new at midday, house scalisk on theeb basll field after being injured on the baseball field.ll we' have a preview of tonight's congressional field. at least five people died last year, inirorks related accidents. what the government is doing today to help prevent more accidents. this july 4th. and it's a perfect day out there right now, we have plenty of sunshine. low humidity, and a nice little breeze. how long can this last? the ht's going to last for a

while, what about the dry conditions? we'll talk more about it coming up. good morning, and welcome to news 4 midday.be >> we in with the weather. and the heat that lauren just mentioned. this is day two of 90 degree weather, and the heat is expected to stick around. >>ac let's go bk to lauren. m lauren, howuch humidity are we mixing in with t heat today? of not that much. a little bit humidity out there right now, for the temperatures that are approaching 90rees today, it's not eling too humid out there, inhe fact t dewpoint which is the measurest ofe in the air, are a little on the lower side, we're in the low 60s for the due point. once we get past 65, that's when you starteeling that humidity, we have sunny skies out there, it is beautiful, barely a cloud in thesky, current temperatures, it's warm, temperatures in the low to mid # 80s this time of year.

we're going to surpass the normal 87 this time of year. it's going to be uhot, we're j not going to have that thick humidity around. few clouds as we head into the overnight. we have july 4urth on 10-day forecast, so we'll show you that coming up in about 20s. minute >> all right, lauren, thank you so much. we are staying on a top of story on capitol hill. >> robert mueller has agreed to testify in public before two congressional committees. he's expected to discuss details into russian interference during the 2016id prestial election. nearly a month ago, mr. mueller said he would prefer not to testify publicly, however, he was subpoenaed. members of the house judiciary and intelligence committee say the american public deserves to hear directly from mr. mueller about his investigation and his conclusion. >> we hav the opportunityo flesh out what the russians did,

how they did it, what the role of the trump campaign personnel wer what were the counter intelligence issues, what was the process used to handle the counter intelligence concerns, where are the findings, all of these questions and a great many more. >> b mueller will speak with both the house intelligence and judiciary committees july 17th. president trump did not directlr sponded to the news, but he did tweet the words, presidential harassment last night. stay with news 4th and e nbc washington app for the latest on this. mueller's investigation wild nooubt feel part the conversation tonight during the crrst demoatic debate inon deci2020. >> the first round of candidates takes the stage in a matter of hours, tracie potts has a look at what you can expec >> theta sge is set, the first 10 democrats face off tonight. >> had is our chance in 2020. our chance to dream big, to fight hard, and to win.

en massachusetts senator elizabeth warris leading by double-digits in a new move-on.org poll of progressives. >> she has a chance to dominate if she plays her cards well, it should work for her. >> two hours packed with fruestions on everything immigration to iran. >> i will make sure we t onlyake this country into war as a last resort -- >> that's beto o'rourke from texas, he'll be sharing center stage. for those trailing in the polls, tonight is their chance. >> i'm the only candidate that's put forward a plan on police reform. >> to break out of the pack. >> the opportunity for a candidate to breakthrough is pretty slim. >> 60 seconds for answers, 30 to follow up. >> 10 more candidates debate thursday, the top tier including former vice president joe biden. biden wrote this op ed in the miami herald criticizing president trump's immigration

policy, the president shot back. why no endorsement from barack >> an he goes and lies and tbama? said, i asked the president not to endorse me. give me a break. >> give me a chance, that's what most of these candidates willere asking vtonight. >> we invite you to stay with news 4 for continuing coverage. aaron gilchrest will have live reports this afternoon. you can watch both nights of thr debateight here on nbc 4 starting at 9:00 each ight. this november vote is inin prce william county. we'll deci whether to fund thes bypas widening project. it's part of a bond question, the county ard of supervisors voted n5-3 o last night. the project is meant to help drivers in the western part of theountyvoid i-66. b if theond question passes, the new county board will then have out how to fund the project.

