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it is a day that we have been warning you about for months. major changes at metro start today and the impact those changes will have on your wallet and wait time. a developing story out of virginia this morning, toddlers found in the family pool and the tragic out come. we have a fantastic finish when it comes to the weather, and the sunday forecast is looking great and we are looking at a major cooldown during the workweek. first, good morning on this sunday. welcome in, we have a beautiful sunrise. >> i thought you were
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>> well, you are, and we also have a beautiful sunrise. >> guess what else is bright and cheery this morning? >> she's with us. always cheery, right. >> the sunrise, coming up at 5:47. look at that out there. temperatures are not that bad out there right now. we will start to see some of the humidity later in the week but not today. 72 is where we are starting this morning. temperatures in the 60s outside the beltway. as you wake up this morning, all sunshine, very nice temperatures and very nice conditions all the way through, topping out in the mid-80s today and we will let you know if we can seen rain chances this week. we have been warning you, and the time has come, we have been talking about this forever.
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hours start today. >> sunday's the system will open at 8:00 in the morning, and close at 11:00 tonight, and running between 5:00 and 11:00 on friday through sunday. metro fares are going up, and they go up a quarter per trip, and rush hour rail fares go up 10 cents each way that starts monday morning, and then rush-hour rare fares. >> yellow line rush plus riders, that service is endsi, and that means changes. the silver lining is if you are a blue line rider you can speed up the frequency
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the fairfax contacter also raising its fares depending on your route. the regular base fare increases by 25 cents. the next story is heartbreaking. a little boy in critical condition this morning and his twin sister died after a pool accident. the twin toddlers wandered in the backyard pool yesterday and the police say their mom found the 2-year-old's unconscious, and medics were called but the little girl tied at the hospital. take a look at your screen, this d.c. mother and her daughter are missing. michelle man hrae and her daughter,
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if you know where they might be, please call police. we have new details on a story that we brought you as breaking news yesterday. another firefighter was taken to the hospital for injuries, and half a dozen people suffered minor injuries including five firefighters. the flames broke out around 3:00 in the morning yesterday on peabody street. displacing around 200 people. firefighters, you can see, carrying small children down ladders, and this man lives near the building and woke up to the commotion. >> i looked out the window and there was so much smoke. smoke was terrible, just devastating. i looked out my bedroom window and saw the flames shaoltin
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>> some of the people had been able to go to the emery community center which is nearby. thankfully nobody was injured after this large kitchen fire in northwest d.c. as you can tell, the fire creating a lot of smokes in the skies. the fire caused guest at the westin hotel to be temporarily evacuated. the fire was under control an hour later. this is a critical part of the bill. >> nbc's kelly o'donnell explains what is next before the important vote. >> taking the votes in maryland. >> none of this is good for the people. >> democratic senator, chris van holland urges tho
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about a overhaul to pressure wavering republicans. >> we need three republican senators to do right by their party constituents. >> the president on the move today -- >> the health care system you deserve -- >> sources say president trump is reaching out this weekend and already spoke to ted cruz, one of five republicans opposed to the proposal. republicans can only lose two votes from their margin. >> it would be so great if the democrats and republicans could get together and wrap their arms around it and come up with something that everybody is happy with, it's so easy, but we will not get one democrat vote, not one.
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>> and then on twitter this morning, democrats slam gop health care proposals as obamacare premiums and deductible increase by 100%, and a twitter push by vice president pence, too. >> the time is 6:07 on this sunday morning. open up the window and let's look at the capital this morning. >> people will get down there today. this week will be a little roller coaster ride, and highs will range from the 70s to the 90s and lauren is back to break it down. and later, a dangerous business tracking long lost
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welcome back. we want to congratulate some of our colleagues here. the capitol emmy awards was held last night and special honors went to our own barbara harrison. recognized for 35 years as an anchor and reporter here at nbc 4. one of her most enduring legacies is wednesday's child, a program she created, and we want to congratulate our own angie goff. she did a feature on an world war ii veteran. >> having to work this morning, you know, but i should have gone last night. >> and it was a good night for nbc 4. >> yeah, they always go home with a lot of hardware.
