john collins has a look ahead to the monday holiday forecast. >> it is a beautiful evening. clear skies right now. look at the radar. there's a lot of storm activity in pennsylvania and in the west virginia mountains. the mountain range are giving up the ghost. west virginia rains are at their peak right now. they will probably dissipate by the time it gets down here. there are some thunder storm watches in pennsylvania for the evening. we will tell you more about the forecast tonight and tomorrow in a minute. >> the orioles lockup a cornerstone for the future. it is a six-year contract extension worth a lot of money. it is a big story for a lot of reasons. >> $85.5 million is a lot of reasons. it is the largest contract in team history. jones signed a deal last night. he knew for a while he wanted to get this done to stay in baltimore. he arrived at a press conference greeted by kids. he gave us all the reasons why he wanted to stay in baltimore. the $85 million helps, but also o jumpstart the orioles' glorious history. >> i will be in baltimore. it is a great baseball city

let's get the check and dour forecast with meteorologist john collins. >> i saw a couple low spots of blue, but they disappeared in 30 seconds. there were a couple of spring goods here and there, especially this morning. the clouds are going to stay with us. even tomorrow, we will be stuck with east wind. baker storm complex is out west. we will be dealing with that in the coming week or so. i will be day chilly that in before that. >> the campaign fight in france is finally over. we have the results and what is next for the country and its leader. a trial on the 9/11 attacks >> george lindsey spent 30 years of the andy griffith show has died. he died early this morning after a brief illness. he started the beanie wearing goober on andy griffith. five guantanamo bay prisoners' trials will not be starting any day soon. the trial date of 2013 is a place holder until the actual trial date can be said. during yesterday's 13 hour arraignment, the co-defendants refused to respond to the judge or use the court's translation system. >> these men have endured years of inhumane treatment and to

john collins has a look at the weekend ahead. >> we still have clouds out there, but the sunshine is trying to burn through them. our view from the grand hotel and spa on the boardwalk of ocean city, you can see the trends going down the boardwalk. more folks that we've seen on the beach in a longtime. for today, isolated thunderstorm could crop up. temperatures in the 70's. in a lot cooler in the beach and in line. -- than inland. saturday and sunday, minimal rain chance, lots of sunshine. nice is maybe an understanding for that kind of weather for this first weekend of the summer season. we will talk about the forecast in a few minutes. >> scare at b.w.i. thurgood marshall airport delayed at least one flight on thursday. a baggage handler reported what looks like a smoke coming from a piece of luggage. they call in fire crews and the bomb squad. they opened the suitcase with the bomb disposal robot officials tell us that the package was harmless. >> it contained an aerosol can which had discharged into the air, producing some spray, which had the appearance of smoke. >> the flight

let's check with john collins. >> those clouds it could be an issue. it kept the temperatures down to it. a little sprinkle activity this morning. here is the forecast for that game for tomorrow evening. it is an evening game, 7:00. we expect clouds and temperatures in the mid 60's with the southeast breeze running at 11 miles an hour. assuming it does not go 17 innings. it usually goes three hours. we expect temperatures to be in the 60's. 62 at the airport. 65 at the inner harbor. we have some clouds. what we have now is what we expect tomorrow evening during the game. we will see how that turns out to. >> thank you. fire investigators are trying to determine what sparked an early morning fire that sent three children to the hospital. the fire happened at 2:30 this morning on west lexington street. live at shock trauma. >> those children are 11-12-and 15. a family member tells us that two of the children are on ventilators because they inhaled so much smoke. >> we just lost everything. >> an early-morning fire may have to trick -- destroyed her home

. >> we have meteorologist john collins with a check on the morning weather today. looks beautiful out there today, john. >> it looks very nice. it is cool this morning. temperatures around the area are mostly in the 50's this morning. warmer than yesterday morning. less chilly than yesterday morning. we have very dry conditions. you can see at b.w.i., it is 50 degrees. it is 50 downtown. 55 at parkville. at pimlico, the temperature now is 54 degrees. again, we have high, thin clouds out there. generally speaking, it is a clear, dry morning. our forecast today, we expect temperatures in the upper 70's. a lot of sun. a few, thin clouds. and a light and north wind. you could not ask for better conditions this time of year. they have been a lot stormier, and we have had those. we'll have more on the weather coming up. >> john, certainly, and for people going to the preakness, the weather will be picture perfect. more than 100,000 people are expected to descend on old hilltop for today's big race. >> it takes a lot of work behind-the-scenes to make sure it all goes off

