big they for the students at carver.sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> a warning this morning from a u.s. senator. a new study finds many children's products contain harmful chemicals. 75% contain a certain chemical. >> they are banned in childrens toys, in the u.s., they have been shown to be harmful. the fact that the product, chemical, could be banned in childrens toys, but is allowed in childrens school supplies makes no sense. >> he urged the u.s. senate to pass the safe chemicals act requiring chemicals to be evaluated for safety. >>> purchase one ticket to the national aquarium, go there as many times as you would like in a week. it's to encourage people to come downtown, leading up to the grand prix, which starts on friday, buy a special ticket and visit as much as you want between now and monday september 3rd. you can get 10% off an adult race ticket to the grand prix. >>> five things you want to know, the former lacrosse player due in court this morning for sentencing. george huguely is guilty in this murder of ye

we are here in front of carver center for arts and technology.t the building here, how exciting. can't wait to get in and see what it looks like inside. students are in for a treat. the 174 schools, centers and programs open to 107,000 students, baltimore county public schools has a new superintendents, he will open by visiting 8 elementary mid and will high schools across -- middle and high schools across the county. the county executive, kevin and oh special guests. the school system opens with 600 new teachers in place and debut of new george washington carver center for arts and technology in towson. this school is considered one of the finest arts and technology magnet schools in the country. this morning i have charles joining me live, the public information officer with baltimore county public schools. good morning, thank you for being out here. >> happy fist day of school. >> reporter: talk a little bit about the goals for the upcoming school year. >> ow goals as i said, our goals don't change. our goals we want to make sure every child i

sherrie johnson is live at carver center.you have the first day jitters, but time to get back to work. >> reporter: exactly, right. educators are excited to get back in to the building. we are live in from of carver center for arts and technology, brand new premier building here. baltimore county's 174 school centers and programs opened to 107,000 students. baltimore county public schools has a new superintendent, he will help open schools in the first year as superintendent by visiting 8 elementary middle and high schools across the county. joined by members by the board of education and the executive, and other special guests. the school system opens with more than 600 new teachers in place and the debut of the new george washington carver center for arts and technology in towson. this school is considered one of the finest arts and technology magnet schools in the country. it's known for its unique curriculum and academic programs and advanced placement opportunities. the old carver will house stoneleigh elementary student

. >> reporter: daniel carver died of gunshot wounds in front of his house five years ago today. the case has never been solved and his frustrated family is posting flyers. they say they don't know what else to do but put up posters and hope someone comes forward. it's been five years and still no arrest. the family says they hear little from police in we wanted feedback on what's been going on. we seem to have fallen through the cracks. >> reporter: they say carver was on his way to a nearby store when he was shot. he was 33 years old and left behind four children. >> the best thing about him was his humor and his kindness and he was a fantastic father. >> reporter: earlier today, the carvers, joined by relatives of other victims, held a vigil in front of the police station. >> we need to gather, we need to form a community to support each other. >> reporter: police say they haven't forgotten the case. they just have no new leads and are no longer actively investigating it. dujt cuts have eliminated a third of the officers and the investigation unit is -- budget cuts have elimin

yes, the carver center for arts and technology, students are in for big surprises here, can't wait to step inside. we have seen a numb of teachers make their way inside the building. students should be arriving pretty soon here, but today baltimore county's 174 school centers and programs open to 107,000 students and yeses baltimore county public school has a new superintendent. he will open by visiting 8 elementary middle and high schools across the county. janed by members of the board of education, plus the county executive. the school system opens with 600 new teachers in place and the debut of the george washington center in towson. i have charles herndon joining me live with baltimore county public schools. i'm excited. it's an exciting day. tell us, dr. danes, his they of school. >> he basically knows we have a terrific school system in baltimore county and building on that. he is determined and we are all determined to make baltimore county no less than the best in the nation. we belief we can do that and have work ahead of us. we have a great foundation and a great community

