right now, president obama is heading home after his pitch in copenhagen. that committee is expected to announce the winning city soon. a 12-year-old is critically injured after being hit by a car in germantown. the boy was trying to catch a school bus. and for the second day in the row, bad market information. "news4 midday" begins right now. good morning, and i am glad you are with us. >> on this friday, the 2nd of october, 2009. >> in a while, the committee will announce the host city for the 2016 olympic games. and they heard a passionate pitch from barack obama. hey, kristin, the excitement building, huh? >> reporter: yeah, it feels like a celebration even though they do have to wait a little longer to getethe final decision. a lot of these people were up early, and chicago by luck of the draw was the first to give its presentation early this morning in the overnight hours. they pulled out all of the stops, including the president to try and bring it home. >> for the city of chicago, it was the moment that they hoped would be a game changer. >> i have come here today to urge you to choose chicago for the same reason i chose chicago nearly 25 years ago. the reason i fell in love with the city i stillall home. >> reporter: president obama in full campaign mode, this time trying to win votes from the international committee delegates. >> this is one of the most charismatic men on the planet. >> it's about inspiring this generation and building a lasting legacy for the next. >> reporter: after a week of the star-studded support from copenhagen, from oprah and some of the most famous olympians. but the other cities are not without their own star power. and japan's prime minister looking for a tokyo triumph. the president already prepares to head back home. a whirlwind trip many hope will give the windy city its olympic win. while not everybody in chicago is convinced the games are a good idea, presidents here for making plans to watch the announcements this morning, a decision that could soon change this city's course. back now live, you can see the crowds here and just hear the excitement. the first voting from the committee begins in about five minutes. it's not expected to be decided in the first vote. it could come down to the wire, and we are expecting to get the decision around lunchtime here. the crowd is growing and the excitement building. back to you, barbara and joe. >> thank you very much. well a rough start to october on the job front. unemployment shot up 9.8% in september according to the latest jobs report. the labor department released its findings hours ago. the unemployment rate had been 9.7% in august, and then more than 80,000 jobs were lost than predicted. a 12-year-old boy in stable condition after he was hit by a car and it happened around 7:30 this morning in germantown. that's where we find megan mcgrath. >> reporter: the 12-year-old boy that was struck by the car this morning, he was taken to the hospital in a helicopter in critical condition. but in the last hour we have gotten a positive update. we are told the student has stabilized and he is expected to survive this accident. this happened early this morning. a little after 7:30 in the morning near the intersection of cinnamon drive. according to police, a 12-year-old student from robert yoe clemente school was going to the bus stop located on the other side of the street when he was struck by a car. now the driver of the vehicle did stay on the scene. it's unclear who was at fault in this accident. there are conflicting reports from witnesses as to whether or not the child stepped out into the street from between two parked cars. they are trying to figure out where the child was, whether he was in the crosswalk or stepped out into the road between two cars. and they say there areots of blind spots because of the parked cars, and they need speed bumps to slow traffic down through the area. and parents were upset this morning, and many rushed to the bus stop to make sure it was not their children injured. >> very scary. i am still out here. very devastated, as are other parents, and people are just talking about it. we will go to the homeowners association meeting the next time they have one and try to enforce something, cameras, speed bumps or a stop sign here or something. >> reporter: again, the student has stabilized. we are told that while he was, you know, seriously injured in this incident, he is expected to recover. again, the driver of the car that struck the child did stay on the scene, and was fully cooperative according to police. they are trying to figure out exactly who is at fault. >> thank you very much, megan. the family of a murder d.c. officer in the courtroom right now fighting to keep one of his killers behind bars. oliver smith was gunned down by three suspected robbers in maryland back in 1997. all three were sentenced to life in prison until 2005 when strictland had his sentence reduced. >> there were sentences passed down, and the promise was that they would serve those sentences. >> under maryland law judges are allowed to reconsider sentences, and there is a parole hearing going on right now at prince county's courthouse. and the police say a victim was a man, but no word on his identity or age. police have not given out information about a possible suspect. police identified a man shot to death in prince georges county overnight. it happened on walker mill road in happen actual heights. police say there were reports of gun shots. when they arrived they found 26-year-old john lee scott of southwest washington. he diedt the hospital. police are looking for suspects and a motive behind the murder. d.c. cabbies say they are going on strike this weekend. taxi drivers say they will not pick up passengers on saturday or sunday morning, and it's their way of expressing a bill in front of the d.c. council right now. 11:08 is our time. it's 62 degrees. let's get the latest forecast now from veronica johnson. >> good to have you with us. >> thank you, joe and barbara. >> and all next week i will be onboard. 