developing story inside i local school. i'm barbara harrison. why a child had to be rushed to a local hospital. >> i'm angie goff tracking down the problem that slowed down the commute and whether it's been cleaned up. >> heavy thunderstorms of yesterday in the rear view mirror but more rain on the windshield. a complete collect of the forecast coming up. big concerns in the skies, whether it's impabing flights in and out of our area. news4 midday starts now there developing story in prince georges county. one person stabbed at frederick douglass high school in upper

mar marlboro. . derek ward live at the school. what happens going on? >> reporter: they're in the midst of an investigation, led by prince georges county police and school officials, after this incident. we are have learned two students taken to the hospital. one of the thing police are looking at, surveillance video inside the school. take a look cell phone video shot at 7:40 this morning. we're told that this fight might have started in the stairway and escalated into a hallway. we are told initially two students are involved could be more that will be borne out by the investigation. more details from a spokesperson from the prince georges county police department and a student. >> there was a fight between two students. during the fight, one of the students produced a knife and stabbed the other, the victim. the victim's injuries do not appear to be life threatening.

the suspect is in custody. >> everybody was started going crazy in the hallways because like in the morning, my teacher went out the doorway, because everybody's going crazy, and she's like what's going on? >> reporter: what do you mean going crazy? >> just like going in the hallway, chaotic, yeah. >> reporter: we're told that the student who was more seriously wounded received a wound to the chest, possibly to left chest. we heard he's expected to survive. the weapon we're told pocketknife. we don't have any more detailed description of than the school does not, i don't think anybody has magnetometers. they have school resource officers. all of the people will be folded into the incident. neither of the people identified yet. derek ward, news4. developing now, at least five flights across the country were targeted by bomb threats. a passenger posted this video here to instagram from a flight

in philadelphia. us airways flight 648 from san diego, landed safely in philly after someone phoned in a threat warning of explosives on board. the 88 passengers and 5 crew were held on the taxiway while canines and a bomb squad searched for explosives. nothing was found. again, at least five flights were targeted today. the threats have not affected airports in the d.c. area. the flights originated in california portland oregon and seoul, korea. government sources tell nbc news threats are not credible. they are similar to chemical weapon threats against aircraft just last week. this downed tree could have caused big problems for your morning commute. one point during the morning rush massachusetts avenue closed between 12th and 13th streets in northwest. the massive tree came down overnight, blocking traffic in both directions. as you can see, the mess has

since been cleaned up. cloudy chilly rainy day. there's the way it looks from tower camera looking out over the urban landscape. temperatures pushed back down into the 60s. we made 92 for a high yesterday. we'll be nowhere near that later on this afternoon. as areas of light to brief periods of moderate rain continued to move into the area. no rain in downtown yet but a lot of mist and drizzle, even where the light rain isn't falling. moderate showers here east of winchester panhandle of west virginia along route 340, that will find its way up towards frederick, maryland over the next hour or so. otherwise, weather headlines, big cooldown. wedge of cool air's in place. when i see you next we'll talk about how many more days of rain we've got in front of us. the acting head of the tsa is no longer in charge. this comes after an alarming breakdown in airport security. undercover homeland security agents were able to smuggle test

gu and explosives past tsa checkpoints in 67 of 70 tests. that is a whopping 95% failure rate. homeland security ordered changes and additional training at airports across the country, coming up in the next half hour we'll break down the fallout and tell you who's tapped to take over the tsa. it's been almost 24 hours since caitlyn jenner made her big debut on the cov or of "vanity fair." it's still what everybody's talking about this morning. and the online enpsychcyclopedia redirects its bruce jenner page to caitlyn jenner and uses pro noun "she." the reporter who interviewed jenner talked about the entire experience this morning on "today." find out what he believes kris jenner knew in our next half hour. barbara? >> new today we learned the name of a woman killed in a parking lot in germantown and the man police say shot her. police say miriam died she was

