good morning, everyone. welcome to "news4 midday." i'm barbara harrison. it's tuesday, october 11th. 2011. new today, a bus driver is recovering after getting stabbed at the wheaton metro station. we just got the mug shot of a man police say is responsible. he's 52-year-old victor mceacham from silver spring. the incident started when the man exposed himself to passengers on the metro bus. the driver pulled over at the wheaton metro station and ordered everyone off the bus.

police say then the man got in a fight with a female passenger and tried to punch her. when the bus driver tried to break up the fight, police say the man stabbed the driver several times in the abdomen and arm. the driver is expected to be okay. however, the man faces a number of charges, including assault and possession of marijuana. he is currently being helped at montgomery county detention center. and right now, the anti-wall street protests sweeping the nation have landed more people in jail. in boston, 129 protesters were arrested early this morning. they ignored warnings to move out of a downtown greenway. police swarmed the area, pushing out protesters and knocking down tents. the group had been camped out for more than a week there. police say no one was hurt though in the scuffle. here in the district, occupy d.c. protesters will get to remain in freedom plaza for the foreseeable future. the u.s. park release is working on a permit extension that would allow them to stay well into the

winter months. megan mcgrath is live in freedom plaza. looks like they can stay a little while. >> reporter: absolutely, barbara. tents are still in place. they were actually supposed to leave yesterday. that was the deadline, but then there was a deal worked out between the organizers and the u.s. park police. now, the organizers believe that they have a verbal agreement to stay here in freedom plaza for up to four months. now, that's up for some debate here. spoke a little while ago to the national parks service. they have agreed in the theory to allow them to stay, to extend their permit, which has expired. however, whether they can stay for up to four months, they say that that's unclear. they say there are other groups who have permits to be in this plaza, at various parts of the year in the four-month period, and they say they will have to work out the logistics, figure out if everyone is okay with sharing the space, whether this can happen. exactly how long they will be able to stay is still unclear, but the key here is they have had an extension.

they were not kicked out yesterday. another night in freedom plaza. protesters were not moved out as expected, but had been given a verbal agreement that they can extend their stay. >> some people will stay. new people will come. some like myself will be here for somed, and then we may duck back for a week or two, take care of things, pay the bills and come back down. >> reporter: with an extended encampment compressing needs.sh. organizers are trying to put more permanent services in place. >> we were elated yesterday. it changed the whole atmosphere of the plaza. suddenly everybody was kicking in and saying, okay, let's work together. how are we going to make all these various things that we need to do to live here happen? >> how are you this morning? >> reporter: this morning, volunteers handed out coffee and bagels, the food donated by a local restaurant. >> people wake up and want to see coffee, and when they see it, they are very grateful. so we have coffee, we have

bagels. we have a variety of juices and fruits and things like that, so it gets the people started on the right note. >> reporter: there is also a first aid tent, supplying simple things like band-aids and hand sanitizer. >> we want to change this from an aid station to a functional little clinic so we can aid more people. we are enabled to do that. we'll try to start getting donations in so we can get better equipment and more supplies. >> reporter: and so organizers say that they have submitted the paperwork to get that permit, tended. the permit hasn't actually been issued though yet. there's a process that needs to be followed because of the holiday, the columbus holiday. there was a bit of a delay there. they are still working out the logistics. again, organizers believe they have a verbal commitment to stay here up to four month. the national parks service says that's possible but not necessarily a given. they have to talk to the other groups who have permits for this plaza and work out the logistics. so some of the details still up

in the air, but certainly the deadline of yesterday has passed. the police are not moving anybody out. there is an agreement that they can stay for an extended period of time. just how long is the question at this point. barbara, back to you. >> all right, megan, thank you so much. of course, they have had great weather for the last few days but it looks like our weather in the washington area is about to change. rain headed our direction mid-week. maybe. what tom has to tell us is right now. tom? >> good morning, barbara. yeah, maybe even later this afternoon we could get some light showers. already it's beginning to show up on radar, but right now under the cloud cover temperatures have warmed up a bit. at reagan national it's now at 70 degrees, and we have hit the 60s throughout most of virginia and maryland. prince georgia, arlington, fairfax counties in the upper 60s as well as southern maryland, chesapeake bay. still in the 50s though in much of western maryland and west virginia for our viewers out there this morning. and as the morning has progressed over the last 12 hours, watching this advance of rain, this area of green is just