today members of congrew l put aside politics and pickir up the bats and gloves fhe t congressional baseball game. it's at 7:05 at nats park. justin finch hev a pew of tonight's game. >> check out the ding of that bat, players gearing up for tonight's baseball game, right now behind p uslayers practicing right now. catching, throwing, gearing up r that game thatll start here in a matter of hours. 7:05 this evening here, we can tell you that democrats have had a streak going for quite a long time here. winning 9 of the past 10 games. the question is, will republicans take it home tonight. they have young blood on their team, they are practicing and hungry for a win. also, this charity game raising money for numerous charities here in the d.c. area. a time to turn attention away from what happened two years ago at practice in alexandria. you may remember shooter

opening fire during that early morning practice. four people were hurt, including congressman steve scalise. today, hoping thll be a time to celebrate everything that baseball stands for, friendly competition here, time to put aside politics and pick up the gloves and baseballs and batsnd have a good time for a good cause. at n, s park, i'm justin finch news 4. >>ght now we are seeing the horrifying moment that local ecdonald's employees had to experience whil simply doing their jobs yesterday. have you seen that right there? >> yeah. here you can see an employee, a woman, it looks like she's praying with her hands over her chest just inches away from the hand or one of the armed robbe on her shoulder. >> news 4's megan mcgrath is live at th mcdonald's location in northeast d.c. pretty shocking video there to watch, megan.

>> oh, yeah. absolutely. a very very scary situation for the people who work here, the three suspects very menacing at times, aiming their weapons point blank atc mnald's workers. this happened yesterday morning around 5:30 in the morning. and itghwas all cau on videotape. >> a terrifying situation forth employees inside this mcdonald's on south dakota avenue in northeast. three suspects allh armed wit handguns rush in. a customer standingat the counter is knocked in the head with a gun and falls to the ground. the employees are ordered to gec theash from what appears to be safe in the back and then froma the csh registers. all the oile, onef the suspects points a gun directly at the frightenedployees. he robbery was caught on surveillance cameras, investigators hope someone will recognize the suspects and give them a call.

here's person of interest number one, wearing a black mask, black clothing and white gloves with red palms. the second person also in a ski mask wears a long sleeved black shirt with white lettering on the sleeves and back and patterned lighter colored gloves. the third pers wears a light coloredr jacket o hoodie, blue jeans and a black mask andkp k. the robbers take the money and f run out ohe restaurant. they are still on the loose. >> and the sameld's was robbed just a couple weeks onaad on june 6th, thatncident also involved three suspects armed with handguns, it happened at roughly the same time, 5:30 in the morning. at this point, though, police are not willing to saynntionhe the two robberies. speaking to the manager here at the mcdonald's, he says his employees are afraid to come back to work. >> we would see and absolutely understand why. t megank you so very much.

>> we have new information on a reported attack on the president's son, what he says n happened i a chicago lounge. plus, it isbeach season. we're going to talk to ocean city's mayor about how the vacation spot is getting

developing this morning, there is news of a third summit between the united states and north korea. that's in the works, that's according to a response from the south korean president to uestions by the associated press, and six other news e agen the last time president trump and kim jong-un met was four in months ago vietnam. they've been trying to come to an agreement about north korea's expanding nuclear program, but so far have failed to do so. the two countries first met jusy over twoars ago in singapore. the white house tells nbc news that it has no comment on this

potential third sumit. on sunday, white house press secretary sarah sanders said correspondence between the two leadersas been ongoing. there is scramble on capitol hill today to pass legislation addressing the ormous humanitarian crisis going on at the border. >> the house voted on a emergency aide bill last night. and set up a showdown in these te. there's a veto threat from the white house. >> craig boswell hashe latest. >> the bill is packed -- >> late tuesday night, the house approved a 4 $1/2 billion emergencaide bill. >> it's for the children, the children, the children. it's about lifting them up in a way that takes them beyond what we do t tay. >> senate has a competing aide package. >> if you don't fix the underlying problem, you'll be doing this every three or four months. >> customs and border protections facilities are overflowing with migrant

families and unaccompanied children.at the ston in clint texas described as filthy, dangerous and getting worse. conditions president trump says he's concerned about. >> it's all about humanity, it's about helping children. >> but the white house has threatened to veto the house bill, because it doesn't like the restrictions on immigration enforcement in the bill. this as the commissioner johnrs sande resigned. >> we didn't know there wasin gog to be a change there. >> hrere's a teat from the president to iran, saying an attack on anything american will be met with overwhelming force. the president called off military strikes last week, ter iran shot down an american drone. >> the president's new threats in response to iranian insults, as for the senate border aide package, the senate could take that up as early as today. craig boswell, nbc new washington. the president's son eric trump says somebody spit on him at a cocktail lounge chicago. he told breitbart news a lounlo

