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. right now. road crews are hoping for a few more rain-free hours to work on a sinkhole on the gw parkway for the goal of a faster evening commute. and we do have a few rain t showers outhere right now in our area. we'll see if there is any around where you are and what you can expect for the rest of the workweek. that is coming up. the trade war with china. i'm tracie potts in washington. coming up, how it could hit your wallet. >> announcer: "news4 midday" starts now. good morning, and welcome to "news4 midday." >> i'm melissa mollet and i'm
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eun yang. >> the national park service tweeted this picture this morning. it is a fallen mulberry tree and the saturated ground before the tree falling. it pre-dates the dedication of the washington monument. true crews are trying to figure out a way to save it. i hope they can. >> that is sad to > see. >>lauryn, the big question, is this rain over? re well, we still have a few showers out the righto melissa, unfortunately. a few light ones. in and out oe the clouds but, boy, has it been a wet may so far. in fact, the last 12 months have been the wet -- the wettest we've seen on record here in the last 12 mths with over an average 36 ines of rain. let me tell you one thing, we have four inches of rain so far this may. you could see showers streaming in now. and just to the south around thr
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ericksburg area seeing isolated showers. could be more steady in spots around the eaar and marine base quantico and cappa hanik seeing a few lightow shs. we'll have that chance for isolated showers through the day but keep your ngers crossed they could get that patch work done on the gw parkway. temperatures in the 50s. topped out at 60 degrees a couple of hours ago but with the clouds the temperature fell again. cool today but a warm-up cominr ouay and also more rain coming our way. we'll talk about that on the future-cast in ten minutes. >> lauryn, thank you. a dream vacation turned into tragedy. five people were killed and one person is still unaccountedngor followi nemid-airplarash in alaska. two planes wre carrying passengers from a shore excursion by princess cruises. this is video of one of the planes just before takeoff for cruise--goers and the pilot were
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killed and ten people were rescued by a passing ship and one in serious condition and one in critical. right now the ntsb is headed to the scene to investigate. despite receiving an eviction order, protesters could still be inside of the venezuelan"?k]p embassy in georgetown. the state department the venezuela opposition government uested assistance in clearing the embassy last night. police cut the chains that lock the front gate and handed the activists an eviction order. no one was arrested. for 34 days a group of anti-waro protesterscupied the building. the group supports the embattled president nicolas maduro and the protesters outside support u.s. recognized president yawnguido. and we have more on how the trade wars could impact your family >> reporter: check your wallet. the nur survey shows the trade war with china cou cost the
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american family $800 a year. soy bean farmers are already feeling it. >> it just adds to the stress. lataoes.ithnp i s yi tariffs up to 25% on thousands of products we sell there from luggage to frozen vegetables. ur china will never yield to external press >> reporter: trade talks have stalled and nothing is scheduled. > we're still in negotiations. >> reporter: president trump head to lousiana to promote natural gas comports confide he has china wr right where he wants >> we're in a great position right now. >> adding last night. >> i have a fbeling it wil successful. >> reporter: investors aren't so sure. >> we're down 700 points. >> reporter: the dow plunged 600 points on monday, the worst day since januar >> this will cost american consumers and businesses a lot of money. >> he's going about it the wrong way. >> reporter: if this goes sou
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it could cost president trump the election. so it could be a bit of ait polal gamble but then the president is picking up support from people like chuck schumer, one of the harshest critics tweeting that president trump tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> tracie mentioned yesterday's free-fall anre is where the dow stands up, up 200 points with a much better start to the trading day. and aush to raise teachers' salaries in prince george's county. >> darcy spencer is in upper marlboro with a closer lok at plan. >> reporter: good morning. the loss of the raises years ago has been a major point of contentioon frustratind outrage for a lot of people who work in the prince george's county school system and this is anto attempt right that wrong. we want to break down the
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numbers for you right now.s thi includes $46.5 million in salary hikes that were lost fro2 9 to 2012 as part of the recession. now school employees would get uáip r(t&háhp &hc% now the first installment would be $15.8 million. tt is provided this year in 2019 and this was first reported by "the washington post." but school officials have since confirmed this information. how would this be paid for? the interim ceo told the "post" it would cost from -- central office cuts and unidentified cuts over the next couple of years. i spoke to ath member of e school board who was very happy with this plan and expects to have support on the school board for this proposal. this is being announced at this hour here at barack oma elementary school in upper marlboro. news4.re later today on back to you. >> darcy spencer, thank you.
