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new details about president george bush and how long he's been in the white house. >> i'll be vice president of the united states for the next 48 hour i can start to stay what i think. >> but he didn't really wait. hear what the vice president had to say about russia in one of his last speeches to the international forum. >> temperatures are moving up. looking like a very nice day. but we've got rain on the way. could really have an impact on some festivities getting around the d.c. area. we'll talk about when that rain is coming up.
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>> good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. first, let's check on the forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist lauryn ricketts. >> it's a nice day out there right now. the temperatures keep moving up and up. you know, we've got plenty of sunshine too. the clouds kind of broke, the fog lifted out of the area. now we're seeing sunshine finally. we were due for it. because we hadn't had sunshine for quite some time. now, as we continue into really the rest of the afternoon, the radar looking good. we're just seeing a few spotty showers down through southern maryland and as the temperature is going to really -- it's not going up any further, we'll stay in the upper 50s and lower 60s a little bit of a breeze out there. but plenty of sunshine out there. and here's a look at your temperatures. oh, boy. it's not not going to be that bad. but friday could be a little on the wet side.
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breaking news right now, out of mexico. shots fired at a private school there. police say a student fired a gun injuring a teacher, another student and himself. now, this happened in the northern mexican city of monterey at a private elementary and secondary there. this is the latest in a series of shootings in mexico in the past two days. a couple different shootings there, in all nine people in the shootings have been killed and others of course injured. >> all right, melissa, thank you. former president hw bush is in the hospital right now and he's been there since saturday. we have the latest from houston. >> reporter: our nation's 41st president resting comfortably in a houston hospital after experiencing a shortness of breath. overnight, his office chief of staff saying he's in
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condition and quote, doing fine. president bush now 92 years old needs a wheelchair to get around. and his public appearances have become increasingly rare. his most recent, 11 days ago appearing alongside family at a houston texans playoff game. earlier this month the family spokesperson told nbc news the 41st president and his wife barbara now 91 would not be attending friday's inauguration. citing their advanced ages and quote, all that entails. the couple who just celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary also did not attend president obama's inauguration in 2013. this latest hospital stay marks the fifth in the past five years. doctors here at houston me methodist hospital said he's responding well to treatment and they hope to release him soon and they don't know when that will be. back to you. >>
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from now and we are seeing the changes taking effect around town. it starts with closures and a lot of them. news4's justin finch is live on the national mall for us. good morning. >> reporter: eun, good morning. we are at seventh and madison, and preparations are fast under way. you won't see cars here very soon and that's because parking restrictions go into effect with road closures to follow tomorrow morning. drivers and national area parking is drying up. here it is mapped out. that green dotted line shows the restrictions going into effect today at noon. that means no parking around the lincoln memorial, white house and capitol hill until restrictions lift at 1:00 a.m. monday. only special placard holders can forego those rules which called for the thursday closing to traffic of main ate
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cordoned off in red, spanning constitutional avenues. if you're driving down that means you have to park your car somewhere and for that, the app parking panda has you covered. act fast because demand is high and supply is running out. or maybe you ditch the car and take metro instead. well, plan ahead because some stations like federal triangle will be closed. the security plan also calls for the inauguration closing of mt. vernon square, national mall, pentagon and smithsonian stations. peak service will stop at 9:00. on the mall preparations are nonstop as it's expected to number a million this weekend from the inauguration to demonstrations to follow. u.s. parks police sergeant anna rose says a network of local and federal law enforcement have been around the clock working to keep it all safe. >> you're going to want to tell us if you see something. let us be theci
