good morning. softening his stance. donald trump's campaign says he's refining his controversial call to ban muslims from entering the country. is it a breaking overnight, an explosion rocks a natural gas plant in mississippi, flames shooting high in the air and the blast felt miles away. race against time. a blue whale tangled in a missing line off the coast of california. the desperate attempt of setting it free. >> pat summit, the 64-year-old being remembered by

fans for her no nonsense approach to the sport she loved. tuesday, june 28th, 2016. >> announcer: live from studio 1a is rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to our show on tuz morning. tamron in for savannah once again. >> one person said she made you feel like there was nothing to be afraid of. her legacy, and upgrading and bringing the attention to the game. >> we will talk more about pat summit coming up. donald trump taking a closer look at one of his most controversial proposals, banning muslims from entering the u.s.

from the track poll. trump trailing clinton by eight points. kristin welker has more on this. >> with donald trump lagging in almost every poll his campaign is trying to turn the page and softening one of his most divisive policies. there are signs this morning that donald trump could be backing away from one of his most controversial positions, a ban of muslims entering the united states, and one of his policy director saying trump's ban is nuance is would only spend troerly immigration from regions that have been major sources for terrorists and their supporters, and denying there was anha

>> mr. trump will refine his policies, putting out more specific details, but there has been no change. >> he announced the ban in december and was crystal clear. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total shut done of muslim entering the united states until the representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. our latest nbc news wall street journal poll show 49% of registered voters oppose the ban. >> i'm with her. >> this all comes as hillary clinton is taking steps to unify her party. clinton is eyeing warren as a possible vp pick.

the policy differences that used to divide them and instead the two were not only color coordinated but in sync. >> what kind of a man roots for people to lose their jobs and homes and life savings. i will tell you what kind of a man. a spaul in secure money gruber that fights for nobody but himself. >> i do just love how she gets under donald trump's skin. >> trump hrapb pwased that event calling warren a fraud and pocahontas. secretary clinton will be in colorado where she will unveil a new tech initiative. back to you. >> thank you very much. hillary clinton's e-mail scandal an

benghazi attack are back in the headlines and her closest aide will be questioned under oath. >> this morning dueling reports from republicans and candidates from the house committee investigating the benghazi attack while hillary clinton was secretary of state. the section of the 800-page report sheds new light on the attack and the failure to have an evacuation plan. among the revelation says 35 americans were saved not by local ma dishas the u.s. thought were there, but from gadhafi's

regime. and hillary clinton told benghazi -- >> chris chose to go to benghazi. >> stevens was filling a temporary staffing gap and spearheading benghazi to make it a post, and stevens was laying the ground work for secretary clinton the next month, and deploying forces to benghazi and a force didn't get to tripoli until the next afternoon because of a failure to have airplanes ready, and over whether marines should wear military uniforms or civilian attire and one commander told the committee during g

hours waiting on the plane, he and marines changed in and out of uniformed four times. even before seeing the republican report there was a different view, democrats arguing the u.s. military could not have done anything differently on the night of the attacks that would have saved the lives of four brave americans killed in benghazi, and they admit the security was inadequate. the democrats say the republicans wasted $7 million of the taxpayer money, and the highest ranking democrat on the benghazi committee said republicans didn't want them to check the evidence. today was point out, one of

clinton's closest aides, huma be a adean, and that there's a lot more to come. let's bring in nicole wallace, and nice to see you again. let's start with what andrea just talked about, and the reports coming out about benghazi, and hillary clinton's base made up their mind on this and donald trump base made up their mind on this and how much impact in the little. >> hillary clinton lags donald trump on the question of honest, and hillary clinton gave an explanation of why people might find her if behind

>> the big moment yesterday was walking out onstage with elizabeth warren, their hands held in the air there. i heard you on morning joe kr s saying you compared elizabeth warren. >> it's about sizzle. the hillary clinton and john mccain, they are the steak and potatoes, but elizabeth warren just as sarah palin was, they pack arenas and i think warren did that yesterday. >> you don't think she will be the vp pick. >> people look at what hillary clinton's pick needs to satisfy don't think shoring up the far left plank of the party will be what she needs come november. donald trump is refin

on muslims. >> is this a complete admission. >> i think it's a complete admission of shooting from the hip, and it's not going to get the job done come november. if you have republicans rebuking you week after week after week and can't sign on donors and staff and you probably can't beat hillary clinton. >> thank you very much and good to see you. there's a new twist this morning in the crash of egypt cra crash, and bill neely has more on that. >> good morning. there's now a strong chance that the mystery of flight 804 can be solved. the flight recorders were recovered two weeks ago and they were damaged, and investigators now confirm

mow maments of the plane is on recorder they are sure, and all the data will be analyzed in egypt, and french authorities say there's no evidence of terrorism and they are not looking into that, opening instead a investigation into involuntary homicide, essentially an accident. no terrorists group said it bombed the plane. the agony for the families onboard is prolonged. >> thank you. we will go back to the video we showed you at the top of the show of pb gas plant rocked by an explosion overnight in mississippi, and the two employees were in an explosion proof room and not injured.

explosion occurred in underway. and then pat summit passed away. she was the winningness coach in division i college basketball history. she stepped down after coaching for one more season and that year she was a recipient of the presidential medal of freedom and her son issued a statement said his mother died peacefully and surrounded by those that loved her most. want to talk about a consumer alert this morning involving a very big recall. ikea recalling tens of millions of pieces of chest and dressers because of the risk they

over injuring or killing small children. tom costello has been following this story for more than a year and he is at a ikea store in college park, madiba. >> reporter: the consumer product commission says every two weeks in the country a child dies under falling tvs and furniture and ikea stopped selling a unit that is prone to that, and is asking the parents if you have one of these you should stop using those unless they are anchored to the wall. the numbers are heartbreaking. every 24 minutes a child is injured from falling furniture or tvs, and every two weeks a child dies. this video from the consumer product safety commission shows how fast it can happen and now one of the biggest retailers announcing a major recall. most of the furniture

the malm. >> the whole thing comes however stpao yes, we have had deaths associated because of these types of units. >> in all, six children's deaths include this 2-year-old colin who pulled his dresser on top of himself. >> i went over and pulled everything apart and saw his head trapped between the dresser and the edge of the bed. >> this morning ikea is asking anybody with a malm dress or chest to stop using it if it is not anchored, and it will provide a full refund if the st