some scattered light rain that's coming in out of north carolina into virginia now, and the closest rain to us as we look at the local doppler live digital doppler radar we have it right just to the south of fredericksburg, a little bit of light rain, a few sprinklesner charlottesville to near richmond, and that's also into the northern neck. it is advancing to the north, and we may have a few of the sprinkles into the afternoon hours. about a 50% chance of a little bit of light rain developing. temperatures should be holding steady in the low 70s between now and then. we'll have a variable wind around five to ten miles per hour. we'll have a greater chance of that rain as we get into tomorrow. we'll look at that and some pleasant changes on the way for the end of the week and the weekend. i'll show you that coming up in just a couple of minutes. barbara? >> okay, tom. thank you. and we're going to take a look at our midday traffic out there. any problems out there late in

the morning? >> you know, barbara, it's looking much better. huge issues on the beltway. the beltway in prince george's county, inner loop and outer loop absolutely clear. beltway in montgomery county, not seeing any problems there either. earlier this morning the outer loop of the beltway of montgomery count desee a lot of congestion but you can see here in new hampshire avenue we are clear. as well as the beltway in virginia, inner loop and outer loop, robinson terminal, no issues for you at all. back to you, barbara. >> time to head out to the malls. >> yes. >> looks good. >> thank you. >> we're working more to fill you in on a shooting that killed a 17-year-old outside an apartment building on iverson street and hill crest heights when someone shot him. the teen died at the hospital. police have not released the victim's name or any information about a possible gunman. police in the district are investigating the shooting of another teenager, a 16-year-old boy. he was shot in the shoulder in

the 1300 block in southeast dc. investigators say he was alert when he arrived to the hospital. they have not identified a shooter or a motive. a plea hearing for a former marine accused of a shooting at the pentagon and the marine corps museum has been postponed. the man was expected to plead guilt they morning to a rash of car break-ins in leesburg that are unrelated to the other shootings. malaku was arrested in june after being spotted in arlington national cemetery after dark. he was then connected to shootings at several military installations. a three alarm fire at an apartment building in prince george's county forced 50 people out of their homes. it happened at this garden style complex in this block of university avenue east at center adelphi. the fire started on the third floor.

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uphill battle in congress. the senate is expected to vote today on whether they will even take up the bill for debate. more than half of all americans believe we will find ourselves in another financial crisis within the next couple of years. that according to a new poll out this morning by the "washington post." 52% of americans believe we could experience a meltdown similar to the banking crisis of 2008. that's up 10% from just last year. the survey also asked republicans which gop candidate would most improve the economy. 22% chose romney. 20% said cain would do the most to help the recovery, and about 22% of republican voters said they had no opinion on who would do the best job. the gop presidential candidates will have a chance to make their case for who is best for the job tonight in a debate solely focused on the counting. the bloomberg and "washington post" sponsored debate is being held at dartmouth college in one of the most important early

primary states, new hampshire, and the format will be slightly different. the candidates will be seated side by side in a roundtable format to promote more interaction. questions will cover economic issues, important to voters like unemployment, the nation's debt and taxes. virginians are already choosing who they think should be the republican candidate for president. a new quinnipiac university poll out this morning shows herman cane is one of the front-runners, tied with mitt romney for the top spot, each with 21% of the vote. that's a 15% rise for cain in the poll from last month. meanwhile, rick perry fell from 25% to just 11% among republicans surveyed, erasing a clear lead he held a month ago. retired general david petraeus will be ceremonially sworn in as director of the cia. vice president joe biden will preside over the ceremony. petraeus took over last month after serving 37 years in the

