this morning,it metro trans police investigating the use of force by one of their officers. the incident caught on camera. coming up, the latest on why the officer said he felt threatened and pull histaser. a demand for answers. workers at a popular grocery chain are protesting today. what you need to know thfore you runstore. ne "4 midday" starts now. >> good morning, everyone. i'm to "news4 midday." t,m eun yang.

>> it's all ri it's all right. hold on, he's all right. hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! hey, hey, hey! >> this video of a man being tasered multiple times has sparked outrage. a witness recorded the confrontation inside u street metro station over the weekend. the man tasered was coming to the defense of two teen boys. transit police say they were responding to a report of kids with sticks threatening metro riders. the boys told news4 they did nothing wng and were eventually released with no charges. their mothers sa they're outraged. >> you can see how it feels. and it's not my tears just for these boys. it's my tears for all the youth that i know that are encountering this. >> as for the officers' actions, they say the man who was tasered ignored warnings to move back. they released a statement saying, adult male patron allegedly began interfering with the police investigation, and according to an officer's

port, exhibited behavior consistent with preparing to officer. transit police are now reviewing the incident after concerns were raised on social media regarding the officers' actions and whether it was an appropriate use of force.> >> right now, employees at shoppers food stores demanding answers. they're beginning a week of demonstrations as the fate of many locations hangs in the flance. news4's justinch is live at the shoppers in college park with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: eun, good morning. behind us, day one of a series of actions in maryland and virginia. take a look behind us here at the union workers. they have their shirts on, signs up, talking to customers about their major concerns here and to put pressure on their parent company, united natural foods amid reports they plan to sell and focus on their wholesale. we are joined by an employee and also a member of local 400here,

kevin freeman. i have to imagine right now there is a lot of uncertainty. >> yes, there is. e reason we're out here, due to the fact, we want to find out the future of our company and employees. i've been with the company 32 years, and not getting e answers i think is terrible. we built this company. i mean, for us to be treated this ways just -- you know, i think it's unheard of. >> reporter: and for you all, time is ticking. there are reports as soon as march of 2020 next year, all these stores would be closed. and you qua into that equation. >> yes, we fall into it, and we're going to reach out to other companiesnd hopefully they will take us on, you know. as far as employees. >> reporter: kevin, thank you so we do know that at this point at least one shoppers store is set to close in hyattsville.

some stores converted to giest food stor as you heard kevin mention, the future hangs in the balance. this, again, day one of a seri t of actions draw attention to their concerns and get them answers. we'll bring much more as it comes into us. live here in college park, justin finch, news4.k bacnside to you, eun. >> justin, thank you. now to the wther. it's a beautiful start to the day, but storms could be a later. lauren ricketts is here with more on what we can expect. >> hey, eun. yes, a chance for storms later this afternoon. any time after 2:00 along i-81. i do believe there will be two rounds of storms and we could see the othera ones lter tonight. take a look outside. not too bad out there. we've got some sunshine o there, rising temperatures, along with rising humidity. a warm front has lifted through the area right now, and, again, are looking at those temperatures to continue to warm to near 90, but also we're lotoing at the humidity continue to pump in.

so it's going to be rather warm by noon. 0emperatures in the mid 8s. we top out near 90 degrees today. a little more cloud cover and chances of rain return today. we'll time it o for you coming up in just about 15 minutes. >> we will see you then, lauren. thank you. if you have to travel through georgetown this morning, you could run into some delays. look at these pictures tweeted out at wtop. emergency gas repairs taking place on whitehurst freeway. things were bad during the rush hour. e person is in custody and a d.c. officer on leave following an officer-involved shooting. this all started when polic responded to a report of a suspicious car early sunday morning along alabama avenue southeast in the congress heights neighborhood. officers stopped a car that fit that description. during thatraffic stop, d.c. police say one officer fired his gun. 48-year-old donald willis ran off, but laterp turned u at the hospital.

