hisor attney general declassify to theelligence that led russia investigation. holiday weekendav hoc. more wild weather across the middle of the country on this memorial day weekend. today, the tenth straight day with a possibility of tornadoes, millions under the threat of flash floods as well. dylan will tell you what you need to know. tllhat plus traffic jam on mount everest, is it to blame for at least four deaths this week at the topf e world? inquiring minds want to know, perhaps the most unusual theme park you'll ever see. it's all about the "national enquirer." and the $2 million man, jeopardy sensation james holzhauer wins again easily, and there's no question he's gettins ay to the all-time record today, saturday,5th, 2019. from nbcnews, this is "today" withjo sheinelle nes, peter alexander, and dylan dreyer, l fem studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> welcome to "today," thank you for joininur us on this saty morning of memorial day weekend. can we talk about jeopardy. orever andbeen going it finally took a professional gamble her to throw all the rules out the window and break them. >> a pfessional gambler who knows the answers to the question. >> that's the thing, you have to knowuf your st he crossed the $2 million mark last night. his 27th win in a row. it's unbelievable to me the strategy he puts in. he's starting at the bottom with the big numbers. >> with the big hard questions ttoo. >> we'k about that coming up. >> a smart dude. we'll have more on him in a second. we're going to get to our top story. it's joyous reunion in hawaii this morning, a woman missing for more than two weeks aftehe went hiking in the woods, found ali c. t's beingled a miracle there. nbc's molly hunter is following this breaking story for us this morning. molly, some good news. >> some really good news, peter. authorities feared the worst for amanda eller ending the search after three days. her family wouldn't give up a more than two weeks later, anin amazg find as searchers flew over the forest, amanda was alive. >> she is found and she is alive. hallelujah. >> a miracle in maui. >> it's jt unbelievable. i'm so incredibly happy to have my girl back. >> this morning, a woman who was missing ever since she set off on a hike more than two weeks ago is safe and sound, reunited with her friends and famil 35-year-old amanda eller, a yoga instructor and physical therapist mysteriously disappeared on may 8th after going on a walk in the woods. dhen she didn't come home, her boyfriend calle police, fearing the worst. >> the moment she did not arrive home at night, i knew something was wrong. >> police found her white suv with a wallet and cell phone inside at a makaw in hawaii. eller's friends and family didn't give up. her family offered up $50,000 for her return. search parties combed the area by land and air. >> we felt strongly she was probably in the forest from the t go. >> they spotted her deep in the forest as they flew over maui in a helicopter. >> we're literally looking down at the same time, and at the same time, we did a double take, there's a hiker. >> it was amanda wavg her arms at the team in the sky, stuck between two water falls but able to stand, walk and talk. her grateful friendyiand family they never lost hope. >> she's a very strong girl, she's spiritually strong, emotionally strong. if anybody's going to make it through this, it's going to be e and she did. >> now, amanda eller apparently told fefighters that she started walking, she got lost and just kept going downhill, guys, truly a miracle find. >> so glad that she is okay. molly hunter, thank you so much. president trump arrived in pan a few hours ago where he will be the first foreign ader to meetjapan's new emperor k since he t the throne a few weeks ago. it includes a formal sit down with prime minister shinzo abe, and social outings. hallie jackson is traveling with the prorident. good mng to you, hallie. >> reporter: hey, sheinelle, good morning, and the president has only just laaled in japan. ady he's delivering a message with getting a more fair trade deal with the country. keep in mind, this trip is less about the policies and more about the personalities. a white house official was telling me today the president is really focussed on relationship blding with the japanese leaders here, and even after that flight across the pacific, president trump cannot escape the stories back home that threaten to overshadow his trip here to tokyoto hing down near tokyo, president trump starting a state visit full of friendly diplomacy. >> i thinke right now probably have the best relationship with japan that we have ever had and that goes back a lg way. i don't think it's ever been better. >> after today's business talk, his holiday weekend will include a round of golf with the prime minister, a sumo match and the rip's highlight a formal introduction to japan's new emror. trade and north korea are also on the agenda as national security adviser john bolton for the first te now acknowledges pyongyang's recent missile tests do violate un resolutions. hot s not the only foreign spot in the hot light. the middle east is too. e president announcing 1,500 more troops will be sent to the region escalatg tensions with iran. new this morning, reuters says the iranian foreign minister calls that very danacrous for pe >> we want to have protection. we're going to be sending a relatively small number of troops, mostly protective and some very talented people are going to the middle east right now, and we'll see how, and we'll see what happens. >> reporter: back home the president is at war with some democrats infuriated by mhis moe to allow attorney general william barr a thorityo declassify elements related to the russia investigation. it's a serious escalation after the president's long time push as he puts it investigate the ig investors. >> i put it under the auspices of the attorney general. he's going to be in charge of it. he's a great ntleman and a highly respected man, so everything that they need is declassified and they'll be able to seeow this hoax, how the hoax or witch hunt started and tiy it started. >> but that potenly pits the justice department against u.s. intelligence agencies who won't want sentive sources or methods shared widely. >> in the end this is a pattern of politicizing our justice department instead of allowing stice to be done. >> and speaking of congress, lawmakers are now questioning a new weapons deal the president just made with several middle east allies, what happened, why the outrage? >> reporter: you'reight, peter. we're talking about this arms sale to saudi arabia, the uae, jordan, cretary of state mike pompeo said it was necessary to help these nations deter threat from iran. lawmakers are furious about this because to authorize the sale president trumphi and the w house bypassed congress in effect. >> and the president is facing a roadblock at home with new legal challenges regarding his border wall. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: yeah, this is a big deal that happened just in the nast several hours here. a federal judge california essentially blocked part of the president's plan to build the bord wall in two sections, one section in arizona, one section in texas. this is a temporary iunction d in doing so the judrgued that by letting the trump administration redirect money that he hadn done i this national emergency, it could potentially let the white house rewrite the entire federal budget. the acluad filedhis lawsuit against the government and is now celebrating this morning what they call a win for checks and balances. no comment from the white house yet but guys, this looks really likely tbe headedor a lengthy court a battle. lot of stories to juggle this morning. hallie jackson thank you. what could be a weekend get ut as millions try to away for the memorial day holiday, severe storms are expected across the middle of the country as other residents nde picking up the pieces from tornado strikes a heavy flooding. nbc's morgan whice hachesky is jefferson city, hammered by a tornado earlier this week. good morning. >> reporter: from the drenching rains to the destructive tornado, it has been a brutal week for the folks in missouri, now as thetry to let the reality of this damage sink in, ehey are face ago growing threat this weekend in th form of flooding. this morning after more than 200 reported tornadoes in a week, stretching from texas allhe way to iowa. >> holy cow. >> get inside. >> all right. r: millions in the great plains looking to higher ground, seeking ref yunl fromug week's worth of rain. >> kwhiwhen i saw it took the r out, it's just surreal. >> reporter: in oklahoma, thousands evacuated in tulsa to escape an angry arkansasiv. even shelter animals being moved to safety. in tuskegee, after flood waters moved in. >> the key thing that's gomng to be cmon for all of us is neighbors ting care of neighbors. >> reporter: that same storm system turned violent in missouri where at leastine deaths have been reported. clean up is just now starting after an ef-3 tornado cut right through the state capital of jefferson city. the twister cut a 19 mile path of destruction, leaving 20 injured and damage that will take months to recover from. iday, volunteers arrived in mass to help the community clean up. to have all of these people arrive to help you out. >> pretty cool, huh. >> reporter: n not bad. >> bad. yeah. pretty cool world we live in when people converge in one small area just to help. >> reporter: with multiple states in disaster mode, a ly weekend typic filled with graduations and holiday trips is put on hold to see what mother nature brings next. >> we plan for the worst, hope for the best. >> reporter: planning for the worst after a week that's been more than rough. and this clean up process will definitely be a long one. progress is being made. meanwhile, here in jefferson city, power remains out for a large portion of e community. a city wide curfew is in effect until everything can get back up and running. peter, sheinelle. >> we hear the chain saws in the background already. >> a lot of work to do. > let's talk about this memorial day weekend and the has the forecast. >> a chance of heavy rain unfortunately a lot could occur later in the day. once we get into the rick sk of severe storms, after dark, more threatening. flash flood watches and warnings across kansas. 9 million people under the threat of additional flooding because the ground is totally saturated and we expect another one to three inches of rain. two areas of severe weather today. in the interior northeast, damaging winds, large hail. isolated tornado but better chance of seeing aho few of t tornadoes will be in this orange zone especially southwestern kansas into oklahoma and the panhand of texas. these, again, could develop later today. so it could be an after-dark-type situation. tomrow, really that same area. the western plains, down into the panhandle of oklahoma and texas. that's where we're looking at a threat of tornadoes once again along with damaging winds. all because of this stalled front. slowly moving to the east. as it does so storms fire up along it. storms expecting in the northeast could occur again sunday afternoon into sunday evening as the front drapes to the east. could see significant airportde ays especially if traveling on memorial day. headed back home, the areas where the heavy rain and strong rms could lead to some delays and same story for the roa as well. >> to your you, we'll get national forecast in just a moment. e, the wisconsin man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping 13-year-old jamie kloss after murdering her parents is going to spend the rest of his life bend bars. the teenager shared her message of strength. nbc's ron mott was >>there. t's so heartbreaking, we live in fear every day. >> reporter: 13-year-old kidnappi victim jayme closs was absent in the courtroom, an attorney read her statement. >> jake patterson can never take away my courage. i feel like what he did is what a coward would do. >> reporter: she escaped from his home in january after being held for 88 days. >> he kept jamie a prisoner inh house. patterson shot his way into the kloss home in the dark of night, killing jayme's dad, and her mom denise. prosecutorslayed denise's 911 call. >> 911, what is your emergency. >> help, please. >> patterson was given two life sentences without parole for the murders and the maximum 40 years for kidnapping jayme. >> you took her parents, her child her, and her happiness. >> you are the embodiment of evil. and the public can only be safe if you are incarcerated until you die. >> patterson largely looked down for much of the hearing, but shook his head at several . points he offered a brief, teary apology. >> i would do, like, absolutely anything to take back what i did, you know. i'm just so sorry. >> a swift legal ending to a shocking crime that will linger over this small town. for today, ron mott, nbc news, baron, wisconsin. missouri is now the lest stat to pass new restrictions on the procedure with the state's governor sning a law to ban abortions after eight weeks of. pregnancy nbc's kathy park is here with more. >> good morning, missouri's governor says the bill sends a strong signal to protect women's health while advocating for t unborn. the aclu condemned his decision and is taking legal action. it's the latest in a series of court battles across they. countr >> the growing movement on abortion bans is being met with protests and legal push back. a federal judge issued is preliminary injunction friday blocking mississippi's heart beat lawhat bans abortions after the 6th week of pregnancy arwriting in that the controversial legislation prevents a woman's free choice which is central to personal dignity and autonomy. also on friday, planned parenthood and the american civil libties union, filed a federal lawsuit over alabama's abortion ban. the most restrictive in the country, criminalizing almost all abortions, e cn ines of rape and incest. missouri governor mike parson is the latest to sign a restrictive abortion bill. >> and i believe in two months you can make a decision, i believe that can be done. but in two month's time, ilso lieve that that child has rights. >> doctors violating the 8-week cutoff could face up to 15 years in prison, exceptions only medical emergencies. >> how do i know kwhawhat i this a medical emergency will be viewed as such by the attorney general. i could go to jail and lose my license. what a terrible place we are putting physicians in. >> missouri joins several states that have passed restrictive re abortion measuthis year, invoking a possible challenge of rov. wade in o nation's highest court, and planned parenthood is telling women that abortions are legal in missouri. the state's new law set to go in to go into effect in september. and looking at twoea ar of strong storms. interior northeast and back through the western plains later today. also rain andinountain snow the northwest. temperatures are running below average, but on the flip side of that, record side across the south all weekend long. that's a look across the country. now here's a peak out your window. here for the memorial day forecast in the washington area, temperatures for your saturday in the low 80 is, but will be hot and hazy and humid for sunday as thehreat of thunderstorms increases throughout the next several days from monday about a chance of about 30 to 40% chance of a thunderstorm for monday. high temperatures on monday will be 8a degrees. all of you that are he with us, please, as we commemorate this holiday have a very safe weekend, everyone. and that' your latest forecast. >> dylan, thank you vly much. stilo come right here, too ny climbers at the top of the world, a traffic jam on mount everest that mayibe responsle for at least four 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deadly flight was operated by the same company involved in last week's midair collision that killed six. taquan has voluntarilyus spended operations while investigations continue. a rare sight off the cst of long island, new york, a great white