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time is running out to vote early in maryland. polling places are busy getting today's last wave of voters in. what you need to know if you want to cast your ballot today. good morning, gonzales. and i'm melissa millay. the proposal to bring gondolas to our area. the pricetag is a shocker. what's a shocker is this weather, we've got plenty of cloud cover out there and warm temperatures, but we've got rain on the way. we're going to time it out for your afternoon, coming up. "news4 midday" starts now.
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race for the white house. a live look from the battleground state of florida. president barack obama expected to campaign there, in about 15 minutes. it is just one of the many stops both camps are making five days ahead of the election. nbc's tracie potts has a look at their final pitch to voters. >> nice and cool. right? stay on point, donald, stay on point. >> donald trump staying on message overnight in florida. taking a page from bernie sanders' playbook. telling supporters he raised $100 million in small donations last month. >> that sounds more like the democrat thing, not a republican thing, right? >> today trump and hillary clinton both campaign in north carolina. where african-american turnout is down from 2012. not good news for clinton.
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fbi's email investigation. she's also hoping to win arizona, a red state. >> we have a real chance to turn this state blue again. >> her latest message, imagining a trump presidency. >> imagine having a president who demeans women, mocks the disabled, insults latinos, african-americans, muslims, p.o.w.s. who pits people against each other together. >> putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing. >> both candidates are out with final tv ads. >> clinton won't change washington, she's been there 30 years. >> now, just five days from america's final choice. >> in the final days, hillary clinton has seen the largest crowd ever during her candidacy. 15,000 people in arizona last night, although donald trump has had several rallies of that
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washington. >> we are seeing record numbers of people voting early this year. but if you live in maryland, you don't have too much time left. early voting ends today and news4's darcy spencer is live in forestville where people are lining up to get the ballots in. hi, darcy. >> hey there, melissa. we're at the suitland community center. i can tell you there was a line of people waiting to get in. even before the doors opened. 8:00 this morning. take a look, there's a double doors. once inside, that's where you cast your ballot. they have 40 voting stations, i was just in there a couple of minutes ago. they are packed here. again today is the last day to cast an early ballot here in the state of maryland. people are taking advantage. coming out for the last-minute voting. many of the folks i talked to here today are senior citizens. many folks who are disabled who are coming out because they're concerned about long lines on
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ballot before tuesday. >> what's the advantage of voting early? >> well just not having the long line to wait in. >> there's a little bit of a line today, though. >> it is inside? >> a little bit. >> i might come back later then. i'll have to check and see. >> i've had knee surgery, so standing next week? no. this week, yes. i can deal with today. and i got to get my vote in. >> so you're expecting next week maybe the lines will be long and you'll have to lines, so it's best to get in here today and then i can do what i need to do next week. and i've gotten it off my conscience, i've done what i'm supposed to do as an american citizen, vote. >> thank you so much. >> that's right. it's important to get out there and vote. one woman i talked to is in her 80s, apparently this was the first time that she is voting in a presidential election. so she wanted to make sure that
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polls close for early voting here in the state of maryland at 8:00 p.m. for a list of early voting locations, you can go to our website, nbcwashington.com or the nbc washington app. back to you. >> again, food is the last day of early voting in maryland. polls close tonight at 8:00 p.m. if you live in the district, early voting ends for you tomorrow at 7:00. we have a few showers out there right now. we'll see increasing in coverage. i don't think this is going to be the main story. the main story is going to be the warmth that's over us right now. you can see a few showers out there. mainly through the shenandoah valley. i'll switch it over to the storm team 4 radar. you can see a few coming through northern frederick county. the eastern panhandle of west virginia. so just light stuff as we continue through the rest of the morning. but by the afternoon i do
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for everybody. 69 degrees, the south wind pumping in the warm air. because we're going to head to around 80 degrees today. winds are picking up and we have the rain showers today and a big, big drastic cooldown for the weekend. we'll talk about that coming up. >> we just found out the name of a man who was killed in capital heights. now we know 23-year-old antoine dentifnac was shot and killed. there's no word on a suspect, but police don't believe this was a random crime and prince george's police are offering a $25,000 reward for any information in this case and investigators are working to determine the motive of a homicide in southeast d.c. this is a look at the scene where police say a man was found shot late last night. they say it happened in the 1900 block of 16th street. they've not released his identity or any suspect information in this case,
