>> come on out to help feed kids in need. >> see how we're working on for you next week. >> stay with news4. "news4 midday" starts now. thanks for joining us on this friday morning. i'm pat lawson muse. this was not a good morning to be on i-95. a truck fire had traffic stopped near maryland route 100. transportation reporters say the fire started before 8:00 on the southbound side. after more than an hour of all the lanes being closed, traffic finally started to pass through on the left shoulder around 9:30. but drivers should still take other routes while the scene continues to be cleared. let's turn now to the weather and get a check on the forecast on this final day of

summer. sheena parveen is standing by in the weather center. >> it's 11:00, fall officially starts at 4:02, i guess five hours and two minutes. start counting down, pat, fall will be here this afternoon. if you like summer still, it will still feel like summer. we have a lot of clouds around. overcast skies currently, all from what's left of jose, still spinning off the new england coastline. that storm does not want to move out to sea just yet. but it's 80 degrees already, so it will stay warm as we go through the day today. yesterday, jose was a tropical storm. now it's just a remnant low. but it is still managing to bring us clouds. we don't expect rain from it, but clouds will be with us, more sunshine as we go through the afternoon. if you're exercising today, we'll be around 86 degrees by 4:00 p.m. by 7:00 p.m., 81 degrees. hurricane irma is around the turks and caicos. i'll show you the new track of this and our weekend forecast, pat. >> all right, sheena. more now on the fallout f

maria. authorities in puerto rico have just announced at least six people have died in connection with respect storm. a timetable for full recovery there is not good, it's expected to take several months if not longer. as nbc's gabe gutierrez reports, as the storm makes its way north, other islands are feeling maria's wrath. >> reporter: hurricane maria causing new problems, tearing through turks and caicos, unlike another round of destruction. the storm now moving north after flooding parts of the dominican republic and ravaging puerto rico. in san juan, downed trees and debris block streets. >> we just cleared these streets a week ago from irma. now we get hit again. now we have to start cleaning again. >> reporter: throughout the island, treacherous flooding is making it difficult to evacuate. some are

waist-high water. some have been left stranded in the storm's wake. we rode along with the national guard and the island's governor as they rescued residents in a coastal town which is now underwater. communication on the island is shattered. even the governor is having trouble getting in touch with local officials and his own parents. >> it's the state of the infrastructure of the island. but our people are resilient people. >> reporter: supreme court justice sonia sotomayor is asking for prayers, saying she still has not heard from her family who live in puerto rico. the need for power growing dire. >> we are going one day at a time. >> reporter: nearly 3.5 million are in the dark. people lining up at gas stations, hoping to stocks up fuel for generators. other islands are growing more desperate. in dominica, all communication with the outside world has been cut off. the island

vegetation ripped from the ground. entire neighborhoods destroyed. the death toll throughout the caribbean likely to rise. in the meantime, the race to save trapped survivors is growing more intense in mexico city. there were some rare victories overnight, including the rescue of a seamstress who was trapped in a collapsed textile factory. tuesday's quake was a magnitude 7.1. roughly 300 people now recordpo killed there. back at home, police releasing new images a short time ago that they hope will help them solve a homicide case. a body was found in wheaton regional park earlier this month. news4's megan mcgrath has newly released evidence in at it case. megan? >> reporter: well, good morning. the body was found on september 5th here at wheaton regional park. police are still trying to figure out who the man is and how he died. now, look he

they're hoping to someone will see these images. these are the clothes that the man was found wearing. and they hope someone will recognize the clothing and give investigators a call. now, the pictures show a gray sweatshirt. it's very dirty. it says "first united methodist church, laurel," that's written on the left hand side of the chest. it's a size large. he was also wearing athletic shorts, also size large, in the color blue with "19" written on it, with adam levine sweatpants on top of them. the clean image there, that's what those shorts would have looked like had they been clean. also found on the man's body was a rosary necklace that you see here in these pictures. again, take a close look. police are hoping that someone will recognize these items and give them a call, because

