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story. the first arrest in the attack at istanbul's ataturk airport. richard engel is in istanbul with the latest. >> reporter: there have been police raids in istanbul at multiple locations. a police source also told us they identified the three member russian cell, russian speaking cell they believe carried out this attack and identified them as a russian national. the turkish media reporting the three rented an apartment here in istanbul three months ago paying in cash. an upstairs neighbor said they were suspicious because they installed a second security gate, never opened the windows,

coming from the apartment. turkish security forces are on the hunt looking for people who may be connected to the turkish airport attackers. they raided three neighborhoods in istanbul. authorities say the raids targeted isis suspects. at least 13 people have reportedly been detained so far. turkey has accused isis of carrying out the attack at the istanbul airport, an attack well planned and executed but could have been far worse if not for the brave actions of turkish security forces. based on the accounts of the prime minister and others, initial reports suggest the attack was a rolling commando style operation. the terrorists arrived by taxi with firearms. a bomb detonated curbside allowing two remaining terrorists to slip past security and enter the t

moment when a witness said a policeman tackled one of the suspects in the terminal wrestling him to the ground but it seemed the bomber still manageded ed td to detonate. the surviving bomber made his way to an upper level but he, too, was shot and killed by police before he detonated. the police officers are celebrated here as heroes. british individual videographerd and helped people get to a safe place. >> families struggling with kids and babies and small children but all just trying to get back away from the area. >> reporter: the world has condemned the triple suicide attacks. president obama stressed the u.s. will triumph over terrorists. >> we're still learning all of the facts but we know this is part of our broader shared fight against terrorist

>> reporter: and the investigation here continues into the three-man russian speaking cell and attempts to round up any potential accomplices. there was a major development in the fight against isis in iraq. iraqi forces say that destroyed an enormous convoy of isis vehicles south of fallujah. that air assault taking place early yesterday morning. 200 or more isis vehicles were destroyed. hundreds of fighters killed as they tried to flee the desert area south of fallujah and head west for safety. an impressive military victory by the iraqi military over isis it would seem. >> richard engel in istanbul for us this morning. thank you so much. in a new interview, the head of the cia says he fears isis will try a similar attack here in the u.s. let's bring in nbc's tom costello. he's at reaganat

with a secure at airports heading into the fourth of july weekend. tom, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. most travelers who are going to be out and about over the next few days and week will probably not see a significant change in the security posture at airports nationwide. some select airports, jfk in new york and miami, they put their tactical police units on a higher profile on a higher footing, if you will. they are really not changing their security status either. this is not showing a deterrent but also help reassure the public. the tsa says for most airports that they are running -- across the country they are running checkpoints across the country no significant change to the status of security operations. that said, we're looking at something like 7 million people flying over the course of the next week and if there's one thing that concerns many security analysts, it's this. here at reagan international airport they have steel pylons here, pillars if you will, that are supposed to block the ence

that somebody in a large truck with explosives couldn't just ram or drive right into the airport. that said, he or she could park it right there and right above the roof is the control tower and it's also a situation where you don't have any police presence right here. you can have people rush the airport with ak-47s or whatever the weapon might be. that's not unlike any other airport in the country. this is pretty standard. so the concern among many security analysts is that many airports simply aren't hardened enough. we'll talk about that in the next half hour. guys, back to you. >> tom, thank you very much. let's talk about politics now and the presidential race. mitt romney is adding to his criticism of donald trump and opening up about who urged him to run this time around as an independent. nbc's hallie jackson is on the campaign trail in new hampshire. hal hallie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. donald trump later today will speak with reporters here in new hampshire. the

before mitt romney and others went after him hard. romney revealing his family wanted him to throw his hat in the ring this year. romney saying he could have been a contender. new digs at donald trump from the republican party's last nominee. >> i didn't think he would run in the first place because i assumed he never put in his tax returns. i got half that right. >> reporter: mitt romney admitting it crossed his mind to run as a third-party candidate this year after weeks of speculation he could be the gop's white nighknight. >> my wife and kids wanted me to run. you think about things like that from time to time. i don't think an independent can win. >> reporter: trump still struggling to unite his party but a new poll showing half of republicans want a different nominee. but trump's brushing it off with defiant ultimatum to former rivals that haven't endorsed

run for public office again because what they did is disgraceful. >> reporter: trump in maine yesterday where howie carr raised this attack on elizabeth warren. >> you know elizabeth warren, right. >> reporter: a reference to trump's repeated hits against warren's self-proclaimed native american heritage. warren on the trail for hillary clinton. herself under fire. >> she's not tough enough. >> reporter: clinton announcing her first campaign appearance next week with president obama who is clearly eager to take aim at how trump portrays his populist message. >> that's nativism. or worse. or it's just cynicism. >> reporter: the president at a major press conference in canada with other north american leaders but in a sign of just how big a story the 2016 presidential race has become, the first questions to all of them,

>> one of the candidates that wants to replace president obama has already said he wants to renegotiate nafta. >> you seem to be careful when you talk about mr. trump. >> reporter: so who is trump talking about when he refers to these formal rivals who pledge to support the gop nominee but haven't endorsed trump? governors scott walker, john kasich, senator ted cruz. all names that could be in play come 2020. >> thank you. new developments in the crash of that egyptair plan that plunged into the mediterranean sea last month. investigators saying it showed signs of intense heat and smoke in the moments before the crash. the flight data recorder from egyptair deligflight 804 reveal smoke. some of the wreckage showed signs of high temperature damage and soot. the flight en route from paris toai

killing all 66 people onboard. some authorities initially pointed to terrorism, officials increasingly believe the aircraft's technical systems may be to blame. a bombshell announcement in london this morning where boris johnson says he won't run for leader of the conservative party or prime minister. he was considered an early favorite to succeed prime minister david cameron, a brexit opponent who said after the vote that he would be stepping down. johnson, however, said after consulting colleagues, he concluded that he could not be the next conservative party leader. in other news this morning, the organizers of the academy awards are making new moves to address the outcry over that award show's lack of diversity. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer is in los angeles with more on this. miguel, good morning. >> reporter: matt, good morning. r

scrutiny, the academy of motion picture, arts and sciences will soon have a new look. this morning the academy is opening its doors inviting a new much more diverse group of artists to join its ranks. on wednesday, the academy of motion picture, arts and sciences, the organization behind the oscars, announced 637 new invitations. more than twice the number of last year. of those invited, 46% are women and 41% of people of color. potential new members include -- gabrielle union writes "huge honor. i can't wait

larson and oscar isaac. >> we're going to do this. >> hollywood came under fire for a lack of diversity when for the second year in a row, not a single person of color was nominated in any acting category. >> if they nominated hosts, i wouldn't even get this job. >> reporter: the backlash was quick igniting the hashtag oscarssowhite on social media and a boycott from some of hollywood's biggest stars including will smith and his wife jada. wednesday's announcement highlights hollywood's lack of female representation. in a new study obtained by "the hollywood reporter" women filmmakers and actresses are given smaller budgets for their films despite higher returns than their male counterparts. in a statement, the

president said, "we are not going to wait for others. we've been looking at this organization for a long time and we recognize changes need to be made. one of them was more inclusion." the academy says it's a major step toward becoming more diverse but not the last. matt and tamron, back to you guys. >> thank you very much. to the holiday travel rush on the roads. a record 36 million americans are expected to drive to their holiday destinations over the july 4th weekend. one reason for the increase this year, gas prices are the lowest we've seen in 11 years. how can you avoid spending time stuck in traffic? dylan has taken to the streets to help get you where you need to be. dylan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you know, snowstorms and hollywood weekends is when you find me coming to you live from a car. usually a slow moving car. right now we're moving okay. aside from leaving right this second for your long weekend though, there

that are ideal. friday morning before 7:00 a.m. or saturday morning before 11:00 a.m. if you are planning on cutting out of work early today or tomorrow, it's not recommended though. not only are you dealing with vacation travelers but then you're tacking on rush hour commuters on top of that. our good friends put together some calculations and they said the worst time to travel no matter matter where you live will be between 3:00 and 8:00 p.m. today and tomorrow. if you do find some open road, it's not recommended that you speed because there will be 26% more police officers on the road for the fourth of july weekend. you don't want to get a ticket. that would ruin everything. i know it's early to talk about the trip back home already. once you do start thinking about it, keep in mind that monday between 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. on average will be the worst time to travel. and the worst travel times for

except for san francisco. the worst time then when they expect gridlock is between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. on monday. i'm not going on vacation. i'm just trying to get to studio 1a and i'm already a little bit slow right now. hopefully i'll see you guys in a little bit. tamron? >> dylan, i'm not sure you and your crew next to you in the black suv are making a lot of friends going 25 miles an hour up that road. we'll see you shortly, all right. >> reporter: that's part of the reason why there's traffic. >> all right, all right, dylan,t(c thank . >> here is great news. michael phelps, the most decorated a"9guut in olympic history now headinglpq back to fifth summer games. phelps held off the challenge to win the 200 meter butterfly last night. butterfly last night at the u.s. swimming trials in omaha. moments after touching the wall phelps held up five fingers to signal his accomplishment. phelps still has two

at the trials. today by the way, his 31st birthday. a lot to celebrate. also making the u.s. olympic team last night, missy franklin and katie ledecky punched her ticket to a second individual event in rio. congratulations to all. >> can you feel it? it's looking good, right. excitement. >> getting exciting. >> let's get a first check of the forecast with mr. roker. following dylan'snb lead, e a look and show you what's goind on tomorrow as far as travel troublexd spots. two main areas, the southwest and plains. monsoon andñi moisture bringingn local flooding. airportsxd in phoenix, albuquerque, kansas city,;orr ay see some problems along thew3 roads.çóxd i-70 may beñi some problem spot. also along xdi-45 -- i-40 and t. here in the northeast, a moist unstable air mass in place. look for storms. airport delays, boston, new

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first pitch at 7:05. game time temperatures midc toç upper 70s to right around 80 degrees. the weekend is looking dry.t(ñi >> and that's your latip r(t&há% weather> al, thanks very much. coming up, the search for the contractor involved in a deadly christmas morning fire in connecticut is missing. an emergency court hearing being held today. we're there live with the latest. new concerns over the safety of popular hand sanitize ers yo probably use every day. first, this is "today" on nbc.

