breaking news. a murder trial called off. jurors sents home t morning after the defendant is found dead in jail. we are getting reaction from the victim's family. >> members of the trump administration coming forward one by one this morning denying they wte the anonymous editorial in "the new york times" that attacks the president. we'll have the latest reaction. and it is already heating up outside. too.ave a lot of sunshine not much to cool us down,bi but g changes heading our way for the weekenth i'll show yo forecast coming up. good morning, everybody. welcome to "news4 midday."

i'm aaron gilchr it. >> and erika gonzalez. for another day schools are being forced to close because of the heat. anne i arundel high scho closing right now because of problems with the air conditioning. hard to imagine dealing wit ese feels-like temperatures without the ac full blast. >> sheena rveen joins us now. any chance for rain or storms today? >> very small chance, guys. 're talking about maybe an isolated shower at best, but look at this already. it is 87 degrees in washington, feels like 97. so yeah, if you don't have the ac, y need to get somewhere that does because it is already feeling iredibly hot to where we could be seeing even potentially dangerous heat later on this afternoon. temperatures, now, these are the actual air temperatures, are already in the upp 80s. it's 90 in annapolis, 86 in frederick, 86ma ssas. now here's the feels-like temperature. look at annapol feeling like 100 degrees. lauren feels like 99, 94 n, clin5 gaithersburg. later on this afternoon at the

peak of the heat we'll b feeling anywhere between 100 and maybe 105 degrees. t actualperatures will stay in the 90s again, but we do have go intooming as we tomorrow and especially the weekend. wait until you see this forecast. i'll show you coming up. morning ing news this on a major murder case in montgomerycounty. tyler tessier, the man accused of killingis pregnant girlfriend, was found dead inside a clarksburg jail this morning. >> his murder trialas supposed to begin today. megan mcgrath is in rockville with n details on what happened. megan? >> reporter: well, a strange wist in what from the very beginning has been a strange and tragic case. now, we're here at the courthousecounty you can see that we are waiting for a press conference, which is scheduled for enoon. we'r expecting to hear from prost.utors at that poin now, tyler tessier had been in court on tuesday anday wedne for jury selection. he was supposed to be back today for the opening argumts in his murder trial. but about 5:00 this morning, he

was found dead in his cell at the clarksburg detention facility of an apparent suicide. tessier is accused of killing s girlfriend, 31-year-old laura wallen. wallen, a teacher, was 13 weeks pregnant. he was missing for nine days before her body was found in a shallow grave in damascus. now, investigators say tessiern was li double life and had a fiancee and killed wallen when she threatened to expose their relationship. inight of thi morning's events, the jury has been dismissed. we spoke to one of the and she described how the judge told them what happened. >> he said there's reay no easy way to say this. he was very grateful t all the potential jurors and then he said there's no easy way to s this. then he told us about the defendant. and so it seemed lik half the people were in shock. some people seemed like they may save, you know, caught wind of it early t morning when they walked in. but we had no idea. like why aren't we going into

court. why are we going into the lounge. so it was shocking. >> reporter: now, the montgomery county deparent of corrections released a statement this morning giving a timeline of events.le tessier was woken up at 4:00 this morning to prepare for court. he showered, he ate breakfast. he then returned to his cell to dress, we' told. a guard on rounds saw him alive at about 4:36 a.m. and then that guard on his next set of rounds found tessier dead. he wasanging from the top bunk in his cell, hanging from a bed shee so a press conference getting under way we're told right around noon. we are t expecting hear from the prosecutor as well as potentially the victim's family. back to you. >> all right, megan mcgrath. megan, thank you. icide attempts are rampant in jails and prisons. a news4 i-team investigation shows more than 400 attempts in local jails in the past three years alow. >> scott mcfarlane continues our

coverage with how a major facility like the one in montgomery county htr been ng to reduce the risk of these things happening. scott. >> good morning, aaron. in july the director of the montgomery county department of corrections told the if an inmate is intent on harming himself or her self, it akes just a brief moment or second to doit. using public records requests, they have responded to 100 suicide attempts in the larger jail and the smaller detention center they have. two of those attempts resulted in thees deaths of inmone earlier this summer and of course this morning. in july the county granted rare aco the clarksburg jail to the i-team and correctional officers there say they have made several recent rescues, including one in which an officer stepped beneath caught a man who attempted to leap to his death from a high railing inside the countyja . they use a sategy called direct supervision to monitor inmates, to reduce the risk of suicides. that means officers rarel sit