24. her boyfriend donald bricker jr. shot her. they arrested bricker after chasing his truck down darnstown road. bricker crashed his car. he's recovering in the hospital now. in prince georges county a man died in a motorcycle. he died, police have not told us the man's name yet. they say they are working to figure out what caused that crash. right now, congress is demanding answers about the deadly amtrak derailment last month. looking at house's transportation committee hearing going on now. amtrak's president and the ntsb both testifying there. news4 transportation reporter is there following everything going on. a few minutes ago, the ntsb released itsreport. it says investigators are still trying to nail down what caused the derailment. a northeast regional train spaeded

off last knot month, traveling more than 100 miles per hour. is washington football team scaling back on how many seats available? fewer seats this season. plus better late than never. why two nation's heros are being honored for bravery a

stories that you are sharing this morning. start off here fewer seats at fedex field. redskins removed several thousand seats. take a look the team says it's part of a plan but it does follow a tough season for the team and that can chip away at demand for tickets, as we know. moving to this next story, incredible from fighting pirates of the caribbean to isis. british actor michael enwright has joined kurdish forces

battling the terror group, he explains. >> the straw that broke the camel's death, the jordanian pilot pilot, when they burned him alive. >> everybody is ready for summer in washington. here's news4's britney johnson with a look at what we're working to bring you the best events. activities you can do and other activities that you can do with your children. we'll be tweeting it out, posting on facebook or find out more information online at nbcwashington.com. >>

developing story now. rescue crews are desperately trying to reach hundreds of cruise ship passengers trapped when the ship capsized on a river in china. the ship flipped yesterday during a storm. more than 450 people on board at

the time. only 15 passengers have been rescued. five people known dead. this is china's worst passenger ship disaster in more than 70 years. >> president obama is taking a stand against the use of antibiotics in meat by making changes in-house. federal cafeterias will start buying meat and poultry products that contain fewer antibiotics. >> there's a big forum at the white house right now. the president and white house takes aim at the superbugs. >> the obama administration announced a plan earlier to fight antibiotic resistant bacteria. repeated exposure can make germs more resistant to the drugs, reducing effectiveness. a live look outside the washington monument now. outside is all you can see as the monument remains closed until thursday. engineers working on mechanical alignment problem with the elevator. they think it may have been

caused by several power losses to the elevator last week. >> look at all of the fog out there. let's talk to chuck. >> wedge of cool, light air. drizzle across the metro area. temperatures driven back into the 50s and 60s, compared to 92-degree day yesterday we've dropped some 30 to 40 degrees since then. the rest of your afternoon, what you see is what you get. temperatures will go nowhere as the raindrops and that northeast wind stick around. how much longer does it stick around? coming up in a few minutes. thanks so much. talk about a way to start your morn zmg where drivers were stranded by rising floodwaters this morning. news4 midday.

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new details on a bizarre shooting that left one person dead and shut down i-295 for hours. this happened thursday at the height of rush hour. this morning, we're learning more about where the shooters may have met their victims and how they wouldn't up in the district. news4's megan mcgrath live at headquarters and talked to police chief kathy leneer. >> reporter: in the days following that shooting police have been piecing taking witness accounts and they have a much better time line for what happened. that time line begins with a

dispute between the victims and several men in another car along the gw parkway. if you saw something strange right around 8:40 in the morning on the gw parkway, last thursday police want to hear from you. it ended in a hail of gunfire on 295 during the height of rush hour last thursday. pedro alvarado was killed, his brother-in-law seriously wounded new information helped investigators tighten up the time line they are looking for eyewitness accounts of an altercation that happened before the shooting. altercation that happened in virginia. >> a lot of people out there. very good callers that called in but we need additional information. >> reporter: pedro and his brother-in-law left alexandria at 8:30 thursday morning, just a few minutes late around 8:40 they got into some kind of altercation with people in another car at the gw parkway and tulane drive. alvarado continued to drive on to 295 into the district.