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>> reporter: as you can see the set-up here is actively under way. of course authorities are prepped for many demonstrations within the national mall area and they're urging the public to speak up if they see something. a long list of do's and don't's, we are tracking them all on the news4 app. we are live on the national mall. >> justin, thank you. right now on capitol hill, several hearings for president-elect trump's cabinet picks are under way. tom price is being questioned by lawmakers and price just wrapped up his opening statement where he described his priorities. >> so if confirmed my obligation will be to carry to the department of health and human services for bipartisan team driven policy making and what is a lifetime commitment to improving the health and well-being of the american people. >> meanwhile, more democrati
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lawmakers are refusing to attend donald trump's inauguration. jerry conley is the latest member from our area to boycott the event. this comes as trump prepares to enter office with historically low approval numbers. tracie potts has details. >> reporter: president-elect trump heads into friday's inaugural as the most unpopular incoming president ever. with the 52% disapproval rating in nbc's latest polls. overnight, he told diplomats, bikers for trump, are headed for washington. >> like additional security with those guys. >> reporter: security will be tight. nearly 100 demonstrations are planned this week. the national park service got five times as many application as normal. >> the challenge is to make sure those competing interests are able to utilize the space at the same time. >> reporter: some groups plan to set up along the parade route. >> we're going to inaugurate the resistance on january 20th. >> reporter: at least 50 democrats are boycotting th
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hearings. four more are scheduled today. including health and human services nominee tom price. facing questions over his investments in health care companies and his ideas to revamp the affordable care act. >> his approach would make a difficult situation even worse. >> reporter: the focus today an historic inaugural getting started today. the parking restrictions and the street closures, expecting up to 900,000 people in the nation's capital for this inauguration. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. a 90-year-old fairfax woman will be amongst the crowds expected at this weekend's women's march in washington. the month she heard about the march she knew she wanted to go. she is a former teacher and ballroom dancer who protested u.s. involvement in vietnam when she was much younger. and now, this daughter of cuban immigrants plans to march
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family, even if it's in a wheelchair. >> i think it will be joyous. we'll all be there, telling mr. trump that he is not going to change our rights and our freedoms in this country. >> and she is also worried about the possible repeal of the affordable care act. as for the crowds on saturday, she said she's not too worried. new this morning, after all the reaction the white house is defending president obama's decision to end chelsea manning's sentence early. the former army intelligence officer was convicted of leaking hundreds of thousands of documents. she will be released in may instead of 30 years from now. this morning, white house spokes man josh earnest said that the president believes manning received quote an appropriate punishment already. in addition to manning, the president issued pardons yesterday. the president will hold his final press conference today. you can expect questions about
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the russian's role in the election and make sure you have the app close by. joe biden is in switzerland, he's giving a special address to talk about globalization. the speech however took a turn toward russia. biden says they're the biggest threat to the international order. >> the purpose is clear. to collapse the liberal international order. simply put, mr. putin is a different -- has a different vision of the future. one in which russia is pursuing across the board. >> he went on to say after what happened in the u.s. presidential elections the entire world is at risk for such intelligence hacking. tonight, this man, ricky gray, is expected to be put to death in virginia for killing a richmond family. for the first time the commonwealth will use lethal injection drugs from a secret compounding pharmacy. his attorneys objected, but a federal judge has refused to stop the execution. the state says the drugs
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appropriately prepared and tested. her husband is already serving life in prison and now alicia shmull will learn her fate. the sentencing is under way. in september, the former lawyer pleaded guilty for her role in the vicious attack on her exboss and his wife. her former boss is leo fisher. he took the stand this morning. he described the 2014 attack in mclean. he said that she was not the house, but her husband was. follow david culver on twitter for more on what's happening in the courtroom. the deadly bus crash that took the lives of six children on their way
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a major case at the supreme court today and it could have an impact on the redskins name. a ban called the slant is arguing for a trademark. the ban's application was denied six years ago because its name is considered a racial slur. in 2015, the 'skins had their trademark protections cancelled for the same reason. federal law forbids issuing trademarks that may disparage people. a preliminary report released by the national transportation safety board is a tough reminder of the deadly chattanooga school bus crash in november, and the driver left the normal route, hit a utility pole and then
