. right now on news 4 midday, major security concerns for this building, the white house, after the secret service says it arrested a man with weapons. what he says he was doing there. itwords are powerful. they can either unite you or they can divide you. >> weighing in from the players to facebook friends. few people are on an opinion with the nfl show of solidarity when it came time for the anthem to play, some of the most passionate responses this morning aimed at the president. and we're taking a look at a summerlike forecast. even though it is fall, but when did

we do have a warm-up on the ten-day forecast that's coming up. news 4 midday starts now. good morning, everyone. welcome to news 4 midday. i'm eu yang. >> if you liked that, you'll like today, too. >> this is crazy weather for this time of year. >> lauren rickets kicks off our coverage. lauren, we have an issue with air quality today. september 25th? >> isn't that just crazy? i was talking to our colleagues at wpot, as well. in september, this is a summer type of deal, but yeah, it is unhealthy for sensitive groups and the sensitive groups are the young children, elderly and also with those with heart and pre respiratory. >> and code orange for the greater washington area. 84 -- it is not e

and 84 degrees you know it's going to be a hot one and temperatures will top out in the low 90s and the day before that, we were 89 degrees and plenty of sunshine out there today, but we will be talking about rain chances because it's starting to get a little dry out there. so rain chances and also maria's impact on us. that's all coming up in just a few minutes. guys? ♪ gave proof through the night that our flag ♪ >> it's not often that people are discussing what happened before kickoff at an nfl game, players, coaches and owners all took part in protests yesterday after president trump's comments about firing players. redskins owner dan snyder locked arms with some players while others decided to take a knee. on the other side of the field you see the entire offensive line of the oakland raiders sat down. this story has been developing for days as pro athletes and president trump go head to head. >> news 4's megan mcgrath is live to talk about why people are feeling so strongly about

>> reporter: well, good morning. yeah. we've been talking to folks all morning long to work on the metro. lots of opinions here. the players say they're simply expressing their first-amendment rights and the president says they're disrespecting the flag, but the singing of the national anthem during nfl games yesterday took center stage as politics and football mixed on the field. ♪ gave proof through the night >> reporter: some players dropped to their knee. the entire offensive line of the raiders sat down. other players stood side by side, arms locked. with them, redskins owner daniel snyder who took to the field with his team. many fans say it was the right thing to do. ♪ ramparts we watched >> something as simple as taking a knee to show your disapproval of certain things that are going

commenting on it gets way more exposure than somebody like me saying it. >> i thought it was very peaceful and i thought it sends a message. >> in what began last season as one player's protest of the treatment of black men by police, taking a knee showed solidarity during games on sunday. it came following tweets and comments made by president trump questioning the patriotism of athletes who do not stand for the national anthem. >> wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a -- off the field right now. out. he's fired. >> quarterback josh norman had a strong message for the president. >> words are powerful, man. it can either unite you or they can divide you. >> reporter: now not all fans agreed with the protest. i asked one man about it this

home. another fan said it just wasn't the right forum, the context of a game. he thought the players should have held a press conference. back to you all in the studio. >> all right. megan mcgrath. megan, thank you. after the national anthem, the player his to play the game, of course. the redskins showed why this might be a special season. >> and the washington redskins in a dominant performance. >> dominate they did. they did not allow the raiders any points in the first half on offense. there was something to see in every quarter of the game. d.c. is tied for first place in the division. this morning, hello, all right. coming up we will take you down to the field to show you our pat collins on a date with one lucky redskins fan. worth watching again. >> you may see a slowdown on braddock road this morning. a crash there took out a power pole. the news 4 -- c

over the scene this morning on montgomery, and several lanes had to be closed for safety. all of the westbound lanes are back open, but parts of the eebt lanes may remain shut down for repairs and no word yet on injuries. guns, knives and brass knuckles. those were just some of the weapons found inside of a man's car near the white house and this is from wtop. officers approached that man yesterday morning. a report says the man told officers he wanted to meet with white house officials for advice about missing paychecks. >> also developing this morning, a man was killed in leesburg, and we are working to find out his name. leesburg police say someone stabbed the man just off of edwards ferry road last night. the man was 47 years old and police say once they talked to his family they'll tell us more. in d.c., a man was shot and killed and this is video from the intersection of 14th and gerard streets in