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>> announcer: this is a "news 4 today" newsbreak. 7:26 is your time now on this thursday june 30th, 2016. good morning to you, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. in our headlines this morning one man is dead after a shooting in northeast d.c. police tell us he was breathing when they found him last night. he died at the hospital. no word on a suspect or a motive. >> the fairfax county school board will consider changing the name of j.e.b. stuart high school. supporters of the change say the name reflects racism and does not reflect the values of the county. some feel changing because of history would be a dangerous

now jack taylor. good morning. >> delays in the greenbelt on 295. two problems along the way. both out of the roadway finally as you arrive southbound 295 interchange at 50 you feigned broken down vehicle and the crash at eastern avenue gone. new accident at bedding road. pennsylvania towards eisenhower beginning to loosen up a bit from two earlier accidents. back to you. >> jack, thank you. a check on the forecast is next.

nice way to get your thursday going. we're at 68 now at national airport but a cooler 61 royal, 66 leesburg. your forecast for the day, plenty of sunshine, a stray shower or two in shenandoah valley late this afternoon or early this evening. should stay dry around the metro area. if you're thinking about the weekend already, tomorrow some stronger thunderstorms are

temperatures mid-80s. still an increasing chance of showers on the 4th itself. >> chuck, thank you. another news update in 25 minutes. >> now back to the "today show" after this short break. have a great day.

♪ 7:30 on a 7:30 on thursday morning. it's the 30th day of june, 2016. an aerial view of dylan dreyer as she makes her way to studio 1a. she was talking about holiday traffic and got stuck in some holiday traffic. she's on 48th street around 9th avenue. she better hurry. dylan, you better hurry. you have one at 7:50. >> so close. almost there. we're just a day away from another great concert on the plaza. pop sensation rachel platten will take our stage tomorrow morning. if you're in the area, come and say hi. let's get a quick check

headlines. police in istanbul conducted several raids linked to tuesday's attack at ataturk airport. at least 13 people were detained. in a surprise move, former london mayor boris johnson is ruling himself out of the race to become britain's next prime minister. and check out this frightening scene at an oklahoma city amusement park. stalled roller coaster stranded about 100 feet in the air. they were there for more than an hour as firefighters escorted each person down a catwalk to safety. >> nerve-racking. let us begin this half hour with a mystery tied to a case in connecticut that we've been following for about five years now. the contractor who initially took the blame for a christmas day fire that killed his then girlfriend's three young daughters and her parents cannot

nbc's joe fryer has the latest on this. joe, good morning. >> reporter: matt, an emergency court hearing is taking place this morning to discuss the whereabouts of michael borcina. he was asked to turn over some construction documents as part of a lawsuit stemming from that fire but right now some of the attorneys in this case are saying he's nowhere to be found. it's the latest mystery surrounding a christmas day fire that killed madonna badger's three children and both of her parents. where is michael borcina? in a court filing, attorneys for the city of stamford say they've been informed that mr. borcina cannot in fact be located. it's unclear what efforts have been made to locate him. they also state in late may borcina's attorney said he's been unsuccessful in his attempts to contact mr. borcina and doesn't know where he's presently located. nbc news reached out to borcina's attorney but has not heard back. >> the judge might decide the contractor is in contempt of court. he failed to provide key evid t

that can have serious consequences for him. >> it's a huge fire at the house next door to us. the whole house is on fire. there's three kids and a woman. >> reporter: at the time of the fire, borcina was dating madonna badger. >> it's hard to describe that you can't go in and save your own children. i couldn't. >> reporter: borcina was the contractor overseeing renovations on the house. matthew badger is also suing the city of stamford which issued permits and inspected the work. the city says borcina has been ordered to turn over key construction records that could shed light on the fire but he's not obliged. >> the city is saying we can't defend ourselves against claims that the city was negligent without the powerful evidence this contractor might provide. on the other hand, of course,

razing the house and evidence is lost there too. >> investigators say the most likely cause is fireplace ashes left in the mud room. borcina took the blame for that but in a recent deposition said it was madonna badger that mishandled the ashes. she told nbc news last month. i feel sorry for him. i feel incredibly sad for him. during an interview in 2012, she said she thought an electrical problem and not ashes sparked the fire. >> how is it that you have a little bit of ashes cause this enormous fire that spread so quickly? >> reporter: as for the mystery surrounding borcina's whereabouts, madonna badger could not be reached for comment, matthew badger declined to comment and we tried to contact michael borcina but so far have not been able to reach him.

matt? >> joe fryer, thank you. new questions about the safety and effectiveness of hand sanitizers. natalie is here with more on that. >> we use them. the food & drug administration is requiring further study on the long-term safety of specific ingredients found in most hand sanitizers and could eventually lead to major changes. whether it comes from a squirt of gel or foam, millions use topical anti-bacterial soaps every day. many people believe it's a handy weapon in the battle against germs. >> it's convenient to do that but there is question of the safety and effectiveness of constantly using ingredients in hand sanitizers. >> the natural resources defense council has been pushing the fda to take a closer look. >>

the shelf, they're asking for the data. >> the fda is requesting manufacturers provide data for three commonly used chemicals adding that the request for data does not mean the fda believes the products are ineffective or unsafe. the company that makes purell doesn't expect there could be changes. >> the proposed rule from the fda doesn't change any of the rules that we've been playing by. all of the purell products are proven to be safe and effective. >> doctors and public health officials say nothing beats washing hands with explain old soap and water. when that's not an option, hand sanitizers may be a good alternative but 99.9% effective is what fda has asked manufacturers to prove. a lot has changed includingow

especially around here on a hot clammy hands day. >> i do wash my hands with soap and water a lot. >> back to the basic. >> unless i'm traveling. >> he's a purell guy as well. >> we sanitized the map for we've already sanitized the maps for your protection. let's show you what's going on. warm and humid, a lot of folks using that purell this weekend down south. right now for today little rock is going to feel like 93, new orleans, 79 in tallahassee, 90 in raleigh. look at the temperatures over the weekend. little rock you're going to be above 100, mid-90s in atlanta, mid-90s in orlando as well. then we've got some nice, mild highs as you get in the upper midwest and plains. going to be delightful. chicago today, 82. 85 in des moines. as you get into the weekend temperatures stay nice and perfect. upper 70s to low 80s. nothing wrong with that g

country, here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. good morning, everybody. what a great thursday morning it is. temperatures now 62 at dulles, 68 reagan national, joint base andrews. the next couple of days. nothing to worry about today, it will be sunny and dry. tomorrow a 50% chance of stronger thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon and evening as the cold front comes back through. that will clear us out to take the humidity away for saturday and sunday over the weekend. we're a little bit concerned, though, there could be rain chances creeping back into the forecast just in time for the fireworks on the 4th. have a good day, everybody. >> get your weather any time. go to the weather channel. >> thank you very much. coming up, the new apple technology that could stop your phone from taking pictures or videos at a concert. >> a lot to say about that. next, the daunting task of securing america's airport. is it time to add a police presence before the checkpoint? but first these messages.

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attacks on major airports in just three months, there's renewed focus on security worldwide. >> the question is can more be done to keep you safe when you fly or when you're about to fly. nbc's tom costello joins us again. tom, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you know, the tsa knows it's had a problem with undercover agents smuggling mock weapons through checkpoints. the most recent test suggest maybe there's improvement there. what about security as you approach the airport. that's a whole different story. in istanbul, a new security directive may have saved lives. armed police officers newly stationed at the airport entrance doors immediately confronted the attackers preventing them from moving deeper into the terminal. a lesson not lost on other airport security experts. israel's airport has a reputation for the tightest security in the world. police and mily

recognition cameras and question every passengers. the security starts at the airport perimeter. >> before you're allowed to drive your car toward the front of the terminal, this is the first measure. from that moment on, you're in a secured area and that area is covered by surveillance systems. >> reporter: here in the u.s., no airport stops every approaching car. nbc's miguel almaguer in l.a. >> at l.a.x. it's not uncommon to see security checkpoints like this and you'll see more security ahead. it's not uncommon to see police officers heavily armed throughout this area. >> reporter: in most european airports, two and three men military units patrol the terminals. here in the u.s., tactical police units are most common in the big cities but very few airports position those airports at the entry doors. nbc's ron mott in chicago. >> often hundreds of people standing in close proximi

one another and there's absolutely no one safeguarding the doors. you can walk right in. >> reporter: nbc's gabe gutierrez is in atlanta. >> you have shops and restaurants near baggage claim but before the security checkpoint. there's some law enforcement here but the common areas remain open. >> i still think airport security is a gold standard in the united states. >> reporter: john reviewed foreign and american operations for the tsa. this morning the european countries in red are viewed as being at a high risk for a terror attack. does anybody in europe do a better job of security? >> for the front side of the airport i believe the french do. they do because they put armed military personnel as a very visible deterrent and force in the front side of the airport. >> reporter: the biggest concern, most u.s. airport entrances are not hardened to withstand an attack. when you compare the israeli security system to ours, you need to keep something in mind. they have one international airport. 50,000 passengers a

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welcome back, everyone. dylan is in the orange room. she made it back from her little commute. she's talking about a story we've been talking about for a couple days now. tle commute. >> it doesn't count as me being late for work, right. i'm here on time. everybody was talking about this. the highly anticipated wimbledon matchup between number 772 in the world, marcus willis, and number 3, roger federer. willis didn't go down without a fight playing nearly the whole match with a huge grin on his face. he snagged a few great points and when he won his first game of the match, the crowd went nuts. >> a stag

federer did take every set and eventually the match but for willis and the audience, it was a thrill nonetheless. at the end, federer stepped aside and let willis enjoy his moment on wimbledon's centre court. the crowd on their feet cheering. a lot of love for willis on twitter. john writing you are an inspiration to all. keep working hard. and a viewer noticed he was wearing a roger federer shirt you see on the sleeve while playing roger federer. if it wasn't already clear, federer said it was probably the least crowd support he's had at wimbledon since 1999. fun to watch. >> what a class act he is to let him have that moment. really nice. >> a lot of people watching wimbledon. thank you, dylan. major beauty pageant that just dropped the swimsuit competition. the couple under fire for punishing their teenage son by making him live in a tent in the backyard. we'll

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>> announcer: this is a "news 4 today" newsbreak. 7:56 is your time now on this thursday june 30th, 2016. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. let's check on your commute with jake taylor. jack, how is it looking? >> we had a little hiccup on the inner loop of the beltway moving from virginia into maryland, on the legion bridge, a broken down vehicle may have been involved in a minor accident. moving stuff off to the far light transition lane, so you have two lanes getting by. 295 a mess both directions, coming in across 11th street bridge, move onto the freeway westbound. good news is crash by 3rd street tunnel, gone. back to you. >> thanks, jack. we'll take a quick break and check your forecast when we come back. stay with us.