army. this week marks one year since a successful rescue of 33 miners in chile. you'll remember trashings and today a special ceremony here in d.c. will celebrate that occasion. two of those miners will speak at a program at the chilean embassy later this hour. luis ur zhu ua helped the group survive by keeping them calm and esteban rojas proposed to his now wife after making it up to the ground. both toured the national history museum and a new exhibit there featured their rescue last year. ♪ don't rock the jukebox >> earthquake victims in mineral, virginia are getting a dose of good news. a free concert put one country star alan jackson, he's offering to do that free concert for them. just last week the city was denied money from fema to help pay for the damage caused by last month's 5.8 magnitude quake. at this time no date has been set for the alan jackson concert

in mineral, virginia. today the first lady emobama is taking her let's move anti-obesity campaign to another level. today she's trying to break the guinness world record for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period. the first lady needs 20,000 people to participate. you can join by going to nationalgeographickids.com to register yourself or your group and then jump for one minute any time between 3:00 today and 3:00 tomorrow afternoon, and tom is already ready to start his one minute of jumping jacks. you have to wait until 3:00. can't start till three. >> do i mine in the morning. i already did mine. >> i'm going to find you. >> that's great. >> tell us about the weather. rain moving in. >> looks like we could have some late they are afternoon, but right now still dry around the metro area, and we have milder temperatures but not as warm as it got yesterday. we hit the low 80s. that's probably the last time we'll see the 80s here for the rest of the year.

right now it's 70 at reagan national under a cloudy sky, and it is rather humid. we've got a northeasterly breeze, and the overcast sky is now pretty much, they are gaining -- they are gaining the advantage over the sun. we did have a little sun earlier this morning, but now it's pretty much all blocked by those clouds, and as we look at the temperatures, it is now into the 60s from the shenandoah valley all the way to the atlantic beaches to right near 70 in washington. prince george's county right now in the upper 60s, arlington, fairfax counties mid-60s, skill cooler, panhandle of west virginia, still in the 50s but much of maryland, eastern shore, northern neck, right around 70 degrees now, and the radar is showing some of the leading edge of this rain is all the way north up to salisbury in the eastern shore, and then right across the bay to the northern neck, this area of color, light rain and sprinkles there from near richmond over towards charlottesville. it is slowly advancing to the north, but tending to dry out a

bit, too, as it comes north, so not every place is going to see rain this afternoon. as we go forward here over the next 12 hours, we'll have, as you look here and see this color, just a few sprinkles into the afternoon hours and into the evening as we'll have this sprinkle activity perhaps pick up a bit as we go forward over the next 24 hours. we'll have a greater chance of some rain. it looks like to our west. in fact, some of the heavier rains may be shenandoah valley out to the mountains where they could have an inch, inch half, perhaps two inches, a few isolated spots by the time this tapers off and ends during the day on wednesday, and closer to washington, we might get an inch, perhaps an inch and a half or so as well as we get into late on wednesday evening. so for the rest of this tuesday afternoon, cloudy, maybe a little bit of light rain developing over the next few hours by mid-afternoon. we'll have our temperatures reaching the low 70s, perhaps in another two or three hours. tonight still cloudy and occasional light rain through

the evening. you will need an umbrella heading out this later evening. light 60s with a light breeze and tomorrow at dawn, 60s and a likelihood of rain. a wet morning commute starting off tomorrow morning. we'll be in the upper 60s during the afternoon with occasional showers likely tomorrow. and much of that rain activity should begin to taper off by tomorrow evening, and then on thursday we may have a little sun in the morning and through midday, and then a front moving in from the midwest may trigger a few showers on thursday afternoon, perhaps into thursday evening. before then though we should climb into the mid-70s. then on friday morning down near 60. it looks like we'll dry out on friday with the sunshine coming back. highs reaching the low 70s friday afternoon. now, the all-important weekend. here's how it's looking for saturday and sunday. cooler on saturday. >> yes. >> only in the 40s though on saturday and quite a chilly start. afternoon highs though should reach the 60s. a beautiful day. great day for all the high

