traffic alert. the gw parkway closed for hours after a fiery crash. we have an update on the cleanup effort there. and new this morning, new concerns after north korea t conducts more possible missile tests. what we know about this morning's military action. and we've been socked in ud with cloover all morning. there are signs that they'll be a little brightenin skies later on today but weekend rain chances remain very high. details coming . >> announcer: "news4 midday" starts now. good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm cory smith. >> and i'm erika gonzalez. and we startea with brng news.

a very busy day and a very busy area in the district. police are on the scene of a double shooting in columbia ts heigh >> near 14th and columbia road northwest near a target and a very large shopping center. chris gordon is live on the scene with the latest. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, cory and erika, i am standing in what is called columbia heights apartments. it is subsidized apartments and behind me you see d.c. police and detectives investigating. we are told two people were shot. a man and a woman. one wounded in the hand and one n the leg with nonlife-threatening injuries. d.c. police detectives, fire and ems on the scene. they have put out a lookout for a suspect who fled. a man with short dreadlocks, armed with a semi-automatic weapoha so t man should be considered armed and dangerous.

wearing a black shirt and black sweatpants. left here, pled in an unknown direction. noww also on tter some of the neighborhood watch groups have put out an alert asking anyone in this area who might have a security camera o video of this incident. once again, a man and a woman shot here this morning just ter 10:00. one wounded in the hand, one wounded in the leg. they have been taken with nonlife-threatening injuries for treatment. and police are looking for a f suspect whod and should be considered armed and dangerous. that is the latest from columbia heightsjewñ a apartments, 14th columbia, back to you erika and c >> chris gordon, thank you very much. traffic is once again slowing after a rough commute this morning for the busy gw parkway. >> this major crash and fire as you couldee there led to a shutdown in both directions of the parkway and resulted in some addional fepder benders as

well. >> megan mcgrath is live along the parkway and at the overlook on what happened this morning. >> reporter: well, as you could see behind mere, things are back to normal at this point. traffic is running at speed. that couple of hours ago was not the case. a fiery crash brought traffic to a grinding halto this phot taken by aûmñ commute on the gw parkwa showed the flames that erupted following the crash. the car went off the southbousi of the road and into a tree. fortunately the driver was not seriously hurt. police are investigating reports that a second vehicle was involved in the accident and left the scene. there is not much information on that car. it is just described as being green. the fiery crash shut down both sides of the gw parkwaye during theight of rush hour. traffic remained at a crawl even after lanes were reopened.

making things even more that ble, other crashes happened in the back-up. we saw two multi-car nder-benders as we made our way through the traffic. and police are tng to witnesses trying to get more information about that potential second car that may have been involved in this crash. now if you were thinking about taking the parkway, you should be good to go. all of the back-ups have te dissipad, back to you. >> megan mcgrath live near the gw parkway. and staying on the roads, happening today in the district, rock creek parkway will shut down through the wed. >> and that will mean big changes coming for your morning commute. maybe even monday. justin finch is on the road near the kennedy center with more on the closureoming to northwest d.c. >> reporter: this is not going to be a quick closure. we're talking about several days to give time and space for crews to install some critical

construction right at the kennedy center. let's take you to map and show you how all this breaks down. we're talking about the rock crek potomac parkway shutting down at virginia avenue northwest at the i-66 potomac river interchange near the volleyball court, not farro fm the lincoln memorial. traffic for you traveling wiat area ll move to virginia ramps. now for pedestrians and cyclists you will be affected and we're talking about a closure that will go to the roosevelt bridge. activity for you is going to move instead to virginia avenue northwest.reet so for the next few days as that route is closed down, crews again will be hard at work installing a pedestrian bridge over throck creek potomac parkway from the kennedy center at will open in september and that means from tonight until tuesday morning at 5:30 a.m. we're going to see closures here along the parkway for that work