down. they continually patrol the holding cells and keep watch of the tonight on news4 beginning at 4:00, the size of this problem in other local jails and what's being done to reduce it and why inmates say they need to hide any mental health issue or any urge to commit suicide. >> all right, scott mcfarlane in the newsroom. scott, didn't mean to cut you off. can't hearyou. thank you very much, scott. the d.c. mansion murders trial starts again today. darren went is charged with the killings back in 2015. yesterday was the first day of jury selection in this case. lawyers are looking at a pool of 80 jurors. some of themas gped when the judge saidri this could last two months. he was arrested after police found his dna on pizza crust left at the crime scene at woodland drive northwest. we're tracking the latest developments in herndon where

two children and a woman were found dead inside a home. >> we are expecting to learn more when fairfax county police provide an update. juin finch is live in the neighborhood with more on this disturbing discovery. justin? >> reporter: well, erika,fa fax county police say this is still an active investigation. i'm told in a short time a crime scene team will come back to the house and continue to gather evidence in this case. as you mentioned, a woman a two children found dead in this home behind mela jus night, but police are not yet calling ghis a murder/suicide. they are say it's a domestic investigation so far and that right now it appears thereo is longer any danger to the public. rings of crime tape still circle this herndon area house. police cruisers are stillarked in the front driveway. echos hours later of a heart-breaking scene discovered inside wednesday evening. >> it appears that there is two juveniles and one adult woman

inside the house that are deceased. >> after six last night a man told a 911 dispatcher he came home to finding his two children lying in a pool of blood, dead. a woman w later found dead in the house as well. police are not yet relea nng theies or relationships. the house off the 1000 block of safa stree was cordoned off as the death investigation unfolded, an investigation that ay and ers a second perhaps moves a day closer to learning what happened in what appears on th outside to be a nice, normal home. and the medical examiner in this case will determine the cause of deat for those three people. that woman and those two chedren. this te are told an update from fairfax county police could come as early as this afternoon. we're live here in herndon, i'm justin finch, news4. >> justin, thank you. ri school ine william county is well under way and

this morning we are learning new details aut how the county school board is working to keep children safe. last bight therd gave formal approval to a new one-year pilor ram. that program places retired prince william county police ficers in elementary schools. there will be six positions and three of thosere spots a already filled. funding for the pilot program was approved by the county board of supervisors last springak in the of the mass shooting at marjory stoneman douglas high schola in pa, florida. happening today, arlington national cemetery is opening a new ssion of gravesites. the new section will add 27,000 new spaces, including 16,000 reserved for cremated remains. the newly discovered remains of two civil war soldiers will be buried in that section this afternoon. more than400,000 veterans are sb intered in arlington. the list of officials who say they did not write thean ymous opinion piece in "the new york times" is getting

longer this morning. we have new reaction to the op-ed the president has called . gutl and this is mayor bowser's ba girl making her tv debut. the mayor is talking about motherhood and why he is embracing being a single

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morning and triggered landslides where dozens of people are still missing. also, the power is out for millions of there are conflicting reports on the strength of the earthquake. some say 6.6 while others report 6.7. just days ago a typhoon hit japan killing at least 11 people. now, on the heels of a new book detailing dysfunction inside the white house comes >>other blow. an anonymous senior administration official tells "the new york times" there is a resistance against president trump. news4's tracie potts has reaction now from capitol hi. >> reporter: "the new york time headline reads i am part of the resistance inside the trump administration. an anonymous op-ed from someone the pap describes as a senior administration official. >> anonymous. meaning gutless. a gutless editorial. we're doing a great job. the poll numbers a through the roof. >> reporter: but from the inside, this official calls

president trump amoral, making half-baked, ill-informed and occasionally reckless decisions, confirming early talk among aides of invoking the 25th amendment to remove him fro office. as they work to frustrate the president's agenda. >> people around this president have been sounding the alarm almost like a paul revere moment, coming out and saying such dramatic things. >> reporter: president trump calls it treason. the white hou is demanding the author resign. >> you want to answer to a higher calling, you want to do something in service to the nation, you haveo come forward and sign your name to this. >> reporter: we fully recognize what is happening and we are trying to do what's right, even when donald trump won't. also overnight the president saying that he thinks this is just pushba to him draining the swamp and that the swamp is fighting back tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> right now also on capitol

