breaking news, a disturbing county, y in charles somebody walking along a trail finding a body this morning. in yeah, chopper 4 is kaptur tkapturing -- capturing the scene and megan mcgrath is live on the ground wit details. >> reporter: well, you can see the entrance to the path here on banister circle. if we pan down, you cangh see where the path curves where the trees are, that is where investigators hav been here taking a look around the area. that is where the discovery was made. by, it was actually made

students using this path to walk by a nearby middle school they found the body of what appears to be an adult male lying on that path. the kids continued to the school and reported what they found. this was about 7:30 this mornsg. the trailsed by a lot of people in the area, so they don't think that this person had been there long. >> the bike path is used by a lot of people, it feeds into different neighborhoods and also leads to the back of the school so it is used quite often. >> so you don't think the body was there long? >> we don't think the body has been there that long. all right and so investigators still trying toigure out exactly what happened here. the body we're told had signs of trauma to the lower body, but it did not appear to be 69 nature of stab wounds or gunshot wounds. but they wouldn't give any additional information, just to say that there was trauma to the lower body. and they are not going to say more untilhey get the results from the medical examiner. so a lot ofnanswered questio

questions, but a grim discovery this morning. back to you. >> definitely a tough thing for kids to have to see. family and sfrepd friends choosing to remember the way martinez lived inside of you how she died. last night there was a vigil. >> martinez was stabbed during her everything jog on tuesday, he younger brother pleaded with the crowd not to let the way his sister died prevent them from feeling safe in their own neighborhood. >> continue to run, continue to do daily activities, continue to live life because sheould want it, i want it, my family wants it. you know, wendy was cherished and adored by everyone he. she was my best friend. >> police arrested a suspect within 24 hours of wendy's death. and justin finch is live in logan circle with more are on how police identified this suspect so quickly. >> reporter: well, this was a

real part any ship between the public and policeth public going to officers with what they saw and heard and knew even sharing their e rveillance video as with will well when you add that to the officer know-how, knowing how the neighborhood runsnd erates, they could narrow don't search for a suspect to a man from northwest washington. spotted on surveillance video in that long mustard colored shirt and also here in black and of e, anthony crawford northwest washington, the 23-year-old is now charged in the murder of wendy martinez. crawfo cr oford's capture the resul a relentless round the clock effort by the public and police to find the pern responsible or stabbing the newly engag -year-old seven times. she had been out for a run when she was attacked tuesday night before chancing in the cor r carryout restaurant where strangers tried to save her. >> i didn't know what happened. >> it was shocking to see ten

patrol cars, two detectives, ambulance, big fire truck and all that commotion a block away. >> reporter: so far investigators believe the attack was random, he had adding that they didn't appear to have known each other. >> we're still combing through his criminal history. reporter: tips led authorities to crawford in this park on 14th and gerard streets. by thursday afternoon, crawford was facing a judge. yor bowser says she opens the arrest brings some calm to the community and to martinez's family and friends. >> we want people to feel safe going with their normal activities. and a woman jogging on our streets is a normal activity. >> reporter: and as you saw s there, so muport for the martinez family after what has happened here. going forward, crawford is being held without bond, he is facing a charge of sond degre murder. now, at this point you heard the chief say that they are looking his criminal past so far it has not turned up a he

violent past, however, they havd learhat he may have a history of substance abuse. a tipster saying that they know that crawford was an avid using ofg synthetic d k-2, and they will also look at his mental health history t see if they can connect any cot dots betwee that and what happened re. i'm justin finch, news 4. back into you. and we're following a siation in dupont circle, police say a pedestrian has been struck and taken life-threateni. the information that we havff fromials is that that man was on a scooter and was hit by an suv and was actually beneath the suv and had to bextcted when emergency responders arrived to the scene. aimee cho i there gathering information and she will join us in a few minutes with a live report. we're also learning more about the moments before a woman opened fire on her co-workers in aberdeen. witnesses say that she got into argument before the deading

shooting thursday morning. moslsnochia moseley killed thre people a t injuredee others at the rite aid distrerution centnd then killed herself. somef her co-workers describe running for their lives, otheri had to h to escape the bullets. one employee said that the argun went off randomly shooting people. authorities have not confirmed that account and are still searching for a motive. this was the nation's third workplace shooting in a 24 hour span. wednesday four people were shot at a software company in wisconsin. later in the day, fourwe others shot at a municipal building south ofsb pigh. police stilled the shooters in both of those ---police killed the shooters iboth of those snint incidents. and in new york, five have been stabbed and three are newborn babies. of the children is in critical condition.