the mary's missionary baptist church is on that corner, and you can see here in this video. there are officers with the police tape up so far. police have not said what they've learned. >> it's one of the most controversial impacts of the new purple line construction. a major trail used by bicyclists and walkers is shut down and people are not happy about it. >> in fact, someone was so frustrated they vandalized a construction vehicle this weekend. adam tuss has a closer look at the impact of this construction. >> reporter: take a look as these crews are cutting down trees in this neighborhood. this is flower avenue in silver spring. down goes the trees and the residents are here watching what's going on. a lot of them know about the purple line, but still, for some, this work is a shock. trees coming down. one after the next. most of these smaller trees and then in the chipper. >> i'm in shock right now. >> serena youth has lived here for 20 years. her home is also herus

she says she's nervous about the business and now her street's changing. >> most all of the trees i do care for. i'm really touchy about it so i'm coming out here to take a picture for a last shot just to see the trees growing from small tore big and now they're cutting it down. so it's very sad for me a little bit. the last time she was told about the trees being cut was august, but today the crews are here and cutting. rosa vasquez lives here along flower avenue, as well. she was startled to hear about the cutting today, but ultimately she supports the purple line because she believes it will be beneficial to the neighborhood. >> they need the space and i'm okay. >> you're fine with the train coming through. >> that's okay. that's fine. >> reporter: this has obviously been a controversial issue. just over the weekend someone broke into a closed section of the georgetown branch trail and vandalized a bulldozer that was here to help with the purple line work. the windshield wipers ripped apart and

stolen. crews say this will cost a couple of thousand bucks and the police are being called. >> the trees are getting thrown in the chipper and the contractor saying they'll be along the path of the purple line doing this kind of work. back to you. new at midday, a former congressman ordered to prison for sexting a teenager. >> you may remember this disturbing video of a cheerleader being forced into the splits. several people are now out of jobs because of this incident.

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this was the scene at a tennessee church after police say a man opened fire at this time yesterday morning. 25-year-old emanuel samson is accused of shooting and killing a woman as she walked to her car. police say he then walked into the church and, quote, began indiscriminately shooting. six other people were injured there. a church usher was able to stop samson who you see in the video here after he accidentally shot himself. a vigil is being held for the victims at that church later today. president trump is making changes to his controversial travel ban. the current ban has expired. that one restricted people from traveling to the u.s. from six muslim majority nations. a new ban will take effect in october. it will keep five of the same countries on the list. chad,

the new list. sudan is no longer on the list of restricted countries. there is talk about the future of health care. news 4's edward lawrence explains how time is running out on plans to replace the affordable care act. >> reporter: one of president donald trump's biggest campaign promises faces a critical week. one more plan to repeal and replace obamacare could be introduced for a vote as early as wednesday. >> the republicans have been saying for seven years, repeal and replace and now they have a chance. >> this latest plan put together by republican senators bill cassidy and lindsay graham. >> take the money and power out of washington, the same amount of money we're to spend on obamacare. >> critics say if passed the proposal gives states a chance for a waiver that could eliminate the requirement to cover pre-existing conditions. >> there is nothing in there that protects that person from the state. you're assuming the state will do it out of the goodness of their

there's no legal remedy. >> chuck, there is nothing that takes away preexisting coverage. >> it will be a close vote. several republican senators will come out against the plan like susan collins of maine who says safeguards for americans need to be stronger. >> it is hard for me to envision getting to yes on this bill. >> this is a bad idea. to entice senators on the fence, we're voting no. a revised graham-cassidy plan will be unveiled today giving out money to holdout states. >> president donald trump says if health care does not pass again, he's ready to focus tax reform. he says his plan is already drafted. edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. the word e-mail came up over and over again during the campaign last year and it is back in the news. jared kushner used his private, personal e-mail account to communicate with people in the white house. his lawyer said most of those e-mails included forwarded news

