>> right now on midday, following the very latest on the deadly helicopter crash that rocked new york. we'll tell what you t investigas are revealing about the crash at this hour. >> why contempt vote for todayw canceled. i'm tracie potts, coming up more on that plus why president trump is defiending his immigration deal with mexico. and it is a beautiful day out there right now. we've got clear skies as the rain impacted us yesterday now off into the atlantic but any more rain on the way. we'll talk about that and your father's day forecast coming up.

>> announcer: "news4 midday" starts now. >> good morning, thas for joining us on "news4 midday." i'm molette green. >> and i'm melissa mollet. kick off with t forecast. lauryn ricketts has what you need to know into the. unch hour >> hello out there. oh, my goodness, i is so beautiful out there right now. we're lookin at blue skie for the most part. with just very nice conditions. low humidity, a little bit of a breeze in the air but it is absolutely gorgeous out there and it is going to continue to stay like that through the remainder of the day. current temperatures out there right now, it is feeling good. maybe even a little cool with the breeze. temperatures from the 60s to low 70s.n 64inchester seems to be the cool spot right now. high pressure right over topf us so that is pushing the clouds out. now we had some rain overnight but you could see the cloud deck, that frontal system is defined right here pushing off into the atlantic. while weke clearing bacff to the west. so again looking beautiful out there today but we do have some

changes as we tend to do around here. we'll talk about the changes when you could r expect morein coming up in a few minutes. >> perfect tuesday weather for voting. right ow voters in virginia heading to thels po in the primary election. and there is a lot at stake for the highly-contested races in both parties. aimee cho is live with what voters need to know. good morning, aim e. >> reporter: good morning. you should be in good shape as r as wait time. we're at lake braddock secondary school and we haven't seen huge necrowds and o voter described it as under-whelming but many are making a push for last-mot votes. on a sunny summer morning, virginia voters coming to cast ballots, like kia connelly. >> it is exciting: >> reportere just graduated high school yesterday and now another milestone. her first time voting. >> a littl t sadat it is not a presidential election or

anything. bute the small elctions are really important too. >> reporter: on the ballot today, all 140 house and senate seats, chairman of the board of supervisors and the commo ealth attorney for fairfax, arlington and prince william county. some morning we asked voters what is important to them. >> the reg system has got to be improved. somethingabas to be donet transportation. >> schools and roads. things that keep our kids se. also some of the progressive agenda as far as making sure we're being fair and equal and inclusive. >> reporter: if your headed oute to vote, t polls close at 7:00 p.m. make sure you bring a photo i.d., also any registered votert can vote in democratic or republican primaries but not both. >> i've seen some candidates that have aew ideas bringing fresh things to our county. a lot of enthusiasm and community support. so it is going to be interesting. >> reporter: now as long as you're in line by 700 p.m. tonight you will be able to

vote. also if you forget your photo i.d., no worries. you could still cast a provisional ballot but it won't be countsed until you bring your i.d.s. afterward nbc4. burk, aimee cho, >> thank you very much. over in the district, students won't be back in the classroom for a second day at d.c.'s sousa middle school because of vandalism, over the weekend someone broo the school in southeast and emptied six fire extinguishers and broke two exit signs vandalized dan bleachers. d.c. officials closed the school yesterday for cleaning and repair. a letter went home to families s last nighting the air quality in the building wasn't safe for the students to return. students can still pick up a lunch at the school bore noon. the man who they say started a panic during the capital prids parade onurday is out of jal. he pled not guiltyyesterday to possession of a prohibited

weapon. police say he pulled out a bb gun during a dispute that prompted people in the crowd to panic and run in all directions. according to court documents, ed singh l in virginia beach but in the country illegal. >> and montgomery county councilman believes he was racially profiled by a trooper. he said the trooper pulled him over on saturday on new hampshire avenue but the trooper said wandorossed a stop line at red light but he said the first question the trooper asked him was if he owned the car. >> this is a pretextual stop. e's looking for other violations, drugs, money, something. and he thought i looked out of place. >> the trooper said he did not know the race or sex of the driver before stopping the vehicle. he alsoet said asking whr the driver owns the car is standard during traffic stops. in a statement to news4 thege ay said the maryland stateli poce strictly forbids

