disappearance of a maryland woman could soon walk out of jail. liars for gary giordano said a judge in aruba has denied a request by prosecutors to keep him behind bars for another 30 days. he's been in jail since early august for the disappearance of a frederick native robyn gardner. he claims gardner was pulled out to sea while they were snorkel. police re-created giordano's story and claim it doesn't add up, however, they've yet to charge him with a crime. today's decision means giordano could walk free as early as tuesday, however, prosecutors are vowing to appeal that ruling and they've asked for an emergency hearing. ♪ ready, set, shop! black friday is officially here. this is the scene at macy's in tyson's corner at midnight. shoppers rushed through the store to snatch up the best deals and some in our area were shopping even earlier than that, hitting stores that opened at

10:00 p.m. last night. so, with stores opening earlier than ever before, what effect does that have on the shoppers? news4's megan mcgrath is live at the mall in leesburg, is it a madhouse? >> reporter: because of the change in hours for a lot of the retailers, it sort of changed the dynamic a little bit. we had a big rush at midnight when a lot of the stores opened up and things sort of leveled off. we're here at the premium outlets and look at the coach store, they've had a line out front pretty much all day long and very, very busy here, a lot of folks taking advantage of these sales. we're seeing sales signs all over the place. all kinds of different deals, each retailer offering a different special, but everybody we've seen, they're walking around with a lot of bags, so i think they're doing some serious shopping. black friday. and shoppers are out looking for deals. and in most cases, they're finding them. >> oh, i got some great stuff. i got $10 jeans at lacoste, that was my best buy.

i was pretty excited about that. >> we probably got $250 of stuff and it costs us, like, $109 dollars. >> reporter: how about half off all boots? this tight economy retaers are doing what they can to entice shoppers to spend. >> each store is doing things differently. a couple of the stores did have door buster deals. veer b vera bradley was giving away totes. >> reporter: the outlets in leesburg have opened at midnight for years, but for best buy the 12:00 a.m. open is new and it changed the shopping dynamic. 5:30 in the morning last year and this place was mobbed. this year, no line at the checkout. the customers weren't waiting. the clerks were. that's because by dawn, the big crowds had come and gone making for an unexpectedly laid-back shopping experience. >> like, we came during the week

in the middle of the day, you know, where there aren't really normally any customers out so it's perfect. >> reporter: and it's black friday! >> exactly. it's not what you would expect. >> oh, yes, we prefer this. >> i don't want to be fighting with ten people over this same item. >> reporter: and you can see here live that things are bustling here in the courtyard, a lot of folks are here. it's getting kind of difficult -- hey, guys. it's getting difficult to find a parking space out there and we're seeing slow traffic as people take the exit to get here. people taking advantage of these sales. i should always mention it's a gorgeous day, people are out and sunning themselves in between bursts of shopping. back to you in the studio. >> have you done any shopping out there today? >> reporter: i always shop between live shots, barbara, you know that! of course, i did! and i got some pretty good deals, too. >> i think some of us want to hold on to our cash as long as we can. we'll be shopping the night before. all right, thanks a lot. >> reporter: sure. the holiday shopping season got off to a rough start out in

los angeles after a case of shoppers rage. at least 20 people had to be treated by paramedics after a woman doused a crowd of shoppers with pepper spray inside a walmart. as they all rushed toward a video game display. the store was briefly evacuated. one shopper who was sprayed says that this is her first and last black friday. >> i won't be coming back. i don't want to do this anymore. it wasn't worth it. it's not worth the deals, like, i've been sitting behind walmart for an hour because i don't feel good. >> the woman who sprayed the crowd was able to get away in the chaos that followed. police hope to identify her using the security camera video. robberies are a problem this time of year, too, and that was highlighted during the black friday shopping frenzy. in two cases people were robbed at gunpoint in parking lots early this morning. in myrtle beach, the suspects in a walmart parking lot ran away when the victim produced a gun. in san leandro, california, a shopper was shot during another

parking lot robbery. but police say the victim's family was able to detain that suspect until police got there. and turning to the weather now, very sunny start to the day. tom, a great day to be outside, if you've got the day off, huh? >> a great way to exercise off some of the stuffing from thanksgiving and this morning we started off very cold. it was below freezing in most locations but now with that bright sun, we have warmed up. fredericksburg now up to 57. they may hit 70 there later today. charlottesville is up to 64. closer to washington, there's a cool breeze off the chilly waters of the potomac, so reagan national is at 52. but elsewhere, mid and upper 50s throughout most of the region, and it will continue to climb this afternoon under this sunny blue sky. we've got a clear sky from southern new england all the way down to florida. and from washington all the way into the midwest. no travel problems at all. i'll show you the rest of the look across the nation coming up in a few minutes. sunny and mild for us through the rest of the afternoon with a

