n or go home. >> the caps are busy preparing or th must-win game seven tonight. and we have everything you need to know before you head out to watch the game. preside trump overnight in an interview says he does not want white house aides to cooperate with democrats investigating him here on capitol hill. i'm tracie potts, coming up, more on that and plus the president switching gears to talk about the opioid crisis. and we' got some nice conditions out there right now. but clouds in place. and rain on the way. we'll talk about whether we can dry o for the weekend coming

up. that is coming up in few minutes. >> announcer: "news4 midday" starts now. thanks for joining us. i'm molette green. >> and i'm erika gonzalez. a lot going on today but probably on everybody's mind, the caps game happening tonight. we're just hours away from game seven against the carolina hurricanes. it is now or never, people. outf oe caps win and advance or lose and go home without the stanley cup. so no pressure, right. the first round has been a wild battle to say the very least. and each game has been won by the home team g >> so that d news for caps fans because tonight the boys are back in the district. news4's justin finch has all of the details in thismust-win match-up. >> reporter: so of course tonight really could go either way. because carolina has just been haan itch tthe caps have been struggling to scratch here all series and now here they stand each 3-3. so fingers are crossed all

across our area that hopefully the capsan finish off the canes here at home. so the fannuestion has bee this, couldno we see aer 6-0 ouster of the hurricanes the way we sawe during gam five here at home on saturday. well, hopes are high. but then on monday what could have been a clean-up game for the caps came completely apart in game six down in carolina when they lost 5-2 to the hurricanes. so now all eyes on game seven tonight which, if you can't be at the arena and rock your red and cheer the home team on, watch on nbc sports washington starting at 7:30 p.m. for puck drop and then o follow upn news4 at 11:00 for a break down andor spts highlights here. so the next phase would be this. if, in fact, the catches win tonight, they face-off in the second round of playoffs against the new york islanders who have a head coach whose name you mit remember, barry trots who nfamous in ly very

our area because last year he helped lead the caps to the stanley cup championship. so either way, here, win, lose or win, tomorrow morning could be a rough one for caps fans. backin side to you. of the for a check forecast with lauryn ricketts. that is an appropriately-timed graphic. i see what you've done. is that a jersey beneath the ice. >> that is. very astute. thank you very much. i have my thinking cap on today. >> that is appropriate. >> and this didn't happen by ac tdent. listenperatures as you head out for the caps game to the watch party, if you weren't lucky enough to get tickets i'm one of those so i'll watch at a watch party at my house but temperatures in the 70s. it is beautiful for this afternoon. and through the evening, sun 8:00.own just about and we are going to have just a few clouds in place. no humidity, any winds that we're seeing out there willdoie wn by the time the caps get started so maybe head outside to

go ahead and watch that caps game. i know we haveud lot of clo cover out there now. party to mostly sunny into the afternoon. temperatures respond, moving into the 70s and that is where we stop out. but as i said earlier, rain on the way and we'll talk about timing coming up. developing this morning, the boy scouts of america under fire. >> the associated press reports that victims' rights attorneys are recruiting clients to sue the organization. >> and this comes amid claims of decades of sexual abuse by scout leaders. >> cory smith i live in bethesda with the allegations that go back more than 50 years. cory? >> reporter: well good afternoon. th litigation scope is absolutely massive. we're talking about an organization that serves some million children. and hearing these allegations are quite shocking when you think about everything the boy scouts have been through. but victims are starting to come

forward and it appears more and more will continue to do so. >> when we got this information, we had to sound the alarm -- >> reporter: rights' right attorney jeff anderson is the attorneys making a nationwide plea for more victims to come forward. eaking at a press conference in new york, anderson called for a full release of known as the perversion files. once secret documents detailing decades of alleged abuse by scout masters, and leaders and volunteers across the country. according to anderson, the files show 7819 alleged perpetrators. and som 12,254 alleged victims. >> we don't knowrehere they a we don't know if they got reported. we don't know who all they are. we don't know if the police know. we don't know if they're are still scout leaders and scout maste masters. >> reporter: so farlients have signed on with a number of state as justing statute of