. >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with john collins. >> there it is. a super moon as it was a visible back in march, 201211. this year, it is happening tonight. but we have some in the clouds in the area i am not sure we will be able to see it. the moon rises at 7:55 this evening. ocean city is closed in with fog. there will be pictures of it tomorrow. the cloud cover felt threatening around here. a raider showing no rain of here. we have a few sprinkles. if you see another movement, it is pushing to the south. our rain thread is not that high the rest of the evening. it might pick up a sprinkle or two this afternoon. the temperatures made it to 80 for the high at the airport. less than 1/10 of an inch of rain before sunrise. leftover rain from yesterday. let's take a look at the current temperatures. the temperatures have been held down. temperatures mostly in the mid to upper 60's. the yellow as we get close to the potomac river, west of the bay. few clouds. so temperatures now are just in the low 70's. everybody is cooling down into the 60's and 50'

. >> now your insta-weather forecast with meteorologist john collins. >> squeeze in another nice one today. we had a few high clouds drift overhead. the rain down in the south, a couple of showers. a batch of shower activity off of the coast. we will see a lot more of this moisture coming our way in the next 48 hours or so. stick around for the seven-day forecast in just a minute. today's high temperatures just the same as yesterday. this morning's lows for a bit warmer than yesterday. on average, today was the same as yesterday. we had a few clouds come in. the typical high was 75, so we got beyond that. 75 down at the ocean. 76 at edgewood. westminster, 81. here is the satellite picture. a lot of unsettled whether out over the ocean. some of that is beginning to push on easterly winds. some moisture will be coming at us from the south. that storm is not going to be a part of our whether directly or indirectly. it will head out to sea -- that weather will not be a part of our whether directly or indirectly. -- our weather directly or indirectly. the coming week will not be that grea

. >> now your insta-weather-plus forecast with john collins. >> sunshine is very nice. the closest rain to us is in new england this goes back into the last evening. the big storms that catch your eye on the really big storms coming out of texas and into louisiana. shower activity along the longer front. up in maine, they are getting a shower activity. we are dry and height here. average temperatures this month, a 65.4 degrees. fiat might 6 degrees above normal. -- 5.6 degrees above normal. precipitation is continuing the dry tribe. -- dry trend. half an inch of rain, not much. we could use some more rain. not really in the books for the next couple of days, with this nice with a bang. pollen count is up from yesterday. to order 12 is the pollen count. -- 212 is the pollen count. temperatures are rising right now. we are about where we were yesterday for high temperatures. 67 in edgewood. westminster, 63. stadiums -- really nice day today. high-pressure overawes. nice and dry weather. out to the west, these look kind of threatening. the clipper in the weekend, that is t

eteorolo mast john collins.day yesterday, an it looks like it is ogamy gettig . >> some folks think this time of day when the sun is j taxt comis ^ bap is the best time. it really is. it is nice out there righome ns temperatures are j taxt ato mut their lowest at this stage of the game. this morning wwas re rac to ge degrees warmer or less chilly than$25estes. right noy tit is rac0. that's been the low so far. 68s heiat least on the hourly reautsngs. we'll find out later if there is anything later. 7 c1% the humidity. 30.24 the barometric pressure. sungiaks snts so th the effeirss of b psng around tt concrete and the inner harbor. rees. 41% the hlitiditfor j we have a very nice start to today. kst caps ond what happened yesterday, and it is a good way to lead into the wee 4nd for6 c13 asld which wwas ll hin.e for you in just a minute. >> thank$25ou, jouro th ta burng a lbck at some oir the morning's top stories. an investiay.tion iswashnderway e fat sparked a house fire in middle river. sky teamlia1 was over the

. >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with john collins. >> rain is not that far away. cool front came through. it came through dry and has pushed the rain to the south. there is rain in the carolinas down into georgia. a lot of it is down over the water. the key is, will it come back? eventually it will come back it will develop offshore. we will have to keep an eye on that, especially for the weekend. the sun is shining. yellow's indicate 70's. n the upper 60's. only in the '50s in the mountains because of the higher elevation. here is the cloud picture. you can see the bums in the clouds over the ocean. thin clouds over eastern carolinas. clear skies overhead here. there is the front for the clouds develop. this front will stall to the south. then an area of low pressure will develop along that over the weekend. that might try to come back north again. the key to the weather will be the big area of high pressure over the great lakes. it will shift to new england, and hopefully keep a hold on our area and keep the stormy weather to the south. that is what we are hopin