bias-base placing in law enforcement activities. on capitol hill, the contemp votes that have supposed to be happened havece cand for now. tracie potts explains what happened. >> thank you for being here. >> reporter: today's contempt vote to enforce a subpoena for atbaorney general william has been called off for now. the justice department cut a last-minute deal with democrats. the departmt will now comply ith the subpoena and allow lawmakers to see evidence of obstruction behind the mueller report. it happened just hours before democrats brought in a key watergate figure, former nixon white house lawyer johnan de to explain how obstction works. >> the trump administration is in fast competition with what happened to the nixon reministration. >> reporter: the pdent dismissed dean -- >> john dean has been a loser for many years. >> reporter: while explaining a mysterious tweet suggesting mexico signed off on a secret immigration deal. >> we have an agreement on

sometng that they will announce very soon. >> reporter: critics claim there is nothing new. >> he creates a crisis and then acts like te goes on solve it. >> reporter: that mexico had already agreed months ago to hold migrants on their side and speed up troops to the guatemala border. >> it has to be enforced and making sure that mexico follows through. f> reporter: if not, the secretary o state said tariffs, taxes on mexican goods, are still on the table.st the trump admition is giving mexico 90 days to comply with this immigration deal. but say they expect to see progress in the first month. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. happening today, jon stewar. is in d to help victims of 9/11. stewart along with several first respondersep from the smber 11th attacks will speak on capitol hill in front of the house judiciary committee. the group hopes to securein fund for theti 9/11 vic compensation fund. that fund is running low on

money and payments tod ictims ansurvivors have been reduced. he committee will vote on fundingtomorrow. also today, catholic church leaders from around the country will come together in baltimore. sexual abuse scandal will be top of mind as the u.s. conference of catlic bishops -- meets, they are under pressure to pass reforms and including washington are under investigation with allegations of abuse by priests. developing this morning, many fol dealing with the shock and fear following the rashed at a helicopter on the o rooff a manhattan skyscraper. the buildingfull of office workers had to be quickly evacuated. here is nbc's kathy park with the latest on the crash that took the life of an experienced rtlot. >> repo: investigators are pouring over the roof of this 54-story skyscraper in the heart of new york city. hunting for clues in what may have caused monday's deadly helicopter crash.

>> we have what appears to be a helicopr that crashed into the roof. the helicopter is on fire. chopper pilothe timothy mccore macflying alone was killed. a senioraw enforcement official telling nbc news that they believe this video shows the chopper flyingerratically moments before impact. but that information still needs to be confirmed by theeaa. thes images show pieces of the aircraft scattered over the roof. the impact was so intense it started a fire and employees felt the building shake. >> not like an earthquake, it was just like it would fall. >> reporter: confusion leading to moments o chaos. >> you get into the lobby and you have people screaming at you, get outside, gete. outs now it is scary. >> reporter: woers -- beg pouring into the rain, blocks from times square and trump >> there is no indication at this time that this was an act of terror and there is no

ongoing threato new york city. sflnkts but many new yorkers held their breath as initial reports triggered memoyies of a september 11th attack. > as soon as you hear an aircraft hit ald buiing, i think my mind goes where every new yorker's mind goes. te >> reporr: officials say the kept took off from the 34th street helly cad on the manhattan east side aft dropping off a passenger. the deadly crash occurring just 11 minutes later. this morning it is still unclear why the pilot was flying under such pr visibility. in a flight zone that has been restricted ever since president trump took office. >> to go into that area, ali hepter would need the appro al of la guardia tower we need to find out if that happened or not here. >> totally understandable, ther fea remember seeing the first alert yesterday thinking oh, no what is next. >> i know. ten minutes after the hour. still ahead on "news4 midday," he very latest on a baseball

hero. >> what doctors are saying about former boston red sox player after he was shot and hear th reaction

so reigning nba champions ll get to game six but they'll have to carry on without kevin durant. last night he made s return after missing last nine games. well, in the second quarter, he went down again. and we could all feel the ouche the. this time the warriors say it is an achilles injury. the team's president of operations was visibly upset when addressing the media about speculatiora that du was rushed back. >> prior to coming back he went through four weeks with a

medical team and it was thorough and experts. and we felt good about the process. ant is set to have an mri sometime today but certainly out for the remainder of the finals. -- game six is in oakland on thursday. >> that is tough right there. >> >> that hurts. red sox legend david ortiz is in bostoneceiving treatment after he was shot in his home country of dominican republic on sunday. >> the retired red sox star is in serious but stable condition. here is nbc's ron mott with the latest on thed investigation an response from his beloved team. >> reporter: formerred sox isuperstar david ortizs recovering in boston after being shot in the back in his nativem doican republic. the man a knowns big papi flown to boston's mass general on o monday night a red sox team plane after a six-hour surgery.