limitation changes they could have their day in court and the damaged owed to them could cripple the organization financial financially in response the boy scouts said in a statement, nothing is more important than th o safety and protection children in scouting and we're d outrag there have been times when individuals took advantage of our programs tono abuse innt children. at no time have we ever knowingly allowed a sexual predator to work with youth. now over the last several years settlements of sexual abuse lawsuits have put aon strai the boy scouts of america bottom line. so again, if this litigation proves to be successful, the boy scouts are going to have to look at every optionth on table and molette and erika, that could include filing for chapter 11th breaking news. cory smith, nbc4, back tyou. >> thank so much. loving, helpful, those are just two of the words being used to remember a germantown teenager this morning.

>> trey dawkins was killed in last week's quadruple shooting in germantown. he was a northwest high school graduate. last night more than 300 people turned out to remember him. >> his name wasn spelled out candles and his friends wore t-shirts to honor his mem. they released balloons there. his mother reminded the group that the killer has yet to be. arrested >> and if someone do know something, please say something. it ain't about you being a snitchr anything. because it could have been one of y'all loved ones that this happened to. >> his family is planning a fund raisero help rai money for his funeral. ax> this morning a mother and father in fairf county are being treated for injuries after their adult sonly alleg stabbed them. police say the attack happened yesterday morning along sweetpea

court in franconia. the couple's son was notwh ther police arrived but we're told he was quickly tracked down and arr ted. at lastcheck, the parents are listed in stable condition. and also this morning, detectives are still working to determine what may have led up to this crime. the motherho was ind -- behind the wheel of a devastating crash that killed her own chilreen. five chi died in the single-car crash on route 301 in bowie. another passenger died weeks later. dominique taylo was the sole survivor and driver. investigators say his blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit when her car veered off the road and crashed into a tree. they also say none of the children were properly restrained in the car. taylor could spend up to 60 years behind bars. today president trump turns his attention to the opioid crisis as the white house tries to block democrats investigating

him. news4 tracie potts reports. >> repor speaks about opioids at a drug abuse summit in atlanta thisaf rnoon. following tuesday's arrest of a former drug executive. the government claims lawrence dowd and his company rdc boosted production of prescription painkillers then ignored warning signs they were being distributed illegally. dowds lawyer said he's being framed. why did they do it? the answer is greed. >> reporter: the government is taking a hard line on drugs and democrats in investigating president trump. w "thehington post" reports that the white house will claim executive privilege and fight a subpoena for former lawyer don mcgahn to testify about what he told special counsel robert mur. >> we're going to keep going and we're going to issue the subpoena. >> reporter: the former white house security directorsarl kline iow in context of congress after the white house told him not to show up for questioning tuesday. >> republicans really do need to

cooperate with us. to make sure that p thissident does not trample on the constitution. >> reporter: and the treasury department missed a second deadline to turn over president trump's tax returns. >> it is our in tent to follow the law and that is in the process of being reviewed. >> reporter: treasury sect steve mnuchin will make a final decision by may 6th. democrats are trying to figure out what is their next step here if the white house is not going to comply with the subpoenas wom could see s of the issues land in court. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. we've been expecting it for weeks. nbc news has learned former vice president joe biden wil announce he's running for president tomorrow. he apparently plans to make it official with a video posted online. then he's expected to appear at a union event in pittsburgh. with travel that up to early voting sites. 10 minutes after 11:00. we know it is springtime, it is

a pretty time of the year. but the pollen brings with it could cause more than just a running nose. >> and when "news4 midday" continues we'll hear how seasonal allergies have an

after nearly three years we are finallyin learn what caused a deadly gas explosion at a silver spring apartment complex. the blast at the flower branch apartments killed seven people and ntsb report revealed a gas regulator wasn't connected to a vent pipe. that allowed gas to bui up in the apartment building gas meter room eventually leading to the blast. the vent line was properly connected, we would not have had this exploon because the gas would have just vented to the outside as it is designed to do.

