. >> announcer: "news4 midday" starts now. good morning, and thank you r joining us on this "news4 midday." i'm erika gonzalez. >> and i'm melissa mollet. let's start with the forecast. chuck is standing by with the lateso >> good mrning. sunshine is broken out here in northwest washington. that is an encouraging sign. it may be some of the last rays of sunshine we see for quite a whilas our pattern -- weather pattern is very unsettled. this area of low pressure isgi brin most of the rain for now out of the area but this cold front, that will promise a round of showers and storms laterofoday and a lot moisture done across i pats gor

of rainfall over theke wd. particularly the second half of your saturday and throughout your sunday. right now, though, the skies which are cloudyt of the morning, overcast and thinned out and we're getting more than a fewreaks of sunshine around the washington area. that front promises to bring in another chance for rain and thunderstorms. c some of thoseld be a little strong. we'll be here to keep you posted all through the course of the afternoon. right now no thunder or in lightn just moderate rain towards martinsberg and west virginia and the peeks of sun brought temperatures well into the 70s. in arlington, 75 gaithersburg and 77 in leesburg. so afternoon temperatures in the upper 70 toss near 80 degrees and a likeliod of rain and thunderstorms beginning as early as 2:00 or 3:00 in the shenandoah or hanging on until 7:00 or 8:00 this evening. closer lookingth atiming of the weekend rain coming up. >> thank you, chuck. this morning two perspectives of a montgomery couy police encounter now under investigation. >> one of the officers was

recorded in a cell phone video using a racial slur toward a group of black m. megan mcgrath joins us live from outside of montgomery county police headquarters in gaithersburg with what the two sides are saying. megan? >> reporter: well there is a loy of controveurrounding all of this. and it began when police officers approached a group of african-american men outside of a fast food restaurant in white oak. now during the exchange with the men, which was recorded, a white female officer can be heard using the n-word. the incident captured on police body cam and cell phone video. police approaro a g of african-american men outside of the mcdonald's in white oak for trespassing. officers search the men and their belongings and there is a lengthy exchange. at one point a white female officer could be heard using the n-word. we have bleeped out the slur for broadcast. >> so if we have more people bl

y'all [ p ] trying something. >> reporter: in the video released by police, one of the men cabe heard using the racial slur. the female our then uses the same word. one of the men being detained calls her a derogatry name and called her racist. the female officer said she is repeating what he said. >> nope, that is a quote. those were your words. >> reporter: news4 spoke to barry tucker would took the cell phone video. >> i couldn't believe it. and i couldn't believe her face that she made. she tought it was a cool thing to say. and it is not. >> she even said it was appropriate. >> reporter: a spokesperson for the police department said the video is disturbing and such beavior will not be tolerated. >> what would you say to people who are disturbed with an officer in uniform using that word? >> i think they have a right to be disturbed. i'm disturbed. i love -- i live in this county and it bothered me and bothered a lot of people and they've made their voices known. >> reporter: and a spokesperson with the police department would

not comment on the status of that officer involved saying i thatis a personnel matter and that it is an ongoing investigation and so they would notitomment. now s also worth mentioning here that this is a long video. there is a lot of banter recorded between the officer and the men. not all of it is racial. but other inappropriate comments were also made. now i asked the police spokesperson about that and he said that they were disturbed by a lot of it and will take a long, hard look at the entire video as part of the internal invesacgation. b to you. >> thank you, megan. this morning we hve a better the national park service plans on preparing thgw parkway. one of the roughest stretches. the north section will be rehabbed from spout run by the key bridge up to the beltway. the park service said it just needs the money to make those repairs. it is now trying to secure that cash. ht well rignow on d.c. roads drivers are nav gagt a new