light wind, and, yes, we should make it into the low 60s here in washington, most of maryland, but in virginia, many locations just down 95 toward fredericksburg, charlottesville, culpepper, those areas may get in the upper 60s to near 70 by midafternoon. so, lots of sunshine. a clear night tonight. we'll get chilly again. a look at changes on the way for the weekend and into next week. that will all be coming up in just a couple of minutes, barbara? >> okay, thank you, tom. were you cooking n ining ye? >> you know i was not, i was eating, and today is the perfect day for shopping and the weather is great and the roadways look really good, too. look at this traveling i-95 heading out of the city, making your way down 95, i'll give you the travel speed, not too bad. 56 miles an hour from the beltway to the prince william parkway. if you're traveling leesburg pike making your way to tyson's corner, a little bit of traffic as you make your way into the shopping center, but nothing too bad as you make your way there. here's a look at montgomery

mall, westville montgomery mall, off of democracy, not seeing any problems there as you make your way inside. shop, shop, shop, barbara, back to you. >> it looks like a good one to go to. the parking lots have spaces left. thank you. an suv crashed into a firehouse overnight, it happened around 4:00 this morning in the 1600 block of "u" street, engine company number nine, luckily no one was hurt and there was only minor structural damage to the building. the driver now faces dui charges. pla police in maryland are trying to figure out why a driver lost control causing a deadly pedestrian accident. one person was killed and five others hurt in the home depot in the parking lot there. police say the car was leaving the store yesterday afternoon when the driver apparently lost consciousness and swerved into a crowd of day laborers standing in a median. a 41-year-old died. at this time police do not know the driver's condition or the conditions of the other

pedestrians. d.c. police are investigating a stabbing in the 1700 block of columbia road in adams morgan. they say a man in his 20s was found stabbed in the lower back. he's in serious condition at a local hospital right now. and right now police don't have any further information on the suspect or motive in the attack. the time right now is 8 minutes after 11:00, and coming up, when the three american students being held in egypt will be released. plus, the special delivery being made to the white house at this hour. we'll show you. stay w

right now, the white house christmas tree is arriving. we're looking at a live picture of 1600 pennsylvania avenue right now. beau, there he is in the shot, the first lady and their two daughters. they're receiving a 19-foo 19-foot balsam fir. they are expected to reveal the theme at the white house next week. there it is, the white house christmas tree just arriving just moments ago. three american students arrested in egypt will soon be on their way back to the states. georgetown university student derrick sweeney on the right and two others were arrested earlier this week for allegedly throwing molotov cocktails during egypt's riots. a judge ordered their release because there wasn't enough evidence. sweeney's mother was ecstatic when she received the news that her son was coming home.

>> and he confirmed that the three boys were being released, that they were very, very fortunate, that we are this is something we should truly celebrate this thanksgiving and, believe me, we are. >> family members say they believe the students will head home on sunday. they were originally supposed to go home yesterday, but there were delays in filing the paperwork. an incident on board a plane from charlotte to washington delayed travelers for hours last night. a us airways plane was delayed after authorities detained foreign students on board the plane and questioned them for hours. the plane sat on the tarmac in charlotte for almost five hours during this questioning. eventually the students were allowed to continue with the rest of the passengers. we talked with one of them when they arrived at reagan. >> the police with the bomb squad rushed in and they told us that we were not arrested, or we didn't do anything, but they're going to call our names. they didn't call -- they didn't -- they called us -- they

called us individually because we were from the same country. >> the students tell us they feel insulted, but they do not blame the officers who questioned them. they say the investigators were just doing their job. it remains unclear why the students were being questioned. let's look outside. we've got something nice to look at, sunshine, blue sky, and tom is with us now to tell us if we'll see this throughout this day. >> yes, enjoy this wonderful weather and actually kind of a mild afternoon coming up this afternoon. and expect more of this tomorrow, too, if you have any plans to get out and do some exercise or outdoor recreation in addition to the shopping, you'll have great weather for that. let's take a look at the view from our city camera. there is capitol hill, basking in this bright sunshine under a blue sky. right now at reagan national airport, 52 degrees. that's actually one of the cool spots because there's a bit of a breeze ae aam come in

