temperatures only in the middle to upper 60s to around 70. 71 downtown. 64 in prince george's county. 67 in rockville and 64 in gaithersburg. off it a partly cloudy and mild start. another day today, temperatures mid to upper 80s. some neighborhoods may touch 90 degrees today. this all comes to a crashing end tomorrow with chances for heavy rain and maybe even strong thunderstorms tomorrow. we'll talk about that in a minute. >> chuck, thanks. three workers were sent to the hospital. officials say hydraulic fluid from the track equipment may have ignited between track repairs between union station and judiciary square. welding equipment was used around midnight when it sparked. they planned the work, shutting down several stops. track work has been suspended. we're not sure if this will impact monday morning's commute. we won't see any progress

this morning in ending the government shutdown, now in its sixth day. negotiations this weekend did bring something we haven't seen much. lawmakers on both sides seeing eye to eye. brian mooar explains. >> reporter: on day five of the government shutdown, a rare moment of bipartisan agreement. house republicans and democrats and unanimously voted to pay 800,000 furloughed federal workers but only after the government shutdown is over. >> well, why wouldn't we do that? zwlr senate democrats say they support the bill. so will president obama, but they will not agree to refighting obama care and want the house gop to pass a clean spending bill. >> democrats are saying they're prepared to pass a republican budget for two months while negotiations continue. >> reporter: they have 200 votes and enough support to end the

spending -- >> what we are looking at here, again, is an administration, a president that seems to be unwilling to sit down and talk with us. >> reporter: meanwhile, with congress deadlocked sbch of the government on lockdown, tourist whose came to see washington's national monuments aren't taking closed for an answer. a few are finding ways to get around the barriers, unlike their members of congress. thanks to a law that shielded the military from the shutdown, the pentagon is recalling 300,000 of its 400,000 furloughed workers. brian mooar, washington. matthews cathedral will offer a special sunday service. offering prayers for grace and guidance. the annual red mass happens at the cathedral on rhode island avenue and northwest.

the supreme court will begin oral arguments tomorrow despite the government shutdown. the high court will meet at least until friday and the justices will hear several cases this fall regarding the business community. heads up if you're planning on walking to end breast cancer this morning, the shutdown forced organizers to move the making strides against breast cancer from the national mall over to six flags america on central avenue in upper marlboro. the money raised will benefit the american cancer society. more than 2,000 people have signed up. another debate will soon take center stage on capitol hill. they have just 11 days to decide whether to raise the dbt ceiling. what can we expect in the days ahead? you'll hear from treasury secretary jack lew this morning at 10:30 on "meet the press" on nbc 4. final farewell to their fallen brothers.

a sign of respect and remembrance to those who have gone before them. this dates back to when the fire department communicated via telegraph. tomorrow the new york state american tribe campaigning against the redskins, just as league owners start to arrive for a meeting. d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton is expected to join the tribe, asking the team to change their name. president obama also weighed in on the name that some say is offensive. >> i don't think there's any redskins f redskins fans that mean offense. if i was the owner of the team and knew it had a storied history that was offending a sizeable group of people, i would think about changing it. >> in a statement redskins attorney says they do not mean to disrespect any groups of

people but have no plans to change the team's name. >> carbon monoxide leak at an apartment building. at least a dozen people recovering this morning. >> good news from that tropical system in the gulf. it is something to watch, though. chuck will update us on how karen could impact our forecast. will the warm weather stick will the warm weather stick around until this evening?

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we are tracking what's left of tropical storm karen. the storm was downgraded to a tropical depression with sustained winds of 35 miles per hour, stalled off the louisiana coast. remnants of karen could bring a three-foot storm surge along the southeast louisiana and mississippi coast. mandatory evacuations were

lifted. still a pretty quiet hurricane season, considering. >> roadway. >> absolutely right. we've not had a category 3, 4 or 5 hit the mainland until 2005, that's the last time we had a major hurricane make landfall. that's all okay by us. those things are expensive. sandy, as you recall, was last october. it was a minimum category 1 to turning into not even a tropical system that. doesn't even count even though it did $50 billion worth of damage, it did not qualify as a major hurricane on the hurricane scale. outside for now, we don't have to worry about anything that big day. tomorrow may be a whole other story. we'll have an awful lot of we h weather to talk about on monday. wet commute to work and school and definitely a sloppy commute home tomorrow. for now a quiet start to your

washington morning. partly cloudy skies out there, first thing this morning. it is humid and still feeling like summertime. 71 degrees, our current temperature. not much of a wind out there. wind also fwradual ll ll lly cod to the south today. our average high is only 71 degrees. we'll be at least 17 degrees warmer than average today. that's not going to break any records. the record today is 93 at national airport. nonetheless, it's going to feel every bit of 90 degrees. there is tropical storm karen, spinning her wheels in the northern gulf of mexico. tropical depression now. forecast track a little bit of a change here. yesterday the forecast track was to bring most of the moisture up the spine of the appalachians. because of the area of high pressure coming in on us, it looks like it will keep most of the moisture down to our south. that being said, we still have to deal with an awful lot of tropical moisture inching its way up ahead of this weather

front. deep moisture out ahead and the lift with that cold front coming through means tomorrow could be a very busy day. may even have to worry about severe weather. not much of a hail threat. damaging winds will be possible. could get one to two inches of rain in a short time. flash flood concerns are there. even though we haven't had a lot of rain lately. and a low risk of a tornado monday afternoon. one more day of the heat and humidity today. cloudy skies roll back in tonight. few sprinkles in time for your morning commute. by and large, the big show comes through 10:00, 11:00 in the morning until about 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 in the afternoon and evening. we'll have to watch this very, very carefully. tomorrow will likely be a very busy weather day. be ready for that. seven-day forecast, hot today. 80 to 90 degrees today. tomorrow, still around 80

greasgreas degrees. the big story will be the rain and we'll have to wuch out for severe weather tomorrow. good news is that once we get past tomorrow, smooth sailing for the rest of the school and workweek. >> we need that rain. >> we do. unfortunately, we may get so much in such a short period of time, it could cause flash flooding concerns. >> okay. up next is "reporters notebook." >> we are back in 15 minutes with more of this morning's top stories. >> i'm pat lawson muse. filing for unemployment. furloughed government workers wasted no time filing last week. d.c., maryland and virginia agencies reported an increase. that's notty surprise to anyone. laws are different in different jurisdicti jurisdictions. how does that complicate the process? >> you have to file where you

work. you may be hearing for the first time here on "reporter's notebook" don't go file where you live. file where you work. district of columbia, smaller, more compact city and we may not have as many satellite offices as, say, virginia might have or maryland mooim might have. and then, my god, if the mayor had not considered every employee essential, then you would have had marylanders, virginianers all converging on d.c. >> it is stated or believed that most of the people applying for unemployment will apply in the district of columbia, because it has the largest, what, caucus of federal agencies. so, this could really in some way hamper the system by which these people are filing through. >> don't forget, though, there's

a lot of federal employees that work outside of the district. if you think about the pentagon is in virginia. patent trademark office is in virginia. the workers will have to respond to a patchwork of different laws and rules. in virginia, for example, you have to be unemployed for two weeks before you're even eligible to apply. >> and you have to apply in person as opposed to applying online? >> in d.c., you have to apply online. in virginia, you have to apply in writing or in person. >> and another thought is, you know, sometimes you have dual government workers. >> right. >> you have a wife and a husband, you know. and one might work in verge yain. >> that could really be confusing. >> that's right. and one might work in d.c. >> declaration that all workers were essential and the city did pass emergency legislation to keep all city workers on the job and collecting their pay.

