cleaning teacher and coach faces child pornography charges leaving parents who trusted their children with him with many questions. news 4 just spoke to a fellow coach who has known christopher for ten years and you will hear his reaction. cleaning up in parts of our area this morning ahead of what could be a messy weekend. we'll look at the hardest hit areas after last night's storms. and we have a few showers on the radar, but a rainy weekend in the forecast. coming up, i'll show you the warmth expected and your rain chances for saturday and sunday.

good morning. i'm erika gonzalez. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. we begin with charges against a teacher and coach. >> detectives say they found child pornography's in his home. he work onned at brad bury heights elementary school. >> prosecutors said he admitted to the crime saying he uploaded videos and images to his drop box account from several devices that were found in his room. >> megan mcgrath is at the school getting reaction to this arrest this morning. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, christopher space was with the prince george's county school system works as a substitute for nine years. and he was also a basketball coach with the south county sports academy. the president and founder of that group luther henry says space was with the organization since the beginning and he says the allegations are very upsetting because the goal of that group has always been to protect and help

>> our job was to dheem off the stre keep them off the streets and out of trouble. so this -- you know, you feel betrayed almost. and some hurt for me, you know. because he's a friend. you know somebody for ten years and been in the program with you, it's a friend in a sense. and to see this happen, very disappointing for me. >> reporter: and christopher space has been suspended from the sports academy and also no longer working with the prince george's county school system. they say any behavior that harms a child will not be tolerated. he's charged with nine counts involving child pornography and investigator s say more counts are pending. back to you. new developme

deadly shooting attack in paris. french police have identified the gunman as kareem sharufi. he has a long criminal history. paris prosecutor's office says they found a pump action shotgun and knives in the gunman's car. three of his family members were arrested in a raid overnight and one officer was killed. two others were hurt when that gunman opened fire in the champs-elysees shopping district yesterday. she fought for children's welfare in egypt, then she was detained for years. >> but now aya hijazi is back in the united states and she's meeting with the president this morning. hijazi is from northern virginia and she groew up in falls churc. she was found not guilty of abuse and returned to the u.s. last night. the human rights center thanked president trump for helping negotiate her release. >> she said hijazi and her husband were invited to the white house todayshi

children on the streets in egypt before she was arrested almost three years ago. all right. turning to the weather now ahead of a weekend cooldown, it will be like summer today. sheena parveen is here with what we can expect. >> yeah, feeling like summer today. not so much this weekend. it will be cooler and rain chances will go up. locally most of the area dry, clouds are around, but near leesburg and winchester, we have light rain here. later on this afternoon though, temperatures will be warming up. right now we're warming to the mid to low 70s, quickly we should be around 80 degrees, low 80s this afternoon. but that also comes with the chance for some thunderstorms. so look at future weather. by 6:00 p.m. trying to throw in some thunderstorms here. it's been fluctuating a bit, but it does look like a chance for afternoon thunderstorms. into the weekend, rain chances do get higher. going into your saturday, look at all the cloud cover. a few spotty shower, but then things ramp up saturday night s

the timing coming up. it is a rough start on this friday morning for some people that live in a delphi maryland. last night's storms caused trees to topple. >> and hundreds of people in that area are also without power. justin finch has more on the cleanup effort. >> reporter: we're at the presidential park condos where you will see lots of scenes like this one, trees snapping at their base and falling on to objects. in this case a presidential park condo's work truck and an suv also took down a power line as well. you will see many scenes like this in the adelphi area. we did see pepco crews working to restore power to several condo buildings and customers knocked offline as a result of the storm. we spoke to residents who say they felt the fury of the storm between 9:00 and 10:00 last night. we met a man here at presidential park who says that he came out here tock

