the first lady saying she has a big backside. good evening, i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm barbara harrison in for jim handly. a congresswoman sent a formal apology to mrs. obama. he regrets his inappropriate comment. he was overheard at reagan national airport talking about a conversation he had with a woman about michelle obama. he said the first lady should practice what she preaches and referred to her large posterior. most thing the congressman crossed the line. >> i find it to be unbelievable. >> reporter: why? >> she looks to be extremely healthy and has he seen her arms on the first lady? >> i have no idea what the context, but it's unheard of to call her by nonsense.

she's doing good work. >> so far, the first lady's office has not issued a reaction or response. news 4 viewers are sounding off on facebook today. here are some of the comments they wrote. lauren wrote one never talks ability a woman's body. two, focus on fixing this country's problems instead of making insensitive unnecessary remarks. kathleen said i don't care for mrs. obama or her husband but insulting someone over their body makes no sense anywhere. an apology due to public outcrew seems insincere. i wonder how he would feel if someone said that about his wife. much more coming up on news 4 at 5:00. >> i think we are going hear a lot more about this. >> yes. unfortunately. best buy will not be able to

fulfill some customers orders. there's an overwhelming demand for some items. what is this all about and why can't they fill the orders? >> reporter: this is remarkable. it's not only about filling orders, they are now telling customers some who ordered something right after thanksgiving that now they are not going to be able to fulfill their order at all thchlt is a nightmare for the largest specialty electronics retailer in the u.s. one guy saying he ordered a toshiba tv after thanksgiving and found out it was just out of stock. best buy is not telling anyone what exactly is out of stock but it's speculated it's all the popular items like ipads, ps 3s and laptops. they are not saying how many

customers have been affected. this holiday season is not the time to do this. online orders this holiday season are up 15% to $32 billion. but not good not to be prepared for the onslaught of this time of year. pat, back to you. >> can we assume they are going to take care of it after the holidays? >> reporter: are they going to take care of what? >> fulfill the orders later? >> reporter: they have not said that. they said they are sorry for the inconvenience this caused and noted the affected customers. they have not said at all they will do their best to fulfill. that's why the story is big. we are not even talking about saying we are sorry we won't get it to you by christmas. they are saying we are sorry we won't get it to you at all for ordered placed november and december. >> all right. thanks so much. >> reporter: okay. now to the latest on the payroll tax fight.

today, president obama urged americans to use social media to let house republicans now how badly they need an extension to the payroll tax cut. so far, house republican leaders will not agree to a short-term fix. jennifer johnson reports. >> reporter: president obama was joined at the white house by frustrated american workers. among the 2,000 an hour e-mailing and tweeting political leader s leaders to get the payroll tax cut extended. the senate passed a two-month extension. house republicans are not budging. >> this is an issue where an overwhelming number of people in both parties agree. does this place become so dysfunctional even when people agree we can't do it? >> reporter: the latest republican-on-republican is coming from mitch mcconnell urging the house to accept the plan. the house gop wants to negotiate

a 12-month extension. >> president obama was out shopping yesterday, he brought his dog. we are here. he can bring his dog here. we are pet friendly. >> reporter: the president will work on an agreement after they pass the two month agreement. >> this is the american people saying to the house republicans, what are you doing here? >> reporter: if speaker boehner and the republicans don't extend the tax cut, a typical american family making $50,000 a year will lose $40 a paycheck. an agreement has to be made by january 1 or american workers will face an immediate tax increase. there may be a crack in the republicans resolve. two freshman lawmakers changed position and are urging them to allow the house to vote on the senate bill. speaker boehner will take a

conference call tonight. it is december 22nd but sure doesn't feel like it out there. >> it's the first day of winter. it's pretty warm. we are going to get a reality check, aren't we chuck bell? >> we are. good afternoon to you and good afternoon to everybody. the sun made way to a wonderful warm up. the rain drops are three to four hours away. 58 degrees here in washington. 61 in fredericksburg and culpeper. 57 in leesburg. west virginia in the panhandle there is at 56 this afternoon. no rain immediately in the future, but rain drops near the virginia/north carolina border. at the pace they are coming north, they should arrive at 7:00 or 8:00 this evening. tornado watches across georgia and alabama. a very energized storm system is

