. . the pilot was forced to abort that takeoff. passengers say they feel lucky their plane wasn't in the air yet. they described some pretty tense moments. we looked out to the right and the engine was actually catching on fire. >> eve safely. passengers were booked on to another plane to boston. melissa? a popular tv show gets ready for a hilarious trumptas tick voyage. you have to see this one. we are waiting to hear if big changes get the light

you will want to save the day for this fight between two huge robots. an american robot company challenged a japanese company to a giant robot battle. the japanese company accepted. so far they haven't decided on a time quite yet. >> trending today, a police department now investigating a video from tmz. let's have a look at it. it shows ariana grande at a doughnut shop in california. you may have seen it on tmz on their website the singer since has apologized. but, let's have a look at this. the sho he has filed a complaint with the police because it appears grande also licks some of the doughnuts in that video but never buys them.

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we are waiting to hear whether they give the go ahead for the kennedy expansion plan. they are reviewing the final proposals calling for additional performance and rehearsal spaces as well as classrooms and new public areas. the kennedy center plan was scaled back earlier to reduce cost. >> it is getting hot. well into the 80s. reagan national, 86. nearby suburbs, montgomery, prince georges, fairfax, low to

mid-80s. fredericksburg, already 90. it is very humid. steamy around the bay too. there it is in the low to mid-80s. to our north and west, schenn shenandoah valley. the mid-80s. your afternoon planner, it will be in the low 90s by 1:00. then, by 4:00, the low 90s and steamy humidity. it is just after that between 4:30, 5:00 through 7:00 p.m. strong storms coming through. a new look at hour by hour timing is just coming in now. i'll will show you that when i join you in just a few minutes. >> thank you john. a new item at university of maryland concession stands starting this fall. beer can now be sold at bird stadium and the ex finist center. they approved a one year trial period for alcohol sales. support essay allowing legale

beer sales would cut down on student binge drinking at tailgating events a rare photo opportunity in the works for later today. life saving technology on the other end of the phone.

right now, i.t. departments are making sure there aren't any other big problems in systems at the new york stock exchange or other airlines.

they shut down systems for both companies yesterday. the new york stock exchange reopened yesterday after a technical glitch brought it to a halt yesterday. >> i.d. experts are left asking the same question. what went wrong? gabe tu tear rez has the latest. >> reporter: this morning, the new york stock exchange is trying to bounce back after wall street hit a law. >> while break, traders hoor at the nyse said whoa. >> at 11:32 wednesday, all trading was shut down. >> essentially, the floor has been frozing. >> the floor was stunned, frustrated. traders with no access to stock prices had to manually cancel about 700,000 orders already in the system. at 12:09 the exchange tweeted, we are experiencing a technical issue. >> this was an inconvenience here at the new york stock exchange but because of quick thinking, as far as i know no clients were hurt and nobody

suffered a big loss. >> it came hours after the computer system for united airlines also froze fueling fears of cyberattacks. >> it appears from what we know at this stage that the malfunctions at united and the stock exchange were not the result of any nefarious act. >> while terrorism is ruled out, the cause is still unclear. an overnight software update may have played a role. >> up and are we up? >> it wasn't until 3:10 p.m. the exchange was back up and running. shutdowns like this are rare and not unheard of. in 2013, another technical glitch paralyzed the nasdaq for three hours. >> going forward, do we need to change our protocols. >> developing in europe greece has hours left to propose its new plan to turn its financial crisioday. we learned banks in greece will

be closed next week with the country's finances on the verge of collapse. if the banks fail greece could end its use of the euro which would have a big impact on the economy all over the world. greece has asked its european partners for a new bailout. today, a judge will sentence a man to prison for killing two people. ronald hayes pleaded guilty to slamming into a mini-van. the crash also hurt four children. prosecutors asked for an even longer sentence in the case. >> today, you can see a rare moment when two former presidents share the same stage in texas. bill clinton and george w. bush will speak at the inaugural presentation. they launched the leadership program last september. the students studied presidential leadership, decision making. 60 students will graduate from

