new at midday, just days before jor summer shut down, metro is operating with a shortage of train cars. the safety problem keeping cars off the track this morning. and this committee issues a subpoena, even to a senior presidential adviser, the witness must show up. >> democrats frustrated this morning after a key witness is a no-show at a hearing about the mueller report. a look at what will happen next. and a blue skies out there right now. b a littleezy as you can see right outside union station. but the heat is coming back. feeling more like summer asad w

into the holiday weekend. details ahead. >> announcer: "news4 midday" starts now. good morning and welcome to "news4 midday," i'm meagan fitzgerald. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. and we begine with mo pulling 3,000 series cars off the tracks. >> after a door malfunctioned while passengers were on a train near dunn-lorring station. >> that means more six-car trains are rolling now. >> the latest from darcy spencer live at dupont station. good morning,?darcy >> reporter: good morning. metro is doing this for safety reasons. if you ride metro, you may haved noticehat the trains may have been a little more crowded. it may have taken you a little longer to get where you're going thisorning. metro telling us they are doing everything they can to try to limit the inconvenience for riders. we saw crowded trains here at the dupont circle metr station. we were here just after 9:00

this morning. metro took all of the 3,000 series rs out of service because of a door malfunction that needs to be investigated. a metro spokesperson tells me not all of the doors were closed as a series 3,000rain left the dunn-lorring station over the weekend. that is why these trains were pulled. this reduced the number of available rail cars by about 15%. we have some video of a 3,000 series cars at a rail yard in greenbelt. they sudden there should not be a major customer impact but some riders said it did seem like trains were a little more crowded today. >> pulling that, safety comes first. that is definitely clear. but i think aga we need to over the long-term let people know what i people would be willing to give the resources to get the cars we need on metro. >> 10 minutes late and hello, bill, if your watching,m i'm 15 utes late because of the train but i did text.

it is terrible. i waited for four trains from cleveland park. >> is that unusual? >> yes, it is unusual. >> reporter: so the door i malfunction under investigation by metro. no word on when those 3,000-series cars will be back on the track. yback toou. >> darcy, thank you so much. now to our weather. a much cooler day ahead than yesterday. >> lauryn ricketts is here with a look at the forecast. really nice start to the day, it is beautiful outside. >> it is gorgeous. fru're right, guys. and you could see darcy's live shot a little on the breezy side. but we'll take it. so of course we'llgh have pollen running around and we'll get the pollen report through this hour. but again, it is gorgeous. it is nice. it is comfortable out there w. right n temperatures out there as we continue through the day are going to be rising into the 70s. low to mid-70s.em 65 is our tperature now. and again we'll continue to see the teams rise into the low tom 70s throughout the day. we still have the wind that won't go anywhere and will stick

with us through the day. so a breakn the heat for now. because as we head into this weekend, looks like this will start to come back. the humidity will start to build and, guess what, we'll have ormst i nto tcehe memorial day weekend. so that is what everybody is talking about. fe do have one rain chance before the end ohe week. that is on thursday. so we'll talk about that and of course talk about the holiday n ekend in detail coming up about 15 minutes. >> lauryn, thank you. one person is dead after a crash on eastbound i-66 early this morning in centreville. arst after 2:00 a.m. a c rear-ended a tractor-trailer and the impact caused the car to cate fire. th person inside dies. virginia state police closed two lanes of i-66 causing a nine-mile back-up during the morning rush and the cause of the crash is under investigation. developing story out of prince george's county, a homicide in camp springs. officers say before 1:00 a man

was found dead on morris avenue and his name is not leased and no word on any >rests. >>oday an unprecedented hearing for the man convicted of fuelling d.c. crack epidemic, grateful edmond iii ran the largest drug network in this city and now federal prreecutors a asking that he be released early. he's serving life without parole. he once oversawn operation that brought 1700 pounds of cocaine a mont into the district. prosecutors sayd in 1997 edmon flipped and began helping law enforcement understand the workings of drug trade. he helped prosecutors convict other dealers and for that they believe he should be released from prison early. not everyone agrees. >> if you would have told me back then that we would still be talking about this now, i would have told you gotta be kidding me. this ia done deal. >> and that is a d.c. police officer whoent undercover in

