new on midday, police are updating us on the death of a woman found buried in the sand in ocean city. the mystery far from being solved. what police say they may never know. it wasn't the big prize but this was a lucky store for one lottery player here in our area. a winning ticket sold at this maryland gas station. and the next couple of days looking spectacular but i want to talk to you a little bit about tropical storm his or har. good morning, and welcome to news4 midday. i'm chris lawrence. we have to start thi

george's county. the fbi is conducting two investigations this morning, one in ft. washington, the other in temple hills. prince george's county police tell news4 the two raids are connected. now, we're working to find out more information about the reason behind these two raids. news4 has crews on the scene, we're working our sources. as soon as we have any new information, we will bring it to you here and of course on the nbc washington app as well. all right. now, to the weather and our very cool start to the morning. we still have some clouds sticking around. let's get an update from storm team meteorologist somara theodore. >> today was any sent reminisce fall. take a look at the forecast for today. 82 degrees is what we're going, clouds to sun. we're going to get some nice sun breaking through and there could be a stray shower north and west of the district. for now, let's go ahead and take a look at your

bit of a clicker issue. stand by. i'm going to do this off screen. nonetheless, as we head through the next couple of days we are expecting this spectacular weather to stick around but it's going to start feeling a lot more like fall than summer. rather cool overnight and then we have to talk about harvey. i know it's going to be impacting texas, the, region as we throughout the next couple days but we could be seeing the remnants of harvey impacting us toward the end of next week and we're going talk more about that in your full forecast. families are packing the beaches before the season ends but in ocean city, we told you that a woman died, buried alive in the sand, and now we're learning a bit more about why. ocean city police just wrapped up the investigation into what happened to ashley o connor. nick was at a news conference with police. i understand nick's on the phone with us right now. nick, what ar

this accident? what's the latest? >> reporter: well, good morning. yes, this was a tragic accident. that's what police investigators say after an exhaustive investigation involving what they say were countless interviews. they've studied surveillance footage. they say there was no criminal activity involved. they were very certain about that. that's what they told reporters just about an hour ago. they say that this woman, mrs. o'connor was on the beach by herself, she had been vacationing with her parents here, and as she was on the beach in the middle of the night during hours when you are not supposed to be on the beach at 2:00 a.m. she climbed into a hole that was there. it was dug by someone. they're not able to answer that question as to why that hole was there, but she climbed in, it collapsed, and she suffocated very tragically during a season where obviously people are here to have a good time. city officials say this is one of the most tragic things they've ever seen. >> and nick, for folks who are having a hard time understanding ho

the only person who will know why that hole collapsed would be the woman herself, but do police have any idea -- can you describe this hole? what sort of hole are we talking about that a woman could climb into and be buried alive? >> well, that's a good question because digging holes on the beach is against the rules, precisely because they can be so dangerous. if someone is seen digging a hole, the beach patrol people will tell you, do not do that and you may possibly even get issued a ticket. this was a 3 to 4-foot hole in the sand, very dangerous, and when she climbed in, at some point, it collapsed. police say they do not know why that happened. they say there was no foul play, and they also say they cannot rule out that a beachcombing tractor may have played a role in that collapsing, but they do stress that they cannot say that for certain. >> all right, nick iannelli from our partner bringing us the

nick, thank you so much for getting us up to date. we're also following a developing story this morning in charlottesville where christopher cantwell has been extradited from lynchburg. cantwell became the face of the white nationalist a rally after appearing in this vice news documentary. he wasmented wanted by uva poln before that deadly car attack the next day. cantwell is facing three felony charges. meanwhile, the confederate statue at the center of that deadly rally is still causing controversy. a man with a gun strapped to his leg tried to cut a black tarp off the robert e. lee statue yesterday. crews had put the tarp up hours earlier as a symbol of mourning for the woman killed in that rally. the man said it was desecration, but stopped cutting when the police officers arrived. the thomas stonewall jackson statue was also covered as well. turns out that deadly rally

virginia priest revealing his past with the kkk. the arlington catholic diocese confirms to news4 that a freelance reporter was about to expose father william aitcheson before he came clean. the priest claimed he was moved to come forward by the violence in charlottesville this month. in an article, he admitted to cross burnings at homes in howard and prince george's county back in the 1970s. one couple that he targeted didn't buy his apology in the article. they say if father aitcheson was really sorry, he would name the people who helped him carry out his crimes. >> as big as that cross was, he needed help to put that cross up on the ground. >> he is on a leave of absence from st. leo the great in fairfax. he's been working in the arlington diocese for decades. the church was aware of his past. new this morning, it's too bad they don't pave