headed our way. heavy rain with a chance of a few rumbles of thunder. be ready for that. a mild and mostly dry early evening. heavy rain moving in for the overnight hours. we'll update you on whether or not we have to worry about a christmas snow flake. that's coming up in a few minutes. back to you. >> thank you. dozens of people were killed in bombings today in the worst round of violence to hit baghdad in months. more than 60 pple killed and 200 others injured. it's generating fears of the stability of iraq. emily morgan has the latest. >> reporter: thick smoke marks brutal attacks across baghdad. 13 explosions in nine neighborhoods in the space of a few hours. [ sirens ] >> reporter: the attacks were coordinated and struck as many people traveling to work. >> translator: my baby was

sleeping in bed, this woman says. chards of glass facing on her head. their homes left smoldering. four car bombs guaranteed maximum harm while roadside bombs devastated communities. we are innocent people, this man says. what have we done wrong? what crime have we committed. american troops have been out of the country three days. sunday morning marked the end of nine years of the military presence. if it was to mark the beginning of stability and security, it was short lived. the stage in iraq is growing more fragile. they have hit crisis point in the reopening of sectarian woes could spark more violence. the question is, is this the worst to come?

republican presidential candidate newt gingrich campaigned in virginia today. the former speaker of the house was in arlington tonight and richmond this morning for a meeting with supporters. iowa and new hampshire to deliver the 10, 000 voters to qualify for virginia's primary. today he blasted president obama saying the president has a european radical attitude toward class warfare. new numbers released show d.c. mayor vincent gray with low approval ratings. gray has a 34% rating. the poll found he would lose re-election if he faced former mayor anthony or williams. the d.c. keown till with a 30% approval rating. it's a big drop from march when it was 54%. coming up, tom sherwood asks the mayor about the poll results.

we'll find out who else is battling low numbers. >> pepco's president says the company's $1 million fine is harsh, but no plans to appeal. they fined the power company for inadequate service to customers from the late '90s to the blizzard of 2010. it ranges from poor communication to customers to tree trimmings. >> decisions we didn't necessarily agree with but we are beyond that. we are back to work and executing the plan. we are back to making process improvements. we have hired a number of additional customer service representatives, we made process improvements and done a lot of things since september to improve service for customers. >> weapon coe president says shareholders will pay the fine. when news 4 at 4:00 continues, the kardashians fight back. why they are livid about a story

in a tabloid magazine. kanye west throws a tantrum. why he threatened to kick an entire section of fans out of his concert. prince william shows off his dancing. does he

don't believe everything you read on your phone. a new study shows people are more likely to lie in text messages. researchers show people will lie 31% more often via text versus face-to-face. they believe it's because there's no body language so it's easier not to tell the truth. >> huh, that's interesting. >> rihanna takes offense at a racial slur, stage fright for

kanye west. >> it's time for hollywood headlines. jaj georgia is joining us from wkys. the kardashians are, what's going on with them? >> well, they are really mad. they are livid now. the director, the executive director of a human rights group said their fashion line comes out of a sweat shop in china, the temperatures 100 degrees, working for $1 an hour over 80 hours a week. kardashians said it's not true. now this guy says no, no, no, i never said that. they took my words out of context. it is too late. kris jenner is mad and wants blood. she's going to sue anyone that says the fashion line comes out of a sweat shop. it is made in china, but not all of the factories in china are sweat shops.

>> right. all right. rihanna is upset over a magazine article written about her. >> she has good reason. this dutch magazine was talking about her style and called her the "n" word, "b" word when talking ability her style. the editor said it was a joke, a funny joke. when she got flak for calling a rational slur a funny joke, rihanna got mad. the magazine invited her to come back and talk about it. i'm thinking she's not going to want to do that. >> i don't think so. >> i don't think so. >> kanye west had words for a fan that threw something at him? >> he is a businessman, but doesn't want to do business when he's performing. a fan threw a business card up on stage. he said listen, i will take everybody out if you don't tell

me who threw this card. >> over a business card? >> he's like i could have fallen. i risk my life coming out here on this stage performing and you threw a business card up here. i love him. >> we can all look forward to him throwing a tantrum. >> he wound up throwing that guy out of the arena. >> you're kidding? >> he's like i don't want to do business with you. >> keep your business cards to yourself. a formal "idol" contestant gets jailed. >> he and his boyfriend were in finland having an argument. it spilled out into the street. onlookers were trying to stop everything. lambert got to mad for trying to break things up, he got physical with them, they were thrown into jail on tweeting about it in the

morning. we are back together. alcohol plus, you know, being on a plane all night equals craziness. something to that extent. they buried the hatchet and are still together. >> yeah. >> at least somebody in this world made up. >> exactly. >> thanks so much. >> thank you. >> see you next week. >> all right. >> all right. coming up on news 4, check out this video. a parrot gets into the holiday spirit. and walmart requalls a popular baby formula. a story parents need to hear. >> for all your news, follow news 4 online.

