newed a midday. china raising tariffs in retaliation for a similar move by the trump administration. rain is slowing down work on the sink hole on the gw parkway. we have the latest on the plan to get the roadway reopened. and lots of rain out there right now. rain continues to push through the region, but when is it going to end and when are we going to warm up? we have answers coming up in a few minutes. good morning to you welcome to news 4 midday.

>> we begin this morning with the wet coolsi conditions oute. rain the big story titay. remains in the forecast after sunday's big downpours. red roacrews are dealing with several downed trees and flooded roadys. ornadoes, torrential rain and lhtning all reported in suffolk a tornado touched down saturday night. more than a dozen homes an businesses were damaged. you're looking at it right there. >> let's see what we can expect for the day ahead. i hope itts ge better aroundhe soon. >> i think people walked outside and thought it was over and done with. oh, no. mother nature has held onto some rain and clouds. and cooler temperatures out there.l look at the couds out there. we have rain drops on our camera overlooking reagan national airport. that's a look at the i've city camera. this is a look at the live radar right now. heavier rain falling down

through winchester. waves of rain will continue to push through the region as we head through the day. i really don' see it wrapping up until later tonight. right now we're getting a break in d.c. even if you're getting a break, you'reestill sng the low clouds and the mist and the drizzle out there. it is only 54 degrees. and that is a warm spot. a lot of places are still in the mid to upper 40s. only topping out in the 50s today. warr temperatures coming our way and dryer weather coming our way. we need to wait. we'll show you the 10-day in 10 minutes. >> all right. we'll see you then, lauryn. new details this morning in a murder case in green belt. betty jennifer was gunned down while leaving he was offe. she was involved in a love triangle with a tv star and drug king pen. a man walked up to her and shot her twice. we know jennifer was married to two men at the same time. her first husband was a well-known actor in ghanas

she walso married to ked rick jennifer, thef head o a drug trafficking organization currently serving 20 years in prison. a pr firm released a statem saying waka talent agency is saddened by the death of betty jennifer who was married to our client. detectives don't believe it was a random crime. the rain is causing major problems on the gw parkway. crews shutd down the roa because of a sink hole on friday. >> we have more on how it could impact your commute. >> if this is your go-to route for work and school, pay attention here. the gw parkway northbound closed between chain bridge road and 495. you'll see these are in your way. these roadblocks are going to be here for some time. it's all because of this 10-foot sink hole that opened up here that had shut down this stretch of roadway.

this ishe second sinkhole to form in this area since march. the national i park service on this. they have crews over the weekend working to fill that hole, but the rain was an issue. the job did not take. they're hoping to come back out here today and finish up. if they do, we could see one lane northbound open up on this stretch forin your ev commute. again, it all depends on the weather. work 123 will be the around as this is in place. again, gw parkway northbound between 495ai and chn bridge road. a pretty bi stretch shut down because of a ten-foot sink hole. if all goes well, we could see oneane open up today. that depends on what crews can do given the rain that we've seen now in this area. back inside to you. thank you. back here in the district the busy stretch of rock creek parkway is now back open for drivers. crews wrapped up their work near the kennedy center more than a

day ahead of schedule. a part of the road was supposed to be closed until tomorrow morning. so crews could install a new pedestrian bridge. instead fast work allowed the road to reopen last night. the kennedy center says the bridge will open in september. >> a proposal to add toll lanes to maryland's beltway and i-270 is getting more support. 61% of the residents region wide are in favor of larry hogan's plan. this is according to a poll from the washington post. it shows 80% of the suburbs are concerned about thelans of tearing down homes. skeptics worry it's too expensive and will not ease congestion. right now larryga ho is preparing to sign a bill -- the bill was sparked by laura wallen. she was a pregnant teacher killed by her boyfriend in 2017r

la and reed's law will toughen sentences for violent crimes against pregnant women. it's named for laura a her unborn son, reed. other bills signed today in maryland include raising the age for tobacco and vaping from 18 to 21. easy enrollment for health insurance and eanding the existing child independent tax credit. this morning secretary of state mike pompeo isng skippi the stop in russia and headed to brussels instead to talk with european leaders about escalating tension in iran. plus the president was busy tweeting about china this morning. the country announced today they will raise tariffs t $60 billion in u.s. goods in retaliation for a similar move by the trump administration. news 4 tracie potts has a closer look at more of the foreign policy issues. >> reporter: anis morning other warship and the missile defense stem are on the way to the middle east. that's in addition to ye dest, a missile cruiser and an aircraft carrier already

