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now he is preparing for the scripps national spelling bee. >>> police are questioning a person of interestn connection with a suspicious fire in the oakland hills. crews were called to the grass fire near as scott road at about 11:00 yesterday morning. there were -- they found a woman who said she had been stabbed but wasn't wounded according to authorities. she is having a psychological evaluation. >>> chp released new video of a dramatic rescue at lake tahoe. a couple was on a hike when they got to a steep spot at luther rock. she tried to keep the dog from sliding down the hillside but fell 30 feet. she was airlifted to the hospital. the man and dog hiked out on their own. >>> one san jose middle schooler is poring over the dictionary in our nation's capital as he competes in the scripps national spelling bee. kpix 5's sharon chin shows us why this 14-year-old is so determined to take the top prize. >> reporter: rutvik gandhasri packed clothes and a heart full of excitement. >> supercharged. >> omobynia. >> we have a winner. >> reporter: he won the regional bee in march earning him a re

. >> an 11-year-old girl is on her way to the scripps national spelling bee.t three months after taking up competitive spelling. phoebe smith won her class spelling bee at northly middle school back in february won the school title and followed that with a delaware county title. she spends five to six hours a day studying with mom and dad on thursday her classmates lined the hallway to here her on and send her off to the nationals in style. phoebe wants to be a role model for those classmates. >> a lot of people are more concerned about sports and activities outside of school. but i think this is cool because other kids will get to learn about this and maybe be encouraged to it next year. >> the scripps national spelling bee gets under way next tuesday phoebe is looking forward to meeting her competitor tas picnic and barbecue on sunday in washington. >> dozens of local elementary school children started holiday weekend exercising with the pros. eagles players invited the children to lip couldn't financial field to learn drills and have 71 fun all par of the n

jill chase, give you an answer every friday right here at noon. >>> the scripps national spelling bee is you understand way with 291 word whizzes vying for the top prize $40,000 including bay area speller rutvik gandhasri. the student from san jose just won our cbs bay area regional bee in march earning him a return trip to the national spelling bee outside washington, dc. here's the picture of him there round 3 going on right now. he got past round 2 this morning. so yay! he spelled the word: >> the most misspelled words by state how to spell searches. the top misspelled words here in california is beautiful. beautiful and pneumonia each topped the list in four states. other misspelled words include schedule, tomorrow, and vacuum. vacuum is two us. we'll be right back. >>> expensive road bikes stolen from a couple's garage. how facebook and police work reunited them with their things, that and more at 5:00. i'll be tuning in. my book was stolen 6 months a go. i haven't seen it. not bitter though. >> very rarely do you have a happy ending. >> have a great day. [piano playing slow tune

this. >> m-i -- >> reporter: instead she's cramming for the test of her young life. 2017 scripps national spelling bee. >> phoebe's request for spelling superiority began back in february when her sixth grade teacher at middle school proposed a contest. >> i thought it would be fun to try and win so i studied all the words they gave me and i won and tht's kind of where it all started. >> reporter: she also won the school building bee and then the delaware county competition. >> since then, dad a college professor and mom a in many maker helped phoebe study five and social security hours a day. of day. >> dad armed with 2600 page dictionary says the process has been eye opening. >> what did you find out, english is really kind of just a mongrel of lots of other languages primarily latin and greek. >> reporter: on thursday her classmates at northly gave phoebe a proper send off to the nationals lining the hallway to cheer her on. she knows winning the title will be incredibly difficult. >> but phoebe has no regrets you go giving up play time for the chance to expand her young mind. >> a lot of people sa

. >>> 291 young spellers have a very big day ahead of them as the scripps national spelling bee getslways is fun to watch. one of the most recognizable kids is also the youngest ever. abc's david muir reports. >> my name is edith abigail fuller. f-u-l-l-e-r. >> reporter: edith in march at 5 became the youngest person ever to qualify for the scripps national spelling bee. >> the room was quite large and there were 53 at that competition and most of them were probably 10 to 15. it could be very intimidating. >> b-a-e-d-e-k-e-r. >> didn't even seem difficult for her. i couldn't spell the words she spelled. >> reporter: it didn't end there. >> mesmerize. sass parrilla. s-arsaparilla. sass parrilla. >> correct. >> it all came down to one word. >> this the anticipated championship word -- >> the meaning of that word, knowledge. >> j-n-a-n-a, jnana. >> reporter: how did it begin? >> we had fun around the table. can you spell cat and what else can you spell? one of us threw out the word restaurant and she spelled it. how did she know that? >> reporter: tonight arriving in washington after co