around 8:50 a.m. near exit 1, the suspect's car came up alongside the suv and someone in the backseat opened fire. police chief says investigators need to learn more about that very first encounter. >> all of the calls and all of the information we got originally came from the d.c. side. what we're looking for now, we know there's this other confrontation, it should have been visible to other drivers maybe one of the drivers has more detail we're looking for 8:30 8:45 that morning. >> reporter: more information about that suspect's car. it is described as either a black or dark green toyota camry or perhaps honda. at least three men in the backseat plus the driver. anyone with information, you're asked to call police. they are still have a lot of questions, a lot of unknown factors, especially with piece of the altercation in virginia. they really want witnesses to

come forward. back to you all in the studio. >> thank you. right now, the cleanup is under way following severe weather that moved through the region overnight. several drivers got stuck in standing water at eastern avenue and minnesota avenue in northeast d.c. this was the scene this morning. two drives got stuck under the bridge. we spoke with one of the drivers who waited for help. >> a truck stopped at the light, and the water just is like -- it's like came in like a flood. i got caught in one end, he got caught in the other end. we stayed for like two hours. the police came the fire department they escorted me out. >> of course police always remain us if you see high water, turn around don't drown. fema checking ow damage in houston. after record flooding hit the region. homeowners hoping they're going to get some financial relief to rebuild their homes, but they have no idea how much will be

offered. one home owner needs help with temporary accommodations. >> been very responsive. it took them maybe 48 hours to get back to us. >> now, while fema reps on the ground to assess the damage many home owners say any financial help might be months away. >> yeah they're going to have a long slow climb to get that mess cleaned up in texas. for us light to moderate rain in place now. the heavy thunderstorms from yesterday are no longer part of the forecast. so there's at least a little good news for us. that being said, don't plan on seeing much if anything in the way of sunshine. not just for today but perhaps no sunshine for any of us until towards thursday or friday this week. future weather keeps the clouds in and brings more light to moderate rain in by 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 this evening. we won't dry out at all tonight. here's 11:00 tonight, early tomorrow morning in time for the wednesday commute. another round of rain showers comes through. lower pressure off the

chesapeake bay. limited amounts of sunshine and cooler as well. we'll stay in the mid-60s today and tomorrow and barely make 70 on thursday. lots of clouds. not much of a warm-up. we're watching the senate today as early as this afternoon, lawmakers could vote on a bill to phase out nsa data collection. that means the nsa will stop storing your phone records, phone companies would hold the data. however, the nsa would be able to search your phone records. senator rand paul says reforms in this bill don't go far enough. paul forced suspension of the nsa data programs earlier this week by blocking a vote. it appears he won't be able to block this new bill though. get ready to hit the brakes when driving through the district tomorrow. starting midnight if you're caught speeding past any of the new cameras, you will get a ticket in the mail. we have posted location of five cameras, five in our nbc washington app. since january 2014 66 speed

cameras have gone up around the district. right now, two of our nation's war heros are getting country's highest military honor. there are live pictures that you can see from the white house, where president obama's posthumously awarding sergeant william shemin and henry johnson with the white house medal of honor. the award comes after congress changed the rules, medal of honor used to be reserved for heroic action that took place within five years. father's day, the best gadgets, including some ways to charge your phone on the go and a small drone right here in our studio.

father's day is a few weeks away and that means lots of you will be headed out in search of the perfect gift for dad. high-tech toys a popular option and new ones to choose from

we're hearing. joining us to talk about that, the coolest gadgets out there, author of "gadget nation" steve greenberg. >> cool high-tech toys. >> what do you got for dad in. >> dads want to protect homes this is a camera system you put in attaches to your wi-fi, wireless. easy to use. i have one set up in my home in miami. live pictures from my terrace. looks like a cloudy day in miami now. a live picture. it also will store, videotape of different things going on in your house, noise, whatnot. you can see, when the guy turns off the lights it goes into night vision. boom night vision. it works day or night. 180-degrees, very cool no monthly charge. i love. 279, no monthly charge. >> if dad likes drones, this the world's smallest drone.

