permission can hurt firefighters are trying to do their jobs. anyone caught open a hydrant could be fined up to $100. it's beautiful but it could be a scorcher this afternoon. veronica? >> our temperature jumped eight degrees over the last hour, barbara. eight degrees. the heat index past 90 in a lot of location. it is today we're looking for the heat index value to get over 100 degrees, which is why the national weather service has issued a heat advisory for not only today but tomorrow. so that ends at 8:00 p.m. tomorrow. covers most of the viewing area with the exception of areas west of i-81 and down through the northern neck. hopefully you find a spot to keep cool today. maybe near the water. 88 as i said is the temperature in the district, foggy bottom, georgetown, 88, takoma park, too. manassas, warrenton, 88 to 90 already in culpepper, virginia. it's really warming up fast. 86 in richmond. this heat not only affecting us here in d.c., maryland, virginia, but up and down the east coast. up and down into pennsylvania, new york, philadelphia, a hot one today. later tonight, 83 under mostly clear sky. we'll talk about the rest of the week in a few minutes. and a chance to see "endeavour." >> thank you. let's take a look at a live picture of arlington national cemetery, where president obama and the first lady arrived just moments ago to participate in the traditional wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns. afterwards the president will participate in memborial day service at the memorial am fi theater. let's listen in for a moment. ♪ >> pull. >> memorial day services are going on right now across the country to commemorate men and women who have dies serving their country. and the national mall is busy with events and visitors now. kimberly suiter joins us the world war ii memorial. >> reporter: good morning, barba barbara. one of the dignitaries said it best, 364 days of the year we, as americans, are asked to look forward and be optimistic, and he says, this is the one day we're asked to look back. that service happened this morning. it was a memorial service for everyone who has ever served in a war. admiral mike mullen, who is moments away from retirement, was also the keynote speaker. let's listen to what happened just a few hours ago. >> reporter: by sunrise, thousands of blood red silk flowers color the world war ii memorial. >> cover them over with beautiful flowers, deck them with garland, those brothers and sisters of ours. >> reporter: affixed to each arrangement, words honoring those who fought and died, and david placed every one. >> the beauty of memorial day and the awareness increase of memorial day is very important because not enough people salute the flag, stand up for the flag, take off their hat for the flag or remember those people that paid ultimate price. >> reporter: andy lee remembers, he rolled in from michigan for his uncle, bob bailey who caught this scene in okinawa, japan. >> these guys were the heroes. if it wasn't for them, we would you please be standing there. >> reporter: amy dean, born a texan, now a washingtonian. >> my daughter's 8, my son is 9, and my youngest is 6. >> reporter: she's here for her three children. >> we believe it's very important that our children know about the sacrifice that so many men and women have given to -- to ensure our dom. >> reporter: this seaman was told be here, but on his mind -- >> we're all veterans, all branchs and services, all of the familie families. >> reporter: you'll be a veteran one day. >> yes, i will. >> reporter: that thought shared by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, moments away from his own retirement. >> today we remember the fallen from every generation as we fulfill our obligation to honor those who gave up their future so we could have ours. >> reporter: now, even though this service was for all who have served and died in all wars, today at 3:00, across the country, we're asked to observe a moment of remembrance for those who fought and died, specifically in world war ii. and of course, before that happen an hour before, the national memorial day parade kicks off. looking around we see boy scouts trying to keep hydrated and as cool as they can. it's already a scorcher. people getting ready to spend the entire afternoon on the mall. >> thank you, kimberly. also this memorial day, falls church hosting its 30th memorial day parade and festival at city hall grounds, bowie, honoring fallen heros in old town bowie. circle park a ceremony honoring john a. logan the founder of memorial day. the ceremony commemorates mary mcleod bethune for vets during word wars i and ii. a woman is dead after a violent crash on the baltimore-washington parkway. police are trying to figure out what caused her to lose control and slam into a tree. it happens north of route 197 in laurel, where lanes were closed