hill harper.for a little bit and tell people why you decided -- because we hear women that do this, but it's very rare for a single dad. >> you know, it's crazy. this is where friends and family come into play. my very dear friend, she called me one -- during the summer of 2015 and said i'm going to do an intervention. she said, i always thought i was going to get married and have my own kids, and i was going to adopt, and i talked about adopting and that i wanted to be this dad. she said, you're going to be a great dad but i think you're waiting too long. you know, you're -- you may get to a point where you'll decide you're not going to do it. even though you're not married why can't you just be a dad now? and i was like, well, that's not the way it's supposed to happen. she said, well, you have to talk to this adoption person that i know. just learn the process and i said i'll do that. she said, as a friend, i'll do an intervention. that's fine. i talked to the guy and said i appreciate you givi

published in "harper's weekly" and talking about moonshiners in western north carolina. the author describes his experiences trying to track down some of these moonshiners. when he talks about why these individuals decide to moonshine, he is going to stress the same thing as "the moonshine man," they are a product of geographical isolation and they are uncivilized and savage and describes why they want to break the law and why they are more likely to commit violence. but this article adds a new theme and that is genetics. that mountaineers, for whatever reason, genetically they are predisposed to committing violence. there's something engrained in their dna that makes them not want to abide by the law. there is something engrained in their dna that makes them want to commit violence to preserve their way of life. let me give you a couple of quotes from "law and moonshine"" according to the author, the illicit the distiller of the moonshiner was, quote, naturally wild and grotesque. physically they're different. they're grotesque. they're wild, they're savage. there is so

about a year and a half ago hill harper adopted newborn pierce.club, only 3% of adogs are by single fathers each year. harper and his son enjoy spending time in the park. and even dress alike. they share a special bond. harper says he loves his new role and that being a father is his best gig yet. [ applause ] oh, proud papa here. hill harper. >> happy father's day weekend, everybody. >> some of us have known about this for a little bit and tell people why you decided -- because we hear women that do this but it's very rare for a single dad. >> you know, it's crazy. this is where friends and family come into play. my very dear friend, she called me one -- during the summer of 2015 and said i'm going to do an intervention. i always thought i was going to get married and adopt and i talked about adopting and wanted to be this dad. she said you're going to be a great dad but i think you're waiting too long. you know, you're -- you may get to a point where you'll decide you're not going to do it. even though you're not married why can't you just be a

harper unloading on this one, deep to right. that ball out of here.at six. >> later the nats with an 8-6 lead and brian goodwin already with a homer in this one, can't make that play. here comes taylor coming all the way from first, showing off the sp single for goodwin, the nats take a 9-6 lead. here it is the bull pen having problems again in the ninth, matt albers facing tyler flowers. a three run shot. the braves battling back and take an 11-9 lead. >> bottom rbi single but bryce harper flies out to center to end this game. the braves hand the nats their fourth straight loss, 11-10. you see bryce clearly upset calling this one in the dugout. >> orioles on the road visiting the white sox. he was dealing with a wrist injury and birds not looking great again. seventh inning down. he's going to add on to that. the white sox jump out to a 10-1 lead. the birds battling back in the eighth. this kid is crushes this ball. good-bye. a three run homer, orioles back in it right now down 10-6 in the eighth. >> tonight in the mlb draft the best team in baseball

. >> and coming up how bryce harper benefitted from a three game suspension after the fight last weekow is still off nonthe lows we'll talk about that in the highlight of the week brody with a close five top five next in sports. >> a big milestone for d.c. group that helps young people with disabilities have fun and get exercise. it's called kids enjoy exercise now or kee for n. and earlier the group hosted annual sports fest snral potomac. parents are thankful for the support for their kids. >> not just smile on children's faces even the volunteers their hearts are beyond anything i can tell you they're genuinely happy to be with our children and they make every effort to make sure they leave every session with smile on their face. >> some of the events today kick ball vomly ball and obstacle course that participate koonts try. >> >> cool event. >> it's a beautiful day for it. >> get outside dean that. >> nice day for sglaibl nice day for baseball out in california and nice day for bryce harper to be back at work i hope he caught up with everything on the dvrhdtv. >> nothing but prop

