the bus drivers say they want more security on their buses but metro is calling it an unauthorized labor action. the impasse that snarled things on the x2 line this morning. new struggles for the people hit hardest by harvey. the govern nor of texas confirming this morning that it will take years to recover. the small steps homeowners are taking the now return to some semblance of normal. and how is harvey going to be impacting your labor day plans, as well as keeping an eye on irma? hurricane developing in the atlantic right now. we'll talk about that and more in the full forecast.

welcome to "news 4 midday." people are still talking about this video showing a woman throwing urine on a metro bus driver and it is prompting a group of drivers to say they can't do their jobs safely anymore. the drivers fight with metro led to major service delays this morning. news 4's megan mcgrath is live at the madison avenue station live with what they want them to do about the problem an the story that seems to just not be going anywhere, megan. >> reporter: well, we are seeing x2 service resume here and you can see there's an x2 bus behind me here and delays. quite an impasse this morning. metro bus drivers on the x2 line saying they wouldn't say without a police officer or supervisor

situation was an unauthorized labor action. the result here this morning -- big delays on the x2. >> union station, they kept them back up. >> reporter: bus riders to find different ways to get to work following a major disruption on the line this morning. service snarled between lafayette square and benning road after the bus driver's union took a stand this morning demanding more security on the x2 line. >> today, the operators, all they're asking is for transit police officers or that supervisor to get on the bus and ride with them. what did metro do instead of riding with them? they took them out of service. >> reporter: the calls for security after this disturbing incident last saturday when a rider threw her urine on the driver because the suspect opal brown was charged with a misdemeanor, she was released from custody following her initial court appearance. >> they just opened the door and made it open season on

statement the union representing bus operators is currently engaged in an unauthorized and potentially unlawful labor action that is significantly impacting riders on the x2 line. metro says safety is a priority and that 40 transit officers are specifically des kated to metro bus. transit police chief says they have identified troublesome lines and officers do ride some of the buses. but -- >> any given time there's 1,200 buses give or take in operations so is it not possible to have an officer on bus is not realistic. it is not a realistic expectation. >> reporter: as for riders, many would like to see added security on the x2 and expressed frustration about this morning's lack of service. >> x2? >> i don't know. they need to come on with a bus. >> i got to get the bus at 8:00 a.m. and no bus and wait for this. i don't know where the other bus

is. >> reporter: and so we have seen some folks boarding this x2 bus here at the minnesota avenue metro station. keep in mind if you are pressed for time there are the residual delays. might want to make other plans. >> thank you. switching gears now, the remnants of harvey moving east, clouds from the storm dumping rain on downtown nashville. this system already dropped more than nine inches of rain in parts of tennessee. the damage there, pales in comparison to what's left behind in texas, though. we find sarah dallof following up on the cleanup. >> reporter: a weakened harvey with rain to new states. flooded roads and neighborhoods in tennessee. a tornado touched down in western alabama. in the weeks since harvey made landfall, scenes like this played out across the region. crews with an ax to rescue a mother and four children. >> fire department. >> reporter: in houston, firefighters going door to door.

looking for the missing. >> where everything is going is water. >> reporter: in other neighborhood, cleanup begins. some experts believe this storm could exceed katrina in terms of damages. insurance losses estimated as much as $37 billion. this is the first disaster where companies and homeowners are using drones to survey devastation. >> in some cases we don't even need to get out to the property to start the repairs. >> reporter: hoping to speed up the process for people already pushed to the limit. with refineries offline and major pipeline to the east coast disrupted, harvey's destruction having an impact on gas prices up 16 cents in a week. in houston, sarah dallof, nbc news. all right. so what's left of harvey will finally arrive in our area just in time for the weekend, right? >> yeah. >> so is this -- are we talking about a total washout? little bit of rain? cooler air?