edmonds' organization in the 80s. the judge f orderedderal prosecutors to get victim pact statements for those affected by his drug dealings. in less than an hourpp ters of abortion rights plan to take their message to the street in d.c. and around the country. that includes a large rally at the supreme court. >> as nbc stephanie gosk reports, the protests come after more states are set to vote new restrictions. >> reporter: the fight over roe v. wad is quickly reaching a boiling point. state after state passing new restrictive laws and next up is louisiana. nnon the cusp of bang abortion as early as six weeks into egnancy. with no eeption for rape or incest. even though president trump embraced those exceptions in a tweet ov the weekend. the sponsor of the bill in this very religion and conservative tate, a democrat. >> our view is that the correct moral response to sexual assault is not to execute the unborn baby who has done more wrong.

>> doesn't this run the risk of traumatizing a rape victim twice. >> you know, we have got an obligation, i believe, to speor up those who can't speak for themselves. >> reporter: the governor, another democrat, said he's ready to sign it. >> how would you describe the momentum of some of the anti-abortion legislation that we're seeing last few weeks, especially here in louisiana. >> i think inne word, terrifying. >> reporter: michelle ehrenberg runs an advocacy for women's health. >> the mortality rate in louisiana is high and woment don'have access to adequatelt hecare. >> reporter: stephanie gosk, nbc news, baton rouge, louisiana. right now a house judiciary committee hearing is happening on the hill without a key individual. >> our subpoenas are not optional. mr. mcgahn has a legal obligatie to bhere for this scheduled appearance. >> house judiciary chairman

jerry nadler voicing frustration with don mcgahn who is say no-show at the hearing. his attorney said he is honoring the president's wishes and defying the subpoena. now, this puts mcgahn in the position of being held in contempt of the justice department said he should ve immunityile he was serving in the administration. democrats want to hear from him because he was a key witness in the special counsel russia investigation. top members of president trump's national security team e headed to capitol hill to brief the house and senate on iran this afternoon. but in anextraordinary departure, house democrats were briefed first this morning by former cia director john brennan and wendy sherman. she was president obama's lead negotiator on the iran nuclear deal. the meetings come as lawmakers warn president trump againstoi gng to war without congressional approval. bill neely reports. >> reporter: american fire power pouz pouzed -- poisedner the persian

golf to respond to what the u.s. calls threats from iran. now new threatsen from pres trump. ramping up his rhetoric. >> they've been very hosle and the number one provaka tour of terror. we have no indication that anything has happened or will happen. but if it does, it will be met, obviously, with great force. >> reporter: this follows his tweet threateningff the oicial end of iran if it wants to fight. the iran foreign minister responding with, #never threaten so iranian. the president al signaling that he's ready to talk with iran. >> if they called, we would certainly negotiate. but that is going to be up to them. >> reporter: it is not just the rhetoric. a rocket in i sunday set nerves jangling. though it landed half a mile from the u.s. embassy, itmp prod a strong warning --

from the u.s. to iranian-backed militia here. iran has powerful allies, proxy forces across the middle east. at least a dozen militias in , iraq groups in syria now battle hardened and the powerful hezbollah and houthi rebels in yemen. iran's revolutionary guard backs finances are armed all of these groups. u.s. intelligence officials have briefed congress on what they call iranian threat streams to the u.s. and iraq. prompting trump ally republican senator lindsey graham to tweet, if the iranians threats are activity -- evacuate ated we must deliver an overwhelming military response. adding stand firm mr. president and rouhani said he favors talks and diplomacy withbuthe u.s. right now that is not possible. so he's not ruling it out, but w he sahave to resist for

