right now, we are live at freedom plaza where taxi drivers are threatening to bring lunchtime traffic to a s what's behind the latest protest? plus, the second dallas nurse infected with ebola labeled ebola-free today. what's next for the woman hospitalized in atlanta? and it's going to feel more like summer than fall. but the sun seasonably warm weather will not last. chuck bell will tell us the changes that are heading in our direction. good morning, everyone. welcome to news 4 midday. i'm barbara harrison. right now dozens of taxicab drivers are slowing traffic down in d.c. they're protesting ride sharing services like uber and side car, saying they don't follow the same rules. news 4's megan mcgrath is live

on the corner of 14th and pennsylvania avenue in northwest d.c. at freedom plaza. >> good morning. >> reporter: barbara, this protest started about half hour ago. you can see all the cabs lined up on the curb. we're on pennsylvania avenue. you can see car after car. taxi after taxi traffic is getting by the center lane here. police are on hand. they're directing traffic. but it is slowing things down. traffic is still moving. but certainly it's slow going. the d.c. kun sill is voting on legislation to allow app based car services to operate permanently in d.c. with regulation. the drivers would have to undergo background checks. they have to meet safety regulations for their cars. traditional cab drivers say the

legislation can't go far enough. companies like uber don't have to pay the fees and follow the rules that traditional cab companies do. they say they are losing money to these new companies. >> it's like 32% taking over. everywhere you go you see people on the corner with it. >> what do you want to see happen? >> fairness. fairness. >> and we have seen several of these protests here recently, and in some cases they have really snarled traffic. right now, not too bad. but it's only a half hour into it. so we're going to have to keep an eye on it. lots of police here. so far they have not intervened. they're just directing traffic. we'll have to keep an eye on this. it could snarl traffic in the area around freedom plaza. back to you in studio, barbara. >> thank you, megan. right now we're working to find

out if anyone was hurt in a serious house fire in charles county this morning. it happened on mallard lane. take a look at this video from chopper 4. you can see the back of the house is totally destroyed. they have not said how the fire started or how many damage it caused. >> don't miss the chance to get outdoors this afternoon. take a look at the temperatures. it's warming up fast out there. and will feel like summer later today. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joins us with his first forecast. hey, chuck. >> hey, barbara, just a little bit like summer as we get up close to the 80-degree mark by later this afternoon. that's all bonus territory here in october where the average high is 65 degrees. outside, that's the way it looks northbound from our tower in bethesda and chevy chase to montgomery county, a veil of high cloudiness moving in. no rain for the remainder of the the daylight hours. showers in the forecast into tomorrow. i'll tell t the timing of tomorrow's drop coming up in a bit.

for now nothing to worry about. temperatures in the mid 60s around town. already 73 in winchester and 71 down in solomon's island. so hour by hour through the the rest of your day, nice, warm, pleasant and mild. those are the descriptive words we love to use here. temperatures here spending most of the afternoon and early evening into the upper 70s. so enjoy it. near 80 today. showers on the way for tomorrow. and a big drop in temperatures and ferocious winds in time for your weekend. all that is coming up with your seven-day forecast. >> thank you, chuck. new this morning, one man was killed at a prince george's county apartment. police tell us a man was shot several times. police were on the scene from 11:30 until 3:00 this morning. right now it's not clear if there are any suspects. also in prince george's county. police are investigating a homicide along a dirt road in brandywine. a 911 tip led police to

cedarville road. it's a rural road in a wooded area. prince george's county police found a man's body near a car there. police say because of the location, it's so remote, whoever call eed 911 may know kw about what happened. a pabtd who was isolated at the university of maryland medical center for ebola testing does not have the deadly virus. the maryland department of health made the announcement before 7:00. the person is still in the hospital and will continue to receive appropriate treatment. aaron gilchrist is here with an update on the nurse being treated for ebola. >> barbara, we just learned that amber vinson will be released from the hospital this afternoon. we do expect she will make a statement before she leaves. you maybe remember she's the

second nurse who treated eric duncan. she was one of two nurses who became sick after treating him. she had traveled from cleveland back to dallas. that led to a bit of a scare with air travel. she was taken to atlanta where she was treated at emery university hospital. and a few days ago her family said she was ebola-free. now she's being released from the hospital, discharged today, and we expect she will talk about her experience, make a brief statement before she heads back home this afternoon. that's the latest from the live desk. barbara, back to you. >> thanks, aaron. and right now the nurse who was forcibly quarantined in new jersey is out of the hospital and back home in maine now. kaci hickox is speaking out about her treatment, calling it inhumane. the health care worker was the first to return to the states under the mandatory quarantine order in some states. new jersey governor chris christie defends his position.