>> we are asking them to properly attach them to the wall and if they are not please take them out of the room. >> every day still brings heartbreak, but they say the ikea recall is his legacy. >> a lot of families say their landlords if they are renting them won't let them anchor something to the wall because they don't want holes in the wall x don't take a risk on your child's safety and they say if you can't anchor to the wall bring it back to ikea. >> great information. now to the desperate rescue effort under way this morning to save a massive blue whale tangled in fishing line off the california coast. steve patterson is in los angeles with the latest. >> the young whale was spotted by people on a whale watching

rescuers made six attempts to cut lines attached to the whale but were unsuccessful in setting him free. >> a team trying to free the whale from fishing line off the coast of california. the whale was spotted a few miles north of dana point, its large tail caught in traps meant for lobsters. the team used a knife on the pole. >> we got close. we were within six inches. >> as dusk fail, the whale disappeared in the sea. >> that's when the whale

he was not going to let us anywhere near it. >> experts say it's rare for blue whales to get tangled in fishing gear because they don't normally search for food so close to the show. southern, who is trained as a whale task force are hoping if the whale is found again it will renew efforts to set him free. >> we were trying to get the worst off. >> the whale has a white orange buoy attached to it along with two smaller buoys. >> thank you. how sad. >> mr. roker, a check of the weather. >> cloudy skies out in the northeast and it's part of a system that will cause airport delays throughout the northeast later today and you can see wet weather stretching from new england down into the

mid-atlantic states and we have a risk of strong storms today all the way down into central pennsylvania, and afternoon airport delays likely, and look for wind threats and the good news is, light rain throughout west virginia, so they shouldn't have any problems. this is a long stretch, and we have showers and thunderstorms possibly two to three inches throughout parts of new england and the northeast, and it stretches all the way down to the gulf where we could see upwards of an inch or so through indiana. we will have your forecast in the next 30 seconds.

good morning. i am meteorologist, chuck bell. clouds and fog outside this morning and visibilities are lowest across northern maryland and the shenandoah valley. planning out the rest of your day, skies will remain partly to mostly cloudy through the mid morning hours and then we will get enough sunshine to bump temperatures in the mid and upper 80s today, and then there's a round of thunderstorms, and drier weather tomorrow. coming up, can a parrot be the star witness at a murder trial? what this bird is saying that actually has prosecutors trying to use him as evidence. a fu wa

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>> announcer: this is a "news4 today" new break. >> good morning to you. i am eun yang. >> i am aaron gilchrist. and we're on the scene of an officer-involved shooting. >> reporter: police have been on the scene at first and sraurpbam in northeast d.c. you can see the crime tape and all police confirming at this time is there was a police-involved shooting and no information from them yet and no confirmation on who, if anybody, was shot and we'll stay on top of the story and bring you more on "news4 midday"

jack, how's it looking out there? >> knock on wood, not too bad, at least on the beltway, and inner loop down near ranch avenue towards the wilson bridge, and there have been hot spots if prince georges county on penn avenue, and an accident in the left avenue. and then a broken-down pickup truck has been removed from the roadway. tracking chances of rain this afternoon and more after the break.

cloudy skies and a lot of fog outside here early this morning over washington and the fog won't last too much longer but is thick in spots. keep in mind that it may slow down your driving or air travel plans here in the front part of the day. just enough sunshine today warms things in the mid

thunderstorms around this evening, and then we should dry it out just in time for the holiday weekend. >> thank you, chuck. another news update in 25 minutes. >> now back to the "today" show after this short break.

>> a cute sign. we're back at 7:30 now on a tuesday morning. 28th of june, 2016. a bit of a cooler start to the day. we don't mind, those folks don't mind and we'll get out and say hello in a while. volkswagen reached a $14.7 billion settlement in its emissions scandal and is expe expected to pay each owner as much as $10,000. donald trump is blasting elizabeth warren

sellout and total fraud. this after warren made her first campaign appearance alongside hillary clinton and took aim of the presidential nominee. >> hillary clinton will be the next president of the united states because she knows what it takes to beat a thin-skinned bully driven by greed and hate. >> when hillary clinton took the mike she said she loves how senator warren gets under donald trump's skin. and then stunning england to advance to the quarterfinals of the european championships. iceland is the smallest country to qualify for a major tournament. >> everybody who lives there is on the soccer team? >> yeah, if you are not playing you are on the bench. >> exactly. in other words a strange twist to a murde

michigan. does it hinge on whether the words of a pet parrot can be considered evidence. here is nbc's kevin tibbles. >> reporter: meet bud, the parrot. >> that bird picks up anything and everything and has the filthiest mouth around. >> what bud may have picked up is potentially crucial evidence in the murder case against one of its owners, 48-year-old of michigan is behind bars in the shooting death of her 45-year-old death, martin. she denies killing her husband. the victim's family believes the parrot was a witness to the murder. >> this came out of the parrot's mouth. >> but can the testify of a parrot stand up in court? >> this is unusual. we don't often have an animal being called to come in and testify as an