hitter bryce harper and star pitcher clayton kershaw. >> ohtani ( translated ): i watch bryce harper,shaw. >> wertheim: a pitcher and a hitter. >> ohtani ( translated ): yeah, unlike me, kershaw is a lefty. >> wertheim: you see a little of yourself in both kershaw and harper? >> ohtani ( translated ): i actually do see myself. and i actually try throwing lefty sometimes. >> wertheim: how do you think you'd do against kershaw? >> ohtani ( translated ): just thinking about facing him makes me really happy and excited. i could just tell he's such a great pitcher through the tv screen. >> wertheim: how would you pitch to harper? >> ohtani ( translated ): i would have to go with my best pitch, which is the fastball. i want to see how my best pitch fares against one of the best hitters. >> wertheim: likely quite well. throwing his dancing fastball, ohtani strikes out batters at a higher rate than kershaw. unfurling his violent, yet somehow elegant swing, he hits home runs at a higher rate than harper. there are days ohtani makes baseball look almost laughably easy. consider this performance

kron four's averi harper is at the c-h-p headquarters in san francisco. good morning averi. ( averi ) all eastbound lanes on the san francisco- oakland bay bridge are currently shut down, according to california highway patrol officials. the lanes are closed just east of the yerba buena island tunnel. as of 5 a.m. there is no estimated time of reopening the lanes, according to chp officials. ( marty @ landing ) thanks averi. averi. thanks landing )( marty @ officials.according to chp lanes, reopening the estimated time of there is no tunnel.of the yerba the lanes are officials.to california currently shut oakland bay lanes on the san ( averi ) morning averi. good francisco.in san headquarters at the c-h-p kron four's this morning.shooting on involved shooting on the bay bridge this morning. kron four's averi harper is at the c-h-p headquarters francisco. good morning averi. ( averi ) all eastbound lanes on the san francisco- oakland bay bridge are currently shut down, according to california highway patrol officials. the lanes are closed just east of the

donovan harper was arrested at his home in novato.he alleged crime involves a child under 14 years old. police say they have been investigating harper since october of 20-16. they say harper worked at a number of campuses in the san francisco school district. ( james ) the oakland fire department has released a new report on the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire. the report says the flames started in the northwest area on the ground floor of the warehouse. but there is still no conclusive determination of what caused the fire that killed 36 people back in december. two people are facing criminal charges, the buildings master tenant derick almena and max harris. harris is the man who prosecutors say organized the party the night of the fire. (james) still ahead. a vigil is held for the victim's in the deadly u-p-s rampage in san francisco. we hear from witnesses who saw the everything unfold in front of their own eyes. plus. we're learning more about the driver in the latest terror attack in london. we'll take a look back at his past. a

unfurling his violent, yet somehow elegant swing, he hits home runs at a higher rate than harper.ays ohtani makes baseball look almost laughably easy. consider this performance last summer. on the very first pitch of the game, ohtani, batting lead off, hit a home run. he then pitched eight shutout innings and struck out ten batters. >> ohtani! shohei! >> wertheim: at six-foot-four, the designated hitter turned pitcher reliably brings the crowd to its feet. when he threw the fastest pitch, breaking his own record, even opponents looked on in astonishment. last year, you threw a pitch, 165 kilometers an hour, more than 102 miles an hour. how much faster can you throw than 102.5? >> ohtani ( translated ): i don't have an exact answer for that. but i'm still young. i'm still 22. i think there's more room to grow. >> wertheim: as seasons go, 2016 will be hard to top. the hokkaido nippon ham fighters took the japan series. ohtani was his league's m.v.p. about that name: the fighters are owned by nippon ham, makers of japan's best-selling sausages. and while, yes, the name resists

