kimberly suiters tells us why one company is footing the bill to train the unemployed. >> reporter: how many of you have been to las vegas or gambled? anybody? >> reporter: this is not your mothers classroom. >> reporter: how many of you willing to lose it? this could be your ticket not your next job. >> the message to whoever might hire me that you're not just sitting around. you're trying to broaden horizons, broadier skills or build on what you've already learned. >> reporter: stevelearned a lot from his job at aol. when his job was slashed he took advantage of this. anyone who loses a job can take

reporting live in downtown washington, i kimberly suiters. barbara, joe, back to you. >> thanks, kimberly. joe? >> well, clinical trials of the swine flu vaccine are under way at the university of maryland right now. participants rolled up their sleeves yesterday. they'll be returning for blood samplingself times. researcher are trying to figure out how much vaccine patients will need this fall. >> every medicine we take, somebody before us took a leap of faith and participated in a trial, so that's my part. >> researchers will monitor the adult volunteers for two weeks before they begin doing studies on children. >> turning now to that deadly midairrash out at new york city. divers are searching for the last victim in saturday's accident involving a small plane and a tourist helicopter. divers will return to the hudson river today. they found one man from the plane's wreckage yesterday but they couldn't pull him out. nine people were killed in that ash. photos show the plane's wing was sheared off on impact. 911 calls reveal the panicked mome

. >> and i'm kimberly suiters. straight ahead on "news 4 today," remembering the life of senator edward kennedy. the final preparations under way before he'll be laid to rest. >> plus, upset parents lark out over a scheduling glitch at some maryland schools. what administrators are saying will be done and when students will head back to class. >> the holiday season is just around t >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports,ast name michael vick took the next step in his long road back from prison to the n. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your srts headlines. >>> good morning. it's been over two and a half years since michael vick played an nfl name. the vilified quarterback made his debut with the eagles. go to philadelphia. vick entered second play fr scmmage and shoveled a pass to shawn mccoy for a short game. his only pass downfield a bullet. a first down. it was only inor six plays. one of the receiver, perft four for four through the area for 19 yards. eagl

eun, back to you. >> kimberly suiters. kimberly, thank you. >>> best selling author dominick dunne has died at his home in manhattan. he had been fighting bladder cancer. in addition to his novels which include "the two mrs. greenvilles" he was best known for his coverage of the o.j. simpson trial. his final novel, "too much money" will be released in september. he was 83. >> news 4 is always connected to your commute and that commute could take longer than usual if yo rnhe virgin.si cngloanes lrn bsl i- lo b rwe 1en i-95 between r ad e plronethveouxte 1or cof adro over the next couple of news s4' news 4'sour yr mm utco e.th mat gins u lis ining us live with more on this story. >> reporter: good morning. everyone in the washington area and those who have traveled through the washington area know how crazy it can be when you get to lorton. it is a bottleneck. as you can see here, they're working to try and fix that. they're figuring that the way to fix it is with some extra lanes. that's going to mean some road closures and

reporting live i'm kimberly suiters. news 4. back to you. >> kimberly, thank you. >> a virginia plan is fighting a ticket for what he says was simply an act o kindness. last month, joe vamosi saw some geese trying to cross fairfax county parkway in reston. he hopped out of his car and allowed them to pass. an officer ticketed vamosi for jaywalking, saying he nearly caused a massive pileup. >> what i saw in my head, trouble ahead, possibility. if those animals walked through the 60-mile-an-hour flying cars. >> in court yesterday, a judge said he'd throw out the ticket provided vamosi stays out of trouble for six months. no more stopping the car to help geese for -- at least for six months. >> reminds me of the story, make way for ducklings. do you remember that story? >> sure, yeah. >> one of my favorites as a child. what about the weather out there, tom? >> well, children are loving this weather, going to the pools and beaches as you're going to want to do that later on today. it will get uncomfortably hot and humid. as a result,

