he performed legally in virginia. sources tell nbc news he told the guard he was an intern. the guard became suspicious and asked him to open his backpack. >> he opened fire on the security guard. the security guard was struck, right now is receiving treatment. he's in stable condition. the security guard and others wrestled the suspect down to the ground. >> reporter: d.c. police and the fbi have not commented on his motivations, but sources tell news4 he had several pieces of promotional materials from chick-fil-a in his backpack. >> we don't know enough about him or his circumstances to determine his connection to this group or to the business, or what he's, you know, mentally what he's doing or thinking. >> the family research council has strongly supported chick-fil-a's stance. there is according to police one thing that is clear, and that is that the security guard likely saved some lives today. >> they brought a guy out on a stretcher that was blood counter. i don't know if he's been shot or stabbed. saw him put him in the ambulance. >> i would say in this case, the security officer here is a hero as far as i'm concerned. he did his job. the person never made it past farther than the front door. >> reporter: as you can see, the investigation continues at this crime scene. it's a joint investigation between metropolitan police and the fbi. we've also seen some atf agents out here, as more is being learned about the alleged gunman and possibly his motivations. team coverage continues at falls church, where the suspect is believed to have taken the metro from his home in herndon. we have exclusive video of the suspect's car, which has been towed away. jackie bensen has more. >> reporter: as far as we can tell, the suspect parked here at the metro station, got on board a metro train with a gun in his backpack, and headed into the district. fbi agencies located the silver dodge neon in the commuter parking lot at the east falls church metro station. they cordened off the area with yellow police tape and took extension i was photos of the vehicle. they then called for a tow truck to remove the car from the parking lot. sources tell news4 that boxes containing additional rounds of ammunition were found in the vehicle. at roughly the same time in herndon, virginia, fbi agents and local police went to a home that is believed to be associated with 28-year-old floyd corekins. agents appeared to be waiting for the occupants to come home action and when they did, escorted them insite. they will likely be questioned about anything else that might provide a motive for the shooting. at this point, it is not clear how long the suspect has lived in this area. jackie bensen, news4. our weather today a little cooler this afternoon, but we're keeping an eye on storms out there this i've been. doug is on the storm watch again. what's going on, doug? >> we have a couple storms, mostly well to the south of washington. if you live north of d.c., i think you'll be okay the rest of the evening, but temperatures today, wow, how about this? 83 degrees out there right now. we've had some cloud cover make itsay across the area. here's the temperatures around the rest of the area, 79 in leesburg, 77 down towards culpepper, and 84 in la plata. here's what's going on. currently some showers, and now the heaviest storm just to the east of culpepper. and then spotsylvanispotsylvani. could i'll let you know where the storms are heading and what's next for the overnight hours and who you'll wake up to. you may by surprised. when paul ryan entered the presidential race, it looked like a serious debate might improve the overtall tone, but the contest is suddenly more negative, suddenly more personal. is that now an issue? mitt romney let his frustration show today. steve handelsman has the latest. >> reporter: hi, jim. thanks. good afternoon. mitt romney is notable in this rather, because normally he's in complete control, wearing a smile out on the campaign trail, like his chief competitor does. president obama was still in closely contested iowa, sounding upbeat. >> first of all, i want you to know, i kind of like the term obama care, because i do care. >> reporter: in five days mitt romney has gone from upbeat to upset, and showing it in ohio. >> so, mr. president, take your campaign of division and anger and hate back to chicago. >> reporter: obama staffers called romney unhinged. one analyst said romney just let his emotion show. >> it's irritation. i think he was overcome by it. >> reporter: why? critics are blasting romney's pick of paul ryan. he's polling poorly in some states. and romney went off on president obama. >> his campaign strategy is to smash america apart, then try to cobble together 51% of the pieces. >> reporter: mr. obama has made the context more personal. >> governor romney expects you to pay for it. >> reporter: joe biden told an audience that romney would