baking to get by. ey have an exciting update for us. >> announcer: "news 4 today" starts now. it is 6:0a.m. now. good morning, everybody i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to your wednesday. we are half way through the week.ge ting there to help you get going today our melissa mollet is standing by with r first 4 traffic. >> let's start, though, with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell who is outside now on our i pat chuck, good weather for a barbecue early the morning. >> it sure is. someone said free food and i immediately came running on to the front lawn of channel 4 here. it is preparation for the barbecue battle. let me tell you something, this smells so good early this morning. we have the ribs ready to go. we have the red onions, pickles, sauces. corn on the cob goes perfect with barbecue. barbecue sauce, peppers, the jalapeno pepper challenge.

i double dog dare melissa mollet or not melissa mollet, molette green. let's get to traffic in a second. would you eat this jalapeno pepper? >> not by itself. on to of the pork butt, i will do that. >> your forget for today. not raining now. if you're going to be doing any barbecuing this afternoon, know your rain chances go up, up, up as we get later in the afternoon. not quite as warm. that's good news because it ans not a risk for severe weather today. that severe weather chance does return tomorrow. we'll talk more about that in a second. what about you, melissa mollet? do you take the jalapeno pepper challge? >> if that's a regular hol pain owe pepper? i would do it. yes, i would take the challengeb easnd 66 after 123 still have left side getting by.

those delays are about three miles long, at least right now. they could get worse, of course. burke lake road near missionary lane, down the wires. road is shut down there. 95 northbound, southboud, no problems. inner loop, outer loop of the beltway looking pretty good. h.ady grove road left side blocked by cras vehicle that spun out. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. 6:02. a woman was shot and killed overnight. >> ound 10:30 last night, montgomery county police were called to a home. the road is off connecticut avenue just north of the belt way exit. police found a gun at the scene and arrested a man. officers say this does not apear to be a random crime. we're working to learn the name of the people involved. we will bring you newde lopments throughout the morning. this morning, d.c. police are looking for two women involved in a suspected arson. the fire started a four-story building along pennsylvania avenue southeast not far from

the maryland line. surveillance video shows two women at the building one dumps a bag in the lobby. then you can see her light a few matches be flames and smoke will the rain. he fire caused major damage to that building. 11 people were forced out of their homes. no one was hurt. >> more than two dozen democrats have already entered the race for the white use. >> and last night the president officially began his campaign for another four years. >> ifo stand be you to officially launch my campaign for a second term as president of the united states.th nk you. >> president trump kicked off the re-election campaign in front of a very friendly florida crowd. the president list his accomplishments while railing against democrats and the congressional investigations focussed on him. the preside promised to be aggressive on the campaign trail and while this was the first official re-election gathering, it was his 60th rally since taking office.

and the stage is set now for the first series of democratic pres entialdebates. news 4 is bringing you complete coverage of deci0.on 2 i'll be reporting live from miami as 20 candidates on the democratic side clash over the course of two nightsy can look for my report starting next wednesday and watch the debate right here on e nbc 4 esday and thursday nights at 9:00. also happening today, a best-selling author and hollywood acor will testify before a house panel about reparations for slavery. the hearingsci coin with june teenth. actor danny glover and author ill talk about reparations and proposal to create a group to look into how reparations could be done. e aclu will host a forum to continue the discussion about reparations at thest hic metro a and e church. a program that is a big part of summer in the district will get a big bost today. the city is pushing $1.75 million to extend the mary and

barry summer youth employment program. mayorriel bowser will make theo annuncement this morning. the money going to the program today is just part of a larger commitment to keep the program going through 2030. 6:05 now. we all know the fourth of july celebration is going to look much ifferent thisyear. >> but just two weeks out and it's still not clear what to expect on the national mall this year.n justiinch is at west potomac park with r many. justin, good morning. >> reporter: aaron, eun, good morning. a lot of questions are coming in and there could now be some answers "the washington post." they're reporting two big events are in the works this year for the fourth of july. some good news you'll still have the fire work shows but tw other events or could be rather on the event list ifou're one, military jet flyover with air

force one. the president not expected to been on board air force one for the flyover as well as a presidential addre for the lincoln memorial. these are two newhges from the white house to capitol hill. the details have not yet come to the oor at this time. a lot of questions about the cost and logistics of all this, too. from a lot of people who were involved in the appropriate. we can tell you live one thing we are hearing as the national park service is swichg its location from wireworks from the reflecting pool to here at west potomac park as a result of that address at the memorial. back inside to you. >> justin finch, live this morning. thank you. 6:06 right now. a new chapter is giping for dr.

