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breaking at 4:00, build-a-bear blitz. >> a pleau motion at a popular toy store attracted so many people across the country the retailer had to shut things mawn. >> and angry parents and kids had to leave empty-handed. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins joins us live at national harbor where customers there are a bit more lucky. 's pretty unusual for us to say breaking news and we're talking abo a store promotion. this is something that has impacted people across the united states and canada if you can wrap yournd m around that build-a-bear to this generation and previous generations kee hat the cabbage patch kids to my generation andhen they are giving away for $1, $2, $3 depending on the age of your kids folks are lined up here like at this one. folkin national harbor waiting to get in there and get a build-a-bear that cost as much
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as their child age is. let me show you what it looked --ow it looked at montgomery mall just a little bit ago when folks were told that although they were in that line and in a long line that they actually needed to leave because they had too m people standing in the line, so the people who were in line they were allowed to go ahead and get a build-a-bear and the folks that were told they had to leave, well, that's what they did and there was a bit of confusion here at national harbor. this is what the lines were looking at when they got here. fithey have detely calmed down and before that there were hundreds and hundrds of people who are going up the block from the build aware store waiting to get lined out and we talked out some parents who were allowed to stay in line. unfortunate, so many had to leave. >> it's getting close to his birthday. his birthday is july 26's. nly going have to pay a dollar for a build a bear. >> now do you realize that it's
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cl had had? >> the ewill servirybody here in loin and that's it. >> so the people who an in l now have tickets, and let me tell you something. you cannot be aarent who ge in front of a parent who has a ticket because that's when we get the arguments, but they have definitely got things calmed down here. they even have security here at national harbo the line was so intense that national harbor put up these tents and al water to geto all of the folks who were standing out here waiting to get the build-a-bear that are normally $16, $35, for $1, $3, $4, $5. >> tell you. my daughter was a-b buildar attic. we have so many sitting in the basement of our house right now. kiknow how go nuts over those things. >> all right, tracee, a promotion that worked too well. >> thanks, tracee. fireworks on capitol h still going on at this hour. >> fbi agent peter strzok, an agent who sent anti-trump text
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messages, is being grilled by lawmakers, all of this connectee tonvestigation into russian meddling during the 2016 presidential election. agent strzok has admitted to sending anti-trump text messages. he had been on special counsel's robert mueller's team but was taken off after those messag came light. today strzok vigorously defended himself saying inayo did his personal views affect his work. >> this isn't just me sitting here telling ou don'tve to take my word for it. at every step, at eve investigative decision, there are multiple layers of people above me, the assistant director, executive director, director of the fbi and multipll ers of people below me, fs section chunit chiefs, case analysts, all of whom were involved in these decisions. >> sevel times democrats a republicans got into a sparring match after strzok refused to answer quesreons ted to the russia probe because it's an ongoing investigation. new at 4:00, charges against
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porn actress stormy daniels have now denopped. daniels was arrested after a performance at a strip club in ohio. she was accused of letting a customer touch her on stage which is forbidden by state law. however, this afternoon daniels' attorney says prosecutors dropped the charge m daniade headlines after suing the president following an alleged affair. a man who has been at the helm of a popular d.c. restaurant f f years ishting for his life today. christianbroder is the general manager at millie's in upper northwest. he was shot over the weekend while attending a wedding in atlanta. news 4's mar segraves is live outside where broad's friends and co-workersgre prayor the best. mark? >> reporter: good afternoon. you can see we're in spring vale. that's millie's right across the street there, and today as you lyid his fain atlanta and d.s friends and colleagues here in washington, c. are all hoping for the same thing, that he'll be able to pull through.