marble. take a look at is this crash from this morning. a truck spilled sheets of marble in the median and it all had to get picked up. chopper 4 was over route 15 in frederick county just south of the park and ride. we don't know exactly what caused the crash but maryland state police tell us the driver is supposed to be okay. it's that time of year that's always filled with a mix of nerves and excitement for the kids and parents too and the teachers. classes in virginia's third largest school district are now back in session. news4's megan fitzgerald is at cedar lane elementary school in ashburn where they kick things off in style. >> reporter: oh, yeah, chris. this school rolled out the red carpet quite literally. just take a look behind me here. they rolled it out as soon as kids got off the bus, they walked the red carpet, they were greeted by parents and teachers who were excited. they were smacking their hands and getting them all ready for the first of school. of course the principal hopes this time of enthusiasm lasts throughout the store.

elementary is to make school a memorable experience starting from day one. >> the first day of school. >> reporter: how do you feel about that? >> really good. >> reporter: it's a good feeling and something the principal and his staff take seriously. >> i hope 20 years from now when i'm retired i see one of my students who was here today and they say, you really made us feel special. >> reporter: this third grade teacher knows a thing or widtwo about feeling special here at cedar lane. >> i opened the school in 1989 as a kindergartner. >> reporter: ms. spencer says she was so inspired by her teachers when she was a young girl that she knew she wanted to come back to pay it forward. >> my love of teaching was probably built in this very school and all the excellent teachers i had and wanting to make a difference in a kid's life. >> reporter: now she's teaching third grade in the same classroom she had nearly 20 years ago. >> number four, number five. >> reporter: so ms.

just how important a positive and memorable experience can be. >> looking forward to the school year for sure. >> reporter: and eric's mom also works at the school here so this will be their first time working together as well. >> a true family affair. thanks so much, megan. if you're in fairfax county and have kids, you can expect a visit from your child's teacher today. they're heading out into the neighborhoods near their schools, going door to door to personally welcome students back. in fairfax county, the school year starts on monday. hey, guess what, we have a winner. only one person hit that massive powerball jackpot worth nearly $7 $750 million -- $760 million. they're not in our area but someone in our area is celebrating a powerball win. we put the winning numbers on the banner so make sure you check your tickets. take a look at this shell gas station in gaithersburg. that soldhe

the station is on darnstown road. we're also hearing someone won $1 million at the parkway express in lorton. as for the big jackpot, it was sold at this store in massachuset massachusetts. earlier, the state lottery incorrectly identified a different store as selling the winning ticket. right now, we're keeping an eye on a storm that could cause major problems for texas and louisiana. tropical storm harvey strengthened overnight and look at where we can expect it to hit next. and isis has featured a video that features a boy that claims he is the american son of a u.s. soldier, how the video is being use and had what officials he in the u.s. arere s

we're getting a chilling look at a new isis video that shows a little boy claiming to be the son of a u.s. soldier. the boy says he and his mother moved to syria two years ago and warns that isis plans to move its battle to the united states. >> reporter: isis's latest chilling propaganda video purporting to show the 10-year-old son of an american soldier threatening donald trump. in the footage, the child, whose father is said to have fought in iraq against the mujahideen, tells president trump the battle will end in your hands. he describes the constant air

the fight will move to the west. the child, who speaks fluent english, with what sounds like an american accent, is identified only as yousef, age 10. the boy appears to be reading from a script at points. he says that he moved to isis-held territory two years ago with his mother and lives in raqqa, which is of course the de facto capital of the protostate isis carved out for itself. it's a very slishckry produced video. it shows yousef playing with his friend, loading an assault rifle. he doesn't provide details about his location or where he previously lived in the u.s., if he even did. now, it's important to point out that u.s. nationals have appeared in isis propaganda videos before, but this appears to be the first time that the group has put an american child in front of the camera, if he is indeed a u.s. national. back to you guys. >> all right, thank you very

