: this is "meet the press" with -- >> chuck todd. >> chuck todd. >> chuck. >> chuck. >> chuck todd. where is chuck? >> i'm going to start with somebody who i guess is now a big cheese. i understand it's going to be his last chance to ask me a question in the press room. i want to congratulate chuck todd and give him first dibs. >> the press room. >> chuck todd defined white house correspondent. >> you began your first term. >> he would ask the question, a follow-up. he'd ask another question. >> this is not a kosher question but don't hog it. >> i want to help out my colleague over here and follow-up he had. then a question, another question i have for you. >> he's relentless, like a dog with a bone. >> why do you believe the israeli people have not embraced president obama the same way they embraced our last two presidents. >> so you had to get a polling question in there. right at the end there. chuck, i mean, you're incorrigible. >> i think chuck has an amazing brain, which he, i'm sure, inherited from his father. he always knew who was running for what office locally. he knew wh

smith, and tracy byrnes and jonas max ferris and chuck rocha. okay. tracy, would amnesty for millions of illegals amnesty put more legal americans out of work this is. >> well, look, i can't believe this, but most of the people are on visas that are expired and should go back, and that is overstay, but we are not attacking that order, and for them to come out here to get jobs that legal americans are garner i garnering for hurts the system overall. >> and john, a tough market for a very long time. what do you think that it would do to that labor market? >> well, yeah. i disagree slightly with tracy, because i don't believe it is going to hurt the job market that much, because most of the illegals here are working in some capacity and a work permit is not going to upgrade their status to sudden ly take americn jobs and if it did, competition is what it is, and come e pe pe stigs a good thing. i really believe that president obama does this. the second-termt president for the last 80 years have accomplished very little, and this president realizes that

a lot of people don't know this about chuck todd. when god was making chuck todd. i was disturbed for a moment. he made his heart twice the size. that's what chuck is going to bring back to the show. he's going to bring back heart, good taste, fairness that always had that. that's why it's on the top. the people who put you there, chuck, who decided you were to be the moderator should be patted on the back over and over again. good luck, my friend. go get them! >> you're kind, jay. thank you for -- i know you're saying it because i'm a fellow floridian. >> that's true. that's true. and your mother and will attack me if i don't. >> that's right. that's right. she's practically a neighbor of yours. very kind of you to do that. by the way, go buy jay's book. the best book you're ever going to read about neil armstrong. i'm not kidding. my producers were ready. sometimes us tv people pretend. this was fascinating. i love the space program. congratulations on that. >> thank you, buddy. thank you very much, chuck. >> you got it. that's it for the edition of the daily run

it's like chuck was saying. it's an us and them situation. thing don't have a vested breast in this community. thing drive at that through and when we look suspicious that's when they dre come forward. >> community pleasing. community policing is what is needed. it's been a lot of police departments voice that they got community policing but they don't practice it. it's a philosophy. it's not a slogan on the side of the police car. a great point is why doesn't that please department have a better representation of its community? why isn't anybody in the leadership that city saying, why aren't we hearing people from our own community? and en if you don't set a quota, so many african americans, so many whites but why aren't we hearing people from our out communi tu which if you were, you would have heck of a lot more african-americans on there. >> are we trying to avoid that? stepping away from the community in that's one of the first questions that city leader should be asking the police chief is what is going on here? chuck, talking about lea

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. >> and chuck, i will get to you in a minutes, but i want to give you a chance to respond to this, john, about the economics and rather than getting them before they get us? >> well, to gary b's point. the foreign policy has to get better to be dismal. we backed the overe throw of the e egyptian government, and the backing of the overthrow of the democratically elected government and the same with maliki, and with we overthrew hussein and put maliki in power and now backing the overthrow of him and all e beit peaceful. i am not talking about going into iraq and staying. it was a mistake that we made before and a mistake in afghanistan. i am talking about the fact that you have 10 to 15,000 people of the worst people on the planet sitting out there in the desert, and we could open up the air force and take them out and make the world a better place. i am not saying rele forring any government anywhere, but killing the worst people on the planet, and we have the opportunity to do that and we have an obligation to do that. >> chuck, do you agree? >> well, i knew i was in trouble when i ask

