[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm sarah caldwell. you are about to see rare access to north korea's rocket launch site ahead of the seeds of countries proposed satellite launch. the launch has been criticized by the international community as a secret nuclear weapons tests. richard ankle has the exclusive. >> in one of p'yongyang's main squares today, a sea of people

expressed joy for their great leader and president. and praise for his descendants. what stirred their excitement was m this -- excitement wasural unveiled today of a bit late kim jong-il -- -- mural unveiled. no of correa says an observation satellite will soon launch into orbit. officials say it will circle the earth for two years. controversially, it will be blastoff by a 100 foot rocket that could reach of the continental united states. the sites director says the united states has nothing to fear. >> no, it cannot be used for nuclear. >> back on the train, nbc space analyst gave us his assessment. >> the design has weapons potential, series weapons potential. probably already 90% of a weapon. >> if successful, dr. prius says the satellite will monitor the weather and track force fathers

-- forest fires, but also advance the nation's long-range rocket capability. despite international condemnation, north korea says it will go ahead with the satellite launch sometime between the 12th and 16th of this month. richard engle, opinion. >> down to the wire for lawmakers in annapolis. the session is expected to end at midnight and the house and senate still have not reached an agreement on the budget. negotiators worked behind doors on friday and even held a session saturday. senate negotiators backed off plans for an across-the-board income tax hike in exchange for an even higher rate of six- figure earners. that compromise also includes reductions in income tax exemptions and eliminates them for people will make more than $150,000 a year. house members want to discuss the offer and come back with a counterproposal. still, both sides remain confident they can reach an agreement by midnight. >> i think it will break through

soon. they have a different sense of time to them -- some go smoothly and others, nothing happens until you have a break through and everybody agrees all of the sudden. >> if the house and senate can't reach a compromise in this session will have to be extended and a doomsday budget could take effect. residents of joppatown are happy to give back home after receiving evacuation order sunday. fire crews all they battled a massive brush fire in the area. it took more than 100 firefighters to control the claims, which charred more than 18 acres of woods and threatens -- 60 nearby homes. the weather was not helping. >> the wind was a contributing factor. dry conditions and low humidity. but does not seem to take much to get it rolling pretty fast. >> it was so dense crews had to use atv's to get the source of the flames. nobody was hurt and residents were able to get home after a few hours. officials are warning residents

not to panic if they see smoke. they said the woods will smolder the next few days or until we get rain. meanwhile, three families are looking for a place to stay after a fire destroyed their south was all of our home. it happen on the 1100 block of sergeant street. you are looking at pictures of that fire, which was submitted of the firefighters' union. the cause an exact point of origin are still under investigation and the red cross is assisting displaced families. a rescue mission on the day brought the coast guard to the aid of an 18-year-old man stranded at the chesapeake sunday. the firefighters spotted the man to 1 mile north of annapolis clinging to as overturned vote. officials say he spent more than nine hours a thrift before rescue helicopters arrived. officials remind mariners to be prepared before setting sail. >> mariners, when they are going out, that they do wear their life jacket and file their plans.

all of the navigation and safety equipment should be aboard the vessel before getting underway. >> the man was taken to shock trauma suffering from hypothermia but is now in stable condition. >> at first glance, today may look like a beautiful day to be out boating but one factoring the winds, could be choppy. strong winds out of the west, 15 miles an hour the wind gusts are currently at 35 miles an hour. 60 degrees, the current temperature at bwi marshall. it is extremely dry and extremely gusty, increasing the fire danger. be careful of any open flame. you do want to avoid it. the winds will continue to be gusting through 6:00 p.m. and then start to die down. it's like chance for showers and we will talk about that in the insta-weather plus forecast of them after a weekend of play, the top team in the american

league east reside here in baltimore. the baltimore orioles welcome the winless yankees. not a bad opening for pitcher hammil who had a no-hit bid to the eighth inning and also got help from a two-run double and the orioles win 3-1 and outscored the twins' 39-9 in seven straight wins over minnesota. take a look at the american league east standings. how often do you see new york yankees and boston red sox on the bottom of the division with 0-3 record. the last time was in 1966 when the orioles went on to win the world series. still a long time to go, we realize that, but it still looks like springs fever that could last into the summer of the season. let's hope. golf's most important tournaments in the year did not feature a tiger, or fill as the star of the totem, but a guy named bubba takoma the green