shark named cabot. he seemed so far off course, that scientists are verifyihi s tag. >> we started digging into the data to make sure he was actually there, and while w were doing that, he pinged in two more times. >> he is swimming farther from shore, not all residents are comforted. >> i'm going to probably go in a pool thet res the summer. an 8-year-old gafl home s after a terrifying kidnapping in broad daylight. a stranger ripping the child away from her mother while they were walking along a fort worth street. >> help me, help meplease, my daughter just gotkidnapped. >> a statewide amber alert help turn up the suspect's ca >> we got her. he's in custody. >> someme of the wildest monts caught on camera. a reckless rv chase through l.a. hittin trees and cars, a doll bailed along the way -- dog bailed along the way. >>ot aher> as two deer duked it on a residential street. would you like a bath with that, one wendy's employee in florida using synink to wash u. and keeping thead trell running doesn't mean you have to work out. a group of new jersey teens found another way to use thatse. >> how did they even know that would work. >> i'm sure they spent hours trying to think of that. went well. that >> i don't know why i like that as much as i do. it's mesmerizing watching it. >> that could have gonero w. don't er do that again. still to come on "today," tangled legal reth franklin's sons after her handwritten wills were found months after her death. and his win streak not in jeopardy,ow james holzhauer cruised to victory, surpassing $2 million in wiusings. plhe sweetest farewell you'll ever see for a beloved mailman who's finally getting a chance to >> announcer: this is a "news4 today" news break. it's 7:26 on this saturday may 25th. good morning. i'm meagan fitzgerald. neraight to the headli pap woman with ties to maryland who was missing in hawaii is found alive. amnda eller gotost after going on a hike in maui more than two weeks ago. eller was air evacuated out of the forest and according to a facebook page, which is run by her family and friends, she was slightly injured. were working to learn more about her condition. and metro's major summer shutdown alreadyde unway. all stations south of reagan national airport on the blue and yellow lines are closed so that metro can repair platforms. the shutdown is expected to last until september 8th, but you cac ch a free shuttle bus. tiey're operang to move passengers between the closed stations. we have details on how you can get around in our nbc washington app. just search "metro shutdown." keep it right here. and we're taking a look outside, everyone, as the sunshine is breaking through the clouds across our area as we start the memorial day weekend. currently 67 degrees. currently temperature ouw,ide right noinds are from the southeast. what you need to know throughout the next several days is this -- a dry start today, warmerer ash t weekend goes along. today, clouds, sunshine comes through. tomorrow, hot and humid. temperatures in the 90s. guess what? looks like maybe a chance of the rumble of thunder into sunday and monday and the rest of the week, well, hitting a heat wave, temperatures in the 90s. ba back to you. >> thank you. for now, back to the "today" show. so w ually see a lot of sailors around town on memorial day weekend. of course this is fleet week, but it's not often we see a tank in rockefeller plaza. thanks to the marine corps here with the uss >> he's smiling so all is well. >> we're not under siege as it turns out. a check obegin with the headlines. >> a mdiscovery in hawaii, amana eller msing twoeeks has been found alive and in relatively good condition. her disappearance on may 8th triggered ase massive ch. in the end, it was friends andm in a helicopter who spotted her waving her arms but unable tole stand. elr has been taken to a hospit hospital. president trump arrived in japan, set to become the first foreigneader to meet the emperor. president trump will take part in trade talks as well. the president leaves behind democrats in washington. still furious by his order to declassify any intelligence that led to the russia investigation. a nationwide man hunt f a terror suspect this morning in france. police released this picture of the man t dy sayonated a bomb on a crowded street on friday. 13 people were injured by the blast as well as one 8-year-old. one as young as 8. witnesses describe the chaotic scene of flying metal and glass that send people running through france's third largest city. france has suffered frequent terror attacks. here's something worth t in time for memorial day, charles hall is finally graduating fromigh school. in 1943 he put his education on hold and enlisted in the world war ii effort.y the highl decorated marine took part in okinawa where 12,000 americans lost their lives. one of his biggest regrets he saot was n graduating high school. now 3/4 of a century, his dream comes true, hall graduated from snowflakes high in arizofr ay. his family, get this, 13 children, 52 grandchildren, 155 great children, and 16 great great grandchildren for good meeure, can all b proud. growi the world's tallest mountain. at least three more people hav died on mount everest, days after an american perished near the summit. the deaths have raised concerns that an already treacherous climb is becoming more dangerous because of a traffic jam of climbers near the summit. nbc's steve patterson is following the story for us. steve, good morning. >> experts monitoring all of this, saying the overcrowding is causing log jams of people stuck when they are most vulnerable at the mountain's most deadly areas. so many have died in what's considnging the very beginni of the climbing season there. it is a harrowing row of museum, this staggering -- humanity, this staggering photo shows rows of climbers climbing mount everest. five have diedrying to make their way to the top at the start of climbing season. three indian nationals have died. >> the opportunity for deaths to go up. >> expert says guis are taking larger crowds creating potentially dangerous traffic jams. >> two things are happening, ou're using up your supplemental oxygen, and that's your lifeline at that point, and second is that your body isin contusly degrading. it's a race against time. >> at 29,000 feet, mount everest is the world's highest mountain, near thepeak, longer lines means more mountaineers a trapped too long in the death zone with frostbite, exhaustion antaltitude sickness are a their most dangerous levels, even lethal. >> i think there's so much peace ngat comes from knowi that he didn't suffer. >> this week, american don cash died after collapsing on his descent. >> it was the one window they had, and there was about 200 believe is the most in everest history. >> ang troub trend for those looking up at one of humanity's highest achievements. >> and just this morning, there are reports that a british man has died near the summit, to a death toll this week that would be common for an entire season of climbing on the world's tallest mountain. sheinelle, back to you. >> steve patterson, thank you. >> i didn't realize it would get so crowded. >> it's already a perilous trip, and new dangers with so many there. dylan is back with a check of our wemoher. >> good ing, and for somevery, hot memorial day weekend. temperatures right now are already up into the mid-70s charleston, atlanta's at 74. tampa 74. jacksonville 69. high temperatures today will bet running abo 10 to 15 degrees above average. columbia, south carolina, forecast of 100 degrees. rami 91. the record's 95. the record in nashville is 93 and we're getting close to it with a forecast high of 92 t degrees ay. then on sunday, the heat continues to expand all across the southeast. atlanta might tie a record on sunday. raleigh 95 degrees for a high. jacksonville, 96 degrees and then as we continue into next week we are going to see those temperatures in the triple digits and in savannah, 100 on memorial day. 98 tuesday. 