good morning, everyone. welcome to "news 4 midday." i'm barbara harrison. it is friday, june 18th, 2010. we begin with breaking news from montgomery county where two people have been hit by a car that apparently careened out of control. this is all developing in the 20100 block of frederick road in germantown. elaine reyes joins us live. >> reporter: let me step out of the way so you can see what happened. this bus depo is completely flattened. there is glass everywhere on the sidewalk. we are told that an adult male and an adult woman in her 60s went to a hospital with life threatening injuries. a witness tells us that the driver of the car that hit that depo was coming down frederick road at a high rate of speed. apparently, several people were at this bus stop waiting for a bus. a man and a woman were the only ones who happened to be injured. police are still trying to figure out how the driver lost control of his car. he did remain on the scene and he did speak with police. montgomery county police still here on the scene gathering a little bit more information. no word of any charges or any names that have been released but, again, the man and the woman that were hit have nonlife threatening injuries. it appears they are okay. no word of any charges at this hour. barbara, back to you. >> thank you, elaine. a public viewing will be held today for a maryland state trooper gunned down outside of prince george's county restaurant. trooper wesley brown was shot and killed last friday outside the applebee's in forest ville. two men were charged with first-degree murder in his death. today's viewing for trooper brown will be held at 4:00 at the abisina baptist church in capital heights. trooper brown will be laid to rest tomorrow. a funeral will be held at 10:00 a.m. at the jericho city of praise in landover. he will be buried at the lincoln memorial cemetery in suitland. a scientists says vast amounts of methane are spewing along with the crude as the gulf coast disaster grows that could literally suffocate marine life. here is a live look under water. the oil is literally gushing out of the seabed. this as the man in charge of bp takes a beating on capitol hill. news 4's kristen dahlgren reports. >> reporter: after offering a general apology. >> i am very, very sorry that this accident occurred. >> reporter: bp's ceo, tony hayward, spent the day offering little else. >> why were the safety recommendations of your own engineers ignored? >> i wasn't involved in any of the decision-making. it's clear there was some discussion amongst the engineering team and an engineering judgment was taken. >> it is clear to me you don't want to answer our questions. >> hayward had been given some of the questions ahead of time and told where testimony was likely to go. >> exxonmobil had one safety violation the same time period you had 760. how in the heck do you explain that? >> reporter: at the end of the day, gave few explanations about what caused the disaster now reaching into every corner of the gulf coast. >> on pensacola beach, allison's shifts were cut and her tips were down as tourists stay away. >> i can't pay credit card bills. you are putting off power bills here, water bills, here. it is a real struggle. i'm a single mom. >> in nearby perdido pass, they are laying out new steal boom, a last stitch to try to divert the oil. in louisiana, vacuum barges are back on the water after the coast guard shut them down to shut for life jackets. a move seen as one more insult to a region that has already seen too much. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, pensacola beach, florida. scientists also say the methane could create dead zones where oxygen is so depleted that nothing can live there. it is an overlooked danger in the oil crisis. let's take a look outside. right here in washington, beautiful day. not too hot, not too humid out there. absolutely gorgeous. tom kierein, can we keep this around for a while? >> just right. perfect for outdoor recreation or if you have to work out there. respect the strong june sun. you need sunblock if you are going to be the athe pool or plan on a visit to the beach today. you need the sunblock. a very high sun angle is getting up there. as we look outside, there is that royal blue sky over the landscape at this hour overlooking montgomery county in the foreground. off in the distance is frederick county looking off to the north here from our sky watcher camera, about 300 feet above northwest washington. temperature now 78 in washington. mid-70s in montgomery county, arlington, fairfax, prince george's county. in the mid-70s now. and mid-70s right around the bay at southern maryland and eastern shore. low to mid-70s around the central blue ridge and shenandoah valley. down into the 50s, comfortably dry. the dew point in washington, 54. temperatures in the low 70s. western maryland and into west virginia, a few locations out in the mountains of western maryland. still in the 60s. a fresh and cool morning there. eastern shore, the upper 70s. away from the waters. over us at this hour, giving us this dry pattern that will be with us throughout the day today and into tonight. for the rest of this friday afternoon, it should be mostly sunny. the low