if undock this morning.w spent one week now installing a new compartment and fresh batteries. they are expected to land wednesday in florida, and this is the last mission. coming up of 6:30, would your kids need their umbrella of the bus stopped tomorrow? and gear up for the final episode tonight. and gear up for the final episode tonight. he doesn't have a business address. he doesn't have a cfo. but he does use digital currency, so he can take fares who don't have cash. visa digital currency brings more business and greater safety to 13,000 cab drivers and their customers. this is ossman. this is progress. visa. currency of progress. >> unless you have been on a desert island yourself, you probably know tonight is the last night for "lost." fans hope this series will wrap up, so what is in store? we look for clues. >> the series finale will be more than just a swan song. fans expect to get some answers, many of them waiting six years. >> and still will not be a will to leave the island. >> neither will we.

it undocked from the space station. it's due to return on wednesday morning. >>> religion extended an olive branch. nicholas copernicus once condemned by the roman catholic church for his scientific theory was reburied by polish priests in a lavish ceremony. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street is going to be kicking off the dow. the dow opened at 10, 193 after gaining 125 points on friday. the s&p rose 16 and the nasdaq rose 25 points. as we take a look at overseas, in tokyo the nikkei gained 26 points and while in hong kong the hang seng gain 121 points jo volatility is the name of the game on wall street these days. china's stocks jumpeded to a three-month high on the possibility that country is ready to rein in some of its oefrts. china's president stressed the need to prop up the global economy during the start of bilateral talks. it's long ben pegged to the dollar's value as opposed to a broader basket of currency. meanwhile oil prices snap add three-day slide trading nearly $17 a barrel today. crud

"atlantis" undocked from the international space station for the last time yesterday.hey left behind a 20-foot compartment loaded with supply and fresh batteries. it is the third to last shuttle mission. i got to seego off in person last month. it was very good. >> there is a slight chance it may go again. they will prep it to be a rescue mission for because it has a greater payload than what the soviet rockets can take up to the space shuttle. >> those batteries are big. >> big. >> we have had a lot of clouds. a qume of sprinkles and drizzle this morning and muggy day. the muggies are back. the muggies will give way to the heat, especially by wednesday. cloudy today. some sunny breaks. even a few showers in me mid 80s. nicer tomorrow. can't rule out a shower west of town, 81. and then wednesday a sunny almost hot day with highs in the upper 80s. the forecast for this afternoon, mostly cloudy, a few showers will pop up later on. right now fairly quiet with highs in the mid-70s. tonight an isolated shower before midnight. could be a patch of fog after midnight. mostly c

it undocked from the international space station after a week's worth of work. it sent supplies and new equipment to the station. it is scheduled to come back to earth on wednesday and be retired. >>> a 7-year-old may have lost his battle with cancer but the fight continues in his memory. 500 people laced up for the first pediatric cancer walk honoring maddie brown. the alexandria boy died last september from osteosarcoma. his parents launched the matty miracle cancer foundation. they set up a website about the organization and their son's courageous fight. >>> lewis pugh is the first to swim a cross a glacial lake on mount everest. a boat paddled alongside in case he got into trouble but he didn't. his icy one kilometer swim took 22 minutes. he's hoping to draw attention to the melting him lay an glaciers. >>> the battle of the beltway, the nats try to take it to the orioles and seal the deal. dave feldman contingency up next in sports. for ten points, name something truly awful. [ bell dings ] microwave pizza! awful! [ buzz! ] microwave pizza used to be bad. [

the shuttle and the six crew members undocked from the international space station on sunday after a week of flying together. the astronauts will conduct one last safety inspection of the shuttle today before landing on wednesday. i'm in the weather center with howard bernstein. how's it looking for a wednesday landing in florida. >> i haven't looked. so i don't know. but i know there is a storm off the east coast. hopefully far enough away it will be in a northeasterly flow. but as we look at radar we still have a couple of sprinkles. i focus so much on our weather that's why i haven't looked at titusville, florida. we have a couple of sprinkles we have been watching. while it looks like they have dissipated we will head to live doppler 9000 hd. up across faulkier county and southern maryland, charles county and to the north and our east. that's where we are going to go this morning. we'll take the tour. moving in. these things have come out of fairfax and prince william. now north of the plains to upperville as it moves west southwest. fairfax is quiet at the moment but southern mo