i have put my coats away. [ laughter ] >> take them back out. >> we are on pace to have the first ever december without a single high temperature that fell below 40 degrees. we have been 40 or higher every day this month. this has never happened before. we have never had a december where at least one day didn't fail to make 40 degrees.

it has been mild indeed. maybe you are not in the christmas spirit. you need a little something to cheer you up. if this doesn't cheer you up, you have a serious case of the grinch flu. >> that's kind of cute. >> a parrot on a sleigh with reindeer. this is what they do in herndon. it's radio controlled. good stuff out there. that will put you in the christmas spirit for sure. outside right now, 58 mild degrees here in washington with hardly a breeze blowing out there. winds picking up out of the southwest during this evening and the overnight hours tonight. it's a wow of a storm coming our way for overnight tonight and tomorrow. still everybody up in the upper 50s. 60s to the south in the future weather. check it out, heavy rain

expected by 11:00 tonight. be ready for that. temperatures for now are on the mild side. behind the front, things are going to be noticeably cooler. not that cold by december standards. clouds thickening for now. it should be raining in most of the d.c. metro between 7:00 and 9:00 for the first rain drops. heavy rain arriving after midnight and into the early morning hours. nothing much on doppler for now. the leading edge of the rain drops across south central virginia. on the pace it's moving, four to five hours away from d.c. metro. it's not too much later than 8:00 or 9:00 this evening. look at the severe weather in alabama, georgia and northern florida. if you have friends or relatives flying from from atlanta, they are at a ground stop at hartsfield airport for a couple hours with the heavy weather moving in. for us, sunshine disappearing

behind the veil of cloud cover. that's here for the remainder of the afternoon. 5:30 in the morning, the last of the rain drops moving through. we clear it out. overnight tonight, rain moving in. some heavy at times. thunder and lightning a possibility. overnight temperatures holding in the 50s. for tomorrow, clouds around in the morning. sunshine of all things returns tomorrow afternoon and sets us up just right for the christmas weekend. partly sunny, 54 tomorrow. mostly sunny, 48 degrees on christmas eve. christmas day looks good. clouds with a shower down to our south. our next chance of rain doesn't roll in until tuesday. the white christmas chances, the odds of sieeing a single flake dropped to 3%. enough to whiten the ground, less than 1%. never say never. >> we will not have a white christmas. is that what you are trying to tell us? >> we have a chance until 11:59

p.m. sunday night. that's when i will take it to zero. >> we have to travel sm plaomso. the rain is going to start -- >> it should be done by morning. >> thanks, chuck. >> you brought us sunshine. >> i do my best. >> thank you. still to come on news 4 at 4:00, prince william shows off his dance moves. a new news 4 iteam investigation. food truck operators say they are being targeted with parking tickets in the district. hello, my name is major kevin smith serving in kabul, afghanistan. i would like to say happy holidays to my wife chris in fairfax, virginia.

welcome back to news 4 at 4:00. i'm pat lawson muse. >> i'm barbara harrison in for jim handly. >> here's what's happening at this hour. congressman has sent a formal apology to mrs. obama about controversial comments he made about her body. the republican was overheard

saying the first lady ought to practice what she preaches and referred to her large posterior. a new poll shows one-third of d.c. residents approve of mayor vincent gray. he would lose if he faced previous mayors. dozens of people were killed in a series of bombings in baghdad today. it's the worst to hit iraq in months. the attacks are sparking new concern about the stability of that country now that u.s. troops have withdrawn. a compromise may be in the works for a possible payroll tax decision. speaker boehner will take a c conference call. if it goes through, american workers will not see a tax increase january 1st. royal newlyweds prince

william and kate spent a laid-back evening baking cookies. stephanie gosk reports prince william showed off some of his dance moves. >> reporter: just days before christmas, the duke and duchess of cam bridge had one official visit left to center point. casually dressed, they mingled chatting with kids and baking cookies. >> kate made me this cookie for my 18th birthday. i'm going to cherish it. >> reporter: there was a little dancing. the prince showed off hip hop moves no one knew he had impressing the kids and amusing his wife. >> that was a nice thing to see. >> reporter: of all the charities william supports center point is the most important to him. it was his mother's favorite. the prince spent a night sleeping outside with the homeless two years ago.