that program tonight right now, the first lady is speaking at the first ever tribal youth gathering. nearly 900 native americans are there. this is a chance for young people to work together on issues like education, health, climate change and economic opportunity. good morning. here is new timing. hour by hour on storms arriving later today. between now and around 4:00, things should be fairly settled. around 2:00 p.m., we will begin to see a front in the mountains triggering storms way out in western maryland. by 4:00 p.m., they advance toward the shenandoah valley. at of 5:00 p.m. frederick loudan county. by 5:45 washington nearby

suburbs and down the potomac river and east of 95 and into northern prince george's county. after that, around 6:00 to 7:00 they will begin to move into southern maryland with some strong gusts of wind as they cross the bay. still, holding together by 7:00 p.m. over on the eastern shore and then quickly dissipating overnight tonight. back to you. >> thank you, tom. these days, we are talking on the phone less and less. texting is the way many of us communicate now, even in an emergency. most 911 calls still don't have the capacity to handle text messages. erika con go less shows us that one in our area is changing with the times. >> i lost consciousness for a quick second and had he held on a minute longer i probably wouldn't be here. >> this woman, whom we will call renee, endured five years of abuse. she says her son's father controlled her every move, never giving her the time or space to

be free to call 911. >> it is like playing russian roulette. if you call for help that might be the end. if you don't call for help, that can be end. >> in situations like these, texts 911 could be life saving. >> if i would have had a way to text for help, i would have. >> they require wireless creditors to provide text to the facility. they are not equipped to handle them. less than 5% have upgraded technology to receive and respond to text messages. frederick county, merrill, is one of those few. that took about five eight seconds for that to appear. >> the director says the county has had the text to 911 pilot program for nearly two years. last month, he says they got about 50 texts. a third, he says, for real emergencies. >> he says he is going to kill

me. >> who is going to kill you? what's his name? >> they are not responding. >> a text to 911 should never replace a call, he says. >> frederick county, 911. what is the address for the emergency? >> only use it for those incidents where you may not be able to talk or you are hearing im impaired. >> you likely have it off. in the case of an emergency if you need to text or call 911, you may want to turn it on. >> if you don't have it turned on, delays the amount of time it takes us to figure out your location or if you already have it turned on, we will usually get your location within seconds. >> in renee's case, she eventually escaped her abuser. had she had the ability to text for help, it may have happened sooner. >> the feeling that pop up is life or death. there are 12 call centers in our region an we have learned at

least two, frederick county, maryland, and fairfax, county will have the text to 911 program ready by this fall. all should follow shortly there after. >> why music is about to d

right now, metro is discussing whether to cut back service on four rail lines. the proposed proposed to speed up the crowded blue line. under the proposal. fewer trains will run on the orange, silver, green and yellow line during peak hours. more trains will run on the blue line. this would cut down the wait time for you from 12 minutes to 8 minutes. the changes are meant to alleviate a bottleneck at the roslyn tunnel. the red line will not be impacted the problems on the blue line are causing a ripple effect on the other lines. since the opening of the silver

line last year the number of trains arriving has dropped. trains from vienna and blue line trains are all hitting that bottleneck in roslyn. many of you are noticing these silver line slowdown. increasing capacity is not going to be easy. metro has a plan. you can check it out on the nbc washington app. for more, search the word metro. >> there is nothing like a little music to pass the time during a flight delay. starting today, the smooth sounds of jazz will fill the terminal at reagan national and dulles airports. the summer jazz series will run on most thursdays from now until the 13th. the performances at reagan will be held near security at terminal "b" and "c." at dulles they will be held near the east security checkpoint on the ticketing level. in

strong stormgs likely later this afternoon. they may be producing flash flooding, a low threat of hail or tornados as they move on through. we will have those between 5:00 and 7:00. before that into the low 90s. beautiful after that. perform effect summer weather friday, saturday, and sunday. lower humidity. quite a bit of sunshine. finally, great beach and pool weather. more humid again with highs around 90 each day. a chance of afternoon storms on tuesday. day three of the running of the bulls in pamplona spain. finally, some good news. no one was gored. five people have been injured. a local hospital says they were