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transportation of students to and from home is exempt from many federal regulations including routine physicals for drivers. to a developing story, d.c. police are waiting for the medical examiner's report in the death of a 3-year-old boy. sterling moore stopped breathing yesterday while at the day-care center inside the u.s. department of labor. his mom is a labor department employee. according to a day care worker, sterling choked on a meatball during lunch time. he died at the hospital. now his grandmother is demanding more answers. >> i want to know where the teachers were. what were they doing? how long did it take for them to realize that he was choking? >> the day-care center released a statement saying that they are devastated and are working with police. we're learning how an officer involved shooting unfolded in herndon, virginia.-
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on monday. before the hostage situation, he got in an argument with his girlfriend and shot the two brothers. they got away and called the police and the officer who shot the man is on administrative leave now. anyone with information is asked to call the police. take a look at your screen right now. this woman is missing and police in frederick, maryland, are asking for help finding her. dorothy simms was last seen last november, a month ago. she was wearing a black hoodie, black yoga pants. if you have any information contact the frederick police. montgomery county workers could get a raise if legislation is signed. yesterday the county council narrowly approved the plan to gradually increase the minimum wage to $15. he has raised concerns that it could hurt the local businesses. it's currently
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hour. the president-elect's childhood home is up for sale. >> donald trump's father built be the tudor style home in queens, new york. the president-elect lived there until he was 4 years old. as you can see it's more modest compared to trump tower. the home first hit the auction block last fall. city records show an investor bought it last month for $1.4 million. this time around, interested buyers had to submit written bids. on friday, the first family will leave the white house and head to their new home in d.c. news4 spotted moving trucks outside the home in the kalorama neighborhood. before that, they are traveling to palm springs, california, to enjoy a sunny vacation and then head off after donald trump is sworn in. that quick trip to the store in reon townst
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if you don't pay for your parking at the reston town center you might get stung. >> they're using a tough new enforcement tool. take a look. this is nicknamed the bumblebee. the device suctioned on to your windshield and prevents you from driving away until you pay your parking. security has to remove it. a couple of weeks ago paid parking began at the town center. some customers aren't too happy you have to use a cell phone to pay. >> it's not eas
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meter in there and just pay by meter like everybody else? >> now, a spokesperson says that new device has not been used yet. parking is $2 an hour in the garage and $3 an hour on the street. hi, i'm brittany johnson. you'll be able to eat, drink around give back as more than -- and give back all weekend long, as the restaurants will donate to their charities. it lasts through t he
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well, as the first family leaves the white house, people will be in town to thank the president for his service. thanks obama is being held and the attendees can thank him. we have more on this event. we appreciate you coming in today. >> thank you. and good morning. >> tell me first about where this idea came from? >> well, the idea came from a conversation with one of my older brothers. he actually lives in maryland. we were driving around the city and we were talking about politics. this is probably may of last year and we talked about how, you know, no matter who wins the election, we will miss president obama. i said i wish there was a way to thank him and i said, maybe i'll go outside of the white house and clap for him. give him a round of applause. my
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states a fifth grade clapout? i said, maybe we should. >> he probably would like that. >> it went from there. >> your facebook page shows a lot -- a huge amount of interest and backing for this. how many people do you expect to show up? >> oh, man, so we have a sold-out venue. we get e-mails for people asking for more tickets or somewhere else to assemble. it has 170,000 people in it, attending, divided between attending or interested. we're trying to mike provisions for everyone. but space is limited because of inauguration. >> that's going to be huge. this is a political person, obviously. so i have to ask if all of the feedback has been positive or gotten a bit of a mix? >> well, it is definitely a mix. i mean, you have -- you know, with it being on facebook you have the facebook trolls. people who have different types of points of view, but, you know, you have to learn how to focus on the positive.