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i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm kimberly suiters in for barbara harrison. today friday, august 28th, 2009. taking a live look outside. it looks clear in our area, but some of you experiencing rain this morning. >> yeah, hope you brought your umbrella with you because tom says we might get a few droplets later on today. >> that's right. it's cloudy in washington now and it's humid as we start off in wgakre waking b yarup eyed after the sky was throwing lightning bolts at us overnight in montgomery and howard and frederick counties. ra in came down reallyar tdouidnigh itaroundidnight with some thunder and lightning. wghhnot on the radar getting thunder and lightning crossing the chesapeake bay to the east of annolis as well as nor onof baltimore and along the pennsylvania border. for the rest of the day, there's a small chance of a morning shower. otherwise, cloudy. then aelik lihood of passingwei t to einsnghivenin thtede ahohors inrs t ehitongvese sni oomf whi could prod uc s omef,brey vieer e heavy rain. s. atsri potnsat pot tonight looks like it's going t

i'm jim hand. >> i'm kimberly suiters in for pat lawson muse. here's some of the top stories we are working on this hour. >> tens of thousands of mourners continue paying their last respects to senator kennedy today. family members were there to personally greet and thank the supporters who filed through boston's jfk library where the senator's body lies in repose. his private funeral and burial will be held tomorrow. live coverage of both ceremonies here on news4 starting at 10:00 a.m. >>> california governor arnold schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in california where wildfires are burning large areas and threatening homes. the worst of the fires are in the northeastern suburbs of los angeles and montaerey counties. >>> los angeles county coroner ruled michael jackson's death a homicide caused by two drugs. a short time ago he released a statement. naming the cause of death as acute intoxication from an anesthetic. the report says that other sedatives also contributed to the death. >>> there are new developments in another complicat

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reporting live in rockvill i'm kimberly suiters, news 4. ara, back to you. >> thanks, kimberly. >> it is also expected to be a historic day on capitol hill. the senate is expected to vote on the supreme court nomination of judge sonia sotomayor. if confirmed, she will become the first hispanic justice on the high court and its third woman. most republicans say they will vote no because they are afraid she will rule according to her personal biases. but democrats call her a well-qualified judge and a mainstream moderate. they have more than enough votes to win her confirmation. >> a former louisiana congressman was found guilty of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. a federal jury convicted william jefferson on 11 of 16 counts, including bribery, racketeering and money laundering. prosecutors released this surveillance video showing, among other things, jefferson taking a briefcase from the trunk of a car. you may recall fbi agents raided the democrat's washington home back in 2005 and found $90,000 in cash in his freezer. jeff

ran a red light. >>> >>> good morning anwelcome back to "news4 today," the weekend edion, i'm kimberly suiters. let's start the half hour off with a great look at today's weather, chuck bell is up in storm center 4, good morning to you. >> good morning, kimberly and good morning, everybody. saturday under way, sunrise is just getting ready to occur out there. outside temperatures are in the upper 60s to near 70 degrees around the metropolitan area. 73 downtown. 72 in beautiful annapolis and shady side and deal down to calvert county and into southern maryland. where st. mary's is a the 69 degrees this morning. a little cooler to our north and west. martinsburg and frederick at 64 right now. dew points remain a little bit in the uncomfortable side, mid to upper 60s and a little patchy fog as well. frederick maryland, visibility down to a half-mile in frederick. springfield, virginia, visibility reduced to three miles and less than half a mile in culpepper, virginia. we'll be left with an abundance of sunshine by later this afternoon. highs today up near 88 degrees, it will it will feel like aug

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kimberly suiters takes a look back. >> reporter: edward kennedy grew up in the shadow of two brothers that became american icons but his decades in stuchlt senate established him as a political legend and in his own right. >> undermine the medicare system and next will be social security. >> reporter: left with family wealth and fame, he was devoted to helping those less fortunate. massachusetts voters sent him to the senate in 1962. two years after brother john f. kennedy won the white house. >> the torch has been passed. >> reporter: heady days of camelot cut short by tragedy. jfk's assassination in 1963. followed by robert kennedy's assassination in 1968. >> good and decent man. we saw wrong and tried to right it. saw suffering and tried to heal it. saw war and tried to stop it. >> reporter: then teddy's destiny and burden to run for president. he did in 1980 against president jimmy carter. kennedy lost the nomination. then delivered a stirring convention speech many considered his finest. >> the cause endure, the hope still lives, and the dreams shallev ner die. >> reporter: his p

