thanks foroining us this morning. hate to sound like a broken record but we're in weather alert mode again. >> we're talking about some stormsnce againoving into our region. we have the gray conditions out there right now. we wil continueo see the gray conditions through much of the day today. might be even a littleit into your saturday. you can see we're not seeing the rain out thereight w. not that heavy rain that we saw this time yesterday. we are seeing a few isolated

sctered showers. isolated light showers off to the west. some of the heavier rai stays offer the eastern shore. now we widen out this view, we still have the train of moisture king its way from the south and pushing right into the north. into the mid-atlantic. we'll continue to see this flow of warm air ande moist moving right into our area and that's going to trigger a few showers and thunderstms as we continue into the afternoon. a flash flood watch for hierybody because i don't we're going to get a break tonight. in fact, i do believe we're going to keep rain showers as we sbhe head into the overnight as well. this goes for everybody. it's not going to take much t see flash flooding around the area once we get into the afternoon. we'll time out the storm and look at the weekend. we'll talk about that comingup. now to some breaking news that's making national

headlis. this 12-year-old girl is still critically missing this hour. she's a tourist fromch a. she disappeared yesterday morning from reagan national airport. we have the latest on this urgent search. >> reporter: good morning. just a few hours ago we got an update from police and new information cam first of all, investigators seem to be backing away a b littl from using the term abduction. they call this a case of a criminal missing juvenile. we're hring more about an encounter that she had a couple with new york cityevefore she came to our area. the search continues. police releasing new information this morning about an encounter that she had with an asian couple before arriving in washington. she was approached by man and a woman while sightseeing on the

groundsf the world trade septemb center in new york city. >> it appears there was some familiarity. right now believe that the contact up in new york is nnected with the contact here. i can't go to the extent to say it's the same persons. that's something that as we speak we're working on and trying to identify. >> reporter: she was captured on surveillance cameras with woman inside the terminal on thursday morning. she was traveling with a tour group from china and waiting board a plane to the west coast. >> the students were given their passports and she separatedro fm the stating she needed to use the restroom. she then met with an asian female who were still trying to identify. appears to hav changed come clothing and left the alterm >> reporter: investigators believe they got into an

infinity and drove away. police are also looking for the man in this photo seen with the female suspect outside the terminal just before the woman connected. investigators say they may also beooking for a third person, man, who may haveeen driving the car you saw there in that surveillance picture. lice say they hav located ma's grandfa in china but not yet sure if she has any relatives in the united states. >> all right. so many questions still to be answered. we're ao following breaking news from southwest virginia. all that rain over the past few days put the city dam in risk of failing. officials say if theoe dam d fell, the water could rise to 17

feet in seven mautes. here i map to show you where this is happening. investigators think a former employee intentionally setire al's country kitchen. now jessica pool facing charges of arson and reckless endangerment. police say she was recently fired from al's. 100 firefighters battled the flames that ripped through the diner yesterday morning. the fire spread to a chine restaurant and bridal shop. residents were forced to fortunately, no one was injured. four people are without place to live after a firroad he fire in d.c. this morning.

investigator say fire started f first floor and spread to the upperors from there. we're learning a lot more about a security scare that shut down several streets around t u.s. capital. officers were doing parking enforcement checks when they found an unoccupied vehicle with a gun inside. the capital police zernlsearche vehie and discovered ammunition and other items. 's no e been told the connection to terrorism. we're trying to make sense of a mixedgessage com from the white house this morning. just hours after president trump's national security team shared details about russia's efforts to meddle in the midterm pection. thesident called it a hoax. traci potts has more. >> reporter: president trump's nationurity team united. >> our democracy itself is in the cross hairs. >> reporter: the fbi, nsa, homeland security and headsf national security and intelligence all convinced russia isargeting november's

election. >> we continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by russia to try to weaken and divide the united states. >> reporter: hours later, a different message from the president. >> now we're being hindered by the russian hoax. it's aax ho >> reporter: despiteesussian prent vladmir putin admitting he wanted trump to win, the president tells supporters. >> i'll tell you what, russia is very unhappyn. that trump that i can tell you.ha >> reporter: will he tell the russia special prosecutor. the trumpti legal team trying to work out questions for a possible interview. collusion, yes. abinstructi obct obstn, no. >> i think it's a bit of public posturing. >> i don't think the prosecutors need him because he is obstructing in plain sight. he'sommunicating openly. >> reporter: the president's lawyer, rudy giuliani, says they will decide whether he will do that interview in the next ten