school and college games. we'll have it climbing into the mid-70s on sunday. great football weather as well as great weather for the king dedication, the memorial there, the ceremonies on the mall. that's sunday afternoon. it looks like great weather for that. on monday, back to work and school, still looking sunny and nice. a delightful pattern setting up. highs in the 70s again on monday. and that is the way it looks. nice payback coming in for the weekend. >> that's great, and starting to see some fall color out there, too. >> yeah. some of the individual trees showing vivid colors thanks to all the rain. a good autumn season. >> your favorite sugar maple, the red ones. >> starting to show up. >> thanks a lot, tom. let's head out to the roads to see how things are moving. hi, danella. >> the roads are looking really good. checking to 74, a lot of green in both directions, making your way from clarksburg down towards the spur, not seeing anything you slowing down. a live look at shady grove. can you see we're moving right

along as you make your way towards the beltway. traveling 395 at edsall still looking good earlier. very packed in in this area, but right now as you make your way on 395 edding from edsall over to the 14th bridge it's clear sailing making your way into the city. barbara, back to you. >> thanks, danella. 11:20 is the time. still ahead on "news4 midday," we'll hear from an award-winning choir that comes from a local high school and they have a brand new cd out that we'll be talking about. first, a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com.

the high school choir has a new cd available starting today. the choir and the director, reverend dr. amre andrews and the principals dr. john cadet join us this morning to talk about the music. welcome. >> thank you. >> this is not the first time they have had a cd out. >> in fact, this is our third cd release. >> and the last one, won a big award. >> the stellar award. >> congratulations to you for that. principal, tell us how long you've had a choir at the school. >> we've had a choir ever since the school has been functioning

and this particular choir has been exceptional over the past several years winning international acclaim. >> and you travel all over the world. >> all over the world. >> you're putting the high school on the map. >> yes, they are. >> what's the secret to producing an award-winning choir like this? >> well, two things. discipline and cooperation. >> how did you get so many kids involved? you've got, how many are here, 50? >> about 30 something, maybe close to 40. >> is that right? and how big is the choir all together? >> about maybe 70, 80. >> cha what grades are involved? >> 9-12. >> oh, fantastic. you have to turn kids away or everybody gets to sing? >> everybody gets a chance. we try to give everybody a chance. >> fantastic. >> we want to hear what they sound like. >> yes. >> can we hear it? >> this next selection is going to be directed by our producer. >> and he's here right now. >> philip, come on in, and we'll move out so we can have a listen to the choir sing. >> okay. we'll come back in a second

after we have a listen. ♪ you can't make me doubt him ♪ you can't make me doubt him ♪ you can't make me doubt him ♪ i know too much about him ♪ you can't make me doubt him in my heart ♪ cellnet ♪ ♪ satisfied with jesus satisfied with jesus in my heart ♪ ♪ satisfied with jesus ♪ satisfied with jesus ♪ satisfied with jesus in my heart ♪

♪ ♪ dignified and holy ♪ dignified and holy ♪ dignified and holy in my heart ♪ ♪ you can't make me doubt him ♪ you can't make me doubt him ♪ you can't make me doubt him in my heart ♪ ♪ you can't make me doubt him ♪ i know too much about him ♪ you can't make me doubt him ♪ you can't make me doubt him ♪ you can't make me doubt him ♪ you can't make me doubt him ♪ you can't make me doubt him ♪ you can't make me doubt him ♪ you can't make me doubt him ♪ in my heart >> wow, beautiful, beautiful music. thank you so much for conducting

and, guys, you are great. let's move a little bit to the side so we can see the kids in front. we couldn't see these guys. what beautiful voices, and they all meld together so gorgeously. no wonder you're winning all these prizes. tell me about the event that's coming up tonight. >> well, tonight at 6:30 at the high school we will be releasing a brand new cd, "the storm is passing over" so we're excited about what's happening tonight. >> "a storm is passing over." >> "a storm is passing over. >> everyone invited? >> everyone is invited. >> all over the community. >> the community, the state, anyone that would love to come and be a part of what we're doing. >> well, congratulations to both of you and especially to the choir members. i want to stand back so everyone can see you guys who are in the center here, a little bit shorter than the ones back there. we're terrific and so glad you came to see us. what a fabulous choir you have. >> thank you. >> our time right now is 11:27. coming up in the next half hour of "news4 midday," are kansas city police running out of leads and ideas on how to find missing

