right now the national weather service is on the mall, htrveying the damage left from last nig's strong storm. we have new informion on the cherry trees that may need to be replaced because of the damage. and back to sunshine and a refreshing northwest breeze for w. but the heat and humidity that brought yesterday's storms will be back before the holiday weekend is through. plus president trump leaves for japan in the next couple of minutes. ahead of the trip, his administration announces a proposed rollback for sex

discrimination f transgender people. the criticism already being voiced. good morning,nd welcome to if news4 midday. >> today the national weather service is expected to realize re information about a tornado that touched down in howard county. in one community we're seeing a number of fallen trees that caused significant damage.r idents have already started cleaning up and say they feel lucky no one was seriously injured. >> the same storm system also left trees down along the national mall. news4's megan mcgrath just spoke to a tree specialist about the damage. >> reporter: there's a lot of damage here. take a look at this elm tree i'm standing behind here. we're down along the reflecting pool at the lincoln memorial. this elm just snapped at its base. and this is just one tree. we're seeing similar damage down to the tidal basin to haines

point, which meant it impacted the cherry trees. fortunately most of em are going to be okay. just a few, it looks like, will need to be replaced. crews spent the morning cutting up fallen trees. last night's storm packed some powerful winds and damaged trees from the lincoln memorial to the end of haines poi, basically following the contour of the potomac river. elms took the biggest hit but some cherry trees were damaged too. >> we ha several uproots and a lot of damage fro broken limbs, broken tops. we're still in the process of triage. the good news is, other than some uprooting, i think the cherry damage is not as extensive as people would imagine. >> picking them up is a lot of fun. >> reporter: michael dixon's job of charging electronic scootersl takes him over the city and northern virginia. >> in arlington i saw a power pole snapped ilf out in the middle of the street.re

>>rter: and so, again, the elms, trees like this one, really took the brunt of the damage. no actual numbers yet in terms of what was lost, what will need to be rlaced and what might just need to be trimmed. that's what they're doing for you, asessing the situation. national park service experts are looking at all the trees. the good news is most of the cherry trees will be okay. just a couple have been lost here. we should have hard numbers at the end of the day here. now, i als want to give a shoutout to the crews involved here, na crews as well as the contractors. this is a very busy weekend, memorial y. there's a lot of debris aroundhe and tre working long hours to clean it up before the weekend gets under way in full force. back to you. >> good point, megan, the park service is on it, thank you so much. a lot of people e dealing with power outages. pepco is reporting 579 customers without power. dominion energy is reporting more than 17,000 without power

throughout northern virginia. and there's only fivesmeco customers and 11 rappahannock customers without power. theeather being blamed for an outage and fire in this home iny montgomerounty. a candle in a bedroom caused this fire in brookvill during yesterday's massive storm. county officials confirm at least one power pole snapped in half during the storm. the familyt lives here will have to find somewhere else to stay. locally nobody was injured. we're hoping for much calmer weather throughout this holiday weekend. so far, so good, when you talk about day. >> that's true. will it stay this nice all day, chuck? >> i wishne i had good that it would be cool with low humidity through the holiday weekend. unfortunately we only get a 24-hour window of the real comfortable air of late spring before the heat and humidity of summertime come racing back in.

right now mostly in the mid-70s in the city, low 70s in the shenandoah valley. charlottesville already evea86 degrees. the warm and humid air from yesterday has only been pushed d hured miles or so to our south. today, a short-lived break from the heat and humidity. temperatures in the low 80s this afternoon. today's high around 83 degrees. northwest wind will feel good for the rt of the day. south winds and more humidity tomorrow. more about that, coming up. >> chuck, thank you. right now a live look at the bay bridge were most vacationers in our area are probably heading for this memorial dayen week it's going to be a record setting memorial day weekend as 88% of peorele traveling a driving to their destination. >> and that's not bad, that ouoks good now. let me tell y what, later tonight -- >> right. both maryland and virginia have lifted construction-related lane closures through the weekend try and free up some space on those roads out there.

