new at midday. sri lanka police and military inke emergencyowers in the aftermath of bomb attacks that killed 290 people including several americans. >> today your nation dprogrieve. >> we'll have the latest on militants with foreign links being blamed for the bombings. >> it is a tragedy neighbors say could have been muchrs hear how rfidents o this apartment complex warned each other of the overnight fire danger. forheost m workweek. i'm tracking the temperatures

the chances for rain. i'll let you know when you need the umbrella in the daupd forecast. good morning, everyone. welcome to news 4 midday. we begin with that deadly apartment fire in fairfax county. officials say one person was killed and more than two dozen people are displaced. you can see here chopper 4 was over the scene showing the extensive damage left behind. but what the eye doesn't see is the impact this is having on dozens of lives the day after easter sunday. cory smi has been at the scene for hours this morning talkeng with resid. cory, good morning. >> good morning. 30 people will have to find somewhere else to sleep tonight after this fire absolutely devastated this apartment here at the bent tree apartments. things are quiet now. there's been a flurry of activity all day. fire investigators.

insurance adjusters. neighbors coming to see how much damage was done. so many materials lost. sadly a person's life was also lost. after speaking to residents the fact that this human toll of this fire is not higher is due to their actions. >> reporter: the early morning dynshine confirmed what many residents had alr feared. their homes were gone. reduced to piles of smoldering timber. the catrred afterm of the fire that ripped through part of the complex early this morning. as firefighters worked to put it out,en resid could only watch as they belongings went up in flames. >> it's so scary. when you'reslust eep, you're waking up and smellin this >> reporter: diane was still foggy from a deep sleep when she was awakened by a commotion. ce went to the 4th floor window ande face to face with the raging inferno next door. >> it started coming to our window. and i just- i'm like there is a fire. we need to run.

>> wre i'm at -- >> reporter: her neighbor heard the same commotion and ran outside just o time to capture the side of the building engulfed in flames. >> the entire side of the building was ora that's when i called 9-1-1. they said somebody called already. i was like probably going to need to send more than one engine. >> reporter: a second alarm was ounded bringing some 60 firefighters to the scene. crews attacked hot spots for much of the morning. the damage was. do one person was dead and 13 apartmen destroyed. neighbors huddled together to ponder what's next. they had themselves to thank for keeping the human ct of this tragedy from growing. >> the neighbors started running like there is a fire, fire. that's why -- the neighbors just sad our life. >> reporter: again, 30 people have been displaced by this fire. right now the dage estimate stands at about $615,000, but it could climb even higher.

obviously we are still tryinnto lear exactly what caused this fire as well as the identity of the person who died here. back to you. >> cory smith live for us in centreville this morning. thank you. gew this mornin from calvert county, an 11-year-old girl is dead after a go cart cident yesterday in dunkirk, maryland. we flew over the cul-de-sac where therash occurred. 7 and 12-year-old were also injured in the accident. the sheriff's deputies tell us the go cartoverturned while making a turnn the cul-de-sac. investigators are hoping to hear from wnesses of the accident. on this earth day news 4 learned that metro will bele reing a first of its kind plan to cut its emergency -- the ansit agency says it is looking at everything from electric buss to green building to even capturing andri sto energy that trains produce when brakes.ve to use the metro says it has a goal to take

the equivalent of $35,000 vehicles off the road per year, and in the meantime cut expenses. adam tusz i going to have more on this story on news 4 at 5:00 t.m. be sure watch our prime time special on our changing climate at 7:30 toni nt. to our weather. a nice start to the workweek, and some spring breaks h amelia ise with more on our forecast. >> hey. we have a breeze out there right now. but what i'm looking at is suggesting that a we head into the afternoon hours the winds are going to diminish and we'll have clouds that we're tracking right now breaking up as well. no rain in the forecast today on your monday. right now we're at 65 degrees. still a bit breezy by 1:00 p.m. not so much during the mid to late afternoon hours into tonight. and it's rea comfortable overall out there today. we'll be at about 67 by 1 p.m. 3:00 t low 70s. and highs today in the low to mid 70s.

