is happening as the honor student is being laid to rest today. news 4 megan mcgrath is live with more on the investigation and, megan, this is a case that seems to have stumped everyone. >> absolutely. they're looking for clues to help lead them to the killer here. you can see the police recruits who are checking out a drainage

pond here on campbellton drive. now, police have information that the killer left the crime scene on foot, that he didn't run, he actually walked quite a ways into the larger neighborhood. so, the investigation has expanded the search area. police recruits walk shoulder to shoulder in a grid search around the crime scene. they're looking for physical evidence that could lead them to the killer. investigators bagged some items and took them away, but their importance is unclear. one key piece of evidence, the gun has not been found and so the search continues. >> the day of the murder, we searched trash cans, storm drains, we're searching more of those, we're searching wooded area over here. drainage pond that looks like new construction back there. that is an area that we want to see that make sure nothing was dumped. >> reporter: 10:20 last

wednesday night, a gunman kicked in the door of them home and then shot 17-year-old amber stanley to dea in her bed. investigators have information that the murderer left the scene on foot, walking, not running, down chartsey street. >> he came down this way and he's not running. that's another thing. people, witnesses always notice the guy running with bad guy written on his forehead. this guy, we're being told, was not running, necessarily. he may have been walking. he may have been fast walking and he may have been thinking, i'm not going to bring attention to myself and i'm going to walk through this neighborhood and then no one will notice me because this is a nice neighborhood. it's a safe community. people walk in this neighborhood. >> reporter: residents are concerned that no one has been arrested. they're glad to so such resources being used to find the killer. >> i'm glad the crews are out here, you know, able to do some extra investigating to see what

else is going on. i thk the whole situation is pretty sad, but, hopefully they can get some leads out here or maybe in other areas of the neighborhood to see possibly what happened or how he got in the area. >> reporter: now, asked if there was a connection between the victim amber stanley and the gunman, the lead investigator would only say this, that in general in murder investigations in general, there is a high probability that the killer has some kind of a nexus to the victim or the situation, would not speak specifically to this case. but when asked if he believed there was a greater threat to the community because the suspect was still at large at this point, he did say no. reporting live in kettering, megan mcgrath, news 4. take a look at this video. traffic is still a mess this morning because of a water main break. it happened around 9:00 this morning and police have closed off the area to traffic while crews try to fix that break. well, it is hard to believe

many of us don't even want to, but the unofficial end of summer, it's here. and if you're like thousands of other wash tonnians, you'll hit the road and take to the skies for one last get away. danella sealock talked about trying to avoid some of the headaches of labor day weekend. >> we're all ready for some fun hopefully in the sun this labor day weekend, but one thing we hate is traffic. i'm joined with lon anderson with aaa. we know labor day is full of traffic, but do you have any tips for us this labor day weekend? >> well, you know, we're projecting about 800,000 wash tonians heading out of town. about 87% of them will be on the roads. about 700,000. so, tips for navigating that kind of mess, yeah. if you can, leave earlier than most other people. i think if you head out friday afternoon, you'll have a heck of a time. but if you can get out early

friday morning, you know, i think you'll find it much smoother going. just remember, whether you're going to by air, rail or roads, a lot of travelers out there. so, you know, you need to adjust the attitude a little bit and recognize that and if you really don't want to be in a lot of traffic, then, you know, either leave earlier or leave later than almost everybody else. same thing for returning. you know, monday afternoon, back into washington, it's predictable. a lot of people are going to be out there. if you don't want to be caught in that come back tuesday or early monday morning. the good news about this, though, travel is up. this is the third holiday we had this summer, you know, memorial day, july 4th and now labor day and which we're seeing increased travel. we're projecting travel up about 3.5%. that really is a very positive, positive statement on our local economy. so, hey, go out, hit it, enjoy. it's labor day! >> i'm danella sealock with news

