right now police in prince george's county trying to track down a killer. i'm erika gonzalez with the latest. >> and i have the latest on a wreck after violent protests at a donald trump rally. how the tensions grew when demonstrators filled into the streets. and i'm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. we have a full deck of clouds outside early this morning. there may not be too much in the way of sunshine to look forward to over your weekend. i'll give you the details when you may need to be dodging the drops coming up. news 4 midday starts now. developing right now, police in prince george's county trying

in a late-night shooting that killed a man. officers say somebody shot the victim multiple times around 10:30 right off the b.w. parkway in capital heights. police responded to that scene because of the sound of the gunshots. the victim was rushed to the hospital and died overnight. metro's red line is single tracking this morning to catch up with critical safety repairs. expect this to impact your commute between van ness medical center. happening in off peak hours through the weekend. mollet green is live from friendship heights with what you need to know. >> reporter: well, we're about an hour into this now, and metro tweeted out delays are possible just this morning we got an update on last night's work. metro says crews removed about 600 bags of debris and mud, installed 60 new

cover boards, necessary metro says on this stretch of red line where groundwater is seeping into the system and causing damage. the passengers i talked to this morning blamed these mounting troubles on years of neglect. day two of critical maintenance on metro's red line, passengers at friendship heights say they have no choice but to deal with longer commutes from single tracking. >> you're adding 30 minutes to your commute. if you're trying to meet people for brunch, try to catch a movie, it really effects you. >> reporter: red line single tracking started at 10:00 a.m. and lasts until 3:00 p.m. it's set to resume tonight at 8:00 through closing. this so-called safety surge that includes inspection of cables, leaks and repairs to the third rail caught some faithful passengers offguard. >> i wish they'd give us more notice. >> reporter: intense maintenance work comes with a critical eye from the feds overseeing work to get a he

smoke incident last saturday here at friendship heights and arcing insulators this week in the same area. so you would rather take the bus than the train? >> two buses. every day. >> i'm staying away over the weekend. i spent about 25 minutes on metro center platform yesterday. but reading article they got to fix it. not much you can do. >> reporter: and about this weekend the safety work will go into your weekend. so expect some impacts. and of course some adjustments on other lines as well especially a big heads up to those caps fans coming out on saturday to the verizon center and planning to use metro to and from the game. that is the latest live from friendship heights station, mollet green, back to you. today the fairfax county fire chief may tell us if bullying played any role in the death of a career firefighter. fire chief richard bowers is expected to discuss the

investigation into whether nicole mittendorff was harassed. her body was found last week in the shenandoah national park. officials say she took her own life. staying in fairfax county, classes could soon start before labor day. the school board voted to push the proposal forward last night. members say the change would give students more class time before the winter break and will help students and staff meet college application deadlines. so here are the dates to remember, if approved classes next fall in 2017 would begin august 28th. classes this coming fall will start september 6th. good morning everybody. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. we have been fighting quite a battle against the clouds around here. and we've been losing badly all morning long. skies have been very cloudy. visibilities have been reduced with all the fog out there this morning. still only about two to three miles of visibility here on most of the map. three miles in leesburg, ale

and three quarters now in baltimore. so low clouds, low visibility, not a lot of actual rain to deal with, but there are drizzle drops and occasional light rain showers to be dealt with. so may want to have the umbrella handy just to play it on the safe side. sometimes even though it doesn't show up well on the radar, it could be misting or drizzling hard enough where without an umbrella you'll get wet. upper 40s for the remainder of the afternoon, upper 50s to maybe 60 near portions of virginia. we'll look at the weekend coming up. thank you, chuck. the man accused of threatening a baltimore tv station with a fake bomb is expected to survive. the man was wearing an animal onesie and a mask when he walked into the lobby of fox 45. scary situation for a lot of folks there. just before walking in police say he set his own car on fire. when officers told him to show his hands, he refused and that's when he was shot. the suspect's father said his

this. something is in his mind right now. and he's broke. hopefully, you know, i hope they're able to fix him. >> investigators discovered the device he claimed to have was actually chocolate bars and wires wrapped in aluminum foil. as many as 20 people are facing charges after a massive protest outside of a donald trump rally in california. officers in costa mesa say some of the protesters blocked traffic and they even jumped on police cars. nbc's peter alexander has our report from the campaign trail. >> reporter: donald trump cruising into california with 172 delegates, the granddaddy of them all and this june the last stop on the road to the republican nomination. >> no state in america has suffered worse from open borders than the state of california. its impact on