missing sailors from the u"uss john mccain" are from our area. the two missing sailors are information systems technician timothy eccles jr. and kevin bushell. nine sailors are still missing. one person has been confirmed dead. he's a 22-year-old from new jersey. the ocean search has now been suspended. it was only two months ago that seven sailors died after a similar accident off the coast of japan. personnel specialist first class xavier martin was from baltimore county, maryland, and gunners mate seaman dakota rigsby was from virginia. the fitzgerald and the mccain with both part of the seven fleet. it's called a tale of two trumps. 24 hours after a speech where

critics in the media, president trump took a different approach. he called for unity at the american legion convention in reno. >> it is time to heal the wounds that divide us and to seek a new unity based on the common values that unite us. we are one people with one home and one great flag. >> the president's speech was full of calls for patriotism and national healing. earlier this morning, the president tweeted about his different tones and took a shot at democrats saying, they have no one who can change tones. that's been eight surgeries but a woman from d.c. still can't walk after being hit by a dump truck. the man who hit her may get off with only a ticket. d.c. police say he hit bianca butler last month as she was trying to cross south dakota avenue in northeast d.c. butler says she thought she was going to die as the truck kept dragging here nearly 70 feet. the driver stopped

her screaming. he's been cited for failure to yield the right of way. butler spoke only to news4 about the moments after the crash. >> reporter: did he talk to you after this happened? >> he didn't talk to me. all he said was, i'm so sorry that this happened. i said, i can't even walk now because of you. >> alvarez also faces hit and run charges from another crash about two years ago. a gallaudet student was seriously hurt in that incident. here's a lesson we can all learn from. a calvert county couple called nbc4 because of a termite problem. they had a warranty with the pest control company but found the pests came back. susan hogan is working for you to explain what went wrong. >> an annual fee for peace of mind, it's worth it and this couple says all they wanted was to be termite free but in the end, they got something else. >> we can show you where the termites were rotting out the front of the door. >> reporter:hr

last year for termites. >> they treated the entire house, all around the perimeter, drilling holes until the garage and the whole thing. >> reporter: the clarks wanted the insects gone for good so when the couple paid for the treatment, they also bought a ten-year waernrranty, $95 a yea for yearly inspections which included any additional treatment. >> so just about a year after we had the treatment done, we started to notice some wings on the floor that looked like a recurrence of termites. >> reporter: so the couple called the company to come out. no one responded. >> we tried to get them to come out and inspect. were unable to connect to anybody. >> reporter: the clarks found out that true green bought out the original pest control company but they were two problems. >> when we contacted them, they don't do termites. they said, you're not our customer. we don't have any record of you. >> reporter: fearing the termite infestation was going to get worse, the clarks had to pay another company to

the cost? more than $1,300. >> i was very upset about it. i mean, that's quite a bit of money for a retired couple to lose. >> reporter: the couple say true green never acknowledged the clarks as customers. >> so then i called you. >> reporter: we reached out to the company. it told us the clarks not on the transfer customer list and get this, the company immediately cut a check and reimbursed meredith for her claim. >> and by golly, they did. >> so it was a real, real big thing for us to have your help in getting that taken care of. >> reporter: the good news, the clarks are now termite free. as for true green, they are now in litigation with that former company and looking for any customers who find themselves in the same situation as the clarks. back to you. >> thank you, susan. former fbi director james comey is stepping back into the spotlight with a new gig. he'll be hosting his own lecture series at howard university and as part of the job, comey will be the keynote speaker at howard's opening convocation next month. howard is paying him $100,000 but he's going to

money to a scholarship. you'll remember that comey was fired by president trump just a couple months ago. it's a highlight for any parent. even a former president and first lady. sending your child off to college. the obamas helped their oldest daughter malia settle in at harvard earlier this week. they were spotted in cambridge before she begins her freshman year next week. malie took a gap year after graduating high school to work, travel, and complete an internship. talk about a major sports heartbreaker, coming up, just how close one major leaguer got to a no-hitter. and getting ready from sandbags to bottled water, how residents in parts of texas are getting ready for tropical stor harvey thamt

folks are preparing for a potential disaster as a tropical storm moves toward texas. we're still probably about 20 hours from harvey hitting land, but it's getting stronger and could become a hurricane. disaster response teams have already moved into the area and are telling people to get away from the coast on the gulf of mexico. we've also seen folks sandbagging and buying supplies in case of floods. they're no stranger to hurricanes in that area, but boy, you got to hope this one maybe doesn't strengthen to the point that it could. >> well you know what? even with that, we can talk about categories all day, but because it's meanderering and re