the young royals get a break now after a whirlwind week of holiday events. they will need the rest. 2012 is going to be a very busy year for the royal family. for now, william and kate will gather at the queen's estate. it will be her first christmas as a royal. after a year of firsts, the duchess has proven she fits right in. speculation is swirling over what william is going to get kate for christmas. the general consensus is the duchess of cambridge is getting a puppy. i hope i haven't ruined any surprises. walmart recalled a popular infant formula following the death of a 10-day-old boy. it was pulled off the shelves nationwide. he was given the powder formula and got sick. he suffered from a rare bacterial infection.

that batch tested negative for the bacteria. the formula is 12.5 ounce cans with the lot number skrks p1k 7g. after $26 million in republican knnovations -- the s destroyed but no one was hurt since it was winter break. students and staff had to relocate to a former school. now tacoma education campus is better than ever with a new science lab, computer labs, art rooms and a library. >> a year ago -- a year ago, this place was literally on fire. now, we are here celebrating a new state of the art pre-k to eight school that i think is one of the best in this city.

>> what we now have a building far better than the one we had before the fire. >> class will resume on january 3rd when students return from winter break. three days to go until christmas. the last minute shopping rush is on. retailers are making a push to get the last minute dollars. michelle franzen has more. >> reporter: the list is made. you have checked it twice. now the pressure is on to get the last-minute gifts. don't worry, you are not alone. >> 25% of americans have to begin their holiday shopping. >> reporter: many are spending less overall in this uncertain economy. >> i have been doing a little bit of shopping here and there. >> reporter: others are holding out for the better deals. >> i got a lot of good deals online. you know, there will be promo

deals on facebook. i saved a lot of money that way. >> reporter: online shopping is up 15% this year. some stores are having trouble meeting the demand. best buy won't be able to fill some of the customers orders in time for delivery this christmas. retailers are trying to make up for sluggish sales since black friday weekend when shoppers spent a record $52 billion. in the final days remaining, experts say stores will be slashing prices further and counting on those who procrastinate to splurge. >> when people shop at the 23rd hour, they spend more than they planned to. >> reporter: you can get gift cards and find last minute deals for free shipping. michelle franzen, nbc news, new york. you might find free shipping online. many retailers make you spend a

certain amount to qualify for that. >> if you order tonight, you could have it by saturday. >> you are cutting it close, don't you think? >> i haven't started yet, pat. >> you haven't started? >> i'm going to get it done on christmas eve. >> we have a little work to do between now and saturday. more to come on news 4 at 4:00 this afternoon. we are going live to north pole, alaska. santa and his elves are busy getting ready. teaching parents new ways to entertain their grandchildren. we are calling this frog versus

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time to check out today's daily deals. first up, living social, pat will you click for me? in gaithersburg or leesburg, five bounce sessions at pump it up. for two hours you can use the inflatable arenas. more than 200 people bought this deal already. >> that's a good deal. let's head over to groupon. this is a deal in montgomery county. it's a yoga deal. you can get five classes for $15. more than 400 folks have bought this deal. >> there's good ideas for christmas presents. >> i was thinking the same thing. you don't have to leave home to get those. >> no, sign up.

