right now in the district, it's biggest summit on american soil since allied -- at the close of world war ii. world leaders including kings, presidents and prime ministers representing 47 countries in all. a warning for. >> don't come in town if you don't have to. people are -- >> we have a warning for anyone who drives in the district. this week's summit is closing down a large section of the city. and for people who live within the secured area, these residents are dealing with everything from parking restrictions to mail delivery. "news4midday" begins right now. good morning and welcome to news4 midday.

i'm barbara harrison. it's monday, april 12th, 2010. downtown d.c. is on lock down this morning. more than 40 world leaders are in town to participate in the nuclear security summit. because of that, most streets surrounding the washington convention center have been shut down. a security zone set up from "o" street down to massachusetts and new york avenues. we have coverage to gets you around the gridlock. tracee wilkins joins with us more now. >> mt. vernon metro stations closed. we've had several buses rerouted thuout washington, d.c. streets have been closed, as well. as you can see behind me, this is one of them. we're right here at massachusetts and 11th. you can't go any farther than this into this little area they have cordoned off to make sure all of this is secure for folks participating. nonetheless, we're hearing from officials that everything has gone pretty smoothly today. folks who didn't get the message found themselves trying to work

around detours in downtown washington. there were a few minor backups at some of the street closures for the president's nuclear security summit but most folks knew, today was the day to avoid driving downtown. >> that's why i took the train. >> so you took the train because of the summit? >> yeah. >> by and large, i think people heeded our advice. we really want to thank those people that tell commuted or took alternate routes or transit. it was a much easier commute. >> people who ride the subway every day say they didn't feel crowded by additional riders on metro. >> was it more crowded than usual? >> not at all. >> there aren't any crowds on the street either? >> yeah, i don't really know what's going on. i think people are just staying away. >> some folks found themselves dealing with detours on bus routes they didn't expect, meaning they needed extra point to get from point a to point b. >> it's just a little inconvenience. usually i go straight up georgia

avenue, but i don't know way it's going to be going now. i don't know exactly how long it's going to take me and how far it's going to take me out of my way. >> this morning was just the beginning. with closures and detowers continuing throughout the evening and tomorrow, as well. >> we still have another rush hour this evening. we still have two rush hours tomorrow. there's other activities going on and again, lots of dignitaries will be moving around town. so everybody still needs to continue to be diligent. >> and basically, what they're talking abouting is monitor our reports, watch tv, watch these traffic reports, and avoid downtown if at all possible. again, this is 11th and massachusetts, one of the barricades they have here. look at massachusetts avenue. normally this is a traffic backup this time of day. but people are hearing the warnings to stay away from downtown and that's exactly what they're doing. as you can hear, they are very grateful for that saying it's helping to make stfrg much smoother down here in downtown and hoping for everything to be back toçó normal by wednesday.

tracee wilkins, back to you all in the studio. >> it's probably backed up somewhere else because it's so quiet down there. thanks a lot, tracee. let's talk to jerry edwards about that right now. what are the conditions like downtown and around town? >> welcome back. good morning to you. good morning, everyone. astray see mentioned it, it does appear everyone heeded the warnings. the good news is no major backups occurred during the height of the morning commute. the vol assume appeared to be a little lighter than normal. dulles toll road, crews are h g hanging wire over the road which will force them to belong all lanes both directions out near hunter mill road. right now it appears traffic is moving again. if you're headed to the toll road or airport lanes, you may be held up just a couple of minutes. nothing to fear. they're get traffic moving again. let's head over and check out interstate 270 northbound and southbound with the work zone in

the usual spot right now with the left lane closed. very little if any delay whatsoever. barbara, back to you. >> all right, jerry. thank you. that heightened security downtown is also causing problems for people who live around the convention center. those who live inside the security zone have to show i.d. just to get in or out of their homes. megan mcgrath continues team coverage from northwest washington. >> reporter: well, good morning. the security perimeter they've set up, the safety zone here, is actually quite large. it's several blocks all around the convention center. and so we have road closures. we have curity checkpoints extensive parking restrictions. and it's having a real impact on the people who live and work in the area. security is tight around the convention center. the police perimeter extends well beyond the immediate area and into the neighborhood. for people who live inside the secured zone, it's been

