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gonzalez at the live desk. >> we've got some breaking news. the president has just announced the united states will keep 8400 troops in afghanistan into the next year. it was thought that he might draw down that number, but with the resurgence of the taliban and the situation in essence deteriorating there, president obama has chosen otherwise. today he sent this message to the taliban. >> we hayou have now been wagin against the afghan people for many years. aftghan security forces continu to grow stronger and the commitment of the united states to afghanistan and its people will endure. >> in the last year and a half, 38 americans have died in afghanistan. president obama says that while the missions are narrow, the security situation -s remains, 7#uryou. >> thank you, erika. police reopeqkpl c
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first, lauren, it is a sizzler out there. >> it is. i tell youm.[r what, we have g2 a mix of sun and clouds out there. we've got the heat building, we've got the humidity rising, oh, boy, it is just a warm one. take a look at our harbor camera right there. don't mind that bug. take a look at the harbor camera, you can see those partly cloudy conditions but it is a nice day outéik despite the he. but we are in july, we are in washingve=h".c. we get used to this. 86 right now as we get into the 11:00 hour. manassas. you factor in the humidity and you get the heat index. they're into the low to mid-90s. we're on ourb dc way up to trle digits. in the past half hour police have reopened cedar lane in kensington, maryland. the roadbatx was closed after deadly accident that happened around 5:00 this morning near everett street. the head-on collision took the life of a man who was driving a honda civic.úhñ police haven't rele t
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the accident. right now the third phase of metro's safe track surge is causing some headaches out there. it's impacting the blue and orange lines. news4's derrick ward is live in alexandria. what are riders saying there this morning, derrick? >> reporter: well, you can see that things have returned to i wouldn't say normal, but it's not like it was earlier this morning during the morning rush. we're probably in that little lull of action between rushes when the whole thing happens in reverse. this is, of course, as you said phase three of the surge, the safety surge for metro,z] and i has closed a section of track between drad braddock road and n national airport. some folks said they'll have to find anod> way to tomorrow and that's what metro is asking people to do. it's the a.m. rush test for the latest safety/i surge, now thrh july 11th. a section of the blue and yellow lineúnztween braddock road and reagan national airport is
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closed. metro is doing much-needed work on the rails, particularly above ground sections. here at braddock road in alexandria, airport-bound riders were among the early birds. >> i should still make my flight on time, so i'm not too worried. >> reporter:q f others headed in the other direction. >> i'm going to have to take a shuttle. i'm not sure where it takes me to but i'll catch the blue or yellow line from there. >> reporter: as the sun climbs higher, crowds queued up for shuttles. the line dissipated quickly, thanks for the frequency of the shuttle [u:wbuses. some as frequently as every ten minutes but it still left some riders in the lurch. and there's still confusion. and it's frustrating. >> should have been at work by provided to lessen the pain. there's the shuttle and expanded bus services. even volunteers
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as far as mt. vernon. still, five more days to go in this surge and riders are looking at altering theirxq commutes even more. >> like ride with somebody else that goes to my job or just get on another station that's not so hectic. >> reporter: now, the metro shuttles, the dash buses and the metro way buses are all here to sort ofaavr÷ help you get aroun this. there are lots of folks out here to tell you+
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also consider a uber or lyft driver. how to get around the delays. we'll send you breaking news alerts to your phone if any significant problems creep up. house democratic leader nancy pelosi wants republicans to bring!2l a vote on gun legislation. she held an event with families and supporters to call attention to this issue. house speaker paul ryan says he on a gun-related bill. the measure would allow the attorney general to delay the sale of a gun to a suspected terrorist for three days. some democrats say it's not real gun control and will oppose it. a different controversy at doctors are looking to see whether elevated lead levels in the water are affecting anyone there. officials shut off the water in the cannon house office building last week after tests showed lead!fbd levels slightly above national standards. today house lawmakers and their staffs will be allowed to take free
