eun? >> joe, thanks. the senate's first order of business was to remember a friend, late senator ted kennedy. a moment of silence was observed before the senate's fall session convened. black velvet draped kennedy's desk along with flowers and a poem from robert frost's "a road not taken." he spent 43 years in the senate before his death last month. >>> the supreme court gets back to work today. justice sonia sotomayor will hear her first case, one on campaign finance reform. the nation's first hispanic supreme court judge took the oath of office yesterday. >>> the redskins are getting ready for their season opener against the giants. lindsay czarniak has that and more in your sports minute. >>> hey there, good morni everybody. your sports mississippi ut on this wednesday morning begins with the redskins and preparations for sunday's game against the giants ram up up today. one guy looking and excited about helping out is offensive lineman mike williams who made it as one of the ten offensive linemen the

eun? >> michelle franzen in new york city. michelle, thank you. joe? >> with all the talk about swine flu, health officials don't want you to lose sight of the traditional flu season. doctors at the centers for disease control and department of health and human services are encouraging you to get a seasonal flu shot in addition to the wine flu vaccine. they emphasize that the seasonal flu can be very dangerous. >> every year approximately 200,000 americans are hospitalized with seasonal flu. every year, about 36,000 americans die so this is a serious disease. >> seasonal flu shots are available right now, but you'll have to wait for the h1n1 flu vaccine. that's the swine flu vaccine. it's not it's not expted to e be o untilometime next month. >>> now on to the swine flu. health officials say that swine flu can survive on surfacese anywhere from two to eight hours. that's why local officials say they will clean more frequently. metro officials tell u they will now clean buses and train twic

eun?joe, thank a california lawmaker has resigned after comments about his extramarital affair and sexual escapades were caught on tape. in this video recorded in july, the then orange county assembly man mike duvall was caught bragging about affairs he was having with two women. the graphic conversation took place during a committee hearing break. duvall apparently did not realize a microphone in front of him was on the entire time. >> the woman he was talking about happens to be a lobbyist. since duvall was vice chair of the energy and commerce committee an ethics investigation has been launched. duvall is married with two grown children. >> let's get a check on our forecast now as we near the end of this hour. >> the sun ever going to come back out again, tom? >> in space no one can hear you complain, and here is a view from the space shuttle overlooking hurricane fred yesterday over the far eastern atlantic. look at this spectacular view. i would make a lousy astronaut. i would have my

i'm eun yang. >>> if it's been a wet morning. we want to get the weekend forecast, the rest of it with chuck bell up in storm center 4. good morning. >> good morning, eun. good sunday morning, everybody. off to a very wet start across the area. most of the rain is done but there are an awful lot of puddles and wet sidewalks to deal with on your way out the door early on this sunday morning. there you can see the low clouds still hanging right over the city of washington this morning. here's a check of doppler. the steadier, heavier rains now moving across the eastern shore. a few showers toward richmond and petersburg. isolated showers across central west virginia. temperatures this morning nice and mild compared to yesterday. a real mild start. temperatures in the low to mid-60s right now. on average an inch and a half of rain late last night, into early this morning. another chance of a brief passing shower coming up later on this afternoon, but by and large most of your sunday is going to be a d

. >> i'm eun yang. straight ahead, a woman is found dead outside a montgomery county apartment complex. we're live at the crime scene with the latest on the investigation. >>> a burglar on trohewl p ta a homnero i t estdiri.di why police response timecall in edin llntthqu>>estion. >>> the tiage-old game of oberop is going gl . gopty g ier oisglng.obal version of monopoly that ne f os your neighborhood rt >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." >>> while the new york yankees as a team never looked better, the yankee captain, who is pursuing a major team record, has ground to a statistical halt. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. nearly a packed house on hand to see derek jeter pass lou gehrig on the all time hit list but it was nick swisher who stole the show. he remains four hits behind gehrig. his first a solo shot to left. yanks up 1-0 after two. more on swisher in ate bit. damon tried to bunt his way on. picked up the

