. now " onws4 midday," two tornados a week apart. people in howard county dealing with power outages and downed trees and road closures. we'll have a closer look at the extent of the>> damage. and i know there was a lot of damage across the area yesterday. but quite a change out there today. lower humidity, lower temperatures. but what does the weekend have in s sore? moreere weather? we'll talk about it coming up. thousands changing their morning routine because of this massive hole in the bid -- in the middle of a busy roadway and howt got there and how long it will take t repair. >> announcer: "news4 midday"

starts now. good morning.o and welcome t "news4 midday." i'm molette green. >> i'm pat lawson muse. for the second time in a week a tornado touched down in howard county. take a look at this video sent to us by a viewer. of storm is as it rolledthrough ellicott city yesterday. >> today the national weather service will be there serving the dama left by the storm. justin finch has more on the damage from that area.: >> reporterhis morning neighbors here offo rury road waking up to damage. downed wires and trees and debris almost everywhere and trees that once stood tall snapped by trd storms yesy. we do have video to show you here. a -- take a look. a series of snapped trees and the national weather service saying the damage is consistent with a tornado that may have come through here after 3:00 on thursday afternoon with that orm.

saw a lot of damage across howard county on the way up here. a lot of roads have been blocked by trees and debris. a lot of clean-up here expected today. similar scene down in frederick county, a home sliced by a tree and across the scene, same scene in anne arundel county, large swaths impactedto by the s yesterday. we did hear a thousand left without power yesterday as well because of the storm. today the work will continue to get them back normal. and as well as you look out here again and just see the enormity of the damage just here on roxbury road how powerful the of m was and we're hearing one person injured in all of this. the degree of the injury not yet known at this time. but the national weather service will be here today to assess ust how strong the storm was and the damage that itcaused. in howard county, i'm justin finch, nbc4.

so take a look at this cell phone video. it shows the ha, wind and the rain that swept across manassas yesterday. the peon whorecorded this said some of the hail was as big as gumbo. the next picture we want to show you is from spotsylvania county showing a funnel cloud forming off in the distance. vithe national weather ser will be out there today to survey that damage and to see if a tornado, in fact, toucdod anywhere. but one thing is for sure, there is going to be a lot of sto clean-up happening across our area today. >> and after the clean-up and the storms, we are hopingfo nice, quiet weekend. >> we are. lauryn ricketts, what can we expect. >> i think we'll be quieter than the lt couple of days. and we're looking at some sunshine out there right now. a few clouds out ther but we are dry. thank goodness. a beautiful look from our live tower camera. the thing the camera doesn't show you is how low the humidity

is and how comfortable it is outside. itis just absolutely wonderful. in terms of how it feels when you step out of the door. it is brutal the last couple of dahe. nothing onradar right now. so that is good news. but again possibly tornado yesterday. in spotsylvania county and we'll see when the national weather service eys that one and that the one to the north surveys as well to see what kind of size and intensity it was but it was confirmed by radar up ino howard ty. again looking at showers well off to the west. getting ready to enter west virginia. this will stay just to the south of us. but i doelieve some rain showers could clip the d.c. area later on. now it is comfortable outside. look at this. 70s and 80s, this more like it. no 90s out there. but we -- we might warm up a going to , but we're cool down as well. we're going to show you what we mean by that and show you what the weekend has in store because we do have rain chaes and

possibly storms and we'll chymetime itou coming up. >> now to a tragic murder mystery. we're learning how two adults and a 14-year-old di f. theamily of three was found murdered in a spotsylvania home on wednesday morning. victims i 39-year-old michael coleman and his girlfriend 34-year-old rachel ozuna and her 14-year-old son. friends of the 14-year-old have been sharing memories on social media. he just graduated from the eighth grade at thornberg middle school. >> i wasn't that close to him and i was -- [ inaudible ]. >> he didn't deserve that. and it is just -- oh! >> a toddler and an infant were also found inside of the home un rmed. there is no word yet on a possible suspect in the case. at 11:05, right now crews arecy doing emergen work along river road in montgomery county. >>ea chopper4 up rlier this