>> the ntsb also concluded that the blast could hav potentially been prevented. several residents reported smel tng gaso property management but the maintenance staff didn't detect any odor. washington gas was responsible for maintaining the equipment and disputes the findings. right now, jurors are deliberating in the trial of a 27-year-old mil onaire charged with murder in montgomery countries. prosecutors say daniel becklet hired this man to build a bunker under his home in bethesda to protect him froor north kn missppes. he was t under the house when a fire broke out in 2017. prosecutors say there were extreme hoarding conditions and that prevented coffer from escaping the fire. the defense said his death was tragic accident. for the third time this year, a person has fallen do theirth at the grand canyon. a 70-year-old woman fell over the canyon rim yesterday

afternoon. earlier this mth a 67-year-old man fell to his death and last month ang man from hoong died when he fell trying to take pictures. the death toll from the eaer suicide attacks in sri lanka has grown to 359 now. li the country's president is now cal for the resignation of high-level officials after some intelligence lapses before theat cks. >> nbc's bill neely has the latest from sri lanka as the victims' families c tinue to bury loved ones. >> reporter: searching for evidence. orensic teams and clean-up crews sifting through the debris of mass murder. dozen more funerals from one of the worst's world terror attacks. and m for theher of peter kowalski from denver, unending pain. >> i'm so much in shock that i -- we know he's gone but i still can't believe it. in m mind he's still there.

or he's still going to come home. >>orter: isis say the bombers were their men, sri lanka prime minister said this is one of them. passing a child, about to attack ahurch. his backpack heavy as he walks into the praying congregation and moments later he detonated the bomb. sri lanka said it is a revenge attack tor the killing of muslims in christchurch last month and its leader shocked. >> we haven't received anything officially nor any intelligence reports that corroborate what is said in sri lanka. >> reporter: security agencies here had a a tip-offut suicide bombings from a foreign intelligence service. not from the u.s. but the fbi is here now, investigators say isis inspired the bombers but it is not clear if they directed, trained or funded them. sri lanka said a fourth hotel had been targeted but the attack

failed. like their intelligence services. l e blame game here in f swing. more than 50 people now being questioned by the bombings and more detail about them from sri lanka defense minister. he said at the seven bombers were well-educated and some had law depreciations aes -- law de and upper middle class and well-off and the wife of one of the bombers blew herself upe whn thpartment was raided by police. so these were committed islamists and utterlyhl ruts. bill neely, nbc news, sri lanka. >> the u.s. ambassador to sri lanka s ad there was clear failure in the system. she adds the u.s. had no prior knowledge of a threat before the attacks. our beautiful springtime weather may not be so wonderful iff ou are one othe many people suffering with seasonal allergies. your running nose and itchy eyes

could be more than just a nuisance and they may also ivve a negat effect on your mental health. dr. winer joins us to talk about the connection between and mental health. and i don't think most people would put these together and i certainly don't think they would for the reason that is really the reason, the science behind this. tell me about it. how are they connected. >> so first off, when people think about time of the year to feel badly emotional and they think about the winter time. >> dark, dreary, no sunlight. >> cold and you're not going outside. >>easonal effective disorder. >> a lot of people don't realize, seasonal effective disorder just means a certain time of year contributes your depression so we talk about the winter time and the winter blues. springtime is one of the worst times of year for people and i've this over my0 years as a psychiatrist people get difficult for people this time of the year andhere are studies that have shown consistently that suicide rates ar the highest during this

springtime. whether we're talking about the northern hr isphere othe version of springtime in the southern hemisphere. so this is something that happens worldwide. we don't know exactly what the reason is behind this, but one of the things has to do with inflammation. >> and you answered my next question. what does that have to do with our mentalwe well-being. >> there is more data swing that a dieity and depression, those h whoh -- issues have an information component related to tom and s we know things like asthma, allergies and eck zimma and people with those havecr a 65 % se of having ental illness compared to people without it and studies have shown if you look a markers for inflammation in somebody's body, about a third of people with depression is felt that their depression is largely caused by their inflammation. so they've s donetudies to find