. >>> it's that time of the year for the scripps national spelling bee. >> next, how judges are taking steps to avoid a tie for the fourth year in a row. >>> and breaking the language barrier. where atlantic city police officers are going back to school. >>> good morning, everyone. jessica boyington with you now. we're watching the vine street expressway. it looks lake some of the -- it looks like some of the construction has cleared. we were watching police activity that was partially blocking the ramp from the schuylkill to eastbound. by the time you get out the door, even if there is residual construction crews left, you'll be fine getting through. we'll keep our eyes on this. moving through center city and the rest of the roads coming up in the 5:00 hour. >>> breaking overnight, nbc10 has learned the first direct flight from philadelphia to iceland never made it there but instead was diverted to boston. philadelphia mayor kenney was there when it took off yesterday. according it flightaware.com, the flight landed in boston this morning. not clear what caused the plane to change cou

he is returning to the scripps national spelling bee. >> he is ready for his last chance at capturingophy. >> reporter: [ indiscernible ] packs his suit case full of clothes and a heart full of excitement. >> on a scale of 1 to 10, probably 11, like super charged. omodynia. >> and we do have a winner. >> reporter: the middle school student won the regional spelling bee in march. last year he missed this year: >> b-e-t-t-o-n-y. >> reporter: but placed 6th among the nation's super spellers. >> this year i've studied a lot more. after last year, i believed i could win. >> reporter: he has studied more than 30 hours a week, sometimes with his younger brother. the practice prepares him for a tie breaker designed to break a 4th consecutive year of co- champions. >> i think it's a good idea to have a tie-breaker test because -- well, they really don't to have two winners. for some people, having two winners kind of lowers the fame of the whole thing. >> reporter: past contestants have this advice. 2015 bay area champ -- >> enjoy the moment, make new friends. >> have fun. you know, enjoy it.

kits across the nation gearing up for the scripps national spelling bee. coming up, we'll test eun yang's skills when it comes to commonly misspelled words around our area. vo: at dominion, we have a long history of providing reliable energy and that'll never change. what is changing, is our name to dominion energy. it's a reflection of our commitment to energy innovation and renewable sources like solar, wind... and cleaner energy like natural gas. and we'll continue to innovate, upgrade technology, protect our environment and serve our communities. dominion energy. more than a new name, a new way of seeing energy. me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northam,aught asked me to support an assault weapons ban and close the gun show loophole, i took on the fight. i saw what those weapons can do as an army doctor during the gulf war. now, i'm listening carefully to donald trump, and i think he's a narcissistic maniac. whatever you call him, we're not letting him bring his hate into virginia. >>> we want to wish everyone the best of luck, those who are competing

year-old phoebe smith's aston home -- it's all about the bees. >> more accurate the bee as in scripps national spelling beehoebe's interest in the conquest was born three months at her middle school where she's a sixth grader. >> our teacher told us we were going to have a class spelling bee. i got real excited. i know i did well in spelling tests and i'm a competitive person. >> reporter: she won the class contest. >> and then the school spelling bee. and after that, the delaware county competition. mom a film maker and dad college professor had no idea what they had gotten themselves into. >> it's been five, six hours a day, you know, melt downs every other day. >> reporter: this is intense. >> it's intense. >> she doesn't go out with her friends. her friends call. com out, hang out with us? she didn't want to. she wants to stay home and study. >> repor dr: like it. sometimes it can get a little bit tedious i like languages and i like learning about the different rules for languages. >> reporter: on thursday her classmates lined the hallway to give phoebe a proper send off to the nationals. a lot of peop

