new at midday, police searching for the car that hit a cyclist this morning at a busy d.c. intersection. the evidence that could helpse officers c this case. and he startedti mol me. he molested me for a year and a half. >> emotion stories of abuse on the steps of the supreme court this morning. the protesters now taking their message to lawmakers responsible for confirming brett kavanaugh. we have new reaction for a against the nominee. > and you'll need that raincoat all day today. we have a very unsettled weather more showers in the forecast, chilly temperatures, and then we mive thunderstorms ahead, too. i'll show you the , coming up.

good morning and welcome to news 4 midday. i'm molette green. >> and i'm eyang. nbc news is reporting deputy attorney general rod rosenstein white house o th and is expected to be fired. we are waiting for a special report and we'll bring it to yow liven it happens. right now, though, we have breaking news in the district. police are investigating aciad nt involving a cyclist. news 4's justin finch is live on constitution avenue, justin, as a point of rerence r people, this is near the smithsonian museum of natural history. >> reporter: molette, that's ussolutely right. a very area, right now. police are looking for the driver of a car they say did not stop when it struck a cyclist here this morning. we can tell you right now, the traffic bind us just reopened about a few minutes ago, about a half hourgo or so, but it was closed for hours, as police investigated this crash. let's take you now to video from early, setting the scene for you here. weri d, that bike was lying at the northeast corner ofco 12

antitution, right by the irs building. we are told alerts about this crash came in close to 8:00 this morning. info that a cyclist has been struck at this busy crossing, right in front of the 12th du street tunnel ng the morning rush. we are told that cyclist was taken via ambulance to thend hospitalhat traffic in this area was diverted and that 12th s tunnel traffic was closed off, so that investigation here could get underway. regularspoke with a cyclist in this area, and he says, right at this crossing, ia n get particularly dangerous here. and here's what he hado say. >> there's been a lot of close calls, you know, just wit people i work with and myself, so, i tendo ride down the mall, like, on the mall, from like, memorial bridge, a the way down to there and just stay off constitution. and you know, it can be a hazard. >> reporpir: and not h this area this morning was the rain we saw, as well.

if you know this area at all, you know there are several cameras in this crossing area. d police are telling us they will review that footage in hopes of tracking the car and the driver that struck this cyclist here this morning. no wordyet, though, on that cyclist's condition. once we get more information, we'll bring it to you on-air, as well as our nbc washington app. we're live here in northwes i'm justin finch, news 4, back into you. >> just now to a developing story. president trump says the allegations against his supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh, are,quote, totally political and that he's with kavanaugh, quote, all the the president made those comments at the united nations earlier this morning. >> those remarks come as a second woman accuses kavanaugh of sexual onmict during his years at yale university. news 4's nikki cavajal has the

latest. >> deborah ramirez says she was at a college party with kavanaugh when he took down his pants and exposed himself to her. "the new yorker" roforts that twhe male classmates who ramirez allege were involved dispute her saccount. in the letter, saying it never happened, and that they support judge kavanaugh. isand she feelspointed and kind of betrayed by them. we found no eyewitnesss who would confirm it. we found somebody who remembers hearing about it that nightks i county courthouse. his future and freedom, hanging in the balae. d if he's sentenced to county or state prison, he will led out of the courtroom in handcuffs. >> reporter: the possible sentence for cosby ranges from a maximum of 30 years in prison, for each guilty count of indecent assault, to probation or home confinement and electronicmonitoring.

>> i really think it's important that he spends some time behind bars. he's committed the act, he's been convicted of it, and he should do time, like everyone else. >> reporter: state guidelines suggest the most likely sentence is one to four years behind bars, but judge steven t. o'neil is expected to consider several fact s, includingcosby's age and health. he may also take iccount his lack of public remorse. >> the judge can go a year more or a year less, depending on aggravating factors or mitigating factors. >> reporter: cosby has repeatedly denied all of theal gations against him and his legal team is expected to appeal his conviction. jay gray, nbc news, norristown, pennsylvania. tonight, governor larry challenger democrat ben jealous will face off in the only debate of the marand governor's race. the candidates will take questions from several journalists from "the washington post," "thbaltimore sun," and

