it was a rainy monday morning commute, looking at the storm team 4 radar. few showers are sticking around. tom kierein tells us how long and how much we can expect the rest of this week. police are following new clues in the search for missing 5-year-old from fairfax county. where the boy was last seen. welcome to news 4 midday. i'm keith russell. >> and i'm barbara harrison. it's monday, april 15th, 2013. >> a woman wanted in virginia for abducting her son has been spotted in alabama. angie goff has that story. >> confirm a missing 5-year-old boy and his mom were seen at birmingham international airport friday. there's an arrest warrant out for becky love, the mother of cameron seraphin, parental

abduction. the boy should have been returned to his father last sunday. his mother fled town, dyeing his hair dark brown, leaving her car behind to throw off detectives. the boy's father says his son suffered from -- airport sighting in alabama is the only one reported. the police need the public's help to find cameron and are urging people to spread the word through facebook and twitter. we have a link at this story at nbcwashington.com. angie goff, news 4. new today, a national campaign to educate teens and their parents when using facebook and other social media outlets. attorney generals from across the country are behind the campaign for privacy in the digital age. news 4's tony tull is live at the harbor. where they're not so long and drawn out that you skip right

past them. >> reporter: that was one of the key topics here this morning. you're surfing the internet site and it's so long you skip over it and accept it. they're trying to change the legislation on that, where they can condense it so people can understand it more and also you have an option to opt out of that privacy policy. one of the things they were talking about here at national harbor at the gaylord hotel. national president of the attorneys general, convened all the attorneys general in the u.s. to discuss privacy policy on the internet but specifically your private information, how sites are, one, collecting it, what they're doing with it. are they sending it to other sites, selling it to vendors? if they are, who are they distributing it to? if they are taking your private information, do you even know? specifically, as you mentioned, kids and teens are on facebook, these game sites and don't know that their private information and possibly their parents' private information south carolina collected. that was one of the big things.

also how not to be tracked and also some of the options within private policies. that's one of the things i got a chance to check up with the attorney general and these are the things he's telling us about. >> sit iting at home on the computer, smart phones can see what that privacy policy is for that particular website or company and do they understand it? is it accessible to them? do they have the ability to say, no, i don't want any part of that? i want to opt out that have. >> along with mr. gantzler, facebook ceo cheryl sandberg was on hand here today. psa's to start running in each state, state specific to help people, make them aware of the issues, how to protect your private information. they're not supposed to be released until tomorrow. mr. gantzler gave you a chance to see what they would look like. >> facebook and i have created an ask the safety team, where

facebook answers your top questions as well as a tip sheet on privacy, which offers advice or how to control your information. safety can only be achieved through shared responsibility. >> keith, the proposed legislation is going to be state specific. it will be up to each state to draft the legislation and get it changed. i'm tony tull. back to you. >> hard at work with a lot of ground to cover. thanks, tony. >> reporter: you got it. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us with the first forecast. will we see the sun at all today? >> we've seen a few peeks of sun trying to come through. that's a live view, plane coming in for a landing at reagan national airport. here in storm center 4 right now we've got some breaks in the cloud cover, looking at the high resolution satellite imagery here. as we take a look at the radar, we've had these morning sprinkles, dissipated now. and they have just a few

scattered areas, getting a few sprinkles across parts of virginia and maryland. temperatures beginning to warm up. little sunshine trying to shine through in the forecast. northern virginia, district, prince george's, month gomry counties, most of those locations are right around 60 degrees. rockville is at 58. camp springs and upper marloboro, arlington, fairfax county. many locations beginning to climb into the low 60s. a look at the afternoon. we'll take a look at the week in a few minutes, barbara. >> thank you, tom. >> you may soon have a bit more breathing room at two of the bu busiest metro stations, gallery place china town and union station. news 4's megan mcgrath has the story. >> to keep up with the pace of

ridership and to make sure everyone is safe while they wait for trains on the platforms, metro is making a number of improvements at the station. more studies need to be done. possibly widening platforms, creating larger mezzanines, wider escalators and elevators. riders think it sounds good. >> usually gets crowded between 9:00 in the morning. >> reporter: you think there needs to be changes. >> yes, and i'm glad, too. >> you stand close to the edge, you get nervous. everybody is trying to push on to the train. it can get pretty nervous down there. >> especially busy days when there's a lot of events happening in washington. it's very nice not to be crowded and worry about be pushed on to the tracks. >> reporter: it would take several years for the work to be completed. metro is think iing of

