itself getting a little shower, and no lightning at the moment, and north of you, right over here towards sandy hook, and we have some rain. last stop, right off towards annapolis with thunderstorms and across the bay bridge, heavy rain, too. low pressure will slowly dis dissipa dissipate, and the showers linger. 7:00 a.m., most drying out with a few showers off to the east, and sandwich here before a few more showers.

and then the hurricane warning in pink and tropical storm warning solid in orange. this is a hurricane watch all the way to the south of the mississippi river, and tropical storm isaac is packing winds of 65 miles per hour. the path taking it towards key west later tonight around midnight and keeping a category 1 in the waters, and possibly hitting as a category 2 storm making landfall in the wee hours on wednesday morning. clouds and showers today, and 78 to 84, and then as we look ahead there is your back to school forecast. warmer tomorrow so the kids, you know, can wear the shorts and short sleeves tomorrow. i don't think we will have too much rain around. and dry weather on wednesday, thursday, friday and saturday with highs in the middle 80s. everybody wants to know if isaac's moisture will rap back up. the computer model is not in a

hurry to do that, and things change but as of now not any impact from isaac in our forecast. turning to sports now. it was the battle of the first round picks as rgiii and the redskins took on andrew luck and the redskins. >> this is probably the last you will see of rgiii for the preseason, of course. >> the final rehearsal went as scripted for the skins, and they exited with the lead. perhaps more importantly, everybody for the most part remained healthy. the quarterbacks for both teams taking center stage. andrew luck against the second pick, robert griffin iii, getting plenty of help from alfred morris, the sixth round pick. he was not supposed to be the star of the show.

a 17-yard gain down to the 2. the first touchdown of the game, and morris celebrating, deservingly so. the redskins on top early and the colts strike back in the next possession. andrew luck, what a pretty pass. 31 yards for the touchdown. that ties the game at seven. luck, 14 of 23 from 151 yards. the redskins again countered with the running game. tim hightower's first carry since tearing his acl nine months ago. pretty good. 18 yards down to the 4 yard line. hightower had to love that. sets up this, robert griffin iii, throws the dart to santana moss. redskins back on top, and rgiii, 74 yards. a rookie quarterback from northern illinois replacing andrew luck, and not so lucky

right here. sacked in the end zone by chris wilson for the safety. 51 doing the sack dance in the end zone. 16-7 redskins. and then a smatter of boos for the home ground, but then dissected the seconds string. and going over the middle again, and this time to d.c. native, josh morgan, for a 13-yard touchdown. grossman, a perfect performance. how often have we said that? he added another touchdown pass as the redskins go on to win it 30-17. and then we caught up with the rookie that made the biggest impact and it was not number 10. >> i know what i was capable of and i was waiting for my opportunity. same thing in college and i was a backup and i do what it takes, special teams or whatever, same thing i was doing here, and when

i got the opportunity i was going to make the most of it, wanting them not to put me back as a backup. >> yeah, he makes my job easy. i told him that on the sideline, and he said you make my job easy as well. he is a team player, and a guy hopefully that can continue to give big games. 107 yards in a pret-season game is good. >> morris, he could end up being, who knows, the starting running back. and the starter for the redskins not expected to play very much if at all in the fourth and final pre-season game coming up on wednesday against the buccaneers. that's sports and have a great rest of your weekend. i know we have been holding our breath for this.

snooki has given birth to a bouncing baby boy. mtv reports they welcome the 6 pound 5 ounce baby this morning. mom, dad and baby all doing great this morning. >> i wonder if the baby got the spray tan already? >> oh, come on. >> somebody had to take the first shot, and it was richard jordon, ladies and gentlemen. >> we will be back with