to take place. again, if you travel this area gularly or rely on it over the weekend, you may want to work on your work-around now because traffic will be definitely backed up around here and the foggy bottom area, too. bac inside to you. >> justin finch, thank you. all right. let's take a turn to the weather. a ls, of clo and a few speckles of rain this morning. chuck bell what, are you doing here my friend? > this is his birthday. >> i asked myself that question. >> which begs the question why are you here? >>appy birthday, chuck. >> because amelia wanted to be onti vaon. >> so are we going to -- little just have chance of rain today. washington today. there are peeks of sunshine across northern virginia. here is the satellite over the last couple of hours. there is the sunshine line south of the fredericksburg area so eventually that is where the warmer air is. it witu evly move up in here. so it will be a bit of improving

weather picture through the day. anning the skiesn radar, not finding much in the way of rain. i couldn't rule out a stray sprinkle or two but nothing you need the umbrella for. maybe bubbling up one or two showers in the afternoon but not a high rain chance today. inmperature-wise still the mid to upper 60s around town but breaks of sunshine and temperatures closer to 70 andew f spots above 70 degrees. here in town, with the thinning of the clouds later on, most areas willthasily reach mid-70s. another mild day coming up tomorrow. t even higher rain chance for friday into the weekend. more about that coming right up. >> thank you, sir. montgomery county police are investigating a homicide in silver spring. a man was found just befo 11:00 last night on piney branch road across from the flower rtments. if you know that area, officers say the body showed sig of trauma and we're working to wlearn his name andther police have any suspects.

the manhunt continues this morning for a fugitive who ran from police and then crashed his car twice. u.s. marshals are trying to track down victor charles johnson who also may goy victor jackson and wanted on a parole violation. he has a history of drug and weapo weapons offenses. authorities caught up with him yesterday and drove off and he crashed and wrecked the same car near the bw parkway in cheverly. he took off running into the n the area chools had to be placed on lockdown and the residents were told to stay inside as police searched and continue to search this morningv doping overnight, investigators are working determine what caused the deadly apartment fire in hartford county, marylale. three peop died and three more were injured. this is happening in edgeland, 45 minutes northeast of baltimore.e ate fire marshal tells us the fire started around 2:30 this morning at that townhome style apartment. no word on thedentity of the three people who sadly lost

their lives in this incident. >> you may remember the deadly explosion at the flower branch apartments iner silvpring. seven people were killed and now the e years on gas leaks a complex are still happening. >> i remember that morning. last night they gathered with county and local leaders to call for action. one tenant said he reported smelling gas in the basement of a building. thedvocacyroup said washington gas didn't fix the issue for more than 20 days. >> we want to have a town where tenants feel safe in their own home and where their concerns are being heard. >> i can't imagine ow traumatic it mustere to live nr residents have the right to go to sleep eveht"ñ knowing they will wake up. >> washington gas said it fixed several minor leaks in recent months. the company saides if aent does smell gas that person should call 911 and then call m. nidoowis morning showing aic quthinking

new york bus driver saving a child being hit by a speeding car. you could see the student trying to get off and the bus driver grabbed him and pulls him past and pulling him back and slams on the horn chastising the driver for passing the school bus with the door open. the school district hopevi thiss eo will show the danger of passing a stopped school bus. >> that is a good momma right there. she got eyes in the back of her head. she knew what was coming. turning to potics. esident trump is on the campaign trail. >> panama city beach is open for business as beautiful as ever. >> as lawmakers take steps to question one of his children, coming up the latest move in the ongoing russia investigation. and plus a new lawsuit filed against the maker of pam cooking spray.ar you'll herom people who say they were sely ♪

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korea confirms to nbc news that north korea has fired two short-range missiles today. president moon said today's target range was much longer than previously launches. you're looking at a space image of a launch from saturday. pyongyang and the united states have been deadlocked in talks to rid the north of the nuclear arsenal. in an interview this morning president moon urged the north to talk about any issues they are unhappy withea inst of testing missiles. and while esident trump is hitting the campaign trail, the battle between the white house and congress is escalating. >> two congressional committees e seeking information following the mueller report. reports. ie potts >> reporter: rallying in floda overnight, president trump tells supporters democrats just won't leto of the russia investigation. >> the democrats are saying, we want more. >> reporter: but now it is republicans putting his son in seat.t a source tells nbc that the