certainly they are trying to figure out exactly what happened and how he was killed. back to you. >> all right, megan, thank you. a family in d.c. is facing the painful reality this morning that their son is gone. zaire kelly, who we'll show you in just a moment, was a senior ap student at thurgood marshall academy. he wasn't only a good student, he was also a track star. kelly was murdered wednesday night. police say a 19-year-old tried to rob him at gunpoint at 13th and downing street northeast. we're told gillis fired a shot but not before kelly fatally stabbed him in self-defense. we spoke with kelly's father. he described what he will miss most about a son who had such a bright future. >> his personality, his drive to w win. >>

he had just left a college prep program moments before he was killed. some big names are making their way to charlottesville this weekend in an effort to combat hate. dave matthews, justin timberlake, and farrell will headline a concert for charlottesville on the uva campus on sunday, it comes after last month's violent rallies there. the free tickets are being given to students and people who live in neighborhooing counties. the threats are getting more dire and they have the world on edge today. nbc's bill neely breaks down the newest and hottest exchange between the u.s. and north korea as tensions increase by the day. >> reporter: from north korea, a unique threat from kim jong un, a first message in english, vowing to make president trump, quote, pay dearly, calling him a mentally

senile old man, for threatening north korea in his u.n. speech tuesday. >> rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself. >> reporter: calling that a personal insult, kim said trump is a rogue and a gangster who is playing with fire. his foreign minister adding more fuel to the fire, threatening to test a hydrogen bomb over the pacific ocean. kim saying trump's threats have now convinced him his nuclear weapons are necessary. the war of words is deepening. sanctions escalating. president trump ordering new ones. >> north korea's nuclear weapons and missile development is a grave threat to peace and security in our world. >> reporter: the nuclear threat in the pacific has raised this crisis to a new and dangerous level. china this morning is calling on the u.s. and all sides to stop irrita e

result of this escalation is a growing threat to the winter olympics in south korea in just over four months. france this morning becoming the first country to say it will stay home if security there can't be guaranteed. back to you. >> bill neely. facebook is jumping into the russia investigation. russians trying to meddle in the 2016 presidential election may have tried to sway your opinion on facebook. an internal facebook investigation found a suspected russian operation spent $100,000 on political ads between june of 2015 and may of 2017. facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg says the company is turning over the relevant information to congress and to special counsel robert mueller. >> we're looking to foreign actors including additional russian groups and other former soviet states as well as organizations like the campaigns to further our own understanding of how they used all of

tools. >> zuckerberg says facebook is beefing up the process for reviewing political ads. it will also work more closely with election commissions around the world. here in the washington area, people have said visiting the national museum of african-american history and culture can be life changing. it opened one year ago this weekend. news4's molette green shows how you can help celebrate the museum's huge milestone. >> reporter: a big weekend of events planned marking the one-year anniversary of the national museum of african-american hilt astory an culture. the community is invited to come out for community day, set for saturday and sunday. one of the acts set to perform are west african dancers, and they will be lighting you want stage with their color, with their drums, and their dance

recognizing the unique history of this museum that is devoted to the african-american story. >> well, with african culture it's always about family and it's always about community. and it's always about people sticking together and working together. and everyone having a role to play in making the bigger picture work. >> reporter: catch the cancoron dance troupe and other performances and tours this weekend, saturday and sunday. you don't need a ticket, they're open to the public to come and enjoy. on the national mall, molette green, news4. and it's also going to be a big weekend for football, getting ready for sunday night's big game against the raiders. you have a chance to experience the game a little early. we'll take you inside the football fan b.us