now. iran is also appealing to the united nations saying the security situation is alarming and on that most peoplein this region would agree. bill neely, nbc news, northern iraq. d.c. has more residents than vermont or wyoming but doesn't congress.e in there is a launch to change that, canvassing the early primary voting states and including paid advertisingand grassroots organizing and d.c. residents traveling to make the case. the 51 for 51 campaign calls for a simple majority approval of statehood in the senate rather than the 60 votes required to break aus filibr. the republican-controlled senate has no issue in taking up this issue and that means democrats will have to make gains in 2020 for this to go anywhere. they are words everyone has a hard time spelling. even speeling bee champs. but three top the list >> and history-making just hours

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shares for bogue -- for boeing have gone up after a "wall street journal" report suggested that a bird strike may have caused the 737 max jet to crash in march. the journalte ci sources familiar with the crash investigation. the ethiopian airlines jet went down less than fives month after another 737 jet crashed in indonesia calling 346 people in total and prompted aviation officials to ground planes around the world. this afternoon members of the catholic community wille on hand at the archdiocese of boston gets a new leader.

>> justin finch reports from the basila in nort d.c. where that installation will take place. >> reporter: we are hours away from a new chapter beginning here in the washington archdiocese. they will soon install wilton regory as the new archbishop here. he is someone that many are hoping can unite catholics of the ackgrounds and move church past recent scandals. now wilton gregory will make history as the first hbafrican-american arcshop of washington. the seventh in the diocese history. he's from chicago and was ordained back in 1973. he's now 71 years old and therm fo archbishop of atlanta where he was first installeck ba in 2005. now he will ccede donald wuerl who resigned last october. he became embroiled in controversy whenhis name was linked to a sexual abuse cover-up in the pennsylvania area during his time as

archbishop of pittsburgh. e cardinalhas denied wrongdoing in that. case the mass for the installationbe p.m.oday at 2:00 a lot of crowds and xpected to coream the ceremony online and very soon we uld be watching more history for wilsono gregry in his years t here in washington archdiocese because usually the archbishops here are elevated to the title of cardinal, that would make him the first african-american cardinal and of course cardinals do vote on the next pope. in northeast, i'm justin finch, nbc4. back inside to you. >> justin, thank you. good news for commuter this is morning. it looks like dash s drivers will not go on strike. a final vote is scheduled for tomorw concerning pay increases and pensions. dash workers say they are some of the lowest paid bus operators in the region. a strike would ha caused a headache for commuter this is weekend. because that is when every metro station south of reagan airport on the blue and yellow line will be closed in order to fix train

platforms. and how is this for an idea to beat traffic in our area? a local entrepreneur wants to oase gridlock with a monorail. this is the vide that the developer robert issinger created. he said the driveless monorail would be placed in the i-270 corridor and a trip between ady grove and frederick would take less than heidhoil f minu s..te toll and get around traffic. that is now part of everyda life in northern virginia and this morning there is talk of even more express lanes coming to the beltway. v-dot isooking at extending the lanes from tysons to the american length bridge. adam tuss has more details. >> reporter: take a look. how thisf section oe beltway crawls day after day, and you can understand why drivers can't stand it. >> oh, it is very bad. >> reporter: victor lee is the

kind of commuter they are targeting he has to go across the bridge to get back to maryland and in support of new lanes with one big addition. >> they build another bridge. >> you think they ne another bridge? >> exactly. i think it took them too long to build the second bridge. >> reporter:v-dot isn't specifying anything about another b tdge buty do believe the lanes need to continue into maryland. >> we understand that to truly have a big impact on traffic congestion in this area, we need to have a system that continues across the river. >> but it puts pressure on maryland to step up to the plate and figure it up. >> reporter: express lanes can offer an alternative to regular lanes when there are bad accidents, remember the recent tanker crash on the legion bri te? right now plan calls for two new express lanes in each directionin aga the dulles toll road and the legion bridge.

