a look at the virginia, dominion command center as they go through their own drill. >> president and first lady getting some laughs this morning. michelle obama's top ten one liners from the david letterman show and a mash up of the president's speeches, set to a current hit on the radio. i have not seen that yet. >> i either. looking forward to it. >> tucker barnes is down stairs in the weather center. this is where it all happens the nerve center good morning. >> that's right we are working hard down here, trying to verify it will be 75 today, sure enough it is, live shot, looking fine, partial sunshine to start your day after a cool start should be a nice afternoon, could be a few showers again today just like yesterday. just be ready for it most of your day nice and dry, current temperature regan national, as mentioned, 60s start with hd radar just want to point out a few showers south and east of the city, down near cambridge showers hanging out and a few more west, south and west, manassas there, well out to the south and west, as you get out towards front royal, a few showers

virginia dominion power. if not later in this broadcast, tonight, because we want to keep people posted on the latest information. dan, thanks for the latest on that. >> no problem. >> i'm not here to defend the power companies. but what we had yesterday was one in a 30-year event. 80-mile-per-hour winds. not just in pockets. normally, we have thunderstorms and maybe two will be severe. and maybe it will cover two or four squire mile area. but this was across the board. very, very unusual. more power out with this than hurricane isabel in '03. >> and you're right. we're just trying to get the best information. >> and we had a similar situation with blizzard. you're not just putting in new mother boards. they're going to have to put in what they call sticks. and that's by hand. you just can't do that quickly. so it is what it is. and again, the good news is, that happens much more often in the midwest and not very often here in the east. but it does seem over the past 15 years, we've had some interesting weath

we could -- they just told me now more than a half million people without power between pepco and dominion. so again this is a prolific wind machine and with that in mind you just knew of that probably going to be happening this evening -- knew that was probably going to be happening this evening. these storms are moving east, slightly northeast in some cases. i've got an updated movement, still at 56 to 60 miles per hour, these storms are continuing to move on through. just look at the lightning. guys, bring the radar back up to full screen so everybody can see what i was focused in on. those look like the strongest part of this line right now from beltsville to greenbelt to mitchellville and to largo. again that lapse takes you back about 45 minutes and you can see just how much land that it's covering, just how much real estate. it's moving out across 50 now. it's about to move into anne arundel, pasadena, severna park, chesapeake beach. very, very long lived line of thunderstorms here as this has come down from ohio as well. i do want to mention that if you are basically in the central

a new poll indicates the president has a slight lead in the old dominion. it comes as the first lady visits supporters in virginia. she made a surprise stop. scott thuman was the only local reporter there. >> i guess the big story today is what happened after this event here in dale city. mrs. obama decided to make a surprise visit. she stopped at mom's apple pie bakery. they had a heads up that somebody would be there is about and an hour's time the first lady walks into a lot of surprised faces. she shakes some hands and gives some hogs. the d.c. this is 6-year-old who offered to play the violin for him. she pulled it out and played"ode to joy." the first lady said, i would be killed if i do not get out of here with a pie. meaning she better bring something back to the white house. the big story is what happened at the vfw. the first time the first lady has gone out on the road by herself in this campaign. >> virginia, let me ask you one last question. are you in? >> for the first time in this race michelle obama in virginia and solo encouraging supporter

dominion has 450,000 customers without electricity. bge more than 12,000 reporting outages in the area. smeco, they're reporting about 45,000 customers that do not have electricity pi and novec 28,000 people without power. >> those crews are really in for a brutal day. >> several hours. by noon time easily over 90 degrees. the heat index will be unbelievable today. not just here but for the eastern half of the nation we're talking about this extreme heat. today's high temperature we're going for record heat. between 5:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. today they'll be scattered, not widespread, not as powerful as the storms we got yesterday. high heat continues tomorrow. >> stay with us for continuing coverage. wel