breeze coming off the potomac, it's running high, the stage at little falls is just a little couple feet below the flood stage. look at this scene in georgetown, the streets are paved in gold in georgetown. this was taken day before thanksgiving. one of our viewers sent this in. absolutely gorgeous. the leaves down there on the sidewalks there and follow the yellow brick road. that viewer photo from tom meyer in georgetown, and one of the neighborhoods there looking just gorgeous. well, let's take a look at the temperatures now. it's a beautiful midday. it's late morning now, but we're already climbing to typical highs for our afternoons here. right now it's near 60 around the bay. and it's already exceeded 60 in parts of central virginia. charlottesville now is at 64. we're in the mid and upper 50s in prince georges, arlington, fairfax and montgomery counties. and farther to the west, shenandoah valley and western virginia and maryland, it's in

the low to mid-50s, but the upper 50s to near 60s now on the eastern shore, all thanks to this bright sun and a blue sky, high pressure is in place from new england all of the way down to florida and from washington into the midwest, no travel problems for folks that are arriving from their thanksgiving travels or leaving. well, let's go forward throughout the rest of the day. we will have lots of sunshine, and then overnight tonight we'll continue to stay clear. it will get chilly tonight. then saturday during the day, we'll have lots of sun in the morning and perhaps just a few clouds drifting through during the afternoon hours. just a few high clouds coming over the region. otherwise quite a bit of sun. as we get into the evening hours, we'll be partly cloudy to mostly clear saturday night. and then on sunday a front approaching from the midwest is going to begin to bring some clouds in, but we ought to have some sun sunday morning, but right now it looks like any rain chance will be after sunset on sunday, sunday night and perhaps as we get back to work and school on monday. so, for the rest of this friday

afternoon, enjoy the bright sunshine, the mild temperatures. we will be climbing into the low 60s right around washington, but in much of virginia, it should be hitting the upper 60s to around 70. the rest of maryland in the low 60s as well. and we'll have winds out of the southwest just around 5 miles an hour. then under a clear sky tonight, our sunset, that's getting earlier and earlier, that's at 4:49 and after sunset we'll get chilly again down into the upper 50s by 7:00 this evening and by midnight, into the upper 40s with a light southwesterly breeze. and then starting off tomorrow morning, in the 30s, mid and upper 30s. probably most places will not have a freeze on saturday morning. lots of sun tomorrow, enjoy. great weather for outdoor recreation and fun and exercise. afternoon highs climbing low to mid-60s. not quite as mild as today, but still a beautiful day. then on sunday, sun in the morning, near 40. and clouding up in the afternoon. highs reaching near 60, and right now does look like after sunset sunday evening until around midnight there's a small chance of showers. there's a greater chance after

midnight through midday monday and much cooler weather on monday, too, with highs 40s near 50 to be followed by cool weather. there's a great degree of uncertainty about what might happen midweek about whether or not we're going to get any rain, but right now the big story is it is going to get much chillier, about 20 degrees colder than we are expecting today and tomorw as we get back to work and school next week. yeah, so big chill coming our way. >> all right. we'll get ready for that. thank you, tom. how is it looking on the roads out there? >> still looking really good if you are thinking of burning off some calories and shopping! okay, if you're traveling route 50 making your way from dw parkway towards the beltway you are at 58 miles an hour. if you are taking the parkway heading to the split and the beltway, you are at 48 miles per hour. i-95 in maryland making your way from the beltway right to about skaggsville, you're at 67 miles per hour. not so bad. here's a live look at the beltway right now on route 1, no

problems and outer loop nice and clear as you loop around to montgomery county. back to you, barbara. >> it sure looks like the holidays on the road. >> it sure does. >> thanks. just ahead on mid58, turkey leftovers, we'll show you creative ways to use them. plus, a whole new life for a group of dogs rescued from a research lab. but, first here's a look at what's hot on nbcwashington.com. state farm. this is jessica. hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again? [ crying ] i miss you, jessica! jerry, are you crying? no, i just, i bit my tongue. [ male announcer ] get to a better state. state farm.