4 today. >> danella will be back in just a few minutes to check on some of the areas that traditionally back up on holiday weekends like southbound i-95 in virginia and, of course, the bay bridge. well, the next question on our minds, what will the weather be like over the long weekend? right now sunny skies and rising temperatures. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us with the weekend's forecast. hey, tom? >> hey, you have no problems weatherwise. if you're leaving now for the labor day weekend or for the rest of the day. just going to be getting hot and as we saw there in that live view from our city camera, a gorgeous blue sky. meanwhile, off to our west, storm team 4 radar showing the circulation of the remnants of isaac spinning over northwestern a arkansas. spreading rain from louisiana across arkansas and all the way into missouri and it does look like it will track our way as we get towards the holiday weekend

continue to move towards our region as we get into saturday night and sunday. right now around the region, we have a beautiful clear sky, thanks to high pressure. but you can see lower left of your screen, the leading edge of some rain pushing into kentucky, southern indiana from that system. temperatures out ahead of that, we are heating up. we've got a deep area of high pressure on us. it's already into the mid-80s here and over the next hour, it's near 90 degrees and as we get into the rest of the afternoon hitting the mid-90s. a look in detail at the weekend in the next couple minutes and into the weekend. angie? the newly minted gop ticket is attending a victory rally and preparing to take an unscheduled trip to view hurricane isaac damage in louisiana. an invitation prompted paul ryan and mitt romney to cancel their virginia visit. >> i accept your nomination for president of the united states. >> last night, romney accepted his party's nomination.

during the speech, he opened up about his family and faith and he attacked issues crucial to the campaign, especially what he considered president obama's failures when it comes to the economy. >> the president hasn't disappointed you because he wanted to, the president has disappointed america because he hasn't led america in the right direction. he took office without the basic qualification at most americans have and one that was essential to the task at hand. he had almost no experience working in a business. jobs to him are about government. i learned the real lessons about how america works from experience. >> reporter: romney also laid out a five-point plan to create 12 million jobs, that includes energy indepdence, cutting the deficit and reducing taxes on businesses. now, this morning, there is a lot of talk today about clint eastwood's use of theatrics at the convention. the 82-year-old actor spoke just before romney last night.

eastwood pretended to interview an imaginary president obama in an empty chair. he questioned the president's work, including the economy and the war in afghanistan. >> you mentioned something about having a target date for bringing everybody home and you give that target date and i think mr. romney asks the only sensible question, why are you giving the date out now, why don't you just bring them home tomorrow morning? >> the crowd laughed at times and even gave eastwood a standing ovation, but some critics online described his speech as awkward and bizarre. the obama campaign was apparently watching eastwood's speech. shortly after aides tweeted a picture of the president in a chair with the text that read, this seat's taken. well, today president obama is traveling to texas. there he'll mark two years since he formally declared the end of the combat mission of the iraq

war. the president left joint base andrews about an hour ago. he'll speak at ft. bliss this afternoon which is where he announced an end to the war in 2010. the white house says the visit is official business and not a campaign stop. the president will also speak to troops, then have a roundtable discussion with military members and their families. we're following breaking news out of new jersey right now where three people are dead after someone opened fire at a supermarket. the gunman is believed to be among those dead. the shots rang out around 4:00 this morning in old bridge, that's just about 25 miles from manhattan. police are not revealing details about what led to the shooting and we're going to bring you more details as they become available. a community is coming together to help a student who was shot at perry hall high school in baltimore on the first day of school. 17-year-old daniel remains in critical condition with a bruised lung, broken rib and a hole in his torso. his family says they are humbled

by an online campaign to help their son. the effort has gone viral and even lady gaga is reportedly going to send something from overseas. 15-year-old robert gladen is accused of shooting him in the school caffearia on monday. he is being charged as adult with attempted murder and assault. the time right now, 11 minutes after the 11:00 hour. coming up, the warning from the pentagon to a navy s.e.a.l. involved in the take down of osama bin laden. plus -- listening closely. why people are paying close attention to a speech by ben bernanke today. why tonight's blue moon, nothing to be sad about. stay with us.