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right now on "news4 midday," montgomery county police have charged a man who they say stabbed a metro bus driver overnight. victors say 52-year-old victor mceachin first exposed himself on the bus and stabbed the driver when he tried to break up a fight. the driver is expected to be okay. right now protesters camped out at freedom plaza say they plan on staying awhile. they say they reached a verbal agreement with the park service to execs tend their stay there. the anti-war and anti-greed demonstrations in the district have been going on for 11 days now. protesters agreed to share freedom plaza with other groups, including the parade for the martin luther king jr. memorial dedication that happens this weekend. kansas city police are turning to tv stations in their search for evidence in the disappearance of a little girl. at least four stations reported on their websites that they received subpoenaed for raw footage of interviews with friends and family of lisa irwin. it's unclear if the tv stations will comply. irwin's parents say she was

taken from her crib in the middle of the night last week. police say they have gotten hundreds of tips from across the country, but at this point they have no real leads. >> i mean, that's a whole lot of leads to have tried to track down and to have nothing come of that is -- is unusual. but we try to not get too discouraged. we're happy to have any information that we can. >> neighbors say the fbi has been asking people about a homeless man that has been known to frequent the area and hasn't been seen since lisa disappeared. however, police say people should not read a whole lot into that. they say it's just someone they would like to talk to. and right now in detroit, the trial has started for a man accused of trying to destroy an airplane with a bomb in his underwear. umar farouk abdulmutallab tried to represent himself in court and instead is now using a court-appointed attorney. authorities say that he worked for al qaeda and tried to blow up an airliner on christmas day of 2009. today begins week three of the manslaughter case against

michael jackson's doctor, and today jurors are expected to hear more key evidence in the case. >> he said i can't function if i don't sleep. they'll have to cancel it, and i don't want them to cancel it, but they will have to cancel it. >> that was part of a two-hour interview. murray told police he felt pressured in giving jackson the powerful anesthetic propful. it was supposed to help him sleep so he didn't have to cancel concert appearances. if convicted he faces up it four years in prison. the jurors will hear the last 45 minutes of the audio recordings later today. a virginia gun rights group plans on protesting for the right to care guns on campus. the virginia citizens defense league will hold a series of campus safety demonstrations. the group speculates that had an armed permit holder been in one of the classrooms under attack at virginia tech in 2007, the gunman could have been stopped. the group plans on going to

state schools and passing out fliers at virginia commonwealth university, george mason university, virginia tech, and radford university. at least two schools in virginia have a no guns policy and virginia tech is apparently considering adopting one. an unusual sight in the sky overnight had people tweeting up a storm this morning. we found a number of tweets talking about a so-called moon rainbow. while some understood what it was, many people were confused about what they were looking at. according to wikipedia, a moonbow or lunar rainbow is made when light reflects off the surface of the moon rather than from direct sunlight. let's see if tom saw that. did you see the moonbow last night? >> i was asleep, but it's caused by the sun bouncing off the moon, and then it refracts and then in the ice crystals in the clouds that were up there and created that halo. a wonderful sort of a colorful

glow, a ring of light around the moon last night. well, this morning we've had the clouds closing in. a little bit of sunlight earlier but now it's all cloudy. here's a live picture from our sky watcher camera. downtown washington, construction under way to repair the earthquake damage on one of the towers of the national cathedral, and we've got that cloud cover with us with temperatures into the 60s in most locations to near 70 in washington, and by the chesapeake bay. it's cooler though in the mountains of western merld and west virginia. just in the 50s there, but much of southern maryland, northern neck, prince george, arlington, fairfax counties, all cloudy and in the 60s. rain advancing north. that's that the area of light rain. light rain is up to the south of fredericksburg now and may make its way here into the metro area later this afternoon and perhaps this evening. then a likelihood of passing showers after midnight tonight and off and on throughout the

day on wednesday. might get an inch or two of rain before it finally ends wednesday evening. then a little rain activity perhaps on thursday, late afternoon and evening. ahead of that, partly sunny and mid-70s thursday. friday, sunshine back. into the low 70s and a wonderful weekend coming up into the 60s on saturday afternoon. highs sunday and monday with sunshine into the mid-70s. that's the way it looks. barbara? >> okay, tom. thank you. and we're going to check on the mid-day traffic again. danella sealock with us. good morning, danella is. >> traveling 66 west, construction happening between the dulles toll road -- in between the dulles toll road and the beltway. as you past east falls church metro a single lane gets by. bridges in our area looks pretty good. key bridge, no problems for you and checking southeast bridges, the suesa bridge as well. clear in both directions as you make your way across. taking american legion bridge traveling the beltway, clear in between the american legion bridge all the way to the woodrow wilson bridge.