murder. >> one person who raises and sells parrots what bud has to say could be credible. >> in my mind, it's something he heard before. >> what bud had to say was recorded several weeks after the shooting. >> i personally think he was there and remembers it and he is saying it. >> if the parrot's testimony is allowed in court prosecutors no doubt hope he will sing like a canary. for "today," kevin tibbles, nbc. >> i do a crime show and that's one of the strangest things. >> mr. roker, how about a check of the weather? >> poly got a verdict. >> that's a way to verdict. >> maybe. we have a nice big area of high pressure brin

weather and it's going to be gorgeous today and green bay, 76, and temperatures a little below average. we get into tomorrow, more of the same from louisville, and pittsburgh into memphis, and then another area of high pressure brings in cooling weather to the plains and the midwest and that goes into friday. you go out west and it's going to stay awfully hot out there, sacramento, 104, and 90 in los angeles monsoonal moisture, and yuma, 111 degrees. a lot of clouds around, and most of the rain from late last night is now gone across the area but we have a 60% chance of more rain coming our way before the day is done. primarily after 5:00 or 6:00 this afternoon in the metro. right now, thickest fog is in haguers down, and so keep in mind it could slow your t

future weather shows not much of a rain threat before 5:00, but after 6:00 or 7:00, 8:00 tonight, a risk of a line of thunderstorms coming through and could have heavy rain producers. >> to get weather anytime you need it, go to weather.com. and lena dunham doesn't like what she says in kanye's video. >> well, she says this music video goes too far. >> this morning, lena dunham has choice words for kanye west, calling his new video for the song "famous," sickening, writing a scathing facebook post calling it one of the disturbing artistic efforts in recent

the video is graphic, and we can't show you most of it on morning tv. it depicts stars like taylor swift and rihanna naked, and even the likeness of bill cosby, bill trump and former president, george w. bush can be seen lying in bed with kanye and his wife kardashian. >> there's a difference of a man choosing to portray her in a certain way. >> kanye telling "vanity fair" the video is a comment on fame but dunham's blood boiled when she saw her close friend taylor swift in the video. >> i am really happy for you. >> kanye has a long history with swift dating back to 2009, and the video drawing mixed

reactions, and chris brown who is depicted in the video next to his ex-girlfriend rihanna, saying it's crazy. >> i think dunham was trying to make a point about a very important conversation that we have to have, not just within the music industry but about the entire culture about how we view and treat women. >> dunham is no stranger to nudity and she appears frequently, but she said kanye's video feels different and left him with this message. make a statement but i can't watch it, don't want to watch it, if it feels informed and inspired by the aspects of our culture that makes women feel unsafe in their own beds, in their own bodies. >> taylor swift and rihanna, all

actor or singers are in the -- they are not in the video. ye on. >> one of the funny comments was a spokesperson for the former president george w. bush who said by the way that's not him. just to clarify that it wasn't him. interesting. hoda, thank you very much. just ahead, the graphic new psas aimed at keeping you safe. we'll show you why some people say what you see on that screen is going too far. thieves stealing your identity and all they need is your cell phone number. how it happens, maybe more importantly how to pro thanks for the ride around norfolk! and i just wanted to say, geico is proud to have served the military for over 75 years!

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both were assigned their phone numbers. >> the way somebody could steal my identity this way and the phone company did not do much to prevent it is unsettling. >> throughout the last couple of years it's on the rise. >> an alert at&t employee helped solve a case. there was about 1,000 reports of this type of identity theft and then in january 2016, the number jumped to more thefts and that's scratching the surface because this kind of id theft is never reported. criminals get the information they need by combing the internet and finding names linked to specific phone numbers and more. >> they will use information often times to answer the

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it's 7:50. welcome back. a great story playing out at wimbledon. >> good morning. if you never heard the name marcus willis, don't worry. you're not alone. this 25 year old is the number 772 ranked tennis player in the world and he just won a spot opposite roger federer at wimbledon. it's a cinderella story forhi it's a cinderella story for this guy that is living with his parents and with his big win over the 54th player on monday, he scored a ticket to the second round and the most amazing part of the story, willis nearly quit the sport earlier this year and his girlfriend urged him to give it one more shot. he is gaining a

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7:56 is your time on this tuesday, june 28th, 2016. i am eun yang. let's check your commute with jack taylor. any problems out there? >> we have one spot, unfortunately the major thoroughfare heading southbound, an accident blocking the right lane and causing delays coming out of kensington. and two accidents contained on the left shoulder, and again travel lanes out of gainesville heavy. back to you. we'll take a quick break and check your forecast when we come back. stay with us.

cloudy, fogging and in the mid-70s. our best chance to see another round of thundershowers comes about 9:00 this evening, so small and relatively low rain chances during the daylight hours but a chance of getting one more round day before the day is done. another news update for you in 25 minutes, but for now back to the "today" show after this short break.

it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, how old is too old? surprising reasons why so many millennials are sticking with their childhood doctors well into their 20s. >> she has my medical history and knows me more than anybody else would. just for convenience purposes it makes a lot of sense. >> is it the best choice for your health? plus, back to business. silicon valley now hiring women who left the workforce. why moms are the hottest new talent in tech. and toeing the line. the los angeles public service announcements turning heads f

their stick figures getting crushed by trains. tuesday, june 28th, 2016. ♪ >> all of the way from alabama. >> good morning, philadelphia. >> good morning, north carolina! ♪ >> we just graduated and we love "today "today." >> we love "today." >> we're back now. 8:00 on a tuesday morning. it is june 28th, 2016. a big crowd out on the plaza about to be treated to some unusual entertainment for us. >> oh boy. >> this is going to be good. coming up, two of the biggest names in

and dale jarrett are here. they're going to help us compete in a special go-kart race live on the plaza. danica has swagger. >> she took the cone. >> coming up, al and matt will take on hoda and natalie in this race. >> what could possibly go wrong? >> here's the best part, we're going to be going in opposite directions at the same time. >> what? >> back up, people. back up. >> so if you've ever seen electric cars explode before, that's going to happen. >> don't bank on an explosion but a wreck might happen. >> before we get to this, let's go inside -- >> whoa! >> what could possibly go wrong? >> let's go to natalie with a check of the

