. >> reporter: good afrnoon. we are one vote away from finding out if a tram is in riders future. in fact, inside the building right now, 37 people came before the commissioners. their opinions were split. the commissioners just wrapped up the public comment section of the meeting. they are still discussing. traveling frequently, alex hops bart often. >> it is easy to get on the bus at $3. it isnicee to not have -- it is nice to get to sfo. it is a nice option. >> reporter: convenience is outweighing the tram you see in the artist rendering. >> this is not the most convenient system. if they had something closer to the airport, i'm all for that. >> reporter: commissioners are deciding whether or not to set aside $20 million. state funds would offset $70 million of federal money lost this year. the railing public support is looking for cheaper options like bus travel lanes. >> it is the same mentality. we have to be forward thinking. 20 years from now, this is going to look like it was a bargain and it will feel priceless when you are trying to rush to that flight. >> reporter: one

. >> enjoy this afrnoon's game. we will see you later. everybody i talk to who's seen our tv says, "what service do you have?" i tell them, "i have verizon fios." and they go out and buy it. [ male announcer ] why settle for cable? now you can switch to fios tv, internet and phone for just $99.99 a month for a year. the fios technician came in, got everything hooked up. and when he left, i had the greatest picture i've ever seen. [ male announcer ] call now and we'll add a special bonus: the fios tv movie package -- 60 premium channels -- plus epix, free for 12 mths. you can cancel with no early termination fee. thers no term contract required. i lo going home and working on the computer, because fios is so much faster. [ male announcer ] last chance to save. offer en october 2nd. get fios for just99.99 a month with no term contract, plus the fios tv movie package, and epix free for 12 months. sitting in front of that screen with that inrnet blazing away at me... i lost all my hair. [ male announcer ] call 1.877.437.fios. that's 1.877.437

it came in earlier this afrnoon, then gave way to just some clearing skies, and now the rain is back into the forecast area. you can see that rain. you can also see that rain moving around the reasonable as well. it's ming back into the area, and we will continue to watch that rain moving in from the south. not just from the south as far as rain is concerned, but heavy rain down to the south as well. we'lzoom in and you can see that rain as it's made its way in here the last couple hours. and look at this. down towards north carolina, that's where the heavy rain is right now, and again, it will make its way toward our region over the next, say, six hours. flash flood watch in effect through tomorrow as well as wind advisory. i'll break it all down for you and let you know when the wind will move in and finally move out in my full forecast. >> thank you, doug. >> we have an update now on former prident jimmy carter. the former president said to be in good spirits tonight as he continues to recover from a stomach lment. mr. carter remains in a hospital in cleveland. his doctors determi

this goes back to september the eighth. 4:30 in the afrnoon. lee highway and marilee drive. a woman is stopped at a red light. a man two cars back gets out of his car. walks up to the woman, pretends he has a weapon. demands money. the light turns green. other cars start to honk. the woman takes off. the man, he walks back to his car. empty handed. what kind of gu would do a robbery like that? >> a pretty stupid guy, i would think. >> a dummy. >> desperate. >>he got what he deserved. nothing. >> reporter: again, this is the sketch of the suspect in that almost robbery. and again, it happened about a mile from her vanessa pham was killed back in june. found stabbed to death inside her car tha had crashed in a ditch off arlington boulevard. vanessa was just 19 years old. and police have worked hard to find a motive and suspect in the case. so far, nothing. so wt about that almost robbery? >> at this time there is nothing to indicate that it is related to the vanessa pham murder. but it is in the same vicinity so we definitely want to get his face out there so we can identify a

sun back tomorrow afrnoon. sunny on wednesday. mid-70s as we get into thursday, upper 70s.hower both of those days. a look at friday and the weekend. we'll see dry weather and cooler weather returning for friday, saturday, sunday. now, jerry, how ishe traffic? >> we continue to follow breaking news, 95 northbound a nightmare. ise there continues to be the accident just about cleared up. only one travel lane getting by. it is going to be painful. let's head over elsewhere at this hour and update you and let you know how things are moving. 270, be prepared. bump tore bumper from frederick off and on most of the way on down. no accidents. red lynn delays. >> thank very much. today, education nation, a weeklong summit hosted by nbc news gets under way in new york city. it's an interactive forum fo students, teachers, all looking to achieve the same goal to improve learning in the classroom. d.c. schl chancellor is one of the people taking part in the event. good morning, tracee. >> reporter: good morning. michelle rhee is seen as the face of school reform. yesterday she describ

cnties in red have had flooding this morning and we have that flood warning continuing into this afrnoon, all those counties in red. look at the rainfall totals we've had three to four inches in our western to northern suburbs, over 2 1/2 inches in washington. look at southernmaryland. 7 1/2 inches. annapolis has had 6.7 inches of rain and this total amount is only going to increase. we have a tornado watch in effect. veronica johnson joins me from storm center 4 with the latest on that. >> indeed, a lot of circulation in the atmosphere and with that circulation the possibility of not only severe thunderstorm warnings in effect right now but those tornado warnings like we saw earlier today. not just here but if you have plans of traveling southbound around richmond, southeastern virginia around norfolk or east of raleigh, rth carolina through the wilmington area, that until 1:00 p. and it's areas around frederick county down through the district on south and off to the east. a lot of folks say, well, what do i do when i'm under a tornado warning? if you're at home, you want to get to a b

it will heat us up to near 90 tod with a southwesterly flow late this afrnoon into the evening. a small chance of a passing summer. a little bit cool over the weekend. saturday into the mid-80s. a chance for a passing shower sunday and monday. highs in the 70s. morning lows in the 5 >> that's your latest weather. >>> there are new details in the tragic death of a police chief's daughter in north carolina. hundreds attended funeral services for 23-year-old valerie hamilton tuesday as the man accused of killing her appeared in a new york statcourtroom. good morning, tom. >> reporter: meredith, good morning to you, that man accused of killing valerie hamilton is expectedo be brought back here to the charlotte area soon. the investigation is focusing on several places including the storag facility where hamilton's body was discovered and now more questions about the cause of death. meryl hamilton and his family arrived at the funeral for the law man's daughter behind a police escort. joining them at the church were family, friends and hundreds of law enforcement ofcers, passing trea

that's this afrnoon at 3:00 right here on nbc 4.ow back to the "today" sh >>> 7:30 now on a tuesday morning, the 28th day of september, 2010. you know we need to give gold stars to all these people out there who have been standing out there for a couple of hours in the rain and drizzle. inside studio 1a, i'm matt lar, alongside meredith viera. we'll have new details on a father's desperate attempts to bring his young sons home after they were take on the egypt by his ex-wife. come listen bauer just returned from egypt where he actually saw his sons for the first time in more than a year, but it was not the happy reunion he was hoping for. >>> also ahead, a new infestation that will make your skin crawl, bed bugs are not the only critter to worry about. stink bugs are now invading homes and ruining crops. what you should do if you spot one in your home. >>> education nation, al goes back to elementary school to find out what one schools doing to keep kids from falling through the cracks. >>> and we begin this half hour with the lates