building a crossing to ease the congestion and make it easier for people to change lines. a lot of improvements would be based on how much money the transit department has. it may be years before this work is all completed. two separate sex assaults in northeast. the first happened early saturday morning at 21st and h streets. a woman was assaulted by three men. the second sunday, police say a man knocked on a woman's door and asked to use the phone. once inside, the man sexually assaulted that woman. if you have any information about either incident please call drchlts c. police. whether humans ought to be able to have patents on them. on genes that can indicate a woman's risk of getting breast or ovarian cancer. giving them a virtual monopoly on testing those genes. opponents say no company should

have a right to patent what's part of a human's body. they say not having the patent would hinder the development of drugs, and even modified crops. flags are flying half-staff in honor of an army helicopter pilot killed in afghanistan. sarah newton was from eldersburg, among those killed when a black hawk helicopter crashed outside kandahar city. she graduated from liberty high school in 2003. >> less than an hour, family and friends will pay their final respects to a tuskeghee airman. they were the 332nd fighter group, america's first black military flyers during world war ii. right now, hope on capitol hill, movement is expected on two big issues. gun control and immigration. a look at what's expected to

happen. and celebrating in north korea. the major national holiday putting threats of war out of view for now. stay with us.

new this morning, hoougo chavez's hand-picked successor, nicolas maduro won the election. capriles is refusing to accept the results and is demanding a recount. also new this morning, death toll is climbing in a series of attacks across iraq. 32 people died ntd bombings, 21 were killed in this attack

across baghdad. no one is taking credit yet. it comes less than a week after iraqis are supposed to vote and since u.s. troops left in 2011. secretary of state john kerry is expected to be back on u.s. soil after a trip overseas. diplomatic solution first and trying to get kim jong un to the negotiating table. his first stop in the states will be in chicago, visiting the parents of a young diplomat killed in afghanistan. anne was killed earlier this month while trying to take books to students.

the north traditionally use this is time to show its military strength. international community has been on edge, fearing a missile launch may be imminent. so far, everything has been calm. the north has rejected new calls for talks with south korea. the senate can vote as early as wednesday on one of the president's gun proposals to expand background checks for anyone buying a gun. a few republicans say now they will accept that measure. pat toomey of pennsylvania along with others put that bill together. bipartisan group of senators has been working on, allowing millions of undocumented immigrants to become citizens and increases security at our bor borders. immigration debate may play out in the senate this week. house lawmakers are speak iing t

on the issue. listen to what california democrat had to say moments ago. >> reporter: we are ready. it is time for the sake of people like my parents who built this country all their lives, for the sake of people who continue to do what my parents did, who have brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, we've been waiting. we are ready. >> key senators will find out later today. tom kierein is here to talk about the weather out there today. great weekend. fitness contest going on here at nbc 4 for the employees, we wear these little devices that record all the steps you take. this is what i did over the weekend to add steps on my little device, hiked to the top of sugar loaf mountain. >> how many steps? >> 15,000 steps.

showing rapidly greening landscape. could you wear this and walk around the studio while i do the weather? >> unfair advantage. >> we need to add steps to our meter there. another photo i took, showing how green everything is getting, so rapidly after the warm weather we had last week and the rain on friday. few sprinkles this morning. post your pics to weather@nbcwashington.com. we will share. live view of the washington monument, jefferson memorial under a gray sky. 61 degrees. wind out the of the east at 10 miles an hour. rather humid. view from space all throughout the morning. areas in the green are showing zones where we had a little light rain. little sun trying to break out. by the middle of the afternoon, these are high temperatures, temperatures only in the 50s w now. should be 60 in the middle of the afternoon.

rest of northern virginia much of the region still remaining mostly cloudy into the afternoon. here is how we're looking. by tonight under a cloudy sky, temperatures dropping back to the upper 60s. we'll bottom out in the low 60s tomorrow afternoon. these areas of green, zones are potential sprinkles. may get a few overnight and perhaps by dawn tomorrow. more sun breaks out during the day tuesday. should be a beautiful day tomorrow. only a slight chance of a shower north and west of us. as we start off wednesday morning, there is a possibility of a few sprinkles around, around dawn wednesday morning. now that rain we had friday w h washed ay lot of pollen out, jumped out over the weekend. juniper, major pollen. rain we had kept the pollen count a little bit. down to the medium range. pollen count will surge once

