good morning, everyone. welcome to "news4 midday." i'm barbara harrison. wednesday, january 25, 2012. we begin with breaking news from the inner loop of the beltway. dan allege sealock joins with us the latest the truck that hit an overhead sign. tell us what's happening. >> good morning. this is a big problem traveling the inner loop of the beltway. making your way to the i-95/395 interchange. a truck hit the sign. this is a sign for tysons corner. part of the sign is actually on the roadway below. crews are working to not only fix the sign but also clear the road and right now, you are only able to pass single file on the

right-hand side. we are seeing delays as you make your way towards the interchange. be aware of this as you are making your commute. i will keep following this for you to let you know when the lanes will open. we are seeing a significant del thai time. back to you. >> thanks, danella. today president obama will begin selling the plans he laid out in last night's state of the union address. he's headed to iowa right now where he will speak at a factory about his vision for an economy based more on manufacturing. the president focused heavily on the economy during his speech last night. he offered a commitment to make higher education more affordable. and to help struggling homeowners pay their mortgages. president obama also declared he wants a stricter tax code and in which millionaires pay at least 30% in taxes. he vowed to shrink the gap between the rich and the poor. >> we can settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well while growing number of americans barely get by.

or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair hot and everyone does their fair share and everyone plays by the same set of rules. >> the president also took credit for helping create 3 million jobs during his presidency. today republican presidential candidate newt gingrich said the president's speech seemed to set the sage for an entire year of i did vd e divisivene divisiveness. >> what you saw the president do is lay down a campaign speech which is how he will run this year. he will run as a left wing populist class warfare and he's going to try to find a way to say the big government is a better solution than free markets. i think that will be a real dividing line over which the american people make a gigantic decision in november. >> gingrich also argued that the president's proposal to raise taxes on the wealthy would result in what he called an extraordinarily large tax increase on people who create

jobs. emotional show of support for congresswoman gabrielle giffords of last night's state of the union address. as you can see president obama gave giffords a great big hug. today is her last day in office as her last official act before resigning from the house giffords voted on her bill that cracks down on cross-border drug smuggling. the bill passed. giffords was cheered as she made her way through the house floor. nancy pelosi, eric cantor and steny hoyer are among those paying tribute. she hopes to return to public service some day. >>. turning to the weather now. nice day out there so far. any rain in the forecast? let's talk to tom kierein about that. good morning, tom. >> good morning. the is a chill in the air. probably not going to be as warm as yesterday. got into the mid 50s and right now we are beginning to climb into the low and mid 40s throughout much of the region. these are the current temperatures, reagan national

now is at 44. and the -- 48 you saw on your screen. that was right outside of our window here at pat lawson muse. that's one of the warm spots. elsewhere, low and mid 40s. and through central virginia now in the mid 40s and after a cold start many locations this morning were below freezing. right now montgomery, arlington, fairfax counties. we should make it another five or six degrees higher than we are now. there is rue from space. we have a clear sky over much of the region now after a few morning clouds came through. it is not going to last long if you see quite a bit of cloudiness coming into southwestern virginia are southern west virginia and farther west and south there is a big rain system stretches from the tennessee valley all the way to texas. that will be arriving here tomorrow. but for this afternoon, partly sunny and chilly with a light wind. temperatures climbing up to the upper 40s to near 50 degrees and then the clouds roll in tonight and that rain arrives tomorrow. i will tell you when and how much i think we may get.

a look at had a and how long it might last and a look at the weekend coming right up. barbara? >> we are going -- ready for the weekend. thanks a lot. other news, 14-year-old boy is in the hospital now after getting hit by a car. prince george's county police say that he was on pascataway road when the accident happened. a medical helicopter took him to the hospital. his injure reese not life threatening. the driver did remain on the scene after the accident. the national park service says it will begin enforcing the no camping rule for occupy d.c. protest. that a according to testimony at a hearing on capitol hill yesterday. occupy d.c. demonstrators have been camping out at mcpherson square since october. a spokesman for the park service says the u.s. park police will begin encouraging the protesters to sleep elsewhere. anyone who ignores the warning risks could risk being arrested

or cited. plainly hated blue devils weren't reason enough terrapins fans will have even more reason to catch tonight's duke/maryland become game. the court at comcast center will be named after gary williams. he retired after head coach after last season. while maryland's students may be looking forward to the game university administrators are concerned about what will happen after the final buzzer. warning students not to riot or celebrate excessively as they have before after duke games in the past would years. news4's melissa mllet with more. >> lots of people looking forward to tonight's game. school sending out warning to students two years after the riots in 2010 we all remember. warning that by e-mail to remember to behave themselves. three med student dustin matter says he's ready for tonight's game. gearing up for a rivalry.