on the way. u.s. central command asked for a ckup after reports that iran is gearing up to attack our forces in the region. iran denies that. >> if the iranians make the mistake of launching an attack in e persian gulf of an american warship or if they carry out an operation against american troops in iraq, or something like that, the administration probably won't have any alternative tn to retaliate. no talks are scheduled with china after the u.s. imposed stiff tariffs in the middle of negotiations. predent trump tweets we are right where we want to be with china. they broke the deal a with us tried to renotiate. >> things seem to be taking too long and we can't accept any backtracking. >> china's top negotiate tore calls it a small setback but insists the u.s. lifts the tariffs before talks can resume.

the trump administration is planning more. >> the longer we're involved in a tariff battle or a trade r, the better chance there is that we could enter into a recession because of it. >> china says the disagreement is over how much of our goods they'll buy to even out the trade deficit. >> reporter: the white house ays president trump and president xi will probably sit down and have a talk about trade at the g-20 nxt month in japan. tracie potts nbc news, washington. national polic week is now underway. it's a time to recognize the sacrifice and service o men and women who devote their lives to protecting their neighbors and communities. the commemoration in d.c. this weekendtarted by honoring those who gave their lives iin the le of duty. mourners fromround the country gathered at a memorial. paige craig came from tennessee to remember a friend. >> he responded to a call o a domestic disturbance, and was

actually ambushed as soon as he got on scene. rit's a very humbling expece to be here. there's a lot going on and there's a lot of people that are very quiet. >> vigils, conferences, tining sessions and memorials are scheduled throughout d.c. throughout this week. also here in the district some residents could be allowed to issue tickets for parking violations. >> this is part of a wide-ranging piece of legislaon meant to make things safer for drivers, bikers and pedestrians on city streets. >> we have a closer look at how it works with nicole.r: >> reporteood morning to you, meghan and aaron. i can tell you the first thing you'd have to do before you're even allowed to ticket, you have apply and then you have to be trained, and once all of that is done, your ability to ticket is essentially at your fingertips. >> on the streets of d.c., where a rain day adds to the messy

hustle and bustle, but wh you add to this equation more hands giving more tickets? >> i think it's a great idea. >> it's part of a citizen safety enforcement pilot program aimed at targeting safetyro pems in the district. >> an app the city would develop where they take a picture. it's time stamped and shows the violation and then the person who had parked illegally and created the hazard and the riskg would a ticket in the mail. >> councilman charles allen of coincide posed it to with vision zero enhancement some my bous amendment act of 2019. >> we don't have enough en enforcem officers. we'll often see a vehicle that's blocking a fire hydrant or a crosswalk or a bike lane, and b the time you actuly call through on one, have somebody show up, it's 30 minutes to an hour later and the car is gone. >> the pilot does come with opposition from the everyday

person. >> that sits a little weird with me to have everyday people policing eechg other. >> initially just ten people from each ward would be trained to ticket. >> reinforced with drivers, bikers and scooter people that you know'rwhat, you a moving vehicle, and you need to be paying attention to people on lke sidewa >> councilman allen says this is one of many proposals and whilew it is as down the road from a vote, he's hopeful that wi district will see an increase in transportation safety. >> reporter: councilman allen also says this is not the first city to try a pilot program like this. so heer says oth cities have done similar pilots. so he also says that it's a ways down the road. but he's clear in saying it is time for the district to ge more serious about everyone being able to get to their destination safely. back to you. >> all right. >> nicole jacobs for us.

>> i don't like any part of you would think they would try education first. the signagein the district is -- good luck figuring that out. 12 signs that say different things at one place.wo you d think that would come first. >> that's a lot of power. 12 minutes after 11:00. remembering doris day, the actress and singer died this morning. we'll look back at her career. plus love them or hate them, more and more self-checkouts arp poing up at stores. coming up,he people who say the trend is hurting them.

