the flag draped coffin of adrian morris was carried from the hearse into the church as bagpipes played. his family linked arm in arm follow under to the church. the pews are packed with family and friends and, of course, fellow law enforcement officers. relatives say that morris always wanted to be a police officer. he joined the explorer program at age 15. now, you're looking at a live picture from inside the church where, again, the funeral is under way. now, morris lived his dream for 2 1/2 years on the prince george's county police force when sadly last week his life and career were cut short when morris lost control of his cruiser while pursuing two suspects in a theft. law enforcement agencies from around the region are here. morris' death, of course, serving as a remind er of how dangerous their work can be and they came here to show their support for morris' family. >> it really is a brotherhood and a sisterhood. just because we don't know each other doesn't mean we don't have a common cause. he died doing what was important to him, trying to protect his community. we all honor that and that's why we all come together like this. >> and, in fact, many of the law enforcement officers that are here today do not know morris personally, but, certainly, they all feel a kinship and they all feel a connection on a greater level as being law enforcement officers and they want to make sure that they're here showing their support for his family and what must be an extremely difficult time. now, i should also mention that following the service the funeral possession will make its way here from mitchellville to the cemetery in davidsonville. they will keep off the major roads and sti the back roads, but we're still going to see rolling road closures in the area that could last for up to 30 minutes. now, adrian morris was just 23 years old when he died. reporting live in mitchellville, megan mcgrath. barbara, back to you. >> thank you, megan. right now, we're tracking tropical storm isaac as it moves closer to the gulf coast. forecasters expect isaac to make landfall late tonight and louisiana could be the target. president obama is urging all gulf coast residents to listen to authorities in order to stay safe. >> we're dealing with a big storm and there could be significant flooding and other damage across a large area. now is not the time to tempt fate. now is not the time to dismiss official warnings, you need to take this seriously. >> here's a look at lake paunch train right outside new orleans. you can see how rough the water is and isaac is still hours from making landfall. danielle lee has more on how they are preparing for the storm. >> we're getting a light rain as isaac gets closer and closer to us. that's something businesses have been preparing for. this hotel that i'm standing right next to has laid out sandbags ahead of this storm. many a other businesses put plywood over their windows. also gathering up on emergency supplies like food, water and also gasoline. they don't want to be caught without for several dayspen this storm is coming right around the seventh anniversary of hurricane cutrena and many people are worried a about flooding. the storm would be $14 billion in improvements to the levee system that failed and not everybody is sure they're ready to trust it and that's why some people decided to evacuate. i'm danielle lee, back to you. >> thank you. meanwhile, dominion power is sending more crews to the gulf region to help restore electricity. 50 crews and 30 bucket trucks left to help with relief efforts. dominion sent 80 crews to the region over the weekend and pepco has more than 200 crews in the gulf ready to restore power. the national hurricane center released new information on isaac at the top of the hour. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us with the latest now on our forecast and a look at what's happening down there, as well. tom? >> the very latest now on isaac, the information just coming out here just a couple of minutes ago and it is still a tropical storm that is good news. we're thinking that maybe this afternoon it might become a category 1 hurricane. thankfully it's still a tropical storm but it has winds at about 70 miles per hour. you could see it circulating there and there's the radar picking up some of the heavier rain bands and much of the heavy rain, though, is on the south and southeastern quadrant of the storm and it does look like that may not move inland until later tonight. some of the outer rain bands have gone as far north as atlanta, georgia, already. here's the latest location, moving towards the northwest at ten miles per hour and it hasn't decreased in speed this morning and it's going to continue to hold steady here with these wis at 70 miles per hour for another few hours and may get up to 80-mile-per-hour winds by later this afternoon and by wednesday, 7:00 p.m., it's well inland but it does look like it will becoming ashore later tonight in the byus of louisiana and getting closer to new