security, schools, hospitals has been devastating. i love california. june 7th! >> reporter: the rally drew scores of protesters with many demonstrators spilling out into the streets blocking traffic and attacking police cars. >> reporter: for ted cruz counting on a comeback, the devil's in the details with former speaker of the house john boehner at a private event giving cruz hell. >> louis fucifer in the flesh. i have never worked with a more miserable son of a [ bleep ]. over my dead body will he be president. >> he allowed his inner trump to come out. >> reporter: cruz quickly blasting boehner. >> when john boehner calls me lucifer, he's not directing that at me. he's directing that at you. when he says i'm the worst guy he's ever worked with, he's never worked with me. >> reporter: four days to indiana, cruz and carly fiorina crisscrossing the state now do or die for the duo. trump's team is feeling very much alive collecting new congressional endorsements and reading cruz his l

the coffin. indiana is when he realized. >> reporter: with indiana likely to go down to the buzzer, trump is teaming up with a hoosier state hero. >> i tell you, that son of a [ bleep ] could play for me. >> reporter: bobby knight comparing him to president truman. >> with what he did in dropping and having the guts to drop the bomb in 1944 saved -- saved millions of american lives. and here's a man who would do the same thing. >> reporter: meanwhile, just days after cruz flub bed his hoosier moment. >> the amazing thing that basketball ring here in indiana -- >> reporter: president obama took his own shot. [ inaudible question ] >> i thought you were going to ask about basketball rings. >> that was peter alexander reporting. overnight we also learned there was nothing dangerous about a

suspicious powder sent to trump's campaign office. new york police investigators cleared the scene at the gop front-runner's campaign office in downtown manhattan last night minutes before a trump staffer opened an envelope with the white substance inside. authorities are testing the white powder now to try to figure out what it is and who it was from. right now vice president joe biden is at the vatican meeting with pope francis. he made the trip to call for a global commitment to fund a cancer research. the pope also called for ensuring all people have access to cancer care. the vice president also plans to meet with the italian prime minister in rome. moving to his right -- he scores! capitals win in overtime! >> leading the caps to an overtime victory, the whole city can celebrate. so the caps now take the lead in the series against the penguins. news 4

maloni show us the challenges that may lie ahead in the quest for the stanley cup. >> reporter: a childhood dream comes true as the caps defeat the penguins 4-3 in overtime right here at verizon center. t.j. oshi already had two goals in the game, nine minutes into the sudden death session he goes for the wraparound. and it needed official review, but crossed the line. a hattrick in dramatic fashion. caps take the first game of the series with an incredible finish. >> the kind of stuff you dream about when you're a kid playing in the backyard by yourself. it's going into o.t. getting a hat trick. it was awesome. great way to win. >> i've never seen him take a night off. so his work ethic is through the roof. and compete level is amazing. and that shows in these games that he's going to be one of those guys that's really key for us. >> i thought he scored a huge goal for us in the middle frame there when they

quick goals. we needed a quick response. and that's what our team does. i mean, there isn't any panic on our bench. there's no nervousness or anything like that. we just said, hey, we got to get this turned around. let's go. and i thought that was a real huge goal for us. >> reporter: now the goal is to continue to defend home ice. game two back here on saturday night and right here on nbc 4. at verizon center, carol maloney, news 4 sports. we were excited about this in the newsroom. everybody's pumped up. >> definitely rocking the red today. >> awesome. we're just getting started here on news 4 midday. the next half hour a football player claiming his phone was hacked and how he says it hurt his chances at last night's nfl draft. and after the break, it is one of the toughest tickets to get in town right now. and it opens tomorrow. the art show that takes you underground and invites you to get involved.

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autopsy results are not yet in for prince, but law enforcement official told the associated press that investigators want to know if a prescribed medication from a doctor, a doctor gave the musician drugs. that official also says prince was given a dose of narcan on the plane reversing the effects of an opioid

health crisis, it all has to do with one thing, heroin and prescription drug use. attorney general marc mark herring says his office is stepping up efforts to go after those who put the drug on the street. it will include everyone from medical professionals to drug dealers. deaths linked to opioids reached a high in 2014 totaling 29,000 people. developing right now, an american citizen will spend the next ten years of his life behind bars doing hard labor in north korea. he was sentenced earlier this morning in pyongyang. north korean court officials found him guilty of espionage charges and selling state secrets. kim is born in south korea but later became a u.s. citizen. a legal fight brewing over the future of the property right next to the sidwell school in northwest d.c., the school plans to buy the assisted living facility next door called the washington home. the sale means

