10:23. live picture of the -- yeah. >> okay. yup. hey, steve. >> hi, steve. >> 10:23. live picture of the capitol dome. it's beautiful day. finally the rain stopped. we look forward to clearer ski s

sunshine. you always look like you're up to something. >> came all the way up here to hang out with me good with not? i like it. change of pace. >> i don't get too many visits i appreciate it. >> sunny skies. >> yup little cloudy. sunshine this afternoon. it will be in the low 80s. >> perfect. >> it will be dry tonight. >> my work here is done. let me moon walk out here. >> want to go to the nationals game. >> why not? >> great afternoon, right. >> yeah. yeah. drying out this afternoon. let's do it. no sun yet. cloud cover across the area. but the trend will be to the north and northwest wind to dry thing out, and gradual improvement around here. we'll get sunshine by mid afternoon. 73 now in washington. still little cool out there. 70 in gaithersburg. 72 quantico. 72 as well in fredericksburg. quick shout out to culpeper maureen even were just talking about sip tri on friday we're coming down to see you we hope you come out seen us. there's live look at your satellite/radar. last of the shower activity exiting saint m

getting across the lower eastern shore. no rain here in the immediate washington area. and you can see if you look carefully off to the north and we have starting to get clearing skies out into western maryland and parts of northern virginia. so that will move in little later this afternoon we should see partial sunshine by late afternoon and again we'll keep it dry with daytime highs in the low 80s. average daytime highs time of year 87 degrees won't be quite average few degrees below average but all in all nice afternoon and let me mention tonight, absolutely beautiful. overnight lows will be back into the 50s. you can open the windows later tonight. dry conditions. and we're setting up for beautiful wednesday and thursday. next couple of days will be really really nice. look at tomorrow. 84 with sunshine. okay. mid to late afternoon sunshine partly sunny later today and d dry. 82 degrees guys. back to you. >> all right. thank you tucker barnes. 10:25 is the time. good day bringing the power on this tuesday morning. that's because coming up next, one of the stars of the hit stars drama is live right here in the loft. we'r

actor rotimi who is out with a brand new album and this morning he's performing for us. that's coming up next right now 10:25. 10:26 rather. rear back we're back in a momen. we're going to flex some power in here.

>> how you know special k. >> i met him on the inside. >> kept his distance from his youngsters but i got

saved your life. he says ya'll ran the streets together. though you didn't stay long. you got out. >> you want to get out of the hood? >> doesn't everybody? >> not conan. i offered him a job he said no thanks. went right back to the streets. >> ladies get ready our next guest is bri bringing the powero the loft. he's a actor, singer song united writer toward in black nativity, burning sands and of course we can't forget his role as dre in the stars hit show power. talking about the multi talented rotimi who just released new ep called "jeep music" he's hitting the road with r and b star august al cena for the don't matter tour. which is making a stop at the fillmore in silver spring tonight. but before he hits the stage owe ins joins you live in the loft and he's here to perform his new single "want more

welcome rotimi. ♪ good morning, d.c. ♪ summer days still wake you wonder, should have been you and me, but never say never ♪ >> ♪ we can settle down with him you'll be settling, mama why you waste your time go so far to say you can do better ♪ >> ♪ ♪ > ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ >> what's up d.c.? ♪ ♪ ♪ >> listen, were you been my love, could be wasting time, messing with young boy not the a man ♪ >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

[ applause ] >> rotimi. what's up? welcome. welcome to the loft. great sound. great sound. >> thank you. >> a lot of people know you as dre from power. >> yeah. >> a lot of might not necessarily know your performer though. >> i've been music way before you were acting right. >> from back in the day. since you were really young six or seven years old. >> yes, sir. >> i was playing the violin, piano, the flute, everything. >> right. >> just god put acting in my live to set the tone for everything else. >> it's good to diversify. >> oh yeah. >> you got to be multi talented. >> you have to. lj cool said it best. use all your talents. use it all. >> absolute. tell me about the brand new album. >> jeep music

you know, it's i dated someone when i was 19 to when i became a star on power so just ups and downs of the relationship and i want to keep it really transparent. so want more is the first record thon. >> tell me about power. i saw you walking around with ghosts. >> yeah. >> it's an interesting character. >> not necessarily the most up standing people in the show. >> yeah. i don't think anybody is really up standing in the show. >> no good guys. >> um, no, dre is basically become his own man. become a baby ghost. with that being said he's out for blood. he wants what he wants. everybody is forgetting this is something ghost would have done ten years ago as well interesting to see. >> i want to play 5 degrees of separation between me and you right now. 5 degrees of separation. we've never done this before. here we government number one, i've been by the apollo theater. i've listened to jay-z. you've actually performed at the apollo theater. >> yes, sir. >> i