friend's car which was damaged in this storm. >> usually what happens around here is the trees will start swaying. and so the wind was blowing and then you just heard a boom and then everything just crashed. >> reporter: throughout the day you'll likely see lots of this, onlookers coming up to see the damage for themselves and also lots of heavy trees and debris to clear out. i'm justin finch, news4. back into you. this morning we learned a man died in a northern virginia jail. bennie turner was found unconscious in his krelcell. county police are investigating his death. we're told there is going to be an autopsy to determine how exactly he died. also developing this morning, an inmate walked out of the hospital in howard county and police still don't know where he is. howard county police say timothy powers went missing last night. he was wearing a burgundy sweater. police don't believe he had access to a car. they put o

if you see him, call howard county police. right now family and friends are saying good-bye to a soldier killed when a black hawk helicopter crashed monday. army specialist jeremy tomlin was 22 years old. his memorial service is under way. the helicopter crashed on a golf course in st. mary's during routine training. two other soldiers were murt in the crash and they're still at area hospitals. change in about plans for metrorail. they have canceled its major shut down on the blue, orange and silver line tracks in downtown d.c. first 4 traffic's melissa mollett as a look at weekend track work. >> metro this weekend, safetrack surge 14 still under way, we're still in that phase one section. so we're talking about the green line, this means college park and greenbelt stations will still be closed that lasts through next weekend. so they do have shuttle buses running back and forth. as far as day

weekend service during the day on orange, blue and silver lines here this weekend, but in the evening on the orange line, saturday and sunday, we'll be single track between with mcpherson square and smithson n smithsonian. and same thing trains every 15 minutes on wehle reston east and ballston only saturday and sunday 8:00 p.m. to clee ose as well. yellow, regular schedule between huntington and mt. vernon only. and red line trains running every 8 to 15 minutes. have a great weekend. i'll see you monday morning. and now to the roads where starting this weekend, getting to virginia from downtown d.c. will be easier. after two years of construction and detours, the massachusetts avenue ramp to 395 south opens tomorrow. the new ramp allows traffic to go directly on to the highway instead of using 3rd street and this is good news for drivers going east, but those driving westbound on mass avenue will see new delays. the capital

won't wrap up until 2019. the announcement made last night that has sports fans in our area looking forward to thanksgiving already. >> and relief this morning for a family of a missing teen. the help police got locating the girl and the teacher accused of kidnapping her and taking her across the count.ry fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in customer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. all for $79.99 per month, for the first year with a two-year agreement. it's the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of the download speeds. plus get hbo for a year and free multi-room dvr service for two years. and verizon wireless customers can stream tv on the

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the fbi says tad cummins kids napped his 15-year-old student. >> and as joe fryer explains an amber alert flyer helped the tipster. >> reporter: tad cummins is behind bar and will appear in court today. he faces a federal judge tied to crossing state lines along with charges in tennessee including a gra va aggravated kidnap willing. this morning elizabeth thomas is heading home to tennessee, her alleged kidnapper, a teacher more than three times her age, now behind bars. a tip led authorities to this small unfinished cabin team in the woods in the remote hills of northern california. >> shortly after 9:30 a.m., mr. cummins exited the cabin, be the female rick tvictim exited the and was walking behind mr. cummins. the victim appeared to be in good health and mr. cummins was cooperativ

>> he made a statement to me that we took him down that i'm glad this is over. >> he said they were from colorado. >> reporter: griffin berry is the caretaker. he melt the couple a few days ago not realizing who they were, he let them stay glp that's the guy. >> reporter: he called in the continue to police. >> i'm very happy. >> reporter: in tennessee, 39 days after she vanished, elizabeth's family was elated, but cautious. >> we're going to have to figure out what kind of state of mind she's in of course. and probably get her some help. may be a long road, but at least we have her back now. >> reporter: authorities say they found two maps inside cummi cummins' suv, one for san francisco and one for baltimore, suggesting he may not have had a firm plan before going on the run. joe fryer, nbc news. in the next week four inmates are scheduled for execution in arkansas and the first one has been put to death

already. ledell lee was exciecuted overnight. his attorneys had filed several appeals, but the court declined to hear them. the lethal drug the state uses for executions expires at the end of the month. the state says there is nothing nor say about aaron hernandez. the medical examiner says it was definitely a suicide. the former patriots player found hanged in his prison cell. but his lawyers believe his death was suspicious and his fiancee has filed a motion trying to prevent the state from droig any evidendestroying any . hernandez was serving a life sentence for murder. his body is being moved to connecticut for a funeral and his brain will be sent to a center studying brain trauma in athletes. larry hogan sr. has died after suffering a stroke on saturday. in a facebook post last night, governor larry hogan called his dad an american hero. the elder hogan represented