120 senior citizens will have to move out by the end of the year. relatives of the residents protested yesterday saying they didn't get enough notice about the sale to make other arrangements. >> people think it's easy just to say go to another nursing home. it's not just go to another nursing home. there's transfer trauma. >> a spokesperson for sidwell friends tells news 4 the school, quote, intentionally structured its purchase of the washington home property so residents would have ample time to relocate, end quote. sidwell friends acknowledges it kept the pending sale secret from rez densidents until the d was finalized. the museum with thousands of plastic balls everywhere, now they're being used in a new way. >> this is quickly becoming the hottest ticket in town. news 4's megan mcgrath takes us on an underneath journey. >> reporter: it's an interesting idea, recycling art and

recycling an old space that hasn't been used in a long time, the old trolley station. do you remember those small plastic balls used in the beach exhibit at the national building museum? well, those little balls are now a part of a new installation opening up tomorrow morning. here's what they've done. they've taken all of those balls and they've actually glued them together and put little velcro pieces on. people who are lucky enough to score a ticket, and they are very difficult to get, well, they're going to be able to come down here into the old trolley tunnel and they're going to be able to use these blocks to build art. you can do anything you want. you can deconstruct what's already here. you can build something new. anything that strikes your fancy. the designers just want people to be creative and have a good time. >> i want to ask people to have a lot of fun building anything they can imagine. and i think that they will because we built all this so far and we've had

it. >> reporter: now, you do have to have a ticket for this exhibit. and tickets are hard to come by. in fact, they are sold out for the next several weeks. but dupont underground, they will post on their website as soon as they become available but keep your eye on it because only 40 people can be down here at any given time. so those tickets are going to go fast. underneath dupont circle, megan mcgrath, news 4. >> all right. too good to be true. find out who's saying this after the break. and no heavy rain in the area, but it's still just downright ugly out there. chuck bell is back. he's not ugly. he's got -- >> thank you. >> you're welcome. chuck bell is very hands sm. ge's goin

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before that happens maryland officials want your family to have strategies to stay safe from the sikz virus. the state is launching a new website. and governor larry hogan will talk about that later today. another development it will be easier and faster to get tested for the zika virus. the food and drug administration approved commercial testing kits yesterday. now doctors can order the tests and get results within three to five days. before yesterday's decision the only zika test authorized were by the fda and had to be checked through the centers for disease control and prevention and only used in qualified laboratories designated by the cdc. not too crazy of course about the weather today. >> yeah. >> but we have some light at the end of the tunnel. chuck bell, she said you look nice. >> yes. >> the sun is coming out. you're here at 11:00. >> the sky is gray. >> oh, come on. >> just not a pretty looking day outside at all. it's a good day to make a pot of soup and enjoy some home ti

with a movie and good book perhaps with this much cloud cover could get through war and peace by the time you see the sunshine again. right now it's all clouds and what should you expect for the rest of the day? no big improvements coming our y. cool and damp, all cloud cover, newer computer models are trying to hint at a peek or two of the sunshine this afternoon, i'm just not buying it. there are still pockets of light rain and drizzle out there. rain chances going forward, well, pretty good chance we're going to get drizzled on and eventually this evening get rained on again. saturday a whole lot of clouds around for tomorrow. there is a rain chance for tomorrow, about 30%, but primarily stacked up later on into the afternoon. we should be able to at least get off to a rain-free start tomorrow. but then another solidly high chance for rain coming up on sunday. that could come with some thunderstorms as well. no severe weather expected, but a rumble or two can't be ruled out. so the weather and how it's going to mess around with your plan, nothing really cancel outside today, just cloudy and drizzle. tomorrow if you get things done

right, but on sunday rain could be heavier at times and that could interfere with outdoor activities. temperatures in the upper 40s to near 50 now. storm team 4 radar carrying a couple light rain showers there the northern parts of the bay. around the mid atlantic really nothing, no big storm system. that's the reason we're just facing the drizzle. heavier weather well back out to our south and west. these thunderstorms in arkansas will be our thunderstorm chance come sunday. here's the way your weekend is looking. tomorrow, full cloud cover, but rain primarily the second half of the day tomorrow and sunday getting close to washout potential with a chance for some heavier thunderstorms. give you the whole seven-day forecast coming up. all right, thanks, chuck. don't have time to workout? how about exercising for just one minute? >> this sounds so up my alley. i love this. nbc's morgan ratford explains why new evidence shows that the so-called one-minute workout, i knew it, really does work. >> i don't know about this one. >> keep it up. >> reporter: exercise. we all know we should make it a priory