for more than four hours today. this was tracee wilkins in laurels. >> reporter: the bw parkway closed down in both directions between 197 and 198 for most of the morning, as police investigated the single-car crash. around 3:20 this morning, u.s. park police say a woman heading northbound on the baltimore washington parkway left the roadway, landing in the median. >> the vehicle left the roadway, went into the median strip, struck a tree, and one person in the vehicle, the driver, was killed. >> reporter: u.s. park police shut the baltimore-washington parkway down in both directions between 197 and 198 as they investigated the scene. police say the victim of the accident was an adult female. the impact of the crash was so severe, that the engine of her vehicle was suspended from the car, as police pulled it out of the median. and now, the next phase of this investigation begins. >> this is a complicated investigation, as all fatal crashes are. it's so it's going to take a while before we determine the actual factors that led to this crash. it's going to require autopsy reports, completion of the crash reconstruction report and interviews by our detectives. >> reporter: police say it may be some time before they know exactly what led to this vehicle leaving the road and crashing into the median. on the baltimore-washington parkway, tracee wilkins, news4. we'll take a look at midday traffic now. tanya hutchins standing by and keeping an eye on things for us. how it's looking out there? >> it's not looking bad. keep in mind all of the road closures, constitution closed between 7 and 17th because of the parade until 4:00. a mess earlier today, top side of the beltway a mess. 495 the outer loop to couples road soud bouthbound, that rema closed. the truck is back on its wheels, towed away but the ramp is closed. the ramp from colesville to get on to the outer loop, that is opens. 95 spring field interchange steady traffic in both directions, hov lanes running northbound. there are no restrictions for hov on 395 or 66. i'll check back with you if a few minutes. >> thanks so much. give yourself extra time if you plan to take metro. using the holiday weekend to do track work on the sworng blue lines. because of that, the stations are closed, capital south, eastern market, potomac avenue, stadium armory. free metro shuts have open. they should reopen tomorrow. montgomery barn burns to the ground with two silos destroyed after an intense fire. take a look at those flames. shooting high into the night sky. the fire started around 1:00 this morning along the 9700 block in gaithersburg. no reports of injuries. the cause is under investigation this morning. and the little huntington park swim and tennis club in alexandria is closed after an early morning fire. we had a crew there, as firefighters are put out the fire in the pool house of the club. we don't know how much damage the fire caused or what sparked that blaze. it's ten after 11:00. coming up on news4 midday, help is on the way for tornado-ravaged joplin, missouri. president obama toured the devastation. the president is making a change at the defense department. find out who he named as new chairman. if you wear dentures, taking care of your oral health should be a top priority - and that means getting rid of odor-causing bacteria and plaque. try improved polident. its microclean formulation is antimicrobial and antibacterial to kill ninety-nine-point-nine percent of odor-causing bacteria, plus more of other key microorganisms found on dentures than leading regular toothpastes. used daily, it helps promote good oral health. try improved polident - now with microclean. this has beem medifacts for polident. just moments ago, president obama made major personnel changes at department of defense. the president named martin dempsey as the new chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, replacing admiral mike mullen. dempsey was the chief of staff of the army, former iraq war commander ray odierno will succeed him. residents in joplin begin their second week of cleanup after an ef-5 ripped through their town. president obama visited devastated town to get a firsthand look at deet instruction and took part at an afternoon memorial. he assured residents rest of the country will thereby to support them through these hard times. >> there's no doubt in my mind that joplin will rebuild, and as president, i can promise you your country will be there with you every single step of the way. >> meanwhile, over the weekend, joplin city managers says the death toll has risen to 142. on a positive note, the number of missing people has dropped from more than 230 to just 39. don't forget the sunscreen if you're headed outdoors. soon, there could be new labels on sunscreen. senate democrats inintroduced a bill that would mandate companies disclose protection against the dangerous