. >> edith makes history youngest person to qualify for scripps national spelling bee. >> m-y-c-t-i-n-a-s-t-y. myctinasty. >> correct. >> it feels really exciting. kevin: talking with a gaggle of reporters today, edith said she enjoys animals, hanging from tree limbs and playing with her three younger brothers. >> are you a better speller than your parents? >> i think so. [laughter] >> we believe that all children are gifted by god. children especially really young children can absorb information so quickly. we have always operated with that understanding in the home. >> edith's mom says her daughter practices in 20-minute sessions. about four to five times a day. dedication at 6 years old. next year? >> i do if i don't win this time. kevin: she is an impressive young lady. that is for sure. the grand prize is $40,000. with the champion to be crowned tomorrow night. live at national harbor. i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. doug: weather. w h-e-t-h-e-r. jonathan: e-a. michelle: oh, my! doug! [laughter] jonathan: it's right above your head, doug. doug: you know i'm kidding. 64 in laurel. the heavy s

smith aston home -- >> it's all about the bees. >> r-e-n. >> more act rattle bee as in scripps national spelling beee's interest in the contest was born just thee months ago where she's a sixth greater does our teacher told us we were going to have a class spelling bee. i got real excited because i knew i did well on spelling tests and i'm a competitive person. >> she won the class contest. >> u-c -- >> then the school spelling bee. >> and after that, the delaware county competition. mom a film maker and dad college professor had no idea what they had gotten themselves into. >> it's been five, six hours a day, you know, melt downs every other day. >> this is intense. >> it's intense. >> she doesn't go out with her friends. her friends call. can you come out, hang out with us? she doesn't want tom she wants to stay home and study. >> reporter: do you like it? >> i do like it. sometimes it can get a little bit tedious but i like languages and i like learning about the different rules for languages. >> reporter: on thursday, her classmates line the hallway to give phoebe a proper send off to the nation

the preliminary rounds just getting under way in the annual scripps national spelling bee quest competition. the nation's most popular spelling contest taking place right outside washington, d.c. 291 young spellers from skroosz the nation taking part. there are two bay area finalists this year. that's always fun to watch. >> it really is. i don't know what's better, the parents' reaction or their performance on stage. >> let's get a check of weather right now. kari hall standing by. >> we're going to have cool weather again today for the giants game. first pitch at 7:15. it will be 58 degrees. more clouds and some drizzle in the forecast. more on that coming up next. >>> and over here, a live picture at fremont looks good for 880 right there. we still are tracking that crash in san jose. we'll show you the latest. >>> wednesday morning at 5:00. halfway there. taking a live look outside the beautiful city by the bay. san francisco, look at the lights gleaming. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. we're seeing springaling, in some cases, a little more rain than on

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thursday is the final round of the scripps national spelling bee in national harbor, maryland.he 50th anniversary of the release of the beatles' "sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band." saturday is national trails day. >> rose: that's "charlie rose: the week" for this week. from all of us here, have a happy memorial day. i'm charlie rose. we'll see you again next time. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> rose: welcome to the program. we begin tonight with richard haass, president of the council on foreign relations. he has a new book called "a world in disarray: american foreign policy and the crisis of the old order." >> instead of our welcoming him the way the israelis and saudis did, the europeans were not inclined to welcome him because they almost preferred barack obama, almost a mirror image of the middle east. lots about this president is not what they've come to expect from the united states or presidents. and his whole manner, went to saudi arabia and say i'm not here to lectur >> it's important for

for the scripps national spelling bee. >> i can handle hello and good luck.petition but is it fair to throw words i've heard stuff n there i've never heard before and these young people like connor nail it. >> they do nail it. what's important people are amazed at the difficulty of the words that they're getting at this level and they word again. that's true. but potentially but think about all the words that they have learned as the foundation of their learning from that classroom level, that are those traditional words that are very important to getting a job, for writing out resume. so those are live skills that they are learning at a very young age that will last them all their lives. >> reporter: had the awesome. valerie miller with scripps. six-year-old contestant here.& as we leave you let indira show you down the hallway a lot of young, smart people here in the competition the national spelling bee, guys, here at national harbor. >> wow! congrats to those kids. you know, bob, yes, we do feel a little -- >> not is that right rt smart. >> in young man b

