this afternoon, do expect rain chances to be on the up and up. showers after 2:00. most likely. between 5:00 and 8:00. won't rain everywhere all day, but if you are dad, having a cookout in the backyard. have a backup plan ready to go. >> thank you, chuck. new this morning, may look like a ufrp a ufo, but this is a revolutionary solar plane. we were there when it landed just after midnight, after a ten-hour flight from cleveland. the plane is making a cross-country trek from san francisco to new york. solar impulse as wide as a boeing 747 but as light as a passenger car and can fly both day and night, thanks to batteries that store the solar energy it collects. pilots want to show how versatile the solar energy is. >> this technology can be used

everywhere on the ground, for cars, trucks, construction of houses, lighting systems, heating or cooling systems. >> see the dollar impulse today dulles from 1:00 until 5:00. the ycrew hopes to attempt an around the world flight by 2015. a flight carrying former president george w. bush had to be diverted. private jet had to make an unscheduled landing in louisville. a spokesperson would not confirm there was smoke on the jet. it did continue on to texas. a woman lost her debit card and police say teens found that card and used it to pay for movie tickets. you may remember the evidence they left behind too. these teens found the card and paid for pictures at a photo booth in anne arundel county and

bought tickets at the regal cinema. the owner of the card left it at cold stone creamery. her car had been used. >> i can't believe she are showing off about using the card. i hope they catch them, hope they find them. i don't really know what punishment is. >> the teens have been identified, but the teens have not been charged with any crime. today, firefighters searching a junkyard in howard county for what sparked a fire there. smoke pouring from crazy ray's auto salvage. 20 carsurning when they got to the yard. took 20 minutes to put the flames out. no injuries from the fire. d.c. firefighters looking into the cause of this fire.

this one in northeast, started before 6:00 last night at an empty apartment on gallaudet street. these pictures tweeted out. took 20 minutes to put this one out. no one hurt, but they aren't sure the cause of the fire. d.c. man behind bars, charged in a murder two weeks ago in northeast. this is surveillance video released after 32-year-old robert plight shot to death on june 1st. the man in the video has been arrested. 24-year-old allen culver, charged with second degree murder. and police are looking for the person who shot into a home and a cake shop. police called to cakes and confections and found a window damaged by a bullet. 15 minutes later, called to a home a few blocks away, bullets lodged in the wall of a bedroom

and a neighbor's garage. no one hurt. traffic alert near pentagon city. a run honoring dad has some streets shut down. course map, and our own derek ward with more on the race and how long it will impact your drive. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we have a couple more hours. here at joyce street and army/navy. runners on the last leg of this race. it is, of course, for a good cause. part of a zero prostate campaign. this has become a father's day tradition, about 1,500 runners taking part in the race, going on in the past six or seven years. something families do together. about appreciating dads, fathers, and also about raising awareness for breast cancer. >> i think it's really exciting with, you know, having all of the people out here for prostate cancer and realizing what we are trying to do, raise awareness,

especially about the importance of early detection and the importance that plays in cancer in general, making sure men get testeded, it's the key to beating cancer. >> reporter: now, this may be one of the better dressed races around town. some are wearing neck ties. that's the one thing that separates this from another. an event where somebody had to slip a neck tie on the neck of a runner. a team, mother and two daughters running in honor of their father, of her husband who died of breast cancer in 2006 and raised $50,000 for this. and money goes toward awareness, education and free testing. so it's for a good cause. roads will open about 11:00 a.m. live in pentagon city, news 4. >> really fantastic. love the neck ties, probably all the bad ones they ever got so they can get them sweaty and never have to use them again. >> reporter: regifted.

>> happy father's day. >> thank you. same to up well, you know. >> taking metro to get around town, expect a longer trip. track work has trains running every 20 minutes. and three stations on the red line close. silver spring, tacoma shut down. groan line trains only stopping at ft. totten. the first family will go to nor northern ireland to attend the g8 summit. eight industrialized nations will meet this week. a record number of police will protect the attendees from protesters. trade and the economy on the agenda. a flight headed to the u.s. forced to stop because of a

threat. ahead, new details and video about a flight grounded for hours. video that is so painful to watch. how a pitcher is doing after taking a hit from a very fast-moving ball. >> ouch! and on the air, also online this morning. remember, you can join the conversation on twitter and facebook, just search news 4 today to find us, and we are coming right back. stay with us.