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players outside. but take a look, this is the highlight of this bus. this is the actual lombardy trophy. you might not get a chance to see it around here, but here it is, it will be in town for a couple of days. you might as well call this the seven-league boost. you can make the stride in just a few steps. this is the sunday night football experience. there's a screen there with highlights and all things you would see on an actual nfl game. and of course since we're in washington, there's kirk cousins' injuriesjersey, number his helmet. they customize this for every city that they're in, but of course this is washington. raiders jersey, you don't want to see that this weekend, not too much of that. this is what the nfl sunday night football game viewers at home see. this is the mockup desk. all of this should look familiar to you. if you want to take a closer

in town at walt whitman high school this evening, going to be at national harbor later, and sunday at fedex field for the game. right now we're in glendale, derrick ward, news4. >> you can watch the game, washington versus the raiders, this sunday night right here on nbc 4. the coverage starts at 7:00 with football night in america before kickoff starts at 8:30. go washington. go raiders. there is plenty to do in washington this weekend. we've got so much. we've got football, the museum, and the capital home show at the dulles expo center. joining me now is the host of the pbs show "this old house," kevin o'connor. big fan of the show. >> thank you. >> welcome to "news4 midday." tell us about your show. >> "this hoold house," we're ve pleased that we're in our 39th season, still going strong since 1979.

starting in two weeks, great new projects, talking with apprentices, trying to consider young people get into the trades as maybe a viable alternative to college, because there's a lot of good jobs in the skill trades that are going unfilled. we're going to talk about that. we're actually going to have some of these apprentices working on our show, we'll show people it's a great career for a lot of people. >> it's a lot of fun, a lot of work. >> it is a lot of work, but what isn't? they're good jobs we have out there. these kids we've been working with, i say "kids" because they're literally right out of high school, college age. they love doing it. if you're willing to work with your hands, you can have steady employment and a lot of them can become their own business owners, it's a great place to start. >> i was just telling you before the break, my sister went out and got a power belt and a drill because she loves the show and loves bringing old things back to use. >> and working with your hands, there's a lot of satisfac

from people thinking about thit. people may have a job sitting behind a desk but they want to work with their hands and have the satisfaction of building something. for those who are like-minded, it's a great place to go. >> how did you get involved in the capital home show? >> there's a whole bunch of these home shows across the country, this is one of my favorites. it runs friday, saturday, sunday, i'll be there tomorrow. the people have the products, the contractors who provide the services, they meet. if you're a homeowner, you can come down and you can see all of the different things out there, you can shop with this stuff. i'll be doing presentations about our show but there are other celebrities to meet, folks you can get good advice from. a great place to put hands and eyes on the things that you and your sister in this case may be interested in doing with their own house, all in one place. >> will you show some of the examples at the show of what you've done on tv? >> absolutely. so because we've got that new season coming out in just a couple of weeks, i'll be talking

we'll be showing people who come down never-seen-before pictures, behind the scenes stories of how those houses got to where they were, tell them about the homeowners we work with. and we'll answer questions, if people have basements, leaky toilets, bring your questions, we'll be doing that as well. >> what are the most important tools a person like me would need around the house, just a few? >> so for me, a good screw gun, a nice sturdy tape-measure, and a rolodex. >> rolodex? >> a rolodex or your phone. >> i don't have a rolodex at home. >> because these days there's a lot that you can do as a homeowner, you can dive in, but there are things when you need to call in a professional. it's a word of mouth business, asking people who worked well for you, give me the number so i can call them and help them out. >> got 'conno'connor, aoy

i know you'll meet a lot of new fends at the capital home show in washington. we're back in just a moment. i'm social media editor brittany johnson. it's all about yoga next week at nbc, kicking off with the wanderlust festival tomorrow, a triathlon that starts with a 5k and ends with a meditation class at rfk stadium. it's also metro d.c. yoga week, free and $5 yoga classes on sunday. i'm a yogi myself so i'll be at all those events. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. they're studying for 21st century jobs. but ed gillespie supports donald trump's plan

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.

