new at midday, some o good news ogood faiaithersburg at ths hour, crews are making progress repairing the broken water valve. right now at the white ho announcing a new trade agreement with canada and mexico. a closer look at what is in the deal. and today is the first day of october, but m feelinge like summer out there. coming up in my updated forecast, i'lln let you know w we'll warm to near 90 degrees, plus, when we'll have some cooling rain showers impact the area. >> announcer: news 4 midday starts now.>> good morning and welcome to news 4 midday, i'm molette

>> and i'm angie goff. we want to take you live to the mpite house rose garden now where president ts about to announce a new trade deal between the u.s., mexico, and na . the deal accomplishes two big things here. it gives the u.s. greater access to canada's dairy market. it also exempts tariffs on more than 2 1/2 million canadian cars coming into the u.s. until recently, it looked as if nada could be excluded from the final agreement. it fulfill s president trump's campaign pledge to renegotiate nafta. we'll continue to monitor the news conference here in the rose garden and bring you updates throughout the hour as needed. we also continue to following a developing story, this one in montgomery county, where crews are makingrs rep to a broken water valve. >> this is what it looked like earlier thiwamorning. r gushing out like a geyser. just a short time ago,are d some traffic is starting to get by, angie. >> and tracking all the progress, we want to get right to news 4'sicole jacobs. she joins us now live from the

scene in good faithersburg with very latest. what's going on, nicole? >> angie and molette, t work here is slow, but definitely steady. you can see here behind me, one lane of the southbound side is able to get through, which is great news and incredible prress, compared to what it was earlier this morning when it was completely shut down. but i want to give you a different perspective now. one from high above, where you can actually see the scope of this hole and exactly what work crews have cut out for them. a morning mess on route n355 gaithersburg. chopper video showing sprouts of water bubblinghe up during morning rush. and before that, these images show water shooting several feet into the air. a valve break causing the disruption, making for miles of backup and hours of repairs ahatd. >> unforty, infrastructure

under the ground, water, corrosion, things happen, things break, and tha what happened here. >> reporter: wssc spokesperson lynn riggers tells news 4, the fix isn't necessarily easy. >> then's 8-inch valve on an 8-inch water line and that broke, but also in this area, there's a 24-inch water main, which is 2 feet in diameter. so that's a lot of water and a lot of pressure right in this area. so when it brok it took some time to get that -- all of that water shut down.or >> rr: and as water lines are shut off in order to fix the problem, watre woes trickling down to a handful of businesses. tu and live ps now again here at route 355 in gaithersburg. you canee the work here continues. and now that they've got a handle on pumping the water out of that hole, they can now start repairing that and we're told work will continue throughout the night, with hopes of having everything completely finished by the

morning rush. molette, angie, back to you. >> all right, trying to get it done. thank you so much, nicole. to well, police also trying figure out who hit a maryland d.o.t. worker inge prince ge's county. >> the worker was found early this morning on a ramp that leads from i-295 to i-95. and news 4's amy cho has more. reporter: police say jonathan wright was part of a construction crew doing work r here on thp behind me. they say a black car hit wright and then sped off. wright, now fighting for his life in thhospital. police say he had just gotten out of his work vehicle and was walko the ramp when the black car hit him and then sped off. police say when they got there, they found wright lying in the road. throughout the morning, investigators tryingo piece together what happened and searching for the black car that took off. in oxen hill, aimee cho, news 4. >> this morning's accident comes on the same day that maryland's new move over law. takes effe it's a change to specifically

make things safer for peop o doing worthe side of the road. if you see a work truck with its lights on, you must move over or slow down. that includes recycle truck, service vehicles, utility vehicles. if you're caught, you will pay a fine. a traffic alert t pass along. starting today, several streets in the district will be closed. if you look this map here, you can see it marked out. for dupont drive in southeast is shut down because they're resuacing roads in ft. dupont park. now, the closures extend from randall circle to ft. david's drive and are expected to last until the winter. and new this morning, google maps analyzed information from 2017 comring rush hour during summer-to-fall months. they found that the average commute time in d.c. traveling into the city is about 47 minutes during peak traffic time f they alsond commute times in the district are unpredictable. rs and commu in north america spend more than an hour a day traveling back and forth toome andwork, which equals a