newthis morning, a rape assange willjulian be reopened. swedish authorities announced it this morning. the country's deputy director of sublic prosecution say in her view there is still probable cause to accuse him of rape.th australian national is currently in jail in the uk. he's serving a 12 -month

sentence for skipping bail in 2012 when he was fighting extradition to sweden in connection with the same case. today felicity huffman is back in a federal courtroom to plead guilty in the college admissions scandal. she admitted she paid $15,000 for a proctor to change her daughter's answers on the s.a.t.s to improve her score. legal experts say huffman's swift apology may wor to her advantage. she's among dozens of prominent parents including lori loughlin paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to geti their k into top colleges and universities. the fate of wood stock 50 is now in the hands of the court. new york's supreme court will hear the case today. wood stock 50 isi demand the former financial partner return more than $17 million in the organizers claim that the company blind sighted them by cancelling the festival and

intentionally sabotaged it contacting several performers. o sanizers claim woodck 50 will happen in august. it marks the 50th anniversary of the 1969 wood stock festival. >> it was a weekend of new beginnings for graduates and colleges and universit across the country. students at my alma mater gathered for their ceremony on saturday nflts iwas a homecoming for the keynote speaker, former atlanta mayor who gave the commencement address. he's a former grad and an attorney. and over at au stacey an rams gaveem the comnt address. she received an honorary law degree. she urged the grads to engage with people who challenge theirf belies. abrams ran for governor in georgia last year. she recently said she will not make a senate un, but she hasn't ruled out running for president. it is finals week forth sands of college students.

that means a lot of caffeine is probably being consumed? . >> i'm sure. i remember these days. there's also another more potent drug students are turning to, and to get competitive edges. susan hogan with a warning that every parent needs to pay attention to. >> reporter: in the pressure rat race to succeed in college, there's one fix students are turning to at alarming rates? >> stimulant drugs like ritalin anded a roll are helping students focus and stay awake and alert for hours of studyingt but what cost to their health. >> reporter: these students are buying adhd drugs illegally. they have earned aeputation as smart drugs. >> it made me feel like i was able to accomplish things i normally wouldn't be able to. it made me hyper focussed in the moment. three recent graduates tell us students don't think twice about popping the pills >> you'll also hear from medical

experts who detail the dangerous and sometimes even deadly consequences of using the medications without a prescription. >> that's right. our team coverage on what some are calling a crisis o campus starts tonight on news 4 at 5:00. a local writer finds herself at the center of a mar controversy. author natasha tines tweeted a photo complaining about an e african can metro employee eating on the train. the tweet read i thought we were not allowed to eat on the train. this is unacceptable. metro thanks the authofor holding the employee accountable. after major backlash she deleted e tweet and deactivated her account. some say the author put the employee's j at risk. tines apologize bud now her publisher says it will not distribute her upcoming novel. we reached out to her for comment snmplt technology is changing the way we get things. these days we're facing a new reality at the checkout counter. >> several stores are using

automated cashiers to help faster.s check out but does the trend toward convenience come a a cost? nbc explains. >> reporter: it's the future of checking out. experts say tahey're in to stay. >> i like it? >> it's convenient. >> it's a faster way to pay you grocery and get out of there. >> but automated cashiers are beeping and ceping up on people like jay lee, a 22-year-old single mom whose job working the register at coventry market in cleveland is her only source of inc> e. > fully depend on my job as a cashier for my son and for myself to support where i live. >> thank you. y.ve a good >> jane's been a cashier three years and says she has an advantage over machines. >> i do think i sell more products because i know what they want, and i can have it ready for them as soon as they walk up to the counter. >> amazon has taken a differenth approa with this go stores. literally shop and leave.

no interaction needed. >> in a statement amazon sayssie p simply shifted how our associates spend their time so they can focus on the tasks that make the biggest impact.f 74% ohe cashier jobs are held by women. in the last five years 50,000 jobs have gone offline. >> it worries me. i do believe that these entry level jobs that are applied in retail and some of the other jobs that are around will ultimately be automated out of existence. >> at coventry market, jade is proud of the things she's learned. all adding up to a promotion to assistt manager. nbc news. doris day was one of the biggest female stars of the 1950s and 60s. she died this morning at the age of 97. she was nominated for an oscar for the movie pillow talk with

rock hudson and was given a presidential medal of freedom in 2004. she began her career at the age of 15. her first hit was a signature tune. it is nominated for best casual restaurant in our area. coming up, see what chicken lovers flockingo this hot spot. >> and we'll have more on the weekend's dangerous storm system. we're talking tornadoes, flooding. all of it taking place in the outh. outh. 'lsl al