>> yes, that would be a different mission, chuck. but we have said if there is a counterterrorism target that involves potential plotting against the united states, we always reserve the right to act. that would be separate, though, from the two missions that the president authorized yesterday. >> he seemed very reluctant to do this, extremely reluctant. is it just the weight of the promise that he made when he ran for president that we weren't going to be going back into iraq? >> well, i think the president is always careful and deliberate about making decisions to apply military force. we want to make sure that it's in the core american interests and make sure we're putting appropriate limits so we're not getting drawn back into a conflict in a way that goes beyond what is necessary. the president made clear he is not putting american combat troops back on the ground in iraq. that was his promise, to remove our troops. at the same time, though, we're not going to stand by when we do see these core american interests threatened, so

>> that isn't true, chuck. the only reason impeachment isn't off the table is because republicans won't take it off the table. speaker boehner has made it very clear that he isn't able to control his conference. he really isn't speaker. ted cruz is speaker. so when you have the third highest ranking republican, steve scalise, refuse to take impeachment off the table on fox news when asked a direct question, it's the republicans that haven't taken it off the table. so we know that the lawsuit is either a prelude to impeachment or was passed off the house floor just to appease his very large number of members who really want us to pursue impeachment. that's why it's out there. they should all take it off the table. >> do you believe the lawsuit is a game-changer for democrats in the midterms? >> i think that there is a cumulative list of issues that are game-changers for democrats, including the hobby lobby decision, where republicans want a woman's boss to be able to make health care decisions for her instead of

the chuck brown band will play at the howland theater. he died two years ago. >>> the redskins are trending nationally on twitter this morning. partially for their preseason win last night, but mostly for this. browns quarterback johnny manziel gave the middle finger to the redskins bench after an incomplete pass. of course, it was caught on camera. in fact, it was broadcast live. manziel later said it was a mistake. >> i felt like i did a good job of holding my composure of judgment and slip up. >> being young, things happen. sometimes you don't know no better. we're all here playing, competing with each other. so, hopefully, he will learn from that. >> the redskins next preseason game is saturday against the ravens. you can watch it right here on nbc 4. >>> take a look at this as redskins players walked out of the tunnel in last night's preseason game, several put their hands up in the air, a sign of surrender, as a tribute to michael brown, led by veteran safety brandon merriwhether, in response to report that is brown had his hands up

chuck drago served as a police chief, wild 30 considered an expert. chuck, the type of vehicles used, the weapons they displayed, we can get into that a minute. but opinions on whether that type of four power does, can it alone escalate tensions? >> oh there's no question about it, it does escalate tensions. that type of equipment shouldn't be brought out until it is absolutely necessary that you need that type of force. not just to show force. that equipment does nothing but fuel the fire and insight people. you create a warfare type of environment when you do that. >> chuck is there a case to be made for local police to have that sort of equipment on hand, and just have better discernment as to whether -- as to when to bring it out? >> some of the equipment has value. ballistic material, helmets, ballistic vests, there's rescue equipment you can get from the military, dive teams and so forth to help rescue people. there is value in some of the equipment. but it's -- i think it becomes -- has become overkim. and you have -- overkill. and you have dep

stay with us, chuck. i do want to read to viewers what a protester told our affiliate ksdk right around 10:15 p.m. eastern time tonight. it would have been just over a half an hour ago central time in missouri. this protester told ksdk, quote, we were walking peacefully when we got to the shopping center. they shot teargas and smoke bombs. a young lady got hurt. the protester went on to say this is unacceptable. we were being peaceful. they wonder why it's riots out here. they are not playing fair. this is what a protester told our affiliate there on the ground, talking about potentially why this has escalated like this. we are working our teams on the ground to get some of the protesters on the phone with us. once they get to a place they deemed safe and if they are able to talk to us, we are also working to get local authorities on the line with us. if you are just joining us, breaking news on cnn. intense clashes between protesters and authorities in ferguson, missouri. at this hour, what we know is th

the chuck brown band performed tonight at the howard theatre. tonight's event celebrates the release of the chuck brown band's new cd. >> we are all here to remember what he has done. >> earlier today, mayor vincent gray dedicated the chuck brown memorial park in northeast d.c., including this abstract sculpture, all featuring images of the legend, all carved on rhode island avenue. the sprinkles did not dampen the spirits. >> did not stop them from enjoying the music. not so great weather overnight into tomorrow. by sunday, i think a lot of will be smiling. those of you who are putting off going to the beach tomorrow, put it off, but make sure you are there on sunday. easy forecast so far. outside right now come the clouds hanging over the city. cloudy skies overnight, along with patchy fog in the morning. right now, 76 degrees at reagan national, the wind out of the east southeast at three. that low wind allows for the fog to develop. high, aes the daytime couple degrees below average this time of year. yesterday, the high was 90 degrees at re