a spokesperson for ortiz sayi doctors had to remove his gallbladder and part of hi intestine to stop internal bleeding.e ire red sox organization pulling for him. >> our exclusive focus is onhis health and well being. >> reporter: the team and fans mo rniyight's home game. sunday's night attack caught on surveillance. a gunman known as eddie vladimir felix garcia coming up behind ortiz and shooting him at close rang the same bullet striking his friend in the leg. authorities believe two people were involved in the attack. one of them badly beaten bian angry crowd bfore police took them into custody. he will be around for a long time. >> reporter: they said the first thing that big papi asked when they came out of the six-hour surgery is when can i see my

family. he's looking forward to reuniting wit his wifeiffany and former teammates here in boston. again, a city that is pulling for david ortiz. ron mott, nbc news, boston. >> we are all pulling for him. an update for northern virginia drivers. ne lane on the northbound end of the gw parkway will remain closed in definitely. sthe national parkvice is working on the sinkhole that opened up last month. there is no time line on when repairs would open. also in virginia, youoknow th traffic circles, i hate those things. they could be so confusing. >> if you drive, we don't ne tell you, those struggles came in all different configurations around here. but does the circle in shirlington giving drivers trouble for years. lauryn richts is talking about this one this morning. news4 transportation reporter adam tuss has more on the growing confusion. >> reporter: this isir it. shlington circle. take a look. you have all of the cars coming and going. a lot ofthissignage.

huge area and meets back up right here. now you ured to fige out how to get through here. >> round and round you go. and who is coming and who is going? nobody really knows. >> in the traffic circle, who yields to who? do you know. >> not -- i'm from new york so -- >> isn't that you yield to the traffic in the circle? >> yep. >> you don't sound so confident. >> i have no idea. >> i have nod i either. >> reporter: v-dot is trying to make it flow better from adding more traffic lights to more es dedicated lor turns to creating new intersections hereu if ynow the area you know the 935 hov lanes wi change to express lanes so careful planning is needed. one thing is for sure, all of the constant weaving means you constantly need to be extra alert through here. a fal report for how this area should change now being prepared. in shirlin, adam tuss, nbc4.

coming up, amazon is on the way to northern virginia and the company is making changes already. >> find out exactly where the new innovation campus is being new innovation campus is being built now. off! deep woods provides long lasting mosquito protection ♪ so you can keep living life your way l off!e on! sc johnson

potomac yard may be aul pop shopping plaza but soon o it will be hme to the virginia tech innovationcampus part of the dealringing amazon to arlington as northern virginia bureau chief julie carey tells us, the new site will be part of a redevelopment of the area. >> this is a great way to start a monday. >> reporter: alexandria mayor reacting to the news that virginia tech innovation campus is moving to a new and bigger location. when amazon announced late last d chosen the crystal city area for the second hkt -- headquarters a key part was a tech campus at this site but

tech found a spot with more space and potential. 15 acres where the regal theater now stands and around e new campus, a complete redevelopment of this strip mall is comingo mixed use, residential and business. >> i think this will be better use and academic campus and all of the life ai vitalty that will bring. i think it is a net win for the whole coreunity. >rter: virginia tech not waiting for the newio innov campus building to start the programs here. next fall grads will set up classrooms in the empty retail space at the potomac yard. cory fields lives in alexander k and in arl and welcomes the change and won't miss the b box stores at all. >> it is development. the world is evolving and it is nice to see our community evolving as well. >> reporter, in alexandria i'm julie carey, nbc4. >> news4 is working for you in the community with news of the kickoffdf the summer f program in loudoun county. feeding students who rely on free or reduced price meals but

go r.ngry during the summe at the sterling library students end up with more than a full stomach. >> we'll have around nine other site this is summer where students can come out and join a , there is no eligibility. >> we found last year that the kids who camehe to t meal stayed and they got library cards, they became members of the library and we see them all>>ear round. now you could get the location of the programs in your area no matterhere you live byhi searcng summer food in the nbc washington ab.a tht is an important program. and now talking about tea wer and it is supposed to be t gorgeous. >> look at this. >> i can't wait.u dinner oide. >> dinner outside. lunch outside. exercise outside. drinks outside. whatever -- >> just have fun outside. >> absolutely right. it is going to be gorgeous throughout the day. we have a little bitze of a b in the air. so it may feel cool, especially