two-week vacatioye every ! let that sink in. wow. >> and i love the part about ths commute t being unpredictable. >> i mean, tell me something new! >> i know. >> shocker, right? >> so let's turn our attention to the weather. it is fall and the start of a beautifulday. >> and we want to know, amelia, is it going to stay this way? we're not complaing. >> no, really nice out there, plenty of sunshine, low humidity. a nice, comfortable cool start thrning, but as we head into the afternoon hours, it's ling to warm up and it's going to feel moree summer out there versus fall. 73 degrees right now, so still pretty refreshing, barely a cloud in the sky, and those humidity levels, nice and low. and they'll stay in check throughout the day today. by 2:00p.m., we're around 78. a high temperature today of 80. out 5 degrees warmer than yesterday, and by 6:00 p.m., keeping it completelyos dry a the area. temperatures falling into the upper 70s at that point. now, there is someain in the forecast for tomorrow. i'm going to have the latest timing and impacts, coming up

right around 11:20. molette? >> all right. thanks so much, amelia. now to a developing story. news 4 as obtained a police report filed by former d.c. mayor and current cocil member, vincent gray according to the police report filed over the weekend, grayas injured during a confrontation his chief of staff tells news 4 the council member was attending an artll night event at the d.c. eagle on saturday. gray and a bouncer had a dispute er his i.d. and the police report states that gray was pushed out of the club, causing him to fall. news 4 reached out to the nightclub. itave us this statement. quote, council member gray did attempt to enter the d.c. eagle last night, buted ref to provide proper identification to our door staff after being asked for it several times, as requiredy d.c. law. well, the fbi oe again finds itself at the center of a politically charged investigation. the burea i looking into claims of sexual assault against supreme court nominee, brett

kavanaugh. >> right. there are questions about the scope of that investigation. news 4's tracie potts has the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: in a new memota ed overnight by nbc news, rachel mitchell,se the ptor republicans hired, called sexual ausault allegations against judge brett kav weak and says, quote, i don't think thata a reae prosecutor would bring this case, based on the evidence before the e.commit that evidence could be growing. a source familiar with the investigation tells nbc the fbi has interviewed deborah ramirez, the woman who claims kavanaugh expod himself to her in college. our source says she provided a list ofe who can back up her story. the fbi will also reportedl interview kavanaugh's high school friend, mark judge. dr. christine blasey ford testified, judge was there during her alleged assault. t sources tell us no interview is scheduled for the third accuser, julie swetnick.

>> the allege that she makes is outrageous. not one democrat mentioned it. >> reporter: democrats say the white house is handicapping this investigationrom the start,y limiting witnesses. >> i wand to use t word force, but that's not the kind of investigation that all of usi are exp the fbi to conduct. >> reporter: president trump tweets, the fbi can interview whoever they want. >> the white house is not micromanaging this process. >> reporter: their investigation is supposed to wrap up in a week. >> and new this morning, we've learned that one of judge kavanaugh's former college classmates, charles luddington, says he's talking to the fbi today. luddington claimst t kavanaugh misrepresented his drinking habits while in college. tracie potts, nbc news, washingt. an annual tradition turned into a protest against judge brett kavanaugh in northwest d.c. t this w annual red mass. the event happenshe before t u.s. supreme court's new term, which started today.

otesters spoke out against kavanaugh outside the cathedral outside of st. matthew the apostle. happening today in just about an hour,atholic university students will stage a protest to demand the dean of the school of soc l work be fired. it's all in response to a tweet posted last week. the tweet attacked julie swetnick, one of brett kavanaugh's accusers. dean william rangford wrote, since when do senior girls hang with freshman boys? ift happened when kavanaugh was a senior, swetnick was an adult drinking with and by her admission, having sex with underage boys. in another universe, he would be the victim and she the perp. rainford latit apologized. important to note that swetnick never accused kavanaugh of assaulting she said he and his friends would be at parties in college where the punch was spiked so that girls could be taken vantage of. the university suspended rainford, but students say that's not enough. one year ago today, 58