commentary. politico which first reported the story also said there's no indication kushner shared sensitive or classified information on his private account. former new york congressman anthony weiner was sentenced to 21 months in jail for sexting a 15-year-old girl. the sentence was announced in the past 30 minutes. weiner pled guilty in may to one count of transferring obscene materials to a minor. the former lawmaker also became an issue in the closing days of the 2016 presidential election when then-fbi director james comey cited, mails discovered on a laptop used by weiner to justify reopening the probe of hillary clinton's private computer server. senator john mccain survived more than five years of torture as prisoner of war in vietnam and now at the age of 81 he's acknowledging that his brain cancer is very serious and the prognosis is, in his words, very poor. he has the same sort of brain cancer that killed his good friend massachusettsen

kennedy in 2009. mccain told "60 minutes" about how kennedy continued to work after his diagnosis. he argued it's not that you are leaving, it's that you stayed. new this morning we're getting one of our first signals of how the virginia's governor's race could go this fall. there is a new survey out today and it says the democrat is leading right now. according to the lawson center for public policy. ralph north am is ahead of ed gillespie, 47% to 41%. 8% of voters are enough to completely change the race here and the survey asked which issue voters cared about the most. transportation was far and away the lead here and the margin of error in this poll, plus or minus 3.7%. you'll want to use hand sanitizer. if you went to the frederick fair you might have come in contact with a pig who has the flu. the fair closed its pig barn after it discovered 11 pigs had the flu

a child reported getting sick. the maryland department of health says it's rare for pigs to pass on the disease, but just last week at the charles county fair, seven people came down with the flu after coming into contact with infected pigs. so i think it's just standard practice, wash your hands especially if you come in contact with any animals. >> or don't touch the pigs. >> the kids want to be a part of the petting zoo farm thing. >> sheep. >> they might have the same issue. they don't know. >> i don't. i'm just not touching any of them. there's new fallout this morning over the disturbing video showing the colorado cheerleaders being forced into the splits. >> two more adults have lost their jobs because of this. it's hard to watch that girl in agony over this incident here. last week, the school's principal retired and the athletic director resigned. both knew the videos existed months before they became public and they took no disciply

action. the superintendent of schools says not enough was done to protect students' safety in this incident. puerto rico's largest airport is operating, but cleanup and recovery efforts are not going as well as other parts of the island. emergency roadblocks the crews are running into. >> the playoffs start here in washington one week from friday and this guy, bryce harper should be part of the action. that's good news for nats fans. he missed 40 games, but you know what? it's

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reit now, hundreds of people are stranded in puerto rico and they're hoping to finally get on a plane. the airport is back open, but it's barely functioning. hurricane maria knocked out power to the entire island last week. take a closer look at the crowded terminals here. cancellations, delays and misinformation have made it hard for passengers to secure a seat on a plane. sketchy cell service is making it tough to communicate with airlines. they're having a tough time letting their families stateside to know they're okay. gabe gutierrez reports on how people are spending hours searching for basic necessities. this morning from jaw-dropping lines at gas stations to heartbreaking rescues in isolated mountain town, puerto rico is an island in crisis. >> everything's gone. almost everything is gone. ep

completely cut off when hurricane maria washed this bridge away. we saw families wading through rushing water to escape. we rode along with a fema search and rescue team from south florida as it made its way to the central part of the island. greg barhost is a firefighter from miami. he's worked hurricanes harvey, irma and now maria. this is a disaster that's still unfolding in many parts of the island. >> it is. it is and we don't know of it, because we can't get communications with most people. >> in northwest puerto rico, they're inspecting a major dam after finding a crack, but thankfully so far it's holding, while the u.s. military launches efforts from the "usskearsarge," in the mountain town, residents are collecting river water to drink using pvc pipes and then there are the clusters and clufters and morelu

freeways trying to find one measly bar of cell service. >> please call to this number. >> reporter: the crippling communications breakdown squelching any hope of a recovery. >> reporter: the more people we run into desperate to speak with family members either on the island or on the u.s. mainland. it is clear that pouerto rico's recovery won't be measured in weeks or months, in some cases it could take years. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, near san juan, port rick's. back here at home it's a crisp, fall day outside. it feels like -- >> like apple picking and the tree. >> pumpkin spice latte. >> maybe a nice sweater today. >> oh, my gosh. when was the last time -- >> he's being facetious for people who haven't been outside already. he's totally. >> when was the last time you were outside? >> coming in this morning. that was it? earlier this morning and i w

