meet six year old simba. my goodness. 35 pounds and he's up foray doption by the humane rescue alliance. the staff there says that simba is bigger than a lion cub and would probably be much more comfortable obviously if he slimmed down a little bit. the poor thing. the staff tells us that this handsome little fellow would love to go home with someone who can continue his weight loss gurney. the adoption center release this video trying to work out but he didn't look too interested. that's okay because i don't look interested in working out too much of the time. if you'd like to adopt simba, go adopt simba. the news at 10:30 is next. >> this is ten:30. right now at ten:30, the game goes on. we'll take you live to nats park where lawmakers and fanses came together for the congressional baseball game one day after that shooting. then, remember this chaos outside the turkish embassy in d.c.? tonight we're learning details about charges against 12 members of the turkey security detail related to the violence. what

he's so sweet. >> reporter: simba's former owners were forced to give him up when they had to move to a nursing home. in the 24 hours he was up for adoption, d. c.'s hue main alliance was flooded -- humane alliance was flooded with calls from people across the country. >> amazing to see all these people step forward and willing to give him the attention in the most appropriate home that he needs to better himself. >> i can't explain it, honestly, my husband asked me this morning, well, why, why do you want an obese cat, and i just, i can't explain it. i love him. he's adorable. and we just are going to get him healthy. >> see you guys, thank you very much. >> reporter: wusa 9. >>> the visit to the vet will be waived. simba's new family says they will follow the vet's recommendations for the cat's new slim down regimen. let's hope that the cat takes it seriously or else there could be some claws coming out. we don't need that. nobody needs that. >> you couldn't resist, could you. >> pretty soon we're going to see pictures of what they do to the cats. >> my nephew has a large cat. >> he

within a few hours, simba was adopte cat this large., that home has a treadmill. >> i mean -- >> good luck, simba. >> you've got to feet him really well or put him on a diet. my goodness. >>> bill cosby's fate, hanging in the balance this afternoon. a live update from the courthouse, as a deadlocked jury tries to decide aeteran. >> v> fios built its 100% fiber optic network because we knew that everyone would need faster internet. so we're introducing fios gigabit connection. it delivers amazing new download speeds up to 940 megs. that's 20x faster and more powerful than most people have. yes, 20 times. and the really incredible part, is that it's $79.99 a month. and what's even more incredible, is we included tv, hbo and multi-room dvr service, still for $79.99 a month online for one year and only $5 more per month for the second year. get fios gigabit connection for $79.99 with tv, hbo for 1 year and multi-room dvr service for 2 years. switch now at fiosgigabit.com. >>> 4 things

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simba. of course. the 6-year-old weighs 35 pounds. won't hunt mice. i'm sure it doesn't move that fast. pictures take then morning then a few hours later video on simba on the treadmill. he's saying really? getting a cat to walk on a treadmill. trying to teach a cat to do anything is not the easiest trick in the world, especially at 35 pounds. michelle: just probably needs to scale back on the meow mix. jonathan: probably stealing the dog food. i'm sure they have a dog. michelle: i bet! jonathan: that is how it works. michelle: all right. still ahead -- >> it's almost like a time capsule. to be able to visit another time. imagine who is the person that originally made the photographs. michelle: at 4:00, the search for someone who left a piece of history undeveloped for 40 years. jonathan: but first, why an 11-year-old is already being wooed for his college over hereno!ver here! (dog barking) whoever threw it has to go get it. not me! somebody will get it... ♪ (dog barking) anyone can dream. making it a reality is the hard part.

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group has been working to slim down simba. jonathan: that is a cat treadmill. you know what he is saying, really? nancy: they a find a forever home where he can continue his weight loss. jonathan: you know it's bad when the mouse walks by and the cat says, nah. my dog was getting chubby and i had to put him on a diet. nancy: did it work? jonathan: they were body shaming your dog? erin: let's talk sports. have nevers as you seen him before, and the nationals offense returns. 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... ng 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 stronger. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you buyer local toyota dealers. erin: the nationals in new york tonight. on theirwere 2-5 homestand and the mets were bu

you have probably seen pictures of simba, his old owners couldn't take care of him any longer, seems he ate too much. he went up for adoption. it's friday, everybody is a little off on friday. fortunately he was only there 24 hours before he found his new forever family. >> i have always really, really loved fat animals, but of course our main concern is getting him healthy. >> oh, my god, look at this kitty. >> oh, hi. he's so sweet. >> has your eyes. >> did she mon subscription to plus size feline monthly? >> whatever. >> to get him to exercise. >> enough about the calico blimp, let's talk about what we got going on this weekend. >> exercise and loses weight will she still love him? he won't be fat again. >> and that's normal. all right. moving along here. let's talk -- we thought we did pretty well today. someone give lindsey some oxygen. 84, that's a bulls eye. clouds and showers and storms. we are still going to make it to the mid-80s. 75, dew point in the low 70s, that's uncomfortable, low 70s not good. pretty humid air for the weekend as the front lifts back. pushing out of pr