th "tald mail" of hagerstown. the debate will air on maryland public television srting at 00. and in virginia, news 4 is hosting a debate with democrat tim kaine and cory stewart. uck todd will moderate that debate with questions from news 4's aaron gilchrist and julie carey. later this week, former first lady michelle obama will urge people to get out and te. it's the first of two stops for her nonpartisan group when we all vote. itncourages people to vote and participate in the midterm elections in november. she'll be in miami on friday. well, this week, the news 4 i-team is looking into a wave of scammers who are said to be taking the district by storm. >> the district's attorney general is now warning about all renters and would-be buyers

about becoming targets. >> reporter: it all startk when you lnline for a rental. this ad seems real enough, but the owner told us it's actually bogus. so we went undercover and started e-mailing with the person ptending to rent it. d.c. has one of the hottest rental markets in the country. a constant influx of people in search of the perfect place. but a news 4 i-team investigationound scammers are getting smarter, preying on that desperation to trick ulbe renters out of thousands of dollars. >> if i didn't have the family support that i do, i don't know what i would do right now. >> reporter: this renter was moving from across the country andntad to apart hunt remotedly. she wired scammers more ,0an before realizing she'd been duped. records show they've even used e -mail from the d.c. housing authority to get victims to pay more money. and they keep stealing the identity of this reputable realtor to make their ads look more convincing. >> i tried to call everybody i

liuld. lawyers, , fbi. >> reporter: he says fake ads with his name just keep popping back up. dozens of people have contacted him to complain. >> my heart dropped. i was like, what am i caught up in? it's like, it's not me. >> reporter: the scammers is constantly switch bank accounts and contact info to keep from being caught. see what you can do to avoid becoming the next victim, tonight on news 4 at 5:00. >> jodie fleischer reporting there. a montgomery county resident had an welcome encounter this weekend with a copperhead snake, and that snake bit this, pers who was gardening in rockville on saturday. that's a picture there of the snake one it was captured. yes, keep it right inside. >> don't let it out! >>lu ily, that bite wasn't life-threatening. the bite was considered a dry bite. i've never heard of such a thing. okay. i'm not havg encounters with snakes to learn. the snake did not inject any s veno that's why it's called that. montgomery county animal control captured and relocated the snake.

>> i just didn't think you could fi copperheads, you know, in the suburbs of washington, d i thought you had to go farther out. >> you would think. you've got to be careful. >> why i don't gard. >> so at least there was a good thing that came out of this dreary, dreary weather. the redskins didn't need any of the sunshine to pull out a win. >> news 4 sports's sherrhesher burruss has more. >> reporter: after six straight quarters without a touchdown, thes red score 4 in a 31-17 win over the packs. >> it's n your old redskins, you know, that you can laugh out, we had to win. we had to win, and we had to win the division. that's the main goal. >> age, not a factor for 33-year-old adrian peterson.ds 120 and two touchdowns for number 26. a huge turnaround for t burgundy and gold, after the

lackluster loss in last week's home opener. >> that probably wme the worst i've ever been a part of. bounce know, for guys to back, you know, it shows the guys, you know, that are resilient. >> reporter: a short season already full of momentum swings comes to an abrupt pause with the buy week up next. bute mme for the redskins to enjoy this win over the packers.sh ree burruss, news 4, sports. tiger woods is back on top. after more than five four surgeries, woods ended his comeback season with a win at thes pga tour championship. >> we thought we'd never see it. and i don't believe he thought either. >> did you hear the announcer? we thought we'd never see this day? and then he said, he didn't either! but he did! he's expected to move up to number 13 in the world after dropping as low as 1,199.

th was late last year. many are calling this one of the greatest comebacks in sports histories. it is pretty amazing, how he did this. woods is now just behind sam snead by two for the most victories ever in pga tour or hi >> and i think what, they suspended commercia on the network, because everybody just -- >> with bated breath. >> didn't want to miss a second of that. >> it was good. so career decisions based on r commute? a look at how often that drives our job moves. nd quick action during dangerous flooding in texas. what we're learning about the t man inhis video, carrying a woman to safety. at children's national, stronger is caring for a baby's heart in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. and a future when prenatal pediatrics leads to healthier children. it's being the number one newborn intensive care unit in the country. and giving parents peace of mind. it's less recovering in our bed, and more jumping on yours. stronger is standing out and standing proud.