looking like harvey will be dominating. but here is a look right now at the radar. you can see we're already getting the debris clouds from harvey here in the district. if you step outside right now, very cool day. the rain yet to arrive but on the wayment you can take a look at the gravity of harvey. a tropical depression and remnants and packing a punch, one to two inches of rain on the saturday. as far as today goes, you still got sometime with running around to do. right now, we are at 64 degrees. well below the norm for this time of year. feeling alike fall. in the afternoon, highs won't move much. into the mid to upper 60s. again, very cool. pretty much dry. maybe sprinkles and the rain arriving through the saturday. take a look at the head loins. so cloudy and cool today. harvey's rain arrives tomorrow but the good news is it's out by sunday. i'll break it down more for you and stick around tracking another system developing i

over to you. >> all right. thank you. if you are headed to the beach this weekend here's a live look at the bay bridge right now. it's actually not that bad out there. but we'll be tracking any delays to be happening for you. that and more about labor day travel backups, head to the nbc washington app. if you're using i-95 in virginia this weekend, the direction of the express lanes shifts to ease traffic. here's a look at the times the happen. traffic already started moving southbound 10:00 this morning. saturday, lanes northbound starting at 2:00 in the afternoon. and then they'll stay that way through monday and then they go back to southbound at 11:00 a.m. on tuesday. but don't forget you have got to have that easy pass in order to use those lanes. developing right now in suitland. the search for a driver that hit and killed a man and took off. this is just across the street fr

justin finch is live on the scene people say is a hazard for drivers and pedestrians. justin? >> reporter: erika, that is what we heard and you might recall we heard from two women that didn't went to go on camera saying they're convinced the man struck an killed out here was they loved one. we have put them in touch with the prince georges police department and they said they have not yet identified the victim at the time publicly but they're continuing to look for the driver that struck and killed that man here just feet from the census bureau. all day the cars on suitland road just seem to keep coming. >> so congested in the evening going from here to the district and back down to suitland road and in the afternoon. >> reporter: between silver hill road and shady side avenue, the u.s. census bureau. outside the gates rehmans of crime tape, rubber gloves, circles marking where shoes were found, signs of the

man mowed down thursday night. >> i can't bloef it happened. >> reporter: dion white takes his dog up an down suitland. >> pretty much walk him every morning. >> reporter: seems okay? surprised to hear a driver struck an killed someone here. the 4500 block shut down late thursday. prince georges county police called out after a vehicle hit a man and just kept going. he was rushed to a hospital where he died. investigators say the victim was likely walking in the road and not the sidewalk. >> should be walking up and down here all the time and a lot of times real close to the highway. >> reporter: it's a hazard some drivers worry puts lives at risk but they're seeing other dangers, too. >> something should be done with that. i'm not sure what it would be but also for the drivers not using other devices while they're drivers but they're aat no timetive, may be pedestrians. >> reporter: an looking live at suitland roa

of the victim's shoes were found. it happens to be right in front of the post office here where just above the windows there is a surveillance camerament one of many we have seen up and down suitland road. there is a chance that perhaps one of them caught the vehicle involved in this crash. police say if you saw anything here last night to give them a call. they need all the tips to get out this time. they also say, too, that vehicle should have some front end damage. we are live here in suitland, justin finch, news 4. become to you. >> thanks, justin. later today in court a fight over a monument that has already caused heated debate. a judge is expected to hear arguments concerning charlottesville decision to remove a statue of general robert e. lee. charlottesville city council voted this year to remove the statue. but the decision if you remember rocked the area with violent chaos last month in a unite the right rally. one person

were injured in the violence. this week we told you about the church that was targeted with racist signs and messages of hate. now for the first time, we ore hearing from the church pastor. apostle william thompson jr. said he doesn't understand why anyone posts hateful things on this church and this is not the first time to happen. earlier this year pastor thompson said shots were fired and for the natalie nobody was hurt. despite threats, he says he has no hate in his heart. >> to know that we forgive them and love them, as well, and praying for them. >> senator kaine stopped by the church and they said they'll continue to worship like they have always done. new this morning, the university of maryland medical center -- system, excuse me, taken over laurel hospital and the rest of the health care system in prince georges county. this move has been in the w

right now, the first change that you will see is the name on the hospital door and told there's more gradual changes coming over the next several years. we have new information for you on a local war veteran chained to his house. coming up, why he is doing it and what could happen today. and that's lots to do around town if you are staying home for the holiday weekend. including the national book festival. always popular event. hear what you can expect

