fredericksburg at 80. culpeper, 79. those areas in northern virginia will get up to 90 degrees later this afternoon. petersburg, west virginia, 81 right now. it is 74 at reagan nation apal. mid and upper 70s. prince george's county, arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties. and it is going to continue to climb. now looking at that time view from space. we have had high clouds drifting over us but now it is mostly sunny. but there is anner of some rain eye long will you see the moving color from ohio down into kentucky and tennessee. there are not any severe storms. however, there is an area of potential severe weather that's to our west, western maryland, and northern west virginia, much of ohio, up into western pennsylvania later this afternoon. i don't think we will have any of that here locally. we will be keeping an eye on it for you. but there has been severe weather in the midwest over the weekend. and especially in oklahoma. jay gray now has the latest on that. >> got debris. >> more than 100 tornadoes ripped through the heartland this weekend. >> reporter: >> this was a monster system that sat on top of us. >> reporter: it did not sit still for long. the storm pushing across the central and southern plains carrying away anything in its path. >> everything is gone. just gone. everything we had worked for all of our lives. >> reporter: but now as survivors sift through the pieces left behind there are some things in a can't be cleaned up or carried away. the on office of emergency management confirmed another death in woodward, oklahoma. that brings the death to six. a dad and two children died trying out to ride out the twister. >> grand ma and grandpa's girls. and it is just going to be hard without them. >> reporter: as an emotional struggle in this tight-knit community. adding to their grief the knowledge that warning sirens in the city were apparently damaged during another storm early saturday and did not sound as the deadly twister moved in. >> i thought about that ever since i found out that we lost five people. so -- i would think without it have helped, yes. >> reporter: help so many desperately need right now. jay gray, nbc news, woodward, oklahoma. >> four passengers suffered minor injuriesier this morning when their plane was forced to make an emergency landing in london. virgin atlantic declined to provide details of the nature of the injuries or cause of the emergency landing beyond saying it was a technical problem. the plane was headed to orlando, florida. when it was forced to turn back. the airport was shut down for a short period of time because of that emergency landing. some government workers showed up to work this morning only to be told they could not get inside their offices. an early morning fire led authorities to close two usda buildings downtown. megan mcgrath explains how many employees learned of this incident and how they learned it. >> reporter: a lot of folks could be steending outside the usda this morning. that's because they reported for work only to find out that everything is closed due to an early morning fire. >> closed until further notice. >> reporter: it came as a surprise to many at the usda. they arrived at work this morning to find their co-workers standing out on the street. >> i came over on the side of the building, came off a bus. and there were people wrought side. oh, that's a bit strange. then i go up and there is a security guard outside the door. no, can't go in. the build sing closed. >> reporter: usda's south and whiten build rings closed today. the problem, an electric fire. the agency posted an update on the employee information line but word of the closure did not reach many. they arrived at work only to be turned away. for those who took vre or the marc train getting home proved to be a bit difficult. >> trying to arrange rides home because for me i come in on the train. first train out is 3:30. i would be stuck here but i think we have a good samaritan here, one of my co-workers will get me out part way so i can get home. >> probably go starbucks, get a coffee. maybe do a little work on my laptop. we will see. >> reporter: closure applies only to the south and white wren buildings. all other usda facilities are open. officials expect the buildings to reopen in time for work tomorrow. but employees are asked to call the information hotline just in case. in southwest, megan mcgrath, news4. >> megan mentioned the information hotline porousda employees, 1-800-932-1902. jury selection is under way in roger clemens trail. the prosecutors showed jurors evidence that was ruled inadmissib inadmissible. the justice department has three new lawyers on the case this time around. prosecutors accused clemens of lying about using performance enhancing drugs. he faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted. a judge will sentence the former uva lacrosse player convicted in the death of his ex-girlfriend later this summer. a judge announced he will sentence george huguely august 30. a jury found huguely guilty of second-degree murder in the death of yeardley love. jury recommended he serve 26 years in prison. his lawyers, though, have requested the court retry the case. today virginia tech will have a full day of events as it remembers lives lost and survivors of the deadly shooting massacre. on this day, 2007 a stun opened fire in a dorm and classroom at the blacksburg campus and killed 32 students and faculty before killing himself. the shootings motivated a centreville man to become an advocate for gun law reform. his sister was a freshman at virginia