kimberly suiters is following this story first on 4. good morning. >> good morning. the cafritz property is still fenced off this morning. a d.c. police officer sits out front, standing guard, as does a fire department mobile command unit. the smell of this fire and smoke still lingering in the air. last week on wednesday, flames devoured the former school board chair's home and her vast art collection in northwest. fire crews ran hoses to hydrants blocks away. they said they couldn't get proper water pressure close to the fire, and other neighbors apparently had complained of low water pressure in the past. while the cause of this massive and devastating fire is still under investigation, was a wants to put to rest speculation about any water pressure deficiencies. news 4 hasrowteet t ayfrom lheenette tfrenheom mer geranal t tagofr o nnene oneridistbution system e esristontiteysm been ns h sheen shown whit with regardo t ahe wilableerat w supply, to fire and e.m.s. to fire to suppress this in this emergency. this is the letter. more in this morning's newscast. d.c.

as kimberly suiters discovered you don't have to be a biotech expert to find a job. >> reporter: the tug-of-war. the ph is out of balance. the lesson is crystal clear. >> kids don't understand what we do as parents in our work place. we come home. speak to them at dinner. tell them about our day. >> an international biotech company sponsors bring your child to workday to inspire the xt generation. >> how many of you think you will be a scientist when you grow up? >> reporter: among the young scientists, 7-year-old mervin. >> it helps people live more and they can discover things. >> reporter: his dad is george kumbu and works in a restricted lab down the hall. >> he is in this room. and he does a lot of stuff. they have these little boxes. and they have like, something. >> he works in the sra lab. works on creating plates based on specifications of sin nettic rnas. >> it helped scientists in university and pharmaceutical labs study gene and regulation. offering promising new therapies for cancer and other diseases. anelia shaw's mom works down the street in the gaithersburg facility.

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a memorial park in hollywood hills. >>> good morning and welcome back to "news 4 today," i'm kimberly suiters. the news is just ahead. let's take a look upstairs at the moing's weather with meteorologist chuck bell. he's in "storm center 4." good morning, chuck. >>> good morning, kimberly. good morning, everybody. welcome to your weekend. the sun is shining out there. beautiful way to the day. the temperatures have made it to the upper 70s and near 80 drs. in fact, down in washington it has touched 780 degrees. same in annapolis, baltimore. hagerstown, mid 80s. mid-70s across most of the other neighborhoods. the rainfalls are in southeastern virginia. the showers are not coming our way, so we don't need to worry about those. dew points remain a little bit on the high side in the mid to upper 60s. so it definitely feels plenty humid out there. it's going to be a nice day, partly to mostly sunny, warm to humid. highs in the mid to upper 80s. a kilometer pleat check of the seven-day forecast coming up. >> looking forward to that. good-bye, mom and dad. hello, college. it's the time of year that

kimberly suiters tells us why one company is footing the bill to train the unemployed. >> reporter: how many of you have been to las vegas or gambled? anybody? >> reporter: this is not your mothers classroom. >> reporter: how many of you willing to lose it? this could be your ticket not your next job. >> the message to whoever might hire me that you're not just sitting around. you're trying to broaden horizons, broadier skills or build on what you've already learned. >> reporter: stevelearned a lot from his job at aol. when his job was slashed he took advantage of this. anyone who loses a job can take a course in i.t., project or business management for free. >> my colleagues here have decided for the good of the industry to offer up the $500,000 so essentially it comes basically from our merit pay and bonus pool. >> reporter: they also know it's good pr. when adam gets his next job, he may recommend his company to use esi to train. >> jobs get canceled or there's hiring freezes or layoffs that make it really difficult to find the right fit. >> reporter: he's interested in work as a pro