thing to drop out of a busy schedule. this trainer hears it all the time. >> they have kids, busy job, main thing comes down to time. >> reporter: researchers in canada wanted to see if there was a way to get more out of our workouts in less time. >> even if you have 10, 15 minutes in the day, you can get in a quality workout that's going to either maintain your fitness or improve your health and fitness. >> give me everything you got. >> reporter: they found one minute of super intense exercise in a short routine can have benefits. >> if you're willing or able to go very hard, you can get away, if you will, with a surprisingly small dose of exercise. >> reporter: the study compared men who exercised 45 minutes at moderate intensity with those who did high intensity interval training for ten minutes. after a two-minute warmup, the high intensity group sprinted all out for 20 seconds then rode slowly for two minutes to recover. they did that three times through. the high intensity group put in a total of 30 minutes a week. the moderate intensity group 150 minutes and b

it sounds easier than it is. sprinting for 20 seconds at high intensity means going all out as hard and as fast as you can. you're saying this isn't a quick fix for a couch potato. >> absolutely not. the body responds to progress n progression. you can't just pound it and then expect to see results. >> reporter: the good news, you might get those results in less time than you think. morgan ratford, nbc news, new york. >> what do you think? are you buying it? >> no. i thought i could do something for one minute very quickly and be done with it. >> probably not, my friend. moving on. new from this year's nfl draft and the redskins after the break. plus, we'll have a preview from this year's sold out broccoli city festival. lance gross is re to talkhe

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we are back with breaking news. the commander of the u.s. central command just released new information on a last year's air strike on a doctors without borders facility in afghanistan. 42 people died in that attack last october. an investigation found that a combination of human error and equipment failure led to that bombing that includes the air strike crew leaving earlier than planned. >> as a result the crew did not get all the preparatory information they would normally

identification of no-strike areas. their ability to receive this information while in flight was lost when one of their satellite radios failed. the ground force commander and the air crew mistakenly believed that the air crew and aircraft was firing on the intended target. >> the investigation found while there was failure to comply with all rules of engagement, the bombing did not amount to a war crime. among 16 military personnel disciplined for this attack, a number of those punished are u.s. special forces. right now at 11:30 we are also working to learn more about a deadly shooting. >> prince george's county police say a man died at the hospital after someone shot him multiple times an kenilworth avenue in capitol heights. no word on suspect or motive. and expect delays on metro's red line. track work happening at friendship heights as well as medical center.

throughout the weekend following arcing incidents. the work is expected to start again at 8:00 tonight. right now tough to see past the cloudy skies, but this is a live picture from norfolk where cdc is now confirming an outbreak of a norovirus on a cruise ship there. 153 of the 917 passengers and crew members reported being ill during the ship's voyage. >> well, it is one of the most unusual twists in nfl draft histo history. and it's one of the stories trending on our nbc washington app. former old miss left tackle claims his instagram and twitter accounts were hacked minutes before the draft started. a video posted to his twitter account showed him taking a hit from a bong. and if that wasn't enough, minutes later somebody instagramed pictures of text conversations suggesting coaches paid bills for his family.

he's supposed to be a top draft pick and maybe number one, but after that he slid all the way to the miami dolphins selection at number 13. kirk cousins and the r redskins have a new weapon on offense. the redskins picked up a new receiver in the first round of the nfl draft. >> the washington redskins select josh -- >> wide receiver josh doctson comes from tcu. the skins traded with the texans to move back a pick and in return will get a sixth round pick from houston next year. the second and third rounds of the nfl draft are later today. and today after the unrest in baltimore last year thousands of dollars in donations poured in to the fund for rebuilding baltimore. in the end more than $700,000 in grants went to people and organizations affected by the uprising. money also went toward strengthening a sense of community. news 4 visited one organization that's t

youth. >> reporter: the forgotten faces, that is how some students in baltimore describe themselves, talented, creative and unacknowledged. and that is where wide angle youth media stepped in. >> we serve over 400 youth every year through photography, design, radio, digital story telling, vidography classes. >> reporter: after the death of freddie gray as the violence, destruction, the show of force were all unfolding, wide angle youth media gathered its cameras and took its young people outside. >> we started documenting the protests. and we really incorporated that narrative into all of the work that we've done over this past year. >> reporter: that work culminated this week in a new book, a collection of 120 images from the protest, but also the portraits and quotes of baltimore's youth as they see themselves. >> triggered a lot of more positive things with people really coming out like, wow, i need to say something about this.

