right now 25 people, mostly children, are being checked out at hospitals after an accident involving a bus in silver spring. i'm barbara harrison with what we've learned about where the children are from. >> following president obama's trip to japan, what he said did donald trump and the opinion of other world leaders. >> and we head into the holiday weekend with some storm chances. >> announcer: news4 midday starts now. >> we begin with breaking political news. and we go to the live desk. >> reporter: just in, donald trump hashe

needs to clinch the republican nomination for president. the associated press reports trump reached the magic number of delegates, 1,237, with the help of a small number of the party's unbound delegates who plan to support him at the convention. now, five state primaries are coming up on june 7th with 303 delegates at stake, likely giving him more than enough to avoid a contested convention in cleveland come july. that is the latest. back to you now. >> and we have some more breaking news for you. several children are being evaluated, some at the hospital after two transport vans crashed. news4's megan mcgrath is live at the intersection of route 29 and musgrove road. >> reporter: the two vehicles involved were 15-passenger vans carrying school children who are here from bermuda for a

trip. they were on route 29 this morning when one of those vans rear ended the other. take a look at the video here. you can see the damage that was done here. the front end damage to the one van, the air bags deployed, the other had damage to the bumper and the rear area with those double doors there. now are we're told that most of the kids on board were okay. they did have some minor injuries, some of the children, but everyone is going to be okay. it was nothing terribly serious. we're told that the children range in age from 12 to 14. they were transported to a hospital. some just for evaluation as a precaution, others had just kind of bumps and bruises, apparently some bloody noses i heard from one witness. they were being treated at area hospitals and two chaperones taken from the scene as well. everybody is going to be okay, no serious injuries. for a while here on colombia pike, we did have some lanes closed at this point. both of the vans

from the scene. behind me all of the lanes have reopened and everything is back to normal now. back to you in the studio. >> traffic is getting back up to speed along the bay bridge but this is what it looked like for several hours this morning when one lane was shut down because of police activity. chopper 4 was able to get a view of the nearly five-mile backup that snarled holiday traffic. many of those on the bridge are expected to travel th holiday weekend. triple a projected low gas prices will add an extra 700,000 travelers. close to 90% of people will be on the roads. and the weather will absolutely be great for travelers but it's warming up pretty quickly. we're already at 80, 82 in leesburg. amelia draper is

team 4 weather center. we are possibly inching towards those 90 degrees, right? >> exactly. highs in the mid 80s to near 90. that will scatter up some scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. it's hazy, hot and humid. a few lone showers back around the i-81 corridor. can you see pretty quiet here as we widen out the picture. plenty of sunshine here in the metro area so about 30% chance or less. the best chance is going to be west of the d.c. metro. i'll be taking you back hour-by-hour for what you can expect for temperatures. >> all systems running fine on jetblue, that message tweeted out a while

jetblue computer issues this morning impacted flyers. the airline resolved the matter about an hour and a half ago. i'm sure techs working on this were sweating hard. earlier this morning jetblue tweeted out to customers giving them no details about the problem, just letting them know they had to check in manually. back to you. >> thank you. right knew members of the house subcommittee are hearing from representatives of several airports and airlines to get their recommendations on how to ease those long security lines that people are facing. a short time ago, a representative from american airlines said that more than 70,000 of their passengers missed flights because of security delays this year and she urged the tsa to take appropriate action. >> we as an industry are doing our part to help tsa manage through this challenge. however, airline actions alone cannot solve the problem. we we need a partner in tsa to consider ideas to mitigate wait

>> today's hearing come just 24 hours after the held of the tsa testified on capitol hill to explain what's being done to cut those wait times. >> new this morning, intruders made it through gates, they made it over fences at d.c. airports. the associated press reports this happened ten times in the nation's capital in the last ten years, most recently last january. that's when a man breached the perimeter security at reagan national airport. in all of 2015, there were two breaches at reagan national and eight breaches at dulles international. bwi marshal had one. none appeared to involve terrorism and all intruders were caught. >> one person is in critical condition and a man is dead after a shooting at a concert. this happened near union square in manhattan in new york city. rapper t.i. was supposed to perform. witnesses told our station in new york there was an argument in the vip area and then four people were

police have not arrested anyone this morning. they say there were metal detectors outside and they're work being to find out how the gun got past those. >> charles county deputies started tracking bailey in february when they say he tried to ship illegal explosives. bailey has been replaced as a delegate. >> president obama is in japan. he's visiting hiroshima in the next 24 hours. this morning he met with several world leaders as part of the g7 summit. he also talked about america's politics. tracie potts has the latest on the race and what president obama said. >> reporter: police pushed back prte