running above normal. if you'redi hea out to a watch party tonight, go caps, and second, the weather, not going to have any issues. as we take a look at your evening planner, clear skies and comfortable out there. 8:00 we're still at 69 degrees. 10:00 p.m. temperatures are in the mid 60s. there is the chance for some rain in the forecast this week. i'm going to have more on that coming up at about 11 :20. >> thank you. on what was supposed to the holiest of days multiple explosions leaving worshippers dead in s lanka. the coordinated bombings targeting churches and hotels on easter sunday. this morning another attack. authorities now say at least 290 ople have died and more than 500 others wounded. we know several americans are among the victims. nbc's chief global correspondent bill neely reports. >> reporter: another explosion this n the capital morning. another bomb that went off a few hundred yards behind me.

as army experts were trying to diffuse it it was in a vehicle parked outside this church. one of the targets yesterday. so clearly this threat is noter yet. tht. is s anthony's church where me than 70 worshippers were killed yesterday when a suicide bomber walked in during easter sunday mass and detonated s explosives. families have prayed together. they died together. hundreds here kled and injured. among them, two americans confirmed dead. one injured and one american unaccountedor f the fbi is on the ground here helpg local investigators. police here say they have identified the terrorroup behind this. it is a radical islamist group. it has no history of such terror attacks and the government is ave done couldn't this without the help of an international terror stnetwork.

yeday three churches and three luxury hotels. another explosion today. this island clearly tense andhr the tt here not over yet. bill neely, nbc news. stay with news 4 for continuing coverage of this sri lanka at we have a detailed time line of the bombings in the nbc washington app. we've learned a pedestrian d hasied after being hit during a cra w whileking home from a store on easter sunday. ndc. police say a car was speeding eastbou on v street southeast and slammed into another car at the intersection of 16th and v-streets. an dull sek was hit and killed. the driver of the speeding car is now charged with second degree murder. and take a look. i thiss video showing the scene.ra the csh sent five other people to the hospital including two little boys. one of the cars overturned and that ishen neighbors jumped in to action. >> i stopped and got the little

boys out of the car. the other guys was helping us out. about eight of us pushed the car over. >> the intersection has been a problem for a long time, and they san they w to see changes right away. the search continues for a man accused of raping a woman after she got off of a bus in montgomery county. this happened saturday night o watkins mill road nea montgomery village middle school. the victim say she got off the with us and noticed a man following her. she ran but the man caught up to her. she says the suspect knocked her down, dragged her in a grassy area near the woods and raped her. >> it was less than two years ago in october of 2017 when a n raped a woman in the same area. he ad her as she waited on a bus. this is a composite sketchf the man wanted in that attack. no one was arrested. police have not said whether saturday night's case aca this are connected. d.c. police hope images will

help them kill a 16-year-old's killer. the boy w shot and killed friday afternoon inside his home on princeton place on northwesta came captured the image of a car authorities say is involved in the shooting. the gray sedan has a sunroof and stickers on the driver's side. frederick county sheriff's deputies are looking for this man in connection to a doublet shooting a a funeral. the sheriff's office says this weekend's shooting happened after an argument at the service. two people were shot. both victims are expected to survive. the suspect left the scene before emts arrived. you can help the sheriff' partment identify the suspect, you're asked to give them a call. another democrat is joining g e race for president com up. learn more about the combat veteran from massachusetts. and an inside look at a d.c. easter tradition. the easter egg roll at the white house. how this year's participants are being encouraged t spread

today in d.c. democrats meet to determine their next steps after reading the mueller report.ac trie potts has a look at their strategy. >> reporter: worse than water gate. that's what one key democrat is calling president ump's actions in the report on russian election interference by special counsel robert mueller. >> if true, then some of this would beim achable. >> reporter: will they go there? >> when mitch mcconnell will not stand up to the president either, it meansch an impnt is likely to be unsuccessful. >> reporter: for now their plan ro to keep digging. today a small g of lawmakers sees nearly the full report. everything except secret grand jury information.en attorney geral william barr testifies next week. plus lawmakers are asking for mueller by may 23. and now former white house counsel don mcgahn. the white house says none of it's necessary. >> they decline to indict, the