days. that decision wil include whether the president answers questions in person, in writing, both or not at all. tri potts, nbc news, washington. witnesses are back on the stand in day four of paul manafort trial gets under way. the former trump campaign chair is facing tax evasion andoney laundering charges. bhis lawyerslame his former business partner rick gates for those crimes. gates is kexpected to testify before the prosecution rests. a judge will decide what happens next with the mansion murders in northwest d.c. he's accused of holding his wife and son and housekeeper hostage. he murdered all four and set.he home on fi there's dna evidence that connects went to the scende nse attorneys want to

introduce evidence suggesting someone else may have been involved. prosecutors say they need to reveal who that is before the trial starts next month. the d.c.niper resentencing hearing could be put on hold. virginia attorney general has asked the supreme court to block an order that grant's lee boyd malvo a new sentencing hearing. he was sennced to four life sentences. ten people were killed. many others wounded. malvo was 17 years old. last week an appeals court ruled he should be resentenced under the new rule of punishing juveniles. his sentence already complies with those rules. e're getting new details on a deadly park shooting that happened las november. the family of the man killed has filed a 25 million dollar lawsuit against park police. the family says more than eight

months after the crime, they still don't know the names of the officersnd who shot a killed their son during a traffic stop. he was unarmed during the time and today's family got emotional while talking about their son. >> he was my son. my best friend. my football buddy. by movie buddy. my teacher. he was the joy of my life. >> fairfax county police have leased dash cam video of the shooting but the justice department a the fbi have not commented any further. >> she's been missing now for more than two weeks. now the search for an iowa college student is taking a turn. we'll thiare new infortion justma l

> the woman w climbed the statue of liberty on the fourth of july will be in court today. she separated from the group and climbed on to the base of statue. the island had to be evacuated for hours until crews could get herdown. she's facing multiple charges ccluding trespassing. nikolas cruz irged with

killing 17 students and staff memberst marjory stoneman douglas high school. the focus of today's hearing, whether releasing cruz education fileis violates right to fair trial. he could face the death penalty if convicted. also learning a lot more about the dproei igrowing scand involving irwin meyer and what he knew about allegations of domestic abuse against a member of his staff. morgan radford has more. >> i believe he knew. he chose to hp the abuser. >> reporter:mi courtney sth says for years her ex-husband physically abused her and believes his boss knew abo it and did nothing. he put on paid leave after text messages and photos surface raising the possibility that he knew about the domestic violence accusation three years ago and

didn report them. smith seays she filed multiple police report, including one in 2009 that reads the defendant grabbed the victim by her t-shi t-shirt, picked her up and threw her into the wall. the victim is pregnant with smith's child. she didn't press charges. she spoke with watchstadium.com earlier this week. >> i was pressured by his family and irwin's attorney. i was told if you don't drop the char charges he's never going to coach again. he's never hit you before. >> reporter: in 2015, she texted photos of her bruised and bloodied body to mieier's wife who wrote back just want you to be safe. do you have restraining orders. you should tell her. >> reporter: college football writer w broke the story says

smith also shared her abuse with the wives of multiple members of the staff. >> i think they will be able to prove that he knew about the domestic violence incident in 2015. >> reporter: smith has never been charged with domestic abuse. his attorney say he wants to set the record straight in court saying once he get his chance to tell his side of vents, do be surprised when it's corroborated by every police who ever responded to miss smith's calls. last month a judge granted courtney smith a restraining order against her ex-husband. he addressed the allegations last week. >> i was never told about anything. i never had a conversation about it. i know nothing about that. >> reporter: in atatement he said i agree being on leave will facilitate its completion. theluotto ing the words

treat women with respect. courtney smith says sheis whes he would follow his own advice. >> i hope that in the future he never, ever turns his head away again. >> that was morgan radford reporting. meyer has a 7.6 million dollar year contract. it requires him to report any olation in the school police conduct policy. the ath letices department says the university is committed to supporting our stude athletes as they prepare for the upcoming se messiahic. -- semester. stadium.atch police in costarica caut a narco submarine filled with 4,000 pounds of cocaine.