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volcano'swaii national park reopened today on the big island. the park was closed for more than a hundred days after mt. kilauea began erupting. now, some excited visitors had early access this weekend. kilauea's eruption damaged park infrastructure and dramatically changed its landscape of summit crater. inside the park, it doubled in size as lava drained out of the active volcano -- out of that vent. hundreds of homes outside the park were also destroyed by the lava. a texas high school football coach is being called a hero afterg rescuin a woman stuck in look at this video here. this happened saturday, northeast of dallas. the coa put the woman on his back and started walking to

higher ground. he says he didn't do anything special and he just did what he thinks anybody else would have done. the storm team 4ays the dallas-ft. worth airport saw more than 9 inches of rainfall this weekend. the flooding is blamed for at least one death. >> wo k >> yw what? he thinks everyone would have done that, but that is pfting himsn harm's way. >> he's the person that job. >> and they all say that,he because in mind, it comes with the territory. you're not anymore special than, you know, anybody else. >> i think he's special. >> oh, of course. but inhumble. they're all humble.h wh amazing. >> to the weather. >> it's good napping weather,yof want to take a nap later. just go home and take a nap. it's theha kind of weather makes you sleepy, it's pretty chilly outside. it's going to stay like this all afternoon. and in fa, our mperatures, our high temperatures, they're going to be unseasonably cool today. it's 66 deg ies right now

washington. we have a cool wind direction, onshore flow here, that alwayss hour temperatures down. we have clouds stuck in the area. we have pretty much light rain.r s reagan international. it's been wet all morning. and as we go through the rest of the xpafternoon,t the showers to stay here. the green shows you the lighter rain on th radar. southern parts of anne arundel county, also prince george through the d.c. metro area, kind of spotty through much of nohern virginia, buthese light showers will stay in the forecast. very unsettled weather pattern ahere. you s the clouds and all the rain, so this is also going to be in the forecast for tomorrow, except tomorrow, we're going to be a little bit warmer. it's 62 right now in gaithersburg. it's wet out there, but you've still got to take the dog out. if you need one to adop smy available for adoption at thene hu rescue society. rain booths, raincoatshrough the afternoon. future weather for today, there you see those light showers ve continue, overnight. tomorrow, we have rain in the

forecast early, spotty through the day. weesday, we'll finally see some more sunshine, dry most of the day. we warm up and then by wednesday evening, that's when we can havf a line strong to severe storms move through. so that won't be until le dnesday, most likely after the evening commute. we cool down thursday, which leads us to a drier weekend. i' w show you thakend forecast, coming up. >> we'll see you then. thank you, sheena. two men attacked at a popular night spo in d.c. why they say it was a hate crime. >> and a big announcement from one of the most popul diet plans in the country. the change weight watchers is making starting toy.da

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todayed a midday, an eld fly man wand at a senior apartment complex, days after a massive fire there. story.tty incredible news 4's pat collins live near the complex with more on this developing story. >> this was the scene of that big fire last week. this morning,rews that were here trying to stabilize the building found a man inside his apartment at the iscene. said to be a man in his 70s. they said he had minor injuries.

day took him to the hospital for treatment. it's unclear as to whether the man had been in his apartment nce the fire or whether or not he returned back to the scene here someime after the fire was put out to go i o his apartment. they have a number of people here doing yetth a search of the building, top to bottom, left to right, to make sure no one else may be inside this home. this was last wednesday, a four-alarm fire, a gigantic fire here. there were a hundred people evacuated, senior citizens from the building. ten were taken to the hospital, treated and released. they thought they had everybody out, until this morning, when they found this man inside his apartment here at thertr khapra homes. we're told it's an apartment on the lower levels in a part of the building least affected by the big question is whether he was here all the way through the

fire orer whee came back to his apartment to retrieve some items. ofincials are t to figure it all out. the mayor has scheduled a press conference here for 12:30. of course, we' be there to cover that. now back to you. >> hoping to learn what happened there. pacollins, thanks so much. we're also following new developments out o loudoun county. a 7-year-old girl is in dead and an 8-year-o boy injured. the sheriff's office tells us the children were swinging in a hammock when a tree fell on top of them. thisappened saturday insp insperryville, the boy is expected to be okay. fear and sadness. those are t words a local same-sex couple are using to describe a possible hate crime against themey ell news 4 the attackers yelled homophobic slurs t atm and then left them bloodied and bruised on "u" street this month. news 4's derek ward sat down with the couple and they talk about the terrifying ordeal. >> reporter: 9:30 on a sunday night along the busy "u" street