barbara, back to you. >> thanks, danella. supposed to be a happy occasion, but for six bridesmaids a friend's wedding turned into a night player after their purses were stolen right out of a fairfax church. it's a news4 exclusive you saw first on news4 at 11 right now. the six women tried to hide their purses behind a podium in a room below the sainct are you, but 30 minutes later after the ceremony the purses were all gone. one of the bridesmaids who is afraid to be identified is worried a thief may figure out where she lives. she says they lost more than just their cell phones and their money and driver's licenses. they lost their sense of security as well. >> it's just very alarming to think that while we were upstairs and our best friend was getting married, somebody was downstairs, you know, committing a horrible crime. it was in such an odd spot and it was such a big area and they had such a little window of time. >> the bridesmaids say they are not optimistic that the police will be able to find the stolen items but that they will keep an

eye on craigslist and ebay for their belongings. a popular temple hills restaurant is locked up tight this morning. police shut down the family restaurant on dallas drive for what they call a known pattern of violence there. just this past friday two people were slashed and a third shot and wounded following a fight inside the restaurant. the family restaurant is the second business shut down under a new law in prince george's county that cracks down on violence at dance halls. well, they are hoping for a less eventful morning at antietam at prince william school county. there's some scary moments yesterday that happened when a deer came crashing through a classroom window. the deer jumped back out the same window and ran away though. it was recorded on the school's surveillance cameras. there weren't any students inside the classroom at the time and the teacher that was in the classroom was able to run away. nba fans won't see any basketball for at least the

first two weeks of the season and maybe even more than that. commissioner david stern announced 100 games over the first two weeks will be cancelled. the decision came after another round of failed negotiations during a seven-hour meeting on monday. the cancellation marks the first work stoppage in the nba since the 1988-'99 season. and there was some sweet retribution for the capitals. they let the disappointment of a quick exit from last year's playoffs fuel them in a win against the tampa bay light things. >> semin backhand, he scores. >> the caps struck down the lightning 6-5 in a shootout. there was a lot of offense in this one as four different caps scored in regulation. and with new goaltender tomas vokoun's debut though it was a rocky one, five goals one deflected oddly into the net. the caps travel to arch rival pittsburgh on thursday. the washington blade has

made its photo archives available to the public including some of the most historical moments for the gay, lesbian and trapped gender moments for the community here in washington. its editor joins us now. thanks for joining us, kevin. these are a lot of pictures that were taken and may have not been seen before. >> the paper goes back 42 years, founded in 196, and many of these photos have not been seen in decades. >> 40 years. >> talk to us about their historic significance. let's see what have we got there. tell us about this one? >> these are ryan white protests and aids protests that make up a huge portion of the archive, of course, from the '80s and into the '90s. what we covered all of those protests long before the mainstream media was really paying attention. this was a boycott of miller beer because of their anti-gay hiring practices at the time

back in the '80s. folks in the gay community dumped their beer out in the streets of dupont circle. >> can you say now that a lot has changed since these pictures were taken? >> oh, my gosh, back when "the blade" was founded you couldn't park your car in dupont park for too long because police would arrest you and now couples are married. >> that's a big change. >> you even have pictures of the first d.c. gay pride event. become such a big event. let's see some of the pictures from the earlier ones, if we can. actually we don't have those pictures and those are very significant. >> go to washingtonblade.com, and, yeah, we go back to the all the pride prides in the early '70s, pretty modest compared to today's very large-scale, quarter million people come out for the pride now, but back then they were very small and very few people were comfortable being seen in public. >> when was the first one? >> '73.

