right now, new images out of puerto rico being pounded by hurricane maria. the island taking a direct hit with winds of more than 150 miles per hour. and i have the new update at 11:00 a.m. advisory for hurricane maria. where it's headed now and our local weather feeling more like summer. >> rescue crews in mexico city searching for the missing after yesterday's deadly earthquake. you're going to hear how family members in the area are desperately trying to reunite after the chaos. news 4 midday starts now. >>

thanks for joining us. i'm erika gonzalez. >> i'm eun yang. we are watching another hurricane wreak havoc on puerto rico. take a lock at this video from san juan. the winds are howling and we've seen trees nearly bent in half. >> this hurricane has powerful and damaging winds and it's supposed to dump 25 inches of rain throughout the day. gabe gutierrez is in puerto rico where he is definitely feeling the effects firsthand. >> reporter: the situation here in san juan is dire. the winds here have been intensifying and the worst is yet to come. we have taken shelter in a concrete structure. there's a wall blocking me, blocking the wind to our right. as you can see behind me a scene of utter chaos in puerto rico's capital. authorities have been warning people for days if they live in wooden structures or flood prone areas they needed to evacuate or die. the time for that has passed. there's nowhere to turn at this point. we have seen parts

being blown off, debris strewn throughout the street, trees being toppled and communications are starting to go down. the power is out to a large chunk of san juan already. this in a region that was grazed by hurricane irma but knocked out power to 75 of the island. authorities expect maria could knock out power to some parts of this region for four to six months. authorities are warning that this is catastrophic. expected to get hit by these howling winds and torrential rain for the next several hours. there's no telling how much damage this could cause but a big concern is the storm surge. back to you. >> and you can see gabe bracing himself against that wall there. just incredible to see what was happening just below him. >> and the winds. >> oh, yeah. >> unbelievable. >> everybody is watching what hurricane maria will do next. >> an update from storm tea

meteorologist sheena parveen. what is the storm doing now. >> it's over puerto rico the center as a category 4 hurricane. we'll zoom in here now. the eye of the hurricane as it moves over puerto rico, you see it does not become as obvious but it is right over the island here heading out soon, but the winds are expected to stay very high as this thing re-emerges in the atlantic and eventually moves up near the bahamas. a category 4 the latest advisory, the 11:00 a.m. advisory from the national hurricane center. winds 140 miles per hour, dropped a bit, but this is still an extremely strong hurricane. it's moving to the northwest at 12 miles an hour. picked up a little bit of speed. as we go into the weekend it will be east of the bahamas taking the north turn into the atlantic and then by monday, could be close to the north carolina coastline or it could be heading out to sea. typically and historically the storm stays east of the bahama has a better chance of saying at sea. we're far away and we'll be tracking this as we get closer by the middle of next week. locally we're w

quickly. 77 degrees already. we'll be in the 80s through the afternoon and feeling more like summer as we approach the start of fall. show you that forecast coming up. >> sheena, thank you. we are tracking updates from another developing story. that earthquake in mexico. this morning crews are desperately trying to find survivors. they have saved dozens of people, but with all the collapsed buildings with the power outages and fires, more than 200 people have died and that includes 22 children who were killed when an elementary school came down. we're going to have another update on this story at 11:30 and show you more of the recovery effort to find people that are still missing at this hour. right now president trump is meeting with the president of the palestinian authority. this is part of a packed day of meetings with world leaders on the president's schedule. mr. trump is expected to meet with british prime minister theresa may later today. this comes one day after the president made a direct threat to north korea in his add

the united nationss general am sembly. on "today" nikki haley tried to explain what president meant by that threat. >> what you saw was the the was responding to north korea's ballistic missile testing, their nuclear bomb tests and their threats that they're going to reduce the united states to ashes, as well as destroy japan. so what you saw was a very firm response to the kim regime that they need to back off and he had the entire international community with him. >> yeah, but -- >> haley defended the president's warning to iran saying if the country doesn't live up to its end of the nuclear deal it could become another north korea. first lady melania trump will have her day in the spotlight in about an hour from now she will host a lunch with the spouses of world leaders. she's expected to call on leaders to step up to improve the lives of children. right now, we are learning when construction work on the purple line light rail project will begin. this after a judge denied a request to stop construction at