a row at a trump rally, this one in california. trump made news overnight when jimmy kimmel asked him if he'd debate bernie sanders. >> if he paid a nice sum for charity, i would do that. >> bernie sanders said game on. >> if we come out with a democratic nomination, donald trump is toast. >> hillary clinton already said no to a california debate with sanders. she's trying to convince voters trump won't get along with congress or world leaders. >> this is not a reality tv show. you can't say if you disagree with them you're fired. >> reporter: this morning from japan president obama says world leaders are concerned. >> they're rattled by him. and for good reason. because a lot of the proposals that he's made display either ignorance of world affairs or a cavalier attitude. >> but trump's getting along with house speaker paul

they spoke by phone wednesday. multiple reports suggest ryan may endorse trump today. clinton faces a new inspector general report that say she did not comply with policies based on the federal records act because she did not turn over all her e-mails before she left office. tracy potts, nbc news, washington. >> and donald trump has reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the republican nomination for president. that information was released in the past hour. >> and after the break, a setback at the international space station. an expansion plan ♪ hey! ♪ they go ooh ooh. ♪ hey! ♪ they go oh-ooh-ooooh. ♪ sitting, watching, waiting, wishing. ♪ ♪ i tell you one thing, you never knew it. ♪ ♪ at the back of the bus ♪ there is so much to give, so dream big. ♪ ♪ yeah. ♪ and when they screaming get out, get out. ♪

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details just in about a grim discovery, the latest in europe's ongoing migrant crisis. rescuers spotted the bodies of at least 20 migrants at sea off libya's coast. they were on a bright blue dinghy that sank in the mediterranean today. rescuers did pull 88 people alive from the water. back to you. >> i want you to come and take a look at your screen right now. look at this 7-year-old boy who takes on an armed robbery suspect. he literally starts throwing punches at this guy. i want to show you a closer look at him now. this guy eventually forces him and his parents down to the floor in ato

so this is a different vantage point there. this young little boy, brave little boy, tried to take these guys on. the parents of course so upset. they say their son is incredibly upset that he hasn't put down the stuffed animal that the store manager gave him since last night -- since that night, i should say. >> he considers it something that helped keep him safe. he carries it with him everywhere he goes now. he takes care of it like it's his own child. it's become a bit of a lucky charm. >> so take another look at the suspects. montgomery county police are asking for the community's help. if you know who they are, you're asked to call police. >> today montgomery county school officials will decide whether nearly 1,300 school buses will get cameras. in 2014 several county buses had cameras installed to catch drivers who illegally passed stopped school buses. money collected from those fines would help pay the

to needed to install the cameras if they are voted on in favor of today. >> efforts to pump up an inflatable room at the international space station have failed. astronauts may try again tomorrow. one scientist can figure out exactly what went wrong. space acts delivered the inflatable camera called beam last month. the pod was used to demonstrate a new way of living for astronauts. happy birthday to the smithsonian's air and space museum, which is turning 40 years old. >> reporter: 40 years ago here at the national air and space museum. then president gerald ford opening a museum that since has become the most visited in the united states. its mission, tell the stunning story of flight. >> the wright brothers flew in 1903, 66 years later, we were walking on the moon. >> retired four star marine general john daly has directed

he's overseen major overhauls and planning a big party july 1st to celebrate the 40th anniversary. the iconic museum even is going to get a facelift to replace its aging and cracking tennessee pink stone work but it's still the inside that counts. tom sherrwood, news4. >> two of our area's best spellers are testing their skills today at the scripps national spelling bee. >> acalculia. >> that is correct. >> that was j.j. he's a fifth grader from bethesda. unfortunately, he was eliminated in just the past few minutes. another local speller is an eighth grader from the plains. the kid are competing against 45 spellers right now. the finals will begin tonight

8:00. >> keep the hope alive. if you see people, famous or not, walking around with red noses like these, they may be get being ready for a big television event tonight. i can't imagine why else they'd be wearing the noses. red nose day, the comedy telethon raises money to help lift children out of poverty. we have a preview. >> reporter: it's the first ever red nose day in america. >> reporter: the debut of the fund-raiser got a solid start last year. >> we were quite excited. we ended up raising $23 million. >> reporter: the concept started in the u.k. where it's generated more than a billion dollars since 1985 in annual telethons. >> we want to give a feeling of people being able to directly help kids in trouble. >> comedian craig ferguson hosting