orleans by dawn. we'll keep you posted on that, your local forecast all coming up in a couple minutes, barbara? >> thank you, tom. stay with news 4 for the latest on tropical storm isaac. chief meteorologist doug camerror will be live starting on news 4 at 4:00 this afternoon. you can also get the latest information on nbcwashington.com. let's move out to the roads and see how things are going and danella sealock has her eyes. >> we have seen problems all morning long, big delays in both directions. emergency bridge work is the eastbound lanes are now carrying both and here is some footage from chopper earlier today. the eastbound lane is carrying eastbound and westbound volume. that's two lanes getting by in the eastbound and you're seeing delays in both directions and let me give you a live look of what my camera is looking like now, my camera looks frozen, but it's not. as you get on the bay bridge, you are mmed, again, delays in both direction. barbara, back over to you. >> thanks, danella. new on news 4 midday a 15-year-old student is being charged for opening fire inside one of maryland's largest high school. the suspect is charged with attempted first degree murder and first degree assault for yesterday's shooting inside perry hall high school in baltimore county. police are releasing very few details about the suspect. according to wbal in baltimore, the suspect posted this message on his facebook page. "first day of school, last day of my life." police say he brought a shotgun to school and shot a special needs student in the cafeteria. >> i don't know what it was. we heard it and as soon as i heard it, again, i just grabbed myself and ran out. i didn't know what it was. >> a guidance counselor stopped the teen before he could do further damage. at last check the 17-year-old victim is listed in critical condition in the hospital. he was the only stunt hurt. eight minutes after 11:00 is our time now and coming up, a dangerous situation that have the residents of an arlington complex scrambling for safety. mitt romney just arrived in tampa for the republican national convention. a look at what's on today's agenda. volunteers are standing by to take your phone calls right now if you can help a school child in our area with some supplies for school. the number is 202- -- you can [ male announcer ] we've made verizon fios even easier to switch to -- and harder to resist. because now you can upgrade to fios internet and tv for a super-low $79.99 a month, guaranteed for one year, with no annual contract required. once we got fios it was like somebody like took our computer, shook all the junk out of it. there's at least three computers. 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[ male announcer ] welcome to the speed you need. welcome to life on fios. mitt romney is arriving at the republican national convention as we speak, just in me for the gathering to kick into high gear. it's a packed skoejual with the events running late into the night. today's rundown is highlighted by the official roll call to nominate romney for president. he will accept the nomination on thursday. later in the evening, romney's wife, ann, will take the stage, as well new jersey governor chris christie for the keynote address. bob mcdonnell will also take the stage for primetime speaking spot tonight. romney's five sons joined matt lauer on "today" show this morning to talk about the emotion they think they'll feel when their father accepts the nomination. >> this is a big moment, this is, he's -- it's amazing to see this happen because none of us thought this would happen. >> it is going to be overwhelming. just incredible for my dad and see all the people who believe in the common cause coming together and support my dad. >> it will be debatable whether he should run again, not an easy decision for them and not an easy decision for us, but, ultimately, we decided no matter how it is for our family, it's great for the country. >> now, the convention is expected to be a family affair this year for virginia's governor bob mcdonnell. his daughter, janine, will have the honor of addressing the rnc crowd. the 31-year-old who served in iraq as an army platoon leader will introduce senator john mccain around 8:00 tomorrow night. a fellow veteran who was wounded in combat will join her on stage. she has been in the spotlight before campaigning for her father and singing the national anthem at his 2010 inauguration. a programming note tomorrow nbc "nightly news" will air a half hour earlier at 6:30 so we can bring you the redskin preseason game against the tampa bay buccaneers at 7:00. then nbc news coverage of the republican national convention will include congressman paul ryan's speech and that will be immediately following the football game. president obama is back on the campaign trail today and hoping to get college students on his side, once again. the president starts a three-state college tour today. the first stop is iowa state university and then he will head into ft. collins, colorado, to