interesting and loud. >> the only thing that's annoying is the noise. that's what's really, really annoying is the noise. >> her apartment building is completely encircled by metal fencing. you can only get in and out through a security checkpoint. she'll have to show proof of address when she returns home from work tonight. >> we're not allowed to have a certain amount of bags and certain sizes and what have you and what not. it should be quite interesting coming home. >> road closures are the rule in this part of town. and they have wreaked havoc on bus schedules and morning routines. juanita alexander waits at a bus stop on "o" street. getting the kids to school has been a challenge. >> it's not good because the buses can't pick the kids up for school. they backed up and the children are running late. >> good boy. wait. >> at wag time, a doggie daycare on 9th street, they're open for

business but getting there is hard. is the street is closed so dog owners have to walk. >> we've got a lot of cancellations, unfortunately. very slow day. we normally have 100 dogs on any given day and 30 here right now. >> it's exciting, interesting. you know, current events happening right here in my own neighborhood. so, yeah. >> you didn't mind the extra walk. >> i didn't mind at all. >> and the security precautions are going to be in effect for a couple of days. in fact, many of the roads are going to be closed until tuesday night. the metro station doesn't reopen until 5:00 a.m. wednesday morning. back to you all in the studio. >> and the ultimate goal of this summit is for world leaders to come up with plain to keep nuclear weapons away from terrorists. president obama has called it the single biggest threat to u.s. security. he's already met individually with four foreign leaders and today will meet with five more, including chinese president hu jintao. that meeting is considered

critical because the u.s. want china to support sanctions against iran. the nuclear security summit will end tomorrow. new at midday, two children, a bus driver and two other adults are taken to the hospital after a four-vehicle crash in the 4800 block of connecticut av few in northwest washington just before 9:30 this morning. police say the injury dozen not appear to be life-threatening but it did involve a d.c. school bus. no word on what may have caused that crash. let's take a look outside right now. it could be blue, it could be gray. i'm not sure. let's check in with chuck bell to find out, are we having some fis weather out there today, chuck. >> absolutely. it's a little bit of both. it's a little blue, a little gray. on the whole, it's a pleasant day to be outside and enjoying a little bit of sunshine from mother nature. temperatures climbing quickly now. a lot of the spots early this morning dropped into the upper 40s and low 50s. 46 the morning low in frederick, maryland. 47 in ñrmartinsburg. downtown we only dropped to 56

degrees. r(t&háhp &hc% u9m!%9 getting through the blueish, grayish sky down there, 63 in annapolis, 64 in baltimore. 70 degrees in frederick, maryland. 73 in the panhandle of virginia. temperatures around the region uniformly now in the mid 60s everywhere except for pittsburgh which is holding back justñi a t at 56 degrees. satellite picture, we had a very weak cold front go through overnight last night and picked up a couple of mid and high level clouds across northern maryland and south central pennsylvania are the reason that we appear to have a bit of a gray texture to our sky. on the whole, still plenty of sunshine getting through. mostly sunny today. a little bit cooler than yesterday. still a bargain by mid-april standards. highs today upper 60s and low 70s. clouds come back for tomorrow. a chance of a shower by tomorrow afternoon and evening time. coming up in a couple more minutes the seven day. >> alexandria police are searching for a suspect they

believe killed his daughter and her mother. police responded to the brent place apartments off south reynolds street yesterday morning where they found the bodies of a 3-year-old girl and her mother. police are now looking for the father of that child, 34-year-old sigh on asfeha and he is nowñr wanted for first dog degree murder. >> they found two victims in the we're investigating the case as a suspicious death right now. >> officials are only confirming both victims died from trauma to their upper bodies. they're now asking for your help to find the suspect said to be driving a 1999 silver acura with virginia tags xks-1522. students are back in class at eastern high school in the district after a fire over the weekend. about 100 firefighters battled the fire in the 1700 block of east capital street northeast yesterday afternoon and investigators say the fire started on the roof of a