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track to meet the goals of the parris climate accord which includes reducing greenhouse gas e emissions. >> we have a clear demonstration we're not on track. and thingare getting worse on the ground. political moves seem to be fail snchlgt. >> it was nearly two years ago when president trump announced the u.s. was withdrawing from the paris climate accord. he criticized the treaty for craing down on u.s. fossil fuel production, particularl coal. and news 4 will continue to report on that story and other stories affecting your environment and your life. you can read the latest about climate change on o nbc washington app. the strong line of storms sent water pouring onto roadways across new orleans over the alekend. the water basic took over the streets here strandcag rs, temporarily shuttingll down a public streetcar and bus service. forecasters warned of life

threatening flash floodi saturday night into sunday. more than 1,000 residents were without power athe height of the storm. governors in louisiana and mississippi have declared states of emergency. >> my f family ism new orleans. >> they can never catch a break. just a little bit of rain and it's like flooding. >> absolutely. and through the midwest right now there's well over 100 to 120 river gauges that are at moderate or really catastrophe points. it's crazy. and it happened to fast. >> and the rain seems like it keeps coming. >> and here. we're not dealing with flooding concerns. there could be isolated ones in areas.rainage we're not expecting any widespread flooding or anything like that. even given the fact that it's continuing to rain out there. but really, it's going to be the ponding on the roadways and the nuisance flooding if we see anything. not necessarily the rain making the river come out of their

banks. n, nuisance ponding. nuisance localized flooding possible with this rain we're getting. and again, it is just a dreary, cloudy day out there. nook at this. rain conues. now, we've got some heavier rain toward the shenandoah valley moving through clark county. we have a frontal system that's enhancing some of the rainfall rates out that way. for the most part, if you're not seeing rain, you're seeing rain and drizzle. waves of rain continue to come. however, as we get into the afternoon, it starts slowing down a little bit. an area of low pressure forming off the coast. that continues to push out and up toward the new england border. and that's going to take a lot of this rain with us. decreasing coverage, i guess i should say for this aftern'rn. wegoing to keep the chance of a few light showers in there. we'll also keep the chance for chilly conditions. look at this. throughout the mid atlantic. temperatures well below normal. the average temperature for this time of year is 74 degrees. 20 degrees below that right now.

and we'll be lucky if we get into the upper 50s. we'll make it to 58 or. that's as far as we get today. again, chilly conditions across the board.o r the next 12 hours scattered showers early afternoon. that will come down to about areas of dr zle through the evening and the evening commute. drying out late tonight. it's going to be cool out there. still going to be damp. a little bit of fog during the o rnight adds well. so again, showers. a chance of them continuing to e afternoon. most the rain pushing out this evening. and then we're dry and cool as we continue through the day tomorrow. e'll have some ma isolated showers. again, the rain moves out today. we'll talk more about your ng up y and wednesday co in about 12 minutes. all right. lauryn, thank you. new travel warnings. what you need to know ahead of the busy summer travel season. >> and these are not yourpi tyal amcpers. they're medical students testing their training outside a hospital. how the lessons are being used on real patients. we'll h

a swpect kno as sovereign has been arrested after a deadly machete attack in giviria. >> his real name is james jordan. he's accused of killing a man and injuring a woman as they hiked early aturday morning. we told you the woman walked six miles injured and bleeding befre finding a couple of hikers to call for help. she is expected to survive but no word yet on the motive for the attack. today the trial will begin for an accused war criminal who once worked security at dulles international airport. une man was a somali colonel during the coy's civil war. he's accus p ofublicly executing people and other war crimes. he came to the u.s. in 1983.rt we sta covering him in 1998.

he was not a tsa agent but did patrol the secured part of the rport. virginia governor will be in fairfax county today honoring a third graderki ed in a tragic accident at his school last year. >> the governor is holding a act.signing for t it aims to protect children from the motorized partitions in schools.or consumer repr susan hogan has the story. >> reporter: nine-year-old wesley was killed last may while helping a teacher operate a motorized partition at an elementary school. >> send your kid off in the morning and they're supposed to come home. >> reporter: i sat down with wesley's parents. they shared their favorite stories about wesley and described him as a little ball of energy with a big heart. >> he was a very kind boy. he picked the kids that didn't get picked for a team or for your lab partner orkeomething that. >> they told us they think wesley would be proud of the new

law. the wesley charles lapiky act prohibits anyone from operating a motorized partition when students are in the room unless there's a safety censer installed. and every year -- >> he was a kind kid. he's just loving to everybody. and i know if he kows that it will save lives, he's happy. >> we will be at the ceremonial bill signing tod w ande'll bring you that story tonight on news 4 at 4. new warnings as you plan your summer vacation. thetate department hasupdated the advisory for overseas 57 cries are on that list outravel. ranked from level 2 through 4. level 4 means exercise increased caution, and id includes the united kidom, france, spain and the bahamas.