. -- john collins. >> nothing on the local radar. alberto down in the carolinas. we are not seeing the home -- whole storm here radar-wise. some of the storm is out of range. we are only seeing part of the storm. some pretty good rain falling in there. the storm is sticking to the southwest. that is probably a temporary situation. but take a look at what happened today. what wonderful weather. 75 is your typical high. almost 10 degrees warmer at the airport. 82-85. morning lows mostly in the 50's to around 60 degrees. no rain today. too much sun for that. annapolis, 70. 60 at ocean city. 66 edwards. westminster at 66 degrees. beginning to drop into the 50's in far western maryland. it will not be quite as chilly overnight tonight as last night. here is the satellite image showing the clear skies. the thin clouds are coming up off of alberto, the tropical storm. there is also this kind of decayed weather disturbance directly off shore. it is a complex situation out there. the upside is this high-pressure is over the eastern seaboard right now and is holding the str

. >> and now, your 11 insta- weather + forecast with meteorologist john collins. >> it is feeling a littleore trabuco out there. we had some downpours yesterday. -- it is feeling a little more tropical out there. hurricane season is under way. it officially starts with june. we already had a alberto down south. it was just a small storm off shore. but things are starting to roll along. the national weather service has come up with the outlook -- not a prediction, and outlook of the number of hurricanes and storms that are expected this year. their outlook calls for nine to 15 named storms. four to eight of those becoming hurricanes. one to three of those becoming major hurricanes. a fewer number of total storms + hurricanes and major hurricanes than last year, but is a closer to normal, what would be expected in a normal season. nine to 15 for named storms. four to aid for hurricanes. one to three for major hurricanes. do they affect anybody? to come on shore? we will see what is happening. we're off to an early start. alberta has already happened. let's look at the weather here. temperatu

. >> now your forecast with john collins. >> a close look at the radar and satellite compilation. not much going on on the radar, no clouds, clear as a bell. if there have been clouds for the past day and a half. a weather disturbance to our south. it is producing stormy weather. a lot of the stormy weather is out of the range of the radar, but there are showers and thunderstorms along the coast of the carolinas right now, if just far enough away from us that we are in pretty good shape. the pollen is active in the area. 14 in the low range for trees. high range for grass and low range for weed. mold, 813, also in the high range. the sunshine today is pushing the temperatures into the '70s. that's the yellow. some of the green means slightly cooler readings in the 60's. a lot of that near the bay and the lead to a close ninth where there's an ocean breeze. out to the west, readings in the '60s. here's the satellite image. we see the clouds swirling around from the upper level disturbance over the atlantic and the surface disturbance growing clouds and rain into the carolinas. we h

john collins is here. solar today big time. >> no. or we will have to look hard for tomorrow. we have run our solar out. now we have a storm coming in. the sun is behind that. let's take a look at what we got going on this evening. there is our doppler radar. the air is pretty dry here, but you can see a big area of rain down in southwest virginia and out over west virginia. some scattered showers, no thunder and lightning with this sio far but by the time this thing is over, two days of rain, we will probably get a few thunderstorms. at the moment, we are waiting for the atmosphere to get wet enough to allow rain to fall, and that will happen later on tonight when we get past midnight. by morning, we will probably have some wet pavement. by the time it is over, it looks like it will have quite a bit of rain. today,a nice one. granted we got some clouds, but there were enough sun breaks to make for some pleasant weather. it helped keep the temperatures up -- 82 for the high at the airport. morning lows were in the 50's and 60's. the current temperatures -- there are still a fe

. >>> now, nur 11 insta-weather forecast with john collins. >> lot of interesting developments todayve had some ideal weather. but down south, this cluster of rain we've been watching on the radar has turned into a tropical storm, alberto. this is roughly where the eye of the storm is off the coast of south carolina. switch over to the satellite picture and we'll show you what's going on the you can see the clouds developing on the outside, sure sign that this ging -- thing is getting a circulation developing. it's awfully close to the coast, though. it is expected to keep going, head south, turn north and come right up the coast and by tuesdaying off hatteras as a tropical storm. and then diminish in strength as it gets off the coast of the delmarva peninsula wednesday. but it is expected to have some life for a few days. it will be interesting to see what happens with our first and very early storm of the season. 75 is typical for this time of year. we shot a little past what we expected to reach today, about i haven't heard one complaint about today's weather. here are the clear s