morning where ale larger ho opened up and now a stretch of the roadway is temporarily closed with detours tget around. here is nbc4 megan mcgrath live hein potomac with t details. megan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you could see the problem right there. that big hole right in the middle of theoadway. we pan over here to see the storm pipe that has given away and collapsed there. they're going to be swapping that out andht they just b new pipe to the scene a few minutes ago. workers have been here all night long. ut we're being told that the repair job could go into next ek. >> the hole is big and it opened up right in the center of river road. >> in the middle of the road, i would say it is fe feet wide and about ten feet long and abou -- oh, i think it is a mile deep.

lau [ laughter ] >> reporter: well not a mile but ten feet deep enough to close the road. >> even remember a bu in the road prior to yesterday. so it was all of a sudden. >> reporter: roughly 3500 motorists drive through here every day. but not this weekend. transportation officials say the repair job is expected to take days. cars a beingtoured on to seneca road but folks traveling through potomac should allow for some extra time to get where they're going. so they're digging now to make room for the new replacement pipe but again for folks who go along river road through this stretch of potomac, this is not an easy fix ore so we'ring told. this is going to drag on through the weekend and possibly into early next week. back to you. >> that is going to be a nightmare for people. thank you, so much. >> thanks, megan. well chopper4 flew over the scene of a truck fire in frednick county this mornig. this was on eastbound i-70 after

the south mountain west area while approaching myersville. this caused a four-mile back-up during the morning rush hour. at last check all o lanes arepen but delays remain. there is major changes coming to one of the area's most dangerous. roadways starting tomorrow, there will be three new roving speed cameras hlong indiaad highway. over the past decade more than 60 people have died i crashes on route 210. the new roving speed cameras will operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and moved from different locations along 210. a cameras the first of the kind in the states and they were made possible by legislation. so thisiday night, tonight, you could become a megamillionaire. we're only a few hours away from the next big lottery jackpot drawing. the megamillions is estimated to be worth $444 miion. when all of the numbers are drawn tonight, luck may be in

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president trump international trade war is taking on a new battle front this morning. much closer to home. asbc4 tracie potts explains, he's now going after mexico. >> reporter: it is a trade war aimed at curbing iegal immigration. >> we're going to do something dramatic on the border. >> reporter: thursday night the white house announced a 5% tariff oall goods from mexico starting june 10th. going up every month through october to a permanent 25%. unless mexico, quote, substantially stopped the illegal inflowf aliens coming through the territory. ts is asinine, democrats tw responded onter, claiming the president has a severe lack of understanding of both

immigration and basic economics. mexican president manuel lopez obrador responded in a letter that social problems are not resolved with taxes or coerci measures. he is sending his foreign minister to washington today.e thariffs as lawmakers in three countries consider whether to approve mr. trump's u.s.-mexico-canada trade deal. mike pence was promoting it in canada on thursday. >> we think the u.s., the largest trade deal in e history of the united states, willbsreate jo and opportunities in our country. >> reporter: the white house believes the new tariffs will not slow down o approval the trade deal. we're likely to hear more about this inhoa few s when mexico's president holds his daily news conference there. tracie potts, nbc news, washingto when mgm national harbor came to town executives promiseo hundredsf jobs for local

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olivia para gold died last nosmber. this i a photo. she attended the college park campus. yesterday the governor sent a letter to the board of regents demanding an investigation. nbc4 reached out to the school for reaction. administrators say the cdc did not confirm the specific strain of adevirus until november 19th. the governor's letters is after a wash post article showing the school waited 18 days to disclose information about the virus to students. umd said it notified students and parents within 24 hours. that was after the department authorized them to do so. today there will be a golf tournament to honor jordan mcnair. he's the university of maryland football player who died from heat exhaustion last year. after his death, his parents established a foundation to reduce occurrences of heat stroke andd heat-rela illnesses in student athletes. today's golf tournament will raise money for the foundation's scholarship fund. it tes place at the turf