in march, at just 5 years old, she became the youngest person ever to qualify for the scripps national spelling bee. >> correct. >> it didn't even seem difficult for her. i couldn't spell the words she was spelling. >> reporter: it didn't end there. >> mesmerize. sarsaparilla. >> correct. >> it all came down to one word. >> jnana. >> reporter: a deep breath. the meaning of that word, knowledge. >> jnana. j-n-a-n-a. jnana. >> you're our champion! >> reporter: so, how did this all begin. >> we were just having fun around the table, one of use threw out the word restaurant and, she spelled it. how did she know that? >> reporter: edith, now 6, studying words in her dictionary, almost bigger than she is! tonight, arriving in washington after completing a first-round spelling test, she's now getting ready for her big moment tomorrow on the national stage. go, e dit. >>> thank you for watching. i hope to see you right back here tomorrow. good night. donald tmeet phil murphy,by former goldman sachs bankers. another wall street banker running for governor, whose firm helped trigger the financial meltdown th

the battle for a new scripps national spelling bee c-h-a-m-p is now underway.than 290 elementary and middle school students kicked off the competition yestrday with a written test. out of this group -- about 50 spellers moved on to the preliminary rounds which start later this morning at national harbor. the spelling bee will run through the weekend. you can watch it on espn. and speaking of spelling gaffes - a confusing new tweet from president trump, while you were sleeping... sam sweeney is at the live desk - sam? http://chicago.suntimes.co m/news/twitter-goes-nuts-o ver-trumps-covfefe-tweet/ cellphone diplomacy from raising security concerns this morning. sources say the president has been handing out his personal number to world leaders and urging them to call him directly. it's a request that breaks diplomatic protocal. according to the associated press - trump has already exchanged numbers with the canadian prime minister.. the president of mexico and the french president. a one-time enemy set for a warm welcome at the white house today. president trump

the preliminaries for the scripps national spelling bee, this year, it's harder than ever before. there are nine local spellers taking part. these are students from north virginia. the ones from maryland come from all different countries as well. all of these kids had to yesterday. and today, they'll each have a chance to spell two words on the stage. there is only one person representing. that is margaret isaacson from the bilincogual school. >>> time for check of weather and traffic. >> melissa mollet is checking in on the commute. but first to the weather. >> good morning. three mornings in a row with all of the fog around. >> yeah, not a fun commute if you're heading to anywhere hilly, you'll hit some spots where you have zero visibility. here's a live look outside currently. we have a live picture not showing too much in the way of fog here but there are some areas where we do have a little bit of fog visibility. here we go. in the district, not too bad. five-mile visibility, manassas seeing almost a quarter-mile visibility, almost a quarter mile in warrington. looking at alm

the 96th scripps national spelling bee in washington, d.c. with preliminary rounds today.ils on their mission to touch the sun, attempt to fly a probe through the sun's atmosphere. finally, in france, a tennis player banned from the french open after repeatedly trying to kiss the reporter there. you can see it, as she was giving that live interview, he has been banished from the grounds following his first round loss. he has since apologized for the reporter said quote if i had not been live on the air i would have punched him. the way he's looking his arm around the neck, never mind if she was live on the air, she could have punched him. a lot of people may have been sympathetic as well. >> so strange. >> you've been out there with a lot of rowdy people to come in to photo bomb or video bomb. a little too much. violation of personal space. >>> i'm frances rivera. thanks for watching "early thanks for watching "early thanks for watching "early two kids barfed toin class toda. it was so gross. lysol disinfectant spray kills 99.9% of bacteria, even those that cause stomach b

. >>> spelling champions are getting ready to compete in the scripps national spelling bee in washington. in honor of the bee, google pulled the most misspelled words in each state. in pennsylvania, it's apparently sauerkraut. 12 in new jersey. never had trouble with twelve. >> come on, new jersey. >> and delaware's top misspelled word is hallelujah. >> sauerkraut and hallelujah, i understand -- >> twelve? i don't get that. >> give me 12 doses of sauerkraut, and i'll say hallelujah. >> i don't know what people -- i think that people are getting not good because you have automatic spell check. it corrects it for you. >> i don't know how you misspell everything when you have spell check on your phone. >> i haven't been in a classroom for a long time. i suspect you're not allowed to use the phone to help. >> true. probably. >> that's the only place where i spell is on the phone. >>> mother nature is spelling out more clouds that could lead to showers. delaware, fog in the suburbs. it has been getting thicker. this is the view showing the pocono mountains with one-mile visibility. there we g