humidity remains in place. a light breeze coming in out of the southeast as highs reach the low and mid-80s by mid afternoon. we do have some changes on the way for the weekend. big events going on too. we will talk about that. that will be in just a few minutes. we will look at the weekend forecast and into next week. stay tune when i join you in just a few minutes. barbara? >> tom, thank you. and to jerry. let's find out how traffic is moving. >> happy friday, everybody. we will head out and update you on a couple of things causing trouble during the midday here. pennsylvania avenue at the souza bridge. this is the outbound side over the souza bridge headed on in towards southeast washington where authorities are dealing with an accident. the accident itself is on 295 northbound just above pennsylvania avenue. these folks are feeling the impact. the inbound side is running quite slowly. let's head to the eastern shore. trying to get there may cost you a couple of extra minutes. there was an accident eastbound on the bay bridge. the accident is gone. the delays began well back before our camera. they are starting to ease a little bit now headed toward the toll plaza. we will keep a watch on it. barbara? >> we have a traffic alert for those of you that drive on rockville pike. the new ramps are opening. the new ramps are near the montrose parkway on to northbound route 355. megan mcgrath has details. >> reporter: well, if you drive along this stretch of rockville pike, you know how awful this can be. the hope here is that these new access ramps will help ease the congestion in the area. one of the ramps is already open. the second one is going to be open very, very soon. now, we are talking about the ramp from montrose parkway up on to northbound rockville pike. that is the one that has opened. it's open for used to, later on tonight at 9:00 p.m., that's when crews are going to begin the work to reopen the other access ramp to get on to southbound rockville pike. as soon as that work is done, that ramp will open as well. again, a lot of congestion in this area. the new configuration, the new ramps will help people make it on to rockville pike faster and will cut down on backups. we talked to one long-time resident. she hopes it works. >> it is horrible. i lived here for over nine years. it used to be such a breeze coming up. now, i try to avoid it. >> reporter: you hope this is going to help? >> i hope. i don't know but i hope. >> reporter: 55,000 people use this interchange every single day. you can bet a lot of people are hoping that this does, indeed, improve the situation. back to you all. >> reporter: megan mcgrath, thank you. a police officer is recovering after suffering minor injuries. four teenagers are now in police custody. after officers followed the suv they were in from southern avenue southeast into oxen hill, maryland. the pursuit started around 6:30 last night when police spotted the speeding dodge did your rang go. the officers were in an unmarked cruiser and could not stop the vehicle but continued to follow it. the suv lost control in the 4600 block of wheeler road in oxen hill and went down a ravine. when the teenagers tried to run away, officers continued their chase. one officer suffered an ankle injury. police say the did your rank go was stolen. >> they are looking for two men that robbed a check cashing store. it happened yesterday morning. two armed men robbed the store as the father and son were opening it up. the father was attacked but survived. his son, 30 years old, was shot and later died. police are now looking for a cold-colored kia with maryland tags and a black suv with a star sticker on the back of it. a judge has dropped some of the charges against two of the three men accused of covering up the murder of robert juan. the judge said she carefully considered all the testimony and acquitted victor zaborski and dillon ward of tampering with evidence. a judge said that price handled the kitchen knife that prosecutors say was planted at the crime scene. they are still charged with obstruction of justice and conspiracy. they live in the dupont circle row house where robert juan was murdered back in 2006. no one has been charged in his death. our time right now is 11 minutes after 11:00. president obama is focused on the economy today. coming up, the president is on his way to ohio right now. we will have a preview of his visit. plus, a warning about a product that may be a part of your kids' favorite lunch. the u.s. team is back on the field today at the world cup. we will have an update. ew. right now, president obama is on his way to ohio. he is heading to columbus for the groundbreaking of a road project there e is still pushing his economic plan trying to remind americans that the stimulus act is creating jobs. a new "associated press" poll finds that only 45% of americans approve of how president obama has handled the economy. the american red cross has been fined $16 million for being sloppy in how it screens donated blood. the fda says they didn't take the necessary safety precautions in 2008 and 2009. the government is emphasizing that the u.s. blood supply, however, appears to be safe. we're following a developing story in the midwest. the death toll has risen to three after a series of tornadoes tore through southern minnesota. take a look at this. you can see the massive twister on the ground there. several houses were demolished and trees up rooted. 