valley golf course in ellicott city. virginia tech is dealing with a major issue but the school said it is a good problem. >> i think so. apparently the school has accepted more freshman in the fall than expected. so there offering three different enrollment options. take a gap year and get a $1,000 scholarship renewable for up to four years. they can wait a year tone roll at virginia tech while taking ngasses at a community college or start taki courses at the school in july for free and nroll full time either in the fall or spring. some options at least. >> yeah. must be very popular. that freshman class. >>lu absoely. everybody wants to go to that school. so there are some choice words that you can always use to describe the traffic in our area. but now there is a way to actually spell out a message to oths. driver >> it is a device called road

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disaster across the midwest and south. llions of people are dealing with historic flooding. this is video from yell county, arkansas.an >> levees dams are being pushed to the limits. hundreds of homes have been flooded in fort smith, arkansash and that is were we go to kristin dahlgren. >> reporter: two weeks of severe weather leading tol newding fears. on the illinois border in west quincy, missouri, a mandatory evacuation order overnight. authorities warning major flooding is imminent aft a levee failed near the mississippi river. parts of the arkansas river now at record levels. >> you could se how muchater is fleeing down the arkansas. we have to turn the boat around. it is pulling us into that t waer, the current just so swept because of the volume right now. the wicked weathe system that

caused the historic floods -- >> oh, my god. >> reporter: spawning deadly tornados is now moving east. there have been more than aan thoustornado reports so far this year. about 200 above arth. more than half of this in may across 32 states. in arkansas water spreading as er as the eye could s some residents buildingrr baicades around their homes to stop the flow of water from coming in. ilene was evacuated but as she returned to survey her flooded home, a glimmer of hope. >> a tragedy like this brings out the very best in people. de reporter: a levee to our east in da arkansas has now breached to the fear is that many more neighborhoods will soon look like this. kristin dahlgren, arkansas. >> we feel for them. but at least they're getting a e ieve. >> a break today. but the pattern favorable for this kind of event for these severe weather events, so we'll have to see. and may is one of the deadliest

months for tornados. it is off the rocker this is year in terms of h many we've seen and 500 tornados in may this year. well past the seasonal average for this year. united states wide. so again we are looking at at severe weer that just keeps on coming. thank goodness we're all getting a break todhey. we got clouds out there right now. we have the low humidity. it is just a beautiful day out there right now. as we continue through this weekend, listen, the heat and humidity are going to stay on side.w so we get a break from that as well. and weekend is not awash-out but we do have rain chances through this weekend. right nowas as far radar is concerned, nothing happening. but we widen it out a little bit and we still have stuff off to the west and for area of low pressure is coming through t t region right now, just entering west virginia and it is going to continue to travel a little bit to the south of us. riding along a frontal system over the south right now.

but, again,th that could clip d.c. area. i think the closer you go into central virginia, the better chance you're going to see rain showers. so the farther south youtravel, the chance and percentage ups for some rain. now if you areeling to the beaches, virginia beach, and also pretty much the entire shoreline of north carolina, those are the areas that have a best chance of severe weather for today. current temperatures right now, ou could see it is so comfortable. temperatures are in the 70s to around 80 and the reason it is comfortable is because of the humidity. we could deal with the emperatures without the humidity. so comfortable the next couple of hours. more clouds fill in through the middle of the part of the afternoon and into the eve could have rain chances particularly south as i said. but they may just clip the d.c. area. so let me show you what i mean. 11:00, we have that sunshine with a few high clouds. now look at this. at 4:30. from winchester through a line through washington and calvert county where anne arundel county

meets, there could be showers south but could clip the d.c. area. not likely. up uld say about 10% chance here and about a 20% and then up from there. we could have showers south and east of d.c.intomorrow morn and we'll keep about a 30% chance of showers tomorrow. but we also have rain around for sunday. we'll talk about at and i also want to talk about the beaches in case you are traveling today. that is all coming up in just about 15 minutes. >> lauryn, thank you so much. local governments are moving to alternative fuel to protect the environ yent, the changesou may not even no tce. andhe government wants to make sure cannabis-related product which have flooded the product which have flooded the market are safe and the hearing ♪