61 degrees right now in gathersburg. the clouds have taken over our area. the dew point is at 55 degrees right now. you might notice more moisture in the air. 63 in rockville. and we have rain on the way, but i don't think the rain will hit us until much later tonight. in the 60s throughout the area, a look at the satellite reviewed in the last couple hours. hard to find holes in the cloud cover or sunshine across the area today. but the radar right now is quiet throughout the area. it's not until later tonight, so the friday night high school football games should get in just fine. today will be cool with light breezes. 67 to 71 degrees. winds are out of the south at 5 to 10 mil per hour. we will look at the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >> good football playing weather tonight. steve has the latest on the midday traffic for us now. steve? >> good morning barbara and joe. we will start with a live look at 270 through the woods here. you can see the work zone is actually on northbound 270 near 370. you can see more pavement than cars. so not much of a backup getting through there. 370 is blocking just one lane. and springfield, looks good. heavy but steady, and it's southbound 95. barbara and joe, back to you. >> okay. thank you steve. in the news, david letterman said on last night's "late show" said he was the victim of an extortion shot. and letterman admitted the sex charges are true and said that his goal now is to protect those women and his family. >> i have had sex with women who work for me on this show. now, my response to that is, yes, i have. i have had sex with women that work on the show. >> police do have a suspect in custody and the manhattan district attorney is expected to announce the indictment of the connecticut man within this hour. cbs says the person that works for the news show "48 hours." the swine flu vaccine could arrive in our area next week. coming up our local doctor takes questions about the vaccine and the virus. 3,000 people still may be trapped under wreckage in the earthquake. and michael jackson's mother is headed to court after details released about the in just a malt matter of days the swine flu vaccine could arrive in maryland and virginia. we know many of you have questions about the virus and the vaccine. this morning we are joined by the doctor. he is the medical director for howard university hospital. can you e-mail your questions to today@nbcwashington.com. we have a few for you right now to tackle. when you get the shot are you immediately protected or does it take time to take effect? >> it does take a little time to take effect because one's body has to build-up immunity. this is why the injection is given. if you get the shot at 5:00 p.m., at 5:05 you are not protected. >> how soon will you be protected? >> generally it takes weeks. >> we are entering the flu season, and by the time it's here in full strength you should be protected. >> should be protected and covered. >> here is another question. i heard after the flu shot could could have flu-like symptoms for a while? is that true? >> it's partly true. one could have a variety of mild symptoms, soreness at the site of the injection, and that does not outweigh the benefits, which are great. >> one viewer asked the h1n1 vaccine is recommended for pregnant women, can you tell of y adverse side affects to a woman and her unborn child? >> we found women who are pregnant are six times more apt to have serious complications from h1n1, so this is why they have been moved to the head of the pack, so to speak. >> yeah, they are a priority. >> with the clinical trials that have been done, the vaccine has been safe. once the mom is vaccinated, the fetus or infant can also get immunity from the mom. so it's two for one there. >> recommended. >> yeah, it is recommended. >> what about people who have diabetes? should we wait until the shot gets here or is it okay to get the nasal spray? is it better to wait for the shot or can they have the nasal spray? >> there are other things that go along with this including age that one needs to look at, so i can't answer it specifically. the patient has an underlying condition so you need to see one's doctor to make that decision doctor and patient together. >> can you send us your swine flu questions. the doctor is going to stay here in the house for us for a while. e-mail today at nbcwashington.com, or post your question on twitter or facebook, and search news4 today. and the doctor will be here until 11:35 this morning. thank you for being here. >> thank you. recovery efforts in indonesia have been stepped up with