life for the yangs is going to be tough. so, this is it, then--the modem, without which this house becomes an internet-free zone. so, let's give it to mr. song from korea telecom to take away with him. thank you very much, mr. song. and let's ask the yang family how they're going to cope without it. >> [speaking korean] >> i think it'll be inconvenient. for instance, i'll have to go to the bank in person. but it should be an interesting experience and a good opportunity for us. >> who do you think's gonna miss it the most? >> [speaking korean] >> i reckon my wife will miss it the most. she uses it for surfing for information and visiting online sites to chat to friends. >> over the next week in an internet-free world, the experiences of the yangs and the kims will give us a good idea of how dependent south korean society has become on a broadband connection to the outside world. [african music playing] >> the village of gitata in the nigerian state of nasarawa has been experiencing something of an upheaval. we've given 2 men

. >> my name is sharon yang, and i have two months left.baby's name is sharon and she is 2 1/2 months. >> reporter: do you have any question in your mind that this is okay for the babies? safe and healthy for them? >> absolutely not. i have no question of that. we've never had any kind of an incident regarding any kind of safety concerns for the child. >> reporter: prison unit supervisor sonia alley says the prison has become a model for a half dozen more nationwide. and for one simple reason. she says prison is a revolving door. recidivism for most offenders is 40%. but for women who go through the parenting program and who have titime to bond in this drug and crime-free environment, the rate of repeat offenders drops to 11%. >> never had a job before. i always made money illegally. >> reporter: always? never had an honest job? >> no. >> reporter: nicky loman is a virtual case study. >> i grew up with my dad and my grandma because my mom was always in here. i remember coming to see her when i was little. >> reporter: in this very prison? >

john yang, nbc news, st. paul, minnesota. >>> a new report on obesity in this country is out tonight with some sobering stats. in 1995, not a single state in the country had an obesity rate above 20% of the population. now all the stes but one do and colorado, the only one is barely hanging on with 19.8% of its residents considered obese. >>> up next here tonight, who's making hay after that epic dust storm swallowed up phoenix, arizona? o >>> if you have ever vacationed or done any camping in or around yellowstone, then you know grizzly bears are a constant presence, you're on the lookout, you're warned about them and often you see them preferably at a safe distance. sadly however, there's been a fatal attack in wyoming. 57-year-old brian matayoshi was on a camping trip with his wife when he apparently happened on a mother grizzly and came between her and her cubs. park rangers say the fatal attack was an act of nature. they will not destroy the animal for simply protecting her family. >>> take another look

john yang, nbc news, chicago. >>> even as governments wrestle with budget problems, there was euphoria on wall street this week in the wake of another bailout for greece. the dow was up more than 168 points on the day, capping its biggest weekly gain in more than two years. a month's worth of losses have been regained in just five trading days on all three major indexes. the dow gaining 5.4% on the week. the nasdaq up 6.2% and the s&p 500 up 5.6%. that is one huge week. >>> when we come back, another royal wedding. this one a bit more low key than the last one. >>> maria shriver formally filed for divorce from her husband of 25 years today. they cited irreconcilable differences. they separated in may, and a week after they split, he acknowledged fathering a child with a member of their household staff. >>> as america gets ready to celebrate independence day, today was the big holiday just to our north. canada day hosted a couple very special guests this year, prince william and his new bride kate took part in the ceremonies. kate middleton sporting a patriotic red and white ensemble. w

john yang, nbc news, chicago. >>> even as governments wrestle with budget problems, there was euphoria street this week in the wake of another bailout for greece. the dow was up 168 points on the day, capping its biggest weekly gain in two years. a month's worth of losses have been regained in just five trading days on all three major indexes. the nasdaq up 6.2% and the s&p 500 up 5.6%. that is one huge week. >>> when we come back, another royal wedding. this one a bit more low key than the last one. consider this: over 70% of firefighters are local volunteers... these are our neighbors putting their lives on the line. and when they rely on a battery, there are firefighters everywhere who trust duracell. and now you can join with duracell to help. just buy specially-marked packs & duracell will make a battery donation to local volunteers. these days don't we all need someone to trust...? duracell. trusted everywhere. constipated? phillips' caplets use magnesium, an ingredient that works more naturally with your colon than stimulant laxatives, for effective relief of constipation withou