speak to students at colorado state university. the president will finish up his tour with a visit to charlot charlottesvil charlottesville tomorrow and, of course, university of virginia. we need your help this morning to make our backpack for kids program an even bigger success than it already is. our goal is to try to provide as many backpacks as possible to needy children in our region and joining us us is donna and she is regional vice president of comcast now, of course, this is a big deal for comcast. too, this backpack's program. >> ensuring d.c. students have the tools they need to be successful. all kids need backpacks and so many of our kids in washington don't have them. >> we see how excited they get about getting those backpacks. especially the ones that we give them because they're full of school supplies that they're going to need to have a good year this year. but you're also a comcast, interested in helping needing families to get internet service, as well. tell us about that. >> so, comcast has really undertake on the largest broadbound adoption initiative in the country and it's called internet essentials. we provide at-home, affordable broadbound internet service to low-income families that qualify for flee, reduced lunch. it's a national program and we're pushing it out here in d.c. and hope that families take advantage of it. >> thank you for telling us about it sxel woo we'll talking about it throughout the day and certainly throughout the rest of this program. thank you. we have volunteers to take your call. and if you don't have time to call right now, go to our website at nbcwashington.com or mail us a check made out to backpacks for kids to nbc 4 4001 nebraska avenue northwest d.c. 20016. storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us now with a look at our forecast. >> it looks great. look at that sky over washington. live view from our nbc 4. the jefferson memorial and some blue showing through and great morning and getting breaks in the clouds now and the humidity is starting to drop a little bit. dew point in the upper 60s and in the 70s throughout the morning. certainly has been a steamy morning and 83 at reagan national and winds shifting into the northwest and those northwesterly breezes will bring in some lower humidity that will be in place here through the afteoon. it's going to continue to move on in behind this front it did trigger some of these passing showers that are now pretty much dissipating. one little shower around blackwater south of cambridge and else where getting nice breaks in the clouds and lots of sunshine north and west of the metro area where temperatures climbing around 80 degrees and 83 in washington and near 80 in prince george's county and southern maryland and eastern shore and farther to the west, many locations shenandoah valley and mountains of west virginia and points in western maryland are generally around 80, as well. turning less humid there and that lower humidity moving in. meanwhile, here's what's happening. the latest now with isaac churning away over the extreme northern gulf of mexico and it is about 150 miles to the southeast of new orleans and the latest on it now, it is winds at 70 miles per hour moving northwest at 10 miles per hour and on this track, it may briefly become a minimal category 1 hurricane in the next three or four hours and then go inland tonight and then around dawn on wednesday, be right near new orleans. this is the position by wednesday, 7:00 p.m. looks like it will really slow down. that's not good news. as a result, they're going to get tremendous amounts of rain there because the storm will not be moving. just sitting in one place for at least a 24-hour period. as a result, the impacts on new orleans and southeastern louisiana, southern mississippi and parts of alabama are going to be impacted by a storm surge at 6 to 12 feet, beginning tonight. so, that's going to cause flooding and rainfall of 6 to 18 inches. that certainly is going to be causing problems there. well, here's the wider view showing some of that drier air beginning to move into the ohio valley and into thunt moens and that is in place here for the afternoon and afternoon forecast, everything is improving each hour that goes by and lower humidity moving in and we'll lit the upper 80s by mid-afternoon and low 80s by mid-afternoon and winds gusting around 20 miles per hour. clearing tonight, low humidity in place and down to low 70s by midnight and then by dawn tomorrow, the low 60, a nice, fresh and cool morning on wednesday. afternoon highs tomorrow with sunshine ought to make it into the mid-80s and low humidity in place and still can be, not very humid wednesday night and into thursday, too. thursday looks like a delightful day. morning lows, again, in the low 60s and afternoon highs on thursday climbing into the upper 80s and it's going to get more humid as we get into friday. partly sunny, highs near 90 and here's a look at the weekend. seven-day outlook. we might get some