'70s and also served as prince george's county executive. he was 88. queen liz are beth turns 91 today, the big day being celebrated with a gun salute. it will be a more low key birthday celebration after a year of festivities to mark her 90th birthday. you're look at video of her leaving easter mass on sunday with her husband, prince philip. her oldest child prince charles is heir to the thrown oig. it's a difficult law school to get there to and now students at georgetown will take lessons from an ex-con who turned his life around to go from prisoner to law professor. >> reporter: 41-year-old followed a most unlikely career path to become a professor here at georgetown law center. he was a bank robber. >> i went in with one of my

everybody to get on the ground and grabbed as much money as we could and left. >> reporter: he was arrested by the fbi, charged with five bank robberies and pleaded guilty. he became a jailhouse lawyer while in prison, writing briefs for fellow prisoners. his third appeal went all the way to the u.s. supreme court. by unanimous decision, he won a reduced sentence for a friend. >> i was told time and time again by lawyers, mostly lawyers, that i would never be able to go to law school and that i would never get a law license. >> reporter: he defiled tied th. he posted eight years ago i was released from federal bureau of prisons custody, today i accepted the offer to be a law professor. >> i think before we met him, some of the people here thought, wow, this is a person with a record that raises some

>> reporter: georgetown law professor paul rothstein says there is no more questions. >> he will really make a contribution to our statement and bring a perspective here that no one else can. >> reporter: you might guess that shon's goal in life would be to actually appear and argue a case before the u.s. supreme court. but that is not it. he wants to teach students here and the community about prison reform. >> and i hope that my job here will inspire people that do not believe a second chance is possible. >> reporter: reporting from georgetown law center, chris gordon, news4. they battled back and now they could get the advantage. the capitals are facing the toronto maple leafs and they are playing at the verizon center tonight. and it would cost more than $100 for the cheapest seat online right now. the series is tied. whoever wins two of the next three games

and it's looking like an exciting season for the redskins. we got their schedule last night. here are are the four highlights for you. they open at home against the eagles. cowboys come to town on october 29 and they play thanksgiving day, first time they are ever hosting a thanksgiving game at fedex field. skins will be in dallas one week after that november 30th. and another thursday night game there. you can check out the full schedule in the nbc washington app. just when you thought you'd seen it all. the museum that has high hopes of attracting lots of visitors. and you've probably heard about the new health study. diet soda linked to stroke and dementia. dr. john torez looks at what that study at dominion, we're putting our energy to work creating a cleaner environment by using cleaner energy sources like solar, wind and natural gas.

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extravaganza. fake sugar, it might be an ingredient in your favorite snack. or even your soda. but this morning we are looking at new research. >> dr. john torez explains how artificial sweetener may actually be fizzling out the brain. >> for decades america has had a drinking habit with diet soda. tracy starts her day with one. >> i sometimes go out of my way to work to go pick up some of these diet sodas. >> a bubbly energy boost with a reputation for being a healthy alternative to sugary drinks. >> i like the taste better and probably because it's no calories. >> but enthusiasm about the health benefits has started to f go flat. today a new concern about the potential impact on the brain. a provocative study now links diet soda with a

sfroek andi dementia. >> we are seeing an association between artificial sweetened beverages and risk of sfroek and dementia. the risk of stroke seems to be greater. >> this is the first to report a link between diet sodas and dementia and sure to fuel the growing debate. >> reporter: according to the american beverage association, low calorie sweeteners have been proven safe and there is nothing in this research that counters this well established fact. but some health experts say it's time to rethink medical advice to switch to diet soda as a healthier choice. >> i would say reach for a bottle of water before you reach for your artificial sweetened beverages. >> reporter: and doctors say more research is needed to understand exactly why diet soda might cause brain disease. dr. john torez, nbc news, new york. so my dad used to work for pepsi whenas

