10:00 or 11:00. storm team 4dar not picking up on any steady rain. when is the best chance you will see rain today? details coming up in ten minutes. back to you. >> thank you. new this morning, someone in florida they did it. they hit the powerball jackpot worth more than $590 million. a winning ticket was sold also in virginia. that one worth 1 million bucks. here are the winning numbers. 10, 13, 14, 22, 52 and the powerball standing at 11. nbc news confirms that the winning ticket or ticket was sold at a publix supermarket. once the winner comes forward, he or she cannot stay anonymous. that's because the winner's name will become a matter of public record. however, that person doesn't have to appear at a news conference. today, president obama gives some soon to be college graduates in atlanta a proper

send off. he'll give the commencement address at morehouse college. he left on air force one within the past half hour. morehouse is historically a black liberal arts college. michelle obama spoke to graduates and also at a high school in nashville. the president is expected to be back in washington later this afternoon. it's graduation day for thousands of students at the university of maryland. right now, they're getting ready for the big day. getting there though, that could be a problem. the three closest metro stations are closed for track work this morning. green belt, college park and prince george's plaza are all shut down. news4's derrick ward is live in college park with more on the potential travel tie-ups. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, they're hoping there won't be tie-ups. you can just see some of that e? that this is -- this equipment that this is all about. they're working on ties and if

you are planning to use metro to get out to the university of maryland today, you need to add half and hour to your travel time. that's what metro is advising. now, shuttle buses will be running between the west hyattsville station and they're making stops at prince george's plaza. and it will be the usual campus shuttle service between college park and the campus. so the key is that if you're taking that route you'll be brought here by a metro shuttle. instead of a train. now, plenty of people are on hand to direct you and it's kind of quiet now. but they're expecting it will get more busy around 1:00. that's when the commencement begins. that -- and they're expecting record crowds at the campus. the speaker will be cal ripken, jr. add about 30 minutes to your travel time. live in college park, back to you. >> thank you. in addition to the three green line station, two others are closed on the orange line.

that's boston and virginia square. you're going to see some single tracking on the red line time between dupont circle and van ness and takoma. right now the coast guard is looking for two men whose boat capsized in the rappahannock river. this is happening near the town of tap athan knock in essex county. somebody nearby saw the boat sinking and managed to rescue one of the bmen on the board. there were two others on board who won't wearing flotation vests. investigators are looking into whether a man behind the wheel suffered a medical emergency when he crashed into a parade crowd in southwestern virginia. the crash happened yesterday during the hikers parade in damasc damascus. he was driving his 1997 cadillac in the parade when it suddenly accelerated into the crowd. as many as 60 people were hurt. >> we heard screams behind us. and he sort of pushed us out of the way from it.

and we -- me and all of us, we all looked back and saw misery. >> police have not released the name or the age of the driver. he was among that group taken to the hospital. now to a traffic alert happening right now. several streets around the u.s. capitol building are loeclosed the 34th annual capitol hill classic. look at the map. the race starts and ends at peabody primary school in northeast. participants are running past the capitol and down rfk stadium. that race ends at 11:30. why the cleaning lady at a virginia college just got a standing ovation at graduation today. >> a great story. and also, what's happening right now to peel apart these two trains that collided as investigators continue to figure out how they crashed in the first place. plus, why one group says many of us aren't doing enough to protect our cell phones. remember, speaking of phones

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it could be days before rail service is back to normal after that commuter train cash in connecticut. this morning, clean-up efforts are well underway. nbc's seth lemon has more. >> reporter: good morning. the ntsb

>> it could be that the rail was broken in the accident. so we'll be able to tell more once we have a chance to take a look it a in the laboratory. >> reporter: now that fractured piece of rail was sent back to d.c. in fact, they plan to send many pieces there for further review and they're working very fast to try to alleviate any pain that this backup will cause commuters during the week as they try to get to work. seth lemon, news4. >> thanks. 9:09, what we're learning about now regarding the brand new case of poison laced letters. plus, it's a foggy morning out there. let's go to amelia. >> well, we'll continue the see some areas of fog and drizzle and then during the afternoon some scattered showers. maybe some rain. best chance for d.c. to see rain

is between 2:00 and 8:00. an emotional moment for david beckham. right now, i hope you're off to a great morning so far. you're watching news4 to

this morning, federal agents are looking into another case of poison letters sent in the mail. the latest letters were postmarked from spokane, washington. and mailed to the downtown post office as well as a nearby federal building. agents say they contained traces of ricin. we don't know if they were addressed to anyone in particular. they're searching an apartment in spokane right now. no arrests have been made in this case. several colleges and universities bid a fond farewell to their graduates today. northern virginia college and george university will flip their tassels today. cal ripken, jr. addresses the grads this morning and chuck todd he'll address marymount university. meanwhile, a student from catholic student will not cross the stage. his life ended in a deadly shooting in the district.

