welcome to "news 4 midday"! i'm barbara harrison. it is friday, july 2nd, 2010. we will start with the holiday weather. a live look outside. absolutely beautiful. look at the blue sky. will it hold for the barbecues and fireworks? tom kierein joins us to get your holiday started. hopefully, good news. >> it better. looks like the weather is going to be cooperating for all the outdoor events and festivities. we have been benefiting from the wonderful, low humidity over the last few days. there is a view from 300 feet above northwest washington looking toward downtown in the center of your screen. the jefferson memorial. just beyond that is the potomac park. beyond that is southeast washington, prince george's county in the distance. that's the scene there in the middle ground where all of the star spangled spectacles will be taking place on sunday. we have a beautiful blue sky with a few puffy clouds floweding through. low and mid-70s with dry humidity. in for instance george's, arlington and fairfax counties, and all around the region, we have low humidity in place. out of the mountains in the 60s. eastern shore, in the mid-70s. beaches, mid-70s as well. lots of sun. a day where you need the sunblock. a quick burn is possible with the high july sun. we will have temperatures climbing in low and mid-80s by mid afternoon and a light, northerly breeze. a look at the forecast for the holiday weekend in detail. let's head out to the roads. busy out there as folks try to get away. let's go to jerry edwards. jerry? good morning, barbara. good morning, everyone. a short time ago, chopper 4 flew over route 50. it is jammed. an earlier accident combined with the holiday getaway traffic, very slow toward the bay bridge toll plaza eastbound on route 50. northern virginia, we could not catch a break all day long. i'm afraid it is going to be this way for quite some time. 95 southbound, delays began at or possibly before the capital beltway. we had a series of accidents during the morning rush-hour. they are all cleared out of the roadway. we did not recover. now, this theory, probably reality, the afternoon rush-hour is underway. lanes are open. jammed, beltway, all the way down. hov lanes in the process of being configured for the southbound flow. we will keep you updated for the hour. thousands of you will head to the national mall fort concert and fireworks. crews are down there preparing for the big show and so is news 4 tracee wilkins to tell us what we can expect and what we have to do to get there. >> reporter: we can expect lots of crowds. we are celebrating this nation's 243rd year of independence. this will be the 30th anniversary of this show. it is going to be messy downtown. lots of people. if you are trying to avoid that, how about this view of the fireworks. this is a beautiful view of the nation's capital and a great place to check out the fireworks. if you are going to head downtown directly, don't forget to take metro. everyone from the d.c. fire marshal to the national park service gathered here in iwo jima to make sure this is a fun and safe fourth of july. know what to leave at home. know what to bring. traffic downtown, too many roads closed to begin to name. all portions of pennsylvania avenue, constitution, independence, rock creek parkway and first street will be closed from 6:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. on sunday with some roads around the capital staying closed starting tonight. it will be that way until monday morning. after the fireworks, operation fast forward kicks in to quickly move everyone out. officials here are reminding everybody to stay focused on safety and make sure you and your loved ones have a plan. >> you can't imagine how much you are going to sweat out in the 90-degree day. so if you think you need two bottles, bring four bottles of water. sunscreen is important. insect repellant. leave your dogs at home. don't bring alcohol. don't expect to set up a grill. bring a picnic basket, anything you would like to play with. make sure you keep your friends and family close to you. don't get lost. >> reporter: and have a meeting place in case that happens. here are some of the activities for sunday. 11:45 a.m., the independence parade begins on constitution avenue. 3:00 p.m., capitol grounds open up. 8:30 to 9:30, the concert gets underway. 