for those in the henandoah valley with temperatures in the mid-60s. but look at. >> that everything is so green t.om the rain that we everything is so blue in the sky. thanks to high pressure sitting right over top of us. it is just a gorgeous day out there. as far as what we're lking at, humidity on the low side. not only today and also tomorrow and the good news about tomorrow, the winds will settle reown. but we' going to trade them for a few clouds so not as picture perfect tomorrow. next chance of rain on thursday and then another chance of rain on father's day. so that is the next two chances of rain in the ten-day forecast. untr -- current temperatures in the upper 60s and 070sll and a sunshine. and this is what high pressure does. it kicks out the and you could see high pressure influencing back through the middle part of the united states. this is that frontal system that passed through the area so you have probably woke up to a rai

wetness around there but we're drying out as the frontal system continues to push off the coast. so for tuesday out look, the women's cup and sit outside because it is nice and breezy but not too bad. good for lunch or dinner outside and if you are going to exercise, the good news is the humidity it that bad. so perfect outside for that. 81 is our daytime high today. and again we are going to see the breezy northwest winds gusting up to about 25, 30 miles per houea so we're hded into the low 80s today. the winds will settle down late tonight. a few clouds overnight but still looking good. if you open up the igndows overn because those temperatures are if the 50s and low 60s. now tomorrow we started off on a beautiful day. sunshine around tomorrow. but then clouds increase. we'll have rain.el likabout 9:00 or 10:00. so we start tomorrow evening. during the commute, looking good. a few more clouds. but here we go. ewe start to se the rain move in, 9:00, 10:00 and then it continues through the thursday morning commute. we'll have showers throughout

the day on thursday. it is going to be muggy on thursday but then out of here by the time we head into your fri so as far as what we're looking at,frsaturday, beautifnow it ge. wel. head ito father's day, if you have things planned outside, muggy and hot and more chances of rain. more news on the other side of this. we'll see you then.

welcome back, everyone. new developments tied to the ueller report today. the house is expected to vote to enforce subpoeas in an effort to get testimony from key white house officials. >> it comes after the justice department agreed to provide congress with more evidence from the special counsel investigation and a key figure from watergate testified on capitol hill. peter alexander has more. >> reporter: as democrats launch an ambitious new round of hearings focused on the mueller

report -- >> we have a responsibility to door this w to follow the facts wher they lead -- >> reporter: president trump remains defiant, dismissing talk of impeachment. >> you can't impeach somebody when there was nothing done wrong. whenu look at past impeachment, president clit,on or nixon i don't leave. there is a big difference. i don't leave. >> reporter: the 45th president invoking the 37th richard nixon who resigned in o disgracer watergate as democrats called on the man who helped bring down nixon, john dean to testify. >> theti last i appeared before your committee was july 11th, 1974. >> reporter: dean pointing to parallels between the special counsel report and the case against nixon. mueller y ways, the report is to president trump what the so-called watergate road map was to president richard nixon. stated a little differently, ecial counsel mueller is provided this committee with a road map. >> reporter: republicans mocking

democrat's decision to invite dean, a vocal critic of the president on cable news. >> this committee is hearing from the 70s and they want their star witness > back. >porter: president trump attacking him. >> john dean has been a loser for many years. >> reporter: still democrats are toutingss progre after the judiciary committee reached a deal with the justice department to hand over some key underlyinn evid about possible obstruction of justice by the president. the democrats say for now they will hold off on a vote to find attorney general billam barr in contempt of congress but will push ahead preparing for a possible court battle to get more documents and for-- witnes to testify with a vot that today. mike pence telling kristin welker he's not worried the supporting evidence will make impeachment more likely. >> i really don't have any concerns about t.na trail, iowa takes center stage. both the president and democrat joe den will be there for a campaign event. it cod be a preview of the