. >> william holmes, rocky, kenieta scott, john collins, marisa margle, keith englebrick. who is here? young chin, jessica roible, ryan farrell, jane midge, shelly m, sir, thank you for your help. but i think we got it. steve begley. >> steve! >> a little chippy tonight. >> thank you, guys, for being here. alternates a pleasure to -- it's a pleasure to speak with you. i know you have an interesting decision. my name is kenyatta scott, athletic director for abraham lincoln high school, teach mathematics. i've traveled extensively refereeing around the world and seeing soccer in many different levels. even when i was asked to come here to speak, was it pretty much in support of the beach chalet project but it was also, i have to speak the truth. i live right next to golden gate park so i'm a sunset person and i've come here from somewhere else but there are two things that concern me. one, it is the limited amount of field space that there is in the city and grass fields but i have to say, listening to everyone, i've been more conflicted than our pris recent decision he came

now we have a look of your moral day forecast with john collins --memorial day forecast. >> we could see a sprinkle in cecil county. some storms offshore and off the delmarva peninsula and a few showers around philadelphia. it was very active in pennsylvania and new jersey last night. there were some thunderstorms off to our east and south. 81 was the highest the airport with a trace of rain. 76 is a typical high this time of year. the yellow indicates readings around 70. 73 in annapolis. 70 at edgewood. 68 at easton. 64 on the boardwalk in ocean city. it will get busy there this weekend for the holiday. 68 at westminster. upper 50's in far western maryland. unsettled weather continues just off the coast. that will continue into the weekend. there is a cold front out to the west. we still have some clouds and it is little humid. the clouds have been stuck there for a couple of days and that will continue today with a disturbance offshore and this front which will go to the north. there will be some boundaries along the bay. we see the clouds this morning. we get some sun. something c

john collins warren. he is going to operate on this young man. this was taken about seven months after the initial event of anesthesia. there were no cameras for the initial event. there was -- everything was posed later. you see -- if you look at his leg over here. watch the next picture. there is the blood and bandage. early use of anesthesia. at the time, no doctor could conceive of diseases or treatments in anything resembling today's scientific terms. mid 19th century drugs and therapeutic substances consist

john collins warren. he is going to operate on this young man. this was taken about seven months after the initial event of anesthesia. there were no cameras for the initial event. everything was posed later. you see -- if you look at his leg over here. watch the next picture. there is the blood and bandage. early use of anesthesia. at the time, no doctor could conceive of diseases or treatments in anything resembling today's scientific terms. mid 19th century drugs and therapeutic substances consisted of herbal and mineral concoctions. that went all the way back to the time of hip pock krit tees. the fact that there would soon be fundamental developments such as radiology, anti-sepsis, bacteriology. and scientific attitude, a willingness to question authority, a drive to modify therapeutic practices that these will become mainstays of late 19th century medicine. in the 1860s, medicine might have stood on the cusp of a great revolution which would be heralded with -- with shortly thereafter by the likes of men like, lister and pasteur, and bernar

now back to john collins. >> good morning. thank you. the rain is moving offshore. west of the bay, it is clear. we're on a good trend. west of us, no rain. the inner harbor hit 78 yesterday. we had almost 2/3 of an inch of rain yesterday. some of never reds had some shower activity. a trace of snow was measured on this date. we were above the high yesterday. we'll be short of the mark by a few degrees. elkton, 55. parkton, a 52. 40's out in western maryland. they had more time to dry out. on the eastern shore, still some clouds. the rain has moved offshore. all of the rain this morning in new england. slightly cool air is moving in. high pressure covers the eastern -- over half of the eastern part of the nation. there are some weather disturbances out west. we have a good run coming as far as the weather is concerned. it is clear. we will pick up a few scattered clouds. it is below breezy, 15 to 25. small craft advisories because of the gusty winds. the wind will be from the northwest. rain will be moving out of the picture. most of the rain will be out in the moun