detour because they cannot drivenethe -- drive near the kennedy center for a new pedestrian bridge connecting the water frt to the kennedy center. justin finch is on the street with more. >> reporter: this is part of th around clock work to get the pedestrian bridge up and hopefully open soon by the summer, early september. so behind us now is the work happening to make that happen. as you could see back there, the cones are up. the crews are on scene. glso the road closed signs and park police standy and that big crane back there in place to do that heavy lifting. now the area that is closed here again, the rock creek potomac parkway stretch by the kennedy center from virginia avenue northwest to just behind the lincoln memorial at thei-66 potomac river freeway interchange. all of that road traffic is now moving tove virginia anue through those interchange ramps in that area as well. bicyclists andpedestrians are impacted. you'll see detours begin at f

street northwest at the kennedy center on to viveiniae and at 23rd street going towards the lincoln memorial. the work here again is to install a pedestrianridge from the kennedy center to go over the -- to the parkway to part of the multimillion-dollar effort to enhance the kennedy center and bring additions like that bridge. so again that bridge that should open hopefully by the summer, gh however ri now the traffic impacts are going to be in place and will last until tuesday at 5:30 in the morning. that means if you have plans in that br you through this area, perhaps by car or perhaps to the kennedy center for a show, you're going t have to deal with the tie-ups that will come with this. a lot of traffic is expected around this area as well as foggy bottom. so plan ahead, plan your work-around and understand this is how it will be throughout the weekend again until early tuesday morning. back inside to you. >> justin, thank you.

a homeowner thought he was shooting at an intruder but now police say it was a case of mistaken identity. this happened in a townhouse in centlle late thursday morning. police were called after the homeowner shot somebody who had walked into his house. accorng to the 911 ll, the homeowner was trying to help the person he had just shot because the two kne each other. >> let the units know, three of us will make entry into the house anhe look for downed subject. >> apparently it was the daughter's friend an didn't know who it was and so he just shot. >> police are not confirming the relationship bet en the victim and the homeowner. only saying that theynew each other. that victim isxpected to be okay and the homeowner has not been charged. now we go to a news4 i-team investigation. right now a patient who escaped a locked psychiatric unitth at veterans' affairs medical centen district is in custody facing several charges. this is a story first o 4.

according to police and v.a. records obtained by the news4 i-team the patient removed the ceiling tiles above a bathroom shower in the unit on sunday night. the 29-year-old manassas man crawled to aof neighboring ce outside of the locked space. who didn't lative want to be identified tells news 4 he was able to catch a cab to virginia. >> he went through the emergency room and asked someone in the emergency room, the ff at the hospital to call a taxi cab. >> andey called him a cab? >> they called him a cab. >> he was wearing his hospital clothes. >> he was wearing his scrub bottoms and a tank top. >> reporter: the man took the cab to christmas where he held a woman he knew against her will and then assaulted her. police arrested him. the v.a. hospital tells news4 it is reviewing policies and procedures. trade talks with china are set to resume in washington,

hours after the u.s. raised the price ever bringingd chinese g into the country. the tariffs kicks in at midnight. this morning china is threatening to retalia. tracie potts explains what this means for you and your wallet. >> reporter: just after midnight, tariffs, the price china pays to bring $200 billion in goods to the u.s. jumped from 10% to 25%. it affects clothes, groceries, electronics, furniture, sporting goods and more. and it happened right in the middle of negotiations. why? >> they renegotiated the deal. they took -- whether it is intellectualroperty theft, they took many, many parts of the deal and renegotiated. you can't do that. >> china has been cheatng for far too long. >> they can't build their middle class on the back of american farmers and manufacturers and workers. this has to stop. >> reporter: but could the u.s. tariffs backfire? after the last round, this maine lobster company took a 60% hit.

