right now on "news4 midday," we'll take a look at the mess the would-be thieves left outside nats park. what the thieves used to pull the atm out of the wall. new information on the fire that caused this damage to three different homes. and a warning it prompted firefighters to send out this morning. and a beautiful fall weather pattern setting up just in time for your weekend plans. i'll show you which mornings you may want a jacket. good morning, everybody. i'm erika gonzalez. and we have breaking

a west potomac higdownh schofte receiving a threat. but the school just tweeted out that it doesn't appear to be credible. >> police are on the scene of that school in the alexandria section of the county. all students are safe. that's what we can tell you at this point. we'll continue to keep you updated throughout this hour. and, of course, through the nbc washington app. and if you're heading over to nats park for tonight's game, you'll notice something missing. an atm machine. >> oh, boy. this video is from early this morning when police found the atm torn from a wall outside the stadium. news4's megan mcgrath is live at the park to explain how the thieves tried to steal it and who police are looking for. so whose bright idea was this, megan? >> reporter: i don't know. it remains to be seen. they are still on the loose. if you're headed to the game tonight, better have cash on hand because this atm, you can see it right here behind me, it's a mangled mess. you're not going to be able to use this. now, this is the atm that is just to the

field gate. and thieves tried to steal it early this morning. they used a stolen u-haul in this attempted heist. they weren't able to call it away here. here's the video from earlier this morning with everything still on the scene. it was about 5:30 this morning when an alarm went off here at nationals park. that's when people started to realize something was amiss. police say four men were involved and it looks like they backed into the atm using a u-haul. we have learned that that u-haul truck was stolen. it actually had quite a bit of damage to the bumper, so it looks like they were backing up into the atm damaging that bumper. and you can see that they actually were able to take the atm off the wall. it's down on its side, completely mangled, but they were not able to get it into the truck. something distracted them or frightened them. all four of the men according to police actually jumped into a pickup truck and fled

and investigators are still here on the scene. they are clearing things up but not quite there yet. they are piecing together what happened. lots of cameras in the area. that's one piece that they are going to be looking at, hoping that they have some video and still pictures of the people involved. back to you. >> we have seen this sort of thing happen before. as it relates to tonight's nats game, what will they do, have people go to another atm on the other side of the stadium? >> reporter: yeah. you can see by the damage to this atm, it's going to be out of commission for a while. this is not something they are going to be able to easily repair. it was ripped out of the wall. the machine itself is completely mangled. so definitely if you through the center field gate, this is the machine that is out of service here. it's to the left of the gate. just stop somewhere educational on your way. as for the road closure here, it is just the little section in front of the atm still closed for the time being. looks like they are trying to ve

once they do that, they will patch things up. and no doubt, this area will reopen. >> great insight. thank you, megan. >> you have to have cash for when the beer and peanut guy comes around. let's talk about the big weather change. this is go to work with the windows down kind of weather. >> yeah, i mean, when i step out the door at 3:00 in the morning, it was in the 50s. but seems like it is sort of making a sheena? >> yes. we have clear skies. we barely have any clouds. you have to look way in the distance to see a couple clouds here. sunny skies going throughout the afternoon. 67 degrees in washington. we'll be around the mid-70s to low 70s this afternoon. so a cooler day today than yesterday. we are in the 60s, though, for the entire area. everyone sitting just at about the mid-60s. 6 t 64 in gaithersburg. perfect weather to get outside and exercisf

or if you are eatingou're out t. 4:00 p.m., 75 degrees. low humidity very comfortable. even by 7:00 p.m. with temperatures getting ready to go back into the 60s. coming up, we have a cool fall-like weekend forecast. i'll show you which mornings, you're going to want a jacket, that's straight ahead. >> thank you, sheena. we just learned two people are without a place to live after smoking on a deck caused this devastating fire. chopper 4 gave us an exclusive look at the scene on mackenzie drive and haymarket earlier this morning. one man was inside of the townhome. it has just minor injuries, but the cost of the material damage is estimated at just below half a million dollars. and those two adjoining townhomes are also damaged. and in a news release by the fire department, an important reminder, before you throw out butts and ashes, douse them in water or sand. and