again if you're an allergy sufferer, unfortunately, you'll be having that problem as we get into tuesday and wednesday with mostly dry pattern. pollen will get released and be in the upper 70s in the afternoon wednesday and thursday. just a slight chaps of a shower each of those days. warmer than average pattern all the way into, it does look like friday. friday afternoon and evening, maybe some showers, thunder and lightning, too. late friday night through midday saturday is the timing on this. it does look like we may dry out a little bit late saturday afternoon. sunshine does return on sunday with highs reaching the mid 60s sunday afternoon and morning lows in the -- generally in the low 40s sunday morning. chillier by the end of the week. that is the way it looks. >> all right, john. thank you. see you again shortly. 18 minutes after 11:00 now. still ahead on news 4 midday, president obama wants preschool for all.

does early education really make a difference? seeing the results every day. d.c. design house is open. we'll take a look inside. what's hot on nbcwashington.com. people are stuck in very old habits

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rockn railroad band who will show us what they do for kids who educate them when they're very, very young. georgetown university study shows children who attend quality preschool are twice as likely to attend college. what benefits do you see that kids get from attending preschool? you have a program, of course. >> yes. early childhood education is a tremendous benefit for children. they learn self confidence. they learn coordination. they learn how to interact with children. they learn spatial relationships and things that they might not have the opportunity to learn at home. >> it's not just sitting down and learning your alphabets? >> absolutely not. >> movement and music? >> movement, music, dance, through gym activities, sport. anything that you can get your child into as early as newborn age, only enhances their learning for future life. >> we would like to hear a little bit of what the rock n

railroad band does to enhance children's life. >> they're wonderful. ♪ chugga chugga chugga chugga choo choo ♪ ♪ all aboard the train all aboard the train ♪ ♪ here we go again here we go again ♪ ♪ hear the whistle blow hear the whistle blow ma letting people know letting people know ♪ ♪ we're on the rock in' railroa rockin' railroad rockin' railroad rockin' railroad ♪ ♪ we're on the rockin' railroad rockin' railroad now

we stop ♪ >> very, very nice. rockin' railroad band. i can still remember the words when i was 3, 4iers old, to sopgs my mother taught me. is that part of the plan? >> absolutely. they come to the programs and they learn all the words to the songs and they sing and dance and jump around. it's such a tremendous benefit for them. >> are most of them pretty shy when they first come about get ing up and moving? >> maybe for the first minute. when they see the band and they have the opportunity to interact with the band and play instruments right along with them, five minutes later, just magic happens and they're no longer shy. >> i guess you certainly will be promoting children having music education in these early childhood development courses that the president is advocating now? >> absolutely. music, dance, gym, sports,

anything that can enhance them is just a wonderful benefit to them. >> wonderful. thank you all for coming in. >> thank you very much. >> rockin' railroad band. >> hopefully, we'll continue to promote early childhood education. >> and you say start as early as what? >> newborn. we start our classes. they join us at newborn or 4 months. >> incidentally, these are located across the country. there are many throughout the country? >> yes, and international as well. >> thank you so much. it is 11:26. >> texting an emergency caller now has become a reality. plus a d.c. council candidate getting support of some of d.c.'s top leaders. and is more rain on the way? meteorologist tom

right now, lawmakers are back on capitol hill for what could be a crucial week for two of president obama's top legislative priorities. it could vote on a measure to expand background checks for gun control. an immigration plan will be unveiled tomorrow. meantime, americans now use their cell phones to text more than make actual phone calls. but when you're facing an emergency, texting 911 may not help. not all call centers can receive emergency texts. tom costello reports. stay on the phone here with me, okay? >> it could be any 911 call center in america. >> are you with the patient now? >> this one is different. >> okay, ma'am. are you still on the scene? >> sending paramedics to help you now. they'll tell you what to do next. >> frederick county, maryland, people who need help can text