just roughness, it's also a lot of uplifting. >> reporter: 16-year-old jeffrey worked on this book project funded by a $14,000 grant from the baltimore community foundation. after more than a dozen photo workshops across the city and curating hundreds of images, sets out to show baltimore's youth as resilient and hopeful kids with big dreams. >> it's really just this collection of stories that we hope provide a really meaningful and powerful landscape on what it means to be a young person in baltimore city. >> when they show the negative pictures of baltimore, i like just look at it like i know that happened, we all know that happened. it's over with. >> reporter: a 12th grade poet showed me part of her web project accompanying the book called this is baltimore. she talked about her experience last april 27th as she saw protesters filling the streets. but she's also become an ambassador of sorts and wants do share more projects like this.

think we're like the most creative people ever. we're so talented. >> there's so much history. there's so much music, food, things to do, things to see in the city that people really need to know about. >> reporter: jeffrey now does some professional camera work thanks to what he's learned at wide angle youth media setting the example of what baltimore youth can do with opportunity and showing what this is baltimore means to him. >> i think this is baltimore means despite what you may have heard we're proud of our home. and this is who we are. >> to learn more check out the book "this is baltimore." we've made it easy for you. there's a link on the nbc washington app, just search baltimore youth. good news and bad, the good it's friday. the bad, the rain is sticking around. chuck is back with how long. and headed for retirement, the circus performers starring in their final shows this weekend.

more than 30 million children go through a school cafeteria line everyday in this country. >> and nutrition is becoming a bigger focus for school districts nationwide. we are joined with a chef who is on a mission to make taste a priority as well. >> school lunches have landed under the microscope recently as health experts look for ways to make them more nutritious. our chef is currently working with local schools to make the lunches more delicious and nutritious. he was part of the white house's campaign to bring healthier options to students. chef, thanks for joining us. >> thanks a lot. >> you work late at your restaurant. >> yes. >> but yet you get up early and cook lunch for about 120 school children. what motivates you? how do you do this? >> i've been looking for a way to get into school lunch for years to try and show --

don't eat that or this, but what we're trying to prove kids will eat anything if it tastes good. that's been our mission this year so far. >> and this whole school lunch issue has become a big deal. why is it important for kids to eat a healthy meal at school? >> i mean, you know, in general the health of the kids is so important to us. we're seeing kids with onset childhood diabetes, which is ridiculous, heart disee at 17, 18 years of age. i mean, these are things that gravely concern us. but the performance of the kids, how they are as a person, how that interact with each other is part of the whole social structure of eating is not just about nutrition. it's not just about calories in. it's about food, it's about what life is about, the thing that makes us human is eating together. >> spoken like a true chef of course. now, this smells delicious already. and i think you really hit the nail on the head. the tasty part. the healthy part we see. it's the tatty part we're missing. whatre

at the field school. it's carnitas, we do pork every thursday, chicken on tuesday, two vegetarian meals monday and friday are vegetarian meals. this is braised pork shoulder from a whitmore farm. i'm going to season with a little paprika and you're going to have to help me so i broke my arm on saturday fighting. >> he says he broke his arm saturday fighting. chef is a second-degree black belt. and you have a national title in tie kw-- >> i got into it because i was overweight, i was eating late at night and doing the wrong things. let's move this over. get the tortilla, you're going to have to do all the work today. >> yeah, i want to help. >> so i started exercising and worked with this tae kwon do instructor. one thing led to

fighting. i tell people fighting and they're like you were in a bar fight, no, no, not like that. >> but in competition though. >> absolutely. hk lee had a tournament on saturday. >> wow. >> i want to warm the tortilla and have the garnishes that go with it traditionally. put some of the pork on there. put it down in the middle. whatever makes you feel comfortable. and then for today we do salsa we make the first tomatoes of the year came in from the last couple weeks from the hot houses from some of the local farms, so we make a little salsa. >> you're left-handed which is helpful. >> thank god i'm left-handed i'd be in real trouble. >> but you said it's odd for you to be without your right arm because of the kind of work you do. >> i feel like an idiot. you forget when you lose half your body you lose half your brain with it. >> this paprika seasoning you put in the school lunches, now, you would think that kids might not be keen to this sort of thing. >> you know, kids are keen to everything. that's the thing. we serve broccoon