>> yes. >> tell me that story. you were 18 i believe. >> no, apollo was 15. i won that twice when i was 15. >> okay. >> when i was 17 and 18 i performed in front of james see every week. because his nephews were like in the same group as me. >> okay all right. you're connected. you got some power. you get that. you go the some power. >> i see what you did. >> all right. number two, all right, my wife went to northwestern university. >> oh she smart. >> and you went to northwestern university. >> yes, yes. >> so you went to northwestern got a business degree. >> yes. >> uncompletions degree as well. >> yes, sir. >> four months after you graduated, you auditioned your first audition was the for show boss with kelsey grammar. >> yes. that's amazing how did that come to be. >> i was a struggling artist. i was touring doing lot of college shows my manager at the time he was just like listen man we need some money. go get a commercial. >> right. >> or something and i just happened to book my first one. so i learned how to really act on episode one of boss. becaus

under his wing. >> number three, you know what, empire is on our channel. >> okay. on our station. you were almost on empire. >> yeah. >> almost. you got time to tell me what happened. is it a long story. >> we'll make it quick. you know, empire, you know, again, is just the testament to what's for you is for you. power was supposed to be for me. i was very close. so was a lot of people. >> all right. so you know what bigger things came to you because you i was digged for power. i watch power. i'm still on season one because i dvr the whole thing i can't stay up late. >> so look, you i was digged for power and awed bunch of props as well. >> yes i did. >> you didn't walk it with your script. you had props. >> yes, i d how can i get this role faster than anybody else could. i came with like a fake napkin rolled it like a cigarette. i had a 40, i can didn't know what dre was going to be. >> you had to be ready for anything. >> anything. i came in with a wife beater. it was a whole different person than what he came out to be. >> you nail it obviously. because you're one of the star on the

>> thank you. >> thank you very much for coming in. >> thank you. >> where can people get your music. >> my yes. jeep music volume one if you like my single want more go download it everywhere. anywhere enjoy. >> all right. appreciate it. >> best of luck in the music and on television. >> thank you, sir. >> all right. steve, over to you. wisdom, thanks very much i want to show you my new ride, wis. do you like it? are you jea jealous? you should and it's not my new ride. adam come on over here. you might recognize as adam eaton from the washington nationals he's got big charity event coming up this weekend. we'll talk all about it coming you. now back to my new car. i like what you've done with my ride. thank you.

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♪ we are back at 10:40. cars, coffee and pro baseball. this weekend the washington nationals will host charity car show at the southeast ballpark, and the man helping to rev up the park is one of the team's newest players who has a little free time on his hands for details steve is out in the fox lot. hey, steve. >> maureen, was that humming along to cars there. >> that was me. i thought he was you. i knew your voice. we're talking about cars sweet rides and baseball. i'll tell you what this is every kid's dream come true. adam eaton you know him as the out fielder with the washington nationals. we haven't had a chance to officially welcome to you d.c. >> thank you. >> now that we're two-thirds through the season welcome to d.c. and dc of course. you've taken your passion for cars and baseball. you got a big event coming up at nats park. >> rev up the park at nats park

number actually over looks the park. i had good idea. high thought there's such great cars in the area, and go to katie's coffee i try to get out there as much as i can. they'll do a charity event. i brought in dragon fly foundation the event close -- charity close to my heart helps children with cancer. that struggling, you know, in the midwest anywhere between publishing books to giving gas money to giving laptops, helping kids get, upping, back and forth to treatment, they do all walks of life. s it's going to be great event. we have over 200 cars already signed up re-registered. you can still register for those cars. at nationals.com/cars and co coffee. of course, spectators are welcome. bring the family, bring your friends. the kids, you know, because there's going to be some really cool cars there. we have rom bore gene niece. >> i was going to

>> lamborghinis. porsche signed up. we have actually tesla dealership that will bring some cars. bmw dealerships will bring some cars. >> people bring their own cars. >> of course. >> we have a did he loran if you want to go back to the future so to speak. >> very cool. >> we have like again i think we have a porsche 918 coming. we have an sv lamb gore genie. bunch of m cars. bmw's and like i said in the cadillac dealership lindsay cadillac signed up to response tour the even as well. corvette there and escalade and all kinds of fun toys. >> you mentioned if you want to come down as spectator it's ten bucks. pay cash at the gate. >> exactly. >> check out the cool cars. i love to do. >> absolutely. >> adam you mentioned cadillac. this is a cadillac. this is one much your baby. >> it is. >> were do we to this i know this car. and to me this was always kind of like the family man's dream. still have that high output engine in there but room for car seat, too.