building under construction and say it appears to have been accidental. a few workers were in the building and did get out safely. in new york, more than 250 firefighters battled a seven-alarm fire in a high rise on manhattan's lower east side. more than two dozen firefighters were injured, two elderly little residents hospitalized in critical condition with smoke inhalationen a third evaluated. fire officials say the fire started on the first floor of a mixed residential and commercial building last night around 10:00 and spread to two otherñi buildings. it burned for four hours before being put under control. officials say the red cross is helping is 50 to 60 families displaced. our time right now 11 minutes after 11:00. new information this morning about that plane crash that killed poland's president. coming up, what russian investigators are now saying about the condition of that plane at the time of the crash. plus, it's a day to remember those miners killed in west virginia. one week ago today, an explosion took the lives of 29 men.

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the pilot ignored traffic controller's advice to land at another airport which would have made the group miss the memorial service. now polish investigators are planning to listen to the cockpit conversations to see if the pilot was asked by someone on the plane to land despite the m continue to gather outside the presidential palace in warsaw to remember their president. >> the people are sad. nobody is happy. we just walk to our jobs, do what we have to do and we'll see what happens. but it's really a bigñi tragedy for us. >> the first funerals of poland's mourned leaders could begin as early as wednesday. officials say they're planning the funeral of the president and his wife on saturday. the polish community here in the d.c. area held a memorial for president kaczynski yesterday at our lady queen of poland church in silver spring. there was standing room only for the special mass followed by a tribute outside. those who attended say they hope

the tragedy will help unify polish people everywhere. anyone who want to pay tribute to the polish president and the others can stop by the polish embassy this week. >> and this afternoon, west virginia will honor thoseñi kild in the worst mining explosioning in 40 years there. the governor has asked people to participate in a moment of silence at 3:30 this afternoon. today a team of federal investigators will head to the scene of the deadly mining disaster. 29 miners died there after an explosion one week ago at the massey energy upper big branch mine. over the weekend, the bodies of the four missing miners were found. officials say highñi levels of methane gas inside the mine may have played a role in the disaster. those high levels have also stalled the recovery of the bodies. crews will need to drill another hole to vent the mine before they can continue. president obama has also ordered flags at all public buildings in the state of west virginia be flown at half-staff in memory of those miners.

an amazing rescue and the search is still on for another possible victim. a car ran off the road and into a creek in walnut creek which is a suburb of oakland, california. take a look at this video. a woman somehow was able to get out of the car, then she was carried miles away by the current. a group of young teenagers called 911 when they heard the crash and the woman calling for help. rescue crews were able to pull her out of the cold and choppy water. she was unconscious and taken to the hospital. her condition now is unknown. the person who was trapped in the car died. witnesses and police reports say there was another person in the car who was carried away by the current. the cause of the accident is unknown at this time. take a:00 at our forecast now. let's go to chuck bell in storm center4 to see what he can tell us about our weather this monday. >> anything you'd like to know. what would you like to know? the weather's going to be very nice, how about that? probably the ultimate way to

describe it, just beautiful weather by april standards. temperatures have been running way above average for the month of april. right now traffic, over our city camera view, there's a look at regional temperatures. mid 60s right now. mostly blue sky. just a little bit of filtered gray in there. 66 degrees. that's our current temperature at national airport. the winds out of the northeast at ten. the wind flow is going to start to bringyujut in the way of ocean moisture on the way increasing clouds later tonight. april the warmest april on record. we're 11 1/2 degrees warmer than average for the month of april. 2 degrees ahead of what is now the second warmest april to date. unbelievable mild weather across the area and no real cold snap to break that trend either not in the immediate forecast. 70 already inned from rick, maryland, can 66 in culpeper, manassas and fairfax.

of 5 in leesburg now. 63 in annapolis. warm air up and down the eastern sea board. boss atlanta, 72, memphis, 74 degrees as graceland. plenty of sunshine for today. high pressure centered up over western new york for now keeping a mostly north to northwesterly wind. gradually that will area of high pressure migrates towards the new england coastline bringing in more of a northeast wind off the water and that will bring clouds. so sunshine but cool weather for today. cooler than yesterday. with the gradual increase if clouds, a cans fur showers co coming back into the forecast for tomorrow afternoon. here's the way it goes in our model that, big center of high pressure over western new york gradually slowly inching its way towards th/ jersey shore as it heads up towards the coast of new england, that wind will bring the marine layer in off the ocean. as a result, clouds on the increase. this is at 8:00 tomorrow morning.