the pentagon says it may consider legal action against a navy s.e.a.l. who wrote a book about the raid that killed osama

bin laden. "no easy day" is due out next tuesday. the pentagon sent a letter describing he signed an agreement in 2007. he would never divulge classified information. the pentagon threatened to take any royalties made off of the book. right now federal reserve chairman ben bernanke is vowing to provide more help if the nation's unemployment rate does not improve. bernanke is speaking at the annual federal reserve conference, that's in jackson hole, wyoming. today a highly anticipated speech from the federal reserve chairman, he's going to call for high unemployment rate or he calls the high unemployment rate a grave concern and says the fed will act if it doesn't come down soon. right now the unemployment rate stands at 8.3% and the august jobs report comes out a week from today. the first man to walk on the moon will be laid to rest today. a private service will be held

near his home in cincinnati. neil armstrong died saturday of complications from heart surgery. he was 82. president obama ordered flags fly at half staff at the white house military bases and embassies all over the world today in honor of armstrong. storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us now and we're going to have a bartending segment coming up a little bit later. we joked around if he is making a blue moon because that's what we're talking about. >> gorgeous blue moon and thought about neil armstrong and that gorgeous full moon was visible this morning. this was right before it set. this is from chopper 4 and we call this -- >> it looks so close. >> we call it a blue moon because it's the second full moon of the month and the last full month was august 1st into the 2nd and this was august 31st full moon. and the reason they call it a blue moon because every month has its own name like harvest moon, well, once every about two

and a half years we have one month with two moons and we call it something, they just called it blue moon. well, then, after the moon set, the sun rose. this was the sun rise this morning. seen by our nbc hd city camera. put them on facebook and you can follow me on twitter and facebook. here's another awesome photo sent in from one of our viewers. these were storm clouds over the potomac near swan point, maryland. these had just passed by and were receding into the distance. great shot. there's another gorgeous view. this is a live picture from our hd city camera. nbc 4 and 84 at reagan national and now dew point at 70, that's rather humid and stay rather humid here for the rest of the afternoon. big area of high pressure over the region now and it's a deep area of high pressure as a result and that combine would a bit of a westerly wind heating us up rapidly and upper 80s and near 90 throughout much of northern virginia and farther to

the north and east, generally in the mid-80s and that includes montgomery, prince george's county, arlington, fairfax and right around the chesapeake bay. now, as we go forward over the next day or two, a lot of sun today, but then as we get into saturday, we'll have increasing clouds coming from the west and this is out in advance of the remnants of isaac coming our way. these areas in green, these are zones of potential showers that may be popping up tomorrow afternoon into the shenandoah valley in the mountains and then saturday evening and into sunday is when we have an increasing chance for some of these showers to come through and just some occasional passing tropical showers and not constantly raining. how much rain? they'll get a lot of it here in missouri and parts of illinois and these areas in the red and orange could get five, ten inches of rain. closer to us in this green joan generally an inch and in the blue zone, one to two inches of rain, this is as of sunday at 11:00 p.m. this will continue into monday and more rain on the way. sunny, hot, rather humid afternoon and peaking in the mid-90s mid-afternoon and back

down to near 90 by early evening and westerly breeze around 5 to 15. tonight, sunset 7:39 and the full moon rising just after that, clear, warm, more humid as we get into the latter part of the evening hours, back down to near 80 degrees around midnight and then starting off saturday morning early, should be partly sunny near 70 and partly sunny saturday morning and then clouding up in the afternoon near 90 and rather humid and then as a we get into sunday, monday, labor day, tuesday, each one of those days. that is when we have the chance for some of those passing tropical showers. not continual, just off and on, so, it's not going to totally ruin your picnic and your parade. as we get into wednesday, thursday, may dry out a bit. highs in the 80s over the weekend and into midweek next week. that is the way it looks. >> you might want to squeeze the most fun out of the first half of the holiday weekend. >> a blue moon. >> it's not really blue, though. oh, well, still pretty. let's check on the mid-day