20 people were treated for injuries. crews worked overnight to control dozens of gas leaks. the cleanup continues this morning. boy, they really did have quite a zeal out there. did you see that bus barn? >> incredible damage there as well as in north dakota too. there were 65 separate tornado reports yesterday afternoon. the tornado season has been lower than average numbers of tornadoes reported so far. here, we don't have any severe weather to talk about. we have got a gorgeous day underway. school is out for summer for most students. the pools will be busy as we get into the afternoon hours, just a terrific afternoon for outdoor recreation and fun as well as work, if you've got work to do. right now, beautiful blue sky with low humidity. that's the live view from our sky watcher camera. 300 feet above northwest washington. it is right now 78 degrees at national airport there in the background. in the distance is montgomery and frederick counties. we have a light wind coming in out of the east. humidity at 43%. nice and dry. prince george's county, mid-70s. fairfax and arlington, mid-70s as well as montgomery. right near the bay in southern maryland, temperatures in the mid and upper 70s. water temperatures in the bay, upper 70s. along the tidal potomac, it has hit the upper 70s and into the mountains as well. dew points, an indication of humidity in the air. in the 50s. very comfortable. dew points in the 50s from the other side of the bay into the mountains, right near the atlantic beaches tichlts a little bit more humid there with a bit of a breeze coming in off the atlantic. inland, away from the waters, upper 70s. mountains, western maryland, still in the 60s to near 70. low 70s throughout much of west virginia. high pressure moving in. now, sitting right on top of us giving us this delightful day. this will be with us through the rest of jast noafternoon. a cluster of severe weather across minnesota last night. now, it has settled down, the threat of strong storms in the upper midwest may cause flight delay ns chicago and detroit. as we go forward over the next 48 hours, high pressure is over us now going to be exiting off the coast. as it does, our winds will shift into the south. it will bring in humidity that will be in place tomorrow. behind that rs a cool front that will usher in somewhat dryer air as we get into saturday night. still quite humid. this front will be coming through after midnight or so. it does move in. small chance of a passing thundershower late saturday night and sunday morning. that front will be to our east allowing somewhat dryer air to move in. as we take a look at the rest of the afternoon, we will have lots of sunshine. just a light breeze coming in out of the east and southeast as highs reach the low and mid-80s with the low humidity. great weather for the game at national park. strasburg is pitching against the white sox. first pitch at 7:05. should be around 80 under a clear sky. great night for baseball. off in the west, after sunset, brig bright venus. clouds developing during the afternoon after a sunny morning. saturday night, small chance of passing thundershower. sunday, father's day, hot. big event on sunday is the annual antique car show, which is going on at sully park in chantilly right off route 28 in western fairfax county. a hot afternoon there. the show opens at 10:00 in the morning and closes at 3:30 in the afternoon. over 400 cars there. it draws big crowds every year. great father's day activity. tuesday, wednesday, thursday, steamy pattern returns, chance of afternoon storms each day. that's the way it looks. barbara? >> thanks. >> jerry, what's going on on the roads out there? >> kind of tough over the last hour or so on the capital belt weigh-in ter lo weigh-inter loop. this camera is very close to braddock road. there is continuing construction affecting the far right lane just a bit in addition to that. there was an accident at interloop and i-66. the outer loop, somebody is going on vacation with that camper. outer loop, beltway, lanes open. speaking of heading for vacation, we will update you on the delays. still a bit of a backup at the toll plaza eastbound route 50 at the bay bridge. earlier accident has cleared. >> sounds like you have vacation on the mind, jerry. >> always vacation on the mind. >> you don't have one coming up soon? >> no, ma'am, i will be here. we have a recall for food to tell you about right now. you might have been planning to serve this particular food for your children to lunch. campbell's soup is recalling 15 million pounds of spaghetti o's with meatballs. they are recalling certain lots manufactured since december of 2008. it applies to spaghetti o's with meatballs and a to z and fun shape. they all have est4k printed on the bottom of the can. we will take a look at the most xhont prescribed diet pill and why it was associated with health problems in the '90s. the lakers win turns rowdy. the couple accused of crashing the white house state dinner is talking again. >> first, here is