in the past ten daysri autes have seized more than 13,000 pounds of illegal drugs. it's supposed to be dairy free. recalling nearl 150,000 half gallon of almond breeze vanilla almond breeze because it may contain dairy milk.e it's s to drink unless you have a milk allergy or sensitivity. one alerlergic has been reporte. it affected cartons with a used by date of september 2nd. take itre back to the snd get a full refund. >> s there's nons of an iowa college student who vanished run.r going for a investigators are getting new leads every day but have not been able to track downmolly.r-

the 20-yd safe return. $172,000 and counting. doe neignations flooding in frot to coast.>> this is another tool in ourl arse of providing this fund for financial incentive for someone who is reluctant to come forward. >> reporter: she was last seen on a jog in brooklyn iowa mor than two weeks ago. i on't remember what they asked me. >> reporter: chaney has beenta guilty of slking in the past. >> it was a waste of time. >> reporter: officials remaining

tight lipped but confirmed tky did l into a possible sighting at this missouri rest stop last week and ruled itout. it wasn't molly. her family is determined to push forward. >> every day i feel molly's presence with me. sometimes i feel her sitting on my shoulder. i don't know that i have the strength in me but molly is lending me her strength every day, every night. >> we wake up every day at 2:00, 3:00 in the morning to fight. laura is fighting. the boy s fighting. t everybody is community is fighting to get her back.s figh. everybody in this commis fighting to get her back. >> artbreaking. police held a news conference a short time ago. ey didn't reveal many n details. they say there's between 30 to 40 investigators working on this case every day. if you're thinking of switching insurance companies, we have warning you'll definitely want to hear before you start your search. a look at the coolest tech

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rain right now on the storm team 4 radar. we are seeing some. we could s severe weather later on. you your possibly some severe weather. i don't think it will b yiequit as bad as yesterday. not l seeing a of sunshine today. we still have flooding as our concern. it's not going tyke much rain to get some flash flooding around the region. are we drying out this weekend. yes, especially by saturday afternoon and through the day on sunday. the wet beach weekend especially if headed to maryland or delaware beach. s looks likurday could have rain also if you're headed down to virginia beach. looks like also saturday best chance for rain but sunday up e and down tt coast will be a-okay.se you caoff to eathe ooetseast, w have a few isolated showers. poppinhis radar out you can see we still have the transport of moisture from the south to north.

we keep tapping into that gulf moisture that leads t a muggy air mass that will lead to heavy downpour that's why w have a flash flood watch nor everyboybfor evy. then by the time we get spinto sunday and monday we dry out. it's warm out there. temperatures are in the 70s now. we'll head sinto the low 80sith waves of rain. not looking like the best time to get out there. we'll have showers and thunderstos throughout the afternoon. your weekend forecast, a few showers in the morning. that's all coming up in a little bit ter this.

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ivanka acknowledging the crisis impactedoner pely. >> that was a low point for me as well. i feel strongly about that. i'm very ainst family separation. >> reporter: ivanka never pushed back publicly until it feels . revers >> i'm a daughter of an immigrant. g my motherw up in communist czech republic. we're a country of laws. she came to this country legally. >> reporter: making it clear the doesn't see media as the enemy of the people.

enemy. the enemy of the people i call them. >> the enemy of the people? >> no, i do not. >> reporter: mr. trump trying to clarify tweeting she correctly said no. it's the fake news that's large percentage that's the enemy of the people. critics making the connection that when the president says fake news, he's actually talking about coverage he finds unflattering. his tweet for may seeming to support those claims. 91% of the network news about me is negative. fake. last night the president was at it again before aheering crowd. >> they can make anything bad because they are tfake, fake disgusting news. i had a very nice life. i didn't need to be -- i used to get good press. >> reporter: the president's press secretary on thursday seeming to support her boss's heated rhetoric. > the media continues to ratchet up the verbal assaults ainst the president and every one in this administration.

>> youid not say in those course of those remarks that the press is not e themy of the people. >> ie addressed this question. i'm here to speak on behalf of the president. he's made his comments clear. >> reporter: her comments setting herself apart from the white house and her father. an apparent divide no longer behind closed >> some people are applauding ivanka trump's comments. others are krcriticizinheher sayinghould have spoken up sooner or proposed an alternative. if your kids play online games you'll want to listen to this. a family says their 8-year-old was coaxed into sharing personal information with strangers. c charlie was playing forth night when the gamers convinced him to share his mom's personal information. his mother dcovered text messages asking him to oend pictur her driver's license