traffic with danella sealock. pretty smooth moving out, there, danella. >> i-95 southbound, you know how that goes, especially during a holiday weekend. here's where your delays start. in virginia approaching route 123 heavy on the brakes in this area. live look right now and delays continue as you make your way towards the occoquan river bridge. very slow. i'll give you a travel speed, from the beltway, 4 5 miles per hour. not terrible, but take you over half an hour to make that trip. angie, i'm back in a little bit and we'll talk about the bay bridge. still ahead, shake it up. can you hear it? grab a glass and some ice and we'll show you how to make a few drinks perfect for your end of the summer celebration. danella is back and sits down with steve harvey to talk about his new talk show and how he made his dreams come true for a few laughs. but, first, here's a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com.

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well, if you are planning an end of summer party this weekend, a refreshing cocktail may be in order. brendan adam of avenue sweets joins us with a few ideas. i understand, you've won a very big competition here in d.c. and this is the bombay sapphire search for the most inspired barteneder and you're headed to vegas. >> i am. i am headed to vegas, actually, next weekend. september 8th. and there i'll compete against 49 other bartenders, mixologists and hopefully bring back the national prize for d.c. >> what did you have to do to win this? >> basically "g.q." and they do a nationwide search and i guess they team with the distributors

in each of the markets and they celebrity bartenders, mixologists to join and to compete and, basically, you make a cocktail interview and hopefully wow some people. >> that's what we're going to do today. you're going to wow us. this is perfect for the holiday weekend. what do we have here? >> basically what i did was made a very simple cocktail for us. very simple cocktail you can make at home. this is bombay sapphire gin, fresh lime juice or lemon juice. lemon juice is really nice and clean and plays well with the sapphire and then a chili ginger simple syrup. take jalapeno and put a little fresh ginger in there and just make a 2-1 water to sugar ratio, simple syrup. >> add aing the pepper and cayenne is becoming more of a trend. >> nice and summary and refreshing and also plays really well with the botanicals and gin itself. >> we have one we can make today, which can be done quickly, which is what we like. >> let's hope it's done quickly. you can fill that bowl with the

foam. >> you trust me with this thing? >> you didn't tell me which way to -- >> that was kind of amazing. >> yeah, that's perfect. >> we'll start with two ounces of the bombay sapphire gin. >> okay. >> then we're going to put in one ounce of king ginger liquore. take an ounce of our fresh lime juice. put that in there. >> when you're making this, because you are the winner of this bartender competition. no dance moves or anything. i'm thinking tom cruise. >> i'm a terrible dancer. you don't want me juggling. i'll put ice in here. >> sure. >> okay. and then we're going to mist the glass. >> nice. i like that. >> and then we're going to burn that alcohol off. get a nice -- >> a lot of tools that go into

this. shake it. >> we're going to shake. show us the skills. you got it. you got it. >> korean dance moves. okay. then we're going to strain this into the glass. >> all right. >> we're going to take this orange blossom. this is an orange gin and orange blossom air. >> the foam, right? >> that looks yummy. >> we're going to top that. >> almost looks like a dessert. >> it's layered like a dessert. and then we're going to drop pomegranate reduction with orange blossom water in there. >> that looks fantastic. just another way to add a fun, hip touch to our summer cocktails. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. my pleasure. >> wealer have that recipe online. coming up in the next half hour, a few more days before flood waters recede and people

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right now on "news 4 midday" thousands of washitonians are hitting the roads for one last summer get away. more than 700,000 people will drive to their labor day weekend destination and the roads are already getting packed. if you haven't left yet, aaa suggests waiting until later tonight to avoid traffic. right now, president obama is headed to texas to mark two years since he declared the end of combat of the iraq war. meanwhile, mitt romney is headed to new orleans today to tour damage by hurricane isaac. he was invited by louisiana governor bobby jindal. and we continue tracking isaac this midday.