i am john collins 01 with carrie engel from valley view farms.we talk about weeks. -- weeds. we're talking about chemicals. what -- when you are dealing with them, read the labels and follow recommendations by the various companies. they can be different. each product has a different requirement or hazard or something. . >> the long sleeved shirts. it wants lee pants. -- long sleeved pants. repeated exposure, take care of yourself. >> especially if you're dealing with edibles. the label is not necessarily on the front. it is on the back. in most cases, these chemicals are -- there is a whole book. open it up to get the information. doggone it, there is a lot of interesting information. >> bis has interesting tips in here. it will say, do not apply through your your vaessenystem or right before the rain. -- your irrigation system or right before the raid. do not mow your lawn right away. >> there is a lot of information provided inside the label. it is not -- it is inside. read the novel. >> exactly. a lot of people -- we know the we are looking a

john collins has a look at your forecast. >> good morning. we have been talking about hurricanes this morning. we had alberto off the carolina coast last week. this is what irene last year was on the carolina coast. we had over three and a half inches of rain late in august from the storm. the forecast is for an average season. alberto is done. something may form off of the carolina coast this weekend. then there's debbie and so forth for the new hurricane season which is expected to be about average with nine to 15 named storms. this lines up perfectly with will be average. we'll talk more about our tropical-feeling weather this holiday weekend. right now we'll go to keith in sports. >> thank you. good morning. the orioles resume their season tonight against kansas city. jason hammel starts for the birds. the birds are in first place. the trainer for i'll have another has been suspended for 45 days. doug o'neill denied giving a horse performance enhancers. the commission agreed but suspended him because the horse had high levels of carbon mo

i'm john collins along with carrie engel. welcome to valley view farms. shade is not something desirable in a garden, but it is not impossible to deal with. there are more options than you think of. >> i enjoy the woods. it is somehow more serene. i especially like it in the summertime when you have hundreds and hundreds of choices. >> maybe a little extra work. actually, i find del are fewer weeds. >> fewer weeds. >> here are some great choices. some old-fag fashioned that have been around forever. >> and that smells wonderful. >> i think it's wonderful. for fragrance in the garden, these are great for moon garden. if you are spending time outside. it is great. >> you buy several plants. you will have several more the neck year and several more the next year. >> another plant scomprks it doesn't look like -- this is geranium. this is great for shade. it acts as a ground cover and takes over nicely. bright green leaves. they tend to spread as well. i think seeds spread on them. >> the first year they will not do a whole lot. by the third year, you will be

. >> i love john collins. >> he loves you, too. >> he is so smooth and relax. >> thank you. [laughter] the maryland zoo will let us talk to sam when we come back. first, here are some events going on downtown. >> live from television hill in baltimore, wbal-tv 11 news continues. [chirping] >> welcome back. i am with toucan sam. sam is all loud about something. >> he is all about this is this weekend. of course. we will shout over sam. >> this is a fund raiser at the zoo. a two day events saturday and sunday. it is a bruise fest. come to the zoo and go to our ple 50 new beers. sam will be there. >> see always like this? >> pretty much. he can be a lot more like this. he is a noisy bird. >> ok. not a great pet? >> not at all. >> all kinds of other activities -- >> , we have our babies that have been born. our warthog babies. a new monkey. >> the kids love to see this. >> limited times on some of the births. and you are coming to grow at the zoo, come at 10:00 a.m. come to the zoo at 10:00 a.m. and berew is p.m. until 7:00 p.m. you can spend the day listening to music. we have

first a check outside with john collins. i told you this morning when you walked in yesterday could not have been any better, and you said? >> today will be a lot better. it will be smr looking, but it will feel better because the temperatures are going up. this morning the temperature rs similar to yesterday morning at this time, maybe a degree or two less chilly. yesterday morning at this time we had a couple of places that were down in the 30's. right now it is 50. there is a breeze out there at 6 miles per hour. as we look at the basic picture. still clear skies overhead. we'll tau talk that coming up in the insta-weather plus forecast. stick around. >> our big story this morning, police are investigating another case of police impersonation. >> this time the suspect scammed an elderly man out of $1,000. here's kai reed. >> i thought it was legitimate, and he took me for $3,000. >> george johnson was raking leaves in his northwest baltimore home when two well dressed men in suits walked toup him claiming to be police off