roll back bank regulations, and put them back in chains. romney doubled down on cbs. >> the campaign is all about attack and hatred. >> candidates show human emotion. they generally suffer for showing too much emotion, particularly anger. >> reporter: politicians know that's the rule, but sometimes it's hard to follow. >> even though mitt romney for one has a disciplined record of controlling his emotions. i'm steve handelsman, news4. >> some may say that was on message. a new message, but nothing like the anger with you saw out of biden yesterday. >> it came across to a lot of people not long like anger, but there goes biden again, looking out there, he sees his audience, and just kind of sticks his foot in his mouth. they're not defending it in team obama, but it did definitely help tick off mitt romney. >> all right. steve, thank you. >> you're welcome. an estimated 10,000 people gathered at the navy pier in chicago today to try to take advantage of a new amnesty program. it offers a two-year visa to undocumented immigrants who came to the u.s. before age 16. to qualify, they have to be younger than 30, and have to have lived here for at least five years. if they're granded the waiver, they'll be able to work and avoid being deported. we'll have more in our next half hour. a local music promoter was killed during a struggle in his home. it happened about 2:00 this morning. police say somebody wrote into the victim's a partment at surrey square lane in forestville. there was a struggle. the victim 23-year-old deandre yates was shot. the suspect lift the scene. so far nobody has been arrested. police say he was a promoter for total control band. a montgomery county man accused of killing his stepdaughter could spend the rest of his life in prison. today a jury found hinge guilty of first degree mere in the death of jessica nguyen. prosecutor is say he had been upset over divorce proceedings. hang will be formally sentenced in late october. now that the gambling expansion is approved, voters will get their chance to dece on a new casino. for some people a "yes" vote could have a big impact on their day-to-day lives. tracee wilkins is live at national harbor, the likely site for a new casino. >> reporter: a likely site, but not the only one. also the opportunity for rose croft raceway to get a casino there, that's in the language for the new bill, but proponents are really pushing for this to happen at national harbor, and it seems the likely choice. folks who live here are now wraps their heads around it. national harbor is phone a shop, dining and entertainment destination, but also homes to thousands of prince georgians. >> i'm very excited about it. >> reporter: vera jones, who owns a home here, says she can't way for a casino and the money it will bring to the county. >> i think we have been waiting a long time for this opportunity. i think we should take it, because we'll never know when we'll get this opportunity again. >> prince george's will be lucky to have mgm here. >> reporter: the company is illustrate hadding up negotiations with mgm for a casino here. they have lobbied for the passing of the bill. john peterson says they almost got exactly what they were looking for. >> it was a compromise. i think there was a bit of everything. no one will get everything they were hoping for, but i think this is a good compromise from a lot of different standards. >> reporter: shopping outlets are expected to open next year. if approved by voters in november, the casino will follow in a few short years. >> because we're always trying to make national harbor a better place. over time we keep adding things, and hopefully we're adding what the residents want. i think we'll find out in november if that's the case. >> stacy says they have her vote. >> as a homeowner, i think it will increase on the prices of the homes, and just bring thousands of jobs that the community needs. >> reporter: the county executive says he's going to spend the next few weeks working with staff and counsel to come up with how to division the money from a possible casino and the push for the voters. they'll be figuring out exactly how they can start their campaign for voters to go along with this. we're expecting to hear from both sides of this debate heavy pushing from both sides, those who want it and those who don't. i'm tracee wilkins, news4. the gambling expansion bill also included a privilege for the veterans of foreign wars. the halls have have up to five gaming machines installed. vfw has are private and only members are allowed inside. a controversial pitbull bill was also on the table in annapolis, but lawmakers could not reach an agreement on this. the general assembly was attempting to overrule a course decision that lakes pitbulls as inherently dangerous. the court of appeals has been asked to reconsider its original ruling. it could make a final decision on that request