senate judiciary committee run by republicans had sbpoenaed donald trump jr. to testify. our source said lawmakers want to ask trump jr. why he told congress that he knew little about the effort to build a trump tower in moscow. in prisoned lawyer michael cohen testified he briefed the president's son ten times and we're told they also want to ask if the president knew about his son's meeting with the russian lawyer. trump jr. said no, the mueller report says yes. >> every single day the president is making a case -- he's becoming self-impeachable. >> reporter: president trump claimed executive privilege to keep docrats from seeing blacked out portions of the report and the evidence behind it. lawkers voted to hold william barr in contempt for not providing the full report. >> we did not relish doing that but we have no choice.

>> what a cynical mean-spirited counter productive step it is. m> reporter: that conte charge faces one more final vote. we don't know when that vote will happen but democrats think it will happen soon. tracie potts, nbc news, we're learning of another local victim killed in the easter bombings in sli lanka.t"a wilber ross said chelsea decammin adda was a program specialist and passed away and there on an assignment and then karen shove ritz at sidwell friends school and the bombings killed 258 people and wounded hundreds at thr three hotels. police have detained dozens of suspects. this morning we are learning more about the heroic actions students took to stop the gunman in tuesday's school shooting in colorado. >> three students lpt up from desks and disarmed the shooter who turned out tbe a

classmate. >> and as ron mott repoes, thostudents are credited for saving lives. >> reporter: 18-year-old devon erickson spoke just one word i court wednesday when asked if he had any questions about a protective order against him? >> no. >> reporter: as he potentialy face a slew of criminal charges murder.g kendrick castillo held a hero for saving lives after sacrificing his own after charging the shooter. law enforcement response to the shooting swift andmassive. authorities arriving in under 2:00. the school private security guard catching one suspect in a hallway, officials say. police finding the second alone n an empty classroom after students had fled. no shots were fired between suspects and police. >> attention, please. lockdown. >> everyone knew exactly what to do and they all went into action within 5:00. where they were able to find the second suspect and arrest that person. >> reporter: authorities offered few clues about the relationship

underageericson and the suspect indicated as a femalecoy tht but who identified as male accordingto his attorney. last night at an emotional vigil for wounded community, some grieving students expressing anger and frustration and sadness but also honoring the bravery of kendrick castillo. want to say, we love you kendrick. we will remember you ever and always. >> reporter: investigators are lookingnto the possibility that one of the injured students was shot by theho sc's private security guard. they'll have to conduct ballistic tests to confirm that. ron mott, nbc news, highlands ranch, colorado. a horrifying discovery at a home in one of the most affluent communities in the country. police and atf seiz t mon 1,000 guns from a house in los angeles. >> wow! >> you could see huge piles of pistols and rifles in the driveway as investigators catalogue what they found. look at that. a police spokesperson said this was the result of a joint lapd

nd atf investigation into illegal gun trafficking. and it all started with an anonymous tip that led investigators to thhome. how crazy is that. in person has been arrested this case thus far. >> where do you even begin counting. >> who knows. well now to the lawsuit over somethius many of keep in our kitchen. we're talking about certain cans of pam and other oking spray. >> some people say the cans exploded and caused severe injuries and we're going to warn you that some of the video that you are out to see may be shocking. mre is n's joe fryer. >> reporter: th was working at a restaurant in 2017 when a can of cooking spray exploded. leaving him with severe burns. he's one of eight people who filed lawsuits this week against conagra alleging they we injured by exploding cans of cooking spray. maria said it happened to her last month. >> my hair went up in fire. and everything se caught up in flames. of >> reporter: he plaintiffs say they were using thear popul spray pam including

her twre-- her friend call 911. >> something exploded. >> as i closed the oven there was a red fog that covered my eyes and i was screaming like i'm dying. > reporter: she was left with indness and al lung damage. >> i'm dealing with my son, having moments where he breaks down and just can't get over the fact that i was in a f re. >>orter: according to the lawsuit, the exploding cans had four u-shaped deney and thre ten ounces or bigger and while they've never been recalled, conagra said the can design nger in production. not because of any lawsuit, but cause the company standardized the cans across the product line. conagra said pam is usedin5% of american households and has clear warning labels adding when pam is used correctly, as instructed, it is a 100% safe