willis faces several charges. fficer is on administrat leave.> right now family and friends are paying their last respects to a woman who died while on vacation in the dominican republic. the memorial service for cynthia day is happening at the first time baptist church in upper marlboro she and her fiance both died last week. the dominican republic says they died of respiratory failure. the families are questioning that finding. today nearly 60 people in oxon hill aretrying to figure out what to do after a fire damaged their apartment complex. pictures from the prince george's county show the damage. there was a partial roof collapse saturday. three firefighters suffered minor injuries. no residents were hurt. >> well, it lookske you could still pay with cash on metro buses for now. our news partners at wtop report metro ended its cash-free

program yesterday. it was operating on limited stop route 79 between silver spring and downtown d.c. the purpose of the w program to free up service on board. metro hasn't saidhat impact that cash ban had on service time. nothing to see here. just former president barack obama and hollywood royalty george clooney on a boat. obama was given a ride on his friend ator george clooney's motor boat over the weekend. the two were dressed in suit jackets but left ties as they sped away fromey cloon villa on lake cuomo in italy. their bt was closely followed by a police escort. the obamas were visiting t clooneys for the weekend. virginia takes steps to solve a major housing problem for freshman. plus, tough talk about president trump. >> we're not looking for war. and if there is, it will be obliteration nike you haveer seen before. >> coming up, the work being done right now to try to ease tensions between the u.s. and iran. stay with us. we'll be right back.

today the u.s. plans to announce more economic sanctions against iran. just days after cling offhat could have been a deadly air strike. nbc's tracie potts has the latest development. >> i'm not looking for war. >> reporter: avoiding war means putting the squeeze on iran's economy the u.s. is expected to announce a new round of sanctions today. leaving the door openo talk about shutting down iran's nuclear program. >> if you want to talk about it, goodse otherwiyou can live in a shattered economy for a long time to come. re >> reporter: psident trump called off an air strike that the military says would have killed 150 iranians. retaliation for iran shooting down a u.s. drone. democrats agree, it was the right move, but urge caution.

>> it ought to be an international response. it shouldn't be tng u.s. acti alerne. >> reposecretary of state mike pompeo is in the middle east this week, trying to drum up support. >> i hope that the iranians will understand tha world won't tolerate this. >> reporter: iran is blaming the u.s. military experts fear we could be inching toward war. >> my biggest concern is thede presint is running out of room, running out of options. >> reporter: and perhaps running out of time. that's because iran's already announced that within days they will have more enriched uranium in their s allowed to under their nuclear deal. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. turning to the 2020 race, there ise possible trouble for presidential hopeful pete buttigiegn his hometown. the southen indiana, mayor left tto campaign trail respond to a police shooting in his city. and yesterday he heard an earf froustrated residents. nbc's hallie jackson reports.

>> reporter: chaot and emotional. >> get the people that are racist off the streets! >> reporter: voices and tensions raised at a south bend town hall. >> i would love to be able to finish my reply, if that's okay. >> reporter: mayor pete buttigieg facing his community one week after a white south bend police officer shot and killed a black man. police say eric logan allegedly approached sergeant ryan o'neill with a knife and was then fired on. the officer's bdy camera was never turned on. >> i don't want to seem defensive, but we've taken a lot of steps. ey clearly haven't been enough. but i cannot accept the nothing.on that we did >> reporter: now, angry voters want answers from buttigieg, and it's not the first time. early in his term as mayor, buttigieg demoted the city's first black police chief, who had ordered the taping of calls of senior officers who he said made racist comments aboue him. >> whatmeri wa s is ian that ahopeic oufrr

city is fg this. we're not running away from it. > reporter: buttigieg has stepped away from the national campaign trail several times this week to focus on the fallout from eric logan's death. >> did you ask me if black lives matter? >> we didn't hear you say it! ve> of course, black li matter. >> reporter: he did appear at a democratic conventionehis wend, along with 20 other democratic candidates. that includes senator kamala harris, met by a marching band in the ely voting stage she hopes to >>dominate. et's start the next chapter. let's turn the page. >> reporter: that may have been a reference to joe biden, the p former vicesident also in south carolina. in an interview with msnbc's al sharpton, biden again addressed the controversy over his cent comments about working with segregationist senators decades ago. >> let me tell youhi somet. you've got to deal with what's in front of you. and what was in front of us was a bunch ofst raci and we had to defeat them. and that was hallie jackson reporting. we are committed to bringing you complete coverage this campaign