averi harper is live at the walnut creek bart station with more. averi. ( averi ) <"it can be intense because sometimes you don't get a seat and you're hanging on. i always have layers so i can take things off or put them on depending on what it is and some days it is very nice and cool and the sir conditioning is working and some days it is like a sweat box."> ( james ) thanks averi. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( mark ) power outages continue to be a problem during this heat wave. more than 10-thousand people lost power yesterday... mostly in the east bay where they are seeing the hottest temperatures. livermore was one of the hardest hit cities. nearly 5-thousand p-g-and-e customers lost power in that city. and in some cases the power outage forced businesses to close down for the day. ( mark ) and the high temperatures are making for high fire danger. a grass fire broke out in vacaville. it started during a police chase. it happened near vaca valley road and interstate- 505. one of the cars involved caught fire.. firefig

in oakland, averi harper kron 4 news ( darya ) thanks averi.we will check back with you through out the morning. through out with you we will averi. thanks ( darya ) newsharper kron 4 news ( darya ) thanks averi. we will check back with you through out with you check back averi. thanks ( darya ) news ( darya ) thanks averi. we will check back with you through out the morning. and coming up at 7:45, we'll chat with gary about the possibility of a sweep. (mark) dow jones is at an all time high right now. the standard & poor's 500 index rose 3 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,437.the dow jones industrial average rose 45 points, or 0.2 percent, to 21,227. the nasdaq composite was little changed at 6,320. (mark) still ahead on the kron four morning news... a warning as several mountain lions have been spotted just this week in the bay area. we'll tell you where it's happening. plus... a little boy goes swimming while on vacation... and dies several days later. we'll explain what happened and tell you about the warning from doctors. plus... bay area poli

averi harper is in campbell. we will get to them in a moment.s first start with rebecca strom in the weather center tracking the heat. rebecca? (rebecca)more very warm to hot weather can be expected through at least thursday. therefore, a combination of heat advisories and excessive heat warnings are in effect for inland areas through 9 pm thursday. cooling is forecast to begin near the coast and in the coastal valleys on friday, with cooling then expected to gradually spread farther inland over the weekend and into early next week. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( james ) and now we want to continue our team coverage of the bay area heat wave. ( mark ) lets go to averi harper who is live at the campbell community center where people start working out early in order to beat the heat. ( averi ) triple digit temperatures expected in parts of the bay area. i'm catching up with people who are trying to work out before it gets too hot outside.

harper's weekly, i think, is filled with pictures of burn chambersburg. >> it specifically tied to the kind of thing that happened in chambersburg to what had happened earlier in lexington. there is nothing new we're doing here. this is simply something the yanks have been doing a long time and now we are giving them a dose of their own medicine. most confederates were very happy to hear that chambersburg had had this experience. >> i will add that frederick, who does -- one of the towns that pays the ransom -- in the month or so after appomattox when these parolees are coming home, frederick is one of the communities that establishes vigilante committees, unionists, to prevent some of those maryland confederates katie talked about earlier from coming into their confederacy. this is one way in which they say you are not coming back here. it's not the only county in maryland that does it, but they are very self-consciously tying it to the request threat for ransom. >> relative to joe's, before about this happening earlier, historians have argued a lot that does the war become more over

look harper's throw hit genet right in his back. the first error of the season for harper.take an early 2-0 lead. tucker barnheart hits one deep. looks like he got it, two runs come off of that. and the reds take a 5-0 lead. not a great day for him. two run homer for taylor, his 11th home run of the season. their come back and the reds avoid the sweep with a 6-2 win. >>> oriels wrapping up their season. the shortstop taking this one into left. a bad throw gets yannish to second. so the bottom fifth orioles up 3-2. takes them to the seats, and that. takes a 5-3 in the ninth joey rickards smacks it to left, bouncing right over the fence. a much needed throw series. >>> in the final round of the travelers championship, jordan spieth in the lead but nipping at his heels -- check out this shot right over the water. berger puts this shot right over the green. very next shot for birdie, and berger is on the money yet again. pulls into a tie and tops the leader boards. first playoff full speed. and check this out. goes right in the cup. spieth holds out on the first playoff hold. j