type of ultraviolet rays known as uva. rays can penetrate the skin more deeply than uvb labels. and veronica joins us to tell us what rays we are getting today on memorial day. >> the temperature raising up, in a hurley, again we jumped eight degrees in last hour. back to putting on that sunblock, like liz crenshaw told us last week on friday, a shot glass full, that's how much you need a shot glass. lather it on, cover yourself up. even several times during the day if you need to. look at that. on the watt, that's a good place to be today. catch a bit of a breeze off the cooler water. temperatures in the 80s. 88 degrees right now, though, the actual air temperature. water temperature's in the 70s. so the heat index, when you factor in the humidity, making it feel like it's 93 degrees right now. fredericksburg jumped six degrees over last hour. again, lots of sunshine throughout the area. 90 already in culpepper. 87 in leonard town. cool spot, annapolis, with a wind that's more off that cool water there. inland locations look at win chester 88. humanity not quite as high. so that heat advisory stops shy of there. all the way through the mid-atlantic, down through the south it will be a hot one today. so if you plan on doing a quick day trip, maybe going up to philadelphia, maybe going up to hagertown, hot conditions everywhere. look at the clear skies, thanks to this area of high pressure. providing clear skies but also our heat pump. the wind out of the southwest around that area of high pressure. clear skies from pennsylvania down through north carolina and off to the west. when are we getting more clouds and rain, break this heat? not until midweek. here's what's going on. we've got high pressure over our area. a cold front that's off to the west. that cold front outside of iowa right now. but as it makes its way eastward, it will be providing some storms. today, storms across the northern plains. for our area, again, more heat, humidity, more oppressive conditions. it's not until wednesday that that front comes through. today's sunshine and even tomorrow with the heat pump off the coast, still remains hot, humid, and oppressive. high clouds through the area once again tomorrow. here's a look at the showers, ahead out of the next weather front through ohio. and western pennsylvania. we don't get the cool-off until wednesday, wednesday late, after the front moves through. a look at your good night forecast. 88 by 7:00. and under mostly clear sky, we'll drop to 85 by 9:00. and even around the midnight hour, still above 80 degrees. so, mostly sunny conditions. it's going to be hot and humid. feeling like we're well over 100 degrees. remember to hydrate, sunblock and do the big floppy hat why, not on a day like today? mostly clear, warm, humid. 89 to 80 degrees our heat wave starts today. do all of those things that you can to keep cool and stay safe in the sun. the "endeavour," i talked about being able to see it before it makes its landing, "endeavour" will undock from the international space station at 11:53. if you want to see it, you've got a minute in the northeastern sky. it will be leading the way. "endeavour" ahead of the international space station 3:38 in the northeastern sky if you want to get up that early. it's always cool to see, because it look likes a shooting star. two little bright objects as it will undock later tonight. 96 degrees the high temperature for tomorrow. 94 on wednesday. there's the front, barbara, that's cooling us down a bit for thursday. it will give us a drop in the humidity. thursday we might get severe storms out of the front, too. friday, nice conditions. we star the week oppressive. we end it -- >> ready for a picnic. >> i'm ready for a picnic. >> you smell the hot dogs cooking sneer a great picnic coming up later in the studio. >> can't wait. >> join us for that. >> maybe i'll get a hot dog. >> the poor, abused hot dog. wait until you see how delicious they are. check on the midday traffic. tanya hutchins joins us. >> barbara, the baltimore-washington parkway back open at 197 so you don't have to be worried about that from the earlier incident, it is free to take right now. still dealing with a problem in silver spring. outer loop ramp to colesville road southbound remains closed after an earlier accident. the tractor-trailer is done. they're trying to clean this up. you can take the colesville ramp on to the outer loop. okay at american legion bridge. there's no problems to report here. so traffic is moving smoothly between maryland and virginia. we also have no problems to report on the woodrow wilson bridge. moving fine between alexandria and oxen hill. back to you. >> tanya, thank you. 11:19 is the time. next on news4 midday, summer trends. we'll show you what's hot in summer fashion, all under 100 bucks. first a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com. today is