effects from isaac, maybe some of the remnants in the form of passing tropical showers saturday evening is the way it looks right now. should not cause any problems but just some of the extreme remnants of it. maybe only a few scattered showers saturday night and then moving out. >> is there much wind with this storm? >> 70 mile per hour winds now and they go to around 80 or so before it makes landfall early evening this evening southeast. >> the wind that has kept it from being a hurricane, right? the lower wind. >> right, right. that's how we categorize them and it is only five miles an hour shorter than hurricane strength. it is near hurricane strength now. >> thank you, tom. going to check in with danella sealock on the midday traffic. how is it looking out there now? >> barbara, still seeing delays if you're crossing the bay bridge because of bridge work in that area and you can see in both directions as you make your way east and westbound. so, traveling eastbound, eastbound is carrying both sides of traffic so you're going to go west and eastbound in the eastbound lanes. delays are significant right now. the cars are hardly moving at all. you can see, it looks like my camera is frozen, but it is not. just big delays in this area. barbara, back over to you. >> thanks, deanella. should you only be worried about concussions if your child plays football? the facts behind this serious condition. and is ragweed season here? yes, it is. how can you avoid the season, the runny nose, the watery eyes and all that this year. we'll tell you. first, here's a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com. concussions have become a hot topic both in the nfl and at schools. in fact, more and more schools and football teams in one form or another to protect their players from getting concussions. dr. raymond is here to explain that football players are not the only ones who need to be concerned. good morning. you say that concussions are common in a lot of different sports. >> exactly. >> and activities that kids and adults will be involved in. like what? >> most of the time, people think concussions only occur in football. now, football injuries or football concussions are highly seen or mostly seen, but football is not the only sport that could take place in basketball, soccer, lacrosse, anything that produces a jolt or force to the body can transmit that force to the head and create a concussion. >> not just a hit to the head. >> right. >> let's talk about the sign of concussions that people will know what to look for. let's take a look at them. you say dazed and confused, that's one of the first signs. >> one of the first and common signs is kind of the blank stare an athlete will experience after being hit and that is dazed and confused look. another thing to look for is not just a headache, but an intensifying headache. blurry vision very common along with memory loss and one thing to look out for are balance oblems. so, can that athlete get up off the ground without falling back over and stand still without falling over? balance problems are really pertinent to concussion. >> of course, a bump to the head. even running into somebody can cause some of these effects and probably -- >> absolutely. no such thing as a mild concussion. a concussion, simply put, is an alteration of brain function. it could be just a slight blow or a severe hit. it doesn't matter. >> so, you would say if you have anything that happens, if you have a hit to the head or strong hit to the body, you should probably head to the doctor. >> exactly. >> the best thing to do, if you're in competition, the best thing to do if you suspect an athlete to have a concussion, immediately sit them out and have them properly evaluated by the athletic trainer or coach or someone on the sidelines. in severe cases, even the hospital. >> are we wrong to think when a person gets a concussion, they'll lose consciousness even momentarily. >> that's a misconception. you do not have to lose consciousness after suffering a. >> quickly tell us about some of the equipment that you suggest that kids participating in football should wear. >> you know, the technology has really changed quite a bit. at home the technology, this is top of the line. ridell makes a revolution helmet. this is amazing. very lightweight shell and the helmet is shaped differently, which allows for additional padding which on the inside, as you can see, can be inflated. it is different, also, are the pads along the jaw area, which can also be inflated. >> and you say the chin guard is also good to have. >> very important thing to have. this is very new in regards to the technology, very revolutionary in regards to chin guards. this light on this chin guard stays green when the athlete is on the field. now, any time that athlete suffers what we think may be a concussion or sudden jolt to the head, it turns red. >> coaches know what to look for. >> quickly you also said these teeth guards are important, but kids have to keep them. >> the only