investigators trying to determine what suspicious substance caused six border protection officers to get sick. the incident happened yesterday morning along the canada/u.s. border in new york. the u.s. customs and border protection agency say the officers got sick after searching a car and found the substance. hazmat teams brought in to investigate. the driver, taken into custody. six officers had to be treated

but later released from the hospital. an egypt air flight landed in new york after it was diverted because of threat. passengers reunited with families. the flight from cairo it new york had to stop in scotland four hours into the flight. a producer from the bbc found a note on the plane that read "i'll set this plane on fire." the producer alerted the crew. british fighter jets escorted the plane to scotland. the plane was searched. nothing was found. police did not make any arrests in the case. time, 9:12. still ahead, fighting back. the nsa adefending controversial surveillance. second chances inside

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family and friends mourning the loss of a long-time federal judge. thomas penfeld jackson died of cancer yesterday. he sentenced marion berry to prison and struck down the presidential line item veto law in 1997. he is from bethesda. he went to law school at harvard. jackson, 76 years old. learning more information about the two controversial surveillance programs by the national security agency. top agents say the program thwarted potential terrorist plots in the u.s. and more than 20 other countries. >> reporter: in september 2009, imag

zazi would be arrested in colorado. the following january, the arrest of an alleged coconspirator. both examples of what u.s. intelligence officials say the national security agency surveillance programs work. according to information released saturday by the senate intelligence committee, this is one of dozens of flots thwarted by the program. they have found themselves in the hot seat after classified information was leaked by edward snowden. intelligence officials say that fewer than 300 phone numbers investigated last year. in a database of millions of phone records collected by the nsa. they can only be examined for suspected connections to terrorism. the intelligence community tried to push back in overreach of phones and internet use auj. google and facebook, pushing as well. allowing for more transparency

for users without compromising security. the richmond community, remembering a little boy killed in thursday's severe storms. dozens of family and friends turned out for a candle-light vigil for 4-year-old shawn wills. he was with his father and brother when the park was evacuated. a tree fell injuring the father as he tried to protect him. >> he fell your honunder the tre both arms. put a plate in his arm, a lot of swelling. he will be okay. we are hoping he will be out of the hospital in time for the funeral. >> funeral services are not set yet. the park reopened to visitors yesterday. gray clouds out there this morning. >> we wanted the sunshine to last a little longer.

good news, real rain chances will hold off until later on this afternoon. gray start outside this morning. just outside walking around, and on the front lawn in a couple of minutes. just enough sunlight getting through where you can see your shadow time to time. clouds lower and thicken through the morning and afternoon hours. before this day is done, most everybody everybody will see at least one rain drop. rain chances increasing as we get to the middle and later parts of the afternoon. live picture from city camera view. still more than enough blue in the sky to let a little sunshine through, a little daytime heating. combination of moisture coming in and the daytime heating. the reason we have a chance for showers and a rumble or two of thurn. a bit of a muggy start. 74 at national airport. unlike yesterday, when we had nice dre' area air in place, and

71% dew points. we are in the humid 60s. manassas, 70 degrees. and all right at 70 this morning. northern maryland. a touch cooler, and even a few rounds of sprinkles in northern most maryland. not looking for a lot of rain today, but nonetheless, outdoor barbecues, sitting in the hammock. backup plan ready to go. clouds thicken and temperatures in fairfax around 72. 85 degrees by 1:00 and most of the afternoon in the low to my 80s and rain chances sneaking in after 3:00 or 4:00. here is the way it looks on storm team 4 radar. most of the metro area completely dry. few sprinkles in washington county, maryland, through hagerstown. eastbound fairly quickly. and north sides of frederick to westminster, a little chance of quick passing sprinkle. it won't add up to more than a hundredth or two inch of rain.

pittsburgh, columbus, cleveland, all that rain coming in our direction, that's the reason the rain chances continue to go up and up and up in the afternoon. those showers are along and ahead of a cold front that is trying to make its way through here. might spark off one or two rounds of showers, not looking for the severe weather we have yesterday. any time have you thunder roaring, get inside. dad, if you hear thurn, make sure everybody goes in and is safe. clouds increasing. scatters showered, not looking for a little rain today. coastline? good beach day today. few showers tomorrow, rain more likely for tuesday. it sort of repeats in the metro area. some chance of rain and then tomorrow, quick hit and miss chance, 30% and better chance still on tuesday. the good news, once we get

toward the myle of the week, the front drys out. a few more days of air conditioner vacation around here. looking great. thursday, friday, sunny warm, and dry. @chuckbell is the address of choice for updates. scary moment in baseball that is becoming more common. tampa bay rays pitcher hit in the head. take a look if you can stand it. the ball hit right back at the pitcher. cobb went down on the pitcher's mound. that ball clocked at 102 miles per hour. cobb rushed off the field on a stretcher. scary. >> thankfully he's doing -- we hope he's doing a lot better today. today is the day that many nats fans has been waiting for. a big award in tto a caps playe.