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>> 34-year-old christian brodier wasack in hishometown of atlanta, georgia over the weekend attending a wedding at afe capital city country club. it was justr midnight sunday morning broder and his wife along with his brother and his wife were outside the clubw ing for an uber. when a car pulledup they thought it was their uber ride until this man got out of a car, pointed a silver and black handg them and then robbed them taking a cell phone, a purse, wallets and cash. as the suspect was leaving, he shot broder. we spoke by phone to bo blair the owne of the restaurant and broder's brother-in-law. >> frm what i unand christian said something to the effect of, you know, are you sure -- a w you sure yount to do this or why are you doing this and the guy just absolutely just flipped out and, you know, aid oh, so you want to die over
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there and shooi him blank in the stomach and then, you w, ke got back in the car and left. >> atlanta police believe the suspect who shot broder is the same man seen in this surveillance video. police say the suspect carjacked he same car used in the shooting two days beforehand. police are reviewing surveillance video from the country club andnd surrng homes. broder is the father of a 9-month-old girl and his wifeat teechz local nursery school. he remains in critical condition at pa.dmont hospital in atlan can i tl you that broder is in the intensive care unit and a gofundme page has been set up to help their family with medical expenses. i just heard from atlanta police. they tell me they n have be getting tips from the public f er since they released composite sketche suspect. leon and pat, back to you. >> thanks, mark. >> yeah. a food truck driver who hit
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and killed a wife and mother of three is heading to prison for more than a decade. >> a judge sentenced tony dane to 11 and a half years in juison. the crash id a mother and her children. the school bus was converted into a food truck had fauy brakes, had not been inspected, and there was no insurance. northern virginiaureau chief julie carey has new reaction from the victim's family in our next hour. >> four years after the disappearance o relisha rudd police have imagesfhat they believe she may look like now. she was last seen with a janitor at the homeless shelter who later killed his wife and then himself. >> the government is taking a look at the 19 the 5 murder and mute las vegas emmett till, a black 14-year-old kidnapped and killed after allegedly whistlini at a woman and grabbing her. a jury acquitted two men in his
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murder and both later confessed. prosecutors won't say if there's any information but in a new book the wan who accused her of grabbing him admits she lied. >> it was right around this time last year when a little girl got hit by a r after buying canned from an ice cream truck. >> no charges filed yet against the drivon but this after one of the girl's family members is facing charges for an apparent confrontation after the accident. ex that crash along yorktown road ington park in st. mary's county. news 4's chris gordon reports. >> chopper 4 shows the spot where the 10-year-old girl was hit along yorktown road into len park, maryland. the sheriff's office says 72-year-old linda glaser was ice cream suv past an truck parked on the side of the street. >> the child purchased something om the ice cream truck and darted out from behind the ice into the path of the driver of the vehicle. >> a neighbor on yorktown road who doesn't want his face shown
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on camera tells me what happened. >> heard bang, i was in the house and came outside and i realized the little girl stepping out in front of the car and i pulled him fromnder the car. that's all i remember. >> how badly injured? >> more scars than anything, no broken bar >> the driver of the vehicle was assaulted by the 10-year-old family member on scene d that person will be charged. the application for charges has been suepitted. >>ter: both the little girl and the driver were taken to the hospital. i went to linda glaser's home in lexington park and mrs. glaser's husband says she's being released soon? 10-year-oldy of the says she is still in the hospital but she is recovering and they hope she's able to return to her home here tomorrow. that's the lates from lexington park, ma news 4.hris gordon, >> check out this scene he.
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season flowers as far as the eye can see. chopper 4 flying over these fields at the mckee wildlife management area where the sunflowers are pnow atak bloom. >> what a beautiful picture. the maryland department of natural resources plants the flowers each year and harvests the seeds to feed the birds. people are allowed to take h pictures withe flowers but you can't damage them and youn' ca pick them. >> great day to be out there, too, looking at those flowers, sure is. >> will this great day last, great weather last? >> storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper has the answer. amelia, good flower watching weather for us the next couple of days? >> it is,in lo for low humidity to stick around tomorrow and saturday and mainla dry conditio well. on storm team 4 radar i'm tracking an isolated shower and this shower unable to cross the bay. notice it overren your in cambridge and slowly starting to sink south and everywhere else is completely dry and everybody
