dozens of homes between newton street and 52nd street lost their homes. derek ward has more. >> it was clear even at night that the bladensburg neighborhood were hard hit. the red spot marks buildings where the roofs were torn off and devastation and there are the stories of those who were caught up at the height of the high winds. >> as i was trying to come out of the building i couldn't open the door. the wind was coming so strong and i still had my windows open. >> she says it was a neighbor that finally helped her open the door from the outside despite his own problems. >> he tried to open the door and the roof fell on him and he had a concussion. >> high winds came in quickly, downing trees and power lines all along newton street. >> i was ready for it to come and then i seen the roof over there. >> reporter: crews brought out heavy equipment and they cleared newton street early on, but the rest of the cleanup could tack a while longer. so what could have possibly caused all of this damage? >> the reports we're getting from the national weather servi

you're looking south down newton. if you make out that white mass behind where those people are walking, that wasn't there last night because that was actually the roof of theb building that' adjacent at the roof of the hill. that roof is resting on power lines that used to go completely across the street. that's sort of the tale of what's going on in bladensburg. we had crews out here when the roof of that building blew off. and just above the crescent hill farther down newton, there's another roof that's completely off the street. the red close is here. 43 families have been did i played by the damage. 10,358 prince george's county residents are in that same boat. the emergency management department for the "here as well as police and the red cross. i want to bring it back in the other direction down newton street. if you go down newton almost every other tree has been damaged or completely taken down. in any case they've come down on power lines. both sides of the street are dark. people are awakening to an awesome

newton said, quote, kissing tom cruise was slightly icky and sort of wet. don't kiss and tell, guys. you get paid must have money. >>> and this comes to us from krca-3 reports in sacramento, california, where a husband and wife made a discovery of a lifetime for another former bride. the couple found a 14-karat gold wedding ring buried under the seat of a used car that they bought. well, it was inscribed with the wedding date from 1961. for weeks they didn't know who it belonged to. but after going through car repair records, they tracked down the owner, a 79-year-old widow. it was her late husband's ring, and it will now be given to their son. great ending there. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. >>> stonehenge has some stiff competition in london. it's called city henge, a sculpture that took a self-taught artist three months and 18 scrap cars to create. the stonehenge replica was unveiled to mark the recent summer solstice. the structure, which had to be hauled in with a crane weigh

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sir isaac newton established the basis of the english pound sterling in 1717, the very same isaac newton who pioneered the scientific revolution of the 17th and early 18th century. the weight unit which was established by law of the english pound in gold lasted until 1914. so, with all respect for edwards' dating, we had a 200-year constant unit of value established as the currency of first england and then of course the united kingdom. the gold standard was prevailing in the united states by virtue of the coinage act of 1792. in 1792, it was a bi-metallic system, gold and silver, which edward suggested itself had certain flaws which we haven't time to get into. but by 1834, gold was the sole established weight unit of the dollar, and it was defined in law as the currency of the united states. it was constant in its purchasing power and in its definition, but for the interruption of the civil war, until 1934. so the value of a currency defined by statute in gold weight had many examples in this feeble, imperfect laboratory of human history of a very stable purchasing power. what edward i

to the east this thursday as delicate iranian afghanis she's at discussed in beijing that you know newton met with the country's leaders. and increased cases of assaults on women in egypt stuff risk where reveal the plight of female for testers whose hopes for democratic change is a fading as islamists strive to take a grip on. the next an exclusive interview with a lebanese interior minister who gives his outlook on how the bloodshed in syria could play out for the entire region. well again the so i love the lebanon is affected by internal tensions and we do not conflict or decisions related to security issues are made outside by other countries so how can you talk about security in lebanon that would have a little bit of lebanon security doesn't depend on lebanon alone politically and in terms of security and lebanon depends on external factors as well the when the people of lebanon have close religious and family ties with neighboring states. is that an alternative to external in. the corner and that has to be an automatic even smaller countries than lebanon has just external influence

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let's check back in with the original butt sketch artist skrandle lee newton is on to another subject. crandall, how sit going out there? who do you have -- let's see. >> i believe it's elise. it's been one butt after another out hire. [laughs]. >> jimmy: she appears to be posing for you. why don't you call yourself the back artist? >> well, i think butt has a nice ring to it. >> jimmy: you're probably right. >> butt sketch. >> jimmy: do people recognize their own butts? >> you know, one of things i found is that they're like thumbprints. every butt is so unique. >> jimmy: it is. you know, if you walk down the street, i can tell what your butt is like just like that. >> jimmy: what celebrity butt would you like to draw? >> certainly kim kardashian. >> jimmy: kim kardashian. would you charge her extra? >> i would charge her by the pound. >> jimmy: let's see your model here. what is your name. >> evan. >> do you know what he's doing out there. >> sketching my butt. >> are you at all creeped out by this? >> no. >> have you ever been stumped by a butt. you look at it and can't sketch it?