news 4's darcy spencer is live on the trail. you just got word on when we can expect the start of this, so what did you hear? >> reporter: well, good morning, erika. first want to show you this sign says it all, trail closed and they've put up fencing to keep people away from the trail. it looks like someone smashed it down to try to gain access to the trail. i just got a statement from purple line transit partners. what they're saying they're going to hold off on tree clearing until monday. the georgetown branch trail has been closed for weeks as contractors prepare to begin work on the purple line light rail project. the signs are up, trail closed, and there are gates blocking walkers and bike riders, but no work is being done yesterday yet. that's because the project has been tied up in court. a judge has now allowed for tree clearing and other work to begin. >> save our trail. >> reporter: opponents have voiced opposition to the

and fought it in court, but it appears the project will move ahead barring some other court ruling. >> it has to get done but i would rather them not do it. >> reporter: fencing has been placed a i long the trail designating a tree preservation area. opponents are concerned about the ones that won't be saved, and closing the trail for years during construction. it's used by hundreds of people every day. the purple line website says the trail is being closed during construction for safety reasons. >> it's a terrible idea to close it for a while. i'm not sure what the mentality is behind it. i don't see why we can't keep using the trail. >> reporter: now purple line transit partners said in a statement that people need to obey these signs and stay off the trail. they say it's going to be an active construction zone. you need to stay away for your own safety. erika, back to you. >> darcy spencer, thank you. it was a gentlemanly exchange in last night's virginia's

northham and gillespie shared the stage. there were new personal attacks and the candidates agreed on some of the issues but they did take different positions when deportations and sanctuary cities were brought up. >> violent criminals should be deported and we should not have sanctuary cities in virginia. >> let's go back to that vote that i took on the floor of the senate. it was an interesting day. it actually came up a republican voted in favor and it created a tie. and i was proud to break the tie because we don't have a problem with sanctuary cities. >> the candidates were also asked about metro funding, northham and gillespie neither would commit any specific dollar amount in terms of money to get more information about how the information -- the agency meets the challenges. they will not commit money until they hear more. today wre

off the brake on i-66 in an effort to reduce congestion and bumper to bummer traffic. virginia's governor has projects planned. he will announce a series of transit projects that will go the launch of the road's express lanes set to open inside the beltway. the projects will include expanded bike share options and enhanced regional bus service. we will keep an eye on this morning's two big stories throughout the hour. hurricane maria hitting the area right now. >> and the earthquake in mexico, still a lot of people missing. let's talk starbucks to sprinkles, they're among dozens of employers now in town looking for top young talent to join their ranks. i'm justin finch here in northwest t

right now some of the country's biggest companies are here in the district looking to hire hundreds of young people in our area. >> the companies including starbucks, walmart, hilton and fedex are taking nart a day-long hiring event that will include a thousand on spot interviews. news 4 ra's justin finch is at convention center where there's a few hours left. sounds like a big deal down

>> wait until you see the job fair you have never seen anything like it. it's also for a very serious cause. the organizers tell us in the d.c. metro area there are 70,000 young people 16 to 24 who need to find work and many live east of the anna costa river and people of color and today they are getting a chance to find some much needed work. there's music playing, low lights and young faces all around. the d.c. opportunity fair and forum almost feels like a club. >> look at it. all these job opportunities. i told my friends to come and everything. >> reporter: once the music is off and the lights are up the hope is that the young faces here at the washington convention center leave as members of a club of sorts, the warm ranks of the employed. >> nice to meet you. >> hey. >> reporter: max and jordan are in from maryland. >> what type of opportunities are you interested in. >> i'm a video editor/producer.