>> it makes the world more like a small town. it's a community way to help the planet. >> reporter: if you could be here, though, you'd know what to do. >> reporter: jack black's visit to the slums of uganda motivated donors last year. >> i could feel the impact from people who came up to me on the street and said, hey, i saw your piece, it motivated me to donate to the cause. >> reporter: they're hoping to deliver to the red nose motto, good nose, good cause. >> it's not unheard of but it's something that most people fear. >> you could say that again. >> a snake in a toilet and how the man ended up in the hospital. >> and hit for a second day. parts of

severe weather, including tornadoes. this unbelievable video. we've got more of it and we'll

right now clean-up is under way after a massive tornado swept across kansas. the slow moving storm was on the ground for more than an hour, then took a southerly turn. gabe gutierrez has a look at what's next for

there. >> reporter: this morning more communities are assessing the damage after a monster tornado. >> big tornado. >> reporter: the national weather service calling this a potentially catastrophic twister, a half mile wide chewing through dickinson county, kansas, barely missing the small town of chapman but leaving a trail of destruction. the tornado on the ground for more than an hour, damaging at least 15 homes. >> that's a barn sitting in the road, folks. >> reporter: the sheer power lifting entire structures. near dodge city kansas, this twister tossed cars and obliterated homes. >> it seems surreal. >> reporter: today families in bristol, oklahoma are also picking up the pieces. beth roberts rushed into her cellular with just moments to spare. >> it was a loud, rumbling, humming noise. something i've never heard. >> reporter: the severe weather blamed for at

oklahoma. >> trees were starting to fall around the house. i grabbed my son and we got in the inner part of the house and we rode out the tornado. >> reporter: today the heartland racing for the potential of severe weather again. this slow-moving tornado spared the small town of chapman, which had been devastated by another twister back in 2008. this one left behind debris throughout the county but remarkably no deaths and no injuries were reported. still, this area is watching for the potential of more severe weather later today. gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >> incredible what those tornadoes can do. fortunately that town, chapman, was spared. >> absolutely. what you heard in that story, more severe weather in areas like kansas, oklahoma, nebraska, texas today. we'll be tracking scattered thunderms

what we're all noticing, the increased heat and humidity, 77 now with hazy sunshine. it's a little bit humid out there and it will be this afternoon. 85 degrees at 2:00. a high at 89 that will hit at about 5 p.m., tracking some scattered thunderstorms, especially west of 95. otherwise during the evening hours, still warm, 8 p.m., still around 83 degrees. so here's future weather. i'm just going to put it into motion and you'll see as we head on into the afternoon and evening hours some isolated activity out there, some brighter colors. that would be some heavier rain. as far as the severe risks are concerned today, high winds, hail, tornado. almost no risk to low. we'd really only be tracking some heavy rain and a moderate risk of thunderstorms that bubble up this afternoon. otherwise again, noticing the increase in humidity, the high of 89. 89 tomorrow. a little bit of a better chance that you're dealing with a late-day shower or thunderstorm. hazy, hot and humid on saturday, mostly sunny

it dry, a high temp of 87, sunday a high of 84, the chance of a late-day shower or thunderstorm on sunday but most if not all of the day here is looking dry. our average high now 79 degrees. can you see as we close out the work week and head into the holiday weekend, all of these temperatures are well above normal. if you're heading to the beach, here's the latest beach forecast. nearly perfect, 78 degrees, chance of sunshine. memorial day at the beach, plenty of clouds and a little bit on the cool side with a temperature around 71 degrees and the chance for some showers, water temp low in the mid 60s. i'll have more on what you can expect here if you're staying in town for memorial day. >> thanks, amelia. >> in gaithersburg, you may have heard officials testing things out for the fourth of july celebrations. a city t

for the patriotic show at bora park. they predict where people can see the show from different spots and volunteers see if the locations are accurate. >> you see all the fizzles and swirls and see the beautiful lights. there's nothing quite like a fireworks show. we put on one of the best in the area. >> reporter: officials want to make sure the fireworks are visible from two miles away. we'll let you know when they finalize their fourth of july fireworks plan. >> a man was attacked by a snake while using a bathroom. as a man sat on a toilet, a nine-foot python came up from the plumbing and bit him. the man managed to pry open the snake's jaw and remove him. the victim is