way they're going to work is if they stay in your mouth. >> don't chew on it. >> don't chew on it. >> always great to see you and good warning for families and coaches to look for. give those kids a good helmet to wear. >> absolutely. >> thanks so much. 11:28 the time. coming up in next half hour of "news 4 midday" an apartment building had to be evacuated overnight because of a suspected meth lab. we'll have the latest on that and where the investigation stands right now. plus, will the clouds clear today? tom kierein is back with an update and volunteers are standing by to take your phone call. if you can help a school child in your area. we'll have more information for you in just a few minutes. st ♪ ♪ i'm thinking sweet ♪ and i'm thinking new ♪ i'm thinking all these brilliant colors ♪ ♪ shining through ♪ i'm thinking sunshine ♪ i'm thinking sunshine ♪ i'm thinking [ whistles ] ♪ i'm thinking [ whistles ] [ female announcer ] 40 delicious flavors that feel as good as they taste. yoplait, it is so good! but somewhere along the way, something went horribly wrong. george allen voted for trillions in debt while voting to raise his pay four times, then voted to keep special tax breaks for oil and gas companies and took over a half-million from them. worse, allen went to work for them. right now on "news 4 midday" mitt romney has joined fellow republicans in tampa. today delegates will hold the official roll call to nominate him for president. romney's wife, ann, is also scheduled to speak today along with new jersey governor chris christie. also right now, family, friends and colleagues are saying a final good-bye to a fallen prince george's county police officer. adrian morris died in a crash while chasing two men suspected of theft. the 23-year-old officer was born in jamaica, but raised in prince george's county and graduated from eleanor roosevelt high school. he became a u.s. citizen in 2009. and new this morning, police are investigating a possible meth lab inside an arlington apartment building. this is just one block away from the virginia square metro station along north monroe street. news 4 tracee wilkins has the latest on this story. >> what happened here inside of this arlington county apartment building is a good example of, you never know what's going on in your neighbor's home. aural aingten county police say they responded to this building for the report for a domestic disturbance, but what they found was something else entirely. >> you know, are there tell tale signs of a meth lab in your neighborhood? well, i have no idea. >> just after 10:00 p.m., aural aingten county police were called to the third floor of the plaza apartments in the 800 block of north monroe street for domestic disturbance. once inside, they found a working meth lab. they got out of there and called fire, hazmat and bomb units were brought in. >> they said, you've got to get out of the building. there's a hazardous material problem. >> reporter: the second, third and fourth floors were evacuated all around 11:00 p.m. >> i was sleeping. i got out of my pajamas. >> i went and got a hotel room because some people went to, i think, the thomas jefferson community center and, so, we didn't want to do that. >> third floor residents were the last to be allowed back into the building, it was after 5:00 a.m. when they got the all-clear. folks are rushing to get to work after a long night. that revealed, you just never know what is going on behind closed doors. >> i can't believe it. look at the building. >> i mean, that stuff can blow up. and i was, i am on the third floor. so, the unit that they were doing the synthesis in was right around the corner. >> reporter: contractors are still working to clean up that apartment. the two occupants inside have now been charged with attempt to manufacture methama phetamine according to arlington county police. they are now being held. i'm tracee wilkins, new 4z. and right now isaac is churning in the gulf of mexico. it's just a tropical storm at this point, but it could strengthen into a hurricane at some point today. forecasters expect isaac to make landfall late tonight or early tomorrow. he could come ashore near new orleans. the city's mayor says he's confident newly rebuilt levees will hold the powerful storm surge isaac could deliver. some residents, though, aren't taking any chances. they've already evacuated. thousands of other people from louisiana to mississippi have also headed out of town ahead of the storm. we're going to check in now with tom kierein with the latest on our forecast. he is outside on the storm 4 weather patio. tom? it is turning into a gorgeous summer day after a steamy start, i could feel the lower humidity beginning to move in on a fresh northwesterly breeze. many of sunshine and blue sky overhead and around the region, we have a gorgeous blue sky with a few puffy clouds over the washington monument. live view from our hd city camera. right now at reagan national, 83 degrees and northwesterly breeze and line of showers