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expect to hit some traffic aroundx2ñz the roosevelt bridge you're headed that way any time soon. d-dot just started the first in a series of inspections. they're focusing on the bridge itself and the ramps leading up to the bridge. inspections continue through friday. crews expect to be done each day by h$j7crñ they will pick the work up again at 10:00f gz in the morning. more than half a million hoverboards are being recalled nationwide. the issue, lithium ion batteries that can overheat and explode. >> if you own a hoverboard, please stop using it immediately. >> th6= consumer products safe commission says ten companies are issuing the recall on their products. at least 99 incidents ofycsyr overheated battery packs have been reported to the cpsc, including some with burn injuries and even property on nbc,
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got acádj list of all the hove boards affected so you can get a free refund or replacement in some cases. back to you. turning now to a developing story in great britain, former patricia prime minister tony blair says he accepts full responsibility for the decision to go to war in iraq. that statement comes as a seven-year report looking into the circumstances leading up to britain's entry into5g the wars released this morning. among its key findings, the planning and preparation for the war was, quote, wholly inadequate. iraq posed no imminent threatzóc u.k. and the legal basis for war with iraq was far from> but it's quite enclosure from this report that there was a total planning failure, an assumption that the americans had a plan when they didn't, an assumption that the u.n. would move in comprehensively when it didn't and an assumption that britis6j,uj would be out in
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>> retired civil servantrr]-p j chillcot led the investigation. a man was shot and killed by police. familyb5lxñ members held an emol news conference in bat on runl. a video of the shooting has community leaders-ñ6&ñ calling the police chief's termination. plus hillary clinton heads to atlantic city this morning as the fallout grows aer the fbi recommends no criminal ch
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hands) up. >> don't shoot. >> a call for justice in baton rouge, louisiana, after a man was shot and killed by police. just a short while ago members of the naacp in that area and the family of 37-year-old alton sterling came together for a news conference. graphic cell phone video online appears to show sterling in a convenience store before shots are fired and sterling is killed. >> i have now been forced to raise a son who is going to remember what happened to his father that i can't take away fromke#p÷ him. >> the-#v mother of+3alx sterle children. police say they received a call sterling was threatening people
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with a gun. the family maintains he was jt a living for his family, with consent from the store owner. mcmillan said she won't allow his death to go unnoticed or unpunished. the naacp is calling for a third-party investigation. the officer involved has been placed on administrative leave. at the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. today we should learn what kind of explosive materials seriously injured a fairfax college student in new york's central park over the weekend. the explosive materials are now being analyzed at16ñ a lab. connorlk&tt stepped on of homemade explosives sunday and lost part of his leg. he's listed in serious condition. police don't believe the device was left there to intentionally hurt anyone. moment this morning as the pope met with the parents of)pb an american student killed )nnññ overseas. pope francis expressed his deepest sympathy and compassion for the family of beau solomon. police found the 19-year-old's
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weekend. they're trying to establishazk" cancel solomon was murdered shortly after arriving for classes this summer. aqaxz chantilly gun store stopped a man accused of plotting an isis-stylexcx !attack.fc authorities say on friday the former national guardsman tried arsenal without the required i.d. when he returned on saturday, the gun shop sold him a disabled gun after talking to the fbi. >> we had8$ or nay tokt a sale. i work very hard at trying to read people, talk to them, ask questions, find out what they really want it for. >> according to court documents, jalla met with someone he thought was an isis supporter this spring. that person was actually an undercover fbiee>t informant. those documents lay out the three-month sting operation in which jalla said he was thinking of
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shooting. preparing to go in full attack mode against donald trump today. she is heading to atlantic city where she will hit trump on his business record in that city. it comes as her use with a private e-mail server as secretary of state still casts a shadow over her campaign, even though the fbi is recommending she not face any charges. latest. >> reporter: donald trump in battleground north carolina, attacking hillary clinton as unfit to be president. >> this is one of the most crooked politicians in history. >> reporter: his comments coming after the director of the fbi tuesday blasted clinton's use of a private e-mail address and server while she was secretary or her >> today is the best evidence x that our system is absolutely, totally
