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new at midday. big royal baby news. new reaction from prince harry after the birth of his first ahild. it's boy. >> and we are looking at some sunshine finally moving into the area. what you ran expect for thet of this day and whenore rain is on the way. we'll talk about that on the 10-day forecast coming up. and maryland's governor is being asked to pump the brakes on a plan to expand parts of 270 and the beltway. people packed a meeting to voice concern. the governor is already pushing back.
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good morning.o welcome tews 4 midday. >> well, it is a boy. >> we've been waiting for this news. prince harry is confirming that his wife meghan markle has given rth to a baby boy. calm yourself down. >> we knew it was going to be that or a gir one of the two. >> 50/5 chance. the duchess of sussex went into labor early this morning and mom and baby are both doing well. the baby is seven pounds, 3 ounces. prince haisy was there for h son's birth. he better have been there. he says he is over the moon. take listen. >> i haven't been in many births. this is definitely my first birth. it was amazing. incredible. i'm proud of my wife. and asvery father and parent would ever say, your baby is absolutely amazing,ut this little thing is absolutely to die for. i'm over the moon.
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>> prince harry says they're still working on a name, but we have a list of e names, this new baby boy is 7th in line to the british throne. >> which means he'll never see >> prince harry hopes to introduce his son to the world in about two days. you can keep up with the goings on in london in the nbc washington app. >> i knowou got your hand on your phone right now waiting for the next alert. t i should probably find app in here somewhere. right? turn the alerts back on? >> it's b like we'veeen waiting five years for this baby. >> and now we can move on. >> let's move on to the weather. after a rai sunday, many of us are hoping for a little bit of sunshine. >> you tried so hard. >> i did. >> i appciate you. > lauryn, tell us about the weather. >> we got some you're right. that's going to be something we've been waiting for for a while. man, yes, sunshine out there right now.ev
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more sunshine as we continue through the day. the clouds will continue to clear, and that temperature will continue to move right on up. currently we're sitting at 67 degrees. not that d. low humidity, and finally dry out there as well.a thtemperature will continue to move right into the low to mid 70s for daytime highs. in fact, i think a few areas will be warmer than that. definitely all warm tomorrow. now, weo alsave some more rain by the end of this workweek. we'll talk about that. it seems like friday, oually that's day for rain across the dmv. it looks like friday we could have heavy storms. we'll show you that on the 10-day forecast coming up. >> all right. lauryn, thank you. right now a recovery effort is underway in the potomac river.s thiis video showing divers, boats and helicopters searching fortune an suv near roosevelt island late last night. this mning search crewsare back out on the water. >> cory smith is live there this morning on roosevelt island with
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the latest. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, we spent the morning watching a police boat go up and down the potomac river searching for any signs of this suv. in fact, in the last few minutes buoy between roosevelt island and the banks of the potomac. right now the biggest mystery is whether or not someone was actually inside of this suv befe it we into the water. as daylight broke, search and recovury crews retned to the potomac river. u.s. coast guardnd coting a first search from the air while a boat combed therea where a witness says a car drove into the waters late sunday night. according to coast guard, that witness heard a splash and saw the car floating in the river. but cannotrm confi whether someone was side. as severalch boats seusing sonar technology, divers took to the water looking for any signs oflife but found nothing.