if you're planning a trip, check out the state advisory website. you may also need to make changes to your fourth of july plans if youe staying i town. the plfireworks disay is moving from the national mall. this year they'll be launchedst from potomac park, about a mile away. president trump wants a bigger celebration called a salute to america featuring the on traditi concert on the capital's west lawnand a possible second stage of t. entertainmen the president may also deliver an address on the steps of the lincoln memorial. the park service says the move will allow them to, quote, open areas of the national mall to spectators including the area around the reflecting poolso more people may enjoy the performance. the fireworks were held on the mall for the last 15 years. the story is getting a lot of attention online. we have more details in the nbc washington aa'. americnext generation of

doctors is heading into the great outdoors. the young physicians took a strip to the snowy wilderness earlier this spring. and dr. john torez visited with patients benefitting from their experience. reporter: deep in the woods an unusual group of campers braved the elements. >> one, two, th>ee. reporter: these are medical students who for one week are part of anique training. trading in their textbooks for trail maps because heart attacks and accidents don't always haen near a hospital. >> you go through medical school and you find yourself in the middle of the woods hike and you're like i have no idea what to do in this situation. c>> reporter: today theassroom is mother nature, and the emergency scenarios are real life dangers. >> this snow on the ground, the wind is blowing. you come across aas guy who h cut an artery with a chain saw. >> sir, are you okay? >> lay on your back.

>> reporter: he may be an actor, but the stress on the young doctors is real. in the hospital, they can count on a trauma team, high-techi imag and computers. here all they have is what's in their backpacks. >> any pain on the back? >> my legs areli kilng me. >> airways intact. >> reporter: the team makes a makeshift splint and stabilizes the almost severed leg. >> i'm going into dermatology. i think the biggest surprise for me has been how much i think this will help me in the hospital. >> reporter: so how does a week in the woods help them here? >> a lot of equipment. cat scans, mris, electronic medical records.at th's not what makes them doctors. >> i ho this coursereminds them of the importance of the fundamentals using just your head, yourheart and hands, you can go a longth way wi that. >> who thinks last week is going to make you a bter doctor? that's the bottom line. right? saving lives no matter where they go.

dr. john torez, nbc news. pretty interesting. >> yeah. reading to children rarely causes protests but anationwide program called drag queen story time is causing controversy this morning. plus the game ending shot. did you see it? it brought professional athletes

welcome back. one nonprofit literacy program ory aking a new twist on time. >> it's called drag queen story hour. and volunteers read to kids with a goal of using imagination and play to teach acceptance. they even have a chapter right here in the district. >> but as noibc reports not everyone approves of this program. >> reporter: across the country protests. police lines and petitions. all in a battle ov books. or rather, who is reading books to children in literacy program called drag queen story

hour. >> once upon a time. >> reporter: jonathan helped bring the concept to new york. >> our goal is to help every kid feel comfortable and have a safe place to explor kids can feel safe where they might be feeling different. >> reporter: there are now more than 35 chapters nationwide. performers undergo train and in many casesackground checks. for jonathan the dramatic flair and the kid's curiosity seemed a perfe>> fit. s that your real hair? is that your real name? are those your real nails? just funny things li is that a wig? ty know it's dressup and a costume. >> but there's been backlash. >> notto bring their kids to the event. >> reporter: contentious city counsel meetings and even lawsuits. some saying not in our town. >> on behalf of goode' god, w asking him to move this. totally out of our community.