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hospital center is trying to figure out the source of a potentially deadly bacteria. the hospital's neo-natal intensive care unit. two babies tested positive for a bacteria that pose as major risk for people with weakened immune systems. the hospital trance perred five babies out of the hospital yesterday. back in august, the hospital hospital's water supply. paul wiedefeld's proposal that calls for fare hikes, service cuts and job cuts. metro board chairman jack evans says the federal government should take over the transit system. evans says congress should create a federal control board similar to the one used to rescue the district in the '90s. the d.c. council member acknowledges congress may not be on board if it would cost taxpayers' money. but evans says metro needs to be
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with more power if it ever hopes to be fixed. breaking news out of the springfield area. fairfax county police were called to the 6700 block of holford lane with reports of gunfire. chopper 4 over the scene. officers searched the home and found a home with a broken window. trying to figure out if the broken window was caused by the gunfire. we understand no one has been injured. it would cost $100 million to build a on the possible project. the system would connect rossland and georgetown. the study found the system would take three or four years to secure local approval and then it would take another two years on top of that in order to construct it. the head of the georgetown business improvement district said the gondola would mainly be feasible commuting option for those that need it. >> i love that idea. >> i know it's so expensive and probably not going to happen,
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it's a term that many of us did not know until financial markets here in the u.s. took a nosedive. brexit. >> this morning, we have new information on a british government's plan for exiting the european union. it's in trouble. >> i'm the happiest person alive. that's what happens! >> i don't understand anything he just said. but that's the chicago cu the city celebrating a huge world series win in extra innings after the break. how the celebration could
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donald trump: i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go f--- themselves! you know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever... you gotta see this guy. ahh, i don't know what i said, ahh. "i don't remember."
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. yes, we have our challenges. we must give every child a great education, build an economy that works for everyone, end tax breaks for companies that move our jobs overseas. by working together, democrats and republicans, we can do these things. that's why we must defeat those who want to turn americans against one another. i'm chris van hollen, and i approve this message, because united,
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two americans are dead along with more than two dozen afghan civilians. we learned 26 people were killed on a mission targeting the taliban. early this morning we found out killed in the attack. nato says the taliban commanders caught in an air strike against ice ice. they say the americans were in training and assisting other troops there. afghan officials say children are among those who were killed. a major ruling this morning that could mean the end of brexit. the british high court ruled that parliament has to approve the plan to leave the european union. so far the british government has said it will enact the will
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now if enough lawmakers vote against it brexit would not go through. >> the results today is about all of us. it's not about me or my team. it's about our united kingdom and all our futures. >> british prime minister theresa may says she plans to appeal the decision to the country's supreme court. she has said she plans to begin the brexit process by next april. several pepper-sprayed in new orleans. you're looking at demonstrations doing everything they can to get former kkk leader david duke off their campus. he's running for senate in louisiana and was taking part in a debate. it happened at dillard university, a historically black school. while students protested, others tried another tactic. >> student protest. but people are still dying every
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outcome to try to educate the students. >> those students are hearing from there how they watch party instead. nobody at the protest was seriously hurt. police in mississippi are trying to figure out who set a church on fire and so-called pro trump messages on the walls there. firefighters say the flames were intentionally set inside the historic black church tuesday night. somebody also painted vote trump on the walls. the church's sanctuary and other areas were badly damaged.