president is not going to rjai. >>orter: the president's lawyer iists campaign officials seeking damaging information on hillary clinton from a russian lawyer was not illegal. >> there's nothing wrong with taking information from russians. >> reporter: and the president himself tweets the mueller investigation was w thest and most corrupt political witch hunt in the history of t united states. >> democrats have subpoenaed the full mueller report with all of thend secret gra jury information by may first. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. in the meantime at the white house, one of the few nonpolitical events is underway. we're talking about the annual easter egg roll. a tradition that dates back more than 140 years. justin finch talked with some of the families attending today. he joins us live outside. justin, good morning. >> good morning. that's right. if you find yourself in downtown d.c. right about now, you'll see a lot of families going to and from the white house in their best.r likely too, with a few easter

eggs as well as you mention, th tradition dates back to the 19th century. i want to show you now a live look from the white house. if you look there, you're going to see a lot of color. a lot of people. a lot of kids. look even closer. l a of activities as well. the first lady a president there as well. and for those there, they'll see a fewhanges this year. .> blink and you'll miss the easter egg rolls go by faster than you think on the south lawn. ve you guys been practicing? >> we haven't. we're just going to wing it. >> reporter: turns out the day'n ma attraction isn't as easy as it looks. it looks kind of hard. >> yeah, it was. >> reporter: more than 30,000 people are expected to mark the 141st white house easter egg roll whichhis year features some newevents. hopscotch and the musical chairs

with eggs. from mascots and o photops to the experience of being at the white house, it's a day for kids but adults seem to enjoy it too. >> she wanted to go exploring. >> reporter: among the cozier activities, story time. epa secretary andrew wheeler one of several white house officials booked for the reading nook, including the president and first lady. and before they go, a chance for children to share kindness as part of the first lady's be besn campai >> we've got a be best post office box here so the kids can write a note to anyone they want, put knit there and it will mail away kind notes. >> reporter: here's some kindness that kids 12 and under are taking home day. take look. a commemorative wooden egg. it also as the white house seal on the front as well as the year, 2019. so this, the memories as well as the cell phone pictures. llds will take home with them and hopefu treasure for a long time. we're live in northwest.

i'm justin finch, news 4. inside to you. >> justin, thank you. new this morning in political ws, representative seth moulton, a democrat from massachusetts is joining the crowded race for president. he's a combat veteran who earned a bronze star in iraq. he won his congressional seat in 201. he will focus on national 'ssecurity. hehe 19th candidate to enter the race as a democrat. meanwhile ame familiar nas expected to join the list. advisers to joeiden are finalizing plans to launch the campaign in the coming days.ex the t timing of the announcement is a matter of discussion according to officials. biden acknowledged earlierhis month he was all but certain to get into the race. voters in the ukraine ousted their sitting president and replaced him with a comedian. it was celebrated with a

landslid win. the winner has no political experience. he's promised to end the warn eastern ukraine and root out corruption. the trump administration's tough immigration policies have left thousands of families with a difficult dilemma. what happens when one parent is deported but their spouse or child has a legal right to remain in the united esstat nbc's ron allen has the story of one family trying to start over together. >> reporter: in a rural mexican townhis family is starting over. did you ever think this would happen? no. no. something from one day to another. everything changed. and i never thought living here in mexico. >> reporter: their new home nothing like the chicago neighborhood where they lived until the husband was deported. he came to the u.s. illegally as a teenager and stayed 30ar ye the wife and the four girls all u.s. citizens followed the da

to mexico. their van still has illinois plates. >> i miss my family. i miss my home. my whole life. >> reporter: but you understand the law is the law? >> the law is the law. >> reporter: that's tougho accept? >> yes. >> reporter: as the u.s. deports hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants each year,to an unld number of so-cled mixed status families must decide whether to separate or stay together. including academics and activists say, hundreds of thousands of u.s. citizen children. neither the u.s. nor an mexican officials keep track of how many children sit -- the american citizens are virtually invisible here. >> we keep fighting in mexico and the united states. >> reporter: the other dreamers s a nonprofit that helps americans just arriving in mexico. >> many families come back, and then after a year or two of