>> i used to have 16 topl 20 emees based on the season. and now i have approximately half. i have about ten. >> last year about $7 a pound and this time of the year now getting $5.75. >> reporter: and prices are expected to go up. this new jersey company is already charging $20 more per bike. >> we've had no choice but to pass these costson to our customers. >> reporter: remodeling your kitchen in tile could cost more. >> it is probably a 7%, 8% increase. net increase to thconsumer. >> reporter: all riding on talks set to resume today.rs and we undend they will be back at the table today. overnight a state-run chinese newspaper tweeted hat china, even though they've been slapped with the tariffs overnight, does plan to show up for the egotiations. tracie potts, nnews, washington. still it come on "news4 midday," a rocket ready for human use? w >>e're talking about the brainof

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ez> amazon's jeff is turning his attention to space. because he just doesn't have enough on his plate. >> nothing else is happening for hi he unveiled an ambitious plan and vehicle to send humans back re the moon. miguel almaguerrts it could be the big step for his company and giant leap for space tourism. >> this is an incredible vehicle, and it is going to the moon. >> reporter: the world's richest man highlighting lhisest high-tech mission. >> this is blue moon. reporter: jeff bezos unveiling a cutting-edge lunar lander called blue moon that he said could be a pioneer in space exploration and colonit tion. >> i time to go back to the moon, this time to stay. >> reporter: even showing these images envisioning what a mass i

coloni in space could look like. including homes, high-speed transportation and perfect climates. bezos saidcreating an infrastructure in outer space for future generations to build on f vital our planet and blue moon could help. >> we're going to build a road to space. and then amazing things will happen. >> reporter: blue moon is the brain child of bezos rocket company blue origin. the amazon founder launched blue origin back in 2000, two years before elonfousk unded spacex.ot anr company with its sights set on the moon. >> that is one smalltep for man, one giant leap for man kind. >> reporter: only 24 people have everrbited or landed on the mo moon, all of them americans. last lunar mission was nea half a century ago. thursday'sem announcent ramping up expectations for americans to make a return.

in march vice president pence challenging nasa to get back. >> to return american astronauts to the moon within the next five years. >> reporter: according to bezost th 2024 goal is within research. anks to blue moon. an entrepreneur and business titan, shooting for the stars. >> that was miguel almaguer repsting. bez hopes the effort will ignite new interest in -- in space exploration. we will show you live pictures now of vintage airplanes from world war ii are prepg to fly over the pentagon and arlington nationaly cemeteart of a commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the d-day invasion in normandy, france, which isext month. so we're standing by for some awesome pictures.

well starting today, you could buy sto in uber.ow for n each share will cost $45. ride-sharing company is offerg he0 million shares of the common stock. ove comes as the company faces economic demands from the drivers. earlier this week they went on strike across the country demanding increase in pay and better benefits and improved tipping system. in an exclusive interview with nbc news, facebookc founder chris hughes is roking headlines saying the company should be un -- broken up and that mark zuckerberg is too powerful. hughes was zuckerberg's roommate at harvard. he said the facebook that exists today is not the same one that he founded with zuckerberg in 2004. hughes said facebook is far too big andl. powerfu he's explaining why he is speaking up now. >> every single time there is some new headline about the privacy scandal or an election that is going on, i do feel a sense of responsibility. i'm angry atmark and i'm angry

at a lot of facebook leadership for taking something that held so many promise and sacrificing quality, securitivity for clicks. >> he left the company in 2007 and sold all of his stock in 2012 making $500 million. in a statement to nbc news, facebook said with success comes accountability. but you don't enforce accountability by calling for the breakup of a successful american company.p and coming u at 11:45, we have more reaction from facebook. in just a couple of weeks, road trips and summer v-- summe vacations will be starting and everyone will head out for the unofficial start of vacation and so for safety tips on how to travel with your animals, we brought in alexandria dilly and has an adoptable pet of the

week. before we get to the summer travel tips let's talk about honey. tell us about honey. >> honey is a 5-year-old pit mix and surrendered because her family couldn't keep her where they live. but she's very sweet andçq>÷i frdly. and she'll be happy to see anybody. and she's pretty good on leash. >> she's been very well behaved here in the studio. she should be easy to train because she's very food motivated. she likes her - chews >> her choose. >> and she's had puppies in the past, you could tell ki loo at her but she's been spayed. so shots and everything all up to date and ready to go. >>yes. >> she would make a great addition to somebody's family. so for summer vacation. if you are going to bring the dog with y on summer vacation, it is easier if you are driving than flying i'm >>guessing. right. so i think it is a good idea if you are driving to have a seat elt for the dog or to have a crate. it depends on how big your dog h