in court right now, seven members of a penn state fraternity, a hearing just started that could decide if the men stand trial, accused of playing a role in the frat brother's death after drinking and hazing. investigators say no one called for help immediately after finding timothy piazza unconscious at the botd testimony of stairs. the defense said they're not responsible for his death. right now, in northeast d.c. the funeral for a college-bound freshman tragically killed driving in d.c. just started. 17-year-old jamari signore was hit by a stray bullet. the funeral is at the greater mount cavalry holy church. so far, there's been one arrest but police

two more people in connection with that shooting. all right. new this morning, brand new figures of the labor department show that u.s. job growth slowed slightly in august. employers added 176,000 jobs and ticked upward. still, average drop growth from month to month this year is 176,000. leading analysts to conclude most businesses remain confident in the economy. the public is also more optimistic. in august, a measure of consumer confidence hit its highest level in 16 yores. in just a few hours, we could find out what is next if the linhill condo building in temple hills. the's a status hearing this afternoon. management asked to authorize the sale of the building declareden safe by inspectors. you may remember the heartbreaking stories of more than 100 families forced out with little notice just a few woks ago. ke

nbc washington on twitter so that you can find out what happens in court as soon as we hear about it. of course, we'll update that story in our app, as well. a local veteran says that he will be protesting for third day in a row chaining himself to his home. we sent justin fimpnch to the house this morning. nobody was there. justin spoke with george ferris by phone. he said he was at his other house gearing up for another day of protests. take a look. this is ferris. yesterday. chained up outside the house. he says that the district's poor upkeep of the alley led to water problems that damaged the home's foundation. the district said it will force repairs to stabilize it but he said it destroys the stone walls an leekly cost a fortune. >> they're planning on trashing the original river stone walls which are part of the working person's history here in d.c. they don't have manyf

left. >> d.c.'s deputy mayor for planning an economic development released a statement. that says in part, quote, we understand this process might be disruptive to the homeowner but it is important that we make sure the property is safe. end quote. we have all had one, at least one, a nuisance neighbor that won't keep up their property, right? d.c. couple living in the exclusive sheridan neighborhood says they have that neighbor. but it's the argentine government that's let a townhouse fall apart for more than two decades. tom sherwood has that story. >> reporter: alan and arlene showing nbc 4 the home they bought 25 years ago. proud of the spacious townhouse and how they buy art for it. >> we have had a kind of rule. we only buy what we both like. >> oh, that's god. >> we pass a lot of things. >> reporter: but there's no

neighbor, a townhouse owned by argentina and empty 24 years or more. shingles falling, interior gutted, windows open and rotting. bricks cracked an coming loose. >> bricks fall out. i mean -- worse case the wall would fall down. >> reporter: too many pigeons and rats to count. >> we'll show you pictures. >> pigeons live in there. >> and rats. >> reporter: 15 years ago, arle arlene invited the ambassador for tea to discuss the issue. >> he was pleasant an he said, i'll take care of it. >> reporter: except for dumping rocks in the front yard, they say nothing was done and now the congresswoman is complaining. the house was features, such properties are exempt from most u.s. laws. the u.s. state department declined to discuss any one property and told news 4 it takes the matter seriously and understands the problems and challengeses

the couple say they leave busy lives, try to ignore it. >> not that we don't like them. we want someone to maintain it. >> lovely to have real neighbors. >> reporter: in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. the library of congress's 17th annual national book festival is tomorrow. the day long event is free at the washington convention center. doors open 8:30 in the morning. alice mcdermott is a writer and professor to take part in the festival an joins us now with more on what attendees can expect. good morning. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> are you kidding? absolutely. this is a joy. your list of accomplishments are quite long. tell me how -- tell me about your passion for writing and what brings you to the book festival four years now in a row. >> my first year was the first one. >> okay. >> that laura bush started. >> wow. >> and it was