corridor. not the place you'd expect a play accountant assault to octir, but expecs can be off. >> we just all couldn't believe what was happening. le, just er: a gay co walking home, stepped into an ordeal.to accordinhe police report, they were crossing here at new hampshire in the crosswalk and there was a c to make a right turn, as they crossed. >> the car, you know, almost h us. it wasn't anything that crazy. >> reporter: but things got crazykl quic the police report says one of the victims hit that car with an open hand and yelled a to the driver. then another car with five or six people in it, came along. >> they were yelling homophobic slurs at us. we ignored them. just, you know, it happens. >> reporter: but the people in that car wouldn't be ignored. outeporter: five people got us.he car and just attacked >> reporter: he says there were four males and a female that violeny set upon them. and amid the fuselage of punches, things got blurry. one of the victims got knocked > out. remember waking up, my

friend being upt with me, me trying to get them into the nc ambu >> just a gray area of fear and sadness and just an overwhelming feeling of just, confusion. >> reporter: the car sped off rth on new hampshire avenue as bystanders came to the aidct of s. bruises, cuts, and a concussion, among their injuries. they also say some of their belongings were taken. >> reporter: it happens. it's terrible, but there's ways that you can get through it and you can use it to maybe help prevent it from happening to someone else. >> reporte and that's what investigators are doing, as well. they're looking at this as a possible hate crime. derrick ward, news 4. happening today, the logan circle communi is planning a public meeting tonight to discuss the gruesome attack that left wendy martinez dead. that meeting is at 6:30 at the marriott marquis on massachusetts avenue in northwest. martinez was the wantabbed

wednesday while out jogging. police have chargedrdnthony crawn her death. also happening tonight in the northeast part of the city, a safety walk. residents will begin their walk on the c of 19th and "l" street at 7:00 this evening to show tir concern about the recent violence in that area. all right. switching gears now, weight na watchers ng itself to try to focus now on the overall health, right? ere's nbc's hoda kotb with more on today's big announcement. >> weight watchers, one of the go-to names in weight loss for 50 years is pack on talk after joining forces with media mogul, oprah winfrey. >> i love bread. >> reporter: winfrey's purchase of 10% of the company three years ago has led to a surge in memberships, a much-needed boost for companies that had faced hard times. now weight watchers, famous for its in-person meetings and point stem for foods instead of calorie counting is shifting its focus.

concentrating on overall health, including stress relief and exercise instead of just weight loss. and it's working. 4.6 million members are currently using the weight watchers app, nearly 30% increase from last year, and 1.6 million are attending 30,000 live meetings each week. heweight wa, no longer just focusing on weit, but putting ople on the path to overall wellness. grossman, the president and ceo of weight watchers is here. and as we've said, there's a bin announcement. i know my mom's interested in this, too. so what do you have for us, >> well, good morning. >> good morning. >> and what we're really excited about is the global leader in weight management around the world, weight watchers, is moving to ww to be the global mark of wellness for everyone. >> you're changing your name? >> beyond just weight? >> changing the name. >> to the mark of . >> that's big. >> ww. >> so instead of weight

tchers. it's world wellness, right? >> i think. >> who wellness. >> it's the whole body. >> it's hard becau watchers is such a brand that people have become so used to. >> it's really hard. we've got toigure this out. >> all right. >> it's only monday. can you tell? we're already looking ahead to the weekend. coming up, a preview of the festival spotlighting local artists. >> stop asking me questions like that. okay, sheena's coming back with a look at this week's d ryda waiting for a liver transplant..

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coming on saturday. >> reporter: got some rock and soul music from awesome ta. tell me why the cool lots are perfect for the festival. >> oh,e're black and we're soul and we're cool! why t?! >> reporter: why not? okay. arw, take a look at the natural gemstones i'm weg on my arm, around my next. adiaha eho collection here. how much am i wearing here? >> about $125. they're all handmade by me. >> i lovsoit. thank youch. this is just part of the festival coming up on saturday. i want to bring in ma'likee the interim director here. ma'lik, you're ready? >> i'm ready, set, and let's go! i'm so ready for this satucoay. annual rated pg black arts festival. >> reporter: and you know what,