. >> joined from the george washington carver center. the kids are walking through the doors of a brand new building. >> this building behind me is brand new. just across the parking lot from the old one. the new car for building will be welcoming students for the first time today. the george washington carver center for arts and technology is a countywide magnet school. it is been on the board for more than three years. students and administrators are excited to utilize the space. >> the building inspires the creativity. the creativity inspires the building. >> carver will also be going home to the baltimore city youth orchestra. reporting live, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the man credited with helping to revitalize canton. the bicycle he was riding collided with a city bus back in 1994. the began to bring crowds to the place. the success of that restaurant would respond. >> he touched a lot of lives. i feel like to host a funeral for him he would have to have it at a stadium. >> this funeral service will begin at 10:00 a.m.. he leaves behind a

the carvers haeld vigil in front of the police station with relative of other homicide victims. police say as new information comes in, they will reopen the case. . >>> pal lo al to firefighters were busy this afternoon extinguishing a grass fire in san mateo county line. the fire was burning outside right before value leechlt it was first reported just after 4:00. our news chopper 2 flew over that area as kal fire helicopters and planes dropped water and fire retardant on the planes. no structures were threaten and had no injuries were rortd. >>> a car accident started a grass fire up in mo rin county. it started about 2: 30 this afternoon when a car hit a power pole. the grass fire burned about 40 acres. the cap shut down northbound 101 for about an hour until all that smoke cleared. about 3 thousand customers lost power. says the workers have restored power to about half of them. >>> a one alarm fire damaged a house today. started at the home at 420 lam bert avenue. news chopper 2 spotted that fire while flying nearby chevron refinery. one person was inside the house and did

we have regular even said george washington carver, buena vista, and other schools.e will like to establish these as regular events at each one of the schools we're working in. most importantly, parent- caregiver outreach, because we want to create that culture. that exists at longfellow and all of our schools, about walking andhmtpú biking to scho. then we evaluate everything we do. so we have student travel tallies. we go into the classrooms and ask the kids of the dow to and from school. then we have parent service that would apparent attitude towards walking and biking to school. not surprisingly, distance the child lives from school is strongly associated with how they get to and from school. the general rule of thumb is a half mile is the general buffer of how far a gigawatt to and from school. a mile is how far a kid can bike to and from school. if you live beyond that, it is hard for a child and their family to get to school. three of the top five concerns from parents were traffic- related. you can see here. safety at intersections and crossings. the amount

tomorrow montgomery county as -school fairack-to from 11:00 until 2:00 at the carver educational services rockville, maryland. i look forward to being there. l be handing out t-shirts. so we'll jummy olabanji and brianne carter and john gonzalez. we hope to see you. another half-hour still ahead. the latest on breaking news in the district. of an apartment fire in southeast. of an apartment fire in sobama and i approve this message now mitt romney's attacking the president on medicare? the nonpartisan a-a-r-p says obamacare "cracks down on medicare fraud, waste, and abuse anred strengthens guaranteed benefits." d the ryan plan?n? a-a-r-p says it would undermine medicare and could lead to higher costs for seniors... and experts say ryan's voucher plan could raise future retirees costs more than six thousand dollars. get the facts. live and in hd, this is good morngin washington on your side. >> a live report on an apartment fire in southeast d.c. >> police say there was an robberyd bank overnight. this glad you were with us morning. it will be a pleasant friday. bright sunshine. increase i

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county public schools tomorrow and will hold the back- to-school fare from 11:00 until 2:00 at the carver educational services center in rockville. i will be at the event handing out t-shirts along with my colleague jummy olabanji and john gonzalez and brianne carter are. bring your students. it's going to be a good day. >> we are looking at 69 degrees early on this friday morning. >> local police officer killed in a line of duty will be honored during tomorrow's redskins game at fedex field. >> [unintelligible] >> allow the nationals to pay for it. >> some fans crying foul. it has to do with captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> the man responsible for one of the worst mass killings ever has been found sane by a judge in norway. anders breivik killed 77 people in a dual attack, bombing, and mass shooting. he was just found sane a few minutes ago. this is from a court in norway. they call it criminally responsible. sentenced to 1-0 to 21 years in prison. they can revisit that later on and at times to the sentence. right now he's responsible for the murders o