williams finished his courses at the school last fall. in march he was gunned down in an apparent robbery attempt. he was on his way home from work to his apartment. his mother accepted his diploma at his graduation ceremony yesterday. >> i'm proud of my son's hard work. because he was very motivated. >> williams' mothers hopes someone will come forward with information and lead to the arrest in the murder. and today is a long road to a diploma. some students will graduate alongside a woman who has been cleaning the dorms at the school. isabelle booth has been juggle her custodial work along with classes for 12 years. she first dropped out of school in mexico city to help her

family 50 gleyears ago. booth will pursue a masters degree. and she said she did it for herself because she wanted to learn. >> now she'll move on to more education. those of us who use smartphones are doing a lousy job of taking care of it. there's proof right this. >> yeah. that's the conclusion of an influential consumer group. >> reporter: given what "consumer reports" magazine found in its report, somebody suggested maybe we'd all be better off sticking with dumb phones. >> think of it as a cell phone, but it's like a little computer in your pocket. >> reporter: a minicomputer that contains more and more of the personal data. yet, the survey found nearly 40% of us don't even bother to take with simple password protection. >> your phone is like a master key to your bank account information, your social networks. so so many different things.

if you don't put a lock on that, well, as soon as you lose your phone, somebody swipes the screen and they have access to everything you have done. >> reporter: malicious software getting through in the apps is another one highlighted. >> we detected 5 million or 6 million had malicious software on their phone. >> reporter: the survey also addressed children and smartphones saying 5 million preteens used them. and they unwittingly disclosed personal information. >> the downside of technology. >> the phones they be smart. but the users aren't always. >> so talking about the weather today, it was just pea soup out there this morning. >> kind of a blase weather day. the best way to put it. we'll see some areas of fog and drizz drizzle. once that ends, i think it will be more so around the late morn

and midday hours, then we introduce scattered rain showers into the forecast. skies remain cloudy throughout our sunday. pretty much very similar day to what we saw yesterday. there's a live look outside. you can see plenty of cloudiness there in that picture. and again, fog i should say, i think it will hang on until 11:00 a.m. at the earliest, potentially into the early afternoon hours. so that's an update to the forecast and then getting into the midday and afternoon hours, looking at scattered rain showers. for tomorrow, keep that umbrella handy. some afternoon scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely. tomorrow won't be as damp or cloudy. then we're looking at humid conditions for this week. especially on tuesday and wednesday. right now we're in the low 60s. 63 is the temperature in gaithersburg and manassas. around 71 degrees today. working our way to the 9:00 a.m.

hour or toward that noontime hour, still cloudy skies. some areas of fog. then we'll start to see some scattered rain showers. notice how they're staying to the west of d.c. into areas like fairfax county and prince william county, fauquier county and montgomery and prince georges. remaining dry at that point. it won't be until 3:00 this afternoon when those of you in montgomery and prince georges county as well as d.c. will start to see the chance of some rain, 5:00. scattered rain at that point. around 8:00, it will become mainly dry once again. but still remaining cloudy. then the chance of showers overnight tonight. so your hour by hour forecast, 10:00 some areas of fog and drizzle. not much change, noon, maybe an isolated shower. 1:00, 68. remember the best chance for the d.c. area to see rain today will

be between about 2:00 and 8:00 p.m. so 4:00, scattered rain, 71 degrees. 7:00 some scattered showers. perfect day to get some grocery shopping done. here's your four-day forecast. for tomorrow, we are going to be a little bit warmer with some more sunshine. mostly cloudy skies. getting into the afternoon hours. some scattered showers across the area. for tuesday and wednesday, look at our temperatures. 86 on tuesday. 87 on wednesday with a mix of clouds and sunshine. we're feeling the humidity those days and with the heat of the day there could be some pop-up afternoon showers and thunderstorms. but by no means will those days see rain. for the entire day. as we look to thursday, a temperature of 84. still a little bit humid outside with a chance of some showers and thunderstorms. for friday, we'll return to dry weather. partly sunny skies. nice next saturday. 77 for a high.