this is very ant. it's women-focused right? >> yes, women-centered festival. we have women on the stage, we have them in thll y, we have them vending. so it's a family-friendly event, butng we are putomen at the forefront. >> reporter: and leading up t that, you have some stuff going on at this museum. >> we have black futur week until tomorrow. on wednesday, we have community work wednesday. we'll have ver registration t get people ready for the november elections, and all of is is excitement for saturday's final event. >> and i want people to know that this museum is here. orit's been around a very long time. and we want you to check out what they have. not only this week and on yturday, but allr round. we're right on rho island avenue in north brentwood. so come on out and check it out. but the festival is saturday from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m. cool lots is playing us out. back into you guys. >>,h, ye i was vibing all morning. >> with the yoga. the is going to be a whole lot of good. >> week-long activities leading

up to the ival. so check that out, if you can. >> molette, always bringing us goodstuff. get rid of this rain, though. >> oh, but you said this weekend, right? >> yeah. >> the weekend's going to beer y behan today. >> excellent news. >> we're really looking forward to it, because the weather today, not so good. it's chilly, it's rainy, with it's really going to stay like this throu entire afternoon. and then we get to the weekend, and we'll see some really nice changes. here's a live look out. reagan national. it's wet, it's been like this all morning. we have the raindrops still on the lens. the rain we have around the area, is pretty light. we're not looking at any heavy rain today. we don't have any thunderstorms today, but wednesday evening, that's when we're keeping our eye on some strong-to-potentially severe orms. here's a look locally. we have light showers around the d.c. metro areaight around many of the d.c. metro areas, like near arlingto in throu the district, around the beltway, over to annapolis. this continues along the eastern shore and just some veryd, scatte light showers in parts of northern virginia and maryland. and this is really a very

unsettled weather pattern. you can see it all here with the clouds and the rain, this g goo stick around the rest of today, tomorrow as well. and then we'll get a break with some sunshine, on wednesday, before the storms move in. temperatures are in about the mid-60s. still 59 degrees in leesburg for today. highs only in the upper 60s. stayinglight showers, pretty chilly, unseasonably cool. later on today, st,ll those li scattered showers, overnight, too, tomorrow morning, some scattered showers around the area. and still chance through the day. wednesday, though, we'll see a break of some sunshine. that will wupm us and then in the evening, wednesday, that's when we can see a line of strong to severe storms moving in. as we gorom friday into the weekend, here's what's going to happen. more sunshine with temperatures in the mid- to upper 70s. >> all right, sheena, thank you. a deal announced tay that will create the largest audio in the nment company world. we have the details. >> all right, plus, he was a brave 5-year-old without a home. whatever happened to earnest, after his sry was told over 20 years ago on wednesday's child,

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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. 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.

we have breaking news right now. rod rosenstein may be out as deputy attorney general. he was summoned to the white house this morning. k we don'tw whether he plans to resign or will he be fired? rosenstein oversees the special counsel investigation into russian interference in the 2016

presidential election and possible obstructionf justice by president trump. rosenstein alsooi aed mueller to run the russia probe last year. stay with news 4 on-air and in the nbc washington app for updates on this major breaking ws story. a major move by two major music companies. cnbc reports sirius xm plans to buy music streaming service pandora with the price tag of $3.5 billion. acquiring pandora would make sirius the world's largest audio entertainment compan now to an uplifting story that we hope will give you a smile or two. news 4's barbara harrison met this young man when he was just 5 yea d. and he was in need of a loving now, a re-introduction twode cades later. >> reporter: we wouldn't have recognized this d.c. police officere on the et, but an e-mail to lbc 4 us know that he was someone we might want to meetagain. his name, officer earnest

landers. >> is this earnest? hi, earnest. how are you. >> reporter: he was just 5 years old when he introduced earnetes as a wednesday's child in 1996.s een more than 22 years since we met. when he was a little boy in need of a permanent loving home. >> you just made my day. >> reporter: earnest says he remembers when we met. and he o thinksften that was his lucky day. it led to his adoption by his two wderful dads. >> can i give you a hug? sthank you for calling u and telling us about this. >> reporter: ernie landers and anthiny hutn both knew they wanted to raise a family and had talked about adoptinn after wat wednesday's child on nbc 4 for years. >> we both agreed to work through the foster care system, because there were children who weren't infants who needed milies too.