if you give these people dealing with depression something to treat theirin flammation, some sort of oranti-inflammat they're more likely and more rapidly going to respond t their antidepressant treatment. so it is really fascinating. so really what you're trying to do is anything you that you could do to decrease inflammation in their body and it is going to decrease the inflammation in the brain and help them feel better. n >> is there a over-the-counter medicine that you would suggest for people that have seasonalle alrgies that people tant have issue with depression andng tryi to combat the two and hopefully not exacerbate one while we're ineahisn? >> right. so what i willo with some people is i will tell them, take an or-the-counter allergy, like claritin and zyrtec and that could offer benefits if your issue is seasonal. if your issue is just inflammation in general,aybe you had some other problem that causes inflammation, maybe some

utoimmune disorder, i wou often recommend something called kirk -- curcumin. a actor ingredient in tumoric ich is a spice. so it is the thing that gives tumoric is the yellow color. it is a natural anti-inflammatory so take they'll 500 milligrams twice day. >> psychologist josheea winer. thank you for your time. >> take your of your self-during this springtime. molette. >> erika, thanks so much. sll ahead, more changes coming to the academy awards. are movies produced by streaming services like netflix at risk? we'll bak down the new rules whennews4 midday" continue "s.

netflix just scored a huge victory in the fightwi tbig

at oscars. the academy will be -- they will not change its eligibility rules for hhtlywood biggest and this comes in spite of calls to make it harder for streaming services to submit films f consideration. a film only needs to run for one week and a los angeles county theat tore qualify for best picture which means movies released on services like eetflix and amazon don't require a w theatrical release in order to be considered for this. >> lillard, long range three. >> wow! >>hat a ridiculous party. >> it is party out in portland. the trail blazers to the next round of the playoffs so- here is how it went down. point guard damian liard holds on to the ball until the last second and unleashed that deep three-pointer. >> that is like a 37 foot jumper. >> that was good. >> portland takes the win and closes out the series against the oklahoma city thunder and by

the way lillard finished up with 50 points. >> money -- >>n and you don't e know it. bonus points for extra credit if you know where that is fm. lauryn rick rights. >> money. you're so money and you don't know i >> i do know that. >> never mind. >> that is going to -- i hear it in myead. >> all right. >> i have no clue. >> lauryn is here. 11:25 and 66 degrees outside. >> it is not bad. it is gre out thereoday. and we'll have a mix of sun -- now i'll think about the weather egment and i'll figure that out. listen -- weather. we could say the same thing to mother nature because she's given up great weather over the last two days. now we do have some rain that might be a good thing. because we have pollen in the air. tree pollen high and clouds across the area. unfortunately a breeze out there

so that will continue to bring the pollen around the area and again tree pollen running high. temperatures in the 60s. we'll continue to warm up into the 70s for daytime highs today. cleagng is takin place from the north and west and eventually the cuds will decrease as we go to the south and east as dry air filters in. and that is when we'll start to see the tempetures respond. so again, we're seeing temperatures in the 70s by this afternoon. but probably late afternoon by the time we reach our daytime high. nothing on radar. few sprinkles overnig dissipating but this cloud cover right now. and again, here is that dry air working in and it will continue to filter in. and then we' left with sunshine later on this afternoon. we cloud back up again tonight and then as we head through the day tomorrow we are looking at temperatures in the low 70s. some rain showers in the morning and then again tomorrow afternoon and that will lead into your friday. unfortunately we do have rain through the day on friday and then another chance on sunday. but agn, it is going to wash the pollen out. so we start tomorrow morning at

4:30 and looking good but a few light showers throughout the morning rush. then as we head through the middle part of the day, a break and then more rain coming in later on tomorrow night and again that will move into right through your friday. showers through the day on friday. maybe even a thunderstorm possible on friday. but it is moving out swiftly in friday night, by saturday sunny skies and breezy on saturday. temperatures in the upper 60s. now we do have rain chances turning into your sunday. so we'll show you more about that and that ten-daywe forecas. l talk more