97 onwednesday. so temperatures exceptionally hot, humid, too. that's going to make it feel even warmer and by the time we get through this weekend, we could see several cities breaking potential records all the way up into kentuckyd stretching down into florida. that's a look at the weather across the country. now here's a peek out your window. good morning, everyone. the reason forthe heat building is because of the bermuda high, which is over the eastern seaboard. you see for us a pleasant day. a slight chance for a shower. 82 degrees. heat for sunday, 92degrees. 85 degrees for monday. and then more heat where that came from. but for the 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hom recently nine months after she died. forbes estimates that franklin'a is worth up to $80 million and michigan courts must decide if the handwritten pages are her final wishes. >> what can you do to make sure this doesn't happen to your own loved ones. legal analyst, danny cevallos is here. good morning. >> this is intimidating stucff. let's start with aretha franklin. they found three handwritten wills. d in the sofa. a this is a huge mess, like law school exam. when someone dies, intested withoutwill, then whatever state they're in, those lies will apply to figure out where all the property goes. generaouy if yave only children it will be distributed equally among them. but michigan is one of the states that actually recognizes aat we call holographic will, handwritten will. some states don't at all. if you have a handwritten will and nobody witnessed it, then it's out. it doesn't even apply.ig mich, it play apply. it still needs to meet the standards, it needs to be dated in the thandwriting, to have a shot at being legit, add to a to the complexity, there are three and you have to figure out which of those l areegitimate and which was last in time. >> you say every adulthould have a will. i don't. how do you even get started? >>rhank you for you candor. i think that's important. up to 60% of people in america don't have wills. so you are not alone. one of the most important things you can do and something that we all seem to put off for some reason, it's very important to have a will, whether you are single, no children, living on a f futon in an apartment with no assets or you're area franklin, if you have few assets, you can look online, you can do some research or if you're married, if you have children, you should probably go see an attorney. and i think you'd be surprised that the rates are not aspe exive as say some of the president's attorneys or something like that. >> so i was about to say we were going to take it at step a time, you talked about the simplest scenario, if you don't have any children, can you walk in somewhere and get i done or what do you do if you don't have a lot of assets? >> if you don't have a lot of assets, you have legal zoom, rocket lawyer. you can search online and find a bunch of form wills if you're feeling dangerous enough, but i would recommend th, most states he very stringent requirements and maybe a number of witnesses. it's generally a good ideao look at your state's o quirements if you want tgo that way. again, talk to an attorney. you may be surprised. it's not that expensive and if you don't hav a lot of assets then it may be a very simple will because everything ispr ably going to go just straight up to your parents. >> we were talking about this in the break before. it's not just the will but the naming of guardians f you're parents and have kids, where do you go if youer and your partn pass away. this is a tough conversation to talk about. who gets our kids if we're not here to look after 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streak in 2004. >> all good things have to come to an end. he's going home with a lot of money. >> why is holzhauer just so good. >> how did you acquire this knowledge, is it just co, is it cuus i don'sity? >> i hated school. i studied things i hadn't studied before. >> he's a gambler. >> all of the chips, please. >> and minds the daily doubles just like he did last night. >> i'll bet it all. >> what is a megaton? >> that's it. >> this guy is playing a whole different game. you know, starting at the bottom of the board so he says all the money in the world when he needs to wager it. it's an incredible amount of confidence and swagger and i salute him. >> next, he's fast. like really fast on the buzzer. >> jame >> there's a narrow sweet spot, a fraction of a second where you're trying to get in right after alex's last syllable and the best players like james have mastered that art. >> and the one question ho holzhauer doesn't see to know, when will his streak end. >> can he just keep 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ago.d ectives say a gunman chased her down in the parking lot and shot her before taking off. they're still trying to determine a motive in her llrder. a lanes on the 14th street bridge are back open after a serious crash involving firefighter they were responding to a hit-and-run crash on the inbound lanes yesterday evening, while on-scene three of the firefighters were struck by a passing vehicle. the most serious firefighter undeent surgery yesterday 'revening. wetold the two others have been released from the hospitali keep right here. storm te 4am hey babe, what's the password for the cable bill? rollerbladeking22. capital "k". ok... what about the phone bill? it's the entire alphabetackwards. z y x w v... i got it. i got it... what about electric? shri. uh uh. lobster? it didn't work. se try alood. the words "all seafood" or like different seafoods? no, just like work your way through the ocean. wh ? forget all your passwords. bill pay on the td bank mobile app keeps all your bills in one place. good ning, everyone. what you need to know for your holiday weekend is this. four things to know for the weekend, starts dry continues to get warmer and warmer throughout the weekend, and for sunday, hot and humid with a ance of thunderstorms for memorial day, actually for the monday, memorial day. te tperatures, more cloudsn sunshine for memorial day but warm once again. 85 degrees in the afternoon, but more of a chance for thunderstorms as we continue throughout the period. so enjoy those days, everyone, and speaking of those days, a heat wave is coming up, every, in the middle of the week. going toarm up to about 95 degrees before it's all done. so meagan a warmaheek d. back to you. >> clay, thank you. back with more news and weather in about good morning, miracle in maui. >> she's found and she's alive. hallelujah. >> a hiker missing in the woods of hawaii for more than two weeks found alive. surviving against the odds w mh onlyinor injuries. her family keeping up the hunt even after police gave up. this morning we're live with her incredible story of survival. trump in japan, the president arriving just hours omo for a four-day trip filled with pp andageantry. japan rolling out the charm while at home democrats are fuming over the president's decision to let the attorney general declassify any intelligence that led to the ssia investigation. and inquiring minds want to know, an unusual theme park opening this weekend. all about the "national inquirer," and it's already irring controversy with an exhibit that centers on the death of princess diana. we'll take you there today, m saturday,ay 25th, 2019. ♪ are you stressed out tired of workin with my head down over, over ♪ >> i'm mike rocket and i'm back. >> i'm a exchange student and i want to be on american tv. >> from missouri to nework. >> happy 25th anniversary to u at io my 6th grade babies home in tallahassee, florida. >> from oklahoma to the "today" show. >> i'm with me hero. >> i'm dad. >> uss new york. we love it. good morning, welcome back to "today" on this saturday morning. >> big welcome to menom and w from the uss new york, on the plaza with us. they've got the american flags up out there. >> and it's aif beautul saturday so we'll get outside in just a moment. let's get right to our top story. a joyous reunion in hawaii this mornin a woman missing for more than two weeks after she went hiking in the woods, found ale. it's being called a miracle. nbc's molly hunt is following this breaking story for us. molly, good morning. >> sheinelle, good morning, thatti right, autho feared the worst for amanda eller ending the search after just three days but her family wouldn't give up and more th two weeks later, searchers flying over the forest spotted angh amazing si it was amanda and she was alive. >> she's found and she's alive. hallelujah. >> a miracle in maui. >> it's just unbelievable. i'm so incredibly happy to have my girl back. >> this morning, a woman who was missing ever since set off on a hike more than two weeks ago is safe and s nd. reunited with her friends and family. 