many famkeies we s with said they go there every year. >> history was made at nathan's famous hot dogating contest. >> joey chestnut won his 11th record. he set a new record. he threw away the coney island in brooklyn. the winner, mickey suto, to win her fifth-straig title. >>> when news 4 immigration continues, under fire. the choice that parents are asking to make. >>> now, the foe cushion on one neighborhood store says why they've been turned into highways. stay with us. cancer is smart. it pushes us. we push back. challenging conventional thinking. finding smarter solutions. that's what makes cancer treatment centers of america one of the leaders in precision cancer treatment. using tools like advanced genomic testing and immunotherapy to bring more options to our patients. cancer treatment centers of america. we're not just fighting cancer any more. we're outsmarting it. visit cancnter.com/outsmart to learn more. >>> "news 4 today" begins with breaking >> three people sent to the hospital after a crash in prince georges county. two children were thrown from an suv after it crashe

nathan karkoski, k-a-r-k-o-s-k-i. have been in nert for a little over ten years. i got involved when i moved here from the midwest and was researching about earthquake country. was the coordinator for the north beach neighborhood for quite sometime and am now a cocoordinator in the nopa neighborhood, and also serve on the advisory board. thank you four your attention today. >> hello. i'm linda ingraham. i've been in nert for about 11 years and one of the disaster core volunteers. >> okay. thank you very much, linda. >> hello. i'm sarah merrill, and i recently just completed the nert class, so i got really excited about it, and i'm in the richmond district. i'm a coordinator there, and on october 20, i work at s st. ignatius college prep, so we're going to host the city's disaster prep drill, so i'm really excited about that. i'm just trying to spread the word to my colleagues and trying to request to my landlord to get the foundation secured, and it happened. so that was pretty cool. so i feel really safe now. and so just doing little things that are quite big thi

seaside area s forcing families to get out while you can. 49 drives and 150 people, some of them children, are being hospitalized. the spanish gernment says it has dish past 66. >>> nathan flynn died before he wept flu a battling early yesterday morning. he was part of the department for 13 year th cause of tre is lightning strike. >>> the community is shocked after an earliderly man. no one has been chaed sofar. >>> new details about the gunman responsible for the shooting in toronto. d 10-year- girl, and 18-year-old woman died, and 13 others were hurt when the gunmao fired paces and cafes onwe esday night. >>> coming up, first ritz crackers, now, goldfish. what you need to know before you pack thech l for camp. >>> more rain is on the way. chuckrt hey! ha is having a big sale. #newlivingroom people don't actually use hashtags when they talk. #thisgirldoes at like no one ever does that. #havertysboom stop it. #youstopit havertys summ sale is on. and the deals are as awesome as summer everything, even our most popular items, are on sale. it's a deal you can get excited about havertys #life looks good >>>ou're watching news 4 today. >> olympic swimmer ryan lochte got him

is mourning the lossf one of its own, 13-year veteran nathan flynn who died battling a fierce fire at a home in clarksville this morning. news 4's derrick wards live there tonight where the whole community is remembering this man. derrick? >> indeed they, and we heard me comments to that effect from the county executive. now, if you take a look here, you can see the scale of this house, and, of course, the scale of the fe. most of the inside of the roof is gone, but it's testament to sthe firefight and their orliant e that the outside of the house still remains largely intact, but sadly a firefighter gave his lifen at pursuit. >> today is a tough day in howard county. the department of fire and rescue lost one of their family today. >> rorter: his w the first line of duty fatality and a 13-year veteran of the howard comety fire depa, nathan flynn, a husband and father who also volunteered at susquehanna hose company wasd pronoun dead at the cytoof the fire. >> as a firefighter we know there's always the possibility ofhis day. >> reporter: this came after 2:00 a.m. when fire fighters were called to the home on woodscape drive and