tomorrow. coming up, a puppy was tossed out of a moving car, but there was one phone call that may have saved its life. a fast-food worker is being hailed as a hero for thinking fast on his feet. >> i seen the most ugliest thing, most terrifying thing. the united states is in the midst of its worst drought in 50 years and it will likely impact every american. i'm tom sherwood. it's that time again, another big powerball jackpot. the drawing is i'm barack obama and i approve this message seen this? mitt romney claiming the president would end welfare's work requirements? the new york times calls it 'blatantly false' the washington post says: "the obama administration is not removing the bill's work requirements at all." in fact, obama's getting states to move twenty percent more people from welfare to work. and president clinton's reaction to the romney ad? it's just "not true." get the facts. we gotta sell the car. where would we even start? get the car. hi howard. get in. hi, good to see you. start with an actual written offer when selling your car, no strings attached. carmax. start here. more than half of the nation is suffering through a drought, and the nation's heartland is dealing with the worst of the conditions right now. >> we have team coverage on what has been the worst drought in the u.s. in 50 years. we begin with doug kammerer with a look at these extreme conditions. doug? >> we've talked about this around our area, right on through the beginning of the year. we're talking about well below average rainfall totals for us in the d.c. area, close to 8 inches below average. some of southern maryland and much of the delmarva peninsula is under severe drought conditions. we are not alone. most of the country, i believe it's over 60% now in extreme drought conditions. some of the worst drought conditions we have seen in our history here in the united states. the dry conditions encompasses mo of the desire country. the jay gray is live with more. >> reporter: hey, doug, you're absolutely right. we're at a dairy farm, so stifle, they have to use fans and misters for the cattle. let's show you what's going on, as they continue the milk process. noa released figures today that july was the warmest month sing they've been keeping reports since 1895. look, it's been hot. the folks in the farm country here in missouri and across the midwest, they don't need the data or the numbers to know exactly how extreme conditions have been. it's not the water this area desperately needs. instead, the waves of orange and yellow that come with the rising sun over southwest missouri reveal crumbling earth, remnants of a desperate summer. all 114 counties in missouri have been declared disaster areas. 93% of the state is suffering through extreme drought conditions. for the first time ever, the city of bolivar has restricted water use. it's like having too many straws in the same soda glass. we're seeing it stabilize, but still low enough to where we have concerns for it. >> reporter: concern is about the only thing that seems to be growing in this area, where most make their living from the land. they've been dairy farming for more than 50 years. is. >> the summer has been brutal. >> reporter: the ponds have dried up, so they haul as much as 8,000 gallons of water to the herd every day. pastures are barren, forcing farmers to pay for feed and hay, which is in high demand and right now costs more than the milk they're producing. >> we've spend in excess of $150,000 the last three months just on the added costs. that's what's very discouraging right now, is to know every day you're going not hole moneywise. >> reporter: smaller farms have been forced to close down. they have sold down 60 of the 1,000 cows they had at the summer, to help pay the bills and keep the milk flowing. >> just pray to the good lord that he will send prayer. >> reporter: a prayers that is throughout the midwest. the work continues here. they produce about 12,000 pounds of milk that runs through here. they've seen just three days with measurable rain since april 30th, one of those yesterday when they got 0.2 of an inch. that's not enough to wash away the drought that continues. live here in msouri, doreen, back to you. >> jay, thank you. nbc news is dedicating the entire day to coverage of the drought of 2012. stay tuned to "nightly news" at 7:00 for more in-depth reporting on the impact of this awful drought. here in our area, we're still way behind on rainfall, right? >> we're 8 inches below average. anytime tough record-breaking heat, this is not just record will have breaking, but unprecedented heat. that creates more heat. it takes so much time to get the rain back into an area. so hopefully for us we can start to see some of that rain here, but one thing will be higher prices at the grocery stores. all those grains and wheat goes into about everything we eat. >> it will affect so many