okay but needed several stitches. workers got the snake free and released him. it's something to think about. >> not when you're going to the bathroom. >> it is not a joke. it really happened. back to work. why some lawmakers are not ready for their summer vacation. >> plus a look at what is being ne today todo

right now lawmakers are fighting over how to stop the zika virus in this country. a house subcommittee is about to tackle a funding bill. the white house strongly opposes. just moments ago we heard from the democratic leadership. here's what nancy pelosi had to say. >> on issue after issue the american people are telling republicans do your job, but the republicans refuse. >> democrats oppose anything less than the full funding president obama has requested to combat the zika virus. back to you now. >> and right now jurors in fairfax county are learning more

about the violent 2014 attack against a mclean couple. attorney andrew schmuhl is accused of attacking another lawyer and his wife's his wife was fired from that firm. they found evidence in his getaway vehicle, including a taser, handgun, a knife and an automatic timer device. his attorney is arguing that his client did not know what he was doing because he was taking too many prescription drugs. >> two officers charged in freddie gray's death have filed a lawsuit against marilyn mosby. the officers claim mosby and other officials knowingly made false statements when they announced charges against the officers in a news conference. attorneys say the statements were made to stop the riots in baltimore and not for the

purpose of prosecuting crimes. >> a teacher in utah is on administrative leave this morning for an unorthodox way of punishing a student for talking in class. the student sent this selfie to is mom after he said his teacher told him to put a piece of duct tape on his mouth. his mother said the teacher went too far and the school district said the punishment shouldn't have been handled that way. >> there was potentially a handful of other students involved. we don't find the behavior appropriate at all. >> the student's mother doesn't want the teacher to be fired. she just wants to make sure this doesn't happen again. >> a beautiful honor for fallen officers will take place at arlington national cemetery. old guard soldiers will begin to place the stars and stripes at 1:00 this afternoon. their tradition has continued since 1948.

field on the park, a gathering of some 500 kids of fallen service members. it's an annual event sponsored by yellow ribbons united. it's held each year on memorial day weekend. this saturday will mark the third anniversary of this wonderful event that so many children and their families look forward to attending. and joining me to tell us all about it are playfield founder founder, emma dockery and we also have mckenzie stoddard with us, who has gone for all two years and you're going to go the third year this saturday, right? >> yes. okay. welcome to all of you. let's start with you. let's find out a little bit about how you happened to start this, emma. >> well, it was started after the death of my brothers sergeant david williams, lost in 2012 in afghanistan. we felt like t's

a focus on military issues but so many times we don't focus on the youngest among us and those happen to be the strongest among us. so it was our hope to honor the children in their memory. >> bonnie, you can tell us a little bit about taps. >> i founded taps in 1984 after my husband was killed in a national guard aviation argument with seven other soldiers. taps is celebrating partnering with yellow ribbons united to take kids to the national mall as part of the good grief camp. >> do you also service soldiers affected by ptsd as well? >> we do. our good grief camp is an extraordinary opportunity for kids to comeo

one-on-one with a military mentor. it's going to be a big celebration on the mall this weekend. >> so were you there when we took these pictures, the ones we just showed last year? tell us about it. >> it was really fun because we got to hang with our friend and our mentors that actually really do get us and, yeah. >> so do you want to tell us about the picture you're holding there?!yr >> this is my dad and he was in afghanistan and -- or in the army and this is my mom. that's me and that's my dad. >> and you were just a baby when you lost your dad, right? >> yeah. >> but i guess you have lots of memories from the things your mom has told you about him? >> yeah. >> do you get to talk to some of the other kids who have been through what you have been through over the last, what, ten years? >> yeah. i have some really good friends i met when i was just like 3 or 4 and they've been my friends since then. >> well, we hope you'll have a great time this weekend with all of the activities. tell bus some of the things that you're going to be doing. >> there

amount of people that have joined on through the redskins absolute platform will be there, d.c. united will there, nationals will be there, the wizards will be there. there's a litany of people who have joined in to celebrate these young heroes. >> you're going to be helping to get them all there, right? >> it's going to be a fantastic weekend to honor the living legacies of america's service and sacrifice. >> we thank you for your service members' commitment to our nation. thank you for them. >> the holiday weekend the perfect time to tour some of our areas. we're going to tell you about a spot being open to the public for the first time. and temperatures headed toward 90 degrees, here we go, folks. amelia's back to let