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>> reporter: trump also teeing off on a "new york times" report that clinton was open to keeping loretta lynch as attorney general, just days after lynch's controversial meeting with bill clinton. >> it's a bribe. i mean sitting there saying, you know, i'm going to have four more years, or eight more years. but if she loses, i'm out of a job. it's a bribe. >> reporter: no mention of the bombshell news by clinton or president obama. campaigning together for the first time, also in north carolina. >> there has never been any man ñ moreky+>ç qualified for this >> reporter: both democrats'x unqualified and temperamentally unfit to be our president and commander in chief. >> this is not a reality show, this is
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after the fbi director's scathing comments aboutqazg he e-mail practices. >> there is evidence that they were?n÷ extremely careless in tr handling of very sensitive, highly classified information. >> reporter: james comey refuting clinton's past claims that none of heré#ú?x e-mails w classified when she sent or received them. >> i did not send or receive any material marked classified. >> any reasonable person in secretary clinton's position or in the position of those with whom she was corresponding about no place for that conversation. >> reporter: and her claim that her private server was safe fro< hacking. >> there were no security breaches. >> we assessed it is possible that hostile actors gained access to secretary clinton's personal e-mail account. >> reporter: republicans were quick to pounce. >> she grossly was negligent. she mishandled classified information and now she wants to be command
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mitchell reporting. we're also learning that james comey willyúwñ hm,sx to capitol tomorrow to testify before the house oversight committee about the clinton e-mail investigation. meanwhile, for the third time in a week, someone vandalized a sign in virginia supporting ;z about a group of young trump supporters declaring their private property trump country. they made a new signñaxx after someone spray painted and threw eggs on the old one. they say they plan to put up anotherññ new sign as soon as possible. in loudoun county, the month ofeam7 july is being called lov loudoun month. that's a substitute4gç resoluti to honor the victims of the orlando nightclub shooting. a supervisor on the county board originally proposed,ëx honoringe gay community by making june lgbt awarenesst month. that title got a lot of pushback from the board and community members. the county board voted for the substitute resolution last night.
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often parents with sick children have to travel to get the best care at certain hospitals around the country. ] families homes away from home. >> hi! >> reporter: on theçdcuñ vernal his first birth way, oliver huffman might think the average home looks a lot like a hospital. born in minnesota with a series of intestinal problems, oliver's family headed east for treatment at boston children's. but parents brandon andázcéñ ch also needed a home and found one with total strangers. >> the esophagus looks great. >> harvey and pam have become extended family. >> they're sort of like an extra set of in-laws. >> i was just saying we know a lot about pam and harvey and they know a lot about us. >> reporter: for 30 years now, p offering up space to patients and families through a nonprofit called hospitality homes. >> it
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provides a quiet haven away from the hospital. >> reporter: the program finds free short-term housing for those in need matching them with volunteer hosts who are vetted. a welcome alternative to a holtz room, which in boston averages $275 a night. >> it breaks our heart. we've heard stories of people sleeping in lobbies, sleeping in their cars. >> reporter: last year alone hospitality homes offered housing to 359 families, saving them a total of $1.24 million. >> we're leaving the hospital. the first home he ever saw upon leaving the hospital belonged to the 2>!lodishes. >> so a lot of memories for sure have been made here that we expected to make in![$ our act home, but this is our home. >> reporter: one that's defined by those who care enough to open their doors. joe fryer,@w÷ nbc news, brookl massachusetts. a cancer biologist turned
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while in orbit. the crew also includes a japanese astronaut and a russian cosmonaut. they launch tonight and should arrive this weekend. >> it's one thing to go to space and then do all that stuff too. >> while you're there. a great multi-tasker, i guess. >> there you go. >> it's steamy here. >> how hot today? >> i was just telling amelia, it is 88 degrees outside, 88. >> and humid on top of that. >> so our heat index, way up there right now. and that's going to continue as we go throughout the afternoon. that heat squindex is going to right around 100 or so. that's this afternoon. by the time we get to friday and saturday, it's going to be even warmer. now, we do have a chance for some isolated thunderstorms later on this afternoon, and again, it is going to be a little on the humid and definitely on the hot side. all right, let's go ahead and look at those temperatures right now. we're in the 80s.