it's from estes rockets. one set up here. look here on the table here. i'll have him take off. here we go. >> oh. >> whoa. there we go. flying around by your audio guy and back again. >> way over there. >> a lot of fun. >> i hope you have more control. >> designed for indoor use. i'm in the studio. it's crazy. extra signals. >> lightweight. >> super lightweight, super small. 29.99, great price point. safe. good for the kids dad. dad won't hurt anybody. great way to go. >> how much? >> 29.99. and this is cool. this is offgrid shine battery case. a case that you can add to your iphone and what it does it adds 120% battery life. more than double the battery life. it actually is sleek. doesn't add much weight. push a button in the back here. and and you've got yourself

literally more than double the battery life on. dads want that too. more to show you. >> want to see all that you brought. we'll be back if a minute. angieing back to you. >> cool stuff there, thanks. crazy but true what washington and women's libido have in common.

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washington, d.c. page. >> nbcwashington.com, the app. so many things. so many ways you can figure it out. chuck? >> cool and rainy this morning. pocket of moderate rain here moving through the southern most tip of west virginia panhandle headed towards frederick, maryland. umbrella ready across frederick county the next while. umbrellas at the ready for the next several days. low to mid-60s today and tomorrow with clouds and rain around. turning milder just in time for the weekend. >> chuck, thanks. makers of the viagra for women will try once again this week to get approval. the drug has already been rejected twice. now the food and drug administration has put out a review na shows scientists are still concerned about the drug. the risks of low blood pressure and fainting could outweigh benefits. fda experts meet again on this on thursday. some wild weather all across

the country. >> having not so nice weather here today. some new, incredible video shows how strong the storms are around us.

staying on top of a developing story in prince georges county. one student stabbed during a fight at frederick douglass high school. crews rushed two students to the hospital. derek ward is live at the

school. what do we know? >> reporter: everything is normal safe. the police cruiser's outside because of what happened today. video shot by a student. take a look. it was about 7:40 this morning. we're told it started in the stairway and escalated into the hallway outside a classroom. a fight among two students maybe more in the part of the investigation at this point. we hear more about what happened from a spokesperson from prince georges county police department and the school system. >> there was a, like i said physical altercation between two students one produced the knife, stand the other, stabbed the victim victim transported. >> student was conscious when transported to the hospital. everything now is calm and classes have resumed. everything is fine. students are safe right now. >> reporter: now the wounds that the student received we are told, is a chest wound, possibly

upper left chest. he's expected to survive. the weapon pocketknife, has been recovered. it does not appear to be gang related to a. cording to authorities and may stem from something that happened earlier in the week. live in upper mar borrow. >> reporter: a rocky night. >> chuck bell tracking it in the storm 4 center. chuck? >> angie, yeah temperatures down 30 degrees from yesterday afternoon to this afternoon. yesterday well into the 90s. today, temperatures courtesy of a northeast wind and that northeast wind coming off the cold waters of the western atlantic. ocean water temperatures are only in the low 60s. as a result we are now in the low 60s. lots of moisture streaming up over top of that wedge of cool air. that means a lot of rain chances around here. not just for the remainder of this afternoon but rain chances continue tonight into tomorrow as well. so don't expect much in the way of improvements around here.

slow going for this afternoon and evening. potential for moderate rains, slow down the wednesday morning commute. seven-day forecast next time i see you. new video to show you of a big storm out west. take a look. i time lapse of the severe thunderstorm in south dakota. you can see dark clouds swirling and growing as the video goes on. south dakota expecting even more rain. the state is under a flash flood warning for today. >> acting head of the transportation security administration, the tsa, is no longer on the job. this comes after an internal investigation by the department of homeland security found security failures at dozens of the nation's busiest airports. nbc's tom costello has the new development. >> reporter: this morning the acting head of the tsa is out. melvin carraway, 1 1-year veteran, took over as acting administrator in january, immediately reassigned to another area within the department of homeland security.