shows. it is so hot. >> it is like the dead of summer. yesterday i went outside and i said what is this. >> that's the thing. it is so humid out there right now and that will continue through the day and temperatures in the mid-80s and we are going to see that humidity with us, not only today, but also tomorrow, wednesday and thursday, as well. we finally get fall weather as we get into friday. let's go ahead and take a look outside. beautiful, not a cloud in the sky and it's a gorgeous day out there and again, it will continue to be like this through the day today and we have clouds tomorrow. fall is returning and again, that will be towards the end of the workweek. maria is still churning out there and we'll show you her latest track and we do not have any rain right now and we're getting a little dry out there and we do need some rain. right now let's talk about these temperatures and 84 degrees in the district and outside the beltway, still in the upper 70s in the shenandoah valley and it will be a warm day as temperatures continue to

degrees. yesterday we were 92 and the day before that, we were 89 on saturday and the average temperature for this time of year is 76 degrees and yeah, we're in bonus territory and definitely feeling like summer and it will be sticky and muggy all throughout the day, but the humidity will drop. we do have the humidity up to wednesday, thursday, it will drop as the frontal system moves through the area and the front will actually give us a big relief coming our way. nothing happening out there right now. there's that front. here's maria. we're going to show you her latest track that just came out at 11:00 and we'll show you that and the ten-day forecast just out in a couple of minutes. great news, they have home field advantage for the first playoff series. they will open on october 6th right here on nats park. bryce harper will almost definitely -- can you say almost definitely? >> no, you can't. >> how aboutss

fingers big time because he is returning to the lineup tonight. the washington post first reported the news a few hours ago. this video is from last week when harper was taking drills on the field. he has a knee injury. >> i think he'll be fine. he's bryce harper and he's healthy enough to play right now. we need him. >> or he'll power through. >> we need to win the world series. >> i agree. we do. >> let's turn to football now. more than 2800 of you entered to win a date with our pat collins to the redskins game last night. lameter deserved it as well as anyone. >> when. >> snoop dog is in town this is his ride. tonight, this is my ride. >> this is my guest, lanitra and her son alex won the contest to go to the redskins game

lanitra is a widow and her husband promised to take alex it a red skins game and he passed before he could do it. lanitra, tonight she's making good on that promise. >> he thought i was playing and when he realized and he came to pick us up in the limo. >> i'll keep a credit card here. >> so not only did they go to the game in a limo and spent a whole lot of money on the company card, but lanitra and pat and her son spent time on the field and they sat in the club seats and the redskins won and they had a memorable experience and you know when you hang out with pat. >> you never know what you're in for. >> a good time for sure. >> good for them. >> not self-driving because you don't like that, but how about hands-free driving? the new luxury car that lets the driver sit back and relax a little. could you get into that? >> we're getting new information on this huge

we have breaking news right now. strong words from north korea's foreign minister. the comments made this morning in new york. he said president trump's words were a declaration of war against north korea. he also said his country has the right to take countermeasures against the u.s.

shooting down warplanes even if they are not in north korean airspace. you may remember the president had tough words for north korea during a speech to the united nations general assembly. the military would totally destroy north korea if it moves against the u.s. 11:31 right now, and people for miles and miles around saw this huge black cloud of smoke this morning and it was caused by a four-alarm fire in south baltimore. the building was unoccupied at the time and loaded with clothes and toys as well as packing materials. firefighters on the scene reported no injuries. it could improve your commute and tonight you can tell those in charge what you think. the plan is to extend the 95 expressways ten miles to warrenton road. the goal is to reduce congestion on that route. tonight there will be a hearing at the stafford high school to talk about thesela

8:00. a huge turnout expected as the city of alexandria looks to rename a controversial roadway. part of u.s. route 1 is named for confederate president jefferson davis as is the case in a big chunk of virginia. the city of alexandria has decided to change the road's name, but it needs suggestions now. tonight's hearing is happening at 7:30 at the dr. oswald durant center in alexandria. people in charlottesville are taking a stand against hate and violence. this time the community is using music to come together. ♪ ♪ >> thousands packed scott stadium for a concert for charlottesville last night. the roots, pharrell williams and the dave matthews band all performed for free along with many other performers. donations were raised to help the victims, families and first responders of the deadly august protest that involved hate groups.