a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com. i don't want to talk about that should have, would have, could have. >> the salahis are talking but they don't want to talk about the time they crashed the white house state dinner. they filmed an episode of q and a yesterday. the host tried to talk to them about the dinner but they were not interested in talking about that. they will be featured on bravo's, the wheelhouse wives of d.c. which premiers in august. for the second year in a row, the l.a. lakers are celebrating an nba championship. zt lakers repeat back to back titles. the l.a. lakers. >> the team won the 16th championship last night after rallying from a fourth quarter deficit. they finally beat the boston celtics in game 7, 83-79. kobe bryant scored a high 23 points and was namtd the mvp of the series. the fans went wild after that game. they celebrated outside the staple's center last night after the game. they poured out into the streets all over in the city. some started a fire but police quickly broke that crowd up and put the fire out. officers made at least four post-game arrests. most for public drunkenness. while the wizard's season has been over for quite some time, team officials are already working on the next season. john wall, the top pick, had a private work-out with wizards yesterday. he showed off some skills and his dunking ability. the wizards who have first pick are expected to take the point guard from kentucky during the draft next week. >> team usa is taking the field once again in the 2010 world cup. the americans are playing slovenia. the game started at 10:00 this morning which is 4:00 p.m. in south africa. team usa is down a goal in their first game. the us tied with england, 1-1. earlier today, serbia beat germany, 1-0. later today, england will play algeria. it is 11:26. coming up, a death row inmate dies in a barrage of bullets fired by police marksmen. we will have reaction to the controversy plus new talk of immigration reform in prince william county. a lawmaker wants to follow the footsteps of arizona. a young ace back in town prepared to take the mound. he withal have a preview. tom kierein is back with an update on the weekend forecast. right now on "news 4 midday," not just oil flowing from a blownout well in the gulf of mexico. bp says it is burning about 30 million cubic feet of natural gas each day from the source of the leak. more gas is leaking. scientists say it could suffocate marine life and other dead zones could be developed with so little oxygen that nothing would be able to live. friends, family and colleagues are preparing to say good-bye to a maryland state trooper gunned down outside a local restaurant. trooper wesley brown was shot and killed last friday outside the am bye-bypplebee's. a death row inmate was put to death in a hail of bullets. ronnie lee gardner was shot to death by a firing squad. utah's first prisoner to die that way in 14 years. his manner of death was unusual. as nbc's joe lewis reports, he chose to die that way. >> reporter: it was shortly after midnight here when gardner was led into this execution chamber, strapped to this chair and asked if he had any final words. to which mr. gardner replied, i do not. following the statement, a hood was placed over mr. gardner's head. five sharpshooters took aim at his heart and fired. mr. gardner was pronounced dead at 12:17 this morning. in the hours leading up to the execution, groups opposing the death penalty demonstrated outside the prison grounds and at the utah state capital in salt lake city. it was the result of a courthouse shooting spree 25 years ago. in a botched escape attempt he killed a lawyer and seriously wounded a bailiff. he was in court because of a previous murder charge. as his execution date approached, he tried to get his sentence commuted to life arguing to the parole board that his 25 years in prison had made him a changed man. >> i can do a lot of good. first of all, i'm a good example. there is no better example in this state of whatnot to do. >> the parole board didn't agree. >> the board denies gardner's petition for come mutation. >> avenue was executed, the relatives of some of his victims spoke to reporters. >> he is gone now and we don't have to worry about him escaping and killing some other innocent person. >> we all felt the same, just kind of relief that it was over with now. >> gardner's family stood vigil outside the prison releasing balloons at the time of his execution. >> it's sad that he is gone. he is free now. >> you know, i don't agree with the death penalty. i think they committed a murder just like he did. two wrongs don't make a right. >> a violent end to a violent man. >> that was george lewis reporting. gardner was allowed to choose between the firing squad and lethal injection because he was sentenced to death before utah eliminated the firing squad back in 2004. this afternoon, the families affected by that mass shooting in d.c. earlier this year will meet with congressional leaders. in march, five people were killed in back and forth violence that ended in a mass shooting in southeast washington. grieving family members say guns should be kept off the streets. they will hold a news conference about a