before 9/11. so it was this marvelous country fair. >> right. >> on the grounds of the library of congress. celebrating books and then the world changed but the book festival has gone on. >> we're so happy that it has. tell me about your passion for writing. your novel "after this" business a finalist for the pulitzer prize? congratulations. >> thank you. >> an you're also a professor. >> yes. >> so what is your biggest encouragement to your students, to people that maybe are dabbling in writing or that simply love to let the people like yourself that really have a talent for it just enjoy their reading? >> well, you know, this is the nice thing about the festival because you see people of all ages. >> sure. >> chatting with the writers whose work they have read or sitting in audience and hearing new work. and i know i think every year when i'm there, if i was a kid who could go to a festival like this and meet real live writers and talk to them about their work, i probably wouldn't have taken so long t

family that i wanted to be a writer, too. i never knew there were real writers and the festival brings writers an readers together and reminds me how much we share and what a great art form. >> where did you get your inspiration from? >> oh, i think it comes from everywhere, conversations, life itself. and most importantly it comes from reading the writers i love. over and over again. >> we'll get to lots of them tomorrow. tell us specifically what you'll be doing at the book festival tomorrow. >> i'll be on stage with n pr lin neri talking about a new book out. actually, my publisher is bringing it out early just to have copies at the national book festival. >> all right! >> "the ninth hour." chatting about that and signing books and i'll also be a reader. i'll be sitting in i hope. i'm dying to hear enest gaines, the wonderful write we are a new book out. "a lesson before dying" was the last wonderful book. so i'mng

>> we so appreciate you being with us. author and professor. she's at the national book festival and so is our news 4 tom sherwood and hope you get the opportunity to head out there. 9:00 a.m. to 7:30 at the washington convention center. up next, ocean city has already had to deal with some very rough weather this weekend. we'll look at how the holiday weekend is sha

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football fans rejoice. the next time that you watch the redskins game it will be week within of the regular season. preseason in the books. >> still on his feet! he's in. touchdown. >> for those players fighting to make the team, there was a lot riding on last night's game against the tampa bay buccaneers. 37 players will be cut by tomorrow as the team has to decide who makes the final roster week one next sunday. the skins will play the eagles at fed-ex field. look forward -- i feel like football, finally means that it's fall. this morning it feels a lot more like fall. it does. >> starbucks, are you selling the pumpkin spice lattes? no so it's not fall yet. >> feels like it. so good. >> we have got to talk about the fall-like weather and harvey, harvey, harvey. it is going to be making an impact for labor day week. look at the

still somehow holding together. it is a tropical depression and it will not be having an impact on us like down in the gulf. it's in and out of here as we head through the top of sunday but we are still going to see a good deal of rain from it. let's get a look right now at the timing on this. so, the rain is actually going to begin to arrive late tonight into early tomorrow morning. could be a few sprinkles this afternoon or evening. cloudy skies. then push ahead into saturday afternoon. notice how it's very on and off. we'll see lots of cloud cover for your saturday. no doubt about that. you get periodic breaks from the showers. but then we move into saturday evening and overnight the rain picks up again. looking at anyone from an inch of rain. those temperatures well below the norm for this time of year. 61 at leesburg. 57 in winchester. running errands today, the temperatures hover in the

to battle rain and will be very cloudy. we'll talk about your beach forecast as well as irma and tracking in the atlantic. for now, back to you. >> thank you. gas prices spike again and there are still problems caused by hurricane harvey. new advice of aaa heading into the weekend. take a look at the cute little faces. these animals are from texas. now they need homes in our area. more animals are due to arrive this weeke

fill up the gas tank today. that is the message from aaa this morning. we have been telling you past week now hurricane harvey will impact gas prices. overnight national gas prices rose seven cents. the average cost of gas in the area ten cents more compared to when the -- before hurricane harvey made landfall. two major pipeline that is carry gas to the east coast shut down because of the storm. the company hopes to reopen them this weekend. there's no telling when the prices could stabilize. about 100 helpless animals of texas arrived in maryland. and they're looking for new homes. news 4 was there at the animals arrived yesterday. besides dogs, last chance animal rescue placing cats and rabbits in