>> i reckon the students are ready to go. looking for a big game. >> reporter: a big game that has gotten out of control. >> i don't imagine we will see the riots we did three years ago. >> reporter: march 2010, a win over number four ranked duke turned a terps celebration into the comcast center into mayhem outside. you might remember the scene. >> everyone going nuts. there there was a fire on the mall. >> reporter: officers were in riot gear. 1,500 fans filled the streets. in the end 27 people were arrested. several kicked out of school. the university sending out this e-mail to students stressing the importance of sportsmanship and the school's code of conduct. reminding them to celebrate but with class and dignity. >> you know whether or not the -- university sent out the e-mails will not make a difference, it is up to the police just to handle it better. >> reporter: last year's game against duke came and went without any major issue.

junior rachel bay says it is too bad that incident has tarnished the student reputation here. >> i think they get maybe too intoxicated in the moment and that happens. but for the most part, it is just -- it is only a couple of students. as a general body, like we just love the sports. >> reporter: since the 2010 riots, prince george's county police have made some changes in the way their civil disowe bei- disobedience. they can win or lose peacefully. >> same thing they always send out. keep the kids behaved and everybody's minds so we don't have another incident like two years ago. >> reporter: i just spoke with the owner of cornerstone bar. you may be familiar with it if you are familiar with college park. business owners along the strip met last week with school

officials, prince george's county police, trying to determine a plan of sorts to come up with to keep students safe. three things they will be doing, all bars will have extra security, they will not be selling any glass during the game tonight. only plastic. they will be letting all customers, all students outside doors instead of front doors. >> thanks, melissa. right now, first lady michelle obama and celebrity chef rachael ray are at a northern virginia school to introduce new standards for school lunches. they are at park lawn elementary in alexandria speaking with parents and students about the changes to help fight childhood obesity. the newsstand is expected to include less sodium for most meals and along with more whole grains and more fruits and vegetables as sides. these are the first major nutrition changes in 15 years. time right now, 11:09. new information on the rescue of a virginia woman who captured in somalia. it was part of a dangerous mission by a team of navy s.e.a.l.s. plus the stars of the broadway

musical "la cage aux folles" are here. we are going to sit down with

president obama's praising u.s. special operations forces who rescued two hostages overnight in somalia. one of the hostages is an aide worker from virginia.

u.s. officials say navy s.e.a.l. team 6, same group that killed osama bin laden, took part in this. angie goff is here with more on the rescue mission. >> reporter: thanks, barbara. president obama took up the entire world -- tipped off the entire world to the rescue when he congratulated leon pannet a right before delivering the state of the union. >> good job tonight. good job tonight. >> reporter: the president got late word the two kidnapped victims, 32-year-old jessica buchanan of bedford, virginia, and poul thistead were rescued. two teams of u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s and helicopters landed near the compound where the hostages were held. now as the s.e.a.l.s approached the compound, the came under very, very heavy fire. nine kidnappers were killed. and no americans were bunded. and the s.e.a.l.s grabbed the two hossages, loaded them in a

the choppers and through them to an undisclosed location outside of somalia. buchanan and thisted were providing relief for some 450,000 somali refugees when they were kidnapped last october. now in a white house photo released this morning, president obama is seen here on the telephone immediately after the state of the union address telling buchanan's father his daughter had been rescued. vice president joe biden told the "today" show's matt lauer this morning that the raid had been in the works for some time. >> jessica's health was beginning to decline. she is a young woman in her 30s. we wanted to act. and they did. and -- the followed the recommendation. as i was leaving the white house last night, when the situation room, actually under way, and it was once again, a remarkable testament to the special operations forces. these guys are absolutely incredible. >> neither one of the hostages were hurt in the raid.