as psychological issues that need to be addressed. >> reporter: yang already has three other children who are being cared for by her grandparents. >>> the federal aviation administration is giving mantea airport $57 million to pay for improvements. the entire project will cost $55 million it should wrap up in 2014. >>> tv adds that sell sugary cereals and drinks are now -- >>> a new study suggests that a placebo affect can help patients suffering of asthma. researchers looked at several groups of asthma patients. some are received medicine and some received only a placebo. they found the amount of improvement was the same. >>> people who regularly drink hot coffee or tea may be less likely of the carriers superbug mrsa. scientists studied more than 5,000 americans. people in the survey who drank hot tea or coffee were half as likely to have mrsa in their nose. the people are less likely to be carries but may still contract the disease. >>> i'm consumer editor tom vacar, what it means for your household if you get one in the mail. >>> back here in less than 10 minute, your weekend is j

john yang, nbc news, fast. paul minnesota. >>> a new report on obesity in this country is out tonight with some sobering stats. in 1995, not a single state in the country had an obesity rate above 20% of the population. now all the states but one do and colorado, the only one is barely hanging on with 19.8% of its residents considered obese. >>> up next here tonight, who's making hay after that epic dust storm swallowed up phoenix, arizona? [ female announcer ] for frequent heartburn sufferers, summertime is now a happy time. when we can eat what we want and sleep soundly through the night. prevacid®24hr prevents the acid that causes frequent heartburn, all day, all night. so i wasn't playing much of a role in my own life, but with advair, i'm breathing better so now i can take the lead on a science adventure. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator, working together to help

i'm joe krebs, along with -- >> eun yang. did i say i'm eun yang already? >> no.obody knows who you are. >> all right. it's 5:30 a.m. look at the pretty sky out there, pink and blue, tom. >> we have some sunrise. beautiful sky with some sun likely on the way. later this morning, those clouds should close in and produce maybe heavy downpours by later this afternoon and tonight, which may cause some flooding. right now all is tranquil, except it's a steamy morning, very humid. no travel problems, though, weatherwise. don't have any fog around this morning either like we did yesterday. right now in the low 70s in the suburbs and rural areas. it's in the mid and upper 70s in washington and right by the bay. weather watchers reporting a partly cloudy to mostly clear sky across parts of virginia. however, still much of maryland and west virginia is still quite cloudy. in fact, the clouds are producing some heavy downpours now in ohio and kentucky. yes, that's advancing our way and looks to be arriving here by later today. the sunrise in about 20 minutes, and by 9:00, ma

[applause] they are being led by second grade teacher miss yang, miss vantia, miss bryant, and miss petrokie. i think our principal is in here somewhere. ok. there is our principal, rosa song. there she is. [applause] all right. we are ready. ♪ [piano playing] ♪ [piano playing] [piano music playing] [applause] [piano playing] [applause] [piano playing] >> give it up one more time for the mckinley elementary second and third graders. [applause] >> i'd like to acknowledge scott wiener. thank you for joining us. i'd like to acknowledge my colleague, sandy, for joinin gus. -- joining us. and at this time, i'd like to welcome ed lee, the mayor of san francisco. [applause] >> thank you, hydra and mckinley students. thank you very much. supervisor weiner, i thin kwe k we have the official song, next time i go t otho the boardf supervisors, we need side by side. we ain't got a barrell of money. thank you for coming today. i want to say that i remember an episode, when i was in elementary school, when i was brought down to the principal's office. now i get to seek revenge by having the principles com

john yang, nbc news, chicago. >>> 8:17. 74 degrees outside. >> it feels great. >> i think this may behe one day we agree. >> we're all on the same page with this one. >> low humidity is the key because it's actually been rather warm. but the humidity has been so low. so it's been feeling great. >> now, yes. >> well, yeah. >> can't last forever. >> that's right, the humidity is inching back up and we'll notice it a little bit more today. but it's going to be dry. so outdoor plans should be great. beach, pool, make, you name it, going for that hike, no problem. just stay hydrated. want to let you know the air quality is not so great. we have a code orange. that means it's unhealthy for sensitive groups. our weather is pretty comfortable. humidity has been low and temperatures down in the 50s for lows in our suburbs. this morning we got into the 60s in d.c. lots of 50s outside. right now we're at 66 in hagerstown. 74 at reagan national airport and in clinton, maryland. 70 fredericksburg. the goal is around 91 with an bun done sunshine and we'll have 90s from fredericksburg. upper 80s for