harper walks off the win for washington. signed, sealed, and delivered. oshie not leaving washington anytime soon. the capitals have re-signed oshie to an eight year, 46 -- $46 of the contract million contract. last season he tied for a team-high 33 goals with alex ovechkin. wnba, mystics visiting minnesota. the mystics on the move. misses the lay-up. whalen turns it around for minnesota. lake overlvia, the the mystics, 93-76. maryland point guard melo trimble has signed with the sixers. lands with hisns hometown team, the washington wizards. the challenge now, correct the final roster. jonathan: the 76ers? scott: they ha stronger is blasting without risking her bones. it's training her good cells... to fight the bad guys. stronger is less pain... new hope... more fight. it's doing everything in your power... and everything in ours. stronger, is changing even faster than they do. because we don't just want your kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stro

few changes made to bryce harper's suspension for the memorial day brawl. italian collection from subway. head in now to grab the five dollar footlong spicy italian. loaded with salami and pepperoni. for a limited time, the spicy italian footlong is just five dollars. it's a big value for even bigger flavor. only at subway. ♪ >> live look outside this morning at reagan national airport. no need to go anywhere today. it will be beautiful right here in the d.c. region actually for the next couple of days. get your forecast in a few minutes. get you caught up on all the nice weather heading our way. >> d.c. park police trying to figure out who left a noose at the national museum of african-american history and culture. shocking discovery made around wound confidential in the afternoon. second incident involving a noose is the smithsonian museum in just >> the pennsylvania man arrested in d.c. brian moles in assault style rifle, handgun and ammunition in his vehicle in the hote

kron 4's averi harper is live from the golden gate bridge with more. averi? ( averi ) in honor of national gun violence awareness day, moms demand action for gun sense in america, a part of everytown for gun safety and the wear orange coalition, will host the second annual golden gate bridge wear orange march to honor the lives of those affected by gun violence and to elevate gun violence prevention efforts nationwide. hundreds of volunteers and gun violence survivors will march across the bridge, culminating in a rally led by the california chapter of moms demand action and featuring shannon watts, founder of moms demand action and richard martinez, member of everytown survivor network and senior associate for everytown for gun safety, whose son christopher ross michaels-martinez was shot and killed in the may 2014 shooting in isla vista. wear orange was inspired by friends of hadiya pendleton, a 15- year-old chicago high school student killed by gunfire, who decided to honor her life by wearing orange - the color hunters wear in the woods to protect themsel

harper not getting this one. three-run shot. that's your ball game.s fall to the rangers by a final score of 6-3. >>> no need for the baltimore orioles to worry about their bullpen. starter chris tillman was the issue against the yankees. first inning, judge drops the gavel. his major league-leading 19th of the year. still in the first. wait, it gets worse. gregor ous launches another one. three home runs, nine earned runs. yankees destroyed the orioles 16-3. >>> on nbc 4, the final jewel of the triple crown today. the belmont stakes. the winner was not in play. 9 race was an exciting one. it came down to the final stretch. the favorite irish war cry was neck and neck with tapwrit. the first horse to win the belmont stakes out of the second position since 1934. >>> an appearance at the pride parade in d.c. for the second straight year. the nhl's top goalie of 2016 said he wants to use his position to support the cause close to him. >>> washington lost to tampa don't 58-57. >>> chris, thanks so much. good to see you. >>> thanks for joining us for news4

who could forget the bench-clearing brawl which erupted after hunter strickland hit bryce harper with a pitch in a game last month played against the nationals. the giants pitcher appealed his supension and learned he lost, he will sit out the next 6 games starting tonight. harper served 3-game suspension. >>> a ghost guard ship off after a drug bust, how they caught smugglers carrying millions of dollars worth of cocaine. >> reporter: 18 tons of cocaine with an estimated street value of half a billion dollars is now out of the hands of transnational criminals. coast guard crew members arrived back at home base today, they were part of a huge milt agency bust along the central and south american coasts. >> we figure about 90% of the cocaine that comes to the u.s. comes over maritime means at some point. >> reporter: captain james explains how his crew nabs the drug smuggling boats. >> we are trying to detect the vessel as fars away from us as possible so they can't see us, i launch my interceptor boats or helicopter to try and sneak up on the vessels and get to them and get positive c