the crowd is chanting "wind me up chuck," one of chuck brown's famous songs. the light rain coming down is not dampening the spirits of all the chuck brown fans who have come out. they have got their umbrellas up and they're ready for this dedication ceremony to begin. behind me you can see the stage is all set. city leaders, designers and of course the brown family will take the stage. even the chuck brown band will perform throughout the hour. all to pay tribute and dedicate this park to the man who would have turned 78 today. chuck brown them ymemorial parkw unveiled in this northeast neighborhood. ♪ >> it's an abstract representation of a go-go dance party. >> reporter: jackie brakeman is the sculpture who carefully watched her design of giant steel blades and the larger than life image of a musician whose fans span generations and into other countries. >> the chuck brown figure, he's 17 feet tall representing the oversized influence that chuck has had on d.c. >> reporter: the langdon park community is nestled in northeast with houses all around. >> this

you can see chuck brown monster all of this. wind me up,d " chuck." been coming here all afternoon. it is right next to the road. stopping to take a look, take pictures. and remember chuck brown. >> very cool. >> it actually is very cool. >> it is really pretty. next, the war cost him his limbs. fire cost him his home. coming up, what the community is doing to give back to this wounded warrior. >> we have heard testimony from former governor bob mcdonnell questioning his own wife's mental state. how is that strategy going to work? >> from coast-to-coast, >> said news from minnesota, hase d.c.'s famed snowy owl died. it was found that far away from the raptor center. the raptor center believes a car hit the owl and killed it. it was hit by a bus in d.c., underwent treatment and rehabilitation before being released, and unfortunately was not successful. >> homes flooded. roads washed away. the past 24 hours have seen extreme amounts of rain from coast-to-coast in the u.s. >> the problem goes beyond flooding. incredible images to show tonight. >> water, water just about everywhere. in

i want to make a personal vow to chuck todd. >> do it now. >> chuck, this is the last time i'm ever going to toss late to you. i swear to god. never again. >> exactly 9:00 we will toss to you. >> this is chuck todd's farewell "daily rundown." wake up the kids, call grandma, you're not going to want to miss it. >> permanent dvr status for this one. >> have a great labor day weekend. >>> well done, mr. scarborough. we don't have a strategy yet. that's the quote that the white house is trying to clean up this morning when it comes to dealing with isis. one thing is clear, the drum beat toward war doesn't include the president. >>> meantime on the unofficial 2016 trail, hillary clinton finally comments on what happened in ferguson. rick perry hits new hampshire and south carolina. and with ohio set to host the gop convention, could a buckeye state senator be getting some attention? >>> finally, after joe and mika just said it, after nearly five years, it's the end of my era here on tdr. five years is almost a lifetime -- two lifetimes in cable tv. we've done quite a lot here in that lifetime.

storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joins us with that, hey, chuck. >> good morning, molette and adam, good morning, everybody. the last day of summer break is going to be an improving weather picture. there are clouds to be dealt with this morning but the clouds are moving out. things are looking better by later this afternoon. this is the view from our tower cam looking northbound. this was cloud cover about an hour and a half ago. increasing amounts of blue sky means i'm optimistic. union station, old glory flapping in a breeze out there right now. the weather impact on your sunday will be a low impact for sure. not much if anything in the way of a rain threat. current temperatures if the 60s north and west of town where the clouds are noticeably thicker. breaks of sunshine has much of the d.c. metro up into the low 70s. taking the bike out for a ride around town, biking temperatures mid to upper 70s. don't forget to put your helmet on. back-to-school weather coming up in a few minutes. >>> new this morning police are looking for the person who shot and killed a man in oxon hills.