i'm john collins. welcin ke to yours. 6 c13 fes,ener."his is an important summer for pa are 6 c13 tiom. >> we have mcolmorjol day and ao fourth of july coming up. we aay o have the celebration o the war of 1812 at fort mchenry. >> we have summer-long events and cels. baltimore. >> all sorts of cool things out at fort mit -- mchenry. can you be a part of it. >> mpying a fprofig istimreat, e. catre also going to think plants, red, white, and b fre bnprofints. obviously you can put them in the ground, but you can decorate your porch, your deck, your front sidewalk, around the pool if you have a pool. >> this is a nice pprofint. it is simple. you can take a lookld bnder the and yet it on a six-incutawide board. >> and what's important is it yas drainace. are ainage is important on any these pots. >> away k ohutel fro e. catretimwithng to have heat. we are going to worry about watering. >> we don't like wet feet all the time. >> and look at sin ke that mrow yave water-sigh.ining capacity. in in the heat of the summer, these things de especiall

john collins didn't break any rules.fact, someone called the decision to outsource the paper airplane is a smart way to win the record. what this comes down to is not what is fair, but what feels fair. not all playing fields are level. sometimes you think you're throwing a cleverly 8 1/2 by 11 piece of paper under the same circumstances as everybody else and suddenly you find you're not. there's other bigger news that brings up questions of fairness and whether we're playing the same game. that's coming up later in the show. >>> time for the "your business" entrepreneur of the week. mariah finley is founder of citrus lane. customers sign up and once a month get a surprise package of baby products. instead of hiring someone she did her own marketing group and customers to fine-tune her business. for much, watch "your business" on msnbc. cerl? yummy. [ woman ] lower cholesterol. [ man 2 ] yummy. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste and whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut ch

john collins joins us with a look at the forecast. >> clouds this morning.cover over us in northern maryland. if you showers to the northwest. yes, shower activity. maybe a rumble of thunder or two. humidity is up, barometer is up as well. this should kept temperatures a little higher. there is a stormy activity out there. clouds and sunshine will be the mixture to date. >> thank you for joining us. another update>>> every four ye glorious days, one event transforms us. the 2010 london olympics coming this summer to the networks of nbc universal. ♪ >>> and we are back, 8:30 now on a thursday morning, the 3rd day of may, 2012. and you are looking at stunning kensington palace here in london, england, on kind of an overcast, drizzly, chilly day. and guess what? 3,000 miles away, a carbon copy out on rockefeller plaza. we've got some smiling faces taking in the sights and sounds of your city. in london, i'm matt lauer. back on the plaza, we've got ann curry, al roker and natalie morales. good to see you all. >> did you get to the bathroom? i know you were worri

john collins has a look at the forecast. >> all this stormy weather is off to our south.59 at the airport. lots of sunshine. barometer is up. by evening, the storm stays south. high temperatures overhead. it keeps us in great shape. it keeps us in great shape into the weekend. 75 degrees to 80 on some cases. >> another update at 8:56. >>> 8:30 now on this friday morning. the 18th of may, 2012. nice weather on the plaza as we get set to kick off our summer concert series with seven-time grammy winner usher. hey, guys, i wish i could be there, but we're sort of busy doing everything here in cannes. but, boy, looks like you've got a lot of fun. meantime from here going to be catching up with the very talented and lovely eva longoria. back to you. >> and we are back with more of "today" on a friday morning. we're going to crowd behind us going slightly crazy, because usher has been out here doing a little music in advance of our big concert in just a couple of minutes. and he has drawn a big crowd. i'm matt lauer along with al roker, natalie morales and savannah gruthry here

john collins has a look at the forecast. >> a cool front has come through the area.a few more clouds and we're looking at the storm south to. over the weekend, we will be in the 70's. >> another update at 8:56. >>> the perfect race i'm running in my mind. >> i've done this 100 times. >> everything that's built up is released. >> i'm hitting the water like a rocket. >> if i do the best that i can do -- >> i touch that wall. i just shattered the world record. >> i just won. >>> 8:30 now on a thursday morning. it's the 17th day of may, 2012. talk about a sibling rivalry. you're looking at the trampoline skills of jeffrey and steven glucksteen, brothers from new jersey currently ranked number one and number two in the country on the trampoline. the problem is, only one spot is available on the u.s. olympic trampoline team. so one of the brothers will probably get it. the other will not. we're going to talk to them and take a look at some of their skills in just a couple of minutes. >>> meanwhile, i'm matt lauer out on the plaza along with savannah guthrie, al roker and n