it makes me a more responsible person. >> reporter: these days of dance here at dominion are numberederally. >> i have to go out of the usa july 30. >> reporter: that is when his visa expires. >> it's really hard to deal with because he's one of the most influential people in my life. it is really sad. >> he fills a hole that probably won't be able to be filled as well. >> reporter: on one hand it will be good to see his home in colombia, south america again, but it would be a bitter sweet home coming. >> i had my group, my studen students -- >> reporter: and his heart and his life's work. derrick ward, news 4. >> they'll miss him. >> they are indeed. >>> coming up on news 4, would you jump out of bed more quickly in the morning if you thought a bomb was about to go off on your night stand? >> i would not go to sleep with that thing on. look at that. it is scary. >> get me an alarm clock. >> one inventor is betting on it. we'll have the story next. >>> coming up, a heated argument after a mother's murder in d.c. tonight her best friend is in jail facing charges. a new casino opens thi

right now pepco has more than 420,000 people without power, dominion reporting 450,000, bge, 12,500. the numbers just keep rolling in. potomac edison 50,000, smeco, about 45200 this morning and novec has 40,000 without power. >> the power companies want you to let them know. we'll be giving you the phone numbers for to you call and let them know there's an outage. they say be patient, they've got a lot of ground to cover. >> this really was a worst case situation for a summertime type of an event. we're talking about the fact that we could see scattered strong to possibly severe storms later today. not going to be as wide spread as yesterday, but know that there is that possibility of getting some storms around the area. 73 degrees. our wind out of the north at 7 miles per hour. not helping a bit, that wind because it's so humid. with high humidity and high heat today temperature expected to get up to 100 degrees. for several hours our heat index will be up around 110. every county there shaded in pink, montgomery county, howard county, baltimore county, over to loudoun county and do

dominion power says they have more than six under 50,000 customers without power. pepco has plenty of problems. let's talk with petco from -- let's talk with pepco for the latest. >> our numbers are over 326,000 customers out. we have about 51,000 out and the district 175,000 in montgomery county. 170,000 prince george's county. >> we have had plenty of storms like this the past few fridays. how does this compare? >> we have over 300,000 out tonight, last friday was 40,000. >> you were prepared for this and had some sort of plan in place to get people back with their lights on? >> yes we already had crews working on heat related outages. they will shelter while the storm passes, then go back out again and work around the clock until everyone is restored. one of the biggest concerns right now is safety. if people see downed wires please assume they are energized, stay away, and call 877-pepco-62. report your outage if you have an outage. it called the same number. you can also reported on line at pepco.com, or through our app. >> the good thing is the temperatures h

this was over at washington old dominion trail and fall church. flash flooding at 6:22. hopefully that has gone back down. thunderstorm wind damage in clinton and prince george's county at 5:04. so these storms have had everything. hail, funnel cloud in severn, anne arundel county. it's just been a nonstop show. look at all the lightning with the storms up toward baltimore, especially up toward baltimore and back toward the beltway, our beltway. so we're not done yet but the good news is there are no tornado warnings west of town. there are still tornado warnings east of town, anne arundel county, northern prince george's county and howard county until 7:30. back to you guys. >> thank you topper. we want to get back to bruce leshan looking at some severe flooding, some cars submerged. we understand, bruce, you have caught up with someone involved in all of this. for viewers just joining us can you please establish your exact location for us? >> reporter: we're on eastern avenue at olive street in the deanwood area, right on the d.c./maryland line, prince george's county

dominion power is down. has fewer than 3000 lights. a customercall service line. the good news, it is a much different story outside today. we have a quick check of our first forecast. >> it feels a lot different. temperatures are still above 90 degrees across most of the area. we are looking at a dry air mass. dropped to 89 at reagan national airport. we call for a dry overnight. have cooler air on the way to a cold front. that will bring us a couple of of cool air. by friday, we could be looking temperatures near 100 degrees. at the forecast. we will have a look at tropical betty. toemergency crews rushed the are rena in arlington for what is being described as a jet ski explosion. they were thrown off of the jet ski and that is when they were burned. >> pretty much all of the hull pieces.rated into two it opened right now. >> the father and the sun ended up in the water. besides some burns, one victim back.is a woman was sexually assaulted overnight and prince george's forty police are looking the person responsible. attack happened on cypress creek drive. a wo