. >> this is one section of the new carver center, a high-tech building where students and staff remainnce. >> right now you're looking at a variety of graduates to installing the pieces they have worked on post-carver center so where they are right now at this time. >> the general consensus is we think they're a tiny bit spoiled. we are walking around and there's all this nice stuff and we are like we didn't have this! >> the building inspires the creativity, the creativity insphirs -- inspires the building. >> the building's amazing. the studios are amazing. they thought of everything. these lights everywhere in the studios, dimmable lights. >> a good bit of the building is still under wraps but had hasn't stopped students and staff members from setting the atmosphere. ♪ ♪ >> this is carver carpetry teacher. >> it's a great school. so much to offer. everybody gets together. >> annie unger will be among the first to the add to the school's long history of learning. >> it's a lot different than the old building. it's definitely very state-of-the-art. we went inside the theater. it was h

. >> we are standing here in front of carver, what an exciting time. this looks great.ell me about the school. >> this is a beautiful school. this is replacing the old school. we have students coming this morning to begin their 180 day field trip at their new school. this new school will house eventually over 1000 students, it's state of the art. it's going to be lead certified. a green school. once you get inside i can guarantee lit knock your socks off. >> reporter: tell me, dr. dance, this is his first school year here. he is excited glerve is excited. it's always a big deal on the first day of school. [no audio] [technical difficulties] [no audio] >>> massachusetts woman needs a new doctor because hers told her she was too fat to treat. >> he admits she has work to do, she is a little overweight. she was stunned when on a second visit to a primary care doctor she was informed they didn't want her as a patient because of her weight. the country's major physician group says this isn't illegal. doctors with exercise freedom in choosing with whom to enter in to a patien

he has been with the schools for 12 years, previously he was teaching at carver. >> he makes sure your final wish is granted and for that he is granted superstar dom. >> no such thing as a final score at this funeral home we will show you. we will show you how fans are taking their teams with them forever. >> on the weather front we are talking about what's left of ernesto and don't forget to check out your storm shield app. down load them now. they may help tomorrow. we have details coming up. >> here is my number, call me maybe. what do you do when you loose a phone? how not to loose your mind. next. on the news at 11. . >>> until death do us part but in death we will not part with our home team. >> tonight we will take to you a funeral home where fans live and die with the ravens. >> big ravens fan. >> reporter: chuck has spent his life with the die hards. >> amazing how people -- close people get to their teams. >> reporter: perfect for what espn was looking for. >> the ravens were getting ready to go to the super bowl. >> reporter: for two weeks they have been running this online

. >> come down probably the top -- >> today, he's in charge of the cathedral's masons and carvers.21 years, the job was all normal restoration and upkeep. >> then that all changed on august 23, 2011 at 1:53 p.m. >> you realized you were going to be in charge of putting this mess back together. >> having worked on the construction of it and immediately knowing wow. >> was that two pieces of stone? >> no. that was all attached to here. it was like this. it broke free up there and started creeping over with the vibrations, but the quake ended. again, another couple of seconds, i hate to think what would have happened. >> 2.5 tons of stone came down from one of the eight pinnacles. luckily, it fell 30 feet on to the roof of the tower. >> had it gone the other way, it would have fallen almost 200 feet through the roof of the transept here and i hate to think what would have happened then. we were very lucky. >> the other pinnacles also suffered damage. >> we give you thanks for the gift of stone. >> the quake's one-year anniversary was marked with a service and ringing of the cathedral'

. >> reporter: today, he's in charge of the cathedral's masons and carvers, and for 21 years, the job all normal restoration and upkeep. >> then that all changed on august 23, 2011, at 1:53 p.m. >> reporter: you realized you were going to be in charge of getting this mess put back together. >> having worked on the construction of it and just immediately knowing, wow. >> reporter: was that two pieces of stone? >> that was all attached to here, right? it was like this. and it broke free up there, and just started creeping over with the vibrations but the quake ended. you know, again, another couple of seconds, i hate to think what would have happened. >> reporter: two and a half tons of stone came down. luckily is fell just 30 feet on to the roof of the tower. >> had it gone the war other wat would have fallen almost 200 feet through the roof of the tranaccept the here, and i hate to think what would have happened then. we were very lucky. >> reporter: the other pinnacles also suffered damage. >> we give you thanks for the gift of stone. >> reporter: today, the quake's one-year annivers