so we had soda all the time. and as i got older, i used to drink the diet stuff you were till a couple years ago i gave it up for lent and never went back. started drinking mineral water and that was it. >> i stopped drinking when a study came out saying soda gave you pimples when i was like a teenager. >> that would be enough for you. >> a teen's worst nightmare. haven't gone back. but anyway, let's talk about the weather because it will be another warm day. it will be feeling like summer again. temperatures in the 80s. some spots are already at 80 degrees believe it or not with all the clouds around, but we are seeing peeks of sunshine. a couple thunderstorms possible in the afternoon, too. a few light showers around right now. then we go into tomorrow to start your weekend, periods of rain later in the day saturday before saturday night's rain. we use have a couple spotty showers during the day. cooler this weekend though by sunday we have rain early, but trendio

second. if you're walks dog today, we have one available for adoption if you need one. this is pancake. what a cutie by. head to their website for more information. by noon, 75 degrees. chance of a shower around. most of the area should be dry. by 4:00 p.m., chance of a thunderstorm. low 80s. by 6:00 p.m., still the chance of a shower. and then the weekend, chances increase. temperatures right now, warrington at 81. in the district we're at 72. 68 still in leesburg. so we're starting to warm up, but you do see a few spotty showers right around leesburg near frederick, near 81 as well. so these are just light spotty showers. but future weather is trying to pick up on a few more in the next couple hours. by 5:00 p.m., we use see scattered thunderstorms. saturday spotty showers through the day. better chance saturday night, there is 8:00 p.m., overnight into early sunday. there is 8:00 a.m. on sunday, ex

rain. but the models trending farther south, so sunday afternoon may be just cloudy and cool. pollen still high, over the weekend it gets lower. lowest day looks like monday. so you could be seeing some relief thweekend. look at the temperatures over the weekend, we're talk bu talkt the mid to low 60s. new developments on a murder investigation we first reported this weekend. police need the public's help identifying the victim. disturbing information investigators just released. and no time to waste. lawmakers will need to get right on-to-work on monday to keep the government running. the chlenges they could run al

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detectives put out a call for your help and now we know a murder victim with as a teen gi. prince george's county police say teyja chase was killed this past weekend. this is the kevin ths is the sk. she was stabbed to death. the suspect is still out there this morning. if you know anything about this murder, please call prince george's county

congress heads back to washington next week and trump administration has an aggressive schedule for what he thinks they can get done before his first 100 days are up. >> tracie potts has a look at what they will be facing. >> reporter: when congress returns next week, lawmakers will be laser focused on preventing a government shutdown next friday. president trump also wants them to take on health care. >> we want to keep the government open, don't you agree? so yeah, i think we'll get both. >> reporter: approving the republican health plan next week likes iffy. three aides say there are no votes scheduled, the budget is the priority. republican leaders seem toward approve a one week temporary extension while they work out a deal. speaking of deals, president trump is weighing in on why he wants to pull out of iran's nuclear agreement even though they are complying. >> they are not living up to the spirit of the agreement. >> reporter:

walking away from the deal gives iran license to develop a nuclear weapon. >> we'd rather them be bad without nukes. >> reporter: and spy planes are on the lookout for a nuclear test. >> we are in very good shape. >> we are a long way away from resolving that crisis. >> reporter: crises abroad and at home, with a shutdown deadline one week away. that plus trying to get health care done within the first 100 days. some lawmakers say they don't like being pressured in to what they consider an artificial deadline. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. big morale boost from one bush to another. president george w. bush visited his father in the hospital thursday. bush 41 tweeted this photo of the visit with the caption big morale boost from a high level delegation. no father more blessed or prouder.