>> it's going to soak. >> yeah. they are talking about seeing anywhere from 15 to 20 ichnchesf rain in some spots there. it's going to prove to be an issue. right now, it's a tropical storm. tropical storm harvey and as we continue to head throughout the next 24 hours, we're going to watch and see if this strentens, which it already is and it could reach category 1 status by the time it makes land fall there closer to corpus christi, texas. let's take a look at the track and fact. here's a projected overview. it's already projected see wind speeds really increasing as we head into friday so this storm is going to continue to strengthen again. it is taking its time and really sitting over that warm water and that is what these storms need to strengthen and grow. if it does, we are talking anywhere from 10 to 20 inches possible in some of the neighborhoods down toward texas. it's going to prove to be a real issue for the folks farther south and west

harvey into next weekend impacting us. right now at home we're in the mid 70s. 76 degrees, quite the contrast to what they're going to be experiencing. partly sunny conditions. as we head through the next couple of hours, temperatures will rise but only into the low 80s. you notice that crisp start like fall, we're going to see less humid conditions as we head throughout the day. here's a look at your outdoor planner. as far as running errands, it's a go. it's perfect outside today. if you're going to be having lunch or dinner outdoors, definitely go ahead and have it on the patio. let's push a little forward because i know some of us are already looking into the weekend and eating. festival and crab feast going down in fort washington, maryland. check out your forecast. definitely a great time to be outdoors and oeating. there's going to be music as well. temperatures are expected to reach the upper 70s. harrison hits a high drive to

warning track. leaps, and gone. >> just out of reach, so close, dodgers pitcher rich hill, he pitched one of the best baseball games to have the year but it wasn't enough. he didn't allow a hit through nine full thiinnings but his ow team didn't score and he lost in extras on that walkoff home run so not only he doesn't get credit for the no-hitter. of course he also gets the loss added to his record. wow. that is a tough break. coming up, a look at how easy it is to get dangerous illegal drugs shipped directly to your home. the problems making the fight against opioids even more difficult. and you may have seen this video already this morning, a cheerleader being forced into the splits by a coach. we have new reaction from parents and team m

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this is a pretty tough morning for a local neighborhood as police investigate a homicide just blocks away from an elementary school. annapolis police say a man was found shot outside of a home late last night. the home is about a mile from germantown elementary school. police have identified the man as andrew williams, 24 years old. call police if you have any information. remember, you can remain

is the only thing separating your family from dangerous merchandise. a number of chinese companies are using the internet to illegally sell and ship drugs. it's helping to fuel that deadly opioid crisis. nbc's jacob soboroff has more in his series called "one nation overdosed." >> reporter: the deadly opioid fentanyl is available to order online from china. something my producers and i easily found after a simple google search. whoa. the e-mail already came through. hello, we have a very potent fentanyl analog. we ship to usa. we only accept bitcoin as payment method. we didn't go through with our order but we heard from chinese officials who defended their role in america's overdose crisis. here's what they said. . >> what he's saying is it's hard to say it's purely china's problem. he says there's plenty of blame to go arou.

cracking down on the deadly drug but it's still showing up in the u.s. directly from china. every international piece of mail that enters the united states is subject to search by customs. this is the facility where certain packages get extra scrutiny. >> steroids. >> reporter: the agents here are looking for all types of illegal drugs coming from china, steroids, ecstasy, date rape drugs and now fentanyl. have you ever come into contact with fentanyl here? >> yes. >> reporter: what does that look like. >> it looks like any of these other white powders. it's scary stuff because of the amount of damage a small amount can do to a person. >> reporter: you're cutting open what you think is fentanyl. now a laser shoots through there and breaks down what the chemical compound is. this sample was headed for somebody's house in southern california. it turns out this time it was an illegal sedative, not fentanyl, but with chinese manufacturers continuing

no telling what the next package will bring. well, life has become an everyday struggle with fear for some families who live in annen dale, after an immigration raid several months ago, some people say they don't want to go to work or school or even the grocery store. but now five agents are facing a lawsuit for what happened back then. an immigrant rights group says the agents racially profiled the people they arrested. the raid happened at some apartments. the people behind the lawsuit say the men were in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> go out in the field looking for a person and they don't find him so they basically arrest some other people that they do find instead. they call it collateral arrests. we call it parabracial profilin. >> the men have a deportation hearing early next year. i.c.e. told news4 it conducts targeted immigration enforcement in compliance with federal law and agency policy and