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the complaint department is closed for today because it's just going to be sunny and beautiful here in the metro area. there will ab chance for stronger storms tomorrow afternoon and evening. saturday and sunday look dry but there's another chance for rain coming in just in time for the fireworks on the 4th. thank you. another news update for you in 25 minutes. for now back to the "today show" after this short break. now at havertys furniture, it's our 4th of july sale. where you can create the perfect home. from now until july 4th, you'll find huge savings on stylish pieces. plus, you'll get an extra ten-percent off accessories! and, we're offering thirty-six month, no-interest financing. come in today for savings in every room. with havertys, your home can be perfect, even when life isn't.

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move. the swimsuit competition dropped from miss teen usa replacing it wi. reaction pouring in today, thursday, june 30th, 2016. ♪ >> i just graduated. i'm headeded to xavier university. go x. >> from oregon. >> and pennsylvania. >> to meet natalie! >> graduation trip to new york city from wisconsin! >> we're back now. 8:00 on a thursday morning. it's the 30th day

a big crowd out on the plaza on a beautiful day. a couple of things. by the way, that story we just talked about. that's going to get a lot of conversations going. look forward to that. how about this throwback thursday song. mr. roker's pick. >> that's right. a little "hot fun in the summertime." >> love it. >> what a great choice, al. coming up, the festive finds for fourth of july for every morning of your family including the furry members. >> that's right. perfect. want to mention savannah is on vacation and will be back next week. natalie has a check of top stories. overnight raids in turkey has rounded up potential suspects in the terror attack. the death toll has risen to at least 42. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in istanbul for us again this morning.

>> reporter: good morning. the hunt is now on for people linked to this attack at the airport. there have been raids here in istanbul. about two dozen suspects detained so far. also, a police source has confirmed to nbc news that the three attackers, the three suicide bombers were part of a russian speaking cell. identified as a russian citizen, a kyrgyz and uzbek. they rented an apartment three months ago paying in cash. an upstairs neighbor complained about noise at night and a chemical smell. with less than three weeks until the republican national convention, 2012 presidential nominee mitt romney says his family wants him to run again. romney admits it's the kind of thing he thinks about from time to time but doesn't believe an independent candidate

he also says trump's divisive statements are hurting the party's future. trump lashed out at former rivals who are not backing him. police officers in long beach, california, are mourning a member of their family. a canine team member who died in a standoff that was seen on live tv. in southern california an outpouring of grief. officers honoring a fallen hero. his handler officer mike parcels breaking down in tears. >> these service dogs, these canines are just not dogs. these are police officers. this dog was injured in a performance of his duty and that's going to weigh heavily on the long beach police family. >> on tuesday the drama played out on live tv. a s.w.a.t. team locked in a standoff with an armed man. police say the dog went in to attack when the man pulle

knife officers fired and both were hit. cradling the dog in his arms, officer parcels is frustrated throwing his helmet and putting the dog over his shoulders and into a patrol car. he later died at a pet ohospita. the suspect was also killed. his handler, a 23-year veteran who lost another police dog seen here in 2005 during a gun battle. 11 years later, another four legged partner lost in the line of duty. >> hasn't just lost a pet at home but lost his partner that saves him and protects him in the field every day. it has to be tough on him. >> the long beach police department along with officer parcels declined our request for comment but in a statement they said they appreciate the amazing outpouring of support. a local group created gofundme page to raise money for the canine unit. so sad. major

year's miss teen usa pageant. they plan to eliminate the swimsuit competition. instead the contestants who range in age from 14 to 19 will appear in athletic wear. critics complained the swimsuit competition was inappropriate for young women and failed to promote diverse body types. i think it's a good move by all. >> a lot of people will feel good about that one. >> especially young women that are so impressionable. the couple behind a controversial punishment. they force their son to stay in a backyard tent. they're now speaking out. >> plus, president obama involved in the most awkward handshake the world has ever seen. do you often consume fruit, fruit juices, coffee or soda?

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all right. let's see what you think about this. we're back with a parenting update. how far would you go to punish your child's poor behavior? >> a new mexico couple came up with a unique and controversial solution. >> reporter: in the desert outside of albuquerque, it gets scorching hot this time of year. but this tent in the backyard is now the home away from home for 16-year-old adam boggus where he's serving out his parents' punishment from taking things from his sisters without asking. >> he took his sisters ipod. he took his other sister's tablet. >> reporter: because of that and his poor grades, his parents say, adam must spend his days living in that tent. adam can go into the house to get water, eat, use the bathroom and shower and he sleeps in the house at night. most of the time he's in the tent. >> i'm just trying to teach my

take from anybody without their permission for any reason. >> reporter: adam says he can handle the heat but he's not crazy about the bugs. >> stupid ants. >> reporter: or the snakes. his parents are making him reed and write a book report for each thing he's taken. five in all. >> the book reports are probably the hardest thing out of all of this. adam's parents said they tried many things and nothing changed. they came up with a tent. neighbors called the police and investigated and found there's no criminal act. the boggus' checked with the youth department. >> we're not depriving him of anything but air conditioning. >> reporter: they started a heated controversy in their town. >> they're trying to cake care of him and protect him. >> reporter: and on social media. i fail to see this is an

appropriate punishment for his crime. like my father said, my roof, my rules. otherwise get out. >> what are you learning from all this? >> not to take other people's stuff. >> reporter: adam says he loves his parents and knows they love him. >> if i want them to ever be proud of me, i got to get through this and prove it out in the real world. >> reporter: a controversial time-out spending time outdoors. >> who wants to weigh in? >> i'm not a parent. . >> i guess they know their child best. doesn't seem like he's being harmed. >> seems like he's okay with it and he's getting those book reports done. it's hot in new mexico. it's bad for him. >> here are the results, is the punishment too extreme? just 9% said yes. 85% said no. 6% said they weren't sure about

it. when he said the book reports, to natalie's point, is the hardest part, he's clearly not suffering. >> he'll learn. >> he's not going to forget. >> . let's talk about other stories trending today. look who is joining us once again. this is becoming a trend. good to see you. a big debate dividing the internet this morning. should kids be invited to weddings? a columnist for salon started this with an article invite my kids to your wedding. trust me, you'll regret it if you don't. kids can be horrible but they should be invited because of these reasons. baby sitters are expensive. he says it's cute when children act up. i don't think so. and just having kids around will prevent their parents from getting drunk at the bar. >> not necessarily. >> that's the point of going to

a wedding. >> should you invite kids? >> i'm on the no side. >> a formal occasion, no. if it's a backyard much more open affair, yeah. >> if you have to pay per person, i think no. come one come all. >> i had nieces and nephews in my wed bug they were invited but they left early because because it got too late. >> here's the counterargument from a writer at yahoo!. please don't bring your children to my wedding and here's why. she said if you can't afford baby sitter stay home. misbehaving kids distract from the bride and groom. i think that's true. parents may not get drunk with their kids around. we already had mixed opinions on that. anyway, interesting topic for discussion. >> so what's one of the first things you do when you go to a concert? you reach for your phone. you take video, a picture and that tendency has

alicia keys and now a new report claims that apple has a patented technology to disable the iphone camera at live concerts. here's how it would work. venues would use an infrared beam to prevent taking pictures and videos. i do not like the idea of someone taking custody of my phone. >> it's unamerican. what if you want to take pictures of yourself at the concert or your friends. >> to look back on that and say that's a memory. >> maybe if you're not looking at your phone, you're enjoying the memory. you have it in your head. >> i was at a beyonce concert and i don't look at videos i take. i enjoyed that. >> name dropping.

ha handshakes can be awkward when it's just two people and introduce a third person and you're asking for trouble. there's president obama waving. the trio posing together in ottawa struggling with the handshake. listen to what world leaders were saying during the photo-op. >> wave. >> waves are always good. >> handshake. >> no. no. >> we've all been where you're taking pictures and smiling saying look to the right. look to this camera. >> protocol. >> let's turn to

for "popstart." scarlet johannson's movies raked in money and news announced by box office mojo ranking highest grossing star. only female in the top ten. next woman on the list is cameron diaz that comes in at number 19. harrison ford finished first overall. next to tom hanks, he may have another hit on his hands. we're getting our first look at hanks as pilot behind that famous miracle on the hudson landing in 2009. this movie is called "sully." >> this is the captain. brace for