1800 job interviews from applicants 16 to 24 who may find barriers to finding work such as lack of training or education. companies including starbucks, ulta and fedex are among the dozens upon dozens who showed shannon brown of fedex is recruiting but recalls walking in these job seeker shoes. >> i started in this company nine years ago with baggage handling and now ascended to a senior vice president. lot of support, lot of tuition reimbursement to pay for my bachelor and masters degree. what it has done i can give back. >> reporter: here on the convention floor the fair is offering resources in real time from resume and job application help to practice interviews. >> fits you perfectly. >> yeah. >> reporter: style tips like this worker-to-be in a new jacket. the district partnered with 100,000 opportunities initiative for the fair and nationwide they're aiming to match 1 million young people with jobs by 2021.

they had sprinkles, they had starbucks, they had lots of great music down there. it was hard to leave. hardly felt like a job fair, but it's also for again a very good cause. as you heard shannon brown say from fedex this could not only be just a job but the beginning of a long and fruitful career path that could not only benefit these applicants here but also their families. back to you guys. >> all right. justin, thank you. someone is watching at home and they know somebody who might be looking for a job, how much time do we have here? >> oh, my gosh. tell them to hurry because all shuts down at 3:00 p.m. lots of people expected so you want to get in there and, of course, get seen on the spot job interviews happening right now. and we are told that many people are planning to hire people so they can leave today with jobs. we're live here in northwest, justin finch, news 4, back to you. >> don't miss that opportunity. thank you. talk about another opportun h

the chance to have amazon's new headquarters in its backyard. now prince george's county is making a push to attract the company but seems maryland's governor has something else in mind. news 4's prince george's bureau chief tracee wilkins explains. >> they don't give us what we think we deserve. >> reporter: many prince george's residents are well educated and make a lot of money, but earn their livingings outside of the county. >> we've got all of these folks that live here in the county and would love to work in the county. >> reporter: county executive baker makes job growth a top priority. >> we've gone to leading the state in job creation. >> reporter: and now hoping to add 50,000 new jobs by attracting amazon h q2. the proposed headquarters for the on-line retail giant. >> this is a moment in time where brj prince george's county is ready. >> reporter: three sites college park home of the university of me aland at also green belt metro with

carrollton. a regional transportation hub with metro, amtrak and soon the purple line. amazon's nationwide search is expected to be competitive. baker says the county's diversity, transportation and proximity to d.c. should make it a player. >> if you ask me should come here. >> reporter: residents hope he's right. >> i think the main thing is giving people a chance. you know, i think that's the main thing giving them a chance to see what they can do, see what they can produce, see what they can bring. >> and maryland governor larry hogan is supporting a site in baltimore, but he says he will stand by any area of maryland that submits a proposal. >> maryland's race for governor includes the first woman to jump on the campaign trail. the democrat is a gaithersburg resident and former obama administration official and says she's ready to win. >> they say no man can beat governor

>> she will have to face off against six other democrats before she can even take on governor hogan. among those are executive kevin cannon, rashard baker and former chief ben gelhis. she said she is considering a bid for governor as well. cummings married to eli cummings. the lincoln memorial vandalized again. the student visiting the united states faces 20 years in prison accused of vandalizing the memorial. this is video where that student tried to avoid our cameras yesterday. they caught the student scratching letters into one of the pillars with with a penny. one of several new bike companies is hoping to hit the streets in d.c. today. >> we do have to warn you before you just go grabbing these bikes off the streets, you have to watch out. >> please unlock or'l

the police. >> that's the bike talking to you. the alternative to bike sharing. pick up one of the bikes around town. you need a smartphone and the corresponding app. as you heard someone picks up the bike without the app unlocking the bike it sounds a warn and an eventual alarm. you can't just take off with me a bike. >> i will call the police said the bike. >> right. >> i know you're ready for fall and i'm hanging on to summer. feels like summer right now. after the break how long this warming trend will last. >> and the criticism aimed at the red cross. y hurricanewh v

ralphcandidate for governor,rtham, and i sponsored this ad. they're studying for 21st century jobs. but ed gillespie supports donald trump's plan to take money out of virginia public schools and give it to private schools. as a washington dc lobbyist, ed gillespie worked for lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. and ed gillespie's plan to cut taxes for the wealthy could cut virginia school funding, too.