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search conditions became too dangerous and were ultimately called off unti this morning. making the search difficult for crews, is size of the potomac river and the strong currents that could have pushed the car in any direction. last night metro pd told us e coast guard was helping them with models to help them try to inpoint exactly where the currents were moving, where this car may have drifted. we're going to continue to monitor the story right now. the biggest question is whether or not someone was inside of the car when it went into the water which is why right now this is being called an unconfirmed person in the water. we're live along the banks of the potomac. news 4, back to you.>> thank you. a young man is among the dead in a rash of violence over the weekend. 18-year-old sam cop lins was shot and killed around 9:00 saturday anight. ut two hours later another teen was shot on douglas he is now in stable condition. w
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thereere two other shootings over the weekere. we' working to gather details about the victims in those cases. no arrests have been made in any of the cases. a teacher accused sending a racy photo to students is appearing before a á2kfç. alison briel was arrested last month. today she's expected to plead guilty. ws 4 learned she'll get a suspended three-year sentence for the misdemeanor charges. she's bee on leave without pay since last november. she was the school's marketing teacher snrchlt after teacer strikes across the country, we are getting a better idea of the highest and lowest paid educators. >> according to the latest rankings by the national education association, d.c. teachers are among the highest paid. d.c. teachers were the fourth highest paid in the nation earningan average of $76
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nourks. maryland were the eighthst highe paid with an average of $69,000. teachers in virginia ranked 32nd with an average salary of nearly $52,000 per year. new york took the top spot.t the lowesn mississippi, just over $45,000 a year. >> and virginia teachers by one poll areed rank number four as most beloved in the country. >> wow. that's something. >> another fact. >> yeah. >> okay. so morning and night week day or weekend maryland highways are congested? >> yeah. maryland's governor is pushing a plan to widen roads to alleviate some of the congestion. not everybody is on board. >> nicole jacobs is driving along i-270 to explain the ntroversy and the governor's response. >> reporter: hi. you hit e nail on the head. we've hit a little bit of a lull right now, but typically on
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montgomery county roads, it is traffic on top of traffic. now the question is can they just agree onow to fix it? rush hour on any given road in the dmv can be a nightmare. >> 270 for me, the traffic is congested. >> reporter: just ask anyone who travels the bw parkway or interstate 270. >> traffic in maryland is pretty bad. the beltway, 270. it's not good. >> reporr: but a $9 billion proposal to alleviate all this congestion pitched by the governor is raisingyebrows and tension. >> this proposal has been managed like the runaway bus ino the ie, speed. >> reporter: a packed quickly held meeting suay shows the scope of the frustration and word of the governor's plan to widen parts of 270 andhe bw
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parkway while also adding tolls is spreading. >>. it's a bunch of crap. we pay enough taxes. >> reporter: the governor fired back through a spokesperson he called the meeting a road kill rally. and reased a statement reading hese anti-congestion relief activists show no regard for the ndreds of thousands of marylanders stuck in soul crushing congestion. maryland has outgrown itself, says some commuters wondering how they'll adjust and where they'll put everything. >> they're trying to build up to be able make more space for more people. but our infrastructure is kind of old now. >> reporter: the proposal could also mean that people who live around these areas in question could actually lose their homes, b for the most part, the people we spoke with today just simply want governor hogan to pump the brakes and make more time for more research.
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molette, aaron, back to you. >> thank you. riding along i-270 this morning. it's a b week for the trump administration with major deadlines today around the mueller report and the president's tax returns. and now president trump says special counsel robert mueller should not testify before re congss. we have it all covered. >> reporter: a new week with new deadlines. house d docratsanding william barr respond to their request for a more complete version of the mueller report by this morning >> we just want the information so we can do our work and the oversight our committee is required to do.>> reporter: barr has made a less redacted version available to 12 tops.lawmak democrats want all members to i see if not threatening to hold barr in contempt. >> my question is why doesn't the chairman read what's already available and then if hewants more, work with the department of justice to figure this out. >> reporter: the lawmakers working to bring mueller before the house judiciary gee, the
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president says mueller should not testify, tweeting no redo for the dems. last week he said -- >> i don't know. that's up tour attorney general. >> reporter: democrats accusing the president of trying to silence mueller. and as the president's foer attorney michael koecohen is se to report to prison today. president trump is still considering whether to let don mcgahn testify before lawmakers. houseemocrats have subpoenaed mcgahn demanding documents by tomorrow. but president trump could invoke xecutive privilege and block the testimony. and we are watching another important deadline. we could know toda how the administration will respond to a subpoena from house democrats demanding to see the president's tax returns. treasury secretary steve mnuchin missed the first deadline. he says he'll take final action by today. nbc news, washington. and new this morning, we're seeing the results ofew a nbc news wall street journal poll about how our presidents are
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elected. a majority of respon dants say the u.s. constitution should be amended to do away with the electoral college. 53 favor the idea of determining a presidential winner by the national popular vote. 43% want to keep things the way they are. 4 % were unsure. this poll surveyed 900 adults. the margin of error islus or minus 3.23 percentage points. an alarmingth report united nations. one million species at risk of ex ainction. nd a show of force by the u.s. military. the message being sent to iran. and markets sell off. the dow is down mre than 200 points as china considers skipping trade talks.