they found tsa checkpoint screeners failed to detect mock ex-pleasives weapons and contraband in an overwhelming majority of tests carried out by undercover agents. tests conducted by homeland security red teams, charged with probing tsa checkpoints nation wind nbc news confirmed, tsa screening officers failed to detect smuggled weapons in 67 out of 70 attempts 95% failure rate. in one case alarm sounded on a magnetometer even during a pat-down the screening officer failed to find a fake explosive taped to an undercover agent's back. a talked to john pistol monday. >> any failures are a kerp, are the officers resolving alarms when the technology does detect them? >> reporter: jeh johnson says additional results are

classified but the tsa directed to conduct training for all of its officers in airports nationwide as well as intensive training for supervisory personnel. >> i think what this suggests is that the system's in need of serious analysis to determine what the problem is. >> reporter: tom costello, nbc news, washington. right now, amtrak is facing tough questions on capitol hill. the house transportation committee wants to know why amtrak didn't move faster in installing speed safety measures. the ntsb says could have prevented last month's deadly train derailment. amtrak's president promised the safety system positive train control, ptc, will be in place along the tracks throughout the northeast corridor as soon as possible. >> i promise you that by the end of this year this system, which will dramatically enhance safety, will be complete and operational on the nec. >> the ntsb released its

preliminary report today. it says their investigators are looking at the train engineer's phone and phone records. so far it's unclear whether there was any -- so far it's unclear whether there was any phone activity while he was operating the train. the report also says the ntsb is looking into reports of vandals throwing rocks at trains around the time of the derailment. >> thank you. a third, big hearing on the hill takes place just a few hours. ta takata's vice president talking about the company's defective air bags. it called nearly 34 air bags because they can explode in your car. the problem caused six deaths. we learn they plan to use a different chemical propellant in future air bags. social media record we're hearing, from the person with unprecedented access to caitlyn jenner. back with that in 60 seconds.

breaking down barriers, breaking records breaking the internet. caitlyn jenner captured the world's attention and the kardashian can barely keep up. on the "today" show the author of the "vanity fair" article on jenner's trangs says he interviewed kris jenner. what she knew. >> i think bruce downplayed it it's a phase of my life it's over. it wasn't over. i think kris had a sense whatever happened in the past i can fix it. >> rob kardashian didn't even recognize her. take a listen to this from kim last night. >> i sent it in a mass text and my brother's like who is this? why do i care? i was like that's bruce, that's caitlyn. like do you not -- >> what was he like? >> ewent, my god, she's beautiful. >> annie leibovitz shot jenner's photos.

she felt like she saw, quote, making of caitlyn. always behind the event for the other kardashian fogt taupe one? yep, two incredible images. back in 60 seconds.

right now, you can get a free skin cancer screening on capitol hill. mel laanoma the deadliest form of skincare. going on at ray burn house building. dermatologists says screening people in the gold room one in five americans will develop skin cancer in their life time. lucky escape for the police officer in mississippi after the lightning strike about to hit again here. it was just a few seconds away from striking his car there. this happened yesterday. it was south of hattiesburg. its and all caught on the dash cam. the strike hit this bridge breaking off a chunk of

concrete. the officer was not hurt. close call huh, chuck? >> yeah. luckily, your car's one of your safest places because of a lightning strike. the charge goes to the ground. it's a safe place to be relatively speakingen outside for now, temperatures pushed back into the upper 50s to low 60s around washington now. to it's a cool day. here's a check of the seven-day forecast. staying cooler than average today, tomorrow into thursday. warming up a bit on friday. and a little bit of optimism coming our way in time for the weekend. >> chuck, sounds good. vandalles strike at a local school what happen