>> head down. stay down. stay down. >> over 40 years in the air but in the end i'm going to be judged on 208 seconds. >> need a count. passengers and crew. >> that looks good. >> "sully" directed by clint eastwood hits theaters september 9th. on that note, another check of the forecast. >> by the way, scarlett johansson also doing weather on the "today" show. the highest grossing weather person. yes, she did weather one time. let's take a look at your july 4th forecast. july 4th, showers in new york, all the

out west things looking pretty good. moving into saturday rain in new england, southeast wet,more more rain in the central plains, rockies, beautiful along west coast. on sunday, beautiful in the northeast. new england as well. sunshine through the great lakes. rain down through florida and gulf coast. out west the weather continues spectacularly. then on the 4th itself, wet weather from the mid-atlantic states, gulf coast, into the mid mississippi river valley. out west scattered showers and, again, beautiful along the west coast. that's what going on around the country, here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. i hope your thursday is off to a nice start. temperatures in the mid to upper 60s to right around 70 degrees already. plenty of sunshine out there and forecast for today, a nice day to be outside around the metro area. there could be stray showers in the shenandoah valley. temperatures by 7:00 tonight at 81 degrees. a milder and muggier start tomorrow morning with some more clouds around. highs tomorrow mid to upper 80s. a 50% chance for thunderstorms, some of

friday evening. >> and that's your latest weather. >> thanks very much. now to the reason that hoda is here taking part in trending and so much more. >> yes, indeed. >> it's today's "social star search." >> on wednesday we introduced you to the first mentee. this morning we're talking fitness going behind the scenes with instagram to see what it takes to flex those muscles. move over polaroid, these days a picture perfect moment can happen in an instant. instagram burst on the digital scene five years ago and it made sharing images easier than ever. >> it changed social media by making everyone a visual storyteller. you can take a photo and video and share it directly with your friends s friends, with your family or the whole world. >> a socia

million users a month and counting forming communities around travel, music, fashion and food and rise to a new celebrity. the social media star. >> instagram is an incredible platform for people to be able to build their brand, to be able to touch people that you never would have been able to meet in person. >> our aspiring social star kristen crockett has big dreams of building an insta brand. she became a personal trainer. her main focus teaching women of all ages how to live a healthier life. >> i was terrified. i think that when you have a passion for something, it's going to lead you to push yourself harder than you think you could. >> kristen shares her tips and tricks on her page but she's hoping to build a bigger more global audience. >> biggest thing i'm trying to taro

learning to generate that content that will help motivate people, get people engaged and get people to react. >> cue massy. more than 2 million followers. she logon every day to watch her jump, pull and lift while she encourages her followers to get a move on, too. one of those followers, her biggest fan, kristen. >> she inspires me the most. she's open. she shares all of her experiences. i modeled my page off hers. >> i want to get people healthier. i want to get women to move better, to be whoever they want to be and become just best versions of themselves. my first impression of kristen is she's bubbly. she reminds me of how i started my journey. this is going to be a positive experience. i'm truly excited. >> we sent kristen to

anaheim, california. kristen had no idea there was a surprise in store. >> hey, guys. i'm here. i'm super excited. >> hey, kristen. i'm your mentor. >> no way. >> after the initial shock wore off, they hit the gym to talk about kristen's goals for her instagram page. >> what do you want to be the next big thing on instagram? >> i want to influence people how you influenced me. >> your bod is great to look at, what else. once you start being an educator and giving information, you're going to have people's attention. do people know who you are inside? have you gotten to tell them your story? >> no. >> you better speak up, girl. that's the o

going to connect with you. you said to me i feel like i know you. why? because i share a lot. it comes from the bottom of my heart. >> i really appreciate you for doing this. thank you. >> we're going to keep in touch. we'll work together and we'll get those goals, girl. >> okay. >> don't forget to dance. >> and we are going to follow along all of the way. if you want tips for shooting a great instagram workout video, go to today.com and tomorrow we'll meet our mentor and mentee for the social platform, vine. the six-second videos. that's all ahead. >> great. >> thanks, hoda. we appreciate it. up next, a creative spin on pizza. katie lee is in the kitchen whipping up a family

>> announcer: this is a "news 4 today" newsbreak. good morning, it's 8:26 now on this thursday june 30th. i'm aaron gilchrist. let's get a check on the morning commute now with jack taylor. hey, jack. >> aaron, good morning. thank you. we had some slow traffic out of springfield toward 270 spur. heaviest traffic to the bridge. some activity on the bridge moved over safely to the right shoulder but it has been very heavy and very slow. also jammed traffic off the parkway onto d.c. 95. the crash at benning road had only the right side of the roadway getting by. back to you. >> thank you. we'll check on your forecast right after this.

it's near 70 degrees with sunshine out there right now. it's going to be a very nice day to be outside. sunshine today, maybe a few showers out to the west in the blue ridge

tomorrow 50% chance of thunderstorms, some of which could be strong. we're keeping an eye on that friday afternoon and evening. dry for sunday. >> chuck, thank you. get the latest news and weather any time on the nbc 4 washington app.

it's 8:30 on this thursday morning, 30th of june, 2016. we're 24 hours away from another brig crowd on the plaza. tomorrow they'll be here for rachel platten. we look forward to seeing you down here. >> what could be more patriotic with the fourth almost here than "made in america." we'll share favorite items for you, your baby and cute baby over there i want to kiss. look at that baby in hot pink. something for her and something for your pet. the whole family. >> plus, are you struggling with your student loans? you'rear

to slash your bill in a big way. who would say no to cheesy pepperoni rolls? if you do, i don't want to know you. katie lee is here with a dish that's quick and easy. it's perfect for packing up on your summer adventure. >> all right. first, we're going to get a check of the weather from al.. got all our nice friends on the plaza. let's see what we've got going on for for today and tomorrow, if you're traveling. we're looking at wet weather in the southeast. some folks from atlanta who could not get home because of all that wet weather. anyway, looking at rain through the southwest, monsoonal moisture, beautiful along the west coast. for tomorrow, more rain in the southwest making its way into the mid plains where it's going to be heavy at times.

pacific northwest, up and down eastern seaboard could have airport delay and travel troubles from new england all the way down into miami. that's what going on around the country, here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. good morning. right here in washington, temperature now 71 degrees. it's a little cooler out towards the shenandoah valley. only 63 in martinsburg and front royal, 07 fredericksburg. forecast for the next 12 hours, plenty of sunshine, a few stray showers in the shenandoah va;$3y but it will stay dry in the metro area. temperatures low- to mid-800s, highs in the afternoon. for tomorrow warm and humid. mid to upper 80s. that does come with 50% chance of storms on your friday evening. >> that's your latest weather. don't forget get the weather any time you need it. you go to the weather channel on cable, weather.com online. let's go back inside. >> thanks, al. "the st

looks at quirky and surprising things your animals are up to when you're not around. if you have ever caught your pet causing chaos when you're not at home or hilarious animal clips, we want to see it. we may show yours on air. be sure to catch "the secret life of pets" when it hits theaters on july 8th. matt? wednesday was a very big day in the fight against cancer. vice president joe biden helped kickoff the main event of the $1 billion cancer moon shot initiative. tom brokaw dealing with his own cancer is here with more on that. good morning. nice to see you. >> it's a big deal. the vice president i must say is deeply committed. we sat down yesterday in washington and talked about what's going on now and what he sees ahead. >> even though therapists did

not working with oncologist. all of these various disciplines are worki ining together and no can do a billion calculations per second. >> signs of progress in a fight the vice president sees as a key part of his legacy. mr. vice president, you've always been passionate with causes in which you're involved. obviously this one has great personal meaning because of the loss of beau. no question about that. no secret you're about to leave office. you don't have a lot of time left here. >> i met with a lot of very -- some very consequential and i hope when hillary wins that i'll be able to continue to work with them on how we structurally change the federal government to deal with this. it's my

>> as i sit before you right now, i've got $1,000 worth of pills on me that i took this morning. i have great health care plan because i worked for a big company. that patient out there in the middle of america or in a big city or anywhere in the country who doesn't have protection that i do -- >> i think the pharmaceutical industry owes an explanation. there's a drug that works well that came out in 2002 that cost something like $27,000 a year. it's now $130,000 a year. what the hell happened? what happened? when it came out they thought it was a justifiable price. >> did you get an answer? >> it's the only area where flat screen tv start off at $2,000 and now you can get it for $300. the more people use this drug, the price has gone

>> on the front lines of the cancer battle, millions of families and the bidens are no exception having lost son, beau, to brain cancer just last year, dr. jill biden joined our conversation. >> it's part of the moon shot in that we are trying to work with families and help them deal the emotional toll it takes certainly. it was the hardest thing we ever went through. we have to work with families as well and give them support. >> talk about this cancer moonshot initiative. we heard about the war on cancer. what's the biggest difference? >> the war on cancer was against cancer in a generic way. this moonshot is about many parts of cancer and research going on in many parts and the big, big challenges to drop the silos so everyone is working toward one goal and there's

astonishing amount of real progress going on. we'll see more about it. >> how are you feeling? are you feeling well? >> i'm doing okay. >> good to see you as always. much needed help if you're struggling with student loan debt. we'll turn to jean chatzky for that information. first, on a thursday morning, this is "today" on nbc. at subway, you'll love the greek flavors of our mediterranean collection. your choice of delicious chicken or hearty steak. with crumbled feta and cool, creamy tzatziki sauce. try our mediterranean collection today. subway. fresh is what we do. it's our new intern, bart's first week here at td bank, he's a robot from one of those other banks. we're training him to bank human. i am banking assistance & registration technology. wait, wait, wait.