35-year-old amanda eller, a yoga instructor and physical therapist mysteriouy disappeared on may 8th after going on a walk in the woods. when she didn'tome home, her boyfriend called police fearing the worst. >> the moment she did not arrive home at night, i knew something was wrong. >> police fou her white suv w withallet and cell phone inside at a popular trail head in maui. after 72 hours, police called off the search. eller's family and friends didn't give up and offered up es0,000 for her return. search parti combed the area by land and air. >> we felt strongly that she was probably in the forest from the get go. spottedate friday, they her, deep in the forest as they flew over maui in a helicopter. >> we're all literally looking down at the same time, and at the same time, we all did a uble take, there's a hiker. >> it was amanda wavering her arms at the team in the sky, stuck between two water falls but able to stand, walk and talk. her grateful friends and family say they never lost home. >> she's spiritually strong, emotionally strong. if anybody's going to make it throughgo this, it's g to be her, and she did. >> now, eller apparently told firefighters that after she started walking, she got lost and juski kept w downhill, guys, what an extraordinary story this morning. peter. >> i can't wait to hear her story. >> smart to go find the water at the bottom of the area. thanks. president trump this morning just arred in japan. he's going to be there as the first foreign leader to meet japan's new emperor. the itinerary includes a sit down with shinzo aabe, and social outing, a sumo wrestling match among them. hallie jackson is traveling with the president. good morning. >> reporter: hey, peter, good morning to you. this trip merall ise about the personal developments than the policy ones for the president. in a state visithat's going to be full of friendly diplomacy. the president's holiday weekend will include a round of golf with prime minister shinzo abe, the sumo match, where the president will present a 4 foot, pound plus trophy to the winner and the highlight, the center piece, a formal introduction to japan's new emperor. while it's meant to enforce t close relationship with the u.s., expect trade and north korea to be on the agenda. it comes as national security advise johnolton for the first time acknowledges eongchang's missile tests do violate united nations resolutions. the mdle east is a hot spot. you have the predent announcing 1,500 more troops will be sent to the region and that is eenalating tons with iran. new this morning, reuters says the iranian foreign minister is calling that very dangerous for international peace. back home, the president's at war with some democrats. they arein riated by his move or allow attney general william barr full and complete authority to declassif tum documents related to how the russia investigation started. this is a serious investigation as to the president's long time push to as he puts it, investigate the investigators. just one of the stories for the president that threatens to overshadow potentially his trip to tokyo. >> at home, the president facing a new legal challenge to his border wall. that?s the latest st on >> reporter: we talked about a lot of stories and this is another one. you have a federal judge in californ kwhowho's blocking par of the president's plan to build his border wall by redirecting money from the nationa h emergencye declared. this is a temporary injunction, a preliminary injunctiothat prech prevents the wall from being built in two areas. the judge made the argument that by allowing the administration to use this money to build the wall, it could end up letting the white house write the tire federal budget. the aclu is one of the groups that had sued the government. this is a victory for checks and balances. no comment from the white house but this is almost certainly headed for a long legal fight to come. >> beautiful saturday night in tokyo. thank you very much. other headlines this morning, including the latest state to ban abortion. missouri's governor has signed a measure that prohibits the controversial procedure after eight weeks. there are exceptions for serious health risks to the woman but none for rape or incest. the aclu says they are exploring a legal challenge. meantime, a federal judge on friday blocked mississippi's so-called heart beat law, banning abortion after six weeks. a state of extreme caution. fire and ashxploded from a volcano friday night. the government there is now distributing 50,000 maskshe to protect residents from the smoke filled air. lava and rock spewed 2 miles from the volcano. there are more than 120 activen volcanos indonesia. time for a weekend morning boost, are you ready? >> let's boost it. a young couple in pittsburgh couldn't go to the proy so the went to the ballpark instead according to school rules, she wasn't allowed to bring her date to the prom because he was from another school. the couple pleads but the caset go nowhere. all dressed up with nowhere to go, they went not ballpark. once the team spotted the coue in the stands, they were invited on the field for a dance. certainly a prom night to remember. >> that's a better dance than the prom i had in the middle of the ballpark. my sit down withn nba legend, opening u about his struggle with angerff on and the court in an eye opening documentary. an unusual theme park opening in tennessee this ekend, the attractions are based on popular stories, many based on popular stories, many controversial ...timing is everything. so why wait? start farxiga now. farxiga, along with diet and exercise,... ...helps lower a1c in adults with type 2 diabetes. although it's not for weight loss, it may help you lose weight. do not take if allergic to farxiga. symptoms of a serious allergic 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[ laughter ] >> that's the right answer. >> and to see the city. >>.awesome and party. >> and party. >> awesome. so nice to have you here. thank y for yourservice. take a look what's going on across the country. it's really back through the plains states and the midwest watching for flooding today.n' doeslook like much now. we are going to see an increased chance oa heavy r through this afternoon and into this evening and some severe storms could occur in the overnight hours. two areas we'reatching for storms. interior northeast, new york, pennsylvania, back through ohio. a second areaug extending throh especially the panhandle of texas and oklahoma. that's where we could see some isolated tornadoes. wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour and large hail. unfortunately into tomorrow, the same general area acrosshe western plains we could see the strongest sturms. an area to continu to watch. today could be the tenth straight day of tornadoes. it has been brutal in that part of the country. that's a look at the weather across the country. now re's a peek out your window. for our weather here in the washington area for your memorial day weekend, temperatures will be risingth oughout the next several days. 81 degrees temperature today. hazy, hot and humid for tomorrow. the threat of thundstorms enhanced as we continue throughout the holiday. by monday, definitely a storm .hance for monday afterno temperatures in the 80s. if you're going to the beaches, temperature's only 63 degrees for the water. warms to 83 degrees and 75 degrees for monday. everyone