>> my first priority is to protect the sub lick health and safety of the people of new jersey. i will not submit to any pressure. >> new jersey, new york and illinois have issued a mandatory quarantine for travelers who have had contact with ebola patients in west africa. now he is joining larry hogan on the campaign trail today. the pair is taking the change maryland bus tour. in the meantime, hogan's opponent, democrat and current lieutenant governor anthony brown stumping for votes in bethesda today. he picked up an t for his commitment to gun safety. maryland's race for governor is just one big race we're watching this midterm election. check out first read, the section is on our home page.

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launch a rocket. they were forceded to scrub the the liftoff last minute yesterday. the rocket is carrying fresh supplies to the international space station. time for launch today is 6:22 p.m. you should be able to see the glow from south carolina. >> and new today, a girl's school in northern virginia is trying to figure out what to do with $40 million. we're told this is the biggest donation ever for a girl's secondary school. the academy in middleburg received the gift an hour ago. donated by an alumni who graduated in 1932. she passed away just shy of her 100th bth earlier this year. and right no head of montgomery public schools is preparing to lay out his plan to help students learn without overcrowding concerns. they're expected to ask for more state funding to build in order to keep up with enrollment. he will flag four high schools in par

he'll say those four schools will have 1,300 more students than capacity. well, the redskins are back home right now celebrating their big win over the dallas cowboys. right now, there's even more confusion over who will start. rg3 may be healthy enough. but colton mccoy was the big star of the game sunday night. and here's how answered when asked if he should get a second chance. >> i take it one day at a time. and that decision is not my decision. and so, i'm a team player. and i'm going to do whatev >> the skins play the minnesota vikings on sunday when coach was asked who will start, he said if rg3 is healthy. he is the starter. the school shooting in washington state is paying more attention to gun measures on the ballot there next week.

coming up, the mothers putting their grief aside to make sure on what they call responsible gun control measures are pas and is your car at the top or bottom of a new survey that ranks the most and least reliable on the road? >> and good morning once again, i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. it's an outdoor kind of weather day today. enjoy. we all know it's not going to last. i'll let you know when the bottom is goi

i'm aaron gilchrist at the live desk. we're just getting details about a trial connecteded to the boston marathon bombings. a guilty verdict. he was convicted of lying to the fbi when he said he was not in tsarnaev's dorm room. his lawyer tried to paint him as a frightened 19-year-old too high on marijuana at the time, and saying that he was intimidated by agents. so much so that he couldn't clearly remember his actions that day. reporters in the courtroom said he had no reaction when he heard the verdict there. and sentencing is set for late january. the same time that the trial will start for tsarnaev. >> thanks. today we are learning more about the deadly school shooting in washington state.

investigators say he lured his victims to the calf tier. he texted them to meet him there. he shot four others before killing themselves. two of them have died. we are also hearing from his cousin, one of the victims, and is recovering right now. i love you and i forgive you. rest in peace. this story happening as voters in washington say they're getting ready to vote on two opposing gun laws. one would prohibit background checks there and prevent the government from taking someone's guns without going to court. the other would require background checks for every gun purchase. some women working for the second initiative lost children in other mass shootings in the country. they say their experiences are motivating them. >> it devastates you and it devastates you forever. >> aerial footage of the school and seeing kids running. thinking about it now, i can feel my heart starting to accelerate again. >> investigators say he used

illegally purchased gun in this week's shooting bought by a relative. for today, a panel on the federal appeals court will review virginia's practice of automatically holding death row inmates in solitary confinement. a federal judge in alexandria ruled the practice should be reviewed on a case f-by-case basis. the counter will appeal based on safety issues. an inmate fileded a lawsuit saying he's spent the last six years alone as the suffolk state prison. the virginia supreme court will decide whether your reviews on yelp will remain anonymous in the commonwel. yelp is appealing a ruling that lowereded the website to to identify the users who criticized the carpet business. the judge held the company in contempt. yelp said the users are entitled to first amendment protection. an important vote today could make medical marijuana available in maryland. the state commission is set to