things will be slow going today. the worst traveling will come on memorial day itself as people head back home. it could take you three times longer to get home than usual because of all those extra cars. if you plan on driving monday, avoid leaving between 3:45 and 5:45 p.m. and make sure you're following first 4 traffic on twitter for the very latest on accidents and shutdowns> >>ight now, traffic is moving again after a tractor trailer crash inel anne arundcounty. chopper 4 flew over the scene around 6:30 this morning. you can see the crews uprhting e cab of the truck. it happened on the webbed lanes of route 50 near cape st. claire road. luckily nobody hurt here. 're following a developing story out of fairfax. one man is dead, two others are h from an argument that ended in a shooting at a shopping center along route 50 in chantilly. news4's justin finch reports. >> reporter: from overnightand

well into the morning, the investigation continued here at this chantilly shopping plaza behind us. weemwatched th throughout the day focus on the juarez restaurant, that adjoining painy hall andan parked right out front. investigators spending lots of time looking through and analyzing those areas. let's take you to the scene here overnight. this is the 14,500 block of route 50 in chantilly not too far from the dulles expo center. close to 1:30 this morning, police say they got a report of shots fired. they arrived here on the scene. and that is wen they found a man who had been shot. he was taken to the hospital and died a short time later. also here on scene, cellar people taken into custody and questioned about this shooting. police also telling us there were injuries here as well. one of them was a woman. >> we do believe she was present in the parking lot at the time .

we're still looking into how she was injured. >> reporter: investigators are focusing on that juarez restaurant. the woman is one of two people injured. the other is a man, he too suffering non-life-threatening injuries. neither was shot here in this event happening here overnight. police not yet releasing then e of that man who was shot or of the other victims or the suspected shooter who is now it custody. police are saying that believed shooter is in their custody and they do not believe there is now a danger to the public. however they are still working to understand what led up to an ltercation that ended in a shooting here in this parking lot. in chantilly, i'm justin finch, news4. >> thank you, justin. fairfax county police hope an autopsy will identify a bodya atund in park and let them learn how t person died. police received a tip that sent them to the area tuesday nigh they found the body yesterday

morning. they say the killing is gang-related. police do not believe there is danger to residents. police need your help to find a man who is danger and you say could strike again in the district. take a look, d.c. police released video of the person of interest in two rape and burglary cases in northwest. he's wearing a hoodie and riding a bike here. detectives say he's suspected of attacking two women in their own homes on irving and 1 stheets on tuesday and thursday. police say in both cases the ke attacker brothrough basement windows. in one case the air conditionerv was rem. in another, a screen was removed. neighbors are concerned. >> we look around and see a lot of development happening but our neighborhood is not completely safe. if you live in a basement unit, you need to make sure your doors are lock. u've got to be safe. got to make yourself a hard target. >> another look at the person of interest here. there is a$1,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in this case. commuter alert.

or're less than 24 hours away from a maj metro shutdown that could affect your commute this summer. take a lok, every station on the blue and yellow lines will be closed to metro can repair platforms. metroe will have f shuttle buses between those closed stations. for more options on how to get around, go to the nbc wanhington app search "metro shutdown." today motorcycle riders will kick off the final year of an annual memorial day weekend tradition in our region. members of rolling tnder will gather later at the washington national cathedral for the blessings of the bikes. this weekend kers will ride into the district to honor military veterans and those missing in action. the event founder announced last year that this would be the final national rally, due to

rising costs. several roads will be closed for this event. read more in our nbc washington app. we're going to miss them, radition. at is a >> i know, it is really cool. words of inspiration for the navy's newest officers. coming up, highlights from this morning's graduation at the naval academy. i do so with no ill wi but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love. >> plus british prime ministere thesa may resigns. the issue she says

verlander: since wwi, more than 645,000 men and women have given their lives to defend our freedom. that's almost 16 of these stadiums. by wearing a poppy, we're honoring someone's parent. we're rembering someone's chil we're paying tribute to someone's best friend. ♪ vod,this memorial day weeken we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice. si vithe usaa poppy wall of honor rthis friday thugh sunday on the national mall. ♪ it is graduation day at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis,

and what a perfect day for it. this class had the highest grade point average in academy's history. theirr commencement addess was delivered by acting secretary of defense shanahan. he talked to them about failure. >> the experience of failure is unfamiliar to many of you and to a greater extent than you might realize, that is a liability. today in silicon valley, the major private equity investors don't usualy put their fortunes behind the smartest young people. they look for seasoned entrepreneurs who have gone bankrupt before, who have failed. why? because those people know where they went wrong and they are smarter, wiser, less arrogant, and more capable than those who have never failed. >> each of the midshipmen received a degree and a commission. developing this morning, british prime minister theresa may is resigning.