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factor in the humidity, that's our heat index, it feels like 97 if you were to head outside right now. here in the district, 96 in fredericksburg, 95 in leesburg. it's warm out there. i also want to mention that we have a code orange for air quality. so don't spend a lot of time outside with that stagnant air mass, we get a lot of those pollutants just hanging around so it is a little sensitive for unhealthy groups. all right, here we go right now. it's 97 at 4:00, so we will continue to see that heat index just under 100 at times, as we continue even into the evening. now look at your radar, not a lot around here in d.c. we're seeing a little bit of thunderstorm action if you go towards gaithersburg -- i'm sorry, blacksburg, but we're seeing a few showers and thunderstorms out there for the afternoon and into the evening. just isolated. but again, we could have a few out there. but they're going to be few and far between. as far as grilling forecast, it's going to be hot and humid. those temperaturesil
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the evening. we'll end up in the 70s overnight, back into the 90s tomorrow. again, another chance of showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. very similar tomorrow's forecast to today where temperatures will be in the low to mid-90s, again with a mix of sun and clouds and a chance for showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. friday and saturday look at those temperatures, back to the mid -- just around that mid-90 degree mark and chance of showers and thunderstorms. humidity will drop by sunday. >> all right, lauren, thank you. get that office pool ready, you'll have a shot at becoming a multimillionaire this friday if you play the mega millions. the jackpot increased to that number after no one won last night's drawing. the jackpot on friday will be worth more than $500 million. no ticket was sold with all six winning numbers in the last drawing. remember, though, the odds of winning are about 1 in 259 million. some lucky people did win the $1 million drawing, though. seven tickets were sold that matched five numbers.
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well, while you didn't win the mega millions, you might be holding on to one of the three powerball tickets worth $50,000. they were bought during the historic january jackpot that never cashed in. those tickets were sold at the la bodega supermarket in falls church, at the 7-eleven on richmond highway and the fast mart in coburg. you have until next tuesday to claim your prize. running out of time. check those tickets! >> good luck. taken straight to jail. south african olympic athlete oscar pistorius sentenced early this morning for the murder of his girlfriend. a look at whether this is the final chapter in a long legal battle. and a major investment in fighting opioid addiction and deadly overdoses. the steps announced overnight by the white house. i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk with breaking news. louisiana's governor has just announced that the u.s. department of justice will investigate the fatal shooting
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rouge, louisiana. graphic cell phone video has surfaced of the incident that happened on tuesday night in which there appears to be a scuffle between sterling and police officers before shots are fired. police maintain that they were called to the scene, reports that sterling may have had a gun on him. his family says he was there selling cds. we'll have much more
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fairfax county police just released pictures of the man they say robbed a bank in falls church yesterday afternoon. we began covering this story yesterday as breaking news and now we've got some new images to show you. police say a white man in his 50s, six feet tall, thin gray hair in a ponytail, yellow cap, gray shirt as you see there walked into the td bank on arlington boulevard, demanded cash and claimed that he had explosives in a backpack. a bomb squad was called but nobody was hurt. police also believe that man robbed a bb & t bank in fairfax back in june. if you've seen him, you're asked to call police. the man known as blade runner is in prison right now. oscar pistorius is spending the next six years behind bars. >> the sentence that i impose on the as
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deceased, reeva steenkamp, is six years imprisonment. >> pistorius received that sentence this morning for murdering his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, three years ago. it's an unexpectedly short term sentence for him. the minimum sentence for murder in south africa is 15 years. the judge said pistorius deserved a lesser sentence because he was a first-time offender who was likely to be rehabilitated. she also said he's shown remorse. soccer star lionel messi and his father were sentenced today for tax fraud but they won't actually go to jail. this is video of messi arriving for sentencing this morning. a barcelona court gave them a suspended 21-month prison sentence. in spain, sentences under two years for first offenses are suspended. new video of a local stabbing suspect taking police on a high-speed chase in north carolina. police say that is kline lawrence of hyattle