vote on regulations. earlier this year lawmakers licensed 15 pot growers. under previous law, people were not able to get marijuana for medicinal purposes. monday night football became the new platform. for more on that, nbc's political editor. good morning. >> good morning, barbara. the redskins name is a source of c controversy. >> he ended up unveiling an ad on monday night football where he ended up criticizing mark warner for taking his position on legislation in the measure of the senate majority. he sponsored saying the redskins should no longer have their name. now democrats were piling on this ad saying this is the least of voters concerns, this election season. they're more worried about the economy and jobs. not about the washington redskins name. but we have seen them poll after poll that people who live in the area, particularly if you live

in virginia, do support the redskins name. maybe gill espie is trying to gt traction in the race. >> if you're watching the governor's race in maryland, chr christie, is he a distraction? he seems to be attaching himself to the campaign. >> i'm in the position that larry hogan can use all the help he can get. it's a race that he's trailing anthony brown, but it's still when you take away all the controversy that have been surrounding him, this is where hee is at his best. he is a republican governor in new jersey. a blue state. and he wants the same type from hogan that in deep blue maryland you could have a republican as governor. the problem is all the controversies around him. the the latest back and forth over the guidelines in his state. doctors and health care professionals back from the united states. >> and election day is closer, more and more talk about the

control of the senate. can a republican-led senate stop obama? can it really end the gridlock in washington as a lot of republicans are saying right now? >> you know, i don't know if we really know the answer to that question. there are two different things. we hear republicans saying we end up controlling the senate. we want to stop president obama. but they're also saying we want to end the gridlock. can you really have both? can you do both? you can make a plausible scenario that republicans will do everything they can to stop president obama's agenda. you can also see the possibility they can cut deals with the president. they're going to have to take one route. and it's going to be interesting to see what route that pick if they end up winning the senate. >> this is a week from today, one week exactly. can't wait. >> that's going to be fun to watch. >> thanks, barbara. >> for more on the nbc news political team, check out first read on nbcnews.com. walmart is apologizing for the name of a product the store is selling this time of year. why people are upset.

and makeup made for children this halloween. the warning for kids and adults who plan to use face paint with their costumes. but first a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.

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rolled out first time forgiveness for drivers. it waives the fees for easy pass customers who unknowingly have issues on the lanes, but only for the first offense. some drivers have criticized the company for charging too much in fees. you have 60 days after the first infraction to get those fees waved. how reliable is your car? a new survey ranks the most and least reliable vehicles on the road. erika gonzalez has the list. >> toyota, japanese automaker continued to rank high in reliability. so who ranks low? which automakers are on the low end of that list? watch this. >> this is the most reliable new car that you can buy. the xion xv. that's according to consumer reports latest reliability survey. >> we collect data on over a million vehicles. we can tell you which ones are post and least likely to give you trouble. we have data on 28 brands as well. >> once again, the most reliable are dominated by the japanese

with lexus, toyota and mazda ta top three spots. honda came in at number four. the four least reliable brands. dodge, ram, jeep and fiat all owned by chrysler. >> in fact, the new fiat 500 l is ranked the least reliable car out of the 248 consumer reports rated. some american brands did well. lincoln shot up 12 shots this we're and boouk made it to the top len list of reliable brands. the only american car to do so. >> gm has been one of the better domestic brands in terms of reliable. and boouk has often been their top brand. >> a few first year cars got high marks for reliability, but most didn't. wait a year or two until they work out the bugs. >> case in point, the chevy silverado which consumer reports

shows has a lot of problems in the first year. erika gonzalez, news 4. >> we reached out to chrysler. it tells news 4, quote, we value customer feedback and use it to continuous continuously improve our vehicles. introductions already addressed with vehicles currently in production. > walmart apologizing for a halloween costume advertisement on its website. take a look. the section was originally titled fat girl costumes. we checked the website and the category label is no longer there. walmart says the label is unacceptable and should have never been on the site. right now a d.c. woman is talking about a frightening end to a taxi ride. what led to her being locked in the vehicle. get ready for change. a warm day today.

but chuck bell says a fall cool down is right around the corner. and homes in the path of lava. how home owners could be on site as the homes are destroyed.