have a very safe and happy weekend today. that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thank you, ill to come why bob saget got fuller house.ng a and a long time we're back now on a saturday morning with a s storye to make you smile. >> floyd martin has gone from mailman to a social india star matter of days. how did he do it. >> this is one of the best stories, this is mr. floyd martin a beloved mail carrier who retired after 35 years on the job. residents ofa, marieeorgia, sent him off in a spectacular way. thankfully it was docented on twitter, by jennifer brett, a friend and local journalist who rode along onr. mloyd's final route. people decorated their mailboxes, hand delivered gifts to him and shared lots of stories like this one. she says he feeds all the cats, peggy corn who's been on floyd's route for decades. they know him and know that the dogs get milk bones and there's may who dressed up as mr. floyd for her school's career day, a gesture that he says flattered him. flce mr. d's final shift was over, the neighborhood threw a block party in his honor. people s for hugs and pictures and here's what he had to say. >> you were there when i needed you, even if you dn't know it. i love you guys. i say that. i mean it. that's what the world needs, more love now. just continue to take care of each other. and smile. i love you all. >> there's more to the story. jennifer also tweeted that mr. floyd pes to go to hawaii one day. neighbors started a go fund me page, delta heard about it and tweeted that they would cover his flight. by the way, guys, that fund me page is now up to $25,000. >> wow. >> and we spoke to mr. floyd about that, and he described all of this with one word, epic. >> he could go a couple of times. what a perfect sendoff. >> and to be a little hero in his community, it's amaze sging >> day in and day out, he was just being a great guy. >> you have someo. pop start to so much to get to in pop start, so let's start with the mother of dragons, emelia clarkt fresh offhe "game of thrones" finale, the actress is in e headlines again opening up about ae famous rhe turned down, playing anastasia steel from the 50 shades trogy, getting candid, the actress said her decision to turn it down was nudity, saying the last time that i was naked on camera was a long time ago, and yet it's the only question i ever get askbe use i'm a woman, adding i'm sick and tired of it because i did it for the character, she's referring to the few nude scenes she did over "game of thrones" eight year run. dakota johnson was cast. whatever happened to predictability, the n,milkma the paper boy, the evening tv, i didn't know that was the final line of that song, which is good. i'm talking about fuller house, the cast got together for the final season of the netflix hit. r was comedian bob saget, who got emotionaleflecting on his tv family. >> and i'm so proud to have been able to raise these girls and ow them since they were like my girls, like my own daughters. i only had one kid when the show started. and i didn't like her. that was good. >> thank you, dylan. still to come on "today," it's one of the oldest motor sports eventsn the world. what makes the 108-year-old indy 500 the greatest spectacle in racing. >> we'll talk the brick yard. we'll catch up with racing's biggest stars, danicap ick for a preview of sunday >> and a look at the block buster movies head to a theater near 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things kicked off yesterday blessings of he the bike at the washington national cathedral. organizers say the event has gotten too expensive. next year they'll see if they can keep the tradition alive with regional rides. happening today, metro's massive summer shutdown is under way. the tations south o international airport on the blue and yellow lines are closed so metro canpair platforms. the shutdown is expected to last until september 8th. you can catch a shuttle bus for free. we have all the details in our nbc washington app. and the unofficial start of summefiis nally here. public pools in the district are now open for the summer. mayor bowser kicked off the season with an event in northeast. you can find a full list of all the pools in d.c. aon our nbc washington app. a busy memorial day weekend for a lot of you. meteorol welcome back. it's 8:29. check in with clay anderson for a look at our memorial day good morning, clay. >> good morning, meagan. great saturday to all of you. those visiting here in the washingto d.c. capital region, we say good morning to all of you. some cloud this morning, but the sun is breaking e throughn as we speak. so today will be similar to yesterday, which is plenty of sunshine to go around. temperatures on the pleasant side. still warm. 81 degrees. if you like it hot, sunday will be the day. temperatures in the 90s, b threat of showers and thunderstorms do increase over the next several days and then monday we're looking at temperatures for 85 degrees. speaking of monday, for memorial day as we said, meagan, warm and humid. cloudy, a chance of showers moving across the area. memorial day notdad weatherwise. back to you. >> clay, thank you very much. back in about 30 minutes, for now, back to the "today" show. we are back on this saturday morning, may 25th, 2019, it is a gorgeous morning here in new york, and a great crowd out on the plaza this morning toe celebrathe start of memorial day weekend. it is fleet week here in new york. we thank all of those service mbers for their service to this country. and still ahead, now that summer has unofficially arrived, it's time to goo the movies and from rocketman to a reboot of "men in black" to a live action "lion king", you have some great ones to choose from. i'll catch up with a former nba star the focus of a new documentary who highlights his onruggles with mental health. my crsation with ron artez, coming up. a we have the top new york city chef grilling up some hot and spicy steak. right now he's handing out some treathe crowd. they picked a good day to be here. that looks like some good stuff. let's begin with the indy 50 just one day away. for good reason, it's called the greatest spectacle in racing and for good reason d with tver speeding around the track at more than 200 miles per hour. >> so we're going to talk about the race in just a moment with inica patrick who competed in they 500 eight times and retired after last year's race. first, a look at why the eyes of the racing world are on indianapolis this weekend. >> the indianapolis 500, the greatest spectacle in racing, the race that every driver dreams of winning. a race where legends are made, in front of 300,000 rowdy fans. in jus over 24 ehours, 33 brav drivers will maneuver around this htrack,ting speeds up to 230 miles per hour, pushing their cars and bodies to the limit, making for big thrills and some close calls rest year's indy 500 champ will power always damed tf winning at track they call the brick yard. >> absolutely joy, happiness, just a great moment i'll never crget. >> heped off his victory with a traditional bottle of milknd a kiss he'll never forget. tomorrow, power joins a collection of drivers from around the globe who all have sights set on one thing, the checkered flag at the 103rd running of the indianapolis 500. so the winner receive not only thophy but also more than 2 1/2 million dollars. >> wow. that's nice too. >> it is. >> let's bring in danica patrick. she is an indy 500 veteran, and nearly won. she's now fortunately for us, an nbc sports analyst. . good to see you. >> thank you, h are you? >> an indy 500 means 200 laps around that track in speeds of excess of 200 miles an hour. what's it like being back in the brick iard and upthe booth this go around. >> i can tell you that it's a lot safer, i think. and it's a lot less stressful, but it's really fun. the biggest difference is that when it comes to doing the job where it's on track activity, that's the part where i got really nervous and now that's the part where i get really edcited. >> you mention it's a lot safer. we have seen dangerous crashes, not