. >> today, he is in charge of the masons and carvers and for 21 years, the job was all normal restoration upkeep. >> that changed on august 23, 2011 at 1:53 p.m.. >> you realize that you would be in charge of putting this mess back together? >> having worked on the construction of it and knowing it, wow. >> that was all attached to here, like this, and it broke free up there and it started creeping over with the vibrations, but the earthquake ended. and again, another few seconds, i hate to think what would have happened. >> 21 5 t of stones came down from the pinnacles and luckily it fell only 30 ft. onto the roof of the tower. >> had gone the other way it would have fallen almost 1 ft., through the roof of the transept here. i hate to think what would have happened then. we were very lucky. >> the other binnacles also suffered damage. >> we give you thanks for the gift of stone. >> the one-year anniversary was marked with a service and the ringing of the cathedral bells. and then it seemed fitting that he placed the first stone, officially beginning the repair stage that could take $20

down the killers was the biggest in the region since the nine hundred seventy three war with israel carver also deployed extra troops tanks and weaponry to the area while destroying many smuggling tunnels into goals up militant activity has surged in the synod peninsula since hosni mubarak was ousted last year israel based journalist yacov lop and believes chaos is the legacy of abrupt changes of power across the middle east and north africa. the attack was first of all to i think increase tensions between israel and egypt i think that's one of the. the attackers had in mind and second of all we have to remember that these organizations will leave that violence. and that justifies all means they believe in the act itself as an ideological goal to kill. their religion as they see responsible decision makers in egypt should be trying to increase cooperation with israel in order to ensure that these kind of homicide terrorists are not able to carry out their plans so very abscesses even opportunities for the countries closer together the islamists and especially the jihad these that we're tal

thanks to a twenty fifth minute goal from constantine on a second half brace from alexander culture carvers couple of seconds left in the one they were in monaco chelsea and a classic over dread go head to head in the european super cup running club one of europe's premier competition for the first time in their history by placing on penalties in a. world where victorious in the europa league chelsea striker from the torah is of course up against his former club. couldn't be more as personal for me. since it's a move from. the reporters they know i was one of them one of them. more than. twelve years of my life. fortunately my former. now talks have taken place in moscow trying to reduce football hooliganism within russia the police supporters groups and the premier league were all present with new legislation set to be introduced next month to try and curb the problem which a bump or plate has more. choking football hooliganism in russia is often discussed however every season the same problem. of rival supporters clashing both inside and outside stadiums across the country. part of the pr

. ♪ this is carver carpentry teacher. >> it is a great school.o much to offer. >> it is a lot different than the old building. it is very state of the art. we went inside the theater. i do not know what else to say. >> it will also become home to the new baltimore sun to the youth orchestra. the school has a 1000-seat theater. >> a little less than five weeks left in the regular-season and the orioles are in effect of the chase of the post season. it's far cry from the last decade. optimism abounds. there is a lot of excitement. >> we look at where we are right now. 67 and 57, that would have been good enough for anybody. e-mails will go ahead and take advantage of the opportunities -- you may as well go ahead and take advantage of the opportunities. the top two wild-card teams will make the playoffs. the orioles are tied with oakland and detroit. about a quarter of the season remaining to play. the excitement is something we have not known since 1997. >> it is getting to that point in the year where it is the time to make a run. any team can try

at the carver educational center in rockville. it features something for everyone, including information and resources for parents. health screening, kids' activities, and you can even get free school supplies. free shuttle buses will be running from several area schools all day to the fair. >>> legal trouble strikes again for a country music star. coming up, the fight that police say landed randy travis in handcuffs. >> he just can't stay out of trouble. >>> and why we could see the price of cell phones go up because of a court ruling on apple iphones. >>> and the recently retired redskin clinton portis is here. we're going to get his take on his career and plans for his future. he's made his choice. but what choices will women be left with? just like mitt romney, paul ryan would get rid of planned parenthood funding. in congress, ryan voted to ban all federal funding for planned parenthood and allow employers to deny women access to cancer screenings and birth control. and both romney and ryan backed proposals to outlaw abortion