the official start of the summer season. that means time to kick off your shoes and socks. jacqueline mason of charmed, george town, here with must-have accessories and the important purse stuffers. you brought models with you today, too. >> yes i did. >> the official start of summer which means, jackie? >> which means that we can take all of the formal stuff and start getting casual with our wardrobe. >> that means even for work and play and the office, too? >> yes, you can start wearing light colors, whites, putting on some crop pants and shorts, and sort of dressing down in really just getting ready for the beach and the pool and a lot of summer activities. >> open toe shoes for women? >> yes. >> and that kind of thing, even in the office? >> yes. >> let's talk about the models you brought. who is going to show off first? >> well, suad is here today. >> wearing shorts which are very hot right now. >> yes, they are. she's wearing white shorts and a plain back t-shirt, probably under $20 from any store and she's just dressing it up with a beautiful turquoise colored necklace. and she's just sort of going from day into night. >> when you say to dressing it up, so this is an outfit that you feel you could wear out to lunch or dinner even with shorts? >> yes, absolutely. shorts are really popular right now. and people are starting to wear them so much more and they're so flattering. so many different types of shorts you wear. >> let's ask this question, people wondering, is there an age cut-off for shorts in public? can anybody wear shorts out these days, though they're hot? >> not really. i mean, anybody can wear shorts, but you definitely want to dress for your figure, barbara. it's very important to wear a certain type of short, they have long shorts or short-shorts. it depends on the person. >> i see. i guess you also ought to know your boss if you're wearing them to work. >> exactly. >> would you wear those to work? >> i would. it depends. >> what's next? >> we have maya here, and you can come up. shoo's wearing a beach coverup with a bathing suit which now we're really into the summer season where people are wearing bathing suits and coverups and they're just having fun and letting loose and you know, maya's wearing a fabulous coverup that you can wear to the beach and the pool, and also out to the boardwalk or to a shopping mall and out for lunch and you can walk around with some accessories, hats, some bags, and just dress it up with natural jewelry. >> let's take a look at some of the things you brought, all under $100, right? >> absolutely. >> you could wear these things over a bathing suit coverup? this is reminiscent of the outfit princess catherine wore? >> yes. >> it's so flattering, acts as a dress. you can use these wonderful sarongs, beach coverups to wear by the pool. >> talk about the things that we're looking at right now on this screen. all jewels under $100 that you see that have a summer look, right? >> they do. golds, turquoise, bright colors, neutrals, whites, very important to wear with an outfit in the summer. and all of these jewelries under $100. >> tell us that you've got the leather bracelets are really in, is that right? >> they are. they are. >> letter bracelet, big, bright necklaces like this one, or the one you're wearing. >> yes, they are. great to wear with any simple solid outfit. you want solid colors and add the jewelry as an accent. >> summer scarves, we haven't seen people wearing scarves so much in the past, not like this where you wrap them? >> yes. you can wear scarves in so many different ways and you can wrap them around. you can wear them as a beach coverup, sarong. they're great because they're very long and animal prints are really popular. and i just love this. i just think this would look good with any outfit. >> jacqueline, you're wearing a long dress. >> yes. >> is that in, too, for day and night? >> yes. i 23 you want to wear a long dress to work, and i can eventually take off my blazer and show my necklace more if i'm going to an afternoon party or a dinner. it's long dresses are really pop zblar have the british made hats more popular for the summer? >> absolutely. i think that hats are the way to go. >> come forward. >> they are great. they protect your skin. and they protect you from the sun. it's very important to wear a hat. i think that wearing hats is just an ultimate accessory. >> and you also say the big bags are very popular? >> yes. big straw bags, easy to carry, easy to lounge around in, fit towels in them. they're a lot of fun. >> and i see that you've got a much more dressed up version of a flip-flop? >> yes. these are mystique sandals, under $100. they're jelly. and they're fabulous. you can wash them off. you can wear them. they are comfortable to walk in. and they're kind of sleek lines. they're easy to wear. >> i want to make sure we're getting a