just at practice but qualifying races. did you worry about your safety ornkly your life? >> honestly that's something i've talked about a lot lately s that now being removed from it, i recognize the danger. i recognize the i recognize the challenge and how hard it is, but when you're ouin it,e not thinking about those things. your scope is so small compared to that. because it doesn't help you to think about those thing g it's notng to make you better to think, oh, it's so dangerous out here, so you need to stay focussed on the end game, which is to win the race and be successful. now i look back and i think i was crazy. >> what speed do you top out in that race? >> about 240. good draft down the back straight away. in qualifying they wereetting up to almost 240. definitely 238, top speed, and of course there's no braking ano there' lifting so in qualifying, you know, you're going into the corner flat out turning left. you're making aard left with your foot flat on the throttle going 240 miles per hour. >> i was hitting 70 on the freeway a couple of days ago. felt pretty good. for average race viewers, what should we be looking for tomorrow? >> this is the longest race of the season for indy cars. there's the most amount of pit t stops, so wwould say is that you've got to watch the whole thing because anythin happen and that's the advice i got my very first year, you're never out of it. in my first year when i almost won, i stalled in the pits and there was an accident about 3/4 of the way through that ripped my front wing off. there i was almost winning the race in the first one. you have to watch to the end. anything can play out. your favorite driver still has a shot, and man, we have seen some crazy endings, you know, right at the line, inches apart, so it's definitely a long race and a lot can happen. >> it's so funny, i have interviewed athletes once they have stopped playing and watch a game. sometimes every oncthin a while want to jump back in. is there anything in you that you woul make you want to hop back in and race again? >> no, but i was driving my car to the track today to do this interview, and it was kind of early on a saturday morning of course and there's no nobody out there, so i started ripping it like a race car driver and i was like, you know what, i kind of miss some of this a little bit. i miss the pushing it to the edge sort of hitting your mark sort of, thing, but lookhad 2 years of it, and i'm good. i can play around on a track. i shouldn't go on the road with it. >> fair enough. >> danica, it's so nice to have you on o team now at nbc sports. thank you so much. good to see you. >> thank you so much. don't forget to watch the indianapolis 500 right here on u nbc, yan catch all the action. again, it's tomorrow starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern. >> i would like to ride ride wi. that would be fun. only for fun. a fil check of the weather from dylan who's made her way out to the plaza. >> hey, guys. i've got to know. i walked out here, and you guys just, go bananas. what are you so excited about? >> to be in new york. >> just to be in new york. where you from? >> williamsburg, virginia. >> who all are you with? your whole high school. you're a band too. awesome. nice to have you here. and going toi see really nce weather in new york city for this memorial day weekend. the sun is shining right now. it's beautiful and temperatures will continu warm up, although in the southeast, going to see some of our hot temperatures. in fact, we're likely going to break records down across the southeast, but we have to watch the middle of the country for some of those storms. they'll develop later today. that's a look at weather across the country. here's a peek out your window. a great saturday morning to all of you here in washington, d.c. for your memorial day for us, temperatures will be nice today. 81 degrees, and then 92 degrees, the heat, the heat returns tomorrow. then it's warm for monday, but also the threat of showers and thunderstorms will increase from saturday, sunday into monday. with that, speaking of the heat, a heat wave is coming, everyone. 90s by the middle of the week. a chance for 95 degrees by that's your latest forecast, back to you guys. >> a preview of the summer's movies, a world in which the beatles 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our own juel has a preview at the box office. >> pass the popcorn, summer is seating in cinemas. the 4-month period that oupically accnts for 40% of the year's ticket sales will get a big boost this weekend, thanks to wilho smith w's stepping into a whole new world and out of robin william's famous lamp in the live adaptation of aladdin. olivia wild is offering u me memorial day counter programming with her director debut. it puts a hilarious spin on the high school coming of age story. and how did elton john go from a small town boy to one of the most iconic figures in pop culture, you'll find out when "rocketman" launches intors theate this month. >> people pay to see elton >> summer has long been synonymous with special effects and sequels and this one will see the returnkf plenty, just godzilla, king of the monsters. you want superheroes? no problem. you've got spiderman far from home, and dark phoenix to look forward to. meanwhile, the men in black are back. >> the men and women in black. >> but this time it'srthris hemswond a tessa thompson taking the lead. speaking of spinoffs, we've got the first from the fastfu and ous franchise. hobs and shaw. on the family friendly front, the animation situation delivers harrison ford and secret life of pets 2. tom hanks in toy story 4. >> we need to get back to our kid. >> and just about every i celebrityn the lion king reimagined in live action form. in a summer ripe with remake sequels and spinoffs, there's plenty of original gems too, like the starom studdede sapphire, the dead don't die. >> i'm thinking zombies. >>he paul mccartney, beatles. >> yesterday imagines a world that doesn't know the beatles except for one aspiring singer and the race for oscar gold has already begun as the manson murds get the treatment in "once upon a time in hollywood" and fast ands furiouf you planned a party with animals with a rock star. >> we should also mention the secret life of pets, all from our sister u companyversal pictures. i sat down with former nba starmetta may is mental health awareness month and the nba finals aretaet to s next we. while those two events don't seem to be connected they are in the next story. >> seems like the perfect time to premier a documentary about a former nba star, metta world peace, previously own as ron ar test. >> the former champion ended his career as one of the sport's most controversis. figure we talked about life growing up queens, ough streets of his struggle with mental health and beingt the center of an infamous brawl with fans that changed his life. >> i was here for i guess ten years maybe. >> it's been 20 years since he left the old n ghborhood but now retired from the game he loved, nba legend metta world peace is back in the new york city housing projects that he called home. he grew up in the infamous queens bridge housing projects known for crime and violence in the 1980s.ha it sd him into thel controversiaba all star skat other baetball players and fans loved to hate. >> this was your spot. >> this was my spot. >> every day. >>veryay. >> we played 2:00 a.m., 3:00 a.m. >> 2, 3:00 a.m. >> yeah, yeah,e working all day, all day because there was nothing else to do. >> did people say go home? >> i was trying to be respectful for theeople that were sleeping so i would try to make them go swish, every time i hit the back board, this bad boy made the lot of noise, and the lady on the second floor wouldh open t window when i hit the back board. got to get my shot better, eventually, straight in. >> making baskets was one ofll many he picked up as a child. fighting was another. >> i got suspended. >> for fighting? >> yeah. >> int every year i was in high school, every single year. >> as a child he struggled with anger