i'm eun yang. >> do you think those spiders hitch hiked a ride on the outside of the shuttle? >> or they took them on purpose? >> wouldn't they just float away. >> all those legs moving. >> the web is not that strong. >> all right. it is 8:27. still ahead this hour, on alert. the discovery that is making sure security is even tighter than usual this fourth of july on the national mall. >>> a new twist to one of the highlighters lowlights of the fourth of july. the nathan's hot dog eating >>> in harm's way. the biggest challenges facing the firefighters battling the largest wildfire in new mexico's history. good morning and welcome back to news 4 today. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm kimberly suiters. it is sunday, july 3rd. more than 1,600 firefighters from across the country are in new mexico this holiday weekend trying to put out the state's largest wildfire there. >> it's burning near las alamos. >> here's nbc's charles hadlock. >> as firefighters try to keep the flames at bay with controlled burns, the runaway fire continues to consume trees and brushes in las alamos. it has

." >> the yin and yang, that was the perfect marriage. >> he picks the best loops. we would not be here. >> the only change is seeing those guys' relationship deteriorate. what's he had a problem with me. >> i am in a group with you. you are not my daddy. >> that was in it for me. >> good things to come to an end. tavis: we will talk in a moment about a tribe called quest. what is it about music documentaries that make them work? >> music documentaries, obviously, the music is always the star of the show. if that is really well done, it can be something more revealing, or interpersonal about a subject or the groups that you are doing a documentary about. i have been inspired by many documentaries before i thought about this. one by martin scorsese or "give me shelter" by the rolling stones and their concert that went terribly wrong that had nothing to do with the concert. tavis: is this one done well? >> you have to be the judge of that. i am proud of it. making this movie took everything out of me. i put everything into it. tavis: why put everything into a it? ther

. >> ike the eun yang pac is a possibility? >> i won't even raise any money for my pac. >> he says he's doing it only for personal enrichment. >> right. whatever that means. >> so he can have a swimming pool and a bigger house, i guess. >> stay with us. "news 4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. >>> celebrating the fourth. what you need to know about this weekend's festivities before you head down to the national mall. good morning. welcome back to "news 4 today." i'm joe krebs >> and i'm eun yang. it's july 1st, 2011. we're going to take a live look outside at 5:00 a.m. it is 67 degrees out there. still feels pretty cool out there relative to what a summer day might feel like in the morning. >> it's the 1st of july, and it's down into the 50s around the region. >>> as we start off this morning, another clear sky of the temperatures dipped into the lower 50s. northern montgomery county, southern loudoun, southern frederick county as well as around the blue ridge shenandoah valley. fairfax county around 60. upper 60s right

. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist in for eun yang. it is monday morning, the fourth of july, 2011. take a live look outside. the sun is up. temperatures in the mid-70s. here outside our studios. tom kierein is here talking about the possibility of more storms. >>> unfortunately, later this afternoon, we could get some. right now, though, it's a tranquil start to this fourth of july morning, and for the parades later today and the picnics, it should be dry. however, late afternoon it's like around 5:00 into the evening is when we have that chance of storpms. radar not picking up any storms. perhaps a sprinkle in montgomery county and the southern shenandoah valley right just south of harrisonburg. and temperatures around the region near 70 in the suburbs and rural areas. near the bay and at the atlantic beaches, low to mid-70s. it's in the mid-70s in washington. over the last 12 hours, the storms we had come through last night have really pretty much dissipated over the atlantic ocean. we do have considerable cloudiness this morning. there's the cloud cover from capitol hill, live p