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today friends of a maryland graduate who vanished in hawaii will hold a vigil for her. no one has seen from amandaeler since she went for a hike and she now lives in maui. her car was found in a forest preserve and her cell phone and wallet still inside and keys hiding under a tir her family is worried she might be hurt. volunteers are searching for any clues that could bring her home. one of her closest friendsells news4 she's not giving up and wilhead toawaii today to help search forda am >> she is hurt or injured out in the forest. i know she is waiting for help and it's absolutely nerve-wracking and gut wenching to think about that. >> the fire department in maui called off the search but volunteers show up every day to look formanda. her family is ofring $10,000 reward to anyone who helpsat locher. well police have
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surveillance video to track down three people in connection toa deadly shooting. one camera captured as two people hop out of a sedan and start firing at a manalking wn the street. take a look at that. this is from last thursday afternoon in southeast. thehave identified the victim as mark millen jr. and investigators say another nearby camera recorded the suspects walking around. police have recovered the vehicle but so far none of the suspects. now to more on the traffic alert on the gw parkway sinkhole d northbound shutown from 123 up to the beltway. >> justin finch has more from along the parkway with what is slowing down repairs. >> reporter: crews began work early this morning trying to patch up that sinkhole along the gw parkway trying get at least one northbound lane open in time for the evening commute. chopper4 was over the parkway looking down at crews working below. they've gotten petty much a long way in the process, paving
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over the hole but trying to get that temporary fixully in place in time for the evening commute to get at least one northbound lane open to ease traffic flown for the retur from work and school. here is a look at that big mess that prompted this. that sinkhole in the original st measuring some ten feet deep, enough to swallow a car. obviously brought on by days of heavy rain and delayed plans to get that lane open for the monday evening commute and assuming the rain holds off we could see it open in time for the evening commute. as we look out here on to route 123, traffic is moving, drivers appear to have gotten the hint they can't get on the ramp just yet to go northbound and hopefully soon we'll see the barricades and cones come down antraffic will resume semi normally but this is an ongoing issu s the secondnkhole along
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that stretch of parkway since march. crews also looking at that and a longer term fix as well. in muscclain, i'm jn finch, nbc4, back into you. >> thank you. >> and they are known as the central park five after being wrongfully convicted of a brutal crime. >> it is 30 years later w re ahe pro that when you damage kids as young as 14, 15 and 16 years old for a period of 4 and a half years, right, and beyond, how do you fix that? >> coming up, more of the powerful interview and hear from the woman lling their story in a new netflix special. plus the nation's fittest city is a part of the dmv. we'll explain what has this
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series of tweets asking about delays jet blue acknowledged there was a global computer utage. the company saidthe airline is recovering. customers should be prepared to wait a little longer this morning. new today, another democrat joins the presidential race. >> i'm steve bullock and i'm ith your help, we will take our democracy back. >> montana governor announc he is running for president posted on a video in twitter and he said to give everyone a fair shot we must do more than defeat trump, we have to defeat the rrupt system that keeps people like trump in power. more than 20 people are running for president. be sure to stay with news4e an thc washington app for the very latest. former president jimmy carter is recovering from hip surgery. the 39th president was getting ready to go turkey hunting in georgia on monday when he fell and broke his hip. despite the injury, he hasn't
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lost his sense of humor, he said his biggest concern is that turkey hunting season ends this week and he hasn't reached his limit. he hopes georgwill let him carry over the unu kills and add them to next year's numbers. i think georgia will have to honor that request. >> i thinylso. mard is raising the age limited for buying vapic and tobaco products up to 21. the bill goes into effect in tober. it is in response to the rise im the nr of teens who report vaping. american cancer society pushed okr the legislation said if kids don't stop smg or vaping, they are le likely to do it when they are 21. >> increasing the minimum age for purchasing tobacco products to 21 and including vaping in the defition of tobacco products. >> military members wld be exempt from the law.op could still buy vaping and tobacco products at 18 if they show a military i.d.