she said she will quit as leader of the party on june 7th after years of trying to seek parliament support for a brexit bill. hereas of may's announcement. >> i am today announcing i will resign as leader of the nionist party nd on friday, the 7th of june, so that a successor can be chosen. >> and all of this comes as president trump is preparing for a state visit to brent. may would still be in office during trump's visit, scheduled for june 3rd through 5th. harvey weinstein has reached a tentative deal with the women who accused him of sexual assault and harassment. "the wall street journal" frtst repoed that the disgraced hollywood producer is scheduled to pay $40 million to hisvi tims and creditors. the deal comes more than a year

and a half since women first started a used hill sexual misconduct. weinstein denies all allegations of nonconsensual sex. celebrity chef mario batali entered a plea of not guilty in opboston courtroom. he's accused of gring and kissing a woman without her consent in 2017 in a boston restaurant after the woman tried taking a selfieh wit him. batali's next court date is veheduled for july 12th but he does not not hao appear. new this morning, health and human servicesdepartment has proposed rolling back sex discrimination protection. under an obama-era rule, a hospital could be required to perform sex transition procedures. lgbt groups say it could lead to the denial of medical care. the rule change facesnt a comme

period, and court challenges are expected. the verbal attacks between president trump and nancy pelosi get even more personal. it comes a day after the president refused to work with w democratsle they investigate him. meanwhile, there was a glimmer of bipartisanship in the senate. and we ha ws of possible testimony by the special counsel. news4's craig boswell breaks it all down for us. >> reporter: special counsel robert mueller wants to testify behind closed doors. >> he wants to testify in private. >> reporter: it was left to lawmakers to decide if president trump obstructed justice, setting off congressional investigations and now a personal feud between the house speaker nancy pelosi. >> crazy nancy. erve been watching her, i have been watching h for a long period of time, she's not the same person. she lostit. >> i wish that his family or administration or staff would have an intervention. >> reporter: then this.'m >> an extremely stable

genius. >> reporter: pelosi tweeted, "when the extremely stable genius starts acting more presidential, i'll be happy to work with him on infrastructure, trade and other issues." >> he wassent up here to guard the pot. o stir the ember nt up here t and that's what he's doing. >> reporter: in the senate, a rare glimpse of bipartisanship, passing $19 billion in disaster aid to victims ofw dfires, flooding, and hurricanes, including the 2017 storm in puerto rico. the presidentlso ordered the intelligence community to fully cooperate with the investigation into the origins of the mueller probe. craig boswell, nbc news, washington. a 11:18, only on news4, we've learned cracks are forming on the world war ii memorial in the district. the site on the national mall is just 15 years old. a ck20-foot cra formed on the main pillar on the atlantic half of the memorial. several others have surfaced on

the pillar for the district columbia. the national park service says has to be fixed. >> we want to see our great monuments to our great people who sacrificed, to keep going a and be beautiful place for people to come and remember. >> it just no sense to build this beautiful memorial and let it go to shambles. >>he t park service will decide how best to fix it. there is also an endowment set asideto pay for structural repairs. a mural of harriet tubman in maryland is pulling at heart strings. >> it sure is. a 3-year-old girl was walking with her grandmother when she spotted this mural. the little girl thee delivered gh five seen across the country. news4's cory smith has that story behind this memorable image. >> so where are we going? >> reporter: at the tender age of 3, lovey hope duncan is too

young to understand dorchester county's history and the rich egacy of perhaps its most famous daughter. but an after walk with her grandmothers tracee and tammy brought her face-to-face with an american hero. >> there it is. > as soon as we rounded this corner, you know, lovey could ,ee her and she's like, oh! at first but it quickly rechanged. >> porter: something inside lovey was drawing her to the mural. >> she's like, can i give her a high five? >> reporr: not one to miss a priceless moment, grandma snapped a photo. and the internet took over from there. itd you think as going to go viral? >> no. the next day i saw it had 8,000 shares. >> reporter: thousands of people have liked, shared, and reflected on the poignant moment. >> i wanted to engage the gn, the hence the de hand reaching out. >> reporter: he says the presence of an innocent child has only magnified the mural's meaning. >> the hope of a new genera here touching the hope, you know, of a woman offering hope

for that generation. >> reporter: in maryland, cory smith, news4. >> just abeautiful story. >> really, i love it. it d sn't look like this weekend will be totally rain-free. so chuck is coming back to let us know when we have the best chances for wet weather. plus early warngs in the midwest save lives as emergency crews continue to clean up from tornadoes.