the president says plans are already under way to bring buchanan home. back to you. >> all right. thank you so much. there's a lot of activity today at the wreckage of the costa concordia. right now barges hitched to the ship. it is carrying a crane and other equipment as salvage crews prepare to pump fuel from the capsize ed cruise liner saturda. the captain steered the ship into shallow water and hit a reef january 13. killing 16 people. a dive team set off controlled explosions today to access blocked parts of a ship under water and to look for the 17 people still missing. biggest solar storm in the years is now hitting the earth. nasa released these images of the sun. radioactive particles hadn't caused any serious problems here on earth but just in case, delta airlines rerooted at least six flights from routes that take them near the north pole. airline made the change to avoid potential communication problems and exposing pilots and

passengers to excessive radiation. charged particles can also cause power surges and interfere with radio, tv, and telephone signals. tom is here to tell us if it has any effect on our weather at all. >> no. i was i was hoping we would see the northern lights here last night. we were just a little bit too far south of it. not that unusual for you to see some. a chance over the next couple of nights. unfortunately, it is going to be cloudy tonight and the next couple of nights. we are probably not going to have much of a chance to see them. riggan national, got a beautiful sunny morning under way. and there is capitol hill. basking if in the january sun. 44 at reagan nation april we have a light north-northeasterly breeze. temperatures are well above freezing after a cold start. we were below freezing most of the region this morning. now it is in the low and mid 40s across virginia, west virginia, maryland, near 40 in montgomery county and low to mid 40s, prince george's county and arlington and fairfax. low to mid 40s there. now the view from space showing us some increasing clouds, though, coming from the south and west. right now it is quite sunny

across much of virginia and maryland and the eastern shore. and eastern west virginia. but these clouds are going to begin to roll in and as they do, they are going to give us a possibility of some rain as we get into tomorrow. as we go forward over the next 4 hours, areas in color, zones of potential rain. around dawn tomorrow we might get a few sprinkles of rain. looks like it will be too warm for anything if it is frozen at all to -- really cause problems. i don't think that we will have any frozen precipitation tomorrow morning. just passing showers during the day thursday. and then as we get into thursday night and friday, we will have some of the showers continue into midday provide and clear out on friday afternoon. here's the potential rainfall for this through about 8:00 on thursday. not a lot of rain. generally oh, up to about a half an inch in this whole green zone, northern virginia. district, much of maryland. this blue zone, though, will be getting more rain and that will begin to approach us as we get closer towards thursday night and into late thursday night and friday morning. so for the rest of the afternoon, we will have a partly

sunny sky and it will be chilly with highs reaching up around 50 degrees. and with a variable wind and this evening, sunset at 5:21. cloudy, chilly, light wind, low 40s, early evening. upper 40s by mid mate. by dawn tomorrow mid 30s. maybe a few sprinkles in the morning. passing showers midday tomorrow. and during the evening on thursday. that may linger into part of friday morning and little sun back friday afternoon. highs upper 40s tomorrow. low fifth on friday. then saturday, sunshine and turning colder. near 30 in the morning. afternoon highs in the 40s to near 50. colder pattern for sunday, monday, tuesday. and last week, i traveled to frederick county. and visited frederick, maryland's lincoln elementary school. had a great time talking to the students. normally i talk to big auditoriums to students. i talk to two second grade classes there at the lincoln elementary school. we had a lot of fun. their big question is when is it going to snow? not in the foreseeable future. the second graders had a lot fun and had a great time. i want to thank the teacher in

the right in the back. tabitha costner. barbara, coming up in you a mipts when i rejoin you, i will show you an amazing high-definition of earth. spectacular image ever taken of earth from a brand-new weather satellite. >> we won't move. >> their. >> stay right here. >> all right. thanks a lot, tom. and let's check on the traffic out there. danella had problems earlier today. what's it look liking like now >> problems traveling inner loop of the beltway. this was the scene earlier. truck hit the overhead sign here causing damage and now crews are still working to clear this. this is the inner loop as you make your way to the i-95/395 interchange and right now still as we stand only the right lane gets by that accident. expect delays in the area. on the rails are, metro is not making any stops at the arlington cemetery in either direction while police investigate a suspicious package at the arlington cemetery metro zags. be aware of that if you are on the blue line, you will not be able to go to the arlington cemetery. >> thank you very much.