thank you, chuck. i'll take the hit. >> thanks. >>> some announcements this morning after a poor showing from the redskins. >> the changes we heard from head coach jay gruden, after the game last night. >>> good sunday morning, everyone. if you're a redskins fan it was not a great night for you last night. many questions about the redskins' arting quarterback robert griffin iii after the team lost in preseason game number three. not pretty at all for rg3 and the redskins. they never got into a rhythm. griffin was sacked three times in the game by that ravens' defense and completed five of eight passes for 20 yards and intercepted in the third quarter. rg3 taking responsibility but knows he and his teammates can improve. >> we didn't play very well. the offense goes as i go. i have to play better. i think we shot ourselves in the foot too many times, had too many mistakes. whenever we can get 11 guys working in one direction we're going to be something special and we'll get it fixed by the time houston

chuck hagel gave marines at camp pendleton that exact assurance yesterday. >> this is not a combat boots on the ground operation. we're not going to have that kind of operation. >> that's what chuck hagel said yesterday, that was yesterday, though. and apparently today, it's a u.s. combat boots on the ground kind of operation. the pentagon confirming tonight through an anonymous u.s. defense official that a team of fewer than 20 u.s. military personnel did hit the ground today in iraq, at mt. sinjar, where civilian refugees have been trapped by isis militant fighters. in addition to helping iraqi forces that are supposed to be fighting those militant and in addition to direct air strikes, u.s. troops have also in recent days begun dropping food and water and supplies to those trapped civilians. have you seen any of the footage of those drops? the footage of them dealing with civilians on this mountain. these are not just being done by

can chuck todd revive the battered media giant? i'm howard kurtz and this is media buzz. >> the looting and violence that erupted in missouri came too late for the sunday morning papers, but they added to the sense of chaos that kicked into a higher gear on friday when the troubling tale of just why a missouri officer shot and killed michael brown emerged. videotape shows michael brown intimidating a convenience store check and running off with cigars. it wasn't until a press conference hours later when reporters got the police chief to admit this had nothing to do with the fatal shooting. >> you're telling us that when the officer stopped michael brown the first time, he was not aware that brown was a suspect in a robbery? >> no, he didn't. i was walking -- >> that had nothing to do with the stop? >> he had nothing to do with the stop the. why at this point -- at this point, why didn't you stop michael brown? >> because they were walking down the middle of the stwreree blocking traffic. >> fox news contributor lauren ashburn joini

to celebrate the late singer chuck brown. you can't listen to that music without moving and bopping a little bit. today would have been his 78th birthday. >> no cake or presents. instead, a ribbon cutting to keep the godfather of go-go's legacy alive. song. >> reporter: even the rain could not damp tenth celebration of the new chuck brown memorial park. >> ain't worried about the rain. it's about the love of chuck. >> it always makes you move when the music is going. >> his story is about perseverance, to get through life no matter what's going on. >> for my father to have a park in his name is unbelievable for me and my family. i know that he would greatly appreciate it if he were here. >> i'm blessed. happy that everybody came out to love even though it's rang. >> the park includes a memorial wall filled with several images of chuck brown. an outdoor performance area, and interactive instruments, including five drums. >> there you go. >> today also marked the relaunch of the chuck brown foundation which handed out 500 back-

storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. hey, chuck, good morning. >> good morning, molette and angie. good morning, everybody. sunday is off to a different start than saturday. yesterday morning bright blue skies and chilly temperatures this morning, cloudy skies and a bit of a mugginess has moved back into the air as well. no 40s like yesterday morning. this morning we're all in the upper 60s and 70s already. 78 right now in martingsburg, west virginia, 66 manassas, 71 in fredericksburg. storm team 4 radar not a whole lot of rain. couple sprinkles into the western parts of fairfax, northern prince william that's not going to last long. this is what you should expect for the remainder of the day. plenty of clouds, 15 minute to 25 or 30 minute long rain showers almost any point. little more likely with the afternoon heating coming up later today. best rain chances will stay across primarily northern maryland. everybody has a chance of getting hit by a rain shower today. don't turn your back on the rain chance. 70s this morni

like chuck has been saying all morning, keep the umbrella handy. a shower is possible but you can go through your entire day today and not notice any rain at all. now, coming up in just over five minutes, erika little let you know why it's so easy to donate this morning. stop by the apple credit union. melissa, how are roads? maybe someone trying to get here to say hi to us. >> no issue at this point this morning. this is the beltway at the toll road here. chopper 4 over that right now. couldn't it stay like that? top of the beltway looking good. 270 coming down, 95 coming down, vw parkway in and out of town no problems there. 66 and 95 looking good as well at this point this morning. prince george's county looking good and an update on the vre situation in a couple minutes. >> thank you. >>> putting your mind at ease when you valet. the car that can track what those strangers are doing behind the wheel after you hand them your keys. >>> also ahead, trying to prevent future tragedies. the latest safety feature being added near the university of mar