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his shirt all creepy like but he as help. the assistant there appears unfazed as she slots away the roach and duterte just continues his speech. >> paid internship. bad joke. a rhode island school district changed policy after being cused of lunch shaming students. worewick publ schools announced that students with unpaid balances on lunch accounts would receive a sunflower seed butter and jelly ndwich until the balance was paid so that sparked nationwide backlash. after a meeting yesterday the school board scrapped the id and said that it will look for a more balanced way to collect the money. >> the district said more than 1600 students owe $77,000 in unpaid lunches.se >eral local business owners have offered to pay the balance. but they were turned down. >> i don't get that. people at kraft have a very

special gift for mom this is year. they are picking up the tab for the babysitter. what? kraft will reimburse $50,000 worth of babysitter bills as a mother's day gift to moms all over the country this year.yo all need to do is get a receipt from the babysitter and submit i to kraft mother's day away.com and because what mom really wants is to be left alone. >>s in ripe for fraud and abuse. what if your child is your babysitter. what if you have an older child and who baby-sits the younger ads. and do you send invoice? >> i'm sure she could still write you aninvoice. >> what is your babysitter charges $25,000 a an hour. one receipt and bam there you go. >> so check,utalk abohe ten-day forecast and all of the rain chances are all back to back to back to back. >> tomorrow if we get rain, that is our sixth friday in a row with rain. sixth fridays in a row if it

rains tomorrow and a high chance of getting rained on tomorrow. so that will -- and unloved stat here in the weathere departm. speaking of stats, so far eight full days into the month of may it is warm andem wet. tratures running 6 1/2 degrees warmer than average. rainfall about 3/4 of an inch ahead. and we're on pace. if8]jrce could main thane this deferential to have one of the five warmest mays on record in our changing climate this is more frequent. once -- one difference from last year we had four 90-degree in the first months. a lot of low clouds over washington and reduced visibility in a few spots but that is not an issue around town. but a gloomy look to the sky outside. the sunshine and warm air bottled u to the sou and eventually the wedge of cool moist air will break down. you c tuld see,here is the wedge right there. it i sunny out in western maryland and sunny from richland

southbound. so the air will scour the clouds out of here as it does trying to give them the shove out itay be able to bubble up. a quick sprinkle or shower. a future weather here. and the model keeps updating each and every hour and the last couple of hours this is the change. a couple of hours ago it didn't look like we have any breakiou of rain along the i-95 corridor this afternoon and now as that warmv ai/ tries to move in it might be abl oto ring a couple of showers around here. no total washout but rain chances are there between about noon and 4:00 today. after that, it should dry out this evening. tomorrow we start dry and end with a likelihood of showers an thunderstorms just about everywhere. same story on saturday. dry to start but rain to finish. and rain starting to finish on mother's day. that will make me very unhappy with moms t acrosse region. >> you have to do something to make it up for the ladies. we'll get back to youat on th thousands of you voted and the list is complete. coming up, a look at some of the surprise picks in this year's

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britain prince harry returned to work today. just three days after he and his wife meghan markle welcomed their new son. this is a look at him arriving in the netherlands. the new dad is busy launching she one year countdown to the invictus game taking place next year. prince harry who served in the british military founded the international sporting event for military personnel wounded in action. and the duke and duchess of sussex posed for the first public pictures as a family yesterday with their new son archie harrison mountbaten-windsor. shortly after this photo op and a short interview, the couple announced the name of their son. again, archie harrison n-

mountbattendsor. kind of a mouthful. but we brought that to you here on "news4 midday." the sussex have elected to not give the child a royal title at this time. archie is seventh in line to thh brit thrown. >> got a little invictus game onesie. that was cool. new many thorning -- morning he vatican issue laws for the handling of sexual abuse. >> pope francis is requiring all catholic priests and nuns to report clergy sexual abuse to church authorities starting juns the new church law also provides whiorleblower protections f anybody making a report but it is important to note while the law requires clergy to report all abuse it does not require people to report the abuse to police. this is the latest effort by pope francis to respond to the decades-long scandal. back here at home, a fairfax county teacher walked into a