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is going to stay dry tonight, a really nice evening because thee humidityls are so low. currently we're at 90 degrees but as the sunostartso down with dry air in place we're real going to see our temperatures cool off nicely by 7:00 p.m., temperatures in the low 80s and tmperatures warm and hot by july standards here in washington and a comfortable 76 at0 p.m. as we look to the weekend there's an isolated shower possible on sunday. i'll have more on that, pat, coming up in my full forecast right around 4:15. >> we'll e you then. thanks amelia. president trump's pick for the supreme court introduces himself to the world by talking about women. >> my mom was a trailblazer. i have two spirited daughters. the majority of my law clerks have >>en women. we'll talk withth " washington post" gender columnist about her take on the speech.ua what was he aly trying to accomplish today? >> and commuter concerns after a woman fell halfway down the
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second longest escalator in the western hemisphere. is metro doing anything about it? >> and it wouldn't be an emmy awards nominationay without d
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weekend, but what about next week's all-star baseball game. amelia's got the storm team 4 forecast coming up in three minutes. pat? >> a cwd of riders gathers after a woman tumbles down some of the longesta etors in the metro system. it's video you'll see on news 4. tonight transportation reporter ro about the s m safety of the escalators you ride. >> reporter: the woman seep here in a purple sweater helped to the bethesda escalator which wasn't operating at the time. it was functioning as stairs more or less. she carefully starts to walk down. this is what it looks like from the top of the betts did a escalators. it can be dizzying from den stories down. these are the longest escalators in fact in the western hemisphere. the details about what happed are sketchy. montgomery county a fired rescue says the woman may have been bumped. that's when she fell bad wards went all the way down to the platform all the way down the
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escalator. metro says it doesn't hav video of the actual fall but in this case y can see video of anic ofl being alerted. a crowd gathered near the top of the montgomery county fire and rescue carefully carried the woman up the escalator on a stretcher and to the hospital. they can't say why theto esca was stopped that day but reminds riders to be extra careful. >> always hold on to the railing. >> new safety announcements at certain stations are being made to remind passengers to hold railing. >> we had looked at stations that had particular issues, and that's why we put them there first we're rolling that out system. he >> this episode is a good reminder to always pay special l attention whon the escalators. at the bethesda station, adam tuss, news 4. years after the death of
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13-year-old matty stepanek who died from a d raresease and today the city of rockville honored him on hishd bi. this year governor larry hogan r expanded that statewide effort and this weekend people will come togetherea to s the peace. today stepanek's mother jenni explained how matt was able to make su a an impact during his short time on earth. >> his abstractonpt was let's end war to making it very real, had a way of turning peace intoeconcrete what think what, we say what, we do and how community a >> jenni says she still hears from people inspired by his essage, and if you would like to, you can do your part, come to the peace day celebration in
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rockville saturday at king farm. elected leaders will be there, and also such sorts of activities. >> sh a great way to honor him and spread an important message. >> great story, great story, anm what aning impact. >> yeah. >> what amazing weather today. >> yeah. >> and for theon event saturday the weather is looking really nice. >> good. >> now it's gointo be hot but the humidity levels aren't really going to be an issue. er e a look at your wea headlines as we move through the evening hours. most of us are completely dry, and it's not just dry. it's nice outside. this is a nice summer day in washington, and it stays this tomorrow, and i said and friday. i meant to say and i saturday. lated shower is possible out there on sunday, but most if not all of your s day onday is looking dry. there are some storm chances in orecast on monday and tuesday. currently our temperatures are in the 80s a low 90s. 90 degrees in washington and 88 in frederick and 86 in gaithersburg and 88egrees down in fredericksburg with plenty of sunshine. mainly clear skies overnightto
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ight and another nice start tomorrow morning with sunny skies and a high around 71.re low humidity levels throughout thea we'll hit 90 again tomorrow but it's hot. again, it won't feel muggy a sticky outside. by 3:00 that's when we hit our high temperatures. 7:00 p.m.,our friday night is fantastic. 75 degrees at that point and mainly clear skies so the pool is looking great tomorrow aat day as well. i can't rule out an isolatedr shon sunday, and the best chance looks like the first half of the day, very small. 20%. any pool plans or outd i would stick with them and know in the back of your mind there's a small chance for a shower. oreat time to download the nbc washington appthe latest radar and forecast right there on your phone. if you're getting out ofndtown eading to one of the local beaches this is for the forecast for the maryland and delaware beaches. 82 degrees for a high on saturday. 85 on sunday with plenty of sunshine. nice weather.