stories. >> good morning once again. hillary clinton has widened her lead over donald trump in our new nbc news survey monkey online tracking poll. clinton now leading by eight points. that's up two since last week. meantime, trump may be softening his call to ban muslims from enteri ining the u.s. the ban would be temporary and only affect immigration from certain parts of the world. on monday, hillary clinton made her first joint campaign appearance with senator elizabeth warren who is being eyed as a potential running mate. historic flooding in west virginia has now claimed at least 23 lives but two people reported missing have been found alive. nbc's morgan radford is in west virginia. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. 10,000 residents waking up without power this morning as fema has already received over 1,000 applications of people in need of federal aid. we're standing in one of the hardest hit areas and you can see where mud behind me has

even entire neighborhoods as residents begin the long road to recovery. piles of debris, shops closed, valuables reduced to trash. 500 national guard troops spread out across west virginia cleaning up areas like this. the governor reminding victims of the long road ahead. >> when you see devastation like you have here, it's going to take time for people to get their homes and lives back. >> reporter: that order harder to come by than people like paul imagined. your daughter used to live here. >> yes. >> reporter: he watched his daughter's house as it got swept away from the current. now he has to help his family rebuild one step at a time. >> this used to be a picture window in here. the porch was right here as well. >> reporter: just next door, dozens of volunteers spending hours in 80-degree heat stripping away the evidence of destruction. these are all

from inside this house. >> it is. the reason it came off is because it was soaking wet off five feet. >> reporter: all to help people they never even met. what brought you all out here? >> we just wanted to help. >> reporter: the roa the road to repair, a community of stranger and neighbors. >> as an individual and whole community, we are going to come back and we're not going to be town in west virginia. >> reporter: the governor says . >> reporter: this is a search and rescue mission, and thankfully the forecast is dry for the rest of the week and welcome news for the rescue teams. >> certainly need that there. thank you. >> the drive to make her second u.s. olympic team, ledecky, the 19-year-old was on pace to break her own record and was urged on by the crowd in om

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back now at 8:09. when is the r back at 8:09. when the right age to break up with your pediatrician? >> you would think teenage years. >> for a lot of young adults, the answer is as late as possible. >> a growing number of millennials are sticking with their pediatricians. >> we are talking about young adults and they don't see why they should move on and to doctors that are seeing toddlers and millennials in the same office. >> i don't mean to be a jerk, the baby with the rash came in after me. >> the idea of grown up patients seem like a punch like on shows like "friends." but for 20-somethings like

please. at 26 jackson has his own apartment and a full time job, but still sees his long-time doctor, a pediatrician. >> she has my medical history and knows me more than anybody else would and for convenient purposes, it makes sense and is good at what she does. >> when you call adult doctors for a sore throat they would say come in on tuesday, and pediatricians we are used to getting patients in the day they are sick. >> she said more patients should go to that a doctor. >> millennials are anxious to leave their parents' basement but not so anxious to leave their pediatricians. >> is that creating a waiting room

and toddlers? >> i think there have always been patients who love their pediatrician because they grew up with them and wanted to stay, and i wanted to see my pediatrician when i came in from medical school. >> it comes down to a doctor you trust with or without the lollypop. >> something else that could be driving the trend under the affordable care act people can stay under their parents' insurance plans until the age of 26, and many are just simply to stick with the doctor they know and who know them bests. >> and the doctor here is a contributor, and good to see you. is there any real medical reason why you need to leave your pediatrician at the age of 21? >> that's a good question. that's really the million dollar question. i think the position of the three medical groups that are sort of coming together to give us a little bit of a recommendation on this is really thou

people are getting what we would think of as medically and develop mentally appropriate care in their life. so at 21 you start cervical cancer screening for women, and -- >> are they trained for that, for patient care past the age of 21? >> pediatricians are trained to take care of people, including obesity and all the stuff you normally would think of as, you know, applying to adults until the age of 21, but as natalie pointed out with the affordable care act, people are extending their care for pediatricians. >> so a good transition age is between 18 and 21. let's talk about other good reasons to change over. >> yeah, if you are moving. maybe you are not coming home for breaks all the time and maybe your insurance is changing. that's another reason you might

looking for a pediatrician? in all likelihood, not. >> starting a family. >> yeah, that's self exspan tory. >> you may have kidney disease, and those doctors can actually perform the function of being a primary care doctor for you. >> when you go from a pediatrician, is it that you always go to what is called the primary care physician? >> where you can transition to, you can go to a primary care physician and there's two people under that umbrella, and it's it's an internist or a family medicine doctor, and they take care of people from infancy to old age and obgyns can perform the function of a primary care physician.

you are not graduating from medical care and we want to transition people into medical care with another provider. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. now, let's get a check of the weather from al. >> what about the dora ban days. weather coming out of new mexico and that's going to bring showers there. look at the temperatures from the southwest inland from california, temperatures over 100 degrees, and cooler in the great lakes and for today we are looking at a string of strong storms and a slight risk in the northern rockies. that's what is going on around the country and here's what is happening in your neck of the woods. >> thicker fog in the shenandoah valley and light rain across st. charles and those showers are drifting eastbound over the lower parts of the bay. the next best chance to see a rain sr

tonight as the cold front comes through, so there's a good chance for rain today although most of the daylight hours are likely to be dry. keep your umbrella handy to play it safe. 80s today, cooler and less humid weather tomorrow. have a good day, everybody. all right, al. time for what is trending today. i want to start with something. these are brutal new safety ads meant to save lives and the ads come from the transportation officials in los angeles and the campaign uses stick figures, but we want to warn you, the ads are graphic. >> it's a beautiful example in safetiville and martin is take metro to the beach. martin, you are on the wrong platform? >> huh? >>