indiscriminately. kids heading back to school means more traffic on the roads. and as you spend more time sitting in traffic, well, it can be a little tempting to pick up that phone. as scott macfarlane in the news4 i-team shows us a lot of people are getting pulled over. >> reporter: you'll see it as early as yenext week, the summe traffic gives way to stop and go traffic and traffic jams, making it much harder to get to your parking lot and get to work. it will also get more tempting to pick up the phone and check all those e-mails and text messages. and more people are doing that. an investigation by the news4 i-team shows a spike in distracted driving cases in our region. in fairfax county alone, we found 12,000 accidents linked to driver distraction just since 2014. in montgomery county, police stopped 11,000 drivers for distractions since just last year. we found 1400 of them were in school zones. at the virginia tech transportation instit t

safe test road to see how texting and driving can impact our reflexes, including near schools. nearly colliding with strategically placed hazards on the safe road. >> people are lulled into some type of complacency in traffic. we find that a lot in stop and go traffic where people take their eyes off the road for more than four seconds because they're only traveling at 5 or 10 miles an hour and that's when they'll have fender bender. >> reporter: not just slow traffic but there is distraction in fast traffic too. tonight on our news4 i-team investigation we go on the highway with police to see what drivers are doing behind the wheel at 70 miles an hour. for now, scott macfarlane, news4 i-team. we're getting some shocking new video. take a look at this. this is why some parents in milwaukee want this student behind bars. on the video, the student is seen going after his teacher, puncng

then sends him falling to the floor. the student then continues to beat him while he's on the ground. what's not clear is what led up to the incident, but the student has been arrested. we've also got some extremely disturbing video out of a public high school in denver. they show cheerleaders being forced into painful splits against their will. nbc's lucy cavanaugh has the story but this one is a bit difficult to watch. >> reporter: shocking new video released overnight by nbc affiliate kusa shows teenagers crying out in pain. cheerleaders at denver's east high school are seen being pushed into splits over and over again. their arms and legs held down by teammates. >> please stop. >> reporter: the videos were recorded back in june during the first week of cheer camp. now denver police are investigatin i

an incoming freshman says she was forced by the recently hired cheer coach into this excruciating position. she's one of three cheerleaders and their mothers who spoke exclusively with kusa. >> i didn't expect to have to do elevated splits and be forced into it. he was pushing down on the back of my right leg. he was pushing, like, with his other knee on my back to try to keep my posture straight. >> this is a grown man pushing my 13-year-old girl so hard against her will while she's crying and screaming for him to stop that he's ripping tissues in her body. >> reporter: wake field's mother sent an eenl to east high school's athletic director on june 15. >> i don't understand why this man is still employed there. >> reporter: the cheer coach as well as the assistant cheer coach high school principal, assistant principal, and denver public schools deputy general counsel have all bn

leave while the incidents are being investigated. a standard practice in an investigation of this type that does not imply or prejudge in any way the actions of the individuals or what the investigation might determine. the coach telling kusa he had seen one video, not the others, and that he learned this technique growing up. the denver public school superintendent released a statement that reads, in part, the images and actions depicted are extremely distressing and absolutely contrary to our core values as a public school community. while this investigation is ongoing, we are entirely focused on ensuring our students and staff at east are receiving the support they need. >> well, just about any coach or physical trainer will tell you trying to force your body into a stretch that it's not ready for is about one of the dumbest things you can do. it felt a little like fall this morning. coming up, a look ahead to the weekend. somara lets us know if this cooler weather is going to stick around. and the btl

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this is the video that circulated through our social media feeds for days, even weeks, made a lot of us think twice. it's the deadly accident at the ohio state fair. the tragic accident is forcing other ride inspectors to ramp up their efforts to keep our families safe. that includes the maryland state fair, which starts today. inspectors looked over every ride yesterday, including the same fire ball-type ride that malfunctioned in ohio. inspectors say the maryland fire ball ride is newer and much easier to inspect. >> our communications, as andy said, started two weeks ago about what we were going to do to make sure that nothing like this could happen here and the start of that is, looking at the design of his ri w