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they undocked yet.stronauts today will inspect the shuttle thermal protection system. >>> human error may have caused the crash of an air independent why plane that killed 158 people. india's civil aviation minister says that the weather and other factors looked normal for the flight. but only a full investigation can determine why the plane overshot the runway and plunged over a cliff saturday near the southern india city of mangalore. of 166 passengers and crew aboard, only eight people survived. >>> fugitive anwar al a lackey awlaki is warning of new attacks. the white house reacted. har are a logan reports. >> reporter: the radical muslim preacher chose not to use english, his native tongue, for this propaganda message. instead, the american-born cleric dressed up in tribal gear and spoke in arabic to call for the killing of american civilians and soldiers. in a video produced by the media wing of al qaeda, awlaki praised his student, major nidal hasan, accused of killing 13 at ft. hood last novembe

they will undock from the space station on sunday. >>> the drive to work in the district could get ahe city wants to make money off of thousands of people traveling in and out of the area every day. pamela brown is live in rockville with why this could be a tough sell. good morning. >> good morning. that's right. if you commute into the district, d.c. officials want to tax your income. this commuter tax would make up for the cost of providing city services to half a million daily commuters. they believe it would bring $500 million a year to the d.c. treasury. it would also be a big blow to maryland and virginia. a council member who supports the measure admits it would put maryland into bankruptcy and put virginia on the ropes. the sea is banned from imposing a commuter tax under the charter -- d c is banned. a few years ago federal judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the ban. d.c. officials are trying again, but congress will have the final set. democrats in maryland and virginia are expected to oppose the measure. there's a lot of hurdles to go through before this passes. alison

they undock this morning to begin its journey back to earth. >>> the first person to complete a long-distancem on mount everest. he hopes that his record-breaking adventures will raise awareness of climate change and he was known as the human polar bear. >>> he would do well today considering that it's wet as thousands of runners are surviving the wet conditions to complete the maryland half marathon. >> wjz and sharon gibala are live where the race is ons -- underway. who might be a mudder and who might be. reporter: they are out there and we're told that the first racer is about to cross the finish line. it's over 13-miles and the fantastic thing is that it's all for charity, 100% of the charities go to the center. this is the second annual, the first was a fantastic success. you raised $250,000. what do you think of the turnout this year >> i think the turnout is fantastic. >> you as a cancer survivor, how does it make you feel to see the other survivors and nurses and doctors running for your benefit >> it feels wonderful. i'm thrilled. reporter: as far as the proceeds, what will the mone

. >>> space shuttle atlantis unstalked -- undocked from the international space station yesterday.t is scheduled to land in florida on wednesday. this is its last scheduled mission. >>> reports of a skimming scheme at a local restaurant could have people taking a closer look at their next bill. three similar cases in our area in the last two months. how can you keep your money states? rianne carter is live with more on this story. good morning. >> good morning. this case allegedly happened just at this to scheesecake factory in north west. there's a device that takes your credit card number. it's not the only incident of its kind. while working at this cheesecake factory in northwest, nicole ward allegedly skimmed credit card numbers from 10 customers as part of fraud ring. court documents reveal she was working with two individuals. >> i don't know how someone would do that with a receipt. >> $100,000 a stolen credit card activity reported. >> it is scary. anybody can use it and it can be disbursed quickly. >> this is a month after a device was found in a rockville wachovia cash m

yesterday it undocked from the international space station where the crew left behind a russian compartmentplies additional power and new equipment. atlantis is scheduled to return to earth on wednesday and to be retired. discovery will fly later this year. >>> weather across the country. the details behind this twister caught on camera. >>> plus the job market is still pretty rough in places. what careers are heating up as we look ahead to the future. we'll have an h.r. representative join us with a list of hot jobs you don't want to miss. i'm doing more planning before i shop. i'm looking for sales and clping more coupons. i love to save on the brands i trust. that's where my p&g brandsaver comes in. [ male announcer ] you want smarter savings and better brands, and you'll get them with p&g brandsaver. just look in your sunday newspaper on june 6th. in it, y'll find an all-new p&g brandsaver with over $111 worth of savings. get more of what matters most to you. and for even more savings every month, go to pgeverydaysolutions.com. >>> take a look at this video. a massive tornado caught on

