. >> and alert as hot winds from the samarra send a thermometer soaring.e know about that in berlin as well. it was exactly one year ago women in saudi arabia gained the right to drive. you member member that they could face prison time if they got behind the wheel of a car without permission. the decision to lift the decades long band is part of mohammad bin salman's reform program, which opens some aspects of public life to women. others say more needs to be done, including a strict dress code still embrace -- place. it has been a year. how are we doing echo we are joined by a scholar at the institute of islamic studies in berlin. she is focused a lot of her research on saudi arabia. women have been driving for a year. have they been taking advantage of this new right? >> some have. most women don't have driver's licenses. there are only few schools for women. it will take a while until significant numbers of women. brent: they can't go to the same school as men. >> they have separate schools. the men are trained in the women in separate schools. brent:

storm team 4 meteorologist samarra theodore has more with what can be expected tomorrow. >> the question i the timing. how is this going to impact my sunday? r m going to take you through that. w, how about we get through tonight. things are pretty quiet out there. we are expecting some showers to start to pop as we head through the evening. a lot of that probably not reaching the ground wt of i-81, but as we head through the overnight hours, we're going to start to see showers developing down towards southern maryland and make their way towards washington, d.c. just before sunrise. so, overnight, if you are stepping out for my evening revelers, the night is still young, we're going to be in the 60s. lots of clouds out there overnight billowing in, and again, the shower chance holding off untiljust before sunrise. now, as far as rain timing goes throw the duration of your sunday, stick around and we'll look at that. erika? >>> a local rapper gunned down. what we are learning about the s circumstance surrounding his mysterious death. >>> and we continue to follow our top story, capital pr

, especially in places like the lay whoa today, pittsburgh, antioch those areas be really careful samarra east bay valleys as well. so what this temperatures are just going be beyond normal and uh it's going to be very very hard you try to stay indoors during peak hours that's going to be your safest bet today again drink a lot of water put on the sunscreen this is why these temperatures returning to us. yes the degrees a little bit to i want to say on the cooler side, but it's less than yesterday, but it still didn't feel pretty much like a scorcher out there because we're going to be in the triple digits through any out conquered in livermore all and a 103 expected this afternoon. 90's once again around the bay 95 in hayward today 97 in fremont and then we're going to be in the upper 90's in san jose downtown coming in and 98 for the high this afternoon 80's at the coast. so it's going to be nice there, but still warm 83 in half bay with a lot of sunshine 85 toasty in san francisco. later on this afternoon 90's across the 98 na area. here's a look at your seven-day around the bay. we ar

macro yani waits for guests and they arrive on time refugees from the nearby camp on the island of samarra. this time it's 2 young men from somalia. maria has prepared paster with chicken she hosts refugees in her apartment every day. when i see refugees i offer them something to eat i've always done this. to refugees on sam most call her mama maria. the pensioner not only offers them a warm meal but also canned food and clothing. the movie making for. a little. bit of a leg problem here for girls is very big and sometimes fighting you cannot sometimes you've got to go through all put something 3 years ago maria and her husband many colleagues were honored for their willingness to help back then they owned a tavern at the beach where refugees could get a free meal it was a place where people from all over the world who had lost their homes could feel welcomed. but then maria's lease was terminated a shock that caused her to have 2 strokes. all of them their only then a good little boy back then all i did was think of the refugees after getting up i would start cooking. today the sentiment

leader has called on the salamis to join their armed groups there's also the state in the greater samarra the group is really expanding its attacks not just in mali but in bordering the share any faso trying to lure young full on these into their groups to try to wage a war against the governments that are in place in the region but also against the local population to try to assert the religious you of these armed groups that are increasingly coming closer and closer to the capital areas of by mike i mean the attacks that we've seen in the against going population no one has claimed responsibility but the security analysts that we speak to say that it has the hallmarks of armed groups that are behind this trying to sow disunity in a country really where the violence has really stepped up despite the presence of so many security forces on the ground so yes the man in government is really under pressure nic and because we leave it there for most thanks very much because reporting the. journalist mopping hussein is now being held without trial in egypt for $905.00 days a new investigation a

us on the program we just heard there from scientists in this sea graham saying that mohammed in samarraon't get a free policy with this but in reality what actions if any can we expect from the trumpet ministration in response to this report. you can expect anything substantial from the trumpet ministration which is banking on mom have been some on and on the saudis has shown no indication that they would be willing in any way to do anything more with the. protests and even. sure. does it make u.s. relations with saudi arabia more difficult this report. it does but what the administration has done is try to insulate those relations firm the criticism including in the congress so the time groups can say what it wants it can even try to restrain weapons sales to saudi arabia but the president will generally have 30 to override such constraints so i don't expect anything substantial to happen here without a reaction from turkey and that seems to be about it the international reaction at the moment when any of the other kids a national players review their relationships with riyadh's on the