>> 1973, and how many people showed up? you probably weren't there. >> i wasn't there. a couple hundred. >> yeah. >> just a couple hundred. >> yeah. >> now how many? >> now 250,000 roughly. >> 250,000, incredible. that's amazing, and it's one of our biggest annual events here in washington now. >> that's right. >> more recently you have pictures from the don't ask don't tell day, the day it was repealed and all the celebrations that took place. >> sure. there have been a lot of historic moments more recently, including last december's signing of don't ask, don't tell repeal which president obama did here in washington in front of a huge crowd. they had to move it out of the white house to accommodate hundreds of people who came out so all of those photos are there. there are historic photos as well as newer photos, and they are all available to look at and to purchase. >> so there have been great strides, but what's left to be done? tell me what you feel. >> well, certainly nationally there's a lot to be done, and locally we've seen a rise in hate crimes. certainly that needs to be addressed, crimes against

transgender transgendered individuals in the headlines a lot lately. there's hey lot of work still left to be done. >> tell us how we find those pictures online. >> go to washingtonblade.com. icons there on the home page by blade fet owes. click there, and can you brows through galleries and many different subject areas and -- and purchase them as well. >> okay. kevin nash, thanks for joining us today. >> thanks. >> always good to see you. our time right now 11:43. still ahead on "news4 midday," can the markets add to yesterday's strong showing, and what you need to know in the latest anti-aging products. latest anti-aging products. what does it mean if a label

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stocks are off their highs of yesterday now. let's check in with the rest of the day's business headlines. hopefully not a big slide already. >> hey, good morning. after soaring 330 points yesterday on optimism out of europe, the dow just about the flat line right now. now all eyes are on slovakia at the moment ahead of a key vote to expend the eurozone rescue fund. later today we'll get minutes from last month's fed meeting while earnings season is officially kicking off this evening with alcoa's results after the bell. also on the agenda, the senate is set to vote on the so-called china currency bill this evening. the measure makes it easier to

impose tariffs on goods from countries that undervalue their currency. u.s. companies claim that gives china an unfair trade advantage, making its goods cheaper and ours more expensive in china, but the bill may not make it through the house. the white house has voiced concern, and china is threatening a trade war. last but not least, walmart updates its facebook status. the retailer is creating 3,500 store-specific facebook pages letting customers interact with their local store. this is going to help them get info on new products and promotions. now walmart eventually wants to personalize the offers based on products that facebook fans like. that's it for us at cnbc. barbara, back over to you. >> thank you. well, from a pill that prevents gray hair, to beauty cream that claims to speed up the rejuvenation of skin cells, new anti-aging products and breakthroughs are hitting the market every day. dr. sheryl burgess joins us this morning to talk about your everyday anti-aging solutions and the ones that are more

controversial. >> yes. >> let's go with this one because we've been talking about it all morning in the newsroom. this pill for gray hair. does it work? >> well, we don't really know yet. this is a product that is being launched by l'oreal paris, and it's an oral supplement. it's more of a collection of anti-oxidants to be more simplified as far as what it contains, but they feel that their oxidative process is what causes gray hair, but the drawback to this pill or supplement is that you have to take it about ten years before you actually are going to gray. >> well, that's a good way to get people in their 20s to start taking the pill. >> exactly. you don't even know if you're going to gray. you can kind of look at family history and determine that, but you really don't know, so would you take a pill ten years out to prevent -- that it may not even prevent grayness? >> with hair growth as fast as it is, wouldn't you think that you should start taking it

later? >> well, they are looking at the oxidative stress issues that occur with the hair and the cells and the follicles. >> we'll have to wait and the see. >> wait and see, yes. >> tell us about growth factors. we see that marked on -- on even over-the-counter things now. >> growth factors tend to stimulate the collagen of the skin or stimulate the well-being of skin, and there are a couple of out there. most of them you get through a physician. they are topical preparations that are applied to the skin nightly. it's used in the evening versus daytime. >> do they work? >> well, you know, there's controversy with these growth factors, and i tend to say that they do because there are people who have pre-cancers that have seen their pre-cancers grow. now, we don't want that to happen. >> right. >> so the patients have to be pretty selected in the ones that we would use this type of