john yang, nbc news, chicago. >>> in world news, moammar gadhafi lashing out against nato threatening to attack europe unless air strikes against his country stop. gadhafi says he will carry out attacks against european homes, offices and families in a message played to a huge pro government rally in tripoli. the long time leader is currently in hiding as the criminal court is hoping to charge him for his brutal attacks against his own people ptd. >>> the death of osama bin laden has been cell celebrated pie many, but the university at pew jab university is sponsoring a literary contest to glorify the leader. the contest organizers run known, but students and teachers believe a conservative islamic student group is behind it. in the past the very same group has been accused of trying to enforce it religious views on the rest of the campus. sometimes attacking students with whom they disagree. >>> still ahead on "news 4 today," taking the diet out of diet soda. why switching to sugar free soda may not necessarily make it easier to shed some pounds. >>> and can airplanes control the wea

i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm eun yang. >>> it is wednesday, july 6th, 2011. we're going to take a live look outside right now. it's just about 6:30. it's 77 degrees. it is steamy and muggy out there already. and once the sun burns through all the clouds, it's going to get hot out there today, tom. >> it's washington in the summer, eun. >>> we do have the summer haze. the radar is scanning the sky. where we see the little blobs of color, those are showers in shenandoah valley, madison county getting a little shower drifting off to the north, maybe coming into rappahannock county shortly. farther to the south, other showers near charlottesville and south of there. temperatures all around the region low to mid-70s throughout much of the region. 77 at reagan national. we've got the steamy humidity with us. here's a live view of the sky from the skywatcher camera. on the right off in the distance, lots of the haze. southern loudoun county. on the left is northern fairfax county. you can barely make out tyson's corner there the lower left of your screen on this pic

i'm eun yang. >> and i'm joe krebs. let's take a live look outside. hazy skies, sunlight appearing there on the horizon. 66 degrees so far. nice glaeam of sun on the bridg there. another nice day, tom? >> can you stand it? >> i'm ready for one more day. >> bring it on then. here we go. another beautiful morning under way. there's a live picture from the skywatcher camera looking into arlington in the distance. just a few clouds coming through. right now in arlington, temperatures in the mid-60s. farther west and north only in the 50s in some locations around the bay and eastern shore. temperatures generally in the upper 60s to near 70 degrees. out in the mountains of west virginia, only in the low 50s to near 50 degrees. another very cool morning there. we'll have the sun with us throughout the day. anyone has a heart or recent tra triailment, they should stay inside. back down into the mid-80s and a beautiful evening coming up. details with that on your night planner. how's the traffic looking, danella? >>> looking good, especially if you're travelin

. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news 4 today" for this thursday, july 7th. all eyes are on orlando for the final stage of the trial of the year. in just a few hours casey anthony will return to court for sentencing. a jury found anthony guilty on four misdemeanor counts of lying to investigators. they acquitted her on the more serious charges of murder, and child abuse in the death of her 2-year-old daughter caylee. for the first time we are hearing from one of the jurors. she told abz how difficult the deliberation was. >> it doesn't feel good. it was a horrible decision to have to make. but i had to do it becauased on law. >> casey anthony faces up to a year in prison on each guilty verdict. but since she has already been in jail for three years, the judge could sentence her to time served, which means she could go free. extra security is in place, and there is a plan to get her out of court if that does happen. sentencing is set for 9:00 a.m. >>> happening today, president obama will press congressional leaders to bend their demands over the debt. the pre

. >> i'm eun yang. welcome this friday, july 8th, 2011. we begin with the final shuttle mission. stormy weather threatens to delay the final launch for space shuttle "atlantis." here's the final look from the kennedy space center. nbc's jay gray has a preview of the shuttle's final mission in the 30-year program. >> countdown has resumed towards an 11:26 a.m. liftoff time. >> reporter: the countdown this morning is clouded by concerns about the weather. >> the weather is not looking good for launch, as you know. we've been talking about this for a few days now. as you can see outside, the clouds have rolled in. we're starting to see some showers. >> reporter: nasa cameras captured this lightning strike thursday afternoon, but overnight the weather did not delay tanking procedures, and at this point, the launch team is not working any technical issues that would prevent liftoff later this morning. as many as 1 million spectators are expected to flood the space coast for launch, many camping out overnight for a prime spot in case the clouds break. >> this is like the best, to sit h