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the meal was great. but now you have all of those leftovers to deal with. chef daniel thomas joins us this morning with some ideas, and welcome. you cooked for the senate for the last few years and for senators right now. let's talk about leftovers. you've got some ideas for us, right? >> i have some great ideas, some great ideas for family recipes that it's fun for the whole family to make using the ingredients you have at home already. >> we know we can do sandwiches, but you say we can do better than that. you are going to make turkey potpie. >> it's something you can make at home. >> two piecrusts, you can buy those in the grocery store. two tablespoons of vegetable oil, a small onion minced, two stalks of celery, two carrots dice e diced, and a teaspoon of parsley and salt and pepper to taste, two tablespoons of chicken base, i guess that's chicken stock, right?

>> a low sodium chicken base is better. >> you'll tell me what that is. 2 1/2 cups of water some peeled potatoes, three potatoes peeled and cubed and the leftover thanksgiving turkey and three tablespoons of all-purpose flour and a half cup of milk. show us how to do it. >> are you ready? >> yes. >> we need to get the vegetables chopped. a potato first. the potato takes the longest time. >> how big? >> that's good. cut it into diced pieces. i'll add oil to my pan here make sure it's very, very hot. >> we're going to go with the potatoes. >> are you sure you're not a chef? you're a born natural. >> and then about this much for the -- these really chop. >> yeah, just like that. gorgeous. >> okay, okay. you've chopped your celery a little bit smaller. i think that's better. >> we have that and we want the vegetables to get soft. let's add the potatoes inside. >> they go right into here? >> right in here. >> okay. all right. >> we'll get those and since you're the chef, i want you to

add a pinch of salt. >> to taste. i've seen them do that on tv. >> oh, you have? we'll add a little fresh cracked pepper here. >> all right. of course, it will be more in here because you heard the ingredients, people know that it's going to be pretty full. >> it will be pretty full, but this is something to make one dish for one or two days for cooking. i have the rest of my onions here. i want to let that sit and as we're cooking that -- >> to soften up the pot tate toes. >> but i'll add the turkey leftovers, the wonderful turkey that is a garlic roasted turkey. >> you made this earlier. >> i did. >> that looks fantastic, look. there's quite a bit left of it, too, whatever you've got left you can put in there. >> i think so. we can have that. we put that together, and then after that we'll add a little oregano. >> all right. >> and then we're also going to add a little rosemary. this is getting exciting because now all the vegetables are starting to smell, the onions and things like that. >> it is starting to smell. will the pote ta tatoes cook th?

>> it will. but i'll water before doing the piecrust. to speed it up, we'll add just a little flour. >> all right. >> then once we do that, we want to add in our milk. >> oh, milk. >> uh-huh. >> okay. >> going to add in milk. >> all right. >> and on top of that we have some chicken base, some chicken broth and then from there. >> and, of course, you'll be measuring it out. you don't have to because you know what it looks like. >> there you go. >> perfect. >> but you want about two cups of that, and then you want to put the top on and let that cook. >> okay. when the potatoes are cooked through, that's when you start to put it together. >> yes. you want to stir it periodically. let's -- >> you want to move to here? >> uh-huh. >> all right. go ahead. >> so, just move here. so, we have the piecrust. now, i like to do a lot of healthy eating and cooking so what i'll do here is take this piecrust out and we're not going to use this. because we don't want it too meaty, too much piecrust. it's not good for diabetics

anyway so we'll put that over here. what we're going to do, we're going to use some of this pam. >> yeah. >> we want to spray our pan just like this. and then i have a mixture that i've already made already. we're going to take this out. >> this is your turkey mixture that you made in the pan. >> that i made in the pan already. this is my turkey potpie. >> uh-huh. >> mm. >> okay. >> are you ready to eat? i am. >> no pastry at the bottom. >> none at the bottom. just pastry on the top. if you want to help me, roll up the dough. >> this is the same thing that you took out and you rolled it in a circle. >> correct. you take that and you place it right on top. >> all right. >> and then the fastest way, hand me the knife, we'll cut the edges. >> all right. >> and then once we do that -- >> i know how to make it pretty on the end. >> there you go. >> show it what it looks like. how long do you cook it? >> about 35 minutes. >> i see you did the pretty thing around the edges. >> i have to. >> all right. >> and from there we'll add this

wonderful pie that i just put in there for about 45 minutes, 350 degrees. >> it looks delicious. >> exciting. it's great. we also have some other dishes that we've made. >> quickly run through them so we know what we got. >> turkey, broccoli and brown rice casserole using brown rice even better. we have a turkey reuben with low-fat thousand island dressing and rosemary olive oil chips and turkey tetrazzini and a green garden salad with marinated cherry tomatoes. >> can we eat? i'm hungry. >> it's almost lunchtime. >> it's great to have you with us and you brought good stuff today. >> thank you. >> it is 11:27. and coming up on the next half hour of "midday" firefighters pull a family from a burning home. the latest on how the fire starts. what home remedies work, from honey to cranberries and how they could make you feel better. it's sunny right now, but rain might be moving in