people were killed at a music festival in las vegas. coming up, how those victims are being remembered today. >> and also, rescue crews still having trouble getting to some parts of indonesia where an earthquake and tsunami hit last week. olthe death is already reaching unimaginable levels. we're going to take a closer look at what's being done to g help to thete

developing right now, an urgent rescue mission underway >> crews are looking for people who may be buried in the rubble from friday's earthquake and tsunami in southeastern indonesia. >> at least 848 people have died. nbc's janis mackey frayer is in indonesia with the update. >> reporter: rescuers have yet to reach the worst-hit areas and access remains a huge challenge. today, most flights to palu airport were canceled because hundreds of people were blocking the runway, pleading toet out. the chaos complicating delivery of aid that is desperately needed. all along the coastline, it's a sea of debris and deva wation. rescueorkers are using their bare hands and what little equipment they have in order to rg at tble for survivors. how many people may be tw many were pulled out to sea byhe tsunami remains unclear, but the number of confirmed dd is beginning to surge. hundreds of bodies have already

been buried in mass graves to stave off thel very r threat of disease. this is now a national disaster and the govt is pleading for urgent foreign aid. several countries are expected to answer the call of supp. the supplies of fuel and fresh water are running lo police are looting for food and police aren't doing anything to stop it. the big need now i heavy equipment in order to lift the debris to get at people who might have survived or to reach the victims. the prlem, of course, is that they have to take it by road, and it's a 24-hour journey. janis mackey frayer, nbc news, i indo also developing right now, investigators are working to determine the b motiveind a deadly car explosion in pennsylvania. officials say that thr died when a car exploded in allentown on saturday. this morning, you can see the remnants of that explosion. we also looked at some cell phone video of this explosion

earlier.ou there go. there it is. the immediate aftermath looked ivke a war zone and some residents that nearby are still allowed -- still not allowed back into their homes. police say that this was all intentional and they also believe one of tse people killed was the person responsible.l it w an emotional day in las vegas. it was one year ago today that a man opened fire through a hotel window, killing 58 people at a country mic festival. he marquees along the iconic vegas strip will go dark tonight to honor thevictims. this weekend, survivors also got a chance to reconnect at the concert. two people from our area were at the country ousic festival year ago. denise roverditis martinburg, west virginia, she was killed. and tina frost of anne arundel county was injured. the lat ht update on go fund me was that she has moved back . to san di

this weekend, near the u.s. capitol, protesters gathered to call for tougher gun restrictions. they made posters showing those killed and left flowers. many spoke about the imptance november's midterm elections. a lot of voices echoed the same message, including a 7-year-old little girl. >> iay be small, but my voice is not. nobody needs to wait even a moment before starting to improve the world. >> hard to believe that was one year ago. it was the worse mass shooting in modern u.s. history. the winners of this year's nobel prize for physiology or medicine have been announced. dr. james aison andtsaku hongo were awarded the prize. . anderson worked at m.d. anderson in texas. the duo discovered the body'sim ne system can be harnessed to attack cancer cells.

allison spent more than a decade as anti investor at the harvey hughes institute in chevy chase. melania trude is h to africa for her first international trip without her husband, thepr ident. mrs. trump will visit four countries over the next several days. her first stop is inhana tomorrow, followed by visits to malawi, kenya, and egypst the f lady's trip will focus onhild well-being through her be best. initiati check out these new pictures from chopperth this morning. 's a replica of air force one on a barge. it's part of a project to help educate kids about democracy around the world. it will be on display at national harbor this month. tickets are 30 bucks for ults, 15 for kids, ages 3 to 12. that will be a cool thing to do. >> super neat. you know, youon nor have to buy the fake replicas in the airport. i think my son had like three of them. >> get to see how tricked out it is. >> i know, i know. to aow we want to go strange incident. >> yeah, this is interesting.