over new evidence that may help ashanti billy and found braids and a piece of clothing. so look at this new photo. the fbi just sent us this, billie's driver license picture showed us what she looked like 11 days ago when she disappeared. her hair is in multiple twisted neighborhood where billie's car was discovered last weekend. her phone was discover in a dumpster, too. and her family is still hopeful she's alive. >> the thought is always there, but i have faith in my god that he's going to bring her home to me. >> we want to show you billie's face again. there's a $20,000 reward for information to help find her. we are following a developing story out of radford this morning where police are investigating several reported stabbings near radford

late last night on lawrence street just a few blocks away from the university student health center. we are told the suspect is described as a black male wearing blue shorts and black shirt with backwards-facing ball cap. no word how badly the victims were hurt, but if you know anyone on the campus, you're urged to stay in groups. ever get the sinking feeling when going out to find your car, we talked about this recently, and it's been towed or booted? >> i've never been booted, but i've been towed several times. it's a horrible, horrible feeling. but there's a new app coming out in the district that will send you either a text or an e-mail before that happens. before you're wandering around trying to figure out what happened. news4's amy cho is live with details on how this tow and boot alert system works. what about it, amy? >> reporter: hi, chris and

erika. if you park in a tow-away zone and you have the misfortune of being towed, your car could be any number of places. now, sometimes those towing companies will take your car to an impound lot. sometimes they just tow it down the street. but with this new alert system, finding out where your car went could be as easy as just checking your phone. it's the site no driver wants to see. but if your car has been registered ahead of time, you'll also be seeing something like this on your phone. it will tell you your car has been taken and where. sometimes it could be as close as a few blocks away. >> yeah, i would freak out if my car were towed. but i think i would be comforted to know that it's near wherever i left it. >> reporter: you won't get the notification until ten minutes after the towing has happened, so not enough time to run outside and prevent it from happening. many drivers agreeing there's a new system that could be a good thing. is this something you would ever use? >> well, hopefully i won't need to use it, but i think it's

progressive thing, sure. very helpful. >> absolutely. if someone has a car towed, receiving immediate notification is wonderful. >> reporter: the new system bringing peace of mind an otherwise stressful situation. and if you want to sign up for the alert system, i've tweeted out a link. aimee cho, we are live in tinley town, news4. it is time for our kids to get their creative juices flowing and d.c. is on board. the kennedy center for performing arts is teaming up with d.c. schools. the program is called ensuring the arts for any given child. >> washington, d.c. has been selected as the 25th site for the kennedy center's insuring the arts for any given child. >> basically, this program is going to help communities implement arts education programs in their own schools. w

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two straight days of massive and dangerous rock falls at yosemite national parks have left two people dead and mountain climbers stunned. a huge chunk of granite came off el capitan on thursday, even bigger than the piece that fell off on wednesday. the second left one man injured. the first killed a british man and injured his wife. the wife of the man injured in yesterday's rock slide said they were traveling away from the park when it happened. >> yeah, she heard it coming and vividly recalls what happened next. >> we were trying to outrun it, it was like, go, let's go! at the same time, my husband reached up and was like, oh, my head, my head. >> rachel says the rock shattered their car's roof and injured her husband. she saw he was bleeding and paramedics were able to air lift m

and we expect president trump to take the podium within the next few minutes to speak at the national associations of manufacturers board meeting here in washington. as you might expect, he'll tout the new tax plan. the white house released excerpts that suggest he'll talk about the importance of boosting domestic manufacturing. president trump promised to drain the swamp. and now one of his cabinet members is paying the american people back. health and human services secretary tom price apologized yesterday for using private planes 24 times on your dime. politico reports price cost taxpayers more than a million dollars in travel since may. yesterday price said that he would write a personal check to the treasury department to reimburse taxpayers for his seat, his seat on the planes. julia