empe spit on him, saying it y was purel disgusting act by someone who clearly has emotional problems. the secret service, white house ornd trump ganization did not immediately respond to requees for comm. >> tens of millions of americans are flying some place this summer, and maryland transportation officials are reminding people to gete a ral i.d. driver'sicense before heading to the. lowell melcer from our affiliate station inmore reports. >> reporter: t tsa is projecting more than 263 million passengers andmbrew mrs will pass through security checkpoints at airports around the country this summer. for that reason, officials are reminding folks to get to the airport early? >> people who travel during the summer often times they're traveling with their children. and that tends to slow people down, which can cause a little longer line at the check point. >> passengers can expect to see n display scenes educating them on how to move through quickly and will provide

estimated wait times. >> we're prepared to manageos thcrowds. we want to advise our customers to deal with that congestion as well. >> now is the perfect time to make an appointment to get aal rei.d. driver's license, come october 1st, 2020. they will need one to board a flight. >> with that october 1, 2020 deadline in line. mba is trying to make the process as simple as >> that tsa officer is going to tell you, unfortunately, you do not have an acceptable i.d., i cannot let you get past this area to catch your flight. >> lowell melcerporting there. >> we have a better idea this morning about the july 4th travel rush, a record number of americans expected to travel. aaall predicts 49 min people will be on the go. most people will be drivingwill. aaa says lower gas prices are

the main reason for the increase in travel. >> maybe your summer travel plans include a trip to ocean city. trip adser included i on the list of the 25 best kid friendly beach getaways in the united states. the city's mayor joins us this moing on what is new in ocean city heading into the 4th of july celebration. great to have you with us, mr. mayor. we were just talking about how we were joining us when we kicked off our first backyard weather iouocean city, y got a lot of cool things going on. let's talk about the 4th of atjuly. and wh mak ocean city such a great place for families and kids. >> everybody's dring on 4th of juhy, and's the best drive to destination, we're so close. the thing about ocean city, who, we we have a fabulous fireworks display to celebrate independence day. we do it on the beach 8:00, music,re fiworks at 9:30, then we duplicate that at north side park in the nort end of town, in our boutiful park, s everybody has an opportunity to

take their families and enjoy fireworks at the beach. >> wonderful. you will have so many people there, and everybody's going to be in their cars, trying to get there, what is the best way for folks to getaround town, or any tips as far as trying to make that drive or the commute or the parking situation any easier for vacationers? >> it's hard to get people out of their cars.ff we oer a fabulous transportation system in ocean city. e bus comes by every 5 to 7 minutes. you can get an app now, it will tell you when the next bus will be arriving. it helps everyone there. >> this is the first were doing the backyard weather with doug. you guys have a ninja obstacle course out there. nique tocool, and very ocean city. >> we have the rectangle, which is an actual ninja obstacleco rse. it's for ltad kids.

you go through, get a video, you can cpete with your kids, or those at other locations throughout the country to be the world's fastest ninja warrior. >> as if the kids aren't tuckered out enough from being in the water all day, put them on this for an ur and they'll really go down for the night. >> any upcoming events that that city has going o parents may want to know of as we continue to enjoy the summer season into august, into maybe early september. >> i think it's good to know, we rave free events every night of the week afte the 4th of july. reworks on the board walk on monday nights. >> every monday night? e>> yes, w have fireworks sundays in the park, up at north side park, entertainment, kids can make their own sundaes, whatever they want. we have the white marlin open comin iup the first weekn august, which is the largest bill fish tournament in the world, things keep going, there's a lot for everyone to do in ocean city.

>> we y wishou a safe time with all the vacationers out there. thank you for joining us. we'sa got a fety warning ahead of the 4thno. atter where yoplan to eworks up leave the f to the professionals. the consumer product safety commission put on this demonstration on the nationalal ml this morning, showing the dangers of fireworks. safety is also an issue with those electric scooters. they seem to be everywhere, woming up a new proposal that would change hohe scooters of savings and service.