right now dominion power still reports 67,000 customers without power, in and around richmond. >>> that is a stadium where the flying squirrels play. >> really. >> true. >> parts of prince georges county were hit hard by friday's micro burst they could be eligible for federal aid the storm damaged or destroyed more than 20 homes and left at least two people hurt anyone in prince georges county dealing with structural damage from the storm, is asked to call the emergency operations center, that number is (301)583-2230. >>> they had tornado warnings yesterday in richmond. >> yeah, they did. >> they had severe weather in fact, much of the thunderstorm activity that we got going here really intensified, south of us yesterday. >> scary stuff and scary to hear the sirens going off in that stadium shot. >> yes. >> ominous weather. >> tony doesn't like wicked weather i try to stay away from that. >> mix it up. >> hey, our forecast. real quick around here absolutely perfect we will take a look at our maps. tropical storm debbie, and not much change we checked in 24 hours ago, just spitting there

residents immediately called 911 and dominion cut the power. as far as what cost it, no definitive word, simply a power surge or too much electricity. one thing they are calling a bizarre coincidence -- the body of a 40-year-old was discovered. officials say there is no correlation. this is simply a bizarre coincidence. as far as when the power will be back on, it could be several hours. >> a special-education teacher in chantilly is behind bars after investigators say they found child pornography on his home computer. robert fenn was a teacher at poplar tree elementary school. a letter from the principle said they have no reason to believe children from the school were involved. investigators say they think he had been receiving the images for some time and did not go into details. >> we are not looking to any dramatic moves trade anything we do, i will talk to colleagues. >> the at large member, phil mendelson, was unanimously elected to fill the seat of kwame brown who resigned last week after pleading guilty to bank fraud. mendelssohn will

more than 100,000 dominion power customers are without power. the city's minor league baseball teams stadium was also badly damaged and the storm. here in our area, no storms today but plenty of clean up. bladensburg is spending a third day picking up but for friday night's storm. coming up later in the newscast we will have the latest on the cleanup and why some people will not be allowed to go home for quite some time now. for the weather tonight, the cool down has arrived. steve joins us now with a look at the overnight for tests. everybody was talking about how beautiful it is outside. >> a much different story the further south you go. the coolest we have outside is all part of a cool front. this is where the front is located now, moving through the outer banks of north carolina. high pressure will settle overhead a bit of a chill in the air for tomorrow. waking up, temperatures around 60 degrees. noontime, middle to upper 70's. approaching 80 degrees. where did summer go? the extended outlook shows temperatures near 100 degrees. glaxo summ

mitt romney is in the old dominion for a second day after spending yesterday in roanoke and he will be in sterling for an afternoon event. john gonzalez is covering the big story live in sterling. >> that's right, the latest news is that mitt romney will be here in this industrial park in sterling, va. and speaking at e.d.i.t with specializes in electronic devices. his opponents are already here. hundreds of blue collar workers in sterling are getting ready to agree presidential candidate mitt romney. >> the rich keep getting richer so we have us -- we somehow have to even that out a little bit. >> local resident the leaves he is paying too much for gas. >> i'm waiting to hear a little bit more. >> as mitt romney had to sterling, is wasting no time challenging president obama on immigration reform. >> stakes are looking to find a way to solve the problems he did not address. the president failed to lead them to the president says voters now have a choice between his agenda and that republicans when it comes to the issue. he has a new policy that removes the threat of deportation for yo

the power of the federal government ow across the main streets of america and impose unprecedented dominion on communities and loe confederation of states and ntrazed governme so lincoln, when he gives his address was under such threat he has to com d.c. on the sly. as detective alan pinkerton thought there was an attempt to assassinate lincoln many southerners would make jokes about the desire to assassinate lincoln. the day after his election, south carolina announces its secession convention. southerners threatened, as you know in previous weeks for years to secede if their rights as slave owners were not respected lincoln's election begins this. the rst seven st to sede. over a month before lincoln even the seven states had seceded. so his goal for giving the inaugural address is based on the oath of office he takes to preserve the union. yeah? >> i know there are articles of secession. is there another date when it was actually ratified? >> yeah. >> these were the dates they were ratified. south carolina announces its secession convention the day after the election starts in november.

