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news 4 today starts now. >> good morning. right now only on news 4, a man recounts what he's calling a nightmare experience. what happened that has him still shaking. plus, a driver hitting a man in the street. it's the first saturday, the event happening on opening weekend at the wharf. >> welcome in on a saturday morning, the 14th of october. >> i'm here with my buddy david
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we want to go to lauryn ricketts because it looks like summer is lingering. >> it'll linger through the weekend. we are looking at temperatures on the rise. yesterday, it was dreary. it was cool. temperatures only in the 60s. then the weekend, a little taste of summer. welcome to your saturday. we have a little fog to start the morning. see the top of the washington monument at this point. there will be patchy fog around the region. that sun is coming up. again, the sun is not coming up until 15 minutes after 7:00. getting later and later. look at the fog. that's our tower camera. temperatures in the low 60s. north wind at 7 miles an hour. we'll continue to see a light wind through much of the day today as you wake up this morning. clouds around. we could have a little bit of drizzle. i saw a little bit of drizzle especially if you're east of i-95, around baltimore, around annapolis. you may wake up to a wet patio or some sprinkles on the car as you get in this morning.
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in the morning. once the clouds clear, that's when we'll start to see the temperature bump up. the question is, when do these clouds clear? we'll talk about the day time highs today and how warm we'll get for your sunday. that'll be in a few minutes. guys? >> thank you, lauryn. a trip to the lawn on a day off from work turned into a day one client says he'll never forget. >> this isn't the story you've likely heard before because the alleged victim in this case is a man. he is sharing his version of the painful day on camera, and hopes this is going to help others. his lawyer sat down with jamari stone for a story only on news 4. >> you know. >> reporter: merritt was sexually assaulted inside high gloss nail and beauty spa in washington, d.c. >> just an innocent day off turned into a nightmare. >> reporter: a lot of victims of
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traumatized and don't want to show their faces on camera. why are you letting us know who you are? >> it is about coming forward and holding people accountable for their actions. >> reporter: he walked into the spa and got a facial and a massage last february. he say >> i wanted to look younger, healthier. >> reporter: he tells me hun put a tea bag over his eyes, blocking his vision. after that, he was sexually assaulted. he yelled at him, put on his clothes and called police. according to the court documents, he was charged with first degree sexual abuse of a patient or client. he pled not guilty. an employee told us he was unavailable and we were unable to reach his public defender. hired attorney filed a lawsuit next ay
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under sale. >> i'm going to be a victim not in the shadows any longer. >> reporter: a trial date is set on february 26th of next year. meanwhile, we'll let you know if there is a response from the civil lawsuits. shomari stone, news 4. meanwhile, this man worked at multiple massage envy locations in the district of prince georges county, and four women say he inappropriately charged them. he was charged for two claims. massage envy says he no longer works for the company. let's turn to metro which is responding after a story you saw first on news 4. this involves a man who says an attack on the green line did not get the quick attention it should have. that incident that happened on the green line headed toward branch avenue. he says for 30 minutes, a woman sitting behind him assaulted passengers. the man says he saw the woman punch, kick
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so he presses the emergency button, the red one, to get help from the train operator. he says the help did not come until six stops later, when police showed up. when he asked a metro employee about why help didn't come sooner. >> his response was, i should have been more of a man and done something about it myself. >> metro tells us it took police ten minutes from when they received the call to arrive at the branch avenue station. they're trying to figure out how long the attack was going on. we continue to learn more about the crash that took a man's life. prince george's county police say an suv driver struck and killed a man last night. this was the scene near a shopping center on central avenue in seat pleasant. if you look at the video, you can see the roads were wet from the rain. police say the conditions may have been a factor in this tragic crash. >>
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reconstructionists working hard to piece together everything that happened. yes, when you have a combination of rain and it is dark, unfortunately, you do have things like this that occur. >> our news th4's darcy spencer was at the scene and said there were a fraternal order of police plates. the driver stayed on the scene and is cooperating with investigators. a home making perspective buyers think twice. the story behind the flag and who may have put it there. restoration and recovery. we'll take you to puerto rico as they continue to pick up the pieces after hurricane maria. and what nbc is doing
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pence told puerto ricans they would not be left alone during the recovery, president trump seemed to backtrack from the promise, saying he may pull federal disaster relief from the u.s. territory. this morning, most of the island still without power. many don't have basic necessities. we're talking about things like water. trump also said this week fema and first responders cannot be in puerto rico forever. the san juan mayor said that was, quote, unbecoming of the commander in chief. a programming note on nbc. tonight, a star-studded concert. a lot going on here. this is a telethon, as well. benefitting the victims of irma and maria. telemundo will air it. it'll feature some of the biggest superstars in entertainment. jennifer lopez, maroon 5 and more. >>
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the wharf waterfront for the first time this weekend. there are a number of things happening there over the next few days. take a look. today, there will be more music and entertainment throughout the day. white ford bronco will headline. tomorrow, there is a blessing of the wharf in the afternoon and a performance by the howard gospel choir followed by fireworks at sunset. >> good time. all right. going pumpkin picking this weekend? i'm actually doing this. we'll tell you what to do before you head out there. we also have an nbc news exclusive. we're looking into former rnc chair reince priebus and the russia prob the e.