things. >> yeah. >> and tonight we're worrying about some stormy weather. >> mostly down to the south. most of us will be high and dry this evening. once again we need the rain, we continue to say that, and we've been needing the cooler weather. that's something we had today. we'll show you how things are, plenty of cloud cover, shower activity trying to make its way here, but the showers have dried out once again, as they made their way across the mountains. temperatures up to 86 degrees, that is the first day below our average temperature. we weral 86. average stem, first day below average in 24 days. you talk about the heat, we have been above average for over three weeks straight. good to finally get below average. we'll stay there for a few days. 83 degrees right now, winds out of the northwest, a very nice evening, yeah it will be on the cloudy side. take a look at the numbers. this is the composite radar. watch what happens when we go right out of the sterling, no rain associated with that. it's drying out, and then a few showers in fauquier county, this is where the rain is. it came through culpepper, a strong thunderstorm making its way through -- it will clip portions of spotsylvania form this is moving 30 miles an hour, if you're moving at 60, when do you think that? about an hour and 20 minutes. that was answer b on that test. the storms are moving out quickly. here goes our front at boundary. we're going to see nice conditions. look at the temperatures to the west. 79 in pittsburgh, 79 in morgantown. that was with some sunshine today, you can expect nice conditions tomorrow. there goes the front, here comes the sunshine. it will be warm again. i think we'll get above 90. most of you should stay in the upper 80s, but still with low humidity, tomorrow will be a great day. we'll watch another boundary move through on friday, late in the day we could see some storms, some of those could be strong, most of friday, however, should be fairly dry. this evening, mostly cloudy, scattered showers mainly down to the south. tomorrow afternoon or tomorrow morning, a great start, cool in the suburbs, down to 58 to about 70 in the city. tomorrow afternoon. warm with low humidity. and here's the next couple days, showing hot on friday with a high of 93, but then we really cooldown, saturday and sunday, and now the low temperatures. we could be in the 60s for an extended period of time when you wake up. we have not seen numbers like that in quite some time. still watching sunday. sunday could be a rather wet day. just a 40% chance of showers, but we'll talk about the weekend coming up. coming up next on "news4 at 6," we have a warning for driver. there will be an extra set of eyes on the road when students return to school. >> a big day for undocumented immigrants. we're live tonight as people across the region and the country prepare for a major policy change. coming up in sports, another lineman goes down for the redskins, this time on the defensive side of the ball. the nats try to count the wins, not the innings in san fran. and felix hernandez is mobbed by teammates after doing mo[ male 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[ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. seen this? mitt romney claiming the president would endn. welfare's work requirements? i'm barack obama and i approve this message the new york times calls it 'blatantly false' the washington post says: "the obama administration is not removing the bill's work requirements at all." in fact, obama's getting states to move twenty percent more people from welfare to work. and president clinton's reaction to the romney ad? it's just "not true." get the facts. a fast-food manager in fairfax county is credited with saves the life of a police officer. >> he risk his own life pulling the officer from a burning car. now the good samaritan wants the public to know why he did it. >> it was about 3:00 a.m. monday. >> he heard an explosion. he got in his car and drove toward the sound. >> the fire was coming out the inside of the car, as well as outside of the car. you couldn't even barely see the car through the flames. it was in full blast. >> then he saw the second dar, already engulfed from the heat. it was a police cruiser. there was an officer inside. he was moving. he was still alive, but he was trapped. mr. taylor says he took off his shirt so it wouldn't catch fire. as he waded into the heat, he heard the officer say something. he told me to get away. . so when he said that, that led me know right then and there, i'm not going anywhere. this guy's got a lot of life here. >> reporter: from nowhere, taylor says, a young man in his 20s appeared to help. he never spoke and left the scene. taylor calls him voice command. >> whoever this guy is, he can come talk to me anytime at burger king in kingstown. anytime, because this is going to carry him for life. i know. heid