monica goldson who was named permanent school ceo yesterday. goldson took over as thenterim ceo after former ceo resigned amid scdal last year. she is the prince georges county she has been with the school for 40 years as a student, teacher and administrator. d.c. police credit the man accused of committing a series of burglaries to his sneakers. he targeted at least five homes in the capital hill area since the beginning of this month. they arrested him on sunday. police were able to catch cole after an officer recognized his brightly colored high top sneakers from surveillance video. they say hey not onl wore the same shoes but wore the same clothes. now to a update on story we first brought you during the government shutdown in february.

two prince george county sisters turnedheir furloughed situation into a sweet, booming business. >> the sistersei turned to thr love for baking into the furloughed cheesecake business. after theep news 4 rort the sisters appeared on the ellen degeneres show. >> since then, they have sold more than 5,000 cheesecakes. the cheesecakes will be in selected 100 selected wmart stores salt. >> we know this doesn't come by. it's not a common thi. we were told that our company was only a month old when we were sitting in arkansas at walmartrs headquarte and the buyer said,n' this doe happen. there are people waiting over a year. >> you can buy th furloughed cheesecakes on their website. >> i'm so excited for them. ooy to go. >> really g for them.

up next f you missed caleb greren on "a's got talent" last night, we'll fill you in on h it went with the judges. new grocery store will open its doors in our area. where you can check out the latest lidl location. plus the gift of sight. cameras capturel the spec moment a high schooler's world goes from black and white to technicolor. chuck? all right. 's wednesday. that means it is really time to start thinking about the weekend if you're beach bound on the eastern shore this weekend, a tiny chance for shower on friday but saturday and sunday look reat. you're going to spending your time down at the beaches. if you're right here at home in the washington area, i'm optimistic that most i not all of your weekend plans will be dry. however, we have a chance for more severe weather tomorrow. detais on that coming right up. oh, we're having a barbecuet they judropped the chicken on the grill. we have the ribs here. famous dave's is here and ae're having sunrise barbecue on

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a gift card ranging from pa to 100.> it is almost time for the national capital barbecue mottle. this ning, we're helping you get ready for the big event in washington. >> bring it on. our molette green is live cooking with the pit masters hosting some of the vendors at the b battle. i bet you it smells good out there. >> oh, it smells really good. we have a lot going on here. i know i'm holding a rib with a napkin, but i'm on television. i have to be neater about his. we have transformed the nbc 4 metio thanks to famous dave's. they have a ga of corn hole here. we have the barbecue fixings there we're ready for a wonderful sunrise. oh, barbecue this morning with our pit master ross right here. e en we have crystal over h to give us some good information. we have the ribs here. we have the chicken. let's just run down the menu for

this morning w is the same menu for this weekend at the national capital barbecue battle. >> we have our st. louis ribs here, south side rib tips, some roasted andarbecue chicken. we have corn on the cob. then our burnt butts over here whichis our smoked pork car mallized with our blackrry barbecue sauce and we'll have fried chicken as well this weekend so get excited about that. >> youave quite a spread out here already laid out. you have been a pit master for a wile. you know what goes into making a good barbecue. i have food in my mouth and everything. i'm getting raw with you, ross. >> make sure you have enough food. you don't want abody leaving hungry. that's the worst thing. >> there's no wrong food to cook with the barbecue. ndcook what you love a have fun with it. that's really what we're trying to do. >> famous dave's has a big presence this weehend at t

national barbecue battle. crystal can lay out what your role is. you're not in the competition this time around, but it's your 25th anniversary. >> it is our 25th arannivers. this year we're featuring our world famous spare ribs. we're featuring our rib tips. >> you'll be out there selling your food. >> selling our food. we're alsopo soring the stage with some go go music and live bands. we're very excited. >> i love it. we have wilbur back here having a really good time. i love it, wilbur. he'll be out there thisweekend. oh my goodness. you can check out the national capitalarbecueattle over the weekend. but we're in the meantime having fun on the nbc 4 patio. and i'm going to continue to eat this rib and enoy all the fun this morning. and festivities. we have more coming up later on in the hows of "ne today." stay with us. we're having a barbecue this morning. >> you have to get rid o the

napkin. >> where is my plate ofo fo >> 7:00 sharp breakfast onhe patio. >> you know what his motto is? >> so, he's a pig. >> i totally get it. >> just making s3 re. >> 7grees here in town. winds aren't too much of an issue yet. it won't be a windy day t.ye it will be very cloudy. not quite as warm as it has been the last few days. that's actually two things working in the right direction. more clouds. not quite as warm. that helps keep severe weather chances down very, very low today. after back-to-back days with some pretty heavy weather around here. right now in the upper 60s in the shenandoah valley near 70. 72 quantico. 73 arlington. 72 baltimore. high today only 84.

