inspectors shut him down saying the tola was infested with insects.or two decades at sumas on 7th street, he has had four or five star reviews online. >> i'm proud of all of this here anyway. >> reporter: but you've had a lot of problems here. how did it get to the point where the health department found roaches and then an infestation inside your signature tola? >> well, things like that happen, you know. small business person. >> reporter: he since thrown out that tola, scrubbed the stainless steel, redrilled the drill. >> we had to bomb the whole place. >> reporter: they bombed the entire area? >> bombed the entire restaurant. >> reporter: this even a restaurant. it's cartell books where inspectors shut it down because it was selling food without a license. we told you restaurants are required to have somebody on duty who is trained and certified in food safety. that was the problem here in columbia heights. and as is often the case, when inspectors find that problem, they often find other violations too. this owner was warned about that twice this

this is tola. >> this is tola here, yes. >> reporter: how do you serve that?this has to be cooked. it's not served like this. >> he says it's a west african nut crushed into a powder for an okra flavored sauce. inspectors should him down saying he was infested with insects. he's been dishing out west african fare which rates four or five star reviews online. >> i'm proud of this. >> reporter: you've had a lot of problems here. how did it get to the point where the health department found roaches and infestation inside your signature tola? >> well, just by things like that happen, you know, small business person. >> he's since thrown out that tola, scrubbed the stainless steel, reglued the drains. >> we have to bomb the whole place. >> reporter: the exterminator bombed this entire area. >> bombed the whole restaurant. >> reporter: this isn't even a restaurant. it's cartel books on indian head on oxon hill. it was shut down for selling food without a license. we told you restaurants are required to have somebody on duty trained and certified in food safety. that

of the best news of the night, heavy rainfall falling in the drought areas from nor texas to ksas tola. e s some significant rains. oklahoma city, two inches of rain. that's a good start. so we have beautiful, cool weather, the northern half of the country. still warm and kind of humid, thsouthern half. and everywhere in the middle there is where we've been dealing with a little bit of rain. the forecast for today, i don't thinwe'll see too many areas there.th just some spots with some scattered showers like new york city. we leave you with a shot of top of the rock, new york city, not too bad with that light rain coming down. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. [ male announcer ] when this hotel added aflac to provide a better benefits package... oahhh! [ male announcer ] it made a big splash with the employees. [ duck yelling ] [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ le annouer ] orneom. ♪ ha ha! droid does. and does it launch apps by vce while learning your voice ? launch cab4me. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn navigation ? droid does.