something great. >> reporter: taylor is a modest man, who says he was raised to help people in need. >> i do this, because hopefully if it ever happened to you, me or anybody else, somebody else would try to help. if you think that, you have to do it as well. you can't have your indicate and eat it, too. you have to do the same thing. right now a man is in custody accused of shooting a security guard in the lobby of the family research council offices in d.c. floyd corkens posed as an intern and was stopped by the guard. that guard is expected to recover. they called themselves dreamers, and today they can apply for a temporary legal status. darcy spencer is live in langley park where people continue to line up. >> they are expecting 12,000 people to show up, they want helping filling out this complicated paperwork. the lines have been forming all day long. they're well on their way to guess at least 2,000 people. this all got started a short time ago. young undocumented immigrants say this is the day they've got. they've been waiting for for a long time. starting today they can apply for a work perform and avoid the ever-looming threat of deportation. >> i'm not afraid and unapologetic. >> reporter: under relaxed rules, undocumented immigrants who were brought here as kids can apply. they need to have been here for at least five years, be between 15 and 31 years old and have no criminal history. >> people get to say, you know what? i do belong here, and they realize i'm not a threat. >> reporter: kaa plans to help process 10,000 application over the next year. claudia says she was selected to be the first to submit her application here at casa. >> you'll by the first to apply of everybody that comes here today. how exciting is that? >> i'm happy. i'll be talking -- i'm representing solid dreamers here, opening the cause. >> reporter: for many this is a dream come true. >> it opens up doors collegewise, opens up opportunity for employment. it's everything. it's life-clanging. really it is. >> reporter: bacout live again, you can see the people standing in line here, they say they'll serve each individual, and this is only the first day people can begin to apply. casa officials say they'll have workshops to help people get this paperwork filled out, get it submitted. each immigrant who applies has to pay $465. recording live from langley park, darcy spencer, news4. when students in frederick county, maryland head back to school later this month, their buses will be equipped with in traffic cameras. they'll record drivers who pass stopped buses illegali. violators will face serious penalties. before the cameras, bus drivers had to record violations mannelly. frederick county is the first in the state to install the enforce innocent system. state workers in virginia can look forward to a holiday bonus. workers will be paid a 3% bonus on december 1st. the average payout will be about $1600 before taxes. >> after five years with no pay raise, i am pleased we were able to reward our employees with this performance incentive. and building up the cash reserves. >> they had higher ref and more savings than previously projected. the surplus is nearly $450 million. power-day-old ball fever is sweeping the nation. it's ground to more than $320 million. tom sherwood spend the day talking to folks hoping today is their lucky day. >> at talbert's on river road in montgomery county, owner pete franks has sold a few lottery winners. what's your biggest lottery winner here? >> $4.5 million. >> reporter: it's drawing veteran players and the newcomers who have to be shown how to buy a $2 ticket. >> i just pick one number in that square. >> why are you playing? >> i would want to help the university to give it to me. >> reporter: you've never played before. >> correct. >> reporter: you had to ask for instructions. >> i heard it on the television this morning. >> reporter: this veteran player had a little advice for the newcomer. a brand-new person playing, what do you think of it? >> please don't make it a habit. if you win the money, i'll call you, you don't have to call me. get rid of all of your relatives and all your -- and move on an island. you'll have relatives -- >> i want to give a lot of it away. >> reporter: you'll have relatives coming out of the wall. >> reporter: there's all types of gambling these days. just remember the long powerball odds. the chances of winning, 1 in 176 million. there are a lot of people who spend money. what do you tell them? >> i tell them you're crazy, don't spend all your money. >> reporter: in the district, tom sherwood, news4. you have to be crazy to win, right? >> it's fun to have a dream for a few hours, isn't it? >> exactly. coming up, learn the one thing that saved the life of a dog that was probably used for dogfighting. the hypersonic aircraft test flight was a failure. doug, what's coming up? >> a couple storms down to our