go through another 12 hours and a little ripple of low pressure in the jet stream plus the wind is going to spell a chance for light rain showers around here. on average between noon tomorrow and about early morning time frame on wednesdazr when the lat of the drops should fall. quarter to maybe a half an inch of rain. that will be just about it before great weather comes our way. high its today up into the upper 60s and low 70s. very pleasant weather here. upper 70s to near 80s across st. louis, memphis and atlanta. our forecast around here today, sunshine, a touch cooler. sun doesn't go down till 7:42 this evening. after that, temperatures drifting back down primarily into the 40s overnight tonight. 48 degrees downtown, low 40s in some of the western suburbs. then tomorrow, a cloudy day with a chance of light rain showers. mostly in the afternoon, evening and overnighttime frame. one or twoñi drops into the ver first part of wednesday morning. but wednesday afternoon, the sunshine starts to come back.xd

thursday is a beauty with highs in the low 70s. more clouds and another chance for a little bit of light rain comes our way friday scattered owers, high near 70. saturday a little better chance for some persistent light rain. highs in the mid 60s. a little hint of a cooling trend as we head toward sunday. still temperatures at or slightly above average for most of the next week. looks like our first-place finish is going to continue through the 15th or 20th of the month for warmest april. >> let's check in with jerry to see how traffic looking out there. still problems in town. >> we do have the detours in place. everybody seems to be handlizet% it pretty well. that is very good news. that combined with the efforts of d dot, m dot, all the folks didn't put up any major construction projects over any of the potomac or anacostia bridges. 14th street bridge moving along nice lip. gw parkway looks good between

old town. one were along 270 northbound. the right side of your screen between the point where the lanes come together, a vehicle fire. authorities are on the scene. you can see traffic is backing up quickly behind it. that's the northbound side. southbound the left side of your screen looking pretty good at this hour. barbara, back to you. >> does look good. thanks, jerry. we'll be back with you shortly. it's now 22 minutes after 11:00. still ahead, a new tell-all book on the queen of talk. what the author of the unauthorized biography about oprah has to say. plus, if plaurning on flying out of town on your next vacation, your odds of getting to yourñi destination on time may have gotten a whole lotxd better. and long wait times on the phone could be a thing of the past. we'll tell you about the website that could help. first, here's a look what's hot on nbcwashington.com. [ male announcer ] are you watching cable? here's what you should be watching: your cable bill,

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she decided to make oprah her latest century. >> i mean, i can't think of a better life story. really, she gave me a gift. she has a fabulous life story. and when you finish reading it, no matter what's inside, you come away being inspired. >> oprah, a biography hits store shelves tomorrow. the fate of steelers' quarterback ben roethlisberger will be determined today. last month a 20-year-old college student filed a claim saying the super bowl winning quarterback assaulted her in a bathroom at a bar in millingville, georgia. the georgia bureau of investigation and the police department there turned their investigation over to the d.a. last week. the state's decision will be announced at a news conference today at 2:00 p.m. espn is reporting that roethlisberger will likely not be charged in this case. coming up in the next half hour, it's the largest assembly of world leaders hosts by an american president since 1945.

we'll have the latest on the politics behind the nuclear summit taking place right now here in the district. >> plus, the search for an 11-year-old autistic girl in florida. the situation is becoming urgent since she has not been since seen since this past friday. and a touching moment at masters. phil mickelson embracing his wife suffering from breast cancer. chuck bell is also back. stay with us. we'll be right back.