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back now at 8:39 with our special series "fresh start today" where we help you hit the reset button. listen to this number. $1.2 trillion is how much americans owe in student loan dead. jean chatzky is here with simple strategies to cut your monthly payment big-time. trust us on this. good to see you. >> nice to see you. >> we saw that huge figure. let's break it down individually. what does that look like? >> when we look at student loans by the

average that kids are coming out of school with and we just got a survey in e-mail yesterday from studentloans.net. a third of students say they rather not have sex for ten years than carry that amount of debt. a lot of them are not making their payments. 3.6 million people are in default. they are having trouble. >> that makes it incredibly difficult to jump-start and get things going in your life out of college. >> what we hear from people in debt, they're unable to buy homes. they put off getting married, having kids. really difficult to get your life started. >> you have some real life examples because again you're looking at potentially six-figure loan debt straight out of college. >> this is mike and rachel. a nurse came out of school with $100,000 in student loans and they were not able to save for the house they wanted to save

for because their monthly payments were $1,250 a month. we helped them. we suggested that they refinance their student loans. took out a 20-year loan. reduced interest rate from 7.5% to just over 5%. new monthly payment $635. that's a lot of freedom. it's allowing them to save for that goal. >> you cut the payment or help them cut the payment in half. looking at other people with the same situation, is that something available to everyone? >> so there are a few different ways to reduce your monthly payments. if you have federal loans, you want to just look into consolidating. consolidating will not reduce your interest rate but allow you to qualify for programs that allow you to spread out your payments, which can reduce your monthly payment even though you may pay more in interest over the long-term. the next thing to look at is the

pay as you earn program. it's a government program. if you have federal student loans, you are allowed to reduce your monthly payments under this program to 10% of your income. that's a big relief for a lot of people. after 20 years, if you still have loans on the books for an undergraduate degree, whatever you have left, gets wiped away. for graduate degrees, it's 25 years. so this can be a big relief. if you have been in a previous income based repayment program, you still want to look at this because those old programs cap monthly payment at 15% of your income. this is 10. >> if you are already in a program, do you stay the course or look for other options? >> you look into this program. it's also true if you're in a public loan forgiveness program. it doesn't reset the ten-year clock on public service loan forgiveness which is if you're working in a helping profession you get a break after ten

finally, this is what we suggested for mike and rachel. you can refinance your loans through a private lender. generally you need to have at least $10,000 in loans for these lenders to be willing to work with you. you have to have a steady job. you have to have a stable income. good credit really important here and a college degree in some cases. magni magnifymoney.com keep a list of different lenders willing to work in this marketplace. >> any caution signs to look for in refinance? >> the one caution i mentioned earlier. if you lower your payments but make them for a longer period of time, you could end up paying more money overall. just something to keep aware of. knowing that you've got that sort of relief on a monthly basis often makes life possible in a way it wasn't before right now and allows you to do things like buying a house, getting married, having kids. do your research. make sure that you g

one and definitely shop around. >> jean, thank you so much. you can find more of jean's information on today.com. up next, stuff we love made in the usa. first, this is "today" on nbc.

welcome back. this morning stuff we love we're celebrating all things made in the usa just in time for the fourth of july holiday. we have gathered must have american made items. good morning. good to see you. you have covered the entire family. furry and all. >> look at little mag. this is

sweatshirts and t-shirts. anything you want the world to know. they will put it in sequins and emojis. and then look at little roger. he wants everyone to know that he's so -- >> look at roger. >> i want everyone to know that i am hangry. custom made whatever you want starting at $38. >> that's phenomenal. made in the usa. >> here we go. >> now here we have two very special models. these are mommy models. let's start with their hats. a couple things to go through. first of all, these are big floppy hats. aren't they amazing? all americans love a monogram. just $24.95. now, if we turn them around, the big reveal, we have two most adorable

their pacifiers are monogrammed. nobody puts baby in a corner. they want their own monogram. we have bear an hunter from white elephant design.com. just $15. they love you, tamron. >> quickly, moms are wearing fashion made in the usa. we've got a great red and white striped updated top. her jeans are the perfect skinny jean. and this fun star maxy. >> worth obsessing over. so are those babies. my god. >> if we go over here, now it's also possible to cook with patriotic flare. >> i wonder which one i love? >> maybe texas. these are from american skillet company. you can cook your cornbread for fourth

states shaped skillet or they've got lots of other states. michigan is dropping this week. >> let's move onto glassware. >> we have from uncommon breed, this fourth of july you can celebrate your cool beverage with a very patriotic glass. here we have the constitution rocks and declaration of independence glasses right there on the side. we, the people, are very thirsty. they have college town glasses so maps of your college town. and then they have city map glasses. so easy. personalize any city you love. >> patriotic food. made in the usa. >> made in the usa. this is this next cheesy puffs. serious cheesy pus.

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>> announcer: "today food" is brought to you by french's ketchup. only real ingredients. never made with high fructose corn syrup. >> our good friend katie lee has a great take it and go recipe. katie, good morning. >> good morning. >> this is a traditional and regional west virginia dish. part of it is a family recipe. >> i'm from west

there. it started back with coal miners packing these to take in their lunch because pepperoni wouldn't go bad. >> the dough is made in your family. you can use them for cinnamon buns or something like this. >> this is a recipe my great aunt pat and grandma make all the time. start with yeast mixture. warm water helps activate the yeast and sugar helps it feed. i have canola oil in here. whisk this. approximate you the in sugar, salt and an egg. just keep whisking it. i'll add to that some cold water. then i'm going to add to it warm water. >> in that order? is that important? >> yes. then a you'll mix in the flour. this is a really forgiving dough. if you follow this recipe, it's pretty much foolproof. we have it all the time like refrigerator rolls.

>> we'll pretend i did that. you have to work with that dough a lot. >> you do. so flour surfaced. take it on near and knead it for eight to ten minutes. i set a timer on my phone so i know that i get it long enough. >> what does that actually do? >> this will help develop gluten and make it stretchy and elastic. you want to do it until it gets nice and stretchy and starts to smooth out. i put it in a bowl. this goes into the refrigerator for three hours to rise. >> look at what happens. it rises quite a bit. >> punch it down and then we'll roll it out into a big rectangle. at this point you could really fill this with whatever you wanted. if you want to do cinnamon rolls, you could. we're doing pepperoni. i put pepperoni down first. >> there's one extra piece there. >> and then you're going to top it with broccoli after that. season that with a little bit of garlic salt and then the cheese. >> what kind of that? >>

important to do it in this order. broccoli has a lot of moisture and that pepperoni and cheese will make it like a cocoon and hold it in there so dough doesn't get soggy. after you made your nice layer. roll it up. just like you would cinnamon rolls. you want to squeeze this cylinder so that it seals and then take a knife. cut off the end because there's not as much good stuff down there. and then slice them. you see you get these nice spirals just like this. and then you put them into a greased casserole dish. cover it. let it rise another hour and a half. then it goes into the oven. i have some back here. into the oven for 45 minutes at 350. it comes out looking like this. i mean, look how good these look? we used to have these all the time during the summer if you're having a pool party, a great thing to have. perfect for fourth of july. comes out. >> let me ask downstairs? >> so

>> really versatile. >> you see how easy it is. >> you can pack this in their lunches. it's great. >> it freezes great. >> you have a pesto version over here. >> that's our vegetarian. try one, matt. >> which one is which? this is not my first rodeo here. katie lee, thank you so much. have great fourth. recipe online. coming up next, we're back after your local news. >> announcer: this is a "news 4 today" newsbreak. 8:56 is your time now on this thursday june 30th, 2016. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. let's check on your traffic with jack taylor. good morning to you, jack. >> good morning, eun. it's been a brutal morning for those riding south d.c. 95 activity long-standing on benning road still there, only right lane getting by. metropolitan police

burrows avenue and avoid this stretch of 95. 40, all lanes stopped because of a crash. accident on 395 northbound on shirlgton is blocking left lane. >> jack, thank you. we'll take a quick break and check your forecast when we come back. stay with us.

it's going to be a nice day to be outside today whether you're going to the pool or playing a round of golf. weather very cooperative, low humidity, sunshine, low humidity. pretty good chance of thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon and early tomorrow evening. saturday and sunday look very nice indeed. still a chance for showers on the 4th. >> thank you. get the latest news and weather any time on the nbc washington app.

>> announcer: this morning on "today's take," 98 degrees. nick lechey and the guys are here to perform live. not over the fence, through it. we'll go spanning the world for the wildest in sports and how to make your fourth of july party pop. diy tips for your big bash coming up next. >> announcer: from noobc "today this is "today's take." >> welcome to "today" on a thursday morning. a beautiful one i might add in new york city. it's june 30th, 2016. >> i just thought of something tamron told me earlier.

>> al, i will do anything you ask for the rest of my life. please. >> 98 degrees. >> we do. >> it's 100,000 degrees. my heart is racing. i can't wait until commercial. >> look at the jam of the day. >> "hardest thing" by 98 degrees. >> hardest thing is not telling this story. >> 98 degrees performing live for us today. they're also going to hang with us in just a few minutes. we're excited. >> love them. >> groove. >> you missed it yesterday. we'll talk to you about it later. >> a lot to catch up on. >> you are gone a day and you miss a lot on "today's take." >> okay. olympics are right around the corner. coming up in just a few weeks. michael phelps headed to his fift s

night at the u.s. swimming trials in omaha. the first american male swimmer to qualify for five, five olympics. dusting the competition last night. here's what he said after the race. >> you know, we talk so much about how much harder this is than the actual olympics so i think just having that off my mind hopefully i can open things up and have fun now. >> that's an after the race. he was so young when he started. >> 31. >> dominating as a teenager. michael's mother, his fiance, nicole and 7 week old son, boomer watching from the stands last night cheering him on. phelps has two more events at the trials. look at the little guy. >> boomer is like i have no idea what just happened. seems very exciting. a lot of screaming. >> there for his dad. >> so cute. michael still has 100 fly and 200 individual medley at this trial. today by the way, also his

birthday. >> he was 15 at the first olympics. >> 15? >> 15. he spent half his life at the olympics. >> he grew up in that spotlight and you can understand growing up in that, he's talked about how he hit some hard times. always having that pressure on him. he grew up in the pool. >> good times right now. >> love, baby. he's healthy. >> looked great last night. >> speaking of growing up a lot. we were having this conversation because there was an "l.a. times" column about showing your favorite movies to your kids for the first time. the classics. the good old classics. and how they reacted. it got us thinking about watching favorite movies with our own kids. >> let me pause for a second. when they pitched this to me, they didn't say kids. favorite movie to share with families. i would never show kids this movie. >> we'll get to that, too. >> this is perfect. >> we'll get to that,

that's another one. so my movie i set up for my kids. funniest movie i remember watching. i can remember the exact day where i was and what theater. i died of hift aysterics in my . here's the clip. >> flight 209 you are clear for takeoff. >> roger. huh? >> request sector. >> huh? >> we have clearance, clarence. roger, roger. >> radio clearance, over. >> clarence over. >> huh? >> roger over. >> who? >> such a good call. >> i love "airplane." i remember last summer i was so excited to show them this movie. i thought they were of age they could get some of the jokes and references. this was their reaction. >> acti