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the u.s. is putting iran on notice. the national security adviser confirmed last night aer carri strike team and bomber task force was sent to the middle east. this is footage from last month near the strait of ja braulter. john bolton said it's a clear message to iran that the u.s. is prepared to respond to any attack. he didn't give a specific reason to wt they wereresponding to. tensioning are mounting between the u.s. and north korea after north korea conducted missile tests. images on state run media show kim jong-un overseeing the tests on sat.day. u.s officials say the short range missiles landed in the sea and were not a thrt to the u.s. this move comes as talks between the u.s. and north korea
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stalled. chuck todd asked john kennedy whether president trump is being played. >> no. well, i don't know. i mean, he could be. i don't know. the only person who knows that is -- but i would much rather have us be talking -- have us talking with kim jong-un than firing missiles at each other. >> president trump tweeted a deal with north korea wll happen. this morning investigators are searching for clues to figure out what caused a fierily plane incident that killed one american in russia. >> tom kos tell la has the latest. >> reporter: terror on the runway in moscow as a passenger making an emergency landing burst into flames. one woman telling us as we were approaching the airport, we saw a ton of cars and heard sirens. the aircraft skidding to a halt.
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this veo from inside the cabin shared by russian media showing the massive fire engulfing the aircraft. firefighters battled heavy smoke sying to save passengers and crew. visors sprinted from the wreckage in hoor. this morning russian investigators say 41 of the 73 passengers and five crew members on board passed away in the fire including two children. the russian built super jet had just departed when according to russia's news agen, pilots issued a distress call. flight radar shows the planeg turninound in the air before returning to moscow nearly 30 minutes ater. this video reportedly showing thene belly of the pla scraping the runway before bouncing in the air and catching fire almost immediately. t a statement they sayhe plane was forced to return to the airport of destination for technical reasons.
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experts say the russian-made passenger jet has a questionable track record since its first flight in 2008. in 2016 russian regulators grounded a fleet after discovering metal fatigue in one of the planes. a problem usually found in older jets. investigators are now trying to determine what usd this deadly moscow crash. meanwhile a cracked windshield forced a united rlines flight headed to las vegas to return to tallas. ke a look at this map from flight aware. itws s the plane looping back yesterday. united released a statement in part saying about 45 minutes in the air the pilot noticed an issue with the windshielli thet returned to dulles without incident.
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new this morning, spacex's d recycle dragon capsule is at the international space station. it docked around 7:30 this morning. this is a look at that. the capsule is loaded with f thousands o pounds of equipment and experiments and in about a month from now, it will bring back science samples. this is very neat. the dragon is the only cargo ship capable ofmi co back intact. nice. >> all right. ou>> well, if y use uber or lyft a lot, this next story may impact you. this wednesday ride sharedr vers will go on strike. it could mean no service for hours. >> there are calls for drivers to turn off their apps right here in d.c. and six other major cities across the country. we explain what the drivers hope to gai >> reporter: uber estimates the ride share company is worth up to $90 billion and plans to
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offer shares in the company to the publicometime this month. uber drivers like this man who wanted to speak anonymously say they'll walk off the jobs whence. >> i ust want drive. we need better pay. >> reporter: the strike will last 12 hours. drivers plan to turn off their apps at noonn wednesday and leave them off until midnight. katie wells from georgetown, unlersity has done severa years of research into how uber drivers are paid. she says the drivers want to send a message. >> these workers have been experiencing really difficult situations for an extended peter. >> reporter: she explains the paperwork uber filed with the government to offer s theock to the company revealed the company's long-term plans. >> it intends f driver incentives to go down over time, and this information is coming out at a time when driver pay halrbeen reduced ady a number of times over the past w years. >> reporter: a spoke person for uber declined to comment. ithatiling with the
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securities and exchange commission, the company reports drivers have earned over $78 billion since 2015 as well as 1.2 billion in tips. >> if you want to make a lot of money, they'll drain you. you have to drive alo you may be 80, maybe 09 hour -- 0 hours a week for $1800 a week. >> reporter: not only are driv.s in d.c and other big cities planning to strike. some are considering an organized protest at national airport. >> at the end of the day, we get the short end of the stick. >> lauryn says we have a few days to dry out after sunday's rain. buwhat about the return of sunshi and summer-like heat? more on that after the break. plus an important health alert. skin cancer impacts million americans each year. important information on how to stay safe in th n onsu take-off.