hill, judge brett kavanaugh is back in the hot seat facing a third day of questioning from the senate judiary committee before congress votes to confirm his nomination to the u.s. supreme court. moments ago california senator dianne feinstein pressedka naugh on his position when it comes to the landmark roe versus wade abortion law. yes augh never provided a or no to her question. >> roe v. wade is an important precedent of the supreme court. it's been reaffirmed many times. ally all the justices have not given hints or forecasts or previews and justice kagan i think captured it well as she often does with inalking about questions like the one you're asking, you can't give a thumbs up ors thuown and maintain the independence of the judiciary. so i need to follow that nominee precedent here. every day the hearings have been disrupted repeatedly by shouting protesters. if confirmed, kavanaugh will replace the recently retired justice anthony kennedy. three month ago, d.c. mayor

muriel bowser announced thatpt e had a a newborn and had become a mother. >> this morning she's opening up about the experience on the "today" show. she recently sat down with nbc's hoda kotb to talk about being a single mother with a busy schedule. >> come , hoda. >> oh, my god. i don't know who to hugt, fi the mayor. >> you look beautiful. thanks for coming. >> hi, littleone. >> this is miranda. she's looking forward to meeting you. >> at onl 14eeks old, miranda elizabeth bowser is already shaking up washington. >> she's yours. >> she's my > and giving mom, mayor muriel bowser, her most important job yet. >> you are running for re-election, you're running a major city. >> yes. >> you have a new ba. >> i do. >> how are you handling this avalanche of goodness? >> well, it couldn't be more perfect, i have to tell you. >> mayor bowser started the adoption process late lt year

keeping it private from most family and friends. and then in ma she broke the news, she was a mom. >> did you always kind of picture youelf as a mom? did you see yourself that way when you were younger? >> i nev thought i wouldn't be a mom. and i gotit into ps and running for office and i get to have the best jobd. in the wo i wanted to focus on how i could also have a perfect little baby. >> i always felt like somethingg was mis but i pushed it away, because i felt like have enough blessings in my life, stop being selfish. >> right. >> did you ever feel like let me push that away or did you just know it wa just a matte of time? >> i did feel like that part of me was missing. t and i knet i had a lot of love to pour into a child. and i didn't know how long the process would take'r when y a person like me and you run a city and you have a big team, you're not used to kind of giving in to a process.u >>ant it when you want it. >> the adoption process is not

predictable. >> and there is a moment where that child is put in your arms. >> i think the momentt tha really sticks out to me was literally looking down at miranda and those just -- those eyes looking back at me and owing that i was her entire world. >> do you have any conversations with her? >> i do. i read to her a i say a prayer with her to just say how thankful we are. i pray for kids like her, that they find peace, i pray for her birth family that they have peace, and iur pray for future. >> with baby miranda's arrival, mayor bowser is nowir the single mother to run the nation's capital. >> now, single mom is a term that some j people willt kind of shy away from. >> mm-hmm. >> you have gone in headfirst and embraced it. sa>> the mge i hoped to send is that families are made in all llnds of ways and they're special. and we should celebrate family inhatever way that children are loved.

>> how are you different since she stepped into your life? >> it helps m notweat the little stuff as much. it's just a whole other t perspectivet i have on what parents experience in our city >> if you have young or women who are looking at you right now and considering doing what you did. >> yeah. >> maybe i should, maybe i should try, what advice would you give? >> women who are just like me who are trying to decide what they want to do, they feel good about somebody in my position who has a challenging job that they can -- that they kw that they have a choice about how they can make their families. i literally sat up on my bed on the edge of the bed watching the "tod s" show when youred your experience. i was like she has lot of my vital statistics so let me listen here. >> i had no idea about that,ey way. because i had the same thing too when i watched sandra bullock do it. i said, wow, if she could do it,

why couldn't i? i didn't know how much my heart could feel like i a mil ways. look at your >>life. i have a great life. no complaints het'. >> and getting better. >> it's getting better. >> sweet baby. it's nice to see her in a different light, you know. very, very sweet story. all right, so we've got big changes coming in our weather. a break in the heat. but sheena lets us w knowt else we need to be on the lookout for, coming up. and washington's biggest street festival takes place this week