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cannabis and cannabis-derived compound known as cbd. >> the fda wants to know how safe and effective it is. hundrxps of people are eected to speak, including doctors, farmers and people in the cannabis industry. the hearing could go a long way to determine whether we see more cbd in drinks, food, and supplements. nbc's joe fryer reports. >> reporter: it is called a magic elynxir. >> a bill chill pill. er >> reportcbd derived from cannabis and severals and users claim it could treat everything from arthritis to insomnia. >> it worked and was a miracle. seriously. >> reporter: and business is booming. cbd is on track to become a $22 million industry by 2022. >> we've seen, i would say, at least 25% growth from month to atnth. obviously this insane compared to a lot of the other

markets. >> reporter: it is been added to just about everything. makeup, coffee, pet treats and possibly ice cream. ben and jerry's said it can't wait to add the come pound to th pints soon. the catch, the fda prohibits companies from addingbd to food, beverages and dietary supplements and this is a chance for gulators to hearm froa hundred cbd manufacturers and farmer andch reses directly looking for answers to pressing questions. one top fda official tweeting what happens if you eat food with cbd in it and used skin cream and other cbbased products on the same day. what if you use the products daily for a week or a month or longer? what if someone taking cbd is also taking medications? adding thus far the data appear insufficient. doctors also say the jury is out. >> just yer beware. no going into it that there is no evidence for it.

but if your going to walk out feeling better i'm not going to say that is a terrible thing but as a society, let's get the real evidence. >> reporter:dding to the confusion, congress legalized certain forms of cbd in december but laws still vary widely from state tate. this month this great grredmother wased on a family vacation at disney world. >>'m going to have to put cuffs on you. >> she was using cbd to help with arthritis. >> they made me take pictures. i had on a jump suit and take my clothes off. >> repo er: and this weekend the tsa changed its policies to allow travellers to carry certain hemp-derived forms of cbd oil, the latest change. while cbd future elsewhere remains up in the air. >> that was joe fryer reporting. now the first public hearing is mostly a listening s asion the fda gathers more information about cbd and other cannabis compounds. we might still be years away from a roll out of any official

regulations. in october of 2002, the d.c. sniper case had everyone in the our on edge, scared to pump gas, lookintrice at all box trucks. now the case is about to be the subject of a new show at pointless theater in northwest d.c. called foreste. triag the show creator is said to show now the informatioge impacts a community in crisis. the show starts today and runs through june. cot district of columbia become the 51st state?st for the firtime in more than 20 years, congress will hold a hearing on thate v question. it is still a long way from becoming a reality. district leaders gathered at the d.c. war memorial on the national mall to make the case for statehood. >> we are not asking for a hando. we are demanding our fundamental rights as americanze citins. >> the house hearing takes place

july 24th. mayor bowser urged d.c. residents to fill that hearing room that day. >> closer than ever on that one. 11:32 is your time this morning. prince george's county doing its part toessen the impact of our changing climate. >> darcy spencer explains the push for propane in county vehicles. >> that it for a spin. >> reporter: this may look like a regular riding mower, but if you look closer, there is a propane tank powering the mower. some local governments are moving this alternative fuel to reduce emissions. >> we can have an impact on the just the physical environment in terms of ground level ozone and smog and things like that but also the greenhouse gases. gr reporter: prince george's county passed a een fleet resolution in 2014 and so far the unty hasp 28 pane-powered vehicles and six on order. surpassing their goal. part of the reason prince george's county is movin more

toward propane gas, they're trying to reduce the impact of h climatege. a workshop was held in forestville about the advantages of pl.pane fue representatives from governments in the region attended to see if it makes sense for them. >> it isn't as sexy as a solution asicfor example elect vehicles but the reality is the fuel is inexpensivive and the are reduced os and it is a great alternative to diesel fuel. >>s in the nozzle. >> reporter: the count has a propane station where buses and trucks can refuel. someit crs are concerned about the safety of the tanks and the propane and leader are trying to educate the public about the benefits. >> when it burns off it is a cleaner fuel for the children to breathe other than sitting down at that level and sucking in diesel from school buses that run off of diesel.