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ar> welcome back, everyone. today we're heg about a new report from the united nations saying that nature is in its worst shape in human history. >> this report is set to be officially releasedext week. the report says 1 million of earth's 8 million species of plants and animals are at risk ofng extinct in the near future. scientists say reasons for the mass extinction includesh nking habitat, illegal hunting, climate change, and pollution. a pece of silver lining here, scientists say that it's not too late to fix the problem. this is my house. and -- oh, my god. >> that was lightning. this was in enboyt beach, florida. florida is known for lightning and strong storms. nobody was hurt. little damage was done. a good reason to not stand at a
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wiw during a thunderstorm. >> right. my mama used to say get away from that window. >> turn the lights off. go in the back. over the weekend we did learn hurricane florence was the ninth most destructive hurricane in u.s. history. >> florence hitg ys÷ the carolid last september made land fall as a category 1 hurricane with winds reaching 90 miles per hour. $24 billion worth of damage was done across four states. the storm killed 22 people. another 30 people died indirectly as a result ofiche hurre. deaths from heart attacks, house fires, electrocution and traffic accidents are taken into account when putting together the death toll. >> we spe so much time talking about the wind from the storms. the reality all the other things that come after do a lot more damage, kill a lot more people than the hurricane. >> especially with the flooding they had down there. ridiculous the flooding they had. once again, like harvey, the hurricane sat and spun over
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north carolina as opposed to texas. that's not shocking whatsoever. the good news is no more storms for us this weekend. all day yesterday we got that e6 rain. we are drying out huge puddles. we had flash flood warnings this morning. now we're drying out. we're starting to get sunshine.e i still belie there's going to be clouds around. low clouds as we continue into a the ernoon. there could even be few sfring sprinkles. maybe a passing showers north of d.c. in maryland. i'm keeping us d today. look at this. as we go over the next few days by wednesday we have some spotty showers. attered showers into your thursday, and once friday. this would be the sixth friday that we would have rain here in the area. oh, yeah. every friday in april we had rain. take a look at the radar right now. no rain. t as i said clouds are starting to clear a little bit. you can even see throughout the wsd atlantic, we're clearing. that's good n as weak high
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pressure builds over the area. temperatures are responding. in the 60s. yo can see 70s by charlottesville and culpeper. mid to upper 70s for daytime highs today. more sunshine this afternoon. it's going to be quiet and comfortable this afternoon. tomorrow even warmer. temperatures in the low to mid 80s. a good thing about tomorrow, no lorain. also humidity. just going to be a warm day. our next change comes on wednesday. a frontal system on thursday. that brings the temperature down on wednesday and a few more clouds. temperatures tomorrow 80 back in the low 70s on wednesday with rain chances increasing. a few spotty showers possible on wednesday. well take that into thursday and friday as well. we'll continue to have rain chances for your wednesday, thursday, and fridaee you can sow the chances up all the way into friday. listen, we'll talk about the weekend. see if we can get the rain out of here for the weekend. that'sn coming uphe 10-day in a little bit. thank you so much. the parents ofld sick chi are
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we can't stop talking about complete shock at the kentucky derby over the weekend. you'reooking at the moment gamblers found out maximsecurity was disqualified. never in the history of that derby had a wnner been disqualified for interference. >> did you hear the screams? like terror rolli through that room.
