dice erika, el hambre a braoet y lo que urge para ayudar en su casa. >>> seguir pagando mis clases,ucro ofrecen talleres informati informativos para ayudar a los joven que califican para solicitar la acción diferida, para ver una lista completa de los talleres con fechas y direcciones, visite nuestro página de internet r contra un formulario para solicitar el beneficio migratorio. >>> >>> hoy se marca un día histórico en materia de educación, niños no preparados para el jardín de niños podrán asistir a clases en nuevos términos avanza un proyecto de ley estatal, que beneficia a los campesinos que trabajan horas extras. >>> >>> buscan que california proteja los derechos de los trabajadores del hogar, mañana el senado estatal decidirá, más adelante los detalles >>> cientos de hombres y mujeres se desempeñan, para que en california existan leyes laborales. un acto vista que con sus 2 hijas viajaran a sacramento para ejercer presión ante los legisladores. flabio este escuchamos. >>> la ley conocida como acta 889 pasó con 5 votos a favor y 2 en contra. >>> al senado estatal, mañana se es

jim and erika, back over to you. >>> time is 4:41. still to come, why divers may soon catch a bit of a break if they are caught speeding by one of the district's traffic cameras. >>> wild weather >>> following breaking news in central america where a powerful earthquake is struck off the coast of el salvador. magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit at 10:30 last night 85 miles from san miguel, el salvador. no reports of damage or injuries. a tsunami warning was issued for a dozen countries. including mexico and guatemala. it has since been canceled. >>> syrian rebels are claiming government troops for a massacre that killed hundreds of people. they say soldiers shot and killed as many as 600 people just outside damascus. rebels claimed more than 1700 people were obtained there and they may also soon turn up dead. meanwhile, syrian president bashar assad is show nothing signs of backing down in his countries ice civil war. he says his regime will put the uprising -- put down the uprising no matter cost. >>> today we'll find out what caused the de

. >> reporter: i'm erika miller in southampton, new york. coming up, i'll take you behind the scenes at an ice company that makes 225 tons of ice a day! >> susie: relief came to part of the drought-stricken midwest today-- rain drenched iowa through ohio. but some of the southern areas are still scorched. the drought is taking a huge toll on livestock farmers. the heat is stressing animals and the cost to feed them is soaring. as diane eastabrook reports, that will eventually mean much higher meat prices in the future. >> reporter: it's lunch time at the walter farm in ottawa, illinois. but this summer, the cows are dining on hay, instead of pasture grass they normally eat this time of year. >> it's been so dry so long, it's pretty much burnt up. like right here, with the last rain, there's some grass starting to come. but it might take awhile; it might not recover this year. >> reporter: this is yet another cost the drought is dealing u.s. farmers. walter typically doesn't start feeding his cows hay until late fall, but with no grass, he ha

and soon, erika was in remission.him. i've never seen him. but i'm so excited to look into his eyes. to look into his soul. and tell him thank you. i just want him to know, that he is my hero. >> when people are faced with the realization they might die and they have to rely on the kind total stranger, and they say yes, and everything comes together, it's a pretty miraculous story. and it's a journey. >> if this doesn't give you goosebumps, i don't know what will. >> i am. >> i know you are. are you ready to meet this young man? >> i'm ready to meet the man who saved my life. >> it gives us great pleasure to bring out christopher magoon, the young man who saved erika's life. >> thank you. thank you. good to meet you, finally. you are great. >> thank you. >> bless you. very nice to meet you. >> you are an angel. >> thank you. >> you've been waiting to look into his eyes. you hadn't seen him before. you have to -- you're required to wait a year until you contact your donor. you've been doing facebooking back and forth?