treated for bruises yesterday. an australian was gourd. tuesday two americans and one british tourist were all gored. today's run lasted 2:27. londoners are facing a travel nightmare as the entire london underground is shut down. services in the capital were halted last night after a walkout over pay and work conditions. we are learning services will not get back to normal until at least tomorrow. high-speed services between england and whales are running to cope with demand in the bustling british

from the live desk, we are monitoring the search for two missing boaters. charles zinner and melissa smar were supposed to come back to the landmark yacht club at 5:00 yesterday afternoon. they never showed up. so they were reported missing a few hours later. that is their car. investigators are searching right now. investigators have found their boat also. it was found about one mile from the yacht club in the aquia creek. it was anchored and running.

some personal items were on the boat, a phone and a purse. the water in that area is about 15 feet deep. we will continue to monitor the search. in less than two hours, protesters will speak out against donald trump near the site of his future site in d.c. all about his controversial comments on immigration. >> let's go straight to megan mcgrath. what are these protesters hoping to accomplish? >> they want to voice their displeasure over resent comments made by donald trump about mexican immigrants. you can see the post office pavilion site. this is the future home of his new luxury hotel. they are offended by comments trump made when he announced his specific bid. that mexico is not sending its

best people but rather people that bring drugs and crime. the dump trump protest gets underway at 1:30 and the people that are supporting are the greatest hispanic chamber of commerce. >> i think the comments were very irrespectful of the community. making such a generalized comment i don't think is respectful. >> reporter: donald trump says he has nothing to apologize for. he says, he will win the latino vote in his bid for president, because he creates jobs. the protest getting underway at 1:30. despite the controversy, don't expect to see his star removed from the hollywood walk of fame. >> later today, civil rights leaders will ask the hollywood chamber of commerce to remove trump's star along with bill cosby's star.

>> the chamber said they would not remove the stars. the honor is for professional achievements, not for a celebrities politics philosophy or irrational behavior. >> we have an expanded severe threat zone. it does include much of pennsylvania, maryland and northern virginia, most of west virginia. the area you see in the orange color rkts color, that is the highest risk zone. closer to washington, nearby suburbs. the yellow zone. this is a smaller risk. still, indeed a risk of some severe storms and a much lower list. the green zone for southern maryland. for the rest of the afternoon, the heat will be on. the humidity continues to be high. low 90s through the afternoon. from 5:00 to 7:00, some could produce damaging winds

an american who was once a towering figure in soccer is now banned for life from the sport. chuck blazo was banned yesterday. he pleaded guilty for racketeering and tax evasion. cooperation helps lead to the massive bribery scandal that has taken down much of fifa's leadership. a former fbi agent will be sentenced for stealing heroin. matthew lowry pleaded guilty to stealing the heroin in march. he could face up to nine years in prison. the lawyer wants him to let him serve his time in home addiction. he says the theft was motivated by addiction not greed. he worked at the d.c. field office i'm eun yang. the baltimore police department is under new management. they fired anthony bats, 2 1/2

months after freddie gray died from injuries. wednesday, a local police union released a report criticizing the department's handling of the riots prompted by his death. also problematic the sustained spike in violence since then. kevin davis will take over for the department for now. the new chief has a long history in law enforcement starting with the prince george's county police. in his 20 years with the department, he rose through the ranks to deputy chief in 2009. in 2013, davis took over as police chief in anna rundell county and re-signed in 2014. a month later in january of 2015 officials named davis baltimore deputy commissioner. he is now in his new role as a top officer in baltimore. >> thank you, eun. the ups ace itis taking disciplinary action after one of his drivers was caught kicking a dog.