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>> and it's going to be a good day for the weather, too. we can go on cruise control for a while. >> yeah, all the weather people will go on cruise control. we have a chance of rain and then heat up once again. you wake up this morning gorgeous, and the sun coming up at 5:47 a.m. i was driving by the monuments this morning, and it was beautiful. wonderful weather through the day today. we could see a stray shower on tuesday, and maybe even a thunderstorm, but then back in the 90s by the time we get to thursday. enjoy the break from the heat and humidity. 72 is our temperature right now, and we have a few clouds out there but the winds are calm. as we continue over the next several
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about 80 degrees at noon. and maybe you could head out to the farm market and getting things done this morning, and we are topping out in the mid-80s for daytime highs today. and the low humidity staying with us all throughout the day, and all the sunshine. nothing showing up on the storm team 4 radar. you widen out the picture a little bit and still looking good with high pressure in charge. it's a beautiful day. the temperatures are going to be in the 80s for tomorrow. we bring them down a little touch tomorrow with a frontal system, so down just a touch tomorrow with a shot of cold air, and then another start of dry air so low humidity getting into your monday or tuesday. we could have a sprinkle as we get into your tuesday. maybe rolling by the area, going to feel like maye
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towards the end of june, and then we look fine as we get into thursday. temperatures go up a little bit on thursday and humidity comes up as well. we will have afternoon storms as we get into your friday, saturday and sunday. >> a nice stretch there. >> yeah. we're back in 15 minutes with more of the morning's top stories. good morning. i am pat lawson muse. things getting back to normal in the aftermath of the horrific shooting that left a member of congress shot and injured. and the strong sense of hope were on display. chris, you have been there and have been covering the story this week. tell us more about the new information the fbi revealed. >> they said
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alone and no link to terrorism and he had a list with six members tphaeuplnames on it, an don't view it as a hit list, and he had a locker in alexandria that he visited more than a dozen times where he had a rifle and handgun and they found later a laptop and 200 rounds of ammunition. >> i was surprised the one nugget of news was he was planning a trip back home out midwest. >> he texted a family member saying i think i am returning home to bellville, illinois. his money was running out, and emotiona
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had no history of mental illness. >> and there's something about watching little leaguers taking that field, to take back their field. >> it's called simpson stadium and they had t-shirts that said alexandria is our city and simpson is our home. >> i think that's important where we have incidents of mass shootings and terrorism attacks in this country and around the world, and it's important for people living in an open society, and it's not to be cowardly and cringe but to express our freedom and being back on the field is what to do and we should not live behind barriers, and there was discussion about not reopening the field and that would be an outrageous message in the country if we did that. >> the republican lawmakers are fighting the incidents and using it to push
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what kind of response is that getting and how much support do you think there is for that, tom? >> there is some. brooks of alabama was on the field in alexandria and he said he wants members of congress to be able to carry guns in the district of columbia, in particular, he said, because they have to protect themselves, and if members of congress had guns, and i can't imagine them wearing while playing baseball, but they would have had guns in the dugout or something. but the mayor, the delegate for the city said somebody fires a gun in alexandria and you want to step on our concealed carry laws. if this congressman is afraid he can go to the police chief and apply for a permit, and he wants to bypass on all that and say let'
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doesn't want to carry them in the capital. >> he didn't want to carry them where the vice president or president would be. i think it's a emotional reaction, and i don't think we will see members of congress carry guns. >> and there are people advocating gun control, and s sandy hook school shootings, they are optimistic -- >> tom massey, he wants the district to be required to honor any concealed permit issued in the united states here in town, and it would flood the city with guns if they thought they could carry guns all over the city, and i don't understand the public safety aspect of that. and then the center of an immigration battle, and mendez lost her fight to stay in northern virginia with her
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u.s. citizens. immigration citizens deported her saying she was here illegally, and she had no criminal record except for a traffic violation, and the governor pardoned her from that traffic violation and he said he was sending a message to president trump. >> the advocacy group gave her an awardbravery, and she has two young children, and many people think it is hard breaking, and when i posted it to facebook, an equal number of people said she broke the law and we have no sympathy. >> she has children 10 and 4 years
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here, and her husband didn't go home with her, and i don't see the tendency of breaking up a family over a traffic violation. if you have people undocumented, these folks will not report crimes and they will not report they are a victim of spouse abuse, and they won't try to get any kind of assistance or help or report crimes they know of because it could rebound to them and they could be deported. it puts a chilling affect on anybody who is in an undocumented status. >> i asked if her husband and children will now go to el salvador and i was told her husband fears for her safety down there. >> if he leaves he can't get his green card, which he is
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to get which would allow him to work here. it's a real mess and congress needs to fix the immigration issues in this country. >> got to take a break and we'll be right back. stay with us.
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prince george's county promises to focus on jockbs and health. he is hoping to unseat one of the most popular governors. what kind of race do you expect it to be? >> baker brings recognition into the race, and senator richard matt lean yo, and then we could have many others including congressman john dulaney, and
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a man from baltimore county so it will be a crowded race. >> and sharon baker went up to baltimore to shake hands and try to get to be known, and while's he's well known in the washington area he was not that well known in baltimore but he has a strong base in prince george's county to compete, and in a crowded race of six or seven candidates somebody with his strong base is very good. his wife suffers from early alzheimer's and there's concerns about whether he will be able to give the full-time attention to the campaign and raise the $10 million or more it will take, and he will make that part of the campaign, health care for people is one of the issues he cares a lot about. >> what do you expect one of the challenges to be for him? >> for mr. baker? >> yes. >> and i think across the state recognition. larry hogan
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rating, and he told me when he was running against brown from prince georges county has the same problem, and not well known and regarded across the state, and larry hogan said i am going to win western maryland and the eastern shore and then enough independents and then enough democrats who crossover to win this election. >> one of his biggest concerns is maryland, the blue state, despite his victory, and he's got to worry if donald trump can energize the democrats. the mayor is expected to officially launch her re-election soon. a new poll is giving her pretty good numbers. the "washington post" suggests 67% of city voters approve of her performance. is that enough to scare off competition? >> i think it puts fear in whoever wants to run. she had
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the poll taken june 13th, but 13 ers didn 13% did not have an opinion. and we are see the attorney general talking and thinking about running, he shows up with 10% in the poll. i think this scares the potential opponents. i think vince gray wants to run for mayor again -- >> he's mulling? >> he's more than mulling, but seriously thinking about it because he feels like he was cheated when the investigation began and he was never charged, and i think he would like to do it. >> d.c. police will have a new weapon on their belts some patrol sergeants get tasers. he says the
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to take down suspects and avoiding some of the more controversial incidents we have seen on the streets. >> tasers are widely used by the police, and they were using them at any provocation, and so the d.c. police have had them and not had them o'leary had some of the sergeants using them, and it's an alternative use of force. it will be kept on the opposite side of the belt as where the guns are, and there are strict rules about using them, but they need them in some cases to calm things down in a crime situation. >> tasers are the least lethal weapon, however there have been problems when you tase somebody on drugs -- >> or somebody unhealthy. >> somebody who has a heart condition, so they can be lethal, so that's possibly what
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>> the chief mentioned they would not want to use a taser on somebody who has a gun because it might -- >> yeah, anything can happen. >> it could still be fired. >> and the district now has cameras and the tasers, and they face so many potential incidents of violence and concern and crime that they need to be better prepared and the chief says this could help the supervisors be better prepared. >> tom, i have to ask you what you think about the new mural on the wall? >> well, i was there when they unveiled it. and president obama and michelle obama is on the other side, and i think just the feeling that people had there was really great. it was multicultural and racially diverse and a nice th
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on and didn't want to take it down because he supported that restaurant for the '50s, but they did. >> i did the story when cosby was first charged, and they asked should we take this down and they were really struggling, and they did not put up a mural, and i think this was a good compromise. let's go forward and let's look at that, and they have eleanor holmes norton, and let's take a look at the community of d.c. based people that supported us and we support them. >> and they had an online poll so you could recommend people. and jim vans said it was nice people thought of him to be on the side of a diner. >> thank you both. >> thank you. i am pat lawson .