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metro passen may have to pack a small fana ng with their patience this summer. a permanent fix to the cooling h systems of e dupont circle and north metro stations will be delayed. while trying to fix the pipes that supply the cool air,

workers hit a lamppost, metro has permission to move it. ut officials say it won't be able to restore chilled air to the stations until sometime next month temperaturesnside those stations can routinely say in the 90 degree range. that's hot. >> yes, it is. >> if you can'tet to pool, there are other ways to cool off. news 4 cameras spotted this group of kids and their parents staying refreshed by playingt i water in northwest d.c. expect to see similar scenes at the park again today. hotter temperatures are expected. >> i wish they were at the park that we were at, because i took my god daughter there y.yesterda >> i saw your pictures, and i was thinking, i have a sprinkler that some of them work dmetimes. >> in't have anything like that growing up. >> it's a wondful time. >> we would have never left there. >> you are going t need something like thattoday, it's

so hot outside, theid humy is not that bad. it could be a lot worse, there is a little bit of it out there, but it's really notoppressive, that oppressive humidity that we feel out there sometimes. beautiful out there, we have blue skies,we have dry conditions out there. at least for now, over the next several days, look how they just go right on up. 92 today, 93 tomorrow, then we're in the mid-90s by the time we head into saturday. >> 87 degrees, we'll a little on the warm side. but we tend to get here as we head through summer. and we're already on june, next week is july. >> we have low to mid-80s the board. 86 in annapolis. so headingo the pool for this wednesday all sunshine, make sure you put on that spf. temperatures in the low 0s by the time we head into the middle of the afternoon, you're not going to have to keep anr eye fo the sky, no rain out there for today. we're dry all day, and not as

muggy, high pressure in charge, even if you're traveling, looking good. all the way through the mid-atlantic clearing out all those clouds, and clearing out any chances of rain here in our area. for tomorrow, more of the same, low to mid-90s, the thing about tomorrow, the humidity stts to roll back in overnight. i think the first half of the day will be a little more humid than the second half of the dayi it's g to be pretty hot tomorrow. weekend forecast for the d.c. area, mid-90s, low 90s on sunday. they have a small chance of passing storms. i'd say s a 30% chance ofing them where you are. the heat index will be pushing 100 on saturday. humidity falls through the day on sunday. as i said, we have 4th of july on 10-day forecast. let's talk about that, and talk about the weekend forecast at the beach. a lot of people are going there. hat's show you that, coming up in about 10 minutes. >> thank you, ma'am. e maryland is the safest and leastxpensive state for teen

dr oers, we have the resul a surprising new survey. >> plus, police are trying to track down the parents of a newborn baby found abandoned in the woods. we have some new video of her rescue and the latest onthe

coming up on 11:30, now to this miracle rescue in georgia.s this i body cam video of the moments, look at this. this is themoment police found a newborn baby girl in a plastic bag that had been left in the woods. the abandoned girl was found earlier this month, neighbors heard her persistent crying and called police. she's been named baby india and is currentlyn the care of the state. investigators are now releasing this shocking video in hopes of being able to find the baby girl's parents. >> somebody has the answer out th ae, somewhere there was

woman who was pregnant the. this is a near or full term child who was almost seven pounds. she was pregnant, she's not today, and there's no baby around. somebody knows about that. >> the sheriff's department has been inundated with thousands of lls andemails asking to adopt b baby india or donate to her care. >> she had 24 incredible will to live or survive. >> i hope she winds up in a wonderful home. >> so this next story is not the nigerian prince. it isn't the money that all of a sudden you just came into this r inhance. that's not the type of scam we're talking about. they're hitting us in all different types of ways, different story lines.ey >> th're getting more sophisticated here, drew wilder got advise on ways to fight ba

ck. >> the fbi reports huge increases in the amount of people being scammed or extorted online.ty fairfax coun has four detectives dedicated to this specifically. and last year they had more than 4,000 complaints. time-consuming. >> they have a ton of work. >> these extortion attempts aren't like the scams in years ago. theb fsays they're sophisticated. scammers pretending to work for a finance department. this is an example of a sextortion email. they recorded a video of you, in which the first part displays a videyou are viewing, and the next part shows the recording of your camera. they demand money immedialy or claim they'll blast out the video. these scammers create websites that look just like the ones you frequent and they're trying to get your password. >> these scammers are able to be