announced she has breast cancer. she's calling e t kind of insurance and support system some women don't have. celebrities and every day people all over the country are wishing her well. former vice president joe biden sent her a message references her iconic hbo character and tweeted, me veeps stick together. jill and i, and all the bidens, are with you, julia. as you drive down 95 you may have seen the enormous c confederate flag flying. no plans to remove it, though, because it is on private property. now a woman says she'll fly a new flag. the woman got approval to fly a 50-foot black lives matter flag from the pole. it will be large enough to be seen from downtown fredericksburg. she adoptd an african-american girl and says her life matters. >> to me she's my daughter, but when she steps out

accepts and values her. >> she has six months to build the flag pole and needs $25,000 to pay for it. when it comes to selecting a new name for jeb stuart high school, the superintendent of fairfax county schools says there's no easy answer. last night the board reviewed five options. the community decided a name change was needed because the school's namesake was a confederate military leader, even though variations of the name stuart earned the most support in a community vote. many spoke out against that. the school board will vote on the new name late next month. you've heard the warnings with kids back in school, stay alert as you drive, but despite the push, there's been another spike in cases involving distracted drivers. in the i-team, scott mcfarland started to dig into what is going on. >> reporte a

state police records obtained b information act show officers in maryland stopped at least 26,000 people for driving while distracted in the state already this year. that's up from 3,000 this time last year. and the rate is increasing over the past month even after school was back in session. a news4 i-team investigation last month showed a growing number of these incidents near school zones. 1400 drivers pulled over for driving distracted near schools in montgomery county alone last year. we also found the increasing problem on the highways including on the icc where we saw drivers over 70 miles an hour with phones in hand. were you doing what they say you were doing? having a phone in your hands? >> uhh -- yes. >> reporter: did you know it was against the law? >> i did. >> reporter: you did know? >> i'm very careful all the time. >> reporter: police are trying special enforcement to stop those

year. scott mcfarland, the news4 i-team. you'll be able to get from here to tokyo in an hour if elon musk has his way. the billionaire innovator unveiled plans for a new rocket on instagram. i mean, it looks cool, but musk said the vessel would both take off and land vertically. the cost per seat would be about the same as an economy plane ticket? the rockets would also be able to bring satellites into orbit and take crews to mars. musk says most earth routes would take about 30 minutes. that's nice, elan. can you come here? >> call me skeptical. >> can you come here and do something about traffic in d.c.? i mean -- >> dig one of the big tunnels, i think he's trying to dig a big tunnel or something. >> the big picture is nice but let's simplify that, please. it seems like we report on stuff like this every day, data

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store itself. amazonusareot connected. every day inhi newsroom folks around here go shopping for their shot at caffeine, but today folks across the country will be sipping on coffee for national coffee day. >> and we all know that coffee can be personal. some people like it black and others load it up with cream or sugar. so we asked our coworkers here at news4 to see how they took their coffee. >> i was never a coffee drinker, but then my wife started turning me onto skinny vanilla latte ven tirk venti. >> i like my coffee black with about a teaspoon and a half of turbinado sugar or natural brown sugar. no flavors, just the pure taste of the beans for me. >> forget coffee, at this point i would take anything with caffeine in it because i have a couple little ladies who don't really sleep t

>> well, i've got to tell you, ever since this first came out, sheena parveen has been on a coffee shade for the frilly silly coffee drink. >> i was like, he's one of the fancy people. >> the ones you have to wait behind. >> yes. >> she outtalks us all. i don't do sugar but sheena takes it black. >> i'm two cups before i leave the house can dunkin donuts original creamer, no sugar. but if i go to a restaurant -- >> a low maintenance girl. >> yes, but i don't add anything else to it. if i go to a restaurant and they have a little creamer, then i have to make sure they have the turbinado sugar. i pack it in my purse because sometimes restaurants don't have it. but i don't order $7 coffees. i don't do that. >> my either. >> i will just do regular coffee. so the bottom line is, don't be erika's server anywhere you serve coffee. >> or don't get behind