>> reporter: in prince george's county, darcy spencer,nbc4. >> the county tells us it is saving money on fuel and maintenancet busing propane. $70,000 in the past five years in fuel costs and $4,500 for ea bus per year. you could check out more of our stories on our changing climate right now in the nbc washington app, just search "changing climate." well from the climate to the weather. we have some big changes coming next week. lauryn takes a look ahead. >> >> f butst a weekend traffic alert for you. >> i'melissa mollet with the roads for the weekend. on 395 they ar permanently shutting down a section this weekend. talking about southbound. the hov ramp to the main lanes thatill be closing. this is all part of the express lanes project. you must take that after crossing the 14th street bridge and that might be confusing for

a short time. race 4 respect 5-k downtown, road closures from 2:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. through 12th and 13th and include parts of peninsula and 10th and 11th and 12 street. back to virginia. on the cycling classic also on saturday. closures from crystal city from 4:30 in the morning until 5:00 in the evening. parts of 110 clark street and crystal driveill be shut down. have a great weekend. i'll see you monday

for three decades young people in ourrea with developmental and physical disabilities have benefited from a programal ced keen. that organization provides exercise classes and at beginning volunteer karen thought she would help out for a little while. 27 yearster she's still there. her fellow volunteers nominated

her to be a harris hero because of her deep personal dedication to the athlet and through her work karen transformed the way people see kids with disabilities and how they see themselves. >> they are athletes. this is a moment they get to shine as athletes. some of the kids and young adults participate in challenger and in special olympics. so we have athletes in this program, young kids t in program who may never get that chance. so this is their moment to be athletes just like anybody else. >> you don't want t miss her story. it is coming up tonight on nbc4 at 5:00 p.m. we'll see you then. orward to it. >> can't wait to see that. >> and can't wait for the weekend. but i guess we should start with the weather this afternoon. >> yeah. and muriel just called me and she's so tired from yesterday and she and doug did a good job and she said do you think any of the storms will be bad this afternoon. we do have a chance for culpepea

nd southern maryland. they won't be tat bad. that is good news after yesterday. fingers crossed. now if you are headed to the beaches, virginia beach and not necessarily maryland and delaware, but virginia afach this rnoon all the way down the coastlin outer banks down to wilmington, north carolina. looks like that area could have severe weather and talking about damaging winds. very strong storms and even a hail threat. so if you are traveling there this afternoon, just know, might on the roads for a little while in case the storms fire up and they get going. ut for us, not looking too shabby. and in fact it is beautiful outside. we have plenty of sunshine, great day to eat lunch outside because of that low humidity. now we do have an isolated chance aven-- chance of a showe tomorrow. southern maryland through the easwrn shore, a fe early tomorrow morning and i'll be with you tomorrow morning starting at 6:00 a.m. but also there could be about% 30ance to see a shower here or there. but the time we get into sunday, slightly betr chance. 50/50 shot to have showers around. hard to pinpoint where but we keep that chance there as a

frtal system coming through. monday and tuesday gorgeous. then another chance wednesday and thursday for showers. but nothingt there right now. looking good. upper-level disturbance through the west. g.ry slow-movin a little bit of hail in that as well. with freezing areas up to the -- up the atmosphere. so they're seeing hail w within that. but this is going to continue to area.nto our may we cannen o-- may weaken ovr the area but d.c. and south could see rain and a frontal system to the south and this area of low pressure will ride a along it like train. but some showers could clip the d.c. area. 70s right now to low 80s. i n't think anything we see will be that strong or severe. mid-80s today and agai p.m. showers to the south of d.c. but otherwise, it is just a comfortable day. now if you are traling, again, that thunderstorm risk is to the south. here we go, virginia beach down banks. outer

could have some severe weather down there. so the beach forecast for the northern areas, looking good. so if yola are going to mad and delaware, looking good. but south of d.c., virginia no beach and h carolina beaches not looking good. you'll have a rain chance on sunday as you come on back from the beaches from the maryland and delaware beaches. talkinghe about ten-day forecast. coming up in about 10 minutes. >> thank you, lauryn. packages delivered seven days a week. the company providing that service. and wedding trends from the registry to man's best friend.