back now at 11: 2 with updates on two hurricanes. maria is causing major problems in puerto rico and then harvey. the storm that people are still cleaning up from in texas. want to start in houston where people are trying to get things back to normal. this morning there is new controversy surrounding the red cross. >> nbc's katie beck explains why harvey victims say they're not getting the money they were promised. >> reporter: street after street across houston, a struggle to move forward. >> it's just hard to look at. >> it is. >> reporter: the scars of hurricane harvey piled high on the curb. >> i wasn't sure that my kids were going to make it through tonight. >> reporter:

tougher this week after seeking financial help from the american red cross and getting nowhere. money the group promised to harvey victims through its immediate assistance program, $400 per family. >> we're not expecting to see our insurance funds for several months. and meanwhile we still have to live. >> reporter: she is one of many denied immediate help after red cross on-line systems crashed from heavy volume. calls left unanswered. weeks after the storm, the mayor now responding. >> if you promise people something you got to make it happen. because otherwise, don't promise at all. >> reporter: it's not the first time the red cross has faced controversy. a senate committee report in 2016 finding a quarter of donations for the haiti earthquake went to administrative costs. a number the red cross disputed. now criticism of its harvey response. >> can you understand why people might be frustrated if they've been promised that money and not been able to receive it? >> we do apologize for

transparently as we needed to. >> reporter: the red cross telling us their system couldn't handle the demand. that they've given out $45 million so far and the immediate assistance program will be working by thursday. >> the red cross is supposed to be there to help you and we want that help. >> reporter: storm victims hoping this time the funds will start flowing out, as quickly as they flooded in. katie beck, nbc news, houston. >> lot of people still waiting. it's been a difficult month for anyone in the path of a hurricane. right now another one is hitting the caribbean, and maria is hitting hard. take a look at this new video from a town in puerto rico. showing the powerful winds and flooding. it is a category 4 storm and those winds are 155 miles per hour at their worst. and between a category 5 and category 4, sheena was explaining not that different. you can't be satisfied that it's downgraded at this rate. >> yeah. yo

watching it this morning a category 5 with 160 mile an hour, dropped to a category 4 with 155 miles an hour. that's only five miles per hour. a strong category 4 and it's moving over puerto rico, still right now, almost the entire island seeing hurricane-force winds. if not the entire island because of where this thing is positioned. hurricane-force winds have been extending throughout the morning about 60 miles from the center. this is probably covering the entire island. category 4 max winds 140 miles an hour. it's moving to the northwest so eventually will be leaving the island skirting just to the east of the bahamas as a major hurricane and then continuing off into the atlantic heading to the north and we still expect it to be a hurricane but at this time would be monday could near the carolina coast and could stay out to sea. still too early to tell. but we will be watching as we go into the middle of next week. closer look we were watching the puerto rico radar, the puerto rico the radar out of san juan today but that

most likely because of the high winds and now we just have the satellite image. you can't see the eye too well but once it re-emerges we may see the eye again. it is over puerto rico currently. locally, though, we're dealing with unseasonably warm weather today. 78 degrees. we're seeing a mix of sun and clouds and a breeze. some areas in the 80s. 80 in manassas, 82 frederick, 79 in annapolis. through the day exercising it is going to heat up quickly. 4:00 p.m., about the mid to upper 80s, even by 7:00 p.m. still warm, mid to low 80s. we're dry right now and by the way, jose, which has been offshore, a tropical storm, taking the cloud cover and rain with it even though we have a little cloud cover locally. we warm up today and stay warm today, tomorrow, friday, saturday, normal high is 78 degrees. fall begins on friday but not going to feel like it even through the weekend, feeling more like summer. we will take a look at your ten-day forecast coming up. >> see you then. thank you. >