plentyarm and plenty humid and likelihood for rain this afternoon. but mostly just rain not strong to severe thunderstorms. today that severe weather chance is well back out to our west. enjoy it f today because tomorrow that severe weather chance comes right back into the mid-atlantic with the approach of a cold front. cloudy, cool and tomorrow, tomorrow hot, humid and breezy to lead to severe weatheror tomorrow. tomorrow will be a storm team 4 weather alert day. really just a lot of low clouds around the area this morning. already rain beginning to redevelop across parts of southern west virginia all going to to be moving in our direction later in the day. chances of rain really start develop after about 2 or 3:00 p.m. today. hit and missr nothing all that heavy compared to the last few day. now settle down overnight and tomorrow sunshine tomorrow morning. it's going to be hot. in the90sgain for tomorrow.

and tomorrow afternoon severe thunderstorms are indey likel again. here is your five-day forecast. showers today. storms tomorrow. breezy on friday as the humidity gets o pushed out town for a couple of days. dry weather for most of your weeken planned as well. n-day forecast in the next half hour. now let's hear something nice from melissa mollet. >> taking a look right now at e roads teb 66 after 123. this looks better did. we did have that crash blocking a lane and just one side getting by. things have opened up and we o have tw lanes getting by. burke lake road downed wires. road is shut down t 270 southbound the ramp to the local lanes and shady grove left side sill blocked by that accident this morning. 301 at hawthorne flashing traff lights. warning for you. belt way no major delays. travel times 270 looks good. top of beltway tippal at 34 miles per hour.

66 inbound because of crash here, we do hav a slow speed of 18 miles per hour. 95 northbound kaunt koe to the beltway, possible problem southbound 95 and virginia we'll be back in a couple of minutes. remember to listen 103 fm when you hop in your car. aaron? >> 6:20. up next, highchair where your little one will eat breakfast may not meet new government standards. >> consumer reporter susan hogan will explain new guidelines that go into effect today and what that means for families using olddel highchairs. >> catch ellen right here on nbc 4 at 3:00 p.m. and stick around for news 4 at 4. we'll be right bac

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ndxt story. mandatory stads to improve the safety of highchairs take effect today. >> consumer reporter susan hogan is working with you with what you need to know to keep your baby safe. well, good morning, you guys. i'm joined by patty davis with the consumer product safety commission. this is exciting news. let's get right into it, because this is certainly something that a lot of parents wo know. so this is a highchair you said that meets the new federal standards, mandatory. >> that new federal standard goes into fect today. what it has now is an increased stability requirement.so so in case mebody climbs up or climbs out or is rocking back and forth t highchair is not going to tip over. it also has tougher testing requirements for these straps they don't just come apart whe your child is in the highchair. and this warning label really important it's much bolder and actualllling parents and care givers that kids have suffered severe head injuries including skull fractures from falling.

>> bottom line, starting today, june 19th, what should we look t for as parents? >> what you want to look out for as a parent is if you're in the market for a new highchair or about to have a baby, get a new. highchai look for the date on the highchair. june 19th, 2019 or later. anything manufactured or imported after that date has to meet the new federal standard. that doesn't mean you cannot use c older highchair, but the safest option forsumer would be to get a highchair that does meet the new federal standard to protect your child. >> patty, tanks so much. all right, guys, back to you. >> some manufacturers have been makinhighchairs that comply with these new standards. you're buying a highchair in the new future, be sure to look out for all the safety features susan mentioned. still ahead, more people arrested and charged with the shooting of david ortiz, the former red sox star's wife speaks out.