>> we don't have video. that's it. >> they don't have cameras. >> i should have brought that video. can we change this movie? really, mom, this is not funny at all. >> even the scene when they are standing in line? >> i think a lot of word play and puns you have to be a certain age to get that. >> they were too young? >> i think so. >> and innuendo may be lost on them. >> i take my coffee like my men. >> you go through the lines. >> i may have to do a do-over. >> "naked gun" too. >> surely you must be

dead for years, black and white movie, ladies and gentlemen, the classic, "abbott and costello meet frankenstein." >> what happened when you showed your kids this? >> first of all, they said why is it in black and white? and it just had no -- they didn't even watch the whole thing. i thought this movie was -- when i saw this as a kid, i thought it was one of the funniest movies and abbott and costello were the first ones to -- this and "hold that ghost" a precursor to before gu "ghostbusters" are classics. they don't get it. >> you want them to appreciate what went into black and white to where we are today. >> i'm curious about your movie. what family members would

show it to? >> they said what film do you show people that no one gets. >> not people. your kids. >> they didn't say kids. my kids are still baking in the oven somewhere. i don't have them. >> the movie? >> it's a film called "the lover." it's a very romantic love story. after our fifth or sixth date, i show them this movie and judge the guy on this film. >> i have never seen this. >> so when the girls looked it up here, the ladies, it starts out by saying it's erotica. >> hello. >> you show this to your mom on mother's day. >> i didn't say my mom. i'm so embarrassed. >> this is a fifth date movie then? >> i embellish. it's a

>> your movie to show the kids. >> i've done all of the classics. "star wars" they love. "ghostbusters" they love. we're going to "teen wolf" next. we were checking out. cheap movies. i always grab a couple of those. they had "red dawn" which is a classic movie. the original. >> you showed this -- >> george was asking me about it. he is six. i said what's happening here, son, is a bunch of high school kids are beating. >> he said pass the bourbon, willie. >> there's violence not appropriate for a 6 year old. the wolverines. whole thing. we dipped out at the worst part. i knew when they were coming. just the fun stuff. >> so your son may have a fear of this. many people have phobias and fears of certain things. we saw it in john oliver last

afraid of. >> i'm terrified of clowns. >> i had a fear of flying. >> i'm afraid of drowning. >> scared of computers. >> nuns were raping me. i have a fear of penguins. >> number one fear is elevators. >> mice. >> sharks. >> as a kid i was terrified of quick sand. >> i have a fear of losing gift cards. >> i have a phobia of being tickled. i sweat through my dress. >> i'm afraid of adult cats. >> everything i'm reading terrifies me right now. >> you're afraid of everything. prompter. cats. tickling. >> i'm afraid of the snooze button. >> that was on john oliver? >> i wasn't on. i was mocked on john oliver. i'm afraid of snooze because if

>> cats come out. >> adult cats. >> i love kittens. i'm afraid of adult cats. you can't read them. >> you're not supposed to read them. >> i have a nice adult cat i can read well. >> i like my cat. i don't like other people's cats because i'm afraid of them. >> obviously you're not afraid to show a date "the lover." >> erotica. >> fifth date o >> red dawn. >> by the way,xd we've got july 4th coming up this weekend. a lot of people on the road. probably going to be the busiest travel day of the year. out west of the plains monsoonal

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the fellas of 98 degrees rose to fame with hits like "because of you" and "the hardest thing." >> after spending the last decade working on their solo career, they're all back together. hitting the road this morning with my 2k tour. guys, so happy you're all back together again. >> thanks for having us. >> everybody can be at peace no

a real road trip down memory lane. what are you looking forward to most? >> reconnecting with our fans. it rekindled our desire to go out on the road again. that's where the my 2k tour was born. it will be a great show. fans a chance to relive memories of early 2000s. >> does it click back in with the four of you guys when you're back in that mode rehearsing getting ready to go on stage. >> scarily yes. the things that annoyed each other 20 years ago, still annoy us. it really is. it's a weird dynamic that doesn't matter how long you're apart, you full back into the same roles and fall right back into the same routine. >> same routine. same dance moves. any new songs? new things that you're working on as well, jeff? >> well, we have new dance moves. we didn't have any dance moves before. now we have -- >> you have

>> you're hired. you can be part of our eye candy on tour. there will be twist and turns. we want to put surprises in the show. things people haven't seen before. the throwbacks and stuff that made us popular in the first place that we're fortunate about. a couple different things out there for us i think and for the audience. >> justin, this is a legit tour. we're all about the same age. are we up for this now? >> do you want to sub in? >> come out of the bull pen for you. >> it will be a lot of fun. we'll do 39 shows. we're looking forward to it. it's going to be a blast. >> you start july 8th in wichita. what's the bus like? are you do have that all set up? >> we're sharing a bus as aan

since 2001. we're all going to be on the same bus doing it like it was in the beginning. truly a throwback tour. it will be fun. a great way for us to kind of keep the comradery going and a lot of times new music comes out of that when you spend hours together on a bus. looking forward to it. it will be fun. >> a few more kids on the bus than 2001? >> we have a no kids rule. >> a lot of facetime with kids on the bus though. >> we made the schedule work to fly home on days off to see our families. >> fantastic. guys, thank you so much. we can't wait. you will perform for us later on. coming up next though, you never know what you're going to find on the internet like this giant ice cream sandwich. guess what? that is going to be right here in studio. we get to dig in. along with some other festive fourth of july ideas after these this is mister kitty. mom doesn't know we have him. it's something about "responsibility."

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active shooter. all personnel directed to shelter in place. this is something that we've seen play out at military installations around the region for the last couple of years. you remember the shooting at the navy yard that did turn out to be a deadly situation. since then we've had other lockdowns at other military operations. we've seen them at walter reed, bethesda. we've seen a crush of law enforcement arrive at those facilities and do a very thorough, hours long investigation. i imagine we could expect the same thing to be the case here at joint base andrews. obviously this is where the aircraft for president obama is housed. "air force one" is housed at joint base andrews. at this point we know the president obviously was in canada yesterday. he's back here in the d.c. area. there was no plan for him today to have a need to go to andrews air force base or fly out on "air force one." that's one thing we've been able to check his sche

there. still, this is an extremely active air force base housing the headquarters for the air force district of washington and several other air wings that are based here at joint base andrews. a massive sprawling military installation in this area. at this point we know we've confirmed for you that by the tweet from andrews air force base and by calls we've been able to make, the base is currently on lockdown due to a report of an active shooter. the report came in around 9:00 from security there on the base. we are, of course, scrambling some of our crews to get a+e"t! the ground there at andrews air force base as you look live from chopper 4. in the distance, fairly close to the installation. we're checking with other resources around the region to see if they have called in assistance from any law enforcement

county. any fire officials who might be asked to come in and help with their investigation, it's obviously the reason where there is a lot of mutual aid that happens. when something of this magnitude, a concern of this magnitude arises at a military installation, they obviously have their own resources, their own security staff. there's a police agency, fire agencies as well on the base. they might call in outside resources from the county and we're working to confirm whether or not that has been the case in this instance. it is 9:24 now on this thursday morning and we are coming on air and staying with you to report on what we understand is a lockdown situation at joint base anacostia bowling. obviously the place that houses "air force one." you're looking at a map that shows large

installation of joint base andrews there. can you kind of get an idea of how large a facility we're talking about here. we know from history if there is an active shooter report, as has been the the case here, this is something that's going to be run to ground very thoroughly. it will likely be hours before we hear about a complete all clear at this installation because they are going to go through -- law enforcement will go through each and every building on the base to make sure there's no concern. obviously if there was a first concern, they have been able to localize the report, they are going to go to that space first and begin their search this. lockdown allows law enforcement to make sure if there was a person that had a weapon on this installation, they were able to keep the person in a space they can get to them at some point during the search. 9:25 this thursday morning. you're watching our

this morning about the lockdown situation that is in place at joint base andrews in prince george's county at 9:00 this morning there was a report that came in from the law enforcement agency there suggesting that there was a lockdown -- suggesting there was a report of an active shooter on the base there and they are locked down as a result. there are protocol that are in place for a situation like this, when there is a report of this nature. it's not standard procedure for even active duty service members to walk around a military installation armed. obviously miller police would be, but that would not be the case for everyone in uniform necessarily on any military installation. so if someone was seen with a weapon who was not supposed to, was not authorized to be carrying a weapon just as a matter of every day business on the installation there, that might be cause for alarm for someone who is looking for t

would be out of the norm. as such, they would also be inclined to report that. as has been the case at other installations around the washington area, the police there on joint base andrews are activating their lockdown and they are going to continue searching that facility for an active shooter, as was the report that came in shortly before 9:00 this morning. we've had our chopper flying over the scene, you're looking at live pictures coming in now. obviously from the distance, there's an area around this region where we're allowed to fly our helicopter typically outside the beltway, of course. joint base andrews right there sort of on just the inside the beltway there in prince george's county. so this our vantage point at this point trying to get an eye on what's happening there on the ground at joint base andrews as they investigate this report, just a report at this point, of an active shooter. we're still gri