-- >> chuck hagel, no, i don't think he said it with white 0 house approval. chuck hagel and the pentagon understand, as he said, a threat like we've never seen before. but what they also understand is they're operating inside the constraints and limitations that president obama has imposed. at this point, those constraints still exist. they're over there to protect the yazidis, now off the mountain, and to protect the u.s. presence in erbil, northern iraq. general dempsey, the head of the join chiefs of staff, has said publicly that isis cannot be defeated unless we go after them in syria. >> and you have to -- >> presidepresident obama said we will not go into syria. >> president dempsey made the point that his mission is as limited as you said. they are planning a broader mission if they get the go-ahead in the president. >> the pentagon always has more options onts table and that's become the great cliche of this administration to make americans think that there's a possibility of doing more than they're ever going to do. basically, this is a president who

good morning, chuck. >> hey, molette and adam. weekend finally here and for better or worse you're going to start out your weekend with a full deck of cloud cover this morning. the good news is i think our weather will be improving as the weekend wears along. but storm team 4 radar early on your saturday now showing mostly cloudy skies and hit and miss chances for rain out there. at any point you could be hit with a drop. already light rain here. that's going south along 270. again, not expecting a complete washout today. but do remember that rain drops will be part of it. out the door temperatures in the 60s and 70s. what you're doing this morning, hit and miss showers. temperatures are going to stay in the low 70s. rising to only 80 degrees today. we'll get more into the details of tomorrow in a few more minutes. >> that's right. thank you very much. >>> we're following a developing story in the middle east. the israeli military says a rocket that launched from gaza hit and killed a 4-year-old boy in israel. benjamin netanyahu s

chuck? >> thank you, richard. i hesitate to talk about this in the past tense but maybe we will try this, bring in bobby goshen. nine hours is a record at this point. >> it is a crucial thing that you mentioned there. israeli troops are out of gaza. >> we're seeing, right, there's more to this one. >> yes. >> you hate to say the word -- i don't want to politically, it seems both israelis and hamas need this cease fire. neither one of them wants the fighting to start. they both have their pr issues. >> they certainly do. what we see now, as we've seen all too often in the past, is when the shooting stops, the shouting starts. >> yes. >> a lot of recrimination, suing the international criminal court. none of those are particularly conducive to diplomatic negotiations. it's time to get the shouting to end and the talking to begin. >> let me play that susan rice bite from the "today" show. >> it's important that both sides remain committed to it and more importantly that they use this opportunity of the 72-hour cease

, right, chuck? >> i have it down to only about a 10% chance of a shower today. i would love to tell you not to worry at all. good news, we're not looking for severe weather. but there's the slimmest little chance at a shower today. i would not plan to cancel anything as a result of this tiny shower chance. outside we go, it's indeed a beautiful way to get your morning started. temperatures are in the upper 60s to near 70. it's 73 now at reagan national airport, but 66 in reston, 63 in manassas and there is a touch of light fog out there this morning. no rain on storm team 4 radar right now and 90% of us will be dry 90% of the day. that's welcome news for the second half of your weekend. generally clear skies, except patchy fog. by 9:00 a.m., 75 degrees. highs mid to upper 80s with more sunshine than yesterday in the lower rain chance. rain chances increasing soon. more on that in a few minutes. >> thank you so much. >>> new air strikes by the u.s. against islamic militants in the ongoing crisis in i

we need to get your forecast from storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. hey, chuck. good morning. are we going to see some rain all over? just a little bit here and there? >> i would say mol etette, just little issue than all day washout. good news for the second half of your weekend. won't be as pretty of a day as yesterday was. we'll be every bit that warm today, even with all these clouds. you can see a cloudy sky over capitol hill this morning. the weather impact on your sunday will be fairly low. just hit an miss shower chances with the best chance of those showers between about 2:00 and 8:00 this afternoon. and into the early this evening. there's the view outside of a mostly cloudy sky in place. temperatures are in the 60s to low 70s right now. and storm team 4 radar, couple lonesome sprinkles across southern maryland are fading away. more organized rain showers across southern pa promise a better chance of rain in northern maryland. we will be keeping you posted on that. for now, 72, 70s this morning, mid to upper 80s for highs today. and again a 30% chance of getting hit