s! >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >> the fourth of july means more than just cookouts and fireworks. it means it's time for the nathan'sl hot dog eating contest. the contestants will have their weigh-in later at coney island in new york. if the men and women qualify f the contest, they will be scarfing down a lot of hot dogs tomorrow. >>> here in d.c., the independence burger competition. >> 14 contestants are coming frome round the country to tak part in this challenge, to eat b manygers as you can in ten minutes. this is video of last year's event, the nytail and the pink hair, molly schuller is returnin to defend the title she had won three times. she had 28 burgers in 2016. >> the winner takes over 1$,500 in cash. >> she did a wing eating n. competit she was able to scarf down 500-something wings. >> that's crazy. >> i know. she's a beast. >>> this heat wave we've been talking about, isn't just dangerous for people but for pets, as well. d.c. police rescued a yorkie named jackrom a hot car yesterday. teficers tracked the car down, jack got some waand reunited it with his owner. d.c. police tweeting a reminder to ne

nathan's hot dog eating contest may be a fourth of july tradition. there's another contest. 14on ctestants taking part in all of this. the challenge, eat as many burgers as you can in tennu s. this is video from last year's event. the winner, molly schuller is returning to defend the tighting she has won three times. she ate 28 duriburgers. >> the winner takes over $1,500 cash and all of the bragging ghts. people that watch today will be treated to free burgers. good luck holding that down. >>> the heat is on. if you're loong for a cool place to have fun with your dids, we have youcovered. e newseum. >> i love aal free that's what we have here. we're inside the control room here in the newseum. i'm with the limitless dancing warriorettes group. they're here to get a little sneak peek. normally people are not allowed in the control room, the nucleus the newseum, where we canmo tor all of the news outlets. we have news 4 in the faref l corner there. i triedo get us on the giant screen. there's some examples that we're going to show you throughout the 6:00 a i love the 1968 exhibit that we're going to show you that brings theic c lessons that these young people learn in class

nathan's famous hot dog eating contest. also -- the a's can't stop winning... the green and gold sweep the padres kron-4'shas the highlights and all sports coming up (ken) by now, you've probably seen the video....a bear waltzing into a southern california yard... before drinking an unattended margarita and relaxing in the hot tub.(pam) reporter kacey montoya caught upwho caught it all on video ... as well, as some neighbors who have their own evidence of bears galavanting around their neighborhood. natsot"drinking my margarita? come on." resident mark hough was trying to enjoy a peaceful afternoon last friday when he was interrupted by this furry intruder who helped himself to a margarita left outside then licked the table cleanthe cocktail wasn't enough. the bear then decided to relax in huff's hot tub getting his face wet and doing a little grooming.he spent the afternoon enjoying the jacuzzi jets and even got playful with the chlorinator and thermometer seen in his mouth. natsot"open the gate so it can get out. it's a baby." the bear finally got bored and left. neighbors spotted him. later that aftern

s. >>> in case you missed it, america has a lot of really fra fwraet nourt of july traditions, fireworks, flags, parades, more parades. there is perhaps no more disgusting than, wait for it, the nathan'sntest at coney island. yes, at this time of year when many of us stopped to catch up with our friends and family and think about what it means to be an american, when we relish our independence, get that? and honor our freedom, is there any better way to celebrate than a corporate-sponsored nationally televised show of totally gross overindulgence? absolutely not. what could be more american than staring down your biggest rival while holding a hot dog at the top of the empire state building? absolutely nothing. by the way the guy on the right there, he's the reigning champion. he ate 72 hot dogs in ten minutes last year. absolutely impressive. i think we can all agree which is absolutely why we fought the british for our independence. that's all for tonight. i'll be back tomorrow. "the beat" starts right now. >> good evening, you got me thinking about hot dogs. it's a tough hour to get through without thinking about the hot dog the. big show tonight, i'm going to talk live to the mothe

s personnel department now that we have the vacancy? >> sure. right now, the -- officially the principal deputy assistant secretary nathan manly is leading that office. >> what is your assessment of the current leadership there and what's your plan to ensure that the office remains fully functional and able to meet the needs of the agency despite these recentdepartures? >> i don't think any office across the federal government is dependent on one person. it's important the leadership have full confidence in the leadership. we will be working with them on what our expectations are going forward. their role is very complex. as you know, we have -- the hr function throughout the veteran health and benefit administrati administration, these are massive organizations across the 50 united states, territories, foreign countries. they have a huge challenge. we will be working with them to make sure they have everything that they need to continue the progress that we have made. we look forward to that. >> from my perspective, i think the hr department has been a very weak spot across the v.a. if they're not working efficiently and filling vacancies, then oth