season. aaron gilchrist will be reporting live from miami as 20 of the democratic candidates face off over two nights. coverage starts wednesday, and you can watch the prime time debate right here on nbc 4, wednesday and thursday nights at 9:00. in about an hour, former national security adviser, michael flynn, isa expected b in court. thisill be the first time in court since he replaced his legal team. he's asking a judge to once again delay his sentencing hearing. flynn pled guilty to lying to he fbi as part of the russia investigation. back in december, a judge delayed flynn's sentencing to give him more time so he cooperate with investigators. this morning,ew accusatio against the maker of a controversial guardrail that's being blamed for a number of a aths. it's story our consumer invhatigative teams been following for nearly two years. susan hogan is working with you for tails. >> reporter: his daughter hannah

died in 2016 after hitting a guardrail end piece. he believes that the product is detective, and he is truly on a mission right now to get these specific types guard rails ved from our nation's highways. we traveled to his home in tennessee to give you a firsthand look inside his ground zero. all of these binders you see on his kitchen table are full of documents he's collected through public records requests, and online reseah. and he says he's made soet prty surprising discoveries. >> over and over, we have ste .o.t.s and federal highways, raising concerns that have been validated over and over. >> reporter: but steve says the most troubling discovery he's he made is with ones that are currently installed on many of our nation's roads. he believes th have been significant changes to the guardrail, without it ever being retested. tonight on news4 at 5:00, we'll show you how he found the changes and shows what the manufaeurer is saying about th

accusations. back to you. we're still a couple of ro months away fm the start of a new school year, but virginia tech is looking for ways to hiuse itsh larger tan expected freshman class t fall. our news partners report that the school has a d tentativeeal for 200 students to live at a holiday inn express just off campus. the hotel would function like al residence hlnd ae closed to the mupublic. virginia tech offering to compensate some students who delay their attendance by up to a year. a 38-year-old mother of two suffered a stroke that was caused by something that comes with a common cold. it was the from a coughing fit. doctors say it can happen more often tha youthink. as bianca castro explains, experts say the woman's quick recognition of the symptoms saved her life. >> because i'm 38. >> reporter: stuck in a hospital bed -- >> and you your family are in our thoughts.

>> reporter: -- isn't where jeanette church ever thought she wok at this page in her life. >> i work out three to four times a week, i track everything i eat in my fitness pal. so no. hoere's -- really no reason that i should have tht that. >> reporter: and it was during her recent workout jannette suddenly lost eyesight in one eye and her left hand became numb. she couldn't talk normally. she called 911. >>rathe padics were asking so many questions, and i was frustrated, because i knew all of the answers, and it seemed as like it taking me forever to get them out. >> reporter: paramedics rushed her to baylor mckinney and then she was airlifted to dallas where dr. joe hise -- >> very little blood getting nto the brain -- >> reporter: --owed us the problem. a small tear in jannette's artery in her neck allowedlood to pool and eventually pinch the artery 99% shut, blocking blood

to her brain. >> h story is not unusual. ccnds to occur out of the blue. can oionally be associated with getting your neck twisted in some trauma. >> reporter: the only thing that jannette says would have caused it, a coughing fit two wks prior. >> i felt strained. and after that, i heard my heartbeat in my ear constantey. >> reporr: but doctors say she is lucky. yey say man times young people ignore the symptoms, believing they're too young fok a s >> yeah. total t tickinge bomb. >> large strokes in young people, you can get enough what we call cerebral edema, swelling of the brain that you can die. >> reporter: jannette got help right away. dr. hise was able to perform a procedure that repaired her arteries. jannette is expected to make a 100% recovy. >> i wa to go back to working out and working and making dinners and being a mom. and all of those things.

>> reporter: back to life, but with a new mission as a stroke survivor. >> andat was bianca castro reporting. concerts on the lawn at the liary of congress. the event is ree. see who will be performing. plus, storms hit parts of missouri, causing major flooding. imagine 2 to 3 inches o rain in an hour. we have an update .

take a look at this powerful video shows atwister tearing through northern indiana. power lines, trees, knockedroto the gund. the storm also seriously damaged buildings in that area. there have been no reports of injuries. there's also severe weather in missouri. water levels are quickly rising there. there ve been 14 flooding rescuesin the city of neosho.