pending d.c. gun bill that has been delayed by sent nat. the new bill would permit the district to regulate but not ho hibt the carrying of hand gups in public. it would prevent the district from changing the gun rules. they now know what was used to poison two dogs in fairfax county, virginia. it happened in centerville. two dogs died after eating tainted meat that someone threw into several yards. the meat was analyzed and police now say it contains strik nine, used as a pesticide and rat poison. they don't know who left the meat out there. the. >> the chairman is proposing an illegal immigration law. the tough law, the county adopted a couple years ago apparently isn't sufficient according to a statement releaguesrleased by chairman, cory stewart. now, he wants to change it. >> if you are caught for any reason whatsoever breaking any of the laws and you are an illegal alien, i believe you should be deportd. >> stewart has started a facebook page for the virginia rule of law campaign. >> tom joins us with another look at our forecast for washington and all around our region. >> a wonderful break from our high humidity the last couple of days. there is that blue sky with that strong june sun coming down. if you are going to be out for a length of time, you definitely need sunblock. wear a broad-brimmed hat because this is the time of year you can pick up a quick burn, certainly with this dry air as well. 78, washington. mid-70s in prince george's county. arlington, fairfax. mid-70s right near the bay as well as throughout much of the region have the lots of sun with low humidity. clear tonight. great night for tonight's baseball game in nationals park. tomorrow morning in the 60s, sunshine and a few clouds developing in the afternoon as humidity comes back on a southerly breeze. saturday, steamy as a front goes by. lower humidity sunday afternoon as highs reach near 90 and near 90 again on monday. it looks like it is going to get steamy again. chance of afternoon showers and thundershowers tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. i will be back with one more update coming up. >> thanks. >> let's look at the roads out there. any problems we should know about. >> we did have a couple of incidents tying things up and sf still causing delays. outbound pennsylvania avenue, the souza bridge, authorities are still dealing with in aaccident that involved two vehicles. it was on 295 above pennsylvania avenue. they are finding traffic all backed up. an inbound delay and 295 was slow coming up from t11th stree bridge. southbound, not too bad. the hov lanes leaving the capital beltway, good. northbound, moving along very nicely. barbara? >> thanks, jerry. in news for your health, today, a federal panel will weigh in on the so-called female viagra. the first pill designed to boost female sex drive has failed. two studies found the drug did not have a significant impact on labido. some women did report greater sexual satisfaction after using the pill. >> a popular diet drug is making a comeback. in the mid-90s, you may remember the fen-fen cocktail now. part of that combination, center main, has become the most commonly prescribed diet pill. >> how is your diet going? >> dr. joseph kuhn helps people lose weight through surgery. many had previously relied on pills. >> we see a lot of patients that have used fentermene. >> reporter: they say it was the safer part of the fen-fen part of the combination. >> it took away my desire to eat. >> i had a lot of enjury and my appetite was accesu was suppres >> any time i would stop taking it, i would go back to old eating habits and start putting weight back on. >> the patient that gets the most benefit from fentermine is one that understands it is a tool to get them started with a decreased appetite in conjunction with a locale lower, high protein weight loss diet. >> reporter: the diet uses it after surgery to give patients a short time. the drug comes with liability. >> if they have vision problems, doctors have to look for things like glaucoma and heart disease and they have to look at drug interactions. so probably only half of the doctors in the city are comfortable prescribing it. >> nothing really is a magic pill. it is a thing that you have to work at. >> reporter: surgery was lynette's ultimate solution. those days of 287 pounds, size 26 are gone, along with her risk of diabetes. there is in life in this admitted fashion deviva. >> i can wear some extra smalls. i have always enjoyed clothes shopping but i do more now. >> reporter: robert hopes that surgery does what the pills couldn't, give him permanent weight loss. >> i am not trying to get a modeling job by no means, just want to be healthy and around for a long time. when i'm really working out, we are straight. >> reporter: debra ferguson, nbc news. >> you might want to know that fentermine is not usually covered by insurance. controversy in alexandria over a plan to charge people with disabilities for parking. currently, anyone with a state-issued disabled plaque ard can park in metered spots without paying. under the new budget, everyone will have to pay. the city's department of transportation says it is an effort to stop parking fraud, which has cost the city tens of thousands of dollars. >> we get complaints, why is this segment of the public actually parking at no cost? that cost is being bourn then by the general user of parking within the right-of-way. >> the measure is pekexpected t raise $133 million. critics say this will punish unauthorized drivers. arlington already charges for all metered parking spaces. that's arlington. new nationals star, stephen strasburg, will return to the pitching mound. tonight's game will be his third career strart. he made a strong debut. since then, the team has lost the last five of its six games. strasburg is currently on the cover of ""sports illustrated."" at last check, still some individual tickets were for sale on the nationals websites. 