low humidity with partly sunny skies. showers later this afternoon. >> all right. thanks for the heads up. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is not off today. he just crossed the finish line at the marine corps half marathon. >> just checked out his twitter picture. the guy didn't break a sweat. let's check back in with him. he joins us live from fredericksburg. >> i'll go ahead and -- good morning. this is -- i'm down here, yes, indeed, i'm having a little bit of trouble. there's a lot of celebratory singing and dancing going on behind me here. officially on the watch, 1:54:54 for me. celebrity starter sean austin who wore number 1 today, i got number 4 on. he's coming across the line now. what a wonderful day to be out here wondering. temperatures in the 60s, but on the whole it has been a really

nice day for running down here. the marine corps, you know, they always put on such a great event. it was a beautiful day today. they have done everything with military precision. as you would expect from the marines. so thank you very much to all of them for doing a great job today. i hope everybody who is coming across the line gets their finish medal. see you in a little while. the massage tent is right over here. i might get over here and get a massage. back to you in the studio where it's comfortable and dry. >> you deserve it, chuck. >> working real hard for us, this morning. >> working for you. the pressure is on, the gnats have just won -- one more win to try to -- >> they're out in san diego. they lost last night. d.c. native got knocked out. here is jason pugh with more. >> good sunday morning, everyone. the nationals will look to take the series from the padres later today. last night, a golden opportunity to clinch and set up a four-game

sweep. jordan zimmermann on the mound for the nats, he was dealing, striking out six in eight innings of work. but he would be denied the league-leading eighth win. cabrera gets a little revenge after striking out. lining one up the middle. denard spann's throw not in time. nats fall 2-1. from the diamond to the rink, lamont peterson taking on matisse. this was slated for eight rounds, but matisse sent peterson once to the mat. after he collects himself, the machine sent him to the mat again. this is over. lucas matisse wins by a knockout. to the track. 138th preakness stakes in baltimore, long shot oxbow jockeyed by 50-year-old gary stevens stuns the crowd at pimlico. after a seven-year retirement, stevens wins his third preakness stakes.

last team he won the preakness, 2001 where he went on to win the belmont. so stay tuned. and that is your sports minute. i hope your sunday is a good one. emotions ran high for david beckham during his final home match for his french team. beckham broke down in tears as his team, paris saint-germain won 3-1. mr. posh spice, as some may call him, i prefer to call him david beckham, but he is retiring at the end of the season. a reporter asked if anyone cried during the game. >> 20 minutes before, you know, the emotions start kicking in. it was hard to -- it was hard to run let alone kick a ball. seeing the reaction of the player, seeing the reaction of the fans. it was special. >> and look at this incredible

picture. snapped just after the game as his teammates hurled him into the air in celebration. beckham then took to the podium and told fans mersi, paris. i don't think he likes to be called mr. posh spice. >> you know what's wrong with those pictures? got his shirt on. >> we're not going there. let's move on. >> we can go there. >> no. ken cuccinelli is kicking off an important part of his campaign. >> and his exclusive interview with julie carey is next. weekend robbery, the crime police need your help solving to put a bold crook behind bars. storm chasers on alert. severe weather rolled their way. it was a tough week to be in the white house. president obama was hit with a trio of controversies. the aftermath of the benghazi hearing, the revelation that the justice department had obtained the phone records of reporters

during a leak investigation and an inspector general report found that the irs targeted tea party and conservative groups improperly. the president is trying to pivot from those as we look to next week. but the irs scandal is not going away. people already don't like the irs and this only adds to it. it has the potential to derail the president's second term agenda. obama wants immigration reform done but he has to show he's on top of this scandal to restore credibility to the agency or it will give conservatives a big opening to say, see, the government can't run the irs. how can it implement health care or properly secure the border? it will be very thorny in the it will be very thorny in the next few days and it will