before hurricane harvey hit and they're arriving here to help clear the texas shelters. for all the animals displaced since the home. they're sprayed for flees and ticks and nike ro chipped and waiting for animals from texas. sheer's sheena. >> expecting to get hurricane harvey rescues in this weekend. the shelt earl's working to make room for the new animals so this is something we need the public to help with. stephanie shane is here now from the humane rescue alliance with what you can do to help. good morning. >> good morning. >> who do you have her? >> cream sickle. 4 months old and looking for a family. >> cream sickle is a many cat you have because we need to clear the shelters out for the animals on the way from houston? >> exactly. we have over 50 cats who need to find new families. if people have been thinking about adopting, bring a family down. come and meet our animals. we have dogs an cats available

making space for animals coming up from texas. to make -- so that they can help more animals there. >> the adoption fees are waved. max scherzer with the nationals an his wife waving, for them, paying for them through sunday, right? >> erica scherzer is on the board and offered this amazing incentive. yes. so through sunday. they will cover all adoption fees for all animals adopted so that we can have space to bring in more animals from texas. >> you mentioned the animals from texas. my concern was, residents in texas looking for their maybe lost pet. i'm wondering, is their pet not shipped to another state? no. they're coming from the shelters already there. >> exactly. great question. the animal who is are coming the our area need to move out to make space for those sprays so the shelters can hold animals separated from their families or animals who need to be temporarily housed while the family gets into a more secure situation. >> a lot of moving parts here with this.

either, right? >> the animals flown up here so they'll be arriving in maryland and then go pick them up and bring them this weekend coming to us. >> that is amazing. i think it's even more amazing that the adoption fees covered by max and erica scherzer. as far as your volunteers and staff deploying down to texas, what is going on with that? >> we have been on stand by and in touch with shelters before harvey hit and we expect over three weeks or longer sending teams of staff down to help those shelters take care of the incoming animals just overwhelmed with right now. >> wow. obviously, seen catastrophic flooding there. a humongous issue and you guys are amazing to help out. i think waving the adoption fee through sunday, you said that's really helped out a lot. >> really helped. a great response from the community yesterday and we expect that we'll throughout the weekend, too. we remind people to check the website

available there and both shelters and foster homes. >> and the houston animals this weekend. so we're really looking forward to that. thank you so much for being here. creamsicle available for adoption. they're looking for loving families to come and adopt the current animals so the ones from houston able to come in and get a space so then they can find a loving home. find out more about this on the nbc washington app. >> thank you, sheena. a big relief for folks who use the u street metro station. the escalators at the 13th street entrance reopened. construction on the tube brand new escalators is complete and supposed to take six months and wrapped up a month of ahead of schedule. new video this morning, the three men that you see here are still on the loose in the district after breaking into a business and taking off with the atm. look. they just pick it up with the hands. put it in the trunk of the suv d

this is video that officers are hoping that maybe somebody recognizes them. this is in the district as we mentioned on pennsylvania avenue in the hill east section of southeast d.c. new developments about the status of the georgia police officer seen in the controversial dash cam video making national news, but first, listen to what the officer says to the woman at the traffic stop that's got people outraged. >> but you're not black. remember, we only kill black people. yeah. we only kill black people. right? all the vi owes you've seen. you seen black people get killedty officer making that statement after the woman said she didn't want to put her hands down. this incident happened last july. this was just four days after cell phone video of the death inside his car. the cobb county police chief calls the georgia officer's actions unacceptable. and started the process of firing him. >> i don't know what's in his heart but i

came out of his mouth. and it's inexcusable. >> listen to me. >> we have learned this after the chief's statement, the officer fired for retirement for the department. the attorney says that that request has been accepted. after the break, incredible new video of a man covered in bees. why he did it voluntarily. we are watching the weekend weather very closely for you with many of you making plans for the big holiday weekend. main is the biggest concern. a oser look at when iclt havertys furniture helps your home look perfect even when life isn't. nice pick. pops, your pick. art monk! retired. i'll take him over these fools playing today. aw come on, man. that's not how this game works. art monk! i want to change my name to hot momma! lame. you're lame. no! i'm not writing down somebody who's retired! baby, i'm changing my name to hot momma. that's not how this works... the labor day sale is on now at havertys. life looks good