even delegate eleanor holmes norton declared workers >> i think with the contingency fund, i remember when this came about. remember the surplus so-called and people wanted to spend that >> oh, i think it's a very smart move on his part. as we were just talking about on

the last subject, look, what if they were to shut down dmv? what if they would have said -- >> the trash. >> shut down unemployment or trash pickup. all these things were on the chopping block as it relates to people being furloughed. it's a very smart move on behalf of the mayor. seeking a new president after the abrupt retirement of sydney reboh. it also follows a drop in the school's national ranking, downgrading in the credit rating. what do you make of the decision? >> howard is not alone in having these kind of problems. st. mary's college of maryland had a credit downgrade. moorehouse college had a downgrade. it came with a negative outlook, which means there may be

potential problems in the future. >> i'm not surprised too much over the retirement of the president except the fact that there's some new projects on how it shoulders these new dormitories, new buildings they're putting up. all of that cost ace lot of money. >> that all came under sydney reboh. >> right. >> mixed reviews about his time, his five years there. the reality in terms of like, for example, the ranking. the ranking is arbitrary. let's be honest. it's editors that sit here and look at universities and, you know, say who is the best party school? what's the best academic school? in terms of the downgrading by moody's, that came before you had this uptick. one of the best student enrollments, class enrollments in 15 years. this is not new to howard. howard has had problems with

presidents for a long time. you're an alumnus of howard. i think it's just a situation where i would hope more alumni would step up and create endowments like other universities. when you have a lot of financial support by alumni it's amazing how problems disappear. >> it's going to have to be helpful. we just discussed on this show, what, a couple of months ago or a month ago about howard now using online enrollment, which could bring all kinds of new revenues into the university. >> from around the world. >> from around the world. there have to be new innovations for howard outside of what's been going on. >> purging the rolls, filing a federal lawsuit against the

governor, attorney general and the board of elections over the purging of voter registration roles, tens of thousands of voters are being wrongly purged, they charge. a database shows a lot of those voters are registered in more than one state. is it a matter of timing or who is on those roles? >> what's happening is the database is supposed to pick out voter who are registered in more than one state. the issue at that time democrats have about this, they're concerned about the error rate. they're experiencing about a 1% error rate. democrats are concerned about jurisdictions in other parts of the state, that they've seen error rates, according to this democrat lawsuit, of up to 10%. they're worried about people being purged who should be able

to vote. >> joe, people have been talking about purging of roles across the country. it's been an issue. >> because there's this database now that's been created. your question is a very good one. is it politics and is it timing? it's both. the reality, in my opinion, it's better to do it now while you have these 30-plus days or so to get it cleaned up, than to wait afterwards and then have a court challenge where you might not even be able to validate the election results zblont issue of timing, it's important to point out these purge rg happening right now and the lawsuit is seeking to stop the purges while they're sort of at the midpoint. we have to take a break. we'll be right back. stay with us.

welcome back. new standardized test scores

show students are struggling to meet minimum standards. clustered in the mt. vernon area, where a majority of students live in poverty. michael pope, you wrote about that. tell us what else you found. >> when the standardized test scores came out, i put the information in an interactive map. one of the things that jumped out at me when you look at that interactive map, there's a cluster. if you look at the fairfax county schools that did not meet the minimum standards, they're clustered in the route 1 corridor of mt. vernon. you see very high rates of poverty, latino students. if you dig deeper into that interactive map, you'll find one of the reasons most of those schools failed to meet the minimum standards was science test scores. i had a local legislator say to me he was concerned because there's an old planetarium at one of the schools that is currently being used as a storage closet. if they were to invest -- if the

fairfax county school system were to invest some money into this planetarium, you might see the science standards rising. >> that might be the case around the state. >> this is a typical story. whenever they do these test scores, they always find a population. for instance, like route 1, latino, african-american, poor people that cannot pass these scores and then they make this as an example. you hear little about thomas jefferson high school. their science program, they spend millions of dollars in their science program. >> they had a 100% pass rate for their science. >> of course. >> they had all the money, all the funding. this is exactly what the problem is. so you punish those schools that don't meet the test score by withdrawing funds and those that do, you give them more funds. you would think it would be just the opposite. try to invest, to improve. and find some way to understand

reward. but you can't simply withdraw money from poor schools that are -- and by adding -- by taking money from them. >> let's move to montgomery county where sleeping in became an issue this past week. alarm clocks will be going off a little later if the principal gets his way, delaying high school start times by 15 minutes, and elementary school students would stay in school an extra 30 minutes. i was surprised to hear the superintendent saying, hey, research shows you guys need more sleep. teenagers need more sleep. what do you think about that? >> because they stay up later. >> you don't go to bed until 2:00 in the morning. >> there is science here. >> there is science here. >> fair fax county -- parents in fair fax county have been working on this for some time. >> parents and advocates have been pushes for a later start time for years. and so far, they have not had much success except for a new

opt-in program. if you're a fairfax county student and you don't want to go to that fir class, you can opt out of it if your patterns agree and you can prove you can graduate and don't need the credits. they feel this is a foot in the door to a policy they would like to see in the future. >> i have a problem with this kind of a policy in all these schools. it seems like we justify how easy it is that we can have it for kids today in school, to go to school. you wake up now, what, an hour and a half later? if you put your you know what in bed -- >> only 15 minutes. >> it doesn't matter. if you put your you know what in bed at the right time you can wake up and go to school the next morning. >> i do my show at 6:00 every morning. i have to be up at 3:30, 4:00 in the morning. >> no sympathy. >> i know. yes, you've been there. >> and you get paid. >> no, no, you have no sympathy for kids who need more kids.

>> no, i really don't. i don't have sympathy for interns. i want to be in radio. what time is your show? i would like to come and work for you. we're usually there about 5:00, 5:30. oh, okay. well, i guess i better find another show. look, you better understand the real world and what happens in other countries. you have kids who stay up late to study and they wake up mornings to go to school. i'm sort of with jerry on this. although i know there's science, but i'm just simply saying, you know, can you manipulate science a little bit. >> finally, guys, hang up or pay up. new laws in maryland ban handheld cell phones behind the wheel, a primary offense in maryland as it is in d.c., but not in virginia, michael. >> there's sort of a misperception about that. it is true that it's not a primary offense for a police officer to pull you over if you're talking on your cell phone. however it is a primary offense if you're driving recklessly,

which is the activity, the action that is intent -- people want to avoid. it is sort of a primary offense if you think about reckless driving. >> there ought to be a law that keeps people from talking on their cell phones when they're in crosswalks, quite honestly. in reference to this story, the biggest problem is enforcement. we pass these laws. but then you can't really enforce them. it almost becomes arbitrary, you know. >> you can't enforce anything if you don't set the example. police officers along with bus drivers and everybody else use cell phones out in the public. >> while they're driving. >> while they're driving, yeah. >> policeer police officers will tell you if you say anything to them, it's official business. how do you prove it's not? >> you can't. thanks, guys. and thank you. that's "reporter's notebook." news 4 today continues. i'll see you monday on news 4 at 4:00.