they don't believe they have to take any homes but some property could be lost. >> i think it is a terrible idea. >> reporter: some think there are other ideas. >> i think mass transportation and working with local businesses to work out maybe better ways of staggering traffic in the area. i think there are a number of options that they haven't explored. >> reporter: no construction happening yet but the planning continues. in northern virginia, adam tuss. nb the scripps national spelling bee is days away and young candidates are busy sharpens.g up spelling ski >> going through dictionaries left and right. the words that those kids know how to spell, it is pretty impressive to say the least. an international team of linguists from the language learning at babble partnered with here -- with mereum webster to find out what knocked out contestants and a few of the words are on your screen.

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damaging and slamming the midwest. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: this morning the threat of tornados still very real. >> powerful tornado now coming up on maokgum, lahoma, and it is turning into a large wedge tornado. >> reporter: despite the significant daage, no reports of injuries. >> almost got two tornados on the ground at one timte >> repor earlier chopper pilots capturing this double touchdown. >> we have another tornado coming down. >> reporter: more than 80 possible tornados reported across the country since friday according to the national weather service including in texas, funnel clouds spotted in paducah and in pleasant farms. safety experts say if you can't get into a basnt or hardened structure, run to the bathroom to avoid the flying debris the best place once you are in there, in the bathtub. experts say when you get in the tub, grab something like a omattress and pull iter your hed. near geronimo, oklahoma, girard

didn't have time to heed that advice. >> this is where my bad was and where i wasng sleepi >> reporter: his home now just a pile of debris. today with the threat of more tornados and the possibility of flooding, some area schools have rdecided toain closedrr again. key anders, nbc news, mangum, oklahoma. >> and we're just entering the high season f this weather in that part of the world. >> 25 tornados yesterday and alodady had one ty. now these are all unconfirmed reports from the storm prediction center and with all of the rain yesterday, and flooding i'll have a look at radar because they were getting it in the early hours. we don't see that kind of severe ndather. >> ahat i find interesting is you'll see the tornados sometimes they'll completely demolish a home or an area and thhome next to it is perfectly fine. >> they are not attached to the ground. they are attached to the sky. they are unstable so theyould jump and hop. it was a scene yesterday.ow i kn lot of mye fellow peopl were following that.

just a crazy seen. i think it could be worse tn it was yesterday and thank w goodness itasn't in terms of tornados. but again still dealing with t floodingay and that severe weather still creeping across the area. for us, we have beauful conditions. blue skies, just absolutely beautiful out there today. current temperatures right now in the 60s. oh, yeah. it is feeling like early spring out there right now. 65 in washington. yes, we made it up to 90 degrees not only here but baltimore made it up to1. 9 the first 90 degrees for 2019 in a handful of suburbs had 90-degree maras well. but today only low 70s and some areas in the upper 60s. now blue skies and breezy. we have thert nohwest winds pushing that humidity out of here so no humidity out there today. but the northwest winds at 10 to 20 miles per hour. now you could see the radar right now. nothing happening. not even cloud cover.ll we off to the west cloud cover.

this is what i'm talking about. way out into the midwest. they just had ah tornado t came right -- must have been right around there. at toko -- how you pronounce it and indian and algonquin names and one tornado unconfirmed but that storm system just massive missouri. and so again we'll keep an eye on that. here back at home, not a lot to keep an eye on because even tomorrow is sunny. mid to upper 70s tomorrow and another day with wlightds. we do have rain coming on thursday for us and another chance on saturday. we'll keep chances around for sunday and monday. so let's talk about thursday timing for us and for rain and dive into the details for memorial day weekend coming up in about 15 minutes. >> layn, thank you very much. police are calling it a success. we have an update on a new law th alaws -- allows guns to be take aeb way from high-risk individuals. >> and the aftermath of a accident caught on camera, a little girl hit by a car cd a policer.