it has taken dominion power groupcrew longer than expected to restore power. residents at the apartments all the ground outside their home smoking and smoldering with flames shooting up from underground power lines. fortunately, no one was hurt. they define more damage once the sun came up today. expect everything will be wrapped up soon. >> we could soon have a piece of the biggest group -- the vegas strip right along the potomac. he says the state of maryland has been in talks with the firm that manages the mgm grand hotel and casino in las vegas. a proposed site would fit the bill perfectly. >> it is really about a resort- type of facility. gambling is part of it. part of our overall entertainment venue prepress officials are expected to announce today who would manage the proposed casino. they say the site at national harbour could bring in up to $100 million for the state each year. >> this started as a a strange citing. one thing led to another. >> here it is. you can see why some people thought they saw a ufo. our john gonzales talked to some of these p

. >> dominion or something, two. >> i mean two. >> a quorum. >> right. >> stephen: all right, now jack besides being a esteemed charleston yan, also a contributing writing for happener, garden and gun magazine, obviously, you are also the author of a new book, a bunch of amateurs, a search for the american character. okay. why, i got my own theory. but why are am muirs if your opinion the american character. >> well, from the beginning, everybody in europe thought we were a bunch of amateur yahoo!s, fools, unlettered people, self-made frontiersman, davey crockett types. and all the way up until i believe the europeans view of us really hasn't changed in those 200 changes. >> stephen: really, well we kicked their as in concord, did we not. >> we did. but that doesn't stop them from looking down their nose at us. europeans thought it was a fact that american men were smaller, weaker. small never every sense of the word. and all of the our women were were more infertile an and-- our animals were even stupid. they thought the vapors of north america made us stupid, ignorant and mean. >> st

here's a look at the latest numbers, pepco reporting 5,900 customers in the dark, virginia dominion power with 300 outages and 9,300 outages for bg and e customers without power. >>> we are following other news tonight, still ahead new developments in the trayvon martin case, why george zimmerman is heading back to jail. >> plus inside this courthouse a local gang member accused of sex trafficking underage girls learns his fate as we learn new details about the prostitution ring. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity over any other provider. ♪ love can be so mystical ♪ >>> it looks like a funnel cloud tried to form over laurel this afternoon. our sky fox helicopter pilot shot this video from hip ton airport. you can see the -- from tipton airp

some parts of the old dominion seeing $3.90 a gallon. >> that's a nice break. coming up, we have new details on the tell-all book by john edwards' mistress rielle hunter. we have a preview ahead. >> also - x-rays from louisiana, the rags to riches stars of a new reality [ crows cawing ] [ male announcer ] strange things happen in the black forest. [ metallic bell toll ] [ car speeding down the road lightning strikes ] where things aren't always what they seem. [ wolves howling ] because thrills hide in the shadows just waiting at every turn. [ coaster whoosh ] brave the black forest on verbolten. the all-new multi-launch coaster. only at busch gardens. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> new book is out from real hunter. in hits store shelves next week but the previews are stirring up trouble already. >> she is releasing a memoir detailing what she says really happened between her and john edwards. later this week in an exclusive interview she says she wrote the book for their four-year-old daughter. prosecutors dropped all char

today joins me live to talk about the president's impact on the senate race in the old dominion. >> still ahead, it's been classified as possibly causing cancer for two decades. we'll have a look at the new information that makes the link between diesel fuel and cancer more concrete. but first, the cost of being a daredevil. a look at the tab frtsdz week's attempt to cross niagra falls by tight rope. that's coming up. >>> nick says it will cost him $1.2 million to cover all of the costs of his walk on friday over niagra falls. that pays for construction and installation of a custom made steel wire, security travel, and other items. it will offset some of the costs, but not all of them. he is fund raising over the internet. and he performed a high wire walk over baltimore's inner harbor we showed you last month to promote the opening of a new museum. >>> fireworks are always a big payoff for the fourth of july celebration, but the concert on the west lawn of the capital sets the stage for that big finale. matthew brodrick, singer josh turner, composure, john williams, will be the headliner