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"news4 today" continues. time right now, 6:29. here's a quick look at some of our top stories. metro riders having to deal with new hours and higher fares and service cuts, and one of the first changes you will notice, trains not running until 8:00. a little boy in critical condition and his sister died after wondering into the pool in the backyard of their home yesterday. and then central republicans want to vote on the new health care bill before the july fourth recess, but right now doesn't look like they have enough votes to pass that bill. and then also more projections this week on the impact on the federal deficit.
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stretch it out. >> rise and shine. >> coffee. >> 6:30 -- almost, a couple seconds away from 6:30 on this sunday morning. thank you so much for starting your day with us. i am adam. >> i am angie goff. get ready to enjoy what is going to be a nice day outside. lauren ricketts joining us right now. >> hopefully you like low humidity, because that's what we are going to have over the next several days. that's what we are expecting. oh, man it's beautiful out there this morning. that sun came up at about 5:47 a.m. we are looking at temperatures in the low 70s. outside the beltway, temperatures are in the low 60s. it will be nice was make your way out the door, very comfortable. do we have any rain in the forecast? we have a few showers and
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we will show you that in the n 10-day forecast coming up. and in pakistan, there are multiple reports that people were trying to collect the oil and somebody lit a cigarette and caused a massive explosion. you are looking at the video of the aftermath of all that, and the explosion killing 148 people. dozens of others are wounded. officials say many of the bodies are burned beyond recognition. we continue to follow the devastation in china. more than 2,500 rescuers searching for bodies. a massive landslide buried a mountain village yesterday morning, just as people there were waking up. you can see just how terrible the landslide was in the footage here, my goodness.
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been recovered so far, and 109 people are still missing. hundreds of people have been evacuated from 3400 apartment buildings across the uk because fire inspectors say the buildings are not safe, and the siding panels do not pass the fire safety tests, and there have been inspections after the apartment fire killed seven people. evacuated residents have people concerns. >> distress. yeah, all the poor people with kids and pets having to leave, and it's going to take two to four weeks to do the work is what they are saying, but how long will it really take? >> police are considering manslaughter charges in the london fire. a cor
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vice president's motorcade. it crashed as vice president pence was headed to the air force base, and the vice president called the officer to say he was relieved the injuries are not life threatening. one accident tied up traffic for hours and virginia state police say two men were in the median trying to secure a boat to their pickup truck when a box truck slid into the board and the two men there, and schultz died and his nephew was critically hurt and the driver has been charged with reckless driving. a d.c. woman hit by a stray bullet will be remembered tonight in northeast. she was killed on wednesday after a bullet passed through a wall and hit her and she was just sitting inside a
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class. it begins at 7:00 this evening. and then wanda moore reports on one family's incredible rescue. >> a graduation gift for their daughter turned into a close call. >> we saw water on a boat, and we called may day. >> and a woman and her husband heard that call. >> we tried to tie the boat up to our boat so we could pull it and realized the boat was taking on water. >> everything happened so fast. >> and then the stern began to go. they jumped off and then they were able to float on some of the curbens. >> 15 minutes is all it took. >> my daughters, i just screamed for them to get off the boat. >> one of the ropes wrapped around
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started to poull him down. >> and god, i thought this is how it ends, but he had a different plan. >> and they were helping the family members out of the water one by one. >> for a minute we could not see any people. it was frightening. >> the family is still in shock. >> one of the most scariest things i have ever experienced in my life. >> but grateful to be alive. >> that was wanda moore reporting. sphaoeufplt arnold schwarzenegger slamming president trump over his decision to pull out of the paris agreement. and schwarzenegger told reporters that climate change should not be a phreutd kolitic. he was in paris for an eurpb environment nf
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president trump has broken with an annual tradition to host the end of ramadan. the president and first lady issued a statement wishing the warm greetings, and instead the couple attended the wedding of steve minuchin. and then a treasure chest full of goods. >> but in the rocky mountains, the treasure chest is all too real. >> miguel almaguer has more on the hunt people want to see end. >> new mexico police made the grim discovery, the body of a pastor recovered after he died while hunting for a treasure thought to be hidden in these hills. >> people start to make decisions that aren't based in good sound
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comes to money. >> the mystery began seven years ago. >> let's go find the treasure. >> hundreds of thousands joining the search, hikers looking for $2 million in gold coins, the only clues in a poem. >> if you are brave and in the wood, i give you title to the gold. >> he hid his wealth to inspire fortune seekers to explore the great outdoors, spreading word through his memoire, "thrill of the chase." but there is danger. last year one hiker was found dead. >> i think this treasure hunt is ludicrous, out of control, dangerous and it should be stopped. >> while he was lost, the search was launched for the hiker. the millionaire calls the deaths tragedies and said he has not made a decision whether
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a dangerous place. don't look for the treasure anyplace where an 80-year old man couldn't put it. >> a gold rush hidden in today's beauty, and the real treasure is in the hunt. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles don't be alarmed if you don't see water in the pool at the world war ii memorial, the national park service is going to start to drain the rainbow pool there so they can replace the lighting, and the pool will be refilled and should be working again by next friday. we love to see these kinds of games at the nats park. take a look. >> there they go. zimmerman to the gap in right center. and goodwin is already beyond second base and will score after turner -- >> that was just the first inning. let's break down some of the star hitting that took place against the reds. turner was
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times. and taylor was near as as good, two homers and four runs scored. if you heard it last night, this is a score worth repeating, the nats won 18-3. >> i like that. >> that's what you call a big league butt-kicking. >> pretty much. sums it up. things got heated in boston, and i'm not talking about the weather. john farrell didn't agree with a call and he let the umpire know about it and did not stop. the call allowed l.a. to earn their fifth run of the night to put the score in their favor and farrell eventually got thrown out of the game and the angels won 6-3. >> wow. >> nothing like a good manager and umpire fight. >> is that a record? >> tommy lasorda, back in the day, his were lidegry
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maybe if you are getting out on the golf course this morning, or even if you are just headed out it's going to be wonderful. make sure you put the sun screen on because we will have full sunshine. we will have a few clouds here and there but mostly full