. >> parts of newton st. ours simply demolished. apartment buildings condemned, cars crushed. the areas torn limb from limb. the high school is home to more than 100 residents. toiletries two hot meals. the hole ripped in their lives a bit harder to fill. >> my daughter's friends called ouray the roof came off of building. just left the building. one thing that has no place here -- pets. his owners will not stay here either. let the dog not inside. dog is not allowed inside. me and the dog will stay in the car. leave my dog out. >> prince george's county has emergency phone number. shelter andt have remembermade your way to call 301-583-to 200. it will be open maybe through monday. may be out of the housing for months. to find temporary housing. up there.uite a miss people across the another nineending in the dark. without power from yesterday's close the store. pepco is making progress and than 7000 power outages. if you live in the district in the seed trees and branches down and public areas, call the city public service -- call 311 or 311.sx.gov. will the sun last of the w

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then, sandy newton did not enjoy kissing tom cruise back in 2000. she said kissing tom cruise was slightly icky and sort of wet. i'm sort of like this is information i'd rather not know. >>> this comes to us from k krc. the couple found a 14-karat golden wedding ring buried under the seat of a used car they bought. it was inscribed with ted withling date from 1961. for weeks they didn't know who it blocked to. they tracked down the winner, a 79-year-old widow. it's their late huft's ring and it will now be given to the son. good to hear. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. >>> no relief from this dangerous heat just yet. temperatures are already in the upper 70s and ready to approach record highs yet again. i almost didn't even drink coffee this morning because i was kind of worried it would make me too warm. >> but you need it for this hour, don't you, richard? >> i finally gave in. i'm richard jordan in for aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to this thursday, june 21st,

then, sandy newton did not enjoy kissing tom cruise back in 2000.he said kissing tom cruise was slightly icky and sort of wet. i'm sort of like this is information i'd rather not know. >>> this comes to us from k krc. the couple found a 14-karat golden wedding ring buried under the seat of a used car they bought. it was inscribed with ted withling date from 1961. for weeks they didn't know who it blocked to. they tracked down the winner, a 79-year-old widow. it's their late huft's ring and it will now be given to the son. good to hear. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. it will be another hot and steamy day. one more day and this many heat wave and we'll have a cool off going into the weekend. it feels tropical outside. hot, humid. the actual high temperature will be in the upper 90's. director for today is 100. we do have some relief in the seven-day forecast. >> 4:56. 78 degrees on tv hill. >> the gover

>> we are on newton street in bladensburg where it is like a war zone around here. look behind me. see that large group. there are two cars buried underneath. it is as i said -- debris is everywhere. you can see from the roof. cars have been damaged. look at this over here. pieces of wood in paled into a car. that is how powerful some of these winds were today. over here, one of the worst hit buildings. these apartment complexes. we want to show you what it looks like on the roof. part of it has been ripped off. it is dark. almost no one in this area has power now. in very bad situation. we talk to some residents. let's hear what they have to say. >> i was on the floor and when i came to, i heard a crashing sound. i looked up and could see the sky. i saw a window land next to me on the floor. i thought the window blew out and hit me on the head. >> i was sitting in my room. all you hear is pap pap. everything was everywhere. >> it is just amazing. the widespread damage here. block after block of homes, apartments cars crashed into each other. no power. many lights are out. traffic

they include copies of presidential inaugural addresses, off letters written by isaac newton and charles dickens and are worth more than $1 million. his 25-year-old accomplice's has also pled guilty to theft charges. no sentencing date has been set. coming up on 11 news at noon, the president expected to tahnhk firefighters in colorado as the continue to fight fire in colorado. crow's sweeping down on people's crow's sweeping down on people's >> covering the nation, a giant while fire continues to burn out of control in colorado springs. it is being called the worst fire in the state's history. board more than 40,000 people have been forced to evacuate. the house of representatives will vote today to keep their colder in contempt of congress. they will hold two votes, and both are expected to pass. this stems from the refusal to turn over documents related to a mexican gun-running charge. a crow in oregon is not feeling very sweet. he is spent the last couple months swooping down on their heads. no one is sure why he is so protective of his bridge in portland, but there are several theor