and we're hopeful that the authorities and the authorities in samarra will come to the senses and do what's right for the people who are hopeful that the good hutus who prevail in we can put our system back a boy. if we can get this worked out and we don't see any reason why it should be we'll be back on the streets within hours. syria's government has been accused of using siege and starved tactics to force refugees to leave a camp in the does it smuggling routes that used to be a lifeline for people in the rock band camp have been closed and aid agencies say conditions in the camp a deteriorating fast 100 has more from beirut rock band camp was home 240000 syrians for more than 4 years and the past 3 months it started to empty more than 14000 have left this remote desert region along a corridor open by syrian government forces it's the only way out. but assault on it it's because of the tight seizure by russian and syrian government forces the people had no choice because they were hungry they decided to leave to areas under regime control but at least 60 percent of the camp's popu

and we are hopeful that the authorities and the authorities in samarra will come to the senses and do what's right for the people who are hopeful that the goodies who proverbial in we can put our system back in place. if we can get this worked out and we don't see any reason why it should we'll be back on the streets within hours. chechen human rights activist or you have to t.f. has been freed from prison in chechnya early after a court case and parole he was arrested last year and sentenced to 4 years on drug possession charges which his supporters say were punishment for human rights work to t. have reported on disappearances and torture in the region before his arrest but says he will not return to work in chechnya because the risks are too high. not your share of ocean every observer that moral human rights into the kitchen for some time but we will keep doing our work right now i have work to do at home i need to sort things out i need to rebuild my house to finish construction after that we will see. libya is usually the embarkation point for african migrants aiming to reach eu

. >>> let's go back to samarra, more storms cominr way.>> we're used to the timing.een 3:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. 91 degrees for the high. so it g isng to be a hot and humid day, what you can expect with these storms, definitely more than likely going to be severe. we're looking at heavy st downpours, g winds and a threat for hail as well, erica. >> thank you so much. that's it for news 4 midday. thank you for joining us. we're back on the air this afternoon. remember, you can get news and weather updates any time. have a great day, we'll see you thiafternoon.s ♪ ♪ f! deso you can keep living lastinglife your way.ontion. off! live . sc johnson. >>> we're live in five, four, three, two, one. ♪ >>ou get a car! you get a car! you get a car! you get a car! you get a car! you get a car! you get a car! you getge car! everybody ts a car! >> it just doesn't get old! i cannot believe it's been eight years since oprah signed off on her talk show. welcome to "access live." the big question, could she bring it back? >> could she? shouldn't she bring it back? >> she should! >> isn't

neighborhood, here's what to expect. 90's and then those triple digits are going to come back to us in samarra hottest spots around the bay area. it's going to be 70's and 80's even near 90's in some spots at the coast to just be real careful out there today make sure that you drink. a lot of water today and always check the backseat of be of little ones if you as you're driving around in the bay area today and try to stay indoors if you can especially during the peak hours. so a 24 hour temperature change look at this it's a really large especially here in san francisco. this means it's 9 degrees warmer now than it was at this time yesterday 12 degrees warmer in oakland 10 in congress you get the picture right. we're pretty much warm almost a in that every spot around the bay erickson for fairfield right now but that's definitely going to be catching up to us and the next couple of hours. current temperatures outside 70's can you believe it along the east bay shoreline, 70 degrees in oakland 71. in hayward 74 degrees here in san francisco already at this early hour and the 70's continue in ou

some low 80's in samarra warmest spots but that's it's a nice and comfortable out there just a reallyoy outside if you can if you have that luxury and have lunch outside and then this weekend we are going to see a little bit of a warm-up right now the look at this nice shot overlooking our north bay area and then we're seeing the golden gate bridge. a pretty clear so far in the san francisco, partly cloudy in some spots. but hey we're going to see a lot of sunshine and mostly clear conditions into this afternoon. so breakdown of district today, do you're going to be a high so re district 59 degrees. and along the coast, we're looking at mostly 60's low to mid 60's. monto 60 degrees of or not you're going to get 64 as well as half moon bay. then some of the 70's of the start to pop up as we get to along the peninsula here millbrae you're going to be at 71 burlingame 73 degrees and then the mid to even upper 70's percent carlos redwood city and then woodside you're going to be at 77 mountain view a lot of sunshine this afternoon at 76. and then of basically upper 70's across the entire