three workers are recovering in the hospital this morning after a track work accident on the red line. >> metro says hydraulic fluid got too close to some welding equipment and caught fire. this happened around midnight. crews stopped work in that area and metro has not said if it will continue later today. that accident happened where metro is doing track work this weekend. >> impacted several stations downtown. track is happening along the red line at union station. free shuttle buses are running instead. gallery place will only serve the yellow and green line. the transit agency has not said if the overnight accident will impact track work at any of those stations. >> we're going to be monitoring that story throughout the morning. first we want to talk about your forecast. chuck, it looks like we're rounding out the weekend with

another hot day. >> we sure are, angie and richard. good morning to both of you. good sunday morning, everybody. near 90 again yesterday and, indeed, near 90 again today. check out your current temperatures, 71 muggy degrees. that's our average high temperature for this time of the year. that tells you how unusual it is to be this mild this r early in the morning here in october. it's going to be another sizzler today. temperatures will jump from the low to upper 60s and low 70s to the upper 70s by 10:00 am. later on this afternoon as you're out and about, plan on temperatures to be in the upper 80s, flirting with 90 in a few neighborhoods. dry day today. clouds will be on the increase. planner for your monday, back to work and school, showers possible in the morning, heavy rain, maybe even strong thunderstorms to deal with tomorrow. we'll talk about that with your seven day in a few more minutes. >> chuck, thanks. new reaction to u.s. raids to capture al qaeda operatives.

secretary of state john kerry says the u.s. does not forget about terror attacks. raiding a somalia town looking for a suspect connected to last month's attack at a kenya shopping mall that killed 67 people. that person was not found. that mission was aborted because of heavy fighting. another al qaeda leader is in custody this morning in a separate raid. the senior al qaeda official allegedly planned the 1998 u.s. embassy bombings in kenya and tanzania that killed 12 mornings. al libi is said to be held somewhere outside libya. mounting with lawmakers here in washington. someone has set up an online clock that calculates just how much money members of congress have earned since the shutdown has begun. we don't know who set up this

website. congressstillgetspaid.com. more than 00 lawmakers said they would donate or refuse their pay as long as the shutdown goes on. 300,000 employees at the pentagon are headed back to work. civilian employees should be exempt from the furlough because they provide support to military personnel. they'll return tomorrow with full pay. defense secretary chuck hagel made the decision to bring them back based on the pay our military act, recently signed into law. a spokesperson for the museum says there's been double the walk-in traffic compared to the same period last year. it's on pennsylvania avenue and 7th street in northeast d.c. unlike smithsonian museums, visitors must pay an entrance fee. barriers are keeping some people away from the world war ii memorial and other national memorials. darcy spencer explains how the

shutdown is impacting visitors. >> i don't know why they shut down all this. >> reporter: he is just 9 years old but he knows something is wrong when he and his family come to see the monuments and they're closed off by barriers. >> i heard that some people weren't able to go to school because of this. so, sometimes i'll say dangerous. they won't get their education. >> reporter: this capital heights family, along with everyone else, has to stay behind the gates to see the world war ii and lincoln memorials, national treasures closed off because of the government shutdown. >> it makes me sad. i'm very disappointed about the government shutdown and my heart goes out to all the team who are not working right now and not being able to get paid. and i think that's ridiculous. >> reporter: d.c. is losing millions every day the shutdown continues. crowds are noticeably smaller. smithsonian museums are closed. tourism is taking a hit. >> since the other museums were closed i was thinking there

would be a lot more people walking around, be a better photo opportunity. i'm actually surprised. it's kind of empty around here. >> on a beautiful saturday night like tonight, typically it would be hard to get a pedi cab. we had no problem. business is way down because of the shutdown. >> a much simplified version. >> reporter: guides are giving tours but only at a distance. tourists on segues and bikes taking in the sights, providing a unique photo-op, calm and quiet setting that many hope won't last much longer. you're hoping next time you come out here, everything will be open? >> i hope it's open tomorrow, as soon as possible. >> reporter: we've been telling you all week how the shutdown is affecting events and activities here in washington. the american cancer society was supposed to have its breast cancer walk here on the national mall today. that event had to be moved. it's now taking place at six flags in prince george's county. on the national mall, darcy

spencer, news 4 today. >> for a list of what's open and what's closed go to nbcwashington.com and stay tuned to news 4 for continuing coverage of the government shutdown. police are looking for two men who they think robbed the liquor store, a-1 liquor store in martin luther king highway. two masked gunmen stormed in, announcing they were robbing the place. one thief held employees at gun point while the other thief grabbed the cash from the register. as they were leaving, one of the robbers fire aid shot back into the crowd, hitting someone in the leg. they're expected to be fine. carbon monoxide leak at a bethesda complex. on battery lane, they started to complain about feeling sick yesterday afternoon. fire crews were called to the scene and immediately declared it a hazmat scene. many of the residents were not

sure what was going on until they got outside. >> we walked outside to see the scene. people were getting helped. unfortunately white right when we walked down, a woman passed out and was taken out on a stretcher by many paramedics. that was really frightening. >> everyone taken to the hospital is expected to make a full recovery. residents were allowed back into the building after a few hours. officials still aren't sure what is wrong with the generator, but they're looking into it. today marks 15 years since a gay student was abducted and beaten in wyoming, the death of matthew shepherd sparked a move to expand the federal hate crime law. a forum with shepherd's mother will be held this morning. matthew shepard is a friend is mine is part of a series honoring victims of gay and

lesbian assaults. the fire that ignited less than 24 hours ago, that is now burning dangerously close to buildings on a military base. this story made headlines. now it's a movie. now it's a movie. what

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in a few hours, many of you will be looking for insight on the government shutdown on the sunday morning political shows. >> savannah guthrie is filling in as moderator for "meet the press." great to have you back. >> good morning, angie and richard. nice to see you guys. >> nice to see you, too. we want to talk more about the government shutdown. backpay, the right thing to do, but it appears the president's health care law still a major sticking point. >> you have the shutdown. yes, there was an agreement to

give backpay to these furloughed worker rs, which is wonderful, but does nothing to address why we have this shutdown. now we have another deadline upon us, october 17th, a time when the nation will reach its borrowing limit. the debt ceiling will have to be raised. otherwise there's a risk that this country would go into default. those two issues are merging in washington and perhaps there's going to be a deal around both of those things, to reopen the government and to raise the dbt ceiling. at the moment the president is saying i'm not going to negotiate on either one of those things. it's hard to see how there's a way out of this impasse. hopefully, there will be one. >> in the president's news conference, basically he said the health care law is here and here to stay. it's not going anywhere. that is the sticking point. if he's not going to move on that, what's left? >> that's right. of course, the republicans say you should negotiate. now the government is shut down. that's the leverage they have. the debt ceiling, that's the leverage they have. you have the rollout of the