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through traffic on a busy raleigh highway at nearly 110 miles an hour yesterday morning. police eventually stopped and arrested him. he is wanted in d.c. for stabbing a special police officer at a giant in southeast last month. lawrence is also wanted on strong-arm robbery charges in prince george's county. jacksonville jaguars running back denard robinson and a female passenger were found asleep in a sinking car. they were found just after 4:00 a.m. sunday morning. when police officers tried to wake up robinson, he opened his eyes and went back to sleep. police were eventually able to get both robinson and his passenger out of the car. they were not hurt and will not be charged with a crime. well, it's not what you'd expect to happen at a high-end beauty retailer in gaithersburg, but surveillance video shows a store clerk pouring a toxic skin care solution into her co-worker's water bottle last fall. in court yesterday a judge
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sentenced her to ten years in jail. prosecutors say the suspect got off easy. >> on video poisoning their co-worker over some sort of perceived conflict. this is just not a way to resolve your problems in the workplace. >> lemonfield's defense attorneys say the defendant attacked their client at a party about a week before that water bottle incident. leaving court yesterday, sophia santa cruz said lemonfield's claims were all lies. there will be more police patrols around a lot used by ice cream truck drivers in prince george's county. a driver was shot nine times at the berliner facility monday night. he is still in critical condition. police believe it was an attempted robbery. they say they're looking for two suspects and hoping a witness will come forward. maryland officers will soon be better equipped for emergencies with some help from the state. governor larry hogan announced yesterday that departments across the state will get funding for new body armor. it includes $1400 for the laurel
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police in district heights. and it is a tragedy we've seen in our area and a growing problem around the country. right now lawmakers are talking about how to deal with america's opioid and heroin epidemic. you're looking at live pictures now from capitol hill where democrats are discussing funding for new research, monitoring and treatment access. everyone agrees something needs to be done. >> there is not a state or a district that isn't facing this. we're in this together. >> what lawmakers have not agreed on yet, how much money to spend fighting the problem. democrats say they won't sign off on anything unless it includes significant funding. the white house is asking for more than $1 billion in funding. you will now be able to pick up your liquor a little earlier in virginia. >> that's right. abc stores across the commonwealth will be opening one hour earlier on sundays. they'll also be open on new year's day.
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effect last week. metro is offering some students a discount this fall. the gm said american university students will be the first in our area with the ops to use a u-pass. the cost is $130 a semester, about a dollar a day. the passes allow students to take an unlimited number of rides on trains and buses. metro is offering the passes to undergraduates, graduates and law school students. well, it is heating up quickly. already warm out there, and this is just the start of a heat wave in our area. lauryn ricketts is back with what we will be dealing with when it comes to the worst conditions. and honesty tested and what a cab driver did after finding nearly $200,000 in his car.
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known for their packed bull runs. the first running of the bulls will kick off tomorrow morning. the adrenaline-packed festival draws tourists from around the world. a botch cab driver is being praised for returning a lot of money to a man who skipped out on his fare. >> buzzy mccauseland said he picked up a man saturday afternoon and drove him to the park. while he was waiting, the man took off without paying his fare. he looked inside the backpack for i.d. and found three bundles of $50 and $100 bills totaling $187,000. >> three things come into my mind. i said, shall i go back looking for him because i know he might be looking for me o shall i take this money home. it will change my life. or should i take it to the police station. >> he might have thought that was the cab fare, but no. he immediately turned it in to the police, who found the paperwork indicating the money was part of an inheritance a