is andow large your caris . but i would say for both fying and for driving, crates a really good idea. and you want to make sure that your dog i t accustomedthe crate before you use it for travel. >> i think a lot of people just forget aboutogseat belts on d in the car. a little harness to run the seat belt through. unfortunately like every other passenger in the car, if something happens unrestrained people and pets are subject to t forces of the crash. >> exactly. >> so that is important there. if your dog is -- like mine, it is an anxious rider and not a lot sick but he pants and nervous. what could you do for a dogs that are nervous travelerswo >> well i uld definitely have them get in cars before your about toso travel. at it is a regular thing for them. i think tt the more car trips you me to fun places like the dog park, or the park in genera the better they're

going to be in the car. if you need to, you could talko to yur vet about medication for travel. but i think it is a lot better an f everyone just to get them accustomed to the car. >> and i know that i've heard -- i think they call it thunder jackets or4$omething lik™ñ that. like a little sleeve to put around the dog to make them feei they're being held. have you heard of good experiences with that. >> yea those could be good. would you definitely try that out. >> and the other big concern is weather gets hotter into the summertime. if you are visiting the family in phoenix, check with your airline for restrictions because they will not carry pets on board once the temperatures reach a certain amount. >> yeah. and sometimes they have temperaturcontrolled compartments but you do need to eck with the airlines before you go. >> because you don't want to be in phoenix and then find out it is 115 degrees today and they wouldn't allow my dog on the plane. great. thank you for coming in. go to the website human rescue alliance.org to find out how to

adopt honey or others and our big adopti event clear the shelters is coming up in august. for more information on that, you could go to the nbc washington app. >> thanks to chuck for that. still it come, we are capping off nationalsç9zñ nursek with a fantastic group. se how we're thanking nurs at

a group of elementary schoot studeare bridging the gap between law enforcement and the community one paint stroke at a time. >> nbc4 molette green is at an elementary school in southeast d.c. with details on project hope. >> reporter: take ook inside of the beautiful redone girls bathroom. with a powerful theme. we have drew the artist who designed it. wave your hand so people could know who you are. we're at jcnalle with folks happy to see project hope do

what it does. and that build relationships in the community. between the law enforcement and the folks in this community and of course we start with our littlestne o so emmanuel back there did the boy's bathroom which is a em superhero thank you for your incredible designs. so let's talk about how this impacted the children who colored in and worked on the murals, six of them in the scho. lamont getis can talk more about your role with the project. >> so i serve as a director here at jcnallehool for children and families and collaborate with code 3 and it is important that this narrative is told. gative mes there is a narrative when it comes to police officers and our students but this is something positive and it is magical. let's tell the story i of what happening here because we're what? red hot. >> reporter: so you mentioned code 3. retired law enforcement officers, that organization paid for all of this. and of course workin with

active officers and retired officers, kevin copeland could talk about that important work beyond the murals, the relationships. >> you're absolutely right. we took on oath to protect and serve and now we're serving the community and trying to be mart of change. change is not what you say ands it i what you do'r and we doers and we have a bunch of doers here today. we want to thank our partners who came out to help us to make this happen. >> reporter: thank you all for making this happen. don't you love your murals?[ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: six bathrooms at this school. making things beautiful inside and out. all right. good-byerom jc nalle. we'll see you next time. >> thanks. >> how fun is that. >> always having a good time. speaking of out there, how are we looking out there? are you going to walk us to cars with umbrellas.

i can walk you to your car either way. >> you should pay attention to the traffic. >> he doesn't know the traffic this morning, i guarantee. >> probably not. i don't think you need the umbrella out to the car in the i next little if you are watching at home or at work and you're not going to get out to the car until after 4:00 or 5:00, well, just give me a call and i'll come and walk you from your office to your car. >> you're such a gentleman. >> keep in iend i'm only one man. i can't get everywhere. it is bright sunshine, clearing skies connelling in sky -- coming into washington now. it is a warm start to the month of may. we're about to put a dent into the cement surplus. warmer than average for the first nine days of the month an water surplus. we're about ready to add to the rainfall surplus and subtract from the temperature because it is illy and cloudy and rainy around here. starting tomorrow afternoon an staying that way probably until tuesday or wednesday of next week. so enjoy the sunshine while we have it.