as far as the cause, dominion power has not made a determination. and as far as when we might get the lights back on, if the estimate is sometime tomorrow morning. >> thank you. there is a bit of a connection to another story. this fire happened in the same apartment complex where a local business owner was found dead, a murder victim. he was found dead behind some bushes. he owned a dunkin donuts that was less than a mile away from the scene. his death and today's fire are not related. the killer remains on the loose. >> we are following late developments tonight on the accusations against an athlete who was an inspiration to millions and all around the world. the anti-doping agency is accusing lance armstrong and members of his medical and training team of doping. witnesses told investigators they saw armstrong use steroids human growth hormone and epo. armstrong called the charges baseless. this comes months after federal prosecutors closed a criminal investigation against armstrong without an indictment. armstrong became an american inspiration

an additional 960 customers serviced by bge in prince george's county are without power, and old dominionorts it has over 600 customers without power in northern virginia. >>> more trouble caused by falling trees. amtrak says a tree fell on to the tracks tonight. a train headed into dc had to hit the brakes. fortunately no one was hurt. >>> take a look at this video from tonight. you can see the wind there literally driving the rain diagonal. the wet weather really made a bit of a slow go of it for drivers out in that area. >>> a different kind of perfect storm. conditions that led to a horrific accident. two suvs collided on a street in riverdale, maryland this afternoon on 57th avenue. one suv jumped a fence and ran over kids in a kid ee pool. >> you feel -- kiddy fool. >> you feel like you're safe. >> the children in the pool were run over bit the car. >> yes. >> how fast was the car going? >> speeding fast. >> all four kids went to the hospital. one in critical condition. also treated a child in one of the suvs and both of the drivers. they expect to cite the driver who jumped the cur

dominion power is trying to turn the lights back on for 100,000 customers. i'm shomari stone, news4. >>> in prince george's county one shelter is open after strong winds that blew through this area on friday. the shelter is at badensburg high school. the county is in the process of inspecting all the buildings. two dozen structures have been considered unsafe. officials are trying to determine if there is enough damage to apply for federal aid. >>> tropical storm debby is parked off florida's gulf coast tonight. it spawned several tornados. the governor declared a statewide state of emergency today. jay gray continues our coverage from panama city, florida. >> reporter: the winds have intensified. but it's the rain that's defined debby to this point. a driving rain, as much as five inches an hour in the hardest hit areas. rivers are spilling their banks. water swallowed countless roadways. and now threatens homes, businesses and even this church. >> we've been pumping for six hours and still pumping. hoping to get ahead of the storm surge tonight. >> reporte

the closest track is the old dominion speedway in manassas. two other race packages also available and you can find this deal on gilt city. how about 58% off a one-hour massage at antonio grandez massage therapy in bethesda. this is a $42 deal and can be found on google offers. if you have an offer you've seen or if you're a local merchant with a deal for our viewers, i would love to hear from you on facebook. i'm jessica doyle, 9news now. >>> the u.s. antidoping agency plans to bring formal charges against retired cyclist lance armstrong. armstrong won the tour de france a record breaking seven times but he has been facing ak saixes of using -- accusations of using performance enhancing drugs. now the antidoping agency says it has uncovered new evidence against armstrong. showing that he used a variety of substances from 1996 through 2004. agency officials say ten former teammates testified against armstrong. >> really no difference between lance armstrong and i'd say the majority of the -- [indiscernible] >> armstrong says that he has compet

dominion, virginia, has been 376,000 outages. >> and bge is working on about 189,000 ku69 mers without electricity also reporting, 650 crews total. the outages are in anne arundel county alone. smeco, things looking good from this morning. still, massive numbers of people without electricity. patience is wearing thin for drivers in montgomery county. >> power outages making the scene at gas stations and stores as well and four-way intersections all a little hecht tick. jackie bensen is live in bethesda with more. jackie? >> reporter: we are at river road and little falls parkway and this is very, very similar to what you're seeing throughout montgomery county right now. we're told fully half of the traffic signals in the southern part of the county are dark right now. this scene is being repeated at hundreds of intersections in montgomery county. people trying to get something from the hardware store, the supermarket or into a nice air conditioned restaurant realize they can't get there as fast as they are used to doing. they get impatient and do stupid and dangerous things that make m

first at old dominion university in virginia, then professionally in women's leagues abroad. >> it was my way to navigate between the different cultures. on the reservation, if you were good at basketball you could do anything. you know, fit into any group. and then off the reservation as well. >> brown: at old dominion she also began to write poetry. >> for me writing is a way to explore why i want things and why i'm afraid of things and i worry about things. and all of those things represent a kind of hunger that comes with being raised in a place like this. >> brown: diaz' first book, titled "when my brother was an aztec", has just been published, with many poems that deal with the harsh realities of reservation life-- poverty, teen pregnancy, and the meth- amphetamine drug addiction that plagues many young people, including one of her brothers. >> now he's fresh-released from rancho cucamonga-- having traveled the mojave trail in chains, living with your parents, and you have come to take him to dinner, because he is your brother, because you heard he was cleaning up, because dinne

