stepping up the search for accomplices of the manchester bomber as a rift over intelligence sharing grows between the british and the u.s. two d.c. schools in need of repair. a major modernization begins today at 1:00. another is taking steps to just reopen the school's cafeteria. and we've got a gray day out there. rain is pushing away from our region, but we've got another round of rain. we're going to time out some storms. could be strong. coming up in a few minutes. good morning. i'm pat lawson muse. i'm

we begin with the weather. you from the city cam where you can see how messy a morning it has been. dreary and hazy. lots of clouds and rain that caused low visibility and slowed down commuters. all the rain has also caused some flooding in our area. this video was tweeted out by the loudoun county sheriff's department. it shows a road that had to be closed because of high water. the tweet reminds drivers to turn around, not drown. let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist lauren rickets. how much more rain will we get today, lauren? >> we could have heavy rain in spots. we have one for culpepper county. we'll get to that. isolated flooding around the region. yes, it was a gray day. it still is. some areas got a little bit of sunshine earlier this morning. you were lucky. we could get more pops of sun through this dry

into the early afternoon. another round of rain and storms are headed our way for the afternoon. some which could be strong. now, temperatures are in the 60s right now. we jumped up to 65 here in washington on our way to the 70s. i'm going to time out that rain and it's memorial day weekend. i've got that forecast in a few minutes. >> thank you, lauryn. now to the aftermath of the terror attack in manchester this morning. more victims recovering from the bombing at the ariana grande concert that got a big visitor. the queen of england went to the royal manchester children's hospital. 12 children under 16 were taken to that hospital after the bombing. the queen spent time speaking with them and their families and she also met a number of the doctors who have been performing life-saving surgeries on them. as the entire country honors the people killed in the attack, we are finding out more about the suspect in the bombing. >> nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in manchester with

developments. >> reporter: in solidarity with the victims of the uk's worst terrorist attack in the decade, the si of manchester and the entire nation observed a minute of silence. also in manchester, queen elizabeth tii. she advivisited some of those injured. there are images of salman abedi at a shopping center right next to the concert arena doing reconnaissance or buying supplies. he's wearing a blue backpack, the tag still on it. it appears to be the same backpack that three days later would hold a bomb. "the new york times" obtained images of what's left of the bomb that now charred blue backpack, its powerful battery and a hand-held trigger. british officials are furious about the leaked photos. they accuse t

said the british service failed to pick up the clues of the bomber before the attack and he should not have been on the streets. the bomber was known to british authorities as a possible extreme it's and two of his brothers have been arrested u.s. and british authorities believe abedi was part of a wider network and fear that the bomb maker may still be at large. >> british prime minister theresa may will talk to president trump about leaks in the investigation. both leaders are in brussels for meetings. nato meetings today. the leet erred are expected to hold a working dinner. may will make clear to the president that intelligence shared between our law enforcement agencies must remain secure. just minutes ago, we got this statement from president trump. it reads in part, the alleged leaks coming out of government agencies are deeply troubling. these leaks have been going on for a long

administration will get to the bottom of this. we called amtrak to find out what went wrong at the rail yard near 9th street and northeast overnight. d.c. fire and ems said there was an incident where two trains apparently collided. the fire department said it was low impact but that somebody was hurt. nobody was injured, however, when a building collapsed in montgomery county. but those cars probably need some repairs right now. take a look at this photo from cherry hill road in beltsville. bricks falling on to the car's windshields and the hoods. montgomery county fire and ems is working to find out what caused that collapse. parent outrage seems to be leading to changes at a northeast d.c. elementary school. we told you earlier this week, a pipe broke at capitol hill montessori causing sewage to flood into the cafeteria. it's happened more than once this year. now the school says it's fixing that pipe. it will also sanitize the kitchen area and do environmental testing and air quality checks.