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troubles, the cab driver. >> shame on the passenger who skipped out on paying. he had the money in his pocket. what gives? >> ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous. >> so is this heat. >> we were asking for it back in january and now here it is. >> pat and i, we like the heat, though. we'll take this over cold any day. >> really? >> we were having that discussion the other day. >> i don't know, it is a little warm out there. those heat indices are already nearing 100 degrees. now, we also have those temperatures> :&gát upper 80s. it's not even noon, upper 80s. but i keep saying that. there's no surprise. i mean this is july in washington, d.c. that's how it is. look at our rockville camera and you can see just a few clouds out there. we'll go partly cloudy for the remainder of the day. temperatures as i said 88 in d.c. right now, 87 in lorton, 88 in gaithersburg. you factor in the humidity, then you get the heat index and it's feeling like 97 when you step outside here in the district. 96 i
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fredericksburg. feels like 90 in gaithersburg, just hot all the way around. temperatures as we continue through the rest of the day will top out into the 90s. we were going to be in the low to mid-90s for daytime highs today and maybe a chance of an isolated shower or thunderstorm. nothing showing up on the storm team 4 radar except down around roanoke and blacksburg, that's about it. we're just looking at fairly muggy conditions with a mix of sun and clouds. now, again, we could have a shower or thunderstorm pop up as we continue through the afternoon and evening during peak daytime heating hours but probably we'll remain dry. just a great pool day. go ahead and put on that sunscreen because it is july sun. it is brutal out there. all right, working out, again, you don't need me to tell you this, but go ahead and hydrate. if you're headed out to the nats game, we play the brewers once again. $1 hot dogs for this afternoon's game. it's going to be hot and humid. if you plan to eat dinner outside, it's way too muggy for that because we'll keep that humidity all the way through th
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overnight and through the day tomorrow. tomorrow we'll also have chances of showers and thunderstorms as well. temperatures only go up from there. in fact we drop a little bit on sunday, the rest of that ten-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. 88 votes out of millions, that's what kept nationals second baseman from being a starter in next week's all-star game. he is a reserve, one of four nationals all-stars, starting with bryce harper. fans voted him into his fourth all-star game. he is only 23 years old. pitcher steven strasburg also picked. he could be a candidate to start with 11 wins and zesezero losse. daniel murphy will be there and wilson ramos. the all-star game is in san diego at 8:00 p.m. next tuesday. awesome showing for the nats. >> yes, indeed. he is one of the most popular and successful chefs in
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maryland and virginia. joining me now is mike isabela and sebastian rivera. mike, you basically created a restaurant empire in five years. what has been the formula for your success? >> you know, i don't know what my formula is. i'm just a little wild and crazy sometimes. but i love to eat good food. i love to work. i love to be inside the restaurants. i love to create, and i have a great team around me. we've been able to continue w k opening up more and more restaurants. >> you've done greek and you've done yona, which is more asian. what do you think has been the secret about making sure that you stay fresh and relevant. new restaurants are popping up all the time and you're still going strong. >> it's consistency, it's longevity, it's service, it's food, it's location. it's making people want to come back to what you're doing. we always try to have fun with our d.
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making things a little different than normal. we have a signature dish that sebastian is making that we have every summer. >> the corn anulote was one of the first menu items that really wowed people and you still serve it? >> we only serve it in the summertime. you know, it's a seasonal dish so we only have it about three months because the corn is really sweet. some mushrooms and parmesan cheese, a little love in there, but it's like a little explosion. i like to call it an italian popcorn or crack. you've got the nuttiness, up got the corn, you've got the textures. >> sebastian, you put that right in the butter? >> we start with oil and cook our mushrooms. then we add the butter and a little pasta water. what the pasta water does, it helps you emulsify the sauce. >> and the anulote itself, is it all corn? >> it's a little bit of marscapone in there.