erika miller's on the retail beat, and she joins us now. erika? >> reporter: susie, fossil is more than a watchmaker. because it gets more than half , it isrevenues overse considered a bellwether stock for the global consumer. many regions around the globe are struggling, but overall sales of fossil products are going strong. >> we believe the investments we have may and our talented infrastructure, coupled with the strength of the brand will allow us to achieve our long-term growth and earnings target. >> reporter: fossil highlighted growth in asia, where revenues jumped 24%. in europe, they rose 4%, and in north america 17%. there's another reason fossil is doing well: strong appeal of skagen watches, a danish brand it bought in january. now take a look at this chart of fossil shares this year. there was a big sell-off in may after the company warned of weakness in europe. the shares traded as high as $138 back in april. fossil's strong results come at a time when many retailers are experiencing trouble in europe. but longer term, fossil sees st

erika? >> thanks so much, tom. >>> and we'll much more on tropical storm isaac throughout the morning including a live report from the gulf coast in our next hour. you can also get all of the latest on isaac on nbcwashington.com. >>> well, isaac is to blame for changes at the republican national convention this week. committee officials are condensing events down to we three days instead of a full week. a rolle call of delegates will happen tomorrow evening to officially nominate their presidential nominee. mitt romney is expected to accept that nomination in a speech on thursday. organizers cut a number of speakers due to that shortened schedule. >>> nbc4 is continuing their coverage live in tampa. look for live reports from julie carey and aaron gilchrist all week here on news4. >>> back to school for thousands of students in the d.c. area. class is back in session for students in the district and loudoun county, virginia. in maryland, it's the first day of school for kids in carol, charle

. >> reporter: i'm erika miller on wall street. the second quarter was challenging for corporate america. still ahead, i'll tell you why the third quarter may be even tougher. >> susie: wall street kicked off the week on the downside. concerns about a slowing of the global economy weighed on investors. weak economic numbers out of japan today re-ignited worries about a global slowdown. the dow fell 38 points, the nasdaq managed to add one point, and the s&p 500 fell almost two pointsits first loss iseven sessions. >> susie: meanwhile, oil prices hit a three-month high earlier in the trading session pushing above $94 a barrel. fresh concerns today about tensions in the middle east disrupting supplies, helped to drive prices higher. but fears of slowing growth kept those gains in check. by the close, oil ended the day down slightly to a little less than $93 a barrel. >> i think we have enough information out there where it could easily spark this market one way or the other. a hurricane in the gulf could take it up quite a bit. anoth

. >> reporter: i'm erika miller in new york. still ahead, bidding wars have returned to new york city and elsewhere. i'll tell you what that means for the housing market. >> tom: greece wants more time to cut its government deficit. the country's prime minister began a series of meetings today with european leaders, hoping to build support for a plan giving it two extra years to cut its red ink. in athens today greek prime minister antonis samaras met with eurogroup chair jean-claude juncker. junker said any easing of greece's bailout terms would depend on a report by international debt inspectors due out next month. the meetings continue friday with german chancellor angela merkel, today the greek leader told germany's most read paper, all that we want is a little breathing room to get the economy going and increase revenue... more time does not automatically mean more money. samaras will also meet with france's president on saturday. president france's president held a conference call with his british counterpart, david camero

erika miller, "n.b.r.," new york. ueorrnep d ris t monthly government report is due out tomorrow but we have heard some optimism from a higher-end home builder today. toll brothers builds luxury houses in 20 states including some of of the hardest hit by the housing collapse. they earned 26 cents per share and orders jumped 27% and the number of home contracts cancelled fell. the company goes so far as saying it has seen the most sustained demand we have experienced in over five years. martin connors is the chief financial officer at toll brothers. he joins us from pennsylvania. marty, is the housing recession officially over now? can we call the bottom? >> we believe it is. i think we have seen a long and strong spring selling season. normally, it runs from the super bowl to easter, and we're still talking about it right now. our non-binding deposits through august were up nearly 60% over the prior august. >> that bodes well for the current quarter. you build in the northeast, mid-atlantic, southeast and the west coa

erika smith was found murdered in 2002. her killer has never been found.rika's parents say they haven't given up hope their daughter's killer will someday be caught. >> i just pray to god that whoever is responsible for doing this to our daughter is caught and put in jail for a long, long time. >> this is an animal. i feel that this is a monster. what he's done is very, very cold blooded. >> police announced last year that they had identified a potential suspect in the case but they haven't made an arrest yet. >> fairfax residents are being warned about coyotes in the area after a pack attacked a dog. three coyotes attacked a dog while it was playing with its owner on a trail. the owner chased the coyotes off and the dog is expected to be okay. police say while people should be safe while in the parks, coyote attacks are not common. >> we don't want people to think it unsafe due to the coyotes. it's probably more than likely just an isolated incident where maybe the dog came across them when they were going from point a to point b. that could have caused t