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maybe if you're out and about working on the fitness this morning, or this afternoon or this evening, looking good. clouds gradually clearing as we continue through the day. temperatures mild, although it may be a little humid into the afternoon. the good news is, we're going to be dry today. how the rest of your weekend is shaping up and the next work week, the summertime temperatures? yes. i'll show the forecast coming up. >> ricketts, see you then. this next story is crazy. if you go to sell your home, you might want to take a look around the neighborhood. what you see right here in this photo you're about t
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images, a confederate flag. there it is. put up on a home in arlington. a man tells us his stepmother put her moment on the market when all of a sudden the neighbor hung this flag. the homeowner refused to take it down. the realtor tells us neighbors are worried about this. >> people were very concerned. they were nervous about living next door to someone who would have the flag hanging. >> there's amy right there, reached out to the owner yesterday and did not hear back. the flag has since come down. the home next door is still for sale. this next story will show how emotional and chaotic things became inside a fairfax county courtroom. i was there as deputies escorted the judge and the man accused of killing a muslim teen out of the
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there, more than 100 supporters of hassanan made their voices heard. >> justice for nabra. >> torres is charged with second degree murder in the death of the teen. prosecutors say more charges could come. he is accused of killing her in june when she was headed from a mosque in sterling during ramad ramadan. her father yelled at the man during the proceedings, stood on a bench and lunged toward him. >> my daughter think about other people. but today, she's not with me. i lose her. >> many in the muslim community fear nabra's death was a hate crime, but police say she was killed after getting into an argument with a boy part of nabra's group. details this morning in the russia probe and whether the country meddled in our election. president trump's former chief
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interviewed by the special counsel leading the probe. priebus said the former chief of staff met voluntarily. he resigned from his post in july. before that, he was rnc chair. nbc news exclusive about another person once close to trump, his former campaign manager, paul manafort. manafort appears to have much stronger financial ties to a russian oligarch than we first thought. the investigation reveals $26 million changed hands in the form of a loan between a company linked to manafort and a billionaire with close ties to the kremlin. the total of the known business dealings is around $60 million over the past decade. manafort resigned three months before the election following improper financial dealings which he denied. tomorrow on "meet the
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interview with ohio republican governor john kasich and will also be joined by ambassador to the united nations nikki haley. there is a dispute over the time line of the massacre in las vegas. mandalay bay says six minutes didn't pass between the shooting of a security guard and the barrage of bullets on the crowd. the sheriff is sticking to his timeline. he said paddock shot a security guard at 9:59 p.m. at 10:05, paddock opened fire above the concert. different times had been given about when the guard was shot, raising questions about why paddock wasn't stopped sooner. the sheriff responded to the criticism, saying that he's offended by accusations that police did not do their job. he choked by tiears as he spoke about his officer's heroism. >> sustained a substantial wound through his shou,
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into his chest and out his back. and the reason why i bring this one up, he asked me if he could go back to work today. >> wow. it is expected to take several months before authorities will release the autopsy of the shooter. researchers at stanford university plan to study his body before it is returned to the family. the wildfires in northern california continue to rage on this morning, overtaking thousands of acres of land. we have learned the death toll continues to climb. at this point, it was 34 people have been killed in the wildfires, including a 14-year-old boy who police say was trying to evacuate the area. however, firefighters are making major gains against the blazes.