doctors say he is gaining strength and is in good spirits. president trump had some celebrity visitors at the white house this week. sarah palin, kid rock and ted nugent paid him a visit on wednesday. take a look at some of the pictures from the former vice presidential candidate, she posted these on her facebook page. the caption on the pictures we can tell you, a great night at the white house. thank you to president trump for the invite. a program that posts performances at georgetown's historic hal see an house. the program was launched by the former artistic director of the washington balancilet. on sage in april, a cabaret series. and ari shapiro will be performing this weekend and he joins us with more on what audiences can can expect. great to have you with us. >> thank you for havin

npr and now cabaret. >> yeah. it's a weird juxtaposition. >> where does your interest start and how do you juggle all of this? >> i performed with pink martini for several years and what i find that performance and radio journalism have in common is connecting with people. and telling stories and so in this performance that i'm doing tomorrow night, i'm going to tell some stories of experiences that i've had around the world through music, talk about some of the people i've met, and some of the commonalties that we have. >> because you've reported on wars, i mean everything from the arctic circle even being on air -- >> yeah. >> so we'll be able to see some of that experience through the music. >> i find that people think of places that are far away from us, very different from us. and having been to iraq, to ukraine, to the united kingdom on to some of the other places where people may seem very far

and music is a good way of drawing those connections. so i will be telling some of those stories and singing some of those songs. >>cabaret, they have different ideas about what it is about. so what is it really about? >> to me the difference between a cabaret and musical review, a musical review is just an hour of stories and songs. but a cabaret has a connection with the audience, it ends someplace different than it began. it makes eye contact. it has a reason for existing. and one of the reasons it took me so long to decide do it, i wasn't sure i had anything to say. and thend i realized there was something i wanted to say. >> where does this start, though? where does the love for music and for singing and honing that craft, where does it come from? >> well, i sang when if i was high school and college. i did a lot of theater. i sort of left that behind and i went into journalism. and then when i began performing p

a toe back in to those waters. and then when the artistic director of this program was planning his cabaret season,ing he said would you ever think about doing this, and i said i've been ask canned before and the answer was always no, but i think this time the answer is yes about that. >> and a new space. tell me about halceon stage and what it will be like for you to perform. >> it's a beautiful space. i went there before it became this arts incubator when it was used for wedding whos and things like that. it's a gorgeous old 19th century house. as a cabaret space, it's intimate, fun, beer and wine is provided for the audience which i love because i don't necessarily trust a sober audience. so it will be a lot of fun. >> we thank you so much and break a leg tomorrow. starts at 8:00. >> doors open at 8:00, show at 8:30. >> thanks so much for coming in. aaron, back to you. cloudy skies heading into what could be a very rainy weekend.

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today plarks omarks one yea the word lost prince. two bridges in minnesota lit up in purple overnight. this weekend at the paisley park studio, there will be a musical celebration of his life. changing gears now, a bit of a dreary day out there. but the weekend is the weekend nones less. but not 70s and 80s. >> it will be a washout. >> a rainy cool weekend is better than no weekend. >> absolutely right. >> just like a rainy day at the beach is better than a day at work. i never said that. but sometimes it's true. no, this weekend we will have rain in the forecast. temperatures will be cool. so if you have outdoor plans, plan around the rain. get the nbc washington app and you can see where the showers and storms are right at your

temperature mostly cloudy, a peeks of sun. some areas are starting to warm up. dining out today, 75, warm outside, could still see a few showers around by noon today. happy hour could see a thunderstorm by that time, temperatures in the low 80s to mid-80s. dinnertime, we still cannot rule out the chance for a shower, but temperatures will be in the upper 70s. so still pretty warm and kind of muggy as we go through the evening hours. its right now 72 again the district esdulles. 79 in fret fredericksburg. a few light showers near hagerstown, charles town. but by this afternoon, we use see a couple thunderstorms developing. here is 1:00 p.m. maybe a few showers moving through. then we go in to tomorrow. more clouds move in tomorrow, could see a few light showers through the day. and then at night, that's w