>> scratch a few things off our list. >> if i can think of somebody who wants to bounce around a bit. when news 4 at 4:00 continues, food truck drivers are racking up $1,000 in tickets a month. parking enforcement is targeting them. the news 4 iteam investigates. chuck is back to talk about the christmas forecast. then, coming up tonight on nbc washington, check out nonstop foodies d.c. the best pumpkin dessert she's tasted. on nonstop scene at 9:30, stars like

we have had a -- well, we had a day that started with sunshine. >> yeah. it was actually a nice day to get outside. i took the dogs for a long walk. >> the first day for the winter sol stas. >> didn't even put a jacket on this morning. no doubt, everybody is, i don't want to say complaining about how mild it is, but everyone is on edge. >> there are a lot of spores in the air. >> there are. >> allergies. >> we haven't had a lot of killing freezes. plus the soaker three-inch rainfall day. between the combination of all these things, allergy sufferers

can't get a break out there. i'm sure winter will deliver a little cold air before all is said and done. it has been mild. december, for the month, washington is four degrees warmer than average. the mild weather is going to continue at least through the next 12 hours or so. a reality check coming our way for the weekend. nothing that cold. temperatures will finally get down to closer to all things, average for december. right now, temperatures are well above average. the average high in washington is 44-45 degrees. 58 is definitely in the plus territory. 59 down the road in fredericksburg. 58 in st. mary's county. it's going to be dry here for a couple hours. the leading edge of the rain drops, three or four hours away. four to five hours if you live in washington and points north. three to five hours from now, the first rain drops rolling in.

that's not the only rain you have to worry about. a big line of heavy rain across georgia and tennessee is lifting our way. we could see as much as an inch of rain. it's snow iing in oklahoma, kansas, western missouri and snowing like crazy in the rockies and parts of new mexico. travel weather, lots of people getting out. generally quiet weather across much of the united states. a little rain down the gulf coast. syracuse, new york hasn't had two inches of snow, yet, for the entire winter. normally, they would have had 30 inches by now. they are missing it. our good night wake-up forecast, mild. rainshowers rolling in. stormy overnight tonight with rumbles of thunder are a possibility. tomorrow, morning clouds giving way to afternoon clearing. breezy, cooler and lower humidity for tomorrow. saturday, the redskins and the vikings kicking it off at 1:00

at fedex field. sunny and chilly. good weather for football. our extended forecast calls for good weather to continue into christmas day. we'll pick up clouds the second day of christmas. can't rule out a few rain drops sunday night into early monday. the next rain chance is tuesday. for better or worse, our mild weather is going to continue. that hasn't kept a lot of folks from getting into the christmas spirit. doug kammerer, my colleague has been out judging the lights across washington. he's come up with what he said is the single best light display ever. >> really? >> reporter: i can't tell you how amazing this house is. obviously, take a look at the outside of the house. we have seen a couple hours so far this holiday season. we have seen amazing light displays and inflatables. this one, i tell you, takes the cake for sure. wait until you see what we have to show you at 5:00 and 6:00. it's not just what this family

does to the outside of the house that everybody can see on a daily basis. what's going on on the inside of the house is something we have not seen just yet. the amount of decorations in this house is mind boggling. we'll talk more about that later on. chuck, you talk about temperatures near 60 degrees. it's very hard to stay in the holiday spirit until you walk into a house just like this one. the family in there right now probably watch iing us on television. i'm going to say hello to them. hey, guys. we'll be inside your house in 15 minutes, if that's okay with you. wave to me to make sure it's okay. okay, they said it's okay. we are good to go. see you back out here at 5:00. see, i told you. >> quick question, when you come up on news 4 at 5:00 or 6:00, i want the hard hitting questions, where do they put all these decorations the other 11 months of the year. >> reporter: it's not 11 months. they start decorating in july.

>> wow. that makes it easier then. >> oh my goodness, we want to hear the rest of the story. >> i think they have every symbol of the holiday on the lawn. beautiful. >> in temperatures like this, melting snowmen. >> a topcoat and gloves ready to go and he doesn't need it. >> thanks, chuck. the hearts of children around the world are focused on the sleepy northern town of north pole, alaska. they are getting set for a big send off for the most famous resident. santa claus will climb into the sleigh. ted reports from santa's workshop in north pole, alaska. >> ho, ho, ho. great. we have been busy and the elves have been making toys. >> reporter: in this digital age -- >> what do you want? >> ipod and cell phone.