>> this is one we'll keep ouron eye too. this involves actress lindsay lohan. >> so there's this confrontation that happened on the street. it was all caught on camera.is and iust blowing up on social media. nbc's matt bradley has the story. >> reporter: it was another freaky friday for lindsay lohan. i'mike in shock. >> reporter: the actress live streamed a bizarre confrontation with what appeared to be a homeless familyhat lohan said were syrian refugees. based on lohan's past instagrams, she appears to be in moscow. >> tell me your story so i can help you. >> the "meanrl gi star starts out playing nice. >> do you want to come with me? come with me. let me take care of you guys. s >> reporter:peaking a strange accent, salted with some kind og foreign lauage. when the parents refused, t"the pare trap" star pursues. >> i won't leave until i take you. >> when she tries to grab the i

the incident still lighting up social media. twitter users calling her crazy and worrying about her mental health. the star didn't respond to request for comment. lohan has a history of activism on behalf of syrian refugees, visiting turkey lastar >> there's no one that's actually gone there. >> reporter: even opening a pro-refugee nightclub in athens call lohan. but the 32-year-old star's well-known alcohol and drug abuse, the viral video fueling speculation that that history may not be entirely behind her. >> the whole world isis seeing ight now. >> reporter: matt bradley, nbc news. >> i don't even knot to say. >> i know. >> let's move on. >> okay. our area still dealing with some very dangerous river conditions after last week's rain, warning from emergency crews. plus, bveies on the we have a new warning about baby walkers and we're going to hear from the mom of triplets who uses the toys on wels. he

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so a selfie almost cost a man hisli . he fell into the potomac river yesterday while trying to get that perfect shot. it happened off of olmste island in great falls and res e rescuers were able no save him. chopper video shows how swollen the river is with all the rain we've seen alienate days. the man is now in the hospital

and he is recovering from serious in rries. >> thaer looks angry. >> mm-hmm. >> it's swollen and everything. it's just not worth it. >> no, it's not. >> that's what they have photoshop for. you ca do anything. photoshop and filters. you can put yourself anywhere, make yourself look great. >> or just have some sensibility. >> or just enjoy the ment. >> the you go! >> so a lot of people getting outside, out and about today. wanting to hit the trails. out at the farm yesterday, it's like everybody was out. i think they don't know w next rainy day is coming. >> still muddy out in grassy areas. >> it's damp out there. we've had so much rain lately.'r the top 20 wettest year ever on record, to give you an idea. and we just get normal precipitation for the rest of the year, and we've hadab well e normal, we're going to be the fourth wettest year ever on record. thankful, though, i tracking a major pattern change. we're looking at mainly dry weather this week, but we're gh ng to warm up thr thursday. we'll be near 90 degrees, the humidity also builds in a little

bit each and eve da until we hit thursday. and then i think we're going to see some cooler air moving in friday, on into the weekend. but take a look at your second weather headlineai lookingy dry for the workweek. and we do need to dew out. only ainor shower chances here and there, and that includes tomorrow, during the afternoon and evening hours, but kend isow, the w looking nice, both saturday and sunday, keeping it dry, right now. currently, our temperatures kind of all over the place, from 63 in leesbur to 7 in fredericksburg and 73 degrees here in washington. we'll havere high tempera this afternoon, warming to around 80 degrees, with plenty of sunshin and a windut of the southwest at about 5 to 15 miles an hour. so that's going to help to b ng in warmeair, compared to yesterday. our high yesterday, 76 degrees. and again, today we keep it y, but a few showers out there tomorrow. so if you want to get the car wash, you're kind of taking yr chances with those rain chances in the forecast o here they ar future weather. starting you off tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. again, another nice start tomorrow. we'll have plenty of sunshine

and we'll have some cloudiness around as we head into t midday and afternoon hours. but we're not talking about overcast skies by any meanx a f clouds and sun. here's lunchtime tomorrow. notice just a few spotty showers out e, ase w move towards 2:00 p.th, seeing some rain still mainly back on the i-80 corridor. once we hit 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 p.m., we start to see scatted showersoving through, areas including the d.c. metro region and tomorroening, we return to dry weather. and that will bring us more sunshine out there ond wednesda e do keep it dry on wednesday. but thursday, there's the chance for another isolated shower or thunderstorm fdaday and sat are looking dry. i'm going to have more on the temperatures, what you can expect through thu and the weekend, coming up in about 15 minutes, ladies. >> just keep saying "dry." pslike it, amelia. all right, a man sway from police in northern virginia. now a search is underway for him. why a wanted man. >> and the latest on facebook's massive data breach. what you need to know abour keeping yo information safe. barbara comstock might as