right now, the senate is wrestling over the future of the law the nsa used to justify collecting your phone data. within hours we could see a final vote. nbc's tracie potts reports on what this will ultimately cost you. >> the nsa could no longer say, send us all of your phone records. >> reporter: today, the senate may take a final vote on allowing the nsa to hold the records for six months before phone companies take over. some want to double that to a year and require phone companies to notify the government if they plan to store records for less than 18 months. >> my concern is they're going to compete with each other to say, who can hold it the shortest. >> reporter: the house is unlikely to approve any changes. the white house is frustrated. >> they've had a year and a half

to exercise that prerogative. >> reporter: senator rand paul is blocking action concerned about privacy. >> i'm for searching the records of terrorists i'm just not for having it generalized search of everybody in the american public. >> reporter: with the patriot act expired, some lawmakers say this is their best option. >> transparency issuance of opinion, is very much a step? the right direction. >> let's use the tools that we can to try to prevent another 911 from happening. >> reporter: the phone companies have successfully argued storing all of those records is not cheap and it's not free. the new law, proposal would give them reimbursement for holding on to those records, up to a year and a half. from washington i'm tracie potts, nbc news. today, you'll have another chance to weigh in on vdot's plan to widen 66. the latest environmental impact study during a series of public hearings.

they want to expand the highway to the beltway in hey market. the layest proposal lowers the number of homes relocated. today's meeting from 5:30 until 9:00 tonight at the battlefield high school. outside, temperatures have cooled off considerably. yesterday we made 92 we were 72 at midnight. so officially high temperature today is going down as 72. but, we're stuck in the 50s and 60s now last time we had a day in june in washington where we stayed below 70 degrees the whole day, back in 2009. it's been six years ago. we did it three times that month, june of 2009. tomorrow in all likelihood we will stay below 70 degrees all day. feels like april again, done it? >> it does. a developing story now, at least 400 people still missing, more than 12 hours after a cruise ship capsized in china. relatives are now asking how did the boat sink and why did the

captain abandon ship? nbc's bill neely has more on that. >> reporter: the search for survivors is a desperate one. rescuers hamminger to try to make contact with passengers strapped inside. time is running out on the yangtze river where the ship with more than 450 on board sank in rough weather. some people have been rescued. this 65-year-old woman was pulled out by divers. a few managed to swim ashore. but after a day of searching, hope is fading for so many more on the eastern star which was carrying 406 chinese tourists 5 guides and at least 47 crew. china's official news agency says the ship's captain and chief engineer are among the survivors. both are now in police custody. reports say the cruise ship sank in less than two minutes, no distress call was sent. chinese leaders have rushed to the scene, thousands of police

and rescuers are helping. but weather conditions are poor and visibility low. leaving relatives clinging to fading hopes that their loved ones will be pulled out. the captain has been questioned by police. he says the ship was caught in a cyclone and sank very quickly, while many passengers were asleep. but he abandoned them to save himself and he failed to make a zis distress call, and relatives want to no why. >> bill neely reporting for us. police in fairfax county need your help in finding vandals who defaced a high school football field. according to wtop school officials found several vandalized areas yesterday. graffiti on the football field and outdoor areas include racial slurs and offensive sexual images. if you have any information, police would like to hear from you. >> feeling the brunt of a hurricane, like never before. inside the eye of the storm

without stepping outside.

right now, two soldiers are receiving the white house medal of honor. nearly a century after their heroic actions. president obama is posthumously awarding sergeant william shemin and private henry johnson the honor for rescuing fellow soldiers in france during world war i. >> we are a nation a people who remember our heroes. we take seriously our responsibilities to only send them when war's necessary, we strive to care for them and families when they come home but we never forget their sacrifice. >> advocates lobbied congress for exemptions to medal of honor