you can see the driver kick the little white dog. when the owner confronted the driver, the driver pushed the owner. uss did not specific what actions it took against the driver but did apologize to the owner. the problem is that vehicles are making illegal u turns across bike lanes on pennsylvania avenue. today, a group plans to form a human shield starting at 4:30. so far this year there have bp at least three reported incidents and drivers striking people on this particular block. confederate controversy. some little known things about the controversial

there are just hours left br the confederate flag is taken down. here are four things you should know about the change. first, the flag was never the

official symbol of the confederacy. it was general robert e. lee's northern battle flag. second, the flag wasn't widely used until about 100 years after the end of the war. some political candidates used it to oppose desegregation and the civil rights movement. that's why south carolina raised it at the state house in the first place. that brings us to our third thing. we are going to watch the naacp's response. they have been boycotting south carolina larnllygely because of the confederate flag. the fourth thing. watch your facebook feed. a lot of reaction like this one, from the

yahoo! jumps into the fantasy sports game. they will start with major league baseball and take a 10% cut on money people put in to wager. that's your cnbc morning business report. right now, the fringe festival is back in d.c. the first performance kicked off earlier this morning. it consists of lots of independent theater productions in the city, mostly in northeast washington. you can see shows from today until august 2nd. the heat is on already. uncomfortably hot and humid. it is already near 90. parts of north central virginia around the bay. it is in the low 80s, north and west of the metro area. right near 80 degrees. it is going to continue to be hot and humid. to our south down in central

virginia. in the mid-90s. from fredericksburg to near culpepper. temperatures should be hovering around 90 degrees by mid to late afternoon. storms developing in the mountains. around 4:30, 5:00 between 5:00 to 7:00, they come right through the metro area. some could be producing damaging winds and enough rain that may cause ponding of water similar to yesterday. >> thank you tom. what would you do if you had ammunition lying on the ground in your neighborhood? one woman in california picked it up put it in her car and drove to the police department. she walked in with this large missile in union city yesterday. police evacuated the building along with city hall and the local library. the bomb squad checked it out and found out it was a live tank round. officers searched the area where that round was discovered but didn't find any other

ammunition. >> that's pretty scary. a

right now on "news 4 midday," we are following several developing stories. tom kierein is tracking

increased chances of severe weather. >> kristen wright has new information on fallout here in washington as we keep a close eye on a flag pole in south carolina where a controversial symbol is about to come down. jay gray joins us. >> reporter: the decision by law makers turned an uneasy tension into anticipation. the confederate flag has flown at the capital for decades. in just hours it will be gone. >> the confederate flag still waves outside the south carolina state house. it wassen an unemotional stand. >> i cannot believe that we do not have the heart in this body to do something meaningful such as take a symbol of hate off these grounds.

>> reporter: passion after more than 14 hours of discussion, debate and legislative rangeling ended with a green light to take down the flag. >> i voted 94-20. senate bill 897 receives third reading. >> reporter: it is humbling to know that i changed the debate but it was entirely impromtu. i just spoke from the heart. >> reporter: this morning, hours after her impassioned speech on the house floor, charleston representative, jenny horne talked about the moment politics became personal. >> i was a little frustrated the debate wasn't centered around the victim of the charleston 9. being a representative from charleston, i felt like somebody needed to stand up and speak on their behalf and to speak for what has brought us to this moment. >> reporter: a historic moment after a deadly attack by the

emanuel church. a symbol of heritage for some and hate for so many others. a symbol that will likely come down in the next 24 hours. in fact we know at this point, the governor plans to sign the bill into law this afternoon. the flag, if everything goes as planned, will come down during a ceremony here tomorrow morning. that is the latest live here in south carolina. i'm jay gray. ladies, back to you. >> just in, a u.s. house vote involving the confederate flag has been canceled. this is completely separate from what's going on in south carolina. the house floor today democratic members have been going back and forth with republicans talking about the confederate flag and the democrats calling on legislatures to put it away for good. at issue here is a spending bill. the interior and environment spending bill, which would have allowed confederate flag imagery to remain displayed on graves

and cemeteries on federal land. no word at this point on when or if this vote will happen. thank you, kristen. one hollywood starlet is speaking out about how the media is attacking women. sandra bullock says, being a woman is like open hunting season. bullock says she hates the way women are slammed in because of how they look, not how they are as people. she said she is trying to raise her son to value and appreciate women. >> i'm shocked and maybe i was just naive. i'm embarrassed by it. my son is getting ready to grow up in this world. i am trying to raise a good man that values and appreciates women and here we have this attack on women in the media. >> bullock says the key to surviving as a woman if is all the women have bonded and become a tribe.