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>> announcer: you're watching "news4 midday." terrifying moments for a boston mother when her small child was hit by a police cruiser. the child is okay. >> wow. we want to warn you, this video is troublingo watch. surveillance video captured the moment it happened. the cruiser was at a stop when the s1-year-old girlpped in front of the suv. the officer pulled away, running the little girl over witness said they thought the little girl wasn't breathing but acortly after pl in the ambulance she started crying. the young girl's most serious injuries, get this, just a broken collarbone. >> wow! it has been less than a year since the maryland new red flage law tookect and it is already paying dividends. it helps take guns from

high-risk individuals who could do harm to themselves or others. hundreds of guns ve been confiscated and lives have been saved and it is also getting people the help they need before it is too late. >> this really is about heing people in need and preventing violence. >> reporter: behind the store sit hundreds of firearms taken out of the hand of prince george's county residents deemed by a judge to be a danger to themselves or others. for mark spencer it is evident that they are using the residential flag law to prevent domestic violence. >> this is where the law is closely doing what the legislators intended. >> reporter: last week sheriff's deputies seized 78 firearms and 25,000 rounds of ammunition from just one person. it was the 56thxtreme risk protection order related to domestic violence served in the county. that is the second highest in maryland and resulted in more than 130 firearms being surrendered.

inou neighboring montgomnty there have been 40 orders files. and spencer said there is no doubt lives have been saved. >> thisis a way to be proactive and intervene early so we are not dealing with tragedy. >> reporter: but preventing violence is just one of the benefits and the laws short existence. >> as people become more aware,e they this as an avenue of -- a tool to help them address an issue of someone who is struggling with mental health. >> reporter: and with guns being the number one cause of domestic violence fatalities, spencer hopes the public continues to speak up. >> and we think the numbers right now are trending in that right way to say this is really an intervention tool a a tool. tion >> reporter: in prince george's county, cory smith, nbc4. today a maryland pediatrician accused of rapebe will ack in court on dozens of new charges. dr. ernesto torres has been indicted on 65 new charges based on 11 new accusers coming forward. he was originally charged with raping an 18-year-old woman.

he was placed under house arrest after he posted bondwe last ek. a judge will review that bond status today. and we have an update about a woman accused ofsosing a a psychologist in stafford counted, virginia. news4 learned more than 30 families have come forward with complaints since we reported the story last week. authorities say the woman is not a licensed psychologist and did not graate from college. she is facing 11 charges. she worked for pediatric partners for attention and learning before she was first -- before she was fired, rather, last year. it is a crime that takes less than 60 sonds. news4 i-team reveals a jump in smash-and-grab thefts from cars. >> scott mcfarland shows us what they are targeting e three simple things to keep in mind to avoid being targeted. >> our investigaon found at least 80 items stolen a day from cars in the district.

not just at night. and not just onublic streets. videos leased of the i-team by d.c. police show break-ins take less than a minute and thieves use small devices to smash out windows. >> so in this one i could look right here and see there is a bag in front on the floorboard. >> police theft data offers a glimpse tan most frequently. 6,000 purses or backpacks reported stolen just last year. >> we're having break-ins every night. >> reporter: deniseho lives in southeast d.c. near rfk stadium said it happened to her car more than once. >> i've had about eight last year. myself >> in your car. >> yeah. >> reporter: police recommend not leaving anything in plain sight including charging wires or even change. >> take your keys and lock your door andu sec your belongings. >> reporter: today as part of our investigation at 5:00, the five most commonly stolen items and we have a hint, it is not your phone. that is our report tonight at 5:00. for now, scottan mcfa nbc4

i-team. today company will beginoro f mrd cotutting j massive trresturing plan. 500 peoplee will b cut through voluntary buyouts and layoffs this week. affecting most white-collar workers around the dearborn, michigan, headquarters. the company will cut 10% of the global work forc by august. that will eliminate abt 7,000 jobs. the plan will save the company miout $600 ion annually. we're learning that another decades old brick and mortar store are closing. the company that owns dress parn said the stores cannot competem any with today's retail environment. they go on to say it is winding down dress barn in order tof us on its more profitable brands like ann taylor and lofte the are three dress barns in our area,ilver spring, aspen hill and falls church.