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>> including the huckleberry house where john wilkes booth hid out after killing lincoln. it's the first time ever that house will be open on the tour. welcome. i think we recognize this dress. this was a dress of the time of abraham lincoln, 1865? >> it's a civil war civilian dress. it's the same costume that essentially john wilkes books was wearing when he assassinated lincoln. lots of dark colors. >> how did you get so interested? i know you were an histori

teacher. how did you get so interested in what john wilkes booth did. >> no one could explain to me why anyone would want to kill him. you don't get in school how there was this big conspiracy and booth was this popular guy and did this terrible thing. i was interested in him and his story. >> and what's the significance of the huckleberry house? >> after wilkes fled to maryland, he went to dr. mud house where he got his leg set and then he hid out in southern maryland in charles county. and the man that helped him during that time was a man by the name of thomas jones and he lived in huckleberry house. >> and he turned down $100,000? that's a lot of money in those days. >> if anyone knows where john wilkes booth is, we'll give you $100,000.

will do it, that will. but he didn't say anything. >> how did you have get them to open up that house? >> i grew up in charles county. i was born and raised there. i live in the same house i lived in as a child. my mother lives next door. when i was a child, my grandparents lived next door. everybody in charles county is familiar with -- if you grew up there, they're familiar with the history that we have. so there were -- my grandmother was the president of the garden club the last time that several of the homes were on tour, 1960 and i didn't realize the work she had done until i started researching it because my mother had all of her old records. so i worked on the house tour every year since i was 8 years old with my mother. so when they asked my sisters and i to chair it, they were looking for things that we'd never seen. >> that's probably how you got interested in this pilgrimage that goes all through maryland showing off the homes. you're going to be all dressed

huckleberry house. >> all day on saturday. >> and you'll be able to answer people's questions and will you be talking to the children, too, or -- >> they'll definitely come and there's aw there's a way to talk about the assassination of lincoln that is okay and my students love it. >> we have newer homes, too. and then we have -- lunch is going to be at a retreat house on the potomac river. we're excited about the diversity we're offering. it's going to be a little capsule of what charles county really is. >> and go to your web site? >> mhgp.org or the charles county garden club web site. >> thank you so much for coming. and you've got a great web site, too, which is --

>> boothybomb.com, it's all about the lincoln assassination. >> erika? >> thanks, barbara. sun for a third day in a row, great news. but the heat and humidity are also on the rise. amelia, we are moving right in to summer-like conditions. we went from cold and rainy and now we just went to the exact opposite end of the spectrum. wee want certainly in the middle. >> unfortunately that's not going to happen. some locations even hitting 90 degrees. not only that but the mugginess is here. noticing mugginess today, tomorrow, we'll see humidity levels drop a little bit on saturday but then the humidity is right back up sunday and memorial day as well with the heat and humidity, there are some storm chances in the forecast but know from here on into memorial day, much more dry time than any thunderstorms we're going to be tracking and a warm, even hot

currently on storm team 4 radar for the most part. notice those storms was talking about or even just showers earlier have since fizzled out. not a lot of activity on here. if we see any thunderstorms bubble up this afternoon, they're really going to favor areas wet of the d.c. metro area. maybe into frederick, loudoun counties. this is the cloud cover, where you're seeing black more sunshine. currently temperatures are in the upper 70s and 80s. 77 here in the district, 85 in huntingtown. the humidity forecast, we've gone from pleasant yesterday to uncomfortable today and tomorrow as well. highs today and tomorrow in the upper 80s. 84 on sunday for memorial day. there's the chance for some showers, otherwise cooler, a high around 81 degrees but

memorial day, ladies. >> if you're going to grill this weekend, we'll show you how to go

so i am outside now. i'm sure we're doing something now that many of you will be doing over the weekend. we have victor joining us. >> welcome to my ld

world. >> how are you? >> i'm great. >> i'm hoping that you're from el campo that we're cooking something delicious? >> something south american, grilled on live fire. >> this doesn't look like my grill. tell me what you're using and what you're cooking. >> this is the best of the best grirls. in south america we use it with a nice little hand crank. can you control the heat but you use live fire, life wood. that's what we're all breathing in right now. >> is this what you guys have on the restaurant? >> on our patio, we have a brand new beer garden, making our food a little bit more accessible and interesting for people who just want to come in and chill out. we'll be grilling on the patio, doing some really interesting cuts of meat and the beer garden has already taken off. it's a lot of

check it out at del campo. >> you know more about the beer garden and what we're cooking here, the spread here. it looks amazing. >> the key ingredient is olive oil -- >> it's not the same thing as the olive oil i would buy in my grocery store? >> it's the same but you can be sure it's the great quality olive oil you can find. it's coming from chile. the country has the perfect conditions to produce high quality extra virgin olive oil. >> you notice a big difference in the taste? >> i recently went to chile and was able to sample all this amazing food and amazing products. it's one of the most up-and-coming countries coming up on the scene. everyone's talking about argentina and peru. south america, anybody who knows anything should know that the products coming out of chile are second to none.