rules that said actions needed to have taken place within five years to be considered for the award. high-tech gadgets are going to be big this father's day. steve greenberg is back to show us some of the hottest toys for dad this year. >> earlier we talked about adding battery to dad's cell phone. the other is adding signal to dad's cell phone. es cell phone driving the car, weboost drive. increases your cell phone signal so you don't have dropped calls. a problem at home weboost home, same setup, my kitchens a dead zone. when i added weboost, problem solved. >> do you have to -- would you want to check it out first to be sure -- >> it will work with every carrier. as lon as there's someal. . if there's no signal it not going to help out. >> how much? >> ones for the car, 200. the one for the home 400. the next book flex 11 this is a

windows 8, two in one. looks look a laptop but when you push this pull this out, it becomes a tablet. it's got windows on it. in fact windows goes to 10 10 for free windows 10 included in the price of it. this is 11.6 inch screen. best part of this at walmart for 227. >> that is a good deal. >> looking for a great computer and not a lot of money, this is the way to go. finally, i get kids asking what can i get dad that doesn't cost a lot. fresh tech, premier accessories plug into dad's cigarette lighter, add usb ports. you can add a scent as well. this one is a mouse. you mount this goes on to your air vent and put your phone right into it you can look at the gps, phone while drive. and it puts it in a safe place. has that ring so you can add scent to dad's car, under $13. it's a great gift for kids to get dad. >> what kind of scent?

>> six different scents. this is called magic, apple crisp, walnut. >> dad will be happy to have perfume in his car. >> and that plug in can't beat that for $13. >> absolutely. great to see you. thanks for bringing all of these ideas. i have to think of which one i'm going to get in my house. father's day june 2. better get shopping. back to you. >> i will. thanks so much. hurricane season is under way. have you ever wondered how it feels like when a hurricane hits? researchers at university of miami designed a hurricane simulator with a different -- it's called sustain. in the simulator you can experience the ocean currents along with hurricane force winds. this is a first simulate that can simulate a category 5 hurricane. fans can generate winds up to 150 miles per hour. researchers hope sustained will

help them better deal with future storms. a familiar face from our morning team on national tv. what you can do to do the same.

>> one more check of your seven day forecast. rain and clouds for the next couple of days. temperatures cooler than average. just as we finish out the week and go into the weekend, improvement in the patterns. should get temperatures back to 80 which is average for this time of year. but today, tomorrow most of thursday we'll be lost to the raindrops. >> okay. parenting on the go what you need to know to make your family's summer road trip a breeze. eun yang has three kids. >> she shared her tips when traveling with her kids on the "today" show in new york. she talked about what you can do to keep your kids entertained in the car. >> these are cookie tins magnetic use for food hard saur face to write on do workbook.

fun magnets and play in the car in the back. >> multipurpose. >> exactly. easy. >> keep the fun going as well. love this idea. >> this is nice stuff to contain the toys. a binder put games and toys, workbooks in here crayons, any activities. you can have graph paper, make pictures have photographs if you like. >> also suggest prelabel postcards and letters. decorate those postcards on the road and mail them to your friends and family while away. go to nbcwashington.com. you can search eun yang's name for more of her tips. >> nice ideas. >> yeah. >> you can join us on the "today" show parenting team. here's the next challenge you can do this one, answering the question, what do fathers do best? >> submit your answer through a post or video. go to today.com/parenting team. you can be next on the "today" show sharing your tips. that's it for .

>> kate: this has to be a nightmare. it can't be reality. it can't be reality that i'm reporting to justin kiriakis. >> clyde: he's a lawyer, isn't he? >> kate: mm. yeah. >> clyde: so what do lawyers know about making cosmetics? >> kate: well, i'll tell you what justin knows. he knows that lucas is sleeping with his wife. and that's all that victor cares about. can you believe that he's done thito me? [sighs] >> clyde: no, i really can't. >> kate: thank you. >> clyde: if i'd been in his shoes, i'd have fired your cute little ass. >> will: paul asked you if you were still in love with him, but you didn't answer. so are you still in love with him? >> sonny: you're really pushing this "hour of honesty" idea, aren't you?