the storm is being blamed for two deaths in louisiana. rescuers found the bodies floating in a flooded home in the plaquemines parish yesterday. isaac also killed a tow truck driver in mississippi this week. he was trying to help a stranded driver when a tree fell on his truck. isaac has moved north of the gulf coast, but its impact is still threatening to destroy tens of thousands of homes in the region. authorities evacuated about 50,000 people who live near mississippi's lake. water is overflowing a dam on the lake and engineers fear that dam could break. >> yeah, the neighborhood that we are standing in right now, you have about 100 to 200 mobile homes in this area and once before, about a year ago, all this got washed off. we don't want this to happen any more. that's why we're getting all the people out and getting them to high ground. >> engineers are breaching the

levee intentionally to ease pressure on the dam. former uva lacrosse player george huguely will spend two plus decades behind bars. a charlottesville judge sentenced him to 23 years in prison yesterday. he was found guilty of killing his ex-girlfriend back in 2010. his defense team was upset with prison sentence saying it wasn't consistent with the evidence in the case. >> but we fundamentally disagree that the conviction in this case for second degree murder was at all appropriate and we basically disagree with the sentence that was imposed. we think that george was convicted of a crime inconsistent with the facts and he received a penalty inconsistent with what the evidence would require. >> before receiving his sentence, huguely spoke to love's mother and sister and he said, "i'm so sorry for your loss and i hope you find peace." today is the last day on the job for a long-serving law enforcement leader in northern

virginia.william county police chief is retiring. he held that position for more than 24 years. the chief led his department through several high-profile investigations, including the beltway sniper case in 2002. chief deane told news 4 he plans to do a lot of fishing in his retirement. despite the ongoing dispute over the proposed eisenhower memorial, planners are creating a high-tech virtual memorial to accompany the monument. the e-memorial would compplement for the mall memorial. include foephotos and videos of eisenhower. his family has objected to the design, which they say focuses too much on his childhood rather than his military accomplishments. organizers hope to break ground on the $112 million memorial some time this year. bickering on the hill could delay some much-needed repairs to the capital dome. the dome has more than 1,000

minor cracks and needs $60 million in repairs. now, there are leaks which could damage the iron and stone infrastructure and the artwork inside. congress is scheduled to vote on a budget compromise late next month. lawmakers are considering adding dome repairs into the budget. well, let's get a check, again, with tom kierein. he is outside on our news 4 weather deck with more and it looks beautiful out there, tom. >> yeah, it really is. we're getting a gentle breeze coming in now. lots of sun under it. glorious royal blue sky here on this friday and it's beginning to warm up, too. there's a live view from our hd city camera. you can see this beautiful blue sky over the entire region now. and as we take a look at the view from space, all this thanks to deep high pressure over us, but it's going to begin to move off the coast as we're seeing the first clouds from the remnants of isaac showing up out of kk kentucky. they are producing light rain there and arriving here maybe

late tomorrow between now and then, dry weather. we'll climb into the mid-80s throughout the region and then continue to climb maybe another 10 degrees by mid-afternoon you can hear that wind blowing out here. we will have that wind gusting to around 15 miles an hour from time to time and it's going to be rather humid through the day and then tomorrow, increasing humidity, increasing clouds and highs reaching near 90 by mid-afternoon. and then we might get some showers moving in saturday night, with just some off and on passing tropical showers on sunday. sunday night, labor day monday, monday night and even as we get back to work and school on perhaps tuesday into wednesday, not constant rain, just maybe passing showers. a lot of clouds and highs in the 80s, morning lows near 70. that is the way it looks, angie. >> okay, hurry on inside, tom. hurricane isaac isn't just wreaking hava oc on the gulf cot it is contributing to the