911 operators and they can text back. >> could be a number of reasons they can't speak at the moment, medical event, stroke, something like that, but they he can still type. >> reporter: hard to believe, but in most of the country today, texting 911 isn't possible. in the last three months more than 13,000 texts have been transmitted to 911, but most were never received. very few 911 centers are equipped to accept them. frederick county is also the home of the maryland school for the deaf and the need seemed obvious. >> especially when it comes to an emergency. time is so important. and we didn't have that access ever. so, this is huge. >> i thought we were going to die. it was really, really scary. >> reporter: in chicago, 15-year-old nathan lane isn't deaf. while with his mom and sister at a coffee shop, his dad at a nearby store, a robber came in, threatening to kill everyone. hiding in a restroom, his mom

started to call his dad, but nathan grabbed her phone and texted him instead. >> don't come back. r robber in here. call 911. >> reporter: nathan then had the presence of mind to delete the text. >> and right after i texted my dad, he came in, threatening to kill us for calling 911, in which case we didn't. >> reporter: nathan's dad got the message. >> because it was all spelled out correctly, i did not think it was a prank. >> i was afraid my dad was going to call us or something and that would have triggered something. >> reporter: he called 911, then sent a one-word message, done. by the time they got back to the coffee shop, police were there, everyone okay. as for nathan, you would think he would be rewarded with a cell phone upgrade. turns out he had to surrender his phone to his parents. >> even teenage heroes have to

get good grades and have good attitudes. >> that was tom costello reporting. they're hoping all 911 centers will have texting abilities by next summer. scandal that embarrassed the d.c. school system five years ago, he does want to find out why that investigation only focused on one school but says he cares more about making skamds like this don't happen again, that this all comes days after we got our hands on a memo that suggests nearly 200 teachers cheated on standardized tests. more than half a dozen d.c. council members want to keep working. jack evans, marion barry and four other council members officially enforced bonds today, running for the at large seat on the council. formerly held by council chair. special election next tuesday.

d.c. mayoral race, possible link between vincent gray and committee that funded him. talked several times about leaving the race. also met with gene harris, who has since pleaded guilty to running an illegal campaign to raise funds for mayor gray. he says he was never offered money to leave the race. the mayor denies any knowledge of the shadow campaign. confirmation could be a rocky one for president obama's cabinet appointments. thomas perez is the white house nominee for labor secretary. he served on the montgomery county council and labor secretary for maryland. calling in to question his actions as the nation's top civil rights attorney. they accuse him of convincing the city of st. paul, minnesota, to drop a supreme court case and in exchange promised the justice department wouldn't intervene in two whistleblower cases against the city. the cases could have returned $200 million to taxpayer.

the justice department said they cleared that deal. perez's confirmation hearing begins thursday. right now a brush fire is still burning after rekindling early this morning. this is a picture of what it looked like shortly after firefighters arrived around 9:00 last night. we're told about 40 firefighters worked through the night to get the flames under control. but then the fire sparked again around 6:30 this morning. there are no reports of injuries but the fire did engulf an abandoned house. no word on how it started. let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. outside on the storm team 4 weather deck, you added fitness steps to that total. >> i did. got a gorgeous day under way. few breaks in the clouds, fresh and cool. typical april day, not like last week when it felt like summer. there is a live view from the city camera, showing the gray sky over the washington monument, jefferson memorial. right now as we look at what's

been happening all morning long, that moving green, that was the rain that came through. dissipating, getting some breaks in the cloud cover. overall, clouds are winning out and temperatures are generally in the low 60s now. we should normally be in the mid 60s for highs by mid afternoon. overnight tonight, still quite cloudy, down to the mid 50s by morning. by tuesday afternoon, mid 70s. 50s in the mornings, arch highs mid to upper 70s thursday and friday. storm team four extended outlook, chance of rain friday into friday night, thunderstorms late friday night into early saturday morning. drying up saturday afternoon. sun returns sunday. mid 60s. that's the way it looks, keith. >> tom, see you back inside in a

few. >> thinking of performing a spring makeover to your home? need some ideas? the best dressed rooms in washington are at a house that you can tour at the new d.c. design house. susan hayes-long is here with how the project is helping sick children. welcome. good to have you with us. >> good morning. >> this is the which annual show house? >> the sixth annual. >> so glad you can come and tell us about t a lot of people are saying there's a lot of great stuff to see there. the house is really big. tell us about that. >> it is a little under 15,000 square feet. >> that's a lot. >> five levels and something for everyone. >> let's take a look at some of the rooms. nice pictures of the entrance there. there it is on the outside. we're going to go inside and see some of the rooms that are getting -- that's very pretty. look at the color. whats that, lavender?