what you are looking at is not fake. that is a man sitting very calmly covered in bees. he's now the new guiness world record holder for wearing a bee beard. the man is an employee at a bee honey farm in ontario saying he's not afraid of bees. he got a few stings in the process and managed not to flinch

being brushed off. i cannot even handle. >> that's a hard no from me. >> i would agree with you. not happening. all right. so, shifting gears into this weekend. we said it wasn't a total washout. best for people taking off or maybe going the try to get the last couple of days into the pool. when's the best day for that? >> the best day is monday hands down because tomorrow, just too chilly. sunday not enough sunshine. by monday, talking good weather. for now, though, the clouds outside your door, the cloud debris of harvey knocking on the doorstep. here's a look right now at the satellite and radar imagery. rain close and not arriving until later tonight and today. just ahead and straight to the backyard grilling forecast. you have a lot going on. this should really actually say saturday, sunday, monday. not 3:00, 5:00 and 7:00. tomorrow sano-go. sunday better and by monday we are talking perfection. great deal of

forecast. maybe taking it to the coast this weekend. similar to us back here at home. saturday, going to see showers, chilly. temperatures make it into the low 70s saturday but again just not the best day to be on the coast. sunday, though, we are going to see improving conditions. highs in the upper 70s. by monday, that's the best bet. sunny conditions. ocean temperature around 74 degrees down in ocean city. temperatures in the low 80s. so here's another storm. here in the storm team 4 center, irma developing. take a look at how far away from us it is. so we still don't have a definitive track right now. however, in the near future, take a look at where it is tracking. already hurricane status. by the time it continues to near puerto rico, it is looking like a category 3. right now, winds at 110 miles per hour. we're looking at it moving to the west/northwest a

it is going to go over some cooler water, drier air, not the best thermodynamic conditions for a hurricane. might weaken a bit and strengthen beyond there. stale ways off. we'll keep our eye on that. here at home, what you need to know is harvey impacting the weekend. saturday, definitely the wettest day of the weekend. 80s by sunday. and 84 by monday and then track our next chance for showers and storms towards the end of the weekend. so it looks like summer slowly making the departure so definitely capitalize on monday and tuesday, folks. >> so excited! fall coming in. thank you, ma'am. you could change your mind about eating veggies and the chef to spice up t

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maker according to "consumer reports." this morning on the "today" show they revealed the top ratedet e yoepian coffee. get ready to go for vegetables and sample local vegan food and drink beer and hear about living a plant-based life. eddie is a cookbook author and vegan food advocate an one of the speakers this weekend. he joins us here in the studio. i'm very excited to have eddie because he's a native south texas. both from the valley. this is awesome. that means that eddie knows about legit tacos. talking today and you can make it in a plant-based form -- >> absolutely. >> kind of scratching my head and trust you. >> exactly. >> so first and foremost, talk big pictureut

better, especially in the latino community with this and tacos. we can do better for ourselves. >> absolutely. as you know, being from the valley, you know this is a place where we have a lot of health problems that are related to the food we are eating an a best way to protect our health is an eat healthier foods, obviously, right? what awesome food? >> we don't want to lose that. >> you don't want the lose it. good thing is you don't have to because the best thing about mexican food especially is all the spices. >> spices. >> if you use a lot of different spices, you can add it to any plant-based protein and get what you want like with this recipe a northern mexican chiroso. it's the traditional mexican spices. >> never had this, it is like a strong, pungent type meat normally mixed for breakfast in the breakfast tacos with eggs or on its own and very ro

>> absolutely. >> so i'd like to mix it with things but you teach us how to do it with garbanzo beans. >> we have the onion and garlic sauteing. >> smells amazing. >> we add some sun-dried tomatoes for a little bit of tart flavor that this is known for. >> this is the base for it? >> the base for it. >> all right. >> now add the spices and it's a lot of spices, we got thyme. mexican oregano. >> it has 12 different little dishes here. >> all amazing. cumin. >> right. >> put this everything. what makes it mexican, we have little bit of cinnamon. cinnamon. >> really? >> black pepper. we have got some paprika. we have got some general chile powder and we have -- this is really awesome. this is called