no time for closure. and golde state warriors are posed for a three-peat. the reigning back to back champs at the portland trail blazers in overtime. a four game sweep for the warriors. they meet either the bucks or toronto raptors in thein fs. still no clear word on when prince george's's county native kevin durant will rejoin the team. he's been out since game five of the western conference semifinals withcraw-- with a caf ♪ [ singing ] ♪ > >> and with that match up tshs now up to you. this is the clips from the final performances on nbc "the voice" this season. tonight the season 16 winner will be announced. the two hour finain will ude performances from taylor swift

and the jonas brothers and halsey and many others. it is all started at 9:00 tonight right after the season finale of the village here on nbc4. >> she has a great voice. >> i think most people are putting her in the favorite hategory on team john legend. we'll see we she lands. the holiday weekend a few days away. lauryn will let us now if the rain is in the forecast. and some of the greatest drivers in racing will comp e thisweekend at the indy 500. we'll hear from last year's champ about what makeshe race so special.

welcome back. the bowie high school la crosse team is celebrating an outstanding season. >> although the team finished just two gam short of the state championship, they say it h only the beginning for them. nbc4 molette green the story. >> reporter: i'm on campus here

with the regional champions. [ crowd chanting ] >> all right. what a way to end the season. i am going to talk to the team captain first about how all of this feels to you guys? >> i just feels great. we finally got a chance to make history and bring a regional rsampionship to our school after only being vay for four years so it is a blessing. >> reporter: how many are seniors? raise your hands. and can i shout out naomi and layla the team m nagers. theyrked hard to keep them all in check here. okay, so where are they going? they're going places. where you going? >> morgan state university. >> salisbury. >> mar court. >> and moving down the line. >> howard university.

>> tulson university and coach, thank you for everybody. >> bowieve state uniity. >> university of maryland college park, prince george's community college. i'm undecided between two schools. >> let's celebrate. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: okay, that is going to do it for bowie high school. we'll be back next year rebuilding. back into you. >> nice job, guys. take a look at this. chopper4 just captured this scene of the blueangels rehearsing. the navy pilots are preparing to perform as part of mmissioning nd k at the naval academy ce ause of today's prac flight, drivers in annapolisgh mit need to find alternate routes to the bridge over the seven liver, cosed to all traffic until 4:00 this afternoon. the blue angels will show offng flyi skills during free shows

today and tomorrow at 00 p.m. >> that is just. crazy how they do that. >> that is awesome. and that is practice. and they are perfect. >> look at that. >>that is so cool. >> well i saw that happening when i was on weather and a little bit ago and my eyes to turned to see what you are lookg at. that mung be blue as. >> chopper4 doing great things. >> and weather doing great things. and cooperating -- >> not as hot as yeerday. >> so hot. so over the weeke was so hot. we were together. oh, gosh it was so hot. and humid. and we do not have that humidity or at heat out there today. in fact, temperatures are still in the 60s. amelia draper just came in and talk about how nice it is outside and hopefully you get a chance to go outside and enjoy it. plenty of sunshine and blue skies and tempratures as i said in the 60s with a little bit of a breeze as well. and of course that is pushing the pollen around the area. current temperatures out there right now, we're in the 60s. low 60s out inhe shenandoah