tech when she was killed in 2007 in those shootings. >> we found out that it was preventible. so i started to say to myself, you know, this is something that needs to be fixed and i really hope we do. >> the virginia tech shootings put national attention on how schools issue warnings on mental health care students and on gun purchasing laws. campus event today will include a community picnic and candlelight vigil this evening. also, offer quiet places of reflection. look for live coverage from blacksburg on news4 beginning at 4:00 this afternoon. anti-gun advocates are using the virginia tech tragedy to call for more violence prevention. a group will be on capitol hill challenging congress to create laws that will keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. the group will rally and hold a news conference outside of the rayburn building this afternoon. they scheduled meet wings lawmakers tomorrow. right now d.c. residents are celebrating emancipation day. exactly 150 years ago. president abraham lincoln signed a law ending slavery in the district of columbia. it will be another 8 1/2 months before the rest of the country followed suit with emancipation proclamation. parade is under a way on pennsylvania avenue in northwest washington. melissa mollett is live along the route and has he dales. >> reporter: good morning. this is one very good celebration. you can see lots of folks here along the side of pennsylvania avenue. just waiting for this big parade to make its way down here. now it started just to the left of where we are now. look up there. near the capitol. near 3rd and pennsylvania. thousands of people taking part of the 150th anniversary of nearly 3,000 slaves being freed here in the district. setting the stage for the emancipation proclamation and rest of the country. now, again, thousands of folks marching this way, ten blocks down to freedom plaza. there are bands, there are danners and automatic kinds of entertainment setting up and are all kinds of vendors selling anything from grilled chick dwroen photos and there's very big names on hand for the festivity as well. al sharpton, jesse jackson started with the breakfast at the willard hotel this morning. the mayor was there as well. and we spoke with him a little while ago. he's calling today a full day of celebration and education. >> what i hope it will be is a moment of great pride for the people who live in the district of columbia. with so many visitors from other places in the nation's capital, people that are here routinely and then people who come for the cherry blossom festival, it is a great opportunity for us to educate them as to -- experience for the people in the city. >> the parade was first started here in d.c. about 100 years ago. hadn't been going on for quite? time. nen, yes, this will be the biggest in several years. coming up at 11:30 we will talk and w some parade-goers. lots of people excited for the parade to make its way down this way. we are live at 11th and pennsylvania and northwest. >> thanks, memorandlissa. a number of events are going on acrossing the district today. reverend jesse jackson will speak at a program at freedom plaza at 2:30 this afternoon. the day will wrap up with fireworks at 8:30. tonight on pennsylvania and between 12th and 13th streets in northwest washington. emancipation day means you may have a little more time to file your taxes. this year's deadline is tomorrow. that's two days later than the typical april 15 tax deadline. that's because april 15 was a sunday this year. the irs treats d.c. holidays like emancipation day. like federal holidays for tax purposes. prince george's county police are working to make arrests after would teens were stabbed at a house party. the police say a group showed up at a house uninvited on saturday night on poplar ridge road and brandywine. an argument escalated to a fight and then the teens were stabbed. one teen was in critical condition. three other teens were hurt in the fight. we are told they are all expected to be okay. our time, 11:11. were the weather is causing problem this morning at one of the country's biggest marathons. and an update from nasa on what's we have a developing story this morning in afghanistan. an 18-hour attack on western embassies, government buildings, nato bases in kabul. being blamed on the haqqani network. they have tieing to the taliban and al qaeda. three civilians and eight officers were killed as insoutheithey used grenades to bombard those buildings. the taliban says the attacks are in response to nato commanders calling the insurgency weak. the man who confessed to a bomb and shooting massacre in norway became emotional at his trial. this morning, anders admitted to killing 77 people but pleaded guilty to criminal charges in court. he says he acted in self-defense. he walked into the courtroom and gave a nauzi salute. hay cried when prosecutors showed an anti-muslim video he posted on youtube before the killing spree. the 33-year-old says the killings were necessary to protect norway from muslims taking over the country. president obama is promising a thorough investigation into allegations that some secret service personnel solicited prostitutes ahead of his trip to colombia. these agents are now on administration i have leave. nbc's tracy pots has m tracie pm capitol hill. >> reporter: colombian police say an advanced team of investigative agents brought local prostitutes back to their hotel after preparing for president obama's arrival at the summit of the america last thursday. 