america. meanwhile, at the global citizen festival in new york, stevie wonder highlighted injustice. he knelt on stage in an apparent show of solidarity with professional athletes who had been taking a knee during the national anthem. president trump spent the weekend denouncing the players. the festival aired on msnbc along with comcast universal is a premiere media partner for the event. >> today we mark a watershed moment in the civil rights movement. 60 years ago today the little rock nine integrated central high school. former president bill clinton is the keynote speaker at a ceremony marking that anniversary. you see live pictures here as it gets started. you see the former president on stage, as well. it was september 1957 when nine african-american students escorted by federal troops walked past an angry mob into the arkansas school. three years before, the supreme court declared separate,

america's public schools. >> i believe the governor of arkansas tried to ban the students from going and that's why it made history. these delays have families waiting years for answers. the news 4 i team found the immigration case load in our area has skyrocketed. >> a new case can take more than four years to be heard. our investigative reporter jody fleischer has more on what's causing the crisis in the courts. >> reporter: the news 4 i team found people who shouldn't be here get to stay for years and build a life while they wait and people who do deserve to stay sometimes have family back home in danger while cases face delay after delay. >> people's lives are at risk and the quality of their lives are deeply affected by whether or not they're allowed to stay. >> the president of the national association of immigration judges told us the system needs a major overhaul with more judges and a better way

prioritize which cases should be heard and when. the cases in our area heard in arlington and baltimore have trip tripled in the last five years. >> i think it's a disaster. it's moving toward implosion. >> we spent months with investigate of teams across the country and we found most have to stay than have to leave and it really matters what country you come from and which part of the u.s. they land in. >> a lot of them tell us they fear for their life if they're sent home to their country. >> you'll meet one immigrant who explains what it's like to be caught in that backlog waiting for answers. tonight on news 4 at 6:00 and 11:00. jody fleischer, news 4 i-team. earlier in the newscast we showed you extreme problems people in puerto rico are dealing in north korea. a possible shortage of medications here in the u.s. cnbc will explain the problem. >> and we're keeping an eye on the rising temperature this morning. laur

we were talking about -- >> the possibility of all our d.c. teams could possibly be going to all of the way. can you imagine. >> this is the wishful thinking that happens during the commercial break. >> if only. so let's tell you about this thing. >> yes. >> it could be the next step toward self-driving cars. cadillac is rolling out a new high-end sedan that allows you to go down the hallway hands-free. >> they kicked off a coast to coast road trip in new york city. nbc's tom costello explains how it's going to work. >> welcome to the future of driving. at gm test track near detroit a cadillac ct6 speeds along at 70 miles per hour, but look closely, the driver is hands-free. >> your hands are not on the wheel. >> correct. i' n

aren't on it and the car is driving itself. >> reporter: not just in the straightaways, but in turns and congestion, too. gm has precision mapped 160 miles of freeways in the u.s. and canada that don't have cross traffic, pedestrians or bicycles. keeping the car in position, a forward-facing radar and cameras all around the vehicle. matched with gps tracking, cadillac says it's accurate to within four inches. >> we are able to tell gps why you're at on the road and we can navigate the car with the map inside the car as well as the camera and the long-range radar. >> think of it as a super cruise control that also keeps you from slamming into the car ahead. to test it, i took the car out on the highways near detroit. that's me right there in the white car. it takes a few minutes to get used to no hands. the green light on the steering wheel signals the car is driving itself. so i'm driving hands-free at this point and as the car

going around a bend in the road the car turns itself. i don't need to do a thing. i've just got to maintain eye contact with the car ahead of me and the steering wheel in case i need to jump in. >> a tiny embedded camera watches the driver's face for signs of distraction. if she takes her eyes off the road, a red warning light flashes and the car soon begins to slow. >> the bottom line is this is not an excuse for you to be zoning out, sleeping or watching a movie. >> absolutely. >> that's why we want the driver to be engaged. there are always hazards that come up that aren't prepared for, right? >> it could be an unexpected deer or down tree. cadillac has serious competition among cars with enhanced driver assist systems, per mercedes, bmw, audi and tesla all offer semi-autonomous driving. a tesla driver was killed in florida after slamming into a truck. investigators blameded a lack of driver attention and a lack of sufficient systems sagu