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there was some real excitement at the nationals game last night. but we're not talking about player excitement. check this out. the ball boy picked off a line drive down the foul line. we're talking ryan zimmerman level skills. after the grab, he casually just sat back down. the nats were in atlanta playing the braves. they lost the game, unfortunately. they're in new york to play the mets tonight. a cereal company is bringing its old school cereal back. general mills' trix cereal will once again be made with artificial dyes and flavors. the classic trix mix is set to hit shelves in october. you can still buy the natural mix if that's your preference. back in early

sources for color. but the trix company said it got a lot of complaints from people saying, you know, they missed the taste and the vibrant colors of the original recipe, bring it back. that prompted the company to make the switch back. >> i never even knew it. >> i used to eat those when i was a kid but i haven't since i was a kid, so i didn't know. >> trix are for kids. >> apparently. >> my mom never bought cereal for us. >> i do oatmeal. >> i only had to add a spoon full of sugar. we were deprived as children of sweet cereal. as i got older i started eating them. >> people are happy in the warmer weather. >> i think so. >> how much warmer will it be today? >> the best of both worlds, pat, it's still going to feel like summer for a little while

if you don't want to get rid of the summer feel just yet, we have 80s this weekend, we could be close to 90 by sunday or monday, believe it or not. but today is the first day of fall. we are counting down. we are a little under five hours away, still counting down, a little under five hours away from the start of fall, starts at 4:02 this afternoon. that summer weather does continue. if you want the fall-like weather, it's not going to be here until next weekend. at least it will start to feel cooler just about a week from for you. in the meantime, it's unseasonably warm, 76 dulles, 76 in clinton. as we go through the day, 86 will be our high temperature. normal high is 77 degrees. so that's how warm we are compared to where we should be this time of the year. we'll stay that way through the weekend. we have a lot of clouds around right now. this is all from jose, which is offshore. these are the remnants of jose now. this storm is really stubborn. it's not moving, there's nothing to push it along. it's sitting there, swing

we don't expect the rain. we'll start to warm up and see more sunshine this afternoon. if your heading to the wineries for the first weekend of fall, today looks good, 83 degrees. tomorrow and sunday more sunshine, and starting to feel pretty hot. 84 saturday, 87 degrees into sunday. if you're grilling this weekend, today looks good. tomorrow, sunny, 87 degrees. sunday, redskins plain at 8:30 on nbc 4. tune in for that. temperatures will be in the upper 80s with plenty of sun to end out the week. a very summer-like week. look at these temperatures, near 90 degrees, sunday, monday, and tuesday. e while tak

the war of words between president trump and the north korea leader is quickly growing more intense. the insults are growing more personal. the threats more dramatic. edward lawrence reports. >> reporter: tensions between north korea and the world reached a critical point. both the north korean leader and president trump now directly trading insults towards one another. just this morning the president lashing out against north korea's leader again, calling kim jong un a madman who will be tested like never before, this after kim jong un

president mentally deranged and said he will pay dearly for his threats, a direct response to tuesday's united nations speech. >> rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. >> reporter: north korea now says it may test a hydrogen bomb over the pacific ocean. more pushback against president trump's u.n. speech threatening to totally destroy the rogue nation. an executive order with the toughest economic sanctions to date announced yesterday. >> the new executive order will cut off sources of revenue that fund north korea's efforts to develop the deadliest weapons known to humankind. >> that's the kind of thing they should be doing, trying to leverage the north koreans and trying to get china to help on that. >> reporter: critics say there needs to be a better approach. >> it leaves us no exit strategy. it leaves us no off-ramp from this tough talk. >> reporter: getting north korea to the table may involve further pressure on china which the new sanctions may provide. with an eye on north korea,

to hold a political event to help support republican luther strange who faces a primary runoff election on tuesday. edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. a new investigation now into 911 outages, investigate people calling for help and emergencies and unable to get through. however, in one major american city it's worse than ever. that city is cincinnati. the city's emergency 911 system keeps going down, leaving people to fend for themselves when they are most in need of help. and now we're learning the company that runs that city's 911 system may run yours as well. here's nbc's jeff rossen. >> reporter: when you call 911, you expect to hear this. >> 911, where is your emergency? >> reporter: but in cincinnati, a public safety crisis. callers can't get through. total strangers in all parts of the city with similar stories. nat woods saw a possible drugged dr

called her five minutes. no one would answer. he takes off down the street like a bat out of hell driving 70 miles per hour. >> reporter: huge danger. >> absolutely, through a residential street. it was insane. >> reporter: during another call, this woman tried to get through too. >> i was driving home, saw a car smashed against a pole. i called 911, two, three times. they never answered. it rang and rang. >> reporter: you were trying to help that driver who may have needed immediate medical attention. >> correct. >> reporter: and countless others. >> we called them three times. no response. >> it rang and rang, hung up, called back, same thing. >> reporter: 911 operators eventually called back. but in an emergency, it could be too late. one 911 outage this summer lasted three hours.