eun yang joining me now as we go into extended coverage of this breaking news situation about a report of an active shooter at joint base andrews. >> see if we're getting more information at this point. all we know is joint base andrews is on lockdown as aaron mentioned earlier. this is due to a report of an active shooter. all personnel are directed to shelter in place. as we know as a result of so many of these incidents over the past, personnel do these trainings periodically to make sure they know proper procedures and protocol and what to do to shelter in place in case of these situations. personnel directed to shelter in place. this is a live picture from chopper 4. we're still trying to gather more information about what exactly is happening. this is prince george's county, if we want to show a map of exactly where this is. right here. this is a map of joint base andrews in pnc

cannot. this the facility run by the air force. people really know it for the fact that the president and other dignitaries fly in through joint base andrews. there's a spectacular air show they hold every year that's open to the e.cpublic. reports from joint base andrews about a potential lockdown. we're still trying to find out more information about this potential active shooter information. right now not getting a whole lot what exactly is happening on the ground at this hour. >> we think about installations around the area and the degree to which civilians might bible to access those facilities. andrews is a different sort of place. as eun just said, this is where the president keeps his plane. so the level of security we might expect here might be a little higher than you might expect at other facilities. so they are absolutely not doing to take any chances with a report of this nature. again, the report that cain was

not simply -- i use the word simply and probably shouldn't but simply someone with a weapon. this is something where the threat is perceived that someone represents a clear and present danger on joint base andrews. >> the tweet from joint base andrews came in about 13 to 15 minutes ago that the facility was on lockdown due to this report of an active shooter. again, all we know at this point is that personnel have been directed to shelter in place. we don't know right now we imagine there's an investigation on the ground. there is a search for the active shooter. we are trying to figure out more information about what is happening in terms of who is on the ground right now helping in this investigation and the search for this potential active shooter on the ground at joint base andrews. >> obviously we have all of our crews gathering trying to gather more information on this. i can tell you our investigative team, scott m

reporting we believe this incident, whatever it may be, is at the base's medical facility there at joint base andrews. i mentioned the fact there are a lot of functions that happen on this particular military installation. obviously we talked about the president's plane being there. this is also home to several different wings, air wings represented by the air force. there are navy facilities that are represented on this piece of property as well. this is the headquarters for air force district of washington. so a lot of people will be working in this space. you can imagine around 9:00 in the morning on thursday, you might have most of the people who were coming to work today already on the installation. obviously we're rolling into a holiday weekend. possibly there wouldn't be quite as many people around. but you would expect the same level, same degree of urgency

regardless of how many people might be working on the installation today. >> that's right. a very busy time in the morning, especially just as rush hour is winding down w that we received this report. again, 15 minutes going in now from the original tweet from joint base andrews. if you're just joining us, we are giving you extended coverage of information from joint base andrews in prince george's county that it is currently on lockdown due to a report of an active shooter. all we know is that all personnel directed to shelter in place. we are still working here at nbc 4 to get more information about what is happening. this is a live picture from chopper 4 right now of the scene. it's hard to get a picture of what is -- what's happening right now. we know that this is some information we're getting right now. this is happening at building 1060, which apparently is

hospital there at joibds joint base andrews. there was a scheduled shooter exercise and then the real shooter. that came about 15 minutes into this exercise when we saw the tweet from joint base andrews reporting an active shooter situation. >> it's moving forward. they are placing the facility on lockdown. >> at this point, up until we learn something different, up until they say this was some part of the drill that didn't go quite the way it was supposed to, we're going to continue to treat this as an active shooter situation, so we would imagine, as i said, they are going to comb this facility, this massive sprawling piece of property, comb it from one end to the other, until they are able to confirm there isn't a situation,

>> you can imagine why this could be a confusing situation at this point, because there was an active shooter exercise scheduled at joint base andrews at 9:00 this morning and about 15 minutes in is when we saw the tweets from andrews saying there's a report of an active shooter. >> a little detail from andrews. the twitter account alluded to, happening at the malcolm grow medical facility. first responders on scene now. all personnel at joint base andrews told to shelter in place. like i said, they are going to start the search there and then fan out as necessary. whoever the emergency responder is that could that report initially would ask for as much detail as possible as to what someone thinks they may have seen. th

if they thought they saw a weapon, what that weapon looked like. then they go into the facility, in this is a medical facility, hospital facility at joint base andrews and start looking at something that fits the description they were able to pull together. >> of course they are going to be asking what they heard. if this was a scheduled active shooter exercise, you imagine there was a lot of activity at 9:00 in the morning. fifteen minutes later there was a report of a real active shooter. andrew now moving forward in this investigation as if it were an active shooter by placing the facility on lockdown, asking to shelter in place while they conducted investigation. first responders again on the scene right now as personnel follow proper procedures and protocol. at joint base andrews they go through these periodic training exercises and also personnel have to practice shelter in

these sorts of situations. even though they are not clear or confirm this active shooter, they want to make sure they proceed with all precaution and make sure everyone on the facility is safe and th are doing to move forward and treat them as if there was an active shooter on the facility at this point. >> you can't ignore how rare, how unusual this becomes when you look at the fact there was that planned drill for today. when we've had other incidents around this region around the last several years involving military bases and reports of active shooters, you haven't had apparatus already in place to deal with that sort of thing. in this case we know that the drill plan today meant there were going to be people who were preparing equipment. there were going to be vehicles readied if not already ready to participate in this drill. that authorities outside of this installation would have been put on alert as well. so prince george's county police and fire we would imagine would have been aware there was a

drill set to happen. so many things that would come to bear had to be put in waiting as this drill started. >> looking at the twitter page at joint base andrews. three minutes ago, here it is again, tweeted the incident is ongoing at the malcolm grow medical facility. first responders are on scene now. all personnel continues to shelter in place. that was three minutes ago. about 20 minutes ago was the original tweet that joint base andrews is currently on lockdown due to reports of a shooter. all personnel directed to shelter in place. this at the hospital building, 1060. 9:00 a.m. we're hearing there was a scheduled active shooter exercise, 9:00 a.m. within the span of 15 minutes, something happened where there was

investigators on the scene trying to figure out, was this real? is this an active shooter situation or something that came out of the exercise. because when you're having an active exercise on the facility, there's a lot going on. a lot of workers who may have heard something, seen monaco. in this day and age, culture and environment, we don't want to take any chances. you want to report any suspicious or out of the ordinary behavior or anything they heard or saw that may not have been normal for them. >> we talk about the degrees, significance of this particular facility in terms of what happens here that impact the rest of the region. obviously we talked about the fact that "air force one" is housed there as well as the other government aircraft that bears that marking we've all seen when the president's plane kept there. planes that would transport other high-level government officials there or housed there as well. this is also the place when there's an air

issue in the airspace around washington, d.c., when jets need to be scrambled, they are very likely scrambled from andrews air force base to intercept aircraft inside that restricted airspace around washington, d.c. we take that, add onto the fact there are military facilities -- i'm sorry, navy facilities on this air force base and obviously many different air force operations that originate here, headquartered here. this is a huge facility to have been impacted this way on a day like this. you're looking at a map of the property that is surrounded by roadways, arteries we're aware of. the beltway and bw parkway, roads that run through this particular area. the facility itself quite large. not just the runway but buildings there happening in that space. so as we take a look at 9:40, just about now,

morning, this lockdown situation at andrews air force base started at 9:00 this morning. help me out, guys. this live picture we're looking at, i believe we're seeing an aircraft, helicopter flying in at least in view of chopper 4, not far from the air force base. we can't identify what type of helicopter it is. inside the beltway, it's a helicopter, federal helicopter or one that is operated by one of the other law enforcement agencies in this area. >> now, at this point, i just checked joint base andrews website, there's no indication anything going on according to the website. we know through twitter, two tweets from joint base andrews. six minutes ago andrews tweeted that the incident is ongoing at the malcolm grow medical facility and first responders are on the scene and all personnel continue to shelter in

this is the 1060 facility, the hospital. once again, if you're just joining us, at 9:00 a.m., there was a scheduled active shooter exercise at joint base andrews. this is another live picture of andrews air force base. then reports 15 minutes later of a real active shooter. there may have been some confusion on the ground about what was happening. andrews moving forward and treating this as a real active shooter situation by locking down the facility, asking all personnel to shelter in place as first responders and investigators comb through that facility and try to figure out exactly what's happening at this point. >> our investigate ef-team has been doing some digging on seth came over and said we know u.s. park police, that agency i helicopters, two joint base andrews. obviously we talk about some of the partnerships that happen with t l

agenci in the area. that's why we're seeing the sis answ -- assistance from the park police. >> we have tracie from the park police to give us more information. are you there. >> caller: i am. our understanding of what happened here, as you said, this was a practice that had already been planned for a potential gunman on joint base andrews. they were doing this work when it appears that someone spotted an actual gunman. what started out asym just a rehearsal or practice turned into this situation that we're dealing with now. the confusion came because whenever they do these practices or drills, they have to let prince george's county police and other law enforcement agencies know. and because of that, when the initial calls came in, the thought was that what we're dealing with was a practice as

there. so they were asked to shelter in place and believe the gunman is located inside 1061, which is the medical facility there at andrews air force base. >> at this point, what are you seeing? d"ç there a back up where you ae some i would imagine at the facility no one is allowed in ou or out. >> no one is allowed in or out. andrews air force base is on shutdown. >> tracie, have you been able to reach out to any of your sources in prince george's county to identify whether andrews has asked for help outside the base itself, any help from county police or fire and ems agencies. >> at this point we don't have confirmed they have asked for additional help. we do know, as i said, they were initially told we'll be doing this work, to expect that miles per gallon like this could happen and there could be possibly a misunderstanding. >> you don't know whether or not

