vwe asked charlene to beta teste wione in her home.t?nch, so it looks really nice on your wall. it also has 2d to cinema 3d conversion, which means you can turn anything that's on the television into 3d. i would recommend it to anyone. vo: beta tested, charlene approved. get this slim lg 55 inch l.e.d. flatscreen now for just $999. if it's not your perfect match we'll pick it up and take it back for free. only at best buy. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: ha-ha-ha. good one, jimmy. welcome back to late night, we're here playing the tv game show classic "pyramid." and our special guests tonight are ellen barkin and jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] i'm your host steve higgins and ellen, who are you playing with? >> i'm playing with ashley from dallas, texas. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: who is your partner, jimmy? >> jimmy: this is chris from los angeles, california right here. ♪ >> steve: here is how we play, you'll each pick a category, and you will try to get your partner to guess as many words or phrases in that category

i want to say hello to charlene. >> does she know today is your birthday? >> i didn't mention that. >> happy birthday, tucker barnes. >> here we go. 79 in washington. a gift no me would be slightly cooler and drier air. that is all i ask for. 77 in leonardtown. sat light radar, we're quiet. we do have a weak cold front off to the west. it is bringing a for you showers to western maryland and west virginia. we might see a for you showers the first part of the day. it won't be much cooler and drier today but maybe a little better this afternoon as we'll gradually improve and tonight, we'll fall back near 07 instead of 80. gradually improving conditions here. 87 today. still going to be hot and humid with scattered showers or storms then again this morning. >> i like how you are so hopeful, a little better this afternoon. >> wait until you see the seven- day. >> time to take a look at traffic on tucker's birthday j how many candles is that? i ran out of hand -- how many candle is that? >> i ran out of hand. >> charlene mentioned to me, why aren't you nicer to

charlene has forced 3 state senators into early retirement. godaddy.com. charlene on the outside. the inside. ♪ >>> on the case now. a murder suspect who surrenders himself in detroit and then gets to do up by police. the 36-year-old man wanted for shooting and killing at this home in detroit. he shows up to surrender at a fire station. he waits for four hours. police never showed up. he took a cab himself to the police station. detroit's police chief said in a press release every effort to ensure this person was taken into police custody should have occurred. should have occurred end quote. let me bring in defense attorney ann brimner. obviously the suspect did more than what was expected of him the do you think prosecutors will take that into consideration. perhaps cut a deal with him, lighter sentence because of this? >> they probably will. you think what do you have to do to get arrested in this town? it's a homicide. >> what happened? >> unbelievable. i think some impact in terms of charges if not there then in terms of a sentence. often at sentences you look at whether someo

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charlene dukes. >> it has impacted me and all of the community colleges in mars an across the nation. i think there are previous presidents that talk about it but we need to make sure that america retains it's place as number one, being the most highly educated nation in the world, and what he said is community colleges, you're educating more than half of the students that are enrolled in the nation's institutions of higher education. and we see that you have a role to play here in ensuring that we want to reach that number one spot. >> and prince georges, you have been identified as a champion of change, thanks to a program that is the first of it's kind in the state of maryland. >> right, it's the academy of health sciences. it's a partnership between the colleges and the prince georges public schools. a year ago, we admitted 100 students who are 9th graders. they are interested in pursuing some time of education. some want to be nurses, other pediatricia pediatricians, lab technicians, they're taking their lab and high school courses simultaneously. so when that class graduates fro

around here, we just go to charlene's jar of candy. >> lots of stuff in there. scams. the better business bureau will be here with what voters need to look out for, coming up. >> in this morning's medical alert, lung cancer patients live longer if they're married. a study from the university of maryland medical center looked at more than 100 patients with non-small cell lung cancer and found that over a third of married patients were alive after three years compared to 10% of single patients. researchers say having a strong support system appears to play a role in survival. for example, having someone available to take firefighters doctor's appointments and manage medications. a local organization is dedicated to finding a treatment for sarcoidosis which affects one in every 2,000 americans. joined by the founder and president of life and breath foundation, and dr. david muller. doctor, tell us about sarcoidosis. >> sarcoidosis is a disease that causes inflammation, where the white cells in the body, the cells that fight infection, clump together in microscopic

i had the pleasure of introducing charlene harris.he wrote the stack house series that inspired truebloods. boy did she have great fans to see her. >> everything went off this weekend except for saturday afternoon we had a couple of showers and storms. >> it didn't happen on the mall. >> it was hit and miss and that is fine. rain chances increased for the second half of the week. and we'll be watching that. until then we have very nice, early fall weather for you. here's a look at your bus stop forecast, we have some spots that you are down in the mid to upper 40s west of town. near 60 by the bay. sunrise until just before 7:00 a.m. little cloudy early, then we get into a sunny day. by noon 65, nice. this afternoon's highs will be near 70, maybe 71. winds turning from northwest to west at 5 to 8 miles per hour and a 5:00 temperature right about 67 degrees. you see the 40s here in gage they aresburg -- in gaithersburg, bowie 50. andrews over at 53. good morning scott, scott posts every morning on facebook telling me what is happening o

charlene dukes. >> it's our pleasure really to partner with nbc 4, pnc bank and shred-it.o the community. all about service. so in addition to education, it's about service. >> reporter: does the school have a recycling program on campus? >> we do. our students are really environmentally friendly, and they want us to be. as a matter of fact, we have 50 students who are here today making sure these documents are shredded in a safe manner. >> reporter: thank you for having us. we really appreciate it. the event will last until 11:00 a.m. if you want to get your documents shredded, you have to make sure your car is in line by 11:00. we want the thank all of our volunteers and our partners for helping to make this a success. reporting live in largo, maryland, seth lemon, news 4. >> just about 45 minute to make it out there, seth. thanks so much. >> the time right now 10:13. from earth to outer space, new images from mars. >> if you planning on taking photos strap on the rain gear. >> i'm optimistic you'll like tomorrow. >>> you're watching news 4 today the weekend addition. co

good morning charlene, you are on. caller: thank you for taking my call. the question is, is the recovery in the air. yes, i think there is recovery in the air. i do want to make a distinction. african americans are definitely still out of the job recovery. there are still no jobs for african americans. nobody is talking about it. nobody is doing anything about it in terms of leaders, elected officials. president obama has done a lot for the immigrant population. he has done a lot for other populations, and specifically african americans here in the country. i am little bit disturbed by it. i know people who are working that have master's degrees and a ph.d. is, they are not making as much as their counterparts who have just basilar degrees and high-school diplomas. that is a disgrace. -- bachelor degrees and high- school diplomas. host: i would point to this article today. there is more on the wall street journal if that topic interests you. let me show you a few more results. this is available on-line. as i mentioned, they have quite a number of economic

[laughter] and you will have noticed that charlene's latest -- charlize theron's latest movie was not florence of arabia. [laughter] and so the answer is, i don't know. i wish -- or as we say, as they say at state department briefings, i have nothing for you on that at this time. [laughter] >> my second question is, once you start on your project, how do you discipline yourself, and what is your writing day like? [laughter] >> people sometimes say, oh, you know, you write funny books. do you laugh as you write? and to that i say, if you were to walk into my study while i was writing, the sound that you are likelier to hear is a soft whimper. [laughter] or even pathetic sob. [laughter] it's, you just, you just stay at it. someone once asked anthony burgess in whose company i certainly don't put myself how it was that he managed to write two books a year. he was very prolific. and he said, well, i write a thousand words a day. and in 100 days, i have a book. it doesn't quite work that way. people have said, well, how long did your last book take? and my answer is 59 years. [laughter] wh