>> what do you think of this? >> they grab your attention. >> they make a point. >> which a lot of people need to pay more attention to. >> we are looking at animation and stick figures and a lot of people still think it goes too far. >> i think it's a big problem. people are doing that. >> i remember as a child, elementary school, they showed us a video and they talked with a little boy amputated because of it and it stuck for me for the rest of my life and it's one of the things that will stick with people, but i don't know. >> in high school, some bring in cars that have been torn up as a result of somebody driving drunk. >> yeah, lung cancer, the commercials. >> i think they are effective. i do. kids these days know how to work a smartphone but is that know how coming at the expense of another basic life skills. a study looked at kids

computer game but only 43% can ride a bake, and 17% can make their own breakfast and 9% can tie their own shoes. the breakfast thing confuses me, because is it french toast. but a bicycle? i don't know. what do you think? >> they use the smartphone to order uber. they can have breakfast delivered. >> video games or bike riding, and most of the time they are choosing video games. let's start with caitlyn jenner. 40 years since her cap elan performance won

medal. where does she keep it now? in her drawer. now to adele. we love her. adele is known is queen of breakup songs but what songs help adele overcome heartache? she's sharing her favorites with "people" magazine. topping the list "i can't make you love me." the 1990 ballot is adele's go-to favorite. she doesn't like to move on too quickly from heartache because it helps her creatively. >> that song is beautiful. >> it's a good one. >> all right. now to our special series, "fresh start today" focusing on fitness with one of the most

>> jenna bush hager is here with that. good morning. >> good morning. beach volleyball legend kerry call walsh jennings is a seriously fierce competitor. i wanted to know her secret for staying on top of her game. kerri walsh jennings three-time olympic gold medalist going for a fourth this summer in rio. what does that take? >> everything i have inside of me. it takes a village for sure. it just takes a lot of love. >> she's one of the most celebrated volleyball players ever but kerri walsh jennings is first and foremost a mom of three. how important do you think becoming a mom has made your life? >> they hold me accountable. they're my little cheerleaders. they call me out all the time. i feel fortunate to be a mommy. it's my favorite job. my hardest job. >> as a working mom and

balance? >> my family is number one. my career. my faith. those are three my family is number one, and my career, my faith. those are the three buckets. how does this 6'2" california native keep her buckets in check? >> i wake up at least an hour and a half before my kids, and i wake up to meditate and creating peace and space, and then i can take on anything. >> they are dressed, fed and out the door and it's time to go to work. first up, a nutritious shake. i use fruit and berries. got some greens. spinach and kale are my favorite.

cheers. >> good health and a gold medal. >> let's do it. i'm in. >> next, off to the gym. her favorite exercise, power lunges. >> for me, i'm all about efficiency. so i feel like every mom has a step stool and you will start straight on and you can go for speed or height. you can go side to side. >> i will do it. >> beautiful! >> i lover using your arms and core and everything. >> i feel it in my core. >> just have fun with it and play. exercise is supposed to be fun. >> and then it's time to clock in hours at the office. and in her case, the beach. >> got it. >> jenna, that's amazing. >> really? i could have been a player? >> i am not even lying. >> it was time to

rapid fire questions. >> your favorite workout jam? >> katy perry "dark horse," i think. >> what is the last thing you do at night? >> kiss the husband. >> as she prepares for the summer olympics she will spend five hours a day seven days a week training and preparing her body and mind to take on the world. >> so what is the 37-year-old world class athlete's top secret? >> surrounding myself with amazing people. >> perfect. >> yeah. >> so the biggest takeaway, guys, wake up earlier. it was my new year's resolution and i have yet to implement it, and it's summer -- >> didn't your husband decide to get up earlier so you would be talking together. >> yeah, and instead of at night. she wakes up half an hour earlier, 30 minutes before anybody else w

in your journal and she medit e meditat meditates. >> rio? >> yeah, we're going to be there. she was pregnant at the last one and i don't think she is pregnant this one, but three gold medals and three kids, and maybe four gold medals? >> pressure. pressure. >> thank you, i am glad i can do it for someone. just ahead, we're racing go carts on the plaza with a couple of superstars, danica patrick, and dale jarrett. first your news and weather.

good morning. it's 8:26 on this tuesday, june 28th. i am aaron gilchrist. let's check on your commute with jack taylor. >> a vehicle fire before you get to the 11 street bridge and it was fully engulfed and having the right side blocked and the left lane was getting by, and southbound typical delays from eastern avenue towards pennsylvania avenue. a check on your forecast coming up next.

a little light rain across southern maryland and those showers are not moving towards the d.c. metro, but have your umbrella with you to play it on the safe side. a 60%

and thunderstorms after 6:00 this evening here in the metro area and cooler and less humid tomorrow. >> chuck, thank you and you can get the latest news and weather anytime, just open the nbc washington app.

8:30 on this tuesday morning, june 28th, 2016. the fourth of july weekend almost upon us. you know what? friday we'll get things off to a great start. a little bit early but we'll have a live concert on the plaza from rachel platten. check that out. >> pretty good. coming up, get ready to start your engines. are you guys ready? nascar stars danica patrick and dale jarrett are here to get us ready for the big race at daytona. are you ready? >> as ready as i'll ever be. >> silicon valley's new pool of talent, moms who opted out

we'll see how women are getting back to business in the tech world. plus, your kids probably have a summer reading list, why shouldn't you. these authors are here to reveal their go-to beach reads. and got some comfort food. >> classic food two ways. we're serving up quick and easy recipes for chicken parm and let's get a check of the weather. >> the greatest college mascot i ever heard of down here, delta state university, the fighting okra! where is delta state? >> cleveland, mississippi.