right now on "news4midday," it is a tough day for drivers trying to get around downtown washington. leaders of 47 countries are in town for president obama's nuclear summit. and that means the city is on lock down. most streets around the washington convention center are closed. security zone stretches from o street northwest down to massachusetts and new york avenue. and then bouned from 11th street to 6th street. jersey barriers and at all fences have also been built up around the area. for those who live near the center, it's going to be tough getting around for the next few days. residents need to show i.d. to get in and out of that security zone. this summit is a very important event for the obama administration. it has been 60 years since the u.s. hosted this system world leaders at one time. tracy pots is on capitol hill with more on what might come out of this event. >> we think we can make enormous progress off this. >> president obama met four

foreign leaders sunday, including south africa way wi gave up its nuclear program and will sit down with five more today. the most critical president hu jintao of china. the u.s. want them to support sanctions against iran. >> the iranian government has to decide that its own security is better served by not having nuclear weapons than by having them. >> iran's been enriching uranium for electricity it says. north korea is also a concern. the world fears an atomic bomb could get into the hands of terrorists. >> the ramifications economically is, politically, and from a security perspective would be devastating. >> president obama says the 46 leaders at today'sñi summit are coming with specific ideas how to secure all the loose nukes out there. notably absent is israel. its prime minister pulled out fearing criticism from muslim countries here. >> the israeli government will be represented at a very high

level and you know,çó they shar our deep concern about nuclear terrorism. >> and president obama says, so does the world. so throughout the day, we'll see more an rivals of world leaders. they're get officials greet from president obama this afternoon. there's a working dinner and then the main discussions of the summit start tomorrow. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> and let's see if the summit is causing any traffic problems right now. jerry, what's it looking like. >> actually, things went pretty well this morning. of course, we have the rest of today and all day tomorrow. and tomorrow afternoon's rush hour to see how things are going. generally speaking folks are staying away from the controlled areas around the convention center. that is a good thing. right now, not a major issue. got the word out. we do have pretty good sized backup along interstate 270 northbound to lose the right lane because of a vehicle fire up near montross road and about a mile and a half two miles backed up traffic. the left side of your screen

southbound looking pretty good. roadwork along 95 southbound, the right side of your screen, lose the right lane through anyington. typical day it's jammed up. not today because the volume all over the region much larger than normal. folks going by at a pretty good pace. >> thank you. on a typical day we all know there is a lot of traffic here in washington. apparently many think it's getting even worse. according to a new "washington post" poll, 60% of drivers say traffic has gotten worse in the past five years. 28% say the track has been so bad it's forced them to move closer to work or occasionally work from home. the average commute for those surveyed was around 35 minutes. 16% reported trips of an hour or more. well, all eyes might have been on tiger woods at this year's masters but it was fan favorite phil mickelson who came out on top.

>> that's a win for the family. >> mikkelson won his third masters title yesterday, ending the four-day tournament at 16 under par. that was three strokes ahead of lee westwood who took second place. on hand to see the win was his wife amy battling breast cancer. mikkelson joins an elite he group of seven other golfer who have won the masters at least three times. thsts tiger woods' first golf tournament following the scandal that shook his world. after struggling on his last day, tiger tied for fourth place. p r(t&háhp &hc% found that he still has some fans. kristin dahlgren reports. >> for tiger woods -- >> god, tiger. >> it wasn't the round he likely dreamed of. >> i felt so bad over every golf shot today. >> but as woods walked off the 18th green tied for fourth, the crowd of tjouáp'ds rose to its feet. >> the people were just

absolutely fantastic all week. >> and maybe this time winning back fans was ultimately more important than winning a tournament. >> i think we need to let him deal with those issues and focus on the sport of golf. >> but not everyone is back on team tiger. the cheers were even louder for winner and woods' rival phil mickelson and tiger's 11 under par is still not enough to stop all the punch lines. >> you yourself never slept with tiger woods? >> i have not but in fairness to me, that is probably just because i have never met him. >> but for most of the fans at augusta, it was all about having tiger back on the course and while he may not have ended the day with a green jacket, it's clear woods aecomback is off to a solid start. kristin dahlgren, nbc news, augusta. it's history now. the old home of the dallas cowboys is now a pifl dust and rubble. with a push of a button, texas stadium near dallas went down in

a plume of smoke yesterday. it took 2,000 pounds of explosives just 60 seconds to brings it down. an 11-year-old pushed the button toying night the implosion. he got that honor by winning an essay contest. the steel and concrete is going to be recycled. and i bet you that chuck bell has probably been to texas stadium a few times. oklahoma ever play there? >> i never saw them play at that particular game. most of the games i've seen have been an the cotton bowl. >> that's at the fairgrounds, right? >> that's correct. on the great texas state fairgrounds. au game against the team from texas. i'm sure you're a fan since you're a texan. >> yep. >> outside around our area today, feels a little bit more like texas than april around here. temperatures way above average again. later on thisñãafternoon as you look live from our city camera view, that's the tip of haynes point right there. a beautiful day to be outside. some of our four winds neighborhoods this afternoon, fredericksburg up to 69 degrees.