>> that's exactly the reason i bought this car. i've always really loved the ctv's it's four door car but usually you have some type of chevrolet performance underneath the hood and in this case we have the lt4 super charged engine from the new zo6 from chevrolet and it's in a four door, um, family mobile, you know, as many of you know or don't know i recently had a son last year. >> congratulations. >> thank you very much. and it has helped me persuade the wife to get race car that is four door. >> so what kind of output do you get out of this car now with the work you've done to it. >> it's 650 stock horsepower but it's around 850 stock. not horsepower any more but modified horsepower. >> you can get to the store in all right hari. >> i can. i usually put around like grandpa but every now and again it get me in and out of trouble. getting on the interstate. >> you know you have that power when you need it like stealing a base when you're 12 feet off the bag. i know i can go if i need tom wisdom martin one of

is a diehard corvette lover. i know you share that passion with him. >> yes. >> that's one of your other babies much what's your corvette. >> i have corvette grand sport. it was, you know, as i shared on instagram it was really the start of my love for cars. my dad was drag racer as a kid, and my uncle, my father's brother, had a corvette that he actually drag raced. i just loved it. i loved everything about it. i love the lines of it i loved how it sounded, and i told myself when i was probably ten to 13 years old i said, when i hopefully get to the big leagues this wild dream of making, you know, big league pay i said i'm going to buy a corvette. funny enough 2012 i got married and made my debut and bought my dream with the little less money i h i'm surprised my wife didn't kill me. >> that's fantastic g can we pop the hood on this. >> absolutely. >> we'll fire it up at the end of the segment. >> does adam eaton have dream car? i know you have several cars. >> yeah. >> you don't have 40 in the stable. >> no.

list. >> top of the wish list is the mid end join corvette that has been -- >> in the works for while. >> for 60 years. honestly. it has been in the works for like, i mean, zora himself was speaking on the mid engine car for a long time. and it's a little dirty so i apologize for that. but we have some carbon fiber. we air filter, new pulley, full exhaust, headers it's a fun little ride and like i said it gets me in and out of trouble. the corvette has been dream of mine. >> that's one if that's ever out -- >> ever out. >> it's yours. >> absolutely. >> you and i share a dream car as well. >> yes. >> with the jeep, too. >> the track hawk that is recently coming out like you said you love jeep. srt and you want to talk about an absolute all wheel drive wagon that just -- it's absolutely a beast and the track hawk get again another family going to the grocery store and like you said --

>> absolutely. you got to love it. >> the car show will be saturday morning get early start bring the cars down 6:00 to start loading. >> yes. >> and then spectator which is come down at 7:00. >> yeah. we basically did the format that katies has in great falls. i usually get there a little before 6:00. you can get there at 6:00. you can get there at 7:00. as long as, you know, you arrive safely and park your car. the event will go till tech to 10:00. players you got -- i got a couple of players coming. >> that's good sales point right there. >> anthony rendon will make an appearance, howie kendrick. >> all the guys love cars as much as do you. >> they really do. tray turner will make an appearance as well. >> all right. >> hopefully we're getting michael taylor out of bed. hopefully get him out of bed. >> he's a young guy. a little early. >> exactly. >> try to get him down there. how is the knee doing you doing okay with all the rehab work? you're starring to move little bit now. >> started running last week. i started hitting last week that's all really going well throwing again. it's amazing how slow the process has

i never really realized the -- the long process. >> it's got to be frustrating when you see how good the team is doing right now. >> exactly. >> all you want to be is be out there and be a part of it. >> i have no nails right now. don't zoom into my fingers. trust me i want to be out there. >> keep the focus on the cars. >> awesome. >> adam thank you very much. you're firing this bad boy up. let's hear this i think with the noise out here. >> let me close this real quick. we'll be able to get a nice roar from the work that you've done. fire it up. >> i love that sound. i love it. listen to music in the car. >> no. just windows down and just go. >> you're a true hero. adam eaton thanks so much. i hope you're back on the field. we look forward to you playing in the post season if not 2018 thank you. >> garage b, seven to ten saturday morning walk up ten buck at the door and you're good to go. enjoy the cars. thanks adam. hope to see you soon. >> thank you. >> back to you guy

steve, wisdom is salivating in here. >> it's okay. you get a little hot. >> trying to cool you off there. >> you can lay down over here. i'll move over coming up next, proof that laughter really can be the best medicine. we'll explain when we come right back. don't go any w you're watching the number one good day at 10a. ♪

all right neck guest is one of the dmv's most celebrated comics his name is jason weems and he's appeared on national and local stages including nbc last comicking d.c. em pro prof and most recently hbo few months ago something devastated happened to jason in in the middle of one of his sets. he suffer a severe asthma attack on stage that left him clinically dead for four min minutes. thankfully medical personnel got to him quickly. they were able to revive him. and now some local comic are stepping in and stepping up to help their friend. not only did they stage a gofundme account but they are also holding a benefit comedy show and in an toast raise money for jason's medical bills. it's called a night of fun. fun standing for