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so if there was a fire at your home, would your kids be able to escape? the make safe happen program has tips. have your family find a safety spot, some place near your home, a safe distance away, should your kids have to go there alone. officials want for you and your family to have a plan, of course. we've got all sorts of resources in our nbc washington app, all part of fire prevention week. search fire safety. i know you were doing a lot for fire prevention. >> yeah. the theme this year is every second counts. history has shown you have two to three minutes, which is a commercial break. we can't get much done in two to three minutes. to get out of the house safely. >> yeah. >> what we've done on nbc washington's app is we've put a bunch of resources, including pictures of how to make your family escape plan. you can go there, type in fire
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every room. very, very important. lauryn ricketts tracking our forecast today. a little warmer. >> ready for summer to return? >> sure, why not? do we have a choice? >> what else are you going to do about it? we are looking at some warming temperatures, not only today -- i mean, yesterday was cool, breezy, drizzly and dreary. we have a nice weekend ahead. welcome to the weekend. outside, not too bad out there. a little fog over the washington monument earlier this morning. that's making visibility, of course, low across the region. you'll be dealing with that as you make your way out the door early this morning. temperatures, 50s and low 60s, due to the extra cloud cover around. temperatures didn't fall too much too far last night. you can see the visibility is down a bit in the region, especially once you head off into the shenandoah valley, less than a mile visibility. average is ten. again, we are taking those down a little bit. all right. running errands as we get to the
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afternoon, temperatures will be in the 70s. we will gradually get some sunshine. the question is, how much sunshine can we get before those temperatures go up? we need the sunshine to get the temperatures up. now, i have the temperatures in the mid to upper 70s. you may be waking up to sprinkles east of i-95 this morning. other than that, dry thanks to high pressure in charge. grab a light jacket because it is going to be on the cool side. we will have gradual clearing. we'll get sunshine later this afternoon, after 2:00. temperatures top out at mid to upper 70s, and we'll warm right on up. look at this. tomorrow, touch of humidity out there tomorrow. we'll start with sunshine and increasing clouds. we'll have evening rain chances. this is sunday. look at this. frontal system comes through, taking our summer-type weekend weather. we could have a few showers early monday morning as you make your way to work. just a few. rapid clearing on monday. breezy late sunday into monday. here we go. sth
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meet gabe smith, gonzaga's first african-american graduate. sitting in the gonzaga church, known as st. al's, seemed the best setting for our conversation with gabe smith. after all, it was a desire to become a jesuit priest that brought him here in 1950. >> i asked him if i could become a student, and he said, sure, and i'd need a good latin background. >> the father helped him enroll in the all boys prep school. >> before i knew it, i was here at gonzaga. >> you have to remember, this was four years before the supreme court's landmark ruling that led to the desegregation of public schools. looking back in yearbooks, gabe stood out. he says his classmates and teachers never made him feel different. >> it was like, he
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another guy. so you just carry on as usual. >> when he wanted to go out for football, gabe remembers other schools threatening to boycott playing against gonzaga at the thought of them having an african-american on their team. the coach stood by gabe. >> he was the main one who said, hey, we're going to -- we'll play our game somewhere else. but, gabe, if you want to be on this team, you're going to be on it. >> gabe really is the foundation from a historical perspective on which every african-american student and every student of color and, frankly, the rest of the school, period, stands. >> on saturday, the school will honor gabe smith. his name now enscribe e inscribe football field. >> i love that our boys are able to look at a living example of someone who faced adversity. he provides hope for all our boys, black and white. >> gabe never became a priest, but he is thankful for
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jesuit who changed the faces of dp gonzaga for the better. >> they did what they felt was right. and you can't argue with that. >> david culver, news 4. if you're on i-street today, you're going to see a big gathering during the football game, in particular. during halftime is when they're going to be officially honoring gabe, unveiling the portal with his name on it. well deserved and really cool. >> what an opportunity to sit down and talk with him. i know, you know, one of our biggest challenges as a reporter is we can't get all the stories in in the time allotted. >> he was a humble guy, too. there are a lot of people celebrating hispanic heritage month. >> we're doing it here at news 4. this morning, stick around after "news 4 today." we have a 30-minute special dedicated to hispanic culture. we'll showcase the amazing folks who live right here in our community. our special airs right after this broadcast. it'll be at 9:
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co -- he is coming forward so other victims can speak out. most of puerto rico without power. most folks don't have access to the basics, like water. president trump has threatened to pull first responders from the u.s. territory, saying its power grid and infrastructure were a mess even before the deadly hurricanes hit last month. at least 34 people have been killed in the devastating wildfires in northern california. that includes the death of a 14-year-old boy who was trying to escape the flames. firefighters are making ground though against the blaze, but the fire continues to burn. >> announcer: "news 4 today" starts now. >> hey, welcome back in on this saturday morning. i'm david culver alongside angie goff. >> that's right. we want to start things off with your weather report because a lot of people doing things, going outside. i know you're pumpkin picking today. >> with the nieces and nephews.