>> otherst insis confuses kids still learning about gender identity. >> this is certa inappropriate. this kind of thing for a little child, they're too young to comprehend such a th g. >> how about a duck? >> for jonathan the protests are exactly the point, making sure the next generation is taught tolerance. >when they grow up and see someone different down the street, they won't treat them differently because of how they look or act. f so far most othe programs are still in place. >> at the end of the day we're reading to kids. we're playing games. we're having fun. >> kids and drag queens. controversial to some but here keeping the audience hanging on everword. christ christ christen dalgren, nbc news on wiscn. now to sports. this morning social media is buzzing locally about the nba playoffs. take a look at this epic ending to game seven between toronto

and philly. >> it's to leonard. to simmons. oh yes. if you're a 76er fan, that's gut wrenching. e last second basket is the play you'll hear about all long. it secured the raptors a spotn i the eastern conference finals and left philly fans and players heart broken. the raptors will take on milwaukee in the next round. we have to call adam in fact he was watching that game yesterday. >> we should face time him. >> yeah. hey. >> anyway. >> listen, good time to sit inside and watch tv later on tonight. it is so chilly out there. >> rainy, chilly. >> i grabbed my winter jacket on the way out the or. i've been wearing it all day. it'sfreezing in here. >> i know. >> listen, we've got some very

wet conditions. some chilly conditions. we will warm up as we head toward the end of this workweek but not until then. again, you can see our outlook for rain. widespread rain today. as we go into your tuesday, a spotty shower. mainly dry on wednesday. then we have scattered showers into thursday and friday. but again, take a look. most of the heavy rain will start to move out of here. we're seeing moderate rain west of d.c. pushing up toward the frederick area and north and west of baltimore. and then ashee head into t afternoon, we'll hit the trend where we'll see more ght stuff. less coverage of the rain, and it's still going to be dreary outside. it's going to be misty a it's till going to be cloudy. again, widespread coverage of rain will diminish afternoon and this evening. overnight a little fog settling in. temperatures in the 30s and 40s. look at the radar. there's the heavy patch of rain i was talking about going through clark county. but area of low pressure off the

coast. as it pushes out of here, the in chances will decrease. we will see them decrease in the afternoon and into the evening drying out overnight. current temperatures -- our average temperature this time of yea.is 74 degrees below 20 that right now. i don't see us warming up more than 50 today. we'll top out in the 50s for daytime highs. again, it's going to be a wet oo afternn. as far as tomorrow is concerned, temp atures are going to be the low 60s. could see a stray shower. tomorrow is breezy. we'll have winds gusting up to about 25 miles per hour. sunshine on your wednesday with temperatures around 70 and here we go. much better. low to tod 70s in thursday and friday with small chances of rain. talk about the weekend. we've got preakness this leekend. we'let you know if we see rain drops for that just like the kentucky derby. that's coming up in a little bit. >> we'll see you then, lauryn. thank you. each year restaurants in our area are honored with awar in many categories from best

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the nominations are in for the 2019 rammy awards. the awards are hosted by the restaurant association metropolitan washington.ey th honor the top restaurants. ntam king is nominated for the b tt casual restaurant year. we have chefs from bantam king joining us with aook at what makes their restaurant so special. thank you for being here today. everything looks. amazing let me ask you first to sort of describe your food for anybody who hasn't been to the restaurant and tasted what y prepared. >> we are a restaurant with a chicken centric theme. we have a pork bro.

this one is strictly chicken. ce cream, we're going to make today hascken in it. >> ice cream has chicken in it? >> yeah. yeah. we're trying to make it fun. >> okay. let's dive in here. tell us about this dish we're preparing. >> we're going too try t fly through two today. we'll start with the ramen. we're going to drop the noodles in. in we have the noodles imported from japan. they're wonderful. you can't get noodles better than this. >> i was going to say what makes them different from something somebody in the states has. >> grab the noodles. feel them. you can even smell it. they have a yeasty, bready. >> it smells nice. >> yeah it has its own flavor. >> all right. you start out by boiling the noodles. >> boil the noodles. we have this beautiful chicken stock. we have the flavoring agent.o we're going tput some of this hot chicken broth in there.

th we got the toppings right here. and so everything we do at bantam king is made to order. soup is heated up to order. the noodles are dropped to order. nothing is premade, preboiled that makes it extra fresh and delicious. so that's the broth. >> how long does u itally take to get the noodles? >> about 50 seconds. >> while that's going i'm going to start the ice cream. we have a soft serve we're messing around with right now at our carryout window. people walk up to it. we got the so serve right here. and then we throw in some dry ice. at the restaurant we have a soft serve machine, so it's a little easier thanthis, but we're going to do a fancy show here for tv. weave the dry ice. we're going to whisk in and freeze. and that's going to be o soft

serve. >> people who com to the restaurant don't get this show? >> no. you get the show. >> that's pretty cool. somehow this ice cream is going into the noodles with chicken . >> no. two separate dishes. okay. this makes more sense. >> but there's a place i japan that has soft serve -- >> this nomination you have j casual restaurant of the year, how important is that for you? how special is that? >> it's very special. we also have two other n nominatio 'minations. happy to be nominated. and yeah. it's a big deal. >> all right. >> just throw it around. it's all right. >> that's good. grab that one, christian. one was finishing the ramen rightnow. >> top that off with chicken, corn, roasted chicn, some zuna. >> we're just about out of time.