cincinnati city manager. you've had at least ten outages. why is this happening, what's going on here? >> these 911 systems have been designed and built for landlines. now we've got the proliferation of cellphones. about 91% of our 911 calls are cellphone-based, which means that we can't control how they get to us. >> reporter: cellphones are nothing new. >> it's the volume. >> reporter: but he blames most of it on a private company that runs cincinnati's 911 system. >> we've got a service provider at that level who has not been as reliable and dependable as we needed them to be. >> reporter: you're getting rid of them? >> absolutely. >> reporter: it turns out that company is a major player in the nation's 911 system. according to the company's sec filings, they are utilized by literally millions of people in more than 30 states. the company's own website says it supports half of all u.s.

cincinnati isn't the only place experiencing problems. in connecticut, officials replaced their system with a new company after a three-hour 911 outage hit 52 call-taking sites. in south dakota this year, officials temporarily suspended payments to comtech, saying the company was slow to fix problems within the system. comtech didn't respond to multiple calls and e-mails from nbc news. i paid them a visit at their headquarters. we're from nbc news, doing a story about the 911 system. outages in cincinnati. we haven't had any of our e-mails or calls returned. we just wanted to get some answers. he disappears behind closed doors. we wait and wait for more than 15 minutes. "he nev but he never reemerges. >> they're not coming out. >> reporter: they're not coming ou

in there, right? >> i was given that information to say to you. >> reporter: they don't want to talk to us? as for cincinnati, it will take months to remove comtech and get the system up and running, leaving people wondering if emergency dispatchers will pick up the phone today. >> it's scary, it's unsettling. one of the primary roles of government is to keep the government safe. when no one picks up when we call 911, what are we supposed to do? >> disturbing. that's jeff rossen reporting. experts say right now, you should program your local police and fire department phone numbers into your cellphone and that way if you're ever in an emergency and you can't get through to 911, you can call the police and fire stations directly. well, enjoy it while it lasts. when "news4 midday" continues, we'll break down the last few hours of summer. and we'

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so what are we going to be doing this afternoon? sitting out dining? >> hopefully sunbathing. >> wearing flip-flops, which i actually have seen a couple of pairs of flip-flops in the building. >> you've probably seen mine. i'm going to stretch my flip-flop time to the beginning of winter, i think. >> so we're enjoy that for a few more hours? >> what did you say earlier to me, the little pun on words? >> yes, that autumn falls on a summer day. >> yes, that's exactly right. even through the weekend. a lot of pools are closed, it's the mowhole memorial day to lab day thing, which i personally don't like, because it's still warm enough for the pools. this is pool weather, summer-like weather, unseasonably warm. it's 80 degrees right

with overcast skies we've still warmed up to 80 degrees. these clouds are left over from jose, spinning off the new england coastline. i think a lot of these clouds will start to break up and we'll start to see sun. this weekend, sunny skies in the forecast. 76 in dulles and clinton. 75 winchester. 79 right now in quantico. if you need a dog to walk, axle needs a home at the humane society, head to their website to see how to adopt him. nice this evening if you're heading out for your friday evening. temperatures still around 80 degrees by 7:00 p.m. a look at the satellite, we had a lot of clouds across the area, again all from jose. it was a tropical storm yesterday. today it's just a remnant low causing issues along the massachusetts coastline here. locally, no rain expected, just these annoying clouds. the normal high this time of the year is 77 degrees. to w

tomorrow, mid-80s. near 90 sunday and monday. even though call is beginning, we're unseasonably warm, 10 degrees above normal, feeling more like summer. we're talking about hurricane maria. it's going to continue up to the north, should remain out at sea. could get a little bit closer to the coastline in north carolina. we'll watch that closely. that would be by wednesday. we'll be keeping our eye on it. for now, it does look to be staying pretty far away. look at these temperatures, though. it's not going to feel like fall until next weekend, pat. >> all right, thank you, sheena. the change in our weather also means a change for your tv viewing. there's a brand-new fall season tv lineup in the works. we're talking with the stars of