understanding needs and this morning jason joins us along with theresa couldn't september cione and alex scott to dish about the event and your brush with death. >> yes. >> what a scary yet inspirational story all at the same time. >> inspirational. scary. live changing. >> um-hmm. >> but i'm here. i'm happy. >> so what happened? did you realize what was going on? how did it all go down? >> i got on stage. >> um-hmm. >> it was just like any other night. i'm talking. big laughth moment i felt the ak coming. i've had asthma my entire life always always known when and attack is coming i can typically tell how severe it was going to be. i can tell it was going to be a bad one. i took two puffs might have inhaler the crowd thought i was joking and started laughing me more. which made me angry personally. >> it's hard for the crowd. is it part of the act? not part of the act? what's going on here. >> i say good night put the mike down. thinking fresh air will do it it got even worse. so at that point i'm literally just like gaspg.

doctor. over my left shoulder. but i didn't even have enough energy to stand up and look i remember vaguely getting taken back into the venue and then i just went out. i woke up 14 hours later with a ventilator. >> they said they were clinically dead for four minutes. >> closer to five. >> closer to five minutes. >> yeah. >> that is a scary stat in and of itself. >> it's horrible. i didn't know. that's right at the line where brain damage becomes. >> yeah. >> i wake up the neck morning the doctors coming to do rounds and the doctor says we lost you for five minutes. i'm thinking he's joking. >> right. >> he knows i'm a comic. >> light right. >> i look at my wife thinking she's going to laugh and nods in agreement. then it just felt like bricks kind of just fell oh and me. >> in that five minutes did you see the light? i didn't see the light. [ laughter ] >> jason, what does that say. >> good thing you got a second chance. >> yeah. i saw medical bills. that's what i saw. >> and really we're making light of that. that is very serious thing. ne

saddled with all these medical bills which is live changing for your family because you have to face that. >> absolutely. >> then you have these amazing friends step in. so how did you guys all become a part of this and why did you want to do it? >> um, theresa brought me in. >> yeah. so i produce comedy shows in d.c. with my business partner heywood tougher nip injury and we have a company attack of the comics and we produce shows throughout dc and we got invited to produce a show at the d.c. draft house and so we were talking about what we wanted to do and what kind of show we wanted to put on, and heywood& and i had already been doing shows for other companies. >> um-hmm. >> that were charity related but then jason had come to one of our shows i think less than week before his asthma attack, and so as soon as we heard the news about him, we understood that okay, this is what i think, you know, this should be. >> little did you know you were paying it forward. when you went to one much their shows they have these shows once a month then you raise money for whatever the said charity is,

>> right. >> on that night. so this one tomorrow night happens to be to be helping you. and then you'll have a raffle, too, right. >> yup. we're having a raffle. alex will be hosting, and our grand prize is chef rock harper. >> yeah. >> who won i think season three of hell' kitchen donated. >> we know chef. he's a friend of the show. >> he donated a fried chicken dinner for ten people. >> nice. >> so it's got -- >> i might have to come and buy a raffle tick. >> that sounds pretty good. >> so you're hosting alex. >> i'm hosting. >> this really is. it's so interesting because it is the whole laughter is the best medicine. >> yes it is. i'm actually a disable vet and i have ptsd and that's what saved my life. so any time a friend needs to& step in, i'm there for them because i understand, you know, the medical side, the laughter and the healing side and also just being there as a friend, you know. >> yeah. absolutely. jason,he

make your heart smile. >> it's amazing. it's one of these things where you go out and do shows every night and you meet people. you make connections but you never know how lasting those connections are. so i mean to have this happen and then, you know, to have this gofundme go up and to have these posts go out and see this outpouring of love. >> yeah. >> just, hey, i remember i met you ten years ago and you gave me advice or, um, it's great. it's amazing. >> so the best thing for you to do to go to the show tomorrow night at the d.c. draft house. august 9th. the show is 8:45. but not -- >> not 8:46. 8:45. >> doors open 8:30. right? >> right. >> but the good cause starts as soon as those doors open. thank you all so much. >> thank you so much. >> you know what, brother next time you got to see the light. [ laughter ] >> let's work on that. >> i'll work on the light ya'll. [ laughter ] >> we need to put you on the show. >> thank you very much. >> i'm glad for what you all are doing for him. >> back over to ya'll. >> 50 seconds left. >> what you got. >> sunshine this aer

and daytime highs -- hi, in the low 80s. just hang in there. partly sunny. where did steve go. >> he's still with the cars outside. >> like a little boy toy land. z2fwdz z16fz y2fwdy y16fy

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