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so tan it un thear of 70 south sdy grovway. inner loop, outer loop of the beltway okay. inner loop crossing the woodrow wilson bridge a bit of a delay. inbound 210 as well. eun? thank you, melissa. it's 6:31. we're following breaking news just into news 4 today, nine months after the murder of jamal khashoggi, an expert with the unite d nations says there's credible evidence of the crown prince and his involvement in

the killing. he was last seen entering the consulate in istanbul in october. once inside he was killed and there's speculation the crown prince orderedhe killing. 6:32. now new efforts to make one of the bheiest roads in district safer. >> tomorrow, transportation officials will share plans for a stretch ofda flori avenue aimed at protecting bicyists ed darcy spiscer ,arcy, good morning. s is a very busy and also a g. very diverser codor. you have residential, businesses, church and up the street you have a university. this is about making it safer for everyone. this is what the project is going to include. it's meant to slow down drivers. improve crossings for pedestrians and make infrastructapning across a hu a.

shington. the tomorrtthe projectam will b over here at new smaritan baptist church. you may remember 7 year-old ruby whitfield was struck andll ki by a hit and run driver several rstion. here.saer. that open ho 7:00 tomorrow evening. back to you. >> darcy spencer, thank you. for more than a week news 4 has been covering the deaths americans vacations in the dominican republic. >> this morning we learned a richmond woman had to go to the hospital there over the weekend. derek and skyler martin cut their honeymoon short to fly home for her t.streem

on sunday, skyler was admi hed to thspital after six hours of vomiting and losing consciousness. >> i had infections before. s i've hadmach viruses and i've had food poisoning and this was just something that if i hadn't been in good health i think could have been really, rlly, really dangerous. >> so this all comes on the heels of reports of nine americans who recently died at resorts in the country, that includes prince georges county native couple nathaniel holmes and cynthia the state department said there has not been anic up tk in the number of american deaths reported in the dominican ic republ this morning, we have new dst alsaiut peboonex arrested in connection to the shooting of david red sox player ortiz in the dominican republic. according to court documents perez is accused of bei the liaison between the alleged hit man and the person who paid them to shoot ortiz. ortiz remains intensive care unit in a boston hospital.

yesterday his wife areleased statement. tiffany ortiz thanked the doctors who upgraded his condition to good and everyone who has heed. she wrote, quote, your support has lifted his spirits tremendously during this im challenging t the local lgbtq community came together to remember zoe spears. she was found shoto death last week on eastern avenue in pair mont heights. she is the secondde transg woman killed in that area this year. yesterday people mourned her death at the drop-in center in colombia heights. back in march, another transgender woman was killed just blocks away from where spears died. the fbi is offering a $20,000 reward for anyone who help solve the murder of a father and son. they were found dead in their virginia home last november. investigators want t hear from anyone who may have been near the home at the time. the home is on the route 28 corridor near route 29 and oak

shade oad. 6:35 now. still ahead on news 4 today, facebook ventures into new territory. >>the company announcesit is getting into the cash game. you.l explain that for first though, barbecue. >> yeah. molette green is live outside the studios. wow. look at all that excitement. >> reporter: oh, yeah. okay. chicken or ribs? what's your preference at a barbecue? we'll talk to the pit master l of this and i'll eat this whole place. stay with us. we're having barbecue. hey, everybody. happy wednesday. at 5, there's something in your home thatou should watch out c for thld drain your wallet. household leaks are never a thing and a lot of times you might not be aware that you have a problem.n >> look ur the vanity for any leaks you may not see. >> how to cate, fix and prevent leaks. we're working for you to save yo u

a passenger on the american airlines flight faces charges after forcing the planeto make an emergency landing in oklahoma. >> this happened over the weekend. brandon kordell ganas was apparently so drunk t police say they could smell the alcohol on him before they reached him. he allegedly hit several passengers and crew members. [ applause ]. you can hear the apause from the cabin of the plane as ganas was escorted off. passengers and crew members had to use a zip tie and duct tape r to estrain him until police are ived. and thct that they had to make an emergcy landing because of this guy -- >> a bit much. soon you'll be ableo share more than just pictures and posts on facebook. the company says is getting into the digital curcy business. facebook introduced the new crypto currency yesterday.

it will be similar to pay apps eyke venmo exchanging real m unlike bitcoin. if you're concerned about privacy, facebook says it will not manage the currency itself. a subsidiary wil do that. the new digital currency is expected to start next year. >> now here is your cnbc morning business report. >> good morning i'm frank holland. reynolds wrap wants to pay you $10,000 to eat barbecue across america this summer. it's looking for a chief grilling officer. the winner gets to bring aen fand reynolds will pick up the tab for tral, accommodations and food u to an additional $10,000. we'll share tips on grilling, techniquesnd foes. you can apply by submitting a photo of yourself grilling your favorite recipe and 100 word recipe on why you're the best person for the job. send it to reynoldskitchen.com. i'm frank holland. can you imagine getting paid to eat? >> that would be nice.

and bit barbecue all over the ac pl i'm wiping my mouth off from the rib had. ardening forecast, get it done early. rain chances are going up by later on in the afternoon. good news, no severe weather to ngrry about today. this is lightnibug season. their populations are in decline. help a lightning bug findts perfect mate. ten-day forecast coming right up. right now some delays on 66 and some delay spots elsewhere. we're going to look at those travel times coming up. eun? plus, hope hicks in the hot seat. the former member of team trump set to testify before democrats who are turning up the heat on i investigationsnto the president and what they're hoping ter learn from stay with us. we'll be right back.