president's health care plan. on the one hand the white house is saying this has been extraordinarily successful. the problem is they've had profound problems with that website. they call them glitches. it's more than that. there are widespread reports of people who are not able to sign up. the administration cannot tell you how many people have actually successfully signed up. there's a certain irony. that might otherwise be the top story in all the papers, but for the fact that we have this government shutdown. >> coming up on the show and "meet the press," you have treasury secretary jack lew here. will he be talking about the major consequences we're looking at if we default on the debt? >> i think that's exactly why he's here. the administration is trying to sound the alarm and say this is not a game. the government shutdown goes on a week or two, most economists say it's not great for the economy. it's not going to do irreversible damage. if the u.s. defaults on its debt, that is absolutely

unprecedented. there's no way to know what would happen. most economists look at it and say it would be catastrophic, you might see a global recession, financial meltdown. the question is, can they fail to raise the debt ceiling and somehow stave off default? jack lew will say no. our other guest, rand paul will, say yes. >> is it going to go from bad to worse? >> if the u.s. government defaults, we are in unchartered territory. it's bad for everybody. 800,000 federal workers are feeling t this would be far, far more widespread and probably would be global. >> big conversation this morning. thanks so much, savannah. >> good to see you guys. >> you, too. people are again calling for immigration reform to take senator stage. protesters rallied in more than 100 cities yesterday, known as the national day of dignity and respect. thousands of demonstrators want president obama to stop

deportations and to revive an immigration bill stalled in the house. newtown, connecticut, is moving forward with a plan to rebuild sandy hook elementary. a referendum was approved to accept $50 million in state and federal money. construction is expected to be completed in two years. new this morning some frsh images of that fast-moving fire at camp pendleton. at last check, the fire consumed a little over 1,000 acres. it is spreading northeast. the fire started yesterday afternoon, prompting a housing and hospital evacuation on the military campus. at least eight fire crews are battling the blaze with the hub of military members from the camp. the cause of the fire is still being looked into. arizona fire chief who lost 19 firefighters in a wildfire in

december has resigned at the prescott arizona city manager apparently came to a mutual agreement for his departure. some city officials blame frajo for the deaths of the elite fire crew known as the hot shots. so much has been said, the city decided it was best for him to leave. the last day on the job will be november 15th. one of the most anticipated movies of the fall have an unassuming hero. talking with the real captain richard phillips about what he thinks of the limelight and what he would change about the expected blockbuster, "captain phillips." >> richard phillips can't quite get used to seeing his name on ads and film trailers. >> not something i expected. >> the captain phillips whose real-life nightmare inspired a new action thriller. >> we are an unarmed freighter. >> at the helm of the maersk

alabama in pirate-infested waters off the coast of africa when four armed somali bandits boarded the cargo vessel. >> we didn't give up. >> ransom seekers held him hostage on a covered lifeboat. it was a high-satisfies stand-off that ended explosively, with navy s.e.a.l. snipers killing three of the pirates and rescuing phillips. >> i didn't really see a good ending. i thought it was more likely to go the other way just because of where i was, how i was in that lifeboat. it was near impossible to free me. >> reporter: his memoir of his hijacking ordeal quickly drew the attention of movie makers. talking about tom hanks. >> who? >> good casting there? >> yes, i think tom hanks did a very good job.

>> reporter: before the premiere of "captain phil ips," tom hanks said how difficult it is to play real people. hanks visited vermont several times. phillips tells us to study little ways the captain interacts with his family and how he says good-bye before long assignments at sea, which he still takes. >> how is his accent? >> i don't have an accent. i wouldn't know how mine sounds. >> reporter: he does have one complaint with the new movie and that's his title. he wishes it could have given more credit to his crew and the navy s.e.a.l.s, which he calls the real heroes. maybe a little uncomfortable with the limelight, which is about to start shining brighter than ever. >> two thumbs up? >> for sure. >> what else is he going to say? >> he obviously has a sense of humor. >> yes. >> tom hanks actually said in recent days when he met with the real captain phillips, he told

him he needed to gain a little more weight and get a little better looking to play him. >> who plays richard jordan in movies? who plays angie goff? >> enrico suave. >> she gets angelina jolie. >> then i guess i'm brad pitt. >> i'll be cast by jim carreyca you wait and see. not rain-making clouds. it will be dry across the area. always good news on a weekend. they're starting to turn the lights out there. it must be on an automatic timer. you see all the lights on the washington monument starting to go out now. half illuminated right now. mid-summer levels across the area. temperatures in the cooler suburbs are only in the low to

mid 60s early this morning. hagerstown, 67. manassas, 61. 72 in st. mary's city and california, maryland. 66 in fredericksburg and 62 down in charlottesville. patchy fog this morning. slightly reduced visibility in the inner harbor. quarter mile visibility down towards manassas. be on the lookout for locally thick fog first thing this morning. it won't last much past 8:00 or 9:00. it will be another sizzler. temperatures today making it into the mid to upper 80s. a few spots might even touch 90 degrees today. keep in mind our average high now is only 71. this is way up into the bonus territory. keeping an eye on what was tropical storm karen, a tropical depression. it's south of new orleans, louisiana. the main track for the moisture will keep most of the tropical moisture down to our south. yesterday it looked like that moisture might come a little further up the appalachians. that's probably not going to be the case.

nonetheless, that doesn't mean tomorrow will be anything of a pleasant day at all. that deep moisture is, indeed, in place. with the cold front coming in from the ohio valley, that puts lift and moisture in place that. spells heavy rain possibly for tomorrow. tomorrow will be a very busy weather day. far and away the busiest weather day of the week. there's even a low threat for tornadoes because of all the wind energy. primarily could see thunderstorms with damaging winds and one to two inches of rain anyway short period of time could cause localized flash flooding concerns. keep a watering eye to the sky tomorrow. today, one last day, everybody. august in october comes to an end starting tomorrow. cloudi and mild overnight tonight. most of the rain chances wait until first thing tomorrow morning. by 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 in the morning, a couple of sprinkles around the area. by and large we're waiting for the actual front to get here. about lunchtime through the heart of the washington metro area and could be lingering down

into southern maryland right through the afternoon and evening commute. this could be a very ugly commute home from work and school tomorrow. today, as i mentioned, nothing to worry about. plenty of sunshine and hot. 88 degrees today. 17 degrees warmer than average. then tomorrow, highs right around 80. the big story for tomorrow could be rain, very heavy at times. we'll be here, keeping you posted on that. behind that, everything settles right back down into october weather. yes, indeed. >> breathe again. >> highs in the 70s, lows back in the 50s. that will be average this time of year. >> feels like we traveled back in time with these temps this weekend. >> i was personally too hot. >> you just told me you took three showers yesterday. >> i did. i had

good sunday morning. do not look too hard for the redskins game today. skins at home, like the rest of us, waiting to watch some football. on their bye week. it could be playing for first place in the nfc east when they travel to dallas in a week. down a level, taking on virginia in six days. c.j. brown, knocked out of the game against florida state after taking a big hit in the second quarter. brown stayed on the ground but eventually made his way to the sidelines. coach randy etzel said he suffered a concussion and will be re-evaluated later today. meantime, navy may be on the way to a third straight commander in chief's trophy, taking care of air force in a game that was in jeopardy due to

the government shutdown. instead a record crowd in anapolis. they boat air force 28-10. the capitals are seeing stars after last night's game in dallas. alex ovechkin scored. the story is how nicholas backstrom didn't. disallowed on account of goalie interference. caps fall to the stars 2-1. caps are back at whom this week. carolina hurricanes are up next on thursday. that's a look at your morning sports. hope your sunday is a good one. the political fwrgridlock h in washington gave "saturday night live" folks plenty to work with last night. >> there are plenty of losers and winners. >> winner, canada. senator ted cruz was born in canada. so while we were worried about iran, china and north korea, a canadian shut down the u.s.