court facing a handful of misdemeanor charges and left in handcuffs charged with nearly two dozen felonies. he was on leave fom his job at the drama teacher at herndon high school and he was arrested last month after a live-in nanny tolpolice she found a secret camera in her bathroom air vent and charged with unlawful filming and in courti estigators revealed they found thousands of videos on cameras taken from thesuspect's home. >> he was in a position of trust. he was involved with the youth in our communityth noing that we've seen ties him into his role as a public ducator. >> he is now in jail without bond. buying a new car is exciting. but theulprocess cod be a little overwhelming. especially when you are worried about getting top dollar for your old vehicle. consumer reporter susan hogan is working for youith some tricks of the trade-in to help you get every penny your car is worth. >> reporter: kelly wanted to sell her 12-year-old bmw. so she took it to a local

dealer. >> they offered me as a pity move maybe a thousand dollars for it. which was very dappointing to me. >> the sweet spot for the most fof your used vehicle is the three-year-old mark because the dllers could resel it under a certified preowned. >> reporter: and even after five to seven years the consumer report said vehicles could still have value because the repair costs usually haven't started to escalate. but knowing exactly what your car is worth could be challenging. consumer reports market valuer cal getting a quote from car max could help. although kelly's car was 12 ke years old, sh researching to determine to get more than $1,000. >> so i came to the conclusion that the car was worth somewhere between $2,500 and $3,500. >> reporter: consumer reports recommends yakingour car to a few local dealers to find th best offer and solicit offers through auto trader and cars.co and trucar. >> but keep in mind. if you sell your car to the dealer, your likely going to

take a finance l hit. on thher hand, you can sell it yourself and make more money but that is going to require more time and effort on your part. >> all of a sudden all of this burden comes on me. i have to photograph it and make up an ad and starou to figure how i'm going to market it. er >> report: in the end, kelly decided to exhaust word of mouth first. >> luckily i hit the jackpot. i sold it for $2,000. >> susan hogan, >>news4. > we haveur favorite staurant and bars and museums and today you get to find out if you have good taste. theashington city paper is out with the best of list and i'm joined with the managing editor. my wife and i are new to d.c. so these are great to plan date night but they have to be very hard in place like d.c. how do you figure this out? >> this is a six monthd on an six month off process. e start in advance and launch our voting in the n year and we came out in may and then our staff comes up with 10 to 150 picks and we have meetings about that to discuss what we really

think is the best and what we . nt everybody owe -- everybody what we know abo >> you get to eat? >> it is a very search-intense project. >> good kind of research. so let'st with surprised this year with the best brunch. founding farmers drops to number three which will surprise folks and best distillary and best new restaurant is totiqe. >> we were sort of surprised. we didn'tnow what new restaurant people would be in the mood for and it turns out we're in the mood for avocado. it is all right. i'm in the mood for it too. it is pretty great.n and the the distillery is not in the district. it is in virginia. but the great day trip to the spring and summer and go outside and a great place to go. >> all of these restaurants and bars depend on marketing h uvily. tell about best instagram account. >> the best instagram account, it changes eve year and very competitive category.

this year it is barbie pond on avenue q. put the address up there. but it is -- barbies on q and they are great and so they wonest instagram account this year. lot of fun. if you want to laugh while on social media, i think they're worth a follow. >> that is great. so you told us about the research that you do but readers get to make their picks but you have your own picks as well. tell us about your picks.d new bar an sandwich and restaurant. >> i picked the best sandwichd callettle havana with a great fish >>sandwich. been there. >> great. really great bread, great topics and it is just a perfect bite. i've been ta people there since it opened and begging people to come eat there with me. our favorite restaurant is chico which is in dupont. and a lot of fun t eatre with your friends and get some drinks and some asian-koreannd food a delicious. and --