m eun yang. we are going to take a look at the forecast with meteorologist chuck bell at the storm center 4. good morning, chuck. >> good morning to you. off to a beautiful start this saturday morning. welcome to your weekend, everybody. blue skies overhead. it looks like we are going to have nice weather all through not just today but lasting into tomorrow as well. you can see all those blue skies and shadows out there. temperature now at national airport hopped up to 65 degrees. still 60 degrees at andrews air force base. 63 at dulles international airport. 61 in frederick, maryland. 60 degrees in winchester, virginia. it is going to be a nice one today. plenty of shine and temperatures up into the mid 70s this afternoon. with nearly 100% sunshine. looks like our great weather will finish up into tomorrow as well. detail check of the 7-day forecast and, of course, eun, saturday in the fall, that means your college football forecast will be coming up as well. for all of the local games and other

i'm eun yang. news straight ahead. we will take a look at the forecast with meteorologist chuck bell in storm center 4. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, eun. finally the weekend is here. after another fairly cloudy week. we have really hit the sweet spot in the forecast. more sunshine in time for most everybody's days off. mostly clear skies outside on this early saturday morning. temperatures in town are in the mid 60s right now. also mid 60s alongside the bay. there are plenty of 50s on the map. 54 in cull pepper and 52 in winchester. 55 in frederick, maryland. 66 in beautiful southern maryland. visibilities are generally fairly good. not too much of a fog problem just yet. we will end up with a beautiful day today. sun is up at 6:53 this morning. 52 minutes away from now. after a bright and sunny day goes down at 7:10 this evening. 75. room temperature today. >> sounds perfect. >>> firefighters in prince george's county are trying to figure out what spark ad deadly house fire this morning.

. >> i'm eun yang. straight ahead on "news 4 today," no, it's not a terror threat, but police might be out in a major way during your commute. the reason behind the show of force. >> plus, getting back on track. metro gets ready to get a wish list. >> and there's more than one reason they call him joe six-pack. why drinking could help you get in shape. >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, new york yankees captain derek jeter is chasing history. and last night he took one step closer to being crowned hit king of the famous franchise. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. after being held hitless for three games, derek jeter finally pulled even with lou gehrig on the yanks's all time hit list. three hits against the rays. tied gehrig's all time mark with a single to right. gehrig held the record for more than 70 years. he now shares it with one of the classiest players in the game. don juan jorge posada a three-

. >> and i'm eun yang. straight ahead on "news 4 today," thousands of students in our area are once again headed back to school, but it's a planned speech by president obama that's causing controversy in the classroom. >> plus, after the holiday weekend, closures, metro is back on track but now there's talk of a rate hike. >> a congressional professional to charge visitors to the u.s. a fee. what this might mean for u.s. travelers thneime txt the >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." >>>? sports the st. louis cardinals went wi their ace. here's an early look at all of your sports headlines. >>> hey there, good morning, the cardinals running away with the nl central and their pitcher chris carpenter looks ready to begin the playoffs after dominating the brewers. carpenter pitching an absolute gem, retired the first 13 batters he faced and had a no-hitter going until the fifth inning. that's when there's a double in the corner, but that's it for the brewer bats, 10 for a one-hitte

i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm eun yang in for barbara harrison today. it is, again, 4:55 a.m., 63 degrees. meteorologist tom kierein's in the studio with us and he'll give us an update on the forecast. going to have rain all day? >> it's the thing that wouldn't ave. it's lingering off the atlantic seaboard, this area of low pressure. look at the radar, spinningon er law ow tladernreeras low, part ofyo eu see l e eryou see theloel yndws a oreage a hs,vy rain hw. those yellow echoes getting into st. mary's county as well. closer view of the radar showing light rain in washington where you city blue ar farther o oalt toto farther to our emperatures are ctaer inmplytees aat certainly cool, w odown tco 61 in washington and hewn only in the 50s for most part elsewhere except right near the bay. this low pressure center will be affecting our weather here this morning with likely rain so the bus stop is going to be wet this morning. and we'll have temperatures in the low 60s throughout the morning. afternoon highs should make it only to the upper 60s to near 70