that came through this morning pretty much dissipating and one little lonely shower to the east of fredericksburg and another one southeast of cambridge and otherwise we'll have this drying trend for the rest of the afternoon. reagan national at 83 and it's near 80 in fairfax, aural ai and every minute that goes by this afternoon it will be turning gradually less humid. overnight tonight, low humidity in place under a clear sky. we'll be down to the low 60s by dawn tomorrow. beautiful summer day on wednesday, highs mid-80s and sunny, low humidity and another sunny day on thursday with more humidity and then over the weekend, some of the remnants of isaac may be pass aing near our region. and after that, another pleasant pattern setting up. barbara? >> all right, thank you, tom. and new today, police are investigating a double shooting in columbia heights. the shooting happened just before 2:00 a.m. a along sherman avenue. we're told the man was shot in the chest, another was shot in the arm. both were taken to the hospital. their names and conditions are not being released at this time. so far, no arrests have been made. and this afternoon, d.c. councilman tommy wells will hold a public hearing into the high-speed tickets from the traffic cameras. the fines are up to $250 are too high. by comparison violations are just $40. last year cameras in the district generated more than $50 million. proposed new legislation to lower the fines after meeting with community and transportation advocates. well, d.c. can continue installing those new smart meters in taxi cabs while a lawsuit to stop the installation makes its way through the court. the judge ruled the d.c. taxi cab commission can proceed with its verifone installation system. it comes with a kraetd card reader, gps technology and a small tv monitor. it approved a $35 million contract with verifone company. companies that did not win the contract are suing citing the business was flawed. all 6,500 cabs z s will have th smart meters by the end of the year. danella sealock is keeping an eye on things. >> hi, barbara, the situation across the bay bridge is pretty bad right now. the view west of the bridge. jammed getting on the bridge and here is the view if you're east of the bridge. jammed that way. what's happening is unscheduled bridge inspection in the westbound lanes all the westbound lanes are shut down. what's happening is to go east and west, you're going to take the eastbound lanes and they're going to stop traffic and allow two directions, so you can go two lanes to the east and then they'll stop and let two lanes to the west go. so, if you can avoid the bay bridge, i would do so until this inspection is finished. barbara, back over to you. >> thank you. today the martin luther king jr. memorial is celebrating its first anniversary. the memorial opened last august. its organizers are celebrating the occasion with a special program tonight. it will include several speeches and a screening of the movie "the long walk home." the program begins at 7:00 and is free and open to the public. the white house is ordering flags to fly at half staff on friday, the day neal armstrong is laid to rest. the astronaut's family and friends will hold a private service near his home in cincinnati. there are talks about a national memorial serve, but nothing has been confirmed on that yet. neil armstrong died saturday after a complications from heart surgery. he was 82 years old. and we are getting a clearer picture of the mars rover as curiosity is on the red planet right now. the rover sent back these stunning high-resolution images of mounds of layered rock where scientists plan to focus their search for signs of mirobial life. it will take about a year for curiosity to make the six-mile trek to the foot of that mountain. well, there's still time for you to help needy children from all across our area get the school supplies they need. concord elementary school in prince george's county join us this morning to talk about what your generosity could mean to a student. thank you for joining us. good to have you with us. you have seen what this can do for kids. can you describe their reaction when they get these backpacks. >> they were very excited about coming to school and they wanted to have a fresh start and they wanted their new bookbags to be shown. some of them had one, some did not. but every student wants to be very successful this year. we are thankful to all the viewers for their donations. >> tell us what is in those backpacks that kids like to get. >> they are so surprised when they get them and they open them and reveal a composition book and they have pencils and they include glue sticks and tissues and i think they even have some hand sanitizer in there to make sure everyone stays healthy. >> this really means a lot to the children. >> oh, barbara, absolutely. we are so thrilled. the generosity and the partnership between news channel 4 and comcast and our viewers who have so generously given their supplies and