we will see you again shortly. 19 minutes after 11:00 is the time. still ahead, why too much praise for your child may be a bad thing. plus, baltime's chef brings his culinary talents to d.c. only for one week. we will tell you how you can taste his fabulous food. first, here's a look

couple weeks ago we told you about a group of celebrity chefs lending hand to award winning chef r.j. cooper and his d.c. restaurant rogue 24. chef cooper had to take a break from the kitchen to deal with a serious health condition. his restaurant is going strong thanks to his chef friends coming to d.c. to help out. offensive the next several weeks, amazing opportunity the meet those chefs on "news4 midday." today we want to introduce you to chef jair gri baltimore and his restaurant is woodbury kitchen. welcome. >> it is great to be down here. >> what kind of food do you do there? >> we are focused on local sources. we buy a lot of ingredients from local farmers, local fishermen, orchards, wine makers, and beer makers and everything. we combine that to make a rustic, very american style of cooking. >> last night was your first night. >> it was indeed.

it was great. >> have a full house? >> we are going to get there. for sure. the -- we are going to be very busy for the rest of the week. last night was a great night to kind of shake things out. >> you do things with fresh produce, fresh fish from the baltimore area. and you are finding all the things you need here in washington. >> absolutely. we brought a little bit of -- from the restaurant and from the -- our area with us. kind of show -- show what we do up there. included in that is an incredible pigs foot. lot of people don't like to eat pigs foot. it is tricky to eat sometimes. >> put interest under here so they can see it in our overhead camera. we made it simple. similarter pig's foot in stock. then it is going to be the basis for a pie. going to make it very -- >> pig's foot pie. >> we are going to start with a suet crust. fat from the pig. we like to use every last bit of the animal. it is simply put into a pie and plate or a ring as i'm doing

here. that's all there is to it. it is very easy to work with compared to pie dough. >> suet instead of butter. >> precisely. >> this is just the pig's foot stewed in water. >> stewed in stock. seasoned with salt and pepper. >> pork stock. >> pork stock works. chicken stock works. yes. absolutely. >> that's just the chopped-up pigs foot. >> what you do, a lot of bones in a pig's foot. it looks a little -- i get that reaction. >> my father loved them. kind stand seeing them in the refrigerator. >> i have to say it is the most delicious thing. >> yucky idea. it must be good. >> then to that we add carrot. stewed this in butter. >> okay. stewed chopped-up carrots. put that on top of the pig's foot. >> that's right. >> all right. that looks pretty. >> i just got fresh thyme here also. we are getting this from a greenhouse we used. >> fresh thyme. >> fresh thyme leaves. >> got some over here. >> right. love the smell of that. >> nothing like it. >> oh, yeah. delicious. >> then we would cover that with

another circle of dough. and this is what you got. just a classic little pie. we love to cut this into slices for our guests. we brush it with egg wash. when you bake that, get a spectacular brown color on the pies as you can see here. >> looks beautiful. >> you good the the pie and filling very cold before you bake it. run it into a very, very hot oven. great -- >> center. >> finished product. absolutely. >> what do you serve that with? >> because it is a tasting menu we this is just one small course we do that features many different -- in a series of courses that feature many different parts of the same peg. >> it sure looks good. how long will you be there? >> all week, until saturday. >> all right. we want to thank you for coming in. >> very welcome. >> very nice to have you with us. you will have an opportunity to taste chef his food at rogue 24. all week long. next week we will have another chef. thanks again for coming in. it is now 11:26.

coming up in the next half hour, how cathy lanier is trying to reassure the community the police are doing everything they can to stop a spike in robberies. the return of rain. tom kierein tells us when we should expect it. stars of the broadway musical "la cage aux folles" are here. we are going to sit down with the talented

