at blue plains treatment facility, mark seagraves news 4. >>> okay. that story we can embrace.ow about this one. who you pay money to cuddle with a complete stranger? well i guess if they're a stranger they're a complete stranger. businesses in maryland, there's one in particular, betting on the fact that a lot of people will. the state's first cuddle shop is exactly what it sounds like. clients can go to get a tender embrace and hire a professional cuddler. it will costere anywh as little as $40 to as much as $500 for a therapeutic session an it will be opening soon in maryland. >> 25% of men over 45 are clinically lonely. if we can help in any way, without providing the medical type of help, then that's what we're here for. >> this isn't a new thing. one of the contestants on this past season of "america's got talent" was a professional cuddler. >>> that's all for "news4 this week." i'm veronica johnson. thanks for joining us. as always, we're going to leave you with the wind swept rain that soaked ocean city where i was last weekend, a nor'easter and hurricane joaquin as it

in perry, georgia, with maryland task force one, mark seagraves, news 4. >>> bald weather having a bigimpact on sports this weekend. nats play at 1:10 this afternoon and again at 7:10 tonight. the redskins/eagles game will go on at scheduled at 1:00 tomorrow. they have spent the last few days practicing in the rain. >>> the university of louisville men's basketball team is dealing with a major scandal. new book claims that the school's former basketball director paid escorts to have sex with the teams recruits. called "breaking cardinal rules" a woman was hired repeatedly to provide strippers and prostitutes during recruits campus visits. >> i've had players tell me they were contacted by the person in the book and i asked them if they had any knowledge of any seen anything, and the answer has been absolutely nothing. so it's mind bogtology me how all of this can -- boggling to me how all of this can go. >> the coach talked to 15 other people about the claims in the book, and none of them said they had any knowledge. the full book with more details is expected to come out this weekend.

news 4's mark seagraves checks out a new condo that just sold for over $800,000. >> marijuana is nowl to have and smoke in d.c., you still can't buy or sell it. lots of people are growing their own. seed giveaways have attracted huge crowds. it shouldn't be a surprise that developers are getting into the action. this is one of the first new condos in d.c. to come with its own grow closet. >> of course i spoke with my lawyer first to make sure that i wasn't doing anything illegal. he said as long as you're not staging it with marijuana plants, you're not selling marijuana. >> reporter: the grow closet comes with lights, ventilation and water you need to grow. >> i did go and put a lock and key on the closet. i made it child proof. >> reporter: realtors aren't the only business catering to those who want to grow their own. business at this hydroponics store is so good, they're opening a second location. >> 10% of our clients are growinger athings. >> reporter: the couple who bought this condo won't be growing pot. >> they garden a lot. they have a whole spring set of flowers and plants

. >> melissa malai is at or live new desk with new information about deadly flooding. >> mark seagraves is with first responders training for the wore the. >> first, we begin with amelia segal with an update. >> we are going to be track areas of rain throughout the day today. otherwise, breezy and much cooler. temperatures only in the mid to upper 50s this afternoon. expect rain, soggy. the heaviest later in the day will continue to track rain and showers at times on saturday. some dry time as well. it is breezy tomorrow. it is windy on saturday. the latest on joaquin pulling it further to the east. not as big of an impact on our area which is great news. unrelated to joaquin, most of us are under a flash flood watch. this begins tomorrow morning. it is going to run through your saturday evening. we have 3-6 inches of rain is possible. the heaviest rain tomorrow evening. that's when we will have the greatest concern for some flash flooding on into saturday morning. even 2-3 inches of rain could lead to flash flooding, specially in northern virginia, barbara. >> amelia, thanks. in the di

we'll carry the noon news conference live inside our nbc washington app, of course later today our mark seagraves will have a wrapup of the story. >>> temperatures now generally in the low 70s. washington at 71. gaithersburg up to 73. frederick at a cool 66. highs today around 806789 d.c. hits a high of 80. manassas, high of 81. clouds will increase throughout the afternoon. scattered showers this afternoon. rain most likely during the evening hours. heading out and about today and later today, have the umbrella handy. that rain with a cold front. look how it cools us down for tomorrow. 9:00 a.m., breezy. temperature around 59. any early morning cloudiness will give way to plenty of sun. a high of 67. that's about a 15 degree temperature drop from where we'll be at this afternoon. by 5:00, a temperature around 65. ♪ you got to get up every morning with a smile on your face ♪ ♪ show the world all the love in your heart ♪ >> wow. what a voice. the tony and grammy winning sensation arrived here in washington, beautiful, the carole king musical is playing at the kennedy center and i have two of the s