in gaithersburg, maryland, a huge tree crushed an apartment. ten people were hurt, four taken to the hospital. one resident who hid in a closet described the chaos as the tree came down. >> all you could hear were kids screaming and crying and everybody thought we were going to die. it was terrible. it was just terrible. >> about 93,000 washington area residents lost power during that storm. >>> in california it's another round of the waiting game for same-sex couples hoping the ban on legal marriage will be lifted. the federal judge who struck down the voter-approved ban gave opponents of the same-sex marriage time to appeal. late thursday, they did. now the issue is in the hand of the federal appeals court. >> reporter: same-sex couples will have to wait a little longer to get married in california. a federal judge held off on making a decision. couples hoping to tie the knot were disappointeded. >> we've seen so many straight people walk if front of us to get their marriage licenses. >> we were told to clear the line while straight people ge

gaithersburg 91. frederick is the hot spot at 95 degrees. even warmer than fredericksburg. fredericksburg you are over 100 when you factor in the heat index and i expect for tomorrow in fredericksburg you will be about 110 and usually as you well know you are the hot spot when it comes to the heat index. everybody else show should be a little cooler than that tomorrow. we are 97 here in town. that's the feels like temperature. 99 for winchester. again, tomorrow it will be a little bit hotter and then we will have a little more humidity, but it is not going to be oppressive as last week and the week before in terms of the humidity. 102 pitch da that. 94 lincoln. international falls is 88 degrees and dallas 99. the core of the heat is out to the west of us. it will build over to the east, though. here we at 92 in wilmington north carolina at 86 degrees. no doubt cooled a little bit by the water. some showers and thunderstorms north and west of us. this will stay northwest of us. we will stay dry. high pressure is in control here. this high is drifting to the east. that will p

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of "usa today" this morning -- host: also this morning in "the wall street journal" -- coast of gaithersburg, md., independent line, thank you for waiting. caller: your welcome. host: go ahead, sir. caller: i am wondering where this country is going. originally i am from russia and everyone in that society is employed, going back 20 years to see how people did in the socialist regime. i think that there is a simple way to move the economy forward, make them interested in keeping the money here. personal entities, if a company has more than 50% of the work force outside of the united states, let them live in china under a communist regime. i am sure that they will come back to the united states. it is still a beacon of freedom. they are living it. host: we are going to finish up with this op-ed in this morning's "philadelphia inquirer." talking about the rocket crash course -- host: the arraignment is today, we will have coverage, just go to our web site, c-span.org. we will take a short break and when we come back, we will talk about the week ahead in foreign policy, talking primarily about

host: patricia, in gaithersburg, maryland. independent line. caller: i was calling, i have a comment and a question. i live in maryland now but i'm a native of south louisiana and grew up in the baton rouge area. i wanted to know if you know specifically what they have done about the levee situation. when i grew up in louisiana we used to hear all the time when i was in high school that the levees were not going to hold if new orleans ever got hit by a major storm, that the levees were not going to hold around lake pontchartrain and this has been going on since i was in junior high school. they knew way, way, way beforehand a that those levees were not going to hold. host: we got the point. dr. flynn. guest: this is a very serious issue still today. we were talking earlier, but the fact the army corps of engineers is working to build it to a one in 100-year event. most of everything around the country when we build for things that could pose a water challenge is at least a 300 to 500-year event. we know new orleans is more exposed than it was b

of "usa today" this morning -- host: also this morning in "the wall street journal" -- coast of gaithersburg, md., independent line, thank you for waiting. caller: your welcome. host: go ahead, sir. caller: i am wondering where this country is going. originally i am from russia and everyone in that society is employed, going back 20 years to see how people did in the socialist regime. i think that there is a simple way to move the economy forward, ke them interested in keeping the money here. personal entities, if a company has more than 50% of the work force outside of the united states, let them live in china under a communist regime. i am >> you are looking at the rose garden where we will hear a statement by president obama shortly. following the statement we will bring you a press briefing by robert gibbs. the update is now scheduled for 2:00 p.m. eastern. while we wait for president obama's statement let's return to "washington journal." joins us from "the national journal." he is here and talk about things like u.s. foreign policy, welcome to the program. guest: thank you. host: this