i'm eun yang. saturday, september 12, 2009.ws this morning, exptet big delays this eeke wnd on w metro. track maintenance wilhave trnseail glin tracking between the medical center and grover in station on the red line, east falls church and ballston on the orange line. and between greenbeltgl and colle college park. the maintenance is scheduled through tomorrow night. >>> new details this morning surrounding the murder of a pizza shop owner in the district. it turns out that a d.c. police detective found dead of an apparent suicide is being linked to that case. police found the body of detective terrence green at his mother's home thursday night in forestvill maryland. sources tell news4 green was recently questioned in response to allegations that he had given help to murder suspect robinson. robinson is charged in the death of ranna. he owned the pizza mart where the authorities found him dead last month. no charges have been filed against detective green. we will take a break. chuck bell will have your forecast in just a mom

i'm craig melvin. >> i'm eun yang. jim and doreen have the evening off. ted loza is accused of promoting srn laws for taxi cabs in exchange of cash and gifts. >>> ted loza was accused of taking money. when asked why he took the money, he said he needed it. he was a long-time aide to jim graham for ten years. fbi agents early thursday

i'm eun yang. the news is straight ahead. first a look at the forecast. meteorologist chuck bell is in storm center 4 with the latest. good morning. >> good morning, eun. happy weekend. it was beauty of a day outside yesterday. but now the clouds a on their way back just in time for your weekend activities. here is a check of live doppler. no rain around the metro area now. you can see down in the lower left-hand corner of your screen, few light sprinkles from harrisonburg to charlottesville. the trend on the rain is in our direction. don't stray too far from the umbreallas. many more hours to come. rainfall has been very light. we will get more than that later on tonight. most of the day, first half, will be dry. clouds continue to increase. might even see a ltle bit of sunshine first thing in the morning. it will be rainy by that time to 6:00 tonight. >> thank you, chuck. >>> a deadly discovery in maryland. four family members, including two children, found dead in the home and police believe this may be a murder/suicide. officers first checked the hous

i'm eun yang. it is saturday, september 26th, 2009. what's making news this morning. the first batches of swine flu vaccine should be arriving in some doctors' offices in a little over a week. the initial batch will protect 6 million to 7 million people with most of the initial doses in nasal spray form. most doses will be shots. the government hopes to have 250 million doses of the vaccine eventually with 10% of them going to other countries. meanwhile the cdc is warning swine flu is spreading with the virus now widespread in 26 states and that number was just 21 a week ago. >>> police in fredericksburg need your help finding a brazen bank rob their pulled a gun on a clerk. police say this man carrying a handgun walked into the virginia partners bank in the 2100 block of plank road just before 10:00 yesterday morning. they say he forced a teller to open her locked drawer and emptied the cash into a bag and took off. witnesses say that they didn't get a look at his face because he was wearing a baseball hat and a mask or scarf over his

joe, eun, back to you. >> we'll continu to watch.nks. >>> this week's wednesday's child is making great strides in his school for kids with special needs. >> joshua has a way to go. it would be wonderful if he had a family. here is barbara. >> when josh comes in he loves to be the one to turn on the lights. and his teacher says he's always ready for learning. she says he may be quiet a lot of the time. but always shows that he understands. >> joshua understands a lot of what he is told. we do get a few verbalizations from him. not too much, but he does understand a lot. >> she says josh concentrates as he puts effort into everything he tries. like making play dough figures. he loves music time at school and reaches for the drums and knew exactly how to use it. outside, josh's favorite thing is fly. his social worker says he's made terrific progress since starting school here two years ago. >> he's been in our program since 2006. but he's been in foster care since he was a newborn. he learns pretty quickly and made many gains. >> soci

eun, back to you. >> busy morning. megan mcgrath. megan, thank you. >>> a woman whose brother died met with libyan leader moammar gadhafi in new york city. she and other victim's relative arranged the meeting. they spent ten minutes with gadhafi who was attending the u.n. general assembly. she said the libyan leader said through an interpreter she was sorry for her loss. her brother was stationed in the army and coming home for christmas when the plane blew up, killing 270 people. >>> now to the surprise showdown that took place at this week's g-20 summit. world leaders taking a stand after the discovery of a secret nuclear site in iran. the country's president responded to the accusations and president obama is stressing diplomacy. steve handelsman reports from the g-20 summit in pittsburgh. >> reporter: revelation of iran's nuclear secret rocked the g-20 economic summit in pittsburgh and prompted tough talk from the host. president obama. >> iran is on notice that when we meet with them on october 1st, they are going to have to com