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i'm richard jordan. >> i'm angie goff. sunday, may 19, 2013. it's about 9:30 almost. and time to get a check on what a misty forecast so far. >> let's go outside to amelia segal. she's on the weather deck. good morning. >> good morning, richard and angie. very light rain. mist. perfect way to describe it across the area. now, the fog is starting to lift. that's good news for who reasons. well, of course, you don't want to be dealing with fog while out driving, however, the clouds hang on strong. a cloudy day similar to yesterday. as we get into the afternoon hours, 1:00 p.m. we're looking at some scattered showers. a high temperature of 71 degrees. so a little bit warmer than yesterday. still some scattered showers will be found at 7:00 p.m. plan for damp conditions and getting into this afternoon, plan for a little bit heavier rain to be falling across the area. those of you in d.c., you have

the best chance of seeing actual rain between about 2:00 and 7:00 p.m. the good news, this is good for angie i know is with this rain it's bringing down the pollen count so the allergy forecast is low and will return to medium for monday and today. warmer temperatures to come. >> relief on the way for the allergy sufferers. >> they're loving you this morning, amelia. police in prince william county need your help finding a man who held up a bank. take a look at some surveillance videos -- surveillance photos released. this man walked into the carter bank and trust in manassas yesterday morning. he showed a handgun and demanded money. they wouldn't say how much money he got away with. a driver hit a toddler at a parking lot in frederick county, maryland. it happened yesterday afternoon at heritage farm park. the 2-year-old girl just arrived

at the park with her father. she ran out of the car when she was hit. the driver stayed on the scene and the toddler was taken to the hospital. as of right now we don't have word on her condition. new this morning, we are getting our very first look at the 42-year-old woman arrested for her husband's murder in loudoun county. rosangela spradling is accused of shooting and killing 52-year-old steven spradling. he worked for the police force at the metropolitan washington airport authority. neighbors say they knew something was wrong. >> i know that the lady was talking about some problem they have in the house. >> the couple's two children were inside the home at the time of the shooting. neither of them were hurt. they are staying with relatives right now. spradling meanwhile has been charged with murder and is being held without bond. the race for virginia governor is heating up this morning. the three republican nominees, for governor, and attorney

general are all gearing up for a tour across the commonwealth. they're come off the heels of this weekend's party convention. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey talked exclusively with ken cuccinelli about what it means for the race. >> reporter: the real drama at the virginia gop convention came as delegates picked their nominee for lieutenant governor from seven candidates. after multiple ballots and a marathon session to narrow the field they nominated minister e.w. jackson from chesapeake. for attorney general, mark obenshain from harrison burg. and with no gop opponent there was no drama as ken cuccinelli was nominated. he helps to follow in the footsteps of his republican predecessor bob mcconnell who rose from attorney general to governor. known better for his ardent anti-abortion views and his crusade against obama care, cuccinelli is laying groundwork

to focus instead on virginia's economy. news4 because the only washington station cuccinelli spoke with when he stepped off the stage. >> the headline message out of here is that i hope all 10,000 or how ever many republicans are here go out together and pushing our pro jobs, pro growth agenda. >> reporter: he insists that republicans will move ahead united. >> there have been elbows thrown, but it's competitive. but a lot of the themes have been consistent from one candidate to the other. >> reporter: while ken cuccinelli's nomination was initial today he has been running against his opponent terry mcauliffe for months now. the rest of the democratic field, and the attorney general's spot will be finalized in a statewide primary on june 11th. not everyone out there was in support of cuccinelli and the republican party. planned parenthood protested outside the event. cuccinelli was one of the biggest advocates of strict

rules for abortion clinics. the planned parenthood action fund started running web ads opposing cuccinelli within the past week. d.c. ward 6 councilman tommy wells is vowing to bring respect back to d.c. politics. he didn't let the rain get in the way of the announcement. he is running for d.c. mayor. he's a former school board member. he arrived at the campaign launch on a regularly scheduled bus. he's emphasizing his support for better transportation, schools and what he calls a livable, walkable city. >> residents like us are very concerned about the future of washington, because we have had a crisis of ethics down in the wilson building. people are concerned that people are working for corporations and special interests and not for us. >> wells joins ward 4 council member muriel bowser. and jack evans is expected to announce in a couple of weeks.