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and appreciate him. there's more of them than those who are detractors. >> we know you have obviously thanked the president, but there's performances, art planned as well. what else do you have there? >> we have a local hula troupe, they danced at both of president obama's inaugurations. we have a few artists coming in from one love massive, a local d.c. shop. they have four artists who are performing. then we have a local recording artist summer who is singing the national anthem and god bless america. then we have for music just general music. >> so you mentioned the fact that obviously the response has been so big. have you thought about what else you might do, if there might be a second event planned to sort of accommodate some of the people who can't get
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>> well, we actually did want to do more and more satellite events. we encourage everyone if you can't make it to the actual d.c. event, stand up and we'll be periscoping and going life. we were going to try to reach everyone through social media. so people can stand and clap with us at 7:00. >> so 7:00 p.m. is the event time. >> from 3:00 to 8:00. but the actual clapout, the fifth grade clapout is going to happen at 7:00 p.m. sharp. they will see that on the feed. >> where is this happening? >> the mead center for american center. >> all right. we appreciate you coming in and telling us about it. i'm going to say your name wrong ago. >> baja day. >> eun, over to you. >> thank you. we are following brand-new earthquakes in italy right now. they hit the central part of the country this morning that's near the same area which was levelled by several deadly quakes last year. new video from rome where if subway was closed. so far, we are not hearing any new reports of damage or injuries. a n
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the inauguration friday, scammers are targeting the people who are trying to attend. >> consumer reporter susan hogan with what you need know. >> we spoke with the inauguration committee and they told us that they heard there are tickets actually for sale for a number of these inauguration events. bottom line they tell us, if you bought any of these tickets, you've been scammed. now, there are a ton of inauguration events starting with the voice of the people concert on thursday. and the make america celebration again with toby keith and and these are totally free. if you see tickets online, do not buy them. there are tickets for various events but they're all free and they have the actual ticket holder's name on the ticket. so if you buy it, you'll be asked to show id. if it doesn't match you're not getting in. >> one of the worst things that people can do is go online to craigslist, looking for tickets to celebrate this president and come pay a lot m
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in a hotel, pay a lot of money for the tickets and they show up and they're fraudulent. >> if you want a ticket to the parade, one of the balls or a commemorative ticket, you really need to go to the official inauguration website. we have a link to that website right now on our nbc washington app. just search tickets. >> so we have an entire section on the nbc washington app focused on the inauguration. download the app for the new information to -- that you need to know if you're going and plus all the news on president trump's transition and the legacy of president obama. i'm melissa malay at the live desk. just into the newsroom right now, police in the district on the scene of a police involved shooting. we understand that police and a person exchanged gun fire. no information on the gender here. nobody hurt. pat collins right now on the way to learn more information as we
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get it. >> thank you. i want to turn to storm team 4 meteorologist lauren ricketts right now. we're pushing 60 degrees. >> i know. >> this is our kind of weather. >> that's what i'm talking about. no snow, you know? a mix of sun and clouds, and in fact around d.c., blue skies. it's beautiful out there. >> nice. >> we all get off early. >> take advantage. >> exactly. because you know things will change at the drop of a hat. and we have rain showers on the way. it's a beautiful day out there. we've got plenty of sunshine as i said. there's the blue skies. all around the d.c. area. now, as we continue through the day, those temperatures are going to move right into the 60s. a little breezy out there but we've got that sunshine warming us up. we are going to have rain showers as we get into your friday. it looks like we'll see them in the morning and then moving out during the afternoon. saturday looking dry and then another chance of rain on sunday into monday. but look at those temperatures, 57 here in washington. dul a
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frederick at 50 and fredericksburg up to 59 degrees. so we are going to take those temperatures to right around 60 degrees today. it will be breezy as i said. still fairly mild as we head into the evening. a few light passing showers in southern maryland but everybody else is dry. dry tomorrow as well. temperatures not quite as cold tomorrow. i'm sorry, not quite as warm tomorrow. in the mid 50s tomorrow. still plenty of sunshine and here we go. this is what's going on for tomorrow. now i know we have the ceremony, we have the wreath laying ceremony for president-elect trump at arlington national cemetery at 3:30. plenty of sunshine. temperatures in the mid 50's but headed into friday morning if you're going to downtown for the inauguration, you want to pack that poncho. umbrellas are not allowed around town. they're prohibited. so we are going to have rain showers just in time that the ceremony gets started at noon. then it's quickly out of here by 4:00. so just some light rain showers on friday. then we clear up in the