highest gas prices nationwide. some places have seen prices jump 10 cents just this past week. tom costello takes a look at the pain at the pump and when we might get a little relief. >> reporter: this is not the news any of us wanted to hear going into the labor day weekend. gas prices have been on the climb this week. in some cities, 10 to 15 cent increases in one day. that's the biggest jump in 18 months. on this color coded map, green shows the lowest prices in the country and red the highest. illinois and california are bright red. both about $4.15 a gallon. in los angeles thursday $4.16. >> i remember being a small child and standing in line for 60 cents a gallon gas and just being like, oh, my god, this is so expensive. >> reporter: in chicago near $4.31 a gallon, the highest in the country, but we found $4.49. >> the first time i think i ever filled my small little car and spent over $50.

>> sometimes you have to give up what you enjoy most and put it in your tank, i guess. >> reporter: hurricane isaac gets a lot of the blame for driving up prices, as it took aim at louisiana, oil rigs, refineries and even a critical pipeline shut down. cnbc scott cohen is there. >> the good news is it appears there is no damage to oil rigs off shore or the refineries along the gulf coast. the issue now is getting them back up and running and the longer that takes, the higher prices could go. >> reporter: and there was also a ruptured pipeline in california and an expensive summer gasoline blend. it all adds up. >> we've never seen the national average this high for labor day weekend. so, the gouge is on if you call it that. >> reporter: aaa calculates if you're driving from denver to chicago on a 2008 toyota van, you'll pay roughly $238 in fuel. same vehicle driving from san diego to seattle about $317 in fuel. and driving from atlanta to tucson, about $400 in fuel.

the good news, gas prices aren't expected to stay this high. >> between thanksgiving and christmas, the national average may drop to the mid3 range and some areas could drop lower than that. >> that was tom costello reporting. let's check in on your midday traffic now. danella sealock is standing by. >> route 50 to the bay bridge, no issues there. i'll give you a live look as you make your way towards the toll. you're clear in this area, but just a bit sluggish across the bay bridge. let's look at i-95 and as you head northbound, a live look at 175. your delays continue as you head to 100 and this is in maryland. let's head down to virginia, a blurry view, unfortunately, of the occoquan but your delays start right around route 1. you're slow as you make your way past the occoquan river. angie, back over to you. >> thanks for the update. from what we understand, you've been all over the place.

you were up in chi town hanging out with steve harvey. >> i was. his new talk show debuts right here on nbc 4 next week and i wanted to ask him what will set his show apart from all the rest. >> thank you very much. >> so, steve, what are we in for? >> i think it's going to be a refreshing, refreshing look at daytime tv. >> hello, everybody. welcome, welcome, welcome. >> it's going to be inspirational and it's going to be uplifting and motivating and when you get through all of that right there, it's going to be funny. i called you 15 times, how did you like it? >> i found it to be cumbersome. >> okay, first of all, i'm really a comedian, i don't even know what cumbersome means. >> reporter: laughter has always been a part of steve's career. it all started when he was a

little boy using his popsicle stick using it as his first microphone. >> i stood in front of the mirror with my father every day and i shaved with him. he made me a little carton to stand on. he gave me a popsicle stick and i used a popsicle stick and a toothbrush and i was in the mirror just practicing. i didn't know for what. i was just practicing. it was, it was in me. the seed was planted a long time ago. i think, man, if you get someone who isn't afraid to be open, who isn't afraid to just say it like it is, i think that's going to be a great, great take away for a lot of people. >> when you were trying to kiss the woman, rub the woman, hold the woman, caress the woman, love the woman, was any of this via text? >> no, sir, it wasn't. >> so, now, how do you expect to think it's okay to break up with

this human being via text? that's got to be close to one of the dumb things. >> how do you think you were able to turn those dreams into a child into all of this? >> i just had to believe when i was going through it that i was going to come through it. i just kept believing that. if you put faith with the no quit and you're willing to work, it can happen for you. >> well, it definitely happened for steve. you can catch him week days at 2:00 p.m. starting september 4th. >> and among thiz first topics, get this, he gives advice to the man named the worst dater in america. >> i bet we can throw a couple names into those hats, too. >> let's not, angie. >> looks like a whole lot of fun. not a lot of celebrities because he doesn't want to deal with putting pink m&ms in the dressing rooms. a whole new approach to daytime talk. it is going to be fun. >> i'm jealous. >> thanks, danella.