today we're making a -- >> what is it? how many ingredients? >> everyone makes it a little differently. >> is it tedious? >> not at all. onions, cilantro, very simple. red peppers. tomatoes. and i like to put scallions in mine and a little bit of garlic. chileans are known for big, bold flavors, a little bit of salt and then of course this beautiful chilean olive oil. it's gorgeous. it's a really approachable price point, too. if this were coming from anywhere else in the world, they'd mark it up way more but this is a great product. a little bit of vinegar. we're going to make quickly while our asato is going, we're going to do something very chilean, which is eat a ton of avocado. >> from a mexican household, that's very normal for me, too. >>

avocado they eat. >> i don't think you can have too much. >> i have a tacoria and we also use a lot of it but they win. this is our del campo burger. seech how mu see how much ofavocado there is? it's almost inedible. >> chef, we've got to let you go. we're going to let him finish grilling all this up but this looks fantastic for memorial day weekend. we thank you for joining us and we'll have the very difficult task of eating all of this. barbara, back to you. >> you better bring some of that in there. it looks amazing. especially the sausages he was taking off

>> after the break, meet a 90-year-old not shying away from the spotlight. >> as folks start heading out of town for this great holiday weekend, here is a little bit of advice here, especially starting today when they think travel will be so heavy this evening. now, as for the bay bridge, your best travel times today and friday before 10 a.m. or after 10 p.m., saturday before 7 or after 5 sunday and monday, best times before 10 and after 10. again, just to avoid the headache, avoid the heart ache. on 95 as for the express lanes, expect heavy traffic volume here, northbound and second throughout the weekend here. to avoid that peak traffic you want to depart before nn todayoo

a 90-year-old veteran became a media sensation on how long it took him to take a nap. >> reporter: there are some things ron laker's done the same way for decades. >> i think it's important to know what's happening locally. >> reporter: but lately -- >> to the left is linda's office. >> reporter: he's been changing things up.

climbing daily to the top of his cleveland park home to a quiet attic where the 90-year-old -- >> i so vividly remember 1940 -- >> reporter: slowly took social media by storm. you don't care how long it takes you, you're going to get back to everyone. >> i'm going to do it whether they read it or not. >> reporter: ron known for his rants and raves on his d.c. block became an instant star after posting this. "i am 90 years old, an officer during world war ii, ask me anything. they did, first by the hundreds and then by the thousands. >> they asked me about my favorite style, about the zoot suit, about what i thought about trump, what's the best period of life, what did you think about the atomic bomb? >> ron was just 17 when he joined the marines in

ii. there were no camera rolls but there was living in the moment. an educator for 30 years, ron loves that most come looking for a history lesson. >> i really think thoughtful young people really understand eventually that i need to know more about the past so i can see -- can improve for the future. >> with his dictation machine, ron spent up to three hours a day answering everything from politics to personal matters. >> as uncomfortable as it can get sometimes, still talking with strangers, he says, has given him something, too. >> i feel like i've gotten youth by being with young people. >> reporter: offline there's more happiness in volunteering and spending time with his partner, linda, his four kids and nine grandchildren. >> this is one of the best years of my life. >> reporter: more memories to eventually share with the world with time.

to pass so can i do it again. >> reporter: in cleveland park, angie goff, news p -- news4. >> let's check on our forecast and see if it's grilling weather later today. >> grilling weather already. 81 now in the district. highs today in the jum eupper 8. scattered showers and thunderstorms towed and tomorrow. i'm not too concerned about any severe weather and we're not talking about widespread activity at all. saturday temperatures lower, humid but temperatures still warm. a chance of a shower or two, maybe a rumble of thunder on memorial day with a high of 81. doug and i will have the latest coming up on news4 at 4:00. >> thanks, amelia. barbara and i are going to go run outside and grab some of

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