in newton as general and former warlord is wanted by the international criminal court for recruiting child soldiers amongst other things. they were captured by a group of armed men. gosh they taught us how to shoot and they gave us ammunition. they made us carry bundles of clothes. >> he managed to escape, but he doesn't know what happened to his friends. they say that the rebels are getting support from rwanda across the border. it force -- the forces are stretched. since the fighting started in april, 100,000 people have sought shelter in refugee camps. people saw the fighting and ran away. when the shooting started, there were plenty of others that say they saw people fleeing and they decided to get out before the fighting started. people here are no stranger to conflict. >> how they are no strangers to conflict either. these blood hounds are trained with poachers. the army is distracted by the rebellion and his men are facing other dangers filling the vacuum. >> new alliances are forming and moving into areas where they were not previously present. it is a major concern. dodge th

they spent some time yesterday and today over newton street. i met a customer, mr. allen, very pleased with the progress we made out there. but those are the areas hardest hit. >> okay, it's out of the question. is that right? >> the cost is maybe anywhere between $1 to $3 million per mile. so there have been a couple studies done with respect to undergrounding the district. >> so we're not going to do it? >> the tree cutting solution is a problem at this time. what percent of the trees had to be cut and trimmed back? >> we have a five-year plan. making the infrastructure about $910 million. tree trimming is part of that. trimming 3,000 right now. we have replaced several hundred miles. and we're doing a lot of other infrastructure improvements. >> how many more trees do you need to cut? >> there is no goal to cut a certain number of trees, but we'll be working on this plant for five years. >> people complain about the tree trimming. they have no say. some of the trees look horrible. first of all, they have the experience or are they trying to get the trees off the

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a section of newton street in bladensburg was one of the areas hardest hit by the storm. some residents say that things are quickly returning to normal. >> home today. >> very good except they're working on this so that's the last thing. 70% better here than friday. >> prince george's county authorities want residents to contact them if their home was damaged. the phone number to call is area code 301-583-2230. >> that was quite a microburst that hit them friday evening. i was working and some areas didn't see much and other areas got hit. also frederick county saw some damage but that was incredible what happened. pretty localized area but still 20 homes is 20 more than we need. >> it was powerful. >> it was. >>> not so powerful is debby in some regards. other regards we just saw drew levinson down there. i want to start with debby because debby is still dumping buckets of rain across north florida and southeastern georgia. here's the radar loop from those areas, the doppler radar all kind of put together to give you the big picture. debby still spinning in the northeast

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from friday's fast moving severe thunderstorms in bladensburg is this residential neighborhood on newton street between 52nd and 57th avenues. several apartment buildings were damaged, some roofs ripped off forcing officials to condemn those buildings. the clean-up continues three days after the microburst which is a concentrated intense downdraft capable of producing 60 to 80 mile-per-hour wind gusts. residents were allowed to get some belongings while more than since hundred were still displaced. huckier -- 600 were still displaced. luckier ones were able to return home. what does it feel like to be back to your home? >> very good. they're still working on the water now. >> reporter: prince george's county emergency managers are assessing the destruction to see if there's enough structural damage to qualify for federal assistance. >> now we're talking about debby, not little sticking around. >> she's not like a huge storm in terms of winds, but it's always the rain is what usually gets us and gets many folks in the southeast. now we'll show you video of debby. we're talking 5 to 10 inc

a huge tree fell on newton street and damaged several parked cars. howard tells us that more storms could be moving throughout the metropolitan region today. he joins us with more details. howard? >> watching a few showers, isolated thunderstorms now. we've seen much bigger storms to the east and northeast this morning. really hit ocean city toward bethany pretty hard earlier today. new york, now boston is getting it. one severe thunderstorm watch across southern new jersey. locally we've got a line of showers coming through with a little bit of lightning and thunder. this is actually with a pretty good cold front. i say pretty g. it's going to keep us comfortable the next couple of days and lower the humidity levels. you can see south of town about the heaviest thing we're looking at. i want to switch it over to doppler. big storms south of ocean city and toward cape may and lewis, delaware. locally thankfully it's been a relatively quiet day so far with just a couple of showers here and there. about the heaviest thing we're looking at is across are