. >>> and the scripps national spelling bee starts today in washington. >> this year there's rule changes including a rain test given ahead of -- including a written test given ahead of time that can break a tie. the competition has ended in a tie for the last three years, including last year when there were co-champions. eight students from our area will compete from pennsylvania. two from new jersey and one from delaware. we'll test our spelling skills, shall we? there should be music underne h underneath. jessie is laughing already. acr acritarch, any group of fossil one-celled marine plantonic organisms of certain taxanomic affinities. >> i will say that i saw the teleprompter. i don't know if i accidentally cheated. >> no -- >> i'm sitting like this -- >> no, because they spelled it differently. >> a-c-r-a-t-a-r-k, acratark? >> we're going to end in a three-day tie. it's going to be a loss. >> try it again. >> a-c-r-a-t-a-r-k. acratark. >> ehh. >> i prefer the jelly doughnuts. they are really much better. >> here's the fun thing, there will be no winner -- >> it would be a three-way

the scripps national spelling bee starts next week. and one seventh grader is proud to be representing the district. deborah thought it might be fun spell she going off to the scr national spelling bee. how old are you >> >> i'm 12 years old and in seventh grade. >> reporter: i'm going to quiz you. >> okay. >> reporter: all right. first word crustacean. your first word is crustacean. c-r-u-s-t-a-c-e-a-n. >> ding. the word is con stab louse. t t-r-a. >> a-s-p-i. >> young lip this. >> e-u-t-a-l-y-p-t-u-s. >> boom. >> this is funny. fudty daddied. >> as a risk of showing my age i think f-u-d-d-yd-u-d-d-y. >> yes. >> i win but i really didn't. [ laughter ] >> we are all winners at this game. >> yes. we will see. she is sharp by the way. let's se sentence? >> my old car was in a state of decrepitude. >> you had one letter off. >> i didn't two for the whole writing down thing. >> p-e-r-i-t-n-a-c-t-y. viral like uld have. >> a pennsylvania man breaks the price is right plain koa record and his reaction is priceless. >> let's talk about future

alison: the battle is underway for the vince national spelling -- scripps national spelling bee champ runs through the weekend. you can watch it on espn. it makes me so stressful. larry: i bite my nails. how did you know that? really? i feel so dumb. alison: d-u-m. larry: exactly! oh, c'mon! well, check out the cool new photo of the grand canyon from space. this is not the first time the it's been spotted from the satellite. but this picture was taken by the salary ride earth cam -- sally ride earth cam aboard the international space station and controlled by the middle school students. the students and the teachers can sign up to control the camera online. alison: wow! "7 on your side" with health matters. a new study finds eating chocolate regularly can help prevent irregular heartbeat. researchers found adults who ate chocolate once a month are ten to 20% less likely to develop at it triial fibrillation -- atrial defibrillation. they had lower rate of high blood pressure and diabetes. larry: i alison: news you can use. >> still to come, my mom started laughing. >> what the driver d

the preliminary round of the scripps national spelling bee is underway. 5 this morning.( mark ) this year there are two bay area students competing... one from san ramon the other from san jose. and in honor of this year's spelling bee... google has released a list of the most misspelled words in each state.( darya ) google gathered information on how many times people searched how to spell a certain word. in california... the hardest word to spell is beautiful.( mark ) beautiful was the most popular on the list along with pneumonia. other words on the list include schedule, tomorrow and vacuum. and people in wisconsin had the hardest time spelling their own state's name. (james) tracking your morning forecast. details coming up. ( will ) jury deliberations begin in the penalty phase of the trial for the man convicted of killing sierra lamar. i am live in san jose with more on the jury's tough decision. (darya)(mark) welcome kron four morning news... lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... traffic alert wb 580 at hopyard a gravel s