folks in the midwest stilll fe it, missouri continuing to assess the damage after a tornado ripped through the capital city of jefferson city. >> t storm damaged countless buildings and injured dozens. morgan chesky is in jefferson tcity, surveying some oft damage. >> we barely made it to the bathroom before all the windows busted in on us. it was very scary. >> reporter: this morning

stunned residents in jefferson city, missouri are literally picking up the pieces of their lives. one day after an ef-3 tornado with winds up to 160 miles an hour hevastated t state's capital. >> i wasn't scared until after we seen the damage. then i'm shaking like a leaf. >> reporter: buildings collapsed, businesses demolished. >> really, the whole ceileg camoff. >> reporter: everything in the twister's 19-mile both torn apart. three people were killed when a tornado sliced through golden city. severe storms battering the plains and midwest for a week. in oklahoma, heavy rain causing widespread flooding. >> water will continue to rise. >> reporter: no clear end in sight. the small town webers falls under mandatory evacuation but spared the worst. there were fears these two runaway barges carried by rushing floodwaters would seriously damage aam when they slammed into it.

ankfully, the damage was minor. back in jefferson city, residents sifting through what they have left. >> total loss. total loss. >> reporter: president twitter g is callihe state of missouri strong and resilient people and offering federal assistance if neede morgan chesky, nbc news, jefferson city, missouri. >> mind-blowing damage. >> 150 tornadoes nationwide in the last week, an incredibly active pattern. ats off to not only our local national weather service office but around the country, these local offices have been doing a yman's job. thank you to all the national weather service employees doing everything to keep people safe. still a lot of cleaning up to be done locally, branches and power lines stilldown. several thousand people still waiting on their electricity to come back. the weather will be very cooperative around here over the next couple of days. it's all sunshine today.te

northwy breezes have pushed the warm air and humidity just down to our south. today will be a nice fresh ez bre tomorrow, scrumptious around here, really nice weather for your saturday. heat and humidity of summertime arrivesn sunday. the overall pattern, a big dome of high pressure with high temperatures to our south. we're on the cool side of things, but only for a short time, don't get used to it, we because the her front, which brought us the cooler air from the north, that's in place for tooy. it will gack to the north and we'll go right back to the warm sector during the second halfe f thay tomorrow. future weather then, nothing to worry about today. just a few fair weather clouds. clear skies for your evening plans. if you're going down to the nats game tonight, fireworks friday for a stretch over the weekend. great weather for tomorrow as well. any tiny rain chances tomorrow i think will be confined west of the blue ridge into the shenandoah valley and the west virginia mountains. not a real rain threat around the city for tomorrow. sunday,e'll start dry with

temperatures near 70. a lot warmer on sunday.re most a will be above 90 degrees on sunday afternoon. that much heat and humidity could lead t a littleance for a thunderstorm or two, second half of the day on sunday. only about a 30% chance. here is the five-day forecast, then. breezy and 83 today. 82 tomorrow. but 92 sunday. and 87 with a loof humidity around on memorial day itself but no total washout. ten-day forecast, a building heat wave in the next half hour. >> thank you, chuck. ie coming up, self danger. a college student dies taking a picture. we'll take a closer look at the sightseeing accident. t >> summer travel season gets under w, how to save ay

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on the bay bridge right now. people are moving. volume continuing to build as you kind of head through to pay that toll. it he just one of tad spots in the rush to get out of town for memory day weekend. millions across the country are the ted to travel for holiday to the unofficial start of summer. >> ready to get that summer started, right? if you're one of them, there are some small things you can do to save money in yourtravels. nbc's goadi schwartz shares som tips for your road trip. >> reporter: on highways across the country a record setting memorial day expected, triple a estimating t37 million people ae expected to getheehind t wheel. gas prices are expected to climb people. here are simple ways to save. experts say never top off the tank, because a lot of times gas overflows. there's nobe fit to filling up with premium unless your car actually calls for it.