how much wood can a wood chuck chuck? >> if a would chuck could? >> this one not very much his poor head is stuck in a grate. look at this little thing. the fire department -- >> what is he doing? >> if that is not the cutest little face ever. poor guy. we don't know how he got stuck. he was stuck in a sewer grate in massachusetts. the fire department had to come out d.c. took them about 20 minutes. they got the little guy out, thank goodness. of course, he ran off into the woods as wood chucks do. >> okay. how many -- the ninja turtles, number one at the box office. obviously they're going to be a big deal. remember when the dalmatians was number one, the disney movie? everyone went and got a dalmatian. then people realize dalmatians are hyper and bad pets. difficult pets. i should have said. they're expecting maybe the same craze possible with this as that a lot of people are going to be running out and getting turtles. they're worried about people getting them and don't real yoiz how lo -- realize how long they can live. and then they'll be in t

. >>> chuck is our expert in the storm team 4 weather center. let's get an update on our -- how our sunday is shaping up. where is the sun? >> the sun is outside of our windows here in northwest already. there are still clouds in our sky but more and more sunshine coming your way as you go through the remainder of your morning and into your afternoon. temperatures are also warming up quickly. the place that i'm keeping the closest eye on for cloud cover is back to the west across the ston area. still a lot of clouds out here and that could be the place that sees the biggest sunshine challenge for later on today as that cool, damp marine layer comes in and banks against the front range of the blue ridge mountains. temperatures moving into the low and mid 70s right now. runners impact for today, did my miles yesterday, dog and i did nine miles in the drizzle yesterday afternoon. if you waited until today, good decision. much better running weather today but temperatures up near 80. you will need to stay hydrated. dog and i went through two bottles

>> chuck, we've already missed the boat on the exchange. our insurance commissioner, sandy prager, who is a republican and has done a very good job was well positioned to form our own state exchange and we should have done it. we could have avoided the whole obamacare rollout mess for all the kansans who were looking to purchase health insurance. during this campaign i've spent a lot of time talking to people in health care. when i'm hearing uniformly from them is that medicaid expansion is critical to the health care providers in our state. many hospital administrators have told me that if they don't have medicaid expansion, they're worried that they may have to close their doors, especially in rural areas in our state. >> so you're definitely going to do that. it's never to late to start an exchange according to the obama administration. why do you think that ship has sailed? >> well, that's my understanding. certainly we're willing to look into it if that possibility exists, but i think sam brownback absolutely made the wrong decision. w

it's time for chuck. he's the author. 935 lives the future of truth and the decline of america's moral integrity. there are lots of things i could say that all of them are good actually. but i will only say one thing. really, this is a fantastic book. you will really enjoy it and get a lot out of it creates a good read. he n. bodies what he writes about so passionately in his book. charles lewis. [applause] thank you. that's magnificent. of those comments are humbling to put it mildly and we can just send everybody to the bar right now. [laughter] there are so many things to talk about i will try to be efficient. where do you start? first of all, there are some magnificent people here tonight but i want to honor and point out. most notably, my family all of which is in the front row. my mother, dorothy lewis. [applause] she has literally the last line in the book. i said an american original if ever there was one. and there is a story about her in the book. there is a little bit of memoir stuff. i try to

. >> among your guests chuck todd taking over next week. we want to show a clip of one of his first appearances on "meet the press." >> chuck todd of the national journal hotline what is a blog? >> blog just so the actual term is short for web log. >> how times have changed. >> read my web log. >> sadly we no longer have tim russert but tim mentored chuck and me and it's that tradition that we are building on with chuck todd, he will be there live today and we'll talk about it. >> great to see video of them together and the future as "meet the press" looks to its next chapter. >> exactly. >> thanks so much. we can see more of andrea and chuck on "meet the press" coming up here in just a few minutes after "news 4 today." stay tuned for that at 10:30. >> that sound it's back to school in northern virginia and in prince william county be on the lookout for school zone lights. the lights were turned off during the summer at most schools. keep the speeds down while the kids and buss aren ot roadways. new vaccine requirements to tell you about in

chuck's daughter is on there, as well. we caught up with her today to talk about chuck's legacy and the aptly titled cd. >> he had a beautiful life. he is a beautiful person. he came out of it. >> everybody learned. he taught us something new. we got to keep it raw. >> beautiful spirit indeed. friday would have been chuck brown's 78th birthday. the city is celebrating by dedicating the new chuck brown memorial park. and the howard theater will have a concert featuring the chuck brown band. kristin wright will have more at 5:00. >>> it is like uber with helicopters. how you can get on to the next service next time you need a lift. >>> and the sister takes the stand today. former virginia governor >>> congress is out of town, we know, there is still a lot of work going on on the u.s. capit capitol. these are live looks at the capitol dome where the scaffolding is rising. construction workers are putting up what looks like braces along the dome. the project will take a couple of years and will not impact tours inside the rotu