11 agents, including two supervisors, were sent home and placed on leave as the military announced five service members may have participated. president obama said he is reserving judgment for now. >> if it turns out that -- some of the allegations that have been made in the press are confirmed, then, of course, i will be angry. >> reporter: in a statement the secret service said it, quote, demands more from its employees. and these expectations are met and exceeded every day by the vast majority of our work force. congress will also investigate. >> my committee will look into all the details what happened here to see whether -- there should be changes in procedures. to see whether or not something should have been noticed before. >> the question is the whole organization in need of some soul-searching and changes or before the president, the vice president, members of the cabinet, are in danger. >> reporter: there is concern whether the agents may have left themselves open to blackmail while protecting the president. these so-called wheels of parties reportedly are not uncommon among agents. but as the names suggest they typically happen after the president has left town. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. congress will begin hearings today on whether one government agency is wasting your money. some current and former officials from the general services administration will testify before a house committee this afternoon. they will try to explain how the agency spent more than $800,000 on a conference in las vegas two years ago. that breaks down to more than $2700 per person for a four-day conference. reports about that bill led the head of the gsa to resign earlier this month. also on capitol hill today, senate expected to vote on the so-called buf it rule. president obama supports the measure which would require millionaires to pay at least the same percentage on their income taxes as middle class families. the legislation is named for warren buffet and he says he pay as lower tax rate than his own secretary. right now, thousands of runners are battle intense heat in one of the nation's most popular marathons. the boston marathon started more than an hour ago with temperatures around 70 degrees. they are now closer to 80 degrees and could push near 90 by this afternoon. race organizers are so concerned about the heated that they asked inexperienced runners to sit this one out. anyone who opted out of this race will be eligible for a spot next year. about 27,000 people, though, were registered to make this run. storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us now and tells me we have a hot one out there going on, too. it started hot. how much more can we expected? >> we have to respect the heat this early this n the season, not used to it. our bod reese not acclimated and easily could get yourself overheated if you are going to be overexercising and it is going to be very tempting to get out and -- definitely, you know, get out there and do your normal routines. but you -- definitely need to stay hydrated and respect this heat. it is going to be getting into the upper 80s to near 09 degrees by later this afternoon. looks like a summer day. haze hanging over capitol hill. there is a live view from our city camera. and little bit of high midty in there. not simi humidity like we usually get in the middle of the summer. right now it is 74 at reagan national. 11:00 in the morning already about ten degrees above our average high for early to mid april. we have a southerly breeze around ten miles an hour and temperatures elsewhere under this sunny sky are really beginning to climb quickly and they have already jumped up to around 80 degrees from fredericksburg to warrenton and manassas and culpeper. winchester, this area is already near 80 degrees. closer to washington we are in the mid and upper 70s. that 74 reagan national, there is a wind off of the potomac which is much cooler than the potomac water temperatures in the 50s. reagan national it may not get that hot today. elsewhere any wind off the water is cool. look at annapolis. only 66 there with a little bit of a breeze off of the chilly waters of the bay. inland, anyplace there is no bay breeze it is already in the 70s to near 80 degrees and later this afternoon, these are the highs expect. we should make it upper 80s to near 90 throughout most of virginia. and southern maryland and right around the district, that area may get to the mid 80s as well as much of the rest of maryland and certainly cooler right by the bay. breeze off the bay will certainly feel a lot cooler. here is this line of what had been severe weather and in the plains and over the weekend. now it is really weakening as it heads off to the east. this is just scattered shower activity. ohio, kentucky, tennessee. but it may regenerate some isolated storms and could be severe. parts of ohio, west virginia, western maryland, and including allegany, pennsylvania, closer to washington, a few of those clouds coming through the weakening front. for the rest of the afternoon, sunny and warm with light breezes and temperatures climbing into the mid and upper 80s. and southwest winds, gusting to 10 to 20 miles per hour. overnight tonight we will have clouds from that weakening front drifting through and we will have temperatures drop from 80 degrees sunset which today is at 7:47 to 70 by midnight. it will take a while to cool down. then after midnight have winds shifting into the north and west. bring in cooler weather for tomorrow for the "discovery" flyover, temperatures will be into the low to mid 60s by then. mostly sunny with a northwest