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well, the kids are back in school, and a lot of people are back in their daily routine. if you have a pet, you may have noticed separation anxiety now that the normal schedule is back on track. alexandra dilly is joining me, we have a cutie pie available for adoption. >> yes, this is victoria, a 5-year-old bulldog mix, in our shelter right now. >> awesome for adoption, great for kids, bulldogs are the best, i used to have an american

bulldog. anyway, so let's talk about separation anxiety with pets. i've had a pet that doesn't care when i leave, and one that really does care when i leave. what makes an animal that way? >> it can depend on their prior life experiences. if they've had a rough life until they met you, they may be more nervous when you're not around because you make life so good. >> aww. >> and -- >> so it's a compliment. >> yes. then also just genetic differences between individuals. >> okay. just like how we have our own personalities, or if you hold them too much as a puppy, is that another thing? >> it's not really holding them too much, but it's not leaving them alone at all. you want to have your puppy practice regularly be alone, learning to cope when you're not around. that's important. >> what about when you leave the house and there's excess barking going on because you left? >> you want to see what exactly is happening. are they just bored or are they really having separation distress, which is basically like a panic attack for dogs.

may need to look into a program working with a trainer and also medication from your veterinarian to help them. >> and that's fine, to give them medication to calm them, it's not like we're pumping them full of drugs. >> no, exactly. that's improving their quality of life, which is what we want to do. then their behavior will improve from that. if they are just slightly nervous, maybe you just changed the schedule on them recently, you can make sure they get more exercise before you head out. try not to pay attention to them for about a half hour before you leave and a half hour after you come back. make sure they're calm when you give them attention. so you coming home isn't such a big deal. and also give them as much food dispensing toys and treat dispensing toys as possible. like you were saying, frozen kongs, those are great ideas for dogs who know how to do a kong really well. if they

gone, that's a good indication that they're experiencing separation distress. >> i was putting peanut butter on the toys, it was getting eaten quickly, so freezing keeps them around longer. that's also good for animals destroying things. >> exactly. it's chew training as well, it teaches them what to have fun with instead of your shoes. >> okay. i have another question, though, because sometimes when you have an animal like this, you are might say, what about as a friend, would a friend help? >> in some cases that may help. but most of the time it's not a fix, because there's no humans around. it's not a bad thing to check out to see if it works. but generally we would recommend for dogs with separation distress actually going to like a doggie day-care or having another member of the family hang out with them. >> great idea. >> when you're going through a training process. >> perfect. and we want people to adopt as many animals as possible, so why not

thank you for being here, and don't forget victoria is availablecue alliance, find the information on our website. >> thank you, sheena. for many people, fall means football. we get excited about the smells, the sights, and the sounds. just imagine not being able to hear anything, and then imagine being a player who can't hear anything. that's one illinois high schooler's reality. as nbc's gordon voight reports, he's not letting his disability keep him from playing the game he loves. >> get it, get it, push! >> reporter: you might not think about it, but sound is everywhere on the football field. it's hard to execute a scheme while not hearing those sounds. most people get to hear this. >> if he works outside, i stay on this track out here. >> reporter: senior lineman brandon richey heres this.