officers say they found a woman hiding in the basement with her wrist slashed. and you now thehave her in rby ce custody at a n hospital. a father and another woman who worked there were also stabbed, although they are expected to be okay. investators have not found a motive yet. a california professor accusing president ump's supreme court nominee of sexual assault may end up testifying after all. overnight nbc received a copy of an e-mail from her lawyers laying out what appears to be negotiations over how and when that might happen. tracie potts has more from capil hill. >> reporter: in an e-mail obtained overnight by nbc flew, attoeys for christine blasey ford say that she is too busy dealing with death threats to prepare for t hearing on monday. written testimony by this morning's deadline won't happen. everything else they say is negotiable. including per desiher desire foi toer investigate claim. >> let them give us an impartial

report.at do thatifficult to stop the playing games. >> reporter: ford is asking that kavanah not be in the room when she testifies and she wants him to go first. they aresking the committee to limit cameras, plus she wants the committee to subpoena kavanaugh's friend mark judge who she claims witnessed the assault that has been denied. but sources sayhey did agr to guarantee her security. >> let it play out. and i think everything will be just fine. this is a high quality person. >> reporter: president trump in las ingas last night stand by as nominee. as dozensre arrested on capitol hill standing by his accuser. another condition she is asking for, she does not want to be questioned by someone who is trained to doo incourt. republicans had considered bringing in an outsiy attor

instead of asking those questions themselves. tracie potts, nbc news, shington. a group of alumni from dr. ford's school is standing behind her. they have been visiting lawmaker's offices delivering letter of support f dr. ford and they also believe an fbi investigation should move forward. >> dr. blasey ford isur fellow alumni and she's asked for an fbi investigation into herself. not really something that one generally asks for. so we are just echoing her ask. >> on the website the al lump-- claim she has a right to testify. and we're learnin more about the death of the maryland football player who collapsed at practice over the summer and died about two wee later are. he was 19 years old and today the university m ofyland board of regents is announced to expect the results of an investigation into jordan's

death. espn reports that the school hire a sports medicine consultant to see if the football staff followed propero prot when mcnair collapsed, but according to espn, jordan's parents say that they weren't told those findings would be released today until the media reported it. te board issued a statement yesterday claimint it does plan to share the findings with jordan mcnair's family but h not specified when. switching gears now, timet o ge a check of the forecast. >> sheena parveen is standing by with the latests how looking? >> it is cloudy outside. we had the early morning showers, some are still left over in maryland. not too warm either. 69 outside. breezy, south wind here. the clouds will stick around throughout your friday. here is a look at the rain, so it is moving into parts of anne arundel county just south of annapolis. this is our best chance of rain, so most of the day will just be

cloudy. temperature-wise, we may only get into e upper0s in some suburbs. otherwise low 80s for a high is afternoon. we have big changes though for hart of your weekend, we'll take a look at coming up. he sat inrison for 27 years for a crime he didn't commit. >> hard to even lieve. now he has a group of georgetown students to thank for his release. >> for whatever reason, god kept sending me signs. and i wasn't a strong belieefr in gode that, but he kept sending me signs and each sign that he sent s like hold on. >> you will far more of his incredible story and howhe georgetown student georgetown student s

i put criminals in prison during the day d jennifer wexton, anas a prosecutor, and changed diapers at night. later, when i had a law practice, i volunteered to help moms collect child support. then, as state senator,