wait a minute, wait a minute. >> he's going the wrong way. what a way to start the college football season. this happened in last night's kent state game. kent state punted the ball and hit towson's johnson and andre parker grabbed it and took off in the wrong direction. he was finally tackled 58 yards later, luckily for parker the official stopped play after he picked up the ball. the time right now, 11:43. still ahead on news 4 midday, powerball's big reveal today. plus, need a new stove or a refrigerator? why now is a good time to buy. stay with us.

today the lucky powerball winner will be revealed. the winning ticket came from a gas station in lelapeer. the lurd largest in world's history. if they choose a lump sum, a one-time payment of $241 million. can you imagine? well, stocks are higher to end the week and the month, brian sullivan joins us with more on that and the rest of the day's headlines. hey, brian. >> i'm kind of dreaming about what i would do, maybe solid

gold yacht or something. you know, simple like that. stocks are higher as we head into a long holiday weekend and ben bernanke speaking in jackson hole and a big economic conference and all you need to know and he signaled readiness to do more. he didn't say they will print more money or ease credit yet but leaves open the possibility of more credit easing down the road. the markets like that and they are higher, indeed, if you like soda, by the way, and don't think it's sweet enough. diet pepsi has a deal for you. they will add or change their sweeteners. being a little coy about it. try to make the soda sweeter for longer. so if you think soda is not sweet enough, diet pepsi trying to change that for you. by the way, my first trip with you guys, i am a virginia tech graduates. go hokies, college football. virginia tech always runs the right direction. >> all right. >> throw that out there. monday night. >> see, i'm a south carolina fan. we won last night. >> those are fighting words,

angie. >> all right. brian, thanks. >> thank you. going after good sales is a no brainer but what if you knew in advance the best time to buy. liz crenshaw is here with an inside look at substantial savings you can spot at different times of the year. >> they want to clear out the old before they bring in the new. >> reporter: the reason mark at kiplinger's personal finance says, you can get deep discounts on just about everything. you need to know what to buy when. >> for most products, once a year, sometimes twice a year. >> reporter: let's start with appliances. the best bets are labor day weekend. >> the new models come out in the fall, september and october. so, labor day is a great time to shop for a major appliance. >> reporter: looking for the best deal on a gym membership? don't wait for the new year, consider joining in june or july. >> about june, if you go to the gym regularly, you notice the traffic has died down

considerably. so, they do promotions. >> reporter: in the market for a new car? the best time to buy -- >> late summer all the way through christmas. >> reporter: so start car shopping in august and you'll find deals through december. >> i once bought a car on christmas eve and got a fantastic deal. and they wanted me out of that dealership. >> reporter: when it comes to finding deals on furniture, try two times a year, january and july. >> because new furniture comes out in february and also in august. again, you know, they're moving the economy. they're producing new things and, so they want to clear out these, you know, pieces of furniture before the new shipment arrives. >> reporter: want to get away, cruise lines have what they call a wave season. >> which is january through march. if you book then, you'll be offered discounts of 25%, sometimes more on cruises for the summer. >> reporter: so, book january through march and set out to sea