lending to support it and we are very appreciative. >> now, i understand you were hoping for another delivery of backpacks this friday. >> yes. this friday we have an assembly scheduled for our students to receive backpack from the donors with comcast and nbc 4 and the children it's going to be a surprise unless they're watching right now, but they should be in class studying very hard. they will be very happy. >> it has to be disappointing for those children who don't get the backpacks because there's not enough. >> through the partnership and your generosity and comcast, we are a small school and you are donating 300 backpacks so that's enough for every student in our school. >> there are still kids out there in other schools who don't have backpack and we hope they do really, really well in school. >> i know. i really appreciate it. >> thank you for coming and we want to tell people that we have volunteers out there right now in the station waiting to take your calls at 202-885-4949. 885-4949. call, if you can. if you don't have time to call right now, go to our website at nbcwashington.com. or mail us a check made out to backpacks for kids at n nbcwashington.com. again, thank you, both, for coming in and good luck this school year. >> thank you so much. >> tell those kids we're pulling for them. >> absolutely. it's now 11:43. still ahead, what happened this morning when vets at the 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when you buy one of those popular energy drinks? new york attorney general wants to find out. he's launching an investigation into whether drinkmakers are misleading consumers about nutritional information. for example, labels don't often say how much caffeine is in those drinks. consumer confidence falls. the lowest level since november of 2011. going to check with cnbc julia boorstien. she joins us with that and the latest of the headlines. good morning. >> good morning to you, barbara. investors digest mixed economic reports and look ahead to fed chairman ben bernanke later this week the dow bobbing in and out of negative territory after finishing lower yesterday and now it just moved positive by a fraction of a percent and nasdaq is fractionally positive and the s&p 500 just a fraction of a point higher. the s&p case schiller index shows home prices increased from may to june in all the 20 cities tracked for the second straight month. an encouraging sign that the housing market is improving. private research group says the consumer confidence unexpectedly fell in august to the lowest level in nine months as america's outlook about jobs flared up. isaac is still heading for new orleans, you can expect higher gasoline prices. 22% of the nation's gas is produced in gulf coast refineries, which could be flooded or, at the very least, lose electricity, depending on the storm's severity. right now the average price nationally for regular gasoline is $3.75 a gallon at the pump and that's already up 26 cents a gallon just this month. and energy analysts say that even a small impact from isaac will push those gas prices even higher. more pain at the pump, barbara. back over to you. >> i know, can it get any worse? thanks so much. well, come late summer, some 10% to 20% of americans begin to suffer from ragweed allergy or hayfever. the latest with treatment and prevention. welcome. >> thank you. >> well, you brought something with you here and i don't know, i just ask you, i don't know if i'm allergic to it, but what would i be feeling if i were right now? >> well, you were telling me -- this is ragweed. actually this is the ambrosia species and 41 different species and they're all over. if i had more time this morning, i would have cut some more. this was right out of my yard and a lot of people have it growing all around them. but, for the most part, you were talking about itchy a eyes, i've been suffering from itchy eyes and itchy skin and everything like that and, plus, an increased number of patients coming into the office where the eczema is flaring up. a lot of different symptoms that present and dermtulogic it's more itchy skin, but you can also see like stuffiness, runny, itchy eyes and even some people can get asthmatic symptoms. >> you don't even have to touch it. it's out there because i've seen it. i just didn't know this was ragweed. >> it has the little spiny kind of nettles on it, as well. at least this ambrosia species and they're very hard. i had to get some garden clippers to clip this because they grow about two to three feet tall and they'll grow right through the zalias and in your flower bed. so, it's knowing what to look for and how to get rid of it. >> so, how do you get rid of the symptoms of an ala lergy to thi? >> it's handled like pretty much any other kind of pollen hypersensitivity. there's antihistamines out there and tons of them over the counter, including those that don't cause a lot of sedation. you can work and carry on your daily activity without feeling sleepy. benadryl is probably one of the best ones. but