create almost identical websites from what you would go on tony siness site. >> email extortion complaints jumped 242% just last year. virginia had the fifth most complaints of any statand it worked. in 2018, americans were taken for $2.7 billion. fairfax police say on an individual level, scmers are tricking lots of local people with the popular cell phone game words with friends. inside that cgame, you chat with your opponent. scammers start a simple conversation, and work it into a conversation about their mother. and the scammer makes a move by trying to get the vthtim to give r mother's maiden name. >> right there, they have one security question. you log into a'sthing. there one. >> experts say you ever get an email asking you o change your password, go straight to the source. your bank, for example, and ask if that's legit, if, it's not always report it to police. in northern virginia, drew

wilder news 4. >> virginia h f theifth most complaints in the country. d.c. was 39th. several d.c.er councilmemb believe it's time to slap some rules on the electric scooters that are zipping around the district. they're proposing requirehents, say it would make the road safer for everybody. rules like no scooters between 10:00 at night and 4:00 in the morning. establishing a hotline for illegal paking. cutting the sidewalk speed limit to 6 miles an hour. requiring payment to cover property damage. the bill's sponsor says the oposals will be discussed fall. me this new this morning, maryland is considered the safest and least expensivete state for drivers. that's according to a new report from the personal finance website wallet hub.e thmpany looked at several key metrics, including the average cost of car repairs across the country.

new york was ranked the second est state followed by massachusetts. virginia came in at 16th place, the report ranked wyoming as the worst state for teen drivers. experts say motor vehicle rashes are theeading cause of death among old teens. we're, woulding for you, making sure that you stay safe on the roads. our consumer team recently alerted transportation officials to a problem with two guardrails on a busy commuter route in maryland the guardrails have been replaced, but more fixes are needed. >> for this system to trigger properly. >> steve is a father on a mission. his daughter died in 2016 after crashing into an xlite guardrail. >> telescoping down. >> we met him on river road in thesda, so he could show us his concerns. but while we were there, he th noticed sog. >> this is an improperly

installed xlite here. >>hy is that? how can you tell? >> this should be right here, there should be a two inch block washer right re. >> steve pointed out a bo installed in the wrong place. we found this video confirmi stevs observation. > make sure that post number one, this is a critical piece for this instillation. >> make sure that the washer and t bolt and the net are on the front side of this post. y do not want it to be on the backside. if it's on the backside and this post is hit, it will hang up on that bolt and it will not move. >> we alerted the maryland state highway administration, and one week later this happened. that xlite and another one on river road were both removed. maryland's already in the process of replacing otite's r outdated guardrails with

ones that meet new stricter crash test standards. the state announced the problem last summer. the maker of the xlite, lindsay transportation solutions sent us the statement saying, in part, states are responsible for the proper instillationio inspect and maintenance of road safety equipment. lindsay has employees across the e to ry who are availa train state officials and their contractors on the proper instillation of lindsay's road safety products and equipment. the safety's of america's roads is a shared responsibility and we will continue to work together with stakeholders to improve road safety. maryland tells news 4 it will take a couple years to replace all xlites in the state, it has already removed about 90% of the ones in montgomery and prince georges counties. virginia is replacing xlites on highways, with speedimits of higher.s per hour or

they expect to have that completed by the end of this year, d.c.never used the xlite. another dangerous incident at a major baseball league game is getting some attention this we're going to show you the very scary video. >> we're going to have lauren come up next, she's going to talk to us r about anyn threats that we can expect over the n

the bat goes out of his hands. it was raining so it made for some really slippery conditions at fenway. the player took that swing. it goes into the bleachers there, thankfully everybody is okay. everybody was clapping and tmiling. nobody was hurf you can believe that. look at that. >> the baseball player was stunned. it happened.

>> look at that. i can't believe how far it went. >> no kiding, that thing launched into the stands. accidents like that are t reason that the nationals aleady announced safety changes nats park, the team will instalvemore prote netting at the ballpark. it will go up in july during the all-star break. last mon a northern virginia boy was hit by a stray ball and it hit his nose at nats pa. you know, it's dangerous, and anywhere you sit in the ballpark, have you to be eyes at all times. even then you never know. how can you stop a bat like that, you know? >> i'm kidding. >> it's a freak accident. >> really. that's exactly what it is. >> not too bad out there today, guys. it's wonderful t there. i know you're sitting inside al weekyou're filling in for erto. nice week get out. >> i'll be leaving in about >> there you go. >> don't count me o.