, they don't even own a chainsaw but they're a chainsaw carver.ificial. >> reporter: you know how they always say build it and they will come? well, sometimes they don't. we stuck around for the next show where the official attendance was... >> second time in a week, fantastic >> reporter: ... well, this guy. i just like to be fascinated by different things, you know. >> reporter: not that others didn't consider attending. ray always picks an audience member for the personalized belt buckle act. my odds weren't good. i didn't know we were going to stray into family planning. no blood on it at all. not a drop of blood. both nights the few who did come to ray's show seemed to really like it. >> very interesting. he's wonderful. >> reporter: you would expect to hear at least one kid say, dad, are we really in a metal warehouse watching a man try to write numbers on a maas trd seed with a chainsaw? i mean, it is a family vacation. what better time to introduce youngsters to the fine arts. >> cowan: still to come, the camp paul newman built. but next >

when he come out of louisiana he said, "george washington carver made a lot out of a peanut, and a harmonica is a little bigger," and i'll be dogged if he did not. he sent the price of a harmonica from five cents to what it cost you today, and he passed away, but i tell b.b. king, and before you pass away, i say, "if it wasn't for you two guys, we all could afford to buy a guitar or harmonica." a guitar was $3.98 before b.b. king made "3:00 in the morning." tavis: yes. [laughter] and the price went up. >> out of reach for me, for sure. tavis: what was your relationship like with leonard chess at chess records, of course based there in chicago, and i ask that because a lot of history of chess records came to understand it better when the movie "cadillac records" came out, with jeffrey wright and beyoncÉ. a lot of folks saw the movie and got a better understanding of and chess records and all that they did in that era. what was your relationship like with leonard chess? >> well, first of all i did not see the movie yet. was there a lot of cursing in the movie? tavis: it was enough. >> yes, bec

you are a chain saw carver. >> i did. they're all going to get auctioned off. have one auction on wednesday and one on labor day. those proceeds are going to go to the state fair scholarship fund. >> that is needed. people come here tomorrow and bid on one of your carvings. when can they see you do it as well? >> i have showtimes at 3:00, 5:00, and 7:00. -- or, 1:00, 3:00, and 7:00. >> i'm going to put on my earphones. safety glasses. that is important, too. we will let you get to it. i'm having some issues. >> that is good stuff. >> i started out ice carving. i started maybe 20 years ago. >> very good. >> you can come here tomorrow. every day, 10:00 a.m. i cannot even get it on. >> the head would be knocked off. >> the chainsaws amazing, don't you think? >> that is a lot of detail with the chain saw. pretty impressive stuff. all kinds of cool stuff to see down there. it is a monday start for us this morning. you'll feel that when you step out. this is nothing of any consequence. i think as we had to the afternoon, it will taper off. it will be a fairly decent

typical of carver suggestion bicycle accidents. >> half of them seem to be the fault of the driver andfault of bicyclists. >> reporter: keturi says fellow bicyclists are concerned about the accidents. he says he feels comfortable in bicycling but says it requires a watchful eye. >>> the sister of facebook ceo mark zuckerberg is working for his competitor, facebook. another sister tweeted, congrats fire bird. there are now more zuckerberg's working for google than facebook. >>> another major power outage strikes india. also ahead the new tool offering hope to bay area scientists trying to unravel some of the universes biggest mysteries. >>> and back here in 10 minutes it's warming up for your wednesday. we'll show you how warm it's going to get in your neighborhood, see you back here. >>> some vacationers got a show they weren't expecting. the cause of a fire in a hotel in the las vegas strip. >>> investigatorss say an air conditioner started a fire. people on the 36th floor of treasure island were evacuated. at least 13 people were checked for smoke inhalation. no one was seriously hur