in the ohio valley, they will be moving off to the east. around 2:00 they will begin to move into western maryland and by 4:00 p.m., the shenandoah valley and the panhandle of west virginia. loudoun county, frederick and fauquier in virginia. then fairfax, montgomery, western, howard by 5:30. right into maryland and washington and prince georges by 5:45. by 6:00, off to the east in anna rundell and charles county and after that into calvert and st. mary's by 7:00 p.m. they cross the bay and head out over the ocean. >> for foster children, aging out of the system can be a frightening time. most of these children are not prepared to get a good job. many of them have no chance of going to college. they don't have the financial

wherewithal for that. then, there is mariana who had some extra help from a program that gives foster kids an important boost. >> right here is the concert>> marie anna showed me around the campus at northern virginia community college where she just received a degree. >> if you were asked me freshman year of high school, do you think you will go to college, where do you see yourself i roblly probably wouldn't have known. >> reporter: a college education seemed an unattainable dream. phasing out of the system, she was unsure how she would manage. she heard about great expectations, a program that makes financial help available for foster youth to go to college. >> my role was to raise resources and support on behalf of programs supporting our students. one program that has come through philanthropic support is

great expectations. >> shamika berkley is a great expectations adviser. this is one of the many supportive services made possible by great expectations. >> with a diploma in hand, marie anna has great expectations for her future. >> i am grateful i had all the support that i did. without the support, i don't think i would be where i am today. it has been an awesome, amazing journey. i'm really glad that i went to college and i did it. >> while 70% of foster youth say they want to go to college, only about 10% get to go. if you want to help support other aspiring students like mariana to go to college or learn more, please call our special wednesday child's hotline. that number is 1-888-to adopt me. >> did you ever find yourself googling symptoms every time you have an ache or a pain we will

tell you why you might want to seek a second opinion not just rely on the internet.

experts say symptom trackers aren't always accurate to diagnose a problem you have. researchers tested 23 different symptom checkers and found they got the diagnosis right about one-third of the time. doctors say the tool can be helpful to get an idea of what you might have but it is a real physician that you need to determine what you actually have. a little boy fighting a deadly cancer is alive today because of the kindness of a stranger. little liam bryant was born with a rare and deadly cancer of the immune system. at just six months old bryant needed a bone marrow transplant.

now, his family gets to meet the mystery donor who saved liam bryant's life. >> it is a blessing on top of a blessing to be able to get to meet and see liam. >> kevin said he had forgotten he signed up to be a donor in college. he never hesitated to have bone marrow drawn from his hipbone in order to save a life. >> now, it is so easy to do. they just swab the inside of your cheek to get on the registry. >> sign up if you haven't. >> facebook gets ready to switch things up. the small change to a big miniin 60 seconds.

facebook is changing a small icon on many pages. on the left, you are looking at the old icon. the woman is slightly behind the

man. now, look closer at the image on the right. now, the woman is now more prominent than she was on the left-hand icon. a female designer says she decided to change the icon to make the two genders more equal. this is actually the friends icon that shows up at the top right-hand side. we noticed it wasn't changed on our screen this morning. facebook says it may take a while for all the images to take place. >> weather alert mode with frequent storm team trong storms will be coming on through. we will be in the low 90s before then. lower humidity, perfect summer weather, friday, saturday and sunday. you can track the storms with the storm team radar on the nbc washington app. that's it for "news 4 midday." we are back on air. >> news and weather updates any

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