a successful rescue of a teenager who was trapped for 40 hours. more than 2,000 people were injured. heavy digging equipment arrived this morning to aid efforts to find nearly 3,000 people believed to still be trapped under rubble. veronica is here to tell us what we can expect for the weather today and through the weekend. >> it looks like it's going to rain. it will look like that all day long. >> is it going to rain today? >> not until much, much later. the rain across the area today will be arriving around 9:00 when we see some of the first drops around here. nothing heavy with the system. don't think we will have wind either. there are some spots across the country that are getting some heavy rain and high winds, and it's even causing delays. and the wind today out of the southwest at 5 miles per hour, that wil help push the temperature up to about 70 degrees today. so here is a look at the currents, not just here. 64 right there in d.c. 58 degrees in buffalo. and then0 degrees in minneapolis, minnesota, where there are airport delays currently taking place. the storm system, as it is blowing through, is producing wind-swept rain across areas of minnesota, and through indiana, and parts of ohio. you have seen the one to two inch rains. we will not get that around here. for us the system will be weakening. it will be weakening, and i think we could see a quarter of an inch of rain in some areas. across tadar now, all is quiet. look at the rainfall in ohio. and cleveland had 3/4 of an inch of rain. and then near 50 miles per hour where the airport delays are in minneapolis, minnesota. and so wind-swept rain. a quick rain for us overnight. and meanwhile out west, the cascades and northern rockies will get more snow this upcoming weekend. that will be their second storm. here we go. a 12-hour window. 9:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. the first drops come in la tonight. again, just a few light drops, and then pullingut around 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. and then sunday is looking like mostly sunny to partlyunny day with the rest of the spin coming through. and the temperatus tomorrow will be 70s, and mid-70s for sunday. and it should be greateath for football. we take he bkre is lookurast. and rain, again, not until late this evening, about 8:00 or 9:00, and some of the drops developing far west. turday, sho en moving out. and then for the first part of the week, we should be dry with rain returning to the area tuesday and wednesday of next week. just a chance temperatures are tryingo hold in the low 60s and then we cool to the 60s for next thursd. a bad weekend. >> sounds like fall. >> exactly. >> thank you, and we'll see you again today, and of course next week. thank you. >> thank you, veronica, very much. > let's go back to the news4 traffic network with steve. >> there was a accident in the district reported on the ramp frominbound pennsylvania avenue on northbound 295. so it's actually on the ramp. that will slow you down as you ke your way from pennsylvania avenue and on to interstate 29 almost into the downtown area right now. and over to maryland and the region bridge, we are looking carefully. we zoomed in on it and we don't see any roadwork or problems right now, so everything is open. back to you. >> thank you, steve. maryland state lawmakers are being told they will have to pay to use easy pass. legislators have been getting free use of easy passes even though they get a yearly travel lowanc allowance. now legislative lders send a letter to lawmakers saying they should no longer be able t get that perk. eight senate centers and 64 delegates have not turned in their free easy pass tran responrs. a fight caught on tape has parents outraged this morning. a college football player suspended for punching another team mbe back on the field soon. here is a look at what is hot on nbcwashington.com. well, a canadian man just arved at theacation destation out of the world. literally, the billionaire is onboard the space staon today. he paid $35 million to become a space tourists. toda michael jkson's legacy heads back to court. it's the deadline f his mother, katherine jackson, to show why she would have more say in the ares o his estate. and an autopsy shows jackson was in fairly good spe for a man of his age. he has dark tattoos onis eye brow and eyes. he was 130 pounds. >> here is lester holt. > goodday. reporting from chicago's daily plaza where thousands of gathered to await the word as to whether chicago would win the 2016 olympic games, and this crowd has jus been stunned with news from copenhagen in the first round of voti, and chicagoliminated, out of contention for the 2016 olympics, and this crowd, an audible gp and then silend when it was announced chicago was eliminated from the 2016 games. kevin, the gasps said it all from the crowd. >> reporter: yeah, i don't think that anybody here -- while many people thought they were going to have a tight run for the games, i don't think anybody in chicago thought they would be going out in the first round, considering they spend some $70 million in the runnup for today showing the world just what the city can do. withhe president there and the first lady and oprah and all of the other presentations from the city of chicago, i think that the fact it went so silent here is very