>> good morning, everyone. happy sunday and happy father's day to the dads out there. nationals get a big boost later today as strasbourg comes off the 15-day disabled list. last night, nats bats carried the team in the ninth. rookie anthony rendone takes one deep to the right over the fence. career home run. five for the day on the nats. win it 7-6. and alex ovechkin won the hart award. it was a tight race this week. he beat out sidney crosby and john tavares for the trophy. and he led the league with 32 goals, leading the caps to the playoffs. on the links, every day is groundhog day. phil mikkelson, a chance to make it a great father's day. took the lead on a nice birdie

putt. on top heading into today's final round at 1 under. fine round coverage of the u.s. open starts at noon today, right here on nbc 4. that's your sports minute. we hope your father's day sunday is a fabulous one. a local professor is helping people who need a second chance. he teaches full time, but also runs a chain of barber shops and hair salons that helps exofteners turn theexoftener -- ex-offenders. >> this is a robert dwrif igrif shop. we love him. >> reporter: barber shop, long a gathering place in the black community. in these parts, not just about getting a haircut and catching up with friends, also fertile goal for second chances. >> our goal is to help those individuals who are interested in achieving a positive outcome,

not return to prison. >> reporter: dr. phil drakeford is a professor at bowie state and also a social visionary. >> i lived a life of crime from 13 to 33. after that, i found myself incarcerated. >> jerome represents a segment of the population that has lived behind bars, some statistics say 2/3 will return to prison. but when they find work, their chances of making skyrocket. that's where drake's business comes in. barber shop that is part rehabilitation, part employment opportunity. those looking for an honest's days work. >> i haven't touched drugs, used drugs, did anything of that nature since i got that opportunity. >> reporter: drakeford has been working with the prince georges

county department of corrections. making a living for those who society has written off. >> jerome is a self-driven person. he came hungry so to speak. >> reporter: section locations that offers positions. some might consider a convicted felon a risk, but not drake. >> i'm not sure it's a risk when you do the right thing. a great story. thank you to the all the community, the nbc 4 all state community shred was a huge success. about 1,600 drivers dropped off items for shredding. a big turnout than the last community shred. representatives say they are committed to preventing identity

theft in the community 9:26. why north korea say it's ready for talks with the u.s. after a week of terrible wildfires, the community comes together

good morning. welcome back to news 4 today. i'm richard jordan. >> i'm erika gonzalez. we hope all of our phafathers o there having a spectacular day. let's check on the forecast. >> let's go to meteorologist chuck bell. eye to the sky. no place to do it than the storm team 4 weather deck. >> plenty of blue skies, but

clouds will gradually drop and thicken. here is the way it looks from the tower camera, off to the east this morning. plenty of blue out there, but sky gets grayer and grayer with time, temperatures mild. 74 degrees at national airport. 75 at college park and silver spring. rockville town center, 71. ft. belvoir 72. and a couple of sprinkles in far northern maryland. more across northern west virginia. coming in for later on this afternoon. won't be a complete washout. plenty of clouds around this morning with a couple of showers as well. the steadier rain chances arrive mid to late afternoon. so if you are going to give dad a little nap in the yard in the hammock, get it in early. >> we'll do. all of dads, take it easy today. thanks, chuck. crews checking for damage in mexico after a strong earthquake rocked that country overnight.

5.8 magnitude quake, centered 75 miles south of mexico city. power went out in parts of the city. no major damages or injuries reported. firefighters have 55% of that black forest fire contained in colorado. most mandatory evacuations lifted, but many people remain displaced. cooler temperatures, lower humidity, are helping. chuck bell has told us that firefighters can expect the same today. the fire killed two people and burned nearly 500 homes. yesterday, president obama called colorado governor john hickenlooper to learn more about the firefighting efforts. one community near colorado springs came out to thank firefighters that worked so hard to stop the fire from destroying more homes. todd walker reports.