chance to see our models that were so nice to come in to be with us. you'd wear this with fancy necklaces, beautiful earrings, lots of terrific examples of great styles that are out there right now. sunglasses, a must, right? >> yes. it's very important to wear surn glasses to protect your eyes from the sun and sunblock. >> sunblock, we were talking about the importance of that. ready for the summer? >> yes. >> it's hot out there today. >> it is. >> would you wear this out to a party? a bathing suit cover up? >> it would have to be appropriate for the occasioning maybe a barbecue or pool party. >> you would wear these shorts? >> of course. definitely for an evening out. >> are you glad it's summertime? >> of course. >> it a different feel. >> it is. we're happy to be launching this memorial day and this is sort of the time now where you can really kick off the summer and say you know what, guys? let's put all of the formal stuff away and let's have fun. >> where do we get these beautiful jewels? lots of plays but it. >> www.charmgeorgetown.com. thank you. >> thank you for being with us. time now is 11:28. coming up in the next half hour of news4 midday, fallout after park police arrest dancers at jefferson memorial. some say they used too much force. decision 2012 is sarah palin on the campaign trail? a look at her latest actions. the heat is on in the nation's capital. veronica johnson tracking a heat wave. find out how hot it's going to get. right now on news4 midday a number of memorial day services are going on to honor fallen service members. president obama is at a ceremony in arlington at arlington national cemetery. he just finished the traditional wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknowns and in d.c. a service wrapped up at the world war ii memorial at the national mall. u.s. police are investigating what caused a woman to lose control and slam into a tree. they closed the parkway for several hours. it has since been reopened. the driver died on the scene. questions remain why a d.c. youth minister disappeared. matt hill was found safe in north carolina yesterday. he left on his own free will tuesday. also questions about what will happen to the 4500 donated to help find him. if you plan on spending the day at the beach, barbecue, or anywhere outdoors bring sunscreen and lots of water. there's a heat advisory issued for our area between noon today and 8:00 at night. the index could top out above 100. police are asking people to resist the tourj open hydrants. using hydrants without permission can impede firefighters or injured those not trained to open them. anyone caught opening a hydrant faces a $100 fine. we'll check in with veronica johnson with latest on the forecast. >> thanks, barbara. a first real heat wave here. it starts today. i don't mind nuch thmuch that w haven't had much practice from the high heat, today already the mercury rising and the humidity's high. temperatures, take a look at them, it's 93 degrees right now in frederick, maryland. 90 in fredericksburg. it's 90 in manassas. watch this, when you factor in humidity, what happens? look at heat index values already. it's not even noon time. 93 to d.c. 96 what it feels like manassas. 97 the current heat index value in culpepper. this in is why we're saying it's dangerous heat. take care of yourself and anybody that might be with you. hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. 95, sunshine throughout the area, a few high clouds. tonight down to 88. then 38 degrees by -- 83 by 11:00 p.m. tomorrow morning temperatures in the 70s. but a warm overnight and humid. sun sets at 8:26. >> thank you. and we're going to collect in with tanya hutchins again, see how traffic's moving out there at this hour. >> it's moving well. things are improving. an accident reported on the interloop in maryland before georgia avenue. that is in right lane. 495 at connecticut avenue, traffic moving in both directions, fine. no problems heading up towards georgia. that is good news there. and our other good news is 495 at colesville road, the ramp has reopened colesville road southbound. cleanup continues in the grass but get from the outer loop on to southbound colesville road. >> thank you. this morning we've learned a man killed in a crash in loudoun county may have been using a hand-held device moments before colliding head-on with another car. the accident happened before 7:00 last night on route 9, near daily farm lane. police say a witness saw the driver of a toyota preoccupied with an electronic device before crossing the center line and hitting an suv. the driver dies. a husband and wife in the suv went to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. track work may put you behind schedule today. capital south, eastern market, potomac avenue and stadium-armory stations are closed on the orange and blue lines. free metro