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right my president obama is on his way to iowa where he will promote his call to boost manufacturing in this country. that was one of the ideas he outlined in the state of the union address last night. the president will visit five states over the next three days to tout aspects of his address. from illegal guns to other major crimes, offering large sums of cash to people who turn in crooks has worked in the district. now the chief of police is hoping it will work again to end

the city's latest crime wave called snatch and grab. news4's tracee wilkins reports. >> reporter: heredia on wisconsin avenue northwest where we can't stand in one spot for five minutes without see something one walking down the street with an ipad or smartphone and using it and frankly not paying attention to the surroundings. the chief says that this is part of the issue. the new crime wave in washington, d.c., is what they are calling snatch and grab. they come and take something like your cell phone while you are using it and quickly snatch it and then remove the battery so then that way you can't track where the phone is. when they turn it in to whoever will buy the phone from them they get about $50 for and it then that person can sell it online or in person to someone for $300. it is yielding so much money in the city that in order to stop it, she has come up with a would-prong approach. >> the problem with that trend is, now it is becoming a trend. it is becoming popular amongst those who are looking for quick

and easy ways to make money. >> reporter: ward 2 and 4 are target-rich areas. the chief of police says that folks want these electronics so badly that they will break into your cars to get them and maybe even leave with your vehicles. but in 134 instances they zone have to work that hard. every other person is listening to or carrying what the robbers want, will he astronautic devices ranging from smartphones to mp3 players and tablets. >> i walk with my phone. i wasn't really aware necessarily that there was so much crime going on. it is good to know now. i think i will be more conscious. >> reporter: police chief lanier is telling residents around the city is being half the battle is being more vigilant. the first 23 days of january, 108 people were arrested for robberies. but it is so easy to make money from stealing the devices more crooks just keep popping up. the chief has a solution. offer the thieves more money than they can make on the streets. >> by getting them to turn each

other in exchange for reward money raising from $1,000 to $10,000. >> i can tell threw is no honor among thieves. when i offer this reward program people will call us. they will tell us, they will turn each other in, if for nothing else to eliminate the competition. >> reporter: the chief says a long-term solution to this problem is change the way that cell phone companies use smartphones. in other words, somebody tries to reactivate a stolen smartphone, they can make it impossible for them to do that. taking the money out of stealing a smartphone. she says that it is something they already have done in the uk that helped take care of this issue there. she see no, sir reason why the fcc can't do the same here. in northwest, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >> thanks. chief cathy lanier reached out to other police chiefs in 55 major cities and asked them to join her in her fight to pressure the fcc to change the smartphone resale laws. d.c. firefighters upset over a proposed schedule change walked out during a meeting with

the fire chief. this happened last tonight as the d.c. fire chief kenneler beep ended his speech prepared to take questions. one fire fighter called the others to attention, ordered an about-face and dismissed them. chief ellerbee wants to change firefighters' shifts from 24 hours to 12 hours and he says it will save the city tens of mlts of dollars a year. the fire fighter's union says the change will disrupt their lives. today family, friends and fans will say their final good-byes to legendary penn state football coach joe paterno. a public viewing being held right now. it will be followed by a private funeral this afternoon in state college, pennsylvania. more than 10,000 mourners lined up at a spiritual center on campus to pay their final respects yesterday. a public memorial service will be held tomorrow inside the school's basketball arena. paterno died sunday. less than three months after doctors diagnosed the

85-year-old with lung cancer. penn state fired paterno last november when his former defensive coordinator, jerry sandusky, was accused of sexually abusing several young boys. tonight the wizards will play their first game without flip saunders on the bench. the team fired him as head coach yesterday. assistant randy whitman will serve as interi am head coach for the rest of the season. wizards have the league's worst record. they are just 2-15 this year. they have a decent chance of nabbing that third victory tonight, though. they take on the 3-15 charlotte bobcats at the verizon center this evening. let's check in again with tom kierein. any update on the weather? >> we were going to have quite a bit of shine another couple of hours now. as promised here is the most high-definition, high-resolution image ever released of full planet earth. just released this morning by nasa. this is the full earth, this is a true color, high-definition