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so relief on the way for metro commuters. lawmakers in alexandria will consider a proposal to discount- ned parking garages and lots in late may or early r septembehen metro will close the blue and yellow line stations south of reagan national and if aroved they would have a $2 flat rate down from $2.50 and all day on weekends. well jury awarde more than $2 billion to a couple claiming the weedkiller roundup causesth them o develop cancer. >> the husband and wife were both diagnosed with nonhodgekin's lymphoma and blaming the parent company for not doing enough t warn customers about the cancer-causing agents in the weedkiller. >> it changed our lives forever. we can't do the things that we useddo to be able to and we
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really rsent them for that fact. >> this is the third trial to end this way but there are still more plaintiffs with pending lawsuits against the country. a netflix story about one of the most notorious crimes is stirring up >> it was a symbol of out of control crime and the five teens convicted and then cleared in the case. now they are men andg talkin lester holt about why it doesn't always heal -- time that is. >> reporter: the men known as the central park five and director avauvernay reconnecting in new york at the end of an emotional journey. together turning a real stry of stolen youth and wrongful conviction into a d matic netflix series called "when they see us". >> they saw you rape then'ady.
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>> i d see a lady or hit anyone. >> i didn't see any lady. >> kevin. >> i didn't see any lady. >> explain the title. >> i became allgic to calling it "central park five" andth ey were given this name by political forces and it takes away their personal power. when they see us personalizes them. >> they're not playing. they're not. >> reporter: before a white female jogger was beaten and raped in new york central park in 1989,hey were just five teenagers from harlem. yusoff solange and kevin richardson, cory wise and raymond santana, but soon after the crime they were arrested and quickly branded the central park >> thle process was wfive. surreal. just to see our life portrayed and stillvae rele 30 years later. >> is my mom here? >> it's just us.
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you and us. >> rerter: convicted on what they alwaysre maintained we coerced confessions each were sentenced to years behind bars. >> what was it like for you to watch those scenes of your incarceration? was it difficult? >> it was. it was. it was. still . it was. >> reporter: their convictiers we vacated in 2002 after another man confessed to the attack. his dna a match. the central park five were awarded $41 millio i a settlement with the city of new york. >> didn't get an apology. or for the time we did for something we didn't do and it hurts. >> we haveome scar of oh, that's kevin richardso the guy from thee. jogger cas >> the case -- >> nothing makes that right? >> nothing. and it is 30 year later and we are the proof that when you damage kids as young as 14, 15, and 16 years old for a period of 14 and a half years, right, and
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beyond, how do you fix that? >> reporter: their story now a passion project for thiseb celted director. >> so i wanted to show how -- what comes out dealing with how this was put upon these boys for a crime they didn't commit. >> reporter: and for the men who lived it, validation. >> a series like tins pats the picture of what it is like to be a person of color in america. for what we went through and what it represents for the rest of the world is tremendous. >> looks like it is powerful. >> very powerful. well some of yours neighbor live in the fittest city in the nion. what sets them aheadhe of t rest. and a we'll introduce u to a 10-year-old suesslly cc
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new this morning, a new et record has be for the deepest ocean dive in human history. > a crew led by a texas ma businessn descended 35,853 feet below the ocean surface. the venture and images were released last night. victor's submarine spent oure than f hours in the marianna trench, the deepest known point of the ocean and collected nd samples a identified at least three new species of marine animals. they also found a plastic bagd andy wrappers on the ocean floor. that is a sad state. the documentary about the expedition is put into perspective and think about 65 washington monuments stacked on r.p of one anot that is really exciting. and also they get to discovery all kinds of things. >> i know. i don't love the trash but i believe it. did you walk or bike to work
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today? when is the last time you worked out or ate all of your veggies. >> i do that all of the tithe. >> se are all questions that were asked when it came time to choose a country for the fittest city. the american college of sports medicine released the american index and the fittest city in the list is ina our a. >> i ate too many bags of peanut m&m's before we came out here. i ate chocolate. true nfession. >> reporter: in the race riforfeitest city in ame, a new winner. well a repeat winner. for the second consecutive yearo arlingn, virginia, takes the top spotan in the americ fitness aindex. >> it great area to live. >> reporter: earning a balanced blend of infrastructure and hea bhyavior like a high number of residents who exercise. >> i went to about 7 1/2 miles. >> i lived here5 for 3ars and i've always been placed to run. >> reporter: the index lookshe t largest 100 cities in the coury examining everything