i worked across party lines to target sexual offenders and take guns away from domestic abusers. in congress, i'll stand up to president trump. i approve this message because, like every working mom, what's ahead is as important as what's in the rearview mirror. police have investigating after a perkn was strn dupont circle. >> aimee cho is live on the scene. at are you hearing? >> reporter: a man apparently riding an electric scoot hit by a car and now fighting for his fe. i want to step out of the way and show you, you can see a green lime bike lying in the middle of the road and some headphones offer to the side, a hauntingismage. andn overe distance, that is the car that police believe hit the scooter rider earlier today. firefighters were scrambling to pull the rider out from under the car. they were able to get the man out and he now has

life-threatening injuries and is in the hospital. d.c. fire says is all happened around 10:00 a.m., obviously dupont circle is a very businesh is he area a lot of cars, a lot of pedestrians as well as scooter so this area of dupont cire is o blocked off, closed traffic. so if you are headed in this direction, you will want to take a different route. we'll continue to bring you any information as we get it. aimee cho, news ho4. >> scooters are ubiquitous in d.c. we have to hope he isokay. a new york man is getting his f tstte of freedom after being exonerated for a crie did not commit after 27 years behind bars. willie geist shows us how an incredible skill, colored pencils and a dream helped set him free. >> reporter: there is nothing que like a fresh start. just ask valentino dickson,

nearly three decades after being found guilt i did for y for a md not commit, hens free. >> b waiting 27 years for this moment. >> reporter: the bum beiand fro cell, he put pencil to paper to pass the time . a warden noticed and gave h a photo of a golf holeo draw for him. and that igniteds fairway, hunof works of art created by a man who had never step foot on a golf course. while inside, dickson alsof discovered g digest magazine. and one day one of the writers received a letter fm dickson. >> i'm glad it resonated with him and that he reached out to me and just so thankful i got in a letter.r: >> repore wound up

investigation gaying t case and everyone visiting him. in 2012, he told dickson's story, cat palapults his case i the national spt light and that spurredtudentso uncover vital new evidence. it also led to a powerful profile by jimmy roberts on the alf channel, division of nbc universal, which included a sit dunn with a man named lamar scott who previously admitted to the killing. >> valentino dickson was convicted of murdering jackson. >> yes. >> did he commit that crime? no, he didn't. >> who did? >> i did. >> reporter: scott pleaded guilty to manslaughter and assault wednesday. and now valentino dickson is free. and moving forward. >> he is such a strong guy to endure 27 years and to be to walk out there with his mind and his body intact and to not let this break him.

>> you know, lamar scott was already inrison serving a life sentence for a shooting back in that left a robbe one of the victims a quadriplegic 37 adickson says that he will register for a passport as soon as possible so he can visit his wife who now lives in australia. and new video of celebrations in cleveland after a big win for the browns. it wasn't the super bowl, but by t me of the parties, you would have thoughtwas. they celebrated with free bud lig bud light installed thesefr reerators full of beer across the city promising to open them when the browns' losing streak finally eed and that happened last night when they beat the jets 21-17. it was their first win since christmas eve of 20. that is 635 days without a win. players stt it is prey special breaking that s home turf.ir

and the redskins are working hard hoping for are their first home win of the season this sunday. they are hosting the packers at fedex field. and they have atu real onity to stand out this weekend. green bay's quarterback aaron rodgers has been having trouble with his knee and isn't playing at 100%. redskins are 1-1 this season after losing their home opener to the colts. kickoff sunday at 1:00. well,f youpend your weekend dreenling indreams of and ideas for your home, we have fresh inspiration for you. the home show i lot of you will recognize the man standing next to me from trading spaces. welcome. >> thank you. >> this is in some ways you are coming home. you went on mclean high school and uva. >> yeah, i'ms from tea and of course a redskins fan. >> got to ask you, how did you get involved with the capital home show?