breeze around 5 on-to-15. great for viewing as it will be flying over the potomac river. bright okay points anywhere along the potomac. the mall. and maybe even on the bridges would be great place to see it fly over, memorial bridge or the key bridge. and then during the day tomorrow, during the afternoon, ought to make it back into the low to mid 07s. way above the average high this time of year. which is 66. and that's going to be pretty much the story on wednesday near average heat but a lot of clouds around. shower afternoon and evening. after that, more seasonable and reasonable weather with average highs and lows on thursday and friday. lot of clouds around, though, friday into the weekend. might get passing showers saturday and sunday. and turning quite a bit cooler sunday, too. highs only around 60 about 30 degrees cooler than today. >> big change. >> couldn't get too used to it. >> that's a good thing. >> just today. >> thanks, tom. it is now 11:22. ahead, the cause that's bringing alec baldwin to washington today. some of washington's funniest people coming to the rescue of a fellow comedian. first 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(man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime. right now on "news4 midday," jury selection is happening right now in the second perjury trial of roger clemons. a judge declared a mistrial last july in his first trial. prosecutors showed jurors evidence that was ruled inadmissible as they tried to prove clemons was lying about using performance enhancing drugs. communities across the midwest are beginning to pick up the pieces after a series of deadly tornadoes over the weekend. another person now confirmed dead in woodward, oklahoma. the hardest hit down. bringing the death total to six. more than 120 tornadoes were reported from kansas to minnesota. today is emancipation day here in the district of columbia. exactly 150 years ago, president rain hamlin consign ad law ending slavery in d.c. it would be another 8 1/2 months, though, before the rest of the country followed suit with the emancipation proclamation. parade is under way on pennsylvania avenue in northwest washington. right now let's check in with news4's melissa mollet who is live along the parade route. >> reporter: good morning. i have to tell you, it is a beautiful but very hot day. if you are going to come out for the festivities, definitely want to bring water. we just had our first group of parade participants come by. and you can see a band coming here in the distance. one big celebration, of course, 150th anniversary of nearly 3,000 slaves being freed here in the district. now it started down the road near 3rd and constitution -- excuse me, 3rd and pennsylvania. thousands of people taking part marching the ten blocks to freedom plaza. there are bands, dancers, all kinds of entertainment. down at freedom plaza this morning they were setting up. all kinds of vendors selling anything from grilled chicken to clothing and photos. also very big names on hand for today's festivities, including al sharpton, jesse jackson. and the parade you may not know this was first started here in the district, 100 years ago for? time there were events but no actual parade. today's parade, though, the biggest in years. >> emancipation, people that it brought to black folks. and just the whole day, just -- celebrate that for to you do when you want to do, how you want to do it. >> a lot of work still has to be done. >> now, course, this is not all over. when the parade wraps up in 45 minutes there are lots of events throughout the day. come on down if you have the day off and if your kids are home from school here in d.c. today. lots of events including speech owes freedom plaza at 2:30 and fireworks display a little later today. folks are actually lined up here on the side of the road. big stand here behind us as well. going to be lots and lots of fun. live in north west washington, melissa mollet, news4, barbara, back to you. >> great day for a parade out there. other emancipation day events today include gathering at freedom plaza at 2:30 featuring reverend jackson. then tonight at 8:30 fireworks. best place to see them, we understand, pennsylvania between 12th and 13th streets in northwest d.c. right now space shuttle discovery is ready for its final piggyback ride. nasa mounted "discovery" to the back of a 747 in preparation for its flight to d.c. for its official retirement. the shuttle will go on display at the smithsonian center in chantilly. you can watch the shuttle arrive tomorrow morning between 10:00 and 11 cloak in the morning as it passes over the district along the potomac and its way to dulles airport. the national mall, national harbor, hains point, they will all be great places to catch a glimpse of it as it goes by in the sky. let's check in with tom kierein and find out if he thinks we will be able to see it and have any problem was rain or clouds or anything. >> no. should be a beautiful morning for that tomorrow morning. it should be perfect weather to get out and enjoy it. it will be cooler, certainly, than today. today feeling more like summertime than spring. and here is a live view from our sky watcher camera showing that royal blue sky. little bit of haze in the air. american university in the foreground. off in the distance on the horizon, fairfax county, tysons corner. and the temperatures are already well above the average high this time of year. average high is 67. now it is into the upper 70s to near 80 degrees all around the region except a little bit of a wind off the bay or the tidal potomac, cooler, and high this afternoon, should be reaching near 90 degrees throughout much of virginia. and locally in maryland and in the district, into the mid 80s by mid to late wraf noon, and then overnight tonight, we will be mostly clear to partly cloudy at times. and it will drop down to near 60 by dawn tomorrow. northwest wind during the day tuesday, should bring in cooler weather. it will be partly cloudy, though, beautiful day tomorrow. and afternoon highs into the mid 70s. ought to be in the low to mid 60s during the time of the "discovery" flyover tomorrow morning, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. on wednesday, cooler weather moves in with a lot of cloudiness. 