valley. upper 60s down to the fredericksburg area extreme uthern maryland. through the day the temperatures will come up into the low 70s but all sunshine out there today. a little bit of a breezeat times. that sun goes down just about 20 minutes after 8:00. we'll haveds a few clous we continue into the overnight and then back to sunny skies through the day tomorrow. temperatures out there today in s.e low 70 again, it is going to be breezy but at least we'll be dry out there. nothing happening on thestad a h been, a lot of flooding and they had a lot of tornados yesterdayxa through te and up through oklahoma. now kansas and into missouri seems to be the bulls eye for today. so we'tc continue to wa that and of course dog and amelia will watch that system for you. but for us, we're just looking on dry ctions. not only today, but also tomorrow. a little warmer tomorrow. perperatures in the mid to 70s and lighter winds. we head into wednesday night and start to crowd on up. we have a few isolated showers

wednesday overnight into thursday morning. thursday we'll have some sunshine. but then some more showers andrs thunderms possible as we get into thursday afternoon and thursday evening. other than that, we're dry as we continue yroughr friday. saturday, sunday and monday, we have a few storms possible. we'll talk more about the memorialay weekend coming up. but again, temperatures and humidity start to come up on thursday. mid-80s on thursday. we stay in theerid to upp 80s on friday, saturday and unfortunately to the weekend, we'll take a closer look at that weekend forecast. it is a holiday weekend. that is coming up in about ten minutes. >> lauryn, thank you much. a major setback for the redskins even before the summer training camp. >> we'll tell you more about that and the maryland bakery that is doing more than making sweet treats.ar they changing lives with a job

sunflower bakery in

gaithersburg provides skilled job trainingd an employment for adults with learning differences. this weekend the bakery celebrated the recent graduates. >> it. differen i'm more confident in full filli orders, talking to customers. i really learned a lot here and thank you foryour -- your wisdom so now i know i can feel confident in any other job. >> for more we're join by sarah portman milner and angel lewis. good morning to both of you. thank you so much for joining here. sarah, i'll start with you. because you're the co-founder of the bakery. can you talk to us abou how you got the idea to even open it and why you did it? >>th is -- in the washington, d.c. metropolitan area for training and for skills training and employment for people with learning differences. especially if they want to pursue a passion. so we know that baking and

working with foodave structure and route even and so many peoe need that in order to succeed w in theorking -- and people othe autism spectrum have difficultyni commucating and have a difficult time finding jobs where they need to ould do rather than have to talk about it. so that is how we started the program, structure the and verbal skills. >> and angel, high five because you just graduated. >> yes. >> so talk about what wa experience like. what do you love most about the bakery? i love, like, doing the recipes. >> and is it hard? a lot these things look complex? is it easy or hard? did you find challenges? >> yeah, it was hard. >> it was hard. but, guess what, you graduated which is phenomenal. and speaking of what makestki h at this platter of treats. it looks like you bought it from a store and tse are from

scratch. >> we only make from scratch. absolutely. and, in fact, we have a varietyr this is chocolate lovers platter. we have coconut d and for people for gluten and chocolate bunt cake and crinkles d banana chocolate and this is the favorite loaf and with the brownies, these are miniature sunflower cookies and they are all dairy free and strictly kosher and try to have gluten-free and vegan options. >> nice. so if people were interested in stopping by to get a treat and talk about where it is and how much are treats? how can people get treats? >> anybody can order online at sunflowerbakery.org and we have at cafe a 6101 executive boulevard to pick out what you want or order ahead of time and pick up your order. our bakeries in gaithersburg at 8507 vicki and we're moving

behind rocksville between the en metro cter parking lot. so that people can have better access to pop off the metro and pup some goodies on the way. >> this is great. thank you both for coming in. sarah and angel, this is excellent. thank you for your time. aaron, back to you. >> thank you, ladies. it has been a big year for race car drer will power. he won the indianapolis 500 and became a u. citizen. coming up, hear how he's feeling