it does cause drowsiness, but claritin, zyrtec, all of those are out. also, saline washes that you can spray up the nose that actually rinse the pollen out of the nose. there are eye drops, antihistamine eyedrops and just refresh eyedrops that can lubricate your eyes if they feel really itchy and irritated. antihistamine, vizeen a. get it with the capital letter a because that's an a anti-allergy type of eye drop and not just to get the readiness out. >> so, but the biggest hope is that this soon zgoes away. >> the pollen can travel for miles. so even though we kind of treat our areas or you have it eliminated and weeds are pulled, the pollen can blow in the wind and travel for, you know, 30 miles or more. so, it's not just the immediate area that we have to clean up. it's all around. >> and then after ragweed we go to mold and -- >> well, mold is pretty big right now, as well. >> a lot of people have seen big, ginormous mushrooms in their large, the size of a dinner plate. >> if you don't have allergies when you move to the washington, d.c. region, you're going to develop them. >> i think that is true. >> why is that? >> we have a lot of foliage and flowers and lady bird johnson planted a lot of flowers. >> and you weren't allergic for those same kind of things can you develop an allergy here because there are so many? >> you can, in fact, when we do allergy testing, we test for things that grow in this area. just because you were tested in california, say, it can actually be different out here. >> i see. all right, well, we have to get all those medications. stay away from that. thank you so much, dr. burgess. our time right now, 11:52. an update on panda watch, 2012, plus, meteorologist tom kierein will be back with more on a very come on, kids. we gotta go! oh, nah, i gotta go. oh, can you make that to go? these days, nobody has time to get sick, but minute clinic makes it easy to get well. our nurse practitioners can diagnose and write prescriptions for everything from strep throat to sinus infections, with no appointment necessary, so you can feel better in no time. you guys wanna go to the park? yeah! yeah! minute clinic -- the walk-in clinic at cvs/pharmacy, where you'll get $10 off sports physicals. only for a limited time. find a clinic near you at minuteclinic.com. olympic gold medalist gabby douglas said she almost quit gymnastics because she was bullied. the 16-year-old virginia beach native told oprah her teammates bullied her when she was training in virginia. it got so bad, she would come home crying, she said. so, at the age of 14, she ended up moving away to train. douglas won the gold medal in the all-around gymnastics at the london olympics. veterinarians at the national zoo finally got to examine a panda this morning to see if she's pregnant. the zoo tweeted out these pictures, let's have a picture of them. we don't have the ultrasound pictures, we just have them doing the tests. zookeepers fed her fruit to keep her still while vets examined her. vets are hopeful she's pregnant, but, still, too early to tell. after the examination she went back into the exhibit and took a nap. the zoo says she's displaying higher hormone levels, but it could be another false pregnancy. she has only given birth once and that was back in 2005. the zoo's only panda cub to survive more than a few days. let's take a look now at some of the stories we're going to be following on news 4 this afternoon. coming up at 4:00 a touching reunion for two young brothers what happened when their father surprised them with his return home from afghanistan. then, coming up at 5:00 tonight, kids and skin cancer. everything from basal cell sa carcinoma to melanoma. an aalarming trend with children getting skin cancer. we have time for a check on our forecast. tom kierein going to have some sunshine out there to keep the kids loaded up with that sun tan lotion. >> dr. burgess was here. >> she brought some with her. >> the ragweed count is high and so are the mold spores, if you're feeling it, that's probably why. as we take a look outside, the view from space, we have a clearing sky and the wake of some showers that have come through and we have a weak front coming in, that has shifted our wind into the north and west and that's bringing in lower humidity. right now, pretty warm. 86 at reagan national. lower humidity moving in on a northwest breeze and that will be in place here for the next few days and then over the weekend, maybe some tropical downpours and remnants of isaac moving through saturday evening. that's the way it looks, have a great afternoon, we'll see you tomorrow morning. >> that's news 4 midday, we thank you for being with us today and invite you to tune in for more news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and then tonight at 11:00. we'll be back tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. hope you plan to join us for that. until then, have a terrific day and get out and enjoy the weather. tom says it's going to be a good one. we'll see