>> for a community that has been through so much and lost so much in a few days, a hero's welcome came awfully easy. >> the waldo canyon fire, people evacuated from my town. >> reporter: this is so much appropriate. >> i've already cried three times. i'm shaking because i don't know. people feel like there is nothing you can do, and the littlest things help. >> reporter: some people lost homes, others had them saved, and because of these firefighters, others didn't have to worry. >> the fire basically about a half mile from crossing over into our development. and the response was phenomenal. >> reporter: a hero's welcome for those who truly deserve it. >> our family and friends are here, they have lost everything. >> reporter: a community says thank you from the bottom of its

heart. >> thank you! developing story in syria. the syrian government says egypt's decision to cut diplomatic ties to its country is irresponsible. just yesterday, egyptian president muhamad morsi says they will close the damascus embassy in cairo. he called for a no-fly flown. syria says it's a violation of its sovereignty and severs goa s s for syria and the united states. >> in iran, rhohani won the election. the white house criticized the iran government from barring several candidates from the ballot, but they respect the results. the white house reacting to north korea's proposal to sit down for talks to ease tensions. the administration says they

have open lines of communication with the isolated nation, but in order to have serious talks, they want serious steps by north korea to end the nuclear program. talks proposed days after canceling a meeting. protests in portugal. thousands of teachers protest budget cuts. the country struggling with austerity measures. the prime minister requested more time from the international monetary fund and the imf approved that request. important news if you own an suv made by general motors. a circuit board could catch fire. fires from the 2006 and 2007ed model years. chevy trailblazers, gmc envoy, buick raniers, saab 97-xs, and

izuzu ascenders are included in the recall. top heads of state all in one place. what is expected to dominate the conversation. a near disaster

our wednesday's child this week, a young child who dreams of playing baseball. >> we met rodney last year, he's waiting for the right family to adopt him. >> are you excited about being here? >> yes. >> 16-year-old rodney definitely excited to be here at nationals stadium. pitchers invited rodney to play a little catch. rodney came dressed up, because he cares a lot about making a good impression, although he has some developmental challenges,

he is a wonderful young man with a lot of hopes and dreams. >> he loves to investigate things, wants to know what everything is about. an intriguing and interesting young man. >> we did it. turned him, turned him into a nats, that's it. >> reporter: rodney proveded to have a good arm. edward and geo were impressed. >> i would like to play for this team one day. >> oh, absolutely. >> reporter: mostly, rodney wants a family to love him. >> i would like to have a family like that i would start home visits with, and start visiting in the holidays and stuff. and then after i start visiting them for a long time, i could -- they would think about adopting me. >> reporter: would you like to be adopted? >> yes, ma'am, i would. >> reporter: a signed baseball just one of the gifts rodney got to take home. the biggest gift is learning

that dreams can become reality. >> and i hope my dream comes true. >> reporter: barbara harrison, news 4, wednesday's child. >> if you have room in your home and heart for rodney or another child waiting, called our special adoption hotline. 1-88-to-adopt-me. or search wednesday's child on nbc washington. up next, how a brush with a disaster ended with a family reunion, more than 10 years in the making. >> we have cloud cover outside this morning, and i have some concerns about your outdoor plans, where rain drops are concerned. we'll talk about that with your sunday father's day forecast, and, of course,

fires usually bring

destruction and the loss of things we find valuable. >> but on father's day, a fire started a series of events that reunited him with his family. kevin kennedy with the story. >> reporter: he saw a fire. >> burning, a fire. >> reporter: the back wall of this building engulfed. he grabbed a hose, started spraying. >> i kept pouring water until the fire department came. >> reporter: no one knows exactly what happened, but it feels lick kisme. >> he was given a hero's award. >> reporter: broadcast in different parts of the country. >> one of his sons in racine, wisconsin, saw a clip of the interview and call us the next day. >> reporter: the son mars yell

hasn't seen or spoken to in 15 years. back then, drugs ruled his life. >> i was living on the real bottom. very hard to live on the street. >> reporter: he would often come here to eat. six years he was offered a job. maybe it was fate. >> for reason, i felt something will bring us together again. >> reporter: who would have guessed that something was a fire. one day after talking to marciel jr. he got another call. a voice he hasn't heard in 19 years. he said to me i was a grandpa. >> reporter: one of his other sons, last time they spoke was 1994. >> the fire brought together our family. >> reporter: for years, he tried to find his dad. >> it was wonderful. it felt warm, loving from the first -- you know, as soon as we started talking. >> for marciel, may be a section

chance. a reconnection. >> it feels like a dream come true, like i'm regaining a basic part of my essence that had been lost from birth. >> reporter: john pierre is already planning to visit. >> we'll go fishing and fly a kite. >> reporter: reunited, thanks to a fire that's a mystery and a salvation. won't be totally sour. a relatively sweet start. cloud cover, nothing wrong with clouds, but rain chances sneaking in, mainly for the second half of your father's day. later you wait to get outside, the more likely you will dodge drops in the process. take that out to breakfast and lunch immediate. we'll do barbecue later on today. outside with cloud cover, waiting on rain chances in town,

