that was excellent. that was excellent. very good movie. let s talk about the weather. we have had a decent stretch of weather and even though we have a couple of showers in the forecast it will be a pretty good weekend after all. you see the rain across ohio down through portions of kentucky. most of that will stay north of us. but a couple of sprinkles in northern maryland at this hour. temperature-wise not too bad. 48 for the cool spot in culpeper. 50 winchester and cumberland. head to town upper 50s at 57 and 59 on the bay. across the bay we have cambridge at 54. for today, right now 57. east winds at 5:00 and highs in the low to mid-70s with a slight chance of a shower later on. it is 6:00 a.m. and that means angie has the traffic. thank you for waking up with us. tgif. it feels great. we are getting geared up for the weekend. better news as you kick off the 6:00 hour. carl d. silver parkway is where we have an accident taking away two left lanes but according to t
i m doreen gentzler. department of justice announced charges of three men accused of trying to bribe the chairman of the taxi cab commission. they were trying to pay the chairman to get individual taxi cab operator licensees. dorothy spencer is downtown with more on this. reporter: dozens of cab drivers were indicted today on bribery charges, the amounts reach into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. 39 people, many of them d.c. cabbies have been indicted in a massive federal bribery investigation. the indictments unsealed today allege that the suspects conspired to bribe leon swayne, chair of the d.c. taxi cab commission. he was working with the government in an undercover role and cooperated fully in the investigation. for these three men are accused of handing out $220,000 of cash to swayne to obtain multivehicle taxi cab company licensees. they became more valuable when the city council passed a moratorium on them a year ago. the suspects agreed to give the chairman
i have had sex with women who work for me on this show. no joke. the late night confession that has the entertainment world all abuzz this morning. the shocking bombshell david letterman dropped on his own show. team usa. president obama arrives in copenhagen, marking a historic milestone. this morning he s going for gold in hopes of bringing the olympic games to his hometown. well, good morning. welcome to news 4 today. i m joe krebs. and i m barbara harrison. it s friday, october 2nd, 2009. also this morning, the doctor is in. there s more news circling about the swine flu this morning. we have the doctor with the details live in our studio. send us your questions and concerns to today@nbcwashington.com. the doctor will be here and will answer your questions. meanwhile, meteorologist tom kierein is here right now with his forecast and we seems like it s going to be a good one for the weekend. there are questions about that, too. i ll have your answers as w
a father kills his two children, his wife, the family dog, then himself. so far no suicide note. just lots of questions in a community struggling and searching for answers. i m craig melvin. police believe 14-year-old charlie and 7-year-old emma line dalton were killed thursday. charlie was a junior volunteer firefighter for the squad that ended up responding for calls for help from the dalton home. darcy spepser starts us off tonight. reporter: at the mount arie fire station firefighters spring into action. here they are doing their jobs with heavy hearts. a junior firefighter, charlie dalton jr. was killed at the hands of his own family a murder/suicide that left the whole family dead. charlie was a likable kid. he was enthusiastic about his duties. reporter: 38-year-old charles dalton jr. killed his wife jennifer and two kids, 14-year-old charlie and 7-year-old emmaline. each was shot once. they were found in their beds. the bodies found in their home friday evening
news 4 today continues at 5:00 a.m. uniting nations. president obama challenges world leaders to take charge. this morning the commander in chief takes that same message to the g-20 summit. future tests. the troubled past of metro s general manager takes center stage. why the head of our transit agency could be out of a job before long. survivor. a local boy struck by lightning on a baseball field in virginia. the child s terrifying ordeal and how he managed to live to tell the tale. good morning. welcome to news 4 today. i m joe krebs. i m barbara harrison. it s thursday, september 24th, 2009. and we want to talk about what kind of day it s going to be. looking out, feels pretty nice, at least so far. 74 degrees the current temperature. here s tom with more. good morning. yeah, it s still rather humid. we did have a few overnight showers that have passed to our north. those are gone now. in the wake of that, we still have wet pavement. but precipitation not s