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from eating to aerobic activity and obesity and this year categories of air quality and number of pedestrian guests and bike ability. w alongh arlington, seattle, minneapolis, san francisco and madison, wisconsin were ranked highest. >> all of the top cities were very strong in their communitys as for physical activity such that it is easy to bicycle, to walk, to go to parks. >> reporter: at the bottom, indianapolis, toledo, tulsa, ma th las vegas and okla city. the findings experts say not meant to shame, but to show city leaders where improvements can be made. and hopefully to foster some riendly competition among all cities. kyle crabtree is visiting arlington from california, a state with seven cities in the top 20. >> from california to arlington, it is on. reporter: friendly and healthy competition. sarah dallof,ew nbc n
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you bike and walk and run. you do -- >> in arlington. right. yeah. >> you're a healthy lady. >> i try to be. >> the pizza -- >> i work out so i could eat. >> on this schedule who are is not eating bad food. >> i've already had two slices of pizza today. >> i know where that candyuis too be i had some before i came in. if you want go out and exercise, it is nice and maybe dodge showers but not as chilly as yesterdat. temperes did make it up to 60 but then the rain and clouds o it was just not a good-looking day whatsoever. but today is pretty. we've had clouds move in and we've had some sunshine. we've also had this breeze out of the north and west and will s ntinue to see winds gusting up to 30 mir hour throughout the day. so that may put a damper on your day out b runningut not too bad. look athe water in potomac. if you could see it under the
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14tstreet bridge. is brown for the rain over the last couple of days. almost four inches of rain have fallen in the d.c. area sinc may 1st. oh, yeah. and we still have isolated showers out there today. now we're cool out there. temperatures are in the low 60s. a few degrees warmer than yesterday. partly sunny and breezy. and then we're warmer as we head through the rest of the week. but we'lch have rain ces through the rest of the week. no big rain chances. just some spotty showers as we get into the wednesday, thursday. friday looks like more scattered showers, especially in the afternoon and then we'll keep just a small chance around on saturday. but it is going to be a small chance. once again a frontal system will stall aross the area and watch how that plays out. but right now playing out that air of low pressure that brought us the rain yesterday and scooted up to new england. you could see the rotation in the upper level low to bring us showers. specifically towards the fredericksburg area. so that is where we're seeing rain now and cont uing to head toward the northern neck and into southern maryland. to king's george county so a few showers and some could be more
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steady rain falng through the area. but also a few more isolated we continue through the day. they will be isolated in nature if anything. but clouds clear out. tonight we go clear overnight. we'll haveull sunshine around tomorrow. temperatures right now in the 50s to around 60. an'll talk about how high the temperatures cet for your wednesday, thursday and friday. and even into the weekend. that is coming up in just a little bit. >> look forward to it. lauryn, thank you. a local police officer caught on video using a terrible word now activistsre calling for action. plus former congressman tthony wiener released from a halfway househis morning. coming up, what he said he hopes for
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gaithersburgs. >> that fire broke out near 5:00 and there is significant damage. the barbershop is next door to a veterinary hospital and all of the animals are okay. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. dozens of activists are calling forep an inddent investigation of a montgomery county police officer. they held a rally at thehird district station in silver spring.g we first brouht through story last week. caught on icer was camera using the n-word while speaking to a group of black men. they were searched and cited r trespassing outside of a mcdonald's in wte oak and they were waiting to be picked up for work. ey said there is a largest systemic issue at hand. >> people need to understand that officers need toe trained properly. >> what i'm concerned about was the level of professionalism that i didn't see in that encounter. j it is notust the words. >> the police union said the
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officer was just repeating language used by one of the men. the incident is still under investigation. new this morning, disgraced ex congressman anthony wiener is piecingis life backogether. released from a halfway house this morning after serving time in federal prison. new york democrat was convicted of having illicit online contact with a 15-year-old north carolina girl in 2017. here is what he told reporters moments after being freed. >> i hope to get back to my ke family and mup for some lost time. >> do you feel like you've learned any lessons or you're a new man? >> look, i feel like i am glad to be getting back to my family. i hope to be able to live a life of integrity and service and i'm gl c thishapter in my life is behind me. >> i did not answer questions aboutunning for another public office. and now to a i-team investigation inlf a local hay house.
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100 people are walking away each year. inmates authorized to leave dfo the and don't return at night. now scottthcfarland and i-team a ccerns aboutfality supseto berera inis keeping the men and us safe. >> reporter: hope village is the last stop for federal prisoners from d.c. during the day to work jobs, but they must return here each night. but an investigation by the news4 i-team reveals there may be a problem inside. despite being close to their full release, inmates by the dozens flee home village every year. federal authorities call that an escape. in at least two cases we found those escapees are accused of committing murder while on the run. including one man charged with killing willie sharp's granddaughter, the same day he allegedly fled hope village. >> do you find it at all concerning one of the men arrested for this escaped a halfway house that day? >> i didn't nnowo one was in the halfway hopo.