jacket and thrilling fashion. bubba watson needed a shot of his life at the 10th hole in augusta. check this one now. i think that will do. right? he two-putted from there and won sudden death and his first major finishing at 10 under. >> i never had a dream go this far -- like i was saying. i really cannot say it was a dream come true. i don't even know what happened on the back nine. will be on 12, birdied four holes inb holesogeyed. then i had a crazy shot i saw in my head and i am out here talking to you with a green jacket on. >> how can you not love bubba? it filled up news feeds. well done, bubba. coming up -- remembering mike wallace. and look back at the life and

career of one of the best journalists in the history of the medium. don't look now, but gas prices continue to rise. we will continue to rise. we will

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cents in the past two weeks according to a survey. right now the national average for regular unleaded gas is $3.97. the grade is sitting at $4.11 and premium is 4.22 cents. all of the cities surveyed -- tulsa, oklahoma, has the lowest price and chicago has the highest. the warm winter here in maryland and all over north america is shattering previous records. temperatures in the lower 48 were 8.6 degrees above normal for march and six degrees higher on average for the first three months of the year. meteorologist say several weather patterns, including la nina, caused the warm start into 2012. just about everyone who watched television knew who mike wallace was. he passed away over the weekend at 93. it is on their confrontations helped make the cbs newsmagazine "60 minutes" the most successful prime-time news program ever.

he retired from cbs in 2006 but continued digging continued to contribute through 2008, when he was slowed by heart surgery. he passed away saturday night at an assisted living facility. coming up, you won't believe who shows up on "the biggest loser." call it the ultimate field trip as the trainer joins us live with the field trip. even though you may receive a false positive on your mammogram, you may still be at risk for breast cancer. a closer look at what some research is in denmark found out and would later in our medical alert. and as you have been mentioning, the fire threat continues across the state. when will we get a much-needed rain? if the chances. the weather forecast coming up after the record but first, and live look. the humidity now down to 26%. the humidity now down to 26%.

>> good afternoon. if you take a peek outside the window, it looks like a beautiful day. the wind really knows out to ruin that. we have that strong winds pushing across the area and also increase in the fire danger. not much going on on the radar and satellite picture. clouds of of the day but other than that clear right now and baltimore and stretching into western maryland until you get to garrett county, where we first had the clout pushing from the west. there had been a couple of sprinkles. not much going on right now over garrett county but you can continue to see light showers over the next couple of hours. this is all associated with a low pressure system put -- pushing east, at least increasing some of the rain chances through the next couple

of hours and into tonight. in fact, a large upper level system pushing into the east and said in place the next couple of days and that is why on and off we have at least a slight chance of showers all the way into the early week. but the storm system advancing we are really seeing the winds pick up. the temperatures are not that bad. if you just look at the thermometer -- 63 at the inner harbor, but it does not feel that great out there because we have strong winds pushing in. 30 mile an hour wind gusts at the airport, 18 miles an hour at annapolis and 31 at oakton city and you see it extended all the way to the pennsylvania state line. that is increasing the fire danger. a dry conditions. the ground is very dry because we haven't bought much rain and mild temperatures, all that together -- the warning out all across the state, except for garrett county and queen anne's county is included in the red flag warning. anyone out this afternoon be very careful about open flames.

you just want to avoid it altogether. don't be throwing your cigarette butts out of the window as well. a huge danger with the low humidity. partly cloudy as we had to tonight and there is a slight chance for showers. it might sound like good news but it really is not going to be substantial enough to really end the fire threat. the showers will be very spotty, if we see any, and they may just be focused on the southern part of the state. baltimore man not see any. there is a slight chance this evening. it will be colder the next couple of days. the mountains could be snow tuesday and maybe wednesday as well. we will be keeping an eye on that but for the seven-day forecast, just a slight chance of showers each day, not substantial for the gardens. 50's in the week and drying up and warming up into the weekend. >> one of nbc's more popular prime-time shows features a very special guests tomorrow night. we have a sneak peak. good afternoon. >> good afternoon how are you? >> so great to have you.