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several apartments along newton street were badly damaged. 600 folks are out of their homes tonight. the red cross set up a relief center at bladensburg high. we hope those folks get back in soon. >> we know other storms will hit between now and then. >> that's why we declared friday severe weather alert day to give people a heads up. a few storms last night, some hail and a few storms this afternoon south of town, but now the front is south and east of us. it's some kind of nice outside. let's start with debby who is lurking off the northeast coast of gulf of mexico just off apalachicola about 30 miles. winds are 45 miles per hour, gusts to 60, but the winds are not the problem. it's that it won't move and it will produce more and more rain over the next several days across north florida. even by wednesday at 2:00 it barely gets inland into northern florida. it takes another couple days to kind of meander off the coast of florida or georgia. there is still some doubt and uncertainty as to the exact track, but i think it will eventually get across florida back into the at lang. then

it includes copies of presidential inaugural addresses, letters written by isaac newton and charles dickens. >> we want to bring a breaking news from harvard county. deputies are investigating a shooting in edgewood. just after 10:00 tonight, deputies found a man in the 1700 block of downtown rock way with at least one gunshot. he was brought to shock trauma and we are awaiting an update on his condition. there is no word on a suspect or possible motive. in anne arundel county, firefighters battled a blaze in hanover. it happened just before 5:00. the crew for met with heavy claims on the scene. it took about 20 minutes to get the fire under control. one person was transported from the scene of that blaze for a medical problem unrelated to this fire. tonight, an update on the deadly accident in harford county involving a motorcycle and a county owned dump truck. the victim has been identified as 24-year-old samuel agostini. according to witnesses, the motorcycle had been traveling at a high rate of speed and was seen crossing the double yellow lines. baltimore county police said the man on

political focus shifts to the east where delicate iranian and afghan issues are discussed in beijing newton meets with the country's leaders. increase cases of assaults on women in egypt's tahrir square reveal the plight of female protester whose hopes for democratic change is a fading as useless strive to take a grip on power. and her father's head with a sports news. welcome to the sports and headline. double whammy of a bridge to reach the french open final for the first time and become the new world number one. plus euro can't brush your players get a clean bill of health ahead of the czech republic on friday. and. hundreds of russian fans head out of moscow for poland as the excitement builds for your twenty twell. is bidding to reach the french open for the first time this afternoon she takes on current wimbledon champion petrak of in the semis at roland garros their match comes after the rain delayed semi between a strategic studies and its least twenty one c. sixty eight is a set down but she is five one up in the second at the moment of the meanwhile know she will have a tough cont

thandie newton didn't enjoy kissing tom cruise in "mission: impossible" back in 2000.ssing tom cruise was slightly ickey and sort of wet. i feel like we could go without that information, right? >> it has to be like an agreement. you just can't discuss that. >> yeah, i agree. >> two breath mints and just be quiet. >>> stay tuned, "way too early" starts right now. >>> president obama claims executive privilege to protect attorney general eric holder from parts of a congressional investigation into the fast and furious gun running operation. on the same day, a house committee votes to find holder in contempt of congress. the question is has the president overstepped his bounds here, or is he just invoking a privilege invoked by many presidents before him? we'll have a live report. >>> another day of uncertainty and growing protests in egypt after the announcement of a winner in the president election is delayed to sort through votes and complaints from both sides claiming to have won. the question is will the military rule egypt no matter who's determined to be the winne

this is the scene in bladensburg on newton street. residents left stunned at what they saw. >> heard a lot of rain and noises and thundering. then we heard a big woosh and we saw the trees going down. >> we're told 100 people are displaced tonight. major power outages in the area. about 45,000 people are without electricity tonight. many of those customers are in the bladensburg area. >>> even more damage up in frederic county. severe storms ripped the roof off a giant barn and tore it to shreds. >> reporter: brian, officials on the scene say they believe it was a micro burst that rolled through johnsville this evening. luckily, the damage wasn't widespread, but it was significant. the most extensive was the damage to a barn that had its roof ripped right off and pieces of it thrown across large fields. take a look at video from the scene, captured with our sky fox camera. again, you can see the full extent of the damage. the roof of the barn, peeled right off, metal twisted and tossed randomly about. residents say things were calm on

martin newton thank you very much indeed for your thoughts and as martin lipton the chief football writer of the daily mirror in london what is commiserations to england but congratulations seriously after they get through forty on penalties. ok parties the outside the olympic stadium in kiev so the last four teams left to fight it out for european glory and now minus the battle of the i.b.m. peninsula first off with holder spain going up against christiane i would always portugal of wednesday in donetsk the following night then sees italy in germany to battle in warsaw for the other final place to watch sport now with another longer has become the first driver this formula one season to win two races the spaniard claiming victory at an action packed european grand prix in valencia a stunning drive sing the two time champion worked his way up from eleventh on the great he then took full advantage when we're told sebastian vettel who started on pole stalled on the truck midway through the race can be broken in of lotus finish second michael schumacher completed the podium after lewis hamil