short -- atlantis has undock from the space station. we talked with them about life in space and the return. this is about 45 minutes. >> i think we are ready for questions here. >> yes, we are ready for questions. >> this is robert perlman. how would you have it remembered in history books? what has been the highlight that you feel such a part of mission orbited the final flight devlin -- flight? >> good question, robert. i do not want to set ourselves a side as different from any other mission. one of our objectives from the beginning was to get our job done on time and also to have a lot of fun doing it. hopefully to show that to everyone else involved. i think we did share the enthusiasm of the whole experience of flying in space, and that is the way i would like this flight to be remembered. >> can you share with you are bringing back or what you choose to bring back from this mission as your personal momento of your time on atlantis and your flight? >> first, i want to emphasize we do not take anything out of those departments. mo

"atlantis" will undock from the station for the last time on sunday before being retired. nasa has just two shuttle missions left. >>> back ore on the ground, veronica, my eyes are itching. we were talking about ride your bike to work day. you breathe in more pollen when you exercise. did you ride your bike to work today? >> no, we didn't. >> that's a sure way to tell. look at the cloud cover outside right now. the clouds are just going to thicken during the overnight period. we'll have more clouds moving in and temperatures are going to be dropping. 179 is the pollen count. for burch, it's 93. 86 right now. drop to 72. comfortable for the evening for 9:00 p.m. by tomorrow morning, 62. partly cloudy and dry. then 77 with a chance for afternoon showers and a possibility of a thunderstorm or two sunday up until about 2:00. you can always get the forecast by going to the weather channel on cable. >>> still ahead on news4 at 4:00, times are tough. >> yeah, some healthful tips for parents aimed at helping their high school and college students find a job. >>> plus, how the stem

"atlantis" will undock from the space station for what is expected to be the very last time on sunday. >>> back here on earth we had a warm friday, my friend. >> nice. >> and then monday and tuesday is a memory. >> uh-huh. >> and the orioles are in town with the nats. great night to see a ball game. temperatures in the 80s during the first half of the game. probably upper 70s the second half. the forecast first, three days out of the gate. the weekend is not chamber of commerce but doable. you can do some stuff. little league games will be played. 77 tomorrow. primarily afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. not everyone will see a shower or storm. it will be scattered about. on sunday, we talked about this last night at 11:00, we have lowered temperatures back to 73. primarily morning showers and some clearing, not a great deal of clearing but some in the afternoon. then monday, more showers are possible. bit milder. temperatures in the upper 70s. again, not a washout. tonight, partly cloudy, comfortable. a very nice friday night. lows 58 to 64. winds southeasterly at ten.

"atlantis" undocked from the international space station yesterday.t delivered batteries and a lab as part of its last mission. the shuttle will be retired when it returns to earth until the white house grants a reprieve. >>> tom kierein joins us now. we've had a string of kind of nasty days. it is humid out there. >> it canceled a lot of plans and events over the weekended. we had the scattered, heavy downpours yesterday afternoon. as we look outside, we have the low, gray clouds coming in from the east, passing over washington, live view from our sky watcher camera. right now 69 at reagan national where the rainfall since march 1st all the way to today is about 2 1/3 inches below average. even though we've had rain in the last few days, it really has not helped us catch up with our deficit. right now on the radar, we are seeing a few sprinkles showing up where we see the batches of blue, panhandle of west virginia and southern washington county. elsewhere, just generally cloudy sky. a few shots of sunlight breaking through here and there. overall it

it undocked from the international space station this morning. it sent supplies additional power and new equipment to the space station. it is scheduled to come back to earth on wednesday and be retired. >>> it might be the "american idol" of the cyber world. the competition searching for the best hackers out there to use their talents for good. why is the government searching for cyber defenders? private e-mail, corporate records, even military secrets, all vulnerable to cyber attack. it's very real and happening more often than you know. >> all government agencies are being attacked and most major companies. >> reporter: december 2009, google handicapped. secrets exposed. a security crisis hitting home for even the president in 2008. >> between august and october hackers gained access to e-mails and a range of campaign files. >> reporter: april 2007, a series of cybe government agsz including the pentagon. wiping out more data than what is stored in the library of congress. 1.8 billion attacks a month, according to the sergeant at arm's office.