it is already 77. in front royal and leesburg, 73 in fredericksburg. 74 in arlington. high temperatures today around 80 degrees. clouds are building back in and still a high likelihood of mo rain showers and some thunderstorms later on into the afternoon and early evening. all part of this cold front which will bring us thunderstorms today and then it will bring us a chance for quite a bit of rain late saturday and through the day on sunday. there is the leading edge of what will tur into thunderstorms once they come east of the mountains. not a big threat for severe weather today but any individual storm could pack a bit of a punch. so doug will be here on nbc wash through the afternoon. first thunderstorm chance and thunderstorm chances from as early as about 3:00 and then could linger as late as about 9:00 or 10:00 this evening. things will start to settl down after about 10:00 or 11:00. now tomorrow we'll probably wart off dry and might even get a little sunshine early tomorrow. we'll be in the 50s when you wake up in the morning. sun is up 6:00 a.m.morrow

morning. these long days of springtime. but not a big warm-up tomorrow.i clouds quickly fill the skies and rain will become more and more likely after 2:00 or 3:00 for sure. and after about 5:00 or 6:00 it is just raining around here. so keep that in mind. five-day forecast looks this way, expect almost no sunshine on sunday and monday and maybe only very little amounts of sun coming up on tuesday. enjoy the warmth and the sun whle we have it, you

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>> announcer: you're watching "news4 midday." >> from sneakers to smartphones, get ready to spend more of your hard-earned money. slapping a 25% surcharge on a massive array of chinese products. en >> the presidsaid the money flows into the u.s. treasury but right now it is patoed on you. nbc's hallie jackn reports.

>> reporter: to the president it means a better negotiating position. >> i happeno think that the riffs for our country are very powerful. >> reporter: but to many americans, it means a price hike on everying from soap to screwdrivers, sneakers to smartphones. that is because the overnight move raises tariffs from0%% to n $200 billion worth of chinese goods that could affect some 6,000 items, not just cars and washing machines, but staples that your big box and hardware stores and so much of what we buy here comes from ere. it even includes groceries like fruit, nuts and fish. >> it is just frustrating because you know that most politicians a what it is like to live every day in te middle class. >> you have to juggle what you can afford and what you can't afford. and a lot of people can't even do that. >> reporter: take an aver oe fami four. one trade group estimates the tariffs could cost them an extra

$767 per year. why? because companies now have to pay mre for what they import from overseas a -- a cost passed to you, that is what is happening with arnold who owns this bicycle shop in south carolina and gets his parts from china and ready had to hike prices about $20 a bike. >> d we't know how we perceive that china is pacing for this. we are paying for it and passed on to customers. >> reporter: the white house said it will help get a better deal with china and some eel companies may end up benefitting as businesses seek out arican-made products to avoid the tariffs thers like farmers who sell crops to china are worried. >> we want a trade deal done as fast as we could get it. >> that is hallie jackson reporting. that 10% of women's suffer from

preeclampsia. so the omise walkms to provide atpport and edun coming up so joining us to talk about the event, dr.herry hansly with ilene chris ma and annie shack. and you're a high risk ob/gyn in montgomery county and you look at women all of the t e and test them and explain for ky someone lucnough not to be aware. >> so preeclampsia is a dangerous disease in which the mother's bloop is elevated and we define that as a pressure of 140 over 90 or greater. typically it happens after 20 weeks of pregnancy. and what can happen in additn to the high blood pressure is symptoms. the patient can develop very severe swelling, sometimes tay'll gain more five to six pounds in one week. that is not normal. they'll see spots as if someone took a flash photography of them and they don't go away. and they also can have protein in their urine and nausea and