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the water temperature is coming inat 78 degrees. and then as we look to monday and tuesday in our area, we have the ml all-star game. we have the home run derby out there on monday, and ten we have the big game on tuesday. unfortunately the weather is not looking fantastic, but it's not looking terrible, either. i think the home run der monday is going to be fine. only about a 30% chance for some thunderstormsown at nats park with a temperature around 94 but, guys, it's going to be humid out there on monday so hot and humid.94 that is feeling closer to 100. on tuesday a better chance for some stormsfor the big game with the temperature around 92 urgrees. now, here's four-day forecast. i'll have the ten-day forecast coming at 4:45. there's an isolated chance coming up on friday with a hive 93 and on monday scattered late day thunderstorms with a high temperature of 94. pat and leon. >> we need that rain. >> thanks, hey melia. >> "game of thrones" roars back on to the emmy battlefield. >> next, we'll tell you who is nominated for all the big
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"game of thrones" roared back on to the emmy battle field. >> it rocked up the most nominations of any show this year, and one of our favorites here at nbc "this is us" didn't do too badly either. >> and one of the stars of the show also got somem big nods. scott evans of "access" joins ith us more on that. aetty big day, scott. >> pretty big day, srling k. brown is a double emmy nominee today, one for "this is us," of course, and then another for guest starring on "brooklyn 99" and he shed his joy with the world as only he can. >> yeo, to the television academy thank you very much for this nomination forest supporting or guest actor in a come series and for best lead actor on a drama series and for nominating my father as well and for nominating our show "this is us." we areall sovery, very excited and honored to be invited to the
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party. thank you very much.f it's o work. i'll see you on the carpet. >> wow, look at him. >> in the lead category for drama he's got some stiff competition there, and up against jason bateman and ed harris and jason reese and his , and jeffrey wright. in the lead actress in drama we have pretty stiff competition. claire foy, tatiana maslani, izabeth moss, sandra oh, kerry russell and rachel wood. >> one of my favorite categoried ctor in a comedy bringing us anthony anderson, ted danson, larry david, donald glover, bill haired and william h. macy. secretly pulling for donald glover though it's not much of a secret. le actress in a come there's pam lar adlan, rachel brans han, alison janney, lily tomlin.
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>> lots of favorites there and ots of people to root for. like you guys said this is a pretty big deal because "game of thrones" returns and in a major way with most nominations in a series 22 which takests overall at all toe 129 beating out "e.r." for the record. that's insane, right? >> that says something. >> you can watch all the winners when they march that stage for the 70th emmyawards airing live monday, september 17th, right here on nbc. >> all right. deal. what's your take on john legend completing the egot? that completely seals your deal as a legend if you get anem y, grammy, os tar acar and too. >> he's nnated for a lead and also a producer for "jesus
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christ superstar" and i'm rooting forim h they need to make a pen gant for the egot and it needs to be whoopi goldberg's face, right. i'll put it right l there,e that's the real -- that's the real prize f i an egot. li rooting for him for sure. >> i'm rooting for him, too. >> he probably deserves it.s, thacott. >> thank you. >> all right, buddy. talk to you later. >> parts say their kids sleep, diet and schoolerformance and other school activities have been interrupted bay video game. >> today there's a brand new season of that violent game that has taken the world by storm. >> after a contentious nato summit in brussels president trump arrives in london today greeted by protests ahead of his two-day
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the fourth of july happened last week, but today saw real fireworks on capitol hill. house lawmakers grilled peter strzok. >> he's the fbi agentremoved from the russian investigation after a seriesf anti-trump text messages came to light. blayne alexander tracking the today. >> reporter: this is the fbi agent better known by his text messages than aything else. today peter strzok had the to chance pubically defend himself dung a ver contentious hearing. >> i'll begin by swearing you rtin. >> rep: fbi agent peter strzok in his own words. >> trump is a disaste o
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>> reportee a top investigator in the russian probe, today forced to read his own text messages that got him esremoved from the igation. >> we'll stop it. >> reporter: and listening to the messages repeated at a hearinged by house republicans trying to prove the investigation was politically motivated before it began. >> "f" trump. trump is a disaster. just we to a southern virginia walmart. i could smell the trumprt sup >> reporter: strzok said the messages he exchanged with fbi lawyer lisa pagenever influenced his official actions. >> you need to understand that that was written late at night off the cuff and it was in resnse to a series of events that included then candidate trump insulting the immigrant family of a fallen war rhero. orter: but republicans not buying it. >> go ahead and confirm on the record that none of that o occurr an official fbi device or on official fbi time. go ahead and do that. >> sir, many of them did. >> o they did. >> the hearing at times so contentious lawmakers laid into each other. >> the gentleman is not