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you're watching news 4 midday. coming up on 11:30 this trning. now f latest on that massive facebook hack. the company was already undre or not protecting user's private information. >> and now many people there a wondering whether their personal information is safe. here's nbc's muel almaguer. >> reporter: a massive cyber

attack affecting nearly 50 million facebook users. ceo mark zuckerberg confirming the new breach in a conference call friday. >> on tueay afternoon, our engineering team found an attack affecting up to 50 million accounts on cebook. >> reporter: now zuckerberg is in the hot seat again, less than six month after testifying about data security in front of congress. >> it will be hard for us to guarantee that we're going to fully stop everything. >> reporter: in the latest attack, hackers exploited a feature called "view as," who lets users see how their profile appears to others. it's bad new for thecompany, which has seen its traffic plummet 50% in two years. many users understandably shaken. >> so much has gone down with facebook that my trust in the site is kind of scrapped. >> you would think facebook would have secure firewalls to prevent all of that. >> i feel likeny bsite, like

i wouldn't trust fully, because there's a chance that it can be hacked. yeah. oh, thas scar >> reporter: according to zuckerberg, whose own account was compromised in the latest breach, the vulnerability has been patched and all oafthe cted accounts were logged out. all you have to do is log back in. >> and we will also notify these people in a message on top of theird news fee about what happened when they log back in.e >> it's a tough two years for the social media giant, which was investigated by the ftc a the fbi when the political consultancy firm cambridge alytica gained access to the private information of millions of user. that prompted an apology from zuckerberg to congress.ta >> it was my m and i'm sorry. i started facebook, i run it, and at the end of the day, i am esponsible for what happen here >> reporter: this morning, a new blow to facebook, as it struggles to regain the trust of its users again.

>> andl mig also reports that european regulators c facebook more than $1.5 million for the breach while a class action lawsuit is in thethorks here iu.s. police in northern virgia are n searching for a suspect that managed t escape his capture after barricading himsel inside of a motel room. take a look at his picture. this is 32-year-old alton thodos. police say he may be driving a silver bmw with virginia tags uze-8869. on saturday, police tried torv an arrest warrant for thodos at a fairfax, virginia,t he barricaded himself inside that room and then made threats against himself. the time police made their way into the room, the suspect had escaped through the ceiling into the attic and then left the building. he is wanted on charges of grand larceny, credit card theft, and

credit card fraud. a docto who helped treat victims from the pentagon on 9/11 dr. marion jordan was killed in a multi-vehicle crash lastin we anne arundel county, maryland. he was a long time doctor at the hospital and former director of the hospital's burn center. medstar says his is lastingga is the bond he shared with firefighters in the region and among homes he wa respected. there is a new warning and waw concern, of course, over baby ers. it's a product that's been used for generations, you're still >> oh, yeah, and she is using it. i mean, she's driving that thing al over the place, jumping curbs. but now doctors want to ban them and despite stricter safety standards, a study by the rserican academy of pediatrics says the walre still to blame for thousands of injuries each year. but some say the problem, it's not the product. nbc's kathy park reports. >> reporter: at home in southern

california, 11-monthld triplets gray, kate, and ellie carpenter are on the move with ba walkers. >> they have the time of their lives, ecause it's like their independence. >> reporter: but a new study says between 1990 and 2014, more than 230,000 children under 15 months eed up in the e.r., injured in a walker. 74%f them fell downstairs. >> allows children to travel at 4 feet per second. even the fastean parent react that quickly to stop an injury that's about to happen. kids ve had a couple of even be in the walkers on sidewalks, a parent turns their back, and the walker goes into be street and the child has gotten hity a car. >> reporter: with tougher standards, safety improvements, and more use of stationary activity centers without wheels, injuries have dropped significantly. in a statement, a trade group fo baby products said these standards have been effective at reducing potential injuries by