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high school ceremony to mark the groundbreaking on the new thomas edison high school of technology. the new project will replace the existing school on dalewood drive in silver spring. all montgomery county public school students have the option to apply for career and technology programs at the school. those who are admitted attend the school for three class periods every day. the new school should be completed in 2018. maryland is facing a teacher shoag especially male teachers according to an eye-opening report obtained by news4. it shows nearly 80% of teachers who were hired last year in the state were women. the situation is so bad they say, that state education lead remembers calling it a critical shortage. in montgomery county, school leaders are working they say to fix the problem. >> it's imperative that they have that connection between a male teacher. >> it's our job as a school system to say -- we need you. our kids are important.
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they're general education students. >> the report shows that only 10% of montgomery county public school teachers are men overall. there's a teacher shortage for special education, the languages and arts. this is going to be a tough play. bryant, the throw and the cubs win the world series. >> 100 years of heartbreak all over. now the chicago cubs are the world series champions. and now they parade. cubs win is trending all over the country. >> probably see the video we just showed you over and over again today. no matter who you root for. it's fun to watch. nbc's jay gray is in chicago where it's pretty much been a nonstop celebration. >> hey there, wrigleyville still rocking here, the game went into extra innings, the party i'm not sure it's ever going to end as chicago celebrates the cubs'
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play. bryant, the cubs -- win the world series! >> finally history. >> most amazing game you could imagine. >> but like most everything this team does, it wasn't easy. >> it's at the wall, it's gone! >> a blown lead, a rain delay and an extra inning. >> game seven. >> going to the 10th. >> during an all game seven world series between two teams not used to winning. the cubs and their fans have waited 108 years for this. more than a lifetime of frustration and futility washed away by the champagne and celebration that stretches from cleveland, all the way to wrigleyville. >> i was the happiest person alive! >> they're no longer the lovable
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has finally been broken. there's no more waiting for next year, because this is the cubs year. >> i can't believe we're finally standing after 108 years, finally able to hoist the trophy. >> cubs nation overwhelmed and overjoyed after spending more than a century in baseball purgatory. >> and now the team and their fans enjoying a bit heaven. that is the latest from here in chicago, i'm jay gray, back to you. they must be having the time of their lives. >> i'm exhausted from watching it. >> not all of it. coming up, a concert based on the music of a classic video game that's happening in our area. we're going to have a preview for you after the break. >> during the break, head over to facebook. today's national sandwich day and news4's eun yang is showing us how to make her soul-stopper
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the sandwich available at g sandwich. called the sandwich madness challenge. proceeds from the competition go to charity. be sure to like her facebook
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does that sound familiar? if you're a fan of nintendo's "the legend of zelda" video game series, it probably does. >> you can hear more of the music in a concert appropriately named "the lemgd of zelda: symphony of goddesses." telling us about the show is the producer jason michael paul. welcome, thanks very much for joining us. >> thanks very much for having me. >> where does the idea come approached by nintendo? how did it happen? >> i dreamt it up in 2004 with another wildly popular franchise called "final fantasy." >> aha. >> and i combined my experiences with working with luciano pavarotti and the three tenors. >> video game and luciano pavarotti? how does that go together?
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>> working with the original creators, we kind of collectively came together and we just kind of had a brainstorming session and worked with our creative teams and combined the visuals with the game with this wonderful music. >> i mean is this something, do you think who is your audience here? do you think this is something that gamers were craving? is it the gamers that are coming to see you? or is it somebody that has a more refined palate and taste >> i've taken more of the hybrid of the two and melding of the two and trying to educate that younger generation with a symphony. and appealing to the older sensibility of people who get the symphony and keeping true to the full symphony. >> and children of the '80s, maybe early '90s, how has the reaction been? >> it's been amazing. i just got back from a europe tour.