should be able to use cafeteria again by next tuesday. as that d.c. school under goes repairs, another is set to get a total facelift. a few minutes ago, mayor bowser celebrated the groundbreaking of another school. >> justin is there on what it means for students and teachers there. >> reporter: pat, good morning. the new project aims to be a game changer in education here in the district. a state of the art learning space at orr elementary where the chancellor and the mayor say for quite some time, top level learning has been taking place. let's take you to the main event. the groundbreaking about an hour or so ago. mayor bowser and chancellor antoine wilson joining orr elementary students and staff to raise their shovels in celebration of this $47 million two-phase project going up at 22nd and minnesota avenue

classrooms, an outdoor learning space, a library, computer lab and so much more. now, this original building went up back in 1974 and chancellor wilson says when he first came to d.c., one of his first thoughts was, was that orr needed a new building. he says this will be a boone for orr as well as the surrounding community. >> i think having a vibrant school building that is open to visible to the public that there is actually school going on here is extremely important. having the outdoor classroom space and the additional learning environments, the play states, all of that, it helps students learn and helps them with their physical needs, helps them with their social emotional needs and i think altogether, that leads to a more well-rounded student. >> reporter: and back live, we have the groundbreaking today over there. you can see the work is already taking place. as for the ribbon-cutting, that will be

we're told that the school should be open all ready to go for the students by august of 2018. we're live in southeast. i'm justin finch, news 4. back to you. >> all right. thank you, justin. children and medical marijuana. why it could be a game changer for young people held back by unpredictable and often dangerous seizures. and this is the fiery end of a police chase involving an rv. it started with a text to police from inside the vehicle which was destroyed. ouy police c

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amazingly, two young children were able to escape this burning rv, butt the man inside died. we broke the news had morning from the live desk. police in garland, texas, say a woman texted 911 from inside the rv saying that the driver had kidnapped and shot her. police chased it down, spiked the tires. the woman was able to jump out while that was all going on. and then somehow the rv stopped and went up in flames. we don't know the condition of the women or the children are in lightth rye now. but we're going to keep an eye on that story. washington lobbyist jack burkeman is challenging the major political parties and a fox news host this morning.

he wants the democratic national committee, republican national convention republican national convention and sean hannity to put up $105,000 in the murder of seth rich. he was shot and killed last year. burkeman put up $100,000 of his money for information. he says the goal is to get the reward money up to a million dollars. rich's death has led to several conspiracy theories. fox news has disavowed its role in spreading those theories. for the first time we're hearing from the principal who has decided that a pregnant high school senior can't walk at graduation. earlier this week, we told you about maddy who attends in hagerstown. she has a 4.0 gpa. student council president. administrators suspended her for two days and told her she would not be allowed to walk when they found out she was pregnant. she broke the student pledge including a vow to

abstinent. >> she chose to breach that bible standard of discipline plan had to be established. she's not being disciplined because she decided to keep the baby. >> maddy will will still get her diploma and her parents planned a graduation ceremony for her next weekend. d.c. mayor bowser will be at the rosedale recreation center to talk about youth summer activity options. summer camps, educational pramgs a programs and summer jobs. if you want to check out the hundreds of options available and find the best fit for your child, the district is setting up a website. you can check it out at summer.dc.gov. stop budget cuts. >> there is growing controversy in prince george's county as leaders there work to approve

the county ecu proposed budget for schools is $90 million less than the school board's plan. teachers protested outside high point high school yesterday. they're worried about losing funding for the student breakfast program and a new pilot program for students who have disciplinary issues. raises are also on the line. >> i've seen my colleagues leave and go to other counties because they can make more money in other counties. >> i've seen a lot of changes come through. this is probably the worst. >> the president of the union questioned how the district can keep teachers if stipends are eliminated for teachers who are national board certified. here's some good news for parents and students in loudoun county who always feel rushed. the school board is pushing start times forward by 15 minutes. the new schedules will take effect this fall for the ty

it allows bus drivers to make additional runs reducing pressure from a bus driver shortage. in news for your health this morning, there's a potential game changer on the horizon for children who suffer with epilepsy. nbc's kristen dahlgren gives us a look at a new study suggesting this game changer is medical marijuana. >> not long ago, this would have been impossible for 13-year-old jack. >> he was having seizure after seizure. >> up to 20 a month. >> you just see the light in his eyes just -- it just vanishes. >> until a first of its kind study of the marijuana derivative known as can ab doll or cbd given to kids in an oil. it doesn't contain the psychedelic of marijuana. the results were remarkable for jack. >> when we started it, we went six months seizure-free. >> researchers published a

scale newalngland journal of medicine. participants taking the cbd saw an almost 40% drop in seizure frequency. three patients stopped seizures completely. >> some of the children i care for were in wheelchairs, barely able to open their eyes. now they come in, they're walking and smiling. >> while doctors call is groundbreaking with the potential for dozens of other applications, they say the drug is still hard to research because marijuana in any form is considered a schedule 1 drug by the dea. that means more restrictions and controls. >> just not right that so many people don't have access. >> the company who made the cbd used in the study will soon seek fda approval as a medication. as for jack, he's taking lower doses of his other meds, having fewer seizures and living life just like he should be. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, fo

>> wow. that's amazing. >> uh-huh. >> very interesting. they're best friends and they have a new keepsake as they graduate from high school. >> students at stafford high school were pleasantly surprised to see a classmate's service dog in their yearbook. this is andrew shock on the right. he has type 1 diabetes and his dog named alpha was just there on the left-hand side. he helps monitor his blood sugar. the school agreed to give him a student i.d. and have a picture and a spot next to andrew in the yearbook. alpha is one of the most popular students in school. >> nice picture. >> yes, it is. >> all right. we have a new warning about bears in our area. plus, where residents are snapping pictures of the wild animals. our countdown to summer continues. today we're going tohow you s

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police say a man has been collecting people's blood. he's facing charges now. darcy spencer is in southwest where she talked to neighbors about all this. >> reporter: as a reporter, i thought i covered every story. this is a new one. this crime happening here inside this apartment building on p street in southwest washington. we're steps away from the ballpark. ne

apartment ing paid $30 for their blood donation. police charged the suspect of rockville with practicing registered nursing without a license. they say he had a large quantity of blood, as well as used needles, vie als and a ledger in the apartment. >> it was a long, long line. we didn't know what was going on. people was giving blood, taken from your arm and they put this tube and a tube stick down your nose. people came out of the house and my nose was burning and stuff. >> to me, you stand a better chance of catching a serious blood disorder, blood disease and going away from here without nobody knowing with actions like that. >> to me it was illegal, unsanitary, unsafe. >> we don't know what he plans to do with all oth

later today. in southwest washington, darcy spencer, news 4. police say if you see a bear in your neighborhood, do not try to scare it off. instead, keep your distance. this is a new picture of a bear in chantilly in the greenbrier neighborhood. fairfax county say sightings like this are more likely at this time of the year. if you see one, call the help line. the grass may be greener on the other side. but with the right lawn mower, your grass will continue to look good. >> this morning, we're working for you as we count down to summer with the best mothers we looking pristine. we show you what to be looking for. >> reporter: consumer reports tested more than 100 lawn mowers and tractors, including battery-operated ones. if your lawn is a quarter of an acre or less, a push mower should get the job done.

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hour from washington. >> i don't know how good that's going to be if you're planning on getting out this weekend. what we're seeing today is what we're going to be seeing this weekend? >> yeah. we've got rain on the way. a lot of it. most of the rain from this morning has dried up and moved to the north. >> okay. >> we have another round of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. we're going to be deal with that. hopefully, we get the nats game in. i know they're just going first pitch at 12:05. hopefully that will get in as we go into the afternoon. but man, you can see live city camera now. a great day out there. we will have some sunshine and we're seeing some sunshine, mainly west of the area. not a lot of sunshine for the d.c. area. we are looking at some cloudy conditions. we are looking at drying conditions right now. a lot of that rain, as i said, pushed to the north. now we're starting to -- here's a piece of sunshine in fauquier p

a little bit of spotty sprinkle activity and mist. we have an area of low pressure out here. you can actually see it spinning. it's going to move to the east. as it does, this spin is coming right up into our area. that's our next round of rain. it will turn into storms. they could be heavy, possibly strong at times. coastal flood advisory. we have high tide that's a little abnormally high. we are looking at a coastal flood advisory for the d.c. area, for alexandria and coming down through an arundel county and through southern maryland until late tonight. just be careful out there if you're around those areas. i've seen flooding pictures around king street. that place usually floods but we're having abnormal high tides. current temperatures in the 60s. we're going to take them into the 70s today. thank goodness. only because we were in the 60s yesterday. it was chilly yrd

look how into the evening. we're going to keep a chance for rain late through tonight. but we will dry out as we get into tomorrow. if you're headed maybe to the beach today, watch for scattered storms in the afternoon and again throughout this evening. we're going to keep that rain until 10:00 or 11:00 tonight. i have the forecast for tomorrow. i'll have your beach forecast and memorial day forecast. i have a whole bunch of forecasts coming up in ten minutes. >> nathanks, lauryn. whole bunch of forecasts and weather. date of bircould be a facto election. a congressional candidate accused of body slamming a reporter. hear what the altercation sounded like. the nationals are in town. you heard lauryn talking about it. they're playing well. if that wasn't enough for fans,

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you're going to be seeing a lot of this story on facebook. a candidate for congress was cited for assault and his election is taking place today. >> a reporter for the guardian says that greg gianforte body slammed him. take a listen. >> sick and tired of you guys. the last time you came here, you did the sam

>> get the hell out of here. >> get the hell out of here. >> are you with the guardian? >> yes and you just broke my glasses. >> the last guy did the same thing. >> you body slammed me and broke my glasses. >> get the hell out of here. >> you'd like me to get the hell out of here -- >> the guardian posted that video online. gianforte is the republican nominee for montana's only seat in the house of representatives. it's possible this has only a small impact on the election because so many people vote early there. in a statement, gianforte's campaign said that ben jacobs entered his office without permission during a different interview. the guardian said it is, quote, deeply appalled by how its reporter was treated. there is new debate today over the republicans' revised health care bill. this comes in the wake of new analysis from the nonpartisan congressional budget office. the analysis says the plan would increase the number of

nbc's peteras detailed. >> reporter: three weeks after that rose garden celebration -- >> this is a great plan. i actually think it will get even better. >> reporter: this morning the reality check. the nonpartisan congressional budget office said the plan would leave 14 million more americans uninsured next year. if the bill became law, over ten years that number grows to 23 million. in 201, premiums would spike about 20% before dropping a few years from now when states can approve less comprehensive coverage. in some states the report predicts sicker people, including with pre sex e. preexisting conditions, would -- >> the white house insists the government scorekeeper is incap believe of saying how the plan would impact coverage. who would save? the government with republicans counting, $119 billion in estimated savings over the n

decade. but this morning with senate republicans crafting their own plan, democrats are ramping up their opposition. >> this report ought to be the final nail in the coffin of the republican effort to sabotage our health care system. >> that was peter alexander reporting. today at arlington national cemetery, you can see the real reason we celebrate memorial day. thousands of flags are being placed at each grave. it's something that happens every year. there are more than $280,000 graves. the old guard soldiers have a precise system of placing the flags so that each one is exactly one foot in front of the headstone. >> rendon lifting one high in the air to deep left center. it is score! >> rendon is back home and it's been an exciting home part thanks in big part to him. he has had three home runs

you heard lauryn talking about the forecast. the team remains in town through the weekend. valerie camillo is here with some of the fun promotions taking place for fans. good morning. >> thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having us. >> this is exciting. everybody looks forward to this. we'll get to one in particular in a second. first, start with k street. that's tomorrow. >> started a new fan sharing section at the park. some night for the game, you can buy a ticket. we encourage fans, everybody gets a k card and a special t-shirt. when it's a strikeout, hold it up and cheer on the starting pitcher. there's a few tickets left for friday night's game and the next one will be friday, june 23rd. if you miss out on friday, you can come again. it's been popular with fans. >> the big one that everybody looks forward to. star wars day at the park. that is on saturday. look at all the cool stuff that she's brought for us. what are we looking at here? >> 4:05 start. so many incredible things that happen at the

characters that come and dress up as different characters from the film. they interact with the fans. we encourage fans to dress up. >> of course. >> children can wear masks. adults we ask to leeft masks at home and no weapons. people find a way to get creative with their costumes. we have merchandise, student beverage. the giveaway is the chewbacca can koozie. >> my word. the t-shirts are pretty cute too. the 40th anniversary, princess leia, washington nationals t-shirt. for the man in your life. >> i like it. >> aside from that, this weekend memorial weekend. not monday, but you guys are doing something to observe the holiday on sunday? >> correct. we don't have a game on monday so the observation will be sunday. the team will be wearing special hats and the great camo

different gear. then we're doing recognition of world war ii veterans pre-game and throughout the game and so we're excited to take part in memorial day observation. after the game, you can stay afterwards and participate in yoga in the outfield. 45-minute class that's going to be available with a special ticket. >> are you getting yoga mats to go along with it. >> valerie camillo. always a pleasure to have you here. have a great time this weekend. >> pat, back to you. >> thank you both. a new safety report out listing the vehicles you are most likely to survive a car crash in. we'll tell you what they are. will we get a break in the rain? we'll let you know how long it will last and how much of our weekend may be washed out.

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degree today making a return visit to harvard. >> he's set to give the commencement speech over a decade after he dropped out of the university. as we all know in thomas roberts' reports it turned out pretty well for him. >> the outside of my old dorm room. >> it's a homecoming trillions of lights in the making. 12 years after he famously dropped out of harvard as a sophomore to start the social networking behemoth. >> mark zuckerberg is returning to deliver the commencement address to the class of 2017. >> this is where i programmed facebook for -- it took me about two weeks. >> two weeks and 2 billion users later, the university is also presenting zuckerberg with an honorary degree. an accomplishment fit for his parents outstrips his

>> we are now focusedering on the newest or one of the newest members of harvard's class of 2006. >> i promise it means more to my parents who really wanted me to graduate. this might be the thing that they're going to be most proud of me for. >> the content of commencement speeches can be notoriously tricky. so harvard's second most famous dropout sought advice from its most famous. bill gates. >> can you help me figure out what i'm going to say? >> yeah. we should work on it together. >> this video of zuckerberg touring his old dorm room shows him relaxed as anyone has seen him. talking hi-jinks with current students. you walked in on mark when he was doing his remembrance tour of his old dorm. >> he told us some stories that weren't facebook live or tv. >> zuckerberg returns to harvard amid a year long tour of united states.

presidential run in 2020. students here are excited. >> i actually really like it. it's -- >> fair to say inspirational. >> inspirational for some, nostalgic for others. >> this has been a place where a lot of really special things happened in my life and i'm really grateful for this place. >> perhaps worthy of a status update. >> that was thomas roberts reporting. nobody knows exactly what he'll say, but zuckerberg says that's been writing that speech for quite some time and intends to focus on what he's learned about this generation. a possible tornado hit parts of north carolina yesterday. take a look at this funnel cloud. wow. there is damage across yacht kin county and an elementary school was damaged. luckily, no reports of any injuries. classes are canceled today ci

here looks lik morning has subsided. but now we have to worry about the weekend. enjoy it. >> i don't know how much you can enjoy. >> it's not going to be raining the whole time this weekend. but it is unfortunate because it is memorial day weekend. we usually have a three-day weekend. >> we're kind of stuck. >> yes. >> it is going to break into mid next week. but unfortunately, that doesn't save you for the weekend. we're still going to have some showers, daily chances of showers throughout the weekend. now, tomorrow looks like the best day. out of the next several. we're going to be dry tomorrow, maybe an isolated shower passing by. i give it less than a 20% chance that you're going to see it at your house. scattered showers and thunderstorms developing later on this afternoon. that's going to be the second round of rain until late tonight. mainly dry on your friday. but saturday and sunday, we're going to have rain and storms and sunday looking like the best day to see some rain headed our way. the rain in our way

the commute is now out of here. we're seeing spotty sprinkles and clearing out there. an area of low pressure over kentucky will continue to spin up this way right into our area. that's the next round of rain. temperatures responding to a little bit of sunshine out there. now up to 67 degrees in d.c. 64 in manassamanassas. headed into the 70s for daytime highs today. so let's go ahead and time it out for you. this is noon. again, a few spotty sprinkles. by 2:30, we're dry. again, with peeks of sunshine. look at this. as we go through the evening commute, some heavy downpours are -- even by 8:00 p.m. tonight, stronger storms as well. we'll continue to have that chance through late tonight. by tomorrow, we're drying out. it will be breezy tomorrow. temperatures will be in the mid to upper 70s. again, another chance of an isolated shower or storm. i do believe we get sunshine tomorrow. nats game friday looks the best. barbecues, keep an eye on the radar and same for parades. po

better. i would say saturday or even on monday earlier in the day before the peak heating of the afternoon settles in. beach forecast for the maryland and delaware beaches. temperatures are going to be in the 70s. a little cool for saturday and sunday. best chance of rain on sunday. could have an isolated shower on saturday as well. into monday, of course, showers and storms with temperatures in the 70s. for the next five days, upset ld conditions. we have rain chances all the way into monday. our next 80-degree day on saturday. i have your rolling thunder forecast on sunday. as well as the ten-day forecast. we'll take it out to the next ten days coming up in a few minutes. thanks, lauryn. lots of people will be hitting the roads for holiday weekend. making safety a priority from the car that you driver -- starting from in the car that you drive when you leave everything in between. and we are mixing up a fresh summer favorite here in the studio and telling you how to vote for your

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be aware. deadly traffic accidents tend to rise during summer road trips. >> a lot of people driving more at night. driving more on roads that they're not familiar with and those are riskier types of driving. >> chuck farmer and colleagues at the insurance institute of highway safety examined driver fatalities between 2012 and 2015. the smallest cars had the highest death rates. >> if you run into something bigger than you, you are at a big disadvantage and more likely to be severely injured and more likely to be killed. >> 11 vehicles had zero driver deaths during the study period, including the audi a-6. toyota tacoma double cab. zeep cherokee, mazda cx 9 and mercedes-benz m class. larger vehicles tend to be more protective. whatever vehicle you drive,

slow down. your vacation destination isn't going anywhere. erica edwards, nbc news. right now, you have a chance to vote for your favorite restaurants. it's part of the ram is, d.c.'s premiere restaurant awards. one of the categories, favorite gathering place. we're highlighting the nominees. jamie rutherford is here. you're located in northwest georgia avenue -- >> up cher off of georgia and 9th. we're a neighborhood restaurant and bar. right now we do really seasonally focused, vegetarian friendly, snacks and entrees and then in the back we have our reading room where we do literary cocktails every week. chantal is our queen back there and she themes her author

week. >> we have a lot of beautiful thing on the table. tell us about the changes in your menu. you're focusing more on local, seasonal veggies and sustainable meats. >> one of the reasons i moved to the area is the vegetable cuisine is wonderful. you have access to fertile land and coming into a bar, i think that's a particularly good atmosphere to be able to showcase some of that. i've just been playing around with making that more of a bar friendly thing to do. >> eating vemg tabls in a casual environment rather than having to have a full sit-down dinner to get a side of veggies. >> we're making a cucumber gazpacho with jalapenos. we have fresh radishes from the garden. we've got cucumbers. >> i don't know if you can see these. they're beautiful. >> there's the beautiful shot. >> all the rain that everyone is hating is making the radishes go nuts. >>

>> you take about five to six cucumbe cucumbers. put them in a viet a mix blender, food processor. >> meaning you cook them. >> i took out the center so that you could iowe this creates a not great texture in your gazpacho. you can use english cucumbers with smaller seeds. they're more expensive but work great too. when it gets hot, this is always around my house. green tomatoes, i like the body and the tang that they provide. i use shallots since we're doing a raw soup. we don't want to do something too sharp. they have a nice amount of acidity that goes into it. and the jalapeno which gives it depth, earthiness. smashed garlic, which you have to have garlic for everything. fresh mint from my garden. and then also fresh dill. everything else here, this is

it does have flavor, but -- >> what are your specialties? >> my specialties are evolving. i haven't quite gotten to that point. i've only been with them for two months. but we've come really far so fast. people love the carrots. they seem to sell the most. the charred carrots. >> charred carrots. it's earthy and crunchy. it's got a lot of different things going on. i used to grill a lot to showcase the vegetables. >> i see you grilled the jalapeno, take a lit of the how the heat comes ous. >> i'm going to taste a -- you said you were going to put that in the blender. all this goes in here. >> that's it? >> yep. dump it right in. it's the simplest thing. >> i guess the hardest part is chopping all that up. >> you don't even have to have knife skills for this. that's the lovely thing, it goes

they go right in, flip it on. finish it with a bit of champagne vinegar and olive oil. the olive oil adds the fat that's lacking and the champagne and vinegar brightens the -- >> i'm just going to taste it. oh, my goodness. that's really good. >> thank you. >> very spicy. >> which i love. >> got a little kick to it. >> thank you so much. citizens road and the reading room. >> the reading room. if you want to vote for your favorite restaurant, search for it in the nbc washington app. thank you, pat. celebrities challenging themselves as part of red nose day. you'll hear how the challenge and other efforts today are helping raise awareness of ild povertchy.

tonight on nbc4, it will be a night of comedy and music that have a much bigger impact than just a few laughs. >> yeah. it's the third annual red nose day on nbc. as mark barger reports, the events aren't just confined to the telephone. >> red nose day starts on the american ninja warrior court, celebrities giving it a go. >> i didn't realize they weren't dumbing it down for us. >> for every obstacle, red nose monday si raised. it's a challenge of a

grylls. >> i don't know anything. so that makes me nervous. i don't know anything and that makes me excited. >> grilles leads roberts on an adventure in africa, across a rope bridge and hands vaccines to a remote village to children. roberts journey leads to the live telethon. the stars coming together to raise funds for children in poverty. >> the money goes to help kids all over the world. in every single state in america, 50/50 split. >> it's a reunion sequel to his romantic comedy, love actually. >> sent me the script and i had a big tear in my eye. this is a great idea. >> organizers hope the follow-up sparks red nose donations more than $60 million have been raised in the u.s. over the first two years. >> it's about giving and about kindness. and the world always

and some love ho. >> red nose generosity that could do a world of good. mark barger, nbc news. let's get a final look at the weather. lauryn? >> hello. yes. we had rain showers today. lifting to the north. a few sprinkles out there. otherwise, this is our next bout of rain that will come our way. scattered showers and thunderstorms as it rotates through and up through our region. it will blossom showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon. the rain not done with us yet. here we go. it's coming through. we're going to keep a chance of showers through tonight. we'll let you know what's going to happen. tomorrow we dry out. breezy, temperatures in the 70s. maybe an isolated shower. more showers and thunderstorms saturday and sunday. sunday, unfortunately for rolling thunder or memorial day parades, looks like we could have some rain. >> thanks, lauryn. thank you. that's news 4

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