9:10 to 9:27, the sky is going to light up with fantastic fireworks downtown. parking is free at metro. that's a great thing. metro is the way you should come into downtown if that's what you are going to do. know that the smithsonian is going to be closed before the fire works. it will open up in time for folks to head out. what about the gw parkway and some of the sights there? you can see beautiful fireworks there. the pentagon is going to have additional parking as well available to people. gw parkway, 500 spaces after they get this makeshift parking lot up and running along the gw parkway. folks from virginia, you don't have to drive all the way into the city to enjoy it. i'm tracee wilkins live. back to you all in the studio. >> you have big plans, tracee? >> reporter: i'm not going to come downtown. i am going to go to greenbelt with my dad like i do every year. >> have a wonderful time. metro is preparing for holiday tourists to flood the nation's capital. there will be large crowds. the smithsonian station will be closed most of date on the fourth but will reopen after the fireworks. metro expects to be at rush-hour capacity between 6:00 p.m. and midnight on the fourth. if you live in montgomery or prince george's county, you will likely be spending the entire holiday weekend dealing with water restrictions. a 96-inch water main was ready to burst. we have a view from chopper 4. the main was completely shut down. now, 1.8 million customers are being asked to cut their water use by one-third. megan mcgrath tells us what you can do to help. >> while they have made a tremendous amount of progress in digging out this pipe, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done. a view of the emergency repairs. wssc had to cut water to this 96-inch transmission main. they are now rerouting the water to much smaller 48-inch pipes. that is creating concerns about water supply. mandatory water use restrictions are going to stay in place through the week end. the work is happening around the clock with large, portable lights blazing. crews continue to dig out the damaged pipe. it is a big one. 96 inches. that's the largest water pipe in the wssc system. a rupture would have been catastrophic. fortunately, a fiber optic monitoring system picked up on the sound of breaking reinforcement wires inside the pipe before there was a major problem. >> the fiber optics alerted us to eight pings if you will. that's a lot of pings in a 24-hour period. that alone let us know that the integrity was compromised. seeing those wires, a large number of those wires have failed the con continue knewity test. we know the integrity is compromised. >> reporter: to maintain service and keep water pressure up, mandatory water restribs have been placed on all wssc customers. outdoor at terring is prohibited. wssc is asking people not to flush toilets with every use and to limit the use of washing machines and dishwashers. it is an inconvenience but customers say it is important. >> it is no the a big deal. it is a few days. i think it will be done pretty quick. i think we can all do a little bit for a few days. >> i didn't have that much knowledge about it but if it is what is necessary to do, sure, no problem. >> reporter: what about your garden? what about your lawn? >> my husband is out of town. it is okay. he cannot water. >> reporter: and these water restrictions are mandatory, people who don't follow the rules, they could face a $500 fine. in potomac, megan mcgrath, news 4. three northern virginia residents accused of being russian spies will appear in federal court today. they were all arrested in arlington last weekend. they along with eight others across the country have been charged with conspiracy. yesterday, federal prosecutors said that one suspect confessed to working for russian intelligence. they also say they found $80,000 in new $100 bills stashed in a safe deposit box of two other suspects. despite increased negativity in the war in afghanistan, the house approved an $80 billion measure that would continue to finance the war. they added money to secure teacher's jobs, college grants and fund summer employment. the job funding could face a tough battle in the senate. the funding is slated to send 30,000 more troops to afghanistan. meanwhile, president obama is on his way to charleston, west virginia, right now to speak at a memorial for the late senator, robert byrd. he died on monday at the age of 92. his casket arrived in charleston last night and was then carried through town to the state capital building. before that, he lay in repose in the senate chambers. his colleagues came to pay their final respects. >> he was an institution, a great defender of the institution of the senate, understood the constitution well. >> byrd was the longest serving lawmaker in the history of the u.s. congress. it's now 11:11. there is more news ahead on "news 4 midday." overnight, our virginia family got a rude awakening after this fast-moving fire. we will show you where. crews get back to work after hurricane alex moved through the gulf. we will show you how the strong winds and heavy waves made the oil disaster worse. could the giant pandas at the national zoo be moving? we find out new today, a family was able to escape a huge house fire overnight. you can see the flames shoot out of the home along the 5200 block of elicott court in centerville. they say the fire started on the front porch sparked by used fireworks not properly disposed of. everyone was able to get out of the house safely. it took firefighters about half an hour to put out the flames. damage to the home is extensive. this is day 73 of the gulf oil disaster. the coast was spared the brunt of hurricane alex. the strong winds and waves pushed oil closer to the marsh