40s in the morning, afternoon highs, mid 60s. there is a good chance of some passing showers afternoon and evening. after that, another cool day but certainly typical. average high is for -- for thursday afternoon, average lows in the morning in the 40s. lot of clouds around provide into the weekend. looks like saturday and sunday we could get some passing showers. and turning cooler on sunday with highs only around 60 degrees as the way it looks right now. barbara. >> all right. thank you, tom. new numbers out today show a mixed trend for gas prices according to aaa gas prices are up would cents in the district. and you will pay about $4.178 for gallon of regular in the district of columbia. in maryland, average is $3.96 down fraction after penny. virginia drivers pay being $3.86 an average which has been about the same all weekend. in west virginia, your average is down one cent to $3.94 a gallon. pay for dozen of transportation projects or keep tolls on the dulles toll road in check. that's the dilemma pacing virginia lawmakers now. the mcdon emadministration says the commonwealth doesn't have the $300 million democrats want with included in the budget. virginia would have to borrow the money or take it from transportation projects already in development. democrats are threatening to block a would year budget proposal if the dulles rail project is not included in the project. that money would keep tolls on the dulles toll road from skyrocketing in the future. it has been a smooth spring on metro. the delays are coming back, we hear. the agency took a track work break for the cherry blossoms festiv festival. mid day track work will resume today. weekend projects will start back up again on friday. a sign of things to come. there will be major delays on the red line during eight weekends of closings in july and august. and the green and yellow lines will see closures over the labor day holiday. a metro rider tells news4 he doesn't feel safe riding the rails. he says a man attacked him on the train and metro workers ignored calls for help. darcy spencer has that story. >> at the other end of the car we just hear someone screaming. >> reporter: this doesn't want to reveal his identity, says a screaming man beat him up on a metro train ploost. >> came down, level of my face where i was sitting. said look me -- looked me in the eyes and i turned to look at him at the same moment head butted me. >> the assault wasn't even the worst of it. he says the train conductor and station manager ignored him. he stayed on the phone with the dispatcher nearly 15 minutes before a metro transit officer got there. >> it is far too long, you know. something broke down somewhere. she didn't do her job right. >> reporter: he later found out that the officer was dispatched from alexandria and he was at the smithsonian station in d.c. he says the dispatch wore not call for a d.c. cop. >> i kept saying over and over again, why can't we coordinate with a different agency why can't you just get someone here? she just kept saying please be patient, please be patient, the officer is on his way. >> reporter: the transit police told him that d.c. police should have been called to assist since it was a crime in progress. >> they weren't able to keep me safe. they weren't able to respond when i needed them. >> reporter: the victim wrote an opinion piece printed in the sunday edition of "the washington post" saying why he doesn't feel safe riding metro. he's demanding an investigation and wants victims of similar situations to come forward. >> that guy had a gun had that guy had a knife, you know, this would have turned really, really bad quickly. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news4. here is a question. do e-mails sent between elected officials constitute secret meetings? 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number adjustability. during the final days of our white sale, receive $400 in free bedding. only at the sleep number store, where queen mattresses start at just $699. before you eat your lunch, you better check your salad bag if you have one. dole is recalling salad sold in bags in maryland and virginia because of salmonella concerns. the recall involves dole's seven lettuces salad used by date of april 11. if you have a bag would of that you should just throw it away. so far no one has reported getting sick. hundreds of capital one bank employers will be looking for a new jobs. they are laying off nearly 500 assistant bank managers. 