erika gonzalez has more on our golden girl. >> reporter: you are this year's youngest olympian. what do you do? you come here and start your sophomore year of high school. this is how you come home if you're an olympic champion. katie ledecky has traveled more than 3,000 miles for this moment, being mobbed by friends, fans and a gator. >> i'm so excited to see katie. >> she is possibly the coolest person i have met. >> reporter: busting out an olympic gold medal at the dulles airport, priceless. the sight of gold in person this close, it's enough to bring a tear to your eye. hard not to be cliche but the 800 meter swimmer tells me it's surreal. >> it's fun. >> feel like a movie star? >> i don't know about that. >> reporter: the adrenaline gets her through pictures. but you can see it in her eyes, she's tired. >> hopefully relax and get ready for school. >> reporter: not tired to start dreaming. >> do you have your eyes on another olympic games? >> definitely. >> on august 27 whath will the first day of school be like? >> i don't know what it's going to look like. shs a superstar

in langley park, erika gonzalez, news4. >>> the new initiative created similar scenes across america. down in houston people lined up outside the mexican consulate. critics say it is unconstitutional and promoted by the president to win favor with latino voters. >>> the new york area is dealing with a cleanup after a strong storm brought flooding. this video was taken inside a subway station. you can see the water flowing on to the tracks in brooklyn. >>> the system created a water spout in rhode island today. this is cell phone video from north kingstown rhode island. the rain flooded streets here. we dodged the worst of the system. but it brought something we haven't seen in months. doug is here to explain. >> hearsay where the storms were. we saw a few storms in our region today. but look in new york watch storm after storm. some areas with 2, 3, even 4 inches of rain. they saw numerous trees down and flash flooding going around even around manhattan earlier today. but that same system is now out of here. we are seeing clearing skies. and we are clearing out nicely across the area.

i'm erika for "teen kids news." >> hey!play "word"... [ applause ] ...the game where you try to pick the right definition. here we go! "viscous" -- it could be... [ bell rings ] "viscous" means thick or sticky, as in, "that syrup is so viscous, your pancakes will get cold waiting for it to pour." you know this one? "peril." maybe it's... [ bell rings ] "peril" is a dangerous condition. sleeping on the edge of a cliff puts you in peril. wake up! >> [ man yawns ] >> now this word... [ bell rings ] "fracas" -- noisy fight. [ children shouting ] kids! stop that fracas! your fight is so noisy, i can't hear "word"! let's review... and that's "word" for this week. i hope you find a home. i hope you find a home. hey, maybe you'll be picked next. maybe you'll be picked next. we've been caged together too long. we've been caged together too long. how come nobody ever picks me? maybe they're looking for somebody different. pick me! well, the shelter's closing up for another day. we didn't get picked. i know. tomorrow. guaranteed. >> t

erika miller, nbr, new york. >> reporter: i'm diane eastabrook in chicago. still ahead, i'll tell you how the drought is affecting one summer staple, farmers markets. >> susie: on wall street, a flat day for stocks, and the averages flip-flopped between gains and losses. investors were encouraged by those retail sales we told you about, but discouraged by news that europe's economy contracted in the past three months. the dow inched up only three points, the nasdaq lost 5.5, and the s&p fell a fraction. our guest says there's been a cycle of "hope and despair" in the markets. he's stuart schweitzer, vice chairman of j.p. morgan private bank. so, should investors be focused on some of the good news going on in the u.s. or the bad news is going on in europe? >> well susie, of course we've got to be paying attention to all of it but i think the number one thing for investors to focus on is opportunity. and the opportunity that comes when prices are weaker. the reality is, this has been such a tough year, the news flow's been really discouraging and yet, through