developing right now, all eyes are on hawaii as lava is just a few dozen feet from their homes.

officials say the lava is moving 5 to 10 yards every hour. several people are shelters in churches or have left town. our affiliate out west said one man built a 12-foot high dirt wall in the path of the lava in the hopes it will save his home. chuck bell joins us now. i guess if you could divert it. >> it's worth a try, huh? he stands to lose everything if he tries nothing. so try something. >> anyway, that's not our problem, but we've got some heat coming this way. >> we have the easy kind of heat to deal with. temperatures soaring well above average today. we'll take it, everybody. and enjoy it while it's here. we all know it can't last. the turning of the corner arrives tomorrow. the bottom really falls out as we head into the weekend. take it all in while it's here. too bad we have to wait for tuesday. pretty day outside. mid and high level clouds starting to drift in over the

west and southwest of our area. these clouds will dim out the sunshine just briefly. they shouldn't inhibit warmup too much. 64 at national airport. south breeze at 9 miles per hour. the light southerly breeze has a little bit of a point to it. not one of the warm spots just yet. that will be the latest 80-degree temperature in more than 10 years. the last time we reached 80 or higher. november 5th back in 2003. so it has been a while. back out to the west, already soaring into the 70s. how about that? 77 in your backyard. 66 in leesburg. 71 in fredricksburg. so a really nice day to be outside. good afternoon, but not too bad.

temperatures in the mid to upper 70s. you can have weather outside. weather impact on your tuesday, zip. nice and warm out there today. just a few increasing clouds later on this afternoon. there is a cold front in our direction. there it is. western parts of the ohio valley. that cold front has eyes on the eastern seaboard. that puts them in here after midnight tonight. likely first drops before you head out the door early on your wednesday morning. so plan on a wet day tomorrow. not a lot of rain, but a shower or two. for today, though, just nice and warm. temperatures in the upper 70s. might touch 80 in a few spots.

so expecting kids home this afternoon, it's an outdoor afternoon playday for sure. temperatures are nice and warm. the high-heel drag race. not running it. just attending. it's really mild. and thankfully dry. cloudy skies move in and chances for showers rolling on in tomorrow. here's your seven-day forecast now. today pushing 80 in a few neighborhoods. ch showers back in the mid to upper 60s. cooler wlr for thursday. noticeably cooler on friday. trick or treat weather in the 50s. the weekend windy and really cold. saturday's highs in the 40s with passing showers. don't be ready to set your clocks back and change the batteries in your smoke detector. we're going to go to aaron gilchrist with breaking news.

>> we are watching live pictures. this is the funeral procession for nathan zarillo. he's the young man killed when a man went on a shooting ram pain at the parliament building there. you can see this casket being escorted through the streets of his hometown. literally thousands of people in the streets of the town there. you're looking at the canadian prime minister, stephen harper at the church where the funeral is happening in a while. i should note, the casket is being led through his hometown by members of obviously the canadian military the canadian mounted police, and firefighters from that area in hamilton and around canada at this point, and perhaps as i was watching this a little bit earlier, one of the most somber images was that of this army corporal's 5-year-old son. walking behind that casket. carrying his father's body in a sign of tribute to his father.

the funeral is private service. one for family and invited guests. that will be under way as the kas can et is making its way through the streets of the 24-year-old hometown there in hamilton, ontario, canada. that's the latest from the live de. barbara, back to you. >> and right now the third annual cyber security summit is going on at the u.s. chamber of commerce in d.c. security officials are talking right now, discussing how to protect you from cyber crimes. it's not about securing cyberspace. it's what cyberspace will generally do. >> the meeting is aimed at exploring the latest threats and what the government and businesses are doing to stop them. a northwest d.c. woman is

telling news 4 about a straight anything ride she took with a taxi driver. katie hailed a cab to get to the park on friday night last month. she said the cab driver said it was overdue. >> intensely looked me in the eyes and said i'm not letting you out until you pay me what i want. i feel like it's something that happens a lot and goes unreported for a variety of reasons. >> she eventually paid out of fear and filed a police report. she said he was driving a car with maryland plates. it would have been illegal to pick up a customer in d.c. without the tags. >> you may have heard that animals can sense fear in you. now a new study is out to show babies can also recognize fear. we'll explain how. plus, cold and cough medicines should not be given to children under 4 years old. the results from a new study