>> well, i travel a the year.ng and i don't have a lot of opportunities to have one-on-one interactions with the fans. but when there is an opportunity especially when it is in my hometown, i say yes because we'll be talking about the best ways to transform your house into a home that are applicable to everyone. >> so no matter what kind of house you have, these rules can appl >> universally whether you rent or buy. so how high dyou think you should hang a picture in your home? >> i would anxious eye level, although my wife and i are very- differentvery different heights. so i don't know. >> everybody says that. everybody says eye level. so the answer is really 60 inches from finished floor to the center of the picture or grouping of pictures unit it is er a head board or mantle that is average human eye level. 66 inches is how high the chandelier over your table should be. >> we just replacedhat a we were like lower, lower?tt

no, a higher. so i wish we had kl wn that. >> c. >> yeah. show me a little bit about what we have here. >> so year heading into the fall home season. everybodti is g ready for the holidays. and pillows are a great way to real kind cozy it up because it will be a little cooler, we'll be spending more time inside. so this i actually my fabric line which is available at calico. an one of the big trends is layering patterns. so this idea that not just using color to express who you are,t ing patterns to express your personality, as well. >> so you stack them, one behind the other? >> absolutely. a person on your wall, pattern on your bedding. so the ide is to layer patterns. you just want to make sure that you are mixing up the scales. and you want to use color as your thread of continuity to tie it together so it doesn't look like a yard sale. >> and one last question.

what can people expect from you at the capital home show this weekend? >> so i'll be there tod at 4:00 and tomorrow at 11:00 to 2:00. and i'll be talking about again the mosrtant things to transform your house into a home. so again, alles those rhat are universally applicable to everyone. even for example this is a bood onause most people don't know this one, how high should the toilet roll holder be hung in your bath proroom, bathro inm the floor. >> all right. thank you so much. appreciate it. again, theom capital show this weekend and he will be e this afternoon at 4:00 we'll be right back.

all right. a little bit ofriy weather. gloomy, but it is fridayes noneth >> yeah. so that gets it better. >> and regardless of what the weather looks, it is still great because it is friday. but today we will keep the clouds around and temperatures won't be that rwarm. thn that we had this morning that moved through, that is really about all we'll s the outside. the clouds are pretty locked in and that will be our weather pattern for today. temperatures are in the 60s to around 70 degrees, so we haven't reallyth see movement here and we won't be warming up too much today. highs will be right around the

low 80s. here is a a lookthe radar, so we did have these showers move through a couple hours ag right around 95. and in the district and right you around annapolis, and they will continue along the eastern shore and head into delaware soon. and here is future weather, cloudy skies all day, maybe a stray shower north and west. but most of us stay dry. and then overnight there is a chance we could see a couple passing showers try to move in. walking thedog, this is casper, he is available for adoption at the humanerescue. you can head to their website., 4: mainly dry. 7:00 p.m., still mostly cloudy with the exception of that mentionedwer chance i north and west. in the weekend, we have changes. tomorrowr will look simi to today. mostly cloudy, could see some peeks of sunshine. mainly dry side. upper 70s. by sunday, we have big changes. so if you have any outdoor

activities this weekend, sunday wille day that you need to dodge the rain. scattered showers with highs only in the mid-60s. so a lot cooler by the end of the weekend, and that will carry over into next week. so have the up brel la next week well. tomorrow is the last day of summer and no better way to lebrate than to head to one of our national parks. and tit is national parkland da which mean all are waviiving thr entrance fees. we have so many beautifulparks, so get out there. a full list of the national parksor and information on national public lands day, just search public lands day in our app and tag us inner pics while you are hiking or walking so

we're getting updates on the deadly workplace shooting in aberdeen. investigators say the had been working there for about two >> but they are still searching for a motive. re is indicatie i catie beck. >> reporter: this morning investigatrcs are sng for a motive.