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the air. looking good in the morning and afternoon, and when can we see 90s again? that 10-day forecast coming up in three minutes. thank you, lauren. now to politics, it's a critical week for republicans and their effort to replace the affordable care act. >> and chuck todd joins us in the studio, and this is a tough one because you are hearing people say it goes too far and some say it doesn't go far enough. >> if this were a policy debate it would be over and the bill would be dead. the reason it has a chance is mcconnell can make a political argument, and he can say the base is worse off doing nothing. you have to decide, pick your poison on the front. many of these republican lawmakers look at it and
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base than to the political middle. look, i think the ones that are the least likely to support this are going to be dean heller of nevada, and susan collins of maine, both do come from swing states. i think at the end of the day, they are more worried about that. let's be realistic here, whatever gets changed it will be temporary, and as soon as the democrats get back in power, they will be redone. every senator knows what they are debating and what they may pass is temporarily. >> we know, and moving to another subject, there are no tapes of exist when we talk about the conversations between president trump and james comey. the president putting out that tweet -- it triggered a firestorm. >> it
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counsel. this is the tweet that he can some day look back on and say it cost him his presidency. >> what was he thinking? >> he told us, in the interview that fox that aired on friday, he said to keep it up, and that explanation will keep him more problems. some could only -- some legal experts argue his explanation for the tweet only adds to the obstruction of justice case, and it comes on witness intimidation and it bolsters the argument everything he was doing with comey was to intimidate him on the investigation. >> it's not over yet. >> this is why so many lawyers don't want to be trump's lawyer, because he's a terrible client and does not take advisory. >> i think we have to
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we can take him at his word. >> i think some would say now? >> we are tkpwagoing to do heal care, and debate the pelosi question, should she stay or go with two house democrats on both sides of the question. >> very cool. you can see "meet the press" every sunday at 10:30 right here after "news4 today." covering northern virginia this morning, a teen from arlington is giving back after a tough experience leo cantos that you see here, and he led a blood drive, and two years ago he had vertigo disorder and had to learn to walk again. >> i wanted to find a great way to help them and show my appreciation. >> while the blood drive i
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goal is to save lives. >> n i'm not missioning wiessing. and they compete in tournaments across the globe and they are going to the nationals in florida. >> tkpgood for them. congratulations and good luck. >> i took a tae kwon do class for the olympics a few years back, and it was tough and very intense. you learn discipline, and you learn part of the culture. welcome, lauren ricketts, so excited to have you. >> i was not excited when i woke up this morning, but i am really
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>> you brought the sunshine along with you. >> i did. you are welcome. >> i know. we will take it. >> it will be with us all week. we, what we call in the weather center, we have a boring forecast. we have a few chances of rain possibly on tuesday. let me tell you when things are going to heat back up, and we have really warm temperatures coming up on the 10-day forecast. it was so beautiful today, the sun came up at 5:47 a.m., and wonderful weather and plenty of sunshine out there. we could have a stray shower on tuesday, but really we are not looking at anything big in terms of shower chances this week. we could have a few showers toward the end of the workweek, but maybe a stray shower on tuesday. and then we climb back in the 90s, but not until thursday. temperatures, oh, so comfortable out there. 72 in d.c. step outside the beltway, 60s across
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necklace was hitting my mike. make sure you grab that sun screen because we are going to have sunshine with temperatures in the mid-80s. lower phu m lower humidity, and a little breeze out there today. nothing coming up on the storm team 4 radar, and let me widen out the view there. there's the system that passed through yesterday morning but other than that we are fine with high pressure in charge, and if you are headed out to brunch, go ahead, and church services, nothing to worry about as you head home. we are in the low 80s tomorrow another great day out there for your monday. by tuesday, as i said, we could have a stray shower in the afternoon, but for the most part we will remain dry for this week and that's just a little disturbance passing through the area. temperatures will be in the
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weather as we get into the early workweek and then heating things back up, and the humidity comes into play as well. and then a daily chance of thunderstorms start on friday and even a little humidity. >> i will take san diego. i will take that. 6:51. coming up, inside an old department store changed into an
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living around here in washington, as we know, we have all been in the elements, you see four seasons and it could make it hard for kids to get outside and play. >> a new nature-inspired play space bringing the great
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look at the grounds there, and here's what you will see only here on news4. >> watching her kids having fun outside inspired a nature-inspired playground. >> it occurred to me, there was not a place i was aware of where children could absolutely run free inside. >> that vision became unstructured play station, badlands, and that means many ways to navigate difficult terrain. >> i like that metaphor. it relates to what we are doing here. >> cliffs, tunnels and slides stands as a centerpiece, and a course through real trees -- >> the open space is
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parents that are here because they can be aware of what is going on with your children but not involved with what is going on with your children. >> a pebble creek and a cave for the more experienced. >> they will take risks at their own level and challenge themselves at their own pace. >> what is this here? >> you hear birds chirping. >> the true to life terrain can prove challenging for some, and the workshop offers tools to test young minds. >> we want to provide the kids with an opportunity to make their own kraeizaticreations. >> there is an exhibit room, and first up, live butterflies, giving little explorers hands on
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>> kids can learn more in the film screening room, and there's a spot where kids can sit back and relax, too, and the cafe offers an open view with food and a full bar. >> there's an opportunity for me to sit down and get my laptop out and work while she plays. >> a family environment making outdoor play possible anytime. >> and badlands in rockville will open on tuesday. >> i'm in. totally going. much more ahead on "news4 today." >> that includes an hour-by-hour fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. now with our new fios gigabit connection, you get amazing download speeds up to 940 megs,
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heading into the 7:00 hour, and here are the stories we are following for you this morning. it's a day we have been warning you about for months. major changes at metro start today. the impact of the changes that will have on your wallet and time. toddlers found in the family pool and a tragic out come. >> a terrible story there, but good news about the weather. the sunday forecast looks great and we are looking ahead to a major cooldown during the workweek and then going back up. we will be on a little roller coaster here. >> yes. >> but today will be great. that's the good news. we want to thank you for starting your day with us.