>> best new restaurant. >> best new restaurant. bet -- best new bar in green zonethat does fun stuff with he'll see ogen so somebody caring a big chemical vat around. >> that is part of the expeence. to get the drinks made. >> absolutely. >> any other new categories that people should keep ut eye o for this year? >> we he the bestike share category. which is great. so capital bike share won. a great way to get around town in the warmer months. and we also added a best physical therapy category. if you are ailing, so take a look at that. if you need a place to get yourself worked out. >> you have it all planned out for us. thank you so much, caroline jones, naging editor of washington city paper and see online as well.the pper and thank you so much. we are looking ahead to the weekend. coming up, a preview of a spectacular airshow taking place in maryland.'l and talk about weather and

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we continue our salute to teachers this week. and this morning we're inrg prie ges county. >> molette green stopped by eisenhower middle school in laurel to say thank you. >> reporter: we're here at eisenhower middle school to celebrate 50 years of education excellence. [ cheering and applause ] [ crowd chanting ] >> reporter: the teachers have a chant and cheer of their own. that is one of the teachers here. the eagle is ike. but it is under that mask. it is english teacher dwight, but thank you so much for rocking it out. 70 teachers -- teachers at this school and 950 students and they are committed to the jobs. one of the teachers is nominated for the teacher of the year in

prince ge ge's county and you've been doing this for a long time and still passionate. >> doing it for 12 years and doing it fo 2 another we could change the trajectory of a child's life. >> and we have a lot of males, the principal bringing in the males in the >> we have males to serve as(%ñ ntors for african-american and hispanic students. >> reporter: and another greate teaelebrated with girls in the school, i'm loving that the band has come out and they are ready to celebrate national teachers week. and we brought nbc4 treats as well to get them started this morning. but let's hear the band. come on. ♪ >> they are getting in. >> they have all of the fun. >> molette rolls with the band,

she rolls with cheerleaders. >> the last couple days. >> i'm impressed the schools get such great attendanceti at that in the morning. >> that is true. >> they are troopers about. it chuck, talk about rain drops that we cannot shake from our forecast. >> it is a rainy stretch around here last couple of weekends unfortunately i can't promise you much dry weather over the weekend. thepk[?zhoney-do list for outdo plans and yardwork, get it done as early on saturday before rain chances go bk into the way-up category. low clouds and just a dungy looking day to be outside. it is humid. on the mild side. gton. 70 in wash our weather wouldn't improve until we get rid of this. a east wind. we need a south tost southwely wind to push the clouds out of here. that is on the way. but the transition from now to then will keep skies very, very cloudy. look at the warmer air starting to mve northward here as it moves in it will have a chance

to ring out rain drops so highs today mid-70s. best chances for rain will bero fm noon or 1:00 up to about 4:00 or 5:00 this afternoon the warmer air does start to dislge the cool, moist air stuck down at the ground here. it will take a little while. no heavy rain is expected. a few showers east of leburg and two more down in culpeper county. and future weather does indicate during up of showers the peak of daytime heating and not everyone should get rained on and should be over about 6:00, if not sooner than that. now the weekend started dry. here is saturday at 5:00. rain chances coming back quickly late saturday afternoon and it will rain saturday night. it will be raining sunday morning when you wake up. and it will be raining sunday afternoon. so mother's day not going to be a day for outdoor activities this year unfortunately. here is your ten-day forecast. hit-and-miss showers today. showers and storms later tomorrow.

and again later on saturday. a lot of rain on sunday, sunday night and probably through noon on monday. our nexthance for bright, sunny weather, tuesday and wednesday of next week. oomph. >> thanks, chuck. from homeless in high school to college grad. we catch up with a remark anl young lady looking ahead to her next ú9kchallenge. and the kids busy at the same time, a mother's day brunch option y play wantou t

sunday is mother's day and don't y dare forget and people across the area are looking for ways to celebrate moms. the ritz carlton in pentagon city is surfing -- serving up a great brunch for the festive dag but makin sure that the whole family gets involved. i think you'll understand what we mean by that. here to explain ishef haddan. thank you for joining us.