brandywine, maryland, 62. leesburg, virginia, 66 degrees this morning technically. st. margaret's at nap police, maryland, 67 there. haymarket, virginia, at 66 and springfield, virginia, 64 degrees. around the rest of the region, generally peeking in the mid 60s now. it's going to be a lovely day for outsideñi activities. pretty much anything you would like to do. it would be a good day for it. if you're going to spend a lot of time outside, don't forget your sun bloc. a little bit of filtered sun effect with mid level clouds drifting by. but those are not rainmakers. our next chance for rain shows up tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. today plenty of sunshine. a little bit cooler than yesterday. highs in the 50s tomorrow with extra clouds and a chance of light rain around in the afternoon. sunshine should be coming back wednesday afternoon and thursday looks like a winner to me. back up into the 70s. >> oh, wow. sounds great.xd okay. thank you. a good day to get out in this day too, right? >> i think we're going to be

stuck at work for a while though. >> i think so. we'll see you in a few minutes. maryland state lawmakers are trying to hammer out legislation on this final day of the generally assembly before the session ends at midnight. lawmakers still need to agree how much solar energy utilities should be required to buy a fee for complying. they also need to work out differences on new rules regarding lifetime supervision for sex offenders. plus they must bridge a gap for the new child support payment guidelines. on saturday, maryland senators passed a bill to legalize medical maine but the measure is not expected to pass the house of delegates that would allow pharmacies to distribute marijuana to patients with a doctor's prescription. teachers in our area have seen a jump in pay over the past decade according to the "washington examiner." salaries jump bid 40%. a new proposed contract gives top performing teachers the opportunity to earn $150,000 a year. maryland suburbs have received

the largest pay raise over ten years. montgomery county teachers with masters level earn more than $103,000 per year. only fairfax county, virginia, saw salaries decline to an average of $64,700 a year. that county has inflation adjusted salaries. a central florida community is searching for an 11-year-old autistic girl missing since friday. nadia bloom was last seen when they went out to ride her bicycle in the cul-de-sac of a gated community in winter springs. police found her bike friday on the kick stand and her helmet on the handlebars but there was no sign of nadia. >> first day, we checked all the sexual predators and offenders within a five mile radius. knocked on their doors. they were all coop rative. all but two we located. they weren't home but every one of them cooperated and actually let us search their homes. >> more than 150 people from

multiple agencies searched a six-mile area on sunday. police say they do not suspect foul play but are taking no chances. the 11-year-old had talked about exploring for wildlife. and now to a story of that young russian boy adopted by an american woman and sent back after his behavior was apparently too much for her to handle. it has spark add international outrage and raised questions about that adoptive mother and just what she might have been up against. here's nbc's ron allen. >> bill and terry gil koin had a good talk to reassure their children as soon as they heard about a mother in a nearby town abandoning her adopted child. alex who is 11 and karen lie who are 8 both were adopted from russian orphanages. they say they've been especially an tentative from the start. he was a toddler, she was even younger. >> our 7-month-old old daughter had mild attachment issues. we did a lot of bond og together. that was the key.

>> since then, they say that the fact that their children were adopted has been almost irrelevant. they're a happy family finding it difficult to believe torry hansen could institute not find an alternative to putting a child on an airplane. several families have stepped up to adopt children. soon he's headed to foster care. >> you need more than love. >> the reports of the young boy's behavior bring back difficult memories for james and barbara digs. >> she has a problem with compulsive lying, of severe disobedience. of an inability to really are connect with us in a healthy way. >> eventually, after years of therapy and counseling, the couple made the painful choice of relinquishing their daughter to a family better able to cope. experts say adopteding older children from an institution hog have suffered emotional trauma can be challenging. bringing a child home, they say, is the end of one process and the beginning of another.