telling at how surprised and disappointed many people will be. >> we should not that there have been surprises in past votes as well, including awding the last games of 2012 inndon. this is wh happened just moments ago in copenhagen, as the announcement was made eliminating chicago. here is it. >> the city of chicago having obtained the least number of votes will not participate in the next round. >> reporter: jim, did anybody see this coming? did you get a hint chicago would go down so quickly? >> reporter: no hint at all. this will feel like a bombshell here, especially among the media community, 2,000 of us. the buzz has been growing and growing, and the momentum is seen growing over the past couple weeks, especially the past three or four days. oprah winfrey, and michelle obama, who then introduces barack obama, the president of the united states, who looks the delegates in the eye and says i need you to believe this is a guarantee it will be the best.b. nothing less. there was no indication at all, and as kevin said, they were fall out in the round. there was talk that there were negatives, but the negatives were cancelled out by more positives. there are a few negatives. chicago did not have the romance. it was not well known by most of the members. they never went to chicago, and that's really what i think is the essence of what happened here. >> reporter: jim in copenhagen. thank you very much. with the modern communications, we have to assume president obama who is winging his way back to washington has received word that his adopted hometown did not receive the bid for the games. savannah, the president was already facing some criticism for taking this trip abroad to make this last-minute pitch given the urgency of issues there in washington. what should we expect now? >> i thi we will see a lot of disappointment on the part of the present and the first lady, and this really under scores the risk the president took by making this trip to copenhagen. i can tell you they thought it was a darned if you do and darned if you don't situation. they felt if the president didn't go and chicago lost, all fingers would be pointing at president obama for not giving it everything he had, and on the other hand we now see the risk he took, chicago being eliminated, and not just in general but in the first round. we can assume he received word aboard air force one, and he is flying back as w speak. not clear if they can watch it on television or if they get word from the ground, but we can assume itas bn communid to him. it will feel like a blow. this is something the president first lady felt strongly about. she briefed some of the reporters before she departed for copen hague yen hanhagen an really personal. >> tokyo has now been elimina d eliminated, leaving madrid and r rio dde janeiro. >> a lot of people will try to point the finger as to what happened here. buthe bottom line, the chicago committee felt they had theest bid. today it does not seem to have turned out that way. >> if you just tuned in, chicago has been eliminated in th first round in copenhagen. i am lester holt, nbc news, chicago. >> quite a shock and surprise. >> yes, to have been eliminated that soon. i think maybe folks thoug it might come down to madrid or rio de janeiro. coming up, what are the side affects of the swine flu vaccine in children? we will answer that question and other questions about the virus. and the missinglink. (announcer) claritin introdus claritin eye. it's what you drop in. claritin eye works on your itchy allgy eyes in minutes and lasts up to 12 hours. new claritin eye. now you can see claritin clear. thiber? i'd had my fill. then i found miralax. announcer: miralax is the only brand clinically proven to relieve constipation with no harsside effects. you'll see. it's clearly different. restore your body's natural rhythm with miralax. right now at midday, breaking news from denmark. the international olympic committee just finished the first round of voting for the 2016 olympics, and chicago has been eliminated. you are looking at a live picture of daley plaza in downtown chicago, almost silent. they were there for a big party and the party has been cancelled. bara obamaent to denmark to make a bid for the olympics. chicago will not host the 2016 olympics. the labor deptment just reported the jobs number for september. it's reporting the uneloyment rate stands at 9.8%. it was 9.7% in august. the committee lost 263,000 jobs in september. a middle school student is in stable condition after he was hit by a car. the -year-old boy was hit in the cinnamon woods neighborhood of germantown. the driver did remain on the scene after the accident. security will be tight at tonight's john f. kennedy football game after a violent fight outraged parents. there was video of the brawl in silver spring. itlready made the rounds on the inteet. two girls jumped another girl that just finished cheering. dozens of concerned parents attended a meeting about the fight last night. the principalssured them the school was safe, and some, including the victim's mother is not so sure. >> it's a small number. >> if knedy would have been at its best the situation would never have happened to my daughter. >> the kennedy football team will play tonight and they can expect increased security. and the swine flu virus. a little