lands and beaches. local leaders and bp officials are ramping up cleanup efforts from louisiana to the panhandle of florida. leanne gregg reports from grand isle, louisiana. alex has passed. barges moved out before the storm are being repositioned. skimming vessels are returning. on a post-storm boat tour with the louisiana governor, disheartening finds. >> with he know oil got into our wetlands. >> reporter: despite frustrationings, there is optimism. >> i have an obligation to my children. we are going to win this war. we don't have any choice. >> reporter: to help in the balt, a third containment vessel will double the amount of oil bp can siphon. weather forced a delay in putting it in service earlier this week. >> we are looking at somewhere around midweek to bring the third production vessel on line. that will bring our capacity up. >> reporter: bp announced it will double the skimers and add planes and a blimp to help track the path of the oil in a long-term commitment. >> we will continue to have all the resources necessary through a unified command to clean up the gulf and restore it to the way it was. >> another possible tool in the arsenal. a super skimmer, 3 1/2 football fields long. ten stories high. capable of collecting millions of barrels of oil a day. the "a" whale, a south korean vessel retrofitted for the cleanup. the government has not approved use of the ship but those in charge are hopeful. >> we want to find out how effective it will be. >> reporter: an entire region looking for progress in restoring their way of life. leanne gregg, nbc news, grand isle, louisiana. the coast guards say there have been 107 offers of help from 44 nations but only a few have been approved by the state department. those giant pandas are one of the national zoos biggest attractions as you probably know. they soon may be replaced. a spokesman says they could be allowed to swap one or both of the giant pandas with china. that could happen when the lease on the pair gets extended. in the ten years, mei xiang and shing shing have been in washington, they have only produced one cub. they are trying to figure out if there us a problem with mei xiang that's preventing her from getting pregnant. >> i think they should swap them for a couple of maryland terrapins. everybody is in a weekend holiday mood. we have the weather to go with it. we have been basking in the flower of this low humidity with a bright blue sky and sparkling sunshine. today, no different. there is the theme overlooking northwest washington in the foreground from our sky watcher camera, about 300 feet up. we can see downtown that's going to be the scene of the big parades and fireworks display. it's under 75 at national airport where the precipitation so far this year is running almost six inches below average. don't the area lawns show it. everything is looking parched. in prince george's county, mid-70s. it has mihit the mid to upper 7. right near the chesapeake bay, the beautiful waters of the bay, a bit of a chop on the bay. annapolis, 72. the bay water temperatures are near 80. it it quite warm. great for activity on the bay this week conditioned as well as the atlantic beaches from lewis, delaware, down to ocean city. terrific weather for the beaches. look at the lows we had this morning. it was near 50 degrees in montgomery county and in frederick and loudoun county as well. manassas got down to 48. it was in the upper 40s out in western maryland. they got down to the upper 30s in garrett and allegheny counties and near 50 in the shenandoah valley. these are the dew points. eastern shore, salisbury, 74. ocean city, low to mid-70s there with a crystal clear sky and a beautiful blue ocean. out of the mountains in the mid-60s where they did bottom out in the mid-40s. high pressure moving in from the north and west. it is going to be in place for the next several days tichlts not beneficial for the developing drought that we have. that's for sure. certainly, great for outdoor activities. this will drift on top of us overnight. it will drift a bit to the south on saturday. during the day on saturday, if that happens, into sunday morning, we will see beginning blow coming in out of the west/northwest of increased humidity that will be in here on monday and that will last into next week. here is how things are looking for the rest of the afternoon. uv index, very high. quick burn without protection. highs in the mid-80s. for the game tonight, great for baseball at nationals park. they are playing the mets. first pitch at 7:05. after that, we will have clear sky, temperatures near 60 by dawn tomorrow. during the day on saturday, another delightful day. great for the beaches and pools. highs reaching the upper 80s, hotter on the fourth of july. not a lot of humidity. great weather for all of the activities. monday and into next week, here comes the humidity along with the heat, highs in the 90s each day and sweltering humidity. i think it looks pretty good. >> enjoy. not looking so good on the roads out there, jerry? >> that's the case. it is a good thing that the weather is nice because the traffic, not so much. hello. the accident at the approach of the bay bridge a short time ago as chopper 4 showed you the backup. the accident is gone. the accident combined with the folks trying to get to the eastern shore put delays all the way back to the seven river. it is just a miserable trip. beautiful weather. so enjoy it while you can. eastbound route 50, very, very slow indeed. 