welcome back. you know there are some people who would say there is nothing better than a box of chocolates. >> how about a carnival of chocate? molette green has the details on this amazing event and who benefits from the sales this ekend. >> reporter: no matter what time of the day it is, it's always the right time to eat chocolate, right? and for a speciale. ca how about you eat some chocolate or even have a little chocolate oil, thank you so much. that is the company out of silver spring. and then m you cane your own goody basket when you come out to the carnival of chocotes on saturday, rain or shine, starts at 12:00. and then wep sto here at the chocolatier's palace. and also more chocolate to talk about. so many vendors, many

activities and we can't forget about chocolate ice cream from rubyscoop's. love that. willie wonka has been helping me out here and we want to talk about the good cause. the dwelling place is who benefits from all of the chocolate that you're going to be buying on saturday. james is one of the board members. we've got lisett angle, the executive director. let's talk really quickly about making a great statement for helping homeless families. how can we do that? >> well, you cano that b coming out on saturday. the dwelling place has been helpings famil for 30 years and this is our signature event. it really symbolizes the sweet futures that we try to make for our families welh their and support so we just want everybody to come out andive where you live. supporthe t people and help our families. >> willie wonka will be there taking pictures and enjoying this experience with the

community. rain ming up on saturday, or shine, 12:00, rafael town square. it's at thelibrar what's the third place. >> dawson's, rockville town square and thelibrary. >> we're at dawson's market right now. all right, back in to you guys. >> you heard molette mention rain or shine. i think she was listening to your forecast this mornin >> i think lot of people will like the weekend actually. maybe not the rain part of it u but waitil you see how cool we're going to be. aaron will like it. >>ouch of fall? no, i'm ready for fall. i love fall in this o area. >> completely honest with you, it's going to feel like we're going from summer to very much fall as we go into the weekend. temperatures right now feeling like the dog days of summer. it feels like 100 degrees in leesburg. these are the els-like temperatures when you factor in the humidity. 100 in annapoli 97 in washington, it feels like9 in lorton right now.

these are the actual air temperatures but we're only in the 8 but feeling like 100. annapolis is at 90 degrees. so we're going to stay very hot day. we'reatching this area of storms moving into parts of pesylvania. that's also with a cold front. we're still under there high pressuo we'll stay mostly sunny. little to no rain relief this afternoon. if you see a pop-up shower consider yourself one of the lucky ones. we're alsoing the remnants of gordon which is a tropical depression just south of memphi entually this storm will get kind of absorbed into a cold front. eventualak it will its way towards us and that will keep go rain chances high as we into early next week. for today, though, no rain chances very high in there st. 95 for an afternoon high temperature, feeling like 100 to 104. we do have a stray shower chance like i mentioned, but it's really going to be just a couple at here's what future weather is showing here. we could see a couple pop-up showers or storms. tonight we could have a couple

of showers up to our torth. rrow morning those should be on the drier side but we'll see more clouds moving in. through the afternoon some scattered showers, so have the morrow.a friday, 11:00 p.m., if you have friday night plans, we are looking at high rain chances, scattered showers and storm into the weekend. look at this, clouds, showers, and temperatures only in the 70s. believe it or not, that's going to be an afternoon high, so after another day in the 90s today, tomorrow we'll be in the mid-80s sic that's a break. then an even bigger break saturday and sunday with highs in the mid-70s and then those rain chances do continue as we stt next ek. we'll take a look at your ten-day forecast coming up. >> sheena, thank you. so we have a new recall to tell you abof involving one o the best-selling trucks in the country. plus purple line construction, it's a long-term project that includes noisy work that's already impacting people's lives. coming up, we get a close-up look at at work.th

some breakin news right now. we're learning that four people are dead after a shooting at a bank in downtown cincinnati. you're looking at some video from the scene right now. >> police say thehooter is also dead. three people are injured. police say the fire outside the bank. he then entered the bank's lobby where he exchanged gunfire with poarce. it's unc if the gunman shot

himself or was shot by officers. we'll update you on this breaking news as we learn more. also new thisd morning, f is recalling more than a million and a half trucks for a fire risk. the recall affects about 1.6 million ford ckf-150 t made between 2015 and 2018. this recall is over a potential fire risk ithe seat belt pretensioners. it applies to both the super crewab and t regular cab trucks. if you have one of these trucks, ford will fix the problem for free. an update this morning on the purple line. the newamike train system that's being built in maryland. once completed, it will r fm bethesda to new olcaon. adam tusk has an inside looat that project. >> reporter: it's loud, destructive and intense. and the purpl line work is now changing the landscape. erght now it's especially apparent in montg county. take a listen to this controlled explosn scheduleoming to