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>> do you think there's more symphonies? are you birthing some more ideas? you know brainstorming? >> super mario? >> close. >> i've done that. so now i'm just kind of waiting for the next big thing. hopefully we'll get into more opera. bring opera to the masses again. it's definitely been exciting. i'm excited we have the warner theater this saturday. if you haven't gotten your tickets already, get it. and check our november alone. all throughout the united states. you can check us out in newark, redding, pennsylvania tomorrow. it's a good thing. >> tell us about the journey. if we go to the symphony. how do you navigate "the legend of zelda" through music? >> the whole thing is to create something that can appeal to people who know about zelda but also not alienate those people
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but the music is the real connection. that's what we try to focus on. the visual accompaniment is merely the accompaniment. not the focus. >> the "the legend of zelda" symphony of goddesses this saturday. jason michael pal. thank you for joining us. >> i got to go shake that guy's hand what a genius thing. i love original all of that. i love this weather, it's beautiful out there with a little bit of cloud cover. but it makes it beautiful because it's so warm. warm, we are going to have a few showers, we're seeing a few trying to pop up on the storm team 4 radar. breezy through the overnight. the temperatures are going to tumble pretty quickly and then we're going to be blustery through the day tomorrow. at least we'll have more sunshine. current temperatures look at this i have really all confidence in the world that a lot of places are going to make it up to 80 degrees.
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already in the upper 70s and it's not even noon. d.c., we're still at 69. we get some of that influence from the potomac. i do believe we'll go up to the upper 70s today. hopefully we can get to the 80-degree mark. a lot of areas will make it to the lower 80s. we do have a few showers moving through the region. a few sprinkles hitting the ground. i'm going to turn on the storm team 4 radar. which has filled in a little bit along route 15 and heading towards frederick. a few light showers moving east to mount airy and clarksburg and into really montgomery county. so a few showers over the next hour. i do believe everybody will see a sprinkle as we get into the afternoon. showers will end later object this evening. the winds are going to pick up and the temperatures are going to drop quickly. let's time it out. you can see a few showers on the future radar. those may drop to the south
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believe another line of showers and maybe an isolated thunderstorm will move through the region. tomorrow's forecast, chilly. only in the upper 50s, it's going to be windy. but with plenty of sunshine, the winds gust up to about 30, 35 miles per hour. through the day. and then your weekend, plenty of sunshine. seasonable temperatures, low to mid 60s, your election day forecast if you're heading out to vote and haven't do we'll talk about it coming up in a few minutes. inside the courtroom, coming up for the trial of a police officer accused of fatally shooting an unarmed black man in south carolina. opening statements right now are under way. new today, a plan by the white house to expand the use of electric cars.
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over the past four years, a number of electric cars on the roads have increased 40-fold. this morning the white house announcing new projects to continue that growth. the department of transportation will build 48 electric car-charging stops on highway ace cross the country. dozens of local governments are promising to use electric cars for government business. a total of 38 new businesses
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electric car-charging stations to their parking lots. pretty cool. new details about a push-back in prince william county. the county planning commission voted last night to delay a decision on a mosque. it would be built on a 14-acre lot in nokesville, a very rural area southwest of manassas. people who live in the area say the mosque would take up too much land. the growing all-dulles area problem with the plans. the planning commission takes up the matter again in december. the trial for a former police officer accused of murdering an unarmed black man is happening now. lawyers made their opening statement in michael slager's murder case. >> what michael slager did to walker scott was wrong. it was flat-out wrong. >> slager shot and killed walter