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stud here in northwest washington. doesn't that look good? >> yeah, it doe >> the barbecue battle is this wmkend. this ning, we're giving you a preview. molette green will be live in just a few minutes to show us what's cooking. true confessions, we had ae littltaste. >> a little? >> it was delicious. >> i'll show you the bones later. >> well, there are a few things more american than a summer barbecue, but one of them is a fireworks show. fireworks a staple of d.c.'s fourth of july celebrations. >> this year though there's confusion out what the district's holiday will actually look like. president trump has announced his ownevent, but it is not part of the district. u re to sort out what we know so far and help yoplan your upcoming holiday, news 4 justin finch is live on the national mall. justin? >> announcer: aaron, eun, good morning. all accounts there will be a fourth of july celebration in the d.c. area and on the mall, but it could look a bit difrent, perhaps bigger than years past. "the washington post" siting

three sources says we have at least two major events to look forward to, one a presidential speech at the lincoln memorial as well as a militaryet flyover featuring air force one. the president,though, not expected to be on board. theysost also sa these celebrations are inspired by the backdent's visit to fran in 2017 where he saw the bastille day celebrations there. but all this, of course, prompts a lot of questions from how much this will cost to security to with the lans already national park service and down to the districtlevel. just so happens last night in orlando the president was tahing about the fourt of july events and here is what he had to say. >> by the way, on july 4th in washington, d.c., come on down. we're going to have a big day. bring your flags. bring those ags. ing those american flags. july 4th. we're going to have hundreds of thousands of people. we're going to celebrate

amerr:a. >> reportes you heard, that does sound pretty big. the white house did not respond rather to the post's request r comment as to what this will look like and when. we'll hear more about those plans. as of right nowe have to wait and see, aaron and eun. back in to you. >> justin finch live for us. justin, thank you. i stand before you to officially launch my campaign for a second term as president of the united states. thank you. >> standing bef a cheering crowd in orlando, president trump officially launched his re-election bid last night and t spoke abo the economy and once again promised to ild a wall along the united states southern border. but it's not only the preo dent wh heading to florida. next week i'll be reporting live from miami covering the first democratic presidential date of the 2020 campaign. you can see my reports beginning next wednesday and watch the debate right here on nbc 4 ay

wednesdnd thursday night at 9:00 p.m. last night president trump's focus ma have been 2020, but today he'll no doubt keep an eye on capitol hill. president trump's former communications director hope hicks will testi behind closed doors before the house judiciary committee. this is just theatest part of a series of on going investigations into his administration. the committee is expected toes quon hicks about possible instances of presidential misconduct and obstruction of justice as edetailed in th mueller report. well, you probably already been stuck in raffic ate memorial bridge since the restoration work started there last year. it's been pretty hectic to get through there. >> took me a while to get through there yesterday. now there's a new project in the works for memorial circle. now that's the big traf circle on the other side of the river from the lincoln memorial and now the national park service wants to make some improvements. it's sll figuring out the costs and trying to get some money together, too. right now the plan includes putting in walk signals, ov

impring the signage and reducing the number lanes for cars using the circle. the memorial bridge restoration pro will be completed in 21 -- 2021. for now no time frame for the no on memorial circle and word on how much it might cost. let's turn back to the weather now. a very cloudy start to the day. what's it going to be like, chuck? >> these clouds are not going to be giving way too much. we'll get a little bit of d sunshineuring the late parts of morning, but off to a very cloudy start first thing. temperatures are in the 60s to around 70, so four things you need to know. no severe weather. no thunderstorm risk for today but rain chances tee qui high this afternoon. our risk for severe weather returns tomorrow before breezy weather blows the humidity out friday and saturday are looking oh so very nice. rain chances pretty high today. very high tomorrow. and then we turn drier just in time for friday and thend weeke temperature now 69 at dulles airport.