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t lathecountryhouse was decd the winner. maxim maximumsecurity will not compete next week. the owner and co-owner appeared exclusively on the "today show he called the outcome of the kentucky derby egregious. >> i was shocked and surprised that the stewards wrote a statement that was probably prepared by their laers and refused, literally refused to take a single question from the media. so they've been about as nontransparent about this whole thing as anything i've ever seen in my life. >> now, west says he a filed appeal today with the state racing commission. espn reports the disqualification cost betters some $9 million. only 1% of bets predicted that countryhouse would win. new this morn g, howard university welcomes a new basketball coach to take over
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the team. the d.c. native left his post at colombia univeity. earned two ncaa championships with duke. he will work to help howar make an ncaa appearancefo r the first time in more than 25 years. good luck.the today another big moment in tger woods' career. maybe biggern his comeback win at the masters some would say. president trump will bestow on him the nation's highest honor, the presidential medal of freed. . he's the 33rd athlete to get the award and only the fourth golfer. a three-year-old diagnosed with leukemia is caught in the middle of a fight between his parents and florida authorities. nbc's molly hunter has details. >> reporter: a show of support this weekend for little noah mcadams. the three-year-old was dig --
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ni diagnosed with leukemia last month. >> his parents say hepr imed and according to his lab tests, showed no signs of cancer. the hospital wouldn't on the case citing privacy concerns. >> we just want one of the thrapies that are less drastit n chemo. >> the parents sought a second opinion at a ohio hospital, but florida hospitals tracked them aswn in kentucky according to his parents noahaken away and a judge placed him with his grandparents? >> i want my son home, and i want him to will b treated with letreatment that is not going to damage his littody so much. >> reporter: the doctors say continug chemotherapy is the most effective treatment. >> we need chemotherapy. it is the most effective mechanism, the most effective therapy for getting us to that
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90% cure. >> reporter: noah's parents vow to continue his medical checkups, but did they have the right to refuse his chemotherary in the fi place? >> in order for the stat of florida to override a parent'ss s as to medical care, the state has to show medical neglect. >> if the parents call an oncogist inourt who can show that chemo isn't necessary and there are other medically appropriate treatm ts, the parents might win. ight right now they don't have their next hearing date. in cancer is the most common cancer in the united states. in fa, nearly 20 americans die from mel know inanoma eve day. in order to change the alarming numbers, m is skin cancer awareness month, and today is melanoma monday. we have a doctor with us morning with a look at how you can best protect yourself. good morning. thank you so much for comink in. >> thaou for having me. >> it's an important topic.
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the weather is getting warmer. people are staying outdoors. first, explain what melanoma is. >> it's a fo of skin cancer. three three forms. basal cell, squamous cell, and a melan melanoma. melanoma is the most utdeadly, b it's curable if treated early. >> that's the thing, diagnosing it and treating it early. u have to go to the dermatologist and look at our skin. when do we start that process? how do we do that? it's something that a lot of us don't even think about doing. >> right. i woud encourage everyone to have skin checks by a board certificated dermatologists. if you el like you have a lot of moles, you can start rlier. generally the risk of skin cancer increases we get older. i would encourage anyone to come in if they're mdle-aged and beyond. any age a person can get a skin check. >> wh about self checks? can we do it ourselfs? what are we looking for when there's a possible problem? >> absolutely.
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we encourage self checks. we're looking for the abcdes of melanoma. a stands for asymmetry. border irregularities. maybe the border is uneven. color variation. diameter, if it's changing or evolving. that's important to have it examined. okay. so reign in on this issue. i even had this conversation with some of my co-workers like aaron gill crest sitting over there about everyoneeing at risk of this. we all have to use sunscreen, sun blocks. talk about that. >> correct. ag anybody regardless of race, gender, e, can get skin cancer. so it is important to wear sunscreen when you're outdoors. the american academy of dermatology has lunched a practice safe sun initiative encouraging people to use protection.
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so sunscreen is important. but there's also other factors such as seeking shade atth peak hours 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. making sure you wear s protective clothing and wearing hats and sun glasses. >> okay. let's talk abhet t sunscreen debate. consumer reports came out with their latest evaluations all e sunscreens and all of that. what do you say when you talk to your patients about what to wear protect your skin best? >> there are two types of sunscreen. when is the chemical sunscreen. these act like a snge. they absorb the uv rays. there's physical sunscreens that sit on the screen and act like a shield. they protect. when i tell patients to look for sunscreen, choose something covering uva and uvb, broad pectrum, one that's water resistance and one that -- basically you need to reapply
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every couple hours. and one that has spf of at least 30. >> ay. good. i have to fight with my kids. they're on the track fields on saturday. i'm like put the sunscreen on. reapply. i'm the mom with the sunscreen. >> that's great. keep encouraging them. in. >> thank you. >> we appreciate your expertise. there are free screengs available today. information is available at spotskincancer.org. eck that out. aaron, you're going to wear your sunscreen from now on right? >> i know better. absolutely. outside.ve look where the clouds are starting clear up, we're seeing sunshine. coming up lauryn is tracking our hance for rain aft the hance for rain aft the breaer buk.sch gardens is sending you.. over the edg the new finnegan's flyer is now open! screin and swing 80 feet high t2 save $n a single day ticket. only at busch gardens.