>> there you go. taste that. to this is the finished ice cream product, what it would look like. right? >> yeah. >> you want to try the noodles? >>yeah. let's finish up the segment first. >> okay. that's it right here. >> congratulations to you guys on y rnominations. we'll let everybody know the ramny winners will be announced on june 30th. congratulations. >> thank you. all right. all right. listen, coming up, meet a marylanedpolice officer feat on wednesday ease child at the age of three and the family that fell in love at first sight despite challenges that may hav scared eot

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welcome back. for well over three decades we've watched brbara harrison introduce children in the foster care system from around the washington region. >> there have been little ones and tareenagers all in need of family to grow up in. barbara has been catching up with them. >> reporter: he was just three years old. a foster child since birth. diagnosed with shaken baby's syndrome. any prospective adoptive family wou t beold he could have developmental delays but one family watchg that day saw something special in him. >> the day i saw him was on

television on your show. for some reason it was like a aygnet that we want that child. >> earllor and his wife sara both active in the air force had been thinking about adopting before being transferred here from colorado. >> and we had just started the processhen we got an assignment re to the washington d.c. area. >> they had found a home but timing was wrong. they needed to get seted. but sara called to ask about jaron anyway. >> we knewthat was the one we wanted to try to adopt. >> i said if i can't have that one, then i don't want any. >> reporter: the call led to several visits with jaron. aerl says from the veryfirst he knew there was no turning back. >> the first day i saw him, he came up to me and he asked me, he said are you my ddy. and i said yes, i am. >> reporter: sara was convinced on jaron's first overnight visit. >> we were in my bedroom watching televidon. he loo up at me and says you

know, i love you. i just t didn't know whatdo after that. >> although social workers warn tabtd long term effects of jaron's mistrement as an infant. >> hied a -- they advocated ritalin. i said all he needs is attention and love and direction. >> reporter: they brought him home to this house, and more than 20 y seemed to fly by, and jaron still comes home regularly when he gets off work. >> hello. >> do you know who i am? >> yes, ma'am. >> it's so great to see you again. >> reporter: he's now a police officer in maryland but still remembers things about coming here the first time at three years old. >> the main one would probably be in the driveway asking my dau are ymy dad. >> you remember asking him that? >> uh-huh.

>> what did he say? >> he said yes, yes, i >> reporter: and were they tough parents? >> tough, but not pushy. they got the job done. here i am now. >> reporter: his parents are very proud of him. >> he was af victim o shaken baby syndrome, so a lot of things they told us that he couldn't do, or hewouldn't be able to do, he's done. he'll never be able to run. we'll never be able to ride a bike. l, when you're a police officer, you have to run. togetherer: we watched as we remembered a story that began nearly a quarter century ago. >> i love you guys. >> reporter: a story of love at first sight. >> tank you. >> reporter: jaron's mom might call it a match made in heaven. >> i love that story. >> beautiful story for sure. >> anything is possible. and there you go. >> perfect example. >> we want to get you an update coming in. the park service tells us they probably won't be opening the northbound lane on the gw

parkway until tuesday evening. >> let's go back to lauryn and g one last look at the forecast. >> might be having trouble with lauryn's mike. she's working on it. she can tell you today -- i don't know what she's saying. you're good. 50s today and rain chances continuing through the afternoon. >> all right. lauryn, thank you so much. thank you so mh for joining us. that's it for news 4 midday. we'll be back first at 4:00. >> you can get news and weather updates any time with the nbc washington app. it will work every time. ckve a great day, everybody. we'll see you baere tomorrow morning.

♪ we're live in five, four, three, two, one. ♪ >> i could not get enough. brielle union celebrating her first mother's day. relaxing at home. she called it a perfect day. she said dwayne tried to peel eggs for the brunch and i didn't go so well. >> cardi b enjoying her first mother's day last week. she said she was a little sad because she's going to be working, but