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adam tuss. >> i am angie goff. low humidity and plenty of sunshine, those are the headlines for today and a good portion of the week. let's show you the beautiful sun out there. my goodness, reflecting off of the water there and the potomac, beautiful. i hear that people are going to be throwing that word around a lot, beautiful. northwest winds are on the light side and we have clouds out there, but as you wake up this morning heading out the door this subpoenaed, temperatures in the low 80s, and when will can we head to the 90s? the 10-day forecast coming up. the time is finally here. >> metro's new fares and hours start today. here's a look at the new schedule. sunday the system
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in the morning and closes at 11:00 at night, and trains running between 5:30 a.m. and 11:00 monday through thursday, and metro will close at 1:00 a.m., and there are bus options after the rail system closes. >> and then weekend and federal holidays rise a quarter per trip, and rush hour fares increase by 10 cents. >> and the biggest impact will be for yellow line rush plus riders, that service will go away and this is reduction in services in some area, and the silver lining, if you are a blue line rider this could speed up the frequency of the trains. >> you willl
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and roads. the regular-base fare could increase by 25 cents. one thing to keep in mind by having the smart trip card, that will help minimize the impact of the change. the time is 7:03. a little boy in critical condition and his sister died after a pool accident. this is every parents' worst nightmare. and med eubgz were immediately called but that little girl tied at the hospital. we will continue to update this story on the nbc 10 washington app. this d.c. mother and her daughter are missing, and they have been missing since june 15th. we have posted this story on
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we encourage you to go there and share it right away, and if you know where these two might be, police call police. we have new details on a story we first brought you as breaking news this time yesterday morning. we have learned another firefighter was taken to the hospital with minor injuries from the massive fire in d.c. six people suffered minor injuries. the flames broke out around 3:00 yesterday morning on peabody street. as you can tell from the video, firefighters had to carry small children down the ladders and also rescued some adults. and larry minor lived nearby and woke up to all the commotion. >> it was terrible. i looked out the window and it was so much smoke. the smoke was terrible and devastating. i looked out my bedroom window, and i saw the flames shooting. >> and the
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those that cannot go back home. thankfully nobody was hurt after this large restaurant kitchen fire in northwest d.c. you can see that cloud of smoke that took over the skies. this happened before 8:00 last night. the fire even caused tkguests a the neighboring westin hotel to temporarily evacuate. we are told the fire was under control about an hour later. this is a critical weekend for the future of the new gop senate health care bill. already five republicans say they can't support the measure and the president is putting pressure on democrats. >> and kelly o'donnell explains what is next before an important vote. >> taking the polls in maryland -- >> none of this is good for the people. >> i am concerned about the costs. >> all of you can he
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wavering republicans. >> we need three republican senators to do the right thing by their constituents and not the party bosses in washington. >> trying to close the deal on an obamacare repeal from his weekly white house video as public outreach. >> for the health care system you deserve, we'll get it done -- >> to coaxing phone calls. sources say president trump is reaching out this weekend and already spoke to ted cruz, one of five republicans publicly opposed to the senate health care proposal and republicans can only lose two votes from their party. >> it would be so great if the democrats and republicans could get together and wrap their arms around it and come up with something that everybody is happy with. it is so easy, but we won't get one democrat vote, not one. >> and on twitter t
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democrats slam gop health care proposal as obamacare premiums and deductibles increase by over 100%, a twitter push from mike pence today, too. the vice president who could become the senate's tie breaker vote tweeted photos from a chicago speech promising a repeal before summer is out. >> kelly o'donnell reporting there. 7:07. a scary story with an amazing outcome. hear how a 14-year-old girl survived falling from a sky ride. a tight situation this cute
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we'll catch you, honey. go ahead. >> my goodness.
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taken on the six flags great escape part in new york. the teen tumbled into a crowd of guest and employees before, and she fell 25 feet. the ride was stopped after an operator got a distress call and the girl is in the hospital in the stable condition and does not have any serious injuries. >> glad she was okay. >> yeah. it was closed for nearly three decades but part of the klingle road is back open. the people have waited a very long time for this to happen. >> we have been watching the progress for months, years now, and we e
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come down. it's a great way to get into town. it's a great way to run around for kids and not have to worry about cars. >> a great day to be out there. the short trail costed 6 millions to build, and those against it wanted it to be used as a road for cars. >> that trail had so much controversy around it, and we need more trails. good to see it was put to rest. not a bad day to hit the trails today. this week will be a little roller coaster ride though, we will go from the 70s to the 90s and lauren will come back and break it down for us in a minute.