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good morning, everybody. welcome to "viewpoint." i'm jim handly. washington gears up for the 27th annual aids walk, our focus this day is on the state of hiv/aids in our region, the progress being made, research, breakthroughs and the challenges throughout our community. our guests this morning are on the front lines with whitman walker health, justin gofirth is back. tiffany guilford and julio fanseca, a patient at whitman walker. still hiv/aids is an

epidemic in d.c. >> absolutely. cdc defines generallyized epidemic as 1% of the population being infected. we're still at 2.5%, well over what's defined as a generalized epidemic. those numbers are starting to creep down. we're making progress. >> the creeping down is with new cases, that correct? >> yes. less new cases, less people dying from aids and hiv. it's the innovations we've been working with the department of health which has change aid lot of what's happening in d.c. >> julio, take us back. 2009 you were diagnosed, is that right? >> that's correct. i was diagnosed and in february of 2009, and began receiving care in march 2009 at whitman walker health. it was not just physical care. i received legal services, help

accessing public benefits. at the time i was underinsured and also received behavioral health care at whitman walker. >> whitman walker has evolved over the years. >> yes. >> it is now full service health. attack a little bit, if you works about the different services you offer. you work with 13,000 patients every year? >> the downtown location and together our providers see about 13,000 patients every year. we have full service medical care, everything from primary care to women's health to medical adherence, support. we have behavioral health. we do dental care. we really are a full service community health center in addition to our legacy of providing std care and testing as well as hiv care. >> beyond -- as you mentioned, beyond hiv and aids, talk a little bit about, if you would, stats on other stds. >> so, yeah, there still are

very large numbers of std infections. in fact, those numbers are not really changing. if anything, some of them are heading in the wrong direction. so, syphilis is a huge problem in d.c., gogonnarhea, clam -- chlamidiya. there are cultural reasons for what we call sexual networks that people are accessing for their intimacy and who their partners are and who those people's partners are. the differences are really quite stark compared to chicago or los angeles or other large, urban centers.

>> interesting. julio, you talked about you began receiving treatment from whitman walker health pretty soon after you were diagnosed. >> uh-huh. >> that can make a big difference for patients. is that right? >> absolutely. i mean, health outcomes for people, what the research is showing is that the earlier you begin treatment, the better off your health outcomes, long-term health outcomes are. for me, it enabled me to get back into health fairly quickly and get back into the workforce and do what it is that i want to be doing. >> tiffany, today compared to 10, 20 years ago, people who were diagnosed as hiv positive are really leading perfectly normal lives. >> absolutely. our chief medical officer made a statement one day that i think is probably the most pertinent statement. if we had a motto. it's people living with hiv, not people dying from hiv. we are seeing a progression of people who live with hiv and they pass away from old age.

so, one of the new things we are really looking at is aging, the aging population with hiv. we do a lot of research at whitman walker health also. we're looking into preventionist treatment methods and we're looking at new medication and we're constantly looking at supporting our community of people living with hiv and aids. >> let's bring in that march, 26th of october. still looking for people to register, teams, sponsors. volunteers, i assume? >> always. >> how many people are you expecting? >> generally 10,000 to 20,000 folks to that show up. depending on the weather. if you could work that out for us, that would be great. it's a really wonderful way to

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go visit their website. nbc washington, proud to be partner with whitman walker health. tiffany, you have a theme this year. >> we do. face the facts, walk the walk. we want to encourage people to get out, walk and remember that hiv, while people are living with hiv and living long, healthy lives, it's still very important that we face the fact that is this epidemic is still real. it's still impacting our communities and we still need dollars to support the research and support people living with hiv. >> we're looking at previous walks and marches. tell us where some of that money will go in terms of is it treatment, research or stay within the whitman walker health family? >> absolutely. 100% of the proceeds from the walk go to support all of the

care and research we do at whitman walker. we also share the wealth. so, we support about a dozen other community partners. folks that are working with the lbgt community and folks living with hiv. we spread our wealth, everything raised from this walk goes to support. >> we mentioned facts and face the facts. still there are a lot of myths out there, floating around. and one is that hiv does not necessarily mean aids and, in most cases, does not at all. >> correct. we should be looking at an aids-free generation. that's an attainable goal. we have now the science to never let anybody get to the point where they have aids anymore. we need to get the word out and get the community to the science. which is difficult. having an event like this where community awareness goes way up is exactly how you do that. people understand they can get engaged in care and no one ever has to have aids.

hiv is a virus and we can treat it. >> julio, talk a little bit about your treatment, what it involves, what it entails and how on top of it you have to stay. >> i'm kind of a stickler. i was in rough shape when i first left the hospital and received treatment. getting on medication was something that was very vital to getting me back to health. i take three pills a day. i'm on the same regimen that i was on at beginning of my treatment because i've been staying on my medication and have been taking it every day and make sure that, you know, that i do that. whitman walker provided me and connected me to resources that, you know, helped me get co-pay coverage for my medication at a time when i was under insured, to ensure that there was no interruption in my care. so it's not just the medication piece, though, too. there's at three-month follow-up to make sure that your levels of medication are good and that

your viral load is undetectible, et cetera. the motto is to really make sure you maintain medication adherent and treatment adherent. >> it's a lifelong quhimt, truly. >> yes. >> so many people living with diabetes and understand the complexity of how that person has to deal with a chronic illness. from a medical standpoint it's very similar. and people can live long, healthy lives just like if they're care and treated with diabetes. the social aspects of dealing with people in care with hiv are a little more complex because of the stigma. we have to get rid of stigma. >> are you seeing a lessening of stigma over the years? >> in certain communities there's been a little less. in certain communities it's alive and well and very strong. i think the highest numbers of new infections are in young, after rick african-american wod gay men. that shame keeps people from

getting tested and getting into care. >> let talk about the demographics of it all and breakdown for us. that's where you're seeing the biggest increase, in the african-american community. >> we are. we are. it's in communities of color. 3% of all the people living in d.c., latino men, are hiv positive. one in three african-american men are hiv positive and the numbers for women, i believe, were in the 20% range? >> one in three african-american men have sex with men. >> those numbers are staggering. how it's impacting our communities of color, to justin's opponent, we have to erase the stigma. we encourage people to get tested early and get tested often. the earlier you're tested, the quicker we can get you into treatment. the quicker you get into treatment and you become part of programs like our red carpet program with whitman walker is a program that was instituted and has really been duplicated

across the country. when people are diagnosed as hiv positive, they immediately go into care where they have a medical provider, they've got public benefits. we just talked about insurance and having access to care. we give them all the services they need. they can come in and request just red carpet so they don't have to say i'm hiv positive. we automatically know this is vip treatment. we want to make sure that you live as long as you possibly can. it's part of erasing the stigma and getting people tested. you speak to us at our churches, fraternities and sororities and all the places we go in a very social atmosphere and talk about diabetes, heart disease. we talk about everything. we talk about breast cancer. but we don't talk about hiv and aids and we have to go back to having those conversations. the epidemic is still hitting our communities very hard. >> and because whitman walker has been in the business for so

many years, having that experience and institutional background of resources and access helps pave this easy path for people who have just been diagnosed? >> yeah. we have to challenge ourselves even though whitman walker constantly look outside our own box and do things in a more innovative way that breaks down barriers. that's what we did with the red carpet program. having several appointments before you ever met your doctor to walk in and that day you'll get all these services we just talked about. >> we have to take another quick >> we have to take another quick break.