trying, a of hitting obstacle, they send the u.s. kids back. >> reporter: this family hopes things work out in mexico. the dad is looking for work while the mom t hopeshe girls adjust to a new school and cares for emiho has special needs. when your dad came here, you wanted to come he too. >> yes. >> reporter: why? >> because i miss him, and it's really hard without him. >> reporter: in an eraf tough enforcement of u.s. immigrations laws, it' expected many more families with american citizens will face the same emotional choice. ron allen, nbc news, mexico. a bad turn for an alleged armed robber. the scene ended with crews fulling a suspect out of c a in the potomac river. police say the suspect walked into a business in arlington, pulled out a gun, stole cash, and dro off. he led police on a chase but

then crashed into the potomac n ver. we spoke to a woo saw all of this go down. >> i watched the car kind of go forward. an then iaw it go off the ro and on to the pedestrian path. the next thing i saw was the car bmerging under water. >> police say the suspect was the only one in the vehicle and the only one believed to be involved in the robbery.t >> reporter: i looks like tesla's ceo is ready to move ming the n transf country's electric cars into driverless vehicles. the technology needed is being shown to tesla investors today. musk believes the car should be ready by no later than next year. experts say they're skeptical whether the technology has advanced to where the car can be driveny sol by a robot. free bike rides around the d.c. area today. how to take advantage.

plus celebrating international cinema. the d.c. film fes val that arts this weestk hey, it's me, thursday. look, i never wanted to be the popular day. hey look, it's thursday! but in this place, it's just getting out of hand! hey thursday! popularity has always been friday's thing,nd

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zblnchtsz the caps need one more win. the team won to retake the series lead from the healtrn insurance tu r hurricanes. the caps scored a few minutes into the first period and never looked back. what a game. they ended up winning 6-0. the home team has won every game in this series so far. the caps are hoping to buck that trend in game 6 tonight i raleigh. the puck drops at 7:00. you can watch the game on nbc sports. capital bike share is celebrating earth daye with f rides. you can use a bike for up to 30 minutes today only. to get in on the deal, download

eir app. riders have completed nearly0 700,00 trips this year. that's a lot of rides. >> it's nice out there. it was really nice over the weekend. overall as well after that severe weather onriday night. today we're going to have the windsou diminishing throught the day. and we'll have increasing sunshine as well. it's a really pleasant start to the workweek. looking nice out there tomorrow as well. warmer on your tuesday. temperatures for the workweek running above normal. normal now 69 degrees. some light rain chances in the forecast. i wouldn't count on any rain th week until at least friday for the most part i think most of us are going to stay mainly dry, especially with the latest infoation coming in. talking about the temperature trend. check it out. a high today of 74. around 80 degrees tomorrow. balmy out there. on wednesay temperaturen the mid 70s. thursday a high of 72.

again, normal now at 69s. degree your forecast for today, the breeze is going to continue to diminish as we head into the afternoon hours.ie sk become sunny out there. some cloudiness right now. i'm seeing the clouds breaking up on the visible satellite imagery. high temperature today of 74. we're already at 65. for tomorro on your tuesday, make plans outdoors. have your lunch outside. take the kids to the park, the ayground. all sunshine out there. and warmer. high temperatures tomorrow running around 80 degrees. so we're a good 10 degrees above normal. as we take a look at the rain, we'll have more on this coming up in about 15 to 20 minutes. today, tomorrow completely dry. now, on wednesday i can't rule out a spotty isolated shower. tme goes for thursday. but i reallynk the best chance of rain is on friday. more on these rain chances and taking a look ahead to the weekend. that coming up on right around