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group, it's us. sorry. >> too warm to wear flannel. >> good advice. lauryn ricketts, maybe a taste of summer here? >> yeah. it's not going to feel like pumpkin picking weather. the average temperature is 73. we're going to surpass that in the afternoon. not until the afternoon are we going to surpass that mainly because we have the cloud cover sticking around. a lot of fog, as well. the top of the washington monument covered in some fog right now. visibilities are down quite a bit. look at the picture behind us. that's the camera tower -- tower camera view. there you go. 63 now here in the d.c. area. visibilities are low across the board. be careful as you head out and about. i do expect the fog to burn off as we go through the noon hour. we'll get the sunshine and the temperature will go up. how high will the temperature get today and tomorrow? we'll talk about that on the ten-day forecast in 15 minutes. >> thank you, lauryn. this morning, a business dealing with the aftermath of being broken
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finding the person who did it. police sent news 4 this surveillance picture, of the person of interest pryi ining o the door. the business was broken into at 4:20 in the morning on tuesday, along 26th street, a few blocks from george washington university hospital. if you recognize the person in this picture, please contact police. and this is a warning before you gas up this weekend. surveillance cameras catching cooks in action in cam springs. the heist takes ten seconds. the silver bmw pulls up next to an unlocked car, a man grabs something from the seat and takes off. we've seen this before. prince george's county police say the thieves struck four cars this week. lock your doors even when you're standing next to your car. >> they move quickly. the family of murdered pregnant teacher lauren wall
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is pressing for charges. the suspect, her boyfriend, won't face charges for the death of her baby. she was shot to death this summer. autopsy showed her baby was 14 weeks and not viable outside the womb. her boyfriend could have been charged in the separate death if she were further along. freedom to an american canadian couple kidnapped in afghanistan five years ago. joshua boyle talking to reporters after he and his wife landed in canada yesterday. he says while in captivity, his wife was raped and infant daughter was killed by taliban extremists. the couple also has three young children who returned with them. nfl hall of famer is warning those of you paurrents who have kids who play football. they want you to be aware of the brain injury dangers before you let your kids hit the field. harry carson and o
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players joining brain injury experts on capitol hill yesterday. some house democrats are looking at ways to possibly make football safer. a number of studies have shown that brain injuries from football can cause long-term damage. carson says it is not just the nfl. >> high school athletes, college athletes who never even got the opportunity to play in the nfl, but there's another group that sometimes we don't really think about. those are the soldiers who are -- have sustained post-traumatic stress disorder and post concussion syndrome. >> good point. remember, this is a hall of famer. at the hearing, he told lawmakers he wouldn't let his own grandson play football. president trump has started to take some dramatic steps to unravel two major obama-era achievements. kristen welker explaining how the most aggressive move cuts off key health care
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dagger to obamacare. scrapping a key subsidy to insurance companies. >> we're going a different route, but in the end, it'll be effective and maybe even better. >> reporter: now the u.s. government will no longer provide money to insurance companies to help pay for health care for low-income americans on the obamacare exchanges. some 6 million people. the non-partisan congressional budget office says the move could leave one million people uninsured and increase premiums by 20%. >> the money is going to insurance companies to prop up insurance companies. >> to help lower income people. >> it is going to insurance companies to lift up their stock price. >> reporter: jeff who suffers from chronic asthma has obamacare and worries the premiums will skyrocket. >> my concern is losing the subsidies in the next year and potentially having premiums go up. >> reporter: democrats leaders blasted the move as poi
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sabotage. some republicans lashed out. >> low-income people are going to have a very difficult time. for some it may be impossible. >> reporter: the president appears to be getting closer to his campaign promise to reveal obamacare, but still no sign of a replacement. yesterday afternoon, issuing an executive order that will allow insurance companies to sell cheaper policies with less coverage. >> for you to be absolutely irresponsible to pull health carraway from citizens who currently have it without making sure there is a replacement plan in place. >> reporter: for some of mr. trump's supporters, it is a campaign promise kept. >> he is doing the right thing. you know, obamacare has hurt so many people. >> kristen welker there. so they say a picture is worth 1,000 words, right? this couple may have more when it comes to this wedding photo. >> we'll tell you the story behind the mas whenks
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looks like love is rising above the smoke in northern california. an oakland county who planned a dream wedding in wine country had to make last-minute changes because the wildfires. look at this. some of their wedding photos after the family used social media to find them a new venue and vendors. even their wedding planner had to cancel because her home was destroyed by the fire. the couple said at the end of the day, it didn't matter where their wedding happened. >> the mask you saw them wearing were brought by the guests to stay safe from the smoke in the area. if you weren't in the line of fire, so to speak, you could see it billowing, smell it. wow. >> they were determined to make it happen. >> they did. the weekend is in full gear. see how you need to dress to start your saturday when "news 4 today" continues. if you're counting calories going out to eat this weekend, we have the skinny
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cnarrator: ed gillespie and i wants to endis ad. a woman's right to choose. ed giof a woman'sd put thpersonal decisions,rge not women and their doctors. as governor, ed gillespie says, i would like to see abortion be banned. if ed gillespie would like to see abortion banned, i would like to see i would like to see i would like to see that ed gillespie never becomes governor.