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>> now on news 4 midday more on the rescue efforts in mexico following a powerful earthquake that's killed more than 200 people including dozens of children. >> we just received word that rescuers found a child alive, a little girl, buried under all that debris of a school that had collapsed earlier, they pulled 25 bodies out of the school. steve patterson is on the ground in mexico city. >> reporter: right now this is a race against time with crews and rescue operations around mexico city and throughout the state system here in this part of mexico and what they're doing is basically looking for people that could possibly be alive in smoldering rubble. that's the scene behind me here in this beautiful neighborhood here in mexico city. want to show you there, you can see rescue crews are digging through the rubble. this was a six-story employment agency. people were in this building at the height of the business day

that earthquake hit and that building came down trapping many people inside there, several obviously unaccounted for, several, obviously, dead, but there are some people who have to be alive in there, trapped in there, and we know they have to be because we've been talking to people on the ground who have been sharing their stories and telling us about family members who are trapped inside. every once in a while a crew member will find somebody and hold his hand up in the air to signify that and then their name will be added to a big list which is right outside of here and that list thankfully is growing. so far, they've recovered about 30 people alive. with about two dozen more to go who are unaccounted for. this is one scene of many throughout this city alone. in fact, there's a school which is about a few miles away, south here, still in mexico city, an elementary school which completely crumbled and killed at least 21 elementary sle

for. a massive -- unaccounted for. a massive operation there, here, and several places around this community. it is work that will be done today, tonight, and then day and day and day and night until they find as many people as possible. for now, i'm steve patterson, nbc news, mexico city. if you have friends or family with ties to puerto rico, we are thinking you have this morning. hurricane maria is causing even more damage to the island which was just struck by irma earlier this month. maria is supposed to be getting worse. we've already seen video flooding and flags and trees whipping in the wind. signs ripped from their posts. not everyone recovered power back from the last storm and now they might not get it back for months. sheena parveen is back with a look at the island and our local forecast in just a few minutes. >> swine flu m

unfortunate return in maryland. officials in charles county and sands mary's are investigating five cases of the flu found in pigs exhibited at the charles county fair. preliminary test shows the animals tested positive for influenza a but no word if that can be passed to humans. additional testing is under way. you heard of swine flu in 2005, over 400 cases have been reported since then. more and more people are using anti-depressant medication, according to the most recent available, one in eight americans aged 12 and up have taken anti-depressant within the last month. psychiatrist dr. joshua winer joins us to talk about this statistic and what might be going on here. to think that anti-depressant use is up 65% year over the last 15 years, what is causing this rise in the medication use? >> so, there are probably multiple factors going on. we don't really know is the answer. so it could be that more

now and that stigma is decreasing. matter of over prescribing by doctors. there might be some environmental factors going on or some societal factors going on. the true answer is we don't know. but one thing that people need to be aware of is that this study does not mean that one in eight people in this country aged 12 and up is depressed. because these medications are used for numerous things. they're used for depression, they're the first line medication for all types of anxiety disorderers and used for pain syndromes. so these medications have various utilities so that accounts for some of this. >> is the medication safe for people who aren't necessarily dealing with a depression issue? >> these medications generally are pretty well tolerate pds. if you're taking it for an indicated reason and the doctor has done a thorough evaluation and think the medications might be he willful then yes. -- helpful then yes. you hear these horror stories throughout and the medications like anything do have the

by and large most people do tolerate these medications pretty well. one of the reasons the numbers keep going up and now one in eight people is because people tend to stay on these medications for a long time. and that's partially because they're helpful and because the condition that they're trying to treat tends to be maybe a chronic condition. so if you're an adult who's had an anxiety disorder for years the likelihood of you being able to stop the medication and have your anxiety disorder resolved is low. chances are you're going to stay on these medications as kind of maintenance treatment. >> now what about race, gender, socioeconomics? are there other factors that play into the numbers, these findings? >> it's interesting if you break that number down. what you find is overall regardless of race, gender or age, women are twice as likely to be taking an anti-depressant. >> twice as likely. i thought it would be the other way around. >> number one women are more likely to suffer from some of the conditions and also women are more likely to seek medical attentio f