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builders -- >> this new space will hopefully change the life for all the better. >> tyler west her is not only a part of the george to the rescue, but he's part of design star. he's in our area for the home and the remodeling show. he is nice enough to join us with design do's and don't's. you have the best hair in the business. >> oh, i try. >> all right. first of all, the most important don't, you said don't remodel a bathroom or kitchen on your own. why is this so important for
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out there that make it look very easy, but these are all licensed contractors. licensed electricians and plumbers. the last thing you want to do is put in a faucet and have a leak and then you're worse. utilize those trades. utilize those professions. decorating is different. construction use the professionals. >> plumbing and -- >> don't mess with that stuff. >> you said trend lightly. what do you mean by that? >> well, trends happen every year for a reason. it's great marketing. it gives the designers something to get excited over, but it can date very quickly. i mean, so if you're going to trend -- if you want to do a trend, do it in small quantities. a throw, a pillow, small accessory. >> like how we get dressed. a few things. you say don't skimp on bedding and it can get expensive. why is that impot
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third of our lives in bed so make it count. you know, a restful night's sleep makes for a great day. >> there you go. very important. and talk about lighting. i know a lot of designers talk about how important lighting is. there's three points of lighting. can you tell us what that is? >> the professor in school said use architectural and decorative and accent lighting. having different options to create a theme. one of the things i tell everyone, use dimmers. dimmers can help you set the scene of lowering the angle, heightening this. it helps you create the environment that you want. >> the three different kinds of lighting. okay. >> at least. at least. >> this is why you have professionals like you. and tv is not reality. what you do, you make it look easy all the great houses. tell us about that. >> well, tv is there for inspiration.
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yourself inspired with your project. but know that you can't tackle everything. you shouldn't tackle everything. that's why we're here. that's why the professionals are around here. use us. >> i don't have the eye -- before i let you go, tell us how to go see this design house. >> oh, well, i'm going to be speaking on friday at the dulles expo center. because i heard somebody else is having a party on friday. >> it's kind of a big day. >> it's a big day for me and my party might be better, i'm just saying. >> the home and remodeling show at the dulles expo. >> yes. >> thank you for joining us. and it's fun to meet you. three points of light. >> i knew that. the fourth point is to carry light around you so it glows. >> so, he knows. that's what makes him a good partner. if you're still trying to stick with your new year's resolutions there are some apps to help you keep on track. pc mike winland will tell
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design. and the app is free. i bet you want more information, not a problem. because i thought about it. go to my pc mike tech blog. there's the address on the screen. i'm building direct links to everything i'm building you. there's some big changes coming to the food stamp program. maryland is one of seven states taking part in the pilot program that will accept food stamps online. the department of agriculture says this is a big deal for families who live in food deserts without access to healthy food. families who participate will have their groceries delivered to them. lauryn ricketts is going to tell us more about the forecast. when you talk about approaching 60 it makes me happy. >> so warm inside. >> and outside. >> yeah. it was mild this morning when we came in. it wasn't that bad. we have had some gloomy days over the last couple of days. we are due for some sunshine. and we're getting that right now. not everybody getting
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storm team 4 radar. a little piece of energy kicking off a few showers to the north and east, but those are going to be short lived. don't be surprised if you see a few showers up around baltimore and coming down in southern maryland. everyone else is dry for now. but we have some rain in the forecast as we get into your friday. now, temperatures, yes, feast your eyes on these. fredericksburg up to 60 degrees. 50 in frederick. it's such a wonderful afternoon and it's going to continue to be gorgeous around here. we may have a few more clouds trying to build in. definitely breezy. but temperatures are responding to that sunshine right now. and temperatures topping out around 60. a little cooler tomorrow. i believe we'll have some clouds around tomorrow. still above average. we're going to top out in the mid 50s tomorrow once again. so that is also good news. now, for the welcoming celebration tomorrow and also we have the