bethesda. >> we're trying to blast aroun 5:00, 6:00 in the morning. >> reporter: to give you an idea just how close all of this work is happening to daily life, take a look, that is bustling and right here next to all the buildings and pedestrians, a massive hos. this what will meet metro's red line way down underound. th purple line will not be il metro, it wl be a tram-like t train systet connects to metro. it will run from bethesda t new carrollton. a large tunnel being dug out four feet at a ti along the path of the train in east silver spring, but all of this wor is, of course, disruptive. >> all day long i wear ear plugs, all day long. i wear the bose sound-cancelling iadphones and i still hear it. >> reporter: donna in a tough spot. she's battling breast cancer, works from home and her apartment is right next to a lot of this >>construction. his is not just a month or

two, this is three years of dealing with this. >> reporte least she'd like to see more noise walls to help cut down on all o that construction. carla julian with the construction team says a new website has been created to send alerts about all this work, it's purpleli >> we know we're loud, we know we vibrate. we have major infrastructure to build ir build. >> reporter: she said a lot of the major work will be done this fall. along the purple line, adam tuss, news4. thi weekend, get ready 2for washington's longest running neighborhood festival. here to tell us a little bitre about what we can expect are a kara davisnd carol miller. ladies, thanks for coming in today to talk about this huge festival that so many people in this are know and love already. for people who aren't familiar, though, carol, give us a history lesson on what adams morgan day is and how it got started. >> all right. adams morgaoi day has been

on for a long time. this is our 40th anniversary and we're the longest running neighborhood festival in d.c. so the current volunteers that have been put tng on f last four years, we're really just the custodians of something that has been built the years and gone through changes and changes in planning and the shape of the event. it started as a big block party potluck. they got together businesses and people and decidednt they to have adams morgan day so that's when it started. now we're celebrang the 40th anniversary. >> kara, you're one of the volunteers for this all-volunteer event. how did you get involved with this? >> about four years ago, a lot of peopl saw this in the news. adams morgan day was cancelled by the last organizers. i saw it on the news like everyone elseea and about volunteer organizing event about two weeks later at grand central. a bunch of neighborhood residents and businesses got together and a talkedut how we could try to save it. so we've been trying to save it ever since and learning as we go.

but it really seemed like adams morgan day was this thread that really held the his ry of the neighborhood together and we didn't want to lose it. >> and you've had -- like you said, this is an all volunteer . ev people kind of come onboard as the need arises in terms of volunteers. are you in a good place, always looking for the next generation of volunteers. >> i would say in that week before thee event, we definitely looking for more volunteers for next year.e it would super helpful if anyone wants to get involved. >> carol, walk us through some of the highlights. you're holding a soccer ball.ne i imahere's a ton to do at this festival. >> there is a lot and it runs all the way up and down 18th street as far as the street a closure goiost all the way down to florida avenue from columbia road. but businesses participate all up and down columbia road as well as florida avenue. so we've got the business it participation specials for restaurants and we've got a hugl out youth and family area called the family fun zone at the newly remodeledd marie r

elementary school and the soccer field. we've also got all this great artistic things and music. weave trouble funk, a great d.c. go-go band, as you know, and pretty much representing every culture in our neighborhood, and there are a lot. so several stages we also have a big dj truck and dance party as well as a ton of vendors, like 100 vendors. and most of them we selected because they sell locally made things thaare kind of unique and we also have regular vendors as well. >> it sounds like it's going to be a great party, a great festival. thank you both forg in. nbc4 is a sponsor of the event. it's on sunday betwe noon and 6:00 p.m. it's on 18th street northwest between columbia road and wyoming avenue. ladies, thank you. >> thank you. >> check the website. if people say your dreams are crazy -- >> the two-minute ad narrated by

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the grave of frank underwood who is portrayed by actor kevin spacey. he was taken off the show last year after the accusations about sexual harassment and abuse. the new season premieres november 2nd with robin wright there >> you said it, in charge. >> never seen a single episode, but it >> oh, my gosh, you haven't? >> you better start bingetc ng now, aaron. >> oh, it's fantastic. it's a guilty pleasure. >> okay, i haven't watched either, but it looks really good. >>ll right, sheena, so talk us through this forecast. we've got like a mixed bag but one thing is for certain, we're definitely going to feel a drastic drop by the end of the week. >> ft's going to gom summer to fall and happen pretty quickly. we're talking about 90s,eeling around 100 and into the weekend we're only going to be in the 70s for a daytimehigh, believe it or not. it's hard to believe that highs will be in the 70s w because have just seen such a long stretch of hot, humid weather but it's co right now it's 87 degrees in washington, mostly sunny.