and other personal documents. >> scary that this guy was able to talk charlie into doing somethin behind my back. >> police are still investigating but no charges may be filed until they can prove that information was used ulegally. may be counting down the days and wondering how you can afford all the back t school stuff your kids need. the first day in virginia less than a month away. tax free weekend can help you put a big dent in schuply list. we have the specific items you can save a few bucks on. >> reporter: summer is starting to wind down and that means it's back to school shopping season. a lot of retailers are offering sales. you can see 50 to 70% off at the gab o gap outlet. even with a good sale, back to

school shopping can be expensive. all of that stuff just adds up especially if you have more than one child. it can be veryexpensive. virginia is giving parents break. back to school times are exempt from there are some rules. qualifying school supplies need to be $25 or less. clothing and shoes a hundred dollars less per item. this all starts today. b you' exempt from that sales tax through sunday. again, just keep an eye on the prices to make sure it qualifies. back to you guys. > if you're able to pic up a few extra supplies please consider donates them to backpack for kids driver. we're colleing them t give out the kids in need before they start the sdool yechool year look, if you can't stop by, you can make a secure donation

online. go to wnbcwashington.com and search backpacks. they had a chance to play with a few of the nationals before their big match up. every player participates in some way with the washington nationals baseball academy. the partnership started four years ago asay to help kids in p underservets of d.c. improve grades and develop good character. for some players it's the main reason they play in baseball. >> four years ago and i started playing baseball. i would never be here. yed uld have never p baseball. i would never get better. i would never do any of it. >> team plays in a regional tournament in connecticut this weekend. they are just four wins away from getting to the little league world series. boy, oh, boy, wouldn't that be something in the could make.

news 4 midday continues in just a moment. here is a look at what's happening this weekend. we're going to finally get a break from the rain this weekend which means it's time to get out and have some fun. we brought up some activities and events you won't want t to mis weekend. there's a special event happening this weekkd called snttack d.c. it's a sneaker convention. buy, sell, trade shoes and give away shoes that you might no longer need anymore that could be helpful to those who are homeless. for the weekend activetivetiiti search.

. cre have been working to and up the chesapeake gbay get all that dris out of the water. park officials hope toweeopen by theend. still the leftover effect by the storms. maybe they will get in time for the clouds to part? i think the clouds will part pretty soo not today but as we get into the weekend. we have a cloudy day out there. we're going to finish with a cloudy day through your friday. then for the weekend we'll get sunshine back. we're seeing rain showers not quite as heavy as yesterda the heaviest rain staying off the eastern seaboard off to ther eastern we're seeing a few isolated showers for areas west of i-95. we've got a lot of moisture continuing to stream up. the c moisture intral

virginia, i would say western central virginiaeally right around here. that's going to continue to push into our area. ill all this moisture down in raleigh will move up here in .southwest virgin that will push through. we'll keep a chance for showers and thunderstorms a we head into the afternoon increasing in coverage. everybody has a flash flood watch until 6:00 a.m.omorrow morning. it's not going to take much to get to flash flooding criteria again, please do not drive across any flooded roadways. let's go ahead andake a look at your future cast. 11:30 we're seeingd isola showers mainly to the west. we have that stuff off to the east and the eastern sea board. through the early portion of the afternoon. we start to see heavy downpours, thunderstorms. that's shown here in the red. this is 4:. right as the evening commute gets started we could have a few showers and thunderstorms. utavy downpours there. 7:30, we have a nats game at

7:05. we might be right inside thest ct. northeast of that stays west. a few showers possible overnight. we'll keep a chance south and east of d.c. rt go through tomorrow morning. everybody else sg to get sunshine. there could be an isolated shower later on tomorrownight. for most of us we're staying yy. we stay su into sunday morning. right now cloudy. temperatures are in the 70s. 're topping out in the low 80s with a few storms leposs your weekend forecast, a few showers especially south and east on saturday. maybe an afternoon storm but it will be humid and warm. temperatures near 90. we stayry onmonday. we have another chance of rain on tuesday.al we'll about next week in full and the beach weekend forecastg that's cominp in aittle bit. l

. recognize that sweater in winni the pooh returns to the big screen. wtob entertainment editor joins us live. an incredible run of hits. is this going to continue the reak? >> yeah, i think it will. tit will begh with mission impossible. disney has really cleaned up l with theseive action remakes

including beay and the beast last year. it was top of the year for most of the year. i thought this one was adorable. i went in a ltle skeptical thinking why bother and i came out thinking oh, bother. quoting pooh bear. i enjoyed it and chuckled througut the whole thing. he played a visit by all of our favorite friends from the 100 acre wood. there's lots of jokes for the kids and great nostalgic throw back for us adults.