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at arlington national cemetery at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon, it's looking good. but you could have a few showers by the time the swearing-in ceremony is getting going at 12:00. bring the poncho, umbrellas are not allowed on the mall. rain showers are coming to an end late afternoon through the mid evening. saturday, for the women's march, looking great. we are going to have is a few peeks of sunshine. temperatures in the mid 50s so a little bit warmer than friday. friday we have that chilly rain. looks like we warm up into next week but we have some rain chances. we'll show you the ten day forecast in ten minutes. >> thank you. for years he's wooed the internet as founder of facebook. >> but could donald trump's
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i'm melissa malay at the live desk. an update to the breaking news we brought you a couple of minutes ago out of northwest washington. police say that the shooting incident started with an attempted traffic stop at w street and north capital. they tried to stop a blue mercedes and the police ended up chasing that vehicle. that's when shots were exchanged between police and the two people inside that blue mercedes. nobody was hurt. this all ended at 6th and t streets and those men arn
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custody. >> all right. thank you. donald trump's inauguration is just two days away now, but there's speculation about the future races for the white house. could facebook founder mark zuckerberg being considering a possible run? we have more on what's behind his cross country journey to meet america. >> reporter: his standard uniform is t-shirt and hoodie, but some wonder if zuckerberg could be shifting into the more presidential mode. "vanity fair's" nick billiton asked will he be our next president? >> for years i have been hearing rumors about how zuckerberg wanted to do more than just facebook. what do you do more than that? becoming president. >> reporter: others have posed the same question inspired by a few potential clues. first there was the facebook proxy statement last year that said zuckerberg could serve in government and maintain control of the company. then his hol f
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and happy hanukkah. when asked aren't you an atheist? he said i went through a period of questioning things and i believe religion is very important. to some a political answer. most recently for his new year's resolution, the billionaire ceo pledged to visit every state in the u.s. >> it sounds awfully like someone who is exploring a presidential bid. >> reporter: those zuckerberg has said such travels will help him with his work at facebook and in his family's philanthropic organization. >> the one thing i wonder, no one else i could say this about in america. but would becoming president of the united states be a step down for mark zuckerberg? >> you don't believe you have to have a lot of experience to make a difference. look at me. >> reporter: well, a run might have sounded unimaginable a couple of years ago, analysts say the election of donald trump has shattered the norms of politics. >> you need to have money and charisma and we know he has plenty of
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roll a run, but we're not sure if he has the charisma to motivate people to support him as president. president-elect trump is the newest addition to the madam tu sew's museum. a new restaurant is launch designate time menu tomorrow for diners on the go. ten tigers parlor offers favorites like dumplings and noodles and now pastries and cheese for an afternoon pick me up. joining us is the chefs, and they make all the pastry. you speak any love language. they e
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the food for ten tigers. thank you for joining us today. how would you describe the concept? what are we going to see when we go in there? >> so ten tigers is a victorian era tea house and lounge. where we partnered with the -- who owns a couple of restaurants and bars in the city and we traded this -- not so much a restaurant, not so much a bar but a combination of the two. we serve the favorite -- savory items as well as molly's pastries. >> everyone ais talking about te soup dumplings. >> yeah. that's a delicacy you don't find very often. we decided to make them the center of the menu. they're different because they're made by me and not a traditional chinese chef so they're bigger. >> got it. molly, you have introduced some interesting things for the lunch menu. can you tell us about what we'll see now? >> of course. the current menu
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have green tea strawberry cream puff, classic egg tarts, lotus cookies. those are really cool. >> interesting. >> tiger bell for the ten tigers. tamm arun cheesecake filling. >> what are we making today? >> we're making the filling. i have some creamed cheese. >> you put strawberries in there already. >> i did. i put the jam in there. >> just combine that? >> yeah. >> so we're going put it in there. mix it up a bit. and you're going to want to add this in thirds and after that. you end up with -- >> there you go. so you baked the outside first? >> yeah. i'm going to help you fill it. >> i'm going to do it. okay. so -- all right.