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it coindes with pride month. the company says its been a supporter of the lgbt community since the 80s. you'll see limited edition botes hit storehelves and bars next month. pride month is june. >> all right. >> yay. we'll be out there for that. pride parade. we got an >> it's always super hot. >> i know. >> and i'm always off the bus running right beside it, and everybody else is on the bus. i'm sweating. >> lauryn is on the bus this year. >> on the bus. >> i'll try to get there. i'll ho it'snot as hot this year, but as long as it's not raining, i'm good with it.s as long a don't have that. >>how about today? > you want to talk about june weather? listen, today is not that bad out there. look at this.fi ally getting sunshine right now. and we will have some low clouds as we continue through the day. but mainly some sunshine. and that's going to help boost that temperature right on up.
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today in the mid 70s. now toreorrow those temperatu are going to be in the 80s. the good news is humidity stays in check tomorrow. frontal system goes through tuesday night. fairly dry frontal system. that drops our temperaturefor wednesday. that frontal system becomes stalled once again like it did all of last week. and that means we're goine to havin chances heading into the end of the workweek. current temperatures out there right now in the 60s.th by noon temperatures in the 70s for most of us because we have that unshine. continuing with sunshine and clearing skies, heading into the overnight. temperatures topping out in the 70s today. sun doesn't go down unt five minute after 8:00. that's good news to get us where we need to be in terms of temperatures in the mid to upper 70s. nothing happening on the radar. if you're travel, we're looking good. one thing i want to mention. right here in north eastern maryland from baltimore through annapolis, there could be isolated showers. u have cloud cover. you're getting some of the winds wf the bay.
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that could messh the winds coming off of -- out of the north and west. that could spark just a few isolated showers as we continue into the afternooand evening. most of us are going to be dry. we don't have any humidity unti the endhe week. that's when we have the rain chances moving in toward the end of this week. no rain out thereeromorrow. teures low to mid 80s. on the warm side tomorrow. we do have that rain for wednesday. looks like we'll have a few showers throughout the day. rain on thursday and friday. the weekend, we'll talk about it on the 10-day forecast in detail coming up. y thank so much, lauryn. it's graduation time for college seniors across the country. important dos and don'tsas they yter the job market. ifour closet needs a upcleaning out, listen how to avoid having the unwanted fashion end up in the landfill. you know when you're at ross and you find that perfect spring dress at that "oh, yeah" price? yes! that's yes for less. score the latest spring dresses at 20% to 60% off department store prices,
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tyson foods is recalling nearly 12 million pounds of frozen ready to eat chicken strips thae could contaminated with metal. federal food inspectors say they are aware of six complaints from people who found pieces of metao in th there are use bid dates of october 1st, 2019, by march of 2020. if you have this should throw it away or returni to the store where you bought it. hundreds of thousands of students are graduating from college. the pressure is onto stand out from the crowd and find ajob. we have more. >> reporter: college graduates this year are entering j a market that is showing a lot of promise. >> there's so much competition for labor that hiring managers have had to relax some of the requirements and really rethink some of the ways they're hiring. >> reporter: but that also means job applicants might want to rethink what they put on their
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resume. customizing it for each suospective employer. >> your re needs to be targeted. your cover letter needs to be targeted. your messaging and the interview needs to be targeted. >> reporter: targeted to the specific job you want with a willingness to learn and do even more. >> the half-life of skills is around five years. that means half of what you learned five years ago is no relevant. >> reporter: so hr and career coaches say bring humility to the table. >> so much of success in today's workplace has to do with continuous learning and humility to keep learning. >> reporter: they say employers want to seeenergy, experiees, enthusiasm. and advise you clean up your social media profile too. >> the beer keg shots, get rid of th . not a good idea. >> reporter: and for future graduates, tad vice is the more internships, the better chance
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at landing a job. iac news. social medis buzzing about a surprising end to last night's episode of american 'tol. >> even if you donwatch this show, you'll hear about this. a contestant from maryland was in the bottom two. safe after he'd be the judges announced the going to use their only save of the season, but that is whens thingok a crazy turn. >> we need an answer right now. who is it going to be? >> which one? you're all so great. love you so much. lacy. >> okay. the credits were rollint j seconds to spare when katy erry cut jeremiah lloyd harmon even his competition was shocked she was saved.ee harmon has b a fan favorite since hti first aun, and there's a lot of frustration o onliner his elimination.