alone several emergency shelters have opened i that area. neosho. >> i have no idea how to say that. >> yeah, they are still getting pretty heavy rain yesterday, all that rain seeped south into r houstonht now, into louisiana. but not a lot around here. are you ready for summer? >> you know wh, i'm ready. i love summer. i'm going to say, i love it. >> next week is july, so, mean -- hey, you've got to be ready for it at some point. and you're gog to be ready for it this week.tu those temperaes move up. temperatures right around 90 degrees today. it looks hazy out there. ys., g go.e you you can see everybody move. that's our cameras there. i don't have to walk too far. some very nice conditions oute. ther a few clouds. but other than that, blue skies out ere right now. and -- here i am. and we are looking at temperatures at 80 degrees at this moment. the humidityin start to seep in. now we're looking at that humidity on the upck today.

two possible rounds of rain, i don't think anybody is going to see them. 40% chance overall you'll see some showers d thunderstorms at your house. we'll time it out in a second. very similar pattern continuing this week. today all the way through saturday, those teatures are going to be right around 90.'s that not to say we couldn't see a stray shower here or there, but no big chances of rain this week after today. and today is only a 40% chance. temperatures right around the 80 degree mark. and headed to the pool today, perfect afternoon to do it. just keep an eye on the sky, especially along the shenandoah valley around 1:30, 2:00. but noonil wbe dry. nothing on the radar right now. and then storms around for everybody at about 4:00 p.m. but as we said, ly a 40% chance you'll s i download the nbc washington app so you can keep an eye on the sky. k.severe thunderstorm ris this is put out by the storm

prediction center. marginal is the lowest. that's level one. slight risk is number two. at a 5. five o'clock the highest. and that's high risk. so mainly areas west along the shenandoah valley and i think around here, towards morefield, west, those are areas that will likely see strong thunderstorms. they have enough steam to make it over the mountains. we could see a few thunderstorms pop around here.t, bu again, nothing showing up on the radar,in excepest virginia and that continues to scoot through maryland. there comes the first round after 2:00, making i over the mountains but fizzling out once it hits 95. and then another round of storms later this afternoon through s this evening a frontal system pushes through the area. let's talk about any rain for tomorrow and see if the showers are out of here and we'll also show the next five days coming up ines ten minu >> lauren, see you then. thank you. president trump delays plans o deport undocumented immigrants. coming up, the demands he's

making on democrats as a result. and another major league player looking on in fear. a foul ball hits a young lady in the stands. how the fan is doing and the changes coming to some ballpar.

you're watching "news4 midday." president trump is starting the week b calling off deportation raids across the country. now there are big questions about what happens next to the undocumented children and families at the border as new ports emerge of children being kept in squalor. here's nbc's kristen welker. >> reporter: this morning, president trump's abrupt imigration out-face after threatening mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, trumpv sed course over the weekend, saying he would delay raids that would have led to

thousands of undocumented immigrants being deported. the president now demanding democrats negotiate a border in deal withthe next two weeks or else see those deportations gin as planned. something he discussed on "meet the press" before announcing the delay. >> if the democrats would change the asylum laws and loopholes which they refuse to do because they think it's good politics, everything would be solved immediately.ep >> rter: two department of homeland security officials telling nbcnews, the raids were called off because details were linked to the media and i.c.e. did not have plans in place for detng 2,000 immigrants. president trump tweeting, it was to give the democrats every last chance. >> we weren track to have more than 1 million people come into our country illegally. >> reporter: with the new two-week deadline ticking, democrats pushing. back house speaker nancy pelosi saying the raids would tear families apart and inject terror adding, timemunity,

isomeeded forehensive immigration reform. all this amid troubling stories from the border about the unsafe and unsanitary conditions at u.s. facilities, including a lack of food and water. overnight advocates saying children are caught in the s. crosshair >> these children are hungry, they are sick, they're being locked up. >> reporter: with the hash tag, close the camps, trending pnationwide, chuck toddessed the president. >> the conditions are terrible. >> i agree. and it's been that way for a long time. >> do something. >> and president obama built the cages. remember they said i built them? >> do two wrongs make a right? >> the question now, can the trump administration get the deal it wants? >> it's essential congress step up. >> and that wass krin welker reporting. there are two quick fact ches. although homeland security officials told nbc news the deportation raids were called off because details leaked to the media,resident trump announced the raids one week ago on twitter the night before he kicked off his re-election