>> pumpkin carvers coming on labor day weekend, which is exciting. we have concerts coming up tuesday night, the news boys and on friday night, victoria justice and the band perry on saturday night. lots of neat things going, on all kinds of great food. i'm here at the ice cream stand is great and milk shakes. >> sounds like a lot of fun. >> thank you. >> and whether you're staying home, traveling with your pet care -- >> meteorologist ava marie. >> we will got our pet segment in a little bit. first, a live look outdoors from skycam. 74 at b.w.i. thurgood marshall and boy does it look cloudy out there right now. light sprinkles so far but the bulk of the rain is on the way. we are tracking that on h.d. doppler. we have sprinkles earlier, now it looks like the shield the rain is to the south of annapolis right now, much of this light in nature. the bulk of the heavy stuff is south of st. mary's county into virginia. ocean city could get a heavy shower as rain advances into delaware. a wider view to see what's happening. the storm system tracking up th

typical of carver suggestion bicycle accidents. >> half of them seem to be the fault of the driver ande the fault of bicyclists. >> reporter: keturi says fellow bicyclists are concerned about the accidents. he says he feels comfortable in bicycling but says it requires a watchful eye. >>> the sister of facebook ceo mark zuckerberg is working for his competitor, facebook. another sister tweeted, congrats fire bird. there are now more zuckerberg's working for google than facebook. >>> another major power outage strikes india. also ahead the new tool offering hope to bay area scientists trying to unravel some of the universes biggest mysteries. >>> and back here in 10 minutes it's warming up for your wednesday. we'll show you how warm it's going to get in your neighborhood, >>> investigatorss say an air conditioner started a fire. people on the 36th floor of treasure island were evacuated. at least 13 people were checked for smoke inhalation. no one was seriously hurt. >>> a 9-year-old boy with a wish to go camping is being blamed for a house fire in east palo alto. firefighters were call

kelly jacobson heard the cat trying to escape, so she called jeff carver who had to carefully snare thed animal with a net. >> gives you that little adrenalin boost that's better than a double cappuccino. >> i don't like cats. >> look so trendily. right? experts say the bobcat is very young, just 10 to 12 week old. the cat will remain at the rehab center where a bobcat whethill become her foster mother. >>> the u.s. is looking for more gold in the pool today. greg louganis will be joining us, he'll be there cheering along. he's joining us live from london next. ale announcer ] how do you define your moment? the blissful pause just before that rich sweetness touches your lips. the delightful discovery, the mid-sweetening realization that you have the house all to yourself. well, almost. the sweet reward, making a delicious choice that's also a smart choice. splenda no-calorie sweetener. with the original sugar-like taste you love and trust. splenda makes the moment yours. a living, breathing intelligence helping business, do more business. in here, opportunities are created and protected

tmz producer casey carver joins us live from l.a. casey, lindsay is not accused of taking the jewelry this time. what is the connection this time here? >> you're back. >> all right. let me ask you about lindsay lohan. she's not accused of taking jewelry in this case. what is she accused of? >> i heard her say she was back. i lost all -- . >> all right, we're going to move on. we're going to move on here. moving on. to other story. >>> about a family hollywood director tony scott. we told but this yesterday. denying reports that inoperatable brain cancer prompted him to take his own life. autopsy results are being deferred up to eight weeks until toxicology results can come in. he died after jumping off of a bridge in los angeles on sunday. he left behind several notes to loved ones. scott is best known for making films, including "top gun" and "beverly hills cop two." >>> controversial comments lead to calls for one congressman to call it quits. the mounting pressure for todd akin to abandon his bid for senator and defiance against h

our stone carvers have been busy recarving the stone. >> reporter: on the fix-it list, cone shaped pinnacles you find on the scaffolding here on the cathedral towers. they include two more that remain on display fenced in rear here in front of the church. they took a toll on statues and gargoyles, too. it could take years and upwards of $25 million to fix it all. at a little more than 2 million raised, it's a major task the cathedral is taking on stone by stone. an angie goff, news 4. >> the campaign that runs through midnight thursday has raised more than $14,000 so far. you can find out how to donate at nbcwashington,.com. >>> the national cathedral campaign runs through midnight on thursday. we told you how to get involved, nbcwashington.com. >>> nasa hopes to get the mars rover curiosity on the move this week. yesterday it used its laser beam as target practice burning a small hole into a nearby rock. next the flit continues with command curiosity moving ilts wheels from side to side. it's the first drive since landing on the red planet on august 6th. >>> we want to check in with tom kee