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tcognized. a chairman is not being proper. >> reporter: strzok passionately defending himselfnd the russia investigation. >> it is not a witch-hunt. it is not a ax. >> reporter: and democrats agree displaying posters of the five people ve already pled guilty. and lisa page,ne the attwho is on the other side of those text messages has been subpoenaed t appear tomorrow. that hearing will not be public. >> interesting, very interesting. blayne alexander reporting live. pat? >> a short time ago the miami marlins baseball team suspended ties wi papa john's, the latest fallout over the company's founder's use of the "n" word. john schnader resigned as chairman of the board after admitting to using a racial slur during all conference in may. "fo hes" reportede used the slur during a media training exercise. he stepped down as ceo last year after blaming slow sales growth on nfl players kneeling during
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the national anthem. >> a tribute to two trail blazers in the district. they find their place on a new mural near ben's chili bowl. >> wendy rieg is in the newsroom with more on that coming up. wendy. >> reporter: washington is honoring the stars of baseball when it hosts thel- ar game next week and more on a newal muhat honors mamie johnson and josh gibson and a look at the legacy that these players have left behind. you head to amazon because you think you're going to get the est deal there, but did you know there are certain items that you'll find cheaper whenyo u shop some place else. consumer reporter on what they are and where you'll find them. see you with thosetories coming up on a few minutes at 5:00. >> got i thank wendy, see you in a bit. >> first at 4:00, a community hoing out hope. teenager is fighting for his
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live after a bad crash in fairfax county. he was in the passenger seat of this mangled jeep. w the driv killed. police say 17-year-old conor mcgowan was speeding. news 4's meagan fitzgerald is live with h the community is coping in the aftermath. meagan. >> reporter: we've been talking to people all day, and this community is taking this tragedy really hard, especially these students who went to school wi conor. they are not only grieving his loss, but they are also worried that another one of their classmates won't survive. >> reporter: it didn't take long for the tight knit community to find out this no17-year-old c mcgowan was tagically killed in a car accident. >> i actually heard about it on facebook. >> reporter: police say he was speed when he lost control oraa car anding into a tree and his lacrosse teammates fiting for their life in the hospital. >> we all played sports together. it's just -- it'seabreaking. >> reporter: these pictures were
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taken wednesday night of his classmates and friends coming together onfo theball field at robinson's secondary school, lighti candles, holding one another while remembering conor's life and praying that mmates survive. >> it breaks my heart. it does. i feel sad for hisly fa right now. >> reporter: now counselors were here at the school today for hours for those students who were grieving and wanted to speak with. the principal tells me that they will be back here tomorrow again starting at 10:00 a.m. ck to you. >> pretty tough to get through that. thanks a lot, meagan. >> up next, working for you. health officials fast tracng at-home flu testing. how they worked and when
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four things to know. let's get you caught up thisoo after chaos at stores here and across the country today after parents
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and kids flooded build-a-bear outlets to grab discounted toys. customerso were trying t get their hands on cheaper stuffed bears and waited hours and left without toys aftermp the cny shut everything down. a contentious house hearing continues at this hour on the hill. gop lawmakers are grilling fbi agent pete strzok about his anti-trump texts. he was taken off the mueller team after thext t came to light saying it proves bias in the investigation. strzok says his personal views didn't affect the work. the general manager of millie's restaurant in d.c. is fighting for his life after being shot while attending a wedding in his hometown. a man shot him during a robbery. tips are pouring in after they released surveillance video and gunman. f the suspected and john legend is inching closer to an elite group o actors and performers. he was nominated for an emmy today for his role in "jesus
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christ superstar." if he wins he'll have an emmy, a grammy, osc and a tony and only few people have accomplished that feat including whoopi goldberg and mel brooks. pat and leon, back over to you. >> very rarified air indeed. thanks, erik yeah. thank you, erik the country is just getting to know judge cavanaugh. during his bri introductionon monday he did something that caught the year of local gender columnista >> cavanaughed about women a lot and here are four occasions on which cavanaugh praised the women in her life. >> she overcamearriers and became a trial judge. the president introduced me tonight as judge cavanaugh, but to me that title always belonged toy mom. my wife ashley is a west texan. she owes been a great wife and inspiring mom. i have two spirited ugers. i am proud that a majority of my law clerkshave been women.