eun yang has the day off. welcome to "news 4 today." >>> it's another successful celebration of the fourth of july here in washington. >> it's my birthday today, i'm 235 years old. i came down to party. >> reporter: and he had lots of people come to help him. tens of thousands descended on d.c. ♪ o say can you see >> reporter: first for a star-studded concert at the capitol. then the spectacular show in the sky. along with the sea of people watching in the shadow of the washington monument, millions watched on television, and some held viewing parties around the area, like this one in dupont circle. it's a bona fide american tradition, the concert and fireworks. the kareem family made the drive from chicago. >> i lived in washington ten years ago. just wanted to come back and see it again. >> reporter: for this family from west virginia, it was an all day affair. >> we pack up coolers and food. we've got a tent, which we might need to

i'm eun yang. welcome to news 4 this 6th day of july. anthony killed in her daughter's death. >> after 11 hours of deliberations, the jurors found her not guilty of the most serious charges, murder and child abuse. >> this morning kristen dahlgren has reaction on the decision. >> as to the charge of first degree murder, verdict as to count one, we, the jury, find the defendant not guilty. >> reporter: casey anthony sobbed after hearing the verdict, not guilty on the three most serious charges related to her 2-year-old daughter caylee's death. after weeks of testimony, the jury took less than 11 hours to decide. and while none who participated in deliberations spoke to the media, one alternate offered his take. >> the prosecution didn't meet the burden of proof. we had a lot of reasonable doubt there. >> reporter: but outside the courtroom, the jurors' unanimous decision was met with a shared shock and outrage. >> they got everything. how did you give her a verdict like that? >> we're just devastated. it's just unbelievable that somebody

i'm eun yang. >> good morning to you. i'm joe krebs. welcome to "news 4 today." it is wednesday, the 6th day of july. let's take a live look outside this morning. looks like we have some haze, 77 degrees. probably going to be another humid, warm, hot summer day in the nation's capital. >> check the calendar. it says july. check the location, it says washington. >> oh, yes. >>> heat and humidity is generally what we get this time of year, and it's going to be with us the next several days and into the foreseeable future all the way into next week. get used to it and respect it too. don't over exert in this heat and humidity. right now it's a steamy morning and mild. we're in the 70s, upper 70s in washington and our southern and eastern suburbs. western and northern suburbs, it's in the upper 60s to near 70 from eastern west virginia through much of maryland and virginia. and the view from space showing a few showers beginning to develop. they're along a front that's drifting up our way. it's going to be with us here and stalled out over the region by later today.

i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist in for eun yang.come to "news 4 today" on this tuesday morning as we take a live look outside and await the rising of the sun. we're looking for another steamy day out around the area. >> looks pretty out there so far. what's it going to be like the rest of the day, tom? >>> we'll have moderate humidity, not the sweltering high humanity we usually get in july in washington. enjoy it while you can because it is going to be getting more humid tomorrow. right now, though, off to a pleasant start this morning after those heavy downpours just missed the mall last night passing to the south. those are now long gone. just a few lingering sprinkles in southern maryland. and the lower part of the northern neck. temperatures there in the 70s. mid-70s in washington. west and north, we're in the 60s on this tuesday morning as we get back to work. no travel problems weather-wise other than dense fog through parts of central virginia. right now temperatures in the 60s across much of the mountain region and western

good morning, i'm eun yang. >> good morning, i'm joe krebs. it's thursday, the 7th day of july, take a look outside this morning. humid already. 73 degrees. at 6:00. tom is here for a look at our forecast for today. another summer day. >> we've had some fog quickly forming here over the last few minutes, and it's rather thick. in fact there's the view from the tower camera 300 feet up. i just went out and looked at the tower and the top of the tower disappears into the fog. that's the view from 300 feet elevation of the tower from our sky watcher camera, trying to find the sun. it is up now. there's a clear sky over the fog. and we have temperatures in the low and mid 70s flout much of the region. right now, 74 at reagan national. and you can see that light fog and haze over the potomac river. now, we ought to have some sunshine. by midmorning and the fog should be pretty much gone and we'll be near 80 midmorning. and near 90 by noontime, and clouds building during the afternoon, as temperatures climb low to mid 90s. storms likely popping up l

. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist in for eun yang. it is tuesday, july 5th, as we take a live look outside. the sun is up over the nation's capit capital. lots of folks heading back to work. maybe got the windows cracked to start the morning. >>> the humidity dropped a little bit. a pleasant start. looks like a delightful summer day under way. here's the sky watcher camera looking into montgomery county, looking north from upper northwest washington. a blue sky there. it's cleared out there. still some lingering clouds in washington, virginia, and southern maryland, eastern shore, where they're getting a few sprinkles right now around the lower part of the eastern shore, and temperatures there in the mid and upper 70s. close to washington, near 70 prince george's county. mid-70s in washington. montgomery, arlington, fairfax counties have now dipped down into the 60s. it's in the low to mid-60s farther west and north. and out of the mountains of western maryland. look at the heavy rain that passed just south of washington and thankfull

. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news 4 today" for this friday, july 1st, 2011. >>> new from overnight, a d.c. police officer injured in a crash will be okay. you first saw this as breaking news at news 4 at 11:00. the accident happened at randall circle in southeast. the officer was taken by ambulance to a local hospital with injuries that are described as serious but non-life threatening. the driver of the other car was also hurt. the collision may be the result of a police pursuit that originated in prince george's county. >>> also new, hyattsville and prince george's county police are investigating a deadly stabbing on the 6500 block of america boulevard in hyattsville around 6:30 last night with report of a fight. when officers arrived, they found one man with stab wounds. he was transported to a nearby hospital where he later died. four others are also being treated for non-life threatening injuries. police have not identified a suspect or a motive. >>> a 4-year-old boy from maryland is recovering t

even yang has the day off. more than 10,000 people waking up without power. more than 10,000 dominion power customers in northern virginia out of power. pepco reporting 1,500. >> crews working round the clock to clean up downed trees and power lines, especially in arlington county. tracee wilkins is in the rivercrest neighborhood with a look at the damage there. good morning, tracee. >> good morni >> reporter: good morning, joe. we have damage all across arlington. we have no power. that's how dark it is here. here at 33rd and williamsburg drive, the road is closed off here, and they're blocking folks from going down here because of downed power lines. this is one of the marked downed power lines. let me tell you, there are plenty of power lines in this area that are not marked and are down. folks, this morning you need to

. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist in for eun yang this morning. welcome to "news 4 today." it is monday, july 4th. >> let's take a live look outside right now. looks pretty clear at the moment, at least no rain. probably have some clouds overhead, though. we'll talk to tom in just a moment. 74 degrees. >>> first, more than 10,000 people are waking up without power. last check, more than 8,000 dominion power customers in northern virginia remain in the dark. pepco is reporting about 1,200 outages. novec has 40 customers without power right now. >> making progress getting the numbers down. tom, more storms possible later in the day? >>> unfortunately, yes. late this afternoon and for the events on the mall, there is the possibility of a passing thunderstorm this evening. right now no travel problems weatherwise. we have a dry sky over washington and throughout most of the region. although those little blips of blue that you see on radar on the left of your screen, those are light showers in the central and southern shenandoah valley. they're drifting off to the east. temperat

. >> i think the yin and yang are the center of all life. the yin, i don't really know much about.ow a lot about the yang. >> -- and people remember things about me and what i do in my life. and what's special. what's special is, if you don't bring up anything about me. that would be -- >> i'm bill fisk, and call me if you want to get legally married. ♪ [ applause ] >> i'm currently in a band. we're called chris. i have a very interesting voice when i sing. i can give you a taste, if you want to hear it. [ scattered applause ] [ singing off key ] >> i made love to a woman seven different times. but to the same woman. she was a friend of my mother's. she was 32 years my senior. she taught me the most important thing about making love. no talking. [ sneezes ] >> doesn't that sound like -- [ coughs ] -- fun? >> have a nice day. call me. >> my name's ned quisp. give me a call. i'm not a bad man. [ laughter ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ]aÑ >> jimmy: hi-ya! stick around. we'll be right back with julianne moore! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] applebee's knows what the neighborh