a coffee of the day with room for cream, that's it. >> that's all you need. i mean, a lot of people do like the fancy stuff. because starbucks has so many options and you wrap up in it all. >> we are transitioning from the iced coffees to the hot coffees now with the weather. >> and the pumpkin everything. >> because it is so nice outside. every now and then, yeah, the weather is good for that. especially this weekend. many mornings this weekend, you may want to just sit outside with a light jacket on and some hot coffee. it's going to be perfect for that. we do have jacket weather in store for the weekend. cooler weather today than what we had yesterday. we had fall weather all across the weekend. and it looks really good for any plans. off lot of things going on this weekend and some mornings where, i think, many areas will be in the 40s. right now it's 67 degrees in washington. 63 in winchester. 67 in annapolis. and gaithersburg, 64. we'll be getting into the 70s. 75 for a high today. some of the suburbs may stay in

sunny d ay andhere's future weather. so as we go throughout the day, we stay dry but later on tonight we'll have another shot of cool air moving in. so we could have a couple isolated light showers with it, not too late, though, early tomorrow morning we're waking up to temperatures in the mid to low 50s. by the afternoon, more clouds around, a cooler day tomorrow. we could see a couple showers to our north and west. the d.c. walk for animals is storm as well. it starts at 11:00 a.m. at yard's park. temperatures by 5:00 p.m., 69 degrees. we also have shirlington oktoberfest starting at 6:00 a.m. we'll have temperatures in the mid-60s. look at sunday morning, 51. many suburbs in the 40s. nice into next week. we'll look at the ten-day forecast coming up. when it comes to feeling good on a friday, pretty hard to top the next story. just

bit emotional justit >> a little boy from montgomery county got a surprise of his life when his navy dad showed up at school. >> daddy! >> hey, buddy! how are you doing? >> the kid is fine, the dad is like in pieces. his name is matthew foreman and surprised his 5-year-old son cameron at his school yesterday. the teacher told his kind kindergarten class that a guest reader was coming. and you can see the surprise on the little boy's face. there's not a dry eye in the house. he was gone for almost eight months. >> it is when all the guys in the room are going, man. these allergies. >> you got something in the eye. >> you're killing me. >> beautiful story. >> he's been serving on the uss baton for eight months. great to see him hold his son again. and a new warning out this morning abo t

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illespie's plan to cut taxes for the wealthy could cut virginia school funding, too. ed doesn't stand for education. we're following breaking news, the u.s. is warning americans against travel to cuba. this is a new warning coming after some m

the u.s. also ordering more than half of its personnel at the havana embassy to leave the island. and right now a massive naval medical ship is getting ready to depart from norfolk to help with hurricane relief efforts in puerto rico. the usns comfort has 500 beds and several hundred support staff. it's the same ship that helped after the earthquake devastated haiti in 2010. meantime, the situation on the island remains desperate. millions in need of food, water and fuel with no way to get it to them. >> and to make matters worse, thousands of shipping containers packed with essentials are stuck in port because of the communications breakdown. here's nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: this morning at san juan's main port, critically needed supplies and shipping containers are getting there and

>> we have not scaled up quick enough. >> reporter: russell who coordinated military relief efforts after katrina said maria is a bigger challenge and the trump administration is not doing enough. >> we have to do better than we did now, otherwise we won't get this done and more people are going to suffer. >> reporter: but the white house says there are enough resources on the ground, including 10,000 federal relief workers and 7200 troops. >> our message to the incredible people of puerto rico is this. the president is behind you. >> reporter: overnight the president tweeting fema and first responders are doing a great job in puerto rico, massive food and water delivered, docks and electric grid dead. acting homeland securities secretary elaine duke is flying into puerto rico today. >> i am very satisfied. >> reporter: at the cruise port, we saw mounting frustration, thousands of evacuees standing in sweltering heat for hours waiting to board a royal caribbean cruise ship headed

flor g to new jersey for days to see her kids. >> you literally cannot get off this island. if this ship didn't show up, i wouldn't be home until the middle of october. >> reporter: and pitbull is sending his private plane to help those with cancer on the main up land. the hospitals themselves are waiting for fuel. >> right now the island is working 100% dependent on power generators. the power generators are not built to last forever. >> reporter: it's not sustainable. >> it's not sustainable. >> reporter: the army is helping to deliver diesel to the hospitals. and a three-star general has been ape pointed to oversee the military relief effort. president trump tweeting this morning that puerto rico's governor has said that the federal government has delivered. the president also tweeting that, quote, big decisions will have to be made as to the cost of puerto rico's rebuilding. gabe gutierrez, nbc