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>> "the washington post" gender comnist monica hess calls that list cavanaugh just ran through his female relationship resume. >> she says men list three to five women who are important toa them as way to prove they are on the side of all women. monica joins us w live to talk about it. >> monica, let's talk about you explaining to us exactly why you believe men like javgeaugh do this and the impact this female relationship resume is intended to have. >> well, i think that we're in an era in t post-me, too, era where a lot of men are looking fwirs to signal that they are on the right side, that they are good men, they are men who support women, and the way that a lot of them are choosing to do it is to how jge cavanaugh did it by mentioning women he respects and he believes respect him. >> this isn't limited to you use hollywood in your example writing, quote, watch any of the hllywood actors wanting to come across as
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enlightened on a press junket and you'll hear rise gosling praing his strong mother or others speak of their feminist girlfriend. when was this hollywood started in hollywood and do you believe there's a relationship to the me, too movement? >> i'm not sure it started in hollywood but definitely started th the me, too movement. in this era it's impossible to spend enough time with a man to know for sure what his views are on feminism, o gender rosales, on pay equality and title 9 but what men can do in a few sound myes is to say i really lo mom or have a great relationship ith my daughters, and that's what i think men are doing. they are using their relationships with women as sort of a metaphor for how theyfeel about women in general. >> well, what are you looking for to find out whether or not the response is genuine? >> i think part of my capitol um is there's no way to tell -- part of my column to tell whether it's genuine. it's better for judge cavanaugh
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to have a good relationship with his mom rather than a bad relationship. pro-life men love their mom so if an issue like abortion knowing that judgecavanaugh loves his mom isn't a useful data point. we need to be asking hard questions about his views on issues, not his view on how much he loves the women in his life. >>oi good. >> monica hess, thank you. >> thanks, monica. >> thank you. all right. let's talk about the weather. amelia hates days like this because it's boring to her. she told us yesterday these are boring days beuse there's no humidity or storms or nothing evil out there in theow sky so you're bored. >> that will change, won't it? >> we'll see the humidity build over the weekend and into money. on a day like this as a meteorologist you always find something to look at as f as the forecast goes and kind of nitpick over. today we're deciding. tomorrow we're going to go 90 or 91 degrees so that's the big
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exciting discussion today that we were having putting together our forecast. o current temperatures right now in the upper 80s to around 90. 90 i washington and 87 in college park and 82 in annapolis and, drum roll, please. decided on a high temperature tomorrow of actually 90. i need to update that forecast and we're g at plenty of sunshine out there on friday and another reallynice day. a carbon copy of today. low humidity and no rain chances an far as the pollen report goes, that looking pretty nice as well. trees, weeds and grasses coming in mold spores continue to come in low to moderate and that's the case for the last week. when we talk about humidity we peook at dew point ttures, and i just posted more about his on my facebook and twitter pages. when a dew point temperature is below 65, even bow 60 degrees in the summer, it's amazing outside. typically our deweroint teures would be in the pper 60s to low 70s so this is fantastic. this is refreshing, but somarra,
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wegetart to see ch as we move through the weekend. >> was that 46 i saw in frederick? >> wow. >> exact, reallyomfortable up there. >> crazy. >> that's going to change as we head into the weekend. a few other changes that you should note. we should take a look at a few things you should note. tomorrow and today not a huge difference. not even with theur tempers. we are going to get a little bit hotter over the weekend andid hy will rise. our rain chances, real rain chances are hiding tf top next week and let's talk humidity for a moment. tomorrow definitely comfortage. just warm. aswe head into saturday, humidity will rise just a bit. you may feel a bi muggy at times with the temperatures in the low 90s in the afternoon and going tonightably most humid and even then we're not even oppressive,ljust r annoying and dew points could reach 70 degrees with highs in the low 90s and may feel sticky at times. let's talk rain chances, so we're not really seeing any maj rain chances until we hit bunday, and -- i'm sorry,
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monday. sunday is looking fairly on the isolated side of things. we're going to stay dry a we ride into the weekend and then as we move towards monday and tuesdaythat's when our ra chances are going to go up. tuesday looking a lot more promising, so this is a front that we'll have to watch closely. verall it's going to be an amazing weekend and if you're going out for dinner tonight definitely capitalize on that low humidity and comfortab temperatures. >> going to be nice tonight and tomorrow night as well, and you can see on our four-day forecast there's the high temperature. tomorrow ss 90 degr and humidity levels nice and low again tomorrow. just an isolated shower and chance of showers on sunday. nothing to cancel or change plans over. 13 for a high on sunday. as we look to monday we have a n 30% c for late-day storms and, of course, the home run derby on monday and the big l-star game on tuesday down at nats park. tuesday if you're heading down for the game, definitely keep an eye on the forecast with the hig temperature of 92 and about a 50% chance for thunrstorms