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>> reer: they told the team they track the residents whereabouts and reports accountability and when an objective analysis is performed for people going through the program and versus those who escape, the number of escapes that are crrectlyssified are relatively low. so why are men willing to walk away and risk doing more hard ime in prison? it is part of the i-team investigation on news4 at 5:00 we hear from a forme inmate about what life is like inside and outside an the changes that could be made. in southeast., dcott mcfarland, nbc4 i-team. weave the worst measles outbreak in 25 years and still spreading. according to new numbers from the cdc, tere are 839 cases in 23 states including maryland. it is anncrease of 75 cases from last week. most of the cases are in new york involving vauninated people and orange dox jewish communities and the virus could live in the air for two hours after an infected person has
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passed through. presenting mason's wish come true. >> this is so exciting.ig tomorrow nht the world premiere "the in uptown in d.c., the move is an action film directed and produced by 10-year-old macy's bronner who brought the story to ife whi the hospital battling cancer and joining us now is mason bronner and chara jones with make a wish mid-atlantic. and thank you for beinyo here ad made it happen. so mason, first of all, tell us more about the movie? what is it about. >> it is about a team of super villains who fight a big super villain names ramos. >> super hero movie. >> so a lost action? >> yes. >> very exciting. no this is a unique ask for make a wish. tough.s like it might be how did it come together? >> so we grant over 450 local wishes every year. but it takes a special wis kid
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with a crazy big imagination to come up with this. o we actuallyac red out and contacted the broad d.c. filmit communy and put -- brought togetherbout 150 people, actors, cast and crew,editors, just to take mason's vision and bring it to life on the big screen. >> it speaks to your creative genius, mason. how did you come up with t idea? >> well i had a lot of free time in the hospital so -- well, i ally startedo wrking on "the econd grade. >> and then what about the characters? could you tell me about those? >> well,re th is cyber-ninja and mayhem and sea wind and there is art. and there is red wing. and there is -- fire wall. wow! >> do you have a favorite or one super hero who is most like> y? >do not have a favorite.
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i do love them all. >> that is a good answer. >> now why did you want to make a movie? >> well, because i thought it sonded -- well, because it sounded cool to me to meet all of the cupracters i made in the film. that should be so exciting. was it hard -- you were mentioning tara that all of the fferent pieces that had to come together. was that difficult to source right here in d.c.? n>> you k, we were surprised ou the amazing am of talent that is here in d.c. it is a wonderful film and mason got to do casting and in studio filming and warouse filming and with the screen writer so we were amazed by the tant andgenerosity so it is amazing. >> was there a part of the process that you enjoyed the most? >> i liked when i was hanging out with the people who had the -- had the actors do the s. stunt >> did it look dangerous? >> yes. >> andwh else do you -- do
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you think you have movie-making in your future. >> maybe. i don't know. >> you would make an excellent producer and director. and tell you about the premiere tomorrow night. >> so tomorrow night is the live red carpet premiere for mason and family friends and the casti and crew wll be there and then the woreld premie is online for everyone to check out on the 16th. >> that is so exciting. mason, big congratulations to you. >> thank you. >> that is awesome and tara wilson jones thanks for being here. >> thanks for having us. >> it will be awesome. >> i want to see it. thanks, guys.u, thank mason. many of you are windowing when temperatures will get bac into the 70s or maybe 80s. lauryn is back after the break with our warm up andtimeline. and hello and good tuesday morning. >> coming up at 4:00 today, a feel-good story about jolla summer job on a gold course led tol a ride scholarship.
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well get your baseball gloves and hats rey. nbc4 and telemundo 44 partnering with the washington nationals for a weather day at nats park. chief meteorologist doug kammerer will throw out the first pitch this thursday may 16th and wi giveaways in the park. if you can't make it, tune into channel 4 and doug will be there ar t the stormeam 4 forecast and somebody else will be here is here now. >> ha lo. >> y off. >> i'm so excited. it is going to be nice. >> because the weather will be nice on thursday.