anyway, let's show you what is going on as far as your weather is concerned. for today, looking at wet weather from the gulf coast into the northeast, and a strong ridge of storms in the rockies and plenty of sunshine and mild in the pacific northwest and continues warm tomorrow, more monsoonal moisture, and look for showers in northern new england and wet weather down in florida in between sunny and hot. that's what is going on around the country, and here's what is happening in your neck of the woods. good morning. i am team 4 chuck bell, lots of low clouds and not much rain on the radar in the metro area, and visibility on the low side across northern maryland. right now the light rain is combined to charles, and st. mary's county. those are headed eastbound over the bay and we will have another chance for later today and temperatures are in the low to mid-70s and we will

mid and upper 80s today, and a chance of a shower today, 60%. >> that is one mad okra. back to you guys. >> i am afraid. you have ever wondered what your pets are up to after you leave home for the day? wonder no more. the "secret life of pets" takes a look at the surprising lives your pets lead when you are not around. we want you to get in on the fun, if you caught your pet causing chaos when you are not home or have a hilarious animal clip to share. we may show yours on the air and be sure to catch "the secret life of pets" when it hits theaters july 8th. going back to work after leaving a job to raise a family can be a difficult transition. >> companies are offering to help you out and get back in the swing of

story. good morning. >> good morning to you. we all heard of lean in, and think of this as leaning back in. their careers and it turns o it's going so well one company calls these women their secret weapon. it used to be babies or the boardroom. once you left, no turning back. >> are we critical of working moms seriously? still. >> reporter: things are changing and tech firms have a message for moms who left. we want you back. >> i'm finding more and more companies that see this as a really valuable pool of talent. >> reporter: diane flynn runs the reboot career accelerator in silicon valley. an eight-week program that works with ibm and hp to recruit women back to the workforce. >> we can think we're powerful and confident and awesome. >> reporter: today in a seminar on public speaking, the group is learning about power posing. >> what

them understand they have developed skills during their work pause that are valuable in the workforce. things like budgeting, project negotiating skills. >> reporter: 93% of women intend to resume their careers but 40% ever find full-time jobs. reboot is a new program popping up around the country aimed at fixing that and helping women get back up to speed. women like m.j. austin who took three years off when her twin girls were born. >> i was worried i didn't have the skills. it had been 3 1/2 years since i was in the workforce. i didn't know how much things had changed. >> reporter: today m.j. works at paypal where she started a program called recharge for moms to take on full-time roles. this afternoon's

building. >> you are going to get a job. you are going to get a job. >> reporter: while m.j. loves it now, she says it wasn't easy at first. how hard was it getting back into the workforce and back into the swing of it? >> it was hard to leave the kids. i would get called during soccer games. during plays and rehearsals and i would feel really guilty about that. >> did you regret coming back to work? >> in the end i really enjoyed having a career and also be able to have a great family. in the end it was the right decision. >> experts say if you do take a career pause, you just got to own it. if you go on a job interview, don't try to justify it. you don't need to. state it and start talking about the skills you've honed. >> any other tips you can pass along? >> if you're on your pause, number one, keep building that network. keep going on coffee meetings with people who work in industries that you're interested in. you can go onto meetupom

with various interests. the other thing is stay active by volunteering. there's lots of great work experience you can get that's not a full-time commitment. the other thing that's really important and we remind people, build that brand on social media. we know not to leave party pics up there but build an image of yourself that shows that you're plugged into an industry you're trying to get into it. >> great advice. >> and power pose. >> power pose. i love that. >> thank you. up next, the best books for summer read. noted authors share their favorite picks. first, this is "today" on nbc.

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welcome back. the summer season is in full swing and with it a new crop of great reads. here to share their reads,

authors. good morning. good to see you. you are clutching these bags like it's gold. you have great choices. we're launch in. first up, the category coming of age stories that we all love. what's on your list, isaac? >> "girls on fire." this is a dark and twisty tale. it's a page turner. the book you want to bring to the beach. you'll eat it up in a day or two. >> sounds like i need wine with that. what's yours? >> my pick is "action." it's sort of a sex ed guide and it's really fun teenagers will want to share it with all their friends. >> all right. here you go, brad. >> my 11 year old and 13 year old love these books. great author. >> like it. moving onto drama category. isaac, pull it out. "here comes the sun." this is great read any season. it's really great in the summer because it's about what happens in communities where people take

of the people that live there. >> emma, what do you have? >> i have "rich and pretty." it's a really gorgeous debut novel about two women in their life-long friendship as one of them prepares to get married. >> pass that along right now. >> i have "the hatching." one of the hottest books of the summer. it's intent. it's going to go to the top of the charts. >> pass that to me now. you had me at "walking dead." next up, the tear jerkers that we'll be reading. what you got? >> "imagine me gone." it's about how mental illness can destroy a family but it's playful. it's a funny novel as well. >> very nice. emma, what do you have? >> a gorgeous writer. this is an

really, really beautiful. >> sounds beautiful. brad, what do you got? >> my favorite nonfiction artist is eric larson. this reads like a thriller. fabulous book. >> i'm going to have to do pushups to carry these that you recommended here. tell me about "modern lovers." >> it's a model about marriage, parenthood, friendship, love, sex and about how sort of old secrets come back and affect two families over the course of one summer. >> brad? >> i grew up reading tom clancy and i wanted to create a globe spanning espionage meets counterterrorism thriller. it starts with an attack on american special operations team. it takes off and doesn't slow down until the end. >> you recently got a lot of attention after an interview with glenn beck. some interpreted your comments as a p

>> we were talking hypothetical scenario about if we had a dictator in the white house. my job literally is to come up with unbelievable scenarios for my books. i've done it for department of homeland security. what would happen if congress didn't do that job? who would do the job of impeachment. not about hurting anyone. not at all. >> this is a great list. >> i'm so sorry. this is so good. it's called "home going." this is about history in america and ghana. >> thank you. i'm serious. i have to do pushups. what a great list. thank you. for the full list, head to today.com. up next, anything tastes good covered in cheese. we're kicking up the perfect parm recipes. first, this is "today" on nbc.