we'll go through about 100 pounds of broccoli between 120 kids. >> wow. and they'll eat it. >> they eat it because it tastes good. we blanch it correctly with salted water, season with olive oil and garlic. it's delicious. it looks beautiful. it's green. and they just eat more of that than they eat of the mac and cheese. food tastes great, kids will eat it. if it doesn't taste good, they're not going to eat anything. >> well, chef, thanks so much for joining us. chef, next project is working on designing meals for student athletes as well. we're looking forward to hearing more about that. >> sounds good. >> thanks, chef. >> see you soon. >> i'm convinced she gets the best assignments. why didn't we get the cooking segment? >> i'm sure she ate some right afterwards. >> i know. impressive doing the cooking without his right arm. >> i know. impressive. chuck bell joining us with the forecast. gloomy out there today, chuck. >> wish i had better news for a sunshine forecast, but unfortunately to every life a little rain must fall and we actuallyd

about 50% in rainfall since the first of march. so rain drops are not always the bad thing, we just hate when they come on fridays and the weekend. rain chances will remain very high for the remainder of today, on into tomorrow, on into sunday and monday. not going to be any washouts today or tomorrow, but sunday does have quite a bit of rain in the forecast. sunday and monday could get over an inch of rain in those two days combined. no big influences on outdoor plans the next couple days, but again, sunday and monday will be a different story. right now it's foggy and cloudy outside. visibility down to only two or three miles in a couple different locations. rain drops not a big problem right now, but more rain likely to come in later this afternoon into this evening. temperatures only in the upper 40s to near 50s. storm team 4 radar shows the only real organized rain moving across the northern parts of the eastern shore. that will continue to move away. again, this computer model's trying to hint at a little bit of sunshine in that 4:00 or 5:00 range. i don't think we're going to get sun, but the overcast may thin out just a little bit. skies may brighten a touch before more rain chances c

friday night plans. so if you're going out for this evening, nothing heavy. just light rain and your raincoat is about all you're going to need. as we go over the course of the weekend though rain becomes more and more of an issue. saturday night and sunday have indoor plans at the ready. so today in the 50s with the drizzle and light rain around. tomorrow, all clouds for the course of your saturday. and rain moves in saturday night, sunday, sunday into monday, lingering into tuesday. we don't have rain chances on wednesday and thursday. but just know no full sunshine anywhere in the next seven days. >> what should we do to him? >> it is friday, so we go easy on chuck. give him a raise, that's what he says. after the break we'll have a preview from sold out broccoli city

this year's sold out broccoli city festival is coming up tomorrow, rain or shine. the ecoinspired music features a superstar lineup this year. brandon mccaher honn and actor e gross stopping by our studios. brandon, okay, tell me about the name, where does the name, the concept come from? >> so broccoli city originated from my hometown in greensboro, north carolina, because the green is the broccoli, and

boro is the city. so broccoli city. as far as the music festival, i didn't know what earth day was until a couple of years ago. and i figured how could i touch or talk to my demographic, people who look like me and lance, about living healthy and sustainable options. the best way to do that is through music. because the last thing we want to do is preach to folks. we want to meet them on their level. so broccoli city music festival. >> so through music you're talking about healthy eating habits, about vegetables, produce, all that stuff? >> yes, the whole thing, absolutely. >> really? >> we actually did a 5k run the week before the festival and on the day of the festival you have healthy cooking demos, healthy food vendors, education, awareness, while you're listening to future or whatever the case may be you could be sipping on a smoothie. >> i like it. tell me what's some of the impact you're seeing from this? are you already seeing the difference, the change component in it? >> yes, ma'am. yes, ma'am. we actually did a power of one campaign which was a way

festival by doing community service hours. we racked up over 4,000 community service hours leading up to the festival. we did 12 events. yesterday we actually we were with toyota at the ymca cleaning up the ymca, planting flowerbeds. it was wonderful. power of one. >> lance, i want to know, so how did you get inkompted with all this? i have to say i have a bit of a crush on lance. i know him from our family wedding with, love you in that movie. so tell me how did you become to be part of this. >> thank you. it's always great to come back to d.c. i'm a howard university alumni. and also in connection with the toyota green initiative, which we call tgi. if you're not familiar with the toyota green initiative, it's an environmental stewardship program that kind of encourages african-americans to adopt a greener lifestyle. so that's why i'm here. >> and that's the