feels like 97 when you factor in the humidity. here's the feels-like temperature for everybody else. some spots are feeling like100. annapolis feel like 100. gaithersburg feels like 95. so if you have time to snee in ool this afternoon, good place to cool off. temperatures will quickly be heating into the mid-90s by 4:00 p.m., feeling around 104 and there's a chance, a very small chance that we could see an isolated shower. if you do see it, consider yourself lucky because the rest of us will just be mostly sunny and dry. some thunderstorms moving into parts of pennsylvania, that's part of a cold front. so as we head into tomorrow and the weekend, those rain chances gop because of it. tropical depression gordon is south of memphis. eventually move up to the north and that will give us rain as we start out the early part of next week. so here's future weather for the rest of today. of e a pop-up shower, most us stay dry and very hot. tomorrow morning we should be

october dry side wclh more ds through the afternoon and evening. pop-up scattered showers and thunderstorms into tomorrow evening. then ithe weekend we have clouds, we have showers across both weekend days but that's really going to holdmp atures down into the 70s. we'll have a cooler wind direction too, so i think a lot of you might like the change. other thing we're watching is the hurricane way out in the atlantic. now, thisnt goes next tuesday and could be making a u.s. buttowards the we'll be watching that as we go into next week because as we know thoseorecasts can quickly start to change but we'll keep an eye on it.s eturn next week too, guys. we'll showou wha te litt t in et c do, what it's doing for some of our neighbors and how you can get in on that fun for free. plus a taste of ballpark food and more. we've got information on ast fo al that begins this enekd at nats park.

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sooo ballpark is no longer just, you know, hot dogs, peans, but the food seen at nats park is getting better seery on. this week we celebd.te c.'s international community with the state of the world international kood festival. here to t about that and some of the local offerings at the park is chef vince. a wereciate you being here with us this morning on midday. this is quite the eadborate sphat you guys have put out for us. so this is some of the goodness that you'll find at nats park for the rest of the season. >> that's right. >> and you'll also tell us about

is international food festival that's going on. >> yes. so we are doing a little taste ofgsifferent th you can find it with a special ticket, go to.c na. >> that's saturday? >> that is saturday. >> right outside the ballpark. you buy that ticketo and a get one of these cool aprons that i'm wearing, the nationals apron. and that's going to be right outside the ballpark. and inside the paul park you can nd these beautiful tasty treats. walk me through some of this. >> we smoke all of our meat in-oin in-house. >> you guysre doing the barbecue. you guys are doing this in-house? >> that is correct. so every littl i thing here made. we're going to go #natsmade on that. >> i like it. >> so to sllrt off w go here. something very refreshing. it's a sweet and spicy watermelon wedge. something a little different there. we are doing a house smoked full

joint wing. we're calling it q white sauce so it's a take on alabama white sauce. >> my eyest are going strai to that mac and cheese. >> that's beautiful three-cheese mac and cheese. house smoke pork. nice and simple but to the point. some delicious sides. >> traditional. baked beans, coleslaw. >> and then we have our meats. >> this is a spread. are you lookingth ais>>t ht t r our platter. so you get these in our platter at the brewhouse. >> this is like if you want to share with a couple ofieour s -- >> or if you just want to go all in yourself, you know, that's like my portion there. so i'm not shy. so housemade brisket, again pulled pork. we've got some delicious corn bread. >> this is what w talking about right here. look at that spread. >> and then the beautiful pickles. >> but again, if you're wanting something a little more

refreshing, we're doing two salads. >> pork rinds. >> yeah, with our q dust and horseradish bleu cheese dressing. >> that's interesting. look at this. >> turkey. >> oh, it's turkey? >> turkey wings. >> yeah, okay? it's a two-pound smoked turkey igng. it looksut it is amazing. >> it is big, vince, come on. it looks big, it isbig. that's amazing. so you'll get all of this, you can find all of this inside the park. >> in the budweiser brewhouse. center field, you walk in, right there. >> and you've got a secret sauce that comes with this. >> i e do. sove our two house made barbecue sauces. it's going to be our vinegar, with our mustard. y's simple but've got to taste it to embrace it. but today we're going to feature a salad.ng so we're goi with -- >> how are you going to take me through all this and then we're going to go to a lovely sala

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