management aal mental he issues tt caused many to label him as crazy. >> we're m talking aboutental health awareness, a lot of people can relate to the fact, sometimes they have a kid who's as sweet as pie, calm, and the next moment they snap. they're angry. >> absolutely. >> was that you? lot.snapped a i didn't go out of my housese upt but anything could have tipped me off, if i wanted to get in a fight or something. >> when artest left to join the chicago bulls, the fighting, suspensions and inability to control his explosive temper followedo him intthe nba. that bad boys reputation wa cemented in november of 2004 at the palace of auburn hills in michigan. artest got into a shoving a mat with opposing player. he later raced into the stands to retaliateet against ait pistons fan after he was hit by a cup thrown at him. it was called malice at the palace is and is considered one of the darkest i days nba history. >> take me back to malice at the palace, you're on the table, thinking happy thought, trying to be calm. it clearly didn't work. >> it did work, but then somebody threw something at me. >> with the help of a psychologist, test received treatments for his mental llness and as a laker made the biggest shot in game seven of the 2010 championships. >> take me to the moment when you thanked your therapist on national tv when you won the national championship. >> i want to thank my doctor, my psychiatrist. >> was that a huge moment?th tell me how bi moment. i know it was a huge moment. >> i justd wante to give thanks to someone. i wasn't trying to reach the masses. i just wanted to give credit where credit was due. >> now the nba,know, they talk about mental health, you know, the resources are there. do you think you're part of the reason why? >> i goto say i'm one of the reasons. i think the people that are called toff, i thiy are beautiful in inside, i think they are special. i think they are assets to us. >> he is a fascinating and the kindest guy and still committed to mental health awareness, almost ten years after auctioning off, his auctioned off his nba championship ring and donated all the proceeds to this cause. a t couple ofngs i'll tell you before we go. another piece to this story is he called up years later, he called up that fan who threw that cup and now they're friends. it's a testament to his character. the fan couldn't believe he called and reached out to him, and i talk about the fact he's so kind. i deal with a lot of celebrities and if we go back to their in and hoods, they're out, ron metta, he stayed, he lelingered. peere coming out of the projects. he knows their names and aandparents. he's such a guy, he lingered. i have never seen anybody linger and not rush to get ou do you know what i mean so it's something i will always keep with me, and it's the kind of way i want to be, i guess. ikst always kind. you can tell i'm l mother-in-lemotional about it because he was a good guy. the ron artest story premiers may 31st. how tnow that i've got you here for a minute, or two actually, i've got to tell you something. with the capital one venture card you earn unlimited double miles on everyurchase, every day. my credit card only earns double miles on 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overnight to fully develop the flavors. we're going to make rub fortr ip steak. it is not super expensive. we're going to take our rub, give it a goo mix and sprinkle it generously all over our stake. >> how dar in advanceyou want to do this. >> this stake is goie to t 20 to 2 cminutes tok. what i love to do is hit it for five minutes, cross it, flip it, and around 20 minutes, you're going to be a at beautiful medium rare temperature or 125 degrees, and let that keep cooking. when it's done it's going to look like a beautiful steak like that. you want to cut against the grain, a big thing when you're and g these steaks, nice tender. get it. >> try the sce. >> the sauce is next level. >> a little bit of that sauce and steak for you. >> that's got a little bit of kick in it. >> a little bit of heat but not too crazy hopefully. >> you talk, i'll eat. >> memorial day weekendf a little bit beverage to go along with it. sweet tea, tea bags, seep th , squeeze them out nice and well. add your sugar, give it a quicks dive. chill in the refrigerator. here's our spiking station. we're going to add a cup worth of tea. a shot of bourbon. >> we didn't k it was spiked until we tried it. >> pour it over some ice. >> i have a feeling you'll know pretty quickly. >> perfect pour. wasn't trying. garnish with a straw, lemon, mint, whatever. apple blackberry cobbler. we do it all in a cast iron skillet. it's almost like apple but blackberries, you can cook it on the grill. when you're done barbecuing, you take the whole thing, put it on the grill, close the lid. it will cook in about 40 minutes or so. by the time you're done eating, dessert is ready to go. >> this is off to a good start this morning. >> didn't put that much in there, did i? >> you did. the might be the strongest drink we have had. and red, white and blue pop sickor memorial day, strawberry, lime, coconut and blueberry as the layers of flavor. super simple, red, white and blue. >> that's a perfect way to start the memorenl day week >> thank you so much for having me. happy memorial day. >> how great is matt. matt, thank you so much. you're here. >> awesome. willie, our friend willie geist igoing to sit down with olivia wilde and talk about her directorial debut on book smart. >> safety as your pools open this memorial day weekend. >> this might be one of th best eme good morning. i'm meagan fitzgerald. strght ahead on "news4 today." >> thunder alley. will thunder be silent? could be the last rolling thunder. tell you all about it coming up on news 4. >> and we have a forecast thatb gs warm temperatures and the threat o thunderstorms. all the details coming up in a minute. meagan? >> police are hoping this sketch can help find a killer. a woman married to two men was henned down in an office parking lot. t latest on the investigation is coming up. and today is the day. half a dozenet mro stations closed now and won't open again until after labor day. we'll tell you how youcan get around the shutdown in northern virginia. those stories and much more to get your weekend started off right. y"ews4 toda begins in just a ♪ ♪ ♪ rhythm is a dancer ♪ it's a soul companion ♪ you can feel it everywhere ♪ lift your hands and voices ♪ free your mind and join us ♪ you can feel it in the air ♪ oh sorry, we were running late. no problem, come on in.♪ >> announcer: "news4 today" . starts n developing overnight, the maryland woman who went missing in hawaii more than two weeks ago has been found alive. police say she was married to a foreign movie star and a baltimore drug lord at the samee time when murd. now investigators are hoping you can help them catch the possible suspect. and a judge says president y trump cannot use militney to build a wall on the southern border, even with the national emergency declaration. good morning. thank you for spending your memorial day weekend with us. i'm meagan fitzgerald. it's a beautiful morning ahead. a look outside. perfector anyious door activities plans. head over to clay andson in for lauryn ricketts. good morning. ouldn't ask for a better morning? >> absolutely. morning, and hi to all of you. started with a few clouds across th area earlier this morning when we started at 6:00 a.m. by the 9:00 a.m. hour sun is breaking through. looking forward to a very nice saturday, everyone. temperatures outside cooperating as well. temperatures in the 60s and 70s. notice the 70s out to our west and southwest. manassas at 71 and things to know this weekend, art dry gets warmer as the weekend goes on. today plenty of sunshine to go around. tomorrow we'll talk about hot nd humid conditions, and for memorial day, the threat of showers and thunderstorms loom throughout the afternoon and evening. meagan all the details and extended recast as well maybe looking at one of our first heat waves.

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