301 at the bridge. lanes are over both directions. any road work has been postponed until after the holiday period. 95, virginia, tough. beltway, most of the way down to daly city. it's friday, a long holiday weekend. 22 minutes after 11:00. the race to become maryland's next governor just got hotter. we talked to republican candidate, bob ehrlich and his republican candidate. here is a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com. are you making it easier for bacteria to grow on your dentures? you are if you use toothpaste instead of soaking them in polident toothpaste is abrasive on dentures look, scratches where bacteria can collect and grow and bacteria can cause bad breath that's why i recommend replacing toothpaste with polident only polident is proven to clean without scratching and kills 99.9% of odor causing bacteria don't scratch your dentures clean use polident every day the race for governor in maryland is heating up. ehrlich made headlines selecting mary cane to be his runningmate. >> thanks for having us back. >> pleasure. >> tell me why you selected mary cane. >> i have known her family. we go down a long way. she is secretary of state, been a prosecutor, business advocate, worked for the u.s. chamber of commerce. she meets my needs in what i want in the way of a partner in running the state of maryland. for me, personal come pat ability, philosophical compatibility. for my, a relatively easy choice. >> let me ask her. why do you want the job? >> because i have worked with the governor. i have known him for quite a while. i respect his integrity and everything he stands for. i want to be his partner, go around maryland and ad voe kavor his policies. >> what do you see the role of lieutenant governor as doing? we don't hear a whole lot about that in the state. what do you want to do with that job? >> we talked this extensively. small business advocate, entrepreneurship. we need to be out there getting businesses to come back into maryland so they can recover. that's one of the things that's going to be crucial. >> it would be foolish for me not to take advantage of her resume. she has been a prosecutor. she knows criminal justice. it is a major part of my portfolio as governor. jobs are the number one issue around the state and the country. mary has done that. she knows it. she will help me create the business environment we need in the state to create the jobs that marylander's are looking for. >> you promised not to raise taxes. you accused your opponent, martin o'malley of doing that. >> i haven't accused him. he did. >> you criticized him. >> yes, i have. >> what are you planning to do? >> raising taxes in a recession, you don't get the dollars. you are surprised. you raise millionaire's tax, we will get the wealthy and all that. we didn't make anybody. they said it would raise $106 million. it has lost us $257 million. the sales tax didn't come in with regard to projections. personal income tax, we are the poorest in the country. not the way you grow jobs. >> do you expect this to be a nasty race? >> so far, the other side has been real nasty. >> we have been very positive. >> when you are fading in the polls, you get nasty. we will let the nasty be on the other side. >> we will be watching both sides. thanks so much for coming. glad to see you. we'll be right back. stay with us. a memorial service is being held in charleston, west virginia for the late senator, robert byrd. a live look at the ceremony. both president obama and vice president joe biden will be speaking at the memorial. byrd, who died monday at the age of 92, was the longest serving lawmaker in the history of the u.s. congress. crews are still working on a 96-inch water main in potomac, maryland, ready to burst. because of that, everyone who lives in montgomery and prince george's county are being asked to conserve water for the next few days. they are asking people to stop all outside water use and use water only when necessary. for some of you, the holiday weekend has already started. you may be heading out of town. here is a live look ott what the traffic looks like out there. not too bad. in virginia, the major restrictions will be lifted along major roadways. they suggest you leave early in the morning or after 10:00 at night to avoid the traffic delays out there. if you are traveling by air, aaa is predicting that more than 1.5 million people will be flying with you during the holiday weekend. that's up about 8% from last year. average round trip fares are also up averaging about $190. expect the plane to be crowded if you are flying. airlines are still struggling. they