>> she had reported for her workday as usual and around 9:00 a.m., the shooting began. >> reporter: new photos emerging of 26-year-old snochia moseley, the woman police believe went on a soting ram pain tuesday killing three people and wounding three more. >> just sad that we don't know e don't're coming home, know if i'll see my child the next day or if our husband, loves one, whoever we care about is coming home. >> reporter: police say mosley was temporary employeeidt the rite distribution center when shots rang out first outse and then insid the warehouse, employees took cover. some texting their loved ones good-bye. >> alexiot this chilling text from her mother working inside. i love you both more than you will ever know. there is a shooter in the building. am hiding. >> reporter: christine later escaped unharmed. police arrived in just five minutes and say before they could find mosley, she turned

her 9 millimeter handgun on rself. she died later at a hospital. >> it appears again as i said this morning that she was armed with one handgun and several magazines. no shots were fired by any enforcement responder. >> reporter: police believe that she abiliticted alone, but ques remain about her motive and if she specifically targeted her yctims. >> you go tor job so you can make money and take care ever your family. not so y go to work and may not come home. that is the sad fact of reality and it shouldn't be. right now in d.c., the first ever biden cancer summi is under way. they are just taking a brief break right now. joe biden and jill biden lost their soneau to cancer three years ago and they have been working with several groups trying to find a cure. a this morning survivor talked about what thee disease has d

to his family. >> because we lost partf our soul, we lost our beautiful son, like many of you, we know that we have to do everything. everything in our power, everything that we cansi py think of to prevent other parents from losing a son a or daughter or mom or a dad. >> the summit will end with a cancer town hall, it will feature world class eerts in cancer prevention, research and care. well, hurricane florence recently in the new, you may have also seen stories about our local animal sheers transporting animals from the southeast because of the hurricane and we're here to talk about that and along with other reasons. stephanie is here with the you humane rescue. thank you so much for being here. and you have a guy who is looking for a home. >> yeah, this is patchy, he is a

nine-year-old jack russell terrier that justoid us yesterday along with about 21 other dogs from the louisiana spca. >> and why did you get dogs from louisiana? >> they are a transport partner of ours that we've worked with before to bring dogs and sometimes cats from high volume shelters to our local shelters where we have an easier time finding homes for them. >> so this is a normal thing. a lot of people sometimes when they look for animals, they don't realize that they might not be local. they are pulled out of other states that need help. >> we do as much as possible try to partner with our friends in other regions of the country where they have higher population of dogs and where they really struggle to find homes for as many as they can. so we do the transports as much as possible based on our space availability to give them a little bit of a relief valve. >> and how do you transport them? because i've seen the big van,

and also just people in their own personal vehicles. >> yeah, it depends on the group that we are working with. the folks from louisiana have their own transport vehicle and they drove through the night to get here. >> wow, that really is amazing. and during hurricane florence, when did you -- or where i should say did you take the animals from? >> so we reached out to some of our friends south of u the storm, early, early last week and actually the weekend prior to the storm to see if deey n any assistance, making space in their shelter so that they could the better respond to any displaced animals. >> and we got this them here in time and hopefullyhey find homes. what can people do to help who may want an animal or want to help with request tthe transpor? >> we're hoping that people adopt these guys. we have a very full shelter in both of our locations.

but if they are you will or can't take anymore animal there is to their own home, they can certainly donate to the rescue alliance and help support the programs that support pet owners and adopted animals. >> what if maybe says i want to help transport aanimal, can somebody volunteer? transportbuilding our program and hoping to expand our cape abiliabilitie so we are certainly looking for volunteers. we utilize them on a more local basis to move animals from our shelter to other shelters in the region, shorter drives, things like that. but yes, we arelways looking for help. >> awesome. and a lot of people again tprobably don't realizet the animals are coming from other state here that areooking for homes. and this guy is tired after the long drive. heas in a car for quite a while to get here, so now he is looking for a forever home.th k you so much for being here. and hopefully we'll find him a