south, but the rest of us looking at a nice meals in new york are looking for the person who would do the unthinkable, throw a puppy out of a moving car. it happened on sunday afternoon. it left little joey with a broken neck, and other severe injuries. thankfully someone saw it happened and called for help right away. >> he was in shock, crying from pain. that good samaritan, if he didn't stop to try to help him, he absolutely would have died. >> veterinarians say he had fleas and dozen of bite marks. he was also severely malnourished. they believe he was probably used for illegal dogfighting. a recall of tens of thousands of cant lopes has now expanded to honeydew melons that may still be on the market. his tieria was found a a melon from birch families -- the melons were shipped to stores in virginia and maryland, and could have been distributed in the district. there are no identifying stickers on the affected fruit. the fda recommends that you ask your grocery store about the recalled melons. carol, what's coming up teen in sports? >> my goodness, do we have a doozy. a perfect game out in seattle. it doesn't happen that often, the injury bug continue toss plague the redskins. plus the nationals trying to p[ male announcer ]trying to the choice on debt... mitt romney's plan: huge tax cuts for millionaires, tax breaks for oil companies and corporations that ship jobs overseas, adding trillions to the deficit. president obama's plan: a balanced approach that asks the wealthy to pay a little more, eliminates tax breaks for outsourcing and oil subsidies, cuts government spending, and reduces the deficit by four trillion. two plans. your choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. alking i've been our choice. doing is that it's given me time to reflect on some of life's biggest questions. like, if you could save hundreds on car insurance by making one simple call, why wouldn't you make that call? see, the only thing i can think of is that you can't get any... bars. ah, that's better. it's a beautiful view. i wonder if i can see mt. rushmore from here. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. welcome back, everybody. nice temperatures this evening. we had a few showers trying to make their way through the area. we'll actually look, and you can see nothing back towards d.c., but there are storms right across the bridge. again, i-95 seeing some of that rain, so heads-up if you're going that direction. most of this continuing to move on out of here. here's what i'm thinking, 70 degrees overnight in washington, look back to the west. many of you tomorrow could wake up to temperatures in the upper 50s, maybe the coolest morning we have seen in quite some time. there's some more to come. my seven-day forecast is in just a few minutes. starting of on with redskins. >> the preseason continues. the injury news continues as well. the redskins are not reeling with injuries, they are reloading. chris kneale out for the season, disappointing for the second-year nose tackle, but depth on the d-line is one of the strengths of this team. one of the questions to be answered just got a little more complicated. who will start at tailback. roy hall lieu. tim hightower says his knee is ready to carry the load, but according to the coach, the final game versus tampa bay is more realistic for him. so sxekd a lot of rookie alfred morris on saturday. meantime, the defensive line shuffled around. baker spent last year on the practice squad. this year is ready to step in. >> you have a guy that gore down, and hopefully he takes advantage of that. he's worked extremely heart, probably in the best shape he's been in. he's looked impressive. >> it's a big opportunity for me to step up, be the player i know i can be. i hate to see chris go down the way it happened, but, you know, when one man goes up, another man has to step up. i have to step up and do what i can do. you know, i'm sure he's going to have -- he's going to play just as good as barry. i'm sure they'll try to move somebody else in. i don't want to say anything, but, you know, they'll make sure we're covered. >> a lot of moves out there. the maryland terrapins will have a freshman qb after brown tears hi acl. the news out of college park very unfortunate. he suffered the injury last night during non-contact drills. >> i just feel really bad for c.j. to see the work that he's put in, you know, for this season, to go, you know away with one cut in a non-contact drill, a cut he's made, you know thousands of times, is just devastating. as you can imagine, it's tough on him. he's got a lot of emotions, you know, right now, but as i told him and i just got through addressing the team, c.j.'s going to be as big a part of this team as he was going to be if he was the starting quarterback. baseball, stephen strasburg's innings count, knolls the talk of san francisco today. the giants had bigger issues, like