last tuesday, first lady michelle obama sent a video message. and they really headed to the white house tomorrow? >> tomorrow's show, you will see everybody at the white house. you will see them working out with the first lady. a huge transformation is paid off because it led them here and led me there to actually have the opportunity to train the first lady of the united states. >> let's talk about the initiative the first lady leads. have you had success? >> yes, i have seen a lot of the different cities across the united states pay attention to the campaign. it is a great initiative because it encourages people to take care of themselves and at help from their daily lives. a lot neglect to do that. to watch her be a part of the very thing i believe and love and spires me. >> on a personal note, i would imagine for anybody it is a thrill to go to the white house. how are you feeling?

>> it is a great opportunity, one i will never forget. it is momentous -- but then having the opportunity to meet the first lady and, better yet, even train the first lady was a gift itself. >> thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you so much for having me. >> again, you can catch up on " the biggest loser" right here tomorrow night at 8:00 with first lady michelle obama. part of the incredible popular makeover episode. make sure you set your dvr. in a medical alert -- it can be a struggle for older women to conceive but there is still hope after 40. fertility treatments can increase the chances of getting pregnant. lisa reports that risks are involved with the wind bracing the biological clock. >> renee and her son max are used to visiting this doctor's office. after having maps at age 40 she became pregnant again at the age

of 43. this time, the twins. dr. shawn williams sees many women like rene in her 40 pots of the struggle to conceive. >> significant decreases in a woman's likelihood to success, conceding spontaneously as well as any of the treatments. several opportunities before a good egg -- >> she went under in vitro fertilization what experts unites firm and her own a in a lab in the embryo is transferred into renee, resulting in her pregnancy pretty much i feel pretty good most of the time. i just entered my third trimester about a week ago so i started to feel a little tired. >> she is healthy and beat the odds, being able to use her own eggs at 43. >> unfortunately, it is fairly unlikely female will spontaneously conceived on her own using her own eggs, either spontaneously or ivf, much over the age of 43 or 44. >> this is the director of

advanced reproductive services at a health center which also does ivf. a recent study showed women in the 40's and 50's do just as well as young woman during pregnancy. the uterus changes were little with age and hormones can nourish the growing fetus. there have been questions raised for a father's age -- for the woman to achieve the most pregnancies in the four reposited deposit, donor eggs must be used from donors in the 20's. over 35, there are health risks, which doctors must watch carefully. >> pregnancy induced hypertension, diabetes -- all of these things happen more commonly. they are manageable but they can make pregnancy more dangerous. >> renee and her white have no problem being referred to as older parents. >> we both are glad we have the life experience we have and we bring that to parenting. it is tough to be a young parents. >> that was lisa reporting.

some troubling news now for one man, as a false alarm on your mammogram may not be benign after all. research in denmark followed thousands of women who received a false positive mammogram results and found they had more than 60% increase the risk for breast cancer. it's false positive means the results suggest breast cancer but the disease was not found with more invasive test. experts are not sure why these women have an increased risks for the disease. they say the mammogram could be picking up on subtle changes in the breast that could be precursors to cancer or the biopsy and extra radiation associated with false positive could cause cancer later in life. coming in the coming next, your maryland lottery midday pick 3 and pick 4 and another check of the forecast with ava. but first, a check of how wall street is performing this hour.

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2599. the maryland lottery, let yourself play. >> back with one last check of the forecast. it will be pretty nice but colder afterward. >> depends on the definition of nice. it is windy but it looks beautiful. sunshine and temperatures and not bad. you hardly need a jacket the kind of blowing around with the wind. still windy tomorrow. a slight chance for showers each and every day. very minimal. unfortunately, it is really not going to decrease the fire threat. wednesday maybe a day we get a little more rain. we bounced back into the weekend. >> who cares to look at the weekend. >> tunnel vision toward that. >> i always look toward the weekend. thank you for joining us for 11 news and in. >> be sure to watch tinnitus 5:00 with donna and stan. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--