image. the best hd image ever released of the full earth ever taken by a brand-new weather satellite logged. mp3 satellite got this image. and this is just spectacular. tremendous detail. true color image. in other words if you were writing on this satellite looking down on earth this is what it really looks like. just an amazing image there. well, let's take a look at what's going on around our region now. we do have some sunshine. and our latest satellite image here locally. showing a few clouds beginning to come back in, though, across the southern shenandoah valley but wear all clear here for the most part now. temperatures right now are into the 40s. reagan national now is at 44. and it should climb into the upper 40s to near 50 by later this afternoon. then tomorrow the -- get the clouds in. rain moving our way. midday and into the afternoon and evening on thursday and ending during the late morning hours on friday. highs tomorrow, upper 40s. highs friday in the low 50s. over the weekend, sun back on saturday and highs near 50. getting cold sunday, monday,

tuesday. that's the way it looks, barbara. >> thank you. we will check in inform the traffic now with dan allege sealock. what's it looking like on the roads? >> this was the scene earlier today. a truck hit an overpass sign here inner loop of the beltway at the i-95 interchange. sign is still on the road. crews are working to clear it. as of right now only the right lane gets by the accident. and you know, just expect delays in the area. avoid if possible. traveling on metro we have an issue on the blue line this morning. right now metro is not stopping arlington cemetery metro station due to a suspicious package outside of the metro station. on the blue line, in both directs, you will not be ibl to get off at arlington cemetery while police are investigating. barbara, back to you. >> thanks, danella. the broadway hit show "la cage aux folles" is now playing at the kennedy center. the stars of the show, george hamilton and christopher sieber, join thus morning with a closer

look at a show that wontons of ton tonys a few years back. i hear usual bringing down the house at the kennedy center. >> i hope so. >> you must hear the laughs. i hear it is quite funny. >> funny thing, we are at the eisenhower theater. i did the show on broadway. i was george. i played his part. >> he calls the straight man of the show. >> i switched overnd i'm the bug tall drag queen. >> i hear you actually open the show. you are out on the stage? >> that -- that's -- that's actually our friend todd who play as character. >> yes. we have a little bit of it right here. photographs. >> yeah. there we are. >> george, tell us for those who have not seen it or never saw "the birdcage, the film, what's this about? >> ostensibly, it is two people living together, transvestite and plain homosexual is the way

to describe it. they have a club. and -- and they have -- >> >> riveria. >> my child has been taken over as his child. all of a sudden his mother is coming. he is going to get married and his mother is coming to the wedding. >> this was a former relationship you had before you -- >> exactly. >> out of the closet. >> and so -- it is -- it is a simple plot but the -- it hasn't been farced. underlying all of this, it is an incredible meat to the project. incredible thing about being who you are. and love. and i had seen it as a movie. it was wonderful foreign film. then we -- we -- saw it as "birdcage" which robin did it with nathan lane. waits in london.

when i got involved in it, by the time i was 330 years old, he basically could whisper like i -- string at the back of my head. he can say my lines for me if i didn't know them. but -- >> i don't need to do that anymore which is nice. >> christopher, you spend a lot of the time in drag on stage. tell us what that's like. >> it is quite a switch from playing george. i must say. it is a lot -- lot of work. you girls work hard. >> we do. >> yeah. it is a lot of work. it is really -- it is a lot of fun. it is hail airious fun. it is all -- hilarious fun. it is a lot. i think i have nine wigs, 17 different costumes, 19 pair of shoe. >> we have this club. and he basically is the star of the club. and -- we have had this relationship that's gone on for 20 years. and he's a little bit difficult to get on stage and so i have to kind of charm him out of the tree or demand him out of the tree.