brice harper off his suspension.e's hoping he's coming back with a vengeance. >> he did get to go cool off a little bit. went home to vegas when he was suspended. sow was back in the lineup tonight after serving his three game suspension. and maybe some time away from the game could help him cool off and help him heat back up at the plate. owe went 0 for 5 in the day after the fight. harper back andig off the hand shake with stephen drew. he got a little rusty. he was out. but top of the sixth now. two on for trey turner. ahead of taylor. taylor almost runs him down. both come in to score. turner those third with an rbi triple. the nats take a 2-1 lead. bottom seven, still on the hill for the nats with a man on. facing chris davis. crush this is one to left. and just hits the foul pole. a two-run homer much davis' 17th of the season ties the game at three. still in the eighth until this. ryan zimmerman blasting a three-run home run, hits 16th of the season. gives the nats a 6-3 lead and that is where we stand right n

bryce harper back from suspension, went 0-2 in three walks, two strike-outs.e eighth, tied at three, until ryan zimmerman unloads on this baseball, a three-run shot tied for the lead with his 16th homer of the season, nats up 6-3. top of th with two on takes this one opposite field into left. harper and zimmerman come in to score easy. nats take an 11-4 lead. bottom nine now, bases loaded. matt joyce takes this for a ride. the a's are now within one. dusty baker sticking with kelly two batters later, it pays off. nationals hang on to win a wild one, 11-10. >>> let's head to nascar at dover international speedway in delaware. an interesting finish, a caution led to overtime. jimmy johnson takes over the lead from kyle larson. later in the lap, some trouble. a bunch of cars getting involved in this wreck. check out all this damage. the good news he made it past the overtimeline, you see by the "e" in dover before the caution flag. that means jimmy johnson is your winner, his 11th career win for him. m haveore coming up on me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northa

some er harper citing research in her column today, if you want to read more on it. we've been ory follow og capitol hill this week, the trump administration enforcing travel ban today. he changes are unlikely to be implemented. the immediately visible at airports in the united states or else.re the new rules have first impact of embassy and other government officials around the world as they make acisions about who is granted visa under the executive order put forth in march by president trump. department of e homeland security issue guidance for who qualify for visa spokesman, the department declined to give detailos guidelines which take the same day. this of course coming after the supreme court decided to take up the travel ban and allow parts of the travel ban to move forward. and plenty papers today. time for a few more calls before the house comes in. in rosedale, maryland, line for democrats. leroy, good morning. caller: hello. okay, i'm tired of hearing the republicans saying that act is dead, in a death file. the reason it is in a death file you guys are d

>> for the nationals, harper. bryce harper.at was a senior moment right there, i could be a loser for the week. he hit him 98 miles per hour on the hip, he hit him so hard the ball bounced halfway to third base. he's a loser, why did he do thi this? because three years ago, harper had hit two home runs off of them and this was retaliation. the longest curated grudge since the count of monte christo. the winner of the week was his catcher buster posey. traditionally he runs out to protect the picture he stayed put, didn't move, while the way the fight because he knew that his picture was a dork doing something and he just set it ou out. >> winner is china given after we pulled out of the paris agreement, they moved quickly to say they were going to be the leader on this, i think it could play diplomatic dividends for them with our european allies even if they don't fulfill obligations. >> my loser is mr. matt got caught giving the finger, had to apologize i'm told that he still has his job. you can get away with the finger in ne

you will not see harper on the field until this weekend.or league baseball reduced his suspension from f this was because of the fight with the giants earlier this week. a man from northern virginia gave it the bobble head treatment. what else are you going to do? he even used the one where harper's helmet is on the ground. brad makes houses for bobble heads apparently. and now -- >> i'd like to see that. >> that's how specific and detailed. >>> 5:37 is the time. he is the self-proclaimed king of basketball. someone caused trouble inside his kingdom. what lebron james is saying about the vandalism found inside his home. >>> keeping your teen driver safe when they're behind the wheel. there are some really good tools out the insurance companies and the credit card companies i was proud to stand with president obama because progressive causes have been my life's work. i'm tom perriello, and i'm running for governor to reduce economic inequality, raise wages, eliminate the burden of student debt and protect our climate. together we really can