men are a little bit too proud. i'm going to -- i'm not going to do this and take some pill to help with my mood. the other thing when it breaks down to race what you find is that white people are five times more likely to take these medications than black, asians or hispanics. again, is that a genetic issue? is there something about the other races where they are less likely to have these problems or something having to do with sort of the societal views towards getting mental health dream. we don't know. >> so we need to do more studies on that. >> exactly. >> there are reports that suggest that these medications aren't any more helpful than a placebo to treat mod ra it depression. what do you think about those findings? >> this has been a hotly debated topic. a review study that came out in the last week or two that found that's not tile actually the case. these medications do offer benefits across the board when compared to placebo. what i think is going on is this, you know, i see these medications work really well for probably 80 plus percent of people who take them. however, what i tell people is if

or something really wrong is going on in your life, don't expect these pills to make you happy. so that's number one. the other thing is i think these numbers are going up because doctors are seeing success. you prescribe it to people they come back, feeling better, more likely to prescribe to the next patient. >> dr. winer, thanks for joining us. >> of course. >> up next, we check back in with sheena parveen with a look at how much longer the island of puerto rico will be in the danger zone after hurricane maria made landfall this morning. you'busted tail.rd. and impressed the boss. maybe, it's time to be your own. transform your career with strayer university's mba program today. let's get it, america.

hurricane maria is hammering puerto rico right now. look at this video here. it's leaving the caribbean islands in shambles weeks after irma caused massive damage as well. at least one person has died from the storm. we're hearing houses are being ripped apart. trees uprooted and power lines torn down. we just learned as many as

power right now. it might not get the power back on for six months. that is a long time to wait. this morning the governor of puerto rico tweeted, quote, god is with us. just some -- >> tough to watch the people. they have been through so much already and to get another round of these storms is -- >> i know. >> similar path as irma. except slightly farther to the south. we've been saying that puerto rico hasn't seen a category 5 hurricane in almost a century and you would think we're in the caribbean and middle of hurricane season they've gotten one. if you think about it, puerto rico is small in the relationship to the oceans that we have, so yeah, this is kind of a direct hit that has been very rare for a category 5 hurricane. obviously nothing unusual about this. we expected above normal hurricane season and we're getting them coming off the coast of africa one after the other. a close-up look at puerto rico. it is still a category 4 hurricane and still over the

it will be exiting soon. by that i mean the center of it not the whole hurricane. they will continue to see hurricane conditions for the rest of the day today and then it leaves but right now it is still packing hurricane-force winds through the entire island. max winds near the center 140 miles an hour. the track keeps it to the north and east of the dominican republic and then east of the bahamas. at this time it would be early next week we could have a hurricane off the carolina coastline. we will be watching that very closely. for us we wouldn't see it off our coastline until the middle of next week. we need to track that storm as we get closer. 80 degrees right now is the temperature locally. we're warming up and dry. 80 in manassas, 75 gaithersburg. walking the door or need one we have roxanne available at the humane rescue lines. by 4:00 p.m. we're dry but hot. 87 degrees. feeling more like summer. if you've been wondering what happened to jose it's out there, affecting new england right now. 's

currently we have clouds around and then we'll see more sunshine as we go through the afternoon and through the weekend. look at these temperatures. friday, technically the first day of fall but will feel like summer. normal high this time of year is 78 degrees. we are well above normal, guys. >> really. >> thank you. well, it's going to feel like summer today as sheena mentioned. the season is almost over. but the gardens in our area are still produce something really great fruits and vegetables. >> after the break doing cooking

ralphcandidate for governor,rtham, and i sponsored this ad. they're studying for 21st century jobs. but ed gillespie supports donald trump's plan to take money out of virginia public schools and give it to private schools. as a washington dc lobbyist, ed gillespie worked for lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. and ed gillespie's plan to cut taxes for the wealthy could cut virginia school funding, too. ed doesn't stand for education.