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the accident. no word on whether the work stoppage will impact tomorrow's commute. 300,000 pentagon employees are headed back to work even though the government shutdown continues. defense department says civilian employees should be exempt from the furlough because they provide support to the military. they'll return tomorrow with backpay. forcing the breast cancer society to change venues today on central avenue in upper marlboro instead of the national mall. gates open at 9:00 this morning. we'll have more weather and news in 15 minutes. for now, back to "viewpoint." welcome back to "viewpoint." again, the big march coming up on october 26th, the walk that you can all be involved in. donate your time and volunteer, too. speaking of volunteering, julio, you'll be not just walking but

you are a volunteer with whitman walker health. tell us what that involves, a new mentoring program. >> it is. it's a program i was involved in when i first started to access my services at whitman walker health. excuse me. i received a mentor, who i was able to talk to, to help navigate the different challenges, not just medication but other pieces that come along with being hiv positive. i was asked to be a mentor. and happily said yes. and spend my time with people who are newly -- you know, newly hiv positive, sort of talking about different benefits available to them. it's also an adherence program as well to make sure that they feel comfortable with their medication, et cetera. but just to check in, to know that they have a support and support system that is maybe not as formal as, you know,

something else. oh, you've been through this before so i feel empowered to ask you these questions. >> we were talking about adherence and support. making this connection between the people who literally walked the walk years before. >> absolutely. folk that is have learned how to take care of themselves and live healthy and well. instead of providing buddies, like we used to have to do in the past, a companion while you were dying, this is a buddy to help you live healthy and well and make it through those hurdles faster and easier than you would if you were left on your own. >> talk about, if you would, tiffany, treatment. we're really talk about preexposure treatment and some of the trials that you folks are doing there. >> absolutely. we believe in the treatment as prevention model. pep and prep. prep is preexposure prophylactics. we're looking to see if we can stop the spread of hiv before it even gets started. if you've got a couple or you

are a person involved with a person who is hiv positive, by taking a certain regimen of medication, we want to see if you are not going to become exposed to the virus. that is prep. pep is you have had a great weekend and you had a bit too many, you went out. and maybe you've had -- found yourself in a situation where you were exposed or you believe that you were exposed to hiv. we want to make sure that there are drugs available also for you to try to see if we can stop the spread of the virus after exposure. so pep and prep are two ways that we are working on the preventionist treatment models. a lot of the research we're doing will really help, again, to save lives. the part of getting to zero and stopping the spread of the infection is to figure out where we can have community and science meet so that we can stop the spread. >> sounds exciting.

justin, over the years, we were talking about a generational, perhaps, misconception out there now. over the years, it was certainly in the early days, it seems to be a death sentence. we're talking decades ago. the younger generation, how do they view hiv and aids? >> what i see happening, which is very disappointing, is that the information is not accurate. it's not in people's faces like it was. you don't hear about it on the news like the good work we're doing right now. you don't hear that as much. people don't have the information in front of them like they used to. there's a lot of myths and misconceptions. we do have a lot more people living with hiv in the district. that's important to know. it's important to know that just living in the district actually puts you in a generalized risk category because we have so much hiv in the district. it's so important to know that everybody needs to get tested and if you're positive you can get into care. if you're on treatment you don't

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26th. stay with us. welcome back. the big day is october 26th. aids walk washington, which nbc 4 has been a partner for the past 27 years really. how can people get involved ? even if they can't be down there, they can take part. >> absolutely. saturday october 26th is the walk. if you can't make it out, you can sleep walk. you can stay in bed and still donate and support hiv research

and support the ending of hiv and aids in the strict. by going to the website, you can donate and you can donate to a team or volunteer to donate to the aids walk in general. >> we talk about access and resources. julio, whitman walker truly has been a life saver, literally, for you. talk about how it has helped you and so many other people. >> it goes beyond taking your medication. it's feeling supported and being empowered to be part of your health care, to be part of, you know, also getting yourself back into the workforce or wherever you're at when you find out that you're hiv positive and having behavioral supports, mental health supports and also, you know, the medication supports. and being able to return to your community as a functioning, you know, productive member of it. it's been very helpful for me in that regard. that's why i volunteer now to help others who are going through that difficult transition and that's also why

i'm walking this year. >> you know, the word, the big takeaway is treatable. and just how treatable this disease is today. >> absolutely. so, you know, we were talking in the break that about one in five individuals living with hiv don't know they have it. if we could just get those individuals tested, get them to know their status, get them into care, we would be done with especially dethis epidemic. no new infections would be happening and it would be just about taking care of the people living with hiv. that's where the science is. we need to bring the community to that science. and, again, this event brings community awareness to a whole new level. >> we talk about awareness. whitman walker health is truly full service now. >> yes. i'm so proud to represent whitman walker health. we are a full quality high service health center in the

center of the community. we sit downtown d.c., anacostia, providing care not just to the lgbt community but full service quality health care for folks who are nonhiv and people who are not in the lgbt communities. >> julio, we'll end with you. this has been a fascinating program and inspiring, too. what do you tell somebody who has not been tested but may be wondering, am i positive? do i know someone who is positive? are they at risk? what do you tell them if they are on the fence about getting tested or unsure? >> i tell them i'll go with them. i have been through the experience before. i know what supports are available to them, if they find out that they're positive but also if they find out that they're negative. there's a stressful component to even wondering if you may, in fact, be positive. it's treatable. it's manageable. it requires a little bit of work. but you can empower yourself to take care of your health care. >> thanks for coming in, sharing

your story. and thank you for getting us going on the 26th of october. always a huge turnout on the freedom plaza. now back to news 4 today. enjoy the rest of your sunday, everybody. new this morning, two people killed along a busy street in fairfax county. what we're learning about what led up to this crash. a fire overnight in the metro tunnel. workers hurt, plus what may have caused the sparks. good morning. welcome to news 4 today. i'm richard jordan. >> and i'm angie goff. we'll have those stories in a moment. first the final day of weather it's a hot one. >> good morning to you.