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with your cnbc morning business report, i'm frank holland. wedding season getting into full swing. if you have some coming up, but don't know exactly what gift to give, we have a few ideas for you. nbc's liz mclaughlin takes a look at the hottest wedding gifts. >> reporter: weddings are getting pricier. for the couple, and the guests. >> the average wedding registry is valued justnder $5,000. >> reporter: and more couples are asking for cash. according to a study from wedding pnning website the knot, cash registries have gone up year-over-year and bring in ,800 for the average wedding. >> when guests see what going to spend the money on, they're more likely to click the button and give you the cash. honeymoon funds are the most popular but couples are earmarking it for anything, including a down payment on a home and gym membership and fertili treatments. >> and morees coupl are using the special day to give back and

donating to charity in lieuf a gift. >> reporter: most couples choose a ctyhari ttha means something them. >> reporter: though they are on the rise. 97% still have a retail registry with tangible items but couples are moving beyond bed sheets and blenders. >> couples are getting later in life so they have the stuff they need to set up a home. me reporter: they are including devices.t ho or items personalized to reflect their interests such as outdoor equipment. >> we're seeing couples create registry to reflect who they are as people. >> reporter: and the experiences they want to share long after they tie the knot. z mclaughlin, nbc news. >> okay y you have your ideas. now here is chuck bell with another weddingnd tre. dogs. >> pets become a big part of ths family and a result they're often included in some very important moments. even weddings. alexander dilly from the humane

clscue alliance is here with advice on ing your four-legged friends in the big family ceremony. thank you for joinings today. >> sure. >> before we get into ins and outs of including your dog in your wedding which i fear could be complicated for certain breeds. let's talk about this guy here. who do you have for the dog of the week. >> this is sox and he is a year and eight months and a shepherd mix. we got him because he came from the -- he came in as a flooding survivor. so tulsa, oklahoma, floods they needed to transfer him out of the shelter because of that. >> people don't realize, there ian awful lot of flooding in tulsa but that part of the world and flooding in many states so i'm sure these type of situations are taking place a to teakgs do dan cats out of the danger nd get them adopted somewhere else. >> exactly. >> so it is a great network to move dogs to where they could

find a home because people aren't busy trying to clean up their home with a flooding situation. >> exactly. >> so he's 50 or 60 pounds and still very skinny so he won't be taller but mayup thicken >> he'll fill out. >> but super friendly and a great natured personality. and bow tie for the spirit of the wedding season. what are the dos and don'ts trying to include your dogs or cat or pets in the big ceremony. >> you want to know how well they whether -- will in crowds with people and many animals don't do very well. so there are other ways to he incorporate t besides the main ceremony. one of the things that you could do is have them hang out with ceremony. the weddin so while you are getting ready and you'r taking pictures with your wedding party as a smaller group and that is easier sometimes. >> mas good sense. >> you could also put them in the announcement pictures.