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carolina last year. slager could face 30 years or as much as life in prison if convicted. outrage growing concerning the soaring cost of another life-saving drug. six million americans need insulin to survive. just like we've seen with the epipen, the price of insulin has risen some 400% in the last decade. nbc went looking for answers as to why and what patients >> the kara family fights every day to keep 6-year-old dorian alive. his type i diabetes demands at least a dozen shots of insulin daily. and the cost has doubled in the last five years. >> how does that make you feel? >> it makes me feel like i'm paying somebody for my kid's life. >> the family now spends about $1800 a year after insurance on insulin and supplies. >> that's half a car payment of
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drug has shot up as much as 400% in the past ten years. now desperate patients are pleading online saying they can't afford the insulin they need to live. >> prices are set by the pharmaceutical companies at whatever the market will bear. increases in prices over the last few years is because you know companies are recognizing an opportunity to raise prices. >> drug makers blame insurance companies, saying more patients have high dct drugs out of pocket. rebates and discount cards are available, but patients don't always qualify for them. >> i'm paying attention and i guarantee every single mom out there is. we all know what's happening. >> all three insulin makers tell nbc news they're working to make insulin more affordable. sanofi said it has not increaseded price in almost two years. "consumer reports" recommends if you don't have insurance check
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programs like needymeds.org. tiffany found a savings card on the drug-maker's site, cutting the family's cost by about $600 a year. >> if i have to sell my house, sell my cars, i have to do what i do. we're going to keep our kid alive. >> the karas and millions of others making whatever sacrifices are necessary for this life-saving medicine. >> this year, marks the 30th anniversary of the walk and they're gearing up for a big celebration to mark this important milestone. joining us to share the big plans for the event coming up on november 12th, are rose previt the owner of the restaurant compass rose, one of 12 bars and restaurants that are participating in the brunch to end hiv and also lily leonard, the director of development and individual giving at whitman walker health. thanks so much for joining us
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why get behind this? >> whitman walker provides comprehensive health care to the d.c. region and beyond this is the 30th anniversary of our walk to end hiv this is an important milestone. we're able to reflect back and remember those we have lost along the way and to celebrate how far we've come. hiv is no longer a death sentence, we've made tremendous medical advances over the last in the d.c. area nearly 3% of people living in d.c. are hiv positive. so events like the walk are just so important to raise awareness. >> let's talk a little bit about the walk. how can people register? where is this going to be at and how do they get in on this to come and support? >> i'm actually an avid runner, it's a pretty great race. >> are you? >> yes. >> okay. the a 5k and walk takes place at freedom plaza. chip timed if you're a runner.
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walkers out there as well. you can register at walktoendhiv.org or register up to the event which is saturday november 12. and onsite registration starts at 7:00 a.m. the festivities start at 8:00 a.m. and we are going off at 9:00. >> so nobody is being turned away? >> no excuses to not register, we'll be there at 7:00. >> let's talk about brunch this is the first year we're incorporating restaurants, bars in order to support this effort as well. tell me about that, rose. >> yes well we're a little bit better at eating than running. but members of our staff, we'll be participating as well. but first is the brunch. >> members of the staff. >> we're going to be there in force. walking and running. otherwise i wouldn't be there. this sunday, we're doing brunch from 11:00 to 3:00 at compass
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time. we're donating a proportion of the sales to whit man walker health. so anything that we can do to help we're more than happy to. >> last two questions. do people need to make reservations? >> compass rose doesn't take reservations. >> and i want to end with you, lili, i want to end with you, hiv is still at epic reminder for people of how this affects us in our community? >> well the beauty of whitman walker health is that we are a community organization, we're based in the nation's capitol, but d.c. is what we're all about. to be an epidemic level which is classified as 1% or above. 2.5% of our residents are hiv positive. it's important to get out ahead of this stuff and whitman walker
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which taken daily are very effective at preventing hiv. no you you know about the walks, the runs, no excuse not to get out there and sign up and register and participate. taking a look outside, it remains dry, but storm team 4 is tracking rain.