vomiting. >> and this could be fatal. the mother and for child. i want to talk to you, irene, about your situation with pr sclampsia and why you are involved in the walk? >> sure. so i got pregnant la yearand was going really well. nd then right cy in the middle of my pregnancy i was blindsided by preeclampsia. was only 22 weeks when i got diagnosed. i was completely unaware of what as happening. was in denial, thought i was okay and then all of the tests came back sayi i had severe preeclampsia which turned into help syndrome which is very dangerous. i have wonderful doctors and nurses and they made the bests decisid delivered my daughter at only 23 weeks and she didn't make it. bu the promise walk for preeclampsia which we'll talk about today is actually a team that we made called team vera named after my daughter.

>> we have sow pictures to sho last year and this is your second year doing it. >> tell me morehe about t walk. >> the walk is next saturday. at wheaton regional park in silv silver spring and i'm proud and i'm the team captain this year. it.i love it is such a great idea to bring awareness to this, to raise money and for more research. tell me, missy about your situation. first two appreciations, ec prempsia, third pregnancy. >> full term baby and no weeclampsia. my first pregnancyas similar to irene. a little bit later at 28 weeks, came on suddenly and i had no history. my second pregnancy i was on little bit of preventative treatment but didn't get me the full way and i developed preeclampsia again.d nder dr. hammersly and dr. olf's care i was given a preventive screening and the medication and had a full term

baby. >> congratulations. you just presented cool research about preeclamps and how th early intervention can key for so many people. explain that.>> so last saturday at the american college meeting in nashville we presented 1203 patients and of those patients that were tested int the f trimester at about 11 to 13 weeks we were able to detect 3 patients that tested high . positive >> how amazing. you could go in andwh prevent is happening or may happen down the road. >> correct. >> thank you so much for being here. so again the walk is the promise walk next saturday may 18th a wheaton regional park. >> thank you. >> erika. >>. hank you nearly a year after a nine yield boy was killed in a strathic dece strathic -- a tragic accident we're hearing from the parents.

he got caught between a motorized vehicle and changes are being made to make sure it doe't happen again. >> we call it a little bit of light positive in a horrible o tragedy situa >> tonight on news 4:00 at 5:00, wesley's parents talk to susan hogan about movingforward and the new law named after their son. moth's day is almost here. if you are still looking for gift ideas, we know what mom really want thats. i

the clock is ticking but you do have time to find the perfect mother's day give. >> here is liz w mclaughlinith the hottest gifts for mom this year. >> mother'sifay gts are getting an update this year. instead of traditional je elry, a fitness tracker such as the fitbit inspire hr could pull

double duty for health and her style. >> if mom wants to be able to take it from day to night, it comes with a variety of accessories. >> reporter: 67% plan to give mom flowers for the holiday according to the national retaie fetion. but the problem of flowers wiltingwi go away h a high-tech alternative from road box. >> this is replaced with a natural preserving fluid and now they ssti gu rs.mell aostnd the ore bought bouquet but thesare starting to brown. water or sunlight requires. wireless earbuds could keep her connected on the go. >> they are true wireless earbuds and they are one of the smallest on the market. >> reporter: and the portable charging case offers up to 15 hours of battery life. electronics ma lick up $2.2 billion spent for mother's day.

but the greatest gift of all might just be spending time together. a cannon camera could help you capture moments with mom and save them. >> the cannon ivy click plus is an instant film camera that is also a digital camera and you could pair it with yr smartphone. >> reporter: an easy way to make this mother's day memorable. liz mclaughlin, nbc news. >> that is a good idea. >> a lot of go ideasto take our mommies out to a nice restaurant or someplace indoors. >> especially around here. >> and i don't know that i would put on the good shoes this weekend either. uld make each mom c that call individually. but it may be a good idea to have the galoshes ready to go. not a total wash out of the entire weekend but any dry time aiefore noontime on saturday. thereafter our rchances are back up once again. the sun is out for now.