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kushner had plenty to say about the russia investigation in his first public comment since the report release. we don't often hear from him. here is peter alexander. >> reporter: overnight president trump saying he's opposed to current and former white house aides testifying to congressional committees in the wake of the redacted mueller report. in an interview with "the washington post" the president indicated complying with congressional requests is unnecessary. because he already cooperated with the mueller investigation saying there is no reason to go any further. and especially in congress where it's very partisantr the adminision is already pushing back on several fronts fighting a house judiciary committee for don mcgahn and ignoring demands from house democrats to turn over the s president'ax returns. it comes as one of the president's most trusted advisers jared kushner unloaded on the mueller report. down playing the findings on russia election interference. >> quite frankly the whole thina isig distraction for the

country. >> reporter: in his first public comments since thed redac reports, jared kushner dismissed the kremlin's attempts to influence the 2016 campaign. instead blasting the russia investigation as more harmful to the country than the interference itself. >> it is a terrible thing but i think the investigation and all of the speculation that has happened for the last few years had a much harsher impact on democracy than a couple of facebook ads. >> it is more than a couple. russian agents produced more than 80,000 posts that may have reached as many as 126 million people. and kushner's comments ignore mueller findings just last week that russia interference was sweeping and systematic. an effort to sway the election in donald trump's favor. >> in the campaign, we didn't ow that russia was doing what they were doing. the notion of wthey were doing didn't even register to us as >>impactful. eporter: as the white house is under pressure to fight foreign interference in u.s. elections. this morning nbc news reportsis the dvery of more than 5,000

fake pro-trump twitter accounts, bots uncovered by a prominent disinformation researchers attempted to spread false information about the mueller report a the media. twitter took them down last sunday for breaking the rules against manipulation. >> peter alexander reporting. and we shouldote, brand-new reporting from "the new york times" raises further concerns about whether president trump's administration is addressing the threat of russianct eleion interference in the 2020 electi. the "times" reports that kirstjen niels tried to focus the white house on the issue. chief of staff mick mulvaney told her not to bring it up in front of the president and mulvaney released a statement saying he does not recall anything along those linesg happenin a meeting. today president trump will head to georgia where he will speak at a drug abuse summit. this comes a day after federal prosecutors accused a major pharmaceutical distributor and

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does but it is on steroids times 10,0. >> not recommended for folks with heart conditions but my as onal trainer recommended part of the overall wellness. especially half way through very tough get fit for spring workouts in the gym. >> it was goo for joint repair and muscular tissue repair so i'm a huge proponent. m the goal is to do thr minute >> this will help your body repair itself. >> three minutes at level one or minus 130 degrees. >> i gta do three minutes. >> you're doing it. >> it is actually quite fun. even though i'm freezin 25 seconds to go. >> all right. >> do a little turn for me. >> oh, yeah, i'm turning. >> all it is doing is shocking the bloody and doing an oil change for your blood. >> wow! >> you're going to feel tingling sensation. >> i feel it. >> oh, yeah. i felt it.

budget-buster e to try it, just under $50. and i mention in the piece that it is not recommended for folks with heart issues. you can't do that. t there islso a heat therapy option at alpha cryo tod detoxiy aneal and i like that one better because i don't like the cold. i was only at level one and you cod go upo level two or three. you want to try it? >> lauryn -- >> so is it cold? >> yeah. how long were you? >> two? minutes >> three. it felt like hours. >> you have to be there without your clothes on and it gets to your body parts. >> yep. >> no. professional athletes swear by it and it is an option. it is what we want in recovery. >> in college i played soccer and -- and we would take a ice bath aftwards. i would be crying because it hurt so bad. o. well the heatoption, i'm with