campaign. as for putting the blame on barack obama for the family separation, fact checkers have consistently pointed out tha previous administrations did not have alanket policy to prosecute parents and separate them from their children. that began under president trump. nrn this g, we are learning more about the major traffic delays on 95 on sunday. a pedestrian was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer. this happened just before 2:30 in the afternoon near the rest area inoward county. police say it is still unclear why the man walked on to the highway. new information on a suspicious death in reston. police say the victim is 24-year-old jose lorenzo mahia. witnesses reported hearing gunshots or fireworks early sunday morning here wood plaza. officers found his body on an exercise trail with trauma to the upper body. police say they will continue to canvas that area for witnesses. the publisher of the capital

gazette pushing for a national monument for fallen journalists. five employees died. now the chairman of tribune publishing says lawmakers will introduce legislation this week toate a fallen journalist memorial here in the district. he said the foundation would honor jonalists who sacrificed their lives in the name of a free press. the man convicted of killing a woman during a wonite natialist rally in charlottesville in 017 is pleading forhe mercy. plowed into protesters with his car, killing heather heye a judge will sentence fields friday. his attorneys argue since fields is 22 years old a and had traumatic childhood, he doesn't delife in prison. last week fids asked the judge for a shorter sentence. prosecutors say fields showed no mercy when he used his car to

kill heyer. a major recall hasn bee issued for parents choice advantage infant formula milk. a new consumer report suggests there may be, quote, metal foreign matter insid thousands of those bottles. no reports yet, but the company that makes the formula says it wants to be cautious. if you have the babyfo ula, you can return it and get a full refund at any walmart. in about 30 minutes, we'll find out which country will host the 2026 winter olympics. the international olympic committee is expected to vote. it is between sweden and illustraitaly. sweden owns the most. italy has hosted the games twice. the announcement is expected at noon. did you hear the crowd gas there?ir that was the reaction after a young woman was hit in the head ball. foul this happened at the dodgers

game in los angeles yesterday. cody bellinger was up to bat. the woman waseated just past the end of the protective netting when she was hit. the woman was taken to the hospital as a precautn. accidents like that are the reson the nationals already announced safety change to nats' park. more am will install protective netting at the ballpark, and it will go up in july during the all-star break. last month, the nvithern rginia boy was hit by a stray ball and broke his nose. hometown girl gesivue aun

welcome back. foregthousands, colle is over and now it's time to get to work. but finding a job after y cross that stage may not be as easy as y think. howe zachary has details on new grads can overcome the odds. >> reporter: you're done with school. you have that degree. now what? a recent survey found that

students expect on average to earn 60 grand a year when they get that first job. but statistics show'll likely earn closer to $50,000 ov erage. experts say if grads haven't found that big job yet, they shouldn't despair. paul calls himself a success architect. he mentors young college g and says they should be realistic about how hard it will beeyo land that job th want. >> finding a job is not easy. itis a job. j is a full-time b, a ten-hour a dayob. and you really need to put in tho effort, you need t plan, you need to bec foed, and you really need to get to work. to find a job. >> reporter: new grads will likely face a lotf rejection and he says it's important to lea from those disappointments. >> think of rejection as building blocks towards success. ask for feedbac i mean, feedback is going to provide you wiuilding blocks needed to acquire the job you want. >> reporter: another key is to do your research the company you want to

work for. get that historicalba ckground about the organization. look at wore they'reing to go in the future. and how your -- i guess your skills and knowledge can apply to building that organization. >> and that was katie zachary reporting to further stress this is critical time in one career. a 2018 study showed people employed right out of schoolre will earn over their lifetime than those who don't find employment right away. >> is everybody here from d.c.? >> yeah. >> you've been to haynes point? >> yes. >> this is like a club. >> yes. lie.kay, that's a get out get out. >> the don't you d.c. movement. b.e.t. awards host regina hall opened with parody of the netflix special "homecoming" and made a point to talkbo a the gentrification happening in washington. hall, along with fellow d.c.

native at th nati native entourage taraji p. henson. the weather fit for summer. l. >> beautifu the humidity starting to creep -- itasn't that bad this morning. >> the week was spectacular. >> beautiful. and yesterday was ee degrs, low i really like with humidity. >> yes. >> i'll get ready for 90s ands e humidity. so, again, we areeeing a lot of humidity out there, not only this afternoon, but tom row. wednesday it will slip a little bit but still hot. thursday, friday, saturday, forget about it. here we go, that summertime pattern. i think some people will be at 90 today. what constitutes a heatwave? three days at 90 or above. ecutive days at 90 or above. so i do believe tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and you don't even have friday and saturday on there. but friday, saturday, 100