the equinox is this friday, the fancy way to say that fall starts this weekend and as the weather changes the way we eat changes as well. restaurants are also working on their fall menus and joining us now is chef eric from kinship to tell us more about the wonderful produce and you're still cooking with dishes that you are working on with produce from your wonderful garden in virginia. right? >> yeah. >> and so what are you making for us today. >> today we're going to do deli beans. i plant yellow wax beans because as you end up with too many beans these are ones great to preserve. we're going to do a dilly bean is a dill pickle style bean. a green bean and pour [ inaudible ] the turns brown. start to put the beans in the jar here. >> like the

before, we don't have time for it to ripen but you can use the beans you have left over. >> as the season goes and you have an excess i'm going to pick those and preserve them as i have more than i know what do with. >> chef brought me an apron. i feel ready to go. these are the dilly beans. whales in here? >> so there's dill, garlic, sha shallots and liquid is water, vinegar and salt. >> tell us why is it good to preserve foods? >> it's great. get great quality products later in the year. here, you know, in this area, winter lasts very long and so it's a great opportunity to use farm fresh vegetables in december, january, february. >> so you have -- what's the proportion do you think for the vinegar? >> one leiter of water to 250 grams of vinegar. >> and how long do you need to let that sit out? >> so, this will last -- >> sit in i should say. >> ideally

>> it will take on the acid and salt. but it will last a long time. >> how do you serve this? you could essentially eat it out of the jar, right? >> absolutely can eat it out of the jar. one of the things that i'm going to show you two things, one we're doing with the restaurant right now, where we take the deli beans, toss a little olive oil, a little more fresh dill. but that in the jar. >> do you heat that first? >> no. we will serve this cold. >> i like temperature contrasts. i'm a fan of that. saute crab meat, mayonnaise in there. >> make it look so easy. >> it is just cooking. not very difficult. >> says you. >> we're going to put some of that on top. so then you get the acid of the bean cutting sort of the richness of the crab. really makes it come out nice. i'm going to sprinkle croutons on here as well. >> can you add a different -- a different meat if it's not the crab? >> you absolutely could. i will tell you what the best thing to do

>> when you have some leftover, thanksgiving, the day after, okay, ran out of green bean casserole but have stuffing left, saute some of the stuffing, sprinkle that on the dilly beans and croutons leftovers in 15 seconds. >> i am going to use that trick for sure. let me -- tell me what you're doing with the fish while i try your other dish. >> what we have what we're doing at the restaurant is sauteed bronzino. with barbecue spice and then the dilly beans with sauteed crab a little sesame mayonnaise in there and then the croutons. >> wonderful. and so going forward, are you looking at other types of produce? we're going to get together next week as well in terms of what's ready available for the fall as it gets colder? >> we've got potatoes coming in. we will do something with that next week. >> okay. >> lorat potato, a fingerling potato we grow at the farm, 150 pounds this year. >> wonderful. these are yummy. >> the great thing is you can do the same thing with okra, anytng

>> sounds wonderful. i will use those tricks. chef eric, thank you so much. try this food. >> i will be over in a minute. jo get in there. >> up next, meet the stars of the new nbc drama "the brave." a bunch of new shows comg toin