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we juice the corn and bring it up to a boil and the natural cornstarch thickens up and we fold in some marscapone cheese and chill it and then make it. >> you are opening up a huge project in tyson's. >> tyson's galleria is ten concepts. about seven of them that we have already. >> ten mike isabela concepts. >> it's 42,000 feet. there's italian, greek, mexican, japanese, steaks, coffee, ice cream parlor. it's this monstrous food emporium with retail, grab and go, fast service. you can add multiple concepts, dining experience all in one dining room. you can order from six different menus. it's going to be really, really dynamic and special. it's one of the first concepts like this in america. >> and what made you think that you could take on -- i mean that's huge, when you think about inspect terms of just the
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build-out and the space for tyson's. >> yeah, it's almost like the whole floor of the galleria. i'd say it's about half of it. but, you know, we have a lot of concepts already. in arlington we have it all in one building so we're running three places in one unit. in d.c. we're running two in one building so we do a lot of that and have a lot of concepts, so we just figure let's do it altogether. >> you're going to be a busy man. five years and boom, just like that. you have a space at nationals ballpark. >> yep. >> nats ballpark and at reagan national airport, right? >> we have 13 store fronts so far, three in the ballpark, one at the airport. we're opening up one in college park in 2017. we're opening up one at the wharf at the waterfront in 2017, plus isabella eatery with the ten concepts. and we're opening up one at bwi airport in the winter. so we have a
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>> just as good as i remembered the first time. i ate the first week it opened. it's so good. thanks so much for joining us. yummy. >> how about a cup of coffee to go with that? maybe wine would be better. but if you have dreams of seeing this summer's olympic action, we're going to break down what that trip
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comcast customers will be able to watch netflix through their cable box. the deal should be finalized by later this year. it's likely comcast will get a cut of each new subscriber that signs up for netflix through this new deal. comcast is the parent company of news4. it is getting a little more expensive to buy that cup of joe at starbucks. prices are going up. we don't know exactly how much but we'll know soon, because the changes take effect on tuesday. for the past two years, starbucks has added between 5 and 20 cents to its beverage prices. prices for coffee beans are at their lowest point in years. we are now less than a month away from the olympic games in rio, but if booking a trip to the games is on your bucket list, you may want to look at the cost. >> even though there is a threat of seek zika and brazil's econ not very good, susan hogan explains why it would be an expensivede
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month. >> reporter: making memories might be priceless, but the cost to go to rio this summer is sky high. >> as athletes go for the gold, it is going to be costing a traveler the equivalent of several ounces of gold just to get to rio and pay all the expenses while you're there. >> reporter: mark is a senior economic analyst at bankrate.com. he and his team found the threat of zika keeping fans and even some competitors away is not reflected on prices. bankrate researched hotel prices, flights and tickets to the games. let's start with airfare. it's a long flight. >> it depends on how much comfort you want to have along the way so we're really talking about a minimum of $1,000 round trip per person. >> reporter: when it comes to hotels, bankrate says they're expected to be marked up at least 400%, with the priciest hotels near olympic sports venues. and when it comes to attending olympic events, don't assume all olympic packages include the games tickets.
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when looking to score tickets, be careful who you buy them from. >> where i really worry about people getting ripped off is going through third parties or, frankly, scammers. it's essentially the same as buying tickets off the street and you don't know whether those tickets are going to be legit, right? there really is one major way to purchase tickets to this event and this is through the authorized ticket reseller. >> reporter: and that authorized ticket reseller is the website cosport. it offers olympics to the olympic and paralympic games. bankrate found tickets to opening and closing ceremonies between cost between $300 and $2,000. women's gymnastics final as much as $276. women's and men's swimming, $178. men's basketball final, as much as nearly $600. and remember, those are single ticket prices.
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spend a week at rio. trying to pay for the entire trip to attend the summer olympics is really going to cost a minimum of $3,000 to $4,000. >> you might want to consider getting travel insurance for this kind of trip. it costs 5% to 7% of the total cost, which is a couple of hundred dollars. make sure you know what is covered and what is not. >> you've got to plan that trip in advance, don't you? >> i can't imagine how tough that would be. let's get a final check on the weather. >> hopefully everybody is planning for some pool time in advance because we're going to keep these warm temperatures around through the first part of the weekend. at least the humidity will drop on sunday. we've got the humidity out there now and with temperatures in the mid to upper 80s, we factor in that humidity with the actual air temperature and we get this number, what it feels like when you step outside or the heat index. it feels like 97 degrees. we're going to take it into the lower 100s today. our grilling forecasts or just evening
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going to be warm as we continue into the evening. temperatures falling into the 70s during the overnight. there could be a chance of an isolated shower out there today. chance of an isolated shower here or there. some of those could be strong, definitely hot or humid by the time we get into saturday but humidity falling on sunday. well, that's not a sight you see every day. jerry seinfeld and khloe kardashian, but this is from a spoof on the new nbc sketch comedy show "maya & marty." seinfeld and kardashian, played by maya rudolph, riding around in a car just like his hit show on the web, where he rides around with different celebrities. instead of jokes and conversation, khloe keeps getting hit by a tree. that's it for news4 midday. thanks for being with us.
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