>> maybe h to that splash tank, the pool. it's beautiful out there. allthe way through the afternoon, absolutely gorgeous, we have blue skies out there, we have temperatures min on up. dry throughout the day. it's going to be hot, temperatures in the low 90s, we have a chance for rain ouming way. we have small chances, a few passing showers early on frieny. thagain through the weekend, saturday and sunday, could have a storm here or there. very hot and humid friday and saturday. the humidity not that bad out there right now. you get into your friday and saturday, even tomorrow that humidity will start seeping back in. low to mid-80s, it's warm, we're headed into the low 90s toda is will be our tenth day this year at 90 or above. we're on par to go through the 2015, which they're beatin us already. i forgot that number, chuck has it. anyway, gorgeous out there today, it's going to be warm with those temperatures in the low 90s, if you're out and about

tonight. even at 5:00, wehave temperatures in the low 90s, we will have temperatures falling throh the 80s, it's going to be warm as we head through the evening. nothing out there right now, high pressure looking good. for w,tomorro you're waking up to muggy conditions. back in the low 90s for tow orrow, however, tomorroll be on the muggy side. friday we have a chce for rain. we have chances of rain as we head into the weekend. i promise we'll talk about the beaches and 4th of july on the 10-day forecast. i'll show you both of those in graphics comg up in 10 minutes. what is the number one predictor of happiness? we have the answer coming up. >> plus, the perct burger for seafood lovers. we're doing a little cooking in the studio today. st

different kind of burger joint is now open in d.c.'s rt est. fish scale specializes in wild

caught sustainable organic fish chef williams is here to talk about his passion for this type of cooking. this is very important to you, s,right? >> ye it is. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. me.nk you for having we have a couple options here, and i just wanted to show you -- >> what do we have here? >> we have the wild caught salmon burger, salmon is in seasonal now, we just debuted that a couple weeks ago. >> wild caught salmon burgers. >> yes, sockeye salmon. we have the true blue maryland crab burger. u we real maryland blue crab. no mayo, we use the shell as the binder. >> you are passionate about a certain type of fish. i mean, you guys go to the fresa market, you sure -- tell me what you do at fish scale to serve your customers? >> we make sure we know -- and

the transparency we know exactly where our fish comes from. this is farm raised rockfish, this is as big as it will get. they feed a synthetic feed, it's constricted to a certain area. it probably loving hip-hop, not doing nothing, it can only grow that big. this oneere is farm raised salmon. you see the color in this is sockeye. fer, the what you p wild caught? >> this is where the omega 3's come from, this salmon is not able to be in its natural habitat. this one can go get plankton and shrimp. you're not getting beneficial omega 3's here, it's v little if any. we make our own clarified butter, we put a scoop in the pan. >> how have people taken to this. >> peopleet past like what's

the fish burger, and they try, it's really the beis you can't go to a fine dining restauran-- you can't. for wild caught rockfi, they get up to this -- >> oh. >> the wild ca htrockfish, it lets me know it's from massachusetts, and it's strid bass. this is like a wild rock. >> this is what you go get and make your burgers out of that? >> yes, this is what i make my burgers out of this. i don't do any of those. >> you have that down there. >> just make sure -- this is ael stainless ste pan. i don't do nonstick, sometimes it can have chemical coating. we take the crab and put it in there, because it's n -- >> you don't have any filler in there. at's just crab meat. >> you hear it sizzle. >> yes. >> and you see how it i'm -- >> this is not on the menu all year round, obviously. >> no. this is for crab season, we use