welcome back. so it is not looking good for the redskins already. minutes intoyesterday's first team workout of the off-season, linebacker reuben foster suffered a potentially devastating injury. you could see the pain there. sources tell nbc sports washingtonha foster may torn the acl in his left knee. on just the third play of the y he wentwn in obvious pain. grabbing his knee. obviously it is a devastating turn of events for the skins as foster was expected to make a big impact with the team this season. >> had some bad luck over here for the last couple of years. but thishe one here takes cake. because this is a non-contact drill and there was no contact involved in it. >> you know, no one even hit him. it just happened. his injury could sideline him

for the entire season and we should learn more about hisis prognin the coming days. >> you have to imagine the team is now thinking, what is our back-up plan just in case. >> ,scramblingight. >> got to figure it out. well this weekend the indy 500 is right here on nbc 5.ge to ready for the big race eun yang and i had to a chance to talk to last year's big winner. here is our conversation. >> the 103rd indianapolis 500 takes place on sunday and for the first time you could watch it right re on nbc4. >> driver will power is hoping to be the first back to back champ since 20s and joins with more on this weekend's race. welcome and thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. > what was it like to win an iconic race like the indianapolis 500. >> it was awesome. itwas my 11th try. and you are not recognized as a successful driver until you win that race in indyalthough i've s

andbu championship t winning that race was satisfying. >> all of the emotion. >> in victory lane i lo -- it meant very much to me and my wife. we talked about it so many times at home. >> and then they hand you this jug is it real milk? it is real milk. >> you have to drink it. >> you get to choose what milk you want. and i -- whatever. c i didn'tare what it is. i will drink it. if i get to be in victory lane in indianapolis, i'll drink the milk. so it is a tradition that was started in 1936 by loui meyer. those races probably went for like 10 hours and he wanted a botte of milk at the end and that is where it started. >> what do you think about the field. what can the viewers on nbc expect. >> it is the most competitive field in history. it is amazing. there were 36 carsd only 33

got in so three people got bumped out azingly mclaren which is a huge team didn't make the show which was -- fernando alonso,mp two time former chan didn't make it. so super competitive. it is an amazing race and tight youtough and there is no can't pick a winner.i couldn't tell you how it will play out.i' but i hope at the front. >> watching is so exciting. and nerve-wracking. >> and i grew up in stockcar ank short tr racing what is so special that people should give it a try in terms becoming a fans. >> indy carth is e speed. when you think about in qualifying we are up to 240 miles per hour. and you are turning in wide open. so it is crazy fast. and purpose-built race cars and it is very intensea rcing.

so i think the first time you go to speedway and stand there in turn one and watch a car go pa 2 at40 miles per hour it is pretty insane. >> you recently became an american citizen. congratulations. >> thank you. >> tell us about that process and whatmade you want to take that step. >> well, i married an american girl and i have a son. and he's american.pr so i'm etty sure i'm going to live here for t rest of my life. and it is a cool process. i did all of the study for the history andom everything and se of my teammates are american and said, man, you know more than i do about america. so it is just fantastic. >> and you are australian. >> i am australian. yes. still an australianen citiz and dual citizen. >> very cool. >> we're glad to have you and best of luck with the race coming up this weekend. >> thank you. thank you. hopefully i could come back here on winner's tour. >> you're welcome any time. >> thanks for ining us. >> thank you. wow! very cool. i think what is fascinating is that after a long race, you

crave milk. interesting. anyway, let's get a check of the weather with lauryn ricketts. do you want some milk? >> i like milk but i crave water, what you should be drinking this weekend. look at memorial day weekend, it is warm and hot and a few chances of stormste but the eratures after wednesday moves into the 80s and we stay in the mid to upper 80s to around 90 on through your memorial day. mut again just sl chances of rain all the way through monday. by the time we get into next tuesday and wednesday more storm chances return. >> thank you very much. that is it for "news4 midday." thank you for joining us. we'll be back fist at 4:00 this afternoon. >> and you could get news and weather updates any time with the nbc washgton app. have a great erday, ody. we'll see you back here tomorrow. ♪

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