rolling out semiautonomous driving it may only be a matter of time before our cars drive us. >> i want the car to drive me. >> i'm just not into it yet. >> we have control issues, right? >> a little bit. i want my hands on the steering wheel. can't control this weather, though. swinging up and down and back up. >> take the top off the jeep, the convertible. >> enjoy these last days. >> yes. >> of hot weather. not last days period. >> i'm not one of those people. >> i hope that we have more than two weeks of beautiful fall weather. you know how d.c. does that sometimes? >> chuck and i were talking about going right into winter. >> i hope not. >> can you imagine if we're talking about snow next week? we're not. we do have snow across the united states with the frontal system. that frontal system is actually going to move through our area as we get into friday. that will drop our temperature temperatures down, but this is the same front responsible for bringing snow to colorado and parts of

weather behind the frontal system and fall will make its return to our area. one thing i do want to mention because we're so hot and so humid, we have a code orange alert in d.c. for air quality. so just limit your time outside if you're a sensitive group, children, elderly and even if you have heart issues as well as asthma. we get that not in the end of september. upper 7 s and mid-80s and we'll continue to take the temperatures into the low 90s. by 4:00 it will be rather warm and humid out there today and it feels warmer. high temperature, with a few clouds off to the south and west. here's the front that brought snow to areas of colorado and utah. here's maria. so eventually this front is going to march to the east and kick maria out to sea. so let me show you her latest track right here. category 1 hurricane and winds at 80 miles an

miles south-southeast of the outer banks and category 1 hurricane and she'll continue to move into cooler water brought to us by jose, but look at this. she turns into a tropical depression and then boom, she's out of here. wednesday and thursday, we could have a few more clouds, maybe a sprinkle if you're east of i-95 and it could be breezy wednesday and thursday. >> look at our temperatures drop friday and into the weekend. we are cooling down, overnight lows, 40s and 50s. >> lauren, thank you. >> after the break, a light show from space. back here on earth in our studios. a cooking leon from a chef toss

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take a look at that, folks. the european space agency just released new images of the aurora borealis shot from the international space station. you can see all of those beautiful bright colors here, lights extending across the hemisphere. aurora borealis or the northern lights happen when the earth's gaseous particles collide with the sun's charged particles, causing vibrant lights to emit into the atmosphere. >> you're so smart, aaron. >> i can't disagree with you. >> all of that explanation. all right. now my wheel house just in time for the fall season an award-winning chef relocated to d.c. to bri

rigsby and dupont circle. jay caputo, welcome to the show. >> thank you so much. >> d.c. is such a desirable place to work for chefs. what brought you here and what brought you to the area because you worked in boston and rehoboth. >> there are so many new restaurants and so much diversity and cree aft stuff happening and i am happy to be here and bring what i can do to the table. >> what are you working on for the fall menu? >> we talked to our farmers. for a while they've been pushing hard squash and winter squash, but we've been holding them off because it has been 45 degrees. >> what are you doing? >> black sea bass and papillote. >> pre-make it and pop it in the oven so it's easy if you're having a party. >> we will start with leak ragu, leak and

>> there you go. >> so i put it right in there. >> a little bit of garlic. >> slice it like this and not -- what do you call it? >> chop it, but make it small. i'm losing my vocabulary and cherry tomatoes or any kind of tomatoes? >> smells so good in here. >> some salt. >> okay. >> and then we'll add just a little bit of fresh lime zest. i did not think to add that. >> smell it. >> i do like citrus, too. and we are eating fish. we'll add chili flakes and a little spice. >> i wish you could smell it. >> we'll fast forward to the building process. >> i know we're fast forwarding. how long would you cook this normally? >> probably ten minutes until it's nice and soft and the juice comes out of the tomatoes. >> gotcha. >> so what we'll do is we'll take some rice that we cooked and some brown jasmine rice. >> do you a

scallions. >> and we have the ragu. >> it's nice and soft and we'll put that on top. >> this is -- what kind of paper? >> parchment paper? >> wax paper will melt all of the food. >> correct. correct. we have this nice, black sea bass that we'll season with salt. and olive oil. >> do you need to add anything else to the fish? >> just salt it. >> everything else is in the ragu. >> how does this --? we'll fold it over and the idea is that we have to keep the steam inside the bag. so we fold it and keep folding and keep folding. >> and you have to seal it shut. >> we're not going to glue it or anything. >> just keep folding it. you want to do it? >> sure. why not? i'll try it. while i'm doing this, can you explain okay,