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>> i haven't seen the show this season. apparently people re love him, and i -- it's one of the things you feel like if he got enough attention and so many people loved him, he can t that into the rest of his career. >> sometimes not winning is the best deal. >> goodpoint. >> yeah. if you are constantly filling and then purging your closet, you may be contributing to agrowing pollution problem. >> i'm not. i never purge. that's the problem. anyway, anbc's thompson reports on the impact of ed so-call fast fashion. >> reporter: for americans who love to shop, fast fashion feeds the frenzy. define fast fashion for me. >> it's about getting something that's in style out to customers as fast as possible, and then itri pced low enough to where 90 encourages overconsumption. >> reporter: in we bought an average of 40 garments a year. today it's 66. to make room for all those new things we are throwing out 70 pounds ofclothes a year.
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elizabeth kline, author of dr oversed with the shockingly -- >> how often do you come out here and find bags of clothes? >> i findl ches in the trash cans all around new york city on an almost daily basis. >> reporter: clothing destined for landfills. the amount more than four times what it was in 1980. there it can take years to decompose. up to 200 years if it's made out of polyester? >> the polyester industry alone consumes 342 million barrels of oil. >> reporter: in th warehouse, they are creating beater way. >> clothing can be reused or but in any way, it doesn't have to end up in the garbage. >> reporter: he's textiles picks up used clothing around new .
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yo 30% is resold. 70% is recycled into fibers for mattresses, pillows, and insulation. >> this would be your olt shirt. >> reporter: how has fast fashion impacted your business? >> it's made usñx(çy very busy. i'm glad that we're busy, but of the amount clothing that comes in is just overwhelming. >> reporter: anoth idea for cutting clothes waste? >> by wearing your clothes nine months longer, it can reduce your carbon footprint for that garment by 30%. >> reporter: staying sustainable and chic without the planet paying the price. ann thompson, nbc news, new york. it really is interesting when they're talking about there. >> oh, yeah. >> i never thought about it that way. >> the impact, a few tngs can have. yeah. weit is teacher appreciatio look. >> a at how we helped some teachers celebrate this morning. good monday morning. coming up this afternoon, we'll
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av avengers end game is reaching nearly 2 .2 billion12 worldwide days after hitting theaters. it's just 11 days to top 2 billion. avatar needed 47 days to surpass the mark. end gameis the first movie to surpass $2 billion. it's the most popular imported movie in china's histo. hat's your morning business report. this morning and all week we're honoring the heroes of the classroom. >> we kick things off with a big celebration in frfax county at a secondary school forea ter appreciation week. >> oh, we're so delighted to lebrate thes teachere at hayfield. 204 teachers. 3100students. thank you for letting us deliver treats.
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we delivered coffee and donuts and streets to celebrate the teachers. i want to call some of the teachers out this morning. sissy moses. pam cook, monica paen and teacher of the year maggie lajender. what do you think about being a teacher and being celebrated this way? it.i really appreciate i love getting to work with these young people and seeing them grow and mature. it's a wonderful experience. >> thank you for wh you do every single day with our young people, our greatest resources are the teachers and what you do to pour into them. we're celebrating you today. hayfield secondary. home of the what? >> hawks. >> all right. >> home of the hawks. okay. we're in montgomery county
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tomorrow. find out exactly where. >> 6:00 a.m.? >> yeah. ght.ll i'll be there. right in this chair. let's talk more before we go. >> all right. when you go out there tomorrowing morning, temperatures have been in the 50s and 60s. 70s today. 80s torrow with low humidity. it's friday, we've had rain the last five fdays. friday showers and thunderstorms. saturday dry. sunday, we return chances of rain. >> thank you. that does it for us. thank you for joining us.th we're back on air this afternoon first at 4:00. >> you can get news and weather updates from our nbcp.ashington ap
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