11:38. >> all right. amelia, tnk you. new safety questions for boeing. some employees are voicing cooper and a zoo injured by a tiger is improving this morning. we'll have the latest on the attack and why the tiger is already back his normal in

now to the mystery surrounding the disappearance of a five-year-old oy inillinois. andrew has been missing for days. there's no evidence he's been ed abduct police haven't named any suspects. he was last seen wednesday at the family home. the next morning he was gone. police dogs didn't pick up a scent outside the family's home. andrew's father w questioned by police this weekend. last year the boy's parents were

investigated for abuse and neglect but wer later cleared. and now to topeka. a tiger attacked its primary caretaker on saturday. emergency workers rushed insa t the worker and the tiger. >> reporter: this morning a star attraction at the topeka zoo is back on display and z a keeper is lucky to be alive. >> every zoo hopes they don't go through this. this is a worst nightmare. >> reporter: holiday crowds eager to catch a glimpse at the tiger exhibit insteaditnessing a horrifying scene. a tiger attacking his primary handler on saturday morning. >>. we have staff getting attacked b a tietiger. there was an emergency response. >> staff is still in the enclosure. the tieger is still next to them. >> reporter: all the workers

lured the tiger away from food. >> he made a choice to leave her and go inside. that saved his life and obviously the keeper's life. >> reporter: the keeper was treatee for multipl lacerations and punctureounds to her head, neck, back and arm and was rushed to the hospital where he she remains in stable condition. >> she was moved out of icu yesterday afternoon. >> reporter: zoo officials say while maintaining tiger habitats is a daily task, they should never have been in at the same time. stressing the cat didn't do anything wrong endhanizing him was never on the table. >> he's just a really great tiger.n' i ca stress that enough. it's a horrible situation. he was just being a tiger. >> reporter: only few hundred of these tigers remain in the tiger. now a zoo keeper on the mend and a prized tiger preserved after anid incent that could have been deadly for bothoi >> we're to fix the process so this never repeats

itself. >> i was very gratefulor the way that the staff responded. because they saved them. there's no if, and or but. it was a miracle. >> reporter: nbc news. now to a developing story concerning boeing's dre liner jet. "the new york times" published a report over the weekend with claims of shoddy production at theouth carolina plant. that report claims that boeing put production speed over quality. it also claims that boeing ignored and in some cases sought retribution against employees who complained that the plant turned a blind eye to problems. all of this comes as boeing is subject of multiple investigations following two deadly crashes involving the 73a series. boeing is sharply denying "the new york times" report. there is someone. >> she's rough. she has no style. perfect. >> that is a scene from the australian film ladies in black which will kicff opening

night for the d.c. film festival. they take audiences back to the heyday of glamorous department stores in the late 50s. thetu coss alone are so cool to see. joining us is the director of the film festival. >> alws a pleasure. >> this is such a wonderful event right here in d.c. you're bringing 88 films from 45 fferent countries for this film festival. what are the highlights this year? it's the world premierf a film. >> many peoplenow theaward winning writer.is this is hew film. he used a lot of d.c. crew. it's a crime thriller. shot right here in washington d.c. >> and i heard that d.c. native rapper walei is featured? >> yes. george's son directed a piece. it's a very d.c. kin of film. i loved it. i'veeen it. it's a great adventure. >> what a way to focus on right here in our area with the host of this film festival. and you have an entire category

dedicated to food. it's near and dear to my heart. >> we think people mig not li films, but everybody eats. we have great films from around the world loo at chefs and looking at restauras, and stars. it's a way of going behind t scenes of restaurants and cooking and really getting a sense of who these people are who are very involved. >> you have a lal chef getting involved? >> we have a couple local aache. ron silverman who a lot ofno people kw and a couple other chefs will be here to talk about their experience right here in washhegton. >> and film, i mean the food industry here is so growing and the people are talking about d.c. f becoming d des vags. that's timely. and you're also putting the spotligh on music in the festival. >> yeah. we have a couple of very great films. one is called echo in the canyon. it's executive produced by jacob dylan, bob's son. we're swing the filmt the lincoln theater after the film they're going to do a concert. it's a special event. >> right there on u-street.