it turns out that a family has now adopted little simba. can we call him little? 35 pounds she is. and she was sent to the humane rescue alliance there after her owner went to an asissed living facility. and the work to do as the heavy >> double garfield. i mean, that's a big cat. the cat needs to get on the treadmill. >> it is important to play with the cat and run around. >> that cat needs a marathon. >> otherwise it just lays around and sleeps. >> it looks like he got a lot of love and is on the right path. we'll see. we'll check back in in a month. >>> well, today, a lot of people may be getting up and saying, it looks like it might rain. we have clouds hanging over us, but we really don't have any rain here. so you're fine for outdoor activities. you're going to mow the lawn be day today. that's the good thing, you can get that in this morning. and into the early afternoon. but we may get some storms. there are those clumpy gray ou area now. a live view aren the moderate range in the mid-70s v there in the mounta we have one shower near in northern kent county on the eastern s

. >> if he's simba, where is mufasa.e need to find the daddy for sure. >>> tom, it is like getting hit with a wet towel you could be walking your cat around here this morning. we'll be starting off with local clouds. here's a live view from the storm team 4 tower camera overlooking washington and northwest washington there in the foreground. off in the distance, we have the fog with the washington monument and the potomac river. and a lot of low clouds around. it is patchy, dense fog, especially in the rural areas where some of the visibility is down under a quarter of a mile. and temperatures in the shenandoah valley and mountains are in the 60s. closer to washington, we are hovering near 70 in prince george's, fairfax and arlington. mid-70s in washington, low to mid-70s around the bay. we are all dry on storm team 4 radar for now. hour-by-hour timing, by the meantime, we have patches of green and a few isolated rain showers popping up in maryland and virginia. maybe even rumbles of thunder early afternoon and parts of

simba went home with an engaged couple in maryland. that the obese feline is a real sweet guy. the kitty is still getting used to its new home before the owners start him on diet and exercise program. rob: got to be the best cud ler in the world. one in four americans have no money saved up for rainy day. >> show me the money! show me the money! rob: that's nearly a quarter of adult americans have zero savings to pay for emergency situations including a lay off for major medical bills. that is not good. heather: finally the ugly, a surprise for one person in texas. truck driver, take a look. >> oh my gosh. what the hell? >> get out of the truck. heather: that is a make calling out of the hood. slithering around. believed to be nonvenomous bull snake. rob: "fox & friends" starts right now. we will see you later. heather: bye. >> prepared to send the first republican woman to. >> democrats 0 for 5. >> democrats still literally have no idea why they keep losing elections. if they did, they would would have wo run a real candidate with a r

we will introduces you to simba and fite how you can adopt him.arry: if you are not taking a summer vacation. you are not alone. the three biggest reasons of us are staying put for summer 2017. michelle: at 6:00, a wrongway crash caught on video. what happened moments before and what the wrongway driver did the moment the car stopped moving. doug: kind of muggy out there today. temperatures are somewhat lower and they will stay lower tomorrow, too. it will be muggy with sunshine. temperatures climbing to 8 a. good chance we deal with thunderstorms in the afternoon and everything. looking ahead to the weekend. it will be warmer and more humid. 88 to 92 saturday and sunday. looking at mown vernon. great activities 9:00 to 5:00 throughout the weekend at mount vernon. thunderstorms most likely on saturday. isolated on sunday. definitely a warm weekend. the beaches are going to do better. 82 on saturday with a few afternoon storms. a lot of sunshine on sunday. high of 84 degrees. we will start to warm up more again next week. we get ready for the first

this is simba. he weighs in at 35 pounds. >> get a good look at him. >> that's a slim shot there.t's the one, belly up. he wound up at the humane rescue alliance. his owner got moved to an assisted living facility, had to give him up. shelter workers say he's the largest cat they've ever seen. earlier today a family c adopt him, along with a diet they plan to put in his food on the other side of the room, so he has to exercise to lose some of that giant belly. crawl or jog or trot over there. cat crunches to work on the lower abs. that's a big fat cat. >>> still to come, from a shipping disaster to a fireplace that wouldn't stay lit. >> yeah, nbc4 responds and gets results. ♪ ♪ >>> plus, the message from fios built its 100% fiber optic network because we knew that everyone would need faster internet. that's 20x faster and more powerful than most people have. yes, 20 times. and the really incredible part, is that it's $79.99 a month. and what's even more incredible, is we included tv, hbo and multi-room dvr service, still for $79.99 a month online for one ye