eun yang tells us what every family needs to have ready in case it strikes in your home. >> reporter:n indianapolis, 12-month-old joey was hospitalized with a soaring fever after both his parents came down with swine flu. >> the doctors said rotate tylenol and motrin. then he stopped eating and drinking. >> reporter: joey pulled through, but halfway across the country, 27-year-old police officer ryan johnson died. >> i just want people to know this is happening. without any underlying disease. that it can happen and prepare for it. >> reporter: flu season barely started. swine flu cases have already begun to surge. experts say vaccines won't be ready for weeks, but people should start preparing now. >> we want our residents in the county to be responsible for themselves. >> reporter: montgomery county health department nurse manager kay says people need toat gher key items to create a swine flu survival kit. the kit should include drinks with alelectrolytes. >> many people have these items in their home. over the years, they might have an expiration date on them or you might not have

. >> and i'm eun yang. >>> new rules for credit cards. >>> washington wizard sits down for lunch with lindsey. >>> and a place to look for really cheap deals. >>> investigators are still trying to figure out details behind the murder of a man found in a school parking lot in prince georges county. >> the victim's body was found yesterday morning in landover hills, outside the ascension lutheran church school on buchanan street. while there's no word on his identity, investigators tell us they are learning strange new details about what may have happened to him before he was killed. pat collins is live with the latest. pat? >> reporter: jim, it appears there's more to this case of murder than we first thought. sources tell news 4 that the victim parent was tortured before his body was found behind this lutheran school. we begin our story now with some words from the pastor. >> we have a being open space behind the building, shielded from public view, so it appears they came over the fence and this tragedy happened. a person lost their life, and we're sorry about that, and praying for h

i'm eun yang. we are going to take a look at the forecast with chuck bell. good morning, chuck. >> good saturday morning to you. happy weekend, everybody. cloudy skies have been plaguing us all week long. we are still going to have more clouds than sunshine today. still weather is getting ready to improve in big way. area of low pressure clouding our skies all week is still bringing rain to portions of central pennsylvania and some of those showers may wrap back down into our area for today. by and large, most of us will enjoy a mostly dry saturday. 64 here in washington this morning. 58 in springfield. 63 in frederick, maryland. 61 degrees in martinsburg, west virginia. low 60s alongside the bay. a more cloudy than sunny day today. a chance of a light passing rain showers but by and large if you are planning doing something outside the further north you go the better rain chances will be. further south you go, fredericksburg and charlottesville, better chances for a dryatto sy day.da da toy.day d, orange expect expect in tgak dhe wn taking weekend. truck ma

i'm eun yang. thanks for joining us for "news4 today." what's making news. we are going to check the forecast with meteorologist chuck bell in storm center 4. we are hoping for more sunshine today. >> you know, keep hope alive. that's all say. we have plenty of clouds out there for you this morning. these clouds are going to be very, very slow to break up and move away from the washington area today. mostly cloudy saturday as you get ready to make your plans to go outside. radar shows a few light rain showers in portions of pennsylvania right now. no rain across our area at this point in time. but some of those showers may in fact pinwheel back into northern maryland and northern suburbs here during the course of the day. rainfall amount chances on average about 30% chance of rain today. so most of us will have a dry but cloudy saturday. temperatures are in the mid 60s now with dew points mostly in the mid to upper 50s. so as a result of all of the clouds out there, there will be a chance for a passing shower today. temperatures once again staying well below

i am eun yang in for keith garvin thi morning. we are going to take a look at the top stories in a moment, but first a look at the weather. >> for now everything is very wet outside. not much in the way of rain coming down, but mist and drizzle and rain overnight left morning. a few more scattered showers moving on the parts of the shenandoah valley. we won't see anything like the heavy steadyain we saw overnight last night. most neighborhoods picking up between an inch and inch and a half of rain. and it's a milder start outside first thing this morning compared to yesterday. we will have many more dry hours to come and then a chance of a brief passing shower today. most of the afternoon will be usable for outdoor activities. >> thank you, chuck. >>> police say they are trying to figure out what led a father to kill his family. he murdered his wife and two children before killing himself. one of the kids, 14-year-old,turely, was a junior firefighter. and darcy spencer has more. >> reporter: at the voluntary station, firefighters