are putting fewer planes out there in the air. let's check with tom on the forecast. at this hour, low humidity. we are benefiting from a terrific day underway. no travel problems weatherwise. if you are about to hit the road and head on out for the holiday week end and the sky is filled with some happy, fair weather cumulous clouds. things are abnormally dry throughout much of the region. we are climbing into the 70s from the shenandoah valley into the atlantic beaches. we will have temperatures reaching the low to mid-80s by later on this afternoon as high pressure moves in from the midwest. it will be into the mid and upper 80s on saturday and sunday. still not humid, hot on sunday. into the mid-90s during the afternoon. more humid monday and into next week. highs in the 90s with oppressive humidity. >> i like the way it is right now, perfect. thank you, tom. let's head to the roads with jerry. getting any better out there? unfortunately not, barbara. it is still tough for a lot of folks. if you are planning on heading to the bay bridge, wait a couple of hours. had an accident earlier right at the toll booth eastbound 50 on the bay bridge. it has been cleared. the accident has been cleared. delays beginning to reach back towards the severen river. virginia, 95 southbound, the best it has been literally all day. accidents throughout the morning and whatnot. good news, travel lanes are open. the hov lanes are configured for southbound traffic. if you are headed in that direction, not so bad. still going to be slow. not the horrible stop and go it was just 45 minutes ago. have a safe weekend. barbara. >> we ha we have a developing story out of afghanistan. the tag ban is claiming responsibility for a suicide attack on an u.s. aid base. just before dawn, six suicide bombers invaded the compound in northern afghanistan. at least four are dead and several others wounded. 42 people were killed when two suicide bombers struck a popular muslim shrine in pakistan. the two blasts went off just minutes part. concrete was ripped from the walls, metal gates twisted and wires left hanging from the ceiling. 180 others were injured there. no one has claimed responsibility for this attack. some blame the u.s. presence in afghanistan for spurring the attacks. it is a big break police have been looking for in the uninvolved murder of virginia tech student, morgan harrington, who disappeared from a metallica concert last fall. it links the herring ton case to the abduction and sexual assault to a woman in northern virginia. >> reporter: police don't know his name, location or m.o. the evidence doesn't lie. this mystery man was with morgan harrington before she died. at only 20 years old, she vanished last october, a bright, beautiful student at virginia tech are out for a night with friends, one she was at a metallica concert. the next, she was gone. it would take months for police to find her body, hidden in a farmer's field. her killer is still on the loose. for the first time, police have this sketch. her parents call it a huge development. >> our probability of having him apprehended, it's huge. >> now, the face of evil was in front of me today. >> reporter: a creepy connection. this man is wanted for an unsolved sexual assault from 2005. in fact, this wanted poster is five-years old. forensic evidence from that crime scene links him to morgan's crime scene. >> i think he is a serial offender and will, given the opportunity, will do so again. >> reporter: what the picture doesn't tell us is why or how morgan was killed. >> now, let's go public. let's put this out there. let's get more eyes on this case to see if, in fact, somebody out there can help us identify this person and help us make that link to morgan's case. >> they are worried he has changed his appearance making him virtually untraceable. it is the best lead yet. >> this can be a big clue. it can help them figure out where the suspect was at different times. that means there are more people who might be able to help find it. >> morgan's parents have been through so much already. the hope when she was missing and the devastation when she was found dead. they opened up to meredith here on "today." >> meredith, i have reviewed images of my daughter from her prenatal ultrasound to looking at her empty eye sockets of her cra chanium. >> lovely bones? >> yes, lovely bones, lovely girl. >> new hope, now, not for the return of their daughter but instead for answers. how morgan's life really ended. >> the closure is not possible, because i no longer have a beautiful, almost 21-year-old daughter that you cannot replace. >> that was jeff rossen reporting. a $150,000 cash report for information leading to an arrest and indictment as well in this case. d.c. mayor adrian fenty and d.c. police chief, cathy lanier, are reporting on unfounded rumors about he and his wife. they suggested lanier may have been appointed chief because she covered up allegations when he was a council member. yesterday, the chief and mayor were clear and emphatic in their denials. >> nobody