i thoug it was nice to have a great family flick. check it out. >> i was at the kennedy center last weekend with my wife seeing generation gap. we could see all the signs for the color purple. it's not on stage at the kenn--. i hear you spoke with one of the actors. >> we did. >> it'sre music. whatome of your favorite numbers and i think there's one where you get a little redemption? >> there is. a couple favorite numbers is adriana hicks is singing "i'm here." it's a song called celiy's curse. you get so see the character mister redeem himself.it

ecame a broad way show in 2005 and won a couple of tauony. >> heard a lot of buzz about it. some good concerts t including summer spirit festival. who is going to be there? roots.the there's a lot of great acts out there. at wolf trap you get bryan adams. .

i hate to say it but hanson. >> you're covering all the basis there. great weekend. thanks so much for your inside as always. thank you. activitiesiday night will almost be rained on but just how much? lauren has a final check of the forecast. don't forget to check out the ellen show today at 3:00. be sure to stick around howl whimper yap yap yap yip is your dog trying to tell you something? licking, scratching, scooting, and rubbing may be signs of allergic itch, a medical condition that may require treatment. that's why there's prescription apoquel: the revolutionary medicine

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there's an eye opening report from privacy experts about the personal information that's being collected on us. insurance companies are minding that information to determine how much you pay and whether you like it or not, your daibe vior is being tracked and analyzed to determine if you'r lth insurance risk. tom costello is looking into insurance data mining. >> reporter: think just for a moment what yourersonal information says about you. on your driver's license, ail, weight, height and on your credit history, income, represent, mortgage, bills and whether you pay on time. your socia media post could include your education, newly

married, new baby, divorced, sports activities and political leanings. your smart tv tracks your viewing habits. the internet tracks your web surfing. your wri tbandscks your pulse and exercise activity. yod pharmacy car tracks your personal care items. all of it a gold mine for insurance da analyzer who is buying it all up. >> it incded people who had whoting, certain mailings, had different eating habits hether they be meat eaters or vegetarian eaters. >> reporter: erin was hired by major insurero analyze the personal information on millions of americans and compare how those activities afft their health. who gave their permission? >> nobody. not a single person told me i'm

allowed. >> reporter: she thought it was up unethical and quit. they use it to create new programs desned to help people become more healthy. to help bring please, ma'remiumt up. >> single women who buy plus sized clothing are predicted to be more depressed. >> reporter: marshal d hase a deep dive on the the information data brokers are collecting on all of us. >> thaen then ty are being used the insurance industry to try to predict what we cost. >> reporter: we all over share so much. often bylicking yes to an app's user agreement. former homeland security secretays he all need to read the fine print and say no. >> need to have clear and

informed consent. you should have control over the use of your data even after it's generated. >> tom looked through abo 400 pa pages of his own data. some of the information he fod, olddresses, phone numbers, social media account. even hunting and fishing licenses andt's all been collected legally. surprising. to the guiness will open its firs brewery in the united states in more than six decadesa itthe old seagram's bottling plant. all of them were specifically created for the u.s. market. the brewery will be open today from 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. and over the wee nnd fromn to 9:00 p.m. it's on washington boulevard

just off i-195 up i maryland. did we lose lauren? did she already leave? did she get on the road? let's finishw out the s first. >> i'm doing the 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 p.m. tonight. i'm going to get you through the storms and flash flooding watch out there. we have a flash flood watch for everybody. that goes until 6:00 a.m. on your saturday. we're seeing a few showers mainly to the west of i-95. look at the timing. showers and thunderstorms possible. picking up intensity as we head through the afternoon. n't think we'll have the sun shrine o sunshine out there today. we still could have one or two but the main threat for this amp will be the heavy rain. if we see ahuerstorms they will be later on in the day, throughout the evening. even a f if you're southeast of dc you may have a few holding onto

tomorrow morning. everybody else will start to clear out. if you're heading up to the maryland, delaware beaches. your suny looking fantastic. even saturday night into sunday looking fantastic. awesome.ere, sunday, temperatures in the low 90s. we stay in the low 90s on monday as well. our next chance of rain will be on tuesdaynd on wednesday afternoon with some isolated afternoon storms.es temperat again, we heat up. we stay humid all the way into next week. temperates in the 90s and then we dry out through next weekend. >> looking forward to that. thank you. that's going to do it for news 4 mid thank you so much for joining us. we'll be back on this air this afternoon. you get your news an weather dup

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