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>> weeed a warm-up. >> it is chilly out there. it is cold yesterday and today i have my winter jacket when i ame in. >> you did too? >> i have -- i wear auy coat. >> i still+ have it. =khq#1 o >> cold outside and in the studio. we are going to take a look at a those temres out there in second. my forecast keeps slipping -- i'm looking and it keep flipping to the ten-day but i'll show new a second. it is chilly because we have a warm-up on the ten-day forecast. let me flip and show you this rain. and my show is acting crazy. let me stop this and show you the temperatures. the temperatures are in the 50s and 60s right now. we will continue to see those temperatures go right on up. my show has a mind of its right now. let me see if i could start this up. taking a look outside, not that nud. but as we contie through the day, we are looking at those temperatures going into the low 60s. that is it.
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current temperatures out there right now, 59 degrees. wind gusts about 22 miles per hour, look at this. i'm not even pressing the butto t we'll have -- we're going to get to theen-day forecast. i have no idea what is happening right now. it has a mind of its own. rolling right through. but you could see we have a few showers continuing through the afternoon. isolated showers at best. tomorrow temperatures are going to be in the low 70s and we'll roll through it because it wille come to t ten-day forecast in a second. here it goes. i'm impressed it is staying. i thought i was crazy because it kept going. and there is the beep. low 60s for daytimeghs and breezy conditions. mix of sun and clouds and isolated chance of a shower assing through and now i have to wrap butt me tell but wednesday and thursday. plenty of sunshine wednesday and thursday and we could have a spotty s awer on wednesday thursday and another chance of rain on friday and more on saturday and sunday. more sunshine saturday and sundas and here i my tease. we'll come back and see what is
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going on with the clicker and my show. >> do you have the traffic clicker? is that the wrong -- >> no. it said studio b. >> they're color-coded. >> i know. >> thank you very much. like a pro. restaurants in our area are@ honored with awards in many categories from best new restaurant to best brunch. >> this week on "news4 midday" we'll profilees nomine from best casual restaurant and today a hot spotnown for p kizmi
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thetions are in for the 2019 ramie awards hosted by restaurant association in metropolitan on and honor theca pital region top restaants and all-purpose is the best casual restaurant of the year and mike freedman and his partners were nominated for e year.ateur of here is what makes the hot spot so special is the chefs.ou
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thank yor being here. >> are you about to feed him? >> would you like to. >> you guys knock yourselves out. you're the beverage director but we'll start with mike. tell me about all-purpose for those who may have not heard of it. >> all-purpose is a love letter to my youth growingne up in w jersey and new york. and we do deck oven pizza and eggpla eggplant parm and calamari and u working ar the season so we still stick to that cooking. >> and tell me bout thepizzas. you have a lovely cheese pizza but these are not just cheese. >> don't sleep on the pizza. >> my kids love it. >> but myself and chefs have taken time to focus on making each piece delicious. the bona, the classic pepperoni pie with chilly honey and this is the duke number seven -- >> with carrots. >> with vegetables so sausage a spicy sausage from calabria and
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o seasonal pie called the sante fe with lemon and asparagus and finished with per chuto. >> and it is going to be -- that leads to the next point and tell us about all-purpose and then what you will make? >> we do a spritz al ber monday through friday and celebration of the italian tradition of the hour and you get together and have l avb cocktails and getting ready for the long night of eating and drinking that italians are kno>> for. ow do we get started. >> so it is one of the easiest things in the world to make. ssmember three, two, one. three parts pre echo and two parts fluts and one part water and iced you're ready to go. so i'll mix them up. >> taste this. and what are your pns for
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all-purpose from here on out? >> well sky is the limit. but right now we're happy to bet nominated firand foremost. so nominated for best casual restaurant and al for restaurateurs of the year. >> how does that feel, by the way? that has to be -- >> it fls really great. i'm not going to lie. and love my job and myself and the owners d everybody that we work with, we all love our jobs so we're focused on hospitality and giving a gat experience to everybody and that is what keeps us goingat every day and wh makes us happy. >> it is really neat. and now you have been nomated in the past. >> we have. and for red hen as well. so we're not new so to speak. not my first rodeo. but always happy to be nominated and huling and excited to go back and it is a great part, june 30th at the convention center and it is a blast. and if you need some pizza, we're partying or drink, all-purpose is across the street. and it is an amazing event. they put on an amazi event