>> chartreuse. that is the living room. that is the dining room. very edgy, done by nestor santa cruz. >> it doesn't have very much of a table in there. >> it's more of an artistic statement. beautiful wooden room designed by david mitchell, the library. everyone needs a great kitchen. >> we're not seeing bright, bold colors. are those out this year? >> there are -- some bit of color. a lot of soft, subdued. very much the idea of nature coming inside. we have natural colors. >> how do designers pick? >> walk through, they submit proposals. media room, which is fabulous, include i including a fabulous aquarium. and then we have professional advisers who select the designers based upon what will fit best in the house. >> tell us how this house each year -- this is the sixth year, as you said, benefits the children's national medical

center. >> we have unresfritricted fund. if they need more flu masks, they can use it for that. it's not restricted to any particular purpose. it also goes to grants throughout the hospital. >> how much do you raise each year? >> around $250,000. all that have goes directly to children's national medical center. all of us participating are volunteers. >> even the designers? >> the designers have all volunteered their costs. it is just a really, truly great organization. >> companies across the country, i guess, donate things? >> a lot of companies will loan them things. we have a sponsor from england. >> what's going to happen to the house when it's all over? >> whoever wants to purchase t it is on the market. >> what's it on the market for, do you know? >> $14.9 million. >> is that decorated or undecorated? >> undecorated. i'm sure they could work

something out if they wanted to purchase the furnishings, too. >> it open this is week and runs through may 12th. >> after that, we start breaking the house down. we have some photography and we leave the wall coverings and things that are permanent. some lucky person will get a beautifully decorated house. >> what's the cost? >> it is $25 at the door and also available online. tickets are available online. >> where is it located? folks will know how to get -- >> 2507 fox hole road. there is neighborhood parking. we are hoping to shoot sort out parking issues we've had. the field school has permitted us to park on the weekends. >> susan hayes-long, good luck this year. people at children's hospital are looking forward to that. >> we do it all for the children. still ahead, it's tax day. how the district is helping you meet the deadline today.

plus, hear from a woman who helped to change the laws in maryland when it

we're hearing from a maryland woman fighting to protect women in the workplace. peggy young tells news 4 she delivered letters and packages for u.p.s. in 2006 when she became pregnant with her daughter, trinity. a doctor's note recommend she had not lift more than 20 pounds. the company sent her home, did not allow her to work. she lost her pay and benefits. >> go home. we don't have anything that we can do until you're no longer pregnant because you're a liability. i was willing to work, willing to do my regular job and they wouldn't let me. >> she sued u.p.s. and lost her case. since then the maryland general assembly passed a bill that beens companies from what u.p.s. allegedly did to young. we were unable to reach u.p.s.

to comment on this story. however in a statement published in "the baltimore sun" u.p.s. says that the courts have validated that u.p.s. does not discriminate against pregnant workers or violate the americans again with disabilities act. tax and revenue office for help on 4th and m streets in southwest d.c. the office will close at 6:00 this evening. if you're not willing to file you can get a six-month extension. this year 4 million americans submitted their tax forms, 90% of those filed electronically. you can see where your tax money is going this morning. head over to whitehouse.gov for your federal taxpayer receipt. taxpayer receipt tool will give you a breakdown of how your tax dollars are being spent. >> turning to business news, stocks starting lower. we check in with piers hampton

and the rest of the day's headlines. >> stocks in negative territory right from the opening bell. it's commodities. especially gold, leading the downturn. major averages, dow down 67, nasdaq off 22, s&p down nine.s, gold has fallen below $1,400 an ounce for the first time in two years, down in $3500 in training just today. two-day decline. use of gold by the cyprus government to deal with its debt crisis. other nations may follow suit. weakened economic data from china. gdp grew less than expected in the fourth quarter. other commodity, perhaps more important to main street, oil futures also down today near $89 a barrel. at one point, the lowest since december also tied to that china slow growth story, translating

perhaps into less global demand. crude oil, futures down $10 a barrel in the past two weeks, impacting the price of gasoline at the pump. $3.61 a gallon average gallon prices last week. some are predicting it could be the lowest in three years. dish network offering to buy sprint for $25.5 billion, a combination of stock and cash. sprint stock has been up about 17% today. last year, an offer. dish claims it's worth more. 13% more to its shareholders, in fact. barbara, back to you. >> thank you. warm weather is getting more people outside and moving. new exercise push can leave many sore and injured. yoga can help, teaching you the right way to move.