: and finally tonight, in a year of floods, fires and storms, we hear from poet and editor jeffrey yang at the highline in new york city on how poets have grappled with the power of nature over the centuries. >> "the error consisted in believing that the earth was ours when the reality of the situation is that we belong to the earth" my name is jeffrey yang and i work as an editor at new directions publishers. i am also a poet, and for our 75th anniversary at new directions, i edited this collection of nature poems called " birds, bees and seas, which culled from 75 years of new directions publishing history. we have seen so many different natural disasters this year with floods, wildfires in this country, the tsunami in japan. it is on peoples' minds a lot. i think poetry in general brings us to certain kind of awareness about things. with nature poems, many of these poems might not come directly out of, say, a natural disaster, but a lot of the poems relate to what is happening now, and a lot of it is about kind of how we heal in ways from these disasters. how does our mind function i

i'm eun yang. >> good morning, i'm joe krebs.elcome back to "news 4 today" this thursday, the 7th day of july. taking a live look outside. misty morning out there. hazy already. going to be humid, hot one. 73 degrees. here's tom to look at the forecast. >> sunrise in about 20 minutes. but we do now see a few areas of patchy fog beginning to develop quickly here. just in the last 10 or 15 minutes. we've had this fog quickly developing in patchy areas. it's now widespread so watch out for that. right now low and mid 70s throughout much of the region. reagan national now at 73. around the bay, lower eastern shore, low to mid 70s there. partly to our west, 70 up to the blue ridge. parts of the shannoenandoah val have dipped into the 60s. heavy rain we had in virginia yesterday and southern maryland now heading out to sea. and being replaced by a clear sky over the haze and fog that we have beginning to form, and we have temperatures around the region likely climbing by midafternoon to the low and mid 90s. you can see that summer haze

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. >> and eun yang is here too. welcome back. >> thank you so much. >>> we do have the humidity that's returned along with eun. >> don't blame me. >>> now it's in the mid and upper 70s in washington, low 70 to mid-70s around the bay and eastern shore. hazy steamy air this morning. the view from space showing a mostly clear sky over the haze. there are clouds building to our west. shenandoah valley mostly cloudy now and much of virginia, and we do have a few showers way down in the southern shenandoah valley and also just to the east of the blue ridge there around lynchburg and roanoke. there's the washington monument under this hazy sky on this wednesday morning, the 6th day of july. we'll have hazy sunshine this morning. sunrise is at 5:49. low 80s by midmorning. up around 90 by noontime. then late afternoon into the evening, we have the possibility of scattered thunderstorms. a slight risk they would be severe just south of washington. a look at the night planner in ten minutes. danella, good morning. how's traffi

. >>> reporter: it's the yin and yang of gas prices.s the cost of diesel goes up, truck drivers are slowing down. with diesel nearly doubling in price in just two years to $4.30 a gallon, truck company owner like jimmy lopez are telling their 40 drivers to ease off the gas pedal. if they all went 55 miles an hour, they could save a lot of money. >> it's about $12,000 a year. >> reporter: per driver? >> yeah. per driver. >> reporter: on a good day going the statewide truck speed limit of 55 an 18-wheeler can get 5.5 miles per gallon but go 65 and the mpg drops to 5. >> in california you can see the truck drivers are driving slower. >> reporter: len says it's cheaper and safer to go 55. but it's too slow for cars. and people are flipping you off? >> you know what? it's a whole lot of that but what can you do? >> reporter: other drivers were glad truckers were going slower. >> my parents live in arizona. i think there they're able to go 75 or whatever the speed limit is and it's really scary. >> reporter: does that annoy you when they go s

. >>> you get the yin and the yang. while they're in blistering heat, we're normal on temperatures, very strong fog bank and cool pattern has established itself. it didn't take long once we got the high pressure system moved to the middle of the country. a very cool day, week and probably into the weekend with only subtle changes slightly warmer as we head into the weekend. maybe early next week we'll come up on temps, but even the 10-day outlook leans more cool in the west. with the heat in the middle of the country and the east. south san francisco and san bruino has some measurable amounts of rain. system continues to turn into oregon and rotates around as it does and enhances that fog bank and gets it around 3,000 feet so it has no problem clearing the coastal hills, and you can see some of that is still holding on, a west wind or west-southwest wind. low clouds beginning to burn off. we have 170, that's san jose, everyone else, 50s and 60s. it's cool, san francisco, gray skies, upper 60s. fairfield is not 70 yet. t