shuttle buses are running at these stations. they all should reopen tomorrow, in time for the rush hours. the beat goes on for the second time in three years, u.s. park police arrested dancers at the jefferson memorial. now a formal inquiry is under way after some say the officers' action was inappropriate. the dancers were protesting a court ruling that upheld a ban on expressive dancing at national memorials. expressive dancing was deemed not to be protected speech under the first amendment. we found youtube video of the five arrests. police also are looking into the video showing officers pulling away our news4 photographer who was shooting scene. visitors say the officers went too far. >> unfortunately it came to people getting arrested and police using violence against protesters. >> everyone arrested was charges with demonstrating in a restricted area. the memorial was shut down 15 minutes because of commotion. decision 2012. unanswers questions for sarah palin. she kicks off her presidential campaign. well, did she or didn't she? we don't know. the bus tour has everyone wondering will she run? what would it mean for the republican field? tracie potts has more from capitol hill. >> thank you. >> reporter: sarah palin's off on her campaign-like bus tour after shaking hand as the pentagon and hopping on the back of a harley with veterans in washington sunday. >> in honor of vets and remind americans how extremely important it is to express our gratitude. >> reporter: but is the former alaska governor here to kick off a presidential campaign? john mccain thinks she can win. >> but she certainly is a major factor and i believe that she can be very competitive. >> i don't see sarah palin getting into the race at all. i don't think there's a place for her now. i think the real sarah palin is michele bachmann, and she's in. >> reporter: bachmann hasn't announced either. here's the lineup so far. two other former governors are in, minnesota's tim pawlenty. >> if i'm elects the era of bailouts, handouts, carveouts are over. >> reporter: and mitt romney of massachusetts, expected to announce thursday. >> it's time to have a president who understands how to create jobs. >> reporter: now, texas governor rick perry says maybe. >> i'm going to think about it. but i think about a lot of things. >> reporter: former china ambassador and utah governor john hunts man is also still on the watch list. now if sarah palin decides to run, john mccain may be right, she may do very well. one of the latest polls on republicans puts her at a strong third behind mitt romney and rudy giuliani. from washington, tracie potts, back to you. congressman anthony wiener says a lewd photo sent from his account was a result of a hacker. over the weekend a tweet from the new york democrat's cut connecticut was directed at a seattle woman showing a man in his underwear from the stomach down. the 46-year-old congressman says this controversy is quote a distraction from important work that we could be doing for our constituents. police are asking for help from the public after a d.c. man was found fatally wounded in the street. police found 25-year-old garrett white in the 5400 block of georgia avenue sunday morning. when they found him he was suffering from a stab wound. he was taken to a local hospital, where he later died. if you have any information, contact police or call the crime solves are tip line 1-866-411-tips. and investigators in laurel, maryland, are releasing information about an arson investigation about a city official's car. incident happened around 2:00 saturday morning. in the 1100 block of 12th street in laurel. a car that belonged to the deputy administrator was set on fire while sitting in the driveway. in the process, the suspect set himself on fire, and was last seen running down 12th street. police say they're in the process of collecting with area hospitals and doctors to see if the suspect sought medical attention. right now, the space shuttle "endeavour" heading home. the shuttle undocked from the international space station overnight. this is the last flight for the shuttle. the shouttle and crew are scheduled to land wednesday. it will be retired to a california museum. nasa has one shuttle mission left to complete. that comes with july 8th blastoff of the shuttle "atlantis." today the maryland terrapins look to celebrate the holiday with their first lacrosse championship in more than 30 years. it will be an all-acc affair as they take on the virginia cavaliers. maryland beat unc, upset top-seeded syracuse and took down duke in the final four to reach the title game for the first type since 1998. the terps will have a hometown crowd behind them to boot. face-off at 3:30 at m&t bank stadium in baltimore. our time is 11:40. coming up in the next 15 minutes, how to make the best hot dog in the world on this memorial day. we'll show you how to make the chicago style hot dog live in the studio.3q copd makes it hard to breathe so i wasn't playing much of a role in my own life. but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now, i've got the leading part. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, vavair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator, working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more 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it. >> hi, barbara. >> great to have you. >> a name that depicts the chicago hot dog. >> a very famous hot dog. let's start, since we all think of the hot dog as being about as american as apple pie, where does it really come from? >> in 1901, ted dorgan a sports cartoonist credited with giving the hot dog its name. the way it happened theres and a baseball game at polo grounds in new york where vendors were sellisel selling sausages on a roll, being sold by vendors saying get them red hot. tad wanted to depict them in a cartoon and decided to name it the hot dog. >> talkson as in a -- >> absolutely. >> what's the difference? >> to us, they're completely different. we feel they're the best hot dog in the world and we use only the finest ingredients. those ingredients start with the bun. it's a poppy seed bun that we steam. we use a beef vienna hot dog and add not one topping but we add seven different toppings. >> we've got beautiful examples of your hot dogs out there. as we look at those, why don't you show me how to make a good one. >> as we said we have seven different ingredients. we take a steamed poppy seed bun. >> steam it? >> steam it. >> don't put it in the oven or the grill, steam it because got to get moisture in there? >> get the heat in there nice and soft. and we would steam it, put the beef on a hot dog which we'll start here. our first ingredient is mustard. >> i'm going to hold this up so folks can see it as you do. a nice stream of mustard. >> mustard and then we go to relish. >> i happen to like that but not everybody does. >> then add onion. >> onion on a chicago hot dog. the hot dog has taken a lot of abuse over the past few years with people saying they're not good for you, full of snakes and snails and puppy dog tails and everything else. you say you actually can buy a really good piece of meat in a hot dog, right? >> absolutely. they're very good in protein and iron, and the hot dog that we use are the highest quality, vienna beef hot dogs. >> all beef is bet. >> all beef is best taste. we've added tomatoes, pickles, scored peppers. >> what kind of pickle. >> kosher dill pickle. >> hot peppers gives it a little heat. we'll finish it off with celery salt. >> that's the secret ingredient. >> these ingredients together compliment each other in taste and appearance to make a delicious hot dog. >> the celery salt is the secret. >> all serve. ingredients are part of the key. >> i see you have a bunch of them. people have been smelling them as you cook. you have some that have cheese and chile. that is part of the chicago experience, too? >> yeah. our primarily seller is the chicago-style hot dog. we have a foot-long version. over there we have our specialty dogs which are chile, we also have a sauerkraut dog. we have a polish sausage with grilled onions and up the top we have a veggie version. >> wow. these would have onions. when they -- you would suggest i guess if you're serving hot dogs today for memorial day put out everything, let folks do it their own way? >> absolutely. the more, the bet. >> where can you find it. >> 14th and u, quickly expanding throughout the d.c. capital area. we hope to be somewhere around -- close to 100,000 hot dogs this year. >> wow, 100,000. >> our goal's a million in the short term. >> we appreciate you coming in. hot dogs are in again? >> absolutely are. >> i guess they were never out, but some people telling us to be careful what we choose. >> moderation. taste the difference. fantastic. you won't be disappointed. >> okay. thank you so much. >> thank you for having us. >> bob, thanks so much. time 11:48. coming up in the next segment of news4 midday, a tapping duo keeps it in the family. we meet two local brothers bringing tap dancing back to the spotlight. plus, meteorologist veronica johnson will be back with a collect on the forecast. 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[ male announcer ] mach tower. heart racing. jaw dropping. coming soon to busch gardens williamsburg. this sum, gas prices could reach $5 a gallon in some areas. prediction, oil $135 a barrel and service stations will raise fuel prices to $5 a gallen in some areas. but prices at the pump dropped ten cents a gallon over the past weekend. aaa reports the national average is $3.79 for regular, average in the district $4.06. 