in the metropolitan police department would cover that up. >> people who spread that have no facts before them. there is nothing i can do to get you guys to stop asking the questions but you can see without any facts this is borderline slander and libel. news 4 has looked into the rumors about fenty and his family over the last few years. we have never found any evidence to support those rumors. metro and virginia are finally getting along after a fight over metro board seats. virginia has agreed to contribute to metro's funding. they signed a deal that will have virginia contribute $300 million for safety improvements. governor bob mcdonald threatened to with hold the money unless metro allowed him to appoint two members of the boar. they will sign a deal that will provide funding for 428 new railcars. >> commuters may soon have more rights if one maryland congressman has his way. congressman dutch roethlisberger just introduced a commuter's bill of rights in response tloos the week's incident where passengers were stranded on a broken-down marc train. it would require public transit operators to provide food, water, and other necessities and come up with an emergency plan. a consumer hotline would also be established. hurricane alex brought flooding when it came ashore as a category 2 storm late wednesday night. people are still cleaning up. alex drenched much of northeast mexico and south texas. at least two people died after severe flooding. power is still down. mexican marines evacuated thousands of people from fishing communities. it is day 73 of the disaster in the gulf. this is a live look at the ocean floor. as you can see, oil continues to gush from the damaged well. now that hurricane alex has passed, barges are now being repositioned and the skimming vessels are returning. to help with the battle, a third containment vessel is helping to double the oil bp can siphon from the spewing rig. >> we are looking at somewhere around mid-week next week to bring the third production vessel on line. it will bring our capacity to 53,000 barrels per day. >> bp announced it will double the number of skimers and add planes and a blimp to help track the path of the oil. it will be a few days before those efforts will resume. our time now is 11:41. president obama says the economy is headed in the right direction but not fast enough. we will check how the economy is improving. talk about a quick fix, a new botox boutique in the district. we will show you how 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why young men and women seem to be getting these fillers and beau doc botox injections. does it prevent wrinkles? >> women are becoming more and more interested. i think our youngest ever botox patient has been 23. you can have wrinkles that sort of don't please you aesthetically at that age. i'm a great example of those, a lover of fillers and beotox. in real life, i'm 80 years old. >> we don't believe that. is it safe? anybody that walks in off the street. you won't know how old they are. you will just say, okay, you are going to give them a shot. is it safe for anybody? >> the safety is in the artistry and the professionism of the doctor. it is not in the patient. young women now, because of the stress that they are seeing in life, are looking more tired and haggered. it is not about looking younger. it is about not looking tired and angry. so 50 is in my hands. you let me and luxury express take care of you. we will. we will do it in a caring way. >> can there be mistakes? even with all of the right things that you know how to do, can you make a mistake and end up with a person -- i have seen people where their eyebrows go down and they actually look angry. can you fix it if that happens? >> i can fix it by not letting it happen in the first place. truly, only plastic surgeons distinguish themselves in knowing your anatomy. that's why you don't put the botox or the fillers somewhere where they don't belong. when you come to us at luxury, luxxery, you will get a professional plastic surgeon shall not just a regular health care professional. >> you have a before and after picture for us to see. can we see those? this was from a botox. you don't see the before and after with botox right away. is this the before? >> that's the before. >> let's see the after if we can see a real difference. she doesn't look like she needs anything. i suppose she does look different, a little bit better. >> she has become softer looking. that's exactly the point you were making about how young people are getting it. she looked hash. by filling her up and doing all these things that are minor, that are nonsurgical, that are permanent and at the same time not invasive. >> these are the kind of things you can do during lunch? it takes a week for the botox to take effect, right? >> it does. the filler comes out really, really quickly. >> we certainly appreciate you coming. luxxery or rapid is in georgetown. >> 2141 "m" street -- >> wisconsin. 