keep windows closed, wind drag slo you down. instead, use air conditioning. it's actually more efficient. another tip comes down to how slowly you accelerate. if you pace yourself going zero to 50 over5 seconds, you could save 30% of gas consumption. at great bear auto body in new york, they say it's not just f aboutling up your tank but filling your tires through. >> imagine if you're walking an dragging yoet. it's the same with your car. >> reporter: saving you some money before you head out on the road. gadi schwartz, nbc news. we're working for you to find the cheapest days to fly away to that summer getaway. according to faircompare.com, the cheapest days to fly in the u.s. are tuesday, wednesday, and saturday, when there are fewer business travelers. e most expensive days to fly, fridays and sundays. the best deals are usually found before june 23rd.

officials in oregon say a college student fell to her death while trying to snap a photo on the ast, the latest in a series of tragedies involvin selfies i dangerous places. nbc's miguel almaguer with a new warning. >> reporter: as beautiful as it is dangerous, here alonghe oregon coast outside portland where a co21-year-oldlege student fell to her death while taking a photo. police say michelle caseyd climbeer a retaining wall ,r a better view slipped, and plunged ten stories. when rescue teaches reached casey, she was still breathing afte hitting a tree that broke her fall. >> it's very steep and treacherous. if you cross over that bounrtry. >> repor: a sophomore at a nearby university casey's death se the latest in a series of deaths from tho seeking that perfect picture. >> he was standing on the edge

and they woer why there's deaths. >> reporter: according to one study, more than 259 people died taking selfies in recent years. tristan bailey fl in texas whilattempting one. back in oregon, officials are pleading for caution along their picturesque coast, warning the view of a lifetime isn't worth dying over. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >> that is sad. now to the effort to clean up facebook. cnbc reports on deleting fake accounts. >> good morning, i'm contessa brewer at cnbc headquarters. facebook sayst's removed nearly 3.4 billion fake accounts from its platform bocween tober and march. that's twice as many as the previous six-month period but only a billion more tn the site's 2.4 billion monthly active users. facebook says nearly all of the fakts accoun were caught by artificial intelligence and

increased human monitoring. ceo mark zuckerberg told t reporters mos of the accounts were blocked within minutes of their creation. the newonumbers cme as facebook wrestles with privacy concerns and a growing number of critics calling for the company to be broken up. i'm contessa brewer. twin sisters who share everything will soon be sharing the stage as o-valedictorians. they say this honor came as a shock to them. >> how they're getting their speeches in order, i bet they are. bureau chief tracee wilkins has their inspiring story. >> we each get 2te 1/2 mi to speak. we worked it out so we're building off each other. >> reporter: this is the valedictorian for bowie's class of 2019. and this is also the valedictorian for bowie high. these twin sisters are taking twinning to a whole new level.

they have matching gpas, the highest in the school. >> this is a coincidence. ot we just took all the same classes and g good grades. >> reporter: when they're not working open those really good grades, they're playing tennis. doubles, of course. but the news of this two-way gpa tie exceeded even their expectations. >> we said, oh, we'll get a nice pin atgraduation, that'sgreat. then we called to the principal and she said, you two are co-valedictorians. we're like, what? >> i remember saying, for realsies? >> reporter: they went to prom together, and the girls have scholarships for colle. course they're going to the same school. >> university of maryland, college park. >> university of maryland, college park. >> we can talk about this amazing gpa. they each have 600 service hours each, state of maryland requires only 24 community service hours, they had over 600 each. id reporter: when i asked the

twins how they dt all, the answer was together. >> i feel like i've always had a partner for things in life. i think it's just carrying on almost everything, you know? >> repter: graduation is on tuesday. the twins are still working on third speech but their father that after they start at umd, he's expecting them to come back every summer to tutor students here at bowie high school. tracee wilkins, news4. >> that's so grea there are some great kids at that school. >> i love it. the nationals are giving fans a lot of reasons to take it the games weekend, from the fireworks to the bobbleheads to food good enough for superhero. we'll taste some of it. >> another reason to stay in town forhe