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if you are headed out to the national's park today, great day for a baseball game. also, it's pups in the park. hopefully we can get another win against the reds, and humidity and topping out in the low to mid-80s. you have a great afternoon, and the heat and humidity are coming back eventually and we will show you that in the forecast in about ten minutes. more than two decades ago the same suspect stalked and attacked women in the d.c. ar
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at the crime scenes he has never been caught. tkau darcy spencer spoke to a woman that said he attacked her. >> i remember saying, don't wake the babies, don't hurt the babies. >> he was a college student baby sitting three small children at a home in germantown when an attacker broke in, threw a blanket over her head and tied her up and raped her. >> he had taken phone cords and tied me behind my back with my ankles, and he pulled my shirt up over my head. >> she says as he raped her, he talked to her, and he had been watching her and her boyfriend who has already gone home. >> he said things like, was that your boyfriend that was here? i said, yes, and why
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having sex with him? >> after the rape, he didn't just leave the house, she could hear his footsteps walking around and even went into the refrigerator, and that's when she broke free. >> i remember taking the phone cords that were wrapped around me, and i felt like superwoman, i ripped the cords and used my face to rub on the carpet to get my shirt off my head so i could see, and i got up and ran. >> when police got there, he was gone, and he had run into the wooded area behind the house and vanished. that was in september of 1991. her attacker would become known as the potomac river rapist. his dna linking him to ten sexual assaults. >> she was the youngest victim. >> it changed my
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i think. >> she's the wife and a mother of three small children and also a nurse, and she's sharing her story hoping to reach other victims of rape. >> if they can hear my story and learn something, if i can help them not feel dirty or feel ashamed, then it's worth it to me now. >> she looks forward to the day the potomac river rapist would be locked up. >> if he were to be arrested i would be there and i would look him in the eyes because she has no control over me anymore. one of hillary clinton's closest advisers takes the hot seat, john podesta, answering questions during a closed session. wikileaks published e-mails from podesta's personal account during the closing months of the campaign, and intelligence officials say russia waseh
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and president trump sends out tweets this weekend while attacking former president obama. since the obama administration was told way before the 2016 election that the russians were meddling, why no action? know cuss focus on them. >> the time is 7:18. tragic developments out of texas. a mother facing serious charges after leaving her two kids in a hot car back in may. both children died. investigators say she locked them in the car as punishment and then went inside to do drugs and take a nap. the mother first told them the children locked themselves in the car and the temperatures reached the mid-90s that day. awful story. fleeing
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some people at an rv resort south of fresno have no plans to evacuate, and sheriff deputies have been having people leave since monday. and then a wildfire reached nearly 63 square miles, and more than a dozen homes have been destroyed and more than 1,500 people have been told to evacuate. a lot of natural disasters we are dealing with in other parts of the country. around here, things are not so bad. and as you mentioned, a beautiful sunrise. >> hit the pool. >> yeah, today, tomorrow, and don't go to work or school. >> yeah. you know, it's beautiful out there right now. as angie said, we were talking about the sunrise all morning. driving in this morning you could see the sun coming up, and it was
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now it will continue to be beautiful for the remainder of the day. temperatures are going to be in the 50s and 60s overnight. then we get into monday, absolutely perfect. tuesday, we could have a stray shower. other than that, really not going to be that bad. 75 here in the district. we are going to take the temperatures in the low to mid-80s today. outside the beltway, a little cooler. temperatures in the 60s right now outside the belted way. as far as your hourly temperatures, we will hit the 80-degree mark by noon and continue to rise from there. without the humidity, we will feel like we're in the 80s, and not a lot hotter as it usually does because we don't have the humidity in place. a few clouds and sun from time to time, that's how it's going to be. nothing showing up on the storm team 4 radar. and really we have high pressure and we are just kind
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along, and nice through the evening, and 60s and 50s during the overnight. so feeling like the beginning of may than the end of june. 83 for tomorrow, another great day, and another low and humid day, a little less muggy once again tomorrow. and then we get into tuesday and we are looking at maybe an isolated passing shower floating by as we have a disturbance, and other than that we will be fine and your monday is looking good as well, with increasing clouds setting us up for the chance of a stray shower on tuesday. and then look at this, we take them up on wednesday, and back in the low 80s on wednesday, and then humidity moves back in on thursday and then heading through the 90s with daily afternoon chances of rain on friday, saturday and sunday and storms typical in the afternoon. >> lauren, thank you very much. coming up, taking a risk that could mean the difference between
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monday marks 20 years since the release of the first "harry potter" book. and this coming thursday, june 29th is the tenth anniversary of the day apple's first iphone went on sale. get on your business n
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cnbc. >> ten years? >> that's a little ridiculous. >> you think about it, and ten years for twitter, too, and seems like it has been here forever. you may know one of the thousands of people waiting on a transplant list. >> in news for your health this morning, john torres explores the daring break through that could drastically change the transplant. >> and suffering from serious kidney disease and on dialysis, he was up for a five-year wait on the transplant list. >> i considered making a will. >> and then a phone call from her doctor with an outrageous propose pu
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you will have to have hyepatiti c. >> what happens to the kidney? >> it gets thrown in the garb e garbage. >> tell me about this. this is the treatment that cures hepatitis c. >> betting on a new medication to be the game changer. >> this was no proof it would work in transplant patients until nine brave pioneers agreed to take the risk, and for irma, the chance getting off of dialysis was earth it. >> all ten got the virus, hepatitis c, and today all ten are healthy with functioning kidneys. >> the transplant is functioning incredibly well. >> now the team is
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first trial to transplant hearts infected with hepatitis c. >> irma is celebrating her one-year anniversary and feels great. >> it's a milestone for me because i am actually me again. >> one woman's brave decision opening up a new era of organ transplants. a developing story right now out of pakistan. an oil tanker overturns and burst into planes, and o150 people feared dead. why police are warning police
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the time is k7:30 on this sunday morning. metro riders have to deal with new hours and higher fares and service cuts today. trains won't start running until 8:00 this morning. a little boy in critical condition this morning and his twin sister has died after a pool accident. the twin toddlers wandered into the backyard pool of their sterling home yesterday. and then senate republicans want a vote on their new health care bill before the july fourth recess, but right now doesn't look like
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to pass that bill. good sunday morning to you. hope you are having a good one so far. i am adam tuss. >> i am angie goff. we are off to a delightful start and it's amazing how the weather can get you off on the right foot. >> and we are off to lauren ricketts to deliver the news. >> the sun came up just before 6:00 a.m., and we are looking at a beautiful day with plenty of sunshine as we enter the first couple of days of summer. we have clouds out there making for gorgeous pictures. and now we have wonderful weather in sight, and we could have a stray shower on tuesday. look at some of the temperatures right now. mid-70s here in d.c., and 60s outside the beltway. a little cool start this morning but it's going to be a mild day.