right now on "news4 midday" the man jailed in aruba with the disappearance of a maryland woman may soon walk out of jail. lawyers for gary giordano tell nbc news that a judge in aruba has denied a request by prosecutors to keep him behind bars for another 30 days. giordano has been in jail since early august for the disappearance of robyn gardner. he claim gardner was pulled out to sea by the strong current

while they were snorkeling. police re-create his story and claim it does not add up, however, they've yet to charge him for any crime. we just spoke to the prosecutor in the case on the phone. he says it's very likely giordano will go-free at least for now. but he says the case against him is far from over. >> yes, he could leave because as soon as the protection order expires, there's no legal bound to keep him to the island anymore. so, then he can leave, go back to the united states. but as you know, the united states and the dutch kingdom work together closely on legal matters and there is a treaty between our countryies and that means we can ask for his extradition as soon as we feel we can bring him to court. >> today's decision means giordano could walk free as early as tuesday. let the shopping begin!

right now thousands of people are taking care of their holiday shopping on this black friday as it's called. this was the scene at the macy's in tyson's corner where bargain hunters stormed the doors at the stroke of midnight. the crowds have died down a little bit now, but you can expect more mall mayhem throughout this day. montgomery mall is packed today. shoppers have been there since midnight. we've been there through much of the morning and joins us now with a look inside. >> reporter: the national retail federation predicts 152 million people will hit stores this weekend, that's 10% higher than last year. most of them will buy shoes and clothes. sorry, early birds, stores across the land are catering to the night owls this year. opening at 9:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m. or midnight. they've been stocking shelves for weeks, prepping for one very lucrative night and day. >> it's an exciting time for us and it's a kickoff for the holiday and that's what we're about right now.

>> reporter: here at westfield montgomery they opened their doors at midnight for the first time ever. >> we came here around 11:00. 11:00. >> reporter: you were early. >> yeah. we were early. >> reporter: curtis lim arrived at midnight but had to wait until 6:00 friday morning for the apple store to open. he ended up with two ipads. >> 61 bucks off of one of them, the other one i think was, like, $58 off. >> reporter: for joe buckle from pennsylvania, this whole thing is pretty cool. >> you have to fails the crowds and the traffic and the parking, but it's almost worth it when you get to be in this place where everybody's so thrilled to be here and really make a big thing out of it. >> reporter: some serious shoppers stuffing bags and bags and bags with sale items, others browsing before making their selections, window shopping for the deepest of discounts, 25% off, 40% off. what about an extra 50%? >> just saw a lot of sales out there. i guess this year everybody's trying to get ahead of the shopping, so we thought we'd come out and see what was here.

>> reporter: others, though, are forgetting the holidays altogether and thinking about what they need. >> i bought -- i bought some jeans, shoes, and some socks. >> reporter: anything for anybody else? >> no. just me. >> reporter: everyone in a festive, fun mood. this guy shopping with his father and brother rolled right out of bed and to the mall in his pajama pants. but even for the most seasoned shopper, hours and hours of hunting for that great deal can become a bit tiring. a nap in the middle of this holiday hustle and bustle? well, one can only take so much shopping. if you're trying to avoid stores this holiday season, just wait a few days until cybermonday, the day when you're supposed to get the best online deals. in bethesda, melissa molay, news4. >> if you don't feel like battling the crowds today, don't fear, most stores are offering great deals throughout the holiday season. the only catch, you may have not find exactly what you want if you shop too late.

a maryland family is safe this morning thanks to the quick work of firefighters. a fire broke out in the family's home around 4:00 this morning on the 14000 look of pleasant view drive. the father was able to escape but the mother and three young girls were trapped in the home. firefighters were able to get them all out, though, quickly. they were treated for smoke inhalation, but are expected to be okay. firefighters say the fire started on the first floor but they haven't determined the cause yet. an amazing rescue out in prince george's county. two men pulled a woman out of a burning car after an accident. it happened yesterday morning off of watkins park drive in upper marlborough, andre matlock and another man saw a three-car accident but noticed a woman was still inside one of the cars. the woman had suffered a broken arm and leg, so the men pulled her to safety and stayed with her until emergency crews arrived. matlock's family say he's a hero. >> what i told them what had