a smoked jalapeno for smoky meaty flavor. >> this is heavy to have on its own. it's delicious. >> amazing. and then we have just a pinch of cloves. >> okay. >> and a little bit of corriander. >> now we mix it up. now that we emptied the spice rack. >> what's awesome is mexican food is as complex as the other great cuisine and toast it up like indian food and toast up the spices just a little bit. >> so they're more fragrant. smells delicious. >> and then one can of chick peas. >> that's nothing fancy. buy it. nothing crazy. >> and great thing is, they're so versatile. you shouldn't throw the liquid out of the can. save it and see me this saturday at 12:15 on the main stage. >> make something with that? >> you can. so many different things with that. that's aquafaba

water of the bean. and you can make mayonnaise. you can make a whipped cream. >> interesting. >> a meringue. >> tomorrow a from 11:00 to 6:00. mix it up for a final product here? we have 30 seconds left. >> soy sauce and vinegar. >> all right. >> and that's really just about it. >> you put the tortillas on the grill. this is what we do. without this, they fall apart. you just douse them in a little bit of oil. >> just a little bit. >> this is a finished product with cilantro and onion and a lime wedge. can i try? >> please. >> okay. all right. we have to go. i have to try. >> you have to. >> it passes. >> passes? you are going to love it? >> it passes as chirizo. i would do. i would dis

like but in a healthier plant-based way. >> great to have you with us. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. >> at the d.c. veg fest tomorrow at yard's park. see you in a second. back in theaters, 40 years later, after the break, the restoration of a sci-fi epic. and

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science fiction can mean big bucks at the box office. this week, you can celebrate a space classic celebrating the 40th anniversary with the restored release in theaters. we have a look. ♪ >> reporter: if you recognize those tones, you are old. if not, you have the chance to make contact this week with "close encounters of the third kind." >> that was a first idea of a musical tonal exchange as opposed to the kind of cliche take me to your leader. >> reporter: interviews of steven spielberg tell the story of this sci-fi classic including richard dreyfus. >> open your eyes wider and look where i point. >> reporter: he nailed the part and wasn't even the first choice. >>

wanted steve mcqueen but steve wasn't so sure that he would be able to cry and bring the necessary emotions to the piece. >> reporter: alicia malone said the emotional tone is one thing that celebrating it from another sci-fi flick, "star wars." >> one of the first of aliens as being peace loving and sweet. >> reporter: has become one of the most successful franchises in move vie history and never tempted to create characters like friend george lucas. >> george hasn't come to earth to bring his creatures to this planet. i don't mess around with vader and the empire. >> reporter: still, it could have been a very different film. >> the first concept was terrible. a black pie-shaped wedge with a little tip on the end. that was the first concept. they build the wedge for me. i said i'm leading up to this? a black wedge?

the final version inspired by lights of an oil refinery in india and the waving alien was the inspiration of "e.t." nbc news. all right. well it's been happening since the beginning of time, your mom sends you to school one day and come home looking completely different than the way she sent you off. sweet little pictures of a little girl. the mama dropped her off. see the before picture on the left and then how the sweet little baby came home by the end of the day. but you can imagine it's making the way on did internet and just a fun way to talk about getting back to school. we hope that all the kids around the area have a wonderful start to the school year. somara theodore, you are tracking quite the bit of weather, ma'am. >> yes, yes. in fact, i am. we have remnants of harvey moving through. not arriving until late tonight. tgif, though. we are in

least on the other half. temperatures today though won't leave the upper 60s. rain chances minimal. maybe sprinkles heading towards the evening. overall, pretty dry for your friday. late tonight, we'll start to see the showers arrive. saturday, going to be the wettest day on the map. coolest day over the weekend, by sunday, notice how we rebound nicely to the 80s. 84. monday is optimal day for outdoor activities you have planned on over the weekend for labor day and then say good-bye to the warmer weather for a while. we head back into the 70s by the end of the week and we'll be tracking more showers and storm chances. download the app and follow me on facebook, as well as inthat gram and twitter and tracking another hurricane developing in the atlantic. her name is irma. >> all right. thank you somara. that is it for "news 4 midday." thank you for joining us. we are become on the air this afternoon first at 4:00. have a great day, everybody. and enjoy the weekend.

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