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n tuesday, wednesday and thursday. we return to dry weather with high l temperatures in the 90s. pat andle ? >> thank you, amelia. okay. you know you shouldn't do it, but a study shows that more than half of parents out there use their cell phone while their kids are in the car. researchers at children's hospital in philadelphia surveyed 760 parents about their driving habits, and it turned out a tenrd of the par surveyed say that theyxt read te messages behind the wheel. one in seven admit to checking social media while driving. authors of the study say that re these habits more than just dangerous. they set a bad example. >> they are putting themselves at risk for a crash and potentiallyorisk for injury that child. in addition, they are also modeling unsafe driving ldren in for those c the back seat watching them. >> experts suggest doctors can t help curs dangerous behavior and they recommend pediatricians the dangers of using a phone
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while driving. >> well, you don't have to wait for your community's next drug disposal day. now you can take your leftover opioids or other drugs to cvs as they have opioid containment containers. addicts often seeal from medicine cabinets of family and friends. next, we'll take yu live to london. that's where president tgmp is eted today with protests ahead of his meetings with the prime minister and the queen. jay gray joins us coming up
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president trump is across the po meeting with the uk prime minister and having tea with the queen, but as nbc's jas grows us from london, not veryone there is thrilled the president is in tow
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jay? >> reporter: you're absolutely right, pat. it's important to point first that this trip is being called by the white house a meeting. it's certainly not an official state visit. the president will not address parliament in thest hic building behind us. for the most part and by design the president will be ou of the spotlight during his brief stay here. >> donald trump has got to go. >> reporter: donald tru protests as he begins the second leg of his european tour in london. >> we thin that's ridiculous that he's been invited to the uk, to this country and to be given a red carpetwelcome. the president will meet with prime minister theresa may and have tea with the queen during his two-day visit that will for the most part steer cleaver central london where as many as 100,000 are expected to gather for a march and anti-trump rally. >> poem will send aclear message that his foem phobia, his racism and climate change denial and war mongering are not welcome here.
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>> reporter: the president brushed asple thened demonstrations this morning as he left the nato summit. >> and i think they like me lot in the uk. >> reporter: instead focusing on what he calls a win in brussels afteranding other member countries contribute more to the group's defense fund. >> by the time we left, got along and agreed to pay more and they agreed to pay it more quickly. reporter: but winning over londoners. >> we want to emphasize the childish way that trump is leading a nation basically. >> reporter: may prove a bit more difficult. now t stop here is considered by most a bridge between the nato summit and his controversial meeting monday with russian president vladimir putin in finland n.london, jay gray, live for new4. >> right now at 5:00, a build-a-bear blitz. massive lines for a promot sale so successful it shut downr
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the stes just hours after it started. h it's crazy ere. >> how the stores in our area dealt with this rush. >> commuer concerns. a woman falls halfway down one of the longestscalators ohe east coast. what metro is doing to make sure other riders are safe. >> fireworks on capitol hill. >> let me be clear unequivocally and under oath. >> reporter: the contentious as back and fortawmakers grill an fbi agent at the center of a text message controversy while raising questions about the credibility of the russia probe? "news 4 at 5:00" starts now. >> and we're going to begin with that chaos in local toy stores all because of a popular promotion. >> the build-a-bear retail her to shut down stores because of long lines. >> the scenes the same you a cross the country from kansas city to florida. >> parents had to wait for hours and others left empty-hand.
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prince george's couty bureau chief tracee wilkins has more on he seen at national harb there. >> we'll have more on that in just a second. >> right now let's get to the hearing that project the shouting matches between lawmakers on capitol hill. peter strzok, the fbi agent who has become a political hot rod over the ti-trump text messages that he exchanged with the fbi lawyer. he appeared h before theuse judiciary and oversight committees today. erika gonzalez in the newsroom with closer look. >> peter strzok oversaw the hillary clinton e-mail investigation and got dismissed in the early stag of the special counsel's russia probe after the ig revealanti-trump texts. those messages sent between strzok and lisa npage, fbi lawyer with whom he had an affair. republicans sized on those texts which strzok called hyperbole that needed to be put in context. among them, q,

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