degrees at times. so rather warm as we get through the rest of the workweek. average temperature for this time of year, 86 degrees. 80 here in washington. baltimore coming in at . leesburg at 82. that just jumped up to 86. yeah, it's going to be a warm day out ere. so over the next 12 hours, mid to upper 80s, nearing 90 for daytime highs. a few storms west along i- 81 after 2:00. they spread east towards i-95, 5:00 p.m. we're not talking about widespread severe weather but a orfew showers and thunder around as loved ones come home later this evening. and then again, another round of storms possible later on tonight aft about 10:00 or 11:00. a little piecew of energy no developing out of the west virginia area. this will continue to move to the north and east, but i do dylieve we'll start to see, and you can alreatart to see some of these showers down here forming. that's going to clip the winchester area. that's why we're going to see storms coming up after 1:00 or so in that region.

and they'll continue to travel to the east. a lot of them lose their steam after they getver the blue ridge mountains so we're not talking about a lot. but there's the storms that develop. here's 2:30. really any 1 time after0 or so along i-81, after about 2:00 eastern side of the blue ridge mountains, they'll continue to fizzle ou watch how they weaken as they travel east. so 5:30, a few storms around, but not widespread. and, again, i don't think the at severe threis going to be widespread whatsoever. more storms blossoming as we head into the late evening and a frontal systemnt pulls i the area. rain tonight, but most of that is out of here. 91 degrees will be our at the same time high for tomorrow. partly cloudy and hot and humid. not only tomor but also as we get into your wednesday, thursday and friday. those temperatures are going to be in the 90s. again, we are going to have a chance for some storms after today. that looks to be just in time for the kend. so let's talk more about that coming up in about ten minute >> thank you, lauren. outdoor movies are grt during the summer, and music is

a party. coming up, how the library of congress as making thursday lot more fun. and bringing art to life. coming u y meet aung artist who is

what a classic. "league of their own" is one of t movies being shown during thery libra of congress' summer movies on the lawn. nicholas brown and susan vita are here with more on the movie night and special performances that will be part of the special series. welcome to both of you. thanks for joining us. so susan, start telling us a little bit more about the movies thatwere selec for this series this summer. >> we picked the movies, because they're onhe nationalre gister. and there are six of them, they're upbeat, things that you can bring your family to. it's really a very, very fun and exciting way to spend a thursday

evening. >> for sure. so besides "a league of their r n" are therehe >> oh, yes esmoviou we start with "mary poppins" and then "beauty and the beast" and "league of their own" and then we get into the scary ones. >> oh. >> "e.t." is not scary and "engine "jurassic park". >> celebriexcellent choices. >> i think this has all been a brainstorm or brainchild of carla haden, the newish librarian of congress who really believes in opening up the library and briing peop in and so that we can show what we have in the collection. >> indeed. >> and so it was, you know, a group of people thinking that way that decided. >> yeah. and the library is so beautiful. people don't understand, it's

such a stunning building worth building. and nicholas, people who go and are treated to a free concert, tell us more about that. >> we are partnering with the concert series in its second edition. and we have this program called mars arts d.c. and the library came up with this program to showcase the amazing talent here in d.c. e have some fantastic hometown musicians and speaking of the d.c. movement, one of the great go, go bands from entity music will be performing this year. and we're also featuring some amazing global music with western african drummers, some latin bands and salsa dancing that will happen. and evennc some da workshops with local hip-hop and go-go choreographer evans. >> you shouldet there early to make sure you are there in place for the music before the movie. >> definitely. so come down early. c tncerts start at 7:00.

the lawn is open. you're welcome to bring blankets, chairs, petsand children are also welcome. and then the concerts are followed by the filmil which w begin at sundown every day. >> susan, can you tell me ow more -- i kn people are going to ask about ticket attention and logistics of the event. >> the ticketing you can findt n evenride and register, but you don't need a ticket in order to come. just come, bring your blanket, your small lawn chair, your food. >> all right. >> and enjoy the eveung. >> so like a fantastic event. susan vita and nicholas brown, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. now to a young w artistth an unusual vision. for her, a painting is not just something youang on a wall, but instead l aing, breathing tmong. nbc's y hunter shows us. sees the er: elizabeth world differently than other 12-y ur-olds. >>nidentified world of art. >> reporter: and she'll tell you abit. >> for me, actually, art is