you on that one. listen, it is a little hot out there today and temperatures running into the 70s so if you have after-school plans with the pollen.high you probably already notice in your car if you are running errands. more sun this afternoon. outdoor eating, we are dry and breezy out there for the outdoor eating and if you want to eat lunch outside, it is fine. no rain out there but but dealing with the tree pollen high and until we get rain so we could wash out the air. in the pollen, it is just seemed so bad today. we have a couple of days of really nice weather and we've heated things us and plu we add the breeze, pollen season getting longer with the climate change and also we had a wet year last year sore is a lot of contributing factors to the high pollen count. you could see the current wins gust rolling the pollen around. wind gusts up to 25 miles per hour and that will continue as we head into the afternoon as well. current temratures out there right now, we are in the 60s for

daytime highs. i' r sorry 60sht now. 70s for daytime high by the time we head into this afternoon. if you are headed out to watch the amcaps, g seven, everybody in d.c. area should be doing this,re temperatus will roll and through the low 7 ending up in the 60s by the time hopefully caps have that win. as we go th the day, dry air filtering in, so a lot of the cloud cover is depleting and taken a little bit but more sunshinehis afternoon. we do have a chance for rain tomorrow. and again, that is good for all of the pollen sufferers out there. allergy sufferers because we aro going ee some rain. it will wash the air out. rain will start to seep in from the north and west. through tomorroworning we'll hit a lull throughout the day. and then some rain chances increase through the afternoon and evening. we do know that most of friday is on the wet side.we l have showers throughout he day and maybe even a rumble of thunder throughout the day. temperatures on friday in the upper 60s and it is breezy and if we getin a thunderstorm aga it is a little breezy as well.

temperatures out there this weekend, around 70 degrees. we do s have all chance of some rain showers as we get into your sunday but saturday is going to be beautiful. we'll talk about the next week and i'll sw that you ohon

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president's concerns over his follower count. with your cnbc morning business report, i'm frank holland. and we are back and in the presence of realityvoy rty. bravo tv grand dam of the housewives ofotomac joins me this morning. the ladies are coming back for season four. >> we are back. >> which promised high drama and some laughs. >> a lot of laughs. >> and a look at some of the business ventures. so let's start with tha your namesake. >> yes. >> and last year we saw you in the discovery phase to p it together and now you are ready to roll it out and you have this big bloomingdales event coming on. >> it was an idea that went thugh discovery andass production and a little blood, eat and tear and now i'm popping up in bloomingdales. what. can i say god is good so i'm proud of the fragrance and it is made for every woman.

la dame is lady so it embraces every woman and i'm about embracg and lifting and empowering and this fragrance does that. >> it has a personal meaning for you. could you sharehat. >> i can. it is very emotional. my mother was very mh soal instrument in the push behind the fragrance. she knew it was coming. she saw the first prototype. >> so she approved. >> but i needed it back to rket. i said, mom, you can't havebu i. t it was a joy to see her light up. and this is -he end the full circle and i know she's looking down with smiles on her face because it's a powerful thing to be in the presence of bloomingdale's, her little girl and her daughter that she told she couldn't and wouldn't and she did. i love my mom, thanks mom. >> and i know she's lomking down freaven smiling on this accomplishment. >> and she loved it. and most women do love it. everyone loves it. it is made for women. you have a little sexy spice in there. exotic spices.

sheer musk and vanilla bean. >> i'll have to sample. now we talk about the show. when potomac first came out peopou didn't know who y guys were, where potomac was, in fact. had you to educate people. >> we did. >> so how has that changed now in season four with people around the c yntry knowing guys. >> it is wonderful. you're right. you just said it. every un -- everyone knows of as been they say karen huger is a house wife. your full name. so we are legit and i'm proud os the ladie on the show. we have done aat gre job. >> we're look at a little trailer from the season coming up. okay. so what can we expect? any shifting moments for fans to look forward to? >> i'm famous for that. you all see that iave my braids on. at one point hi to braid it up to make sure it didn't slip and shake but there is wig lifting

moments and we have cat fights, we have a lot of drama. you have lot of friendships being tested, you'll see friendships building and blossoming. are yound jazzel friends this season? >> we were very real with ii' very real with it. a lot of things jazzel did were lies. blatantly lies. >> okay. >> but what i love about this is she owns it. and she asks for forgiveness. so we do grow. >> she has done that. i've seen her do it. >> she has. and you can't ignore that.n' i ca ignore that if i'm a woman. here is a grown woman saying i'm sorry i lied on you. but that's all good. >> you bri it in the confessional. >> i do. and bring it in the presence. if you are lying, you are lying. and one lid -- i dt live where i live. i want to know where i lived if i didn't live where i lived. >> where are you living? >> i'm in grace falls and gisele comes over. and that is a teaser.