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today and again when you can see that humidity returning coming up in a few minutes. we turn to news in pakistan, and an oil tanker overturned and multiple reports say people were trying to collect the oil and at one point somebody may have lit a cigarette that caused a massive explosion, and other reports say sparks from cars may have ignited the blast. this is the result, the aftermath, the explosion killing 148 people. dozens of others are wounded. officials say many of the bodies are burned beyond recognition. >> awful story there. we continue to follow devastation out of china. 2,500 rescuers continue to search for bodies. a massive landslide buried a mountain village yesterday morning just as people were waking up
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province of shawon. at last check, 93 people were still missing. hundreds of people have been evacuated from 34 apartment buildings across the uk because the government says they are not safe. officials have been doing safety inspections after the deadly tower fire killed 79 people. and evacuated residents have concerns. >> there's confusion, distress. yeah, all these poor people will kids and pets having to week and they say it will take two to four weeks to do the work but how long will it really work. >> meanwhile police are considering manslaughter charges in relation to the london fire, and investigators want to know more how the fireta
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should be held responsible. and a officer is in stable condition after heading to peterson air force base with the vice president's motorcade. he was relieved the injuries were not life threatening. not known how or why that officer crashed but no other cars were involved. a man from virginia died after this crash on 95. the accident tied up traffic for hours near springfield yesterday afternoon. two men were in the median trying to secure a boat to their pickup truck and then a box truck slid into the boat and the two men. leonard schultz died, and his nephew, albert schultz was critically hurt and the driver was charged with reckless driving. a woman hit by a stray bullet will be laid to rest. a bullet passed through a wall
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in a friend's home after leaving a bible study class. it starts at 7:00 p.m. a fun vacation in florida for a family almost turned deadly for the prince william county family. >> wanda moore reports on the family's incredible rescue here. >> a graduation gift for their daughter turned into a close call for the family. >> we started seeing water in the boat and that's when i got nervous and called out a may day. >> on another boat, anne and her husband heard the call. >> we tried to tie the boat to our boat to pull it and then realized everything was taking on water, and then the stern began to go and they jumped off and then were able to float on some of their curbens. >> 15 minutes is all it took. >> my
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at them to get out of the boat. >> one of the ropes had wrapped around his ankle and was pulling him down. >> that was extremely scary, and i thought, god, maybe this is how it ends, but he had a better plan for me because i lost a shoe, too. >> they were helping the family out of the water one by one, and scared every second. >> we could not see people. >> the marker family is still in shark. >> it was one of the most scariest things i have ever experienced in my life. >> but grateful to be alive. president trump has broken with an annual tradition to mark the end of ramadan. the white house did not host a dinner last night which has been done by the last three administrations. the president and first lady issued a statement wishing warm greedings to those celebrating, instead those a
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wedding of steve minuchin. a treasure chest of goods. >> and it's for real in the rocky mountains though, and the treasure chest has also proven to be deadly, at least the hunt for it. two people have died searching for the treasure chest. >> miguel almaguer has more this. >> new mexico police made the grim discovery, the body of paris wallace recovered after he died hunting for a treasure thought to be hidden in the hills. >> people start to make decisions that are not based on good and sound judgment when it comes to money. >> the mystery began seven years ago, hundreds of thousands joining the search. hikers looking for $2 million in gold coins, and the only
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>> if you are brave and in the wood i give you title to the gold. >> famed art collector hid his wealth to inspire fortune seekers to explore the great outdoors, spreading word through his memoir, thrill of a chase. last year one hiker was found dead. >> i think this treasure hunt is ludicrous, out of control, dangerous and it should be stopped. >> while he was lost, police say enthusiasts are dying to fine finn's gold. the millionaire calls the deaths a tragedy and has not made a decision whether or not to call off the hunt. >> the treasure is not hidden in a dangerous place. don't look for the treasure anyplace where ann 80-year-old man could
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>> the man behind the money says the real treasure is in the hunt. >> wild story there. coming up, this little kitten is named vegas and it's a good name because the little guy is lucky. hear about the dangerous spot he was rescued from. and face-off. the disagreement that was entertaining to watch despite how heated things got.
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with a name like vegas you hope to have a little bit of luck in life. looks like this 4-month-old kit kitten has the perfect game, and he was wedged in his owner's van in colorado, and the driver was calling to work and started
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hear the meowing. >> vegas luckily was not hurt and had no burn marks. that's what i would be worried about because it gets heated quick. >> yeah, vegas is okay. we love that. the capital emmy awards were held last night in north bethesda, and one of the special honors went to our own barbara harrison. the board recognizes barbara has a anchor, and one of her legacies is wednesday's child that helps foster kids find a forever home. and we want to welcome our own angie goff. we are truly in the presence of greatness. >> no, we work with greatness every day. and news4 today, winning best newscast.