>> the crying need is for post adoption services. that's where the job really has to -- that's where we can compensate for what came before and that's how we can help families be successful. >> meanwhile, the kill koins say what will worries them most is that the case i've young boil from their community may make it more difficult for families to adopt from russia. >> my heart is breaking for those families because they're so excited and just ready to get those children in their arms. >> that was nbc's ron allen reporting. no word where the adoptive mother is right now. our time right now, 11:42. coming up, wall street hopes today is the beginning of a seventh straight week of gains. we'll have the latest numbers. no more waiting on the phone. the website taking the inconvenience out of ought made telephone systems. stay with us. we'll be right bac

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starting today, you won't feed to worry about carrying spare change to park at some meet hesxd in the district. d dot is testing a new pay by phone system that will be ever offered in dupont circle, union station and downtown. drivers will be able to call a toll free number from a cell phone and charge the parking fee to a credit card. despite all the extra costs associated with flying these

days, there is good news for travelers. in 2009, the last survey that was taken, planes were more likely to land on time and bags less likely to get lost. more than 79% of flights arrived on time last year. that's 3.4% better than 2008. also, fewer than four bags per every 1,000 travelers were lost or damaged. that's do you know from five bags out of every 1,000 in 2008. and the next time you fly, could you face fees for your carry-on bags. but one new york senator is asking the federal government to step in and stop those new charges. senator charles schumer wrote a letter to treasury secretary timothy geithner asking to end what he call aloophole that allows those fees. schumer says carry-ones are necessary for travel often containing medications and necessities for families. last week spirit airlines announced it's charging up to $45 for each carry-on bag and they'll charge $30 if the travelers pay in advance.

>> every time that you buy an airline ticket, there's something new you're being charged for. but charging for carry-on bags steps over the line. >> spirit airlines will start charging for those carry-on bags starting in august, they say. investors are hoping to continue the streak. wall street has now logged six straight weeks of gains. we're going to check in now with courtney reagan live with more on that and the rest of the day's business headlines. >> right now, we're sort of participating in that tortoise rally. little gains day by day makes the six weeks go by like you mentioned. right now the dow up 22 points. that's enough to push us over the 11,000 mark. it happened this morning shortly after the opening bell sounded. we did trade there briefly on friday, but posted below that for the final day. so today might be the first time in about 1 months we will actually close above 11,000.

investors upbeat about europe's rescue package for debt-strapped greece. asian markets mixed. results tonight from aluminum giant alcoa, the first of many big companies reporting. the tap for the financial bailout may be much less than previously thought. the "wall street journal" reports the treasury department expects the cost to reach $89 billion, 40% less than the s & l crisis in the '80s and '90s. this includes the bank bailout, fha loan guarantees and the fed's mortgage buying program. a year ago, the office pegs costs at $250 billion. you've probably noticed it's costing you more to fill up your car. the latest survey showed regular unleaded up nearly four cents. to a national average of $2.85 a gallon. analysts say retailers are passing on more of the costñr o higher oil prices to consumers.

highway it is a pain in the pocketbook, higher prices does mean things are economically picking up. so it's a good sign and a macro economic sense that the demand for oil is higher, then we're producing more. overall it's a good thing but hurts in the immediate term. i understand it. >> i hate to see it when i drive up to the pump the gas. have a great day. hope have you good weather up in the new york area. >> thank you. have you been forced to wait on the phone and until the company connects you to a real person. i know have i. you may not have to wait anymore. mccollow madinah introduces to us lucy phone.com. >> we've all been there. calling a place like the cable company and forced to wait. >> we value your patrlñ9hr(t&há% >> and wait. >> and apologize forny inconvenience. >> and wait. >> everybody is very frustrated when they get put on hold. >> that's exactly why mike and tom, stanford grads and brothers decided to create lucy. >> we have a directory of over 1,000 companies. >> punch in a number of almost