. >> yang for her birdie, moving to her right. oh, man. you hate to hit that good a shot and not convert. over at the 9th. angela stanford has a chance to tie with the lead. but not an easy putt to read. >> no, it's not. this looks like it should go down to the right but maybe not as much. >> she's playing it pretty straight. and it was. so angela stanford to 4 under par and now sits atop the leaderboard tied with wh mosrer back with more final round action in just a moment. my daugs part fish. but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry ! specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice... and my hands were full. i couldn't sort through it all. with unitedhealthcare, it's different. we have access to great specialists, and our pediatrician gets all the information. everyone works as a team. and i only need to talk to one person about her care. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. birdie of the second round but certainly too late. very disappointing opening nine w

nbc's john yang reports from the capital st. paul where the government coming to a stand still is really starting to hit home this summer. >> reporter: for minnesota state highway worker mike linholts, summer is a busy time. but today he was working at his father's house. >> you set your priorities and this is the way it works. >> reporter: he's one of more than 20,000 state workers on furlow because the government and state legislature can't agree on how to close a $5 billion budget deficit. for republicans that control the state legislature insist on only spending cuts. >> we will not saddle our children and grandchildren with mounds of debt. >> reporter: the governor wants higher taxes to support social services. >> it's their way or no way, that continues to be their position. if somebody else has a rabbit to pull out of the hat, then i look forward to their doing so. >> reporter: usually crowded state parks and campgrounds are locked shut and some have even fallen victim to vandalism. here's the minnesota state capitol, clo

wednesday will vote on who will host the twenty eighteen winter olympics three cities i bring for that one yang in south korea munich germany annecy france. remark russia's women's basketball team have returned home after being crowned european champions holding flowers and the trophy they touched down in moscow after beating turkey in the final imposing it was the third time russia's women have won the european championships which ensures they qualify for next summer's olympics in london and they put their success down to simple hard work. very happy hour in most gold who prepared and trained to watch it all starts at the beginning but thanks to our solid work we changed our task and thinks everyone was supporting us. and i'm the only one. celebrating a good weekend's work not a joke of it was greeted by thousands of fans when he returned to serbia after his wimbledon triumph at the new world number one lapping up every minute is tens of thousands of fans chanting his nickname now as they gathered in downtown belgrade at a boisterous welcoming ceremony djokovic who beat rafael nadal in the fin

with the word exercises where we simulate landing two hundred thousand troops and taking over beyond yang and defending against other types of attacks only serves to amp it up and certainly the comments and expressions from the north don't help either so you have both sides who need to step back and certainly begin to look at peaceful exercises of their relationship there north korea has not. as always indicated. that for a peace treaty and formalized relations with the united states that it would give up its nuclear weapon capability that has always been on the table and we should be grabbing that as a real opportunity because more than one hundred fifty countries have normalized relations with the north and we need formal channels to begin to deal with these things like jimmy carter and former ambassadors have been saying and our campaign the national campaign to end the korean war and the korean war dot org that organization along with many others are beginning to help washington move from demonisation to engagement which is really necessary for any systematic change and last know if t

. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news 4 today" for this friday, july 8th, 2011. we'll take a live look outside. it's jus

regional forum in indonesia two sides agreed to renew the stalled six party talks over repealing yang's nuclear program but the us secretary of state said washington it won't back negotiations unless north korea first starts dismantling its atomic facilities professor leonid petro from sydney university believes the demands from pyongyang to disarm unilaterally may be unfair. remains as. the united states nobody to months the anything. but through must mean you lived through it and the humor. believes it's not fair so does moscow beijing so that's why i believe it's wrong to believe that the only way to resolve the tensions he is to stage a number of bilateral negotiations by living in the volatile form of the he's going to be solved much faster without much trouble. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe british pop singer amy winehouse has been found dead at her london home a paparazzi favorite the troubled twenty seven year old divo won over twenty three awards for her music but her career was long dog dogged by problems of drug and alcohol abuse the subj