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the "today" show is next. >>let g let's get a preview fro sheinelle jones and craig melvin. hey, guys. >> coming up on a saturday morning on "today," we're live in california's wine country, where the death toll is rising once again from the horrific wildfires there. this morning, more bad news for residents as winds are expected
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we'll have the latest. also ahead, we'll take you to a military facility in arizona that looks like a graveyard for old war planes. how they are bringing new life to the more modern military planes. and hack or wack? a viral video showing how to make it easier to make a peanut butter sandwich. will it make life easier? some online saying, not so fast. we'll get into the debate. >> those stories and more on a saturday morning here on "today." have you seen this pb and j hack? >> crustables, that's what it is called. >> that is the trick. it's already done for ya. >> pop it in the microwave, ten seconds. >> even better than that, just bring it right here. >> see you in a bit. speaking of food, take an inside look at the calorie counts on the restaurant menus. how accurate are they? jeff
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some of the nation's most popular restaurants. now one of the biggest chains in the country actually changing its menu because of the results. >> reporter: from sit-down restaurants. can i have the grilled chicken parmes parmesan. can i have the chick-fil-a chicken sandwich? so many of us watching what we eat, relying on the numbers to be right. thank you very much. in my new book, "rossen to the rescue," i reveal my embarrassing struggle with weight, spilling all my secrets. how i shed nearly 30 pounds. but still weigh myself every morning and feel the judgment, like millions of americans. i read the labels closely. let's see just how accurate they are. the rossen reports team fanning out, going to some popular spots. whenever i come to the cheesecake factory, i do all the time, i always order off
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skinnylicious menu. they're all 590 calories or less. we'll see. we scan the menus. >> can i get the chicken sandwich? >> reporter: ordering low-cal dishes. >> i'll do the barbecue chopped chicken salad. >> we dump the food in containers. >> wish i was eating this right now. >> and send them off to a certified food testing lab. where these food analysts get to work, weighing and testing each sample. and the results are in. at the cheesecake factory, the menu listed chicken potpie at 590 calories or less. our dish, only 460 calories. under. over at outback, the roasted c . at
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chopped salad at 600 calories. our dish, 384, more than 200 calories less. >> what do you make of the results? >> consumers are being tricked. >> though they're lower? >> even if they're lower, it means they might also possibly be higher in other situations. and the consumer isn't getting what they think they're getting. >> reporter: that's exactly what we find. at shake shack, the single shack burger, 550 calories on the menu. our burger, 571 calories. slightly over. chick-fil-a, the chicken sandwich, 440 calories on the menu. the one we tested, 473 calories. over. at applebee's, the shrimp wonton stirfry, 630. our meal, 677 calories. over but not terrible. the biggest calorie buster, red lobster's brownie overboard. the
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the lab results come in at a whopping 1,230 calories, 530 calories more. >> that is extreme. that's the amount of calories in a meal for many people. >> reporter: we reached out to the restaurants. shake shack didn't respond but the others did. chick-fil-a telling nbc news there is natural variation in calorie counts and other nutritional information and each sandwich may differ based on factors like the size of the chicken breast and the amount of bred i breading. applebee's saying they have programs to maintain consistency, saying they regularly conduct sample testing across the country in an effort to improve. red lobster saying they strive for consistency. telling us, we appreciate you bringing this to our attention, and our results are already making a difference. red lobster immediately revising their menu, saying, we have changed our
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information on this item. >> if the calories are going to be there, they should be accurate. >> i'm sorry. if you are ordering that sundae, you get what you ask for. for the record, those of you wondering, the cheddar biscuits, 160 each. the problem is, i eat like three of them. >> yeah. then another second and take a whole bunch home. >> jeff and his team tested one dish from most restaurants. >> i've never seen lauryn ricketts so focused on a piece. it is like revealing grades. >> i know. i was taking out my feed. nothing important. i need to hear this. muggy now. i mean, we've been dealing with humidity, too. >> just a little bit of humidity. it's not going to be that bad. i mean, a little humid. makes it difficult for