any company that has an ought admitted system, plug in your own number and lucy will call you once a live operator picks up the line. >> the fact they're not hanging online listening to smooth jazz, you know is, going to make them a lot happier customers. >> i use lucy phone quite a bit. >> richie var ga used the lucy phone 0 to help his mom call the mother of all waits, the u.s. government. >> a couple days ago i had to make a call to the veterans fairs department for my mother and called them up. lucy phone called me back, put me on hold, i went around did a couple errands, came back, 23 minutes later they called me back. so i don't have to use any airtime on my phone. >> the brothers named the site lucy phone after the phone made popular on the old i love lucy" show. back then you had no choice but to wait. now with lucy phone, you can still make the call while you make sure you get other dons as well. >> they say synchronous. i'm putting myself in queue. >> the site is up and running

and taking calls. >> it's lucy. >> that was mick cal local madinah reporting. there's a video on the website that explains how the service works. our time right now,ñr xd11:51.xd what a new study shows about children who are spanked. plus chuck bell will be ♪

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appeared on the today show this morning. he is awaiting word on whether he will be charged as an adult. he's an used of first-degree murder for allegedly stomping josie nearly a month ago in deerfield, beach, florida. josie is in a medically induced coma. the incident might be links to a suicide tragedy in his family. he found his brother hanging in a tree last october. officials say josie made a derogatory remark about his late brother before she was beaten. tracy's family says he's a good kid that just snapped. >> that's not wayne's nature. he's not a bully. >> he's well liked in the éekghborhood. everybody in the neighborhood likes him. la. he's good in school. now he'sñi a normal 15-year-old boy. >> the lawyer says tracy is remorseful and wishes he could

turn back the hands of time to the day before his brother died. in news for your health this morning, a new study on spanking. researchers at tulane university found mother who's spank their kids more than twice in the past month had more aggressive children. researchers surveyed mothers with 3 to 5-year-old children. the results did not change when researchers included factors like alcohol use and stressed parenting. the american academy of pediatrics recommends against spanking. well, we're working on several new stories for this afternoon. first at 4:00, acid reflux affects nearly 60 million americans. but a new incisionless procedure is offering patients instant relief. tonight at 5:00, the dangers of lead paint has led to a federal crackdown on home renovations. liz crenshaw explains how to make sure krerts are following the new rules. an news coming up at news4 at 4:00. here's chuck bell.

>> thanks, barbara. beautiful weather outside again today. typical for april but boy this month has been anything but typical as temperatures continue to run more than 11 degrees above average for the month now. so far warmest april on record. rockville, maryland, current temperature 66 degrees with only the lightest little breeze blowing. plenty of sunshine for the remainder of your monday afternoon plans. cooler than yesterday but still mild by anybody's measure. temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s today. light northeast winds coming around, five to ten miles per hour. extended forecast for the next few days, cloudy skies tomorrow with a 40% cans of light showers. primarily tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening and night. highs in the 50s on your tuesday. then on wednesday, clouds around first thing in the morning. sunshine returns wednesday afternoon. high 62. thursday's high temperature back into the low 70s before some more clouds and another weather disturbance brings us a little cans for some rain. friday afternoon, a little better chance for rain as we linger into the first half of the weekend.

and as a result of the increased numbers of clouds, a little hint of a cooling trend, as well. temperatures, most temperatures for the next seven days, i'd say at least six out of the nex seven days, temperatures at or above average for this time of year. only had one day colder than average in the last three weeks. that was last friday. >> we can keep that up. >> we can right till it gets to be july and august. >> all right. we have to live for that. thanks a lot. have a great day and we'll see you in the morning. the world finals of sport stacking were held in denver yesterday. the competition drew more than 700 contestants from 18 countries and 33 states. contestants skillfully stacked specialized cups into specific sequences in the quickest time possible. competitors ranged between 1 and 14 years old. a 12-year-old from massachusetts took home the top award but 10-year-old kinard gardener from maryland placed in the top ten in one category. he set a world guinness world

record actually of ñr363 cups stacked in the maryland stacking championship last month. wow. and that's "news4midday." we thank you for being with us and invite you to tune in for the daily connection at 2:00. at 4:00, 5:00, and 6 we have news, 1. see you in the morning. [ male announcer ] are you watching cable?

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