. >> i am eun yang in for barbara harrison. >> and breaking news. talk about loose change. it was a rough start to the morning for armors truck drivers. the back doors of the armored truck swung open spilling money all over the road. and police will have the video for you coming up. police had their hands full using broomso clean the money off the roadway. >>> in other news. an hour from now, president obama will deliver a message to america's studts. >> critics are going as far as calling it indoctrination. there is a buzz at the school where the president is speaking. kimberly is live at the high school with more. >> reporter: good morning. the president is scheduled to meet with a small panel of students to have an exexchange in a group discussion before he gives his address to the entire nation for those that choose to hear him. it's a first school day to remember. the freshman arrived first. theoretically to get help finding their way to class. a few of them appeared overwhelmed, and not just bite first day, but by the media attention, and the presentation of a special

. >> and i eun yang in for barbara harrison. it's wednesday, september 9th, 2009. >>> just ahort time ago an american airlines plane blew a tire upon landing. there wases no damage to the aircraft and no passengers were injured. the runway was closed while everything was cleared up. the runway has now reopened. >>> now to a developing story. police in silver spring are trying to figure out who shot a woman dead outside her apartment. >> at this point police don't have many clues as to how it happened. megan mcgrath is in silver springs with the latest now. good morning. >> reporter: we saw investigators come back to the scene here. they are concentrating their focus there on the front door of the building here. that is the crime scene. that's where the resident was murdered. police could use help in this case. a lot of people who live in the apartment complex heard the gun shots early this morning, but so far police don't have any eyewitnesss. the woman was shot just steps away from the front door to her building. the question i

." >> and i am eun yang in for barbara harrison today. we will have more on the 9/11 memorial. but first breaking news from the district. the coast guard is conducting training exercises on the potomac river. and it started while 9/11 services were under way at the pentagon. we have more on what is happening with pete. what happened this morning? >> there was a lot of confusion here. some news reports were out that shots had been fired on the potomac, but what we have been told by a coast guard official, that a radio call reported that shots had been fired and a suspicious boat was present. this was a madue up scenario, ad somebody heard the radio call, a citizen, and then they relayed that to the news. and now you are looking at coast guard helicopters flying in the area. coast guard boats have stepped up security that rises from time to time. it reached probably the most intense period in january during the presidential inauguration. so i think that there are two questions to be looked at here. number one, how did this information get out that shots had been fired? and that's

eun yang joins us with more. >> reporter: the arrests come a year after the murder. michael thompso and marcus williams were arrested yesterday. the victim's family had no doubt police would close this case and want the suspects brought to justice. >> although it doesn't bring erica girl, another young girl won't be victim at their hands. >> reporter: she still wants to see them pay for what they've done. >> we do hope and pray justice prevails and that they are in prison for the rest of their lives without being eligible for parole. >> reporter: 27-year-old michael thomas and 28-year-old marcus williams have been charged in the murder of 22-year-old erika yancey. yancey disappeared last november from dulles airport where she worked. police found her body in the trunk of her car two days later, not far from her home in fairfax. she had been stabbed multiple times. one of the suspects marcus williams was yancey's roommate and was arrested in detroit yesterday. >> mr. williams will go through an extradition hearing today and depending on the results, some point we'll g

. >> i'm eun yang in for wendy rieger tonight. >>> a man leading police on a chase with his 3-year-old son in the back seat. he ditched his van and jumped into the anacostia river. this began with a routine traffic stop in maryland. police tell us the suspect also tossed drugs into the river before he jumped in himself. tracee wilkins has our report. >> reporter: seen here on new york avenue and the major traffic backup on 50 and 295 are the result of a police chase that started with what was supposed to be a simple traffic stop. >> maybe the driver of the vehicle felt he wasn't being pulled over for the traffic violation. maybe he felt the police were actually pulling him over because he had stuff he shouldn't have had i