2141 wisconsin avenue. we are already open for business. our walk-in hours are mondays, 11:00 to 2:00. friday's, 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. you can plump up your face and go. no one will ever know. we have two saturdays a week, 11:00 to 2:00. >> you will probably get a lot of folks. >> to find us, you need to go to luxxery and google us. otherwise, it will be hard. >> dr. hockey and hiba hockey, thank you. >> thanks for having us on the show. >> thank you, thank you both. turning to business news, the unemployment rate fell to the lowest level in nearly a year, courtney reagan joins us live with more on monthly jobs report release this morning. kind of one of these mixed reports. we will get to it in a second. definitely not the lows of the session. asia and europe were closed. the government jobs report actually revealed that 125,000 nonfarm jobs were lost in june, many were the temporary census workers. sort of an artificial lift when we saw those increases. the 9.5%, which is where we are sitting at now. the government's estimate is, in fact, the lowest in a year. we had a bunch of job seekers leave the market for jobs. that's the reason you see more jobs. 83,000 private sector jobs were added. that was a key number we were looking for this time hoping for closer to 100,000. so kind of shot that estimate a little short. while, of course, that is the big focus for investors today. there is a new survey about how can have de confident people are with about jobs. more than half the people that are looking for jobs have been out of work for at least six months. many fear they won't find one for another six months. about 75% of workers say the economy has impacted their career over the last two years, with the bonus or raise being cut or eliminated all together. toyota says it will begin a worldwide recall of those 270,000 vehicles with faulty engines. the recall will start on monday. the vehicles are the lexus and the toyota crown models. the problem is they could stall out while they are being driven. the recall will start in japan and then move to the u.s. where the bulk of the affected vehicles were sold. barbara, just a quick reminder. the markets are closed for the july fourth holiday on monday. make sure you get your trades in today. >> have a good weekend! >> thank you. i'll see you tuesday. >> see you next week. our time is 11:52. coming up, tom kierein will be back with anothe it's the little things in life that make me smile -- spending the day with my niece. i don't use super poligrip for hold because my dentures fit well. before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum, and it was uncomfortable. even well fitting dentures let in food particles. just a few dabs of super poligrip free is clinically proven to seal out more food particles so you're more comfortable and confident while you eat. so it's not about keeping my dentures in. it's about keeping the food particles out. [ charlie ] try super poligrip free. this midday, we may now know where chelsea clinton's wedding will be. they are reporting that the nup tuals will be on july 31st at a private mansion in the town of ryan beck in upstate new york. a spokesperson for the family declined to comment on that report. it's all about the vampires at the box office. the third installment of the twi lig light series is out. it starts with a band of vampires on a killing spree. bella forced to choose between her love for edward and her friendship with jacob. the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. the last air bender is based on the nicolodeon series. it is about the nations of earth, air, fire and walter whi water which once coexisted peacefully. one boy emerging with the power to manipulate all four elements. with the help of his friends, he tries to restore balance to the world. the last airbender is rated pg-13. let's see what's coming up on "news 4 at 4:00." we have a busy afternoon. crime rocked this college campus. new clues into the murder of a uva la crosse player will be made public. fierce flames tear through a centerville home. why it could serve as a warning for people celebrating the fourth of july. those stories an your holiday forecast. well be looking for you right after wimbledon. >> there is no 4:00 and you begin at 5:00. >> i will be tuned into wimbledon with one eye. time for the final check of our forecast for the holiday weekend. tom is here. at this hour, still having the low humidity with us. it will be with us in to the holiday weekend. it will get hotter each day. the happy sky looking off to the west. low humidity looking just beautiful. in the mid-70s around the region. 60s in the mountains. plenty of sunshine. a few clouds around. clear tonight. tomorrow, sunny, into the mid and upper 80s. mid-90s for the fourth of july. all the way through next week, high heat with oppressive humidity each day. temperatures climbing into the 90s. have a great weekend! see you monday. >> get those veggie burgers on the grill. that's "news 4 midday." thanks for joining us. we hope you have a great and fantastic holiday weekend! we'll see you next week.