enjoying a quiet late morning and almost noon and southerly breezes and sunshine are pushing temperatures well up into the 70s. 79 in leesburg. 73 in frederi. 75 therin beverlyy the bay and ann arundel county and 76 in fredericksburg. the planner for today, temperatures upper 70s. a lot of spots will touch 80 briefly before rain chances do increase. already somear rain ne hagerstown and more rain out in the mountains of west virginia. that is coming in our direction. future weather shows a little line of shower and thunderorm chanceseveloping around 2:00 or 3:00 from leesburg and viinia to fredericksburg, maryland. toward 7:00 or 8:00, this is the cold front coming through and this is our highest likelihood to hear the rumble of thunder as about 7:00 this evening and then as it gets farther into southern maryland it will take longer. so 10:00, 11:00 down into parts of st. mary's county. satury morning, again, the rain is gone. i can't promise a whole lot of sunshine. it will be mostly cloudy, maybe

aeek of sun here and there but enjoy the drive time. if you have to mow the lawn, do it early tomorrow. ances for rain start to move back into the picture about lunchtime in the shenandoah valley and likely to see rain drops n later than 4:00 or 5:00 in the washington area and then saidier rain moving in . overnight waking up sunday morning, rain. and rain will be here pretty much off and on all day on your sunday. i justan't really promise any real significant amount of dry sunday. there is your extended forecast. an 80-degree day ande might not get back above 70 until wednesday. a little ; nce to dry out. the middle part of the next week and next friday may be the first

facebook is firing back at t calls regulate the social media giant. the debate reignited one of the co-founders chrisu hes called

for the government to break up the company. he believes his old roommate mark zuckerberg is not accountable to shareholders or users. kate snow h r asponse from facebook. >> far too powerful and most otportantly the ceo mark zuckerberg is n accountable. >> reporter: this morning reaction still pouring in. even people on facebook debating whether facebook is o big and powerful. after co-founder chris hughes publicly criticized his friend and llone-time coe roommate mark zuckerberg. >> what is your motivation for sitting here and speaking out right now? >> i feel a sense of riponsibility. angry at mark and i'm angry at the facebook leadership forn taki something that held so much promise and could have been so amazing and sacrificing quality, security, civility for clicks. are you saying now that you have regrets? >> i am disappointed in myself that in the early days i didn't and we didn't think enough about

how news feed, for instance, could empower nationalist leaders. >> reporter: his call to break en the company and create a new regulatory ag has lawmars talking. >> i think facebook needs to be broken up. >> don't know that it needs to be broken up. >> reporter: zuckerberg is meeting with government leaders his week. facebook telling nbc news in part, with success comes accountability. but you don't enforce accountability by calling by the breakup of a successful american company. accountability of tech companies can only be achieved through the pain-staking introduction of new rules for the internet. z pkerberg haseviously called for regulation. >> you as a company welcome regulation? >> i thi r if it is theight regulation, then yes.or >> rr: but hughes thinks that is just a. cove >> by saying voluntarily that facebook should have some regulation, he and other te companies too are trying to take off the table the idea of breaking them up. -

because- >> it is a preemptive strike. because he doesn't want to be broken up. >> think so. >> reporter: hughes left the company years a banking $500 million and questioning why they wou turn on the guy who made im rich. >> you last saw mark zuckerberg in 2017. are you friends? i think so. we haven't -- we've grown apart a bit. i think the world of mark and i also think he has too much power. and i don't know if we're going to be friends af trhis. i really don't know. >> reporter: kate snow, nbc news, new york. thefourthnnual d.c. bike ride is next saturday, may 18th and here with us in studio today is kate brown with the d.c. bike ride and joe newman from sloppy momma's barbecue. so before we get to you, j, kate talk about for folks who haven't had the opportunity to go and experience the d.c. bike ride last year was my first yea, doing i to me it is one of the

coolest things that i've gotten to do in this city that is so unique to washington, d.c. tell our viewrs about it. >> thank you for having us. the d. bike ride is o one-of-a-kind oprtunity on our nation's capital on closed it is the largest closed road andelebration of cycling and living an active lifestyle in d.c. and with the roads closed you'll see spectacular vie of monuments, memorials and views you've never seen befor and we'll end at our finish in the u.s. capitol and the morning is completely famil friendly. wewelcome riders of all ages and abilities to come out and join us. >> and this is a wonderful opportndity. my husba and i had bikes last year and we didn't have our helmet which is important so if you want to ride, bring your helmet. lks that don't have a bike, can they purchase to bul. >> you cod add a bike rental for an additional $12. it is a fun event.