product on. >> so it makes your skin regenerate, so you get baby skin on your face. >> it does, but if it's an atypical cell, you don't necessarily want that to grow. >> okay. you'd have to go to a physician to check. >> i would have your skin checked out before i would use any of the growth factor products. >> is there a product that will repair your dna? >> dna repair, yes, and specifically mitochondrial dna repair. that's a certain organelle within the cell, and we feel that a lot of the aging process has to do with the mitochondria, so not all dna repair is actually mitochondrial dna repair so that's the first thing, and we have to look at the studies. we have to look at the individual product to determine if it's legitimate or not, but when the sun hits the skin or when environmental factors hit the skin, it causes abnormalities within the dna in the skin, and these aberrations

are what we're trying to repair. >> so there's nothing i can buy over the counter right now that will repair my dna? >> most of the effective products i would say are cosmaceutical status and therefore you would need to get them through a physician's office. >> we always talk about the sun protection. what about the red floyds in anti-objecti anti-oxidants in. >> the best thing if i were on a desert island, retinoids. they redo so many things, rejuvenate the skin, brighten the skin. >> retin-a. >> retinol and there's so much different strengths that do know well and they -- the collagen stimulates the blood supply to the skin. they do so many thing. >> that's the magic pill. >> for the last 30 years it has been. >> is that okay. retinoids you can buy over the

counter in a smaller dose. >> and cosmaceutical strength. >> okay. let me tell you, first of all, it's 11:51. your daily vitamin, do you really need to take it? tom is back with a look at when we can see some rain.

governorers in australia better make sure their golf balls don't land in the water. that's because six bull sharks are now living in the golf course's lake. some of them are almost ten feet long. recent flooding washed the sharks into the lake. despite their new surroundings, the sharks are thriving with some of them even breeding. the new companions don't be affecting the golfer's game, however, as players continue to tee off right close by. in news for your health now, a warning about new dangers of daily supplements, particularly for women. a new study followed women in their 60s. researchers say those who take multi-vitamins, folic acid and iron supplements may face higher risk of early death, but they say that may be explained by ongoing health problems or people taking iron pills after major surgery. dieticians say supplements aren't necessarily bad but should be secondary to prop nutrition. the national fight against obesity seems to be working.

folks are shedding some pounds. according to a new study by gallup and the health way well-being index more people are now a normal weight than overweight. the survey found 36% of americans are normal weight compared to 35% who are overweight. that's the first time in three years that the number of normal weight americans has increased. still, obese and overweight americans combine together to account for more than 60% of the population. now, if you like to move, today we're giving away xbox kinect, the xbox system you can play without a controller. all you need to do is like our web page on facebook and then we pick a winner every day at 6:00 and make an announcement during the 11 p.m. newscast so try your look. we're going to take a look at some of the stories we'll be following this afternoon. jim hamdly joins us from the newsroom with a preview of

things to come. good morning, jim. >> good morning, barbara. first at 4:00 today, sean robinson from "access hollywood" stops by live before her event with the first lady from the white house and cain will be showing us his new yoga pants. we hope he's still shopping for them. ♪ ♪ he walks and talks >> and it's that viral video on the web today. a little girl's rendition of a nick kay monage song, "super bass" and coming up tonight a report on a new device that's helping patients get the treatment they need to battle asthma. it all gibbs first at 4:00 when we see you then. >> can't wait to see that viral video some more. tom is here now with a last look at the forecast. >> yeah, we've had the clouds

closing in and a possibility of showers coming up from the south over the last 12 hours. you've seen them advancing north and they are tending to break up a bit so you do have a small chance, maybe a 30%, 40%, 50% chance of a few passing showers this afternoon. the likelihood tomorrow, and then a small chance on thursday afternoon and evening, but drying up friday and just in time for the weekend. we'll see you tomorrow morning. have a good afternoon. >> all right, tom. thank you. and that's "news4 midday" for today. we thank you for being with us and invite you to tune in for news at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and tonight at 11:00, and i'll be back tomorrow morning at 11:00 for "news4 midday." hope you join us then. until then, have a terrific sandra day o'connor and hope to