instead we had wayne newton. which even aggravated me. she liked the beach boys. well, he didn't last long, and he went on. but i understand not long ago he gave a speech -- i guess it was in the '90s -- gave a speech up in wyoming. he hasn't lost his touch. he was saying, if we can't change all of this horrible federal intervention from outside through the jury box -- or through the ballot box, we're going to have to do it through the cartridge box. okay, well, all right. there you go. and we had ann boreseth move into the e.p.a. and try to undo a lot of clean air and cut the funding. and her husband, bob buford, moved boo the blm. you know, they were the private sector's friends. they could do whatever they wanted with public lands. many of us saw colorado as the place -- the lungs of the nation where people kind of came to breathe. and we wanted to preserve this. and we wanted to have this put away for future generations. and they didn't see it that way. so there was some real hoopty do, as you know. we went back and forth. there was the era of the colorado cra

>> massachusetts congressman barney frank last month spoke to the graduates of lasell college in newton, massachusetts. during his 15 minute remarks, congressman frank questioned america's role as the defender of freedom and encouraged the graduates to consider how federal dollars might be spent otherwise. congressman frank has decided not to seek re-election this year after serving in congress for 16 terms. >> thank you. i should begin by defining what it means to be an appropriate speaker at a commencement. a commencement is, after all, an occasion for young people who have worked very hard and the families that have supported them to celebrate, but traditions die hard, including the tradition which we inherited from england in the 14th century of wearing these things in hot weather. i guess it was colder in oxford in 1300. but being a commencement speaker, i am very well aware is like being the person who sings the star spangled banner to start the world series. nobody came to hear you, it's just that the event isn't official unless you do it, and the only time anybody will remember

johns hopkins university in baltimore, massachusetts congressman barney frank at lasell college in newton, massachusetts and joint chiefs of staff chairman, general martin dempsey, at norwich university in northfield, vermont. tonight, espn president john skipper on the network's expansion to different media platforms. cnn chief national correspondent john king on the ways technology has changed cnn, and cox business senior vice president phil meeks and their small business focus on the communicators, tonight at 8:00 on c-span 2. >> pulitzer prize winner author david mariness traveled the globe visiting places like kenya and kansas to examine the president's family tree. book tv gives you a preview with exclusive pictures and video, including our trip to kenya with the author in january 2010. join us sunday at 6:00 p.m. eastern and later at 7:30 that same night, your phone calls, e-mails and tweets for the author on c-span 2's book tv. >> missouri governor jay nixon delivered the commencement address at northwest missouri state university in late april. the democratic governor spoke to th

the great thing, he didn't allow the beach boys to appear on the mall in 1983, instead we had wayne newton. which even aggravated nancy reagan. she liked the beach boys. well, he didn't last long and he went on but i understand not long ago he gave a speech -- i guess it was in the 90s, gave a speech in wyoming and hasn't lost his touch. he was saying, if we can't change all of this horrible federal intervention from outside through the jury box or through the ballot box, we're going to have to have a cartridge box. and we had the epa and tried to undo a lot of clean air and cut the funding and her husband moved into the bblm. to do whatever they wanted with public lands. many saw colorado as the lungs of the nation, where people came to breathe. we wanted to preserve this and to have this put away for future generations. there was real hoop to do as you went back and forth of the there was a era of colorado crazies and all of this. it still continues to go. you know, some of it i realize i'm running out of time and i could talk all night on this stuff as you can tell, being a recovering p

having already focused on the syrian conflict and the nuclear iran during his visit live pictures of newton and the palestinian president mahmoud abbas addressing the press there. the eurozone claims of a crisis i should say claims a fifth victim has cyprus asked for a multi-billion dollar about loud rescue its people banking sector and finance its debt. oh live from our studios in central moscow you're watching with me and he said now it's good to have you with us two pm here in the russian capital twelve noon in brussels and nato is set to decide what action to take against syria after turkey called for an urgent meeting of the alliance ankara says its allies should view friday's downing of its military jet by damascus as an act of aggression war correspondent tests are silly it is in brussels and will be joining us shortly live from there with an update. the turkey claims meanwhile that the downed jet was on armed and it was simply tasking the country's radar system but the head of an independent syrian media outlet says ankara was probably spying on damascus. it could be there they were