>> it's going to be a good time. >> very exciting. then there's this whole other category called justice matters. tell me about the films in that area. >> i looks at issues in the culture that need attenthen. one of t films we're showing is a film from kenya called ra fiki. it's about how homosexual women are being treated poorly there. we have the direcinr comg in to talk about that. we have another film called our walmart. it's about the people who work on walmart and their attempt to get a better life ave to ha the company treat them a little thesre films that we think ebetter. det at some issues, and our society that neeo be focussed on. >> so many great films to choose from. it's going to be hard to pick. the dirtor of the d.c. film festival, thank you for joining me. >> thank you. >> the d.c. film festival rs april 25th to may 5th at landmark's e street theaters. it's a pretty monday

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lifestyle change. plan.o most of us had a beautiful weekend of weather. some people are still stuck cleaning up from friday'sn tornado i fairfax county. it moved through ae four mil stretch wednesday night. winds up to 70 miles per hour took down trees and power lines. people had to act quickly. >> we discussed it before. we have two boys. we have our fire evacuation plan. i grew up knowing to get to the lowest spot in the house. get inht a bat if you have to. >> all the power should be back on by this point. toeado warnings wer also issued in parts of montgomery county friday night. a lot to clean up this morning still. >> yeah.d an was here friday night tracking that tornado on air. ard when you have a tornado warning in our , a lot of times it's radar indicated. that means the radar is saying there's potentially a tornado. weno don't kw if it's on the

round, but it's picking up rotation. this was a radar indicated tornado warning. the closer you get to the satellite, the better chances the rad says there's a chance of a tornado, the better likelihood there is a tornado. when i was covering this system right around 9:00 p.m., we were saying pretty high confidence first of all we could see the hook on theradar. d second of all, it was pretty much right by the radar site. that did indeed turn out to be an ef-0 tornado. that's the lowest rating on the scale. and it lasted about four miles in length. currently our temperatures are in the 60s. lo to mid0s right now. 65 in washington. 61 in franerick. 65 in culpeper. if you're headed out for a capto watch party ght, the weather is cooperating. really nice. or if you're going for maybe a run and going to catch the game here and there, the weather is awesome. 72 at 6:00 p.m. 7:00, it's comfortable with the

temperature around 65. even at midnight, mild, 62 degrees. heading out and about today. short sleeves going to be just fine with highs in the low to mid 70s. tomorrow we're warmer with high temperatures around 80 dndegree. weday and thursday you might want to have the small umbrella. i'm looking at new information coming in right now. and it is really -- i have to say really keeping wednesday and thursday elemealst completely d. maybe a few sprinkles on wednesday for parking lots of area. i think we're completely dry out there on monday, tuesday, a wednesday thursday based on the latest information i was just looking at at my desk right now. we're going to continue to get new information in over thete afoon hours. doug and i will have the latest coming up on news 4 at 4:00. here's your five-day forecast. 74 today. 82 tomorrow. beautiful sunshine out there tomorrow. wednesday is loong a bit breezy. maybe an isolated shower. otherwise partly to mostly sunn skies. temperatures on wednesday in the 70s. on thursday we're in the 70s. i think the best chance for rain is goi to hold off until

friday. w a few spotty showers impacting the area especially later in the day. as we look to the weekend, saturday and sunday. right now keeping that completely dry with high temperatures on saturday in the upper 60s to near 70 degrees on sunday. we'll have high temperatures in the low to mid 70s sunday. >> thank you. nsmmer vacatio are just around the corner. we have helpful planning and old fashion road trips. and diner food isvi evol. coming up, new vegan friendly coming up, new vegan friendly dishesat redfin, we cheege you a 1% listing f

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welcome back. we are talking eggs this morning. these eggs are made from plants, not chickens. we have a chef from sver dining here to explain. us.nk you for joining >> thanks for having me. >> tell us about these ege. >> you'r korean. you know about these beans. >> yes. >> we're going to make eggs, and you eat them, they're likeeg an

g flavor. it's amazing. a wonderful eggs w benedicth the cheese sauce. >> you have vegan dishes? >> yes. tofuith the dressing. and you -- cauliflower. grill it or roast it >> althy. >> it looks like a filphilly st. >> you have to work th. you have to dress the food up. >> a lot of seasoning? >> a lot of tasoning. andhen look at this. meat balls with mac and cheese, but there's no noodles in it. it's mlsoe with cauliflower and a cheese sauce. >> mac and cheese with cauliflower. >>luten free. >> so silver diner caters to special diets. >> plant based and farm to table, we've gone so many we've been around for 30 years this year.