but our friends and neighbors in northern maryland and to the panhandle of west virginia, seen a couple of rounds of light showers, cloudy skies here in town, out on the front lawn of channel 4, plenty of blue to see in the sky. just not much of a view from the city camera viewer. humidity is back up considerably compared to yesterday. a very light wind at 9 miles per hour. south and southwesterly winds bringing warmer and more human air as the day goes on. feeling more summery than yesterday. 68 in frederick, maryland. 72 in annapolis, and all the way down to solo man's island. a nice morning this morning and temperatures in the mid 70s across much of northern virginia, a hint cooler this morning, upper 60s and low 70s. father's day forecast, a lot of dads getting outside and around, enjoying the day. down toward oxen hill and

congress heights, nice day to be outside. today, making the drive. a lot of father's day activities. and if you are looking for something to do with dad, go down to moun vernon. 85 degrees by mid afternoon. a chance of showers late in the day. the first little chance of showers, hagerstown passing drops, headed toward thurmont, maryland, eventually on the north sides of mt. arry. all rain that is associated with and coming our way, weather front that is bringing more clouds and yes, indeed, increasing rain chances as the rest of the day moves along. the earlier you get it started, golf game, tennis, better from the perspective. taking dad out to the coastline today, not a bad beach day at all. temperatures at the coast, low 80s, a chance of a few showers,

and a passing shower tomorrow. best chance of rain to the beaches. light passing showers around with the heating of the day. we could see a rumble or two of thurn, not expecting big severe weather. but any time you hear thurn, get inside indoors. a lot of people signing in. mid to upper 80s. low to mid 80s. the bulk of rain chances stacked up on tuesday. mostly a miss tomorrow and a hit on tuesday. dry out and really nice ac-free days on wednesday and thursday. and then back into a little more summery by next weekend. >> we'll take it thank you, chuck. celebrating big awards at news 4. 55th annual emmy awards held in baltimore. eun yang and the news team won for the best morning newscast

and best host or moderator for "foodies d.c." and the report on the 30th anniversary of the air florida cash in the best featured news category. and promotions won for news promo image. >> that's right. very proud of our team, great to work with professional and talented journalists. nbc 4 your place for politics. >> "chris matthews" followed by "meet the press." let's get a look at what they are working on. >> good morning, washington. happy father's day. coming up, will president obama be able to assist further involvement in syria now that he has to respond to use of chemical weapons? he said despite concerns they were hijacked by extremists, and the realities of being commander in chief, forced his hand in syria. do the concerns he voiced as senator take a back seat to duty

as commander and chief. how hillary clinton will run for president. join me for a great roundtable. a look what's coming up on "meet the press," here is david gregory. >> good morning, richard and erika. coming up, the white house's redline crossed on syria. what is the strategy if we start arming rebels? key voice in that debate. we'll talk to lindsay graham, and the debate over national security, how much should the public know? how far should the government go to collect intelligence. vice chair of the intelligence committee, saxby chambliss of georgia will be here, as well as democratic senator mark udall, a skeptic of these programs. and general michael head heyden who formerly ran the area.

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here are some stories we'll be following in the week ahead. the g-8 summit begins tomorrow in northern ireland. president obama leaves to lead top industrialized nations on top of talking trade and the economy, the conflict in syria is on the agenda. nine people killed in 2009 when one train rear ended the other near the ft. totten station. last year, a permanent memorial plaque unveiled near the crash site. memorial park and garden is also planned planneded. bruno mars begins his world tour at verizon center, the

moonshine jungle tour begins and expect traffic delays. probably expect a lot of fans out there. >> no kidding. that's going to be a good concert. turning to the weather. a last look at the forecast. >> all right. dad's day. not a complete loss. a lot of cloud cover. dads aren't typically sun bathers. other stuff they want to do. usually a hammock or shady spot. a good day today. a pretty good chance you will get rained on at least one. one or two rolls of thurn nnder. and highs in the 80s. feeling pretty good out there. >> absolutely. we wish all of the fathers a wonderful day. that's it for news 4 today. thank you for joining us. >> wake up with with aaron and eun tomorrow morning. until then have a great day, everyone.

>> this is "the chris matthews show." >> ask not what your country can do for you. >> tear down this wall. >> i can hear you. >> the time for change has come. chris: the hawks cheering him on, president obama said this week h b