[ silence ] >> reporter: yup, total silence. that's where laura ash comes in. >> i want to make sure i take that away, right? here we go. >> they'll call out the plays. he has to always look at me. and then i will sign what they say. >> i'll expect these guys to go either end, all right? >> i like running and i try hard. but he likes the tackling the best. >> get down, get down! >> i have to hustle all the time. if he's running, i'm running with him. wherever he goes. >> he's a positive to the team. and, you know, he works really hard. he's here every day. so is she. she puts a lot of time in. i'm not just talking during the season but summer and things like that, she really does a good job and so does he. >> if he's veering

trucking. >> reporter: laura brings the heart of a servant. brandon brings the courage. together, this team within a team proves that sound is overrated. >> heart, coverage, aurage, and talent. fresh off her win on "america's got talent," 10-year-old ventriloquist darcy lynn farmer stopped by, here is a sneak peek of her performance this afternoon. ♪ summertime, when the living is easy ♪ >> love that long. but love this girl, darcy lynn is not only starring on ellen's couch this afternoon. taylor swift and kesha are on the show as well, that should be pretty good. if you missed her performance on "agt," it was quite a show. watch

at 3:00 and stick around foreign the latest news you may have missed on news4 at 4:00. i'll see you then. and wll gete'

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two of nbc's hottest shows this fall share a city. we're talking about "chicago pd" and "chicago fire." joining us are

those shows, and they're hanging out this morning on the set at molly's, that's the famous barr we see on both shows. good morning to you, guys. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> so john, i would like to start with you. last season left us with a real cliffhanger, a major character played by sofia bush seems to be move on to the fbi. you're coming back from your stint at chicago justice. are you excited to be coming back to the squad? >> yes, it's great. it's exciting to come back, there are a lot of changes that have happened. it's the old team but it's the new team. i think this season they're really trying to tackle some strong issues like with immigration, police corruption, diving into the community. i think that will bring a lot of different challenges that maybe weren't there

it's exciting to move forward. you know, you lose a character like sofia bush, it's something that you just -- lindsey was incredible, you know, but all you can do as a team is come together and move forward and do the best you can. >> can you give us a quick hint about big storylines coming up this season? >> well, in the first one, there is a -- it comes out pretty strong there's a young bystander unfortunately that's shot during a big operation that's going down. and halstead, he's the key player in this. you know, it's unfortunate that this happened so there's a big investigation into finding out, you know, all the logistics of it. we have miguel w

box as woods. we also have wendell pierce who will be making an appearance as a community activist. there's great actors coming in, that's a strong story line we start out with right away. >> kara, your character sylvia dated jon's character for a while. is that story line coming back? >> you know, you never know. i think that we're both surprised that the fans loved that relationship so much, and i think the writers pay attention to that. so you may see them check in this season. we don't know. but stay tuned. >> okay. and then can you give us a little hint about some of the hot storylines, no pun intended there. >> sure. well, you know, obviously we end season 6 with a huge cliffhanger. so -- or sea

cliffhanger. season 6 picks up where we left off. people will have to tune in to see who lives and who dies and how. also brett has a family or hometown best friend come and visit from indiana. what i can say is that her presence is immediately felt by everyone in the house. she's a very beautiful girl played by the wonderful eloise mumford. so there's a lot of fun and trouble that we get into with her. so i'm really excited for the fans to see how that unfolds. >> all right. we're excited to see both shows come back. and a lot of fans find it -- the crossover between the two chose pretty interesting, intriguing even. jon seda and kara kilmer, thank you so much and good luck to your on your new seasons. "chicago pd" is back on september 27th,

on the 28th, here on nbc 4. let's get a check on the weather with sheena. >> pat, it's feeling like summer, temperatures nearing 90 into the beginning of next week. we had these nothing clouds around right now, they're all from the remnants of jose, still in the same spot, just kind of spinning in the atlantic. nothing is going to push it away just yet. we might have clouds around for a while yet. 86 degrees, unseasonably warm. today technically is the first day of fall. through the weekend we're going to be about 10 degrees above normal, near 90 on sunday, monday, and tuesday. and then it's not really until next weekend, that's when we'll get a little more of a taste of fall in our forecast. temperatures will be back in the '70s. if you didn't want summer to leave, at least you can enjoy the weekend, very summer-like. hopefully you can find a pool that's open if that's what you want to do. >> all right, sheena, i'm going to soak it up, lots of folks will too. thanks for joining us this friday morning. we're back

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