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hello there, i'm leon harris. you don't have to have a ot of time t truly make a difference but you doeedpassion. this 15-year-old has a passion ost helping people that people don't have. he heard about an organization called paws for people through a chanceen ounter. that changed his life, he's raised thousands of dollars to train service dogs and made some four-legged friends along the way. >> i noticed i had a realnn tions with the organization. i decided to fund raise with them. i feel great when i do it. it just really is awesome for me tohelp other people. >> and it was awesome seeing him do that. you can see dylan's story coming up tonight on news4 at 5:00 p.m. >> aww, very nice. after being scrubbed twice last week, spacex launched a rocket from cape canaveral. >> on the rotti batch of what could ultimately be satellites providing

space-bas i space-baseternet service around the world.xe ecutives say the ultimate goal is to develop affordable and reliable broadbd service in the future. >> okay. >> a lot of learning to do. >> still amazes me every time.n >> i still do know how the cloud works. i'm not sure that i'm ready to trust anything above the cloud. >> i've seen the amount of emails you haven't deleted. >> you should see the amoun' i havet read. >> there you go. >> all good stuff today. not necessarily las night. >> rough weather yesterday. it was in and out of hre in the blink of an eye, thankfule. take wet a chance to clean things and enjoy nice may weather befo summertime comes back. when it returns on sunday, it is here to stay for next week. may will end hot and june will start hotter. og walking forecast, a cu little puppy this morning, one of the few emails i've actually

answered in my recent history.bo some called in and wanted to adopt sparkle. sparkle will hopefully bend fig a new home later today. this cute little guy is armando. you can always send me an email, although in all fairness it's friday at lunchtime, i may be leaving the office this afternoon, but i'll get back to you monday. go to nhumaescuealliance.org to find out how to adopt thy gur any of their other animals for adoption. higher it was and higher humidity levels comeac rg back in here. no rain chance for today or tonight. tomorrow a sliver of a chance into the shenandoah valley as the warm air bubblesback in. we don't need to worry about that rain chance near the city. if you're headed to the beaches, no chance for rain until sunday. temperature-wise, we're in the 70s to near 80 now. we'll end up with a high today of 83 degrees. nats and marlins game tomorrow

night, 7:05 first pitch, perfect night for baseball. the north west wind may help on the home run count, let's just hope it's the na that are doing it. headed to the beaches, if your day today is for traveling, good weather for your beach plans for the weekend. maybe a sliver of a chance of a thunderstorm on sunday afternoon. check out this ten-day forecast. a oen d95 that. >>me that's so good looking weather for the weekend, thank you, chuck. the weather looks really good for thate outdoor wend activity, whatever you have plated. how abou a winery? more ideas coming up for you. g plus foodd enough for a superhero. how the nationals are celebrating marvel's big guys this coming weekend.

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>> talk about a surprise. a special visitor stopped by the nats youth baseball academy in southeast d.c. former president obama tossed around the ball witthe kids there in the afterschool program. president obama took some time at with those youngsters about the value of teamwork and trying their best in school. from nats youth academy to nats park and a busy weekend of baseball. the nationals play tonight against the marlins. a lot is planned this weekend. i have a visitor, zimmerman. here isas examples is our chef, thank you for being here. this looks and smells beautiful. >> thank you, thank you. >> there will be fireworks tonight. tomorrow is amethee day. >> that is correct. >> we're talking about marvel superheroes and you guys have food to go along with it. >> yes, we do. today we have our thor's thunder short rib ha >> that is the biggest thingi'

ve ever seen. >> it's for thor. >> you have to, what are you going to do, right? unbelievable. what else do we have on the menu for tomorrow? >> we'll be building the hulk version of a nacho. last but not least is the iron-man-wich, shaved ribeye, a homemade manwich sauce and caramelized onions and parsley. >> show me how thenday looks li at the beaches. sunshine and highs in the 70s. right here at home, it's going to be very hot finish to your holiday weekend. 80s today and tomorrow. 92 coming up on sunday. and again, ale real bubb of hot weather moves in here tuesday, wednesday, thursday of next week. so have a safe holiday weekend. remember never to drink and drive. good luck with your commence want speech tonight, melissa. >> oh, thank you. constitution hall at 2:30.

i'm not nervous at all.ve >> you'een practicing. she's ready. that's it for "news4 midday," thanks for joining us. we're back on the air fst:0 at 40. get news and weather updat any time with the nbc washington app. have a great day and great holiday weekend.

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