kim week sincere here to show you. but first, congratulations. best yoga instructor for the third time. >> thanks. >> can i get a little fist bump? >> thank you very much. >> must be an honor. >> it is. >> today, part of your expertise is teaching us how to move the right way and how to avoid injury. you brought your student, paul, along to explain. >> we're going to learn how to walk. >> learn how to walk. >> exactly. >> relearn how to walk. >> okay. >> babies know how to walk really well. people need to learn how to walk really the issue. he will take his left foot forward. if you look at him standing, i want everybody to see that when this leg comes forward and that leg stands back, he is standing in a normal stride about to walk. take his foot a little further forward. we simulate normal human movement and bring them to kind of an extreme to train the muscles so when you go back to

your normal life you can do things more naturally. diagnosing in his own body how has back leg feels. is it strong? is it stretching? can he lift his spine from that point? and in his lunge, in his extra walking stride, is he strong in this leg? can he lift from that leg? by the way, everybody looks at his feet. are both of his feet, what we say in yoga, grounded. >> should they both be firmly on the ground? >> they should. it's from there that you learn to lift the spine. turn to the camera, paul, so you can do warrior two. you are walking, you turn to the right, you turn to the left. you have to learn,000 keep your hips open. here he is, here. your arms will not look like that when you're walking around. extension of your body, extension of your spine and he turns like this in a wide stride called warrior two. and keeps his hip open here and

still stands strong and firm in that leg. >> what i would like to do, real quick, kim, can paul just give a couple of steps? >> yeah. >> what it will look like when he's actually moving? >> take your right foot forward first this time and stop right there. now look. the right foot comes forward, almost everybody hunches here. they get pulled by the force of gravity. what he is trying to do, as he comes forward is not fall forward. lifting. right. when he walks forward. show how this leg can push back. that leg you're striding off of, with his walking back and forth, is the strongest place in his body. back legs, buttocks, hamstrings. paul, thank you. shows us how to push off from there. >> what's the wow pose?

>> let's do the wow pose. it looks kind of funny. it's a lying down lunge. i want people at home to see that he is lying down, okay, and taking one leg down, which is a lying down stride. i would love to see people at home try to do. forget the block, people at home. just on your back. can you lower your leg? can you lift your leg? go back and forth. to be able to pal like that and push up through your feet. so much core strength here, which is what holds the body up and keeps you continuing to learn how to walk. >> so now we know how to walk and definitely relies on core strength in your legs and stand ing upright and keeping that core together and no more like this. that won't work. we know how to walk. time now is 11:51 right here on news 4 midday, why a classic ride at disneyland is closed this morning. meteorologist tom kierein is [ male announcer ] when you've got fios quantum internet,

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the indoor roller coaster, space mountain, was shut down voluntarily on saturday. facing fines on problems state regulators found. a worker was injured while working on the outside of space mountain. matterhorn reopened sunday. it's unclear how long the two rides will stay closed. 20,000 racers took their mark for the 117th annual marath marathon. before the race, runners held a 26-second moment of silence to honor the victims of the tragedy of sandy hook.

surrounded by 26 stars at the 26-mile marker. >> appearing at a fund-raiser for his sister here in washington. elizabeth colbert-bush is running for congress. people are paying $2,600 to come to the event. it's a girl. former president george w. bush announced the birth of his first grandchild, margaret laura hager. take a look. the baby's nickname is mila, weighing six pounds, 15 ounces, named after both her grandmothers. everyone is healthy and happy. >> congratulations. taking a look at the story wooers following on news 4 this afternoon. pat is in the newsroom. >> hey, pat. sun screen labels, big changes coming. this summer, what you need to

look out for to make sure you're protected in the sun. verizon users will notice a major difference in the contract. all the day's latest news on news 4. barbara? >> thank you, pat. morning rain that washed some of the pollen out of the air, that rebounded after the friday rain. this is what it looked like earlier this morning, areas in green now getting a few breaks in the cloud cover, little sun trying to break out. a little cloudiness right now. temperatures in the low 60s across virginia and maryland. most locations in the irp 50s to near 60 degrees. little bit of wind off the water there. later today, mid 60s. a lot of cloudiness. tomorrow, wednesday, thursday, partly sunny each day. morning lows, 50s. afternoon highs into the 70s. rain likely on friday. maybe some thunderstorms late friday night, perhaps into part

of saturday, drying out saturday afternoon. highs in the mid 60s. >> that is a gorgeous four-day. news 4 midday. thanks for joining us. tune in later today for all the day's news. we'll be back tomorrow morning at 11:00 am for news 4 midday. join us for that. have a great day and we'll see you in the morning.