. >>> good evening, i'm eun yang. >> more eyes on metro, the transit agency takes the first step towards what could be surveillance of all the system's trains and buses. they're getting ready to

eun yang joins us live. >> reporter: 27-year-old michael thomas was arrested monday in far faction and 28-year-old marcus williams was arrested yesterday near detroit. the victim's family says these arrests will help them find closure. >> the two men

eun? >>> a man has been arrested after a deadly crash on route 7 in leesburg.it happened early this morning in the westbound lanes. police say a car side swiped the back of a dump truck killing a female passenger. the driver ran away from hisç n car. officers say he was arrestedn the eastbound lanes about a block away trying to hitchhi.ke he >>> a few scattered showers on the eastern shore and northwest washington. throughout the rest of the day, remaining cloudy. a likelihood of afternoon and evening showers. maybe an inch of rain by dawn on friday. eun? >>> thank çyou, tom. tonight on "news 4 at 5:00," college life isn't complete without pizza. local businesses a >>> 7:30 now on a thursday morning. it's the 10th day of september, 2009. want to know why they say labor day is the unofficial end of summer? just come to new york. a chilly 60 degrees to start the morning in rockefeller plaza. mother nature. >> i don't know. she knows everything. >> it's amazing. >> because she's a she. just putting it out there. >> thank you, helen reddy. i'm matt lauer alongsid

water and there you have the challenge the what do you do with the ryan stream that is left over after eun di selate the possible supplies a.u. use the high pressure to push the water against the mbrane and all the saltz remain t only now they are farore ccentrated and u need to figure out somhing to do with that. still if you have a important project in the municipal area where money is not a concern these lonization will be part of the portfolio for solving org least addressing the puic supply. what about. we are ung reclaimed water in arizona about 10% of what the city of tucson delivers and it will go up inhe future. the technology is there. there is the yupp factor. when the san diego tribune reporter in a smart aleck way with, the mayor could not back away dast enough from signing on to that but the truth is we don' need to use reclaimed water for illaudable purposes, we can find lots of uses, turf irrigation, industrial applications and theike an best of all that's applied for those in the population grows the more water that goes tthe wastewater treatment the more you have four pot

eun? >>> fighting the spread of the swine flu. >>> back now, 8:00, on a wednesday morning. it 09-09-09. >> oh, my! >> very lucky day in the chinese culture. nine, the second luckiest number behind eight. we've got a lucky crowd out joining us on rockefeller plaza this morning. we thank them for stopping by. i'm matt lauer along with the lucky meredith vieira and the always fortunate al roker. >> yes, we are. >> coming up this half hour, we're fortunate to have cindy mccain with us, the wife of arizona senator john mccain. she shares a medical condion with millions of other americans, something that she was first had misdiagnosed and now knows what it is. migraine headaches. if you've ever had one, they can be life changers. she's going to talk about that, what she's doing to raise awareness and also tell us the one reason she's happy it turned out she didn't become first lady. >>> one grandma went that extra mile. she actually, at 56 years old, gave birth to her daughter's children, triplets, three girls. we're going to catch up with the entire family. >> that's just raisin

i'm eun yang. >>> in two hours, a memorial service will begin honoring the 9/11 attack.silence will take place at 9:37, the time the planes struck the pentagon. >>> hazmat crews spent much of the morning cleaning up after an explosion at a warehouse. it happened after 11:00 last night in capital heights. a front window and two large doors were blown out and several atums of hazardous no o one w was exposed. no oneas haurt. >>> wre going to ak now. >>> a wet friday morning. good morning have the radar showing bands of moderate rain coming in from the northeast to the southwest and washington and northern virginia. for the rest of the day, diminishing rain. remaining cloudy. drying out over the weekend. how is the traffic, jerry? >>> busy morning. 395 northbound, loaded up. reports of an accident in t shirlington area. heavy but steady along i-270 down toward the capitol beltway. >>> coming up on "news 4 at 5:00," a parkinson's implant, the brain stimulator that >>> you try to have a little something for everybody. you try to have something smart, something silly, somethin