3.82 in maryland, 3.84 in west virginia. the incomparable hoofer maurice heinz and his brother gregory brought tap dance back to the american consciousness a few decades back and even then people thought it was a lost art, something we would only see again in the reprisal of old musicals. but it's back. thi thanks to the discovery of two brothers, the new era of tap may be taking center stage. john and leo were a big hit in "sophisticated ladies" last year in washington and some talk of trying to bring it back, not just for maurice heinz but you were such big stars. welcome. what are you up to? you're away in college, right? >> yes. i just got off of my first semester at mary mount manhattan and he's in high school. >> where do you go to high school? the field school. >> how were you discovered for the show, "sophisticated ladies"? >> through the grapevine, we'll say. >> my best friend, jay cat, also a film director, his mom told my mom about maurice heinz coming and teaching a class at duke ellington and -- >> at the duke ellington school. >> is that where you were -- where you learned to tap dance? where did you learn to dance? >> we did a lot of competitions when we were younger so we were at competition studios. our teacher's from new york. >> i see. did you realize then when you started tap dancing this was considered a lost art and you might be getting into something that wasn't so popular? >> no. i think we -- we've been dancing all of our lives but we didn't try to take tap until the next level until we met the teacher and at that point we enjoyed it. >> do we have a picture of them dancing at show "sophisticated ladies"? i think we might have tape of that. we have it better than that, we've got them here. why don't you show us a little bit. show us how to do it. >> five, six, i'll go first. >> last one. then we'll cut it off. >> wow. that was improvised? >> yeah. >> that is not something that you've done on the stage before, pla that particular one? >> no. >> do you have anybody who you just admire who is dancing -- whose dancing you want to be like. >> personally i'm into the rhythms and jason samuel smiths a big person. also jason janis and obviously older cats like maurice gregory. >> even further back, like bo jangles, john w. bubbles, the nicholas brothers, there's so many. >> what are the chances that we'll see you on the stage at the lincoln theater again this summer? there's some talk about the arena stage of bring back that show because people want to see you. >> we don't know. hopefully we'll be back soon. >> we have a few section left. take center stage and do more. everybody wants to see what you do. >>. five, six, seven, eight. >> you are fantastic! fabulous. we love it. you'll have to come back and do more. don't leave. we'll talk more in a moment. 11:55. take a look at stories we're following for news4 this afternoon. coming up at 4:00, feeling lucky? how to beat the odds next time you head to the casino, which machine to pick, if you want to walk away a winner. tone on news4 at 5:00, keeping cool with energy drinks, new warning for young athletes and potential impact on their health. and time for a final check on our forecast. veronica johnson. >> barbara, it's already over 90 degrees. that's the current heat index value. generally, throughout the area, from 93 degrees right inside areas like foggy bottom, around georgetown to great falls, to sandy spring and around spots like ft. washington and adelphi. 93 to 100 the current heat index. going up to a high 95. 96 in frederickburg, virginia. by 11:00, cooling down, drop to 83. today will be dry. tomorrow will be dry. but very hot. warm overnight with a temperature of 73 to 74 to start your day tomorrow, too. so two hot days, we'll cool down a little bit with cloud cover wednesday. but it's that front wednesday that will bring showers and storms during afternoon and evening hours. might be severe weather coming through wednesday. a powerful cold front takes the temp dur down to 90 thursday. as we look forward to the end of the week, 80s, 80s and less humid for friday. hey, you've got to hang on a couple of days here. >> all right. thanks so much. and that's news4 midday. thank you for being with us. we invite you to tune in for tuesday at 4, 5:00, 6:00, 11:00. i'll be back tomorrow. until then have a terrific day. we'll see you in the morning. about. >> present. pull. ♪ [ taps playing ] i love to eat. i love hanging out with my friends. i have a great fit with my dentures. i love kiwis. i've always had that issue with the seeds getting under my denture. super poligrip free -- it creates a seal of the dentures in my mouth. even well-fitting dentures let in food particles. super poligrip is zinc free. with just a few dabs, it's clinically proven to seal out more food particles so you're more comfortable and confident while you eat. super poligrip free made the kiwi an enjoyable experience. 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