>> congratulations. silver diner has been a part on the traditio this area. >> yes. we questioned some 6,000 guests. they wanted certain items to come back. >> after 30 years? >> what are they? >> chicken parm. >> that's a classic. >> three kinds of cheese. they wanted to have my water ome n and shrimp shallot back. they wanted to have fried want to have ey the pesto burger. in the summer when you want to grill, don't go all the time with the meat.on go bey meat. you have a beyond meat. >> that's a vegetarian burger? >> yeah. plant-baseder burg it's ultimate fromed r beets. you get a meaty texture. >> people say it tastes like meat. you sayim it's sar to the pesto burger? >> yes. take me up on it.

>> teles me about the changn your restaurants over the last 30 years. you've started to cater different clientele. >> the clientele is changing. we have kids and families and if you have five people, there'sy usuallne with gluten free and somebody who doesn't want to eat meat or fish. so we have to have this wide variety. and also we have wonderful surf and turf and salmon and shrimp. >> and these are from the me cock menu? >> you can come over for dinner and have those dishes. >> what about the pasta? >> theyng complementihese beautiful -- >> you're making me all the tim gluten free, it sounds like. >> i pretty much eat everything. >> all right. are you and ioing to have a bowl when this is over? >> i do try to make healthier choices, i would try td beyon burger. >> tofu skewers.

>> what are some of your best sellers? >> people come for brkfast. they have ndpancakes, waffle eggs. they have eggs with sausages. always the old classic sand byes. dohink at the silver diner we don't have what you want. we have a great meat loaf, buta it's m from grass fed beef. it's all betteod cleaner pructeproduc products for you. that's my mission in life. >> and you can have breakfast any time of the day? >> any time of the day. yeah. >> that's not your grandmother's silver diner for sure. >> and 25% of the people who come in for dinner have breakfast. and the rest will have surf and arf or salmon and shrimp. >> these interesting dishes and great options for just about any kind of eater. >> for anyone. i'm going to get some knife and forks and we'll -- >> we'll taste it. the chef fm the silver diner, thank you for joining us. nk>> tha you. >> time for lunch. >> let's go for it. it's something that impact

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.91. increasing crude oil costs are pushing average gas prices as high as $4.04 in the bay area. crude oil prices are continuing to climb higher today as the u. is expected to end sanctions, exemptions for buyers of iranian oil. target is bringing back the car seat trade in eventrt for ea day. now through may 4th they accept and recycle old car seats. in exchange customers get a coupon for 20 off a new car seat, strolleec or sel baby gear. since it first introduced the trade-in program, they've recycled half a million car seats and more than 7dsillion poun of materials. this is your cnbc business po re. news 4 is working for you with a look at our changing climate. ho e see how it's impacting your family, money, health, and commute. our special airs tonight at 7:30

right here on nbc 4. now it's time to get one last chk of the forecast with amelia draper. i know you worked a lot on that special as well. >> apiolutely. the e i'm doing is the four most noticeable ways we're seeing climate change here in our area. when we talk aboutea wer and climate, weather is what happens on the day today basis. climate is what you would expect to be happening. think of a spring day in april, you're stepping the outside. cooler and crisp. for the most part, seasonal today. here's a look at the cloud cover out there right now. we have a mix of clos and sunshine. up to 67 degrees. warming to a high today of 74. breezy right no the winds will diminish as the day wears on. g above normal tomorrow with a high of 82 wednesday and thursday we continue to track above average temperatures. normal nowoming in at 69 degrees. here's your storm team 4 ten-day. rain chances on the ten-day

wednesday, thursdays, and friday. maybe an isolated shower on wednesday. and really dry conditions on wednesday and thursday now based on the latest information. we'll probably bring those down for news 4 at 4:00. i think the best chance for showers is going to move in on friday. esally around midday and afternoon hours. as we look to the weekend right now saturday and sunday will keep it dry out there. >> looking good. amelia, thank you. and that does it for news 4 midday. thank you for joining us. we're back on the air this t afternoon firs 4:00. and you can always get the news and weather updates any time in the nbc washington app. ve a great daynd we'll see you tomorrow morning starting at 4:00 a.m. have great day.

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