through. severe thunderstorm warning is out now for king george county for stafford county, southern charles county. that s in southern maryland. that goes until 4:45. you can see that whole area of rain and pushing to the northeast so moving at 20 miles per hour. some of the rainfall totals based on radar over six inches in the past hour. this will all be headed to the northeast of areas like ft. tobacco village in next 22 minutes. la plata in next 29 minutes. allen fresh in the next 38 minutes. a lot of heavy rain and there s the possibility of high winds and even the chance of hail. that chance small but nonetheless it is there. our temperatures are in the 70s. it has been a very warm and very humid day outside. here is a look at the good night forecast. thunderstorms will be sticking around until just past midnight. probably will be worst of the weather, strongest of the storms sticking with us until about 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. more coming up. all right. veronica, thank you
captions paid for by nbc-universal television and we should start off by saying none of the above. welcome to today on this monday morning. i m lester holt. and i m natalie morales. good to be with you. today may be the unofficial start of summer, but it will feel like the middle of july across the country. in new york city, we re going for the record. we had lightning and rain. our crowds are hanging tough. we appreciate them being here. with the heat comes a threat of more severe weather in some states. we ll get to the forecast in just a moment. also ahead, new developments in the cassie anthony murder trial. her mother took the stand over the weekend as a series of text messages were introduced as evidence. and legal experts say those texts could pose a big problem for the defense. we ll have the latest coming up. sad news involving hip hop star sean kingston. the rapper best known for hits beautiful girls and fire burning was rushed to a hospital last
and we should start off by saying none of the above. welcome to today on this monday morning. i m lester holt. and i m natalie morales. good to be with you. today may be the unofficial start of summer, but it will feel like the middle of july across the country. in new york city, we re going for the record. we had lightning and rain. our crowds are hanging tough. we appreciate them being here. with the heat comes a threat of more severe weather in some states. we ll get to the forecast in just a moment. also ahead, new developments in the cassie anthony murder trial. her mother took the stand over the weekend as a series of text messages were introduced as evidence. and legal experts say those texts could pose a big problem for the defense. we ll have the latest coming up. sad news involving hip hop star sean kingston. the rapper best known for hits beautiful girls and fire burning was rushed to a hospital last night after crashing a jet ski in miami. we ll
in wood side where she watched the president s motorcade depart that area not too long ago. reporter: the dinner was held about a mile down the road. it just wrapped up within the last hour. take a look at some video we have that we took as president obama s motorcade drove by. the president was here for a private dinner at the home of john door. he s a big political donor for democrats including mr. obama. security was tight tonight as san mateo county sheriff s deputies and the secret service guarded doors to john door s home. as the motorcade pull into the dark wooded driveways, some neighbors say they are excited of the president s visit to the neighborhood. i think it s always good for the president to go out to the nation rather than bring people in to the white house. reporter: president obama was greeted by lieutenant governor gavin newsom, pamela harris and san francisco mayor ed lee. the president says his focus is to talk about entrepreneurships and jobs with
yahoo, john chambers of ciscoe systems and john costelous of twitter. also included mark zucke rburg of facebook. but as the president was wined and dined, protesters were waiting on the motorcade rout. we heard president obama was going to be here and he s at the home of john door who makes the smart meters. reporter: the president spent three hours here tonight hopeing to get allies to right the u.s. economy. and more details now, the president s stay is going to be a short one. in fact, he s due to take off tomorrow morning at 8:45. next stop on this west coast trip, hillsboro oregon where he s scheduled to visit an intel plant. the winter storm that blasted the area is moving out tonight. it included wind, rain, snow and hail. crews had to remove a 100-foot tree that fell near the intersection with chelsea drive. the intersection was shut down while crews chopped down the tree. two homes lost power but neighbors were prepared. we have our earthquake kit. we have