very different. >> the fire ball ride in ohio was 18 years old. the owner of the maryland state fair ride says this one, just five months old. so, much newer technology. all right, we got to check back in with somara, kind of hazy. >> still very comfortable, right? >> i love it. no humidity. >> you do like cooler weather. wait until this week, chris. we are talking temperatures dropping down into -- let me not. you guys are going to have to wait for that. let's go ahead and see what's going on outside. current temperatures right now in the 70s, as chris alluded, you know we have got a good amount of cloud coverage out there so the way the weather system is setting up, we've got a little spin in the spooatmosp as we move throughout the day and that's going to allow some clouds to build, maybe even push in an isolated shower or two but for now, we're pretty quiet, that wind out of the northeast really working to keep that humidity down, keep it very comfortable. here's a look if you're planning the next 12 hours. we're going to be warming up

afternoon and evening. most of us will hit around 81, 82 degrees, good amount of us stayi staying in the mid to upper 70s. clouds will build as we head towards 5:00, 6:00 into the 8:00 at night we are going to see a chance for isolated showers. here's a look on the future cast. 4:00 p.m., still quiet in the d.c. area. we are seeing some low clouds develop as well as some isolated showers. that translates into a rain chance as we head into the overnight hours so later on in the evening, i'd start to look for those rain chances. they will be brief and they will be light. nothing spectacular going on here as we move into friday, very similar set-up where we could see a few stray showers possible. overall, though, to be honest with you, i think we spend most of our friday dry and then we move into the weekend. wow. what a nice weekend it's shaping up to be. in fact, why don't you head out to the winery. temperatures in the mid to upper 70s, very comfortable out there, especially on saturday. and sunday, your storm

ten-day outlook really the stint of great weather, fall-like weather lasting into the top of next week and again we could see a chance for some remnants from harvey at the end of the weekend. live tv, what can you do. this interview was hijacked by a very cute little girl. coming up, see how mom reacts. and guess what? it's national waffle day. how you can help come up with a new flavor that millions of us could soon be eating.

beth's struggling with the adoption. >> i thought that she was on board. >> yeah, i did too. how did you guys decide? with me? . >> there was nothing to decide. the moment we saw you -- >> you knew. it's a hell of a story, mom, one of my favorites. >> we're getting a first look at a clip from season 2 of "this is us" and the clip you just saw, randal starts to ask his mom about his adoption story. and if you're wondering about jack's fate, the executive producer says you will get all the answers you need. "this is us" returns to nbc4 on september 29. samsung is hoping to enter a new era with its latest phone. the company's rolling out the new galaxy note 8 and execs are banking on it being easier to erase some of the bad memories of that previous model, the note 7. of course that got recd

risk. as nbc business correspondent jolene kent explains, the launch opens a whole new battle in the smartphone wars. >> expressing yourself, from composing the perfect portrait -- >> reporter: samsung is hoping you'll forget about its disastrous year, exploding battery setting fire to phones, cars, even houses. millions of devices recalled. >> none of us will ever forget what happened last year. >> reporter: samsung once again apologizing to its users about the defective galaxy note 7 as it rolls out the next generation. the samsung galaxy note 8 is kicking off a new era of smartphone wars later this year. google and apple are launching major new phones of their own as companies are rely heavily on that smartphone revenue. that means stakes are higher than ever. currently, samsung takes first place in the global smartphone race versus apple in second. >> i uses my camera on my p

>> reporter: photographer mckenzie white is considering the higher quality camera but also the price. >> phones are definitely an investment. when you're paying $700 to $1,000 for a phone, you want it to last. >> reporter: the note 8 costs about $930, a sign of the times. >> the smartphone has taken over such a central focal point of our computing life and that is why the price continues to go up and they continue to put more of their innovation and technology into these mobile devices versus the traditional pcs and laptops. >> reporter: with competitors about to roll out their new phones, samsung hoping this one will catch fire for the right reasons. mothers, fathers, secretaries, they all get a special day. today, it's waffle's turns. it's national waffle day and here's a fun tact. thomas jefferson is credited with bringing the first waffle iron to the u.s. it came from france way back in the late 1700s. nowadays a huge maker of waffles are of course hotels. in fact,

served in the comfort inn and comfort assesuites hotels every year. megan is joining us with a new effort to jazz up some of the flavors. this is an old stand-by. tell me about how you're sort of bringing it into a new age. >> that's right. well, happy waffle day. you know, at comfort inn and comfort suites, our guests love our free hot breakfast and waffles are our signature item. so, we thought why not take the chance to honor national waffle day by kicking off a very public celebration online, on tv, and in our hotels. we're on the hunt for our next waffle flavor and we're calling it #whatsyourwaffle. >> the choices right now are birthday cake, sweet car kneame cinnamon roll. >> we're looking to highlight something fun and interesting for our guests. we know that our guests love our waffles and we wanted to have a little bit of pla