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>> how you dress your kids. >> good call. >> picking them up at the end of the day. >> shorts and t-shirt weather. mid to upper 70s. sunny skies and it'll be warm. the angle of the sun in october is not quite as bad as it is in the dead of summer. you're not going to get the heat building if you're outside too long. again, temperatures in the mid to upper 70s. we'll get the sunshine by the afternoon. this morning, dress the ideas in a jacket. temperatures in the 50s or 60s. definitely shed the jacket by this afternoon. again, just a touch of humidity. we have a little fog out there. improving conditions as we continue through the remainder of the weekend. more summer like. average temperature at 70 degrees. p 80s tomorrow. we have a touch of rain moving in late tomorrow night. then fall returns. again, maybe a little jacket out there this morning. temperatures in the 50s and low 60s. once we get some sunshine tha
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the temperatures will start to respond. you can see there's low visibility, north and west of town especially. be careful when you're driving out and about, especially with the wildlife out there. again, temperatures staying put into the 60s. i'd say at least until noon. if you're headed to the remember vance fe -- renaissance festival, it'll be muddy and then dry and sunny. one of the last weekends to do it. taste of anandale, bring the sunglasses. the car and antique show also looking fabulous. east of i-95, maybe a few sprinkles on your car this morning but that's it. 78 is our day time high today. clouds slow to clear but they will. this for your sunday. we are looking at some nice conditions for your sunday but increasing clouds and a slight chance of a few showers moving in as we get after 7:00 or
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lingering showers 7:00 a.m. on monday. temperature drops sunday to monday. we stay cool and dry as we continue through next week. >> ricketts, check this out. this is what it looked like as the town mural was paninted. time lapse of the work. you'll see the finished piece. mural says, south of the town. referring to the neighborhood as being the highest point in the city. >> love that. something you might want to check out this weekend, this gallery of art reopening on the mall after being closed two years. it is hosting the asia festival. also a light show. >> beautiful. the area mom with her costumes. >>
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if you follow me on social media, you've probably seen this picture i reposted. you probably never saw this at your bus stop. a northern virginia mom is officially one of the coolest moms around. she appears in costumes at the bus stops every day. the family tradition goes on the entire month of october. she creates them herself from stuff around the house. all of the family, obviously, gets in on the deal. you can follow her on instagram @bus stop
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she's been doing this for years. it started as a way to boost her son's self-esteem at the bus stop, because he was worried about what he was wearing. she went all out and all in. >> feels like something you'd do. i feel like i could see you out there at the bus stop. >> if i didn't work mornings, you know. jerry brown is set to visit sonoma county today. the county has been hit the hardest by the wildfires, devastating the state's wine country. at least 34 people were killed because of the fire damage. follow the nbc washington app for updates throughout the day. president trump threatening to pull first responders from puerto rico, saying its power grid and infrastructure were a mess before the deadly hurricanes hit last month. 49 people are dead following the two powerful storms. a virginia man says he was sexually assaulted by a d.c. massage therapist. rr
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february of last year. we're working to learn more on this deadly crash here. prince george's county police say an suv hit and killed an unidentified man last week. the driver stayed on the scene and is cooperating with investigators. t-shorts -- t-shirts and -- >> what do those look like? >> i was going to try alliteration. t-shirt and shorts for the saturday. it was better in my head. >> and on sunday, too. mid 70s today. >> i'm done. >> mid 80s tomorrow. >> stay here, angie. >> see ya. >> don't leave us. we'll be back in 45 minutes. i think angie wl be here, too.il
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good morning. breaking overnight, danger on the horizon. furious winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour today. expected to make those brutal northern california wildfires even worse. the death toll climbing to at least 35. thousands of homes and buildings destroyed as body camera footage is released of officers helping people caught in the inferno. >> sir, you have to go! >> we're live on the scene. dismantling obama's legacy. reaction pours in overnight to president trump's plans to erase the obama era, from de-certifying the iran nuclear
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