. >> erika gonzalez has the latest on all this. >> reporter: it's noisy out here right now because crews just showed up to board up this home. investigators tell us that the fire started somewhere in the first level of this home and quickly traveled up and at last check we are told that two victims remain in critical condition with third degree burns. the five-year-old child did not make it out alive. >> fire was coming from the side of the house. so i start screaming help! >> reporter: jeannette gibson was on her way to the grocery store when she saw her neighbor's home in flames this afternoon. >> i hope they are okay. >> reporter: by the time the firefighters arrived a 24-year-old man was outside the home. >> they brought a grown man out asking for his daughter. >> reporter: the crews carried his five-year-old daughter and 15-year-old brother out of a window. >> they were saying them out on a stretcher. >> do you live here? >> yes. >> where? >> the one next to the burning building. >> reporter: this woman said that the family couldn't have been nicer. >> my neighbors are wonderful peo

locals got their chance to sound off against the utility tonight and erika gonzalez is live in rockville with their complaints. >> that meeting just ended a few minutes ago, proving to be a very long night for residents and pepco executives. this is the first meeting of eight scheduled for maryland. >> if you cannot make the utilities work for the very people who they are supposed to be serving, what the hell are you doing here sitting here? >> reporter: about 100 residents like ed who was left without power for six days after the derecho stood before the maryland public commission to express their frustration. half a million pepco customers were without power. >> i rely on a medical device, neither of which were not operational. >> reporter: judy brought pictures to drive home her point. others crafted poetry. >> mocha is a nice place to be unless you like electricity. >> are pepco execs sat quietly as the insults came one after another. did pepco do the best it could have done during the storm? >> i believe we did. i think this is a storm that hit us without warning. >> reporter: other

erika gonzalez joins us live from the crime scene. >> this is a quiet neighborhood right on the edge of rock creek park and this has a lot of neighbors questioning their safety tonight. does this strike you as odd? >> very. >> are this long time d.c. resident have lived in this northwest neighborhood for years without anything like this happening. >> more police patrol. you know, we don't want judges being held at gunpoint. >> reporter: police say last week the judge presiding judge in the south capital street murder case was robbed at gunpoint late at night. they were leaving the city open which is played at the fitzgerald tennis center in rock creek park. they were walking in this neighborhood when the two men with guns came up from behind them told them to turn around and give them their money. the crooks jumped in a car and took off after snatching purses, wallets, $100 in cash and a key to lexus. >> the police recovered the wallet and the purses but no cash. this neighborhood may be familiar because a former d.c. mayor lives in this area. but as far as the crooks they are on the

erika miller reports. >> reporter: yes, it's costing you more to fill up your car's gas tank. but imagine if you drove this bus, which holds 250 gallons of fuel. >> this one is for $350, and >> reporter: that's only a partial fill-up. a full tank costs well over $1,000. in addition to charter bus trips, kismet offers standard black limousine service. gasoline is the company's biggest expense. >> fuel is approximately 47% of our total overall business model. fuel is what really eats up our profit. so when that goes up, it's hitting right in our pocket. >> reporter: even though rising fuel prices are taking a big bite out of profits, kismet has not raised prices or tacked on a fuel surcharge. instead, it would rather eat the higher costs than risk alienating customers. >> we keep the rates where they are. we have a lot of loyal customers. they appreciate that we keep the rates where they are. we are happy when the price of gas comes down. this way, we kind of make up for the loss. >> reporter: but the firm is trying to offset the higher gasoline costs by adding more fuel-efficie

to get a glimpse of what this business could look like in the future, erika miller headed to pcmag.com. >> reporter: every generation has its computer. this was one of the first ibm personal computers, vintage 1981. remember this imac, also from the '80s? you can bet someday our children will view our sleek 2012 desktops as antiquities as well. it seems hard to believe that the ipad was only introduced two years ago. back then, skeptics predicted it would just be a fad, another entertainment device. but nowadays, consumers increasingly prefer mobile devices over desktops. so that begs the question-- will p.c.s eventually become obsolete? >> at the end of the day, and for that matter, when people are at work during the day, they're not going to be able to give up their desktop computers or their laptops. right now, mobile devices just aren't powerful enough. >> rorter: and there's a huge disparity in storage space. the smallest desktop hard drive has more than twice as much capacity as a top of the line ipad. so although they may not be as fun, p.c.s are far outselling tablets. industry