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vo: here's the last thing washington needs. amie hoeber. a reckless tea party partisan. hoeber will defund planned parenthood, threatening cancer screening. said she'd invade iraq again if given the chance, and hoeber has fought for a global increase of chemical weapons. we need john delaney. a family man and entrepreneur, he built two respected maryland business, creating thousands of jobs. in congress, he puts working for
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a live look at reagan national airport right now and the country. 13, come on. higher than that. lower than that. a travel news website released a study, phoenix sky harbor international airport got the top spot. bwi marshall came in a spot after reagan national and dulles ranked 24th out of the 30 best. new york's three area airports took the bottom three spots. >> some of us are trying to cling to spring and i'm like
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>> i was like let's do it. >> i noticed that when i saw you guys. >> i'm ready. >> i am. i love fall, i love winter. >> i'm in denial. >> you're going to get a little taste of winter as we -- no snow. let me throw that out there no snow, but it's going to be brustry, you know how we get the winds in the winter. it will cut right through, we're getting near 80 degrees and then drop about 20 degrees for daytime highs tomorrow. and we're goi chilly. to soak up the heat not not necessarily the sunshine. 69 is our temperature right now. amelia just came in, we were talking about whether we can get up to the upper 70s to near 80. just where the location of d.c. is. i have confidence that everybody else around us should be around 80 degrees. here in d.c. we might be stuck in the 70s, it's warm, we'll
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our average temperature for this time of year is in the low 60s. showers trying to move in the winds are going to increase throughout the afternoon. here's the showers ahead of the frontal system. you can see they're moving through frederick county. they'll sweep through loudoun county and come down through the d.c. metro area. so we could have showers here in the early afternoon and some more as the front actually comes through our area. plenty of snim, but temperatures in the upper 50s and then we get into the weekend, beautiful weekend. temperatures are going to be in the low to mid 60s. don't forget to set the clocks back. daylight savings time ends on sunday morning. election day, tuesday, don't forget to vote. 64 degrees, plenty of sunshine. our next chance of rain after today will be next wednesday and i'm going to show you that on the ten-day forecast as we cool down coming up in a few minutes.
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thanking the talk show host for her success. new problem-solving gadgets including one that could help
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welcome back. gadgets coming out daily to solve our biggest to our smallest problems from the lumpy potatoes to kids who don't want to brush their teeth. steve greenberg the author of
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problem-solving gadgets. >> these are all award winners. for example the first product we all know the rolling walker if you have older folks in your family. the bad thing about it is it's not really great. the seat is in the way and you're hunching over to use it it's not a great design it came out in the '60s, it hasn't been touched since. this is called the motivo tour. you can stand up straight while using it. it has the bench inside it e' your smartphone. a cup holder. it's still light when you fold it up and -- >> you are much more upright and decals you can change those out. you can go for example patriotic, you can do a hot rod flames. >> can you even support your local team all, so it's kind of, it makes it more fun and kind of cooler looking. it makes grandma and grandpa -- >> motivolife.com.
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the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the u.s. 23 million of us don't go for a colonoscopy because of the prep. this the first dna screening test for colorectal cancer. you still need a doctor's prescription. they're not only looking for blood, but changes in dna if they see a problem you do have to go to a colonoscopy. >> much less expensive and much easier you can do it in the it's called colo-guard and medicaid, medicare and insurance will cover it. >> this, they have a 6-year-old at home who may need this. >> i go to a show every year which is in japan. ceatec this product caught my eye. this is called szoka szoka. what it is, that's a 3-d-printed
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really cool. this thing called shock-a-shock-a. it clips on your to existing toothprussia and when you use a tooth brush, it information goes to the smartphone or tablet and tells you if you're doing it right. can you put it on to your regular >> you have three kids, you only need one of these. to keep track. >> you can call them out. >> $89. this is from the grommet.com. this is called coaster. this goes up to any size arm. it has weighted area so it holds on big-time. if you have a drink on here. you're not going to be able to knock it over.
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grommet.com. when company comes you can hide it so nobody knows that you're a couch potato. that's a must-have. next the mashing. this is called the smood. a new design on a masher, it has a built-in spring. mash up some bananas. >> i'm in charge of potatoes. >> let it spring, >> good for guacamole. avocado, baby food, easy to work. what's cool it has a scoop on the side of it. you can scoop it out of the pot or bowl. she mashed potatoes. >> dream farm, about $25. >> talk about redesign this is the better umbrella, it looks like a regular umbrella, but when i open it up.