11:41. still ahead, we will have the latest numbers from wall street. can the market end the week on a high note? plus, a look at what's new at the movies this weekend, attention all you tech savvy washingtonians. a new apple store in georgetown just above "m" street. it will open today at 5:00 p.m. this is the first apple store in the district. apple has been waiting to open the georgetown store for quite some time. it took more than a year for the neighborhood board to approve the store's design. the bethesda theater is going on the auction block, the theater on wisconsin avenue will be auctioned on june 29th. the owners defaulted on the mortgage. the theater opened as an art deck comovie house in 1938. it underwent a $12 million renovation in 2007. we can check now at cnbc's matt nesto. he joins us live. good morning. >> hi, barbara. an interesting day here today. markets up across the board. the dow is up about 17 points right now. not a giant rally. a continuation of this rebound we have seen. interestingly, the nasdaq has been up for seven consecutive days for a 7% tally. it is the biggest and best streak we have seen in 11 months for the nasdaq index. also of note, no economic data to chomp our teeth into and no real earnings reports to give us guidance as well is the fact that gold has punched higher again to a new record high, just shy of $1260 per ounce. that is certainly something we are tracking here today and speaks volumes about the nervousness that is out there and the global economic situation. also of note on the auto front today, ford has done something it has never done something before. detroit, for that matter, has managed to get themselves into the top of the j.d. power associates annual quality survey of new cars. they have ranked themselves number five at ford and also of note is toyota, the perennial leader, actually slumped from six down to 21st. separately in auto news, maybe bad news for the gm workers but speaks volumes about the demand for general motors products. their factories in the u.s. will stay open this summer to keep up with demand. typically, they shut down, barbara, for about two weeks and take that summer break, retool, clean up, do whatever. this year, no break for the gm factory workers. back to you. >> have a great weekend. >> you too. >> all right. >> do you feel like you are always making the same mistakes or repeating the same patterns in your life, especially in your love life? could those mistakes have to do with your relationship with your parents? these are questions answernd a new book called "let love in, open your heart and mind to attract your ideal partner." the author of that book, debra, joins us this morning. this is very interesting some of your ideas. you say that your romantic relationships typically mirror those of your parents. >> tell us about that. between your parents, or your relationship with your parents? >> actually both. you learn everything about relationships from your childhood, hour your parents relate to each other and how you relate to the opposite sex parent typically. what i found in myself was that if the father was emotionally unavailable or not around, the woman tends to in adult life attract men that are not around or don't want to commit or are emotionally unavailable. >> you would think it would be the opposite. if there dad was not around, they would want to find somebody there. >> on a conscious level, they want someone different but subconsciously, that subconscious mind is so powerful that it leads them back to the same relationship over and over again. why do i keep falling for this guy? he seems so good to begin with. he doesn't want a commitment. underneath, she was attracted to him. there could be 100 men in the room and the one guy that doesn't want to commit, that would be the one she was attracted to. >> does this work the same way with men as they are looking for women. >> absolutely. a lot of men, sometimes their mothers are overbearing. so they will attract women that are the boss of the house. then, some men actually. >> do they need that? >> it depends on the man. then there is a conflict on what they need on a conscious level than what they are drawn to. what my book does is help people identify what their pattern is an change it to what they want to be and have a different experience in love. >> you say that particularly with father's day coming up, that women can sort of rectify some of their problems with their dads to improve their relationships with their boyfriends or