>> ipod and cell phone? >> yes. >> reporter: with so many high-tech options. >> what would you like? >> a wii. >> reporter: what's gotten into some of these kids? >> what do you want for christmas? >> an alarm clock. >> wow. what would you like? >> a typewriter. >> reporter: santa claus and his team in north pole, alaska know some years nothing beats the classics. >> it never fails, it seems to be a bicycle. most kids want a bicycle. >> reporter: last minute letters from around the world are still arriving. the paper kind, about 150,000 so far. with so much else to think about this busy time of year and all those presents to choose from, santa says don't worry, plenty of kids haven't forgotten the spirit of christmas. >> i don't want nothing.

bring my neighbor girl a present because she doesn't have much. those are nice things. people are conscienceious of that. >> it's nice to know people are neighborerly. >> i don't think i have heard a child ask for a typewriter in a long time. >> yeah. >> did you hear the one? >> i haven't heard anybody asking for one. i didn't know they made one. >> you have to look hard for one of those. coming up on news 4 this afternoon, a glass for grandparents to teach them how to entertain today's tech savvy kids. >> this video is a hit on youtube. a frog takes aim at a smartphone. i'm wendy rieger in the news room coming up, a local employee has a female on tape in a dressing room. they want to know if there's more victims. the elaborate holiday window

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a school in poland is teaching grandparents the art of entertaining grandchildren during the holiday season. the program teaches them everything from putting on plays to craft projects to festive

games and songs. they offer seminars so grandparents can learn more about keeping their grandchildren happy during the holidays. the founder hopes the school will offer families a different way to experience christmas. >> there's a new youtube star. he's a hopping mad frog who got mad at a smart fop. >> he wanted to join a game of bug smashing. the frog thinks the bugs are real and so he keeps lunging at the phone. you can see the frog appears to look confused when he doesn't get the bugs and can't eat the bugs. he did kill the bugs in the game and then turned on the owner. this was posted two days ago and has 1.2 million hits on youtube. >> i guess i can't figure out why they think he looks confused. he looks like a frog.

>> i think it depends on who wrote the story and their interpretation of what they are looking at. clearly, the frog is interested in bugs. still ahead, food trucks hit with ticket after ticket. truck drivers say d.c. parking enforcement is targeting them

tonight, the news 4 iteam

takes us into the middle of d.c.'s newest food fight. the battle between food trucks and parking enforcement. the city says they are trying to encourage turnover at meters. tisha thompson reports whose side you are on determines where you eat. >> reporter: long before lunch lines begin. >> they are the best, we love them. >> reporter: food trucks get premium parking spots around d.c. location is critical but comes at a price. >> no matter how much you feed the meter, they are always eager to give tickets. >> reporter: he runs basil thyme. he thinks he's targeted by parking enforcement. >> they are tickets from the same officer. >> reporter: he's not the only one. every food venn tor says they are getting tickets almost

daily, mainly for parking at meters for more than two hours. >> being a small business is a struggle on its own. the last thing we need is, you know, $1,000 a month. it's a lot of money. >> reporter: they enforce parking in d.c. and declined to go on camera. they did start a two-person unit in october to address the increased presence of food trucks. >> there's been cars parked in front of me with the meter expired. they ignore that and specifically ticket us. >> reporter: captured on his cell phone an officer writing a ticket as he got ready to leave his spot. >> she's done with all these vehicles and going to skip everything else. >> reporter: our cameras caught the same officer writing tickets for two-hour violations. red truck, black truck, the

silver truck all got violations. check this out. this is an illegal parking space. this is our car. we didn't get a ticket. neither did the same cars on the same block with expired meters. they are charged with ticketing all vehicles, not just food trucks. the other cars might have paid by cell phone. >> regulations need to be enforced. >> reporter: andrew klein says food trucks are taking spaces from customers who would visit traditional food establishments. >> right now, the food trucks are operating where they park in parking spots. it does not serve their interest. two hours doesn't make a lot of sense for them and does not take into account the use of public space. >> reporter: both sides say the city needs to do something. the current system isn't working. it's a food fight getting ready to boil over in the heart of

d.c. tisha thompson, news 4. >> they say since october, the unit wrote 68 tickets to food trucks compared to 315,000 by all parking enforcement. that's news 4 at 4:00. news 4 at 5:00 starts right now. shopper violated. a store employee is behind bars. montgomery county police say he was trying to take pictures of a woman as she tried on clothes in a changing room. >> a baby formula recall. posterior politics. a congressman's words about the first lady's backside spark a fire storm of backlash. >> good evening, i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm barbara harrison, jim handly is off tonight. we begin w