news 4's kimberly suiters joins us with more on what's happening today. gaged in this debate, kimberly. >> joe, engaged in near combat, to people are literally shouting down their members of congress. fortunately, no physically violent incidents. for now, it's predominantly a war of words. [ shouting ] >> and i've had it. i have friends in other countries who do not worry about this ever, and i'm sick of it. >> you want it to be more efficient and you want it to be cheaper, so you want the government to do it? come on. >> i think it added to the process. it was a town hall meeting. people got a chance to ask their questions. i had a chance to answer those questions. i think we got some facts out, which i think is very helpful to the debate. i heard from my constituents. it certainly was noisy. that's their right, but we were able to accomplish what a town hall meeting should. >> that's the senator speaking in normal tones there, but at times, senator ben cardin had to shout his wathrough this town hall at towson university, where constituents booed and jee

i'm kimberly suiters. thanks for watching "news 4 today."t ahead, a check on what's making news this morning. first we want to say good-bye to the patriarch of camelot, senator ted kennedy. in just minutes his funeral mass is set to begin in boston. it's expected to draw in 1500 people. afterward people will have a chance to say good-bye. the funeral procession will travel through the district before ending at arlington national semty and that's where "news 4's" derrick ward joins us live where prep rags are under way. derrick? >> reporter: gd morning. indeed the prep rags have been under way for some time now. if you take a look you can see the port call, one of those symbols strongly associated with arlington national cemetery and it will be part of the panoramic associated grave of the three kennedy brothers. it was prompted by a call from senator kennedy's staff as his health took a turn for the worst. now, he will be laid to rest about 100 feet from robert f. kennedy's grave and 200 feet from john f. kennedy's grave a. it allows a site

kimberly suiters joins us live in our studio with me now. good morning. >> good morning, barbara. the onli petition calls on the wmata board of directors to remove metro general manager john catoe. it has fewer than 100 signatures at this hour but its dakoeur mem some serious alga s.on s.e petition states in the wake tofhe horrificunnd, h ascron 9, crasoned re linh meo'seds r lins me laco armyinlaar cglletha t current managements unable to safely administerilra mroetil so ems.sy the petition notes a failure t . ta es blish and maintain a culture .ffety as the public face ofo, trmetr tys the rpoitnsoibil ty operate a safls aln sto sherlds.s. finally, it claims heas hleasaid to be airthcndfo ag ransparent about the curre state of the system. for mr. catoe's part when asked about remaining at his post, he has repeatedly said he wants to focus on finding the cause of the accident on june 22nd, implementing change and continuing to earn the confidence of metro riders. catoe was named the nation's 2009 top public transportation manager by the american public transportation association f

reporting live in baltimore, i'm kimberly suiters, news 4. joe, back to you. >> kimberly, thanks very much. >> this morning the search is on inassh.waongt an explosive .tnot washasgton. th i moxlb mox exploded last night in the 4800 block of meade street northeast. the explosion sent debris about 60 feet, damaging street lights. no one was hurt, but people were temporarily evacuated from their homes. investigators describe the device as a mortar type fire work. >> the hyattsville man who attacked elderly women is going to prison for the rest of his life. the judge sentenced jose garcia-perlera to life without the possibility of parole. he carried out a series of violent home invasions in montgomery county. he targeted elderly women who lived alone, tying them up before he robbed them. some of those women went to yesterday's sentencing hearing. >> the only thing that -- aside from the death penalty, which would make me happy. >> anything less would have put us all in jeopardy. and other people, too. because he's the kind of an individual, if

news 4's kimberly suiters joins us with this monday morning jobs 4 you report. good morning. >> good morning. lots of banks are promoting online services in an effort to go green, but thisnelso prints checks on recycled paper, makes check cards out of 100% recycled plastic and since 2000 all new pnc construction is green. the dulles branch sits in a busy shopping center, a highly visible spot. those who do venture in to bank the old fashioned way or to resolve an issue face-to-face, get the green tour. >> if i take a customer in -- >> reporter: fro the branch manager. >> see how the lights just turned on? >> reporter: not to be confused with this green, used for down time and client contacts. >> tell you, hey, you know what? the temperature's outside 70. the branch is set for 70. let's turn it off and bring in the fan, bringngn fresh air. >> reporter: look closely and you'll see old bits of glass in the tiles. the windows, two-paned, filled with gas for insulation. the carpet made of recyclable rubber and nylon. the furniture filled with a wheat byproduct comfor