juan, poourts truerto rico. folks in northern virginia are doing their part to help people in puerto rico. a group of strangers took to social media to begin selecting supplies to send to the island. they call themselves united for puerto rico. and among them are a few loudoun county sheriff's deputies working on their own time to be able to help out. the puerto rico air national guard is taking those items to the island later today. and it looks like woodmore town center is up for sale. somewhat surprising when you consider it's the most successful shopping center in prince george's county. in fact, woodmore is one of the most profitable shopping centers in the country anchored by a nordstrom rack that just opened a few weeks ago. dave chappelle has earned all kinds of honors, but this afternoon mayor muriel bowser will award him a special award of gratitude and it

at his alma he's taped an episode of ne comedians with his buddy. he's performing at the warner theater a string of sold-out shows. >> very cool. here in town, it's the final weekend of the production to the the gala hispanic theater about dueling men fighting for women and honor that ultimately leads the man to murder. here with me is the star of the show from spain, thank you so much for being with us. >> you're welcome. >> wow. so i have seen a number of shows at gala, but noun with this kind of a story line. what can audiences expect if they head out this weekend to see the production? >> well, first of all, it will be pretty exciting. maybe that's the main word. and i think that they are going to lift the

reason. when i go to the states, i work to communicate or express this to the people. because you are human and we have the art to serve between our human behaviors and feelings. and for me, they are going to be very exciting after the show. because they are not going to be indifferent. >> so you play the villain in this production. have you ever played a villain before? and did you find it difficult to play this role? >> i always thought that i'm like a good guy, you know? because yeah, in the theater place and on movies, i don't know why they see me like a killer, a murderer. i don't know. >> that's the type that you play? yeah. >> yeah, yeah. but i'm learning every day to play a villain. >> look at

ght. >> all of these pictures, these are from some of the recent nights at gala. this looks like, you know, just a very -- it's a darker, it's a more sinister production. but in the end here, i think he loses a lot, but he also has an opportunity to gain more than he bargained for. can you tell me about that without giving too much away? >> it can be a little bit transparent. but maybe some of the audience will think that he loses, but maybe he win, too. but he plays a character in his life as a killer, a bad guy, but maybe at the end, he can find some of his humanity. and maybe that is the love, he finds the love in a woman. and maybe that's a way to

but he -- there is opens for him in a love way n a romantic way. >> i'll be there this evening. thank you for your time. and you can have the opportunity to see don juan this weekend for the last time at the hispanic theater in spanish, english subtitles. >> this weekend is shaping up to be a big one. there's another event benefiting the human rescue alliance. part of the fun, a

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. we have to tell you about some breaking news that could affect a lot of you out there right now. a truck has caught fire on the outer loop of the beltway. >> and so it looks like emergency personnel have the scene contained, but this is -- when you look -- oh, gosh. there's chopper 4 showing you how bad

outer loop of the bel is closed. this is just a single vehicle, one truck that apparently crashed and caught fire. there's not another vehicle involved here, but look at these backups. >> yeah, the actual incident is right at the split to 270. so just past route 355. but again, miles of backups. that entire outer loop is still shut down right now, so as this goes on, this is something we're obviously going to stay on top of. all right. we'll switch gears now to turn things to the weather. beautiful now. now we're talking. now it feels like fall. >> i will say, if you are stuck in traffic, roll the windows down and take advantage of it because you may be sitting there for a nice time. >> roll the windows down. >> yeah, if you needed a jacket this morning, you will need one tomorrow morning and sunday morning. many in will be in the 40s. look at the beautiful conditions. look at the calm wind, low humidity, 67 degrees.