our relationship is kind of bickering but at the same time -- >> your son has a -- fiancee whose family is conservative. >> it as a play originally. >> does it still work p we have changed a lot? our -- understanding of gay couples and -- that louisville. and have really become so much more part of our culture. >> do you want to address that? >> it is not who you love. a family can be a family no matter what. and there are -- you know, still conservative groups out there that say that gays and lesbians shouldn't have a family and shouldn't be gay at all. and this -- this show in a way just kind of says you know what, everybody is going to be all right. everybody is going to okay. >> are you all having a good time? >> what i love about it, especially this very edgy show, you know, i look out there and there are 80-year-olds and --

laughing and cheering. and they are enjoying the show. and -- i got one pair of panties frommal ama amal -- from an 80-something-year-old lady. >> come see us. >> we will definitely be there. lot of folks trying to get tickets to see you at the kennedy center. thanks again for coming to see us. "la cage aux folles" will be at the kennedy center's eisenhower theater through february 12. you can see them and laugh along with them. thanks again for coming. it is now 11:42. still ahead, are you praising your child too much? what demi moore is saying about being what makes the sleep number store different? the sleep number bed. with the sleep number bed, it's not about soft or firm. it's about support where you find it most comfortable. the magic of this bed is that you're sleeping on something that conforms to your individual shape. on a traditional mattress, there is no adjustment. you get what you're buying that day. with our bed, you change the setting to something you like. this way, if you change your mind once you get home you can adjust it.

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information with the search engine. if you spend an hour searching for skateboards you might find recommendations for similar videos the next time you logon to youtube. privacy experts criticized the tracking and the fact users can't opt out of this. today practical reserve makes a decision on the internet rates. we are bogey to check in with cnbc's julia boorstin and joins us with more on that and the rest of the day's business headlines. >> hello, barbara. pending home sales are weighing on stocks and this housing market indicator fell 3.5% in december. according to the national association of realtors. after hitting its highest level of the year and a half. that was a bigger decline than economists expected. let's take a look at where the markets are trading. dow is off about half a percent. s&p 500 is down just a fraction of a percent.

nasdaq is about half of -- .5%. the dow and s&p were weighed down by concerns of greek debt costs and the european central bank may take losses on its greek bond holdings. plus, earnings have been lackluster. so far only 58 percent of companies have been -- beat forecast compared to 78% average at this point in earnings season. boeing's shares fell to lower than expected 2012. to lower -- on lower than expected 2012 earnings forecast. and some lackluster earnings have also been coming from companies like corning. plummeted over 10% as manufacturers use less of its glass. the federal reserve is scheduled to issue its policy statement at 12:30 p.m. eastern. followed by a news conference by chairman ben bernanke at 2:15 p.m. eastern. the fed is expected to keep its monetary policy unchanged and interest rates near zero. back over to you, barbara.

>> julia, thank you. we all want our kids to have healthy self-esteem. boosting their child's on confidence. this approach can have some negative consequences if not handled properly. there joshua joins us to talk about this. you say there are negatives to child being -- children being praised. tell us about that. >> let me start by saying that in general, praise is a good thing but not all praise is created equal. there are certain things that parents should think about prior to praising their child. i have three recommendations when it comes to praising your child. the first one is you want your praise to be specific. you don't want it to be general. johnnie, did you a great job. that doesn't help johnnie as much as finding out specifically what he did well so that that way he is more likely to be able to repeat whatever it was you liked. ing the second thing is you want your praise to be sincere and legitimate. you don't want to just willy-nilly give praise for things really aren't worthy of

praise. >> what about -- he ate all his carrots. hey, i'm proud of you. you ate all your carrots. >> i think that's -- no, no. are you proud because he ate his carrots? hey, i really like it when you eat what we serve. you eat something you didn't enjoy. i know you don't love carrots. something like that. specific. third and final thing probably the most important thing is that you want to praise effort. effort is really the -- critical thing here because effort is something that your child can control. if you are praising effort then your child is more likely to feel like that's something that they can continue to do in the future. praising effort is going to help instill in them a good work ethic and ability to face difficult times and have the ability to stick with things even in the face of difficulty. >> okay. let's go back to the carrot idea. you say all right, they eat half of them. i'm very proud of you for trying to eat all of your carrots. >> right. >> that's a good thing? >> that's fine.

what i'm speaking more about today is just there are some parents out there who i think are just very loose with the praise. they are just -- they think everything that their child does is wonderful and they need to build their child up. oh, did you great in that play. did you great -- have you such a wonderful voice. you are such a great athlete. when all of those things can't possibly be true. you don't want to just say that your child is wonderful in everything. that's not a realistic expectation for that person. nobody is good at everything. and if you compliment them and praise them for everything, you are not really helping them understand that there are going to be things they are better at and things worse at and should possibly focus their attention on the things in which they have a natural talent for. >> what would you suggest as parents try to figure out okay, how do i go with this thing? basketball game. made a score. do i praise them for that? >> i think that you -- you praise them for scoring. i think your emphasis should be on other things more within their control. so you can say hey, great job scoring that goal or getting that hoop. you know. scoring that point.