>> here is where joe come news play. this is a unique first time you are doing ts. you'll have food stations. e'll call them snacks or bites along the bike route. and you have bbq. tell me about thoo. this l amazing. >> so we'll do park sandwiches. oight in front of gsa building. >> so you're g to be riding along and you could stop for a pit stop and a little break and this is free. this is not an additional charge once you gister for the d.c. bike ride. so it is jut incredible. >> free barbecue at the end of the ride. w> work on having beer along the route as l. this is good for starters. bbq along the route and i'm happy for that. you'll have porks? sandwiche >> yeah. a pork sandwich in in front of the gsa build ago long the route and a band and south block will put out free food for people. >>ice. why did you decide to participate with the d d.c. bike ride this year? >> they reached out to us early

on in the planning process and we're going to be doing a couple of things for them along the course and they said, can you do a avor station on the course and we said it sounds like a id great . >> when you are biking 20 miles, who doesn't want a pork sandwich to go along the route. i think this is really genius you decided to do that. talk to me about family, kids, parents who can attend. >> this event is for everyone. it is really for peop of all ages and all abilities. you don't have to be an expert rider. we want you to comut and have a good time. >> so anybody, if you do this maybe on the weekends with your kids, this ispo a nice opunity for them to see a piece of the city if they haven't before. you go over the gw parkway, trying to think of spectacular views that we saw. >> the 14th street bridgou >> when you be allowed on there with a bicycle. last year it was soaking rain and we still did. so rn or shine, we're on. >> but it is going to be shine this year. >> we're believing for the best.

kate, thank you so much. i really appreciate it. and joe as well. thank you very much. i know you guys will have a great turnout. so go register online. it really is a very unique opportunity for you to experience and se d.c. in a different way. back over to you. >> thank you, erika. well get another check on your weend forecast in just a moment. and don't forget to catch "ellen" here at 3:00 andtick "ellen" here at 3:00 andtick around [phone ringing] w

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but the only person who can understand him is his partner's son played by star justice it is rated pg. >> nicholas holt created the fellowship of the ring in tolkien examining hobbit arth of jrr raised as an orphan among the tcasts in the world war i and he concocts his own worldd filth magic and adventure. rated pg-13. that ithe box office preview, rafael seth, nbc4. fo we have half of the newsroom coming in here the barbecue. sloppy momma's barbecue every time. >> so chuck is not here because he'sthoing the wea. he's doing his job. chuck? >> wow! why didn't i know we were giving out free barbecue. i have to do the forecast in the studio where the food is.

well here is your ten-day forecast. enjoy the warmth and sunshine of what is left of your friday because rain chances come in later tay with thunderstorms possible. almost no sunshine at all this weekend. maybe a peek first thing tomorrow morning. sf a lot of clouds and no sun at all on sunday for mother's day or monday and very little sunes on tuay. in fact, today near 80, probably won't be above 70 again until wednesday of next week. yikes. >> thanks, chuck. well that is it for "news4 midday." thanks for joining us. we're back on air this afternoon first at 4:00. >> get news at weather updates any time with our nbc washington app. bu'll leave you with some pictures here. melissa. >> take a look at this. isn't that just beautiful outside. vintage airples, we'rean

here we go. you got your girl, scotty. >> i got my girls. some flowers for my ladies. shall we go? >> it's like this every day. >> every single day. [ laughter ] >> let's do it. let's make some magic. >> pow-pow. ♪ we're live in five, four, three, two, one. i survived my first dose, should i take it twiceai dly? bring the dose to