happened, they just broke down, and it was, like, that's what thanksgiving is for. yeah. yeah. they cried on the phone when i was telling them. and when i walked up for dinner this evening, they were calling me a hero. >> the woman is expected to be okay. matlock says he wants to talk to that woman that he saved just to check up on her. we're going to check with tom kierein now on the latest on our forecast. tom, when is the rain coming, or do you think we're going to miss it? >> not until perhaps sunday evening, until now and then, dry weather and a mild afternoon. and we've got some wonderful weather under way right now. temperatures around the region under this royal blue sky have warmed into the 50s throughout much of the area. and it's near 60 in parts of maryland, southern maryland, and across northern virginia. farther to the south, charlottesville is at 64 right now, while hagerstown is 10 degrees cooler as well as the shenandoah valley and in the mountains. as we look at the view from space, we've got lots of sunshine here. now, if you are traveling today, there should be no travel

problems throughout most of the nation. there's some rain, though, from new mexico into west texas and colorado. and up into kansas and nebraska and some winds in the central plains. there's a little bit of snow in north dakota. the big storm that came into the pacific northwest is now moving into idaho and montana. but the rest of the west is looking good. and you shouldn't have any travel problems over much of the nation today. tomorrow, we'll have bright sun. into the 60s again. sunday, increasing clouds near 60. could get showers. sunday evening now into monday midday, chilly after that into next week. that's the way it looks right now. barbara? >> okay, thank you, tom. and we'll check again on our midday traffic, here's danella? >> still looking good if you are taking the beltway, the inner loop and outer loop, no problems at all. in fact, from the outer loop from i-95 to i-270, taking ten minutes to make the trip and van doren street, inner loop and outer loop in virginia clear from wilson bridge -- from van

doren to the wilson bridge, 60 miles an hour, and no problems on the american legion bridge. the outer loop and inner loop both clear in both directions. no issues at all, barbara. >> okay, danella, thank you. we're learning it's possible to treat or cure a surprising number of minor ailments with unexpected household objects and foods. natural physician dr. andrea sullivan joins us. >> let's start with honey. >> many people know when you have a sore throat, you want to put some honey in warm water with salt even and that helps to soothe the sore throat. that's one of the things we use honey for. you can just do it with salt and water sometimes. but the honey gives it another added benefit. >> my mother used to make honey and lemon. >> honey and lemon is another one. >> let's talk about dish soap.

>> dish soap is interesting because we use this for poison ivy. if you have poison ivy, you can rub dish soap with water right on your hand, on whatever part of your body that has the poison ivy and it helps to alleviate the pain. there's a homeopathic remedy called rustox, but if you are at home and you have poison ivy, try dish soap on your hand with a little bit of water. >> if you think you have gotten into it, go for it early. >> if it's a severe case, you want to use that, that will help, but you want to try to do something else as well. >> let's move on to cherry juice. >> yeah. but it has to be tart cherry juice, because the sweetened cherry juice will not work as effectively. but it's great for gout, when you're having a gout attack, it's great to use tart cherry juice. it needs to be tart and not the sweetened kind, not the one from concentrate because it has too much sugar. >> baby shampoo, what do we use it for?

>> dermatologists and open thatthologi ophthalmologists use it for red and irritated eyes and stinging and burning and put a little bit of baby shampoo with some water on a q-tip and rub it on the inside of your eyelid very lightly and it will help to alleviate the pain. >> i bet most people probably think it would sting because they make it so it wouldn't sting. >> ie, baby shampoo. >> will it get the red out? >> it will get the red out. >> what about menthol rub? mothers always had that. >> vicks vapor rub that they recommend, you can get thigh mo thymol from the drugstore or the vicks vapor rub for fungus and you put it on your toe. you don't want to use it longer than four months or six months because it's if not going away, you need to do something else

about it. but it's better than the heavy drugs that they use which you always have to get blood test results to make sure your liver is functioning correctly. go with something with thymol than the heavy drugs. and use it during the cold season. >> witch hazel. not many people know what that's for. >> it's great for hemorrhoids. if you put it on a cotton ball and put it on the hemorrhoid, i can relieve the pain. there's also a homeopathic ointment and suppository for hemorrhoids that has the active ingredient of witch hazel. it's been used for years for the purpose of hemorrhoids. >> lots of people have it around and it used to be in our medicine cabinet. how about ginger? >> of course, ginger is great for cooking but it's also great for nausea and vomiting, for gastric distress and i usually tell patients to put half a teaspoon of fresh grated ginger in a cup of hot water and sip on that several times a day, and it's really, really excellent