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microwave. microwave got to ggiggle a little exit. >> starting popcorn. >> reporter: you can even use to order more popcorn. >> amazon wants to get you used to this idea that this assistant can be in anythorg. >> rr: you including your car.>> this is alexa echo auto. >> reporter: amazon's first smart car gadget ps alexa on your dash with features to turn on your smart lights when you in the driveway. >> automobiles are the next battleground. apple has a smart car software, systoogle does. so amazon obviously wants to be in there with alexa. >> reporter: amazon introduced a smart wall clock, security camera, smart plug, even dvr. but it wasn't all smooth sailing. >> that's not going to work. some of this is clearly throwing a lot against the weel

and sg what will stick. >> reporter: but the company is safely sticking to its smart speakers. >> give me the news. >> reporter: hoping that blue ring will ring in holiday sales. liz mclaughlin, nbc news. >> the on one thing i don't get about the microwave, you have to open thedoor, put the food in, close the door, but you don't want to press a button? >> of course not. >> you could make the biggest mistake by presidenting tsing t button. >> well, theou you go. ide of the clouds, nothing wrong about the weather. >> and'm looking forward to this fall weather. e you ready for fall? no? >> i'd take a tumor weeks of summer. >> i heard sheena is goingo wiener 500.

>> it is a dog race. yes, it will be cloudy, but we don't expect rain until about sunday. we have a couple showers around right now, still moving through. not a big deal though. thar were around this morning. now they are moving along the eastern shore. this is just some lightai from annapolis down to calvert beach, continuing into par of st. mary's, kind of breaking up. and it is kind of light. and that will b moving tlug and the rest of the day on the cloudy side. 71 in 73washington, in frederick. if you are exercising today, it won't be that bad with the cloud around, we won't heat up too much. we may a beund 80 degrees this afternoon for a high temperature, but by 7:00 p.m., still looking most with temperature ins in the upper 70. so later tonight, there is 5:00 p.m., could see a str showe north and west, most of us stay dry. overnight maybe a couple showers passing through, a small chance of tthat. ann here is tomorrow,

mostly cloudy. watch what happens on sunday, now we have more rain moving in for sunday. we could see it starting ely in the morning throughout the afternoon. and temperatures will be pretty cool too. here is your weekend forecast. by tomorrow, we'll be in the upper 70s, very similar to today's forecast. and then byunday, look at this, a high of only 66 degrees with scattered showers. and that will be b a pretty cooldown there along with the rain and for monday, we do start the workweek i0 thes. and you need the umbrella all ne week. xt waiting for a liver transplant.. xt will die waiting. don't wait. find out about living-donor liver transplants at upmc today. living-donor liver transplants mean less waiting and better outcomes.

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i want to make sure i get it right. >> life itself involves a multigeneration love story, several couples spread out across several continents and spanning decades. d it was written by the man behind the show it this is us o. >> and jason fraley, i hope you you don't burst my bubble on this because i want to see this. or are you going to tellai me t justuntil it comes out on netflix or something or on demand? >> yeah, happy friday guys. i was looking forward to ito. love "this is us" and also crazy stupid love. and i won't burst your bubble too much. it is okay. i'm a litt mixed on it.

i admire his ambition. he asks us to follow a lot of different story lines. four different families over different time lines, similar to "this is us "this is us." the new york couple is about to have a baby and then we cut ahead in time to watch their grown up daughter. and then we go over to spain and follow another young couple falling in love and finally we see their child back in new york city. so a lot to bite off. and i kind of dig the idea that everything happens for a reason. the idea is all of these people are stentewintertwined by one t event. but sort of the issue, the part that i don't think really works is that in order to get to that think take tragic event, thereo many bad things that has to happen to all these people. and almost a little sadistic. that we have to endid your so much pain so that the payoff of what ultimately brings them together again, i don't know if they actually -- i don't know if

it lives up to all the stuff we have had to endure. but i do admire the annual business and the idea of fate and family. so i think that you could love it or hate it. at the very least, we can all degree that "this is us" will be awesome tuesday ght. >> i love antonio b, but maybe i'll wait. >> and first efrpvent a round house, some of the actor, did they break their vow of silence? >> that is the perfect set up besuse that what is so unique. i saw it earlier this week. and it is called small mouth sounds for a reason because the characters literally aren't allowed to talk for most of it.g they to a silent retreat. here's what ty had tosay. or not say. >> it has an interesting premise, but let's ask him for