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side is wet, you go inside a building, you close it up. you keep the water in there so you don't drip along the floor. when you leave your car, it will be hard to show in your studio. when you get out of the car, you take the umbrella out and you get wet. like that's the bad way with this it opens like that so you can get out of your car and not get wet. better umbrella, about $30. >> i try, i try. >> thank you for being here. >> love it. >> thanks >> erica? we may need to help you more in the kitchen. >> as we mentioned earlier, it is national sandwich day and to mark the occasion subway is teaming up with the charity feeding america. so anybody who buys a sub and a beverage will get a free sub and subway will donate a meal to feeding americans. the chain is trying to make today the largest meal donation day in the charity's history. a d.c. woman is going to appear
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explains how she made a bold life move after watching harvey's video called jump. >> so for the past two weeks i've been unemployed. and i'm really determined to do whatever it takes to pursue my dream of creative writing and screenwriting. but i don't know where to start because i jump without having a back-up plan. >> it's your >> well -- i don't know about that move. steve then breaks big news to india, you're going to have to tune in to find out. the show airs weekdays at 2:00 here on news4. if you missed the country music awards, we have a few of the
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this morning we're going to tr sports, he's a little worried about putting himself out there when it comes to wanting an adoptive home, but he is hoping to someday soon will be with a family that will want him and love him. barbara harrison has this week's wednesday's child. >> hey, alexander. >> how you doing? >> i want to you meet caleb. >> nice to meet you, welcome to d.c. dynasty. >> caleb is really interested in baseball. >> here at the dynasty baseball facility they specialize in
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hitting and pitching. >> and caleb has more impressive goals. >> what do you think you'd like to be when you grow up? >> a navy s.e.a.l. >> he's excited about the possible missions he could be assigned to some day. >> you're there for a reason. you want to protect the country. >> he said he wants to join the military after high school. >> caleb's social worker has been working with him since he came into the foster care system three years ago. right now he's in the ninth grade and really wants to do well in school. >> do you have a favorite subject at school? >> h 14-year-old. he likes video games and he's an avid reader. >> as for sports, he says he likes it all. and he was invited to test his skills. >> i got you one of our new practice shirts. >> they started with some practice catching. >> nice and then some tossing. >> hey, good. >> some batting. >> very good. got a lot of power and great hand-eye coordination. >> caleb proved his coordination works on the basketball court as
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will help him to reach higher. and who will love him. >> just a loving home. a patient home. a very committed home. home that will work with him, teach him how to be an adult, a young adult and move him through life and parent him into the future. >> good job, man. >> thank you, barbara if you have room in your home and your heart for caleb or another child who is waiting, call our special adoption ho we turn now to storm team 4 meteorologist lauryn ricketts. tracking a warm day, but not necessarily a sunny day. >> no, not at all we've got plenty of cloud cover. temperatures are going to be in the 70s, 80s in some spots. we've got rain moving in you can see it right here in the storm team 4 radar. we'll continue to see that rain moving through our area. then another line of showers
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evening. then we'll start to see it dissipate. maybe an isolated thunderstorm as well that will be our last chance of rain until next wednesday we could have a few showers, but the weekend looks beautiful. don't forget to set the clocks back. seasonal temperatures through next week. thanks lauryn. >> your news feed might be blowing up about last night's country music association awards. >> one of the biggest moments wasn't from a country star. instead beyonce made a surprise appearance on theho ?? ?? >> it's okay. >> beyonce joining the dixie chicks for a performance of her song, "daddy lessons." peyton manning made an appearance and taylor swift returned to her old stomping grounds, not to win an award. she presented garth brooks with the 2016 entertainer of the year award. >> i love all the fashion, really. i love looking at everything and -- just unbelievable.
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? ? >> i swear they're still partying there. that will never get old for me. cheers. the crowd is still going nuts. one of the happiest days in my husband and family's life. so full of emotion. i'm wearing my husband's hat that's like 25 years old. smell it, natalie. >> do i really want to? >> it smells like the beer he had 25 years ago. >> i think so.

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