off to another mild start. already near average highs for early october. our average high now is 72. we're already 71 at national airport. generally in the mid 60s in the suburbs. by october standards that is a mild start for sure. there's humidity to deal with as well. the rest of the view out in restin this morning, patchy fog across parts of northern virginia. that, too, will be gone shortly. we'll be left with a decent amount of sunshine and another warm day. the record today is 93. we'll be within a degree or two of another 90-degree day here. the heat and humidity go away tomorrow. the transition to better weather will come at a price. heavy rain likely tomorrow and maybe even some severe weather, too. we'll talk about that and give you the seven day, coming up. d.c. police have confirmed two people are dead after a fatal accident in fairfax. the crash occurred around 3:00 this morning on south van dorn right off 95. that shut the roadway down.

the car crashed into a train bridge. we're still looking into what happened and get you the latest as it comes into our newsroom. fire anyway tunnel that closed metro continual killed one man and put two others in the hospital. hydraulic fluid from track equipment may have ignited during track work between union station and judiciary square. crews were using welding commitment around midnight when the fluid sparked. metro planned to work on the stretch of the track. work has been suspended for now. we're not sure what the impact left elbow will be on tomorrow's morning commute. government shutdown is now in its sixth day. it looks like it will stretch into a seventh. congress is in recess, which means lawmakers will not get back to work on debating a budget deal until tomorrow.

before they adjourned yesterday, the house ewe nunanimously vote pay those who are furloughed. also wri bringing back 300,000 pentagon workers who provide support for military personnel. memorial is technically closed. however, visitors from across the country are doing whatever they can to see them. derrick ward reports. >> reporter: all of these federal memorials is officially closed. in reality, visiting them is a breeze. tess not just the attractions, but amenities are locked tight as well. the people most directly affected by the shutdown, it's more than an inconvenience not to be working or getting paid. we spoke to a furloughed federal worker. she doesn't want her name or likeness made public. still, she's clearly rattled, victim of broader circumstance.

>> not being able to go to work, not knowing when we'll receive our next paycheck. it's unfortunate it's come to this. >> reporter: a sentiment shared by this veteran, who was in the pacific and encountered mcarthur. >> turned around and saluted us. we thought this is nice. >> reporter: this obama supporter said he has never seen anything like this shutdown that, for a while had, the world war ii memorial closed. >> it's all politics. >> reporter: folks get creative, visiting memorials. >> a lot of people from out of town. so, you know, coming this far, got to go see it, man. >> i had a group here from i iceland. they came to see the memorials and had to climb the fence. >> reporter: as for our faceless federal furloughed worker, she believes this, too, will pass. >> i'm hoping it won't happen again. in the days before the

shutdown, lawmaker shared the stage for verirginia hopeful. appearing in richmond for the gala for family foundation. senator cruz is one of the main proponents as using the government shutdown as leverage to defund the affordable care act. both used their time on stage to slam the new health care law. >> then there's the impact that obama care has on religious leaders. i'm sorry to say this administration has been the most hostile administration to religious liberties that this country has ever seen. >> cucinelli has said he felt efforts to defund the law should be made separately from a government funding bill. president obama isn't changing his position. he says democrats are willing to work with republicans but not when it comes to health care. >> the obsession with the affordable care act, with obama care, has to stop. that is not something that should be a price for keeping the government open. >> the president also says he

expects congress to raise the debt ceiling before the deadline next thursday. one republican who has been very outspoken about trying to stop the shutdown is kentucky republican rand paul. this morning he talks exclusively to nbc's "meet the press," what comes next and whether the parties can agree right here on nbc 4 at 10:30. police are looking for two men they believe robbed a liquor store yesterday, a-1 on martin luther king highway near the glenarden community center. two masked gunmen stormed in, announcing they were robbing the place. one held them at gun point while the other thief grabbed cash from behind the counter. as they were leaving, one of the robbers fired shots back into the store, hitting one of the workers in the leg. he is expected to be okay. several reports of people

getting sick. officials immediately declared the area a hazmat situation and evacuated all 150 people in the building. 14 people of the lower floors were taken to the hospital and are expected to be okay. today in frederick, tradition will salute fallen firefighters at noon today's stations around the county will sound their sirens. a firefighter died in the line of duty to alert all members back when telegraphs were the main form of communication. how you can join teachers, administrations and students in an important new conversation. and how lots of student complaints led to a major change on the lunch menu in fairfax

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>> today, nbc's fourth annual education nation summit begins in new york city. leaders from across the country will discuss how to solve some of the biggest problems in our classrooms at two town hall meetings. student town hall runs from 10:00 this morning until noon. that is followed by a teacher town hall from noon until 2:00 this afternoon. both programs will be streamed live at education nation.com and also watch them live on msnbc.

what it takes to get them successfully through school, college and beyond. >> for one organization, that begins with a volunteer's time. chris klakkam has more. >> reporter: the time to set their sights on their future is early. >> 11, 12 years old is when they're deciding whether or not high school is important for them, college is an option or opportunity. >> financial principles. >> reporter: so to help citizen teachers, business professionals who volunteer with citizen schools give up their time to teach struggling students through an extended day program at low-performing middle schools across the country, that includes academic help but give the kids something more, real-life apprenticeships. >> you have great lawyers teaching students how to present a case, represent themselves in

a mock trial format. >> it tries to bring experiences to these students that they wouldn't otherwise get. >> reporter: experiences that do more than just expose kids to career opportunities. >> if you want to build a robot, if you want to be a computer programmer, if math or if you want to practice law or whatever, can you do that. can you absolutely do that. nothing is holding you back. now, it starts now for you. >> companies, too, are seeing the value and getting involved with citizen schools. >> the smart company, smart organizations get it and see, wow, if we can touch middle school students right now and get them excited about science, technology, approximaengineeri c robotics, that's going to be my future workforce. >> learning what it takes to succeed in school and in life. chris klakkam, nbc news. >> to learn more about citizen schools, head over to educationnation.com. how the shutdown is changing

today's plans for a wounded w warrior after making a cross country trip. team name is at issue this weekend. how president obama weighed in on that debate. caught in the act. how metro is catchin

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starts at 8:00. >> erica hill and lester holt are joining us live from new york. good morning, guy. >> good morning, richard and angie. just ahead, we'll have the very latest on those operation attacks against terror leaders in libya and somalia. >> big scare for zoo employee in oklahoma. tiger attacked her when she stuck her arm in the big cat's cage. we'll update her condition and tell you how this all happened. tough to turn away from bill o'reilly. our conversation with the controversial tv host and best-selling author. while she just is outrageous in late night as she was recently on mtv? we'll take a look at miley cyrus. >> so far, miley getting a lot of good reviews for her performance last night. >> very positive. >> we were all sleeping when she was on, but that's the word. >> we'll have to catch up today,

watch it online. >> thanks, lester and erica. >> thanks. phantom injuries and ghost riders, metro bus system says it's trying to stop the growing number of people faking injuries on its buses all in an effort to stop cheats from accepting cash settlements and payouts. obtaining some of metro's internal videos that the agency says shows passengers playing possum. >> reporter: paramedics weren't the only ones who raced to the scenative bus accident in d.c., we did, too. multiple injuries, bus and truck colliding on minnesota avenue. when we arrived, we saw not a crash, not even a dent. metro said no damage. mirror on the truck and bus were crushed. >> nobody hits anything, nobody touches the floor or gets knocked off balance. >> that didn't stop several passengers from claiming they were hurt. years ago that might have led to