mentioned, prince goernls county is included in the exercises because of the proximity of the property? >> no. that's a good pquestion, eun. we'll try to find that out, whether they were included or not. they are not but i will double-check that. >> tracie, thank you so much. we'll check in with tracie as she gathers more information there on the ground at joint base andrews. if you're just joining us, we're giving you extended coverage at 9:45, an active shooter operation at joint base andrews outside the beltway. at 9:00 as tracie just reported, there was a planned shooting exercise, an active shooter exercise on joint base andrews and then apparently one reported seeing an actual gunman on the property. there may have been some confusion because of the shooting exercise that was happening on the property, but andrews moving forward at this point as a real active

by placing the facility on 3w lockdown. as tracie mentioned, no one coming in or out of the facility and asking to shelter in place at this hour. >> we've been checking en, listening in at other military operations around the region. we're just seeing from fort belvor in northern virginia because of this active shooting situation at andrews across the river, they are recommending their personnel and everyone else stay clear of the andrews area. as a result belvor increased its river at joint base andrews. >> they are sayingt( it's happening at malcolm grow medical city, building 1061. medical responders on the scene. tracie mentioned she's not sure whether or not other jurisdictions called in to support andrews air force base to support the situation. we do know

on the scene and personnel are going to shelter in place while the facility remains on lockdown as investigators search for potential active shooter at joint base andrews. >> what you have in front of you is a map. we zoomed in on the map of the andrews facility éñ at this poi. we've circled for you the base. some of the other significant buildings. on the other side of the screen, we believe that's part of the runway you would see there at andrews as well. you kind of have an idea where the activity might be concentrated on the base at this point, although we don't know to what degree exactly they have been able to surround that building and zero in on what they need to investigate and what other buildings may have impacted in terms of law enforcement presence looking at other spaces just to be on the safe side. >> right. at this point

is shut down. tracie mentioned to us that no one is going in or out of joint base andrews at this point. just looking at the time line here, it's been 12 minutes now since joint base andrews sent their last tweet about the ongoing incident at the medical facility on base there. again, half an hour -- it has been half an hour since 9:15 when the original tweet came out, joint base andrews reporting it was on lockdown due to the report of an active shooter. all personnel being directed to shelter in place. now, we continue to mention that this is important at 9:00 a.m. there was a scheduled, a planned active shooter exercise and the reports of a gun mman on the property may have come about because of that exercise. there may have been some confusion because a few minutes after it began, someone spotted a gunman.

abundance of caution moved forward with active shooter situation, asking workers to shelter in place at this point as they continue to search the facility and find out exactly what is going on on the ground. >> mentioned last tweet that came from andrews, you're looking at it on the screen right now. 3eá malcolm grow medical facility. all personnel asked to shelter in place. seth and many on our team here was able to discover there was an incident last month where andrews went on lockdown after a woman claimed to have a bomb strapped to her chest. that sort of speaks to the reality of the world we live in today and the fact that andrews able to lock down this facility with so many who work on it, investigate any claims of errors that come in and nail down whether there's any truth to them. that was not the case last month with that particular incident.

all said and dunta good understanding of what they were able to execute quickly, obviously,g# and what they wer able to find. >> because active shooter was in place, protocol, personnel in place to handle the situation, i think that's why the investigation came about so quickly. the information about 15 minutes in came from joint base andrews via twitter that the facility was on lockdown and andrews moving forward treating this as a serious because people in place ready to move forward with this training exercise. scheduled at 9:00 a.m. this active shooter exercise. 9:15 is when the tweet came from joint base andrews reporting that there was an active shooter situation and that the facility was going to be on lockdown. it's been about half an hour now since we've heard from

situation. >> we have chris gordon on the phone with us now as we continue to look at live pictures coming from our chopper 4 flying close to above andrews air force base. chris on the phone for us. chris, what can you add for us this morning? >> i talked to joint base andrews operation. i was told they got an e-mail about active shooter drill. i called them back, just got off the phone with them moments ago and was told, no, first responders from prince george's county police have been dispatched to andrews air force ba base. i also put in a text and a call to prince george's county fire ems to ask if they have any units on the scene, and i'm about a mile away, so i'll be able to give you an eyewitness report in just a few moments.

either police or fire, have been dispatched. i talked earlier about 20 minutes ago to the maryland state police. they said they did not have clarification. maryland state police was still treating it as a report of an active shooter and trying to get confirmation if it was, indeed, a real active shooter situation or an exercise, a drill that had been planned and would have been just a very unusual coincidence to happen at the same place at the same time as their planned exercise at malcolm grow medical facility building 1060, the hospital where the active shooter drill was planned. so en route right now, probably and will as i get eyes on it. >> all rit,

your way there and work some of your sources by phone at the same time. i do want to mink as we're talking about chris being able to talk with some of the folks in prince george's county, we're now seeing a tweet from county executive sharon baker speaking about this active smooth shooter investigation happening at andrews saying it's in or near the facility -- everyone in or near the facility being directed to take cover. base personnel should stay clear as well. that coming from county executive sharon baker. >> at this point no first responders or fire crews from prince george's county have been dispatched to joint base andrews to assist in their investigation at this point. what we do know right now is that investigators all on the scene at joint base andrews saying there are first responders on the scene as well investigating this potential for an active shooter. here is what we know so far. this is from joint base andrews. there were reports of an active

shooter incident at the malcolm grow medical facility around 9:00 this morning. personnel as we mentioned on base have been directed to shelter in place. scheduled to conduct active shooter exercise. that was at 9:00 this morning but then reports of a real active shooter situation were reported at this medical facility. that's building 1060. due to the serious nature of this report, coming from joint base andrews at this point, the base is reacting to ensure the safety of all personnel. this is coming directly from joint base andrews. producer kevin williams, thank you for that information. >> we're also getting scott mcfarland digging in on this. we've learned security heightened at the naval observatory in northwest washington. that is the vice president's residence and also at the navy's carter rock facility. we told you earlier we heard from fort

we would expect it to be happening around the area, anacostia-bolling. >> ft. myers. >> anderson hall, all those places aware of what's happening at andrews and possibly elevating their security protocol just as a result of this out of an abundance of caution until they are able to get an all clear at andrews. >> this situation has become too familiar, personnel at these facilities on these bases know how to react in this 8khituatio. they are trained for it. for example, this morning at 9:00, this is what happened. there was a scheduled active shooter exercise. we don't know if this was a coincidence, but apparently there was some confusion because during this active shooter exercise, which was planned at joint base andrews, someone reported seeing an actual gunman. there could be confusion because apparently other jurisdictions are included in to the fact they are having this exercise

there are other personnel on the scene at that point. right now we're trying to find out whether or not there's an actual gunman on the facility but andrews moving forward and investigating as if this were the real thing. they don't have a choice. because of the serious nature of this report, they treat this as if there were an active shooter combing the base, especially in that medical building, building 1060 to see if there's a real shooter on the scene and make sure everyone is sheltering in place. >> even though this is a military installation, as you might imagine this information, the reality of what's happening on the ground at andrews, that information elevated up through the government. we know that department of homeland security secretary jeh johnson has been made aware of this and knows this is an unfolding situation at joint base andrews at this hour. as the lockdown continues, we're almost an hour into when we got the initial report and lockdown

>> we're bringing in our iteam reporter scott mcfarland to give us an update. i know you've been digging into your sources. >> reporter: regardless of the reason at joint base andrews other military in the area responding in kind, 100% id check. also long guns at the entrance gate, shows they have an enhanced security posture. that's going to include many military facility in our area, including all the naval facilities in washington, washington navy yard, which, of course, had a gunman in september 2013. all that being said, all of these facilities -- military facilities train on this, active shooters and shelter in place. they do it all the time. at joint base andrews they just had an active

in march 2016. they were doing to have another one today, which indicates how frequently now we train on gunmen, shelter in place, and active shooter. march 2016 just three months later doing it again. >> you're told there was an incident at joint base andrews as well. >> a shelter in place or lockdown as they are more proverbialy called. last month a woman had explosives strapped to her chest. issues of security, these do become more frequent. anecdotally other agencies, school districts are a great example, are more inclined to call secure the building, sheltered in place than they ever have before. perhaps not a surprise at the time we're living in. >> we hear about these lockdowns and investigations. i think it's important to point out to people that there are no reports that shots were fired. we didn't

that nature. the idea of active shooter, the term that has become so widely used in the last couple of years is one that speaks to the way they want to treat -- how urgently they treat the situation. >> classification, a broad classification, mentioned this, no reports of anybody hearing gunfire or hearing bullets flying through the air. active shooter is truly a category in which law enforcement and first responders respond. there are other phrases used. that's a prod term. >> you mentioned right now we know that this is happening at the malcolm grow medical facility and that joint base is saying first responders on the scene there. will they have to go through much of the base before they can get an all clear at this point? >> malcolm grow is almost self sustaining part. a lot of things happened there, different types of treatment. family treatments. treatments for people of all different ages.

base andrews but almost a self-sustaining place. one wonders if you can confine the threat to that area, the entirety of the state has to be inspected granularly to make sure the risk is clear. >> we looked at i think it was last year the incident at walter reed where fairly early on they had an idea which building they wanted to focus on. they knew where the report was coming from and yet we still saw some of the adjacent buildings were searched out of an abundance of caution or matter of protocol. >> they train on this. it's more than a matter of protocol. it's a matter of follow your training. this is why your train. >> joint base andrews sending more tweets. rye now just a few seconds ago joint base andrews saying

the report they are reacting, first responders on the scene to secure the investigation. they were on base for the exercise. at the same time at 9:00 a.m. there were reports there was an actual active shooter on the scene. >> we want to go out to the scene. megan mcgrath has made her way close to andrews, close to the front gate. megan, if you can hear us, chime in here and tell us what you're seeing and hearing%vâ >> reporter: we're not at the gate we'reiñ outside#gñ the mal grow building, out the fence where this situation is occurring. we pulled up moments ago. we're#t told firstmkç responde on the scene checking out the situation trying to get a handle for exactly what:e1 is going o he here. i can tell"afjuáu from ourb va point