2020 presidential campaign. the trial of a former university of maryland basketball player continues today. demonte dodd is accusedccofer t stand. she said that prior to the night she was assaulted she had never met him and she said they met in a college park bar and admittedr to being dunk before arriving and snorting cocaine. her attorney argues she was too inticated to consent to sex. dodd's attorne was not available for comment but in a previous interview said the sex was nsensual. >> we think that there are several facts that are going to come out in the future and that he'll be exonerated it isst a matter of getting it in front of a judge or jury and letting the process run its course. >> the trial is expected to last through thursda dodd faces 20 years in prison if convicted. and a historic moment in mogomery county meant to show inclusivity has become cbroiled

inontroversy. yesterday for the first time ever a rainbow pride flag was raised outside of une co executive office building in rockville. ale area's also known as veterans' memori plaza and veterans are upset that the pow/mia flags were taken down. >> it is supposed to be veterans park and people died and the naes are there and now they take it down and put another flag up. >> the county is working to add more ringlets to the flagpole so both can be raised. the pride flags will be up until the end of june. >> who want want to meet an astronaut. dozens local youngsters had the chance to do that. serena chancellor who studied at gw log the nearly 200 days in space and traveled more than 80 million miles. tae experiments she helped condk on th station and talked about what it

was like to live and sleep there. >> how incredible. >> people from all over the rld travel to d.c. to visit, of course, the famous smithsonian museum. >> but one tour was extra special. take a look. these people are descendant of james smithson family, the man for whom the smithsonian is named. a clause in his will bee wreathed to science and from there the smithsonian was born as a gift to the nation. >> he was brought up with the old world where hereditary names and titles and families were a quite burden on the way he wan ad to live and also burden on the diffusion of knowledge. so he liked the idea here was a country that had none of that clutter. >> patrick hungerford is a aesce his mth a oithfson's family members will miend a few days in d.c. touring

the sthsonian museum. hereummer break is already for somefde wothi a games,. >> we have a preview of some of the new tech

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today kicks off the super bowl video games in los angeles. >> and the hype has already started with announcements and special events from major companies. nbc's liz mclaughlin has more on what is next in the world of gaming. >> gamers fromc ass the globe are gathered in los angeles. >> i'm a huge nintendo fan. >> reporter: the video game tournaments and special events gearing up for the e-3 expo. >> they're going to test it for the rest of the year as far as what brands new games are coming

out. >> reporter: america's biggest annual video game event officially kicks off today. >> we have a lot of games coming todo ninten switch to get talked about at e-3 this week. >> reporter: but some major players have announced the latest development. new gamesin inclg watch dogs legion. >> please welcome keanu reeves. star power to the stage at its xbox event. >> a right -- >> reporter: actor keanu reeves prfoeting his character in the game cyber punk 2077 and teased an 8-k console. >> by bringing xbox to the cl d. pore>>r ster:vice ando launching in october. one month aad of streaming game service. >>o downloads, no patches, no installs. w reporter: two of the latest companies to offes to play without the need for physical games. >> it is gaming evolved and i

can't wait to see what happens in the future. >> reporter: fans hoping e-3 will offer a sneak peek into the next generation of gaming. liz mclaughlin, nbc news. >> this isa good. on day like this, you don't want to be inside watching video games. >> you don't need to be inside any way. >> except for -- you could go outside at noo >> which is right now. >> because that is when we're outside because we're rushing out of work today. it is -- >> so nice out. >> it is incredib a. >> such pretty color right now. ued listen, we'll contin to dse blue skies. a few more clouround for tomorrow. but otherwise, we're just look at great conditions out there. that are going to continue all day today, all day tomorrow and then we've got rain late tomorrow night. i would say after about 9:00 or e10:00. but bkies out there today. enjoy it. with low humidity. so we're dry today and tomorrow. we do have the rain chance on thursday. widespread rain on thursday. maybe even a fewurday we dry

right back out and then sunday,d father's, we do have some hor rain in the forecast. so we'll talk about the foerjs day forecast in detail in m another tennutes because i want to talk about the temperatures. right around 70 degrees and beautiful and we're headed into the upper 70s to right ound 80. now as far as radar is concerned, look at that, nothing happening. this is what happens when high pressure builds in. and itears all of the clouds out. the last little bit of cloud cover, rolling through eastern maryland and itook a whileor the front to get through. we had some rain during the vernight hours after a few hours of dryness y but there is the front, well defined and pushing on out of re. forecastfor today, temperatures low 80s. and then again we have the sunshine out there. breezy northwest wind. so maybe a little cool at times if your headed to the pool. but again, not that bad. with winds maybe gusting up to about 25 mles per hour. they'll start to settle down during the afternoon but we'll be dry heading into the and dry through most of the daylight hours tomorrow.