i'm kimberly suiters.ime is 7:26 a.m. the body of senator edward kennedy is lying in repose at his brother's presidential library in boston. this is a live look there. thousands of people will pass by the american flag-draped casket. family will hold an invitation only memorial service. senator kennedy's funeral is set for tomorrow. he will be buried at arlington national scemetery. about 2,000 student don't have class schedules because of a glitch with the computer program called school max. the program left 8,000 students without schedules on monday. school district officials hope to have the problem fixed by next week. weather and traffic are next. >>> good morning. cloudy and humid now, in the low 70s eastern shore and the pennsylvania border still getting showers and thunder this morning. could get heavy downpours later this afternoon with thunder. could even have flooding. highs reaching the low 80s. remaining humid into saturday. a small chance of passing showers tomorrow. how's the traffic? >> had

. >> kimberly suiters is live where maryland's governor made a major announcement about the purple line. what did he say? >> reporter: there are great hopes for the purple line, barbara and keith. one is that it would ease congestion. the governor saying this is the wave of the future and the option he is choosing is light rail. the governor was standing right there in front of those bright purple balloons not long ago. the governor's involvement ss today they are going to be competing for federal funding for the $1.5 billion project. to get this project under way by 2013. from neckties to necklaces, new carrollton commuters couldn't help but ask what is the deal out here? it could be a light rail system forming an east to west 16-mile arc from new carrollton to bethesda. the governor calls the purple line green because of energy efficient sis and money saved, light rail is the most cost effective, sustainable, efficient and rider-friendly. compatibility with campus and community life, and consideration of nature. just as the line would connect communities and in some cases it would bis

i'm kimberly suiters. let's check on the forecast with tom kierein.is live picture. you can see the late summer haze that fills the air around the region at this hour. and temperatures are rht now in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees. we'll have afternoon highs in the upper 80s to near 90. with increasing clouds we'll have a chance of rain moving in by dawn tomorrow. occasional showers likely on friday. highs in the 70ll serma c a smaller chance of rain saturday and sunday. kimberly. >> tom, thank you. we're going to take a look at the traffic right now in a moment. >>> good morning. tough trip again on the capital beltway. inner loop most of the way to the american legion bridge. a couple of problems earlier have cleared but we're crawling. the wilson bridge no late concerns. the top side of the beltway looks good between greenbelt and silver spring. >> thanks. tonight, upside-down on your mortgage? you're not alone. tonight all the research is done for you when homeowners are getting nowhere with ♪ >>> wh you were 15 years old, were you an internatio

i'm kimberly suiters.g we are remembering the life and legacy of senator ted kennedy. he died of brain cancer last nit. we're expecting a statement from president obama at any moment now. mr. kennedy once attended holy trinity catholic church here in georgetown. one parishioner shared his memories of the senator. >> from the day he was -- took his oath in the capitol he was in the pew in front of me here, and he lived right down the street, so in terms of following history and how it was going and the benefit of living in washington, i and a friend of mine just walked and flowed them along and saw jackie onassis come out of the house and stuff like that. it was all wonderful. >> senator ted kennedy was 77 years old. much more coverage to come. in the meantime, weather and traffic are up next. >>> good at-hour temperature in the mid 70s. live picture from our sky watcher camera showing a late summer haze on this soft august morning. temperatures around the region will climb to near 90. a little more humid t

i'm kimberly suiters in f eun yang this morning. funeral plans in just a moment but first we want to get the morning forecast with meteorologist chuck bell. chuck, it lookse

. >>> good morning, welcome to the 9:00 edition of "news4 today," i'm kimberly suiters, in for eun yangoing to be a hot one. >> oh, yes, indeed. but we would almost be disappointed if mother nature didn't provide us a little bit of heat and humidity here in the month of august. it's a mostly blue sky overhead this morning. but the first clouds of the day have been spotted. these are not rain clouds, though, they're just puffy fair-weather clouds that will be drifting through our skies during the course of the day. might get an isolated shower in the mountains of west virginia, but that's about it, no rain threat here in the washington, d.c. area. visibilitiesre