166 of them work in our area. capital one blames the cuts on the corporate restructuring plan. the bank is eliminating an entire layer of management. tomorrow is a deadline to file your taxes. i guess you remembered that. this year retailers are going viral to offer you freebies to ease the last-minimum filing frenzy. nbc's chris clackum reports. >> reporter: they have become certain in life as death ask taxes. freebies restaurants hand out on tax deadline day. tuesday, april 17. but in many instances you will have to go through a few social media hoops to get the deal. like arby's, go to their facebook page for the coupon for a free off curly fries. coupon for a bargain on babe els is on bruber's page. by liking panda express you get a free serving of shanghai angus steak. seattle's best coffee has free coffee available on its page. firehouse subs is using facebook to get word out on its tax day double the meat meal. chili's website, however is where you go for the coupon for a free appetizer or dessert. not every deal requires a download. only a trip to the store. for example, office depot is offering anyone that comes in today or tomorrow up to five pounds of free shredding and 25 free black and white copies. marble slab creamery pays off with a free scoop of frozen yogurt from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on tuesday. p.f. changes is getting a 15% discount on dine in and carry-out orders to ease the . sting of tax day. good news out this morning on retail sales. we are going to check in with cnbc's brian shactman. he joins us live with more on that and the rest of the day's business headlines. >> reporter: >> odd day when you look at the marketplace. dow is in positive territory while the nasdaq, tech heavy nasdaq, lower. big thing for people to pay attention to, barbara, retail sales for last month very strong. starting off high gas prices and americans still spending money. imagine if those gas prices come down what we might be doing in terms of retail sales. negative drag today has been home builder sentiment and topped a lot more than had been expected. and, of course, we look at labor and housing and need to recover better for the u.s. economy to really be hitting on all cylinders. right now we have a mixed market to start the week. back to you. >> all right. thank you so much for that. have a great day. stay cool there in new york. more people apparently don't like their chins. a new report shows chin surgeries jumped 71% last year. that's more than breast augmentation, and liposuction combine fpd jaw line is one of the first areas of the face to show signs of aging. one expert says patients often want the procedure because of unflattering images on social media and video technology. other popular procedures last year included lip augmentation. cheek implants and laser skin resurfacing. a local comedian is getting more than a few laughs these days. joe suffered a stroke six weeks ago. comedians from all over the country came together last night to raise money for his medical bills. news4's erika gonzalez has that story. >> go on facebook, left side of my facebook is drooping. >> reporter: one joke after another. he doesn't know when to turn tv funny man routine. after suffering a paralyzing stroke six weeks ago he tells me it is what helps him cope. the truth is that this comedian is scared. >> any trekkies? >> reporter: 11 years ago he sought out to make it big. but the price of pursuing his dream left him without insurance. >> they say don't quit your day job. i quit my day job. bad move. >> reporter: today he is in a fair oaks nursing facility making strides in the road to recovery. two weeks ago, he regained movement of his left arm. >> later on that day i was able to do this. pit burst into tears. i called my dad. i get to the phone. it is just scary because i'm trapped. >> reporter: with two elderly parents and mentally ill brother to care for, who would take care of him? a question that's provoked many a sleepless night and that is until comics united. >> may friends heard i needed help and came to my rescue. it is like the comedy coast guard. here i am frailing help, i'm drowning, and they are all coming to my rescue. >> reporter: comedians from across the country had audiences hat the d.c. improv comedy club in a stitch tonight to help him pay for his medical bills. >> spent ten years as a comic, have i accomplished anything? and i didn't have any one big thing i cop point to. but now this -- i feel like george bailey at the end of "it's a wonderful life." >> reporter: joe tells me his goal is to walk out of here by june 16. the day before his birthday. he says the whole ordeal has made him contemplate changing profession. >> get back to full capacity, one of the things i would like to do is i would like to become a physical therapist. because they are really amazing people. they are very dedicated. >> don't hold your breath. >> i may not be a big star but -- i have friends and i have great friends. >> reporter: in fair oaks, erika gonzalez, news4. >> 11:49 is our time. coming up, helping your children get excited about recycling. plus meteorologist tom kierein will be back with a look at how long this hot weather is going to be with us. stay with us. >> i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. the shuttle discovery is ready and you will be, too. tomorrow morning we will get you ready for the historic flight from the kennedy space center to dulles which will take the shuttle over the district. >> we will tell thank you best places for you to watch what will surely be an amazing show. plus, how you will be able to get an up-close and personal look at the shuttle once it lands on the ground. plus we will have your weather and traffic together on the 1 1z. all of your overnight news from all of your overnight news from your nei never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days is-- is huge. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. you just put one foot in front of the other, and you know that you're walking for such a great cause that you just keep going. 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(man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime. looks like the caps are in a position to take control of their playoffs series tonight. and in part thanks to the great play of their rookie goaltender. dale hunter says he has been playing so well that he will be the starter even if michael newwerth comes back after this week. the series is tied at one game apiece. you can catch game three tonight at 7:30 on the nbc sports network. new today, the redskins are back on the gridiron important the first of their offseason workouts. it comes on the heels of some good news for skins fans. defensive captain and outspoken leader fletcher is going to be back. he wheated out news of his new deal this weekend. and hall also seems to be excited. had hopped on twitter. around 2:00 this morning to express his excitement saying that he can't wait for workouts to start tomorrow morning. i'm pumped up. first step in winning the division starts at 8:30 a.m. step two two, he says, draft night, lol. of course, he is referring to the redskins plan to pick standout quarterback robert griffin iii in the upcoming draft. today kicks off green as universal week at nbc. an effort to bring attention to the importance of preserving our environment. one woman is trying to plan that idea at an early age by writing a book about recycling. nbc's lee stan has more on the idea. >> inside a water factory high on a hill. >> reporter: when stephanie visits schools, she reads from her book titled with the when will we be recycled mama." it is about a water bottle that wants to be restrikeled to become a rocket ship. >> will we be recycled? >> reporter: her goal is to teach children about recycle before they battle bad habits. >> you get with the kids and getting them to start early habits. then it is just a no-brainer. >> reporter: that no-brainer idea exploded into something more than a book. stephanie created activities in a curriculum for schools to keep children interested in taking care of the environment. >> everybody can grab a little bit. >> reporter: one of those activities involves children learning about composting. the school has adopt ad program that teaches children about the environment. >> teaching them to recycle and care for the earth. to be responsible. >> reporter: a responsibility second graders at the school are taking seriously after reading the book. >> it just talks about recycling so that it definitely will help you understand more and it is important to recycle. >> reporter: recycling is a school wide project. students recycle everything from water bottles to paper and even metal. dumping it into large bins locate order school property. >> we need to surround the children with adults both at home and at school who really are educated and help to empower the children to believe that they can make a difference in the world. >> reporter: a difference stay starts with a simple water bottle and explodes into something much more. take a look now at some of the stories we are following on news4 this afternoon. coming up at 4:00, going to have the latest the secret service prostitute scandal. plus life after a mastectomy. doreen gentzler tells us about a new surgery that's giving women confidence after a cancer diagnosis. time for a final check on the forecast and tom is right here with us. are we going to break any records today? >> i don't think so. the record is 92 at reagan national. ten years ago this date. and i do think that we will have temperatures climbing probably to the upper 80s, though, throughout much of the region by later this afternoon. and we will have it conning to climb as we get into the afternoon hours and throughout most of virginia. and into the upper 80s. and right now, it is in the low 80s there. 77 now at reagan national. and we will have the temperatures cooling down tonight after we reach near 90 degrees across much of northern virginia. and with the cooler waters of the potomac right there near reagan national, i don't think that it is going to make it to 92. the record for the day which was set ten years ago. this date back in 2002. should be good weather for the "discovery" flyover tomorrow. 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. tuesday. tomorrow should be in the mid 60s by then. winds gentle out of the north and west. should be great weather for it and should be mostly sunny. and during the rest of the day, into the mid 70s on tuesday. and then on wednesday, a lot of cloudiness around will be in the 40s. wednesday morning, and then -- into the mid 60s, low to mid signatures, wednesday afternoon, which after all is about the average high for april. but after the last couple of days, it virtually will feel cooler. we could get showers wednesday afternoon and evening. after that, partly sunny on thursday. morning lows, 40s. afternoon highs upper 60s. and then object friday, cloudy and mid 50s in the morning, afternoon highs near 70. over the weekend, we need rain. we don't want on the weekend. we need the rain. looks like it may happen saturday and sunday. much cooler sunday, too. only near 60 degrees. that's the way it looks. we will see you tomorrow and have a great afternoon. >> all right, tom. thank you. that's "news4 midday." we thank you for being with us and invie you to tune in for more muss at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 tonight at 11:00. we will be back tomorrow morning at 11 cloak a.m. with "news4 midday."