girl died, and some people in the communityre worried about the possibility of a bigger outbreak. >> it remains to be seen it's going to be as dramatic as the potential is for it. we won't know. if it gets into someing and mutates to a more deadly screen. >> the vaccine could arrive in our area as early as monday. we know a lot of you have questions about the swine flu and the vaccine, so we are trying to answer them today. we are talkingo the medical director of howard university hospital. e-mail your questions to today@nbcwashington.com. let's hear what people are asking. i have heard many parents ar afraid to vaccinate their children becau of the possible side affects. what are the known side affects of the vaccine? >> well, they are mild. those that receive the vaccine will have no or mild side affects. maybe a little redness or tenderness or swelling at the site. maybe a headache or low grade temperature. th usually passes in about one to two days. very rare, there are life-threatening situations that could occur, and it's extremely rare. if one had allergies to eggs or anything like that, they should refrain from taking it and speak to the physician about taking the f1 through flu shot. the doctor's office said it was not sure he was slotted to get shipment is there an anticipated shortage of the vaccine? >> we don't anticipate a shortage for the vaccine at all. if one is worried about finding places that have the vaccine, contact your local health department and they can give you that information as sites. contact your health department at your local jurisdiction. they will be able to help you. >> another viewer asks how much should i pay for the vaccine? >> this vaccine is supported by the federal government, so we don't have to pay anything for this one. like the seasonal flu, you will have to pay for, but this one is free. >> if somebody is allergic to the preservativessed in the flu vaccine, what options do they have? >> you have to speak to your physician because we don't know necessarilwhich preservatives they are allergic to, but one is a mercury-type medal utal servea preservetive, and there is a vaccine for the h1n1 vaccine is that being offered and just as effective. >> we want to thank everybody that wrote in withquestions. we had a good response all morning long and tried to get to as many as we could. doctor, thank you again. >> thank you. it's time for another look at today's weather. we have veronica with answers to the weather questions. >> absolutely. across the area, we are looking south and mostly cloudy skies through the area. the rain that has been in the forecast, we will not see any of the first drops until later this evening, after about 9:00 or so. so let's take a look at temperatures at 64 grees. it will rise another 6 or 7 deees so highs will be around 70 today. 65 in annapolis east. and warm spot now, 70 degrees at pax river. look at all the clouds across the area. no sunshine there. the radar isquiet. again, those drops will be moving in from west to east, and we'll be wet later on. mostly cloudy and up to 71 degrees. >>let's check on the midday traffic. >>yes, let's talk to steve about that. any problems at this hour, eve? >> it's not too bad now, barbara. 95 south in virginia is what we are looking at. we like to see if there is a backup for people leaviown early, and the answer is no and the part of the reason is the hov lanes opened up a little early today. and that means no delays. and they are working o northbound i-95 and they are blocking one right lane. looking good even though there is a work zone. back to you. >> thank you, steve. chickens can be coming. it all started with kids living in a house on capitol hill. they brought chickens home as part of the school project. e students wanted to keep the chickens but had to give them up because of a rule. >> and the nationals are off to a great start, and alex did great. they come home for the verizon center opener when they take on the toronto leafs. and then this punch may not block the ceer of this guy. the university of oregon may reinstate the running back. they suspended him after he punched a player and then tried to go after fs in the crowd. he wrote an open apology yesterday in the oregon student newspaper and the athletic president and director are considerin lifting the suspension, and it would not happen for at least two weeks. still ahead, a look at what isew at movies this weekend. plus how the the scientific community is practically giddy with excitement ove a find made by biologists with an evolution nary missing link. a skeleton has been found of a female creature that has walked the earth more than 4 million years ago. the chief correspondent has the story. >> reporte the discovery in the valley of ethiopia, and it moves the story of human evolion back more than 4 million years. researchers say it will be one of the biggest scientific achievementsf the decade. >> we found a layer that we have been able to trace across a landscape for miles and miles. >> the fossil boernz of a female creature. she stood 4 feet fall, up right on two feet. weighed 110 pounds, and changed ideas about human origins. >> until now, the exhibit was lucy. she lived 3 milli years ago. until now scientists assum in the earlier human ancestors would more chimpanzee-like and walk on all fourz. but this