fresh wild maryland crab. >> for the sake of tv -- >> how long have you been in the shaw neighborhood right ere? mean, you're in a busy part of town, with a lot of growth and detelopment, tell me abouthat. >> it's actually -- it's a neighborhood that has a lot of good history. it's a beautiful neighborhood, and i just want to be able to preserve that history, and people that have businesses in shaw right here, family owned, operations. i mean, it's all type of diverse people, it's a rea y good neighborhood. really great neighborhood. >> this is the finished >> yes.? >> the magic of te>>vision. we take this and make this, salmon burger. that's the salmon take the rockfish. that's the rockfish burger. and we put condiments on it.ee >> i s you have your onions and everything. >> yeah. >> we're going to have to wrap up in a second, look how ksod that loo

fish scale is the restaurant right here in northwest d.c. in the shaw community. best of luck to you guys. >> so good >> i can't wait for my next order. thanks, erica. coming up, you're out to lunch forecast, maybe you're et going to g yourself a s

good morning. do you want to live a happier and more fulfilling life?

well, a nearly 80-year-old harvard study says, if so, you should focus on one thing. here to talk about this one thing is joshua winer, thanks for being here. what is this one thing. we want to know more about the study. >> when you askes this quon to millennials and ey've done surveys of this. a lot of millennials will say, the key to a happy fulfilling life is wealth. about 50% of them will say that it's fame. and then some percentageill say it's about hard wk. well, this 80-year-old study is adult the harvard development study, has shownat th the one key factor, really, oiif you want t it down to one thing, it's about relationships. quality of relationships, relationships with family, relationships with friends, relationships with people in your community. that's really t one factor when you follow the people, they followed them from the time that they were 18 years old, up

until they died,an and then of them have died. there's only a few that are still alive. they found that that was the one variable thatas the most important factor in determining how they ewed their li quality. >> i think thath makes so muc sense. >> it does. >> can you talk about the quality of these relationships? we're talking about friendships, marriagour family, all sorts of relationships, right? >> right. >> it's not just the quantity, it's really about tit qualy, it's really about ming sure that you feeldylike somebo out there has ybaur ck. even though you may quarrel at times, you mayave issues in your marriage or wit your friendships. if you feel like that person has your best interests at heart, they care about you, they share in your jo they get upset when you're upset. that's the kind of relationship lhey're looking at. loneliness is a r problem. so they found -- a survey found that one in five u.s. adults says that they're lonely. and loneness kills.

loneliness if you fl lonely and you don't feel connected. you're much more likely to have health problems, and to die at an earlier age. >> i really believe ath it's so important, that human connection to have that in your life. >> i think a lot of people, we know thisti intuively, i think. do we lead ourt lives way? that's the problem, right? we get up early, w workur butts off, we then come home, we're on our phones, we're not spending quality time with our s o we may be next tem, but we're not listening to them.t' i think is important for people toeally live their lives with this idea at and really focus on those on relatihips. >> so what advice would you have for adults who are in that -- you know, we're washington, d.c., area, we're type a, like you said, we're so busy, we don't have time to look up, whac adv would you have in order to achieve that happiness and fulfillment in yourlife. >> you need to remind yourlf, maybe it's a sticky note, maybe t's some sort of thing you say to yourself in morning, this

is what ieed to focus on, comparinguthe qality of your relationships today versus how they were yesterday. t always tryingo focus on se improving t relationships. there's a myriad of ways you can improve those relationshies. it may every month, writing a letter or sending a letter or better yet, going andre ading the letter to some person that's had a meaningful impact on your life. and sharing w them why they've had a meingful impact for you. imagine how great thatould make you feel as a recipient. and you're going to feel great being that person that shares that information with somebody. it's going to strengthen the relationship, it's going to make everybody feel better. and hopefully lead to you ikeling over time l you've led a moreil fulfled happier life. >> i love that idea. thanks as always. >> my pleasure. last re going to get a look at our weather before we here.ut of >> it's looking good out there. >> we're not looking that bad

out there. plenty of sunsne for the beaches. temperatures will be in the 80s on friday, low 90s on saturday. upper 80s on sunday. we have a storm chance at the beaches. we have a 30% chance of storms around our area here, but again, it's going to be hot and humid after today, that humidity rises d it's going to be pretty humid all the way through the weekend. for thursday, not looking that bad for 4th of july. >> thank you so much. that's it for news 4 midday, thank you for joining us. we're back on the air this afternoon. >> you can get the latest new and weather updates any time on the nbc washington app. have a great day, we'll e e you in thmorning. i'm alex trebek here to tell you

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