today. temperatures are running mostly in about the mid-60s right now across the area as we go through today and even as we go into tomorrow. we're looking at pretty nice conditions for today. 75 for a high temperature. morning low on saturday, 57 degrees. saturday afternoon and now early saturday morning in the overnight hours, we could have a couple isolated showers. but by saturday afternoon, breezy winds, 70 degrees. that will be the next shot of cool air. then on sunday, 71 for a high after morning lows around 50 degrees. many areas will be in the 40s. next week, though, the fall weather does continue. now, we have a lot of events going on this weekend. weather looks really good for it, too. we're talking about dryer conditions. maybe a few more clouds around as we go into your saturday. but all in all, it looks really good going throughout the weekend. next week, we do have another warm up coming. we'll be watching some potential 80s returning into the forecast. and maybe a chance ofn

go into next weekend. but hold on to the jacket throughout the next few mornings with temperatures very comfortable for this time of the year. guys? >> lovely. i guess we'll be putting the jackets on, taking them off, but at least for the next few days it will be very fall-like out there. >> it will be great to head out to the farmer's market this weekend. so how about other fall activities as we head to the break? hi, i'm social media editor britney johnson. it will be a beautiful fall weekend in the d.c. area. and fall means pumpkin and apple season. so we brought it, a list of locations to check out apple farms and pumpkin patches from u-street to germantown, maryland, and butler's orchard to farms in virginia. a lot of locations to visit. all you have to do is search apples and pumpkins and the app for more

we are going to update you about the breaking news we told you about the school on lockdown for some kind of a threat. >> we are told the threat was not credible, so an update there for you. with all the germs running through the schools, you know how hard it is to make it through the school year without missing days, but attendance does matter. >> yeah. news4's molette green spent the morning at the d.c.'s campus for a very special celebration. she's working for you in the community with why attendance is so important to the students and staff.

d.c. this is a pep rally, right? celebrating good attendance numbers just in for the year of showing they are already at 96%, up from last year doing great things. we're going to talk to the principal now, kimmy husbands, about just what it is that is making the difference. because the challenge system-wide is to figure out how to get kids in the seats every single day. and you have figured it out. two key areas you have pinpointed on. >> two key areas. we support attendance in different ways. we provide wrap-around services to families to identify whether the barriers that rim pacting the family and then helping them to combat the barriers. it can range from attendance to transportation support. even before care services. and any favorite is celebrating the successes of our families. so we look at success in the individual where kids can earn timely tickets. >> timely

>> every day they come, they earn this. and then if you are picked at the end of the week, you can pick a prize out of the treasure box. and then we have the highly coveted class seat attendance for the month. so classes earn this with the highest attendance. >> reporter: they get the banner to display. >> and complete brag rights outside of their classroom. >> reporter: that's how it works. love it. keep up the good work. the goal for this year is to get to 97% attendance rate. and they are well on their way here at langdon education and langdon elementary school in d.c. they've got a t-shirt they gave me to hold on to because i'm very proud of the scholar warriors here at langdon elementary school, right? [ cheers ] they have a hashtag we have to chant about. because what happens here at langdon? attendance matters! i'm molette greenn

d.c. at langdon elementary ho student, teachers, the whole community is wrapped around this school. that is the latest, back to you. [ cheers and applause ] well, we have beautiful weather. i'm right outside the studio with perfect weather for the weekend. we have a lot of stuff coming up. it will feel like fall. we have the d.c. walk for animals. we'll talk about it this morning. matt williams from the humane rescue alliance is here with me. and what is the d.c. walk for animals? why is it so important? >> it is an annual event we have done for many years and a great event for folks to come out to support us, you register and get a t-shirt and come out on saturday to yard's park and you register, then you get a chance to walk your animals for a mile walk around the area there. all the proceeds benefit the programs and services we provide to the animals in the district of columbia. >> reporter: and there's beer involved, right? >> there's beer involved later, yes, we'll get to that, but we are fortunate to have

magazine, for the wiener 500. >> reporter: shanna darlene is here. we are talking about the wiener 500. what is it? and what is it benefiting? this is after the race, right? >> the wiener 500 saturday 1:00 to 5:00 where the walk for animals ends is where ours starts. we have 96 wiener dogs racing head-to-head. all the registration fees are donated back to the humane rescue alliance. so it will be a super long furry-filled day. and there's going to be beer trucks, food vendors, animal vendors, a lot of great prizes. there's going to be a lot of costume contests. >> reporter: this is amazing and perfect weather to get out for this. we want to show you what the wiener 500 is, by the way. we have three dachshunds here with their owners dressed up in halloween costumes. look how adorable. this is really what goes on. okay, they are going to race now, pick your favorite. i'm going to pick dracula in the middle. he's just a baby.