73 in frederick maryland. today's high only 84. ehat's cooler than th last couple of days. the cloud cover and the cooler weather means that we will not have as much of a risk severe storms today. odsevere weather threat t way out to our west. but for tomorrow, we are once again under the bullseye as thet cold fron bumps into that heat and humidity. the additional heat and some gusty southwest winds will be the fuel needed for potentially severe weather on your thsday afternoon. have some thunderstorms already here in parts of west virginia. this is all going to be migrating in our direction later on in the day. so not going to rain all afternoon, but a high chance you're going to getai rd on oncece or twi here is the way future weather handles it, starting around 1 or 2:00 hit and miss rain chances through the evening hours. another dry start tomorrow and enough sunshine tomorrow it will be hot by early tomorrow afternoon. and here it is, 3:00 p.m. on

your thursday, severe storms developing. the weather alert for your thursday because we sure will be here at storm team 4. heat and humidity return next week. now let's go over to first 4 traffic and melissa mollet. >> good morning, chuck. right now eastbound 66 after 123 has recovered quite nicely al actu. we had that earlier crash blocking some lanes. it's now open. fredericksburg southbound still have partially blocked because of some police work. prince georges county looks l. norma also looking pretty good here northbound, southbound 95 and ryland littleslow southbound near 197. 270 southbound, 44 miles per hour. outer loop 27 miles per hour. 66 inbound 33ho miles per , 95

north 47 miles per hour. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. guys? >> after hurting a rib muscle back in april, washingtonna natio pitcher max scherzer suffered another injury. he broke his nose. did you see theid veo here? he was working on his bunting and wound up taking a baseball right to the face. he was supposed to start today but now his status is unknown. patrick corbin will start game one. no word on who will start game two. hope for speedy revery for max scherzer. it's his arm we care about the most but still. >> he has a nice face. >> no, he does. you want to add a nemi fa member, you are in need of luck.

>> 12 dogs are up for adoption. a large scale animal cruelty case last week. 12 dogs are up for adoption here once they receive theecessary medical and behavioral treatment. one of the biggest barbecue showdowns in the country is just days ay. we're talking about the national capital barbecue battle. >> this morning, our molest green is cooking with the pit master event. she's trying to improve her grilling skills. how sit going, molette? >> they have been grilling since 4am0. fs dave's thank you so much for being here. we're ready for a barbecue. oh, yes. i have rob my pit master here working this meat. run down all the meats you're going to feature today o our patio and of course this weekend. >> we have our award winning st. louis ris. we have our south side rib tips. barbecue roasted chicken.

fried chicken. we have our burnt butts which i know you had this morning. which isour smoked pork car mallized top of the blackberry barbecue sauce and we're really excited to be down here and in d.c. all weekend. >> i tried that pork butt right there and that thing was itelicious. melted in my mouth. look, what's the difference? what do you pick? anuld you pick ribs or chicken? >> i'm a rib m through and through but you knew that. >> i like chicken, but that pork butt was good. let me go over here to crystal to talk about this weekend really quickly. you'll have a big presence. >> absolutely. it's our 25 year aniversary. so we have two stands going. we have the hospitality and we're going to cater to all those that come down t visit us. we can't wait to share. >> this is the spread of food they'll have out here this weekend. et's put up theaphic so everybody can know what we're

talking about. i'll bring this chubell. go down to pennsylvania avenue and check it out. wilbur, ge me a high five. y'all ready for a barbecue? we have turned the nbc 4 patio into a grilling extravaganza thanks to ross and the gang. thanks for coming out. chuck, what do you think? eavbae rboneclyue one >> the style of cut of the meat on there. you have st. louis and then baby back ribs two dferent cuts. >> very good. i was wondering about that. now we know. >> now we know. >> the more you know the better tastes. >> you had a taste too. >> i did. t allhey have left is a carcass on the desk now. >> all gone. >> feeling up to sampling more. >> i want the s louis and the baby back. bring it in. guys. ou,

>> it's 6:55 right now. four things to know this morning. former white house communications director hope cks will go before lawmakers on capitol hil today. a committee is expected to question hicks behind closed doors about the mueller report. more on that ahead on "today". >> acting defense secatory patrick shanahan is stepping down and withdrawing from considetion for the cabinet position. the announcement came just before a washington post report yesterday. it a outlinedeged domestic violence incidents within shanahan's family. krist welker will have more on today. >> d.c. police are looking for the two women setting fire inside a apartment building. surveillance video caught the incident. 11 people were forced out of their homes but no one was hurt. the associated press reports a u.n. official wants an investigation into what role thr saudiwn prince may have played in the death of journalist jamal khashoggi. jamal khashoggi was a columnist

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