>> got into the foster care approval system,classes, and it was a long process, but we knew what we wanted to do. >> reporter: nearly two decades ofra photographs their journey as a family, from the day estnest f moved into their home. >> so i'm walking up the steps and he goes a burmese mountain dog that's as huge as can be. i waun't aro dogs, so i was , like, ok what is this. >> reporter: but it didn't take long for him to feel at home with tt big dog. in the first years, there were other fears earnest would need to conquer, after having moved from one foster home to another for much of his you. li >> i remember asking arnie, i asked him the same thing i asked everybody else. i was like, are you guys going to keep me? he's like, yeah, you're our son. >> reporter: it tooe and patience to convince their son that he was there to stay, tt he was family. >> i'm family so, i started to get real comfortable with it. >> reporter: especially after h met grandparents and aunts and ousins, who embraced him as family. >> they put so much confidence

in me, to the point where i'ven go to, i was in jrtc, i went to college, university of maryland, eastern shore, and now that i'm afi police ofcer and i'm just -- i just keep continuing to strive to be the best person i cou ever be. >> reporter: and he credits his parents for that. >> they love me unconditionally. they're always goingo tell me right from wrong. and they're always going to be here at the end of the day. and that's what parents are all about. >> reporter: earnest is now a dad himself. >> and this is my daughter. >> reporter: he showed off his picturesf his5-month-old daughter and 3-year-old son. >> reporter: what's it like being grandparents? >> i can tell you, honestly, it's the greatest tng ever. there's no way of knowing that until you actually have a grandchild. >> reporter: and they will know doubt take pride in their grandchildren's accomplishments, just as they have in earnest. >> we've saved everything. every trophy from every

basketball competition, every medal. >> rr: and we brought one more thing to add to the memorabilia. something theyidn't have. his video of 5-year-old earnest. that he had never seen himself until now. what do you think? >> came a long way. i came a long way. >> what a beautiful story. and such a happy ending. and the love of a family, how significant that is. i. love it's beautiful. >> barbara is hoping to catch up with more of the hundreds of foster children whose stories she shared over the last three decades. were one of those children or know how we might be able to reach them, please let barbara know. here's how you can send an e-mail. tips at nb she knows how to share these stories. they get me every single me. >> that was a happily ever after story. beautiful. >> i love it. well, the fall tv season

begins this week. >> nbc kicks it off with "the voice." and kelly clarkson and jennifer hudson together for the first ting. we're goi to have a preview and i hope they sing! a lot.

welcome back. nbc's "thvoice" returns f a new season tonight. >> and the gang is all back tother. jennif hudson, kelly clarkson, adam levine, blakeshelton, back in the judge's seat.

nbc's mark barger has more. >> reporter: one team made kelly clarkson a champ in her very first season on "the voice." >> she was hard to be around before -- >> i'm a big diva. >> -- but now i'm like, shut up! >> i know where this is going, brother. >> don't look at him! >> you lose. sit down. >> reporter: blind auditions begin for the new season tonight. jennifer hudson's back in the fold and everyone's trying to keep country singers away from blake shelton. >> literally, y'all, all he do is he turn his chair around and he -- and he gets them! >> com >> that's not it true. >> what's the strategy for that? >> that isueot tr i am talking to them. >> i'm throwing shoes. i'm singing you songs >> reporter: in fact, the former "american idol" used that rayo u .havest an edge against us. >> you won six time >> it's not fair.

it's like you're already -- it's like your amateurs at this and you're a pro. ♪ p reporter: it's potential futures the coaches will be listening for tonight. >> go with your gut. >> you just d't wityour instincts in that moment. >> reporter: and also, watchfo t clarkson. >> now i can onlyalk to her at certain times of the day. >> only between the hours of 2:00 and 6:00, otherwise, nope. >> reporter: artists hope they get a "yes" from coaches starting tonight. mark barger, nbc news. >> can't twait! y're so much fun. >> i know. >> i love that they just get on each other and compete --e i l kelly clarkson. >> yeah, ie l nowit hit sheena parveen. >> well, today is going to stay rainy as we go through the entire afternoon, temperatures will be in the upper 60s and we'll continue to see those scattered light rain showers. tomorrow, we still have the rain in the forecast, mostly in the morning, but keep the umbrella all day. a little warmer. wednesday, that's when we could have some evening thunderstorms developing. most of wednesday will be dry,

we'll be warming into the mid-80s. late-night thundercoorms could strong to severe. thursday, very slight chance, and friday, into the weekend, we're going to be nice and dry with very comfortable temperatures i so it looks pretty good heading into the weekend, guys. >> all right. thank you,na sh that's going to do it for news 4 midday. thanks so much for joining us. we're back on the air this afternoon first at 4:00. >> and you can getshe n and weather anytime with the nbc washington app. have areat day, we'll see yo gu

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