8:00 p.m. we're looking at that rain moving up and overnight we use see the rain continuing into sunday morning. we just have this area of low pressure passing by to our south. it could be nudging a little farther south, that would take the rain with it and then most of your sunday afternoon would be cloudy and on the cooler side. so temperatures this weekend will be cooler. for today, 84, mostly cloudy, some scattered showers. p.m. thunderstorm possible. but look at the temperatures for the weekend, 64 saturday, 60 sunday. highest rain chance lathe saturday and early sunday. monday the rain chance still with us, but we have a 90 next week. yep, feel like summer. >> thank you, sheena. and it is the start of flee and tick season. yay. the steps that you should now take to protect your pets. ♪ >> and on stage now in our

fun home. how the family drama is making audiences

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the national theater. one of the stars of the show joining us now with more on what audiences can expect. we appreciate you coming in today. >> glad to be here. >> so one of my co-workers saw it and said it was the best he's seen. >> no kidding? i love that. >> so what is the story? >> well, it's a complicated story to try to boil down to an elevator pitch, but what i think about is that it's about a family who looks perfect on the outside. not just the family is great and well dressed, but dad restores houses to their original grandeur and mom is an actor and they run a family funeral home. but on the inside, a lot of things that they don't talk about. allison wrote a real book called fun home, a graphic memoir. and in it she starts to come to terms with her father's death when she was a freshman in college. so we meet allison as an addrdu she looks back to try to write a

he stories here and despite what it looks like on the outside, a level of functionality? >> definitely. whose family isn't a little bit dysfunctional. but it's interesting because allison is a lesbian and her father who was a guy man living in the closet in a very small town in pennsylvania. and so dealing with those sort of identity issue, how people should be able to understand and embrace their own identity and live it honestly and if they don't bad things can happen is a priority for the show. and it's really important to me. and that said, it always feels strange to get into that as a topic because i don't want people to think this show isn't for me. this show is for anybody who loves theater. even in your life hasn't baby exactly like allison's or her father's, there are a lot of points of entry. so i think it's a show for anybody. >> are there other struggles that people might identify with with with or even some of the happier

>> you're right. there are some happy moments. the show sounds like about as entertaining as eating broccoli, but it's not. it's actually a really entertaining funny show. >> and it's musical. >> it is. and a more contemporary sounding musical than some might expect. for example there are been people -- there is a scene near the end where allison and her father are in the car together and there are a lot of things that they should be talking about but they're not. a lot of people have said we didn't have those same issue, but i've definite live been on that car ride. so if you love theater, you should come see the show. >> and we know that you're president of actors equity association. you were here in d.c. talking about funding for the national endowment for the arts recently. obviously an important topic for you these days. >> absolutely. i'm a big assumer of arts funding, but not just because i'm the president of an actors union. but i'm all over the country

of how the arts can transform neighborhoods and communities. even where industry has left, the arts come in and when you invest in the arts, it creates so much middle class jobs. it's amazing. >> agreed, as a theater kid myself. so appreciate you coming in today. it's called fun home, at national theater running through may 13th. >> weren't re all theatwe all t? right now wofrnts district's baby eagles is at the vet. he got his leg caught in a stick. the american eagle foundation says a lot of people called and e-mailed and so they decided to rescue the little bird. he wasn't seriously hurt, but they are glad that so many people have been watching this camera. d.c. 4 and # 5 have no name, but you can vote and hopefully they will have peen

next week or so. it's getting warmer outside and spring can bring dangers for your pets. from flees and ticks to of course the heat. so here to talk about all of this is veterinarian dr. kendra baker. thank you for being here. >> of course. >> and who do you have here? we have a big giant baby basically. >> we do. this is cash. he is an 11 month old baby. so he's a big boy. and he is available for adoption. >> awesome. cash is super sweet, so we'll show you some things you can do to prevent flees a a and ticks. let's first talk about, we've had some hot days so far. felt like summer. we've had some instances where dogs have had to be rescued from hot cars. what can you say about that as a pets owner? >> sure. as a pet owner, it is something that is terrible to see. and as a veterinarian, i've seen multiple animals come inte

stroke. the shortest way about it is if you don't want to wear a winter coat inside your car, your pet doesn't want to be in there either. they also don't want to be on hot asphalt. it can cause significant damage and lead to death. >> unfortunately, we've seen that. and we'll talk more about that again as the summer months approach. but now let's talk about heart worms. sometimes when you go into an adoption center, there will be a sign saying this dog is up for adoption, but it has heart worm. talk about how a dog gets heart worm, how they are treated and really what it is. >> absolutely. so heart worm is a parasite, a worm as the name suggests. it is transmitted by mosquito bites. so dogs conditions give t s ca to one another. it needs that mosquito to bite the infected dog and then bite another dog in order to transmit the disease. so once that happen,s infected larva go into the dog and make their home in the heart,

i know, buddy. they grow to extreme sizes. you can find them up to a foot long and they multiply in numbers. >> but they can be treated? >> they absolutely can. if your dog does test positive for heart worms, your veterinarian will confirm that test. after that, they will recommend treatment immediately. the longer that you leave those worms, the longer that they have to grow to multiply to cause damage to your dog. >> wow. >> so treatment is lengthy. it's expensive. it is not something that you want to go forward with. >> but does it mostly work? because unfortunately when people see that sign, they kind of pass by the dog. >> absolutely. so at the humane rescue alliance, we follow the american heart worm society guidelines for treatment. it is the gold standard for treatment and it is shown to be effective up to 98% to 99%. occaal

injections of what kills the actual worms. it's a three to four month process depending on how fast the worms are kill kd. but it is effective. it didn't come without risks. which is why prevention is a good thing. >> and this is the prevention right here. i give these to my dog once a month. it's heart worm prevention. so you quayou want to make sure animal has this. let's talk about fleas and ticks. we're getting. >> to that. so now we're talking about the fact that we're here in high grass areas. you're running ash oround outsi it's warm out. how can you put it on so it's effective and you can do it so they won't be licking at it or anything? is >> sure. first thing about the prevention options is that there are a number of different options here. if you choose a topical project, wi

topical product, apply it just here along the line to the point that nothing else can lick it. if you have multiple animals, maybe topical isn't the right choice. >> perfect. so that is something that you want to use before your animal goes out in all that. this is a popular one, frontline. i'm sure you've seen it. thank you for being here. and he's been here a while, so he's gets a little antsy. he's a sweetheart. nbc is proud to help clear the stherl shelters every year and this year is augusta 19 19. and of course cash is available through the humane rescue alliance. after the break, we'll tell you about the steps that uber is taking inside the company to improve conditions for women. and this reminder to join us later today for ellen degeneres. lenl will weellen will welcome

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news bill o'reilly scandal and insiders are worried about public opinion. and google's home devices can now recognize multiple users by differences in their voices. before it could only be connected to one google account, but now it can support up to account accounts meaning it can provide different information based on which member asks a question. with your cnbc morning business report, i'm landon dowdy. samsung set to release the dlae galaxy s-8. it's available in two sizes and five colors. the note 7 kept catching fire because of a battery issue in that phone has no increase in battery capacity, but they have undergone a rigorous 8 point safety check. one final check of the weather as we head into the weekend. >> yes, today we're look at some showers around, but for the weekend unfortunately, we do have more rainnc

cooler temperatures. today it will feel a little more like summer again, mid-80s as we go through the afternoon. mix of clouds and sun. scattered showers and chance for some afternoon thunderstorms. so keep that in mind if you're heading out. into your we coulekend, rain mo in. tomorrow morning cloudy and cooler with a chance for light showers. otherwise better rain chance comes late in the day saturday and saturday night. that looks to last overnight into sunday morning. so waking up sunday morning, you could be waking up to some rain. and sunday will be a cooler day right around 60 for a high temperature. this rain will start to slide to the south on sunday, so your afternoon could very well just be cloudy and on the cool side. so we are dropping about 20 degrees or more. but next weekend, we will get hot right around 90. >> all right. thank you. that's it for news 4 midday. we're back at 4:00. >> and of course get updates anytime with

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