another way to express myself. to follow my dream and just be me. >> reporter: she started painting at the ripe old age of 2, had aby museum exhibitge 7, and now her art fetches up to $13,000 a but nothing this california girl does is as it seems. >> these are my paintings. >> reporter: uh-huh. what's over here? >> my dad built me this stage for my living art. >> reporter: that's right. living art. >> actually started in theater. >> reporter: she creates multimedia, multidimensional masterpieces, drawing on inspiration from the greats. >> i want to have fun and paint in literally every style im rginable. >>orter: she creates scenes involving very real subjects. and todait's my turn. first she paintser background and props. it might take days, weeks, even a month. then she paints the clothes.

>> perct fit. re we go. >> reporter: and then -- she paints the person. >> it's just like applying foundation, but putting on a very big amount. >> reporter: that's the living bit. >> so what kind of painting am i fitting into? >>sm impressioniwith the mix of styles of van gogh and paul gu began. >> reporter: this is the final project, just as the great impressionist wouldve done. molly hunter, nbc news, los angeles. >> how col is that? very cool. craving a sip from 7-eleven? a new service that will get it to you, even when you aren't a home. t

prices at the pump are lling, even as demand for gas is at record levels. the national average has dropped 11 cents in the past two weeks. it's now73 $2. a gallon. gas is 22 cents lower than this time last year, mainly due to lower oil prices, althoh crude has picked up amid rising tensions between the u.s. and iran. 7-eleven is rolling out a service to let customers order eanything from the stor and have it delivered to public placesch su as a park or beach. the chain will have more than 2,000 hot spots working today in locations like central park new york and venice beach in l.a. you just have to download the

7-eleven app to find a hot spot near you. here is no minimum order. delivery costs $3.99. with your cnbc morning business report, i'm frank holland. you want your major appliances to be affordable and reliable. unfortunately, for so many of you, they break down way too fast. that's why it one of the top consumer complaints to nbc 4 responds. susan hogan isorking for you, revealing the most reliable brands. an save time, money and aggregation. >> reporter: you've got an old tove that's been around for years. that expensive, brand-new shiny appliance, yeah, that's broken again. but "consumer reports" says there are reasons for that. es>> applianctoday have sensors and circuit boards that control and monitor functions. so your dishwasher can sense if it needs to run longer d your dryer will stop running when clothes are dry. but all these ectronics can introduce reliability problems that weren't common 30 years ago. >> reporter: but that means fixing them is more complex,

too. a 2016 survey found only around 60% of appliance repairs were completed on the first service visit. according 18 surveys, some 15 to 40% of major appliances will develop problems or break within the first five years, depending on the product. >> this is the first year we looked at average predicted reliability to compare brands. based on how reliable they are across a range of major appliances. >> reporter: "cr" found some brands are more reliable than others. >> if you're looking to outfit your kitchen or ladry room, would you do well to consider me eli, lg, thermador and bosh. a >> reporter: you have to way how likely the appliance is to break during the extended warranty and whether the warranty would cost more than the repair itself. ve "consumer reports" latest

refrigerator sur found in general, the average cost of an extended warranty is equalo the average repair cost. n let's check your forecast once again with storm team 4 meteologist lauren ricketts. getting out out there yet, lauren? >> a littl hot out. temperatures in the low 80s. already had a call in from wheaton, already said it's 92e. the and temperatures are going to be running to right around 90 here in d.c. i think we'll stopat 88 at reagan national airport. unfortunately, we forecast for reagan bational airportcause that's where the sensoris. listen, it's humidity out there so it will feel warmer. we have about a 40% chance of seeing scattered showers later this afternoon. two rounds. of one coming after about 1:00 along i-81, traveling east. and then one lateonight after about 9:00, 10:00. this may last into early tomorrow morning, but for the st part dry. and, again, you can see storms that willlip the northern

shenandoah valley and weaken luter they get to the eastern side of the b ridge mountains and then another storm system coming our way as a frontal system moves through our area for tuesday. lingering showers early tuesday morning, but otherwise hot and humid this week. next chance of rain, which is small, saturday and sunday. >> allright, lauren, thanks so much. and that's it for "news4 midday." thank you so much for joining us. we are back on the air this afternoon first at 4:00, and you ca get news and weather updates washingtonth the nbc app. have a great day and we'll see you in the morning.

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