>> it's a perfect marriage because we're about the same thing. just educating the youth and everybody in general on adopting the sustainable lifestyle. >> so you were talking about, brandon, about some of the great performers we're going to see. give me some of the lineup. >> we got a guy that you guys may have heard of by the name of future. we have a lovely lady by the name of jhene aiko. we have a wonderful band called the internet. another performer named anderson pak. we also have b.j. the chicago kid. and then a super cool deejay. so really excited. >> awesome. guys, we so appreciate you stopping by our studios. we wish you much luck tomorrow. take your ponchos and umbrellas, whatever, rain or shine we're going to push through. you also want to keep an eye on our nbc washington app for updates from the festival. we're going to have lots of pictures. you can actually see a longer story about it on nbcwashington.com. >> absolutely. this is the thank you letter ire

leaving college. >> this is the letter my husband and i received after our son tyler died. >> this is a letter i got -- >> that is a new ad released by gatorade this week that is creating a lot of buzz. teammates, friends and family of peyton manning read from handwritten letters they've received from him over the years. his brothers and former coaches appear in the commercial as well. pam also reads a letter manning sent to her after the death of her son. manning became friends with the boy who passed away in 2004 at the age of 9 from leukemia. all right. get ready for a wet weekend. chuck is back with the unfortunately ugly forecast. >> i know. and look at who is retiring from he circus.t

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a tradition that we all remember is coming to an end this weekend. elephants have been part of the ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus for years. but now these animals are going to be used in a much different way. nbc's kerry sanders gives us an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at this passing of an era. ♪ >> reporter: elephants long been a symbol of the greatest show on earth. they've been the stars of the circus for 145 years. >> a circus preview at madison square garden -- >> reporter: now they're getting ready to take their final bow and retire from the circus forever. >> this is really in the best interest of thele

and in the best interest of audiences. >> reporter: the decision comes after animal rights activists quietly changed laws in cities and towns where the circus travels. compliance became more complicated. so where do elephants retire? they're packing their trunks and moving to where else, florida. >> so you're a good looking girl. >> reporter: 200 acres far from the public eye. the ringling brothers center for elephant conservation. did you ever think this day would come? >> no. because thousands and thousands of people love to see these incredible animals and i was hoping that would go on forever. >> reporter: soon the center will be home to 40 retired elephants. while they woenn't be wowing children, they'll be playing a critical role for a special group of kids, pediatric cancer patients. how do you feel about elephants? >> i love them. >> reporter: researchers at huntsman cancer institute in utah are now using blood from ringling brothers elephants to find a cure

>> we're really excited by this finding that elephants almost never get cancer. now the challenge is to try to see how can we take this information and apply it to people. >> reporter: back at ringling's winter headquarters in florida. >> this is where we build all of the scenery -- >> reporter: the design of the show is constantly evolving. there's skating, and outer space theme and new technology. are you trying to replace the elephants with this? >> we are looking at this as a way to do something new and different and to do things we've never been able to do before. >> reporter: in any way are you sad to see the elephants go? >> it's definitely bittersweet, but i'm so excited about taking this brand into the future. >> very cool. congratulations to the elephants. >> yes, i know. >> some much-needed time off. >> happy for them. want to send it over to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell with the final check of the weather before the weekend. >> meligo

and movie with her hubby tonight, have your wrap, there could be light rain or drizzle. just know your husband should hold the umbrella for you tonight, melissa. if you're going to the broccoli city festival, clouds and showers will be more likely as the day goes on. temperatures upper 50s and low 60s, saturday night on your way to watch the caps go up 2-0 in the series, we hope, against the pittsburgh penguins, bring the umbrella, could be some showers around on saturday night as well. sunday doesn't look like a very pretty day either. in fact, we could have a couple of thunderstorms around here sunday afternoon and evening. not much of a severe weather threat but heavier rain with thundershowers around sunday into monday, not a lot of sunshine in that seven-day forecast but birthday nonetheless, it's happy birthday. >> yes, it is. happy birthday, momma. >> thanks. everybody was so nice bringing in cakes. i'll use a storm team 4 umbrella. my husband will use it. thank you for joining

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