but what i really loved was how you were hustling throughout the game and keeping your teammates in mind. you really had great defense and you were -- working really hard. because, again, here's something that's more in that child's control. >> i think i can understand you don't want on set the child up for disappointment when they don't score. >> you don't want them to be so focused on the end result getting an "a" on a paper, scoring a goal, winning the game. you want them to be able to feel good about how they performed even if they haven't achieved what they hoped they achieve. >> any other ideas for building self-esteem in kids? >> i think one of the most important things to build self-esteem is to show your child you really value them and what they are interested in and think about how they feel. nothing is more valuable than showing your kid that they matter to you and what they say and do is important because they are them. and if you say all these things, you are great, wonderful, i love you, you don't follow that up with spending the time and really knowing your child, you are sending a mixed message and kids are not stupid. they will realize that your words really don't have depth to

them. they are going the start to wonder whether they really are valuable and meaningful people. >> so spending time with a child. >> critical. were. you keep hearing it because there re -- it is really that important. >> thank you. we will see you next week. our time is 11:52. still ahead, why demi moore was rushed to the hospital. plus, meteorologist tom kierein coming back to tell us about the threat of rain. when is it coming? he will tell us. stay with news4 all afternoon. at 3:00, mario lopez strips down. yes. strips down for ellen. there he is. again, that's at 3:00. i don't know how far he goes with this.

the number of teens suffering from a mystery illness in upstate new york appears to be growing. 12 girls all from one high school first experienced this tourette-like disease of symptoms of tourette's anyway. neurologists say they have conversion disorder formerly known as mass hysteria. now another teen who lives 250 miles away apparently is also going through same verbal outbursts and uncontrollable ticks. doctors diagnosed her with tourette's but her parents

believe her case is connected to the others. a team is planning to do testing on these kids. act it is demi moore seeking treatment for exhaustion. she was rushed to a los angeles hospital monday night after a friend called 911. friend said moore was shaking. a spokesperson said moore is looking for professional help to deal with the stress in her life. moore and her husband, ashton kutcher, separated back in november. a special reunion a long time in make for wounded soldier in afghanistan. a puppy he adopt order the frontlines is now here with him in washington. donnie islinger traded three cigarettes for this puppy while serving in afghanistan. he named him smoke pum barbarian. a mortar wounded him. a puppy rescue mission heard about the puppy and brought the dog to america. the up arrived in orlando last week.

and yesterday made its way to walter reed. his father says that he knows having smoke with him will help him recover even faster. we are going to take a look at stories we are going to be following for news4 this afternoon. the first lady unveils new standards for healthier school lunches across the country today. plus p. excuse me, find out who the designer is behind michelle obama's blue dress she wore last night at the state of the union. a lot of people talking about that dress. then at 5:00 this evening, what's your workout? mix between martial arts, dance and yoga. we are bogey to introduce to you a workout for your mind and your body all at the same time. tom is here with a final check on the forecast. hey, tom. >> great afternoon to get out and get exercise. we have sunshine and temperatures are beginning to warm up as we approach the noon hour. into the mid 40s throughout most of the region. reagan national at 46 degrees. we have quite a bit of shine. there are some clouds beginning to close in from the south and west and they will begin to move over the metro area later today

and overnight tonight cloudy. highs upper 40s today. then tomorrow into the upper 40s again. some rain likely from the middle of the day all of the way into the evening. perhaps ending during the morning hours on friday. then drying out friday afternoon and weekend will be drying out, too, and it will be turning colder. sunday, monday, tuesday, much colder. feeling like january again. >> we will need soup. >> yeah. that sounds good. >> that's what we will be doing tomorrow. we are cooking soup tomorrow. that's "news4 midday" for today. thank you for being with us. i we invite to you tune in for news4 at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 11:00 and tune in at

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