. >>> nearly 300 kids as old as 15 and as young as six are competing in the scripps national spelling bee. the winner takes home a cool 40 grand. there are new rules to prevent a tie like the one that happened last year. >>> so it might be cool for hipsters. a young student says a teacher making fun of his man bond was crossing the line. >>> president trump appears to have invented a new word on twitter today. and social media is all over it. >>> did comedian kathy griffin go too far? log on now to let us know narrator: "the time is always right to do what is right. ralph northam. army doctor during the gulf war. volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. progressive democrat. in the senate, he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound anti-choice law, and stood up to the nra. as lieutenant governor, dr. northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. ralph northam believes in making progress every day. and he won't let donald trump stop us. >>> this is a yellow alert day. here is wusa 91st alert whether. >>> storms pushing through the metro

autria: getting ready for round two of the scripps national spelling bee. and we have a the most, me misspelled words in every state. turns out virginians struggle with the word . -- delicious. special is a special one for the people in maryland. and in d.c., the number 90 is the most misspelled word. and in wisconsin, apparently they had trouble with the word wisconsin. their own state. [laughter] autria: you would think it would be mississippi, but no. veronica: interesting. larry: insert joke here. kidd aboute to ask that. [laughter] larry: how about today? like yesterday, we could have some more storms and those storms could be intense. it won't be like yesterday, the widespread areas west of d.c., but there will be something of what i like is on the other side of that front, very low humidity feeling best days dazed, the lowest humidity we have had around here in a while. especially on sunday, with an east wind, traveling with showers on and off over the weekend. take a look at laurel, maryland, with gray clouds hanging below. for today we will see the

alison: the stage is set for the youngest and the brightest minds at the 90th scripps national spelling bee. jonathan: are you good spellers? nancy: b-e-e. i can spell that. jonathan: brian van de graaff caught up with the competitors as they make the final preparations at national harbor. brianne: 290 -- brian: 290 people kate out for the first round. there are two preliminary rounds tomorrow and then the finals happen this week. this is my friend. he is from south carolina. is this your first time? i was listening and it was tough. >> well, i just came prepared. i was determined. i hope for the best. brian: how do you practice? >> big thank you to my parents. they helped me so much. they teach me a lot of the words and they go through a lot of materials they provide to us. through the website. >> good luck. one of the the finals will happen later this week. you can catch them live on our sister, partner station espn. that is the latest from gaylord national. back to you. alison: thank you. "7 on your side" health alert. this may sound familiar to you. but there is a rise in health issues

the scripps national spelling bee hits the region tomorrow with young kids around the country longing to hit the title. michelle: on wednesday, they will diploma and kellye lynn shows us that one of the graduates has 15 good reasons to celebrate. >> real africa is the one they never show you. >> 18-year-old ann has a wide range of interest attending the fairmonts heights high, she enrolled in the bio-technology and the i.t. programs and participated in student government, dance and painting. >> i like to be active so i don't really focus on the pain. kellye: the pain of the sickle-cell anemia which doctors diagnosed when ann was an infant. >> this makes me tired and fatigued. it causes headaches but you always have to have the medicine with you. >> her disorder requires monthly blood transfusions an taking ten to 12 medications a day. >> she is so strong and so determined. >> she received 15 college acceptances, more than any student at her school and the second highest amount of the financial scholarship money. more than $500,000. her choice st. mary's college. >> my motto is "don't

spelling bee. we have more on the f-u-n. >> round two of the scripps national spelling bee is underway.ehind the doors are some of the best and the youngest spellers in the country. they are now competing. this is the hall o with pictures of some of the past winners. this is the it 0th year of the competition. 291 kids compete. they won the regional spelling bee back home and now they are going head to head at the national harbor. catching attention is a 6-year-old girl edith fuller from tulsa, oklahoma. the youngest ever to compete. a local 7th grader and a boy from danville, virginia are hoping to become the next champion. >> i'm nervous and then i remember it's set up like a normal spelling bee and i should treat it like a normal spelling be. >> i have always been able to spell. but i have been studying. so it brought me here. >> 291 will be whittled down to 50 finalists. the final round happens here. at national harbor ryan hughes. jonathan: coming up next at 4:00, the military display. see the split second we stop a long range missile in space. >> i'm kellye lynn in chantilly in a