the free event runs from 11:00 this morning until 2:00 at the carver educational services center in rockville. it features something for everyone, including information and resources for parents, health screenings, kids activities, and even free school supplies. free shuttle buses will also be running from several area schools to the fair all day long. >>> kids and community members in the district are getting ready to get back to school with the city's annual beautification today. 4,000 volunteers will spend the day sprucing up the inside and outside of 115 d.c. public schools to get them ready to welcome students on monday. they'll be doing everything from cleaning to painting and landscaping from 8:00 this morning until 1:00 this afternoon. the city doesn't need any more volunteers, but you can still help by'd dropping off books an other school supplies. >> we want to remind you our backpack for kids drive is still going on. with the help of you, we are distributing more than 3,000 backpacks across the area, and a special thanks to our viewers for the apple federal credit union and comcast

our stone carvers have been busy recarving the stone. >> on the list to fix, cone-shaped pinnacles on the scaffolding here on the cathedral towers. they include two more that remain on display fenced in right here in front of the church. the quake took a toll on many statues, gargoyles too. looking ahead, it could take years and upwards of $25 million to fix it all. at a little more than $2 million raised it's a major task the cathedral is taking on stone by stone. angie goff, news 4. >>> the fundraising campaign runs through midnight thursday. you can find out more information on our website, nbc washington.com. >>> back to school for students in prince george's county. the first day came with the announcement of a new interim superintendent. dr. alvin crawley. parents have an opportunity to weigh in on who should be the permanent replacement. there is a moving forward forum tomorrow at bowie high school and another one on august 30th at northwestern high. both will be starting at 6:30 in the evening. >>> a cool and damp start for kids returning to school. >> how is the week go to go

tmc producer casey carver joins us live from l.a. and first he was booted from the miami dolphins and might be losing another job. what more can you tell bus this? >> right, so after the arrest this weekend for alleged on domestic violence, he had a meeting with the coach of the miami dolphins, and they cut him immediately and that is supposed to start airing in september and they cut back from their lineup. >> and has he responded to that? any statements from chad himself? >> and there is nothing as of now. he was cut from the football team and lost his show. >> okay. >> and let's move on to the olympic gold medalist who calls himself the greatest at least of all time. the former kind medal winner, begs to differ? >> he does. we got bruce jenner at the airport and he does not agree. he said it might be the greatest sprinter of all times and not the greatest athlete, you know, he can't do the high jump. he can't do the hurdles, and the discus throwing. and he thinks there is no way to do that and is not the greatest athlete of all ti

in rockville at the carver educational services center. we were showing some great tips on the screen while we were talking. i would urge parents to go back, look at this from myfoxdc.com, check out our interview if you missed any of that because the information can really save lives if we're being quite honest. >> absolute. >> i applaud you in the work you're doing, john mccarthy the montgomery county state's attorney. thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you. >>> a 5-year-old oklahoma boy forced to turn his university of michigan t-shirt inside out at school is getting help from some friends. now, the school has the dress code policy banning all sports apparel not from within the state of oklahoma for gang- related reasons. michigan's athletic director got wind of the story and has a solution if this happens again. but i'm not sure the high school will agree. check this out. >> this is as you will see a michigan football t-shirt that we're going to send to cooper. but what i want you to understand about this t-shirt --

. >> we do, from 11:00 to 2:00 at carver center up in rockville. we have transportation sites at 12 different transportation sites all around the county. it's all over the web. we expect 10,000 to 15,000 people and they should come out for information, as well as a lot of family, fun, games and entertainment and things like that. >> get everybody all excited about heading back on monday. >> that's right. >> good luck with this year. i'm sure it will be, as always, a challenge, but a lot of fun, too. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you for coming. >>> today, nasa engineers hope to test drive their mars rover. nasa scientists want to drive curiosity forward ten feet, make it turn and move it backward. if everything goes as planned, the one ton rover will make its first tracks today. engineers switched the rover software from landing mode to surface mode but haven't had a chance yet to drive it around. curiosity landed on mars earlier this month. you'll remember tom kierein has been watching and he wants to go up there, too, on that rover. tom? >