husbands or whatever. >> i thought my dad was emotionally distant as well. it was me holding back as well. having that relationship with him. so i actually moved out of my comfort zone and talked to him. i was hope and had an open conversation. two months later, i met my true love. because i broke that pattern of thinking he is different. it's really not who our father is but who we think he is. by being closer to him on father's day, you can get to know him in a different way and the relationship with men that you have in your life will change. >> so your subconscious then tells you that you want somebody exactly like your parents? >> it draws you to what's familiar. it likes what is familiar. so if you are not used to getting a lot of love and affection from a man, your subconscious will pull away and feel not attracted to men that do that, because it is not familiar. it does not make any logical sense but the subconscious isn't logical. that's why it is really hard. a lot of people can't figure out why they keep making the same mistakes. they read self-help books. mine is different. i tell them how to change it on a deep level. their whole relationship changes and they attract someone amazing. >> a lot of parents are going to be surprised if their kids say, i want to fix my relationship with you. maybe they didn't realize they were doing anything to affect their children's future relationship with spouses. >> a lot of people don't talk to their parents about really important things. they tend to have the same conversations over and over again. push the envelope a little this father's day. ask your dad something else. ask him about his first date with your mom and really get to see a different side of him. it may change the way you think about him on the inside and those on the outside. >> thank you for bringing along this book "let love in." we will see if we can open our hearts and minds to tract ideal partners. >> or improve the one you have. 11:51 is our time. coming up, a world of magic opens today plus meteorologist, tom kierein, will be back with another check of the forecast. stay with us. students from virginia were on hand for the opening of the wizarding world of harry potter at the universal studios in orlando. miss holly darling's fifth grade class won the free trip. the students in yellow shirts. they competed in a fund-raiser. the centerville kids were one of the three finalists. the new theme park will surely warm the hearts of muzzels and wizards alike. you can now see the wizarding world of harry potter up close and personal. the magic of hogwarts come to life. the park recreates j.k. rowling's novels. >> it is straight from the book how they can interpret somebody's imagination to make it real. >> the theme park officially opened today at universal studio in orlando. what happens to all your favorite toys after they are given away? that question is answered this weekend in "toy story iii." >> do toys here get played with every day? >> all day long, five days a week. >> what whhappens when the kids grow up? >> when the kids get old, new ones come in. when they get old, new ones come in. you will never be outgrown or neglected. >> all your favorite toys bark in the third installment of this pixar movie. the new home is a rough and tumble place filled with untamed toys that don't play very nice when the toys discover that andy didn't mean to give them away. they start pulling strings to make their escape. critics say this could be the best toy story yet. >> i felt this was the most extraordinary pixar film i had seen. >> this is rated g. also out at the box office is the western thriller, jonah hex. josh brolin stars a bounty hunter. he picks up several warrants along the way until the u.s. government offers to wipe his slate clean in exchange for a bounty on his worst enemy. the film also stars megan fox and it is rated pg-13. let's take another look at our forecast as we get ready for the weekend. >> indeed, a lot of people have plans for outdoor recreation and fun and exercise. we have great weather for that today. a beautiful, blue sky with lots of sunshine pouring down. live view from the sky watcher camera looking to the north from washington. in the 70s to near 80 degrees. we will peek in the mid-80s with low humidity and lots of sun. clear tonight, a great night for baseball. tomorrow morning, sunny in the 60s. increased humidity near 90. small chance of an evening thundershower. hot, less humid during the afternoon. >> tom, thank you. have a great weekend. >> thanks. it is hard not to be intimidated by her. baseball has a new pitching phenom. she is a 12-year-old girl. meet alyssa freeman, who turns throw like a girl into a commitment with a 70-mile-an-hour fastball. her bat is as quick as her arm. she is the only girl in her league. she is the star quarterback of the football team. by the way, she is a state "a" student. you go, girl! that's "news 4 midday." we thank you for joining us and we invite you to tune into the daily connection at 2:00 and to "news 4 at 4:00," 5:00, 6:00, and 11:00. we have no 4:00 today. start at 5:00. i'll be back monday morning at 11:00 a.m. we hope you will plan to join us. until then, have a great day and a terrific weekend. se