. >>> dozens of the world's best young spellers are in our neck of the woods for the scripps national spelling bee. >> it's always extraordinary. the competition got under way today. the finals are on thursday. and in a tweet from the weekend, officials say this is the 90s national spelling bee. the words missed from around the world will become part of spelling bee this year is expected to be the toughest competition yet. >>> almost erevyone we talked to has an opinion about this next story. >> reenactors in virginia are dropping knowledge on us and making their case. >> we'll hear from a grief stricken family that lost two sons to heroin overdoses just months apart. why they are telling their story tonight. >> have you seen this video yet? nats star bryce harper charging the mound after getting beamed by a 98 miles an ralph northam: being a pediatrician has taught me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northam, and when survivors of the virginia tech shooting asked me to support an assault weapons ban and close the gun show loophole, i took on the fight. saw what those weapons can do as an army docto

this is a big dell high pressure ruth placed sixth in last year scripps national spelling bee but sixthiddle school in san ramon stisktly they have an advantage since 2008 each winner of the spelling bee has been indian american. nearly 1 in 4 contestens in this contest or has origins in india or south asia i'm indian american but i'm not a good speller i'm the outliar. >> you speak very well. >> thank you. thank you very much we're all routing for those guys and gallons. >> for sure. raj can still warm up. >> let's go ahead and move on shall we. and we are expecting the temperatures to eventually get back up into the 80s. but we have a few showers here tracking right now. >> now nbc bay area microclimate weather certified most accurate in the bay area by weather rate. >> what we're looking at right now the source of all the clouds that moved into today and also cooler trumpets is the trough of low pressure sitting out in the pacific as that continues to move a little bit here into northern california even bringing a slight chance of showers. zoom in closer on the doppler radar and sate

best spellers from across the country will compete in preliminaries for the scripps national spelling beed this year, it's harder than ever before. there are nine local spellers taking part. take a look. these are the students from north virginia. and the ones from maryland come from all different countries. there is only one person representing the district. margaret isaacson from oyster adam adamsley lingual school. there's margaret. today, they'll each had the finals are tomorrow. good luck to our local spellers. >> and our pat collins may have a bit of a run for his money next winter. >> that competition is a pints-sized 8-year-old who packs a lot of power from germantown. >> to me, this is the storm, i'm 32 inches. this here is 30 inches and right now sh now, there. the reason i want to be a newscaster i want to you update people to keep them safe. >> we need to hire her right now. she's ready. >> with the show and tell in the live shot there. >> i love it. >> that's bryanne, she's with steve harvey on "little big shots." if she keeps up all that hard work and practice, i'm sure she'

national spelling bee. co champions at last year's scripps national spelling bee.itself this week? >> our bob barnard is live at the site of the competition this morning which is the gaylord hotel at national harbor. good morning, b-o-b. >> reporter: hey, good morning. guys. the word of the day is covfefe. it's the word of the overnight. guise we're here with two of the competitors from this area. first of all ryan crawford he is a 12 year old sixth greater from danville, virginia and we have margaret isaac son a seventh grade at oyster adams bilingual school in adams school and valerie miller is scripps. ninetieth year. pretty good stuff. this is will be e competition is going on inside. i've tape peek. there are a lot of people in inside. margaret ryan start competing at 10:00 o'clock this morning. how many people started this whole thing and how many do you have left now before the finals tomorrow? >> we estimate about 7 million students participate in our program every year. so that starts in the classroom. so the teachers give the materials that we provide to

rutvik gandhasri packed his bags for the scripps national spelling bee and now he is competing in theliminaries. he is one of nearly 300 students from all 50 states to spell the toughest words in the dictionary in washington, dc. participants range from 6 to 15 years old. the winner takes home $40,000 among other prizes. wish him well. >>> cloudy weather didn't stop people from gathering for a centuries old tradition. cheese rolling is what its name suggests. somebody tosses cheese and people roll down the hill to go after it. look at that. >> oh. >> it should be called people rolling. the first written evidence of cheese rolling -- >> ow! oh!! >> -- dates back to 1826. the 29-year-old scored top honors in this year's men's race and an 18-year-old woman claimed victory. for cheese! >> where are the doctors? you know? looking for the concussions afterwards? the concussion check? >> that hurts more than when the guys carry the wives over the moat. right? >> barbarians. >> they were having fun though. >> they are barbaric across the pond. let's go. >> cheese rolling. that's our next outi

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