>> on saturday from 11:00 to 2:00 at carver center, we have our annual back to school fair. it's a great opportunity for folks to come out and get information about what's going on at the schools, the community, have fun, play game. we expect 10,000 to 15,000 people this saturday from 11:00 to 2:00 in rockville. >> good to see you. thanks for coming in this morning. don't forget, enjoy your last weekend. jess, daily deals. over to you. >> thank you, mike. >>> i've been combing through the day's daily deals to find you some deep discounts. here are some thursday's favorites. listen up, terps. here's a deal for you on groupon. get discounts for the university of maryland athletics. you can go see football and soccer for up to 54% off. there are three options available. tickets start at just $8. get that car looking like new. the smart car wash in woodbridge has this deal with google offers. pay $35 for three platinum full service washes. that's a $72 value. a lot of kids need flash drives. how about the usb flash drive by bestbuy.com. they look like some of your sci- fi charac

. >> checking in the latest with hollywood we have casey carver joining us from testimony. casey, what's the deal with prince harry and these photos? >> oh, boy. >> sheesh. >> they are amazing photos. it looks like prince harry had a good time in vegas. >> definitely looks like it. >> well, he was in vegas partying and he was at a suite and i guess it looks like they were playing some pool, sans clothes, strip poker going on maybe. you know, just a lot of different "fun" things going on in the hotel room. >> we talked about it earlier wisdom and i out here. isn't someone minding the young prince? like doesn't he have a chaperone that says, you might not want to do that? >> not your best idea. one would think. but apparently he was left out on his own to his own devices and this is what happens. he is a fun one, though. he is a prince and knows how to have a good time. >> clearly playing pool and ending up naked in a room with some females. okay. >> we should say this is tmz's exclusive pictures too that we're looking at. goodness only knows what these other -- i heard this

hey it's time to check hollywood headlines with our friend casey carver in tmz.rning, casey. >> reporter: good morning. >> all right. let's get down to business. cuba gooding, junior, ran into some trouble in the big easy? >> yes. he got in a little bit of trouble. he was out at a bar and got a little agitated and angry at people recognizing him. they are asking for photos, things like that. he was asked to leave. he allegedly shoved the bartender on his way out. cops are talking with his lawyers now so they can get this taken care of. and obviously, hopefully not have him arrested, no jail time so he can take care of it, do what he needs to do and go back to filming his movie with oprah. >> was there a report there are too many photographs being taken of him or something? is that what set it off? >> that set off to people coming up and taking photographers asking for his autograph things like that is what set off the whole debacle. >> things are so out of character. we have never heard anything like this about cuba gooding in his 20 years-plus making movies. >>

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this goes back to ben franklin and thomas alva edison and george washington carver, let alone landingl these people believed in science. this morning, everybody's talking about hurricane isaac, and we're watching satellite maps made with spacecraft orbiting the earth, and this all comes from science. if you have this idea that the earth is only 6,000 years old, you are denying, if you will, everything that you can touch and see. you're not paying attention to what's happening in the universe around you. >> but you do know -- >> as i say, this is bad for kids. >> but bill nye, you do know not everybody feels this way. the latest statistics show many people believe, 46% believe that god created man, 32% believe that humans evolve with god's guidance and only 15% believe in evolution alone. can you see another side, why people feel the way they do? >> oh, well, as they say, you can believe what you want religiously. religion is one thing, but science, provable science is something else. my concern is you don't want people growing up not believing in radioactivity, not believing in geolog

at the carver educational services center in rockville.h screenings, kids activities, and even you can get free school supplies. free shuttle buses will also be running from several area schools to the fair all day. >>> we're going to check what could be a wet forecast next. >>> there is already rain in some areas to get the weekend started. let's get a look at the forecast now. tom kierein is in stormcenter 4. good morning. >> good morning. >>> around the region, we've got a cloudy sky. it's mild and humid. we're in the low to mid-70s now. yes to our south, storm team 4 radar showing moderate showers. areas in yellow, st. mary's county, across the tidal potomac toward the northern neck into spotsylvania. these are advancing to the north. they'll be moving over the metro area the next couple of hours. during the afternoon hours, passing showers, maybe thunder and lightning, highs reaching near 80. if you're going out tonight, might get passing showers through the evening with thunder and lightning. sunday, partly sunny into the mid-80s. sm