the loss of reigning all-star mvp melky cabrera. cabrera is being suspended for 50 games for testing positive for testosterone. that ends his season plus the first five games of next year. without cabrera, giants have to face strasburg. tim lincecum on the hill for the giants. early on a bit of trouble. jayson werth pokes this one to left the nats take a 2-0 lead. top three, we're going to be tied at two. danny espinoza at the dish, and he gets all of this one, and the nationals are up 4-2. bottom three, strasburg is on the mound facing buster posey. strasburg not struggling, but he did pitch six innings. the nats lead 6-3 in the ninth inning. out in seattle, the baseball world was rocked by a guy you can now call king felix. felix hernandez, who won the 2010 cy young award. he added something a little more special to his resume today. all zeros on the board, definitely a crowning achievement for hernandez. he's never in trouble in this game. we begin in the eighth, evan longoria. take a seat for him, ninth strikeout of the game. ben zobrist goes down and carlos pena packing. second time in the game hernandez struck out the side. ninth inning, sean rodriguez hoping to break it up. felix hernandez, he throws his hands up, no hits, no runs, no walk, 12 strikeouts. felix, how does it feel? >> look at this. this is unbelievable. it's for you guys, for you. oh, man, i don't have any words to explain this. when phil throw a perfect game here, i said i have to throw one, i have to. i mean, i've been working so hard to throw one, and there it is. for you guys. hernandez, he celebrates with the crowd. he has no family in town to help him. >> he's royalty, though, king felix. >> first time a perfect game for a mariner. isn't that cool? >> very cool. wow. >> thanks, carol. an amazing discovery made on a georgia riverbank. part of a $140 million experiment has ended in pieces. the air force's x-51 wave rider broke apart today. the aircraft was supposed to forecast 36 hubz miles an hour, six times the speed of sound. instead it lasted less than a minute in the air. never had a chance to reached supersonic speed. the air force blames a problem in one of the control fins. coming up, new reaction from neighbors after a herndon virginia man is arrested, targeting a conservative christian lobbying group. plus we're live as thousands line up for a chance at citizenship, as cirque de soleil prepairs, all tonight at 11:00. doug has one mohr check on our weather. >> pretty night evening, a nice cupeling days inn store, then the weekend. looking at a pretty good -- tomorrow, a great day, low humidity, terms 86 to about 91. if you're heading down toward the beach this weekend, could be a problem for you. temperatures in the upper 80s, nice weather there, but saturday does look -- so if you're going down to the beach this weekend, watch out for that. the next couple days, this is what you can expect. 91 on your thursday, 93 on friday, it would be warm and humid on friday. late thunderstorms, and by late we're talking after 5:00 most likely. most of the day should be okay. saturday and sunday, watching out for showers on saturday, then a more significant event coming up on sunday. we'll see if that happens, still out there a few days. either way, that system moves out and monday, tuesday and wednesday not only look nice, but it looks like the coolest, nice stretch of weather that we have seen all summer long. >> how long since we have seen the 60s. >> for overnight lows? i have to go through the numb%, doreen. >> weeks, right? >> weeks, weeks, months. [ laughter ] >> thanks, doug. thank you, doug. a team of scientists is working hard to unearth a whale skeleton that is 35 million years old. the skeleton was found on the bank of the flint river. that's in the albany, georgia, area, dating back to a time when the whole state was covered in water. so far the scientists have watch a seven-foot-long chunk of the whale's backbone. the ankle whale would have been between 50 to 70 feet long. the rest of the fossil is still encased in limestone. the scientists will clean as much as then, then take the rock to georgia southern university for further study. a cool science class. >> i would say. nightly news i'm barack obama and i approve this message seen this? mitt romney claiming the president would end welfare's work requirements? the new york times calls it 'blatantly false' the washington post says: "the obama administration is not removing the bill's work requirements at all." in fact, obama's getting states to move twenty percent more people from welfare to work. and president clinton's reaction to the romney ad? it's just "not true." get the facts. every paycheck. now, when you need it obama has cut $716 billion dollars from medicare. why? to pay for obamacare. so now the money you paid for your guaranteed healthcare is going to a massive new government program that's not for you.