. >> as police worked to gather evidence, they had to call in a crew from dominion virginia power to cut off electricity to this box. >> this is the first time in 25 years i have seen anything like this. >> reporter: at least two vehicles were towed from the scene to be searched. the struck tim is identified as 40-year-old barrat patel. >> detectives are confident that the fight did involve mr. patel and we are confidence that the missing person that we were looking for is mr. patel. >> reporter: he suffered some sort of trauma to the upper body but the exact cause will have to be determined by a medical examiner. >> the detective does have information and they are working those leads. at this point, there is nothing for the public to be concerned about, so to speak >> reporter: but news of the death has neighbors shaken. >> we are worried about this area and having second thoughts, you know. i almost about to renew my lease and it worries me, really. >> reporter: in reston, virginia, lauren dimarco, fox fiv news. >>> two people are dead after a crash. a 2000 dodge that police say wa

virginia dominion is reporting 2000 power outages. with bger a total of 4600 outages in the region. we'll understand maybe 20 minutes or so ago we were talking weremyra from pepco who said as the heavy storms from moving through the area we were beginning to notice what may have been hailed coming through there. there could be even more outages to report. we will keep you posted. >> thank you so much. adam are things clearing up a bit? >> we're maybe at about the fifth inning, not quite at the seventh inning stretch. we will check in with that hill and a second in the weather center. i want to show you live super doppler. a couple things i want to point out. heavy rainfall going on at this time. some very heavy rain moving off to the northeast. it big downpour. this intersection with the bell when all the way toward mclean moving into the bethesda area that is some heavy rainfall. pergolas when you look for on the screen and this situation. purple indicates the heaviest rainfall. you see a little doppler indicating 4 inches an hour. this is why we have the ongoing flash flood warnin

both bge and dominion are reporting 100 outages. >> uncomfortable.rning. >> not as uncomfortable as it has been. it will still be 90-plus degrees. tough going for them. they're still having a few more people lose power because they have to turn the power off to re-energize lines farther down. look at that picture post card view. it is warming up fast. 83 at international airport. 81 down into st. marys county. cooler and dry air back to the northwest. so the conditions will improve, but we're off to such a warm start that it will end up being a fairly warm day today. if you're headed out to ocean city, rehoboth, beach, dewy beach, bethany beach, things look good today. not as hot as it's been but still hot with temperatures up near 90 degrees. extra water and a nice shade break or that guy right there, a jet ski in the water. >> he's got the right idea. >> it is that time of year. >> new this morning d.c. police are trying to find out what led to a deadly shooting overnight. someone shot a man in the 500 block of kranden street. we learn head ded he

dominion, virginia, 369,000 outages. bge has just over 189,000 customers out in montgomery, prince george's ann arundel and howard counties, smeco, more than 27,000 outages. virginia and d.c. under states of emergency because of massive power outages and widespread damage, of course. maryland governor martin o'malley will make that declaration also. that's allowing officials to apply for financial assistants from pt federal government. >> fairfax county was hit especially hard. fallen trees killed two people in one neighborhood. thousands there have no power. so a lot of people are turning to their neighbors for help. news 4's tisha thompson is live tonight for us w. >> reporter: jim, we are at a hotel in tyson's corner. all afternoon, people are checking in. look down there, you can see power crews starting to check into the hotels, because folks here just do not think they're going to get their power back anytime soon. we talked to governor bob mcdonnell earlier today, and he says the reason there's so many power outag