. >> keir, he sounded more like chuck hagel and john kerry than barack obama. the president dialled it back and said he's not yet ready to move. this reminds me of a year ago when the british parliament didn't follow the prime minister's lead. is the uk -- are the people of great britain willing to take military action if necessary against isis because clearly the president of the united states is not. >> it's a really good question. and he was asked about that. he was asked specifically, did that vote in the british parliament which you'll remember was a vote against taking military action, against president assad in syria over the use of the -- the alleged use of chemical weapons. he was asked, did that vote in the end create the circumstances where isis was able to thrive and develop because the west hadn't -- had failed to intervene in syria. the british prime minister pushed back against that but it's really important to be clear that what the prime minister was talking about here was the threat of isis and in particular the uk and european domestic threat

chuck says we have a good chance of rain tomorrow. he'll break down the timing coming >>> new this morning, pope francis visited a community that cares for people with genetic disabilities in south korea. he also stopped at a monument to pray for aborted babies. the pontiff told the crowd their ancestors' willingness to die rather than renounce their faith is a model for asian missionaries. thousands of people as you can see showed up for the open air service. >>> we still do not know who blocked people in china from seeing the service. about 50 people were stopped earlier this week. china and the vatican, they have no formal ties. they are locked in a dispute to decide who has the right to appoint bishops and religious freedoms in that country. >>> so airlines are doing their best to get you to stay awake during the safety demonstrations. >> it's important to have your seat belt on at all times. fasten your seat belt by the metal end into the buckle. tighten by pulling the loose end of the strap. >> if you're seated in an exit row --

that's when chuck brown's final lbum will be released. brown who's known as the godfather of go-go passed away two years ago. the chuck brown band will tour and special tribute events will be prayed to help celebrate. chuck brown day. a park is being created in his honor. if you're looking for a new movie, you have a couple of choices. a few super heroes hit the big screen and the life of james brown is the subject of a new film. here's arch campbell with his reviews. >> guardians of the galaxy gives the space adventure movie a really good kick in the pants. .> so here we are "misfits" rise to the occasion. they stave galaxy from a super ad guy with a sucher bad orb and do it while bickering. >> i have a plan. >> you've got a plan >> yes. >> first of all, you're copying me. >> no, i'm not. >> guardians of the galaxy weaked the star wars characters. bradley cooper plays a foul-mouthed racoon. g-guy dave batistaa as a maniac. vin diesel as a plant. guardians of the galaxy puts the comic back in comic book movies. also opening "get on up." a

talking about the weather, chuck approves of it, though. more of the same outside, more of those rain chances. >> yeah, i approve of adora, but into the her artwork. you can also make them smart he by teaching them to play a musical instrument. temperatures outside early this morning, upper 60s and low 70s. rain way out to our west right now. but those rain chances will be sneaking our way by later on today. so smart kids will have their umbrella just to play it safe. everyone has a chance for rain today, but higher rain chances as is usually the case now out to our north and west. highs today mid to upper 80s with a 30% chance for rain. and more new accidents in traffic? >>> and of course we're expecting rain later today, so expecting accidents perhaps in the evening rush. but right now, ft. washington indian head highway at old fort road, d georgia avenue at connecticut avenue, aspen hill, just spoke with montgomery county police, they say only property damage here. no major issues. that should be out of the way soon. outer loop between c