90%. and that it believes that trese productsafe when used correctly. bu doctors still treat more than 2,000 walker-related injuries every year. warning labels advise consuitrs to p stairs, don't use a damaged walker, and never leave a child unattended. walkers havech entertained dren for generations, and parents like kristen carpenter say a ban is too extreme. >> if i thought it was dangerous, i wouldn't put my kids in them. >> reporter: kristen and her husband watch theirids closely in their walkers. they get only half an hour a day, and so far,pr no lems, as they take it one step at a time. kathy park, nbc news, santa clarita, california. >> yeah, and we were just talking about this, you have to watch them in the walker. >>yeah it's not like -- if the thing moves, you've got to still have all eyes on the kids, because like you id, 4 feet a second. they move fast. >> they move. >> but it gives them that freedom and also with our baby, it made her legs stronger. so she'saleady to now.

i don't know if i'm ready for that. ?> i mean, what parent didn't use a walk that's the main gift you get at the baby shower. all right. baseball season, it's over for bryce harper and the nationals. comi a up, harper talut what could be the end of his time in washington. >> a lot of people sad about taat. and we areing the week rain free, though, so we can smile about that part of the y. so stay with us. amelia is going to give us a nice look ahead.

the nationalin zoo is welca litter to have three cheetah cubs. oh, my goodness. love it. >> they were born back on september 22nd. the zoo says this is their mom's first litter and that she's doing great caring for them. ais year alone, ten cubs have been born the zoo's breeding facility. they don't want to adopt those out, do they? >> no. >> they're so cute! >> cheetah pregnancies last

about 90 days. >> what?! >> that's what i want to come back as when i die. alwant to come back as a cheetah! right! >> you're funny. >> i know. 90 days versus nine months, come on. there will be no more pro baseball in washington until april. >> the nationals wrapped up their season yesterd't and it wasn with a win. in fact, they were shut out by the rockies out in denver, losing 12-zip! making matters worse, this may be the last time we ever see bryce harper in d.c. gear! he becomes a free agent the day af the world series ends.th e star outfielder got a little emotional last night. >> yeah, i mean, i think, you yow, it's just, it's tough. you know, sometim go up there and you never know what's going to happen. like you said. so, you know, getting a littlel em right now, because you never know. but, you know, i was happy to be able to go up there and hit a double and kind you know, write it off like dat. an you know, if i'm back, i would love to be, and if i'm

not, then, you know, we'll see what happens. >> and like class act, harper went on to thank d.c. fans sinking that we've alwad his back. and there are talks other teams could offer him deals upwards of $400 million or more. the nationals finished the season with 82 wins, 80 losses, not nearly as tough as the orioles, 47-115record. >> oh, wow. >> yeah. >> one of e worst records ever. >> at least we can be happy about the nationals. >> silver lining. well, with you know, it would be a great day to go out g for ae today. there were so many games thaet endeon up being pos or rain out. >> and no rain in the forecast today, but it's hot. most feeling a little bit humid out there today, the first day of october. but stilleeling very much like summer, not only for today, but the entire week on into the weekend. current temperatures right now, generally in the low to mid-70s. and this is our average high now for this time of year. but we're goingo continue to warm to around 80 degrees this afternoon. i think south of the district

will even see some low-to-mid-80s for areas like culpepper and fredericksburg. but by 2:00 p.m., around 78. 4:00e'll hit 80 degrees. and by 6:00 p.m., we're at 78. just about everybody, completely physical you're west of i-81, though, can't rule out an isolated shower or ttnderstorm hat way. but again, most of us today, completely dry. now, tomorrow at the bus stop, it's comfortable with temperatures in the 60s. so, a nice start and another hot afternoo by recess,though, most of us still dry, so recess for the kids tomorrow i think is definitely going to outdoors, but those after-school activities could be impacted as we track some wildly scattered showers and maybe a rumble of thunder. take a look. here's your ten-day forecast. 83 tomorrow for a high. on wednesday, we'll have highso 85. partly to mostly sunny skies on wednesday, feeling humid. n ggy and hot out there thursday with high temperatures near 90 degrees. and the chance for a shower or thunderstorm arounththe during afternoon and evening hours. friday, saturday, and sunday right now is looking dry wit plenty of sunshine and high temperatures around 80.