it. what is your favorite scene in the show?hi rious. and how but you, what about your 'raracter? the reason that silent is because it is a really you unique play. >> it takes place at a silent mid ta meditation retreat where you never really hear them speak. the only person who speaks is off stage and you never get to see them. >> pretty interesting. >> i'm telling you, it is hilarious. ne heck of an actor to pull that off with no words. >> and lots of little facial ge ures. they communicate a lot by saying so little. it was a great show. get out ther >> a let's talk music. tell us about some of the upcoming co >> well, i'm really excited, tonight and tomorrow i'm going tonight, elton john down at capitaa, one ar his farewell ur. and you can also check out portugal man at merriweather.

and mclyte. and you can also see gary numan. and front man of my morning jacket. and you can also see johnny mathis and reese witherspoon is doing a q&a. so than will be too. >> with the rain coming our way this weekend, lookike a little something for everyone. jason, thanks so much. wtop entertainment editor, have wtop entertainment editor, have a great weend.ek

i put criminals in prison during the day i'm jennifer wexton, and as a prosecutor, and changed diapers at night. later, when i had a law practice, i volunteered to help moms collect child support.

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scott gottliebin s the agency could fast track the review process for ecigarettes that include features to curb use by kids. a mandateays they have to submit planst to preventeens from using their products. teen use has reached epidemic levels. possible prevention methods include bluetooth msures and gottlieb says that the fda is very interested in discussing those ideas. california is becoming the first state to restrict the use of single use plasticthtraws overnor brown signing a bill that limits full service restaurants from giving out plastic straws unless the patron requests one. the move is a less stringent

version that one in hawaii to institute a an outright ban. some california cities like san francisco and malibu already have such bans.ou with cnbc morning business report, i'm courtney reagan. if you are cooking fish tonight, check the label. a group conducted a study and found about a third of the seafood sold in the u.s. was s mislabeled. >> and for some, the number is much higher like 87%. scott cohn has stips to help you avoid a seafood bait and switch. >> reporter: from sushi to sole, we love our seafood, but some are substituting inferior quality. >> they sell four or five different fish that they can disguise as a red snapper. railro wr . >> reporter: a cutthroat business. a group fishing boat s falsifie

records and mislasbeling fish. >> yes, there is a thing as fish and it takes a smart coupler to know the difference. commercial fish men say ask whe the fishame from and examine the skin on commonly faked fish lie grouper or red snapper. >> grouper has a distinctive skin. >> reporter: think you are buying wild salmon? if itas whiteline, it is probably farm raised. >> wild salmon very rarely has fat lines i it because they had to swim and they stay in shape. >> reporter: get to know your fish seller and bone up on your fish facts or you may get less than y bargained for. scott cohn, nbc news. a new look at cies across america has some pretty nice things to say about towns in oua

>> yeah, turns out we're home to hree of the top 50 places to live in thecountry. at least according to realtor.com. ashburn was second best and ellicott city came in fourth despite the floods. and bethesda l made thet at number 20. the survey took into account factors like access to health care, quality of schools and cost of living. >>hea final on your forecast. >> and it is looking not too bad this hafternoon. e a lot of clouds around, but it is friday. temperatures will be close to 80 this afternoon. we had the early rain, still moving along the eastern shore, but tomorrow will be a lot like today, mostly cloudy, pretty dry. and sunday showers through, temperatures a lot cooler, mid-60s. and then next week we start on off with rain evee' day, be starting cool. but eventually we'll get back to around 80. juave the umbrella as we go through all of next week. but if you are making pla this weekend, make sosoccer, lacross

sunday will be the rainy today, but saturday you can get somef stin. so umbrella and jacket needed. >> starting to get the first peeks of fall. >> that is it for news 4 midday. thanks so much. we're back on the air at 4:00. >> and get yours n and weather updates anytime with the nbc washington app. stronger is blasting her tumors...

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