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every year getting better and so you'll see us in our tuxedos. >> dressed up for that. >> sam is going to wear sething beautiful. >> well i try to dress up for you. >> thank you. >> and thank you so much. >> thank you. >> it is a pleasure to be here. >> the ramie winners announced and we'll cross our fingers for you. >> enjoy. >> that is m favorite drinkal a l purpose. but everything is good. "anks, guys. ws4 midday" is working for you. looking into the drug problem on college campuses and the consequences of those wh take o
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good morning, i'm ata61yt c headquarters. walmart is upping the delivery game. rolling out next-day shipping on more than 200,000 popular items including diapers, toys, electronics and nonperishable food. it's for orders over $35 arting today in phoenix and las vegas. walmart expects it to be available in 75% of the country by year end. items will ship in one box or as few as possible from e fulfillment center closest to the customer. amazon has also promised one-day shipping for just prime members. a bit of a difference there. with your cnbc morning business report, i'm raulaki soanlod . get a competitive edge but adderall and other stimulants
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can be dangerous and in some cases deadly for people who abusem. the news4 doreen gentzler has a closer look at what happens once the medication wears off andli reaty sets in. >> basicely it mad me feel like i was able to accomplish things that i normally wouldn't be able to and also made me extremely hyper focussed in the moment. >> it could be two pillsr writi. >> stimulant drugs like adderall and ritn ritali for all-nighters and cram before a big test but there is a big misconception. >> they will keep you awake at night. >> reporter: dr. nora cough is of of the part institute health in bethesda and said the youthful drugs intended to help eople with attention deficit disorder are being widely and dangerousously abused.
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they could help people focus and stay awake bev short-term use can have long-lasting side effects. >> they are very addictive. >> reporter: when taken in low doses under the watchful eye of a doctor, adderall and ritalin are safe and effective but adhd drugs could have serious consequences for those ing them without prescriptions, to study or party or lose weight. >> psychosis will emerge with higher doses. psychosis, means delusional thinking, hallucinations and hearing voices and other symptoms. a recent study linked newly prescribed adderall with psychotic episodes and recommended warning patients ane pas. >> researchers say the drugs without medical supervision could lead to addiction, heart problems and severe depression andiety and even death. >> these are pills swapped and borrowed and stolen and abused and used. >> reporter: national studies show that one in three college
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stude asdmits to illegally trying or using these smart drugs to get ahead. nd experts sa one in ten kids who abuse adderall will become addicted. dr. gretchen wattson is a clinical psychologist and leading researcher on the abuse of adh drugs. she thinks the medication is being over-prescribed. >> there is no marker for who has adhd and who doesn't. it is in the eye of the > beholder. >reporter: experts call it a crisis, one that will continue to grow if we don't make students awarehe of t risks and change the culture on campus. >> and they've been gin a message, you must succeed, you must achieve. dru are the answer to whatever problem you it's so pervasive. it is astonishing. >> the best advice for parents, look for changes in your child's behavior and talk to them about the dangers of the drugs. most adhd medications contain am
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feta mean making it a controlled substancndjust like cocaine a meth. now only is it being used as a study drug, the doctor said kids e mixing it with alcohol and energy drinks to get high and using a stimulant drug without prescription is illegal and could lead to flony charges. time now to check in with meteorologist lauryn ricketts. one last time, hi, guryn. >> my computer situation figured out. so that is good. because maps aren't rolling through and i could talk about the weather and you could see it. ts and 60s right now. topping out in low to mid-60s here in d.c. some areas maybe in the upper 50s. still cool for this time of the year. average temperaturtifor this of the year is in the mid-70s. we also have those winds out. there they're going to be gusting up to about 30 miles per hour throughout the day. so throughout the remainder of the afternoon. a few more clouds and isolated showersossible. st about a 20% chance that you'll see them where you are. we clear out overnight as the temperatures drop. but that storm system that left our area yesterday over new
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england, high pressure building in to give us sunshine tomorrow between the two competing pressures that is where we're getting the wind. not dying down until about 10:00 tonight. but a few isolated showers floating dn as well. cool tomorrow but temperatures low 70s. lighter wind. stray shower possible both wednesday and thursday. mid-70s. and then a chance of maybe an isolated storm into friday temperatures nea 80, humidity increases through the day but by the time we get into this weekend, that humidity wi drop and looking better for this weekend. still pay ago fence to this weekend but right now looking dry. >> thank you, lauryn. looks good. that is it for "news4 midday." thank you for joining us. we're back on air this afternoon first at 4:00. >> and get your news and weather updates any time with
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