>> oh, yeah. >> so when you are saying we're going to get married, have them be in those pictures. or even put them in the progra and you canreven make you napkins, put littl engraved pictures of your pet on your napkins. >> all right. >> or any kind of party favors. >> like yousaid, i guess i haven't thought the crowd could be the biggest part of the concern. obviously if your going to have nd of fireworks or anything like that, that is part of the ceremony and the reception. we want to make su that your animal is capable of hearing the boom without getting fearful. >>definitely. you could have them hang out at a little bit later on just for a few minutes. >> and it can be fun. i was at a weg in augu tampa and my friends had the yorkie as the ring bearer. >> that is so cute. >> and murphy wandered down the middle of the aisle strapped on the back and it was cute and it be done with great success ot make sure they are not going to clearff the buffet. your dog would be

comfortable. >> and it depends, the dogs are moste. socia cats trickery to include. >> it depending on the cat but you are probably rht. i would say you want to harness train your cat to walk them down the aisle. they might be a little quieter. and some cats are really outgoing so those would be good option >> great. those are all great ideas there on whether it is on the actual ceremony or the invitations and stuff that is awesome. and a big reminder for everybody coming up, not too much longer from now, in itaugust, s the big clear the shelters event. >> right. >> so we'll be teaming up with the human rescue alliance and comcast nationwide to find as many animals new forever homes as we can in august. youould find out more about that information by going on to the nbc washington app and looking for it or go to humane rescue alliance.org and they'll have information on it on their website and go there to find out how to add sox to your family. so thank you very much for

coming in today. >> sure. >> and we will see you a next week. >> great. adorable. >> and a little hungry. i> apparently. the myst open the season this weekend in a brand new home. >> coming up, we'll tell you o ere tcatch the action in

game one of the nb finals is over and the toronto raptors are celebratingrs the fi win.

they beat the reigning nba champs golden state warriors last night. 118-109. it is the first time the raptors have ever been in the finals. it is the chfth straight pionship run for the warriors. prince george's native kevin durant is still o with the calf strain. game two back in toronto on sunday. >>'l wesee. >> get kevin back to health. >> shut him up and shut him down. >> book fest and hoop fest. these are two of the big local events taking place this weekend here. >> nbc4 tommy mcfly has a look f at some for everyone. >> basketball books and the band verticalmorizon. i' tommy mcfly with what isp for your weekend. tomorrow in congress heighen it is opng day for the mystics at their very first season in their entertainment and sport as rina in congress heights and it kicks off at f 3:00 andee to

fans an on board activities and food and autographs from former players. now through sunday the herndon festival this year in a bran-new location. and mayor told us about. >> it the festival moved to spring treet, the heart of herndon is here at northwest federal credit union and love it there with trees and picnic tables and grassy areas to hang out and more room for the carnival. if you have a stroller and you are going to love it because there are no hills to navigate. i remember those days. so hope you come down and join us. a it islast. >> on sunday the headlining performer to cap off 50 entertainers is verticalz ho. on sunday it is books in blue, this is a huge book festival with speakers from everyone from jose andres to authors making their way in the book world. ch is a big summer push for how important reading is even during the warm shsmer montwhen school is out. check out books in bloom and the

post. i'm tom yik my fly with what is up for your weekend on nbc4. june is lgbt pride month and the capital pride allowance here ind.c. announced grand marshals for next weekend parade and they include arlene bud a local activist and matt easton the byu valedictorian who came out during his graduation speech and brandon wolf a survivor of the orlando nightclub shooting and cast members of the fx show "pose" it is next saturday from upont to 14th street and nbc4 will be there. big supporter let's head to the storm center to gte the la on the weather from lauryn. hey, lauryn. >> well we're look at temperatures, low to mid-80s for day time highs. could have showers just to the south of our region. but againnl mai d.c. and south. they could clip northern virginia but that is about a 10%

chance and the fther south better chance of seeing storms. but out to virginia beach or north carolina beaches, best chance at seeing severe weather. otherwise saturday, showers lingering ouj and southeast of d.c. anch another ce of a pop up shower but most of us dry. showers here and there and sunday, not a wahout but we stay with the humidity and comfortable conditions and tuesday heatand humidity and monday and tuesday gorgeous. frontal system on thursday and that could kick off more showers and thunder aorms. friday saturday of the next week, looking good. >> all right. sounds good. >> we can work with it. >> yes, we can. >> that is nbc4, thank you for being with us. we're back on the air this afternoon first at 4:00. >>eret news and weath updates any time with thebc washington n

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