john collins has the look of the forecast. areas ofve some pir dense fog around the region.wise, 61 at the airport. humidity is all the way up. broadwater, northeast winds at 3 -- barometer, northeast winds at 3 miles an hour. we have a chance of sunshine, and thunderstorm activity this afternoon. may be severe. slight risk category during the day today. small chance for severe thunderstorms. mix of clouds and we hope for a little sunshine. we could have a chance of rain on saturday, but b ♪ >>> get your hats ready for the 13th running of the kentucky kerrby tomorrow here on nbc. and we're going to get a preview from churchill downs coming up. meantime, 8:30 on a friday, may 4th, 2012. we're outside on the plaza with a lot of fun people. i'm ann curry alongside david gregory in for matt, and al roker and we've got natalie morales. coming up we're going to be talk ing about -- >> my kid would never do that on "dateline." we challenged kids from everything from handling issues of drunk driving, to stranger danger. this time it's all about peer pressure and discrimination, spec

jackie collins followed by john caldera, followed by julien chain, followed by robert docking doors. -- robert dockendorf. >> good morning. we totally oppose this idea, because harvey later in his life was about fighting for the -- for those who face all forms of injustice. there has got to be a better resolution to support him than to name a ship after him. this is going to be a controversy to the progressive lgbt communities across the country, and across our own state. i totally oppose this and i ask you to do this -- to do so also. >> thank you. mr. caldera, followed by julien chang, robert -- mundorf -- robert dockendorf. >> good morning. i present three letters that were drafted >> my name is john caldera and i am the president of the san francisco commission. i am pleased and honored to stand before you and say that our commission voted in favor of this resolution. as the only member of this commission that is a member of the lgbt community, i felt it important not only to deliver those letters in hand, but to speak on behalf of this resolution. i am also a member of the harve

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collins, news 4. >>> no verdict yet after a day of deliberations in the john edwards corruption trial. taking place in greensboro, north carolina. the jurors are considering six criminal counts against the former presidential candidate. they must decide whether edwards knowingly used campaign money to hide his pregnant mistress in 2008. edwards faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted. the deliberations will continue monday morning. >>> maryland's highest court says the state must recognize a divorce for same sex marriage from another state. the court of appeals ruling today involved two women, jessica port of maryland, and virginia cowan of washington. they were married in california in 2008. the couple was denied a divorce two years later by a judge in maryland who said their marriage was not valid in the state. the ruling today says the marriage was in fact valid and therefore it is worthy of divorce. >>> beautiful day out there today. but doug's keeping an eye on a storm that might be brewing at some point as people make important weekend plans. he didn't want to sit in here tod

pat collins will have more from the survivors of these crimes coming up tonight at 5:00. >>> john edwards' core ums trial is in its third week. prosecutors are trying to show that edwards knowingly and illegally used campaign donations to hide his pregnant mistress. edwards and his daughter cate arrived at the courthouse this morning. today alex forger was back on the witness stand. he is the lawyer for virginia heiress rachel bunny melon. memorandum only gave thousands of dollars to edwards when he ran for president and that the money was for a personal need of edwards. prosecutors contend that some of that money was used in the coverup. edwards denies breaking any law. >>> new numbers out today say nearly half of american adults are projected to be obese by the we are 2030 unless the country makes significant changes. the growing problem has prompted many experts to look at ways of preventing obesity long before adulthood focusing even on toddlers. erica edwards has our story. >> reporter: america's scales continue to tip in the wrong direction. the prevalence of obesity is now predicte

john edward's trial without a verdict. federal authorities are blaming a colorado man for igniting a fire near fort collins with his campingwe're taking you right back to "hardball." >> in instead of being celebrating were our customers vietnam veterans were shunned. they should have been called american pay try yachts. two weeks in memorial day. we will join vietnam veterans and their families at the wall to mark their years of service. >>> that was president obama yesterday where he gaf an award to a veet nom veteran. yesterday, the obama campaign rolled out it's veteran's and military families for obama effort. traditionally they have gone republican, and the obama campaign wants to change that. michael hastings, a correspondent for buzz feed, and he is author of "the operators." joe, my compadre. i want to talk to you because i know you're hearts with these guys, you're one of them. i want to talk about is part of this the fact that certainly this war is not one of the most popular in the world. the one in afghanistan got less popular. there's a sense of, not like we're mad at the people fighting the wars, it's like we

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