angie and molette? >> thank you, amelia. oi we are not down much for the start of fall, but residents are still taking notice of the change in >> coming up, it's smelling so good in this studio. we are cking up with a hearty beef dish, perfect for a chili

barbara comstock might as well be barbara trumpstock. donald trump is against expanding medicaid in virginia. against protections for pre-existing conditions. and he sabotaged the healthcare market,

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acclaimed chef alfred is taking the season a little bitoo literal. chef al, as he's known, is recovering from a broken foot after taking a fall down the stairs at his home. and despite that little misstepl chef is here to put his best foot forward and prepare a seasonal favooute. see, hear all of that? >> it was a very unfortunate walker accident that caused m foot to break. >> beef bourguignon. did i say that correctly? >> beef bourguignon. >> how are you doing? >>gr doing t. i've been sitting around the house, everybody's been waiting on me hand and foot. but peoine c around and they expect me to cook, so i found a cast iron pan and did a one-pan wonder. >> you're the owner of three

restaurants. in bethesda, george's chef house, and duck, duck goose in baltimore. e talk about what you're doing here, talk about your culinary style. you're putting in -- we got the meat already go bg, right? thf already going. >> yes, ma'am. >> you put in? >> so there's som i onions here, carrots in here, celery in here, and in sfrench, tha the holy trinity. we call it mir poi in french. we can top this off with a little bit of stock. about a cup. >> i can't eyeball. >> you're good. >> i can'tyell well. okay, that smells amazing. >> yeah? i'm glad you likeit. >> yeah, it does. and i'm not a big beef eater, but when it's -- >> this is good. it's perfect. >> when it's seasoned perfectly. >> you don't even neat a fork. you can sit in front of the tv, ice cream in one hand, beef b g bourguignon in the other. >> what's your cooking style? >> for me, we keep it simple. our philosophy is, show people a

good night out. i don'tatike to intim people with the food, both on our end and on the customer's end. weeept fresh, comfortable and fun. >> oh, you got wine in there? >> there's some wine in there -- no, i don't. we can just have the wine! okay. what's on the menu this seaso that's special for your customers and new customers who might want to walk in and try something different? >> so that will be a surprise, but you know, usually we like to do things with squash and pumpkin, we do a lot of braised dishes because they're warm and hearty and try to get some of the lighter, spicier things of the summer. >> are fall season and what's cooking up? >> i'm very excited about the fall season. ited, because i'm stuck wearing shorts. >> but it gets hot in the kitchen. >> it does get hot in the kitchen. >> so through the magic of tv, we have one pan here that is done. >> so before we unveil it, so we added all the veggies. what's the secreto makinghis at home for somebody like me? >> leave it alone. leave it alone. you put your sto in, put your

veggies in there, leave in it there for about an hour, hour and a half. will tell you when it's done. when you can stick a spoon in it and not have to cut anything apart, you're good to go. >> is there a particular type of ld use? sh >> it's chuck meat. if you go to the store, there will be packets that say beef for stew or something like that. let's have the unveiling. >> chef al, oh, yeah! oh, yeah! >> if you could be so kind as to pass me that >>bowl. look, and we have bread in this. >> we do have some ead. >> oh,his is awful in such a good way! now, what should the consistency of the gravy -- >> that is a fantastic question. so we call it in the restaurant, we call it pe. so i'll take the back of that it,on and i'm going to clean if that holds the line, we're right wherethe need to be. 's how we know it's good. taste it and tell me if you like it. it's not too any good? >> oh, that's delicious! i'm going to eat that! >> i've done itnce or twice.

chef al, thank you very much, and all the best to you and your injured foot. >> thank you very much. thank you. >> angie, back to you. >> yes, we hope heets well soon. as the country continues to confront an opioid drugproblem, that's taken a staggering toll. some employers are now stepping up to help those struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. nbc's katie pec visits one restaurant where second chances are on the menu. >> reporter: zachary thomas is one year sober this week. it's been a long road. >> at the end of my run of my addiction, it was -- i was homeless. >> heroin and methamphetamines, his only reasons for living. but after getting clean, he foundanother. a job he loves. how has that changed your life? >> it was kind of a miracle for >> reporter: employees at dva kitchen in lexington, kentucky, would tell you miracles are served here all the time. nearly every staff member isng recoveri from drug and alcohol addiction. and this is their second chance.