for nausea and for vomiting. >> what about plain tap water? you have a cup of water. >> plain tap water interestingly enough there was a study done in japan the people that gargled three or four times a day with plain tap water would, in fact, reduce the number of upper respiratory illnesses. >> just plain water? >> nothing in it, they think it's because of the chlorine or the other chemicals with which the water is treated that helps to reduce the virus load in the throat. >> is there a secret use for milk of magnesia? >> it's used for the little tiny canker sores that you get on your tongue that are just irritating you, because milk of magnesia, magnesia aspect of it works as an anti-histamine or to relieve the pain. another great herbal remedy is licorice root used for the same thing for cankers sores externally and internally. >> i'm sure there's lots of things you haven't told us about. we're running out of time. >> we'll have to come back and finish. >> i would love to come back. >> the magic ways to cure things

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prince george's county may soon be the next maryland county to enforce a five cent bag tax. right now the county says it spends more than $2.5 million on

cleanup. council members feel that number could be drastically reduced by enacting the bag tax. the county requires the maryland general assembly's permission to implement such a tax. d.c. has had a five cent tax since 2010, you may remember, and montgomery county will begin charging five cents a bag on january the 1st. stocks are higher this morning after the holiday break, let's check in with cnbc's hampton pearson, he joins us live with more on that and the rest of the day's business headlines. hey, hampton. >> it's a short trading day, as a matter of fact, for u.s. markets, the closing bell will ring at 1:00 eastern time. the dow is up 38 points, the nasdaq down over a point. the s&p up five. more worries, again, about europe's debt crisis. a debt auction in italy today saw that country forced to pay 7.8% to borrow money for two years to finance a portion of its massive debt. italy is europe's third largest economy and the higher borrowing costs are the sign that

investors are more reluctant to invest in european debt. but the u.s. banks are leading the way in keeping the markets in positive territory, but for the week the dow is down 3.7%. if that holds, it would be the worst trading week since late september. one other item impacting markets, at&t is budgeting to pay $4 billion in break-up fees if its attempted $39 billion proposed takeover of t-mobile from deutsch telekom if that falls apart. prospects of winning approval from government regulators are getting more difficult. the national retail federation estimating 152 million people will go shopping over the weekend. a 10% increase over last year. hopefully it will boost the economy. and, barbara, i've been watching your coverage and i think about half of those folks are out at the leesburg outlet. >> it sounds like it. >> are you going to get out there this weekend? >> we'll do what we can. i like to avoid crowds, but we'll do what we can. >> have a great weekend.

>> likewise. in this week's "wednesday child" for 25 years the family division of the d.c. superior court has been holding a wonderful event that they call adoption day in court. i was honored, again, to be there to help out. >> welcome to the 25th annual adoption day in court. >> reporter: there was welcome from the judges of the family court, and others who deal in the district's adoptions. >> i'm honored to be here on behalf of the freddie mac foundation. ♪ >> reporter: and there was lots of family friendly entertainment, too. it's the kind of event the judge envisioned when he held the first adoption day in court 25 years ago. he had heard that california was doing it. and he called a judge out there to find out how it worked. >> she told me that it is a fun, happy, festive, wonderful day, they had balloons. indeed, they even had clowns and jugglers in the court.

well, having served in the criminal division of the court for 5 of my 13 years at that time, i was well aware we had enough clowns and jugglers here on a full-time basis. >> reporter: then it was time to meet the children, and their new families. and once again, i had the honor of introducing them and presenting them to their judges who would sign their decrees for adoption. are you excited about today? >> yeah. >> reporter: why? >> because it's the best day. >> reporter: of your life so far? i'll bet there are going to be a lot of great days in your life to come, especially with your new family. are you happy? >> yeah. >> reporter: what's going to happen today? you're going to get a signature that's going to say that your family forever and ever and ever, right? congratulations. >> thank you. >> reporter: there were 29 children in all on this 25th anniversary. the oldest among the adoptees, 20-year-old stephanie scott. >> i am very excited to be here.