all right. back now 8:45. this week on "today food" we're highlighting regional favorites from across first up, jersey girl, a tri-state favorite. i love anything paurpl. you are making chicken paurpl and eggplant paurpl. >> it's not really a traditional italian dish and it was not until i moved to jersey it became the italian classic. >> you will need your basicbasi. flour, bread crumbs and eggs and chicken and cheeses of your choice, and i like a mixture

mott's, and paurpl. eggs with milk and bread crumbs. i am adding tkpwrapb yao hraeutd. season every layer of th which is really important. you don't want just the top to be seasoned. you want every layer to be seasoned. and then you just dredge into the flour. dip into the egg, shake off excess and dredge in your bread dru breadcrumbs. you have perfect chicken cut le cutlets. light olive oil. sunflower oil. nothing strong like extra virgin because it will burn up and be terrible. >> how long does it take to cook? >> about two minutes on each

your beautiful cutlets ready, layer them with your favorite marinara sauce. you layer your sauce. do a trio of cheeses. why not. it's a parm. at the end of the day we love that from the mozzarella. i love sharpness. >> this is going in the oven look at what temperature for how long? >> doesn't matter until everything is golden and bubbly. and that's what it looks like fo two for one today, going to eggplant parm ingredients. ideally you get yourself a nice and small italian eggplant and when you can't find those look for a firm eggplant and nice and

thin. you want to salt and pepper your flour and eggs. this is how -- >> just want to take a look downstairs. we have tasters and they have been talking about this all day. >> a parm apaw lou sau. >> we don't do bread crumbs in italy, you try them until golden and crispy. they are nice and thin x then the same thing, you layer. you have layer of eggplant and parm and mozzarella. >> how long does that take in the oven? >> everything is cooked. just looking for the cheese to melt, just going to take a good 15 minutes. >> can we show this here? who did the portion control on that one. that is massive. >> can youit

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we are racing toward the fourth of july weekend and with it comes the return of nascar on nbc. here to get us ready for the second half of the season, danica patrick and nascar hall of famer and nbc commentator, dale jarrett. good morning. good to see you got a little history with this track. >> daytona, yes. the poll for the 2013 daytona 500. >> first woman that ever did it? >> yeah, and a short list of drivers, so nothing would be better than getting a win at daytona. >> i love the squint in your eyes. and dale, second year as commentator. >> great for us to be back. providing such great entertainment for us and the race something fantastic, and we're looking forward to crowning our new

look of nascar? >> i don't know. i feel like i am very porsche nut, and i feel like i have a lot of kid fans, which is great. >> give it up for danica. >> i love it when the older people are fans to me and that to me is a big compliment, because they have been around a long time and seen a lot of people come through, but i think the kids are what means the most to me and if i am busy at the racetrack i make time for the kids, and people understand that, and i will be like, i only have time to sign for the kids now. i always have to remember that when i am having a bad day. >> think about the moment about to play out right now. here we have hoda, natalie, matt and al in a showdown of epic

>> all right. i am pretty sure you guys race down to the end, you two on this side and you crash at the end, and then turn around and come back down the other side, and you know -- may the best woman win. >> by the way, the cars were fernished by andretti carting in atlanta. >> go on this side. you on this side. my words of wisdom are the blue buttons are reverse, you might need it. >> which blue button? >> gotcha. >> don't be afraid to use the bumpers, that's what they are for. >> she likes the demolition derby here. >> yeah, pick up a cone and throw it. ready? >> i am going to go straight. >> go! yep. >> go! ♪

>> blue button reverse. >> oh boy. >> that was smooth, matt. >> smooth hand over. >> danica, are you inspired by any of the driving? >> demolition is a lot of what daytona has to offer. it's good inspiration. >> al is coming up. >> team roker and team lauer. hoda is still driving. are you okay, hoda? >> did i win? >> you're alive. >> you won the moral victory. >> classic case of tortoise and the hare there. >> my car wouldn't go. then

was -- >> as we figure out what happened, the most important thing is you can catch cup zero 400 live from daytona saturday night on nbc. coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. >> that was fun. >> that was phenomenal. we're back after your local news and weather. 8:56 is your time now on this tuesday, june 28th, 2016. good morning to you. i am eun yang. let's check on your commute with jack taylor. good morning. >> good morning, north i-295, just about done with the vehicle fire, and snared back down to the laboratory road north.

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sky, and there are rain drops across southern maryland heading eastbound, and a cold front this evening so another chance for a rain shower or thunderstorm today. have your umbrellas handy and ready to go and we are mid to upper 70s and mid to upper 80s for highs today and your rain chance, 60%. get the latest news and weather anytime on the nbc washington app.

this morning on "today's take," amanda seyfried opening up about her new role and what she would be doing if she wasn't an actress and kanye controversy and surprising stars speaking out about his new music video. all that coming up right now. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today's take" with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist and tamron hall live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today" for a tuesday morning, june 28th, 2016. i'm al along with nat and tam. wis

chain smokers featuring daya. >> we'll hear from her coming up in a little bit. i love the song. my son sings this song so beautifully. he loves it. whenever he sings it every time i hear it, i think of my son. >> the chain smokers. looking forward to it. >> she'll be here sit still pretty. >> to start things off, kanye west back in the news again. new music video for song "famous" getting more attention than usual. actress lena dunham arguing the video goes too far. if you haven't seen it, it uses wax figures and acting doubles depicting stars like taylor swift, rihanna and more naked and lying in bed with kanye and his wife, kim kardashian. a lot of folks weighing in on this. yesterday dunhamri

scathing facebook post. i know there's a hipper, cooler reaction than the one i'm currently having. i don't have a hip, cool reaction because seeing a woman i love like taylor swift, a woman i admire like rihanna reduced to a pair of waxy breasts made by some special effects guy makes me feel safe and unsafe and worried for teenage girls went on to say kanye is cool and should make a statement on fame and privacy or whatever is on his mind and that's the wide shot as it were. and we reached out to taylor swift and rihanna and their teams and there's no comment. >> it's based on -- according to kanye, he said it's a comment on fame but the paint is by vincent saw dario, and that's at the bottom. >> listen, art is supposed to be--