i am covered with the blood of jesus. >> we'll be watching all of this. what a tease this is. thanks so much for joining us. >> and thank you and come out to tysons on may 11th, 1:00 to 5:00 and i'll be there signing and hugging and kissing and pnping up i the bloomingdale's corner. >> i was going to say that. >> i'm a businesswoman. >> sunday, may 5th. and the housewives premiere is coming up. >> may 11th is the pop up, and bravo, 9:00 p.m., stay tuned we're bringing it. >> you brought it just now. thank you so much forei b here. >> and we're going to get a final cheks on the forecast when we return. but first here is a look at what is coming up on "ellen". >> ronnie. >> ronnie. >> ronnie.

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from 5:00 shadow to the mountain man look, it seems like more and more guys are choosing to sport facial hair but a new study suggests those beards may

contain more germs than a dog's fur. still devon haskins talked to gentlemen who are not thinking ofhaving their scruff any time soon. >> facial features are on full display. >> i was in the military and couldn't have facial hair and once you get out you want to try something different and i did it and i >> for cory and his wife, the study findingson't bother him. >> i don't care. i mean i have a beard and i don't care if it is dirty. >> mean i care and shampoo and take care of it and studies are just that. studies. >> dead always sported the long beard. i've had different kind of facial hair and the chops and full man chew. >> he's been growing this one for ten years. >> it is better at snuggle at night with and something to -- not bald and scratchy, having a beard to snuggle with at night is cozier. >> a study said that dog fur is

cleaner than birds. all of the studies had above normal levels of bacteria compared to the 23 out of 30 dogs studied. some beards had so much bacteria, the men could get si s. hed it doesn't stop him. he's not planning on shaving any time soon. >> it is just who i am. this is -- this is what i want to be. >> and enough for men. what do women think. >> beards could be sixy and look avod when they are not long and scraggly and h left-over food in them. >> i don't think beards are dirtier than dogs but dogs are clean but as a nurse it is all relative. another study will show something different. >> long biff -- lg live beards. >> kevin, would you do me a favor? i want it off thebo oks. >> anything a police officer wants to keep off the books can't be tune in tonight for an all new episode of "chicago pd" andsthen

tuned for nbc4 at 11:00. time for a check of the forecast. >> lauryn, what is up. >> everything -- the tperature is going up. so that is a bonus for us. and temperatures out there, 77 degrees here in the district. now, again, we do have plenty of sunshine by this afternoon. i know we have cloud cover out therir but drier as working in and also breezy. the wind will die down through the evening. then as we get into your thuray, we do have chance for some rain showers specifically in the morning and then we'll hit a little bit of a break before we have some por rain showers late -- later on tomorrow. 3:00.2:00 or rain throughout the day on friday. temperatures on friday are in the upper 60s. it is also a little breezy on friday. ading into your saturday, temperatures are going it be in the upper 60s, saturday is beautiful and again a little on they breezde but absolutely wonderful. we had just a chance for showers on sunday. just a small chance. 30% chance you'll see it at your house. by monday we're looking better and then more rain chances

return next week. >> lauryn, thank you. okay, look, reminder for caps fans, game seven can't at 7:30, capital one arena and all day we'll have coverage of everything you need to know and heick with us after t game for the highlights on nbc4 at 11:00. must-win. >> good luck to them. >> that is it for."news4 midday thank you for joining us. we had fun this hour. we'll be back on this afte00oon at 4: >> and get news any time with the nbc washington app and have a great day and we'll see you in the morning.

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