>> i saw my grandchildren! >> reporter: what does adoption mean? >> i don't know. >> reporter: well, that's just fine. you don't have to know what it means. you just know that you've got a wonderful mom and family that's going to be your family for how long. >> 20 years! >> reporter: oh, maybe longer than that! and at 5 20 sounds a lot like forever. if you have room in your home and your heart for one of our children still waiting for a permanent loving family, call o 1-888-2adoptme. 11:50 is the time right now, and coming up a for a group of dogs rescued from a research lab. plus, meteorologist tom kierein will be back with another check of the weekend forecast. and stay with nbc 4 all afternoon. at 3:00 elen's best and funniest

she just might be the most famous bridesmaid ever and you can own her dress. pipa middleton's brides made dress is now being mass produced and it's up for sale. the dress is exactly the same as p

pipa's but right now it's only available in red. the cost is $1,700 and already sold out. i guess you will just have to dream about it. if you are considering adopting a cat or dog, today is the day to do that, an animal shelter in alexandria is waiving adoption fees on all of its animals, those fees can run up to $150 for a dog or $120 for a cat. these are some of the animals that you'll find in the shelter on the 4100 block of eisenhower avenue, they've opened earlier today to give would-be pet owners to get in there and take home a cat or dog. today's guests will be a surprise. dozens of beagles who abused and used as science pjects now get a new loving home. nbc's miguelal almaguer has th story. >> reporter: in l.a.x. a special delivery just in time for the holidays. >> hi, baby! >> reporter: this precious cargo

comes from half a world away. 40 beagles rescued from a research lab in spain now safely in los angeles headed for a foster home and a new life. >> these dogs have sort of served people their whole lives, you know, they've been used and abused for animal testing. and, you know, now they get to be free. and we get to give them a life. >> reporter: volunteers say these beagles and the dogs rescued before them have never really had a chance to live. >> and we are headed somewhere where we can run free for a minute. >> reporter: the rescued beagles were more project than pet. the dogs spent their lives caged in a science lab. some have never seen the sun much less a park. >> opening the door for what's about to be their first steps ever on the grass or outside, outside a cage ever their entire lives. very exciting. can i start? >> let's do it. >> reporter: but that first fearful step is never an easy one. >> come on, big boy. yeah.

>> reporter: ten minutes pass before a shaky paw touches solid ground. a dog learning to be a dog. >> in the beginning, i mean, they didn't know what anything was, they didn't know what a toy was, they didn't know how to go for a walk. they weren't able to go up on the couch or go up and downstairs. >> reporter: but the beagle freedom project helped change all of that. the guys will spend the next couple of weeks here until they're medically cleared and then they'll be adopted out. the lucky ones have already found owners that already want to bring them home. >> i thought he was claiming me. >> reporter: but with a story like this and a face like this, volunteers believe all the beings will find a happy home. it's a chance for adopting families to be thankful and the adopted beings to be grateful. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. >> if you want to bring home the pups, go to

beaglefreedomproject.com. let's look at the stories we're following on news4. pat, i think you could use a new puppy, couldn't you? >> i would take all of them if i could. the yard just isn't big enough. at news4 at 4:00, a possible legal victory for the man suspected in a maryland woman's disappearance in aruba, we'll have the latest on gary giordano. and also the black friday rush is on. we'll take a look at how retailers may be tracking your shopping habits through your cell phone. and then at 5:00 today, too much, too soon. why introducing your kids to technology too early could be bad for their development. those stories and all the latest news on this day after thanksgiving, coming up tonight on news4 starting at 4:00, barbara. >> all right, pat, thank you. let's get a final check on the forecast. here's tom. >> gorgeous morning giving way to a beautiful afternoon. there's the blue sky over the region. high pressure in place. it will be with us and giving us a delightful pattern here. already now hitting the 60s throughout much of virginia. closer to washington we're in

the upper 50s to near 60 degrees. it will continue to climb. baltimore, 66 now. and it's in the 60s, 68 in charlottesville, so a delightful day under way. it may even hit near 70 and low 70s across central virginia later. and there's the blue sky. the clear skies all around our region. thanks to the high pressure that will be in place today, tonight, and tomorrow another beautiful day on saturday. then sunday increasing clouds. highs near 60. we may get some showers looks like after sunset sunday night now and into midday monday followed by chilly weather. highs only in the 40s monday and all the way through the rest of next week. have a great weekend. we'll see you monday morning. >> okay, tom. thank you. and that's news4 midday for today and for this week. we thank you for being with us and invite you to join us, of course, all through the weekend. we've got news. we have news this evening, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and tonight at 11:00 and then we'll all be back here monday morning at 11:00 a.m. for "news4 midday." plan to join us then. until then, have a great day and

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