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in this week's wednesday's child, we meet a 12-year-old boy looking for a loving family. at 6 feet tall, most people think he's much older than his age. here is barbara harrison. >> reporter: we decided to visit the red door spa because marvin who is only 12 years old has already decided he wants to work in the beauty industry some day. so he came to learn from a pro. >> hi, how are you? welcome. >> good to see you again. >> nice to meet you. >> marvin. >> a pleasure. nice to meet you. are you excited? we have a lot of good things in store for you. >> he likes anything to do with fashion, hair, makeup. he loves anything to do with that. and is really good at it.

>> this is going to be your brush. i'll do one eye and you'll do the other eye, okay? good. good job. >> how's he doing? >> fabulous. >> reporter: his interest in makeup and beauty grew out of his interest in art. what's your favorite subject in school? >> art. >> reporter: marvin caught on quickly to everything. >> good job. again. >> reporter: how long have you been in foster care? >> i have been in foster care off and on for -- i don't know how many years. >> reporter: unfortunately, he spent a lot of his young life moving from one temporary placement to another. growing up fast because people don't realize that he's so young. >> we have a special gift for you. for all your hard work. >> reporter: the folks at the red door spa had some tools for him to take home to practice what he had learned here. but most of all, marvin needs a loving family. while he is still figuring out

his life. >> he's great person, a great kid. i think a family would have great fun. >> reporter: barbara harrison, news4 for wednesday's child. >> if you think you have room in your home or if you have room in your heart for marvin or another child what's waiting, call our special adoption hotline. or you can log on to the website, nbcwashington.com. the demolition work that may make it noisy in your neighborhood. >> the images captured when brave souls went chasing tornados this week. >> here's amelia. >> some areas of fog and drizzle right now. so what can you expect later on your sunday? details coming up on your storm team 4 forecast.4."

got a tornado, it's about 300 yards from us. take a look at this amazing video of the tornado in central

kansas. the storm chasers from the weather channel captured this. as many as four twisters were reported. the outbreak of tornadoes damaged at least one house and uprooted several trees. >> wow. i wouldn't get that close. >> yeah, exactly. brave souls. some crazy weather going on in this parts -- >> absolutely. portions of the midwest will once again see severe weather today. ef-3 tornadoes will likely be seen in some of those same areas that saw severe weather yesterday. the hail from some of the storms yesterday, very impressive. baseball sized hail. that's possible in the midwest once again today. here not the case. it's a cloudy, damp start to the day. we'll start to see more scattered rain shower ins the afternoon. maybe you're out going for a run. grab the rain gear as you do that but know that more substantial rain will be found on the radar later today. for tomorrow, we'll see some scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms. tomorrow though will not be as

damp and cloudy as it is today. and for this week, humidity will set in, especially for tuesday and wednesday. right now, we're at 63 degrees and north wind at three miles an hour. as we work throughout the day with future weather here we are at noon. notice cloudy skies and scattered shower mainly to the west of washington. it won't be until the mid afternoon hours that we'll see a better chance of rain in areas like fairfax and montgomery counties, as well as the district on into prince georges county. that threat of rain persisting until about 5:00. after that we'll return to mainly dry weather across the area. but skies remain cloudy throughout the day today. just the chance of some rain overnight tonight. your hour by hour forecast, 10:00 a.m., still seeing areas of fog. temperature through 11:00 only hitting 65 degrees. noon, maybe an isolated shower. there shouldn't be any fog

around at noon, but there could be some drizzle. temperature at that point of 66. we're looking at a high today of 71 so just a few degrees warmer than yesterday. but all in all, scattered showers at 1:00. 68 degrees, 4:00. scattered rain. heavier in nature potentially and then 7:00 we'll return to seeing scattered showers across the area. for tomorrow, we're warmer. highs tomorrow near 80 degrees. a little bit humid feel to the air. some limited sunshine tomorrow and getting into the afternoon hours there will be some scattered showers and thunderstorms across the area. however, you can make it through your monday dry. maybe kids have a baseball game tomorrow night. there will be the chance of some rain for that game. for tuesday and wednesday, we're looking at a mix of clouds and sunshine and look at what happens to our temperatures. tuesday a high of 86. wednesday a high of 87. and with the temperature warm-up