a month's long investigation or trials. but to root out fraud, surveillance cameras have initially been installed to catch criminals and train staff but also now used to stop fraud. look at what we saw. one passenger in the gray shirt nearly a minute after the incident suddenly grabs his left leg. a fellow passenger carries him off the bus. but now he's using his left leg, avoiding standing on his right. that fellow passenger who carried him, minutes later he hits the ground, though he initially hustled off the bus. staffer is later seen with a clipboard taking his information. metro bus says it's using cameras to watch for fwoest riders, passengers who run toward or simply claim to have

r ridden buses involved in accidents. how many are legit? the agency says only 100 are followed up on. 15% are rejected outright after metro reviews evidence, these videos included. those fraudsters make it harder for those with legitimate cases. a metro bus driver hit and killed this man's wife and her friend after ten months of what he calls exhausting settlement negotiations with the agency, he received a payout and built a music studio. he says those faking injury and loss are morally reprehensible. >> martha and sally, for instance. they're piggybacking on the death of them. they see that happen, they're probably trying to get in on that, you know. >> to get money.

>> to get money, yeah. >> metros says it's deploying 100 of those service cams since 2002 and just now has its entire fleet covered. this incident on minnesota avenue shows cameras haven't deterred everyone from taking a dive. at least not yet. >> video pretty unreal there. metro tells us it's now paying about $2,400 to passengers who filed claims with the agency but its spokesman says it will not be paying any of those passengers involved on the incident on minnesota avenue. happening today from washington to washington -- well, not quite. an army veteran couple will complete their cross country bicycle journey, started back in june with the intention of finishing on the national mall. because of the shutdown, their 4,000-mile journey will end at the aquaquon. >> nice day outside yesterday.

i spent some quality time with our friend at the kids fest in fairfax yesterday. good time out there. all i heard was when is this hot weather going to be over? it's coming, everybody. we have another day filled with fun at the festival today. oh, there's what you needed, a squirt gun yesterday. that would have really helped the day out. wearing the storm team 4 shirt, talking to a lot of folks. there's erica gonzalez and david there. storm team 4 was out there as well. the official count, angie, oklahoma shirts, three. south carolina shirts, one. oklahoma, way to represent, sooner fans out there. even came up and said hi to me as well even though i was not wearing my oklahoma gear, obviously, not at an official work event like that. early sunday morning, mid and high-level clouds drifting overhead. these will not be rain makers.

rain chances are back as they get to back to work and school time tomorrow. for now, though, 71 degrees. not much of a breeze out there. 84% relative humidity. temperatures in the 60s in the suburbs, 66 in hagerstown. martinsburg, charles town and winchester and front royal. 64, culpepper. dense fog across parts of virginia. manassas to bristow, page county. be on the watch first thing this morning. up in northern-most maryland, zero visibility right now. high temperatures, once we get a little bit of fog gone, full sunshine, increasing clouds later today. the damages will be done by then. we'll have another day in the upper 80s to near 90. we're keeping an eye on what was tropical storm karen. now tropical depression. the weather front in tennessee will pick up some of this

moisture and help funnel it up the eastern seaboard. sort of the pinch between the cold front from the west and moisture coming up from the south could make for a busy weather day around here tomorrow. heavy rain, a real possibility tomorrow. first drops could arrive as early as the morning community to work and school. more likely, the afternoon commute could be a big impact tomorrow. not much of a health threat. damaging winds a possibility. could cause flash flooding concerns and there's even a low chance of a small tornado tomorrow because of all the rotation in the big system that's coming our way. a hot and steamy day today. clouds move in late tonight and again a chance for a sprinkle or two first thing this morning. not expecting a big impact on the commute in. it's the commute home tomorrow afternoon when i think things could be a little dicey around here. weather front at 2:00 in the afternoon just arriving in the far northwestern suburbs and then crossing right through the heart of the metro between 2:00 and 6:00, peak time for the

commute home. heavy rain and a possibility of stronger thunderstorms. once that all goes through here, we should clear things out quite nicely for a dry start for tuesday. for today, sun this morning to clouds later this afternoon, hot and humid. temperatures today, upper 80s to near 90 degrees. that is definitely summer-like for sure. average high temperature now only in the low 70s. we'll be almost 20 degrees warmer than average today. tomorrow, another warm and humid start, but with all the rain coming in tomorrow, we'll have to watch that very, very carefully. behind the rains, though, october returns, everybody. temperatures right back near average for tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday. most of the coming week looks dry to boot. >> feel like we've been in this flash back for some time. >> i did my 10k run yesterday morning and it was all i could do to stay hydrated. it was so hot. >> wow! thanks, chuck. >> all right request. one of the best players in the nfl is planning a special trip to uva. trip to uva. why you could hear much

"i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad." these are birth control pills. more than half of american women use them at some point in their lives but ken cuccinelli sponsored a bill that could have made common forms of birth control illegal, including the pill. cuccinelli was one of only five senators to support this "potentially radical intrusion into domestic, family and individual decision-making" why is ken cuccinelli interfering in our private lives? he's focused on his own agenda. not us. washington's nfl team could heat up this week. tomorrow new york state native american tribe that's campaigning against the name redskins will be here in town, in washington. they'll hold a public meeting at the ritz carlton in georgetown just as league owners start to arrive there for their meeting.

drchl d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton is expected to join the tribe, asking them to change the name. president obama also weighed in on the name that some say is offensive to native american. >> i don't think there are any redskins fans that mean offense. if i were the owner of the team and i knew that there was a name of my team, even if it had a storied history, that was offending a sizeable group of people, i would think about changing it. >> in a statement, a redskins attorney says they do not mean to disrespect any groups of people but have no plans to change the team's name. students at the university of virginia might start working harder than ever to be at the top of the class this year. denver bronver broncos quarterb be the speaker.

his wife, ashley, is a uva aaluminum. >> what can he not do? he acts, he raps. >> he raps? >> have you not seen that video? >> are you talking about gifts or singing? >> i'm sure he's good at that as well. another taste of summer today. this is it, everybody. rain monday and october is back. >> we're back in 25 minutes with a local news people go to a mattress store, and essentially they just get sold something. we provide the exact individualization that your body needs. before you invest in a mattress, discover the bed clinically proven to improve sleep quality. when we actually lower the sleep number setting to get the sleep number bed to conform to them, it's amazing the transition that you see with people. - oh, that feels really good. it's hugging my body. they just look at you like you cured all the problems they've ever had. we hear it all the time: "i didn't know a bed could feel like this." oh yeah. you can have comfort and you can be in the same bed.

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good morning. breaking news. a top al qaeda leader, one of the fbi's most wanted terrorists, in custody this morning. after u.s. commandos launch dual raids in libya and somalia, we're live at the pentagon. lucky to be alive. a tiger grabs a zoo worker by the arm after she sticks that arm into the big cat's cage. this morning, the dramatic effort to save her limb. and saturday night star. miley cyrus pulling off double duty as both host and musical guest on "saturday night live." a look at the performance that has people talking "today," sunday, october 6th, 2013. from nbc news, this is "today." with lester holt and erica hill. live, from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza.