here we go. a look at roads. unofficial start to summer is here. >> roads already getting crowded out there headed into this memorial day weekend. we have what you need to know, if you're still waiting to head out. >> family and friends are gathering this midday to bid farewell to lieutenant richard collins iii. i'm justin finch here live as the service gets under way. and we've got showers out there right now. just a few showers moving across the area. light stuff. but we will have some more rain to deal with throughout the weekend. we have your full forecast coming up.

we start this "news4 midday" with breaking news in rockville. several elementary school students getting sick from some kind of fumes at their school. >> montgomery county fire and rescue call to richie park elementary school on dunster road in rockville and it happened around 10:00 this morning. they had a report of an odor in the building that had made people sick. montgomery county fire sent additional ambulances to the school and this, of course, is chopper 4 over the scene. a fire spokesperson said several students at that school were impacted by the odor. they're being checked out now by the medics. the school has been evacuated while montgomery county fire and rescue, they check this thing out, and see what the cause of this odor. we'll stay on top of this story as it developing. our

route and will have the very latest for us and, of course, check out our nbc washington app for updates. and this just in to our newsroom this morning. we're getting these dramatic images of a school bus that caught fire. take look at these pictures from d street northeast near stanton park. d.c. fire & ems say it was an engine fire. six people were on the bus. no word on how many children were on that bus. first responders rescued all of the them, thank goodness. medics took the bus driver to the hospital to be evaluated. all right. whether you're staying in, cooking out, or heading out for the weekend, the weather's going to be a big story over the next couple days. >> i want to do all of the above. send it over to lauren ricketts in storm team 4 and see what's going on. >> yeah. i want to do all that, too. this might be the weekend to do it. honestly, not looking at bad as we thought earlier in

for this weekend. a few showers out there now. highly isolated scooting south of the mixing bowl between woodbridge and alexandria, mount vern, scooting off towards southern maryland and a few showers around the frederick area continuing to move from the north west to the southeast. isolated showers, filtered sunshine. afternoon temperatures moving into the mid to upper 70s. it is going to be rather nice continuing through the day. yesterday we made it to 75 degrees. doing a little better today. a little better tomorrow. we do have some severe weather possible for tomorrow afternoon. so if you have plans out there for tomorrow and into the weekend, we'll let you know exactly what to expect for this memorial day weekend. all coming up in a few minutes. >> lauren, thank you so much. happening now, memorial day travel traffic is underway. and it's building. this is a live look at the toll for the chesapeake bay bridge. if you're looking for the next best time to leave, try 10:00

thor authority says the bridge will basically be backed up all day. leaving tomorrow, wake up early. extra early, to avoid traffic. before 7:00 a.m. vdot says heaviest traffic between 11:00 in the morning and 7:00 at night. stay on top of all traffic conditions and find those times inside our nbc washington app. if you're looking foralities sun and sand, but don't want to brave that bay bridge traffic, well, there's a small town called north beach that has what you're looking for. it's just over in calvert county as news 4 megan mcgrath learned they have a whole summer's worth of events planned. >> reporter: with the coming of memorial day a lot of people will be hitting the beach. you don't have to cross the chesapeake bay to find sand. north beach is a charming little town located right on the chesapeake bay. it's only about an hour's drive from d.c., and the vibe is very ch a

>> we have the beach. that is our number one draw. and we have a museum. we have a sculpture garden. we have shops. great restaurants. and a view that -- you know, you can only find in a bay-side town. >> reporter: something is going on all the time in north beach. one of the most popular events is the friday farmer's market. it's really more than just a farmer's market with produce. they close down streets. there's a classic car ride in. talk to the drivers and artisans sell their wares. really, any day of the week in the summertime, go to the calendar and take a look. there's sure to be an event you'll want to attend. in north beach, megan mcgrath, news 4. this morning we are seeing a special sight at arlington national cemetery. flags on every grave. soldiers and volunteers helped plant hundreds of thousands over the past few days. the old guard is the

to 1948. if you can't make it to arlington in person, see a lot more online. a gallery of photos on the nbc washington app. this morning one local family is saying good-bye to a young man whose military career was cut shore before it started. lieutenant richard collins killed on an unprovoked attack on university maryland campus just a couple days before his graduation from bowie university. we have more. >> reporter: in a black hearse, arriving at the church in glenarden and escorted into the sanctuary by members of bowie state university's rotc. bowie alums coming to show support. >> he was a man of promisend

here in our country. it just saddens me. >> reporter: led in by a police escort, family and friends later followed, beginning the process of bidding farewell to collins who died days shy of graduating bowie state university. a graduation, an empty chair stood in tribute. his college friends miss him that day and say they will now for years to come. >> he passed away two days after he just became a 2nd lieutenant in the army. graduation three days ago and he was supposed to graduate with his student body. to see an empty chair is surreal. >> reporter: collins, just 23, died last weekend after being stabbed as a bus stop where he was visiting friends. maryland student sean urbanski charged with his murder. the campus police investigation is working to see if this was a hate crime. and the service began just a few moments ago, insid

of course, family and friends, alsoe nd to be here to show respects to the collins family. we can tell you, too, collins is being laid to rest in his army uniform. church officials telling us he leaves behind a loving mother, father and a sister. back to you. >> justin finch, thank you so much. right now, president donald trump is on the final leg of his first overseas trip. he's at the g. 7 summit in italy where he's meeting with heads of other major economic powers. this comes after a contentious trip to nato headquarters where the president lectured other leaders about paying their fair share. meanwhile, back at home, the fbi investigation into the trump campaign and russia has hit the trump family circle. nbc news has learned his son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner is under the bureau's scrutiny. news 4 tracie potts on more on what the fbi is focusing on. >> reporter: multiple

tell nbc president trump's son-in-law and adviser jared kushner is under scrutiny by the fbi. that does not mean he's a subject or target of the russia investigation, or that he's suspected of any crime. >> it may be that he has information. that he attended meetings, that he participated in conversations that might be useful to the investigation. >> reporter: we do know kushner had at least two meetings with russian officials. the ambassador, and a russian banker and former intelligence trainee whose bank has been under u.s. sanctions for three years. >> why did the trump transition and later and before that the trump campaign have so many contacts with the russians and more importantly, why did they then withhold them and/or lie about them? >> reporter: what's that the fbi is investigating. former trump aides michael flynn and paul manafort are subjects of that probe kushner is not but the first tied to the president in the inner circle. >> awfully hard for the

the guy. >> reporter: contacted in conne this news, special ry. counsel in place, at the fbi. the justice department isn't saying anything, confirming or denying information about kushner or the investigation. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. a brand new winner of a seat in congress may have to go to court before being sworn in. it greg gianforte won a special election in montana. reportly he body slammed a reporter the other day and charged with assault. >> last night i made a mistake. and -- i took an action that i can't take back. and i'm not proud of what happened. i should not have responded in a way that i did. and for that, i'm sorry. >> you're forgiven. >> we love you! [ applause ]

hisicublican and was expected to win. especially with about two-thirds of the vote cast before election day. he was cited on a misdemeanor charge. we want to get to the latest in the terror attack in manchester. secretary of state rex tillerson is in london to honor the victims of monday's vick time and signed a condolence book this morning with london's mayor. officials identified all 22 victims. british officials are sharing intelligence with their american counterparts. at first, when details of the bombing investigation started leaking to media in the u.s., intelligence in the uk angrily stopped sharing information. we have more on the arrests overnight. >> reporter: it's an unrelenting man hunt, a race to stop another attack. arrests's first time in britain, armed police patrolling trains ahead of a holiday weekend.

hospal another attack. the bomber, salman abedi is dead. this the first video of the killer filmed by neighbors outside his home, but he had accomplices and reports suggest enough chemicals to make more bombs. his victims now all identified. all the victims were remembered in a minute of silence. a country standing still, and still shocked by the killing of the young. >> and they are still remembered here. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has been paying his own tribute here in britain standing silent, signing a book of condolence. just another small gesture, like all of these flowers, of sympathy and solidarity. back to you. from the latest on those kids getting sick at school to an updated forecast, a lot more ahead on "news4 midday." >> and hearing from the maryland teen banned from her own graduation because she's pregnant. her storus

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>> reporter: i'm meagan fitzgerald here in montgomery county outside of richey park elementary school. you can see an active scene here. we're told there was a call that came in around 10:00 this morning for an odor inside the

when officials called the first. evaluated the situation. we understand about two dozen kids at this point are being evaluated. it was said they were feeling sick. also some adults feeling sick as well. right now they're inside. some of those individuals that are being evaluated by first responders on-scene here are inside the montgomery county fire and rescue medical ambulance, but at this point we were told no one was transported to the hospital at this point. the school is evacuated and first responders trying to discover what this odor is and what's happening. again, important to note that at this point, no one has been transported to the hospital. we do know, though, there are at least two dozen kids that are being evaluated after some sort of odor was detected inside the school. back to you. >> all right. as we get more information we'll retweet and pushing out updates on the nbc washington app.

that's getting national headlines. a high s graduate to walk across the stage because she's pregnant. >> the teen attends heritage academy and is working to stop what she calls unfair shaming. nbc's kristen dahlgren has the story. >> reporter: by all accounts, maddie is a good student. she got into college. has a 4.0 average, and a growing baby bump. >> how far along are you? >> 25 weeks this week. >> reporter: because of that, heritage academy, a private christian school in hagerstown, maryland, says she won't be joining her 14 classmates when they get their diplomas next week. >> that is everything i worked so hard for, and that's a night to acknowledge it. graduation is a very big deal, and i will be the only one not there to celebrate it with my friends. >> reporter: maddie says it was a difficult decision to keep the baby, and tell the school she was pregnant. >> my principal told me he wanted to hold an assembly, tell people what happened.

speak to them and havehim. >> reporter: in a statement to nbc news, principal david hubb said the school is now being bullied. "please tell america that we are not disciplining maddie because she chose to keep her baby boy. for that we commend her." >> the issue is a standard of abstinence. >> reporter: students and their parents required by the school to sign a pledge at the start of every school year. >> part of the pledge reads -- this application extends to my actions such as protecting my body by abstaining from sexual immorality. did you sign that? >> yes. all the kids who have broken the pledge, there are other moral things they've done and a lot to walk graduation, too. >> reporter: students for life. anti-abortion group at high schools and colleges around the country is now helping maddie. >> the school is afraid of what this looks like, that they have a pregnant student. >> reporter: heritage insis

is in her best interests. >> for her to be exposed to that kind of a public scenario would be uncomfortable for her. >> hard not to think of them as hypocrites because they promote life so much. which you make the right choice and choose life they don't want flig to do with you. anything to do with you. >> nbc's kristen dahlgren reporting there. look at this four-alarm fire that devastated california businesses. the fast-moving blaze, broke out at a wood pallet company in stockton. it spread to nearby businesses and homes. the cause of the fire still under investigation. and we're learning new information as police try to figure if this fiery crash was actually an attempted murder/suicide. the driver shot a woman in this rv near dallas and then killed himself. police say the -- took off in an rv with her and his

officers were able to rescue two children, and the woman is in critical condition right now after she jumped out of the moving vehicle on the highway. police say she texted 911 from inside the rv to tell them she had been kidnapped. the cops had to spike the wheels to slow down that rv. >> hmm. switching gears here. it's a tradition. every year this time. almost time for rolling thunder. >> yes. thousands of motorcyclists rorg throu roaring through the area this weekend. you're going to hear a lot of that over the next few days. bikers bringing attention to soldiers missing in action as well as prisoners of war. the first ceremonies take place tonight, and the 30th annual rolling thunder ride for freedom is this sunday. pretty much going to shut down the national mall and part of arlington all day. find a list of all closures on the nbc washington app. metro riders soon will have

chele service cuts starting june 25th. look at some of the changes here on the rails. weeknight service ends at 11:30 p.m. friday and saturday service will go until 1:00 a.m. and on sunday, the system won't even open until 8:00 a.m. and close at eeb 11:00 p.m. fares, paying 10 cents to 25 cents more to ride the train or bus depending when you take your trip. >> affect a lot of folks. >> yes. >> oh, boy. good news for panda lovers in d.c. >> details on a possible new addition to our panda family, folks! 4 en "news

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about it after. >> i know. i wish i could copyright the term three match. the golden state warriors, last year's champs, cleveland cavaliers face each other in the nba finals for the third straight year. lebron james and the cavs eliminated the celtics. warriors added kevin durant, still have steph curry and haven't lost a single game in the playoffs. cleveland lost one. game one, next thursday night. >> must-see television right there. how about this holiday weekend? i mean, you know. we got the grill. need to fire it up. >> pool time. >> outdoor pools opening around the area. >> not looking quite as bad as early. a difficult forecast. got to tell you. we will have some rain. not all the tile. temperatures actually a little on the warm side, but we do have a chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms. some of which would be strong.

temperatures warming up with that sunshine. we've had a few showers out there now. passing light showers continuing through the rest of the afternoon. now, we could have a severe weather saturday. so tomorrow afternoon, after 2:00 or 3:00, i'll get into it. show what you emean. smaller rain chances sunday into monday and temperatures around 80 degrees for this weekend. at 71 right now. passing showers continuing through noon. partly sunny skies, and a little breezy out there. the wind dies down after 8:00 tonight. light rain. a few around i-70 now. frederick up to hagerstown spewing towards montgomery county and waldorf moving through southern maryland. light stuff out there. that's what we're dealing with. high chaily isolated. continuing into the evening, drying um and clearing outside. looking good as we continue into the evening. now, tomorrow morning, we can have a few showers out

a couple showers early tomorrow morning. we do get them, we won't have a severe weather threat tomorrow afternoon. right now, severe weather possible for tomorrow afternoon. anytime after 2:00, continuing into the late evening. a few showers into sunday. tomorrow looking like the best day to see rain showers. upped percentage chance to 60% to 70%. temperatures around 80. sunday, monday to talk about. talk about that coming b

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with a look at your first 4 traffic for this memorial day weekend. lots of parades and celebrations all over the place, saturday, sunday and monday. one happening all weekend, rockville hometown holiday. closures in downtown rockville. i'm hosting the parade monday at 10:00 a.m. hope to see some of you there. saturday, bowie, and sunday, national memorial day concert at the mall, they shoot that every year. monday, falls church memorial day celebration. that's monday. be aware, closures all over the place for those big celebrations. rolling thungder, ride for freedom, sunday here. road closures from 10:30 in the

we're talking about street tunn closed to northbound traffic and thheth street tunnel closed to southbound traffic this weekend because of that. the full list of closures is on the nbc washington app. happy memorial day. all right. thank you, melissa. the g7 summit under way in italy now. president donald trump is on the final leg of his overseas trip there. he is at that summit in italy. as nbc's jay gray reports, the leaders are preparing for some lively debates on the issues facing the world. >> reporter: this scenic overlook, the backdrop for serious discussions as the g7 summit sgins in sicily. leaders gathered under intense security, warships off the coast of the island, soldiers on the ground. president trump looks to talk defense. >>

think we will really be in particular focused on the north korea problem, and it's a big problem. >> reporter: on the heels of the country's latest missile test earlier this week. the white house also expects a "robust discussion on trade and climate change." the president has threatened to walk away from the 2015 paris agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and already signed a series of executive orders repealing environmental regulations put in place to ensure the u.s. would meet those emissions targets. he's expected to get strong pushback to remain a part of the plan to combat global warming but said he won't make a final decision until back in washington. jay gray, nbc news. in sicily. this memorial day a local treasure is going to open its doors to military families for free. the college park aviation museum is among six historic sites participating in the blue star

tell us a little more about the program. i went to -- maryland for school. so i'm well aware of the museum, but for folks who don't know it, such a rich history. >> yes. i'm pleased to hear, chris, you've actually been there. we have a lot of folks who have gone to university of maryland and don't know we exist. but the college park airport is actually the world's oldest continuously operating airport, and it started operations in 1909 when the wright brothers, as in our buddies from, you know, down south in north carolina, taught the first military officers how to fly. and that was the first of many aviation firsts that happened here at that field. so that's why so many people refer to it as the field of firsts. >> you know, it's been around for 20 years, but for folks that haven't been what should they expect when walking through the doors? >> folks should be

see 10 or 11 or more, we keep trying to squeeze in more aircraft. full-size aircraft. original reproductions. starting with the wright b. a reproduction dating to 1909 to 1911 up to things like the air coupe. a plan promoted as the plane that drove like a car. >> wow. >> we have lots of interactives. you mentioned you have kids. the interactives are designed for children as well as adults to engage with their children or four us big kids to have fun. >> and your museum is one of thousands participating in the blue star museums program. what's the goal here? how did this get started? >> yes. this program started about eight careers ago. thanks to a collaboration with the department of defense. the national endowment of the arts. and the blue star families program. and with area museums across the

military families feel welcome once they move to a new area. because we're all aware that, you know, families move typically in the summer months and because this program is operating from memorial day to labor day. >> plenty of time. >> there's plenty of times for folks to come see. >> who can take part ? >> open to all active duty military personnel and up to five members of their families, and in our case, the six sites part of the prince george's county and park and rec, we honor military and retired military as well. >> i'm an airplane geek and think it's fascinating. i love the book about making paper airplanes. >> a derby tomorrow. we can test. prizes. starts at 11:00. plane derby that's at 2:00. come out, have some fun. >> kids love that kind of stuff, and you will love the aviation museum as well.

i'm melissa millet a look at first 4 traffic. because of surge 15, stations closed. new carrollton, landover, cheverly and the ones still shut down. green line on a regular weekend schedule for memorial day. blue line running every 20 minutes this weekend. silver line every 20 between wiwi eche wiehle, and red line, rohode island, running buses. on that section of the orange line, no stations open, on memorial day, we'll be running 7:00 a.m. to midnight holiday schedule. trains running on that sunday schedule off peak fares and free parking subpoena a

parking. have a great memorial day. lyft trying to give uber a run for its money. the ride-sharing service adding more luxury options. eventually able to choose lyft lux or lyft lux suv. we don't know exactly when they'll be available around here. the day folks make plans for the weekend. beach on monday? grill saturday? how's this going to work? >> making plans and weather is crucial to it all, lauren. >> glad we fine tuned it a little. a difficult forecast. >> glad you have fine tuned it! >> about time. >> you're paid to do difficult things. >> exactly. get right to it. hopefully we'll actually get something. was we get into the weekend, yesterday we thought maybe sunday severe weather. we backed that up. saturday now looks like the chance we could have some wet weather around our area. we're seeing wet weather now. just a few light showers scooting down from the north and west coming down to the south and east. again, these a

frederick county maryland, continuing to scoot into montgomery county area and a few coming through southern maryland. continuing to move off through calvert county. a few light, isolated showers through the remainder of the afternoon. temperatures, though, with those areas getting sunshine. ooh, moved on up into the 70s right now. top out in the mid to upper 70s. headed out to the park, fine. that wind settles down after 8:00 p.m. temperatures falling into the 60s but comfortable out there for that game. today might be the best day to actually get out to nats park fray, again, 2:00 p.m. a few usa laisolated showers. dry up overnight. tomorrow morning a few showers scooting through the area. some could be heavy and will move through and more showers and thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. we'll see how much we destabilize getting into the afternoon.

chance of seeing severe weather. so again tom will update you tomorrow morning. rollinging thunder. not looking quite as bad. a chance of rain. 30% to 40% during the afternoon and i believe we'll get sunshine. the next five days temperatures in the 70s. today around 80. tomorrow back in the 70s sunday. here you go monday. maybe a few showers on monday. about a 40% chance. temperatures in the low 80s. got your beach forecast, in case you're headed to the beach all coming up in a few minutes. >> all right. thank you, lauren. this month, news 4 is bringing stories of talented kids in our area. this week's super kid is a gymnast from gaithersburg who knows a thing or two about dedication. >> i'll say. j.j. eig, sends 32 hour as week at the gym. she recently competed at the junior olympics in indiana. aimee cho has her story. >> reporter: practice before school, practice after

a level ten gymnast, it's one big balancing act. >> i stay up really late doing homework and get up really early for practice. i know every day i might learn something new. when tumbling, i go really high and feel like i'm flying. >> she started gymnastics at 6. and her skilled jumped. one thing that stapd tyed the s the smile on her face. >> i have lots of energy. like to stay positive. i think staying positive helps me keep all the energy. >> reporter: her favorite event is bars. she's got a good grip on all of them. >> i see four inches and everything below that i know i can land on it. that's really cool. >> reporter: she competes around the country and has high hopes for the future. >> i really want to go to the olympics. gets your name out there and seems like so much fun. i like being the person that people watch. >> reporter: this super kid puts on quite the show. in

4. >> wow. i won't c five hours i spend at the gym each week. >> better not. >> we want to know about the super kids that you know. tell us about them on social media. using the #nbc4dc. well, if you like your small apartment, how about a tiny house? when "news4 midday" returns we'll explain

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us >> and one of my favorites. smoked chicken wings, crab cakes, brownies. >> got a new toy, a smoker smfo the restaurants. playing around with all of this. >> this segment focusing on crab cakes. >> yes. >> while we do that, focus on the awards. the people get to vote for you. describe the type of restaurant you are. a neighborhood-driven restaurant. describe that for me. >> very much so. located at 3126 12th street northeast on the southwest corner of south and jackson, and one. owners, tony, actually used to live a block away from the restaurant. he wanted a place where he could bring his family. so with the chef and myself, we created a restaurant that has a little bit of something for everyone. >> yeah. >> you can bring your kids.

coloring books for kids. of course, we have cocktails. keep late hours. sunday through thursday, last call at 1:30 a.m. friday and saturday, we do last call at 2:30 a.m. >> i've got to get there. my mom and dad live, like, two minutes away. there's no excuse. tell me what's going on with this crab cake, chef? >> i smoked the crab meat in our smoker, a very low temperature. made the crab cakes. it's all maryland crab meat. has to be maryland crab meat. >> hmm. smelling delicious. >> it's got a little binder. some capers and a little mustard and the binder. and -- just try to keep it mainly all crab meat. just going to pan serie it wiar >> it's all about the crab meat. >> absolutely. you've been in the neighborhood about three years. coming up on a celebration? >> correct. anniversary is june 9th. we'll be three years old, and we're again, shannon got a new toy. we have quite a f

smoked wis, smoked crab cakes, smoked brownies. it also smoked mac and cheese. >> smoked mac and cheese? >> yep. and bacon mac and cheese, that's amazing f. you' amazing. >> if you're on a diet, throw it out. >> a local space. walk there and walk it off on your way home. yeah. >> and that brooklyn community has really exploded in recent years. so it's just perfect for this kind of spot. wouldn't you say? >> yeah. there's a lot of young families moving in. a lot of people that are artists, because brooklyn has a huge artist community as well. we actually feature local artists on the walls, and have since we've been open. currently the artist we're featuring lives off of 12th street. so he doesn't get much more neighborhood than that. >> tell me, chef shannon, when you come up with your menu, and the people in the community, tell me how it all jives for you guys? >> i really just try to do local food. try to do as

produce, everything i can>>nd t support our community, support the area. so we just really a seasonal menu. about to add crab cakes to the menu. >> always good for molette. >> absolutely. cool stuff nor the summer and craig is working on cocktails, he brought a couple to talk about, too. >> talk about the cocktails. i'm all-in. >> the taller one is, that's what i like. it has per sek oh, and we do a house-made syrup. for soda. a strawberry jalapeno syrup. >> and this one? >> partly sunny. yellow chartreuse and a little lime juice also. sounds good. smells delicious. looks delicious. can't wait to get there. congratulations on your anniversary coming up. and, of course, if you want to vote for your favorite restaurant and brooklyn's finest is on the list search ramey's inside the n

thank you for joining us, and brings us delicious food on this holiday weekend kickoff. >> thank you. >> yes. >> chris, back to you. >> all right, thanks. that looks mouth-watering. we take a live look outside at the beautiful blue sky. a final look at you

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move your feet to improve diplomatic relations in "baneue vista adios." it's in limited release this week. that's the box office preview. raphael seth, nbc news. all right. if you want to head out for the weekend, we'll get a last check on the midday forecast. >> lauren, what's up? >> all right. we have a few passing showers out there now. temperatures at 71 degrees. we'll take those temperatures into the mid to upper 70s today again with a few passing showers definitely on the breezy side. headed to the beach, ooh, that water temp around 60 degrees, but we have a best chance of rain saturday. and then smaller chances on sunday and monday. same deal around here. best chance severe weather on saturday. sunday and monday, could have a few showers in the afternoon. >> all right. hit or miss. at least it's warm. >> uh-huh. that does it for midday. thank you for joining us. back on the air this afternoon,

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