atlantis will undock on sunday and due to land at kennedy space center on wednesday. >>> a jetliner triphat didn't get too far off the ground. the crews move this american airlines airliner a mile down the street of miami to get it from the airport to a school. the police shut down roads while utility workers from the power lines moved the plane into place and look what a feat this is. turns out the flight school is now the only one in the country with a full-sized commercial airliner on school grounds. american airlines donated the $6 million plane. >> pretty cool. >> pretty nice. >> uh-huh. >>> clear skies and even the sun came out to play. i guess we're told not to get used to it. >> and champs on the way for the weekend. rain is on the way. how much of the wet stuff can we expect? next.  >> this week, we're highlighting superfood. we decided to wrap things up with a dessert that is good for you. promise. melanie alnwick has more. >> reporter: this week, we highlighted a few superfoods for you. there are many more and just about every brightly-colored food an

"atlantis" will undock from the space station sunday for the last time.as just two shuttle missions left. >>> maybe you can tell us, how big are the batteries they use out there? >> i know they're not button batteries, i tell you that. what a view they've got. here's our view of our sky, the atmosphere streaked with high clouds, passing gracefully over the nation's capital. that's a live picture overlooking montgomery county in the distance. and the temperatures right now are climbing into the 70s to near 80 degrees. it's a delightful spring day with low humidity in place. and for the rest of the afternoon, partly sunny, warm and temperatures climbing into the midand upper 80s. it will feel like sumner may and a light variable wind coming in generally out of the south and southwest. overnight tonight, it is going to be cloudy, should be a wonderful evening around the region. temperatures overnight, generally, right around the 70s and as we go get into the evening hours we'll see it dropping back and by dawn, it should be near 60 degrees. then as we get in

conducting one last orbiter today after they undocked from the international space station on sunday. the shuttle is scheduled to land on wednesday morning at the kennedy space center. atlantis will have logged on more than 120 million miles when they touch down. >>> officials with the coast guard, the air force, and nasa came together today to talk about the latest in search and rescue technology. nasa has developed a new tech tool that can locate stress almost anywhere in the world right away. voters are encouraged to paint the personal locator beacon that can notify the search and rescue team within minutes of the dangerous situations on the water. >> we're going back to topper who is hanging out at the museum. there yeah. >> taking in the sights. you got new technology to talk about? >> yeah, i'm watching you. i see you guys. >> where? that's awesome. turn it around. >> that is pretty cool stuff. and this is how you get a digital tv on your mobile device. and this is a samsung device. it is not available yet. it will be soon. some of you may or may not know, but the fcc has decide

"atlantis" undocked from the space station on sunday for its final journey home into retirement. >>>t is now five minutes past the hour. let's go outside for a check of the weather. mr. al roker, hey. >> the script is still hanging out, hugging, taking pictures, hanging out with their fans. these guys really know how to get it done. we like them. let's check your weather, see what's happening. we've got some wet weather working its way through the gulf coast states, also on up into upper mississippi river valley, ohio river valley, wet weather stretching from detroit, chicago, minneapolis, risk of some strong storms from indiana all the way down into alabama, also out to the west. showers and mountain snows in the pacific northwest. sunny and hot throu >> hi, thin clouds overhead, but a fair weather situation, with all the rain falls staying out to the west through the day to day. to day. >> they're still doing it, signing guitars. i got to show these people real quick. amy? >>> this morning on "today's health," diet versus exercise. both are miracle workers, but are they created equ

"atlantis" undocked from the international space station yesterday. the shuttle will be retired once it returns home. >>> let's get a check and see what kind of weather we'll have for this monday. >> looking for sunshine today. >> up will? keep looking. we're not going to see much. quite a bit of cloudiness. few peeks of sun. there are the low clouds being reflected by city lights this morning. those are not pre-dawn glow that we usually see this time of the morning. we still are an hour from sunrise and quite a bit of cloudiness. 67 at reagan national. a balmy summer like morning, calm wind. rainfall since midnight has been about a 10th of an inch. right now in the 60s from the shenandoah valley, weather watchers reporting as well as the blue ridge, closer to washington, montgomery, arlington, prince george's counties. in the bay mid-60s. out in the mountains in the mid-50s. all of this cloudiness coming from circulation that's off the atlantic seaboard, high clouds coming in, giving us this easterly flow that's going to be with us here from time to