temperatures once again right around 80. which is seasonable for this time of the year. we wilinhave an crease in cloud cover. and then we do have some late rain showers. a i said aftut 9:00 or 10:00. so on our future-cast, wednesday at 5:30, we have the clouds in place. so not picture perfect tomorrow as today is. then here comes the rain scattered showers and we could have an embedded thunthrstorm out re as we go through the day on thursday. but i think we'll have rain for a lot of the day on thursday, wrping up late thursdaynd then by friday day break we're back to nice conditions. we're back to blue skie and back to low humidity. so temperatures as we continue through the weekend, really not that bad. b your saturdk into the mid-80s. now we do have rain chances for sunday. and we'll talk about it hour by hour coming up as promised. but mugginess returns on saturday as well. rain chaes continue for your monday and tuesday. but look at these temperatures, those temperatures are right back around 90 ftgreedes. today. again, as we head through the eend of the weekend. but if you have plans outside on

sunday, pay attentionbecause i have about 10 minutes before i'll show that you forecast hour by hour for your father's day. that is coming up right after this.

school is supposed to prepare for you the real world. sometimes it falls short. so a kentucky high school created a three-day crash kors get students ready for life after graduation. david mattingly hasr >> so on this car we have a dip stick right here. >> reporter: how do adults 101 is about the basics.ng like maki sure you know your deway around the hood and in the laundry room. >>an i wd to do my laundry. i knew some aspects but i never sorted my clothes and now i know it is very important to do >> reporter: but it also gets. serious. an entire adulting day was devoted to money. >> we had bankers come in and

talk to students about loans, we had ste atrmfa here talking about insurance, we have representatives here talng aboutretirement. >> reporter: so many things you won't find in a text book and these students seem to be engat. literaony. one less was the master chef rm room challenge. student teams had tke ma a deal by making do with what they had on hand in dorm room, like peanut butter, ramen noodles and pizza rolls, anything jammed into a microwave is fair game. a new pltt hiing the stage at the kennedy center is a story of love, class, a race and family. vie hailia, mississippi is human journey. ain joinus in studio this morning is playwrightef evan linders. i was reading. it is interesting and think it will spark conversations hearing what it is about. so tell us about the title and

what it is about. >> it is a town eight miles south ofhere i grew up in itnnessee. >> so you know well. >> i do. it is right at tennessee/mississippi state ne. bute story is about a couple,la jim and urel parker, a young white couple inmississippi, laurel is nineg months prent. she has her child and she's given birth to a biracial child. she had infidelity the year beore so the show covers t fallout of that infidelity andi it a very small town with a very heated racial pastry and ve storied civil rights past. >> i was going to say, so it is -- indirectly related to race and class and all ofhat. >> sure. >> but very much covered throughout. that is just -- it is sort of woven throughout it. >> yes. absolutely. >> tell me about how you came upyo are the playwright and came idea.h this how did you come up with this, i wanted tobo write a story a people who i knew andame from the region that i come from.

and i wanted tell them th trully and protect them a little bit. i suppose against oricature other people's misinterpretations maybe of who southerns are. stage very much. and wanted to put them on stage. >> i love it. what made you want to be part of the human journey at the kenned, cenhe special experience. >> it's -- the human journey is everything about exploring where you came from. wanting to explore outside of it. it was very much this play for me. it was about, you know, taking this story and going back home wh know, people o i care about and putting their love the test when it comes to this couple. >> i'm sure it is very tested. what do you hope peopl learn from the play? or take away from the play? >> i hope people are

entertained. the play is funny. >> it sounds heavy. >> it he idoes come from, they'y people and naturally funny people. and they -- they're not lrying tond a joke or land a punch line. they just tickle me and twoontd write them and write that in there so i hope they're entertained and makes them ask questions afterwards. >> and you have received major recognition for the play? >> we premieredat in jnuary of 16. my theampany in chicago, i'm from chicaero, premied it but alson premierede same memphis, toronto and and charlton, south carolina. soad we four cities opening at the same time and fostered a conversation online between four four ent cities a different audiences around the story. >> i love it. congratulations. thank you. how fab is that. so you can catc vie hallia, lymississippi through ju 7th and we'll put the time and -- and

the ticket information in the nbc washington app. thank you. we're going to get a final look at your midday forecast in a moment and then later today, howie mandel is stopping by ellen, asking her for advice on women. >> she said i'm on the ventura freeway and the car is out of gas and i'm losin power on thph cell ne and i think o of tires is flat and so i just hung up the phone because -- >> howie will explain hisp ach when ellen airs here on nbc4 at3:00 and stick take-off.

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