comes a big increase in humidity. it is going to feel very summer like for the middle part of the week. we'll have a mix of clouds and sun on tuesday and wednesday and the heat and humidity of the day could cause a few pop-up afternoon showers and thunderstorms for tuesday and wednesday. on thursday, a cold front moves through the area. with that comes the chance of some showers and thunderstorms. a high of 84. still humid on friday. or on thursday. friday, start to see the humidity drop out of the air. partly sunny skies. we'll keep friday dry. a nice finish to the end of the week right now. looking around 80. partly sunny skies, nice, a high of 77 degrees for saturday. >> all right. thank you. >> breaking news in old town, alexandria. firefighters are on the scene of a fire at bugsies pizza restaurant. down that's down by the water and crews are reporting heavy smoke there. derrick ward is headed to that

scene. you can follow us on twitter @nbc washington for updates and we'll post updates and photos at nbcwashington.com. and also, look at the week ahead. a rally in downtown washington can impact some traffic near the department of justice. homeowners expected to rally for justice tomorrow before 2:00. they'll march from freedom plaza to the justice department. a heads up if you find yourself near quantico this week. you may hear more noise than normal. crews on the base will be doing ground and aircraft training as well as demolition. most of the work will be done during the daytime hours. by pressing this button, the cameras are transmitting a live color picture. >> by the switch of a button, just like that, color tv was a reality this week 55 years ago. it up had right here at nbc4. it was on may 22, 1958 when then

president dwight eisenhower dedicated up wrc's studios. it is believed to be the earliest color videotape recording ever. >> we have never gone back. we have stayed in color the entire time. >> to give you a perspective of how far we have come, this clip is posted on youtube now. so you can watch the entire thing. you can see them walking in right there to our front doors. really cool to see the president drive up. this is all captured in the clip. he goes around the circle. he enters the peacock building. >> the building almost looks the same. >> yeah. sunday mornings are big for politics right here. we're a few minutes away from "the chris matthews show," as well as "meet the press" with david gregory. >> let's get a preview now. >> good morning, washington. coming up at 10:00, the storm around president obama has troubled many democrats.

and lifted the spirits of republicans. it's even got some usually reasonable people invoking watergate. did the irs target tea party groups out of incompetence or for political reasons? even so, the legislative agenda may be on hold now and the hopes for the historic second term have dimmed and will republicans ride it to a big win in the midterm elections next year? will we see the senate flip back to republican control? join us for a great round table. and now for what's coming up on "meet the press" here is david gregory. >> thank you. coming up on "meet the press" controversies dominating washington this week from the irs to benghazi. what does it mean for the president's second term agenda? from the white house this morning, senior adviser dan pfeiffer is here. plus an exclusive conversation with the top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell. as congress delves deeper into the irs scandal i will speak with the man leading that

effort, dave camp of michigan. all that and plus insights and analysis from the round table. we will also hear from don rumsfeld on his new book. and on press pass, a conversation with rick atkinson in the final book about america's involvement in europe in world war ii. it's all ahead this morning. >> 9:51. stephen colbert's personal words of wisdom to the students at uva. >> they're good. and "snl" surprises, the unexpected guest w

and in the last few minutes, we have just gotten an update on that breaking news in old town alexandria. we reported on the fire at bugsy's pizza restaurant. this is on king street down by

the water. we have heavy smoke reported there. firefighters on the scene. they're trying to put everything out. we are hearing it broke out around 8:54 this morning and it had something to do with the heating and the air conditioning system. avoid the area because they have to block the roads off as they continue to clean up the scene. we have a reporter headed to the scene. follow us on twitter for updates throughout the morning and check our website, nbcwashington.com. uva seniors get words of wisdom as well as a few laughs. tv host and author stephen colbert spoke to them in charlottesville yesterday. even among the laughs and frank humor, he did inspire. >> you do not owe the previous generation anything. thanks to us, you owe it to the chinese. >> so have the courage to follow the example of your founder, thomas jefferson. the greatest mind of that most

daring generation to create something new for yourselves. >> the event was the part of the university's annual valedictory exercises. and everyone is talking ago this this morning, about last night's weekend update. seth meyers got some company. "snl" alum amy poehler helped out. a good thing, pretty funny too. it was bill hader's final night on the show. which meant he had to do his always unpredictable stefan character one last time. stefan though left meyers. he went off with another famous newscaster. he went off with anderson cooper. that prompted of course one of the funniest nights on "snl." a pretty funny sendoff for bill hader. >> ben affleck joined the five-time appearance club or whatever they call it.

certainly stefan stole the show. some fog. >> some fog this morning and drizzle this afternoon. >> have a great day, everyone.

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