>> sometimes just to take the chance on one person might be the difference inou theirey in recovery. >> dva owners rob and diane perez say their journey led them here. rob was in rehab for alcohol addiction at age 25. in recent years, the couple lost 13 employees to drug overdoses. >> i think thatar this is sim to most places in america, unfortunately. but the epidemic is huge. >> reporter: their mission, giving jobs to those who need purpose, structure, and acceptance. a model working in other places, too, like in richmond, indiana. >> we couldn't really turn a blind eye. we had to figure out a way. become ter: hiring had difficult at belldon manufacturing company when applicants couldn't pass the drug test. the problem was clear. so was the soamtion. a pro to get employees clean and back to work. >> i'm just sorateful for this iportunity to change my life. and to gett back where it

needs to be. >> reporter: back in lexington, rob is grateful, too. > they start standing up straighter. they start looking you in the eye more. and it's incredibly heart-warming. >> reporte a workpla where judgment and shame have no seat at the table. >> what is that kind of safety feel like? >> it feeme like ho y >> sounds li have a lot of hope. >> i do. >> catie beck, nbc news, lexington, kentucky. and coming up, add a little pink to your favorite pumps. coming up, a look at how the touch of color can help others.

♪ i love myself ♪ i want you to love me >> ctennis superstar serena williams is using her fame and voice to help in the fight against breast cancer. williams posted this clip to twitter. she's singing the '90s song "i touch myself." the namesake campaign encouraos women perform self-exami self-examinations. october, as you know, is breast cancer awareness month. >> yeah,he disease will kill tens of thousands this year alone. and right now a local business and alpha kappa alpha sorority are working hard to raise awareness in worki 4 your health this morning and i got a firsthand look at one very pink effort. pink soles and heels for breast cancer awareness month.

i've got the akas, one of the c. chapters herith me. show your heels, okay? so you can come into this store expert s and luggage repair throughout the month of october, t this done and a portion of the proceeds go to breast cancer research. i want to thank daffney denbe x denbeaux, the president of your chapter. >> we're so excited to support women who need this. >> can i just show joe epcarrian he owner. the process to put the soles on the shoe. it doesn't take a lot of time, does it, joe? >> about 30 minutes and about $40. we're going to talk to the store manager in a second, crystal williams here is a canriv suor. her sister battled breast cancer two times, and what's your message this morning? >> so my message this morning, in honor of cassandra ward, my sister, is early detection and continue to support cancer en

awars. >> that's okright! , tina turner, you are the store manager. what do you want people to do? >> to wear your support. remember, you can support someone, but wearing it shows lot. and also, you can go to our website at www.expertshoeandluggagerepair. comet and you can gore information on how you can mail in your shoe is no matter where you are. >> all right, ladies, don't we love our pink soles and heels! look at the pink and green! all right, so that is the message and we want you to make sure you get your checks, youe, eat wr you watch your alcohol consumption and of course, break a sweat. exercise. all things that can lower your risk. >>s what it's all about, right? >> it is! helping about ladies other ladies, too, and helping the community. great crowd out of there. >> and you don't have to be an aka g to this done. anybody can get it done and a portion of the money goes to breast cancer research zp. >> and they look good, too,

those shoes, the soles, alike . >> amelia, a final look at the weather? >> it's going to be hot and creasing humidity levels through the workweek. 80 degrees for a high today, low 80s tomorrow with somesh scatted ers and maybe a thunderstorm around later in the day, but most if not all lo the day is ing dry. on wednesday, dry with plenty of id-80s, near 90 degrees thursday with a chance for a shower or thunderstorm around later in the day. friday on into the weekend is looking really ce. righnow, humidity, not all that bad. we have highs around 80 degree so today, the beginning of october, but you can see on this ten-day forecast, angie, we're really not looking at any signs of autumn as we continue to warm knto the 80s. >> i , summer just doesn't want to let us go. that's going to do it f this edition of news 4 midday. thank you so much for joining us on this monday. we'reack on the air at 4:0 this afternoon. this afternoon. >> a you can getnd