>> -- controversial, and gets you talking. >> yeah, the show "girls" is something she created and i know when "girls" started, people commented on the fact there was no diversity, and they commented on the intimate scenes. art brings debate and i think kanye probably embraces -- >> i don't understand, the statement is on fame and are they all in bed with each other? >> it was amber rose, his ex-girlfriend, and ray jay with who kardashian did the famous tape in which people say she became famous, and this is not an endorsement of anybody's behavior, and he was not looking at guilt or innocence, for example, with bill cosby being in there and it was a look at fame. like him or

row of people there, are they depicted as infamous in our society as how we digest -- >> you are taylor swift or whoever and you don't have a choice in that, is somebody allowed to use your image --? >> i think that's the point -- >> -- without you giving permission. >> she is concerned about safety of young girls and that's the treacherous territory, and about image, kanye did tweet out, somebody sue me already and then pulled it down, so i don't know. >> if kanye had done that of you or myself or natalie, how would you -- >> something with him and kim in a fax figure -- >> i don't think they would care. >> i don't know what the law is? what are imaging laws? you have

photos and portraits and put them up, and i don't know. it's a good question. i don't know how i would feel -- i probably -- i don't know if i would care. i don't know if i would care. >> somebody trying to profit off of your image without your permission, i don't think kanye would want people pirating his music. >> is it like sampling your music without your permission. >> it goes back to the weird alan kauvic, the parody -- >> he got permission. >> that's a great point. >> that's the point, using peoples' images -- >> to make money. >> -- to make money and gain more fame for yourself and to do it and put them in positions they may not want to be in. that's where i draw the line. >> i think that's a

you are a talented man. >> again, guess what? >> we are talking about -- yeah, there's something to be said for that. >> maybe we should have a kanye free zone. >> i don't think he needs to be banned. >> he does stuff, but we don't need to talk about him. >> i just read a great article and i am not this high brow, but on the impressionist, and now every one of them is in a major museum. the larger issue here is, this is what we do, we talk about madonna when she first started out rolling around in the wedding dress and people thought that was the end of the world in tv, and she is still lasting and one of the greatest. we will look forward to kanye putting you in the next video.

came to picking your children's names, did you reveal names to anybody beforehand? >> no. >> did you have them picked out before you saw the baby? >> yes. >> did you? >> yes. >> anything else on this? >> i don't weigh in on other peoples' kids names and we did not give anybody an opportunity to weigh in. everybody has an opinion. >> my parents asked me straight out, like what do you think you will name your kids and i remember, you know, saying, should i tell them or not? and then i need to see how it feels with them, and i mentioned, like, some names like taylor or hudson and my parents were like, what? nobody is going to know if that's a boy or girl. >> did you change your mind as a result? >> luke is luke hudson, and it didn't affect me at the end of the day, and i can name my child whatever i want and it's my

and a"g/ñ column said, primrose pixie rose, and i think it's adorable. and the mother was like the names are a little too cute and when she is grown up -- the columnist said same things you just don't weigh in on. >> leave them alone. >> and our producer named his baby lebron. >> yeah, and when little lebron was shown to us, she's cute. >> and the middle name will be kanye. >> you brought him up again. you have the kanye obsession. >> starbucks. yesterday we had the mac and cheat yo, and today we are going to bring into your life something from starbucks and it's an orange drink. i didn't knowt

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it's soupy and cloudy outside, and most of the rain in southern maryland and drifting eastbound but we have a chance for a shower or two in washington so take your umbrellas with you and it's muggy out there, and temperatures in the mid-70s already, and a few breaks of

umbrellas handy and our best chance of thunderstorms in the metro comes up 8:00 or 9:00 this evening. chuck, thank you, and you can keep an eye on the news on our nbc washington app. another news update in 25 minutes.

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self-titled debut "ep" with a full album later this fall. >> we'll hear from her and her new single in just a moment. we get to talk to you now. >> amazing. we were talking about this. it's so beautiful. >> you are a sensation. everything about you. the sound. the >> everything about you, the hard look, and you played multiple instruments? >> yeah, i started piano when i was 3 years old and every since then it has been a big part of my life. never want to stop doing it. >> music has been part of your life since you were a little one? >> yes. >> you still made time for prom? >> i came from prom and went to graduation in pittsburgh, my hometown and then basically came here and did a bunch of shows and went right back on the road and it's kind of weird to take that week off and see everybody again, and it was

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heights. >> announcer: this is a "news4 today" news break. >> 9:57 is your time on this tuesday, june 28th, 2016. good morning. i am eun yang. we are learning more about a deadly officer-involved shooting in d.c., a man was holding a bb gun when an officer shot him and the officers asked the suspect to drop the weapon several times but the man refused. the man has not been identified. let's check your forecast

chuck bell. >> still dealing with light rain across parts of southern maryland and that's not going to bother us here in the metro but there will be a chance later in the afternoon for thunderstorms to bubble up and we are already in the upper 70s to near 80 where the clouds thinned out a bit and afternoon highs will be in the mid to upper 80s depending on how much sunshine, 88 here in town, and a 60% chance of rain later today and our best chance in metro wash is between 7:00 and 9:00 today, and most of the holiday weekend will be dry. coming up, we will have the latest on a multibillion settlement from bw.

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