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after filling out their hogan iquestionaire, aight. hogan was awarded an a- from the nra. but now he refuses to release his responses. the nra opposes comprehensive background checks. they want to weaken maryland's gun safety laws. even support letting suspects on the fbi

terror watch list buy guns. on gun safety and terror, the nra is wrong. hogan gets an a- from the nra. on protecting maryland, we just can't trust him. right now crewses are tearing down an apartment complex in prince george's county. the apartments along hamlin are being demolished to make way for

a new project. darcy spencer reports on the demolition and what's next. >> i'm told years ago that the apartments here were known as little vietnam. that's because it was a virtual war zone for many people who had to live here in these deplorable conditions with shootings, crime, and drugs. well, today is a new day. these apartments are coming down. several hundred of them. it's going to be done piece by piece beginning today. there's going to be a huge new investment here. in the glen arkansas den area. they're going to put in 450 new units. those are going to be apartments and townhouses. there will be an emphasis on senior living. there's a big announcement with county officials as well as people who used to live in these pardon mes and have a lot of memories here. everyone says it should happen.

it's time for these to come down. this all should be completed in the next five years. darcy spencer. news 4. a d.c. elementary school is undergoing a deep clean after a teacher contracted viral meningitis. students at peabody elementary school were sent home with a letter describing the virus symptoms. they did not believe children are in great danger of contracting the disease. they will stay open as the cleaning continues. and a doctor's warning about cough syrup. many parents are looking for other ways to stop their babies from coughing. researchers at penn state found parents believe agave nectar or similar is better than nothing. parents said they had fewer cough symptoms when they gave them agave or a similar placebo. over the counter strips are not recommended for young children. well, they may not be able to

talk yet, but at just seven months old, babies can recognize fear in your eyes. that's according to a new study out of germany. infants read your expressions by looking at the white of your eyes. usually when you're scarred more of the white part of your eyes are showing. when you're happy or smiling or laughing, you'll see less of the white part. are your kids ready for halloween? why you may want to skip the makeup this year. you dated sir anthony hopkins and ended the relationship after seeing "silence of the lambs" because haniballecter. op associating >> that's at 1:00 on nbc 4.

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wipes for a full refund. with halloween just a few days away, you'll want to make sure the scariest thing is not the holiday kids makeup you're using. even with labels that say nontoxic, face paint often contains led and other skin allergens. dr. sheryl joins us with how to tell what you're buying. welcome. right time of year to be talking about this. >> a big concern, we have moved away so kids can see when they're out at night. and now we have the face paint. >> you tell us nontoxic does not mean led free. >> no, it doesn't. there's certain qualifications that fda has for parts per million. that's the unit used to measure toxics metals. by law, it's not required for them to list them on grnts.

so just because you go to the store and buy face paint doesn't mean it doesn't have led or other toxic metals. >> are most of us allergic, or is it dangerous for us to use? >> probably our main observation of led has been in paint. and in real estate you can't have led paint anywhere. if kids ingest it, it can cause brain damage. so we do know that. that can happen in any substance that contains led. but what we see is also like nickel, cobalt, chromium. other ingredients that are in these paints that it's the number one contact aler gin. >> now we know that kids could take it and put it in their mouths. but is it also dangerous if it's put on the skin? >> yes with the nickel dermatitis. if you have ever seen someone

allergic to say jewelry or the buckle on their pants causes a rash on sthar skin it's the same time of nickel. so that's the highest metal aler gin in the u.s. right now. and so we see these minute s in our facial paints, and so that's what we have to be concerned about. it doesn't tell you how much is in there. we see it in lipstick as well. >> and with small children, if they put on some of our makeup at home. they will often develop a rash or the skin will turn bright red because their skin is sensitive. >> there's less body surface. so the reaction or hyper sensitivity is going to be sometimes more exaggerationed in a child. so we have to make sure if it's a little bit offacient paint it may have the contact aler gin

only at the site of painting. but when you have a total body hyper sensitivity reaction, the whole body can react even though you didn't paint the areas. >> so do you have a suggestion? >> i have asked a lot of my patients, and one patient was telling me about how they mix cold cream and scorn starch and food coloring. and that is probably the simplesest way to put it on. there are natural food dyes you can make yourself. you can take berries and plend them and use a sifter and get the juice and mix it with other things. so those are natural dyes. but you have to be aware. you have to be aware of the ones you purchase in the store. >> and that does not mean they're safe. maybe they'll find it on the internet. thank you so much. our time is 11:50. coming up, a race where you need