it is always a treat to have you here in the studio. you always bring such a beautiful display. really his creations are a work of art. so start by telling about the brunch on sunday and the mother's day cake. because we have helpers over he to our right. talk to us about that, oef. >> s mother's daybrunch, in entagon city it is alwa extremely popular. so one of the activities that we have is something ve personalized. which is for the kids to decorate a cake while the brunch is on they couldgo to that section -- >> there is a station for them to do this. let me see what you have going on. and this is part of the brunch experience. so this comes with -- >> this comes with the brunch. my kids here are helping me corate cake for their mom. >> show me what you have here. what decorations you're putting on the cake >> we have m&ms. >> do you want to help? what else. fl we have ers, dry raspberries and silver balls and

my brother said m&ms. >> and the sprinkles. >> those are my favorite. >> you are doing a nice job. >> and i'm decorating some icing. >> and i'm sure they are super tasty and we'll le you keep decorating while your dad talks to us. this is just a decoy and diversion to have yo mimosas in peace. so now talk to us about the brunch experience itself. we have a beautiful table e. display her >> so as part of the brunch, the brunch has everything that you would want. be it the seafood or the carvings and a great dessert display and this timeit features nitro ice cream. so that is going to be live so that is the show. on this particular site we also have the afternoon tea which is extremely popular. >> look at that. >> the restaurant and lounge is

the particular setup is called mommy and me tea and so ternoon tea seems like the trend for 2019. at least in theri carlton and pentagon city. so we make scones in house and l l of the sandwiches are made in-house and al the desserts are made by my fabulous pasty team. >> you are an award-winning pax > i think cooking was always there. but the 18 years with the ritz carlton hotels brought it up. so it is been a great journey withpa the com. >> picked it up a notch. i would say so. what would you say for moms and ds doing a low-profile mother's day and they want to make a cake, any tips for dads >> come to the ritz carlton pentagon city and we'll do it for you. >> exactly right. because mom doesn't want to be cleaning up a messy kitchen. don't do that to your mommy.

so, so happy to have you here chef of the ritz carlton at pentagon city and his kids. they are just beautiful and got ants in your pants. so excited toibe on tv w us today. thank you very much and a happy mother'urday to yo beautiful wife. >> thank you so much. >> don't eat all of theo cies. this weekend a special kind of show> reporter: the navy blue angels arrived aptoint base andrews putting on a show in the sky. the air force thunderbirds arrived on monday for this weekend show. >> first time in about 2 ears thunderbirds have flown together at the same show so we're exciting to show what both services could do and learnefrom h other and try to make each other better.

>> it is a mission and a show.h a s for the spectators and a mission for us to continue to do a phenomenal job representing the navy and marine corp and the 800,000 men and women that we represent. >> roar of the engines and the myy they fly, the hair stands on the back of neck. it is awesome. >> reporter: it is free and open to the public on saturday and sunday. reporting from andrews, chris gordon, nbc4. >>e looks lfun. this afternoon the 2018 world series championox red s will meet with president trump. not everyone will be there. alex cora will skip the ceremony in the rose garden. he is a native of puerto rico and upset at the way the president treateds. the island territory in the aftermath of hurricane maria. some of the players also may be tired. the red sox had a late night game yesterday and went into extras with the baltimore

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graduated from anacostia high school. i don't know if i'm able to meet these standards. i qu tioned myself at. i doubted myself. >> reporter: she may have doubted herself but she never gave up and next weekll she' get her diploma from george iwn. >> its a struggle. it is a journey. and this is just meng makit to the finish line of one of the races of my life. there are many more to come. >> reporter: in the district, mark segraves, nbc4. >> very impressive. and her story needs to be heard by so many others. >> perseverance. and let's get a final check of the weather. >> and we want to wish our very own chuck bell a very happy birthday. >> oh, my goodness. >> who is that handsome devil. >> you never look olr than 21. >> was that two weeks ago? >> i know when it was taken. october of 1995. >> wow! >> look at you. >> picture is getting old. it was taken on glass and etched in with --

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