of his glory with exceeding joy to the god our savior who alone is wise, the glory and majesty, dominion and power both now and forever more, and the people of god said amen. >> amen. >> hey, sugar. >> msnbc host chris math use is the featured speaker this afternoon at the 25th annual gerald ford presidential foundation journalism awards. it honors coverage of the presidency and national defense issues. see live coverage at 1:00 eastern on c-span. >>> the u.s. senate gavels in at 2:00 eastern today. senators resume debate on pay discrimination and a judicial nomination. that's live on c pan 2. and the house returns tomorrow to work on more spending for next budget year. see the house live on c-span. >>> the atlantic council holds a discussion today on europe's financial crisis and how to get out of it. the ceo of deutsche bank will talk act european action so far and his thoughts for the economic outlook in europe. that's at 5:00 eastern on c-span. >>> the president they think, what they think about their lives. >> this past week, the "national journal" focused on the 2012 presidential d

presence of his glory with exceeding joy to the god our savior who alone is wise be glory and majesty, dominion and power both now and forever more, the people of god said amen. hey, sue. >>> coming up next on c-span3, the kcato institute hosts a tal on the causes of the 2008 financial crisis. then a hearing on federal regulation of the oil drilling technique known as fracking. and later national journal looks at the foreign policies of presidential candidates mitt romney and barack obama. >>> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> sunday night mark the 25th anniversary of president ronald reagan's 1987 speech from west germany. also this weekend on c-span3 our series the contenders. 14 key political figures who ran for president and lost but changed political history this sunday at 7:30 james blaine, american history it tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> finally on a personal note, michelle and i are grateful to the entire bush family for their guidance and their example during our own transition. george, i will always remember the gathering you hosted for all of the living former presidents befo

looked like it began in the 18th century and recalled a time when the sun never set on the queen's dominionvening she did what no british monarch has done before her: she addressed the kingdom on television, a very rare event. >> it has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors, and friends celebrating together. >> reporter: the celebrations today included an aerial salute... >> hip-hip... hoary! >> pelley: ... and three cheers for six decades on the thrown. we were touched today by a photograph that came into the newsroom on this eighth anniversary of president reagan's death. anniversary of president reagan's death. his widow, nancy, visited his grave and we were reminded that the reagans' favorite song was "our love is here to stay." we will end tonight with another story of enduring love. steve hartman's "on the road" is next. all four of us, together? 24. he's low fat, too, and has 5 grams of sugars. i'll believe it when i--- [ both ] oooooh... what's shakin'? [ female announcer ] as you get older, protein is an important part of staying active and strong. ensur

dominion power, i just talked with them. they said, 373,000 people without power. fairfax county, when you break down the numbers, about 204,000. that's 60% of their customers in the county. and a quarter of the customers in prince williams county, all in the dark. and it could be days before they get their power back on. back to you, bruce. >> we're going to get back to you within this hour. temperatures still near the triple digits. and now we have new warnings. let's go to topper web in the weather center. >> not as severe. but severe thunderstorm issues have been issued downtown west of cul petter. includes madison county and green and orange and spotsylvania. again, severe storm warnings there. they're moving south and east, away from the immediate metro area. let's take a look at the warnings. i'm pretty sure i loaded this. yes, i did. you are looking at a wide spot. we're lookath no storms upstream. no huge complex coming out of western ohio. we'll zoom in a little bit towards these storms. these are pretty hefty. they have a lot of lightning toward orange a

about 2,000 dominion virginia customers are out in northern virginia. allegheny county is reporting almost 1,500 customers out in maryland and more than 5,000 out in west virginia. pg& e. >>> pepco says it's already called in extra crews to restore the outages and extra staff is on hand in the call center. so, be sure to contact pepco if you lose power or see any downed wires. the number to call is 877-pepco-62. that's 877-pepco-62. since this storm has the potential to cause widespread damage and outages. pepco warns that restoring service could take some time. >>> stone is not a happy camper, he has been out trying to cover this story, but at 295 and pennsylvania avenue where he has been stuck with a whole bunch of other people, i assume, for three hours now. are you on the phone with us? >> yeah, i am on the phone with you and i tell you, traffic at times is moving at a snail's pace. and then all of a sudden you're just stuck and sitting there, which is exactly what we're doing right now. 295 heading north at pennsylvania avenue in d.c. and the roadw