challenges that idea. >> it's different than what people expected, and very different from lucy. it's not specifically chimpanzee-like. >> she lived in th forest. and scientists speculate in this environment, males walking upright could carry more food. >> what would follow is females would begin to target specific males who would supply them would food on a regular basis. >> it remainsfascinating. >> how old do you think they are righnow walking around? >> maybe 36. >> they look 36? so they look as old as me, then? well, as we have been reporting this morning, the government says more jobs were lost in september than expected. >> let's check in with bc's courtney reagan. good morning, courtney. >> good morning to you both. stocks are lower. the dow is off by 30 points. but that's not so bad considering futures really dropped off big time with the announcement of the monthly jobs report. they revealed a lost of 263,000 jobs for the month of september. that was worse than expected. and the unemployment rate rose to the highest rate since july of 1983. that was inline with expectations. the labor market is often slower to recover than the rest of e economy when we go through a recen. while layoffs are slowing, the number of unemployed folks remains high. that's where you get the d discrepancies. single people may feel the brunt of the recession more than married folks. it says that single people are losing their jobs at a 50% higher rate than their married counterparts. married men are more likely to take a new job at a lower pay rate to support the families and the wives get a job to supplement the family income. and singles tend to be younger with less job experience than those married. something to keepn mind when looking at the data points. lewis is resigning at the end of the year, and this could give bank of amica's list of ternal candidates more time to develop leadership skills before somebody is named to the top spot. back to you joe and barbara. >> have a great weekend. we'll see you monday. >> see you. the time is 11:50. 64 degrees. coming up -- >> we are going to take a sneak peek -- a sneak peek at the new movies, including a look inside the world of roler derbies. >> we will have another well, you probably know october is breast cancer awareness month. on sunday the nfl kicks off its own campaign with players and fans wearing pink. to tonya snyder visited the "today" sh to talk about it. she said screenings caught her cancer early. >> as far as me personally, i did all the right things. i did the screenings with a little diligent in following up on something not normal. that's the main message, get the screenings, and i kept following up on something that i did not feel good about, and it turned out to be not my mammogram, but breast cancer. >> nfl fans will notice a sea of pink to support breast cancer awareness. in some stadiums, even the goal posts will be pink. several new movies to check out this weekend at the box office. >> okay. a food fight. first up is the invention of lying, and one develops the ability to lie paving the way to fame and fortune, but love remains elusive. and then "whip it." page plays a rebellious texas teen that chucks her beauty pageant role to roll on the wild side. michael moore is back with a scathing take with "capitalism, a love story." blasting banks to regulators. he uses the economic troubles to make the case against unbridled capitalism. and then "zombie land." a loan band of survivors fight the living dead while they cross the nation. they stop at the amusement park while they will be safe. this stars woody harrelson, and watch out for a cameo appearance by bill murray. let's get a check on the weather from veronica. >> well, we will, but first let's get a check on the news this afternoon. a shocker from copenhagen, whereas you know, we just learned chicago got the smallest number of votes from the 2016 olympic bid. they were supposed to be a favorite, so why was chicago dissed? we'll talk about it. and then the broken heart syndrome, and how emotions are linked to their physical health. one couples' remarkable story. a joyful heart is good medicine is the expression, and it turns out it is. we'll find out about that story coming up at 5:00. >> yeah, a real connection between the loss of somebody and the other person's eventual health. >> thank you. n veronica johnson with our final check on the weather. >> one more check outside. this is skycam where we have filtered sunshine. more clouds will be rolling in today before the rain later on. and that's okay with cloud coverage. it's friday, right. everything is all good when it's friday. on the radar, quiet conditions throughout the area. we are dry. the first drops of rain will be showing up in the west. and there are few drops coming through with the next weather system. and light breezes out of the south. the high around 70 degrees as far as that football forecast goes for the friday night games for high school, and the temperature will drop to 64 to 77 degrees. we'll start out with showers tomorrow morning. back to you. >> thank you, veronica. that's "news4 midday," for today and this week. thank you for being with us. we invite you to tune in at 3:00 for the "daily connecon." >> barbara and i will be back monday morning at 4:55. until then, have a great day. >> see you monday. >> bye.