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we expect to hear from a second nurse treated for ebola. 29-year-old amber vinson is ebola free and will be releaseded from the hospital.

she treated a li berian man. and we just learned the identity of a man shot and killed in prince george's county apartment come plek. 39-year-old was shot several times at the fairmont apartment complex. police are working to identify suspects in the case. and don't forget to check the skies. nasa is planning to launch a rocket from virginia at 6:22 p.m. you should be able to see the glow from our area. the rocket is carrying fresh supplies to the spaceation. and there's a cause linking celebrities to their favorite charity. imagine your best possible day. you can get the person that you admire most. and $10 will buy a chance to make that happen. kerry smith reports. >> only arnold schwarzenegger would have a tank for a toy.

[ laughter ] >> reporter: and how cool would it be to get to ride along? or imagine being stage side with your new best friend for life, j.lo. with the purchase of a raffle ticket, you could win a walk down the red carpet with george clooney. >> it was $10 a day. about what i'm worth at this point. they have turned charity, celebrity and social media into a busi. it starts with a funny video. >> his left eye twitches every time you say the world gili. >> it's the chance for a pitch at an experience you can't buy. >> last year we raised $3 million. in that first year. this year we diz that in jan. >> what do you think you're going to do this year? >> their company poblgts 20%. the rest goes to charity. seth rogan recently invited fans to buy a chance to be his date at a grown-up prom.

a fund-raiser for alzheimer's research. >> we very quickly and not with a ton of effort raised a thousand dollars. >> her mother-in-law suffered from alzheimer's for years. >> i wanted to z if you would go to prom with me. >> are you serious? >> uh-huh. >> the company recently partnered and she was going in. but she decided to enter for the chance to go with seth. it was like a story your friends might not believe. the giant limo and then the walk down the red carpet. >> so, is this your dream come true? >> it's pretty awesome. >> money was raised. a cause was served. and a good time was had by all. >> thank you all so much for coming. >> harry smith, nbc news, hollywood. >> d.c.'s high heeled drag queen race is tonight.

the event has a long history. they flock to watch the parade of costumes. then the race down 17th street and everything gets started at 7:00 this evening. you should expect road closures in the area. and good time is usually had by all. you can look for this guy. >> i did the high heels and that worked for a halloween costume after the marathon a few years ago. but i would never do that after the the race again. >> well, no thanks. i appreciate it, though. but it's going to be a great evening down there. you're right about the road closures and traffic. be ready, everybody. it gets mary down there. that's metro, i expect. high heel drag race tonight. gorgeous weather for that. tomorrow all things start to change. there's your tomorrow forecast. cloudy skies, scattered showers around off and on. not a total washout. but rain likely at almost any point. let's focus on the positive. fis and warm today. a few showers tomorrow.

we do need the rain. thursday it's back to the sunshine. friday, another chance of showers friday night. probably not until after midnight tonight hopefully. and scattered showers through the day on saturday. and then turning ferociously windy on sunday. so this is it, barbara. >> can we get our firewood going now? >> yeah. it might be fire weather by the weekend. >> that's news 4 midday for today. thank you for being with us and invite you to tune in for more news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00. we'll be back here at 11:00 a.m. with news 4 midday.

>> sami: and i haven't finished with these boxes yet, but when i do, they need to go in the foyer too. >> harold: yes, ma'am. >> sami: okay, thanks. [doorbell dings] >> harold: excuse me. >> sami: yes. thank you, harold. >> allie: mommy, i can't find veronica. we can't go to california if i can't find veronica. >> sami: you're right. of course we can't. but let's think about where you were when you were playing with her last. >> hope: hey, sami. i just got your text. is everything okay? >> allie: in the garden. >> sami: oh, there you go. okay, ciara, hey, do you mind helping allie find her dolly in the garden? >> ciara: now? we just got here. >> hope: ciara. >> ciara: fine, fine, fine. >> sami: yeah, sorry about this mess. i'm so glad you could come, 'cause i have something i have to tell you in person. >> hope: what? what is it?