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i need your team. wheels up within the hour no the scene from an nbc drama called "the brave" that premiers monday. the show dives into the world of america's elite undercover military heros. >> very intense. two of the stars of the show join us this morning. mike and natasha. thanks to both of you for being here. so we heard in an interview with your executive producer who said the show is based in reality. and based on what's happening today. are you feeling that in the show? >> absolutely. yeah. i mean these -- this unit is a little different than your typical sf unit. it's a cross matrix team. they hand pick the best from s.e.a.l. teams, delta, cia operative, people from many different ethnic and religious backgrounds with the sole purpose of infiltrating and blending in the areas we're operating in. more jason bourne and espionage like than it is your typical gi joe military show running

uniforms. >> mike, let me stay with you here on this one. you're the leader of this group of heros. tell us about your character. >> adam dalton is a leader of this unit on the ground and he basically epitomizes resiliency. many of my friends that come from units like this have said when things get chaotic and stressful that's when the world gets quiet for them. that's what personifies these people is that cool, calm, under pressure, the ability to adapt in seemingly impossible situations. >> and natasha, you play such an interesting character on the show. tell us about her and what it was like to prepare for this. >> two questions. so jazz, i play jazz who is a female sniper in the group and she is one badass woman. she's witty, funny, a total three dimensional human being. they haven't writt

her of emotion and vulnerability to make her, you know, fit in in a man's world. they've enhanced all of that and been like you have emotion, you are three dimensional. you are an entire human being and yet you have this skillset and cap do really strong amazing things. but what i love is that we use me in the team to infiltrate places men can't go. we're not ignoring the fact i'm a woman. we're using it to our advantage which is what i love. and training for it has been intense. it's been incredible. it's one of the best things i've done. we've done two boot camps which were solid training, weapons formations, you know, handling of weapons, and how to clear rooms and strength and conditioning stuff, hiking up mountains with weighted vests and still keep it going alongside our filming days we're training all the time. >> thank you to you both. we appreciate the time that you've spent with us on news 4 midday. wa

monday at 10:00. thank you, guys. >> they shot -- >> thanks for having us. >> nbc. it will be cool to watch. >> yeah. >> this is a heartwarming story about some incredible patients at a children's hospital and the moment that they look forward to every day. nbc's kevin tibbles shows us how in their darkest moments it's a simple flashlight that gives them a ray of hope. >> reporter: just before bedtime at the has borrow children's hospital. >> excuse me. >> reporter: up on the fifth floor the air is electric. >> the magic minute. >> is that what they call it? >> yeah. >> the kids flashlights in hand are ready. for a daily ritual. fo good night lights. >> everyone wants to be a part of it. >> it's time. >> oh. >> all right. guys, turn them on. >> across the way, lights begin to flicker. >> this is so cool. >> as if with magical code. >> flashing back. >>

the police, and fire departments, are saying good night. >> it's really turned into quite the community. >> and the kids are beaming right back. >> it's amazing. >> reporter: 10-year-old abby is winning her fight with cancer. >> every time you go to bed you know that people are saying like good night to you and carrying about you. >> her mom amy feels the positive energy of the lights. >> after those yucky days the hard days, you get yourself to that window at 8:30, and you have that little piece of happiness. you cannot help but put a smile on your face. >> reporter: steve entertains as the hospital's resident cartoonist. he came up with the bright idea. >> this experience of seeing a whole community of people around -- >> supporting them. >> yeah. i think that's a memory they will hang on to tighter. >> signal back to them. >> okay. >> you know, sometimes show them some love too. >> he knows he's not fighting alone. >> they take time out of their

but that's so meaningful. >> reporter: when they're facing life's darkest moments simply shine a light and say good night. >> yeah. >> reporter: kevin tibbles, nbc news, providence, rhode island. >> i just love that story and all the death and destruction to have a shining of a light in that hospital is wonderful. >> that is really at the core the epitome of community. >> uh-huh. >> all right. >> let's check in with sheena one more time before we head out. >> i love the story too. it's all about the little things in life that make you happy. today, though, it's going to be feeling like summer. that will make you happy through the weekend regardless of fall starting on friday. we will be unseasonably warm. normal high 78 degrees. we are going to be in the 80s through next week. guys? >> thanks, sheena. that's it for news 4 midday. thanks for joining us. we're back on the air first at 4:00 this afternoon. >> get the latest weather and news any time in the nbc washington app. we will see you tomorrow morning 4:00.

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