easy and it's supposed to be this foolproof, easy dish and how do you make this at home? >> if you're having questions about it at home you probably could brush a little bit of egg white and egg white helps the paper seal together once it's cooked. >> that is the key, right? to seal it shut. for sure, because you want to keep all of the steam and aroma. >> that looks great. >> you pop that in the oven? >> you pop it in the oven for ten or 12 minutes and you'll smell it and it's fragrant and beautiful. and you have this finished plate here. it looks great. just open it up. >> we'll open it for you. >> and here's my question, chef. can you use other fish? >> you can use pretty much any white fish. you don't want to use salmon or something like that. there's so much fat in the salmon and you have this beautifully cooked fish. >> it looks so great. hand me

wonderful, and these are 12 to 15 minutes. >> depends on your oven. if it's convection it will take a little less time. if it's not, a little bit more. >> that is perfect. delicious, chef jeff caputo, that is delicious and something i might try at home. >> thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. >> it smells awesome. i'm coming over there. the employees at your neighborhood target could be a little happier than usual today. th mark herring: my mom always worked hard to provide for our family. at one point, she got fired for of all things -- getting married. that was a lifelong lesson for me: when people are hurt, you need to stand up and do something. and i've never forgotten that as your attorney general. whether it's protecting veterans and seniors from

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prices at the pump are falling. a new survey shows the average price of regular unlead side down 7 cents in the past two weeks to $2.62 a gallon. that's as refineries affected by hurricane harvey have bounced back. analysts expect prices to keep falling in the next few weeks and hurricane maria has halted crucial drug manufacturing in puerto rico which could lead to shortages. companies ranging from eli lilly to astrazeneca are assessing damage. there are nearly 50 pharmaceutical plants on the island and while most have backup power generators, many employees are unavailable. pharmaceuticals account for 2% of puerto rico's exports and 45% of total u.s. drug exports. i'm landon dowdy. it might be a good time to apply for a job at target. the company is raising its

hourly wage from $10 to $11 starting next month and then to $15 by the end of went 20. it was made in the hopes of recruiting top-quality staff. target exceeds walmart's hourly wage. walmart, the nation's largest private employer has its wage set at $10. >> it would make sense. >> to go to the target, anyway "the voice" returns at 8:00 on nbc 4 with a brand-new judge. >> grammy and oscar winner jennifer hudson joins the panel. nbc's mark barringer has a look at how she'll entice performers to join her team. >> chris booth! >> "the voice" is not just an american hit. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: there are versions of more than 60 countries including great britain. that's where jennifer hudson was the winning coach last spring. >> it wasn't fair for everybody else so they brought her over here and now it's not

>> hudson is back stateside not just competing against blake shelton, but adam levine and miley cyrus. >> i'm passionate about it because we're holding people's dreams and destinies in our hands, you know what i mean? hudson should know. >> i have three girls and her own stardom more than a decade ago on "american idol." sometimes it's enticing for the artists to say she's made it and she's had these accomplishments and she started in the same position. >> reporter: now hudson will make dreams come through for you. >> the shoe throwing. >> what am i about to do? >> i've had people throw their shoes at me, too, and it was a compliment, and so you on the voice may see a shoe go flying and it may be my shoe and that's hudson's way of getting equal

footing. >> mark barringer, nbc news. >> you know it's bad when they start taking off their clothes. the judges. >> or good, it depends on what's your perspective. >> which team would you join? >> i beg your pardon? >> blake, adam, jennifer? >> not miley. >> not miley. >> lauren, your turn. >> yes. i don't even know what you guys were talking about. i tuned out a little bit and i thought what is going on with miley's hair. i don't know what you were talking about and people were walking by. temperatures when we leave here it is so warm out there already and the humidity is up and the temperature's at 90 degrees and temperatures will be in the low 80s and we get breezy through wednesday and thursday, but temperatures drop on friday and maria moves out to sea and no big chances of rain. >> we were thinking the same thing, lauren. >> miley cyrus is a wonderful singer, though. >> she's adorable and you don't know. >> she can sing. >> okay. that does it for news 4 midy.

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