daniel o'connor saw bump kin ona the news she had been left in a home after the owners moved out. >> she apparently had been left in the house. they moved out and just left her in the house! >> o'connor isnd 85 a she is a little older too. now he is hoping someone else can find asuch happiness that he has found with his new best friend. news4 is gearing up for cleare the ers. it's a billing event happening next month. a few weeks away. shelters ll be participating on saturday, august 17th. we have a map of all of shelters and everything you need to know in the nbc washington app. just search clear the shelters. >> this is te ofose events that we really love. so many people here at the station have animals and love them. we see so many people who love animals and they just come out big for this. >> i want to try to convince my husband. >> you might bring home a new vemily friend! >> we will ha much more news, traffic coming up, including the big backups happening on see you in a few minutes. role of a car company? announcer: to take your kids to and from school? announcer: we think it

daniel o'connor saw pumpkin on the news and she had been left in a home after the owners ved out. >> she apparently had been left in the house. they moved out and just left her in the house!he sas down to 32.4 pound when the spca got her. >> o'connor knew they would be a good match. he is 85 and pumpkin is erlittle old too. now he is hoping someone else can find as much happiness that he has found with his new best friend. >> what is the whole goal of clearing the shelters. >> exactly! put this date down in your calendar. news4 is gearing th for clear shelters. it's happening a few weeks from now. shelters will be participating on saturday, august 17th. we have a map of all of those shelters and everything you need to know in the nbc washington p. just search clear the shelters. now your cnbc business report. >>> space x successfully launched 18th cargo mission for nasa. the rocket blasted off with a cargo dragon capsule carrying nearly 2.5 tons of supplies t the international space station. the capsule is carrying research and technology payloads that concentrate on cellular sentenc

. >> daniel o'connor saw team pumpkin on the news after beingm rescued fro a home in delawaread and hn at the spca recovering. >> she apparently was left in a house and they moved out and just left her in the house and she was down to 32.4 pounds when the spca got her. >> reporter: after she was discord in the home, pumpkin desperately needed food, water, some time with the spca and someone to love her. daniel needed some love, too. daniel lost his wife a while ago and hisrmer dog. his kids are grown and don't live in the area so when he saw pumpkin's story on tv and saw how much she looked like his former dog and he wanted to look into it saying it might make a great buddy. >> d you like it her? >> reporter: the answer is yes. pump kip loves her new best friend and big house near the chesapeake bay and daniel likes that his friend is older because she was already house broken despite the situations in which she was found. animals thousands of like pumpkin just looking for a safe home and someone to share it with. >> isuse broken critical. i can tell you after rescuing mine. it made a