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oh -- sorry. >> perfect. >> how much cream goes in there? >> do one. >> there's a perfect amount of cream. >> i'm making a mess. sorry. >> so we pipe our cream in there. in addition to that it also gets -- >> sorry i made a mess. i'll clean it up. >> it also gets some of the strawberry jam. >> wonderful. >> see, i'm better at eating than making. tell us about the idea that this is on the go, but you can still sit and enjoy a cup of tea. there's a big focus on tea at ten tigers. >> it's meant to be very laid back. we open at 11:00, you can get some the interesting loose leaf teas and we serve boba tea. >> what is that? >> so you get these tapioca pearls but they're rather large. it is mixed in with nd of flavor tea. my favorite is ta
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>> right. one of the things you don't find very often around the city. so we thought it would be interesting to offer that at ten tigers. so it's kind of like this very casual thing. you can sit there during the day. get on the wi-fi. you can have tea, you can have the pastries. then around 4:00 or 5:00, we do the savory menu, you can have a dinner or a drink or a cocktail. >> it's on the go too. you can grab these and run out. >> grab and go. >> sounds very good. i'm going to taste this delicious thing right now. not the one i made. so good. >> great. >> thanks so much for joining us. >> tha
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wall street will try to reverse tuesday's losses today. stocks fell as investors start to question whether the trump administration's policies will lead to higher economic growth. justifying the market's gains since the election. look for data today on inflation and manufacturing. plus, we get earnings from citigroup and goldman sachs. the nasdaq is down to 5538. verizon is forcing those holdouts of the phones that was recalled due to the fire risk. they had rolled out an update and know verizon will reroute all nonemergency calls to cust american
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owners for the price of the phone. netflix adds another feather to the cap. it signed a big production deal with jerry seinfeld to bring old and new episodes of his hit web series to the streaming service later this year. he will tape two new stand-up specials for netflix and help develop scripted and unscripted comedy shows. i'm landon dowdy. a major announcement about major league baseball is happening today. the newest members of the hall of fame will be revealed tonight at 6:00. two players are considered much a lock to get in. jeff bagwell and tim raines. experts are saying as many as six players could be selected this time around. good luck. >> yeah. all right. a few minutes before noon. we are almost up to 60 degrees already. chomping at the bit to get us out of here. >> lauryn ricketts has more.
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it's so nice. temperatures exactly right, right around 60 degrees. huge showers are getting going through the region. 695 through baltimore and in southern maryland but otherwise we are dry. we are keeping sunshine here. boy, we're up to 59. here we go. temperatures just updated. temperatures are going to top out in the low 60s for daytime highs today. we're dry for the remainder of the day. as we get into your thursday, we keep dry conditions around. especially for the welcoming ceremony. and it's really not going to be that bad. just a touch cooler on thursday. by friday a few showers moving into the area specifically by the time we head into the inauguration. the swearing-in ceremony. a few showers pushing into the area. they're going to be light. but remember you cannot take your umbrella down to the national mall. so you're going to want to pack a light rain jacket or a poncho. temperatures are only going to be in the upper 40s. so it's l
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side. but again, some scattered showers from the mid morning to mid afternoon. there could be fog later on friday night and on saturday morning. if you're headed to the women's march on saturday, cool to start, but temperatures by noon should be up by that 50 degree mark. it will be fairly mild as we get into the afternoon. and we've gotten mild weather. i talked to emilio about this. this is usually about the coldest time of the year that we have. but again, we are going to be fairly warm. now, of course inauguration day temperatures around 50 degrees. then for saturday, temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. a chance of rain return on sunday and monday and still fairly mild. temperatures can drop as we get into tuesday, but other than that, we have gotten dry conditions as we head through the end of next week. but temperatures all in all not that bad. up around 60 again wednesday and thursday. >> thank you. and that does it for "news4 midday" for today. thanks so much for joining us. we are back on the air this afternoon, first at 4:00. >> get news and wat
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