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and gibson won video journalist, and jackie won for community service. >> congratulations to you. >> thank you. taking a live look outside at union station. not so much of a breeze right now but you will want to make outdoor plans today. the weather looks spectacular. what about the week ahead? we will let you know what to expect when we come back and check in with lawyeriuryn. >> lauryn takes a look or swig, what makes this area a great place to make wine. stay with us.
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plans right now. it is going to be a great day at the pool. not as hot and humid, but nice temperatures. low 80s today with a mix of sun and clouds. we will have the humidity coming back in in the 10-day forecast. don't be alarmed if you don't see water in the pool at the world war ii memorial. the national park service is draining the rainbow pool so they can replace the lighting. the pool will be refilled and working again by friday. we l
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of games at nats's park. >> goodwin beyond second base. he will score after turner. >> that was just the first inning. the young guys were great. turner, 5 for 5, on base six times. and michael taylor, 4 for 5, two homers and a double. and the nats beat the reds 18-3. >> oh, my gosh. >> a butt-kicking for sure. check this out in boston, things getting heated and not talking about the weather. look how upset farrell got, and he let the umpire know about it, and the call allowed the angels to score their fifth win of the night, and the
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and they are asking each other right now what they are doing later on, if they want to get together for dinner. >> yeah, they are very close. >> a very friendly conversation here. not being able to eat certain foods can be a real bummer especially when it comes to your children, but one montgomery county teenager is doing something about it. and a food something for kids with special diets. caleb has cron's disease. some of the company's specialties are enchiladas and chicken nuggets. >> i just want some that are more like me to have food you love. >> his company just started
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are planning to sell in whole food stores. search caleb's cooking company. why did the ceo of undera armour send cards to nike. >> true or false, in the early days of under armour, you used to send the head of nike, phil knight, a christmas card saying you will know our name. >> yeah, it's true. >> why was that? >> the people i was trying to recruit and get to join the company, and i was hitting it as it's us versus them, and they are like, are you crazy, you are in a row house in georgetown and you are not even on the radar. >> love it. see more of the radar coming up on "today" at 8:00 this morning. here's sod
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that needs energy, just doesn't normally have it. >> yeah, an extra boost. >> we sent lauryn out to drink wine for a day. >> yeah, yesterday i was judging a food competition, and got to taste wine, and yeah, the wine thing always interests me, and i am a virginia girl and you are a sreupb virginia girl, and virginia wine has become widely popular over the last several decades, and we have to focus in on why is the virginia area so good for wine production, and i had to go to loudoun county. >> with around 50 being here in loudon county. >> a pitcheresque vineyard nestled between the blue ridge and short hill mountain where there is
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grapes in the flourishing business. >> we live and die by the weather. >> there's always a spring frost and hail storm. >> ortiz is the manager at the vineyards and he is consistently watching the weather patterns and trends to make sure to produce the best wine possible in a variable virginia climate. >> when you want it to rain, it will rain, and when you don't want it to rain it will rain. >> drought years are the best for producing wines -- >> there's a balloon affect which it can suck up all the water and thea berries will be large. >> grapes struggle a bit. the harder they work the deeper their roots go to get that water. >> why is this area favorable
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>> everything is about drainage with grapes. everything is about drainage to not have cool pockets, and it always rains and it trickles down and doesn't say right now. >> so i want to know and you want to know with all the harvesting taking place in the fall, will 2017 be a good year for wine before headed into the spring. >> a lot of neighbors got hail storms, and they are pretty much affected -- they already know their outcome for people that were not affected by the extremes of the frost or hail. it could go either way. >> yeah, the rolling hills of virginia make good wine production, so today might be a good day to get out and enjoy vineyards. i am sure they will be packed in loudoun county, but great weather from now until really thursday, and then we have nice weather to maybe head out t
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decided to do with your sunday. temperatures in the 60s here, and the golf forecast for today, temperatures are going to be moving into the 80s by 3:00, so go ahead and lather on the sun screen. if you are not playing golf, make sure you have the sun screen on because there's sunshine. we will keep a chance for clouds, but no rain. all the rain down to the south, and that's where it's going to stay. for your evening if you are out and about on your sunday night, and temperatures are going to be falling into the 70s, and eventually will be in the 50s and 60s during the overnight. beautiful with increasing clouds and sprinkles on tuesday, but otherwise not looking too bad as we go through the rest of the week. we start to warm things back up on thursday and into friday, and the humidity comes back on friday and that's when we have chances fai
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on the tails of the wine packet, we have more to come with that, we have our summer weather special coming up at 11:30 right here on 4. >> it has a musical affect -- >> yeah, calming and soothing. the rolling hills. >> thanks, lauryn. after the break we will get you ready for major changes at metro. .tay with us
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7:56. before we go, a warning for you. starting today metro fares going up and the hours are changing and we have the updates in the nbc wash app, just search metro. >> some people were waiting for a train at 7:00, but it doesn't start until 8:00. temperatures in low to mid-80s today. looking good. low humidity. >> enjoy your weekend. that will do it for now but we will be back. >> yeah, we will be back at 9:00 this morning. but meanwhile have a good sunday with willie geis t.
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health care is a very difficult situation. >> don't touch the medicaid. >> you asked for an answer and he gave you one. >> he lived his life to the fullest. 76ers. good morning, welcome to "sunday today." i am willie geist. the clock is ticking in washington on the future of american health care with votes scheduled this week on a new senate not enough republican votes as of this moment to get it done. will it pass? if it does, what happens to your health care? could there be another supreme court vacancy as early as t

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