carroll braxton was among the first to sign up. the native of manassas was just 18 years old. he will turn 88 next month. he says tomorrow's ceremony will be bittersweet. >> i'm missing my buddies. i wish more of them could be here to accept this. >> master gun re sergeant garl braxton, one -- carroll braxton, one of the marines that will be awarded the congressional gold medal tomorrow. >>> still to come tonight on 9 news, she wrote the screen plays for some of the country's most iconic movies. >> but just a few hours ago, nora ephron lost her battle with leukemia. right after the break, a look at some of her most memorable works. >>> plus a look at what life is like these days for jerry sandusky after four days behind bars. >>> topper. >> 82 today. a real break in terms of temperature. here is your wakeup temperatures. another cool start. 54-64 by 5:00. still in the 50s and 60s by 7:00 and then warming up a little faster tomorrow. breezy. mid 60s to mid 70s. we will come back and talk about the heat returning and what that means to the weekend and the at&t national forecast.

. >> manassas, virginia native carroll braxton was among the first to sign up. he was 18 years old at the time. today he's going to receive the congressional gold medal just weeks before his 88th birthday and my dear friend randall cherry sls going to be honor -- is also going to be honored. congratulations to him. >>> prince george's county police need our help to locate a missing teenager with special needs. the family of 17-year-old shateema erica williams is worried and concerned about her. she was last seen yesterday leaving her home on mary hill drive in fort washington. she was wearing a light blue shirt, a light blue also came prepants, blue flip-flops, and she was carrying a pink purse. williams last spoke to her social worker around 9:00 last night. she is said to have the mental capacity of a 12-year-old. anyone with any information about her whereabouts should call local police. >>> she was a journalist, a best selling author and directed some of the classic romantic comedies. >> yes, yes, yes, oh, oh. oh. >> i'll have what she's having. >> that was

. >> that was master gunnery sergeant carroll braxton, one of the montford marines who will be awarded the congressional gold medal. >> you see him proudly wearing his marine insignia but they made it clear they did not want blacks in the marine corps. we've come a long way but have a long way to go. >>> the time is 4:36. the warm air returns today. at 4:38 howard will let us know just how long warm it will get. >>> a popular hotel chain is now the target of a federal lawsuit. >> and a growing number of families in our region are relying on free summer meals to help feed their children. at 4:50, we'll take a look at one of those programs. >> we're back in two minutes with your weather first. keep it here. >>> it is 4:39 on this wednesday morning. it's pretty comfortable, especially when you get away from the water areas. we've got temps in the 50s in spots. we're going to warm up much more quickly than yesterday. low 80s by lunch time with highs today in the mid to even the upper 80s. still not too humid and a little bit of a breeze. we're talking a big time heat wave returning when i

carroll braxton was among the first to sign up. he was just 18 years old at the time. today he'll receive the congressional gold medal just weeks before his 88th birthday. >>> the 46 annual smithsonian folklife festival kicks off later this morning. emily gravenstein is here to kel us -- tell us what cultures they're celebrating. thank you for coming n. i know you're getting ready for the huge festival that goes on every year. one of the major things that's so fun about it is you have themes. this year you have three. why don't you tell us what they are and why you chose them. >> we do have three themes this year. the first is a celebration of the -- [indiscernible] it's the 25th anniversary. we'll also be celebrating universities and their partnerships with the usda and we'll also be celebrating certified. >> tell us a little bit about that. that theme is local to the area. it draws from sort of a southern heritage, doesn't it? >> it does a little bit. we'll be looking at really what makes the anacostia such a great community here in the area. we'll have tattoo artist