"atlantis" is scheduled to undock tomorrow.pace station six fresh batteries and an extra antenna and a compartment full of fresh supplies. only two more shuttle launches before the program retires this fall. >> when you kick your feet up in space, which way is up? >> the funny thing is, we will give you the rest of the day off, but they are in a small space, okay, i will just turn like this, then. it's not like you are going anywhere. don't open the window. >> they probably find a way to play in space. >> i am sure. they update their facebook status orbiting, or whatever they need to do. beautiful weather for a lot of things to go on outside. not near as warm as it was yesterday. not near as sunny, but i am confident it's not going to be a washout. a little optimism is all you need to get through a saturday. and there is still plenty of brightness in the sky, more than enough to cast a few shadows in the area. 68 degrees is the concern the temperature. humidity, fairly high. a light southeasterly wind at 8 miles per hour. and w

. >> the spatial atlanta's has undock from the international space station as a begins his journey back to earth. shortly before this, the cruise took some time out to talk to reporters about their mission, about life in aerospace, and what they're looking forward to when they return to earth. this is about 35 minutes. >> i think we are ready for questions. >> we are ready for questions. >> i have a question for the commander of atlantis. yesterday, while answering students' questions, you said it would be an honor if you -- it turned out you and your crew mates are flying atlantis'final mission. with that in mind, how would you have remembered in the history books? what have been a highlight of the past 10 days that you feel said apart this mission as far as an art -- as far as an orbiter's final flight? >> good question great idol want to or hope we set ourselves aside as a different or better, if you will group mission than any other mission. one of our objectives was to get our job unprofessional way, correctly and on time. then also have a lot of fun doing it and hopefully show tha

scheduled to undock in a few hours and only two more shuttle launches on the official schedule.vember. nasa is pushing for one more flight in june 2011. the white house would have to approve that area. >>> the view from our area to space is probably not too clear right now. >> a thick cloud deck on top. not that cold, just damp and dreary and lots of puddles on the highways. be careful. i came up 395, and was glad i was doing the speed limit, if not slower. you want to take it easy this morning. great to see up i'm meteorologist kim martucci. chuck bell has the morning off. i'll be here from time to time, giving him a hand. what's going on out there right now. with the thick cloud deck. we can see the top of the monument. a while ago we couldn't, so things improving. 68 degrees, cloudy skies. rain has stopped over the district for the time being, and wind out of the south/southeast at 7 miles an hour. let's take a look. thinking about going out on the bay, die hards are, there will be showers today. at least a 50% chance. northeast winds, around 10 knots. and temperatures betwee

host: we're talking to the ama about the so-called undock fix and the medicare reimbursement rate.hey're supposed to get a reduction starting june 21, but it looks like congress will do what they have to do it for the last seven years and step in and not have that reduction. -- what they have been doing for the last seven years and step in and not have that protection. how much is that to our overall spending? the medicare reimbursement wi. guest: i think the doctor was disingenuous when he answered the questions put by the words and you. -- by viewers and you. he talks about the cost of the office, he talks about the eve -- rent, and the staff, and all of those are real costs. but the biggest cost in the doctor's office is the doctors pay. he did not talk about that. doctors in the united states in general are paid twice as much as doctors in every other country. now, the ama thinks that is right, thinks it should be written in stone, thinks that is the way the world must be, because that is the way it is today. there is no reason why doctors have to get paid so much, frankly. now

host: we're talking to the ama about the so-called undock fix and the medicare reimbursement rate. they're supposed to get a reduction starting june 21, but it looks like ngress will do what they have to do it for the last seven years and step in and not have that reduction. -- what they have been doing for the last seven years and step in and not have that protection. how much is that to our overall spending? the medicare reimbursement wi. guest: i think the doctor was disingenuous when he answered the questions put by the words and you. -- by viewers and you. he talks aut the cost of the office, he talks about the eve -- rent, and the staff, and all of those are real costs. but the biggest cost in the doctor's office is the doctors pay. he did not talk about that. doctors in the united states in general are paid twice as much as doctors in every other country. now, the amahinks that is right, thinks it should be written in sne, thinks that is the way the world must be, because at is the way it is today. there is noeason why doctors have to get paid so much, frankly. now, there ar