are you guys ready? should i do a countdown? okay, ready? three, two, one, go! oh, no. ah, that was adorable. this is adorable. and you bring your animals, you dress them up, and the wiener 500 is after the walk. >> yes, the walk starts at noon. you register at 11:00. walk starts at noon. then stay for the wiener 500. it will be a great day. >> reporter: this is amazing. thank you so much for being here. make sure to head out to the d.c. walk for animals followed by the wiener 500 and dress up your dogs. and if you have a cat on a leash, can you bring a cat? >> all animals are welcome. >> reporter: bring your ferrets. we have more information on the nbc washington app. thank you, guys. >> thank you. >> reporter: they are saying hi. >> we could be back here playing a drinking game. how many times she said the wiener 500. >> if you were doing shots every

you are under the tab sy to bri. >> on a leash. on a leash! oh, lord. okay. can you do? >> sheena is going to be back. we're going to river a little bit about that. we'll have a final look at the weather. and we're going to get an inside look at this year's d.c. design house. it's bigger than ever. and if you're planning a visit, don't leave the house without looking up the tour.

the tenth annual washington design house opens its doors this weekend. it's a show of gigantic proportions. >> it is some 27,000 square feet. so it's a little smaller than our homes. it has multiple bedrooms, baths and kitchens. we are taken inside the estate fit for a princess. ♪ >> caller: like a palace from a fairy tale, the entrance with this cascading stairs could have seen a princess tripping and losing a shoe. inside the dazzling chandelier above would make jewels sparkle as guests drifted below. past the dining room, now set for a formal dinner. but before going into dine, the princes would peek into the drawing room to see if friends were there.

hall she would slide on marble floors beneath the vaulted ceilings to find the library. designed for the likes of a princess who might favor blue. in this case, it was inspired by lady brooke astor's apartment in new york. even the leather covers of the books were handpainted in blue and stencil in gold. can you imagine her sitting in this room? >> i can. because she also loved dogs and i love dogs. so one of her quotes is, if you love to read, if you love books, and if you love dogs, you've got it all made. ♪ >> reporter: the library connects to the lady's retreat, a room hung in antique scarves. the inspiration, grace kelly, who would one day become a princess. >> there was a scene from "to catch a thief" where she's driving along with this amazing scarf blowing in

>> reporter: and whatouened roo cages with missing parrots and chairs with missing cushions? and doorways that go nowhere. ♪ it may be a fairy tale palace, but every house can use this room. >> princess would have loved the powder room. she would have loved this one. >> reporter: and might a fairy tale princess head off here to sleep? maybe not. our princess issing are too m h fun to sleep. >> actually, it is fit for a king. >> reporter: outside in the pool house is the perfect place for a princess to rest up for a big night ahead. >> she can take a nap on the cabana. pull the curtain closed and have privacy. >> reporter: gorgeous. the

princess fairy tale could be yours for a cool $10 million or so. furnishings extra. >> the show opens tomorrow and runs through tend of october. and sheena is back from the wiener 500. >> sheena? are you there? >> yes, were you laughing about my cat on the leash comment? >> sheena is not happy with the hands on the hips. >> here's the thing, if i don't say it, the cat people get mad. if i don't say a ferret on a leash, people with ferrets get mad. i have to include all animals. today is 75 across the week. and cool mornings are looking good. perfect for the fall festivities if you guys want to head out. >> like the wiener 500. >> we have to get cats in for the wiener 500. >> the wiener grand prix. that's it for "news4 midday." thank you for joining us. >> we're going to be back on the air this afternoon. >> we hope so.

have a great weekend, everybody.

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