flavors to see what resonates the most. you know, at our hotels at comfort inn and comfort suites, we really value guest feedback and so we need your help. we need people to come to our website and vote on the next flavor for comfort hotel waffles and as you said, we've got birthday cake, cinnamon roll, and sweet caramel so a lot of great options to choose from. >> i know the kids are al vating at home right now. can people taste these flavors before sort of casting their vote? >> well, absolutely. at hundreds of comfort hotels across the country, we're hosting hometown heroes breakfasts and those hotels bringing in local members of their communities like firefighters, first responders, and teachers to come and sample these waffle flavors, but really the best way to experience our waffles is to come and stay with us. so come and stay at comfort inn and comfort suites because really every day is waffle day. >> i got to tell you, we've stayed at a few and the kids go crazy over the waffles. they could eat waffles breakfast, lunch, and dinner. >> that's what i love to hear. >> yes. you got to sort of push the fruit so

and the strawberries mixed in there. that's pretty cool. is there any incentive to cast a vote? >> yes. absolutely. well, it wouldn't be a contest without an incentive, right? so, when you vote, you actually enter for the chance to win 500,000 choice privileges loyalty points. that's the equivalent of a month's worth of hotel stays. >> wow. all right. well, if that's not enough, hey, dig in. get some waffles for the kids. megan from choice hotels, thank you so much. up next, we got to tell you about a camp coming to maryland next month that truly empowers chilen. see hodrw

she's now on the desk. does she -- she has to avoid -- you're all right. you just carry on there. she can't have the milk either. >> well, this little girl turned a live interview into must-see tv. instead of sitting down, she decided to climb up on the interview desk, and she just doesn't get down. this was a live newscast in the uk. in case you wanted to know, the segment was about milk allergies, but i'm not really sure anybody even noticed anything about what they were talking about. pretty cute. on the chesapeake bay, there is an amazing summer camp that caters to kids with physical disabilities. it is called the no limits foundation. the one in maryland is just one of many camps around the country that allows these kids to, well, just be themselves. nb

these camps help make memories last a lifetime. >> reporter: at this tranquil campground in maine, mornings start with music. campers dance like no one's watching, because here at camp no limits, they can. >> they're just being themselves. they get to be surrounded by other kids that are just like them. >> reporter: kids who have lost limbs by accident or born without. for five days, live liberated of their difference. jennifer and preston brought their two girls, but 4-year-old ivy had questions. >> a couple weeks ago, ivy for the first time asked us if there was anyone else who had legs like hers. and we said, yeah, you just haven't met them yet. >> keep pushing. >> reporter: ivy learned she's not alone. the very mission of the nonprofit camp started in 2004. then with just four campers. today, more than 800 families have come through camp no limits, now off

states. >> we don't know any of these people, as we just said, but in some ways, given what our children have gone through, we know them and they know us. >> reporter: camp activities double as physical therapy, teaching balance and confidence. to kick or catch a ball, exhilarating and celebrated. some campers so excited, they bring their own agenda. >> at some point, i did make a list of the things i was going to do. >> reporter: an unforgettable week filled with first experiences like jumping. >> seeing them do things that are just kid things and love it like it just -- it reminds me that there's so much more than their disability. it's an overwhelming sense of pride and love. >> reporter: the week ends with a lobster dinner and sunset and a new horizon, one with no limits. katie beck, nbc news, rome, maine. >> just a beautiful story. beautiful caan

effort. somara, get us up to date. what are we going to be looking at. >> as we head into the afternoon, we are going to see a slight chance for isolated showers, good amount of clouds out there. temperatures in the 70s. we do have a chance for isolated shower activity, especially the further north and west you go. i'd say the timing on that is going to be in the evening into the overnight hours. as far as things to do this weekend, well, festival and crab feast going down in prince george's county. i'm there. just joking. i got to work. but we are going to see low humidity, absolutely spectacular weather for anyone who's got outdoor plans. it's going to feel very reminiscent of fall but i'm judging that that's going to mean that everybody's going to get out there and enjoy it. >> if you've been thinking it's too hot to get outside, excuses are done. that's going to do it for news4 midday. thanks so much for joining us. we're going

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