in the summer. when it comes to airfare, it depends on the day of the week. he says research shows tuesday afternoons at 3:00 is the best time to book. the cheapest day to fly is wednesday. >> it's middle of the week, business travelers have had traveled earlier in the week, later in the week, vacationers are going out for the weekend. >> reporter: want a new tv? the top time to buy is february right after the super bowl. >> new tvs come out generally in march and, so, february, following the super bowl, is a good time to buy. time is money, so, put in a lile bit of time and you can get a pretty big payoff. >> that was liz crenshaw reporting. kiplinger shared helpful websites where you can find even more deals. you can find them at our website on nbcwashington.com just search when to buy. the time right now, ten minutes to the noon hour. coming up, a look at what's new at the movies this weekend. plus, meteorologist tom

kierein will be back with another check of our weekend forecast. stay with us.

>> as long as you are my brother, you will never let this happen, again, do you understand? new at the movies this

weekend, it's a true tale of shooting for the american dream in "lawless" the bonderman brothers during prohibition era, virginia. they're moon shine runners but illegal activities get the attention of a big city lawman. soon, the brothers must defend their family and their freedom. "lawless" is rated r. you might never want to go to another yard sale again after watching "the possession" a little girl picks up an anxious box. it is determined to take over its human host. "the possession" is rated pg-13. marshal arts master jet li is back in flying swords of dragon gate. he plays a purmercenary in anci china and battles unsavory people all looking for a lost city of gold. "flying swords of dragon gate"

is rated r. two former enemy as learn to live with each other in "for a good time call" room mates who do not get along, but when lauren discovers katie works for an adults only hotline they partner up for a new business opportunity. this should be interesting. for a good time call is rated r and for the weather, i guess you could call tom kierein. what's your number? >> what? >> first, we want to tell you some of the stories we're following this afternoon. tonight at 4:00, the website that could help you choose a brand-new wardrobe with advice from your favorite celebrities. plus, justin bieber, he's coming to one of nbc's hit shows. and it is friday, "washington post" food critic sits down and reviews a new hot spot on. this would be the time to call on you. i called you a little too early. at least first part of the weekend, if you plan on leaving

soon, no travel problems weatherwise, unless you're heading into the midwest. around st. louis getting heavy rain and maybe some flight delays there. this is all associated with what's left of isaac. it is a spinning post-tropical low that's now sitting up over the arkansas and missouri border and continue to track north and take a turn and head east as we head into tomorrow and into sunday and monday, too. it is tracking near us. as a result, cloudy and we're going to have increasing clouds beginning tomorrow and along with perhaps a few passing tropical showers. it's heating up now. it's already 93 at reagan national and it may get into the mid, maybe even 90s. else where we're in the 80s and going to continue to hold steady in the mid-90s sorrow mid-afternoon and then tonight, down to near 80 near midnight and 70. saturday increasing clouds and

humidity even thicker. right now even thicker and steamy tomorrow and then some of those tropical showers may interrupt your activity saturday evening and off and on saebtd and off and on sunday night and on labor day itself. not constant rain, just showers that come and go. highs reaching the mid-80s on sunday and maybe low 80s on labor day and then we all get back to work and school on tuesday. maybe some lingering passing showers then, too. highs low 80s. does look like finally things will settle down midweek next week and that's the way it looks. have a great holiday weekend, despite isaac. >> yes. don't forget to look for the blue moon tonight. >> will do. >> thank you, tom. the school year started off on a great note for an entire maryland school this morning all 300 students of concord elementary school in district heights received backpacks full of school supplies. part of nbc 4 and comcast backpack for kids initiative. nbc 4 tracee wilkins and other

nbc employees were on hand to give out the backpacks. if you want to help out students in need, all you have to do is go to nbcwashington.com and search for backpack for kids. and so far collectively, we are going to be able to donate more than 3,000 backpacks across the maryland, virginia and d.c. area and you were a huge part of that, so, we want to say thank you. remember, nbcwashington.com if you still want to send some supplies. we'll get them to the kids in need. that will do it for new 4z midday. thanks so much for joining us. [ male announcer ] we've made verizon fios

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