. >>> today a special tribute to chuck brown. we have just a few hours from a celebration in his honor. megan mcgrath joining us at langdon park to tell us what will be happening there today. >> reporter: good morning. as you can see, they have taken down a lot of the fencing now. we're able to get quite close to the statue here that greets people as they come to the entrance of the park. and it reads down on the base, wind me up chuck. but the statue itself still under the starps. they will of course cut the ribbon later on this morning at 11:00. a lot of terest in the park.of on this morning at 11:00. a lot of interest in the park. one woman is trying to get out of work early on get done here for the festivities. we're expecting the family of chuck brown to be here and as well as the mayor and fans. and this is absolutely beautiful. in addition to the statue, there is also a mosaic wall that depicts brown throughout the course of his career. just a great mosaic there. and also something kind of interesting for the kids. i'll ha

chuck brown died two years ago. today he would have turned 78. >>> coming up, if you travel through route 1 in college park you better get ready tore driven a little crazy, because crews are getting started on construction. >>> we already know that gas prices are driving you crazy. today we're in manassas, virginia where the most expensive gallon of gas is at the shell station on hastings. that's $3.44. if you want the cheapest, you can save a few cents by going to the bp where will you pay $3.19. that (vo) ours is a world of passengers. the red-eyes. (daughter) i'm really tired. (vo) the transfers. well, that's kid number three. (vo) the co-pilots. all sitting... ...trusting... ...waiting... ...for a safe arrival. introducing the all-new subaru legacy. designed to help the driver in you... ...care for the passenger in them. the subaru legacy. it's not just a sedan. it's a subaru. >>> sure, some road construction might drive you crazy, like in college park, for example. >> several changes are being made to prevent a

let's check in now with chuck bell. he is outside on the weather deck. hey, chuck. how's it going? >> nice day to be outside today. the flag here inside the circle at news4 is hanging completely still right now. we will get a little bit more of a southwesterly breeze coming our way later on this afternoon to help things warm up. this will also bring a little bit more humidity back our way for the second half of your weekend. but on the whole, a fairly whole impact on your running early this morning. temperatures near 70 now. go ahead and get that run in before it gets too late. temperatures will be up near 80 degrees by noontime. relatively easy running for sure. that is welcomed news. my computer is on freeze. so we will not show you more graphics at this time. but i'll be back with a check of your beach forecast and your seven day and a look at when and how much rain we may be facing on your sunday. we'll see you in a few more minutes. >> all right. thanks. >>> today, safety. that's going to be on everybody's minds at six flags. this is national roller coaster day and the park ri

chuck todd accepted the challenge. he is on vacation and will be back next week and remember follow the show online, on facebook and on twitter. >>> i'm meteorologist, and on this tuesday, stormy weather and hot conditions dominate. if you're in the chicago area, indianapolis, all the way up to southern michigan, strong storms are on the way this afternoon. some could contain dangerous winds and the heat is on in texas and oklahoma. it's going to be spreading in the week ahead easily into the 90s with the heat index near 100. the summer that summers from here on will be compared to. where memories will be forged into the sand. and then hung on a wall for years to come. get out there, with over 50,000 hotels at $150 dollars or less. expedia. find yours. moderate to severe is tough, but i've managed. i got to be pretty good at managing my symptoms, except that managing my symptoms was all i was doing. when i finally told my doctor, he said my crohn's was not under control. he said humira is for adults like me who have tr

both sides, chuck cooper told me the same thing. that everybody was focused on justice kennedy in making sure that they were making arguments that would have an ultimate appeal to him. in fact when i describe this early on, the lawyers came up with a list of terms from justice kennedy had offered two other major decision lawrence v. texas in a case called rumored v. colorado. they pulled phrases about human dignity and all the phrases that he used. not just for their legal arguments that they may. they used them of course they are but they gave them to chad griffin's political war room in every press release and every statement that they made contain that language as well. >> those lawyers know the supreme court justices. as kennedy the only one? >> well i think look, david at different times said he was sure they were going to get all not. nobody thought that. i was just bravado and for the headlines. but i think everybody considered justice kennedy is going. this is yet to be decided because for those of you that don't know the co

chuck todd, absolutely fascinating what chuck said. why don't we bring in the columnist for "the washington post" david ignatius. chuck todd told us that wasn't just the president pushing back our allies who are waiting for us to attack, that was the president pushing back his own administration because as kim ghattas said some people are saying there's only one man in the white house left to convince that we need to have air strikes against syria. what are you hearing on the ground in d.c.? >> joe and mika, i think the president is genuinely confused about how best to respond to this really monstrous outbreak by isis in iraq and syria. >> genuinely confused. have you ever heard a president state that confusion in a press conference? >> well, it was rare. it was a disastrous sound bite because it summed up what people have feared, which is that we don't have a strategy yet. the president has a strategy, it's just one that's very complicated and will take a long time to execute. he wants to pull in all the countries of the region. he wa